JCM -- Table of Contents (August 1 1999, 37 [8])

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Contents: August 1999, Volume 37, Issue 8

       Virology

       Bacteriology

       Parasitology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Mycology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Epidemiology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Case Reports

       Fast-Track Communications

       Letters

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Virology:

Genetic Basis for Immunological Aberrations in Poliovirus Sabin Serotype 3 Strains Imported in The Netherlands
Johan H. J. Reimerink, Harrie G. A. M. van der Avoort, Anton M. van Loon, and Marion P. G. Koopmans
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2393-2398;
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Effects of Anticoagulant, Processing Delay, and Assay Method (Branched DNA versus Reverse Transcriptase PCR) on Measurement of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Levels in Plasma
Lynn M. Kirstein, John W. Mellors, Charles R. Rinaldo, Jr., Joseph B. Margolick, Janis V. Giorgi, John P. Phair, Edith Dietz, Phalguni Gupta, Christopher H. Sherlock, Robert Hogg, J. S. G. Montaner, and Alvaro Muñoz
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2428-2433;
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Comparison of the Second-Generation Digene Hybrid Capture Assay with the Branched-DNA Assay for Measurement of Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Serum
Stephen K. N. Ho, Tak Mao Chan, Ignatius K. P. Cheng, and Kar Neng Lai
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2461-2465;
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Novel Human Erythrovirus Associated with Transient Aplastic Anemia
Quang Tri Nguyen, Christophe Sifer, Véronique Schneider, Xavier Allaume, Annabelle Servant, Françoise Bernaudin, Véronique Auguste, and Antoine Garbarg-Chenon
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2483-2487;
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Development and Clinical Evaluation of a Highly Sensitive PCR-Reverse Hybridization Line Probe Assay for Detection and Identification of Anogenital Human Papillomavirus
Bernhard Kleter, Leen-Jan van Doorn, Lianne Schrauwen, Anco Molijn, Suprapto Sastrowijoto, Jan ter Schegget, Jan Lindeman, Bram ter Harmsel, Matthé Burger, and Wim Quint
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2508-2517;
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Genotype Dependence of Hepatitis C Virus Load Measurement in Commercially Available Quantitative Assays
Janet Mellor, Anna Hawkins, and Peter Simmonds
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2525-2532;
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Performance of the Affymetrix GeneChip HIV PRT 440 Platform for Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Genotyping of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Clades and Viral Isolates with Length Polymorphisms
Maryanne Vahey, Martin E. Nau, Sandra Barrick, John D. Cooley, Robert Sawyer, Alex A. Sleeker, Peter Vickerman, Stuart Bloor, Brendan Larder, Nelson L. Michael, and Scott A. Wegner
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2533-2537;
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TT Virus Infection in French Hemodialysis Patients: Study of Prevalence and Risk Factors
Pierre Gallian, Yvon Berland, Michel Olmer, Denis Raccah, Philippe de Micco, Philippe Biagini, Sophie Simon, Dammar Bouchouareb, Catherine Mourey, Christa Roubicek, M'hammed Touinssi, Jean-François Cantaloube, Bertrand Dussol, and Xavier de Lamballerie
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2538-2542;
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Detection of Dengue Virus RNA in Patients after Primary or Secondary Dengue Infection by Using the TaqMan Automated Amplification System
Thomas Laue, Petra Emmerich, and Herbert Schmitz
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2543-2547;
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Development of Calibrated Viral Load Standards for Group M Subtypes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Performance of an Improved AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Test with Isolates of Diverse Subtypes
Nelson L. Michael, Steven A. Herman, Shirley Kwok, Kimberly Dreyer, June Wang, Cindy Christopherson, Joanne P. Spadoro, Karen K. Y. Young, Victoria Polonis, Francine E. McCutchan, Jean Carr, John R. Mascola, Linda L. Jagodzinski, and Merlin L. Robb
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2557-2563;
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Serological Determination of Hepatitis C Virus Subtypes 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, and 4a by a Recombinant Immunoblot Assay
Matthias Schröter, Heinz-Hubert Feucht, Peter Schäfer, Bernhard Zöllner, and Rainer Laufs
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2576-2580;
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Detection of Phylogenetically Diverse Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Groups M and O from Plasma by Using Highly Sensitive and Specific Generic Primers
Chunfu Yang, Danuta Pieniazek, Sherry M. Owen, Carol Fridlund, John Nkengasong, Timothy D. Mastro, Mark A. Rayfield, Robert Downing, Benon Biryawaho, Amilcar Tanuri, Leopold Zekeng, Guido van der Groen, Feng Gao, and Renu B. Lal
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2581-2586;
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Evaluation of the PrimeCapture CMV DNA Detection Plate System for Detection of Cytomegalovirus in Clinical Specimens
Eugene H. Davoli, Steven M. Lipson, Mark E. Match, David H. Shepp, Joseph W. Morin, and Dennis M. Curley
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2587-2591;
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Determination of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype by Direct Sequence Analysis of Products Generated with the Amplicor HCV Test
Jeff J. Germer, Paul N. Rys, Jill N. Thorvilson, and David H. Persing
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2625-2630;
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Improved Detection of Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen by a New Rapid Automated Assay
Bernard Weber, Anja Bayer, Peter Kirch, Volker Schlüter, Dietmar Schlieper, and Walter Melchior
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2639-2647;
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Sensitive Assays for Isolation and Detection of Simian Foamy Retroviruses
Arifa S. Khan, Johnna F. Sears, Jacqueline Muller, Teresa A. Galvin, and Muhammad Shahabuddin
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2678-2686;
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TT Virus Infection Is Widespread in the General Populations from Different Geographic Regions
Kenji Abe, Tomoko Inami, Kazue Asano, Chiaki Miyoshi, Naohiko Masaki, Shigeki Hayashi, Ko-ichi Ishikawa, Yutaka Takebe, Khin Maung Win, Abdel Rahman El-Zayadi, Kwang-Hyub Han, and David Y. Zhang
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2703-2705;
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Identification of Human Rotavirus Strains with the P[14] Genotype by PCR
Serenella Arista, Esmeralda Vizzi, Cristina Alaimo, Daniela Palermo, and Antonio Cascio
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2706-2708;
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Novel Immunoblot Assay Using Four Recombinant Antigens for Diagnosis of Epstein-Barr Virus Primary Infection and Reactivation
M. Buisson, B. Fleurent, M. Mak, P. Morand, L. Chan, A. Ng, M. Guan, D. Chin, and J. M. Seigneurin
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2709-2714;
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Typing of Clinical Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and Type 2 Isolates with Monoclonal Antibodies
Jan-Åke Liljeqvist, Bo Svennerholm, and Tomas Bergström
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2717-2718;
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Diagnostic Value of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Core Immunoglobulin M in Recurrence of HCV Infection after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Carmela Casino, Daniela Lilli, Daniela Rivanera, Antonella Comanducci, Massimo Rossi, Giovanni Casciaro, Irene Pecorella, Dario Alfani, and Carlo Mancini
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2726-2728;
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Bacteriology:

Prototypal Diarrheagenic Strains of Hafnia alvei Are Actually Members of the Genus Escherichia
J. Michael Janda, Sharon L. Abbott, and M. John Albert
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2399-2401;
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Cleavase Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Neisseria meningitidis Basic Metabolic Genes
Maria Lucia C. Tondella, Mike W. Reeves, Tanja Popovic, Nancy Rosenstein, Brian P. Holloway, and Leonard W. Mayer
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2402-2407;
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Recurrent Bacteremia Caused by a "Flexispira"-Like Organism in a Patient with X-Linked (Bruton's) Agammaglobulinemia
Susan Weir, Brenda Cuccherini, Anne M. Whitney, Marsha L. Ray, John P. MacGregor, Arnold Steigerwalt, Maryam I. Daneshvar, Robbin Weyant, Betty Wray, John Steele, Warren Strober, and Vee J. Gill
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2439-2445;
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Involvement of Enterotoxins G and I in Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome and Staphylococcal Scarlet Fever
Sophie Jarraud, Grégoire Cozon, François Vandenesch, Michèle Bes, Jerome Etienne, and Gerard Lina
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2446-2449;
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Helicobacter pylori Infection in Indigenous Families of Central America: Serostatus and Oral and Fingernail Carriage
S. A. Dowsett, L. Archila, V. A. Segreto, C. R. Gonzalez, A. Silva, K. A. Vastola, R. D. Bartizek, and M. J. Kowolik
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2456-2460;
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Value of Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus PCR for Study of Pasteurella multocida Strains Isolated from Mouths of Dogs
Julien Loubinoux, Alain Lozniewski, Christine Lion, Daniel Garin, Michèle Weber, and Alain E. Le Faou
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2488-2492;
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Abiotrophia elegans Strains Comprise 8% of the Nutritionally Variant Streptococci Isolated from the Human Mouth
Setsuko Sato, Taisei Kanamoto, and Masakazu Inoue
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2553-2556;
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Inhibition Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Serotyping of Group B Streptococcal Isolates
Gayathri Arakere, Aurea E. Flores, Patricia Ferrieri, and Carl E. Frasch
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2564-2567;
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Biochemical Identification of Citrobacter Species Defined by DNA Hybridization and Description of Citrobacter gillenii sp. nov. (Formerly Citrobacter Genomospecies 10) and Citrobacter murliniae sp. nov. (Formerly Citrobacter Genomospecies 11)
Don J. Brenner, Caroline M. O'Hara, Patrick A. D. Grimont, J. Michael Janda, Enevold Falsen, Eva Aldova, Elisabeth Ageron, Jiri Schindler, Sharon L. Abbott, and Arnold G. Steigerwalt
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2619-2624;
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Evaluation of the Granada Agar Plate for Detection of Vaginal and Rectal Group B Streptococci in Pregnant Women
E. García Gil, M. C. Rodríguez, R. Bartolomé, B. Berjano, L. Cabero, and A. Andreu
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2648-2651;
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Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis in Clinical Samples by 16S rRNA-Directed In Situ Hybridization
Vanessa Krimmer, Hilde Merkert, Christof von Eiff, Matthias Frosch, Jochen Eulert, Jochen F. Löhr, Jörg Hacker, and Wilma Ziebuhr
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2667-2673;
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Use of Granada Medium To Detect Group B Streptococcal Colonization in Pregnant Women
Manuel Rosa-Fraile, Javier Rodriguez-Granger, Marina Cueto-Lopez, Antonio Sampedro, Enrique Biel Gaye, José Manuel Haro, and Antonia Andreu
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2674-2677;
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Molecular Detection and Identification of Intimin Alleles in Pathogenic Escherichia coli by Multiplex PCR
Sean D. Reid, David J. Betting, and Thomas S. Whittam
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2719-2722;
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Sequencing of the Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Region for Strain Identification of Porphyromonas gingivalis
Robert W. Rumpf, Ann L. Griffen, Bo-Gui Wen, and Eugene J. Leys
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2723-2725;
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An Uncommon Helicobacter Isolate from Blood: Evidence of a Group of Helicobacter spp. Pathogenic in AIDS Patients
Susan C. Weir, Cynthia L. Gibert, Fred M. Gordin, Steven H. Fischer, and Vee J. Gill
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2729-2733;
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Parasitology:

Utility of Multiple-Stool-Specimen Ova and Parasite Examinations in a High-Prevalence Setting
Charles P. Cartwright
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2408-2411;
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Field Evaluation of the ICT Malaria P.f/P.v Immunochromatographic Test for Detection of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in Patients with a Presumptive Clinical Diagnosis of Malaria in Eastern Indonesia
Emiliana Tjitra, Sri Suprianto, Mary Dyer, Bart J. Currie, and Nicholas M. Anstey
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2412-2417;
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Fluorescent Oligonucleotide Probes for Clinical and Environmental Detection of Acanthamoeba and the T4 18S rRNA Gene Sequence Type
Diane R. Stothard, John Hay, Jill M. Schroeder-Diedrich, David V. Seal, and Thomas J. Byers
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2687-2693;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Salmonella enterica Serotype Dublin Infection: an Emerging Infectious Disease for the Northeastern United States
Patrick L. McDonough, David Fogelman, Sang J. Shin, Michael A. Brunner, and Donald H. Lein
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2418-2427;
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PCR and Blood Culture for Detection of Escherichia coli Bacteremia in Rats
Alexandra Heininger, Marlies Binder, Sibylle Schmidt, Klaus Unertl, Konrad Botzenhart, and Gerd Döring
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2479-2482;
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Detection of Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1 in Blood from Naturally Infected Cattle by Using a Sensitive PCR That Discriminates between Wild-Type Virus and Virus Lacking Glycoprotein E
Monika Fuchs, Peter Hübert, Jan Detterer, and Hanns-Joachim Rziha
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2498-2507;
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Coinfection with Multiple Tick-Borne Pathogens in a Walker Hound Kennel in North Carolina
S. K. Kordick, E. B. Breitschwerdt, B. C. Hegarty, K. L. Southwick, C. M. Colitz, S. I. Hancock, J. M. Bradley, R. Rumbough, J. T. Mcpherson, and J. N. MacCormack
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2631-2638;
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Detection of Porcine Rotavirus Type G9 and of a Mixture of Types G1 and G5 Associated with Wa-Like VP4 Specificity: Evidence for Natural Human-Porcine Genetic Reassortment
Norma Santos, Rita C. C. Lima, Carlos M. Nozawa, Rosa E. Linhares, and Vera Gouvea
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2734-2736;
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Mycology:

Specific Detection of Fusarium Species in Blood and Tissues by a PCR Technique
Francois-Xavier Hue, Michel Huerre, Marie Ange Rouffault, and Claude de Bievre
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2434-2438;
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Phialemonium Fungemia: Two Documented Nosocomial Cases
Josep Guarro, Marcio Nucci, Tiyomi Akiti, Josepa Gené, Josep Cano, M. Da Gloria C. Barreiro, and Carme Aguilar
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2493-2497;
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Disseminated Zygomycosis Due to Rhizopus schipperae after Heatstroke
Gregory M. Anstead, Deanna A. Sutton, Elizabeth H. Thompson, Irene Weitzman, Randal A. Otto, and Sunil K. Ahuja
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2656-2662;
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Versatile Fluorescent Staining of Fungi in Clinical Specimens by Using the Optical Brightener Blankophor
R. Rüchel and Meike Schaffrinski
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2694-2696;
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Comparative Performance of the RapID Yeast Plus System and the API 20C AUX Clinical Yeast System
Michael B. Smith, Daisy Dunklee, Hangna Vu, and Gail L. Woods
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2697-2698;
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Indigenous Disseminated Penicillium marneffei Infection in the State of Manipur, India: Report of Four Autochthonous Cases
P. Narendra Singh, K. Ranjana, Y. Indiver Singh, K. Priyokumar Singh, S. Surchandra Sharma, M. Kulachandra, Y. Nabakumar, A. Chakrabarti, A. A. Padhye, L. Kaufman, and L. Ajello
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2699-2702;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Molecular Analysis of Mycobacterium avium Isolates by Using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and PCR
Martine Pestel-Caron, Gabriel Graff, Gilles Berthelot, Jean-Louis Pons, and Jean-François Lemeland
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2450-2455;
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Identification of Two Novel Mycobacterium avium Allelic Variants in Pig and Human Isolates from Brazil by PCR-Restriction Enzyme Analysis
Sylvia Cardoso Leão, Marcelo R. S. Briones, Marcelo Palma Sircili, Simone Carvalho Balian, Nelson Mores, and José Soares Ferreira-Neto
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2592-2597;
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Usefulness of Spoligotyping To Discriminate IS6110 Low-Copy-Number Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains Cultured in Denmark
Jeanett Bauer, Åse B. Andersen, Kristin Kremer, and Håkan Miörner
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2602-2606;
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Mutations in the rpoB Gene of Rifampin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated Mostly in Asian Countries and Their Rapid Detection by Line Probe Assay
Kazue Hirano, Chiyoji Abe, and Mitsuyoshi Takahashi
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2663-2666;
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A Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Microepidemic Caused by Genetically Closely Related Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains
M. Kubín, M. Havelková, J. Kaustová, K. Kremer, and D. van Soolingen
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2715-2716;
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Epidemiology:

Molecular Typing of Multiple-Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi from Vietnam: Application to Acute and Relapse Cases of Typhoid Fever
John Wain, Tran T. Hien, Phillippa Connerton, Tahir Ali, Christopher M. Parry, Nguyen T. T. Chinh, Ha Vinh, Cao X. T. Phuong, Vo A. Ho, To S. Diep, Jeremy J. Farrar, Nicholas J. White, and Gordon Dougan
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2466-2472;
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Comparison of Molecular Methods for Typing Vibrio parahaemolyticus
S. Marshall, C. G. Clark, G. Wang, M. Mulvey, M. T. Kelly, and W. M. Johnson
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2473-2478;
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Molecular Epidemiological Study of Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b Strains Obtained from Children with Meningitis in Japan
Toshihiro Mitsuda, Haruo Kuroki, Nobuyasu Ishikawa, Tomoyuki Imagawa, Schuichi Ito, Takako Miyamae, Masaaki Mori, Suzuko Uehara, and Shumpei Yokota
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2548-2552;
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Comparison of Methods Based on Different Molecular Epidemiological Markers for Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains: Interlaboratory Study of Discriminatory Power and Reproducibility
K. Kremer, D. van Soolingen, R. Frothingham, W. H. Haas, P. W. M. Hermans, C. Martín, P. Palittapongarnpim, B. B. Plikaytis, L. W. Riley, M. A. Yakrus, J. M. Musser, and J. D. A. van Embden
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2607-2618;
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Single Clonal Origin of a High Proportion of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Isolates from Patients and the Environment in the Area of Paris, France, over a 10-Year Period
Christine Lawrence, Monique Reyrolle, Sylvie Dubrou, Françoise Forey, Bénedicte Decludt, Claire Goulvestre, Peggy Matsiota-Bernard, Jerome Etienne, and Charles Nauciel
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2652-2655;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Invasion and Intracellular Development of the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent in Tick Cell Culture
Ulrike G. Munderloh, Steven D. Jauron, Volker Fingerle, Lorenz Leitritz, S. Fred Hayes, Joan M. Hautman, Curtis M. Nelson, Brent W. Huberty, Timothy J. Kurtti, Gilbert G. Ahlstrand, Barbara Greig, Martha A. Mellencamp, and Jesse L. Goodman
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2518-2524;
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Comparison of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Recombinant Proteins for Serologic Diagnosis of Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis
Xue-Jie Yu, Patricia A. Crocquet-Valdes, Louis C. Cullman, Vsevolod L. Popov, and David H. Walker
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2568-2575;
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Isolation of a New Subspecies, Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis, from a Cattle Rancher: Identity with Isolates Found in Conjunction with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti among Naturally Infected Mice
David F. Welch, Karen C. Carroll, Erik K. Hofmeister, David H. Persing, Denise A. Robison, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, and Don J. Brenner
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2598-2601;
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Case Reports:

Destructive Knee Joint Infection Caused by Peptostreptococcus micros: Importance of Early Microbiological Diagnosis
Kristian Riesbeck and Lennart Sanzén
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2737-2739;
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Fast-Track Communications:

Stable and Unstable Amoxicillin Resistance in Helicobacter pylori: Should Antibiotic Resistance Testing Be Performed Prior to Eradication Therapy?
Shan-Rui Han, Sucharit Bhakdi, Markus J. Maeurer, Thomas Schneider, and Steffan Gehring
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2740-2741;
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Letters:

Leukocyte Stabilization Reagent for Use in the Cytomegalovirus pp65 Antigenemia Assay
Steven M. Lipson
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2742
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Determination of Penicillin Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Use of Co-Trimoxazole in Treatment of Pneumococcal Pneumonia
M. K. Lalitha, Anand Manoharan, Rekha Pai, Kurien Thomas;, Samir K. Saha, R. B. Sack, K. Matsumoto, and T. Nagatake
J. Clin. Microbiol. August 1999 37: 2743-2744;
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