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Minireviews:

B. Cherie Millar, Jiru Xu, and John E. Moore

Risk Assessment Models and Contamination Management: Implications for Broad-Range Ribosomal DNA PCR as a Diagnostic Tool in Medical Bacteriology
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1575-1580. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Angela M. Caliendo, Kirsten St. George, Jessica Allega, Arlene C. Bullotta, Lisa Gilbane, and Charles R. Rinaldo

Distinguishing Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection and Disease with CMV Nucleic Acid Assays
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1581-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Masayuki Saijo, Tang Qing, Masahiro Niikura, Akihiko Maeda, Tetsuro Ikegami, Christophe Prehaud, Ichiro Kurane, and Shigeru Morikawa

Recombinant Nucleoprotein-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1587-1591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, Mai El-Daly, Sherif El-Kafrawy, Nabiel Mikhail, G. Thomas Strickland, and Alan D. Fix

Comparison of Second- and Third-Generation Enzyme Immunoassays for Detecting Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1656-1659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K. H. Chan, N. Maldeis, W. Pope, A. Yup, A. Ozinskas, J. Gill, W. H. Seto, K. F. Shortridge, and J. S. M. Peiris

Evaluation of the Directigen FluA+B Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Influenza Virus Type A and B Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1675-1680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Norma Coluchi, Veridiana Munford, Julio Manzur, Cynthia Vazquez, Mabel Escobar, Ernesto Weber, Perla Mármol, and Maria Lucia Rácz

Detection, Subgroup Specificity, and Genotype Diversity of Rotavirus Strains in Children with Acute Diarrhea in Paraguay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1709-1714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Julian Druce, Mike Catton, Doris Chibo, Kirsty Minerds, David Tyssen, Renata Kostecki, Bill Maskill, Wendy Leong-Shaw, Marie Gerrard, and Chris Birch

Utility of a Multiplex PCR Assay for Detecting Herpesvirus DNA in Clinical Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1728-1732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Masae Itoh, Yoshinobu Okuno, and Hak Hotta

Comparative Analysis of Titers of Antibody against Measles Virus in Sera of Vaccinated and Naturally Infected Japanese Individuals of Different Age Groups
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1733-1738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yevgeniy Y. Studentsov, Mark Schiffman, Howard D. Strickler, Gloria Y. F. Ho, Yuk-Ying Susana Pang, John Schiller, Rolando Herrero, and Robert D. Burk

Enhanced Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Antibodies to Virus-Like Particles of Human Papillomavirus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1755-1760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daniel P. Kolk, Janel Dockter, Jeff Linnen, Marcy Ho-Sing-Loy, Kristin Gillotte-Taylor, Sherrol H. McDonough, Larry Mimms, and Cristina Giachetti

Significant Closure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Hepatitis C Virus Preseroconversion Detection Windows with a Transcription-Mediated-Amplification-Driven Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1761-1766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Gouarin, E. Gault, A. Vabret, D. Cointe, F. Rozenberg, L. Grangeot-Keros, P. Barjot, A. Garbarg-Chenon, P. Lebon, and F. Freymuth

Real-Time PCR Quantification of Human Cytomegalovirus DNA in Amniotic Fluid Samples from Mothers with Primary Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1767-1772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. Brent Johnson

Recovery of an Unusual Fusogenic Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Strain from a Clinical Specimen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1814-1817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Julie A. Ribes, John Pat Seabolt, and Sue B. Overman

Performance Characteristics of VIDAS and Directigen Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Antigen Detection Assays and Culture for the Identification of RSV in Respiratory Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1818-1820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pei-Yun Shu, Li-Kuang Chen, Shu-Fen Chang, Yi-Yun Yueh, Ling Chow, Li-Jung Chien, Chuan Chin, Hui-Hua Yang, Ting-Hsiang Lin, and Jyh-Hsiung Huang

Potential Application of Nonstructural Protein NS1 Serotype-Specific Immunoglobulin G Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay in the Seroepidemiologic Study of Dengue Virus Infection: Correlation of Results with Those of the Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1840-1844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matthias Schröter, Bernhard Zöllner, Peter Schäfer, Andreas Reimer, Matthias Müller, Rainer Laufs, and Heinz-Hubert Feucht

Epidemiological Dynamics of Hepatitis C Virus among 747 German Individuals: New Subtypes on the Advance
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1866-1868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Zhao-Yin Fang, Hui Yang, Jin Qi, Jing Zhang, Li-Wei Sun, Jing-Yu Tang, Li Ma, Zeng-Qing Du, Ai-hua He, Jian-Ping Xie, Yi-Yu Lu, Zhen-Zhou Ji, Bao-Quan Zhu, Hai-Yan Wu, Si-En Lin, Hua-Ping Xie, Dixie D. Griffin, Bernard Ivanoff, Roger I. Glass, and Jon R. Gentsch

Diversity of Rotavirus Strains among Children with Acute Diarrhea in China: 1998-2000 Surveillance Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1875-1878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Lauren Steinlein Cowan, Laura Mosher, Lois Diem, Jeffrey P. Massey, and Jack T. Crawford

Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates with Low Copy Numbers of IS6110 by Using Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1592-1602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert C. Cooksey, Glenn P. Morlock, Brian P. Holloway, Josef Limor, and Michael Hepburn

Temperature-Mediated Heteroduplex Analysis Performed by Using Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography To Identify Sequence Polymorphisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Organisms
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1610-1616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Igor Mokrousov, Olga Narvskaya, Elena Limeschenko, Tatiana Otten, and Boris Vyshnevskiy

Detection of Ethambutol-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains by Multiplex Allele-Specific PCR Assay Targeting embB306 Mutations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1617-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Judith Bruchfeld, Getachew Aderaye, Ingela Berggren Palme, Bjarne Bjorvatn, Solomon Ghebremichael, Sven Hoffner, and Lars Lindquist

Molecular Epidemiology and Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Ethiopian Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients with and without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1636-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert C. Cooksey, Said H. Abbadi, Charles L. Woodley, David Sikes, Momtaz Wasfy, Jack T. Crawford, and Frank Mahoney

Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates from the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Meningitis Patients at Six Fever Hospitals in Egypt
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1651-1655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gaby E. Pfyffer, Frantiska Palicova, and Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes

Testing of Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Pyrazinamide with the Nonradiometric BACTEC MGIT 960 System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1670-1674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. M. Warren, G. D. van der Spuy, M. Richardson, N. Beyers, M. W. Borgdorff, M. A. Behr, and P. D. van Helden

Calculation of the Stability of the IS6110 Banding Pattern in Patients with Persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1705-1708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cathal E. O'Sullivan, David R. Miller, Peggy S. Schneider, and Glenn D. Roberts

Evaluation of Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test by Using Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Specimens in a Tertiary Care Center Laboratory
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1723-1727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karen Stevenson, Valerie M. Hughes, Lucía de Juan, Neil F. Inglis, Frank Wright, and J. Michael Sharp

Molecular Characterization of Pigmented and Nonpigmented Isolates of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1798-1804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andreas P. Keller, Marjorie L. Beggs, Beate Amthor, Fabian Bruns, Peter Meissner, and Walter H. Haas

Evidence of the Presence of IS1245 and IS1311 or Closely Related Insertion Elements in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria outside of the Mycobacterium avium Complex
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1869-1872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Luz Caviedes, Jose Delgado, and Robert H. Gilman

Tetrazolium Microplate Assay as a Rapid and Inexpensive Colorimetric Method for Determination of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1873-1874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Corinna Hermann, Kathrin Graf, Annemarie Groh, Eberhard Straube, and Thomas Hartung

Comparison of Eleven Commercial Tests for Chlamydia pneumoniae-Specific Immunoglobulin G in Asymptomatic Healthy Individuals
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1603-1609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne Bianchi, François Moret, Jean-Marc Desrues, Thierry Champenois, Yves Dervaux, Orlane Desvouas, André Oursin, Dominique Quinzat, Roger Dachez, Christian Bathelier, and Christophe Ronsin

PreservCyt Transport Medium Used for the ThinPrep Pap Test Is a Suitable Medium for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by the COBAS Amplicor CT/NG Test: Results of a Preliminary Study and Future Implications
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1749-1754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

G. C. Booton, D. J. Kelly, Y.-W. Chu, D. V. Seal, E. Houang, D. S. C. Lam, T. J. Byers, and P. A. Fuerst

18S Ribosomal DNA Typing and Tracking of Acanthamoeba Species Isolates from Corneal Scrape Specimens, Contact Lenses, Lens Cases, and Home Water Supplies of Acanthamoeba Keratitis Patients in Hong Kong
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1621-1625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. Botterel, P. Ichai, C. Feray, P. Bouree, F. Saliba, R. Tur Raspa, D. Samuel, and S. Romand

Disseminated Toxoplasmosis, Resulting from Infection of Allograft, after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Usefulness of Quantitative PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1648-1650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Luc Nicolas, Eric Prina, Thierry Lang, and Geneviève Milon

Real-Time PCR for Detection and Quantitation of Leishmania in Mouse Tissues
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1666-1669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

O. Alfa Cisse, A. Ouattara, M. Thellier, I. Accoceberry, S. Biligui, D. Minta, O. Doumbo, I. Desportes-Livage, M. A. Thera, M. Danis, and A. Datry

Evaluation of an Immunofluorescent-Antibody Test Using Monoclonal Antibodies Directed against Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis for Diagnosis of Intestinal Microsporidiosis in Bamako (Mali)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1715-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marcelo U. Ferreira, Shalini Nair, Thien Van Hyunh, Fumihiko Kawamoto, and Timothy J. C. Anderson

Microsatellite Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum from Cerebral and Uncomplicated Malaria Patients in Southern Vietnam
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1854-1857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

Mamuka Kotetishvili, O. Colin Stine, Arnold Kreger, J. Glenn Morris, Jr., and Alexander Sulakvelidze

Multilocus Sequence Typing for Characterization of Clinical and Environmental Salmonella Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1626-1635. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David P. Calfee and Barry M. Farr

Comparison of Four Antiseptic Preparations for Skin in the Prevention of Contamination of Percutaneously Drawn Blood Cultures: a Randomized Trial
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1660-1665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marco Ligozzi, Cinzia Bernini, Maria Grazia Bonora, Maria de Fatima, Jessica Zuliani, and Roberta Fontana

Evaluation of the VITEK 2 System for Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Medically Relevant Gram-Positive Cocci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1681-1686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. Elizabeth Martin, Mangala A. Nadkarni, Nicholas A. Jacques, and Neil Hunter

Quantitative Microbiological Study of Human Carious Dentine by Culture and Real-Time PCR: Association of Anaerobes with Histopathological Changes in Chronic Pulpitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1698-1704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Katrin Kösters, Udo Reischl, Johanna Schmetz, Marion Riffelmann, and Carl Heinz Wirsing von König

Real-Time LightCycler PCR for Detection and Discrimination of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1719-1722. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sylvain Brisse, Stefania Stefani, Jan Verhoef, Alex Van Belkum, Peter Vandamme, and Wil Goessens

Comparative Evaluation of the BD Phoenix and VITEK 2 Automated Instruments for Identification of Isolates of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1743-1748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kerstin Ludwig, Volkan Sarkim, Martin Bitzan, Mohamed A. Karmali, Christoph Bobrowski, Hans Ruder, Rainer Laufs, Ingo Sobottka, Martin Petric, Helge Karch, and Dirk E. Müller-Wiefel

Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infection and Antibodies against Stx2 and Stx1 in Household Contacts of Children with Enteropathic Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1773-1782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. Jonas, M. Speck, F. D. Daschner, and H. Grundmann

Rapid PCR-Based Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Screening Swabs
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1821-1823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N. Kaabia, D. Scauarda, G. Lena, and M. Drancourt

Molecular Identification of Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a Patient with Meningitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1824-1825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. P. Casalta, G. Habib, B. La Scola, M. Drancourt, T. Caus, and D. Raoult

Molecular Diagnosis of Granulicatella elegans on the Cardiac Valve of a Patient with Culture-Negative Endocarditis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1845-1847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Ralf Bialek, Antje Feucht, Christian Aepinus, Gudrun Just-Nübling, Valerie J. Robertson, Jürgen Knobloch, and Rolf Hohle

Evaluation of Two Nested PCR Assays for Detection of Histoplasma capsulatum DNA in Human Tissue
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1644-1647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, S. A. Messer, L. Boyken, H. Huynh, and R. J. Hollis

Clinical Evaluation of a Frozen Commercially Prepared Microdilution Panel for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Seven Antifungal Agents, Including the New Triazoles Posaconazole, Ravuconazole, and Voriconazole
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1694-1697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nongnuch Vanittanakom, Pramote Vanittanakom, and Roderick J. Hay

Rapid Identification of Penicillium marneffei by PCR-Based Detection of Specific Sequences on the rRNA Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1739-1742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jose L. Blanco, Raquel Hontecillas, Emilio Bouza, Isabel Blanco, Teresa Pelaez, Patricia Muñoz, Jose Perez Molina, and Marta E. Garcia

Correlation between the Elastase Activity Index and Invasiveness of Clinical Isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1811-1813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takashi Sugita, Masamitsu Nakajima, Reiko Ikeda, Toshiharu Matsushima, and Takako Shinoda

Sequence Analysis of the Ribosomal DNA Intergenic Spacer 1 Regions of Trichosporon Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1826-1830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sofia Perea, Gloria Gonzalez, Annette W. Fothergill, Deanna A. Sutton, and Michael G. Rinaldi

In Vitro Activities of Terbinafine in Combination with Fluconazole, Itraconazole, Voriconazole, and Posaconazole against Clinical Isolates of Candida glabrata with Decreased Susceptibility to Azoles
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1831-1833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T. G. Bauters and H. J. Nelis

Comparison of Chromogenic and Fluorogenic Membrane Filtration Methods for Detection of Four Candida Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1838-1839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Isabelle Durand-Joly, El Moukhtar Aliouat, Céline Recourt, Karine Guyot, Nadine François, Michèle Wauquier, Daniel Camus, and Eduardo Dei-Cas

Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis Is Not Infectious for SCID mice
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1862-1865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

Hyun-Jin Shin, Kjerstin T. Cameron, Janet A. Jacobs, Elizabeth A. Turpin, David A. Halvorson, Sagar M. Goyal, Kakambi V. Nagaraja, Mahesh C. Kumar, Dale C. Lauer, Bruce S. Seal, and M. Kariuki Njenga

Molecular Epidemiology of Subgroup C Avian Pneumoviruses Isolated in the United States and Comparison with Subgroup A and B Viruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1687-1693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Feng Shi, Yuen Yuen Chen, Trudy M. Wassenaar, Walter H. Woods, Peter J. Coloe, and Benjamin N. Fry

Development and Application of a New Scheme for Typing Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli by PCR-Based Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1791-1797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James C. Smoot, E. Kent Korgenski, Judy A. Daly, L. George Veasy, and James M. Musser

Molecular Analysis of Group A Streptococcus Type emm18 Isolates Temporally Associated with Acute Rheumatic Fever Outbreaks in Salt Lake City, Utah
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1805-1810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Moe H. Kyaw, Stuart C. Clarke, Peter Christie, Ian G. Jones, and Harry Campbell

Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Scotland, 1994 to 1999, with Emphasis on Group B Meningococcal Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1834-1837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jun Shimada, Noboru Yamanaka, Muneki Hotomi, Masaki Suzumoto, Akihiro Sakai, Kimiko Ubukata, Toshihiro Mitsuda, Shumpei Yokota, and Howard Faden

Household Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae among Siblings with Acute Otitis Media
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1851-1853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Connie S. Price, Holly Huynh, Suzanne Paule, Richard J. Hollis, Gary A. Noskin, Michael A. Pfaller, and Lance R. Peterson

Comparison of an Automated Ribotyping System to Restriction Endonuclease Analysis and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for Differentiating Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1858-1861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Charles G. Thornton, Kerry M. MacLellan, Judith R. Stabel, Christine Carothers, Robert H. Whitlock, and Selvin Passen

Application of the C₁₈-Carboxypropylbetaine Specimen Processing Method to Recovery of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from Ruminant Tissue Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1783-1790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maria Calsamiglia, Joaquim Segalés, Josefina Quintana, Carles Rosell, and Mariano Domingo

Detection of Porcine Circovirus Types 1 and 2 in Serum and Tissue Samples of Pigs with and without Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1848-1850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Spencer W. Redding, William R. Kirkpatrick, Brent J. Coco, Lee Sadkowski, Annette W. Fothergill, Michael G. Rinaldi, Tony Y. Eng, and Thomas F. Patterson

Candida glabrata Oropharyngeal Candidiasis in Patients Receiving Radiation Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1879-1881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

H.-C. Slotved, S. Sauer, and H. B. Konradsen

False-Negative Results in Typing of Group B Streptococci by the Standard Lancefield Antigen Extraction Method
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1882-1883. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Miles Denton and Kevin G. Kerr

Molecular Epidemiology of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1884. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

César García-Rey, Lorenzo Aguilar, Fernando Baquero, Julio Casal, and Rafael Dal-Ré

Importance of Local Variations in Antibiotic Consumption and Geographical Differences of Erythromycin and Penicillin Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1885. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jeffrey J. Germer, Paul J. Heimgartner, Duane M. Ilstrup, W. Scott Harmsen, Greg D. Jenkins, and Robin Patel

Comparative Evaluation of the VERSANT HCV RNA 3.0, QUANTIPLEX HCV RNA 2.0, and COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR Version 2.0 Assays for Quantification of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Serum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1885. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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