Characterization of an Enterococcus gallinarum Isolate Carrying a Dual vanA and vanB Cassette.

abstract：:Typing and in vitro cultivation of rotavirus-positive human stool samples stored unintentionally at ambient tropical temperatures for 2 1/2 months showed that rotavirus is stable and may still be infectious in vitro. This indicates that stool specimen collection for rotavirus studies can be performed in areas and sett...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fischer TK,Steinsland H,Valentiner-Branth P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of combined 16S rRNA (rrs) gene restriction fragment length polymorphism and plasmid profiles to differentiate between and within Campylobacter upsaliensis of human and canine origin was examined. Fourteen distinct rrs gene restriction fragment length polymorphs consisting of bands sized between 1.9 and 4....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stanley J,Jones C,Burnens A,Owen RJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The semen plasma virus load is measured to ensure the safety of sperm processing during medically assisted procreation (MAP) for couples with a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected man. A practical, automated protocol using the COBAS Ampliprep CAP/CTM kit in the COBAS TaqMan96 system was developed to m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pasquier C,Sauné K,Raymond S,Moinard N,Daudin M,Bujan L,Izopet J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of the Roche AMPLICOR Mycobacterium tuberculosis test (AMPLICOR MTB) for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis was evaluated by testing 956 respiratory specimens from 502 patients and comparing results with results by culture and medical history. Of those 135 specimens that were culture positive for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bergmann JS,Woods GL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serological study was performed to determine recent human exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei (the cause of melioidosis) in residents of southern Thailand affected by the tsunami of 26 December 2004. The findings were suggestive of increased recent exposure in both tsunami survivors and uninjured bystanders. Survi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wuthiekanun V,Chierakul W,Rattanalertnavee J,Langa S,Sirodom D,Wattanawaitunechai C,Winothai W,White NJ,Day N,Peacock SJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters like zone reading, inoculum density, and plate streaking influence the precision and accuracy of disk diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST). While improved reading precision has been demonstrated using automated imaging systems, standardization of the inoculum and of plate streaking have not bee...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hombach M,Maurer FP,Pfiffner T,Böttger EC,Furrer R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitologic confirmation of cutaneous leishmaniasis is obligatory before chemotherapy can be considered. Direct microscopic examination of scrapings taken from indurated borders of ulcers has been routinely used as primary method of diagnosis. In this report we compared the sensitivity of examination of dermal scrap...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ramírez JR,Agudelo S,Muskus C,Alzate JF,Berberich C,Barker D,Velez ID

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method able to detect Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strains in 30 min by using six primers designed by targeting the inv gene. This method is more sensitive than PCR and might be a useful tool for detecting and identifying Y. pseudotuberculosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Horisaka T,Fujita K,Iwata T,Nakadai A,Okatani AT,Horikita T,Taniguchi T,Honda E,Yokomizo Y,Hayashidani H

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For prevention and control of gonorrhea, an objective, highly discriminating, and reproducible molecular epidemiological characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is essential. In the present study, in pursuance of providing such qualities, pyrosequencing technology, a fast real-time DNA sequence analysis, was applied...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Unemo M,Olcén P,Jonasson J,Fredlund H

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed and validated a nested real-time PCR (NRT-PCR) for the genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis and used it specifically for the typing of either eight genovars from D to K or three genovars of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV). The 11 probes used in the NRT-PCR correctly identified the DNA from D to K and L...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jalal H,Stephen H,Alexander S,Carne C,Sonnex C

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody responses of 85 patients to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 antigens were quantitated by densitometric analysis of Western blot (immunoblot) assays. All patients had been classified into the following three clinical categories: asymptomatic (ASY), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related complex ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schmidt G,Amiraian K,Frey H,Wethers J,Stevens RW,Berns DS

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fastidious, gram-negative bacterium was isolated from the blood of a 51-year-old man who had acute infectious endocarditis (IE). Characterization of the organism through phenotypic and genotypic analyses revealed the causative role of Cardiobacterium valvarum. This is the third reported case of IE caused by C. valva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bothelo E,Gouriet F,Fournier PE,Roux V,Habib G,Thuny F,Metras D,Raoult D,Casalta JP

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate identification of pathogenic species is important for early appropriate patient management, but growing diversity of infectious species/strains makes the identification of clinical yeasts increasingly difficult. Among conventional methods that are commercially available, the API ID32C, AuxaColor, and Vitek 2 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Posteraro B,Efremov L,Leoncini E,Amore R,Posteraro P,Ricciardi W,Sanguinetti M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tests for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which can provide results rapidly to guide therapeutic decision-making, offer patient care advantages over laboratory-based tests that require several days to provide results. We compared results from the Cepheid GeneXpert CT/NG (Xpert) assay to results from t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gaydos CA,Van Der Pol B,Jett-Goheen M,Barnes M,Quinn N,Clark C,Daniel GE,Dixon PB,Hook EW 3rd,CT\/NG Study Group.

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) has been steadily increasing in countries of the former USSR. The availability of rapid and reliable methods for the detection of drug resistance to second-line drugs is vital for adequate patient management. We evaluated the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ignatyeva O,Kontsevaya I,Kovalyov A,Balabanova Y,Nikolayevskyy V,Toit K,Dragan A,Maxim D,Mironova S,Kummik T,Muntean I,Koshkarova E,Drobniewski F

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously described microbroth kinetic system (J. Meletiadis, J. F. Meis, J. W. Mouton, and P. E. Verweij, J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:478-484, 2001) based on continuous monitoring of changes in the optical density of fungal growth was used to describe turbidimetric growth curves of different filamentous fungi in the pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Meletiadis J,te Dorsthorst DT,Verweij PE

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified oxidase reagent, 1% tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine in dimethyl sulfoxide, proved superior to the routinely used 1% aqueous tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride in detecting weakly oxidase-positive gram-negative bacteria after 24 h of growth on agar media (40 of 40 positive versus 22 of 40 positive...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tarrand JJ,Gröschel DH

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague and is considered a category A priority pathogen due to its potential for high transmissibility and the significant morbidity and mortality it causes in humans. Y. pestis is endemic to the western United States and much of the world, necessitating programs to monitor fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chandler JC,Baeten LA,Griffin DL,Gidlewski T,DeLiberto TJ,Petersen JM,Pappert R,Young JW,Bevins SN

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion diseases of cattle include the classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (C-BSE) and the atypical H-type BSE (H-BSE) and L-type BSE (L-BSE) strains. Although the C- and L-BSE strains can be detected and discriminated by ultrasensitive real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) assays, no such test has yet b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Masujin K,Orrú CD,Miyazawa K,Groveman BR,Raymond LD,Hughson AG,Caughey B

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative evaluations of immune status for rubella virus are described for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, hemagglutination inhibition, and indirect hemagglutination. A 92.1% agreement between enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and indirect hemagglutination assay was demonstrated for rubella immune status. Enzyme-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Truant AL,Barksdale BL,Huber TW,Elliott LB

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:In order to assess the microbiologic and clinical value of primary broth culture of wound specimens collected with swabs and submitted to the laboratory in transport medium, we compared the results of primary agar culture with the results of a corresponding primary broth culture for 344 aerobic specimens and 176 anaer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Silletti RP,Ailey E,Sun S,Tang D

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three isolates of Streptococcus uberis from various sources were examined for the presence of a common antigen. Initially, a serum was produced in rabbits which, by using rocket line immunoelectrophoresis, proved to react with identity to all of the S. uberis crude extracts as well as group B and E streptococcal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jones KF,Norcross NL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modification of an auxanographic method used in yeast species identification to determine potassium nitrate (KNO3) assimilation resulted in a simple and inexpensive KNO3 assimilation test medium. The medium provided accurate and reliable results in less than 24 h. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pincus DH,Salkin IF,Hurd NJ,Levy IL,Kemna MA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to rapidly recognize Ebola virus infections is critical to quickly limit further spread of the disease. A rapid, sensitive, and specific laboratory diagnostic test is needed to confirm outbreaks of Ebola virus infection and to distinguish it from other diseases that can cause similar clinical symptoms. A o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gibb TR,Norwood DA Jr,Woollen N,Henchal EA

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A directory of test patterns and their interpretations has been prepared for identification of Enterobacteriaceae by using the 11-test API 10 S kit. The diagnostic accuracy of the directory and kit were evaluated by using records of test results for 37,476 isolates studied with the 21-test API 20 Enteric kit. Analysis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Robertson EA,MacLowry JD

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of rapid-cycle PCR combined with colorimetric microwell hybridization for detecting Bordetella pertussis was investigated. Rapid cycling was performed with an air thermocycler (model 1605; Idaho Technology, Idaho Falls, Idaho). Although the instrument was originally designed to be used with capillary tubes, an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Buck GE

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：:Mycobacterium bovis infection in wildlife and feral species is a potential source of infection for livestock and a threat to protected and endangered species. The aim of this study was to identify Spanish wild animal species infected with M. bovis through bacteriological culture and spacer oligonucleotide typing (spol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aranaz A,De Juan L,Montero N,Sánchez C,Galka M,Delso C,Alvarez J,Romero B,Bezos J,Vela AI,Briones V,Mateos A,Domínguez L

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared a set of commercial Salmonella somatic and flagellar serotyping antisera to in-house-prepared antisera from the Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, using 327 Salmonella enterica strains belonging to subgroups I, II, IIIa, IIIb, and IV. The sensitivities of Denka Seiken (T...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schrader KN,Fernandez-Castro A,Cheung WK,Crandall CM,Abbott SL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00