Septicemia with Ewingella americana.

abstract：:We used several molecular typing methods to analyze 196 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and 139 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) isolates collected between 1996 and 2005. The sequence type 72 MRSA has increased in frequency in the community in the Republic of Korea and in hospitals in recent...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kim ES,Lee HJ,Chung GT,Lee YS,Shin DH,Jung SI,Song KH,Park WB,Kim NJ,Park KU,Kim EC,Oh MD,Kim HB

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During measles outbreaks, it is important to be able to rapidly distinguish between measles cases and vaccine reactions to avoid unnecessary outbreak response measures such as case isolation and contact investigations. We have developed a real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) method specific for genotype A meas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roy F,Mendoza L,Hiebert J,McNall RJ,Bankamp B,Connolly S,Lüdde A,Friedrich N,Mankertz A,Rota PA,Severini A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinomyces viscosus is a gram-positive, non-acid-fact, facultative, catalase-positive, filamentous, or diphtheroidal microorganism. It was isolated from six canine infections during a period of 1.5 years. The organism was cultured from exudate and flaky granules aspirated from infectious granulomas and empyemas. All ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Davenport AA,Carter GR,Patterson MJ

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using PCR-based denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analyses of oral bacterial samples in 20 mother-child dyads, this study demonstrated a high degree of similarity of bacterial compositions between the mothers and their children; the two may share as much as 94% of their oral bacterial spectra, including cariogen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li Y,Ismail AI,Ge Y,Tellez M,Sohn W

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stool microscopy as performed in clinical parasitology laboratories is a complex procedure with subjective interpretation. Quality assurance (QA) programs often emphasize proficiency testing as an assessment tool. We describe a result reproducibility assessment tool, which can form part of a broader QA program, and wh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Libman MD,Gyorkos TW,Kokoskin E,Maclean JD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their biofilm-forming capacity, invasive Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates, which cause the majority of nosocomial catheter-related bloodstream infections (BSIs), are thought to be selected at the time of catheter insertion from a population of less virulent commensal strains. This fact allows the predict...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rohde H,Kalitzky M,Kröger N,Scherpe S,Horstkotte MA,Knobloch JK,Zander AR,Mack D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance (PMCR) is a global public health concern, given its ease of transmissibility. The purpose of this study was to evaluate two methods for the detection of PMCR from bacterial colonies: (i) the NG-Test MCR-1 lateral flow immunoassay (LFA; NG Biotech, Guipry, France) and (ii) the EDTA-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fenwick AJ,Bergman Y,Lewis S,Yee R,Uhlemann AC,Cole N,Kohner P,Ordak C,Green DA,Schuetz AN,Humphries R,Simner PJ

更新日期：2020-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The supposedly first outbreak of hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection in Sweden occurred among intravenous drug addicts in the Malmö area in the mid-1970s. Stored sera from this outbreak were used for viral RNA extraction and analysis. By sequence comparisons, the HDV genomes from those Swedish patients fell into two sep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang YY,Hansson BG

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a follow-up study, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infections in 145 children from two communities located in northeastern Argentina were monitored for 2 years. The occurrence of diarrhea was monitored by weekly household visits. Of 730 fecal specimens collected, 137 (19%) corresponded to diarrheal episodes...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Viboud GI,Jouve MJ,Binsztein N,Vergara M,Rivas M,Quiroga M,Svennerholm AM

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently developed a PCR assay for detection of Mycobacterium spp. at the genus level based on the Cobas Amplicor platform. The sensitivities for smear-positive and smear-negative specimens were found to be 100% and 47.9%, respectively. The specificity was 97.7%, the positive predictive value 84.6%, and the ne...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peter-Getzlaff S,Lüthy J,Voit A,Bloemberg GV,Böttger EC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotaviruses were detected by counterimmunoelectro-osmophoresis in the feces of 16 (13.8%) of 116 infants and young children with gastroenteritis during a 5-month period (September 1979 through January 1980) in Ife, Nigeria. The rate of rotavirus detection varied inversely with relative humidity and was highest in Dece...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Paul MO,Erinle EA

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For broth microdilution susceptibility tests of Francisella tularensis, Mueller-Hinton broth with 2% Isovitalex is recommended. Using that medium, we studied three standard control strains tested with nine antimicrobial agents potentially efficacious for treating tularemia. An eight-laboratory collaborative study gene...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown SD,Krisher K,Traczewski MM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high-performance liquid chromatography method that utilized fluorescence detection (HPLC-FL) of mycolic acid 6,7-dimethoxycoumarin esters was developed to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and M. avium complex (MAC) directly from fluorochrome stain smear-positive sputum specimens and young BACTEC 12B culture...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jost KC Jr,Dunbar DF,Barth SS,Headley VL,Elliott LB

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae plays an important role in causing acute exacerbations in patients with chronic respiratory disease. However, few data are available regarding pneumococcal persistence in adult patients with chronic respiratory diseases. Fifty pneumococci recovered from sputum samples (1995 to 2010) from 13 ad...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Domenech A,Ardanuy C,Balsalobre L,Marti S,Calatayud L,De la Campa AG,Brueggemann AB,Liñares J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the applicability of molecular epidemiological techniques to the identification of the causal agent of an outbreak of diarrhea caused by ingestion of food contaminated with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). The outbreak occurred at four elementary schools in July 1996 and affected more t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mitsuda T,Muto T,Yamada M,Kobayashi N,Toba M,Aihara Y,Ito A,Yokota S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cluster of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections among patients on an intensive care unit (ICU) was detected by routine infection control surveillance. In the period from 5 January to 22 June 1995, 10 patients on the ICU and a further 6 patients (5 on one ward that had received colonized pati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tambic A,Power EG,Talsania H,Anthony RM,French GL

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Johne's disease (JD) is an economically important infectious disease in livestock farming caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis As an alternative to serological tests, which are used mainly for the screening of whole herds, we developed a novel ResoLight-based real-time PCR (RL-PCR) assay with pooled f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawaji S,Nagata R,Minegishi Y,Saruyama Y,Mita A,Kishizuka S,Saito M,Mori Y

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Since their first detection in 1988, penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates have rapidly spread in Iceland to account for close to 20% of all pneumococcal disease in that country by 1993. The major component (70%) of the resistant pneumococci identified from 1989 to 1992 was the progeny of a single mul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vilhelmsson SE,Tomasz A,Kristinsson KG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We implemented hospital information system (HIS) alerts to deter unnecessary test orders for ovum and parasite (O&P) exams and Clostridium difficile PCR. The HIS alerts decreased noncompliant O&P orders (orders after >72 h of hospitalization) from 49.8% to 30.9%, an overall decrease of 19%, and reduced noncompliant C....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Otto CC,Shuptar SL,Milord P,Essick CJ,Nevrekar R,Granovsky SL,Seo SK,Babady NE,Martin SC,Tang YW,Pessin MS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of diagnostic susceptibility tests for CEM-101, a new fluoroketolide, was addressed by structured studies to determine the optimal disk diffusion test concentration and effects of various testing conditions or supplements and to establish the quality control (QC) ranges for reference broth microdilutio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jones RN,Ross JE,Rhomberg PR,Quality Control Working Group.

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disease spectrum associated with human bocavirus-1 infection remains to be fully defined. We report a case of bocavirus-1-associated bronchiolitis, leading to severe respiratory failure and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a 4-year-old child, and suggest blood testing for human bocavirus-1 in children with s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Edner N,Castillo-Rodas P,Falk L,Hedman K,Söderlund-Venermo M,Allander T

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widespread use of conjugate pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein vaccines may alter the spectrum of pneumococci producing invasive disease. Novel sensitive diagnostic methods would be valuable for monitoring the epidemiology of pneumococcal disease within populations and vaccine recipients. Ideally, these methods shoul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leeming JP,Cartwright K,Morris R,Martin SA,Smith MD,South-West Pneumococcus Study Group.

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of a reference strain of Yersinia enterocolitica serovar O15, Ye614, was examined for its chemical structure and antigenicity. The O15 LPS was partially hydrolyzed with diluted acetic acid and fractionated on a Sephadex G-50 column. Only one peak was detected at fractions where the R-core olig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawaoka Y,Wauters G,Otsuki K,Tsubokura M

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specimens from skin lesions were examined simultaneously for herpes simplex virus (HSV) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) by direct specimen testing and shell vial culture in single-test systems. For direct testing, cells in a single specimen well were stained with a combination direct-indirect immunofluorescence stain...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brumback BG,Farthing PG,Castellino SN

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum antibody response of infants and children immunized with Formalin-inactivated respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine 20 years ago was determined by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay specific for the RSV fusion (F) and large (G) glycoproteins and a neutralization assay. Twenty-one young infants (2...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murphy BR,Prince GA,Walsh EE,Kim HW,Parrott RH,Hemming VG,Rodriguez WJ,Chanock RM

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined clinical and molecular epidemiologic analysis of 46 strains of Clostridium difficile, including 16 nosocomial isolates from one ward (outbreak ward) plus 17 other nosocomial isolates and 13 community-acquired isolates, was performed. HindIII digests of total cellular DNA were analyzed by restriction enzyme ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kristjánsson M,Samore MH,Gerding DN,DeGirolami PC,Bettin KM,Karchmer AW,Arbeit RD

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mucoid strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from a patient with cystic fibrosis and its nonmucoid revertant were grown in a chemically defined alginate-promoting medium under batch and continuous culture conditions. Selection for the mucoid and nonmucoid phenotype was accomplished by varying the levels of air a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Krieg DP,Bass JA,Mattingly SJ

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sapporo-like viruses (SLVs) are associated with acute gastroenteritis in humans. Due to a limited supply of available reagents for diagnosis, little is known about the incidence and pathogenicity of these viruses. We have developed a first-generation generic reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR assay based on a single prime...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vinjé J,Deijl H,van der Heide R,Lewis D,Hedlund KO,Svensson L,Koopmans MP

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of pneumococcal urinary antigen tests (UATs) in severe pneumococcal infection relies heavily on the performance in bacteremic patients. Fluorescence technology and automatic reading of test results may improve UAT performance. We evaluated the automatically read Sofia S. pneumoniae FIA for diagnosing pn...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Olofsson E,Özenci V,Athlin S

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00