Sensitive and rapid detection of herpes simplex virus and varicella-zoster virus DNA by loop-mediated isothermal amplification.

abstract：:Potential causes of congenital infection include Toxoplasma gondii and viruses such as cytomegalovirus (CMV), enterovirus, hepatitis C virus, herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and -2), human herpesvirus types 6, 7, and 8, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, parvovirus, rubella virus, and varicella-zoster virus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McIver CJ,Jacques CF,Chow SS,Munro SC,Scott GM,Roberts JA,Craig ME,Rawlinson WD

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterobacteriaceae represent a diverse and medically important family of bacteria that are difficult to identify to the species level using the standard molecular method of 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Prior work has demonstrated the value of dnaJ gene sequence analysis in resolving different members of the family. Howev...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McLean K,Rosenthal CA,Sengupta D,Owens J,Cookson BT,Hoffman NG,Salipante SJ

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Although TT virus (TTV) was isolated from a cryptogenic posttransfusion hepatitis patient, its pathogenic role remains unclear. It has been reported that the majority of the healthy population is infected with TTV. To elucidate the differences between TTV infection in patients with liver diseases and TTV infection in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kato T,Mizokami M,Mukaide M,Orito E,Ohno T,Nakano T,Tanaka Y,Kato H,Sugauchi F,Ueda R,Hirashima N,Shimamatsu K,Kage M,Kojiro M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodococcus sputi caused tuberculosislike lymphadenitis of mesenteric lymph nodes in swine. This is the first study reporting that R. sputi can be a pathogen in swine. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tsukamura M,Komatsuzaki C,Sakai R,Kaneda K,Kudo T,Seino A

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA was performed on 133 strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi obtained from Papua New Guinea, with the objective of assessing the temporal variation of these strains. Fifty-two strains that were isolated in 1992 and 1994 were of one phage typ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thong KL,Goh YL,Yasin RM,Lau MG,Passey M,Winston G,Yoannes M,Pang T,Reeder JC

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first documented case of canine strangles due to infection with Streptococcus equi in a dog with enlarged lymph nodes. Genetic typing, via sequencing of 12 housekeeping genes and the SeM gene, demonstrated the isolate to be a member of a common equine strain type circulating in the United Kingdom. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ladlow J,Scase T,Waller A

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：:Rickettsial proteins rOmp A and rOmp B exist in both Rickettsia australis and Rickettsia honei but differ in molecular weight and antigenicity; in addition, they produce distinct immunogenic responses and appear to be to conformationally dependent antigens. Species-specific monoclonal antibodies for other spotted feve...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stenos J,Ross B,Feng HM,Crocquet-Valdes P,Walker D

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified oxidase reagent, 1% tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine in dimethyl sulfoxide, proved superior to the routinely used 1% aqueous tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride in detecting weakly oxidase-positive gram-negative bacteria after 24 h of growth on agar media (40 of 40 positive versus 22 of 40 positive...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tarrand JJ,Gröschel DH

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The low incidence of group B streptococcal (GBS) invasive neonatal disease in Mexico has been attributed to the low prevalence of serotype III strains, a major serotype in developed countries. In addition, nontypeable strains account for 12% of the isolates in Mexico and < 1% of the isolates in the United States. In t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Palacios GC,Eskew EK,Solorzano F,Mattingly SJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a cohort of subjects from Italy, anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HCV RNA [HCV(+) subgroup] prevalences were 24.6 and 79.6%, respectively. HCV types 1b and 2a/c accounted for 95% of infections. Adjusted alanine aminotransferase levels were higher in males than in females and in RNA-positive subjects than in RNA-neg...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Osella AR,Sonzogni L,Cavallini A,Foti L,Guerra V,Di Leo A,Mondelli MU,Misciagna G,Silini EM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bocavirus (HBoV) was discovered in 2005 and is associated with respiratory tract symptoms in young children. Three additional members of the genus Bocavirus, HBoV2, -3, and -4, were discovered recently from fecal specimens, and early results indicate an association between HBoV2 and gastrointestinal disease. In ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kantola K,Sadeghi M,Antikainen J,Kirveskari J,Delwart E,Hedman K,Söderlund-Venermo M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiological agents of diarrhea in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), were studied in the period from October 1996 to August 1997. A total of 880 patients with diarrhea visiting medical facilities were examined for Shigella, Salmonella, diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, vibrio, Aeromonas, Campylob...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yamashiro T,Nakasone N,Higa N,Iwanaga M,Insisiengmay S,Phounane T,Munnalath K,Sithivong N,Sisavath L,Phanthauamath B,Chomlasak K,Sisulath P,Vongsanith P

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori was grown in low numbers from the saliva of one of nine patients who were positive for gastric H. pylori. The saliva-derived isolate from this patient was identical to the antral biopsy-derived isolate from the same patient and differed from isolates cultured from the antral biopsies of all other p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ferguson DA Jr,Li C,Patel NR,Mayberry WR,Chi DS,Thomas E

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and an immunoblot assay (IB), we tested sera from 100 patients with erythema migrans (EM) seen in 1991 a the Westchester County Medical Center Lyme Disease Diagnostic Center. Convalescent-phase sera were available from 59 patients. Fifty-five pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Aguero-Rosenfeld ME,Nowakowski J,McKenna DF,Carbonaro CA,Wormser GP

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and twelve Micrococcaceae isolates were obtained from 82 men with nongonococcal urethritis, 24 women with vaginitis, and 54 girls with vulvovaginitis. Identification and biotyping of these strains were carried out by using the simplified scheme of Kloos and Schleifer (W. E. Kloos and K. H. Schleifer, J. Cl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baldellon C,Mégraud F

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of new acquisition of antibiotic-resistant organisms (AROs) in community-based skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) is not well studied. To define the incidence, persistence of, and time to new colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fisch J,Lansing B,Wang L,Symons K,Cherian K,McNamara S,Mody L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A TaqMan PCR was developed for quantifying early colonizer microorganisms in dental biofilms. To design species-specific primers and TaqMan probes, genomic subtractive hybridization was used. This quantitative assay in combination with subtractive hybridization may be of value in the study of microbial ecosystems cons...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Suzuki N,Nakano Y,Yoshida A,Yamashita Y,Kiyoura Y

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new phenomenon of synergistic hemolysis by Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin and the streptococcal CAMP factor on human and guinea pig erythrocytes is described. A possible mode of action of the CAMP factors is suggested. On human blood agar all of the tested isolates of group B streptococci gave an arrowhead-shap...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gubash SM

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrorestriction profile analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was used to distinguish between seven isolates of Cowdria ruminantium from geographically different areas. Characteristic profiles were generated for each isolate by using the restriction endonucleases KspI, SalI, and SmaI with chromosomal si...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de Villiers EP,Brayton KA,Zweygarth E,Allsopp BA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of 54 unrelated Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from cerebrospinal fluid samples from neonates and 60 unrelated strains isolated from carriers that had been previously studied by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (R. Quentin, H. Huet, F.-S. Wang, P. Geslin, A. Goudeau, and R. K. Selander, J. Cli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chatellier S,Ramanantsoa C,Harriau P,Rolland K,Rosenau A,Quentin R

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nationwide study on candidemia was conducted in Iceland from 1980 to 1999. The annual incidence increased from 1.4 cases/100,000 inhabitants/year between 1980 and 1984 to 4.9 cases/100,000 inhabitants/year between 1995 and 1999 (P < 0.0001). Candidemia episodes at university hospitals increased from 0.15/1,000 admis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Asmundsdóttir LR,Erlendsdóttir H,Gottfredsson M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elimination of leprosy continues to be a challenge, with the disease remaining endemic in several countries. India accounts for the highest number of cases, and the identification of child cases indicates recent transmission. Genetic markers, like variable-number tandem repeats (VNTRs) and single-nucleotide polymo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuruwa S,Vissa V,Mistry N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated two commercial F1 antigen capture-based immunochromatographic dipsticks, Yersinia Pestis (F1) Smart II and Plague BioThreat Alert test strips, in detecting plague bacilli by using whole-blood samples from mice experimentally infected with Yersinia pestis CO92. To assess the specificities of these dipstick...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sha J,Endsley JJ,Kirtley ML,Foltz SM,Huante MB,Erova TE,Kozlova EV,Popov VL,Yeager LA,Zudina IV,Motin VL,Peterson JW,DeBord KL,Chopra AK

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Southern blot hybridization with the Ca3 probe and the C fragment of the Ca3 probe was used to assess the genetic relatedness of Candida albicans strains from one patient with recurrent C. albicans infection in whom the same strain was maintained, one patient in whom the infecting strain was replaced, and their male s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schröppel K,Rotman M,Galask R,Mac K,Soll DR

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 100 random clinical urine specimens were divided and used to compare Becton, Dickinson & Co. B-D Urine Culture Kit-treated urine (BDU) with refrigerated urine (RU). Each RU-BDU pair was cultured with the standard calibrated loop-plate method and also screened with the Abbott Laboratories MS-2 system at 0, 5...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hubbard WA,Shalis PJ,McClatchey KD

更新日期：1983-02-01 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：:Trichomonas vaginalis is the most prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted infection worldwide, and improved diagnostic methods are critical for controlling this pathogen. Diagnostic assays that can be used in conjunction with routine chlamydia/gonorrhea nucleic acid-based screening are likely to have the most impact o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Van Der Pol B,Williams JA,Taylor SN,Cammarata CL,Rivers CA,Body BA,Nye M,Fuller D,Schwebke JR,Barnes M,Gaydos CA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumococcal colonization was studied in 19 children monitored from birth through the age of 2 years. For this purpose, pneumococcal isolates were characterized by capsular typing, restriction fragment end labeling (RFEL), and penicillin-binding protein (PBP) genotyping. Fifty-eight isolates were collected and were fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sluijter M,Faden H,de Groot R,Lemmens N,Goessens WH,van Belkum A,Hermans PW

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00