Mycobacterium tuberculosis pncA Polymorphisms That Do Not Confer Pyrazinamide Resistance at a Breakpoint Concentration of 100 Micrograms per Milliliter in MGIT.

abstract：:Minimum essential medium supplemented with either 7% fetal bovine serum or 2% fetal bovine serum and 1.5% low protein serum replacement (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.) factor was used to evaluate the growth of Vero 76 cells (E-6 clone) in a cell culture bioreactor. Three different microcarriers, collagen-coated p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： White LA,Ades EW

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 41 Brucella isolates, examined by standard biotyping procedures, were found to be similar to Brucella abortus biovar 2 in dye sensitivity but had a dominant M antigen. Oxidative metabolic tests performed on 39 of the isolates confirmed them as B. abortus. Additional biochemical and bacteriophage susceptibil...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ewalt DR,Forbes LB

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new compound, indoxyl-beta-D-glucuronide, was assessed as a substrate for the rapid detection of Escherichia coli in urine. Incorporation of this compound into MacConkey agar allowed the direct differentiation of E. coli as deep blue colonies distinct from lactose and nonlactose fermenters. The sensitivity was 88 to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Delisle GJ,Ley A

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have resulted in the proposal of a new species, Aeromonas schubertii (mannitol, sucrose, and indole negative), formerly termed Enteric Group 501, on the basis of the study of seven strains isolated from the southeastern and southwestern United States and Puerto Rico. We have isolated two phenotypically ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carnahan AM,Marii MA,Fanning GR,Pass MA,Joseph SW

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended incubation of culture plates was studied to see if the recovery of Bordetella spp. from nasopharyngeal swabs could be improved. Forty-eight Bordetella isolates were recovered from 103 children (overall positive-culture rate, 46.6%) who met the clinical case definition of pertussis. Seven of 44 (16%) B. pertus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Katzko G,Hofmeister M,Church D

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronidazole and tetracycline E tests were compared to an agar dilution method for the antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Helicobacter pylori. Sixteen strains were tested by using tetrazolium egg yolk (TEY) agar. The characteristic E test inhibition ellipse was clearer on TEY agar than on standard blood agar and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Valdez Y,Velapatiño B,Gilman RH,Gutierrez V,León C

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the clinical performance of the FilmArray blood culture identification (BCID) panel in the identification of microorganisms from positive blood culture bottles inoculated with sterile body fluids. All organisms included in the FA BCID panel were accurately identified in 84/84 (100%) and 18/24 (75%) sample...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Altun O,Almuhayawi M,Ullberg M,Özenci V

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:The zygomycetous mold Cokeromyces recurvatus was isolated from the pleural and peritoneal fluids of a 64-year-old man with a history of peptic ulcer disease and alcohol abuse. The patient presented to the hospital with severe abdominal pain and a ruptured duodenal ulcer. This is one of the few times that C.recurvatus ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Munipalli B,Rinaldi MG,Greenberg SB

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxin-specific enzyme immunoassays, cytotoxicity assays, and PCR were used to analyze 48 toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive Clostridium difficile isolates from various geographical sites around the world. All the isolates were negative by the TOX-A TEST and positive by the TOX A/B TEST. A deletion of approximately 1.7...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moncrief JS,Zheng L,Neville LM,Lyerly DM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standardization of sequence chromatogram analysis is required for consistent genotypic tropism determination across laboratories. A freely available, fast, and automated chromatogram analysis tool (RECall) provided tropism interpretations equivalent to those of manual sequence editing of 521 V3 loop HIV-1 population s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pou C,Bellido R,Casadellà M,Puig T,Clotet B,Harrigan R,Paredes R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we describe the assembly of a synthetic gene coding for several antigenic determinants found in different Leishmania infantum antigens. Selected epitopes were derived from the ribosomal proteins LiP2a, LiP2b, and LiP0 and from the histone H2A. The resulting gene was overexpressed in Escherichia coli eith...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Soto M,Requena JM,Quijada L,Alonso C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus produced an inhibitory factor that suppressed slime formation by Psuudomonas aeruginosa but had little effect on the growth of the organism. The inhibitory factor was not found in broth cultures but could be extracted from cultures grown on solid agar. The inhibitory factor moderately inhibited g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shibl AM,Al-Sowaygh IA

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory tract specimens from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) require unique processing by clinical microbiology laboratories to ensure detection of all potential pathogens. The present study sought to determine the compliance of microbiology laboratories in the United States with recently published recommendati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhou J,Garber E,Desai M,Saiman L

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we used LightCycler PCR amplification and product detection by fluorescence resonance energy transfer probes to identify mycobacteria and differentiate between Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Mycobacterium avium, and other nontuberculous mycobacteria. Targeting the 16S rRNA gene, three different prob...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lachnik J,Ackermann B,Bohrssen A,Maass S,Diephaus C,Puncken A,Stermann M,Bange FC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Echinococcus Western Blot IgG (LDBIO Diagnostics, Lyon, France), using a whole larval antigen from Echinococcus multilocularis, was evaluated for serodiagnosis and differentiation between two human parasitic infections of worldwide importance: cystic echinococcosis, due to Echinococcus granulosus, and alveolar ech...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liance M,Janin V,Bresson-Hadni S,Vuitton DA,Houin R,Piarroux R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a surveillance program associated with the Italian clinical trial for the evaluation of new acellular pertussis vaccines, two bacterial isolates were obtained in cultures of samples from immunocompetent infants who had episodes of cough. Both clinical isolates were identified as Bordetella bronchiseptica by bio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stefanelli P,Mastrantonio P,Hausman SZ,Giuliano M,Burns DL

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHROMagar Yersinia (CAY) is a new chromogenic medium for the presumptive detection of virulent Yersinia enterocolitica in stools. Based on a comparative analysis of 1,494 consecutive stools from hospitalized patients, CAY was found to be just as sensitive as the reference medium (cefsulodin-irgasan-novobiocin agar) bu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Renaud N,Lecci L,Courcol RJ,Simonet M,Gaillot O

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbiological and molecular characteristics of the rickettsiae isolated from humans with Queensland tick typhus (QTT) caused by Rickettsia australis and the recently described Flinders Island spotted fever (FISF) were compared. Clinically and serologically, the diseases are similar. Cell culture reveals differen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baird RW,Lloyd M,Stenos J,Ross BC,Stewart RS,Dwyer B

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report in this work a highly sensitive and nonradioactive PCR method for the detection of the four species of parasite causing human malaria. Plasmodium-specific primers corresponding to the small-subunit rRNA genes of the malaria parasite were used, and a 291-bp fragment was amplified. Our results showed a high sp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ciceron L,Jaureguiberry G,Gay F,Danis M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-min latex agglutination test kit, Culturette Brand Ten-Minute Group A Strep ID (Marion Scientific, Div. of Marion Laboratories, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.), was assessed for the rapid detection of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus directly from a throat swab. Four hundred and thirty-five throat swab specimens from...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chang MJ,Mohla C

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time to detection (TTD) in automated blood culture systems is delayed for sensitive microorganisms in the presence of antimicrobial substances and has been associated with worse outcomes for sepsis patients on inadequate empirical therapy. While resin addition removes antimicrobial substances to various degrees from b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mitteregger D,Barousch W,Nehr M,Kundi M,Zeitlinger M,Makristathis A,Hirschl AM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA was performed on 133 strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi obtained from Papua New Guinea, with the objective of assessing the temporal variation of these strains. Fifty-two strains that were isolated in 1992 and 1994 were of one phage typ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thong KL,Goh YL,Yasin RM,Lau MG,Passey M,Winston G,Yoannes M,Pang T,Reeder JC

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a Linear Array test/retest analysis using cytologic specimens from 198 women. A total of 67.2% of samples had the same human papillomavirus (HPV) types detected in both tests (type-specific positive agreement was 83.3% overall [Kappa = 0.9] and 86.8% for carcinogenic types [Kappa = 0.92]). Discordance was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koshiol J,Dunn ST,Walker JL,Zuna RE,Schiffman M,Sherman ME,Gold MA,Allen RA,Zhang R,Wang SS,Wentzensen N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-plex clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-based typing technique (spoligotyping) was recently developed at the French National Reference Center for Legionella. It allows the subtyping of the Legionella pneumophila sequence type 1/Paris pulsotype. In this report, we present the transfe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gomgnimbou MK,Ginevra C,Peron-Cane C,Versapuech M,Refrégier G,Jacotin N,Sola C,Jarraud S

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:A procedure for extracting rotaviral double-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) directly from fecal and intestinal specimens collected from calves and pigs is described. This procedure provides a rapid, simple, reproducible method of obtaining rotaviral double-stranded RNA preparations suitable for electrophoretic analysi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Theil KW,McCloskey CM,Saif LJ,Redman DR,Bohl EH,Hancock DD,Kohler EM,Moorhead PD

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative, anaerobic bacilli are unusual organisms to be isolated in cases of acute septic arthritis. We report the isolation of Fusobacterium necrophorum from joint aspirate in a case of acute septic arthritis, which presented 3 weeks after the drainage of a dental abscess. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sonsale PD,Philipson MR,Bowskill J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 4,409 stool specimens from infants less than 5 years of age seeking treatment for diarrhea in Matlab, Bangladesh, were tested for the presence of adenoviruses by using an enzyme immunoassay (EIA). EIA-positive stool samples were serotyped with monoclonal antibodies specific for adenovirus type 40 (Ad40) and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jarecki-Khan K,Tzipori SR,Unicomb LE

更新日期：1993-03-01 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