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Epidemiology:

Innocent B. Rwego, Thomas R. Gillespie, Gilbert Isabirye-Basuta, and Tony L. Goldberg

High Rates of Escherichia coli Transmission between Livestock and Humans in Rural Uganda
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3187-3191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jon M. Bible, Miren Iturriza-Gomara, Brian Megson, David Brown, Panagiotis Pantelidis, Pam Earl, Justin Bendig, and C. Y. William Tong

Molecular Epidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71 in the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2006
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3192-3200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mignon du Plessis, Anne von Gottberg, Cheryl Cohen, Linda de Gouveia, Keith P. Klugman for the Group for Enteric Respiratory and Meningeal Disease Surveillance in South Africa (GERMS-SA)

Neisseria meningitidis Intermediately Resistant to Penicillin and Causing Invasive Disease in South Africa in 2001 to 2005
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3208-3214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael Z. David, Connie Mennella, Mohamed Mansour, Susan Boyle-Vavra, and Robert S. Daum

Predominance of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Pathogens Causing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in a Large Urban Jail: Risk Factors and Recurrence Rates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3222-3227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Simon Lévesque, Eric Frost, Robert D. Arbeit, and Sophie Michaud

Multilocus Sequence Typing of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Humans, Chickens, Raw Milk, and Environmental Water in Quebec, Canada
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3404-3411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E. E. Udo, F. G. O'Brien, N. Al-Sweih, Bobby Noronha, B. Matthew, and W. B. Grubb

Genetic Lineages of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Kuwait Hospitals
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3514-3516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ankie Lebon, Joost A. M. Labout, Henri A. Verbrugh, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Albert Hofman, Willem van Wamel, Henriette A. Moll, and Alex van Belkum

Dynamics and Determinants of Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in Infancy: the Generation R Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3517-3521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Russell Kutz and Ogi Okwumabua

Differentiation of Highly Virulent Strains of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 According to Glutamate Dehydrogenase Electrophoretic and Sequence Type
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3201-3207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Peter Kutzer, Christoph Schulze, Andreas Engelhardt, Lothar H. Wieler, and Marcel Nordhoff

Helcococcus ovis, an Emerging Pathogen in Bovine Valvular Endocarditis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3291-3295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

A. T. Hesselink, M. A. P. C. van Ham, D. A. M. Heideman, Z. M. A. Groothuismink, L. Rozendaal, J. Berkhof, F. J. van Kemenade, L. A. F. G. Massuger, W. J. G. Melchers, C. J. L. M. Meijer, and P. J. F. Snijders

Comparison of GP5+/6+-PCR and SPF₁₀-Line Blot Assays for Detection of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Samples from Women with Normal Cytology Results Who Develop Grade 3 Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3215-3221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Koki Aoki, Hiroaki Ishiko, Tsunetada Konno, Yasushi Shimada, Akio Hayashi, Hisatoshi Kaneko, Takeshi Ohguchi, Yoshitsugu Tagawa, Shigeaki Ohno, and Shudo Yamazaki

Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Due to the Novel Hexon-Chimeric-Intermediate 22,37/H8 Human Adenovirus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3259-3269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Das, M. R. Pingle, J. Muñoz-Jordán, M. S. Rundell, S. Rondini, K. Granger, G.-J. J. Chang, E. Kelly, E. G. Spier, D. Larone, E. Spitzer, F. Barany, and L. M. Golightly

Detection and Serotyping of Dengue Virus in Serum Samples by Multiplex Reverse Transcriptase PCR-Ligase Detection Reaction Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3276-3284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L. Mia Kim, Daniel J. King, Hilda Guzman, Robert B. Tesh, Amelia P. A. Travassos da Rosa, Rudy Bueno, Jr., James A. Dennett, and Claudio L. Afonso

Biological and Phylogenetic Characterization of Pigeon Paramyxovirus Serotype 1 Circulating in Wild North American Pigeons and Doves
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3303-3310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Concepción Gimeno, Carlos Solano, José C. Latorre, Juan C. Hernández-Boluda, María A. Clari, María J. Remigia, Santiago Furió, Marisa Calabuig, Nuria Tormo, and David Navarro

Quantification of DNA in Plasma by an Automated Real-Time PCR Assay (Cytomegalovirus PCR Kit) for Surveillance of Active Cytomegalovirus Infection and Guidance of Preemptive Therapy for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3311-3318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yu-Huei Lin, Yi Wang, André Loua, Gwo-Jen Day, Yan Qiu, Elpidio Cesar B. Nadala, Jr., Jean-Pierre Allain, and Helen H. Lee

Evaluation of a New Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Rapid Test with Improved Sensitivity
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3319-3324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yi-Pei Lin, Chuan-Liang Kao, Sui-Yuan Chang, Koki Taniguchi, Pei-Yung Hung, Hsueh-Ching Lin, Li-Min Huang, Hsueh-Hung Huang, Jyh-Yuan Yang, and Chun-Nan Lee

Determination of Human Rotavirus VP6 Genogroups I and II by Reverse Transcription-PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3330-3337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. J. Collins, A. Cullinane, V. Martella, and H. O'Shea

Molecular Characterization of Equine Rotavirus in Ireland
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3346-3354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mayumi Obara, Sumiyo Hasegawa, Masae Iwai, Eiji Horimoto, Kazuya Nakamura, Takeshi Kurata, Naohito Saito, Hiroshi Oe, and Takenori Takizawa

Single Base Substitutions in the Capsid Region of the Norovirus Genome during Viral Shedding in Cases of Infection in Areas Where Norovirus Infection Is Endemic
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3397-3403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philip E. Castle, Carolina Porras, Wim G. Quint, Ana Cecilia Rodriguez, Mark Schiffman, Patti E. Gravitt, Paula González, Hormuzd A. Katki, Sandra Silva, Enrique Freer, Leen-Jan Van Doorn, Silvia Jiménez, Rolando Herrero, Allan Hildesheim, and for the CVT Group

Comparison of Two PCR-Based Human Papillomavirus Genotyping Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3437-3445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

H. Harvala, I. Robertson, E. C. McWilliam Leitch, K. Benschop, K. C. Wolthers, K. Templeton, and P. Simmonds

Epidemiology and Clinical Associations of Human Parechovirus Respiratory Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3446-3453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rachana Kshatriya, Ada A. Cachafeiro, Ryan J. S. Kerr, Julie A. E. Nelson, and Susan A. Fiscus

Comparison of Two Rapid Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Assays, Determine HIV-1/2 and OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2, for Detection of Recent HIV Seroconversion
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3482-3483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vito Martella, Domenico Colombrita, Eleonora Lorusso, Emanuele Draghin, Simona Fiorentini, Simona De Grazia, Kristián Bányai, Max Ciarlet, Arnaldo Caruso, and Canio Buonavoglia

Detection of a Porcine-Like Rotavirus in a Child with Enteritis in Italy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3501-3507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Xin-hui Yuan, Yu Jin, Zhi-ping Xie, Han-chun Gao, Zi-qian Xu, Li-shu Zheng, Rong-fang Zhang, Jing-rong Song, Yun-de Hou, and Zhao-jun Duan

Prevalence of Human KI and WU Polyomaviruses in Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in China
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3522-3525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Stephan Ölschläger, Stephan Günther, Gerold Jaeger, Karoline Bleymehl, Susanne G. Schäd, Gerald Heckel, Rainer G. Ulrich, and Hans Wilhelm Doerr

Molecular Analysis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Strains Circulating in Tanzania Demonstrating the Presence of Genotype M1
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3530-3533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

William S. Probert, Janet Ely, Kimmi Schrader, Jessica Atwell, Angela Nossoff, and Stanley Kwan

Identification and Evaluation of New Target Sequences for Specific Detection of Bordetella pertussis by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3228-3231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Xiao Xue Ma, Teruyo Ito, Yoko Kondo, Moe Cho, Yukio Yoshizawa, Jun Kaneko, Atsuo Katai, Masato Higashiide, Shanshuang Li, and Keiichi Hiramatsu

Two Different Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Phage Lineages Predominate in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3246-3258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Angela S. Rossney, Celine M. Herra, Gráinne I. Brennan, Pamela M. Morgan, and Brian O'Connell

Evaluation of the Xpert Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Assay Using the GeneXpert Real-Time PCR Platform for Rapid Detection of MRSA from Screening Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3285-3290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Bek-Thomsen, H. B. Lomholt, and M. Kilian

Acne is Not Associated with Yet-Uncultured Bacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3355-3360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nicolas Degand, Etienne Carbonnelle, Brunhilde Dauphin, Jean-Luc Beretti, Muriel Le Bourgeois, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Christine Segonds, Patrick Berche, Xavier Nassif, and Agnès Ferroni

Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli Isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3361-3367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tjasa Cerar, Katarina Ogrinc, Joze Cimperman, Stanka Lotric-Furlan, Franc Strle, and Eva Ruzic-Sabljic

Validation of Cultivation and PCR Methods for Diagnosis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3375-3379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. Ready, F. D'Aiuto, D. A. Spratt, J. Suvan, M. S. Tonetti, and M. Wilson

Disease Severity Associated with Presence in Subgingival Plaque of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, and Tannerella forsythia, Singly or in Combination, as Detected by Nested Multiplex PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3380-3383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kenneth L. Muldrew, Yi-Wei Tang, Haijing Li, and Charles W. Stratton

Clonal Dissemination of Staphylococcus epidermidis in an Oncology Ward
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3391-3396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carolina Márquez, Maurizio Labbate, Claudia Raymondo, Jimena Fernández, Alicia M. Gestal, Marita Holley, Graciela Borthagaray, and H. W. Stokes

Urinary Tract Infections in a South American Population: Dynamic Spread of Class 1 Integrons and Multidrug Resistance by Homologous and Site-Specific Recombination
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3417-3425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Monika Dzieciatkowska, Xin Liu, Astrid P. Heikema, R. Scott Houliston, Alex van Belkum, Elke K. H. Schweda, Michel Gilbert, James C. Richards, and Jianjun Li

Rapid Method for Sensitive Screening of Oligosaccharide Epitopes in the Lipooligosaccharide from Campylobacter jejuni Strains Isolated from Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Miller Fisher Syndrome Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3429-3436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Olivier Dauwalder, Gérard Lina, Géraldine Durand, Michèle Bes, Hélène Meugnier, Vincent Jarlier, Bruno Coignard, François Vandenesch, Jerome Etienne, and Frédéric Laurent

Epidemiology of Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones Collected in France in 2006 and 2007
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3454-3458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Naomi S. Montague, Timothy J. Cleary, Octavio V. Martinez, and Gary W. Procop

Detection of Group B Streptococci in Lim Broth by Use of Group B Streptococcus Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization and Selective and Nonselective Agars
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3470-3472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maria da Glória S. Carvalho, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Roger E. Morey, Patricia Lynn Shewmaker, Enevold Falsen, Richard R. Facklam, and Lucia M. Teixeira

Designation of the Provisional New Enterococcus Species CDC PNS-E2 as Enterococcus sanguinicola sp. nov., Isolated from Human Blood, and Identification of a Strain Previously Named Enterococcus CDC PNS-E1 as Enterococcus italicus Fortina, Ricci, Mora, and Manachini 2004
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3473-3476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Timothy J. J. Inglis, Adam Merritt, Joanne Montgomery, Indika Jayasinghe, Vasanthi Thevanesam, and Russell McInnes

Deployable Laboratory Response to Emergence of Melioidosis in Central Sri Lanka
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3479-3481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

I. López-Goñi, D. García-Yoldi, C. M. Marín, M. J. de Miguel, P. M. Muñoz, J. M. Blasco, I. Jacques, M. Grayon, A. Cloeckaert, A. C. Ferreira, R. Cardoso, M. I. Corrêa de Sá, K. Walravens, D. Albert, and B. Garin-Bastuji

Evaluation of a Multiplex PCR Assay (Bruce-ladder) for Molecular Typing of All Brucella Species, Including the Vaccine Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3484-3487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ellen Jo Baron, Holly D'Souza, Andrew Qi Wang, and David L. Gibbs

Evaluation of the Biomic V3 Microbiology System for Identification of Selected Species on BBL CHROMagar Orientation Agar and CHROMagar MRSA Medium
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3488-3490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David J. Waine, David Honeybourne, E. Grace Smith, Joanna L. Whitehouse, and Chris G. Dowson

Association between Hypermutator Phenotype, Clinical Variables, Mucoid Phenotype, and Antimicrobial Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3491-3493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

William Veguilla, K. Kealy Peak, Vicki A. Luna, Jill C. Roberts, Carisa R. Davis, Andrew C. Cannons, Philip Amuso, and Jacqueline Cattani

Two-Year Study Evaluating the Potential Loss of Methicillin Resistance in a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Culture Collection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3494-3497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stephan J. Ott, Sophie Plamondon, Ailsa Hart, Alexander Begun, Ateequr Rehman, Michael A. Kamm, and Stefan Schreiber

Dynamics of the Mucosa-Associated Flora in Ulcerative Colitis Patients during Remission and Clinical Relapse
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3510-3513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

Paul P. Thompson, Regis P. Kowalski, Robert M. Q. Shanks, and Y. Jerold Gordon

Validation of Real-Time PCR for Laboratory Diagnosis of Acanthamoeba Keratitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3232-3236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Aldert Bart, Harold M. van der Heijden, Sophie Greve, Dave Speijer, Wil J. Landman, and Tom van Gool

Intragenomic Variation in the Internal Transcribed Spacer 1 Region of Dientamoeba fragilis as a Molecular Epidemiological Marker
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3270-3275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Erik Munson, Maureen Napierala, Robin Olson, Tina Endes, Timothy Block, Jeanne E. Hryciuk, and Ronald F. Schell

Impact of Trichomonas vaginalis Transcription-Mediated Amplification-Based Analyte-Specific-Reagent Testing in a Metropolitan Setting of High Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevalence
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3368-3374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L. Campbell, V. Woods, T. Lloyd, S. Elsayed, and D. L. Church

Evaluation of the OSOM Trichomonas Rapid Test versus Wet Preparation Examination for Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis Vaginitis in Specimens from Women with a Low Prevalence of Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3467-3469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Marie Desnos-Ollivier, Marie Ragon, Vincent Robert, Dorothée Raoux, Jean-Charles Gantier, and Françoise Dromer

Debaryomyces hansenii (Candida famata), a Rare Human Fungal Pathogen Often Misidentified as Pichia guilliermondii (Candida guilliermondii)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3237-3242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maria V. Castelli, Maria J. Buitrago, Leticia Bernal-Martinez, Alicia Gomez-Lopez, Juan L. Rodriguez-Tudela, and Manuel Cuenca-Estrella

Development and Validation of a Quantitative PCR Assay for Diagnosis of Scedosporiosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3412-3416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. Lalitha, R. Vijaykumar, N. V. Prajna, and A. W. Fothergill

In Vitro Natamycin Susceptibility of Ocular Isolates of Fusarium and Aspergillus Species: Comparison of Commercially Formulated Natamycin Eye Drops to Pharmaceutical-Grade Powder
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3477-3478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Justin A. Bishop, Nancy Chase, Richard Lee, Cletus P. Kurtzman, and William G. Merz

Production of White Colonies on CHROMagar Candida Medium by Members of the Candida glabrata Clade and Other Species with Overlapping Phenotypic Traits
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3498-3500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Donald C. Sheppard, Marie-Claude Locas, Christiane Restieri, and Michel Laverdiere

Utility of the Germ Tube Test for Direct Identification of Candida albicans from Positive Blood Culture Bottles
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3508-3509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Dissou Affolabi, Mathieu Odoun, N'Dira Sanoussi, Anandi Martin, Juan Carlos Palomino, Luc Kestens, Séverin Anagonou, and Françoise Portaels

Rapid and Inexpensive Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the Nitrate Reductase Assay Using Liquid Medium and Direct Application to Sputum Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3243-3245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sol Patiño, Lorenzo Alamo, Mena Cimino, Yveth Casart, Fulvia Bartoli, María J. García, and Leiria Salazar

Autofluorescence of Mycobacteria as a Tool for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3296-3302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adithya Cattamanchi, J. Lucian Davis, William Worodria, Samuel Yoo, John Matovu, John Kiidha, Florence Nankya, Rachel Kyeyune, Alfred Andama, Moses Joloba, Dennis Osmond, Phillip Hopewell, and Laurence Huang

Poor Performance of Universal Sample Processing Method for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Smear Microscopy and Culture in Uganda
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3325-3329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Hanekom, G. D. van der Spuy, N. C. Gey van Pittius, C. R. E. McEvoy, K. G. P. Hoek, S. L. Ndabambi, A. M. Jordaan, T. C. Victor, P. D. van Helden, and R. M. Warren

Discordance between Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive-Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Typing and IS6110 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Genotyping for Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Strains in a Setting of High Incidence of Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3338-3345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hee-Youn Kim, Yoonwon Kook, Yeo-Jun Yun, Chan Geun Park, Nam Yong Lee, Tae Sun Shim, Bum-Joon Kim, and Yoon-Hoh Kook

Proportions of Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii Strains among Korean Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus Group Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3384-3390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrick Eberechi Akpaka, Shirematee Baboolal, Denise Clarke, Lorraine Francis, and Nalin Rastogi

Evaluation of Methods for Rapid Detection of Resistance to Isoniazid and Rifampin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Collected in the Caribbean
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3426-3428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matsie Mphahlele, Heidi Syre, Håvard Valvatne, Ruth Stavrum, Turid Mannsåker, Tshilidzi Muthivhi, Karin Weyer, P. Bernard Fourie, and Harleen M. S. Grewal

Pyrazinamide Resistance among South African Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3459-3464. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Brian Leonard, Jorge Coronel, Mark Siedner, Louis Grandjean, Luz Caviedes, Pilar Navarro, Robert H. Gilman, and David A. J. Moore

Inter- and Intra-Assay Reproducibility of Microplate Alamar Blue Assay Results for Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Ethambutol, Streptomycin, Ciprofloxacin, and Capreomycin Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3526-3529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Dong-Min Kim and Joo Nam Byun

Effects of Antibiotic Treatment on the Results of Nested PCRs for Scrub Typhus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3465-3466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Kelly N. Mizell, Kimberley V. Patterson, and J. Elliot Carter

Empyema Necessitatis Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Case Report and Review of the Literature
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3534-3536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karsten Becker, Frank Rutsch, Andreas Uekötter, Frank Kipp, Jens König, Thorsten Marquardt, Georg Peters, and Christof von Eiff

Kocuria rhizophila Adds to the Emerging Spectrum of Micrococcal Species Involved in Human Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3537-3539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nataliia Rudenko, Maryna Golovchenko, Ales Mokrácek, Natalja Piskunová, Daniel Ruzek, Nadja Mallatová, and Libor Grubhoffer

Detection of Borrelia bissettii in Cardiac Valve Tissue of a Patient with Endocarditis and Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Czech Republic
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3540-3543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vincenzo Savini, Federica Sozio, Chiara Catavitello, Marzia Talia, Assunta Manna, Fabio Febbo, Andrea Balbinot, Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Raffaele Piccolomini, Giustino Parruti, and Domenico D'Antonio

Femoral Prosthesis Infection by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3544-3545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters To The Editor:

Robert S. Miller, Leslie Speegle, Omar A. Oyarzabal, and Albert J. Lastovica

Evaluation of Three Commercial Latex Agglutination Tests for Identification of Campylobacter spp.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3546-3547. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daniel J. Wolter, Archana Chatterjee, Meera Varman, and Richard V. Goering

Isolation and Characterization of an Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 15 Variant in the Central United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3548-3549. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vicente Carreño, Javier Bartolomé, Inmaculada Castillo, Juan Antonio Quiroga, Philippe Halfon, Michele Martinot-Peignoux, Sarah Maylin, Marc Bourliere, and Patrice Cacoub

Does Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection Exist?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3550-3552. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Sandrine Roisin, Claire Nonhoff, Olivier Denis, and Marc J. Struelens

Evaluation of New Vitek 2 Card and Disk Diffusion Method for Determining Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to Oxacillin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3553. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stephen Ohara

Novel Rapid Culture-Based Detection Method for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 3554. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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