Two cases of subcutaneous infection due to Phaeoacremonium spp.

abstract：:Species of the genus Bartonella are currently recognized in growing numbers and are involved in an increasing variety of human diseases, mainly trench fever, Carrion's disease, bacillary angiomatosis, endocarditis, cat scratch disease, neuroretinitis, and asymptomatic bacteremia. Such a wide spectrum of infections mak...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Houpikian P,Raoult D

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total immunoglobulin E (IgE) and specific IgE were assayed by a radioimmunosorbent test and a reverse enzyme immunoassay in patients with hookworm infections before and after treatment. A total of 77 subjects (30 patients with hookworm infections and 47 subjects as controls) were studied. Both specific and total IgE l...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ganguly NK,Mahajan RC,Sehgal R,Shetty P,Dilawari JB

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The arbitrary primer polymerase chain reaction (also called random amplified polymorphic DNA, or RAPD) is a DNA fingerprinting method that provides an efficient, sensitive way of discriminating between independent isolates of Histoplasma capsulatum, but its widespread application has been hampered by the arduous 2-day...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Woods JP,Kersulyte D,Goldman WE,Berg DE

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective, multicenter study of 342 blood samples from 187 patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, or neutropenic fever, a new commercial PCR test (SepsiTest; Molzym) was evaluated for rapid diagnosis of bacteremia. The test comprises a universal PCR from the 16S rRNA gene, with subsequen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wellinghausen N,Kochem AJ,Disqué C,Mühl H,Gebert S,Winter J,Matten J,Sakka SG

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case-control study detected and characterized Shigella and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) types among Vietnamese children less than 5 years old. In 249 children with diarrhea and 124 controls, Shigella spp. was an important cause of diarrhea (P < 0.05). We used multiplex PCR and DNA probes to detect enteroi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hien BT,Scheutz F,Cam PD,Serichantalergs O,Huong TT,Thu TM,Dalsgaard A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytopathic astrovirus was isolated from pigs with acute diarrhea in an established cell line that was derived from porcine embryonic kidneys with the aid of trypsin. The virus showed a distinct cytopathic effect characterized by an enlargement of cells and the appearance of fine granules in the cytoplasm. Porcine as...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shimizu M,Shirai J,Narita M,Yamane T

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of the Norwalk virus (NV) by immune electron microscopy (IEM) in 1972, serologic studies with this virus have relied on particle-positive fecal material from infected volunteers as the source of antigen because it has not been possible to propagate this virus in cell culture. However, the recent cl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Green KY,Lew JF,Jiang X,Kapikian AZ,Estes MK

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested 16,191 strains of Candida against posaconazole and voriconazole, using the CLSI M27-A3 broth microdilution (BMD) method (24-h incubation), in order to define wild-type (WT) populations and epidemiological cutoff values (ECVs). From 2001 to 2009, 8,619 isolates of Candida albicans, 2,415 isolates of C. glabra...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Boyken L,Hollis RJ,Kroeger J,Messer SA,Tendolkar S,Diekema DJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rose Bengal and counterimmunoelectrophoresis, two tests that detect antibodies against different structural antigens, when carried out on spinal fluid permitted rapid diagnosis of human Brucella meningitis. The Rose Bengal test was positive in five out of five patients studied, and counterimmunoelectrophoresis was pos...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Díaz R,Maraví-Poma E,Delgado G,Rivero A

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing salmonella isolates, Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, were analyzed. Both isolates produced the CTX-M-3 ESBL; however, their bla(CTX-M-3) genes were located on different plasmids. The serovar Typhimurium isolate a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baraniak A,Sadowy E,Hryniewicz W,Gniadkowski M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical evaluation was conducted in six North American centers to determine the ability of APTIMA CT (ACT) and APTIMA GC (AGC) nucleic acid amplification assays to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections in 1,322 men by testing their urethral swabs and first-catch urine (FCU). The results ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chernesky MA,Martin DH,Hook EW,Willis D,Jordan J,Wang S,Lane JR,Fuller D,Schachter J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparison of Gram-stained urethral smears with Gen-Probe for the detection of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in the urethras of males with symptomatic urethritis revealed a 99.6% correlation between the two methods. A simple Gram stain would appear to be the method of choice for the detection of gonorrhea in symptomatic m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Juchau SV,Nackman R,Ruppart D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel PCR detection assay that amplifies the Helicobacter pylori-specific vacuolating cytotoxin gene (vacA) and thus enables rapid diagnosis of infection is described. Additionally, a real-time probe hybridization melting point analysis assay to detect all three mutations in the 23S rRNA gene associated with clarith...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chisholm SA,Owen RJ,Teare EL,Saverymuttu S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA colony hybridization with three 18- to 20-base-long synthetic oligonucleotide probes for cholera toxin (CT) was used to screen 12 clinical isolates of Aeromonas hydrophila. Under stringent hybridizing (overnight at 40 degrees C) and washing (1 h at 50 degrees C) conditions, nine strains reacted with the 32P-labele...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schultz AJ,McCardell BA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomes of two novel human papillomavirus (HPV) types, HPV68 and HPV70, were cloned from a low-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and a vulvar papilloma, respectively, and partially sequenced. Both types are related to HPV39, a potentially oncogenic virus. HPV68 and HPV70 were also detected in genital intrae...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Longuet M,Beaudenon S,Orth G

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex PCR assay for the identification of human diarrheagenic Escherichia coli was developed. The targets selected for each category were eae for enteropathogenic E. coli, stx for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, elt and est for enterotoxigenic E. coli, ipaH for enteroinvasive E. coli, and aggR for enteroaggregati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Toma C,Lu Y,Higa N,Nakasone N,Chinen I,Baschkier A,Rivas M,Iwanaga M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 1-year period, the prevalence of thymidine-dependent (TD) Staphylococcus aureus in patients at two geographically distinct cystic fibrosis (CF) centers was determined. Of 200 CF patients who had their respiratory secretions cultured, 95 harbored S. aureus, and 20 (21%) had TD S. aureus as their predominant st...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gilligan PH,Gage PA,Welch DF,Muszynski MJ,Wait KR

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syrian hamsters were shown to be susceptible to infection by the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Although these spirochetes did not cause any outward signs of illness in these animals, they did cause a generalized infection. Spirochetemia was present during the first 6 days of infection. At 14 days posti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson RC,Marek N,Kodner C

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the investigation was to evaluate two commercially available identification systems: a new modification of the Staph-Zym system (Rosco, Tåstrup, Denmark) and the Staph ID 32 API system (API System, BioMérieux, Paris, France). A local standard method to be used in routine laboratories was also evaluated....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Renneberg J,Rieneck K,Gutschik E

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the microbiological and epidemiological characteristics of toxigenic and non-toxigenic Corynebacterium isolates submitted to the national reference laboratory in Spain, between 2014 and 2019, in order to describe the current situation and improve our knowledge regarding these emerging pathogens. Ep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hoefer A,Pampaka D,Herrera-León S,Peiró S,Varona S,López-Perea N,Masa-Calles J,Herrera-León L

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Leishmania species cause a variety of human disease syndromes. Methods for diagnosis and species differentiation are insensitive and many require invasive sampling. Although quantitative PCR (qPCR) methods are reported for leishmania detection, no systematic method to quantify parasites and determine the species i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Weirather JL,Jeronimo SM,Gautam S,Sundar S,Kang M,Kurtz MA,Haque R,Schriefer A,Talhari S,Carvalho EM,Donelson JE,Wilson ME

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identity of each of 239 yeasts, encompassing 9 genera and 30 species, was determined with the Quantum II and API 20C identification systems. With API 20C results accepted as being correct, Quantum II proved to be 92% accurate in identification of common isolates, e.g., Candida albicans and Torulopsis glabrata, but...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Salkin IF,Schadow KH,Bankaitis LA,McGinnis MR,Kemna ME

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For prevention and control of gonorrhea, an objective, highly discriminating, and reproducible molecular epidemiological characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is essential. In the present study, in pursuance of providing such qualities, pyrosequencing technology, a fast real-time DNA sequence analysis, was applied...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Unemo M,Olcén P,Jonasson J,Fredlund H

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter rectus was isolated under routine anaerobic conditions (no additional hydrogen gas in the atmosphere) from an oral, nonperiodontal abscess from a patient with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. We report the first case of a palate abscess caused by C. rectus and review the literature and atmospheric requir...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mahlen SD,Clarridge JE 3rd

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 37-kDa protein (P37) of Borrelia burgdorferi is an antigen that elicits an early immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody response in Lyme disease patients. The P37 gene was cloned from a B. burgdorferi genomic library by screening with antibody from a Lyme disease patient who had developed a prominent humoral response to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gilmore RD Jr,Murphree RL,James AM,Sullivan SA,Johnson BJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgA antibodies against the major surface protein of Toxoplasma gondii were determined in a total of 195 human sera and five human cerebrospinal fluids by using a P30 membrane extract and the immunoblot technique. By using two different T. gondii strains (RH and BK) simultaneously as antigens...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gross U,Roos T,Appoldt D,Heesemann J

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell line 293, a continuous line of transformed human embryonic kidney cells, has been recognized for its sensitivity in the isolation of adenoviruses, particularly the fastidious species 40 and 41, from stool specimens. To explore the possibility of using this cell line for the isolation of other viruses from clinica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown M,Petric M

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forested areas adjacent to Milwaukee, Wis., and Chicago, Ill., were investigated for rodents and ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. White-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus or Peromyscus maniculatus), meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus), and eastern chipmunks (Tamias striat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Callister SM,Nelson JA,Schell RF,Jobe DA,Bautz R,Agger WA,Coggins J

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since influenza viruses can cause severe illness, timely diagnosis is important for an adequate intervention. The available rapid detection methods either lack sensitivity or require complex laboratory manipulation. This study describes a rapid, sensitive detection method that can be easily applied to routine diagnosi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Elden LJ,Nijhuis M,Schipper P,Schuurman R,van Loon AM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillium marneffei is recognized as one of the most frequently detected opportunistic pathogens of AIDS patients in northern Thailand. We undertook a genomic epidemiology study of 64 P. marneffei isolates collected from immunosuppressed patients by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) with restriction enzyme Not...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Trewatcharegon S,Sirisinha S,Romsai A,Eampokalap B,Teanpaisan R,Chaiyaroj SC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00