Journal•ISSN: 0732-8893
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Elsevier BV
About: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Medicine & Broth microdilution. It has an ISSN identifier of 0732-8893. Over the lifetime, 6830 publications have been published receiving 165671 citations. The journal is also known as: Diagnostic microbiology & infectious disease.
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2,390 citations
TL;DR: A rapid and reliable PCR-based technique was developed for detection of genes encoding carbapenemases belonging to different classes using optimized conditions, with PCR giving distinct amplicon sizes corresponding to the different genes for each mixture.
1,438 citations
TL;DR: The sensitivity of two PCR approaches which amplify part of the ssu rRNA gene and the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer, respectively, was determined using human and dog blood seeded with Leishmania promastigotes to diagnose leishmaniasis.
767 citations
TL;DR: The broad-spectrum cephalosporins exhibit time-dependent bactericidal activity and produce prolonged postantibiotic effects only with staphylococci and can be easily met in infected and/or elderly patients following 1-2 g of cefotaxime at 12-h intervals.
600 citations
TL;DR: Differences in the occurrence of resistance and tetracycline resistance genes were observed among isolates from the different sources, however, similar resistance patterns and resistant genes were detected frequently indicating that transmission of resistant enterococci or resistance genes takes place between humans, broilers, and pigs.
460 citations