Salmonella prosthetic valve endocarditis.

abstract：:Surveillance for emerging linezolid resistance among commonly occurring Gram-positive pathogens in the United States began with the 2002 ZAAPS program and more recently (2004) expanded as the LEADER program. The 2006 LEADER program processed 5374 strains from 50 medical centers (100 per site) located within the 9 US c...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Jones RN,Fritsche TR,Sader HS,Ross JE

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sparfloxacin is a piperazinyl, cyclopropyl-fluoroquinolone with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. Compared to other quinolones, sparfloxacin displays improved activity against a variety of pathogens including Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, and Mycobacteria species....

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Cohen MA,Yoder SL,Talbot GH

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient with prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Finegoldia magna (formerly Peptostreptococcus magnus). Blood cultures in the BacT/ALERT and BACTEC 9240 system were negative. We therefore tested different blood culture systems: F. magna grew in the SEPTI-CHEK BHI-S and in the ISOLATOR, but not in the ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Bassetti S,Laifer G,Goy G,Fluckiger U,Frei R

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftriaxone is a cephalosporin antibiotic with a potent antimicrobial activity and excellent penetration in most body fluids such as pleural, peritoneal, spinal and brain. These facts contribute to the application of ceftriaxone in the treatment of bacterial peritonitis, an abdominal disorder in veterinary medicine, w...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Campos ML,de Moura Alonso J,Dos Santos Martins E,Oliveira JA,Hussni CA,Peccinini RG

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is the most common causative agent of non-typhoidal salmonellosis in Malaysia. We aimed to characterize S. Enteritidis isolated from humans and animals by analyzing their antimicrobial resistance profiles and genotypes. A total of 111 strains were characterized ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Ngoi ST,Thong KL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis is an important nosocomial pathogen that can proliferate in high concentrations of glucose and form biofilms on prosthetic materials. We investigated the genotypic diversity, slime production, and antifungal susceptibility among 60 isolates of C. parapsilosis from 44 patients and 10 patient care p...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Pfaller MA,Messer SA,Hollis RJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia thailandensis is crucial in guiding clinical management of patients with suspected melioidosis, as more than 99% of cases of melioidosis are caused by B. pseudomallei, whereas B. thailandensis is only responsible for causing less than 1% of the cases....

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Woo PC,Woo GK,Lau SK,Wong SS,Yuen Ky

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and accurate diagnostic tests for Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are crucial for management of patients with suspected CDI and for infection control. Enzyme immunoassays for detection of the toxins are routinely used but lack adequate sensitivity. We generated slow off-rate modified aptamers (SOMAmer™ re...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Ochsner UA,Katilius E,Janjic N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of dietary and demographic factors and some habits on the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in 150 dyspeptic patients examined endoscopically and by the urea breath test. Positivity rate was lower (50.6%) in patients consuming honey ≥1 day weekly compared wi...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Boyanova L,Ilieva J,Gergova G,Vladimirov B,Nikolov R,Mitov I

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a real-time polymerase chain reaction specific for Streptococcus pneumoniae to be applied directly from blood culture bottles without previous DNA extraction step. For the 128 blood culture bottles tested, the assay had 94% and 98.4% sensitivity and specificity, respectively. This assay provides rapid and...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Selva L,Esteva C,Gené A,de Sevilla MF,Hernandez-Bou S,Muñoz-Almagro C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been widely used due to its high specificity, sensitivity, and rapid turn-around time. However, inhibitory factors may be co-extracted with the target nucleic acid that will hinder the performance of PCR. In this study, DNA extraction methods for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuber...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Chui LW,King R,Lu P,Manninen K,Sim J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) capability for the identification of difficult-to-identify microorganisms. A total of 150 bacterial isolates inconclusively identified with conventional phenotypic tests were further assessed by 16S rRNA se...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Rodríguez-Sánchez B,Marín M,Sánchez-Carrillo C,Cercenado E,Ruiz A,Rodríguez-Créixems M,Bouza E

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preparation of Salmonella O serogroup (A-I) polyvalent antiserum is laborious. In an alternate method, rabbit antiserum raised to cell surface proteins of Salmonella serotype typhi was compared with a commercial Salmonella polyvalent (A-I) antiserum; 51 Salmonella (A-E) and 16 strains of related organisms tested g...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sridharan G,Jesudason MV,Santhosh M,John TJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma who developed Corynebacterium jeikeium sepsis after experimental treatment with 8-methoxypsolaren. The epidemiology and clinical features of C. jeikeium infection are discussed. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous vancomycin without recurrence. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Umeh OC,Kubak BM,Pegues DA,Leibowitz MR,Froch L

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of low-level resistance to glycopeptides (teicoplanin MIC > or = 8 microg/mL and vancomycin MIC > or = 4 microg/mL) among staphylococci was investigated over a 15 month period. A total of 2,279 isolates (1,519 S. aureus, 760 coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS)) were screened using inoculum of 10(6) ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Park YJ,Jun Park J,Lee SO,Oh EJ,Kee Kim B

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia pneumoniae infections has traditionally relied on serological assays. We developed a multiplex real-time PCR assay for detection of C. psittaci, C. pneumoniae and an internal control. Results of this assay demonstrated 100% concordance compared to results of previously tes...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Wolff BJ,Morrison SS,Winchell JM

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluconazole susceptibility was tested in 385 clinical yeast isolates (285 Candida albicans, 38 C. glabrata, 31 C. tropicalis, 31 other Candida subsp.) using the agar disk diffusion test. Yeasts were collected from specimens obtained from outpatients (69) and inpatients (intensive care unit: 79 isolates, major burn uni...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Testore GP,Falco F,Sarrecchia C,Sordillo P,Bontempo G,Andreoni M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited information is available on the risk factors for false-negative results with the new generation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) tests in non-HIV-infected patients with tuberculosis (TB). We sought to identify risk factors for false-negative QFT-GIT results in culture-confirmed TB patients. We reviewed...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kim EY,Park MS,Kim YS,Kim SK,Chang J,Kang YA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since being recognized in 1976 and 1983, respectively, penicillinase-producing strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (PPNG) and chromosomally mediated resistance (CMRNG) have attained a worldwide distribution. The high endemicity of both types of resistance in some regions precludes the continued routine use of procaine pe...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Calderón E,Conde CJ,de la Cruz R,Narcio L,Hirata C

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four immunocompromised patients, immigrants from Ethiopia, presented with diverse clinical manifestations of meningitis associated with Strongyloides stercoralis dissemination as determined by identification of intestinal larvae. The cerebrospinal fluid of 3 patients was tested by a validated (for stool) real-time PCR...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Nadir E,Grossman T,Ciobotaro P,Attali M,Barkan D,Bardenstein R,Zimhony O

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the susceptibility to macrolides of common pathogenic bacteria isolated from Taiwan, the in vitro activities of erythromycin, roxithromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin, and dirithromycin were tested against 492 clinical isolates of eight different bacteria, collected from the National Taiwan University ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Chang SC,Chen YC,Luh KT,Hsieh WC

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium complex has been isolated with increasing frequency from humans during the last few decades. Thirteen patients admitted to the UCLA Medical Center with the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), in addition to having Kaposi's sarcoma, Pneumocystis pneumonia, and other opportunistic...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Berlin OG,Zakowski P,Bruckner DA,Clancy MN,Johnson BL Jr

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Abbott RealTime HCV Genotype II assay (Abbott-RT-HCV assay) is a real-time PCR based genotyping method for hepatitis C virus (HCV). This study measured the impact of inter-genotypic recombination and probe cross-reactivity on the performance of the Abbott-RT-HCV assay. 517 samples were genotyped using the Abbott-R...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sridhar S,Yip CCY,Chan JFW,To KKW,Cheng VCC,Yuen KY

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) offers promise in pneumococcal diagnostics, but whether nasopharyngeal carriage causes false-positive results in people colonized with Streptococcus pneumoniae is unknown. We found in serum no positive samples for pneumococcal DNA in 100 carriers and noncarriers using 2 different real-t...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Rouphael N,Steyn S,Bangert M,Sampson JS,Adrian P,Madhi SA,Klugman KP,Ades EW

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulomonas spp. are often believed to be of low virulence and have never been reported as a pathogen causing human disease before. We report the first case of endocarditis caused by Cellulomonas and complicated with osteomyelitis of the lumbar spine in a 78-year-old woman. General weakness and aggravated lower back ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Lai PC,Chen YS,Lee SS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is an emerging infectious disease, which is considered to be the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world. There are more than 230 known serovars in the genus Leptospira. A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for the rapid detection of pathogenic Leptospira spp. was developed and eva...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Lin X,Chen Y,Lu Y,Yan J,Yan J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial methods of enzyme immunoassay and fluoroimmunoassay for the detection of varicella-zoster antibodies were compared using serum samples from individuals in a program of bone marrow transplantation. The correlation was 93.4%. Enzyme immunoassay showed to be more sensitive. Both methods are applicable to the d...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： de Ory F,Echevarria JM,Domingo CJ

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the introduction of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) in routine microbiology laboratories, identification of anaerobic bacteria has become easier. These increased possibilities provide new challenges concerning analytical workup and reporting of anaerobe...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Peeters B,Magerman K,Waumans L,Cartuyvels R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the performances and the cost-effectiveness of 5 selective media for Group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening in vaginal samples from pregnant women. The usefulness of these media is unquestionable for GBS screening; the choice will depend largely on the laboratory organization. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Joubrel C,Gendron N,Dmytruk N,Touak G,Verlaguet M,Poyart C,Réglier-Poupet H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed and evaluated a method to genotypically identify enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and to characterize these organisms with respect to 18 of 21 known colonization factors (CFs). The method, which is based on polynucleotide DNA-DNA colony hybridization, includes a pooled toxin probe assay to identify...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Steinsland H,Valentiner-Branth P,Grewal HM,Gaastra W,Mølbak K K,Sommerfelt H

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00