abstract：:Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a dog oral commensal that causes rare but severe infections in humans. C. canimorsus was recently shown to be endowed with a capsular polysaccharide implicated in resistance to the innate immune system of the host. Here, we developed the first C. canimorsus capsular serotyping scheme. We d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hess E,Renzi F,Koudad D,Dol M,Cornelis GR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially among those at the extremes of age. Its capsular polysaccharide is essential for systemic virulence. Over 90 serologically distinct pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides (serotypes) are recognized, but they are u...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Geno KA,Saad JS,Nahm MH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) antibody-based assays is important for detecting infected animals, confirming previous virus exposure, and monitoring sow herd immunity. However, the potential cross-reactivity among porcine coronaviruses is a major concern for the development of pathogen-speci...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gimenez-Lirola LG,Zhang J,Carrillo-Avila JA,Chen Q,Magtoto R,Poonsuk K,Baum DH,Piñeyro P,Zimmerman J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates in children. This study assessed the impact of a direct HSV (dHSV) PCR assay on the time to result reporting and the duration of acyclovir therapy for children with signs and symptoms...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Van TT,Mongkolrattanothai K,Arevalo M,Lustestica M,Dien Bard J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid pathogen identification can alter antibiotic prescribing practices if interpreted correctly. Microbiology reporting can be difficult to understand, and new technology has made it more challenging. Nebraska Medicine recently implemented the BioFire FilmArray blood culture identification panel (BCID) coupled with ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Donner LM,Campbell WS,Lyden E,Van Schooneveld TC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes respiratory infections in humans. Ongoing molecular surveillance of B. pertussis acellular vaccine (aP) antigens is critical for understanding the interaction between evolutionary pressures, disease pathogenesis, and vaccine effectiveness. Methods currently...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marchand-Austin A,Tsang RSW,Guthrie JL,Ma JH,Lim GH,Crowcroft NS,Deeks SL,Farrell DJ,Jamieson FB

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Alere i RSV is a novel rapid test which applies a nicking enzyme amplification reaction to detect respiratory syncytial virus in point-of-care settings. In this study, we evaluated the Alere i RSV assay by using frozen nasopharyngeal swab samples that were collected in viral transport medium from children hospitalized...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peters RM,Schnee SV,Tabatabai J,Schnitzler P,Pfeil J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is determined by measuring HCV RNA at specific time points throughout therapy using highly sensitive and accurate HCV RNA assays. This study compared the performances of two recently developed real-time PCR HCV RNA assays, cobas HCV for ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vermehren J,Stelzl E,Maasoumy B,Michel-Treil V,Berkowski C,Marins EG,Paxinos EE,Marino E,Wedemeyer H,Sarrazin C,Kessler HH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During measles outbreaks, it is important to be able to rapidly distinguish between measles cases and vaccine reactions to avoid unnecessary outbreak response measures such as case isolation and contact investigations. We have developed a real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) method specific for genotype A meas...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Roy F,Mendoza L,Hiebert J,McNall RJ,Bankamp B,Connolly S,Lüdde A,Friedrich N,Mankertz A,Rota PA,Severini A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metarhizium viride has been associated with fatal systemic mycoses in chameleons, but subsequent data on mycoses caused by this fungus in reptiles are lacking. The aim of this investigation was therefore to obtain information on the presence of M. viride in reptiles kept as pets in captivity and its association with c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schmidt V,Klasen L,Schneider J,Hübel J,Pees M

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized patients tested for Clostridium difficile and determine the correlation between pretest probability for C. difficile infection (CDI) and assay results. Patients with testing ordered for C. difficile were enrolled and ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kwon JH,Reske KA,Hink T,Burnham CA,Dubberke ER

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014, many hospitals designated specific areas to care for patients with Ebola and other highly infectious diseases. The safe handling of category A infectious substances is a unique challenge in this environment. One solution is on-site waste treatment with a steam sterilizer or a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Garibaldi BT,Reimers M,Ernst N,Bova G,Nowakowski E,Bukowski J,Ellis BC,Smith C,Sauer L,Dionne K,Carroll KC,Maragakis LL,Parrish NM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid diagnostic testing reduces the turnaround time for pathogen identification in the clinical microbiology laboratory, but the impact on patient care and hospital costs is a matter of speculation. Patel et al. (J. Clin. Microbiol. 55:60-67, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01452-16) investigate the impact of matri...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： McElvania TeKippe E

更新日期：2016-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite attempts to control avian mycoplasmosis through management, vaccination, and surveillance, Mycoplasma gallisepticum continues to cause significant morbidity, mortality, and economic losses in poultry production. Live attenuated vaccines are commonly used in the poultry industry to control avian mycoplasmosis; ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ricketts C,Pickler L,Maurer J,Ayyampalayam S,García M,Ferguson-Noel NM

更新日期：2016-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal swabs (NPSs) are being widely used as specimens for multiplex real-time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR for respiratory virus detection. However, it remains unclear whether NPS specimens are optimal for all viruses targeted by multiplex RT-PCR. In addition, the procedure to obtain NPS specimens causes co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kim YG,Yun SG,Kim MY,Park K,Cho CH,Yoon SY,Nam MH,Lee CK,Cho YJ,Lim CS

更新日期：2016-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent Zaire Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak in West Africa illustrates clearly the need for additional studies with humans and animals to elucidate the ecology of Ebola viruses (EBVs). In this study, we developed a serological assay based on the Luminex technology. Nine recombinant proteins representing different vir...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ayouba A,Touré A,Butel C,Keita AK,Binetruy F,Sow MS,Foulongne V,Delaporte E,Peeters M

更新日期：2016-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral hemorrhagic fevers, because of their high mortality rates, the lack of medical countermeasures, and their potential use as instruments of bioterrorism, pose a significant threat to the developed and the developing areas of the world. The key to preventing the spread of these diseases is early and accurate detect...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Satterly NG,Voorhees MA,Ames AD,Schoepp RJ

更新日期：2016-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood cultures (BCs) are the standard method for diagnosis of bloodstream infections (BSIs). However, the average BC contamination rate (CR) in U.S. hospitals is 2.9%, potentially resulting in unnecessary antibiotic use and excessive therapy costs. Several studies have compared various skin antisepsis agents without a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Story-Roller E,Weinstein MP

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular typing has become indispensable in the detection of nosocomial transmission of bacterial pathogens and the identification of sources and routes of transmission in outbreak settings, but current methods are labor-intensive, are difficult to standardize, or have limited resolution. Whole-genome multilocus sequ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kluytmans-van den Bergh MF,Rossen JW,Bruijning-Verhagen PC,Bonten MJ,Friedrich AW,Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM,Willems RJ,Kluytmans JA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Abbott RealTime MTB (RT MTB) assay is a new automated nucleic acid amplification test for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in clinical specimens. In combination with the RealTime MTB INH/RIF (RT MTB INH/RIF) resistance assay, which can be applied to RT MTB-positive specimens as an add-on ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hofmann-Thiel S,Molodtsov N,Antonenka U,Hoffmann H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether targeted or universal decolonization strategies for the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) select for resistance to decolonizing agents is unresolved. The REDUCE-MRSA trial (ClinicalTrials registration no. NCT00980980) provided an opportunity to investigate this question. REDUCE-MRSA...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hayden MK,Lolans K,Haffenreffer K,Avery TR,Kleinman K,Li H,Kaganov RE,Lankiewicz J,Moody J,Septimus E,Weinstein RA,Hickok J,Jernigan J,Perlin JB,Platt R,Huang SS

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:We recently developed a mass spectrometry (MS) procedure based on the detection of a serum disaccharide (MS-DS) in patients with invasive candidiasis (IC). Here, we compare the performance of MS-DS for the diagnosis of IC, invasive aspergillosis (IA), and mucormycosis (MM) with those of commercially available antigen ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mery A,Sendid B,François N,Cornu M,Poissy J,Guerardel Y,Poulain D

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection is an important complication in patients with hematologic malignancies or solid tumors undergoing intensive cytotoxic chemotherapy. In only 20 to 30% of the febrile neutropenic episodes, an infectious agent is detected by conventional cultures. In this prospective study, the performance of broad-range PCR co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Desmet S,Maertens J,Bueselinck K,Lagrou K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus is a leading cause of dehydrating diarrhea and death among infants and children globally, particularly in communities of the developing world. While numerous studies have described the complex relationships among infectious diarrhea, growth faltering, and poverty, the impact of nutritional status on suscepti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Verkerke H,Sobuz S,Ma JZ,Petri SE,Reichman D,Qadri F,Rahman M,Haque R,Petri WA Jr

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence rates of Mycoplasma genitalium infections and coinfections with other sexually transmitted organisms and the frequency of a macrolide antibiotic resistance phenotype were determined in urogenital specimens collected from female and male subjects enrolled in a multicenter clinical study in the United Sta...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Getman D,Jiang A,O'Donnell M,Cohen S

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:The current diagnosis of West Nile virus (WNV) infection is primarily based on serology, since molecular identification of WNV RNA is unreliable due to the short viremia and absence of detectable virus in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Recent studies have shown that WNV RNA can be detected in urine for a longer period and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lustig Y,Mannasse B,Koren R,Katz-Likvornik S,Hindiyeh M,Mandelboim M,Dovrat S,Sofer D,Mendelson E

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human infections with Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Senftenberg are often associated with exposure to poultry flocks, farm environments, or contaminated food. The recent emergence of multidrug-resistant isolates has raised public health concerns. In this study, comparative genomics and phenotypic ana...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Abd El Ghany M,Shi X,Li Y,Ansari HR,Hill-Cawthorne GA,Ho YS,Naeem R,Pickard D,Klena JD,Xu X,Pain A,Hu Q

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence-based typing (SBT), analogous to multilocus sequence typing (MLST), is the current "gold standard" typing method for investigation of legionellosis outbreaks caused by Legionella pneumophila However, as common sequence types (STs) cause many infections, some investigations remain unresolved. In this study, va...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： David S,Mentasti M,Tewolde R,Aslett M,Harris SR,Afshar B,Underwood A,Fry NK,Parkhill J,Harrison TG

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) causes acute and relapsing symptoms characterized by ulcerative lesions. Laboratory diagnosis of HSV in cutaneous or mucocutaneous lesions has historically been performed with the use of viral cell culture systems; however, these tests are laborious and suffer decreased sensitivity for advan...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Faron ML,Ledeboer NA,Patel A,Beqa SH,Yen-Lieberman B,Kohn D,Leber AL,Mayne D,Northern WI,Buchan BW

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an Australian database for the identification of Aspergillus, Scedosporium, and Fusarium species (n = 28) by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). In a challenge against 117 isolates, species identification significantly improved when the in-house-bui...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sleiman S,Halliday CL,Chapman B,Brown M,Nitschke J,Lau AF,Chen SC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two ambient-temperature, dry plasma transport systems, ViveST tubes and RNASound RNA sampling cards, and two extraction methods were compared to frozen plasma for HIV-1 RNA recovery. Significant RNA loss occurred: ViveST+MiniMag > ViveST+QIAamp > RNASound+QIAamp. RNA loss and low specimen volumes may affect the sensit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Levine M,Beck I,Styrchak S,Pepper G,Frenkel L

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Streptococcus bovis group has undergone significant taxonomic changes over the past 2 decades with the advent of new identification methods with higher discriminatory power. Although the current classification system is not yet embraced by all researchers in the field and debate remains over the performance of mol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dekker JP,Lau AF

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:Group B streptococci (GBS) cause severe invasive disease in both neonates and adults. Understanding the epidemiology of GBS provides information that can include determining disease prevalence rates in defined populations and geographic regions, documenting the success of GBS screening programs, and understanding anti...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alhhazmi A,Hurteau D,Tyrrell GJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is both a commensal and a major pathogen that causes invasive disease in people of all ages. The introduction of serotype-specific pneumococcal vaccines has reduced the burden of disease but has also led to replacement with new strains; thus, serotyping remains important for vaccine-related di...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pholwat S,Sakai F,Turner P,Vidal JE,Houpt ER

更新日期：2016-07-01 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