Isolation and characterization of dually reactive strains of group a rotavirus from hospitalized children.

abstract：:Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is an important pathogen in the etiology of severe periodontitis. For epidemiological studies on the prevalence of certain pathogenic clones and transmission of this bacterium, adequate typing methods are necessary. The purpose of this study was to compare six different typing meth...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Steenbergen TJ,Bosch-Tijhof CJ,van Winkelhoff AJ,Gmür R,de Graaff J

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new case of Campylobacter hyointestinalis-associated diarrhea in a human is reported. The medical history of the patient was significant for immunodeficiency because of an evolutive chronic myeloid leukemia. The diarrhea rapidly stopped after administration of oral erythromycin. No other enteropathogenic agent was f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Minet J,Grosbois B,Megraud F

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella melitensis is the cause of brucellosis in sheep and goats, which often results in abortion. Few cases of B. melitensis infection in goats have occurred in the United States over the last 25 years. However, vigilance must be maintained, as it is for the bovine milk industry, to ensure that brucellosis is not i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Funk ND,Tabatabai LB,Elzer PH,Hagius SD,Martin BM,Hoffman LJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) cause severe opportunistic infections and have a rising incidence in most settings. Rising diagnostic need must be met by national reference laboratories, which rely on Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guideline-approved manual readout of microtiter plates for antimi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rockland M,Ruth MM,Aalders N,Pennings L,Hoefsloot W,Wattenberg M,van Ingen J

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrophialophora fusispora is an emerging opportunistic fungus capable of causing human infections. The taxonomy of the genus is not yet resolved and, in order to facilitate identification of clinical specimens, we have studied a set of clinical and environmental Acrophialophora isolates by morphological and molecular ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sandoval-Denis M,Gené J,Sutton DA,Wiederhold NP,Guarro J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently sequenced genome of Campylobacter jejuni RM1221 revealed the presence of three integrated bacteriophage-like elements. In this study, genes from the first element, a Mu-like bacteriophage, were amplified by PCR and used to probe pulsed-field gels of clinical C. jejuni strains obtained from a waterborne ou...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barton C,Ng LK,Tyler SD,Clark CG

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined several factors for their effects on the serological reactivity of Legionella antigens used for direct or indirect fluorescent-antibody tests. These factors included media, methods of killing, strain differences, and the nature of the reactivity with diverse human sera. The maximum serological reactivities...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Benson RF,Malcolm GB,Pine L,Harrell WK

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a case of conjunctivitis caused by a nutritionally variant streptococcus in a newborn infant. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barrios H,Bump CM

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague and is considered a category A priority pathogen due to its potential for high transmissibility and the significant morbidity and mortality it causes in humans. Y. pestis is endemic to the western United States and much of the world, necessitating programs to monitor fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chandler JC,Baeten LA,Griffin DL,Gidlewski T,DeLiberto TJ,Petersen JM,Pappert R,Young JW,Bevins SN

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Variability of disease manifestations has been noted in patients with Lyme disease. A contributing factor to this variation may be the number of spirochetes present in infected patients. We evaluated clinical and laboratory findings for patients with erythema migrans with regard to the number of Borrelia burgdorferi o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liveris D,Wang G,Girao G,Byrne DW,Nowakowski J,McKenna D,Nadelman R,Wormser GP,Schwartz I

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A space-saving media table designed to facilitate pouring large quantities of plated media in a small area is described. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McGonagle LA,Schmidt G,Eng S,Wirsing K

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The penicillin-induced L phase of growth of the group B, type III streptococcal strain 76-043 was examined for biochemical properties used for the identification of group B streptococci. After numerous serial subcultures in the cell wall-defective state, this stable L phase continued to produce hemolysin, hippuricase,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Flores AE,Ferrieri P

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate oral yeast colonization and oral yeast strain diversity in irradiated (head and neck), dentate, xerostomic individuals. Subjects were recruited from a nasopharyngeal carcinoma clinic and were segregated into group A (age, <60 years [n = 25; average age +/- standard deviation (S...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leung WK,Dassanayake RS,Yau JY,Jin LJ,Yam WC,Samaranayake LP

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with atrophic corpus gastritis and elevated Helicobacter pylori antibody titers but 13C-urea breath test (13C-UBT) and histology results negative for H. pylori were randomized into eradication therapy or follow-up only. Antibody levels decreased significantly in six out of seven patients in the eradication gr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kokkola A,Rautelin H,Puolakkainen P,Sipponen P,Färkkilä M,Haapiainen R,Kosunen TU

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chikungunya fever is a mosquito-borne disease of key public health importance in tropical and subtropical countries. Although severe joint pain is the most distinguishing feature of chikungunya fever, diagnosis remains difficult because the symptoms of chikungunya fever are shared by many pathogens, including dengue f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Okabayashi T,Sasaki T,Masrinoul P,Chantawat N,Yoksan S,Nitatpattana N,Chusri S,Morales Vargas RE,Grandadam M,Brey PT,Soegijanto S,Mulyantno KC,Churrotin S,Kotaki T,Faye O,Faye O,Sow A,Sall AA,Puiprom O,Chaichana P,

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybridomas producing monoclonal antibodies to VP7, a major neutralizing protein of serotype 9 rotavirus (strain W161), were prepared. One monoclonal antibody, W161-6A1, was shown to neutralize only serotype 9 rotavirus strains and reacted specifically with serotype 9 rotaviruses in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Midthun K,Valdesuso J,Kapikian AZ,Hoshino Y,Green KY

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty (1.4%) of 1,421 adult Ixodes pacificus ticks and 2 (20%) of 10 adult Ixodes neotomae ticks collected in five counties of northern California were found to contain spirochetes by direct immunofluorescence examination of their tissues with a polyvalent conjugate. Borreliae isolated from the tissues of nine of the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lane RS,Pascocello JA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Korea, vancomycin-resistant enterococci have become important nosocomial pathogens since the late 1990s, and most vancomycin-resistant enterococcal isolates have been VanA phenotype-vanA genotype strains. In 2001, we experienced an outbreak of VanB phenotype-vanA genotype vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a unive...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eom JS,Hwang IS,Hwang BY,Lee JG,Lee YJ,Cheong HJ,Park YH,Park SC,Kim WJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the first isolation of a new Shigella flexneri serotype, designated 4s, in Beijing, China. Genotypic and phenotypic profiling suggests that this isolate is a clone of the S. flexneri serotype X variant reference strain. Of particular concern is the multidrug resistance exhibited by this isolate. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qiu S,Wang Z,Chen C,Liu N,Jia L,Liu W,Wang L,Hao R,Zhang L,Wang Y,Song H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The semen plasma virus load is measured to ensure the safety of sperm processing during medically assisted procreation (MAP) for couples with a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected man. A practical, automated protocol using the COBAS Ampliprep CAP/CTM kit in the COBAS TaqMan96 system was developed to m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pasquier C,Sauné K,Raymond S,Moinard N,Daudin M,Bujan L,Izopet J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotide chips targeting the bacterial internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) of the 16S-23S rRNA gene, which contains genus- and species-specific regions, were developed and evaluated. Forty-three sequences were designed consisting of 1 universal, 3 Gram stain-specific, 9 genus-specific, and 30 species-speci...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kim CM,Song ES,Jang HJ,Kim HJ,Lee S,Shin JH,Kim SJ,Jeong SH,Jeong J,Koh K,Choi GE,Lee EY,Chang CL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IDI-MRSA assay (Infectio Diagnostic, Inc., Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada) with the Smart Cycler II rapid DNA amplification system (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA) appears to be sensitive and specific for the rapid detection of nasal colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We assessed the sensitivi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bishop EJ,Grabsch EA,Ballard SA,Mayall B,Xie S,Martin R,Grayson ML

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei causes significant global morbidity and mortality, with the highest disease burden in parts of Asia where culture-based diagnosis is often not available. We prospectively evaluated the Active Melioidosis Detect (AMD; InBios International, USA) lateral flow immunoassay (LFI) for rapid detectio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Woods KL,Boutthasavong L,NicFhogartaigh C,Lee SJ,Davong V,AuCoin DP,Dance DAB

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni from sporadic cases and outbreaks of gastroenteritis were serotyped on the basis of heat-extracted soluble thermostable antigens identified with the use of the passive hemagglutination technique. A total of 168 isolates were separated into 45 different types. The largest proportion of the isolates...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McMyne PM,Penner JL,Mathias RG,Black WA,Hennessy JN

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a dual Salmonella infection is described. Salmonella group B was recovered from three blood culture sets but was not detected in seven stool cultures. Salmonella group C2 was isolated from three of seven stool cultures but was not recovered from blood cultures. Specific, non-cross-reactive antibodies to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Papasian CJ,Bartholomew WR,Neter E,Amsterdam D

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. P. aeruginosa toxin is one of several proposed virulence factors which may be responsible for chronic P. aeruginosa infections in these patients. With a highly specific, sensitive, and quantita...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cukor G,Blacklow NR,Nowak NA,Rich CM,Braverman LE,Fischer RA

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay permits rapid near-patient detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum; however, the test sensitivity remains suboptimal in paucibacillary specimens that are negative for acid-fast bacilli using smear microscopy. Xpert testing includes dilution with sample reagent, and when proces...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dharan NJ,Amisano D,Mboowa G,Ssengooba W,Blakemore R,Kubiak RW,Armstrong DT,Jones M,Manabe YC,Joloba ML,Ellner JJ,Dorman SE,Alland D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrazinamide is important in tuberculosis treatment, as it is bactericidal to semidormant mycobacteria not killed by other antituberculosis drugs. Pyrazinamide is also one of the cornerstone drugs retained in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). However, due to technical difficulties, routine dr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mphahlele M,Syre H,Valvatne H,Stavrum R,Mannsåker T,Muthivhi T,Weyer K,Fourie PB,Grewal HM

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:The ability of Yersinia to digest polypectate may be of some value in differentiating Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis from some of the other fermenting gram-negative bacilli, such as Enterobacter agglomerans, with which they can be confused. Pectolytic activity in Yersinia may also have some teleologic or ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： von Riesen VL

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00