The Capnocytophaga canimorsus isolate that caused sepsis in an immunosufficient man was transmitted by the large pine weevil Hylobius abietis.

abstract：:Spiroplasma species are organisms that normally colonize plants and insects. We describe the first case of human systemic infection caused by Spiroplasma bacteria in a patient with hypogammaglobulinemia undergoing treatment with biological disease-modifying antirheumatic agents. Spiroplasma turonicum was identified th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aquilino A,Masiá M,López P,Galiana AJ,Tovar J,Andrés M,Gutiérrez F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As microbial genomics makes increasingly important contributions to clinical and public health microbiology, the interpretation of whole-genome sequence data by nonspecialists becomes essential. In the absence of capsule-based vaccines, two protein-based vaccines have been used for the prevention of invasive serogroup...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rodrigues CMC,Jolley KA,Smith A,Cameron JC,Feavers IM,Maiden MCJ

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a novel IS711 chromosomal location that is specific for the Brucella genotype ST27 previously associated with Pacific marine mammals and human zoonotic infection in New Zealand and Peru. Our data support the previous observation that this peculiar genotype is distinct from those commonly isolated from the At...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cloeckaert A,Bernardet N,Koylass MS,Whatmore AM,Zygmunt MS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of bacterins, vaccines, and antisera retained greater than 90% of their original level of mercurial preservative after lyophilization, and this might influence certain uses of these products. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pemberton JR

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human erythrocyte receptor which mediates mannose-resistant hemagglutination by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli possessing colonization factor antigen II is not universally distributed among donors. Mannose-resistant hemagglutination-positive erythrocytes are more common among black donors than nonblack donors; t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Evans DJ Jr,Evans DG,Diaz SR,Graham DY

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescent amplified-fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) assay potentially amplifies a unique set of genome fragments from each bacterial clone. It uses stringently hybridizing primers which carry a fluorescent label. Precise fragment sizing is achieved by the inclusion of an internal size standard in every lane...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arnold C,Metherell L,Willshaw G,Maggs A,Stanley J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serotyping scheme for Vibrio vulnificus predicated on the detection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antigens is proposed. The serovar O typing scheme used to type V. vulnificus employs polyclonal antisera raised in rabbits immunized with heat-killed whole-cell vaccines. Polyclonal typing sera produced in this manner cro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin SJ,Siebeling RJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a long-term rodent bioassay evaluating the carcinogenicity of triethanolamine, there was equivocal evidence of carcinogenic activity in male B6C3F1 mice, based on a marginal increase in the number of hepatocellular adenomas and hepatoblastomas. Interpretation was complicated by the presence of Helicobacter hepaticu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fox JG,MacGregor JA,Shen Z,Li X,Lewis R,Dangler CA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a previous survey, five extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing enterobacteria (ESBLE) (two Enterobacter aerogenes isolates expressing TEM-24 b, two Escherichia coli isolates expressing TEM-21 or TEM-24 b, and one Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate expressing SHV-4/TEM-15) responsible for urinary tract inf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arpin C,Dubois V,Maugein J,Jullin J,Dutilh B,Brochet JP,Larribet G,Fischer I,Quentin C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multilocus sequence typing was successfully completed on 494 isolates of Streptococcus uberis from clinical mastitis cases in a study of 52 commercial dairy herds over a 12-month period. In total, 195 sequence types (STs) were identified. S. uberis mastitis cases that occurred in different cows within the same herd an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Davies PL,Leigh JA,Bradley AJ,Archer SC,Emes RD,Green MJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new anaerobe and Corynebacterium (ANC) identification card for Vitek 2 was compared with a 16S rRNA gene sequencing (16S) reference method for accuracy in the identification of corynebacteria and anaerobic species. Testing was performed on a Vitek 2 XL system with modified software at three clinical trial laborato...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rennie RP,Brosnikoff C,Turnbull L,Reller LB,Mirrett S,Janda W,Ristow K,Krilcich A

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:A human astrovirus (HAstV) strain from Kenya was characterized by nucleotide sequence analysis. Sequences from open reading frame 1a (ORF1a) clustered with genotype 6/7, those from ORF1b clustered with genotype 3, and those from ORF2 clustered with genotype 2. A recombination point in the ORF1b-ORF2 junction was ident...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wolfaardt M,Kiulia NM,Mwenda JM,Taylor MB

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated a rapid whole-blood test, BM-test Helicobacter pylori, for detection of H. pylori infection in 144 and 48 patients with other gastrointestinal symptoms and with gastric cancer, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and diagnostic a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Enroth H,Rigo R,Hultén K,Engstrand L

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, Mycobacterium xenopi, and Mycobacterium gordonae were identified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of mycolic acids as bromophenacyl esters. HPLC criteria were used to develop a flow chart identification s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Butler WR,Thibert L,Kilburn JO

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Congo red-magnesium oxalate agar medium was developed to detect expression of virulence-associated calcium dependency and Congo red absorption in Yersinia enterocolitica. Of the 157 pathogenic serotypes tested, 119 (75.8%) were positive; 98% of nonpathogenic serotypes and strains of three other Yersinia species were...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riley G,Toma S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method for the simultaneous identification of up to three Mycoplasma species by the use of contrast-labeled fluorescent antibodies against two species and peroxidase-labeled antibody against a third species. The procedure enabled the rapid identification of colonies of three artificially mixed avian Myco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bencina D,Bradbury JM

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of group B streptococcus (GBS) antigen in urine by latex particle agglutination (LPA) may facilitate the rapid diagnosis of GBS sepsis. We sought to compare three commercial LPA assays with specimens that were spiked with type-specific antigen, group-specific antigen, or type III organisms. There were sensit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ascher DP,Wilson S,Fischer GW

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 2009 H1N1 influenza A outbreak, 773 children were tested for influenza by direct fluorescent-antibody testing with PCR confirmation. Direct fluorescent-antibody testing has a specificity of 99.6% but a sensitivity of only 65.0%. Physicians should recognize diagnostic limitations of direct fluorescent-antibo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bakerman P,Balasuriya L,Fried O,Tellez D,Garcia-Filion P,Dalton H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) technique was evaluated as a procedure for rapid detection and identification of members of the Bacteroidaceae. Antisera were prepared against 31 members of this family, including species of Bacteroides and Fusobacterium commonly isolated from human infections. The antisera had d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stauffer LR,Hill EO,Holland JW,Altemeier WA

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have assessed the time to blood culture positivity as a predictor of clinical outcome in bloodstream infections (BSIs). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the time to positivity (TTP) of blood cultures in patients with Staphylococcus aureus BSIs and to assess its impact on clinical outcome. We perfo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marra AR,Edmond MB,Forbes BA,Wenzel RP,Bearman GM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia infection following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) allograft reconstruction is a rare occurrence. We report a case of Nocardia infection of an allograft ACL reconstruction and septic arthritis of the knee joint due to an organism most similar to the novel Nocardia species Nocardia aobensis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yong EX,Cheong EY,Boutlis CS,Chen DB,Liu EY,McKew GL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of clinical isolates of Nocardia to the species level is important for defining the spectrum of disease produced by each species and for predicting antimicrobial susceptibility. We evaluated the usefulness of PCR amplification of a portion of the Nocardia 16S rRNA gene and subsequent restriction endonuc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Conville PS,Fischer SH,Cartwright CP,Witebsky FG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia and lower-respiratory-tract infections. Diagnosis has traditionally been obtained by serological diagnosis, but increasingly, molecular techniques have been applied. However, the number of studies actually comparing these assays is limited. The de...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Templeton KE,Scheltinga SA,Graffelman AW,Van Schie JM,Crielaard JW,Sillekens P,Van Den Broek PJ,Goossens H,Beersma MF,Claas EC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared a direct fluorescent-antibody stain (DFA) and an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with a standard cell culture technique for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women in an urban family practice setting. We also evaluated a DFA sample in a commercial laboratory to determine the interlaboratory reli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gann PH,Herrmann JE,Candib L,Hudson RW

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter species are emerging nosocomial pathogens. As with most multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens, the polymyxins are often the only therapeutic option. In this study involving clinical isolates of E. cloacae and E. aerogenes, susceptibility testing methods with polymyxin B were ana...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Landman D,Salamera J,Quale J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of consensus among investigators who use a variety of immunoassay techniques (e.g., enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA] and radioimmunoassay) regarding the protocols for describing and forming standard reference or calibration curves and interpolating serum antibody concentrations. This confounds...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Plikaytis BD,Holder PF,Pais LB,Maslanka SE,Gheesling LL,Carlone GM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ERA strain of rabies virus was adapted to growth on monolayers of a porcine kidney cell line (PK-2A). A reproducible plaque assay system was subsequently developed, which appears to be satisfactory for conducting plaque neutralization tests. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Strating A,Mitzel JR,Slater EA

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsiae were isolated by cell culture of buffy coat blood from six patients with spotted fever from southeastern Australia and Flinders Island in Bass Strait. The isolates were genetically compared with two previous Rickettsia australis patient isolates. The genus-specific 17-kDA genes from the isolates were compa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baird RW,Stenos J,Stewart R,Hudson B,Lloyd M,Aiuto S,Dwyer B

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on 16S rRNA gene PCR, no significant difference was observed in rates of detection of Helicobacter species in intestinal biopsy specimens from 160 Chinese inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients (10%) and 80 controls (6.3%). By using a [(13)C]urea breath test, the H. pylori infection rate in 208 Chinese IBD pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang S,Zhong B,Chao K,Xiao Y,Cui Y,Gao X,Chen B,He Y,Hu P,Chen M,Mitchell HM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00