Multitarget PCR for diagnosis of pertussis and its clinical implications.

abstract：:The API STAPH-IDENT system was compared with conventional methods for the identification of 14 Staphylococcus species. Conventional methods included the Kloos and Schleifer simplified scheme and DNA-DNA hybridization. The API STAPH-IDENT strip utilizes a battery of 10 miniaturized biochemical tests, including alkaline...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kloos WE,Wolfshohl JF

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method was used to classify bovine serum as positive, negative, or doubtful for antibodies to Brucella abortus. Spectrophotometric data from assays of 64 serologically positive and 32 serologically negative bovine sera were analyzed statistically to define the range of spectrophoto...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Heck FC,Williams JD,Pruett J

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type strains of six Campylobacter species or subspecies were examined in eight tests used for the identification of such organisms. False-positive results were obtained in certain tests (growth on 1% bile, brilliant green, selenite, trimethylamine-N-oxide, 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride, and minimal media) w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： On SL,Holmes B

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current article summarizes recent changes in nomenclature for fungi of medical importance published in the years 2018 to 2019, including new species and revised names for existing ones. Many of the revised names have been widely adopted without further discussion. However, those that concern common pathogens of hu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Borman AM,Johnson EM

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 522 patients with Propionibacterium acnes bacteremia (PAB), 18 (3.5%) had clinically significant PAB. Of these 18 patients, 10 (55.6%) had hospital-acquired bacteremia and 6 (33.3%) had undergone invasive procedures before development of PAB. One patient with a ventricular septal defect presented with infective end...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park HJ,Na S,Park SY,Moon SM,Cho OH,Park KH,Chong YP,Kim SH,Lee SO,Kim YS,Woo JH,Kim MN,Choi SH

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:A human astrovirus (HAstV) strain from Kenya was characterized by nucleotide sequence analysis. Sequences from open reading frame 1a (ORF1a) clustered with genotype 6/7, those from ORF1b clustered with genotype 3, and those from ORF2 clustered with genotype 2. A recombination point in the ORF1b-ORF2 junction was ident...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wolfaardt M,Kiulia NM,Mwenda JM,Taylor MB

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive and reproducible enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is described for the detection of immunoglobulin M and antibodies with specifity for human cytomegalovirus (CMV) early (CMV-EA) and late (CMV-LA) antigens. The emphasis is on the production of high-quality CMV antigens, CMV-EA and CMV-LA separately...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Middeldorp JM,Jongsma J,ter Haar A,Schirm J,The TH

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the accuracy and utility of the Eiken Systek No. 1 (Eiken system; Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), we conducted a clinical comparison, with 345 Enterobacteriaceae isolates, of the Eiken System with API 20E (Analytab Products, Inc., Plainview, N.Y.) and conventional methods. The Eiken system is a 21...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Castillo CB,Bruckner DA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the introduction of antiviral compounds such as lamivudine and famciclovir in the treatment schedules of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the accumulation of a variety of mutations in the HBV polymerase gene has been observed. The selection of these mutations is generally considered the c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stuyver L,Van Geyt C,De Gendt S,Van Reybroeck G,Zoulim F,Leroux-Roels G,Rossau R

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 180 healthy cats found that 15.6% were feline leukemia virus (FeLV) positive, 8.3% were feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) positive, and 1.1% were FIV and FeLV positive, which corresponded to 30.4, 13.8, and 2.6, of 115 cats with FIV- and FeLV-related symptoms, respectively. Differences were seen in the se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arjona A,Escolar E,Soto I,Barquero N,Martin D,Gomez-Lucia E

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-antibody (sandwich) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was adapted to detect Rift Valley fever virus antigen. Antibodies were purified from hyperimmune mouse and rabbit sera by affinity chromatography, using CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B coupled to a beta-propiolactone-inactivated sucrose-acetone-extract...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Niklasson B,Grandien M,Peters CJ,Gargan TP 2nd

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infected aneurysms caused by Yersinia are very uncommon and are principally due to Yersinia enterocolitica. We describe the first case of an infected aneurysm caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in an elderly patient with a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hadou T,Elfarra M,Alauzet C,Guinet F,Lozniewski A,Lion C

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of bacterins, vaccines, and antisera retained greater than 90% of their original level of mercurial preservative after lyophilization, and this might influence certain uses of these products. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pemberton JR

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:JC polyomavirus (JCV) is the causative agent of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a central nervous system infection that mainly affects AIDS patients. The extensive application of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is leading to the appearance of "long-term" survival PML patients. A reliable...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： García de Viedma D,Alonso R,Miralles P,Berenguer J,Rodriguez-Créixems M,Bouza E

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：:A total of 800 colonies suggestive of Salmonella, Shigella, or Yersinia species isolated on stool differential agar media were inoculated onto both conventional biochemical test media (triple sugar iron agar, urea agar, and phenylalanine agar) and Entero Pathogen Screen cards of the AutoMicrobic system (Vitek Systems,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Villasante PA,Agulla A,Merino FJ,Pérez T,Ladrón de Guevara C,Velasco AC

更新日期：1987-03-01 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

abstract：:The bacterial genus Gordona includes seven species of mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes which are cultured from environmental sources and rarely from clinical samples. They have been implicated in primary pulmonary diseases, nosocomial wound infections, and central nervous system infections in two immunocompromise...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Drancourt M,Pelletier J,Cherif AA,Raoult D

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing diversity among influenza H5N1 viruses has resulted in the need for sensitive and specific diagnostic assays, fully validated for the detection of H5 viruses belonging to all hemagglutinin (HA) clades, particularly the recently circulating H5N1 viruses of clade 2. In this report, the development and validat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ellis JS,Smith JW,Braham S,Lock M,Barlow K,Zambon MC

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We validated a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of anti-CagA antibodies in Brazilian patients with Helicobacter pylori infection. The test presented high sensitivity (97.4%) and specificity (88.9%) when employed in patients without gastric carcinoma. However, in gastric carcinoma patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rocha AM,Rocha GA,Santos A,de Oliveira CA,Queiroz DM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four serotypes of Cryptococcus neoformans designated A, B, C, and D are currently recognized. Although an agglutination test is most often used to serotype C. neoformans in cultures, this test is not appropriate for typing the fungus in fixed tissues. A study to prepare fluorescent-antibody reagents for typing C. neof...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaplan W,Bragg SL,Crane S,Ahearn DG

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently tested serum from a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient for the presence of cryptococcal antigen using the Meridian latex agglutination (LA) test (Cryptococcal Antigen Latex Agglutination System). Two pronase-treated serum specimens from the patient had LA titers of 80 and 160, but the patient ha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Whittier S,Hopfer RL,Gilligan P

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolution of the direct repeat region in Mycobacterium tuberculosis has created unique spoligotype signatures specifically associated with IS6110-defined strain families. Spoligotyping signatures may enable the analysis of the strain population structure in different settings and will enable the rapid identification o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Streicher EM,Victor TC,van der Spuy G,Sola C,Rastogi N,van Helden PD,Warren RM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Asia, bla(KPC) detection has been limited to East Asia and not yet seen in Southeast Asia. We report four bla(KPC-2)-containing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from two different hospitals in Singapore. All isolates belonged to strain type 11 (ST11) and were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFG...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Balm MN,Ngan G,Jureen R,Lin RT,Teo J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subgroup J avian leukosis virus (ALV-J) is an avian retrovirus that causes severe economic losses in the poultry industry. The early identification and removal of virus-shedding birds are important to reduce the spread of congenital and contact infections. In this study, a TaqMan-based real-time PCR method for the rap...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qin L,Gao Y,Ni W,Sun M,Wang Y,Yin C,Qi X,Gao H,Wang X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular types of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex that infect dogs and cats differ regionally and with host species. Antifungal drug susceptibility can vary with molecular type, but the susceptibility of Cryptococcus isolates from dogs and cats is largely unknown. Cryptococcus isolates...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Singer LM,Meyer W,Firacative C,Thompson GR 3rd,Samitz E,Sykes JE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a stress test, the recently introduced RapID CB Plus system (Remel Inc. [formerly Innovative Diagnostic Systems], Norcross, Ga.) was challenged with a diverse set of gram-positive rods comprising 345 strains of coryneform bacteria and 33 strains of Listeria spp. representing a total of 49 different taxa. Overall, w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Funke G,Peters K,Aravena-Roman M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenic cross-reactive characteristics of herpes B virus and herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 are responsible for false-positive diagnoses by serological assays in humans and macaques. In the present study, we developed a fluorometric indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fujima A,Ochiai Y,Saito A,Omori Y,Noda A,Kazuyama Y,Shoji H,Tanabayashi K,Ueda F,Yoshikawa Y,Hondo R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three forms of DNA-based typing procedures for Aspergillus fumigatus isolates have been developed over the last five years. The procedures are random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD), restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) detection, and Southern hybridizations with various repetitive sequence-based pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anderson MJ,Gull K,Denning DW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00