Association of neurotropic viruses in HIV-infected individuals who died of secondary complications of tuberculosis, cryptococcosis, or toxoplasmosis in South India.

abstract：:The prevalence rates of Mycoplasma genitalium infections and coinfections with other sexually transmitted organisms and the frequency of a macrolide antibiotic resistance phenotype were determined in urogenital specimens collected from female and male subjects enrolled in a multicenter clinical study in the United Sta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Getman D,Jiang A,O'Donnell M,Cohen S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) belongs to the Hepadnaviridae family, which includes human Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Woodchuck hepatitis virus. It is widely distributed in wild and domestic ducks due to congenital transmission. HBV is a worldwide health problem, with carriers at risk of developing cirrhosis and liver ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wang CY,Giambrone JJ,Smith BF

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) was employed as a genetic analysis tool for the study of the genetic relatedness of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis isolates harvested from bovine fecal samples and from bovine or human tissues. This analysis revealed genetic differences between these two isola...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Shea B,Khare S,Klein P,Roussel A,Adams LG,Ficht TA,Rice-Ficht AC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleic acid tests are sensitive and specific and provide a rapid diagnosis, making them invaluable for patient and outbreak management. Multiplex PCR assays have additional advantages in providing an economical and comprehensive panel for many common respiratory viruses. Previous reports have shown the utility of the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pabbaraju K,Wong S,Tokaryk KL,Fonseca K,Drews SJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-one Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates of animal and human origin, matched by phage type, antimicrobial resistance pattern, and place of isolation, were analyzed by microbiological and molecular techniques, including pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and plasmid profiling. PFGE identified 10 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cooke FJ,Wain J,Fookes M,Ivens A,Thomson N,Brown DJ,Threlfall EJ,Gunn G,Foster G,Dougan G

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine whether mixed infections of human herpesvirus 6B (HHV-6B) occur in immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals, we examined the copy numbers of telomeric repeat sequences (TRS) of clinical isolates. In clinical isolates obtained from patients with exanthem subitum caused by primary HHV-6B i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kato Y,Ihira M,Umeda M,Higashimoto Y,Kawamura Y,Ohashi M,Ishi J,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the performances of 2 PCR assays (BD GeneOhm and Seegene ACE) for direct detection of tcdB from stool specimens. The concordance rate between BD and Seegene was 96.3%. The sensitivities, specificities, positive predictive values (PPVs), and negative predictive values (NPVs) of BD and Seegene were 95.7%, 9...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shin BM,Mun SJ,Yoo SJ,Kuak EY

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) or aspergilloma and normal sera were analyzed for specific antibodies by Western (immuno-) blotting with Aspergillus fumigatus antigens transferred electrophoretically onto polyvinylidene difluoride membranes. Western blot analysis demonstrated con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kurup VP,Greenberger PA,Fink JN

更新日期：1989-06-01 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：:Moxalactam is highly hydrolyzed by plasmid-mediated metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs), whereas it is poorly inactivated by serine-active carbapenemases. This study demonstrated that moxalactam resistance constituted an effective screen for MBL expression in enterobacteria, which could be confirmed, even in low-MBL-producing...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pluquet E,Arlet G,Bingen E,Drieux L,Mammeri H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect hemagglutinating and immunofluorescent antibody responses to Herpesvirus hominis types 1 and 2 were compared to neutralizing antibody responses in infected humans from whom H. hominis type 1 or 2 was isolated. The indirect immunofluorescent antibody test was shown to be the most sensitive and specific for pri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson LD,Fuccillo DA,Stalder H,Oxman MA,Fraser CE,Madden DL

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the established commercial system Sherlock (MIDI, Inc.), cellular fatty acid methyl ester analysis for differentiation among Burkholderia cepacia complex species was proven. The identification key based on the diagnostic fatty acids is able to discern phenotypically related Ralstonia pickettii and Pandoraea spp....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Krejcí E,Kroppenstedt RM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on findings in small RNA-sequencing (Seq) data analysis, we developed highly sensitive and specific real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR assays with locked nucleic acid probes targeting the abundantly expressed leader sequences of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and other human corona...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chan JF,Choi GK,Tsang AK,Tee KM,Lam HY,Yip CC,To KK,Cheng VC,Yeung ML,Lau SK,Woo PC,Chan KH,Tang BS,Yuen KY

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied whether the Etest can be used as an alternative to agar dilution to determine antimicrobial susceptibilities of ceftriaxone, cefixime, and cefpodoxime in Neisseria gonorrhoeae surveillance. One hundred fifteen clinical and laboratory isolates of N. gonorrhoeae were tested following the Clinical Laboratory I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liu H,Taylor TH Jr,Pettus K,Trees D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly developed commercial serological test (Iatron Laboratories, Inc., Tokyo, Japan) for the rapid identification of medically important species of Candida was evaluated against the API 20C (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) and the standard Wickerham assimilation and fermentation procedures. Our results indicate...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shinoda T,Kaufman L,Padhye AA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mycobacterium isolated from a clinical sample of an AIDS patient was identified as Mycobacterium interjectum by direct 16S rRNA sequence determination. High-performance liquid chromatography, however, revealed a mycolic acid pattern which was different from the one shared by the previously analyzed strains of this s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tortoli E,Kirschner P,Bartoloni A,Burrini C,Manfrin V,Mantella A,Scagnelli M,Scarparo C,Simonetti MT,Böttger EC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In accordance with recent WHO recommendations, this study evaluates the sensitivities of PCR and microscopy for fine-needle aspiration (FNA) versus techniques involving swabs and punch biopsy specimens and suggests that FNA can replace punch biopsies for nonulcerative lesions and may serve as an alternative for ulcera...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Herbinger KH,Beissner M,Huber K,Awua-Boateng NY,Nitschke J,Thompson W,Klutse E,Agbenorku P,Assiobo A,Piten E,Wiedemann F,Fleischmann E,Helfrich K,Adjei O,Löscher T,Bretzel G

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex includes the four species M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum, and M. microti. We sequenced 13 M. tuberculosis complex strains in the 16S-to-23S rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS). The ITS has a high rate of nucleotide substitution. Previous reports found three nucleotide...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Frothingham R,Hills HG,Wilson KH

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MMLVA) method was validated on Clostridium difficile-infected stool specimens from institutional outbreaks. The method allows simultaneous detection of toxin genes, deletions, and tandem repeats from cultured isolates or stool specimens. Results were us...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Broukhanski G,Low DE,Pillai DR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automated DNA sequencing was used to characterize mutations associated with rifampin resistance in a 69-bp region of the gene, rpoB, encoding the beta subunit of RNA polymerase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The data confirmed that greater than 90% of rifampin-resistant strains have sequence alterations in this region...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kapur V,Li LL,Iordanescu S,Hamrick MR,Wanger A,Kreiswirth BN,Musser JM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonpigmented rapidly growing mycobacterium was isolated from wound liquid outflow, bone tissue biopsy, and excised skin tissue from a 31-year-old woman who suffered an accidental open right tibia fracture and prolonged stay in a river. The three isolates grew in 3 days at 24 to 37 degrees C. 16S rRNA sequence analys...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Adékambi T,Stein A,Carvajal J,Raoult D,Drancourt M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of spontaneous intrapartum Atopobium vaginae bacteremia identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The bacterium was misidentified by RapID ANA II, API Rapid ID 32A, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). The likely source of bacteremia wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chan JF,Lau SK,Curreem SO,To KK,Leung SS,Cheng VC,Yuen KY,Woo PC

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first reported case of endocarditis due to the Lactobacillus-like vancomycin-resistant gram-positive bacillus Weissella confusa. Full identification and susceptibility testing of Lactobacillus-like organisms recovered in blood culture should be performed for patients with clinical presentations that sugges...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Flaherty JD,Levett PN,Dewhirst FE,Troe TE,Warren JR,Johnson S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of 102 Haemophilus strains by the Minitek differentiation system (BBL Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.) was compared with that by the conventional method. The results obtained by the two methods were in good agreement (P less than 0.001; test of independence). Therefore, this system was found t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawakami Y,Okimura Y,Kanai M

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence analysis of 58 multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains from Germany and 55 susceptible strains from a reference collection comprising major phylogenetic lineages confirmed that variations in Rv2629, 191A/C and 965C/T, are specific for genotypes Beijing and Ghana, respectively, but not i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Homolka S,Köser C,Archer J,Rüsch-Gerdes S,Niemann S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The L1 major capsid proteins of six human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) strains were expressed in insect cells by using recombinant baculoviruses. Virus-like particles (VLPs) which appeared similar to empty virions were identified by electron microscopy for all HPV strains investigated. However, the yield of VLPs pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Touze A,El Mehdaoui S,Sizaret PY,Mougin C,Muñoz N,Coursaget P

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TRUGENE HIV-1 Genotyping Kit and OpenGene DNA Sequencing System are designed to sequence the protease (PR)- and reverse transcriptase (RT)-coding regions of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) pol. Studies were undertaken to determine the accuracy of this assay system in detecting resistance-associated mut...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuritzkes DR,Grant RM,Feorino P,Griswold M,Hoover M,Young R,Day S,Lloyd RM Jr,Reid C,Morgan GF,Winslow DL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections due to small-colony variants (SCVs) of Staphylococcus aureus in patients with chronic and recurrent infections are an emerging problem; however, studies with this subpopulation are hampered by the fact that SCVs may exhibit unstable phenotypes, making them difficult to study, particularly in broth media. In...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Becker K,Laham NA,Fegeler W,Proctor RA,Peters G,von Eiff C

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Food and Drug Administration published a public health warning on the association of bacterial meningitis and cochlear implants in June 2002. This article reports the first case of group A streptococcal (GAS) meningitis in a cochlear-implanted patient, followed by a review on cochlear implantation and GAS meningit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pettersen G,Ovetchkine P,Tapiero B

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the currently known typing methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were evaluated with regard to reproducibility, discrimination, and specificity. Therefore, 90 M. tuberculosis complex strains, originating from 38 countries, were tested in five restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) typ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kremer K,van Soolingen D,Frothingham R,Haas WH,Hermans PW,Martín C,Palittapongarnpim P,Plikaytis BB,Riley LW,Yakrus MA,Musser JM,van Embden JD

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00