Evaluation of Clostridium difficile fecal load and limit of detection during a prospective comparison of two molecular tests, the illumigene C. difficile and Xpert C. difficile/Epi tests.

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has many potential applications in the field of nucleic acid diagnostics. In particular, it has been successfully applied to the detection of pathogens present in low copy numbers such as the human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Here we describe a time-resolved fluorescence-based hy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dahlén PO,Iitiä AJ,Skagius G,Frostell A,Nunn MF,Kwiatkowski M

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) was the unique viral pathogen detected by a real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) assay in 6 (6.4%) of 94 consecutive French children hospitalized for acute bronchiolitis from September 2001 to June 2002. This virus was identified as the third etiological cause of bronchiolitis, aft...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bouscambert-Duchamp M,Lina B,Trompette A,Moret H,Motte J,Andréoletti L

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilator-associated pneumonia is frequently diagnosed with quantitative cultures of samples obtained by bronchoscopic techniques, a method associated with high costs and potential adverse effects. Quantitative cultures of endotracheal aspirates are easier and cheaper to obtain, and good correlations between the resu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bergmans DC,Bonten MJ,De Leeuw PW,Stobberingh EE

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PNA-FISH Yeast Traffic Light assay was performed on 54 clinical isolates of yeasts inoculated into blood culture bottles. The assay showed high sensitivity (Candida albicans/C. parapsilosis, 100%; C. glabrata/C. krusei, 92.3%; C. tropicalis, 100%) and specificity (C. albicans/C. parapsilosis, 100%; C. glabrata/C. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stone NR,Gorton RL,Barker K,Ramnarain P,Kibbler CC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for blastomycosis was evaluated with 65 human sera from culturally or histologically proven cases of blastomycosis, 53 sera from humans with heterologous infections, and 115 sera from apparently normal people. The diagnostic value of the ELISA was compared with that of the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Turner S,Kaufman L,Jalbert M

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new compound, indoxyl-beta-D-glucuronide, was assessed as a substrate for the rapid detection of Escherichia coli in urine. Incorporation of this compound into MacConkey agar allowed the direct differentiation of E. coli as deep blue colonies distinct from lactose and nonlactose fermenters. The sensitivity was 88 to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Delisle GJ,Ley A

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains resistant to third-generation cephalosporins. The resistant strains harbored blaCMY-2, a plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase. Genotyping of isolates revealed the possible spread of this problematic bacterium. Results suggested the importance of the inves...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawahara R,Seto K,Taguchi M,Nakajima C,Kumeda Y,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 1971 epidemic of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) in south Texas, 203 suspect VEE cases were evaluated by the Center for Disease Control. Sixty-seven were confirmed as cases of VEE. Laboratory confirmation was accomplished by isolation of VEE virus from a serum specimen taken during the acute illne...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bowen GS,Calisher CH

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowdria ruminantium causes severe, often fatal disease in domestic ruminants, whereas wildlife species usually are not affected. Blood and bone marrow samples from healthy, free-ranging Zimbabwean ungulates were taken during translocation from areas harboring Amblyomma ticks and tested for the presence of C. ruminanti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kock ND,van Vliet AH,Charlton K,Jongejan F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) is naturally resistant to several antiretroviral drugs, including all of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and the entry inhibitor T-20, and may have reduced susceptibility to some protease inhibitors. These resistance properties make treatment of HIV-2 pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jallow S,Kaye S,Schutten M,Brandin E,Albert J,McConkey SJ,Corrah T,Whittle H,Vanham G,Rowland-Jones S,Janssens W

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether DNA detection of high-risk human papillomavirus could represent a reliable screening technique and a useful follow-up method, we investigated the performance of the Hybrid Capture II assay in detecting high-grade cervical lesions. The test positivity at 1.86 pg/ml had a high sensitivity (94.7%) an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lin HP,Huang YY,Wu HY,Kao JT

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate tissues from patients with prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) frequently contain histological inflammation, and a proportion of these patients show evidence of Propionibacterium acnes infection in the prostate gland. We developed a multicolor fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) assay ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alexeyev OA,Marklund I,Shannon B,Golovleva I,Olsson J,Andersson C,Eriksson I,Cohen R,Elgh F

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several instruments for automated or semiautomated susceptibility testing are currently available. Three of these instruments, Autobac (General Diagnostics, Warner-Lambert Co., Morris Plains, N.J.), MS-2 (Abbott Laboratories, Dallas, Tex.), and AutoMicrobic system (AMS) (Vitek, Inc., Hazelwood, Mo.) were compared for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kelly MT,Latimer JM,Balfour LC

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimens of colonic mucosa from two pigs with diarrhea were examined by light and electron microscopy. The epithelial surfaces of both pigs were extensively colonized by large spirochetes morphologically compatible with Treponema hyodysenteriae or Treponema innocens. The microorganisms were intimately attached end-on...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jacques M,Girard C,Higgins R,Goyette G

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 2.5 years after the first isolation of the VanA phenotype of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREM) in Poland, the first VREM strains with the VanB phenotype have emerged independently in two different Warsaw hospitals. In one of these the VREM strain was selected during the long-term antimicrobial tre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawalec M,Gniadkowski M,Zielińska U,Kłos W,Hryniewicz W

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare Simplexa Flu A/B & RSV PCR with cytospin-immunofluorescence and laboratory-developed TaqMan PCR methods, 445 nasopharyngeal samples were tested. Of these, 199 were positive (46 for respiratory syncytial virus [RSV], 120 for influenza A, and 33 for influenza B) and 246 were negative. The direct fluorescent-a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Landry ML,Ferguson D

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:Testing for susceptibility to pyrazinamide (PZA) and analysis of the pncA gene sequences of 423 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates have revealed a unique silent nucleotide substitution that enables the rapid identification of "M. canettii" (proposed name). Moreover, the lack of a defined mutation within the p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Somoskovi A,Dormandy J,Parsons LM,Kaswa M,Goh KS,Rastogi N,Salfinger M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-cell chromosomal digests of 54 isolates of Streptococcus suis encompassing all known serotypes from a geographically varied collection were examined by PstI restriction fragment length polymorphisms and then hybridized with a digoxigenin-11-dUTP-labeled cDNA probe transcribed from a mixture of 16S and 23S rRNAs ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Okwumabua O,Staats J,Chengappa MM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-h Micro-ID technique for direct identification of oxidase-negative gram-negative rods from positive blood cultures was compared to subculture and species identification of single colonies by API 20E and Micro-ID, using standardized inocula. A total of 127 patients (220 positive cultures) were studied. Isolates inc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Appelbaum PC,Schick SF,Kellogg JA

更新日期：1980-10-01 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：:Replication of Sendai virus, pneumonia virus of mice, and SV5 was investigated in tracheal organ cultures from 2- to 4-day-old and 2- and 4-week-old hamsters, and viral infectivity in tracheal explants was compared with that in tissue culture monolayers. Explants from 2- to 4-day-old hamsters produced higher titers of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schiff LJ

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of endogenous amplification inhibitors in urine may produce false-negative results for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis nucleic acids by tests such as PCR, ligase chain reaction (LCR), and transcription-mediated amplification (TMA). Consecutive urine specimens from 101 pregnant women and 287 nonpreg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mahony J,Chong S,Jang D,Luinstra K,Faught M,Dalby D,Sellors J,Chernesky M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brevibacterium sp. was isolated from the blood of an acutely ill 18-year-old female with AIDS. The isolate was identified as Brevibacterium casei by use of carbohydrate assimilation tests. Treatment was successful with intravenously administered ciprofloxacin. To our knowledge, this is the first report of sepsis cause...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brazzola P,Zbinden R,Rudin C,Schaad UB,Heininger U

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a skin manifestation that usually develops after treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a major public health problem in India. The diagnosis and management of PKDL is complex. This is the first case report from India in which PKDL occurred after paromomycin treatment f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pandey K,Das VN,Singh D,Das S,Lal CS,Verma N,Bimal S,Topno RK,Siddiqui NA,Verma RB,Sinha PK,Das P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans has revealed two new insertion sequences (ISs), IS2404 and IS2606. IS2404 was identified by complete sequencing of a previously described repetitive DNA segment from M. ulcerans. This element is 1,274 bp long, contains 12-bp inverted repeats and a single open reading frame ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stinear T,Ross BC,Davies JK,Marino L,Robins-Browne RM,Oppedisano F,Sievers A,Johnson PD

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HERPCHEK herpes simplex virus (HSV) antigen test (Du Pont, Billerica, Mass.) is a biotinstreptavidin-amplified enzyme-linked immunoassay for the detection of HSV antigen directly in clinical specimens. In a total of 200 mucocutaneous specimens, predominantly lesions from nongenital sites, HERPCHEK had a sensitivit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wu TC,Zaza S,Callaway J

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method was used to classify bovine serum as positive, negative, or doubtful for antibodies to Brucella abortus. Spectrophotometric data from assays of 64 serologically positive and 32 serologically negative bovine sera were analyzed statistically to define the range of spectrophoto...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Heck FC,Williams JD,Pruett J

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative, indirect, fluorescence immunoassay (FIAX; Whittaker Bioproducts, Inc.) was compared with the conventional indirect fluorescent-antibody test for detection of serum antibody to Borrelia burgdorferi. FIAX correlated well with the indirect fluorescent-antibody test (r = 0.72). FIAX is a convenient and dep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pennell DR,Wand PJ,Schell RF

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred ninety isolates of Escherichia coli were investigated for the production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs). Fourteen (4.8%) of the 290 strains were found to produce ESBLs. Each of the 14 strains produced one or two ESBLs, as follows: 10 strains produced TEM-52, 1 strain produced SHV-2a, 1 strain...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pai H,Lyu S,Lee JH,Kim J,Kwon Y,Kim JW,Choe KW

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00