Performance of clinical laboratories in South African parasitology proficiency testing surveys between 2004 and 2010.

abstract：:JC polyomavirus (JCV) is the causative agent of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a central nervous system infection that mainly affects AIDS patients. The extensive application of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is leading to the appearance of "long-term" survival PML patients. A reliable...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： García de Viedma D,Alonso R,Miralles P,Berenguer J,Rodriguez-Créixems M,Bouza E

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in clinical specimens is considered a cornerstone in the diagnosis of CMV disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate a newly designed LightCycler-based quantitative CMV PCR. Specimens of human origin (n = 200) were tested using the LightCycler PCR, the quantitative COBA...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schaade L,Kockelkorn P,Ritter K,Kleines M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the results obtained with six commercial MIC test systems (Etest, MicroScan, Phoenix, Sensititre, Vitek Legacy, and Vitek 2 systems) and three reference methods (agar dilution, disk diffusion, and vancomycin [VA] agar screen [VScr]) with the results obtained by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Swenson JM,Anderson KF,Lonsway DR,Thompson A,McAllister SK,Limbago BM,Carey RB,Tenover FC,Patel JB

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia asteroides is a rare cause of keratitis usually associated with trauma. We report a case of corneal ulceration caused by N. asteroides in a patient with leprosy. This is the first case report of nocardial keratitis from Southeast Asia. The diminished corneal sensation in a patient with leprosy could be a pred...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tendolkar UM,Varaiya A,Ahuja AS,Motwane SA,Gogate AS

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive data on the prevalence of quinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in the United States are scarce. By use of a systematic population-based approach, M. tuberculosis strains from tuberculosis (TB) cases were collected in Harris County, TX, in 2007 to 2008. The susceptibilities...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： El Sahly HM,Teeter LD,Jost KC Jr,Dunbar D,Lew J,Graviss EA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) made to coxsackievirus B-3 were tested against a panel of enteroviruses by indirect immunofluorescence. The MAbs included seven which reacted with coxsackievirus B-3 only, five which reacted with more than one enterovirus included in the panel, one which reacted with broad enterovi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yagi S,Schnurr D,Lin J

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：:A radial immunodiffusion (RID) test employing a polysaccharide antigen (poly B) was compared with tests currently used in the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis. Over 1,000 sera from vaccinated and infected cattle, all of which had been examined bacteriologically, were used to determine the sensitivity and specificity of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jones LM,Berman DT,Moreno E,Deyoe BL,Gilsdorf MJ,Huber JD,Nicoletti P

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct tube coagulase testing for identification of Staphylococcus aureus from BACTEC culture broth showed a sensitivity, a specificity, and positive and negative predicative values of 34%, 100%, 100%, and 80.2% with 2 h of incubation and 65%, 98.7, 99.7%, and 88.6% with 4 h of incubation. Anaerobic blood culture cont...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qian Q,Eichelberger K,Kirby JE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella endocarditis is a severe disease for which blood cultures frequently remain negative. We tested three PCR assays by using specimens of serum sampled early during the disease from 43 patients diagnosed in our laboratory as having Bartonella endocarditis on the basis of serological, culture, and/or valvular m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zeaiter Z,Fournier PE,Greub G,Raoult D

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a satisfactory means to reliably distinguish between the two closely related species Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis in the clinical mycology laboratory has proved difficult because these two species are phenotypically so similar. In this study, we have detected homologues of the pH-regula...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kurzai O,Heinz WJ,Sullivan DJ,Coleman DC,Frosch M,Mühlschlegel FA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequencies of 10 opportunistic DNA viruses were determined by multiplex real-time PCR in paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and brain tissue of HIV-infected individuals. In the CSF, viruses were detectable in 45/55 cases: JC virus (JCV) in 62%, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in 44%, cytomegalovirus (CMV) in 25%, varicell...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kannangai R,Sachithanandham J,Mahadevan A,Abraham AM,Sridharan G,Desai A,Ravi V,Shankar SK

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 non-B subtypes/circulating recombinant forms (CRFs) are increasing worldwide. Since subtype identification can be clinically relevant, we assessed the added value in HIV-1 subtyping using updated molecular phylogeny (Mphy) and the performance of routinely used automated tools. Updated Mphy (2015 updated referenc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fabeni L,Berno G,Fokam J,Bertoli A,Alteri C,Gori C,Forbici F,Takou D,Vergori A,Zaccarelli M,Maffongelli G,Borghi V,Latini A,Pennica A,Mastroianni CM,Montella F,Mussini C,Andreoni M,Antinori A,Perno CF,Santoro MM,

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of a human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and selective subsequent use of an HHV-8 immunofluorescence assay (IFA) was tested in persons unlikely to be infected with HHV-8 and those who had HHV-8 detected in their saliva. The IFA was performed on samples within a range of EIA optical den...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Casper C,Krantz E,Taylor H,Dalessio J,Carrell D,Wald A,Corey L,Ashley R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans strains with enhanced levels of production of leukotoxin are characterized by a 530-bp deletion from the promoter region of the leukotoxin gene operon. Previous isolates with this deletion constituted a single clone belonging to serotype b, although they displayed minor differences...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Haubek D,Dirienzo JM,Tinoco EM,Westergaard J,López NJ,Chung CP,Poulsen K,Kilian M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using 920 sera, we compared the specificity and reproducibility of the hemagglutination treponemal test for syphilis with those of the fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption test and the microhemagglutination assay for Treponema pallidum antibodies; we found all three tests to be comparable. However, the hemagglut...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Larsen SA,Hambie EA,Pettit DE,Perryman MW,Kraus SJ

更新日期：1981-10-01 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：:Large numbers of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates that were obtained from patients' sputa on diagnosis and during follow-up after short-course chemotherapy in Madras, India, have either no copy or only a single copy of IS6110. This poses a limitation for DNA fingerprinting with an IS6110-based probe to determine th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sahadevan R,Narayanan S,Paramasivan CN,Prabhakar R,Narayanan PR

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were developed for the quantitation of anti-reovirus immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgA, and IgM in serum. The assays were specific, sensitive, and reproducible and measured antibodies to the reovirus group antigen. They should permit diagnosis of recent reovirus infection and longitudinal ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Richardson SC,Bishop RF,Smith AL

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the sensitivity and specificity of nucleic acid amplification assays are high with smear-positive samples, the sensitivity with smear-negative and extrapulmonary samples for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in suspicious tuberculosis cases still remains to be investigated. This study evaluates the performance of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bicmen C,Gunduz AT,Coskun M,Senol G,Cirak AK,Ozsoz A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori strains possessing the cag pathogenicity island (PaI) are associated with the development of gastroduodenal diseases, including gastric cancer. cag PaI products induce the secretion of interleukin-8 (IL-8) from epithelial cells and facilitate the translocation of CagA into the cell cytosol. In East...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang Y,Argent RH,Letley DP,Thomas RJ,Atherton JC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of a reference strain of Yersinia enterocolitica serovar O15, Ye614, was examined for its chemical structure and antigenicity. The O15 LPS was partially hydrolyzed with diluted acetic acid and fractionated on a Sephadex G-50 column. Only one peak was detected at fractions where the R-core olig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawaoka Y,Wauters G,Otsuki K,Tsubokura M

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because congenital toxoplasmosis is almost solely the result of maternal infection acquired during gestation, it is critical to determine whether infection during pregnancy has occurred. In the United States, definitive diagnosis of the acute infection and the time of its occurrence have been compromised by a lack of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Montoya JG,Liesenfeld O,Kinney S,Press C,Remington JS

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A selective medium (CFAT) was developed for the detection and enumeration of Actinomyces viscosus and Actinomyces naeslundii in dental plaque. Neutral acriflavin and potassium tellurite were used in combination with the known selective agents cadmium and fluoride to eliminate most of the competing plaque flora. Compos...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zylber LJ,Jordan HV

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two multiplex PCRs were developed for the detection of necrotoxigenic Escherichia coli virulence genes. M1 contained the primers for the toxins and the aerobactin, and M2 contained the primers for the adhesins. They were validated by single PCRs performed with reference E. coli strains and by multiplex PCRs with necro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Van Bost S,Jacquemin E,Oswald E,Mainil J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotype -specificity of Staphylococcus aureus of human and canine origins has been found to be associated with thermolabile agglutinogens represented in S. aureus strains 17 and 61218, respectively. Both strains also have exhibited a common thermostable antigen. On that basis, absorbed antisera have been developed for...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Live I

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA probes (Gen-Probe, San Diego, Calif.) directed at the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare complex were used to identify acid-fast bacilli directly from specimens grown in BACTEC 12B bottles (Becton Dickinson and Co., Towson, Md.). Clinical specimens were inoculated directly...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peterson EM,Lu R,Floyd C,Nakasone A,Friedly G,de la Maza LM

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here the use of an immunomagnetic separation enrichment process coupled with a modified real-time cellular analysis (RTCA) system (RTCA version 2) for the detection of C. difficile toxin (CDT) in stool. The limit of CDT detection by RTCA version 2 was 0.12 ng/ml. Among the consecutively collected 401 diarr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Huang B,Jin D,Zhang J,Sun JY,Wang X,Stiles J,Xu X,Kamboj M,Babady NE,Tang YW

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five different PCR methods for the detection of Helicobacter pylori were evaluated. The results of this study indicate that of the five PCR methods examined, the ureC (glmM) gene PCR is the most sensitive and specific for the detection of H. pylori in gastric biopsy specimens. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lu JJ,Perng CL,Shyu RY,Chen CH,Lou Q,Chong SK,Lee CH

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BBL Crystal system (Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.) is a miniaturized bacterial identification method employing modified conventional and chromogenic substrates. Two products are currently available, the Rapid Stool/Enteric ID Kit and the Enteric/Nonfermenter ID Kit, each comprising thirt...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Holmes B,Costas M,Thaker T,Stevens M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00