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Articles:

Application of long PCR method of identification of variations in nucleotide sequences among varicella-zoster virus isolates
M Takayama, N Takayama, N Inoue, and Y Kameoka
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2869-2874;
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Differential prevalence of hepatitis C virus subtypes in healthy blood donors, patients on maintenance hemodialysis, and patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Surabaya, Indonesia
Soetjipto , R Handajani, MI Lusida, S Darmadi, P Adi, Soemarto , S Ishido, Y Katayama, and H Hotta
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2875-2880;
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Influence of relative humidity and suspending menstrua on survival of Acinetobacter spp. on dry surfaces
A Jawad, J Heritage, AM Snelling, DM Gascoyne-Binzi, and PM Hawkey
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2881-2887;
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Species-specific and ubiquitous DNA-based assays for rapid identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis
F Martineau, FJ Picard, PH Roy, M Ouellette, and MG Bergeron
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2888-2893;
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Amplification and restriction endonuclease digestion of a large fragment of genes coding for rRNA as a rapid method for discrimination of closely related pathogenic bacteria
A Ibrahim, P Gerner-Smidt, and A Sjostedt
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2894-2896;
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Enteroadherent Escherichia coli and diarrhea in children: a prospective case-control study
C Forestier, M Meyer, S Favre-Bonte, C Rich, G Malpuech, C Le Bouguenec, J Sirot, B Joly, and C De Champs
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2897-2903;
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Cloning and sequence of a region of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal and its use in PCR-based detection
S Falklind, M Stark, MJ Albert, M Uhlen, J Lundeberg, and A Weintraub
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2904-2908;
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PCR detection of metallo-beta-lactamase gene (blaIMP) in gram-negative rods resistant to broad-spectrum beta-lactams
K Senda, Y Arakawa, S Ichiyama, K Nakashima, H Ito, S Ohsuka, K Shimokata, N Kato, and M Ohta
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2909-2913;
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Epidemiology of Burkholderia cepacia infection in patients with cystic fibrosis: analysis by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting
E Mahenthiralingam, ME Campbell, DA Henry, and DP Speert
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2914-2920;
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Rapid and specific detection of F17-related pilin and adhesin genes in diarrheic and septicemic Escherichia coli strains by multiplex PCR
Y Bertin, C Martin, E Oswald, and JP Girardeau
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2921-2928;
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Analysis of PCR as a tool for detection of JC virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
AL Hammarin, G Bogdanovic, V Svedhem, R Pirskanen, L Morfeldt, and M Grandien
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2929-2932;
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Rapid reverse transcription-PCR detection of hepatitis C virus RNA in serum by using the TaqMan fluorogenic detection system
T Morris, B Robertson, and M Gallagher
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2933-2936;
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Enhanced isolation of Serpulina hyodysenteriae by using sliced agar media
LD Olson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2937-2941;
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Characterization of multiple-antibiotic-resistant Salmonella typhimurium stains: molecular epidemiology of PER-1-producing isolates and evidence for nosocomial plasmid exchange by a clone
H Vahaboglu, S Dodanli, C Eroglu, R Ozturk, G Soyletir, I Yildirim, and V Avkan
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2942-2946;
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Rapid method for detection of Coxiella burnetii antibodies using high- density particle agglutination
SV Nguyen, H Otsuka, GQ Zhang, H To, T Yamaguchi, H Fukushi, A Noma, and K Hirai
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2947-2951;
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Isolation of a novel Helicobacter species, Helicobacter cholecystus sp. nov., from the gallbladders of Syrian hamsters with cholangiofibrosis and centrilobular pancreatitis
CL Franklin, CS Beckwith, RS Livingston, LK Riley, SV Gibson, CL Besch- Williford, and RR Hook, Jr
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2952-2958;
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Evaluation of the Digene Hybrid Capture System for detection and quantitation of human cytomegalovirus viremia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients
T Mazzulli, S Wood, R Chua, and S Walmsley
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2959-2962;
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Characterization of an SAV organism and proposal of Mycobacterium triplex sp. nov [published erratum appears in J Clin Microbiol 1997 Mar;35(3):802]
MM Floyd, LS Guthertz, VA Silcox, PS Duffey, Y Jang, EP Desmond, JT Crawford, and WR Butler
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2963-2967;
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Active surveillance for Vibrio cholerae O1 and vibriophages in sewage water as a potential tool to predict cholera outbreaks
G Madico, W Checkley, RH Gilman, N Bravo, L Cabrera, M Calderon, and A Ceballos
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2968-2972;
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Heterogeneity in phenotypic and genotypic characteristics among strains of Hafnia alvei
A Ismaili, B Bourke, JC de Azavedo, S Ratnam, MA Karmali, and PM Sherman
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2973-2979;
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains from bovines: association of adhesion with carriage of eae and other genes
LH Wieler, E Vieler, C Erpenstein, T Schlapp, H Steinruck, R Bauerfeind, A Byomi, and G Baljer
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2980-2984;
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Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex direct repeat sequence for use in cycling probe reaction
ML Beggs, MD Cave, C Marlowe, L Cloney, P Duck, and KD Eisenach
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2985-2989;
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Group-specific identification of polioviruses by PCR using primers containing mixed-base or deoxyinosine residue at positions of codon degeneracy
DR Kilpatrick, B Nottay, CF Yang, SJ Yang, MN Mulders, BP Holloway, MA Pallansch, and OM Kew
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2990-2996;
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Detection of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing members of the family Enterobacteriaceae with Vitek ESBL test
CC Sanders, AL Barry, JA Washington, C Shubert, ES Moland, MM Traczewski, C Knapp, and R Mulder
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 2997-3001;
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Multicenter evaluating of a commercially available PCR assay for diagnosing enterovirus infection in a panel of cerebrospinal fluid specimens
B Lina, B Pozzetto, L Andreoletti, E Beguier, T Bourlet, E Dussaix, L Grangeot- Keros, B Gratacap-Cavallier, C Henquell, MC Legrand-Quillien, A Novillo, P Palmer, J Petitjean, K Sandres, P Dubreuil, H Fleury, F Freymuth, I Leparc- Goffart, D Hober, J Izopet, H Kopecka, Y Lazizi, H Lafeuille, P Lebon, and M Aymard
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3002-3006;
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Surveillance of community-acquired viral infections due to respiratory viruses in Rhone-Alpes (France) during winter 1994 to 1995
B Lina, M Valette, S Foray, J Luciani, J Stagnara, DM See, and M Aymard
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3007-3011;
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Application of lipovitellin-salt-mannitol agar for screening, isolation, and presumptive identification of Staphylococcus aureus in a teaching hospital
J Merlino, R Gill, and GJ Robertson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3012-3015;
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Multicenter comparison of three commercial methods for quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma
R Schuurman, D Descamps, GJ Weverling, S Kaye, J Tijnagel, I Williams, R van Leeuwen, R Tedder, CA Boucher, F Brun-Vezinet, and C Loveday
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3016-3022;
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Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis D viruses indicating a new genotype I subgroup among African isolates
YY Zhang, E Tsega, and BG Hansson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3023-3030;
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In vitro susceptibility testing and DNA typing of Saccharomyces cerevisiae clinical isolates
L Zerva, RJ Hollis, and MA Pfaller
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3031-3034;
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Direct PCR analysis for toxigenic Pasteurella multocida
CA Lichtensteiger, SM Steenbergen, RM Lee, DD Polson, and ER Vimr
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3035-3039;
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Performance of fungal blood cultures by using the Isolator collection system: is it cost-effective?
RM Morrell, Jr, BL Wasilauskas, and CH Steffee
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3040-3043;
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Evaluation of method for secondary DNA typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with pTBN12 in epidemiologic study of tuberculosis
Z Yang, F Chaves, PF Barnes, WJ Burman, J Koehler, KD Eisenach, JH Bates, and MD Cave
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3044-3048;
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Genotyping of outbreak-related and sporadic isolates of Clostridium difficile belonging to serogroup C
P van Dijck, V Avesani, and M Delmee
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3049-3055;
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Cervical mucus antibodies against human papillomavirus type 16, 18, and 33 capsids in relation to presence of viral DNA
Z Wang, BG Hansson, O Forslund, L Dillner, M Sapp, JT Schiller, B Bjerre, and J Dillner
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3056-3062;
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Development of two species-specific fingerprinting probes for broad computer-assisted epidemiological studies of Candida tropicalis
S Joly, C Pujol, K Schroppel, and DR Soll
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3063-3071;
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Detection of PCR inhibitors in cervical specimens by using the AMPLICOR Chlamydia trachomatis assay
RP Verkooyen, A Luijendijk, WM Huisman, WH Goessens, JA Kluytmans, JH van Rijsoort-Vos, and HA Verbrugh
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3072-3074;
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Identification of staphylococci with a self-educating system using fatty acid analysis and biochemical tests [published erratum appears in J Clin Microbiol 1997 Apr;35(4):1043]
RJ Behme, R Shuttleworth, A McNabb, and WD Colby
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3075-3084;
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Long PCR and its application to hepatitis viruses: amplification of hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C virus genomes
R Tellier, J Bukh, SU Emerson, RH Miller, and RH Purcell
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3085-3091;
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Comparison of the Roche AMPLICOR MYCOBACTERIUM assay and Digene SHARP Signal System with in-house PCR and culture for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens
TS Huang, YC Liu, HH Lin, WK Huang, and DL Cheng
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3092-3096;
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Novel DNA assay for cytomegalovirus detection: comparison with conventional culture and pp65 antigenemia assay
N Veal, C Payan, D Fray, L Sarol, O Blanchet, S Kouyoumdjian, and F Lunel
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3097-3100;
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O serogroups, biotypes, and eae genes in Escherichia coli strains isolated from diarrheic and healthy rabbits
JE Blanco, M Blanco, J Blanco, A Mora, L Balaguer, M Mourino, A Juarez, and WH Jansen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3101-3107;
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RNA amplification by nucleic acid sequence-based amplification with an internal standard enables reliable detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in cervical scrapings and urine samples
SA Morre, P Sillekens, MV Jacobs, P van Aarle, S de Blok, B van Gemen, JM Walboomers, CJ Meijer, and AJ van den Brule
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3108-3114;
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Use of AmpliWax to optimize amplicon sterilization by isopsoralen
M De la Viuda, M Fille, J Ruiz, and J Aslanzadeh
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3115-3119;
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Prokaryotic DNA sequences in patients with chronic idiopathic prostatitis
JN Krieger, DE Riley, MC Roberts, and RE Berger
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3120-3128;
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Differentiation of bacterial 16S rRNA genes and intergenic regions and Mycobacterium tuberculosis katG genes by structure-specific endonuclease cleavage
MA Brow, MC Oldenburg, V Lyamichev, LM Heisler, N Lyamicheva, JG Hall, NJ Eagan, DM Olive, LM Smith, L Fors, and JE Dahlberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3129-3137;
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Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing to study an outbreak of infection due to Serratia marcescens in a neonatal intensive care unit
G Miranda, C Kelly, F Solorzano, B Leanos, R Coria, and JE Patterson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3138-3141;
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Specific amplification of Ehrlichia platys DNA from blood specimens by two-step PCR
WL Chang and MJ Pan
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3142-3146;
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Multicenter evaluation of a fluorometric enzyme immunocapture assay to detect toxoplasma-specific immunoglobulin M in dried blood filter paper specimens from newborns
RB Eaton, E Petersen, H Seppanen, and T Tuuminen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3147-3150;
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Identification and subspecific differentiation of Mycobacterium scrofulaceum by automated sequencing of a region of the gene (hsp65) encoding a 65-kilodalton heat shock protein
DS Swanson, X Pan, and JM Musser
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3151-3159;
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Use of a recombinant Coccidioides immitis complement fixation antigen- chitinase in conventional serological assays
SM Johnson, CR Zimmermann, and D Pappagianis
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3160-3164;
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Prevalence and varieties of Helicobacter species in dogs from random sources and pet dogs: animal and public health implications
KA Eaton, FE Dewhirst, BJ Paster, N Tzellas, BE Coleman, J Paola, and R Sherding
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3165-3170;
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Single-step PCR in molecular diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection
E Farma, E Boeri, P Bettini, CM Repetto, J McDermott, FB Lillo, and OE Varnier
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3171-3174;
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Differentiation of Chlamydia psittaci and C. pecorum strains by species- specific PCR
N Sheehy, B Markey, M Gleeson, and PJ Quinn
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3175-3179;
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Two related strains of feline infectious peritonitis virus isolated from immunocompromised cats infected with a feline enteric coronavirus
AM Poland, H Vennema, JE Foley, and NC Pedersen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3180-3184;
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Molecular analysis of outer capsid glycoprotein (VP7) genes from two isolates of human group C rotavirus with different genome electropherotypes
M Kuzuya, R Fujii, M Hamano, J Nakamura, M Yamada, S Nii, and T Mori
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3185-3189;
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Comparative typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by random amplification of polymorphic DNA or pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of DNA macrorestriction fragments
N Renders, Y Romling, H Verbrugh, and A van Belkum
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3190-3195;
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An enhanced-sensitivity branched-DNA assay for quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma
D Kern, M Collins, T Fultz, J Detmer, S Hamren, JJ Peterkin, P Sheridan, M Urdea, R White, T Yeghiazarian, and J Todd
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3196-3202;
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Characterization of cytotoxic, hemolytic Aeromonas caviae clinical isolates and their identification by determining presence of a unique hemolysin gene
G Wang, KD Tyler, CK Munro, and WM Johnson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3203-3205;
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Improved sensitivity of direct microscopy for acid-fast bacilli: sedimentation as an alternative to centrifugation for concentration of tubercle bacilli
H Miorner, G Ganlov, Z Yohannes, and Y Adane
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3206-3207;
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Comparative evaluation of three antifungal susceptibility test methods for Candida albicans isolates and correlation with response to fluconazole therapy
M Ruhnke, A Schmidt-Westhausen, E Engelmann, and M Trautmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3208-3211;
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Case of bacterial endophthalmitis caused by an Agrobacterium radiobacter-like organism
JM Miller, C Novy, and M Hiott
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3212-3213;
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Comparative assessment of Etest for testing susceptibilities of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to penicillin, tetracycline, ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, and ciprofloxacin: investigation using 510(k) review criteria, recommended by the Food and Drug Administration
DJ Biedenbach and RN Jones
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3214-3217;
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Clonal and temporal patterns of nasopharyngeal penicillin-susceptible and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae stains in children attending a day care center
JL Pons, MN Mandement, E Martin, C Lemort, M Nouvellon, E Mallet, and JF Lemeland
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3218-3222;
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Presence of human herpesvirus 6 variants A and B in saliva and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy adults
SW Aberle, CW Mandl, C Kunz, and T Popow-Kraupp
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3223-3225;
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Molecular epidemiology provides evidence of genotypic heterogeneity of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype O:12 outbreak isolates from a pediatric hospital
E Bingen, S Bonacorsi, P Rohrlich, M Duval, S Lhopital, N Brahimi, E Vilmer, and RV Goering
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3226-3229;
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Detection of the microsporidian parasite Enterocytozoon bieneusi in specimens from patients with AIDS by PCR
JN Velasquez, S Carnevale, EA Guarnera, JH Labbe, A Chertcoff, MG Cabrera, and MI Rodriguez
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3230-3232;
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Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli diarrhea in children in Hong Kong
R Biswas, EA Nelson, PJ Lewindon, DJ Lyon, PB Sullivan, and P Echeverria
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3233-3234;
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Veillonella parvula bacteremia without an underlying source
RG Fisher and MR Denison
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3235-3236;
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Comparative evaluation of macrodilution and chromogenic agar screening for determining fluconazole susceptibility of Candida albicans
TF Patterson, WR Kirkpatrick, SG Revankar, RK McAtee, AW Fothergill, DI McCarthy, and MG Rinaldi
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3237-3239;
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Evaluations of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay procedure for determining specific Epstein-Barr virus serology and of rapid test kits for diagnosis for infectious mononucleosis
MA Gerber, ED Shapiro, RW Ryan, and GL Bell
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3240-3241;
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Molecular characterization of epidemic ciprofloxacin- and methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains colonizing patients in an intensive care unit
EE Udo, IA al-Obaid, LE Jacob, and TD Chugh
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3242-3244;
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Development of type-specific PCR for typing Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis based on nucleotide sequence variations of internal transcribed spacer region of rRNA genes
B Jiang, JJ Lu, B Li, X Tang, MS Bartlett, JW Smith, and CH Lee
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3245-3248;
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Performance of Meridian ImmunoCard Mycoplasma Test in a multicenter clinical trial
JW Dorigo-Zetsma, PM Wertheim-van Dillen, and L Spanjaard
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3249-3250;
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Letters:

Screening tests for the presumptive identification of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in a diagnostic laboratory
A Efstratiou and RC George
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3251
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Misidentification of Corynebacterium diphtheriae
J Wong, D Lindquist, and MP Daugherty
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3251-3252;
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About the cellular tropism of the gammaherpesvirus bovine herpesvirus type 4
FA Osorio, JA Galeota-Wheeler, DE Reed, and O Lopez
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3253-3254;
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Interest of quantitative pp65 cytomegalovirus antigenemia assay for human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients
S Ranger-Rogez, JP Couty, T Nicot, F Denis, JP Rogez, A Riche, and P Weinbreck
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3255-3256;
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Specimen contamination in mycobacteriology laboratory detected by pseudo-outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: analysis by routine epidemiology and confirmation by molecular technique
WJ Burman, ML Wilson, and RR Reves
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1996 34: 3257
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