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Minireviews:

Yi-Wei Tang, P. Shawn Mitchell, Mark J. Espy, Thomas F. Smith, and David H. Persing

Molecular Diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in the Central Nervous System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2127-2136. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

Marygorret Obonyo, Ulrike G. Munderloh, Volker Fingerle, Bettina Wilske, and Timothy J. Kurtti

Borrelia burgdorferi in Tick Cell Culture Modulates Expression of Outer Surface Proteins A and C in Response to Temperature
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2137-2141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mitsumasa Saito, Akiko Umeda, and Shin-ichi Yoshida

Subtyping of Haemophilus influenzae Strains by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2142-2147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan Alonso-Echanove, Belen Robles, William R. Jarvis, and The Spanish VRE Study Group

Proficiency of Clinical Laboratories in Spain in Detecting Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus spp.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2148-2152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cindy van Pelt, Cees M. Verduin, Wil H. F. Goessens, Margreet C. Vos, Burkhard Tümmler, Christine Segonds, Frans Reubsaet, Henri Verbrugh, and Alex van Belkum

Identification of Burkholderia spp. in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Comparison of Conventional and Molecular Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2158-2164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claude Bosi, Anne Davin-Regli, Charleric Bornet, Monique Mallea, Jean-Marie Pages, and Claude Bollet

Most Enterobacter aerogenes Strains in France Belong to a Prevalent Clone
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2165-2169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Van Looveren, C. A. Ison, M. Ieven, P. Vandamme, I. M. Martin, K. Vermeulen, A. Renton, and H. Goossens

Evaluation of the Discriminatory Power of Typing Methods for Neisseria gonorrhoeae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2183-2188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paolo Visca, Paola Goldoni, P. Christian Lück, Jürgen H. Helbig, Lorena Cattani, Giuseppe Giltri, Simone Bramati, and Maddalena Castellani Pastoris

Multiple Types of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 6 in a Hospital Heated-Water System Associated with Sporadic Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2189-2196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Segonds, Thierry Heulin, Nicole Marty, and Gerard Chabanon

Differentiation of Burkholderia Species by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the 16S rRNA Gene and Application to Cystic Fibrosis Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2201-2208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan E. Maslanka, Jared G. Kerr, Glen Williams, James M. Barbaree, Loretta A. Carson, J. Michael Miller, and Bala Swaminathan

Molecular Subtyping of Clostridium perfringens by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis To Facilitate Food-Borne-Disease Outbreak Investigations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2209-2214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leo M. Schouls, Ingrid Van De Pol, Sjoerd G. T. Rijpkema, and Corrie S. Schot

Detection and Identification of Ehrlichia, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, and Bartonella Species in Dutch Ixodes ricinus Ticks
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2215-2222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsai-Ling Lauderdale, Lenore Landers, Ian Thorneycroft, and Kimberle Chapin

Comparison of the PACE 2 Assay, Two Amplification Assays, and Clearview EIA for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Female Endocervical and Urine Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2223-2229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William A. Gramley, Ali Asghar, Henry F. Frierson, Jr., and Steven M. Powell

Detection of Helicobacter pylori DNA in Fecal Samples from Infected Individuals
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2236-2240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulrike Hauser, Gisela Lehnert, and Bettina Wilske

Validity of Interpretation Criteria for Standardized Western Blots (Immunoblots) for Serodiagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis Based on Sera Collected throughout Europe
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2241-2247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexandra Diogo, António Veríssimo, M. Fernanda Nobre, and Milton S. da Costa

Usefulness of Fatty Acid Composition for Differentiation of Legionella Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2248-2254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshio Yamaoka, Tadashi Kodama, Oscar Gutierrez, Jong G. Kim, Kei Kashima, and David Y. Graham

Relationship between Helicobacter pylori iceA, cagA, and vacA Status and Clinical Outcome: Studies in Four Different Countries
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2274-2279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leen-Jan van Doorn, Céu Figueiredo, Ricardo Sanna, Martin J. Blaser, and Wim G. V. Quint

Distinct Variants of Helicobacter pylori cagA Are Associated with vacA Subtypes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2306-2311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marianne Blom, Aase Meyer, Peter Gerner-Smidt, Knud Gaarslev, and Frank Espersen

Evaluation of Statens Serum Institut Enteric Medium for Detection of Enteric Pathogens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2312-2316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mónica Tamayo, Raquel Sá-Leão, Ilda Santos Sanches, Elizabeth Castañeda, and Hermínia de Lencastre

Dissemination of a Chloramphenicol- and Tetracycline-Resistant but Penicillin-Susceptible Invasive Clone of Serotype 5 Streptococcus pneumoniae in Colombia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2337-2342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathalie E. M. van Doorn, Ferry Namavar, Leen-Jan van Doorn, Zarmina Durrani, Ernst J. Kuipers, and Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls

Analysis of vacA, cagA, and IS605 Genotypes and Those Determined by PCR Amplification of DNA between Repetitive Sequences of Helicobacter pylori Strains Isolated from Patients with Nonulcer Dyspepsia or Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2348-2349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosalie T. Trevejo, Sharon L. Abbott, Mitchell I. Wolfe, Jerry Meshulam, David Yong, and George R. Flores

An Untypeable Shigella flexneri Strain Associated with an Outbreak in California
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2352-2353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth Van Horn and Clara Tóth

Evaluation of the AnaeroPack Campylo System for Growth of Microaerophilic Bacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2376-2377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Mia D. Unson, Gerald L. Newton, Karen F. Arnold, Charles E. Davis, and Robert C. Fahey

Improved Methods for Immunoassay of Mycothiol
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2153-2157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Val Hall, G. L. O'Neill, J. T. Magee, and B. I. Duerden

Development of Amplified 16S Ribosomal DNA Restriction Analysis for Identification of Actinomyces Species and Comparison with Pyrolysis-Mass Spectrometry and Conventional Biochemical Tests
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2255-2261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Carriere, Helene Marchandin, Jean Michel Andrieu, Anne Vandome, and Colette Perez

Nocardia Thyroiditis: Unusual Location of Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2323-2325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan Germán Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Fissanoti, Patricia Del Portillo, Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, María Isabel Romano, and Angel Cataldi

Amplification of a 500-Base-Pair Fragment from Cultured Isolates of Mycobacterium bovis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2330-2332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Bemer-Melchior and H. B. Drugeon

Inactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for DNA Typing Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2350-2351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

M. Biendo, G. Laurans, J. F. Lefebvre, F. Daoudi, and F. Eb

Epidemiological Study of an Acinetobacter baumannii Outbreak by Using a Combination of Antibiotyping and Ribotyping
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2170-2175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susanna Lukinmaa, Raili Schildt, Teemu Rinttilä, and Anja Siitonen

Salmonella Enteritidis Phage Types 1 and 4: Pheno- and Genotypic Epidemiology of Recent Outbreaks in Finland
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2176-2182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brunella Posteraro, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Giuseppina D'Amore, Luca Masucci, Giulia Morace, and Giovanni Fadda

Molecular and Epidemiological Characterization of Vaginal Saccharomyces cerevisiae Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2230-2235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Po-Ren Hsueh, Lee-Jene Teng, Pan-Chyr Yang, Hui-Lu Pan, Shen-Wu Ho, and Kwen-Tay Luh

Nosocomial Pseudoepidemic Caused by Bacillus cereus Traced to Contaminated Ethyl Alcohol from a Liquor Factory
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2280-2284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prasanta K. Bag, Suvobroto Nandi, Rupak K. Bhadra, T. Ramamurthy, S. K. Bhattacharya, M. Nishibuchi, T. Hamabata, Shinji Yamasaki, Yoshifumi Takeda, and G. Balakrish Nair

Clonal Diversity among Recently Emerged Strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 Associated With Pandemic Spread
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2354-2357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. K. Miettinen, A. Siitonen, P. Heiskanen, H. Haajanen, K. J. Björkroth, and H. J. Korkeala

Molecular Epidemiology of an Outbreak of Febrile Gastroenteritis Caused by Listeria monocytogenes in Cold-Smoked Rainbow Trout
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2358-2360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alberto R. Osella, Laura Sonzogni, Aldo Cavallini, Luciana Foti, Vito Guerra, Alfredo Di Leo, Mario U. Mondelli, Giovanni Misciagna, and Enrico M. Silini

Molecular Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in an Area of Hyperendemicity in Southern Italy: a Population-Based Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2371-2372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Emilia Cantón, Javier Pemán, Alfonso Carrillo-Muñoz, Ana Orero, Pedro Ubeda, Angel Viudes, and Miguel Gobernado

Fluconazole Susceptibilities of Bloodstream Candida sp. Isolates as Determined by National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Method M27-A and Two Other Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2197-2200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew A. Reilly, Ira F. Salkin, Michael R. McGinnis, Sally Gromadzki, Lester Pasarell, Maggi Kemna, Nancy Higgins, and Max Salfinger

Evaluation of Mycology Laboratory Proficiency Testing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2297-2305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deanna A. Sutton, Stephen E. Sanche, Sanjay G. Revankar, Annette W. Fothergill, and Michael G. Rinaldi

In Vitro Amphotericin B Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Aspergillus terreus, with a Head-to-Head Comparison to Voriconazole
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2343-2345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

M. B. Brown, G. S. McLaughlin, P. A. Klein, B. C. Crenshaw, I. M. Schumacher, D. R. Brown, and E. R. Jacobson

Upper Respiratory Tract Disease in the Gopher Tortoise Is Caused by Mycoplasma agassizii
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2262-2269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lowell S. Kappmeyer, Lance E. Perryman, Stephen A. Hines, Timothy V. Baszler, Jonathan B. Katz, Steven G. Hennager, and Donald P. Knowles

Detection of Equine Antibodies to Babesia caballi by Recombinant B. caballi Rhoptry-Associated Protein 1 in a Competitive-Inhibition Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2285-2290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lee Berger, Kym Volp, Sarah Mathews, Rick Speare, and Peter Timms

Chlamydia pneumoniae in a Free-Ranging Giant Barred Frog (Mixophyes iteratus) from Australia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2378-2380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virology:

Ingeborg L. A. Boxman, Arjan Hogewoning, Linda H. C. Mulder, Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck, and Jan ter Schegget

Detection of Human Papillomavirus Types 6 and 11 in Pubic and Perianal Hair from Patients with Genital Warts
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2270-2273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rob Schuurman, Lisa Demeter, Patricia Reichelderfer, Jolanda Tijnagel, Tom de Groot, and Charles Boucher

Worldwide Evaluation of DNA Sequencing Approaches for Identification of Drug Resistance Mutations in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2291-2296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Musiani, P. Pasini, M. Zerbini, G. Gentilomi, A. Roda, G. Gallinella, E. Manaresi, and S. Venturoli

Prenatal Diagnosis of Parvovirus B19-Induced Hydrops Fetalis by Chemiluminescence In Situ Hybridization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2326-2329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clara Menéndez, José-María Sánchez-Tapias, Pedro-Luis Alonso, Mireia Giménez-Barcons, Elizeus Kahigwa, John-Jairo Aponte, Hassan Mshinda, Margarita-María Navia, María-Teresa Jiménez de Anta, Juan Rodés, and Juan-Carlos Saiz

Molecular Evidence of Mother-to-Infant Transmission of Hepatitis G Virus among Women without Known Risk Factors for Parenteral Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2333-2336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

José M. Navarro-Marí, Sara Sanbonmatsu-Gámez, Mercedes Pérez-Ruiz, and Manuel De La Rosa-Fraile

Rapid Detection of Respiratory Viruses by Shell Vial Assay Using Simultaneous Culture of HEp-2, LLC-MK2, and MDCK Cells in a Single Vial
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2346-2347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer L. McDermott, Adriana A. Giri, Isabella Martini, Maria Bono, Mauro Giacomini, Antonio Campelli, Luigi Tagliaferro, Andrea Cara, and Oliviero E. Varnier

Level of Human Immunodeficiency Virus DNA in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Correlates with Efficacy of Antiretroviral Therapy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2361-2365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Tranchand-Bunel, H. Gras-Masse, B. Bourez, L. Dedecker, and C. Auriault

Evaluation of an Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Immunoglobulin M Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Using a Synthetic Convergent Peptide Library, or Mixotope, for Diagnosis of Primary EBV Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2366-2368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elyanne Gault, Roxane Chikhi-Brachet, Sandrine Delon, Nathalie Schnepf, Laurence Albiges, Emmanuel Grimprel, Jean-Philippe Girardet, Pierre Begue, and Antoine Garbarg-Chenon

Distribution of Human Rotavirus G Types Circulating in Paris, France, during the 1997-1998 Epidemic: High Prevalence of Type G4
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2373-2375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

H. Moura, F. C. Sodre, F. J. Bornay-Llinares, G. J. Leitch, T. Navin, S. Wahlquist, R. Bryan, I. Meseguer, and G. S. Visvesvara

Detection by an Immunofluorescence Test of Encephalitozoon intestinalis Spores in Routinely Formalin-Fixed Stool Samples Stored at Room Temperature
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2317-2322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jane R. Schwebke, Moira F. Venglarik, and Shellie C. Morgan

Delayed versus Immediate Bedside Inoculation of Culture Media for Diagnosis of Vaginal Trichomonosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2369-2370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Hans-Eckart Sarnighausen, Claus Benz, Martin Eickenberg, J. Bockemühl, H. Tschäpe, and Jürgen F. Riemann

Typhoid Fever Due to Salmonella Kapemba Infection in an Otherwise Healthy Middle-Aged Man
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2381-2382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

Guido Werner, Ingo Klare, and Wolfgang Witte

Large Conjugative vanA Plasmids in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2383-2384. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vera Gouvea, Norma Santos;, Jon R. Gentsch, and Roger I. Glass

Detection and Characterization of Novel Rotavirus Strains in the United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2385-2386. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joe Wheat;, B. Gómez, A. Restrepo, A. J. Hamilton, J. I. Figueroa, and R. J. Hay

Histoplasma capsulatum Antigen Detection: Comparison of the Performance Characteristics of a New Inhibition Immunoassay to Those of an Established Antibody Sandwich Immunoassay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2387. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leonidas S. Tzouvelekis, Alkiviadis C. Vatopoulos, George Katsanis, and Eva Tzelepi

Rare Case of Failure by an Automated System To Detect Extended-Spectrum -Lactamase in a Cephalosporin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolate
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2388. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Savitri Sharma, M. S. Sridhar;, and Uma M. Tendolkar

Diagnosis and Management of Nocardia Keratitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2389. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gulden Yilmaz, Nilgun Isik, Nilgun Kansak, Selim Badur, Özdem Ang, Serpil Ugur Baysal, and Nedret Uzel

Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Samples Frozen at 20°C
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2390. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Kevan L. Hanson and Charles P. Cartwright

Comparison of Simple and Rapid Methods for Identifying Enterococci Intrinsically Resistant to Vancomycin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2391. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author's Correction:

M. Ramachandran, J. R. Gentsch, U. D. Parashar, S. Jin, P. A. Woods, J. L. Holmes, C. D. Kirkwood, R. F. Bishop, H. B. Greenberg, S. Urasawa, G. Gerna, B. S. Coulson, K. Taniguchi, J. S. Bresee, R. I. Glass, and THE NATIONAL ROTAVIRUS STRAIN SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM COLLABORATING LABORATORIES

Detection and Characterization of Novel Rotavirus Strains in the United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2392. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Uma M. Tendolkar, Ami Varaiya, A. S. Ahuja, S. A. Motwane, and A. S. Gogate

Corneal Ulcer Caused by Nocardia asteroides in a Patient with Leprosy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 1999 37: 2392. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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