Evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow assay using the plaque reduction neutralization test.

abstract：:Utilization of rapid microbiologic methods could improve both the quality of patient care and help to reduce patient health care costs through more efficient patient management. Medically urgent situations such as meningitis, endocarditis, bacteremia, some soft tissue infections, ocular infections, and pneumonia in im...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Jorgensen JH

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial susceptibilities of 49 Clostridium difficile isolates obtained from patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea to metronidazole, vancomycin, rifampicin, fusidic acid, doxycycline, and linezolid were determined by the disc diffusion and Etest (Biodisk, Solna, Sweden). Random amplification of polym...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Bishara J,Bloch Y,Garty M,Behor J,Samra Z

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of l-ofloxacin was determined against coagulase-negative staphylococci that were induced to norfloxacin resistance. l-Ofloxacin was the most active agent tested with an MIC90 of 4 micrograms/ml compared with greater than 128, 32, and 128 micrograms/ml for norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and enoxacin,...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Foleno B,Fu KP

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of primary isolation plate colonial morphologic criteria (CMC) of a flat, nonmucoid, lactose-fermenting, gram-negative rod on MacConkey agar and the spot indole (SI) test from the sheep blood agar plate was evaluated as a means for identification of Escherichia coli in comparison to kit (Micro-ID, API-20E) and...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Bale MJ,McLaws SM,Fenn JP,Matsen JM

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of disease outbreaks of Salmonella enterica serotype enteritidis (SE) in humans have been traced to the consumption of SE-contaminated egg and egg products. A rapid, specific, and inexpensive method of detecting SE infection in poultry is necessary to reduce human outbreaks. We evaluated rSEF14 fimbrial antig...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Rajashekara G,Munir S,Lamichhane CM,Back A,Kapur V,Halvorson DA,Nagaraja KV

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus group (MCAG) is the most common cause of infections because of rapidly growing mycobacteria. Rapid identification of MCAG to the species level is essential for choosing empiric antibiotic treatment and for public health measures. In this study, we compared the perform...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Guarin N,Budvytiene I,Ghafghaichi L,Banaei N

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three strains of Vibrio vulnificus of clinical and environmental origin were examined for production of 12 extracellular enzymes of potential importance to the virulence of this bacterium. Strains of Vibrio vulnificus were consistent in their production of protease, mucinase, lipase, chondroitinase, hyaluronida...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Oliver JD,Wear JE,Thomas MB,Warner M,Linder K

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current diagnostic standards for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection do not distinguish between active and latent tuberculosis (TB). To identify specific biomarkers characterizing the different forms of TB infection, we investigated in parallel with the QuantiFERON -TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-IT) the use of flow cyto...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Nikolova M,Markova R,Drenska R,Muhtarova M,Todorova Y,Dimitrov V,Taskov H,Saltini C,Amicosante M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From June to August 1991, there was an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in an intensive care unit in a general hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We obtained 14 isolates from 14 patients, 11 from tracheal aspirate, and 3 from surgical wound exudates. These strains were typed by serotyping, pyocin typing, and ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sader HS,Pignatari AC,Leme IL,Burattini MN,Tancresi R,Hollis RJ,Jones RN

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：:Broth or agar dilution susceptibility test results for Enterobacteriaceae (11,775 strains), anaerobes (2888 strains), staphylococci (2206 strains), Haemophilus spp. (840 strains), group A streptococci (280 strains), group B streptococci (269 strains), Streptococcus pneumoniae (709 strains), and 160 other streptococci ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Friedland IR,Isaacs R,Mixson LA,Motyl M,Woods GL

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis jirovecii has been detected in lung tissue from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is associated with disease severity. The regional distribution of the organism in lungs is unknown, but differences in distribution of Pneumocystis could affect estimates of colonization prevalen...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sivam S,Sciurba FC,Lucht LA,Zhang Y,Duncan SR,Norris KA,Morris A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of isolation and antifungal susceptibility patterns to fluconazole and itraconazole were determined for 166 Candida glabrata isolates causing bloodstream infection at a single institution from 1995-2000. Findings demonstrated a trend of increasing resistance to itraconazole among the isolates, but no tre...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Baddley JW,Smith AM,Moser SA,Pappas PG

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been widely used due to its high specificity, sensitivity, and rapid turn-around time. However, inhibitory factors may be co-extracted with the target nucleic acid that will hinder the performance of PCR. In this study, DNA extraction methods for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuber...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Chui LW,King R,Lu P,Manninen K,Sim J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children with community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs). A total of 245 patients 6 months to 12 years of age were investigated for M. pneumoniae employing serological tests, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), nest...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kumar S,Garg IB,Sethi GR

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity and specificity of various severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) PCR primer and probe sets were evaluated through the use of commercial kits and in-house amplification formats. Conventional and real-time PCR assays were performed using a heat-block thermocycler ABI 9600, the Roche Li...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Chui L,Drebot M,Andonov A,Petrich A,Glushek M,Mahony J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of main virulence genes in Helicobacter pylori strains from 116 patients with peptic ulcers (41 cases) and nonulcer diseases (75) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with pure cultures and to compare the results with those by multiplex PCR in 39 H. pylori-positive gas...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Boyanova L,Markovska R,Yordanov D,Marina M,Ivanova K,Panayotov S,Gergova G,Mitov I

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1562 bacterial isolates were recovered from hospitalized patients with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in 30 United States (U.S.) and 8 Canadian medical centers between October and December, 1997. The overall rank order of recovery of the six most commo...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Doern GV,Jones RN,Pfaller MA,Kugler KC,Beach ML

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To support antimicrobial stewardship, some healthcare systems have begun creating outpatient antibiograms. We developed inpatient and primary care outpatient antibiograms for a regional health maintenance organization (HMO) and academic healthcare system (AHS). Antimicrobial susceptibilities from 16,428 Enterococcus, ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： McGregor JC,Bearden DT,Townes JM,Sharp SE,Gorman PN,Elman MR,Mori M,Smith DH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine whether elevation of serum transaminases can be used to eliminate unnecessary serological tests to diagnose acute hepatitis A (HAV) and acute hepatitis B (HBV). Serum samples of 1226 patients were tested for HBsAg, anti-HBc (IgM), and anti-HAV (IgM). Acute hepatitis was diagnosed ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Chitkara YK,Fontes MD

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercial broth microdilution system (Sceptor Anaerobe MIC/ID, BBL) for susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria was compared to a reference agar dilution system. Of the 172 organisms tested, only 7% failed to grow sufficiently for testing in the Sceptor system. In 1,590 antibiotic/organism combinations, 86.7% ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Hussain Z,Lannigan R,Schieven BC,Stoakes L,Groves D

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new real-time PCR assay for trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus (TSPyV) DNA detection was designed, and blood samples from kidney transplant recipients and healthy individuals were screened. TSPyV-DNA was not detected in blood from healthy individuals, but 26.8% of kidney recipients presented TSPyV-DNA...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Urbano PR,Nali LH,Bicalho CS,Pierrotti LC,David-Neto E,Pannuti CS,Romano CM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study using boronic acid (BA), an AmpC enzyme inhibitor, was designed to detect the combined expression of plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamases (pAmpCs) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) in bacterial isolates naturally lacking chromosomal ampC genes. A total of 122 Klebsiella spp., Salmonella spp., and ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Song W,Jeong SH,Kim JS,Kim HS,Shin DH,Roh KH,Lee KM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of ceftibuten was studied in 572 bacterial strains and was compared with the activity of other orally administered beta-lactams. Ceftibuten displayed high activity against the Enterobacteriaceae, generally being 16-fold more active than cefuroxime, cefaclor, cephalexin, or amoxicillin-clavulanic ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Wise R,Andrews JM,Ashby JP,Thornber D

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila is responsible for Legionnaires' disease (LD). Its detection in both environmental and clinical samples is mainly performed by culture plate method which requires up to 10days to obtain results. Nowadays, there are commercial antibodies against this bacterium, but they have not been tested again...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Párraga-Niño N,Quero S,Uria N,Castillo-Fernandez O,Jimenez-Ezenarro J,Muñoz FX,Sabrià M,Garcia-Nuñez M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed and evaluated a method to genotypically identify enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and to characterize these organisms with respect to 18 of 21 known colonization factors (CFs). The method, which is based on polynucleotide DNA-DNA colony hybridization, includes a pooled toxin probe assay to identify...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Steinsland H,Valentiner-Branth P,Grewal HM,Gaastra W,Mølbak K K,Sommerfelt H

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective review of the clinical data on patients with polymicrobial candidemia during a nine-year period (1992-2000) at our tertiary care University Hospital. Also, the clinical features of patients with polymicrobial vs monomicrobial candidemia were compared. There were 16 (5.2%) patients with mul...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Pulimood S,Ganesan L,Alangaden G,Chandrasekar P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft surfaces in the health-care setting harbor potentially pathogenic bacteria and fungi that can be transferred to patients and personnel. We evaluated the in vitro antimicrobial efficacy of two types of innovative copper-coated textiles against a variety of nosocomial multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens. Five isol...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Irene G,Georgios P,Ioannis C,Anastasios T,Diamantis P,Marianthi C,Philippe W,Maria S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty macrolide and/or lincosamide resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates from various sources with 50S ribosomal mutations were identified. Mutations were identified in the 23S rDNA with substitutions at A2058, A2059, or C2611 and in L4 or L22 ribosomal protein genes. Fourteen were A2059G substitutions...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Doktor SZ,Shortridge VD,Beyer JM,Flamm RK

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turbid saline suspensions (0.35 ml, approximately 10(9) organisms) of a strain of beta-lactamase-producing Bacteroides intermedius were injected subcutaneously into the right groin of ICR male mice. Therapeutic intraperitoneal doses of clindamycin, metronidazole, or penicillin were administered 4 hr later, and thereaf...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Cockerill FR 3rd,Rosenblatt JE,Lee DT,Gay JD

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00