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Guest Commentary:

Albert Balows

Clinical Microbiology and ASM: Quo Vadis?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1239-1241. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Anna Maria Eis-Hübinger, Martin Däumer, Bertfried Matz, and Karl Eduard Schneweis

Evaluation of Three Glycoprotein G2-Based Enzyme Immunoassays for Detection of Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 in Human Sera
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1242-1246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marek Fischer, Werner Huber, Alex Kallivroussis, Peter Ott, Milos Opravil, Ruedi Lüthy, Rainer Weber, and Richard W. Cone

Highly Sensitive Methods for Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA from Plasma, Cells, and Tissues
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1260-1264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Steven Oberste, Kaija Maher, David R. Kilpatrick, Mary R. Flemister, Betty A. Brown, and Mark A. Pallansch

Typing of Human Enteroviruses by Partial Sequencing of VP1
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1288-1293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Heinz-Hubert Feucht, Matthias Schröter, Bernhard Zöllner, Susanne Polywka, and Rainer Laufs

Age-Dependent Acquisition of Hepatitis G Virus/GB Virus C in a Nonrisk Population: Detection of the Virus by Antibodies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1294-1297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philip E. Pellett, Thomas J. Spira, Omar Bagasra, Chris Boshoff, Lawrence Corey, Laura de Lellis, Meei-Li Huang, Jung-Chung Lin, Steve Matthews, Paolo Monini, Paola Rimessi, Carlos Sosa, Charles Wood, and John A. Stewart

Multicenter Comparison of PCR Assays for Detection of Human Herpesvirus 8 DNA in Semen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1298-1301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ester C. Sabino, Maan Zrein, Carlos P. Taborda, Marcia M. Otani, Gabriela Ribeiro-Dos-Santos, and Amadeo Sáez-Alquézar

Evaluation of the INNO-LIA HTLV I/II Assay for Confirmation of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus-Reactive Sera in Blood Bank Donations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1324-1328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. F. Quarleri, V. L. Mathet, M. Feld, D. Ferrario, M. P. della Latta, R. Verdun, D. O. Sánchez, and J. R. Oubiña

GB Virus C/Hepatitis G Virus Groups and Subgroups: Classification by a Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Method Based on Phylogenetic Analysis of the 5' Untranslated Region
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1340-1347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Steven J. Read and John B. Kurtz

Laboratory Diagnosis of Common Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System by Using a Single Multiplex PCR Screening Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1352-1355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gary Murphy, Francisco J. Belda, Chou-Pong Pau, Jonathan P. Clewley, and John V. Parry

Discrimination of Subtype B and Non-Subtype B Strains of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 by Serotyping: Correlation with Genotyping
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1356-1360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David Y. Chien, Phillip Arcangel, Angelica Medina-Selby, Doris Coit, Mark Baumeister, Steve Nguyen, Carlos George-Nascimento, Alexander Gyenes, George Kuo, and Pablo Valenzuela

Use of a Novel Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Major-Epitope Chimeric Polypeptide for Diagnosis of HCV Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1393-1397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Peter Muir, Albert Ras, Paul E. Klapper, Graham M. Cleator, Klaus Korn, Christian Aepinus, Anders Fomsgaard, Pierre Palmer, Agneta Samuelsson, Antonio Tenorio, Benedikt Weissbrich, and A. M. van Loon

Multicenter Quality Assessment of PCR Methods for Detection of Enteroviruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1409-1414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Douglas A. Jabs, Michael Forman, Cheryl Enger, and J. Brooks Jackson

Comparison of Cytomegalovirus Loads in Plasma and Leukocytes of Patients with Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1431-1435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

René Boom, Cees Sol, Jan Weel, Yvette Gerrits, Monique de Boer, and Pauline Wertheim-van Dillen

A Highly Sensitive Assay for Detection and Quantitation of Human Cytomegalovirus DNA in Serum and Plasma by PCR and Electrochemiluminescence
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1489-1497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alain Doglio, Catherine Laffont, François X. Caroli-Bosc, Pascale Rochet, and J.-Claude Lefebvre

Second Generation of the Automated Cobas Amplicor HCV Assay Improves Sensitivity of Hepatitis C Virus RNA Detection and Yields Results That Are More Clinically Relevant
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1567-1569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nathalie Koch, Nouara Yahi, Franck Ariasi, Jacques Fantini, and Catherine Tamalet

Comparison of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Protease Mutations in HIV-1 Genomes Detected in Plasma and in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Patients Receiving Combination Drug Therapy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1595-1597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carol J. Palmer, S. Dorothy King, Raul R. Cuadrado, Eddy Perez, Mariana Baum, and Arba L. Ager

Evaluation of the MRL Diagnostics Dengue Fever Virus IgM Capture ELISA and the PanBio Rapid Immunochromatographic Test for Diagnosis of Dengue Fever in Jamaica
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1600-1601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rhoda L. Ashley, Marie Eagleton, and Natasha Pfeiffer

Ability of a Rapid Serology Test To Detect Seroconversion to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Glycoprotein G Soon after Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1632-1633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

João R. R. Pinho, Paolo M. De A. Zanotto, João L. P. Ferreira, Laura M. Sumita, Flair J. Carrilho, Luiz C. da Silva, M. Lourdes Capacci, Adávio O. Silva, Betty Guz, Fernando L. Gonçales, Jr., Neiva S. L. Gonçales, Gregory A. Buck, Gregory A. Meyers, and A. Plínio Bernardini

High Prevalence of GB Virus C in Brazil and Molecular Evidence for Intrafamilial Transmission
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1634-1637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Carlos Ros and Sándor Belák

Studies of Genetic Relationships between Bovine, Caprine, Cervine, and Rangiferine Alphaherpesviruses and Improved Molecular Methods for Virus Detection and Identification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1247-1253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ruud E. Komijn, Petra E. W. de Haas, Margriet M. E. Schneider, Tony Eger, Jan H. M. Nieuwenhuijs, Remco J. van den Hoek, Douwe Bakker, Fred G. van Zijd Erveld, and Dick van Soolingen

Prevalence of Mycobacterium avium in Slaughter Pigs in The Netherlands and Comparison of IS1245 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Patterns of Porcine and Human Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1254-1259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dalit Strauss-Ayali, Kenneth W. Simpson, Amy H. Schein, Patrick L. McDonough, Richard H. Jacobson, Beth A. Valentine, and Jeff Peacock

Serological Discrimination of Dogs Infected with Gastric Helicobacter spp. and Uninfected Dogs
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1280-1287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Una M. Morgan, Anthony P. Sturdee, Grant Singleton, M. Soledad Gomez, Mercedes Gracenea, Jordi Torres, Steven G. Hamilton, D. P. Woodside, and R. C. Andrew Thompson

The Cryptosporidium "Mouse" Genotype Is Conserved across Geographic Areas
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1302-1305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. Cid, R. Sanz, I. Marín, H. de Greve, J. A. Ruiz-Santa-Quiteria, R. Amils, and R. de la Fuente

Characterization of Nonenterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strains Producing F17 Fimbriae Isolated from Diarrheic Lambs and Goat Kids
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1370-1375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Steven H. Weisbroth, James Geistfeld, Stephanie P. Weisbroth, Bruce Williams, Sanford H. Feldman, Michael J. Linke, Sally Orr, and Melanie T. Cushion

Latent Pneumocystis carinii Infection in Commercial Rat Colonies: Comparison of Inductive Immunosuppressants plus Histopathology, PCR, and Serology as Detection Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1441-1446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jennifer C. Seguin, Robert D. Walker, John P. Caron, Wesley E. Kloos, Carol G. George, Richard J. Hollis, Ronald N. Jones, and Michael A. Pfaller

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outbreak in a Veterinary Teaching Hospital: Potential Human-to-Animal Transmission
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1459-1463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Rick Alleman, Melanie G. Pate, John W. Harvey, Jack M. Gaskin, and Anthony F. Barbet

Western Immunoblot Analysis of the Antigens of Haemobartonella felis with Sera from Experimentally Infected Cats
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1474-1479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yunjeong Kim, Kyeong-Ok Chang, Barbara Straw, and Linda J. Saif

Characterization of Group C Rotaviruses Associated with Diarrhea Outbreaks in Feeder Pigs
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1484-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dorsey L. Kordick, Talmage T. Brown, KwangOk Shin, and Edward B. Breitschwerdt

Clinical and Pathologic Evaluation of Chronic Bartonella henselae or Bartonella clarridgeiae Infection in Cats
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1536-1547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. J. Crespo, M. L. Abarca, and F. J. Cabañes

Isolation of Malassezia furfur from a Cat
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1573-1574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carmen Hernanz Moral, Alberto Cascón Soriano, María Sánchez Salazar, Javier Yugueros Marcos, Susana Suárez Ramos, and German Naharro Carrasco

Molecular Cloning and Sequencing of the aroA Gene from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Its Use in a PCR Assay for Rapid Identification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1575-1578. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maria Tempesta, Annamaria Pratelli, Grazia Greco, Vito Martella, and Canio Buonavoglia

Detection of Caprine Herpesvirus 1 in Sacral Ganglia of Latently Infected Goats by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1598-1599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Béla Nagy, Richard A. Wilson, and Thomas S. Whittam

Genetic Diversity among Escherichia coli Isolates Carrying f18 Genes from Pigs with Porcine Postweaning Diarrhea and Edema Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1642-1645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

Jeremy W. Dale, Rohana Mat Nor, Soshila Ramayah, Thean Hock Tang, and Zainul F. Zainuddin

Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Malaysia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1265-1268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Shah M. Faruque, A. K. Siddique, Manujendra N. Saha, Asadulghani, M. Mostafizur Rahman, K. Zaman, M. John Albert, David A. Sack, and R. Bradley Sack

Molecular Characterization of a New Ribotype of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal Associated with an Outbreak of Cholera in Bangladesh
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1313-1318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. R. Reyes-Montes, M. Bobadilla-Del Valle, M. A. Martínez-Rivera, G. Rodríguez-Arellanes, E. Maravilla, J. Sifuentes-Osornio, and M. L. Taylor

Relatedness Analyses of Histoplasma capsulatum Isolates from Mexican Patients with AIDS-Associated Histoplasmosis by Using Histoplasmin Electrophoretic Profiles and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Patterns
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1404-1408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patricia Ezekiel Moor, Peter C. Collignon, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert

Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Used To Investigate Genetic Diversity of Haemophilus influenzae Type b Isolates in Australia Shows Differences between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1524-1531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

Jill M. Tham, Szu Hee Lee, Theresa M. C. Tan, Robert C. Y. Ting, and Ursula A. K. Kara

Detection and Species Determination of Malaria Parasites by PCR: Comparison with Microscopy and with ParaSight-F and ICT Malaria Pf Tests in a Clinical Environment
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1269-1273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jeffrey W. Priest, James P. Kwon, Delynn M. Moss, Jacquelin M. Roberts, Michael J. Arrowood, Mark S. Dworkin, Dennis D. Juranek, and Patrick J. Lammie

Detection by Enzyme Immunoassay of Serum Immunoglobulin G Antibodies That Recognize Specific Cryptosporidium parvum Antigens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1385-1392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Melinda A. Bronsdon, Mary J. Homer, Jennifer M. H. Magera, Carol Harrison, Robert G. Andrews, Joseph T. Bielitzki, Carol L. Emerson, David H. Persing, and Thomas R. Fritsche

Detection of Enzootic Babesiosis in Baboons (Papio cynocephalus) and Phylogenetic Evidence Supporting Synonymy of the Genera Entopolypoides and Babesia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1548-1553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eufrosina S. Umezawa, Sueli F. Bastos, Mario E. Camargo, Luci M. Yamauchi, Márcia R. Santos, Antonio Gonzalez, Bianca Zingales, Mariano J. Levin, Octavio Sousa, Rafael Rangel-Aldao, and José Franco da Silveira

Evaluation of Recombinant Antigens for Serodiagnosis of Chagas' Disease in South and Central America
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1554-1560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Clavel, M. Varea, O. Doiz, L. López, J. Quílez, F. J. Castillo, C. Rubio, and R. Gómez-Lus

Visualization of Hydatid Elements: Comparison of Several Techniques
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1561-1563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kirk M. Doing, Jill L. Hamm, Jo Ann Jellison, Jessica A. Marquis, and Cindy Kingsbury

False-Positive Results Obtained with the Alexon ProSpecT Cryptosporidium Enzyme Immunoassay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1582-1583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andreas Sing, Lorenz Leitritz, Johannes R. Bogner, and Jürgen Heesemann

First-Glance Diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis Autoinfection by Stool Microscopy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1610-1611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

Catherine Arnold, Lou Metherell, Geraldine Willshaw, Anthony Maggs, and John Stanley

Predictive Fluorescent Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Escherichia coli: High-Resolution Typing Method with Phylogenetic Significance
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1274-1279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jacques-Olivier Galdbart, Anne Morvan, Nicole Desplaces, and Nevine el Solh

Phenotypic and Genomic Variation among Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains Infecting Joint Prostheses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1306-1312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. Sorlin, P. Vandamme, J. Nortier, B. Hoste, C. Rossi, S. Pavlof, and M. J. Struelens

Recurrent "Flexispira rappini" Bacteremia in an Adult Patient Undergoing Hemodialysis: Case Report
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1319-1323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adolf Bauernfeind, Ines Schneider, Renate Jungwirth, and Carsten Roller

Discrimination of Burkholderia multivorans and Burkholderia vietnamiensis from Burkholderia cepacia Genomovars I, III, and IV by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1335-1339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lance F. Bolton, Lynda C. Kelley, Margie D. Lee, Paula J. Fedorka-Cray, and John J. Maurer

Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype typhimurium DT104 Based on a Gene Which Confers Cross-Resistance to Florfenicol and Chloramphenicol
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1348-1351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Juha Junttila, Miikka Peltomaa, Hanna Soini, Merja Marjamäki, and Matti K. Viljanen

Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Urban Recreational Areas of Helsinki
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1361-1365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joan Barenfanger, Cheryl Drake, and Gail Kacich

Clinical and Financial Benefits of Rapid Bacterial Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1415-1418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Atsuo Amano, Ichiro Nakagawa, Kosuke Kataoka, Ichijiro Morisaki, and Shigeyuki Hamada

Distribution of Porphyromonas gingivalis Strains with fimA Genotypes in Periodontitis Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1426-1430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Ieven, E. Vercauteren, P. Descheemaeker, F. van Laer, and H. Goossens

Comparison of Direct Plating and Broth Enrichment Culture for the Detection of Intestinal Colonization by Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1436-1440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. Harper-Owen, D. Dymock, V. Booth, A. J. Weightman, and W. G. Wade

Detection of Unculturable Bacteria in Periodontal Health and Disease by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1469-1473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

H. Sidhu, R. P. Holmes, M. J. Allison, and A. B. Peck

Direct Quantification of the Enteric Bacterium Oxalobacter formigenes in Human Fecal Samples by Quantitative Competitive-Template PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1503-1509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Althaf I. Hussain, William Lane M. Robson, Robin Kelley, Tanya Reid, and J. David Gangemi

Mycoplasma penetrans and Other Mycoplasmas in Urine of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1518-1523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hassan Namdari, Kathleen Kintner, Barbara A. Jackson, Surena Namdari, Joan L. Hughes, Randall R. Peairs, and Donald J. Savage

Abiotrophia Species as a Cause of Endophthalmitis Following Cataract Extraction
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1564-1566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. Stephan and F. Untermann

Virulence Factors and Phenotypical Traits of Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Asymptomatic Human Carriers
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1570-1572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matthias Cavassini, Aline Wenger, Katia Jaton, Dominique S. Blanc, and Jacques Bille

Evaluation of MRSA-Screen, a Simple Anti-PBP 2a Slide Latex Agglutination Kit, for Rapid Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1591-1594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

René Grob, Reinhard Zbinden, Christian Ruef, Matthias Hackenthal, Ingrid Diesterweg, Martin Altwegg, and Alexander von Graevenitz

Septicemia Caused by Dysgonic Fermenter 3 in a Severely Immunocompromised Patient and Isolation of the Same Microorganism from a Stool Specimen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1617-1618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Julival Ribeiro, F. D. Vieira, Tom King, Julia B. D'Arezzo, and John M. Boyce

Misclassification of Susceptible Strains of Staphylococcus aureus as Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus by a Rapid Automated Susceptibility Testing System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1619-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Georg Conrads, Thomas F. Flemmig, Ilse Seyfarth, Friedrich Lampert, and Rudolf Lütticken

Simultaneous Detection of Bacteroides forsythus and Prevotella intermedia by 16S rRNA Gene-Directed Multiplex PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1621-1624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sandra Chaves, Mário Gadanho, Rogério Tenreiro, and José Cabrita

Assessment of Metronidazole Susceptibility in Helicobacter pylori: Statistical Validation and Error Rate Analysis of Breakpoints Determined by the Disk Diffusion Test
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1628-1631. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. R. Reinert, G. Conrads, J. J. Schlaeger, G. Werner, W. Witte, R. Lütticken, and I. Klare

Survey of Antibiotic Resistance among Enterococci in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1638-1641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Aysegul Eyigor, Karl A. Dawson, Bruce E. Langlois, and Carol L. Pickett

Cytolethal Distending Toxin Genes in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Isolates: Detection and Analysis by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1646-1650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Nicola Pusterla, Jon B. Huder, Christian M. Leutenegger, Ueli Braun, John E. Madigan, and Hans Lutz

Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Detection of Members of the Ehrlichia phagocytophila Genogroup in Host Animals and Ixodes ricinus Ticks
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1329-1331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nicola Pusterla, Christian M. Leutenegger, Jon B. Huder, Rainer Weber, Ueli Braun, and Hans Lutz

Evidence of the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Switzerland
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1332-1334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Holmberg, S. McGill, C. Ehrenborg, L. Wesslén, E. Hjelm, J. Darelid, L. Blad, L. Engstrand, R. Regnery, and G. Friman

Evaluation of Human Seroreactivity to Bartonella Species in Sweden
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1381-1384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John W. Sumner, James E. Childs, and Christopher D. Paddock

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of the Ehrlichia chaffeensis Variable-Length PCR Target: an Antigen-Expressing Gene That Exhibits Interstrain Variation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1447-1453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jennifer L. Girdner, Allison P. Cullen, Teresa G. Salama, Ling He, Attila Lorincz, and Thomas C. Quinn

Evaluation of the Digene Hybrid Capture II CT-ID Test for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Endocervical Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1579-1581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Ákos Somoskövi and Pál Magyar

Comparison of the Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube with MB Redox, Löwenstein-Jensen, and Middlebrook 7H11 Media for Recovery of Mycobacteria in Clinical Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1366-1369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John S. Bergmann, Gbo Yuoh, Geoffrey Fish, and Gail L. Woods

Clinical Evaluation of the Enhanced Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Prison Inmates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1419-1425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Juha Kauppinen, Rauno Mäntyjärvi, and Marja-Leena Katila

Mycobacterium malmoense-Specific Nested PCR Based on a Conserved Sequence Detected in Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Fingerprints
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1454-1458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. Zuhre Badak, Servet Goksel, Ruchan Sertoz, Bedii Nafile, Safak Ermertcan, Cengiz Cavusoglu, and Altinay Bilgic

Use of Nucleic Acid Probes for Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Directly from MB/BacT Bottles
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1602-1605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

F. de Bernardis, F. Mondello, G. Scaravelli, A. Pachì, A. Girolamo, L. Agatensi, and A. Cassone

High Aspartyl Proteinase Production and Vaginitis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1376-1380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael M. McNeil, Brent A. Lasker, Timothy J. Lott, and William R. Jarvis

Postsurgical Candida albicans Infections Associated with an Extrinsically Contaminated Intravenous Anesthetic Agent
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1398-1403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mary Ann Jabra-Rizk, William A. Falkler, Jr., William G. Merz, Jacqueline I. Kelley, A. A. M. A. Baqui, and Timothy F. Meiller

Coaggregation of Candida dubliniensis with Fusobacterium nucleatum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1464-1468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adrien Szekely, Elizabeth M. Johnson, and David W. Warnock

Comparison of E-Test and Broth Microdilution Methods for Antifungal Drug Susceptibility Testing of Molds
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1480-1483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T. G. Bauters, R. Peleman, M. Moerman, H. Vermeersch, D. de Looze, L. Noens, and H. J. Nelis

Membrane Filtration Test for Rapid Presumptive Differentiation of Four Candida Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1498-1502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Boualem Sendid, Marc Tabouret, Jean Louis Poirot, Daniel Mathieu, Jeanine Fruit, and Daniel Poulain

New Enzyme Immunoassays for Sensitive Detection of Circulating Candida albicans Mannan and Antimannan Antibodies: Useful Combined Test for Diagnosis of Systemic Candidiasis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1510-1517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Cimerman, N. Gunde-Cimerman, P. Zalar, and T. Perkovic

Femur Osteomyelitis Due to a Mixed Fungal Infection in a Previously Healthy Man
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1532-1535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N. Febré, V. Silva, E. A. S. Medeiros, S. B. Wey, A. L. Colombo, and O. Fischman

Microbiological Characteristics of Yeasts Isolated from Urinary Tracts of Intensive Care Unit Patients Undergoing Urinary Catheterization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1584-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Oliver Kurzai, Werner J. Heinz, Derek J. Sullivan, David C. Coleman, Matthias Frosch, and Fritz A. Mühlschlegel

Rapid PCR Test for Discriminating between Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis Isolates Using Primers Derived from the pH-Regulated PHR1 and PHR2 Genes of C. albicans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1587-1590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paul E. Verweij, Marjolein F. Q. van den Bergh, Peter M. Rath, Ben E. de Pauw, Andreas Voss, and Jacques F. G. M. Meis

Invasive Aspergillosis Caused by Aspergillus ustus: Case Report and Review
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1606-1609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Valerie L. Laurel, Patricia A. Meier, Alicia Astorga, Donna Dolan, Royce Brockett, and Michael G. Rinaldi

Pseudoepidemic of Aspergillus niger Infections Traced to Specimen Contamination in the Microbiology Laboratory
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1612-1616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mario Lozano-Chiu, Page W. Nelson, Victor L. Paetznick, and John H. Rex

Disk Diffusion Method for Determining Susceptibilities of Candida spp. to MK-0991
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1625-1627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fast-Track Communications:

John Danesh, John Koreth, Linda Youngman, Rory Collins, J. Ranjit Arnold, Yarlini Balarajan, James McGee, and Derek Roskell

Is Helicobacter pylori a Factor in Coronary Atherosclerosis?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1651. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters:

Fons J. A. M. van Asten and Wim Gaastra

Urea Restrains Swarming of Proteus mirabilis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1652. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stefan Vilcek, David J. Paton, Philip Minor, and Maureen Bentley

No Confirmation of Pestivirus RNA in Human Virus Vaccines
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1653. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E. Navarro, J. A. Fernandez, J. Escribano, Javier Solera;, Pilar Morata, María Isabel Queipo-Ortuño, and Juan de Dios Colmenero

PCR Assay for Diagnosis of Human Brucellosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1654-1655. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

V. Y. Yurchenko, E. M. Merzlyak, A. A. Kolesnikov, L. P. Martinkina, Y. Y. Vengerov;, and Harry Noyes

Structure of Leishmania Minicircle Kinetoplast DNA Classes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1656-1657. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adriana Weinberg, Shaobing Li;, Thomas F. Smith, Mark J. Espy, and Carlos V. Paya

Evaluation of PCR Primers for Cytomegalovirus Detection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1658-1659. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Alfred Klausegger, Markus Hell, Alexandra Berger, Kerstin Zinober, Sabine Baier, Neil Jones, Wolfgang Sperl, and Barbara Kofler

Gram Type-Specific Broad-Range PCR Amplification for Rapid Detection of 62 Pathogenic Bacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1660. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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