Comparative evaluation of a commercially available automated system for extraction of viral DNA from whole blood: application to monitoring of epstein-barr virus and cytomegalovirus load.

abstract：:Noroviruses (NVs) are important human pathogens that cause acute gastroenteritis. Genetically related animal enteric NVs have also been described, but there is no evidence of interspecies transmission of NVs. In this study we characterized antibody prevalence among domestic pigs by using recombinant capsid antigens of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farkas T,Nakajima S,Sugieda M,Deng X,Zhong W,Jiang X

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a multiplex PCR assay to identify and discriminate between isolates of Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter lari, and Campylobacter upsaliensis. The C. jejuni isolate F38011 lpxA gene, encoding a UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase, was identified by sequence analysis of an expressio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Klena JD,Parker CT,Knibb K,Ibbitt JC,Devane PM,Horn ST,Miller WG,Konkel ME

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broad-range amplification of bacterial DNA from clinical specimens has proved useful for the diagnosis of various bacterial infections, especially during antimicrobial treatment of the patient. Optimal sample processing protocols for diagnostic broad-range bacterial PCR should release DNA from an array of target organ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rantakokko-Jalava K,Jalava J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since their first detection in 1988, penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates have rapidly spread in Iceland to account for close to 20% of all pneumococcal disease in that country by 1993. The major component (70%) of the resistant pneumococci identified from 1989 to 1992 was the progeny of a single mul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vilhelmsson SE,Tomasz A,Kristinsson KG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) was adapted and optimized to study Haemophilus ducreyi isolates. A panel of 43 strains isolated from chancroid patients from different countries in Africa, Europe, North America, and Asia were characterized. The strains were also studied with respect to lipoolig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mbwana J,Bölin I,Lyamuya E,Mhalu F,Lagergård T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus uberis and Streptococcus parauberis reference strains and isolates obtained from routine diagnostics were investigated by PCR with oligonucleotide primers designed according to species-specific parts of the 16S rRNA gene, the 23S rRNA gene, and the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region of both species. A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hassan AA,Khan IU,Abdulmawjood A,Lämmler C

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1,835 Yersinia spp. were isolated from 925 (60.5%) of 1,530 wild mice and from 139 (79.9%) of 174 moles living in mountainous areas of eastern Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The Yersinia spp. included 1,106 Yersinia enterocolitica, 26 Y. enterocolitica-like, 176 Yersinia mollaretii, 149 Yersinia frederiksenii, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H,Gomyoda M,Kaneko S

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Roche Linear Array (LA) and Innogenetics INNO-LiPA human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping assays were compared for paraffin-embedded vulval tissues. The LA detected amplifiable DNA in 28 (57%) out of 49 biopsy specimens, 20 (40%) being HPV genotyped, compared to 49 (100%) and 41 (83%), respectively, detected by the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tan SE,Garland SM,Rumbold AR,Tabrizi SN

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BD Phoenix system was evaluated for species-level identification of yeasts (250 clinical isolates) and compared with the Vitek 2 system, using ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence analysis as the gold standard. Considering only the species included in each system's database, 96.3% (236/245) and 91....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Posteraro B,Ruggeri A,De Carolis E,Torelli R,Vella A,De Maio F,Ricciardi W,Posteraro P,Sanguinetti M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AutoMicrobic system (AMS) is capable of identifying most Enterobacteriaceae within 8 h and many glucose-nonfermenting, gram-negative bacilli after 13 h of incubation. Early preliminary results can be readily obtained from the computer as the tests incubate. Data with 1,023 bacterial isolates were reviewed to deter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barry AL,Badal RE

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test is widely used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Specimens may contain amplification inhibitors, potentially leading to false-negative results if unrecognized. We report a failure to detect inhibition, despite adherence to the inhibition testing guidelines...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kim JY,Ferraro MJ,Branda JA

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:Bordetella bronchiseptica and toxigenic Pasteurella multocida are the etiologic agents of swine atrophic rhinitis. Methods currently used for their identification are time-consuming and suffer from a lack of sensitivity. We describe a colony lift-hybridization assay for detection of B. bronchiseptica and toxigenic P. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Register KB,Lee RM,Thomson C

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) infections have been described in only small numbers of pediatric patients. In none of these studies were multivariate analyses performed to assess which factors were independent risk factors in these patients. In the present cohort study of patients admitted to our h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Singh-Naz N,Sleemi A,Pikis A,Patel KM,Campos JM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the abilities of three different avian influenza A viruses to attenuate the wild-type human influenza A/Korea/1/82 (H3N2) virus in squirrel monkeys, chimpanzees, and adult seronegative human volunteers. Two of these, avian influenza A/Mallard/NY/78 and A/Mallard/Alberta/76 viruses, appeared to be satisfac...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Snyder MH,Clements ML,Herrington D,London WT,Tierney EL,Murphy BR

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2, respectively) are zoonotic infections. In Africa, the potential exists for additional cross-species transmissions from at least 33 different species of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected nonhuman primates (NHPs) through hunting and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ndongmo CB,Switzer WM,Pau CP,Zeh C,Schaefer A,Pieniazek D,Folks TM,Kalish ML

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-toxin is a major Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor. This study evaluated potential relationships between in vitro alpha-toxin expression of S. aureus bloodstream isolates, anti-alpha-toxin antibody in serum of patients with S. aureus bacteremia (SAB), and clinical outcomes in 100 hemodialysis and 100 postsu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sharma-Kuinkel BK,Wu Y,Tabor DE,Mok H,Sellman BR,Jenkins A,Yu L,Jafri HS,Rude TH,Ruffin F,Schell WA,Park LP,Yan Q,Thaden JT,Messina JA,Fowler VG Jr,Esser MT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters like zone reading, inoculum density, and plate streaking influence the precision and accuracy of disk diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST). While improved reading precision has been demonstrated using automated imaging systems, standardization of the inoculum and of plate streaking have not bee...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hombach M,Maurer FP,Pfiffner T,Böttger EC,Furrer R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to assess the interlaboratory reproducibility at four university hospital laboratories in the southeast region of France of the Etest technique for the determination of caspofungin (CAS) and amphotericin B (AMB) MICs and to compare it to the CLSI broth microdilution reference method. Consecutive clini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ranque S,Lachaud L,Gari-Toussaint M,Michel-Nguyen A,Mallié M,Gaudart J,Bertout S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement fixation (CF) test is the current reference serologic test for the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. However, it is reported to be insensitive and nonspecific, and it is labor intensive. To determine if a faster and more sensitive diagnosis of M. pneumoniae could be obtained, we examined 50 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thacker WL,Talkington DF

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FUNGITEST method (Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur, Paris, France) is a microplate-based procedure for the breakpoint testing of six antifungal agents (amphotericin B, flucytosine, fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, and miconazole). We compared the FUNGITEST method with a broth microdilution test, performed accord...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Davey KG,Holmes AD,Johnson EM,Szekely A,Warnock DW

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant gene fusion protein composed of an Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin (STa) peptide epitope fused to the amino end of the cholera toxin B subunit was used to detect STa produced by clinical isolates of enterotoxigenic E. coli (STa-ETEC) by a single monoclonal antibody-based inhibition GM1 enzyme-li...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sanchez J,Holmgren J,Svennerholm AM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A member of the Enterobacteriaceae initially identified as Kluyvera cryocrescens by the MicroScan Gram-Negative Combo 13 panel caused an outbreak of nosocomial infections in four patients (pneumonia, n = 2; urinary tract infection, n = 1; wound infection, n = 1) and urinary tract colonization in one patient. When the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Warren JR,Farmer JJ 3rd,Dewhirst FE,Birkhead K,Zembower T,Peterson LR,Sims L,Bhattacharya M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates the dynamics in the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus subtypes. Subtypes 3a and 4a have become increasingly prevalent in patients where an infection within recent years can be assumed. Evidence is presented that the subtypes observed among younger patients can spread rapidly and lead to signifi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schröter M,Zöllner B,Schäfer P,Reimer A,Müller M,Laufs R,Feucht HH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the time indwelling urinary catheters were removed, the urethral flora was sampled by rolling the catheters onto culture plates. Cultures were obtained from 398 patients with sterile urine. Catheter surfaces were colonized less often in males than in females (16.8 and 67.0%, respectively) and yielded correspondingl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kunin CM,Steele C

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system cysticercosis is common in countries where Taenia solium occurs in pigs and the level of hygiene and sanitation is low. The clinical presentation may include epileptic seizures, focal neurological deficits, hydrocephalus, or aseptic meningitis. The disease is frequently seen in California reside...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mohammad IN,Heiner DC,Miller BL,Goldberg MA,Kagan IG

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VlsE, the variable surface antigen of Borrelia burgdorferi, contains an immunodominant conserved region named IR(6). In the present study, the diagnostic performance of a peptide enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on a 26-mer synthetic peptide (C(6)) with the IR(6) sequence was explored. Sensitivity was a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liang FT,Steere AC,Marques AR,Johnson BJ,Miller JN,Philipp MT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae has been emerging as the leading cause of liver abscess in diabetic patients. Results of molecular typing of K. pneumoniae isolates from two siblings with liver abscess, their family members, and the environment suggest a possibility of cross infection of liver abscess by the fecal-oral route wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chiu CH,Su LH,Wu TL,Hung IJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic examination of a permanently stained fecal preparation revealed the unusual inclusion of a Giardia lamblia cyst within the cytoplasm of an Entamoeba coli trophozoite. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Logan AL,Turner WE,Price J Jr

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The moderately repetitive sequence Ca3 was used to fingerprint strains of Candida albicans isolated from vulvovaginal infections of 10 women and strains isolated from their male partners. The Dendron software package was then used to compare the DNA fingerprints of these strains with those of vaginal commensals from w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schmid J,Rotman M,Reed B,Pierson CL,Soll DR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00