Multicenter Comparison Study of both Analytical and Clinical Performance across Four Roche Hepatitis C Virus RNA Assays Utilizing Different Platforms.

abstract：:A sensitive PCR assay that detects the thermophilic campylobacters C. jejuni, C. coli, C. lari, and C. upsaliensis is reported. Furthermore, by digestion of the PCR products with two restriction enzymes, species differentiation was demonstrated. Thus, the present method has the potential to be used for both detection ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fermér C,Engvall EO

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening infection of the heart endothelium and valves. Staphylococcus aureus is a predominant cause of severe IE and is frequently associated with infections in health care settings and device-related infections. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST), spa typing, and virulence gen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nethercott C,Mabbett AN,Totsika M,Peters P,Ortiz JC,Nimmo GR,Coombs GW,Walker MJ,Schembri MA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter species are emerging nosocomial pathogens. As with most multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens, the polymyxins are often the only therapeutic option. In this study involving clinical isolates of E. cloacae and E. aerogenes, susceptibility testing methods with polymyxin B were ana...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Landman D,Salamera J,Quale J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contamination of semiclosed disposable circuits of Healthdyne and Bourns ventilators was studied in a newborn intensive care unit over a 2-year period. A total of 379 fluid samples was obtained from inspiratory and expiratory tubing condensates and traps and from thermal humidifier columns fed with prefilled conta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Malecka-Griggs B

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of the Etest for voriconazole and for itraconazole susceptibility testing of 376 isolates of Aspergillus spp. was assessed in comparison with the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) proposed standard microdilution broth method. The NCCLS method employed RPMI 1640 broth medium, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller JB,Messer SA,Hollis RJ,Diekema DJ,Pfaller MA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis was compared with electron microscopy for detection of human reovirus-like agent in fecal specimens. Both tests gave very similar results. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Spence L,Fauvel M,Petro R,Bloch S

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV 16) plays a cardinal role in the pathogenesis of cervical cancer. HPV 16 has intratypic variants which show different geographical distributions and different oncogenic potentials. To analyze the presence of sequence variations of HPV 16 variants in northeast China, 71 cervical carcin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shang Q,Wang Y,Fang Y,Wei L,Chen S,Sun Y,Li B,Zhang F,Gu H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The name "Campylobacter hyointestinalis" sp. nov. is proposed for a Campylobacter species that was isolated from the intestines of pigs with proliferative enteritis. "C. hyointestinalis" is also found in the feces of cattle and has been isolated from the intestine of a hamster. "C. hyointestinalis" is distinguished fr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gebhart CJ,Edmonds P,Ward GE,Kurtz HJ,Brenner DJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella isolates have traditionally been classified by serotyping, the serologic identification of two surface antigens, O-polysaccharide and flagellin protein. Serotyping has been of great value in understanding the epidemiology of Salmonella and investigating disease outbreaks; however, production and quality con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McQuiston JR,Parrenas R,Ortiz-Rivera M,Gheesling L,Brenner F,Fields PI

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that diversion of the first milliliter of venipuncture blood-the initial specimen diversion technique (ISDT)-would eliminate incompletely sterilized fragments of skin from the culture specimen and significantly reduce our blood culture contamination rate (R). We studied our hypothesis prospectively beg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Patton RG,Schmitt T

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated 677 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains from humans to determine their serotypes, virulence genes, and clinical signs in patients. Six different Shiga toxin types (1, 1c, 2, 2c, 2d, and 2e) were distributed in the STEC strains. Intimin (eae) genes were present in 62.6% of the str...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beutin L,Krause G,Zimmermann S,Kaulfuss S,Gleier K

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of a human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and selective subsequent use of an HHV-8 immunofluorescence assay (IFA) was tested in persons unlikely to be infected with HHV-8 and those who had HHV-8 detected in their saliva. The IFA was performed on samples within a range of EIA optical den...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Casper C,Krantz E,Taylor H,Dalessio J,Carrell D,Wald A,Corey L,Ashley R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phialemonium obovatum was found to be the cause of osteomyelitis in a German shepherd dog. Histologic examination of the biopsied material from the left tibia revealed septate, irregularly branched hyphae, swollen cells, and ovate-to-spherical cells divided by a transverse septum. The majority of the fungal elements w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lomax LG,Cole JR,Padhye AA,Ajello L,Chandler FW,Smith BR

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capnocytophaga is a genus of gram-negative rods involved mainly in bacteremia in immunocompromised hosts. Here we report a case of Capnocytophaga peritonitis in a patient undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. The disease appeared as a superinfection during antimicrobial therapy of a previous episode of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Esteban J,Albalate M,Caramelo C,Reyero A,Carriazo MA,Hernandez J,Ortiz A,Soriano F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the feasibility of a molecular strategy based on identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by IS6110 PCR or Cobas Amplicor PCR, and rpoB PCR-DNA sequencing of the 81-bp rifampin resistance determining region (RRDR) for direct detection of rifampin resistance in respiratory specimens. A collecti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yam WC,Tam CM,Leung CC,Tong HL,Chan KH,Leung ET,Wong KC,Yew WW,Seto WH,Yuen KY,Ho PL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imferon, an iron-dextran complex, enhances the growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis. The use of Imferon as a replacement for ferric nitrate, in a defined supplement for GC agar significantly increased the average colony sizes of both gonococci and meningococci. In comparison with Thayer-Martin medium, I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Payne SM,Finkelstein RA

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of Chlamydia trachomatis serovars and Neisseria gonorrhoeae coinfection was studied in a group of 100 C. trachomatis-positive males with urethritis in Greece. The serovar distribution revealed that apart from the predominant worldwide types E and F, the relatively uncommon type G is also prevalent. Go...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Papadogeorgakis H,Pittaras TE,Papaparaskevas J,Pitiriga V,Katsambas A,Tsakris A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three bovine group B rotavirus strains were detected from diarrheic calves during a surveillance study of rotaviral diarrhea in West Bengal, India. The sequence analysis of VP7 and NSP5 genes of these strains demonstrates a high degree of sequence variation from other group B rotavirus strains, indicating the emergenc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barman P,Ghosh S,Das S,Varghese V,Chaudhuri S,Sarkar S,Krishnan T,Bhattacharya SK,Chakrabarti A,Kobayashi N,Naik TN

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) based on the detection of specific antibodies in serum are commonly used for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Several commercial kits are available, and some of them allow the use of whole-blood samples instead of serum. An RDT is much more user-friendly for blood samples tha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kumar D,Khanal B,Tiwary P,Mudavath SL,Tiwary NK,Singh R,Koirala K,Boelaert M,Rijal S,Sundar S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated quantitative real-time PCR to establish the diagnosis of rotavirus gastroenteritis in a high-disease-burden population in Malawi using enzyme immunoassay as the gold standard diagnostic test. In 146 children with acute gastroenteritis and 65 asymptomatic children, we defined a cutoff point in the threshol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bennett A,Bar-Zeev N,Jere KC,Tate JE,Parashar UD,Nakagomi O,Heyderman RS,French N,Iturriza-Gomara M,Cunliffe NA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 12-month period, 43 children in eight different wards of our hospital (Hôpital Robert Debré) were infected or colonized with Klebsiella pneumoniae strains producing extended broad-spectrum beta-lactamases. The epidemiology of the outbreak was studied by a molecular approach including the determination of the be...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bingen EH,Desjardins P,Arlet G,Bourgeois F,Mariani-Kurkdjian P,Lambert-Zechovsky NY,Denamur E,Philippon A,Elion J

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole HIV-1 genome sequences are pivotal for large-scale studies of inter- and intrahost evolution, including the acquisition of drug resistance mutations. The ability to rapidly and cost-effectively generate large numbers of HIV-1 genome sequences from different populations and geographical locations and determine th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gall A,Ferns B,Morris C,Watson S,Cotten M,Robinson M,Berry N,Pillay D,Kellam P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formalin-ethyl ether sedimentation, Formalin-ethyl acetate sedimentation, and zinc sulfate flotation techniques were compared using over 250 clinical parasitology specimens. Fifty positive specimens were identified, and a variety of parasites, including amoebae, flagellates, cestodes, nematodes, and trematodes, were e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Truant AL,Elliott SH,Kelly MT,Smith JH

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we determined the sequence of the EcoRI-PstI fragment of the plasmid pCVD432, also termed the enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAggEC) probe. A primer pair complementary to this probe was designed for PCR amplification of a 630-bp region. Comparison of the analysis of the EAggEC probe sequence with t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schmidt H,Knop C,Franke S,Aleksic S,Heesemann J,Karch H

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter rectus was isolated under routine anaerobic conditions (no additional hydrogen gas in the atmosphere) from an oral, nonperiodontal abscess from a patient with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. We report the first case of a palate abscess caused by C. rectus and review the literature and atmospheric requir...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mahlen SD,Clarridge JE 3rd

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroviral meningoencephalitis was diagnosed in a patient with an immunodeficiency syndrome acquired after treatment with rituximab for a relapsed primary B-cell lymphoma. A second meningoencephalitic episode was diagnosed 6 months later and was successfully treated with a combination of immunoglobulins and pleconari...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Archimbaud C,Bailly JL,Chambon M,Tournilhac O,Travade P,Peigue-Lafeuille H

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method, using commercial disks to detect Escherichia coli mutator strains, is proposed. The breakpoint for detecting strains with a mutation frequency >/=5 x 10(-7) was established at >/=70 and >/=20 colonies in the inhibition zone of fosfomycin and rifampin disks, respectively, after seeding 100 microl of an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Galán JC,Tato M,Baquero MR,Turrientes C,Baquero F,Martinez JL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella melitensis is the cause of brucellosis in sheep and goats, which often results in abortion. Few cases of B. melitensis infection in goats have occurred in the United States over the last 25 years. However, vigilance must be maintained, as it is for the bovine milk industry, to ensure that brucellosis is not i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Funk ND,Tabatabai LB,Elzer PH,Hagius SD,Martin BM,Hoffman LJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, curved, rod-shaped bacterium known to cause gastritis and to be an important factor in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcers. Serological testing has recently been proposed as an aid in diagnosis of H. pylori infections. In this study, we used the Western immunoblot technique to eva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Andersen LP,Espersen F

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Analytab Products, Inc. (API), anaerobic multitest microsystem (MICRO) was compared with the Center for Disease Control conventional (CONV) thioglycolate (supplemented with hemin and vitamin K1) system and with pre-reduced anaerobically sterilized (PRAS) media as recommended by the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moore HB,Sutter VL,Finegold SM

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00