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Minireviews:

Shimon Harrus, Trevor Waner, Hylton Bark, Frans Jongejan, and Albert W. C. A. Cornelissen

Recent Advances in Determining the Pathogenesis of Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2745-2749. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Roger A. Herr, Libero Ajello, John W. Taylor, Sarath N. Arseculeratne, and Leonel Mendoza

Phylogenetic Analysis of Rhinosporidium seeberi's 18S Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA Groups This Pathogen among Members of the Protoctistan Mesomycetozoa Clade
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2750-2754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Lozano-Chiu, S. Arikan, V. L. Paetznick, E. J. Anaissie, and J. H. Rex

Optimizing Voriconazole Susceptibility Testing of Candida: Effects of Incubation Time, Endpoint Rule, Species of Candida, and Level of Fluconazole Susceptibility
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2755-2759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. Marco, S. R. Lockhart, M. A. Pfaller, C. Pujol, M. S. Rangel-Frausto, T. Wiblin, H. M. Blumberg, J. E. Edwards, W. Jarvis, L. Saiman, J. E. Patterson, M. G. Rinaldi, R. P. Wenzel, The Nemis Study Group, and D. R. Soll

Elucidating the Origins of Nosocomial Infections with Candida albicans by DNA Fingerprinting with the Complex Probe Ca3
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2817-2828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. L. Halliday, T. Bui, M. Krockenberger, R. Malik, D. H. Ellis, and D. A. Carter

Presence of  and a Mating Types in Environmental and Clinical Collections of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii Strains from Australia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2920-2926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Domenico D'Antonio, Ferdinando Romano, Antonio Iacone, Beatrice Violante, Paolo Fazii, Eugenio Pontieri, Tommaso Staniscia, Claudia Caracciolo, Stefano Bianchini, Roberta Sferra, Antonella Vetuschi, Eugenio Gaudio, and Giuseppe Carruba

Onychomycosis Caused by Blastoschizomyces capitatus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2927-2930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Henrik Stender, Kaare Lund, Kenneth H. Petersen, Ole F. Rasmussen, Poonpilas Hongmanee, Håkan Miörner, and Sven E. Godtfredsen

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Assay Using Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes for Differentiation between Tuberculous and Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Species in Smears of Mycobacterium Cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2760-2765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Isabel Portugal, Sara Maia, and José Moniz-Pereira

Discrimination of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis IS6110 Fingerprint Subclusters by rpoB Gene Mutation Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3022-3024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G. Frank Holmes, Susan M. Harrington, Mark J. Romagnoli, and William G. Merz

Recurrent, Disseminated Mycobacterium marinum Infection Caused by the Same Genotypically Defined Strain in an Immunocompromised Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3059-3061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Andrea Serraino, Giulia Marchetti, Valeria Sanguinetti, Maria Cristina Rossi, Renato Giulio Zanoni, Lidia Catozzi, Alessandra Bandera, Walter Dini, Walter Mignone, Fabio Franzetti, and Andrea Gori

Monitoring of Transmission of Tuberculosis between Wild Boars and Cattle: Genotypical Analysis of Strains by Molecular Epidemiology Techniques
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2766-2771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

I. G. Winkler, M. Löchelt, and R. L. P. Flower

Epidemiology of Feline Foamy Virus and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infections in Domestic and Feral Cats: a Seroepidemiological Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2848-2851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marcelo Gottschalk, Sonia Lacouture, and Liliana Odierno

Immunomagnetic Isolation of Streptococcus suis Serotypes 2 and 1/2 from Swine Tonsils
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2877-2881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Reale, L. Maxia, F. Vitale, N. S. Glorioso, S. Caracappa, and G. Vesco

Detection of Leishmania infantum in Dogs by PCR with Lymph Node Aspirates and Blood
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2931-2935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Masami Mochizuki, Michiru Hashimoto, Shigeyuki Hagiwara, Yoshio Yoshida, and Shinryo Ishiguro

Genotypes of Canine Distemper Virus Determined by Analysis of the Hemagglutinin Genes of Recent Isolates from Dogs in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2936-2942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L. Oxburgh and B. Klingeborn

Cocirculation of Two Distinct Lineages of Equine Influenza Virus Subtype H3N8
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3005-3009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joon-seok Chae, Michael Levy, John Hunt, Jr., Jack Schlater, Glen Snider, Suryakant D. Waghela, Patricia J. Holman, and G. Gale Wagner

Theileria sp. Infections Associated with Bovine Fatalities in the United States Confirmed by Small-Subunit rRNA Gene Analyses of Blood and Tick Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3037-3040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

Sharmin Alam, Susan R. Brailsford, Robert A. Whiley, and David Beighton

PCR-Based Methods for Genotyping Viridans Group Streptococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2772-2776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tomasz A. Leski, Marek Gniadkowski, Anna Skoczynska, Elzbieta Stefaniuk, Krzysztof Trzcinski, and Waleria Hryniewicz

Outbreak of Mupirocin-Resistant Staphylococci in a Hospital in Warsaw, Poland, Due to Plasmid Transmission and Clonal Spread of Several Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2781-2788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Arjanne van Griethuysen, Miranda Pouw, Nan van Leeuwen, Max Heck, Piet Willemse, Anton Buiting, and Jan Kluytmans

Rapid Slide Latex Agglutination Test for Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2789-2792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gloria I. Viboud, Mabel J. Jouve, Norma Binsztein, Marta Vergara, Marta Rivas, Marina Quiroga, and Ann-Mari Svennerholm

Prospective Cohort Study of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Infections in Argentinean Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2829-2833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Margaret Ip, Donald J. Lyon, Raymond W. H. Yung, Colin Chan, and Augustine F. B. Cheng

Evidence of Clonal Dissemination of Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hong Kong
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2834-2839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Pignato, G. M. Giammanco, F. Grimont, P. A. D. Grimont, and G. Giammanco

Molecular Characterization of the Genera Proteus, Morganella, and Providencia by Ribotyping
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2840-2847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mike J. Loeffelholz, Curt J. Thompson, Karla S. Long, and Mary J. R. Gilchrist

Comparison of PCR, Culture, and Direct Fluorescent-Antibody Testing for Detection of Bordetella pertussis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2872-2876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christopher M. Parry, Nguyen Thi Tuyet Hoa, To Song Diep, John Wain, Nguyen Tran Chinh, Ha Vinh, Tran Tinh Hien, Nicholas J. White, and Jeremy J. Farrar

Value of a Single-Tube Widal Test in Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Vietnam
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2882-2886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Henk L. Smits, Yulia V. Ananyina, Annette Chereshsky, Louella Dancel, Rudy F. M. Lai-A-Fat, Howard D. Chee, Paul N. Levett, Toshiyuki Masuzawa, Yasutake Yanagihara, M. A. Muthusethupathi, Eduard J. Sanders, David M. Sasaki, Harry Domen, Claude Yersin, Tin Aye, Sandra L. Bragg, George C. Gussenhoven, Marga G. A. Goris, Wiepko J. Terpstra, and Rudy A. Hartskeerl

International Multicenter Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of a Dipstick Assay for Detection of Leptospira-Specific Immunoglobulin M Antibodies in Human Serum Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2904-2909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert Morse, Karen O'Hanlon, Mumtaz Virji, and Matthew D. Collins

Isolation of Rifampin-Resistant Mutants of Listeria monocytogenes and Their Characterization by rpoB Gene Sequencing, Temperature Sensitivity for Growth, and Interaction with an Epithelial Cell Line
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2913-2919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. Kohner, J. Uhl, C. Kolbert, D. Persing, and F. Cockerill, III

Comparison of Susceptibility Testing Methods with mecA Gene Analysis for Determining Oxacillin (Methicillin) Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus spp.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2952-2961. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Y. W. Chu, C. M. Leung, E. T. S. Houang, K. C. Ng, C. B. Leung, H. Y. Leung, and A. F. B. Cheng

Skin Carriage of Acinetobacters in Hong Kong
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2962-2967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Leonard F. Peruski, Jr., Bradford A. Kay, Remon Abu El-Yazeed, Sahar H. El-Etr, Alejandro Cravioto, Thomas F. Wierzba, Malla Rao, Nemat El-Ghorab, Hind Shaheen, Sami B. Khalil, Karim Kamal, Momtaz O. Wasfy, Ann-Mari Svennerholm, John D. Clemens, and Stephen J. Savarino

Phenotypic Diversity of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strains from a Community-Based Study of Pediatric Diarrhea in Periurban Egypt
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2974-2978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. C. Atherton, T. L. Cover, R. J. Twells, M. R. Morales, C. J. Hawkey, and M. J. Blaser

Simple and Accurate PCR-Based System for Typing Vacuolating Cytotoxin Alleles of Helicobacter pylori
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2979-2982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lisa Saiman, Jane L. Burns, Susan Whittier, Jay Krzewinski, Steve A. Marshall, and Ronald N. Jones

Evaluation of Reference Dilution Test Methods for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2987-2991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rosario Morales-Espinosa, Gonzalo Castillo-Rojas, Gerardo Gonzalez-Valencia, Sergio Ponce de León, Alejandro Cravioto, John C. Atherton, and Yolanda López-Vidal

Colonization of Mexican Patients by Multiple Helicobacter pylori Strains with Different vacA and cagA Genotypes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3001-3004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. Postic, N. Marti Ras, R. S. Lane, P.-F. Humair, M. M. Wittenbrink, and G. Baranton

Common Ancestry of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Strains from North America and Europe
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3010-3012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Donna S. Thompson and Susanne A. French

Comparison of Commercial Amies Transport Systems with In-House Amies Medium for Recovery of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3020-3021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guiqing Wang, Alje P. van Dam, and Jacob Dankert

Phenotypic and Genetic Characterization of a Novel Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Isolate from a Patient with Lyme Borreliosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3025-3028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Willem B. van Leeuwen, Cindy van Pelt, Ad Luijendijk, Henri A. Verbrugh, and Wil H. F. Goessens

Rapid Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Isolates by the MRSA-Screen Latex Agglutination Test
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3029-3030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Leonardo A. Sechi, Antonio Pinna, Cinzia Pusceddu, Giovanni Fadda, Francesco Carta, and Stefania Zanetti

Molecular Characterization and Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Ocular Isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3031-3033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E. Roelofsen, M. van Leeuwen, G. J. Meijer-Severs, M. H. F. Wilkinson, and J. E. Degener

Evaluation of the Effects of Storage in Two Different Swab Fabrics and under Three Different Transport Conditions on Recovery of Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3041-3043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daniel P. Fedorko, Howard D. Engler, Elizabeth M. O'Shaughnessy, Esther C. Williams, Cynthia J. Reichelderfer, and William I. Smith, Jr.

Evaluation of Two Rapid Assays for Detection of Clostridium difficile Toxin A in Stool Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3044-3047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Caroline Mohr O'Hara, Arnie G. Steigerwalt, Donna Green, Michael McDowell, Bertha C. Hill, Don J. Brenner, and J. Michael Miller

Isolation of Providencia heimbachae from Human Feces
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3048-3050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Heather Semeniuk and Deirdre Church

Evaluation of the Leukocyte Esterase and Nitrite Urine Dipstick Screening Tests for Detection of Bacteriuria in Women with Suspected Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3051-3052. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Victoria Pope and Arnold Castro

Replacement for 30-Milliliter Flat-Bottomed, Glass-Stoppered, Round Bottles Used in VDRL Antigen Preparation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3053-3054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yu-Li Song, Naoki Kato, Yoshiko Matsumiya, Cheng-Xu Liu, Haru Kato, and Kunitomo Watanabe

Identification of and Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Fecal and Vaginal Lactobacilli Isolated from Japanese Women and Newborn Infants
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3062-3064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robin A. Howe, Mandy Wootton, Peter M. Bennett, Alasdair P. MacGowan, and Timothy R. Walsh

Interactions between Methicillin and Vancomycin in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Displaying Different Phenotypes of Vancomycin Susceptibility
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3068-3071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

M. Chernesky, D. Jang, J. Krepel, J. Sellors, and J. Mahony

Impact of Reference Standard Sensitivity on Accuracy of Rapid Antigen Detection Assays and a Leukocyte Esterase Dipstick for Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in First-Void Urine Specimens from Men
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2777-2780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kirby C. Stafford, III, Robert F. Massung, Louis A. Magnarelli, Jacob W. Ijdo, and John F. Anderson

Infection with Agents of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis, Lyme Disease, and Babesiosis in Wild White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in Connecticut
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2887-2892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jennifer J. Walls, Maria Aguero-Rosenfeld, Johan S. Bakken, Jesse L. Goodman, Deloar Hossain, Russell C. Johnson, and J. Stephen Dumler

Inter- and Intralaboratory Comparison of Ehrlichia equi and Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE) Agent Strains for Serodiagnosis of HGE by the Immunofluorescent-Antibody Test
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2968-2973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James E. Childs, John W. Sumner, William L. Nicholson, Robert F. Massung, Steven M. Standaert, and Christopher D. Paddock

Outcome of Diagnostic Tests Using Samples from Patients with Culture-Proven Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis: Implications for Surveillance
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2997-3000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K. B. Waites, K. R. Smith, M. A. Crum, R. D. Hockett, A. H. Wells, and E. W. Hook, III

Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis Endocervical Infections by Ligase Chain Reaction versus ACCESS Chlamydia Antigen Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3072-3073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Ulrika Noborg, Annkatrin Gusdal, Eva K. Pisa, Anders Hedrum, and Magnus Lindh

Automated Quantitative Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus DNA by Using the Cobas Amplicor HBV Monitor Test
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2793-2797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Celia Aitken, Winsome Barrett-Muir, Colin Millar, Kate Templeton, Janice Thomas, Fran Sheridan, Donald Jeffries, Magdi Yaqoob, and Judith Breuer

Use of Molecular Assays in Diagnosis and Monitoring of Cytomegalovirus Disease following Renal Transplantation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2804-2807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Blomqvist, A. Skyttä, M. Roivainen, and T. Hovi

Rapid Detection of Human Rhinoviruses in Nasopharyngeal Aspirates by a Microwell Reverse Transcription-PCR-Hybridization Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2813-2816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Servi J. C. Stevens, Marcel B. H. J. Vervoort, Adriaan J. C. van den Brule, Pieter L. Meenhorst, Chris J. L. M. Meijer, and Jaap M. Middeldorp

Monitoring of Epstein-Barr Virus DNA Load in Peripheral Blood by Quantitative Competitive PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2852-2857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yury E. Khudyakov, Elena N. Lopareva, Danny L. Jue, Tamara K. Crews, S. P. Thyagarajan, and Howard A. Fields

Antigenic Domains of the Open Reading Frame 2-Encoded Protein of Hepatitis E Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2863-2871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Aki Abe, Kazuaki Inoue, Takeshi Tanaka, Junko Kato, Naoki Kajiyama, Ryuji Kawaguchi, Satoshi Tanaka, Makoto Yoshiba, and Michinori Kohara

Quantitation of Hepatitis B Virus Genomic DNA by Real-Time Detection PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2899-2903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philippe Bossi, Mireille Mouroux, Anne Yvon, François Bricaire, Henri Agut, Jean-Marie Huraux, Christine Katlama, and Vincent Calvez

Polymorphism of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Protease Gene and Response of HIV-1-Infected Patients to a Protease Inhibitor
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2910-2912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Javier Martinez-Picado, Lorraine Sutton, Maria Pia De Pasquale, Anu V. Savara, and Richard T. D'Aquila

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Cloning Vectors for Antiretroviral Resistance Testing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2943-2951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James P. Brinker, Neil R. Blacklow, Xi Jiang, Mary K. Estes, Christine L. Moe, and John E. Herrmann

Immunoglobulin M Antibody Test To Detect Genogroup II Norwalk-Like Virus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2983-2986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vincent Thibault, Yves Benhamou, Christophe Seguret, Marie Bochet, Christine Katlama, François Bricaire, Pierre Opolon, Thierry Poynard, and Henri Agut

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Mutations Associated with Resistance to Lamivudine in Patients Coinfected with HBV and Human Immunodeficiency Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3013-3016. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

O. Melter, I. Santos Sanches, J. Schindler, M. Aires de Sousa, R. Mato, V. Kovárova, H. Zemlicková, and H. de Lencastre

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Types in the Czech Republic
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2798-2803. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paavo Toivanen, Dennis S. Hansen, Francisca Mestre, Leena Lehtonen, Jussi Vaahtovuo, Mari Vehma, Timo Möttönen, Riitta Saario, Reijo Luukkainen, and Martti Nissilä

Somatic Serogroups, Capsular Types, and Species of Fecal Klebsiella in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2808-2812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. G. O'Brien, J. W. Pearman, M. Gracey, T. V. Riley, and W. B. Grubb

Community Strain of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Involved in a Hospital Outbreak
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2858-2862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. Bon, P. Fascia, M. Dauvergne, D. Tenenbaum, H. Planson, A. M. Petion, P. Pothier, and E. Kohli

Prevalence of Group A Rotavirus, Human Calicivirus, Astrovirus, and Adenovirus Type 40 and 41 Infections among Children with Acute Gastroenteritis in Dijon, France
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3055-3058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Erika M. C. D'Agata, Lata Venkataraman, Paola DeGirolami, and Matthew Samore

Molecular Epidemiology of Ceftazidime-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli on Inanimate Surfaces and Their Role in Cross-Transmission during Nonoutbreak Periods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3065-3067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

Florence Robert-Gangneux, Marie-Françoise Gavinet, Thierry Ancelle, Josette Raymond, Claudine Tourte-Schaefer, and Jean Dupouy-Camet

Value of Prenatal Diagnosis and Early Postnatal Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Retrospective Study of 110 Cases
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2893-2898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rose F. G. Leke, Rosine R. Djokam, Robinson Mbu, Robert J. Leke, Josephine Fogako, Rosette Megnekou, Simon Metenou, Grace Sama, Yuan Zhou, Timothy Cadigan, Marcela Parra, and Diane Wallace Taylor

Detection of the Plasmodium falciparum Antigen Histidine-Rich Protein 2 in Blood of Pregnant Women: Implications for Diagnosing Placental Malaria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2992-2996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dylan R. Pillai and Kevin C. Kain

Immunochromatographic Strip-Based Detection of Entamoeba histolytica-E. dispar and Giardia lamblia Coproantigen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3017-3019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G. Zengzhu, R. Bracha, Y. Nuchamowitz, W. Cheng-I, and D. Mirelman

Analysis by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and PCR of Human Liver Abscess Aspirates from Patients in China for Entamoeba histolytica
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3034-3036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Carmen Betriu, Francisco Coronel, Pilar Martin, and Juan J. Picazo

Peritonitis Caused by Haemophilus parainfluenzae in a Patient Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3074-3075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bernard La Scola and Didier Raoult

Third Human Isolate of a Desulfovibrio sp. Identical to the Provisionally Named Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3076-3077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters:

Stefan Niemann, Elvira Richter, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes;, Dick van Soolingen, Annette S. de Boer, Alicia Alito, and Nora Morcillo

Stability of IS6110 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Patterns of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3078-3079. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Wendy Cleare, Mary E. Brandt, and Arturo Casadevall

Monoclonal Antibody 13F1 Produces Annular Immunofluorescence Patterns on Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype AD Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3080. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mario Vaneechoutte

A Plea for Caution with Regard to Applicability of PCR for Direct Detection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3081. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Aguilera, A. Cid, B. J. Regueiro, J. M. Prieto, and M. Noya

Intestinal Myiasis Caused by Eristalis tenax
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 3082. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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