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Minireviews:

Derek Sullivan and David Coleman

Candida dubliniensis: Characteristics and Identification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 329-334. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

J. A. Frost, A. N. Oza, R. T. Thwaites, and B. Rowe

Serotyping Scheme for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Based on Direct Agglutination of Heat-Stable Antigens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 335-339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Ebel, Loïc Bachelart, and Jean-Michel Alonso

Evaluation of a New Competitive Immunoassay (BioElisa Syphilis) for Screening for Treponema pallidum Antibodies at Various Stages of Syphilis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 358-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulrike Hauser, Heide Krahl, Helmut Peters, Volker Fingerle, and Bettina Wilske

Impact of Strain Heterogeneity on Lyme Disease Serology in Europe: Comparison of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays Using Different Species of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 427-436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars Bogø Jensen, Peter Ahrens, Lone Dons, Ronald N. Jones, Anette M. Hammerum, and Frank Møller Aarestrup

Molecular Analysis of Tn1546 in Enterococcus faecium Isolated from Animals and Humans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 437-442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mignon du Plessis, Anthony M. Smith, and Keith P. Klugman

Rapid Detection of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Cerebrospinal Fluid by a Seminested-PCR Strategy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 453-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanne B. Messick, Linda M. Berent, and Sandra K. Cooper

Development and Evaluation of a PCR-Based Assay for Detection of Haemobartonella felis in Cats and Differentiation of H. felis from Related Bacteria by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 462-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francisco Javier Caballero-Granado, J. M. Cisneros, R. Luque, M. Torres-Tortosa, F. Gamboa, F. Díez, J. L. Villanueva, R. Pérez-Cano, J. Pasquau, D. Merino, A. Menchero, D. Mora, M. A. López-Ruz, A. Vergara, and for the Grupo Andaluz Para El Estudio De Las Enfermedades Infecciosas

Comparative Study of Bacteremias Caused by Enterococcus spp. with and without High-Level Resistance to Gentamicin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 520-525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie K. Hudspeth, Sharon Hunt Gerardo, Diane M. Citron, and Ellie J. C. Goldstein

Evaluation of the RapID CB Plus System for Identification of Corynebacterium Species and Other Gram-Positive Rods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 543-547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marianne Abele-Horn, Ulrich Busch, Hans Nitschko, Enno Jacobs, Ralph Bax, Friederike Pfaff, Beatrix Schaffer, and Jürgen Heesemann

Molecular Approaches to Diagnosis of Pulmonary Diseases Due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 548-551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Musilek, Dario Giorgini, Nora Hamadouche, Paula Kriz, and Muhamed-Kheir Taha

Genetic Heterogeneity of Strains of Neisseria meningitidis Belonging to Serotype 22 Isolated in the Czech Republic
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 563-565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter C. Fuchs, Arthur L. Barry, and Steven D. Brown

Quality Control Limits for Dilution and Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Tests of Trovafloxacin against Eight Quality Control Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 585-586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hubert P. Endtz, Nicole Van Den Braak, Alex Van Belkum, Wil H. Goessens, Deborah Kreft, A. Barnard Stroebel, and Henri A. Verbrugh

Comparison of Eight Methods To Detect Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 592-594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yehuda Carmeli, Karen Eichelberger, Don Soja, Joanna Dakos, Lata Venkataraman, Paola DeGirolami, and Matthew Samore

Failure of Quality Control Measures To Prevent Reporting of False Resistance to Imipenem, Resulting in a Pseudo-Outbreak of Imipenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 595-597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adrienne W. Paton and James C. Paton

Detection and Characterization of Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli by Using Multiplex PCR Assays for stx₁, stx₂, eaeA, Enterohemorrhagic E. coli hlyA, rfb_O111, and rfb_O157
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 598-602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virology:

Minoru Ueda, Akiko Maeda, Naoko Nakagawa, Tetsuo Kase, Ritsuko Kubota, Hikaru Takakura, Atsushi Ohshima, and Yoshinobu Okuno

Application of Subtype-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies for Rapid Detection and Identification of Influenza A and B Viruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 340-344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David R. Kilpatrick, Baldev Nottay, Chen-Fu Yang, Su-Ju Yang, Edson Da Silva, Silvia Peñaranda, Mark Pallansch, and Olen Kew

Serotype-Specific Identification of Polioviruses by PCR Using Primers Containing Mixed-Base or Deoxyinosine Residues at Positions of Codon Degeneracy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 352-357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mel Krajden, Lorraine Comanor, Oretta Rifkin, Anna Grigoriew, James M. Minor, and Gordon F. Kapke

Assessment of Hepatitis B Virus DNA Stability in Serum by the Chiron Quantiplex Branched-DNA Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 382-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Martin, F. Fabrizi, V. Dixit, S. Quan, M. Brezina, E. Kaufman, , K. Sra, R. DiNello, A. Polito, and G. Gitnick

Automated RIBA Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Strip Immunoblot Assay for Reproducible HCV Diagnosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 387-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Flor H. Pujol, Yury E. Khudyakov, Marisol Devesa, Mian-E. Cong, Carmen L. Loureiro, Linda Blitz, Freya Capriles, Simón Beker, Ferdinando Liprandi, and Howard A. Fields

Hepatitis G Virus Infection in Amerindians and Other Venezuelan High-Risk Groups
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 470-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wolfgang Meschede, Klaus Zumbach, Joris Braspenning, Martin Scheffner, Luis Benitez-Bribiesca, Jeff Luande, Lutz Gissmann, and Michael Pawlita

Antibodies against Early Proteins of Human Papillomaviruses as Diagnostic Markers for Invasive Cervical Cancer
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 475-480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimberley Sebire, Kate McGavin, Sally Land, Tracey Middleton, and Chris Birch

Stability of Human Immunodeficiency Virus RNA in Blood Specimens as Measured by a Commercial PCR-Based Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 493-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julio C. Mendez, Mark J. Espy, Thomas F. Smith, Jennie A. Wilson, and Carlos V. Paya

Evaluation of PCR Primers for Early Diagnosis of Cytomegalovirus Infection following Liver Transplantation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 526-530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephan Günther, Gunhild Sommer, Franziska Von Breunig, Alicja Iwanska, Tatyana Kalinina, Martina Sterneck, and Hans Will

Amplification of Full-Length Hepatitis B Virus Genomes from Samples from Patients with Low Levels of Viremia: Frequency and Functional Consequences of PCR-Introduced Mutations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 531-538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mika J. Mäkelä, Tuomo Puhakka, Olli Ruuskanen, Maija Leinonen, Pekka Saikku, Marko Kimpimäki, Soile Blomqvist, Timo Hyypiä, and Pertti Arstila

Viruses and Bacteria in the Etiology of the Common Cold
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 539-542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reva E. Edelstein, Deborah A. Nickerson, Vincent O. Tobe, Laura A. Manns-Arcuino, and Lisa M. Frenkel

Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay for Detecting Mutations in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 pol Gene That Are Associated with Resistance to Zidovudine, Didanosine, and Lamivudine
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 569-572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard Weber

Multicenter Evaluation of the New Automated Enzymun-Test Anti-HIV 1 + 2 + Subtyp O
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 580-584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Andréoletti, Nathalie Blassel-Damman, Anny Dewilde, Louis Vallée, Robin Cremer, Didier Hober, and Pierre Wattré

Comparison of Use of Cerebrospinal Fluid, Serum, and Throat Swab Specimens in Diagnosis of Enteroviral Acute Neurological Infection by a Rapid RNA Detection PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 589-591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Servaas A. Morré, Jacobus M. Ossewaarde, Jar Lan, Gerard J. J. van Doornum, Jan M. M. Walboomers, David M. MacLaren, Chris J. L. M. Meijer, and Adriaan J. C. van den Brule

Serotyping and Genotyping of Genital Chlamydia trachomatis Isolates Reveal Variants of Serovars Ba, G, and J as Confirmed by omp1 Nucleotide Sequence Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 345-351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy A. Green, Carolyn M. Black, and Robert E. Johnson

Evaluation of Bias in Diagnostic-Test Sensitivity and Specificity Estimates Computed by Discrepant Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 375-381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimberly A. Crotchfelt, Barbara Pare, Charlotte Gaydos, and Thomas C. Quinn

Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by the Gen-Probe AMPLIFIED Chlamydia Trachomatis Assay (AMP CT) in Urine Specimens from Men and Women and Endocervical Specimens from Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 391-394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katherine A. Kacena, Sean B. Quinn, M. René Howell, Guillermo E. Madico, Thomas C. Quinn, and Charlotte A. Gaydos

Pooling Urine Samples for Ligase Chain Reaction Screening for Genital Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Asymptomatic Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 481-485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Scott G. Franzblau, Richard S. Witzig, James C. McLaughlin, Patricia Torres, Guillermo Madico, Antonio Hernandez, Michelle T. Degnan, Mary B. Cook, Virginia K. Quenzer, Robert M. Ferguson, and Robert H. Gilman

Rapid, Low-Technology MIC Determination with Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates by Using the Microplate Alamar Blue Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 362-366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. C. Palomino and F. Portaels

Effects of Decontamination Methods and Culture Conditions on Viability of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the BACTEC System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 402-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan M. Nelson, Marcia A. Deike, and Charles P. Cartwright

Value of Examining Multiple Sputum Specimens in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 467-469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. C. Gutiérrez, V. Vincent, D. Aubert, J. Bizet, O. Gaillot, L. Lebrun, C. Le Pendeven, M. P. Le Pennec, D. Mathieu, C. Offredo, B. Pangon, and C. Pierre-Audigier

Molecular Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Risk Factors for Tuberculosis Transmission in Paris, France, and Surrounding Area
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 486-492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pirjo Torkko, Merja Suutari, Sini Suomalainen, Lars Paulin, Lennart Larsson, and Marja-Leena Katila

Separation among Species of Mycobacterium terrae Complex by Lipid Analyses: Comparison with Biochemical Tests and 16S rRNA Sequencing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 499-505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marion Burger, Salmo Raskin, Sonia R. Brockelt, Beate Amthor, Heinrich K. Geiss, and Walter H. Haas

DNA Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Culture Isolates Collected in Brazil and Spotted onto Filter Paper
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 573-576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Chou, P. Chedore, and S. Kasatiya

Use of Gas Chromatographic Fatty Acid and Mycolic Acid Cleavage Product Determination To Differentiate among Mycobacterium genavense, Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium simiae, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 577-579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irene Bux-Gewehr, Hans P. Hagen, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, and Gerhard E. Feurle

Fatal Pulmonary Infection with Mycobacterium celatum in an Apparently Immunocompetent Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 587-588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Éadaoin M. Timmins, Susan A. Howell, Bjørn K. Alsberg, William C. Noble, and Royston Goodacre

Rapid Differentiation of Closely Related Candida Species and Strains by Pyrolysis-Mass Spectrometry and Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 367-374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Flahaut, D. Sanglard, M. Monod, J. Bille, and M. Rossier

Rapid Detection of Candida albicans in Clinical Samples by DNA Amplification of Common Regions from C. albicans-Secreted Aspartic Proteinase Genes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 395-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teresa Baró, Josep M. Torres-Rodríguez, Miguel Hermoso De Mendoza, Yolanda Morera, and Concepción Alía

First Identification of Autochthonous Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii Isolated from Goats with Predominantly Severe Pulmonary Disease in Spain
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 458-461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

G. J. Wellenberg, E. R. A. M. Verstraten, M. H. Mars, and J. T. Van Oirschot

Detection of Bovine Herpesvirus 1 Glycoprotein E Antibodies in Individual Milk Samples by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 409-413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Trine Gram and Peter Ahrens

Improved Diagnostic PCR Assay for Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Based on the Nucleotide Sequence of an Outer Membrane Lipoprotein
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 443-448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sukanta K. Dutta, Ramesh Vemulapalli, and Biswajit Biswas

Association of Deficiency in Antibody Response to Vaccine and Heterogeneity of Ehrlichia risticii Strains with Potomac Horse Fever Vaccine Failure in Horses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 506-512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Amadori, S. Tameni, P. Scaccaglia, S. Cavirani, I. L. Archetti, and R. Quondam Giandomenico

Antibody Tests for Identification of Mycobacterium bovis-Infected Bovine Herds
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 566-568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

T. Na'was, A. Hawwari, E. Hendrix, J. Hebden, R. Edelman, M. Martin, W. Campbell, R. Naso, R. Schwalbe, and A. I. Fattom

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Trauma Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 414-420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose A. Vazquez, Louise M. Dembry, Veronica Sanchez, Mary A. Vazquez, Jack D. Sobel, Carl Dmuchowski, and Marcus J. Zervos

Nosocomial Candida glabrata Colonization: an Epidemiologic Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 421-426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rodney Givney, Alison Vickery, Anne Holliday, Mary Pegler, and Richard Benn

Evolution of an Endemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Population in an Australian Hospital from 1967 to 1996
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 552-556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. McCullough, Karl V. Clemons, Claudio Farina, John H. McCusker, and David A. Stevens

Epidemiological Investigation of Vaginal Saccharomyces cerevisiae Isolates by a Genotypic Method
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 557-562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

Rashidul Haque, I. K. M. Ali, S. Akther, and William A. Petri, Jr.

Comparison of PCR, Isoenzyme Analysis, and Antigen Detection for Diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 449-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard S. J. Felleisen, Natacha Lambelet, Philipp Bachmann, Jacques Nicolet, Norbert Müller, and Bruno Gottstein

Detection of Tritrichomonas foetus by PCR and DNA Enzyme Immunoassay Based on rRNA Gene Unit Sequences
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 513-519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

W. K. Leung; and S. K. F. Chong

Evaluation of 16S rRNA Gene PCR with Primers Hp1 and Hp2 for Detection of Helicobacter pylori
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 603. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. M. Kearns, R. Freeman, M. Steward;, Kimberle Chapin, and Tsai-ling Lauderdale

Evaluation of a Rapid Air Thermal Cycler for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 604-605. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Caroline M. O'Hara, Glennis L. Westbrook, and J. Michael Miller

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
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 606. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author's Correction:

Domenico D'Antonio, Beatrice Violante, Claudio Farina, Rocco Sacco, Domenico Angelucci, Maurizio Masciulli, Antonio Iacone, and Ferdinando Romano

Necrotizing Pneumonia Caused by Penicillium chrysogenum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1998 36: 607. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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