Correlation of genotype and in vitro susceptibilities of Cryptococcus gattii strains from the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to find a reliable method for the detection and identification of fungi in fungus balls of the maxillary sinus and to evaluate the spectrum of fungi in these samples. One hundred twelve samples were obtained from patients with histologically proven fungal infections; 81 samples were paraffin-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Willinger B,Obradovic A,Selitsch B,Beck-Mannagetta J,Buzina W,Braun H,Apfalter P,Hirschl AM,Makristathis A,Rotter M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgA antibodies against the major surface protein of Toxoplasma gondii were determined in a total of 195 human sera and five human cerebrospinal fluids by using a P30 membrane extract and the immunoblot technique. By using two different T. gondii strains (RH and BK) simultaneously as antigens...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gross U,Roos T,Appoldt D,Heesemann J

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serological markers for hepatitis B virus in male homosexuals demonstrated a high prevalence of past and present infection. Seropositivity of 91% for hepatitis B e antigen or antibody was demonstrated by radioimmunoassay in hepatitis B surface antigen-positive specimens. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murphy BL,Schreeder MT,Maynard JE,Hadler SC,Sheller MJ

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is shed into the milk and feces of cows with advanced Johne's disease, allowing the transmission of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis between animals. The objective of this study was to formulate an optimized protocol for the isolation of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis in m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bradner L,Robbe-Austerman S,Beitz DC,Stabel JR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G3 rotaviruses have been reported rarely in cattle, and none have been characterized. We report the first genomic characterization of a bovine G3 rotavirus, CP-1, which had been biologically characterized in vivo and shown to cause age-independent diarrhea. CP-1 was a G3 rotavirus as its VP7 had 92 to 96% deduced amin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： El-Attar L,Dhaliwal W,Iturriza-Gómara M,Bridger JC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and colonization, involving MRSA strains which differ from common human health care-associated clones, have become serious emerging conditions in equine veterinary hospitals. In 2010, MRSA spa type t535 caused an outbreak involving both horses and personnel ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Steinman A,Masarwa S,Tirosh-Levy S,Gleser D,Kelmer G,Adler A,Carmeli Y,Schwaber MJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A supplemented 2% peptone broth is described for the detection of indole production by Pasteurella multocida. The 96 isolates of P. multocida that were utilized in this evaluation were indole positive within 18 to 24 h. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Clemons KV,Gadberry JL

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae biovar mitis sequence type 136 (ST136) strain was recovered from a toe infection of an unvaccinated patient recently returned from India. The isolate was resistant to clindamycin, erythromycin (ermX positive), tetracycline, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, intermediate to ceft...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mina NV,Burdz T,Wiebe D,Rai JS,Rahim T,Shing F,Hoang L,Bernard K

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a survey of bloodstream infection (BSI) isolates across the continental United States, 162 Candida albicans isolates were fingerprinted with the species-specific probe Ca3 and the patterns were analyzed for relatedness with a computer-assisted system. The results demonstrate that particular BSI strains are more hig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Lockhart SR,Pujol C,Swails-Wenger JA,Messer SA,Edmond MB,Jones RN,Wenzel RP,Soll DR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative real-time PCR for the detection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) RNA is increasingly used to study the causal role of RSV in lower airway disease. The objective of our study was to evaluate variations in RSV RNA loads at different steps in the RNA quantification process: (i) variation in RSV RNA load ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van de Pol AC,Wolfs TF,van Loon AM,Tacke CE,Viveen MC,Jansen NJ,Kimpen JL,Rossen JW,Coenjaerts FE

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of health care-associated diarrhea. Accurate and rapid diagnosis is essential to improve patient outcome and prevent disease spread. We compared our two-step diagnostic algorithm, an enzyme immunoassay for glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) followed by the cytotoxin neutraliza...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Babady NE,Stiles J,Ruggiero P,Khosa P,Huang D,Shuptar S,Kamboj M,Kiehn TE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonal spread and horizontal transfer in the spread of vancomycin resistance genes were investigated. Multiplex PCR, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), hybridization of enterococcal plasmids with the vanA and vanB probes, and sequencing of a fragment of vanB were used in the analysis. Before May 1996, 12 vancomy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Suppola JP,Kolho E,Salmenlinna S,Tarkka E,Vuopio-Varkila J,Vaara M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA was extracted from a chronically infected patient with cocirculation of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti-HBs antibodies. Direct PCR and clone-derived sequences of the S and overlapped P genes were obtained. DNA sequences and phylogenetic analysis ascribed this isolate to g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cuestas ML,Mathet VL,Ruiz V,Minassian ML,Rivero C,Sala A,Corach D,Alessio A,Pozzati M,Frider B,Oubiña JR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody-based coagglutination test directly detected Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal in 83 of 120 watery diarrheal stool specimens; on culture, 90 samples were positive. Thus, with 92% sensitivity, 100% specificity, and 100% positive and 95% negative predictive values, the coagglutination test is a u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qadri F,Chowdhury A,Hossain J,Chowdhury K,Azim T,Shimada T,Islam KM,Sack RB,Albert MJ

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples from patients at high risk for invasive aspergillosis (IA) were prospectively collected and analyzed for the presence of molecular markers of fungal infection. Serum specimens were screened for galactomannan and Aspergillus DNA, and whole-blood specimens were screened only for Aspergillus DNA. Fungal infection...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Springer J,Morton CO,Perry M,Heinz WJ,Paholcsek M,Alzheimer M,Rogers TR,Barnes RA,Einsele H,Loeffler J,White PL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiological agents of diarrhea in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), were studied in the period from October 1996 to August 1997. A total of 880 patients with diarrhea visiting medical facilities were examined for Shigella, Salmonella, diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, vibrio, Aeromonas, Campylob...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yamashiro T,Nakasone N,Higa N,Iwanaga M,Insisiengmay S,Phounane T,Munnalath K,Sithivong N,Sisavath L,Phanthauamath B,Chomlasak K,Sisulath P,Vongsanith P

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Totals of 102 and 56 Clostridium difficile type 078 strains of human and porcine origins, respectively, from four European countries were investigated by an optimized multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) and for tetracycline susceptibility. Eighty-five percent of all isolates were genetically relat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bakker D,Corver J,Harmanus C,Goorhuis A,Keessen EC,Fawley WN,Wilcox MH,Kuijper EJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is uncertain which methods for the diagnosis of rectal gonococcal and chlamydial infection are optimal. This study evaluated the performance of culture and nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for rectal chlamydial and gonococcal diagnosis. From July 2003 until February 2007, 441 rectal test sets were collected...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bachmann LH,Johnson RE,Cheng H,Markowitz L,Papp JR,Palella FJ Jr,Hook EW 3rd

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A solid-phase enzyme immunoassay (EIA) was developed for the detection of poliovirus antigen. Rabbit and guinea pig antisera for the assay were raised against purified poliovirus type 3/Fin (strain 3/Fin/K) isolated from a fecal specimen from a meningitis patient during an outbreak of poliomyelitis in Finland in 1984....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ukkonen P,Huovilainen A,Hovi T

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia enterocolitica is known to be associated with gastroenteritis in children and Reiter's syndrome in adults, but it has only rarely been the cause of primary soft tissue infections. A patient with diabetes mellitus developed a calf abscess, from which Y. enterocolitica was isolated in pure culture. Incision, dr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brennessel DJ,Robbins N,Hindman S

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance and persistence of immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies in postnatal rubella infections were studied by employing a solid-phase radioimmunoassay test. Altogether, 222 serial serum specimens from 51 patients with acute rubella infection were tested. Both IgG and IgM antibodies developed rapidly and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Meurman OH

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we evaluated the ability of three commercial methods, API 20A (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.), Minitek (BBL Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.), and Anaerobe-Tek (Flow Laboratories, Inc., McLean, Va.), to accurately identify 165 recent clinical and 38 stock isolates of anaerobic bacteria withou...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Appelbaum PC,Kaufmann CS,Keifer JC,Venbrux HJ

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing members of the Enterobacteriaceae are often resistant to multiple drug classes, making therapy of urinary infections with oral antibiotics difficult. Previously it was shown that amoxicillin-clavulanate can provide clavulanate inhibition of ESBLs and protect an oral ce...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Campbell JD,Lewis JS 2nd,McElmeel ML,Fulcher LC,Jorgensen JH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mold Aureobasidium pullulans was isolated on several nutrient media from a splenic abscess in a patient with disseminated lymphoma. Examination of stained smears and paraffin sections revealed fungal structures characteristic of this organism. This is the first reported association of A. pullulans with an opportun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Salkin IF,Martinez JA,Kemna ME

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen representative pathogenic bacterial species were used to create septicemia in rabbits, by injecting 10(6) colony-forming units into the marginal ear vein. At a selected time, usually 30 to 60 min after injection, heart blood was drawn into heparin and dispensed in 5.0-,0.5-, and 0.1-ml volumes into duplicate ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zierdt CH,Peterson DL,Swan JC,MacLowry JD

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the diagnostic performance of the new COVID19SEROSpeed IgM/IgG rapid test (BioSpeedia, a spinoff of the Pasteur Institute of Paris) for the detection of antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in comparison to other commercial antibody assays through a large ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Plebani M,Parčina M,Bechri I,Zehender G,Terkeš V,Abdel Hafith B,Antinori S,Pillet S,Gonzalo S,Hoerauf A,Lai A,Morović M,Bourlet T,Torre A,Pozzetto B,Galli M

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood culture bottles containing antibiotic binding resins are routinely used to minimize artificial sterilization in the presence of antibiotics. However, the resin binding kinetics can differ between antibiotics and concentrations. This study assessed the impact of clinically meaningful peak, midpoint, and trough co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chen IH,Nicolau DP,Kuti JL

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of euparal as a permanent mounting medium for eggs of parasites and the process of making permanent slides are analyzed and discussed in detail. Studies show that helminth eggs mounted in euparal exhibit excellent optical and drying properties. Euparal also can be used to identify proglottids of Taenia ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Berlin OG,Miller MJ

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After repeated use of fluconazole for therapy of oropharyngeal candidosis, the emergence of in vitro fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans isolates (MIC, > or = 25 micrograms/ml) together with oral candidosis unresponsive to oral dosages of up to 400 mg of fluconazole were observed in patients with human immunodefici...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ruhnke M,Eigler A,Tennagen I,Geiseler B,Engelmann E,Trautmann M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between November 1983 and January 1984, 13 cases of Candida parapsilosis endophthalmitis occurred in Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee in patients who had had an intraocular lens implantation (IOLI) or cataract extraction with an IOLI. This outbreak followed the introduction in July 1983 of a new brand of balanced salt ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McCray E,Rampell N,Solomon SL,Bond WW,Martone WJ,O'Day D

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00