Use of monoclonal antibodies to serotype Bordetella pertussis isolates: comparison of results obtained by indirect whole-cell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and bacterial microagglutination methods.

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：:Acute viral gastroenteritis is an intestinal infection that can be caused by several different viruses. Here we describe the evaluation and verification of Seeplex Diarrhea-V ACE (Seeplex DV), a novel commercial multiplex reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) assay that detects 5 diarrheal pathogens, including adenovirus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Higgins RR,Beniprashad M,Cardona M,Masney S,Low DE,Gubbay JB

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella bronchiseptica and toxigenic Pasteurella multocida are the etiologic agents of swine atrophic rhinitis. Methods currently used for their identification are time-consuming and suffer from a lack of sensitivity. We describe a colony lift-hybridization assay for detection of B. bronchiseptica and toxigenic P. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Register KB,Lee RM,Thomson C

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of filarial infections among individuals residing in areas where the disease is not endemic requires both strong clinical suspicion and expert training in infrequently practiced parasitological methods. Recently developed filarial molecular diagnostic assays are highly sensitive and specific but have lim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fink DL,Fahle GA,Fischer S,Fedorko DF,Nutman TB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study of herpes simplex virus diagnosis by standard cell culture and a new hybrid test (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay spin amplification technique) was done on 300 specimens. The new test was found to be equally sensitive and specific, much less expensive to perform, and to report all results in 48 h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Michalski FJ,Shaikh M,Sahraie F,Desai S,Verano L,Vallabhaneni J

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputa positive or negative for acid-fast bacilli that were stored for 17 +/- 7 days and inoculated in the BACTEC MGIT 960 system (MGIT) was higher than that from sputa inoculated in Lowenstein-Jensen medium. MGIT is useful for isolation of M. tuberculosis from sputa subj...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pardini M,Varaine F,Bonnet M,Orefici G,Oggioni MR,LONG-DRUG Study Group.,Fattorini L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new integrated extraction and real-time PCR-based system for the detection of group B streptococci in antepartum screening samples enriched in Lim broth was compared to the CDC-recommended culture method. The BD Max GBS assay exhibited acceptable sensitivity (95%) and specificity (96.7%) compared to those of the cul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riedlinger J,Beqaj SH,Milish MA,Young S,Smith R,Dodd M,Hankerd RE,Lebar WD,Newton DW

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathozyme-Myco G (Myco G), M, A, and TB complex plus (Omega Diagnostics Ltd., Alloa, Scotland) were evaluated for the serological diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in an Argentinean population. Sera from 58 patients with pulmonary TB, 24 subjects with pulmonary mycobacteriosis or mycoses (pulmonary MM group), a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Imaz MS,Comini MA,Zerbini E,Sequeira MD,Latini O,Claus JD,Singh M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection via perinatal transmission is common in the Asia-Pacific region, but related quasispecies (QS) characteristics are not yet defined. To investigate the homologous, full-length HBV QS after perinatal infection and their clinical implications, five pairs of mother-daughter patien...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liu F,Yu DM,Huang SY,Yu JL,Zhang DH,Gong QM,Zhang XX

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis strains usually requires three to six serial passages in shell vials to attain sufficient antigen for typing procedures. To circumvent this problem, we developed a rapid low-passage method for serotyping of C. trachomatis clinical isolates. Isolates with an inclusion count of greate...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Suchland RJ,Stamm WE

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several convenient and accurate molecular assays to detect respiratory bacterial infection. The NeoPlex RB-8 detection kit (NeoPlex RB-8) is a new multiplex real-time PCR assay that simultaneously detects Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila, Haemo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kim JW,Hong SS,Lee IS,Chi HY,Kim SO,Kim HN,Hong SP

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to rapidly diagnose influenza virus infections is of the utmost importance in the evaluation of patients with upper respiratory tract infections. It is also important for the influenza surveillance activities performed by national influenza centers. In the present study we modified a multiplex real-time re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hindiyeh M,Levy V,Azar R,Varsano N,Regev L,Shalev Y,Grossman Z,Mendelson E

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously described microbroth kinetic system (J. Meletiadis, J. F. Meis, J. W. Mouton, and P. E. Verweij, J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:478-484, 2001) based on continuous monitoring of changes in the optical density of fungal growth was used to describe turbidimetric growth curves of different filamentous fungi in the pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Meletiadis J,te Dorsthorst DT,Verweij PE

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphadenopathy (LN) is the most common clinical manifestation of acute acquired toxoplasma infection in humans. The diagnosis of toxoplasmic lymphadenitis (TL) is established by serological methods and/or lymph node biopsy. In the United States, the differential agglutination (of acetone [AC]-fixed versus that of for...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Montoya JG,Berry A,Rosso F,Remington JS

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The method of choice for the detection of Lassa virus is reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. However, the high degree of genetic variability of the virus poses a problem with the design of RT-PCR assays that will reliably detect all strains. Recently, we encountered difficulties in detecting some strains from Liberia and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Olschläger S,Lelke M,Emmerich P,Panning M,Drosten C,Hass M,Asogun D,Ehichioya D,Omilabu S,Günther S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B Streptococcus detection directly from Copan ESwab collected samples, using the BD Max GBS assay, was evaluated on receipt in the laboratory and after 24 h at room temperature. Results were compared to those using Lim broth enrichment PCR and culture. No significant difference was observed between 24 h ESwab an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Silbert S,Rocchetti TT,Gostnell A,Kubasek C,Widen R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of the GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples has been extensively studied. However, the performance of the Xpert assay as applied to other readily accessible body fluids such as exhaled breath condensate (EBC), saliva, urine, and blood has not been es...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shenai S,Amisano D,Ronacher K,Kriel M,Banada PP,Song T,Lee M,Joh JS,Winter J,Thayer R,Via LE,Kim S,Barry CE 3rd,Walzl G,Alland D

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Failure to demonstrate immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence (IgM-IFA) in sera from some patients with acute acquired toxoplasmosis has recently been attributed to an inhibitory effect of high titers of IgG antibodies in these sera (Pyndiah et al. J. Clin. Microbiol. 9:170-174, 1979). To con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Filice GA,Yeager AS,Remington JS

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

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：:Optimal conditions for a fluorescence immunoassay of antibodies to, and surface antigens of, Actinomyces viscosus ATCC 19246 are described. In the standard fluorescence immunoassay, 10(8) colony-forming units of A. viscosus reacted with an antibody preparation, were washed, and then were treated with an excess of fluo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gillis TP,Thompson JJ

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, disk diffusion testing with ceftizoxime and cefuroxime was evaluated for use in predicting the susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae to ceftriaxone and cefotaxime. Of the 194 isolates included in this study, 138 were susceptible, 34 were intermediate, and 22 were resistant to cefotaxime by MIC test...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Williams-Bouyer N,Hernandez A,Reisner BS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA loads in paired leukocyte and plasma samples from 199 patient visits by 66 patients with CMV retinitis were determined. Leukocyte CMV load determinations had a greater range of values (mean, 24,587 copies/10(6) leukocytes; maximum, 539, 000) than did plasma CMV load determinations (mean, 10,3...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jabs DA,Forman M,Enger C,Jackson JB

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST) variant with an isoelectric point (pI) of 8.6 produced by an ovine-associated Staphylococcus aureus strain was described previously. Analysis of additional strains associated with sheep, goats, cows, and humans by isoelectric focusing with immunoblotting using monoclonal antibodies ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ho G,Campbell WH,Bergdoll MS,Carlson E

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have speculated on the possible role of the mother in transmitting Helicobacter pylori infection to their children. In an attempt to either prove or disprove this supposition, we investigated the rates of infection of children born to H. pylori-positive mothers from birth to 5 years of age using serolog...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Konno M,Fujii N,Yokota S,Sato K,Takahashi M,Sato K,Mino E,Sugiyama T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus cecorum (formerly Streptococcus cecorum), originally isolated from poultry intestines, has rarely been encountered in human diseases. A 60-year-old man with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma developed peritonitis on the seventh day of his hospitalization. Cultures of one blood sample and one as...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hsueh PR,Teng LJ,Chen YC,Yang PC,Ho SW,Luh KT

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new oligochromatographic assay, Speed-Oligo Novel Influenza A H1N1, was designed and optimized for the specific detection of the 2009 influenza A H1N1 virus. The assay is based on a PCR method coupled to detection of PCR products by means of a dipstick device. The target sequence is a 103-bp fragment within the hema...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pérez-Ruiz M,Navarro-Marí JM,Bautista-Marín MF,Pedrosa-Corral I,Sanbonmatsu-Gámez S,Camacho AG,Rojas J,Ruiz-Ortiz J,Rodríguez-Granger J,Carrillo JA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid (2.5 h) direct enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for Clostridium difficile toxin A was developed for clinical use. Specimen centrifugation and filtration were not required. The EIA detected toxin A levels in patient stool as low as 20 pg (2 ng/ml of stool). The test was 5,000 times more sensitive for toxin A than it wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： DiPersio JR,Varga FJ,Conwell DL,Kraft JA,Kozak KJ,Willis DH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriuria due to Salmonella typhi usually occurs following recent typhoid fever or in chronic carrier states. Data from 18 patients with S. typhi bacteriuria, seen during 5 years, were analyzed. Fourteen patients had localized urinary tract infection due to S. typhi. Four others had bacteriuria, probably associated ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mathai E,John TJ,Rani M,Mathai D,Chacko N,Nath V,Cherian AM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg is the second most frequently occurring serovar in Quebec and the third-most prevalent in Canada. Given that conventional pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) subtyping for common Salmonella serovars, such as S. Heidelberg, yields identical subtypes for the majority of isolate...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bekal S,Berry C,Reimer AR,Van Domselaar G,Beaudry G,Fournier E,Doualla-Bell F,Levac E,Gaulin C,Ramsay D,Huot C,Walker M,Sieffert C,Tremblay C

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00