Development of a nested qualitative real-time PCR assay to detect Aspergillus species DNA in clinical specimens.

abstract：:While testing the in vitro activities of 14 antimicrobial agents against 107 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and 250 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates collected in The Netherlands, we found to our surprise that 19 (7.6%) MRSA isolates were suspected of having reduced susceptibilities...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Van Griethuysen A,Van 't Veen A,Buiting A,Walsh T,Kluytmans J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commercially available diagnostic tests for syphilis are mostly based on the use of extracted antigens of Treponema pallidum. Pronounced cross-reactivities with other spirochete antigens are often reported. The aim of this study was to validate a novel multiparametric assay (the assay performed with the kit) INNO-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ebel A,Vanneste L,Cardinaels M,Sablon E,Samson I,De Bosschere K,Hulstaert F,Zrein M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotaviruses were detected by counterimmunoelectro-osmophoresis in the feces of 16 (13.8%) of 116 infants and young children with gastroenteritis during a 5-month period (September 1979 through January 1980) in Ife, Nigeria. The rate of rotavirus detection varied inversely with relative humidity and was highest in Dece...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Paul MO,Erinle EA

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of cure of Trypanosoma cruzi infection by antibody seroconversion usually involves several years of follow-up. Parasitological negativity is useless for cure assessment, since even untreated patients mostly show negative results; conversely, positive tests are of great value because they indicate treatment ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Galvão LM,Chiari E,Macedo AM,Luquetti AO,Silva SA,Andrade AL

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 4,409 stool specimens from infants less than 5 years of age seeking treatment for diarrhea in Matlab, Bangladesh, were tested for the presence of adenoviruses by using an enzyme immunoassay (EIA). EIA-positive stool samples were serotyped with monoclonal antibodies specific for adenovirus type 40 (Ad40) and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jarecki-Khan K,Tzipori SR,Unicomb LE

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapidly fatal case of pulmonary tularemia in a 43-year-old man who was transferred to a tertiary care facility is presented. The microbiology laboratory and autopsy services were not notified of the clinical suspicion of tularemia by the service caring for the patient. Despite having a laboratory bioterrorism proced...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shapiro DS,Schwartz DR

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we describe the assembly of a synthetic gene coding for several antigenic determinants found in different Leishmania infantum antigens. Selected epitopes were derived from the ribosomal proteins LiP2a, LiP2b, and LiP0 and from the histone H2A. The resulting gene was overexpressed in Escherichia coli eith...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Soto M,Requena JM,Quijada L,Alonso C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrolysis of esculin in the presence of bile has been utilized for many years for the identification of bacteria. It is especially useful in differentiating species of the genus Streptococcus. The procedure is a two-step one. First, the bacterium must grow in a particular concentration of bile, and second, it mus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Edberg SC,Trepeta RW,Kontnick CM,Torres AR

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A selective agar medium for isolation of virulent Yersinia enterocolitica (VYE agar) was developed for the rapid and accurate isolation of virulent Y. enterocolitica from environmental samples highly contaminated with environmental Yersinia organisms, as well as for isolation from clinical specimens. VYE agar provided...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of an rRNA-derived oligonucleotide probe for Neisseria gonorrhoeae was tested with 187 N. gonorrhoeae isolates, 81 Neisseria meningitidis isolates, and several strains of other bacterial species. The probe proved to be 100% specific and 100% sensitive. N. gonorrhoeae cells could also be reliably identi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rossau R,Duhamel M,Van Dyck E,Piot P,Van Heuverswyn H

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A normalized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the determination of immunoglobulin G antibodies to cytomegalovirus is described. The rapid assay involves three 30-min incubations and permits the quantitation of antibody levels with a single-specimen dilution in conjunction with a reference antibody preparation. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kiefer DJ,Phelps DA,Halbert SP

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probable transmission of an extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli strain (sequence type ST131) between a father and daughter was documented. The father developed severe, recurrent pyelonephritis with multiple small abscesses; the daughter later developed septic shock, bacteremia, and extensive em...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ender PT,Gajanana D,Johnston B,Clabots C,Tamarkin FJ,Johnson JR

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for measurement of Helicobacter pylori-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA in saliva was evaluated by comparison with histopathologic (Giemsa staining) and biochemical (urease quick test) examination of gastric biopsy specimens obtained from 112 children referr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Luzza F,Oderda G,Maletta M,Imeneo M,Mesuraca L,Chioboli E,Lerro P,Guandalini S,Pallone F

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HPV68a is not efficiently detected by PCR with the PGMY primers. Version 2 of the PGMY-CHUV assay (PGv2) was developed from version 1 (PGv1) to evaluate HPV68-discordant results with the Anyplex II HPV28 assay. We now report that PGv2 is significantly more sensitive than PGv1 for HPV68a and as sensitive and specific f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Estrade C,Sahli R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracking the spread of noroviruses during outbreaks of gastroenteritis is hampered by the lack of sequence diversity in those regions of the genome chosen for virus detection and characterization. Sequence analysis of regions of the genes encoding the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and the S domain of the capsid does no...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xerry J,Gallimore CI,Iturriza-Gómara M,Allen DJ,Gray JJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the abilities of API 20E and BBL Crystal E/NF identification systems to correctly identify human and animal source gram-negative bacilli of known identifications, as provided by the American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Md., and the Research Diagnostic and Investigative Laboratory, Columbia,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peele D,Bradfield J,Pryor W,Vore S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system cysticercosis is common in countries where Taenia solium occurs in pigs and the level of hygiene and sanitation is low. The clinical presentation may include epileptic seizures, focal neurological deficits, hydrocephalus, or aseptic meningitis. The disease is frequently seen in California reside...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mohammad IN,Heiner DC,Miller BL,Goldberg MA,Kagan IG

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for extracting poliovirus (PV) from stool extracts was developed. Magnetic nanoparticles sensitized with soluble PV receptor efficiently extracted PV pseudovirus (>99% extraction) or endogenous infectious PVs (>90% extraction) from stool extracts. This method would be useful for extraction of PV from crude bi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arita M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one reference strains and 88 clinical isolates of Aerococcus, Enterococcus, and Streptococcus species were tested for reactions in the Rapid Strep (RS) and modified conventional tests. We conclude that some but not all of the tests in the RS system could be used to substitute for conventional tests. RS tests fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fertally SS,Facklam R

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A checkerboard microdilution method, performed according to the recommendations of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, was used to study the in vitro interaction of terbinafine (TRB) with fluconazole (FLU), itraconazole (ITRA), voriconazole (VRC), and posaconazole (PSZ) in 24 isolates of Candida ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Perea S,Gonzalez G,Fothergill AW,Sutton DA,Rinaldi MG

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the results of Gram staining and culture of cerebrospinal fluid to results obtained with a rapid PCR assay for the diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis in 281 cases of suspected bacterial meningitis. PCR had a sensitivity of 97% compared to a sensitivity of 55% for culture, and the PCR specificity was 99....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Richardson DC,Louie L,Louie M,Simor AE

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous chylothorax is rare in adults. We present an unusual case that was complicated by Prevotella bivia empyema. Full recovery was achieved with chest tube drainage and prompt treatment with intravenous clindamycin. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Di Marco Berardino A,Inchingolo R,Smargiassi A,Re A,Torelli R,Fiori B,d'Inzeo T,Corbo GM,Valente S,Sanguinetti M,Spanu T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tick-borne ehrlichial pathogens of animals and humans require a mammalian reservoir of infection from which ticks acquire the organism for subsequent transmission. In the present study, we examined the strain structure of Anaplasma marginale, a genogroup II ehrlichial pathogen, in both an acute outbreak and in persist...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Palmer GH,Rurangirwa FR,McElwain TF

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We standardized and assessed the performance of an in-house microtiter assay for determining the susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates to isoniazid based on mycobacteriophage amplification technology. Seventy isolates (43 resistant and 27 sensitive according to the BACTEC 460 radiometric met...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Galí N,Domínguez J,Blanco S,Prat C,Alcaide F,Coll P,Ausina V

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal infection of the thyroid is rare. Most reported cases have involved Aspergillus, Coccidioides, and Candida species in the setting of disseminated disease. Infection of the thyroid with Histoplasma capsulatum is rarely reported as part of disseminated disease, even in geographic areas where histoplasmosis is end...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Goldani LZ,Klock C,Diehl A,Monteiro AC,Maia AL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-plex clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-based typing technique (spoligotyping) was recently developed at the French National Reference Center for Legionella. It allows the subtyping of the Legionella pneumophila sequence type 1/Paris pulsotype. In this report, we present the transfe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gomgnimbou MK,Ginevra C,Peron-Cane C,Versapuech M,Refrégier G,Jacotin N,Sola C,Jarraud S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid identification of pathogens from blood cultures can decrease lengths of stay and improve patient outcomes. We evaluated the accuracy of the Verigene Gram-positive blood culture (BC-GP) nucleic acid test for investigational use only (Nanosphere, Inc., Northbrook, IL) for the identification of Gram-positive bacter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wojewoda CM,Sercia L,Navas M,Tuohy M,Wilson D,Hall GS,Procop GW,Richter SS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence analysis of 58 multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains from Germany and 55 susceptible strains from a reference collection comprising major phylogenetic lineages confirmed that variations in Rv2629, 191A/C and 965C/T, are specific for genotypes Beijing and Ghana, respectively, but not i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Homolka S,Köser C,Archer J,Rüsch-Gerdes S,Niemann S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of fever, brain abscesses, and Gemella morbillorum bacteremia after anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) therapy in a 21-year-old acne inversa patient currently taking long-term dapsone. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing such a case. During antimicrobial therapy, t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vossen MG,Gattringer KB,Khalifeh N,Koreny M,Spertini V,Mallouhi A,Willeit M,Volc-Platzer B,Asboth F,Graninger W,Thalhammer F,Lagler H

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of 17 antifungal drugs against a panel of 20 dermatophytes comprising 6 different species were determined using a microdilution assay according to the NCCLS M38-P method with some modifications. Terbinafine was the most potent systemic drug while tolnaftate and amorolfine were the most active t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Favre B,Hofbauer B,Hildering KS,Ryder NS

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00