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| Anne M WhitneySummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Genotypic comparison of invasive Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y isolates from the United States, South Africa, and Israel, isolated from 1999 through 2002Anne M Whitney
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 47:2787-93. 2009....
Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W-135 carriage among US travelers to the 2001 HajjPeter M Dull
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 191:33-9. 2005..meningitidis serogroup W-135 increased significantly in pilgrims returning from the Hajj. Although the risk of disease to pilgrims appears to be low, the risk of spread to others of this pathogenic strain remains a concern...- Sequence diversity of Neisseria meningitidis 16S rRNA genes and use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing as a molecular subtyping toolClaudio T Sacchi
Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 40:4520-7. 2002.... - High level of sequence diversity in the 16S rRNA genes of Haemophilus influenzae isolates is useful for molecular subtypingClaudio T Sacchi
Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, MS D 11, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 43:3734-42. 2005..We demonstrated that 16S typing is an additional and complementary approach to MLST, particularly for NT H. influenzae isolates, and is potentially useful for outbreak investigation... - Identification of some charcoal-black-pigmented CDC fermentative coryneform group 4 isolates as Rothia dentocariosa and some as Corynebacterium aurimucosum: proposal of Rothia dentocariosa emend. Georg and Brown 1967, Corynebacterium aurimucosum emend. YaMaryam I Daneshvar
Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mailstop D11, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 42:4189-98. 2004..dentocariosa and C. aurimucosum; hence, the descriptions of both R. dentocariosa and C. aurimucosum have been amended to include charcoal-black-pigmented variants, and C. nigricans is a pro synonym of C. aurimucosum... - Use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing for rapid identification and differentiation of Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. malleiJay E Gee
Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:4647-54. 2003..This report provides a basis for rapidly identifying and differentiating B. pseudomallei and B. mallei by molecular methods... - Use of 16S rRNA gene sequencing for rapid confirmatory identification of Brucella isolatesJay E Gee
Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS D11, 1600 Clifton Rd, N E, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 42:3649-54. 2004..and their differentiation from closely related organisms... - Use of real-time PCR to resolve slide agglutination discrepancies in serogroup identification of Neisseria meningitidisElizabeth A Mothershed
Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 42:320-8. 2004..It also reemphasized the importance of adherence to quality assurance procedures when performing SASG and prompted prospective monitoring for SASG discrepancies involving isolates collected through ABCs in the United States... - Evaluation of methods for identification and determination of the taxonomic status of strains belonging to the Streptococcus porcinus-Streptococcus pseudoporcinus complex isolated from animal, human, and dairy sourcesPatricia Lynn Shewmaker
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Clin Microbiol 50:3591-7. 2012..Isolates reacting with group B antiserum and demonstrating wide beta-hemolysis should be suspected of being S. pseudoporcinus and not S. agalactiae... - Outbreak of W135 meningococcal disease in 2000: not emergence of a new W135 strain but clonal expansion within the electophoretic type-37 complexLeonard W Mayer
Meningitis and Special Pathogens, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 185:1596-605. 2002.... - Paracoccus yeeii sp. nov. (formerly CDC group EO-2), a novel bacterial species associated with human infectionMaryam I Daneshvar
Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:1289-94. 2003..A new species, Paracoccus yeeii, is proposed for the EO-2 strains. The type strain of P. yeeii is CDCG1212 (ATCC BAA-599 and CCUG 46822), isolated in Pennsylvania from dialysate of a 77-year-old male with peritonitis... - Development and evaluation of a novel multiplex PCR technology for molecular differential detection of bacterial respiratory disease pathogensRobert Benson
CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 46:2074-7. 2008..The ResPlex I assay is somewhat less sensitive than real-time PCR assays but offers the advantage of multiple assays in a single reaction... - Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of recently described species of Enterococcus: evidence that E. thailandicus is a senior subjective synonym of "E. sanguinicola" and confirmation of E. caccae as a species distinct from E. silesiacusPatricia Lynn Shewmaker
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 49:2676-9. 2011..In contrast, Enterococcus caccae and Enterococcus silesiacus, two other species with nearly identical 16S rRNA gene sequences, were confirmed to be separate species... - Nucleic acid-based methods for the detection of bacterial pathogens: present and future considerations for the clinical laboratoryElizabeth A Mothershed
Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Chim Acta 363:206-20. 2006..The potential benefit of nucleic acid-based testing to the clinical laboratory is reduced time to diagnosis, high throughput, and accurate and reliable results... - Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene: a rapid tool for identification of Bacillus anthracisClaudio T Sacchi
Centers for Desease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1117-23. 2002..anthracis. Consequently, we were able to rapidly identify suspected isolates and to detect the B. anthracis 16S rRNA gene directly from culture-negative clinical specimens from seven patients with laboratory-confirmed anthrax... - Novel Corynebacterium diphtheriae in domestic catsAron J Hall
Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop A47, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 16:688-91. 2010..Molecular methods distinguished the feline isolates from known C. diphtheriae...