Pyrazinamide resistance among South African multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive sera from 106 chronically infected patients which had previously been genotyped were characterized by serotyping. Genotypes were determined by a first-generation line probe assay (INNO-LiPA HCV) and by sequence analyses of the core, core-E1, and NS5B regions. HCV serotypes were determi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Doorn LJ,Kleter B,Pike I,Quint W

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown the public health importance of identifying individuals with acute human immunodeficiency virus infection (AHI); however, the cost of nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) makes individual testing of at-risk individuals prohibitively expensive in many settings. Pooled NAAT (or group testi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Westreich DJ,Hudgens MG,Fiscus SA,Pilcher CD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fastidious, gram-negative bacterium was isolated from the blood of a 51-year-old man who had acute infectious endocarditis (IE). Characterization of the organism through phenotypic and genotypic analyses revealed the causative role of Cardiobacterium valvarum. This is the third reported case of IE caused by C. valva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bothelo E,Gouriet F,Fournier PE,Roux V,Habib G,Thuny F,Metras D,Raoult D,Casalta JP

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a taxonomic investigation of Nocardia spp. and Streptomyces spp., we received 658 isolates from laboratories of both human and veterinary medicine. Our procedure leading to the identification of 92% of these isolates, the species that they represented, and a characteristic pattern of properties of the strains o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mishra SK,Gordon RE,Barnett DA

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new self-contained medium system for the cultivation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was compared to modified Thayer-Martin medium for the diagnosis of gonorrhea from endocervical specimens. There was no difference in the ability of the two methods to support the growth of N. gonorrhoeae. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beverly A,Bailey-Griffin JR,Schwebke JR

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accessory gene regulator (agr) is a central system that controls the expression of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors. In this study, the distribution of agr alleles, defined by agr restriction fragment length polymorphism within agr interference groups, among S. aureus isolates from bovine and human origin w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gilot P,van Leeuwen W

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid tests for glucose, maltose, lactose, sucrose, and starch fermentation were performed on 112 strains of anaerobic bacteria. The tests were incubated under aerobic conditions, and results were read within 4 h. An overall correlation of 89% was achieved between the rapid tests and the Virginia Polytechnic Institut...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schreckenberger PC,Blazevic DJ

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) is a major cause of respiratory illness in patients with AIDS. The identification of multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at three distinct P. jirovecii loci encoding dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), mitochondrial large-subunit rRNA (mtLSU rRNA), and superoxide dismutas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Esteves F,Gaspar J,De Sousa B,Antunes F,Mansinho K,Matos O

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Korea, vancomycin-resistant enterococci have become important nosocomial pathogens since the late 1990s, and most vancomycin-resistant enterococcal isolates have been VanA phenotype-vanA genotype strains. In 2001, we experienced an outbreak of VanB phenotype-vanA genotype vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a unive...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eom JS,Hwang IS,Hwang BY,Lee JG,Lee YJ,Cheong HJ,Park YH,Park SC,Kim WJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old female was admitted to our intensive care unit with septic shock and multiorgan failure caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli originating from the right renal pelvis. A 16-day course of treatment with meropenem reversed the septic condition, but the infection recurred ther...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Krueger WA,Kempf VA,Peiffer M,Nagele U,Unertl KE,Schroeder TH

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 410 well-defined Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Wolinella strains, comprising 26 named species, subspecies, and defined groups, were tested for indoxyl acetate hydrolysis by a disk method by using disks prepared at the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga. All C. coli (43 strains), C. cryaerophila (34...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Popovic-Uroic T,Patton CM,Nicholson MA,Kiehlbauch JA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The R/B and Minitek systems for the identification of Enterobacteriaceae were evaluated, and the results were compared with those obtained by conventional methods. Both systems were rapid and allowed correct identification of about 85% of the 294 isolates (23 species) examined. The individual biochemical reactions sho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shayegani M,Hubbard ME,Hiscott T,McGlynn D

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent molecular studies have shown Mycobacterium porcinum, recovered from cases of lymphadenitis in swine, to have complete 16S rDNA sequence identity and >70% DNA-DNA homology with human isolates within the M. fortuitum third biovariant complex. We identified 67 clinical and two environmental isolates of the M. fort...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wallace RJ Jr,Brown-Elliott BA,Wilson RW,Mann L,Hall L,Zhang Y,Jost KC Jr,Brown JM,Kabani A,Schinsky MF,Steigerwalt AG,Crist CJ,Roberts GD,Blacklock Z,Tsukamura M,Silcox V,Turenne C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of invasive pneumococcal infection in a healthy 10-month-old infant from whom Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 23F was isolated from the blood and serotype 23B was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid. Both serotypes were penicillin nonsusceptible. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis demonstr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de Andrade AL,Pimenta FC,Laval CA,de Andrade JG,Guerra ML,Brandileone MC

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (PRA) of the hsp65 gene (A. Telenti, F. Marchesi, M. Balz, F. Bally, E. C. Böttger, and T. Bodmer, J. Clin. Microbiol. 31:175-178, 1993) was applied to 108 mycobacterial isolates representing 34 species to evaluate its potential as a rapid reference method. A total...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Devallois A,Goh KS,Rastogi N

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of Staphylococcus aureus is increasingly used as part of infection prevention practices. In this study, we established a long-read technology-based WGS screening program of all first-episode methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood infections at a major urban hospital. A s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sullivan MJ,Altman DR,Chacko KI,Ciferri B,Webster E,Pak TR,Deikus G,Lewis-Sandari M,Khan Z,Beckford C,Rendo A,Samaroo F,Sebra R,Karam-Howlin R,Dingle T,Hamula C,Bashir A,Schadt E,Patel G,Wallach F,Kasarskis A,Gi

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) has not been reported for many years in Japan, although a serological survey of sera from domestic animals suggested the presence of TBE foci in Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. Studies were conducted to prove the presence of an endemic focus of TBE virus in Japan by mean...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Takashima I,Morita K,Chiba M,Hayasaka D,Sato T,Takezawa C,Igarashi A,Kariwa H,Yoshimatsu K,Arikawa J,Hashimoto N

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of natural paratuberculosis (or Johne's disease) in rabbits, foxes, and stoats has focused debate on the presence and importance of wildlife reservoirs in the epidemiology of this disease. This paper describes an extensive study investigating 18 nonruminant wildlife species for evidence of paratuberculo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beard PM,Daniels MJ,Henderson D,Pirie A,Rudge K,Buxton D,Rhind S,Greig A,Hutchings MR,McKendrick I,Stevenson K,Sharp JM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae has proved to be difficult to isolate and propagate in cell culture. We compared the growth of three strains of C. pneumoniae, TW-183 and two clinical isolates from Brooklyn, N.Y., in five cell lines, including HeLa 229, McCoy, HL, HEp-2, and HTED, an immortalized human tracheal cell line. HEp-2 w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roblin PM,Dumornay W,Hammerschlag MR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of two systems for the serotyping of Edwardsiella tarda developed independently at the National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan, and the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga., has enabled a single serotyping scheme comprising 61 O groups and 45 H antigens to be established for international use. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tamura K,Sakazaki R,McWhorter AC,Kosako Y

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two isolates of St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) virus of various geographical origins (Brazil, Argentina, Panama, Texas, Missouri, Maryland, California, and Florida) were examined for genetic variation by the base excision sequence scanning (BESS T-scan) method. A fragment was amplified in the envelope gene with t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Charrel RN,Lévy N,Tesh RB,Chandler LJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:INTRODUCTIONSyndromic panels were first FDA cleared for detection of respiratory pathogens in 2008. Since then, other panels have been approved by the FDA, and most recently, the FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis panel (BioFire, Salt Lake City, UT) has become available. This assay detects 14 targets within 1 h and inc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dien Bard J,Alby K

更新日期：2018-03-26 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：:A latex agglutination test (LAT) based on polystyrene beads sensitized with inactivated avian influenza virus H5N1 particles was developed. Compared with the hemagglutination inhibition test, the sensitivity and specificity of the LAT were 88.8 and 97.6%, respectively, in detecting 830 serum samples from vaccinated ch...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xu X,Jin M,Yu Z,Li H,Qiu D,Tan Y,Chen H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromonas caviae was recovered as the sole potential enteric pathogen from the stools of 14 of 17 symptomatic children (10 younger than 1 year of age) while Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas sobria, and Plesiomonas shigelloides were isolated once each. The infants from whom A. caviae was isolated all presented with a wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Namdari H,Bottone EJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivities of MRC-5 and mink lung (ML) cells in centrifugation culture were compared simultaneously for the detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) IE antigen (immediate-early antigen) from clinical specimens. Of 413 samples assayed, 51 (12%) were positive for CMV by both centrifugation and standard cell culture. At...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gleaves CA,Hursh DA,Meyers JD

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial cerebrospinal fluid samples were obtained from 14 multiple sclerosis patients over a period of several months and were tested under code for Inoue-Melnick virus. In five of the positive patients, virus was present in 28 of 32 specimens collected over a period of 2 to 5 months. Four patients, from whom a total o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Melnick JL,Seidel E,Wang SS,Muchinik G,Rashti EJ,Jacobs LD,Freeman AI,O'Malley J

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of vancomycin resistance determinants to be horizontally transferred within enterococci species is a concern. Identification and characterization of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a clinical isolate have a significant impact on infection control practices. In this study, we describe a clinical i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eshaghi A,Shahinas D,Li A,Kariyawasam R,Banh P,Desjardins M,Melano RG,Patel SN

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening for HIV infection has improved since the first immunoassays. Today, diagnosis of HIV infection can be performed with fourth-generation tests that track both the patient's antibodies and HIV antigen. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical sensitivity and specificity of the new DiaSorin Liais...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lemee V,Leoz M,Etienne M,De Oliveira F,Plantier JC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human milk obtained from 21 American nursing mothers was studied for the presence of secretory immunoglobulin A antibody to rotavirus, the most common etiological agent of infantile gastroenteritis. Antibody was quantitated by adaptation of a recently described solid-phase radioimmunoassay technique that employs simia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cukor G,Blacklow NR,Capozza FE,Panjvani ZF,Bednarek F

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00