JCM -- Table of Contents (November 1 1995, 33 [11])

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Contents: November 1995, Volume 33, Issue 11

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Articles:

Mycobacterium conspicuum sp. nov., a new species isolated from patients with disseminated infections
B Springer, E Tortoli, I Richter, R Grunewald, S Rusch-Gerdes, K Uschmann, F Suter, MD Collins, RM Kroppenstedt, and EC Bottger
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2805-2811;
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Biochemical fingerprinting compared with ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of DNA for epidemiological typing of enterococci
I Kuhn, LG Burman, S Haeggman, K Tullus, and BE Murray
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2812-2817;
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Genetic relatedness of Cryptococcus neoformans clinical isolates grouped with the repetitive DNA probe CNRE-1
F Chen, BP Currie, LC Chen, SG Spitzer, ED Spitzer, and A Casadevall
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2818-2822;
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Isolation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from the human urogenital tract
M Goulet, R Dular, JG Tully, G Billowes, and S Kasatiya
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2823-2825;
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Identification and characterization of an immunogenic outer membrane protein of Campylobacter jejuni
A Burnens, U Stucki, J Nicolet, and J Frey
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2826-2832;
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Molecular epidemiology of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh studied by numerical analysis of rRNA gene restriction patterns
SM Faruque, SK Roy, AR Alim, AK Siddique, and MJ Albert
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2833-2838;
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Evaluation of Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur Chlamydia Microplate EIA shortened assay and comparison with cell culture and Syva Chlamydia MicroTrak II EIA in high- and low-risk populations
EL Chan, K Brandt, and G Horsman
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2839-2841;
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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonizing the intestinal tracts of hospitalized patients
B Gordts, H Van Landuyt, M Ieven, P Vandamme, and H Goossens
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2842-2846;
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PCR and direct fluorescent-antibody staining confirm Chlamydia trachomatis antigens in swabs and urine below the detection threshold of Chlamydiazyme enzyme immunoassay
J Krepel, I Laur, A Sproston, K Luinstra, D Jang, J Mahony, and M Chernesky
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2847-2849;
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Molecular subtyping of prevalent M serotypes of Streptococcus pyogenes causing invasive disease
J Stanley, D Linton, M Desai, A Efstratiou, and R George
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2850-2855;
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Controlled clinical evaluation of BACTEC Plus Aerobic/F and BacT/Alert Aerobic FAN bottles for detection of bloodstream infections
JK Pohlman, BA Kirkley, KA Easley, BA Basille, and JA Washington
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2856-2858;
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Detection of newly recognized rodent parvoviruses by PCR
DG Besselsen, CL Besch-Williford, DJ Pintel, CL Franklin, RR Hook, Jr, and LK Riley
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2859-2863;
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Specific detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus species by multiplex PCR
P Vannuffel, J Gigi, H Ezzedine, B Vandercam, M Delmee, G Wauters, and JL Gala
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2864-2867;
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Evaluation and validation of a monoclonal immunofluorescent reagent for direct detection of Bordetella pertussis
P McNicol, SM Giercke, M Gray, D Martin, B Brodeur, MS Peppler, T Williams, and G Hammond
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2868-2871;
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Comparison of Legionella pneumophila isolates by arbitrarily primed PCR and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: analysis from seven epidemic investigations
JM Pruckler, LA Mermel, RF Benson, C Giorgio, PK Cassiday, RF Breiman, CG Whitney, and BS Fields
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2872-2875;
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Characterization of ear fluid isolates of Alloiococcus otitidis from patients with recurrent otitis media
GS Bosley, AM Whitney, JM Pruckler, CW Moss, M Daneshvar, T Sih, and DF Talkington
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2876-2880;
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Use of PCR for prenatal and postnatal diagnosis of congenital rubella
TJ Bosma, KM Corbett, MB Eckstein, S O'Shea, P Vijayalakshmi, JE Banatvala, K Morton, and JM Best
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2881-2887;
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Combined PCR-oligonucleotide ligation assay for rapid detection of Salmonella serovars
GG Stone, RD Oberst, MP Hays, S McVey, and MM Chengappa
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2888-2893;
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Escherichia coli O157:H7 restriction pattern recognition by artificial neural network
CA Carson, JM Keller, KK McAdoo, D Wang, B Higgins, CW Bailey, JG Thorne, BJ Payne, M Skala, and AW Hahn
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2894-2898;
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Performance of a rapid, on-site human immunodeficiency virus antibody assay in a public health setting
WJ Kassler, C Haley, WK Jones, AR Gerber, EJ Kennedy, and JR George
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2899-2902;
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Analysis of Enterococcus faecalis isolates from intercontinental sources by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
JF Tomayko and BE Murray
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2903-2907;
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Immunomagnetic PCR and DNA probe for detection and identification of Porphyromonas gingivalis
RM Benkirane, E Guillot, and C Mouton
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2908-2912;
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Molecular probes for diagnosis of fungal infections [published erratum appears in J Clin Microbiol 1996 May;34(5):1350]
GS Sandhu, BC Kline, L Stockman, and GD Roberts
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2913-2919;
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Physiological traits associated with success of Candida albicans strains as commensal colonizers and pathogens
J Schmid, PR Hunter, GC White, AK Nand, and RD Cannon
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2920-2926;
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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based inhibition test for neutralizing antibodies to polioviruses as an alternative to the neutralization test in tissue culture
G Edevag, B Wahren, AD Osterhaus, VA Sundqvist, and M Granstrom
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2927-2930;
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Greater diversity of hepatitis C virus genotypes found in Hong Kong than in mainland China
YY Zhang, AS Lok, DT Chan, and A Widell
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2931-2934;
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Development and testing of monoclonal antibody-based rapid immunodiagnostic test kits for direct detection of Vibrio cholerae O139 synonym Bengal
JA Hasan, A Huq, GB Nair, S Garg, AK Mukhopadhyay, L Loomis, D Bernstein, and RR Colwell
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2935-2939;
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Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Helicobacter cinaedi and Helicobacter fennelliae strains isolated from humans and animals
JA Kiehlbauch, DJ Brenner, DN Cameron, AG Steigerwalt, JM Makowski, CN Baker, CM Patton, and IK Wachsmuth
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2940-2947;
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Disseminated Encephalitozoon (Septata) intestinalis infection in a patient with AIDS: novel diagnostic approaches and autopsy-confirmed parasitological cure following treatment with albendazole
I Sobottka, H Albrecht, H Schafer, J Schottelius, GS Visvesvara, R Laufs, and DA Schwartz
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2948-2952;
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Differentiation by molecular typing of Mycobacterium bovis strains causing tuberculosis in cattle and goats
M Gutierrez, S Samper, JA Gavigan, JF Garcia Marin, and C Martin
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2953-2956;
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Genotyping human papillomavirus type 16 isolates from persistently infected promiscuous individuals and cervical neoplasia patients
A van Belkum, L Juffermans, L Schrauwen, G van Doornum, M Burger, and W Quint
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2957-2962;
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Comparison of methods for obtaining serum opacity factor from group A streptococci
CD Rehder, DR Johnson, and EL Kaplan
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2963-2967;
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Identification of widespread Helicobacter hepaticus infection in feces in commercial mouse colonies by culture and PCR assay
B Shames, JG Fox, F Dewhirst, L Yan, Z Shen, and NS Taylor
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2968-2972;
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Typing of Pneumocystis carinii strains with type-specific oligonucleotide probes derived from nucleotide sequences of internal transcribed spacers of rRNA genes
JJ Lu, MS Bartlett, JW Smith, and CH Lee
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2973-2977;
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Evaluation of a novel serotyping system for hepatitis C virus: strong correlation with standard genotyping methodologies
V Dixit, S Quan, P Martin, D Larson, M Brezina, R DiNello, K Sra, JY Lau, D Chien, and J Kolberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2978-2983;
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Optimization of detection of cytomegalovirus viremia in transplantation recipients by shell vial assay
R Patel, DW Klein, MJ Espy, WS Harmsen, DM Ilstrup, CV Paya, and TF Smith
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2984-2986;
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Pathogenic, immunologic, and molecular differences between two Ehrlichia risticii strains
R Vemulapalli, B Biswas, and SK Dutta
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2987-2993;
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Detection and identification of mycobacteria by DNA amplification and oligonucleotide-specific capture plate hybridization
H De Beenhouwer, Z Liang, P De Rijk, C Van Eekeren, and F Portaels
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2994-2998;
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Geographical clustering of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection in Honduras
IL de Rivera, L Amador, S Mourra, Z Li, and S Rasheed
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 2999-3003;
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Comparison of PCR and standard cytological staining for detection of Pneumocystis carinii from respiratory specimens from patients with or at high risk for infection by human immunodeficiency virus [published erratum appears in J Clin Microbiol 1996 Jan;34(1):236]
E Leibovitz, H Pollack, T Moore, J Papellas, L Gallo, K Krasinski, and W Borkowsky
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3004-3007;
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Multilaboratory evaluation of screening methods for detection of high- level aminoglycoside resistance in enterococci. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Study Group on Enterococci
JM Swenson, MJ Ferraro, DF Sahm, NC Clark, DH Culver, and FC Tenover
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3008-3018;
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Molecular characterization and multilaboratory evaluation of Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 51299 for quality control of screening tests for vancomycin and high-level aminoglycoside resistance in enterococci
JM Swenson, NC Clark, DF Sahm, MJ Ferraro, G Doern, J Hindler, JH Jorgensen, MA Pfaller, LB Reller, and MP Weinstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3019-3021;
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Genomic study of Rickettsia akari by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
M Eremeeva, N Balayeva, V Ignatovich, and D Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3022-3024;
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Use of CHROMagar Candida medium for isolation of yeasts from dental samples
D Beighton, R Ludford, DT Clark, SR Brailsford, CL Pankhurst, GF Tinsley, J Fiske, D Lewis, B Daly, and N Khalifa
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3025-3027;
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Comparison of SHARP signal system and Southern blot hybridization analysis for detection of cytomegalovirus in clinical specimens by PCR
MJ Espy and TF Smith
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3028-3030;
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Assessment of Difco ESP 384 blood culture system by terminal subcultures: failure to detect Cryptococcus neoformans in clinical specimens
TJ Tinghitella and MD Lamagdeleine
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3031-3033;
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PCR as a confirmatory test for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in individuals with indeterminate western blot (immunoblot) profiles
SY Sethoe, AE Ling, EH Sng, EH Monteiro, and RK Chan
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3034-3036;
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Restriction fragment length polymorphism typing of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Madras, India, by use of direct-repeat probe
R Sahadevan, S Narayanan, CN Paramasivan, R Prabhakar, and PR Narayanan
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3037-3039;
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Anti-purified protein derivative cell-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, a sensitive method for early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis
SM Baig
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3040-3041;
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Haemophilus parainfluenzae biliary tract infection: rationale for an ascending route of infection from the gastrointestinal tract
EJ Bottone and DY Zhang
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3042-3043;
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Comparison of MicroScan WalkAway system and Vitek system for identification of gram-negative bacteria
S Rhoads, L Marinelli, CA Imperatrice, and I Nachamkin
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3044-3046;
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Case of recurrent Flavimonas oryzihabitans bacteremia associated with an implanted central venous catheter (Port-A-Cath): assessment of clonality by arbitrarily primed PCR
B Verhasselt, G Claeys, A Elaichouni, G Verschraegen, G Laureys, and M Vaneechoutte
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3047-3048;
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Multiplex PCR for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Genitourinary specimens
JB Mahony, KE Luinstra, M Tyndall, JW Sellors, J Krepel, and M Chernesky
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3049-3053;
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Coexistence of antibodies to tick-borne pathogens of babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and Lyme borreliosis in human sera
LA Magnarelli, JS Dumler, JF Anderson, RC Johnson, and E Fikrig
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3054-3057;
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Prevalence of Cyclospora species and other enteric pathogens among children less than 5 years of age in Nepal
CW Hoge, P Echeverria, R Rajah, J Jacobs, S Malthouse, E Chapman, LM Jimenez, and DR Shlim
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3058-3060;
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Application of PCR for detection of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains isolated during the Russian diphtheria epidemic, 1990 through 1994
VM Mikhailovich, VG Melnikov, IK Mazurova, IK Wachsmuth, JD Wenger, M Wharton, H Nakao, and T Popovic
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3061-3063;
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Intestinal cytomegalovirus disease in immunocompromised patients may be ruled out by search for cytomegalovirus DNA in stool samples
D Michel, E Marre, W Hampl, J Roczkos, S Muller, B Hertenstein, P Kern, B Heymer, B Salzberger, and K Arasteh
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3064-3067;
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Comparison of Gram stain with DNA probe for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urethras of symptomatic males
SV Juchau, R Nackman, and D Ruppart
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3068-3069;
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Bacillus licheniformis prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis
F Santini, V Borghetti, G Amalfitano, and A Mazzucco
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3070-3073;
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Use of molecular analysis in pathophysiological investigation of late- onset neonatal Escherichia coli meningitis
E Bingen, A Bedu, N Brahimi, and Y Aujard
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3074-3076;
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Evaluation of sampling sites for detection of upper respiratory tract carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae among healthy Filipino infants
MR Capeding, H Nohynek, LT Sombrero, LG Pascual, ES Sunico, GA Esparar, E Esko, M Leinonen, and P Ruutu
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3077-3079;
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Letters:

Relevance of culturing Candida species from intravascular catheters
A Bach
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3080
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Investigation of hospital-acquired infections due to Alcaligenes denitrificans subsp. xylosoxidans by DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism
W Frederiksen
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3081
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Errata:

Development of nested PCR based on the ViaB sequence to detect Salmonella typhi
Y Hashimoto, Y Itho, Y Fujinaga, AQ Khan, F Sultana, M Miyake, K Hirose, H Yamamoto, and T Ezaki
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 1995 33: 3082
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