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Minireviews:

D. Michael Olive and Pamela Bean

Principles and Applications of Methods for DNA-Based Typing of Microbial Organisms
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1661-1669. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virology:

Y. Manor, R. Handsher, T. Halmut, M. Neuman, A. Bobrov, H. Rudich, A. Vonsover, L. Shulman, O. Kew, and E. Mendelson

Detection of Poliovirus Circulation by Environmental Surveillance in the Absence of Clinical Cases in Israel and the Palestinian Authority
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1670-1675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mel Krajden, James M. Minor, Oretta Rifkin, and Lorraine Comanor

Effect of Multiple Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Hepatitis B Virus DNA and Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantification as Measured with Branched-DNA Technology
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1683-1686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jim O'Mahony, Barbara Foley, Sheila Morgan, John G. Morgan, and Colin Hill

VP4 and VP7 Genotyping of Rotavirus Samples Recovered from Infected Children in Ireland over a 3-Year Period
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1699-1703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johnna F. Sears, Roy Repaske, and Arifa S. Khan

Improved Mg²⁺-Based Reverse Transcriptase Assay for Detection of Primate Retroviruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1704-1708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katsumi Aoyagi, Chiharu Ohue, Kumiko Iida, Tatsuji Kimura, Eiji Tanaka, Kendo Kiyosawa, and Shintaro Yagi

Development of a Simple and Highly Sensitive Enzyme Immunoassay for Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1802-1808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michel P. de Baar, Audrey M. van der Schoot, Jaap Goudsmit, Femke Jacobs, Ron Ehren, Karin H. M. van der Horn, Peter Oudshoorn, Frank de Wolf, and Anthony de Ronde

Design and Evaluation of a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Assay Using Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Technology Able To Quantify Both Group M and O Viruses by Using the Long Terminal Repeat as Target
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1813-1818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sen-Yung Hsieh, Yin-Hua Wu, Yu-Pin Ho, Kuo-Chien Tsao, Chau-Ting Yeh, and Yun-Fan Liaw

High Prevalence of TT Virus Infection in Healthy Children and Adults and in Patients with Liver Disease in Taiwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1829-1831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Takeuchi, Norihiko Itoh, Eiichi Uchio, Koki Aoki, and Shigeaki Ohno

Serotyping of Adenoviruses on Conjunctival Scrapings by PCR and Sequence Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1839-1845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

François Coutlée, Patti Gravitt, Harriet Richardson, Catherine Hankins, Eduardo Franco, Normand Lapointe, Hélène Voyer, and The Canadian Women's HIV Study Group

Nonisotopic Detection and Typing of Human Papillomavirus DNA in Genital Samples by the Line Blot Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1852-1857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leanne E. Unicomb, Goutam Podder, Jon R. Gentsch, Patricia A. Woods, K. Zahid Hasan, A. S. G. Faruque, M. John Albert, and Roger I. Glass

Evidence of High-Frequency Genomic Reassortment of Group A Rotavirus Strains in Bangladesh: Emergence of Type G9 in 1995
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1885-1891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rémi N. Charrel, Nicolas Lévy, Robert B. Tesh, and Laura J. Chandler

Use of Base Excision Sequence Scanning for Detection of Genetic Variations in St. Louis Encephalitis Virus Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1935-1940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander J. Ryncarz, James Goddard, Anna Wald, Meei-Li Huang, Bernard Roizman, and Lawrence Corey

Development of a High-Throughput Quantitative Assay for Detecting Herpes Simplex Virus DNA in Clinical Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1941-1947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Penelope H. Dennehy, Michele Hartin, Sara M. Nelson, and Shirley F. Reising

Evaluation of the ImmunoCardSTAT! Rotavirus Assay for Detection of Group A Rotavirus in Fecal Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1977-1979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, Kazunobu Ouchi, Masaya Ohsaki, Tatsuru Yamanaka, Yoshinori Kuniya, Yoshinao Takeuchi, Chiaki Nakai, Hidenori Meguro, and Shunzo Chiba

Immunochromatography Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Adenovirus Respiratory Tract Infections: Comparison with Virus Isolation in Tissue Culture
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2007-2009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Grazia Ciufolini, Cristiano Fiorentini, Paola di Bonito, Stefania Mochi, and Colomba Giorgi

Detection of Toscana Virus-Specific Immunoglobulins G and M by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Based on Recombinant Viral Nucleoprotein
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2010-2012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. P. Parker, H. I. Khan, and W. D. Cubitt

Detection of Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus in Dried Blood Spot Samples from Mothers and Their Offspring in Lahore, Pakistan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2061-2063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Baldev R. Gulati, Osamu Nakagomi, Yumi Koshimura, Toyoko Nakagomi, and Ramayan Pandey

Relative Frequencies of G and P Types among Rotaviruses from Indian Diarrheic Cow and Buffalo Calves
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2074-2076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Gail L. Woods, John S. Bergmann, Frank G. Witebsky, Gary A. Fahle, Audrey Wanger, Betty Boulet, Marianne Plaunt, Barbara A. Brown, and Richard J. Wallace, Jr.

Multisite Reproducibility of Results Obtained by the Broth Microdilution Method for Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium chelonae, and Mycobacterium fortuitum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1676-1682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bum-Joon Kim, Seung-Hyun Lee, Mi-Ae Lyu, Seo-Jeong Kim, Gill-Han Bai, Sang-Jae Kim, Gue-Tae Chae, Eui-Chong Kim, Chang-Yong Cha, and Yoon-Hoh Kook

Identification of Mycobacterial Species by Comparative Sequence Analysis of the RNA Polymerase Gene (rpoB)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1714-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeanne T. Rhee, Amy S. Piatek, Peter M. Small, Lisa M. Harris, Sandra V. Chaparro, Fred Russell Kramer, and David Alland

Molecular Epidemiologic Evaluation of Transmissibility and Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1764-1770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Frothingham, Percy L. Strickland, Gisela Bretzel, Srinivas Ramaswamy, James M. Musser, and Diana L. Williams

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Mycobacterium africanum Isolates from West Africa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1921-1926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samir P. Singh, Hugh Salamon, Carol J. Lahti, Mehran Farid-Moyer, and Peter M. Small

Use of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for Molecular Epidemiologic and Population Genetic Studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1927-1931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. X. Wang and L. Tay

Evaluation of Three Nucleic Acid Amplification Methods for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Respiratory Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1932-1934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucio Vera-Cabrera, Wendy M. Johnson, Oliverio Welsh, Francisco L. Resendiz-Uresti, and Mario C. Salinas-Carmona

Distribution of a Nocardia brasiliensis Catalase Gene Fragment in Members of the Genera Nocardia, Gordona, and Rhodococcus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1971-1976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emmanuelle Cambau, Claudine Wichlacz, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, and Vincent Jarlier

Evaluation of the New MB Redox System for Detection of Growth of Mycobacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2013-2015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nalin Rastogi, Khye Seng Goh, and Mylene Berchel

Species-Specific Identification of Mycobacterium leprae by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the hsp65 Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2016-2019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John S. Bergmann and Gail L. Woods

Enhanced Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Positive BACTEC 12B Broth Cultures of Respiratory Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2099-2101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

David C. Old, Shelley C. Rankin, and Pamela B. Crichton

Assessment of Strain Relatedness among Salmonella Serotypes Salinatis, Duisburg, and Sandiego by Biotyping, Ribotyping, IS200 Fingerprinting, and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1687-1692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ralph Pantophlet, Lore Brade, and Helmut Brade

Use of a Murine O-Antigen-Specific Monoclonal Antibody To Identify Acinetobacter Strains of Unnamed Genomic Species 13 Sensu Tjernberg and Ursing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1693-1698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael L. Wilson, Stanley Mirrett, L. Clifford McDonald, Melvin P. Weinstein, Jose Fune, and L. Barth Reller

Controlled Clinical Comparison of bioMérieux VITAL and BACTEC NR-660 Blood Culture Systems for Detection of Bacteremia and Fungemia in Adults
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1709-1713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Paule Layani-Milon, Isabelle Gras, Martine Valette, Jacques Luciani, Jean Stagnara, Michèle Aymard, and Bruno Lina

Incidence of Upper Respiratory Tract Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections among Outpatients in Rhône-Alpes, France, during Five Successive Winter Periods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1721-1726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary K. York, Laurel Gibbs, Francoise Perdreau-Remington, and G. F. Brooks

Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates from the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1727-1731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyunjoo Pai, Sen Lyu, Ji Hyang Lee, Jungmin Kim, Youngmi Kwon, Jong-Won Kim, and Kang Won Choe

Survey of Extended-Spectrum -Lactamases in Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: Prevalence of TEM-52 in Korea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1758-1763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Ceri, M. E. Olson, C. Stremick, R. R. Read, D. Morck, and A. Buret

The Calgary Biofilm Device: New Technology for Rapid Determination of Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Bacterial Biofilms
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1771-1776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Didier Moissenet, Christophe P. Goujon, Antoine Garbarg-Chenon, and Hoang Vu-Thien

CDC Group IV c-2: a New Ralstonia Species Close to Ralstonia eutropha
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1777-1781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leen-Jan van Doorn, Anita Verschuuren-van Haperen, André Burnens, Michael Huysmans, Peter Vandamme, Belinda A. J. Giesendorf, Martin J. Blaser, and Wim G. V. Quint

Rapid Identification of Thermotolerant Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter lari, and Campylobacter upsaliensis from Various Geographic Locations by a GTPase-Based PCR-Reverse Hybridization Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1790-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen J. Gray, Michael A. Sobanski, Edward B. Kaczmarski, Malcolm Guiver, W. John Marsh, Raymond Borrow, Rosemary A. Barnes, and W. Terence Coakley

Ultrasound-Enhanced Latex Immunoagglutination and PCR as Complementary Methods for Non-Culture-Based Confirmation of Meningococcal Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1797-1801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Dubreuil, I. Houcke, and E. Singer

Susceptibility Testing of Anaerobic Bacteria: Evaluation of the Redesigned (Version 96) bioMérieux ATB ANA Device
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1824-1828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael A. Tanner, Daniel Shoskes, Asha Shahed, and Norman R. Pace

Prevalence of Corynebacterial 16S rRNA Sequences in Patients with Bacterial and "Nonbacterial" Prostatitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1863-1870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Wisplinghoff, R. R. Reinert, O. Cornely, and H. Seifert

Molecular Relationships and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Viridans Group Streptococci Isolated from Blood of Neutropenic Cancer Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1876-1880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donna M. Hacek, Dana C. Dressel, and Lance R. Peterson

Highly Reproducible Bactericidal Activity Test Results by Using a Modified National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Broth Macrodilution Technique
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1881-1884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karine Rolland, Corinne Marois, Veronique Siquier, Blandine Cattier, and Roland Quentin

Genetic Features of Streptococcus agalactiae Strains Causing Severe Neonatal Infections, as Revealed by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and hylB Gene Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1892-1898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard La Scola and Didier Raoult

Culture of Bartonella quintana and Bartonella henselae from Human Samples: a 5-Year Experience (1993 to 1998)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1899-1905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tararaj Dharakul, Boonratn Tassaneetrithep, Suwanna Trakulsomboon, and Sirirurg Songsivilai

Phylogenetic Analysis of Ara⁺ and Ara Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates and Development of a Multiplex PCR Procedure for Rapid Discrimination between the Two Biotypes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1906-1912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raquel Sá-Leão, Ilda Santos Sanches, Dora Dias, Isabel Peres, Rosa M. Barros, and Hermínia de Lencastre

Detection of an Archaic Clone of Staphylococcus aureus with Low-Level Resistance to Methicillin in a Pediatric Hospital in Portugal and in International Samples: Relics of a Formerly Widely Disseminated Strain?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1913-1920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meeta Desai, Androulla Efstratiou, Robert George, and John Stanley

High-Resolution Genotyping of Streptococcus pyogenes Serotype M1 Isolates by Fluorescent Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1948-1952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas Pahl, Uta Kühlbrandt, Kay Brune, Martin Röllinghoff, and André Gessner

Quantitative Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1958-1963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. D. Cima-Cabal, F. Vázquez, J. R. de los Toyos, and F. J. Méndez

Rapid and Reliable Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates by Pneumolysin-Mediated Agglutination
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1964-1966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David M. Engelthaler, Kenneth L. Gage, John A. Montenieri, May Chu, and Leon G. Carter

PCR Detection of Yersinia pestis in Fleas: Comparison with Mouse Inoculation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1980-1984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sean O. Hynes, Siiri Hirmo, Torkel Wadström, and Anthony P. Moran

Differentiation of Helicobacter pylori Isolates Based on Lectin Binding of Cell Extracts in an Agglutination Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1994-1998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronald N. Jones, Douglas J. Biedenbach, Meredith E. Erwin, Mondell L. Beach, Michael A. Pfaller, and The Quality Control Study Group

Activity of Gatifloxacin against Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis, Including Susceptibility Test Development, E-Test Comparisons, and Quality Control Guidelines for H. influenzae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1999-2002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. K. Hudspeth, S. Hunt Gerardo, M. F. J. Maiden, D. M. Citron, and E. J. C. Goldstein

Characterization of Bacteroides forsythus Strains from Cat and Dog Bite Wounds in Humans and Comparison with Monkey and Human Oral Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2003-2006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alje P. van Dam, Tom van Gool, José C. F. M. Wetsteyn, and Jacob Dankert

Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Imported from West Africa: Diagnosis by Quantitative Buffy Coat Analysis and In Vitro Culture of Borrelia crocidurae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2027-2030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Kubina, B. Jaulhac, X. Delabranche, C. Lindenmann, Y. Piemont, and H. Monteil

Oxacillin Susceptibility Testing of Staphylococci Directly from Bactec Plus Blood Cultures by the BBL Crystal MRSA ID System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2034-2036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. X. Limbach, B. Jaulhac, Y. Piémont, J. L. Kuntz, H. Monteil, and J. Sibilia

One-Step Reverse Transcriptase PCR Method for Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi mRNA in Mouse Lyme Arthritis Tissue Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2037-2039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Martinelli, E. Garrafa, A. Turano, and A. Caruso

Increased Frequency of Detection of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma genitalium in AIDS Patients without Urethral Symptoms
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2042-2044. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Avril D. Wasas, Robin E. Huebner, and Keith P. Klugman

Use of Dorset Egg Medium for Maintenance and Transport of Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae Type b
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2045-2046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ann Cathrine Petersson, Carl Kamme, and Håkan Miörner

Disk with High Oxacillin Content Discriminates between Methicillin-Resistant and Borderline Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strains in Disk Diffusion Assays Using a Low Salt Concentration
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2047-2050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johan van Eldere, Paul Janssen, Annette Hoefnagels-Schuermans, Stefaan van Lierde, and Willy E. Peetermans

Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis versus Macro-Restriction Fragment Analysis for Molecular Typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2053-2057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Kariuki, J. Cheesbrough, A. K. Mavridis, and C. A. Hart

Typing of Salmonella enterica Serotype Paratyphi C Isolates from Various Countries by Plasmid Profiles and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2058-2060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean Baldus Patel, Jill Clarridge, Mindy S. Schuster, Michael Waddington, Janet Osborne, and Irving Nachamkin

Bacteremia Caused by a Novel Isolate Resembling Leptotrichia Species in a Neutropenic Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2064-2067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Lee, J. S. Kim, C. H. Nahm, J. W. Choi, J. Kim, S. H. Pai, K. H. Moon, K. Lee, and Y. Chong

Two Cases of Chromobacterium violaceum Infection after Injury in a Subtropical Region
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2068-2070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph E. Bunnell, Louis A. Magnarelli, and J. Stephen Dumler

Infection of Laboratory Mice with the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent Does Not Induce Antibodies to Diagnostically Significant Borrelia burgdorferi Antigens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2077-2079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Po-Ren Hsueh, Lee-Jene Teng, Chien-Chin Hung, Yu-Chi Chen, Pan-Chyr Yang, Shen-Wu Ho, and Kwen-Tay Luh

Septic Shock Due to Helicobacter fennelliae in a Non-Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Heterosexual Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2084-2086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kei Amemiya, Henry Schaefer, and Andrew R. Pachner

Isolation of DNA after Extraction of RNA To Detect the Presence of Borrelia burgdorferi and Expression of Host Cellular Genes from the Same Tissue Sample
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2087-2089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Jayaratne and C. Rutherford

Detection of Clinically Relevant Genotypes of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Nosocomial Surveillance Specimens by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2090-2092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew S. J. Mikosza, Tom La, C. Josephine Brooke, Christian F. Lindboe, Peter B. Ward, Ralf G. Heine, John G. Guccion, W. Bastiaan de Boer, and David J. Hampson

PCR Amplification from Fixed Tissue Indicates Frequent Involvement of Brachyspira aalborgi in Human Intestinal Spirochetosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2093-2098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Toshikazu Yamazaki, Hikaru Kume, Setsuko Murase, Eriko Yamashita, and Mikio Arisawa

Epidemiology of Visceral Mycoses: Analysis of Data in Annual of the Pathological Autopsy Cases in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1732-1738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Y. Turenne, Steven E. Sanche, Daryl J. Hoban, James A. Karlowsky, and Amin M. Kabani

Rapid Identification of Fungi by Using the ITS2 Genetic Region and an Automated Fluorescent Capillary Electrophoresis System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1846-1851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giulia Morace, Livio Pagano, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro, Luca Mele, Francesco Equitani, Giuseppina D'Amore, Giuseppe Leone, and Giovanni Fadda

PCR-Restriction Enzyme Analysis for Detection of Candida DNA in Blood from Febrile Patients with Hematological Malignancies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1871-1875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jill K. Wadlin, Gayle Hanko, Rebecca Stewart, John Pape, and Irving Nachamkin

Comparison of Three Commercial Systems for Identification of Yeasts Commonly Isolated in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1967-1970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Sugita, Akemi Nishikawa, Reiko Ikeda, and Takako Shinoda

Identification of Medically Relevant Trichosporon Species Based on Sequences of Internal Transcribed Spacer Regions and Construction of a Database for Trichosporon Identification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1985-1993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara S. Reisner and Gail L. Woods

Times to Detection of Bacteria and Yeasts in BACTEC 9240 Blood Culture Bottles
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2024-2026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paulo R. Taborda, Valeria A. Taborda, and Michael R. McGinnis

Lacazia loboi gen. nov., comb. nov., the Etiologic Agent of Lobomycosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2031-2033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donald C. Sheppard, Pierre René, Anthony D. Harris, Mark A. Miller, Michel Laverdière, Edwige deSouza, and Hugh G. Robson

Simple Strategy for Direct Identification of Medically Important Yeast Species from Positive Blood Culture Vials
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2040-2041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James A. Kellogg, David A. Bankert, and Vishnu Chaturvedi

Variation in Microbial Identification System Accuracy for Yeast Identification Depending on Commercial Source of Sabouraud Dextrose Agar
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2080-2083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Karin Overweg, Peter W. M. Hermans, Krzysztof Trzcinski, Marcel Sluijter, Ronald de Groot, and Waleria Hryniewicz

Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Poland: Identification of Emerging Clones
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1739-1745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander C. A. P. Leenders, Alex van Belkum, Myra Behrendt, Ad Luijendijk, and Henri A. Verbrugh

Density and Molecular Epidemiology of Aspergillus in Air and Relationship to Outbreaks of Aspergillus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1752-1757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hin-Chung Wong, Chi-Chang Liu, Tze-Ming Pan, Tien-Kuei Wang, Chih-Lung Lee, and Daniel Yang-Chih Shih

Molecular Typing of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolates, Obtained from Patients Involved in Food Poisoning Outbreaks in Taiwan, by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1809-1812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surang Dejsirilert, Karin Overweg, Marcel Sluijter, Leelawadee Saengsuk, Mike Gratten, Takayuki Ezaki, and Peter W. M. Hermans

Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae among Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Thailand: a Molecular Epidemiological Survey
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1832-1838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Pujana, L. Gallego, G. Martín, F. López, J. Canduela, and R. Cisterna

Epidemiological Analysis of Sequential Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Chronic Bronchiectasis Patients without Cystic Fibrosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2071-2073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Alastair Greig, Karen Stevenson, Dennis Henderson, Valentin Perez, Valerie Hughes, Ivo Pavlik, Murray E. Hines, II, Iain McKendrick, and J. Michael Sharp

Epidemiological Study of Paratuberculosis in Wild Rabbits in Scotland
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1746-1751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. M. Gubbels, A. P. de Vos, M. van der Weide, J. Viseras, L. M. Schouls, E. de Vries, and F. Jongejan

Simultaneous Detection of Bovine Theileria and Babesia Species by Reverse Line Blot Hybridization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1782-1789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-François Valarcher, Hervé Bourhy, Jacqueline Gelfi, and François Schelcher

Evaluation of a Nested Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay Based on the Nucleoprotein Gene for Diagnosis of Spontaneous and Experimental Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1858-1862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. A. Gilbert, K. M. Burton, S. E. Prins, and D. Deregt

Typing of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Viruses Directly from Blood of Persistently Infected Cattle by Multiplex PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2020-2023. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

Claude Pirmez, Valéria da Silva Trajano, Manoel Paes-Oliveira Neto, Alda Maria da-Cruz, Sylvio Celso Gonçalves-da-Costa, Marcos Catanho, Wim Degrave, and Octavio Fernandes

Use of PCR in Diagnosis of Human American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1819-1823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yves le Fichoux, Jean-François Quaranta, Jean-Pierre Aufeuvre, Alain Lelievre, Pierre Marty, Isabelle Suffia, Deborah Rousseau, and Joanna Kubar

Occurrence of Leishmania infantum Parasitemia in Asymptomatic Blood Donors Living in an Area of Endemicity in Southern France
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 1953-1957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eugene S. Eskow, Peter J. Krause, Andrew Spielman, Kathy Freeman, and Jaber Aslanzadeh

Southern Extension of the Range of Human Babesiosis in the Eastern United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2051-2052. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Ronald D. Welsh and Ray W. Ely

Scopulariopsis chartarum Systemic Mycosis in a Dog
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2102-2103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Morihiro Iwata, Kazuhiro Tateda, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Nobuhiko Furuya, Sonoo Mizuiri, and Keizo Yamaguchi

Primary Shewanella alga Septicemia in a Patient on Hemodialysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2104-2105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ibrahim S. Aljada, John K. Crane, Nancy Corriere, Datta G. Wagle, and Daniel Amsterdam

Mycobacterium bovis BCG Causing Vertebral Osteomyelitis (Pott's Disease) Following Intravesical BCG Therapy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2106-2108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fast-Track Communications:

Gabriela J. Da Silva, Rui Leitão, and Luísa Peixe

Emergence of Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Enzymes in Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2109-2110. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

Roger Freeman, John Magee, Anne Barratt, Janice Wheeler, Michael Steward, Maureen Lee, Nigel Piggott;, and Martin P. Grobusch

Rapid Immunochromatographic Assay for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Antibodies Detected May Not Be Specific
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2111-2112. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diego Domingo, Teresa Alarcón, Nuria Prieto, Isabel Sánchez, Manuel López-Brea;, Jochen Rudi, and Wolfgang Stremmel

cagA and vacA Status of Spanish Helicobacter pylori Clinical Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2113-2114. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Preston; and Chen-Chia Christine Chiou

Interpretation of Pneumococcal Susceptibility Tests with Cefaclor
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2115. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mauro Pistello, Fabrizio Maggi, Claudia Fornai, Alessandro Leonildi, Antonietta Morrica, Maria Linda Vatteroni, and Mauro Bendinelli

Classification of Hepatitis C Virus Type 2 Isolates by Phylogenetic Analysis of Core and NS5 Regions
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2116-2117. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James A. Kellogg;, Cynthia A. Needham, Kenneth A. McPherson, and Kenneth H. Webb

Treatment Strategies for Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2118-2119. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Muralidhar K. Katti

Ideal Carrier Particles for Agglutination Tests
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2120. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valério Monteiro-Neto and Luiz Rachid Trabulsi

Phenylpropionic Acid Metabolism: a Marker for Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Clonal Group 2 Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2121. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven A. Marshall, Michael A. Pfaller, and Ronald N. Jones

Ability of the Modified Vitek Card To Detect Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci with mecA and Oxacillin-Resistant Phenotypes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2122-2123. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Guillermo Madico, Thomas C. Quinn, Anne Rompalo, Kelly T. Mckee, Jr., and Charlotte A. Gaydos

Diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis Infection by PCR Using Vaginal Swab Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2124. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author's Correction:

Pilar Beltrán, Gabriela Delgado, Armando Navarro, Francisca Trujillo, Robert K. Selander, and Alejandro Cravioto

Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Vibrio cholerae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2125. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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