Assessment of a combined testing strategy for detection of antibodies to human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in persons with Kaposi's sarcoma, persons with asymptomatic HHV-8 infection, and persons at low risk for HHV-8 infection.

abstract：:Streptococcus pyogenes, a major human pathogen, is still considered susceptible to beta-lactams, but for other relevant antibiotics, highly variable resistance rates have been reported. Since no data were available from Iran, we tested 1,335 throat isolates from two different regions of the country for their antibioti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jasir A,Tanna A,Noorani A,Mirsalehian A,Efstratiou A,Schalen C

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii emerged in 1999 in a distinct ecologic environment on Vancouver Island, Canada. Estimates of incubation period were derived from an analysis of travelers with discreet exposures to this region. Individual case incubation periods ranged from 2 to 11 months, with a median of 6 to 7 months. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： MacDougall L,Fyfe M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A VIM metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Aeromonas hydrophila strain carrying an integron-borne bla(VIM-4) gene was isolated from a cirrhotic patient's fecal sample in a Budapest hospital. The variable region of this integron is identical with that of a previously characterized integron from Pseudomonas aeruginosa clini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Libisch B,Giske CG,Kovács B,Tóth TG,Füzi M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using blaZ PCR as the "gold standard," the sensitivities of CLSI penicillin zone edge and nitrocefin-based tests for β-lactamase production in Staphylococcus aureus were 64.5% and 35.5%, respectively, with specificity of 99.8% for both methods. In 2013, 13.5% of 3,083 S. aureus isolates from 31 U.S. centers were penic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Richter SS,Doern GV,Heilmann KP,Miner S,Tendolkar S,Riahi F,Diekema DJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study whether pathogenic clusters of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains occur, we typed 136 isolates, cultured from specimens from patients (n = 49) with various clinical entities and from ticks (n = 83) or dogs (n = 4) from different geographic regions, by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprint...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wang G,van Dam AP,Spanjaard L,Dankert J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an uncommon clinical presentation of a unique case of fatal invasive fungal cerebral vasculitis due to Arthrographis kalrae in a nonimmunocompromised host. The identity of the fungus was determined by morphological characteristics and by analysis of internal transcribed spacer 1 sequences and was confirmed b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pichon N,Ajzenberg D,Desnos-Ollivier M,Clavel M,Gantier JC,Labrousse F

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new rapid one-step immunochromatographic test using monoclonal antibodies for detection of Helicobacter pylori antigen in stool in children was evaluated on coded stool samples from 159 children (mean age, 9.7 +/- 5.0 years; 118 from Munich, 41 from Vienna): 86 children were H. pylori infected defined by positive cu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Antos D,Crone J,Konstantopoulos N,Koletzko S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental role for the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia pipientis in the pathogenesis of Dirofilaria immitis infections has emerged in recent years. Diagnostic opportunities arising from this breakthrough have not yet been fully exploited. This study was aimed at developing conventional and real-time PCR assays to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Turba ME,Zambon E,Zannoni A,Russo S,Gentilini F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were obtained from 24 patients between March and May 2004 at the Centre Hospitalier de Polynésie Française, Tahiti, French Polynesia. The isolates were multidrug resistant, produced the carbapenemase OXA-23, and belonged to a single clone presenting several subtype...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Naas T,Levy M,Hirschauer C,Marchandin H,Nordmann P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CDC group M-5 is a rod-shaped, gram-negative, nonmotile bacterium associated with dog bite wounds. DNA-DNA relatedness and biochemical and growth characteristics were studied for 54 strains from the collection at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One typical M-5 strain, 8142, was further studied by 16S r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Andersen BM,Steigerwalt AG,O'Connor SP,Hollis DG,Weyant RS,Weaver RE,Brenner DJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ureaplasma urealyticum has been associated with urethritis in men, obstetric problems in women, and respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants. U. urealyticum can be divided into two biovars comprising 14 serovars. Partial sequences of genes encoding the multiple-banded antigens of the cell surface are known. Us...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pitcher D,Sillis M,Robertson JA

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial bronchopneumonia is a frequent complication in patients with chronic intratracheal intubation. Despite targeted antibiotic treatment, production of abundant bronchial secretion containing pathogen bacteria often tends to be chronic, and so mortality drastically increases. This problem led to an investigatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Klekner A,Bagyi K,Bognar L,Gaspar A,Andrasi M,Szabo J

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five strains of an unknown, multidrug-resistant coryneform, gram-positive rod were isolated from blood, bronchial aspirate, and abscess specimens. Four of the five strains isolated were highly resistant to antimicrobial agents, including beta-lactams, aminoglycosides, macrolides, quinolones, and tetracyclines, except ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Otsuka Y,Kawamura Y,Koyama T,Iihara H,Ohkusu K,Ezaki T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 76 consecutive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients with fever of unknown origin (n = 52) or fever associated with pulmonary diseases was evaluated in order to assess the usefulness of PCR with peripheral blood in the diagnosis and follow-up of visceral leishmaniasis. We identified 10 cases ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pizzuto M,Piazza M,Senese D,Scalamogna C,Calattini S,Corsico L,Persico T,Adriani B,Magni C,Guaraldi G,Gaiera G,Ludovisi A,Gramiccia M,Galli M,Moroni M,Corbellino M,Antinori S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) was performed with 292 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates previously characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, multilocus sequence typing, and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec typing. Quantitative correspondence analys...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rivero-Pérez B,Pérez-Roth E,Méndez-Alvarez S

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:We undertook a study to evaluate Streck tissue fixative (STF) as a substitute for formalin and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) in fecal preservation. A comparison of formalin, PVA, (mercuric chloride based), and STF was done by aliquoting fecal samples into each fixative. Stool specimens were collected in Haiti, and parasites...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nace EK,Steurer FJ,Eberhard ML

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) gene carriage were compared among suspected community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA (CA-MRSA) and health care-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) isolates. CA-MRSA isolates carried the SCCmec type IV complex...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moroney SM,Heller LC,Arbuckle J,Talavera M,Widen RH

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthetic anticoagulant sodium amylosulfate (SAS) at concentrations of 125 to 2,000 microgram/ml failed to completely neutralize the bactericidal activity of 80 and 50% (by volume) fresh human serum. Furthermore, SAS failed to inhibit the alternative pathway of complement activation in 80% (by volume) fresh human ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Traub WH

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibodies to dengue virus is described. This method correlates well with a hemagglutination inhibition technique. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay can also be specific for human immunoglobulin M antibodies when a mu-chain-specific antiglobulin-enzyme conj...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dittmar D,Cleary TJ,Castro A

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ewingella americana was isolated from two blood cultures from a 75-year-old male after cholecystectomy. The characteristics of this strain are compared with the reported biochemical characteristics of 44 American strains. Previously described infections and pseudoinfections with E. americana are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Devreese K,Claeys G,Verschraegen G

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses (NVs) are important human pathogens that cause acute gastroenteritis. Genetically related animal enteric NVs have also been described, but there is no evidence of interspecies transmission of NVs. In this study we characterized antibody prevalence among domestic pigs by using recombinant capsid antigens of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Farkas T,Nakajima S,Sugieda M,Deng X,Zhong W,Jiang X

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 309 Helicobacter pylori isolates from 18 different countries were analyzed with a previously developed lectin typing system. The system was developed by using a proteolytic pretreatment to enhance the carbohydrate fraction of the sample. Four lectins from Ulex europaeus, Lotus tetragonolobus, Erythrina cris...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hynes SO,Broutet N,Wadström T,Mikelsaar M,O'Toole PW,Telford J,Engstrand L,Kamiya S,Mentis AF,Moran AP,Eurohepygast Study Group.

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cyp51-related genes (cyp51A and cyp51B) encoding 14-alpha sterol demethylase-like enzymes were identified in the opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. PCR amplification using degenerate oligonucleotides based on conserved areas of cytochrome P450 demethylases of other filamentous fungi and yeasts all...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mellado E,Diaz-Guerra TM,Cuenca-Estrella M,Rodriguez-Tudela JL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefaclor is less stable than most cephalosporins in media at 35 degrees C. We demonstrated that the activity of cefaclor in Mueller-Hinton agar diminishes continuously at 4 degrees C, resulting in a loss of two-thirds of the activity within 21 days. We recommend that agar dilution plates for this cephalosporin be prep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Surprenant AM,Preston DA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A selective agar medium for isolation of virulent Yersinia enterocolitica (VYE agar) was developed for the rapid and accurate isolation of virulent Y. enterocolitica from environmental samples highly contaminated with environmental Yersinia organisms, as well as for isolation from clinical specimens. VYE agar provided...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 1,510 sputum samples examined from 1,016 patients with bronchopulmonary disorders, Nocardia asteroides was isolated from 67 samples by paraffin baiting, as compared with only 30 isolations by the conventional technique of culturing on Sabouraud dextrose agar. This higher efficacy of the paraffin bait technique was ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Singh M,Sandhu RS,Randhawa HS

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autopsy specimens of lung tissues from 15 patients that contracted legionellosis during the 1976 Philadelphia outbreak of Legionnaires disease were examined for the presence of Legionella organisms and soluble antigens by indirect fluorescent-antibody (IFA) testing and by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown SL,Bibb WF,McKinney RM

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA fingerprint profiles and serotypes of 63 avian Pasteurella multocida field isolates, 13 attenuated vaccine isolates (propagated from vaccines manufactured by five companies), and 16 somatic reference strains were compared. DNA fingerprinting established the relationship of isolates that could not be distinguis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wilson MA,Morgan MJ,Barger GE

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 1,298 nonfermentative gram-negative rods were used to evaluate the performance of the individual biochemical tests in the N/F System and to determine whether the observed results included sufficient key reactions for rapid identification. The system included an oxidase test, two screening tubes providing 5 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barnishan J,Ayers LW

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00