Fass, R J, Gregory, W W, D'Amato, R F, Matsen, J M, Wright, D N, Young, L S
Among 28,000 isolates of the family Enterobacteriaceae and nonfermenters isolated at multiple medical centers, 1,084 (4%) were resistant to cefoperazone (MIC, greater than or equal to 64...
D'Amato, R F, Wallman, A A, Hochstein, L H, Colaninno, P M, Scardamaglia, M, Ardila, E, ...
A rapid PCR-based test for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, the Roche AMPLICOR Mycobacterium tuberculosis test (AMPLICOR MTB), was evaluated. Results from AMPLICOR MTB were compared with...
Novel application of video image processing to biochemical and antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
D'Amato, R F, Isenberg, H D, McKinley, G A, Baron, E J, Tepper, R, Shulman, M
ALADIN (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) is an automated instrument that uses video imaging (computer-assisted guided video camera) for the determination of biochemical and antimicrobial...
D'Amato, R F, Salemi, M, Mathews, A, Cleri, D J, Reddy, G
The microbiological and clinical features of a case of Achromobacter xylosoxidans (Alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans) meningitis associated with a gunshot wound are described. To our...
D'Amato, R F, Hochstein, L, Fay, E A
The cerebrospinal fluid of a patient yielded a positive latex agglutination test for Neisseria meningitidis groups A and Y. The latex agglutination results were not consistent with clinical and other...
Evaluation of the BIOGRAM antimicrobial susceptibility test system.
D'Amato, R F, Hochstein, L, Vernaleo, J R, Cleri, D J, Wallman, A A, Gradus, M S, ...
BIOGRAM is an antimicrobial susceptibility test system for the determination of MICs from the standard disk diffusion test zone diameters. The system was challenged with 511 recent clinical isolates...
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of streptolysin O antibodies.
Reitano, M, Pisano, M A, Eriquez, L A, D'Amato, R F
An enzyme-linked immumosorbent assay (ELISA), based upon the detection of streptolysin O antibodies in human sera, was developed. Disposable polystyrene tubes, sensitized with streptolysin O antigen,...
Badhey, H, Cleri, D J, D'Amato, R F, Vernaleo, J R, Veinni, V, Tessler, J, ...
Type E botulism, one of the least common forms of botulinal intoxication on the East Coast of the United States, is described for two elderly patients with chronic underlying disease. Both patients...
D'Amato, R F, Swenson, J M, McKinley, G A, Hochstein, L, Wallman, A A, Cleri, D J, ...
The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards recommends the use of lysed horse blood-supplemented Mueller-Hinton broth for determining the quantitative antimicrobial susceptibility of...
Collaborative clinical laboratory evaluation of an individual MIC strip system.
Isenberg, H D, D'Amato, R F, McKinley, G A, Green, L H, Canonica, F P, Fredericks, L M, ...
Susceptibility results obtained with individualized MIC strips (MICRO-MIC) agreed with the standard microdilution broth method at a level of 96% or greater for each of the 10 antimicrobial agents...
Isenberg, H D, D'Amato, R F, Heifets, L, Murray, P R, Scardamaglia, M, Jacobs, M C, ...
A study to delineate the feasibility of a biphasic-culture approach for detection and isolation of mycobacteria from clinical specimens except blood was conducted in four medical centers. The...
Evaluation of the Roche Septi-Chek AFB system for recovery of mycobacteria.
D'Amato, R F, Isenberg, H D, Hochstein, L, Mastellone, A J, Alperstein, P
The Septi-Chek AFB system for the recovery of mycobacteria from clinical specimens was compared with a conventional approach using Lowenstein-Jensen and Middlebrook 7H11 agars. A total of 1,532...
Collaborative evaluation of the UniScept quantitative antimicrobial susceptibility test.
Isenberg, H D, D'Amato, R F, McKinley, G A, Hochstein, L, Sampson-Scherer, J
UniScept (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) is a commercially prepared microdilution antimicrobial susceptibility system for the determination, in a single tray, of antimicrobial MICs for...
Collaborative evaluation of the UniScept qualitative antimicrobial susceptibility test.
D'Amato, R F, Isenberg, H D, McKinley, G A, Hochstein, L, Cleri, D J
The UniScept system (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) is a commercially prepared microdilution antimicrobial susceptibility test for the determination of qualitative susceptibility results for...
Influence of media on temperature-dependent motility test for Yersinia enterocolitica.
The influence of six widely used media on the motility of 100 isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica grown at 25 and 37 degrees C was investigated. Seven isolates were motile at 25 and 37 degrees C in...
Evaluation of a rapid inoculum preparation method for agar disk diffusion susceptibility testing.
A rapid inoculum preparation method for agar disk diffusion susceptibility testing which does not require incubation before inoculation of Mueller-Hinton plates was compared with the National...
Primary culture media for routine urine processing.
Fung, J C, Lucia, B, Clark, E, Berman, M, Goldstein, J, D'Amato, R F
It has been recommended that routine microbiological processing of urine specimens include quantitative plating onto blood agar medium along with a selective and differential agar such as MacConkey...
Incidence of "oxidase-variable" strains of Aeromonas hydrophila.
Overman, T L, D'Amato, R F, Tomfohrde, K M
Certain strains of Aeromonas hydrophila are oxidase negative when grown on gram-negative selective and differential media. Of 100 strains of A. hydrophila examined, 8 were found to possess this...
Rapid identification of Prototheca species by the API 20C system.
Padhye, A A, Baker, J G, D'Amato, R F
The conventional auxanographic method of testing for the assimilation of carbohydrates and alcohols by the various species of Prototheca requires at least 2 weeks of incubation at 25 to 30 degrees C...
Diagnostic characters of an atypical Candida.
Baker, J G, Salkin, I F, Pincus, D H, D'Amato, R F
The morphological and physiological characters of an atypical Candida isolated from diverse clinical specimens are described. The colony and microscopic morphologies of the atypical Candida most...
Use of rapid auxanographic procedures for recognition of an atypical Candida.
Baker, J G, Salkin, I F, Pincus, D H, D'Amato, R F
An atypical Candida which can cause diagnostic problems in clinical laboratories has recently been characterized. Assimilation patterns of 29 clinical isolates of an atypical Candida were obtained by...
D'Amato, R F, Eriquez, L A, Tomfohrde, K M, Singerman, E
The enzymatic profiles of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, N. meningitidis, and related species were determined, using a total of 48 chromogenic substrates. Enzyme classes assayed for included glycosidases,...
Fass, R J, Gregory, W W, D'Amato, R F, Matsen, J M, Wright, D N, Young, L S
Among 28,000 isolates of the family Enterobacteriaceae and nonfermenters isolated at multiple medical centers, 1,084 (4%) were resistant to cefoperazone (MIC, greater than or equal to 64...
D'Amato, R F, Wallman, A A, Hochstein, L H, Colaninno, P M, Scardamaglia, M, Ardila, E, ...
A rapid PCR-based test for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, the Roche AMPLICOR Mycobacterium tuberculosis test (AMPLICOR MTB), was evaluated. Results from AMPLICOR MTB were compared with...
Novel application of video image processing to biochemical and antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
D'Amato, R F, Isenberg, H D, McKinley, G A, Baron, E J, Tepper, R, Shulman, M
ALADIN (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) is an automated instrument that uses video imaging (computer-assisted guided video camera) for the determination of biochemical and antimicrobial...
D'Amato, R F, Salemi, M, Mathews, A, Cleri, D J, Reddy, G
The microbiological and clinical features of a case of Achromobacter xylosoxidans (Alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans) meningitis associated with a gunshot wound are described. To our...
D'Amato, R F, Hochstein, L, Fay, E A
The cerebrospinal fluid of a patient yielded a positive latex agglutination test for Neisseria meningitidis groups A and Y. The latex agglutination results were not consistent with clinical and other...
Evaluation of the BIOGRAM antimicrobial susceptibility test system.
D'Amato, R F, Hochstein, L, Vernaleo, J R, Cleri, D J, Wallman, A A, Gradus, M S, ...
BIOGRAM is an antimicrobial susceptibility test system for the determination of MICs from the standard disk diffusion test zone diameters. The system was challenged with 511 recent clinical isolates...
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of streptolysin O antibodies.
Reitano, M, Pisano, M A, Eriquez, L A, D'Amato, R F
An enzyme-linked immumosorbent assay (ELISA), based upon the detection of streptolysin O antibodies in human sera, was developed. Disposable polystyrene tubes, sensitized with streptolysin O antigen,...
Badhey, H, Cleri, D J, D'Amato, R F, Vernaleo, J R, Veinni, V, Tessler, J, ...
Type E botulism, one of the least common forms of botulinal intoxication on the East Coast of the United States, is described for two elderly patients with chronic underlying disease. Both patients...
D'Amato, R F, Swenson, J M, McKinley, G A, Hochstein, L, Wallman, A A, Cleri, D J, ...
The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards recommends the use of lysed horse blood-supplemented Mueller-Hinton broth for determining the quantitative antimicrobial susceptibility of...
Collaborative clinical laboratory evaluation of an individual MIC strip system.
Isenberg, H D, D'Amato, R F, McKinley, G A, Green, L H, Canonica, F P, Fredericks, L M, ...
Susceptibility results obtained with individualized MIC strips (MICRO-MIC) agreed with the standard microdilution broth method at a level of 96% or greater for each of the 10 antimicrobial agents...
Isenberg, H D, D'Amato, R F, Heifets, L, Murray, P R, Scardamaglia, M, Jacobs, M C, ...
A study to delineate the feasibility of a biphasic-culture approach for detection and isolation of mycobacteria from clinical specimens except blood was conducted in four medical centers. The...
Evaluation of the Roche Septi-Chek AFB system for recovery of mycobacteria.
D'Amato, R F, Isenberg, H D, Hochstein, L, Mastellone, A J, Alperstein, P
The Septi-Chek AFB system for the recovery of mycobacteria from clinical specimens was compared with a conventional approach using Lowenstein-Jensen and Middlebrook 7H11 agars. A total of 1,532...
Collaborative evaluation of the UniScept quantitative antimicrobial susceptibility test.
Isenberg, H D, D'Amato, R F, McKinley, G A, Hochstein, L, Sampson-Scherer, J
UniScept (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) is a commercially prepared microdilution antimicrobial susceptibility system for the determination, in a single tray, of antimicrobial MICs for...
Collaborative evaluation of the UniScept qualitative antimicrobial susceptibility test.
D'Amato, R F, Isenberg, H D, McKinley, G A, Hochstein, L, Cleri, D J
The UniScept system (Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.) is a commercially prepared microdilution antimicrobial susceptibility test for the determination of qualitative susceptibility results for...
Influence of media on temperature-dependent motility test for Yersinia enterocolitica.
The influence of six widely used media on the motility of 100 isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica grown at 25 and 37 degrees C was investigated. Seven isolates were motile at 25 and 37 degrees C in...
Evaluation of a rapid inoculum preparation method for agar disk diffusion susceptibility testing.
A rapid inoculum preparation method for agar disk diffusion susceptibility testing which does not require incubation before inoculation of Mueller-Hinton plates was compared with the National...
Primary culture media for routine urine processing.
Fung, J C, Lucia, B, Clark, E, Berman, M, Goldstein, J, D'Amato, R F
It has been recommended that routine microbiological processing of urine specimens include quantitative plating onto blood agar medium along with a selective and differential agar such as MacConkey...
Incidence of "oxidase-variable" strains of Aeromonas hydrophila.
Overman, T L, D'Amato, R F, Tomfohrde, K M
Certain strains of Aeromonas hydrophila are oxidase negative when grown on gram-negative selective and differential media. Of 100 strains of A. hydrophila examined, 8 were found to possess this...
Rapid identification of Prototheca species by the API 20C system.
Padhye, A A, Baker, J G, D'Amato, R F
The conventional auxanographic method of testing for the assimilation of carbohydrates and alcohols by the various species of Prototheca requires at least 2 weeks of incubation at 25 to 30 degrees C...
Diagnostic characters of an atypical Candida.
Baker, J G, Salkin, I F, Pincus, D H, D'Amato, R F
The morphological and physiological characters of an atypical Candida isolated from diverse clinical specimens are described. The colony and microscopic morphologies of the atypical Candida most...
Use of rapid auxanographic procedures for recognition of an atypical Candida.
Baker, J G, Salkin, I F, Pincus, D H, D'Amato, R F
An atypical Candida which can cause diagnostic problems in clinical laboratories has recently been characterized. Assimilation patterns of 29 clinical isolates of an atypical Candida were obtained by...
D'Amato, R F, Eriquez, L A, Tomfohrde, K M, Singerman, E
The enzymatic profiles of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, N. meningitidis, and related species were determined, using a total of 48 chromogenic substrates. Enzyme classes assayed for included glycosidases,...