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Contents: January 2002, Volume 40, Issue 1

       Minireviews

       Virology

       Epidemiology

       Bacteriology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Parasitology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

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Minireviews:

Hunting Health Care-Associated Infections from the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory: Passive, Active, and Virtual Surveillance
Lance R. Peterson and Stephen E. Brossette
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 1-4;
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Virology:

Detection of Measles Virus-Specific Immunoglobulin M in Dried Venous Blood Samples by Using a Commercial Enzyme Immunoassay
Michaela A. Riddell, Jennie A. Leydon, Mike G. Catton, and Heath A. Kelly
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 5-9;
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Precore Stop Mutant in HBeAg-Positive Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B: Clinical Characteristics and Correlation with the Course of HBeAg-to-Anti-HBe Seroconversion
Chia-Ming Chu, Chau-Ting Yeh, Ching-Song Lee, I-Shyan Sheen, and Yun-Fan Liaw
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 16-21;
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Clinical and Virological Aspects of Blood Donors Infected with Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes B and C
Jia-Horng Kao, Pei-Jer Chen, Ming-Yang Lai, and Ding-Shinn Chen
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 22-25;
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Comparative Analysis of Two Commercial Phenotypic Assays for Drug Susceptibility Testing of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
Shoukat H. Qari, Richard Respess, Hillard Weinstock, Elise M. Beltrami, Kurt Hertogs, Brendan A. Larder, Christos J. Petropoulos, Nicholas Hellmann, and Walid Heneine
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 31-35;
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Immune Reactivity of Human Sera to the Glycoprotein B of Human Herpesvirus 7
Michael Franti, Jean-Thierry Aubin, Guillemette De Saint-Maur, Haruhiko Kosuge, Koichi Yamanishi, Agnes Gautheret-Dejean, Antoine Garbarg-Chenon, Jean-Marie Huraux, and Henri Agut
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 44-51;
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Antigenic Heterogeneity of the Hepatitis C Virus NS5A Protein
Xiao-Guang Dou, Ganesh Talekar, Joy Chang, Xing Dai, Lixia Li, Maria-Teresa Bonafonte, Brian Holloway, Howard A. Fields, and Yury E. Khudyakov
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 61-67;
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Detection of Amantadine-Resistant Influenza A Virus Strains in Nursing Homes by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis with Nasopharyngeal Swabs
Reiko Saito, Hitoshi Oshitani, Hiroki Masuda, and Hiroshi Suzuki
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 84-88;
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Simultaneous Detection of Measles Virus, Rubella Virus, and Parvovirus B19 by Using Multiplex PCR
María del Mar Mosquera, Fernando de Ory, Mónica Moreno, and Juan E. Echevarría
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 111-116;
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Prevalence of Antibodies to Hepatitis E Virus in Veterinarians Working with Swine and in Normal Blood Donors in the United States and Other Countries
X. J. Meng, B. Wiseman, F. Elvinger, D. K. Guenette, T. E. Toth, R. E. Engle, S. U. Emerson, and R. H. Purcell
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 117-122;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Astrovirus Infection in Barcelona, Spain
Susana Guix, Santiago Caballero, Cristina Villena, Rosa Bartolomé, Cristina Latorre, Nuria Rabella, Maria Simó, Albert Bosch, and Rosa M. Pintó
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 133-139;
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Molecular Identification of Enterovirus by Analyzing a Partial VP1 Genomic Region with Different Methods
G. Palacios, I. Casas, A. Tenorio, and C. Freire
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 182-192;
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Human Cytomegalovirus and Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells: Restriction of Primary Isolation to Blood Samples and Susceptibilities of Clinical Isolates from Other Sources to Adaptation
Giuseppe Gerna, Elena Percivalle, Antonella Sarasini, and M. Grazia Revello
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 233-238;
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Epidemiology:

Change of Major Genotype of Enterovirus 71 in Outbreaks of Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Taiwan between 1998 and 2000
Jen-Ren Wang, Yen-Chang Tuan, Huey-Pin Tsai, Jing-Jou Yan, Ching-Chuan Liu, and Ih-Jen Su
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 10-15;
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Emergence of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Invasive Clones in Canada
D. Greenberg, D. P. Speert, E. Mahenthiralingam, D. A. Henry, M. E. Campbell, D. W. Scheifele, and CPS/LCDC IMPACT Monitoring Network
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 68-74;
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Molecular Fingerprinting of Clostridium difficile Isolates: Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis versus Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism
Corné H. W. Klaassen, Hanneke A. van Haren, and Alfons M. Horrevorts
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 101-104;
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Molecular and Epidemiological Analyses of Human Adenovirus Type 7 Strains Isolated from the 1995 Nationwide Outbreak in Japan
Mamoru Noda, Tetsuya Yoshida, Takemasa Sakaguchi, Yoshifumi Ikeda, Koji Yamaoka, and Takeo Ogino
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 140-145;
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Genomic Diversity of Group A Rotavirus Strains Infecting Humans in Eastern India
Soma Das, A. Sen, G. Uma, V. Varghese, S. Chaudhuri, S. K. Bhattacharya, T. Krishnan, P. Dutta, D. Dutta, M. K. Bhattacharya, U. Mitra, N. Kobayashi, and T. N. Naik
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 146-149;
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Pandemic Spread of Cholera: Genetic Diversity and Relationships within the Seventh Pandemic Clone of Vibrio cholerae Determined by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism
Ruiting Lan and Peter R. Reeves
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 172-181;
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Molecular Typing of Treponema pallidum in South Africa: Cross-Sectional Studies
A. Pillay, H. Liu, S. Ebrahim, C. Y. Chen, W. Lai, G. Fehler, R. C. Ballard, B. Steiner, A. W. Sturm, and S. A. Morse
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 256-258;
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Population-Based Survey of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Meningitis Patients in Salvador, Brazil
Joice Neves Reis, Soraia Machado Cordeiro, Steven J. Coppola, Kátia Salgado, Maria G. S. Carvalho, Lúcia M. Teixeira, Terry A. Thompson, Richard R. Facklam, Mitermayer G. Reis, and Albert I. Ko
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 275-277;
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Molecular Characterization of Group A Streptococcus Strains Isolated during a Scarlet Fever Outbreak
Luis M. Perea-Mejía, Alma E. Inzunza-Montiel, and Alejandro Cravioto
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 278-280;
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Prevalence of the Pandemic Genotype of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Significance of Its Distribution across Different Serotypes
N. A. Bhuiyan, M. Ansaruzzaman, M. Kamruzzaman, Khorshed Alam, N. R. Chowdhury, M. Nishibuchi, Shah M. Faruque, David A. Sack, Yoshifumi Takeda, and G. Balakrish Nair
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 284-286;
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Bacteriology:

Comparison of Two Culture Methods for Detection of Tobramycin-Resistant Gram-Negative Organisms in the Sputum of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Jill M. Van Dalfsen, Jenny R. Stapp, Charles Phelps, Patricia Stewart, and Jane L. Burns
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 26-30;
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Distribution of Clinically Relevant Borrelia Genospecies in Ticks Assessed by a Novel, Single-Run, Real-Time PCR
Carolin Rauter, Rainer Oehme, Isabel Diterich, Matthias Engele, and Thomas Hartung
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 36-43;
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Detection of Meningococcal Carriage by Culture and PCR of Throat Swabs and Mouth Gargles
J. Zoe Jordens, Jeannette N. Williams, Graeme R. Jones, and John E. Heckels
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 75-79;
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Immunochromatographic Strip Test for Rapid Detection of Diphtheria Toxin: Description and Multicenter Evaluation in Areas of Low and High Prevalence of Diphtheria
K. H. Engler, A. Efstratiou, D. Norn, R. S. Kozlov, I. Selga, T. G. Glushkevich, M. Tam, V. G. Melnikov, I. K. Mazurova, V. E. Kim, G. Y. Tseneva, L. P. Titov, and R. C. George
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 80-83;
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Multiplex LightCycler PCR Assay for Detection and Differentiation of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis in Nasopharyngeal Specimens
Lynne M. Sloan, Marlene K. Hopkins, P. Shawn Mitchell, Emily A. Vetter, Jon E. Rosenblatt, W. Scott Harmsen, Franklin R. Cockerill, and Robin Patel
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 96-100;
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Phylogeny-Based Rapid Identification of Mycoplasmas and Ureaplasmas from Urethritis Patients
Takashi Yoshida, Shin-Ichi Maeda, Takashi Deguchi, and Hiroaki Ishiko
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 105-110;
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ßlasEN: Microdilution Panel for Identifying ß-Lactamases Present in Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae
Christine C. Sanders, Anton F. Ehrhardt, Ellen Smith Moland, Kenneth S. Thomson, Barbara Zimmer, and Darcie E. Roe
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 123-127;
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Importance of Local Variations in Antibiotic Consumption and Geographical Differences of Erythromycin and Penicillin Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae
César García-Rey, Lorenzo Aguilar, Fernando Baquero, Julio Casal, and Rafael Dal-Ré
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 159-164;
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Evaluation of Four Commercial Immunoglobulin G (IgG)- and IgM-Specific Enzyme Immunoassays for Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections
J. Petitjean, A. Vabret, S. Gouarin, and F. Freymuth
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 165-171;
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Recombinant Assay for Serodiagnosis of Lyme Disease Regardless of OspA Vaccination Status
Maria J. C. Gomes-Solecki, Gary P. Wormser, Martin Schriefer, Glenn Neuman, Laura Hannafey, John D. Glass, and Raymond J. Dattwyler
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 193-197;
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Quantitative Analysis of Mycobacterial and Propionibacterial DNA in Lymph Nodes of Japanese and European Patients with Sarcoidosis
Yoshinobu Eishi, Moritaka Suga, Ikuo Ishige, Daisuke Kobayashi, Tetsuo Yamada, Tamiko Takemura, Touichiro Takizawa, Morio Koike, Shoji Kudoh, Ulrich Costabel, Josune Guzman, Gianfranco Rizzato, Marcello Gambacorta, Ronald du Bois, Andrew G. Nicholson, Om P. Sharma, and Masayuki Ando
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 198-204;
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Evaluation of a Novel Heminested PCR Assay Based on the Phosphoglucosamine Mutase Gene for Detection of Helicobacter pylori in Saliva and Dental Plaque
C. Goosen, J. Theron, M. Ntsala, F. F. Maree, A. Olckers, S. J. Botha, A. J. Lastovica, and S. W. van der Merwe
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 205-209;
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Serotype Identification of Group B Streptococci by PCR and Sequencing
Fanrong Kong, Sonia Gowan, Diana Martin, Gregory James, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 216-226;
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Phenotypic Variation of Helicobacter pylori Isolates from Geographically Distinct Regions Detected by Lectin Typing
Sean O. Hynes, Nathalie Broutet, Eurohepygast Study Group, Torkel Wadström, Marika Mikelsaar, Paul W. O’Toole, John Telford, Lars Engstrand, Shigeru Kamiya, Andreas F. Mentis, and Anthony P. Moran
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 227-232;
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Polymorphisms of Helicobacter pylori HP0638 Reflect Geographic Origin and Correlate with cagA Status
T. Ando, R. M. Peek, D. Pride, S. M. Levine, T. Takata, Y.-C. Lee, K. Kusugami, A. van der Ende, E. J. Kuipers, J. G. Kusters, and M. J. Blaser
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 239-246;
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Rapid Identification of Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Blood Cultures by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization with Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes
Kenneth Oliveira, Gary W. Procop, Deborah Wilson, James Coull, and Henrik Stender
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 247-251;
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Assessment of Clarithromycin-Resistant Helicobacter pylori among Patients in Shanghai and Guangzhou, China, by Primer-Mismatch PCR
Zhi-Jun Pan, Wan-Wen Su, Guido N. J. Tytgat, Jacob Dankert, and Arie van der Ende
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 259-261;
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Accurate, Noninvasive Detection of Helicobacter pylori DNA from Stool Samples: Potential Usefulness for Monitoring Treatment
Anthony P. Shuber, Jennifer J. Ascaño, Kevin A. Boynton, Anastasia Mitchell, Henry F. Frierson, Jr., Wa’el El-Rifai, and Steven M. Powell
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 262-264;
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Identification by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing of Lactobacillus salivarius Bacteremic Cholecystitis
Patrick C. Y. Woo, Ami M. Y. Fung, Susanna K. P. Lau, and Kwok-Yung Yuen
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 265-267;
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Active Copper- and Zinc-Containing Superoxide Dismutase in the Cryptic Genospecies of Haemophilus Causing Urogenital and Neonatal Infections Discriminates Them from Haemophilus influenzae Sensu Stricto
Paul R. Langford, Brian J. Sheehan, Taheed Shaikh, and J. Simon Kroll
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 268-270;
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Direct Detection and Characterization of Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli by Multiplex PCR for stx₁, stx₂, eae, ehxA, and saa
Adrienne W. Paton and James C. Paton
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 271-274;
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Evaluation of a Strand Displacement Amplification Assay (BD ProbeTec-SDA) for Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Urine Specimens
Deniz Akduman, Josephine M. Ehret, Kimberly Messina, Sharron Ragsdale, and Franklyn N. Judson
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 281-283;
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Reaction Difference Rule for Phage Typing of Staphylococcus aureus at 100 Times the Routine Test Dilution
Hazel M. Aucken and Kate Westwell
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 292-293;
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Characterization of Enteropathogenic and Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Isolated from Diarrheal Outbreaks
Jun Yatsuyanagi, Shioko Saito, Hiroyasu Sato, Yoshimichi Miyajima, Ken-Ichi Amano, and Katsuhiko Enomoto
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 294-297;
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Association of cagA and vacA Genotypes of Helicobacter pylori with Gastric Diseases in Estonia
Helena Andreson, Krista Lõivukene, Toomas Sillakivi, Heidi-Ingrid Maaroos, Mart Ustav, Ants Peetsalu, and Marika Mikelsaar
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 298-300;
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Antibiotic-Resistant Cell-Detaching Escherichia coli Strains from Nigerian Children
Iruka N. Okeke, Hartmut Steinrück, Kristen J. Kanack, Simon J. Elliott, Lars Sundström, James B. Kaper, and Adebayo Lamikanra
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 301-305;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Modeling of 5' Nuclease Real-Time Responses for Optimization of a High-Throughput Enrichment PCR Procedure for Salmonella enterica
Rickard Knutsson, Charlotta Löfström, Halfdan Grage, Jeffrey Hoorfar, and Peter Rådström
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 52-60;
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Comparison of Six PCR Methods Using Peripheral Blood for Detection of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis
Laurence Lachaud, Sarah Marchergui-Hammami, Elisabeth Chabbert, Jacques Dereure, Jean Pierre Dedet, and Patrick Bastien
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 210-215;
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Application of Real-Time Fluorescent PCR for Quantitative Assessment of Neospora caninum Infections in Organotypic Slice Cultures of Rat Central Nervous System Tissue
Norbert Müller, Nathalie Vonlaufen, Christian Gianinazzi, Stephen L. Leib, and Andrew Hemphill
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 252-255;
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Comparison of Real-Time, Quantitative PCR with Molecular Beacons to Nested PCR and Culture Methods for Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Bovine Fecal Samples
Ying Fang, Wai-Hong Wu, Jessica L. Pepper, Jill L. Larsen, Salvatore A. E. Marras, Eric. A. Nelson, William B. Epperson, and Jane Christopher-Hennings
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 287-291;
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Parasitology:

Development and Validation of a PCR-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay with Urine for Use in Clinical Research Settings To Detect Trichomonas vaginalis in Women
S. Cornelia Kaydos, Heidi Swygard, Shelly L. Wise, Arlene C. Sena, Peter A. Leone, William C. Miller, Myron S. Cohen, and Marcia M. Hobbs
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 89-95;
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Evaluation of the OptiMAL Rapid Antigen Test and Species-Specific PCR To Detect Placental Plasmodium falciparum Infection at Delivery
Limangeni Mankhambo, Maxwell Kanjala, Sarah Rudman, Valentino M. Lema, and Stephen J. Rogerson
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 155-158;
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Diagnosis of Placental Malaria
Frank P. Mockenhaupt, Ulrike Ulmen, Christiane von Gaertner, George Bedu-Addo, and Ulrich Bienzle
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 306-308;
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Primary Meningoencephalitis by Naegleria fowleri: First Reported Case from Mangalore, South India
Shalini Shenoy, Godwin Wilson, H. V. Prashanth, K. Vidyalakshmi, B. Dhanashree, and R. Bharath
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 309-310;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by Isothermal Ramification Amplification Method: a Feasibility Study
Wandi Zhang, Menashi Cohenford, Brian Lentrichia, Henry D. Isenberg, Elkin Simson, Hengjin Li, Jizu Yi, and David Y. Zhang
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 128-132;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Multicenter Evaluation of Fully Automated BACTEC Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube 960 System for Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Pascale Bemer, Frantiska Palicova, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Henri B. Drugeon, and Gaby E. Pfyffer
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 150-154;
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Case Reports:

Catheter-Related Bacteremia Due to Kocuria kristinae in a Patient with Ovarian Cancer
G. Basaglia, E. Carretto, D. Barbarini, L. Moras, S. Scalone, P. Marone, and P. De Paoli
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 311-313;
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Letters to the Editor:

Alternative Strategies for Confirmation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Require Judicious Use
Cecilia C. L. Ngan, Su-Yun Se Thoe, Kwai-Peng Chan, Jimmy E. H. Sng, and Ai-Ee Ling
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 314-315;
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Investigation of the Presence of Recombinant Polioviruses in the Hit Population in Albania during the 1996 Outbreak
Jill Marturano and Lucia Fiore
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2002 40: 316-317;
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