Dichotomy of glycoprotein g gene in herpes simplex virus type 1 isolates.

abstract：:Misidentification of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) may delay appropriate treatment. We investigated 20 clinical isolates identified as Kocuria spp. by the Vitek 2 system. All were identified as CoNS by 16S rRNA gene sequencing (18 Staphylococcus epidermidis, 1 Staphylococcus haemolyticus). Four Kocuria isola...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ben-Ami R,Navon-Venezia S,Schwartz D,Schlezinger Y,Mekuzas Y,Carmeli Y

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium group JK organisms were isolated from lung fluid aspirated with a fine needle from one of four thick-walled cavitary lesions in a 72-year-old female. Cultures and stains for mycobacteria and fungi were negative. The patient was successfully treated with an 8-week course of vancomycin. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McNaughton RD,Villanueva RR,Donnelly R,Freedman J,Nawrot R

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection via perinatal transmission is common in the Asia-Pacific region, but related quasispecies (QS) characteristics are not yet defined. To investigate the homologous, full-length HBV QS after perinatal infection and their clinical implications, five pairs of mother-daughter patien...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liu F,Yu DM,Huang SY,Yu JL,Zhang DH,Gong QM,Zhang XX

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The iC-GPC Assay (iCubate, Huntsville, AL) is a qualitative multiplex test for the detection of five of the most common Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis, and Enterococcus faecium) responsible for bacterial bloodstream infections,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Granato PA,Unz MM,Widen RH,Silbert S,Young S,Heflin KL,Conover MS,Buchan BW,Ledeboer NA

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a dual Salmonella infection is described. Salmonella group B was recovered from three blood culture sets but was not detected in seven stool cultures. Salmonella group C2 was isolated from three of seven stool cultures but was not recovered from blood cultures. Specific, non-cross-reactive antibodies to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Papasian CJ,Bartholomew WR,Neter E,Amsterdam D

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 3-year period, all Pasteurella strains recovered at the Clinical Microbiological Laboratory, Lund, Sweden, were studied biochemically with respect to their relationship to the recently described taxa of this genus. Of 159 strains recovered from 146 infected humans, 95 were identified as Pasteurella multocida ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Holst E,Rollof J,Larsson L,Nielsen JP

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A TaqMan PCR was developed for quantifying early colonizer microorganisms in dental biofilms. To design species-specific primers and TaqMan probes, genomic subtractive hybridization was used. This quantitative assay in combination with subtractive hybridization may be of value in the study of microbial ecosystems cons...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Suzuki N,Nakano Y,Yoshida A,Yamashita Y,Kiyoura Y

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) remains a common cause of morbidity, with three-quarters of women affected during their lifetimes. Use of antibiotics is an acknowledged trigger for VVC, which adversely affects women's physical and emotional health. Knowledge of patterns of genital Candida species-level identification i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pirotta MV,Garland SM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For up to 20 to 40% of patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), the mode of transmission is still unknown. We demonstrate that tear fluid contains HCV RNA-carrying material with the properties of infectious virus and conclude that smear infection with tear fluid may play a role in HCV transmission. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Feucht HH,Zöllner B,Schröter M,Altrogge H,Laufs R

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：:Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections caused by Mycobacterium abscessus are responsible for a range of disease manifestations from pulmonary to skin infections and are notoriously difficult to treat, due to innate resistance to many antibiotics. Previous population studies of clinical M. abscessus isolates utilized ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Davidson RM,Hasan NA,Reynolds PR,Totten S,Garcia B,Levin A,Ramamoorthy P,Heifets L,Daley CL,Strong M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recovery of Nocardia species from mixed cultures is facilitated by use of a selective medium. We show that buffered charcoal-yeast extract medium with polymyxin, anisomycin, and vancomycin can be used for the selective isolation of nocardiae from contaminated specimens. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Garrett MA,Holmes HT,Nolte FS

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of Campylobacter jejuni infection was performed during a 6-month period in a cohort of 198 Chilean infants. Surveillance was based on biweekly home visits by a team of trained nurses. C. jejuni colonization was studied by culturing stool samples from diarrheal episodes and paired asymptomatic contr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Figueroa G,Galeno H,Troncoso M,Toledo S,Soto V

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mycobacterium isolated from a clinical sample of an AIDS patient was identified as Mycobacterium interjectum by direct 16S rRNA sequence determination. High-performance liquid chromatography, however, revealed a mycolic acid pattern which was different from the one shared by the previously analyzed strains of this s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tortoli E,Kirschner P,Bartoloni A,Burrini C,Manfrin V,Mantella A,Scagnelli M,Scarparo C,Simonetti MT,Böttger EC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic granulomatous disease have a marked defect in neutrophil oxidative metabolism and microbicidal activity. Asymptomatic mothers of males with the disease can usually be identified as heterozygous carriers by intermediate leukocyte function. Most mothers of females with the disease, however, have no...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mills EL,Rholl KS,Quie PG

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella melitensis is the cause of brucellosis in sheep and goats, which often results in abortion. Few cases of B. melitensis infection in goats have occurred in the United States over the last 25 years. However, vigilance must be maintained, as it is for the bovine milk industry, to ensure that brucellosis is not i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Funk ND,Tabatabai LB,Elzer PH,Hagius SD,Martin BM,Hoffman LJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel lateral flow immunochromatographic device (LFD) was evaluated in several veterinary diagnostic laboratories. It was confirmed to be specific for Mycobacterium bovis and M.caprae cells. The performance of the novel LFD was assessed relative to the confirmatory tests routinely applied after culture (spoligotypin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stewart LD,McCallan L,McNair J,McGoldrick A,Morris R,Moyen JL,De Juan Ferré L,Romero B,Alonso E,Parsons SDC,Van Helden P,Araújo FR,Grant IR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toluidine red unheated serum test (TRUST) antigen, a macroscopic flocculation test antigen developed by Pettit et al. (J. Clin. Microbiol. 18:1141-1145, 1983) by modifying the color-coded antigen of Kasatiya and Lambert (Appl. Microbiol. 28:317-318, 1974), was compared with the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Parham CE,Pettit DE,Larsen SA,Hambie EA,Perryman MW,McGrew BE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective case record study was conducted that established a scoring tool based on clinical and iQ200 parameters, able to predict or rule out the clinical diagnosis of UTI in the majority of adult patients in an academic hospital. Automated standardized quantitative urine analysis, such as iQ200 analysis, is on ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Foudraine DE,Bauer MP,Russcher A,Kusters E,Cobbaert CM,van der Beek MT,Stalenhoef JE

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B streptococci (GBS) cause severe invasive disease in both neonates and adults. Understanding the epidemiology of GBS provides information that can include determining disease prevalence rates in defined populations and geographic regions, documenting the success of GBS screening programs, and understanding anti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alhhazmi A,Hurteau D,Tyrrell GJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In summary, it is clear that in vitro susceptibility testing can predict outcome in selected clinical situations. The clearest data are from the fluconazole-treated AIDS patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis. In this setting, the homogeneity of the underlying immune defect, combined with the ease of identification a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ghannoum MA,Rex JH,Galgiani JN

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A colony blot enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for the rapid identification of smooth Brucella species, i.e., Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, and B. suis. Bacterial colonies from plates were blotted onto nitrocellulose disks, lysed by immersion in chloroform, and reacted with BRU 38, a rat monoclonal a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roop RM 2nd,Preston-Moore D,Bagchi T,Schurig GG

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of the Legionnaires disease bacterium (LDB) that was isolated by Joseph E. McDade from a postmortem lung specimen of a patient with fatal atypical pneumonia at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Togus, Maine was serologically different from 16 other strains of LDB that had been isolated previously from p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McKinney RM,Thomason BM,Harris PP,Thacker L,Lewallen KR,Wilkinson HW,Hebert GA,Moss CW

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 46 Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates that were isolated from patients with Lyme borreliosis and infected animals or were extracted from ticks of the genus Ixodes were analyzed. Large restriction fragment patterns obtained after cleavage of genomic DNAs with MluI were analyzed by pulsed-field gel elec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Belfaiza J,Postic D,Bellenger E,Baranton G,Girons IS

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal disease is normally suspected on clinical grounds and is confirmed by isolation of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria from blood or cerebrospinal fluid or, more recently, by serology or PCR of cerebrospinal fluid. Achieving confirmation of a clinical diagnosis of meningococcal disease has become more diffic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Newcombe J,Cartwright K,Palmer WH,McFadden J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratia rubidaea biotype 1 was isolated from the bile and blood of a patient with a bile tract carcinoma obstructing the common bile duct and who underwent invasive procedures. The infection was cleared after adequate treatment with antibiotics. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ursua PR,Unzaga MJ,Melero P,Iturburu I,Ezpeleta C,Cisterna R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains resistant to third-generation cephalosporins. The resistant strains harbored blaCMY-2, a plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase. Genotyping of isolates revealed the possible spread of this problematic bacterium. Results suggested the importance of the inves...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kawahara R,Seto K,Taguchi M,Nakajima C,Kumeda Y,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening infection of the heart endothelium and valves. Staphylococcus aureus is a predominant cause of severe IE and is frequently associated with infections in health care settings and device-related infections. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST), spa typing, and virulence gen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nethercott C,Mabbett AN,Totsika M,Peters P,Ortiz JC,Nimmo GR,Coombs GW,Walker MJ,Schembri MA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six rapid agglutination tests for identification of Staphylococcus aureus were evaluated by using 62 strains of S. aureus, 63 strains of S. saprophyticus, and 67 strains of other coagulase-negative staphylococci. S. saprophyticus was responsible for 19 of 26 false-positive results and 20 uninterpretable reactions. Thu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gregson DB,Low DE,Skulnick M,Simor AE

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Todd-Hewitt broth (THB) containing colistin and nalidixic acid was compared with four other media with respect to efficacy of isolation of group B streptocci. It was effective as plain THB, THB with gentamicin and nalidixic acid and blood, and THB with colistin, nalidixic acid, and blood. THB with gentamicin and nalid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fenton LJ,Harper MH

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00