Colonization of Mexican patients by multiple Helicobacter pylori strains with different vacA and cagA genotypes.

abstract：:Murex hybrid capture DNA assay (HCS) is a solution hybridization antibody capture assay for detection and quantitation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in leukocytes. To determine whether CMV HCS is sensitive enough to initiate and monitor antiviral therapy after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT), 51 consecutive ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hebart H,Gamer D,Loeffler J,Mueller C,Sinzger C,Jahn G,Bader P,Klingebiel T,Kanz L,Einsele H

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NCCLS M38-A document does not describe guidelines for testing caspofungin acetate (MK-0991) and other echinocandins against molds. This study evaluated the susceptibilities of 200 isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus, A. flavus, A. nidulans, A. niger, and A. terreus to caspofungin (MICs and minimum effective concentr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Espinel-Ingroff A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two multiplex PCR enzyme immunoassays (PCR-EIAs) were developed for Staphylococcus aureus exotoxin gene screening as an alternative to the conventional biological assays, which depend on detectable amounts of toxins produced. One set of oligonucleotide primers and probes was designed to search for enterotoxin A to E g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Becker K,Roth R,Peters G

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the plasmid profiles of 136 Shigella isolates in Bangladesh to determine whether plasmid profiles could be used for differentiation of strains for epidemiological studies. Many different plasmid patterns were observed within each species, indicating that many genetically different strains of Shigella are re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tacket CO,Shahid N,Huq MI,Alim AR,Cohen ML

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought evidence of toxoplasma parasitemia among 37 people with active or dormant Toxoplasma gondii infection or no evidence of infection. DNA was extracted from erythrocyte-free portions of blood samples, and the T. gondii B1 gene was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction. Evidence of T. gondii parasitemia was...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Filice GA,Hitt JA,Mitchell CD,Blackstad M,Sorensen SW

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically important species of Candida and related organisms were compared for extent of nucleotide divergence in the 5' end of the large-subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene. This rDNA region is sufficiently variable to allow reliable separation of all known clinically significant yeast species. Of the 204 descri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kurtzman CP,Robnett CJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a PCR assay for one-step differentiation of the three complexes of New World Leishmania (Leishmania braziliensis, Leishmania mexicana, and Leishmania donovani). This multiplex assay is targeted to the spliced leader RNA (mini-exon) gene repeats of these organisms and can detect all three complexes si...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Harris E,Kropp G,Belli A,Rodriguez B,Agabian N

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an emerging enteric pathogen that causes acute and chronic diarrhea among children, human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, and travelers to developing regions of the world. The pathogenesis of EAEC strains involves the production of biofilm. In this study, we deter...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mohamed JA,Huang DB,Jiang ZD,DuPont HL,Nataro JP,Belkind-Gerson J,Okhuysen PC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reverse transcription-seminested PCR (RT-snPCR) assay was developed for the detection and identification of enterovirus (EV) RNA in clinical specimens. Three conserved protein motifs were identified by aligning the VP3 and VP1 sequences of prototype EV strains. Consensus degenerate primers were designed from a conse...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nix WA,Oberste MS,Pallansch MA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical arbovirus screening requires exclusion of a broad range of viruses with as few assays as possible. We present a reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) for the detection of all species of the genus Alphavirus qualified for exclusion screening (limit of detection [LOD], 5 to 100 RNA copies per reaction across all A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Grywna K,Kupfer B,Panning M,Drexler JF,Emmerich P,Drosten C,Kümmerer BM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development and evaluation of a new selective medium (colistin-oxolinic acid-blood agar) for streptococci is described. Streptococci of medical and veterinary importance grew well on the medium. Gram-negative organisms, staphylococci. Bacillus spp., and coryneforms are all inhibited. It was concluded that the medi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Petts DN

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new case of Campylobacter hyointestinalis-associated diarrhea in a human is reported. The medical history of the patient was significant for immunodeficiency because of an evolutive chronic myeloid leukemia. The diarrhea rapidly stopped after administration of oral erythromycin. No other enteropathogenic agent was f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Minet J,Grosbois B,Megraud F

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne virus in the family Bunyaviridae, genus Nairovirus. The virus is transmitted to humans through infected tick bites or from direct contact with viremic animals or humans. In the present study, a total of 1,015 adult ticks were collected from cattle (603 spec...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tonbak S,Aktas M,Altay K,Azkur AK,Kalkan A,Bolat Y,Dumanli N,Ozdarendeli A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For prevention and control of gonorrhea, an objective, highly discriminating, and reproducible molecular epidemiological characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is essential. In the present study, in pursuance of providing such qualities, pyrosequencing technology, a fast real-time DNA sequence analysis, was applied...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Unemo M,Olcén P,Jonasson J,Fredlund H

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case-control study detected and characterized Shigella and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) types among Vietnamese children less than 5 years old. In 249 children with diarrhea and 124 controls, Shigella spp. was an important cause of diarrhea (P < 0.05). We used multiplex PCR and DNA probes to detect enteroi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hien BT,Scheutz F,Cam PD,Serichantalergs O,Huong TT,Thu TM,Dalsgaard A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:INNO-LiPA and PapType human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping assays were compared for detection of HPV genotypes on archival vulvar tissue. The INNO-LiPA assay detected 49 HPV-16 infections, compared with 47 detected by the PapType assay. The INNO-LiPA assay detected amplifiable DNA in 59 (91%) biopsy specimens, compar...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tan SE,Garland SM,Rumbold AR,Tabrizi SN

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a duplex, real-time PCR assay for detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (blaKPC) and New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (blaNDM) genes. Accuracy was assessed with 158 Gram-negative bacillary isolates, including 134 carbapenemase producers. The assay had 100% sensitivity and specificity compared with r...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cunningham SA,Noorie T,Meunier D,Woodford N,Patel R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella isolates have traditionally been classified by serotyping, the serologic identification of two surface antigens, O-polysaccharide and flagellin protein. Serotyping has been of great value in understanding the epidemiology of Salmonella and investigating disease outbreaks; however, production and quality con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McQuiston JR,Parrenas R,Ortiz-Rivera M,Gheesling L,Brenner F,Fields PI

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interfering substances have been reported to inhibit PCR assays for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens. Using an internal control, we determined that 52% of respiratory specimens interfered with our PCR assay. On the basis of these findings, we tried to circumvent the problem by s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Forbes BA,Hicks KE

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first outbreak of Candida haemulonii fungemia is described. The seven isolates from the blood of four neonates were identified by DNA sequencing of the ribosomal DNA. They were all resistant to amphotericin B, fluconazole, and itraconazole. This report highlights the emergence of C. haemulonii as an opportunistic ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Khan ZU,Al-Sweih NA,Ahmad S,Al-Kazemi N,Khan S,Joseph L,Chandy R

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CMRSA) strains are being isolated with increasing frequency around the world. In Western Australia CMRSA are endemic in geographically remote communities and have been found to belong to five different contour-clamped homogeneous electric field (CHEF) electrophore...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： O'Brien FG,Lim TT,Chong FN,Coombs GW,Enright MC,Robinson DA,Monk A,Saïd-Salim B,Kreiswirth BN,Grubb WB

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here the use of an immunomagnetic separation enrichment process coupled with a modified real-time cellular analysis (RTCA) system (RTCA version 2) for the detection of C. difficile toxin (CDT) in stool. The limit of CDT detection by RTCA version 2 was 0.12 ng/ml. Among the consecutively collected 401 diarr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Huang B,Jin D,Zhang J,Sun JY,Wang X,Stiles J,Xu X,Kamboj M,Babady NE,Tang YW

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics differentiating Escherichia coli strains that cause cystitis or pyelonephritis from fecal E. coli remain incompletely defined, particularly among adult women in the United States. Accordingly, phylogenetic group, O antigens, and virulence factors (VFs) were analyzed among 329 E. coli isolates from the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnson JR,Owens K,Gajewski A,Kuskowski MA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Porphyromonas gingivalis collagenase-specific serum immunoglobulin A (IgA), IgM, and IgG responses from 20 patients with early-onset periodontitis (EOP), 20 patients with adult periodontitis, (AP), and 20 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were examined by immunoblot analysis. A recombinant collagenase antigen ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wittstock M,Flemmig TF,Schmidt H,Mutters R,Karch H

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five serological assays were evaluated for the diagnosis of brucellosis in goats: the rose bengal test (RBT), complement fixation test (CFT), radial immunodiffusion (RID) with Brucella and Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 polysaccharides, counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIEP) with cytosol, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent ass...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Díaz-Aparicio E,Marín C,Alonso-Urmeneta B,Aragón V,Pérez-Ortiz S,Pardo M,Blasco JM,Díaz R,Moriyón I

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Helicobacter DNA species has been investigated in the biliary epithelium of patients with biliary diseases. However, conflicting results have been observed that may have been due to the small number of subjects studied, difficulty in obtaining a healthy control group, absence of controlling for confoun...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Silva CP,Pereira-Lima JC,Oliveira AG,Guerra JB,Marques DL,Sarmanho L,Cabral MM,Queiroz DM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Senftenberg is a common nontyphoidal Salmonella serotype which causes human Salmonella infections worldwide. In this study, 182 S. Senftenberg isolates, including 17 atypical non-hydrogen sulfide (H2S)-producing isolates, were detected in China from 2005 to 2011. The microbiological and gen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yi S,Xie J,Liu N,Li P,Xu X,Li H,Sun J,Wang J,Liang B,Yang C,Wang X,Hao R,Wang L,Wu Z,Zhang J,Wang Y,Huang L,Sun Y,Klena JD,Meng J,Qiu S,Song H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic Neisseria species N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae possess an outer membrane lipoprotein, designated Lip, which is present in all strains tested. The predicted protein sequence of Lip consists of a consensus AAEAP amino acid repeat. The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of using...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Trees DL,Schultz AJ,Knapp JS

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) has been steadily increasing in countries of the former USSR. The availability of rapid and reliable methods for the detection of drug resistance to second-line drugs is vital for adequate patient management. We evaluated the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ignatyeva O,Kontsevaya I,Kovalyov A,Balabanova Y,Nikolayevskyy V,Toit K,Dragan A,Maxim D,Mironova S,Kummik T,Muntean I,Koshkarova E,Drobniewski F

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently developed a PCR assay for detection of Mycobacterium spp. at the genus level based on the Cobas Amplicor platform. The sensitivities for smear-positive and smear-negative specimens were found to be 100% and 47.9%, respectively. The specificity was 97.7%, the positive predictive value 84.6%, and the ne...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peter-Getzlaff S,Lüthy J,Voit A,Bloemberg GV,Böttger EC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00