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M. A. Pfaller and D. J. Diekema

Role of Sentinel Surveillance of Candidemia: Trends in Species Distribution and Antifungal Susceptibility
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3551-3557. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

B. Van Der Pol, J. A. Williams, N. J. Smith, B. E. Batteiger, A. P. Cullen, H. Erdman, T. Edens, K. Davis, H. Salim-Hammad, V. W. Chou, L. Scearce, J. Blutman, and W. J. Payne

Evaluation of the Digene Hybrid Capture II Assay with the Rapid Capture System for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3558-3564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura H. Bachmann, Renee A. Desmond, Joan Stephens, Annalee Hughes, and Edward W. Hook III

Duration of Persistence of Gonococcal DNA Detected by Ligase Chain Reaction in Men and Women following Recommended Therapy for Uncomplicated Gonorrhea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3596-3601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard J. Birtles, Norman K. Fry, Palmira Ventosilla, Abraham G. Cáceres, Eduardo Sánchez, Hugo Vizcarra, and Didier Raoult

Identification of Bartonella bacilliformis Genotypes and Their Relevance to Epidemiological Investigations of Human Bartonellosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3606-3612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gehua Wang, Clifford G. Clark, and Frank G. Rodgers

Detection in Escherichia coli of the Genes Encoding the Major Virulence Factors, the Genes Defining the O157:H7 Serotype, and Components of the Type 2 Shiga Toxin Family by Multiplex PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3613-3619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zaher Zeaiter, Zhongxing Liang, and Didier Raoult

Genetic Classification and Differentiation of Bartonella Species Based on Comparison of Partial ftsZ Gene Sequences
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3641-3647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristine Patterson, Bonnie Olsen, Christopher Thomas, Dora Norn, Milton Tam, and Christopher Elkins

Development of a Rapid Immunodiagnostic Test for Haemophilus ducreyi
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3694-3702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maurine A. Leverstein-van Hall, Ad C. Fluit, Armand Paauw, Adrienne T. A. Box, Sylvain Brisse, and Jan Verhoef

Evaluation of the Etest ESBL and the BD Phoenix, VITEK 1, and VITEK 2 Automated Instruments for Detection of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases in Multiresistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3703-3711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qiang He, Jian-Ping Wang, Michael Osato, and Lawrence B. Lachman

Real-Time Quantitative PCR for Detection of Helicobacter pylori
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3720-3728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caroline M. O'Hara and J. Michael Miller

Ability of the MicroScan Rapid Gram-Negative ID Type 3 Panel To Identify Nonenteric Glucose-Fermenting and Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3750-3752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. J. Peacock, G. D. I. de Silva, A. Justice, A. Cowland, C. E. Moore, C. G. Winearls, and N. P. J. Day

Comparison of Multilocus Sequence Typing and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis as Tools for Typing Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in a Microepidemiological Setting
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3764-3770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Agnes Ferroni, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Eric Abachin, Gilles Quesne, Gerard Lenoir, Patrick Berche, and Jean-Louis Gaillard

Use of 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Identification of Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli Recovered from Patients Attending a Single Cystic Fibrosis Center
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3793-3797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dongeun Yong, Kyungwon Lee, Jong Hwa Yum, Hee Bong Shin, Gian Maria Rossolini, and Yunsop Chong

Imipenem-EDTA Disk Method for Differentiation of Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Producing Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3798-3801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Udo Reischl, Hans-Jörg Linde, Norbert Lehn, Olfert Landt, Kevin Barratt, and Nele Wellinghausen

Direct Detection and Differentiation of Legionella spp. and Legionella pneumophila in Clinical Specimens by Dual-Color Real-Time PCR and Melting Curve Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3814-3817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaoming Ma, Hideaki Kikuta, Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Mikio Yoshioka, Takashi Ebihara, Teiko Murai, Intetu Kobayashi, and Kunihiko Kobayashi

Association of the prtF1 Gene (Encoding Fibronectin-Binding Protein F1) and the sic Gene (Encoding the Streptococcal Inhibitor of Complement) with emm Types of Group A Streptococci Isolated from Japanese Children with Pharyngitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3835-3837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joann L. Cloud, Weston Hymas, and Karen C. Carroll

Impact of Nasopharyngeal Swab Types on Detection of Bordetella pertussis by PCR and Culture
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3838-3840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inmaculada A. Herrero, Mark S. Rouse, Kerryl E. Piper, Samer A. Alyaseen, James M. Steckelberg, and Robin Patel

Reevaluation of Streptococcus bovis Endocarditis Cases from 1975 to 1985 by 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequence Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3848-3850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Deguchi, Takashi Yoshida, Shigeaki Yokoi, Masayasu Ito, Masayoshi Tamaki, Hiroaki Ishiko, and Shin-Ichi Maeda

Longitudinal Quantitative Detection by Real-Time PCR of Mycoplasma genitalium in First-Pass Urine of Men with Recurrent Nongonococcal Urethritis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3854-3856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chih-Ho Lai, Chun-Hsien Kuo, Ya-Chi Chen, Fang-Yu Chao, Sek-Kwong Poon, Chi-Sen Chang, and Wen-Ching Wang

High Prevalence of cagA- and babA2-Positive Helicobacter pylori Clinical Isolates in Taiwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3860-3862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Liran I. Shlush, Doron M. Behar, Adrian Zelazny, Nathy Keller, James R. Lupski, Arthur L. Beaudet, and Dani Bercovich

Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of the Changing Nature of a Meningococcal Outbreak following a Vaccination Campaign
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3565-3571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raquel Sá-Leão, Alexander Tomasz, Ilda Santos Sanches, and Hermínia de Lencastre

Pilot Study of the Genetic Diversity of the Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Flora among Children Attending Day Care Centers
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3577-3585. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Jenny Robson, Zaher Zeaiter, Rodney McDougall, Shane Byrne, and Didier Raoult

Improved Culture from Lymph Nodes of Patients with Cat Scratch Disease and Genotypic Characterization of Bartonella henselae Isolates in Australia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3620-3624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giordano Dicuonzo, Giovanni Gherardi, Robert E. Gertz, Fabio D'Ambrosio, Antonio Goglio, Giulia Lorino, Simona Recchia, Annalisa Pantosti, and Bernard Beall

Genotypes of Invasive Pneumococcal Isolates Recently Recovered from Italian Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3660-3665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Magnus Unemo, Per Olcén, Torsten Berglund, Jan Albert, and Hans Fredlund

Molecular Epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Sequence Analysis of the porB Gene Confirms Presence of Two Circulating Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3741-3749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga V. Morozova, Andrey K. Dobrotvorsky, Natalya N. Livanova, Sergey E. Tkachev, Valentina N. Bakhvalova, Anatoly B. Beklemishev, and Felipe C. Cabello

PCR Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus, and the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent in Ixodes persulcatus Ticks from Western Siberia, Russia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3802-3804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antoaneta Detcheva, Richard R. Facklam, and Bernard Beall

Erythromycin-Resistant Group A Streptococcal Isolates Recovered in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 1995 to 2001
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3831-3834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

Eduardo Henrique Gomes Rodrigues, Maria Edileuza Felinto de Brito, Mitzi Guedes Mendonça, Roberto P. Werkhäuser, Eridan M. Coutinho, Wayner V. Souza, Maria de Fátima P. Militão de Albuquerque, Márcio L. Jardim, and Frederico G. C. Abath

Evaluation of PCR for Diagnosis of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Area of Endemicity in Northeastern Brazil
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3572-3576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jane R. Schwebke and Lisa F. Lawing

Improved Detection by DNA Amplification of Trichomonas vaginalis in Males
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3681-3683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wendell S. F. Meira, Lúcia M. C. Galvão, Eliane D. Gontijo, George L. L. Machado-Coelho, Karen A. Norris, and Egler Chiari

Trypanosoma cruzi Recombinant Complement Regulatory Protein: a Novel Antigen for Use in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of Chagas' Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3735-3740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suthisak Boonchit, Xuenan Xuan, Naoaki Yokoyama, Will L. Goff, Gale Wagner, and Ikuo Igarashi

Evaluation of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay with Recombinant Rhoptry-Associated Protein 1 Antigen against Babesia bovis for the Detection of Specific Antibodies in Cattle
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3771-3775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Yamasaki, Minoru Nakao, Yasuhito Sako, Kazuhiro Nakaya, Marcello Otake Sato, Wulamu Mamuti, Munehiro Okamoto, and Akira Ito

DNA Differential Diagnosis of Human Taeniid Cestodes by Base Excision Sequence Scanning Thymine-Base Reader Analysis with Mitochondrial Genes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3818-3821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Susan Sanchez, M. A. McCrackin Stevenson, Charlene R. Hudson, Marie Maier, Tameka Buffington, Quyen Dam, and John J. Maurer

Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates Associated with Nosocomial Infections in Dogs
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3586-3595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nanna Lindqvist, Anja Siitonen, and Sinikka Pelkonen

Molecular Follow-Up of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Agona Infection in Cattle and Humans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3648-3653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samantha J. King, James A. Leigh, Peter J. Heath, Inmaculada Luque, Carmen Tarradas, Christopher G. Dowson, and Adrian M. Whatmore

Development of a Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for the Pig Pathogen Streptococcus suis: Identification of Virulent Clones and Potential Capsular Serotype Exchange
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3671-3680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

A.-M. Freydière, F. Parant, F. Noel-Baron, M. Crepy, A. Treny, H. Raberin, A. Davidson, and F. C. Odds

Identification of Candida glabrata by a 30-Second Trehalase Test
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3602-3605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Espinel-Ingroff, V. Chaturvedi, A. Fothergill, and M. G. Rinaldi

Optimal Testing Conditions for Determining MICs and Minimum Fungicidal Concentrations of New and Established Antifungal Agents for Uncommon Molds: NCCLS Collaborative Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3776-3781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erja Chryssanthou and Manuel Cuenca-Estrella

Comparison of the Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Subcommittee of the European Committee on Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Proposed Standard and the E-Test with the NCCLS Broth Microdilution Method for Voriconazole and Caspofungin Susceptibility Testing of Yeast Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3841-3844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virology:

Satoshi Ogata, Motoko Nagano-Fujii, Yonson Ku, Seitetsu Yoon, and Hak Hotta

Comparative Sequence Analysis of the Core Protein and Its Frameshift Product, the F Protein, of Hepatitis C Virus Subtype 1b Strains Obtained from Patients with and without Hepatocellular Carcinoma
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3625-3630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wayne Hogrefe, Xin Su, James Song, Rhoda Ashley, and Lilly Kong

Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2-Specific Immunoglobulin G Antibodies in African Sera by Using Recombinant gG2, Western Blotting, and gG2 Inhibition
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3635-3640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Florence Damond, Marie Gueudin, Sophie Pueyo, Isabelle Farfara, David L. Robertson, Diane Descamps, Geneviève Chène, Sophie Matheron, Pauline Campa, Françoise Brun-Vézinet, and François Simon

Plasma RNA Viral Load in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Subtype A and Subtype B Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3654-3659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monique Nijhuis, Noortje van Maarseveen, Rob Schuurman, Sandra Verkuijlen, Machiel de Vos, Karin Hendriksen, and Anton M. van Loon

Rapid and Sensitive Routine Detection of All Members of the Genus Enterovirus in Different Clinical Specimens by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3666-3670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seiichi Ohashi, Kazuo Yoshida, Tohru Yanase, and Tomoyuki Tsuda

Analysis of Intratypic Variation Evident in an Ibaraki Virus Strain and Its Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Serogroup
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3684-3688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. J. Sipewa, P. Goubau, and M. Bodéus

Evaluation of a Cytomegalovirus Glycoprotein B Recombinant Enzyme Immunoassay To Discriminate between a Recent and a Past Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3689-3693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna S. F. Lok, Fabien Zoulim, Stephen Locarnini, Alessandra Mangia, Grazia Niro, Hilde Decraemer, Geert Maertens, Frank Hulstaert, Karen De Vreese, and Erwin Sablon

Monitoring Drug Resistance in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-Infected Patients during Lamivudine Therapy: Evaluation of Performance of INNO-LiPA HBV DR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3729-3734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mao-Yuan Chen, Wei-Kung Wang, Ming-Cheng Lee, Shing-Jer Twu, Shiow-Ing Wu, and Chun-Nan Lee

Rapid Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype E Infection by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3805-3809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corey Casper, Elizabeth Krantz, Heather Taylor, Julie Dalessio, David Carrell, Anna Wald, Lawrence Corey, and Rhoda Ashley

Assessment of a Combined Testing Strategy for Detection of Antibodies to Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in Persons with Kaposi's Sarcoma, Persons with Asymptomatic HHV-8 Infection, and Persons at Low Risk for HHV-8 Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3822-3825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masaji Mase, Kunitoshi Imai, Yasuyuki Sanada, Naoko Sanada, Noboru Yuasa, Tadao Imada, Kenji Tsukamoto, and Shigeo Yamaguchi

Phylogenetic Analysis of Newcastle Disease Virus Genotypes Isolated in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3826-3830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Roman, A. Negredo, R. M. Dalton, I. Wilhelmi, and A. Sánchez-Fauquier

Molecular Detection of Human Calicivirus among Spanish Children with Acute Gastroenteritis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3857-3859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elyse J. Singer, H. Aaron Aronow, Shing-Yi Lee, Charles H. Hinkin, and Tadd Lazarus

Stability of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid Determined with the AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Test, Version 1.5 (Ultrasensitive)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3863-3864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oscar Gallego, Lidia Ruíz, Alex Vallejo, Bonaventura Clotet, Manuel Leal, and Vincent Soriano

Rate of Virological Treatment Failure and Frequencies of Drug Resistance Genotypes among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Subjects on Antiretroviral Therapy in Spain
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3865-3866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Michael E. Blocker, Robert G. Krysiak, Frieda Behets, Myron S. Cohen, and Marcia M. Hobbs

Quantification of Chlamydia trachomatis Elementary Bodies in Urine by Ligase Chain Reaction
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3631-3634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carolyn M. Black, Jeanne Marrazzo, Robert E. Johnson, Edward W. Hook III, Robert B. Jones, Timothy A. Green, Julius Schachter, Walter E. Stamm, Gail Bolan, Michael E. St. Louis, and David H. Martin

Head-to-Head Multicenter Comparison of DNA Probe and Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Women Performed with an Improved Reference Standard
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3757-3763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Lenka Dvorska, Milan Bartos, Oldrich Ostadal, Jarmila Kaustova, Ludmila Matlova, and Ivo Pavlik

IS1311 and IS1245 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analyses, Serotypes, and Drug Susceptibilities of Mycobacterium avium Complex Isolates Obtained from a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Negative Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3712-3719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Madison, W. Gross, I. George, A. Sloutsky, G. Washabaugh, B. Robinson-Dunn, H. Lipman, B. Metchock, G. Mazurek, and J. Ridderhof

Multicenter Evaluation of a Nonweekend Reading Schedule for Radiometric Pyrazinamide Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3753-3756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Esther Julián, Lurdes Matas, Andrés Pérez, José Alcaide, Marie-Antoinette Lanéelle, and Marina Luquin

Serodiagnosis of Tuberculosis: Comparison of Immunoglobulin A (IgA) Response to Sulfolipid I with IgG and IgM Responses to 2,3-Diacyltrehalose, 2,3,6-Triacyltrehalose, and Cord Factor Antigens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3782-3788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Tracevska, I. Jansone, L. Broka, O. Marga, and V. Baumanis

Mutations in the rpoB and katG Genes Leading to Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Latvia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3789-3792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Igor Mokrousov, Tatiana Otten, Boris Vyshnevskiy, and Olga Narvskaya

Detection of embB306 Mutations in Ethambutol-Susceptible Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Northwestern Russia: Implications for Genotypic Resistance Testing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3810-3813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chulhun Ludgerus Chang, Tae Sung Park, Seung Hwan Oh, Hyung Hoi Kim, Eun Yup Lee, Han Chul Son, and Cheol Min Kim

Reduction of Contamination of Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tubes with a Modified Antimicrobial Combination
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3845-3847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. M. Warren, E. M. Streicher, S. Charalambous, G. Churchyard, G. D. van der Spuy, A. D. Grant, P. D. van Helden, and T. C. Victor

Use of Spoligotyping for Accurate Classification of Recurrent Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3851-3853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Thierry De Baere, Georges Wauters, Peter Kämpfer, Caroline Labit, Geert Claeys, Gerda Verschraegen, and Mario Vaneechoutte

Isolation of Buttiauxella gaviniae from a Spinal Cord Patient with Urinary Bladder Pathology
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3867-3870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. M. Rousée, D. Bermond, Y. Piémont, C. Tournoud, R. Heller, P. Kehrli, M. L. Harlay, H. Monteil, and B. Jaulhac

Dialister pneumosintes Associated with Human Brain Abscesses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3871-3873. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manabu Araki, Katsuya Takatsuka, Junichiro Kawamura, and Yuko Kanno

Japanese Spotted Fever Involving the Central Nervous System: Two Case Reports and a Literature Review
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3874-3876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Timothy Barkham and Mark B. Taylor

Sniffing Bacterial Cultures on Agar Plates: a Useful Tool or a Safety Hazard?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3877. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pablo Yagupsky and Nechama Peled

Use of the Isolator 1.5 Microbial Tube for Detection of Brucella melitensis in Synovial Fluid
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3878. [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Wongratanacheewin, W. Pumidonming, R. W. Sermswan, V. Pipitgool, and W. Maleewong

Detection of Opisthorchis viverrini in Human Stool Specimens by PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3879-3880. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan Panaiotov, Todor Kantardjiev, K. A. Kristian Ängeby, Lisbeth Klintz, and Sven E. Hoffner

Nitrate Reductase Assay for Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3881-3882. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhibing Yun, Eva Fredriksson, and Anders Sönnerborg

Quantification of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Proviral DNA by the TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3883-3884. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefaan J. Vandecasteele, Johan Frans, Marc Van Ranst, Beverley C. Millar, Xu Jiru, and John E. Moore

Contamination Management of Broad-Range Ribosomal DNA PCR: Where Is the Evidence?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3885-3886. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author's Correction:

Christopher M. Gilpin, David J. Dawson, Gabrielle O'Kane, John G. Armstrong, and Christopher Coulter

Failure of Commercial Ligase Chain Reaction To Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in Sputum Samples from a Patient with Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Due to a Deletion of the Target Region
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3887. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jiraporn Suksawat, Christian Pitulle, Cruz Arraga-Alvarado, Karina Madrigal, Susan I. Hancock, and Edward B. Breitschwerdt

Coinfection with Three Ehrlichia Species in Dogs from Thailand and Venezuela with Emphasis on Consideration of 16S Ribosomal DNA Secondary Structure
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 3887. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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