Evaluation of the Etest and disk diffusion methods for determining susceptibilities of 235 bloodstream isolates of Candida glabrata to fluconazole and voriconazole.

abstract：:Genetic determinants of the invasive phenotype of Shigella spp. and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC), two common agents of bacillary dysentery, are encoded on large (180- to 210 kilobase), nonconjugative plasmids. Several plasmid-encoded antigens have been implicated as important bacterial ligands that mediate t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Venkatesan M,Buysse JM,Vandendries E,Kopecko DJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is now recognized as the major agent responsible for nosocomial diarrhea in adults. Among the genotyping methods available, arbitrarily primed PCR (AP-PCR), PCR-ribotyping, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) have been widely used for investigating outbreaks of C. difficile infections. Ho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bidet P,Lalande V,Salauze B,Burghoffer B,Avesani V,Delmée M,Rossier A,Barbut F,Petit JC

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1998 and 2007, records from 33 patients with cutaneous diphtheria from Vancouver's inner city were reviewed. Cases were associated with injection drug use and poverty. Coinfections with Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Arcanobacterium haemolyticum occurred. Corynebacterium diphtheriae is ende...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lowe CF,Bernard KA,Romney MG

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relative amounts of D-arabinitol (fungal origin) and L-arabinitol (part of normal human metabolism) in urine were determined by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry from 61 hospitalized patients with hematological malignancies. Seventeen neutropenic patients with acute leukemia (with 53 samples) had disseminated y...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lehtonen L,Anttila VJ,Ruutu T,Salonen J,Nikoskelainen J,Eerola E,Ruutu P

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an outbreak of diarrheal illness among residents of a trailer park in rural Vermont, 37 (30%) of 122 residents met the case definition of outbreak-related giardiasis. Convalescent-phase sera from 24 residents and 20 nonresident control subjects were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunoglobulin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Birkhead G,Janoff EN,Vogt RL,Smith PD

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a multiplex allele-specific (MAS)-PCR assay to detect simultaneously mutations in the first and third bases of the embB gene codon 306ATG. These mutations are known to confer ethambutol (EMB) resistance in the majority of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates worldwide. The mutated bases are reveale...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mokrousov I,Narvskaya O,Limeschenko E,Otten T,Vyshnevskiy B

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors that regulate cytomegalovirus (CMV) excretion from the genitourinary tract are poorly understood. To assess the role of cell-mediated immunity in such excretion, a CMV-specific mononuclear blastogenesis assay was used to study a predominantly lower-socioeconomic-status population of 92 healthy nonpregnant ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Faix RG,Zweig SE,Kummer JF,Moore D,Lang DJ

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human erythrocyte receptor which mediates mannose-resistant hemagglutination by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli possessing colonization factor antigen II is not universally distributed among donors. Mannose-resistant hemagglutination-positive erythrocytes are more common among black donors than nonblack donors; t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Evans DJ Jr,Evans DG,Diaz SR,Graham DY

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA of the newly identified human metapneumovirus (HMPV) was detected in nasopharyngeal aspirates of 11 of 63 (17.5%) young children with respiratory tract disease. Markers of infection caused by another member of the Pneumovirinae subfamily of the family Paramyxoviridae, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), were identi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Viazov S,Ratjen F,Scheidhauer R,Fiedler M,Roggendorf M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, curved, rod-shaped bacterium known to cause gastritis and to be an important factor in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcers. Serological testing has recently been proposed as an aid in diagnosis of H. pylori infections. In this study, we used the Western immunoblot technique to eva...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Andersen LP,Espersen F

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a multicenter study, the consistency of international units expressed by five commercially available rubella virus immunoglobulin G kits was evaluated. The linearity and within-run and between-run precision were determined for each kit. All kits demonstrated good linearity and had within-run and between-run precisi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dimech W,Bettoli A,Eckert D,Francis B,Hamblin J,Kerr T,Ryan C,Skurrie I

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virology laboratories historically have used direct fluorescent-antibody assay (DFA) and culture to detect six or seven respiratory viruses. Following the discovery of five new human respiratory viruses since 2000, there is an increasing need for diagnostic tests to detect these emerging viruses. We have developed a n...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mahony J,Chong S,Merante F,Yaghoubian S,Sinha T,Lisle C,Janeczko R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) was diagnosed by clinical signs and lesions in five out of six white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in a North American zoo. The clinical signs and histopathological lesions in these deer were typical of MCF. Antibody to an epitope conserved among the MCF viruses was detected in t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li H,Dyer N,Keller J,Crawford TB

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium complex strains isolated in a nosocomial outbreak were characterized at the molecular level. The strains were microbiologically characterized as Mycobacterium bovis. The mpt40 sequence was not present in chromosomal DNA from these strains, supporting the fact that they ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Blázquez J,Espinosa de Los Monteros LE,Samper S,Martín C,Guerrero A,Cobo J,Van Embden J,Baquero F,Gómez-Mampaso E

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to human papilloma virus (HPV) type 16 (HPV-16) E6 and E7 proteins in serum are markers for HPV-associated invasive cervical carcinoma. We compared two assays, a radioimmunoprecipitation assay with in vitro-translated HPV-16 E6 and E7 proteins and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with E6 and E7 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sun Y,Shah KV,Müller M,Muñoz N,Bosch XF,Viscidi RP

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibody response to Norwalk virus infection in human volunteers and compare it with previously described IgM and total antibody responses. Whereas specific IgA and IgM peak within 2 weeks after onset of symptoms, titers of total blocking antibody continue to rise, implying...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Erdman DD,Gary GW,Anderson LJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four slightly yellow-pigmented, alpha-hemolytic, gram-negative coccobacilli, three from wound specimens and one from multiple blood cultures of a patient with endocarditis, were identified as Neisseria elongata subsp. glycolytica on the basis of their overall biochemical and genetic similarities to this subspecies. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Andersen BM,Weyant RS,Steigerwalt AG,Moss CW,Hollis DG,Weaver RE,Ashford D,Brenner DJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia was directly detected in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) from transplant recipients by using flow cytometry (FC). Two fixation and permeabilization methods and seven anti-CMV monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were evaluated. 1C3, SL20, and NEA-9221 MAbs were more efficacious. The anti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Imbert-Marcille BM,Robillard N,Poirier AS,Coste-Burel M,Cantarovich D,Milpied N,Billaudel S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a central venous catheter-related (Port-A-Cath; Smiths Industries Medical Systems [SIMS] Deltec, Inc., St. Paul, Minn.) infection caused by Rhodotorula glutinis in a 51-year-old man with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. He was treated with fluconazole for 8 weeks and had the catheter removed. Two isolates of R. g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hsueh PR,Teng LJ,Ho SW,Luh KT

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined an antiserum agar method to study its reliability in screening Staphylococcus aureus strains for capsule production. The encapsulated S. aureus Smith diffuse strain was compared with its nonencapsulated variant, Smith compact, in CCY medium containing 0.5% NaCl and 5.0% Smith diffuse rabbit antiserum. A ha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： West TE,Apicella MA

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplexed biomarker bundle consisting of nine different inflammation markers was evaluated regarding their diagnostic and prognostic performances in 159 adult systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) patients enrolled at the emergency department. Fibronectin, interleukin-8 (IL-8), biotin, and neutrophil gela...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Reichsoellner M,Raggam RB,Wagner J,Krause R,Hoenigl M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have resulted in the proposal of a new species, Aeromonas schubertii (mannitol, sucrose, and indole negative), formerly termed Enteric Group 501, on the basis of the study of seven strains isolated from the southeastern and southwestern United States and Puerto Rico. We have isolated two phenotypically ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carnahan AM,Marii MA,Fanning GR,Pass MA,Joseph SW

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genotyping study of 285 Hybrid Capture 2 low-risk probe cocktail-positive specimens showed cross-reactivity with several untargeted human papillomavirus genotypes. Cross-reactivity was often clinically beneficial due to the detection of untargeted low-risk genotypes. A total of 8.4% of positive results, usually weak...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Poljak M,Kocjan BJ,Kovanda A,Lunar MM,Lepej SZ,Planinic A,Seme K,Vince A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of gastroduodenal diseases is related to the diversity of Helicobacter pylori strains. CagA-positive strains are more likely to cause gastric cancer than CagA-negative strains. Based on EPIYA (Glu-Pro-Ile-Tyr-Ala) motifs at the carboxyl terminus corresponding to phosphorylation sites, H. pylori CagA i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Truong BX,Mai VT,Tanaka H,Ly le T,Thong TM,Hai HH,Van Long D,Furumatsu K,Yoshida M,Kutsumi H,Azuma T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important cause of cirrhosis and cancer of the liver. HBV is currently classified into eight genotypes, A to H. Accumulated evidence shows that the genotype influences both the clinical course of infection and the response to treatment. We describe a new method for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Malmström S,Berglin-Enquist I,Lindh M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to increase the database for in vitro growth and/or susceptibility testing in liquid media, we evaluated the growth of Helicobacter pylori in broth media containing 5% sheep blood. We also compared the effect of bismuth on the growth of H. pylori in broth media containing 10% fetal calf serum with the effect ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Coudron PE,Stratton CW

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An automated enzymatic method was developed for the measurement of D-arabinitol in human serum. The assay is based on a novel, highly specific D-arabinitol dehydrogenase from Candida tropicalis. This enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of D-arabinitol to D-ribulose and the concomitant reduction of NAD+ to NADH. The NADH pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Switchenko AC,Miyada CG,Goodman TC,Walsh TJ,Wong B,Becker MJ,Ullman EF

更新日期：1994-01-01 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 new PCR-reverse dot blot hybridization (RDBH) assay was developed for the rapid identification of Mycobacterium species in clinical isolates. The assay, which targets the 16S rRNA, was evaluated for 27 mycobacterial reference strains and 340 clinical isolates that were simultaneously identified by DNA sequencing and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wu X,Zhang J,Liang J,Lu Y,Li H,Li C,Yue J,Zhang L,Liu Z

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen metabolically deficient dwarf-colony mutants of Escherichia coli were isolated from urine culture and represented about 2% of all E. coli isolated during the same period. In 14 cases, mutants were isolated from debilitated patients: elderly persons or patients in the terminal stages of a chronic disease. In 15...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Borderon E,Horodniceanu T

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00