JCM -- Table of Contents (July 1 1996, 34 [7])

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Articles:

Evaluation of Vitek GPS-SA card for testing of oxacillin against borderline-susceptible staphylococci that lack mec
CC Knapp, MD Ludwig, JA Washington, and HF Chambers
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1603-1605;
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Bicentric evaluation of Access Toxo immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG assays and IMx toxo IgM and IgG assays and comparison with Platelia Toxo IgM and IgG assays
A Decoster and B Lecolier
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1606-1609;
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Identification of IS1356, a new insertion sequence, and its association with IS402 in epidemic strains of Burkholderia cepacia infecting cystic fibrosis patients
SD Tyler, KR Rozee, and WM Johnson
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1610-1616;
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Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis isolates from sheep, goats, and cattle by hybridization with a DNA probe to insertion element IS900
R Bauerfeind, S Benazzi, R Weiss, T Schliesser, H Willems, and G Baljer
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1617-1621;
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Molecular microbiological investigation of an outbreak of hemolytic- uremic syndrome caused by dry fermented sausage contaminated with Shiga- like toxin-producing Escherichia coli
AW Paton, RM Ratcliff, RM Doyle, J Seymour-Murray, D Davos, JA Lanser, and JC Paton
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1622-1627;
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Brain abscess caused by Schizophyllum commune: an emerging basidiomycete pathogen
JD Rihs, AA Padhye, and CB Good
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1628-1632;
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High incidence of hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients in units with high prevalence
FH Pujol, JG Ponce, MG Lema, F Capriles, M Devesa, F Sirit, M Salazar, G Vasquez, F Monsalve, and L Blitz-Dorfman
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1633-1636;
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PCR of peripheral blood for diagnosis of meningococcal disease
J Newcombe, K Cartwright, WH Palmer, and J McFadden
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1637-1640;
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Evolutionary origin of a monophasic Salmonella serovar, 9,12:l,v:-, revealed by IS200 profiles and restriction fragment polymorphisms of the fljB gene
AP Burnens, J Stanley, I Sechter, and J Nicolet
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1641-1645;
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Continuous monitoring of oxygen concentrations in several systems for cultivation of anaerobic bacteria
A Imhof and I Heinzer
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1646-1648;
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Rapid diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus infections in immunocompromised adults
JA Englund, PA Piedra, A Jewell, K Patel, BB Baxter, and E Whimbey
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1649-1653;
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Detection of a transforming fragment of herpes simplex virus type 2 in clinical specimens by PCR. The Canadian Women's HIV Study Group
GH Guibinga, F Coutlee, A Kessous, C Hankins, N Lapointe, G Richer, and J Tousignant
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1654-1659;
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Identification of extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii in immunocompromised rats by PCR
S Chary-Reddy and DC Graves
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1660-1665;
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Detection and analysis of diverse herpesviral species by consensus primer PCR
DR VanDevanter, P Warrener, L Bennett, ER Schultz, S Coulter, RL Garber, and TM Rose
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1666-1671;
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Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibility to ethambutol, isoniazid, rifampin, and streptomycin by using Etest
A Wanger and K Mills
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1672-1676;
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DNA fingerprinting of Candida rugosa via repetitive sequence-based PCR
RJ Redkar, MP Dube, FK McCleskey, MG Rinaldi, and VG Del Vecchio
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1677-1681;
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Bartonella henselae infection in cats: evaluation during primary infection, treatment, and rechallenge infection
CE Greene, M McDermott, PH Jameson, CL Atkins, and AM Marks
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1682-1685;
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Heminested inverse PCR for IS6110 fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains
S Patel, S Wall, and NA Saunders
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1686-1690;
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Multisite reproducibility of the Etest MIC method for antifungal susceptibility testing of yeast isolates
MA Pfaller, SA Messer, A Bolmstrom, FC Odds, and JH Rex
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1691-1693;
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Quantification of systemic and local immune responses to individual rotavirus proteins during rotavirus infection in mice
S Ishida, N Feng, B Tang, JM Gilbert, and HB Greenberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1694-1700;
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Epidemic typhoid in Chile: analysis by molecular and conventional methods of Salmonella typhi strain diversity in epidemic (1977 and 1981) and nonepidemic (1990) years
AE Fica, S Prat-Miranda, A Fernandez-Ricci, K D'Ottone, and FC Cabello
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1701-1707;
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Comparison among performances of a ligase chain reaction-based assay and two enzyme immunoassays in detecting Chlamydia trachomatis in urine specimens from men with nongonococcal urethritis
T Deguchi, M Yasuda, M Uno, K Tada, H Iwata, H Komeda, S Maeda, V Latila, I Saito, and Y Kawada
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1708-1710;
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Heterogeneity of diphtheria toxin gene, tox, and its regulatory element, dtxR, in Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains causing epidemic diphtheria in Russia and Ukraine
H Nakao, JM Pruckler, IK Mazurova, OV Narvskaia, T Glushkevich, VF Marijevski, AN Kravetz, BS Fields, IK Wachsmuth, and T Popovic
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1711-1716;
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Rapid species identification of "Streptococcus milleri" strains by line blot hybridization: identification of a distinct 16S rRNA population closely related to Streptococcus constellatus
JA Jacobs, CS Schot, AE Bunschoten, and LM Schouls
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1717-1721;
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Rapid diagnosis of poliovirus infection by PCR amplification
C Chezzi
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1722-1725;
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Species-specific identification of Candida krusei by hybridization with the CkF1,2 DNA probe
A Carlotti, A Couble, J Domingo, K Miroy, and J Villard
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1726-1731;
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Serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii, and B. afzelii western blots (immunoblots)
GL Norman, JM Antig, G Bigaignon, and WR Hogrefe
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1732-1738;
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Persistence, replacement, and microevolution of Cryptococcus neoformans strains in recurrent meningitis in AIDS patients
D Sullivan, K Haynes, G Moran, D Shanley, and D Coleman
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1739-1744;
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Amplification of rRNA for assessment of treatment response of pulmonary tuberculosis patients during antimicrobial therapy
DF Moore, JI Curry, CA Knott, and V Jonas
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1745-1749;
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Annual incidence, serotype distribution, and genetic diversity of human astrovirus isolates from hospitalized children in Melbourne, Australia
EA Palombo and RF Bishop
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1750-1753;
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DNA sequences identical to Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii and Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis in samples of air spora
AE Wakefield
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1754-1759;
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Probable new species of Desulfovibrio isolated from a pyogenic liver abscess
W Tee, M Dyall-Smith, W Woods, and D Eisen
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1760-1764;
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Emergence of teicoplanin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci
E Cercenado, ME Garcia-Leoni, MD Diaz, C Sanchez-Carrillo, P Catalan, JC De Quiros, and E Bouza
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1765-1768;
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Detection of Cryptosporidium parvum DNA in human feces by nested PCR
AB Balatbat, GW Jordan, YJ Tang, and J Silva, Jr
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1769-1772;
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Evaluation of Pyloriset Dry, a new rapid agglutination test for Helicobacter pylori antibody detection
A Lozniewski, JD De Korwin, MC Conroy, F Plenat, and M Weber
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1773-1775;
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Contemporary testing for enteric pathogens: the potential for cost, time, and health care savings
AJ Morris, PR Murray, and LB Reller
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1776-1778;
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Revised approach for identification and detection of ampicillin and vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus species by using MicroScan panels
PC Iwen, DM Kelly, J Linder, and SH Hinrichs
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1779-1783;
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Analysis of hepatitis C virus isolates by serotyping and genotyping
LJ van Doorn, B Kleter, I Pike, and W Quint
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1784-1787;
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Evaluation of CHROMagar Orientation for differentiation and presumptive identification of gram-negative bacilli and Enterococcus species [published erratum appears in J Clin Microbiol 1997 Aug;35(8):2190]
J Merlino, S Siarakas, GJ Robertson, GR Funnell, T Gottlieb, and R Bradbury
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1788-1793;
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Simple method for detecting fluconazole-resistant yeasts with chromogenic agar
TF Patterson, SG Revankar, WR Kirkpatrick, O Dib, AW Fothergill, SW Redding, DA Sutton, and MG Rinaldi
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1794-1797;
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Differential diagnoses of influenza A virus, influenza B virus, and respiratory syncytial virus infections by direct immunofluorescence using mixtures of monoclonal antibodies of different isotypes
P Murphy, ZM Roberts, and JL Waner
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1798-1800;
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Automated DNA fingerprinting analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using fluorescent detection of PCR products
WR Butler, WH Haas, and JT Crawford
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1801-1803;
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Evaluation of nutritive capacities of 10 broth media
KD Scythes, M Louie, and AE Simor
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1804-1807;
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Search for the presence of six Mycoplasma species in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of subjects seropositive and seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus
R Kovacic, V Launay, P Tuppin, A Lafeuillade, V Feuillie, L Montagnier, and O Grau
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1808-1810;
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Evaluation of L-pyrrolidonyl peptidase paper strip test for differentiation of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, particularly Salmonella spp
K Inoue, K Miki, K Tamura, and R Sakazaki
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1811-1812;
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A single strain of Candida albicans associated with separate episodes of fungemia and meningitis
SD Porter, MA Noble, and R Rennie
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1813-1814;
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Precore mutant of hepatitis B virus prevails in acute and chronic infections in an area in which hepatitis B is endemic
CM Chu, CT Yeh, CT Chiu, IS Sheen, and YF Liaw
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1815-1818;
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Microwave-accelerated direct immunofluorescent staining for respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A virus
SA Hite and YT Huang
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1819-1820;
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Oerskovia xanthineolytica infection of a prosthetic joint: case report and review
RD Harrington, CG Lewis, J Aslanzadeh, P Stelmach, and AE Woolfrey
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1821-1824;
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Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from different regions of Italy and Pakistan
LA Sechi, S Zanetti, G Delogu, B Montinaro, A Sanna, and G Fadda
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1825-1828;
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Comparison of amplicor and 32-kilodalton PCR for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum specimens
H Soini, SA Agha, A El-Fiky, and MK Viljanen
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1829-1830;
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PCR enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients
JM Costa, R Durand, M Deniau, D Rivollet, M Izri, R Houin, M Vidaud, and S Bretagne
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1831-1833;
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Restriction endonuclease analysis of Penicillium marneffei
N Vanittanakom, CR Cooper, Jr, S Chariyalertsak, S Youngchim, KE Nelson, and T Sirisanthana
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1834-1836;
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Clonal diversity of oral Eikenella corrodens within individual subjects by arbitrarily primed PCR
C Chen and A Ashimoto
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1837-1839;
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Mycobacterium genavense infections in pet animals
TE Kiehn, H Hoefer, EC Bottger, R Ross, M Wong, F Edwards, N Antinoff, and D Armstrong
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1840-1842;
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Phage specific for Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal
MJ Albert, NA Bhuiyan, A Rahman, AN Ghosh, K Hultenby, A Weintraub, S Nahar, AK Kibriya, M Ansaruzzaman, and T Shimada
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1843-1845;
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Comparison of the new API Candida system to the ID 32C system for identification of clinically important yeast species
H Fricker-Hidalgo, O Vandapel, MA Duchesne, MA Mazoyer, D Monget, B Lardy, B Lebeau, J Freney, P Ambroise-Thomas, and R Grillot
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1846-1848;
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Interlaboratory comparison of sequence-specific PCR and ligase detection reaction to detect a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 drug resistance mutation. The AIDS Clinical Trials Group Virology Committee Drug Resistance Working Group
RW Shafer, MA Winters, DL Mayers, AJ Japour, DR Kuritzkes, OS Weislow, F White, A Erice, KJ Sannerud, A Iversen, F Pena, D Dimitrov, LM Frenkel, and PS Reichelderfer
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1849-1853;
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Infrequent detection of lipoarabinomannan antibodies in human immunodeficiency virus-associated mycobacterial disease. Swiss HIV Cohort Study
K Boggian, W Fierz, and PL Vernazza
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1854-1855;
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Strain variation among and antifungal susceptibilities of isolates of Candida krusei
YF Berrouane, RJ Hollis, and MA Pfaller
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1856-1858;
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A novel genital human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV type 74, found in immunosuppressed patients
M Longuet, P Cassonnet, and G Orth
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1859-1862;
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Auxotypes and serogroups of tetracycline-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Malaysia
AS Koay, R My, and YM Cheong
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1863-1865;
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Letters:

Haemophilus parainfluenzae biliary tract infections
D Pierard, B De Waele, L Covens, A Van Zeebroeck, P Rosseel, and S Lauwers
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1866-1867;
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Screening for Escherichia coli O157:H7--a nationwide survey of clinical laboratories
EM Sordillo and ME Nusbaum
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1868-1869;
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A surfeit of YATMs?
M Achtman
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1870
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PCR detection of cytomegalovirus DNA in serum as test for congenital cytomegalovirus infection
K Numazaki and S Chiba
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 1996 34: 1871-1872;
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