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B La Scola and D Raoult

Laboratory diagnosis of rickettsioses: current approaches to diagnosis of old and new rickettsial diseases
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2715-2727. [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Articles:

A Svahn, M Magnusson, L Jagdahl, L Schloss, G Kahlmeter, and A Linde

Evaluation of three commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and two latex agglutination assays for diagnosis of primary Epstein-Barr virus infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2728-2732. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D Goldenberger, A Kunzli, P Vogt, R Zbinden, and M Altwegg

Molecular diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis by broad-range PCR amplification and direct sequencing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2733-2739. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

DN Chernoff, RC Miner, BS Hoo, LP Shen, RJ Kelso, D Jekic-McMullen, JP Lalezari, S Chou, WL Drew, and JA Kolberg

Quantification of cytomegalovirus DNA in peripheral blood leukocytes by a branched-DNA signal amplification assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2740-2744. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

SP Keely and JR Stringer

Sequences of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis strains associated with recurrent pneumonia vary at multiple loci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2745-2747. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M Rabodonirina, D Raffenot, L Cotte, A Boibieux, M Mayencon, G Bayle, F Persat, F Rabatel, C Trepo, D Peyramond, and MA Piens

Rapid detection of Pneumocystis carinii in bronchoalveolar lavage specimens from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: use of a simple DNA extraction procedure and nested PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2748-2751. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D Roessler, U Hauser, and B Wilske

Heterogeneity of BmpA (P39) among European isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and influence of interspecies variability on serodiagnosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2752-2758. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J Haas, SL Jernick, RJ Scardina, J Teruya, AM Caliendo, and KL Ruoff

Colonization of skin by Helcococcus kunzii
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2759-2761. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

PR Heaton, P Johnstone, LM McElhinney, R Cowley, E O'Sullivan, and JE Whitby

Heminested PCR assay for detection of six genotypes of rabies and rabies-related viruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2762-2766. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Devallois, M Picardeau, CN Paramasivan, V Vincent, and N Rastogi

Molecular characterization of Mycobacterium avium complex isolates giving discordant results in AccuProbe tests by PCR-restriction enzyme analysis, 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and DT1-DT6 PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2767-2772. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

KA Hengstler, R Hammann, and AM Fahr

Evaluation of BBL CHROMagar orientation medium for detection and presumptive identification of urinary tract pathogens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2773-2777. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

LM Teixeira, MG Carvalho, VL Merquior, AG Steigerwalt, DJ Brenner, and RR Facklam

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Vagococcus fluvialis, including strains isolated from human sources
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2778-2781. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R Lumb, A Goodwin, R Ratcliff, R Stapledon, A Holland, and I Bastian

Phenotypic and molecular characterization of three clinical isolates of Mycobacterium interjectum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2782-2785. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

DL Woodward, R Khakhria, and WM Johnson

Human salmonellosis associated with exotic pets
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2786-2790. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L Realini, P Van Der Stuyft, K De Ridder, B Hirschel, and F Portaels

Inhibitory effects of polyoxyethylene stearate, PANTA, and neutral pH on growth of Mycobacterium genavense in BACTEC primary cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2791-2794. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S Cassol, MJ Gill, R Pilon, M Cormier, RF Voigt, B Willoughby, and J Forbes

Quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA from dried plasma spots collected on filter paper
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2795-2801. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P Scarpellini, S Braglia, AM Brambilla, M Dalessandro, P Cichero, A Gori, and A Lazzarin

Detection of rifampin resistance by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of cerebrospinal fluid of patients with tuberculosis of the central nervous system
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2802-2806. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K Hawrami, IJ Hart, F Pereira, S Argent, B Bannister, B Bovill, D Carrington, M Ogilvie, S Rawstorne, Y Tryhorn, and J Breuer

Molecular epidemiology of varicella-zoster virus in East London, England, between 1971 and 1995
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2807-2809. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

RJ Meinersmann, LO Helsel, PI Fields, and KL Hiett

Discrimination of Campylobacter jejuni isolates by fla gene sequencing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2810-2814. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

RS McClelland, DM Murphy, and DK Cone

Report of spores of Henneguya salminicola (Myxozoa) in human stool specimens: possible source of confusion with human spermatozoa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2815-2818. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

H Seifert, L Dijkshoorn, P Gerner-Smidt, N Pelzer, I Tjernberg, and M Vaneechoutte

Distribution of Acinetobacter species on human skin: comparison of phenotypic and genotypic identification methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2819-2825. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Guiyoule, B Rasoamanana, C Buchrieser, P Michel, S Chanteau, and E Carniel

Recent emergence of new variants of Yersinia pestis in Madagascar
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2826-2833. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L De, CF Yang, E Da Silva, J Boshell, P Caceres, JR Gomez, M Pallansch, and O Kew

Genotype-specific RNA probes for direct identification of wild polioviruses by blot hybridization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2834-2840. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

JH Helbig, JB Kurtz, MC Pastoris, C Pelaz, and PC Luck

Antigenic lipopolysaccharide components of Legionella pneumophila recognized by monoclonal antibodies: possibilities and limitations for division of the species into serogroups
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2841-2845. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

KL Barlow, JH Tosswill, JV Parry, and JP Clewley

Performance of the Amplicor human immunodeficiency virus type 1 PCR and analysis of specimens with false-negative results
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2846-2853. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

PH Hendolin, A Markkanen, J Ylikoski, and JJ Wahlfors

Use of multiplex PCR for simultaneous detection of four bacterial species in middle ear effusions
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2854-2858. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

KE Saunders, KJ McGovern, and JG Fox

Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to determine genomic diversity in strains of Helicobacter hepaticus from geographically distant locations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2859-2863. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E Arruda, A Pitkaranta, TJ Witek, Jr, CA Doyle, and FG Hayden

Frequency and natural history of rhinovirus infections in adults during autumn
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2864-2868. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

YW Tang, MJ Espy, DH Persing, and TF Smith

Molecular evidence and clinical significance of herpesvirus coinfection in the central nervous system
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2869-2872. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

PS Mitchell, MJ Espy, TF Smith, DR Toal, PN Rys, EF Berbari, DR Osmon, and DH Persing

Laboratory diagnosis of central nervous system infections with herpes simplex virus by PCR performed with cerebrospinal fluid specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2873-2877. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

CJ Clancy and MH Nguyen

Comparison of a photometric method with standardized methods of antifungal susceptibility testing of yeasts
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2878-2882. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T Glaus, R Hofmann-Lehmann, C Greene, B Glaus, C Wolfensberger, and H Lutz

Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae infection and correlation with disease status in cats in Switzerland
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2883-2885. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

CC Ginocchio, XP Wang, MH Kaplan, G Mulligan, D Witt, JW Romano, M Cronin, and R Carroll

Effects of specimen collection, processing, and storage conditions on stability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA levels in plasma
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2886-2893. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Amonsin, JF Wellehan, LL Li, P Vandamme, C Lindeman, M Edman, RA Robinson, and V Kapur

Molecular epidemiology of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2894-2898. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P Leszczynski, A van Belkum, H Pituch, H Verbrugh, and F Meisel-Mikolajczyk

Vaginal carriage of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in pregnant women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2899-2903. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

H Ericsson, A Eklow, ML Danielsson-Tham, S Loncarevic, LO Mentzing, I Persson, H Unnerstad, and W Tham

An outbreak of listeriosis suspected to have been caused by rainbow trout
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2904-2907. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T Takahashi, M Masuda, T Tsuruno, Y Mori, I Takashima, T Hiramune, and N Kikuchi

Phylogenetic analyses of Chlamydia psittaci strains from birds based on 16S rRNA gene sequence
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2908-2914. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J Carter, S Hutton, KS Sriprakash, DJ Kemp, G Lum, J Savage, and FJ Bowden

Culture of the causative organism of donovanosis (Calymmatobacterium granulomatis) in HEp-2 cells
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2915-2917. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

AP Andersen, DA Elliott, M Lawson, P Barland, VB Hatcher, and EG Puszkin

Growth and morphological transformations of Helicobacter pylori in broth media
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2918-2922. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

GC Palacios, EK Eskew, F Solorzano, and SJ Mattingly

Decreased capacity for type-specific-antigen synthesis accounts for high prevalence of nontypeable strains of group B streptococci in Mexico
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2923-2926. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

MI Queipo-Ortuno, P Morata, P Ocon, P Manchado, and JD Colmenero

Rapid diagnosis of human brucellosis by peripheral-blood PCR assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2927-2930. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L Monteiro, J Cabrita, and F Megraud

Evaluation of performances of three DNA enzyme immunoassays for detection of Helicobacter pylori PCR products from biopsy specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2931-2936. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F Majhdi, HC Minocha, and S Kapil

Isolation and characterization of a coronavirus from elk calves with diarrhea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2937-2942. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Lischewski, M Kretschmar, H Hof, R Amann, J Hacker, and J Morschhauser

Detection and identification of Candida species in experimentally infected tissue and human blood by rRNA-specific fluorescent in situ hybridization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2943-2948. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

DJ Marriott, KH Wong, E Aznar, JL Harkness, DA Cooper, and D Muir

Scytalidium dimidiatum and Lecythophora hoffmannii: unusual causes of fungal infections in a patient with AIDS
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2949-2952. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

JE Blanco, M Blanco, A Mora, and J Blanco

Production of toxins (enterotoxins, verotoxins, and necrotoxins) and colicins by Escherichia coli strains isolated from septicemic and healthy chickens: relationship with in vivo pathogenicity
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2953-2957. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M Blanco, JE Blanco, EA Gonzalez, A Mora, W Jansen, TA Gomes, LF Zerbini, T Yano, AF de Castro, and J Blanco

Genes coding for enterotoxins and verotoxins in porcine Escherichia coli strains belonging to different O:K:H serotypes: relationship with toxic phenotypes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2958-2963. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Z Zhang, GA Andrews, C Chard-Bergstrom, HC Minocha, and S Kapil

Application of immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization for detection of bovine coronavirus in paraffin-embedded, formalin-fixed intestines
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2964-2965. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N Woodford, PR Chadwick, D Morrison, and BD Cookson

Strains of glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium can alter their van genotypes during an outbreak
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2966-2968. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A Devallois, KS Goh, and N Rastogi

Rapid identification of mycobacteria to species level by PCR- restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the hsp65 gene and proposition of an algorithm to differentiate 34 mycobacterial species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2969-2973. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

I Brook and EH Frazier

The aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology of perirectal abscesses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2974-2976. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

RK Gautom

Rapid pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocol for typing of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other gram-negative organisms in 1 day
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2977-2980. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E Bingen, S Bonacorsi, N Brahimi, E Denamur, and J Elion

Virulence patterns of Escherichia coli K1 strains associated with neonatal meningitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2981-2982. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M Poljak, K Seme, and S Koren

Evaluation of the automated COBAS AMPLICOR hepatitis C virus PCR system
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2983-2984. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

CC Daly, I Hoffman, M Hobbs, M Maida, D Zimba, R Davis, G Mughogho, and MS Cohen

Development of an antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance system for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Malawi: comparison of methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2985-2988. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

EK Korgenski and JA Daly

Surveillance and detection of erythromycin resistance in Bordetella pertussis isolates recovered from a pediatric population in the Intermountain West region of the United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2989-2991. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R Ramani, BT Kahn, and V Chaturvedi

Tilletiopsis minor: a new etiologic agent of human subcutaneous mycosis in an immunocompromised host
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2992-2995. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

SF Radwan, MK Gabr, S El-Maraghi, and AF El-Saifi

Serotyping of group A rotaviruses in Egyptian neonates and infants less than 1 year old with acute diarrhea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2996-2998. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

TD Jaskowski, TB Martins, HR Hill, and CM Litwin

Immunoglobulin A antibodies to Helicobacter pylori
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 2999-3000. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

AM Kyriakopoulos, PT Tassios, P Matsiota-Bernard, E Marinis, S Tsaousidou, and NJ Legakis

Characterization to species level of Mycobacterium avium complex strains from human immunodeficiency virus-positive and -negative patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 3001-3003. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

SL Pendland, SJ Martin, C Chen, PC Schreckenberger, and LH Danziger

Comparison of charcoal- and starch-based media for testing susceptibilities of Legionella species to macrolides, azalides, and fluoroquinolones
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 3004-3006. [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters:

A Garcia, T Garcia, and JL Perez

Proline-aminopeptidase test for rapid screening of Clostridium difficile
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 3007. [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A van Belkum

Amplification-based DNA fingerprinting: from artifactual to definitive typing and in between
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 3008-3009. [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E Viviano, N Romano, M Sorce, E Castelli, and L Marasa

Absence of human herpesvirus 8 DNA in benign and malignant endothelial lesions
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 3010. [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

DC Coleman, DJ Sullivan, and JM Mossman

Candida dubliniensis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997 35: 3011-3012. [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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