Loss of vancomycin bactericidal activity against accessory gene regulator (agr) dysfunctional Staphylococcus aureus under conditions of high bacterial density.

abstract：:A 10-min fecal preparation results in greater specimen turbidity than a 45-min protocol, but reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) norovirus test sensitivity is essentially the same. Feces processed so that particle size does not exceed approximately 560 nm do not display greater norovirus RT-PCR in...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Witlox KJ,Karapanagiotidis T,Bruggink LD,Marshall JA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro study of the activity of 9 agents against 181 US pediatric isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae identified imipenem and faropenem as the most active agents. Overall, faropenem was the most potent oral agent inhibiting 98% of isolates at 1 microg/mL. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Black JA,Moland ES,Chartrand SA,Thomson KS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefotaxime, the first widely used "third-generation" cephalosporin, has established efficacy against a variety of serious bacterial pathogens. Some of the initial clinical studies in the United States using this agent employed large doses of the compound, up to 12 g/day, for adults. In contrast, however, initial Europ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Young LS

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early differentiation of mycobacteria in sputa is crucial. This study was set to evaluate the usefulness of a newly developed duplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for hsp65 gene-based method in differentiating mycobacteria in sputum with a positive acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear before culturing. One hundred forty-se...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kim BJ,Park JH,Lee SA,Kim H,Cha CY,Kook YH,Kim EC,Joo SI,Lee JS,Yim JJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent and colorimetric reporter genes are valuable tools for drug screening models, since microscopy is labor intensive and subject to observer variation. In this work, we propose a fluorimetric method for drug screening using red fluorescent parasites. Fluorescent Leishmania amazonensis were developed after tra...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Rocha MN,Corrêa CM,Melo MN,Beverley SM,Martins-Filho OA,Madureira AP,Soares RP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assay to detect herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA in clinical specimens has been developed. It utilizes nucleic acid hybridization with a 32P-labeled DNA probe prepared from a fragment of HSV DNA cloned in a plasmid vector. This assay can detect 5 X 10(4) plaque-forming units of cell-free HSV and as few as four virus-...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Redfield DC,Richman DD,Albanil S,Oxman MN,Wahl GM

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore a simple, rapid, and inexpensive way to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex culture, dot blot hybridization using IS6110 as the marker was performed against 2788 known clinical isolates of mycobacteria including M. tuberculosis (n = 721), M. kansasii (177), M. marinum (10), M. avium complex (700), M...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kam KM,Yip CW,Chan MY,Mok CY,Wong WS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates responsible for bone and joint infection (BJI, n=73) and nasal colonization (n=57) revealed similar prevalence of β-lactamase (blaZ) type A production, associated with cefazolin hydrolysis, suggesting that blaZ type A-carrying MSSA isolates im...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Trouillet-Assant S,Valour F,Mouton W,Martins-Simões P,Lustig S,Laurent F,Ferry T,Lyon BJI study group.

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a collection of 50 pvl-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 10 Rio de Janeiro hospitals, 18 (36%) were from bloodstream infections, and 31 (62%) carried the SCCmec IV. Among 25 (50%) isolates of the USA1100/ST30/CC30 lineage present in 8 hospitals, 1 isolate was characterized as vancomycin-intermediate S. a...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Chamon RC,Iorio NL,da Silva Ribeiro S,Cavalcante FS,Dos Santos KR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This antimicrobial resistance surveillance study was performed in 100 medical centers. Susceptibility testing (Etest; AB BIODISK, Solna, Sweden) of 9152 strains including Escherichia coli (991 strains), Klebsiella spp. (1000 strains), Enterobacter spp. (971 strains), Citrobacter spp. (803 strains), indole-positive Pro...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Ishii Y,Tateda K,Yamaguchi K,Japan Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Participants Group (JARS).

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluconazole susceptibility was tested in 385 clinical yeast isolates (285 Candida albicans, 38 C. glabrata, 31 C. tropicalis, 31 other Candida subsp.) using the agar disk diffusion test. Yeasts were collected from specimens obtained from outpatients (69) and inpatients (intensive care unit: 79 isolates, major burn uni...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Testore GP,Falco F,Sarrecchia C,Sordillo P,Bontempo G,Andreoni M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four immunocompromised patients, immigrants from Ethiopia, presented with diverse clinical manifestations of meningitis associated with Strongyloides stercoralis dissemination as determined by identification of intestinal larvae. The cerebrospinal fluid of 3 patients was tested by a validated (for stool) real-time PCR...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Nadir E,Grossman T,Ciobotaro P,Attali M,Barkan D,Bardenstein R,Zimhony O

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dirithromycin is a new macrolide antibiotic that achieves high tissue concentration. We compared its in vitro activity against Mycoplasma species with that of erythromycin and tetracycline. Clinical isolates of M. pneumoniae (40), M. hominis (40), and Ureaplasma urealyticum (40) were tested against serial dilutions of...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Rennie KA,Prasad ES,Wenman WM

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each clinical microbiology laboratory must establish its own standard battery of antimicrobial agents to be tested routinely on clinical isolates of various organism groups. Some choices are based upon the intrinsic activities of antimicrobial agents for a particular group of organisms, for example, agents primarily a...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Jorgensen JH

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antituberculosis (TB) chemotherapeutic drugs may cause a variety of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). To assess the potential of drug-induced lymphocyte stimulation test (DLST) in screening ADRs in patients treated with anti-TB drugs, we performed DLST in 272 TB patients (176 cases with ADRs and 96 controls without ADRs)...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sun Q,Sha W,Gui XW,Xiao YJ,Zeng WH,Sun WW,Xiao HP,Ye WY

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal disease has taken a great toll on immunocompromised patients. With the emergence of fluconazole and amphotericin B resistance, the rapid identification of fungi to species level is of clinical relevance in guiding appropriate antifungal therapy. Among these opportunistic fungi, Candida species are the ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Hui M,Ip M,Chan PK,Chin ML,Cheng AF

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One diagnostic marker (a glycoprotein with 30kDa) from the urine of individuals infected with S. japonicum was screened with electrophoresis, and used as antigen to produce McAbs. Two lines of McAbs, named NP56 and NP54,were obtained. McAb NP56 was of better immunoreactivity and its immunoglobulin isotype was IgG(2b.)...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Zhu C,Tian H,Lu L,Li Y,Feng Z,Ma L,Guan X

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and thirty-five sera were tested for the presence of antibody to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with the Abbott Diagnostics HTLV-III test before and after heating at 56 degrees C for 10 min. Only one serum specimen was repeatedly reactive after heating when compared with the...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Markowski MA,Coard JG,Griffith B,Mayo DR

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first cases of infective endocarditis due to a new species of Bergeyella, Bergeyella cardium sp. nov., are reported. Two strains, 13-07(T) (= JCM 30115(T) = NCCP 15908(T)) and 13-16, were independently isolated from 2 patients in different hospitals in Korea. Initially, the isolates were identified as Brevundimona...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sohn KM,Huh K,Baek JY,Kim YS,Kang CI,Peck KR,Lee NY,Song JH,Ko KS,Chung DR

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunological response to plasmid-encoded antigens of virulent Shigella was determined in Thai children less than 4 yr of age and in Thai adults by immunoblot analysis and ELISA. Forty-two percent (8/19) of Thai children and 4% (1/22) of Thai adults with shigellosis developed a greater than or equal to 4-fold rise...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Echeverria P,Hanchalay S,Taylor DN

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norepinephrine is secreted under conditions of stress in humans. The ability of bacteria to sense mammalian hormone may have a role in propagation of infection. The present study investigated the effect of norepinephrine on in vitro growth of uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) and the effect of silodosin on norepinephrine-i...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Gond DP,Singh S,Agrawal NK

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a point-of-care test for the serodiagnosis of typhoid fever in the format of an immunochromatographic lateral flow assay. The flow assay for typhoid fever is based on the detection of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi lipopolysaccharide-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies. The assay was evaluated ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Pastoor R,Hatta M,Abdoel TH,Smits HL

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples from all patients with culture-confirmed brucellosis including those with chronic disease from Kazakhstan tested positive in the serum agglutination test for titers > or = 1:25 and reacted in the Brucella immunoglobulin M/immunoglobulin G lateral flow assay (LFA) confirming the high sensitivity of these ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Mizanbayeva S,Smits HL,Zhalilova K,Abdoel TH,Kozakov S,Ospanov KS,Elzer PH,Douglas JT

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective multicenter study was conducted to assess the epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance among uropathogens causing uncomplicated cystitis. Adult women with clinical diagnosis of uncomplicated cystitis were enrolled from 54 participating centers distributed all over Hong Kong during 2006 to 2008. A positiv...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Ho PL,Yip KS,Chow KH,Lo JY,Que TL,Yuen KY

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated the in vitro activity of fosfomycin and 7 other comparator agents against 307 Escherichia coli isolates including ciprofloxacin-resistant or extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing isolates. Bacterial isolates were collected from urine and blood from patients at a Korean tertiary-...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Ko KS,Suh JY,Peck KR,Lee MY,Oh WS,Kwon KT,Jung DS,Lee NY,Song JH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two commercial microtiter cytotoxin assays using a fibroblast cell line (Bartels, Baxter Diagnostics, Inc., Deerfield, IL) and an epithelial cell line (Cytotoxi Test, Advanced Clinical Diagnostics, Toledo, OH) were evaluated for their ability to detect Clostridium difficile toxin B in stool specimens. After 48 hours, ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Fedorko DP,Williams EC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies analyzed the association between blood culture time to positivity (TTP) and risk of complicated nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) bacteremia. We conducted a retrospective study of 206 patients (aged 60.4 ± 17.4 years) with NTS bacteremia during a 30-month period. Complicated NTS bacteremia was defined as the p...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Chen SY,Weng TH,Tseng WP,Fu CM,Lin HW,Liao CH,Lee TF,Hsueh PR,Fang CC,Chen SY

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited information is available on the risk factors for false-negative results with the new generation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) tests in non-HIV-infected patients with tuberculosis (TB). We sought to identify risk factors for false-negative QFT-GIT results in culture-confirmed TB patients. We reviewed...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kim EY,Park MS,Kim YS,Kim SK,Chang J,Kang YA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardiosis occurs in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. We aimed to assess how its characteristics differ depending on patients' immune status. Of a total of 54 patients with culture-proven nocardiosis diagnosed over 13 years, 18 (33%) were immunocompetent. Half of immunocompetent patients had chron...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kim YK,Sung H,Jung J,Yu SN,Lee JY,Kim SH,Choi SH,Kim YS,Woo JH,Lee SO,Chong YP

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is difficult in children. The pediatricians are waiting for new and rapid tests that are easy to realize and that are performed better than tuberculin skin test (TST). We presented here the evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-G IT) in the Children Hospital of Nancy. Fifty-...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Grare M,Derelle J,Dailloux M,Laurain C

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00