Fatal-stroke syndrome revealing fungal cerebral vasculitis due to Arthrographis kalrae in an immunocompetent patient.

abstract：:By using primers based on the sequence of a species-specific antigen of Helicobacter pylori (P. O'Toole, S.M. Logan, M. Kostrzynska. T. Wadström, and T.J. Trust, J. Bacteriol. 173:505-513, 1991), a protocol was established for detection of this microorganism in gastric biopsy samples by the polymerase chain reaction (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hammar M,Tyszkiewicz T,Wadström T,O'Toole PW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 452 samples that were positive by the Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay and MGIT 960 system (MGIT), 440 and 10 Mycobacterium tuberculosis samples were detected as rifampin susceptible and rifampin resistant, respectively. Two isolates that were rifampin susceptible by the MGIT system were rifampin resistant by the Xpe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mokaddas E,Ahmad S,Eldeen HS,Al-Mutairi N

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the use of highly purified viral proteins in the solid-phase radioimmunoassay (SPRIA) procedure is not practical for routine diagnostic serology, the procedure was adapted for use with the crude antigens now commonly used to diagnose St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) virus infections. SLE and various other alpha- and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wolff KL,Muth DJ,Hudson BW,Trent DW

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is shed into the milk and feces of cows with advanced Johne's disease, allowing the transmission of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis between animals. The objective of this study was to formulate an optimized protocol for the isolation of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis in m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bradner L,Robbe-Austerman S,Beitz DC,Stabel JR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human adenovirus of strains subgenus F (AdV F) are the most common strains detected in acute gastroenteritis cases in developing countries. Subgenus F is represented by AdV serotype 40 (AdV-40) and AdV-41. Most of the reports have described the predominance of AdV-41 in acute gastroenteritis cases. To gain insight int...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dey RS,Ghosh S,Chawla-Sarkar M,Panchalingam S,Nataro JP,Sur D,Manna B,Ramamurthy T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection in central and southern Italy, sera from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seronegative subjects, with and without Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), were analyzed by immunofluorescence assay, using BC-3, a cell line latently infected with HHV-8....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cattani P,Capuano M,Cerimele F,La Parola IL,Santangelo R,Masini C,Cerimele D,Fadda G

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence plasmid of Escherichia coli O157 strain EDL933 carries a 10-kb putative virulence gene designated toxB. Little is known about the distribution of this gene among E. coli O157 strains or its presence in other enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) strains. We developed PCR an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tozzoli R,Caprioli A,Morabito S

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of clinical isolates of Nocardia to the species level is important for defining the spectrum of disease produced by each species and for predicting antimicrobial susceptibility. We evaluated the usefulness of PCR amplification of a portion of the Nocardia 16S rRNA gene and subsequent restriction endonuc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Conville PS,Fischer SH,Cartwright CP,Witebsky FG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Y448H mutation in NS5B has been selected by GS-9190 as well as several benzothiadiazine hepatitis C virus (HCV) polymerase inhibitors in vitro and in vivo. However, the level and the evolution kinetics of this resistance mutation prior to and during treatment are poorly understood. In this study, we developed an a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bae AS,Ku KS,Miller MD,Mo H,Svarovskaia ES

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A micro enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the presence of amoebic antigen in polyethylene-glycol-precipitated circulating immune complexes (CIC). A cutoff dilution of greater than 1:160 for the precipitates was taken to be of clinical significance. Among the patients with amoebic liver abscess, 93% ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vinayak VK,Purnima,Singh K,Venkatwswarlu K,Nain CK,Mehta SK

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After repeated use of fluconazole for therapy of oropharyngeal candidosis, the emergence of in vitro fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans isolates (MIC, > or = 25 micrograms/ml) together with oral candidosis unresponsive to oral dosages of up to 400 mg of fluconazole were observed in patients with human immunodefici...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ruhnke M,Eigler A,Tennagen I,Geiseler B,Engelmann E,Trautmann M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated a new PCR-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit (Onychodiag; BioAdvance, France) for the diagnosis of dermatophytic onychomycosis by testing nail samples from 438 patients with suspected onychomycosis and from 108 healthy controls in three independent laboratories. In two laboratories, sampl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Savin C,Huck S,Rolland C,Benderdouche M,Faure O,Noacco G,Menotti J,Candolfi E,Pelloux H,Grillot R,Coupe S,Derouin F

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable dwarf forms of Staphylococcus aureus have been identified in clinical specimens as the sole or predominant isolate in eight cases. These organisms have been shown to be menadione or thiamine dependent, i.e., cultivation in the presence of one of these agents has permitted growth of colonies which appear typical...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Acar JF,Goldstein FW,Lagrange P

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four HIV rapid tests were subjected to field validation in Panama and compared to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay/Multispot-based testing algorithm. The sensitivities of Determine, Uni-Gold, SD Bioline, and INSTI were 99.8%. The specificities of Determine, SD-Bioline, and Uni-Gold were 100%, and the specificity o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Juarez SI,Nuñez AE,Aranda MM,Mojica D,Kim AA,Parekh B

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the Helicobacter pylori ClariRes assay (Ingenetix, Vienna, Austria) for the detection of H. pylori infection and the simultaneous clarithromycin susceptibility testing of the H. pylori isolates in stool samples from 100 symptomatic children. The results obtained by this nov...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lottspeich C,Schwarzer A,Panthel K,Koletzko S,Rüssmann H

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenicity of the fungus Geotrichum candidum in humans has not been clearly defined. A patient with acute leukemia who developed a fatal disseminated G. candidum infection while neutropenic is described. At autopsy examination, this patient was misdiagnosed on the basis of histopathology as having disseminated ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kassamali H,Anaissie E,Ro J,Rolston K,Kantarjian H,Fainstein V,Bodey GP

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new test principle for the simultaneous detection of total approximate titers and immunoglobulin M antibodies has been developed and applied to the detection of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. The method is based on the combination of a competition radioimmunoassay, for the determination of total antibody tite...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Angarano G,Monno L,Santantonio TA,Pastore G

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A slight modification of the chemically defined medium of McVeigh and Morton resulted in an excellent substratum for the cultivation of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis yeast phase. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Restrepo A,Jiménez BE

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella spp. cause respiratory tract diseases in warm-blooded animals. Only Bordetella bronchiseptica has been reported to cause bacteremia in humans, and this rare infection usually occurs with pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. We describe "Bordetella hinzii" bacteremia in an AIDS patient without a respirat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cookson BT,Vandamme P,Carlson LC,Larson AM,Sheffield JV,Kersters K,Spach DH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial chemiluminescent DNA probes (Accuprobe; Gen-Probe, San Diego, Calif.) for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) complex, M. avium complex (MAC), M. gordonae, and M. kansasii were evaluated with 134 clinical isolates. These included 36 MTB complex, 40 MAC, 27 M. gordonae, 9 M. kansasii, and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lebrun L,Espinasse F,Poveda JD,Vincent-Levy-Frebault V

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae continues to rise in Canada; however, antimicrobial resistance data are lacking for approximately 70% of gonorrhea infections that are diagnosed directly from clinical specimens by nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs). We developed a molecular assay fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peterson SW,Martin I,Demczuk W,Bharat A,Hoang L,Wylie J,Allen V,Lefebvre B,Tyrrell G,Horsman G,Haldane D,Garceau R,Wong T,Mulvey MR

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently developed a PCR assay for detection of Mycobacterium spp. at the genus level based on the Cobas Amplicor platform. The sensitivities for smear-positive and smear-negative specimens were found to be 100% and 47.9%, respectively. The specificity was 97.7%, the positive predictive value 84.6%, and the ne...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peter-Getzlaff S,Lüthy J,Voit A,Bloemberg GV,Böttger EC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard repetitive extragenic palindromic (REP)-PCR, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-PCR, and Salmonella enteritidis repetitive element-PCR methods for bacterial strain typing were performed with DNA extracted by boiling members of each of the currently recognized species of human viridans group strep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alam S,Brailsford SR,Whiley RA,Beighton D

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new case of Campylobacter hyointestinalis-associated diarrhea in a human is reported. The medical history of the patient was significant for immunodeficiency because of an evolutive chronic myeloid leukemia. The diarrhea rapidly stopped after administration of oral erythromycin. No other enteropathogenic agent was f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Minet J,Grosbois B,Megraud F

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report disseminated adenovirus (ADV) infection in four adult cancer patients presenting with focal pulmonary consolidation. In all cases, ADV was recovered from respiratory specimens and ADV viremia (>1 × 10(5) copies/ml) was determined by a quantitative PCR assay. Despite antiviral therapy, 3 (75%) patients died. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee YJ,Palomino-Guilen P,Babady NE,Lamson DM,St George K,Tang YW,Papanicolaou GA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate identification of pathogenic species is important for early appropriate patient management, but growing diversity of infectious species/strains makes the identification of clinical yeasts increasingly difficult. Among conventional methods that are commercially available, the API ID32C, AuxaColor, and Vitek 2 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Posteraro B,Efremov L,Leoncini E,Amore R,Posteraro P,Ricciardi W,Sanguinetti M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae strains of serotypes 1 and 9 were studied for their serological properties by means of agglutination, coagglutination (CoA), indirect hemagglutination (IHA), Co-IHA, ring precipitation (RP), and immunodiffusion (ID) tests. Particulate and soluble antigens of unheated and heat-treated ba...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mittal KR

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared whole blood dried on filter paper to the standard assay with frozen cell-free plasma for use in the quantitation of the human immunodeficiency virus RNA load in blood. RNA values from filter paper, corrected for the hematocrit, gave results comparable to those of the standard assay in terms of sensitivity ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fiscus SA,Brambilla D,Grosso L,Schock J,Cronin M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The description and evaluation of a PCR-based assay for the detection and species identification of the eight known human herpesviruses are presented. Two primer pairs targeting well-conserved regions of the genome allowed the amplification of the DNAs of all known human herpesviruses at a high level of sensitivity (1...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson G,Nelson S,Petric M,Tellier R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mold Aureobasidium pullulans was isolated on several nutrient media from a splenic abscess in a patient with disseminated lymphoma. Examination of stained smears and paraffin sections revealed fungal structures characteristic of this organism. This is the first reported association of A. pullulans with an opportun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Salkin IF,Martinez JA,Kemna ME

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00