Discrimination of antibody to herpes B virus from antibody to herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 in human and macaque sera.

abstract：:The medium described is a simple yeast extract broth capable of growing large number of Legionella neumophila, the causative organism of Legionnaires disease. Filtration was chosen as a means of sterilization, since medium that was autoclaved did not support growth without the presence of Norite A. The filtered medium...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ristroph JD,Hedlund KW,Allen RG

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterobacteriaceae represent a diverse and medically important family of bacteria that are difficult to identify to the species level using the standard molecular method of 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Prior work has demonstrated the value of dnaJ gene sequence analysis in resolving different members of the family. Howev...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McLean K,Rosenthal CA,Sengupta D,Owens J,Cookson BT,Hoffman NG,Salipante SJ

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A genomics-based PCR method was developed and used to test specimens from patients involved in a large outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a closed religious community in New York State. New P1 adhesin gene primers were designed to bind to 9 of 10 target sequences in the repetitive-element sequences obtained from the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Waring AL,Halse TA,Csiza CK,Carlyn CJ,Arruda Musser K,Limberger RJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined clinical and molecular epidemiologic analysis of 46 strains of Clostridium difficile, including 16 nosocomial isolates from one ward (outbreak ward) plus 17 other nosocomial isolates and 13 community-acquired isolates, was performed. HindIII digests of total cellular DNA were analyzed by restriction enzyme ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kristjánsson M,Samore MH,Gerding DN,DeGirolami PC,Bettin KM,Karchmer AW,Arbeit RD

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of reported cases of infections with non-serogroup O1 Vibrio cholerae in the United States has increased recently. These cases have almost invariably been associated with travel, seawater exposure, or the ingestion of shellfish. We report a case of bacteremic cellulitis caused by non-O1 V. cholerae that was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pitrak DL,Gindorf JD

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triplicate preserved fecal samples from 265 patients were pooled into single samples, and the recovery rate of intestinal parasites from the pooled samples was compared with that from the individual samples. Parasites were detected in 109 patients when results from the individual samples were used compared with 108 pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aldeen WE,Shisenant J,Hale D,Matsen J,Carroll K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinomyces naeslundii is a saprophyte, sometimes a pathogen, of the human oral cavity. Very few extra-oral infections related to this agent have been described. We report the first instance of A. naeslundii as an etiological agent of pelvic actinomycosis in a user of an intrauterine device, an infection so far exclus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bonnez W,Lattimer G,Mohanraj NA,Johnson TH

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 141 independent strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with different heterogeneities in the exo gene (exoS, exoT, exoU, and exoY) background were examined for their pathogenic roles. Results indicated that the exoU gene is the major contributor to cytotoxicity in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells but is not relat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lin HH,Huang SP,Teng HC,Ji DD,Chen YS,Chen YL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report five new IS711 chromosomal locations that are specific for marine mammal Brucella groups of strains and useful for their identification and classification. Our data support their current classification into two species, Brucella ceti and B. pinnipedialis, with subgroups in each, but also the possibility of a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zygmunt MS,Maquart M,Bernardet N,Doublet B,Cloeckaert A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past 2 decades have brought worrying increases in severe Streptococcus pyogenes diseases globally. To investigate and compare the epidemiological patterns of these diseases within Europe, data were collected through a European Union FP-5-funded program (Strep-EURO). Prospective population-based surveillance of sev...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lamagni TL,Darenberg J,Luca-Harari B,Siljander T,Efstratiou A,Henriques-Normark B,Vuopio-Varkila J,Bouvet A,Creti R,Ekelund K,Koliou M,Reinert RR,Stathi A,Strakova L,Ungureanu V,Schalén C,Strep-EURO Study Group.,Jasir A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium species are opportunistic nosocomial pathogens that often cause fatal invasive mycoses. We designed a primer pair that amplifies by PCR a fragment of a gene coding for the rRNA of Fusarium species. The DNAs of the main Fusarium species and Neocosmospora vasinfecta but not the DNAs from 11 medically important ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hue FX,Huerre M,Rouffault MA,de Bievre C

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MMLVA) method was validated on Clostridium difficile-infected stool specimens from institutional outbreaks. The method allows simultaneous detection of toxin genes, deletions, and tandem repeats from cultured isolates or stool specimens. Results were us...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Broukhanski G,Low DE,Pillai DR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the blastogenic responses of lymphocytes to Staphylococcus aureus antigen in 49 uninfected non-insulin-dependent diabetic subjects and in 56 uninfected nondiabetic subjects. We found a significantly decreased response to this antigen in the diabetic patients (P less than 0.05). Diabetics whose blood sugar ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Casey J,Sturm C Jr

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a fatal case of acute lower respiratory tract disease with human rhinovirus C (HRV-C) as the unique cause in a 19-month-old girl with a history of repeated episodes of bronchiolitis. HRV-C type 8 nucleic acids were observed in respiratory, stool, and cerebrospinal fluid samples, and infectious virions were i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lupo J,Schuffenecker I,Morel-Baccard C,Bardet J,Payen V,Kaiser L,Constant S,Lobrinus JA,Lin-Marq N,Lina B,Morand P,Tapparel C

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans in a patient having 25% full-thickness burns is described. Amputation of the leg was necessary to control rapid tissue invasion. The fungus was isolated from soil in the burn environment. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cooter RD,Lim IS,Ellis DH,Leitch IO

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida samples were taken over a period of 2 years from 54 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive asymptomatic subjects to evaluate changes in yeast carriage, intensity of carriage, and genotype over time. Overall, we found that HIV-positive patients with CD4(+)-cell counts of between 200 and 400/microl had sign...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vargas KG,Joly S

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated three rapid identification systems-The Biomerieux rapid ID 32 STREP (ID32), the BBL Crystal rapid gram-positive identification (Crystal), and the Remel IDS RapID STR (IDS) systems-for their ability to identify 7 strains of Alloiococcus otitidis, 27 strains of Dolosigranulum pigrum, 3 strains of Ignavigran...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： LaClaire LL,Facklam RR

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that all nine species of the Burkholderia cepacia complex can express the mucoid phenotype. A survey of clinical isolates showed that strains of B. cenocepacia, the most virulent species of the complex, are most frequently nonmucoid. Additionally, isolates from patients with chronic infections can conve...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zlosnik JE,Hird TJ,Fraenkel MC,Moreira LM,Henry DA,Speert DP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formalin-fixed, purified reticulate bodies (RB) of Chlamydia trachomatis immunotype C/TW-3/OT were used as a serological test antigen in the microimmunofluorescence test. The sensitivity and specificity of the RB antigen were compared to elementary bodies (EB) used as antigens in the detection of C. trachomatis antibo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yong EC,Chinn JS,Caldwell HD,Kuo CC

更新日期：1979-09-01 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：:Preemptive ganciclovir (GCV) therapy is adopted increasingly in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients, but occasional cases of increasing cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia levels occur during preemptive GCV therapy. This prospective study investigated the incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park SY,Lee SO,Choi SH,Kim YS,Woo JH,Sung H,Kim MN,Kim DY,Lee JH,Lee JH,Lee KH,Kim SH

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneously occurring urinary tract infection (UTI) in dogs was exploited as an experiment of nature to gain insights into UTI pathogenesis in humans. Concurrent urinary and rectal Escherichia coli isolates from 37 dogs with UTI were compared with respect to phylogenetic background, O antigens, and extended virulenc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson JR,Kaster N,Kuskowski MA,Ling GV

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IS200-like insertion sequence (IS) is a 708-bp element recently found in Yersinia pestis. Its nucleotide sequence is 85% identical to that of IS200 recovered in most Salmonella enterica isolates. It is also present in multiple copies in Y. pseudotuberculosis. In contrast, this IS is found in some (biotype 1B strai...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Odaert M,Berche P,Simonet M

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of the G and P serotypes of group A bovine rotaviruses from 149 samples of feces or intestinal contents collected from calves showing clinical signs of neonatal diarrhea was performed by a nested reverse transcription-PCR typing assay. The G6 serotype was the most prevalent, accounting for viruses in 55....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Falcone E,Tarantino M,Di Trani L,Cordioli P,Lavazza A,Tollis M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using blaZ PCR as the "gold standard," the sensitivities of CLSI penicillin zone edge and nitrocefin-based tests for β-lactamase production in Staphylococcus aureus were 64.5% and 35.5%, respectively, with specificity of 99.8% for both methods. In 2013, 13.5% of 3,083 S. aureus isolates from 31 U.S. centers were penic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Richter SS,Doern GV,Heilmann KP,Miner S,Tendolkar S,Riahi F,Diekema DJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many laboratories are unable to perform colistin susceptibility testing. Diffusion-based antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods are not recommended, and not all laboratories have the capacity to perform broth microdilution (BMD). Using a multistep tiered approach, we investigated whether the adapted use of the M...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lutgring JD,Kim A,Campbell D,Karlsson M,Brown AC,Burd EM

更新日期：2019-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR-restriction endonuclease analysis (PRA) was used for direct identification of Mycobacterium haemophilum in clinical specimens from immunocompromised patients. PRA correctly identified M. haemophilum in four smear-positive specimens. Direct identification by PRA takes 2 to 3 working days compared to the 3 to 5 week...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wang SX,Sng LH,Leong HN,Tan BH

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Better detection of minority human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) populations containing gene mutations may improve the usefulness of antiretroviral resistance testing for clinical management. Molecular cloning of HIV-1 PCR products which might improve minority detection can be slow and difficult, and commercia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martinez-Picado J,Sutton L,De Pasquale MP,Savara AV,D'Aquila RT

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis produces novel superantigenic toxins designated YPMa (Y. pseudotuberculosis-derived mitogen), YPMb, and YPMc and has a pathogenicity island termed HPI (high-pathogenicity island) and R-HPI (the right-hand part of the HPI with truncation in its left-hand part) on the chromosome. Analysis of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H,Matsuda Y,Seki R,Tsubokura M,Takeda N,Shubin FN,Paik IK,Zheng XB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates the dynamics in the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus subtypes. Subtypes 3a and 4a have become increasingly prevalent in patients where an infection within recent years can be assumed. Evidence is presented that the subtypes observed among younger patients can spread rapidly and lead to signifi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schröter M,Zöllner B,Schäfer P,Reimer A,Müller M,Laufs R,Feucht HH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00