Mechanisms of and risk factors for fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical Enterococcus faecalis isolates from patients with urinary tract infections.

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) plays a key role in the development of cervical and laryngeal cancers. The aim of our study was to compare the performance of a new hydrogel-based HPV genotyping biochip assay (Biochip) to a commercially available and CE-marked conventional PCR followed by reverse hybridization (GenID-PCR). ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schenk T,Brandstetter T,Zur Hausen A,Alt-Mörbe J,Huzly D,Rühe J

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The replication of human coronavirus strain 229E was observed by using indirect immunofluorescence in infected monolayers of MRC continuous cells. By 8 h after infection, bright cytoplasmic fluorescence was detected in cells infected with human coronavirus 229E. Discrete foci of infection were observed from 8 to 16 h ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Macnaughton MR,Thomas BJ,Davies HA,Patterson S

更新日期：1980-09-01 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：:Recent reports of natural paratuberculosis (or Johne's disease) in rabbits, foxes, and stoats has focused debate on the presence and importance of wildlife reservoirs in the epidemiology of this disease. This paper describes an extensive study investigating 18 nonruminant wildlife species for evidence of paratuberculo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beard PM,Daniels MJ,Henderson D,Pirie A,Rudge K,Buxton D,Rhind S,Greig A,Hutchings MR,McKendrick I,Stevenson K,Sharp JM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of an rRNA-derived oligonucleotide probe for Neisseria gonorrhoeae was tested with 187 N. gonorrhoeae isolates, 81 Neisseria meningitidis isolates, and several strains of other bacterial species. The probe proved to be 100% specific and 100% sensitive. N. gonorrhoeae cells could also be reliably identi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rossau R,Duhamel M,Van Dyck E,Piot P,Van Heuverswyn H

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PathoTec Rapid I-D System for identifying Enterobacteriaceae was evaluated with 471 cultures. In 4,910 individual test comparisons, 95.5% of the results agreed, with results of only two test strips, those for esculin hydrolysis and urease production, agreeing with conventional tests in less than 94% of the trials....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith PB,Rhoden DL,Tomfohrde KM

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable dwarf forms of Staphylococcus aureus have been identified in clinical specimens as the sole or predominant isolate in eight cases. These organisms have been shown to be menadione or thiamine dependent, i.e., cultivation in the presence of one of these agents has permitted growth of colonies which appear typical...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Acar JF,Goldstein FW,Lagrange P

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is the most common cause of human and canine urinary tract infection (UTI). Clonal groups, often with high levels of antimicrobial resistance, are a major component of the E. coli population that causes human UTI. While little is known about the population structure of E. coli that causes UTI in dogs,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： LeCuyer TE,Byrne BA,Daniels JB,Diaz-Campos DV,Hammac GK,Miller CB,Besser TE,Davis MA

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The nasopharyngeal Haemophilus influenzae flora of healthy children in a day care center was analyzed by repeated sampling during 4 winter months. The average carrier rate was 39%, but 74% of the children became colonized at some time during the study. The H. influenzae isolates were identified by capsular type, bioty...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Trottier S,Stenberg K,Svanborg-Edén C

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we describe the assembly of a synthetic gene coding for several antigenic determinants found in different Leishmania infantum antigens. Selected epitopes were derived from the ribosomal proteins LiP2a, LiP2b, and LiP0 and from the histone H2A. The resulting gene was overexpressed in Escherichia coli eith...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Soto M,Requena JM,Quijada L,Alonso C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum malaria is highly endemic in the three most affected countries in the current epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa. As EVD and malaria are clinically indistinguishable, both remain part of the differential diagnosis of ill travelers from returning from areas of EVD transmission. W...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lau R,Wang A,Chong-Kit A,Ralevski F,Boggild AK

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hafnia alvei strains which possess the attachment-effacement gene (eaeA) may have clinical importance as new diarrhea-causing pathogens and should therefore be differentiated from other H. alvei strains. We characterized diarrheal H. alvei strains, which were positive in the PCR test for the eaeA gene, using biochemic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ridell J,Siitonen A,Paulin L,Lindroos O,Korkeala H,Albert MJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterocytozoon bieneusi, a microsporidian parasite, has been recognized since 1985 as an agent of intestinal microsporidiosis leading to malabsorption syndrome, diarrhea, and weight loss in AIDS patients. Recently, however, we have identified E. bieneusi spores in the sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage, and stool samples ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： del Aguila C,Lopez-Velez R,Fenoy S,Turrientes C,Cobo J,Navajas R,Visvesvara GS,Croppo GP,Da Silva AJ,Pieniazek NJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrence of osteomyelitis by the same bacterial strain is well known. We report three patients with a second episode of osteomyelitis at the same site caused by different strains of bacteria from the original. Formerly infected and altered bone surface might present a region of diminished resistance for a new infect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Uçkay I,Assal M,Legout L,Rohner P,Stern R,Lew D,Hoffmeyer P,Bernard L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased incidence of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in two hospitals prompted investigation of possible environmental sources. In the search for an effective DNA-typing technique for use in hospital epidemiology, the performance and convenience of three methods-SfiI macrorestriction analysis (MRA), amplified f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jonas D,Meyer HG,Matthes P,Hartung D,Jahn B,Daschner FD,Jansen B

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 49 adenovirus type 3 (Ad3) strains from patients with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis at an eye clinic in Sapporo, Japan, from 1983 to 1986 were classified into either genome type Ad3f (26 strains) or Ad3g (23 strains). By the use of Hinf1 and TaqI restriction endonucleases, they were classified into 11 and 3...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Itakura S,Aoki K,Sawada H,Shinagawa M

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular fatty acid compositions and ubiquinone contents of 182 Legionella strains representing 23 species were determined by capillary gas-liquid chromatography and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, respectively. Except for the type strain of Legionella erythra (ATCC 35303T), all Legionella sp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lambert MA,Moss CW

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) variant B is frequently identified in peripheral blood, but identification of HHV-6 variant A is relatively rare. We devised a PCR-based method for sensitive, simultaneous detection of both HHV-6 variants. The method was applied to 34 lung tissue specimens that were previously shown to cont...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cone RW,Huang ML,Hackman RC,Corey L

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cobas-Bact (Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland) new rotor for the identification (ID) in 4 h 20 min of 33 members of the family Enterobacteriaceae to genus and species level was evaluated by testing 444 strains of which 398 belonged to common species and 46 belonged to rare species of Enterobacteriaceae. Each s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wenger A,Tissières LJ,Praplan FR,Kamm WR,Bille J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus serotype G9 is recognized as the most widespread of the emerging serotypes, emerging since 1996 as a frequent cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in children from many countries covering all continents of the world. This study characterized serotype G9 strains collected in three widely separated Australian...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kirkwood C,Bogdanovic-Sakran N,Palombo E,Masendycz P,Bugg H,Barnes G,Bishop R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The way in which the extensive use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has influenced the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) among human immunodeficiency type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients is not yet understood. The present study assessed whether the incidence of symptomatic VL in HIV-infected patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de La Rosa R,Pineda JA,Delgado J,Macías J,Morillas F,Mira JA,Sánchez-Quijano A,Leal M,Lissen E

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report in Israel of a cluster of cases of diarrhea associated with the isolation of Escherichia coli O157 in stool samples. E. coli O157:NM (nonmotile), producing verotoxins 1 and 2 was isolated from the stool samples of three infants less than 1 year of age with diarrhea and from a fourth asymptomat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lerman Y,Cohen D,Gluck A,Ohad E,Sechter I

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence supports a causal relationship between Bartonella (Rochalimaea) henselae, cat-scratch disease (CSD), and bacillary angiomatosis. Cats appear to be the primary reservoir. Blood from 19 cats owned by 14 patients diagnosed with CSD was cultured. Blood samples from cats owned by veterinary students (n = 25...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kordick DL,Wilson KH,Sexton DJ,Hadfield TL,Berkhoff HA,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercially available endotoxin assay (CS-TAL) employing a chromogenic peptide and an amebocyte lysate from the Japanese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, gave a positive result with aqueous extracts of all 15 strains of Candida albicans and 1 strain each of Candida tropicalis, Cryptococcus neoformans, and a ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hodes DS,Heon D,Hass A,Hyatt AC,Hodes HL

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four commercial kits, Oxi/Ferm (OF), API 20E (AP), Minitek (MT; BBL Microbiology Systems), and Flow N/F (NF), were evaluated, without additional tests, for identification of 258 gram-negative nonfermentative rods. OF and MT were read after 48 h of incubation, and AP and NF were read after both 24 and 48 h of incubatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Appelbaum PC,Stavitz J,Bentz MS,von Kuster LC

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the Gen-Probe transcription-mediated amplification assay (AMP CT), the Abbott LCx assay, and the Roche COBAS AMPLICOR assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in a mixed population in urine samples. First-void urine, urethral specimens, and cervical specimens in females were obtained from 1,000 pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Goessens WH,Mouton JW,van der Meijden WI,Deelen S,van Rijsoort-Vos TH,Lemmens-den Toom N,Verbrugh HA,Verkooyen RP

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January to December 2007, 973 stool specimens were prospectively collected from children hospitalized for gastroenteritis signs or from neonates and premature cases who were born in two French hospital settings in the north of France. They were tested by rapid enzyme immunoassay (EIA) analyses for rotavirus and a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tran A,Talmud D,Lejeune B,Jovenin N,Renois F,Payan C,Leveque N,Andreoletti L

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the plasmid profiles of 136 Shigella isolates in Bangladesh to determine whether plasmid profiles could be used for differentiation of strains for epidemiological studies. Many different plasmid patterns were observed within each species, indicating that many genetically different strains of Shigella are re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tacket CO,Shahid N,Huq MI,Alim AR,Cohen ML

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolates from 10 nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) were comparable with 19 clinical isolates by sequence analysis of the PbGP43 gene and ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) and ITS2 and by random amplified polymorphic DNA. In this original ITS study, eight isolates ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hebeler-Barbosa F,Morais FV,Montenegro MR,Kuramae EE,Montes B,McEwen JG,Bagagli E,Puccia R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the dried MicroScan microdilution panel, Synergy Quad plate agar dilution, and high-potency disk diffusion screening methods for the detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in 815 enterococcal bloodstream isolates. Agreement between the three methods was 99% when testing for high-level gentamicin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murdoch DR,Mirrett S,Harrell LJ,Donabedian SM,Zervos MJ,Reller LB

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00