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Research Article:

Molecular strain typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to confirm cross-contamination in the mycobacteriology laboratory and modification of procedures to minimize occurrence of false-positive cultures.
P M Small, N B McClenny, S P Singh, G K Schoolnik, L S Tompkins, and P A Mickelsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1677-1682;
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Unrelatedness of groups of yeasts within the Candida haemulonii complex.
P F Lehmann, L C Wu, W R Pruitt, S A Meyer, and D G Ahearn
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1683-1687;
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Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens in a clinical laboratory by polymerase chain reaction.
B A Forbes and K E Hicks
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1688-1694;
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Ability of clinical laboratories to detect antimicrobial agent-resistant enterococci.
F C Tenover, J Tokars, J Swenson, S Paul, K Spitalny, and W Jarvis
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1695-1699;
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Use of digoxigenin-labelled oligonucleotide DNA probes for VT2 and VT2 human variant genes to differentiate Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli strains of serogroup O157.
A Thomas, H R Smith, and B Rowe
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1700-1703;
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Comparison of two molecular methods for tracing nosocomial transmission of Escherichia coli K1 in a neonatal unit.
J I Alos, T Lambert, and P Courvalin
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1704-1709;
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Application of indirect immunofluorescence to detection of Dientamoeba fragilis trophozoites in fecal specimens.
F T Chan, M X Guan, and A M Mackenzie
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1710-1714;
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Major outbreak of pertussis in northern Alberta, Canada: analysis of discrepant direct fluorescent-antibody and culture results by using polymerase chain reaction methodology.
C A Ewanowich, L W Chui, M G Paranchych, M S Peppler, R G Marusyk, and W L Albritton
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1715-1725;
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Virulence-associated plasmids in Rhodococcus equi.
S Takai, Y Watanabe, T Ikeda, T Ozawa, S Matsukura, Y Tamada, S Tsubaki, and T Sekizaki
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1726-1729;
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Polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of a fragment of the ribosomal operon from Rochalimaea species for subtyping.
G M Matar, B Swaminathan, S B Hunter, L N Slater, and D F Welch
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1730-1734;
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Distribution of VP4 gene alleles in human rotaviruses by using probes to the hyperdivergent region of the VP4 gene.
A D Steele, D Garcia, J Sears, G Gerna, O Nakagomi, and J Flores
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1735-1740;
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Preliminary evaluation of recombinant Onchocerca volvulus antigens for serodiagnosis of onchocerciasis.
A F Ogunrinade, R Chandrashekar, M L Eberhard, and G J Weil
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1741-1745;
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Characterization of two DNA probes specific for Serpulina hyodysenteriae.
C Sotiropoulos, S C Smith, and P J Coloe
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1746-1752;
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Comparison of plasmid- and chromosome-based polymerase chain reaction assays for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis nucleic acids.
J B Mahony, K E Luinstra, J W Sellors, and M A Chernesky
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1753-1758;
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Routine application of high-performance liquid chromatography for identification of mycobacteria.
L Thibert and S Lapierre
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1759-1763;
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Hepatitis C markers in hemodialysis patients.
C S Huang, M S Ho, C S Yang, C L Lee, and C A Tan
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1764-1769;
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Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in adults and children by using the Malakit Helicobacter pylori, a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
U Blecker, S Lanciers, B Hauser, and Y Vandenplas
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1770-1773;
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Herpes simplex virus detection from genital lesions: a comparative study using antigen detection (HerpChek) and culture.
R W Cone, P D Swenson, A C Hobson, M Remington, and L Corey
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1774-1776;
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Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum by polymerase chain reaction and DNA hybridization.
F S Nolte, B Metchock, J E McGowan, Jr, A Edwards, O Okwumabua, C Thurmond, P S Mitchell, B Plikaytis, and T Shinnick
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1777-1782;
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Identification of feline- and canine-like rotaviruses isolated from humans by restriction fragment length polymorphism assay.
A Vonsover, I Shif, I Silberstein, H Rudich, Y Aboudy, E Mendelson, L Shulman, T Nakagomi, and O Nakagomi
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1783-1787;
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Evidence of multiple taxa within commercially available reference strains of Corynebacterium xerosis.
M B Coyle, R B Leonard, D J Nowowiejski, A Malekniazi, and D J Finn
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1788-1793;
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Reproducibility of lysis-centrifugation cultures for quantification of Mycobacterium avium complex bacteremia.
D Havlir, C A Kemper, and S C Deresinski
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1794-1798;
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Effects of fixation and varying target length on the sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction for detection of human T-cell leukemia virus type I proviral DNA in formalin-fixed tissue sections.
M Honma, Y Ohara, H Murayama, K Sako, and Y Iwasaki
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1799-1803;
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A phaeohyphomycotic cyst and peritonitis caused by Phialemonium species and a reevaluation of its taxonomy.
D King, L Pasarell, D M Dixon, M R McGinnis, and W G Merz
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1804-1810;
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Diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium bacteremia by polymerase chain reaction.
J V Iralu, V K Sritharan, W S Pieciak, D F Wirth, J H Maguire, and R H Barker, Jr
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1811-1814;
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Serotype analysis of rotaviruses from different locations in Malaysia.
N B Rasool, K Y Green, and A Z Kapikian
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1815-1819;
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Antigen detection and immunological typing of Haemophilus ducreyi with a specific rabbit polyclonal serum.
E L Roggen, R Pansaerts, E Van Dyck, and P Piot
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1820-1825;
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Growth and survival of Serratia marcescens under aerobic and anaerobic conditions in the presence of materials from blood bags.
U Szewzyk, R Szewzyk, and T A Stenström
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1826-1830;
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Identification and characterization of Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, isolated in Korea.
K H Park, W H Chang, and T G Schwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1831-1837;
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Fimbriae and determination of host species specificity of Bordetella bronchiseptica.
E H Burns, Jr, J M Norman, M D Hatcher, and D A Bemis
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1838-1844;
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Cloning of a DNA sequence unique to Clostridium botulinum group I by selective hybridization.
M W McKinney, P N Levett, and R W Haylock
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1845-1849;
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Bacteroides fragilis strains express multiple capsular polysaccharides.
A Pantosti, A O Tzianabos, B G Reinap, A B Onderdonk, and D L Kasper
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1850-1855;
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Identification of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans by leukotoxin gene-specific hybridization and polymerase chain reaction assays.
T Tønjum and R Haas
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1856-1859;
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Development of a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of bovine, ovine, porcine, and equine antibodies to vesicular stomatitis virus.
A Afshar, N H Shakarchi, and G C Dulac
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1860-1865;
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Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in venous blood from AIDS patients by polymerase chain reaction.
J Dupouy-Camet, S L de Souza, C Maslo, A Paugam, A G Saimot, R Benarous, C Tourte-Schaefer, and F Derouin
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1866-1869;
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Development of a rapid and efficient restriction endonuclease analysis typing system for Clostridium difficile and correlation with other typing systems.
C R Clabots, S Johnson, K M Bettin, P A Mathie, M E Mulligan, D R Schaberg, L R Peterson, and D N Gerding
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1870-1875;
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Curvilinear-gradient high-performance liquid chromatography for identification of mycobacteria.
L S Guthertz, S D Lim, Y Jang, and P S Duffey
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1876-1881;
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Development and evaluation of a blood-free medium for determining growth curves and optimizing growth of Rochalimaea henselae.
W A Schwartzman, C A Nesbit, and E J Baron
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1882-1885;
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Detection of adenovirus in clinical specimens by polymerase chain reaction and liquid-phase hybridization quantitated by time-resolved fluorometry.
J C Hierholzer, P E Halonen, P O Dahlen, P G Bingham, and M M McDonough
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1886-1891;
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Confirmation of positive results for chlamydial antigen by the Chlamydiazyme assay: value of repeated testing and a blocking antibody assay.
M A Olsen and A R Sambol
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1892-1895;
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Recovery of Borrelia burgdorferi by filtration.
D A Jobe, S M Callister, and R F Schell
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1896-1898;
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Total cellular fatty acid composition of cultured Pneumocystis carinii.
J R Paulsrud, S F Queener, M S Bartlett, and J W Smith
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1899-1902;
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Comparative humoral responses to human immunodeficiency virus type 1-p24gag linear B-cell epitopes among individuals showing atypical western immunoblotting reactions and implications for diagnosis.
J C Lallement, J P Vendrell, P Corbeau, J Ducos, M Segondy, A Escande, V Robert-Hebmann, F Jean, J Reynes, and A Serre
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1903-1907;
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Inhibition of Acanthamoeba species by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: rationale for their selective exclusion in corneal ulcers and contact lens care systems.
M N Qureshi, A A Perez, 2nd, R M Madayag, and E J Bottone
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1908-1910;
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Catheter-related Rahnella aquatilis bacteremia in a pediatric bone marrow transplant recipient.
J E Hoppe, M Herter, S Aleksic, T Klingebiel, and D Niethammer
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1911-1912;
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Evidence for the absence of hyaluronidase activity in Porphyromonas gingivalis.
D Grenier and J Michaud
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1913-1915;
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Novel Campylobacter-like organism resembling Helicobacter fennelliae isolated from a boy with gastroenteritis and from dogs.
A P Burnens, J Stanley, U B Schaad, and J Nicolet
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1916-1917;
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Sensitivity of culture compared with that of polymerase chain reaction for detection of Helicobacter pylori from antral biopsy samples.
A A van Zwet, J C Thijs, A M Kooistra-Smid, J Schirm, and J A Snijder
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1918-1920;
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Synergy characterization for Enterococcus faecalis strains displaying moderately high-level gentamicin and streptomycin resistance.
C E Bantar, M Micucci, L Fernandez Canigia, J Smayevsky, and H M Bianchini
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1921-1923;
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Levofloxacin disk potency and tentative interpretive criteria for susceptibility tests.
M A Pfaller, A L Barry, and P C Fuchs
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1924-1926;
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Whole-cell repetitive element sequence-based polymerase chain reaction allows rapid assessment of clonal relationships of bacterial isolates.
C R Woods, J Versalovic, T Koeuth, and J R Lupski
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1927-1931;
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Ramoplanin susceptibility testing criteria.
A L Barry, M A Pfaller, and P C Fuchs
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1932-1935;
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Use of immunoelectron microscopy to demonstrate Francisella tularensis.
T W Geisbert, P B Jahrling, and J W Ezzell, Jr
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1936-1939;
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Comparison of arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction, ribotyping, and monoclonal antibody analysis for subtyping Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1.
P Gomez-Lus, B S Fields, R F Benson, W T Martin, S P O'Connor, and C M Black
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1940-1942;
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) late-mRNA detection in peripheral blood of AIDS patients: diagnostic value for HCMV disease compared with those of viral culture and HCMV DNA detection.
J Gozlan, J M Salord, C Chouaïd, C Duvivier, O Picard, M C Meyohas, and J C Petit
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1943-1945;
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Evaluation of the L-pyrrolidonyl-beta-naphthylamide hydrolysis test for the differentiation of members of the families Enterobacteriaceae and Vibrionaceae.
A H Chagla, A A Borczyk, J E Aldom, S Dalla Rosa, and D D Cole
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1946-1948;
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Analysis of serotype-specific antibodies to Trichosporon cutaneum types I and II in patients with summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis with monoclonal antibodies to serotype-related polysaccharide antigens.
T Mizobe, H Yamasaki, K Doi, M Ando, and K Onoue
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1949-1951;
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N-acetyl-D-glucosamine medium improves recovery of Haemophilus influenzae from sputa of patients with cystic fibrosis.
L V Möller, L van Alphen, H Grasselier, and J Dankert
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1952-1954;
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Identification of M types of group A streptococci.
A Kaufhold, A Podbielski, and P Kriz-Kuzemenska
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1955-1956;
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Abolish Mycobacterium paratuberculosis strain 18.
R J Chiodini
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1956-1958;
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Usefulness of DNA fingerprinting in combating tuberculosis.
F Allerberger, W Vogetseder, M Eille, and M Dierich
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1959
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Errata:

In Vitro Susceptibility Testing of Haemophilus influenzae: Review of New National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Recommendations

J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1993 31: 1960
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