JCM -- Table of Contents (October 1 1996, 34 [10])

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Articles:

New laboratory guidelines for serologic diagnosis of Lyme disease: evaluation of the two-test protocol
TB Ledue, MF Collins, and WY Craig
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2343-2350;
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Detection and identification of mycobacteria in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues by nested PCR and restriction enzyme analysis
CR Bascunana and K Belak
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2351-2355;
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Isolation of Arthrobacter spp. from clinical specimens and description of Arthrobacter cumminsii sp. nov. and Arthrobacter woluwensis sp. nov
G Funke, RA Hutson, KA Bernard, GE Pfyffer, G Wauters, and MD Collins
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2356-2363;
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Enterohemolytic phenotypes and genotypes of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O111 strains from patients with diarrhea and hemolytic- uremic syndrome
H Schmidt and H Karch
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2364-2367;
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Urine sample used for congenital toxoplasmosis diagnosis by PCR
I Fuentes, M Rodriguez, CJ Domingo, F del Castillo, T Juncosa, and J Alvar
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2368-2371;
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Genotyping hepatitis C virus isolates from Spain, Brazil, China, and Macau by a simplified PCR method
PV Holland, JM Barrera, MG Ercilla, CF Yoshida, Y Wang, GA de Olim, B Betlach, K Kuramoto, and H Okamoto
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2372-2378;
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Effect of hydrocortisone succinate on growth of Chlamydia pneumoniae in vitro
N Tsumura, U Emre, P Roblin, and MR Hammerschlag
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2379-2381;
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Discordant results from hepatitis C virus genotyping by procedures based on amplification of different genomic regions
P Toniutto, M Pirisi, SG Tisminetzky, C Fabris, E Chinellato, M Gerotto, E Falleti, P Ferroni, T Lombardelli, E Bartoli, and F Baralle
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2382-2385;
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DNA fingerprinting by infrequent-restriction-site amplification
GH Mazurek, V Reddy, BJ Marston, WH Haas, and JT Crawford
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2386-2390;
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Comparison of fluorescent BACTEC 9000 MB system, Septi-Chek AFB system, and Lowenstein-Jensen medium for detection of mycobacteria
AJ van Griethuysen, AR Jansz, and AG Buiting
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2391-2394;
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Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by ligase chain reaction-based assays with clinical specimens from various sites: implications for diagnostic testing and screening
M Buimer, GJ van Doornum, S Ching, PG Peerbooms, PK Plier, D Ram, and HH Lee
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2395-2400;
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Detection of Trypanosoma brucei spp. in human blood by a nonradioactive branched DNA-based technique
E Harris, J Detmer, J Dungan, F Doua, T White, JA Kolberg, MS Urdea, and N Agabian
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2401-2407;
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Evaluation of the Microbial Identification System for identification of clinically isolated yeasts
AE Crist, Jr, LM Johnson, and PJ Burke
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2408-2410;
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Serodiagnosis of Porphyromonas gingivalis infection by immunoblot analysis with recombinant collagenase
M Wittstock, TF Flemmig, H Schmidt, R Mutters, and H Karch
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2411-2413;
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Acinetobacter species identification by using tRNA spacer fingerprinting
B Ehrenstein, AT Bernards, L Dijkshoorn, P Gerner-Smidt, KJ Towner, PJ Bouvet, FD Daschner, and H Grundmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2414-2420;
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Quantitative study of Helicobacter pylori in gastric mucus by competitive PCR using synthetic DNA fragments
T Furuta, E Kaneko, M Suzuki, H Arai, and H Futami
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2421-2425;
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Haemophilus influenzae adherent to contact lenses associated with production of acute ocular inflammation
PR Sankaridurg, MD Willcox, S Sharma, U Gopinathan, D Janakiraman, S Hickson, N Vuppala, DF Sweeney, GN Rao, and BA Holden
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2426-2431;
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Encephalopathy associated with enteroinvasive Escherichia coli 0144:NM infection
M Ephros, D Cohen, M Yavzori, N Rotman, B Novic, and S Ashkenazi
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2432-2434;
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Alkaline decontamination of sputum specimens adversely affects stability of mycobacterial mRNA
LE Desjardin, MD Perkins, L Teixeira, MD Cave, and KD Eisenach
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2435-2439;
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PCR ribotyping for characterizing Salmonella isolates of different serotypes
C Lagatolla, L Dolzani, E Tonin, A Lavenia, M Di Michele, T Tommasini, and C Monti- Bragadin
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2440-2443;
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Evaluation of an extended blood culture protocol to isolate fastidious organisms from patients with AIDS
MJ Dougherty, DH Spach, AM Larson, TM Hooton, and MB Coyle
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2444-2447;
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Comparison of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and randomly amplified DNA polymorphism analysis for typing extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase- producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
A Gori, F Espinasse, A Deplano, C Nonhoff, MH Nicolas, and MJ Struelens
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2448-2453;
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Direct identification and typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by PCR
H Neimark, M Ali Baig, and S Carleton
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2454-2459;
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Molecular characterization of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar choleraesuis field isolates and differentiation from homologous live vaccine strains suisaloral and SC-54
M Weide-Botjes, B Liebisch, S Schwarz, and JL Watts
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2460-2463;
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PCR detection of DNA specific for Aspergillus species in serum of patients with invasive aspergillosis
Y Yamakami, A Hashimoto, I Tokimatsu, and M Nasu
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2464-2468;
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Differentiation of Mycobacterium bovis isolates from animals by DNA typing
RA Skuce, D Brittain, MS Hughes, and SD Neill
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2469-2474;
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Monoclonal infection involving Mycobacterium avium presenting with three distinct colony morphotypes
EL Wright, S Zywno-van Ginkel, N Rastogi, and WW Barrow
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2475-2478;
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Helicobacter canis isolated from a dog liver with multifocal necrotizing hepatitis
JG Fox, R Drolet, R Higgins, S Messier, L Yan, BE Coleman, BJ Paster, and FE Dewhirst
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2479-2482;
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GlpQ: an antigen for serological discrimination between relapsing fever and Lyme borreliosis
TG Schwan, ME Schrumpf, BJ Hinnebusch, DE Anderson, Jr, and ME Konkel
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2483-2492;
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Identification of a variant subgroup A strain of respiratory syncytial virus
MA Mufson and RJ Stanek
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2493-2496;
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Vaginal microbiology of women with acute recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis
JD Sobel and W Chaim
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2497-2499;
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Rapid identification of Toscana virus by nested PCR during an outbreak in the Siena area of Italy [published erratum appears in J Clin Microbiol 1997 May;35(5):1293]
M Valassina, MG Cusi, and PE Valensin
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2500-2502;
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Diagnostic antigenemia tests for penicilliosis marneffei
L Kaufman, PG Standard, M Jalbert, P Kantipong, K Limpakarnjanarat, and TD Mastro
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2503-2505;
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Application of 16S rRNA gene PCR to study bowel flora of preterm infants with and without necrotizing enterocolitis
MR Millar, CJ Linton, A Cade, D Glancy, M Hall, and H Jalal
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2506-2510;
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M proteins of group C streptococci isolated from patients with acute pharyngitis [published erratum appears in J Clin Microbiol 1997 Jan;35(1):338]
AL Bisno, CM Collins, and JC Turner
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2511-2515;
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Comparative study of three methods for genotyping hepatitis C virus strains in samples from Spanish patients
X Forns, MD Maluenda, FX Lopez-Labrador, S Ampurdanes, E Olmedo, J Costa, P Simmonds, JM Sanchez-Tapias, MT Jimenez De Anta, and J Rodes
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2516-2521;
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Reliability of nucleic acid amplification for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an international collaborative quality control study among 30 laboratories
GT Noordhoek, JD van Embden, and AH Kolk
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2522-2525;
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Study of Abbott Toxo IMx system for detection of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M toxoplasma antibodies: value of confirmatory testing for diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis
O Liesenfeld, C Press, R Flanders, R Ramirez, and JS Remington
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2526-2530;
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Two different 16S rRNA genes in a mycobacterial strain
B Ninet, M Monod, S Emler, J Pawlowski, C Metral, P Rohner, R Auckenthaler, and B Hirschel
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2531-2536;
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Temporal shifts in traits of Vibrio cholerae strains isolated from hospitalized patients in Calcutta: a 3-year (1993 to 1995) analysis
AK Mukhopadhyay, S Garg, R Mitra, A Basu, K Rajendran, D Dutta, SK Bhattacharya, T Shimada, T Takeda, Y Takeda, and GB Nair
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2537-2543;
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Assessment of routine use of an anaerobic bottle in a three-component, high-volume blood culture system
WC Hellinger, JJ Cawley, S Alvarez, SF Hogan, WS Harmesen, DM Ilstrup, and FR Cockerill, 3rd
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2544-2547;
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Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from air-dried genital samples by single-tube nested PCR
B Herrmann, T Nystrom, and H Wessel
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2548-2551;
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Hepatitis C virus detection by single-round PCR specific for the terminal 3' noncoding region
F Umlauft, DT Wong, PJ Oefner, PA Underhill, RC Cheung, TL Wright, AA Kolykhalov, K Gruenewald, and HB Greenberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2552-2558;
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Multicentric epidemiological study of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis
E Rodriguez, T De Meeus, M Mallie, F Renaud, F Symoens, P Mondon, MA Piens, B Lebeau, MA Viviani, R Grillot, N Nolard, F Chapuis, AM Tortorano, and JM Bastide
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2559-2568;
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Patterns of detection of Strongyloides stercoralis in stool specimens: implications for diagnosis and clinical trials
G Dreyer, E Fernandes-Silva, S Alves, A Rocha, R Albuquerque, and D Addiss
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2569-2571;
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Survey of enterococcal susceptibility patterns in Belgium
P Vandamme, E Vercauteren, C Lammens, N Pensart, M Ieven, B Pot, R Leclercq, and H Goossens
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2572-2576;
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Clinical isolates of Histoplasma capsulatum from Indianapolis, Indiana, have a recombining population structure
DA Carter, A Burt, JW Taylor, GL Koenig, and TJ White
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2577-2584;
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Gastric mucormycosis due to Rhizopus oryzae in a renal transplant recipient
S Winkler, S Susani, B Willinger, R Apsner, AR Rosenkranz, R Potzi, GA Berlakovich, and E Pohanka
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2585-2587;
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Diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection in pediatric Menetrier's disease by in situ hybridization
JA Hochman, DP Witte, and MB Cohen
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2588-2589;
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Diff-Quik stain as a simplified alternative to Papanicolaou stain for determination of quality of endocervical specimens submitted for PCR detection of Chlamydia trachomatis
JA Kellogg, JW Seiple, JL Klinedinst, and E Stroll
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2590-2592;
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Direct activity of recombinant human lactoferrin against Helicobacter pylori
S Miehlke, R Reddy, MS Osato, PP Ward, OM Conneely, and DY Graham
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2593-2594;
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Genotypic characterization of sequential Aspergillus fumigatus isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis
PE Verweij, JF Meis, J Sarfati, JA Hoogkamp-Korstanje, JP Latge, and WJ Melchers
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2595-2597;
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Rapid preparation of bacterial DNA for pulsed-field gel electrophoresis [published erratum appears in J Clin Microbiol 1997 Feb;35(2):536]
MG Matushek, MJ Bonten, and MK Hayden
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2598-2600;
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Cokeromyces recurvatus isolated from pleural and peritoneal fluid: case report
B Munipalli, MG Rinaldi, and SB Greenberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2601-2603;
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Comparison of reverse transcription-PCR with tissue culture and other rapid diagnostic assays for detection of type A influenza virus
RL Atmar, BD Baxter, EA Dominguez, and LH Taber
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2604-2606;
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Acidification of methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside: a useful test to differentiate Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus gallinarum from Enterococcus faecium species group and from Enterococcus faecalis
LA Devriese, B Pot, K Kersters, S Lauwers, and F Haesebrouck
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2607-2608;
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Surrogate disks for predicting cefotaxime and ceftriaxone susceptibilities of Streptococcus pneumoniae
AL Barry and PC Fuchs
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2609-2612;
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Ribosomal DNA typing of Haemophilus ducreyi strains: proposal for a novel typing scheme
A Pillay, AA Hoosen, P Kiepiela, and AW Sturm
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2613-2615;
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Comparison of the MUREX C. albicans, Albicans-Sure, and BactiCard Candida test kits with the germ tube test for presumptive identification of Candida albicans
AE Crist, Jr, TJ Dietz, and K Kampschroer
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2616-2618;
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Rapid identification of Salmonella serovars in feces by specific detection of virulence genes, invA and spvC, by an enrichment broth culture-multiplex PCR combination assay
CH Chiu and JT Ou
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2619-2622;
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Genotyping of hepatitis C virus isolates from Lebanese hemodialysis patients by reverse transcription-PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of 5' noncoding region
GM Matar, HM Sharara, GE Abdelnour, and AM Abdelnoor
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2623-2624;
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Identification of Turicella otitidis isolated from a patient with otorrhea associated with surgery: differentiation from Corynebacterium afermentans and Corynebacterium auris
FN Renaud, A Gregory, C Barreau, D Aubel, and J Freney
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2625-2627;
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Assessment of enzyme immunoassay versus radioimmunoassay for detection of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen in frozen urine specimens
FY Chang, JE Stout, and VL Yu
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2628-2629;
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Modified thioglycolate medium: a simple and reliable means for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis
F Poch, D Levin, S Levin, and M Dan
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2630-2631;
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Salivary antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) glycoprotein B accurately predict CMV infections among preschool children
JB Wang and SP Adler
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2632-2634;
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Prevalence of human herpesvirus 8 DNA sequences in several patient populations
CC Marchioli, JL Love, LZ Abbott, YQ Huang, SC Remick, N Surtento-Reodica, RE Hutchison, D Mildvan, AE Friedman-Kien, and BJ Poiesz
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2635-2638;
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Letters:

Immunohistochemical detection of prion protein in lymphoid tissues of sheep, cattle, and humans
SC Arya
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2639
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Impact of chlorhexidine-silver sulfadiazine-impregnated central venous catheters on in vitro quantitation of catheter-associated bacteria
A Bach
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1996 34: 2640-2641;
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