Epidemiology of recurrences or reinfections of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea.

abstract：:We have investigated 677 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains from humans to determine their serotypes, virulence genes, and clinical signs in patients. Six different Shiga toxin types (1, 1c, 2, 2c, 2d, and 2e) were distributed in the STEC strains. Intimin (eae) genes were present in 62.6% of the str...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beutin L,Krause G,Zimmermann S,Kaulfuss S,Gleier K

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently developed a molecular typing system for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli based on restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the flagellin gene,flaA (I.Nachamkin, K. Bohachick, and C.M. Patton, J. Clin. Microbiol. 31:1531-1536, 1993). We extended the typing system to 83 flagellin types...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nachamkin I,Ung H,Patton CM

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae generally cannot be treated with penicillins and cephalosporins. However, some later-generation cephalosporins, including cefepime, are poorly hydrolyzed by specific ESBL enzymes, and certain strains demonstrate in vitro susceptibility to these agent...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith KP,Brennan-Krohn T,Weir S,Kirby JE

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesin-encoding operons (pap, sfa/foc, and afa) have been shown to be prevalent in Escherichia coli strains associated with urinary tract infections. A quick and sensitive assay to identify these operons was developed by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Three pairs of 25-mer primers were defined from the se...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Le Bouguenec C,Archambaud M,Labigne A

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Todd-Hewitt broth (THB) containing colistin and nalidixic acid was compared with four other media with respect to efficacy of isolation of group B streptocci. It was effective as plain THB, THB with gentamicin and nalidixic acid and blood, and THB with colistin, nalidixic acid, and blood. THB with gentamicin and nalid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fenton LJ,Harper MH

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typing of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis strains presents a challenge, since they are genetically monomorphic and traditional molecular techniques have limited discriminatory power. The recent advances and availability of whole-genome sequencing have extended possibilities for the characterization of ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Leão C,Goldstone RJ,Bryant J,McLuckie J,Inácio J,Smith DG,Stevenson K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a nonfatal case of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) caused by a Streptococcus pyogenes emm118 strain encoding a novel variant of streptococcal mitogenic exotoxin Z (SMEZ-34). This variant was responsible for the major mitogenic activity in the cell culture supernatant. Patient sera showed seroconver...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yang L,Thomas M,Woodhouse A,Martin D,Fraser JD,Proft T

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sensititre Breakpoint Autoreader system (SBAS) is a broth microdilution method with one to three concentrations of each antibiotic and innovative fluorescence technology to define inhibitory endpoints. We tested 248 gram-negative bacilli and 80 gram-positive cocci using both the rapid (5 h) and overnight (18 h) SB...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nolte FS,Krisher KK,Beltran LA,Christianson NP,Sheridan GE

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans in a patient having 25% full-thickness burns is described. Amputation of the leg was necessary to control rapid tissue invasion. The fungus was isolated from soil in the burn environment. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cooter RD,Lim IS,Ellis DH,Leitch IO

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many bacterial typing methods are specific for one species only, time-consuming, or poorly reproducible. DiversiLab (DL; bioMérieux) potentially overcomes these limitations. In this study, we evaluated the DL system for the identification of hospital outbreaks of a number bacterial species. Appropriately typed clinica...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fluit AC,Terlingen AM,Andriessen L,Ikawaty R,van Mansfeld R,Top J,Cohen Stuart JW,Leverstein-van Hall MA,Boel CH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new test principle for the simultaneous detection of total approximate titers and immunoglobulin M antibodies has been developed and applied to the detection of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. The method is based on the combination of a competition radioimmunoassay, for the determination of total antibody tite...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Angarano G,Monno L,Santantonio TA,Pastore G

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased prevalence and the severity of oropharyngeal candidiasis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients are attributed exclusively to the virus-induced immune deficiency of the host. The present study was aimed at answering the question of whether Candida albicans secretory proteinase, a putativ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ollert MW,Wende C,Görlich M,McMullan-Vogel CG,Borg-von Zepelin M,Vogel CW,Korting HC

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the first isolation of a new Shigella flexneri serotype, designated 4s, in Beijing, China. Genotypic and phenotypic profiling suggests that this isolate is a clone of the S. flexneri serotype X variant reference strain. Of particular concern is the multidrug resistance exhibited by this isolate. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qiu S,Wang Z,Chen C,Liu N,Jia L,Liu W,Wang L,Hao R,Zhang L,Wang Y,Song H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of Chlamydia trachomatis serovars and Neisseria gonorrhoeae coinfection was studied in a group of 100 C. trachomatis-positive males with urethritis in Greece. The serovar distribution revealed that apart from the predominant worldwide types E and F, the relatively uncommon type G is also prevalent. Go...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Papadogeorgakis H,Pittaras TE,Papaparaskevas J,Pitiriga V,Katsambas A,Tsakris A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osiris is a video zone size reader for disk diffusion tests featuring a built-in extended expert system (EES). The efficacy of the EES for the identification of the beta-lactam susceptibility phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates was evaluated. Thirteen beta-lactams were tested in four laboratories by the disk...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bert F,Ould-Hocine Z,Juvin M,Dubois V,Loncle-Provot V,Lefranc V,Quentin C,Lambert N,Arlet G

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinomyces naeslundii is a saprophyte, sometimes a pathogen, of the human oral cavity. Very few extra-oral infections related to this agent have been described. We report the first instance of A. naeslundii as an etiological agent of pelvic actinomycosis in a user of an intrauterine device, an infection so far exclus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bonnez W,Lattimer G,Mohanraj NA,Johnson TH

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodophor and alcohol pledgets were compared with the Medi-Flex Prep Kit II for skin disinfection before venipuncture. Of 12,367 blood cultures collected, 6,362 were done with conventional pledgets and 6, 005 were done with Medi-Flex kits. Contamination occurred in 351 of 6,362 blood cultures (5.5%; range, 3.7 to 8.1%)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wilson ML,Weinstein MP,Mirrett S,Reimer LG,Fernando C,Meredith FT,Reller LB

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four commercial kits, Oxi/Ferm (OF), API 20E (AP), Minitek (MT; BBL Microbiology Systems), and Flow N/F (NF), were evaluated, without additional tests, for identification of 258 gram-negative nonfermentative rods. OF and MT were read after 48 h of incubation, and AP and NF were read after both 24 and 48 h of incubatio...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Appelbaum PC,Stavitz J,Bentz MS,von Kuster LC

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our results show that impairment of the gastrointestinal tracts in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients is present in the early phases of HIV disease. This impairment is associated with alterations in gut microbiota and intestinal inflammatory parameters. These findings support the hypothesis that alte...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gori A,Tincati C,Rizzardini G,Torti C,Quirino T,Haarman M,Ben Amor K,van Schaik J,Vriesema A,Knol J,Marchetti G,Welling G,Clerici M

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:Tests commonly used for routine determination of anti-Toxoplasma gondii immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies show a high level of consistency. However, considerable variations between commercial screening tests are still observed in detecting antibodies present at low concentrations, leading to a number of discrepant and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Franck J,Garin YJ,Dumon H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-eight blood cultures with a Gram stain result of Gram-positive cocci in pairs and/or chains were evaluated with the Nanosphere Verigene Gram-positive blood culture (BC-GP) assay. The overall concordance of the assay with culture was 89.7% (70/78 cultures), allowing for the development of a targeted treatment a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alby K,Daniels LM,Weber DJ,Miller MB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative lactate determinations were performed on cerebrospinal fluids to assess their value in the rapid diagnosis of bacterial and mycotic meningitis and to evaluate their value in assessing the prognosis in these patients. Cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentrations were elevated in all patients with untreated b...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Komorowski RA,Farmer SG,Hanson GA,Hause LL

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsiae are gram-negative, obligate intracellular bacteria which have historically been divided into three groups: the typhus group, the scrub typhus group, and the spotted fever group (SFG). Recently, several new SFG rickettsiae have been characterized, and most of these species are associated with ticks and have...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Xu W,Raoult D

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of amplified products resulting from polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) remains a complicated process. To simplify the detection procedures, we developed a colorimetric microtiter plate hybridization assay for the specific detection of 5'-biotinylated PCR fragments of Mycobacterium leprae DNA. For this as...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van der Vliet GM,Hermans CJ,Klatser PR

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive PCR assay that detects the thermophilic campylobacters C. jejuni, C. coli, C. lari, and C. upsaliensis is reported. Furthermore, by digestion of the PCR products with two restriction enzymes, species differentiation was demonstrated. Thus, the present method has the potential to be used for both detection ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fermér C,Engvall EO

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The method of choice for the detection of Lassa virus is reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. However, the high degree of genetic variability of the virus poses a problem with the design of RT-PCR assays that will reliably detect all strains. Recently, we encountered difficulties in detecting some strains from Liberia and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Olschläger S,Lelke M,Emmerich P,Panning M,Drosten C,Hass M,Asogun D,Ehichioya D,Omilabu S,Günther S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A LightCycler-based PCR protocol was developed which targets the ospA gene for the identification and quantification of the different Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species in culture and in ticks, based on the use of a fluorescently labeled probe (HybProbe) and an internally labeled primer. The detection limit of th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rauter C,Oehme R,Diterich I,Engele M,Hartung T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variable-number tandem repeats (VNTRs) may evolve so rapidly that multiple profiles emerge during an outbreak. A total of 190 isolates from eight Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium outbreaks and 15 isolates from seven patients were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and VNTR typing. Small changes in loc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hopkins KL,Maguire C,Best E,Liebana E,Threlfall EJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1997 and 1998, H3N2 influenza A viruses emerged among pigs in North America. Genetic analyses of the H3N2 isolates demonstrated that they had distinctly different genotypes. The most commonly isolated viruses in the United States have a triple-reassortant genotype, with the hemagglutinin, neuraminidase, and PB1 pol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Landolt GA,Karasin AI,Phillips L,Olsen CW

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00