Changing epidemiology of Streptococcus pyogenes emm types and associated invasive and noninvasive infections in Southern Taiwan.

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for blastomycosis was evaluated with 65 human sera from culturally or histologically proven cases of blastomycosis, 53 sera from humans with heterologous infections, and 115 sera from apparently normal people. The diagnostic value of the ELISA was compared with that of the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Turner S,Kaufman L,Jalbert M

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum malaria is highly endemic in the three most affected countries in the current epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa. As EVD and malaria are clinically indistinguishable, both remain part of the differential diagnosis of ill travelers from returning from areas of EVD transmission. W...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lau R,Wang A,Chong-Kit A,Ralevski F,Boggild AK

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:A Pasteurella multocida species-specific oligonucleotide probe, pmhyb449, targeting 16S rRNA was designed and evaluated by whole-cell hybridization against 22 selected reference strains in animal tissues. It differentiated P. multocida from other bacterial species of the families Pasteurellaceae and Enterobacteriaceae...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mbuthia PG,Christensen H,Boye M,Petersen KM,Bisgaard M,Nyaga PN,Olsen JE

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the results obtained with six commercial MIC test systems (Etest, MicroScan, Phoenix, Sensititre, Vitek Legacy, and Vitek 2 systems) and three reference methods (agar dilution, disk diffusion, and vancomycin [VA] agar screen [VScr]) with the results obtained by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Swenson JM,Anderson KF,Lonsway DR,Thompson A,McAllister SK,Limbago BM,Carey RB,Tenover FC,Patel JB

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potomac horse fever, a recently recognized disease of equines, characterized by high fever, leukopenia, and a profuse diarrhea, was studied for its etiology. An Ehrlichia organism was isolated in equine macrophage-fibroblast cell cultures and mouse macrophage cell cultures from the mononuclear cells of blood of infect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dutta SK,Myrup AC,Rice RM,Robl MG,Hammond RC

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven commercial immunochromatographic assays intended for the detection of group A rotavirus antigens in human stool samples were evaluated. These assays showed similar levels of diagnostic accuracy and were suitable for the detection of rotavirus in patients with acute gastroenteritis but missed some asymptomatic ro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaplon J,Fremy C,Pillet S,Mendes Martins L,Ambert-Balay K,Aho SL,Pothier P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease with a high case fatality risk and is caused by the SFTS virus (SFTSV). A retrospective study conducted after the first identification of an SFTS patient in Japan revealed that SFTS is endemic to the region, and the virus exists indig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yoshikawa T,Fukushi S,Tani H,Fukuma A,Taniguchi S,Toda S,Shimazu Y,Yano K,Morimitsu T,Ando K,Yoshikawa A,Kan M,Kato N,Motoya T,Kuzuguchi T,Nishino Y,Osako H,Yumisashi T,Kida K,Suzuki F,Takimoto H,Kitamoto H,Ma

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, curved, rod-shaped bacterium known to cause gastritis and to be an important factor in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcers. Serological testing has recently been proposed as an aid in diagnosis of H. pylori infections. In this study, we used the Western immunoblot technique to eva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Andersen LP,Espersen F

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In tests on specimens of dried blood, saliva, and urine from 55 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive and 55 HIV-seronegative patients, an immunoglobulin G capture enzyme immunoassay for the detection of antibodies to HIV types 1 and 2, GACELISA, gave 109 of 110, 109 of 109, and 109 of 110 correct results, r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thongcharoen P,Wasi C,Louisirirotchanakul S,Parry J,Connell J,Mortimer P

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automated DNA sequencing was used to characterize mutations associated with rifampin resistance in a 69-bp region of the gene, rpoB, encoding the beta subunit of RNA polymerase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The data confirmed that greater than 90% of rifampin-resistant strains have sequence alterations in this region...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kapur V,Li LL,Iordanescu S,Hamrick MR,Wanger A,Kreiswirth BN,Musser JM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marburg virus (MARV) causes a severe hemorrhagic fever in humans with a high mortality rate. The rapid and accurate identification of the virus is required to appropriately provide infection control and outbreak management. Here, we developed and evaluated a one-step reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal ampl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kurosaki Y,Grolla A,Fukuma A,Feldmann H,Yasuda J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The API 20S system (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) and the AutoMicrobic Gram-Positive Identification system (GPI; Vitek Systems, Hazelwood, Mo.) were evaluated for their capacity to identify the non-beta-hemolytic streptococci and aerococci to the species level. The 20S system identified 86% (six of seven strains...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Facklam R,Bosley GS,Rhoden D,Franklin AR,Weaver N,Schulman R

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modification of an auxanographic method used in yeast species identification to determine potassium nitrate (KNO3) assimilation resulted in a simple and inexpensive KNO3 assimilation test medium. The medium provided accurate and reliable results in less than 24 h. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pincus DH,Salkin IF,Hurd NJ,Levy IL,Kemna MA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two high-copy-number insertion sequences, IS2404 and IS2606, were recently identified in Mycobacterium ulcerans and were shown by Southern hybridization to possess restriction fragment length polymorphism between strains from different geographic origins. We have designed a simple genotyping method that captures these...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stinear T,Davies JK,Jenkin GA,Portaels F,Ross BC,Oppedisano F,Purcell M,Hayman JA,Johnson PD

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and reliable detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers is crucial for the effective control of MRSA transmission in healthcare facilities. The aim of this study was to verify the performance of the IDI-MRSA real-time PCR assay for direct MRSA detection in diverse mucocutaneous swab...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de San N,Denis O,Gasasira MF,De Mendonça R,Nonhoff C,Struelens MJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we compared typed F. nucleatum strains with isolates from various human periodontal diseases, canines, and a Macaca mulatta monkey. All isolates displayed biochemical reactions similar to those of the typed strains in the API 20A system (Analytab Products, Plainville, N.Y.). The human and monkey ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vincent JW,Falkler WA Jr,Craig JA

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new compound, indoxyl-beta-D-glucuronide, was assessed as a substrate for the rapid detection of Escherichia coli in urine. Incorporation of this compound into MacConkey agar allowed the direct differentiation of E. coli as deep blue colonies distinct from lactose and nonlactose fermenters. The sensitivity was 88 to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Delisle GJ,Ley A

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of a quick, simple, and inexpensive diagnostic test has limited the ability of public health officials to rapidly assess and control outbreaks of Giardia lamblia in child day-care centers. We evaluated the performance of a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Addiss DG,Mathews HM,Stewart JM,Wahlquist SP,Williams RM,Finton RJ,Spencer HC,Juranek DD

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Etest is a new concept for MIC determinations for antimicrobial agents that is based on a predefined antibiotic gradient on a plastic strip calibrated with a continuous logarithmic MIC scale covering 15 twofold dilutions. Etest was compared with a reference agar dilution method for susceptibility testing of clinical i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hoffner SE,Klintz L,Olsson-Liljequist B,Bolmström A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large hospital-based clinical laboratories must be prepared to rapidly investigate potential infectious disease outbreaks. To challenge the ability of our molecular diagnostics laboratory to use whole-genome sequencing in a potential outbreak scenario and identify impediments to these efforts, we studied 84 invasive s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Olsen RJ,Fittipaldi N,Kachroo P,Sanson MA,Long SW,Como-Sabetti KJ,Valson C,Cantu C,Lynfield R,Van Beneden C,Beres SB,Musser JM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of reports concerning Escherichia coli clinical isolates that produce glutathione S-transferases responsible for fosfomycin resistance (FR-GSTs) has been increasing. We have developed a disk-based potentiation test in which FR-GST producers expand the growth inhibition zone around a Kirby-Bauer disk contain...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nakamura G,Wachino J,Sato N,Kimura K,Yamada K,Jin W,Shibayama K,Yagi T,Kawamura K,Arakawa Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-cell chromosomal digests of 54 isolates of Streptococcus suis encompassing all known serotypes from a geographically varied collection were examined by PstI restriction fragment length polymorphisms and then hybridized with a digoxigenin-11-dUTP-labeled cDNA probe transcribed from a mixture of 16S and 23S rRNAs ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Okwumabua O,Staats J,Chengappa MM

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection via perinatal transmission is common in the Asia-Pacific region, but related quasispecies (QS) characteristics are not yet defined. To investigate the homologous, full-length HBV QS after perinatal infection and their clinical implications, five pairs of mother-daughter patien...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liu F,Yu DM,Huang SY,Yu JL,Zhang DH,Gong QM,Zhang XX

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Staphylococcus aureus to clot plasma through conformational activation of prothrombin by staphylocoagulase is used to distinguish S. aureus from coagulase-negative staphylococci. We show that while the direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran inhibits staphylocoagulase activity, the clinical use of dabigatr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vanassche T,Verhaegen J,Peetermans WE,Hoylaerts MF,Verhamme P

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven commercial rotavirus antigen assays were compared with in-house PCR methods for detecting rotavirus in stool specimens. The assay sensitivities were 80% to 100%, while the specificities were 54.3% for one commercial immunochromatographic (ICT) method and 99.4% to 100% for other assays. Thus, except for one comme...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ye S,Lambert SB,Grimwood K,Roczo-Farkas S,Nimmo GR,Sloots TP,Kirkwood CD,Whiley DM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 2001, the first disseminated biological warfare attack was perpetrated on American soil. Initially, a few clinical microbiology laboratories were testing specimens from acutely ill patients and also being asked to test nasal swabs from the potentially exposed. Soon after, a significant number of clinical mi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Craft DW,Lee PA,Rowlinson MC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 525 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples submitted during the 2007 and 2008 enteroviral seasons were included in a study to determine the prevalence of and potential risk factors for invalid Cepheid GeneXpert enterovirus assay (GXEA) results, as well as possible solutions for the problem. The invalid GXEA resu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sefers SE,Raymer AK,Kilby JT,Persing DH,Tang YW

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococcus (GAS) species cause bacterial pharyngitis in both adults and children. Early and accurate diagnosis of GAS is important for appropriate antibiotic therapy to prevent GAS sequalae. The Revogene Strep A molecular assay (Meridian Bioscience Canada Inc, Quebec City, QC, Canada) is an automated real-t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Banerjee D,Michael J,Schmitt B,Salimnia H,Mhaissen N,Goldfarb DM,Lachance P,Faron ML,Aufderheide T,Ledeboer N,Weissfeld A,Selvarangan R

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an uncommon clinical presentation of a unique case of fatal invasive fungal cerebral vasculitis due to Arthrographis kalrae in a nonimmunocompromised host. The identity of the fungus was determined by morphological characteristics and by analysis of internal transcribed spacer 1 sequences and was confirmed b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pichon N,Ajzenberg D,Desnos-Ollivier M,Clavel M,Gantier JC,Labrousse F

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00