Widespread transfer of resistance genes between bacterial species in an intensive care unit: implications for hospital epidemiology.

abstract：:A sensitive detection system specific for Legionella pneumophila in water was developed. This system is based on amplification of a chromosomal DNA sequence from L. pneumophila by the polymerase chain reaction, followed by detection of the amplified product by hybridization of a radiolabeled oligodeoxynucleotide. Afte...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Starnbach MN,Falkow S,Tompkins LS

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis produces novel superantigenic toxins designated YPMa (Y. pseudotuberculosis-derived mitogen), YPMb, and YPMc and has a pathogenicity island termed HPI (high-pathogenicity island) and R-HPI (the right-hand part of the HPI with truncation in its left-hand part) on the chromosome. Analysis of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H,Matsuda Y,Seki R,Tsubokura M,Takeda N,Shubin FN,Paik IK,Zheng XB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tularemia is the zoonotic disease caused by the gram-negative coccobacillus Francisella tularensis. Its wide distribution in the environment poses a challenge for understanding the transmission, ecology, and epidemiology of the disease. F. tularensis is also considered a potential biological weapon due to its extreme ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Versage JL,Severin DD,Chu MC,Petersen JM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From November 2006 to April 2007, nine nonrepetitive isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae with reduced susceptibility or resistance to carbapenems were recovered from clinical specimens from separate patients hospitalized in a tertiary care hospital. The imipenem-EDTA synergy test was positive for all isolates. PCR, sequ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tokatlidou D,Tsivitanidou M,Pournaras S,Ikonomidis A,Tsakris A,Sofianou D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL) test was evaluated for rapid detection of gram-negative bacteriuria in an adult patient population. Time to gelation of a standard LAL preparation was used as a measure of significant (greater than 10(5) bacteria per ml) gram-negative bacteriuria, and the results of 190 LAL assays w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nachum R,Shanbrom E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulosimicrobium funkei is a rare, opportunistic pathogen. We describe a case of bacteremia and possibly prosthetic valve endocarditis by this organism in a nonimmunocompromised patient. Useful phenotypic tests for differentiating C. funkei from Cellulosimicrobium cellulans and Cellulosimicrobium terreum include mot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Petkar H,Li A,Bunce N,Duffy K,Malnick H,Shah JJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-four pharyngeal swab samples corresponding to 94 patients with suspected influenza virus infection were inoculated in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, the conventional cell system for the isolation of influenza virus, and in fibroblastic human embryo lung (MRC-5) cells, a cell system less commonly used f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de Oña M,Melón S,de la Iglesia P,Hidalgo F,Verdugo AF

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dot immunobinding assay was used to detect antibodies to measles virus, mumps virus, and rubella virus antigens. Filter paper soaked with serum or whole blood was directly applied to the antigen-coated nitrocellulose sheets. The test was easy to perform, and its results agreed very well with those obtained by standa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Condorelli F,Ziegler T

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey for carriers of Streptococcus pneumoniae among 573 children was undertaken. Throat and nasopharyngeal cultures from 303 children disclosed pneumococci in 89 (29.4%) nasopharyngeal swabs but in only 8 (2.6%) throat specimens. Carriers of pneumococci were detected with frequencies of 84.4 and 79.9% on aerobical...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Robins-Browne RM,Kharsany AB,Ramsaroop UG

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody specific for the gI glycoprotein of virulent pseudorabies virus was produced and used to affinity purify gI glycoprotein. The purified gI was used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that identified and differentiated field virus-exposed animals from animals vaccinated with gI-deleted...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mellencamp MW,Pfeiffer NE,Suiter BT,Harness JR,Beckenhauer WH

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To objectively assess the value of examining multiple sputum specimens in maximizing the sensitivity of detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we retrospectively reviewed the acid-fast bacillus smear and culture results of patients diagnosed with culture-proven pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) at Hennepin County Medical ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nelson SM,Deike MA,Cartwright CP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the most important causes of nosocomial infections worldwide. After the spread of strains resistant to beta-lactams at the end of the previous century, the diffusion of isolates resistant to carbapenems and colistin is now reducing treatment options and the con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Onori R,Gaiarsa S,Comandatore F,Pongolini S,Brisse S,Colombo A,Cassani G,Marone P,Grossi P,Minoja G,Bandi C,Sassera D,Toniolo A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1,835 Yersinia spp. were isolated from 925 (60.5%) of 1,530 wild mice and from 139 (79.9%) of 174 moles living in mountainous areas of eastern Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The Yersinia spp. included 1,106 Yersinia enterocolitica, 26 Y. enterocolitica-like, 176 Yersinia mollaretii, 149 Yersinia frederiksenii, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H,Gomyoda M,Kaneko S

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automated treponemal immunoassays are used for syphilis screening with the reverse-sequence algorithm; discordant results (e.g., enzyme immunoassay [EIA] reactive and reactive plasma reagin [RPR] nonreactive) are resolved with a second treponemal test. We conducted a study to determine automated immunoassay signal str...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fakile YF,Jost H,Hoover KW,Gustafson KJ,Novak-Weekley SM,Schapiro JM,Tran A,Chow JM,Park IU

更新日期：2017-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratia ficaria was isolated from sputum in a 62-year-old man and from tracheal aspiration fluid in a 62-year-old woman with acute respiratory distress. These strains are the second and third isolations of S. ficaria from human sources. The case reports are presented, together with the laboratory findings and the bio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brouillard JA,Hansen W,Compere A

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular types of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii species complex that infect dogs and cats differ regionally and with host species. Antifungal drug susceptibility can vary with molecular type, but the susceptibility of Cryptococcus isolates from dogs and cats is largely unknown. Cryptococcus isolates...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Singer LM,Meyer W,Firacative C,Thompson GR 3rd,Samitz E,Sykes JE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a stress test, the recently introduced RapID CB Plus system (Remel Inc. [formerly Innovative Diagnostic Systems], Norcross, Ga.) was challenged with a diverse set of gram-positive rods comprising 345 strains of coryneform bacteria and 33 strains of Listeria spp. representing a total of 49 different taxa. Overall, w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Funke G,Peters K,Aravena-Roman M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of a quick, simple, and inexpensive diagnostic test has limited the ability of public health officials to rapidly assess and control outbreaks of Giardia lamblia in child day-care centers. We evaluated the performance of a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Addiss DG,Mathews HM,Stewart JM,Wahlquist SP,Williams RM,Finton RJ,Spencer HC,Juranek DD

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single colonies of beta-hemolytic streptococci could be grouped by antibody-coated latex bead agglutination or coagglutination with staphylococci coated with antibody after incubation of the colonies with mutanolysin. This simple and quick procedure provided an enzymatic means of enhancing the sensitivity of tests suc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Calandra GB,Henson CL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni was isolated from the feces of 14.8% of a random sample of the healthy population of rural southern India. The rate of isolation was highest in preschool children. This finding emphasizes the need to identify markers of pathogenicity in strains of C. fetus subsp. jejuni, which so far ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rajan DP,Mathan VI

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an epidemiological study, nine isolates of dematiaceous fungi were recovered from the interior of a local feed and seed warehouse. Sample sites include brick walls and floors. Air samples also were included. Samples were collected in saline and plated on Mycobiotic and Sabouraud agar. The nine dematiaceous fungi re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Espinel-Ingroff A,Kerkering TM,Shadomy HJ

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A passive hemagglutination (PHA) assay for antibody to Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin is described which utilizes chromic chloride-treated ovine erythrocytes coated with purified toxin. PHA antitoxin titers correlated well with those obtained by a cytotoxicity neutralization assay (r = 0.91, P less than 0.001), where...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pollack M,Taylor NS

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal disease is normally suspected on clinical grounds and is confirmed by isolation of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria from blood or cerebrospinal fluid or, more recently, by serology or PCR of cerebrospinal fluid. Achieving confirmation of a clinical diagnosis of meningococcal disease has become more diffic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Newcombe J,Cartwright K,Palmer WH,McFadden J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many diseases with unknown etiology may be caused by unidentified viruses. Sequence-independent amplification revealed a new astrovirus, similar to VA1, in a 4-year-old male diagnosed with celiac disease. This expands the geographic range of this virus to include Europe and may associate astrovirus infection with the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smits SL,van Leeuwen M,van der Eijk AA,Fraaij PL,Escher JC,Simon JH,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first case of peritonitis caused by Roseomonas mucosa which led to technique failure in an adolescent patient with HIV receiving peritoneal dialysis. Identification of the causative organism by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenetic analysis is described. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boyd MA,Laurens MB,Fiorella PD,Mendley SR

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pluronic polyols markedly improved the growth of two human lymphocyte cell lines when added to the growth medium in concentrations of 0.05 to 0.1%. The results of the current studies suggest that, in addition to the protective effect of polyols against mechanical damage of mammalian cells in submerged cultures, the pl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mizrahi A

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical microbiological diagnosis of human brucellosis is time-consuming, hazardous, and subject to variable interpretation. Intact-cell matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was evaluated for the routine identification of Brucella spp. Analysis of mass peak patt...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Karger A,Melzer F,Timke M,Bettin B,Kostrzewa M,Nöckler K,Hohmann A,Tomaso H,Neubauer H,Al Dahouk S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercial multiplex PCR (hyplex SuperBug ID) was tested with a collection of 132 clinical Enterobacteriaceae strains producing different carbapenemases. The sensitivity for the detection of KPC-, VIM-, NDM-, and OXA-48-encoding genes was 100%, whereas two IMP variants were missed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaase M,Szabados F,Wassill L,Gatermann SG

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have identified thymidine excess in susceptibility test media as the cause of spurious resistance of various bacteria to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim. We document the phenomenon in Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi-A and demonstrate its occurrence in 3 of 17 (18%) lots of Mueller-Hinton agars ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Escamilla J,Kilpatrick ME,Ugarte HF

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roche Molecular Systems recently released two PCR-based assays, AMPLICOR and LINEAR ARRAY (LA), for the detection and genotyping, respectively, of human papillomaviruses (HPVs). The manual specimen processing method recommended for use with both assays, AmpliLute, can be time-consuming and labor-intensive and is open ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stevens MP,Rudland E,Garland SM,Tabrizi SN

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00