Application of RNA polymerase beta-subunit gene (rpoB) sequences for the molecular differentiation of Legionella species.

abstract：:Studies on the molecular epidemiologic characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains have demonstrated their genetic and geographical diversity. In addition, it has been reported that there are genetic differences between community-associated (CA) and health care-associated (HA) MRSA st...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park C,Lee DG,Kim SW,Choi SM,Park SH,Chun HS,Choi JH,Yoo JH,Shin WS,Kang JH,Kim JH,Lee SY,Kim SM,Pyun BY

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an outbreak of Saccharomyces cerevisiae subtype boulardii fungemia among three intensive care unit roommates of patients receiving lyophilized preparations of this fungus. The fungemia was probably due to central venous catheter contamination and resolved after fluconazole treatment. The need for stringent a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cassone M,Serra P,Mondello F,Girolamo A,Scafetti S,Pistella E,Venditti M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the genus Exophiala are often difficult to identify to the species level because of their variable morphological appearances. This paper describes the methods used to identify Exophiala mesophila and provides salient differential features for distinguishing other mesophilic members of the genus. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Porteous NB,Grooters AM,Redding SW,Thompson EH,Rinaldi MG,De Hoog GS,Sutton DA

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reverse transcription-seminested PCR (RT-snPCR) assay was developed for the detection and identification of enterovirus (EV) RNA in clinical specimens. Three conserved protein motifs were identified by aligning the VP3 and VP1 sequences of prototype EV strains. Consensus degenerate primers were designed from a conse...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nix WA,Oberste MS,Pallansch MA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young immunocompetent patient was admitted for a febrile illness with malaise, arthralgias, painful leg swelling, and polyserositis. Shortly prior to becoming ill, the patient had traveled to the Northern African desert. The symptoms disappeared during treatment with antibiotics (doxycycline and ceftriaxone) but rec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Iten A,Graf S,Egger M,Täuber M,Graf J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many diseases with unknown etiology may be caused by unidentified viruses. Sequence-independent amplification revealed a new astrovirus, similar to VA1, in a 4-year-old male diagnosed with celiac disease. This expands the geographic range of this virus to include Europe and may associate astrovirus infection with the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smits SL,van Leeuwen M,van der Eijk AA,Fraaij PL,Escher JC,Simon JH,Osterhaus AD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in Finland was studied by spoligotyping 380 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. The isolates were obtained during a 1-year study period from July 2000 to June 2001 and represented 90% of new M. tuberculosis findings by culture in the whole country during the study perio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Puustinen K,Marjamäki M,Rastogi N,Sola C,Filliol I,Ruutu P,Holmström P,Viljanen MK,Soini H

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) for seven genomic loci was developed for Enterococcus faecalis. MLVA and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) resulted in 37 and 31 genotypes among 83 strains, respectively. Both typing schemes were highly concordant (90.4%). MLVA is an excellent alternative ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Titze-de-Almeida R,Willems RJ,Top J,Rodrigues IP,Ferreira RF 2nd,Boelens H,Brandileone MC,Zanella RC,Felipe MS,van Belkum A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to linezolid is rare in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis. A strain resistant to this antimicrobial but susceptible to vancomycin was found to cause central venous catheter colonization in a patient who never received linezolid. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marra AR,Major Y,Edmond MB

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipovitellin-salt-mannitol (LSM) plate medium was examined for its ability to directly isolate, recover, and presumptively identify Staphylococcus aureus from 418 clinical specimens. The criteria for medium evaluation included colony morphology reactions, selectivity, and ease of isolation. For 298 specimens used for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Merlino J,Gill R,Robertson GJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA loads in paired leukocyte and plasma samples from 199 patient visits by 66 patients with CMV retinitis were determined. Leukocyte CMV load determinations had a greater range of values (mean, 24,587 copies/10(6) leukocytes; maximum, 539, 000) than did plasma CMV load determinations (mean, 10,3...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jabs DA,Forman M,Enger C,Jackson JB

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific identification of verocytotoxin (VT)-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) requires the detection of VTs in bacterial culture filtrates or the detection of genes encoding these toxins in bacterial cells by specific DNA probes. The standard method for detecting these toxins involves a time-consuming, labor-int...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Basta M,Karmali M,Lingwood C

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal discharge specimens from 105 women were examined by wet mount, culture, and a new direct immunofluorescence assay to detect Trichomonas vaginalis. The organism was detected by culture in 31 patients, by direct immunofluorescence in 26 patients, and by wet mount in 21 patients. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith RF

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three human rotavirus (HRV) VP4 serotypes and one subtype have been described on the basis of a fourfold or an eightfold-or-greater difference in neutralization titer when tested with hyperimmune antisera to recombinant VP4 or VP8* (serotypes P1A, P1B, P2, and P3). To start to analyze the antigenic basis underlying se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Padilla-Noriega L,Werner-Eckert R,Mackow ER,Gorziglia M,Larralde G,Taniguchi K,Greenberg HB

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four fluorescein isothiocyanate-labelled monoclonal antibody typing reagents were compared for intensity of fluorescence and sensitivity in confirming herpes simplex virus (HSV) in cell culture. A total of 125 (50 HSV type 1 [HSV-1] and 75 HSV-2) specimens positive for HSV were concurrently stained with type-specific ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnston SL,Wellens K

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-plex clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-based typing technique (spoligotyping) was recently developed at the French National Reference Center for Legionella. It allows the subtyping of the Legionella pneumophila sequence type 1/Paris pulsotype. In this report, we present the transfe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gomgnimbou MK,Ginevra C,Peron-Cane C,Versapuech M,Refrégier G,Jacotin N,Sola C,Jarraud S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the introduction of antiviral compounds such as lamivudine and famciclovir in the treatment schedules of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the accumulation of a variety of mutations in the HBV polymerase gene has been observed. The selection of these mutations is generally considered the c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stuyver L,Van Geyt C,De Gendt S,Van Reybroeck G,Zoulim F,Leroux-Roels G,Rossau R

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel, rapid, and inexpensive method for the measurement of growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, and Mycobacterium smegmatis in the presence or absence of detergent. The method, which employs hot NaOH treatment of mycobacterial cells to release total cellular protein, compares favor...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Meyers PR,Bourn WR,Steyn LM,van Helden PD,Beyers AD,Brown GD

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monkey pox virus was mechanically disrupted by low temperature and high pressure into soluble and insoluble fractions. Soluble fractions elicited virus-neutralizing antibodies (1:20 to 1:160) in rabbits, whereas the insoluble (in saline) fractions did not (less than 1:5). No infectious virus was detected after the dis...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Olsen RG,Blakeslee JR,Mathes L,Nakano JH

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined Enterococcus faecalis strains clinically isolated from 100 patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs) for their susceptibility to levofloxacin (LVX) by measuring the MIC and investigated amino acid mutations by direct DNA sequencing, which were then correlated with LVX resistance. Next, we studied risk ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yasufuku T,Shigemura K,Shirakawa T,Matsumoto M,Nakano Y,Tanaka K,Arakawa S,Kawabata M,Fujisawa M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phoma minutella, a dematiaceous hyphomycete, was isolated to the exclusion of all other fungi from a subcutaneous inflammatory process on the foot of a farmer undergoing corticosteroid therapy for myasthenia gravis. Isolation was achieved on several nutrient media. Examination of stained smears and sections revealed d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baker JG,Salkin IF,Forgacs P,Haines JH,Kemna ME

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new immunochromatographic rapid test, Determine HIV-1/2, for the detection of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2 in human whole blood, serum, and plasma was evaluated. Determine HIV-1/2 is a sandwich immunoassay and uses a nitrocellulose strip with a capture site for the patient's re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arai H,Petchclai B,Khupulsup K,Kurimura T,Takeda K

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has revised several breakpoints since 2010 for bacteria that grow aerobically. In 2019, these revisions include changes to the ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin breakpoints for the Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, daptomycin breakpoints for Enterococcus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Humphries RM,Abbott AN,Hindler JA

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the sensitivity and specificity of nucleic acid amplification assays are high with smear-positive samples, the sensitivity with smear-negative and extrapulmonary samples for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in suspicious tuberculosis cases still remains to be investigated. This study evaluates the performance of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bicmen C,Gunduz AT,Coskun M,Senol G,Cirak AK,Ozsoz A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman developed severe, recurrent breast abscesses caused by Corynebacterium minutissimum. Prior reports of C. minutissimum infection have been limited to erythrasma, a minor dermatosis. The microbiological and clinical features of this species were reviewed. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Berger SA,Gorea A,Stadler J,Dan M,Zilberman M

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of two systems for the serotyping of Edwardsiella tarda developed independently at the National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan, and the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga., has enabled a single serotyping scheme comprising 61 O groups and 45 H antigens to be established for international use. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tamura K,Sakazaki R,McWhorter AC,Kosako Y

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy strains can be differentiated by their behavior in bioassays and by molecular analyses of the disease-associated prion protein (PrP) in a posttranslationally transformed conformation (PrPSc). Until recently, isolates from cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) appeared ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jacobs JG,Langeveld JP,Biacabe AG,Acutis PL,Polak MP,Gavier-Widen D,Buschmann A,Caramelli M,Casalone C,Mazza M,Groschup M,Erkens JH,Davidse A,van Zijderveld FG,Baron T

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) was used for rapid determination of the hemagglutinin (HA) cleavage site sequence, a marker for the virulence potential of avian influenza viruses. When applied to specimens from chickens experimentally infected with either a virulent or an avirulent virus, RT-PCR uniformly detecte...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Horimoto T,Kawaoka Y

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of optimal compositions of blood culture media has called for extensive and laborious work in comparative studies of large series of clincal specimens. Bacterial growth is accompanied by heat production, and calorimetry provides an analytical tool for its detection and quantification. A twin microcalorimete...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ripa KT,Mårdh PA,Hovelius B,Ljungholm K

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have speculated on the possible role of the mother in transmitting Helicobacter pylori infection to their children. In an attempt to either prove or disprove this supposition, we investigated the rates of infection of children born to H. pylori-positive mothers from birth to 5 years of age using serolog...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Konno M,Fujii N,Yokota S,Sato K,Takahashi M,Sato K,Mino E,Sugiyama T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00