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G T Noordhoek, A H Kolk, G Bjune, D Catty, J W Dale, P E Fine, P Godfrey-Faussett, S N Cho, T Shinnick, and S B Svenson

Sensitivity and specificity of PCR for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a blind comparison study among seven laboratories.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 277-284. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

U Kämmerer, B Kunkel, and K Korn

Nested PCR for specific detection and rapid identification of human picornaviruses.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 285-291. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J Mulder, N McKinney, C Christopherson, J Sninsky, L Greenfield, and S Kwok

Rapid and simple PCR assay for quantitation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma: application to acute retroviral infection.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 292-300. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Gouby, C Neuwirth, G Bourg, N Bouziges, M J Carles-Nurit, E Despaux, and M Ramuz

Epidemiological study by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of an outbreak of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a geriatric hospital.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 301-305. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G E Kleter, L J van Doorn, J T Brouwer, S W Schalm, R A Heijtink, and W G Quint

Sequence analysis of the 5' untranslated region in isolates of at least four genotypes of hepatitis C virus in The Netherlands.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 306-310. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

B I Rosen, A V Parwani, S Lopez, J Flores, and L J Saif

Serotypic differentiation of rotaviruses in field samples from diarrheic pigs by using nucleic acid probes specific for porcine VP4 and human and porcine VP7 genes.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 311-317. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A S Khan, C L Moe, R I Glass, S S Monroe, M K Estes, L E Chapman, X Jiang, C Humphrey, E Pon, and J K Iskander

Norwalk virus-associated gastroenteritis traced to ice consumption aboard a cruise ship in Hawaii: comparison and application of molecular method-based assays.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 318-322. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D A Caugant, E A Høiby, P Magnus, O Scheel, T Hoel, G Bjune, E Wedege, J Eng, and L O Frøholm

Asymptomatic carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in a randomly sampled population.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 323-330. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S Fujimoto, B Marshall, and M J Blaser

PCR-based restriction fragment length polymorphism typing of Helicobacter pylori.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 331-334. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K Greisen, M Loeffelholz, A Purohit, and D Leong

PCR primers and probes for the 16S rRNA gene of most species of pathogenic bacteria, including bacteria found in cerebrospinal fluid.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 335-351. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E B Breitschwerdt, W L Nicholson, A R Kiehl, C Steers, D J Meuten, and J F Levine

Natural infections with Borrelia spirochetes in two dogs from Florida.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 352-357. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Ripalti, Q Ruan, M C Boccuni, F Campanini, G Bergamini, and M P Landini

Construction of polyepitope fusion antigens of human cytomegalovirus ppUL32: reactivity with human antibodies.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 358-363. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Karlsson, K Parsmyr, E Sandström, E M Fenyö, and J Albert

MT-2 cell tropism as prognostic marker for disease progression in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 364-370. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K N Chooromoney, D J Hampson, G J Eamens, and M J Turner

Analysis of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and Erysipelothrix tonsillarum by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 371-376. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P Nordmann, M Keller, F Espinasse, and E Ronco

Correlation between antibiotic resistance, phage-like particle presence, and virulence in Rhodococcus equi human isolates.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 377-383. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S S Jang and D C Hirsh

Characterization, distribution, and microbiological associations of Fusobacterium spp. in clinical specimens of animal origin.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 384-387. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F Vandenesch, C Lebeau, M Bes, G Lina, B Lina, T Greenland, Y Benito, Y Brun, J Fleurette, and J Etienne

Clotting activity in Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies from human patients.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 388-392. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N Miller, S G Hernandez, and T J Cleary

Evaluation of Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test and PCR for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 393-397. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Y R de Moissac, S L Ronald, and M S Peppler

Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for epidemiological study of Bordetella pertussis in a whooping cough outbreak.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 398-402. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G Hess, F Avillez, M H Lourenco, F D'Agostino, G Cambie, P Piot, G Vercauteren, U Michl, W Melchior, and H Bayer

Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: multicenter evaluation of a newly developed anti-HIV 1 and 2 enzyme immunoassay.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 403-406. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F C Tenover, R Arbeit, G Archer, J Biddle, S Byrne, R Goering, G Hancock, G A Hébert, B Hill, and R Hollis

Comparison of traditional and molecular methods of typing isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 407-415. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G H Zhang, L Baek, P E Nielsen, O Buchardt, and C Koch

Sensitive quantitation of endotoxin by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with monoclonal antibody against Limulus peptide C.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 416-422. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T J Sullivan, K E Hechemy, H L Harris, U H Rudofsky, W A Samsonoff, A J Peterson, B D Evans, and S L Balaban

Monoclonal antibody to native P39 protein from Borrelia burgdorferi.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 423-429. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E A Macias, E O Mason, Jr, H Y Ocera, and M T LaRocco

Comparison of E test with standard broth microdilution for determining antibiotic susceptibilities of penicillin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 430-432. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C C Knapp, M D Ludwig, and J A Washington

Evaluation of differential inoculum disk diffusion method and Vitek GPS-SA card for detection of oxacillin-resistant staphylococci.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 433-436. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J D Rudney and C J Larson

Use of restriction fragment polymorphism analysis of rRNA genes to assign species to unknown clinical isolates of oral viridans streptococci.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 437-443. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J S Gill, R G McLean, R B Shriner, and R C Johnson

Serologic surveillance for the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in Minnesota by using white-tailed deer as sentinel animals.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 444-451. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M L Branchini, M A Pfaller, J Rhine-Chalberg, T Frempong, and H D Isenberg

Genotypic variation and slime production among blood and catheter isolates of Candida parapsilosis.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 452-456. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S Takai, Y Sasaki, T Ikeda, Y Uchida, S Tsubaki, and T Sekizaki

Virulence of Rhodococcus equi isolates from patients with and without AIDS.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 457-460. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J Raymond, M Bergeret, P H Benhamou, K Mensah, and C Dupont

A 2-year study of Helicobacter pylori in children.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 461-463. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C J Wright, A E Jerse, M S Cohen, J G Cannon, and H S Seifert

Nonrepresentative PCR amplification of variable gene sequences in clinical specimens containing dilute, complex mixtures of microorganisms.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 464-468. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E J Bottone, A A Perez, 2nd, and J L Oeser

Loofah sponges as reservoirs and vehicles in the transmission of potentially pathogenic bacterial species to human skin.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 469-472. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T Yamamoto, T Mukai, K Kondo, and K Yamanishi

Variation of DNA sequence in immediate-early gene of human herpesvirus 6 and variant identification by PCR.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 473-476. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G J Chang, D W Trent, A V Vorndam, E Vergne, R M Kinney, and C J Mitchell

An integrated target sequence and signal amplification assay, reverse transcriptase-PCR-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, to detect and characterize flaviviruses.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 477-483. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R A Karron, J L Froehlich, L Bobo, R B Belshe, and R H Yolken

Rapid detection of parainfluenza virus type 3 RNA in respiratory specimens: use of reverse transcription-PCR-enzyme immunoassay.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 484-488. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R J Shoberg, M Jonsson, A Sadziene, S Bergström, and D D Thomas

Identification of a highly cross-reactive outer surface protein B epitope among diverse geographic isolates of Borrelia spp. causing Lyme disease.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 489-500. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

H Colding, J Bangsborg, N E Fiehn, T Bennekov, and B Bruun

Ribotyping for differentiating Flavobacterium meningosepticum isolates from clinical and environmental sources.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 501-505. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M A Pfaller, C Grant, V Morthland, and J Rhine-Chalberg

Comparative evaluation of alternative methods for broth dilution susceptibility testing of fluconazole against Candida albicans.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 506-509. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F Qadri, A Haque, S M Faruque, K A Bettelheim, R Robins-Browne, and M J Albert

Hemagglutinating properties of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 510-514. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M R Rekik, D J Arora, and S Dea

Genetic variation in swine influenza virus A isolate associated with proliferative and necrotizing pneumonia in pigs.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 515-518. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F S Nolte, C Thurmond, and P S Mitchell

Isolation of hepatitis C virus RNA from serum for reverse transcription-PCR.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 519-520. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G D Cage

Direct identification of Mycobacterium species in BACTEC 7H12B medium by high-performance liquid chromatography.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 521-524. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J R Kerr

Suppression of fungal growth exhibited by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 525-527. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J Lan, J M Ossewaarde, J M Walboomers, C J Meijer, and A J van den Brule

Improved PCR sensitivity for direct genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis serovars by using a nested PCR.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 528-530. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J A Daly, E K Korgenski, A C Munson, and E Llausas-Magana

Optical immunoassay for streptococcal pharyngitis: evaluation of accuracy with routine and mucoid strains associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreak in the intermountain area of the United States.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 531-532. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M F Lampe and W E Stamm

Purification of Chlamydia trachomatis strains in mixed infection by monoclonal antibody neutralization.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 533-535. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

W R Butler, S P O'Connor, M A Yakrus, and W M Gross

Cross-reactivity of genetic probe for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with newly described species Mycobacterium celatum.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 536-538. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K Miwa, M Fukuyama, T Kunitomo, and H Igarashi

Rapid assay for detection of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 from human sera.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 539-542. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J T Lumeij, J de Koning, R B Bosma, J J van der Sluis, and J F Schellekens

Treponemal infections in hares in The Netherlands.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 543-546. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L M Dyster, L Abbott, V Bryz-Gornia, B J Poiesz, and L D Papsidero

Microplate-based DNA hybridization assays for detection of human retroviral gene sequences.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 547-550. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K Bernard, S Tessier, J Winstanley, D Chang, and A Borczyk

Early recognition of atypical Francisella tularensis strains lacking a cysteine requirement.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 551-553. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C P Taborda and Z P Camargo

Diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis by dot immunobinding assay for antibody detection using the purified and specific antigen gp43.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 554-556. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A P Walker, C J Krepel, C M Gohr, and C E Edmiston

Microflora of abdominal sepsis by locus of infection.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 557-558. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D J Biedenbach and R N Jones

Predictive accuracy of disk diffusion test for Proteus vulgaris and Providencia species against five newer orally administered cephalosporins, cefdinir, cefetamet, cefprozil, cefuroxime, and loracarbef.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 559-562. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E G Scerpella, S Wu, and P E Oefinger

Case report of spinal epidural abscess caused by Haemophilus paraphrophilus.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 563-564. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

B J Buschelman, R N Jones, and M J Bale

Effects of blood medium supplements on activities of newer cephalosporins tested against enterococci.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 565-567. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J A Kluytmans, W H Goessens, J H van Rijsoort-Vos, H G Niesters, and E Stolz

Improved performance of PACE 2 with modified collection system in combination with probe competition assay for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in urethral specimens from males.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 568-570. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J van Bueren, R A Simpson, P Jacobs, and B D Cookson

Survival of human immunodeficiency virus in suspension and dried onto surfaces.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 571-574. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D Domingo, A Limia, T Alarcón, J C Sanz, M C Del Rey, and M López-Brea

Nosocomial septicemia caused by Serratia plymuthica.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 575-577. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C Tarradas, A Arenas, A Maldonado, I Luque, A Miranda, and A Perea

Identification of Streptococcus suis isolated from swine: proposal for biochemical parameters.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 578-580. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R Baxter

Lyme disease: the sensible pursuit of answers.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994 32: 581-582. [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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