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IS6110 fingerprinting of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Germany during 1995
S Niemann, S Rusch-Gerdes, and E Richter
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3015-3020;
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Differentiation of Helicobacter pylori strains directly from gastric biopsy specimens by PCR-based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis without culture
C Li, T Ha, DS Chi, DA Ferguson, Jr, C Jiang, JJ Laffan, and E Thomas
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3021-3025;
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Fecal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in hospitalized patients and those living in the community in The Netherlands
HP Endtz, N van den Braak, A van Belkum, JA Kluytmans, JG Koeleman, L Spanjaard, A Voss, AJ Weersink, CM Vandenbroucke-Grauls, AG Buiting, A van Duin, and HA Verbrugh
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3026-3031;
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Molecular tracking of Candida albicans in a neonatal intensive care unit: long-term colonizations versus catheter-related infections
B Ruiz-Diez, V Martinez, M Alvarez, JL Rodriguez-Tudela, and JV Martinez-Suarez
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3032-3036;
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Racial tropism of a highly toxic clone of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans associated with juvenile periodontitis
D Haubek, JM Dirienzo, EM Tinoco, J Westergaard, NJ Lopez, CP Chung, K Poulsen, and M Kilian
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3037-3042;
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Immunoblot analysis of Leishmania panamensis antigens in sera of patients with American cutaneous leishmaniasis
DM Isaza, M Restrepo, and W Mosca
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3043-3047;
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Distinctive IS200 insertion between gyrA and rcsC genes in Salmonella typhi
E Calva, LG Ordonez, M Fernandez-Mora, FJ Santana, M Bobadilla, and JL Puente
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3048-3053;
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Identification of Legionella species by lipopolysaccharide antigen pattern
D Jurgens and FJ Fehrenbach
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3054-3057;
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Use of serum-specific immunoglobulins A and G for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with chronic gastritis by immunoblot analysis
S Karvar, H Karch, M Frosch, W Burghardt, and U Gross
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3058-3061;
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Antigenic variation of core, NS3, and NS5 proteins among genotypes of hepatitis C virus
JA Neville, LE Prescott, V Bhattacherjee, N Adams, I Pike, B Rodgers, A El- Zayadi, S Hamid, GM Dusheiko, AA Saeed, GH Haydon, and P Simmonds
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3062-3070;
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Multicenter study using standardized protocols and reagents for evaluation of reproducibility of PCR-based fingerprinting of Acinetobacter spp
HJ Grundmann, KJ Towner, L Dijkshoorn, P Gerner-Smidt, M Maher, H Seifert, and M Vaneechoutte
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3071-3077;
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Influence of endocervical specimen adequacy on PCR and direct fluorescent-antibody staining for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis infections
LE Welsh, TC Quinn, and CA Gaydos
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3078-3081;
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Diagnostic value of the strand displacement amplification method compared to those of Roche Amplicor PCR and culture for detecting mycobacteria in sputum samples
S Ichiyama, Y Ito, F Sugiura, Y Iinuma, S Yamori, M Shimojima, Y Hasegawa, K Shimokata, and N Nakashima
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3082-3085;
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Typing of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis by single-strand conformation polymorphism of four genomic regions
PM Hauser, P Francioli, J Bille, A Telenti, and DS Blanc
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3086-3091;
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Analysis of an outbreak of non-phage-typeable methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by using a randomly amplified polymorphic DNA assay
A Tambic, EG Power, H Talsania, RM Anthony, and GL French
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3092-3097;
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Human papillomavirus and host variables as predictors of clinical course in patients with juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
M Gabbott, YE Cossart, A Kan, M Konopka, R Chan, and BR Rose
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3098-3103;
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Comparison of enzyme immunoassay, PCR, and type-specific cDNA probe techniques for identification of group A rotavirus gene 4 types (P types)
PJ Masendycz, EA Palombo, RJ Gorrell, and RF Bishop
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3104-3108;
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Clinical utility of broth cultures of cerebrospinal fluid from patients at risk for shunt infections
FT Meredith, HK Phillips, and LB Reller
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3109-3111;
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Evaluation of six commercial kits for detection of human immunoglobulin M antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii. The FDA Toxoplasmosis Ad Hoc Working Group
M Wilson, JS Remington, C Clavet, G Varney, C Press, and D Ware
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3112-3115;
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Identification of Staphylococcus species and subspecies by the chaperonin 60 gene identification method and reverse checkerboard hybridization
SH Goh, Z Santucci, WE Kloos, M Faltyn, CG George, D Driedger, and SM Hemmingsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3116-3121;
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Multicenter evaluation of the updated and extended API (RAPID) Coryne database 2.0
G Funke, FN Renaud, J Freney, and P Riegel
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3122-3126;
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Evaluation of the MB/BacT system and comparison to the BACTEC 460 system and solid media for isolation of mycobacteria from clinical specimens
P Rohner, B Ninet, C Metral, S Emler, and R Auckenthaler
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3127-3131;
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Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR for comparison of Mycobacterium abscessus strains from nosocomial outbreaks
Y Zhang, M Rajagopalan, BA Brown, and RJ Wallace, Jr
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3132-3139;
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Identification of pathogenic Leptospira genospecies by continuous monitoring of fluorogenic hybridization probes during rapid-cycle PCR
TH Woo, BK Patel, LD Smythe, ML Symonds, MA Norris, and MF Dohnt
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3140-3146;
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Reversed passive latex agglutination assay for detection of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae
C Toma, L Sisavath, and M Iwanaga
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3147-3149;
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Emergence of a unique O3:K6 clone of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Calcutta, India, and isolation of strains from the same clonal group from Southeast Asian travelers arriving in Japan
J Okuda, M Ishibashi, E Hayakawa, T Nishino, Y Takeda, AK Mukhopadhyay, S Garg, SK Bhattacharya, GB Nair, and M Nishibuchi
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3150-3155;
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Determination of hepatitis C virus genotypes in the United States by cleavase fragment length polymorphism analysis
DJ Marshall, LM Heisler, V Lyamichev, C Murvine, DM Olive, GD Ehrlich, BP Neri, and M de Arruda
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3156-3162;
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Outbreak of Shigella sonnei in a clinical microbiology laboratory
LA Mermel, SL Josephson, J Dempsey, S Parenteau, C Perry, and N Magill
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3163-3165;
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Clinical and epidemiological significance of enterococci intrinsically resistant to vancomycin (possessing the vanC genotype)
B Toye, J Shymanski, M Bobrowska, W Woods, and K Ramotar
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3166-3170;
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Comparison of use of phenotypic and genotypic characteristics for identification of species of the anamorph genus Candida and related teleomorph yeast species
GN Latouche, HM Daniel, OC Lee, TG Mitchell, TC Sorrell, and W Meyer
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3171-3180;
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Fecal microflora in a patient with short-bowel syndrome and identification of dominant lactobacilli
T Kaneko, Y Bando, H Kurihara, K Satomi, K Nonoyama, and N Matsuura
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3181-3185;
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Evaluation of the BBL Crystal Anaerobe identification system
JJ Cavallaro, LS Wiggs, and JM Miller
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3186-3191;
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Highly sensitive single-step PCR protocol for diagnosis and monitoring of human cytomegalovirus infection in renal transplant recipients
OL Caballero, CL Menezes, MC Costa, SC Fernandes, TM Anacleto, RM de Oliveira, EA Viotti, ER Tavora, SS Vilaca, E Sabbaga, FJ de Paula, PF Tavora, LL Villa, and AJ Simpson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3192-3197;
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Disk diffusion test interpretive criteria and quality control recommendations for testing linezolid (U-100766) and eperezolid (U- 100592) with commercially prepared reagents
DJ Biedenbach and RN Jones
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3198-3202;
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A new agent of mycobacterial lymphadenitis in children: Mycobacterium heidelbergense sp. nov
WH Haas, WR Butler, P Kirschner, BB Plikaytis, MB Coyle, B Amthor, AG Steigerwalt, DJ Brenner, M Salfinger, JT Crawford, EC Bottger, and HJ Bremer
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3203-3209;
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Laboratory methods for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis: survey of laboratories in Washington State
KL Suchland, JM Counts, and WE Stamm
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3210-3214;
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Confirmation of suspicious cases of meningococcal meningitis by PCR and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
NB Saunders, DR Shoemaker, BL Brandt, and WD Zollinger
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3215-3219;
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Characterization of group A Streptococcus strains recovered from Mexican children with pharyngitis by automated DNA sequencing of virulence-related genes: unexpectedly large variation in the gene (sic) encoding a complement-inhibiting protein
LM Mejia, KE Stockbauer, X Pan, A Cravioto, and JM Musser
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3220-3224;
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Specific identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the luciferase reporter mycobacteriophage: use of p-nitro-alpha-acetylamino- beta-hydroxy propiophenone
PF Riska, WR Jacobs, Jr, BR Bloom, J McKitrick, and J Chan
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3225-3231;
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Conditionally replicating luciferase reporter phages: improved sensitivity for rapid detection and assessment of drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
C Carriere, PF Riska, O Zimhony, J Kriakov, S Bardarov, J Burns, J Chan, and WR Jacobs, Jr
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3232-3239;
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Use of the BioMerieux ID 32C yeast identification system for identification of aerobic actinomycetes of medical importance
DB Muir and RC Pritchard
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3240-3243;
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Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in southern Germany: increased seroprevalence in high-risk groups
V Fingerle, JL Goodman, RC Johnson, TJ Kurtti, UG Munderloh, and B Wilske
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3244-3247;
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Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical samples from patients in Norway by ligase chain reaction
A Lindbrathen, P Gaustad, B Hovig, and T Tonjum
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3248-3253;
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Comparison of PCR, culture, and histopathology for diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis
JP Cegielski, BH Devlin, AJ Morris, JN Kitinya, UP Pulipaka, LE Lema, J Lwakatare, and LB Reller
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3254-3257;
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Comparison of agar dilution, broth microdilution, E-test, disk diffusion, and automated Vitek methods for testing susceptibilities of Enterococcus spp. to vancomycin
PC Kohner, R Patel, JR Uhl, KM Garin, MK Hopkins, LT Wegener, and FR Cockerill, 3rd
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3258-3263;
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Evaluation of serological methods for diagnosis of Puumala hantavirus infection (nephropathia epidemica)
KB Sjolander, F Elgh, H Kallio-Kokko, O Vapalahti, M Hagglund, V Palmcrantz, P Juto, A Vaheri, B Niklasson, and A Lundkvist
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3264-3268;
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Evaluation of Vitek GNI+ and Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems Crystal E/NF identification systems for identification of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and other gram-negative, glucose- fermenting and non-glucose-fermenting bacilli
CM O'Hara, GL Westbrook, and JM Miller
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3269-3273;
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Incidence and risk factors for hepatitis C among injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland
SA Villano, D Vlahov, KE Nelson, CM Lyles, S Cohn, and DL Thomas
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3274-3277;
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Use of monoclonal antibodies in diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis: new strategies for detection of circulating antigens
BL Gomez, JI Figueroa, AJ Hamilton, B Ortiz, MA Robledo, RJ Hay, and A Restrepo
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3278-3283;
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Detection of antibodies to Candida albicans germ tubes for diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of invasive candidiasis in patients with hematologic malignancies
JC Garcia-Ruiz, M del Carmen Arilla, P Regulez, G Quindos, A Alvarez, and J Ponton
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3284-3287;
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Comparison of the Amplicor HIV-1 monitor test and the nucleic acid sequence-based amplification assay for quantitation of human immunodeficiency virus RNA in plasma, serum, and plasma subjected to freeze-thaw cycles
BP Griffith, MO Rigsby, RB Garner, MM Gordon, and TM Chacko
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3288-3291;
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Quantitative urine cultures do not reliably detect renal candidiasis in rabbits
EE Navarro, JS Almario, RL Schaufele, J Bacher, and TJ Walsh
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3292-3297;
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GEMHEP multicenter quality control study of PCR detection of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus RNA in serum
M Bogard, C Buffet-Janvresse, JF Cantaloube, P Biagini, G Duverlie, S Castelain, J Izopet, M Dubois, C Defer, I Lepot, J Coste, P Marcellin, M Martinot-Peignoux, P Halfon, V Gerolami, L Frangeul, JM Pawlotsky, F Roudot-Thoraval, E Dussaix, P Loiseau, N Ravera, P Lewin, J Lamoril, J Lerable, and P Lebon
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3298-3300;
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Reproducibility of AMPLICOR enterovirus PCR test results
HA Rotbart
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3301-3302;
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Surveillance of cytomegalovirus after solid-organ transplantation: comparison of pp65 antigenemia assay with a quantitative DNA hybridization assay
W Bossart, K Bienz, and W Wunderli
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3303-3304;
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Algaemia due to Prototheca wickerhamii in a patient with myasthenia gravis
AJ Mohabeer, PJ Kaplan, PM Southern, Jr, and RM Gander
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3305-3307;
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Comparison of the InPouch TV culture system and Diamond's modified medium for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis
MH Levi, J Torres, C Pina, and RS Klein
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3308-3310;
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Comparison of different methods for extraction of DNA of fungal pathogens from cultures and blood
J Loffler, H Hebart, U Schumacher, H Reitze, and H Einsele
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3311-3312;
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Detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii: evaluation of four commercial immunoassay systems
WT Hofgartner, SR Swanzy, RM Bacina, J Condon, M Gupta, PE Matlock, DL Bergeron, JJ Plorde, and TR Fritsche
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3313-3315;
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Serodiagnosis of American trypanosomosis by using nonpathogenic trypanosomatid antigen
VM Monteon, L Guzman-Rojas, C Negrete-Garcia, JL Rosales-Encina, and PA Lopez
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3316-3319;
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Increased levels of macrophage colony-stimulating factor, gamma interferon, and tumor necrosis factor alpha in sera of patients with Orientia tsutsugamushi infection
H Iwasaki, N Takada, T Nakamura, and T Ueda
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3320-3322;
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Susceptibilities of Chryseobacterium indologenes and Chryseobacterium meningosepticum to cefepime and cefpirome
PR Hsueh, LJ Teng, PC Yang, SW Ho, and KT Luh
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3323-3324;
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Reliability of mycobacteria growth indicator tube for testing susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to ethambutol and streptomycin
JS Bergmann and GL Woods
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3325-3327;
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Identification by spoligotyping of a caprine genotype in Mycobacterium bovis strains causing human tuberculosis
M Gutierrez, S Samper, MS Jimenez, JD van Embden, JF Marin, and C Martin
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3328-3330;
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Rapid discrimination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains by ligation-mediated PCR fingerprint analysis
G Prod'hom, C Guilhot, MC Gutierrez, A Varnerot, B Gicquel, and V Vincent
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3331-3334;
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Necrotizing pneumonia caused by Penicillium chrysogenum
D D'Antonio, B Violante, C Farina, R Sacco, D Angelucci, M Masciulli, A Iacone, and F Romano
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3335-3337;
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Peritonitis associated with a CDC group EO-3 organism
D Daley, S Neville, and K Kociuba
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3338-3339;
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Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from Eucalyptus camaldulensis in India
A Chakrabarti, M Jatana, P Kumar, L Chatha, A Kaushal, and AA Padhye
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3340-3342;
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Cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis caused by Fusarium solani in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta L.)
FJ Cabanes, JM Alonso, G Castella, F Alegre, M Domingo, and S Pont
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3343-3345;
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Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8 septicemia in an otherwise healthy adult: analysis of chromosome DNA pattern by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
S Hosaka, M Uchiyama, M Ishikawa, T Akahoshi, H Kondo, C Shimauchi, T Sasahara, and M Inoue
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3346-3347;
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Unique organization of the CTX genetic element in Vibrio cholerae O139 strains which reemerged in Calcutta, India, in September 1996
C Sharma, S Maiti, AK Mukhopadhyay, A Basu, I Basu, GB Nair, R Mukhopadhyaya, B Das, S Kar, RK Ghosh, and A Ghosh
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3348-3350;
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Healthy puppies and kittens as carriers of Campylobacter spp., with special reference to Campylobacter upsaliensis
B Hald and M Madsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3351-3352;
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Citrobacter farmeri bacteremia in a child with short-bowel syndrome
DA Bruckner, P Colonna, D Glenn, SL Abbott, and JM Janda
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3353-3354;
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Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in urine samples by nucleic acid tests: comparison with culture and enzyme immunoassay of genital swab specimens
S Schepetiuk, T Kok, L Martin, R Waddell, and G Higgins
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3355-3357;
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Salivary immunoglobulin G assay to diagnose Helicobacter pylori infection in children
F Luzza, G Oderda, M Maletta, M Imeneo, L Mesuraca, E Chioboli, P Lerro, S Guandalini, and F Pallone
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3358-3360;
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Letters:

Reproducibility and performance of the AMPLICOR Chlamydia trachomatis test
M Rosenstraus
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3361-3362;
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Shewanella putrefaciens abscess of the lower extremity
S Yohe, JT Fishbain, and M Andrews
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3363
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PCR-based detection of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal with sequences encoding glycosyltransferases
SC Arya
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3364
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Coexistence of Ehrlichia phagocytophila and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks from Italy as determined by 16S rRNA gene sequencing
M Cinco, D Padovan, R Murgia, M Maroli, L Frusteri, M Heldtander, KE Johansson, and EO Engvall
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3365-3366;
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Inhibitory properties of a swab transport device
JL Perry, DR Ballou, and JL Salyer
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3367-3368;
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Mistyping of two Slovenian hepatitis C virus subtype 2c isolates as subtype 2b by two 5' noncoding region genotyping methods
K Seme, M Poljak, S Koren, and P Dovc
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 1997 35: 3369
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