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Contents: March 2000, Volume 38, Issue 3

       Virology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Mycology

       Bacteriology

       Parasitology

       Epidemiology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Fast-Track Communications

       Letters

       Errata

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Virology:

Resolution of the Pathways of Poliovirus Type 1 Transmission during an Outbreak
Lester M. Shulman, Rachel Handsher, Chen-Fu Yang, Su-Ju Yang, Joseph Manor, Ami Vonsover, Zehava Grossman, Mark Pallansch, Ella Mendelson, and Olen M. Kew
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 945-952;
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Serological and Virological Characterization of Clinically Diagnosed Cases of Measles in Suburban Khartoum
H. Sittana El Mubarak, Marco W. G. Van De Bildt, Omer A. Mustafa, Helma W. Vos, Maowia M. Mukhtar, Jan Groen, Ahmed M. El Hassan, Hubert G. M. Niesters, Salah A. Ibrahim, Edward E. Zijlstra, T. Fabian Wild, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, and Rik L. De Swart
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 987-991;
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An Antigen Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Reveals High Levels of the Dengue Virus Protein NS1 in the Sera of Infected Patients
Paul R. Young, Paige A. Hilditch, Cheryl Bletchly, and Wendy Halloran
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1053-1057;
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Epidemiology of Astrovirus Infection in Young Children Hospitalized with Acute Gastroenteritis in Melbourne, Australia, over a Period of Four Consecutive Years, 1995 to 1998
Huseyin Mustafa, Enzo A. Palombo, and Ruth F. Bishop
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1058-1062;
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Simultaneous Detection of Multiplex-Amplified Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA, Hepatitis C Virus RNA, and Hepatitis B Virus DNA Using a Flow Cytometer Microsphere-Based Hybridization Assay
J.-P. Defoort, M. Martin, B. Casano, S. Prato, C. Camilla, and V. Fert
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1066-1071;
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Quantitative and Cost Comparison of Ultrasensitive Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA Viral Load Assays: Bayer bDNA Quantiplex Versions 3.0 and 2.0 and Roche PCR Amplicor Monitor Version 1.5
Tarek Elbeik, Edwin Charlebois, Patricia Nassos, James Kahn, Frederick M. Hecht, David Yajko, Valerie Ng, and Keith Hadley
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1113-1120;
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Comparison of a New Neuraminidase Detection Assay with an Enzyme Immunoassay, Immunofluorescence, and Culture for Rapid Detection of Influenza A and B Viruses in Nasal Wash Specimens
Daniel E. Noyola, Bruce Clark, Frederick T. O'Donnell, Robert L. Atmar, Jewel Greer, and Gail J. Demmler
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1161-1165;
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Comparison of Classic and Molecular Approaches for the Identification of Untypeable Enteroviruses
M. Steven Oberste, Kaija Maher, Mary R. Flemister, George Marchetti, David R. Kilpatrick, and Mark A. Pallansch
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1170-1174;
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Detection and Identification of Human Parainfluenza Viruses 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Clinical Samples of Pediatric Patients by Multiplex Reverse Transcription-PCR
Jose C. Aguilar, María P. Pérez-Breña, María L. García, Nieves Cruz, Dean D. Erdman, and Juan Emilio Echevarría
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1191-1195;
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Comparison of Two Commercial Methods for Measurement of Cytomegalovirus Load in Blood Samples after Renal Transplantation
C. Y. William Tong, Luis E. Cuevas, Helen Williams, and Ali Bakran
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1209-1213;
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Development of a Hypersensitive Detection Method for Human Parvovirus B19 DNA
Kazuaki Sato, Eiji Matsuda, Keiichi Kamisango, Hiroaki Iwasaki, Shuzo Matsubara, and Yasuko Matsunaga
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1241-1243;
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Use of Calibrated Viral Load Standards for Group M Subtypes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 To Assess the Performance of Viral RNA Quantitation Tests
Linda L. Jagodzinski, Debra L. Wiggins, Joshua L. McManis, Sandra Emery, Julie Overbaugh, Merlin Robb, Sharon Bodrug, and Nelson L. Michael
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1247-1249;
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Rapid Discrimination of Monkey B Virus from Human Herpes Simplex Viruses by PCR in the Presence of Betaine
Makoto Hirano, Shin Nakamura, Maki Okada, Masahiro Ueda, and Ryozaburo Mukai
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1255-1257;
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Rapid Subtyping of Dengue Virus Serotypes 1 and 4 by Restriction Site-Specific PCR
Marize P. Miagostovich, Flavia B. dos Santos, C. Milena Gutiérrez, Lee W. Riley, and Eva Harris
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1286-1289;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Identification by 16S rRNA Gene Analyses of a Potential Novel Mycobacterial Species as an Etiological Agent of Canine Leproid Granuloma Syndrome
M. S. Hughes, G. James, N. Ball, M. Scally, R. Malik, D. I. Wigney, P. Martin, S. Chen, D. Mitchell, and D. N. Love
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 953-959;
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Accelerated Detection and Identification of Mycobacteria with MGIT 960 and COBAS AMPLICOR Systems
Marja-Leena Katila, Päivi Katila, and Riitta Erkinjuntti-Pekkanen
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 960-964;
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Novel Diagnostic Algorithm for Identification of Mycobacteria Using Genus-Specific Amplification of the 16S-23S rRNA Gene Spacer and Restriction Endonucleases
Andreas Roth, Udo Reischl, Anna Streubel, Ludmila Naumann, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Marion Habicht, Marga Fischer, and Harald Mauch
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1094-1104;
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Genome-Sequence-Based Fluorescent Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Jonathan N. Goulding, John Stanley, Nick Saunders, and Catherine Arnold
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1121-1126;
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Single-Tube Balanced Heminested PCR for Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Smear-Negative Samples
Albert García-Quintanilla, Lourdes Garcia, Griselda Tudó, Maria Navarro, Julià González, and Maria T. Jiménez de Anta
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1166-1169;
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Rapid, Efficient Detection and Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum by Microscopic Observation of Broth Cultures
Luz Caviedes, Tien-Shun Lee, Robert H. Gilman, Patricia Sheen, Emily Spellman, Ellen H. Lee, Douglas E. Berg, Sonia Montenegro-James, and The Tuberculosis Working Group in Peru
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1203-1208;
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Two Liquid Medium Systems, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube and MB Redox Tube, for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolation from Sputum Specimens
L. Heifets, T. Linder, T. Sanchez, D. Spencer, and J. Brennan
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1227-1230;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Genotyping of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Clinical Isolates Reveals Eight P1 Subtypes within Two Genomic Groups
J. Wendelien Dorigo-Zetsma, Jacob Dankert, and Sebastian A. J. Zaat
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 965-970;
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PCR Detection of Granulocytic Ehrlichiae in Ixodes ricinus Ticks and Wild Small Mammals in Western Switzerland
Jorge S. Liz, Laurence Anderes, John W. Sumner, Robert F. Massung, Lise Gern, Bernard Rutti, and Michel Brossard
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1002-1007;
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Touchdown Enzyme Time Release-PCR for Detection and Identification of Chlamydia trachomatis, C. pneumoniae, and C. psittaci Using the 16S and 16S-23S Spacer rRNA Genes
Guillermo Madico, Thomas C. Quinn, Jens Boman, and Charlotte A. Gaydos
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1085-1093;
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Multicenter Evaluation of the AMPLICOR and Automated COBAS AMPLICOR CT/NG Tests for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis
Barbara Van Der Pol, Thomas C. Quinn, Charlotte A. Gaydos, Kimberly Crotchfelt, Julius Schachter, Jeanne Moncada, D. Jungkind, David H. Martin, Buffy Turner, Cynthia Peyton, and Robert B. Jones
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1105-1112;
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Growth of Cowdria ruminantium, the Causative Agent of Heartwater, in a Tick Cell Line
Lesley Bell-Sakyi, Edith A. Paxton, Ulrike G. Munderloh, and Keith J. Sumption
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1238-1240;
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Experimental Inoculation with Human Granulocytic Ehrlichia Agent Derived from High- and Low-Passage Cell Culture in Horses
Nicola Pusterla, John E. Madigan, Kristin M. Asanovich, Joon-Seok Chae, Elfriede Derock, Christian M. Leutenegger, Jeannine Berger Pusterla, Hans Lutz, and J. Stephen Dumler
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1276-1278;
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Mycology:

Evaluation of a Capacitance Method for Direct Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Yeasts in Positive Blood Cultures
Hsein Chang Chang, Jui Jung Chang, Ay Huey Huang, and Tsung Chain Chang
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 971-976;
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Molecular Analysis of CAP59 Gene Sequences from Five Serotypes of Cryptococcus neoformans
Yuka Nakamura, Rui Kano, Shinichi Watanabe, and Atsuhiko Hasegawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 992-995;
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Evaluation of the Oricult-N Dipslide for Laboratory Diagnosis of Vaginal Candidiasis
Petteri Carlson, Malcolm Richardson, and Jorma Paavonen
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1063-1065;
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Clonal and Spontaneous Origins of Fluconazole Resistance in Candida albicans
Jianping Xu, Adela R. Ramos, Rytas Vilgalys, and Thomas G. Mitchell
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1214-1220;
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Report of the First Human Case of Lobomycosis in the United States
Robert A. Burns, J. Stephen Roy, Cavan Woods, Arvind A. Padhye, and David W. Warnock
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1283-1285;
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Bacteriology:

Identification of the Major Spanish Clones of Penicillin-Resistant Pneumococci via the Internet Using Multilocus Sequence Typing
Jiaji Zhou, Mark C. Enright, and Brian G. Spratt
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 977-986;
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Multilocus Sequence Typing for Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Clones of Staphylococcus aureus
Mark C. Enright, Nicholas P. J. Day, Catrin E. Davies, Sharon J. Peacock, and Brian G. Spratt
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1008-1015;
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Comparison of Different PCR Approaches for Typing of Francisella tularensis Strains
V. A. de la Puente-Redondo, N. García del Blanco, C. B. Gutiérrez-Martín, F. J. García-Peña, and E. F. Rodríguez Ferri
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1016-1022;
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Multiplex PCR for Detection of Genes for Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxins, Exfoliative Toxins, Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1, and Methicillin Resistance
Manisha Mehrotra, Gehua Wang, and Wendy M. Johnson
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1032-1035;
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Failure of an Automated Blood Culture System To Detect Nonfermentative Gram-Negative Bacteria
H.-G. Klaerner, U. Eschenbach, K. Kamereck, N. Lehn, H. Wagner, and T. Miethke
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1036-1041;
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Identification and Population Structure of Burkholderia stabilis sp. nov. (formerly Burkholderia cepacia Genomovar IV)
P. Vandamme, E. Mahenthiralingam, B. Holmes, T. Coenye, B. Hoste, P. De Vos, D. Henry, and D. P. Speert
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1042-1047;
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Identification of Helicobacter pylori and Other Helicobacter Species by PCR, Hybridization, and Partial DNA Sequencing in Human Liver Samples from Patients with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis or Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Hans-Olof Nilsson, Jalal Taneera, Maria Castedal, Elisabeth Glatz, Rolf Olsson, and Torkel Wadström
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1072-1076;
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Evaluation of the Discriminatory Powers of the Dienes Test and Ribotyping as Typing Methods for Proteus mirabilis
M. A. Pfaller, I. Mujeeb, R. J. Hollis, R. N. Jones, and G. V. Doern
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1077-1080;
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Evaluation of autoSCAN-W/A and the Vitek GNI+ AutoMicrobic System for Identification of Non-Glucose-Fermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli
Ling Ling Sung, Dine Ie Yang, Chia Chien Hung, and Hsin Tsung Ho
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1127-1130;
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A Simplified Method for Testing Bordetella pertussis for Resistance to Erythromycin and Other Antimicrobial Agents
Bertha C. Hill, Carolyn N. Baker, and Fred C. Tenover
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1151-1155;
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Species Identification and Subtyping of Ureaplasma parvum and Ureaplasma urealyticum Using PCR-Based Assays
Fanrong Kong, Zhenfang Ma, Gregory James, Susanna Gordon, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1175-1179;
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Novel Screening Method for Urine Cultures Using a Filter Paper Dilution System
Calvin M. Kunin and William J. Buesching
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1187-1190;
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Acquisition and Colonization Stability of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis in Children
Celeste W. Lamell, Ann L. Griffen, Dawn L. McClellan, and Eugene J. Leys
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1196-1199;
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Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Clostridium difficile Strains from Patients and the Hospital Environment in Belarus
Leonid Titov, Natalia Lebedkova, Alexander Shabanov, Yajarayma J. Tang, Stuart H. Cohen, and Joseph Silva, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1200-1202;
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Molecular Identification and Epidemiological Tracing of Pasteurella multocida Meningitis in a Baby
Patrick Boerlin, Hans H. Siegrist, André P. Burnens, Peter Kuhnert, Purita Mendez, Gérard Prétat, Reto Lienhard, and Jacques Nicolet
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1235-1237;
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Etiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Street-Based Female Sex Workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Motiur Rahman, Ashraful Alam, Khairun Nessa, Anowar Hossain, Shamsun Nahar, Dilip Datta, Shahnewaz Alam Khan, Ruhul Amin Mian, and M. John Albert
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1244-1246;
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Multiple Clones within Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Phage Type DT104
Antonis Markogiannakis, Panayotis T. Tassios, Maria Lambiri, Linda R. Ward, Jenny Kourea-Kremastinou, Nicholas J. Legakis, The Greek Nontyphoidal Salmonella Study Group, and Alkiviadis C. Vatopoulos
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1269-1271;
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Simple Latex Agglutination Assay for Rapid Serodiagnosis of Human Leptospirosis
Henk L. Smits, Menno A. W. G. van der Hoorn, Marga G. A. Goris, George C. Gussenhoven, Claude Yersin, David M. Sasaki, Wiepko J. Terpstra, and Rudy A. Hartskeerl
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1272-1275;
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Comparative Evaluation of Nine Different Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Determination of Antibodies against Treponema pallidum in Patients with Primary Syphilis
Bruno L. Schmidt, Marzieh Edjlalipour, and Anton Luger
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1279-1282;
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Outbreak of Infections Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Producing VIM-1 Carbapenemase in Greece
Athanassios Tsakris, Spyros Pournaras, Neil Woodford, Marie-France I. Palepou, Gioia S. Babini, John Douboyas, and David M. Livermore
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1290-1292;
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Potential Errors in Recognition of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Sherry A. Dunbar and Jill E. Clarridge, III
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1302-1304;
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Parasitology:

Early Aqueous Humor Analysis in Patients with Human Ocular Toxoplasmosis
Justus G. Garweg, Patrick Jacquier, and Matthias Boehnke
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 996-1001;
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Recombinant Antigens To Detect Toxoplasma gondii-Specific Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin M in Human Sera by Enzyme Immunoassay
D. Aubert, G. T. Maine, I. Villena, J. C. Hunt, L. Howard, M. Sheu, S. Brojanac, L. E. Chovan, S. F. Nowlan, and J. M. Pinon
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1144-1150;
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Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium Isolates Obtained from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals Living in Switzerland, Kenya, and the United States
Una Morgan, Rainer Weber, Lihua Xiao, Irshad Sulaiman, R. C. Andrew Thompson, Wangeci Ndiritu, Altaf Lal, Anne Moore, and Peter Deplazes
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1180-1183;
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Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein 2-Based Immunocapture Diagnostic Assay for Malaria: Cross-Reactivity with Rheumatoid Factors
J. Iqbal, A. Sher, and A. Rab
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1184-1186;
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Detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum Antigens in Human Fecal Specimens Using the ColorPAC Combination Rapid Solid-Phase Qualitative Immunochromatographic Assay
Lynne S. Garcia and Robyn Y. Shimizu
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1267-1268;
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Genetic and Antigenic Evidence Supports the Separation of Hepatozoon canis and Hepatozoon americanum at the Species Level
Gad Baneth, John R. Barta, Varda Shkap, Donald S. Martin, Douglass K. Macintire, and Nancy Vincent-Johnson
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1298-1301;
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Epidemiology:

Prevalence and Characterization of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Cattle, Food, and Children during a One-Year Prospective Study in France
Nathalie Pradel, Valérie Livrelli, Christophe De Champs, Jean-Bernard Palcoux, Alain Reynaud, Flemming Scheutz, Jacques Sirot, Bernard Joly, and Christiane Forestier
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1023-1031;
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Imipenem Resistance of Enterobacter aerogenes Mediated by Outer Membrane Permeability
Charléric Bornet, Anne Davin-Regli, Claude Bosi, Jean-Marie Pages, and Claude Bollet
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1048-1052;
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Evaluation of the Indirect Hemagglutination Assay for Diagnosis of Acute Leptospirosis in Hawaii
Paul V. Effler, Harry Y. Domen, Sandra L. Bragg, Tin Aye, and David M. Sasaki
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1081-1084;
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Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus sciuri Strains Isolated from Humans
Isabel Couto, Ilda Santos Sanches, Raquel Sá-Leão, and Hermínia de Lencastre
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1136-1143;
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Detection of a Previously Unamplified Spacer within the DR Locus of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Epidemiological Implications
Ingrid Filliol, Christophe Sola, and Nalin Rastogi
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1231-1234;
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Epidemiological Analysis of Non-M-Typeable Group A Streptococcus Isolates from a Thai Population in Northern Thailand
Sumalee Pruksakorn, Nopporn Sittisombut, Charlie Phornphutkul, Chulabhorn Pruksachatkunakorn, Michael F. Good, and Evelyn Brandt
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1250-1254;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Detection of "Candidatus Helicobacter suis" in Gastric Samples of Pigs by PCR: Comparison with Other Invasive Diagnostic Techniques
D. De Groote, R. Ducatelle, L. J. van Doorn, K. Tilmant, A. Verschuuren, and F. Haesebrouck
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1131-1135;
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Efficacy of Antimicrobial Treatments and Vaccination Regimens for Control of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus and Streptococcus suis Coinfection of Nursery Pigs
P. Halbur, R. Thanawongnuwech, G. Brown, J. Kinyon, J. Roth, E. Thacker, and B. Thacker
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1156-1160;
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Diagnostic and Public Health Dilemma of Lactose-Fermenting Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium in Cattle in the Northeastern United States
Patrick L. McDonough, Sang J. Shin, and Donald H. Lein
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1221-1226;
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Molecular Characterization of Brucella Strains Isolated from Marine Mammals
Betsy J. Bricker, Darla R. Ewalt, Alastair P. MacMillan, Geoff Foster, and Simon Brew
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1258-1262;
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Otitis Externa Associated with Malassezia sympodialis in Two Cats
M. J. Crespo, M. L. Abarca, and F. J. Cabañes
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1263-1266;
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Helminthic Transmission and Isolation of Ehrlichia risticii, the Causative Agent of Potomac Horse Fever, by Using Trematode Stages from Freshwater Stream Snails
Nicola Pusterla, John E. Madigan, Joon-Seok Chae, Elfriede DeRock, Eileen Johnson, and Jeannine Berger Pusterla
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1293-1297;
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Fast-Track Communications:

Emergence of Serotype G9 Human Rotaviruses in Australia
Enzo A. Palombo, Paul J. Masendycz, Helen C. Bugg, Nada Bogdanovic-Sakran, Graeme L. Barnes, and Ruth F. Bishop
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1305-1306;
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Letters:

Very Low Frequence of Pneumocystis carinii DNA Detection by PCR in Specimens from Patients with Lung Damage
Elena Visconti, Salvatore Marinaci, Maria Zolfo, Paola Mencarini, Enrica Tamburrini, Gabriella Pagliari, Elena Ortona, Alessandra Siracusano;, and Andreas Sing
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1307-1308;
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Pneumolysin Detection Identifies Atypical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Angela M. Kearns, Janice Wheeler, Roger Freeman, Penelope R. Seiders, John Perry, Adrian M. Whatmore, and Chris G. Dowson
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2000 38: 1309-1310;
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Errata:

Epidemiological Investigation of Vaginal Saccharomyces cerevisiae Isolates by a Genotypic Method
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Role of Genotypic Analysis of the Thymidine Kinase Gene of Herpes Simplex Virus for Determination of Neurovirulence and Resistance to Acyclovir
N. Y. Lee, Y.-W. Tang, M. J. Espy, C. P. Kolbert, P. N. Rys, P. S. Mitchell, S. P. Day, S. L. Henry, D. H. Persing, and T. F. Smith
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