Semiautomation of multilocus sequence typing for the characterization of clinical isolates of Neisseria meningitidis.

abstract：:Restriction endonucleases are bacterial enzymes that cleave DNA at specific sites. The resulting DNA fragments may be separated electrophoretically in gel to form specific restriction patterns. In the present study, the restriction endonuclease method was successfully adapted to the analysis of the chromosomal DNA of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bjorvatn B,Lund V,Kristiansen BE,Korsnes L,Spanne O,Lindqvist B

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay for determination of human immunoglobulin G, A, and M class antibodies to Histoplasma capsulatum is reported. Yeast-phase antigen from H. capsulatum was adsorbed onto polyvinyl chloride microtiter plates as the solid phase. Human antibodies were allowed to react with this antigen, followed by additi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sprouse RF,Caldwell CW,Everett ED

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes infections are among the most common sexually transmitted diseases and are the most common cause of genital ulcer disease in the United States. This study addresses the changing distribution of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 in patients presenting for evaluation of herpetic infections. Viral cult...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ribes JA,Steele AD,Seabolt JP,Baker DJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence supports a causal relationship between Bartonella (Rochalimaea) henselae, cat-scratch disease (CSD), and bacillary angiomatosis. Cats appear to be the primary reservoir. Blood from 19 cats owned by 14 patients diagnosed with CSD was cultured. Blood samples from cats owned by veterinary students (n = 25...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kordick DL,Wilson KH,Sexton DJ,Hadfield TL,Berkhoff HA,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbiological and molecular characteristics of the rickettsiae isolated from humans with Queensland tick typhus (QTT) caused by Rickettsia australis and the recently described Flinders Island spotted fever (FISF) were compared. Clinically and serologically, the diseases are similar. Cell culture reveals differen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Baird RW,Lloyd M,Stenos J,Ross BC,Stewart RS,Dwyer B

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microarrays of virus-specific oligonucleotides may provide a method of screening samples for the presence or absence of a large variety of viruses simultaneously. Influenza viruses are ideal for evaluating such microarrays because of their genetic and host diversity, and the availability of an extensive sequence datab...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sengupta S,Onodera K,Lai A,Melcher U

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Tween 80 supplementation of liquid culture medium on the formation of the superficial L1 layer of the Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare complex (MAC) were examined by serological and scanning electron microscopic experiments. Specific antiserum to the glycopeptidolipids on the L1 layer of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Masaki S,Sugimori G,Okamoto A,Imose J,Hayashi Y

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribotyping was compared with multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MEE) for subtyping 305 Listeria monocytogenes isolates from clinical and nonclinical sources. For ribotyping, EcoRI-restricted genomic DNA fragments of L. monocytogenes strains were separated by agarose gel electrophoresis, and Southern blots were probed ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Graves LM,Swaminathan B,Reeves MW,Hunter SB,Weaver RE,Plikaytis BD,Schuchat A

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyomavirus BK (BKV) establishes latent infection in various human tissues, including the kidney. Reactivation following renal transplantation (RT) may cause BKV-associated nephropathy, leading to graft loss. BKV reactivation is often associated with extensive rearrangements in the BKV noncoding regulatory region (NC...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Perets TT,Silberstein I,Rubinov J,Sarid R,Mendelson E,Shulman LM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In acute and chronic hepatitis B, antibodies of the immunoglobulin M (IgM) class against the hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc IgM) have been demonstrated. For the determination of anti-HBc IgM, a sensitive enzyme immunoassay with anti-mu-coated flat-bottomed microtiter plates is described and evaluated. The specific...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roggendorf M,Deinhardt F,Frösner GG,Scheid R,Bayerl B,Zachoval R

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the performance of Directigen FluA combined with a 3-day flu screening culture for the detection of influenza virus. This abbreviated protocol was a useful and effective tool and resulted in a substantial reduction in time, effort, and money spent, while not compromising sensitivity of influenza v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Newton DW,Mellen CF,Baxter BD,Atmar RL,Menegus MA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterium with a spiral shape and bipolar, single, sheathed flagella was isolated from the livers of mice with active, chronic hepatitis. The bacteria also colonized the cecal and colonic mucosae of mice. The bacterium grew at 37 degrees C under microaerophilic and anaerobic conditions, rapidly hydrolyzed urea, was ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fox JG,Dewhirst FE,Tully JG,Paster BJ,Yan L,Taylor NS,Collins MJ Jr,Gorelick PL,Ward JM

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three isolates of Streptococcus uberis from various sources were examined for the presence of a common antigen. Initially, a serum was produced in rabbits which, by using rocket line immunoelectrophoresis, proved to react with identity to all of the S. uberis crude extracts as well as group B and E streptococcal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jones KF,Norcross NL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal disease caused by N. meningitidis serogroup B (MenB) has been endemic in Brazil since 1997. In this study, we determined the prevalence of serosubtypes of MenB isolated in 10 Brazilian states and the Federal District during 1997 and 1998 and investigated the extent of PorA VR sequence variation among the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sacchi CT,Lemos AP,Popovic T,De Morais JC,Whitney AM,Melles CE,Brondi LM,Monteiro LM,Paiva MV,Solari CA,Mayer LW

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile travelers from countries with unique endemic pathogens pose a significant diagnostic challenge. In this report, we describe the case of a Tongan man presenting with fever, rash, and altered mental status. The diagnosis of Chikungunya encephalitis was made using a laboratory-developed real-time RT-PCR and serol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nelson J,Waggoner JJ,Sahoo MK,Grant PM,Pinsky BA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) genes of 42 strains representing 23 species of the genus Trichosporon were partially sequenced to determine their molecular phylogenetic relationships. Almost half of the 22 strains investigated (from 11 different species) contained introns in their sequences. Analysis of a 396-bp co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Biswas SK,Wang L,Yokoyama K,Nishimura K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae is a newly recognized organism associated with respiratory tract infections. Asymptomatic infection with C. pneumoniae, although it has been suggested to occur, has not been previously documented. We describe two asymptomatic individuals infected with this organism; these infections demonstrate th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hyman CL,Augenbraun MH,Roblin PM,Schachter J,Hammerschlag MR

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sentinel mouse seroconversion to infectious agents is critical for laboratory animal facility disease monitoring. We report spontaneous emergence of non-sex-linked agammaglobulinemia with B-cell deficiency and cutaneous Staphylococcus aureus granulomatosis (botryomycosis) in a cohort of related Swiss Webster sentinel ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bridgeford EC,Fox JG,Nambiar PR,Rogers AB

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyomavirus BK (BKV) causes asymptomatic latent infection in the human host that is reactivated during periods of immune suppression. Detection by conventional tube cell culture is difficult and time consuming because BKV exhibits slow growth with late (14 to 28 days) and subtle cytopathic effects. We developed a she...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marshall WF,Telenti A,Proper J,Aksamit AJ,Smith TF

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively investigated the diagnostic utility of the Xpert MTB/RIF (Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampin [RIF] resistance) assay in 20 cases with confirmed tuberculous pleural effusion. The sensitivity and specificity of the Xpert assay in pleural fluid were 25% and 100%, respectively. All cases positive by the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Friedrich SO,von Groote-Bidlingmaier F,Diacon AH

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While high-copy-number IS6110-based restriction fragment length polymorphism (HCN-RFLP) is the gold standard for typing most Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, the time taken for culturing and low throughput make it impractical for large-scale prospective typing of large numbers of isolates. The development of a new ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gopaul KK,Brown TJ,Gibson AL,Yates MD,Drobniewski FA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been characterizing monoclonal antibodies against Norovirus (Norwalk-like virus). In the course of our study, two monoclonal antibodies generated against Norovirus genogroup II capsid protein were found to react not only to genogroup II but also to genogroup I recombinant capsid proteins. In addition, we showe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yoda T,Suzuki Y,Terano Y,Yamazaki K,Sakon N,Kuzuguchi T,Oda H,Tsukamoto T

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single multiplex PCR assay targeting seven virulence factors and the wzi gene specific for the K1 and K2 capsular serotypes of Klebsiella pneumoniae was developed and tested on 65 clinical isolates, which included 45 isolates responsible for community-acquired severe human infections. The assay is useful for the sur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Compain F,Babosan A,Brisse S,Genel N,Audo J,Ailloud F,Kassis-Chikhani N,Arlet G,Decré D

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzymatic profile of 20 strains of Pseudomonas maltophilia was undertaken with conventional plate tests, API ZYM, and 4-methylumbelliferyl-conjugated substrates. All strains produced DNase, RNase, arbutinase, esterases and lipases, mucinase, acid and alkaline phosphatases, alkaline pyrophosphate diesterase, phospho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Brien M,Davis GH

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii is a causative agent of cryptococcosis and is thought to have a specific ecological association with a number of Eucalyptus species in Australia. However, the role that the tree plays in the life cycle of the fungus and the nature of the infectious propagule are not well understood....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Halliday CL,Carter DA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although substantial epidemiologic evidence links Streptococcus mutans to caries, the pathobiology of caries may involve more complex communities of bacterial species. Molecular methods for bacterial identification and enumeration now make it possible to more precisely study the microbiota associated with dental carie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Becker MR,Paster BJ,Leys EJ,Moeschberger ML,Kenyon SG,Galvin JL,Boches SK,Dewhirst FE,Griffen AL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontuberculous mycobacteria are ubiquitous in the environment but rarely infect immunocompetent patients. We describe a pediatric case of Mycobacterium simiae complex lymphadenitis in an immunocompetent child and review the natural history, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and current management of the disease. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cruz AT,Goytia VK,Starke JR

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several patients receiving blood transfusions during the summer of 1991 developed bacteremia after the transfusion. In all cases, the infection was caused by Serratia marcescens. The same strain of Serratia marcescens was isolated from the patients and from the outer surface of unfilled blood bags. The transport conta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Szewzyk U,Szewzyk R,Stenström TA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid tests for glucose, maltose, lactose, sucrose, and starch fermentation were performed on 112 strains of anaerobic bacteria. The tests were incubated under aerobic conditions, and results were read within 4 h. An overall correlation of 89% was achieved between the rapid tests and the Virginia Polytechnic Institut...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schreckenberger PC,Blazevic DJ

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA colony hybridization with three 18- to 20-base-long synthetic oligonucleotide probes for cholera toxin (CT) was used to screen 12 clinical isolates of Aeromonas hydrophila. Under stringent hybridizing (overnight at 40 degrees C) and washing (1 h at 50 degrees C) conditions, nine strains reacted with the 32P-labele...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schultz AJ,McCardell BA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00