Paratuberculosis infection of nonruminant wildlife in Scotland.

abstract：:Fosfomycin has been shown to have a wide spectrum of activity against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria; however, breakpoints have been established only for Escherichia coli or Enterobacterales per the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibilit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith EC,Brigman HV,Anderson JC,Emery CL,Bias TE,Bergen PJ,Landersdorfer CB,Hirsch EB

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitivity of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting serum antibodies to rotavirus was greatly enhanced when rotavirus particles were fragmented by chaotropic agents (NaSCN or guanidine hydrochloride) before adsorption of the antigens to the solid phase. For detecting fecal antibodies, the addition of fe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Inouye S,Matsuno S,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulism developed in a patient following surgical repair of an open radial fracture. Symptoms resolved after treatment with antitoxin and antibiotics, and hardware excision was deferred. Subsequent osteomyelitis necessitated hardware exchange, and wound cultures grew Clostridium argentinense. This case highlights the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Taylor SM,Wolfe CR,Dixon TC,Ruch DS,Cox GM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flagellar (H) antigens are mostly encoded by genes at the fliC locus in E. coli. We have sequenced 11 H7 fliC genes from Escherichia coli strains that belong to seven O serotypes. These sequences, together with those of nine other H7 fliC genes (from strains of three different O serotypes) sequenced recently (S. D. Re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wang L,Rothemund D,Curd H,Reeves PR

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coprological examination based on egg detection in stool samples is currently used as the gold standard for the diagnosis of human fascioliasis. However, this method is not effective during the acute phase of the disease and has poor sensitivity during the chronic phase. Serodiagnosis has become an excellent alternati...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cabán-Hernández K,Gaudier JF,Ruiz-Jiménez C,Espino AM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While foreign-born persons constitute only 11% of the population in the state of Rhode Island, they account for more than 65% of incident tuberculosis (TB) annually. We investigated the molecular-epidemiological differences between foreign-born and U.S.-born TB patients to estimate the degree of recent transmission an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vanhomwegen J,Kwara A,Martin M,Gillani FS,Fontanet A,Mutungi P,Crellin J,Obaro S,Gosciminski M,Carter EJ,Rastogi N

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conserved primers were used to PCR amplify 95% of the Helicobacter hepaticus 16S rRNA gene. Its sequence was determined and aligned to those of related bacteria, enabling the selection of primers to highly diverged regions of the 16S rRNA gene and an oligonucleotide probe for the development of a PCR-liquid hybridizat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Battles JK,Williamson JC,Pike KM,Gorelick PL,Ward JM,Gonda MA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercially available latex agglutination reagent, Directigen (Hynson, Westcott & Dunning, Div. Becton Dickinson & Co., Baltimore, Md.), in which a murine monoclonal antibody to group B streptococcal (GBS) antigen is the active component, was evaluated by using body fluid specimens from 94 sick infants. Antigen was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rench MA,Metzger TG,Baker CJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 drug resistance (HIVDR) assays are important tools in clinical management of HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and surveillance of drug-resistant variants at population levels. The high cost associated with commercial assays hinders their use in resource-limited settings. We adopted and valid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Inzaule S,Yang C,Kasembeli A,Nafisa L,Okonji J,Oyaro B,Lando R,Mills LA,Laserson K,Thomas T,Nkengasong J,Zeh C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human adenovirus of strains subgenus F (AdV F) are the most common strains detected in acute gastroenteritis cases in developing countries. Subgenus F is represented by AdV serotype 40 (AdV-40) and AdV-41. Most of the reports have described the predominance of AdV-41 in acute gastroenteritis cases. To gain insight int...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dey RS,Ghosh S,Chawla-Sarkar M,Panchalingam S,Nataro JP,Sur D,Manna B,Ramamurthy T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mainstay of laboratory diagnosis for Lyme disease is two-tiered serological testing, in which a reactive first-tier enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or an immunofluorescence assay is supplemented by separate IgM and IgG immunoblots. Recent data suggest that the C6 ELISA can be substituted for immunoblots ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wormser GP,Levin A,Soman S,Adenikinju O,Longo MV,Branda JA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is a globally significant zoonosis, the control of which is difficult and resource intensive. Serological tests form a vital part of a multifactorial approach to control and are often performed in large numbers. The aim of the present study was to develop a new assay to improve the efficiency, ease, and ef...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McGiven JA,Thompson IJ,Commander NJ,Stack JA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine Borrelia burgdorferi isolates, obtained from dusky-footed wood rats (Neotoma fuscipes) and California kangaroo rats (Dipodomys californicus) in California, were analyzed genetically. Chromosomal DNA was examined by restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) and gene probe restriction fragment length polymorph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zingg BC,Brown RN,Lane RS,LeFebvre RB

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen reference and 156 clinical strains of the genus Nocardia belonging to 12 taxonomic groups were studied for restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) by using an amplified 439-bp segment of the 65-kDa heat shock protein gene. Of 30 restriction endonucleases, digestion with MspI and then digestion with Bs...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Steingrube VA,Brown BA,Gibson JL,Wilson RW,Brown J,Blacklock Z,Jost K,Locke S,Ulrich RF,Wallace RJ Jr

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid detection of drug-resistant bacteria in clinical samples plays an instrumental role in patients' infection management and in implementing effective infection control policies. In the study described in this report, we validated a multiplex TaqMan real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay for the detection of bla(K...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hindiyeh M,Smollan G,Grossman Z,Ram D,Robinov J,Belausov N,Ben-David D,Tal I,Davidson Y,Shamiss A,Mendelson E,Keller N

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test is widely used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Specimens may contain amplification inhibitors, potentially leading to false-negative results if unrecognized. We report a failure to detect inhibition, despite adherence to the inhibition testing guidelines...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kim JY,Ferraro MJ,Branda JA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation focused on genetic diversity and drug resistance of 101 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated between July 2003 and February 2005 in the Okinawa prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. A high rate of clustering (87%, eight clusters, 2 to 69 strains/cluster) was observed upon spoligotyping; m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Millet J,Miyagi-Shiohira C,Yamane N,Sola C,Rastogi N

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A latex agglutination test (LAT) based on polystyrene beads sensitized with inactivated avian influenza virus H5N1 particles was developed. Compared with the hemagglutination inhibition test, the sensitivity and specificity of the LAT were 88.8 and 97.6%, respectively, in detecting 830 serum samples from vaccinated ch...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xu X,Jin M,Yu Z,Li H,Qiu D,Tan Y,Chen H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used simulated blood cultures inoculated with clinical isolates of Mycoplasma hominis to determine whether liquid media of the BacT/ALERT (Organon Teknika, Durham, N.C.) will support growth of this fastidious organism and whether its presence can generate a positive signal with the instrument. Viability of clinical...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Waites KB,Canupp KC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an unusual case of culture-proven pneumococcal and meningococcal mixed meningitis in an 18-month-old girl. The patient responded well to antimicrobial therapy and recovered completely without sequelae. No underlying condition could be demonstrated except a rhinitis of unknown etiology 2 days before the onset...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marchandin H,Ventura V,Alonso JM,Van de Perre P

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal secretions from adults and children were obtained in Stockholm, Sweden, for routine diagnosis of influenza A virus, influenza B virus, respiratory syncytial (RS) virus, parainfluenza type 3 virus, and adenovirus infections by demonstration of viral antigens directly in the specimens. The cells in nasoph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Grandien M,Pettersson CA,Gardner PS,Linde A,Stanton A

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in the standardization of quantitative DNAemia tests and efforts to better understand and characterize the performance of reference materials in different assays, it remains unclear how the commutability performance of reference materials is related to intra- and interassay agreement. Building upon pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tang L,Su Y,Gu Z,Caliendo AM,Pounds S,Hayden RT

更新日期：2019-01-02 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：:The diagnosis and management of pneumonia are limited by the use of culture-based techniques of microbial identification, which may fail to identify unculturable, fastidious, and metabolically active viable but unculturable bacteria. Novel high-throughput culture-independent techniques hold promise but have not been s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dickson RP,Erb-Downward JR,Prescott HC,Martinez FJ,Curtis JL,Lama VN,Huffnagle GB

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated and characterized a Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal-specific DNA region by arbitrary PCR. The fragment contains open reading frames encoding two potential glycosyltransferases possibly involved in capsular polysaccharide or lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. In order to evaluate the possibility that this region ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Falklind S,Stark M,Albert MJ,Uhlén M,Lundeberg J,Weintraub A

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The continuous spread of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (caMRSA) and the introduction of these highly virulent isolates into hospitals represent increasing threats. The timely recognition of caMRSA strains is crucial for infection control purposes. Thus, we developed a PCR-based assay f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Strommenger B,Braulke C,Pasemann B,Schmidt C,Witte W

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) due to Rhodococcus equi in an immunocompetent individual was successfully treated by combining surgery and antibiotics. The R. equi-targeted antimicrobial agents erythromycin and rifampin were used only after surgical resection of the lesion and identification of the infective or...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Napoleão F,Damasco PV,Camello TC,do Vale MD,de Andrade AF,Hirata R Jr,de Mattos-Guaraldi AL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowdria ruminantium causes severe, often fatal disease in domestic ruminants, whereas wildlife species usually are not affected. Blood and bone marrow samples from healthy, free-ranging Zimbabwean ungulates were taken during translocation from areas harboring Amblyomma ticks and tested for the presence of C. ruminanti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kock ND,van Vliet AH,Charlton K,Jongejan F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 1,510 sputum samples examined from 1,016 patients with bronchopulmonary disorders, Nocardia asteroides was isolated from 67 samples by paraffin baiting, as compared with only 30 isolations by the conventional technique of culturing on Sabouraud dextrose agar. This higher efficacy of the paraffin bait technique was ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Singh M,Sandhu RS,Randhawa HS

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A PCR method was developed to identify and fingerprint Candida krusei isolates simply and rapidly. The primer pair Arno1 and Arno2 was designed to amplify the polymorphic species-specific repetitive sequence CKRS-1 (C. krusei repeated sequence 1) that we identified in the nontranscribed intergenic regions (IGRs) of rR...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carlotti A,Chaib F,Couble A,Bourgeois N,Blanchard V,Villard J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00