Performance of Antigen Concentration Thresholds for Attributing Fever to Malaria among Outpatients in Angola.

abstract：:We report the development of a real-time PCR assay for the quantitative detection of Neospora caninum in infected host tissues. The assay uses the double-stranded DNA-binding dye SYBR Green I to continuously monitor product formation. Oligonucleotide primers were designed to amplify a 76-bp DNA fragment corresponding ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Collantes-Fernández E,Zaballos A,Alvarez-García G,Ortega-Mora LM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the use of bacteriophage sensitivity, seroagglutination with polyclonal antisera raised in rabbits or horses, seroagglutination with murine monoclonal antibody, and the serum agar precipitin technique for the detection of K1 capsular polysaccharide among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli obtained from ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cross A,Orskov I,Orskov F,Sadoff J,Gemski P

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two bacteriologic systems for detecting bacteria in blood were compared; the automated radiometric BACTEC and the conventional method used in our laboratory for many years. BACTEC consisted of two bottles with 30 ml and the conventional method with 50 ml of media for aerobes and anaerobes. The BACTEC bottles were inoc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thiemke WA,Wicher K

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical characteristics and the isolation rates of the two Lancefield group C streptococcal species (S. equisimilis and S. anginosus) from patients with pharyngitis and asymptomatic controls were compared. Some 239 strains of beta-hemolytic group C streptococci were isolated from 1,480 patients (209 strains) w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fox K,Turner J,Fox A

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid detection and accurate identification of methicillin-resistant staphylococci are critical for the effective management of infections caused by these organisms. We describe a multiplex PCR-based assay for the direct detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococci from blood culture bottles (BacT/Alert; Organon-T...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Louie L,Goodfellow J,Mathieu P,Glatt A,Louie M,Simor AE

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was the molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated in 21 hospitals in the Czech Republic in the period 2000-2002 and comparison with previous results from 1996-1997. Strains were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of SmaI ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Melter O,Aires de Sousa M,Urbásková P,Jakubů V,Zemlicková H,de Lencastre H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular fatty acid composition of Brucella canis and Brucella suis was determined by gas-liquid chromatography. The presence of relatively large amounts of a 19-carbon cyclopropane fatty acid in B. suis was a major distinguishing feature between these organisms. The gas-liquid chromatography test for cellular fat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dees SB,Hollis DG,Weaver RE,Moss CW

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 215 typical strains of Candida albicans were studied for their ability to assimilate 11 carbon compounds. All isolates assimilated lactic acid, ribitol, succinic acid, methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside. None of the isolates assimilated cellobiose and salicin; 1.9% of the isolates assimilated L-arabinose. Citri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Syverson RE

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of Leishmania infantum-specific antibodies and asymptomatic infection was assessed in a randomized sample of 526 healthy adults from a continental area of northwestern Italy where L. infantum is not endemic and where autochthonous cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) were recently reported. L. infantum-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Biglino A,Bolla C,Concialdi E,Trisciuoglio A,Romano A,Ferroglio E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A matched case-control study was conducted in the Maternal and Child Health Clinic (MCH) in Ifakara, Tanzania, during the rainy season in order to elucidate the risk factors for and etiology of diarrheal diseases in children under 5 years of age. Cases (103) and controls (206) were matched for sex and age group. Preco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gascón J,Vargas M,Schellenberg D,Urassa H,Casals C,Kahigwa E,Aponte JJ,Mshinda H,Vila J

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially among those at the extremes of age. Its capsular polysaccharide is essential for systemic virulence. Over 90 serologically distinct pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides (serotypes) are recognized, but they are u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Geno KA,Saad JS,Nahm MH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A point prevalence culture survey was carried out to investigate the prevalence of fecal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) among patients admitted to an 800-bed general hospital where no VRE had been isolated previously. Twenty-two of 636 patients (3.5%) were found to be VRE carriers. Eighteen strains...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gordts B,Van Landuyt H,Ieven M,Vandamme P,Goossens H

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The automated and computerized AutoMicrobic system (AMS; Vitek Systems, Inc., subsidiary of McDonnell Douglas, Hazelwood, Mo.) was evaluated as a means of identifying the Enterobacteriaceae. The Micro-ID system (General Diagnostics, Morris Plains, N.J.) and, when necessary, conventional tubed media were used for compa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Burdash NM,Teti G,West ME,Bannister ER,Manos JP

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to the difficulties in isolating the virus and the lack of routine surveillance, the clinical significance of human parainfluenza virus 4 (HPIV-4) is less well defined than that of the other human parainfluenza viruses. We describe the first outbreak of HPIV-4 infection in a developmental disabilities unit, invo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lau SK,To WK,Tse PW,Chan AK,Woo PC,Tsoi HW,Leung AF,Li KS,Chan PK,Lim WW,Yung RW,Chan KH,Yuen KY

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of staphylococcal exanthematous disease in a newborn due to a toxic shock syndrome toxin 1- and SEC-producing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain and alert neonatologists to the probable emergence in France of the neonatal toxic shock syndrome-like exanthematous disease in newborns prev...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van der Mee-Marquet N,Lina G,Quentin R,Yaouanc-Lapalle H,Fièvre C,Takahashi N,Etienne J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) genotyping is the most widely used genotyping method to study the epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, due to the complexity of the IS6110 RFLP genotyping technique, and the interpretation of RFLP data, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-va...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hanekom M,van der Spuy GD,Gey van Pittius NC,McEvoy CR,Hoek KG,Ndabambi SL,Jordaan AM,Victor TC,van Helden PD,Warren RM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:psaA is the gene encoding pneumococcal surface adhesin A (PsaA), a 37-kDa protein expressed on the surface of Streptococcus pneumoniae. PCR primers for psaA have been shown to amplify the target DNA sequence in all 90 serotypes of S. pneumoniae and in none of 67 heterologous pathogens and colonizing bacteria of the up...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Scott JA,Marston EL,Hall AJ,Marsh K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the performance characteristics of a new, real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) assay that incorporates molecular beacon technology for detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The quantitative results were comparable to those obtained with three leading commercially...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McClernon DR,Vavro C,St Clair M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for detection of immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae was developed. The EIA was evaluated on the basis of results in the M. pneumoniae complement fixation (MPCF) test and the cold agglutinin test. Serum samples from 430 patients with respiratory infections of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Uldum SA,Jensen JS,Søndergård-Andersen J,Lind K

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leifsonia aquatica is an aquatic bacterium that is typically found in environmental water habitats. Infections due to L. aquatica are rare and commonly catheter associated in immunocompromised patients. We report the first case of an acute septicemia caused by L. aquatica in a healthy immunocompetent host after cryope...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Han L,Lei JE,Wang X,Guo LT,Kang QY,He L,Xu JR

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitivities of DNA extraction methods and PCR methods for Giardia duodenalis were evaluated. A combination of the most sensitive methods, i.e., FTA filter paper and a PCR protocol using RH11/RH4 and GiarF/GiarR primers, showed no significant differences compared to immunofluorescence assay in terms of their sensitiv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nantavisai K,Mungthin M,Tan-ariya P,Rangsin R,Naaglor T,Leelayoova S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of 16 patients with Legionnaires disease confirmed by cultural isolation of Legionella pneumophila from the respiratory tract, 38% (6 of 16) had positive blood cultures. Daily subcultures were made onto buffered charcoal-yeast extract plates from 6B aerobic and 7C anaerobic BACTEC blood culture ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rihs JD,Yu VL,Zuravleff JJ,Goetz A,Muder RR

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anticipation of rotavirus vaccine introduction in Saudi Arabia, this study was undertaken to determine the distribution of the G and P genotypes of rotaviruses in order to examine whether there was any emerging serotype or unusual strain circulating in children in Saudi Arabia. Of 984 stool specimens collected betw...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kheyami AM,Nakagomi T,Nakagomi O,Dove W,Hart CA,Cunliffe NA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-house surveillance for healthcare-associated infection is no longer the recommended practice because of the large personnel time investment required. We developed a computer-based tracking system using microbiologic data as an aid in detecting potential outbreaks of healthcare-associated infections on a hospital...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hacek DM,Cordell RL,Noskin GA,Peterson LR

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of syphilis is challenging and often relies on serologic tests to detect treponemal or nontreponemal antibodies. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Public Health Laboratories proposed an update to the syphilis serology testing algorithm, in which serum samples...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Binnicker MJ,Jespersen DJ,Rollins LO

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two difficult-to-cultivate group A coxsackieviruses (i.e., group A types other than A7, A9, and A16), collected primarily from throat swab specimens of patients suffering from fever, pharyngitis, lymphadenopathy, and cough during the 1986 enterovirus season, were isolated in less than 24-h-old suckling mice. Thi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lipson SM,Walderman R,Costello P,Szabo K

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-licensed human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-1/2 immunoassays, including five enzyme immunoassays and one rapid test, were challenged with up to 250 serum samples collected from various global sites. The serum samples were from individuals known to be infected wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koch WH,Sullivan PS,Roberts C,Francis K,Downing R,Mastro TD,Nkengasong J,Hu D,Masciotra S,Schable C,Lal RB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently described method for detecting rubella-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody based on absorption of IgG by Staphylococcus aureus strain Cowan I has been applied to 198 sera collected during a recent rubella epidemic in Israel. Modification of the original method introduced for the present study includes ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Handsher R,Fogel A

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elimination of leprosy continues to be a challenge, with the disease remaining endemic in several countries. India accounts for the highest number of cases, and the identification of child cases indicates recent transmission. Genetic markers, like variable-number tandem repeats (VNTRs) and single-nucleotide polymo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuruwa S,Vissa V,Mistry N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automation of the clinical microbiology laboratory has become more prominent as laboratories face higher specimen volumes and understaffing and are becoming more consolidated. One recent advancement is the use of digital image analysis to rapidly distinguish between chromogenic growth for screening bacterial cultures....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Faron ML,Buchan BW,Relich RF,Clark J,Ledeboer NA

更新日期：2020-03-25 00:00:00