In vitro comparison of cefoperazone/sulbactam with selected antimicrobials against 300 bacteroides isolates. Inhibitory activity and time-kill kinetic studies.

abstract：:To explore a simple, rapid, and inexpensive way to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex culture, dot blot hybridization using IS6110 as the marker was performed against 2788 known clinical isolates of mycobacteria including M. tuberculosis (n = 721), M. kansasii (177), M. marinum (10), M. avium complex (700), M...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kam KM,Yip CW,Chan MY,Mok CY,Wong WS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen adult patients (47-81 yr) with gram-negative bacteremia and normal (less than or equal to 1.5 mg/dl) serum creatinines were treated with 1 or 2 gm of cefotaxime every 8 or 12 hr. The infecting organisms were Escherichia coli (9 strains), Klebsiella pneumoniae (2 strains), and one isolate of Salmonella enterit...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Goodpasture HC,Gerlach EH,Jones RN,Peterie JD

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2011, a new mecA gene homolog, named mecC gene, was found in isolates from both humans and animals. The discovery of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carrying the mecC gene has caused speculations about the origin, epidemiology, and impact of these isolates. The objective of this work is to perfor...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Diaz R,Ramalheira E,Afreixo V,Gago B

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To eliminate variability due to nonspecific stimulation or inhibition by different lots of fetal bovine serum, the activation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells in a modification of Iscove's medium (medium C-IMDM) was compared with the routinely used Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI)-1640 medium containi...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Lipson SM

更新日期：1986-03-01 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：:Combination with tazobactam substantially enhanced the activity of piperacillin against routine isolates of staphylococci, various Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter anitratus, and Bacteroides fragilis. Tazobactam enhanced the activity of piperacillin more than fourfold against Pseudomonas aeruginosa spp. harboring eig...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Eliopoulos GM,Klimm K,Ferraro MJ,Jacoby GA,Moellering RC Jr

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melioidosis is caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. The gold standard for diagnosis is culture, which requires at least 3-4 days to obtain a result, hindering successful treatment of acute disease. An indirect haemagglutination assay (IHA) is often used but lacks sensitivity. Approximately ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Cooper A,Williams NL,Morris JL,Norton RE,Ketheesan N,Schaeffer PM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the performance of the ARCHITECT Toxo IgG, IgM, and IgG Avidity assays against corresponding assays on AxSYM and Vidas using 730 sera from pregnant women. The ARCHITECT Toxo IgG and IgM assays showed a relative sensitivity of 97.5% and 89.9% and a relative specificity of 99.1% and 99.8%, respectively. If I...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Gay-Andrieu F,Fricker-Hidalgo H,Sickinger E,Espern A,Brenier-Pinchart MP,Braun HB,Pelloux H

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CPS ID 2 (CPS) chromogenic agar was compared to routine media for use in the isolation, enumeration, identification, and susceptibility testing of bacteria recovered from urine specimens. Of 487 urine specimens, 318 were culture negative, 12 were positive on CPS only, 16 positive on routine only, and 141 positive ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Reisner BS,Austin EF

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：:A patient with a history of diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke, previous renal transplantation, and multiple hospital admissions for recurrent pancreatitis was transferred to the hospital from a chronic care facility because of fever and severe epigastric discomfort. At the time of admission, she was receiving ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Bergman MM,Gagnon D,Doern GV

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in-vitro activity of fluconazole against 46,831 yeast isolates collected over a two-year period from 57 laboratories in 33 countries worldwide was assessed using a disc diffusion method. Candida albicans was the organism isolated most frequently, accounting for 68.6% of the total number of isolates. C. glabrata, C...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Liebowitz LD,Ashbee HR,Evans EG,Chong Y,Mallatova N,Zaidi M,Gibbs D,Global Antifungal Surveillance Group.

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:To diagnose Lyme disease, a two-tier testing algorithm is used in which supplemental IgM and IgG immunoblots to detect antibody to Borrelia burgdorferi are reflexively performed if a first-tier assay, such as a whole-cell sonicate-based enzyme immunoassay (WCS EIA), is reactive. Recent data suggest that equal specific...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Wormser GP,Molins CR,Levin A,Lipsett SC,Nigrovic LE,Schriefer ME,Branda JA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study is to explore the possible association of the monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1-362G/C genetic polymorphism and plasma levels of MCP-1 in patients with spinal tuberculosis (TB). The MCP-1-362G/C (rs2857656) polymorphism and blood levels of MCP-1 in patients with spinal TB and healthy ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Guo C,Zhang H,Gao Q,He D,Tang M,Liu S,Deng A,Wang Y,Lu S,Li J,Yin X,Guo Q

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assay to detect herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA in clinical specimens has been developed. It utilizes nucleic acid hybridization with a 32P-labeled DNA probe prepared from a fragment of HSV DNA cloned in a plasmid vector. This assay can detect 5 X 10(4) plaque-forming units of cell-free HSV and as few as four virus-...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Redfield DC,Richman DD,Albanil S,Oxman MN,Wahl GM

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships between pharmacodynamic indices (PI), such as the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC)/MIC ratio and time > MIC (T(>MIC)), and efficacy have been described for antimicrobial drugs. The use of these quantitative relationships may increase the power to demonstrate significant effects of drugs, obv...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Mouton JW,Jacobs N,Tiddens H,Horrevorts AM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the isolation and cultural characteristics of a Gram-negative bacillus that is very similar to the presumed etiologic agent of cat scratch disease. The organism was isolated from a tibial lesion of a male patient who had been hospitalized for severe necrotizing pancreatitis. The significance of the isolate...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Hall GS,Pratt-Rippin K,Washington JA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An integrated system capable of sample pretreatment using antibody-conjugated magnetic beads and one-step reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on a microfluidic system was developed to accelerate the detection of RNA viruses such as dengue virus or enterovirus 71. The targeted virus in the sample w...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Lee WC,Lien KY,Lee GB,Lei HY

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Branhamella catarrhalis-like organism was isolated from blood cultures; it was atypical in showing negative nitrate and nitrite and positive gamma-glutamylaminopeptidase reactions, in agglutinating with Neisseria meningitidis antisera, and in forming butyrous colonies. Cell-wall fatty-acid and lipopolysaccharide ana...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Wüst J,Doern GV,von Graevenitz A

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an estuarine bacterium that is a major cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. Occasionally, this organism has also been shown to be the causative agent of wound infections. In almost all cases of gastrointestinal disease only strains that produce hemolysin ("Kanagawa-positive") are implicated. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sautter RL,Taylor JS,Oliver JD,O'Donnell C

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to explore the potential of matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for early identification of dominant Enterococcus faecium (Efm) clones involved in human infections. Well-characterized Efm isolates (n=77), analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Freitas AR,Sousa C,Novais C,Silva L,Ramos H,Coque TM,Lopes J,Peixe L

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercially available (Electro-Nucleonics, Inc.) indirect fluorescent antibody test was evaluated for the detection of cytomegalovirus-specific IgM antibody in serum of newborn infants. The serum IgM fraction from 13 symptomatic newborns with cytomegalovirus infection and 30 control infants was tested. Seven of 13 ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Thomson RB Jr,Benedict ML,Congeni BL

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AmpC overexpression (AmpC++) is a significant mechanism of beta-lactam resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but its impact on clinical outcomes is not well established. To examine the influence of AmpC++ on clinical outcomes of patients with P. aeruginosa bacteremia, we screened all bloodstream P. aeruginosa isolates...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Tam VH,Chang KT,Schilling AN,LaRocco MT,Genty LO,Garey KW

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A shift to Candida non-albicans infections has been noted during the last years, and the emergence of multi-resistant Candida auris has complicated their management. The aim of this study was first to compare the performance of the novel chromogenic medium CHROMagar™ Candida Plus (CHROMagar, France) with CHROMagar™ Ca...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Mulet Bayona JV,Salvador García C,Tormo Palop N,Gimeno Cardona C

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term low-dose macrolides alter response in patients with chronic sessile Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization. We examined the effect of clarithromycin on 1) adherence of P. aeruginosa cells and 2) biofilm formation. A suspended-coupon continuous-flow biofilm reactor model was used. Adherent P. aeruginosa bacteria...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Garey KW,Vo QP,Lewis RE,Saengcharoen W,LaRocco MT,Tam VH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to linezolid among Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis isolates has been reported in patients who receive a prolonged course of the drug. We report two cases of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis that occurred in patients who previously received linezolid for infections with vancomycin-res...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Ruggero KA,Schroeder LK,Schreckenberger PC,Mankin AS,Quinn JP

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium complex has been isolated with increasing frequency from humans during the last few decades. Thirteen patients admitted to the UCLA Medical Center with the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), in addition to having Kaposi's sarcoma, Pneumocystis pneumonia, and other opportunistic...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Berlin OG,Zakowski P,Bruckner DA,Clancy MN,Johnson BL Jr

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timely and rapid diagnosis of multidrug resistance in tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a challenge both for a microbiologist and neurologist. The present study was conducted to evaluate role of real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using rpoB, IS6110, and MPB64 as targets in diagnosis of TBM in 110 patients and sub...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sharma K,Modi M,Kaur H,Sharma A,Ray P,Varma S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two isolates of Enterobacter cloacae and 1 isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii showing a multidrug resistance phenotype including resistance to beta-lactams and fluoroquinolones were included in this study. By polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing, the 2 isolates of E. cloacae were found to produce Qnr...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Touati A,Brasme L,Benallaoua S,Gharout A,Madoux J,De Champs C

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00