Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is significantly associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection and multidrug resistance in cases of tuberculous meningitis.

abstract：:A long-term outbreak of urinary tract-associated multiply resistant Providencia stuartii occurred in a large medical facility that included a 513-bed chronic care unit. The unique characteristics of this outbreak were that from within a single medical facility, P. stuartii with multiple serotypes, biotypes, and antibi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kocka FE,Srinivasan S,Mowjood M,Kantor HS

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfiltration has become a popular procedure for the concentration and enumeration of bacteria. We developed a rapid and sensitive method for the differentiation of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, utilizing a polycarbonate membrane filter, crystal violet, iodine, 95% ethanol, and 6% carbol fuchsin, that ca...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Romero S,Schell RF,Pennell DR

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis is one of the major causative agents of adult periodontitis. One of the features of this periodontal pathogen is its ability to attach to a variety of oral bacterial surfaces and to colonize subgingival dental plaque. We have shown that Streptococcus cristatus CC5A inhibits expression of fimA,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wang BY,Wu J,Lamont RJ,Lin X,Xie H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Yersinia to digest polypectate may be of some value in differentiating Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis from some of the other fermenting gram-negative bacilli, such as Enterobacter agglomerans, with which they can be confused. Pectolytic activity in Yersinia may also have some teleologic or ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： von Riesen VL

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody to equid herpesvirus 1, which mediates single radial hemolysis, is that responsible for neutralization. Hemagglutination inhibition antibody is not necessarily involved in neutralization or hemolysis. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Klingeborn B,Dinter Z

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivities of MRC-5 and mink lung (ML) cells in centrifugation culture were compared simultaneously for the detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) IE antigen (immediate-early antigen) from clinical specimens. Of 413 samples assayed, 51 (12%) were positive for CMV by both centrifugation and standard cell culture. At...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gleaves CA,Hursh DA,Meyers JD

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the KOH test, the antibiotic disk identification test, and the Gram stain reaction for the preliminary grouping of gram-positive and gram-negative anaerobes and have assessed the value of erythromycin 60-micrograms-disk resistance as a predictive index of clindamycin resistance among anaerobes. By te...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bourgault AM,Lamothe F

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-void urine (FVU) is the preferred specimen for the diagnosis of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in men. We have developed FirstBurst, a urine collection device that collects the first 4 to 5 ml of FVU and yields a specimen with a sixfold higher C. trachomatis organism load than the regular urine cup b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wisniewski CA,White JA,Michel CE,Mahilum-Tapay L,Magbanua JP,Nadala EC Jr,Barber PJ,Goh BT,Lee HH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular fatty acid compositions and ubiquinone contents of 182 Legionella strains representing 23 species were determined by capillary gas-liquid chromatography and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, respectively. Except for the type strain of Legionella erythra (ATCC 35303T), all Legionella sp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lambert MA,Moss CW

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a group of 596 delivering Ghanaian women, the sensitivities of peripheral blood thick film microscopy, ICT Malaria P.f/P.v test, and PCR in detecting microscopically confirmed placental Plasmodium falciparum infection were 42, 80, and 97%, respectively. In addition to the gross underestimation of placental malaria ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mockenhaupt FP,Ulmen U,von Gaertner C,Bedu-Addo G,Bienzle U

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two clones, CA4-2 and CA5-4, which produced agglutinating monoclonal immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies (MAbs) against mannan antigens of Candida albicans serotype A, were established. The specificity of each MAb was determined by slide agglutination tests for cross-reactivity patterns against the homologous and six ot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Miyakawa Y,Kagaya K,Fukazawa Y,Soe G

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important cause of community-acquired pneumonia. However, in this setting the diagnostic sensitivity of blood cultures is below 30%. Since during such infections changes in the amounts of S. pneumoniae may also occur in the upper respiratory tract, quantification of these bacteria in nas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Greiner O,Day PJ,Bosshard PP,Imeri F,Altwegg M,Nadal D

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of performing routine aerobic subcultures of both vented and unvented blood culture bottles has not been evaluated critically. We studied 4,954 pairs of blood culture bottles consisting of one vented biphasic tryptic soy broth bottle (Roche Diagnostics) and one unvented Thiol broth bottle (Difco Laboratories...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Westfall LM,Murray PR

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for its potential utility in the detection of antigen in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with tuberculous meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluids examined included those from untreated (group Ia) and treated (group Ib) Mycobacterium tuberculosis meningitis, nonse...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kadival GV,Mazarelo TB,Chaparas SD

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-reaction between Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and chlamydiae is described. A water-soluble, heat stable, non-dialyzable antigen was extracted from Acinetobacter species by boiling. This antigen fixed complement in the presence of homologous hyperimmune sera from rabbits or guinea pigs and in the presence of het...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brade H,Brunner H

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitologic confirmation of cutaneous leishmaniasis is obligatory before chemotherapy can be considered. Direct microscopic examination of scrapings taken from indurated borders of ulcers has been routinely used as primary method of diagnosis. In this report we compared the sensitivity of examination of dermal scrap...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ramírez JR,Agudelo S,Muskus C,Alzate JF,Berberich C,Barker D,Velez ID

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we designed an internally controlled quantitative nested real-time (QNRT) PCR assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in order to rapidly diagnose tuberculous meningitis. This technique combined the high sensitivity of nested PCR with the accurate quantification of real-time PCR. In this study, we attempt...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Takahashi T,Tamura M,Asami Y,Kitamura E,Saito K,Suzuki T,Takahashi SN,Matsumoto K,Sawada S,Yokoyama E,Takasu T

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the course of an OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae (OPE) outbreak that started in March 2012 in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Jerusalem, Israel. During the peak of the outbreak (January to August 2012), there were 49 patients who had proven or suspected acquisition of OPE in the NICU,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Adler A,Solter E,Masarwa S,Miller-Roll T,Abu-Libdeh B,Khammash H,Najem K,Dekadek S,Stein-Zamir C,Nubani N,Kunbar A,Assous MV,Carmeli Y,Schwaber MJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections exhibit similar clinical symptoms; however, the therapies for these two types of infections are different. Therefore, the rapid and accurate identification of M. tuberculosis and NTM species is very important for the control of tuber...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xiao G,He X,Zhang S,Liu Y,Liang Z,Liu H,Zhang J,Ou M,Cai S,Lai W,Zhang T,Ren L,Zhang G

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-acquired bloodstream infections cause substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide, but microbiology capacity and surveillance limitations have challenged good descriptions of pathogen distribution in many regions, including Southeast Asia. Active surveillance for bloodstream infections has been conducted i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jorakate P,Higdon M,Kaewpan A,Makprasert S,Yuenprakhon S,Tawisaid K,Dejsirilert S,Whistler T,Baggett HC

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of amikacin in serum were determined in 106 serum specimens by a latex agglutination inhibition card test and by radioimmunoassay (RIA). Linear regression analysis demonstrated a high degree of correlation between the two assays (latex = 0.95 (RIA) + 0.69; r = 0.97). Assay of three control sera containing 7.5, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Khabbaz RF,Standiford HC,Bernstein D,Nipper HC,Tatem BA,Smalls U,Drusano GL,Caplan E

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the antibody response in women with postpartum fever from whom Ureaplasma urealyticum had been isolated from the bloodstream. Acute- and convalescent-phase sera were tested for immunoglobulin G to the polypeptides of five serovars (1, 2, 3, 4, and 8), representing the two genomic clusters of U. urealyt...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee GY,Kenny GE

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of genetic and antigenic variation found in a population of human parainfluenza virus type 1 (HPIV-1) during a single local epidemic was investigated. Fifteen HPIV-1 strains isolated from children in 1991 were analyzed. Nucleotide sequence variation in the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein (HN) gene demon...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Henrickson KJ,Savatski LL

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) gene carriage were compared among suspected community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA (CA-MRSA) and health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) isolates. CA-MRSA isolates carried the SCCmec type IV complex...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moroney SM,Heller LC,Arbuckle J,Talavera M,Widen RH

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and accurate method to identify the species and antibiotic resistance of Candida spp. in blood is vital to increase the survival rates of patients with bloodstream infections. However, the extremely low levels of Candida spp. in blood make rapid diagnosis by standard blood culture difficult. In this study, we ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chen XL,Zheng H,Li WG,Zhong YH,Chen XP,Lu JX

更新日期：2020-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The mumps virus is a negative-strand RNA virus in the family Paramyxoviridae. Mumps infection results in an acute illness with symptoms including fever, headache, and myalgia, followed by swelling of the salivary glands. Complications of mumps can include meningitis, deafness, pancreatitis, orchitis, and first-trimest...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boddicker JD,Rota PA,Kreman T,Wangeman A,Lowe L,Hummel KB,Thompson R,Bellini WJ,Pentella M,Desjardin LE

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of supplementing nutrient substrate with various combinations of concentrations of oleic and linoleic acids on the growth of 11 strains of Staphylococcus aureus was assessed. Whereas increasing the concentration of linoleic acid by itself greatly diminished the growth of all 11 strains, concomitant increase...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Campbell IM,Crozier DN,Pawagi AB,Buivids IA

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated 41,200 people were newly infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 2016 in the United States. Screening tests for antibodies to HCV may generate up to 32% false positivity in low-risk populations. Current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) screening recommendations do not require confirmatory...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kodani M,Martin M,de Castro VL,Drobeniuc J,Kamili S

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of a gp41 assay, created using reagents designed for use with the OpenGene DNA Sequencing System, was evaluated using a panel of plasma samples obtained from enfuvirtide-naive and -experienced human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected subjects. Resulting sequence data were highly accurate compared t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marcial M,Lu J,Deeks SG,Ziermann R,Kuritzkes DR

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with bone marrow cultures yielding Mycobacterium avium complex were encountered at the Mount Sinai Hospital between 1969 and 1976. One additional isolate of the same mycobacterial species was recovered from splenic cyst fluid of a seventh patient. Because none of the patients had illnesses apparently due ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kozinn WP,Damsker B,Bottone EJ

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00