Performance of a Novel Point-of-Care Molecular Assay for Detection of Influenza A and B Viruses and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Enigma MiniLab) in Children with Acute Respiratory Infection.

abstract：:The 1896 precore (PC) mutation is the most frequent cause of hepatitis B virus e-antigen (HBeAg)-negative chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Detection of the 1896 PC mutation has application in studies monitoring antiviral therapy and the natural history of the disease. Identification of this mutation is usual...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Waltz TL,Marras S,Rochford G,Nolan J,Lee E,Melegari M,Pollack H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern identification techniques at the genomic level have greatly improved the taxonomic knowledge of mycobacteria. In adjunct to nucleic acid sequences, mycobacterial identification has been endorsed by investigation of the lipidic patterns of unique mycolic acids in such organisms. In the present investigation, the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tortoli E,Bartoloni A,Böttger EC,Emler S,Garzelli C,Magliano E,Mantella A,Rastogi N,Rindi L,Scarparo C,Urbano P

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first case of severe pneumonia possibly caused by Leptotrichia species with oral bacteria. This was found in a healthy but elderly subject whose bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was analyzed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis. The combination of this method and microscopic observation provided useful info...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawanami T,Fukuda K,Yatera K,Kido T,Yoshii C,Taniguchi H,Kido M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is an increasing health problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. The PCR-UHG-Rif assay, which detects mutations within the rpoB gene associated with rifampin resistance, was evaluated for its ability and reliability to detect and identify drug-resistant Mycobacterium tube...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mayta H,Gilman RH,Arenas F,Valencia T,Caviedes L,Montenegro SH,Ticona E,Ortiz J,Chumpitaz R,Evans CA,Williams DL,Tuberculosis Working Group in Perú.

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the use of dried spots of bodily fluids (plasma, whole blood, and mother's milk) on filter paper as a means of sample collection and storage for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) viral load testing under stringent field conditions. Plasma placed directly in lysis buffer, which is customarily used ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ayele W,Schuurman R,Messele T,Dorigo-Zetsma W,Mengistu Y,Goudsmit J,Paxton WA,de Baar MP,Pollakis G

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:The actinomycete Rhodococcus equi is an important pathogen of horses and an emerging opportunistic pathogen of humans. Identification of R. equi by classical bacteriological techniques is sometimes difficult, and misclassification of an isolate is not uncommon. We report here on a specific PCR assay for the rapid and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ladrón N,Fernández M,Agüero J,González Zörn B,Vázquez-Boland JA,Navas J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an unusual case of culture-proven pneumococcal and meningococcal mixed meningitis in an 18-month-old girl. The patient responded well to antimicrobial therapy and recovered completely without sequelae. No underlying condition could be demonstrated except a rhinitis of unknown etiology 2 days before the onset...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marchandin H,Ventura V,Alonso JM,Van de Perre P

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoglycans from mycoplasmas possess the ability to induce the elaboration of procoagulant activity. This represents a third endotoxic property for these polymers, in addition to the pyrogenicity and clotting of Limulus lysate reported previously. Lipoglycans from three species of Acholeplasma (A. axanthum, A. granula...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Miragliotta G,Barone G,Monno RA,Fumarola D,Smith PF

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tularemia is a potentially fatal disease that is caused by the highly infectious and zoonotic pathogen Francisella tularensis. Despite the monomorphic nature of sequenced F. tularensis genomes, there is a significant degree of plasticity in the organization of genetic elements. The observed variability in these genome...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Larson MA,Fey PD,Bartling AM,Iwen PC,Dempsey MP,Francesconi SC,Hinrichs SH

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A direct immunofluorescence assay (DFA) with a monoclonal antibody from Ortho Diagnostic Systems was compared with conventional cell culture for the rapid detection of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in 140 dermal lesions from 133 patients. A total of 79 (56%) specimens were positive for VZV: 40 (51%) by DFA alone, 2 (3%...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Coffin SE,Hodinka RL

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the Xpert MRSA/SA SSTI real-time PCR assay (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA) directly on perioperative bone and joint samples. The sensitivity and specificity for detection of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and methicillin-resistant coagula...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dubouix-Bourandy A,de Ladoucette A,Pietri V,Mehdi N,Benzaquen D,Guinand R,Gandois JM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on findings in small RNA-sequencing (Seq) data analysis, we developed highly sensitive and specific real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR assays with locked nucleic acid probes targeting the abundantly expressed leader sequences of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and other human corona...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chan JF,Choi GK,Tsang AK,Tee KM,Lam HY,Yip CC,To KK,Cheng VC,Yeung ML,Lau SK,Woo PC,Chan KH,Tang BS,Yuen KY

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophoretic karyotypes of atypical isolates of Candida albicans, e.g., strains that were germ tube negative, failed to express proteinase activity, demonstrated low virulence for mice, formed hyperchlamydoconidia, produced hyperhyphae, or were sucrose negative (including the type strain of Candida stellatoidea), w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mahrous M,Lott TJ,Meyer SA,Sawant AD,Ahearn DG

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparison of Gram-stained urethral smears with Gen-Probe for the detection of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in the urethras of males with symptomatic urethritis revealed a 99.6% correlation between the two methods. A simple Gram stain would appear to be the method of choice for the detection of gonorrhea in symptomatic m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Juchau SV,Nackman R,Ruppart D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori was grown in low numbers from the saliva of one of nine patients who were positive for gastric H. pylori. The saliva-derived isolate from this patient was identical to the antral biopsy-derived isolate from the same patient and differed from isolates cultured from the antral biopsies of all other p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ferguson DA Jr,Li C,Patel NR,Mayberry WR,Chi DS,Thomas E

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reference strains of serotypes 1 to 12 of Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae were cultured in Eagle minimal essential medium with 10% Serum Plus. Culture supernatants were examined for cytotoxicity to alveolar macrophages and for the ability to hemolyze sheep erythrocytes. All strains except the reference s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kamp EM,van Leengoed LA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CDC group M-5 is a rod-shaped, gram-negative, nonmotile bacterium associated with dog bite wounds. DNA-DNA relatedness and biochemical and growth characteristics were studied for 54 strains from the collection at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One typical M-5 strain, 8142, was further studied by 16S r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Andersen BM,Steigerwalt AG,O'Connor SP,Hollis DG,Weyant RS,Weaver RE,Brenner DJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of vancomycin resistance among enterococci is increasing in the United States and elsewhere in the world, but automated susceptibility testing methods have difficulty detecting resistance expressed by certain strains. The agar screening method described by Willey et al. (B. M. Willey, B. N. Kreiswirth, A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Swenson JM,Clark NC,Ferraro MJ,Sahm DF,Doern G,Pfaller MA,Reller LB,Weinstein MP,Zabransky RJ,Tenover FC

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated a PCR method for the rapid detection of clinically significant genotypes of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in nosocomial surveillance specimens. Detection of the vanA and vanB genes by multiplex PCR using 657 specimens that showed presumptive growth of VRE on bile esculin azide agar contai...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jayaratne P,Rutherford C

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently developed a PCR assay for detection of Mycobacterium spp. at the genus level based on the Cobas Amplicor platform. The sensitivities for smear-positive and smear-negative specimens were found to be 100% and 47.9%, respectively. The specificity was 97.7%, the positive predictive value 84.6%, and the ne...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peter-Getzlaff S,Lüthy J,Voit A,Bloemberg GV,Böttger EC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from patients with adult T-cell leukemia and asymptomatic carriers of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) from widely separated areas of the world reacted strongly in a standardized quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay procedure with HTLV-I viral antigen prepared from a strain isolated in th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Halbert SP,Poiesz B,Friedman-Kien AE,Montagna R,Blattner WA,Anken M

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically important species of Candida and related organisms were compared for extent of nucleotide divergence in the 5' end of the large-subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene. This rDNA region is sufficiently variable to allow reliable separation of all known clinically significant yeast species. Of the 204 descri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kurtzman CP,Robnett CJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma hominis most frequently causes diseases of the genitourinary tract. Extragenital infections are uncommon, with almost all occurring in immunosuppressed persons or those predisposed due to trauma or surgery. We present the case of a previously well man who developed an M. hominis-associated parapharyngeal ab...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kennedy KJ,Prince S,Makeham T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal prenatal screening for group B streptococci (GBS) followed by offering of intrapartum chemoprophylaxis to carriers is one of the strategies used to reduce the incidence of neonatal early-onset GBS infections. Culturing of vaginal and anorectal swab specimens in selective broth is the screening procedure recom...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hansen SM,Sørensen UB

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VP1 sequences were determined for poliovirus type 1 isolates obtained over a 189-day period from a poliomyelitis patient with common variable immunodeficiency syndrome (a defect in antibody formation). The isolate from the first sample, taken 11 days after onset of paralysis, contained two poliovirus populations, diff...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kew OM,Sutter RW,Nottay BK,McDonough MJ,Prevots DR,Quick L,Pallansch MA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunochromatographic test (ICT) kits for the rapid detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies to Burkholderia pseudomallei were compared to the indirect hemagglutination (IHA) assay. In 138 culture-confirmed melioidosis cases, sensitivities were 80, 77, and 88% for IHA, ICT IgG, and ICT IgM, respectively....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Brien M,Freeman K,Lum G,Cheng AC,Jacups SP,Currie BJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is genetically heterogeneous. Although some clonal groups have been implicated in multiple outbreaks, there is currently no consensus on how "epidemic clones" should be defined. The objectives of this work were to compare the patterns of sequence diversity on two sets of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cantinelli T,Chenal-Francisque V,Diancourt L,Frezal L,Leclercq A,Wirth T,Lecuit M,Brisse S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although two phenotypes of the opportunistic pathogen Propionibacterium acnes (types I and II) have been described, epidemiological investigations of their roles in different infections have not been widely reported. Using immunofluorescence microscopy with monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) QUBPa1 and QUBPa2, specific for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McDowell A,Valanne S,Ramage G,Tunney MM,Glenn JV,McLorinan GC,Bhatia A,Maisonneuve JF,Lodes M,Persing DH,Patrick S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth on different media and the influence of culture conditions were studied on 19 recently isolated strains of Haemophilus ducreyi, none of which had more than four passages on artificial media. The results were compared with 10 laboratory strains, which had an unknown number of passages in vitro. For all strains, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sturm AW,Zanen HC

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00