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Diagn Microbiol Infect Disjournal_title
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious diseaseauthors
Jones RN,Sader HS,Fritsche TR,Janechek MJdoi
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.09.009subject
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2007-10-04 00:00:00eissn
0732-8893issn
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杂志文章abstract::Invasive infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis continue to be a serious clinical problem for therapy, epidemiology, and potential prophylaxis. Multiple antimicrobial resistances have emerged among meningococcal strains including elevated MICs to penicillin, sulfonamides, tetracyclines, and rifampin. Thus, the ne...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0732-8893(96)00223-4
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abstract::Epstein-Barr virus serologic profiles were obtained from 618 patients using an automated platform, including the new BioPlex heterophile assay. When compared with 2 IgM viral capsid antigen (VCA) assays and a predicate heterophile assay, the BioPlex heterophile assay was more likely to be associated with serologic pat...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.02.016
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Group-C beta-hemolytic streptococci (GCBHS) is an uncommon cause of bacteremia. In a 5-year period, GCBHS accounted for 0.28% of positive blood cultures and 0.35% of bacteremias documented at our hospital. The incidence of GCBHS bacteremia was 0.05 episodes per 1000 admissions. We were able to analyze clinical data of...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0732-8893(92)90040-z
更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::A national surveillance program of nosocomial blood stream infections (BSI) in the USA between April 1995 and June 1996 revealed that Candida was the fourth leading cause of nosocomial BSI, accounting for 8% of all infections. Forty-eight percent of 379 episodes of candidemia were due to species other than Candida alb...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0732-8893(97)00192-2
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abstract::To validate the current National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards recommendations of the cefoxitin disk as a preferred surrogate marker to detect oxacillin resistance in staphylococcal isolates, 304 staphylococcal isolates originating from 49 sites in 16 countries in the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Pr...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.08.002
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an estuarine bacterium that is a major cause of gastroenteritis worldwide. Occasionally, this organism has also been shown to be the causative agent of wound infections. In almost all cases of gastrointestinal disease only strains that produce hemolysin ("Kanagawa-positive") are implicated. ...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0732-8893(88)90059-4
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Rapid and accurate diagnostic tests for Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are crucial for management of patients with suspected CDI and for infection control. Enzyme immunoassays for detection of the toxins are routinely used but lack adequate sensitivity. We generated slow off-rate modified aptamers (SOMAmer™ re...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.03.029
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Dermatophytic mycetoma is an extremely rare subcutaneous mycosis. Here, we report the case of a 6-year-old girl with clinical, histologic, and mycologic findings consistent with a mycetoma of the scalp caused by Microsporum canis. To our knowledge, this is the first report showing the immunologic and immunogenetic fea...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.02.003
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) is a leading cause of nosocomial infections worldwide. The changes in the epidemiology of CDI during the past years, including the appearance of new epidemic strains of C. difficile that cause CDI episodes with increased severity, have led to the development of molecular methods ...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.12.010
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Combining a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test with bronchoscopy is frequently performed to allow a rapid diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). However, limited data are available concerning clinical judgment in patients with suspected PTB and AFB smear- and PCR-negative bronchial aspirates (BA)....
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.03.019
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study examined the ability of commercial dry-form broth microdilution panels (Sensititre, TREK Diagnostics, Cleveland, OH) to produce accurate minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) results for gemifloxacin, a new fluoroquinolone. Reproducibility for gemifloxacin was 100.0% for on-scale values within +/-1 log2 di...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.11.005
更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Candida albicans is an increasingly important bloodstream pathogen. We investigated a cluster of bloodstream infections in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to determine whether nosocomial transmission occurred. Subjects included any patient in the NICU who developed clinically significant bloodstream infection ...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0732-8893(95)00048-f
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::At 24 h, sub-MIC doripenem and levofloxacin showed synergy against 21 of 25 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, sub-MIC doripenem and amikacin against 22 isolates, and sub-MIC doripenem and colistin against 19 isolates. Of 25 Acinetobacter baumannii strains, sub-MIC doripenem and levofloxacin showed synergy against 11 str...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.01.004
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) directly to blood culture broth has potential to identify bloodstream infection earlier and facilitate timely management. We prospectively tested a novel, rapid, and inexpensive in-house spin-lysis protocol...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.06.016
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe the isolation and cultural characteristics of a Gram-negative bacillus that is very similar to the presumed etiologic agent of cat scratch disease. The organism was isolated from a tibial lesion of a male patient who had been hospitalized for severe necrotizing pancreatitis. The significance of the isolate...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0732-8893(91)90009-5
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The species distribution and drug susceptibilities of 1106 Candida isolates collected in Taiwan Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance of Yeasts (TSARY) in 2014 were determined. Candida albicans is still the dominant species, accounting for 35.9%, followed by 28.3% C. glabrata, 26.6% C. tropicalis, 5.2% C. parapsilo...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.09.009
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The present multicentric (n = 11 laboratories) study aimed to identify conversion factors from copies/mL to international units (IU)/mL for the normalization of HCMV DNA load using the first WHO International Standard for HCMV nucleic acid amplification techniques and to enhance interlaboratory agreement of HCMV DNA q...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.05.012
更新日期:2019-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.11.013
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of the study was to assess of the role of intraoperative cultures taken at the end of major heart surgery (MHS) in the prediction of postoperative mediastinitis (PM) in patients undergoing MHS over a 6-month period in a tertiary university hospital. Just before wound closure, a sample of the sternal border was...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.06.012
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The preparation of Salmonella O serogroup (A-I) polyvalent antiserum is laborious. In an alternate method, rabbit antiserum raised to cell surface proteins of Salmonella serotype typhi was compared with a commercial Salmonella polyvalent (A-I) antiserum; 51 Salmonella (A-E) and 16 strains of related organisms tested g...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0732-8893(93)90133-r
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A total of 152 strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae from diverse geographic areas in the United States and with different levels of penicillin resistance were tested against five broad-spectrum cephalosporins, ampicillin, piperacillin, ticarcillin, and three beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations. Also, the effect of hu...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0732-8893(96)00126-5
更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We aimed to explore the potential of matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for early identification of dominant Enterococcus faecium (Efm) clones involved in human infections. Well-characterized Efm isolates (n=77), analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and ...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.12.007
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A total of 244 CMY-2 plasmids from 5 separate studies involving Escherichia coli and Salmonella human clinical cases as well as E. coli from feedlots and water sources were examined. Genetically similar CMY-2 plasmids isolated from either E. coli or Salmonella from human, animal, and environmental sources are widely d...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.02.027
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aims of this prospective study were to examine the correlation between the molecular types and the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Clostridium difficile isolates with the source of acquisition and the occurrence of C. difficile infections (CDI) in a tertiary center in Israel. All available isolates from c...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.08.021
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::As new tests and technologies advance our understanding and diagnostic capabilities of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and the coronavirus disease 2019, they must be appropriately validated to make sure test performance is following manufacturer claims. In this study, we evaluated the Vazyme 2019-n...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115248
更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study evaluates matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) capability for the identification of difficult-to-identify microorganisms. A total of 150 bacterial isolates inconclusively identified with conventional phenotypic tests were further assessed by 16S rRNA se...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.01.021
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of cystic fibrosis (CF) isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is difficult because the organisms are often mucoid and slow-growing. This study of 498 CF strains examined the correlation of results derived from two commonly used commercial systems (Vitek, MicroScan-WalkAway) with a ref...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/s0732-8893(01)00234-6
更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Two strains of the newly proposed species "Mycobacterium genavense" have been isolated, using the radiometric system (Bactec, Becton Dickinson), from the blood of two HIV-infected patients. Disseminated infections due to the new organism closely resemble those of the Mycobacterium avium complex, with prevalently intes...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0732-8893(94)90127-9
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ten human sera were used to study different parameters, namely, methods of smear preparation and fixation, and age of infected HSB-2 cells in order to optimize indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and anticomplement immunofluorescence (ACIF) procedures to measure antibody levels against HHV-6. Results showed a grea...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0732-8893(92)90017-n
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::An enzymatic characterization of 16 strains of Aeromonas species including A. hydrophila (7), A. sobria (5), and A. caviae (4) was carried out using API Peptidase (strips numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6); API Esterase and API "Osidase" test strips. A total of 89 substrates was used in the assay and included 59 arylamide...
journal_title:Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0732-8893(88)90091-0
更新日期:1988-08-01 00:00:00