Evaluation of a chromogenic agar under development to screen for VRE colonization.

abstract：:A reversed passive latex agglutination (RPLA) assay for determining the toxigenicity of Corynebacterium diphtheriae is presented. Rabbit antitoxin antiserum was raised by using commercially available diphtheria toxoid. This antiserum reacted with the diphtheria toxin when the culture supernatant was assayed by Western...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toma C,Sisavath L,Iwanaga M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 8% of Rift Valley fever (RVF) cases develop severe disease, leading to hemorrhage, hepatitis, and/or encephalitis and resulting in up to 50% of deaths. A major obstacle in the management of RVF and other viral hemorrhagic fever cases in outbreaks that occur in rural settings is the inability to rapidly i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Njenga MK,Paweska J,Wanjala R,Rao CY,Weiner M,Omballa V,Luman ET,Mutonga D,Sharif S,Panning M,Drosten C,Feikin DR,Breiman RF

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Food and Drug Administration published a public health warning on the association of bacterial meningitis and cochlear implants in June 2002. This article reports the first case of group A streptococcal (GAS) meningitis in a cochlear-implanted patient, followed by a review on cochlear implantation and GAS meningit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pettersen G,Ovetchkine P,Tapiero B

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Hoffmann-La Roche products were evaluated in parallel for their ability to identify 321 strains of the family Enterobacteriaceae. The first product was the well-established Enterotube II, which correctly identified 90% of the isolates after 24 h of incubation. The second was the ID-E rotor, originally designed for...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Holmes B

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme was developed for Klebsiella pneumoniae. Sequences of seven housekeeping genes were obtained for 67 K. pneumoniae strains, including 19 ceftazidime- and ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates. Forty distinct allelic profiles were identified. MLST data were validated against ribotyp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Diancourt L,Passet V,Verhoef J,Grimont PA,Brisse S

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been characterizing monoclonal antibodies against Norovirus (Norwalk-like virus). In the course of our study, two monoclonal antibodies generated against Norovirus genogroup II capsid protein were found to react not only to genogroup II but also to genogroup I recombinant capsid proteins. In addition, we showe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yoda T,Suzuki Y,Terano Y,Yamazaki K,Sakon N,Kuzuguchi T,Oda H,Tsukamoto T

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive detection system specific for Legionella pneumophila in water was developed. This system is based on amplification of a chromosomal DNA sequence from L. pneumophila by the polymerase chain reaction, followed by detection of the amplified product by hybridization of a radiolabeled oligodeoxynucleotide. Afte...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Starnbach MN,Falkow S,Tompkins LS

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Y448H mutation in NS5B has been selected by GS-9190 as well as several benzothiadiazine hepatitis C virus (HCV) polymerase inhibitors in vitro and in vivo. However, the level and the evolution kinetics of this resistance mutation prior to and during treatment are poorly understood. In this study, we developed an a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bae AS,Ku KS,Miller MD,Mo H,Svarovskaia ES

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Johne's disease (JD) is an economically important infectious disease in livestock farming caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis As an alternative to serological tests, which are used mainly for the screening of whole herds, we developed a novel ResoLight-based real-time PCR (RL-PCR) assay with pooled f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawaji S,Nagata R,Minegishi Y,Saruyama Y,Mita A,Kishizuka S,Saito M,Mori Y

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotyping Streptococcus pneumoniae is a technique generally confined to reference laboratories, as purchasing pneumococcal antisera is a huge investment. Many attempts have been made to modify serological agglutination techniques to make them more accessible, and more recently developments in serotyping have focused ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Batt SL,Charalambous BM,McHugh TD,Martin S,Gillespie SH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the abilities of API 20E and BBL Crystal E/NF identification systems to correctly identify human and animal source gram-negative bacilli of known identifications, as provided by the American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Md., and the Research Diagnostic and Investigative Laboratory, Columbia,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peele D,Bradfield J,Pryor W,Vore S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection typically leads to antibody response within weeks after primary infection. Here, we describe the case of a child infected with HCV by mother-to-child transmission who remained persistently seronegative despite the presence of high levels of circulating HCV RNA. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Larouche A,Gaëtan G,El-Bilali N,Quesnel-Vallières M,Martin SR,Alvarez F,Shoukry NH,Soudeyns H

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cluster of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections among patients on an intensive care unit (ICU) was detected by routine infection control surveillance. In the period from 5 January to 22 June 1995, 10 patients on the ICU and a further 6 patients (5 on one ward that had received colonized pati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tambic A,Power EG,Talsania H,Anthony RM,French GL

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically important species of Candida and related organisms were compared for extent of nucleotide divergence in the 5' end of the large-subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene. This rDNA region is sufficiently variable to allow reliable separation of all known clinically significant yeast species. Of the 204 descri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kurtzman CP,Robnett CJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputa treated with cetyl-pyridinium chloride (CPC) and stored for 20 +/- 9 days was significantly higher than that from sputa that were untreated and processed by the N-acetyl-L-cisteine-NaOH method. Addition of CPC is useful for isolation of M. tuberculosis from sputa subje...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pardini M,Varaine F,Iona E,Arzumanian E,Checchi F,Oggioni MR,Orefici G,Fattorini L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, no agar-based susceptibility testing method has been standardized for testing dermatophytes. We describe a newly developed agar-based method employing disk diffusion assay to test the susceptibility of 47 isolates of dermatophytes against 8 antifungals. Our results show that the method is reproducible, is s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nweze EI,Mukherjee PK,Ghannoum MA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production and characterization of five monoclonal antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis are described. Specificity of the monoclonal antibodies was tested against other mycobacterial species by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunoblots. HGT 3a, an immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody, recognizes a molecu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kadival GV,Chaparas SD

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-nine isolates of clinical origin, tentatively identified as Scopulariopsis or Microascus, were morphologically and molecularly characterized by a combined analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the 28S rRNA gene and a fragment of the elongation factor 1-α gene (EF1-α) sequences. The most prevalent species was Scopula...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sandoval-Denis M,Sutton DA,Fothergill AW,Cano-Lira J,Gené J,Decock CA,de Hoog GS,Guarro J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from patients with systemic infections caused by the opportunistic fungus Trichosporon beigelii have been shown to cross-react with anticryptococcal antibodies. We quantitatively compared the amounts of antigen produced and examined the expression of O-acetyl epitopes from 35 strains of T. beigelii isolated from ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lyman CA,Devi SJ,Nathanson J,Frasch CE,Pizzo PA,Walsh TJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study whether pathogenic clusters of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains occur, we typed 136 isolates, cultured from specimens from patients (n = 49) with various clinical entities and from ticks (n = 83) or dogs (n = 4) from different geographic regions, by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprint...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wang G,van Dam AP,Spanjaard L,Dankert J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrated that sodium gluconate was the factor causing false-positive galactomannan (GM) antigenemia of Plasma-Lyte hydration solution. Infusion of sodium gluconate-containing solution but not gluconate-free Plasma-Lyte resulted in positive serum GM antigenemia. Serum GM concentrations also correlated with the v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Petraitiene R,Petraitis V,Witt JR 3rd,Durkin MM,Bacher JD,Wheat LJ,Walsh TJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PNA-FISH Yeast Traffic Light assay was performed on 54 clinical isolates of yeasts inoculated into blood culture bottles. The assay showed high sensitivity (Candida albicans/C. parapsilosis, 100%; C. glabrata/C. krusei, 92.3%; C. tropicalis, 100%) and specificity (C. albicans/C. parapsilosis, 100%; C. glabrata/C. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stone NR,Gorton RL,Barker K,Ramnarain P,Kibbler CC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:psaA is the gene encoding pneumococcal surface adhesin A (PsaA), a 37-kDa protein expressed on the surface of Streptococcus pneumoniae. PCR primers for psaA have been shown to amplify the target DNA sequence in all 90 serotypes of S. pneumoniae and in none of 67 heterologous pathogens and colonizing bacteria of the up...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Scott JA,Marston EL,Hall AJ,Marsh K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated 677 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains from humans to determine their serotypes, virulence genes, and clinical signs in patients. Six different Shiga toxin types (1, 1c, 2, 2c, 2d, and 2e) were distributed in the STEC strains. Intimin (eae) genes were present in 62.6% of the str...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beutin L,Krause G,Zimmermann S,Kaulfuss S,Gleier K

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Tween 80 supplementation of liquid culture medium on the formation of the superficial L1 layer of the Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare complex (MAC) were examined by serological and scanning electron microscopic experiments. Specific antiserum to the glycopeptidolipids on the L1 layer of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Masaki S,Sugimori G,Okamoto A,Imose J,Hayashi Y

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight strains of a new intermediate adenovirus were isolated in the course of an investigation of conjunctivitis in Hiroshima City, Japan. The strain was first isolated in July 1986. All eight strains were isolated from conjunctival swab samples from patients with conjunctivitis, mainly epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Noda M,Miyamoto Y,Ikeda Y,Matsuishi T,Ogino T

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used for the screening of horse sera from The Gambia for antibodies against African horse sickness virus (AHSV). The AHSV antigen used for coating was semipurified according to the method of Manning and Chen (Curr. Microbiol. 4:381, 1980); control mock-infected Vero ce...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Staeuber N,Fye B,Zinsstag J,McCullough KC

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Norwalk-like viruses" (NLVs) are the most common cause of outbreaks of nonbacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. To date, the method most widely used for typing of NLV strains is sequencing and subsequent phylogenetic analysis of reverse transcription (RT)-PCR products, which has revealed the existence of stable distin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vinjé J,Koopmans MP

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new case of Campylobacter hyointestinalis-associated diarrhea in a human is reported. The medical history of the patient was significant for immunodeficiency because of an evolutive chronic myeloid leukemia. The diarrhea rapidly stopped after administration of oral erythromycin. No other enteropathogenic agent was f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Minet J,Grosbois B,Megraud F

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rothia spp. are Gram-positive cocco-bacilli that cause a wide range of serious infections, especially in immunocompromised hosts. Risk factors for Rothia mucilaginosa (previously known as Stomatococcus mucilaginosus) bacteremia include prolonged and profound neutropenia, malignancy, and an indwelling vascular foreign ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ramanan P,Barreto JN,Osmon DR,Tosh PK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00