JCM -- Table of Contents (February 1 2002, 40 [2])

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Contents: February 2002, Volume 40, Issue 2

       Virology

       Mycology

       Bacteriology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Epidemiology

       Parasitology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

       Errata

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Virology:

Highly Sensitive Assay for Human Herpesvirus 8 Antibodies That Uses a Multiple Antigenic Peptide Derived from Open Reading Frame K8.1
Lee L. Lam, Chou-Pong Pau, Sheila C. Dollard, Philip E. Pellett, and Thomas J. Spira
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 325-329;
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Role of Picornaviruses in Flu-Like Illnesses of Adults Enrolled in an Oseltamivir Treatment Study Who Had No Evidence of Influenza Virus Infection
Guy Boivin, Albert D. Osterhaus, Annie Gaudreau, Helen C. Jackson, Jan Groen, and Penelope Ward
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 330-334;
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Discordance between Genotypic and Phenotypic Drug Resistance Profiles in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Strains Isolated from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
Loredana Sarmati, Emanuele Nicastri, Saverio G. Parisi, Gabriella d'Ettorre, Giorgio Mancino, Pasquale Narciso, Vincenzo Vullo, and Massimo Andreoni
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 335-340;
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Evaluation of Use of Epstein-Barr Viral Load in Patients after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation To Diagnose and Monitor Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease
Barbara C. Gärtner, Hansjörg Schäfer, Katja Marggraff, Günter Eisele, Marco Schäfer, Klaus Roemer, Hans-Jürgen Laws, Martina Sester, Urban Sester, Hermann Einsele, and Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 351-358;
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Engineered BGMK Cells for Sensitive and Rapid Detection of Enteroviruses
Yung T. Huang, Paul Yam, Huimin Yan, and Yan Sun
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 366-371;
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Immunofluorescence Technique Using HeLa Cells Expressing Recombinant Nucleoprotein for Detection of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
Masayuki Saijo, Tang Qing, Masahiro Niikura, Akihiko Maeda, Tetsuro Ikegami, Koji Sakai, Christophe Prehaud, Ichiro Kurane, and Shigeru Morikawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 372-375;
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Specific to Dengue Virus Type 1 Nonstructural Protein NS1 Reveals Circulation of the Antigen in the Blood during the Acute Phase of Disease in Patients Experiencing Primary or Secondary Infections
Sophie Alcon, Antoine Talarmin, Monique Debruyne, Andrew Falconar, Vincent Deubel, and Marie Flamand
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 376-381;
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Evaluation of Confirmatory Strategies for Detection of Type-Specific Antibodies against Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2
Bodo Rolf Eing, Lars Lippelt, Eva Ulla Lorentzen, Wali Hafezi, Wolfgang Schlumberger, Katja Steinhagen, and Joachim Ewald Kühn
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 407-413;
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Antigenic and Genetic Characterization of Influenza C Viruses Which Caused Two Outbreaks in Yamagata City, Japan, in 1996 and 1998
Y. Matsuzaki, K. Sugawara, K. Mizuta, E. Tsuchiya, Y. Muraki, S. Hongo, H. Suzuki, and K. Nakamura
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 422-429;
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Sensitive Enzyme Immunoassay for Hepatitis B Virus Core-Related Antigens and Their Correlation to Virus Load
Tatsuji Kimura, Akinori Rokuhara, Yoko Sakamoto, Shintaro Yagi, Eiji Tanaka, Kendo Kiyosawa, and Noboru Maki
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 439-445;
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Comparative Evaluation of the VERSANT HCV RNA 3.0, QUANTIPLEX HCV RNA 2.0, and COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR Version 2.0 Assays for Quantification of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Serum
Jeffrey J. Germer, Paul J. Heimgartner, Duane M. Ilstrup, W. Scott Harmsen, Greg D. Jenkins, and Robin Patel
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 495-500;
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Application of Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of VP7-Encoding Genes: Fine Comparison of Irish and Global Rotavirus Isolates
F. O'Halloran, M. Lynch, B. Cryan, and S. Fanning
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 524-531;
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Quantification of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Proviral DNA by Using TaqMan Technology
Yuqi Zhao, Min Yu, Johann W. Miller, Mingzhong Chen, Eric G. Bremer, William Kabat, and Ram Yogev
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 675-678;
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Mycology:

Carriage Frequency, Intensity of Carriage, and Strains of Oral Yeast Species Vary in the Progression to Oral Candidiasis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Individuals
Kaaren G. Vargas and Sophie Joly
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 341-350;
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis 87-Kilodalton Antigen, a Heat Shock Protein Useful in Diagnosis: Characterization, Purification, and Detection in Biopsy Material via Immunohistochemistry
Soraya Díez, Beatriz L. Gómez, Angela Restrepo, Rod J. Hay, and Andrew J. Hamilton
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 359-365;
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Development and Evaluation of a Quantitative, Touch-Down, Real-Time PCR Assay for Diagnosing Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
Hans Henrik Larsen, Henry Masur, Joseph A. Kovacs, Vee J. Gill, Victoria A. Silcott, Palaniandy Kogulan, Janine Maenza, Margo Smith, Daniel R. Lucey, and Steven H. Fischer
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 490-494;
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Identification of Four Distinct Genotypes of Candida dubliniensis and Detection of Microevolution In Vitro and In Vivo
Sarah F. Gee, Sophie Joly, David R. Soll, Jacques F. G. M. Meis, Paul E. Verweij, Itzhack Polacheck, Derek J. Sullivan, and David C. Coleman
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 556-574;
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Rapid Identification of Candida Species by Confocal Raman Microspectroscopy
K. Maquelin, L.-P. Choo-Smith, H. P. Endtz, H. A. Bruining, and G. J. Puppels
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 594-600;
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Bacteriology:

The ica Operon and Biofilm Production in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Associated with Carriage and Disease in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
G. D. I. de Silva, M. Kantzanou, A. Justice, R. C. Massey, A. R. Wilkinson, N. P. J. Day, and S. J. Peacock
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 382-388;
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Rapidly Increasing Prevalence of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Middle Tennessee: a 10-Year Clinical and Molecular Analysis
Yi-Wei Tang, Haijing Li, Jane P. Griffin, David W. Haas, and Erika M. C. D'Agata
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 395-399;
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Species-Specific Serodiagnosis of Lyme Arthritis and Neuroborreliosis Due to Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto, B. afzelii, and B. garinii by Using Decorin Binding Protein A
Tero Heikkilä, Ilkka Seppälä, Harri Saxen, Jaana Panelius, Heta Yrjänäinen, and Pekka Lahdenne
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 453-460;
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Diagnosis of Human Leptospirosis by Monoclonal Antibody-Based Antigen Detection in Urine
Patcharin Saengjaruk, Wanpen Chaicumpa, George Watt, Gaysorn Bunyaraksyotin, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Pramuan Tapchaisri, Chuanpit Sittinont, Thanachai Panaphut, Kanchana Tomanakan, Yuwaporn Sakolvaree, Manas Chongsa-Nguan, Yuvadee Mahakunkijcharoen, Thareerat Kalambaheti, Pimjai Naigowit, Michael Angelo L. Wambangco, Hisao Kurazono, and Hideo Hayashi
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 480-489;
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Multiserotype Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay as a Diagnostic Aid for Periodontitis in Large-Scale Studies
P. J. Pussinen, T. Vilkuna-Rautiainen, G. Alfthan, K. Mattila, and S. Asikainen
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 512-518;
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Novel Antigens of Helicobacter pylori Correspond to Ulcer-Related Antibody Pattern of Sera from Infected Patients
Christo Atanassov, Leon Pezennec, Jacques d'Alayer, Ghislaine Grollier, Bertrand Picard, and Jean-Louis Fauchère
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 547-552;
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Genetic Diversity of Streptococcus suis Strains Isolated from Pigs and Humans as Revealed by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
Florence Berthelot-Hérault, Corinne Marois, Marcelo Gottschalk, and Marylène Kobisch
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 615-619;
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Molecular Profiles of Group B Streptococcal Surface Protein Antigen Genes: Relationship to Molecular Serotypes
Fanrong Kong, Sonia Gowan, Diana Martin, Gregory James, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 620-626;
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Selective Amplification of tyv (rfbE), prt (rfbS), viaB, and fliC Genes by Multiplex PCR for Identification of Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A
Kenji Hirose, Ken-Ichiro Itoh, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takayuki Kurazono, Masanori Yamaguchi, Kazuo Moriya, Takayuki Ezaki, Yoshiaki Kawamura, Kazumichi Tamura, and Haruo Watanabe
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 633-636;
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Evaluation of Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae as Etiologic Agents of Persistent Cough in Adolescents and Adults
Robert M. Wadowsky, Elias A. Castilla, Stella Laus, Anita Kozy, Robert W. Atchison, Lawrence A. Kingsley, Joel I. Ward, and David P. Greenberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 637-640;
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Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli as a Cause of Acute Diarrhea in Young Children in Northeast Brazil: a Case-Control Study
Isabel C. A. Scaletsky, Sandra H. Fabbricotti, Rozane L. B. Carvalho, Claudia R. Nunes, Helcio S. Maranhão, Mauro B. Morais, and Ulysses Fagundes-Neto
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 645-648;
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Frequency of Isolation of Staphylococcus lugdunensis in Consecutive Urine Cultures and Relationship to Urinary Tract Infection
D. T. Haile, J. Hughes, E. Vetter, P. Kohner, R. Snyder, R. Patel, and F. R. Cockerill III
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 654-656;
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Use of 16S rRNA Sequencing for Identification of Actinobacillus ureae Isolated from a Cerebrospinal Fluid Sample
A. C. Whitelaw, I. M. Shankland, and B. G. Elisha
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 666-668;
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In Vitro Activities of Broad-Spectrum Cephalosporins against Nonmeningeal Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae: MIC Interpretation Using NCCLS M100-S12 Recommendations
Daniel F. Sahm, Clyde Thornsberry, David C. Mayfield, Mark E. Jones, and James A. Karlowsky
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 669-674;
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Rapid Real-Time PCR for Determination of Penicillin Susceptibility in Pneumococcal Meningitis, Including Culture-Negative Cases
Angela M. Kearns, Clive Graham, Doreen Burdess, Jane Heatherington, and Roger Freeman
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 682-684;
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Community-Acquired Bacteremic Acinetobacter Pneumonia in Tropical Australia Is Caused by Diverse Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, with Carriage in the Throat in At-Risk Groups
Nicholas M. Anstey, Bart J. Currie, Marilyn Hassell, Didier Palmer, Brian Dwyer, and Harald Seifert
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 685-686;
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Septicemia Due to Pasteurella pneumotropica: 16S rRNA Sequencing for Diagnosis Confirmation
Noëlle Barbier Frebourg, Gilles Berthelot, Raymond Hocq, Ahmed Chibani, and Jean-François Lemeland
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 687-689;
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Specific Identification of Listeria welshimeri and Listeria monocytogenes by PCR Assays Targeting a Gene Encoding a Fibronectin-Binding Protein
Philippe Gilot and Jean Content
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 698-703;
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Lectin Typing of Campylobacter concisus
Rune Aabenhus, Sean O. Hynes, Henrik Permin, Anthony P. Moran, and Leif P. Andersen
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 715-717;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Characterization of Chloramphenicol Resistance in Beta-Hemolytic Escherichia coli Associated with Diarrhea in Neonatal Swine
Kenneth M. Bischoff, David G. White, Patrick F. McDermott, Shaohua Zhao, Stuart Gaines, John J. Maurer, and David J. Nisbet
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 389-394;
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Tiamulin Activity against Fastidious and Nonfastidious Veterinary and Human Bacterial Isolates: Initial Development of In Vitro Susceptibility Test Methods
Ronald N. Jones, Michael A. Pfaller, Paul R. Rhomberg, and Donald H. Walter
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 461-465;
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Experimental Infection of Domestic Cats with Bartonella koehlerae and Comparison of Protein and DNA Profiles with Those of Other Bartonella Species Infecting Felines
Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Bruno B. Chomel, Rickie W. Kasten, Carrie M. Hew, David K. Weber, Wilson I. Lee, Sara Droz, and Jane E. Koehler
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 466-474;
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Quantification of Feline Herpesvirus 1 DNA in Ocular Fluid Samples of Clinically Diseased Cats by Real-Time TaqMan PCR
A. Vögtlin, C. Fraefel, S. Albini, C. M. Leutenegger, E. Schraner, B. Spiess, H. Lutz, and M. Ackermann
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 519-523;
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Detection of Ehrlichia canis in Canine Carrier Blood and in Individual Experimentally Infected Ticks with a p30-Based PCR Assay
Roger W. Stich, Yasuko Rikihisa, S. A. Ewing, Glen R. Needham, Debra L. Grover, and Sathaporn Jittapalapong
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 540-546;
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Typing of Pasteurella multocida Isolated from Pigs with and without Porcine Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome
F. A. Lainson, K. D. Aitchison, W. Donachie, and J. R. Thomson
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 588-593;
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PCR-Based Diagnosis of Acute and Chronic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania (Viannia)
Kristen A. Weigle, Luz Angela Labrada, Caterin Lozano, Cecilia Santrich, and Douglas C. Barker
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 601-606;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Identification of Mycobacterium spp. by Using a Commercial 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequencing Kit and Additional Sequencing Libraries
J. L. Cloud, H. Neal, R. Rosenberry, C. Y. Turenne, M. Jama, D. R. Hillyard, and K. C. Carroll
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 400-406;
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Rapid Detection of Pyrazinamide-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a PCR-Based In Vitro System
Yasuhiko Suzuki, Aya Suzuki, Aki Tamaru, Chihiro Katsukawa, and Hajime Oda
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 501-507;
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Improving Sensitivity of Direct Microscopy for Detection of Acid-Fast Bacilli in Sputum: Use of Chitin in Mucus Digestion
P. Farnia, F. Mohammadi, Z. Zarifi, D. J. Tabatabee, J. Ganavi, K. Ghazisaeedi, P. K. Farnia, M. Gheydi, M. Bahadori, M. R. Masjedi, and A. A. Velayati
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 508-511;
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Rapid and Inexpensive Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a Nitrate Reductase Assay
K. A. Kristian Ängeby, Lisbeth Klintz, and Sven E. Hoffner
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 553-555;
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Evaluation of Automated BACTEC MGIT 960 System for Testing Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Four Major Antituberculous Drugs: Comparison with the Radiometric BACTEC 460TB Method and the Agar Plate Method of Proportion
Enrico Tortoli, Marta Benedetti, Alessandra Fontanelli, and M. Tullia Simonetti
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 607-610;
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Discrimination of Single-Copy IS6110 DNA Fingerprints of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates by High-Resolution Minisatellite-Based Typing
Ann S. G. Lee, Lynn L. H. Tang, Irene H. K. Lim, Richard Bellamy, and Sin-Yew Wong
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 657-659;
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Immune Responses to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific Antigen ESAT-6 Signal Subclinical Infection among Contacts of Tuberculosis Patients
T. Mark Doherty, Abebech Demissie, Joseph Olobo, Dawit Wolday, Sven Britton, Tewodros Eguale, Pernille Ravn, and Peter Andersen
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 704-706;
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Differentiation between Mycobacterium farcinogenes and Mycobacterium senegalense Strains Based on 16S-23S Ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences
Mohamed E. Hamid, Andreas Roth, Olfert Landt, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Michael Goodfellow, and Harald Mauch
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 707-711;
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Evaluation of a Rapid PCR-Based Epidemiological Typing Method for Routine Studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Malcolm D. Yates, Francis A. Drobniewski, and Stuart M. Wilson
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 712-714;
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Epidemiology:

Typing and Subtyping of 83 Clinical Isolates Purified from Surgically Implanted Silicone Feeding Tubes by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Amplification
Melanie P. Dautle, Ricky L. Ulrich, and Thomas A. Hughes
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 414-421;
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Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Clones: Evidence of Geographic Dissemination
Maria Miragaia, Isabel Couto, Sandro F. F. Pereira, Karl G. Kristinsson, Henrik Westh, Jens O. Jarløv, João Carriço, Jonas Almeida, Ilda Santos-Sanches, and Hermínia de Lencastre
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 430-438;
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Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Hamburg, Germany: Long-Term Population-Based Analysis Applying Classical and Molecular Epidemiological Techniques
Roland Diel, Steffen Schneider, Karen Meywald-Walter, Christa-Maria Ruf, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, and Stefan Niemann
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 532-539;
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Molecular Characterization of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases Produced by Nosocomial Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae from an Italian Nationwide Survey
Mariagrazia Perilli, Emanuela Dell'Amico, Bernardetta Segatore, Maria Rosaria de Massis, Ciro Bianchi, Francesco Luzzaro, Gian Maria Rossolini, Antonio Toniolo, Giuseppe Nicoletti, and Gianfranco Amicosante
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 611-614;
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Antibiotic Resistance of Helicobacter pylori Strains in Japanese Children
Seiichi Kato, Shigeru Fujimura, Hirokazu Udagawa, Toshiaki Shimizu, Shunichi Maisawa, Kyoko Ozawa, and Kazuie Iinuma
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 649-653;
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Use of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus Typing, and Automated Ribotyping To Assess Genomic Variability among Strains of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
M. M. Pettigrew, B. Foxman, Z. Ecevit, C. F. Marrs, and J. Gilsdorf
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 660-662;
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Genotyping of Clinical Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in a Dutch Teaching Hospital
Yvonne Van Dijk, Camiel L. C. Wielders, Ad C. Fluit, Armand Paauw, Rob J. A. Diepersloot, and Ellen M. Mascini
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 663-665;
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PCR M Typing: a New Method for Rapid Typing of Group A Streptococci
Luca A. Vitali, Claudia Zampaloni, Manuela Prenna, and Sandro Ripa
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 679-681;
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Type IV Longus Pilus of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: Occurrence and Association with Toxin Types and Colonization Factors among Strains Isolated in Argentina
Mariana G. Pichel, Norma Binsztein, Firdausi Qadri, and Jorge A. Girón
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 694-697;
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Parasitology:

Sensitive PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Assay for Detection and Genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in Human Feces
C. F. L. Amar, P. H. Dear, S. Pedraza-Díaz, N. Looker, E. Linnane, and J. McLauchlin
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 446-452;
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Imported Visceral Leishmaniasis: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Comparative Analysis of Three Assays
Jamshaid Iqbal, Parsotam R. Hira, Grover Saroj, Reeni Philip, Faiza Al-Ali, Patrick J. Madda, and Ali Sher
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 475-479;
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Predominance of Trypanosoma cruzi Lineage I in Mexico
Marie-France Bosseno, Christian Barnabé, Ezequiel Magallón Gastélum, Felipe Lozano Kasten, Janine Ramsey, Bertha Espinoza, and Simone Frédérique Brenière
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 627-632;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Development and Evaluation of Real-Time PCR-Based Fluorescence Assays for Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae
Maria Lucia C. Tondella, Deborah F. Talkington, Brian P. Holloway, Scott F. Dowell, Karyn Cowley, Montse Soriano-Gabarro, Mitchell S. Elkind, and Barry S. Fields
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 575-583;
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Comparison of Three Commercially Available Peptide-Based Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA Assays to Microimmunofluorescence Assay for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis Antibodies
Servaas A. Morré, Christian Munk, Kenneth Persson, Susanne Krüger-Kjaer, Rogier van Dijk, Chris J. L. M. Meijer, and Adriaan J. C. van den Brule
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 584-587;
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Comparison of Digene Hybrid Capture 2 and Conventional Culture for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Cervical Specimens
Ling H. Darwin, Allison P. Cullen, Patrick M. Arthur, Carole D. Long, Kim R. Smith, Jennifer L. Girdner, Edward W. Hook III, Thomas C. Quinn, and Attila T. Lorincz
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 641-644;
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Molecular Analysis of Neorickettsia risticii in Adult Aquatic Insects in Pennsylvania, in Horses Infected by Ingestion of Insects, and Isolated in Cell Culture
Jason Mott, Yasukazu Muramatsu, Elizabeth Seaton, Carol Martin, Stephen Reed, and Yasuko Rikihisa
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 690-693;
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Case Reports:

Culture-Negative Endocarditis Due to Chlamydia pneumoniae
R. Gdoura, S. Pereyre, I. Frikha, N. Hammami, M. Clerc, Y. Sahnoun, C. Bebear, M. Daoud, B. de Barbeyrac, and A. Hammami
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 718-720;
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Cryptococcosis in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii
W. George Miller, Arvind A. Padhye, William van Bonn, Eric Jensen, Mary E. Brandt, and Sam H. Ridgway
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 721-724;
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Soft Tissue Infection with Absidia corymbifera in a Patient with Idiopathic Aplastic Anemia
R. Cloughley, J. Kelehan, G. Corbett-Feeney, M. Murray, J. Callaghan, P. Regan, and M. Cormican
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 725-727;
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Human Infections Due to Mycobacterium lentiflavum
Enrico Tortoli, Alessandro Bartoloni, Maria Luigia Erba, Egle Levrè, Natalia Lombardi, Antonia Mantella, and Lorenzo Mecocci
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 728-729;
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Letters to the Editor:

Evaluation of Wet-Prep Motility Test for Presumptive Identification of Bacillus Species
Tim Cleary, Nancimae Miller, and Octavio V. Martinez
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 730
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Cyclospora in Guatemala: Further Considerations
Caryn Bern, Michael J. Arrowood, Mark Eberhard, James H. Maguire, Rafael Pratdesaba, Olga Torres, and Mario González
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 731-732;
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Rapid Laboratory Diagnostics during the Winter Respiratory Virus Season
Steven M. Lipson, Lisa Liolios, and Steve Wesselingh
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 733-734;
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Detection of rpoB Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with LightCycler Technology
Maria J. Torres, Antonio Criado, Jose C. Palomares, Javier Aznar, Nick Saunders, and Kirstin Edwards
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 735
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Poor Accuracy of Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Misdiagnosis of Imported Malaria: Are PCR-Based Reference Laboratories the Answer?
Thomas Hänscheid, Emilia Valadas, Agustin Benito, and Jose Miguel Rubio
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 736-737;
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Ampicillin-Sensitive, Imipenem-Resistant Strains of Enterococcus faecium
Nagwa El Amin, Bengt Wretlind, Aline Wenger, Valérie Brandt, Jacques Bille, and Melvin P. Weinstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 738
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Errata:

Identification of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Biopsy Specimens from Patients with Crohn's Disease Identified by In Situ Hybridization
Leonardo A. Sechi, Manuela Mura, Francesco Tanda, Amelia Lissia, Antonello Solinas, Giovanni Fadda, and Stefania Zanetti
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 739
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Detection of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica by a Rapid and Sensitive Duplex PCR Assay
Wim J. B. Wannet, Michiel Reessink, Henk A. Brunings, and Henny M. E. Maas
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2002 40: 739
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