Slaughter pigs are commonly infected by closely related but distinct gastric ulcerative lesion-inducing gastrospirilla.

abstract：:In 271 Enterobacter blood culture isolates from 12 hospitals, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) prevalence varied between 0% and 30% per hospital. High prevalence was associated with dissemination, indicating the potential relevance of infection control measures. Screening with cefepime or Vitek 2, followed by a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stuart JC,Diederen B,Al Naiemi N,Fluit A,Arents N,Thijsen S,Vlaminckx B,Mouton JW,Leverstein-van Hall M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type strains of six Campylobacter species or subspecies were examined in eight tests used for the identification of such organisms. False-positive results were obtained in certain tests (growth on 1% bile, brilliant green, selenite, trimethylamine-N-oxide, 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride, and minimal media) w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： On SL,Holmes B

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is associated with a broad spectrum of disease. While quantification of EBV nucleic acid in the peripheral blood has been demonstrated to be useful for diagnosis and patient care, the optimal sample type and reporting format for such testing remain uncertain. Using quantitative real-...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hakim H,Gibson C,Pan J,Srivastava K,Gu Z,Bankowski MJ,Hayden RT

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although TT virus (TTV) was isolated from a cryptogenic posttransfusion hepatitis patient, its pathogenic role remains unclear. It has been reported that the majority of the healthy population is infected with TTV. To elucidate the differences between TTV infection in patients with liver diseases and TTV infection in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kato T,Mizokami M,Mukaide M,Orito E,Ohno T,Nakano T,Tanaka Y,Kato H,Sugauchi F,Ueda R,Hirashima N,Shimamatsu K,Kage M,Kojiro M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A member of the Enterobacteriaceae initially identified as Kluyvera cryocrescens by the MicroScan Gram-Negative Combo 13 panel caused an outbreak of nosocomial infections in four patients (pneumonia, n = 2; urinary tract infection, n = 1; wound infection, n = 1) and urinary tract colonization in one patient. When the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Warren JR,Farmer JJ 3rd,Dewhirst FE,Birkhead K,Zembower T,Peterson LR,Sims L,Bhattacharya M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many parts of the Salmonella rfb gene clusters which are responsible for biosynthesis of the oligosaccharide-repeating units of the O-antigenic lipopolysaccharide have recently been cloned and sequenced. On the basis of this knowledge, three sets of nucleotide primers were selected to target defined regions of the abe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Luk JM,Kongmuang U,Reeves PR,Lindberg AA

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended confirming positive screening tests for Chlamydia trachomatis when positive predictive values are <90%. It is accepted that less sensitive tests (i.e., culture and immunoassays) should not be used to confirm the results of more sensitive nucleic acid amplifica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schachter J,Hook EW,Martin DH,Willis D,Fine P,Fuller D,Jordan J,Janda WM,Chernesky M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella spp. cause respiratory tract diseases in warm-blooded animals. Only Bordetella bronchiseptica has been reported to cause bacteremia in humans, and this rare infection usually occurs with pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. We describe "Bordetella hinzii" bacteremia in an AIDS patient without a respirat...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cookson BT,Vandamme P,Carlson LC,Larson AM,Sheffield JV,Kersters K,Spach DH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute and convalescent-phase sera obtained from 10 patients infected with a Japanese strain of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsia were tested by the indirect immunoperoxidase test, the Weil-Felix test, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and immunoblotting. By the Weil-Felix test, the reactivity of these s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Amano K,Hatakeyama H,Okuta M,Suto T,Mahara F

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We mapped the coding single nucleotide polymorphisms in four toxin genes-exoS, exoT, exoU, and exoY-of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system among several clinical isolates. We then used this information to design a multiplex PCR assay based on the simultaneous amplification of fragments of these genes....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ajayi T,Allmond LR,Sawa T,Wiener-Kronish JP

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the KOH test, the antibiotic disk identification test, and the Gram stain reaction for the preliminary grouping of gram-positive and gram-negative anaerobes and have assessed the value of erythromycin 60-micrograms-disk resistance as a predictive index of clindamycin resistance among anaerobes. By te...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bourgault AM,Lamothe F

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new urease-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay utilizing novel monoclonal antibodies was evaluated for the culture confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, with 270 isolates of N. gonorrhoeae, 56 isolates of diverse Neisseria spp., and 29 Moraxella isolates. The test was highly specific (100.00%) and sensitive (97...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Carballo M,Dillon JR,Lussier M,Milthorp P,Winston S,Brodeur B

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal recently caused large epidemics of cholera-like disease in Bangladesh and India. We compared the restriction fragment length polymorphisms of ctxA and rRNA genes (ribotypes) in 27 isolates of V. cholerae O139 from patients in Bangladesh and India with those of 48 isolates of V. chol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Faruque SM,Abdul Alim AR,Roy SK,Khan F,Nair GB,Sack RB,Albert MJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 30 isolates of Treponema hyodysenteriae collected in the Saint-Hyacinthe (Quebec, Canada) area were serotyped by agar gel double immunodiffusion by using extracted lipopolysaccharide and hyperimmune rabbit antisera. Only 17% (5 of 30) of the isolates were typed with antisera specific for each of the seven k...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li ZS,Bélanger M,Jacques M

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is genetically heterogeneous. Although some clonal groups have been implicated in multiple outbreaks, there is currently no consensus on how "epidemic clones" should be defined. The objectives of this work were to compare the patterns of sequence diversity on two sets of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cantinelli T,Chenal-Francisque V,Diancourt L,Frezal L,Leclercq A,Wirth T,Lecuit M,Brisse S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norwalk virus (NV) and the Norwalk-like viruses are important human pathogens that cause epidemic acute viral gastroenteritis. Current techniques used to recover NV from clinical samples involve multistep viral extraction and elution procedures with subsequent viral detection by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). In ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schwab KJ,Estes MK,Neill FH,Atmar RL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple agar-well diffusion bioassay suitable for measurement of flucytosine or ketoconazole was developed by using Candida pseudotropicalis ATCC 46764 as the assay organism. A test medium composed of (per liter) 7 g of Trypticase peptone, 7 g of YNB (yeast-nitrogen base), 15 g of glucose, and 15 g of agar was seeded...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bodet CA 3rd,Jorgensen JH,Drutz DJ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly growing mycobacteria of clinical significance were identified by mycolic acids detected with high-performance liquid chromatography. Mycolic acids from whole cells were extracted, derivatized, and detected by a modified high-performance liquid chromatography procedure in less than 3 h. Use of an internal stand...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Butler WR,Kilburn JO

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolphthalein diphosphate was incorporated into a primary blood agar medium for use in performing quantitative urine cultures. Phosphatase-negative staphylococci, such as Staphylococcus saprophyticus, were differentiated from phosphatase-positive species, such as Staphylococcus epidermidis, by spot testing colonies ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pickett DA,Welch DF

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A disease similar to ulcerative colitis in humans has been identified in cotton-top tamarins (CTTs) in captivity. The clinical signs include weight loss, diarrhea, and rectal bleeding with the pathological features and biochemical abnormalities of ulcerative colitis. Approximately 25 to 40% of these animals develop co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Saunders KE,Shen Z,Dewhirst FE,Paster BJ,Dangler CA,Fox JG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four HIV rapid tests were subjected to field validation in Panama and compared to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay/Multispot-based testing algorithm. The sensitivities of Determine, Uni-Gold, SD Bioline, and INSTI were 99.8%. The specificities of Determine, SD-Bioline, and Uni-Gold were 100%, and the specificity o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Juarez SI,Nuñez AE,Aranda MM,Mojica D,Kim AA,Parekh B

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivities of BHK-21 (C-13) and murine neuroblastoma (C-1300; clone NA) cells for the isolation of small quantities of a street strain rabies virus were compared. Suspensions of brain from mice sacrificed prior to the onset of clinical signs of rabies were used to stimulate weakly positive diagnostic specimens....

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rudd RJ,Trimarchi CV

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new blood lysis-filtration culture technique revealed a high incidence of Staphylococcus epidermidis in the blood of patients and of healthy people. Of 2,004 blood cultures from patients, the blood lysis method grew S. epidermidis in 233 (11.6%), whereas a conventional two-bottle culture system grew this organism in...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zierdt CH

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1994, a cross-contamination problem leading to false-positive cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was revealed in a mycobacteriology laboratory processing 30,000 to 35,000 samples per year. Molecular strain typing based on restriction fragment length polymorphism confirmed the contaminations. Out of 1,439 po...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bauer J,Thomsen VO,Poulsen S,Andersen AB

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonfermenting coryneform bacteria identified as Brevibacterium spp. were isolated from routine clinical specimens. Four strains were derived from peritoneal fluid and has presumably been involved in the pathogenesis of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis peritonitis. Another five isolates most probably represent...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gruner E,Pfyffer GE,von Graevenitz A

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniases are heterogenous entities. The Leishmania species that a given patient harbors usually cannot be determined clinically, and this identification is essential to prescribe the best species-specific therapeutic regimen. Our diagnosis procedure includes a real-time PCR assay targeted a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Foulet F,Botterel F,Buffet P,Morizot G,Rivollet D,Deniau M,Pratlong F,Costa JM,Bretagne S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a blood spot test for syphilis antibody using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technology. Dried blood was eluted by buffered saline or, for a supplementary confirmatory test, by treponemal-antibody test diluent. Eluates were diluted in an absorption buffer (Calypte Biomedical, Berkeley, Calif.) ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stevens R,Pass K,Fuller S,Wiznia A,Noble L,Duva S,Neal M

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotypic typing by restriction fragment length polymorphism and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that two neonates in a neonatal ward were infected with the same Campylobacter jejuni strain. Isolates from the mother and brother of the index patient were identical to each other but distinct from the neonatal ty...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Llovo J,Mateo E,Muñoz A,Urquijo M,On SL,Fernández-Astorga A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect hemagglutinating and immunofluorescent antibody responses to Herpesvirus hominis types 1 and 2 were compared to neutralizing antibody responses in infected humans from whom H. hominis type 1 or 2 was isolated. The indirect immunofluorescent antibody test was shown to be the most sensitive and specific for pri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson LD,Fuccillo DA,Stalder H,Oxman MA,Fraser CE,Madden DL

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00