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Contents: December 2002, Volume 40, Issue 12

       Minireviews

       Parasitology

       Virology

       Bacteriology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Epidemiology

       Mycology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

       Errata

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Minireviews:

Laboratory Assays for Diagnosis and Management of Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Sandra S. Richter
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4407-4412;
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Parasitology:

Real-Time PCR for Detection and Differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in Fecal Samples
Joerg Blessmann, Heidrun Buss, Phuong A. Ton Nu, Binh T. Dinh, Quynh T. Viet Ngo, An Le Van, Mohamed D. Abd Alla, Terry F. H. G. Jackson, Jonathan I. Ravdin, and Egbert Tannich
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4413-4417;
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Optimization and Evaluation of a PCR Assay for Detecting Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in Patients with AIDS
Priya Joseph, Maritza M. Calderón, Robert H. Gilman, Monica L. Quispe, Jaime Cok, Eduardo Ticona, Victor Chavez, Juan A. Jimenez, Maria C. Chang, Martín J. Lopez, and Carlton A. Evans
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4499-4503;
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Evaluation of the Makromed Dipstick Assay versus PCR for Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Returned Travelers
David C. Richardson, Michele Ciach, Kathleen J. Y. Zhong, Ian Crandall, and Kevin C. Kain
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4528-4530;
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Comparison of Two Commercial Assays with Expert Microscopy for Confirmation of Symptomatically Diagnosed Malaria
Jamshaid Iqbal, Nabila Khalid, and Parsotam R. Hira
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4675-4678;
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Detection of Imported Malaria with the Cell-Dyn 4000 Hematology Analyzer
Peter C. Wever, Yvonne M. C. Henskens, Piet A. Kager, Jacob Dankert, and Tom van Gool
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4729-4731;
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Virology:

Detection of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Respiratory Samples by LightCycler Reverse Transcriptase PCR
David M. Whiley, Melanie W. Syrmis, Ian M. Mackay, and Theo P. Sloots
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4418-4422;
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Detection of Dengue Virus Replication in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Dengue Virus Type 2-Infected Patients by a Reverse Transcription-Real-Time PCR Assay
Wei-Kung Wang, Tzu-Ling Sung, Yu-Chen Tsai, Chuan-Liang Kao, Shu-Mei Chang, and Chwan-Chuen King
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4472-4478;
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Evidence that Rodents Are a Reservoir of Hepatitis E Virus for Humans in Nepal
Junkun He, Bruce L. Innis, Mrigendra P. Shrestha, Edward T. Clayson, Robert M. Scott, Kenneth J. Linthicum, Guy G. Musser, Scott C. Gigliotti, Leonard N. Binn, Robert A. Kuschner, and David W. Vaughn
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4493-4498;
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Testing Genotypic and Phenotypic Resistance in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates of Clade B and Other Clades from Children Failing Antiretroviral Therapy
Patrícia A. Brindeiro, Rodrigo M. Brindeiro, Cláudio Mortensen, Kurt Hertogs, Veronique De Vroey, Norma P. M. Rubini, Fernando S. Sion, Carlos A. M. De Sá, Deisy M. Machado, Regina C. M. Succi, and Amilcar Tanuri
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4512-4519;
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Normalized Quantification of Human Cytomegalovirus DNA by Competitive Real-Time PCR on the LightCycler Instrument
Markus Stöcher and Jörg Berg
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4547-4553;
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Molecular Identification and Typing of Enteroviruses Isolated from Clinical Specimens
Stefania Manzara, Michele Muscillo, Giuseppina La Rosa, Cinzia Marianelli, Paola Cattani, and Giovanni Fadda
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4554-4560;
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Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Capsid Antigens Derived from Viruses of Human and Swine Origin Are Equally Efficient for Detecting Anti-HEV by Enzyme Immunoassay
R. E. Engle, C. Yu, S. U. Emerson, X.-J. Meng, and R. H. Purcell
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4576-4580;
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Evaluation of a New Rapid Test for the Combined Detection of Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen and Hepatitis B Virus e Antigen
F. Clement, P. Dewint, and G. Leroux-Roels
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4603-4606;
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Calibrated Real-Time PCR Assay for Quantitation of Human Herpesvirus 8 DNA in Biological Fluids
Francesco Broccolo, Giuseppe Locatelli, Loredana Sarmati, Sara Piergiovanni, Fabrizio Veglia, Massimo Andreoni, Stefano Buttò, Barbara Ensoli, Paolo Lusso, and Mauro S. Malnati
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4652-4658;
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Analysis of the Pathogenetic Basis for Shedding and Transmission of Ovine Gamma Herpesvirus 2
Daniela Hüssy, Fredi Janett, Sarah Albini, Norbert Stäuber, Rico Thun, and Mathias Ackermann
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4700-4704;
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Rotavirus Particles Can Survive Storage in Ambient Tropical Temperatures for More than 2 Months
Thea K. Fischer, Hans Steinsland, and Palle Valentiner-Branth
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4763-4764;
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Overestimation of the Hepatitis C Virus RNA Content of Reference Preparations by the AMPLICOR HCV Monitor Test, Version 2.0
Giulio Pisani, Karen Cristiano, Maria Wirz, Guillermo M. Bisso, and Giuliano Gentili
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4765
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Bacteriology:

Quantification of Bacteria Adherent to Gastrointestinal Mucosa by Real-Time PCR
Xander W. Huijsdens, Ronald K. Linskens, Mariëtte Mak, Stephan G. M. Meuwissen, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, and Paul H. M. Savelkoul
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4423-4427;
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Differences in Virulence Factors among Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli Causing Cystitis and Pyelonephritis in Women and Prostatitis in Men
Joaquim Ruiz, Karine Simon, Juan P. Horcajada, Maria Velasco, Margarita Barranco, Gloria Roig, Antonio Moreno-Martínez, Jose A. Martínez, Teresa Jiménez de Anta, Josep Mensa, and Jordi Vila
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4445-4449;
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Multiple Genetic Typing of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Isolates of Different Phage Types (DT104, U302, DT204b, and DT49) from Animals and Humans in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland
Ernesto Liebana, Lourdes Garcia-Migura, Carol Clouting, Felicity A. Clifton-Hadley, Elisabeth Lindsay, E. John Threlfall, Stanley W. J. McDowell, and Robert H. Davies
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4450-4456;
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M Types of Group A Streptococcal Isolates Submitted to the National Centre for Streptococcus (Canada) from 1993 to 1999
Gregory J. Tyrrell, Marguerite Lovgren, Betty Forwick, Nancy P. Hoe, James M. Musser, and James A. Talbot
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4466-4471;
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Genetic Diversity of Intimin Genes of Attaching and Effacing Escherichia coli Strains
W. L. Zhang, B. Köhler, E. Oswald, L. Beutin, H. Karch, S. Morabito, A. Caprioli, S. Suerbaum, and H. Schmidt
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4486-4492;
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Two Different Families of hopQ Alleles in Helicobacter pylori
Ping Cao and Timothy L. Cover
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4504-4511;
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Direct and Rapid Identification and Genogrouping of Meningococci and porA Amplification by LightCycler PCR
Paula Mölling, Susanne Jacobsson, Anders Bäckman, and Per Olcén
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4531-4535;
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Determining the Genetic Structure of the Natural Population of Staphylococcus aureus: a Comparison of Multilocus Sequence Typing with Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis, and Phage Typing
Hajo Grundmann, Satoshi Hori, Mark C. Enright, Carol Webster, Adriana Tami, Edward J. Feil, and Tyrone Pitt
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4544-4546;
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Typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Reveals Rapid Reinfection in Rural South Africa
Prashini Moodley, Iona M. C. Martin, Catherine A. Ison, and A. Willem Sturm
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4567-4570;
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Importance of Sample Preparation for Molecular Diagnosis of Lyme Borreliosis from Urine
A. R. Bergmann, B. L. Schmidt, A.-M. Derler, and E. Aberer
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4581-4584;
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Clinical Escherichia coli Strains Carrying stx Genes: stx Variants and stx-Positive Virulence Profiles
Marjut Eklund, Kirsikka Leino, and Anja Siitonen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4585-4593;
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Campylobacter jejuni in Black-Headed Gulls (Larus ridibundus): Prevalence, Genotypes, and Influence on C. jejuni Epidemiology
T. Broman, H. Palmgren, S. Bergström, M. Sellin, J. Waldenström, M.-L. Danielsson-Tham, and B. Olsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4594-4602;
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Use of Subtractive Hybridization To Identify a Diagnostic Probe for a Cystic Fibrosis Epidemic Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Yasmin N. Parsons, Stavroula Panagea, Catherine H. M. Smart, Martin J. Walshaw, C. Anthony Hart, and Craig Winstanley
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4607-4611;
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Strain Typing of Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia garinii by Using Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis
Jason Farlow, Danielle Postic, Kimothy L. Smith, Zack Jay, Guy Baranton, and Paul Keim
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4612-4618;
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Comparison of Automated and Nonautomated Systems for Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei
Peter Lowe, Catherine Engler, and Robert Norton
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4625-4627;
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Antigenically Diverse Reference Strains and Autologous Strains of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Are Equally Efficient Antigens in Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Analysis
Tiina Vilkuna-Rautiainen, Pirkko J. Pussinen, Kimmo Mattila, Marja Vesanen, Heidi Åhman, Basak Dogan, and Sirkka Asikainen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4640-4645;
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Characterization of Tn1546 in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolated from Canine Urinary Tract Infections: Evidence of Gene Exchange between Human and Animal Enterococci
S. Simjee, D. G. White, P. F. McDermott, D. D. Wagner, M. J. Zervos, S. M. Donabedian, L. L. English, J. R. Hayes, and R. D. Walker
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4659-4665;
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Molecular Characterization of Cephalosporin-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Newport Isolates from Animals in Pennsylvania
Shelley C. Rankin, Helen Aceto, Jennifer Cassidy, Jeff Holt, Sheri Young, Brenda Love, Deepanker Tewari, Donald S. Munro, and Charles E. Benson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4679-4684;
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Novel Single-Tube Agar-Based Test System for Motility Enhancement and Immunocapture of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by H7 Flagellar Antigen-Specific Antibodies
Shelton E. Murinda, Lien T. Nguyen, Susan J. Ivey, Raul A. Almeida, and Stephen P. Oliver
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4685-4690;
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Limited Diversity among Human Isolates of Bartonella henselae
B. Dillon, J. Valenzuela, R. Don, D. Blanckenberg, D. I. Wigney, R. Malik, A. J. Morris, J. M. Robson, and J. Iredell
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4691-4699;
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Development of a Real-Time Fluorescence PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of the Diphtheria Toxin Gene
Elizabeth A. Mothershed, Pamela K. Cassiday, Kevin Pierson, Leonard W. Mayer, and Tanja Popovic
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4713-4719;
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Identification of Listeria Species by Microarray-Based Assay
Dmitriy Volokhov, Avraham Rasooly, Konstantin Chumakov, and Vladimir Chizhikov
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4720-4728;
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Diversity among French Bacillus anthracis Isolates
Agnès Fouet, Kimothy L. Smith, Chris Keys, Josée Vaissaire, Claudine Le Doujet, Martine Lévy, Michèle Mock, and Paul Keim
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4732-4734;
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Apodemus Species Mice Are Reservoir Hosts of Borrelia garinii OspA Serotype 4 in Switzerland
D. Huegli, C. M. Hu, P.-F. Humair, B. Wilske, and L. Gern
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4735-4737;
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Colony Multiplex PCR Assay for Identification and Differentiation of Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli, C. lari, C. upsaliensis, and C. fetus subsp. fetus
Gehua Wang, Clifford G. Clark, Tracy M. Taylor, Chad Pucknell, Connie Barton, Lawrence Price, David L. Woodward, and Frank G. Rodgers
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4744-4747;
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New Technique (the NOW Test) for Rapid Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the Nasopharynx
Howard Faden, Michael Heimerl, Gail Goodman, Peter Winkelstein, and Chelikani Varma
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4748-4749;
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New Serological Assay for Detection of Putative Helicobacter pylori Virulence Factors
Chang-Young Park, Yong-Kyun Cho, Tadashi Kodama, Hala M. T. El-Zimaity, Michael S. Osato, David Y. Graham, and Yoshio Yamaoka
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4753-4756;
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Evaluation of a Plastic Nonvented Aerobic Blood Culture Bottle for Use with the BacT/ALERT Microbial Detection System
J. W. Snyder, G. K. Munier, G. D. Bostic, P. S. Bozigar, and R. Hanna
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4757-4759;
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Are There Naturally Occurring Pleomorphic Bacteria in the Blood of Healthy Humans?
Richard W. McLaughlin, Hojatollah Vali, Peter C. K. Lau, Roger G. E. Palfree, Angela De Ciccio, Marc Sirois, Darakhshan Ahmad, Richard Villemur, Marcel Desrosiers, and Eddie C. S. Chan
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4771-4775;
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Loss of a 29-Kilodalton Outer Membrane Protein in Acinetobacter baumannii Is Associated with Imipenem Resistance
Adriana S. Limansky, María Alejandra Mussi, and Alejandro M. Viale
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4776-4778;
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Characterization of a Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O139 Strain Belonging to a New Ribotype and Isolated from a Diarrheal Patient
R. Bhanumathi, F. Sabeena, Sree Renjini Isac, G. Radhakutty, and D. V. Singh
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4779-4781;
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Comparison of the Borrelia DotBlot G, MarDx, and VIDAS Enzyme Immunoassays for Detecting Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in Human Serum
Deborah J. Jespersen, Thomas F. Smith, Jon E. Rosenblatt, and Franklin R. Cockerill III
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4782-4784;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Reliability of Nested PCR for Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in Atheromas: Results from a Multicenter Study Applying Standardized Protocols
Petra Apfalter, Ojan Assadian, Francesco Blasi, Jens Boman, Charlotte A. Gaydos, Michael Kundi, Athanasios Makristathis, Marion Nehr, Manfred L. Rotter, and Alexander M. Hirschl
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4428-4434;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Characterization of rpoB Mutations in Rifampin-Resistant Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Turkey by DNA Sequencing and Line Probe Assay
Cengiz Cavusoglu, Suleyha Hilmioglu, Sevinc Guneri, and Altinay Bilgic
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4435-4438;
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Microevolution of the Direct Repeat Region of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Implications for Interpretation of Spoligotyping Data
R. M. Warren, E. M. Streicher, S. L. Sampson, G. D. van der Spuy, M. Richardson, D. Nguyen, M. A. Behr, T. C. Victor, and P. D. van Helden
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4457-4465;
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Stability of Variable-Number Tandem Repeats of Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units from 12 Loci in Serial Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Evgueni Savine, Robin M. Warren, Gian D. van der Spuy, Nulda Beyers, Paul D. van Helden, Camille Locht, and Philip Supply
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4561-4566;
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Improvement of Differentiation and Interpretability of Spoligotyping for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates by Introduction of New Spacer Oligonucleotides
A. G. M. van der Zanden, K. Kremer, L. M. Schouls, K. Caimi, A. Cataldi, A. Hulleman, N. J. D. Nagelkerke, and D. van Soolingen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4628-4639;
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Simultaneous Identification of Mycobacterium Genus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Clinical Samples by 5'-Exonuclease Fluorogenic PCR
Albert García-Quintanilla, Julián González-Martín, Griselda Tudó, Mateu Espasa, and María T. Jiménez de Anta
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4646-4651;
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Novel Algorithm Identifies Species in a Polymycobacterial Sample by Fluorescence Capillary Electrophoresis-Based Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis
Tomotada Iwamoto, Toshiaki Sonobe, and Kozaburo Hayashi
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4705-4712;
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Detection of Mycobacterial DNA in Andean Mummies
Nami Konomi, Eve Lebwohl, Ken Mowbray, Ian Tattersall, and David Zhang
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4738-4740;
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Performance of the Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility Assay in Drug Susceptibility Testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Walter G. Park, William R. Bishai, Richard E. Chaisson, and Susan E. Dorman
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4750-4752;
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Epidemiology:

Laboratory Diagnosis and Genetic Analysis of an Echovirus 30-Associated Outbreak of Aseptic Meningitis in Taiwan in 2001
Jen-Ren Wang, Huey-Pin Tsai, Sen-Wen Huang, Pin-Hwa Kuo, David Kiang, and Ching-Chuan Liu
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4439-4444;
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Sequence Diversity of Neisseria meningitidis 16S rRNA Genes and Use of 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing as a Molecular Subtyping Tool
Claudio T. Sacchi, Anne M. Whitney, Michael W. Reeves, Leonard W. Mayer, and Tanja Popovic
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4520-4527;
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Comparison of a Repetitive Extragenic Palindromic Sequence-Based PCR Method and Clinical and Microbiological Methods for Determining Strain Sources in Cases of Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia
David Martín-Lozano, José Miguel Cisneros, Berta Becerril, Lucila Cuberos, Trinidad Prados, Carlos Ortíz-Leyba, Elías Cañas, and Jerónimo Pachón
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4571-4575;
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Characterization of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolated in Italy and in France
Giovanni M. Giammanco, Sarina Pignato, Francine Grimont, Patrick A. D. Grimont, Alfredo Caprioli, Stefano Morabito, and Giuseppe Giammanco
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4619-4624;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Producing, Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Taiwan
W.-L. Yu, R. N. Jones, R. J. Hollis, S. A. Messer, D. J. Biedenbach, L. M. Deshpande, and M. A. Pfaller
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4666-4669;
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Endemic Carbapenem Resistance Associated with OXA-40 Carbapenemase among Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from a Hospital in Northern Spain
F. Lopez-Otsoa, L. Gallego, K. J. Towner, L. Tysall, N. Woodford, and D. M. Livermore
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4741-4743;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in a Rural Area of High Prevalence in South India: Implications for Disease Control and Prevention
Sujatha Narayanan, Sulochana Das, Renu Garg, Lalitha Hari, Vijay Bhaskara Rao, Thomas R. Frieden, and P. R. Narayanan
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4785-4788;
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Mycology:

High Oral Prevalence of Candida krusei in Leprosy Patients in Northern Thailand
P. A. Reichart, L. P. Samaranayake, Y. H. Samaranayake, M. Grote, E. Pow, and B. Cheung
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4479-4485;
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Persistence of Pigment Production by Yeast Isolates Grown on CHROMagar Candida Medium
Duane R. Hospenthal, Clinton K. Murray, Miriam L. Beckius, Judith A. Green, and David P. Dooley
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4768-4770;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Helicobacter cetorum sp. nov., a Urease-Positive Helicobacter Species Isolated from Dolphins and Whales
C. G. Harper, Y. Feng, S. Xu, N. S. Taylor, M. Kinsel, F. E. Dewhirst, B. J. Paster, M. Greenwell, G. Levine, A. Rogers, and J. G. Fox
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4536-4543;
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Bartonella henselae and Bartonella elizabethae as Potential Canine Pathogens
Angela M. Mexas, Susan I. Hancock, and Edward B. Breitschwerdt
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4670-4674;
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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Strains from Cattle and Sheep Can Be Distinguished by a PCR Test Based on a Novel DNA Sequence Difference
Desmond M. Collins, May De Zoete, and Sonia M. Cavaignac
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4760-4762;
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Case Reports:

Roseomonas gilardii Infection: Case Report and Review
Navkiran K. Shokar, Gurjeet S. Shokar, Jamal Islam, and Alvah R. Cass
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4789-4791;
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Isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus from a Patient with Cellulitis
Dalius J. Briedis, Ali Khamessan, Richard W. McLaughlin, Hojatollah Vali, Maria Panaritou, and Eddie C. S. Chan
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4792-4796;
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Rotavirus Gastroenteritis and Central Nervous System (CNS) Infection: Characterization of the VP7 and VP4 Genes of Rotavirus Strains Isolated from Paired Fecal and Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples from a Child with CNS Disease
M. Iturriza-Gómara, I. A. Auchterlonie, W. Zaw, P. Molyneaux, U. Desselberger, and J. Gray
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4797-4799;
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Pulmonary Localization of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in an AIDS Patient: Case Report and Review
F. Botterel, C. Minozzi, D. Vittecoq, and P. Bourée
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4800-4801;
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Letters to the Editor:

Pet Reptiles Associated with a Case of Salmonellosis in an Infant Were Carrying Multiple Strains of Salmonella
C. Willis, T. Wilson, M. Greenwood, and L. Ward
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4802-4803;
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PCR Fingerprinting for Identification of Common Species of Dermatophytes
Elisabetta Faggi, Gabriella Pini, and Enza Campisi
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4804-4805;
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Errata:

Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates Associated with Nosocomial Infections in Dogs
Susan Sanchez, M. A. McCrackin Stevenson, Charlene R. Hudson, Marie Maier, Tameka Buffington, Quyen Dam, and John J. Maurer
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4806
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Direct PCR Detection of Burkholderia cepacia Complex and Identification of Its Genomovars by Using Sputum as Source of DNA
Pavel Drevínek, Hana Hrbácková, Ondrej Cinek, Jana Bartosová, Otakar Nyc, Alexandr Nemec, and Petr Pohunek
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2002 40: 4806
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