JCM -- Table of Contents (January 1 1998, 36 [1])

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Contents: January 1998, Volume 36, Issue 1

       Bacteriology

       Epidemiology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Parasitology

       Virology

       Mycology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Letters

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Bacteriology:

First Isolation and Cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato from Missouri
J. H. Oliver, Jr., T. M. Kollars, Jr., F. W. Chandler, Jr., A. M. James, E. J. Masters, R. S. Lane, and L. O. Huey
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 1-5;
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Evaluation of the Indirect Hemagglutination Assay for Diagnosis of Acute Leptospirosis
Paul N. Levett and Carol U. Whittington
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 11-14;
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Structure and Function of Plasmid pColD157 of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 and Its Distribution among Strains from Patients with Diarrhea and Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
Clemens Hofinger, Helge Karch, and Herbert Schmidt
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 24-29;
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Evidence That the Enterotoxin Gene Can Be Episomal in Clostridium perfringens Isolates Associated with Non-Food-Borne Human Gastrointestinal Diseases
Renee E. Collie and Bruce A. McClane
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 30-36;
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Identification of Streptococci to Species Level by Sequencing the Gene Encoding the Manganese-Dependent Superoxide Dismutase
Claire Poyart, Gilles Quesne, Stephane Coulon, Patrick Berche, and Patrick Trieu-Cuot
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 41-47;
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Enterobacter cloacae Endophthalmitis: Report of Four Cases
N. Okhravi, L. Ficker, M. M. Matheson, and S. Lightman
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 48-51;
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Comparison of ATB Staph, Rapid ATB Staph, Vitek, and E-Test Methods for Detection of Oxacillin Heteroresistance in Staphylococci Possessing mecA
Noëlle Barbier Frebourg, Delphine Nouet, Ludovic Lemée, Emmanuelle Martin, and Jean-François Lemeland
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 52-57;
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Clinical Evaluation of a New PCR Assay for Detection of Coxiella burnetii in Human Serum Samples
G. Q. Zhang, Sa V. Nguyen, H. To, M. Ogawa, A. Hotta, T. Yamaguchi, H. J. Kim, H. Fukushi, and K. Hirai
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 77-80;
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Use of an Enrichment Broth Cultivation-PCR Combination Assay for Rapid Diagnosis of Swine Erysipelas
Yoshihiro Shimoji, Yasuyuki Mori, Koji Hyakutake, Tsutomu Sekizaki, and Yuichi Yokomizo
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 86-89;
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Abiotrophia elegans sp. nov., a Possible Pathogen in Patients with Culture-Negative Endocarditis
Andreas Roggenkamp, Marianne Abele-Horn, Karl-Heinz Trebesius, Ursula Tretter, Ingo B. Autenrieth, and Jürgen Heesemann
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 100-104;
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Earlier Positivity of Central-Venous- versus Peripheral-Blood Cultures Is Highly Predictive of Catheter-Related Sepsis
François Blot, Eric Schmidt, Gérard Nitenberg, Cyrille Tancrède, Bernard Leclercq, Agnès Laplanche, and Antoine Andremont
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 105-109;
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Virulence Factors of Escherichia coli Isolates From Patients with Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Neuropathic Bladders Due to Spinal Cord and Brain Injuries
Richard A. Hull, Delbert C. Rudy, Inge E. Wieser, and William H. Donovan
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 115-117;
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Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus Sequences as Molecular Targets for Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains
Leonardo A. Sechi, Stefania Zanetti, Ilaria Dupré, Giovanni Delogu, and Giovanni Fadda
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 128-132;
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Detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis from Saliva by PCR by Using a Simple Sample-Processing Method
Jaana Mättö, Maria Saarela, Satu Alaluusua, Virva Oja, Hannele Jousimies-Somer, and Sirkka Asikainen
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 157-160;
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Determination of Penicillin MICs for Streptococcus pneumoniae by Using a Two- or Three-Disk Diffusion Procedure
Michael R. Jacobs, Saralee Bajaksouzian, Elizabeth L. Palavecino-Fasola, Henry M. Holoszyc, and Peter C. Appelbaum
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 179-183;
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Multicenter Evaluation of the Clostridium difficile TOX A/B TEST
D. M. Lyerly, L. M. Neville, D. T. Evans, J. Fill, S. Allen, W. Greene, R. Sautter, P. Hnatuck, D. J. Torpey, and R. Schwalbe
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 184-190;
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An Internal Control for Routine Diagnostic PCR: Design, Properties, and Effect on Clinical Performance
Maurice Rosenstraus, Zhuang Wang, Sheng-Yung Chang, David DeBonville, and Joanne P. Spadoro
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 191-197;
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Antitoxin-in-Membrane and Antitoxin-in-Well Assays for Detection of Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae
D. J. Reinhardt, A. Lee, and T. Popovic
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 207-210;
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Repetitive Sequence-Based PCR versus Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for Typing of Enterococcus faecalis at the Subspecies Level
Kumthorn Malathum, Kavindra V. Singh, George M. Weinstock, and Barbara E. Murray
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 211-215;
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Association of Borderline Oxacillin-Susceptible Strains of Staphylococcus aureus with Surgical Wound Infections
Douglas S. Kernodle, David C. Classen, Charles W. Stratton, and Allen B. Kaiser
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 219-222;
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First Report of a Human Isolate of Erwinia persicinus
Caroline M. O'Hara, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Bertha C. Hill, J. Michael Miller, and Don J. Brenner
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 248-250;
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Isolation of Serpulina pilosicoli from Rectal Biopsy Specimens Showing Evidence of Intestinal Spirochetosis
Nicolle L. Trivett-Moore, Gwendolyn L. Gilbert, Carmella L. H. Law, Darren J. Trott, and David J. Hampson
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 261-265;
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Sporadic Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Resistant to Cefepime and Cefpirome in Greek Hospitals
L. S. Tzouvelekis, E. Tzelepi, E. Prinarakis, M. Gazouli, A. Katrahoura, P. Giakkoupi, O. Paniara, and N. J. Legakis
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 266-268;
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Species-Specific Plasmid Sequences for PCR Identification of the Three Species of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Involved in Lyme Disease
Marie-Christine Misonne and Philippe Pierre Hoet
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 269-272;
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Evaluation of Screening and Commercial Methods for Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci
Zafar Hussain, Luba Stoakes, Robert Lannigan, Susan Longo, and Barbara Nancekivell
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 273-274;
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Inhibition of PCR by Agar from Bacteriological Transport Media
Alan Patrick Gibb and Sallene Wong
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 275-276;
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Detection and Confirmation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Urogenital Specimens by PCR
S. Sharma, R. Brousseau, and S. Kasatiya
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 277-280;
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Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis of Genomic Digests Demonstrates Linkages among Food, Food Handlers, and Patrons in a Food-Borne Salmonella javiana Outbreak in Massachusetts
Roger Lee, Joseph Peppe, and Harvey George
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 284-285;
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Improving the Yield of Blood Cultures for Patients with Early Lyme Disease
Gary P. Wormser, John Nowakowski, Robert B. Nadelman, Susan Bittker, Denise Cooper, and Charles Pavia
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 296-298;
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Evaluation of the BIOMIC Video Reader System for Determining Interpretive Categories of Isolates on the Basis of Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Results
E. Kent Korgenski and Judy A. Daly
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 302-304;
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Case of Triple Endocarditis Caused by Rothia dentocariosa and Results of a Survey in France
Robert Kong, Alexandre Mebazaa, Bertrand Heitz, Dominique André De Briel, Martine Kiredjian, Laurent Raskine, and Didier Payen
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 309-310;
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Use of a Gastric Juice-Based PCR Assay To Detect Helicobacter pylori Infection in Culture-Negative Patients
Haruhiko Yoshida, Katsutaro Hirota, Yasushi Shiratori, Takeshi Nihei, Shin Amano, Akira Yoshida, Osamu Kawamata, and Masao Omata
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 317-320;
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Detection of Helicobacter pylori in Fecal Samples of Gnotobiotic Mice Infected with H. pylori by an Immunomagnetic-Bead Separation Technique
Takako Osaki, Haruhiko Taguchi, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, and Shigeru Kamiya
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 321-323;
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Epidemiology:

Survey of Human Group C Rotaviruses in Japan during the Winter of 1992 to 1993
Mitsutaka Kuzuya, Ritsushi Fujii, Masako Hamano, Masao Yamada, Kuniko Shinozaki, Akira Sasagawa, Sumiyo Hasegawa, Hiroyoshi Kawamoto, Kazuo Matsumoto, Ayumi Kawamoto, Asao Itagaki, Sadayuki Funatsumaru, and Syozo Urasawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 6-10;
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Characterization of Gentamicin-Susceptible Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Involved in Nosocomial Spread
Nadine Lemaître, Wladimir Sougakoff, Afef Masmoudi, Marie-Hélène Fievet, Roland Bismuth, and Vincent Jarlier
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 81-85;
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Typing of Nocardia farcinica by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Reveals an Endemic Strain as Source of Hospital Infections
J. Blümel, E. Blümel, A. F. Yassin, H. Schmidt-Rotte, and K. P. Schaal
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 118-122;
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Etiology of Acute Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children in Melbourne, Australia, from April 1980 to March 1993
Graeme L. Barnes, Eric Uren, Kerrie B. Stevens, and Ruth F. Bishop
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 133-138;
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Comparative Analysis of Infrequent-Restriction-Site PCR and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for Epidemiological Typing of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Strains
Serge Riffard, François Lo Presti, François Vandenesch, Françoise Forey, Monique Reyrolle, and Jerome Etienne
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 161-167;
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Evaluation of Four DNA Typing Techniques in Epidemiological Investigations of Bovine Tuberculosis
Debby Cousins, Suzette Williams, Ernesto Liébana, Alicia Aranaz, Annelies Bunschoten, Jan Van Embden, and Trevor Ellis
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 168-178;
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Results from 5 Years of Nationwide DNA Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates in a Country with a Low Incidence of M. tuberculosis Infection
Jeanett Bauer, Zhenhua Yang, Sigrid Poulsen, and Åse B. Andersen
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 305-308;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Use of Ribotyping and Hemolysin Activity To Identify Highly Virulent Streptococcus suis Type 2 Isolates
Jacque J. Staats, Brandon L. Plattner, Jerome Nietfeld, Steve Dritz, and M. M. Chengappa
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 15-19;
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Multicomponent Chimeric Antigen for Serodiagnosis of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis
Manuel Soto, Jose M. Requena, Luis Quijada, and Carlos Alonso
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 58-63;
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Amplification of Ehrlichial DNA from Dogs 34 Months after Infection with Ehrlichia canis
Shimon Harrus, Trevor Waner, Itzhak Aizenberg, Janet E. Foley, Amy M. Poland, and Hylton Bark
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 73-76;
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Transmission of Ovine Herpesvirus 2 in Lambs
Hong Li, Garry Snowder, Donal O'Toole, and Timothy B. Crawford
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 223-226;
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Development of an Immunomagnetic Method for Selective Isolation of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Serotype 1 from Tonsils
Annie Gagné, Sonia Lacouture, André Broes, Sylvie D'Allaire, and Marcelo Gottschalk
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 251-254;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Characterization of rpoB Mutations in Rifampin-Resistant Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Greece
Peggy Matsiota-Bernard, Georgia Vrioni, and Evangelos Marinis
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 20-23;
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Evaluation of a New Method for Rapid Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium avium Complex Isolates by Using the Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube
Claudio Piersimoni, Domenico Nista, Stefano Bornigia, and Giuseppina De Sio
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 64-67;
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Differentiation of Phylogenetically Related Slowly Growing Mycobacteria Based on 16S-23S rRNA Gene Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences
Andreas Roth, Marga Fischer, Mohamed E. Hamid, Sabine Michalke, Wolfgang Ludwig, and Harald Mauch
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 139-147;
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Clinical Application of PCR-Restriction Enzyme Pattern Analysis for Rapid Identification of Aerobic Actinomycete Isolates
Rebecca W. Wilson, Vincent A. Steingrube, Barbara A. Brown, and Richard J. Wallace, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 148-152;
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Allele-Specific PCR Method Based on pncA and oxyR Sequences for Distinguishing Mycobacterium bovis from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Intraspecific M. bovis pncA Sequence Polymorphism
Luz Elena Espinosa de los Monteros, Juan Carlos Galán, Montserrat Gutiérrez, Sofía Samper, Juan F. García Marín, Carlos Martín, Lucas Domínguez, Luis de Rafael, Fernando Baquero, Enrique Gómez-Mampaso, and Jesús Blázquez
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 239-242;
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Parasitology:

Identification of Encephalitozoon intestinalis in Travelers with Chronic Diarrhea by Specific PCR Amplification
Laurent Raynaud, Frederic Delbac, Veronique Broussolle, Meja Rabodonirina, Veronique Girault, Martine Wallon, Gregoire Cozon, Christian P. Vivares, and François Peyron
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 37-40;
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Evaluation of the OptiMAL Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Carol J. Palmer, John F. Lindo, Winslow I. Klaskala, Jose A. Quesada, Rina Kaminsky, Marianna K. Baum, and Arba L. Ager
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 203-206;
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Assessment of Three In Vitro Tests and an In Vivo Test for Chloroquine Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Clinical Isolates
Jean Bickii, Leonardo K. Basco, and Pascal Ringwald
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 243-247;
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Low Sensitivity of Peripheral Blood Smear for Diagnosis of Subclinical Visceral Leishmaniasis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Patients
J. Delgado, J. A. Pineda, J. Macías, C. Regordán, J. A. Gallardo, M. Leal, A. Sanchez-Quijano, and E. Lissen
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 315-316;
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Virology:

Detection of Human Herpesvirus 6 DNA in Serum by a Microplate PCR-Hybridization Assay
Carla Osiowy, Isabelle Prud'homme, Michael Monette, and Shimian Zou
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 68-72;
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Past and Present Hepatitis G Virus Infections in Areas Where Hepatitis C is Highly Endemic and Those Where It Is Not Endemic
Eiji Tanaka, Michael Tacke, Masakazu Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Nakatsuji, Kendo Kiyosawa, Susanne Schmolke, Alfred M. Engel, Georg Hess, and Harvey J. Alter
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 110-114;
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Field Evaluation of a Combination of Monospecific Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Type-Specific Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2 Infections in HIV-Seropositive Persons in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
John N. Nkengasong, Chantal Maurice, Stéphania Koblavi, Mireille Kalou, Celestin Bile, Daniel Yavo, Emmanuel Boateng, Stefan Z. Wiktor, and Alan E. Greenberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 123-127;
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Hepatitis C Virus Heteroduplex Tracking Assay for Genotype Determination Reveals Diverging Genotype 2 Isolates in Italian Hemodialysis Patients
Pier Luigi Calvo, Joe Kansopon, Kuldip Sra, Stella Quan, Robert DiNello, Roberto Guaschino, Giovanni Calabrese, Franca Danielle, Mauizia Rossana Brunetto, Ferruccio Bonino, Anna Lucia Massaro, Alan Polito, Michael Houghton, and Amy J. Weiner
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 227-233;
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Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Test for Diagnosis of Dengue Virus Infection
David W. Vaughn, Ananda Nisalak, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Tom Solomon, Nguyen Minh Dung, Andrea Cuzzubbo, and Peter L. Devine
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 234-238;
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Detection of Hepatitis G Virus RNA in Persons with and without Known Risk Factors for Blood-Borne Viral Infections in Sweden and Honduras
Claudia Lara, Robert Halasz, Anders Sönnerborg, and Matti Sällberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 255-257;
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Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Plasma by Using Blood Dried on Filter Paper
Susan A. Fiscus, Donald Brambilla, Lynell Grosso, Jody Schock, and Michael Cronin
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 258-260;
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Long-Term Predictive Value of a Single Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA PCR Assay for CMV Disease in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients
Sharon Walmsley, Tony Mazzulli, and Mel Krajden
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 281-283;
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Comparison of Six Sets of PCR Primers from Two Different Genomic Regions for Amplification of GB Virus C/Hepatitis G Virus RNA
Anton Andonov, Connie Sauder, Heather Jacobsen, and Rabindra Chaudhary
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 286-289;
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Premarket Evaluation of a Commercial Glycoprotein G-Based Enzyme Immunoassay for Herpes Simplex Virus Type-Specific Antibodies
Rhoda L. Ashley, Linxian Wu, Jerry W. Pickering, Ming-Chieh Tu, and Laura Schnorenberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 294-295;
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Detection of Measles Virus mRNA from Autopsied Human Tissues
Yuko Katayama, Kiyoyasu Kohso, Akiyoshi Nishimura, Yoshitsugu Tatsuno, Morio Homma, and Hak Hotta
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 299-301;
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Absolute Copy Number and Relative Change in Determinations of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Plasma: Effect of an External Standard on Kit Comparisons
Donald Brambilla, Sheila Leung, Judy Lew, John Todd, Steven Herman, Mike Cronin, David E. Shapiro, James Bremer, Celine Hanson, George V. Hillyer, George D. McSherry, Rhoda S. Sperling, Robert W. Coombs, and Patricia S. Reichelderfer
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 311-314;
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Mycology:

Pre-AIDS Era Isolates of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis: High Genotypic Similarity with Contemporary Isolates
Anthony G. Tsolaki, Pieter Beckers, and Ann E. Wakefield
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 90-93;
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Interpretation of Trailing Endpoints in Antifungal Susceptibility Testing by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Method
Sanjay G. Revankar, William R. Kirkpatrick, Robert K. McAtee, Annette W. Fothergill, Spencer W. Redding, Michael G. Rinaldi, and Thomas F. Patterson
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 153-156;
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In Vitro Activity of the New Triazole Voriconazole (UK-109,496) against Opportunistic Filamentous and Dimorphic Fungi and Common and Emerging Yeast Pathogens
Ana Espinel-Ingroff
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 198-202;
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Confirmation of the Distinct Genotype Groups within the Form Species Candida parapsilosis
Basabi Roy and Sally A. Meyer
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 216-218;
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Lack of Utility of the Lysis-Centrifugation Blood Culture Method for Detection of Fungemia in Immunocompromised Cancer Patients
Richard J. Creger, Kisa E. Weeman, Michael R. Jacobs, Anne Morrissey, Pamela Parker, Robert M. Fox, and Hillard M. Lazarus
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 290-293;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Comparison of Performance and Cost-Effectiveness of Direct Fluorescent-Antibody, Ligase Chain Reaction, and PCR Assays for Verification of Chlamydial Enzyme Immunoassay Results for Populations with a Low to Moderate Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection
Deborah Dean, Dennis Ferrero, and Michael McCarthy
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 94-99;
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Letters:

Severe Toxoplasmosis Caused by a Toxoplasma gondii Strain with a New Isoenzyme Type Acquired in French Guyana
M. Laure Dardé, Isabelle Villena, J. Michel Pinon, and Isabelle Beguinot
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 324
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Recurrent Septicemia in an Immunocompromised Patient Due to Probiotic Strains of Bacillus subtilis
Marco Rinaldo Oggioni, Gianni Pozzi, Pier Egisto Valensin, Piero Galieni, and Catia Bigazzi
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 325-326;
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Speedy, Sensitive, and Specific Diagnosis of Pertussis by Using Serum and the Sensitized-Particle Test
Subhash C. Arya
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1998 36: 327
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