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Contents: April 1999, Volume 37, Issue 4

       Guest Commentary

       Bacteriology

       Virology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Mycology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Epidemiology

       Case Reports

       Letters

       Errata

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Guest Commentary:

Controversies Affecting the Future Practice of Clinical Microbiology
Ann Robinson, Mario Marcon, Joel E. Mortensen, Yvette S. McCarter, Mark LaRocco, Lance R. Peterson, and Richard B. Thomson, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 883-889;
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Bacteriology:

Isolation of Lyme Disease Borrelia from Puffins (Fratercula arctica) and Seabird Ticks (Ixodes uriae) on the Faeroe Islands
Åsa Gylfe, Björn Olsen, Darius Strasevicius, Nuria Marti Ras, Pál Weihe, Laila Noppa, Yngve Östberg, Guy Baranton, and Sven Bergström
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 890-896;
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Extremely High Incidence of Macrolide and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Resistance among Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwan
Po-Ren Hsueh, Lee-Jene Teng, Li-Na Lee, Pan-Chyr Yang, Shen-Wu Ho, and Kwen-Tay Luh
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 897-901;
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PCR-Based Restriction Pattern Typing of the vacA Gene Provides Evidence for a Homogeneous Group among Helicobacter pylori Strains Associated with Peptic Ulcer Disease
Manuela Donati, Elisa Storni, Lucia D'Apote, Sandra Moreno, Antonio Tucci, Loris Poli, and Roberto Cevenini
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 912-915;
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Evaluation of Accuracy and Repeatability of Identification of Food-Borne Pathogens by Automated Bacterial Identification Systems
Joseph A. Odumeru, Marina Steele, Lynne Fruhner, Carolyn Larkin, Jiangdong Jiang, Elroy Mann, and W. Bruce McNab
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 944-949;
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Rapid and Sensitive Quantification of Borrelia burgdorferi-Infected Mouse Tissues by Continuous Fluorescent Monitoring of PCR
Tom B. Morrison, Ying Ma, John H. Weis, and Janis J. Weis
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 987-992;
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Detection of Bartonella henselae DNA by Two Different PCR Assays and Determination of the Genotypes of Strains Involved in Histologically Defined Cat Scratch Disease
Anna Sander, Miriam Posselt, Norbert Böhm, Michael Ruess, and Martin Altwegg
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 993-997;
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Comparison of Isolation Media for Recovery of Burkholderia cepacia Complex from Respiratory Secretions of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Deborah Henry, Maureen Campbell, Colleen McGimpsey, Alison Clarke, Laurie Louden, Jane L. Burns, Martha H. Roe, Peter Vandamme, and David Speert
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1004-1007;
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Indirect Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Immunoglobulin G Reactive with a Recombinant Protein Expressed from the Gene Encoding the 116-Kilodalton Protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Michael F. Duffy, Kevin G. Whithear, Amir H. Noormohammadi, Philip F. Markham, Michael Catton, Jennie Leydon, and Glenn F. Browning
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1024-1029;
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Helicobacter pylori Can Be Induced To Assume the Morphology of Helicobacter heilmannii
Paul T. Fawcett, Kathleen M. Gibney, and Kathleen M. B. Vinette
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1045-1048;
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Use of PCR and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis Techniques for Differentiation of Prevotella intermedia Sensu Stricto and Prevotella nigrescens
Thyagaseely Premaraj, Naoki Kato, Katsuhito Fukui, Haru Kato, and Kunitomo Watanabe
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1057-1061;
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Analysis with a Combination of Macrorestriction Endonucleases Reveals a High Degree of Polymorphism among Bordetella pertussis Isolates in Eastern France
G. Prevost, F. I. S. Freitas, P. Stoessel, O. Meunier, M. Haubensack, H. Monteil, and J. M. Scheftel
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1062-1068;
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Characterization of a Culturable "Gastrospirillum hominis" (Helicobacter heilmannii) Strain Isolated from Human Gastric Mucosa
L. P. Andersen, K. Boye, J. Blom, S. Holck, A. Nørgaard, and L. Elsborg
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1069-1076;
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DNA Banding Pattern Polymorphism in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium and Criteria for Defining Strains
D. Morrison, N. Woodford, S. P. Barrett, P. Sisson, and B. D. Cookson
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1084-1091;
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Antimicrobial Susceptibilities and Plasmid Contents of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates from Commercial Sex Workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Emergence of High-Level Resistance to Ciprofloxacin
Bahar Uddin Bhuiyan, Motiur Rahman, Mohammed Ruhul Amin Miah, Shamsun Nahar, Nazrul Islam, Monira Ahmed, Kazi Masihur Rahman, and M. John Albert
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1130-1136;
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Facklamia languida sp. nov., Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens
Paul A. Lawson, Matthew D. Collins, Enevold Falsen, Berit Sjöden, and Richard R. Facklam
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1161-1164;
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Identification of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains at the Species Level by PCR Targeted to the toxR Gene
Yung Bu Kim, Jun Okuda, Chiho Matsumoto, Naoki Takahashi, Satoru Hashimoto, and Mitsuaki Nishibuchi
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1173-1177;
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Use of an Oxacillin Disk Screening Test for Detection of Penicillin- and Ceftriaxone-Resistant Pneumococci
Louise P. Jetté and Christian Sinave
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1178-1181;
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Evidence for Nasal Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci Colonizing Intravascular Devices
Noëlle Barbier Frebourg, Bruno Cauliez, and Jean-François Lemeland
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1182-1185;
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Rapid Identification of Staphylococcus aureus by Using Fluorescent Staphylocoagulase Assays
M. G. Holliday, M. Ford, J. D. Perry, and F. K. Gould
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1190-1192;
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Allelic Diversity of the Helicobacter pylori Vacuolating Cytotoxin Gene in South Africa: Rarity of the vacA s1a Genotype and Natural Occurrence of an s2/m1 Allele
D. P. Letley, A. Lastovica, J. A. Louw, C. J. Hawkey, and J. C. Atherton
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1203-1205;
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Virology:

Clinical Significance of Expression of Human Cytomegalovirus pp67 Late Transcript in Heart, Lung, and Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients as Determined by Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification
Giuseppe Gerna, Fausto Baldanti, Jaap M. Middeldorp, Milena Furione, Maurizio Zavattoni, Daniele Lilleri, and Maria Grazia Revello
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 902-911;
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Detection of Antibody to Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus in Human Serum by Using a Combination of Serologic Assays
Thomas Rowe, Robert A. Abernathy, Jean Hu-Primmer, William W. Thompson, Xiuhua Lu, Wilina Lim, Keiji Fukuda, Nancy J. Cox, and Jacqueline M. Katz
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 937-943;
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Amplification of the Six Major Human Herpesviruses from Cerebrospinal Fluid by a Single PCR
Sophie Minjolle, C. Michelet, I. Jusselin, M. Joannes, F. Cartier, and R. Colimon
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 950-953;
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Multicenter Comparison of the Digene Hybrid Capture CMV DNA Assay (Version 2.0), the pp65 Antigenemia Assay, and Cell Culture for Detection of Cytomegalovirus Viremia
Tony Mazzulli, Lawrence W. Drew, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, Dragana Jekic-McMullen, Debra J. Kohn, Carlos Isada, George Moussa, Robert Chua, and Sharon Walmsley
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 958-963;
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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA Copy Number Is Dependent on Grade of Cervical Disease and HPV Type
David C. Swan, Ruth Ann Tucker, Guillermo Tortolero-Luna, Michele Follen Mitchell, Louise Wideroff, Elizabeth R. Unger, Rosane A. Nisenbaum, William C. Reeves, and Joseph P. Icenogle
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1030-1034;
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Testing by Enzyme-Linked Fluorescent and Western Blot Assays Using Serum, Gingival-Crevicular Transudate, and Urine Samples
Prudencio Martínez Martínez, Antonio Rodríguez Torres, Raul Ortiz de Lejarazu, Ana Montoya, José Francisco Martín, and José María Eiros
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1100-1106;
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Strain Variation in Adenovirus Serotypes 4 and 7a Causing Acute Respiratory Disease
Leta K. Crawford-Miksza, Roberto N. Nang, and David P. Schnurr
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1107-1112;
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Detection of Epstein-Barr Virus DNA in Sera from Transplant Recipients with Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Ajit P. Limaye, Meei-Li Huang, Ederlyn E. Atienza, James M. Ferrenberg, and Lawrence Corey
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1113-1116;
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Human Herpesvirus 8 Seroprevalence and Evaluation of Nonsexual Transmission Routes by Detection of DNA in Clinical Specimens from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Seronegative Patients from Central and Southern Italy, with and without Kaposi's Sarcoma
Paola Cattani, Maria Capuano, Francesca Cerimele, Ilaria Lesnoni La Parola, Rosaria Santangelo, Cinzia Masini, Decio Cerimele, and Giovanni Fadda
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1150-1153;
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Immunohistochemical Detection of JC Virus in Nontumorous Renal Tissue of a Patient with Renal Cancer but without Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Naoto Aoki, Tadaichi Kitamura, Takashi Tominaga, Nobutaka Fukumori, Yosimitsu Sakamoto, Kenzo Kato, and Mayumi Mori
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1165-1167;
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Comparison of Levels of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Plasma as Measured by the NucliSens Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification and Quantiplex Branched-DNA Assays
C. C. Ginocchio, S. Tetali, D. Washburn, F. Zhang, and M. H. Kaplan
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1210-1212;
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Isolation of a Human Rotavirus Strain with a Super-Short RNA Pattern and a New P2 Subtype
Toyoko Nakagomi, Yasuo Horie, Yumi Koshimura, Harry B. Greenberg, and Osamu Nakagomi
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1213-1216;
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Identification of a Novel Genotype of Hepatitis G Virus in Southeast Asia
Hideo Naito, Khin Maung Win, and Kenji Abe
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1217-1220;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Extensive Cross-Contamination of Specimens with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Reference Laboratory
Marcelo de C. Ramos, Hanna Soini, Glaucia C. Roscanni, Monica Jaques, Maria C. Villares, and James M. Musser
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 916-919;
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Identification of Mycobacterium kansasii by Using a DNA Probe (AccuProbe) and Molecular Techniques
Elvira Richter, Stefan Niemann, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, and Sven Hoffner
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 964-970;
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Molecular Markers Demonstrate that the First Described Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium bovis Outbreak Was Due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
M. C. Gutiérrez, J. C. Galán, J. Blázquez, E. Bouvet, and V. Vincent
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 971-975;
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Molecular Evidence for Heterogeneity of the Multiple-Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Population in Scotland (1990 to 1997)
Z. Fang, C. Doig, A. Rayner, D. T. Kenna, B. Watt, and K. J. Forbes
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 998-1003;
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Comparison of Large Restriction Fragments of Mycobacterium avium Isolates Recovered from AIDS and Non-AIDS Patients with Those of Isolates from Potable Water
T. Aronson, A. Holtzman, N. Glover, M. Boian, S. Froman, O. G. W. Berlin, H. Hill, and G. Stelma, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1008-1012;
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Identification and Characterization of IS2404 and IS2606: Two Distinct Repeated Sequences for Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by PCR
Timothy Stinear, Bruce C. Ross, John K. Davies, Lui Marino, Roy M. Robins-Browne, Frances Oppedisano, Aina Sievers, and Paul D. R. Johnson
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1018-1023;
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Rapid Film-Based Determination of Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains by Using a Luciferase Reporter Phage and the Bronx Box
Paul F. Riska, Ya Su, Svetoslav Bardarov, Lawrence Freundlich, Gary Sarkis, Graham Hatfull, Christian Carrière, Vanaja Kumar, John Chan, and William R. Jacobs, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1144-1149;
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Central Line Sepsis in a Child Due to a Previously Unidentified Mycobacterium
Geoffrey G. Hogg, Mark F. Schinsky, Michael M. McNeil, Brent A. Lasker, Vella A. Silcox, and June M. Brown
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1193-1196;
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rpoB Mutations in Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated in Italy
G. Pozzi, M. Meloni, E. Iona, G. Orrù, O. F. Thoresen, M. L. Ricci, M. R. Oggioni, L. Fattorini, and G. Orefici
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1197-1199;
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Comparison of the MB/BacT and BACTEC 460 TB Systems for Recovery of Mycobacteria from Various Clinical Specimens
Francesca Brunello, Flavio Favari, and Roberta Fontana
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1206-1209;
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Specificity of IS6110-Based DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostic Techniques for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex
Willie A. Githui, Stuart M. Wilson, and Francis A. Drobniewski
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1224-1226;
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Mycology:

Phylogenetic Classification and Species Identification of Dermatophyte Strains Based on DNA Sequences of Nuclear Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer 1 Regions
Koichi Makimura, Yoshiko Tamura, Takashi Mochizuki, Atsuhiko Hasegawa, Yoshito Tajiri, Ryo Hanazawa, Katsuhisa Uchida, Hiuga Saito, and Hideyo Yamaguchi
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 920-924;
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Serum Is More Suitable than Whole Blood for Diagnosis of Systemic Candidiasis by Nested PCR
M.-E. Bougnoux, C. Dupont, J. Mateo, P. Saulnier, V. Faivre, D. Payen, and M.-H. Nicolas-Chanoine
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 925-930;
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Species Identification and Strain Differentiation of Dermatophyte Fungi by Analysis of Ribosomal-DNA Intergenic Spacer Regions
Colin J. Jackson, Richard C. Barton, and E. Glyn V. Evans
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 931-936;
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Detection of Cell Wall Mannoprotein Mp1p in Culture Supernatants of Penicillium marneffei and in Sera of Penicilliosis Patients
Liang Cao, King-Man Chan, Daliang Chen, Nongnuch Vanittanakom, Cindy Lee, Che-Man Chan, Thira Sirisanthana, Dominic N. C. Tsang, and Kwok-Yung Yuen
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 981-986;
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Development and Characterization of Complex DNA Fingerprinting Probes for the Infectious Yeast Candida dubliniensis
Sophie Joly, Claude Pujol, Michal Rysz, Kaaren Vargas, and David R. Soll
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1035-1044;
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Fatal Disseminated Trichoderma longibrachiatum Infection in an Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Patient: Species Identification and Review of the Literature
S. Richter, M. G. Cormican, M. A. Pfaller, C. K. Lee, R. Gingrich, M. G. Rinaldi, and D. A. Sutton
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1154-1160;
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Serotyping of Cryptococcus neoformans Isolates from Clinical and Environmental Sources in Spain
Teresa Baró, Josep M. Torres-Rodríguez, Yolanda Morera, Concepción Alía, Olga López, and Raul Méndez
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1170-1172;
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Aspergillus Meningitis: Diagnosis by Non-Culture-Based Microbiological Methods and Management
Paul E. Verweij, Kees Brinkman, Herbert P. H. Kremer, Bart-Jan Kullberg, and Jacques F. G. M. Meis
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1186-1189;
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Contaminations Occurring in Fungal PCR Assays
Juergen Loeffler, Holger Hebart, Ralf Bialek, Lars Hagmeyer, Diethard Schmidt, Francois-Prâseth Serey, Matthias Hartmann, Jan Eucker, and Hermann Einsele
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1200-1202;
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Production of Specific Monoclonal Antibodies to Aspergillus Species and Their Use in Immunohistochemical Identification of Aspergillosis
L. E. Fenelon, A. J. Hamilton, J. I. Figueroa, M. A. Bartholomew, M. H. Allen, P. McCarthy, and R. J. Hay
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1221-1223;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Identification of Nonlipophilic Corynebacteria Isolated from Dairy Cows with Mastitis
Jozef Hommez, Luc A. Devriese, Mario Vaneechoutte, Philippe Riegel, Patrick Butaye, and Freddy Haesebrouck
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 954-957;
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Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG Antibodies against Canine Distemper Virus by a New Recombinant Nucleocapsid Protein-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Veronika von Messling, Timm C. Harder, Volker Moennig, Peter Rautenberg, Ingo Nolte, and Ludwig Haas
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1049-1056;
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Evaluation of Modified BACTEC 12B Radiometric Medium and Solid Media for Culture of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from Sheep
R. J. Whittington, I. Marsh, S. McAllister, M. J. Turner, D. J. Marshall, and C. A. Fraser
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1077-1083;
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Bartonella koehlerae sp. nov., Isolated from Cats
Sara Droz, Banghee Chi, Elke Horn, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Anne M. Whitney, and Don J. Brenner
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1117-1122;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Mailed, Home-Obtained Urine Specimens: a Reliable Screening Approach for Detecting Asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis Infections
Servaas A. Morré, Irene G. M. van Valkengoed, Afke de Jong, A. Joan P. Boeke, Jacques T. M. van Eijk, Chris J. L. M. Meijer, and Adriaan J. C. van den Brule
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 976-980;
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Coronary Angioplasty Induces Rise in Chlamydia pneumoniae-Specific Antibodies
Andreas Tiran, Rene A. Tio, Jacobus M. Ossewaarde, Beate Tiran, Peter den Heijer, T. Hauw The, and Martie M. Wilders-Truschnig
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1013-1017;
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Comparison of Ehrlichia muris Strains Isolated from Wild Mice and Ticks and Serologic Survey of Humans and Animals with E. muris as Antigen
Makoto Kawahara, Tadahiko Ito, Chiharu Suto, Shinichiro Shibata, Yasuko Rikihisa, Kazuhisa Hata, and Katsuya Hirai
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1123-1129;
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Genetic Diversity of the 28-Kilodalton Outer Membrane Protein Gene in Human Isolates of Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Xue-Jie Yu, Jere W. McBride, and David H. Walker
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1137-1143;
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Serological Evidence of Infection with Ehrlichia spp. in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Switzerland
Nicola Pusterla, Peter Deplazes, Ueli Braun, and Hans Lutz
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1168-1169;
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Epidemiology:

Use of Molecular Subtyping To Document Long-Term Persistence of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in South Dakota
Tanja Popovic, Chung Kim, Jonathan Reiss, Mike Reeves, Hiroshi Nakao, and Anne Golaz
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1092-1099;
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Case Reports:

Case of Sepsis Caused by Bifidobacterium longum
Gyoung Yim Ha, Chang Heon Yang, Heesoo Kim, and Yunsop Chong
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1227-1228;
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Letters:

Should Genotypic Testing Be Done on All Phenotypically Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Detected in Hospitals?
G. W. Coombs, I. D. Kay, R. A. Steven, J. W. Pearman, D. Bertolatti, and W. B. Grubb
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1229-1230;
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Antibiotic Resistance: the Bermuda Experience
S. Smith and R. C. Tilton
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1231-1232;
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Study of False Positivity of Two Rapid Antigen Detection Tests for Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Baijayantimala Mishra, Jyotish Chandra Samantaray, Ashok Kumar, and Bijay Ranjan Mirdha
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1233
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Inhibitory Effect of Alpha-Tec XPR-Plus Phosphate Buffer on the Enhanced Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test
Phyllis Della-Latta and Vivian Jonas
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1234-1235;
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Comparison of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Tuberculosis
David J. Dawson; and Claudio Piersimoni
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1236
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Errata:

Diagnostic Potential of Toscana Virus N Protein Expressed in Escherichia coli
Marcello Valassina, Dario Soldateschi, Grazia Maria dal Maso, Laura Santini, Silvia Bianchi, Pier Egisto Valensin, and Maria Grazia Cusi
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1237
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Identification of Burkholderia cepacia Isolates from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis and Use of a Simple New Selective Medium
D. A. Henry, M. E. Campbell, J. J. LiPuma, and D. P. Speert
J. Clin. Microbiol. April 1999 37: 1237
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