Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serological diagnosis of Chagas' disease employing a Trypanosoma cruzi recombinant antigen that consists of four different peptides.

abstract：:We have previously reported that the pCS20 PCR detection assay for Cowdria ruminantium, the causative agent of heartwater disease of ruminants, is more sensitive than xenodiagnosis and the pCS20 DNA probe for the detection of infection in the vector Amblyomma ticks. Here, we further assessed the reliability of the PCR...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peter TF,Barbet AF,Alleman AR,Simbi BH,Burridge MJ,Mahan SM

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high-performance liquid chromatography method that utilized fluorescence detection (HPLC-FL) of mycolic acid 6,7-dimethoxycoumarin esters was developed to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and M. avium complex (MAC) directly from fluorochrome stain smear-positive sputum specimens and young BACTEC 12B culture...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jost KC Jr,Dunbar DF,Barth SS,Headley VL,Elliott LB

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of resistance during therapy with cefamandole contributes to treatment failure. A simple cefoxitin disk test was recently described which detects a cefamandole-active inducible beta-lactamase not otherwise detectable with cefamandole as the inducer. A case of breakthrough Enterobacter bacteremia due to se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beckwith DG,Jahre JA

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humoral immune response to intestinal Rhodococcus (Corynebacterium) equi in horses was studied by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Anti-R. equi immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgG, and IgA antibodies were demonstrated in the healthy horse population. Adult horse levels of anti-R. equi IgM and IgG antibodies were reached by ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Takai S,Kawazu S,Tsubaki S

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A differential staining method employing acridine orange-stained rickettsiae and safranin-stained standardized suspensions of Shigella dysenteriae is described for enumerating rickettsiae harvested during various stages of the growth cycle. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Silverman DJ,Fiset P,Wisseman CL Jr

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequencing of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pncA gene allows for pyrazinamide susceptibility testing. We summarize data on pncA polymorphisms that do not confer resistance at a susceptibility breakpoint of 100 μg/ml pyrazinamide in MGIT within a cohort of isolates from South Africa and the U.S. Centers for Disease Co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Whitfield MG,Warren RM,Streicher EM,Sampson SL,Sirgel FA,van Helden PD,Mercante A,Willby M,Hughes K,Birkness K,Morlock G,van Rie A,Posey JE

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular fatty acid composition of Legionella feeleii was determined by capillary gas-liquid chromatography, and the ubiquinone content was determined by reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography. As in other Legionella species, this new species is characterized by relatively large amounts of branched-chai...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moss CW,Bibb WF,Karr DE,Guerrant GO,Lambert MA

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Southern blot hybridization with the Ca3 probe and the C fragment of the Ca3 probe was used to assess the genetic relatedness of Candida albicans strains from one patient with recurrent C. albicans infection in whom the same strain was maintained, one patient in whom the infecting strain was replaced, and their male s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schröppel K,Rotman M,Galask R,Mac K,Soll DR

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative fecal lactoferrin was measured in 112 patients tested for toxigenic Clostridium difficile using glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and toxin immunoassays combined with tcdB PCR. Lactoferrin levels were higher in the GDH-positive/toxin-positive group (79 μg/ml) than in the GDH-positive/toxin-negative/PCR-positi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： LaSala PR,Ekhmimi T,Hill AK,Farooqi I,Perrotta PL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring antiretroviral therapy requires that human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) viremia assays are applicable to all distinct variants. This study evaluates the performance of three commercial viral load assays-Versant HIV-1 RNA bDNA v3.0, Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HIV-1, and NucliSens HIV-1 EasyQ v1.2-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Holguín A,López M,Molinero M,Soriano V

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using a single synthetic oligonucleotide primer pair in the polymerase chain reaction, we amplified specific Shiga-like-toxin (SLT) gene segments from DNAs of 20 clinical Escherichia coli isolates, irrespective of whether they produce SLT-I, SLT-II, or heretofore uncategorized SLTs. These segments were not detectab...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Karch H,Meyer T

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is, in contrast to non-type b H. influenzae, associated with severe invasive disease, such as meningitis and epiglottitis, in small children. To date, accurate H. influenzae capsule typing requires PCR, a time-consuming and cumbersome method. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionizat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Månsson V,Resman F,Kostrzewa M,Nilson B,Riesbeck K

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus terreus isolates collected from patients at The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, and at The University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria, were analyzed using random amplification of polymorphic DNA-PCR with three different primers. No strain similarity in either institution was detected, indicatin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lass-Flörl C,Grif K,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR was used to amplify a 537-bp region of an Ehrlichia ewingii gene encoding a homologue of the 28-kDa major antigenic protein (P28) of Ehrlichia chaffeensis. The E. ewingii p28 gene homologue was amplified from DNA extracted from whole blood obtained from four humans and one canine with confirmed cases of infection....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gusa AA,Buller RS,Storch GA,Huycke MM,Machado LJ,Slater LN,Stockham SL,Massung RF

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the Abbott enzyme immunoassay for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antigen with the reverse transcriptase assay (RTA) as a means of monitoring HIV infection during an antiviral trial. The Abbott enzyme immunoassay detected HIV earlier than RTA whether or not the patients were antigenemic and appears to b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Burger H,Paul D,Siegal FP,Wendel I,Neff S,Eilbott D,Gehan K,Grimson R,Weiser B

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific PCR for the detection of a variant of the gene encoding Shiga toxin 1 (stx(1)) called stx(1(OX3)) (GenBank accession no. Z36901) was developed. The PCR was used to investigate 148 Stx(1)-producing Escherichia coli strains from human patients (n = 72), cattle (n = 27), sheep (n = 48), and a goat (n = 1) for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Koch C,Hertwig S,Lurz R,Appel B,Beutin L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia was directly detected in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) from transplant recipients by using flow cytometry (FC). Two fixation and permeabilization methods and seven anti-CMV monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were evaluated. 1C3, SL20, and NEA-9221 MAbs were more efficacious. The anti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Imbert-Marcille BM,Robillard N,Poirier AS,Coste-Burel M,Cantarovich D,Milpied N,Billaudel S

更新日期：1997-10-01 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 QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus; Qiagen, Germantown, MD) interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) received FDA clearance in 2017 and will replace the prior version of the assay, the QFT-Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT). Here, we compared performances of the QFT-Plus assay and the QFT-GIT version in a diverse patient populat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Theel ES,Hilgart H,Breen-Lyles M,McCoy K,Flury R,Breeher LE,Wilson J,Sia IG,Whitaker JA,Clain J,Aksamit TR,Escalante P

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Viridans streptococci (VS) are common etiologic agents of subacute infective endocarditis and are capable of causing a variety of pyogenic infections. Many species of VS are difficult to differentiate by phenotypic traits. An oligonucleotide array based on 16S-23S rRNA gene intergenic spacer (ITS) sequences was develo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chen CC,Teng LJ,Kaiung S,Chang TC

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：:A total of 63 clinical isolates of Proteus mirabilis collected over a 19-month period were typed by the Dienes test and ribotyping. Ribotyping was performed using the fully automated RiboPrinter Microbial Characterization System (Qualicon, Wilmington, Del.). Isolates that were indistinguishable by the Dienes test and/...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Mujeeb I,Hollis RJ,Jones RN,Doern GV

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of folliculitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype O:7 occurred among the guests of a hotel in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, and the source of the infection was traced to the hotel whirlpool. Of 36 persons who used the whirlpool, 26 (72%) developed folliculitis within 1 to 5 days after exposure;...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ratnam S,Hogan K,March SB,Butler RW

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiologic role of oral treponemes in human periodontitis is still under debate. Although seen by dark-field microscopy in large numbers, their possible role is still unclear since they comprise some 60 different phylotypes, most of which are still uncultured. To determine their status as mere commensals or opportu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moter A,Riep B,Haban V,Heuner K,Siebert G,Berning M,Wyss C,Ehmke B,Flemmig TF,Göbel UB

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a colorimetric polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay in kit form to detect directly human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proviral gag sequences in peripheral blood cells from 68 healthy blood donors, 51 subjects at risk for HIV infection, 122 patients with HIV-1 infection, 11 patients with indeter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pane F,Buttò S,Gobbo ML,Franco M,Butteroni C,Pastore L,Maiorano G,Foggia M,Cataldo PT,Guarino A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of three line blot assays (LBAs), the Linear Array HPV genotyping assay (LA) (Roche Diagnostics), INNO-LiPA HPV Genotyping Extra (LiPA) (Innogenetics), and the reverse hybridization assay (RH) (Qiagen), was evaluated using quantitated whole genomic human papillomavirus (HPV) plasmids (types 6, 11, 16, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Steinau M,Onyekwuluje JM,Scarbrough MZ,Unger ER,Dillner J,Zhou T

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a real-time PCR assay to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with ciprofloxacin resistance in specimens submitted for nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT). All three single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) targets produced high sensitivity and specificity values. The presence of ≥2 SNPs wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peterson SW,Martin I,Demczuk W,Bharat A,Hoang L,Wylie J,Allen V,Lefebvre B,Tyrrell G,Horsman G,Haldane D,Garceau R,Wong T,Mulvey MR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for extracting poliovirus (PV) from stool extracts was developed. Magnetic nanoparticles sensitized with soluble PV receptor efficiently extracted PV pseudovirus (>99% extraction) or endogenous infectious PVs (>90% extraction) from stool extracts. This method would be useful for extraction of PV from crude bi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Arita M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified Elek test and an immuno-halo test were developed for detection of the thermostable direct hemolysin produced by Kanagawa phenomenon-positive strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The sensitivity of the modified Elek test was almost the same as that of the Kanagawa phenomenon on Wagatsuma medium, and the resul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Honda T,Chearskul S,Takeda Y,Miwatani T

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared a nested PCR assay and microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained blood films for detection and identification of Plasmodium spp. in blood specimens. PCR was more sensitive than microscopy and capable of identifying malaria parasites at the species level when microscopy was equivocal. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnston SP,Pieniazek NJ,Xayavong MV,Slemenda SB,Wilkins PP,da Silva AJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00