Bacteremia with Bacteroides pyogenes after a cat bite.

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 protease phenotypes expressed by isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients were evaluated. The majority of isolates tested produced elastase (65%) or alkaline protease (64%) or both. The mucoid phenotype expressed by many CF isolates of P. aeruginosa did not absolutely restrict the expr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jagger KS,Bahner DR,Warren RL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex PCR assay for the identification of human diarrheagenic Escherichia coli was developed. The targets selected for each category were eae for enteropathogenic E. coli, stx for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, elt and est for enterotoxigenic E. coli, ipaH for enteroinvasive E. coli, and aggR for enteroaggregati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toma C,Lu Y,Higa N,Nakasone N,Chinen I,Baschkier A,Rivas M,Iwanaga M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent case report of a child infected with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) of serotype O118:H16 in Bavaria, in association with the isolation of a bovine O118 strain on the same farm (A. Weber, H. Klie, H. Richter, P. Gallien, M. Timm, and K. W. Perlberg, Berl. Muench. Tieraerztl. Wochenschr. 110:211-213,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wieler LH,Busse B,Steinrück H,Beutin L,Weber A,Karch H,Baljer G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional ribotyping detects genomic restriction fragment length polymorphisms by probing chromosomal DNA with rRNA. Although it is a powerful method for determining the molecular epidemiology of bacterial pathogens, technical difficulties limit its application. As an alternative, polymorphisms were sought in the 16...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kostman JR,Edlind TD,LiPuma JJ,Stull TL

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：:An Escherichia coli rRNA probe was compared with a combination of O serotyping, phage susceptibility, and biotype pattern for the type identification of strains of Enterobacter cloacae. Forty-five isolates of E. cloacae from 36 patients in nine hospitals were examined. By conventional typing, only 26 (57.7%) could be ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Garaizar J,Kaufmann ME,Pitt TL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis in Argentina is currently investigated in bank donor blood by the standard plate agglutination test (PAT). This study evaluated the buffered plate antigen test (BPA), now used to screen for bovine brucellosis, as a screen for human disease. Of 57 sera from patients with culture-confirmed brucellosis, 100% ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lucero NE,Bolpe JE

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to examine cervical cancer biopsy specimens and pelvic lymph nodes for the presence of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV 16) DNA. Of the 75 cervical specimens tested, 36 (48%) were positive for HPV 16 in the PCR. A total of 65 pelvic lymph nodes removed during radical sur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Czeglédy J,Póka R,Veress G,Gergely L

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowan I staphylococci coated with antisera to streptococcal groups A, B, C, D, F, and G were used as coagglutination reagents in a modified coagglutination procedure (MCAP). Streptococcal group antigens were extracted with a Streptomyces albus-lysozyme enzyme mixture for 30 min at 55 degrees C and centrifuged, and the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carlson JR,McCarthy LR

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed laboratory-acquired infections occurring in Utah from 1978 through 1982. Written and telephone interviews of supervisors of 1,191 laboratorians revealed an estimated annual incidence of 3 laboratory-acquired infections per 1,000 employees. Infections, in order of frequency, included hepatitis B (clinical c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jacobson JT,Orlob RB,Clayton JL

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-acquired bloodstream infections cause substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide, but microbiology capacity and surveillance limitations have challenged good descriptions of pathogen distribution in many regions, including Southeast Asia. Active surveillance for bloodstream infections has been conducted i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jorakate P,Higdon M,Kaewpan A,Makprasert S,Yuenprakhon S,Tawisaid K,Dejsirilert S,Whistler T,Baggett HC

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistical analysis of a limiting dilution assay (LDA) showed that the occurrence of infectious human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-harboring cells in serially diluted samples of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of HIV-1-seropositive patients fits the model describing a single-hit Poisson distributi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lu W,Manolikakis G,Andrieu JM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 300 clinically derived isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci were tested in parallel with the API STAPH-IDENT system (Analytab Products) and 14 conventional biochemical tests contained in Kloos and Schleifer's simplified scheme for identification of human Staphylococcus species. STAPH-IDENT is a mini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Almeida RJ,Jorgensen JH

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the coreceptor tropism-predicting performance of a specific genotypic algorithm for HIV-1 subtype D and that of the geno2pheno algorithm with different cutoffs. The D-specific algorithm and geno2pheno with a false-positivity rate cutoff of 2.5% had the same concordance with the phenotypic determination. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dina J,Raymond S,Maillard A,Le Guillou-Guillemette H,Rodalec A,Beby-Defaux A,Giraudeau G,Vallet S,Mourez T,Payan C,Vabret A,Ruffault A,Ferre V,Izopet J,Plantier JC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiologies of a number of retinopathies, including serpiginous choroiditis and acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR), remain uncertain. Recently, we provided evidence that AZOOR is caused by Candida famata infection. The purpose of this article was to investigate the presence of fungal infection in five pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pisa D,Ramos M,García P,Escoto R,Barraquer R,Molina S,Carrasco L

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coxsackievirus (CV) strains CVA2, CVA4, CVA5, and CVA10 were isolated from patients with hand, foot, and mouth disease during a 2009 outbreak in China. Full genome sequences for four representative strains, CVA2/SD/CHN/09 (A2SD09), CVA4/SZ/CHN/09 (A4SZ09), CVA5/SD/CHN/09 (A5SD09), and CVA10/SD/CHN/09 (A10SD09), were d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hu YF,Yang F,Du J,Dong J,Zhang T,Wu ZQ,Xue Y,Jin Q

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small round-structured viruses (SRSVs) or Norwalk-like viruses have been implicated as an important causative agent of gastroenteritis outbreaks. We used the relatively newly developed recombinant enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) to determine the seroprevalence of Norwalk virus (NV) and Mexico virus (MxV) in a family-based ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smit TK,Steele AD,Peenze I,Jiang X,Estes MK

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutralizing serum antibody to serotype 9 rotavirus WI61 was detected in 41% of 870 Ecuadorian children and 26% of 140 German children. In both areas an age-related prevalence increase was observed. We identified 11 serum samples from Ecuadorian children which neutralized exclusively serotype 9 rotavirus. Thirteen of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brüssow H,Clark HF,Sidoti J

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:An apparent outbreak of serious Candida albicans infections (n = 6) occurred in a surgical intensive care unit over a 4-week period. Four patients developed C. albicans bloodstream infections. An additional patient developed catheter-related C. albicans infection; the sixth patient developed an infection of cerebrospi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Voss A,Pfaller MA,Hollis RJ,Rhine-Chalberg J,Doebbeling BN

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) was used for rapid determination of the hemagglutinin (HA) cleavage site sequence, a marker for the virulence potential of avian influenza viruses. When applied to specimens from chickens experimentally infected with either a virulent or an avirulent virus, RT-PCR uniformly detecte...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Horimoto T,Kawaoka Y

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The babA2 and cagA genes were investigated in 208 Brazilian Helicobacter pylori strains. A strong association between babA2 and duodenal ulcer or gastric carcinoma was observed, even after adjusting for confounding factors, such as age, gender, and cagA status. cagA-positive strains were also independently associated ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Oliveira AG,Santos A,Guerra JB,Rocha GA,Rocha AM,Oliveira CA,Cabral MM,Nogueira AM,Queiroz DM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a method for determining the serotypes of poliovirus isolates by PCR. Three sets of serotype-specific antisense PCR-initiating primers (primers seroPV1A, seroPV2A, and seroPV3A) were designed to pair with codons of VP1 amino acid sequences that are conserved within but that differ across serotypes. T...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kilpatrick DR,Nottay B,Yang CF,Yang SJ,Da Silva E,Peñaranda S,Pallansch M,Kew O

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the predominant cause of urinary tract infection in both hospital and community settings. The recent emergence of multidrug-resistant clones like the O25b:H4-ST131 lineage represents a significant threat to health, and numerous studies have explored the virulence potential of t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gibreel TM,Dodgson AR,Cheesbrough J,Bolton FJ,Fox AJ,Upton M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection and quantitation of human parainfluenza virus type 1 (HPIV-1) RNA in nasal wash specimens from 49 children with lower respiratory infections were performed by a reverse transcription-PCR-enzyme hybridization assay (RT-PCR-EHA). The HPIV-1 RT-PCR-EHA was then used to test 40 samples from asymptomatic chil...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fan J,Henrickson KJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the new Abbott TestPack (TP) respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with cell culture and two commercial RSV EIAs (from Abbott Diagnostics and Kallestad Laboratories) by using split samples of fresh nasal washings from children with suspected RSV disease. Two tubes of HEp-2 cells were i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wren CG,Bate BJ,Masters HB,Lauer BA

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rose Bengal and counterimmunoelectrophoresis, two tests that detect antibodies against different structural antigens, when carried out on spinal fluid permitted rapid diagnosis of human Brucella meningitis. The Rose Bengal test was positive in five out of five patients studied, and counterimmunoelectrophoresis was pos...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Díaz R,Maraví-Poma E,Delgado G,Rivero A

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latex particle agglutination (LPA) testing for antigen to group B streptococcus (GBS) has been useful in the diagnosis of GBS sepsis in newborns. However, recent reports have demonstrated that the sensitivity of LPA assays may be as low as 27 to 54%. The purposes of the present study were to directly compare the abili...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Greenberg DN,Ascher DP,Yoder BA,Hensley DM,Heiman HS,Keith JF 3rd

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for cultivating and isolating Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi, from the saliva of vector ticks, Ixodes scapularis (formerly known as Ixodes dammini), is described. Saliva was collected from partially engorged ticks after application of pilocarpine to induce salivation. B. burgdorferi was isolat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ewing C,Scorpio A,Nelson DR,Mather TN

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00