Molecular epidemiological study of enteroviruses associated with encephalitis in children from India.

abstract：:The diagnosis of syphilis is challenging and often relies on serologic tests to detect treponemal or nontreponemal antibodies. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Public Health Laboratories proposed an update to the syphilis serology testing algorithm, in which serum samples...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Binnicker MJ,Jespersen DJ,Rollins LO

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hexagonal surface structure believed to be characteristic for influenza C virus was not initially observed for a newly isolated virus of this type. After a few additional egg passages of the virus, however, the hexagonal structure could be readily seen on many virions. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martin ML,Palmer EL,Kendal AP

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for its potential utility in the detection of antigen in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with tuberculous meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluids examined included those from untreated (group Ia) and treated (group Ib) Mycobacterium tuberculosis meningitis, nonse...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kadival GV,Mazarelo TB,Chaparas SD

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The API Staph-Ident system was evaluated as a means for identifying the species of bovine strains of staphylococci routinely isolated from quarter-milk samples. The species identity of 314 of 581 (54%) isolates of staphylococci was correctly determined by this method. The API Staph-Ident system was more accurate in co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Langlois BE,Harmon RJ,Akers K

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relative amounts of D-arabinitol (fungal origin) and L-arabinitol (part of normal human metabolism) in urine were determined by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry from 61 hospitalized patients with hematological malignancies. Seventeen neutropenic patients with acute leukemia (with 53 samples) had disseminated y...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lehtonen L,Anttila VJ,Ruutu T,Salonen J,Nikoskelainen J,Eerola E,Ruutu P

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common cause of vaginal discharge in reproductive-age women. BV has been associated with poor reproductive outcomes such as preterm delivery, the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, and pelvic inflammatory disease. BV represents the acquisition of a diver...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Coleman JS,Gaydos CA

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 141 independent strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with different heterogeneities in the exo gene (exoS, exoT, exoU, and exoY) background were examined for their pathogenic roles. Results indicated that the exoU gene is the major contributor to cytotoxicity in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells but is not relat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lin HH,Huang SP,Teng HC,Ji DD,Chen YS,Chen YL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae strains represents a major threat for hospitalized patients. We document the dissemination and control of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clones in a Greek hospital. During a 3-year study period (January 2009 to December 2011), carbapenem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poulou A,Voulgari E,Vrioni G,Xidopoulos G,Pliagkos A,Chatzipantazi V,Markou F,Tsakris A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VlsE, the variable surface antigen of Borrelia burgdorferi, contains an immunodominant conserved region named IR(6). In the present study, the diagnostic performance of a peptide enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on a 26-mer synthetic peptide (C(6)) with the IR(6) sequence was explored. Sensitivity was a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liang FT,Steere AC,Marques AR,Johnson BJ,Miller JN,Philipp MT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2012, we identified sampled dogs with elevated levels of antibodies (≥1:40) against A(H1N1)pdm09 virus by using a hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay (seroprevalence, 24.7%) and a microneutralization (MN) assay (seroprevalence, 10.8%). These high seroprevalences of A(H1N1)pdm09 among dogs without clinical si...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Su S,Chen J,Jia K,Khan SU,He S,Fu X,Hong M,Sun L,Qi W,Gray GC,Li S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative PCR on nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) can achieve high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) compared to microscopic examination of bronchoscopic specimens in a population with low HIV prevalence. Since NPA is a minimally invasive procedure, it is ideal as a screening test ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： To KK,Wong SC,Xu T,Poon RW,Mok KY,Chan JF,Cheng VC,Chan KH,Hung IF,Yuen KY

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current methods of DNA extraction from different fungal pathogens are often time-consuming and require the use of toxic chemicals. DNA isolation from some fungal organisms is difficult due to cell walls or capsules that are not readily susceptible to lysis. We therefore investigated a new and rapid DNA isolation metho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Müller FM,Werner KE,Kasai M,Francesconi A,Chanock SJ,Walsh TJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified oxidase reagent, 1% tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine in dimethyl sulfoxide, proved superior to the routinely used 1% aqueous tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride in detecting weakly oxidase-positive gram-negative bacteria after 24 h of growth on agar media (40 of 40 positive versus 22 of 40 positive...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tarrand JJ,Gröschel DH

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NeutRELISA, a modification of the receptor enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay developed for the detection of verocytotoxin 1 (VT1) which permits the rapid detection of neutralizing antibodies (NAb) against this toxin, has been performed. A standard concentration of VT1 was preincubated with VT-immune or nonimmune r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boulanger J,Petric M,Lingwood C,Law H,Roscoe M,Karmali M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulase-negative staphylococcus isolates were identified using Sensititre GPID plates and API strips (n = 156). For selected isolates, partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA, sodA, and tuf genes was performed. The Sensititre plates correctly identified 68.9% of isolates, with a concordance of 86% for Staphylococcus haem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Garza-González E,Morfin-Otero R,Macedo P,Gonzalez GM,Llaca-Díaz JM,Perez-Gómez R,Rodriguez-Noriega E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinomyces viscosus is a gram-positive, non-acid-fact, facultative, catalase-positive, filamentous, or diphtheroidal microorganism. It was isolated from six canine infections during a period of 1.5 years. The organism was cultured from exudate and flaky granules aspirated from infectious granulomas and empyemas. All ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Davenport AA,Carter GR,Patterson MJ

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assay to detect and sequence DNA from human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) immediate-early gene region 1 has been developed; it involves in vitro amplification by the polymerase chain reaction and direct solid-phase sequencing of the amplified material. Urine samples from 16 patients tested positive for HCMV DNA in both a ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brytting M,Wahlberg J,Lundeberg J,Wahren B,Uhlén M,Sundqvist VA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-three clinical isolates of charcoal-black-pigmented, gram-positive coryneform rods were received for identification by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and were provisionally designated CDC fermentative coryneform group 4 (FCG4). Forty-five of these were characterized by morphological, physio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Daneshvar MI,Hollis DG,Weyant RS,Jordan JG,MacGregor JP,Morey RE,Whitney AM,Brenner DJ,Steigerwalt AG,Helsel LO,Raney PM,Patel JB,Levett PN,Brown JM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis is an increasing cause of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). It has been a persistent problem in the NICU of Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, since 1987. Fluconazole prophylaxis has been used to con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sarvikivi E,Lyytikäinen O,Soll DR,Pujol C,Pfaller MA,Richardson M,Koukila-Kähkölä P,Luukkainen P,Saxén H

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norwalk virus (NV) and the Norwalk-like viruses are important human pathogens that cause epidemic acute viral gastroenteritis. Current techniques used to recover NV from clinical samples involve multistep viral extraction and elution procedures with subsequent viral detection by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). In ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schwab KJ,Estes MK,Neill FH,Atmar RL

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:This report describes a DNA amplification procedure for routine identification of heat-labile-toxin-producing Escherichia coli. Two oligonucleotide primers were used in a polymerase chain reaction procedure to amplify a highly conserved region of the A subunit of the heat-labile enterotoxin gene. Amplifications were d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Victor T,du Toit R,van Zyl J,Bester AJ,van Helden PD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica is an intestinal parasite causing significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. More tools are needed to understand the epidemiology and molecular pathogenesis of amebiasis. A cDNA library was constructed by using poly(A)+ RNA isolated from an axenic strain of E. histolytica, HM1:IMSS, which exp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Burch DJ,Li E,Reed S,Jackson TF,Stanley SL Jr

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dried blood spot (DBS) specimens were assessed as an alternative to plasma for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) serotyping by V3 loop peptide enzyme immunoassay. Nested PCR capable of distinguishing HIV-1 subtypes B and E was used as the reference standard. Ninety-two percent of DBS samples were typeable as...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chanbancherd P,Brown AE,Trichavaroj R,Tienamporn P,Puthakird P,Limpairojn N,VanCott TC,de Souza MS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) genotyping is the most widely used genotyping method to study the epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, due to the complexity of the IS6110 RFLP genotyping technique, and the interpretation of RFLP data, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-va...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hanekom M,van der Spuy GD,Gey van Pittius NC,McEvoy CR,Hoek KG,Ndabambi SL,Jordaan AM,Victor TC,van Helden PD,Warren RM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although two phenotypes of the opportunistic pathogen Propionibacterium acnes (types I and II) have been described, epidemiological investigations of their roles in different infections have not been widely reported. Using immunofluorescence microscopy with monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) QUBPa1 and QUBPa2, specific for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McDowell A,Valanne S,Ramage G,Tunney MM,Glenn JV,McLorinan GC,Bhatia A,Maisonneuve JF,Lodes M,Persing DH,Patrick S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 15 to 35% of patients with a first episode of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea relapse within 2 months. Between 1994 and 1997, strains from 93 hospitalized patients with C. difficile recurrences were fingerprinted by using both serotyping and PCR-ribotyping. The results showed that 48.4% of clin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barbut F,Richard A,Hamadi K,Chomette V,Burghoffer B,Petit JC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has eight genotypes which have distinct geographical distributions. Studies comparing differences in the clinical outcomes of infections caused by strains with genotype-related variations in the HBV genome have largely compared genotypes B and C and genotypes A and D but not all four genotypes....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kidd-Ljunggren K,Myhre E,Bläckberg J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular hybridization technique with radiolabeled, strand-specific RNA probes was developed to detect dengue virus type 2 RNA in pools of infected Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. One infected mosquito in a pool of 25 could be detected, corresponding to a dengue virus type 2 titer of 2.75 log10 50% tissue culture infe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Olson K,Blair C,Padmanabhan R,Beaty B

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New variants of the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) viruses were detected in Taiwan between 2012 and 2013. Some of these variants were not detected in clinical specimens using a common real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) assay that targeted the conserved regions of the viral matrix (M) genes. An analysis o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yang JR,Kuo CY,Huang HY,Wu FT,Huang YL,Cheng CY,Su YT,Chang FY,Wu HS,Liu MT

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00