Diagnosis of human metapneumovirus infection in immunosuppressed lung transplant recipients and children evaluated for pertussis.

abstract：:Since their first detection in 1988, penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates have rapidly spread in Iceland to account for close to 20% of all pneumococcal disease in that country by 1993. The major component (70%) of the resistant pneumococci identified from 1989 to 1992 was the progeny of a single mul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vilhelmsson SE,Tomasz A,Kristinsson KG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tularemia is the zoonotic disease caused by the gram-negative coccobacillus Francisella tularensis. Its wide distribution in the environment poses a challenge for understanding the transmission, ecology, and epidemiology of the disease. F. tularensis is also considered a potential biological weapon due to its extreme ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Versage JL,Severin DD,Chu MC,Petersen JM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-licensed human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-1/2 immunoassays, including five enzyme immunoassays and one rapid test, were challenged with up to 250 serum samples collected from various global sites. The serum samples were from individuals known to be infected wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koch WH,Sullivan PS,Roberts C,Francis K,Downing R,Mastro TD,Nkengasong J,Hu D,Masciotra S,Schable C,Lal RB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparative susceptibilities for rhinovirus isolation were determined for strain MRC-5 human embryonic lung fibroblast and human fetal tonsil cells. Samples from nasopharyngeal and throat swab clinical specimens were inoculated onto duplicate monolayers of each cell type. Of 105 rhinovirus-positive specimens, 78 (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Geist FC,Hayden FG

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the use of two reference procedures, an indirect hemagglutination assay and a complement fixation test, the presence or absence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibody was determined for 221 human sera. Ninety-nine sera (44.8%) were found to contain CMV antibody. The remaining 122 sera (55.2%) lacked detectable CMV antib...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cheeseman SH,Doern GV,Ferriani RA,Keville MW,McGraw BR,Stewart JA

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fully automated antifungal susceptibility test system recently updated to reflect the new species-specific clinical breakpoints (CBPs) of fluconazole for Candida (Vitek 2 AF03 yeast susceptibility test; bioMérieux, Inc., Durham, NC) was compared in three different laboratories with the Clinical and Laboratory Standa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Diekema DJ,Procop GW,Wiederhold NP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 100 strains of enterococci, 83% reduced litmus milk within 4 h. None of the 100 non-enterococcal streptococci tested were positive. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schierl EA,Blazevic DJ

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterogeneity and the increasing clinical importance of the Enterobacter cloacae complex have often been discussed. However, little is known about molecular factors causing pathogenicity within this nomenspecies. Here, we analyzed the genetic differences between an avirulent plant isolate and a pathogenic strain c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kremer AN,Hoffmann H

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a nonfatal case of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) caused by a Streptococcus pyogenes emm118 strain encoding a novel variant of streptococcal mitogenic exotoxin Z (SMEZ-34). This variant was responsible for the major mitogenic activity in the cell culture supernatant. Patient sera showed seroconver...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yang L,Thomas M,Woodhouse A,Martin D,Fraser JD,Proft T

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need to evaluate antiviral treatment response and the emergence of resistance have made the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral load assay a major feature of the diagnostic monitoring of HIV-infected individuals. The objective of this study was to evaluate the utility of the recently In Vitro Diagnostic Medic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Oliver AR,Pereira SF,Clark DA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six separate human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients with cryptococcal meningitis were each found to have been infected with a unique strain of Cryptococcus neoformans on the basis of genomic DNA finger-printing analysis with the microsatellite sequence-containing oligonucleotide probe (GGAT)4 and by random amp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sullivan D,Haynes K,Moran G,Shanley D,Coleman D

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Abbott RealTime MTB (RT MTB) assay is a new automated nucleic acid amplification test for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in clinical specimens. In combination with the RealTime MTB INH/RIF (RT MTB INH/RIF) resistance assay, which can be applied to RT MTB-positive specimens as an add-on ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hofmann-Thiel S,Molodtsov N,Antonenka U,Hoffmann H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiological implications of the recent separation of "Entamoeba histolytica" into two separate species, pathogenic E. histolytica sensu stricto and commensal E. dispar, will not become apparent without methods of distinguishing between them which are applicable to large numbers of specimens. We have modified a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Britten D,Wilson SM,McNerney R,Moody AH,Chiodini PL,Ackers JP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic variation within a bacterial clone (known as Shigella sonnei but in effect a clone of Escherichia coli) was examined by studying 46 clinical isolates that were epidemiologically unassociated and isolated from patients in different countries over a period of 41 years (1950 to 1991). Restriction fragment len...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Karaolis DK,Lan R,Reeves PR

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among nine patients with bacteremia caused by Granulicatella or Gemella in a 6-year period (July 1995 to June 2001), three had bacteremia caused by erythromycin-resistant Granulicatella adiacens and one had bacteremia caused by erythromycin-resistant Gemella haemolysans. All four isolates possessed mef genes, whereas ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Woo PC,To AP,Lau SK,Fung AM,Yuen KY

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori strains display remarkable genetic diversity, and the presence of strains bearing the toxigenic vacA s1 allele, a complete cag pathogenicity island (PAI), cagA alleles containing multiple EPIYA phosphorylation sites, and expressing the BabA adhesin correlates with development of gastroduodenal dise...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Talarico S,Gold BD,Fero J,Thompson DT,Guarner J,Czinn S,Salama NR

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time PCR is dependent upon a calibration function for quantification. While long-term storage of standards saves cost and time, solutions of DNA are prone to degradation. We present here the benchmark treatment for preservation of DNA standards, involving storage in 50% glycerol-double-distilled water, whereby a ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Röder B,Frühwirth K,Vogl C,Wagner M,Rossmanith P

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RD2 region of the internalization-associated gene prtF1, which encodes the fibronectin-binding repeat domain type 2 of protein F1, plays a crucial role in the entry of group A streptococci (GAS) into epithelial cells. A molecular study of the variability of the RD2 region was carried out with 77 independent Italia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Spinaci C,Magi G,Zampaloni C,Vitali LA,Paoletti C,Catania MR,Prenna M,Ferrante L,Ripa S,Varaldo PE,Facinelli B

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival of anaerobic and aerobic bacteria in a commercially available, non-supportive, gassed (oxygen-free) transport container (Anaport) was evaluated quantitatively. Saline-suspended obligate anaerobes survived significantly better in the gassed container in aerobic control tubes (P less than 0.025, t test), and co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chow AW,Cunningham PJ,Guze LB

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood specimens collected from adult patients with suspected sepsis in four medical centers were inoculated into BACTEC Plus/F and BacT/Alert FAN aerobic culture bottles. Both bottles of 7,401 bottle pairs contained the prescribed blood volume of 8 to 12 ml. Bottles were incubated in their respective instruments for a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jorgensen JH,Mirrett S,McDonald LC,Murray PR,Weinstein MP,Fune J,Trippy CW,Masterson M,Reller LB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Escherichia coli isolated from a child with diarrhea was biochemically similar and antigenically identical (O and K antigens) to the standard strain of E. coli O group 29 and was positive in the Serény test for invasiveness, which suggests that it can cause a Shigella-like illness. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toledo MR,Reis MH,Almeida RG,Trabulsi LR

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old man sustained a crush injury to the tibia, which subsequently became infected with Saksenaea vasiformis. He was treated with debridement and a free myocutaneous flap, but amputation was necessary because of mycotic osteomyelitis. S. vasiformis was recovered and identified on the basis of its characterist...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pierce PF,Wood MB,Roberts GD,Fitzgerald RH Jr,Robertson C,Edson RS

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic tests for respiratory viral infections have traditionally been performed on nasopharyngeal swabs or washings. Reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) is rapid, sensitive, and specific for viral infection diagnosis but is rarely applied to sputum samples. Thus, we evaluated the diagnostic yield of RT-PCR for dete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Falsey AR,Formica MA,Walsh EE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:INTRODUCTIONSyndromic panels were first FDA cleared for detection of respiratory pathogens in 2008. Since then, other panels have been approved by the FDA, and most recently, the FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis panel (BioFire, Salt Lake City, UT) has become available. This assay detects 14 targets within 1 h and inc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dien Bard J,Alby K

更新日期：2018-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodophor and alcohol pledgets were compared with the Medi-Flex Prep Kit II for skin disinfection before venipuncture. Of 12,367 blood cultures collected, 6,362 were done with conventional pledgets and 6, 005 were done with Medi-Flex kits. Contamination occurred in 351 of 6,362 blood cultures (5.5%; range, 3.7 to 8.1%)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wilson ML,Weinstein MP,Mirrett S,Reimer LG,Fernando C,Meredith FT,Reller LB

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen metabolically deficient dwarf-colony mutants of Escherichia coli were isolated from urine culture and represented about 2% of all E. coli isolated during the same period. In 14 cases, mutants were isolated from debilitated patients: elderly persons or patients in the terminal stages of a chronic disease. In 15...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Borderon E,Horodniceanu T

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection and quantitation of human immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgG, and IgA antibodies against Yersinia enterocolitica is described. Formalinized or heat-treated bacteria were adsorbed onto specially designed microcuvettes, and antibodies were allowed to attach to the antigen-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Granfors K

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of bacteremia, meningitis, pneumonia, sinusitis, and acute otitis media in children. Although optochin susceptibility, bile solubility, and Quellung testing are the standards for identifying and differentiating pneumococci, there are several reports of nontypeable pneumococci ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ing J,Mason EO,Kaplan SL,Lamberth LB,Revell PA,Luna RA,Hulten KG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The G and P types of 2,912 rotavirus-positive fecal specimens collected from eight geographical areas of the United Kingdom between 1995 and 1998 were determined by reverse transcription-PCR. Although 15 different G-P combinations were identified, G1P[8], G2P[4], G3P[8], and G4P[8] strains constituted 95% of all the r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Iturriza-Gómara M,Green J,Brown DW,Ramsay M,Desselberger U,Gray JJ

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initially, multilocus enzyme electrophoresis was used to examine genetic relationships among 63 isolates of Mycobacterium bovis and 13 other members of the M. tuberculosis complex. The isolates were divided into five electrophoretic types, with a mean genetic diversity of 0.1. The strains were genetically homogenous, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Feizabadi MM,Robertson ID,Cousins DV,Hampson DJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00