Comparative in vitro activity of piperacillin combined with the beta-lactamase inhibitor tazobactam (YTR 830).

abstract：:The susceptibilities of 258 Bacteroides fragilis group isolates and 42 other Bacteroides species isolates against cefoperazone, cefoperazone/sulbactam (2:1 ratio) and selected other antimicrobials were determined by broth microdilution method. All isolates were susceptible to cefoperazone/sulbactam, ampicillin/sulbact...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Gelfand MS,Grogan JT,Haas MJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Bacteremia is a severe bacterial infection with significant mortality and morbidity. Clinical parameters that reliably predict the presence of community-onset bacteremia are less elucidated. METHODS:During 96 randomly selected days between August 2006 and July 2007, a prospective study was conducted to anal...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Lee CC,Wu CJ,Chi CH,Lee NY,Chen PL,Lee HC,Chang CM,Ko NY,Ko WC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of a commercially available methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-selective agar, chromID(™) MRSA, to detect group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility (PRGBS) in this study. The results showed 72.4% (21/29) sensitivity and 98.4% (60/61) specifici...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Fukigai S,Morimoto M,Kimura K,Doyama Y,Miyazaki A,Kamiya C,Banno H,Morishima E,Onoda T,Nagano N,Jin W,Wachino JI,Yamada K,Arakawa Y

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2013 LEADER surveillance program monitored the in vitro activity of linezolid and comparator agents against Gram-positive bacteria at 60 medical centers in the United States. A total of 7183 pathogens were contributed from 6 predetermined pathogen groups. The groups were Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative s...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Flamm RK,Mendes RE,Hogan PA,Ross JE,Farrell DJ,Jones RN

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine whether elevation of serum transaminases can be used to eliminate unnecessary serological tests to diagnose acute hepatitis A (HAV) and acute hepatitis B (HBV). Serum samples of 1226 patients were tested for HBsAg, anti-HBc (IgM), and anti-HAV (IgM). Acute hepatitis was diagnosed ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Chitkara YK,Fontes MD

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Suboptimal treatment has been associated with poor patient outcomes. Our antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) evaluated SAB management based on predefined performance measures both prior to and after instituting a "ca...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Smith JR,Frens JJ,Snider CB,Claeys KC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the performances and the cost-effectiveness of 5 selective media for Group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening in vaginal samples from pregnant women. The usefulness of these media is unquestionable for GBS screening; the choice will depend largely on the laboratory organization. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Joubrel C,Gendron N,Dmytruk N,Touak G,Verlaguet M,Poyart C,Réglier-Poupet H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of an enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay for interferon-γ in patients with suspected genitourinary tuberculosis (TB). A total of 30 patients with suspected genitourinary TB at the National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, were prospectiv...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Lai CC,Tan CK,Lin SH,Liao CH,Huang YT,Wang CY,Wang JY,Lin HI,Hsueh PR

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gen-probe group A Streptococcus direct test (GASD), a nucleic acid probe assay for detecting GAS from throat swabs, has recently been developed. The test uses an acridium ester-labeled DNA probe which is complementary to the rRNA of Streptococcus pyogenes. In this study, 318 single culturette throat swabs were tes...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Heelan JS,Wilbur S,Depetris G,Letourneau C

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：:In vitro and in vivo study results were reviewed from cefmetazole, a "new" parenteral cephamycin. Cefmetazole's spectrum of activity was comparable to that of second-generation cephalosporins, which includes clinical coverage of many Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus spp., streptococci, Haemophilus spp., pathogenic N...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Jones RN

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 244 CMY-2 plasmids from 5 separate studies involving Escherichia coli and Salmonella human clinical cases as well as E. coli from feedlots and water sources were examined. Genetically similar CMY-2 plasmids isolated from either E. coli or Salmonella from human, animal, and environmental sources are widely d...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Mataseje LF,Baudry PJ,Zhanel GG,Morck DW,Read RR,Louie M,Mulvey MR

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given that the rate of mortality by Legionella pneumonia increases in incorrectly treated patients, rapid diagnosis and early antibiotic treatment are needed. We have assessed the performance of a new enzyme immunoassay (EIA) test (Bartels Inc. Trinity Biotech Company, Wicklow, Ireland) to detect Legionella pneumophil...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Domínguez J,Galí N,Blanco S,Pedroso P,Prat C,Matas L,Ausina V

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis jirovecii has been detected in lung tissue from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is associated with disease severity. The regional distribution of the organism in lungs is unknown, but differences in distribution of Pneumocystis could affect estimates of colonization prevalen...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sivam S,Sciurba FC,Lucht LA,Zhang Y,Duncan SR,Norris KA,Morris A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella quintana, known to cause various clinical symptoms, is increasingly recognized as one important cause of culture-negative endocarditis. We report a case of infectious endocarditis with B. quintana on the prosthetic valve, accompanied by proteinase 3-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive collagen vasc...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Yamada Y,Ohkusu K,Yanagihara M,Tsuneoka H,Ezaki T,Tsuboi J,Okabayashi H,Suwabe A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Garenoxacin is a novel des-F(6)-quinolone with a chemical structure that lacks the C6 position fluorine and has a unique difluoromethoxy substitution at position C8. This study evaluated the in vitro activity of garenoxacin tested against a large collection of Enterobacteriaceae collected worldwide. The bacterial isol...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sader HS,Fritsche TR,Jones RN

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of 201 kidney transplant recipients (KTR) including 7 patients with evidence of renal function deterioration (as defined by creatinine levels >20% over baseline values) was analyzed for polyomavirus DNA in blood and urine samples by a new quantitative polymerase chain reaction method. Of 201 patients, 14 (6.9...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Baldanti F,Fogazzi GB,Furione M,Saglimbeni L,Rovida F,Gatti M,Paolucci S,Tarantino A,Gerna G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 28 strains of Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) a and b isolated from clinical samples before and after the introduction of the Hib conjugate vaccine in Brazil were analyzed to determine variants of the capsular gene. Our results suggest the occurrence of new variants closely related to types I and II previously ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Batalha A,de Almeida AE,Caldeira NG,de Filippis I

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis is an important nosocomial pathogen that can proliferate in high concentrations of glucose and form biofilms on prosthetic materials. We investigated the genotypic diversity, slime production, and antifungal susceptibility among 60 isolates of C. parapsilosis from 44 patients and 10 patient care p...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Pfaller MA,Messer SA,Hollis RJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of macrolide resistance was investigated in 251 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with reduced susceptibility to erythromycin (erythromycin-resistant S. pneumoniae [ERSP]) collected during the period from 2000 to 2004 in Korea. Among these strains, erm(B) was the most prevalent pneumococcal macrolide res...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Bae S,Lee K

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new real-time PCR assay for trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus (TSPyV) DNA detection was designed, and blood samples from kidney transplant recipients and healthy individuals were screened. TSPyV-DNA was not detected in blood from healthy individuals, but 26.8% of kidney recipients presented TSPyV-DNA...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Urbano PR,Nali LH,Bicalho CS,Pierrotti LC,David-Neto E,Pannuti CS,Romano CM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 50 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were tested by the proportion method and the broth microdilution method (BMM) for primary antitubercular drugs. The results were obtained after 14 days of incubation. There was a 100% agreement for all drugs except streptomycin, which showed a 96% agreement...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sethi S,Mandal J,Kumar P,Kumar S,Meharwal S,Jindal SK,Sharma M

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:An OXA-181 producing Escherichia coli isolate that went recurrently undetected directly from rectal swab sample using Xpert® Carba-R, was successfully detected using ertapenem supplemented broth enrichment followed by culture-based method. Our data suggest that implementation of culture-based methods plus enrichment m...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Girlich D,Ouzani S,Langlois I,Begasse C,Arangia N,Fortineau N,Naas T,Dortet L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lomefloxacin is a new difluoro-quinolone. In this study, we have determined the in vitro activity of lomefloxacin against a wide range of clinical bacterial isolates and compared it with that of other fluoro-quinolones and some unrelated antimicrobials. Lomefloxacin was very active against Enterobacteriaceae (MIC90, 0...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Robbins MJ,Baskerville AJ,Sanghrajka M,Mumtaz G,Felmingham D,Ridgway GL,Grüneberg RN

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrhea remains one of the main sources of morbidity and morbidity in today's world and a large proportion is caused by diarrheagenic Escherichia coli. They are a particular problem in developed countries although traveler's diarrhea and hemorrhagic colitis are also a problem in developed countries. There are seven c...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Clarke SC

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:Respiratory Pathogen 13 Detection Kit (13× kit) is able to simultaneously detect 11 respiratory viruses, Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) and Chlamydia in a single reaction. Using 572 Nasopharyngeal aspirates collected from hospitalized children, the clinical performance of 13× kit for detecting 11 respiratory viruses was e...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Zhao MC,Li GX,Zhang D,Zhou HY,Wang H,Yang S,Wang L,Feng ZS,Ma XJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During March 2005, 24 cases of acute human Chagas disease were detected in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, all of them related to the ingestion of Trypanosoma cruzi-contaminated sugar cane juice. Following field studies allowed the isolation of 13 T. cruzi strains from humans, opossums (Didelphis aurita and Did...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Steindel M,Kramer Pacheco L,Scholl D,Soares M,de Moraes MH,Eger I,Kosmann C,Sincero TC,Stoco PH,Murta SM,de Carvalho-Pinto CJ,Grisard EC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00