Noroviruses as a cause of traveler's diarrhea among students from the United States visiting Mexico.

abstract：:We enrolled 22 patients with gas-forming pyogenic liver abscess in a study to assess the mechanism of gas formation. Klebsiella pneumoniae was cultured from specimens from all patients. Gas and pus samples from abscesses revealed four major components: nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen; this implicates mi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee HL,Lee HC,Guo HR,Ko WC,Chen KW

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHROMagar Yersinia (CAY) is a new chromogenic medium for the presumptive detection of virulent Yersinia enterocolitica in stools. Based on a comparative analysis of 1,494 consecutive stools from hospitalized patients, CAY was found to be just as sensitive as the reference medium (cefsulodin-irgasan-novobiocin agar) bu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Renaud N,Lecci L,Courcol RJ,Simonet M,Gaillot O

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of optimal compositions of blood culture media has called for extensive and laborious work in comparative studies of large series of clincal specimens. Bacterial growth is accompanied by heat production, and calorimetry provides an analytical tool for its detection and quantification. A twin microcalorimete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ripa KT,Mårdh PA,Hovelius B,Ljungholm K

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement fixation (CF) test is the current reference serologic test for the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. However, it is reported to be insensitive and nonspecific, and it is labor intensive. To determine if a faster and more sensitive diagnosis of M. pneumoniae could be obtained, we examined 50 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thacker WL,Talkington DF

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 221 isolates of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in Japan were characterized in the present study. The results revealed that clonal serovar Typhimurium definitive phage type 104 strains prevailed and that these strains had drug resistance patterns, integron types, and pulsed-field...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Izumiya H,Terajima J,Matsushita S,Tamura K,Watanabe H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in sheep was established. The assay was used in a seroepidemiological survey in which serum samples from 327 Norwegian rams were screened for antibodies to B. burgdorferi. These rams were randomly chosen, clinically healthy animals from all pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fridriksdóttir V,Nesse LL,Gudding R

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococci and enterococci were identified by two L-pyrrolidonyl-beta-naphthylamide (PYR) hydrolysis tests. One uses Minitek PYR disks (BBL Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.); the other uses a swab impregnated with PYR reagent. Both tests and Strep-A-Chek (EY Laboratories, San Mateo, Calif.), a commerc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wellstood SA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is known to be a major cause of peptic ulceration. The jhp0562 gene, encoding a glycosyltransferase involved in the synthesis of the lipopolysaccharide, was associated with peptic ulcer disease (PUD) in children. The beta-(1,3)-galactosyltransferase [beta-(1,3)GalT] gene (jhp0563), involved in Lewi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Oleastro M,Santos A,Cordeiro R,Nunes B,Mégraud F,Ménard A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A PCR test based on insertion sequence IS1081 was developed to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms in the peripheral blood. The method was applied to blood samples from immunocompetent individuals with localized pulmonary tuberculosis. Seven of 16 (43.75%) blood samples were found to be positive for th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ahmed N,Mohanty AK,Mukhopadhyay U,Batish VK,Grover S

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive bacterium commonly found in health care and long-term-care facilities and is the most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Rapid detection of this bacterium can assist physicians in implementing contact precautions and appropriate antibiotic therapy in a timely manne...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beck ET,Buchan BW,Riebe KM,Alkins BR,Pancholi P,Granato PA,Ledeboer NA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young immunocompetent patient was admitted for a febrile illness with malaise, arthralgias, painful leg swelling, and polyserositis. Shortly prior to becoming ill, the patient had traveled to the Northern African desert. The symptoms disappeared during treatment with antibiotics (doxycycline and ceftriaxone) but rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Iten A,Graf S,Egger M,Täuber M,Graf J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A premarket trial of the Becton Dickinson Directigen respiratory syncytial virus membrane-based enzyme immunoassay compared the test with virus isolation for the detection of respiratory syncytial virus in 583 nasopharyngeal aspirates. After modification, the Directigen test showed a sensitivity of 83% and a specifici...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kok T,Barancek K,Burrell CJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) variant B is frequently identified in peripheral blood, but identification of HHV-6 variant A is relatively rare. We devised a PCR-based method for sensitive, simultaneous detection of both HHV-6 variants. The method was applied to 34 lung tissue specimens that were previously shown to cont...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cone RW,Huang ML,Hackman RC,Corey L

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is now routinely performed in clinical microbiology laboratories to assess isolate relatedness. With appropriately developed analytics, the same data can be used for prediction of antimicrobial susceptibility. We assessed WGS data for identification using open-source tools and antibiotic ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ferreira I,Beisken S,Lueftinger L,Weinmaier T,Klein M,Bacher J,Patel R,von Haeseler A,Posch AE

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The accessory gene regulator (agr) is a central system that controls the expression of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors. In this study, the distribution of agr alleles, defined by agr restriction fragment length polymorphism within agr interference groups, among S. aureus isolates from bovine and human origin w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gilot P,van Leeuwen W

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses (NVs) are important human pathogens that cause acute gastroenteritis. Genetically related animal enteric NVs have also been described, but there is no evidence of interspecies transmission of NVs. In this study we characterized antibody prevalence among domestic pigs by using recombinant capsid antigens of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farkas T,Nakajima S,Sugieda M,Deng X,Zhong W,Jiang X

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For recovery of brucellae from clinical specimens, a lysis-concentration procedure was superior to the procedure of Castañeda (M. R. Castañeda, Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 64:114-115, 1947). ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Etemadi H,Raissadat A,Pickett MJ,Zafari Y,Vahedifar P

更新日期：1984-09-01 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：:Monoclonal antibodies to K88ac and K88ab were used in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays on Escherichia coli cultures known to produce K88 pili. A total of 415 K88-positive E. coli isolates from nine states were all found to be the K88ac variant. The cultures tested were isolated during the years 1976 to 1985. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Westerman RB,Mills KW,Phillips RM,Fortner GW,Greenwood JM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leifsonia aquatica is an aquatic bacterium that is typically found in environmental water habitats. Infections due to L. aquatica are rare and commonly catheter associated in immunocompromised patients. We report the first case of an acute septicemia caused by L. aquatica in a healthy immunocompetent host after cryope...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Han L,Lei JE,Wang X,Guo LT,Kang QY,He L,Xu JR

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:Reagent-impregnated filter paper replica methods are described which can be used to detect all penicillinase (beta-lactamase)-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae (PPNG) colonies in an entire population of Neisseria gonorrhoeae growing on primary isolation plates. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bae BH,Ledesma G,Korzis J

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three commercial chromogenic agar media were evaluated for Streptococcus agalactiae screening in 200 vaginal swabs from pregnant women. The sensitivity and specificity were 94.3% and 100% for Granada medium (bioMérieux), 100% and 90.3% for Brilliance GBS medium (Thermo Fisher Scientific), and 100% and 98.8% for ChromI...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Verhoeven PO,Noyel P,Bonneau J,Carricajo A,Fonsale N,Ros A,Pozzetto B,Grattard F

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium amycolatum has not been reported as a cause of human infections up to now, but usually the bacterium is misidentified in clinical specimens as Corynebacterium xerosis. We report the first case of neonatal sepsis due to Corynebacterium amycolatum with a fatal outcome in a premature infant. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Berner R,Pelz K,Wilhelm C,Funke A,Leititis JU,Brandis M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective observational study of bacteremic patients we ascertained the influence of different parts of culture results on the correctness of empirical antibiotic therapy. Ninety-three bacteremic patients requiring antibiotic treatment were included. Patients who had consultations with an infectious disease con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kerremans JJ,Verbrugh HA,Vos MC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis was diagnosed in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient by a newly developed method in which bacterial DNA is amplified directly from sputum Gram-stained slides. The validation of the method is described along with an additional new PCR-based assay that can distinguish between B. pertussi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vielemeyer O,Crouch JY,Edberg SC,Howe JG

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria to survive on cotton swabs placed into a dry gassed-out CO2-filled tube (DGT), dry sterile aerobic tube (DAT), and a tube containing a modified Stuarts' transport medium (MST), was assessed. Pseudomonas aeruginosa increased in numbers by 2 and 3 logs when stored in MST a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yrios JW,Balish E,Helstad A,Field C,Inhorn S

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) was used to better characterize the genotypic relatedness among medically important Candida species. By using short oligomer primers (10-mers) with arbitrarily chosen sequences in the polymerase chain reaction, distinctive and reproducible sets of polymerase chain reaction produ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lehmann PF,Lin D,Lasker BA

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using sequence analysis of Shiga toxin 1 (Stx 1) genes from human and ovine Stx-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains, we identified an Stx1 variant in STEC of human origin that was identical to the Stx1 variant from ovine STEC, but demonstrated only 97.1 and 96.6% amino acid sequence identity in its A and B su...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang W,Bielaszewska M,Kuczius T,Karch H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolphthalein diphosphate was incorporated into a primary blood agar medium for use in performing quantitative urine cultures. Phosphatase-negative staphylococci, such as Staphylococcus saprophyticus, were differentiated from phosphatase-positive species, such as Staphylococcus epidermidis, by spot testing colonies ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pickett DA,Welch DF

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00