JCM -- Table of Contents (June 1 2002, 40 [6])

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Contents: June 2002, Volume 40, Issue 6

       Guest Commentary

       Minireviews

       Bacteriology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Epidemiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Virology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Mycology

       Parasitology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

       Author's Correction

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Guest Commentary:

Bacterial Identification for Publication: When Is Enough Enough?
J. Michael Janda and Sharon L. Abbott
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1887-1891;
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Minireviews:

Laboratory Identification of the Microsporidia
Lynne S. Garcia
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1892-1901;
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Bacteriology:

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Bacillus anthracis: Comparison of Results Obtained by Using the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Broth Microdilution Reference and Etest Agar Gradient Diffusion Methods
M. Jasmine Mohammed, Chung K. Marston, Tanja Popovic, Robbin S. Weyant, and Fred C. Tenover
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1902-1907;
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Development of a Sensitive and Specific Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detecting and Quantifying CMY-2 and SHV ß-Lactamases
Andrea M. Hujer, Malcolm G. P. Page, Marion S. Helfand, Bethany Yeiser, and Robert A. Bonomo
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1947-1957;
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Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Enterococcus faecium
Wieger L. Homan, David Tribe, Simone Poznanski, Mei Li, Geoff Hogg, Emile Spalburg, Jan D. A. van Embden, and Rob J. L. Willems
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1963-1971;
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Automated Ribotyping of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates
Sylvain Brisse, Vivian Fussing, Ben Ridwan, Jan Verhoef, and Rob J. L. Willems
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1977-1984;
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Antibiotic Resistance, Virulence Gene, and Molecular Profiles of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Diverse Sources in Calcutta, India
Asis Khan, S. C. Das, T. Ramamurthy, A. Sikdar, J. Khanam, S. Yamasaki, Y. Takeda, and G. Balakrish Nair
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2009-2015;
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Molecular Subtyping Methods for Detection of Salmonella enterica Serovar Oranienburg Outbreaks
Toshio Kumao, William Ba-Thein, and Hideo Hayashi
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2057-2061;
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Characterization of Unusual Bacteria Isolated from Respiratory Secretions of Cystic Fibrosis Patients and Description of Inquilinus limosus gen. nov., sp. nov.
Tom Coenye, Johan Goris, Theodore Spilker, Peter Vandamme, and John J. LiPuma
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2062-2069;
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Reassessment of a Midwestern Lyme Disease Focus for Borrelia burgdorferi and the Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent
Craig A. Jackson, Steven D. Lovrich, William A. Agger, and Steven M. Callister
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2070-2073;
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Pulmonary Infiltrates in Immunosuppressed Patients: Analysis of a Diagnostic Protocol
Cristina Danés, Julián González-Martín, Tomàs Pumarola, Ana Rañó, Natividad Benito, Antoni Torres, Asunción Moreno, Montserrat Rovira, and Jorge Puig de la Bellacasa
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2134-2140;
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Detection of Plasmid-Mediated AmpC ß-Lactamase Genes in Clinical Isolates by Using Multiplex PCR
F. Javier Pérez-Pérez and Nancy D. Hanson
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2153-2162;
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Evaluation of the DipStreak, a New Device with an Original Streaking Mechanism for Detection, Counting, and Presumptive Identification of Urinary Tract Pathogens
Claudio Scarparo, Paola Piccoli, Paolo Ricordi, and Mariuccia Scagnelli
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2169-2178;
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Prevalent Bacterial Species and Novel Phylotypes in Advanced Noma Lesions
B. J. Paster, W. A. Falkler, Jr., C. O. Enwonwu, E. O. Idigbe, K. O. Savage, V. A. Levanos, M. A. Tamer, R. L. Ericson, C. N. Lau, and F. E. Dewhirst
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2187-2191;
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Rapid Typing of Bordetella pertussis Pertussis Toxin Gene Variants by LightCycler Real-Time PCR and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Hybridization Probe Melting Curve Analysis
Johanna Mäkinen, Jussi Mertsola, Matti K. Viljanen, Heikki Arvilommi, and Qiushui He
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2213-2216;
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Direct Detection of Helicobacter pylori Mutations Associated with Macrolide Resistance in Gastric Biopsy Material Taken from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Subjects
Paolo Scarpellini, Paola Carrera, Annalisa Cavallero, Massimo Cernuschi, Gianni Mezzi, Pier Alberto Testoni, Anna Zingale, and Adriano Lazzarin
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2234-2237;
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Discrimination between Cases of Duodenal Ulcer and Gastritis on the Basis of Putative Virulence Factors of Helicobacter pylori
Yoshio Yamaoka, Julianne Souchek, Stefan Odenbreit, Rainer Haas, Anna Arnqvist, Thomas Borén, Tadashi Kodama, Michael S. Osato, Oscar Gutierrez, Jong G. Kim, and David Y. Graham
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2244-2246;
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Analysis of Urinary Escherichia coli Isolates for Ability To Produce Shiga Toxin
James R. Johnson, Catherine Jerome, Daniel R. Boster, Ann E. Stapleton, and Phillip I. Tarr
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2247-2248;
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Vancomycin Susceptibility of Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Causing Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections
Sandra M. Tallent, Tammy Bischoff, Michael Climo, Belinda Ostrowsky, Richard P. Wenzel, and Michael B. Edmond
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2249-2250;
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Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Primary Blood Culture Isolates of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci by PCR, Slide Agglutination, Disk Diffusion, and a Commercial Method
Zafar Hussain, Luba Stoakes, Michael A. John, Shaunalee Garrow, and Viivi Fitzgerald
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2251-2253;
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Comparison of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and PCR Analysis of Polymorphisms on the mec Hypervariable Region for Typing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. P. M. Senna, C. A. Pinto, L. P. S. Carvalho, and D. S. Santos
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2254-2256;
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Botulism Due to Clostridium baratii Type F Toxin
Sydney M. Harvey, Joan Sturgeon, and David E. Dassey
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2260-2262;
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Comparison of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Techniques for Investigating Outbreaks of Enteritis Due to Campylobacters
Olivia L. Champion, Emma L. Best, and Jennifer A. Frost
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2263-2265;
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Population Diversity of Staphylococcus intermedius Isolates from Various Host Species: Typing by 16S-23S Intergenic Ribosomal DNA Spacer Polymorphism Analysis
Michèle Bes, Leila Saidi Slim, Fatma Becharnia, Hélène Meugnier, François Vandenesch, Jerome Etienne, and Jean Freney
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2275-2277;
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Exposure of Laboratory Workers to Francisella tularensis despite a Bioterrorism Procedure
Daniel S. Shapiro and Donald R. Schwartz
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2278-2281;
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Evaluation of Etest Strips for Rapid Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
I. M. Freixo, P. C. S. Caldas, F. Martins, R. C. Brito, R. M. C. Ferreira, L. S. Fonseca, and M. H. F. Saad
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2282-2284;
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Development and Evaluation of a PCR Method for Detection of the Clostridium difficile Toxin B Gene in Stool Specimens
C. Guilbault, A.-C. Labbé, L. Poirier, L. Busque, C. Béliveau, and M. Laverdière
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2288-2290;
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Expression of the Bundle-Forming Pilus by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains of Heterologous Serotypes
Juana Gismero-Ordoñez, Monique Dall'Agnol, Luiz R. Trabulsi, and Jorge A. Girón
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2291-2296;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Captive Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Are Commonly Infected with Helicobacter cinaedi
Kathy R. Fernandez, Lori M. Hansen, Peter Vandamme, Blaine L. Beaman, and Jay V. Solnick
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1908-1912;
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Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analyses of Pasteurella multocida Isolates from Fatal Fowl Cholera Infections
Brad S. Huber, Darin V. Allred, John C. Carmen, David D. Frame, David G. Whiting, Jason R. Cryan, Terry R. Olson, Paul J. Jackson, Karen Hill, Miriam T. Laker, and Richard A. Robison
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2163-2168;
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Epidemiology:

Global Molecular Epidemiology of the O15:K52:H1 Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Clonal Group: Evidence of Distribution beyond Europe
James R. Johnson, Adam L. Stell, Timothy T. O'Bryan, Michael Kuskowski, Bogdan Nowicki, Candice Johnson, Joel N. Maslow, Anil Kaul, Justine Kavle, and Guillem Prats
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1913-1923;
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Profile of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica (Subspecies I) Serotype 4,5,12:i:- Strains Causing Food-Borne Infections in New York City
Alice Agasan, John Kornblum, George Williams, Chi-Chi Pratt, Phylis Fleckenstein, Marie Wong, and Alex Ramon
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1924-1929;
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Multilocus Sequence Typing of Bordetella pertussis Based on Surface Protein Genes
Inge H. M. van Loo, Kees J. Heuvelman, Audrey J. King, and Frits R. Mooi
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1994-2001;
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolated in Bangladesh (1997 to 1999): Rapid Shift to Fluoroquinolone Resistance
Motiur Rahman, Zafar Sultan, Shirajum Monira, Ashraful Alam, Khairun Nessa, Sonia Islam, Shamsun Nahar, Shama-A-Waris, Shahnewaz Alam Khan, Jozef Bogaerts, Nazrul Islam, and John Albert
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2037-2040;
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DNA Microarray-Based Typing of an Atypical Monophasic Salmonella enterica Serovar
Javier Garaizar, Steffen Porwollik, Aurora Echeita, Aitor Rementeria, Silvia Herrera, Rita Mei-Yi Wong, Jonathan Frye, Miguel A. Usera, and Michael McClelland
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2074-2078;
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Prevalence and Genetic Characterization of Toxin A Variant Strains of Clostridium difficile among Adults and Children with Diarrhea in France
Frédéric Barbut, Valérie Lalande, Béatrice Burghoffer, Huong Vu Thien, Emmanuel Grimprel, and Jean-Claude Petit
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2079-2083;
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Frequent Transmission of Enterococcal Strains between Mechanically Ventilated Patients Treated at an Intensive Care Unit
Bodil Lund, Christina Agvald-Öhman, Anna Hultberg, and Charlotta Edlund
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2084-2088;
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Epidemiologic Genotyping of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis at a University Hospital and Comparison with Antibiotyping and Protein A and Coagulase Gene Polymorphisms
I. Montesinos, E. Salido, T. Delgado, M. Cuervo, and A. Sierra
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2119-2125;
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Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis and Vaginal Flora Changes in Peri- and Postmenopausal Women
Sabina Cauci, Silvia Driussi, Davide De Santo, Paola Penacchioni, Teresa Iannicelli, Paolo Lanzafame, Francesco De Seta, Franco Quadrifoglio, Domenico de Aloysio, and Secondo Guaschino
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2147-2152;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Spread of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains of the Beijing Genotype in the Archangel Oblast, Russia
Olga S. Toungoussova, Per Sandven, Andrey O. Mariandyshev, Nina I. Nizovtseva, Gunnar Bjune, and Dominique A. Caugant
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1930-1937;
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Field Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Test for Tuberculosis
Celine Gounder, Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz Mello, Marcus B. Conde, William R. Bishai, Afrânio L. Kritski, Richard E. Chaisson, and Susan E. Dorman
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1989-1993;
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Development of Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium bovis: Comparison of Results with Those Obtained by Using Existing Exact Tandem Repeats and Spoligotyping
Solvig Roring, Alistair Scott, David Brittain, Ian Walker, Glyn Hewinson, Sydney Neill, and Robin Skuce
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2126-2133;
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Determining the Genomic Locations of Repetitive DNA Sequences with a Whole-Genome Microarray: IS6110 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mårten Kivi, Xuemin Liu, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Russ B. Altman, and Peter M. Small
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2192-2198;
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Comparison of the ESP and BACTEC Systems for Testing Susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates to Pyrazinamide
Vincent J. LaBombardi
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2238-2239;
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Infection of Red Deer, Cattle, and Humans with Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae in Western Austria
Wolfgang M. Prodinger, Angelika Eigentler, Franz Allerberger, Michael Schönbauer, and Walter Glawischnig
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2270-2272;
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Detection of Mycobacterium avium in Blood Samples of Patients with AIDS by Using PCR
Vívian de F. Sumnienski Rodrigues, Fernanda C. Queiroz Mello, Marta Osório Ribeiro, Leila Fonseca, Afrânio Lineu Kritski, Maria Lucia Rossetti, and Arnaldo Zaha
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2297-2299;
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Virology:

Multicenter Evaluation of a New Automated Fourth-Generation Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening Assay with a Sensitive Antigen Detection Module and High Specificity
Bernard Weber, Lutz Gürtler, Rigmor Thorstensson, Ulrike Michl, Annelies Mühlbacher, Philippe Bürgisser, Roberto Villaescusa, Adolfo Eiras, Christian Gabriel, Herbert Stekel, Srivilai Tanprasert, Sinenaart Oota, Maria-Jose Silvestre, Cristina Marques, Maria Ladeira, Holger Rabenau, Annemarie Berger, Urban Schmitt, and Walter Melchior
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1938-1946;
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High-Sensitivity PCR Detection of Parvovirus B19 in Plasma
P. Daly, A. Corcoran, B. P. Mahon, and S. Doyle
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1958-1962;
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Assessment of the COBAS Amplicor HBV Monitor Test for Quantitation of Serum Hepatitis B Virus DNA Levels
Vincent A. Lopez, Eric J. Bourne, Michael W. Lutz, and Lynn D. Condreay
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1972-1976;
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Detection of Smallpox Virus DNA by LightCycler PCR
Mark J. Espy, Franklin R. Cockerill III, Richard F. Meyer, Michael D. Bowen, Gregory A. Poland, Ted L. Hadfield, and Thomas F. Smith
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 1985-1988;
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Genetic Variation of Capsid Protein VP7 in Genotype G4 Human Rotavirus Strains: Simultaneous Emergence and Spread of Different Lineages in Argentina
Karin Bok, David O. Matson, and Jorge A. Gomez
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2016-2022;
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Detection of West Nile Virus Antigen in Mosquitoes and Avian Tissues by a Monoclonal Antibody-Based Capture Enzyme Immunoassay
Ann R. Hunt, Roy A. Hall, Amy J. Kerst, Roger S. Nasci, Harry M. Savage, Nicholas A. Panella, Kristy L. Gottfried, Kristen L. Burkhalter, and John T. Roehrig
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2023-2030;
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Evaluation of the VERSANT HCV RNA 3.0 Assay for Quantification of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Serum
Pascale Trimoulet, Philippe Halfon, Eric Pohier, Hacène Khiri, Geneviève Chêne, and Hervé Fleury
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2031-2036;
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Genotyping of Hepatitis C Virus Types 1, 2, 3, and 4 by a One-Step LightCycler Method Using Three Different Pairs of Hybridization Probes
Matthias Schröter, Bernhard Zöllner, Peter Schäfer, Olfert Landt, Ulrich Lass, Rainer Laufs, and Heinz-Hubert Feucht
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2046-2050;
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Effectiveness of Reverse Transcription-PCR, Virus Isolation, and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of Influenza A Virus Infection in Different Age Groups
Christoph Steininger, Michael Kundi, Stephan W. Aberle, Judith H. Aberle, and Theresia Popow-Kraupp
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2051-2056;
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Detection of Replication-Competent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) in Cultures from Patients with Levels of HIV-1 RNA in Plasma Suppressed to Less Than 500 or 50 Copies Per Milliliter
Lisa M. Demeter, Ronald J. Bosch, Robert W. Coombs, Susan Fiscus, James Bremer, Victoria A. Johnson, Alejo Erice, J. Brooks Jackson, Stephen A. Spector, Kathleen M. Squires, Margaret A. Fischl, Michael D. Hughes, and Scott M. Hammer
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2089-2094;
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Comparison of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Specific Infection-Enhancing and -Inhibiting Antibodies in AIDS Patients
Ramu A. Subbramanian, Jingwu Xu, Emil Toma, Richard Morisset, Eric A. Cohen, José Menezes,, and Ali Ahmad
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2141-2146;
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Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated with Previous Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Heart Transplant Recipients
Jean-Philippe Emond, Anne-Geneviève Marcelin, Richard Dorent, Catherine Milliancourt, Nicolas Dupin, Camille Frances, Henri Agut, Iradj Gandjbakhch, and Vincent Calvez
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2217-2219;
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Evaluation of the Subtype Specificity of Monoclonal Antibodies Raised against H1 and H3 Subtypes of Human Influenza A Virus Hemagglutinins
Eva Varecková, Nancy Cox, and Alexander Klimov
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2220-2223;
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Comparative Study of Two Methods for RNA Extraction Prior to Detection of Resistance to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 with the Line Probe Assay
Jose María Eiros, Cristina Labayru, Beatriz Hernández, Raúl Ortiz de Lejarazu, and Antonio Rodríguez Torres
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2257-2259;
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High Variability between Results of Different In-House Tests for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Monitoring and a Standardized Quantitative Plasma CMV PCR Assay
Lutz von Müller, Walter Hampl, Joachim Hinz, Helga Meisel, Angela Reip, Elisabeth Engelmann, Regine Heilbronn, Barbara Gärtner, Oliver Krämer, Hermann Einsele, Holger Hebart, Tatjana Ljubicic, Jürgen Löffler, and Thomas Mertens
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2285-2287;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Genotypic Characteristics of Two Serotypes of Bartonella henselae
Bernard La Scola, Zhongxing Liang, Zaher Zeaiter, Pierre Houpikian, Patrick A. D. Grimont, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2002-2008;
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Genetic Identification of Rickettsiae Isolated from Ticks in Japan
Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Hiromi Fujita, Nobuhiro Takada, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2176-2181;
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Quantitative Detection of Respiratory Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection by Real-Time PCR
Yvonne Kuoppa, Jens Boman, Lena Scott, Urban Kumlin, Iréne Eriksson, and Annika Allard
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2273-2274;
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Mycology:

Detection of Antibodies Specific to an Antigenic Cell Wall Galactomannoprotein for Serodiagnosis of Aspergillus fumigatus Aspergillosis
Che-man Chan, Patrick C. Y. Woo, Andy S. P. Leung, Susanna K. P. Lau, Xiao-yan Che, Liang Cao, and Kwok-yung Yuen
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2041-2045;
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Multicenter Comparison of Three Different Analytical Systems for Evaluation of DNA Banding Patterns from Cryptococcus neoformans
Gianluigi Cardinali, Alessandro Martini, Roberta Preziosi, Francesco Bistoni, and Franco Baldelli
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2095-2100;
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E-Test Method for Testing Susceptibilities of Aspergillus spp. to the New Triazoles Voriconazole and Posaconazole and to Established Antifungal Agents: Comparison with NCCLS Broth Microdilution Method
Ana Espinel-Ingroff and A. Rezusta
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2101-2107;
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Genotyping Study of Scedosporium apiospermum Isolates from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Alain Defontaine, Rachid Zouhair, Bernard Cimon, Jacqueline Carrère, Eric Bailly, Françoise Symoens, Mohammed Diouri, Jean-Noel Hallet, and Jean-Philippe Bouchara
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2108-2114;
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Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization with Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes for Rapid Identification of Candida albicans Directly from Blood Culture Bottles
Susan Rigby, Gary W. Procop, Gerhard Haase, Deborah Wilson, Geraldine Hall, Cletus Kurtzman, Kenneth Oliveira, Sabina Von Oy, Jens J. Hyldig-Nielsen, James Coull, and Henrik Stender
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2182-2186;
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Genetic Structure of Candida glabrata Populations in AIDS and Non-AIDS Patients
T. de Meeûs, F. Renaud, E. Mouveroux, J. Reynes, G. Galeazzi, M. Mallié, and J. M. Bastide
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2199-2206;
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Fatal Endocarditis in a Neonate Caused by the Dematiaceous Fungus Phialemonium obovatum: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Patrick J. Gavin, Deanna A. Sutton, and Ben Z. Katz
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2207-2212;
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Real-Time PCR Coupled with Automated DNA Extraction and Detection of Galactomannan Antigen in Serum by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis
Catherine Costa, Jean-Marc Costa, Christophe Desterke, Françoise Botterel, Catherine Cordonnier, and Stéphane Bretagne
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2224-2227;
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In Vitro Activity of Caspofungin (MK-0991) against Candida albicans Clinical Isolates Displaying Different Mechanisms of Azole Resistance
Stefano P. Bachmann, Thomas F. Patterson, and José L. López-Ribot
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2228-2230;
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Differentiation of Aspergillus ustus Strains by Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA
Peter-Michael Rath, Katrin Petermeier, Paul E. Verweij, and Rainer Ansorg
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2231-2233;
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Automated Extraction of Genomic DNA from Medically Important Yeast Species and Filamentous Fungi by Using the MagNA Pure LC System
Juergen Loeffler, Kathrin Schmidt, Holger Hebart, Ulrike Schumacher, and Hermann Einsele
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2240-2243;
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Transient Fungemia Caused by an Amphotericin B-Resistant Isolate of Candida haemulonii
Laura Rodero, Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Susana Córdoba, Pedro Cahn, Graciela Davel, Sara Kaufman, Liliana Guelfand, and Juan L. Rodríguez-Tudela
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2266-2269;
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Parasitology:

Laboratory Diagnosis of Human Neurocysticercosis: Double-Blind Comparison of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Electroimmunotransfer Blot Assay
J. V. Proaño-Narvaez, Antonio Meza-Lucas, Olga Mata-Ruiz, Roberto Carlos García-Jerónimo, and Dolores Correa
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2115-2118;
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Case Reports:

Pneumonia Due to Bordetella bronchiseptica in a Cystic Fibrosis Patient: 16S rRNA Sequencing for Diagnosis Confirmation
Frédéric Wallet, Thierry Perez, Sylvie Armand, Benoit Wallaert, and René J. Courcol
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2300-2301;
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Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus and Varicella Zoster Virus Coinfection in a Patient Taking Thalidomide for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma
Matthew J. Curley, Shakir A. Hussein, and Paul M. Hassoun
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2302-2304;
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Failure of Commercial Ligase Chain Reaction To Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in Sputum Samples from a Patient with Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Due to a Deletion of the Target Region
Christopher M. Gilpin, David J. Dawson, Gabrielle O'Kane, John G. Armstrong, and Christopher Coulter
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2305-2307;
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Enterococcus gallinarum Endocarditis Occurring on Native Heart Valves
Sylvie Dargere, Michel Vergnaud, Renaud Verdon, Eric Saloux, Olivier Le Page, Roland Leclercq, and Claude Bazin
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2308-2310;
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Fatal Case of Pneumonia Caused by a Nonhemolytic Strain of Streptococcus pyogenes
Mark B. Taylor and Timothy Barkham
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2311-2312;
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Letters to the Editor:

Persistence of Brucella Antibodies after Successful Treatment of Acute Brucellosis in an Area of Endemicity
Maha Almuneef and Ziad A. Memish
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2313
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Performance of Urinary Flow Cytometry in Predicting Outcome of Urine Cultures
Joris R. Delanghe, Michel R. Langlois, Birgitte Wuyts, Marc L. De Buyzere, Zahur Zaman, Jan Verhaegen, and Sylvie Roggeman
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2314-2315;
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Author's Correction:

Necessity of Quality-Controlled 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Databases: Identifying Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Species
Christine Y. Turenne, Lorelee Tschetter, Joyce Wolfe, and Amin Kabani
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2316
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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, Dagmar Dilloo, Klaus Roemer, Hans-Jürgen Laws, Martina Sester, Urban Sester, Hermann Einsele, and Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2002 40: 2316
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