abstract：:The AutoSCAN-3 (American MicroScan, Mahwah, N.J.) is an instrument capable of automated reading of commercially available microdilution trays for identification and quantitative susceptibility testing of rapidly growing bacteria. This study compared the results of visual and automated reading of microdilution trays fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： DeGirolami PC,Eichelberger KA,Salfity LC,Rizzo MF

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serotyping scheme for Enterobacter cloacae based on heat-stable somatic antigens is described. A total of 28 antisera were prepared in rabbits, and titers of agglutinins were high (greater than 640). Some cross-reactions were observed, and 11 sera required absorption before routine use. Of 300 clinical isolates from...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gaston MA,Bucher C,Pitt TL

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The API Staph-Ident system was evaluated as a means for identifying the species of bovine strains of staphylococci routinely isolated from quarter-milk samples. The species identity of 314 of 581 (54%) isolates of staphylococci was correctly determined by this method. The API Staph-Ident system was more accurate in co...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Langlois BE,Harmon RJ,Akers K

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectromelia virus, an orthopoxvirus that can cause extensive morbidity and mortality (mousepox) in colonized mice, has been epizootically responsible for serious disruption of biomedical research since 1930. The lack of a sensitive and specific serological assay for infection with this virus became apparent during outb...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Buller RM,Bhatt PN,Wallace GD

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 186 volunteers, including 40 hospital patients, participated in a cross-sectional survey of oropharyngeal colonization with Legionella pneumophila. Colonization was defined as the appearance of any L. pneumophila organisms on culture or a positive direct fluorescent-antibody (FA) test or both in the absence...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bridge JA,Edelstein PH

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten clinical yeast isolates submitted to the Centers for Disease Control from diverse geographic areas were identified as Candida ciferrii and Candida chiropterorum. The association of C. ciferrii with clinical specimens, particularly its repeated isolation from a case of onychomycosis, suggests that this species may ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Furman RM,Ahearn DG

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that a modification of the color-coded antigen developed by Kasatiya and Lambert (Appl. Microbiol. 28:317-318, 1974) can be used as a substitute for other nontreponemal antigens used in screening tests for syphilis. The antigen is based on the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory antigen, with EDTA, chol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pettit DE,Larsen SA,Harbec PS,Feeley JC,Parham CE,Cruce DD,Hambie EA,Perryman MW

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally acquired murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection in laboratory strains of mice induces antibody levels which are generally undetectable by standard techniques; therefore, MCMV has not been included routinely in mouse viral antibody screening programs. The relative sensitivity of three assay systems, the nucl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Anderson CA,Murphy JC,Fox JG

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not always possible to culture feces immediately, and appropriate methods for transport of human specimens, unlike those from animals, have not been fully evaluated. Therefore, we took serial subcultures in two phases from six transport media inoculated with human diarrheal stools known to be positive for Campyl...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Wang WL,Reller LB,Smallwood B,Luechtefeld NW,Blaser MJ

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The penicillin-induced L phase of growth of the group B, type III streptococcal strain 76-043 was examined for biochemical properties used for the identification of group B streptococci. After numerous serial subcultures in the cell wall-defective state, this stable L phase continued to produce hemolysin, hippuricase,...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Flores AE,Ferrieri P

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirates have been cultured from 10 dental abscesses of endodontic origin, all of which had penetrated beyond the bony alveolus to produce fluctuant swelling. Sampling was by syringe aspiration. Strict anaerobic techniques, including the use of an anaerobic chamber, were used for serial dilution and plating. Randomly...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Williams BL,McCann GF,Schoenknecht FD

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular fatty acid composition of Legionella feeleii was determined by capillary gas-liquid chromatography, and the ubiquinone content was determined by reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography. As in other Legionella species, this new species is characterized by relatively large amounts of branched-chai...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Moss CW,Bibb WF,Karr DE,Guerrant GO,Lambert MA

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus was isolated from the stools of two homosexual males. One was asymptomatic at the time of isolation. The other presented with diarrhea. Both isolates were initially grown at 42 degrees C. This organism should be included among the list of organisms that are found in homosexual males. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Devlin HR,McIntyre L

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mueller-Hinton (MH) agar media from various commercial sources, either supplemented or not supplemented with 5% sheep blood, were studied to determine their effect on disk diffusion susceptibility testing results obtained with 90 strains of group D streptococci and four cephalosporins. The cephalosporins investigated ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sahm DF,Baker CN,Jones RN,Thornsberry C

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to compare the Bac-T-Screen Bacterial Detection Device for Urines (BDD; Marion Laboratories, Kansas City, Mo.) with urine Gram stain as a screen for bacteriuria. We analyzed 631 urine samples with the BDD and compared the results to urine Gram stains and quantitative cultures. A total of 90 (14%)...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Baum CA,Niles AC,Murray PR

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we evaluated the ability of three commercial methods, API 20A (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.), Minitek (BBL Microbiology Systems, Cockeysville, Md.), and Anaerobe-Tek (Flow Laboratories, Inc., McLean, Va.), to accurately identify 165 recent clinical and 38 stock isolates of anaerobic bacteria withou...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Appelbaum PC,Kaufmann CS,Keifer JC,Venbrux HJ

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glycoprotein from bovine erythrocyte membrane was evaluated in two immunoassays as a reagent for the serodiagnosis of infectious mononucleosis (IM). We previously reported that a partially purified preparation of this glycoprotein, when attached to latex beads, agglutinated in the presence of IM heterophile antibody...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fletcher MA,Klimas NG,Latif ZA,Caldwell KE

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of anaerobic susceptibility tests performed with inocula prepared directly from agar isolation media and from overnight broth cultures were compared. Altogether, 93.0% of the results with these two inoculum preparations were within one twofold dilution, including 92.5 and 95.6% of the results with Clostrid...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murray PR,Niles AC

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of commercially available microdilution trays were inoculated with log-phase cultures, stationary-phase cultures, and direct suspensions of 18- to 24-h colonies, with essentially comparable results. Direct pick-up of colonies was also tested with two Prompt inoculation systems (3M Co.); they were found to be...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Barry AL,Badal RE,Hawkinson RW

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. P. aeruginosa toxin is one of several proposed virulence factors which may be responsible for chronic P. aeruginosa infections in these patients. With a highly specific, sensitive, and quantita...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cukor G,Blacklow NR,Nowak NA,Rich CM,Braverman LE,Fischer RA

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On occasion, a patient may have two or more clinical cultures yielding a coagulase-negative staphylococcus If these multiple isolates have the same phenotype, one might conclude that the same strain was reisolated from the patient, indicating its persistent and pathological presence. We examined the validity of this c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Christensen GD,Parisi JT,Bisno AL,Simpson WA,Beachey EH

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme immunoassay (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]) to detect hamster antibody to toxins A and B of Clostridium difficile was developed in which toxin preparations are used to coat the solid phase. The specificity of the assay was supported by blocking tests with the toxin preparations and proteins from ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Viscidi RP,Yolken RH,Laughon BE,Bartlett JG

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of supplementing nutrient substrate with various combinations of concentrations of oleic and linoleic acids on the growth of 11 strains of Staphylococcus aureus was assessed. Whereas increasing the concentration of linoleic acid by itself greatly diminished the growth of all 11 strains, concomitant increase...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Campbell IM,Crozier DN,Pawagi AB,Buivids IA

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 300 clinically derived isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci were tested in parallel with the API STAPH-IDENT system (Analytab Products) and 14 conventional biochemical tests contained in Kloos and Schleifer's simplified scheme for identification of human Staphylococcus species. STAPH-IDENT is a mini...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Almeida RJ,Jorgensen JH

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microhematocrit concentration method (MH) for immediate diagnosis of Chagas' disease during the acute stage or in congenital cases was standardized. Parasitemia as low as 1,000 parasites per ml was detected, after centrifugation of six 50-microliters capillary tubes, by 10-min microscopic observation of each buffy c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Feilij H,Muller L,Gonzalez Cappa SM

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified indirect hemagglutination test which enabled Pasteurella haemolytica to be serotyped in 3 h is described. There was 100% correlation with the conventional test for both the 15 prototype strains and the 50 field isolates. It was found that nonviable cultures could also be serotyped. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Fraser J,Donachie W,Quirie M,Gilmour NJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A normalized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the determination of immunoglobulin G antibodies to cytomegalovirus is described. The rapid assay involves three 30-min incubations and permits the quantitation of antibody levels with a single-specimen dilution in conjunction with a reference antibody preparation. Th...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kiefer DJ,Phelps DA,Halbert SP

更新日期：1983-07-01 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：:We evaluated the diagnostic value of antibody to Blastomyces dermatitidis A precipitin arcs for identifying B. dermatitidis cultures by the exoantigen technique with 88 isolates from the United States and Canada, 12 from Africa, and 1 each from India and Israel. In addition, we studied 190 mycelial-form isolates of ot...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kaufman L,Standard PG,Weeks RJ,Padhye AA

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We first noted the appearance of thymidine-requiring, gram-negative bacilli in clinical specimens 2 years ago. Since then we have seen 10 patients colonized or infected with these organisms. These strains do not grow on Mueller-Hinton media, growth on MacConkey agar is variable, and growth in API 20E (Analytab Product...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： King CH,Shlaes DM,Dul MJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method has been developed for demonstration of heat-labile (LT) enterotoxin produced by Escherichia coli. This method is based upon the release of LT from bacteria grown directly onto agar plates which have been coated with ganglioside GM1. Toxin bound to the GM1 solid state is subsequently demonstrated by means...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Czerkinsky CC,Svennerholm AM

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We serotyped 222 Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from swine lungs at slaughter. Capsular serotypes A and D were determined by the hyaluronidase sensitivity and acriflavin agglutination tests, respectively. Somatic antigens were determined by gel diffusion against standard antisera. Capsular serotype A was found...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pijoan C,Morrison RB,Hilley HD

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the isolation of Pseudomonas putrefaciens from an intra-abdominal abscess in a patient with colonic carcinoma and from bile in two patients with biliary tract disease. In all three cases, P. putrefaciens was isolated in mixed culture with enteric bacteria. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Marne C,Pallarés R,Sitges-Serra A

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-antibody (sandwich) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was adapted to detect Rift Valley fever virus antigen. Antibodies were purified from hyperimmune mouse and rabbit sera by affinity chromatography, using CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B coupled to a beta-propiolactone-inactivated sucrose-acetone-extract...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Niklasson B,Grandien M,Peters CJ,Gargan TP 2nd

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for the detection of measles immunoglobulin G antibody (MEASELISA). This assay was found to be comparable to the measles hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) test. Approximately 500 sera from three centers were tested by MEASELISA and the HAI test. MEASELISA demo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Boteler WL,Luipersbeck PM,Fuccillo DA,O'Beirne AJ

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae serotype O1 organisms that do not produce cholera toxin and, in fact, lack the genetic material encoding the enterotoxin have recently been detected in coastal regions of the United States. Although these organisms have been assumed to be nonpathogenic, they have been considered a potential reservoir o...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Johnston JM,McFarland LM,Bradford HB,Caraway CT

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined several factors for their effects on the serological reactivity of Legionella antigens used for direct or indirect fluorescent-antibody tests. These factors included media, methods of killing, strain differences, and the nature of the reactivity with diverse human sera. The maximum serological reactivities...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Benson RF,Malcolm GB,Pine L,Harrell WK

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three isolates of Streptococcus uberis from various sources were examined for the presence of a common antigen. Initially, a serum was produced in rabbits which, by using rocket line immunoelectrophoresis, proved to react with identity to all of the S. uberis crude extracts as well as group B and E streptococcal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Jones KF,Norcross NL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect and double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay techniques were compared for serotyping 42 herpes simplex virus isolates. Both procedures gave similar results, which were in complete agreement with those obtained by inhibition of the indirect hemagglutination test. The indirect technique proved...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gerna G,Battaglia M,Revello MG,Gerna MT

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of performing routine aerobic subcultures of both vented and unvented blood culture bottles has not been evaluated critically. We studied 4,954 pairs of blood culture bottles consisting of one vented biphasic tryptic soy broth bottle (Roche Diagnostics) and one unvented Thiol broth bottle (Difco Laboratories...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pfaller MA,Westfall LM,Murray PR

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00