From the Current Issue: October 2008; volume 46, issue 10 [Table of Contents]

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Current Trends in Rapid Diagnostics for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococcus Species

Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Kelly Haccuria, Mindy Michiels, Margareta Ieven, Claire Poyart, Waleria Hryniewicz, Herman Goossens, and on behalf of the MOSAR WP2 Study Team
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008. 46:1577-1587. [HTML] [PDF]

16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Bacterial Identification in the Diagnostic Laboratory: Pluses, Perils, and Pitfalls

J. Michael Janda and Sharon L. Abbott
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007. 45:2761-2764. [HTML] [PDF]

Molecular Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis: Current Status and Future Applications

Richard Reithinger and Jean-Claude Dujardin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007. 45:21-25. [HTML] [PDF]

Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Diagnostic Aspects of Coccidioidomycosis

Michael A. Saubolle, Peter P. McKellar, and Den Sussland
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007. 45:26-30. [HTML] [PDF]

Home Testing To Detect Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Boon or Bane?

Sheldon Campbell and Roger Klein
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006. 44:3473-3476. [HTML] [PDF]

Mass Spectrometry for Species or Strain Identification after Culture or without Culture: Past, Present, and Future

Alvin Fox
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006. 44:2677-2680. [HTML] [PDF]

Current Perspectives on Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex: the Automated Nonradiometric Systems

Claudio Piersimoni, Armando Olivieri, Luca Benacchio, and Claudio Scarparo
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006. 44:20-28. [HTML] [PDF]

In-House Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays in Research: How Much Quality Control Is Needed before One Can Rely upon the Results?

Petra Apfalter, Udo Reischl, and Margaret R. Hammerschlag
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005. 43:5835-5841. [HTML] [PDF]

Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Diagnosis of Bordetella Infections

M. Riffelmann, C. H. Wirsing von Konig, V. Caro, N. Guiso, and for the Pertussis PCR Consensus Group
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005. 43:4925-4929. [HTML] [PDF]

Sequence-Based Identification of New Bacteria: a Proposition for Creation of an Orphan Bacterium Repository

M. Drancourt and D. Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005. 43:4311-4315. [HTML] [PDF]

Toward Standardization of Diagnostic PCR Testing of Fecal Samples: Lessons from the Detection of Salmonellae in Pigs

B. Malorny and J. Hoorfar
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005. 43:3033-3037. [HTML] [PDF]

Unusual Fungal and Pseudofungal Infections of Humans

M. A. Pfaller and D. J. Diekema
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005. 43:1495-1504. [HTML] [PDF]

Involvement of Chlamydia pneumoniae in Atherosclerosis: More Evidence for Lack of Evidence

Margareta M. Ieven and Vicky Y. Hoymans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005. 43:19-24. [HTML] [PDF]

Rare and Emerging Opportunistic Fungal Pathogens: Concern for Resistance beyond Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus

M. A. Pfaller and D. J. Diekema
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004. 42:4419-4431. [HTML] [PDF]

GB Virus Type C: a Beneficial Infection?

Jack T. Stapleton, Carolyn F. Williams, and Jinhua Xiang
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004. 42:3915-3919. [HTML] [PDF]

Routine Epstein-Barr Virus Diagnostics from the Laboratory Perspective: Still Challenging after 35 Years

Ralf D. Hess
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004. 42:3381-3387. [HTML] [PDF]

Rapid Detection of Antimicrobial-Resistant Organism Carriage: an Unmet Clinical Need

Daniel J. Diekema, Kirsty J. Dodgson, Bryndis Sigurdardottir, and Michael A. Pfaller
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004. 42:2879-2883. [HTML] [PDF]

Response of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory to Emerging (New) and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

Franklin R. Cockerill III and Thomas F. Smith
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004. 42:2359-2365. [HTML] [PDF]

Practical Considerations in Design of Internal Amplification Controls for Diagnostic PCR Assays

J. Hoorfar, B. Malorny, A. Abdulmawjood, N. Cook, M. Wagner, and P. Fach
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004. 42:1863-1868. [HTML] [PDF]

Impact of Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Peter H. Gilligan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004. 42:1391-1395. [HTML] [PDF]

Recent Developments for Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis

Jack S. Remington, Philippe Thulliez, and Jose G. Montoya
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004. 42:941-945. [HTML] [PDF]

Need for Susceptibility Testing Guidelines for Fastidious or Less-Frequently Isolated Bacteria

James H. Jorgensen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004. 42:493-496. [HTML] [PDF]

Reality of Developing a Community-Wide Antibiogram

Diane C. Halstead, Noel Gomez, and Yvette S. McCarter
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004. 42:1-6. [HTML] [PDF]

Relevance of Commercial Amplification Methods for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Clinical Samples

Claudio Piersimoni and Claudio Scarparo
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41:5355-5365. [HTML] [PDF]

Molecular Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Respiratory Tract Infections

K. Loens, D. Ursi, H. Goossens, and M. Ieven
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41:4915-4923. [HTML] [PDF]

Nocardiosis: Review of Clinical and Laboratory Experience

Michael A. Saubolle and Den Sussland
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41:4497-4501. [HTML] [PDF]

Laboratory Aspects of Management of Chronic Pulmonary Infections in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Melissa B. Miller and Peter H. Gilligan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41:4009-4015. [HTML] [PDF]

Role of the Microbiology Laboratory in Diagnosis and Management of Pharyngitis

Paul P. Bourbeau
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41:3467-3472. [HTML] [PDF]

Laboratory Safety Practices Associated with Potential Agents of Biocrime or Bioterrorism

David L. Sewell
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41:2801-2809. [HTML] [PDF]

Blood Culture Contamination: Persisting Problems and Partial Progress

Melvin P. Weinstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41:2275-2278. [HTML] [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology: Past, Present, and Future

Henry D. Isenberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41:917-918. [HTML] [PDF]

Clostridium difficile Testing: after 20 Years, Still Challenging

Tracy D. Wilkins and David M. Lyerly
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41:531-534. [HTML] [PDF]

Role of the Hospital-Based Microbiology Laboratory in Preparation for and Response to a Bioterrorism Event

James W. Snyder
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41:1-4. [HTML] [PDF]

Laboratory Assays for Diagnosis and Management of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Sandra S. Richter
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002. 40:4407-4412. [HTML] [PDF]

Role of Sentinel Surveillance of Candidemia: Trends in Species Distribution and Antifungal Susceptibility

M. A. Pfaller and D. J. Diekema
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002. 40:3551-3557. [HTML] [PDF]

Laboratory Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Controversy and Conundrums

Karen C. Carroll
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002. 40:3115-3120. [HTML] [PDF]

Role of the Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Infections

Sue C. Kehl
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002. 40:2711-2715. [HTML] [PDF]

Molecular Approaches To Detecting Herpes Simplex Virus and Enteroviruses in the Central Nervous System

Thomas W. Smalling, Susan E. Sefers, Haijing Li, and Yi-Wei Tang
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002. 40:2317-2322. [HTML] [PDF]

Laboratory Identification of the Microsporidia

Lynne S. Garcia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002. 40:1892-1901. [HTML] [PDF]

Risk Assessment Models and Contamination Management: Implications for Broad-Range Ribosomal DNA PCR as a Diagnostic Tool in Medical Bacteriology

B. Cherie Millar, Jiru Xu, and John E. Moore
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002. 40:1575-1580. [HTML] [PDF]

Miscellaneous Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci: Emerging Opportunists

Kathryn L. Ruoff
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002. 40:1129-1133. [HTML] [PDF]

Role of the Laboratory in Diagnosis and Management of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell and Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients

Raymund R. Razonable, Carlos V. Paya, and Thomas F. Smith
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002. 40:746-752. [HTML] [PDF]

Hunting Health Care-Associated Infections from the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Passive, Active, and Virtual Surveillance

Lance R. Peterson and Stephen E. Brossette
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002. 40:1-4. [HTML] [PDF]

Taxonomy and Identification of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex

Tom Coenye, Peter Vandamme, John R. W. Govan, and John J. LiPuma
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001. 39:3427-3436. [HTML] [PDF]

Sorbitol-Fermenting Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H Strains: Epidemiology, Phenotypic and Molecular Characteristics, and Microbiological Diagnosis

Helge Karch and Martina Bielaszewska
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001. 39:2043-2049. [HTML] [PDF]

Quantitative Molecular Analysis of Virus Expression and Replication

Massimo Clementi
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000. 38:2030-2036. [HTML] [PDF]

Molecular Diagnosis of Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection

Jens Boman, Charlotte A. Gaydos, and Thomas C. Quinn
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999. 37:3791-3799. [HTML] [PDF]

Detection of Brucellae in Blood Cultures

P. Yagupsky
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999. 37:3437-3442. [HTML] [PDF]

Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis: the State of an Art

P. H. M. Savelkoul, H. J. M. Aarts, J. de Haas, L. Dijkshoorn, B. Duim, M. Otsen, J. L. W. Rademaker, L. Schouls, and J. A. Lenstra
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999. 37:3083-3091. [HTML] [PDF]

Recent Advances in Determining the Pathogenesis of Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis

Shimon Harrus, Trevor Waner, Hylton Bark, Frans Jongejan, and Albert W. C. A. Cornelissen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999. 37:2745-2749. [HTML] [PDF]

Molecular Diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in the Central Nervous System

Yi-Wei Tang, P. Shawn Mitchell, Mark J. Espy, Thomas F. Smith, and David H. Persing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999. 37:2127-2136. [HTML] [PDF]

Principles and Applications of Methods for DNA-Based Typing of Microbial Organisms

D. Michael Olive and Pamela Bean
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999. 37:1661-1669. [HTML] [PDF]

Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes and Antibiotic Resistance in Spain: Update (1990 to 1996)

Asuncion Fenoll, Isabel Jado, Dolores Vicioso, Amalia Perez, and Julio Casal
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998. 36:3447-3454. [HTML] [PDF]

Cutaneous Aspergillosis

Jo-Anne H. van Burik, Roy Colven, and David H. Spach
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998. 36:3115-3121. [HTML] [PDF]

Evaluation of Commercially Available Helicobacter pylori Serology Kits: a Review

R. J.�F. Laheij, H. Straatman, J. B.�M.�J. Jansen, and A. L.�M. Verbeek
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998. 36:2803-2809. [HTML] [PDF]

Preventing Antibiotic Resistance through Rapid Genotypic Identification of Bacteria and of Their Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Michel G. Bergeron and Marc Ouellette
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998. 36:2169-2172. [HTML] [PDF]

Diagnosis of Q Fever

Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Thomas J. Marrie, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998. 36:1823-1834. [HTML] [PDF]

Determinations of Levels of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Plasma: Reassessment of Parameters Affecting Assay Outcome

J. Lew, P. Reichelderfer, M. Fowler, J. Bremer, R. Carrol, S. Cassol, D. Chernoff, R. Coombs, M. Cronin, R. Dickover, S. Fiscus, S. Herman, B. Jackson, J. Kornegay, A. Kovacs, K. McIntosh, W. Meyer, N. Michael, L. Mofenson, J. Moye, T. Quinn, M. Robb, M. Vahey, B. Weiser, and T. Yeghiazarian
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998. 36:1471-1479. [HTML] [PDF]

Candida dubliniensis: Characteristics and Identification

Derek Sullivan and David Coleman
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998. 36:329-334. [HTML] [PDF]

Laboratory diagnosis of rickettsioses: current approaches to diagnosis of old and new rickettsial diseases

B La Scola and D Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997. 35:2715-2727. [PDF]

Diagnosis of tuberculosis by Amplicor Mycobacterium tuberculosis test: a multicenter study

E Carpentier, B Drouillard, M Dailloux, D Moinard, E Vallee, B Dutilh, J Maugein, E Bergogne-Berezin, and B Carbonnelle
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1995. 33:3106-3110. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ligase chain reaction for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urogenital swabs

S Ching, H Lee, EW Hook 3rd, MR Jacobs, and J Zenilman
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1995. 33:3111-3114. [Abstract] [PDF]