Contents: December 2000, Volume 38, Issue 12        Bacteriology        Virology        Epidemiology        Clinical Veterinary Microbiology        Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes        Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology        Parasitology        Mycology        Case Reports        Letters        Errata Other Issues

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Bacteriology:

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Identification and Detection of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia by rRNA-Directed PCR Paul W. Whitby, Karen B. Carter, Jane L. Burns, James A. Royall, John J. LiPuma, and Terrence L. Stull J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4305-4309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Citrobacter rodentium, the Causative Agent of Transmissible Murine Colonic Hyperplasia, Exhibits Clonality: Synonymy of C. rodentium and Mouse-Pathogenic Escherichia coli Steven A. Luperchio, Joseph V. Newman, Charles A. Dangler, Mark D. Schrenzel, Don J. Brenner, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, and David B. Schauer J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4343-4350; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase-Encoding Gene as a Useful Taxonomic Tool for Staphylococcus spp. Javier Yugueros, Alejandro Temprano, Beatriz Berzal, María Sánchez, Carmen Hernanz, José María Luengo, and Germán Naharro J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4351-4355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Epidemiology of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae among Children in Greece Debby Bogaert, George A. Syrogiannopoulos, Ioanna N. Grivea, Ronald de Groot, Nicholas G. Beratis, and Peter W. M. Hermans J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4361-4366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clonal Groups of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Baltimore, Maryland: a Population-Based, Molecular Epidemiologic Study M. Catherine McEllistrem, Margaret Pass, John A. Elliott, Cynthia G. Whitney, and Lee H. Harrison J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4367-4372; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Restriction Endonuclease Analysis Discriminates Bordetella bronchiseptica Isolates Randy E. Sacco, Karen B. Register, and Gwen E. Nordholm J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4387-4393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae and Helicobacter pylori DNA in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques by PCR Bora Farsak, Aylin Yildirir, Yakut Akyön, Ahmet Pinar, Mehmet Öç, Erkmen Böke, and Sirri Kes J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4408-4411; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigenic Diversity of Haemophilus somnus Lipooligosaccharide: Phase-Variable Accessibility of the Phosphorylcholine Epitope Michael D. Howard, Andrew D. Cox, Jeffrey N. Weiser, Gerhardt G. Schurig, and Thomas J. Inzana J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4412-4419; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Colonization of Disposable Soft Contact Lenses Is Greater during Corneal Infiltrative Events than during Asymptomatic Extended Lens Wear Padmaja R. Sankaridurg, Savitri Sharma, Mark Willcox, Thomas J. Naduvilath, Deborah F. Sweeney, Brien A. Holden, and Gullapalli N. Rao J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4420-4424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in Finns with or without Diarrhea during a Round-the-World Trip Markku Keskimäki, Leena Mattila, Heikki Peltola, and Anja Siitonen J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4425-4429; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simple and Inexpensive but Highly Discriminating Method for Computer-Assisted DNA Fingerprinting of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Taha H. Al-Samarrai, Ningxin Zhang, Iain L. Lamont, Lois Martin, John Kolbe, Margaret Wilsher, Arthur J. Morris, and Jan Schmid J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4445-4452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Amplification Facilitators on Diagnostic PCR in the Presence of Blood, Feces, and Meat Waleed Abu Al-Soud and Peter Rådström J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4463-4470; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carried Meningococci in the Czech Republic: a Diverse Recombining Population K. A. Jolley, J. Kalmusova, E. J. Feil, S. Gupta, M. Musilek, P. Kriz, and M. C. J. Maiden J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4492-4498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid-Cycle PCR Method To Detect Bordetella pertussis That Fulfills All Consensus Recommendations for Use of PCR in Diagnosis of Pertussis D. J. Farrell, M. McKeon, G. Daggard, M. J. Loeffelholz, C. J. Thompson, and T. K. S. Mukkur J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4499-4502; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Duodenal Microflora in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Neonates and Relation to Necrotizing Enterocolitis Christine M. Hoy, Christopher M. Wood, Peter M. Hawkey, and John W. L. Puntis J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4539-4547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Relatedness within Serotypes of Penicillin-Susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Karin Overweg, Debby Bogaert, Marcel Sluijter, Janet Yother, Jacob Dankert, Ronald de Groot, and Peter W. M. Hermans J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4548-4553; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infection of Hickman Catheter by Pseudomonas (formerly Flavimonas) oryzihabitans Traced to a Synthetic Bath Sponge Mercedes Marín, Darío García de Viedma, Pablo Martín-Rabadán, Marta Rodríguez-Créixems, and Emilio Bouza J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4577-4579; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fluorescent Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Genotyping of Neisseria meningitidis Identifies Clones Associated with Invasive Disease Jonathan N. Goulding, John V. Hookey, John Stanley, Will Olver, Keith R. Neal, Dlawer A. A. Ala'Aldeen, and Catherine Arnold J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4580-4585; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cost-Effective and Rapid Presumptive Identification of Gram-Negative Bacilli in Routine Urine, Pus, and Stool Cultures: Evaluation of the Use of CHROMagar Orientation Medium in Conjunction with Simple Biochemical Tests Kiyofumi Ohkusu J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4586-4592; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Maureen Campbell, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, and David P. Speert J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4614-4615; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Apparent Culture-Negative Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Peptostreptococcus magnus Eric R. van der Vorm, Arjen M. Dondorp, Ruud J. van Ketel, and Jacob Dankert J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4640-4642; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Non-Type B Haemophilus influenzae Strains Isolated from Patients with Invasive Disease Marina Cerquetti, Marta Luisa Ciofi degli Atti, Giovanna Renna, Alberto Eugenio Tozzi, Maria Laura Garlaschi, Paola Mastrantonio, and The Hi Study Group J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4649-4652; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum Strains from the Urogenital Tract of Humans and Pigs Luc A. Devriese, Philippe Riegel, Jozef Hommez, Mario Vaneechoutte, Thierry de Baere, and Freddy Haesebrouck J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4657-4659; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Iodophor and Alcohol Pledgets with the Medi-Flex Blood Culture Prep Kit II for Preventing Contamination of Blood Cultures Michael L. Wilson, Melvin P. Weinstein, Stanley Mirrett, Larry G. Reimer, Cha Fernando, Frances T. Meredith, and L. Barth Reller J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4665-4667; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Pathogenicity Island of Yersinia spp. in Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Diarrhea Patients in China Jian-guo Xu, Bokun Cheng, Xuanqin Wen, Shuyu Cui, and Changyun Ye J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4672-4675; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Virchow with CTX-M-Like -Lactamase in Spain Encarna Simarro, Ferrán Navarro, Joaquín Ruiz, Elisenda Miró, Joaquín Gómez, and Beatriz Mirelis J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4676-4678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Virology:

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Application of Representational Difference Analysis to Genomic Fragments of Marek's Disease Virus Daiji Endoh, Kyoung-Oh Cho, Kenji Tsukamoto, Toshifumi Morimura, Yasuhiro Kon, and Masanobu Hayashi J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4310-4314; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Genotyping of Varicella-Zoster Virus Vaccine and Wild-Type Strains with Fluorophore-Labeled Hybridization Probes Vladimir N. Loparev, Karen McCaustland, Brian P. Holloway, Philip R. Krause, Michiko Takayama, and D. Scott Schmid J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4315-4319; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Whole Blood Specimens for Routine Clinical Quantitation of Hepatitis C Virus RNA Does Not Increase Assay Sensitivity Linda Cook, Angela M. Ross, Glenn B. Knight, and Vincent Agnello J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4326-4331; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Genotyping Vaccine and Wild-Type Poliovirus Strains by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis: Clinical Diagnostic Implications Amalia Georgopoulou, Panayotis Markoulatos, Niki Spyrou, and Nicholas C. Vamvakopoulos J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4337-4342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Analysis of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Viremia Using the pp65 Antigenemia Assay and the COBAS AMPLICOR CMV MONITOR PCR Test after Blood and Marrow Allogeneic Transplantation G. Boivin, R. Bélanger, R. Delage, C. Béliveau, C. Demers, N. Goyette, and J. Roy J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4356-4360; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Epidemiology of Human Group A Rotavirus Infections in the United Kingdom between 1995 and 1998 Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Jon Green, David W. G. Brown, Mary Ramsay, Ulrich Desselberger, and James J. Gray J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4394-4401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NSP4 Gene Analysis of Rotaviruses Recovered from Infected Children with and without Diarrhea Chun-Nan Lee, Yu-Lan Wang, Chuan-Liang Kao, Chih-Ling Zao, Chin-Yun Lee, and Hsiao-Neng Chen J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4471-4477; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diagnostic Implications of Human Cytomegalovirus Immediate Early-1 and pp67 mRNA Detection in Whole-Blood Samples from Liver Transplant Patients Using Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification M. J. Blok, I. Lautenschlager, V. J. Goossens, J. M. Middeldorp, C. Vink, K. Höckerstedt, and C. A. Bruggeman J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4485-4491; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conservation of Type-Specific B-Cell Epitopes of Glycoprotein G in Clinical Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Isolates Jan-Åke Liljeqvist, Bo Svennerholm, and Tomas Bergström J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4517-4522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic and Phylogenetic Analysis of Hepatitis C Virus Isolates from Argentine Patients: a Six-Year Retrospective Study J. F. Quarleri, B. H. Robertson, V. L. Mathet, M. Feld, L. Espínola, M. P. Requeijo, O. Mandó, G. Carballal, and J. R. Oubiña J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4560-4568; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Sequence Heterogeneity in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma Yi-Wei Tang, Joe T.-J. Huong, Robert M. Lloyd, Jr., Paul Spearman, and David W. Haas J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4637-4639; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of R-Mix FreshCells in Shell Vials for Detection of Respiratory Viruses Caroline K. Y. Fong, Mi Kyung Lee, and Brigitte P. Griffith J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4660-4662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Epidemiology:

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Dissemination of CTX-M-3 and CMY-2 -Lactamases among Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli in Southern Taiwan Jing-Jou Yan, Wen-Chien Ko, Shu-Huei Tsai, Hsiu-Mei Wu, Ying-Tai Jin, and Jiunn-Jong Wu J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4320-4325; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Sequencing of the por Gene and Typing of the opa Gene for Discrimination of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strains from Sexual Contacts Raphael P. Viscidi, James C. Demma, Jing Gu, and Jonathan Zenilman J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4430-4438; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diarrhea in Children under 5 Years of Age from Ifakara, Tanzania: a Case-Control Study J. Gascón, M. Vargas, D. Schellenberg, H. Urassa, C. Casals, E. Kahigwa, J. J. Aponte, H. Mshinda, and J. Vila J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4459-4462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genotyping of Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157: Comparison of Isolates of a Prevalent Phage Type by Fluorescent Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Analyses David Smith, Geraldine Willshaw, John Stanley, and Catherine Arnold J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4616-4620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vibrio parahaemolyticus Serovar O3:K6 as Cause of Unusually High Incidence of Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks in Taiwan from 1996 to 1999 Chien-Shun Chiou, Shih-Yuan Hsu, Shiou-Ing Chiu, Tien-Kuei Wang, and Cheng-Shun Chao J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4621-4625; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of the Rodac Imprint Method to Selective Enrichment Broth for Recovery of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Drug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae from Environmental Surfaces Donna M. Hacek, William E. Trick, Susan M. Collins, Gary A. Noskin, and Lance R. Peterson J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4646-4648; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

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Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis of Erysipelothrix spp. Alexandre Tomomitsu Okatani, Hideki Hayashidani, Toshio Takahashi, Takahide Taniguchi, Masuo Ogawa, and Ken-ichi Kaneko J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4332-4336; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Three Newly Developed Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays and Two Agglutination Tests for Detecting Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Dublin Infections in Dairy Cattle J. Veling, F. G. van Zijderveld, A. M. van Zijderveld-van Bemmel, H. W. Barkema, and Y. H. Schukken J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4402-4407; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Coronavirus Isolated from a Diarrheic Foal James S. Guy, Jamie J. Breslin, Babetta Breuhaus, Sally Vivrette, and Lynda G. Smith J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4523-4526; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Chloramphenicol and Florfenicol Resistance in Escherichia coli Associated with Bovine Diarrhea David G. White, Charlene Hudson, John J. Maurer, Sherry Ayers, Shaohua Zhao, Margie D. Lee, Lance Bolton, Thomas Foley, and Julie Sherwood J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4593-4598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of Reverse Transcription-PCR (Oligonucleotide Probing) Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Diagnosis and Preliminary Typing of Foot-and-Mouth Disease: a New System Using Simple and Aqueous-Phase Hybridization Soren Alexandersen, Morag A. Forsyth, Scott M. Reid, and Graham J. Belsham J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4604-4613; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR Detection and Evidence of Shedding of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 in Boar Semen Renée Larochelle, Andrzej Bielanski, Peter Müller, and Ronald Magar J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4629-4632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella Isolates from Swine Wondwossen A. Gebreyes, Peter R. Davies, W. E. Morgan Morrow, Julie A. Funk, and Craig Altier J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4633-4636; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Bovine Herpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) DNA in the Cell Fraction of Milk of Dairy Cattle with History of BoHV-4 Infection Gaetano Donofrio, Cesidio Filippo Flammini, Franco Scatozza, and Sandro Cavirani J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4668-4671; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

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Results of Multiple Diagnostic Tests for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and in Controls Michael T. Collins, Gorm Lisby, Claus Moser, Debra Chicks, Steen Christensen, Mark Reichelderfer, Niels Høiby, Bruce A. Harms, Ole Ø. Thomsen, Ulrik Skibsted, and Vibeke Binder J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4373-4381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct Differences in Repertoires of Low-Molecular-Mass Secreted Antigens of Mycobacterium avium Complex and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ingrid Olsen, Liv J. Reitan, and Harald G. Wiker J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4453-4458; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Heterogeneity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Reflected in IS6110 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Patterns as Low-Intensity Bands Annette S. de Boer, Kristin Kremer, Martien W. Borgdorff, Petra E. W. de Haas, Herre F. Heersma, and Dick van Soolingen J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4478-4484; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variable Numbers of TTC Repeats in Mycobacterium leprae DNA from Leprosy Patients and Use in Strain Differentiation Yoo-Chul Shin, Hyejon Lee, Hyeyoung Lee, Gerald P. Walsh, Joo-Deuk Kim, and Sang-Nae Cho J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4535-4538; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Etest for Susceptibility Testing of Multidrug-Resistant Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Manzour Hernando Hazbón, Maria del Socorro Orozco, Luz Angela Labrada, Rafael Tovar, Kristen A. Weigle, and Audrey Wanger J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4599-4603; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR-Restriction Enzyme Analysis of a Bone Marrow Isolate from a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Patient Discloses Polyclonal Infection with Two Mycobacterium avium Strains R. S. Oliveira, M. P. Sircili, S. Y. M. Ueki, M. A. S. Telles, B. Schnabel, M. R. S. Briones, and S. C. Leão J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4643-4645; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using the ESP Culture System II with That Using the BACTEC Method P. Ruiz, F. J. Zerolo, and M. J. Casal J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4663-4664; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

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Evaluation of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests as Reference Tests for Chlamydia trachomatis Infections in Asymptomatic Men Robert E. Johnson, Timothy A. Green, Julius Schachter, Robert B. Jones, Edward W. Hook, III, Carolyn M. Black, David H. Martin, Michael E. St. Louis, and Walter E. Stamm J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4382-4386; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis DNA in Amblyomma americanum Ticks in Connecticut and Rhode Island Jacob W. Ijdo, Caiyun Wu, Louis A. Magnarelli, Kirby C. Stafford, III, John F. Anderson, and Erol Fikrig J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4655-4656; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Parasitology:

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Molecular Characterization and Diagnostic Value of Taenia solium Low-Molecular-Weight Antigen Genes Yasuhito Sako, Minoru Nakao, Takashi Ikejima, Xian Zhi Piao, Kazuhiro Nakaya, and Akira Ito J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4439-4444; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transfusion-Acquired, Autochthonous Human Babesiosis in Japan: Isolation of Babesia microti-Like Parasites with hu-RBC-SCID Mice Atsuko Saito-Ito, Masayoshi Tsuji, Qiang Wei, Shenyi He, Toshimitsu Matsui, Masatoshi Kohsaki, Satoru Arai, Tsuneo Kamiyama, Kyoji Hioki, and Chiaki Ishihara J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4511-4516; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cryptic Genetic Diversity in Dientamoeba fragilis Jeanette A. Johnson and C. Graham Clark J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4653-4654; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Identification and Phylogenetic Relationship of the Most Common Pathogenic Candida Species Inferred from Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene Sequences Koji Yokoyama, Swarajit Kumar Biswas, Makoto Miyaji, and Kazuko Nishimura J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4503-4510; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Strain Identification of Trichophyton rubrum by Specific Amplification of Subrepeat Elements in the Ribosomal DNA Nontranscribed Spacer Colin J. Jackson, Richard C. Barton, Steven L. Kelly, and E. Glyn V. Evans J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4527-4534; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Genotyping of Candida albicans Bloodstream and Nonbloodstream Isolates at a Polymorphic Microsatellite Locus Frédéric Dalle, Norelie Franco, José Lopez, Odile Vagner, Denis Caillot, Pascal Chavanet, Bernadette Cuisenier, Serge Aho, Sarab Lizard, and Alain Bonnin J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4554-4559; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acrophialophora fusispora Brain Abscess in a Child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Review of Cases and Taxonomy I. Z. Al-Mohsen, D. A. Sutton, L. Sigler, E. Almodovar, N. Mahgoub, H. Frayha, S. Al-Hajjar, M. G. Rinaldi, and T. J. Walsh J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4569-4576; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tween 80 Opacity Test Responses of Various Candida Species Malcolm Slifkin J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4626-4628; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Case Reports:

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Acute Echinococcosis: a Case Report Gabriele Di Comite, Giuseppina Dognini, Giovanni Gaiera, Rossella Ieri, and Luisa Praderio J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4679-4680; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Identification of Pasteurella dagmatis Peritonitis in a Patient Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis Frédéric Wallet, Fatouma Touré, Annie Devalckenaere, Dominique Pagniez, and René J. Courcol J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4681-4682; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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Safe, Low-Distortion Tape Touch Method for Fungal Slide Mounts James L. Harris J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4683-4684; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Simple Differential Detection of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in Fresh Stool Specimens by Sodium Acetate- Acetic Acid-Formalin Concentration and PCR Heike Troll, Hanspeter Marti, and Niklaus Weiss J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4685 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genotyping of Rotaviruses in Environmental Water and Stool Samples in Southern Switzerland by Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of 189 Base Pairs at the 5' End of the VP7 Gene Franca Baggi and Raffaele Peduzzi J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2000 38: 4685 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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