High percentage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides in The Netherlands.

abstract：:Sensitivity of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting serum antibodies to rotavirus was greatly enhanced when rotavirus particles were fragmented by chaotropic agents (NaSCN or guanidine hydrochloride) before adsorption of the antigens to the solid phase. For detecting fecal antibodies, the addition of fe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Inouye S,Matsuno S,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaraldehyde-fixed sheep erythrocytes (GA-SRBC) were used in the indirect hemagglutination test for the detection of Pasteurella antibody. GA-SRBC were stable for at least 6 months. Heat extract or potassium thiocyanate extract antigens of Pasteurella strains could be adsorbed onto GA-SRBC or tanned GA-SRBC, respect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sawada T,Rimler RB,Rhoades KR

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was developed to obtain purified cryptosporidium oocysts from fecal samples. Oocysts were initially collected by centrifugation through a sucrose density gradient and further purified by passage through glass bead columns. The purified oocysts were antigenically active and sufficiently pure for immunological ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Heyman MB,Shigekuni LK,Ammann AJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight Staphylococcus aureus strains initially identified by Vitek GPS-BS or GPS-SA cards as resistant to oxacillin, but susceptible to most non-beta-lactam antibiotics, were found on further testing to be susceptible to oxacillin and ceftizoxime by disk diffusion tests. For all these strains, the MICs of oxacillin wer...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ribeiro J,Vieira FD,King T,D'Arezzo JB,Boyce JM

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mupirocin is a topical antimicrobial used to eradicate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization, usually in the absence of susceptibility testing. We hypothesized that high-level (HL) mupirocin resistance was associated with multidrug resistance (MDR). To this end, unique patient isolates identi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cadilla A,David MZ,Daum RS,Boyle-Vavra S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-nine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains, isolated during 1980 to 1990, were classified as MRSA Aggl- (14 strains) and MRSA Aggl+ (65 strains) strains on the basis of test results in slide agglutination assays designed to detect fibrinogen-binding protein (clumping factor) and protein A ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuusela P,Hildén P,Savolainen K,Vuento M,Lyytikäinen O,Vuopio-Varkila J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the first case of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated thymic carcinoid tumor found by in situ hybridization (ISH) on paraffin-embedded sections. ISH revealed that both tumor cells and infiltrated lymphocytes were EBV positive, while a few EBV-infected lymphocytes were detected in 2 of 11 thymuses and 1 of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Takeuchi H,Fujita H,Iwasaki F,Takeuchi T,Imadome K,Okumiya T,Matsui T,Takahashi M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) have spurred intense research efforts around the world to deal with the serious threat to health posed by this novel coronavirus. A rapid, reliable diagnostic assay is needed for monitoring the spread of the disease. Here we report a method for eliminating f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hui RK,Zeng F,Chan CM,Yuen KY,Peiris JS,Leung FC

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a collaborative study at three university hospitals, the recovery of microorganisms and the speed of detection of microbial growth by the BacT/Alert (Organon Teknika Corporation, Durham, N.C.) and BACTEC 660/730 (Becton-Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems, Sparks, Md.) nonradiometric blood culture systems were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wilson ML,Weinstein MP,Reimer LG,Mirrett S,Reller LB

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium amycolatum has not been reported as a cause of human infections up to now, but usually the bacterium is misidentified in clinical specimens as Corynebacterium xerosis. We report the first case of neonatal sepsis due to Corynebacterium amycolatum with a fatal outcome in a premature infant. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Berner R,Pelz K,Wilhelm C,Funke A,Leititis JU,Brandis M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two isolates of St. Louis encephalitis (SLE) virus of various geographical origins (Brazil, Argentina, Panama, Texas, Missouri, Maryland, California, and Florida) were examined for genetic variation by the base excision sequence scanning (BESS T-scan) method. A fragment was amplified in the envelope gene with t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Charrel RN,Lévy N,Tesh RB,Chandler LJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serotyping scheme for Enterobacter cloacae based on heat-stable somatic antigens is described. A total of 28 antisera were prepared in rabbits, and titers of agglutinins were high (greater than 640). Some cross-reactions were observed, and 11 sera required absorption before routine use. Of 300 clinical isolates from...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gaston MA,Bucher C,Pitt TL

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutralizing serum antibody to serotype 9 rotavirus WI61 was detected in 41% of 870 Ecuadorian children and 26% of 140 German children. In both areas an age-related prevalence increase was observed. We identified 11 serum samples from Ecuadorian children which neutralized exclusively serotype 9 rotavirus. Thirteen of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brüssow H,Clark HF,Sidoti J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation was undertaken to determine the optimal method for the in vitro susceptibility testing of 26 Nocardia asteroides complex isolates to the following antimicrobial agents: amikacin, ampicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, imipenem, minocycline, and trimethoprim-sulfame...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ambaye A,Kohner PC,Wollan PC,Roberts KL,Roberts GD,Cockerill FR 3rd

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Senftenberg is a common nontyphoidal Salmonella serotype which causes human Salmonella infections worldwide. In this study, 182 S. Senftenberg isolates, including 17 atypical non-hydrogen sulfide (H2S)-producing isolates, were detected in China from 2005 to 2011. The microbiological and gen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yi S,Xie J,Liu N,Li P,Xu X,Li H,Sun J,Wang J,Liang B,Yang C,Wang X,Hao R,Wang L,Wu Z,Zhang J,Wang Y,Huang L,Sun Y,Klena JD,Meng J,Qiu S,Song H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective volume-controlled study, the sensitivity of the BACTEC MYCO/F LYTIC medium was similar to that of the Peds Plus/F and Plus Aerobic/F vials for detecting Brucella melitensis bacteremia, but the time to detection with the MYCO/F LYTIC medium (101.4 +/- 46.7 h) was significantly longer than that with the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yagupsky P

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood culture records from 1994 to 1995 from five U.S. medical centers all using the Difco ESP continuous monitoring blood culture system were reviewed retrospectively. Among a total of 7,362 isolates of bacteria and yeasts, only 0.1% of possibly significant isolates would have been missed had blood cultures been rout...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Doern GV,Brueggemann AB,Dunne WM,Jenkins SG,Halstead DC,McLaughlin JC

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 53 strains of enterococci, including recently isolated strains with high-level resistance to vancomycin, were tested for vancomycin susceptibility by broth microdilution and disk diffusion using Mueller-Hinton media with and without supplementation with 5% blood. By using currently published parameters of t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Swenson JM,Hill BC,Thornsberry C

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report five new IS711 chromosomal locations that are specific for marine mammal Brucella groups of strains and useful for their identification and classification. Our data support their current classification into two species, Brucella ceti and B. pinnipedialis, with subgroups in each, but also the possibility of a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zygmunt MS,Maquart M,Bernardet N,Doublet B,Cloeckaert A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To provide more sensitive and convenient methods for the detection of equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), we developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) employing the EIAV gag precursor (Pr55gag) produced by using recombinant DNA techniques. The antigenic reactivity of the recombinant EIAV Pr55gag was fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Archambault D,Wang ZM,Lacal JC,Gazit A,Yaniv A,Dahlberg JE,Tronick SR

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus has widely evolved resistance to the most commonly used class of antifungal chemicals, the azoles. Current methods for identifying azole resistance are time-consuming and depend on specialized laboratories. There is an urgent need for rapid detection of these emerging pathogens at point-of-care t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yu LS,Rodriguez-Manzano J,Moser N,Moniri A,Malpartida-Cardenas K,Miscourides N,Sewell T,Kochina T,Brackin A,Rhodes J,Holmes AH,Fisher MC,Georgiou P

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of 104 isolates from human clinical samples from the United States, morphologically compatible with Bipolaris, were morphologically and molecularly identified through the sequence analysis of the internal transcribed space (ITS) region of the nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA). The predominant species was Bipolaris sp...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： da Cunha KC,Sutton DA,Fothergill AW,Cano J,Gené J,Madrid H,De Hoog S,Crous PW,Guarro J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 233 isolates of Pasteurella multocida were obtained from 2,912 cases of clinical respiratory disease in pigs in China, giving an isolation rate of 8.0%. Serogroup A P. multocida isolates were isolated from 92 cases (39.5%), and serogroup D isolates were isolated from 128 cases (54.9%); 12 isolates (5.2%) we...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tang X,Zhao Z,Hu J,Wu B,Cai X,He Q,Chen H

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three strains of a Pasteurella haemolytica-like bacterium were isolated from lesions of a progressive granuloma of cattle in southern Brazil. Their characteristics and their differentiation from P. haemolytica varieties and Actinobacillus lignieresii are described. The name "Pasteurella granulomatis" is proposed for t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ribeiro GA,Carter GR,Frederiksen W,Riet-Correa F

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genomics-based PCR method was developed and used to test specimens from patients involved in a large outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a closed religious community in New York State. New P1 adhesin gene primers were designed to bind to 9 of 10 target sequences in the repetitive-element sequences obtained from the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Waring AL,Halse TA,Csiza CK,Carlyn CJ,Arruda Musser K,Limberger RJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria to survive on cotton swabs placed into a dry gassed-out CO2-filled tube (DGT), dry sterile aerobic tube (DAT), and a tube containing a modified Stuarts' transport medium (MST), was assessed. Pseudomonas aeruginosa increased in numbers by 2 and 3 logs when stored in MST a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yrios JW,Balish E,Helstad A,Field C,Inhorn S

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of disseminated Scedosporium/Pseudallescheria infection due to Pseudallescheria boydii sensu stricto after lung transplantation in a patient with cystic fibrosis. Dissemination occurred under voriconazole. Despite surgery and combination therapy with voriconazole, caspofungin, and terbinafine, the pat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Morio F,Horeau-Langlard D,Gay-Andrieu F,Talarmin JP,Haloun A,Treilhaud M,Despins P,Jossic F,Nourry L,Danner-Boucher I,Pattier S,Bouchara JP,Le Pape P,Miegeville M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbiological and molecular characteristics of the rickettsiae isolated from humans with Queensland tick typhus (QTT) caused by Rickettsia australis and the recently described Flinders Island spotted fever (FISF) were compared. Clinically and serologically, the diseases are similar. Cell culture reveals differen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baird RW,Lloyd M,Stenos J,Ross BC,Stewart RS,Dwyer B

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HPV68a is not efficiently detected by PCR with the PGMY primers. Version 2 of the PGMY-CHUV assay (PGv2) was developed from version 1 (PGv1) to evaluate HPV68-discordant results with the Anyplex II HPV28 assay. We now report that PGv2 is significantly more sensitive than PGv1 for HPV68a and as sensitive and specific f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Estrade C,Sahli R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Asia, bla(KPC) detection has been limited to East Asia and not yet seen in Southeast Asia. We report four bla(KPC-2)-containing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from two different hospitals in Singapore. All isolates belonged to strain type 11 (ST11) and were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFG...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Balm MN,Ngan G,Jureen R,Lin RT,Teo J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00