New multiple antigenic peptide-based enzyme immunoassay for detection of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in nonhuman primates and humans.

abstract：:This report describes the first well-documented reported case of the recovery of Blastomyces dermatitidis from the blood of a patient with disseminated blastomycosis. The isolate was recovered by using a lysis-centrifugation method and inhibitory mold agar after 6 days of incubation at 30 degrees C. One of six blood s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Musial CE,Wilson WR,Sinkeldam IR,Roberts GD

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automated sequence analysis of a 410-bp region of the axyR gene in 105 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates identified a polymorphic nucleotide that differentiated Mycobacterium bovis isolates from other complex members. All 29 M. bovis isolates sequenced had an adenine residue at nucleotide 285, whereas all 76...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sreevatsan S,Escalante P,Pan X,Gillies DA 2nd,Siddiqui S,Khalaf CN,Kreiswirth BN,Bifani P,Adams LG,Ficht T,Perumaalla VS,Cave MD,van Embden JD,Musser JM

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：:Lipovitellin-salt-mannitol (LSM) plate medium was examined for its ability to directly isolate, recover, and presumptively identify Staphylococcus aureus from 418 clinical specimens. The criteria for medium evaluation included colony morphology reactions, selectivity, and ease of isolation. For 298 specimens used for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Merlino J,Gill R,Robertson GJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly growing mycobacteria are rarely found in central nervous system infections. We describe a case of polymicrobial infection in a brain abscess including two rapidly growing Mycobacterium species, M. immunogenum and M. llatzerense. The Mycobacterium isolates were distinguishable by molecular methods, and whole-ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Greninger AL,Langelier C,Cunningham G,Keh C,Melgar M,Chiu CY,Miller S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young immunocompetent patient was admitted for a febrile illness with malaise, arthralgias, painful leg swelling, and polyserositis. Shortly prior to becoming ill, the patient had traveled to the Northern African desert. The symptoms disappeared during treatment with antibiotics (doxycycline and ceftriaxone) but rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Iten A,Graf S,Egger M,Täuber M,Graf J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RD2 region of the internalization-associated gene prtF1, which encodes the fibronectin-binding repeat domain type 2 of protein F1, plays a crucial role in the entry of group A streptococci (GAS) into epithelial cells. A molecular study of the variability of the RD2 region was carried out with 77 independent Italia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Spinaci C,Magi G,Zampaloni C,Vitali LA,Paoletti C,Catania MR,Prenna M,Ferrante L,Ripa S,Varaldo PE,Facinelli B

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of the Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct (AMTD) test (Gen-Probe Inc., San Diego, Calif.) was assessed in a large tertiary care mycobacteriology laboratory. Both acid-fast smear-positive and smear-negative respiratory and nonrespiratory clinical specimens were analyzed. From February 1998 to 4...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Sullivan CE,Miller DR,Schneider PS,Roberts GD

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2012, we identified sampled dogs with elevated levels of antibodies (≥1:40) against A(H1N1)pdm09 virus by using a hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay (seroprevalence, 24.7%) and a microneutralization (MN) assay (seroprevalence, 10.8%). These high seroprevalences of A(H1N1)pdm09 among dogs without clinical si...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Su S,Chen J,Jia K,Khan SU,He S,Fu X,Hong M,Sun L,Qi W,Gray GC,Li S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1896 precore (PC) mutation is the most frequent cause of hepatitis B virus e-antigen (HBeAg)-negative chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Detection of the 1896 PC mutation has application in studies monitoring antiviral therapy and the natural history of the disease. Identification of this mutation is usual...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Waltz TL,Marras S,Rochford G,Nolan J,Lee E,Melegari M,Pollack H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For recovery of brucellae from clinical specimens, a lysis-concentration procedure was superior to the procedure of Castañeda (M. R. Castañeda, Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 64:114-115, 1947). ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Etemadi H,Raissadat A,Pickett MJ,Zafari Y,Vahedifar P

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol for multilocus sequence typing (MLST) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was adapted to real-time LightCycler System PCR for efficient and rapid amplification of seven housekeeping genes in the same PCR run and real-time detection of the products. The method was evaluated on a representat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Berglund C,Mölling P,Sjöberg L,Söderquist B

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the time indwelling urinary catheters were removed, the urethral flora was sampled by rolling the catheters onto culture plates. Cultures were obtained from 398 patients with sterile urine. Catheter surfaces were colonized less often in males than in females (16.8 and 67.0%, respectively) and yielded correspondingl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kunin CM,Steele C

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CMRSA) strains are being isolated with increasing frequency around the world. In Western Australia CMRSA are endemic in geographically remote communities and have been found to belong to five different contour-clamped homogeneous electric field (CHEF) electrophore...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Brien FG,Lim TT,Chong FN,Coombs GW,Enright MC,Robinson DA,Monk A,Saïd-Salim B,Kreiswirth BN,Grubb WB

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterogeneity and the increasing clinical importance of the Enterobacter cloacae complex have often been discussed. However, little is known about molecular factors causing pathogenicity within this nomenspecies. Here, we analyzed the genetic differences between an avirulent plant isolate and a pathogenic strain c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kremer AN,Hoffmann H

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antifungal susceptibility testing of pathogenic molds is being developed. A simple screening semisolid agar antifungal susceptibility (SAAS) test accurately measures susceptibilities of yeasts. The performance of the SAAS screening test for filamentous fungi was assessed by comparing MICs of four antifungals (amphoter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuzucu C,Rapino B,McDermott L,Hadley S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to compare three automated systems and the Gram stain for their ability to detect significant bacteriuria. A total of 1,000 urine specimens were evaluated by Autobac MTS (General Diagnostics), Auto Microbic system (AMS; Vitek Systems, Inc.), and MS-2 (Abbott Laboratories) and compared with a semi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pezzlo MT,Tan GL,Peterson EM,de la Maza LM

更新日期：1982-03-01 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：:Acute and convalescent-phase sera obtained from 10 patients infected with a Japanese strain of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsia were tested by the indirect immunoperoxidase test, the Weil-Felix test, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and immunoblotting. By the Weil-Felix test, the reactivity of these s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Amano K,Hatakeyama H,Okuta M,Suto T,Mahara F

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine bacterial cultures of corneal scrapings from seven cats with either ulcerative feline keratitis, keratomalacia, or both yielded colonies which were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing as Mycoplasma felis (six cases) and Mycoplasma gateae (one case). Identification of the pathogens allowed the use of less em...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gray LD,Ketring KL,Tang YW

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrovirus infections were detected by enzyme immunoassay in 12 (5%) of 251 stool samples from children with gastroenteritis from Bogota, Colombia. In addition, astroviruses were detected by reverse transcription-PCR in 3 (10%) of 29 stool samples negative for other enteric pathogens collected in Caracas, Venezuela, f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Medina SM,Gutierrez MF,Liprandi F,Ludert JE

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative PCR assay for the detection of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) (variants A and B) and HHV-7 DNAs in clinical samples was developed. The assay uses a nonhomologous internal standard (IS) for each virus that is coamplified with the wild-type target sequence in the same vial and with the same pair of primers. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Secchiero P,Zella D,Crowley RW,Gallo RC,Lusso P

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia spp. are waterborne organisms that are the most commonly identified pathogenic intestinal protozoans in the United States. Current detection techniques for Giardia species in water include microscopy and immunofluorescence techniques. Species of the genus Giardia are classified on the basis of taxonomic criter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mahbubani MH,Bej AK,Perlin MH,Schaefer FW 3rd,Jakubowski W,Atlas RM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 (HCV-4) infection is considered to be difficult to treat and has become increasingly prevalent in European countries, including The Netherlands. Using a molecular epidemiological approach, the present study investigates the genetic diversity and evolutionary origin of HCV-4 in Amster...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： de Bruijne J,Schinkel J,Prins M,Koekkoek SM,Aronson SJ,van Ballegooijen MW,Reesink HW,Molenkamp R,van de Laar TJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Corynebacterium is a heterogeneous group of species comprising human and animal pathogens and environmental bacteria. It is defined on the basis of several phenotypic characters and the results of DNA-DNA relatedness and, more recently, 16S rRNA gene sequencing. However, the 16S rRNA gene is not polymorphic ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Khamis A,Raoult D,La Scola B

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alpha-toxin disk test is described in which group B streptococci completed the hemolysis of sheep erythrocytes partially lysed by the alpha-toxin of Clostridium perfringens. The test was performed satisfactorily on the sheep blood agar primary isolation plate, as well as on pure cultures. A total of 95% of strains ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith JA,Ngui-Yen JH

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxonomic relationship of Rhinosporidium seeberi with other organisms remained controversial for over a century. Recently, molecular studies have shown R. seeberi to be a protistal microbe in the newly described class Mesomycetozoea at the animal-fungal boundary. Phylogenetic analyses of R. seeberi using 18S small...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Silva V,Pereira CN,Ajello L,Mendoza L

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza viruses have been shown to decrease the ability of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) to respond to a variety of stimuli. This study was done to determine if viral neuraminidase was responsible for decreased PMN function. Treatment of human PMN with purified neuraminidases from influenza virus, Vibrio choler...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Abramson JS,Wiegand GL,Lyles DS

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiologies of a number of retinopathies, including serpiginous choroiditis and acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR), remain uncertain. Recently, we provided evidence that AZOOR is caused by Candida famata infection. The purpose of this article was to investigate the presence of fungal infection in five pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pisa D,Ramos M,García P,Escoto R,Barraquer R,Molina S,Carrasco L

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A swine H3N2 (swH3N2) and pandemic (H1N1) 2009 (pH1N1) influenza A virus reassortant (swH3N2/pH1N1) was detected in Canadian swine at the end of 2010. Simultaneously, a similar virus was also detected in Canadian mink based on partial viral genome sequencing. The origin of the new swH3N2/pH1N1 viral genes was related ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tremblay D,Allard V,Doyon JF,Bellehumeur C,Spearman JG,Harel J,Gagnon CA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00