Detection of cryptic genospecies misidentified as Haemophilus influenzae in routine clinical samples by assessment of marker genes fucK, hap, and sodC.

abstract：:Myxozoan spores were detected in fecal samples from three patients presenting with abdominal pain and/or diarrhea. The spores were identical to those of Myxobolus plectroplites, a previously described pathogen from the freshwater fish Plectroplites ambiguus. All patients had recently eaten fish caught from local water...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boreham RE,Hendrick S,O'Donoghue PJ,Stenzel DJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the diagnostic utility of eleven Toxoplasma gondii recombinant antigens (P22 [SAG2], P24 [GRA1], P25, P28 [GRA2], P29 [GRA7], P30 [SAG1], P35, P41 [GRA4], P54 [ROP2], P66 [ROP1], and P68) in immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM recombinant enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (Rec-ELISAs). Following an initi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aubert D,Maine GT,Villena I,Hunt JC,Howard L,Sheu M,Brojanac S,Chovan LE,Nowlan SF,Pinon JM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia enterocolitica serovar O:3 bacteria with and without plasmid-encoded proteins were compared as antigens in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Good correlations between the two antigen preparations were obtained for immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgG, and IgA antibodies of patients with yersiniosis. For routine di...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Granfors K,Lahesmaa-Rantala R,Ståhlberg TH,Toivanen A

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from patients with paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), histoplasmosis (HP), or Jorge Lobo's disease (JL) were titrated against purified gp43 from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by using both enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunoprecipitation (IPP) reactions with 125I-labeled antigens. In IPP, PCM sera and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Puccia R,Travassos LR

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since influenza viruses can cause severe illness, timely diagnosis is important for an adequate intervention. The available rapid detection methods either lack sensitivity or require complex laboratory manipulation. This study describes a rapid, sensitive detection method that can be easily applied to routine diagnosi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Elden LJ,Nijhuis M,Schipper P,Schuurman R,van Loon AM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative, non-saccharolytic, brown- or black-pigment-forming, nonmotile anaerboic coccobacilli, capable of decomposing hydrogen peroxide and identified as Bacteroides asaccharolyticus (B. melaninogenicus subsp. asaccharolyticus), were isolated from the supra- and subgingival plaques of beagle dogs with gingivitis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Syed SA

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally acquired murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection in laboratory strains of mice induces antibody levels which are generally undetectable by standard techniques; therefore, MCMV has not been included routinely in mouse viral antibody screening programs. The relative sensitivity of three assay systems, the nucl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anderson CA,Murphy JC,Fox JG

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used simulated blood cultures inoculated with clinical isolates of Mycoplasma hominis to determine whether liquid media of the BacT/ALERT (Organon Teknika, Durham, N.C.) will support growth of this fastidious organism and whether its presence can generate a positive signal with the instrument. Viability of clinical...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Waites KB,Canupp KC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the optimal conditions for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) detection in microcultures, experiments were conducted with different ratios of patient and donor peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). Donor/patient PBMC ratios ranged from 1:1 to 1:125. Optimal results were obtained when 1,500,000 donor ce...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dimitrov DH,Melnick JL,Hollinger FB

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing frequencies of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain isolation have been reported from many countries. The overall prevalence of MRSA in Norway is still very low. MRSA isolates (n = 67) detected between 1995 and 2003 in northern Norway were analyzed by pulsed-field gel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hanssen AM,Fossum A,Mikalsen J,Halvorsen DS,Bukholm G,Sollid JU

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified auxanographic carbohydrate assimilation procedure for the identification of medically important yeasts is described. This method employs a heavy inoculum of unstarved yeasts, autoclaved yeast assimilation medium, pour plates of shallow depth, and commercially available carbohydrate-impregnated disks. The ac...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mickelsen PA,McCarthy LR,Propst MA

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An indirect fluorescent antibody technique has been developed for the serological diagnosis of gonorrhea. The selected strain(s) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae possesses a heat-labile surface antigen (L-antigen). Sera are diluted 1:10, and an aliquot is hear inactivated at 59 C for 30 min. The treated and untreated aliquots...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gaafar HA,D'Arcangelis DC

更新日期：1976-04-01 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：:Comprehensive data on the prevalence of quinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in the United States are scarce. By use of a systematic population-based approach, M. tuberculosis strains from tuberculosis (TB) cases were collected in Harris County, TX, in 2007 to 2008. The susceptibilities...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： El Sahly HM,Teeter LD,Jost KC Jr,Dunbar D,Lew J,Graviss EA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To differentiate the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies, LightCycler real-time PCR was used for the fluorescence (SYBR Green I) melting curve analysis of borrelial recA gene PCR products. The specific melting temperature analyzed is a function of the GC/AT ratio, length, and nucleotide sequence of the amplifi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pietilä J,He Q,Oksi J,Viljanen MK

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tremendous interest has been generated in the commercial kits now available that incorporate herpes simplex virus isolation in cell culture with immunoperoxidase staining for viral antigen detection. Most studies comparing commercial kits with conventional cell culture techniques have found the kits to be less sensiti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhao LS,Landry ML,Balkovic ES,Hsiung GD

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 532 strains of viridans streptococci isolated from clinical specimens, 517 were identified by using a scheme based on the work of Facklam (R. R. Facklam, J. Clin. Microbiol. 5:184-201, 1977). The strains were distributed among nine of the species described by Facklam and an additional group of physiologically homog...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ruoff KL,Kunz LJ

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method, using commercial disks to detect Escherichia coli mutator strains, is proposed. The breakpoint for detecting strains with a mutation frequency >/=5 x 10(-7) was established at >/=70 and >/=20 colonies in the inhibition zone of fosfomycin and rifampin disks, respectively, after seeding 100 microl of an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Galán JC,Tato M,Baquero MR,Turrientes C,Baquero F,Martinez JL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity and specificity of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1-specific immunoglobulin G capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (BED-CEIA) were compared with those of the avidity index method to identify recent HIV infection using a panel of 148 samples (81 patients) representing durations of infe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Loschen S,Bätzing-Feigenbaum J,Poggensee G,Cordes C,Hintsche B,Rausch M,Dupke S,Gohlke-Micknis S,Rödig J,Hamouda O,Kücherer C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 1,510 sputum samples examined from 1,016 patients with bronchopulmonary disorders, Nocardia asteroides was isolated from 67 samples by paraffin baiting, as compared with only 30 isolations by the conventional technique of culturing on Sabouraud dextrose agar. This higher efficacy of the paraffin bait technique was ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Singh M,Sandhu RS,Randhawa HS

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies (anti-Ids) were generated by the sequential immunization of rabbits with three mouse monoclonal antibodies (MAb1s) specific for a major bluetongue virus (BTV) protein, VP7. The anti-Ids, designated RAb2s, recognized idiotopes which were located within or near the antigen-combining ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhou EM,Huang W

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an emerging enteric pathogen that causes acute and chronic diarrhea among children, human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, and travelers to developing regions of the world. The pathogenesis of EAEC strains involves the production of biofilm. In this study, we deter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mohamed JA,Huang DB,Jiang ZD,DuPont HL,Nataro JP,Belkind-Gerson J,Okhuysen PC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyomavirus BK (BKV) establishes latent infection in various human tissues, including the kidney. Reactivation following renal transplantation (RT) may cause BKV-associated nephropathy, leading to graft loss. BKV reactivation is often associated with extensive rearrangements in the BKV noncoding regulatory region (NC...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Perets TT,Silberstein I,Rubinov J,Sarid R,Mendelson E,Shulman LM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new agglutination test (Monostaph +; Bionor, Skien, Norway) has been developed. This new agglutination test has been compared with two other agglutination tests for the identification of 128 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and 82 coagulase-negative staphylococci. The sensitivities of both Monostaph + and Pastorex ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tveten Y

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement-fixing antibody was detected in 13 of 16 patients with histological and/or culture evidence of infection with Nocardia species. The antigen used was a filtrate of soluble substances secreted into liquid growth medium by cultures of N. asteroides. Apparent false positives reactions were found in three of thr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shainhouse JZ,Pier AC,Stevens DA

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral therapy (ART) during acute HIV infection (AHI) interrupts viral dynamics and may delay the emergence of serological markers targeted by current HIV screening and confirmatory assays, thus creating challenges for correctly classifying HIV infection status. The performance of three HIV antigen/antibody co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Manak MM,Jagodzinski LL,Shutt A,Malia JA,Leos M,Ouellette J,Akapirat S,Colby DL,Phanuphak N,Eller LA,Robb ML,de Souza M,Ananworanich J,Peel SA,RV254\/SEARCH010 and the RV217 Study Teams.

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:At various times after orthopedic operations (more than a few weeks, with an average of 29.9 days), 11 patients had a sudden onset of high temperature (average 38.9 degrees C) and local cellulitis at different sites on the operated sides. The wounds had completely healed, without complicated infections, when the cellu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kitamura T,Kawamura Y,Ohkusu K,Masaki T,Iwashita H,Sawa T,Fujii S,Okamoto T,Akaike T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standardized disk diffusion test, in which a 10-micrograms enoxacin disk is used, was performed and microbroth dilution MICs were determined to establish individual test control values with Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, and S. aureus ATCC 29213. I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rudrik JT,Cavalieri SJ,Britt EM

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) have spurred intense research efforts around the world to deal with the serious threat to health posed by this novel coronavirus. A rapid, reliable diagnostic assay is needed for monitoring the spread of the disease. Here we report a method for eliminating f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hui RK,Zeng F,Chan CM,Yuen KY,Peiris JS,Leung FC

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum antibody response of infants and children immunized with Formalin-inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine 20 years ago was determined by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay specific for the RSV fusion (F) and large (G) glycoproteins and a neutralization assay. Twenty-one young infants (2...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murphy BR,Prince GA,Walsh EE,Kim HW,Parrott RH,Hemming VG,Rodriguez WJ,Chanock RM

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00