JCM -- Table of Contents (May 1 2002, 40 [5])

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Contents: May 2002, Volume 40, Issue 5

       Minireviews

       Virology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Parasitology

       Bacteriology

       Mycology

       Epidemiology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

       Errata

Other Issues

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Minireviews:

Risk Assessment Models and Contamination Management: Implications for Broad-Range Ribosomal DNA PCR as a Diagnostic Tool in Medical Bacteriology
B. Cherie Millar, Jiru Xu, and John E. Moore
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1575-1580;
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Virology:

Distinguishing Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection and Disease with CMV Nucleic Acid Assays
Angela M. Caliendo, Kirsten St. George, Jessica Allega, Arlene C. Bullotta, Lisa Gilbane, and Charles R. Rinaldo
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1581-1586;
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Recombinant Nucleoprotein-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
Masayuki Saijo, Tang Qing, Masahiro Niikura, Akihiko Maeda, Tetsuro Ikegami, Christophe Prehaud, Ichiro Kurane, and Shigeru Morikawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1587-1591;
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Comparison of Second- and Third-Generation Enzyme Immunoassays for Detecting Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus
Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, Mai El-Daly, Sherif El-Kafrawy, Nabiel Mikhail, G. Thomas Strickland, and Alan D. Fix
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1656-1659;
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Evaluation of the Directigen FluA+B Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Influenza Virus Type A and B Infections
K. H. Chan, N. Maldeis, W. Pope, A. Yup, A. Ozinskas, J. Gill, W. H. Seto, K. F. Shortridge, and J. S. M. Peiris
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1675-1680;
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Detection, Subgroup Specificity, and Genotype Diversity of Rotavirus Strains in Children with Acute Diarrhea in Paraguay
Norma Coluchi, Veridiana Munford, Julio Manzur, Cynthia Vazquez, Mabel Escobar, Ernesto Weber, Perla Mármol, and Maria Lucia Rácz
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1709-1714;
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Utility of a Multiplex PCR Assay for Detecting Herpesvirus DNA in Clinical Samples
Julian Druce, Mike Catton, Doris Chibo, Kirsty Minerds, David Tyssen, Renata Kostecki, Bill Maskill, Wendy Leong-Shaw, Marie Gerrard, and Chris Birch
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1728-1732;
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Comparative Analysis of Titers of Antibody against Measles Virus in Sera of Vaccinated and Naturally Infected Japanese Individuals of Different Age Groups
Masae Itoh, Yoshinobu Okuno, and Hak Hotta
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1733-1738;
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Enhanced Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Antibodies to Virus-Like Particles of Human Papillomavirus
Yevgeniy Y. Studentsov, Mark Schiffman, Howard D. Strickler, Gloria Y. F. Ho, Yuk-Ying Susana Pang, John Schiller, Rolando Herrero, and Robert D. Burk
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1755-1760;
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Significant Closure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Hepatitis C Virus Preseroconversion Detection Windows with a Transcription-Mediated-Amplification-Driven Assay
Daniel P. Kolk, Janel Dockter, Jeff Linnen, Marcy Ho-Sing-Loy, Kristin Gillotte-Taylor, Sherrol H. McDonough, Larry Mimms, and Cristina Giachetti
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1761-1766;
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Real-Time PCR Quantification of Human Cytomegalovirus DNA in Amniotic Fluid Samples from Mothers with Primary Infection
S. Gouarin, E. Gault, A. Vabret, D. Cointe, F. Rozenberg, L. Grangeot-Keros, P. Barjot, A. Garbarg-Chenon, P. Lebon, and F. Freymuth
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1767-1772;
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Recovery of an Unusual Fusogenic Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Strain from a Clinical Specimen
F. Brent Johnson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1814-1817;
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Performance Characteristics of VIDAS and Directigen Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Antigen Detection Assays and Culture for the Identification of RSV in Respiratory Specimens
Julie A. Ribes, John Pat Seabolt, and Sue B. Overman
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1818-1820;
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Potential Application of Nonstructural Protein NS1 Serotype-Specific Immunoglobulin G Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay in the Seroepidemiologic Study of Dengue Virus Infection: Correlation of Results with Those of the Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test
Pei-Yun Shu, Li-Kuang Chen, Shu-Fen Chang, Yi-Yun Yueh, Ling Chow, Li-Jung Chien, Chuan Chin, Hui-Hua Yang, Ting-Hsiang Lin, and Jyh-Hsiung Huang
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1840-1844;
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Epidemiological Dynamics of Hepatitis C Virus among 747 German Individuals: New Subtypes on the Advance
Matthias Schröter, Bernhard Zöllner, Peter Schäfer, Andreas Reimer, Matthias Müller, Rainer Laufs, and Heinz-Hubert Feucht
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1866-1868;
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Diversity of Rotavirus Strains among Children with Acute Diarrhea in China: 1998-2000 Surveillance Study
Zhao-Yin Fang, Hui Yang, Jin Qi, Jing Zhang, Li-Wei Sun, Jing-Yu Tang, Li Ma, Zeng-Qing Du, Ai-hua He, Jian-Ping Xie, Yi-Yu Lu, Zhen-Zhou Ji, Bao-Quan Zhu, Hai-Yan Wu, Si-En Lin, Hua-Ping Xie, Dixie D. Griffin, Bernard Ivanoff, Roger I. Glass, and Jon R. Gentsch
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1875-1878;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates with Low Copy Numbers of IS6110 by Using Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units
Lauren Steinlein Cowan, Laura Mosher, Lois Diem, Jeffrey P. Massey, and Jack T. Crawford
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1592-1602;
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Temperature-Mediated Heteroduplex Analysis Performed by Using Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography To Identify Sequence Polymorphisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Organisms
Robert C. Cooksey, Glenn P. Morlock, Brian P. Holloway, Josef Limor, and Michael Hepburn
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1610-1616;
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Detection of Ethambutol-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains by Multiplex Allele-Specific PCR Assay Targeting embB306 Mutations
Igor Mokrousov, Olga Narvskaya, Elena Limeschenko, Tatiana Otten, and Boris Vyshnevskiy
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1617-1620;
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Molecular Epidemiology and Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Ethiopian Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients with and without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Judith Bruchfeld, Getachew Aderaye, Ingela Berggren Palme, Bjarne Bjorvatn, Solomon Ghebremichael, Sven Hoffner, and Lars Lindquist
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1636-1643;
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Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates from the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Meningitis Patients at Six Fever Hospitals in Egypt
Robert C. Cooksey, Said H. Abbadi, Charles L. Woodley, David Sikes, Momtaz Wasfy, Jack T. Crawford, and Frank Mahoney
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1651-1655;
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Testing of Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Pyrazinamide with the Nonradiometric BACTEC MGIT 960 System
Gaby E. Pfyffer, Frantiska Palicova, and Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1670-1674;
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Calculation of the Stability of the IS6110 Banding Pattern in Patients with Persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Disease
R. M. Warren, G. D. van der Spuy, M. Richardson, N. Beyers, M. W. Borgdorff, M. A. Behr, and P. D. van Helden
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1705-1708;
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Evaluation of Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test by Using Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Specimens in a Tertiary Care Center Laboratory
Cathal E. O'Sullivan, David R. Miller, Peggy S. Schneider, and Glenn D. Roberts
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1723-1727;
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Molecular Characterization of Pigmented and Nonpigmented Isolates of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
Karen Stevenson, Valerie M. Hughes, Lucía de Juan, Neil F. Inglis, Frank Wright, and J. Michael Sharp
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1798-1804;
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Evidence of the Presence of IS1245 and IS1311 or Closely Related Insertion Elements in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria outside of the Mycobacterium avium Complex
Andreas P. Keller, Marjorie L. Beggs, Beate Amthor, Fabian Bruns, Peter Meissner, and Walter H. Haas
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1869-1872;
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Tetrazolium Microplate Assay as a Rapid and Inexpensive Colorimetric Method for Determination of Antibiotic Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Luz Caviedes, Jose Delgado, and Robert H. Gilman
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1873-1874;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Comparison of Eleven Commercial Tests for Chlamydia pneumoniae-Specific Immunoglobulin G in Asymptomatic Healthy Individuals
Corinna Hermann, Kathrin Graf, Annemarie Groh, Eberhard Straube, and Thomas Hartung
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1603-1609;
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PreservCyt Transport Medium Used for the ThinPrep Pap Test Is a Suitable Medium for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by the COBAS Amplicor CT/NG Test: Results of a Preliminary Study and Future Implications
Anne Bianchi, François Moret, Jean-Marc Desrues, Thierry Champenois, Yves Dervaux, Orlane Desvouas, André Oursin, Dominique Quinzat, Roger Dachez, Christian Bathelier, and Christophe Ronsin
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1749-1754;
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Parasitology:

18S Ribosomal DNA Typing and Tracking of Acanthamoeba Species Isolates from Corneal Scrape Specimens, Contact Lenses, Lens Cases, and Home Water Supplies of Acanthamoeba Keratitis Patients in Hong Kong
G. C. Booton, D. J. Kelly, Y.-W. Chu, D. V. Seal, E. Houang, D. S. C. Lam, T. J. Byers, and P. A. Fuerst
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1621-1625;
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Disseminated Toxoplasmosis, Resulting from Infection of Allograft, after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Usefulness of Quantitative PCR
F. Botterel, P. Ichai, C. Feray, P. Bouree, F. Saliba, R. Tur Raspa, D. Samuel, and S. Romand
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1648-1650;
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Real-Time PCR for Detection and Quantitation of Leishmania in Mouse Tissues
Luc Nicolas, Eric Prina, Thierry Lang, and Geneviève Milon
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1666-1669;
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Evaluation of an Immunofluorescent-Antibody Test Using Monoclonal Antibodies Directed against Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis for Diagnosis of Intestinal Microsporidiosis in Bamako (Mali)
O. Alfa Cisse, A. Ouattara, M. Thellier, I. Accoceberry, S. Biligui, D. Minta, O. Doumbo, I. Desportes-Livage, M. A. Thera, M. Danis, and A. Datry
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1715-1718;
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Microsatellite Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum from Cerebral and Uncomplicated Malaria Patients in Southern Vietnam
Marcelo U. Ferreira, Shalini Nair, Thien Van Hyunh, Fumihiko Kawamoto, and Timothy J. C. Anderson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1854-1857;
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Bacteriology:

Multilocus Sequence Typing for Characterization of Clinical and Environmental Salmonella Strains
Mamuka Kotetishvili, O. Colin Stine, Arnold Kreger, J. Glenn Morris, Jr., and Alexander Sulakvelidze
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1626-1635;
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Comparison of Four Antiseptic Preparations for Skin in the Prevention of Contamination of Percutaneously Drawn Blood Cultures: a Randomized Trial
David P. Calfee and Barry M. Farr
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1660-1665;
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Evaluation of the VITEK 2 System for Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Medically Relevant Gram-Positive Cocci
Marco Ligozzi, Cinzia Bernini, Maria Grazia Bonora, Maria de Fatima, Jessica Zuliani, and Roberta Fontana
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1681-1686;
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Quantitative Microbiological Study of Human Carious Dentine by Culture and Real-Time PCR: Association of Anaerobes with Histopathological Changes in Chronic Pulpitis
F. Elizabeth Martin, Mangala A. Nadkarni, Nicholas A. Jacques, and Neil Hunter
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1698-1704;
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Real-Time LightCycler PCR for Detection and Discrimination of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis
Katrin Kösters, Udo Reischl, Johanna Schmetz, Marion Riffelmann, and Carl Heinz Wirsing von König
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1719-1722;
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Comparative Evaluation of the BD Phoenix and VITEK 2 Automated Instruments for Identification of Isolates of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex
Sylvain Brisse, Stefania Stefani, Jan Verhoef, Alex Van Belkum, Peter Vandamme, and Wil Goessens
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1743-1748;
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Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infection and Antibodies against Stx2 and Stx1 in Household Contacts of Children with Enteropathic Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
Kerstin Ludwig, Volkan Sarkim, Martin Bitzan, Mohamed A. Karmali, Christoph Bobrowski, Hans Ruder, Rainer Laufs, Ingo Sobottka, Martin Petric, Helge Karch, and Dirk E. Müller-Wiefel
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1773-1782;
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Rapid PCR-Based Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Screening Swabs
D. Jonas, M. Speck, F. D. Daschner, and H. Grundmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1821-1823;
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Molecular Identification of Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a Patient with Meningitis
N. Kaabia, D. Scauarda, G. Lena, and M. Drancourt
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1824-1825;
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Molecular Diagnosis of Granulicatella elegans on the Cardiac Valve of a Patient with Culture-Negative Endocarditis
J. P. Casalta, G. Habib, B. La Scola, M. Drancourt, T. Caus, and D. Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1845-1847;
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Mycology:

Evaluation of Two Nested PCR Assays for Detection of Histoplasma capsulatum DNA in Human Tissue
Ralf Bialek, Antje Feucht, Christian Aepinus, Gudrun Just-Nübling, Valerie J. Robertson, Jürgen Knobloch, and Rolf Hohle
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1644-1647;
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Clinical Evaluation of a Frozen Commercially Prepared Microdilution Panel for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Seven Antifungal Agents, Including the New Triazoles Posaconazole, Ravuconazole, and Voriconazole
M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, S. A. Messer, L. Boyken, H. Huynh, and R. J. Hollis
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1694-1697;
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Rapid Identification of Penicillium marneffei by PCR-Based Detection of Specific Sequences on the rRNA Gene
Nongnuch Vanittanakom, Pramote Vanittanakom, and Roderick J. Hay
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1739-1742;
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Correlation between the Elastase Activity Index and Invasiveness of Clinical Isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus
Jose L. Blanco, Raquel Hontecillas, Emilio Bouza, Isabel Blanco, Teresa Pelaez, Patricia Muñoz, Jose Perez Molina, and Marta E. Garcia
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1811-1813;
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Sequence Analysis of the Ribosomal DNA Intergenic Spacer 1 Regions of Trichosporon Species
Takashi Sugita, Masamitsu Nakajima, Reiko Ikeda, Toshiharu Matsushima, and Takako Shinoda
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1826-1830;
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In Vitro Activities of Terbinafine in Combination with Fluconazole, Itraconazole, Voriconazole, and Posaconazole against Clinical Isolates of Candida glabrata with Decreased Susceptibility to Azoles
Sofia Perea, Gloria Gonzalez, Annette W. Fothergill, Deanna A. Sutton, and Michael G. Rinaldi
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1831-1833;
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Comparison of Chromogenic and Fluorogenic Membrane Filtration Methods for Detection of Four Candida Species
T. G. Bauters and H. J. Nelis
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1838-1839;
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Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis Is Not Infectious for SCID mice
Isabelle Durand-Joly, El Moukhtar Aliouat, Céline Recourt, Karine Guyot, Nadine François, Michèle Wauquier, Daniel Camus, and Eduardo Dei-Cas
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1862-1865;
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Epidemiology:

Molecular Epidemiology of Subgroup C Avian Pneumoviruses Isolated in the United States and Comparison with Subgroup A and B Viruses
Hyun-Jin Shin, Kjerstin T. Cameron, Janet A. Jacobs, Elizabeth A. Turpin, David A. Halvorson, Sagar M. Goyal, Kakambi V. Nagaraja, Mahesh C. Kumar, Dale C. Lauer, Bruce S. Seal, and M. Kariuki Njenga
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1687-1693;
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Development and Application of a New Scheme for Typing Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli by PCR-Based Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
Feng Shi, Yuen Yuen Chen, Trudy M. Wassenaar, Walter H. Woods, Peter J. Coloe, and Benjamin N. Fry
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1791-1797;
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Molecular Analysis of Group A Streptococcus Type emm18 Isolates Temporally Associated with Acute Rheumatic Fever Outbreaks in Salt Lake City, Utah
James C. Smoot, E. Kent Korgenski, Judy A. Daly, L. George Veasy, and James M. Musser
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1805-1810;
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Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Scotland, 1994 to 1999, with Emphasis on Group B Meningococcal Disease
Moe H. Kyaw, Stuart C. Clarke, Peter Christie, Ian G. Jones, and Harry Campbell
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1834-1837;
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Household Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae among Siblings with Acute Otitis Media
Jun Shimada, Noboru Yamanaka, Muneki Hotomi, Masaki Suzumoto, Akihiro Sakai, Kimiko Ubukata, Toshihiro Mitsuda, Shumpei Yokota, and Howard Faden
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1851-1853;
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Comparison of an Automated Ribotyping System to Restriction Endonuclease Analysis and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for Differentiating Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates
Connie S. Price, Holly Huynh, Suzanne Paule, Richard J. Hollis, Gary A. Noskin, Michael A. Pfaller, and Lance R. Peterson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1858-1861;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Application of the C₁₈-Carboxypropylbetaine Specimen Processing Method to Recovery of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from Ruminant Tissue Specimens
Charles G. Thornton, Kerry M. MacLellan, Judith R. Stabel, Christine Carothers, Robert H. Whitlock, and Selvin Passen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1783-1790;
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Detection of Porcine Circovirus Types 1 and 2 in Serum and Tissue Samples of Pigs with and without Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome
Maria Calsamiglia, Joaquim Segalés, Josefina Quintana, Carles Rosell, and Mariano Domingo
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1848-1850;
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Case Reports:

Candida glabrata Oropharyngeal Candidiasis in Patients Receiving Radiation Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer
Spencer W. Redding, William R. Kirkpatrick, Brent J. Coco, Lee Sadkowski, Annette W. Fothergill, Michael G. Rinaldi, Tony Y. Eng, and Thomas F. Patterson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1879-1881;
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Letters to the Editor:

False-Negative Results in Typing of Group B Streptococci by the Standard Lancefield Antigen Extraction Method
H.-C. Slotved, S. Sauer, and H. B. Konradsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1882-1883;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Miles Denton and Kevin G. Kerr
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1884
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Errata:

Importance of Local Variations in Antibiotic Consumption and Geographical Differences of Erythromycin and Penicillin Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae
César García-Rey, Lorenzo Aguilar, Fernando Baquero, Julio Casal, and Rafael Dal-Ré
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2002 40: 1885
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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. May 2002 40: 1885
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