Septic arthritis of the knee due to Fusobacterium necrophorum.

abstract：:A member of the Enterobacteriaceae initially identified as Kluyvera cryocrescens by the MicroScan Gram-Negative Combo 13 panel caused an outbreak of nosocomial infections in four patients (pneumonia, n = 2; urinary tract infection, n = 1; wound infection, n = 1) and urinary tract colonization in one patient. When the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Warren JR,Farmer JJ 3rd,Dewhirst FE,Birkhead K,Zembower T,Peterson LR,Sims L,Bhattacharya M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) technique was evaluated as a procedure for rapid detection and identification of members of the Bacteroidaceae. Antisera were prepared against 31 members of this family, including species of Bacteroides and Fusobacterium commonly isolated from human infections. The antisera had d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stauffer LR,Hill EO,Holland JW,Altemeier WA

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparison of Gram-stained urethral smears with Gen-Probe for the detection of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in the urethras of males with symptomatic urethritis revealed a 99.6% correlation between the two methods. A simple Gram stain would appear to be the method of choice for the detection of gonorrhea in symptomatic m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Juchau SV,Nackman R,Ruppart D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida auris is a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes a wide spectrum of infections, especially in intensive care settings. We investigated C. auris prevalence among 102 clinical isolates previously identified as Candida haemulonii or Candida famata by the Vitek 2 system. Internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kathuria S,Singh PK,Sharma C,Prakash A,Masih A,Kumar A,Meis JF,Chowdhary A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biotin-avidin-amplified indirect immunofluorescence method was used to demonstrate specific serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies in nephropathia epidemica, the Scandinavian type of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. The antigen in the test was the cross-reacting agent of Korean hemorrhagic fever, Hantaan viru...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Settergren B,Juto P,Wadell G

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific identification of verocytotoxin (VT)-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) requires the detection of VTs in bacterial culture filtrates or the detection of genes encoding these toxins in bacterial cells by specific DNA probes. The standard method for detecting these toxins involves a time-consuming, labor-int...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Basta M,Karmali M,Lingwood C

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) gene carriage were compared among suspected community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA (CA-MRSA) and health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) isolates. CA-MRSA isolates carried the SCCmec type IV complex...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moroney SM,Heller LC,Arbuckle J,Talavera M,Widen RH

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of chromosomal markers for rapid detection of Bacillus anthracis is difficult because significant chromosomal homology exists among B. anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis. We evaluated the bacterial gyrA gene as a potential chromosomal marker for B. anthracis. A real-time PCR assay wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hurtle W,Bode E,Kulesh DA,Kaplan RS,Garrison J,Bridge D,House M,Frye MS,Loveless B,Norwood D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and twelve Micrococcaceae isolates were obtained from 82 men with nongonococcal urethritis, 24 women with vaginitis, and 54 girls with vulvovaginitis. Identification and biotyping of these strains were carried out by using the simplified scheme of Kloos and Schleifer (W. E. Kloos and K. H. Schleifer, J. Cl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baldellon C,Mégraud F

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuous African green monkey kidney cell line, designated BGM, was compared with primary cynomolgus monkey kidney cells and human embryonic lung cells for efficiency of enterovirus isolation. A selective enhanced sensitivity of BGM cells both in terms of isolation rate and speed of isolation was found for group B...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Menegus MA,Hollick GE

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The name "Campylobacter hyointestinalis" sp. nov. is proposed for a Campylobacter species that was isolated from the intestines of pigs with proliferative enteritis. "C. hyointestinalis" is also found in the feces of cattle and has been isolated from the intestine of a hamster. "C. hyointestinalis" is distinguished fr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gebhart CJ,Edmonds P,Ward GE,Kurtz HJ,Brenner DJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the pCS20 PCR detection assay for Cowdria ruminantium, the causative agent of heartwater disease of ruminants, is more sensitive than xenodiagnosis and the pCS20 DNA probe for the detection of infection in the vector Amblyomma ticks. Here, we further assessed the reliability of the PCR...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peter TF,Barbet AF,Alleman AR,Simbi BH,Burridge MJ,Mahan SM

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of a number of previously published aligned Borrelia 16S rRNA sequences revealed the presence of regions which could serve as oligonucleotide probe targets for both species-specific identification of Borrelia burgdorferi and distinction between genomic groups. Total cellular RNA isolated from Borrelia cult...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marconi RT,Lubke L,Hauglum W,Garon CF

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the context of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, adenovirus infections are associated with relevant mortality and morbidity. Detection of adenovirus DNA by quantitative PCR is the "gold standard" for these patients. A total of 150 samples, namely, 78 whole-blood, 22 cerebrospinal fluid, 24 digestive biopsy, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jeulin H,Salmon A,Bordigoni P,Venard V

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections due to small-colony variants (SCVs) of Staphylococcus aureus in patients with chronic and recurrent infections are an emerging problem; however, studies with this subpopulation are hampered by the fact that SCVs may exhibit unstable phenotypes, making them difficult to study, particularly in broth media. In...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Becker K,Laham NA,Fegeler W,Proctor RA,Peters G,von Eiff C

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the performance of the DR. TBDR/NTM IVD kit, which was designed to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis, rifampin-resistant M. tuberculosis, and nontuberculous mycobacteria, for detecting 110 positive and 50 negative cultures in Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tubes. The accuracy rate of this kit for identifi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lee MR,Cheng A,Huang YT,Liu CY,Chung KP,Wang HC,Liang SK,Liao CH,Yu CJ,Hsueh PR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is a virulence factor of Staphylococcus aureus, which is associated with skin and soft-tissue infections and necrotizing pneumonia. To develop a rapid phenotypic assay, recombinant PVL F component was used to generate monoclonal antibodies by phage display. These antibodies were spott...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Monecke S,Müller E,Buechler J,Rejman J,Stieber B,Akpaka PE,Bandt D,Burris R,Coombs G,Hidalgo-Arroyo GA,Hughes P,Kearns A,Abós SM,Pichon B,Skakni L,Söderquist B,Ehricht R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A singleplex PCR assay using a single primer pair targeting the putative sugar transporter gene was developed here to distinguish Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii, Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans, and Cryptococcus gattii according to the distinct size of the amplicon. The interspecies and intravarietal hybr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Feng X,Fu X,Ling B,Wang L,Liao W,Yao Z

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type-specific antigen was purified from the supernatant of type III group B streptococcal cultures, tyrosylated, and bound to microtiter wells for an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The immunological specificity of the antigen and the assay was shown by (i) reaction only with homologous unabsorbed rabbit sera and (...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anthony BF,Concepcion NF,McGeary SA,Ward JI,Heiner DC,Shapshak P,Insel RA

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate and timely diagnosis of dengue virus (DEN) infections is essential for the differential diagnosis of patients with febrile illness and hemorrhagic fever. In the present study, the diagnostic value of a newly developed immune-complex dissociated nonstructural-1 (NS-1) antigen dot blot immunoassay (DBI) was com...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koraka P,Burghoorn-Maas CP,Falconar A,Setiati TE,Djamiatun K,Groen J,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus; Qiagen, Germantown, MD) interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) received FDA clearance in 2017 and will replace the prior version of the assay, the QFT-Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT). Here, we compared performances of the QFT-Plus assay and the QFT-GIT version in a diverse patient populat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Theel ES,Hilgart H,Breen-Lyles M,McCoy K,Flury R,Breeher LE,Wilson J,Sia IG,Whitaker JA,Clain J,Aksamit TR,Escalante P

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We validated a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of anti-CagA antibodies in Brazilian patients with Helicobacter pylori infection. The test presented high sensitivity (97.4%) and specificity (88.9%) when employed in patients without gastric carcinoma. However, in gastric carcinoma patients...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rocha AM,Rocha GA,Santos A,de Oliveira CA,Queiroz DM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently described medium (Haemophilus test medium [HTM]) for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Haemophilus influenzae was evaluated in this study for broth microdilution testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae. A total of 137 clinical isolates was tested against 11 antimicrobial agents, using Mueller-Hinton broth...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jorgensen JH,Maher LA,Howell AW

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：:The hemagglutination inhibition test (HAI) and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting antibody to rubella virus were compared by testing 25 sets of paired sera taken before and after infection and 10 sets of sera taken during acute and convalescent stages of the disease and by screening 700 serum ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shekarchi IC,Sever JL,Tzan N,Ley A,Ward LC,Madden D

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultures of Sporothrix schenckii were serologically tested by the exoantigen immunodiffusion technique of Kaufman and Standard (L. Kaufman and P.G. Standard, J. Clin. Microbiol. 8:42-45, 1978). This rapid and sensitive technique permitted the identification of 10 isolates of S. schenckii within 3 days. The production ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Polonelli L,Morace G

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opisthorchis viverrini is an important food-borne trematode in Southeast Asia. The infection causes significant morbidity in terms of hepatobiliary diseases and cholangiocarcinoma. The aim of this study was to improve the sensitivity of the PCR-based diagnosis of O. viverrini infection. A new fecal DNA extraction prot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Duenngai K,Sithithaworn P,Rudrappa UK,Iddya K,Laha T,Stensvold CR,Strandgaard H,Johansen MV

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several problems remain before molecular biology-based techniques, such as PCR, are widely accepted for the detection of infectious agents. Among the most formidable of these problems are the inability of the tests to distinguish between viable and nonviable organisms. We approached this problem by using the fact that...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jou NT,Yoshimori RB,Mason GR,Louie JS,Liebling MR

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous cell lines were tested for their potential use in distinguishing pathogenic from nonpathogenic Listeria species. Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii strains were lethal for mice, and culture filtrates were cytotoxic for cultured cells and hemolytic for sheep erythrocytes, while Listeria innocua, Li...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farber JM,Speirs JI

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two DNA probes, one 1.1- and one 0.75-kb probe, specific for Serpulina hyodysenteriae were isolated from a genomic library generated from virulent S. hyodysenteriae 5380. These probes are highly specific and react with all S. hyodysenteriae strains tested. Under stringent conditions, the DNA probes did not react with ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sotiropoulos C,Smith SC,Coloe PJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00