Laboratory and clinical characteristics of Staphylococcus lugdunensis prosthetic joint infections.

abstract：:Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance (PMCR) is a global public health concern, given its ease of transmissibility. The purpose of this study was to evaluate two methods for the detection of PMCR from bacterial colonies: (i) the NG-Test MCR-1 lateral flow immunoassay (LFA; NG Biotech, Guipry, France) and (ii) the EDTA-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fenwick AJ,Bergman Y,Lewis S,Yee R,Uhlemann AC,Cole N,Kohner P,Ordak C,Green DA,Schuetz AN,Humphries R,Simner PJ

更新日期：2020-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of wild rats from a known scrub typhus focus in the Philippines with cyclophosphamide did not significantly enhance the isolation rate of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi using mouse inoculation techniques. Similarly, cyclophosphamide treatment of mice inoculated with organs of wild rats did not increase the recover...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Peenen PF,Ho CM,See R

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination of 23 vancomycin-resistant, streptococcuslike isolates of clinical origin revealed a group of 14 to be related to Leuconostoc lactis (type strain, CIP 102422) on the basis of chemotaxonomic studies. These isolates were initially shown to be atypical by classical biochemical tests. However, they were cha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barreau C,Wagener G

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colony phenotype and genetic similarity were assessed within and between groups of commensal and pathogenic strains of Candida albicans collected from the oral cavities of individuals in a single geographical locale. Thirty-eight percent of pathogenic isolates contained predominant or minor variant colony morphologies...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hellstein J,Vawter-Hugart H,Fotos P,Schmid J,Soll DR

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen Rhizomucor miehei and Rhizomucor pusillus isolates were assayed for their ability to utilize 87 various substrates as a single carbon source. Besides a difference in sucrose utilization, distinctive differences were found in the utilization of glycine, phenylalanine, and beta-alanine. Five isoenzyme systems a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vastag M,Papp T,Kasza Z,Vágvölgyi C

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous and intraarterial catheters were examined microbiologically and morphologically. Bacteria or yeasts were recovered from 38 of the 63 catheters examined, and Staphylococcus epidermidis was present on 29 of the 38 colonized catheters. Examination of unused Teflon catheters ( Jelco ; Surgikos , Inc., Peterbor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marrie TJ,Costerton JW

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Point source norovirus outbreaks can be difficult to track due to high background levels of the virus in the environment and the limited strain variation in some genotyping regions. However, rapid and accurate source identification can limit the spread of a foodborne outbreak and reduce the number of cases. Harmonizat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mattison K,Grudeski E,Auk B,Charest H,Drews SJ,Fritzinger A,Gregoricus N,Hayward S,Houde A,Lee BE,Pang XL,Wong J,Booth TF,Vinjé J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six separate human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients with cryptococcal meningitis were each found to have been infected with a unique strain of Cryptococcus neoformans on the basis of genomic DNA finger-printing analysis with the microsatellite sequence-containing oligonucleotide probe (GGAT)4 and by random amp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sullivan D,Haynes K,Moran G,Shanley D,Coleman D

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR detecting the protein D (hpd) and fuculose kinase (fucK) genes showed high sensitivity and specificity for identifying Haemophilus influenzae and differentiating it from H. haemolyticus. Phylogenetic analysis using the 16S rRNA gene demonstrated two distinct groups for H. influenzae and H. haemolyticus. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Theodore MJ,Anderson RD,Wang X,Katz LS,Vuong JT,Bell ME,Juni BA,Lowther SA,Lynfield R,MacNeil JR,Mayer LW

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies on the detection of bovine serum immunoglobulin G antibodies to bluetongue virus with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, an immunodiffusion method, and a serum neutralization assay demonstrated complete concordance between the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and the serum neutralization assay ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poli G,Stott J,Liu YS,Manning JS

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxonomic relationship of Rhinosporidium seeberi with other organisms remained controversial for over a century. Recently, molecular studies have shown R. seeberi to be a protistal microbe in the newly described class Mesomycetozoea at the animal-fungal boundary. Phylogenetic analyses of R. seeberi using 18S small...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Silva V,Pereira CN,Ajello L,Mendoza L

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Swedish bovine and a Dutch human phage set for coagulase-negative staphylococci were used to phage type coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from bovine milk from Minnesota dairy herds. A comparison was also made of the deoxyribonuclease activity of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from bovine milk in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Holmberg O,Lyon RH,Price D,Farnsworth RJ

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of anaerobic susceptibility tests performed with inocula prepared directly from agar isolation media and from overnight broth cultures were compared. Altogether, 93.0% of the results with these two inoculum preparations were within one twofold dilution, including 92.5 and 95.6% of the results with Clostrid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murray PR,Niles AC

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first documented case of endocarditis in a man infected with Bartonella alsatica, which causes bacteremia in healthy wild rabbits. B. alsatica was identified by serology and culture and by PCR of an aortic valve specimen. B. alsatica should be added to the list of zoonotic agents of blood culture-negativ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Raoult D,Roblot F,Rolain JM,Besnier JM,Loulergue J,Bastides F,Choutet P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new latex agglutination test (Pastorex Staph-Plus, Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur), consisting of a mixture of latex particles coated with fibrinogen and immunoglobulin G for the detection of clumping factor and protein A and latex particles sensitized with monoclonal antibodies directed to Staphylococcus aureus serotyp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fournier JM,Bouvet A,Mathieu D,Nato F,Boutonnier A,Gerbal R,Brunengo P,Saulnier C,Sagot N,Slizewicz B

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated homology between a 181-bp fragment of IS6110 and DNA from mycobacteria other than tuberculosis-causing mycobacteria (MOTT). Genomic DNA from 14 strains of MOTT was digested with PvuII and was hybridized with a probe derived from the 181-bp fragment and the INS1/INS2 international standa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McHugh TD,Newport LE,Gillespie SH

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years testing responsibilities for high-consequence pathogens have been expanded from national reference laboratories into networks of local and regional laboratories in order to support enhanced disease surveillance and to test for surge capacity. This movement of testing of select agents and high-consequen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hietala SK,Crossley BM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of gastroduodenal diseases is related to the diversity of Helicobacter pylori strains. CagA-positive strains are more likely to cause gastric cancer than CagA-negative strains. Based on EPIYA (Glu-Pro-Ile-Tyr-Ala) motifs at the carboxyl terminus corresponding to phosphorylation sites, H. pylori CagA i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Truong BX,Mai VT,Tanaka H,Ly le T,Thong TM,Hai HH,Van Long D,Furumatsu K,Yoshida M,Kutsumi H,Azuma T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used the slide agglutination test to determine the serologic relationships of 22 Legionella spp. representing 33 serogroups. Antisera prepared against 14 of the Legionella spp. contained cross-reactive antibodies (1+ or greater) at their working dilutions. Numerous cross-reactions were observed for the blue-white f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thacker WL,Plikaytis BB,Wilkinson HW

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ImmunoCard STAT! Cryptosporidium/Giardia rapid assay (Meridian Bioscience, Inc.) is a solid-phase qualitative immunochromatographic assay that detects and distinguishes between Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum in aqueous extracts of human fecal specimens (fresh, frozen, unfixed, or fixed in 5 or 10% form...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Garcia LS,Shimizu RY,Novak S,Carroll M,Chan F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 1-year survey of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) prevalence in central France, 2,143 samples were investigated by PCR for Shiga toxin-encoding genes. A total of 330 (70%) of 471 fecal samples collected from healthy cattle at the Clermont-Ferrand slaughterhouse, 47 (11%) of 411 beef samples, 60 (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pradel N,Livrelli V,De Champs C,Palcoux JB,Reynaud A,Scheutz F,Sirot J,Joly B,Forestier C

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of the Norwalk virus (NV) by immune electron microscopy (IEM) in 1972, serologic studies with this virus have relied on particle-positive fecal material from infected volunteers as the source of antigen because it has not been possible to propagate this virus in cell culture. However, the recent cl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Green KY,Lew JF,Jiang X,Kapikian AZ,Estes MK

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescent amplified-fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) assay potentially amplifies a unique set of genome fragments from each bacterial clone. It uses stringently hybridizing primers which carry a fluorescent label. Precise fragment sizing is achieved by the inclusion of an internal size standard in every lane...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arnold C,Metherell L,Willshaw G,Maggs A,Stanley J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence-based typing (SBT), analogous to multilocus sequence typing (MLST), is the current "gold standard" typing method for investigation of legionellosis outbreaks caused by Legionella pneumophila However, as common sequence types (STs) cause many infections, some investigations remain unresolved. In this study, va...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： David S,Mentasti M,Tewolde R,Aslett M,Harris SR,Afshar B,Underwood A,Fry NK,Parkhill J,Harrison TG

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudobacteremias in blood cultures performed on the BACTEC radiometric blood culture system have been reported. We report three cases of cross contamination with Mycobacterium avium that occurred when mycobacteria were cultured with the BACTEC 460 TB system. Malfunction of the needle sterilization heating block was d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vannier AM,Tarrand JJ,Murray PR

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei currently relies on the use of Ashdown's selective agar (ASA). We designed a new selective agar (Burkholderia pseudomallei selective agar [BPSA]) to improve recovery of the more easily inhibited strains of B. pseudomallei. B. pseudomallei, Burkholderia cepacia, and Pseudomonas ae...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Howard K,Inglis TJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously established multiplex PCR that identifies to the species level Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter genomic species 13TU (GS13TU) was expanded to include Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Acinetobacter genomic species 3. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Higgins PG,Lehmann M,Wisplinghoff H,Seifert H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taeniasis due to Taenia solium is a disease with important public health consequences, since the larval stage is not exclusive to the animal intermediate, the pig, but also infects humans, causing neurocysticercosis. Early diagnosis and treatment of T. solium tapeworm carriers is important to prevent human cysticercos...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mayta H,Gilman RH,Prendergast E,Castillo JP,Tinoco YO,Garcia HH,Gonzalez AE,Sterling CR,Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru.

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cloned segments of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA which are promising as clinical probes were identified. An MboI digest of DNA from a clinical isolate of M. tuberculosis was cloned into bacteriophage M13. To identify recombinants specific for the M. tuberculosis complex, plaque lifts were hybridized with M. bov...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eisenach KD,Crawford JT,Bates JH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrheal diseases are highly prevalent in Bangladesh. However, the relative contribution of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli organisms--those that are enterotoxigenic (ETEC), enteropathogenic (EPEC), enteroinvasive, enterohemorrhagic, enteroaggregative, and diffuse adherent--to diarrhea in Bangladeshi populations is no...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Albert MJ,Faruque SM,Faruque AS,Neogi PK,Ansaruzzaman M,Bhuiyan NA,Alam K,Akbar MS

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00