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15. Richter, E., S. Rüsch-Gerdes, and D. Hillemann. 1 May 2006. Evaluation of
the GenoType Mycobacterium assay for identification of mycobacterial
species from cultures. J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.01437-06.

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27 August 2008

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 multi drug resistance by homologous and site-specific recombination
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00835-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00681-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

HEE-YOUN KIM, YOONWON KOOK, YEO-JUN YUN, CHAN GEUN PARK, NAM YONG LEE, TAE SUN SHIM, BUM-JOON KIM, and YOON-HOH KOOK: Proportion of Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii in Korean Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus Group Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00319-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Min Wang, Boyang Cao, Qunfang Yu, Lei Liu, Qili Gao, Lei Wang, and Lu Feng: Analysis of the 16S-23S rDNA internal transcribed spacer region in Klebsiella
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00927-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00564-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 Tuberculosis with the Nitrate Reductase Assay using Liquid Medium and Applied directly to Sputum Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00083-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Andrea J. Grisold, Martin Hoenigl, Eva Leitner, Klaus Jakse, Gebhard Feierl, Reinhard B. Raggam, and Egon Marth: Submasseteric Abscess Caused by Mycoplasma Salivarium
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00807-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Heather C. Workman, Nathan L. Bailiff, Spencer S. Jang, and Joe G. Zinkl: Capnocytophaga cynodegmi in a Rottweiler Dog with Severe Bronchitis and Foreign Body Pneumonia
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00173-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01207-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00973-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00873-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

William S. Probert, Janet Ely, Kimmi Schrader, Jessica Atwell, Angela Nossoff, and Stanley Kwan: Identification and Evaluation of New Target Sequences for the Specific Detection of Bordetella Pertussis by Real-time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00386-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Michaela Haas, Andreas Essig, Edda Bartelt, and Sven Poppert: Detection of Resistance to Macrolides in Thermotolerant Campylobacter species by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01155-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

C. Florindo, V. Reigado, J. P. Gomes, J. Azevedo, I. Santo, and M. J. Borrego: Molecular typing of Treponema pallidum clinical strains from Lisbon, Portugal
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00128-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 DNAemia in Plasma by an Automated Real-Time PCR Assay (CMV PCR Kit, Abbott) for the Surveillance of Active Cytomegalovirus Infection and Guiding Pre-emptive Therapy in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00797-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Igor Mokrousov, Olga Narvskaya, Anna Vyazovaya, Julie Millet, Tatiana Otten, Boris Vishnevsky, and Nalin Rastogi: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype in Russia: in Search of Informative VNTR Loci
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00414-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Robert S. Miller, Leslie Speegle, Albert J. Lastovica, and Omar A. Oyarzabal: An Evaluation of Three Commercial Latex Agglutination Tests for the Identification of Campylobacter spp
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01027-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

David Kiang, Ishmeet Kalra, Shigeo Yagi, Janice K. Louie, Homer Boushey, John Boothby, and David P. Schnurr: An assay for 5' noncoding region analysis of all human rhinovirus prototype strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 27 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00674-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

20 August 2008

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 and of the Vaccine Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 20 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00837-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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: A Comparison of Two PCR-Based Human Papillomavirus Genotyping Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 20 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00620-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Peter Kutzer, Christoph Schulze, Andreas Engelhardt, Lothar H. Wieler, and Marcel Nordhoff: Helcococcus ovis, an emerging pathogen in bovine valvular endocarditis
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 20 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00867-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 20 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00644-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Tja $s$ a Cerar, Katarina Ogrinc, Jo $z$ e Cimperman, Stanka Lotri $c$ -Furlan, Franc Strle, and Eva Ru $z$ i $c$ -Sablji $c$: Validation of Cultivation and PCR Methods for Diagnosis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 20 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00410-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 MIRU-VNTR and IS6110 RFLP genotyping when analyzing Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains in a high incidence setting
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 20 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00770-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Dong-Min Kim and Joo Nam Byun: Effects of Antibiotic Treatment on the Results of Nested Polymerase Chain Reactions for Scrub Typhus
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 20 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00634-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 20 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01254-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

P. J. Collins, A. Cullinane, V. Martella, and H. O'Shea: Molecular characterisation of equine rotavirus in Ireland
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 20 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00995-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 MRSA Culture Collection
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 20 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00654-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

M. Bek-Thomsen, H. B. Lomholt, and M. Kilian: Acne is not Associated with yet Uncultured Bacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 20 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00799-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

13 August 2008

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 a novel hexon-chimeric intermediate human adenovirus 22,37/H8
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02354-07 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 during remission and clinical relapse
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01512-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01175-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 (VZV) strains circulating in Tanzania demonstrates the presence of VZV genotype M1
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01057-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Brian Leonard, Jorge Coronel, Mark Siedner, Louis Grandjean, Luz Caviedes, Pilar Navarro, Robert H Gilman, and David AJ Moore: Inter- and Intra-assay Reproducibility of the Microplate Alamar Blue Assay for Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Ethambutol, Streptomycin, Ciprofloxacin, and Capreomycin Drug Susceptibility Testing of M. tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02083-07 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

D. Ready, F. D'Aiuto, D. A. Spratt, J. Suvan, M. S. Tonetti, and M. Wilson: Disease severity associated with the presence in subgingival plaque of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Tannerella forsythia, singularly or in combination, as detected by nested Multiplex PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01007-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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^TM CHROMagar^TM Orientation and CHROMagar^TM MRSA
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02460-07 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00042-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Patrick Eberechi Akpaka, Shirematee Baboolal, Denise Clarke, Loraine Francis, and Nalin Rastogi: Evaluation of methods for the rapid detection of resistance to Isoniazid and Rifampicin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in the Caribbean
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01455-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00983-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Hubert Darius J. Daniel, Joel David, George M. Chandy, and Priya Abraham: Whole blood as an alternative to plasma for the detection of hepatitis C Virus RNA
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00045-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Paul P. Thompson, Regis P. Kowalski, Robert M. Q. Shanks, and Y. Jerold Gordon: Validation of Real-Time PCR for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Acanthamoeba Keratitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00908-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

P. Lalitha, R. Vijaykumar, N. V. Prajna, and A. W. Fothergill: In-vitro susceptibility of Natamycin against ocular isolates of Fusarium and Aspergillus species: A comparison of the commercially formulated natamycin eye drops to pharmaceutical grade powder
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00610-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01451-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 HBsAg rapid test with improved sensitivity
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 13 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00498-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

6 August 2008

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/LDR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00163-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Kenneth L. Muldrew, Yi-Wei Tang, Haijing Li, and Charles W. Stratton: Clonal Dissemination of Staphylococcus epidermidis on an Oncology Ward
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00115-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 the Diagnosis of Scedosporiosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00046-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Michael Z. David, Connie Mennella, Mohamed Mansour, Susan Boyle-Vavra, and Robert S. Daum: Endemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in a Large Urban Jail: Risk Factors and Recurrence Rates
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01423-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Angela S. Rossney, Celine M. Herra, Gráinne I. Brennan, Pamela M. Morgan, and Brian O'Connell: Evaluation of the Xpert^TM MRSA Assay on the GeneXpert Real-Time PCR Platform for Rapid Detection of MRSA from Screening Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02487-07 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Donald C. Sheppard, Marie-Claude Locas, Christiane Restieri, and Michel Laverdiere: Utility of the Germ Tube Test for the Identification of Candida albicans Directly from Positive Blood Culture Bottles
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01113-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Nicolas Degand, Etienne Carbonnelle, Brunhilde Dauphin, Jean-Luc Beretti, Muriel Le Bourgeois, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Christine Segonds, Patrick Berche, Xavier Nassif, and Agnès Ferroni: Identification of non fermenting Gram negative bacilli isolated in cystic fibrosis by Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00569-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

David J. Waine, David Honeybourne, E. Grace Smith, Joanna L. Whitehouse, and Chris G. Dowson: The association between hypermutator phenotype, clinical variables, mucoid phenotype, and antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00357-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Justin A. Bishop, Nancy Chase, Richard Lee, Cletus P. Kurtzman, and William G. Merz: Production of White Colonies on CHROMagar Candida ^TM by Members of the Candida glabrata Clade and Other Species with Overlapping Phenotypic Traits
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00982-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

L Campbell, V. Woods, T Lloyd, S Elsayed, and D L Church: Evaluation of the OSOM® Trichomonas Rapid Test versus Wet Prep Exam for Detection of T. vaginalis (TV) Vaginitis in Women with a Low Prevalence of Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00671-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 high-risk HPV assays for detecting women with normal cytology developing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00476-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 endemically infected cases
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01932-07 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Xiao Xue Ma, Teruyo Ito, Yoko Kondo, Moe Cho, Yukio Yoshizawa, Jun Kaneko, Atsuo Katai, Masato Higashiide, Shanshuang Li, and Keiichi Hiramatsu: Two different PVL phage lineages predominate in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00136-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Rachana Kshatriya, Ada A. Cachafeiro, Ryan JS Kerr, Julie AE Nelson, and Susan A. Fiscus: Comparison of Two Rapid HIV Assays, Determine HIV-1/2 and OraQuick ADVANCE Rapid HIV-1/2 for Detecting Recent HIV Seroconversion
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00665-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00285-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Russell Kutz and Ogi Okwumabua: Differentiation of Highly Virulent Strains of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 by the GDH Electrophoretic and Sequence Types
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 6 August 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02309-07 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

30 July 2008

Daniel J. Wolter, Archana Chatterjee, Meera Varman, and Richard V. Goering: Isolation and Characterization of an Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 15 (EMRSA-15) Variant in the Central United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 30 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00985-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Ankie Lebon, Joost AM Labout, Henri A Verbrugh, Vincent WV 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. published ahead of print on 30 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00641-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Maria da Glória S. Carvalho, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Roger E. Morey, Patricia Lynn Shewmaker, Enevold Falsen, Richard R. Facklam, and Lucia M. Teixeira: Enterococcus sanguinicola sp. nov., Isolated from Human Blood, Comprising the Provisional New Species of Enterococcus CDC PNS-E2, and Recognition of Strain Previously Described as Enterococcus CDC PNS-E1 as Enterococcus italicus Fortina et al. 2004
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 30 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00603-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Yi-Pei Lin, Chuan-Liang Kao, Su-Yuan Chang, Koki Taniguchi, Pei-Yung Hung, Hsueh-Ching Lin, Li-Ming Huang, Hsueh-Hung Huang, Jyh-Yuan Yang, and Chun-Nan Lee: Determination of Human Rotavirus VP6 Genogroups I and II by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 30 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00432-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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 Infections in China
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 30 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01301-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Naomi S. Montague, Timothy J. Cleary, Octavio V. Martinez, and Gary W. Procop: The Detection of Group B Streptococcus in LIM Broths using Group B Streptococcus PNA FISH and Selective and Non-Selective Agars
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 30 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00858-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Olivier Dauwalder, Gérard Lina, Géraldine Durand, Michèle Bes, Hélène Meugnier, Vincent Jarlier, Bruno Coignard, François Vandenesch, Jerome Etienne, and Frédéric Laurent: Epidemiology of invasive MRSA clones in France, 2006-2007
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 30 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01050-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Kelly N. Mizell, Kimberley V. Patterson, and J. Elliot Carter: Empyema Necessitatis due to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 30 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00989-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

23 July 2008

Keith E. Simmon, Lori Hall, Christopher W. Woods, Francesc Marco, Jose M. Miro, Christopher Cabell, Bruno Hoen, Mercedes Marin, Riccardo Utili, Efthymia Giannitsioti, Thanh Doco-Lecompte, Suzanne Bradley, Stanley Mirrett, Arjana Tambic, Suzanne Ryan, David Gordon, Phillip Jones, Tony Korman, Dannah Wray, L. Barth Reller, Marie-Francoise Tripodi, Patrick Plesiat, Arthur J. Morris, Selwyn Lang, David R. Murdoch, Cathy A. Petti, and The International Collaboration on Endocarditis Microbiology (ICE-Micro) Investigators: Phylogenetic Analysis of Viridans Group Streptococci Causing Endocarditis
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00920-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Jason D. Pimentel and Colin MacLeod: Misidentification of Pandoraea sputorum isolated from the sputum of a patient with cystic fibrosis and a review of Pandoraea species in transplant patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00855-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Malene Gantzhorn Pedersen, Claus Hansen, Erik Riise, Søren Persson, and Katharina E. P. Olsen: Subtype-specific Suppression of released Shiga Toxin 2 from Escherichia coli upon Exposure to Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00871-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

N. Pichon, D. Ajzenberg, M. Desnos-Ollivier, M. Clavel, J. C. Gantier, and F. Labrousse: Fatal stroke syndrome revealing a fungal cerebral vasculitis due to Arthrographis kalrae in an immunocompetent patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00800-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Swati Kumar, Lihua Wang, Jiang Fan, Andrea Kraft, Michael E. Bose, Sagarika Tiwari, Meredith Van Dyke, Robert Haigis, Tingquo Luo, Madhushree Ghosh, Huong Tang, Marjan Haghnia, Elizabeth L. Mather, William G. Weisburg, and Kelly J. Henrickson: Detection of 11 Common Viral and Bacterial Pathogens Causing Community-Acquired Pneumonia or Sepsis in Asymptomatic Patients Using a Multiplex Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay with Manual (Enzyme Hybridization) or Automated Detection (Electronic Microarray)
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00625-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Nataliia Rudenko, Maryna Golovchenko, Ale $s$ Mokrá $c$ ek, Natalja Piskunová, Daniel R $u$ $z$ ek, Nadja Mallatová, and Libor Grubhoffer: Detection of Borrelia bissettii in cardiac valve tissue of a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis (Czech Republic)
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01032-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

T. PELÁEZ, E. CERCENADO, L. ALCALÁ, M. MARÍN, A. MARTÍN-LÓPEZ, J. MARTÍNEZ-ALARCÓN, P. CATALÁN, M. SÁNCHEZ-SOMOLINOS, and E. BOUZA: Metronidazole Resistance in Clostridium difficile is Heterogeneous
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00524-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

IRENE MAGES, REINHARD FRODL, KATHRYN A. BERNARD, and GUIDO FUNKE: Identities of Arthrobacter spp. and Arthrobacter-like bacteria encountered in human clinical specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00658-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

A. Kroneman, L. Verhoef, J. Harris, H. Vennema, E. Duizer, Y. van Duynhoven, J. Gray, M. Iturriza, B. Böttiger, G. Falkenhorst, C. Johnsen, C-H. von Bonsdorff, L. Maunula, M. Kuusi, P. Pothier, A. Gallay, E. Schreier, M. Höhne, J. Koch, G. Szücs, G. Reuter, K. Krisztalovics, M. Lynch, P. McKeown, B. Foley, S. Coughlan, F. M. Ruggeri, I. Di Bartolo, K. Vainio, E. Isakbaeva, M. Poljsak-Prijatelj, A. Hocevar Grom, J. Zimsek Mijovski, A. Bosch, J. Buesa, A. Sanchez Fauquier, G. Hernandéz-Pezzi, K-O. Hedlund, and M. Koopmans: Analysis of integrated virological and epidemiological reports of norovirus outbreaks collected within the foodborne Viruses in Europe network from 1-7-2001 to 30-6-2006
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00499-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Aldert Bart, Harold M. van der Heijden, Sophie Greve, Dave Speijer, Wil J. Landman, and Tom van Gool: The intragenomic variation in the ITS-1 region of Dientamoeba fragilis as a molecular epidemiological marker
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00680-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Ebbing Lautenbach, Warren B. Bilker, Pam Tolomeo, and Joel N. Maslow: Impact of Diversity of Colonizing Strains on Strategies for Sampling Escherichia coli from Fecal Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00945-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Raquel Escudero, A. Toledo, Horacio Gil, Katarina Kovácsová, Manuela Rodríguez-Vargas, Isabel Jado, Cristina García-Amil, Bruno Lobo, Mangesh Bhide, and Pedro Anda: Molecular method for discrimination between Francisella tularensis and Francisella-like endosymbionts
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00275-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

H. Martin, B. Willey, D. E. Low, H. R. Staempfli, A. McGeer, P. Boerlin, M Mulvey, and J. S. Weese: Characterization of Clostridium difficile isolated from patients in Ontario, Canada from 2004 to 2006
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02437-07 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Alexis Dumoulin, Hanspeter Marti, Marcus Panning, Christoph Hatz, and Hans H. Hirsch: Role of Pan-Dengue Virus PCR in Travellers Returning from the Tropics
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01294-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00628-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Mignon du Plessis, Anne von Gottberg, Cheryl Cohen, Linda de Gouveia, Keith P. Klugman, and for the Group for Enteric, Respiratory and Meningeal Disease Surveillance in South Africa (GERMS-SA): Neisseria meningitidis intermediately resistant to penicillin causing invasive disease in South Africa, 2001-2005
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00221-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Kiyoko Wakatsuki, Daisuke Kawamoto, Hiroshi Hiwaki, Kanako Watanabe, and Hiromu Yoshida: Identification and Characterization of 2 Strains of Human Parechovirus 4 Isolated from 2 Clinical Cases in Fukuoka City, Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00791-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Risma Ikawaty, Rob J. L. Willems, Adrienne T.A. Box, Jan Verhoef, and Ad C. Fluit: A Novel Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat (VNTR) Analysis (MLVA) for Rapid Molecular Typing of Human Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 23 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00861-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

16 July 2008

R. Tibbetts, J. G. Frye, J. Marschall, D. Warren, and W. Dunne: Detection of KPC-2 in a clinical isolate of Proteus mirabilis: First reported description of carbapenemase resistance in this species caused by a KPC ${beta}$ -lactamase
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00979-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Michael J. Rybak, Steve N. Leonard, Kerri L. Rossi, Chrissy M. Cheung, Helio S. Sadar, and Ronald N. Jones: Characterization of vancomycin heteroresistant Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) from the Detroit Metropolitan area over a 22-year period (1986-2007)
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00582-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Kanti Pabbaraju, Kara L. Tokaryk, Sallene Wong, and Julie D. Fox: Comparison of the Luminex xTAG^TM Respiratory Viral Panel with in-house nucleic acid amplification tests for diagnosis of respiratory virus infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00878-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

A. P. Bellanger, O. Cabaret, J. M. Costa, F. Foulet, S. Bretagne, and F. Botterel: Two unusual occurrences of trichomoniasis : rapid species identification by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00322-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

E. B. Breitschwerdt, R. G. Maggi, W. L. Nicholson, N. A. Cherry, and C. W. Woods: Bartonella spp. bacteremia in patients with neurological and neuro-cognitive dysfunction
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00832-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet, Laure Fourny, Laurence Arnault, Anne-Sophie Domelier, Mazen Salloum, Marie-Frédérique Lartigue, and Roland Quentin: Molecular characterization of human-colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from throat, skin, anal margin and genital body sites
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00421-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00966-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

S. Böcher, R. Smyth, G. Kahlmeter, J. Kerremans, M. C. Vos, and R. Skov: Evaluation of four selective agars and two enrichment broths in screening for MRSA
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00478-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Patricia Muñoz, Emilio Bouza, Mercedes Marín, Luis Alcalá, Marta Rodríguez Créixems, Maricela Valerio, Angel Pinto, and on behalf of the Group for the Management of Infective Endocarditis of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital (GAME): Heart Valves Should Not Be Routinely Cultured
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02173-07 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Gloria M. González, Mariana Elizondo, and Jacobo Ayala: Trends in Species Distribution and Susceptibility to Seven Antifungal Agents of Bloodstream Isolates of Candida in Monterrey, Mexico. Results of a 3-Year (2004-2007) Surveillance Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00937-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Te-Li Chen, Leung-Kei Siu, Yi-Tzu Lee, Chien-Pei Chen, Li-Yueh Huang, Roy Cheng-Chi Wu, Wen-Long Cho, and Chang-Phone Fung: New insight of Acinetobacter baylyi as a pathogen for opportunistic infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00232-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Pauline Lechevalier, Dea Garcia Hermoso, Agnes Carol, Stephane Bonacorsi, Latifa Ferkdadji, Franck Fitoussi, Olivier Lortholary, Antoine Bourrillon, Albert Faye, Eric Dannaoui, and Francois Angoulvant: Molecular diagnosis of Saksenaea vasiformis cutaneous infection after scorpion sting in an immunocompetent adolescent
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00052-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

P. J. Collins, V. Martella, and H. O'Shea: Detection and characterisation of group C rotaviruses in asymptomatic piglets in Ireland
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00809-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Fred C. Tenover, Sigrid McAllister, Gregory Fosheim, Linda K. McDougal, Roberta B. Carey, Brandi Limbago, David Lonsway, Jean B. Patel, Matthew J. Kuehnert, and Rachel Gorwitz: Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Nasal Cultures of Individuals in the United States, 2001-2004
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00480-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Joseph Papaparaskevas, Dimitra P. Houhoula, Argirios Siatelis, and Athanassios Tsakris: Molecular Beacon Based Real-Time PCR for Detection and Quantification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in Clinical Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00903-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Anna Lau, Tania Sorrell, Sharon Chen, Keith Stanley, Jonathan Iredell, and Catriona Halliday: Multiplex-Tandem PCR: A Novel Platform for the Rapid Detection and Identification of Fungal Pathogens from Blood Culture Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00689-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

M. GRARE, M. DAILLOUX, L. SIMON, P. DIMAJO, and C. LAURAIN: Efficacy of "Dry Mist of Hydrogen Peroxide" (DMHP) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and use as a method for routine decontamination of biosafety level 3 laboratory
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00250-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Zmira Samra, Judi Bahar, Liora Madar-Shapiro, Nazi Aziz, Sara Israel, and Jihad Bishara: Evaluation of CHROMagar KPC for Rapid Detection of Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00249-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Frank Werdin, Hans-Oliver Rennekampff, Hans-Eberhard Schaller, Gerhard Jahn, and Klaus Hamprecht: Thymidine kinase sequence analysis of herpes simplex type 1 strains of different compartments presenting as atypical impetiginous rash on lesional skin of a burn patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 16 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00552-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

9 July 2008

Chen-Yi Chu, Wei Liu, Bao-Gui Jiang, Ding-Ming Wang, Wei-Jia Jiang, Qiu-Min Zhao, Pan-He Zhang, Zhao-Xiao Wang, Guang-Peng Tang, Hong Yang, and Wu-Chun Cao: A Novel Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from Rodents and Ticks of Southwestern China
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01195-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Raymond P. Podzorski, Haijing Li, Jian Han, and Yi-Wei Tang: MVPlex Assay for Direct Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Nares and other Swab Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02347-07 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Hyong Sun Kim, Dong-Min Kim, Ganesh Prasad Neupane, Yu-mi Lee, Nam-Woong Yang, Sook Jin Jang, Sook-In Jung, Kyung-Hwa Park, Hae-Ryoung Park, Chang Seop Lee, and Sun Hee Lee: Comparison of Conventional, Nested, and Real-time PCR for Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis of Patients with Vibrio vulnificus
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00027-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

C. A. Rivers and J. R. Schwebke: VIABILITY OF TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS IN COPAN UTM AND ESWAB TRANSPORT MEDIA
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00841-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Elizabeth D. Hermsen, Sara S. Shull, Donald G. Klepser, Peter C. Iwen, Amy Armbrust, Jodi Garrett, Alison G. Freifeld, and Mark E. Rupp: Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of Microbiologic Techniques for Differentiating Staphylococci Directly from Blood Culture Bottles
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00623-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Andrea Currie, Linda Davis, Ewa Odrobina, Suzanne Waldman, Diane White, Joanne Tomassi, and Kevin C. Katz: Sensitivities of nasal and rectal swabs for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in an active surveillance program
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00848-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Timothy J Dumonceaux, Christine Mesa, and Alberto Severini: An internally controlled, triplex quantitative PCR assay for human polyomaviruses JC and BK
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00844-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Violeta Valcheva, Igor Mokrousov, Olga Narvskaya, Nalin Rastogi, and Nadya Markova: Utility of New 24-locus VNTR Typing for Discriminating Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates in Bulgaria
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00437-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Richard V. Goering, Ribhi M. Shawar, Nicole E. Scangarella, F. Patrick O'Hara, Heather Amrine-Madsen, Joshua M. West, Marybeth Dalessandro, Julie A. Becker, Stacy L. Walsh, Linda A. Miller, Stephanie F. van Horne, Elizabeth Thomas, and Monique E. Twynholm: Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-resistant and Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Global Clinical Trials
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00521-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Sabine van der Sanden, Erwin de Bruin, Harry Vennema, Caroline Swanink, Marion Koopmans, and Harrie van der Avoort: Prevalence of Human Parechovirus in the Netherlands, 2000-2007
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00168-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Chris I. Gallimore, Clive Taylor, Andrew R. Gennery, Andrew J. Cant, Angela Galloway, Jacqueline Xerry, Juliet Adigwe, and Jim J. Gray: Contamination of the Hospital Environment with Gastroenteric Viruses: Comparison of Two Paediatric Wards over a Winter Season
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00400-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

MARCELLA BECK, REINHARD FRODL, and GUIDO FUNKE: Comprehensive study on strains previously designated Streptococcus "bovis" consecutively isolated from human blood cultures and emended description of Streptococcus gallolyticus and Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00078-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

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. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00823-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Musa Hindiyeh, Gill Smollen, Zehava Grossman, Daniela Ram, Yehudit Davidson, Fernando Mileguir, Marina Vax, Debbie Ben David, Ilana Tal, Galia Rahav, Ari Shamiss, Ella Mendelson, and Nathan Keller: Rapid detection of bla_KPC carbapenamase genes by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00661-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Abedelmajeed Nasereddin, Esther Bensoussan-Hermano, Gabriele Schönian, Gad Baneth, and Charles L. Jaffe: Molecular Diagnosis and Species Identification of Old Word Cutaneous Leishmaniasis using a Reverse Line Blot Hybridization Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00951-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Caroline Mitchell, Cheryl Jennings, Donald Brambilla, Grace Aldrovandi, Angela Martin Amedee, Ingrid Beck, James W. Bremer, Robert Coombs, Don Decker, Susan Fiscus, Joseph Fitzgibbon, Katherine Luzuriaga, John Moye, Paul Palumbo, Patricia Reichelderfer, Mohan Somasundaran, Wendy Stevens, Lisa Frenkel, and for the Dried Blood Spot Working Group of the Infant Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network: HIV-1 DNA yield from dried blood spots is diminished after storage in a humid incubator at 37°C compared to -20°C
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00359-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Rita Y. T. Sung, Paul K. S. Chan, Kai. C. Choi, Apple C.M. Yeung, Albert M. Li, Julian W. Tang, Margaret Ip, Tracy Tsen, and E. Anthony S. Nelson: A comparative study of nasopharyngeal aspirate and nasal swab specimens for the diagnosis of acute viral respiratory infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01209-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Agnieszka $L$ uczak-Kad $l$ ubowska, Agnieszka Sulikowska, Joanna Empel, Anna Piasecka, Monika Orczykowska, Aleksandra Kozinska, and Waleria Hryniewicz: A countrywide molecular survey of MRSA in Poland
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00869-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Jonas M. Winchell, Kathleen A. Thurman, Stephanie L. Mitchell, W. Lanier Thacker, and Barry S. Fields: Evaluation of three real-time PCR assays for the detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in an outbreak investigation
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00440-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Sang Yop Shin, Mi Young Lee, Jae-Hoon Song, and Kwan Soo Ko: A new Erwinia-like organism causing cervical lymphadenitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00716-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Marta Aires-de-Sousa, Bruno Correia, Hermínia de Lencastre, and the multilaboratory project collaborators: Temporal waves in the frequency of five MRSA clones in Portuguese hospitals - surveillance over a 16-year period
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 9 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00692-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

2 July 2008

Jia-Yih Feng, Wei-Juin Su, Cheng-Chien Tsai, and Shi-Chuan Chang: Clinical Impact of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis W-Beijing Genotype Strain on Aged Patients in Taiwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 2 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01132-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Justin A. Compton, Jason A. Baney, Sarah C. Donaldson, Beth A. Houser, Gary J. San Julian, Richard H. Yahner, Wayne Chmielecki, Stanley Reynolds, and Bhushan M. Jayarao: Salmonella infections in Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor) in Western Pennsylvania
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 2 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00685-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Africa Holguín, Marisa López, Mar Molinero, and Vincent Soriano: PERFORMANCE OF THREE COMMERCIAL VIRAL LOAD ASSAYS: VERSANT HIV-1 RNA bDNA v3.0, COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 TEST AND NUCLISENS HIV-1 EasyQ v1.2 TESTING HIV-1 NON-B SUBTYPES AND RECOMBINANT VARIANTS
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 2 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02414-07 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Il Joong Park, Wee Gyo Lee, Jong Hee Shin, Kyung Won Lee, and Gun Jo Woo: VanB phenotype-vanA genotype Enterococcus faecium with heterogeneous expression of teicoplanin resistance
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 2 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00712-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Danaë D'mello, Andrew J. Daley, Muhammad Shihab Rahman, Yue Qu, Suzanne Garland, Christopher Pearce, and Margaret A. Deighton: Vancomycin heteroresistance of Staphylococcus capitis bloodstream isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 2 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00592-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Tahaniyat Lalani, Jerome J Federspiel, Helen W Boucher, Thomas H Rude, In-Gyu Bae, Michael J Rybak, Giang T Tonthat, G Ralph Corey, Martin E Stryjewski, George Sakoulas, Vivian H Chu, Jeff Alder, Judith N Steenbergen, Steven A Luperchio, Marilyn Campion, Christopher W Woods, and Vance G Fowler Jr: Associations between the Genotype of Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates and the Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Bacteremic Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 2 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00905-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Kenji Tsukamoto, Hisayoshi Ashizawa, Koji Nakanishi, Noriyuki Kaji, Kotaro Suzuki, Masatoshi Okamatsu, Shigeo Yamaguchi, and Masaji Mase: Subtyping of H1 to H15 Hemagglutinin Genes of Avian Influenza Virus by RT-PCR Assay and Molecular Determination of the Pathogenic Potential
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 2 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02386-07 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Sui-Yuan Chang, Hsin-Yun Sun, Dar-Der Ji, Yi-Chun Lo, Cheng-Hsin Wu, Pei-Ying Wu, Wen-Chun Liu, Chien-Ching Hung, and Shan-Chwen Chang: Cost-Effectiveness of Detection of Intestinal Amebiasis Using Serologies and Specific Amebic Antigen Assays among Persons with or without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 2 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01151-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Deepak Saxena, Page W. Caufield, Yihong Li, Stuart Brown, Jinmei Song, and Robert Norman: Genetic Classification of Severe Early Childhood Caries Using Subtracted DNA Fragments from Streptococcus mutans
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 2 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01000-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Hari Har Joshi, Robert E. Gertz Jr., Maria da Gloria Carvalho, and Bernard W. Beall: Use of silica desiccant packets for specimen storage and transport to evaluate pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage among Nepalese children
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 2 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00906-08 [Abstract] [Manuscript]

Anne Yusof, Anette Engelhardt, Åsa Karlsson, Lina Bylund, Pamela Vidh, Karen Mills, Mandy Wootton, and Timothy R. Walsh: Evaluation of a New Etest Vancomycin + Teicoplanin Strip for Detection of Glycopeptide Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (GISA) and heterogeneous GISA
J. Clin. Microbiol. published ahead of print on 2 July 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00265-08