Fosfomycin and rifampin disk diffusion tests for detection of Escherichia coli mutator strains.

abstract：:The performances of the Etest and the disk diffusion methods for testing of the susceptibilities of 235 Candida glabrata isolates to fluconazole and voriconazole were compared with that of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) approved standard broth microdilution (BMD) method. The NCCLS met...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Diekema DJ,Boyken L,Messer SA,Tendolkar S,Hollis RJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several media were used to evaluate the hemolytic activity of Listeria monocytogenes, and this property was used along with the API Listeria system to identify Listeria spp. All L. monocytogenes strains were identified correctly with this system, and blood agar base no. 2 and Columbia blood agar base supplemented with...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fujisawa T,Mori M

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：:E test strips (AB Biodisk, Culver City, Calif.) tested on 2% NaCl-supplemented Mueller-Hinton agar and Alamar panels (Alamar, Sacramento, Calif.) correctly characterized 127 of 127 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates and 100 of 100 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus isolates. These overnight antimicrob...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Novak SM,Hindler J,Bruckner DA

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old woman with a 15-year history of HIV-hepatitis C virus coinfection had aortic valve and ascending aorta replacement in 2007. She presented with abdominal pain, episodic diarrhea, and profuse sweating in 2010. Thoracoabdominal positron emission tomography-computed tomography finally suggested infectious ao...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rougemont M,Ratib O,Wintsch J,Schrenzel J,Hirschel B

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is an important cause of pneumonia in pigs around the world, but confirming its presence in (or absence from) pigs can be difficult. Culture for diagnosis is impractical, and seroconversion is often delayed after natural infection, limiting the use of serology. Numerous PCR assays for the dete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Strait EL,Madsen ML,Minion FC,Christopher-Hennings J,Dammen M,Jones KR,Thacker EL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex real-time PCR assay was developed with a LightCycler instrument for detection of influenza viruses A and B and the human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV). Detection of each viral product and of an internal control was based on determination of specific melting temperatures by the LightCycler software. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boivin G,Côté S,Déry P,De Serres G,Bergeron MG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A typing enzyme immunoassay (TYPE-EIA) was used to determine the antigenic types of 64 astrovirus-positive specimens from nine collections from seven countries. Six of the seven known astrovirus types were detected in the collections, with HAstV-1 predominating in all collections for one from the United Kingdom. Selec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Noel JS,Lee TW,Kurtz JB,Glass RI,Monroe SS

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several species within the Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) have emerged as significant opportunistic pathogens of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). BCC infection is typically associated with a poor clinical prognosis and decreased survival. These factors, combined with the existence of highly transmissible epidem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown AR,Govan JR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a real-time PCR assay to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with ciprofloxacin resistance in specimens submitted for nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT). All three single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) targets produced high sensitivity and specificity values. The presence of ≥2 SNPs wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peterson SW,Martin I,Demczuk W,Bharat A,Hoang L,Wylie J,Allen V,Lefebvre B,Tyrrell G,Horsman G,Haldane D,Garceau R,Wong T,Mulvey MR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of existing human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping assays are based on multiplex PCR using consensus or degenerate primers. We developed a Templex HPV assay that simultaneously detects and identifies 25 common HPV genotypes in a single-tube reaction using type-specific primers for the HPV-specific E6 and E...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Han J,Swan DC,Smith SJ,Lum SH,Sefers SE,Unger ER,Tang YW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses (NVs) are important human pathogens that cause acute gastroenteritis. Genetically related animal enteric NVs have also been described, but there is no evidence of interspecies transmission of NVs. In this study we characterized antibody prevalence among domestic pigs by using recombinant capsid antigens of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farkas T,Nakajima S,Sugieda M,Deng X,Zhong W,Jiang X

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended confirming positive screening tests for Chlamydia trachomatis when positive predictive values are <90%. It is accepted that less sensitive tests (i.e., culture and immunoassays) should not be used to confirm the results of more sensitive nucleic acid amplifica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schachter J,Hook EW,Martin DH,Willis D,Fine P,Fuller D,Jordan J,Janda WM,Chernesky M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recovery of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria from clinical specimens maintained in the Copan Venturi Transystem and the Becton Dickinson Port-a-Cul transport was assessed. Of 54 anaerobes, 53 were recovered after 4 h, and 52 were recovered after 24 h, from both systems. After 48 h, 45 and 50 were recovered from the two ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Citron DM,Warren YA,Hudspeth MK,Goldstein EJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actinomycete Rhodococcus equi is an important pathogen of horses and an emerging opportunistic pathogen of humans. Identification of R. equi by classical bacteriological techniques is sometimes difficult, and misclassification of an isolate is not uncommon. We report here on a specific PCR assay for the rapid and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ladrón N,Fernández M,Agüero J,González Zörn B,Vázquez-Boland JA,Navas J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichophyton rubrum was easily differentiated from T. mentagrophytes by its ability to assimilate sorbitol with an API 20C AUX strip. One hundred percent of 36 T. rubrum strains and none of 147 T. mentagrophytes strains assimilated sorbitol. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rezusta A,Rubio MC,Alejandre MC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR) was used to characterize Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. Cells from a single colony could be subtyped by AP-PCR within a few hours. The discrimination between strains of L. pneumophila serogroup 1 by AP-PCR was equivalent to that by monoclonal antibody analysis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gomez-Lus P,Fields BS,Benson RF,Martin WT,O'Connor SP,Black CM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many commercially available media for cultivation of mycobacteria have failed to support the growth of these organisms. This is especially true of media prepared with albumin-containing enrichments. Earlier, we developed a method for rapid identification of good albumin enrichments for agar-based media used to test th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Butler WR,Warren NG,Kubica GP,Kilburn JO

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the diagnostic performance of the new COVID19SEROSpeed IgM/IgG rapid test (BioSpeedia, a spinoff of the Pasteur Institute of Paris) for the detection of antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in comparison to other commercial antibody assays through a large ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Plebani M,Parčina M,Bechri I,Zehender G,Terkeš V,Abdel Hafith B,Antinori S,Pillet S,Gonzalo S,Hoerauf A,Lai A,Morović M,Bourlet T,Torre A,Pozzetto B,Galli M

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Rothia spp. are Gram-positive cocco-bacilli that cause a wide range of serious infections, especially in immunocompromised hosts. Risk factors for Rothia mucilaginosa (previously known as Stomatococcus mucilaginosus) bacteremia include prolonged and profound neutropenia, malignancy, and an indwelling vascular foreign ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ramanan P,Barreto JN,Osmon DR,Tosh PK

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:Bovine vaginal cytobrush specimens were analyzed for the presence of Chlamydia spp. by a high-sensitivity, high-specificity quantitative PCR. The 53% prevalence of low-level Chlamydia psittaci and C. pecorum genital infection detected in virgin heifers suggests predominantely extragenital transmission of Chlamydia in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： DeGraves FJ,Gao D,Hehnen HR,Schlapp T,Kaltenboeck B

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 522 patients with Propionibacterium acnes bacteremia (PAB), 18 (3.5%) had clinically significant PAB. Of these 18 patients, 10 (55.6%) had hospital-acquired bacteremia and 6 (33.3%) had undergone invasive procedures before development of PAB. One patient with a ventricular septal defect presented with infective end...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park HJ,Na S,Park SY,Moon SM,Cho OH,Park KH,Chong YP,Kim SH,Lee SO,Kim YS,Woo JH,Kim MN,Choi SH

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans (serotype D) and C. neoformans var. grubii (serotype A) differ in geographic prevalence and dermatotropism, with C. neoformans var. neoformans strains being more prevalent among isolates from temperate countries as well as from skin infections. Analysis of 19 strains from each s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Martinez LR,Garcia-Rivera J,Casadevall A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old diabetic female presented to a hospital in Jamaica with thermal burns. Trichosporon asahii was isolated from facial wounds, sputum, and a meningeal swab. Dissemination of the fungus was demonstrated in stained histological sections of the meninges and a brain abscess at autopsy. Pure growth of the fungus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Heslop OD,Nyi Nyi MP,Abbott SP,Rainford LE,Castle DM,Coard KC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of the application of a range of typing procedures to the identification and classification of 6,264 cultures of nontuberculous mycobacteria from human sources and the environment are reported. Seroagglutination, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay applied to whole bacteria or the glycolipid typing antige...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tsang AY,Denner JC,Brennan PJ,McClatchy JK

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mycobacterium isolated from a clinical sample of an AIDS patient was identified as Mycobacterium interjectum by direct 16S rRNA sequence determination. High-performance liquid chromatography, however, revealed a mycolic acid pattern which was different from the one shared by the previously analyzed strains of this s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tortoli E,Kirschner P,Bartoloni A,Burrini C,Manfrin V,Mantella A,Scagnelli M,Scarparo C,Simonetti MT,Böttger EC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While foreign-born persons constitute only 11% of the population in the state of Rhode Island, they account for more than 65% of incident tuberculosis (TB) annually. We investigated the molecular-epidemiological differences between foreign-born and U.S.-born TB patients to estimate the degree of recent transmission an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vanhomwegen J,Kwara A,Martin M,Gillani FS,Fontanet A,Mutungi P,Crellin J,Obaro S,Gosciminski M,Carter EJ,Rastogi N

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the Staphylococcus aureus absorption method, we have modified a commercial radioimmunoassay kit for the determination of total antibody to hepatitis B core antigen so that we can now determine the predominant globulin species of that antibody. One-hundred percent of acute hepatitis B sera had a predominance of i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schable CA,Maynard JE

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) or aspergilloma and normal sera were analyzed for specific antibodies by Western (immuno-) blotting with Aspergillus fumigatus antigens transferred electrophoretically onto polyvinylidene difluoride membranes. Western blot analysis demonstrated con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kurup VP,Greenberger PA,Fink JN

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00