Hemophilus aphrophilus vertebral osteomyelitis: a case report and literature review.

abstract：:Corynebacterium macginleyi was isolated from conjunctival swabs of a farmer suffering from purulent conjunctivitis. This species has only recently been reported in Switzerland and Germany to be exclusively isolated from ocular surfaces. This represents the first isolation of C. macginleyi in Italy indicating that its ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Giammanco GM,Di Marco V,Priolo I,Intrivici A,Grimont F,Grimont PA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of a new phenotypic technique for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is presented. The new technique combines bacterial culturing and specific immunometric detection in a single separation-free process. The technique uses dry chemistry reagents a...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Koskinen JO,Stenholm T,Vaarno J,Soukka J,Meltola NJ,Soini AE

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this retrospective study, we aimed to investigate the value of FDG-PET/CT in the diagnosis of spondylodiscitis (SD), the significance of dual time point imaging (DTPI) for SD diagnosis and the worth of SUVmax data for distinguishing tuberculous vs. non-tuberculous SD. MATERIALS AND METHODS:32 patients with ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Gunes BY,Onsel C,Sonmezoglu K,Ozaras R,Halac M,Tabak F,Sager S,Mete B,Sayman H,Kanmaz B

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since being recognized in 1976 and 1983, respectively, penicillinase-producing strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (PPNG) and chromosomally mediated resistance (CMRNG) have attained a worldwide distribution. The high endemicity of both types of resistance in some regions precludes the continued routine use of procaine pe...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Calderón E,Conde CJ,de la Cruz R,Narcio L,Hirata C

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sparfloxacin is a piperazinyl, cyclopropyl-fluoroquinolone with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. Compared to other quinolones, sparfloxacin displays improved activity against a variety of pathogens including Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, and Mycobacteria species....

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Cohen MA,Yoder SL,Talbot GH

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ongoing program of international generic antimicrobial potency assays for piperacillin/tazobactam has been summarized here through December 2010, and the initial results for meropenem generic lots from the United States are also presented. Fifteen additional piperacillin/tazobactam generic lots revealed an average ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Jones RN,Sader HS,Flamm RK,Watters AA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to linezolid among Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis isolates has been reported in patients who receive a prolonged course of the drug. We report two cases of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis that occurred in patients who previously received linezolid for infections with vancomycin-res...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Ruggero KA,Schroeder LK,Schreckenberger PC,Mankin AS,Quinn JP

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of trovafloxacin and ciprofloxacin against 38 strains of non-beta-lactamase-producing enterococci, resistant to ampicillin, 34 strains susceptible to ampicillin, and 3 vancomycin-resistant enterococci were studied. Trovafloxacin was more active than ciprofloxacin against all the enterococci studied. The...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Schick DG,Canawati HN,Montgomerie JZ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used 4 different bioinformatics algorithms to evaluate the application of a metagenomic shot-gun sequencing method in detection of Enterovirus D68 and other respiratory viruses in clinical specimens. Our data supported that next-generation sequencing, combined with improved bioinformatics tools, is practically feas...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Huang W,Wang G,Lin H,Zhuge J,Nolan SM,Vail E,Dimitrova N,Fallon JT

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistently elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) is one of the most accurate predictors of a poor prognosis in patients with AIDS-related cryptococcal meningitis. We present a severe case of persistent cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with advanced AIDS, complicated by elevation of ICP. A ventriculoperitoneal shu...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Mylonakis E,Merriman NA,Rich JD,Flanigan TP,Walters BC,Tashima KT,Mileno MD,van der Horst CM

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cycling Probe Technology (CPT) was combined with a colorimetric enzyme-immuno assay (EIA) to develop two assays for the detection of vanA and vanB genes in vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE). The CPT-EIA assay employs a gene-specific fluorescein labeled DNA-RNA-DNA probe that gets cleaved within the probe : target...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Modrusan Z,Marlowe C,Wheeler D,Pirseyedi M,Bryan RN

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) offers promise in pneumococcal diagnostics, but whether nasopharyngeal carriage causes false-positive results in people colonized with Streptococcus pneumoniae is unknown. We found in serum no positive samples for pneumococcal DNA in 100 carriers and noncarriers using 2 different real-t...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Rouphael N,Steyn S,Bangert M,Sampson JS,Adrian P,Madhi SA,Klugman KP,Ades EW

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of low-level resistance to glycopeptides (teicoplanin MIC > or = 8 microg/mL and vancomycin MIC > or = 4 microg/mL) among staphylococci was investigated over a 15 month period. A total of 2,279 isolates (1,519 S. aureus, 760 coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS)) were screened using inoculum of 10(6) ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Park YJ,Jun Park J,Lee SO,Oh EJ,Kee Kim B

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At our community teaching hospital between August 1994 and August 1995, Candida glabrata accounted for 14% of all Candida isolates and for 31% of urinary Candida isolates. The culture site was urine for 68% of C. glabrata isolates compared to 30% of all Candida isolates (p < 0.001, chi 2). To study the association bet...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Schwab U,Chernomas F,Larcom L,Weems J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three Copan viral transport media (VTM) were compared to the BBL Viral Culturette and Micro Test M4 systems for their ability to maintain the viability of clinical strains of enterovirus, herpes simplex virus, adenovirus and parainfluenza virus. VTM were inoculated, incubated up to 72 h at both 4 degrees C and 22 degr...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Dunn JJ,Billetdeaux E,Skodack-Jones L,Carroll KC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulomonas spp. are often believed to be of low virulence and have never been reported as a pathogen causing human disease before. We report the first case of endocarditis caused by Cellulomonas and complicated with osteomyelitis of the lumbar spine in a 78-year-old woman. General weakness and aggravated lower back ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Lai PC,Chen YS,Lee SS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus serologic profiles were obtained from 618 patients using an automated platform, including the new BioPlex heterophile assay. When compared with 2 IgM viral capsid antigen (VCA) assays and a predicate heterophile assay, the BioPlex heterophile assay was more likely to be associated with serologic pat...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Klutts JS,Wu AH,Smith A,Yen-Lieberman B,Gronowski AM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to analyze the outcome of different antibiotic treatments for bacteremia due to CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli. In a prospective controlled clinical study from October 2002 to April 2005, 22 consecutive cases of bacteremia due to ESBL-producing E....

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Bin C,Hui W,Renyuan Z,Yongzhong N,Xiuli X,Yingchun X,Yuanjue Z,Minjun C

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:bla(OXA-23) and bla(OXA-66) were detected in 49 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. These isolates were assigned to 7 subtypes by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction and 7 representative isolates were of ST92 or ST75. In most cases, the ISAba1-bla(OXA-23)-ATPaseΔ structure was ident...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Wang X,Zong Z,Lü X

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyse the diversity of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs), antibiotic resistance genes, and plasmid content among Escherichia coli from a community and a hospital setting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ESBL producers (CTX-M-2, CTX-M-9, CTX-M-59) belonged to different phylogroups/sequence types, and bla(CTX-M) ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Queiroz ML,Antunes P,Mourão J,Merquior VL,Machado E,Peixe LV

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early diagnosis of influenza infection is needed to optimize the benefit of prescribing antiviral drugs. However, the accuracy of rapid tests is highly variable. This study evaluated the performance of Directigen flu A+B enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and direct fluorescent assay (DFA) during the 2004-2005 influenza season....

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Rahman M,Kieke BA,Vandermause MF,Mitchell PD,Greenlee RT,Belongia EA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the gold standard to detect cerebral viral activity. As positive findings do not prove an impact on the neurological disorder, data interpretation is difficult. To better assess the impact of positive CSF PCR findings in different neurological diseases a...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kleines M,Scheithauer S,Schiefer J,Häusler M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenotypic identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) is difficult and many staphylococcal species carry mecA. This study developed an array that was able to detect mecA and identify 30 staphylococcal species by targeting the internal transcribed spacer regions. A total of 129 target reference strains (...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Han HW,Chang HC,Chang TC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the ability of commercial dry-form broth microdilution panels (Sensititre, TREK Diagnostics, Cleveland, OH) to produce accurate minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) results for gemifloxacin, a new fluoroquinolone. Reproducibility for gemifloxacin was 100.0% for on-scale values within +/-1 log2 di...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Ross JE,Sader HS,Fritsche TR,Jones RN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic value of the dipstick assay was evaluated by comparison with Rose Bengal (RB), serum aglutination tests (SAT) and 2 mercaptoethanol test (2-ME) on consecutive serum samples submitted because of suspicion of brucellosis. Serum samples of 232 patients with suspected brucellosis that were submitted for lab...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Altuglu I,Zeytinoğlu A,Bilgic A,Kamcioglu S,Karakartal G,Smits H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of data from the Middle East warranted studying tigecycline in vitro activity in Lebanon against consecutive multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, including extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing clinical isolates of Escherichia coli (n = 150), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 100), and Acinetobacter spp. (n = 6...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Araj GF,Ibrahim GY

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old woman, with underlying rheumatic heart disease status post mitral valve replacement, presented with fever, low back pain radiating to right leg, and congestive heart failure. Magnetic resonance imaging detected an L5-S1 spinal epidural abscess. A vegetation on prosthetic mitral valve was found by transes...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Liang JD,Fang CT,Chen YC,Chang SC,Luh KT

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clarithromycin activity can be influenced by the pH of the surrounding environment. Evidence supports a reduced pH of middle ear fluid (MEF) and lung tissues in patients with otitis media and pneumonia, respectively. To evaluate the influence of pH on clarithromycin activity, an in vitro pharmacodynamic chamber model ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Garrison MW,Malone CL,Eiland J,Anderson DE

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is commonly diagnosed by using the Nugent score, a semiquantitative scoring system to evaluate bacterial morphotypes on Gram stain of vaginal secretions. Some authors have suggested using the Kopeloff modification of the Gram stain. Asymptomatic BV in pregnancy has been associated with adverse...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Libman MD,Kramer M,Platt R,Montreal Prematurity Study Group.

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) directly to blood culture broth has potential to identify bloodstream infection earlier and facilitate timely management. We prospectively tested a novel, rapid, and inexpensive in-house spin-lysis protocol...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Gray TJ,Thomas L,Olma T,Iredell JR,Chen SC

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00