JCM -- Table of Contents (May 1 1996, 34 [5])

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Articles:

Evaluation of tuberculosis transmission in a community by 1 year of systematic typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates
G Torrea, C Offredo, M Simonet, B Gicquel, P Berche, and C Pierre-Audigier
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1043-1049;
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Serological and genomic characterization of porcine rotaviruses in Thailand: detection of a G10 porcine rotavirus
Y Pongsuwanna, K Taniguchi, M Chiwakul, T Urasawa, F Wakasugi, C Jayavasu, and S Urasawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1050-1057;
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Comparative evaluation of NASBA HIV-1 RNA QT, AMPLICOR-HIV monitor, and QUANTIPLEX HIV RNA assay, three methods for quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in plasma
H Revets, D Marissens, S de Wit, P Lacor, N Clumeck, S Lauwers, and G Zissis
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1058-1064;
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Evaluation of Amplicor MTB test as adjunct to smears and culture for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the French Caribbean
A Devallois, E Legrand, and N Rastogi
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1065-1068;
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Ability of RapID Yeast Plus System to identify 304 clinically significant yeasts within 5 hours
TT Kitch, MR Jacobs, MR McGinnis, and PC Appelbaum
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1069-1071;
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Three species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, B afzelii, and B. garinii) identified from cerebrospinal fluid isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and PCR
U Busch, C Hizo-Teufel, R Boehmer, V Fingerle, H Nitschko, B Wilske, and V Preac- Mursic
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1072-1078;
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Ribotyping: a tool for taxonomy and identification of the Nocardia asteroides complex species
F Laurent, A Carlotti, P Boiron, J Villard, and J Freney
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1079-1082;
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Clinical evaluation of the Roche AMPLICOR PCR Mycobacterium tuberculosis test for detection of M. tuberculosis in respiratory specimens
JS Bergmann and GL Woods
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1083-1085;
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Ribotype diversity of Listeria monocytogenes strains associated with outbreaks of listeriosis in ruminants
M Wiedmann, JL Bruce, R Knorr, M Bodis, EM Cole, CI McDowell, PL McDonough, and CA Batt
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1086-1090;
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Studies of in vivo distribution of bovine herpesvirus type 4 in the natural host
L Egyed, A Ballagi-Pordany, A Bartha, and S Belak
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1091-1095;
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Random amplified polymorphic DNA typing versus pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for epidemiological typing of vancomycin-resistant enterococci
N Barbier, P Saulnier, E Chachaty, S Dumontier, and A Andremont
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1096-1099;
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Isolation and characterization of a unique group of slowly growing mycobacteria: description of Mycobacterium lentiflavum sp. nov
B Springer, WK Wu, T Bodmer, G Haase, GE Pfyffer, RM Kroppenstedt, KH Schroder, S Emler, JO Kilburn, P Kirschner, A Telenti, MB Coyle, and EC Bottger
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1100-1107;
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Evaluation of mtp40 genomic fragment amplification for specific detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens
EA Herrera and M Segovia
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1108-1113;
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Nontoxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 serotype Inaba biotype El Tor associated with a cluster of cases of cholera in southern India
PK Saha, H Koley, AK Mukhopadhyay, SK Bhattacharya, GB Nair, BS Ramakrishnan, S Krishnan, T Takeda, and Y Takeda
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1114-1117;
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Usefulness of the secondary probe pTBN12 in DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
F Chaves, Z Yang, H el Hajj, M Alonso, WJ Burman, KD Eisenach, F Dronda, JH Bates, and MD Cave
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1118-1123;
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Most Corynebacterium xerosis strains identified in the routine clinical laboratory correspond to Corynebacterium amycolatum
G Funke, PA Lawson, KA Bernard, and MD Collins
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1124-1128;
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Random amplified polymorphic DNA typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates recovered from patients with cystic fibrosis
E Mahenthiralingam, ME Campbell, J Foster, JS Lam, and DP Speert
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1129-1135;
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Genomic analysis of Mycobacterium bovis and other members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by isoenzyme analysis and pulsed- field gel electrophoresis
MM Feizabadi, ID Robertson, DV Cousins, and DJ Hampson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1136-1142;
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Preservation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae at -20 degrees C
PS Harbec and P Turcotte
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1143-1146;
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Evaluation of three commercial enzyme immunoassays compared with the 13C urea breath test for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection
PA Marchildon, LM Ciota, FZ Zamaniyan, JS Peacock, and DY Graham
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1147-1152;
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Comparison of PCR-based approaches to molecular epidemiologic analysis of Clostridium difficile
MC Collier, F Stock, PC DeGirolami, MH Samore, and CP Cartwright
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1153-1157;
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Bartonella (Rochalimaea) quintana infection in a seronegative hemodialyzed patient
M Drancourt, V Moal, P Brunet, B Dussol, Y Berland, and D Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1158-1160;
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Role of stool screening tests in diagnosis of inflammatory bacterial enteritis and in selection of specimens likely to yield invasive enteric pathogens
RP Silletti, G Lee, and E Ailey
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1161-1165;
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A three-center European external quality control study of PCR for detection of cytomegalovirus DNA in blood
JE Grundy, A Ehrnst, H Einsele, VC Emery, H Hebart, HG Prentice, and P Ljungman
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1166-1170;
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Comparison of PCR and microscopic methods for detecting Trypanosoma cruzi
LV Kirchhoff, JR Votava, DE Ochs, and DR Moser
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1171-1175;
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Novel BOX repeat PCR assay for high-resolution typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains
A van Belkum, M Sluijuter, R de Groot, H Verbrugh, and PW Hermans
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1176-1179;
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Performance of Meridian ImmunoCard Mycoplasma test in a multicenter clinical trial
TS Alexander, LD Gray, JA Kraft, DS Leland, MT Nikaido, and DH Willis
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1180-1183;
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Detecting bunyaviruses of the Bunyamwera and California serogroups by a PCR technique
G Kuno, CJ Mitchell, GJ Chang, and GC Smith
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1184-1188;
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Molecular characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 strains isolated during cholera outbreaks in Guinea-Bissau
A Dalsgaard, HF Mortensen, K Molbak, F Dias, O Serichantalergs, and P Echeverria
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1189-1192;
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Validation of use of whole-cell repetitive extragenic palindromic sequence-based PCR (REP-PCR) for typing strains belonging to the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex and application of the method to the investigation of a hospital outbreak
AM Snelling, P Gerner-Smidt, PM Hawkey, J Heritage, P Parnell, C Porter, AR Bodenham, and T Inglis
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1193-1202;
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Identification of bovine Neospora parasites by PCR amplification and specific small-subunit rRNA sequence probe hybridization
MS Ho, BC Barr, AE Marsh, ML Anderson, JD Rowe, AF Tarantal, AG Hendrickx, K Sverlow, JP Dubey, and PA Conrad
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1203-1208;
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Sequence capture-PCR improves detection of mycobacterial DNA in clinical specimens
G Mangiapan, M Vokurka, L Schouls, J Cadranel, D Lecossier, J van Embden, and AJ Hance
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1209-1215;
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Restriction fragment length polymorphism of flagellin genes of Campylobacter jejuni and/or C. coli isolates from Egypt
ZS Mohran, P Guerry, H Lior, JR Murphy, AM el-Gendy, MM Mikhail, and BA Oyofo
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1216-1219;
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Outbreak of histoplasmosis among employees in a paper factory-- Michigan, 1993
MG Stobierski, CJ Hospedales, WN Hall, B Robinson-Dunn, D Hoch, and DA Sheill
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1220-1223;
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Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica serogroup O:3 by a PCR method
V Weynants, V Jadot, PA Denoel, A Tibor, and JJ Letesson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1224-1227;
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Immunohistochemical detection of prion protein in lymphoid tissues of sheep with natural scrapie
LJ van Keulen, BE Schreuder, RH Meloen, G Mooij-Harkes, ME Vromans, and JP Langeveld
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1228-1231;
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Metronidazole and clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori determined by measuring MICs of antimicrobial agents in color indicator egg yolk agar in a miniwell format. The Gastrointestinal Physiology Working Group of Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and the Johns Hopkins University
A Vasquez, Y Valdez, RH Gilman, JJ McDonald, TU Westblom, D Berg, H Mayta, and V Gutierrez
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1232-1234;
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Typing Candida albicans oral isolates from human immunodeficiency virus- infected patients by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and DNA fingerprinting
P Boerlin, F Boerlin-Petzold, J Goudet, C Durussel, JL Pagani, JP Chave, and J Bille
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1235-1248;
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Antagonistic effect of oral bacteria towards Treponema denticola
D Grenier
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1249-1252;
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Concordance of clinical and environmental isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii by random amplification of polymorphic DNA analysis and PCR fingerprinting
TC Sorrell, SC Chen, P Ruma, W Meyer, TJ Pfeiffer, DH Ellis, and AG Brownlee
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1253-1260;
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Natural environmental sources of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii
TC Sorrell, AG Brownlee, P Ruma, R Malik, TJ Pfeiffer, and DH Ellis
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1261-1263;
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Nosocomial CDC group IV c-2 bacteremia: epidemiological investigation by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis
D Moissenet, MD Tabone, JP Girardet, G Leverger, A Garbarg-Chenon, and H Vu-Thien
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1264-1266;
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Identification and differentiation of Mycobacterium avium and M. intracellulare by PCR
ZH Chen, WR Butler, BR Baumstark, and DG Ahearn
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1267-1269;
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Bovine adenovirus type 10 identified in fatal cases of adenovirus- associated enteric disease in cattle by in situ hybridization
JA Smyth, M Benko, DA Moffett, and B Harrach
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1270-1274;
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Misidentification of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae as a Corynebacterium species with low virulence in a child with endocarditis
RA Pennie, AS Malik, and L Wilcox
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1275-1276;
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Comparative susceptibilities of human embryonic fibroblasts and HeLa cells for isolation of human rhinoviruses
E Arruda, CE Crump, BS Rollins, A Ohlin, and FG Hayden
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1277-1279;
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Multicenter evaluation of broth microdilution method for susceptibility testing of Cryptococcus neoformans against fluconazole
H Sanati, SA Messer, M Pfaller, M Witt, R Larsen, A Espinel-Ingroff, and M Ghannoum
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1280-1282;
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Veillonella infections in children
I Brook
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1283-1285;
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Evaluation of commercial latex reagents for identification of O157 and H7 antigens of Escherichia coli
EG Sowers, JG Wells, and NA Strockbine
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1286-1289;
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Endocarditis of native aortic and mitral valves due to Corynebacterium accolens: report of a case and application of phenotypic and genotypic techniques for identification
G Claeys, H Vanhouteghem, P Riegel, G Wauters, R Hamerlynck, J Dierick, J de Witte, G Verschraegen, and M Vaneechoutte
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1290-1292;
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Restriction fragment length polymorphism of the tdh and trh genes in clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains
O Suthienkul, T Iida, KS Park, M Ishibashi, S Supavej, K Yamamoto, and T Honda
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1293-1295;
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Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Lactococcus lactis and Lactococcus garvieae and a proposed method to discriminate between them
JA Elliott and RR Facklam
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1296-1298;
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Polymorphism in Brucella strains detected by studying distribution of two short repetitive DNA elements
E Mercier, E Jumas-Bilak, A Allardet-Servent, D O'Callaghan, and M Ramuz
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1299-1302;
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Identification of group B rotaviruses with short genome electropherotypes from adult cows with diarrhea
AV Parwani, A Lucchelli, and LJ Saif
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1303-1305;
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Molecular typing of Borrelia burgdorferi from Lyme disease patients by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis
D Liveris, GP Wormser, J Nowakowski, R Nadelman, S Bittker, D Cooper, S Varde, FH Moy, G Forseter, CS Pavia, and I Schwartz
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1306-1309;
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Comparison of urinary bladder and ear biopsy samples for determining prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in rodents in central Europe
TN Petney, D Hassler, M Bruckner, and M Maiwald
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1310-1312;
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Detection of parvovirus B19 DNA in bone marrow cells by chemiluminescence in situ hybridization
M Musiani, A Roda, M Zerbini, G Gentilomi, P Pasini, G Gallinella, and S Venturoli
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1313-1316;
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Direct identification of Mycobacterium species in Bactec 7H12B medium by gas-liquid chromatography
S Chou, P Chedore, A Haddad, NR Paul, and S Kasatiya
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1317-1320;
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Stability of amoxicillin-clavulanate in BACTEC medium determined by high-performance liquid chromatography and bioassay
TD Moore, R Horton, LJ Utrup, LA Miller, and JA Poupard
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1321-1322;
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New drug susceptibility test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis using the hybridization protection assay
J Miyamoto, H Koga, S Kohno, T Tashiro, and K Hara
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1323-1326;
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Comparison of BacT/Alert FAN medium with BACTEC NR660 Plus 26A medium
JW Snyder and SK Lude
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1327-1329;
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Necrotizing cerebritis in an allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipient due to Cladophialophora bantiana
RK Emmens, D Richardson, W Thomas, S Hunter, RA Hennigar, JR Wingard, and FS Nolte
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1330-1332;
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Fatal, disseminated Acremonium strictum infection in a neutropenic host
WA Schell and JR Perfect
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1333-1336;
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Evaluation of CMV Brite kit for detection of cytomegalovirus pp65 antigenemia in peripheral blood leukocytes by immunofluorescence
ML Landry, D Ferguson, T Stevens-Ayers, MW de Jonge, and M Boeckh
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1337-1339;
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Demonstration of a lack of synergistic effect of rotavirus with other diarrheal pathogens on severity of diarrhea in children
LE Unicomb, SM Faruque, MA Malek, AS Faruque, and MJ Albert
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1340-1342;
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Improved detection of JC virus DNA in cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of AIDS-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
A de Luca, A Cingolani, A Linzalone, A Ammassari, R Murri, ML Giancola, G Maiuro, and A Antinori
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1343-1346;
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Letters:

PCR for diagnosis and follow-up of two cases of disseminated toxoplasmosis after kidney grafting
D Aubert, F Foudrinier, I Villena, JM Pinon, MF Biava, and E Renoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1347
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IS6110-based PCR methods for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
GM Mulcahy, ZC Kaminski, EA Albanese, R Sood, and M Pierce
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 1996 34: 1348-1349;
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