abstract：:Chikungunya fever is a mosquito-borne disease of key public health importance in tropical and subtropical countries. Although severe joint pain is the most distinguishing feature of chikungunya fever, diagnosis remains difficult because the symptoms of chikungunya fever are shared by many pathogens, including dengue f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Okabayashi T,Sasaki T,Masrinoul P,Chantawat N,Yoksan S,Nitatpattana N,Chusri S,Morales Vargas RE,Grandadam M,Brey PT,Soegijanto S,Mulyantno KC,Churrotin S,Kotaki T,Faye O,Faye O,Sow A,Sall AA,Puiprom O,Chaichana P,

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Seven commercial rotavirus antigen assays were compared with in-house PCR methods for detecting rotavirus in stool specimens. The assay sensitivities were 80% to 100%, while the specificities were 54.3% for one commercial immunochromatographic (ICT) method and 99.4% to 100% for other assays. Thus, except for one comme...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ye S,Lambert SB,Grimwood K,Roczo-Farkas S,Nimmo GR,Sloots TP,Kirkwood CD,Whiley DM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study shows that an unbiased amplification method applied to equine arteritis virus RNA significantly improves the sensitivity of the real-time reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) recommended by the World Organization for Animal Health. Twelve viral RNAs amplified using this method were hybridized on...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hans A,Gaudaire D,Manuguerra JC,Leon A,Gessain A,Laugier C,Berthet N,Zientara S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared two multistep diagnostic algorithms based on C. Diff Quik Chek Complete and, as confirmatory tests, GenomEra C. difficile and Xpert C. difficile. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were 87.2%, 99.7%, 97.1%, and 98.3%, respectively, for the GenomEra-based ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Alcalá L,Reigadas E,Marín M,Fernández-Chico A,Catalán P,Bouza E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-toxin is a major Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor. This study evaluated potential relationships between in vitro alpha-toxin expression of S. aureus bloodstream isolates, anti-alpha-toxin antibody in serum of patients with S. aureus bacteremia (SAB), and clinical outcomes in 100 hemodialysis and 100 postsu...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sharma-Kuinkel BK,Wu Y,Tabor DE,Mok H,Sellman BR,Jenkins A,Yu L,Jafri HS,Rude TH,Ruffin F,Schell WA,Park LP,Yan Q,Thaden JT,Messina JA,Fowler VG Jr,Esser MT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time PCR (rt-PCR) is an important diagnostic tool for the identification of Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella holmesii, and Bordetella parapertussis. Most U.S. public health laboratories (USPHLs) target IS481, present in 218 to 238 copies in the B. pertussis genome and 32 to 65 copies in B. holmesii. The CDC devel...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Williams MM,Taylor TH Jr,Warshauer DM,Martin MD,Valley AM,Tondella ML

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single multiplex PCR assay targeting seven virulence factors and the wzi gene specific for the K1 and K2 capsular serotypes of Klebsiella pneumoniae was developed and tested on 65 clinical isolates, which included 45 isolates responsible for community-acquired severe human infections. The assay is useful for the sur...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Compain F,Babosan A,Brisse S,Genel N,Audo J,Ailloud F,Kassis-Chikhani N,Arlet G,Decré D

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large hospital-based clinical laboratories must be prepared to rapidly investigate potential infectious disease outbreaks. To challenge the ability of our molecular diagnostics laboratory to use whole-genome sequencing in a potential outbreak scenario and identify impediments to these efforts, we studied 84 invasive s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Olsen RJ,Fittipaldi N,Kachroo P,Sanson MA,Long SW,Como-Sabetti KJ,Valson C,Cantu C,Lynfield R,Van Beneden C,Beres SB,Musser JM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classifications of the Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus and venerealis were first described in 1959 and were based on the source of isolation (intestinal versus genital) and the ability of the strains to proliferate in the genital tract of cows. Two phenotypic assays (1% glycine tolerance and H2S production) were ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： van der Graaf-van Bloois L,Miller WG,Yee E,Rijnsburger M,Wagenaar JA,Duim B

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of azole-resistant strains of Aspergillus fumigatus during treatment for aspergillosis occurs by a mutation selection process. Understanding how antifungal resistance mechanisms evolve in the host environment during infection is of great clinical importance and biological interest. Here, we used next-gen...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hagiwara D,Takahashi H,Watanabe A,Takahashi-Nakaguchi A,Kawamoto S,Kamei K,Gonoi T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the genetic diversity and dynamicity of circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Thailand using nearly neutral molecular markers. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based genotypes of 1,414 culture-positive M. tuberculosis isolates from 1,282 pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and 132 extr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Srilohasin P,Chaiprasert A,Tokunaga K,Nishida N,Prammananan T,Smittipat N,Mahasirimongkol S,Chaiyasirinroje B,Yanai H,Palittapongarnpim P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplexed biomarker bundle consisting of nine different inflammation markers was evaluated regarding their diagnostic and prognostic performances in 159 adult systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) patients enrolled at the emergency department. Fibronectin, interleukin-8 (IL-8), biotin, and neutrophil gela...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Reichsoellner M,Raggam RB,Wagner J,Krause R,Hoenigl M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of invasive mycosis due to Blastobotrys serpentis and B. proliferans identified by sequencing in a preterm patient and a rhabdomyosarcoma patient, respectively, are reported. Both species revealed elevated fluconazole and echinocandin MICs by the CLSI broth microdilution method. Additionally, B. serpentis exhibi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kumar A,Babu R,Bijulal S,Abraham M,Sasidharan P,Kathuria S,Sharma C,Meis JF,Chowdhary A

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Alere i Influenza A&B assay is a newly developed rapid molecular assay which has the potential to generate results within 15 min from sample collection. In this study, we evaluated the Alere i Influenza A&B assay by using salvaged frozen respiratory specimens that were collected in viral transport medium from chil...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bell JJ,Selvarangan R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a sensitive and specific sodB-based quantitative PCR assay to detect Ehrlichia spp. The assay's limit of detection was 5 copies/reaction, and it did not amplify nonspecific DNA. Compared with a 16S rRNA gene PCR target, the sodB target may offer an improved molecular diagnostic assay to detect Ehrlichia s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Qurollo BA,Riggins D,Comyn A,Zewde MT,Breitschwerdt EB

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HPV68a is not efficiently detected by PCR with the PGMY primers. Version 2 of the PGMY-CHUV assay (PGv2) was developed from version 1 (PGv1) to evaluate HPV68-discordant results with the Anyplex II HPV28 assay. We now report that PGv2 is significantly more sensitive than PGv1 for HPV68a and as sensitive and specific f...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Estrade C,Sahli R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification and elimination of persistently infected (PI) cattle are the most effective measures for controlling bovine pestiviruses, including bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and the emerging HoBi-like viruses. Here, colostrum-deprived calves persistently infected with HoBi-like pestivirus (HoBi-like PI cal...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bauermann FV,Falkenberg SM,Vander Ley B,Decaro N,Brodersen BW,Harmon A,Hessman B,Flores EF,Ridpath JF

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the Islet Isolation Laboratory of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, manual sterility testing data show that contamination rates are 57.7% for pancreas transport fluid, 4.3% for postpurification islet samples, and 0% for pretransplant islet samples. This pilot study presents the BacT/Alert System as a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Murray L,McGowan N,Fleming J,Bailey L

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 2011 to December 2013, a total of 262 samples, from 188 patients suspected of having syphilis were tested for the presence of treponemal DNA by PCR amplification of five chromosomal loci, including the polA (TP0105), tmpC (TP0319), TP0136, TP0548, and 23S rRNA genes. Altogether, 146 samples from 103 patie...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Grillová L,Pĕtrošová H,Mikalová L,Strnadel R,Dastychová E,Kuklová I,Kojanová M,Kreidlová M,Vaňousová D,Hercogová J,Procházka P,Zákoucká H,Krchňáková A,Vašků V,Šmajs D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis and management of pneumonia are limited by the use of culture-based techniques of microbial identification, which may fail to identify unculturable, fastidious, and metabolically active viable but unculturable bacteria. Novel high-throughput culture-independent techniques hold promise but have not been s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Dickson RP,Erb-Downward JR,Prescott HC,Martinez FJ,Curtis JL,Lama VN,Huffnagle GB

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections caused by Mycobacterium abscessus are responsible for a range of disease manifestations from pulmonary to skin infections and are notoriously difficult to treat, due to innate resistance to many antibiotics. Previous population studies of clinical M. abscessus isolates utilized ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Davidson RM,Hasan NA,Reynolds PR,Totten S,Garcia B,Levin A,Ramamoorthy P,Heifets L,Daley CL,Strong M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile travelers from countries with unique endemic pathogens pose a significant diagnostic challenge. In this report, we describe the case of a Tongan man presenting with fever, rash, and altered mental status. The diagnosis of Chikungunya encephalitis was made using a laboratory-developed real-time RT-PCR and serol...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nelson J,Waggoner JJ,Sahoo MK,Grant PM,Pinsky BA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is a life-threatening infection in immunocompromised patients. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is more sensitive than microscopic examination for the detection of P. jirovecii but also detects colonized patients. Hence, its positive predictive value (PPV) needs evaluation. In t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Robert-Gangneux F,Belaz S,Revest M,Tattevin P,Jouneau S,Decaux O,Chevrier S,Le Tulzo Y,Gangneux JP

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease with a high case fatality risk and is caused by the SFTS virus (SFTSV). A retrospective study conducted after the first identification of an SFTS patient in Japan revealed that SFTS is endemic to the region, and the virus exists indig...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Yoshikawa T,Fukushi S,Tani H,Fukuma A,Taniguchi S,Toda S,Shimazu Y,Yano K,Morimitsu T,Ando K,Yoshikawa A,Kan M,Kato N,Motoya T,Kuzuguchi T,Nishino Y,Osako H,Yumisashi T,Kida K,Suzuki F,Takimoto H,Kitamoto H,Ma

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rothia spp. are Gram-positive cocco-bacilli that cause a wide range of serious infections, especially in immunocompromised hosts. Risk factors for Rothia mucilaginosa (previously known as Stomatococcus mucilaginosus) bacteremia include prolonged and profound neutropenia, malignancy, and an indwelling vascular foreign ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ramanan P,Barreto JN,Osmon DR,Tosh PK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of reports concerning Escherichia coli clinical isolates that produce glutathione S-transferases responsible for fosfomycin resistance (FR-GSTs) has been increasing. We have developed a disk-based potentiation test in which FR-GST producers expand the growth inhibition zone around a Kirby-Bauer disk contain...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nakamura G,Wachino J,Sato N,Kimura K,Yamada K,Jin W,Shibayama K,Yagi T,Kawamura K,Arakawa Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening for HIV infection has improved since the first immunoassays. Today, diagnosis of HIV infection can be performed with fourth-generation tests that track both the patient's antibodies and HIV antigen. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical sensitivity and specificity of the new DiaSorin Liais...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lemee V,Leoz M,Etienne M,De Oliveira F,Plantier JC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare Simplexa Flu A/B & RSV PCR with cytospin-immunofluorescence and laboratory-developed TaqMan PCR methods, 445 nasopharyngeal samples were tested. Of these, 199 were positive (46 for respiratory syncytial virus [RSV], 120 for influenza A, and 33 for influenza B) and 246 were negative. The direct fluorescent-a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Landry ML,Ferguson D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) typing method has recently been developed and used for typing and subtyping of Salmonella spp., but it is complicated and labor intensive because it has to analyze all spacers in two CRISPR loci. Here, we developed a more convenient and efficient meth...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Li H,Li P,Xie J,Yi S,Yang C,Wang J,Sun J,Liu N,Wang X,Wu Z,Wang L,Hao R,Wang Y,Jia L,Li K,Qiu S,Song H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accreditation in Ontario, Canada, requires that licensed clinical laboratories participate in external quality assessment (also known as proficiency testing) and perform competency evaluation of their staff. To assess the extent of ongoing competency assessment practices, the Quality Management Program--Laboratory Ser...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Desjardins M,Fleming CA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matched vaginal and cervical specimens from 96 subjects were analyzed by quantitative PCR for the presence and concentration of bacterial vaginosis-associated microbes and commensal Lactobacillus spp. Detection of these microbes was 92% concordant, indicating that microbial floras at these body sites are generally sim...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Smith WL,Hedges SR,Mordechai E,Adelson ME,Trama JP,Gygax SE,Kaunitz AM,Hilbert DW

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human bocavirus 1 (HBoV1) is associated with respiratory infections worldwide, mainly in children. Similar to other parvoviruses, it is believed that HBoV1 can persist for long periods of time in humans, probably through maintaining concatemers of the virus single-stranded DNA genome in the nuclei of infected cells. R...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Proenca-Modena JL,Paula FE,Buzatto GP,Carenzi LR,Saturno TH,Prates MC,Silva ML,Delcaro LS,Valera FC,Tamashiro E,Anselmo-Lima WT,Arruda E

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen that has been responsible for major nosocomial epidemics worldwide. For infection control programs, rapid and adequate detection of MRSA is of great importance. We developed a rapid and high-throughput molecular screening approach that consist...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Nijhuis RH,van Maarseveen NM,van Hannen EJ,van Zwet AA,Mascini EM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of the Beijing genotype family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are a cause of particular concern because of their increasing dissemination in the world and their association with drug resistance. Phylogenetically, this family includes distinct ancient and modern sublineages. The modern strains, contrary to the a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Ribeiro SC,Gomes LL,Amaral EP,Andrade MR,Almeida FM,Rezende AL,Lanes VR,Carvalho EC,Suffys PN,Mokrousov I,Lasunskaia EB

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Here we describe the first reported case of Nocardia beijingensis infection in the United States, made rarer by its presence in an immunocompetent patient. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Crozier JA,Andhavarapu S,Brumble LM,Sher T

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 2001, the first disseminated biological warfare attack was perpetrated on American soil. Initially, a few clinical microbiology laboratories were testing specimens from acutely ill patients and also being asked to test nasal swabs from the potentially exposed. Soon after, a significant number of clinical mi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Craft DW,Lee PA,Rowlinson MC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-plex clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-based typing technique (spoligotyping) was recently developed at the French National Reference Center for Legionella. It allows the subtyping of the Legionella pneumophila sequence type 1/Paris pulsotype. In this report, we present the transfe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gomgnimbou MK,Ginevra C,Peron-Cane C,Versapuech M,Refrégier G,Jacotin N,Sola C,Jarraud S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global HIV treatment programs need sensitive and affordable tests to monitor HIV drug resistance. We compared mutant detection by the oligonucleotide ligation assay (OLA), an economical and simple test, to massively parallel sequencing. Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (K103N, V106M, Y181C, and G190A) and...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Beck IA,Deng W,Payant R,Hall R,Bumgarner RE,Mullins JI,Frenkel LM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00