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Kathryn L. Ruoff

Miscellaneous Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci: Emerging Opportunists
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1129-1133. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Qing Zhang, Randa Kennon, Maureen A. Koza, Kristina Hulten, and Jill E. Clarridge III

Pseudoepidemic Due to a Unique Strain of Mycobacterium szulgai: Genotypic, Phenotypic, and Epidemiological Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1134-1139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick C. Y. Woo, Kit-Wah Leung, Samson S. Y. Wong, Ken T. K. Chong, Elim Y. L. Cheung, and Kwok-Yung Yuen

Relatively Alcohol-Resistant Mycobacteria Are Emerging Pathogens in Patients Receiving Acupuncture Treatment
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1219-1224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Turenne, Pamela Chedore, Joyce Wolfe, Frances Jamieson, Kevin May, and Amin Kabani

Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium elephantis from Human Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1230-1236. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

R. M. Warren, G. D. van der Spuy, M. Richardson, N. Beyers, C. Booysen, M. A. Behr, and P. D. van Helden

Evolution of the IS6110-Based Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Pattern during the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1277-1282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John P. Bannantine, Emily Baechler, Qing Zhang, LingLing Li, and Vivek Kapur

Genome Scale Comparison of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis with Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium Reveals Potential Diagnostic Sequences
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1303-1310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deanna L. Kiska, Karen Hicks, and David J. Pettit

Identification of Medically Relevant Nocardia Species with an Abbreviated Battery of Tests
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1346-1351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Novel IS6110 Insertion Sites in the Direct Repeat Locus of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Strains from the St. Petersburg Area of Russia and Evolutionary and Epidemiological Considerations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1504-1507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

Gregory J. Tyrrell, LeeAnn Turnbull, Lúcia M. Teixeira, Johanne Lefebvre, Maria da Glória S. Carvalho, Richard R. Facklam, and Marguerite Lovgren

Enterococcus gilvus sp. nov. and Enterococcus pallens sp. nov. Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1140-1145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. R. Baden, I. A. Critchley, D. F. Sahm, W. So, M. Gedde, S. Porter, R. C. Moellering, Jr., and G. Eliopoulos

Molecular Characterization of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Repopulating the Gastrointestinal Tract following Treatment with a Novel Glycolipodepsipeptide, Ramoplanin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1160-1163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiao-Zhe Huang, May C. Chu, Dave M. Engelthaler, and Luther E. Lindler

Genotyping of a Homogeneous Group of Yersinia pestis Strains Isolated in the United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1164-1173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tero Heikkilä, Ilkka Seppälä, Harri Saxén, Jaana Panelius, Miikka Peltomaa, Tiina Julin, Sten-Anders Carlsson, and Pekka Lahdenne

Recombinant BBK32 Protein in Serodiagnosis of Early and Late Lyme Borreliosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1174-1180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey B. Kaplan, Helen C. Schreiner, David Furgang, and Daniel H. Fine

Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Strains Isolated from Localized Juvenile Periodontitis Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1181-1187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David G. Heath, Kathy Hohneker, Charlene Carriker, Kelly Smith, Jonathan Routh, John J. LiPuma, Robert M. Aris, David Weber, and Peter H. Gilligan

Six-Year Molecular Analysis of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Isolates among Cystic Fibrosis Patients at a Referral Center for Lung Transplantation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1188-1193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lixia Liu, Tom Coenye, Jane L. Burns, Paul W. Whitby, Terrence L. Stull, and John J. LiPuma

Ribosomal DNA-Directed PCR for Identification of Achromobacter (Alcaligenes) xylosoxidans Recovered from Sputum Samples from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1210-1213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dionysios Liveris, Guiqing Wang, Gary Girao, Daniel W. Byrne, John Nowakowski, Donna McKenna, Robert Nadelman, Gary P. Wormser, and Ira Schwartz

Quantitative Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in 2-Millimeter Skin Samples of Erythema Migrans Lesions: Correlation of Results with Clinical and Laboratory Findings
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1249-1253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabel C. A. Scaletsky, Sandra H. Fabbricotti, Katia R. Aranda, Mauro B. Morais, and Ulysses Fagundes-Neto

Comparison of DNA Hybridization and PCR Assays for Detection of Putative Pathogenic Enteroadherent Escherichia coli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1254-1258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adebomi Omikunle, Shinji Takahashi, Chrishana L. Ogilvie, Yan Wang, Carina A. Rodriguez, Joseph W. St. Geme, III, and Elisabeth E. Adderson

Limited Genetic Diversity of Recent Invasive Isolates of Non-Serotype b Encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1264-1270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michel Drancourt and Didier Raoult

rpoB Gene Sequence-Based Identification of Staphylococcus Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1333-1338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Loens, D. Ursi, M. Ieven, P. van Aarle, P. Sillekens, P. Oudshoorn, and H. Goossens

Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Spiked Clinical Samples by Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1339-1345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mustapha M. Samrakandi, Suat L. G. Cirillo, Dennis A. Ridenour, Luiz E. Bermudez, and Jeffrey D. Cirillo

Genetic and Phenotypic Differences between Legionella pneumophila Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1352-1362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adrienne W. Paton and James C. Paton

Reactivity of Convalescent-Phase Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Patient Sera with the Megaplasmid-Encoded TagA Protein of Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli O157
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1395-1399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon D. Bélanger, Maurice Boissinot, Christian Ménard, François J. Picard, and Michel G. Bergeron

Rapid Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing Bacteria in Feces by Multiplex PCR with Molecular Beacons on the Smart Cycler
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1436-1440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wenlan Zhang, Martina Bielaszewska, Thorsten Kuczius, and Helge Karch

Identification, Characterization, and Distribution of a Shiga Toxin 1 Gene Variant (stx_1c) in Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Humans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1441-1446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Quantitative Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium from First-Pass Urine of Men with Urethritis and Asymptomatic Men by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1451-1455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Volker Fingerle, Sandra Rauser, Bettina Hammer, Olaf Kahl, Christiane Heimerl, Ulrike Schulte-Spechtel, Lise Gern, and Bettina Wilske

Dynamics of Dissemination and Outer Surface Protein Expression of Different European Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Strains in Artificially Infected Ixodes ricinus Nymphs
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1456-1463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul V. Effler, April K. Bogard, Harry Y. Domen, Alan R. Katz, Henry Y. Higa, and David M. Sasaki

Evaluation of Eight Rapid Screening Tests for Acute Leptospirosis in Hawaii
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1464-1469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Svetlana Bardenstein, Michal Mandelboim, Thomas A. Ficht, Miriam Baum, and Menachem Banai

Identification of the Brucella melitensis Vaccine Strain Rev.1 in Animals and Humans in Israel by PCR Analysis of the PstI Site Polymorphism of Its omp2 Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1475-1480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sook-In Jung, Sungmin Kiem, Nam Yong Lee, Yeon-Sook Kim, Won Sup Oh, Hwang Lae Cho, Kyong Ran Peck, and Jae-Hoon Song

One-Point Population Analysis and Effect of Osmolarity on Detection of Hetero-Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1493-1495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olle Aspevall, Björn Osterman, Rakel Dittmer, Lena Stén, Emma Lindbäck, and Urban Forsum

Performance of Four Chromogenic Urine Culture Media after One or Two Days of Incubation Compared with Reference Media
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1500-1503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. A. Peña, K. McNeil, J. G. Fox, and J. Versalovic

Molecular Evidence of Helicobacter cinaedi Organisms in Human Gastric Biopsy Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1511-1513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. Maes, J. Magdalena, S. Rottiers, Y. De Gheldre, and M. J. Struelens

Evaluation of a Triplex PCR Assay To Discriminate Staphylococcus aureus from Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci and Determine Methicillin Resistance from Blood Cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1514-1517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher J. McIver, Peter A. White, Louisa A. Jones, Tom Karagiannis, Jock Harkness, Deborah Marriott, and William D. Rawlinson

Epidemic Strains of Shigella sonnei Biotype g Carrying Integrons
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1538-1540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franz-Josef Schmitz, Andreas Beeck, Mirella Perdikouli, Mechthild Boos, Susanne Mayer, Sybille Scheuring, Karl Köhrer, Jan Verhoef, and Ad C. Fluit

Production of BRO ß-Lactamases and Resistance to Complement in European Moraxella catarrhalis Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1546-1548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura Pagani, Roberta Migliavacca, Lucia Pallecchi, Cecilia Matti, Ernesto Giacobone, Gianfranco Amicosante, Egidio Romero, and Gian Maria Rossolini

Emerging Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases in Proteus mirabilis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1549-1552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Laila F. Nimri, Iaci N. S. Moura, Laurence Huang, Carlos del Rio, David Rimland, Jeffrey S. Duchin, Ellen M. Dotson, and Charles B. Beard

Genetic Diversity of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis Based on Variations in Nucleotide Sequences of Internal Transcribed Spacers of rRNA Genes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1146-1151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reiko Ikeda, Takashi Sugita, Eric S. Jacobson, and Takako Shinoda

Laccase and Melanization in Clinically Important Cryptococcus Species Other than Cryptococcus neoformans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1214-1218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jong Hee Shin, Seung Jung Kee, Myung Geun Shin, Soo Hyun Kim, Dong Hyeon Shin, Sang Ku Lee, Soon Pal Suh, and Dong Wook Ryang

Biofilm Production by Isolates of Candida Species Recovered from Nonneutropenic Patients: Comparison of Bloodstream Isolates with Isolates from Other Sources
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1244-1248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jozef Nosek, L'ubomír Tomáska, Adriana Rycovská, and Hiroshi Fukuhara

Mitochondrial Telomeres as Molecular Markers for Identification of the Opportunistic Yeast Pathogen Candida parapsilosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1283-1289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M.-E. Bougnoux, S. Morand, and C. d'Enfert

Usefulness of Multilocus Sequence Typing for Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Candida albicans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1290-1297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. J. Diekema, S. A. Messer, A. B. Brueggemann, S. L. Coffman, G. V. Doern, L. A. Herwaldt, and M. A. Pfaller

Epidemiology of Candidemia: 3-Year Results from the Emerging Infections and the Epidemiology of Iowa Organisms Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1298-1302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Sugita, Masako Takashima, Takako Shinoda, Hajime Suto, Tetsushi Unno, Ryoji Tsuboi, Hideoki Ogawa, and Akemi Nishikawa

New Yeast Species, Malassezia dermatis, Isolated from Patients with Atopic Dermatitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1363-1367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Domenico D'Antonio, Ferdinando Romano, Eugenio Pontieri, Giuseppe Fioritoni, Claudia Caracciolo, Stefano Bianchini, Paola Olioso, Tommaso Staniscia, Roberta Sferra, Stefania Boccia, Antonella Vetuschi, Giovanni Federico, Eugenio Gaudio, and Giuseppe Carruba

Catheter-Related Candidemia Caused by Candida lipolytica in a Patient Receiving Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1381-1386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sevtap Arikan, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Mario Lozano-Chiu, Victor Paetznick, David Gordon, Tom Wallace, and John H. Rex

In Vitro Activity of Nystatin Compared with Those of Liposomal Nystatin, Amphotericin B, and Fluconazole against Clinical Candida Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1406-1412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudio Viscoli, Marco Machetti, Paola Gazzola, Andrea De Maria, Dimitri Paola, Maria Teresa Van Lint, Francesca Gualandi, Mauro Truini, and Andrea Bacigalupo

Aspergillus Galactomannan Antigen in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients with Probable Cerebral Aspergillosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1496-1499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valerie Letscher-Bru, Marie-Helene Meyer, Anne-Cecile Galoisy, Jocelyn Waller, and Ermanno Candolfi

Prospective Evaluation of the New Chromogenic Medium Candida ID, in Comparison with Candiselect, for Isolation of Molds and Isolation and Presumptive Identification of Yeast Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1508-1510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert F. Miller, Helen E. Ambrose, Vas Novelli, and Ann E. Wakefield

Probable Mother-to-Infant Transmission of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1555-1557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Indira T. Kudva, Peter S. Evans, Nicole T. Perna, Timothy J. Barrett, G. Joel DeCastro, Frederick M. Ausubel, Frederick R. Blattner, and Stephen B. Calderwood

Polymorphic Amplified Typing Sequences Provide a Novel Approach to Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1152-1159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabel Chinen, Marta Rivas, Viviana Soriano, Elizabeth Miliwebsky, Gabriel Fernández Galvez, Germán Chillemi, Ariela Baschkier, Gehua Wang, Richard Caldeira, David L. Woodward, and Frank G. Rodgers

Escherichia coli ehl1 Gene-Positive Serotype O18ac:H31 Associated with an Outbreak of Diarrhea in a Neonatal Nursery in Neuquén City, Argentina
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1225-1229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafael Cantón, Antonio Oliver, Teresa M. Coque, María del Carmen Varela, José Claudio Pérez-Díaz, and Fernando Baquero

Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacter Isolates in a Spanish Hospital during a 12-Year Period
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1237-1243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mi-Na Kim, Sang Hyun Hwang, Yeon-Jung Pyo, Hyang-Mi Mun, and Chik Hyun Pai

Clonal Spread of Staphylococcus aureus Heterogeneously Resistant to Vancomycin in a University Hospital in Korea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1376-1380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudia Sola, Germán Gribaudo, Ana Vindel, Luis Patrito, and José Luis Bocco

Identification of a Novel Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Epidemic Clone in Córdoba, Argentina, Involved in Nosocomial Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1427-1435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margaret Ip, Donald J. Lyon, Raymond W. H. Yung, Lily Tsang, and Augustine F. B. Cheng

Introduction of New Clones of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hong Kong
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1522-1525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jann-Tay Wang, Lawrence Clifford McDonald, Shan-Chwen Chang, and Monto Ho

Community-Acquired Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia in Adult Patients in Taiwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1526-1529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary E. Proctor, Terry Kurzynski, Cindy Koschmann, John R. Archer, and Jeffrey P. Davis

Four Strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolated from Patients during an Outbreak of Disease Associated with Ground Beef: Importance of Evaluating Multiple Colonies from an Outbreak-Associated Product
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1530-1533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Esther Collantes-Fernández, Ángel Zaballos, Gema Álvarez-García, and Luis M. Ortega-Mora

Quantitative Detection of Neospora caninum in Bovine Aborted Fetuses and Experimentally Infected Mice by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1194-1198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven B. Kleiboeker, Margaret A. Miller, Susan K. Schommer, Jose A. Ramos-Vara, Magalie Boucher, and Susan E. Turnquist

Detection and Multigenic Characterization of a Herpesvirus Associated with Malignant Catarrhal Fever in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Missouri
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1311-1318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. F. Huang, G. Haqshenas, D. K. Guenette, P. G. Halbur, S. K. Schommer, F. W. Pierson, T.E. Toth, and X. J. Meng

Detection by Reverse Transcription-PCR and Genetic Characterization of Field Isolates of Swine Hepatitis E Virus from Pigs in Different Geographic Regions of the United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1326-1332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ernesto Liebana, Carol Clouting, Claire A. Cassar, Luke P. Randall, Rachel A. Walker, E. John Threlfall, Felicity A. Clifton-Hadley, Anne M. Ridley, and Robert H. Davies

Comparison of gyrA Mutations, Cyclohexane Resistance, and the Presence of Class I Integrons in Salmonella enterica from Farm Animals in England and Wales
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1481-1486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudia Gentry-Weeks, H. Joel Hutcheson, Lisa Marie Kim, Denise Bolte, Josie Traub-Dargatz, Paul Morley, Barbara Powers, and Michael Jessen

Identification of Two Phylogenetically Related Organisms from Feces by PCR for Detection of Salmonella spp.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1487-1492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

Hyun-Hee Kong, Ji-Yeol Shin, Hak-Sun Yu, Jin Kim, Tae-Won Hahn, Young-Ho Hahn, and Dong-Il Chung

Mitochondrial DNA Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) and 18S Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA PCR-RFLP Analyses of Acanthamoeba Isolated from Contact Lens Storage Cases of Residents in Southwestern Korea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1199-1206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeremy Gray, Lars Victor von Stedingk, Mikael Gürtelschmid, and Marta Granström

Transmission Studies of Babesia microti in Ixodes ricinus Ticks and Gerbils
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1259-1263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mehreen Zaki, Parool Meelu, Wei Sun, and C. Graham Clark

Simultaneous Differentiation and Typing of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1271-1276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joan Barenfanger, Cheryl Drake, and Chad Hanson

Timing of Inoculation of the Pouch Makes No Difference in Increased Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis by the InPouch TV Method
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1387-1389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mónica Giraldo, Ricardo W. D. Portela, Mirian Snege, Paulo G. Leser, Mário E. Camargo, José Roberto Mineo, and Ricardo T. Gazzinelli

Immunoglobulin M (IgM)-Glycoinositolphospholipid Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay: an Immunoenzymatic Assay for Discrimination between Patients with Acute Toxoplasmosis and Those with Persistent Parasite-Specific IgM Antibodies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1400-1405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haruyuki Hirata, Hiromi Ikadai, Naoaki Yokoyama, Xuenan Xuan, Kozo Fujisaki, Naoyoshi Suzuki, Takeshi Mikami, and Ikuo Igarashi

Cloning of a Truncated Babesia equi Gene Encoding an 82-Kilodalton Protein and Its Potential Use in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1470-1474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virology:

Jia-Horng Kao, Pei-Jer Chen, Ming-Yang Lai, and Ding-Shinn Chen

Genotypes and Clinical Phenotypes of Hepatitis B Virus in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1207-1209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Young Keol Cho, Heungsup Sung, Sun Hee Ahn, In Gyu Bae, Jun Hee Woo, Young Ho Won, Dae Ghon Kim, and Moon Won Kang

Frequency of Mutations Conferring Resistance to Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Patients in Korea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1319-1325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas P. Leary, James C. Erker, Michelle L. Chalmers, Andrea T. Cruz, J. Denise Wetzel, Suresh M. Desai, Isa K. Mushahwar, and Terence S. Dermody

Detection of Mammalian Reovirus RNA by Using Reverse Transcription-PCR: Sequence Diversity within the 3-Encoding L1 Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1368-1375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Pongsuwanna, R. Guntapong, M. Chiwakul, R. Tacharoenmuang, N. Onvimala, M. Wakuda, N. Kobayashi, and K. Taniguchi

Detection of a Human Rotavirus with G12 and P[9] Specificity in Thailand
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1390-1394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingrid A. Beck, Madhumita Mahalanabis, Gregory Pepper, Amy Wright, Shannon Hamilton, Erika Langston, and Lisa M. Frenkel

Rapid and Sensitive Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay for Detection of Mutations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Associated with High-Level Resistance to Protease Inhibitors
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1413-1419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard Weber, Annemarie Berger, Holger Rabenau, and Hans Wilhelm Doerr

Evaluation of a New Combined Antigen and Antibody Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening Assay, VIDAS HIV DUO Ultra
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1420-1426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evelyn Stelzl, Andrea Kormann-Klement, Josef Haas, Elisabeth Daghofer, Brigitte I. Santner, Egon Marth, and Harald H. Kessler

Evaluation of an Automated Sample Preparation Protocol for Quantitative Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1447-1450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmen de Mendoza, José Alcamí, María Sainz, Dolores Folgueira, and Vincent Soriano

Evaluation of the Abbott LCx Quantitative Assay for Measurement of Human Immunodeficiency Virus RNA in Plasma
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1518-1521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. A. Cunliffe, S. Rogerson, W. Dove, B. D. M. Thindwa, J. Greensill, C. D. Kirkwood, R. L. Broadhead, and C. A. Hart

Detection and Characterization of Rotaviruses in Hospitalized Neonates in Blantyre, Malawi
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1534-1537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Halfon, Christa Roubicek, Victoria Gerolami, Yves Quentin, Hacene Khiri, Gérad Pepe, and Yvon Berland

Use of Phylogenetic Analysis of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Hypervariable Region 1 Sequences To Trace an Outbreak of HCV in an Autodialysis Unit
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1541-1545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandeep Ramalingam, Rajesh Kannangai, Antony Raj A, Mary V. Jesudason, and Gopalan Sridharan

Rapid Particle Agglutination Test for Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Hospital-Based Evaluation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1553-1554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

R. L. Walker, D. H. Read, D. C. Hayes, and R. W. Nordhausen

Equine Abortion Associated with the Borrelia parkeri-B. turicatae Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete Group
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1558-1562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. R. Badenoch, A. L. Thom, and D. J. Coster

Serratia ficaria Endophthalmitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1563-1564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Joaquim Ruiz, Margarita M. Navia, Jordi Vila, and Joaquim Gascón

Prevalence of the sat Gene among Clinical Isolates of Shigella spp. Causing Travelers' Diarrhea: Geographical and Specific Differences
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1565-1566. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marta E. García, Jose L. Blanco, Jesús Caballero, and Domingo Gargallo-Viola

Anticoagulants Interfere with PCR Used To Diagnose Invasive Aspergillosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1567-1568. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juana Victoria Martín-López, Eduardo Pérez-Roth, Félix Claverie-Martín, Oscar Díez Gil, Ninivé Batista, Manuel Morales, and Sebastián Méndez-Álvarez

Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates Harboring the ica Gene Cluster Needed for Biofilm Establishment
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1569-1570. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin Barratt and John F. Mackay

Improving Real-Time PCR Genotyping Assays by Asymmetric Amplification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1571-1572. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary Jane Ferraro, Jana M. Swenson, and Fred C. Tenover

Detection of Staphylococci with Reduced Susceptibility to Glycopeptides
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1573. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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María del Mar Mosquera, Fernando de Ory, Mónica Moreno, and Juan E. Echevarría

Simultaneous Detection of Measles Virus, Rubella Virus, and Parvovirus B19 by Using Multiplex PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2002 40: 1574. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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