JCM -- Table of Contents (October 1 1997, 35 [10])

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Articles:

Laboratory diagnosis of pertussis: state of the art in 1997
FM Muller, JE Hoppe, and CH Wirsing von Konig
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2435-2443;
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Comparative evaluation of use of cna, fnbA, fnbB, and hlb for genomic fingerprinting in the epidemiological typing of Staphylococcus aureus
MS Smeltzer, AF Gillaspy, FL Pratt, and MD Thames
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2444-2449;
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Growth characteristics and a novel method for identification (the WEE- TAB system) of Porphyromonas species isolated from infected dog and cat bite wounds in humans
MK Hudspeth, SH Gerardo, DM Citron, and EJ Goldstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2450-2453;
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Evaluation of PCR for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis
OF Osman, L Oskam, EE Zijlstra, NC Kroon, GJ Schoone, ET Khalil, AM El-Hassan, and PA Kager
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2454-2457;
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Identification of Abiotrophia adiacens and Abiotrophia defectiva by 16S rRNA gene PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis
Y Ohara-Nemoto, S Tajika, M Sasaki, and M Kaneko
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2458-2463;
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Determination of the etiology of presumptive feline leprosy by 16S rRNA gene analysis
MS Hughes, NW Ball, LA Beck, GW de Lisle, RA Skuce, and SD Neill
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2464-2471;
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Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated during a 3-year period (1993 to 1995) in Seville, Spain
H Safi, J Aznar, and JC Palomares
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2472-2476;
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Rapid and accurate identification of Staphylococcus species by tRNA intergenic spacer length polymorphism analysis
N Maes, Y De Gheldre, R De Ryck, M Vaneechoutte, H Meugnier, J Etienne, and MJ Struelens
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2477-2481;
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Detection of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis by PCR
A Pantosti, M Malpeli, M Wilks, MG Menozzi, and F D'Ambrosio
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2482-2486;
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Molecular epidemiology of two international sprout-borne Salmonella outbreaks
R Puohiniemi, T Heiskanen, and A Siitonen
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2487-2491;
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Detection and differentiation of rabbit hemorrhagic disease and European brown hare syndrome viruses by amplification of VP60 genomic sequences from fresh and fixed tissue specimens
C Ros Bascunana, N Nowotny, and S Belak
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2492-2495;
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Isolation and characterization of Ehrlichia chaffeensis strains from patients with fatal ehrlichiosis
CD Paddock, JW Sumner, GM Shore, DC Bartley, RC Elie, JG McQuade, CR Martin, CS Goldsmith, and JE Childs
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2496-2502;
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Use of different molecular typing techniques for bacteriological follow- up in a clinical trial with AIDS patients with Mycobacterium avium bacteremia
M Picardeau, A Varnerot, T Lecompte, F Brel, T May, and V Vincent
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2503-2510;
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Detection of Pneumocystis carinii DNA in air samples: likely environmental risk to susceptible persons
MS Bartlett, SH Vermund, R Jacobs, PJ Durant, MM Shaw, JW Smith, X Tang, JJ Lu, B Li, S Jin, and CH Lee
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2511-2513;
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Clonal analysis and identification of epidemic strains of methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus by antibiotyping and determination of protein A gene and coagulase gene polymorphisms
A Hoefnagels-Schuermans, WE Peetermans, MJ Struelens, S Van Lierde, and J Van Eldere
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2514-2520;
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Rapid method for testing susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by using DNA probes
N Martin-Casabona, D Xairo Mimo, T Gonzalez, J Rossello, and L Arcalis
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2521-2525;
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Are clinical laboratories in California accurately reporting vancomycin- resistant enterococci?
J Rosenberg, FC Tenover, J Wong, W Jarvis, and DJ Vugia
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2526-2530;
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Multicenter evaluation of the MicroScan Rapid Gram-Negative Identification Type 3 Panel
S Bascomb, SL Abbott, JD Bobolis, DA Bruckner, SJ Connell, SK Cullen, M Daugherty, D Glenn, JM Janda, SJ Lentsch, D Lindquist, PB Mayhew, DM Nothaft, JR Skinner, GB Williams, J Wong, and BL Zimmer
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2531-2536;
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Human isolates of Staphylococcus caprae: association with bone and joint infections
R Shuttleworth, RJ Behme, A McNabb, and WD Colby
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2537-2541;
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Microsatellite in the beta-tubulin gene of Toxoplasma gondii as a new genetic marker for use in direct screening of amniotic fluids
JM Costa, ML Darde, B Assouline, M Vidaud, and S Bretagne
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2542-2545;
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Laboratory investigation of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli O untypeable:H10 associated with a massive outbreak of gastrointestinal illness
Y Itoh, I Nagano, M Kunishima, and T Ezaki
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2546-2550;
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Rapid identification of causative species in patients with Old World leishmaniasis
P Minodier, R Piarroux, F Gambarelli, C Joblet, and H Dumon
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2551-2555;
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Multiplex AMPLICOR PCR screening for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in women attenting non-sexually transmitted disease clinics. The European Chlamydia Epidemiology Group
M Bassiri, PA Mardh, and M Domeika
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2556-2560;
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Molecular epidemiology of a nosocomial outbreak due to SHV-4-producing strains of Citrobacter diversus
Z El Harrif-Heraud, C Arpin, S Benliman, and C Quentin
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2561-2567;
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PCR detection, identification to species level, and fingerprinting of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli direct from diarrheic samples
D Linton, AJ Lawson, RJ Owen, and J Stanley
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2568-2572;
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Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae strains by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis
S Chatellier, C Ramanantsoa, P Harriau, K Rolland, A Rosenau, and R Quentin
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2573-2579;
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Typing of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis strains by PCR analysis of inter-IS256 spacer length polymorphisms
A Deplano, M Vaneechoutte, G Verschraegen, and MJ Struelens
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2580-2587;
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Phenotypic and genotypic changes in Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal
MJ Albert, NA Bhuiyan, KA Talukder, AS Faruque, S Nahar, SM Faruque, M Ansaruzzaman, and M Rahman
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2588-2592;
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Occurrence and detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in members of the family Enterobacteriaceae at a veterans medical center: seek and you may find
PE Coudron, ES Moland, and CC Sanders
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2593-2597;
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Detection and rapid differentiation of human enteroviruses following genomic amplification
MM Kuan
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2598-2601;
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Molecular epidemiology of acquisition of ceftazidime-resistant gram- negative bacilli in a nonoutbreak setting
E D'Agata, L Venkataraman, P DeGirolami, and M Samore
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2602-2605;
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Comparison of major antigenic proteins of six strains of the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent by Western immunoblot analysis
N Zhi, Y Rikihisa, HY Kim, GP Wormser, and HW Horowitz
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2606-2611;
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Differentiation of Leptospira interrogans isolates by IS1500 hybridization and PCR assays
RL Zuerner and CA Bolin
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2612-2617;
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Development of a novel antigen detection test for histoplasmosis
BL Gomez, JI Figueroa, AJ Hamilton, BL Ortiz, MA Robledo, A Restrepo, and RJ Hay
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2618-2622;
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A practical approach to genetic screening for influenza virus variants
S Zou
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2623-2627;
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Comparison of three commercially available amplification assays, AMP CT, LCx, and COBAS AMPLICOR, for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in first-void urine
WH Goessens, JW Mouton, WI van der Meijden, S Deelen, TH van Rijsoort-Vos, N Lemmens-den Toom, HA Verbrugh, and RP Verkooyen
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2628-2633;
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Advantage of combining resin with lytic BACTEC blood culture media
P Rohner, B Pepey, and R Auckenthaler
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2634-2638;
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Limited value of PCR for detection of Toxoplasma gondii in blood from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients
C Franzen, M Altfeld, P Hegener, P Hartmann, G Arendt, H Jablonowski, J Rockstroh, V Diehl, B Salzberger, and G Fatkenheuer
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2639-2641;
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Evaluation of a fluorescence-labelled oligonucleotide probe targeting 23S rRNA for in situ detection of Salmonella serovars in paraffin- embedded tissue sections and their rapid identification in bacterial smears
S Nordentoft, H Christensen, and HC Wegener
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2642-2648;
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Histoplasma capsulatum sinusitis
AA Butt and J Carreon
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2649-2650;
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Molecular epidemiology and changing distribution of genotypes of measles virus field strains in Japan
Y Katayama, K Shibahara, T Kohama, M Homma, and H Hotta
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2651-2653;
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Fatal Penicillium citrinum pneumonia with pericarditis in a patient with acute leukemia
T Mok, AP Koehler, MY Yu, DH Ellis, PJ Johnson, and NW Wickham
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2654-2656;
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Prospective study of human herpesvirus 6, human herpesvirus 7, and cytomegalovirus infections in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients
G Fabio, SN Knight, IM Kidd, SM Noibi, MA Johnson, VC Emery, PD Griffiths, and DA Clark
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2657-2659;
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A new medium for the presumptive identification of dermatophytes
IF Salkin, AA Padhye, and ME Kemna
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2660-2662;
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Detection of lipoarabinomannan antibodies in patients with newly acquired tuberculosis and patients with relapse tuberculosis
E Julian, L Matas, V Ausina, and M Luquin
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2663-2664;
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Development of a method for direct quantification of cytomegalovirus antigenemia by flow cytometry
BM Imbert-Marcille, N Robillard, AS Poirier, M Coste-Burel, D Cantarovich, N Milpied, and S Billaudel
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2665-2669;
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Natural transmission of Pneumocystis carinii in nonimmunosuppressed animals: early contagiousness of experimentally infected rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
N Cere, B Polack, NK Chanteloup, and P Coudert
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2670-2672;
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Rapid diagnosis of Brucella bacteremia by using the BACTEC 9240 system
RM Bannatyne, MC Jackson, and Z Memish
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2673-2674;
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Fatal pulmonary infection caused by the basidiomycete Hormographiella aspergillata
PE Verweij, M van Kasteren, J van de Nes, GS de Hoog, BE de Pauw, and JF Meis
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2675-2678;
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Failure to detect Chlamydia trachomatis in cell culture by using a monoclonal antibody directed against the major outer membrane protein
J Boman, C Gaydos, P Juto, G Wadell, and TC Quinn
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2679-2680;
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Evaluation of the ESP Culture System II for recovery of mycobacteria from blood specimens collected in isolator tubes
CA Tholcken, S Huang, and GL Woods
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2681-2682;
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DNA typing suggests pigeon droppings as a source of pathogenic Cryptococcus neoformans serotype D
D Garcia-Hermoso, S Mathoulin-Pelissier, B Couprie, O Ronin, B Dupont, and F Dromer
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2683-2685;
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Citrobacter sedlakii meningitis and brain abscess in a premature infant
J Dyer, KC Hayani, WM Janda, and PC Schreckenberger
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2686-2688;
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PCR-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and sequencing as an alternative to serology for M-antigen typing of Streptococcus pyogenes
NA Saunders, G Hallas, ET Gaworzewska, L Metherell, A Efstratiou, JV Hookey, and RC George
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2689-2691;
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Evaluation of the AMPLICOR CMV test for direct detection of cytomegalovirus in plasma specimens
M Hiyoshi, S Tagawa, T Takubo, K Tanaka, T Nakao, Y Higeno, K Tamura, M Shimaoka, A Fujii, M Higashihata, Y Yasui, T Kim, A Hiraoka, and N Tatsumi
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2692-2694;
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Diagnostic accuracy of a rapid whole-blood test for detection of Helicobacter pylori
H Enroth, R Rigo, K Hulten, and L Engstrand
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2695-2697;
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Evaluation of commercially available and in-house reverse transcription- PCR assays for detection of hepatitis G virus or GB virus C
X Forns, D Tan, HJ Alter, RH Purcell, and J Bukh
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2698-2702;
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Interspecies sharing of two distinct nonstructural protein 1 alleles among human and animal rotaviruses as revealed by dot blot hybridization
Y Fujiwara and O Nakagomi
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2703-2705;
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Proficiency testing of clinical microbiology laboratories using modified decontamination procedures for detection of nontuberculous mycobacteria in sputum samples from cystic fibrosis patients. The Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Cystic Fibrosis Study Group
S Whittier, K Olivier, P Gilligan, M Knowles, and P Della-Latta
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2706-2708;
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Immunomagnetic separation and PCR for detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans
B Roberts and R Hirst
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2709-2711;
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Letters:

Catheter-related bacteremia due to Roseomonas gilardii sp. nov.
L Alcala, FJ Vasallo, E Cercenado, F Garcia-Garrote, M Rodriguez-Creixems, and E Bouza
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 1997 35: 2712
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