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Research Article

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  Evaluation of the BACTEC antimicrobial removal system for detection of bacteremia.

  N M McGuire, C A Kauffman, C S Hertz, J M Kovach
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  Isolation and characterization of flagellar preparations from Pseudomonas species.

  T C Montie, G B Stover
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  Comparative analysis of serum antibody responses to Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A by cystic fibrosis and intensive care unit patients.

  G Cukor, N R Blacklow, N A Nowak, C M Rich, L E Braverman, R A Fischer
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  Comparison of a monoclonal antibody with a polyclonal serum in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting adenovirus.

  L J Anderson, E Godfrey, K McIntosh, J C Hierholzer
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  Evaluation of a lysis-centrifugation system for recovery of yeasts and filamentous fungi from blood.

  J Bille, L Stockman, G D Roberts, C D Horstmeier, D M Ilstrup
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  Rapid species identification and biotyping of respiratory isolates of Haemophilus spp.

  J S Matthews, J A Reynolds, D E Weesner, J L Perry, A L Jenkins
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  Comparison of two commercially available isolation systems for Chlamydia trachomatis.

  V S Baselski, M K Robison, B R Jennings
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  Monoclonal antibodies against group- and type-specific lipopolysaccharide antigens of Vibrio cholerae O:1.

  B Gustafsson, T Holme
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  Differentiation between virulent and avirulent Yersinia enterocolitica isolates by using Congo red agar.

  J K Prpic, R M Robins-Browne, R B Davey
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  Isolation of Clostridium pseudotetanicum from a patient with gas gangrene.

  N Katoh, K Watanabe, Y Miki, T Muro, K Ueno
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  Serodiagnosis of infectious mononucleosis with a bovine erythrocyte glycoprotein.

  M A Fletcher, N G Klimas, Z A Latif, K E Caldwell
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  Inactivation of contraceptive steroid hormones by human intestinal clostridia.

  V D Bokkenheuser, J Winter, B I Cohen, S O'Rourke, E H Mosbach
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  Induction of cross-reactive serum neutralizing antibody to human rotavirus in calves after in utero administration of bovine rotavirus.

  R G Wyatt, A Z Kapikian, C A Mebus
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  Evaluation of the MS-2 urine screening system.

  J A Smith, J Ngui-Yen
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  Laboratory investigation of hemorrhagic colitis outbreaks associated with a rare Escherichia coli serotype.

  J G Wells, B R Davis, I K Wachsmuth, L W Riley, R S Remis, R Sokolow, G K Morris
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  Rapid detection of bacterial growth in blood cultures by bioluminescent assay of bacterial ATP.

  O Molin, L Nilsson, S Anséhn
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  Elimination of multiple reactions of the Phadebact Streptococcus coagglutination test.

  D E Jones, K S Kanarek, J L Angel, D V Lim
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  Comparison of immunodiffusion techniques with standard complement fixation assay for quantitation of coccidioidal antibodies.

  M A Wieden, J N Galgiani, D Pappagianis
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  Inactivation of hepatitis B virus by intermediate-to-high-level disinfectant chemicals.

  W W Bond, M S Favero, N J Petersen, J W Ebert
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  Immunoassay for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein.

  H D Caldwell, J Schachter
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  An improved reagent for mycobacterial nitrate reductase tests.

  N G Warren, B A Body, H P Dalton
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  Rapid detection and identification of herpes simplex virus in cell culture by a direct immunoperoxidase staining procedure.

  M J Miller, C L Howell
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  Evaluation of a lysis-centrifugation and biphasic bottle blood culture system during routine use.

  M T Kelly, G E Buck, M F Fojtasek
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  Rapid identification of pregnant women heavily colonized with group B streptococci.

  D E Jones, E M Friedl, K S Kanarek, J K Williams, D V Lim
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  Detection and characterization of mouse monoclonal antibodies to epidemic typhus rickettsiae.

  C M Black, T Tzianabos, L F Roumillat, M A Redus, J E McDade, C B Reimer
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  Detection of Rickettsia rickettsii antibodies in human sera by crossed immunoelectrophoresis.

  R L Anacker, R N Philip, C M Wilfert, K T Kleeman, L Turner, J N MacCormack, K E Hechemy
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  Urinary adenylate kinase and urinary tract infections.

  L H Bernstein, J M Horenstein, P J Russell
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  Isolation and characterization of an equine rotavirus.

  Y Hoshino, R G Wyatt, H B Greenberg, A R Kalica, J Flores, A Z Kapikian
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  Effect of different media on determination of novobiocin resistance for differentiation of coagulase-negative staphylococci.

  J Goldstein, R Schulman, E Kelley, G McKinley, J Fung
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  Comparison of outer membrane protein subtypes of Haemophilus influenzae type b isolates from healthy children in the general population and from diseased patients.

  C M Hampton, S J Barenkamp, D M Granoff
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  Nylon bead enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of sub-picogram quantities of Brucella antigens.

  V Y Perera, M T Creasy, A J Winter
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  Comparison of three reagents for detecting indole production by anaerobic bacteria in microtest systems.

  G L Lombard, V R Dowell
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  Comparison of three methods for anaerobe identification.

  P C Appelbaum, C S Kaufmann, J C Keifer, H J Venbrux
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  Assay of antibody to group A streptococcal carbohydrate by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

  D J Barrett, M Triggiani, E M Ayoub
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  Evaluation of screening tests for the detection of antistreptolysin O antibodies.

  Y A Lue, C Nicolas, P Kemawikasit, A Pierre, T I McLean, D H Simms
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  Immunofluorescent examination of the skin of rabies-infected animals as a means of early detection of rabies virus antigen.

  D C Blenden, J F Bell, A T Tsao, J U Umoh
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  Sensitive radioimmune assay for measuring Aleutian disease virus antigen and antibody.

  B Aasted, M E Bloom
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  Influence of inoculum growth phase on microdilution susceptibility tests.

  A L Barry, R E Badal, R W Hawkinson
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  Use of monoclonal antibodies to human immunoglobulin M in "capture" assays for measles and rubella immunoglobulin M.

  B Forghani, C K Myoraku, N J Schmidt
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  Effect of sucrose phosphate and sorbitol on infectivity of enveloped viruses during storage.

  C L Howell, M J Miller
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  Rotavirus as a cause of severe gastroenteritis in adults.

  P Echeverria, N R Blacklow, G G Cukor, S Vibulbandhitkit, S Changchawalit, P Boonthai
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  Development of fluorescent-antibody reagents for demonstration of Pseudallescheria boydii in tissues.

  J A Jackson, W Kaplan, L Kaufman, P Standard
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  Clinical laboratory evaluation of a urine screening device.

  M A Pfaller, C A Baum, A C Niles, P R Murray
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  Effects of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and incubation atmosphere on isolation of group A streptococci.

  C R Libertin, A D Wold, J A Washington
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  Environmental study of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemic in a burn unit.

  W A Rutala, E B Katz, R J Sherertz, F A Sarubbi
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  Evaluation of the BACTEC radiometric method for recovery of mycobacteria and drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from acid-fast smear-positive specimens.

  G D Roberts, N L Goodman, L Heifets, H W Larsh, T H Lindner, J K McClatchy, M R McGinnis, S H Siddiqi, P Wright
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  Evaluation of a two-minute test for urine screening.

  M T Pezzlo, M A Wetkowski, E M Peterson, L M de la Maza
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  Nocardia asteroides recovery from a dog with steroid- and antibiotic-unresponsive idiopathic polyarthritis.

  A M Buchanan, B L Beaman, N C Pedersen, M Anderson, J L Scott
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  Viability of organisms held in the isolator blood culture system for 15 h and their rapid detection by acridine orange staining.

  J S Cashman, R Boshard, J M Matsen
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  Quantitation of Giardia cysts by membrane filtration.

  J J Spaulding, R E Pacha, G W Clark
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  Rapid detection of positive blood cultures.

  B L Hawkins, E M Peterson, L M de la Maza
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  Differentiation of Staphylococcus and Micrococcus spp. with the Taxo A bacitracin disk.

  D Falk, S J Guering
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  Rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures by thermonuclease testing.

  B M Madison, V S Baselski
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  Primary peritonitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type b in a previously healthy child.

  M J Chang, G Controni
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  Polymicrobial bacteremia caused by Ewingella americana (family Enterobacteriaceae) and an unusual Pseudomonas species.

  F D Pien, J J Farmer, R E Weaver
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  Pneumonia and bacteremia associated with Haemophilus influenzae serotype d.

  R L Holmes, W P Kozinn
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  Inoculum preparation for anaerobic susceptibility tests.

  P R Murray, A C Niles
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  Mycoplasma gallisepticum in culture with biosilon microcarrier beads.

  P J Freidlin
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  O and H serotyping of Pseudomonas cepacia.

  A Heidt, H Monteil, C Richard
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  Rapid identification of Serratia marcescens by coagglutination.

  J M Roig, I Dorronsoro, R Diaz
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  Improved serological diagnosis of rubella.

  N E Cremer, S J Hagens, R Fukuchi
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  Use of enzyme immunoassays and the latex agglutination test to measure the temporal appearance of immunoglobulin G and M antibodies after natural infection or immunization with rubella virus.

  J M Meegan, B K Evans, D M Horstmann
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  Reactivity of nonsensitized control erythrocytes in rubella passive hemagglutination assays.

  R D Madsen, S R Coates, D F Rippe