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Minireviews:

K. Loens, D. Ursi, H. Goossens, and M. Ieven

Molecular Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Respiratory Tract Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4915-4923. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Daniel H. Rice, Haiqing Q. Sheng, Stacey A. Wynia, and Carolyn J. Hovde

Rectoanal Mucosal Swab Culture Is More Sensitive Than Fecal Culture and Distinguishes Escherichia coli O157:H7-Colonized Cattle and Those Transiently Shedding the Same Organism
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4924-4929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yumiko Imada, Yasuyuki Mori, Masaji Daizoh, Kazuma Kudoh, and Tetsuya Sakano

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Employing a Recombinant Antigen for Detection of Protective Antibody against Swine Erysipelas
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5015-5021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nahuel Fittipaldi, André Broes, Josée Harel, Marylène Kobisch, and Marcelo Gottschalk

Evaluation and Field Validation of PCR Tests for Detection of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in Subclinically Infected Pigs
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5085-5093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

Mohamed A. Karmali, Mariola Mascarenhas, Songhai Shen, Kim Ziebell, Shelley Johnson, Richard Reid-Smith, Judith Isaac-Renton, Clifford Clark, Kris Rahn, and James B. Kaper

Association of Genomic O Island 122 of Escherichia coli EDL 933 with Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli Seropathotypes That Are Linked to Epidemic and/or Serious Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4930-4940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Angela B. Brueggemann and Brian G. Spratt

Geographic Distribution and Clonal Diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 1 Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4966-4970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Charles N. Bernstein, Gopi Nayar, Andre Hamel, and James F. Blanchard

Study of Animal-Borne Infections in the Mucosas of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Population-Based Controls
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4986-4990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

O. Melter, M. Aires de Sousa, P. Urbásková, V. Jakubu, H. Zemlicková, and H. de Lencastre

Update on the Major Clonal Types of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Czech Republic
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4998-5005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sook-Yin Lui, Khay-Guan Yeoh, and Bow Ho

Metronidazole-Resistant Helicobacter pylori Is More Prevalent in Patients with Nonulcer Dyspepsia than in Peptic Ulcer Patients in a Multiethnic Asian Population
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5011-5014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kaisar A. Talukder, M. Aminul Islam, Bijay K. Khajanchi, Dilip K. Dutta, Zhahirul Islam, Ashrafus Safa, Khorshed Alam, A. Hossain, G. B. Nair, and David A. Sack

Temporal Shifts in the Dominance of Serotypes of Shigella dysenteriae from 1999 to 2002 in Dhaka, Bangladesh
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5053-5058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Iredell, D. Blanckenberg, M. Arvand, S. Grauling, E. J. Feil, and R. J. Birtles

Characterization of the Natural Population of Bartonella henselae by Multilocus Sequence Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5071-5079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Linda K. McDougal, Christine D. Steward, George E. Killgore, Jasmine M. Chaitram, Sigrid K. McAllister, and Fred C. Tenover

Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Typing of Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from the United States: Establishing a National Database
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5113-5120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Frédéric Bert, Juliette Clarissou, François Durand, Didier Delefosse, Chantal Chauvet, Patricia Lefebvre, Nicole Lambert, and Catherine Branger

Prevalence, Molecular Epidemiology, and Clinical Significance of Heterogeneous Glycopeptide-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in Liver Transplant Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5147-5152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrick C. Y. Woo, Amanda P. C. To, Herman Tse, Susanna K. P. Lau, and Kwok-yung Yuen

Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Erythromycin-Resistant Beta-Hemolytic Lancefield Group G Streptococci Causing Bacteremia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5188-5191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kiersten J. Meacham, Lixin Zhang, Betsy Foxman, Richard J. Bauer, and Carl F. Marrs

Evaluation of Genotyping Large Numbers of Escherichia coli Isolates by Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus-PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5224-5226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

Bart J. M. Vlaminckx, Ellen M. Mascini, Joop Schellekens, Leo M. Schouls, Armand Paauw, Ad C. Fluit, Rodger Novak, Jan Verhoef, and Franz Josef Schmitz

Site-Specific Manifestations of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease: Type Distribution and Corresponding Patterns of Virulence Determinants
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4941-4949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Khalil Boutaga, Arie Jan van Winkelhoff, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, and Paul H. M. Savelkoul

Comparison of Real-Time PCR and Culture for Detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis in Subgingival Plaque Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4950-4954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mario T. Philipp, Adriana R. Marques, Paul T. Fawcett, Leonard G. Dally, and Dale S. Martin

C₆ Test as an Indicator of Therapy Outcome for Patients with Localized or Disseminated Lyme Borreliosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4955-4960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N. A. Sabbuba, E. Mahenthiralingam, and D. J. Stickler

Molecular Epidemiology of Proteus mirabilis Infections of the Catheterized Urinary Tract
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4961-4965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Ip, D. J. Lyon, F. Chio, M. C. Enright, and A. F. Cheng

Characterization of Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Hong Kong by Phage Typing, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Fluorescent Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4980-4985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lucie Onteniente, Sylvain Brisse, Panayotis T. Tassios, and Gilles Vergnaud

Evaluation of the Polymorphisms Associated with Tandem Repeats for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4991-4997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vidiya Ramachandran, Kim Brett, Michael A. Hornitzky, Mark Dowton, Karl A. Bettelheim, Mark J. Walker, and Steven P. Djordjevic

Distribution of Intimin Subtypes among Escherichia coli Isolates from Ruminant and Human Sources
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5022-5032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Friederike D. von Loewenich, Birgit U. Baumgarten, Klaus Schröppel, Walter Geißdörfer, Martin Röllinghoff, and Christian Bogdan

High Diversity of ankA Sequences of Anaplasma phagocytophilum among Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Germany
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5033-5040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vanessa Lagal, Danièle Postic, Eva Ruzic-Sabljic, and Guy Baranton

Genetic Diversity among Borrelia Strains Determined by Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis of the ospC Gene and Its Association with Invasiveness
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5059-5065. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tatiana Bogdanovich, Elisabeth Carniel, Hiroshi Fukushima, and Mikael Skurnik

Use of O-Antigen Gene Cluster-Specific PCRs for the Identification and O-Genotyping of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia pestis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5103-5112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elizabeth M. Marlowe, James J. Hogan, Janet F. Hindler, Irene Andruszkiewicz, Pat Gordon, and David A. Bruckner

Application of an rRNA Probe Matrix for Rapid Identification of Bacteria and Fungi from Routine Blood Cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5127-5133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hiroshi Fukushima, Yoshie Tsunomori, and Ryotaro Seki

Duplex Real-Time SYBR Green PCR Assays for Detection of 17 Species of Food- or Waterborne Pathogens in Stools
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5134-5146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anders Miki Bojesen, Henrik Christensen, Ole Lerberg Nielsen, John Elmerdahl Olsen, and Magne Bisgaard

Detection of Gallibacterium spp. in Chickens by Fluorescent 16S rRNA In Situ Hybridization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5167-5172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bodil Lund and Charlotta Edlund

Bloodstream Isolates of Enterococcus faecium Enriched with the Enterococcal Surface Protein Gene, esp, Show Increased Adhesion to Eukaryotic Cells
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5183-5185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Barbara C. Kahl, Karsten Becker, Alexander W. Friedrich, Julia Clasen, Bhanu Sinha, Christof von Eiff, and Georg Peters

agr-Dependent Bacterial Interference Has No Impact on Long-Term Colonization of Staphylococcus aureus during Persistent Airway Infection of Cystic Fibrosis Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5199-5201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Barbara Geric, Stuart Johnson, Dale N. Gerding, Miklavz Grabnar, and Maja Rupnik

Frequency of Binary Toxin Genes among Clostridium difficile Strains That Do Not Produce Large Clostridial Toxins
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5227-5232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hildegard Adler, Nathalie Baumlin, and Reno Frei

Evaluation of Acridine Orange Staining as a Replacement of Subcultures for BacT/ALERT-Positive, Gram Stain-Negative Blood Cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5238-5239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Srdjan Stepanovic, Petr Jezek, Dragana Vukovic, Ivana Dakic, and Petr Petrás

Isolation of Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group from Urine and Their Relationship to Urinary Tract Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5262-5264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mritunjay Pandey, Asis Khan, Suresh C. Das, Bhaswati Sarkar, Soumen Kahali, Subhra Chakraborty, Santanu Chattopadhyay, Shinji Yamasaki, Yoshifumi Takeda, G. Balakrish Nair, and T. Ramamurthy

Association of Cytolethal Distending Toxin Locus cdtB with Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Patients with Acute Diarrhea in Calcutta, India
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5277-5281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Shuang Wang, Christine Lammens, Sabine Chapelle, and Herman Goossens

Bacitracin-Resistant Clone of Streptococcus pyogenes Isolated from Pharyngitis Patients in Belgium
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5282-5284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Riza Durmaz, Bengul Durmaz, Mehmet Bayraktar, Ibrahim Halil Ozerol, Mahmut Tayyar Kalcioglu, Elif Aktas, and Zeynep Cizmeci

Prevalence of Group A Streptococcal Carriers in Asymptomatic Children and Clonal Relatedness among Isolates in Malatya, Turkey
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5285-5287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jadsada Thinkhamrop, Sompop Limpongsanurak, Mario R. Festin, Sean Daly, Anne Schuchat, Pisake Lumbiganon, Elizabeth Zell, Tsungai Chipato, Aye Aye Win, Mindy J. Perilla, Jorge E. Tolosa, and Cynthia G. Whitney

Infections in International Pregnancy Study: Performance of the Optical Immunoassay Test for Detection of Group B Streptococcus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5288-5290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Wataru Sugiura, Kazunori Shimada, Masakazu Matsuda, Tomoko Chiba, Lay Myint, Aiko Okano, and Kaneo Yamada

Novel Enzyme-Linked Minisequence Assay for Genotypic Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 4971-4979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marie L. Landry, Robin Garner, and David Ferguson

Comparison of the NucliSens Basic Kit (Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification) and the Argene Biosoft Enterovirus Consensus Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays for Rapid Detection of Enterovirus RNA in Clinical Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5006-5010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mieke C. Sprangers, Wandena Lakhai, Wouter Koudstaal, Marielle Verhoeven, Björn F. Koel, Ronald Vogels, Jaap Goudsmit, Menzo J. E. Havenga, and Stefan Kostense

Quantifying Adenovirus-Neutralizing Antibodies by Luciferase Transgene Detection: Addressing Preexisting Immunity to Vaccine and Gene Therapy Vectors
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5046-5052. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lovisa Lovmar, Caroline Fock, Felix Espinoza, Filemon Bucardo, Ann-Christine Syvänen, and Kåre Bondeson

Microarrays for Genotyping Human Group A Rotavirus by Multiplex Capture and Type-Specific Primer Extension
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5153-5158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Francisco Diaz-Mitoma, Chantal Leger, Helen Miller, Antonio Giulivi, Rita Frost, Laura Shaw, and Lothar Huebsch

Comparison of DNA Amplification, mRNA Amplification, and DNA Hybridization Techniques for Detection of Cytomegalovirus in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5159-5166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jordi Reina, Francisca Ballesteros, Enrique Ruiz de Gopegui, Maria Munar, and Margarita Mari

Comparison between Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay and Shell Vial Culture for Detection of Mumps Virus from Clinical Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5186-5187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christian Mittelholzer, Lena Englund, Kjell-Olof Hedlund, Hans-Henrik Dietz, and Lennart Svensson

Detection and Sequence Analysis of Danish and Swedish Strains of Mink Astrovirus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5192-5194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christophe N. Peyrefitte, Patricia Couissinier-Paris, Véronique Mercier-Perennec, Maël Bessaud, Jenny Martial, Nadia Kenane, Jean-Paul A. Durand, and Hugues J. Tolou

Genetic Characterization of Newly Reintroduced Dengue Virus Type 3 in Martinique (French West Indies)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5195-5198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Delorme, I. Houde, and L. Deschênes

Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Human Herpesvirus 8 in a Population of Renal Transplant Recipients at Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5207-5208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rhoda Ashley Morrow, David Friedrich, and Elizabeth Krantz

Performance of the Focus and Kalon Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Glycoprotein G in Culture-Documented Cases of Genital Herpes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5212-5214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kavita S. Lole, Jyotsna A. Jha, Sandhya P. Shrotri, Badri N. Tandon, V. G. Mohan Prasad, and Vidya A. Arankalle

Comparison of Hepatitis C Virus Genotyping by 5' Noncoding Region- and Core-Based Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay with Sequencing and Use of the Assay for Determining Subtype Distribution in India
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5240-5244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert M. Wadowsky, Stella Laus, Michael Green, Steven A. Webber, and David Rowe

Measurement of Epstein-Barr Virus DNA Loads in Whole Blood and Plasma by TaqMan PCR and in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes by Competitive PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5245-5249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sujata S. Ranshing and Shobhana D. Kelkar

Isolation and Characterization of Dually Reactive Strains of Group A Rotavirus from Hospitalized Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5267-5269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael Kleines, Kirsten Schellenberg, and Klaus Ritter

Efficient Extraction of Viral DNA and Viral RNA by the Chemagic Viral DNA/RNA Kit Allows Sensitive Detection of Cytomegalovirus, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis G Virus by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5273-5276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

Jaco J. Verweij, Daphne Laeijendecker, Eric A. T. Brienen, Lisette van Lieshout, and Anton M. Polderman

Detection and Identification of Entamoeba Species in Stool Samples by a Reverse Line Hybridization Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5041-5045. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lúcia M. C. Galvão, Egler Chiari, Andréa M. Macedo, Alejandro O. Luquetti, Simonne A. Silva, and Ana Lúcia S. S. Andrade

PCR Assay for Monitoring Trypanosoma cruzi Parasitemia in Childhood after Specific Chemotherapy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5066-5070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Simona Bossolasco, Giovanni Gaiera, Davide Olchini, Maurizio Gulletta, Leonardo Martello, Arabella Bestetti, Laura Bossi, Luca Germagnoli, Adriano Lazzarin, Caterina Uberti-Foppa, and Paola Cinque

Real-Time PCR Assay for Clinical Management of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5080-5084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carol J. Palmer, J. Alfredo Bonilla, David A. Bruckner, Elizabeth D. Barnett, Nancy S. Miller, M. A. Haseeb, Joseph R. Masci, and William M. Stauffer

Multicenter Study To Evaluate the OptiMAL Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Malaria in U.S. Hospitals
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5178-5182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ling Zhou, Ajaib Singh, Jianlin Jiang, and Lihua Xiao

Molecular Surveillance of Cryptosporidium spp. in Raw Wastewater in Milwaukee: Implications for Understanding Outbreak Occurrence and Transmission Dynamics
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5254-5257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Pierre-Edouard Fournier and Didier Raoult

Comparison of PCR and Serology Assays for Early Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5094-5098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael J. Yabsley, Susan E. Little, Ethan J. Sims, Vivien G. Dugan, David E. Stallknecht, and William R. Davidson

Molecular Variation in the Variable-Length PCR Target and 120-Kilodalton Antigen Genes of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5202-5206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. Y. Levy, P. E. Fournier, M. Carta, and D. Raoult

Pericardial Effusion in a Homeless Man Due to Bartonella quintana
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5291-5293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yasuko Rikihisa, Chunbin Zhang, and Bruce M. Christensen

Molecular Characterization of Aegyptianella pullorum (Rickettsiales, Anaplasmataceae)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5294-5297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Leslie Hall, Sherri Wohlfiel, and Glenn D. Roberts

Experience with the MicroSeq D2 Large-Subunit Ribosomal DNA Sequencing Kit for Identification of Commonly Encountered, Clinically Important Yeast Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5099-5102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Belkys Fernández-Torres, Isabel Inza, and Josep Guarro

In Vitro Activities of the New Antifungal Drug Eberconazole and Three Other Topical Agents against 200 Strains of Dermatophytes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5209-5211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Aimee K. Zaas, Molly Boyce, Wiley Schell, Barbara Alexander Lodge, Jackie L. Miller, and John R. Perfect

Risk of Fungemia Due to Rhodotorula and Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Rhodotorula Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5233-5235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. L. Rodriguez-Tudela, Erja Chryssanthou, Evangelia Petrikkou, Juan Mosquera, David W. Denning, and Manuel Cuenca-Estrella

Interlaboratory Evaluation of Hematocytometer Method of Inoculum Preparation for Testing Antifungal Susceptibilities of Filamentous Fungi
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5236-5237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L. Majoros, G. Kardos, Á. Belák, A. Maráz, L. Asztalos, E. Csánky, Z. Barta, and B. Szabó

Restriction Enzyme Analysis of Ribosomal DNA Shows that Candida inconspicua Clinical Isolates Can Be Misidentified as Candida norvegensis with Traditional Diagnostic Procedures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5250-5253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M.-E. Bougnoux, A. Tavanti, C. Bouchier, N. A. R. Gow, A. Magnier, A. D. Davidson, M. C. J. Maiden, C. d'Enfert, and F. C. Odds

Collaborative Consensus for Optimized Multilocus Sequence Typing of Candida albicans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5265-5266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. C. Serrano, D. Morilla, A. Valverde, M. Chávez, A. Espinel-Ingroff, R. Claro, M. Ramírez, and E. Martín Mazuelos

Comparison of Etest with Modified Broth Microdilution Method for Testing Susceptibility of Aspergillus spp. to Voriconazole
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5270-5272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Nabin K. Shrestha, Marion J. Tuohy, Gerri S. Hall, Udo Reischl, Steven M. Gordon, and Gary W. Procop

Detection and Differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Isolates by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5121-5126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

H. Syre, S. Phyu, P. Sandven, B. Bjorvatn, and H. M. S. Grewal

Rapid Colorimetric Method for Testing Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Isoniazid and Rifampin in Liquid Cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5173-5177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karen Dohmann, Birgit Strommenger, Karen Stevenson, Lucía de Juan, Janin Stratmann, Vivek Kapur, Tim J. Bull, and Gerald-Friedrich Gerlach

Characterization of Genetic Differences between Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Type I and Type II Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5215-5223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John C. Ridderhof, Laurina O. Williams, Sue Legois, Peter A. Shult, Beverly Metchock, Louise N. Kubista, James H. Handsfield, Ronald J. Fehd, and Pamela H. Robinson

Assessment of Laboratory Performance of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5258-5261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Ran Nir-Paz, Hila Elinav, Gerald E. Pierard, David Walker, Alexander Maly, Mervyn Shapiro, Richard C. Barton, and Itzhack Polacheck

Deep Infection by Trichophyton rubrum in an Immunocompromised Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5298-5301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. A. Barron, D. A. Sutton, R. Veve, J. Guarro, M. Rinaldi, E. Thompson, P. J. Cagnoni, K. Moultney, and N. E. Madinger

Invasive Mycotic Infections Caused by Chaetomium perlucidum, a New Agent of Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5302-5307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Monique Perrin, Michel Bemer, and Catherine Delamare

Fatal Case of Listeria innocua Bacteremia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5308-5309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Noriyuki Nagano, Junichi Sato, Christophe Cordevant, Yukiko Nagano, Fumiaki Taguchi, and Matsuhisa Inoue

Presumed Endocarditis Caused by BRO ß-Lactamase-Producing Moraxella lacunata in an Infant with Fallot's Tetrad
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5310-5312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jean Menotti, Gustavo Vilela, Stéphane Romand, Yves Jean-François Garin, Lionel Ades, Eliane Gluckman, Francis Derouin, and Patricia Ribaud

Comparison of PCR-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Real-Time PCR Assay for Diagnosis of an Unusual Case of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis in a Stem Cell Transplant Recipient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5313-5316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Francisco M. Marty, Dan H. Barouch, Eoin P. Coakley, and Lindsey R. Baden

Disseminated Trichosporonosis Caused by Trichosporon loubieri
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5317-5320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Erin Frey, Barrak Pressler, James Guy, Christian Pitulle, and Edward Breitschwerdt

Capnocytophaga sp. Isolated from a Cat with Chronic Sinusitis and Rhinitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5321-5324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Keith Boell, Robert Gotoff, Michael Foltzer, Randle Storm, and Paul P. Bourbeau

Implantable Defibrillator Pocket Infection and Bacteremia Caused by Nocardia nova Complex Isolate
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5325-5326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bruno B. Chomel, Aaron C. Wey, and Rickie W. Kasten

Isolation of Bartonella washoensis from a Dog with Mitral Valve Endocarditis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5327-5332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrick Tang, Subhash Mohan, Lynne Sigler, Ian Witterick, Richard Summerbell, Iivi Campbell, and Tony Mazzulli

Allergic Fungal Sinusitis Associated with Trichoderma longibrachiatum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5333-5336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bruno B. Chomel, Aaron C. Wey, Rickie W. Kasten, Brian A. Stacy, and Philippe Labelle

Fatal Case of Endocarditis Associated with Bartonella henselae Type I Infection in a Domestic Cat
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5337-5339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marco Cassone, Pietro Serra, Francesca Mondello, Antonietta Girolamo, Sandro Scafetti, Eleonora Pistella, and Mario Venditti

Outbreak of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Subtype boulardii Fungemia in Patients Neighboring Those Treated with a Probiotic Preparation of the Organism
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5340-5343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Amélie Honstettre, Jean-Louis Mège, Gérard Lina, Jean-Manuel Aubaniac, and Michel Drancourt

Relationship of Relapsing Hip Prosthesis Infection by Staphylococcus aureus with Gamma Interferon Deficiency
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5344-5346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

John E. Moore, Colin E. Goldsmith, J. Stuart Elborn, Philip G. Murphy, Peter H. Gilligan, Séamus Fanning, and Graham Hogg

Towards "Molecular Esperanto" or the Tower of Babel? (The Need for Harmonization of Techniques for Genotyping Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5347-5348. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tzvetelina Stefanova, Milliana Chouchkova, Jason Hinds, Philip D. Butcher, Jacqueline Inwald, James Dale, Si Palmer, R. Glyn Hewinson, and Stephen V. Gordon

Genetic Composition of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Substrain Sofia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5349. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ida Parwati, Reinout van Crevel, Dick van Soolingen, and Adri van der Zanden

Application of Spoligotyping to Noncultured Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteria Requires an Optimized Approach
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5350-5351. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tommy R. Tong, Bosco H. Lam, Tak-keung Ng, Sik-to Lai, Matthew K. Tong, and Tai-nin Chau

Conjunctiva-Upper Respiratory Tract Irrigation for Early Diagnosis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5352. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eduardo Pérez-Roth, Fabián Lorenzo-Díaz, and Sebastián Méndez-Álvarez

Establishment and Clonal Dissemination of the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus UK-16 Epidemic Strain in a Spanish Hospital
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5353. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

James E. Futse, Massaro W. Ueti, Donald P. Knowles, Jr., and Guy H. Palmer

Transmission of Anaplasma marginale by Boophilus microplus: Retention of Vector Competence in the Absence of Vector-Pathogen Interaction
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5354. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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