Differentiation of species combined into the Burkholderia cepacia complex and related taxa on the basis of their fatty acid patterns.

abstract：:This collaborative three-center study evaluated NCCLS M38-A document testing conditions and other testing conditions for the antifungal susceptibility testing of 35 isolates of Aspergillus nidulans, A. terreus, Bipolaris hawaiiensis, B. spicifera, Cladophialophora bantiana, Dactylaria constricta, Fusarium solani, Paec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Espinel-Ingroff A,Chaturvedi V,Fothergill A,Rinaldi MG

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four human coronaviruses (HCoV-229E, HCoV-HKU1, HCoV-NL63, and HCoV-OC43) are associated with a range of respiratory outcomes, including bronchiolitis and pneumonia. Their epidemiologies and clinical characteristics are poorly described and are often reliant on case reports. To address these problems, we conducted a l...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gaunt ER,Hardie A,Claas EC,Simmonds P,Templeton KE

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection and genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis were optimized by using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis performed directly with crude cells of cervical scrapes. Different PCR pretreatment methods were evaluated on samples which were positive for C. trach...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lan J,Walboomers JM,Roosendaal R,van Doornum GJ,MacLaren DM,Meijer CJ,van den Brule AJ

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The arylsulfatase isozymes of Mycobacterium fortuitum, M. peregrinum, M. chelonei subsp. chelonei, and M. chelonei subsp. abscessus were examined to determine the isozymal and immunological relationship among the members of the M. fortuitum complex. Cell extracts were subjected to electrophoresis on agarose and polyac...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Binko BP,Bartholomew WR

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of calves with bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) results in transient immunosuppression that may lead to bacterium-induced pneumonia and, occasionally, death. Although sensory neurons in the trigeminal ganglia (TG) are the primary site of BHV-1 latency, viral genomes are detected in the tonsils of latently infect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Perez S,Inman M,Doster A,Jones C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 3-year period, "Campylobacter upsaliensis" was isolated from 99 patients. Phenotypic characterization and numerical analysis of protein electrophoregrams showed evidence that "C. upsaliensis" is a distinct Campylobacter species with unique characteristics. The MBCs of 13 antibiotics were determined. In genera...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Goossens H,Pot B,Vlaes L,Van den Borre C,Van den Abbeele R,Van Naelten C,Levy J,Cogniau H,Marbehant P,Verhoef J

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：:Data are limited for the performance of enzyme immunoassays for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in conjunctival and nasopharyngeal specimens from infants. The only available data are for one assay, Chlamydiazyme (Abbott Diagnostics). The purpose of this study was to compare a new enzyme immunoassay, Pathfinder ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hammerschlag MR,Roblin PM,Gelling M,Worku M

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tick-borne rickettsia Cowdria ruminantium has been propagated continuously for over 500 days in the Ixodes scapularis tick cell line IDE8 by using the Gardel isolate from bovine endothelial cells as an inoculum. Infection of the tick cells was confirmed by PCR, karyotyping, electron microscopy, and reinfection of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bell-Sakyi L,Paxton EA,Munderloh UG,Sumption KJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex of bacteria. This species was originally identified as a pathogen of small rodents and shrews and was associated with limited diversity and a much reduced spoligotype pattern. More recently, specific deletions of chromosomal DNA have been show...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith NH,Crawshaw T,Parry J,Birtles RJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropheryma whipplei is the causative agent of classic Whipple's disease (WD) and other clinical entities, such as localized infection. Asymptomatic carriers have also been reported, mainly based on the testing of fecal samples. Our objective was to undertake a retrospective analysis of molecular biology usage for the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Edouard S,Fenollar F,Raoult D

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:Culture of autologous CD4 lymphocytes from peripheral blood mononuclear cells compared favorably with two other methods for the measurement of cell-associated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). For subjects with undetectable HIV-1 RNA levels in plasma, there was a 10,000-fold range of cell-associated virus d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tremblay CL,Giguel F,Merrill DP,Wong JT,Rosenberg E,Kalams S,Walker BD,D'Aquila RT,Hirsch MS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased prevalence and the severity of oropharyngeal candidiasis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients are attributed exclusively to the virus-induced immune deficiency of the host. The present study was aimed at answering the question of whether Candida albicans secretory proteinase, a putativ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ollert MW,Wende C,Görlich M,McMullan-Vogel CG,Borg-von Zepelin M,Vogel CW,Korting HC

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of Leishmania infantum-specific antibodies and asymptomatic infection was assessed in a randomized sample of 526 healthy adults from a continental area of northwestern Italy where L. infantum is not endemic and where autochthonous cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) were recently reported. L. infantum-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Biglino A,Bolla C,Concialdi E,Trisciuoglio A,Romano A,Ferroglio E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five strains of an unknown, multidrug-resistant coryneform, gram-positive rod were isolated from blood, bronchial aspirate, and abscess specimens. Four of the five strains isolated were highly resistant to antimicrobial agents, including beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, macrolides, quinolones, and tetracyclines, except ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Otsuka Y,Kawamura Y,Koyama T,Iihara H,Ohkusu K,Ezaki T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our point-prevalence survey followed an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a long-term care facility and identified five MRSA strains, of which two possessed an outbreak genotype not encountered previously and three had another profile. All of them possessed SCCmec type V. Six methicilli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kerttula AM,Lyytikäinen O,Vuopio-Varkila J,Ibrahem S,Agthe N,Broas M,Jägerroos H,Virolainen A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 12,321 stool samples analyzed over a 6-year interval, 870 (7.1%) were positive for a total of 1,019 parasites, of which 1,011 (99.2%) were found in trichrome-stained smears of unconcentrated specimens while only 479 (47.0%) were detected in iodine-stained smears of concentrated samples. Stool specimens were next an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kellogg JA,Elder CJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza viruses have been shown to decrease the ability of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) to respond to a variety of stimuli. This study was done to determine if viral neuraminidase was responsible for decreased PMN function. Treatment of human PMN with purified neuraminidases from influenza virus, Vibrio choler...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Abramson JS,Wiegand GL,Lyles DS

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 6-month study we critically evaluated the accuracy of the AutoMicrobic system Gram-Negative Identification Card (Vitek Systems, Inc., Hazelwood, Mo.) in identifying glucose-nonfermenting gram-negative bacilli by testing 419 selected isolates in parallel with a conventional reference method. Of 356 isolates in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Plorde JJ,Gates JA,Carlson LG,Tenover FC

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An atypical toxin variant of Clostridium botulinum (strain 657) was isolated from the feces of a 6-week-old female infant whose symptoms and clinical history were consistent with infant botulism. Toxin detected in the feces and the toxin produced by isolates from the feces and from two rectal swabs could be neutralize...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hatheway CL,McCroskey LM,Lombard GL,Dowell VR Jr

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilator-associated pneumonia is frequently diagnosed with quantitative cultures of samples obtained by bronchoscopic techniques, a method associated with high costs and potential adverse effects. Quantitative cultures of endotracheal aspirates are easier and cheaper to obtain, and good correlations between the resu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bergmans DC,Bonten MJ,De Leeuw PW,Stobberingh EE

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae generally cannot be treated with penicillins and cephalosporins. However, some later-generation cephalosporins, including cefepime, are poorly hydrolyzed by specific ESBL enzymes, and certain strains demonstrate in vitro susceptibility to these agent...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith KP,Brennan-Krohn T,Weir S,Kirby JE

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the presence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in 81 normal and pathological specimens obtained from postmortem brain tissues of patients with multiple sclerosis and with other neurological or nonneurological diseases. The assays used included PCR amplification of all DNA samples in the initial study. Culture an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hammerschlag MR,Ke Z,Lu F,Roblin P,Boman J,Kalman B

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis is associated with the development of periodontitis. Here we describe the development of a highly specific protease-based diagnostic method for the detection of P. gingivalis in gingival crevicular fluid. Screening of a proteolytic peptide substrate library, including fluorogenic dipeptides th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaman WE,Galassi F,de Soet JJ,Bizzarro S,Loos BG,Veerman EC,van Belkum A,Hays JP,Bikker FJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Many commercially available media for cultivation of mycobacteria have failed to support the growth of these organisms. This is especially true of media prepared with albumin-containing enrichments. Earlier, we developed a method for rapid identification of good albumin enrichments for agar-based media used to test th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Butler WR,Warren NG,Kubica GP,Kilburn JO

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex PCR assay for the identification of human diarrheagenic Escherichia coli was developed. The targets selected for each category were eae for enteropathogenic E. coli, stx for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, elt and est for enterotoxigenic E. coli, ipaH for enteroinvasive E. coli, and aggR for enteroaggregati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toma C,Lu Y,Higa N,Nakasone N,Chinen I,Baschkier A,Rivas M,Iwanaga M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect and double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay techniques were compared for serotyping 42 herpes simplex virus isolates. Both procedures gave similar results, which were in complete agreement with those obtained by inhibition of the indirect hemagglutination test. The indirect technique proved...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gerna G,Battaglia M,Revello MG,Gerna MT

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An isolate of Proteus mirabilis recovered from blood cultures of a diabetic patient was shown to be resistant to imipenem, meropenem, and ertapenem by disk diffusion susceptibility testing. Amplification of whole-cell and/or plasmid DNA recovered from the isolate with primers specific for the bla(KPC) carbapenemase ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tibbetts R,Frye JG,Marschall J,Warren D,Dunne W

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00