Detection of cytomegalovirus DNA in human specimens by LightCycler PCR.

abstract：:Sixty-six Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains (62 of the gravis biotype and 4 of the mitis biotype) isolated during the Georgian diphtheria epidemic of 1993 to 1998 and 13 non-Georgian C. diphtheriae strains (10 Russian and 3 reference isolates) were characterized by (i) biotyping, (ii) toxigenicity testing with the E...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sulakvelidze A,Kekelidze M,Gomelauri T,Deng Y,Khetsuriani N,Kobaidze K,De Zoysa A,Efstratiou A,Morris JG Jr,Imnadze P

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the potential of pooling DNA from nasopharyngeal specimens to reduce the cost of real-time PCR (RT-PCR) for bacterial detection. Lyophilization is required to reconcentrate DNA. This strategy yields a high specificity (86%) and a high sensitivity (96%). We estimate that compared to individual testing, ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Edouard S,Prudent E,Gautret P,Memish ZA,Raoult D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 8% of Rift Valley fever (RVF) cases develop severe disease, leading to hemorrhage, hepatitis, and/or encephalitis and resulting in up to 50% of deaths. A major obstacle in the management of RVF and other viral hemorrhagic fever cases in outbreaks that occur in rural settings is the inability to rapidly i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Njenga MK,Paweska J,Wanjala R,Rao CY,Weiner M,Omballa V,Luman ET,Mutonga D,Sharif S,Panning M,Drosten C,Feikin DR,Breiman RF

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic determinants of the invasive phenotype of Shigella spp. and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC), two common agents of bacillary dysentery, are encoded on large (180- to 210 kilobase), nonconjugative plasmids. Several plasmid-encoded antigens have been implicated as important bacterial ligands that mediate t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Venkatesan M,Buysse JM,Vandendries E,Kopecko DJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune pressure on lentiviruses exerted by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) selects for virus CTL epitope mutations. Currently employed methods for monitoring emerging CTL epitope mutations rely on the labor-intensive and time-consuming techniques of virus population or clonal sequencing. Here we describe the development...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peyerl FW,Barouch DH,Bazick HS,Manuel E,Letvin NL

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An international program of surveillance of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in the United States, Canada, and South America between January and December 1997 detected 306 episodes of candidemia in 34 medical centers (22 in the United States, 6 in Canada, and 6 in South America). Eighty percent of the BSIs were nosocomia...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Jones RN,Doern GV,Sader HS,Hollis RJ,Messer SA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of primary invasive cutaneous infections caused by the zoophilic dermatophytic species Microsporum canis are presented. The first case occurred in a liver transplant recipient who was receiving immunosuppressive therapy. Multiple erythematous papules were seen on both legs, and a biopsy revealed invasive fun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： King D,Cheever LW,Hood A,Horn TD,Rinaldi MG,Merz WG

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard culture methods for diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia take at least 24 h. The BinaxNOW urine-based test for S. pneumoniae (BinaxNOW-SP) takes only 15 min to conduct, potentially enabling earlier diagnosis and targeted treatment. This study was conducted to assess whether the use of BinaxNOW-SP a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sinclair A,Xie X,Teltscher M,Dendukuri N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide components 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonic acid and L-glycero-D-manno-heptose were detected in hydrolysates from whole cells of Neisseria elongata by gas-liquid chromatography. Cells from a single plate were hydrolyzed, and carbohydrate components were converted to aldononitrile and O-methyloxime acet...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Guerrant GO,Moss CW

更新日期：1986-03-01 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：:Inconsistent quality control results in disk diffusion testing of cefaclor, cefamandole, cefonicid, and cefuroxime with Haemophilus influenzae ATCC 49247 and Haemophilus test medium (HTM) prompted a search for an alternative control strain that would provide more reliable results. A five-laboratory study was conducted...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jorgensen JH,Barry AL,Doern GV,Ferraro MJ,Murray PR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three antigenic variants of the H3N2 subtype of wild-type influenza A virus (representing the years 1968, 1972, and 1974) were examined for their sensitivity to interferon and for their ability to induce local respiratory tract interferon in volunteers. In addition, the time of appearance of symptoms in infected volun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Richman DD,Murphy BR,Baron S,Uhlendorf C

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to rapidly diagnose influenza virus infections is of the utmost importance in the evaluation of patients with upper respiratory tract infections. It is also important for the influenza surveillance activities performed by national influenza centers. In the present study we modified a multiplex real-time re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hindiyeh M,Levy V,Azar R,Varsano N,Regev L,Shalev Y,Grossman Z,Mendelson E

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligatory intracellular bacterium of monocytes and macrophages and the etiologic agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis, an emerging zoonosis. The Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum) has been implicated as the primary vector of E. chaffeensis. The present study examined the sensitivity of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Felek S,Unver A,Stich RW,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis produces novel superantigenic toxins designated YPMa (Y. pseudotuberculosis-derived mitogen), YPMb, and YPMc and has a pathogenicity island termed HPI (high-pathogenicity island) and R-HPI (the right-hand part of the HPI with truncation in its left-hand part) on the chromosome. Analysis of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fukushima H,Matsuda Y,Seki R,Tsubokura M,Takeda N,Shubin FN,Paik IK,Zheng XB

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bocavirus 1 (HBoV1) is associated with respiratory infections worldwide, mainly in children. Similar to other parvoviruses, it is believed that HBoV1 can persist for long periods of time in humans, probably through maintaining concatemers of the virus single-stranded DNA genome in the nuclei of infected cells. R...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Proenca-Modena JL,Paula FE,Buzatto GP,Carenzi LR,Saturno TH,Prates MC,Silva ML,Delcaro LS,Valera FC,Tamashiro E,Anselmo-Lima WT,Arruda E

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis is the causative agent of meningococcal sepsis and meningitis. Neisseria polysaccharea is a nonpathogenic species. N. polysaccharea is able to use sucrose to produce amylopectin, a starch-like polysaccharide, which distinguishes it biochemically from the pathogenic species N. meningitidis. The d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zhu P,Tsang RS,Tsai CM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-term outbreak of urinary tract-associated multiply resistant Providencia stuartii occurred in a large medical facility that included a 513-bed chronic care unit. The unique characteristics of this outbreak were that from within a single medical facility, P. stuartii with multiple serotypes, biotypes, and antibi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kocka FE,Srinivasan S,Mowjood M,Kantor HS

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent microassay using nitrocellulose paper as the solid-phase support was developed for the detection of peste-des-petits-ruminants virus antigens in infected caprine tissue homogenates. Dots of tissue homogenates were applied to nitrocellulose papers, and any unreacted sites were blocked wit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Obi TU,Ojeh CK

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of non-catheter-related bacteremia caused by Chryseobacterium indologenes in a nonneutropenic man with a solid tumor is described. The patient was successfully treated with piperacillin-tazobactam. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Christakis GB,Perlorentzou SP,Chalkiopoulou I,Athanasiou A,Legakis NJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We classified microorganisms from the clinical laboratory by using information provided by the Gram stain and antibiotic sensitivity profiles obtained with the Bauer-Kirby technique. Approximately 4,000 microorganisms, routinely identified and tested for antibiotic sensitivities in a large hospital microbiology labora...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boyd JC,Lewis JW,Marr JJ,Harper AM,Kowalski BR

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrence of osteomyelitis by the same bacterial strain is well known. We report three patients with a second episode of osteomyelitis at the same site caused by different strains of bacteria from the original. Formerly infected and altered bone surface might present a region of diminished resistance for a new infect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Uçkay I,Assal M,Legout L,Rohner P,Stern R,Lew D,Hoffmeyer P,Bernard L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a dual Salmonella infection is described. Salmonella group B was recovered from three blood culture sets but was not detected in seven stool cultures. Salmonella group C2 was isolated from three of seven stool cultures but was not recovered from blood cultures. Specific, non-cross-reactive antibodies to...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Papasian CJ,Bartholomew WR,Neter E,Amsterdam D

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA relatedness and restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns of whole-cell DNA and the general phenotypic properties of 14 isolates of the form species Candida parapsilosis representing three diverse genetic groups were compared. The data confirm the unrelatedness of the three groups at the species level....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roy B,Meyer SA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections due to small-colony variants (SCVs) of Staphylococcus aureus in patients with chronic and recurrent infections are an emerging problem; however, studies with this subpopulation are hampered by the fact that SCVs may exhibit unstable phenotypes, making them difficult to study, particularly in broth media. In...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Becker K,Laham NA,Fegeler W,Proctor RA,Peters G,von Eiff C

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:The main goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), particularly livestock-associated MRSA (LA-MRSA) in pigs and pork. The genotypic relatedness of isolates on the farm, at slaughter, and at the retail level was assessed. Paired nasal and perianal swab sa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Molla B,Byrne M,Abley M,Mathews J,Jackson CR,Fedorka-Cray P,Sreevatsan S,Wang P,Gebreyes WA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsporidia are protozoa parasites responsible for significant gastrointestinal disease in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. We evaluated a PCR assay of stool samples, duodenal aspirates, and biopsy specimens from patients with Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection. A 210-bp DNA fragment of the unique...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Velásquez JN,Carnevale S,Guarnera EA,Labbé JH,Chertcoff A,Cabrera MG,Rodríguez MI

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi clinical isolates (n = 91) resistant to nalidixic acid (Nal(r)) were collected from sporadic cases and minor outbreaks throughout Vietnam between 1996 and 2004. These isolates were typed and compared by four methods: Vi phage typing, PstI ribotyping, XbaI and SpeI pulsed-field gel el...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Le TA,Fabre L,Roumagnac P,Grimont PA,Scavizzi MR,Weill FX

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPCs) are considered a serious threat to antibiotic therapy, as they confer resistance to carbapenems, which are used to treat extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria. Here, we describe the development and evaluation of a DNA microarray for the detection and gen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peter H,Berggrav K,Thomas P,Pfeifer Y,Witte W,Templeton K,Bachmann TT

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00