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Virology:

Rachel N. Jones, M. Lynne Neale, Brian Beattie, Diana Westmoreland, and Julie D. Fox

Development and Application of a PCR-Based Method Including an Internal Control for Diagnosis of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 1-6. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hayato Miyachi, Atsuko Masukawa, Toshio Ohshima, Toru Hirose, Chaka Impraim, and Yasuhiko Ando

Automated Specific Capture of Hepatitis C Virus RNA with Probes and Paramagnetic Particle Separation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 18-21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ritsushi Fujii, Mitsutaka Kuzuya, Masako Hamano, Hajime Ogura, Masao Yamada, and Tadashige Mori

Neutralization Assay for Human Group C Rotaviruses Using a Reverse Passive Hemagglutination Test for Endpoint Determination
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 50-54. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Donald J. Witt, M. Kemper, Andrew Stead, Christine C. Ginocchio, and Angela M. Caliendo

Relationship of Incremental Specimen Volumes and Enhanced Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA with Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 85-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takanobu Kato, Masashi Mizokami, Motokazu Mukaide, Etsuro Orito, Tomoyoshi Ohno, Tatsunori Nakano, Yasuhito Tanaka, Hideaki Kato, Fuminaka Sugauchi, Ryuzo Ueda, Noboru Hirashima, Kazuhide Shimamatsu, Masayoshi Kage, and Masamichi Kojiro

Development of a TT Virus DNA Quantification System Using Real-Time Detection PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 94-98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Samuel Ratnam, Graham Tipples, Carol Head, Micheline Fauvel, Margaret Fearon, and Brian J. Ward

Performance of Indirect Immunoglobulin M (IgM) Serology Tests and IgM Capture Assays for Laboratory Diagnosis of Measles
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 99-104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. S. Hamilton, M. Gravell, and E. O. Major

Comparison of Antibody Titers Determined by Hemagglutination Inhibition and Enzyme Immunoassay for JC Virus and BK Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 105-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jocelyne Piret, Julie Lamontagne, Julie Bestman-Smith, Sylvie Roy, Pierrette Gourde, André Désormeaux, Rabeea F. Omar, Julianna Juhász, and Michel G. Bergeron

In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluations of Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Dextran Sulfate as Microbicides against Herpes Simplex and Human Immunodeficiency Viruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 110-119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. H. Argüelles, G. A. Villegas, A. Castello, A. Abrami, P. D. Ghiringhelli, L. Semorile, and G. Glikmann

VP7 and VP4 Genotyping of Human Group A Rotavirus in Buenos Aires, Argentina
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 252-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thea Kølsen Fischer, Hans Steinsland, Kåre Mølbak, Rui Ca, Jon R. Gentsch, Palle Valentiner-Branth, Peter Aaby, and Halvor Sommerfelt

Genotype Profiles of Rotavirus Strains from Children in a Suburban Community in Guinea-Bissau, Western Africa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 264-267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gustavo Palacios Poggio, Claudia Rodriguez, Daniel Cisterna, María Cecilia Freire, and Jerónimo Cello

Nested PCR for Rapid Detection of Mumps Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Patients with Neurological Diseases
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 274-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jordi Niubò, Wuyi Li, Keith Henry, and Alejo Erice

Recovery and Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV) RNA Sequences from Plasma Samples with Low HIV RNA Levels
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 309-312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mark Holodniy, Lynne Rainen, Steve Herman, and Belinda Yen-Lieberman

Stability of Plasma Human Immunodeficiency Virus Load in VACUTAINER PPT Plasma Preparation Tubes during Overnight Shipment
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 323-326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. E. Gravitt, C. L. Peyton, T. Q. Alessi, C. M. Wheeler, F. Coutlée, A. Hildesheim, M. H. Schiffman, D. R. Scott, and R. J. Apple

Improved Amplification of Genital Human Papillomaviruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 357-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Gerardo García Lerma, Vincent Soriano, Antonio Mas, Miguel E. Quiñones-Mateu, Eric J. Arts, and Walid Heneine

Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Group O Load in Plasma by Measuring Reverse Transcriptase Activity
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 402-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. Priftakis, G. Bogdanovic, G. Tyden, and T. Dalianis

Polyomaviruria in Renal Transplant Patients Is Not Correlated to the Cold Ischemia Period or to Rejection Episodes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 406-407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

József Kónya, György Veress, Attila Juhász, Krisztina Szarka, Tamás Sápy, Zoltán Hernádi, and Lajos Gergely

Additional Human Papillomavirus Types Detected by the Hybrid Capture Tube Test among Samples from Women with Cytological and Colposcopical Atypia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 408-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yung T. Huang and Brian M. Turchek

Mink Lung Cells and Mixed Mink Lung and A549 Cells for Rapid Detection of Influenza Virus and Other Respiratory Viruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 422-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marie L. Landry and David Ferguson

2-Hour Cytomegalovirus pp65 Antigenemia Assay for Rapid Quantitation of Cytomegalovirus in Blood Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 427-428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marie L. Landry, Sandra Cohen, and David Ferguson

Impact of Sample Type on Rapid Detection of Influenza Virus A by Cytospin-Enhanced Immunofluorescence and Membrane Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 429-430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

Iruka N. Okeke, Adebayo Lamikanra, Hartmut Steinrück, and James B. Kaper

Characterization of Escherichia coli Strains from Cases of Childhood Diarrhea in Provincial Southwestern Nigeria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 7-12. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Leen-Jan van Doorn, Yvonne Henskens, Nathalie Nouhan, Anita Verschuuren, Rolf Vreede, Paul Herbink, Gabriëlle Ponjee, Kees van Krimpen, Ruud Blankenburg, Joost Scherpenisse, and Wim Quint

The Efficacy of Laboratory Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infections in Gastric Biopsy Specimens Is Related to Bacterial Density and vacA, cagA, and iceA Genotypes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 13-17. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anders Johansson, Lennart Berglund, Ulla Eriksson, Ingela Göransson, Ralfh Wollin, Mats Forsman, Arne Tärnvik, and Anders Sjöstedt

Comparative Analysis of PCR versus Culture for Diagnosis of Ulceroglandular Tularemia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 22-26. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Firdausi Qadri, Swadesh Kumar Das, A. S. G. Faruque, George J. Fuchs, M. John Albert, R. Bradley Sack, and Ann-Mari Svennerholm

Prevalence of Toxin Types and Colonization Factors in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Isolated during a 2-Year Period from Diarrheal Patients in Bangladesh
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 27-31. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava, Simo Nikkari, Jari Jalava, Erkki Eerola, Mikael Skurnik, Olli Meurman, Olli Ruuskanen, Anna Alanen, Esa Kotilainen, Paavo Toivanen, and Pirkko Kotilainen

Direct Amplification of rRNA Genes in Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 32-39. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yoshichika Arakawa, Naohiro Shibata, Keigo Shibayama, Hiroshi Kurokawa, Tetsuya Yagi, Hiroshi Fujiwara, and Masafumi Goto

Convenient Test for Screening Metallo--Lactamase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria by Using Thiol Compounds
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 40-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. K. Chakrabarti, A. N. Ghosh, G. Balakrish Nair, S. K. Niyogi, S. K. Bhattacharya, and B. L. Sarkar

Development and Evaluation of a Phage Typing Scheme for Vibrio cholerae O139
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 44-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Malin Nygren, Elisabet Reizenstein, Mostafa Ronaghi, and Joakim Lundeberg

Polymorphism in the Pertussis Toxin Promoter Region Affecting the DNA-Based Diagnosis of Bordetella Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 55-60. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Seiichi Kato, Toshiro Sugiyama, Mineo Kudo, Kenji Ohnuma, Kyoko Ozawa, Kazuie Iinuma, Masahiro Asaka, and Martin J. Blaser

CagA Antibodies in Japanese Children with Nodular Gastritis or Peptic Ulcer Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 68-70. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gabriela Martinez, Josee Harel, Robert Higgins, Sonia Lacouture, Danielle Daignault, and Marcelo Gottschalk

Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae Isolates of Bovine and Human Origin by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 71-78. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Susanna Paju, Petteri Carlson, Hannele Jousimies-Somer, and Sirkka Asikainen

Heterogeneity of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Strains in Various Human Infections and Relationships between Serotype, Genotype, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 79-84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sheena Johnson, David Sidebottom, Felix Bruckner, and David Collins

Identification of Mycoplasma fermentans in Synovial Fluid Samples from Arthritis Patients with Inflammatory Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 90-93. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. H. Oliver, Jr., K. L. Clark, F. W. Chandler, Jr., L. Tao, A. M. James, C. W. Banks, L. O. Huey, A. R. Banks, D. C. Williams, and L. A. Durden

Isolation, Cultivation, and Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi from Rodents and Ticks in the Charleston Area of South Carolina
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 120-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Panu H. Hendolin, Lars Paulin, and Jukka Ylikoski

Clinically Applicable Multiplex PCR for Four Middle Ear Pathogens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 125-132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ednéia Casagranda Bueno, Adelaide José Vaz, Luís Dos Ramos Machado, José Antônio Livramento, and Sílvia Regina Mielle

Specific Taenia crassiceps and Taenia solium Antigenic Peptides for Neurocysticercosis Immunodiagnosis Using Serum Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 146-151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Toshihito Tanahashi, Masakazu Kita, Tadashi Kodama, Naoki Sawai, Yoshio Yamaoka, Shoji Mitsufuji, Fumitaka Katoh, and Jiro Imanishi

Comparison of PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis and PCR-Direct Sequencing Methods for Differentiating Helicobacter pylori ureB Gene Variants
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 165-169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pierre Nicolas, Georges Raphenon, Martine Guibourdenche, Laurent Decousset, Richard Stor, and Abou Beckr Gaye

The 1998 Senegal Epidemic of Meningitis Was Due to the Clonal Expansion of A:4:P1.9, Clone III-1, Sequence Type 5 Neisseria meningitidis Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 198-200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guillem Prats, Ferran Navarro, Beatriz Mirelis, David Dalmau, Nuria Margall, Pere Coll, Adam Stell, and James R. Johnson

Escherichia coli Serotype O15:K52:H1 as a Uropathogenic Clone
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 201-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Shin Maeda, Haruhiko Yoshida, Hironari Matsunaga, Keiji Ogura, Osamu Kawamata, Yasushi Shiratori, and Masao Omata

Detection of Clarithromycin-Resistant Helicobacter pylori Strains by a Preferential Homoduplex Formation Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 210-214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne Ebel, Lies Vanneste, Martine Cardinaels, Erwin Sablon, Isabelle Samson, Katrien De Bosschere, Frank Hulstaert, and Maan Zrein

Validation of the INNO-LIA Syphilis Kit as a Confirmatory Assay for Treponema pallidum Antibodies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 215-219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hideaki Nagamune, Robert A. Whiley, Takatsugu Goto, Yasuko Inai, Takuya Maeda, Jeremy M. Hardie, and Hiroki Kourai

Distribution of the Intermedilysin Gene among the Anginosus Group Streptococci and Correlation between Intermedilysin Production and Deep-Seated Infection with Streptococcus intermedius
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 220-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L. Rahalison, E. Vololonirina, M. Ratsitorahina, and S. Chanteau

Diagnosis of Bubonic Plague by PCR in Madagascar under Field Conditions
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 260-263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patricia A. Totten, Jane M. Kuypers, Cheng-Yen Chen, Michelle J. Alfa, Linda M. Parsons, Susan M. Dutro, Stephen A. Morse, and Nancy B. Kiviat

Etiology of Genital Ulcer Disease in Dakar, Senegal, and Comparison of PCR and Serologic Assays for Detection of Haemophilus ducreyi
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 268-273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bradley Kurtz, Michael Kurtz, Martha Roe, and James Todd

Importance of Inoculum Size and Sampling Effect in Rapid Antigen Detection for Diagnosis of Streptococcus pyogenes Pharyngitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 279-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paul W. Whitby, Lauren C. Pope, Karen B. Carter, John J. LiPuma, and Terrence L. Stull

Species-Specific PCR as a Tool for the Identification of Burkholderia gladioli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 282-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jørgen Engberg, Stephen L. W. On, Clare S. Harrington, and Peter Gerner-Smidt

Prevalence of Campylobacter, Arcobacter, Helicobacter, and Sutterella spp. in Human Fecal Samples as Estimated by a Reevaluation of Isolation Methods for Campylobacters
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 286-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. M. Ling, N. W. S. Lo, Y. M. Ho, K. M. Kam, Nguyen Thi Tuyet Hoa, Le Thi Phi, and A. F. Cheng

Molecular Methods for the Epidemiological Typing of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi from Hong Kong and Vietnam
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 292-300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chad A. Wieneke, Steven D. Lovrich, Steven M. Callister, Dean A. Jobe, Jennifer A. Marks, and Ronald F. Schell

Evaluation of Whole-Cell and OspC Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Discrimination of Early Lyme Borreliosis from OspA Vaccination
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 313-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Leif J. Jönsson, and Peter Rådström

Identification and Characterization of Immunoglobulin G in Blood as a Major Inhibitor of Diagnostic PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 345-350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Catherine McEllistrem, Janet E. Stout, and Lee H. Harrison

Simplified Protocol for Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 351-353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tom G. Schwan and Joseph Piesman

Temporal Changes in Outer Surface Proteins A and C of the Lyme Disease-Associated Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, during the Chain of Infection in Ticks and Mice
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 382-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alison M. Goodfellow, Megan Hibble, Susanne R. Talay, Bernd Kreikemeyer, Bart J. Currie, Kadaba S. Sriprakash, and Gursharan S. Chhatwal

Distribution and Antigenicity of Fibronectin Binding Proteins (SfbI and SfbII) of Streptococcus pyogenes Clinical Isolates from the Northern Territory, Australia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 389-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yeu-Jun Lau, Bor-Shen Hu, Wan-Ling Wu, Yu-Hui Lin, Hwan-You Chang, and Zhi-Yuan Shi

Identification of a Major Cluster of Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates from Patients with Liver Abscess in Taiwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 412-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Claire Poyart, Gilles Quesnes, and Patrick Trieu-Cuot

Sequencing the Gene Encoding Manganese-Dependent Superoxide Dismutase for Rapid Species Identification of Enterococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 415-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Katherine E. Morrison, Derrick Lake, Jennifer Crook, George M. Carlone, Edwin Ades, Richard Facklam, and Jacquelyn S. Sampson

Confirmation of psaA in All 90 Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae by PCR and Potential of This Assay for Identification and Diagnosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 434-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. M. Pereira, M. G. S. Matsuo, A. R. Bauab, S. A. Vasconcelos, Z. M. Moraes, G. Baranton, and I. Saint Girons

A Clonal Subpopulation of Leptospira interrogans Sensu Stricto Is the Major Cause of Leptospirosis Outbreaks in Brazil
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 450-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Agnes Marot-Leblond, Linda Grimaud, Sandrine Nail, Sandrine Bouterige, Veronique Apaire-Marchais, Derek J. Sullivan, and Raymond Robert

New Monoclonal Antibody Specific for Candida albicans Germ Tube
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 61-67. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Itzhack Polacheck, Jacob Strahilevitz, Derek Sullivan, Samantha Donnelly, Ira F. Salkin, and David C. Coleman

Recovery of Candida dubliniensis from Non-Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients in Israel
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 170-174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bingdong Jiang, Marilyn S. Bartlett, Stephen D. Allen, James W. Smith, L. Joseph Wheat, Patricia A. Connolly, and Chao-Hung Lee

Typing of Histoplasma capsulatum Isolates Based on Nucleotide Sequence Variation in the Internal Transcribed Spacer Regions of rRNA Genes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 241-245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marcia H. Riesselman, Kevin C. Hazen, and Jim E. Cutler

Determination of Antifungal MICs by a Rapid Susceptibility Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 333-340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. J. Jessup, J. Warner, N. Isham, I. Hasan, and M. A. Ghannoum

Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Dermatophytes: Establishing a Medium for Inducing Conidial Growth and Evaluation of Susceptibility of Clinical Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 341-344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Peter C. Iwen, Lynne Sigler, Stefano Tarantolo, Deanna A. Sutton, Michael G. Rinaldi, Rudy P. Lackner, Dora I. McCarthy, and Steven H. Hinrichs

Pulmonary Infection Caused by Gymnascella hyalinospora in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 375-381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John W. Baddley, Stephen A. Moser, Deanna A. Sutton, and Peter G. Pappas

Microascus cinereus (Anamorph Scopulariopsis) Brain Abscess in a Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 395-397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Josep Guarro, Marcio Nucci, Tiyomi Akiti, Josepa Gené, M. Da Gloria C. Barreiro, and Renato T. Gonçalves

Fungemia Due to Fusarium sacchari in an Immunosuppressed Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 419-421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bernabé F. F. Chumpitazi, Claudine Pinel, Bernadette Lebeau, Pierre Ambroise-Thomas, and Renee Grillot

Aspergillus fumigatus Antigen Detection in Sera from Patients at Risk for Invasive Aspergillosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 438-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

H. Mayta, A. Talley, R. H. Gilman, J. Jimenez, M. Verastegui, M. Ruiz, H. H. Garcia, and A. E. Gonzalez

Differentiating Taenia solium and Taenia saginata Infections by Simple Hematoxylin-Eosin Staining and PCR-Restriction Enzyme Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 133-137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G. Santos-Gomes, S. Gomes-Pereira, L. Campino, M. De Almeida Araújo, and P. Abranches

Performance of Immunoblotting in Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Leishmania sp.-Coinfected Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 175-178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Shuli Li, Greg Maine, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Fausto G. Araujo, Gina Galvan, Jack S. Remington, and Stephen Parmley

Serodiagnosis of Recently Acquired Toxoplasma gondii Infection with a Recombinant Antigen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 179-184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laurence Lachaud, Jacques Dereure, Elisabeth Chabbert, Jacques Reynes, Jean-Marc Mauboussin, Eric Oziol, Jean-Pierre Dedet, and Patrick Bastien

Optimized PCR Using Patient Blood Samples For Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Visceral Leishmaniasis, with Special Reference to AIDS Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 236-240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. J. Homer, E. S. Bruinsma, M. J. Lodes, M. H. Moro, S. Telford, III, P. J. Krause, L. D. Reynolds, R. Mohamath, D. R. Benson, R. L. Houghton, S. G. Reed, and D. H. Persing

A Polymorphic Multigene Family Encoding an Immunodominant Protein from Babesia microti
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 362-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Raymond Chan, Jing Chen, Mary K. York, Norman Setijono, Raymond L. Kaplan, Fitzroy Graham, and Herbert B. Tanowitz

Evaluation of a Combination Rapid Immunoassay for Detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium Antigens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 393-394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Martina Juncker-Voss, Heinrich Prosl, Helga Lussy, Ulrike Enzenberg, Herbert Auer, and Norbert Nowotny

Serological Detection of Capillaria hepatica by Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 431-433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Katharine Sturm-Ramirez, Hunter Brumblay, Khady Diop, Aissatou Guèye-Ndiaye, Jean-Louis Sankalé, Ibou Thior, Ibrahima N'Doye, Chung-Cheng Hsieh, Souleymane Mboup, and Phyllis J. Kanki

Molecular Epidemiology of Genital Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in High-Risk Women in Senegal, West Africa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 138-145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jennifer J. Walls, Patrizio Caturegli, Johan S. Bakken, Kristin M. Asanovich, and J. Stephen Dumler

Improved Sensitivity of PCR for Diagnosis of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Using epank1 Genes of Ehrlichia phagocytophila-Group Ehrlichiae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 354-356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vivien G. Dugan, Susan E. Little, David E. Stallknecht, and Ashley D. Beall

Natural Infection of Domestic Goats with Ehrlichia chaffeensis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 448-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Stefan Niemann, Elvira Richter, and Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes

Differentiation among Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex by Molecular and Biochemical Features: Evidence for Two Pyrazinamide-Susceptible Subtypes of M. bovis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 152-157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patricia S. Conville, Steven H. Fischer, Charles P. Cartwright, and Frank G. Witebsky

Identification of Nocardia Species by Restriction Endonuclease Analysis of an Amplified Portion of the 16S rRNA Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 158-164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Young-Kil Park, Gill-Han Bai, and Sang-Jae Kim

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated from Countries in the Western Pacific Region
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 191-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jean Baldus Patel, Debra G. B. Leonard, Xai Pan, James M. Musser, Richard E. Berman, and Irving Nachamkin

Sequence-Based Identification of Mycobacterium Species Using the MicroSeq 500 16S rDNA Bacterial Identification System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 246-251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hiroaki Kasai, Takayuki Ezaki, and Shigeaki Harayama

Differentiation of Phylogenetically Related Slowly Growing Mycobacteria by Their gyrB Sequences
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 301-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fernando Alcaide, Miguel Angel Benítez, Josep M. Escribà, and Rogelio Martín

Evaluation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 and the MB/BacT Systems for Recovery of Mycobacteria from Clinical Specimens and for Species Identification by DNA AccuProbe
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 398-401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. A. Drobniewski, P. G. More, and G. S. Harris

Differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Liquid Cultures by Using Peptide Nucleic Acid-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Probes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 444-447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

Jacques-Olivier Galdbart, Anne Morvan, and Nevine El Solh

Phenotypic and Molecular Typing of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Susceptible to Gentamicin Isolated in France from 1995 to 1997
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 185-190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gerdine F. O. Sanson and Marcelo R. S. Briones

Typing of Candida glabrata in Clinical Isolates by Comparative Sequence Analysis of the Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit 2 Gene Distinguishes Two Clusters of Strains Associated with Geographical Sequence Polymorphisms
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 227-235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eiji Arakawa, Toshiyuki Murase, Shigeru Matsushita, Toshio Shimada, Shiro Yamai, Takeshi Ito, and Haruo Watanabe

Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis-Based Molecular Comparison of Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolates from Domestic and Imported Cases of Cholera in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 424-426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Patrick L. McDonough, Christine A. Rossiter, Robert B. Rebhun, Susan M. Stehman, Donald H. Lein, and Sang J. Shin

Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Cull Dairy Cows in New York State and Comparison of Culture Methods Used during Preharvest Food Safety Investigations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 318-322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. C. DeRosa, G. D. Mechor, J. J. Staats, M. M. Chengappa, and T. R. Shryock

Comparison of Pasteurella spp. Simultaneously Isolated from Nasal and Transtracheal Swabs from Cattle with Clinical Signs of Bovine Respiratory Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 327-332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Xue-jie Yu, Jere W. McBride, C. Marcela Diaz, and David H. Walker

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of the 120-Kilodalton Protein Gene of Ehrlichia canis and Application of the Recombinant 120-Kilodalton Protein for Serodiagnosis of Canine Ehrlichiosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 369-374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Brant A. Odland, Meredith E. Erwin, and Ronald N. Jones

Quality Control Guidelines for Disk Diffusion and Broth Microdilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests with Seven Drugs for Veterinary Applications
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 453-455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Evangelia Bibashi, Danai Sofianou, Konstantina Kontopoulou, Efstathios Mitsopoulos, and Elisabeth Kokolina

Peritonitis Due to Roseomonas fauriae in a Patient Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 456-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hsiu-Yuan Tsai, Po-Ren Hsueh, Lee-Jene Teng, Ping-Ing Lee, Li-Min Huang, Chin-Yun Lee, and Kwen-Tay Luh

Bacteremic Pneumonia Caused by a Single Clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae with Different Optochin Susceptibilities
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 458-459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. De Champs, S. Le Seaux, J. J. Dubost, S. Boisgard, B. Sauvezie, and J. Sirot

Isolation of Pantoea agglomerans in Two Cases of Septic Monoarthritis after Plant Thorn and Wood Sliver Injuries
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 460-461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Russell J. Grant, Terence R. Whitehead, and James E. Orr

Streptococcus bovis Meningitis in an Infant
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 462-463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fast-Track Communications:

Ute Römling and Burkhard Tümmler

Achieving 100% Typeability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 464-465. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters:

Alessandro Cascina, Anna Fietta, and Lucio Casali

Is a Large Number of Sputum Specimens Necessary for the Bacteriological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 466. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mike J. Loeffelholz, Curt J. Thompson, Karla S. Long, and Mary J. R. Gilchrist

Detection of Bordetella holmesii Using Bordetella pertussis IS481 PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 467. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Trine Gram, Peter Ahrens, and Øystein Angen

Two Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Serotype 8 Reference Strains in Circulation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 468. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guido Filler, Jochen H. H. Ehrich, Eckhard Strauch, and Lothar Beutin

Acute Renal Failure in an Infant Associated with Cytotoxic Aeromonas sobria Isolated from Patient's Stool and from Aquarium Water as Suspected Source of Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 469-470. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Don Liu, Sue Coloe, Rob Baird, and John Pedersen

Rapid Mini-Preparation of Fungal DNA for PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 471. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Aguilera, A. Vela, M. Treviño, E. Varela, R. Seoane, and B. J. Regueiro

Obtaining Unacceptable Results in Assays for Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Plasma Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 472-473. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Naoaki Misawa, Ban Mishu Allos, and Martin J. Blaser

Differentiation of Campylobacter jejuni Serotype O19 Strains from Non-O19 Strains by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 474. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael J. Leung, Nichalas Nuttall, Margaret Mazur, Tania L. Taddei, Michael McComish, and John W. Pearman

Case of Staphylococcus schleiferi Endocarditis and a Simple Scheme To Identify Clumping Factor-Positive Staphylococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 474. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Author's Correction:

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. 2000 38: 475. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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