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Minireviews:

Diane C. Halstead, Noel Gomez, and Yvette S. McCarter

Reality of Developing a Community-Wide Antibiogram
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 1-6. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

Marjan J. Bruins, Peter Bloembergen, Gijs J. H. M. Ruijs, and Maurice J. H. M. Wolfhagen

Identification and Susceptibility Testing of Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Direct Inoculation from Positive BACTEC Blood Culture Bottles into Vitek 2
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 7-11. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guadalupe Miranda, Natividad Castro, Blanca Leaños, Adriana Valenzuela, Ulises Garza-Ramos, Teresa Rojas, Fortino Solórzano, Lilia Chihu, and Jesús Silva

Clonal and Horizontal Dissemination of Klebsiella pneumoniae Expressing SHV-5 Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase in a Mexican Pediatric Hospital
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 30-35. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Holly A. D'Souza, Mary Campbell, and Ellen Jo Baron

Practical Bench Comparison of BBL CHROMagar Orientation and Standard Two-Plate Media for Urine Cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 60-64. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Braoudaki and A. C. Hilton

Adaptive Resistance to Biocides in Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli O157 and Cross-Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 73-78. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stephanie M. Borchardt, Betsy Foxman, Donald O. Chaffin, Craig E. Rubens, Patricia A. Tallman, Shannon D. Manning, Carol J. Baker, and Carl F. Marrs

Comparison of DNA Dot Blot Hybridization and Lancefield Capillary Precipitin Methods for Group B Streptococcal Capsular Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 146-150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

William Hurtle, Elizabeth Bode, David A. Kulesh, Rebecca Susan Kaplan, Jeff Garrison, Deanna Bridge, Michelle House, Melissa S. Frye, Bonnie Loveless, and David Norwood

Detection of the Bacillus anthracis gyrA Gene by Using a Minor Groove Binder Probe
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 179-185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Shinnosuke Hashikawa, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Manabu Furushita, Teruko Ohkura, Toshi Nada, Keizo Torii, Tadao Hasegawa, and Michio Ohta

Characterization of Group C and G Streptococcal Strains That Cause Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 186-192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kazuhiko Nakano, Ryota Nomura, Ichiro Nakagawa, Shigeyuki Hamada, and Takashi Ooshima

Demonstration of Streptococcus mutans with a Cell Wall Polysaccharide Specific to a New Serotype, k, in the Human Oral Cavity
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 198-202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joel B. Baseman, Marianna Cagle, Jeffrey E. Korte, Caleb Herrera, Wanda G. Rasmussen, Janet G. Baseman, Rochelle Shain, and Jeanna M. Piper

Diagnostic Assessment of Mycoplasma genitalium in Culture-Positive Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 203-211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ewa Szczuka and Adam Kaznowski

Typing of Clinical and Environmental Aeromonas sp. Strains by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA PCR, Repetitive Extragenic Palindromic PCR, and Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus Sequence PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 220-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Katie L. Hopkins, Meeta Desai, Jennifer A. Frost, John Stanley, and Julie M. J. Logan

Fluorescent Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Strains and Its Relationship with Host Specificity, Serotyping, and Phage Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 229-235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N. A. Lister, S. N. Tabrizi, C. K. Fairley, and S. Garland

Validation of Roche COBAS Amplicor Assay for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Rectal and Pharyngeal Specimens by an omp1 PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 239-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Catherine McEllistrem, Anna C. Noller, Shyam Visweswaran, Jennifer M. Adams, and Lee H. Harrison

Serotype 14 Variants of the France 9V^-3 Clone from Baltimore, Maryland, Can Be Differentiated by the cpsB Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 250-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Massimo Fabbi, Luciana De Giuli, Massimo Tranquillo, Roldano Bragoni, Maurizio Casiraghi, and Claudio Genchi

Prevalence of Bartonella henselae in Italian Stray Cats: Evaluation of Serology To Assess the Risk of Transmission of Bartonella to Humans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 264-268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne Marie Queenan, Barbara Foleno, Colleen Gownley, Ellyn Wira, and Karen Bush

Effects of Inoculum and ß-Lactamase Activity in AmpC- and Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates Tested by Using NCCLS ESBL Methodology
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 269-275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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

Comparative Analysis of Multilocus Sequence Typing and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for Characterizing Listeria monocytogenes Strains Isolated from Environmental and Clinical Sources
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 276-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mitchell J. Schwaber, Patti M. Raney, J. Kamile Rasheed, James W. Biddle, Portia Williams, John E. McGowan, Jr., and Fred C. Tenover

Utility of NCCLS Guidelines for Identifying Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases in Non-Escherichia coli and Non-Klebsiella spp. of Enterobacteriaceae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 294-298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. E. Blanco, M. Blanco, M. P. Alonso, A. Mora, G. Dahbi, M. A. Coira, and J. Blanco

Serotypes, Virulence Genes, and Intimin Types of Shiga Toxin (Verotoxin)-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Human Patients: Prevalence in Lugo, Spain, from 1992 through 1999
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 311-319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elizabeth A. Mothershed, Claudio T. Sacchi, Anne M. Whitney, Gwen A. Barnett, Gloria W. Ajello, Susanna Schmink, Leonard W. Mayer, Maureen Phelan, Thomas H. Taylor, Jr., Scott A. Bernhardt, Nancy E. Rosenstein, and Tanja Popovic

Use of Real-Time PCR To Resolve Slide Agglutination Discrepancies in Serogroup Identification of Neisseria meningitidis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 320-328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

H. Kodaka, Y. Uesaka, and F. Kashitani

Nissui Glucose Fermentative Gram-Negative Rod Identification System EB-20 Gives a Unique Profile for Typical Non-Sorbitol-Fermenting Escherichia coli O157:H7
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 354-358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adriana Gonçalves Oliveira, Maria das Graças Pimenta Sanna, Gifone Aguiar Rocha, Andreia Maria Camargos Rocha, Adriana Santos, Renato Dani, Frederico Passos Marinho, Liano Sia Moreira, Maria de Lourdes Abreu Ferrari, Sílvia Beleza Moura, Lúcia Porto Fonseca Castro, and Dulciene Maria Magalhães Queiroz

Helicobacter Species in the Intestinal Mucosa of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 384-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tahereh Falsafi, Fatemeh Mobasheri, Farahnaz Nariman, and Mehri Najafi

Susceptibilities to Different Antibiotics of Helicobacter pylori Strains Isolated from Patients at the Pediatric Medical Center of Tehran, Iran
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 387-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Josias Rodrigues, Cristiane M. Thomazini, Alexandra Morelli, and Georgea C. M. de Batista

Reduced Etiological Role for Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in Cases of Diarrhea in Brazilian Infants
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 398-400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Florence Fenollar, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Catherine Robert, and Didier Raoult

Use of Genome Selected Repeated Sequences Increases the Sensitivity of PCR Detection of Tropheryma whipplei
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 401-403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Petra Wolffs, Halfdan Grage, Oskar Hagberg, and Peter Rådström

Impact of DNA Polymerases and Their Buffer Systems on Quantitative Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 408-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tarja Kaijalainen, Esa Ruokokoski, Pentti Ukkonen, and Elja Herva

Survival of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis Frozen in Skim Milk- Tryptone-Glucose-Glycerol Medium
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 412-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Lin-Hui Su, Ching-Chi Hung, Kuo-Lung Chen, and Chishih Chu

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Serogroup D Nontyphoidal Salmonella in a University Hospital in Taiwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 415-417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne-Marie Santala, Nanna Sarkonen, Val Hall, Petteri Carlson, Hannele Jousimies-Somer, and Eija Könönen

Evaluation of Four Commercial Test Systems for Identification of Actinomyces and Some Closely Related Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 418-420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne Doleans, Helena Aurell, Monique Reyrolle, Gerard Lina, Jean Freney, Francois Vandenesch, Jerome Etienne, and Sophie Jarraud

Clinical and Environmental Distributions of Legionella Strains in France Are Different
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 458-460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carmen Guerrero, Carmen M. Toldos, Genoveva Yagüe, Cristobal Ramírez, Tomás Rodríguez, and Manuel Segovia

Comparison of Diagnostic Sensitivities of Three Assays (Bartels Enzyme Immunoassay [EIA], Biotest EIA, and Binax NOW Immunochromatographic Test) for Detection of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Antigen in Urine
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 467-468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Harry E. Prince, Mary Lape'-Nixon, Ronald J. Moore, and Wayne R. Hogrefe

Utility of the Focus Technologies West Nile Virus Immunoglobulin M Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Testing Cerebrospinal Fluid
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 12-15. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Fischer, C. Lejczak, C. Lambert, J. Servais, N. Makombe, J. Rusine, T. Staub, R. Hemmer, F. Schneider, J. C. Schmit, and V. Arendt

Simple DNA Extraction Method for Dried Blood Spots and Comparison of Two PCR Assays for Diagnosis of Vertical Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Transmission in Rwanda
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 16-20. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eva Sickinger, Myriam Stieler, Boris Kaufman, Hans-Peter Kapprell, Daniel West, Arnold Sandridge, Sushil Devare, Gerald Schochetman, J. C. Hunt, and David Daghfal

Multicenter Evaluation of a New, Automated Enzyme-Linked Immunoassay for Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Specific Antibodies and Antigen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 21-29. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guy Boivin, Stéphanie Côté, Pierre Déry, Gaston De Serres, and Michel G. Bergeron

Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Influenza and Human Respiratory Syncytial Viruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 45-51. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Susan J. Wong, Valerie L. Demarest, Rebekah H. Boyle, Tian Wang, Michel Ledizet, Kalipada Kar, Laura D. Kramer, Erol Fikrig, and Raymond A. Koski

Detection of Human Anti-Flavivirus Antibodies with a West Nile Virus Recombinant Antigen Microsphere Immunoassay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 65-72. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James J. Dunn, R. Dean Woolstenhulme, Janine Langer, and Karen C. Carroll

Sensitivity of Respiratory Virus Culture When Screening with R-Mix Fresh Cells
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 79-82. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takashi Ebihara, Rika Endo, Hideaki Kikuta, Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Hiroaki Ishiko, Michimaru Hara, Yutaka Takahashi, and Kunihiko Kobayashi

Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Japanese Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 126-132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Masaru Ihira, Tetsushi Yoshikawa, Yoshihiko Enomoto, Shiho Akimoto, Masahiro Ohashi, Sadao Suga, Naoko Nishimura, Takao Ozaki, Yukihiro Nishiyama, Tsugunori Notomi, Yoshinori Ohta, and Yoshizo Asano

Rapid Diagnosis of Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection by a Novel DNA Amplification Method, Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 140-145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Martha Méndez-Toss, Dixie D. Griffin, Juan Calva, Juan F. Contreras, Fernando I. Puerto, Felipe Mota, Héctor Guiscafré, Roberto Cedillo, Onofre Muñoz, Ismael Herrera, Susana López, and Carlos F. Arias

Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Human Astroviruses in Mexican Children with Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 151-157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael Liew, Maria Erali, Sam Page, David Hillyard, and Carl Wittwer

Hepatitis C Genotyping by Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 158-163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Manmohan Parida, Guillermo Posadas, Shingo Inoue, Futoshi Hasebe, and Kouichi Morita

Real-Time Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Rapid Detection of West Nile Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 257-263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Charles E. Hill, Alicia M. Green, Jessica Ingersoll, Kirk A. Easley, Frederick S. Nolte, and Angela M. Caliendo

Assessment of Agreement between the AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Test Versions 1.0 and 1.5
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 286-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G. J. Hughes, J. S. Smith, C. A. Hanlon, and C. E. Rupprecht

Evaluation of a TaqMan PCR Assay To Detect Rabies Virus RNA: Influence of Sequence Variation and Application to Quantification of Viral Loads
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 299-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lisa F. P. Ng, Michelle Wong, Susie Koh, Eng-Eong Ooi, King-Fai Tang, Hoe-Nam Leong, Ai-Ee Ling, Lora V. Agathe, Jenny Tan, Edison T. Liu, Ee-Chee Ren, Lee-Ching Ng, and Martin L. Hibberd

Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Blood of Infected Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 347-350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hsing-Pei Lin, Yang-Yang Huang, Hsueh-Yin Wu, and Jau-Tsuen Kao

Method for Testing for Human Papillomavirus Infection in Patients with Cervical Intraepithelial Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 366-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Krisztián Bányai, Jon R. Gentsch, Roger I. Glass, Mária Új, Ilona Mihály, and György Szücs

Eight-Year Survey of Human Rotavirus Strains Demonstrates Circulation of Unusual G and P Types in Hungary
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 393-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chihiro Morishima, Minjun Chung, Ka Wing Ng, Donald J. Brambilla, and David R. Gretch

Strengths and Limitations of Commercial Tests for Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 421-425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ivone L. Pires, Marcelo A. Soares, Francisco A. B. Speranza, Solange K. Ishii, Maria C. G. Vieira, Maria I. F. S. Gouvêa, Maria A. A. M. Guimarães, Fátima E. de Oliveira, Monica M. F. Magnanini, Rodrigo M. Brindeiro, and Amilcar Tanuri

Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Drug Resistance Mutations and Subtypes in Drug-Naive, Infected Individuals in the Army Health Service of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 426-430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Min Xu, Yung Chan, Steven H. Fischer, and Alan T. Remaley

Automated Procedure for Improving the RNA Isolation Step in Viral Load Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 439-440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mathew D Esona, George E. Armah, Annelise Geyer, and A. Duncan Steele

Detection of an Unusual Human Rotavirus Strain with G5P[8] Specificity in a Cameroonian Child with Diarrhea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 441-444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

Iruka N. Okeke, Isabel C. A. Scaletsky, Elizabeth H. Soars, Louissa R. Macfarlane, and Alfredo G. Torres

Molecular Epidemiology of the Iron Utilization Genes of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 36-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Søren Mose Hansen, Niels Uldbjerg, Mogens Kilian, and Uffe B. Skov Sørensen

Dynamics of Streptococcus agalactiae Colonization in Women during and after Pregnancy and in Their Infants
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 83-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jav Sarantuya, Junichiro Nishi, Naoko Wakimoto, Shirchin Erdene, James P. Nataro, Jalaluddin Sheikh, Mayumi Iwashita, Kunihiro Manago, Koichi Tokuda, Masao Yoshinaga, Koichiro Miyata, and Yoshifumi Kawano

Typical Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Is the Most Prevalent Pathotype among E. coli Strains Causing Diarrhea in Mongolian Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 133-139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. Danve-Szatanek, M. Aymard, D. Thouvenot, F. Morfin, G. Agius, I. Bertin, S. Billaudel, B. Chanzy, M. Coste-Burel, L. Finkielsztejn, H. Fleury, T. Hadou, C. Henquell, H. Lafeuille, M. E. Lafon, A. Le Faou, M. C. Legrand, L. Maille, C. Mengelle, P. Morand, F. Morinet, E. Nicand, S. Omar, B. Picard, B. Pozzetto, J. Puel, D. Raoult, C. Scieux, M. Segondy, J. M. Seigneurin, R. Teyssou, and C. Zandotti

Surveillance Network for Herpes Simplex Virus Resistance to Antiviral Drugs: 3-Year Follow-Up
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 242-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yhu-Chering Huang, Lin-Hui Su, Tsu-Lan Wu, Chun-Eng Liu, Tzuu-Guang Young, Po-Yen Chen, Po-Ren Hseuh, and Tzou-Yien Lin

Molecular Epidemiology of Clinical Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Taiwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 307-310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hiroshi Watanabe, Kazuhiko Hoshino, Rinya Sugita, Norichika Asoh, Kiwao Watanabe, Kazunori Oishi, and Tsuyoshi Nagatake

Possible High Rate of Transmission of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae, Including ß-Lactamase-Negative Ampicillin-Resistant Strains, between Children and Their Parents
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 362-365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chris Neeleman, Corné H. W. Klaassen, Hanneke A. de Valk, Maaike T. de Ruiter, and Johan W. Mouton

Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Fingerprinting Is an Effective Technique To Distinguish Streptococcus pneumoniae from Other Streptococci and an Efficient Alternative to Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for Molecular Typing of Pneumococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 369-371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jeffrey T. Kirby, Helio S. Sader, Timothy R. Walsh, and Ronald N. Jones

Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Epidemiology of a Worldwide Collection of Chryseobacterium spp.: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997-2001)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 445-448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Rangaraj Selvarangan, Whei-Kuo Wu, Trang T. Nguyen, La Donna C. Carlson, Carolyn K. Wallis, Susan K. Stiglich, Yi-Ching Chen, Kenneth C. Jost, Jr., Jennifer L. Prentice, Richard J. Wallace, Jr., Sara L. Rassoulian Barrett, Brad T. Cookson, and Marie B. Coyle

Characterization of a Novel Group of Mycobacteria and Proposal of Mycobacterium sherrisii sp. nov.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 52-59. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John P. Bannantine, Janis K. Hansen, Michael L. Paustian, Alongkorn Amonsin, Ling-Ling Li, Judith R. Stabel, and Vivek Kapur

Expression and Immunogenicity of Proteins Encoded by Sequences Specific to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 106-114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yansheng Zhang, Linda B. Mann, Rebecca W. Wilson, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Véronique Vincent, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, and Richard J. Wallace, Jr.

Molecular Analysis of Mycobacterium kansasii Isolates from the United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 119-125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carlos Y. Soto, M. Carmen Menéndez, Esther Pérez, Sofía Samper, Ana B. Gómez, María J. García, and Carlos Martín

IS6110 Mediates Increased Transcription of the phoP Virulence Gene in a Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Isolate Responsible for Tuberculosis Outbreaks
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 212-219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael Lefmann, Christiane Honisch, Sebastian Böcker, Niels Storm, Friedrich von Wintzingerode, Cord Schlötelburg, Annette Moter, Dirk van den Boom, and Ulf B. Göbel

Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Tool for Genotypic Identification of Mycobacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 339-346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Roman Kotlowski, Isdore Chola Shamputa, Nabil Abdullah El Aila, Anna Sajduda, Leen Rigouts, Armand van Deun, and Françoise Portaels

PCR-Based Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with New GC-Rich Repeated Sequences and IS6110 Inverted Repeats Used as Primers
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 372-377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guy E. Thwaites, Tran Thi Hong Chau, and Jeremy J. Farrar

Improving the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 378-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kazue Hirano, Akio Aono, Mitsuyoshi Takahashi, and Chiyoji Abe

Mutations Including IS6110 Insertion in the Gene Encoding the MPB64 Protein of Capilia TB-Negative Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 390-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrea L. Gibson, Glyn Hewinson, Tony Goodchild, Brian Watt, Alistair Story, Jacqueline Inwald, and Francis A. Drobniewski

Molecular Epidemiology of Disease Due to Mycobacterium bovis in Humans in the United Kingdom
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 431-434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Izhar U. H. Khan and Jagjit S. Yadav

Development of a Single-Tube, Cell Lysis-Based, Genus-Specific PCR Method for Rapid Identification of Mycobacteria: Optimization of Cell Lysis, PCR Primers and Conditions, and Restriction Pattern Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 453-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Loubna Tazi, Jamila El Baghdadi, Sarah Lesjean, Camille Locht, Philip Supply, Michel Tibayrenc, and Anne-Laure Bañuls

Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Casablanca, a Moroccan City with High Incidence of Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 461-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lauren S. Cowan, Lois Diem, Mary Catherine Brake, and Jack T. Crawford

Transfer of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genotyping Method, Spoligotyping, from a Reverse Line-Blot Hybridization, Membrane-Based Assay to the Luminex Multianalyte Profiling System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 474-477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Marcelo B. Labruna, Ted Whitworth, Maurício C. Horta, Donald H. Bouyer, Jere W. McBride, Adriano Pinter, Vsevolod Popov, Solange M. Gennari, and David H. Walker

Rickettsia Species Infecting Amblyomma cooperi Ticks from an Area in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Where Brazilian Spotted Fever Is Endemic
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 90-98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Gad Baneth, Martin J. Kenny, Séverine Tasker, Yigal Anug, Varda Shkap, Amos Levy, and Susan E. Shaw

Infection with a Proposed New Subspecies of Babesia canis, Babesia canis subsp. presentii, in Domestic Cats
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 99-105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. Saegerman, N. Speybroeck, S. Roels, E. Vanopdenbosch, E. Thiry, and D. Berkvens

Decision Support Tools for Clinical Diagnosis of Disease in Cows with Suspected Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 172-178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Henk D. F. H. Schallig, Luís Cardoso, Marieke Hommers, Nel Kroon, Guus Belling, Manuela Rodrigues, Saul J. Semião-Santos, and Hans Vetter

Development of a Dipstick Assay for Detection of Leishmania-Specific Canine Antibodies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 193-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sanjay K. Shukla, David L. Paustian, Patrick J. Stockwell, Roger E. Morey, Jean G. Jordan, Paul N. Levett, Daniel N. Frank, and Kurt D. Reed

Isolation of a Fastidious Bergeyella Species Associated with Cellulitis after a Cat Bite and a Phylogenetic Comparison with Bergeyella zoohelcum Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 290-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mark G. Wise, David L. Suarez, Bruce S. Seal, Janice C. Pedersen, Dennis A. Senne, Daniel J. King, Darrell R. Kapczynski, and Erica Spackman

Development of a Real-Time Reverse-Transcription PCR for Detection of Newcastle Disease Virus RNA in Clinical Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 329-338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Xiaohong Huang, Xuenan Xuan, Haruyuki Hirata, Naoaki Yokoyama, Longshan Xu, Naoyoshi Suzuki, and Ikuo Igarashi

Rapid Immunochromatographic Test Using Recombinant SAG2 for Detection of Antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in Cats
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 351-353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Xiaohong Huang, Xuenan Xuan, Longshan Xu, Shoufa Zhang, Naoaki Yokoyama, Naoyoshi Suzuki, and Ikuo Igarashi

Development of an Immunochromatographic Test with Recombinant EMA-2 for the Rapid Detection of Antibodies against Babesia equi in Horses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 359-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Vossen, A. Abdulmawjood, C. Lämmler, R. Weiß, and U. Siebert

Identification and Molecular Characterization of Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci Isolated from Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) and Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) of the German North and Baltic Seas
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 469-473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Lynn L. Horvath, Benjamin J. George, Clinton K. Murray, Linda S. Harrison, and Duane R. Hospenthal

Direct Comparison of the BACTEC 9240 and BacT/ALERT 3D Automated Blood Culture Systems for Candida Growth Detection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 115-118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Boualem Sendid, Thierry Jouault, Richard Coudriau, Daniel Camus, Frank Odds, Marc Tabouret, and Daniel Poulain

Increased Sensitivity of Mannanemia Detection Tests by Joint Detection of - and ß-Linked Oligomannosides during Experimental and Human Systemic Candidiasis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 164-171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joan Barenfanger, Jerry Lawhorn, and Cheryl Drake

Nonvalue of Culturing Cerebrospinal Fluid for Fungi
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 236-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. A. Pfaller, S. A. Messer, L. Boyken, C. Rice, S. Tendolkar, R. J. Hollis, and D. J. Diekema

Evaluation of the NCCLS M44-P Disk Diffusion Method for Determining Susceptibilities of 276 Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans to Fluconazole
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 380-383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paride Abliz, Kazutaka Fukushima, Kayoko Takizawa, and Kazuko Nishimura

Specific Oligonucleotide Primers for Identification of Cladophialophora carrionii, a Causative Agent of Chromoblastomycosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 404-407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eun Jeong Kwak, Shahid Husain, Asia Obman, Lisa Meinke, Janet Stout, Shimon Kusne, Marilyn M. Wagener, and Nina Singh

Efficacy of Galactomannan Antigen in the Platelia Aspergillus Enzyme Immunoassay for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis in Liver Transplant Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 435-438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

Eufrosina S. Umezawa, Alejandro O. Luquetti, Gabriela Levitus, Carlos Ponce, Elisa Ponce, Diana Henriquez, Susana Revollo, Bertha Espinoza, Octavio Sousa, Baldip Khan, and José Franco da Silveira

Serodiagnosis of Chronic and Acute Chagas' Disease with Trypanosoma cruzi Recombinant Proteins: Results of a Collaborative Study in Six Latin American Countries
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 449-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Birgit Willinger, Gerhard Kopetzky, Ferdinand Harm, Petra Apfalter, Athanasios Makristathis, Andrea Berer, Alexander Bankier, and Stefan Winkler

Disseminated Infection with Nattrassia mangiferae in an Immunosuppressed Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 478-480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dagmar Rimek, Gerhard Haase, Andreas Lück, Jochen Casper, and Andreas Podbielski

First Report of a Case of Meningitis Caused by Cryptococcus adeliensis in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 481-483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jean-Philippe Carlier, Guylène K'ouas, Alain Lozniewski, François Sirveaux, Philippe Cailloux, and Francine Mory

Osteosynthesis-Associated Bone Infection Caused by a Nonproteolytic, Nontoxigenic Clostridium botulinum-Like Strain
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 484-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Sammassimo, S. Mazzotta, M. Tozzi, S. Gentili, M. Lenoci, R. Santopietro, A. Bucalossi, M. Bocchia, and F. Lauria

Disseminated Mucormycosis in a Patient with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Misdiagnosed as Infection by Enterococcus faecium
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 487-489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Karen Krisher, Steven D. Brown, and Maria M. Traczewski

Quality Control Parameters for Broth Microdilution Tests of Anidulafungin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 490. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

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. 2004 42: 491. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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