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Articles:

HD Isenberg and RF D'Amato

Does proficiency testing meet its objective?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2643-2644. [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

RM Wadowsky, RH Michaels, T Libert, LA Kingsley, and GD Ehrlich

Multiplex PCR-based assay for detection of Bordetella pertussis in nasopharyngeal swab specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2645-2649. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

RL Kline, D McNairn, M Holodniy, L Mole, D Margolis, W Blattner, and TC Quinn

Evaluation of Chiron HIV-1/HIV-2 recombinant immunoblot assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2650-2653. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

CN Baker and FC Tenover

Evaluation of Alamar colorimetric broth microdilution susceptibility testing method for staphylococci and enterococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2654-2659. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

V Schlueter, S Schmolke, K Stark, G Hess, B Ofenloch-Haehnle, and AM Engel

Reverse transcription-PCR detection of hepatitis G virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2660-2664. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

MA Attia, AR Zekri, J Goudsmit, R Boom, HM Khaled, MT Mansour, F de Wolf, HM el- Din, and CJ Sol

Diverse patterns of recognition of hepatitis C virus core and nonstructural antigens by antibodies present in Egyptian cancer patients and blood donors
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2665-2669. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

PL Carter, DW MacPherson, and RA McKenzie

Modified technique to recover microsporidian spores in sodium acetate- acetic acid-formalin-fixed fecal samples by light microscopy and correlation with transmission electron microscopy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2670-2673. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

SD Tran and JD Rudney

Multiplex PCR using conserved and species-specific 16S rRNA gene primers for simultaneous detection of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2674-2678. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

JH Jorgensen, JM Swenson, FC Tenover, A Barry, MJ Ferraro, PR Murray, and LB Reller

Development of interpretive criteria and quality control limits for macrolide and clindamycin susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2679-2684. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

DA Singer, EM Jochimsen, P Gielerak, and WR Jarvis

Pseudo-outbreak of Enterococcus durans infections and colonization associated with introduction of an automated identification system software update
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2685-2687. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L Beati, V Roux, A Ortuno, J Castella, FS Porta, and D Raoult

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of spotted fever group Rickettsiae isolated from Catalan Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2688-2694. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

B Yen-Lieberman, D Brambilla, B Jackson, J Bremer, R Coombs, M Cronin, S Herman, D Katzenstein, S Leung, HJ Lin, P Palumbo, S Rasheed, J Todd, M Vahey, and P Reichelderfer

Evaluation of a quality assurance program for quantitation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma by the AIDS Clinical Trials Group virology laboratories
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2695-2701. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C Mayerat, P Burgisser, D Lavanchy, A Mantegani, and PC Frei

Comparison of a competitive combined reverse transcription-PCR assay with a branched-DNA assay for hepatitis C virus RNA quantitation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2702-2706. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Ferroni, L Nguyen, P Gehanno, I Boucot, and P Berche

Clonal distribution of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae 23F in France
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2707-2712. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

YY Zhang and BG Hansson

Introduction of a new hepatitis agent in retrospect: genetic studies of Swedish hepatitis D virus strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2713-2717. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

JL Staneck, LS Weckbach, SD Allen, JA Siders, PH Gilligan, G Coppitt, JA Kraft, and DH Willis

Multicenter evaluation of four methods for Clostridium difficile detection: ImmunoCard C. difficile, cytotoxin assay, culture, and latex agglutination
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2718-2721. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

B La Scola and D Raoult

Diagnosis of Mediterranean spotted fever by cultivation of Rickettsia conorii from blood and skin samples using the centrifugation-shell vial technique and by detection of R. conorii in circulating endothelial cells: a 6-year follow-up
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2722-2727. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

SK Chong, Q Lou, JF Fitzgerald, and CH Lee

Evaluation of 16S rRNA gene PCR with primers Hp1 and Hp2 for detection of Helicobacter pylori
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2728-2730. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Kramvis, S Bukofzer, and MC Kew

Comparison of hepatitis B virus DNA extractions from serum by the QIAamp blood kit, GeneReleaser, and the phenol-chloroform method
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2731-2733. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Aranaz, E Liebana, A Mateos, L Dominguez, D Vidal, M Domingo, O Gonzolez, EF Rodriguez-Ferri, AE Bunschoten, JD Van Embden, and D Cousins

Spacer oligonucleotide typing of Mycobacterium bovis strains from cattle and other animals: a tool for studying epidemiology of tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2734-2740. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S Chatellier, H Huet, S Kenzi, A Rosenau, P Geslin, and R Quentin

Genetic diversity of rRNA operons of unrelated Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of neonates suffering from meningitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2741-2747. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

JA Calder, GR Reddy, L Chieves, CH Courtney, R Littell, JR Livengood, RA Norval, C Smith, and JB Dame

Monitoring Babesia bovis infections in cattle by using PCR-based tests
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2748-2755. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Devallois, M Picardeau, KS Goh, C Sola, V Vincent, and N Rastogi

Comparative evaluation of PCR and commercial DNA probes for detection and identification to species level of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2756-2759. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

MC Fuste, MA Pineda, J Palomar, M Vinas, and JG Loren

Clonality of multidrug-resistant nontypeable strains of Haemophilus influenzae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2760-2765. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F Blasi, F Denti, M Erba, R Cosentini, R Raccanelli, A Rinaldi, L Fagetti, G Esposito, U Ruberti, and L Allegra

Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae but not Helicobacter pylori in atherosclerotic plaques of aortic aneurysms
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2766-2769. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

W van Leeuwen, M Sijmons, J Sluijs, H Verbrugh, and A van Belkum

On the nature and use of randomly amplified DNA from Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2770-2777. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D Jungkind, S Direnzo, KG Beavis, and NS Silverman

Evaluation of automated COBAS AMPLICOR PCR system for detection of several infectious agents and its impact on laboratory management
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2778-2783. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

ZY Shi, PY Liu, YJ Lau, YH Lin, and BS Hu

Epidemiological typing of isolates from an outbreak of infection with multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae by repetitive extragenic palindromic unit b1-primed PCR and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2784-2790. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

PJ Krause, S Telford, 3rd, A Spielman, R Ryan, J Magera, TV Rajan, D Christianson, TV Alberghini, L Bow, and D Persing

Comparison of PCR with blood smear and inoculation of small animals for diagnosis of Babesia microti parasitemia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2791-2794. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Glatman-Freedman, JM Martin, PF Riska, BR Bloom, and A Casadevall

Monoclonal antibodies to surface antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their use in a modified enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assay for detection of mycobacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2795-2802. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

AS Field, DJ Marriott, ST Milliken, BJ Brew, EU Canning, JG Kench, P Darveniza, and JL Harkness

Myositis associated with a newly described microsporidian, Trachipleistophora hominis, in a patient with AIDS
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2803-2811. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L Beutin, S Zimmermann, and K Gleier

Rapid detection and isolation of shiga-like toxin (verocytotoxin)- producing Escherichia coli by direct testing of individual enterohemolytic colonies from washed sheep blood agar plates in the VTEC-RPLA assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2812-2814. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L Bernier, B Willems, G Delage, and DG Murphy

Identification of numerous hepatitis C virus genotypes in Montreal, Canada
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2815-2818. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K Nagayama, Z Bi, T Oguchi, Y Takarada, S Shibata, and T Honda

Use of an alkaline phosphatase-conjugated oligonucleotide probe for the gene encoding the bundle-forming pilus of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2819-2821. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Ravaggi, A Rossini, C Mazza, M Puoti, MG Marin, and E Cariani

Hepatitis C virus genotypes in northern Italy: clinical and virological features
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2822-2825. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K Tanaka, T Miyazaki, S Maesaki, K Mitsutake, H Kakeya, Y Yamamoto, K Yanagihara, MA Hossain, T Tashiro, and S Kohno

Detection of Cryptococcus neoformans gene in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2826-2828. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

BA Wilmoth, MC Chu, and TJ Quan

Identification of Yersinia pestis by BBL Crystal Enteric/Nonfermenter Identification System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2829-2830. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F Navarro, T Llovet, MA Echeita, P Coll, A Aladuena, MA Usera, and G Prats

Molecular typing of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2831-2834. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

ES Didier, GS Visvesvara, MD Baker, LB Rogers, DC Bertucci, MA De Groote, and CR Vossbrinck

A microsporidian isolated from an AIDS patient corresponds to Encephalitozoon cuniculi III, originally isolated from domestic dogs
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2835-2837. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E Tortoli, MT Simonetti, and F Lavinia

Evaluation of reformulated chemiluminescent DNA probe (AccuProbe) for culture identification of Mycobacterium kansasii
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2838-2840. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

JH Jorgensen, ML McElmeel, and CW Trippy

Comparison of inoculation methods for testing enterococci by using vancomycin screening agar
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2841-2842. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

TJ Hellyer, LE DesJardin, MK Assaf, JH Bates, MD Cave, and KD Eisenach

Specificity of IS6110-based amplification assays for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2843-2846. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

JS Heelan, D Siliezar, and K Coon

Comparison of rapid testing methods for enzyme production with the germ tube method for presumptive identification of Candida albicans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2847-2849. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N Muller, V Zimmermann, B Hentrich, and B Gottstein

Diagnosis of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii infection by PCR and DNA hybridization immunoassay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2850-2852. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

XJ Yu, P Crocquet-Valdes, LC Cullman, and DH Walker

The recombinant 120-kilodalton protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a potential diagnostic tool
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2853-2855. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P Feng, PI Fields, B Swaminathan, and TS Whittam

Characterization of nonmotile variants of Escherichia coli O157 and other serotypes by using an antiflagellin monoclonal antibody
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2856-2859. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

SB Calderwood, MA Baker, PA Carroll, JL Michel, RD Arbeit, and FM Ausubel

Use of cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences to distinguish strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2860-2865. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters:

A Gori, F Franzetti, G Marchetti, L Catozzi, and M Corbellino

Specific detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by mtp40 nested PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996 34: 2866-2867. [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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