Wound botulism complicating internal fixation of a complex radial fracture.

abstract：:Diagnostic laboratories are under increasing pressure to improve and expand their services. Greater flexibility in sample processing is a critical factor that can improve the time to results while reducing reagent waste, making laboratories more efficient and cost-effective. The introduction of the Abbott mPLUS featur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lucic D,Jones S,Wiesneth R,Barry C,Webb E,Belova L,Dolan P,Ho S,Abravaya K,Cloherty G

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dried blood spot (DBS) specimens were assessed as an alternative to plasma for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) serotyping by V3 loop peptide enzyme immunoassay. Nested PCR capable of distinguishing HIV-1 subtypes B and E was used as the reference standard. Ninety-two percent of DBS samples were typeable as...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chanbancherd P,Brown AE,Trichavaroj R,Tienamporn P,Puthakird P,Limpairojn N,VanCott TC,de Souza MS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistant cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027 which were grown in the presence of 1 mg of benzalkonium chloride (BC) per ml caused only a mild conjunctivitis when they were dropped onto the scratched corneas of rabbits. In contrast, cells of the BC-sensitive parent strain induced a severe keratoconjunctivitis. I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Adair FW,Liauw HL,Geftic SG,Gelzer J

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new liquid medium (modified Lombard-Dowell broth) was inoculated with stock culture strains of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and compared with prereduced chopped-meat glucose inoculated with the same anaerobes. Both broths were subcultured at 48 and 72 h to aerobic and anaerobic blood agar plates, and the numbers o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jessee MT,Robinson PJ

更新日期：1977-11-01 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：:A new self-contained medium system for the cultivation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was compared to modified Thayer-Martin medium for the diagnosis of gonorrhea from endocervical specimens. There was no difference in the ability of the two methods to support the growth of N. gonorrhoeae. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beverly A,Bailey-Griffin JR,Schwebke JR

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercial multiplex PCR (hyplex SuperBug ID) was tested with a collection of 132 clinical Enterobacteriaceae strains producing different carbapenemases. The sensitivity for the detection of KPC-, VIM-, NDM-, and OXA-48-encoding genes was 100%, whereas two IMP variants were missed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaase M,Szabados F,Wassill L,Gatermann SG

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of Francisella novicida bacteremia following a near-drowning event in seawater. We highlight the challenges associated with laboratory identification of F. novicida and differences in the epidemiology of F. novicida and Francisella tularensis infections. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brett M,Doppalapudi A,Respicio-Kingry LB,Myers D,Husband B,Pollard K,Mead P,Petersen JM,Whitener CJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an outbreak of diarrheal illness among residents of a trailer park in rural Vermont, 37 (30%) of 122 residents met the case definition of outbreak-related giardiasis. Convalescent-phase sera from 24 residents and 20 nonresident control subjects were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunoglobulin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Birkhead G,Janoff EN,Vogt RL,Smith PD

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the performance and the cost of toxigenic culture using a commercial chromogenic medium (CDIF) for 538 stool specimens. Compared with real-time PCR, this method was found to detect an additional 9% of positive specimens and result in 61% reduction in material costs, with a trade-off increase in turnaround...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Luk S,To WK,Ng TK,Hui WT,Lee WK,Lau F,Ching AM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated three molecular methods for identification of Francisella strains: pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The analysis was performed with 54 Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica, 5 F. tularensis subsp. tularensis, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： García Del Blanco N,Dobson ME,Vela AI,De La Puente VA,Gutiérrez CB,Hadfield TL,Kuhnert P,Frey J,Domínguez L,Rodríguez Ferri EF

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During pregnancy, Plasmodium falciparum infection of the placenta frequently occurs in the absence of parasites in peripheral blood. We investigated the abilities of the OptiMAL rapid immunochromatographic strip test for P. falciparum lactate dehydrogenase and species-specific PCR performed on peripheral blood to dete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mankhambo L,Kanjala M,Rudman S,Lema VM,Rogerson SJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid identification of pathogens from blood cultures can decrease lengths of stay and improve patient outcomes. We evaluated the accuracy of the Verigene Gram-positive blood culture (BC-GP) nucleic acid test for investigational use only (Nanosphere, Inc., Northbrook, IL) for the identification of Gram-positive bacter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wojewoda CM,Sercia L,Navas M,Tuohy M,Wilson D,Hall GS,Procop GW,Richter SS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2012, we identified sampled dogs with elevated levels of antibodies (≥1:40) against A(H1N1)pdm09 virus by using a hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay (seroprevalence, 24.7%) and a microneutralization (MN) assay (seroprevalence, 10.8%). These high seroprevalences of A(H1N1)pdm09 among dogs without clinical si...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Su S,Chen J,Jia K,Khan SU,He S,Fu X,Hong M,Sun L,Qi W,Gray GC,Li S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a tertiary public hospital in Singapore revealed that multisusceptible strains had gradually started to replace the endemic multiresistant strain (ST239-MRSA-III) since 2002. Molecular typing showed that this was a predomin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hsu LY,Koh TH,Singh K,Kang ML,Kurup A,Tan BH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two rapid diagnostic tests for Chlamydia trachomatis (Microtrak, Syva Co., Palo Alto, Calif.; and Chlamydiazyme, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill.) were evaluated in comparison with growth of the organism in tissue culture for 2,030 urogenital specimens from men and women. Neither test performed as well as cult...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hipp SS,Han Y,Murphy D

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time PCR analysis of the total bacterial load in advanced carious lesions has shown that the total load exceeds the number of cultivable bacteria. This suggests that an unresolved complexity exists in bacteria associated with advanced caries. In this report, the profile of the microflora of carious dentine was ex...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chhour KL,Nadkarni MA,Byun R,Martin FE,Jacques NA,Hunter N

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a reverse line blot (RLB) assay, utilizing fungal species-specific oligonucleotide probes to hybridize with internal transcribed spacer 2 region sequences amplified using a nested panfungal PCR. Reference and clinical strains of 16 Candida species (116 strains), Cryptococcus neoformans (five strains of Cr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Playford EG,Kong F,Sun Y,Wang H,Halliday C,Sorrell TC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the GenoType blood culture assay (Hain Lifescience, Nehren, Germany) for the identification of bacteria in 233 positive blood cultures and assessed its suitability in the workflow of a routine microbiology laboratory. In 68/233 (29.2%) samples, the culture result could not be confirmed by the GenoTyp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Karumaa S,Kärpänoja P,Sarkkinen H

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and markers conveying drug resistance can have a beneficial impact on preventive public health actions. We describe here a new molecular point-of-care (POC) system, the Genedrive, which is based on simple sample preparation combined with PCR to detect MTBC a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Castan P,de Pablo A,Fernández-Romero N,Rubio JM,Cobb BD,Mingorance J,Toro C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 101 food-borne and waterborne outbreaks that were caused by norovirus and that resulted in more than 4,100 cases of illness were reported to the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control from January 2002 to December 2006. Sequence and epidemiological data for isolates from 73 outbreaks were analyzed...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lysén M,Thorhagen M,Brytting M,Hjertqvist M,Andersson Y,Hedlund KO

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two cases of Clostridium glycolicum wound infections in immunocompetent adults. The bacterium was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This is the third published report of the recovery of this organism from human clinical material and highlights the importance of the organism as a potential human patho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jiang W,Abrar S,Romagnoli M,Carroll KC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoblots were used to study the immunoglobulin G response to Borrelia burgdorferi in experimentally and naturally exposed dogs. Adsorption studies confirmed that the antibodies were specific for B. burgdorferi. Experimentally exposed dogs were asymptomatic. Naturally exposed dogs included both asymptomatic animals ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Greene RT,Walker RL,Nicholson WL,Heidner HW,Levine JF,Burgess EC,Wyand M,Breitschwerdt EB,Berkhoff HA

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotype was found in seven guinea pigs and a 2-year-old child in the same household. The genetic uniqueness of the parasite, its wide occurrence in other guinea pigs in the community, and its absence in other children in the community suggest the possibility of zoonotic transmission...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cama VA,Pearson J,Cabrera L,Pacheco L,Gilman R,Meyer S,Ortega Y,Xiao L

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequences of the partial rpoB gene were determined from 38 Legionella species, including 15 serogroups of Legionella pneumophila. These sequences were then used to infer the phylogenetic relationships among the Legionella species in order to establish a molecular differentiation method appropriate for t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ko KS,Lee HK,Park MY,Lee KH,Yun YJ,Woo SY,Miyamoto H,Kook YH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a long-term rodent bioassay evaluating the carcinogenicity of triethanolamine, there was equivocal evidence of carcinogenic activity in male B6C3F1 mice, based on a marginal increase in the number of hepatocellular adenomas and hepatoblastomas. Interpretation was complicated by the presence of Helicobacter hepaticu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fox JG,MacGregor JA,Shen Z,Li X,Lewis R,Dangler CA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of antibody induced by vaccination with recombinant gp160 (rgp160) to bind to native and recombinant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoproteins was measured. Thirty-three HIV-1-seronegative healthy adult volunteers were injected four times with 40 or 80 micrograms of an HIV-1LAV env...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gorse GJ,Frey SE,Newman FK,Belshe RB

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An international program of surveillance of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in the United States, Canada, and South America between January and December 1997 detected 306 episodes of candidemia in 34 medical centers (22 in the United States, 6 in Canada, and 6 in South America). Eighty percent of the BSIs were nosocomia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Jones RN,Doern GV,Sader HS,Hollis RJ,Messer SA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, rapid procedure to separate Pneumocystis carinii obtained by lavage of lungs of steroid-treated rats from rat leukocytes is described. Commercially available monoclonal antibody to rat common leukocyte determinants is used to sediment the leukocytes, resulting in supernatant fluid containing P. carinii cells...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pesanti EL,McCarron BA

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For broth microdilution susceptibility tests of Francisella tularensis, Mueller-Hinton broth with 2% Isovitalex is recommended. Using that medium, we studied three standard control strains tested with nine antimicrobial agents potentially efficacious for treating tularemia. An eight-laboratory collaborative study gene...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown SD,Krisher K,Traczewski MM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00