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Guest Commentary:

Alexander J. McAdam

Discrepant Analysis: How Can We Test a Test?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2027-2029. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Minireviews:

Massimo Clementi

Quantitative Molecular Analysis of Virus Expression and Replication
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2030-2036. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

Leslye L. LaClaire and Richard R. Facklam

Comparison of Three Commercial Rapid Identification Systems for the Unusual Gram-Positive Cocci Dolosigranulum pigrum, Ignavigranum ruoffiae, and Facklamia Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2037-2042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Brian D. Plikaytis, David Goldblatt, Carl E. Frasch, Christine Blondeau, Michael J. Bybel, G. Scott Giebink, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Helena Käyhty, Helle Bossen Konradsen, Dace V. Madore, Moon H. Nahm, Cheryl A. Schulman, Patricia F. Holder, Tamar Lezhava, Cheryl M. Elie, and George M. Carlone

An Analytical Model Applied to a Multicenter Pneumococcal Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2043-2050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Zafar Hussain, Luba Stoakes, Shaunalee Garrow, Susan Longo, Viivi Fitzgerald, and Robert Lannigan

Rapid Detection of mecA-Positive and mecA-Negative Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci by an Anti-Penicillin Binding Protein 2a Slide Latex Agglutination Test
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2051-2054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jang-Jih Lu, Cherng-Lih Perng, Shih-Yi Lee, and Chih-Chieng Wan

Use of PCR with Universal Primers and Restriction Endonuclease Digestions for Detection and Identification of Common Bacterial Pathogens in Cerebrospinal Fluid
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2076-2080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Robertson, E. Guy, N. Andrews, B. Wilske, P. Anda, M. Granström, U. Hauser, Y. Moosmann, V. Sambri, J. Schellekens, G. Stanek, and J. Gray

A European Multicenter Study of Immunoblotting in Serodiagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2097-2102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fernando Garcia-Garrote, Emilia Cercenado, and Emilio Bouza

Evaluation of a New System, VITEK 2, for Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Enterococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2108-2111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. A. Jacobs, E. I. G. B. De Brauwer, E. I. M. Cornelissen, and M. Drent

Accuracy and Precision of Quantitative Calibrated Loops in Transfer of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2117-2121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Simona De Michelis, Henna-Sisko Sewell, Margarida Collares-Pereira, Margarida Santos-Reis, Leo M. Schouls, Vladimir Benes, Edward C. Holmes, and Klaus Kurtenbach

Genetic Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Ticks from Mainland Portugal
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2128-2133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Wen-Lan Zhang, Martina Bielaszewska, Almut Liesegang, Helmut Tschäpe, Herbert Schmidt, Martin Bitzan, and Helge Karch

Molecular Characteristics and Epidemiological Significance of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O26 Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2134-2140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K. L. Bartie, M. J. Wilson, D. W. Williams, and M. A. O. Lewis

Macrorestriction Fingerprinting of "Streptococcus milleri" Group Bacteria by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2141-2149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hatsumi Nasu, Tetsuya Iida, Tomomi Sugahara, Yoshiharu Yamaichi, Kwon-Sam Park, Katsushi Yokoyama, Kozo Makino, Hideo Shinagawa, and Takeshi Honda

A Filamentous Phage Associated with Recent Pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2156-2161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lothar H. Wieler, Barbara Busse, Hartmut Steinrück, Lothar Beutin, Albert Weber, Helge Karch, and Georg Baljer

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) Strains of Serogroup O118 Display Three Distinctive Clonal Groups of EHEC Pathogens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2162-2169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L. Louie, S. O. Matsumura, E. Choi, M. Louie, and A. E. Simor

Evaluation of Three Rapid Methods for Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2170-2173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James A. Kellogg, John P. Manzella, and David A. Bankert

Frequency of Low-Level Bacteremia in Children from Birth to Fifteen Years of Age
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2181-2185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chien-Shun Chiou, Hsiao-Lun Wei, and Li-Chu Yang

Comparison of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Coagulase Gene Restriction Profile Analysis Techniques in the Molecular Typing of Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2186-2190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Winfried Beil, Marie Luise Enss, Simone Müller, Barbara Obst, Karl-Friedrich Sewing, and Siegfried Wagner

Role of vacA and cagA in Helicobacter pylori Inhibition of Mucin Synthesis in Gastric Mucous Cells
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2215-2218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Silvia Morgenegg, Fabrizio Dutly, and Martin Altwegg

Cloning and Sequencing of a Part of the Heat Shock Protein 65 Gene (hsp65) of "Tropheryma whippelii" and Its Use for Detection of "T. whippelii" in Clinical Specimens by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2248-2253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Peter Vandamme, Clare S. Harrington, Katri Jalava, and Stephen L. W. On

Misidentifying Helicobacters: the Helicobacter cinaedi Example
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2261-2266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nina N. Marano, Nicholas A. Daniels, Alyssa N. Easton, Andre McShan, Beverly Ray, Joy G. Wells, Patricia M. Griffin, and Frederick J. Angulo

A Survey of Stool Culturing Practices for Vibrio Species at Clinical Laboratories in Gulf Coast States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2267-2270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hubert P. Endtz, C. Wim Ang, Nicole van den Braak, Birgitta Duim, Alan Rigter, Lawrence J. Price, David L. Woodward, Frank G. Rodgers, Wendy M. Johnson, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Bart C. Jacobs, Henri A. Verbrugh, and Alex van Belkum

Molecular Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni from Patients with Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher Syndromes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2297-2301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. A. A. Ala'Aldeen, K. R. Neal, K. Ait-Tahar, J. S. Nguyen-Van-Tam, A. English, T. J. Falla, P. M. Hawkey, and R. C. B. Slack

Dynamics of Meningococcal Long-Term Carriage among University Students and Their Implications for Mass Vaccination
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2311-2316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eyob Mazengia, Ellen A. Silva, Joseph A. Peppe, Ralph Timperi, and Harvey George

Recovery of Bordetella holmesii from Patients with Pertussis-Like Symptoms: Use of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis To Characterize Circulating Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2330-2333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sharon R. Lyons, Ann L. Griffen, and Eugene J. Leys

Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Porphyromonas gingivalis and Total Bacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2362-2365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John Merlino, Marcel Leroi, Ross Bradbury, Duncan Veal, and Colin Harbour

New Chromogenic Identification and Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2378-2380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Toshiro Sugiyama, Hiroji Naka, Akira Yachi, and Masahiro Asaka

Direct Evidence by DNA Fingerprinting that Endoscopic Cross-Infection of Helicobacter pylori Is a Cause of Postendoscopic Acute Gastritis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2381-2382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. A. Boyd, J. Conly, H. Dedier, G. Peters, L. Robertson, E. Slater, and M. R. Mulvey

Molecular Characterization of the vanD Gene Cluster and a Novel Insertion Element in a Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Isolated in Canada
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2392-2394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fatemeh Kalantarpour, Ishraq Chowdhury, Gary P. Wormser, and Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld

Survival of the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent under Refrigeration Conditions
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2398-2399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takako Komiya, Naohiro Shibata, Masafumi Ito, Motohide Takahashi, and Yoshichika Arakawa

Retrospective Diagnosis of Diphtheria by Detection of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae tox Gene in a Formaldehyde-Fixed Throat Swab Using PCR and Sequencing Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2400-2402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rafiq Ahmed, Geoff Soule, Walter H. Demczuk, Clifford Clark, Rasik Khakhria, Samuel Ratnam, Stephen Marshall, Lai-King Ng, David L. Woodward, Wendy M. Johnson, and Frank G. Rodgers

Epidemiologic Typing of Salmonella enterica Serotype Enteritidis in a Canada-Wide Outbreak of Gastroenteritis due to Contaminated Cheese
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2403-2406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tadashi Okabe, Kozue Oana, Yoshiyuki Kawakami, Masaru Yamaguchi, Yuko Takahashi, Yukie Okimura, Takayuki Honda, and Tsutomu Katsuyama

Limitations of Vitek GPS-418 Cards in Exact Detection of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci with the vanB Genotype
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2409-2411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Georges Wauters, Jacqueline Charlier, Michèle Janssens, and Michel Delmée

Identification of Arthrobacter oxydans, Arthrobacter luteolus sp. nov., and Arthrobacter albus sp. nov., Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2412-2415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Udo Reischl, Hans-Jörg Linde, Michaela Metz, Birgit Leppmeier, and Norbert Lehn

Rapid Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Simultaneous Species Confirmation Using Real-Time Fluorescence PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2429-2433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Amy L. Samuels, Helen M. Windsor, Grace Y. Ho, Luke D. Goodwin, and Barry J. Marshall

Culture of Helicobacter pylori from a Gastric String May Be an Alternative to Endoscopic Biopsy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2438-2439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Y. Nishikawa, Z. Zhou, A. Hase, J. Ogasawara, T. Cheasty, and K. Haruki

Relationship of Genetic Type of Shiga Toxin to Manifestation of Bloody Diarrhea due to Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Serogroup O157 Isolates in Osaka City, Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2440-2442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Elfath M. Elnifro, Robert J. Cooper, Paul E. Klapper, and Andrew S. Bailey

PCR and Restriction Endonuclease Analysis for Rapid Identification of Human Adenovirus Subgenera
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2055-2061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Emilie Weiland, Sylvia Bolz, Frank Weiland, Werner Herbst, Martin J. B. Raamsman, Peter J. M. Rottier, and Antoine A. F. De Vries

Monoclonal Antibodies Directed against Conserved Epitopes on the Nucleocapsid Protein and the Major Envelope Glycoprotein of Equine Arteritis Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2065-2075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ron J. M. Berkhout, Jan N. Bouwes Bavinck, and Jan ter Schegget

Persistence of Human Papillomavirus DNA in Benign and (Pre)malignant Skin Lesions from Renal Transplant Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2087-2096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Angela M. Caliendo, Kirsten St. George, Shaw-Yi Kao, Jessica Allega, Ban-Hock Tan, Robert LaFontaine, Larry Bui, and Charles R. Rinaldo

Comparison of Quantitative Cytomegalovirus (CMV) PCR in Plasma and CMV Antigenemia Assay: Clinical Utility of the Prototype AMPLICOR CMV MONITOR Test in Transplant Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2122-2127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hubert G. M. Niesters, Mel Krajden, Lynda Cork, Maria de Medina, Mary Hill, Edwin Fries, and Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus

A Multicenter Study Evaluation of the Digene Hybrid Capture II Signal Amplification Technique for Detection of Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Serum Samples and Testing of EUROHEP Standards
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2150-2155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thomas J. Spira, Lee Lam, Sheila C. Dollard, Yuan-Xiang Meng, Chou Pong Pau, Jodi B. Black, Darrell Burns, Brian Cooper, Melissa Hamid, Joe Huong, Kathleen Kite-Powell, and Philip E. Pellett

Comparison of Serologic Assays and PCR for Diagnosis of Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2174-2180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G. Gerken, T. Rothaar, M. G. Rumi, R. Soffredini, M. Trippler, M. J. Blunk, A. Butcher, S. Soviero, and G. Colucci

Performance of the COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR Test, Version 2.0, an Automated Reverse Transcription-PCR Quantitative System for Hepatitis C Virus Load Determination
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2210-2214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G. Tardei, S. Ruta, V. Chitu, C. Rossi, T. F. Tsai, and C. Cernescu

Evaluation of Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG Enzyme Immunoassays in Serologic Diagnosis of West Nile Virus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2232-2239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Katarina Brus Sjölander, Irina Golovljova, Alexander Plyusnin, and Åke Lundkvist

Diagnostic Potential of Puumala Virus Nucleocapsid Protein Expressed in Drosophila melanogaster Cells
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2324-2329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Susan A. Fiscus, Don Brambilla, Robert W. Coombs, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, James Bremer, Andrea Kovacs, Suraiya Rasheed, Maryanne Vahey, Ted Schutzbank, Patricia S. Reichelderfer, and other members of the Aids Clinical Trials Group Genital Secretions Working Group

Multicenter Evaluation of Methods To Quantitate Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Seminal Plasma
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2348-2353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tomoko Inami, Nami Konomi, Yasuyuki Arakawa, and Kenji Abe

High Prevalence of TT Virus DNA in Human Saliva and Semen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2407-2408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maria Lucia Rácz, Suzana S. Kroeff, Veridiana Munford, Thabata A. R. Caruzo, Edison L. Durigon, Yasuyoshi Hayashi, Vera Gouvea, and Enzo A. Palombo

Molecular Characterization of Porcine Rotaviruses from the Southern Region of Brazil: Characterization of an Atypical Genotype G[9] Strain
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2443-2446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hiroshi Kimura, Shinji Kido, Takao Ozaki, Naoko Tanaka, Yoshinori Ito, Richard K. Williams, and Tsuneo Morishima

Comparison of Quantitations of Viral Load in Varicella and Zoster
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2447-2449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

M. Maurin and D. Raoult

Isolation in Endothelial Cell Cultures of Chlamydia trachomatis LGV (Serovar L2) from a Lymph Node of a Patient with Suspected Cat Scratch Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2062-2064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patricia Renesto, Katell Lorvellec-Guillon, Michel Drancourt, and Didier Raoult

rpoB Gene Analysis as a Novel Strategy for Identification of Spirochetes from the Genera Borrelia, Treponema, and Leptospira
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2200-2203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. A. Morré, L. Rozendaal, I. G. M. van Valkengoed, A. J. P. Boeke, P. C. van Voorst Vader, J. Schirm, S. de Blok, J. A. R. van den Hoek, G. J. J. van Doornum, C. J. L. M. Meijer, and A. J. C. van den Brule

Urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis Serovars in Men and Women with a Symptomatic or Asymptomatic Infection: an Association with Clinical Manifestations?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2292-2296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ann M. Gronowski, Susan Copper, David Baorto, and Patrick R. Murray

Reproducibility Problems with the Abbott Laboratories LCx Assay for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2416-2418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

S. H. Gillespie, A. Dickens, and T. D. McHugh

False Molecular Clusters due to Nonrandom Association of IS6110 with Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2081-2086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sudha Pottumarthy, Virginia C. Wells, and Arthur J. Morris

A Comparison of Seven Tests for Serological Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2227-2231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lenka M. Pereira Arias-Bouda, Lan N. Nguyen, Ly M. Ho, Sjoukje Kuijper, Henk M. Jansen, and Arend H. J. Kolk

Development of Antigen Detection Assay for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Using Sputum Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2278-2283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ronald C. Hendrickson, John F. Douglass, Lisa D. Reynolds, Patricia D. McNeill, Darrick Carter, Steven G. Reed, and Raymond L. Houghton

Mass Spectrometric Identification of Mtb81, a Novel Serological Marker for Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2354-2361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ákos Somoskövi, Csaba Ködmön, Ákos Lantos, Zoltán Bártfai, Lilla Tamási, Judit Füzy, and Pál Magyar

Comparison of Recoveries of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using the Automated BACTEC MGIT 960 System, the BACTEC 460 TB System, and Löwenstein-Jensen Medium
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2395-2397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

A. Jasir, A. Tanna, A. Noorani, A. Mirsalehian, A. Efstratiou, and C. Schalen

High Rate of Tetracycline Resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Iran: an Epidemiological Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2103-2107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. R. S. Nelson, K. F. McGregor, A. R. Brown, S. G. B. Amyes, and H.-K. Young

Isolation and Characterization of Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci from Hospitalized Patients over a 30-Month Period
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2112-2116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yves Millemann, Stéphane Gaubert, Dominique Remy, and Catherine Colmin

Evaluation of IS200-PCR and Comparison with Other Molecular Markers To Trace Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serotype Typhimurium Bovine Isolates from Farm to Meat
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2204-2209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daniel Jonas, Heinz-Georg W. Meyer, Philipp Matthes, Doris Hartung, Bernhard Jahn, Franz D. Daschner, and Bernd Jansen

Comparative Evaluation of Three Different Genotyping Methods for Investigation of Nosocomial Outbreaks of Legionnaires' Disease in Hospitals
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2284-2291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Martin A. Preston, Wendy Johnson, Rasik Khakhria, and Alexander Borczyk

Epidemiologic Subtyping of Escherichia coli Serogroup O157 Strains Isolated in Ontario by Phage Typing and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2366-2368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Frédéric Barbut, Anne Richard, Kheira Hamadi, Valérie Chomette, Béatrice Burghoffer, and Jean-Claude Petit

Epidemiology of Recurrences or Reinfections of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2386-2388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Reinhard K. Straubinger

PCR-Based Quantification of Borrelia burgdorferi Organisms in Canine Tissues over a 500-Day Postinfection Period
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2191-2199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. J. Crespo, M. L. Abarca, and F. J. Cabañes

Atypical Lipid-Dependent Malassezia Species Isolated from Dogs with Otitis Externa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2383-2385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

W. Keung Leung, Ranil S. Dassanayake, Joyce Y. Y. Yau, Li Jian Jin, Wing Cheong Yam, and Lakshman P. Samaranayake

Oral Colonization, Phenotypic, and Genotypic Profiles of Candida Species in Irradiated, Dentate, Xerostomic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Survivors
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2219-2226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Beth A. Arthington-Skaggs, Milwood Motley, David W. Warnock, and Christine J. Morrison

Comparative Evaluation of PASCO and National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards M27-A Broth Microdilution Methods for Antifungal Drug Susceptibility Testing of Yeasts
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2254-2260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Y. C. Chen, J. D. Eisner, M. M. Kattar, S. L. Rassoulian-Barrett, K. LaFe, S. L. Yarfitz, A. P. Limaye, and B. T. Cookson

Identification of Medically Important Yeasts Using PCR-Based Detection of DNA Sequence Polymorphisms in the Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 Region of the rRNA Genes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2302-2310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karl A. Andrutis, Perry J. Riggle, Carol A. Kumamoto, and Saul Tzipori

Intestinal Lesions Associated with Disseminated Candidiasis in an Experimental Animal Model
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2317-2323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. K. Li, C. M. Elie, G. E. Clayton, and M. A. Ciblak

Comparison of a New Colorimetric Assay with the NCCLS Broth Microdilution Method (M-27A) for Antifungal Drug MIC Determination
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2334-2338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thomas J. Walsh, Corina E. Gonzalez, Steven Piscitelli, John D. Bacher, Joanne Peter, Richard Torres, Daiva Shetti, Victoria Katsov, Kristina Kligys, and Caron A. Lyman

Correlation between In Vitro and In Vivo Antifungal Activities in Experimental Fluconazole-Resistant Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Candidiasis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2369-2373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Teresa M. Diaz-Guerra, Emilia Mellado, Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Lourdes Gaztelurrutia, Jose Ignacio Villate Navarro, and Juan L. Rodríguez Tudela

Genetic Similarity among One Aspergillus flavus Strain Isolated from a Patient Who Underwent Heart Surgery and Two Environmental Strains Obtained from the Operating Room
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2419-2422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. A. Jabra-Rizk, W. A. Falkler, Jr., W. G. Merz, A. A. M. A. Baqui, J. I. Kelley, and T. F. Meiller

Retrospective Identification and Characterization of Candida dubliniensis Isolates among Candida albicans Clinical Laboratory Isolates from Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected and Non-HIV-Infected Individuals
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2423-2426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sally G. Gromadzki and Vishnu Chaturvedi

Limitation of the AccuProbe Coccidioides immitis Culture Identification Test: False-Negative Results with Formaldehyde-Killed Cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2427-2428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Josep Guarro, Luiz A. Vieira, Denise De Freitas, Josepa Gené, Luis Zaror, Ana Luisa Hofling-Lima, Olga Fischman, Cecilia Zorat-Yu, and M. José Figueras

Phaeoisaria clematidis as a Cause of Keratomycosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2434-2437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

N. Tebele, R. A. Skilton, J. Katende, C. W. Wells, V. Nene, T. McElwain, S. P. Morzaria, and A. J. Musoke

Cloning, Characterization, and Expression of a 200-Kilodalton Diagnostic Antigen of Babesia bigemina
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2240-2247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Palmer A. Orlandi and Keith A. Lampel

Extraction-Free, Filter-Based Template Preparation for Rapid and Sensitive PCR Detection of Pathogenic Parasitic Protozoa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2271-2277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rodney D. Adam, Ynes R. Ortega, Robert H. Gilman, and Charles R. Sterling

Intervening Transcribed Spacer Region 1 Variability in Cyclospora cayetanensis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2339-2343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mohamed D. Abd-Alla, Terry F. H. G. Jackson, Selvan Reddy, and Jonathan I. Ravdin

Diagnosis of Invasive Amebiasis by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay of Saliva To Detect Amebic Lectin Antigen and Anti-Lectin Immunoglobulin G Antibodies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2344-2347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Naveed A. Khan, John Greenman, Katherine P. Topping, Victoria C. Hough, Graham S. Temple, and Timothy A. Paget

Isolation of Acanthamoeba-Specific Antibodies from a Bacteriophage Display Library
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2374-2377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Olivier Liguory, Sandra Fournier, Claudine Sarfati, Francis Derouin, and Jean-Michel Molina

Genetic Homology among Thirteen Encephalitozoon intestinalis Isolates Obtained from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients with Intestinal Microsporidiosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2389-2391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Po-Ren Hsueh, Lee-Jene Teng, Yu-Chi Chen, Pan-Chyr Yang, Shen-Wu Ho, and Kwen-Tay Luh

Recurrent Bacteremic Peritonitis Caused by Enterococcus cecorum in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2450-2452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fast-Track Communications:

Alexander I. Karasin, Christopher W. Olsen, and Gary A. Anderson

Genetic Characterization of an H1N2 Influenza Virus Isolated from a Pig In Indiana
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2453-2456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters:

Malin Enbom, Annika Linde, and Birgitta Evengård

No Evidence of Active Infection with Human Herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) or HHV-8 in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2457. [Full Text] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Barbara Christine Gärtner, Kerstin Kortmann, Marco Schäfer, Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch, Urban Sester, Harald Kaul, and Hanns Pees

No Correlation in Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation Between Serological Parameters and Viral Load
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2458. [Full Text] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thoai Doung Ly, Catherine Edlinger, Astrid Vabret, Odile Morvan, Béryl Greuet;, and Bernard Weber

Contribution of Combined Detection Assays of p24 Antigen and Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Antibodies in Diagnosis of Primary HIV Infection by Routine Testing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2459-2461. [Full Text] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Steven A. Marshall, Meredith E. Erwin, and Ronald N. Jones

Determination of MIC Quality Control Ranges for ABT-733, a Novel Ketolide Antimicrobial Agent
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2462-2463. [Full Text] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Author's Correction:

L. J. van Doorn, C. Figueiredo, R. Rossau, G. Jannes, M. van Asbroeck, J. C. Sousa, F. Carneiro, and W. G. V. Quint

Typing of Helicobacter pylori vacA Gene and Detection of cagA Gene by PCR and Reverse Hybridization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2464. [Full Text] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Leen-Jan van Doorn, Céu Figueiredo, Ricardo Sanna, Salvador Pena, Peter Midolo, Enders K. W. Ng, John C. Atherton, Martin J. Blaser, and Wim G. V. Quint

Expanding Allelic Diversity of Helicobacter pylori vacA
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2464. [Full Text] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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

Distinct Variants of Helicobacter pylori cagA Are Associated with vacA Subtypes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000 38: 2464. [Full Text] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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