Abdominal aortic aneurysm infected by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

abstract：:Levels of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the blood serve as an important marker in monitoring the disease progression and treatment efficacy of chronic HBV infection. Several commercial assays are available for accurate measurement of HBV genomic DNA, but many of them are hampered by relatively low sensitivity and lim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sum SS,Wong DK,Yuen MF,Yuan HJ,Yu J,Lai CL,Ho D,Zhang L

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard repetitive extragenic palindromic (REP)-PCR, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-PCR, and Salmonella enteritidis repetitive element-PCR methods for bacterial strain typing were performed with DNA extracted by boiling members of each of the currently recognized species of human viridans group strep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alam S,Brailsford SR,Whiley RA,Beighton D

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:The QuadFERM+ system (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.), a 2-h carbohydrate degradation method for the identification of Neisseria spp., was evaluated along with a rapid DNase test for confirmation of Branhamella catarrhalis. QuadFERM+ identified 100% of 82 N. gonorrhoeae and 96% of 54 N. meningitidis strains. The t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Janda WM,Zigler KL,Bradna JJ

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes infections are among the most common sexually transmitted diseases and are the most common cause of genital ulcer disease in the United States. This study addresses the changing distribution of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 in patients presenting for evaluation of herpetic infections. Viral cult...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ribes JA,Steele AD,Seabolt JP,Baker DJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From June to October of 2002, a cluster of Escherichia coli isolates producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) was detected in Stockholm. The isolates were grouped into two clones, one of which had already circulated in the same area before the outbreak. CTX-M-type ESBLs and coresistance to ciprofloxacin wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fang H,Lundberg C,Olsson-Liljequist B,Hedin G,Lindbäck E,Rosenberg A,Struwe J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to cervical cancer, integration of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA into the host genome has been considered a rare event in cancer precursor lesions (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN]). With our new real-time PCR method, we demonstrated that integrated HPV type 16 (HPV16) is already present in CIN le...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peitsaro P,Johansson B,Syrjänen S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsiae are gram-negative, obligate intracellular bacteria which have historically been divided into three groups: the typhus group, the scrub typhus group, and the spotted fever group (SFG). Recently, several new SFG rickettsiae have been characterized, and most of these species are associated with ticks and have...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xu W,Raoult D

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broad-range amplification of bacterial DNA from clinical specimens has proved useful for the diagnosis of various bacterial infections, especially during antimicrobial treatment of the patient. Optimal sample processing protocols for diagnostic broad-range bacterial PCR should release DNA from an array of target organ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rantakokko-Jalava K,Jalava J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All but 2 of 63 Mycobacterium avium isolates from distinct geographic areas of Italy exhibited markedly polymorphic, multibanded IS1245 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns; 2 isolates showed the low-number banding pattern typical of bird isolates. By computer analysis, 41 distinct IS1245 patterns ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lari N,Cavallini M,Rindi L,Iona E,Fattorini L,Garzelli C

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of rapid-cycle PCR combined with colorimetric microwell hybridization for detecting Bordetella pertussis was investigated. Rapid cycling was performed with an air thermocycler (model 1605; Idaho Technology, Idaho Falls, Idaho). Although the instrument was originally designed to be used with capillary tubes, an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Buck GE

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we reported that the patterns of antibodies to Helicobacter pylori protein antigens in serum may be useful for screening patients at high risk for ulcers (P. Aucher et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. 36:931-936, 1998). Here we report the identification, by a combination of electrophoretic, immunochemical, and prote...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Atanassov C,Pezennec L,d'Alayer J,Grollier G,Picard B,Fauchère JL

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Used peritoneal dialysis fluid was collected from patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, and its pH and composition were assessed after incubation in either air or air with 5% CO2. Precipitation of calcium, magnesium, phosphate, and proteins occurred in the dialysis fluid incubated in air at 37...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wilcox MH,Smith DG,Evans JA,Denyer SP,Finch RG,Williams P

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-frequency switching and strain variability at the site of infection was assessed in 11 patients with acute Candida albicans vaginitis. By cloning cells directly from the site of infection, it was demonstrated that 4 of the 11 isolates contained multiple-switch phenotypes at the site of infection and that 9 of the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Soll DR,Langtimm CJ,McDowell J,Hicks J,Galask R

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new T-cell-based reporter cell lines were established to measure human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infectivity. One cell line naturally expresses CD4 and CXCR4, making it susceptible to X4-tropic viruses, and the other cell line, in which a CCR5 expression vector was introduced, is susceptible to both X4...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chiba-Mizutani T,Miura H,Matsuda M,Matsuda Z,Yokomaku Y,Miyauchi K,Nishizawa M,Yamamoto N,Sugiura W

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Etest is a new concept for MIC determinations for antimicrobial agents that is based on a predefined antibiotic gradient on a plastic strip calibrated with a continuous logarithmic MIC scale covering 15 twofold dilutions. Etest was compared with a reference agar dilution method for susceptibility testing of clinical i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hoffner SE,Klintz L,Olsson-Liljequist B,Bolmström A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction fragment length polymorphism and hybridization of DNA extracted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacteria, and nonmycobacterial species with a probe derived from IS6110 confirmed that IS6110 was specific to M. tuberculosis complex. In addition, DNA amplification with IS6110-specific prim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Githui WA,Wilson SM,Drobniewski FA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two brands of thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose agar and Monsur taurocholate tellurite gelatin (TTG) agar were compared with two newly developed media, sucrose tellurite teepol agar and Vibrio parahaemolyticus agar for isolation and identification of Vibrio cholerae. The thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Morris GK,Merson MH,Huq I,Kibrya AK,Black R

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although two phenotypes of the opportunistic pathogen Propionibacterium acnes (types I and II) have been described, epidemiological investigations of their roles in different infections have not been widely reported. Using immunofluorescence microscopy with monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) QUBPa1 and QUBPa2, specific for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McDowell A,Valanne S,Ramage G,Tunney MM,Glenn JV,McLorinan GC,Bhatia A,Maisonneuve JF,Lodes M,Persing DH,Patrick S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing salmonella isolates, Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, were analyzed. Both isolates produced the CTX-M-3 ESBL; however, their bla(CTX-M-3) genes were located on different plasmids. The serovar Typhimurium isolate a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baraniak A,Sadowy E,Hryniewicz W,Gniadkowski M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome has been devastating the swine industry since the late 1980s. The disease has been controlled, to some extent, through the use of modified live-attenuated (MLV) vaccines once available. However, such a practice periodically resulted in isolation or detection of vaccine-lik...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Key KF,Guenette DK,Yoon KJ,Halbur PG,Toth TE,Meng XJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard broth microdilution (with and without bovine serum albumin [BSA] supplementation), tube dilution, and agar dilution susceptibility tests were compared for determining ramoplanin MICs. With a data base of 246 clinical isolates of gram-positive bacteria from 33 U.S. sites, it was shown that (i) agar and tube di...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kenny MT,Brackman MA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter species are emerging nosocomial pathogens. As with most multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens, the polymyxins are often the only therapeutic option. In this study involving clinical isolates of E. cloacae and E. aerogenes, susceptibility testing methods with polymyxin B were ana...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Landman D,Salamera J,Quale J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies on the detection of bovine serum immunoglobulin G antibodies to bluetongue virus with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, an immunodiffusion method, and a serum neutralization assay demonstrated complete concordance between the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and the serum neutralization assay ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poli G,Stott J,Liu YS,Manning JS

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A urease-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed for the detection of reagin antibodies in serum. Visuwell Reagin (ADI Diagnostics Inc., Rexdale, Ontario, Canada) is a non-treponemal screening test for the serodiagnosis of syphilis which has the benefits of large batch testing, automatabilit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： White TJ,Fuller SA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococci) in nine Alaskan communities and used an algorithm combining microbiologic, serologic, and sequential multiplex PCR (MP-PCR) techniques to serotype the isolates. After microbiological identification as pneumococci, isolates (n = 1,135) were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Miernyk K,Debyle C,Harker-Jones M,Hummel KB,Hennessy T,Wenger J,Rudolph K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes a method for amplifying DNA in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans by using short, synthetic oligonucleotides of random sequence as primers in the polymerase chain reaction. Genomic DNA from each of 20 human isolates of A. actinomycetemcomitans was successfully amplified in a thermal cycle...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Preus HR,Haraszthy VI,Zambon JJ,Genco RJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic composition and antibiotic sensitivities of 50 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus obtained from various clinics in the Republic of Georgia were characterized. S. aureus strains ATCC 700699 and ATCC 29737 were included as reference standards in all analyses. All 52 strains had identical 16S rRNA pro...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Revazishvili T,Bakanidze L,Gomelauri T,Zhgenti E,Chanturia G,Kekelidze M,Rajanna C,Kreger A,Sulakvelidze A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven isolates of Aeromonas species from human stool cultures were found to produce enterotoxin activity as determined by assay of culture filtrates in rabbit intestinal loops and rabbit skin and on adrenal Y1 cells. Hemolysin(s) and a cytotoxic protein were found to interfere in all three assay systems but could be ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ljungh A,Popoff M,Wadstrom T

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is the causative agent of Johne's disease (JD) in cattle and may be associated with Crohn's disease (CD) in humans. It is the slowest growing of the cultivable mycobacteria, and culture from clinical, veterinary, food, or environmental specimens can take 4 months or even lon...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Imirzalioglu C,Dahmen H,Hain T,Billion A,Kuenne C,Chakraborty T,Domann E

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00