Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of human genotype P[6] rotavirus strains detected in Hungary provides evidence for genetic heterogeneity within the P[6] VP4 gene.

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：:A simplified procedure for serotyping Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli on the basis of thermostable antigens was developed and tested for its applicability as a routine typing method. The assay involves the sensitization of erythrocytes with an antigenic extract and performance of a slide agglutination assa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mills SD,Congi RV,Hennessy JN,Penner JL

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norwalk virus (NV) and the Norwalk-like viruses are important human pathogens that cause epidemic acute viral gastroenteritis. Current techniques used to recover NV from clinical samples involve multistep viral extraction and elution procedures with subsequent viral detection by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). In ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schwab KJ,Estes MK,Neill FH,Atmar RL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old patient developed severe shock due to administration of a Yersinia enterocolitica-contaminated red blood cell concentrate. Y. enterocolitica (serotype O:9, biotype II) was cultivated from the residual blood in the blood bag and from a stool sample of the blood donor. In the donor's plasma immunoglobulin ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Strobel E,Heesemann J,Mayer G,Peters J,Müller-Weihrich S,Emmerling P

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a rapid and sensitive assay for the detection of Salmonella serovars in veterinary clinical specimens. This method utilizes a short cultivation period followed by PCR. For detection of the amplified product, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based oligonucleotide ligation assay (OLA) was u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stone GG,Oberst RD,Hays MP,McVey S,Chengappa MM

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi expresses a conserved, species-specific 39-kDa protein (P39) that can stimulate antibodies during human infection. To confirm that anti-P39 antibodies are produced consistently in animals exposed to infectious spirochetes, white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus, and laboratory white mice, Mus musc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Simpson WJ,Burgdorfer W,Schrumpf ME,Karstens RH,Schwan TG

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Food and Drug Administration published a public health warning on the association of bacterial meningitis and cochlear implants in June 2002. This article reports the first case of group A streptococcal (GAS) meningitis in a cochlear-implanted patient, followed by a review on cochlear implantation and GAS meningit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pettersen G,Ovetchkine P,Tapiero B

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a strategy to determine the clinical impact associated with errors in clinical microbiology testing. Over a 9-month period, we used a sequential three-stage method to prospectively evaluate 480 consecutive corrected microbiology laboratory reports. The three stages were physician review of the corrected r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yuan S,Astion ML,Schapiro J,Limaye AP

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of XbaI-digested chromosomal DNA was performed on 133 strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi obtained from Papua New Guinea, with the objective of assessing the temporal variation of these strains. Fifty-two strains that were isolated in 1992 and 1994 were of one phage typ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thong KL,Goh YL,Yasin RM,Lau MG,Passey M,Winston G,Yoannes M,Pang T,Reeder JC

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candidate live-virus vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus are being developed and are beginning to be evaluated in clinical trials. To distinguish candidate vaccine strains from wild-type strains isolated during these trials, we developed PCR assays specific to two sets of candidate vaccine strains. The two sets w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zheng H,Peret TC,Randolph VB,Crowley JC,Anderson LJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether patients colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) continue to harbor the same genotype during hospital readmissions. We characterized 140 MRSA strains isolated from 33 persistent MRSA carriers with hospital readmissions. Nearly half of the patients continued to harbor the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eghbaria S,Schnitser K,Danial-Farran N,Keness Y,Bisharat N

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contamination of semiclosed disposable circuits of Healthdyne and Bourns ventilators was studied in a newborn intensive care unit over a 2-year period. A total of 379 fluid samples was obtained from inspiratory and expiratory tubing condensates and traps and from thermal humidifier columns fed with prefilled conta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Malecka-Griggs B

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Roche Linear Array (LA) and Innogenetics INNO-LiPA human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping assays were compared for paraffin-embedded vulval tissues. The LA detected amplifiable DNA in 28 (57%) out of 49 biopsy specimens, 20 (40%) being HPV genotyped, compared to 49 (100%) and 41 (83%), respectively, detected by the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tan SE,Garland SM,Rumbold AR,Tabrizi SN

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-reaction between Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and chlamydiae is described. A water-soluble, heat stable, non-dialyzable antigen was extracted from Acinetobacter species by boiling. This antigen fixed complement in the presence of homologous hyperimmune sera from rabbits or guinea pigs and in the presence of het...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brade H,Brunner H

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-year prospective study was carried out in two large urban centers of São Paulo State, Brazil, to determine the prevalences and roles of the different Escherichia coli pathotypes in children less than 5 years of age with diarrhea presenting to the emergency rooms of public hospitals or visiting private pediatrician...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Araujo JM,Tabarelli GF,Aranda KR,Fabbricotti SH,Fagundes-Neto U,Mendes CM,Scaletsky IC

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:Established in-house quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays to detect the Mycoplasma genitalium adhesion protein (MgPa) and the 16S rRNA gene were found to be comparable for screening purposes, with a kappa value of 0.97 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.94 to 1.01) and no difference in bacterial load quantified (P = 0.4399). ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Twin J,Taylor N,Garland SM,Hocking JS,Walker J,Bradshaw CS,Fairley CK,Tabrizi SN

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An automated cultivation system for mycobacteria, the MGIT 960 system (MGIT system), was compared in the clinical routine with two variants of Löwenstein-Jensen (L-J) medium. A total of 152 isolates were recovered from 2,015 specimens: 139 (91%) with the MGIT system and 127 (84%) with L-J media (P = 0.05). These inclu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Katila ML,Katila P,Erkinjuntti-Pekkanen R

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza epidemics arise through the accumulation of viral genetic changes, culminating in a novel antigenic type that is able to escape host immunity. Following an outbreak of the A/Fujian/411/2002-like strains in Asia, including China, Japan, and South Korea, in 2002, Australia and New Zealand experienced substanti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kang S,Yang IS,Lee JY,Park Y,Oh HB,Kang C,Kim KH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonas vaginalis is the most prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted infection worldwide, and improved diagnostic methods are critical for controlling this pathogen. Diagnostic assays that can be used in conjunction with routine chlamydia/gonorrhea nucleic acid-based screening are likely to have the most impact o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Van Der Pol B,Williams JA,Taylor SN,Cammarata CL,Rivers CA,Body BA,Nye M,Fuller D,Schwebke JR,Barnes M,Gaydos CA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular techniques are playing an important role in the diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial infections. This case report describes a chronic soft tissue infection in an immunocompetent patient caused by a previously undescribed pigmented, rapidly growing Mycobacterium species, emphasizing the importance of cli...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Turenne CY,Suchak AA,Wolfe JN,Kabani A,Nicolle LE

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a study to evaluate Streck tissue fixative (STF) as a substitute for formalin and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) in fecal preservation. A comparison of formalin, PVA, (mercuric chloride based), and STF was done by aliquoting fecal samples into each fixative. Stool specimens were collected in Haiti, and parasites...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nace EK,Steurer FJ,Eberhard ML

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) genes of 42 strains representing 23 species of the genus Trichosporon were partially sequenced to determine their molecular phylogenetic relationships. Almost half of the 22 strains investigated (from 11 different species) contained introns in their sequences. Analysis of a 396-bp co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Biswas SK,Wang L,Yokoyama K,Nishimura K

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：:Despite the declining rate of sexually transmitted diseases in developed countries, trichomoniasis is still one of the most common venereal infections. While diagnosis of this condition is commonly based on the microscopic wet-mount method, culture remains the most accurate single procedure for detecting the presence ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poch F,Levin D,Levin S,Dan M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) was diagnosed by clinical signs and lesions in five out of six white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in a North American zoo. The clinical signs and histopathological lesions in these deer were typical of MCF. Antibody to an epitope conserved among the MCF viruses was detected in t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li H,Dyer N,Keller J,Crawford TB

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

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：:A simple procedure for the selective isolation of the protective species-specific protein antigens (SPAs) of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia prowazekii was developed to permit use of the SPAs in the immunodiagnosis and immunoprophylaxis of typhus infections. Although the SPAs were readily extracted from lysozyme- or d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dasch GA

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was performed comparing the fluorescent antibody to membrane antigen (FAMA) test and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for identifying susceptibility and seroconversion to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection. A total of 75 sera were collected from index cases and from sibling and par...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Iltis JP,Castellano GA,Gerber P,Le C,Vujcic LK,Quinnan GV Jr

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that a group of Chlamydia strains known as TWAR, which are now proposed to be a new species called Chlamydia pneumoniae, may be a frequent cause of respiratory disease in the United States and many other countries. Current serotesting methods do not allow rapid screening of large numbers of samp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ladany S,Black CM,Farshy CE,Ossewaarde JM,Barnes RC

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00