Intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis C virus.

abstract：:Pseudobacteremias in blood cultures performed on the BACTEC radiometric blood culture system have been reported. We report three cases of cross contamination with Mycobacterium avium that occurred when mycobacteria were cultured with the BACTEC 460 TB system. Malfunction of the needle sterilization heating block was d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vannier AM,Tarrand JJ,Murray PR

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody (MAb), designated CHA 437, was developed against herpes simplex virus (HSV). This MAb (isotype, immunoglobulin G2b K) reacted with HSV type 1 and HSV type 2. It showed no cross-reactivity with varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, or Epstein-Barr virus. Direct detection of HSV antigen in clini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pouletty P,Chomel JJ,Thouvenot D,Catalan F,Rabillon V,Kadouche J

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 113 Enterococcus faecium, 37 Enterococcus faecalis, 24 Enterococcus gallinarum, 15 Enterococcus raffinosus, and 13 Enterococcus casseliflavus clinical isolates and American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) strains were evaluated by contour-clamped homogeneous electric field electrophoresis. Thirty-one of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Donabedian S,Chow JW,Shlaes DM,Green M,Zervos MJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for the identification of cultured mycobacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, the Mycobacterium avium complex, and Mycobacterium kansasii. Six monoclonal antibodies were used: two (F23-49 and F24-2) were specific for the M. tuberculosis co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schöningh R,Verstijnen CP,Kuijper S,Kolk AH

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a novel application of secondary electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (SESI-MS) as a real-time clinical diagnostic tool for bacterial infection. It is known that volatile organic compounds (VOCs), produced in different combinations and quantities by bacteria as metabolites, generate characteristic odor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhu J,Bean HD,Kuo YM,Hill JE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of bacterins, vaccines, and antisera retained greater than 90% of their original level of mercurial preservative after lyophilization, and this might influence certain uses of these products. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pemberton JR

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent microassay using nitrocellulose paper as the solid-phase support was developed for the detection of peste-des-petits-ruminants virus antigens in infected caprine tissue homogenates. Dots of tissue homogenates were applied to nitrocellulose papers, and any unreacted sites were blocked wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Obi TU,Ojeh CK

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the excellent performance of rapid tuberculosis (TB) nucleic acid amplification (NAA) tests and the clear benefits of immediate diagnosis of TB disease, NAA tests frequently are not used in the diagnosis of pulmonary TB cases, particularly TB cases with smear-negative sputa. Public health laboratories prim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Han LL,Elvin P,Bernardo J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal conditions for a fluorescence immunoassay of antibodies to, and surface antigens of, Actinomyces viscosus ATCC 19246 are described. In the standard fluorescence immunoassay, 10(8) colony-forming units of A. viscosus reacted with an antibody preparation, were washed, and then were treated with an excess of fluo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gillis TP,Thompson JJ

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A duplex real-time SYBR Green LightCycler PCR (LC-PCR) assay with DNA extraction using the QIAamp DNA Stool Mini kit was evaluated with regard to detection of 8 of 17 species of food- or waterborne pathogens in five stool specimens in 2 h or less. The protocol used the same LC-PCR with 20 pairs of specific primers. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H,Tsunomori Y,Seki R

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To halt the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) epidemic requires interventions that can prevent transmission of numerous HIV-1 subtypes. The most frequently transmitted viruses belong to the subtypes A, B, and C and the circulating recombinant forms (CRFs) AE and AG. A fast one-tube assay that identifies and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de Baar MP,Timmermans EC,Bakker M,de Rooij E,van Gemen B,Goudsmit J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radial immunodiffusion (RID) test employing a polysaccharide antigen (poly B) was compared with tests currently used in the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis. Over 1,000 sera from vaccinated and infected cattle, all of which had been examined bacteriologically, were used to determine the sensitivity and specificity of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jones LM,Berman DT,Moreno E,Deyoe BL,Gilsdorf MJ,Huber JD,Nicoletti P

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 41 Brucella isolates, examined by standard biotyping procedures, were found to be similar to Brucella abortus biovar 2 in dye sensitivity but had a dominant M antigen. Oxidative metabolic tests performed on 39 of the isolates confirmed them as B. abortus. Additional biochemical and bacteriophage susceptibil...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ewalt DR,Forbes LB

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple sample-processing methods for PCR detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis, a major pathogen causing adult periodontitis, from saliva were studied. The ability to detect P. gingivalis from 118 salivary samples by PCR after boiling and Chelex 100 processing was compared with bacterial culture. P. gingivalis was det...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mättö J,Saarela M,Alaluusua S,Oja V,Jousimies-Somer H,Asikainen S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the molecular epidemiologic characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains have demonstrated their genetic and geographical diversity. In addition, it has been reported that there are genetic differences between community-associated (CA) and health care-associated (HA) MRSA st...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park C,Lee DG,Kim SW,Choi SM,Park SH,Chun HS,Choi JH,Yoo JH,Shin WS,Kang JH,Kim JH,Lee SY,Kim SM,Pyun BY

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence detection by the 5' nuclease TaqMan assay uses online detection of internal fluorogenic probes in closed PCR tubes. Primers and probe were chosen from a part of the omlA gene common to all serotypes of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, which gave an amplicon of 92 bp. The test was evaluated with 73 lung isolat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Angen O,Jensen J,Lavritsen DT

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major cause of bacterial meningitis. We report a case of meningitis due to a mixed infection with two distinct strains of S. pneumoniae: one penicillin-resistant strain of serotype 9V and one penicillin-susceptible strain of serotype 7. The two strains exhibited different pulsed-field g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chaves F,Campelo C,Sanz F,Otero JR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the diagnostic utility of eleven Toxoplasma gondii recombinant antigens (P22 [SAG2], P24 [GRA1], P25, P28 [GRA2], P29 [GRA7], P30 [SAG1], P35, P41 [GRA4], P54 [ROP2], P66 [ROP1], and P68) in immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM recombinant enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (Rec-ELISAs). Following an initi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aubert D,Maine GT,Villena I,Hunt JC,Howard L,Sheu M,Brojanac S,Chovan LE,Nowlan SF,Pinon JM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BACTEC MGIT 960 system, a fully automated, nonradiometric, noninvasive system for detection and drug susceptibility testing of mycobacteria, was evaluated for the ability to test susceptibilities to second-line drugs. In this study, which was carried out in three phases (phase I, mostly susceptible strains; phase ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rüsch-Gerdes S,Pfyffer GE,Casal M,Chadwick M,Siddiqi S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of Crohn's disease in humans is largely unknown. Clinical signs of Crohn's disease partly resemble the clinical picture of Johne's disease in ruminants caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Because of the high prevalence of these bacteria in (products of) ruminants and their remarkable th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Overduin P,Schouls L,Roholl P,van der Zanden A,Mahmmod N,Herrewegh A,van Soolingen D

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannheimia glucosida, M. haemolytica, and M. ruminalis were isolated from cases of acute mastitis in ewes. M. glucosida was found to be a common cause of clinical mastitis in sheep. Selected phenotypic tests in addition to genotyping were needed to definitively identify Mannheimia species causing ovine mastitis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Omaleki L,Barber SR,Allen JL,Browning GF

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute viral gastroenteritis is an intestinal infection that can be caused by several different viruses. Here we describe the evaluation and verification of Seeplex Diarrhea-V ACE (Seeplex DV), a novel commercial multiplex reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) assay that detects 5 diarrheal pathogens, including adenovirus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Higgins RR,Beniprashad M,Cardona M,Masney S,Low DE,Gubbay JB

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination of 23 vancomycin-resistant, streptococcuslike isolates of clinical origin revealed a group of 14 to be related to Leuconostoc lactis (type strain, CIP 102422) on the basis of chemotaxonomic studies. These isolates were initially shown to be atypical by classical biochemical tests. However, they were cha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barreau C,Wagener G

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 315 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus strains recovered prospectively during 240 surgical procedures (206 subjects) from proven or suspected device-associated bone and joint infections. Sixteen strains (5.1%) had decreased susceptibility to glycopeptides: 15 (12 S. epidermidis strains, 2 S. capitis strains,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cremniter J,Slassi A,Quincampoix JC,Sivadon-Tardy V,Bauer T,Porcher R,Lortat-Jacob A,Piriou P,Judet T,Herrmann JL,Gaillard JL,Rottman M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used a nested multiplex PCR method to detect three periodontal pathogens in subgingival plaque collected before treatment and at 2 and 6 months posttreatment from 107 patients with severe, generalized periodontitis. The proportions of the patients who harbored these bacteria before periodontal treatment wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ready D,D'Aiuto F,Spratt DA,Suvan J,Tonetti MS,Wilson M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of residual plasma viremia in antiretroviral therapy (ART)-suppressed HIV-infected individuals is critical for characterizing the latent reservoir and evaluating the impact of cure interventions. Ultracentrifugation-based single-copy assays are sensitive but labor intensive. Fully automated replicate testing...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bakkour S,Deng X,Bacchetti P,Grebe E,Montalvo L,Worlock A,Stone M,Deeks SG,Richman DD,Busch MP

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates the dynamics in the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus subtypes. Subtypes 3a and 4a have become increasingly prevalent in patients where an infection within recent years can be assumed. Evidence is presented that the subtypes observed among younger patients can spread rapidly and lead to signifi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schröter M,Zöllner B,Schäfer P,Reimer A,Müller M,Laufs R,Feucht HH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimens submitted for diagnosis of herpes simplex virus infections were inoculated into shell vials and conventional culture tubes. Inoculated culture tubes were incubated with rolling at 96 rpm. Immunoperoxidase (IP) staining and cytopathic effects (CPE) were used to detect positive cultures. At 24 h, 42 (53%) of t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hughes JH,Hamparian VV,Mavromoustakis CT

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case where a mite egg found in urine caused diagnostic confusion. The possibility of gut or bladder mite infection should be entertained only after repeated identification of mites in urine or stool samples from a symptomatic patient with no other cause for the symptoms and where the possibilities of conta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dini LA,Frean JA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past 2 decades have brought worrying increases in severe Streptococcus pyogenes diseases globally. To investigate and compare the epidemiological patterns of these diseases within Europe, data were collected through a European Union FP-5-funded program (Strep-EURO). Prospective population-based surveillance of sev...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lamagni TL,Darenberg J,Luca-Harari B,Siljander T,Efstratiou A,Henriques-Normark B,Vuopio-Varkila J,Bouvet A,Creti R,Ekelund K,Koliou M,Reinert RR,Stathi A,Strakova L,Ungureanu V,Schalén C,Strep-EURO Study Group.,Jasir A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00