Occurrence of Campylobacter jejuni in pets living with human patients infected with C. jejuni.

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：:We compared two multistep diagnostic algorithms based on C. Diff Quik Chek Complete and, as confirmatory tests, GenomEra C. difficile and Xpert C. difficile. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were 87.2%, 99.7%, 97.1%, and 98.3%, respectively, for the GenomEra-based ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alcalá L,Reigadas E,Marín M,Fernández-Chico A,Catalán P,Bouza E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulase-negative staphylococci obtained from patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis were cultured in nutrient broth in an atmosphere of air containing 5% carbon dioxide (reflecting the CO2 tension found in freshly used dialysate). Significant differences were observed between the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

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

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 563 specimens (234 dermal and 329 genital swabs) from patients suspected of having herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections were processed using two different extraction methods (the MagNA Pure LC system and the swab extraction tube system [SETS]); HSV DNA was amplified by LightCycler PCR. HSV DNA was detected...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Issa NC,Espy MJ,Uhl JR,Harmsen WS,Mandrekar JN,Gullerud RE,Davis MD,Smith TF

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common causes of chronic diarrhea among travelers worldwide include protozoan parasites. The majority of parasitic infections are caused by Giardia duodenalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium parvum, and Cryptosporidium hominis Similarly, these species cause the majority of parasitic diarrhea acquired in the Un...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Madison-Antenucci S,Relich RF,Doyle L,Espina N,Fuller D,Karchmer T,Lainesse A,Mortensen JE,Pancholi P,Veros W,Harrington SM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture of autologous CD4 lymphocytes from peripheral blood mononuclear cells compared favorably with two other methods for the measurement of cell-associated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). For subjects with undetectable HIV-1 RNA levels in plasma, there was a 10,000-fold range of cell-associated virus d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tremblay CL,Giguel F,Merrill DP,Wong JT,Rosenberg E,Kalams S,Walker BD,D'Aquila RT,Hirsch MS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis produces novel superantigenic toxins designated YPMa (Y. pseudotuberculosis-derived mitogen), YPMb, and YPMc and has a pathogenicity island termed HPI (high-pathogenicity island) and R-HPI (the right-hand part of the HPI with truncation in its left-hand part) on the chromosome. Analysis of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H,Matsuda Y,Seki R,Tsubokura M,Takeda N,Shubin FN,Paik IK,Zheng XB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 2.5 years after the first isolation of the VanA phenotype of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREM) in Poland, the first VREM strains with the VanB phenotype have emerged independently in two different Warsaw hospitals. In one of these the VREM strain was selected during the long-term antimicrobial tre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawalec M,Gniadkowski M,Zielińska U,Kłos W,Hryniewicz W

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a greatly increased interest in Herpesvirus hominis infections especially those of type 2 associated with genital lesions or neonatal disease. Physicians are eager to confirm the clinical impression with a specific virologic diagnosis such as isolation of the agent and its typing, and type-specific antibody r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hanna L,Keshishyan H,Jawetz E,Coleman VR

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study suggested that delayed sample preparation can cause a false-positive plasma cytomegalovirus (CMV) PCR. We evaluated 78 samples submitted for CMV testing, and we report that a 24-h delay in plasma separation did not affect viral quantitation by real-time PCR. Laboratories should evaluate specimen handl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nesbitt SE,Cook L,Jerome KR

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercially prepared fluorescein-labeled antihuman antibodies were labed with 125I and used to compre specific herpes simplex virus antibody titers as determined by indirect fluorescent antibody and radioimmunoassay techniques. Total virus-specific immunoglobulin and virus-specific immunoglobulin G titers did not var...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Parkinson AJ,Kalmakoff J

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the Mycoplasma Duo kit (Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur) with PCR for detection of Ureaplasma spp. in endotracheal aspirates from 60 premature neonates. The overall agreement between the two tests was 96%. The Mycoplasma Duo assay is a useful alternative to culture and PCR for detection of neonatal Ureaplasma i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cheah FC,Anderson TP,Darlow BA,Murdoch DR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medium described is a simple yeast extract broth capable of growing large number of Legionella neumophila, the causative organism of Legionnaires disease. Filtration was chosen as a means of sterilization, since medium that was autoclaved did not support growth without the presence of Norite A. The filtered medium...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ristroph JD,Hedlund KW,Allen RG

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella gormanii, previously isolated only from the environment, was grown from the bronchial brush specimen of a patient with pneumonia. The organism was characterized by serologic, biochemical, and DNA hybridization studies. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Griffith ME,Lindquist DS,Benson RF,Thacker WL,Brenner DJ,Wilkinson HW

更新日期：1988-02-01 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 epidemiology of hospital infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa was investigated by pyocin typing. The typing method, which determined the pyocin activity of clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa on 27 indicator strains, was 43.7% reproducible, but elimination of 9 indicator strains doubled the reproducibility and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bruun FN,McGarrity GJ,Blakemore WS,Coriell LL

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of false-positive hepatitis C virus enzyme immunoassay results was determined to be at least 10% among 1,814 reactive serum samples based on (i) negative results in an independent confirmation assay, (ii) negative PCR results, and (iii) no patients developing clinical or biochemical signs of hepatitis during ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schröter M,Feucht HH,Schäfer P,Zöllner B,Polywka S,Laufs R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteroides forsythus has been associated with destructive adult periodontitis. Up to now, detailed analysis by classical means was hampered by the fastidious nature of the organism. There is hope that the application of molecular detection methods such as indirect immunofluorescence or in situ hybridization (ISH) wil...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gersdorf H,Meissner A,Pelz K,Krekeler G,Göbel UB

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health microbiology laboratories (PHLs) are on the cusp of unprecedented improvements in pathogen identification, antibiotic resistance detection, and outbreak investigation by using whole-genome sequencing (WGS). However, considerable challenges remain due to the lack of common standards. Here, we describe the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kozyreva VK,Truong CL,Greninger AL,Crandall J,Mukhopadhyay R,Chaturvedi V

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is genetically heterogeneous. Although some clonal groups have been implicated in multiple outbreaks, there is currently no consensus on how "epidemic clones" should be defined. The objectives of this work were to compare the patterns of sequence diversity on two sets of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cantinelli T,Chenal-Francisque V,Diancourt L,Frezal L,Leclercq A,Wirth T,Lecuit M,Brisse S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of the 10-micrograms clindamycin disk was evaluated for susceptibility testing of anaerobes by the aerobic thioglycolate broth disk method. A good correlation between the aerobic thioglycolate broth disk method and the reference agar dilution procedure of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toohey KL,Kurzynski TA,Schell RF,Birk RJ,Zabransky RJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CLSI (formerly NCCLS) M38-A document for antifungal susceptibility testing of filamentous fungi does not describe guidelines for echinocandins. A multicenter study (eight centers) evaluated inter- and intralaboratory reproducibilities of two reading times (24 and 48 h or 48 and 72 h) and two end points (MICs and m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Espinel-Ingroff A,Fothergill A,Ghannoum M,Manavathu E,Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Pfaller MA,Rinaldi MG,Schell W,Walsh TJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Europe, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome results mainly from infection with Puumala virus (PUUV) or Dobrava virus. For 31 patients from a hantavirus disease outbreak in Lower Bavaria, a district in southeast Germany, serodiagnosis was undertaken by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunofluorescence assay, a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schilling S,Emmerich P,Klempa B,Auste B,Schnaith E,Schmitz H,Krüger DH,Günther S,Meisel H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sputum specimens received for the diagnosis of tuberculosis or other mycobacterial infections were tested by a ligase chain reaction (LCR)-based assay and acid-fast stain and culture techniques. Results from the LCR assay (Abbott LCx Mycobacterium tuberculosis [MTB] Assay) were compared to results from standard cultur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moore DF,Curry JI

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of Francisella novicida bacteremia following a near-drowning event in seawater. We highlight the challenges associated with laboratory identification of F. novicida and differences in the epidemiology of F. novicida and Francisella tularensis infections. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brett M,Doppalapudi A,Respicio-Kingry LB,Myers D,Husband B,Pollard K,Mead P,Petersen JM,Whitener CJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to complete the immunodiagnosis of human toxocaral disease, an immunoenzymatic assay with excretory-secretory antigens from Toxocara canis larvae was developed for the detection of specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]). The specificity of the assay was evaluated in patient...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Magnaval JF,Fabre R,Maurières P,Charlet JP,de Larrard B

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The name Psychrobacter immobilis recently has been proposed for a group of chiefly psychrotrophic, aerobic, gram-negative, nonmotile, oxidase-positive coccobacilli commonly found associated with fish, processed meat, and poultry products. This article reports an ocular infection in a 12-day-old newborn who acquired th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gini GA

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence analysis of the penA gene, encoding penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2), in 30 penicillin-intermediate (PenI) Neisseria meningitidis strains showed altered gene sequences due to the translocation of exogenous DNA blocks derived from commensal neisseriae, which are known to have PBP2 proteins with decreased af...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stefanelli P,Carattoli A,Neri A,Fazio C,Mastrantonio P

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni was isolated from the feces of 14.8% of a random sample of the healthy population of rural southern India. The rate of isolation was highest in preschool children. This finding emphasizes the need to identify markers of pathogenicity in strains of C. fetus subsp. jejuni, which so far ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rajan DP,Mathan VI

更新日期：1982-05-01 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