Contents: March 1998, Volume 36, Issue 3        Guest Commentary        Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes        Bacteriology        Virology        Clinical Veterinary Microbiology        Mycology        Epidemiology        Letters Other Issues

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Guest Commentary:

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Modernization of Public Health Laboratories in a Privatization Atmosphere Joseph E. McDade and William J. Hausler, Jr. J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 609-613; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

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Genus Level Identification of Mycobacteria from Clinical Specimens by Using an Easy-To-Handle Mycobacterium-Specific PCR Assay Fritz Stauffer, Heinrich Haber, Armin Rieger, Robert Mutschlechner, Petra Hasenberger, Vincent J. Tevere, and Karen K. Y. Young J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 614-617; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Evaluation of Initial and New Versions of the Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Specimens Fredy Gamboa, Gregorio Fernandez, Eduardo Padilla, José M. Manterola, Joan Lonca, Pere Joan Cardona, Lurdes Matas, and Vicente Ausina J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 684-689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in Clinical Samples from Ruminants and in Spiked Environmental Samples by Modified BACTEC 12B Radiometric Culture and Direct Confirmation by IS900 PCR R. J. Whittington, I. Marsh, M. J. Turner, S. McAllister, E. Choy, G. J. Eamens, D. J. Marshall, and S. Ottaway J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 701-707; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Standardized BACTEC Method To Measure Clarithromycin Susceptibility of Mycobacterium genavense La Donna C. Carlson, Carolyn K. Wallis, and Marie B. Coyle J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 748-751; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Method for Reduction of Inhibition in a Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific Ligase Chain Reaction DNA Amplification Assay Gregor W. Leckie, Dwight D. Erickson, Qizhi He, Ingrid E. Facey, Bor-Chian Lin, Jianli Cao, and Folim G. Halaka J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 764-767; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriology:

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Species-Specific and Ubiquitous-DNA-Based Assays for Rapid Identification of Staphylococcus aureus Francis Martineau, François J. Picard, Paul H. Roy, Marc Ouellette, and Michel G. Bergeron J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 618-623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Corynebacterium riegelii sp. nov., an Unusual Species Isolated from Female Patients with Urinary Tract Infections Guido Funke, Paul A. Lawson, and Matthew D. Collins J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 624-627; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epidemiological Study of a Food-Borne Outbreak of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli O25:NM by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis Toshihiro Mitsuda, Tetsunori Muto, Mikiko Yamada, Nobuyoshi Kobayashi, Masanori Toba, Yukoh Aihara, Akira Ito, and Shumpei Yokota J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 652-656; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Controlled Clinical Laboratory Comparison of Two Supplemented Aerobic and Anaerobic Media Used in Automated Blood Culture Systems To Detect Bloodstream Infections R. Ziegler, I. Johnscher, P. Martus, D. Lenhardt, and H.-M. Just J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 657-661; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Intimins , , , and , Four Intimin Derivatives Expressed by Attaching and Effacing Microbial Pathogens Jeannette Adu-Bobie, Gad Frankel, Christopher Bain, Azizedite Guedes Goncalves, Luiz R. Trabulsi, Gill Douce, Stuart Knutton, and Gordon Dougan J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 662-668; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prospective Study To Determine Clinical Relevance of Detection of Pneumococcal DNA in Sera of Children by PCR Ron Dagan, Ofra Shriker, Inbal Hazan, Eugene Leibovitz, David Greenberg, Francis Schlaeffer, and Rachel Levy J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 669-673; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Discrimination of Strains of Salmonella enteritidis with Differing Levels of Virulence by an In Vitro Glass Adherence Test C. Solano, B. Sesma, M. Alvarez, T. J. Humphrey, C. J. Thorns, and C. Gamazo J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 674-678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of PCR for Diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis Infections Lena Lind-Brandberg, Christina Welinder-Olsson, Teresa Lagergård, John Taranger, Birger Trollfors, and Gunilla Zackrisson J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 679-683; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Comparisons and Shiga Toxin Production among Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates from a Day Care Center Outbreak and Sporadic Cases in Southeastern Wisconsin S. Gouveia, M. E. Proctor, M.-S. Lee, J. B. Luchansky, and C. W. Kaspar J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 727-733; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular Fatty Acid Composition, Soluble-Protein Profile, and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Eubacterium lentum Adriana Mosca, Paula Summanen, Sydney M. Finegold, Giampiero De Michele, and Giuseppe Miragliotta J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 752-755; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of Non-O1, Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae Associated with an Unusual Upsurge in the Incidence of Cholera-Like Disease in Calcutta, India Charu Sharma, M. Thungapathra, A. Ghosh, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Arnab Basu, Rupak Mitra, Indira Basu, S. K. Bhattacharya, T. Shimada, T. Ramamurthy, T. Takeda, S. Yamasaki, Y. Takeda, and G. Balakrish Nair J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 756-763; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Typing of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Fingerprinting Analysis Guiqing Wang, Alje P. van Dam, Lodewijk Spanjaard, and Jacob Dankert J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 768-776; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical and Pathogenic Properties of Shewanella alga and Shewanella putrefaciens Shideh Khashe and J. Michael Janda J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 783-787; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of the Dade MicroScan MICroSTREP Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Panel with Selected Streptococcus pneumoniae Challenge Strains and Recent Clinical Isolates J. H. Jorgensen, M. L. McElmeel, and S. A. Crawford J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 788-791; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lyme Disease in Taiwan: First Human Patient with Characteristic Erythema Chronicum Migrans Skin Lesion Chien-Ming Shih, Jin-Choung Wang, Li-Lian Chao, and Trong-Neng Wu J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 807-808; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus lugdunensis: Report of a Case of Peritonitis and an Easy-To-Perform Screening Strategy Norbert Schnitzler, Rainer Meilicke, Georg Conrads, Darius Frank, and Gerhard Haase J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 812-813; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR Methods for Rapid Identification and Characterization of Actinobacillus seminis Strains S. Appuhamy, J. G. Coote, J. C. Low, and R. Parton J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 814-817; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Haemophilus parainfluenzae Liver Abscess after Successful Liver Transplantation J. Friedl, A. Stift, G. A. Berlakovich, S. Taucher, M. Gnant, R. Steininger, and F. Mühlbacher J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 818-819; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simplified Technique for Detection of Significant Bacteriuria by Microscopic Examination of Urine Celso Luíz Cardoso, Carla Barbosa Muraro, Vera Lúcia Dias Siqueira, and Márcio Guilhermetti J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 820-823; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of the E Test for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Patients with Long-Term Bladder Catheterization Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Evandro Ricci, Nicoletta Della Loggia, Giovanni Catamo, and Raffaele Piccolomini J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 824-826; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Practical Approach for Detection and Identification of OXA-10-Derived Ceftazidime-Hydrolyzing Extended-Spectrum -Lactamases Haluk Vahaboglu, Recep Ozturk, Huriye Akbal, Suat Saribas, and Ozlem Tansel J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 827-829; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optochin Revisited: Defining the Optimal Type of Blood Agar for Presumptive Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae M. A. Gardam and M. A. Miller J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 833-834; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enteroaggregative, Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O111:H2 Associated with an Outbreak of Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Stefano Morabito, Helge Karch, Patrizia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Herbert Schmidt, Fabio Minelli, Edouard Bingen, and Alfredo Caprioli J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 840-842; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Evidence that a Distinct Vibrio cholerae O1 Biotype El Tor Strain in Calcutta May Have Spread to the African Continent Charu Sharma, Amit Ghosh, A. Dalsgaard, Anita Forslund, R. K. Ghosh, S. K. Bhattacharya, and G. Balakrish Nair J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 843-844; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Virology:

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Comparative Study of Different Standardization Concepts in Quantitative Competitive Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays Gerd Haberhausen, Judith Pinsl, Carl-Christoph Kuhn, and Christine Markert-Hahn J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 628-633; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Cytomegalovirus pp65 Antigenemia Assay by Direct Erythrocyte Lysis and Immunofluorescence Staining Stephen K. N. Ho, Chi-Yuen Lo, Ignatius K. P. Cheng, and Tak-Mao Chan J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 638-640; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigenic Diversity of Hepatitis B Virus Strains of Genotype F in Amerindians and Other Population Groups from Venezuela Linda Blitz, Flor H. Pujol, Paul D. Swenson, Leticia Porto, Ricardo Atencio, Mary Araujo, Luciana Costa, Diana Callejas Monsalve, Jaime R. Torres, Howard A. Fields, Steve Lambert, Caroline Van Geyt, Helene Norder, Lars O. Magnius, José M. Echevarría, and Lieven Stuyver J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 648-651; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clinical Comparison of an Enhanced-Sensitivity Branched-DNA Assay and Reverse Transcription-PCR for Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Plasma Frederick S. Nolte, Jodi Boysza, Cathy Thurmond, W. Scott Clark, and Jeffrey L. Lennox J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 716-720; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunosorbent Assay Based on Recombinant Hemagglutinin Protein Produced in a High-Efficiency Mammalian Expression System for Surveillance of Measles Immunity Fabienne Bouche, Wim Ammerlaan, Francoise Berthet, Sophie Houard, Francois Schneider, and Claude P. Muller J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 721-726; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus A and B and Parainfluenzavirus 3 Sequences in Respiratory Tracts of Infants by a Single PCR with Primers Targeted to the L-Polymerase Gene and Differential Hybridization Geneviève Eugene-Ruellan, François Freymuth, Chokri Bahloul, Hassan Badrane, Astrid Vabret, and Nöel Tordo J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 796-801; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Highly Sensitive Method for Amplification of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 DNA Florence Damond, Ibtissam Loussert-Ajaka, Cristian Apetrei, Diane Descamps, Sandrine Souquière, Annie Leprêtre, Sophie Matheron, Françoise Brun-Vézinet, and François Simon J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 809-811; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intra-Assay Performance Characteristics of Five Assays for Quantification of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Plasma Hsiang Ju Lin, Louise Pedneault, and F. Blaine Hollinger J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 835-839; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Two Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays and One Rapid Immunoblot Assay for Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2-Specific Antibodies in Serum Jan Groen, Grietje Van Dijk, Hubert G. M. Niesters, Willem I. Van Der Meijden, and Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 845-847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Direct Typing of Herpes Simplex Virus in Perianal Ulcers of Patients with AIDS by PCR Maria C. do Nascimento, Laura M. Sumita, Vanda A. U. F. de Souza, and Cláudio S. Pannuti J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 848-849; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

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Detection and Prevalence of Helicobacter Infection in Pet Cats R. Neiger, C. Dieterich, A. Burnens, A. Waldvogel, I. Corthésy-Theulaz, F. Halter, B. Lauterburg, and A. Schmassmann J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 634-637; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduction of Carriage of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Cattle by Inoculation with Probiotic Bacteria Tong Zhao, Michael P. Doyle, Barry G. Harmon, Cathy A. Brown, P. O. Eric Mueller, and Andrew H. Parks J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 641-647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Typhlitis Caused by Intestinal Serpulina-Like Bacteria in Domestic Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) Mia Vanrobaeys, Peter De Herdt, Richard Ducatelle, Luc A. Devriese, Gerard Charlier, and Freddy Haesebrouck J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 690-694; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serologic Evidence of Infection with Ehrlichia spp. in Wild Rodents (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) in the United States William L. Nicholson, Susie Muir, John W. Sumner, and James E. Childs J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 695-700; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Cattle Naturally Infected with Anaplasma marginale in a Region of Endemicity by Nested PCR and a Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Using Recombinant Major Surface Protein 5 Susana Torioni de Echaide, Donald P. Knowles, Travis C. McGuire, Guy H. Palmer, Carlos E. Suarez, and Terry F. McElwain J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 777-782; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simultaneous Identification of Antibodies to Brucella abortus and Staphylococcus aureus in Milk Samples by Flow Cytometry Domenico Iannelli, Letizia D'Apice, Domenico Fenizia, Luigi Serpe, Carlo Cottone, Maurizio Viscardi, and Rosanna Capparelli J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 802-806; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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U.S. Case Report of Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Ramichloridium obovoideum (R. mackenziei): Criteria for Identification, Therapy, and Review of Other Known Dematiaceous Neurotropic Taxa Deanna A. Sutton, Malcolm Slifkin, Robert Yakulis, and Michael G. Rinaldi J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 708-715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Update on Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis Typing Based on Nucleotide Sequence Variations in Internal Transcribed Spacer Regions of rRNA Genes Chao-Hung Lee, Jannik Helweg-Larsen, Xing Tang, Shaoling Jin, Baozheng Li, Marilyn S. Bartlett, Jang-Jih Lu, Bettina Lundgren, Jens D. Lundgren, Mats Olsson, Sebastian B. Lucas, Patricia Roux, Antonietta Cargnel, Chiara Atzori, Olga Matos, and James W. Smith J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 734-741; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Electrophoretic Karyotypes and Genome Sizing of the Pathogenic Fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Maria Isabel Nogueira Cano, Patrícia Silva Cisalpino, Ivan Galindo, José Luiz Ramírez, Renato Arruda Mortara, and José Franco da Silveira J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 742-747; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Nosocomial Cluster of Candida inconspicua Infections in Patients with Hematological Malignancies Domenico D'Antonio, Beatrice Violante, Aldo Mazzoni, Tiziana Bonfini, M. Assunta Capuani, Francesco D'Aloia, Antonio Iacone, Francesco Schioppa, and Ferdinando Romano J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 792-795; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Epidemiology:

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Epidemiologic Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance in Community-Acquired Enterococci J. Silverman, L. A. Thal, M. B. Perri, G. Bostic, and M. J. Zervos J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 830-832; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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Unexpected High Prevalence of Secondary Bacterial Infection in Patients with Mycetoma Abdalla O. A. Ahmed, El Sir A. M. Abugroun, Ahmed H. Fahal, Ed E. Zijlstra, Alex van Belkum, and Henri A. Verbrugh J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 850-851; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Detection and Typing of Herpes Simplex Virus DNA in Clinical Specimens by the Hybrid Capture II Signal Amplification Probe Test Frank, J. Michalski;, Attila Lörincz, Allison Cullen, and Carole Long J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 852 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

IS6110 Homologs Are Present in Multiple Copies in Mycobacteria Other than Tuberculosis-Causing Mycobacteria T. J. Hellyer, L. E. DesJardin, M. L. Beggs, Z. Yang, K. D. Eisenach, M. D. Cave, J. H. Bates, M. K. Assaf, J. T. Crawford;, S. H. Gillespie, L. E. Newport, and T. D. McHugh J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 853-854; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stability of Free and Complexed Human Immunodeficiency Virus p24 Antigens during Storage for Various Intervals Subhash C. Arya;, Max Arens, and William Meyer III J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 855 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chronic Prostatitis Due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Bisharat Naiel and Raz Raul J. Clin. Microbiol. March 1998 36: 856 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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