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Minireviews:

Ralf D. Hess

Routine Epstein-Barr Virus Diagnostics from the Laboratory Perspective: Still Challenging after 35 Years
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3381-3387. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

Sylvain Brisse, Sylvie Issenhuth-Jeanjean, and Patrick A. D. Grimont

Molecular Serotyping of Klebsiella Species Isolates by Restriction of the Amplified Capsular Antigen Gene Cluster
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3388-3398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gianfranco Donelli, Claudia Paoletti, Lucilla Baldassarri, Emilio Guaglianone, Roberta Di Rosa, Gloria Magi, Cinzia Spinaci, and Bruna Facinelli

Sex Pheromone Response, Clumping, and Slime Production in Enterococcal Strains Isolated from Occluded Biliary Stents
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3419-3427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Premjit Amornchai, Wirongrong Chierakul, Allen C. Cheng, Nicholas J. White, Sharon J. Peacock, and Nicholas P. J. Day

Evaluation of Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG Rapid Cassette Test Kits for Diagnosis of Melioidosis in an Area of Endemicity
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3435-3437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Boaz Avidor, Merav Graidy, Gabi Efrat, Cecilia Leibowitz, Gregory Shapira, Ami Schattner, Oren Zimhony, and Michael Giladi

Bartonella koehlerae, a New Cat-Associated Agent of Culture-Negative Human Endocarditis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3462-3468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Keun-Hwa Lee, Myung-Je Cho, Yoshio Yamaoka, David Y. Graham, Yeo-Jun Yun, So-Yon Woo, Chang-Young Lim, Kwan-Soo Ko, Bum-Joon Kim, Hyun-Chae Jung, Woo-Kon Lee, Kwang-Ho Rhee, and Yoon-Hoh Kook

Alanine-Threonine Polymorphism of Helicobacter pylori RpoB Is Correlated with Differential Induction of Interleukin-8 in MKN45 Cells
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3518-3524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Charlotte E. Davies, Katja E. Hill, Melanie J. Wilson, Phil Stephens, C. Michael Hill, Keith G. Harding, and David W. Thomas

Use of 16S Ribosomal DNA PCR and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis for Analysis of the Microfloras of Healing and Nonhealing Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3549-3557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Charlene R. Jackson, Paula J. Fedorka-Cray, and John B. Barrett

Use of a Genus- and Species-Specific Multiplex PCR for Identification of Enterococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3558-3565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Diane Flayhart, Clara Lema, Anita Borek, and Karen C. Carroll

Comparison of the BBL CHROMagar Staph aureus Agar Medium to Conventional Media for Detection of Staphylococcus aureus in Respiratory Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3566-3569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Melissa M. Daly, Stella Doktor, Robert Flamm, and Dee Shortridge

Characterization and Prevalence of MefA, MefE, and the Associated msr(D) Gene in Streptococcus pneumoniae Clinical Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3570-3574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. Vijayachari, Niyaz Ahmed, A. P. Sugunan, Sheikh Ghousunnissa, K. Rajender Rao, Seyed E. Hasnain, and Subhash C. Sehgal

Use of Fluorescent Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism for Molecular Epidemiology of Leptospirosis in India
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3575-3580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Shahamat, M. Alavi, J. E. M. Watts, J. M. Gonzalez, K. R. Sowers, D. W. Maeder, and F. T. Robb

Development of Two PCR-Based Techniques for Detecting Helical and Coccoid Forms of Helicobacter pylori
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3613-3619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kristoffer Strålin, Margit Staum Kaltoft, Helle Bossen Konradsen, Per Olcén, and Hans Holmberg

Comparison of Two Urinary Antigen Tests for Establishment of Pneumococcal Etiology of Adult Community-Acquired Pneumonia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3620-3625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Peter C. B. Turnbull, Nicky M. Sirianni, Carlos I. LeBron, Marian N. Samaan, Felicia N. Sutton, Anatalio E. Reyes, and Leonard F. Peruski, Jr.

MICs of Selected Antibiotics for Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis, and Bacillus mycoides from a Range of Clinical and Environmental Sources as Determined by the Etest
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3626-3634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jay E. Gee, Barun K. De, Paul N. Levett, Anne M. Whitney, Ryan T. Novak, and Tanja Popovic

Use of 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Rapid Confirmatory Identification of Brucella Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3649-3654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dennis S. Hansen, Hazel M. Aucken, Titi Abiola, and Rainer Podschun

Recommended Test Panel for Differentiation of Klebsiella Species on the Basis of a Trilateral Interlaboratory Evaluation of 18 Biochemical Tests
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3665-3669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

François J. Picard, Danbing Ke, Dominique K. Boudreau, Maurice Boissinot, Ann Huletsky, Dave Richard, Marc Ouellette, Paul H. Roy, and Michel G. Bergeron

Use of tuf Sequences for Genus-Specific PCR Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of 28 Streptococcal Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3686-3695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sergei G. Bavykin, Yuri P. Lysov, Vladimir Zakhariev, John J. Kelly, Joany Jackman, David A. Stahl, and Alexey Cherni

Use of 16S rRNA, 23S rRNA, and gyrB Gene Sequence Analysis To Determine Phylogenetic Relationships of Bacillus cereus Group Microorganisms
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3711-3730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marina de Cueto, Esther Ceballos, Luis Martinez-Martinez, Evelio J. Perea, and Alvaro Pascual

Use of Positive Blood Cultures for Direct Identification and Susceptibility Testing with the Vitek 2 System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3734-3738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Melvin P. Weinstein, Stanley Mirrett, Saman Kannangara, Jan Monahan, Lizzie J. Harrell, Alan C. Wilson, and L. Barth Reller

Multicenter Evaluation of Use of Penicillin and Ampicillin as Surrogates for In Vitro Testing of Susceptibility of Enterococci to Imipenem
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3747-3751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Verena Grimm, Satoshi Ezaki, Milorad Susa, Cornelius Knabbe, Rolf. D. Schmid, and Till T. Bachmann

Use of DNA Microarrays for Rapid Genotyping of TEM Beta-Lactamases That Confer Resistance
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3766-3774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hans-Olof Nilsson, Ibn-Sina Ouis, Unne Stenram, Åsa Ljungh, Anthony P. Moran, Torkel Wadström, and Waleed Abu Al-Soud

High Prevalence of Helicobacter Species Detected in Laboratory Mouse Strains by Multiplex PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and Pyrosequencing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3781-3788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. Reissbrodt, A. Raßbach, B. Burghardt, I. Rienäcker, H. Mietke, J. Schleif, H. Tschäpe, M. Lyte, and P. H. Williams

Assessment of a New Selective Chromogenic Bacillus cereus Group Plating Medium and Use of Enterobacterial Autoinducer of Growth for Cultural Identification of Bacillus Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3795-3798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lu Feng, Wei Wang, Jiang Tao, Hongjie Guo, Gladys Krause, Lothar Beutin, and Lei Wang

Identification of Escherichia coli O114 O-Antigen Gene Cluster and Development of an O114 Serogroup-Specific PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3799-3804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Nicole Bouziges, Catherine Chanal, Aba Mahamat, Sylvie Michaux-Charachon, and Albert Sotto

Molecular Epidemiology of Enterobacteriaceae Isolates Producing Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases in a French Hospital
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3805-3808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adrian Marty, Oliver Greiner, Philip J. R. Day, Sibylle Gunziger, Kathrin Mühlemann, and David Nadal

Detection of Haemophilus influenzae Type b by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3813-3815. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vijay A. K. B. Gundi, Bernard Davoust, Atieh Khamis, Mickaël Boni, Didier Raoult, and Bernard La Scola

Isolation of Bartonella rattimassiliensis sp. nov. and Bartonella phoceensis sp. nov. from European Rattus norvegicus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3816-3818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michel Doumith, Carmen Buchrieser, Philippe Glaser, Christine Jacquet, and Paul Martin

Differentiation of the Major Listeria monocytogenes Serovars by Multiplex PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3819-3822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nao Suzuki, Yoshio Nakano, Akihiro Yoshida, Yoshihisa Yamashita, and Yusuke Kiyoura

Real-Time TaqMan PCR for Quantifying Oral Bacteria during Biofilm Formation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3827-3830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laurent Poirel, Claire Héritier, Colette Spicq, and Patrice Nordmann

In Vivo Acquisition of High-Level Resistance to Imipenem in Escherichia coli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3831-3833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Javier Tamayo, José-Luis Gómez-Garcés, and Juan-Ignacio Alós

Evaluation of Granada Agar Plate for Detection of Streptococcus agalactiae in Urine Specimens from Pregnant Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3834-3836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James R. Johnson, Krista Owens, Montse Sabate, and Guillem Prats

Rapid and Specific Detection of the O15:K52:H1 Clonal Group of Escherichia coli by Gene-Specific PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3841-3843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Leonard R. Allmond, Temitayo Ajayi, Kiyoshi Moriyama, Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish, and Teiji Sawa

V-Antigen Genotype and Phenotype Analyses of Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3857-3860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Astrid Løvseth, Semir Loncarevic, and Knut G. Berdal

Modified Multiplex PCR Method for Detection of Pyrogenic Exotoxin Genes in Staphylococcal Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3869-3872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mangala A. Nadkarni, Ky-Anh Nguyen, Cheryl C. Chapple, Arthur A. DeCarlo, Nicholas A. Jacques, and Neil Hunter

Distribution of Porphyromonas gingivalis Biotypes Defined by Alleles of the kgp (Lys-Gingipain) Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3873-3876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Salvatore Scalzo, John E. Corkill, David J. Shanks, Timothy G. Rowan, José Delaval, Andrew Fleetwood, Martin Murphy, and C. Anthony Hart

Phenotypic and Genotypic Changes in Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serotype Typhimurium during Passage in Intestines of Broiler Chickens Fed on Diets That Included Ionophore Anticoccidial Supplements
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3399-3405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. M. Sabour, J. J. Gill, D. Lepp, J. C. Pacan, R. Ahmed, R. Dingwell, and K. Leslie

Molecular Typing and Distribution of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Eastern Canadian Dairy Herds
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3449-3455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hanchun Yang, Sheng Chen, David G. White, Shaohua Zhao, Patrick McDermott, Robert Walker, and Jianghong Meng

Characterization of Multiple-Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates from Diseased Chickens and Swine in China
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3483-3489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrew P. A. Oxley, Mark Powell, and David B. McKay

Species of the Family Helicobacteraceae Detected in an Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) with Chronic Gastritis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3505-3512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Regina Hofmann-Lehmann, Marina L. Meli, Ute M. Dreher, Enikö Gönczi, Peter Deplazes, Ueli Braun, Monika Engels, Jörg Schüpbach, Kaspar Jörger, Rudolf Thoma, Christian Griot, Katharina D. C. Stärk, Barbara Willi, Joseph Schmidt, Katherine M. Kocan, and Hans Lutz

Concurrent Infections with Vector-Borne Pathogens Associated with Fatal Hemolytic Anemia in a Cattle Herd in Switzerland
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3775-3780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Takashi Ebihara, Rika Endo, Xiaoming Ma, Hideaki Kikuta, Hiroaki Ishiko, and Kunihiko Kobayashi

High Genetic Diversity of the Attachment (G) Protein of Human Metapneumovirus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3406-3414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Simon Siu-Man Sum, Danny Ka-Ho Wong, Man-Fung Yuen, He-Jun Yuan, Jian Yu, Ching-Lung Lai, David Ho, and Linqi Zhang

Real-Time PCR Assay Using Molecular Beacon for Quantitation of Hepatitis B Virus DNA
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3438-3440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

He-Jun Yuan, Man-Fung Yuen, Danny Ka-Ho Wong, Simon Siu-Man Sum, and Ching-Lung Lai

Clinical Evaluation of the Digene Hybrid Capture II Test and the COBAS AMPLICOR Monitor Test for Determination of Hepatitis B Virus DNA Levels
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3513-3517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nathalie Bastien, Li Liu, Diane Ward, Tracy Taylor, and Yan Li

Genetic Variability of the G Glycoprotein Gene of Human Metapneumovirus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3532-3537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael S. Forman and Alexandra Valsamakis

Verification of an Assay for Quantification of Hepatitis C Virus RNA by Use of an Analyte-Specific Reagent and Two Different Extraction Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3581-3588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Toshihide Ariga, Yasushi Shimada, Kazuhiro Ohgami, Yoshitsugu Tagawa, Hiroaki Ishiko, Koki Aoki, and Shigeaki Ohno

New Genome Type of Adenovirus Serotype 4 Caused Nosocomial Infections Associated with Epidemic Conjunctivitis in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3644-3648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andreea C. Cazacu, Gail J. Demmler, Mark A. Neuman, Betty A. Forbes, Sooyoung Chung, Jewel Greer, Ana E. Alvarez, Robin Williams, and Nadine Y. Bartholoma

Comparison of a New Lateral-Flow Chromatographic Membrane Immunoassay to Viral Culture for Rapid Detection and Differentiation of Influenza A and B Viruses in Respiratory Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3661-3664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Giovanina M. Ellis, Madhumita Mahalanabis, Ingrid A. Beck, Gregory Pepper, Amy Wright, Shannon Hamilton, Sarah Holte, Willscott E. Naugler, Diane M. Pawluk, Chung-Chen Li, and Lisa M. Frenkel

Comparison of Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay and Consensus Sequencing for Detection of Drug-Resistant Mutants of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Plasma
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3670-3674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andreea C. Cazacu, Sooyoung E. Chung, Jewel Greer, and Gail J. Demmler

Comparison of the Directigen Flu A+B Membrane Enzyme Immunoassay with Viral Culture for Rapid Detection of Influenza A and B Viruses in Respiratory Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3707-3710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert Slinger, Rose Milk, Isabelle Gaboury, and Francisco Diaz-Mitoma

Evaluation of the QuickLab RSV Test, a New Rapid Lateral-Flow Immunoassay for Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Antigen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3731-3733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James M. Barbeau, Jennifer Goforth, Angela M. Caliendo, and Frederick S. Nolte

Performance Characteristics of a Quantitative TaqMan Hepatitis C Virus RNA Analyte-Specific Reagent
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3739-3746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karin Biedermann, Nadia Dandachi, Maria Trattner, Georgia Vogl, Hildegard Doppelmayr, Elena Moré, Alfons Staudach, Otto Dietze, and Cornelia Hauser-Kronberger

Comparison of Real-Time PCR Signal-Amplified In Situ Hybridization and Conventional PCR for Detection and Quantification of Human Papillomavirus in Archival Cervical Cancer Tissue
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3758-3765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fiona Wightman, Tomos Walters, Anna Ayres, Scott Bowden, Angeline Bartholomeusz, Daryl Lau, Stephen Locarnini, and Sharon R. Lewin

Comparison of Sequence Analysis and a Novel Discriminatory Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection and Quantification of Lamivudine-Resistant Hepatitis B Virus Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3809-3812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chung-Chen Li, Ingrid A. Beck, Kristy D. Seidel, and Lisa M. Frenkel

Persistence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype B DNA in Dried-Blood Samples on FTA Filter Paper
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3847-3849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ginamarie Foglia, G. Donald Royster, IV, K. Monique Wasunna, Rukia Kibaya, Jennifer A. Malia, Eva K. Calero, Warren Sateren, Philip O. Renzullo, Merlin L. Robb, Deborah L. Birx, and Nelson L. Michael

Use of Rapid and Conventional Testing Technologies for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Serologic Screening in a Rural Kenyan Reference Laboratory
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3850-3852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lucia Giovannelli, Anna Lama, Giuseppina Capra, Viviana Giordano, Pietro Aricò, and Pietro Ammatuna

Detection of Human Papillomavirus DNA in Cervical Samples: Analysis of the New PGMY-PCR Compared To the Hybrid Capture II and MY-PCR Assays and a Two-Step Nested PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3861-3864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Barbara Christine Gärtner, Johannes Michael Fischinger, Anke Litwicki, Klaus Roemer, and Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch

Evaluation of a New Automated, Standardized Generic Nucleic Acid Extraction Method (Total Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit) Used in Combination with Cytomegalovirus DNA Quantification by COBAS AMPLICOR CMV MONITOR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3881-3882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Darío García de Viedma, Mercedes Marín, María Jesús Ruiz, and Emilio Bouza

Analysis of Clonal Composition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Primary Infections in Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3415-3418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paolo Scarpellini, Silvana Tasca, Laura Galli, Alberto Beretta, Adriano Lazzarin, and Claudio Fortis

Selected Pool of Peptides from ESAT-6 and CFP-10 Proteins for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3469-3474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hsin-Tsung Ho, Po-Ling Chang, Chia-Chien Hung, and Huan-Tsung Chang

Capillary Electrophoretic Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Patterns for the Mycobacterial hsp65 Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3525-3531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yayoi Otsuka, Pawel Parniewski, Zofia Zwolska, Masatake Kai, Tomoko Fujino, Fumiko Kirikae, Emiko Toyota, Koichiro Kudo, Tadatoshi Kuratsuji, and Teruo Kirikae

Characterization of a Trinucleotide Repeat Sequence (CGG)₅ and Potential Use in Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3538-3548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Serge Mostowy, Anthony Onipede, Sebastien Gagneux, Stefan Niemann, Kristin Kremer, Edward P. Desmond, Midori Kato-Maeda, and Marcel Behr

Genomic Analysis Distinguishes Mycobacterium africanum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3594-3599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

B. O'Shea, S. Khare, K. Bliss, P. Klein, T. A. Ficht, L. G. Adams, and A. C. Rice-Ficht

Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Reveals Genomic Variability among Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3600-3606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

June M. Brown, Kim N. Pham, Michael M. McNeil, and Brent A. Lasker

Rapid Identification of Nocardia farcinica Clinical Isolates by a PCR Assay Targeting a 314-Base-Pair Species-Specific DNA Fragment
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3655-3660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Pierre-Edouard Fournier and Didier Raoult

Suicide PCR on Skin Biopsy Specimens for Diagnosis of Rickettsioses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3428-3434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yasuko Rikihisa, Chunbin Zhang, Manuel Kanter, Zhihui Cheng, Norio Ohashi, and Takeo Fukuda

Analysis of p51, groESL, and the Major Antigen P51 in Various Species of Neorickettsia, an Obligatory Intracellular Bacterium That Infects Trematodes and Mammals
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3823-3826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

P. Lentzsch, B. Rieksneuwöhner, L. H. Wieler, H. Hotzel, and I. Moser

High-Resolution Genotyping of Campylobacter upsaliensis Strains Originating from Three Continents
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3441-3448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T. Norén, T. Åkerlund, E. Bäck, L. Sjöberg, I. Persson, I. Alriksson, and L. G. Burman

Molecular Epidemiology of Hospital-Associated and Community-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infection in a Swedish County
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3635-3643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tina M. Hambuch, Scott A. Handley, Barbara Ellis, Judith Chamberlin, Sofia Romero, and Russell Regnery

Population Genetic Analysis of Bartonella bacilliformis Isolates from Areas of Peru Where Carrion's Disease Is Endemic and Epidemic
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3675-3680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sanjay K. Shukla, Mary E. Stemper, Srinivas V. Ramaswamy, Jennifer M. Conradt, Robert Reich, Edward A. Graviss, and Kurt D. Reed

Molecular Characteristics of Nosocomial and Native American Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones from Rural Wisconsin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3752-3757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Liliana Mihaila-Amrouche, Anne Bouvet, and Julien Loubinoux

Clonal Spread of emm Type 28 Isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes That Are Multiresistant to Antibiotics
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3844-3846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. E. Velazquez-Meza, M. Aires de Sousa, G. Echaniz-Aviles, F. Solórzano-Santos, G. Miranda-Novales, J. Silva-Sanchez, and H. de Lencastre

Surveillance of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Pediatric Hospital in Mexico City during a 7-Year Period (1997 to 2003): Clonal Evolution and Impact of Infection Control
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3877-3880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Ran Nir-Paz, Jacob Strahilevitz, Mervyn Shapiro, Nathan Keller, Anna Goldschmied-Reouven, Oded Yarden, Colin Block, and Itzhack Polacheck

Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of Infections Caused by Fusarium Species: a Collaborative Study from Israel
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3456-3461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Frank C. Odds, Mary Motyl, Roberto Andrade, Jacques Bille, Emilia Cantón, Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Amanda Davidson, Christian Durussel, David Ellis, Elyse Foraker, Annette W. Fothergill, Mahmoud A. Ghannoum, Robert A. Giacobbe, Miguel Gobernado, Rosemary Handke, Michel Laverdière, Wendy Lee-Yang, William G. Merz, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Javier Pemán, Sophia Perea, John R. Perfect, Michael A. Pfaller, Laurie Proia, John H. Rex, Michael G. Rinaldi, Juan-Luis Rodriguez-Tudela, Wiley A. Schell, Christine Shields, Deanna A. Sutton, Paul E. Verweij, and David W. Warnock

Interlaboratory Comparison of Results of Susceptibility Testing with Caspofungin against Candida and Aspergillus Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3475-3482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Liliana de Aguirre, Steven F. Hurst, Jong Soo Choi, Jong Hee Shin, Hans Peter Hinrikson, and Christine J. Morrison

Rapid Differentiation of Aspergillus Species from Other Medically Important Opportunistic Molds and Yeasts by PCR-Enzyme Immunoassay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3495-3504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Aristea Velegraki, Evangelos C. Alexopoulos, Stavroula Kritikou, and George Gaitanis

Use of Fatty Acid RPMI 1640 Media for Testing Susceptibilities of Eight Malassezia Species to the New Triazole Posaconazole and to Six Established Antifungal Agents by a Modified NCCLS M27-A2 Microdilution Method and Etest
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3589-3593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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

Comparison of Results of Fluconazole Disk Diffusion Testing for Candida Species with Results from a Central Reference Laboratory in the ARTEMIS Global Antifungal Surveillance Program
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3607-3612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mara R. Diaz and Jack W. Fell

High-Throughput Detection of Pathogenic Yeasts of the Genus Trichosporon
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3696-3706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. Morris-Jones, S. Youngchim, J. M. Hextall, B. L. Gomez, S. D. Morris-Jones, R. J. Hay, A. Casadevall, J. D. Nosanchuk, and A. J. Hamilton

Scytalidium dimidiatum Causing Recalcitrant Subcutaneous Lesions Produces Melanin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3789-3794. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adam Jenney, Kishan Pandithage, Dale A. Fisher, and Bart J. Currie

Cryptococcus Infection in Tropical Australia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3865-3868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

Ittisak Subrungruang, Mathirut Mungthin, Porntip Chavalitshewinkoon-Petmitr, Ram Rangsin, Tawee Naaglor, and Saovanee Leelayoova

Evaluation of DNA Extraction and PCR Methods for Detection of Enterocytozoon bienuesi in Stool Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3490-3494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Audrey Simon, Pierre Labalette, Isabelle Ordinaire, Emilie Fréalle, Eduardo Dei-Cas, Daniel Camus, and Laurence Delhaes

Use of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Hybridization Probes To Evaluate Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Diagnosis of Ocular Toxoplasmosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3681-3685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L. Zheng, S. F. Keller, D. M. Lyerly, R. J. Carman, C. W. Genheimer, C. A. Gleaves, S. J. Kohlhepp, S. Young, S. Perez, and K. Ye

Multicenter Evaluation of a New Screening Test That Detects Clostridium difficile in Fecal Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3837-3840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Pillay, J. Lewis, and R. C. Ballard

Evaluation of Xenostrip-Tv, a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Trichomonas vaginalis Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3853-3856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Yuko Koizumi, Norio Isoda, Yukihiro Sato, Takaaki Iwaki, Kazunori Ono, Kenichi Ido, Kentaro Sugano, Masaharu Takahashi, Tsutomu Nishizawa, and Hiroaki Okamoto

Infection of a Japanese Patient by Genotype 4 Hepatitis E Virus While Traveling in Vietnam
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3883-3885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hassan Mallat, Isabelle Podglajen, Véronique Lavarde, Jean-Luc Mainardi, Jérôme Frappier, and Muriel Cornet

Molecular Characterization of Trichomonas tenax Causing Pulmonary Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3886-3887. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jennifer M. Davis, Margaret J. Whipp, Christopher Ashhurst-Smith, Jim C. DeBoer, and Margaret M. Peel

Mucoid Nitrate-Negative Moraxella nonliquefaciens from Three Patients with Chronic Lung Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3888-3890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hiroshi Yamasaki, Shigeo Matsunaga, Koji Yamamura, Chia-Cheng Chang, Shunji Kawamura, Yasuhito Sako, Minoru Nakao, Kazuhiro Nakaya, and Akira Ito

Solitary Neurocysticercosis Case Caused by Asian Genotype of Taenia solium Confirmed by Mitochondrial DNA Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3891-3893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Claudio Piersimoni, Gaia Goteri, Domenico Nista, Alessandro Mariottini, Gianna Mazzarelli, and Stefano Bornigia

Mycobacterium lentiflavum as an Emerging Causative Agent of Cervical Lymphadenitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3894-3897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K. Mokrani, P. E. Fournier, M. Dalichaouche, S. Tebbal, A. Aouati, and D. Raoult

Reemerging Threat of Epidemic Typhus in Algeria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3898-3900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ikue Taneike, Keibun Suzuki, Saori Nakagawa, and Tatsuo Yamamoto

Intrafamilial Spread of the Same Clarithromycin-Resistant Helicobacter pylori Infection Confirmed by Molecular Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3901-3903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chiranjoy Mukhopadhyay, Anudita Bhargava, and Archana Ayyagari

Two Novel Clinical Presentations of Burkholderia cepacia Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3904-3905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

S. Bistrussu, A. Beeton, G. Castaldo, J. Han, I. Wong, C. Tuleu, P. F. Long, K. Brown, N. Cross, J. Cope, A. P. Goldman, A. Karimova, M. O'Callaghan, A. Robertson, and L. Smith

Are Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Circuits That Are Primed with Plasmalyte and Stored a Likely Source of Infection?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3906. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John A. Elliott, Terry A. Thompson, Richard R. Facklam, and Hans-Christian Slotved

Increased Sensitivity of a Latex Agglutination Method for Serotyping Group B Streptococcus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3907. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anna C. Noller, M. Catherine McEllistrem, and Lee H. Harrison

Genotyping Primers for Fully Automated Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Escherichia coli O157:H7
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3908. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Amha Kebede, Anton M. Polderman, Iruka N. Okeke, Oladipupo Ojo, Adebayo Lamikanra, and James B. Kaper

Etiology of Acute Diarrhea in Adults in Southwestern Nigeria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3909-3910. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Jeffrey J. Germer, David W. Majewski, Michael Rosser, Amber Thompson, P. Shawn Mitchell, Thomas F. Smith, Slava Elagin, and Joseph D.C. Yao

Evaluation of the TRUGENE HCV 5'NC Genotyping Kit with the New GeneLibrarian Module 3.1.2 for Genotyping of Hepatitis C Virus from Clinical Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3911. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. R. Chacón, L. Soler, E. A. Groisman, J. Guarro, and M. J. Figueras

Type III Secretion System Genes in Clinical Aeromonas Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3912. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rosana B. R. Ferreira, Natalia L. P. Iorio, Karoline L. Malvar, Ana Paula F. Nunes, Leila S. Fonseca, Carla C. R. Bastos, and Kátia R. N. Santos

Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci: Comparison of Phenotypic and Genotypic Oxacillin Susceptibility Tests and Evaluation of the Agar Screening Test by Using Different Concentrations of Oxacillin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3913. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lukasz Naumiuk, Anna Baraniak, Marek Gniadkowski, Beata Krawczyk, Bartosz Rybak, Ewa Sadowy, Alfred Samet, and Józef Kur

Molecular Epidemiology of Serratia marcescens in Two Hospitals in Gdask, Poland, over a 5-Year Period
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 3914. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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