Rapid differentiation between clinically relevant mycobacteria in microscopy positive clinical specimens and mycobacterial isolates by line probe assay.

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus serologic profiles were obtained from 618 patients using an automated platform, including the new BioPlex heterophile assay. When compared with 2 IgM viral capsid antigen (VCA) assays and a predicate heterophile assay, the BioPlex heterophile assay was more likely to be associated with serologic pat...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Klutts JS,Wu AH,Smith A,Yen-Lieberman B,Gronowski AM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulbactam inhibits the hydrolytic activity of several, clinically important beta-lactamases including those produced by anaerobic bacteria. This study was undertaken to determine the effect of sulbactam on the activity of cefoperazone against 250 anaerobic bacteria including 174 isolates belonging to the Bacteroides f...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： D'Amato RF,Hochstein L,Frankel H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Garenoxacin is a novel des-F(6)-quinolone with a chemical structure that lacks the C6 position fluorine and has a unique difluoromethoxy substitution at position C8. This study evaluated the in vitro activity of garenoxacin tested against a large collection of Enterobacteriaceae collected worldwide. The bacterial isol...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sader HS,Fritsche TR,Jones RN

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports suggest that false-positive rifampicin resistance may be assigned by the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. We analysed 169 specimens using the MTB/RIF assay. Using culture as the gold standard, we found that the assay had 100% sensitivity and specificity for detecting M. tuberculosis. However, we found that the assa...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Williamson DA,Basu I,Bower J,Freeman JT,Henderson G,Roberts SA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and accurate diagnostic tests for Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are crucial for management of patients with suspected CDI and for infection control. Enzyme immunoassays for detection of the toxins are routinely used but lack adequate sensitivity. We generated slow off-rate modified aptamers (SOMAmer™ re...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Ochsner UA,Katilius E,Janjic N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and diversity of Arcobacter and Campylobacter spp. in 298 stool samples of patients with diarrhoea, collected from 22 Portuguese hospitals, between September and November 2012. Detection of Arcobacter and Campylobacter spp. was performed using molecular-bas...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Ferreira S,Júlio C,Queiroz JA,Domingues FC,Oleastro M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships between pharmacodynamic indices (PI), such as the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC)/MIC ratio and time > MIC (T(>MIC)), and efficacy have been described for antimicrobial drugs. The use of these quantitative relationships may increase the power to demonstrate significant effects of drugs, obv...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Mouton JW,Jacobs N,Tiddens H,Horrevorts AM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 79-year old woman, with a history of hypertension, presented with clinical features of congestive heart failure, fever, a purpuric rash, and left lower quadrant abdominal tenderness. Contrast computed tomography scan of the abdomen showed features of acute diverticulitis, and blood culture was subsequently positive ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Lum PN,Woo PC,Wong SS,Yuen K

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of antimicrobial agent resistance among ninety-eight Haemophilus influenzae isolates was assessed by six different antibiotic test methods: agar dilution on Mueller-Hinton agar supplemented with 5% lysed horse blood (MH-LHB), E-test using both Haemophilus test medium (HTM) agar and chocolate Mueller-Hint...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Giger O,Mortensen JE,Clark RB,Evangelista A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of voriconazole was compared with that of itraconazole and fluconazole against 181 isolates of Candida albicans, 124 isolates of Candida glabrata, and 20 isolates of Candida krusei obtained from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s. Voriconazole had greater intrinsic activity than fluconazole or...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Kauffman CA,Zarins LT

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to explore the potential of matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for early identification of dominant Enterococcus faecium (Efm) clones involved in human infections. Well-characterized Efm isolates (n=77), analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Freitas AR,Sousa C,Novais C,Silva L,Ramos H,Coque TM,Lopes J,Peixe L

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prototheca zopfii was isolated from a patient with olecranon bursitis. Olecranon bursitis caused by Prototheca is a distinct clinical entity. Recognition of this infection was made by observing characteristic organisms in tissue and subsequent isolation of the organism. ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Naryshkin S,Frank I,Nachamkin I

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus species isolated from poultry sources were characterized for their resistance to antibiotics, plasmid content, presence of van genes and their diversity by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR). The results showed that all isolates were multi-resistance to the antibiotics...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Radu S,Toosa H,Rahim RA,Reezal A,Ahmad M,Hamid AN,Rusul G,Nishibuchi M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of trovafloxacin and ciprofloxacin against 38 strains of non-beta-lactamase-producing enterococci, resistant to ampicillin, 34 strains susceptible to ampicillin, and 3 vancomycin-resistant enterococci were studied. Trovafloxacin was more active than ciprofloxacin against all the enterococci studied. The...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Schick DG,Canawati HN,Montgomerie JZ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective survey of resistance to penicillinase-resistant penicillins (PRPs) in 152,076 clinical staphylococcal strains isolated in 40 United States Hospitals in 1985 and 1986, rates of resistance to oxacillin were found to be 11 and 13%, respectively, among Staphylococcus aureus isolates. The rates were appr...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Jones RN,Barry AL,Gardiner RV,Packer RR

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hydrogen-sulfide producing, citrate-positive strain of Escherichia coli isolated from urinary tract infection was found to be resistant to chloramphenicol (Cm), tetracycline (Tc), streptomycin (Sm), trimethoprim (Tmp), sulfamethoxazole (Smx), and cotrimoxazole (Tmp/Smx). The strain contained 7 plasmids of molecular ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Harnett N,Mangan L,Brown S,Krishnan C

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis due to Haemophilus influenzae is exceedingly rare. After a search of the literature, we deemed our case to be the seventh case of H. influenzae pyogenic osteomyelitis. Vertebral osteomyelitis in itself is a rarity. The most common organisms associated with vertebral osteomyelitis...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Personius CD,Camp CJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic-loaded acrylic bone cements (ALABC) spacers are routinely used in the treatment of prosthetic joint infections. The objectives of our study were to evaluate different ALABC for elution kinetics, thermal stability, and mechanical properties. A 10 or 20% mixture (w/w) beads of medium viscosity bone cement (De...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Gálvez-López R,Peña-Monje A,Antelo-Lorenzo R,Guardia-Olmedo J,Moliz J,Hernández-Quero J,Parra-Ruiz J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Meropenem Yearly Susceptibility Test Information Collection (MYSTIC) Program provides antimicrobial susceptibility data. The activity of meropenem and 7 broad-spectrum antimicrobials have been examined against 12645 bacterial isolates from 14 European centers between 1997 and 2002. Cumulative susceptibility rates ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Turner PJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine whether elevation of serum transaminases can be used to eliminate unnecessary serological tests to diagnose acute hepatitis A (HAV) and acute hepatitis B (HBV). Serum samples of 1226 patients were tested for HBsAg, anti-HBc (IgM), and anti-HAV (IgM). Acute hepatitis was diagnosed ...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Chitkara YK,Fontes MD

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem susceptibility in Enterobacteriaceae (M9921, M9959) revealed the presence of MBLs bla(VIM-2) (M9959) and bla(IMP-8) (M9921), both as first cassettes of class-1-integrons. ESBL bla(PER-2) was detected in both strains and M9921 also harboured qnrB10, aac(6')-Ib and aac(6')-Ib-cr. This is the first report of M...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Gomez S,Rapoport M,Togneri A,Viegas-Caetano J,Faccone D,Corso A,Petroni A,Pasteran F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s. l.), the agent of Lyme disease, is distributed widely worldwide. A large number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods have been developed and used for detection of B. burgdorferi s. l. However, there is a lack of a reference standard because of the genetic diversity of the B. b...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Yang J,Liu Z,Guan G,Che R,Niu Q,Li Y,Liu J,Ma M,Ren Q,Liu A,Luo J,Yin H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) bacteremia has increased in recent years, and infections caused by CRPA result in higher mortality than those caused by susceptible strains. This study was performed to evaluate the risk factors for mortality and to study the impact of virulence facto...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Jeong SJ,Yoon SS,Bae IK,Jeong SH,Kim JM,Lee K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium jeikeium is the name recently given to a group of coryneform rods, formerly known as the JK group, and associated with a wide range of serious infections. We describe five patients with C. jeikeium endocarditis observed in two Belgian hospitals over a period of 5 years. In three cases, the infection oc...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Vanbosterhaut B,Surmont I,Vandeven J,Wauters G,Vandepitte J

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outbreaks of rapidly growing mycobacterium (RGM) infections are increasingly being reported worldwide. Information about genetic relatedness of isolates obtained during outbreaks can provide opportunities for prompt intervention. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) is expensive, time consuming, and labor intensive...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sampaio JL,Viana-Niero C,de Freitas D,Höfling-Lima AL,Leão SC

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis cases in the Ukraine are increasing. Pyrazinamide (PZA) is critically important for first- and second-line tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimes. However, PZA drug susceptibility testing is time consuming and technically challengin...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Daum LT,Konstantynovska OS,Solodiankin OS,Poteiko PI,Bolotin VI,Rodriguez JD,Gerilovych AP,Chambers JP,Fischer GW

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potency of cefepime, a parenteral aminothiazolyl methoxyimino cephalosporin, was assessed against 256 ceftazidime-resistant Gram-negative bacilli from five medical centers in the United States. In addition, cefepime activity was compared with that of ciprofloxacin and imipenem against 506 ceftazidime-resistant Gra...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Jones RN,Marshall SA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of VRE has increased dramatically and hematology-oncology patients are at high risk for acquisition of colonization and development of infection. Therefore, we performed a prospective cohort study to determine risk factors for VRE acquisition among hematology-oncology patients. Patients admitted to a sin...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Suntharam N,Lankford MG,Trick WE,Peterson LR,Noskin GA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first cases of infective endocarditis due to a new species of Bergeyella, Bergeyella cardium sp. nov., are reported. Two strains, 13-07(T) (= JCM 30115(T) = NCCP 15908(T)) and 13-16, were independently isolated from 2 patients in different hospitals in Korea. Initially, the isolates were identified as Brevundimona...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Sohn KM,Huh K,Baek JY,Kim YS,Kang CI,Peck KR,Lee NY,Song JH,Ko KS,Chung DR

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods currently used for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium, including agar dilution and the Bactec radiometric method, are based on the proportion technique using a single critical concentration of antibiotic. Preliminary studies were conducted with Mycobacterium species by using the Etest method, a gradient m...

journal_title：Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

authors： Wanger A,Mills K

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00