Recurrent bacteremic peritonitis caused by Enterococcus cecorum in a patient with liver cirrhosis.

abstract：:Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in early human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was investigated in 49 homosexual men who seroconverted to HIV (cases) as compared with 49 matched controls who remained seronegative to HIV during a longitudinal study. EBV infection was reactivated in cases 6 months, but n...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rahman MA,Kingsley LA,Atchison RW,Belle S,Breinig MC,Ho M,Rinaldo CR Jr

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel and practical DNA-RNA hybridization assay for the detection and identification of Campylobacter pylori in the gastric mucosa. This technique utilizes a [32P]ddATP-labeled synthetic oligonucleotide probe complementary to a nucleotide sequence present in C. pylori 16S rRNA. This probe is very s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Morotomi M,Hoshina S,Green P,Neu HC,LoGerfo P,Watanabe I,Mutai M,Weinstein IB

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute viral gastroenteritis is an intestinal infection that can be caused by several different viruses. Here we describe the evaluation and verification of Seeplex Diarrhea-V ACE (Seeplex DV), a novel commercial multiplex reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) assay that detects 5 diarrheal pathogens, including adenovirus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Higgins RR,Beniprashad M,Cardona M,Masney S,Low DE,Gubbay JB

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 4,000 clinical urine specimens were evaluated with an automated microbial detection/identification system compared to a standarized manual analysis and the routine modalities used in five peer-group laboratories. The comparison indicates that the automated system recognizes the nine groups of significant mic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Isenberg HD,Gavan TL,Sonnenwirth A,Taylor WI,Washington JA 2nd

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six isolates of Mycobacterium avium of genotype dnaJ(+) IS901(-) IS1311(+) IS1245(+) and serotypes 6 (n = 1), 6/9, (n = 2), and 9 (n = 3) were obtained within a 5-month period from a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient treated for tuberculosis. The isolates were identified with PvuII restriction fragment len...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dvorska L,Bartos M,Ostadal O,Kaustova J,Matlova L,Pavlik I

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis is implicated in the etiology of chronic periodontitis. Genotyping studies suggest that genetic variability exists among P. gingivalis strains; however, the extent of variability remains unclear and regions of variability remain largely unidentified. To assess P. gingivalis strain diversity, w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Igboin CO,Griffen AL,Leys EJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae serotype O1 organisms that do not produce cholera toxin and, in fact, lack the genetic material encoding the enterotoxin have recently been detected in coastal regions of the United States. Although these organisms have been assumed to be nonpathogenic, they have been considered a potential reservoir o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnston JM,McFarland LM,Bradford HB,Caraway CT

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefaclor is less stable than most cephalosporins in media at 35 degrees C. We demonstrated that the activity of cefaclor in Mueller-Hinton agar diminishes continuously at 4 degrees C, resulting in a loss of two-thirds of the activity within 21 days. We recommend that agar dilution plates for this cephalosporin be prep...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Surprenant AM,Preston DA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heterogeneity and the increasing clinical importance of the Enterobacter cloacae complex have often been discussed. However, little is known about molecular factors causing pathogenicity within this nomenspecies. Here, we analyzed the genetic differences between an avirulent plant isolate and a pathogenic strain c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kremer AN,Hoffmann H

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel lateral flow immunochromatographic device (LFD) was evaluated in several veterinary diagnostic laboratories. It was confirmed to be specific for Mycobacterium bovis and M.caprae cells. The performance of the novel LFD was assessed relative to the confirmatory tests routinely applied after culture (spoligotypin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Stewart LD,McCallan L,McNair J,McGoldrick A,Morris R,Moyen JL,De Juan Ferré L,Romero B,Alonso E,Parsons SDC,Van Helden P,Araújo FR,Grant IR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of pneumonia with a fatal outcome caused by a nonhemolytic strain of Streptococcus pyogenes. This strain was isolated in pure growth from blood cultures and was fully identified biochemically. Such strains will be difficult to recognize and isolate from sites with heavy growth of normal flora. This ph...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Taylor MB,Barkham T

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution melt (HRM) analysis can identify sequence polymorphisms by comparing the melting curves of amplicons generated by real-time PCR amplification. We describe the application of this technique to identify Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis types I, II, and III. The HRM approach was based on ty...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Castellanos E,Aranaz A,De Buck J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new commercial method intended to exclude the presence of Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., and Yersinia enterocolitica and to presumptively identify Salmonella isolates within 2 h after primary isolation from stool specimens was evaluated. This system is marketed in Europe as API Z and in the United States as Rapid S...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Teti G,Burdash NM,Zamboni C,Fava C,Tomasello F,Mastroeni P

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microwave-accelerated direct immunofluorescence staining method which requires only 20 min from specimen receipt to interpretation is as effective as conventional methods for detecting respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A virus antigens in clinical specimens. The time required compares favorably with that for...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hite SA,Huang YT

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure to demonstrate immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence (IgM-IFA) in sera from some patients with acute acquired toxoplasmosis has recently been attributed to an inhibitory effect of high titers of IgG antibodies in these sera (Pyndiah et al. J. Clin. Microbiol. 9:170-174, 1979). To con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Filice GA,Yeager AS,Remington JS

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the greatest concerns in Chagas' disease is the absence of reliable methods for the evaluation of chemotherapy efficacy in treated patients. The tests available to evaluate cure after the specific treatment are the complement-mediated lysis (CoML) and flow cytometry tests, but they are not feasible for routine ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Meira WS,Galvão LM,Gontijo ED,Machado-Coelho GL,Norris KA,Chiari E

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) antibody-binding protein produced by an ovine-associated strain of Staphylococcus aureus was examined. The protein showed total identity to TSST-1 by immunodiffusion analysis. Western blots (immunoblots) of proteins separated by isoelectric focusing revealed that the TSST-1 anti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ho G,Campbell WH,Carlson E

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since January 1996, and over a 3-year time span, a significant spread of serotype 6B multidrug-resistant (MDR) pneumococci, susceptible to penicillin and resistant to erythromycin, clindamycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, was noted in young carriers living in central and southern ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Syrogiannopoulos GA,Bogaert D,Grivea IN,Beratis NG,De Groot R R,Hermans PW

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is a virulence factor of Staphylococcus aureus, which is associated with skin and soft-tissue infections and necrotizing pneumonia. To develop a rapid phenotypic assay, recombinant PVL F component was used to generate monoclonal antibodies by phage display. These antibodies were spott...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Monecke S,Müller E,Buechler J,Rejman J,Stieber B,Akpaka PE,Bandt D,Burris R,Coombs G,Hidalgo-Arroyo GA,Hughes P,Kearns A,Abós SM,Pichon B,Skakni L,Söderquist B,Ehricht R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-antibody (sandwich) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was adapted to detect Rift Valley fever virus antigen. Antibodies were purified from hyperimmune mouse and rabbit sera by affinity chromatography, using CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B coupled to a beta-propiolactone-inactivated sucrose-acetone-extract...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Niklasson B,Grandien M,Peters CJ,Gargan TP 2nd

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new rapid one-step immunochromatographic test using monoclonal antibodies for detection of Helicobacter pylori antigen in stool in children was evaluated on coded stool samples from 159 children (mean age, 9.7 +/- 5.0 years; 118 from Munich, 41 from Vienna): 86 children were H. pylori infected defined by positive cu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Antos D,Crone J,Konstantopoulos N,Koletzko S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sputum specimens received for the diagnosis of tuberculosis or other mycobacterial infections were tested by a ligase chain reaction (LCR)-based assay and acid-fast stain and culture techniques. Results from the LCR assay (Abbott LCx Mycobacterium tuberculosis [MTB] Assay) were compared to results from standard cultur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moore DF,Curry JI

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection is a common complication in late-stage AIDS. We describe a patient seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus with a disseminated infection caused by mycobacteria. Acid-fast rods were visible by microscopy in stool and bone marrow and in specimens from skin, liver, spleen,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kirschner P,Vogel U,Hein R,Böttger EC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive sera from 106 chronically infected patients which had previously been genotyped were characterized by serotyping. Genotypes were determined by a first-generation line probe assay (INNO-LiPA HCV) and by sequence analyses of the core, core-E1, and NS5B regions. HCV serotypes were determi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Doorn LJ,Kleter B,Pike I,Quint W

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequences of the partial rpoB gene were determined from 38 Legionella species, including 15 serogroups of Legionella pneumophila. These sequences were then used to infer the phylogenetic relationships among the Legionella species in order to establish a molecular differentiation method appropriate for t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ko KS,Lee HK,Park MY,Lee KH,Yun YJ,Woo SY,Miyamoto H,Kook YH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 151 Escherichia coli strains resistant to cefotaxime and ceftazidime were isolated during a prospective surveillance study. These strains were characterized by clinical, microbiological, and molecular analyses and were distributed into four clusters of 103, 11, 6, and 5 isolates, along with 25 unrelated str...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Oteo J,Navarro C,Cercenado E,Delgado-Iribarren A,Wilhelmi I,Orden B,García C,Miguelañez S,Pérez-Vázquez M,García-Cobos S,Aracil B,Bautista V,Campos J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the performance of a PCR assay for the detection of Pneumocystis carinii from respiratory specimens that has been designed for use in the clinical microbiology laboratory. The test includes a simple method for nucleic acid extraction and amplification, a colorimetric probe hybridization technique ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Caliendo AM,Hewitt PL,Allega JM,Keen A,Ruoff KL,Ferraro MJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important cause of community-acquired pneumonia. However, in this setting the diagnostic sensitivity of blood cultures is below 30%. Since during such infections changes in the amounts of S. pneumoniae may also occur in the upper respiratory tract, quantification of these bacteria in nas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Greiner O,Day PJ,Bosshard PP,Imeri F,Altwegg M,Nadal D

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a field trial conducted in cooperation with pediatricians in private practice, 198 nasopharyngeal swabs from children with suspected whooping cough were placed into charcoal-horse-blood transport medium with cephalexin (40 mg/liter). After preincubation at 36 degrees C for 1 to 2 days, the transport systems were ma...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hoppe JE,Weiss A,Wörz S

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between September 1995 and August 1998, the incidence and diversity of the main human rotavirus genotypes (G1, G2, G3, and G4 and P[8], P[4], P[6], and P[9]) among Irish children were determined by using established and adapted reverse transcriptase PCR-based genotyping methods. From a total of 193 rotavirus-positive ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Mahony J,Foley B,Morgan S,Morgan JG,Hill C

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00