Use of the restriction enzyme EcoRI for pulsed-field gel electrophoretic analysis of Helicobacter pylori.

abstract：:Direct enzyme immunoassay (Herpchek) was compared with culture on 21,522 specimens mainly from asymptomatic women for herpes simplex virus detection. Sensitivity and specificity were 73.8 and 97.7%, respectively. The 33% detection rate by enzyme immunoassay in 5 h increased to 43% when the enzyme immunoassay was combi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Verano L,Michalski FJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：:The aim of this study was to determine the distribution in France of the Enterobacter aerogenes prevalent clone isolated in the hospitals of the Marseille area (A. Davin-Regli, D. Monnet, P. Saux, C. Bosi, R. Charrel, A. Barthelemy, and C. Bollet, J. Clin. Microbiol. 34:1474-1480, 1996). A total of 123 E. aerogenes is...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bosi C,Davin-Regli A,Bornet C,Mallea M,Pages JM,Bollet C

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-eight blood cultures with a Gram stain result of Gram-positive cocci in pairs and/or chains were evaluated with the Nanosphere Verigene Gram-positive blood culture (BC-GP) assay. The overall concordance of the assay with culture was 89.7% (70/78 cultures), allowing for the development of a targeted treatment a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alby K,Daniels LM,Weber DJ,Miller MB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although screening for maternal toxoplasmic seroconversion during pregnancy is based on immunodiagnostic assays, the diagnosis of clinically relevant toxoplasmosis greatly relies upon molecular methods. A problem is that this molecular diagnosis is subject to variation of performances, mainly due to a large diversity ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sterkers Y,Varlet-Marie E,Cassaing S,Brenier-Pinchart MP,Brun S,Dalle F,Delhaes L,Filisetti D,Pelloux H,Yera H,Bastien P

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis, a pathogenic yeast, is composed of three newly designated genomic species that are physiologically and morphologically indistinguishable. Nosocomial infections caused by group I C. parapsilosis are often associated with the breakdown of infection control practices and the contamination of medical...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lasker BA,Butler G,Lott TJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPCs) are considered a serious threat to antibiotic therapy, as they confer resistance to carbapenems, which are used to treat extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria. Here, we describe the development and evaluation of a DNA microarray for the detection and gen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peter H,Berggrav K,Thomas P,Pfeifer Y,Witte W,Templeton K,Bachmann TT

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 4,000 clinical urine specimens were evaluated with an automated microbial detection/identification system compared to a standarized manual analysis and the routine modalities used in five peer-group laboratories. The comparison indicates that the automated system recognizes the nine groups of significant mic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Isenberg HD,Gavan TL,Sonnenwirth A,Taylor WI,Washington JA 2nd

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Alere i Influenza A&B assay is a newly developed rapid molecular assay which has the potential to generate results within 15 min from sample collection. In this study, we evaluated the Alere i Influenza A&B assay by using salvaged frozen respiratory specimens that were collected in viral transport medium from chil...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bell JJ,Selvarangan R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In five separate fecal collections spanning three years, group A rotaviruses were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 35 (25%) of 142 specimens obtained from nondiarrheic, hospitalized neonates in Blantyre, Malawi. Molecular characterization of each strain identified, for the first time in neonates, a sho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cunliffe NA,Rogerson S,Dove W,Thindwa BD,Greensill J,Kirkwood CD,Broadhead RL,Hart CA

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, histological, and bacteriological findings in five cases of acute appendicitis caused by Haemophilus segnis are reported. This is the first documentation of appendicitis associated with this organism. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Welch WD,Southern PM Jr,Schneider NR

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus was isolated from the stools of two homosexual males. One was asymptomatic at the time of isolation. The other presented with diarrhea. Both isolates were initially grown at 42 degrees C. This organism should be included among the list of organisms that are found in homosexual males. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Devlin HR,McIntyre L

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta and gamma genera of papillomaviruses consist of epidermodysplasia verruciformis-related human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and phylogenetically related cutaneous HPVs. Here, we have developed a consensus primer PCR assay and reverse line blot typing system coupled thereto (referred to as beta and gamma cutaneous H...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brink AA,Lloveras B,Nindl I,Heideman DA,Kramer D,Pol R,Fuente MJ,Meijer CJ,Snijders PJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of tuberculosis continues to be high, and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection has also emerged worldwide. Moreover, differential and accurate identification of mycobacteria to the species or subspecies level is an unmet clinical need. Here, we developed a one-step multiplex PCR assay using whol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chae H,Han SJ,Kim SY,Ki CS,Huh HJ,Yong D,Koh WJ,Shin SJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten cases of typhoid fever occurred between 24 August and 1 September 1986 in the vicinity of Silver Spring, Md. Shrimp salad served in a fast-food restaurant was implicated as the source of infection. Stool cultures were obtained from 104 employees, and serum Vi antibodies were assayed in 97 of the employees. Salmone...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lin FY,Becke JM,Groves C,Lim BP,Israel E,Becker EF,Helfrich RM,Swetter DS,Cramton T,Robbins JB

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：:We report a case of pneumonia with a fatal outcome caused by a nonhemolytic strain of Streptococcus pyogenes. This strain was isolated in pure growth from blood cultures and was fully identified biochemically. Such strains will be difficult to recognize and isolate from sites with heavy growth of normal flora. This ph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Taylor MB,Barkham T

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A latex agglutination test was evaluated as a method for detection and titration of antiplague antibodies. Slide and microtiter techniques using polystyrene latex particles coated with specific fraction-I-antigen of Yersinia pestis were found to be comparable in specificity and sensitivity to serological tests commonl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Suzuki S,Sakakibara H,Hotta S

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 234 isolates comprising 26 different Candida species colonizing the oropharynx of 181 (54.3% of 399 surveyed) HIV-infected outpatients, 27 (11.7%) were fluconazole resistant. Antibacterial treatment was associated with increased rates of yeast colonization, while antiretroviral therapy and pneumococcal vaccinati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yang YL,Hung CC,Wang AH,Tseng FC,Leaw SN,Tseng YT,Su CL,Chen HT,Lauderdale TL,Lo HJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (PRA) of the hsp65 gene (A. Telenti, F. Marchesi, M. Balz, F. Bally, E. C. Böttger, and T. Bodmer, J. Clin. Microbiol. 31:175-178, 1993) was applied to 108 mycobacterial isolates representing 34 species to evaluate its potential as a rapid reference method. A total...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Devallois A,Goh KS,Rastogi N

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoassay (Roche Diagnostics) was developed to provide accurate, reliable detection of antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We evaluated sensitivity, specificity, cross-reactivity, and agreement with a vesicular stomatitis virus-based pseudoneutraliz...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Muench P,Jochum S,Wenderoth V,Ofenloch-Haehnle B,Hombach M,Strobl M,Sadlowski H,Sachse C,Torriani G,Eckerle I,Riedel A

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method was used to classify bovine serum as positive, negative, or doubtful for antibodies to Brucella abortus. Spectrophotometric data from assays of 64 serologically positive and 32 serologically negative bovine sera were analyzed statistically to define the range of spectrophoto...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Heck FC,Williams JD,Pruett J

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the Helicobacter pylori ClariRes assay (Ingenetix, Vienna, Austria) for the detection of H. pylori infection and the simultaneous clarithromycin susceptibility testing of the H. pylori isolates in stool samples from 100 symptomatic children. The results obtained by this nov...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lottspeich C,Schwarzer A,Panthel K,Koletzko S,Rüssmann H

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonpigmented rapidly growing mycobacterium was isolated from wound liquid outflow, bone tissue biopsy, and excised skin tissue from a 31-year-old woman who suffered an accidental open right tibia fracture and prolonged stay in a river. The three isolates grew in 3 days at 24 to 37 degrees C. 16S rRNA sequence analys...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Adékambi T,Stein A,Carvajal J,Raoult D,Drancourt M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BACTEC 9240 (Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems, Sparks, Md.) is a new continuous-monitoring blood culture system that uses internal, fluorescent-CO2 sensors. In a multicenter clinical trial, organism yield and times to detection with the prototype BACTEC 9240 system were compared with those of the BAC...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nolte FS,Williams JM,Jerris RC,Morello JA,Leitch CD,Matushek S,Schwabe LD,Dorigan F,Kocka FE

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typing of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis strains presents a challenge, since they are genetically monomorphic and traditional molecular techniques have limited discriminatory power. The recent advances and availability of whole-genome sequencing have extended possibilities for the characterization of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leão C,Goldstone RJ,Bryant J,McLuckie J,Inácio J,Smith DG,Stevenson K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While Corynebacterium ulcerans can mimic classical diphtheria, extrapharyngeal infections are extremely rare. Sequencing of the diphtheria toxin (DT)-encoding tox gene of two C. ulcerans isolates from extrapharyngeal infections revealed differences from C. diphtheriae DT sequences, mainly in the translocation and rece...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sing A,Hogardt M,Bierschenk S,Heesemann J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification and elimination of persistently infected (PI) cattle are the most effective measures for controlling bovine pestiviruses, including bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and the emerging HoBi-like viruses. Here, colostrum-deprived calves persistently infected with HoBi-like pestivirus (HoBi-like PI cal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bauermann FV,Falkenberg SM,Vander Ley B,Decaro N,Brodersen BW,Harmon A,Hessman B,Flores EF,Ridpath JF

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-cell sonicates of Treponema pallidum, Nichols strain, were evaluated in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) for syphilis, and results were read in a Dynatek Microelisa Reader. The antigen was evaluated with sera from patients with syphilis, persons presumed normal, and biological false-positives. Two hu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pope V,Hunter EF,Feeley JC

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the Prodesse ProFlu-1 real-time reverse transcription-PCR multiplex assay with the SmartCycler instrument for the detection of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza A and B viruses in comparison to conventional cell culture and antigen immunoassays with the BD Directigen A+B and Binax NOW ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liao RS,Tomalty LL,Majury A,Zoutman DE

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00