Association of an important Neisseria species, Neisseria elongata subsp. nitroreducens, with bacteremia, endocarditis, and osteomyelitis.

abstract：:The incidence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) was investigated in 95 E. coli strains isolated from 48 infants with diarrhea in Santiago, Chile. By using standard biological assays and DNA-DNA hybridization procedures, ETEC was found in 31.2% of the cases: 14 strains produced heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) onl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Agüero ME,Reyes L,Prado V,Orskov I,Orskov F,Cabello FC

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The group B streptococcus (GBS) capsular polysaccharide (CPS) is an important virulence factor which is also used for GBS typing. There are 10 CPS types (Ia, Ib, and II to IX). GBS that do not phenotypically type are considered nontypeable. All genes required for CPS synthesis are found on the GBS cps operon, which co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alhhazmi A,Pandey A,Tyrrell GJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) early protein, p41, encoded by the U27 gene has been detected in oligodendrocytes of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients by using a monoclonal antibody (MAb to p41/38). We here report the antigenic epitope of HHV-6 p41 recognized by this MAb. First, we established that the MAb to p41/38 re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xu Y,Linde A,Dahl H,Winberg G

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four isolates of Actinobacillus seminis were typed by PCR ribotyping, repetitive extragenic palindromic element (REP)-based PCR, and enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC)-based PCR. Five types were distinguished by REP-PCR, and nine types were distinguished by ERIC-PCR. PCR ribotyping produced ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Appuhamy S,Coote JG,Low JC,Parton R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxin concentrations were determined in middle-ear effusions (MEEs) from 89 children with chronic otitis media by using the Limulu's amoebocyte lysate assay. Mean concentrations of endotoxin in Haemophilus influenzae-positive and Streptococcus pneumoniae-positive MEEs were 157 and 21.8 ng/ml, respectively, and wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： DeMaria TF,Prior RB,Briggs BR,Lim DJ,Birck HG

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of the Tropheryma whipplei genome offers the putative possibility of choosing logical DNA targets. We applied a PCR assay (targeting repeated sequences of T. whipplei) to samples from patients with Whipple's disease and to those from members of a control group. When compared to the results seen with r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fenollar F,Fournier PE,Robert C,Raoult D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the rate at which IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns in Mycobacterium tuberculosis change over time, we applied a smooth nonparametric survival model to several data sets, including data from previous publications on the rate of change. The results strongly suggest a simple pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eilers PH,Van Soolingen D,Thi Ngoc Lan N,Warren RM,Borgdorff MW

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional culture techniques are limited in the ability to detect multiple Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in nasopharyngeal (NP) secretions. We developed an immunoblot (IB) method with monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to detect S. pneumoniae and to identify serotypes. NP specimens stored in skim milk-tryptone-gluco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bronsdon MA,O'Brien KL,Facklam RR,Whitney CG,Schwartz B,Carlone GM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) remains a common cause of morbidity, with three-quarters of women affected during their lifetimes. Use of antibiotics is an acknowledged trigger for VVC, which adversely affects women's physical and emotional health. Knowledge of patterns of genital Candida species-level identification i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pirotta MV,Garland SM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spirochetes of the genus Treponema were cultured from 7 of 10 cases of digital dermatitis in sheep. Two cultures comprised Treponema phagedenis-like and Treponema medium/Treponema vincentii-like spirochetes, respectively, while the remaining cultures comprised mixed populations of Treponema medium/Treponema vincentii-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sayers G,Marques PX,Evans NJ,O'Grady L,Doherty ML,Carter SD,Nally JE

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine-, cytochalasin B-, and cycloheximide-treated and untreated McCoy cells were inoculated with representative strains of Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes, as well as with clinical specimens from a pediatric population, and the quality and quantity of the cytoplasmic inclusions were ex...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： La Scolea LJ Jr,Keddell JE

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 513 blood specimens, predominantly from organ transplant recipients, human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients, and bone marrow transplant recipients, were tested for cytomegalovirus (CMV) by culture and pp65 antigenemia across four test sites. Peripheral blood leukocytes were examined by using both th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： St George K,Boyd MJ,Lipson SM,Ferguson D,Cartmell GF,Falk LH,Rinaldo CR,Landry ML

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxin-specific enzyme immunoassays, cytotoxicity assays, and PCR were used to analyze 48 toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive Clostridium difficile isolates from various geographical sites around the world. All the isolates were negative by the TOX-A TEST and positive by the TOX A/B TEST. A deletion of approximately 1.7...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moncrief JS,Zheng L,Neville LM,Lyerly DM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many diseases with unknown etiology may be caused by unidentified viruses. Sequence-independent amplification revealed a new astrovirus, similar to VA1, in a 4-year-old male diagnosed with celiac disease. This expands the geographic range of this virus to include Europe and may associate astrovirus infection with the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smits SL,van Leeuwen M,van der Eijk AA,Fraaij PL,Escher JC,Simon JH,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillium marneffei is recognized as one of the most frequently detected opportunistic pathogens of AIDS patients in northern Thailand. We undertook a genomic epidemiology study of 64 P. marneffei isolates collected from immunosuppressed patients by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) with restriction enzyme Not...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Trewatcharegon S,Sirisinha S,Romsai A,Eampokalap B,Teanpaisan R,Chaiyaroj SC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mumps virus is a negative-strand RNA virus in the family Paramyxoviridae. Mumps infection results in an acute illness with symptoms including fever, headache, and myalgia, followed by swelling of the salivary glands. Complications of mumps can include meningitis, deafness, pancreatitis, orchitis, and first-trimest...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boddicker JD,Rota PA,Kreman T,Wangeman A,Lowe L,Hummel KB,Thompson R,Bellini WJ,Pentella M,Desjardin LE

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni (20 strains) and Campylobacter coli (12 strains) were assigned to four biovars for each species based on phenotypic tests that were easy to perform and interpret. The resulting biotyping schemes offer a greater degree of distinction among C. jejuni and C. coli strains than any of the other biotypi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roop RM 2nd,Smibert RM,Krieg NR

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a previous survey, five extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing enterobacteria (ESBLE) (two Enterobacter aerogenes isolates expressing TEM-24 b, two Escherichia coli isolates expressing TEM-21 or TEM-24 b, and one Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate expressing SHV-4/TEM-15) responsible for urinary tract inf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arpin C,Dubois V,Maugein J,Jullin J,Dutilh B,Brochet JP,Larribet G,Fischer I,Quentin C

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplexed biomarker bundle consisting of nine different inflammation markers was evaluated regarding their diagnostic and prognostic performances in 159 adult systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) patients enrolled at the emergency department. Fibronectin, interleukin-8 (IL-8), biotin, and neutrophil gela...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Reichsoellner M,Raggam RB,Wagner J,Krause R,Hoenigl M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The continuous spread of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (caMRSA) and the introduction of these highly virulent isolates into hospitals represent increasing threats. The timely recognition of caMRSA strains is crucial for infection control purposes. Thus, we developed a PCR-based assay f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Strommenger B,Braulke C,Pasemann B,Schmidt C,Witte W

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a blood spot test for syphilis antibody using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technology. Dried blood was eluted by buffered saline or, for a supplementary confirmatory test, by treponemal-antibody test diluent. Eluates were diluted in an absorption buffer (Calypte Biomedical, Berkeley, Calif.) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stevens R,Pass K,Fuller S,Wiznia A,Noble L,Duva S,Neal M

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical characteristics and the presence of human Fc(gamma) receptors of 52 throat isolates of group C beta-hemolytic streptococci were examined. Among these isolates, 38 were identified as "Streptococcus milleri" and 14 were identified as "Streptococcus equisimilis." The differentiation of group C "S. equisim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lebrun L,Guibert M,Wallet P,de Maneville MM,Pillot J

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 28 unrelated isolates of the Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar dublin (S. dublin) collected during a 6-year period, as well as four samples of the S. dublin live vaccine strain Bovisaloral and its prototype strain S. dublin 442/039, were investigated by different molecular typing methods for the f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liebisch B,Schwarz S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 2-month period, 62 strains of Haemophilus ducreyi were isolated from 168 genital lesions and 2 lymph node aspirates. Of these strains, 22 were found on both chocolate agar and fetal bovine serum agar supplemented with vancomycin, 29 were found only on chocolate agar, and 9 were found only on fetal bovine seru...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hannah P,Greenwood JR

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decade, a variety of instrument-assisted bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility test systems have been developed which permit provision of test results in a matter of hours rather than days, as has been the case with traditional overnight procedures. These newer rapid techniques are ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Doern GV,Vautour R,Gaudet M,Levy B

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reference strains of serotypes 1 to 12 of Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae were cultured in Eagle minimal essential medium with 10% Serum Plus. Culture supernatants were examined for cytotoxicity to alveolar macrophages and for the ability to hemolyze sheep erythrocytes. All strains except the reference s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kamp EM,van Leengoed LA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Better detection of minority human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) populations containing gene mutations may improve the usefulness of antiretroviral resistance testing for clinical management. Molecular cloning of HIV-1 PCR products which might improve minority detection can be slow and difficult, and commercia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martinez-Picado J,Sutton L,De Pasquale MP,Savara AV,D'Aquila RT

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus is an increasing worldwide problem with major clinical implications. Surveillance is warranted to guide clinicians to provide optimal treatment to patients. To investigate azole resistance in clinical Aspergillus isolates in our institution, a Belgian university hospital, we condu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Montesinos I,Argudín MA,Hites M,Ahajjam F,Dodémont M,Dagyaran C,Bakkali M,Etienne I,Jacobs F,Knoop C,Patteet S,Lagrou K

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collecting whole blood on filter paper simplifies the processing, transport, and storage of specimens used for the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and other tests. Specimens may be collected in tropical or rural areas with minimal facilities for handling specimens. To compare simulated tropica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mitchell C,Jennings C,Brambilla D,Aldrovandi G,Amedee AM,Beck I,Bremer JW,Coombs R,Decker D,Fiscus S,Fitzgibbon J,Luzuriaga K,Moye J,Palumbo P,Reichelderfer P,Somasundaran M,Stevens W,Frenkel L,Dried Blood Spot Workin

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Used peritoneal dialysis fluid was collected from patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, and its pH and composition were assessed after incubation in either air or air with 5% CO2. Precipitation of calcium, magnesium, phosphate, and proteins occurred in the dialysis fluid incubated in air at 37...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wilcox MH,Smith DG,Evans JA,Denyer SP,Finch RG,Williams P

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00