Production of monoclonal antibodies to Tropheryma whipplei and identification of recognized epitopes by two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry.

abstract：:We report the first case of spontaneous intrapartum Atopobium vaginae bacteremia identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The bacterium was misidentified by RapID ANA II, API Rapid ID 32A, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). The likely source of bacteremia wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chan JF,Lau SK,Curreem SO,To KK,Leung SS,Cheng VC,Yuen KY,Woo PC

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 3-year period, all Pasteurella strains recovered at the Clinical Microbiological Laboratory, Lund, Sweden, were studied biochemically with respect to their relationship to the recently described taxa of this genus. Of 159 strains recovered from 146 infected humans, 95 were identified as Pasteurella multocida ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Holst E,Rollof J,Larsson L,Nielsen JP

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old patient developed severe shock due to administration of a Yersinia enterocolitica-contaminated red blood cell concentrate. Y. enterocolitica (serotype O:9, biotype II) was cultivated from the residual blood in the blood bag and from a stool sample of the blood donor. In the donor's plasma immunoglobulin ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Strobel E,Heesemann J,Mayer G,Peters J,Müller-Weihrich S,Emmerling P

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For broth microdilution susceptibility tests of Francisella tularensis, Mueller-Hinton broth with 2% Isovitalex is recommended. Using that medium, we studied three standard control strains tested with nine antimicrobial agents potentially efficacious for treating tularemia. An eight-laboratory collaborative study gene...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown SD,Krisher K,Traczewski MM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the genetic and the antigenic variability within the env gene of peripheral blood human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 (HIV-1) group O populations during the natural course of a female heterosexual infection. Our data revealed the existence of a significant increase in amino acid sequence variability ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Andréoletti L,Réveil B,Moret H,Brodard V,Philbert F,Tabary T,Cohen JH

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of coinfection of Campylobacter species in dogs was determined using four isolation methods. In 26% of the positive-testing stools, multiple Campylobacter species were identified. The use of multiple isolation methods as well as the time lapse between sampling and processing are important for detection ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koene MG,Houwers DJ,Dijkstra JR,Duim B,Wagenaar JA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated two commercial F1 antigen capture-based immunochromatographic dipsticks, Yersinia Pestis (F1) Smart II and Plague BioThreat Alert test strips, in detecting plague bacilli by using whole-blood samples from mice experimentally infected with Yersinia pestis CO92. To assess the specificities of these dipstick...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sha J,Endsley JJ,Kirtley ML,Foltz SM,Huante MB,Erova TE,Kozlova EV,Popov VL,Yeager LA,Zudina IV,Motin VL,Peterson JW,DeBord KL,Chopra AK

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis presents an increasing clinical problem in immunocompetent young children. A slowly growing, nonphotochromogenic mycobacterium was recovered twice (isolates 2553/91 and 2554/91) from the lymphatic tissue of a child with recurrent cervical lymphadenitis. It could be differenti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Haas WH,Butler WR,Kirschner P,Plikaytis BB,Coyle MB,Amthor B,Steigerwalt AG,Brenner DJ,Salfinger M,Crawford JT,Böttger EC,Bremer HJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peripheral blood lymphocytes from 48 heparinized blood specimens from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody-positive individuals were divided into two aliquots. One aliquot was reconstituted in one of the following five media. Medium 1 consisted of tryptose broth with 0.5% gelatin; medium 2 consisted of RPMI...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gallo D,Kimpton JS,Johnson PJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae type e biotype 4 was isolated from a single antemortem blood culture obtained from a 60-year-old, white male with abdominal carcinomatosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cawthern TH,Marraro RV,McCleskey FK

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 8% of Rift Valley fever (RVF) cases develop severe disease, leading to hemorrhage, hepatitis, and/or encephalitis and resulting in up to 50% of deaths. A major obstacle in the management of RVF and other viral hemorrhagic fever cases in outbreaks that occur in rural settings is the inability to rapidly i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Njenga MK,Paweska J,Wanjala R,Rao CY,Weiner M,Omballa V,Luman ET,Mutonga D,Sharif S,Panning M,Drosten C,Feikin DR,Breiman RF

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae is a newly recognized organism associated with respiratory tract infections. Asymptomatic infection with C. pneumoniae, although it has been suggested to occur, has not been previously documented. We describe two asymptomatic individuals infected with this organism; these infections demonstrate th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hyman CL,Augenbraun MH,Roblin PM,Schachter J,Hammerschlag MR

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization was assessed using combined nose and groin swabs in two commercial PCR assays (the Xpert MRSA assay and the BD GeneOhm MRSA assay). Compared to routine culture, both had similar sensitivities (87.0% versus 84.8%, respectively) and speci...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kelley PG,Grabsch EA,Howden BP,Gao W,Grayson ML

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiological agents of diarrhea in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), were studied in the period from October 1996 to August 1997. A total of 880 patients with diarrhea visiting medical facilities were examined for Shigella, Salmonella, diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, vibrio, Aeromonas, Campylob...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yamashiro T,Nakasone N,Higa N,Iwanaga M,Insisiengmay S,Phounane T,Munnalath K,Sithivong N,Sisavath L,Phanthauamath B,Chomlasak K,Sisulath P,Vongsanith P

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five serological assays were evaluated for the diagnosis of brucellosis in goats: the rose bengal test (RBT), complement fixation test (CFT), radial immunodiffusion (RID) with Brucella and Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 polysaccharides, counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIEP) with cytosol, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent ass...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Díaz-Aparicio E,Marín C,Alonso-Urmeneta B,Aragón V,Pérez-Ortiz S,Pardo M,Blasco JM,Díaz R,Moriyón I

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivities of BHK-21 (C-13) and murine neuroblastoma (C-1300; clone NA) cells for the isolation of small quantities of a street strain rabies virus were compared. Suspensions of brain from mice sacrificed prior to the onset of clinical signs of rabies were used to stimulate weakly positive diagnostic specimens....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rudd RJ,Trimarchi CV

更新日期：1987-08-01 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

abstract：:Established in-house quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays to detect the Mycoplasma genitalium adhesion protein (MgPa) and the 16S rRNA gene were found to be comparable for screening purposes, with a kappa value of 0.97 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.94 to 1.01) and no difference in bacterial load quantified (P = 0.4399). ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Twin J,Taylor N,Garland SM,Hocking JS,Walker J,Bradshaw CS,Fairley CK,Tabrizi SN

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genotyping study of 285 Hybrid Capture 2 low-risk probe cocktail-positive specimens showed cross-reactivity with several untargeted human papillomavirus genotypes. Cross-reactivity was often clinically beneficial due to the detection of untargeted low-risk genotypes. A total of 8.4% of positive results, usually weak...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poljak M,Kocjan BJ,Kovanda A,Lunar MM,Lepej SZ,Planinic A,Seme K,Vince A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is associated with a broad spectrum of disease. While quantification of EBV nucleic acid in the peripheral blood has been demonstrated to be useful for diagnosis and patient care, the optimal sample type and reporting format for such testing remain uncertain. Using quantitative real-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hakim H,Gibson C,Pan J,Srivastava K,Gu Z,Bankowski MJ,Hayden RT

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic gains of repeat testing for Clostridium difficile by enzyme immunoassay and PCR (i.e., initial negative result followed by positive result) within a 7-day period were 1.9 and 1.7%, respectively. There is little value of repeat testing for C. difficile by enzyme immunoassay or PCR. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aichinger E,Schleck CD,Harmsen WS,Nyre LM,Patel R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether rinsing with oral antiseptics before sputum collection would reduce contamination of mycobacterial cultures, 120 patients with suspected tuberculosis were randomly assigned to rinse with chlorhexidine or cetylpyridinium mouthwash before collection. The culture contamination rate was significantly low...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peres RL,Palaci M,Loureiro RB,Dietze R,Johnson JL,Golub JE,Ruffino-Netto A,Maciel EL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of class A serine-carbapenemases among species of Enterobacteriaceae remains a challenging issue. Methods of identification for routine use in clinical microbiology laboratories have not been standardized to date. We developed a novel screening methodology suitable for countries with high basal levels of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pasteran F,Mendez T,Guerriero L,Rapoport M,Corso A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial transmission of Neisseria meningitidis has only rarely been reported. Here, we present a significant spatiotemporal association of two cases of invasive meningococcal disease identified by retrospective cluster analysis with the program SaTScan. The most likely epidemiological link was simultaneous hospital...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Elias J,Health Office in the Rural District Office Wartburgkreis.,Claus H,Frosch M,Vogel U

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a real-time PCR assay to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with ciprofloxacin resistance in specimens submitted for nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT). All three single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) targets produced high sensitivity and specificity values. The presence of ≥2 SNPs wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peterson SW,Martin I,Demczuk W,Bharat A,Hoang L,Wylie J,Allen V,Lefebvre B,Tyrrell G,Horsman G,Haldane D,Garceau R,Wong T,Mulvey MR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 28 unrelated isolates of the Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar dublin (S. dublin) collected during a 6-year period, as well as four samples of the S. dublin live vaccine strain Bovisaloral and its prototype strain S. dublin 442/039, were investigated by different molecular typing methods for the f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liebisch B,Schwarz S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of the Etest for voriconazole and for itraconazole susceptibility testing of 376 isolates of Aspergillus spp. was assessed in comparison with the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) proposed standard microdilution broth method. The NCCLS method employed RPMI 1640 broth medium, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller JB,Messer SA,Hollis RJ,Diekema DJ,Pfaller MA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae serotype O1 organisms that do not produce cholera toxin and, in fact, lack the genetic material encoding the enterotoxin have recently been detected in coastal regions of the United States. Although these organisms have been assumed to be nonpathogenic, they have been considered a potential reservoir o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnston JM,McFarland LM,Bradford HB,Caraway CT

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica is an intestinal parasite causing significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. More tools are needed to understand the epidemiology and molecular pathogenesis of amebiasis. A cDNA library was constructed by using poly(A)+ RNA isolated from an axenic strain of E. histolytica, HM1:IMSS, which exp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Burch DJ,Li E,Reed S,Jackson TF,Stanley SL Jr

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The API 20S system (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) and the AutoMicrobic Gram-Positive Identification system (GPI; Vitek Systems, Hazelwood, Mo.) were evaluated for their capacity to identify the non-beta-hemolytic streptococci and aerococci to the species level. The 20S system identified 86% (six of seven strains...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Facklam R,Bosley GS,Rhoden D,Franklin AR,Weaver N,Schulman R

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00