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Virology:

Steven M. Lipson, Kathryn David, Fatima Shaikh, and Lian Qian

Detection of Precytopathic Effect of Enteroviruses in Clinical Specimens by Centrifugation-Enhanced Antigen Detection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2755-2759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa Liolios, Adam Jenney, Denis Spelman, Tom Kotsimbos, Michael Catton, and Steve Wesselingh

Comparison of a Multiplex Reverse Transcription-PCR-Enzyme Hybridization Assay with Conventional Viral Culture and Immunofluorescence Techniques for the Detection of Seven Viral Respiratory Pathogens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2779-2783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shuenn-Jue L. Wu, Eun Mi Lee, Ravithat Putvatana, Roxanne N. Shurtliff, Kevin R. Porter, Wuryadi Suharyono, Douglas M. Watts, Chwan-Chuen King, Gerald S. Murphy, Curtis G. Hayes, and Joseph W. Romano

Detection of Dengue Viral RNA Using a Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2794-2798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. O. Chang, O. H. Vandal, L. Yuan, D. C. Hodgins, and L. J. Saif

Antibody-Secreting Cell Responses to Rotavirus Proteins in Gnotobiotic Pigs Inoculated with Attenuated or Virulent Human Rotavirus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2807-2813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arun K. Dhar, Michelle M. Roux, and Kurt R. Klimpel

Detection and Quantification of Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus and White Spot Virus in Shrimp Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and SYBR Green Chemistry
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2835-2845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph Sarrazin, David A. Hendricks, Farhad Sedarati, and Stefan Zeuzem

Assessment, by Transcription-Mediated Amplification, of Virologic Response in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Treated with Peginterferon -2a
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2850-2855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasushi Furuta, Fumio Ohtani, Hirofumi Sawa, Satoshi Fukuda, and Yukio Inuyama

Quantitation of Varicella-Zoster Virus DNA in Patients with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome and Zoster Sine Herpete
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2856-2859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Massari, Nicola Petrosillo, Giuseppe Ippolito, Laura Solforosi, Lucio Bonazzi, Massimo Clementi, and Aldo Manzin

Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus in a Gynecological Surgery Setting
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2860-2863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Q. Meng, C. Wong, A. Rangachari, S. Tamatsukuri, M. Sasaki, E. Fiss, L. Cheng, T. Ramankutty, D. Clarke, H. Yawata, Y. Sakakura, T. Hirose, and C. Impraim

Automated Multiplex Assay System for Simultaneous Detection of Hepatitis B Virus DNA, Hepatitis C Virus RNA, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2937-2945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasuo Imai, Shuhei Kameya, Masatoshi Ohkoshi, Kunihiko Yamaki, and Shozo Sakuragi

Identification of the Hexon Region of an Adenovirus Involved in a New Outbreak of Keratoconjunctivitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2975-2977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marietta D. Malasig, Pulak R. Goswami, Leta K. Crawford-Miksza, David P. Schnurr, and Gregory C. Gray

Simplified Microneutralization Test for Serotyping Adenovirus Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2984-2986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

P. C. L. Moore and J. A. Lindsay

Genetic Variation among Hospital Isolates of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus: Evidence for Horizontal Transfer of Virulence Genes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2760-2767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bénédicte Fleury, Dominique Bergonier, Xavier Berthelot, Yvonne Schlatter, Joachim Frey, and Edy M. Vilei

Characterization and Analysis of a Stable Serotype-Associated Membrane Protein (P30) of Mycoplasma agalactiae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2814-2822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joan Barenfanger, Michael A. Short, and Alisa A. Groesch

Improved Antimicrobial Interventions Have Benefits
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2823-2828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marjut Eklund, Flemming Scheutz, and Anja Siitonen

Clinical Isolates of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli: Serotypes, Virulence Characteristics, and Molecular Profiles of Strains of the Same Serotype
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2829-2834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Don O'Connor, Pearl Hynes, Martin Cormican, Edward Collins, Geraldine Corbett-Feeney, and Michael Cassidy

Evaluation of Methods for Detection of Toxins in Specimens of Feces Submitted for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile- Associated Diarrhea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2846-2849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine D. Steward, J. Kamile Rasheed, Susannah K. Hubert, James W. Biddle, Patti M. Raney, Gregory J. Anderson, Portia P. Williams, Kelley L. Brittain, Antonio Oliver, John E. McGowan, Jr., and Fred C. Tenover

Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae from 19 Laboratories Using the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Extended-Spectrum -Lactamase Detection Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2864-2872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen K. Krisher, Patrick Gibb, Sandra Corbett, and Deidre Church

Comparison of the BacT/Alert PF Pediatric FAN Blood Culture Bottle with the Standard Pediatric Blood Culture Bottle, the Pedi-BacT
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2880-2883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava and Jari Jalava

Development of Conventional and Real-Time PCR Assays for Detection of Legionella DNA in Respiratory Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2904-2910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger Bourne, Uwe Himmelreich, Ansuiya Sharma, Carolyn Mountford, and Tania Sorrell

Identification of Enterococcus, Streptococcus, and Staphylococcus by Multivariate Analysis of Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Data from Plate Cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2916-2923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles H. Livengood, III and Jane W. Wrenn

Evaluation of COBAS AMPLICOR (Roche): Accuracy in Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Coamplification of Endocervical Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2928-2932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DeAnna D. Fuller, Thomas E. Davis, Jr., Gerald A. Denys, and Mary K. York

Evaluation of BACTEC MYCO/F Lytic Medium for Recovery of Mycobacteria, Fungi, and Bacteria from Blood
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2933-2936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Radha Iyer, Dionysios Liveris, Atoya Adams, John Nowakowski, Donna McKenna, Susan Bittker, Denise Cooper, Gary P. Wormser, and Ira Schwartz

Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi Isolated from Erythema Migrans Lesions: Interrelationship of Three Molecular Typing Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2954-2957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shaker E. Farhat, Mary Thibault, and Roslyn Devlin

Efficacy of a Swab Transport System in Maintaining Viability of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2958-2960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth Gradelski, Lourdes Valera, Lauren Aleksunes, Daniel Bonner, and Joan Fung-Tomc

Correlation between Genotype and Phenotypic Categorization of Staphylococci Based on Methicillin Susceptibility and Resistance
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2961-2963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas K. W. Ling, P. C. Tam, Z. K. Liu, and Augustine F. B. Cheng

Evaluation of VITEK 2 Rapid Identification and Susceptibility Testing System against Gram-Negative Clinical Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2964-2966. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Aurora Echeita, Silvia Herrera, and Miguel A. Usera

Atypical, fljB-Negative Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Strain of Serovar 4,5,12:i: Appears To Be a Monophasic Variant of Serovar Typhimurium
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2981-2983. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alessandra De Cesare, James L. Bruce, Timothy R. Dambaugh, Maria E. Guerzoni, and Martin Wiedmann

Automated Ribotyping Using Different Enzymes To Improve Discrimination of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates, with a Particular Focus on Serotype 4b Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 3002-3005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey A. Benson and Patricia Ferrieri

Rapid Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Method for Group B Streptococcus Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 3006-3008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Pierre Houpikian and Didier Raoult

16S/23S rRNA Intergenic Spacer Regions for Phylogenetic Analysis, Identification, and Subtyping of Bartonella Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2768-2778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ahmet Unver, Miriam Perez, Nelson Orellana, Haibin Huang, and Yasuko Rikihisa

Molecular and Antigenic Comparison of Ehrlichia canis Isolates from Dogs, Ticks, and a Human in Venezuela
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2788-2793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tamara J. Battle, Matthew R. Golden, Kathleen L. Suchland, Jon M. Counts, James P. Hughes, Walter E. Stamm, and King K. Holmes

Evaluation of Laboratory Testing Methods for Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in the Era of Nucleic Acid Amplification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2924-2927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Marguerite Fines, Stephane Pronost, Karine Maillard, Said Taouji, and Roland Leclercq

Characterization of Mutations in the rpoB Gene Associated with Rifampin Resistance in Rhodococcus equi Isolated from Foals
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2784-2787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Baldev R. Gulati, Shirin Munir, Devi P. Patnayak, Sagar M. Goyal, and Vivek Kapur

Detection of Antibodies to U.S. Isolates of Avian Pneumovirus by a Recombinant Nucleocapsid Protein-Based Sandwich Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2967-2970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. M. Rolain, B. La Scola, Z. Liang, B. Davoust, and D. Raoult

Immunofluorescent Detection of Intraerythrocytic Bartonella henselae in Naturally Infected Cats
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2978-2980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Francesca Brunello, Marco Ligozzi, Emanuela Cristelli, Stefano Bonora, Enrico Tortoli, and Roberta Fontana

Identification of 54 Mycobacterial Species by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the hsp65 Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2799-2806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheruvu Mani, N. Selvakumar, Sujatha Narayanan, and P. R. Narayanan

Mutations in the rpoB Gene of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates from India
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2987-2990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Li Chen, Lili Ma, No-Hee Park, and Wenyuan Shi

Cariogenic Actinomyces Identified with a -Glucosidase-Dependent Green Color Reaction to Gardenia jasminoides Extract
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 3009-3012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Consuelo Ferrer, Francisca Colom, Susana Frasés, Emilia Mulet, José L. Abad, and Jorge L. Alió

Detection and Identification of Fungal Pathogens by PCR and by ITS2 and 5.8S Ribosomal DNA Typing in Ocular Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2873-2879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gang Luo, Lakshman P. Samaranayake, and Joyce Y. Y. Yau

Candida Species Exhibit Differential In Vitro Hemolytic Activities
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2971-2974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gisella Volpe, Luca Sbaiz, Claudio Avanzini, Pietro Caramello, and Dianella Savoia

Genetic Diversity of Pneumocystis carinii Isolated from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Patients in Turin, Italy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2995-2998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

María D. Moragues, Miren J. Omaetxebarria, Natalia Elguezabal, Joseba Bikandi, Guillermo Quindós, David C. Coleman, and José Pontón

Serological Differentiation of Experimentally Induced Candida dubliniensis and Candida albicans Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2999-3001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

J. Russ Forney, Alan J. Magill, Chansuda Wongsrichanalai, Jeeraphat Sirichaisinthop, Christian T. Bautista, D. Gray Heppner, R. Scott Miller, Christian F. Ockenhouse, Alex Gubanov, Robyn Shafer, Caroline Cady DeWitt, Higinio A. Quino-Ascurra, Kent E. Kester, Kevin C. Kain, Douglas S. Walsh, W. Ripley Ballou, and Robert A. Gasser, Jr.

Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Devices: Performance Characteristics of the ParaSight F Device Determined in a Multisite Field Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2884-2890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chunfu Zheng, Peimei Xie, and Yatang Chen

Molecular Cloning and Sequencing of the Circumsporozoite Protein Gene from Plasmodium falciparum Strain FCC-1/HN and Expression of the Gene in Mycobacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2911-2915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafael A. Pratdesaba, Mario González, Evelyn Piedrasanta, Claudia Mérida, Karen Contreras, Carlos Vela, Francisco Culajay, Luis Flores, and Olga Torres

Cyclospora cayetanensis in Three Populations at Risk in Guatemala
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2951-2953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tanusree Bhattacharyya, Amal Santra, Debendra N. Guha Majumder, and Bishnu P. Chatterjee

Possible Approach for Serodiagnosis of Ascariasis by Evaluation of Immunoglobulin G4 Response Using Ascaris lumbricoides Somatic Antigen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2991-2994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Antonella Agodi, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, Martina Barchitta, Viviana Gianninò, Agata Sciacca, and Stefania Stefani

Burkholderia cepacia Complex Infection in Italian Patients with Cystic Fibrosis: Prevalence, Epidemiology, and Genomovar Status
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2891-2896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudio T. Sacchi, Ana Paula S. Lemos, Tanja Popovic, Jose Cassio de Morais, Anne M. Whitney, Carmo Elias A. Melles, Luciana M. G. Brondi, Lucia M. C. Monteiro, Maria V. Paiva, Claude A. Solari, and Leonard W. Mayer

Serosubtypes and PorA Types of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B Isolated in Brazil during 1997-1998: Overview and Implications for Vaccine Development
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2897-2903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stuart Lanham, Amanda Herbert, Adriana Basarab, and Peter Watt

Detection of Cervical Infections in Colposcopy Clinic Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 2946-2950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Madeleine Singwe-Ngandeu, Nicolas Buchs, Peter Rohner, and Cem Gabay

Waldenström's Disease Complicated by Recurrent Meningococcal Arthritis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 3013-3014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

Ayman Gaafar, Miren Josebe Unzaga, Ramón Cisterna, María Victoria Leal, Víctor Bustamante, José Miguel Tirapu, and José Antonio Crespo

Separate Nocardia Infections in a Patient with Chronic Granulomatous Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 3015-3016. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pedro Idigoras, Adoración Valiente, Luis Iglesias, Patrick Trieu-Cuot, and Claire Poyart

Meningitis Due to Streptococcus salivarius
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 3017. [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. Kalach, P. H. Benhamou, C. Dupont, J. Raymond, M. Bergeret, F. Gottrand, and M. O. Husson

Helicobacter pylori in Children: Acquisition of Antimicrobial Resistance after an Initial Course of Treatment
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 3018-3019. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angela M. Kearns, Andrew J. L. Turner, Clive E. Taylor, Philip W. George, Roger Freeman, and Andrew R. Gennery

LightCycler-Based Quantitative PCR for Rapid Detection of Human Herpesvirus 6 DNA in Clinical Material
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 3020-3021. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bart Rijnders

Diagnosis of Catheter-Related Bacteremia in Cancer Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 3022. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elvira Richter, Stefan Niemann, Sabine Ruesch-Gerdes, Dag Harmsen, Andreas Roth, Harald Mauch, Nicolas Schönfeld, Robert Loddenkemper, Udo Reischl, Ludmila Naumann, and Reiner M. Kroppenstedt

Description of Mycobacterium heckeshornense sp. nov.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001 39: 3023-3024. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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