Detection of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and Shigella flexneri in feces by immunomagnetic isolation and polymerase chain reaction.

abstract：:The performance characteristics of the Gen-Probe Probe Competition Assay (PCA) used in conjunction with the Gen-Probe PACE 2 and 2C direct detection assays for Chlamydia trachomatis were examined. Data collected by five public health laboratories by using the Gen-Probe PACE 2 were pooled and analyzed. Of 25,081 endoce...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beebe JL,Sharpton TR,Zanto SN,Steece RS,Rogers C,Mottice SL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent advances, tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis remains imperfect in resource-limited settings due to its complexity and costs, poor sensitivity of available tests, or long times to reporting. We present a report on the use of colorimetric methods, based on the detection of mycobacterial growth using colorimetric...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boum Y 2nd,Orikiriza P,Rojas-Ponce G,Riera-Montes M,Atwine D,Nansumba M,Bazira J,Tuyakira E,De Beaudrap P,Bonnet M,Page AL

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe emaciation and mortalities suggestive of mycobacterial infections were recently reported for both adult and young wild red deer (Cervus elaphus) in the southeastern part of Belgium. In deer, tuberculous lesions are not pathognomonic of Mycobacterium bovis infection due to gross and microscopic similarities with...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Godfroid J,Delcorps C,Irenge LM,Walravens K,Marché S,Gala JL

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid tests for glucose, maltose, lactose, sucrose, and starch fermentation were performed on 112 strains of anaerobic bacteria. The tests were incubated under aerobic conditions, and results were read within 4 h. An overall correlation of 89% was achieved between the rapid tests and the Virginia Polytechnic Institut...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schreckenberger PC,Blazevic DJ

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution melt (HRM) analysis can identify sequence polymorphisms by comparing the melting curves of amplicons generated by real-time PCR amplification. We describe the application of this technique to identify Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis types I, II, and III. The HRM approach was based on ty...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Castellanos E,Aranaz A,De Buck J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid detection of drug-resistant bacteria in clinical samples plays an instrumental role in patients' infection management and in implementing effective infection control policies. In the study described in this report, we validated a multiplex TaqMan real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay for the detection of bla(K...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hindiyeh M,Smollan G,Grossman Z,Ram D,Robinov J,Belausov N,Ben-David D,Tal I,Davidson Y,Shamiss A,Mendelson E,Keller N

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-four pneumococci with various MICs of penicillin (38 with MICs of less than or equal to 0.06 micrograms/ml [susceptible], 35 with MICs of 0.12 to 1.0 micrograms/ml [relatively resistant], and 11 with MICs of greater than 1.0 micrograms/ml [resistant] ) were screened by a disk diffusion test using oxacillin and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Swenson JM,Hill BC,Thornsberry C

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared whole blood dried on filter paper to the standard assay with frozen cell-free plasma for use in the quantitation of the human immunodeficiency virus RNA load in blood. RNA values from filter paper, corrected for the hematocrit, gave results comparable to those of the standard assay in terms of sensitivity ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fiscus SA,Brambilla D,Grosso L,Schock J,Cronin M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and accurate tests are currently needed to identify individuals with high levels of Loa loa microfilaria (mf), so that these individuals may be excluded from mass ivermectin administration campaigns against onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis being conducted in areas where Onchocerca volvulus, Wuchereria ban...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Drame PM,Fink DL,Kamgno J,Herrick JA,Nutman TB

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A matched case-control study was conducted in the Maternal and Child Health Clinic (MCH) in Ifakara, Tanzania, during the rainy season in order to elucidate the risk factors for and etiology of diarrheal diseases in children under 5 years of age. Cases (103) and controls (206) were matched for sex and age group. Preco...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gascón J,Vargas M,Schellenberg D,Urassa H,Casals C,Kahigwa E,Aponte JJ,Mshinda H,Vila J

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many bunyaviruses of the Bunyamwera and California serogroups are medically important human pathogens. The development of an effective technique to detect the viruses by using molecular biologic tools, such as PCR, improves not only clinical diagnosis but also virologic surveillance of mosquito vectors in the field. I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuno G,Mitchell CJ,Chang GJ,Smith GC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the development of a fully automated real-time PCR assay for the quantitative detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in plasma with EDTA (EDTA plasma). The MagNA Pure LC instrument was used for automated DNA purification and automated preparation of PCR mixtures. Real-time PCR was performed on the Light...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leb V,Stöcher M,Valentine-Thon E,Hölzl G,Kessler H,Stekel H,Berg J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new blood lysis-filtration culture technique revealed a high incidence of Staphylococcus epidermidis in the blood of patients and of healthy people. Of 2,004 blood cultures from patients, the blood lysis method grew S. epidermidis in 233 (11.6%), whereas a conventional two-bottle culture system grew this organism in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zierdt CH

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for determining the MICs for Aspergillus species with slant-shaking incubation is described. The method was rapid (24 h), produced sharp visual end points, and showed high reproducibility. Additionally, MICs measured by this method correlated well with, as well as were two- to sixfold lower than, those by...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yamada H,Kohno S,Maesaki S,Koga H,Kaku M,Hara K,Tanaka H

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four serotypes of Cryptococcus neoformans designated A, B, C, and D are currently recognized. Although an agglutination test is most often used to serotype C. neoformans in cultures, this test is not appropriate for typing the fungus in fixed tissues. A study to prepare fluorescent-antibody reagents for typing C. neof...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaplan W,Bragg SL,Crane S,Ahearn DG

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to antimonial drugs has been documented in Leishmania isolates transmitted in South America, Europe, and Asia. The frequency and distribution of resistance to these and other antileishmanial drugs are unknown. Technical constraints have limited the assessment of drug susceptibility of clinical strains of Le...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fernández O,Diaz-Toro Y,Valderrama L,Ovalle C,Valderrama M,Castillo H,Perez M,Saravia NG

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1,335 Escherichia coli strains isolated from patients with diarrhea were submitted to the Serény test. Of these strains, 1,035 were also submitted to slide agglutination test, using antisera for invasive E. coli serogroups. Of 325 isolates that were lysine decarboxylase negative, 138 reacted with one of the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toledo MR,Trabulsi LR

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three molecular typing methods were used to study the relationships among 184 Campylobacter strains isolated from humans, cattle, and chickens. All strains were genotyped by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis, multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and sequence analysis of a genomic region with short t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schouls LM,Reulen S,Duim B,Wagenaar JA,Willems RJ,Dingle KE,Colles FM,Van Embden JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GB virus C (GBV-C) markers were analyzed in two to three generations in three families with documented vertical transmission of GBV-C. None of the maternal grandparents had GBV-C markers, whereas the male spouses had GBV-C envelope 2 antibodies. Evidence was found for intrafamilial transmission but not for GBV-C trans...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chen M,Fischler B,Hultgren C,Halasz R,Nemeth A,Sällberg M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of the BDProbeTec ET system (BD Biosciences, Sparks, Md.) for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in respiratory specimens was evaluated by comparing results to those of conventional mycobacterial culture performed with the BACTEC 460 TB system and Middlebrook 7H11 biplates. P...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bergmann JS,Keating WE,Woods GL

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six rapid agglutination tests for identification of Staphylococcus aureus were evaluated by using 62 strains of S. aureus, 63 strains of S. saprophyticus, and 67 strains of other coagulase-negative staphylococci. S. saprophyticus was responsible for 19 of 26 false-positive results and 20 uninterpretable reactions. Thu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gregson DB,Low DE,Skulnick M,Simor AE

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:The use of rapid tests for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has become standard in HIV testing algorithms employed in resource-limited settings. We report an extensive HIV rapid test validation study conducted among Ugandan blood bank donors at low risk for HIV infection. The operational characteristics of four read...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eller LA,Eller MA,Ouma BJ,Kataaha P,Bagaya BS,Olemukan RL,Erima S,Kawala L,de Souza MS,Kibuuka H,Wabwire-Mangen F,Peel SA,O'Connell RJ,Robb ML,Michael NL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of a polymorphic microsatellite locus was applied to 85 Candida albicans strains from healthy individuals. Comparison with strains from nonhealthy individuals previously analyzed in our laboratory showed an overall similarity, suggesting that all commensal strains have the ability to develop as pathogens. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dalle F,Dumont L,Franco N,Mesmacque D,Caillot D,Bonnin P,Moiroux C,Vagner O,Cuisenier B,Lizard S,Bonnin A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum samples collected from 68 patients (age, mean +/- the standard deviation [SD], 56.3 +/- 12.8 years) at admission who were subsequently molecularly diagnosed as having hepatitis E and from 2,781 individuals who were assumed not to have been recently infected with hepatitis E virus (HEV; negative controls; 52.9 +/...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Takahashi M,Kusakai S,Mizuo H,Suzuki K,Fujimura K,Masuko K,Sugai Y,Aikawa T,Nishizawa T,Okamoto H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The data available for the diagnosis of chlamydial infections in infants which compare direct fluorescent-monoclonal-antibody stains (DFAs) with culture are limited to one reagent, MicroTrak (Syva Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.). We therefore performed a comparison of Pathfinder (Kallestad Diagnostics, Chaska, Minn.) and Mic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roblin PM,Hammerschlag MR,Cummings C,Williams TH,Worku M

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenomonas sputigena is a curved motile anaerobic gram-negative rod that is a part of the normal upper respiratory tract of man. We present a case of speticemia associated with this organism and believe it to be the first such report describing systemic disease. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McCarthy LR,Carlson JR

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of class D extended-spectrum oxacillinases (ES-OXAs) in ceftazidime-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is often underestimated by double-disk synergy tests (DDST) using clavulanate. A DDST with a customized distance between a disk of ceftazidime or cefepime and inhibitors (clavulanate and imipe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hocquet D,Dehecq B,Bertrand X,Plésiat P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an accurate nonradioactive colony hybridization assay (NCHA) using a digoxigenin-labeled polynucleotide probe and an antidigoxigenin alkaline phosphatase conjugate for the identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) harboring genes for colonization factor antigen I (CFA/I), coli surface anti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sommerfelt H,Grewal HM,Gaastra W,Svennerholm AM,Bhan MK

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae was obtained from flea pools and individual ticks collected at three sites in northwestern Peru within the focus of an outbreak of febrile disease in humans attributed, in part, to SFG rickettsia infections. Molecular identification of the etiologic agents from these s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Blair PJ,Jiang J,Schoeler GB,Moron C,Anaya E,Cespedes M,Cruz C,Felices V,Guevara C,Mendoza L,Villaseca P,Sumner JW,Richards AL,Olson JG

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00