Failure to genotype herpes simplex virus by real-time PCR assay and melting curve analysis due to sequence variation within probe binding sites.

abstract：:Specimens of colonic mucosa from two pigs with diarrhea were examined by light and electron microscopy. The epithelial surfaces of both pigs were extensively colonized by large spirochetes morphologically compatible with Treponema hyodysenteriae or Treponema innocens. The microorganisms were intimately attached end-on...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jacques M,Girard C,Higgins R,Goyette G

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January to December 2007, 973 stool specimens were prospectively collected from children hospitalized for gastroenteritis signs or from neonates and premature cases who were born in two French hospital settings in the north of France. They were tested by rapid enzyme immunoassay (EIA) analyses for rotavirus and a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tran A,Talmud D,Lejeune B,Jovenin N,Renois F,Payan C,Leveque N,Andreoletti L

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:This study demonstrates that significant reproducibility problems can occur during routine use of the Abbott Laboratories LCx assay for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. These problems can go undetected by the quality control procedures outlined in the manufacturer's package insert. We outline here proc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gronowski AM,Copper S,Baorto D,Murray PR

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Mycobacterium smegmatis and a limited number of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, the involvement of alterations of the 16S rRNA gene (rrs) in resistance to kanamycin has been shown. To investigate the extent to which mutations in a specific region of the rrs gene and the kanamycin-resistant phenotype in clinical...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Suzuki Y,Katsukawa C,Tamaru A,Abe C,Makino M,Mizuguchi Y,Taniguchi H

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The test approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for assessment of the barrier quality of medical exam gloves includes visual inspection and a water leak test. Neither method tests directly the ability of gloves to prevent penetration by microorganisms. Methods that use microorganisms (viruses and bacteria) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Broyles JM,O'Connell KP,Korniewicz DM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimum essential medium supplemented with either 7% fetal bovine serum or 2% fetal bovine serum and 1.5% low protein serum replacement (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.) factor was used to evaluate the growth of Vero 76 cells (E-6 clone) in a cell culture bioreactor. Three different microcarriers, collagen-coated p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： White LA,Ades EW

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formalin-ethyl ether sedimentation, Formalin-ethyl acetate sedimentation, and zinc sulfate flotation techniques were compared using over 250 clinical parasitology specimens. Fifty positive specimens were identified, and a variety of parasites, including amoebae, flagellates, cestodes, nematodes, and trematodes, were e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Truant AL,Elliott SH,Kelly MT,Smith JH

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for the titration of antibodies in human sera to influenza virus neuraminidase, employing partially purified N1 neuraminidase. Specificity of the test was demonstrated, and the test was more sensitive than either the conventional neuraminidase inhibition or plaque siz...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Khan MW,Gallagher M,Bucher D,Cerini CP,Kilbourne ED

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative modification of the shell vial assay was used to investigate cytomegalovirus viremia in solid-organ transplant recipients. The level of viremia detected in 109 of 407 specimens ranged from 0.02 to 28 infectious foci per 100,000 leukocytes. By using a Poisson model, a technique was developed to determine...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Buller RS,Bailey TC,Ettinger NA,Keener M,Langlois T,Miller JP,Storch GA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 30-micrograms cefprozil disk and the cephalosporin class (30-micrograms cephalothin) disk were compared for their abilities to predict cefprozil susceptibility by agar disk diffusion testing. High error (5.02% major and 14.11% minor) rates were encountered with the cephalothin disk and were most frequently observe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fung-Tomc J,Stickle T,Doyle C,Huczko E,Kessler RE

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive collection methods are often required to obtain samples for the microbiological evaluation of children with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Nucleic acid amplification testing of easier-to-collect stool samples could be a noninvasive method of diagnosing PTB. We conducted a systematic review and meta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： MacLean E,Sulis G,Denkinger CM,Johnston JC,Pai M,Ahmad Khan F

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A new immunochromatographic rapid test, Determine HIV-1/2, for the detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2 in human whole blood, serum, and plasma was evaluated. Determine HIV-1/2 is a sandwich immunoassay and uses a nitrocellulose strip with a capture site for the patient's re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arai H,Petchclai B,Khupulsup K,Kurimura T,Takeda K

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the time indwelling urinary catheters were removed, the urethral flora was sampled by rolling the catheters onto culture plates. Cultures were obtained from 398 patients with sterile urine. Catheter surfaces were colonized less often in males than in females (16.8 and 67.0%, respectively) and yielded correspondingl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kunin CM,Steele C

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterobacter cloacae strain G6809 with reduced susceptibility to carbapenems was identified from a patient in a long-term acute care hospital in Kentucky. G6809 belonged to sequence type (ST) 88 and carried two carbapenemase genes, bla(KPC-18) and bla(VIM-1). Whole-genome sequencing localized bla(KPC-18) to the chromo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thomson GK,Snyder JW,McElheny CL,Thomson KS,Doi Y

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid method for the detection of acetylneuraminyl hydrolase, EC 3.2.1.18 (sialidase or neuraminidase), was developed by using 2'-(4-methylumbelliferyl)alpha-D-N-acetylneuraminic acid as substrate in a filter paper spot test. The method was compared to conventional assays that use 2'-(4-methylumbelliferyl)alpha-D-N-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moncla BJ,Braham P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies on the detection of bovine serum immunoglobulin G antibodies to bluetongue virus with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, an immunodiffusion method, and a serum neutralization assay demonstrated complete concordance between the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and the serum neutralization assay ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poli G,Stott J,Liu YS,Manning JS

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of its low yield in unselected specimens, stool culture is often cost ineffective. We tested 55 fecal samples from Fairfax Hospital (46 patients with diarrhea and 9 from controls without diarrhea) for lactoferrin by latex agglutination (LFLA) with the Leukotest (Techlab, Blacksburg, Va.) as a marker for inflam...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Choi SW,Park CH,Silva TM,Zaenker EI,Guerrant RL

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coprological examination based on egg detection in stool samples is currently used as the gold standard for the diagnosis of human fascioliasis. However, this method is not effective during the acute phase of the disease and has poor sensitivity during the chronic phase. Serodiagnosis has become an excellent alternati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cabán-Hernández K,Gaudier JF,Ruiz-Jiménez C,Espino AM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 27-year-old male who presented with respiratory distress that required mechanical ventilation. Transbronchial biopsy revealed adiaspores of the fungus Emmonsia crescens within granulomata, a condition known as adiaspiromycosis. The patient received amphotericin products and corticosteroids, follo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anstead GM,Sutton DA,Graybill JR

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until now, serologic tests that distinguish the closely related human T-cell lymphotropic virus types I (HTLV-I) and II (HTLV-II) infections have not been available. Synthetic peptide assays, employing peptides derived from the core and envelope proteins of HTLV-I and HTLV-II (SynthEIA and Select-HTLV tests), were eva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lal RB,Heneine W,Rudolph DL,Present WB,Hofhienz D,Hartley TM,Khabbaz RF,Kaplan JE

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From August 1996 to May 1997, six verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) strains were isolated from stool specimens of adults suffering from hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). All the isolates were stx2 positive and belonged to different serotypes: O6:H4, O91:H10, O91:H21, O rough:H16, OX3:H-, and O nontypeable: H-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bonnet R,Souweine B,Gauthier G,Rich C,Livrelli V,Sirot J,Joly B,Forestier C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1997 and 1998, H3N2 influenza A viruses emerged among pigs in North America. Genetic analyses of the H3N2 isolates demonstrated that they had distinctly different genotypes. The most commonly isolated viruses in the United States have a triple-reassortant genotype, with the hemagglutinin, neuraminidase, and PB1 pol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Landolt GA,Karasin AI,Phillips L,Olsen CW

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method of storage and retrieval of serum samples for adenovirus serology is described. Complement-fixing antibodies remained stable for at least 5 years when stored at -10 degrees C or below. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Edwards EA

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic use of a direct fluorescent-antibody test for detection of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli in human fecal specimens (n = 497) was compared with detection by culturing (specificity, 99.7%; sensitivity, 40%). Conjugates were prepared from immunoglobulin G antibody against 22 Lior C. jejuni and C. coli refere...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hodge DS,Prescott JF,Shewen PE

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity and specificity of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1-specific immunoglobulin G capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (BED-CEIA) were compared with those of the avidity index method to identify recent HIV infection using a panel of 148 samples (81 patients) representing durations of infe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Loschen S,Bätzing-Feigenbaum J,Poggensee G,Cordes C,Hintsche B,Rausch M,Dupke S,Gohlke-Micknis S,Rödig J,Hamouda O,Kücherer C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory tests are essential for confirming sporadic cases and outbreaks of rubella. Detection of rubella virus is often necessary to confirm rubella cases and to identify specimens to be used to characterize wild-type rubella viruses. The sensitivities of four methods for detecting rubella virus infection using thr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhu Z,Xu W,Abernathy ES,Chen MH,Zheng Q,Wang T,Zhang Z,Li C,Wang C,He W,Zhou S,Icenogle J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Isolator 10 lysis-centrifugation blood culture system (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del.) was compared with the BACTEC radiometric method (Johnston Laboratories, Inc., Towson, Md.) with 6B and 7D broth media for the recovery of bacteria and yeasts. From 11,000 blood cultures, 1,174 clinically ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brannon P,Kiehn TE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A coronavirus was isolated from feces of a diarrheic foal and serially propagated in human rectal adenocarcinoma (HRT-18) cells. Antigenic and genomic characterizations of the virus (isolate NC99) were based on serological comparison with other avian and mammalian coronaviruses and sequence analysis of the nucleocapsi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Guy JS,Breslin JJ,Breuhaus B,Vivrette S,Smith LG

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of Coccidioides thyroiditis in an HIV-infected patient with a history of recent Coccidioides pneumonia but with negative Coccidioides serology determined by enzyme immunoassay at presentation. Diagnosis of Coccidioides thyroiditis was made based on histopathologic examination and culture of thyroid ab...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jinno S,Chang S,Jacobs MR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00