Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains colonizing children attending day-care centers in Norway.

abstract：:Fungal infection of the thyroid is rare. Most reported cases have involved Aspergillus, Coccidioides, and Candida species in the setting of disseminated disease. Infection of the thyroid with Histoplasma capsulatum is rarely reported as part of disseminated disease, even in geographic areas where histoplasmosis is end...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Goldani LZ,Klock C,Diehl A,Monteiro AC,Maia AL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular assay based on a rapid DNA extraction protocol and the EnviroAmp Legionella Kits was used to detect Legionella species in bronchoalveolar fluid specimens. All Legionella strains isolated from tap water in hospitals could be detected distinctly. Both sensitivity and specificity were tested. In a prospective...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kessler HH,Reinthaler FF,Pschaid A,Pierer K,Kleinhappl B,Eber E,Marth E

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella is the causative agent for Legionnaires' disease (LD) and is responsible for several large outbreaks in the world. More than 90% of LD cases are caused by Legionella pneumophila, and studies on the origin and transmission routes of this pathogen rely on adequate molecular characterization of isolates. Curre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bosch T,Euser SM,Landman F,Bruin JP,IJzerman EP,den Boer JW,Schouls LM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gemella morbillorum and Gemella haemolysans are opportunistic pathogens which cause endocarditis and other severe infections. We report on three patients with endocarditis, one with endocarditis caused by G. haemolysans and two with endocarditis caused by G. morbillorum. The paucity of reports concerning these bacteri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： La Scola B,Raoult D

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testing for susceptibility to pyrazinamide (PZA) and analysis of the pncA gene sequences of 423 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates have revealed a unique silent nucleotide substitution that enables the rapid identification of "M. canettii" (proposed name). Moreover, the lack of a defined mutation within the p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Somoskovi A,Dormandy J,Parsons LM,Kaswa M,Goh KS,Rastogi N,Salfinger M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolates from 10 nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) were comparable with 19 clinical isolates by sequence analysis of the PbGP43 gene and ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) and ITS2 and by random amplified polymorphic DNA. In this original ITS study, eight isolates ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hebeler-Barbosa F,Morais FV,Montenegro MR,Kuramae EE,Montes B,McEwen JG,Bagagli E,Puccia R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ERA strain of rabies virus was adapted to growth on monolayers of a porcine kidney cell line (PK-2A). A reproducible plaque assay system was subsequently developed, which appears to be satisfactory for conducting plaque neutralization tests. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Strating A,Mitzel JR,Slater EA

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires disease, and related organisms have previously been characterized primarily by conventional bacteriological methods, DNA-DNA hybridization, antigenic analysis, and fatty acid analysis. By capillary gas chromatographic analysis for carbohydrates, we have shown...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fox A,Lau PY,Brown A,Morgan SL,Zhu ZT,Lema M,Walla MD

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gas-liquid chromatographic method which requires no chloroform extraction of the split products has been investigated for the detection of hippurate hydrolysis by Campylobacter spp. This technique gave better reproducibility than other tests also used in this study and allows the routine use of the gas-liquid chroma...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bär W,Fricke G

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the standard procedure for determining antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria is used, the results are delayed, especially for bacteria that grow slowly, such as Helicobacter pylori. Treatment for this bacterium may involve clarithromycin, a compound for which resistance has been associated with point mutations on...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pina M,Occhialini A,Monteiro L,Doermann HP,Mégraud F

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to examine cervical cancer biopsy specimens and pelvic lymph nodes for the presence of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV 16) DNA. Of the 75 cervical specimens tested, 36 (48%) were positive for HPV 16 in the PCR. A total of 65 pelvic lymph nodes removed during radical sur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Czeglédy J,Póka R,Veress G,Gergely L

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic sites on the nucleocapsid (N) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-CoV) were mapped by Pepscan analysis with overlapping peptides that span the N protein sequence. Two major immunodominant epitopes located in the C-terminal region (amino acids [aa] 362 to 412) and middle regi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： He Y,Zhou Y,Wu H,Kou Z,Liu S,Jiang S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated a PCR method for the rapid detection of clinically significant genotypes of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in nosocomial surveillance specimens. Detection of the vanA and vanB genes by multiplex PCR using 657 specimens that showed presumptive growth of VRE on bile esculin azide agar contai...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jayaratne P,Rutherford C

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gram-negative bacillus, SMC-8986(T), which was isolated from the purulent exudate of an epidermal cyst but could not be identified by a conventional microbiologic method, was characterized by a variety of phenotypic and genotypic analyses. Sequences of the 16S rRNA gene revealed that this bacterium belongs to the ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ko KS,Peck KR,Oh WS,Lee NY,Lee JH,Song JH

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aerobically incubated, agar-based medium was developed for amino acid decarboxylase testing of Enterobacteriaceae family members by replica-plating methods. Results with the new medium agreed 97 to 99% with the reference broth method of Moeller, and no false-positive reactions were encountered. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Maccani JE

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori virulence determinants have not previously been studied in detail in Latin Americans with H. pylori infections. We characterized the vacA (vacuolating cytotoxin gene A) and cagA (cytotoxin-associated gene A) types of more than 400 single-colony isolates from 20 patients in Mexico City. For 17 patie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Morales-Espinosa R,Castillo-Rojas G,Gonzalez-Valencia G,Ponce de León S,Cravioto A,Atherton JC,López-Vidal Y

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and simple method for extracting specific cell-free antigens of Coccidioides immitis and Histoplasma capsulatum from agar slant cultures was developed. The extracts were analyzed in immunodiffusion tests for the presence of C. immitis or H. capsulatum specific antigens. These extracts were compared with cultur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaufman L,Standard P

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific identification of verocytotoxin (VT)-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) requires the detection of VTs in bacterial culture filtrates or the detection of genes encoding these toxins in bacterial cells by specific DNA probes. The standard method for detecting these toxins involves a time-consuming, labor-int...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Basta M,Karmali M,Lingwood C

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stool specimens from 124 international travelers with acute diarrhea were tested for the presence of enteropathogens. Noroviruses (NoVs) were the second most commonly identified enteric pathogen in diarrheal stool samples (21/124, 17%), exceeded only by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (50/106, 47%). This study indica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ko G,Garcia C,Jiang ZD,Okhuysen PC,Belkind-Gerson J,Glass RI,DuPont HL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and markers conveying drug resistance can have a beneficial impact on preventive public health actions. We describe here a new molecular point-of-care (POC) system, the Genedrive, which is based on simple sample preparation combined with PCR to detect MTBC a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Castan P,de Pablo A,Fernández-Romero N,Rubio JM,Cobb BD,Mingorance J,Toro C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of rapid-cycle PCR combined with colorimetric microwell hybridization for detecting Bordetella pertussis was investigated. Rapid cycling was performed with an air thermocycler (model 1605; Idaho Technology, Idaho Falls, Idaho). Although the instrument was originally designed to be used with capillary tubes, an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Buck GE

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHROMagar MRSA was evaluated for its ability to identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A well-defined collection consisting of 216 MRSA strains and 241 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates was used. The sensitivity of CHROMagar MRSA after 24 h of incubation was 95.4%, increasing...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Diederen B,van Duijn I,van Belkum A,Willemse P,van Keulen P,Kluytmans J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of anti-hepatitis E virus (anti-HEV) antibodies is still enigmatic. There is no gold standard, and results obtained with different assays often diverge. Herein, five assays were compared for detection of anti-HEV IgM and IgG. Serum samples from 500 Swedish blood donors and 316 patients, of whom 136 had s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Norder H,Karlsson M,Mellgren Å,Konar J,Sandberg E,Lasson A,Castedal M,Magnius L,Lagging M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans strains with enhanced levels of production of leukotoxin are characterized by a 530-bp deletion from the promoter region of the leukotoxin gene operon. Previous isolates with this deletion constituted a single clone belonging to serotype b, although they displayed minor differences...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Haubek D,Dirienzo JM,Tinoco EM,Westergaard J,López NJ,Chung CP,Poulsen K,Kilian M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium var. Copenhagen isolates from a heifer-raising operation and from 11 dairy herds that had their calves contracted to the heifer-raising operation were examined for their phenotypic and genotypic characteristics. Results of the study showed that the heifer-raising...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hegde NV,Cook ML,Wolfgang DR,Love BC,Maddox CC,Jayarao BM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human group C rotavirus was identified in central Australia in each of eight years over a 16-year period between 1982 and 1997. Cases occurred either sporadically but over a relatively short period of time or as clustered outbreaks. These are the only reports of human group C rotavirus in Australia other than that of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schnagl RD,Boniface K,Cardwell P,McCarthy D,Ondracek C,Coulson B,Erlich J,Morey F

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter rectus was isolated under routine anaerobic conditions (no additional hydrogen gas in the atmosphere) from an oral, nonperiodontal abscess from a patient with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. We report the first case of a palate abscess caused by C. rectus and review the literature and atmospheric requir...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mahlen SD,Clarridge JE 3rd

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, sensitive counterimmunoelectrophoresis assay was developed to detect adenovirus in stools of patients with gastroenteritis. The parameters of the assay were optimized, and its sensitivity and efficiency was examined. The assay promises to be a useful alternative to conventional techniques of cell culture isol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mankikar SD,Middleton PJ,Petric M

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system cysticercosis is common in countries where Taenia solium occurs in pigs and the level of hygiene and sanitation is low. The clinical presentation may include epileptic seizures, focal neurological deficits, hydrocephalus, or aseptic meningitis. The disease is frequently seen in California reside...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mohammad IN,Heiner DC,Miller BL,Goldberg MA,Kagan IG

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella bronchiseptica and toxigenic Pasteurella multocida are the etiologic agents of swine atrophic rhinitis. Methods currently used for their identification are time-consuming and suffer from a lack of sensitivity. We describe a colony lift-hybridization assay for detection of B. bronchiseptica and toxigenic P. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Register KB,Lee RM,Thomson C

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00