Characterization of group C rotaviruses associated with diarrhea outbreaks in feeder pigs.

abstract：:Traditional ribotyping detects genomic restriction fragment length polymorphisms by probing chromosomal DNA with rRNA. Although it is a powerful method for determining the molecular epidemiology of bacterial pathogens, technical difficulties limit its application. As an alternative, polymorphisms were sought in the 16...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kostman JR,Edlind TD,LiPuma JJ,Stull TL

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in young women are transient, but whether the clearance differs among different HPV genotypes and the different factors predicting genotype-specific clearance are partly unknown. In the Finnish Family HPV Study, 131 of 252 women (mean age, 25.5 years) clea...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Louvanto K,Syrjänen KJ,Rintala MA,Grénman SE,Syrjänen SM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major cause of bacterial meningitis. We report a case of meningitis due to a mixed infection with two distinct strains of S. pneumoniae: one penicillin-resistant strain of serotype 9V and one penicillin-susceptible strain of serotype 7. The two strains exhibited different pulsed-field g...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chaves F,Campelo C,Sanz F,Otero JR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing frequencies of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain isolation have been reported from many countries. The overall prevalence of MRSA in Norway is still very low. MRSA isolates (n = 67) detected between 1995 and 2003 in northern Norway were analyzed by pulsed-field gel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hanssen AM,Fossum A,Mikalsen J,Halvorsen DS,Bukholm G,Sollid JU

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common causes of chronic diarrhea among travelers worldwide include protozoan parasites. The majority of parasitic infections are caused by Giardia duodenalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Cryptosporidium parvum, and Cryptosporidium hominis Similarly, these species cause the majority of parasitic diarrhea acquired in the Un...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Madison-Antenucci S,Relich RF,Doyle L,Espina N,Fuller D,Karchmer T,Lainesse A,Mortensen JE,Pancholi P,Veros W,Harrington SM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VlsE, the variable surface antigen of Borrelia burgdorferi, contains an immunodominant conserved region named IR(6). In the present study, the diagnostic performance of a peptide enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on a 26-mer synthetic peptide (C(6)) with the IR(6) sequence was explored. Sensitivity was a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Liang FT,Steere AC,Marques AR,Johnson BJ,Miller JN,Philipp MT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of samples from 15 patients with documented Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in Bahia, Brazil, from April 2015 to January 2016 identified coinfections with chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in 2 of 15 ZIKV-positive cases by PCR (13.3%). While generally nonspecific, the clinical present...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sardi SI,Somasekar S,Naccache SN,Bandeira AC,Tauro LB,Campos GS,Chiu CY

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodotorula infections occur among patients with immunosuppression and/or central venous catheters. Using standardized methods (NCCLS M27-A), we determined the antifungal susceptibilities of 10 Rhodotorula bloodstream infection isolates. Patient information was collected for clinical correlation. The MICs of amphoteri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zaas AK,Boyce M,Schell W,Lodge BA,Miller JL,Perfect JR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to measure the performance of the Affirm Ambient Temperature Transport System (ATTS) over time and to estimate the length of time the system can preserve a vaginal specimen containing the three common organisms causing vaginitis: Trichomonas vaginalis, Candida species, and Gardnerella v...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Brown HL,Fuller DA,Davis TE,Schwebke JR,Hillier SL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred thirty-one yeast and yeast-like isolates were cultivated on eosin methylene blue agar. While the sensitivity rate for Candida kefyr isolates producing a metallic green sheen was 81.8%, the high positive predictive value (100%) for yeast isolates with this phenotype belonging to C. kefyr suggests that the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Munson EL,Troy DR,Weber JK,Messer SA,Pfaller MA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia asteroides is a rare cause of keratitis usually associated with trauma. We report a case of corneal ulceration caused by N. asteroides in a patient with leprosy. This is the first case report of nocardial keratitis from Southeast Asia. The diminished corneal sensation in a patient with leprosy could be a pred...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Tendolkar UM,Varaiya A,Ahuja AS,Motwane SA,Gogate AS

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automated sequence analysis of a 410-bp region of the axyR gene in 105 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates identified a polymorphic nucleotide that differentiated Mycobacterium bovis isolates from other complex members. All 29 M. bovis isolates sequenced had an adenine residue at nucleotide 285, whereas all 76...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sreevatsan S,Escalante P,Pan X,Gillies DA 2nd,Siddiqui S,Khalaf CN,Kreiswirth BN,Bifani P,Adams LG,Ficht T,Perumaalla VS,Cave MD,van Embden JD,Musser JM

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal prenatal screening for group B streptococci (GBS) followed by offering of intrapartum chemoprophylaxis to carriers is one of the strategies used to reduce the incidence of neonatal early-onset GBS infections. Culturing of vaginal and anorectal swab specimens in selective broth is the screening procedure recom...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hansen SM,Sørensen UB

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In sera from 4 of 25,000 individuals tested for antibodies against streptococci, extremely high antideoxyribonuclease B titers ( > 10(6) U/ml) were found. Two of the cases were diagnosed as monoclonal gammopathies. The M-components were shown to possess the anti-deoxyribonuclease B activity. The other two cases were d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hederstedt B,Holm SE,Norberg R

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-testing algorithms for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) should be optimized to minimize the risk of drug resistance, the time off PrEP required to evaluate false-positive screening results, and costs and to expedite the start of therapy for those confirmed to be infected. HIV rapid tests (RTs) for anti-HIV antibodie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Guanira JV,Leigler T,Kallas E,Schechter M,Sharma U,Glidden D,Grant RM,iPrEx Study Team.

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly growing mycobacteria are rarely found in central nervous system infections. We describe a case of polymicrobial infection in a brain abscess including two rapidly growing Mycobacterium species, M. immunogenum and M. llatzerense. The Mycobacterium isolates were distinguishable by molecular methods, and whole-ge...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Greninger AL,Langelier C,Cunningham G,Keh C,Melgar M,Chiu CY,Miller S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 16S rRNA gene PCR in the diagnosis of bone and joint infections has not been systematically tested. Five hundred twenty-five bone and joint samples collected from 525 patients were cultured and submitted to 16S rRNA gene PCR detection of bacteria in parallel. The amplicons with mixed sequences were also cloned. Wh...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fenollar F,Roux V,Stein A,Drancourt M,Raoult D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While Corynebacterium ulcerans can mimic classical diphtheria, extrapharyngeal infections are extremely rare. Sequencing of the diphtheria toxin (DT)-encoding tox gene of two C. ulcerans isolates from extrapharyngeal infections revealed differences from C. diphtheriae DT sequences, mainly in the translocation and rece...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sing A,Hogardt M,Bierschenk S,Heesemann J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This longitudinal study evaluated the response to periodontal treatment by subjects infected with either JP2 (n = 25) or non-JP2 (n = 25) Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans. Participants were treated during the first 4 months by receiving (i) scaling and root planing, (ii) systemic antibiotic thera...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cortelli SC,Costa FO,Kawai T,Aquino DR,Franco GC,Ohara K,Roman-Torres CV,Cortelli JR

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phialemonium obovatum was found to be the cause of osteomyelitis in a German shepherd dog. Histologic examination of the biopsied material from the left tibia revealed septate, irregularly branched hyphae, swollen cells, and ovate-to-spherical cells divided by a transverse septum. The majority of the fungal elements w...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lomax LG,Cole JR,Padhye AA,Ajello L,Chandler FW,Smith BR

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A latex agglutination test was evaluated as a method for detection and titration of antiplague antibodies. Slide and microtiter techniques using polystyrene latex particles coated with specific fraction-I-antigen of Yersinia pestis were found to be comparable in specificity and sensitivity to serological tests commonl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Suzuki S,Sakakibara H,Hotta S

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of coagulase-negative staphylococcal slime production and adherence with the development and outcome of bloodstream infections in two Finnish hospitals was evaluated. Analysis of 64 strains from 62 adult septicemias disclosed 34 (53%) adherent slime producers. In comparison, only 142 (29%) of 489 sing...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kotilainen P

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although antiretroviral treatment availability has improved, the virological monitoring of patients remains largely uneven across regions. In addition, viral quantification tests are suffering from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) genetic diversity, fueled by the emergence of new recombinants and of lentivi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Etienne L,Eymard-Duvernay S,Aghokeng A,Butel C,Monleau M,Peeters M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A broad range of viral and bacterial pathogens can cause acute respiratory tract infection. For rapid detection of a broad respiratory pathogen spectrum, multiplex real-time PCR is ideal. This study evaluated the performance of the new Luminex NxTAG Respiratory Pathogen Panel (NxTAG-RPP) in comparison with the BioFire...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chen JHK,Lam HY,Yip CCY,Wong SCY,Chan JFW,Ma ESK,Cheng VCC,Tang BSF,Yuen KY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sapporo-like viruses (SLVs) are associated with acute gastroenteritis in humans. Due to a limited supply of available reagents for diagnosis, little is known about the incidence and pathogenicity of these viruses. We have developed a first-generation generic reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR assay based on a single prime...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vinjé J,Deijl H,van der Heide R,Lewis D,Hedlund KO,Svensson L,Koopmans MP

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enteritidis, serotype Horsham, identified rarely worldwide, was isolated from the stools of six American Indians with gastroenteritis. The patients were from separate tribes located in three geographically distinct villages. Although significant contact was demonstrated between ill individuals within two tr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Castle SP,Nims LJ,Lapham SC

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rose Bengal and counterimmunoelectrophoresis, two tests that detect antibodies against different structural antigens, when carried out on spinal fluid permitted rapid diagnosis of human Brucella meningitis. The Rose Bengal test was positive in five out of five patients studied, and counterimmunoelectrophoresis was pos...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Díaz R,Maraví-Poma E,Delgado G,Rivero A

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Choleraesuis in recent years has become an important public health issue in Taiwan. The resistant strains that cause human infections are considered to be from pigs. In this study, we characterized 157 swine and 42 human Salmonella serovar Choleraesu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Chang CC,Lin YH,Chang CF,Yeh KS,Chiu CH,Chu C,Chien MS,Hsu YM,Tsai LS,Chiou CS

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthopsis deltoidea was found to be the cause of an olecranon bursitis in a 79-year-old golfer. Serial histological sections of the olecranon bursa showed faintly stained, brown-walled, septate, hyphal elements in the centers of the necrotic debris. The combination of bursectomy and flucytosine treatment cured the inf...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kwon-Chung KJ,Droller DD

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the performance of a prototype version of the Hybrid Capture 3 (HC3) human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA assay to the current generation Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) assay, both of which target 13 oncogenic HPV types, for the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 and cancer (CIN3+) with cervicovagin...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Castle PE,Lorincz AT,Scott DR,Sherman ME,Glass AG,Rush BB,Wacholder S,Burk RD,Manos MM,Schussler JE,Macomber P,Schiffman M

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00