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Bacteriology:

F. Fenollar, P. E. Fournier, and D. Raoult

Molecular Detection of Coxiella burnetii in the Sera of Patients with Q Fever Endocarditis or Vascular Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4919-4924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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

Development of a PCR Method for Rapid Identification of New Streptococcus mutans Serotype k Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4925-4930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kunyan Zhang, Jennifer Sparling, Barbara L. Chow, Sameer Elsayed, Zafar Hussain, Deirdre L. Church, Daniel B. Gregson, Thomas Louie, and John M. Conly

New Quadriplex PCR Assay for Detection of Methicillin and Mupirocin Resistance and Simultaneous Discrimination of Staphylococcus aureus from Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4947-4955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Heidi K. Goethert, Inbar Shani, and Sam R. Telford, III

Genotypic Diversity of Francisella tularensis Infecting Dermacentor variabilis Ticks on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4968-4973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James P. Watt, Katherine L. O'Brien, Scott Katz, Melinda A. Bronsdon, John Elliott, Jean Dallas, Mindy J. Perilla, Raymond Reid, Laurel Murrow, Richard Facklam, Mathuram Santosham, and Cynthia G. Whitney

Nasopharyngeal versus Oropharyngeal Sampling for Detection of Pneumococcal Carriage in Adults
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4974-4976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Steven D. Brown, David J. Farrell, and Ian Morrissey

Prevalence and Molecular Analysis of Macrolide and Fluoroquinolone Resistance among Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae Collected during the 2000-2001 PROTEKT US Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4980-4987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karsten Becker, Dag Harmsen, Alexander Mellmann, Christian Meier, Peter Schumann, Georg Peters, and Christof von Eiff

Development and Evaluation of a Quality-Controlled Ribosomal Sequence Database for 16S Ribosomal DNA-Based Identification of Staphylococcus Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4988-4995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matthias A. Horstkotte, Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, Holger Rohde, Sabine Dobinsky, and Dietrich Mack

Evaluation of the BD PHOENIX Automated Microbiology System for Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5041-5046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kerry Clark

Borrelia Species in Host-Seeking Ticks and Small Mammals in Northern Florida
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5076-5086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jana M. Swenson, George E. Killgore, and Fred C. Tenover

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Acinetobacter spp. by NCCLS Broth Microdilution and Disk Diffusion Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5102-5108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Amjad N. Chaudry, Paul J. Travers, Jeffrey Yuenger, Lorraine Colletta, Phillip Evans, Jonathan M. Zenilman, and Andrew Tummon

Analysis of Vaginal Acetic Acid in Patients Undergoing Treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5170-5175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G. B. Rogers, M. P. Carroll, D. J. Serisier, P. M. Hockey, G. Jones, and K. D. Bruce

Characterization of Bacterial Community Diversity in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infections by Use of 16S Ribosomal DNA Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Profiling
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5176-5183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Françoise Jauréguy, Mathieu Carton, Pierre Panel, Pierre Foucaud, Marie-José Butel, and Florence Doucet-Populaire

Effects of Intrapartum Penicillin Prophylaxis on Intestinal Bacterial Colonization in Infants
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5184-5188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kensuke Shima, Jun Terajima, Toshio Sato, Kazuhiko Nishimura, Kazumichi Tamura, Haruo Watanabe, Yoshifumi Takeda, and Shinji Yamasaki

Development of a PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Assay for the Epidemiological Analysis of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5205-5213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Manu Jain, Daniel Ramirez, Roopa Seshadri, Joanne F. Cullina, Catherine A. Powers, Grant S. Schulert, Maskit Bar-Meir, Christine L. Sullivan, Susanna A. McColley, and Alan R. Hauser

Type III Secretion Phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Change during Infection of Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5229-5237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mangala A. Nadkarni, C. Elizabeth Caldon, Kim-Ly Chhour, Ilana P. Fisher, F. Elizabeth Martin, Nicholas A. Jacques, and Neil Hunter

Carious Dentine Provides a Habitat for a Complex Array of Novel Prevotella-Like Bacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5238-5244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Armand Mekontso-Dessap, Stéphanie Honoré, Matthias Kirsch, Rémi Houël, Daniel Loisance, and Christian Brun-Buisson

Usefulness of Routine Epicardial Pacing Wire Culture for Early Prediction of Poststernotomy Mediastinitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5245-5248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Monica K. Borucki, So Hyun Kim, Douglas R. Call, Sandra C. Smole, and Franco Pagotto

Selective Discrimination of Listeria monocytogenes Epidemic Strains by a Mixed-Genome DNA Microarray Compared to Discrimination by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, Ribotyping, and Multilocus Sequence Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5270-5276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sydney M. Finegold, Marja-Liisa Vaisanen, Merja Rautio, Erkki Eerola, Paula Summanen, Denise Molitoris, Yuli Song, Chengxu Liu, and Hannele Jousimies-Somer

Porphyromonas uenonis sp. nov., a Pathogen for Humans Distinct from P. asaccharolytica and P. endodontalis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5298-5301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Farhana Kauser, Aleem A. Khan, M. Abid Hussain, Ian M. Carroll, Naheed Ahmad, Santosh Tiwari, Yogesh Shouche, Bimal Das, Mahfooz Alam, S. Mahaboob Ali, C. M. Habibullah, Rafaela Sierra, Francis Megraud, Leonardo A. Sechi, and Niyaz Ahmed

The cag Pathogenicity Island of Helicobacter pylori Is Disrupted in the Majority of Patient Isolates from Different Human Populations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5302-5308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christoph Dehio, Ursula Sauder, and Rosemarie Hiestand

Isolation of Bartonella schoenbuchensis from Lipoptena cervi, a Blood-Sucking Arthropod Causing Deer Ked Dermatitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5320-5323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guido Werner, Birgit Strommenger, Ingo Klare, and Wolfgang Witte

Molecular Detection of Linezolid Resistance in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis by Use of 5' Nuclease Real-Time PCR Compared to a Modified Classical Approach
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5327-5331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jing-Jou Yan, Wen-Chien Ko, Hsiu-Mei Wu, Shu-Huei Tsai, Chin-Luan Chuang, and Jiunn-Jong Wu

Complexity of Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Resistant to Both Cephamycins and Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporins at a Teaching Hospital in Taiwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5337-5340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tomoko Horisaka, Kayoko Fujita, Taketoshi Iwata, Aya Nakadai, Alexandre T. Okatani, Tetsuya Horikita, Takahide Taniguchi, Eiichi Honda, Yuichi Yokomizo, and Hideki Hayashidani

Sensitive and Specific Detection of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5349-5352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rebecca J. Towers, Daniel Gal, David McMillan, Kadaba S. Sriprakash, Bart J. Currie, Mark J. Walker, Gursharan S. Chhatwal, and Peter K. Fagan

Fibronectin-Binding Protein Gene Recombination and Horizontal Transfer between Group A and G Streptococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5357-5361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Raymond S. W. Tsang, Allan K. H. Lau, Michelle L. Sill, Scott A. Halperin, Paul Van Caeseele, Frances Jamieson, and Irene E. Martin

Polymorphisms of the Fimbria fim3 Gene of Bordetella pertussis Strains Isolated in Canada
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5364-5367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carol Iversen, Michael Waddington, Stephen L. W. On, and Stephen Forsythe

Identification and Phylogeny of Enterobacter sakazakii Relative to Enterobacter and Citrobacter Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5368-5370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K. A. Stoner, L. K. Rabe, and S. L. Hillier

Effect of Transport Time, Temperature, and Concentration on the Survival of Group B Streptococci in Amies Transport Medium
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5385-5387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Luana Ugahary, Wendy van de Sande, Jan C. van Meurs, and Alex van Belkum

An Unexpected Experimental Pitfall in the Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Endophthalmitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5403-5405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Saroj K. Young, G. Michael Taylor, Suman Jain, Lavanya M. Suneetha, Sujai Suneetha, Diana N. J. Lockwood, and Douglas B. Young

Microsatellite Mapping of Mycobacterium leprae Populations in Infected Humans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4931-4936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K. S. Blackwood, J. N. Wolfe, and A. M. Kabani

Application of Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit Typing to Manitoba Tuberculosis Cases: Can Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Be Forgotten?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5001-5006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pieter Overduin, Leo Schouls, Paul Roholl, Adri van der Zanden, Nofel Mahmmod, Arnold Herrewegh, and Dick van Soolingen

Use of Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis for Typing Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5022-5028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sara Ngo Niobe-Eyangoh, Christopher Kuaban, Philippe Sorlin, Jocelyn Thonnon, Veronique Vincent, and M. Cristina Gutierrez

Molecular Characteristics of Strains of the Cameroon Family, the Major Group of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Country with a High Prevalence of Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5029-5035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karine Brudey, M. Cristina Gutierrez, Véronique Vincent, Linda M. Parsons, Max Salfinger, Nalin Rastogi, and Christophe Sola

Mycobacterium africanum Genotyping Using Novel Spacer Oligonucleotides in the Direct Repeat Locus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5053-5057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yong-Jiang Sun, Ann S. G. Lee, Sze Ta Ng, Sindhu Ravindran, Kristin Kremer, Richard Bellamy, Sin-Yew Wong, Dick van Soolingen, Philip Supply, and Nicholas I. Paton

Characterization of Ancestral Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Multiple Genetic Markers and Proposal of Genotyping Strategy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5058-5064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patricia S. Conville, June M. Brown, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Judy W. Lee, Victoria L. Anderson, Joel T. Fishbain, Steven M. Holland, and Frank G. Witebsky

Nocardia kruczakiae sp. nov., a Pathogen in Immunocompromised Patients and a Member of the "N. nova Complex"
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5139-5145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cynthia A. Sanders, Rachel R. Nieda, and Edward P. Desmond

Validation of the Use of Middlebrook 7H10 Agar, BACTEC MGIT 960, and BACTEC 460 12B Media for Testing the Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Levofloxacin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5225-5228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takayuki Wada, Shinji Maeda, Aki Tamaru, Shigeyoshi Imai, Atsushi Hase, and Kazuo Kobayashi

Dual-Probe Assay for Rapid Detection of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5277-5285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joann L. Cloud, Cheryl Shutt, Wade Aldous, and Gail Woods

Evaluation of a Modified Gen-Probe Amplified Direct Test for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Organisms in Cerebrospinal Fluid
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5341-5344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alifiya H. Ghadiali, Megan Strother, Saleh A. Naser, Elizabeth J. B. Manning, and Srinand Sreevatsan

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Strains Isolated from Crohn's Disease Patients and Animal Species Exhibit Similar Polymorphic Locus Patterns
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5345-5348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alicia Aranaz, Beatriz Romero, Natalia Montero, Julio Álvarez, Javier Bezos, Lucía de Juan, Ana Mateos, and Lucas Domínguez

Spoligotyping Profile Change Caused by Deletion of a Direct Variable Repeat in a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isogenic Laboratory Strain
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5388-5391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Claudia Toma, Estela Martínez Espinosa, Tianyan Song, Elizabeth Miliwebsky, Isabel Chinen, Sunao Iyoda, Masaaki Iwanaga, and Marta Rivas

Distribution of Putative Adhesins in Different Seropathotypes of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4937-4946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. Kasorndorkbua, D. K. Guenette, F. F. Huang, P. J. Thomas, X.-J. Meng, and P. G. Halbur

Routes of Transmission of Swine Hepatitis E Virus in Pigs
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5047-5052. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eiji Konishi, Mizue Shoda, Naoko Ajiro, and Takashi Kondo

Development and Evaluation of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Quantifying Antibodies to Japanese Encephalitis Virus Nonstructural 1 Protein To Detect Subclinical Infections in Vaccinated Horses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5087-5093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marianne Lund, Steen Nordentoft, Karl Pedersen, and Mogens Madsen

Detection of Campylobacter spp. in Chicken Fecal Samples by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5125-5132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrew Draghi, II, Vsevolod L. Popov, Melissa M. Kahl, James B. Stanton, Corrie C. Brown, Gregory J. Tsongalis, A. Brian West, and Salvatore Frasca, Jr.

Characterization of "Candidatus Piscichlamydia salmonis" (Order Chlamydiales), a Chlamydia-Like Bacterium Associated With Epitheliocystis in Farmed Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5286-5297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Keiko Futagawa-Saito, Tsukasa Sugiyama, Sayaka Karube, Naomi Sakurai, William Ba-Thein, and Tsuguaki Fukuyasu

Prevalence and Characterization of Leukotoxin-Producing Staphylococcus intermedius in Isolates from Dogs and Pigeons
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5324-5326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Martin J. Kenny, Susan E. Shaw, Fréderic Beugnet, and Séverine Tasker

Demonstration of Two Distinct Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in French Dogs
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5397-5399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Agnes Marot-Leblond, Linda Grimaud, Sandrine David, Derek J. Sullivan, David C. Coleman, Jose Ponton, and Raymond Robert

Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Assay for Identification of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4956-4960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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

Evaluation of the Etest Method Using Mueller-Hinton Agar with Glucose and Methylene Blue for Determining Amphotericin B MICs for 4,936 Clinical Isolates of Candida Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4977-4979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Érika Nascimento, Roberto Martinez, André Rodrigues Lopes, Luciano Angelo de Souza Bernardes, Carolina Pomponio Barco, Maria Helena S. Goldman, John W. Taylor, Juan G. McEwen, Marina Pasetto Nobrega, Francisco G. Nobrega, and Gustavo H. Goldman

Detection and Selection of Microsatellites in the Genome of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis as Molecular Markers for Clinical and Epidemiological Studies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5007-5014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matthew C. Fisher, David Aanensen, Sybren de Hoog, and Nongnuch Vanittanakom

Multilocus Microsatellite Typing System for Penicillium marneffei Reveals Spatially Structured Populations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5065-5069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Harish Gugnani, Matthew C. Fisher, Anubha Paliwal-Johsi, Nongnuch Vanittanakom, Irabanta Singh, and Pratap Singh Yadav

Role of Cannomys badius as a Natural Animal Host of Penicillium marneffei in India
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5070-5075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kerry O'Donnell, Deanna A. Sutton, Michael G. Rinaldi, Karen C. Magnon, Patricia A. Cox, Sanjay G. Revankar, Stephen Sanche, David M. Geiser, Jean H. Juba, Jo-Anne H. van Burik, Arvind Padhye, Elias J. Anaissie, Andrea Francesconi, Thomas J. Walsh, and Jody S. Robinson

Genetic Diversity of Human Pathogenic Members of the Fusarium oxysporum Complex Inferred from Multilocus DNA Sequence Data and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analyses: Evidence for the Recent Dispersion of a Geographically Widespread Clonal Lineage and Nosocomial Origin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5109-5120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stella Pendle, Kerry Weeks, Michael Priest, Anthony Gill, Bernard Hudson, George Kotsiou, and Robert Pritchard

Phaeohyphomycotic Soft Tissue Infections Caused by the Coelomycetous Fungus Microsphaeropsis arundinis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5315-5319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G. Lo Cascio, M. Ligozzi, L. Maccacaro, and R. Fontana

Utility of Molecular Identification in Opportunistic Mycotic Infections: a Case of Cutaneous Alternaria infectoria Infection in a Cardiac Transplant Recipient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5334-5336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daniele Mattei, Davide Rapezzi, Nicola Mordini, Federica Cuda, Cristiana Lo Nigro, Maura Musso, Aldo Arnelli, Sebastiano Cagnassi, and Andrea Gallamini

False-Positive Aspergillus Galactomannan Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Results In Vivo during Amoxicillin-Clavulanic Acid Treatment
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5362-5363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gyöngyi Lukács, Tamás Papp, Ildikó Nyilasi, Erzsébet Nagy, and Csaba Vágvölgyi

Differentiation of Rhizomucor Species on the Basis of Their Different Sensitivities to Lovastatin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5400-5402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

Patrick J. Blair, Ju Jiang, George B. Schoeler, Cecilia Moron, Elizabeth Anaya, Manuel Cespedes, Christopher Cruz, Vidal Felices, Carolina Guevara, Leonardo Mendoza, Pablo Villaseca, John W. Sumner, Allen L. Richards, and James G. Olson

Characterization of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Flea and Tick Specimens from Northern Peru
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4961-4967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. P. Crespo, N. Woodford, A. Sinclair, M. E. Kaufmann, J Turton, J. Glover, J. D. Velez, C. R. Castañeda, M. Recalde, and D. M. Livermore

Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Producing VIM-8, a Novel Metallo-ß-Lactamase, in a Tertiary Care Center in Cali, Colombia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5094-5101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Siamak P. Yazdankhah, Paula Kriz, Georgina Tzanakaki, Jenny Kremastinou, Jitka Kalmusova, Martin Musilek, Torill Alvestad, Keith A. Jolley, Daniel J. Wilson, Noel D. McCarthy, Dominique A. Caugant, and Martin C. J. Maiden

Distribution of Serogroups and Genotypes among Disease-Associated and Carried Isolates of Neisseria meningitidis from the Czech Republic, Greece, and Norway
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5146-5153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Murchan, H. M. Aucken, G. L. O'Neill, M. Ganner, and B. D. Cookson

Emergence, Spread, and Characterization of Phage Variants of Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 16 in England and Wales
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5154-5160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hisaaki Nishio, Masaru Komatsu, Naohiro Shibata, Kouichi Shimakawa, Noriyuki Sueyoshi, Toshiro Ura, Kaori Satoh, Masahiro Toyokawa, Tatsuya Nakamura, Yasunao Wada, Tamaki Orita, Tomomi Kofuku, Katsutoshi Yamasaki, Masako Sakamoto, Shohiro Kinoshita, Masanori Aihara, and Yoshichika Arakawa

Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacilli: Laboratory-Based Surveillance in Cooperation with 13 Clinical Laboratories in the Kinki Region of Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5256-5263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Seonghan Kim, Junyoung Kim, Yeonho Kang, Yongkeun Park, and Bokkwon Lee

Occurrence of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases in Members of the Genus Shigella in the Republic of Korea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5264-5269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tse Hsien Koh, Grace Chee Yeng Wang, and Li-Hwei Sng

Clonal Spread of IMP-1-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Two Hospitals in Singapore
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5378-5380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

J. S. Klutts, R. S. Liao, W. M. Dunne, Jr., and A. M. Gronowski

Evaluation of a Multiplexed Bead Assay for Assessment of Epstein-Barr Virus Immunologic Status
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 4996-5000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paulo H. C. França, Jorge E. González, M. Silvina Munné, Larissa H. Brandão, Vera S. Gouvea, Erwin Sablon, and Bart O. M. Vanderborght

Strong Association between Genotype F and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) e Antigen-Negative Variants among HBV-Infected Argentinean Blood Donors
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5015-5021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Man-Fung Yuen, Scott K. Fung, Yasuhito Tanaka, Takanobu Kato, Masashi Mizokami, John Chi-Hang Yuen, Danny Ka-Ho Wong, He-Jun Yuan, Siu-Man Sum, Annie On-On Chan, Benjamin Chun-Yu Wong, and Ching-Lung Lai

Longitudinal Study of Hepatitis Activity and Viral Replication before and after HBeAg Seroconversion in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Infected with Genotypes B and C
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5036-5040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne-Marie Roque-Afonso, Liliane Grangeot-Keros, Bénédicte Roquebert, Delphine Desbois, Jean-Dominique Poveda, Vincent Mackiewicz, and Elisabeth Dussaix

Diagnostic Relevance of Immunoglobulin G Avidity for Hepatitis A Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5121-5124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. B. Ndongmo, W. M. Switzer, C. P. Pau, C. Zeh, A. Schaefer, D. Pieniazek, T. M. Folks, and M. L. Kalish

New Multiple Antigenic Peptide-Based Enzyme Immunoassay for Detection of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Nonhuman Primates and Humans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5161-5169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. Watzinger, M. Suda, S. Preuner, R. Baumgartinger, K. Ebner, L. Baskova, H. G. M. Niesters, A. Lawitschka, and T. Lion

Real-Time Quantitative PCR Assays for Detection and Monitoring of Pathogenic Human Viruses in Immunosuppressed Pediatric Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5189-5198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Venkatakrishna Shyamala, Phillip Arcangel, Joshua Cottrell, Doris Coit, Angelica Medina-Selby, Colin McCoin, Dennis Madriaga, David Chien, and Bruce Phelps

Assessment of the Target-Capture PCR Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) DNA Quantitative Assay and Comparison with Commercial HBV DNA Quantitative Assays
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5199-5204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Myung Guk Han, Jeffrey R. Smiley, Christopher Thomas, and Linda J. Saif

Genetic Recombination between Two Genotypes of Genogroup III Bovine Noroviruses (BoNVs) and Capsid Sequence Diversity among BoNVs and Nebraska-Like Bovine Enteric Caliciviruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5214-5224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yuxian He, Yusen Zhou, Hao Wu, Zhihua Kou, Shuwen Liu, and Shibo Jiang

Mapping of Antigenic Sites on the Nucleocapsid Protein of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5309-5314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

O. Garkavenko, M. C. Croxson, M. Irgang, A. Karlas, J. Denner, and R. B. Elliott

Monitoring for Presence of Potentially Xenotic Viruses in Recipients of Pig Islet Xenotransplantation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5353-5356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hideto Sonoda, Masahiko Abe, Takeshi Sugimoto, Yukihiro Sato, Masashi Bando, Emiko Fukui, Hitoshi Mizuo, Masaharu Takahashi, Tsutomu Nishizawa, and Hiroaki Okamoto

Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Infection in Wild Boars and Deer and Genetic Identification of a Genotype 3 HEV from a Boar in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5371-5374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bruno P. Granwehr, Li Li, Charles T. Davis, David W. C. Beasley, and Alan D. T. Barrett

Characterization of a West Nile Virus Isolate from a Human on the Gulf Coast of Texas
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5375-5377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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

Comparison of the Sensitivities and Viral Load Values of the AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Version 1.0 and 1.5 Tests
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5392-5393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G. Bogdanovic, P. Priftakis, G. Giraud, M. Kuzniar, R. Ferraldeschi, P. Kokhaei, H. Mellstedt, M. Remberger, P. Ljungman, J. Winiarski, and T. Dalianis

Association between a High BK Virus Load in Urine Samples of Patients with Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Development of Hemorrhagic Cystitis after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5394-5396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

Peter Rigsby, Sjoerd Rijpkema, Edward C. Guy, Janet Francis, and Rose Gaines Das

Evaluation of a Candidate International Standard Preparation for Human Anti-Toxoplasma Immunoglobulin G
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5133-5138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Charles Mary, Françoise Faraut, Laurie Lascombe, and Henri Dumon

Quantification of Leishmania infantum DNA by a Real-Time PCR Assay with High Sensitivity
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5249-5255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cristel Fissore, Pascal Delaunay, Bernard Ferrua, Eric Rosenthal, Pascal Del Giudice, Jean-Pierre Aufeuvre, Yves Le Fichoux, and Pierre Marty

Convenience of Serum for Visceral Leishmaniasis Diagnosis by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5332-5333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Guy H. Palmer, Donald P. Knowles, Jr., Jose-Luis Rodriguez, David P. Gnad, Larry C. Hollis, Twig Marston, and Kelly A. Brayton

Stochastic Transmission of Multiple Genotypically Distinct Anaplasma marginale Strains in a Herd with High Prevalence of Anaplasma Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5381-5384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

D. Elad, E. Yas-Natan, I. Aroch, M. H. Shamir, S. Kleinbart, D. Hadash, M. Chaffer, K. Greenberg, and A. Shlosberg

Natural Clostridium botulinum Type C Toxicosis in a Group of Cats
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5406-5408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christina Egan, Cassandra D. Kelly, Kim Rush-Wilson, Stephen W. Davis, William A. Samsonoff, Heidi Pfeiffer, Jim Miller, Jill Taylor, and Nick M. Cirino

Laboratory-Confirmed Transmission of Vaccinia Virus Infection through Sexual Contact with a Military Vaccinee
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5409-5411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. L. Tucker, C. H. Beresford, L. Sigler, and K. Rogers

Disseminated Beauveria bassiana Infection in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5412-5414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tytti Vuorinen, Pirkko Kotilainen, Irmeli Lautenschlager, Harry Kujari, Leena Krogerus, and Jarmo Oksi

Interstitial Pneumonitis and Coinfection of Human Herpesvirus 6 and Pneumocystis carinii in a Patient with Hypogammaglobulinemia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5415-5418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elliot Carter and Carole Boudreaux

Fatal Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis Due to Curvularia lunata in an Immunocompetent Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5419-5423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fabrizio Palmieri, Nicola Petrosillo, Maria Grazia Paglia, Aristide Conte, Delia Goletti, Leopoldo Paolo Pucillo, Michela Menegon, Anna Sannella, Carlo Severini, and Giancarlo Majori

Genetic Confirmation of Quinine-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Followed by Postmalaria Neurological Syndrome in a Traveler from Mozambique
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5424-5426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Huy Thong Hua, Claude Bollet, Stephane Tercian, Michel Drancourt, and Didier Raoult

Aeromonas popoffii Urinary Tract Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5427-5428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stephanie A. Lee, Issam I. Raad, Javier A. Adachi, and Xiang Y. Han

Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Caused by Mycobacterium brumae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5429-5431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Zsolt Barta, István Csipo, Gabriella Mekkel, Margit Zeher, László Majoros, Charles N. Bernstein, and Michael T. Collins

Seroprevalence of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in Patients with Crohn's Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5432-5433. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael R. Barer, Gregg Bogosian, and Todd R. Steck

The Viable but Nonculturable Concept, Bacteria in Urine Samples, and Occam's Razor
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5434-5435. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alice S. Weissfeld and Peter H. Gilligan

ASM's Role in Writing Practice Guidelines
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5436. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Kazuyuki Ishihara, Akihiro Nabuchi, Rieko Ito, Kouji Miyachi, Howard K. Kuramitsu, and Katsuji Okuda

Correlation between Detection Rates of Periodontopathic Bacterial DNA in Coronary Stenotic Artery Plaque and in Dental Plaque Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5437. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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