Multicenter evaluation of the new Vitek 2 yeast susceptibility test using new CLSI clinical breakpoints for fluconazole.

abstract：:A group of 300 clinically derived isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci were tested in parallel with the API STAPH-IDENT system (Analytab Products) and 14 conventional biochemical tests contained in Kloos and Schleifer's simplified scheme for identification of human Staphylococcus species. STAPH-IDENT is a mini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Almeida RJ,Jorgensen JH

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida lipolytica was recovered from the blood and the central venous catheter in a patient receiving allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Two C. lipolytica strains from different geographical areas and the ATCC 9773 strain of C. lipolytica were used as controls. C. lipolytica was identified by standard methods. M...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： D'Antonio D,Romano F,Pontieri E,Fioritoni G,Caracciolo C,Bianchini S,Olioso P,Staniscia T,Sferra R,Boccia S,Vetuschi A,Federico G,Gaudio E,Carruba G

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leuconostoc species are emerging pathogens that can cause severe infections, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Using molecular methods, we identified Leuconostoc mesenteroides as the cause of a brain abscess which was successfully treated by surgery and antimicrobial treatment. This is the first report of br...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Albanese A,Spanu T,Sali M,Novegno F,D'Inzeo T,Santangelo R,Mangiola A,Anile C,Fadda G

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas mendocina has been isolated from soil and water samples. Although it has been recovered from some human clinical samples, its pathogenic role has not yet been documented. We report the first known case of endocarditis in humans due to P. mendocina. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aragone MR,Maurizi DM,Clara LO,Navarro Estrada JL,Ascione A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014, many hospitals designated specific areas to care for patients with Ebola and other highly infectious diseases. The safe handling of category A infectious substances is a unique challenge in this environment. One solution is on-site waste treatment with a steam sterilizer or a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Garibaldi BT,Reimers M,Ernst N,Bova G,Nowakowski E,Bukowski J,Ellis BC,Smith C,Sauer L,Dionne K,Carroll KC,Maragakis LL,Parrish NM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular techniques such as spa typing and multilocus sequence typing use DNA sequence data for differentiating Staphylococcus aureus isolates. Although spa typing is capable of detecting both genetic micro- and macrovariation, it has less discriminatory power than the more labor-intensive pulsed-field gel electropho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koreen L,Ramaswamy SV,Naidich S,Koreen IV,Graff GR,Graviss EA,Kreiswirth BN

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of brucellosis in cattle and small ruminants requires the use of more than one serological test. The complement fixation test (CFT), the rose bengal test (RBT), and the serum agglutination test (SAT) are among the most useful tests for routine diagnosis. The microagglutination test (MAT) was developed as...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baum M,Zamir O,Bergman-Rios R,Katz E,Beider Z,Cohen A,Banai M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disk diffusion and broth microdilution (BMD) were used to perform clindamycin (CLI) induction testing on 128 selected nonduplicate isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. Disk diffusion testing involved placing CLI and erythromycin (ERY) disks approximately 12 mm apart (measured edge to edge) on a Mueller-Hinton agar plate...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Steward CD,Raney PM,Morrell AK,Williams PP,McDougal LK,Jevitt L,McGowan JE Jr,Tenover FC

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards has recently changed the oxacillin breakpoint from >/=4 mg/liter to >/=0. 5 mg/liter to detect methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) because the previous breakpoint lacked sensitivity. To determine the correlation between the new oxacilli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hussain Z,Stoakes L,Massey V,Diagre D,Fitzgerald V,El Sayed S,Lannigan R

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is now routinely performed in clinical microbiology laboratories to assess isolate relatedness. With appropriately developed analytics, the same data can be used for prediction of antimicrobial susceptibility. We assessed WGS data for identification using open-source tools and antibiotic ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ferreira I,Beisken S,Lueftinger L,Weinmaier T,Klein M,Bacher J,Patel R,von Haeseler A,Posch AE

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated disease by Aspergillus granulosus has been reported only once previously in a cardiac transplant recipient. We report a fatal central nervous system infection in a lung transplant recipient. Key features of this species in the section Usti include growth at 37 degrees C and large, randomly spaced aggregat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sutton DA,Wickes BL,Romanelli AM,Rinaldi MG,Thompson EH,Fothergill AW,Dishop MK,Elidemir O,Mallory GB,Moonnamakal SP,Adesina AM,Schecter MG

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the applicability of molecular epidemiological techniques to the identification of the causal agent of an outbreak of diarrhea caused by ingestion of food contaminated with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). The outbreak occurred at four elementary schools in July 1996 and affected more t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mitsuda T,Muto T,Yamada M,Kobayashi N,Toba M,Aihara Y,Ito A,Yokota S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies were generated from mice immunized with scolex protein antigen of Cysticercus cellulosae. Three monoclonal antibodies specific for cysticercal antigens, which did not show any cross-reactivity with Taenia solium or Taenia saginata antigens, were selected. Each monoclonal antibody coupled to Sepha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nascimento E,Tavares CA,Lopes JD

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Escherichia fergusonii has been identified for decades, it has rarely been recovered from clinical specimens and its clinical significance remains unclear. We describe a case of E. fergusonii bacteremia in a diabetic patient with pancreatic cancer. The isolate was confirmed by three commercial identification ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lai CC,Cheng A,Huang YT,Chung KP,Lee MR,Liao CH,Hsueh PR

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Fifty-six strains of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, isolated from ticks and vertebrate animals in Missouri, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Texas, were identified and characterized by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of rrf (5S)-rrl (23S) intergenic spacer amplicons. A total of 241 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lin T,Oliver JH Jr,Gao L,Kollars TM Jr,Clark KL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While foreign-born persons constitute only 11% of the population in the state of Rhode Island, they account for more than 65% of incident tuberculosis (TB) annually. We investigated the molecular-epidemiological differences between foreign-born and U.S.-born TB patients to estimate the degree of recent transmission an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vanhomwegen J,Kwara A,Martin M,Gillani FS,Fontanet A,Mutungi P,Crellin J,Obaro S,Gosciminski M,Carter EJ,Rastogi N

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence supports a causal relationship between Bartonella (Rochalimaea) henselae, cat-scratch disease (CSD), and bacillary angiomatosis. Cats appear to be the primary reservoir. Blood from 19 cats owned by 14 patients diagnosed with CSD was cultured. Blood samples from cats owned by veterinary students (n = 25...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kordick DL,Wilson KH,Sexton DJ,Hadfield TL,Berkhoff HA,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is a globally significant zoonosis, the control of which is difficult and resource intensive. Serological tests form a vital part of a multifactorial approach to control and are often performed in large numbers. The aim of the present study was to develop a new assay to improve the efficiency, ease, and ef...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McGiven JA,Thompson IJ,Commander NJ,Stack JA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A panel (ENVA-1) of well-defined blinded samples containing wild-type and mutant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase was analyzed by automated DNA sequencing in 23 laboratories worldwide. Drug resistance mutations at codons 41, 215, and 184 were present in the panel samples at different r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schuurman R,Demeter L,Reichelderfer P,Tijnagel J,de Groot T,Boucher C

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and sensitive urease test for mycobacteria utilizing a cumulative radiometric technique is described. Definitive results were obtained within a 30-min incubation period. The procedure is simple and economical. Technical time involved is no greater than in conventional procedures. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cox FR,Cox ME,Martin JR

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common causes of chronic diarrhea among travelers worldwide include protozoan parasites. The majority of parasitic infections are caused by Giardia duodenalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium parvum, and Cryptosporidium hominis Similarly, these species cause the majority of parasitic diarrhea acquired in the Un...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Madison-Antenucci S,Relich RF,Doyle L,Espina N,Fuller D,Karchmer T,Lainesse A,Mortensen JE,Pancholi P,Veros W,Harrington SM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 189 Candida albicans isolates have been typed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. The results obtained confirm the clonal mode of reproduction of C. albicans. The C. albicans populations found in the oropharynx of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, in the oropharynx of healthy carriers,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boerlin P,Boerlin-Petzold F,Goudet J,Durussel C,Pagani JL,Chave JP,Bille J

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal swab specimens may be preferable to cervical swab or urine specimens for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae because of the ease of specimen collection and transport. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether vaginal swab specimens are equivalent to cervical swab specimens ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cosentino LA,Landers DV,Hillier SL

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a study of 1,953 patients whose laboratory records from 1972 through 1983 at the Massachusetts Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory indicated the isolation of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) organisms. At least one clinical specimen from each patient during this period exhibited the organism. The incidence of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： du Moulin GC,Sherman IH,Hoaglin DC,Stottmeier KD

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure for discrimination between scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in sheep is of importance for establishing whether BSE has entered the sheep population. Since BSE has not yet been found in sheep at the farm level, such discrimination procedures can be developed only with experimental sheep BS...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thuring CM,Erkens JH,Jacobs JG,Bossers A,Van Keulen LJ,Garssen GJ,Van Zijderveld FG,Ryder SJ,Groschup MH,Sweeney T,Langeveld JP

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of disseminated infection with both Actinomyces graevenitzii and Mycobacterium tuberculosis and review the medical literature. Concomitant actinomycosis and tuberculosis is very rare. The potential of the facultatively aerobic, newly described A. graevenitzii for disseminated invasive infectio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tietz A,Aldridge KE,Figueroa JE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last 10 to 15 years, Aerococcus-like organisms have been isolated from urinary tract specimens from hospitalized patients at Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, with signs of urinary tract infection, and a single strain has been deposited at the National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC 12142). An ad...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Christensen JJ,Vibits H,Ursing J,Korner B

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence of sensitized bacterial suspensions, reactive with either fluorescein-labeled or rhodamine-labeled antiglobulins, could be quantitatively distinguished in dual-labeled preparations by fluorescence immunoassay. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gillis TP,Thompson JJ

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new agglutination test (Monostaph +; Bionor, Skien, Norway) has been developed. This new agglutination test has been compared with two other agglutination tests for the identification of 128 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and 82 coagulase-negative staphylococci. The sensitivities of both Monostaph + and Pastorex ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tveten Y

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00