Application of tRNA intergenic spacer PCR for identification of Enterococcus species.

abstract：:Rotavirus is a leading cause of dehydrating diarrhea and death among infants and children globally, particularly in communities of the developing world. While numerous studies have described the complex relationships among infectious diarrhea, growth faltering, and poverty, the impact of nutritional status on suscepti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Verkerke H,Sobuz S,Ma JZ,Petri SE,Reichman D,Qadri F,Rahman M,Haque R,Petri WA Jr

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection has greatly increased in the Asian Pacific region since 1997. Several large outbreaks, caused by different subgenogroups of EV71, occurred with high rates of morbidity and a substantial number of deaths. In 2007, 58 cases of EV71 infection requiring hospitalization were...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van der Sanden S,Koopmans M,Uslu G,van der Avoort H,Dutch Working Group for Clinical Virology.

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with atrophic corpus gastritis and elevated Helicobacter pylori antibody titers but 13C-urea breath test (13C-UBT) and histology results negative for H. pylori were randomized into eradication therapy or follow-up only. Antibody levels decreased significantly in six out of seven patients in the eradication gr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kokkola A,Rautelin H,Puolakkainen P,Sipponen P,Färkkilä M,Haapiainen R,Kosunen TU

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay methods offer several advantages in assessing past or recent exposure to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, but there persist many pitfalls in the use of these methods for determining specific immunoglobulin M (IgM). The efficiency of absorption of sera by IgG-coated latex beads,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Joassin L,Reginster M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of chromosomal markers for rapid detection of Bacillus anthracis is difficult because significant chromosomal homology exists among B. anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis. We evaluated the bacterial gyrA gene as a potential chromosomal marker for B. anthracis. A real-time PCR assay wa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hurtle W,Bode E,Kulesh DA,Kaplan RS,Garrison J,Bridge D,House M,Frye MS,Loveless B,Norwood D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we present a case of rhino-orbital mucormycosis in a 57-year-old female with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. The only mold cultured at 25°C, 37°C, and 40°C from a specimen of the nasal crust was identified phenotypically and independently using nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data as Thamnostylum l...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xess I,Mohapatra S,Shivaprakash MR,Chakrabarti A,Benny GL,O'Donnell K,Padhye AA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Explanted orthopedic implants from 54 patients with aseptic failure and 24 patients with prosthetic knee or hip infection were sonicated in polyethylene bags. The sensitivities of periprosthetic tissue and sonicate fluid cultures for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection were 54% and 75%, whereas the specificiti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Trampuz A,Piper KE,Hanssen AD,Osmon DR,Cockerill FR,Steckelberg JM,Patel R

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many central vascular catheters (CVCs) are removed unnecessarily because current diagnostic methods for CVC-associated infection are unreliable. A quantitative PCR assay using primers and probe targeted to bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA was used to measure the levels of bacterial DNA in blood samples drawn through the CV...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Warwick S,Wilks M,Hennessy E,Powell-Tuck J,Small M,Sharp J,Millar MR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid identification of pathogens from blood cultures can decrease lengths of stay and improve patient outcomes. We evaluated the accuracy of the Verigene Gram-positive blood culture (BC-GP) nucleic acid test for investigational use only (Nanosphere, Inc., Northbrook, IL) for the identification of Gram-positive bacter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wojewoda CM,Sercia L,Navas M,Tuohy M,Wilson D,Hall GS,Procop GW,Richter SS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies reactive with three different viral polypeptides were evaluated singly and in combination as the capture antibody(s) in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay system for the detection of bovine enteric coronavirus. Similar levels of sensitivity were found for all combinations tested. A sensitive, h...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Crouch CF,Raybould TJ,Acres SD

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From November 2000 to October 2001, a reverse transcription-PCR using primers directed to the norovirus RNA polymerase coding region was included in a viral and bacterial routine screening to diagnose sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis among children in Asturias, Spain. The role of noroviruses (8.6% of the positi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boga JA,Melón S,Nicieza I,De Diego I,Villar M,Parra F,De Oña M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni isolates from stool samples of patients with domestically acquired sporadic infections and from chicken from retail shops were studied during seasonal peaks from June to September over a 3-year period from 1996 to 1998. A large number of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) genotypes (a combine...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hänninen ML,Perko-Mäkelä P,Pitkälä A,Rautelin H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are reporting on a nosocomial outbreak of 213 cases of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection involving 2,812 enterococcal isolates from patients over a period of 36 months. In 1990, the Enterococcus faecium vancomycin susceptibility rate was found to be 85.7% (36 of 42 cases), and an incidence of 10.9% (42 of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boyle JF,Soumakis SA,Rendo A,Herrington JA,Gianarkis DG,Thurberg BE,Painter BG

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from patients with verified systemic staphylococcal infection contained antibodies reactive with peptidoglycan (PG) from Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pyogenes, Micrococcus lysodeikticus, Bacillus subtilis, and Escherichia coli. The presence of anti-PG cross-reactive antibodies ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wergeland HI,Endresen C

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella henselae is the main causative agent of cat-scratch disease, and both B. henselae and Bartonella quintana cause angioproliferative disorders such as bacillary angiomatosis. To increase the sensitivity of Bartonella detection by PCR and to improve the species differentiation, we developed a semiquantitative,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sander A,Penno S

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiogram typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with selected antibiotics was evaluated as a primary epidemiological typing tool and compared with ribotyping. Antibiograms were derived with the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method by using erythromycin, clindamycin, cotrimoxazole, gentamicin, and ciprof...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Blanc DS,Lugeon C,Wenger A,Siegrist HH,Francioli P

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of molecular identification techniques has revealed an increasing number of new species within Aspergillus section Terrei. We phenotyped a set of 26 clinical isolates that showed genetic differences from Aspergillus terreus sensu stricto by analyzing sequences from PCR-amplified β-tubulin and calmodulin genes ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Guinea J,Sandoval-Denis M,Escribano P,Peláez T,Guarro J,Bouza E

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared whole blood dried on filter paper to the standard assay with frozen cell-free plasma for use in the quantitation of the human immunodeficiency virus RNA load in blood. RNA values from filter paper, corrected for the hematocrit, gave results comparable to those of the standard assay in terms of sensitivity ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fiscus SA,Brambilla D,Grosso L,Schock J,Cronin M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 115-kDa exoantigen produced by Cryptococcus neoformans recognized by the previously described murine monoclonal antibody 7C9 has been purified from culture filtrate by a combination of membrane ultrafiltration, isoelectric focusing, and preparative gel electrophoresis. It is produced in late-log-phase cultures and i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hamilton AJ,Goodley J

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fortuitous finding that Aeromonas spp. grew well on Butzler Campylobacter selective medium (BCSA) in a microaerobic atmosphere at 42 degrees C prompted us to evaluate the performance of BCSA for selective isolation of aeromonads in comparison with ampicillin (30 micrograms/ml) sheep blood agar (ASBA30). Overall re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Misra SK,Bhadra RK,Pal SC,Nair GB

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cyp51-related genes (cyp51A and cyp51B) encoding 14-alpha sterol demethylase-like enzymes were identified in the opportunistic human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. PCR amplification using degenerate oligonucleotides based on conserved areas of cytochrome P450 demethylases of other filamentous fungi and yeasts all...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mellado E,Diaz-Guerra TM,Cuenca-Estrella M,Rodriguez-Tudela JL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The algorithm for a new identification system was designed on the basis of colony color and morphology on CHROMagar Orientation medium in conjunction with simple biochemical tests such as indole (IND), lysine decarboxylase (LDC), and ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) utilization tests with gram-negative bacilli isolated f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ohkusu K

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time PCR with melting curve analysis of PCR products is a rapid procedure for detecting and genotyping herpes simplex virus (HSV). When testing mucocutaneous samples for HSV by a real-time PCR assay targeting the DNA polymerase gene, we found that some PCR products had atypical melting curves that did not conform...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anderson TP,Werno AM,Beynon KA,Murdoch DR

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using sequence analysis of Shiga toxin 1 (Stx 1) genes from human and ovine Stx-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains, we identified an Stx1 variant in STEC of human origin that was identical to the Stx1 variant from ovine STEC, but demonstrated only 97.1 and 96.6% amino acid sequence identity in its A and B su...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhang W,Bielaszewska M,Kuczius T,Karch H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Norwalk-like viruses" (NLVs) are the most common cause of outbreaks of nonbacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. To date, the method most widely used for typing of NLV strains is sequencing and subsequent phylogenetic analysis of reverse transcription (RT)-PCR products, which has revealed the existence of stable distin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vinjé J,Koopmans MP

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tick-borne ehrlichial pathogens of animals and humans require a mammalian reservoir of infection from which ticks acquire the organism for subsequent transmission. In the present study, we examined the strain structure of Anaplasma marginale, a genogroup II ehrlichial pathogen, in both an acute outbreak and in persist...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Palmer GH,Rurangirwa FR,McElwain TF

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel recombinant baculovirus which expresses Ebola virus (EBO) nucleoprotein (NP) under the control of the cytomegalovirus immediate-early promoter was constructed. HeLa cells abortively infected with the baculovirus expressed EBO NP, and this was used as an immunofluorescent (IF) antigen to detect EBO immunoglobul...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Saijo M,Niikura M,Morikawa S,Kurane I

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B streptococci (GBS) cause severe invasive disease in both neonates and adults. Understanding the epidemiology of GBS provides information that can include determining disease prevalence rates in defined populations and geographic regions, documenting the success of GBS screening programs, and understanding anti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alhhazmi A,Hurteau D,Tyrrell GJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beagle dogs inoculated intravenously with 1.75 x 10(9) viable Encephalitozoon cuniculi spores at 12.5 months of age were monitored for 18 months to assess infection in the adult dog. Parameters monitored included packed cell volume, total and differential leukocyte counts, and humoral and cellular responses to infecti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Szabo JR,Shadduck JA

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical Clostridium difficile isolates of patients with diarrhea or pseudomembranous colitis usually produce both toxin A and toxin B, but an increasing number of reports mention infections due to toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive (A(-)/B(+)) strains. Thirty-nine clinical toxin A(-)/B(+) isolates, and 12 other unrel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van den Berg RJ,Claas EC,Oyib DH,Klaassen CH,Dijkshoorn L,Brazier JS,Kuijper EJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00