New acquisition of antibiotic-resistant organisms in skilled nursing facilities.

abstract：:BBL CHROMagar VanRE (CVRE) was compared with bile esculin azide agar plus vancomycin to screen for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) colonization. CVRE distinguishes Enterococcus faecalis (green colonies) from Enterococcus faecium (mauve colonies) on the basis of chromogenic substrate use. CVRE sensitivity and s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kallstrom G,Doern CD,Dunne WM Jr

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of IS6110 as a marker for molecular epidemiological studies is limited when a Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolate has five or fewer copies of IS6110. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis with a highly polymorphic GC-rich repetitive sequence located in the plasmid pTBN12 (PGRS RFLP) and spoligotypin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Flores L,Jarlsberg LG,Kim EY,Osmond D,Grinsdale J,Kawamura M,Desmond E,Hopewell PC,Kato-Maeda M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Agona was not frequently encountered in Finland until an increase in rates of isolation among animal and feed was seen in 1994. A small outbreak among cattle farms in the regions of Oulu and Vaasa in northwestern Finland in 1994-1995 included eight farms. After the outbreak,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lindqvist N,Siitonen A,Pelkonen S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inconsistent quality control results in disk diffusion testing of cefaclor, cefamandole, cefonicid, and cefuroxime with Haemophilus influenzae ATCC 49247 and Haemophilus test medium (HTM) prompted a search for an alternative control strain that would provide more reliable results. A five-laboratory study was conducted...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jorgensen JH,Barry AL,Doern GV,Ferraro MJ,Murray PR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:tRNA intergenic spacer PCR (tDNA-PCR) was evaluated for its usefulness in the differentiation of enterococcal species of human and animal origin. This technique was carried out for 124 strains belonging to 17 enterococcal species and generated DNA fragments, which were separated by capillary electrophoresis. tDNA-PCR ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baele M,Baele P,Vaneechoutte M,Storms V,Butaye P,Devriese LA,Verschraegen G,Gillis M,Haesebrouck F

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently described a novel megaplasmid-encoded adhesin produced by certain Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) strains that lack the locus for enterocyte effacement (LEE) pathogenicity island. This adhesin, designated Saa (STEC autoagglutinating adhesin), may be a marker for a subset of LEE-negative STEC strain...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Paton AW,Paton JC

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Because relatively few caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAEV)-infected animals exhibit clinical signs of illness, efforts to control and eradicate this virus will depend heavily on a sensitive diagnostic test that can be easily carried out. The currently utilized tests are of limited usefulness because of relativ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Archambault D,East N,Perk K,Dahlberg JE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of fungi produce the hydrolytic enzyme beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase (HexNAcase), which can be readily detected in assays by using p-nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide as a substrate. In the present study we developed a microtiter plate-based HexNAcase assay for distinguishing Candida albicans and Candi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Niimi K,Shepherd MG,Cannon RD

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood culture contamination greatly affects clinical decisions. Hence, it is of interest to assess the influence of factors such as the volume of blood drawn and the site of blood draw on the rates of blood culture contamination. In a retrospective study, blood cultures from infants and children up to 18 years of age ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gonsalves WI,Cornish N,Moore M,Chen A,Varman M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the potential of pooling DNA from nasopharyngeal specimens to reduce the cost of real-time PCR (RT-PCR) for bacterial detection. Lyophilization is required to reconcentrate DNA. This strategy yields a high specificity (86%) and a high sensitivity (96%). We estimate that compared to individual testing, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Edouard S,Prudent E,Gautret P,Memish ZA,Raoult D

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:A simple enzyme immunoassay has been developed to allow the quantitation of the human response to immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide. The assay uses the 14-valent vaccine (Pneumovax) as a convenient antigen to adsorb to the solid-phase microdilution plate wells and commercially available isotype-specific an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shyamala GN,Roberton DM,Hosking CS

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 322 single and paired serum samples from children (newborn to 10 years old), young adults (18 to 20 years old), pregnant women and their cord serum samples, and elderly people (more than 70 years old) was tested for antibodies to enteric adenovirus types 40 and 41 by neutralization test. Serum samples were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shinozaki T,Araki K,Ushijima H,Fujii R

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methodologic study was performed to compare the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blot hybridization, two commonly used testing strategies for the detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Three laboratories tested masked aliquots of exfoliated cervical cell specimens obtained from 120 women by c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schiffman MH,Bauer HM,Lorincz AT,Manos MM,Byrne JC,Glass AG,Cadell DM,Howley PM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the ability of the Amplicor MTB Assay to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) organisms in BACTEC 12B broth cultures, 249 cultures with a growth index (GI) of > or = 20 from 160 patients were tested retrospectively. Specimens were processed by standard methods, and then BACTEC 12B vials and Mid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith MB,Bergmann JS,Woods GL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to compare a novel PCR-based Chlamydia trachomatis detection and genotyping (Ct-DT) assay with the FDA-approved, commercially available C. trachomatis detection Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) assay and to investigate the C. trachomatis serovar distribution among young women in a rural Costa Rican s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Quint K,Porras C,Safaeian M,González P,Hildesheim A,Quint W,van Doorn LJ,Silva S,Melchers W,Schiffman M,Rodríguez AC,Wacholder S,Freer E,Cortes B,Herrero R,Costa Rican Vaccine Trial Group.

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination of 45 clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans revealed an unusually high incidence of C. neoformans var. gattii in South Australia (65%) and in the Northern Territory (95%). In assessing all the available data from Australian isolates of C. neoformans, there appeared to be an endemic focus for the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ellis DH

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA method (RAPD) to identify each species of genus Erysipelothrix and for epidemiological analysis of this genus was studied. Eighty-one strains and 18 random primers were tested. Among the tested primers, the primers NK51 (GGTGGTGGTATC) and NK6 (CCCGCGCCCC) produced n...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Okatani AT,Hayashidani H,Takahashi T,Taniguchi T,Ogawa M,Kaneko K

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The R/B and Minitek systems for the identification of Enterobacteriaceae were evaluated, and the results were compared with those obtained by conventional methods. Both systems were rapid and allowed correct identification of about 85% of the 294 isolates (23 species) examined. The individual biochemical reactions sho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shayegani M,Hubbard ME,Hiscott T,McGlynn D

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven bacterial clones producing human recombinant monoclonal antibody Fab fragments (rFabs) reactive to herpes simplex virus (HSV) antigens were selected from a human combinatorial antibody library constructed in a phage-display vector by a panning procedure against an HSV lysate. Thirty-four of the HSV-specif...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cattani P,Rossolini GM,Cresti S,Santangelo R,Burton DR,Williamson RA,Sanna PP,Fadda G

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first case of osteomyelitis caused by Neosartorya pseudofischeri is reported. The patient, a 77-year-old male with a history of silicosis and tuberculosis, on X-ray examination revealed lytic lesions of L2 and L3 vertebrae suspicious for metastatic lesions. Histologic examination of biopsy specimens from vertebral...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Padhye AA,Godfrey JH,Chandler FW,Peterson SW

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decade, a variety of instrument-assisted bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility test systems have been developed which permit provision of test results in a matter of hours rather than days, as has been the case with traditional overnight procedures. These newer rapid techniques are ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Doern GV,Vautour R,Gaudet M,Levy B

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an emerging enteric pathogen that causes acute and chronic diarrhea among children, human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, and travelers to developing regions of the world. The pathogenesis of EAEC strains involves the production of biofilm. In this study, we deter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mohamed JA,Huang DB,Jiang ZD,DuPont HL,Nataro JP,Belkind-Gerson J,Okhuysen PC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal disease is normally suspected on clinical grounds and is confirmed by isolation of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria from blood or cerebrospinal fluid or, more recently, by serology or PCR of cerebrospinal fluid. Achieving confirmation of a clinical diagnosis of meningococcal disease has become more diffic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Newcombe J,Cartwright K,Palmer WH,McFadden J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparison of Gram-stained urethral smears with Gen-Probe for the detection of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in the urethras of males with symptomatic urethritis revealed a 99.6% correlation between the two methods. A simple Gram stain would appear to be the method of choice for the detection of gonorrhea in symptomatic m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Juchau SV,Nackman R,Ruppart D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automated sequence analysis of a 410-bp region of the axyR gene in 105 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates identified a polymorphic nucleotide that differentiated Mycobacterium bovis isolates from other complex members. All 29 M. bovis isolates sequenced had an adenine residue at nucleotide 285, whereas all 76...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sreevatsan S,Escalante P,Pan X,Gillies DA 2nd,Siddiqui S,Khalaf CN,Kreiswirth BN,Bifani P,Adams LG,Ficht T,Perumaalla VS,Cave MD,van Embden JD,Musser JM

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of Staphylococcus aureus is increasingly used as part of infection prevention practices. In this study, we established a long-read technology-based WGS screening program of all first-episode methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood infections at a major urban hospital. A s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sullivan MJ,Altman DR,Chacko KI,Ciferri B,Webster E,Pak TR,Deikus G,Lewis-Sandari M,Khan Z,Beckford C,Rendo A,Samaroo F,Sebra R,Karam-Howlin R,Dingle T,Hamula C,Bashir A,Schadt E,Patel G,Wallach F,Kasarskis A,Gi

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A biotin-avidin-amplified indirect immunofluorescence method was used to demonstrate specific serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies in nephropathia epidemica, the Scandinavian type of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. The antigen in the test was the cross-reacting agent of Korean hemorrhagic fever, Hantaan viru...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Settergren B,Juto P,Wadell G

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to develop a PCR and reverse line blot hybridization (PCR-RLB) macroarray assay based on 16S-23S rRNA gene internal transcribed spacer sequences for the identification and differentiation of 34 mycobacterial species or subspecies. The performance of the PCR-RLB assay was assessed and validate...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xiong L,Kong F,Yang Y,Cheng J,Gilbert GL

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00