Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in an area of hyperendemicity in southern Italy: a population-based study.

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA genotypes have been used for almost a decade as stable entities to link the severity of gastritis and ulcer disease. We describe here microevolution of the two genomic islands, cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI; 40 kb) and tfs3 (16 kb) from isolates obtained at inclusion (one subclone)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alvi A,Devi SM,Ahmed I,Hussain MA,Rizwan M,Lamouliatte H,Mégraud F,Ahmed N

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolution of the direct repeat region in Mycobacterium tuberculosis has created unique spoligotype signatures specifically associated with IS6110-defined strain families. Spoligotyping signatures may enable the analysis of the strain population structure in different settings and will enable the rapid identification o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Streicher EM,Victor TC,van der Spuy G,Sola C,Rastogi N,van Helden PD,Warren RM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first reported case of native valve endocarditis caused by Engyodontium album. This fungus, rarely seen as a human pathogen, is separated from Tritirachium species by its lack of pigmentation and from Beauveria species by the presence of conidiogenous cells in whorls. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Augustinsky J,Kammeyer P,Husain A,deHoog GS,Libertin CR

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the rate at which IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns in Mycobacterium tuberculosis change over time, we applied a smooth nonparametric survival model to several data sets, including data from previous publications on the rate of change. The results strongly suggest a simple pa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eilers PH,Van Soolingen D,Thi Ngoc Lan N,Warren RM,Borgdorff MW

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lyme disease-associated spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is maintained in enzootic cycles involving Ixodes ticks and small mammals. Previous studies demonstrated that B. burgdorferi expresses outer surface protein A (OspA) but not OspC when residing in the midgut of unfed ticks. However, after ticks feed on blood...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schwan TG,Piesman J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was the molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated in 21 hospitals in the Czech Republic in the period 2000-2002 and comparison with previous results from 1996-1997. Strains were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of SmaI ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Melter O,Aires de Sousa M,Urbásková P,Jakubů V,Zemlicková H,de Lencastre H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of wild rats from a known scrub typhus focus in the Philippines with cyclophosphamide did not significantly enhance the isolation rate of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi using mouse inoculation techniques. Similarly, cyclophosphamide treatment of mice inoculated with organs of wild rats did not increase the recover...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van Peenen PF,Ho CM,See R

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reference isolates of Mycobacterium neoaurum, Mycobacterium aurum, and the nonvalidated species "Mycobacterium lacticola" were the focus of two recent molecular taxonomic studies. On the basis of this grouping, we identified 46 clinical pigmented, rapidly growing mycobacterial isolates. By 16S rRNA gene sequencing, on...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown-Elliott BA,Wallace RJ Jr,Petti CA,Mann LB,McGlasson M,Chihara S,Smith GL,Painter P,Hail D,Wilson R,Simmon KE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association of enterovirus infection with endemic cardiomyopathy (Keshan disease [KD]) and outbreaks of myocarditis in selenium-deficient rural areas of southwestern China has been established. Enteroviruses have been isolated from patients with KD or during outbreaks of myocarditis in last two decades. Six of thes...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peng T,Li Y,Yang Y,Niu C,Morgan-Capner P,Archard LC,Zhang H

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a hexaplex PCR assay for rapid detection of the virulence and regulatory genes for cholera toxin enzymatic subunit A (ctxA), zonula occludens toxin (zot), accessory cholera enterotoxin (ace), toxin-coregulated pilus (tcpA), outer membrane protein (ompU), and central regulatory protein ToxR (toxR) in ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Singh DV,Isac SR,Colwell RR

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement fixation (CF) test is the current reference serologic test for the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. However, it is reported to be insensitive and nonspecific, and it is labor intensive. To determine if a faster and more sensitive diagnosis of M. pneumoniae could be obtained, we examined 50 ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Thacker WL,Talkington DF

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied whether the Etest can be used as an alternative to agar dilution to determine antimicrobial susceptibilities of ceftriaxone, cefixime, and cefpodoxime in Neisseria gonorrhoeae surveillance. One hundred fifteen clinical and laboratory isolates of N. gonorrhoeae were tested following the Clinical Laboratory I...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liu H,Taylor TH Jr,Pettus K,Trees D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared culture results to investigate the influence of antimicrobial-loaded cement on sonicate fluid culture positivity for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection. Fifty-four subjects were assessed. The sensitivities of sonicate fluid culture were 77.8% (14 of 18) in subjects with an antimicrobial-loaded cem...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Park KH,Greenwood-Quaintance KE,Hanssen AD,Abdel MP,Patel R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an outbreak of diarrheal illness among residents of a trailer park in rural Vermont, 37 (30%) of 122 residents met the case definition of outbreak-related giardiasis. Convalescent-phase sera from 24 residents and 20 nonresident control subjects were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunoglobulin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Birkhead G,Janoff EN,Vogt RL,Smith PD

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-h nonisotopic DNA probe assay for the direct detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urogenital specimens has recently been modified (PACE 2; Gen-Probe, San Diego, Calif.). The new assay format was developed to increase the sensitivity of the assay and simplify procedural steps. In this study, the new DNA probe test...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Panke ES,Yang LI,Leist PA,Magevney P,Fry RJ,Lee RF

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulism developed in a patient following surgical repair of an open radial fracture. Symptoms resolved after treatment with antitoxin and antibiotics, and hardware excision was deferred. Subsequent osteomyelitis necessitated hardware exchange, and wound cultures grew Clostridium argentinense. This case highlights the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Taylor SM,Wolfe CR,Dixon TC,Ruch DS,Cox GM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first reported case of endocarditis due to the Lactobacillus-like vancomycin-resistant gram-positive bacillus Weissella confusa. Full identification and susceptibility testing of Lactobacillus-like organisms recovered in blood culture should be performed for patients with clinical presentations that sugges...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Flaherty JD,Levett PN,Dewhirst FE,Troe TE,Warren JR,Johnson S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera from goats suffering from caprine arthritis-encephalitis contained antibodies to virus proteins of 15, 17, 28, 40, and 130 kilodaltons in immunoblots of maedi-visna virus. We propose to use immunoblotting as a validation test for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and demonstrate that the specificity of indirect e...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zanoni R,Krieg A,Peterhans E

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time isothermal nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (RT-NASBA) was applied to the detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In vitro-generated M. pneumoniae RNA was used to assess the sensitivity of the assay. The 95% hit rate was 148 molecules of M. pneumoniae RNA in the amplification and 10(4) molecules of in v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Loens K,Ieven M,Ursi D,Beck T,Overdijk M,Sillekens P,Goossens H

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:The absence of markers of inflammation in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) commonly predicts the absence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) central nervous system (CNS) infection. Consequently, multiple authors have proposed and validated criteria for deferring HSV PCR testing of CSF in immunocompetent hosts with normal CSF w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hauser RG,Campbell SM,Brandt CA,Wang S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malassezia yeasts are associated with several dermatological disorders. The conventional identification of Malassezia species by phenotypic methods is complicated and time-consuming, and the results based on culture methods are difficult to interpret. A comparative molecular approach based on the use of three molecula...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gupta AK,Boekhout T,Theelen B,Summerbell R,Batra R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of 0.05% sodium polyanethol sulfonate on the growth of 24 strains of Neisseria meningitidis in broth medium was examined; several of the strains were markedly inhibited. A paper disk method was evolved for screening the sensitivity of various bacteria to sodium polyanethol sulfonate on solid medium; the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Eng J,Iveland H

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphotericin B therapy continues to be the "gold standard" in the treatment of invasive aspergillosis in the immunocompromised host. Although Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus constitute the major species, several reports have described invasive pulmonary or disseminated disease due to the less common Asper...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sutton DA,Sanche SE,Revankar SG,Fothergill AW,Rinaldi MG

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid identification of blood culture isolates and antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) results play critical roles for the optimal treatment of patients with bloodstream infections. Whereas others have looked at the time to detection in automated culture systems, we examined the overall time from specimen coll...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tabak YP,Vankeepuram L,Ye G,Jeffers K,Gupta V,Murray PR

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, relatively rapid silver impregnation stain has been found to stain Legionella pneumophila effectively in paraffin-embedded tissue sections while permitting visualization of histological detail. It may also be used to stain the organism in body fluids. The stain is not specific and thus must be confirmed by d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Faine S,Edelstein P,Kirby BD,Finegold SM

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of cure of Trypanosoma cruzi infection by antibody seroconversion usually involves several years of follow-up. Parasitological negativity is useless for cure assessment, since even untreated patients mostly show negative results; conversely, positive tests are of great value because they indicate treatment ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Galvão LM,Chiari E,Macedo AM,Luquetti AO,Silva SA,Andrade AL

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) E6/E7 oncogene expression may be more predictive of cervical cancer risk than testing for HPV DNA. The Aptima HPV test (Gen-Probe) detects E6/E7 mRNA of 14 oncogenic types. Its clinical performance was compared with that of the Hybrid Capture 2 DNA test (HC2; Qiagen) in women re...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ratnam S,Coutlee F,Fontaine D,Bentley J,Escott N,Ghatage P,Gadag V,Holloway G,Bartellas E,Kum N,Giede C,Lear A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic options for infections caused by gram-negative organisms expressing plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamases are limited because these organisms are usually resistant to all the beta-lactam antibiotics, except for cefepime, cefpirome, and the carbapenems. These organisms are a major concern in nosocomial infe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pérez-Pérez FJ,Hanson ND

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