JCM -- Table of Contents (January 1 2003, 41 [1])

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Contents: January 2003, Volume 41, Issue 1

       Minireviews

       Bacteriology

       Epidemiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Mycology

       Virology

       Parasitology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

       Errata

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Minireviews:

Role of the Hospital-Based Microbiology Laboratory in Preparation for and Response to a Bioterrorism Event
James W. Snyder
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 1-4;
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Bacteriology:

Cell Wall Thickening Is a Common Feature of Vancomycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Longzhu Cui, Xiaoxue Ma, Katsuhiro Sato, Keiko Okuma, Fred C. Tenover, Elsa M. Mamizuka, Curtis G. Gemmell, Mi-Na Kim, Marie-Cecile Ploy, N. El Solh, Vivian Ferraz, and Keiichi Hiramatsu
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 5-14;
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Subtyping of Salmonella enterica Serotype Enteritidis Strains by Manual and Automated PstI-SphI Ribotyping
Clifford G. Clark, Tamara M. A. C. Kruk, Louis Bryden, Yolanda Hirvi, Rafiq Ahmed, and Frank G. Rodgers
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 27-33;
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Characterization of Members of the Legionellaceae Family by Automated Ribotyping
Christophe Cordevant, Jane S. Tang, David Cleland, and Marc Lange
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 34-43;
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Discrimination of Human Pathogenic Subspecies of Francisella tularensis by Using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
Rebecca Thomas, Anders Johansson, Brendan Neeson, Karen Isherwood, Anders Sjöstedt, Jill Ellis, and Richard W. Titball
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 50-57;
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Evaluation of a PCR Assay for Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Samples from Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
David R. Murdoch, Trevor P. Anderson, Kirsten A. Beynon, Alvin Chua, Angela M. Fleming, Richard T. R. Laing, G. Ian Town, Graham D. Mills, Stephen T. Chambers, and Lance C. Jennings
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 63-66;
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Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Provisional Serotype Shigella flexneri 1c and Clonal Relationships with 1a and 1b Strains Isolated in Bangladesh
Kaisar A. Talukder, Zhahirul Islam, M. Aminul Islam, Dilip K. Dutta, Ashrafus Safa, M. Ansaruzzaman, A. S. G. Faruque, Shamima N. Shahed, G. B. Nair, and David A. Sack
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 110-117;
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Bloodstream Infection in Neutropenic Cancer Patients Related to Short-Term Nontunnelled Catheters Determined by Quantitative Blood Cultures, Differential Time to Positivity, and Molecular Epidemiological Typing with Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
Harald Seifert, Oliver Cornely, Kerstin Seggewiss, Mathias Decker, Danuta Stefanik, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, and Gerd Fätkenheuer
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 118-123;
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Genetic Diversity of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Argentina and Emergence of a New Variant
Mariana Pichel, Marta Rivas, Isabel Chinen, Fernando Martín, Cristina Ibarra, and Norma Binsztein
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 124-134;
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Development and Evaluation of a PCR-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of Human Brucellosis
Pilar Morata, María I. Queipo-Ortuño, Jose M. Reguera, Miguel A. García-Ordoñez, Ana Cárdenas, and Juan D. Colmenero
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 144-148;
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Occurrence and Phenotypic Characteristics of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases among Members of the Family Enterobacteriaceae at the Tel-Aviv Medical Center (Israel) and Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests
Shiri Navon-Venezia, Orly Hammer-Munz, David Schwartz, Dan Turner, Boris Kuzmenko, and Yehuda Carmeli
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 155-158;
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Detection, Isolation, and Molecular Subtyping of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter jejuni Associated with a Large Waterborne Outbreak
Dianna J. Bopp, Brian D. Sauders, Alfred L. Waring, Joel Ackelsberg, Nellie Dumas, Ellen Braun-Howland, David Dziewulski, Barbara J. Wallace, Molly Kelly, Tanya Halse, Kimberlee Aruda Musser, Perry F. Smith, Dale L. Morse, and Ronald J. Limberger
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 174-180;
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Characteristics of Massilia timonae and Massilia timonae-Like Isolates from Human Patients, with an Emended Description of the Species
David Lindquist, Donna Murrill, W. Patrick Burran, Gloria Winans, J. Michael Janda, and Will Probert
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 192-196;
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Genetic Diversity of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Housekeeping Genes
Raphael P. Viscidi and James C. Demma
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 197-204;
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Comparison of Recovery of Blood Culture Isolates from Two BacT/ALERT FAN Aerobic Blood Culture Bottles with Recovery from One FAN Aerobic Bottle and One FAN Anaerobic Bottle
Julie A. Riley, Barbara J. Heiter, and Paul P. Bourbeau
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 213-217;
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Comparison of LightCycler PCR, Rapid Antigen Immunoassay, and Culture for Detection of Group A Streptococci from Throat Swabs
J. R. Uhl, S. C. Adamson, E. A. Vetter, C. D. Schleck, W. S. Harmsen, L. K. Iverson, P. J. Santrach, N. K. Henry, and F. R. Cockerill
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 242-249;
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Evaluation of an Enzyme Immunoassay Technique for Detection of Antibodies against Treponema pallidum
Rita Castro, Emília S. Prieto, Irene Santo, Jacinta Azevedo, and Filomena da L. Exposto
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 250-253;
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Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Sterile or Nonsterile Clinical Samples by a New Molecular Assay
Patrice Francois, Didier Pittet, Manuela Bento, Béatrice Pepey, Pierre Vaudaux, Daniel Lew, and Jacques Schrenzel
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 254-260;
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Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium by PCR Amplification of the 16S rRNA Gene
Jørgen Skov Jensen, Martin B. Borre, and Birthe Dohn
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 261-266;
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Nonencapsulated Neisseria meningitidis Strain Produces Amylopectin from Sucrose: Altering the Concept for Differentiation between N. meningitidis and N. polysaccharea
Peixuan Zhu, Raymond S. W. Tsang, and Chao-Ming Tsai
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 273-278;
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Evaluation of a Novel Automated Chemiluminescent Assay System for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Isao Manome, Masanari Ikedo, Yoshihiko Saito, Keiko Kumura Ishii, and Mitsuo Kaku
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 279-284;
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Identification of a Gene Encoding Heat-Resistant Agglutinin in Escherichia coli as a Putative Virulence Factor in Urinary Tract Infection
Usha Srinivasan, Betsy Foxman, and Carl F. Marrs
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 285-289;
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Culture-Independent Molecular Analysis of Microbial Constituents of the Healthy Human Outer Ear
Daniel N. Frank, George B. Spiegelman, William Davis, Eileen Wagner, Eric Lyons, and Norman R. Pace
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 295-303;
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Prospective Study of the Performance of Vibrational Spectroscopies for Rapid Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens Recovered from Blood Cultures
K. Maquelin, C. Kirschner, L.-P. Choo-Smith, N. A. Ngo-Thi, T. van Vreeswijk, M. Stämmler, H. P. Endtz, H. A. Bruining, D. Naumann, and G. J. Puppels
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 324-329;
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Evaluation of 11 PCR Assays for Species-Level Identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli
Stephen L. W. On and Penelope J. Jordan
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 330-336;
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Carbapenems: Multicenter Validity Testing and Accuracy Levels of Five Antimicrobial Test Methods for Detecting Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates
Christine D. Steward, Jasmine M. Mohammed, Jana M. Swenson, Sheila A. Stocker, Portia P. Williams, Robert P. Gaynes, John E. McGowan, Jr., and Fred C. Tenover
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 351-358;
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Attempted Isolation of Nanobacterium sp. Microorganisms from Upper Urinary Tract Stones
Michel Drancourt, Véronique Jacomo, Hubert Lépidi, Eric Lechevallier, Vincent Grisoni, Christian Coulange, Edith Ragni, Claude Alasia, Bertrand Dussol, Yvon Berland, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 368-372;
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Identification of Haemophilus influenzae Serotypes by Standard Slide Agglutination Serotyping and PCR-Based Capsule Typing
Leslye L. LaClaire, Maria Lucia C. Tondella, David S. Beall, Corie A. Noble, Pratima L. Raghunathan, Nancy E. Rosenstein, and Tanja Popovic
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 393-396;
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Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid and Accurate Detection of Point Mutations Conferring Resistance to Clarithromycin in Helicobacter pylori
Monica Oleastro, Armelle Ménard, Adriana Santos, Hervé Lamouliatte, Lurdes Monteiro, Philippe Barthélémy, and Francis Mégraud
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 397-402;
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Thymidine-Dependent Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus Exhibit Gross Morphological and Ultrastructural Changes Consistent with Impaired Cell Separation
Barbara C. Kahl, Gunnar Belling, Rudolf Reichelt, Mathias Herrmann, Richard A. Proctor, and Georg Peters
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 410-413;
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Detection of Borrelia lonestari, Putative Agent of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from the Southeastern United States
Victor A. Moore IV, Andrea S. Varela, Michael J. Yabsley, William R. Davidson, and Susan E. Little
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 424-427;
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Phenotypes and Genotypes of Erythromycin-Resistant Pneumococci in Italy
Maria Pia Montanari, Marina Mingoia, Ileana Cochetti, and Pietro Emanuele Varaldo
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 428-431;
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Determination of Immunoglobulin A against Gardnerella vaginalis Hemolysin, Sialidase, and Prolidase Activities in Vaginal Fluid: Implications for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Sabina Cauci, Poul Thorsen, Diana E. Schendel, Annie Bremmelgaard, Franco Quadrifoglio, and Secondo Guaschino
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 435-438;
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Sequence Polymorphism of the 16S rRNA Gene of Vibrio vulnificus Is a Possible Indicator of Strain Virulence
William B. Nilsson, Rohinee N. Paranjype, Angelo DePaola, and Mark S. Strom
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 442-446;
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Accuracy of a Commercial Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for CagA in Patients from Brazil with and without Gastric Carcinoma
Andreia Maria Camargos Rocha, Gifone Aguiar Rocha, Adriana Santos, Celso Affonso de Oliveira, and Dulciene Maria Magalhães Queiroz
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 447-448;
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Characterization of the First Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Salmonella Isolate Identified in Canada
Michael R. Mulvey, Geoff Soule, David Boyd, Walter Demczuk, and Rafiq Ahmed
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 460-462;
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Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of 111 Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus Strains Isolated in Québec, Canada, from 1983 to 2000
Carole Tremblay, Christiane Gaudreau, and Manon Lorange
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 463-466;
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Antimicrobial Activities against 84 Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from Patients with Systemic Listeriosis at a Comprehensive Cancer Center (1955-1997)
Amar Safdar and Donald Armstrong
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 483-485;
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Clarithromycin Resistance among Helicobacter pylori Strains Isolated from Children: Prevalence and Study of Mechanism of Resistance by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
Teresa Alarcón, Alba E. Vega, Diego Domingo, Maria Josefa Martínez, and Manuel López-Brea
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 486-499;
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Evaluation of MicroScan Autoscan for Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Lisa Saiman, Jane L. Burns, Davise Larone, Yunhua Chen, Elizabeth Garber, and Susan Whittier
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 492-494;
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Detection and Treatment of Bloodstream Infection: Laboratory Reporting and Antimicrobial Management
Erik L. Munson, Daniel J. Diekema, Susan E. Beekmann, Kimberle C. Chapin, and Gary V. Doern
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 495-497;
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Epidemiology:

Comparative Genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, Multilocus Sequence Typing, and Short Repeat Sequencing: Strain Diversity, Host Range, and Recombination
Leo M. Schouls, Sanne Reulen, Birgitta Duim, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Rob J. L. Willems, Kate E. Dingle, Frances M. Colles, and Jan D. A. Van Embden
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 15-26;
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Frequent Recovery of a Single Clonal Type of Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Patients in Two Hospitals in Taiwan and China
M. Aires de Sousa, M. I. Crisóstomo, I. Santos Sanches, J. S. Wu, J. Fuzhong, A. Tomasz, and H. de Lencastre
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 159-163;
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Extended Virulence Genotype of Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates Carrying the afa-8 Operon: Evidence of Similarities between Isolates from Humans and Animals with Extraintestinal Infections
Jean Pierre Girardeau, Lila Lalioui, A. Mohamed Ou Said, Christophe De Champs, and Chantal Le Bouguénec
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 218-226;
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M Protein Gene Type Distribution among Group A Streptococcal Clinical Isolates Recovered in Mexico City, Mexico, from 1991 to 2000, and Durango, Mexico, from 1998 to 1999: Overlap with Type Distribution within the United States
Luz Elena Espinosa, Zhongya Li, Demostenes Gomez Barreto, Ernesto Calderon Jaimes, Romeo S. Rodriguez, Varja Sakota, Richard R. Facklam, and Bernard Beall
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 373-378;
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Stability of Serotypes during Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Emma Meats, Angela B. Brueggemann, Mark C. Enright, Karen Sleeman, David T. Griffiths, Derrick W. Crook, and Brian G. Spratt
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 386-392;
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Changes in Patterns of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Integron Carriage among Shigella sonnei Isolates from Southwestern Korea during Epidemic Periods
Jae Young Oh, Hak Sun Yu, Sung Ki Kim, Seong Yong Seol, Dong Taek Cho, and Je Chul Lee
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 421-423;
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Prevalence of agr Specificity Groups among Staphylococcus aureus Strains Colonizing Children and Their Guardians
B. Shopsin, B. Mathema, P. Alcabes, B. Said-Salim, G. Lina, A. Matsuka, J. Martinez, and B. N. Kreiswirth
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 456-459;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Identification of Mycobacterium avium Genotypes with Distinctive Traits by Combination of IS1245-Based Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Restriction Analysis of hsp65
R. S. Oliveira, M. P. Sircili, E. M. D. Oliveira, S. C. Balian, J. S. Ferreira-Neto, and S. C. Leão
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 44-49;
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Deciphering an Outbreak of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Ulf R. Dahle, Per Sandven, Einar Heldal, Turid Mannsaaker, and Dominique A. Caugant
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 67-72;
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Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex DNAs from Egyptian Mummies by Spoligotyping
Albert R. Zink, Christophe Sola, Udo Reischl, Waltraud Grabner, Nalin Rastogi, Hans Wolf, and Andreas G. Nerlich
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 359-367;
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Processing Sputum Specimens in a Refrigerated Centrifuge Does Not Increase the Rate of Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
N. Selvakumar, Dakshayani Govindan, Naik Ashok Chandu, Thomas R. Frieden, and P. R. Narayanan
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 469-471;
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Analysis of Mycobacterium avium Complex Isolates from Blood Samples of AIDS Patients by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
D. Y. Kunimoto, M. S. Peppler, J. Talbot, P. Phillips, and S. D. Shafran
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 498-499;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Duration of Infection and Proportion of Pigs Persistently Infected with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus
Robert W. Wills, Alan R. Doster, Judith A. Galeota, Jung-Hyang Sur, and Fernando A. Osorio
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 58-62;
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Identification of Catalase-Negative, Non-Beta-Hemolytic, Gram-Positive Cocci Isolated from Milk Samples
Madeleine Fortin, Serge Messier, Julie Paré, and Robert Higgins
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 106-109;
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Evaluation of a Human Group A Rotavirus Assay for On-Site Detection of Bovine Rotavirus
Roger K. Maes, Daniel L. Grooms, Annabel G. Wise, Cunqin Han, Valerie Ciesicki, Lora Hanson, Mary Lynne Vickers, Charles Kanitz, and Robert Holland
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 290-294;
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Identification of Urovirulence Traits in Escherichia coli by Comparison of Urinary and Rectal E. coli Isolates from Dogs with Urinary Tract Infection
James R. Johnson, Nicholas Kaster, Michael A. Kuskowski, and Gerald V. Ling
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 337-345;
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Use of Real-Time PCR To Detect and Quantify Mycoplasma haemofelis and "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum" DNA
Séverine Tasker, Chris R. Helps, Michael J. Day, Tim J. Gruffydd-Jones, and Dave A. Harbour
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 439-441;
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Rapid Detection of Classical Swine Fever Virus by a Portable Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay
G. R. Risatti, J. D. Callahan, W. M. Nelson, and M. V. Borca
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 500-505;
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Mycology:

Serotyping of 467 Cryptococcus neoformans Isolates from Clinical and Environmental Sources in Brazil: Analysis of Host and Regional Patterns
Marília M. Nishikawa, Márcia S. Lazera, Glaucia G. Barbosa, Luciana Trilles, Beatriz R. Balassiano, Regina C. L. Macedo, Cláudia C. F. Bezerra, Maurício A. Pérez, Paola Cardarelli, and Bodo Wanke
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 73-77;
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In Vitro Activities of Voriconazole, Posaconazole, and Four Licensed Systemic Antifungal Agents against Candida Species Infrequently Isolated from Blood
M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, S. A. Messer, L. Boyken, R. J. Hollis, and R. N. Jones
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 78-83;
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Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in Human ß-Defensin 1: High-Throughput SNP Assays and Association with Candida Carriage in Type I Diabetics and Nondiabetic Controls
Richard J. Jurevic, Mai Bai, Robert B. Chadwick, Theodore C. White, and Beverly A. Dale
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 90-96;
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Evaluation of Etest Method for Determining Voriconazole and Amphotericin B MICs for 162 Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans
M. J. Maxwell, S. A. Messer, R. J. Hollis, D. J. Diekema, and M. A. Pfaller
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 97-99;
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Pneumocystis jiroveci Internal Transcribed Spacer Types in Patients Colonized by the Fungus and in Patients with Pneumocystosis from the Same French Geographic Region
Gilles Nevez, Anne Totet, Vincent Jounieaux, Jean-Luc Schmit, Eduardo Dei-Cas, and Christian Raccurt
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 181-186;
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Nested PCR Assays for Detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis DNA in Paraffin-Embedded Canine Tissue
Ralf Bialek, Anna Cascante Cirera, Tanja Herrmann, Christian Aepinus, Valerie I. Shearn-Bochsler, and Alfred M. Legendre
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 205-208;
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Characterization of Heteroresistance to Fluconazole among Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans
T. Yamazumi, M. A. Pfaller, S. A. Messer, A. K. Houston, L. Boyken, R. J. Hollis, I. Furuta, and R. N. Jones
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 267-272;
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Evaluation of Broth Microdilution Testing Parameters and Agar Diffusion Etest Procedure for Testing Susceptibilities of Aspergillus spp. to Caspofungin Acetate (MK-0991)
Ana Espinel-Ingroff
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 403-409;
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Identification of Candida spp. by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis and Differentiation between Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis by Direct PCR Methods
Consuelo Bautista-Muñoz, Xavier M. Boldo, Lourdes Villa-Tanaca, and César Hernández-Rodríguez
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 414-420;
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Antigen Detection Assay for Identification of Penicillium marneffei Infection
Sansanee C. Chaiyaroj, Runglawan Chawengkirttikul, Stitaya Sirisinha, Pramuan Watkins, and Yuttana Srinoulprasert
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 432-434;
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Evaluation of New Medium for Identification of Dermatophytes and Primary Dimorphic Pathogens
Sally Gromadzki, Rama Ramani, and Vishnu Chaturvedi
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 467-468;
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Prevalence of Candida Species, Including Candida dubliniensis, in Singapore
C. W. Yang, T. M. S. Barkham, F. Y. Chan, and Y. Wang
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 472-474;
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Detecting Candida albicans in Human Milk
Jimi Francis Morrill, Demosthenes Pappagianis, M. Jane Heinig, Bo Lönnerdal, and Kathryn G. Dewey
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 475-478;
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Trichosporon loubieri Infection in a Patient with Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
Arvind A. Padhye, Susan Verghese, P. Ravichandran, G. Balamurugan, Leslie Hall, P. Padmaja, and Maria C. Fernandez
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 479-482;
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Evaluation of a Method for Identification of Candida dubliniensis Bloodstream Isolates
Banu Sancak, John H. Rex, Victor Paetznick, Enuo Chen, and Jose Rodriguez
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 489-491;
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Uses and Limitations of the XTT Assay in Studies of Candida Growth and Metabolism
D. M. Kuhn, M. Balkis, J. Chandra, P. K. Mukherjee, and M. A. Ghannoum
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 506-508;
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Virology:

Regional Distribution of Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 in Men and Women in Ontario, Canada
Michelle Howard, John W. Sellors, Dan Jang, Noah J. Robinson, Margaret Fearon, Janusz Kaczorowski, and Max Chernesky
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 84-89;
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Molecular Assays for Detection of Human Metapneumovirus
Ian M. Mackay, Kevin C. Jacob, Daniel Woolhouse, Katharine Waller, Melanie W. Syrmis, David M. Whiley, David J. Siebert, Michael Nissen, and Theo P. Sloots
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 100-105;
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Evaluation of Two New Automated Assays for Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen (HBsAg) Detection: IMMULITE HBsAg and IMMULITE 2000 HBsAg
Bernard Weber, Thomas Dengler, Annemarie Berger, Hans Wilhelm Doerr, and Holger Rabenau
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 135-143;
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Simultaneous Detection, Subgrouping, and Quantitation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus A and B by Real-Time PCR
Aizhong Hu, Melissa Colella, John S. Tam, Ruth Rappaport, and Sheau-Mei Cheng
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 149-154;
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Multicenter Evaluation of the Performance Characteristics of the NucliSens HIV-1 QT Assay Used for Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA
Christine C. Ginocchio, Marti Kemper, Kathleen A. Stellrecht, and Donald J. Witt
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 164-173;
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Measurement of Human Cytomegalovirus Loads by Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Monitoring Clinical Intervention in Transplant Recipients
Haijing Li, J. Stephen Dummer, Wray R. Estes, Shufang Meng, Peter F. Wright, and Yi-Wei Tang
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 187-191;
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Quality Assessment Program for Genotypic Antiretroviral Testing Improves Detection of Drug Resistance Mutations
D. C. Sayer, S. Land, L. Gizzarelli, M. French, G. Hales, S. Emery, F. T. Christiansen, and E. M. Dax
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 227-236;
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Performance Evaluation of the VERSANT HCV RNA Qualitative Assay by Using Transcription-Mediated Amplification
Gregg Gorrin, Michel Friesenhahn, Patsy Lin, Marla Sanders, Reinhold Pollner, Brandon Eguchi, Jimmykim Pham, Gianluca Roma, Joseph Spidle, Susann Nicol, Carol Wong, Suvarna Bhade, and Lorraine Comanor
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 310-317;
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Rapid Enterovirus RNA Detection in Clinical Specimens by Using Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification
Marie L. Landry, Robin Garner, and David Ferguson
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 346-350;
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Detection of North American Eastern and Western Equine Encephalitis Viruses by Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays
Amy J. Lambert, Denise A. Martin, and Robert S. Lanciotti
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 379-385;
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Comparison of Washing and Swabbing Procedures for Collecting Genital Fluids To Assess Shedding of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) RNA in Asymptomatic HIV-1-Infected Women
Laurent Andréoletti, Gérard Grésenguet, Nicolas Chomont, Mathieu Matta, Yann Quiniou, Ali Si-Mohamed, and Laurent Bélec
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 449-452;
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Parasitology:

Commercial Assay for Detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum Antigens in Human Fecal Specimens by Rapid Solid-Phase Qualitative Immunochromatography
Lynne S. Garcia, Robyn Y. Shimizu, Susan Novak, Marilyn Carroll, and Frank Chan
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 209-212;
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Detection and Differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar Isolates in Clinical Samples by PCR and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Patrick Gonin and Louise Trudel
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 237-241;
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Validation of a Urine-Based PCR-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Use in Clinical Research Settings To Detect Trichomonas vaginalis in Men
S. Cornelia Kaydos-Daniels, William C. Miller, Irving Hoffman, Topia Banda, Willard Dzinyemba, Francis Martinson, Myron S. Cohen, and Marcia M. Hobbs
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 318-323;
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Identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris by PCR Assay Using the Mitochondrial 16S rRNA Gene as a Target
Gregory C. Booton, Jennifer R. Carmichael, Govinda S. Visvesvara, Thomas J. Byers, and Paul A. Fuerst
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 453-455;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Performance of the APTIMA Combo 2 Assay for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Female Urine and Endocervical Swab Specimens
C. A. Gaydos, T. C. Quinn, D. Willis, A. Weissfeld, E. W. Hook, D. H. Martin, D. V. Ferrero, and J. Schachter
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 304-309;
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Case Reports:

Clostridium difficile Brain Empyema after Prolonged Intestinal Carriage
J. Gravisse, G. Barnaud, B. Hanau-Berçot, L. Raskine, J. Riahi, J. L. Gaillard, and M. J. Sanson-Le-Pors
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 509-511;
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Meningitis Due to Mixed Infection with Penicillin-Resistant and Penicillin-Susceptible Strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Fernando Chaves, Carolina Campelo, Francisca Sanz, and Joaquin R. Otero
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 512-513;
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Acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection Presenting as Cholestatic Hepatitis
Carsten Grüllich, Thomas F. Baumert, and Hubert E. Blum
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 514-515;
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Introduction of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Infection in the Philippines
Prisca Susan Leaño, Seiji Kageyama, Adelfa Espantaleon, Janak Maniar, Masaomi Iwasaki, Dattatray Saple, Namiko Yoshihara, Takashi Kurimura, and Dorothy May Agdamag
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 516-518;
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Staphylococcus lugdunensis Carrying the mecA Gene Causes Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Premature Neonate
Wen Sim Nancy Tee, Shui Yen Soh, Raymond Lin, and Liat Hui Loo
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 519-520;
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Letters to the Editor:

Culture-Negative Childhood Empyema Is Usually Due to Penicillin-Sensitive Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Serotype 1
Gary Eltringham, Angela Kearns, Roger Freeman, Julia Clark, David Spencer, Katherine Eastham, Jayne Harwood, and John Leeming
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 521-522;
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Comment on "Acute Echinococcosis: a Case Report"
Enrico Brunetti, Anna Lisa Garlaschelli, Carlo Filice, and Peter Schantz
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 523
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Searching for Bacillus anthracis in Suspect Powders: a French Experience
Bernard La Scola, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Didier Raoult, Pattarachai Kiratisin, Caroline D. Fukuda, Alexandra Wong, Frida Stock, Jeanne C. Preuss, Laura Ediger, Steven H. Fischer, Daniel P. Fedorko, Frank G. Witebsky, Vee J. Gill, and Trupti N. Brahmbhatt
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 524-525;
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Errata:

Letter to the Editor: Importance of Testing Stool Specimens for Shiga Toxins
C. H. Park, H. J. Kim, and D. L. Hixon
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 526
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Rapid Assessment of Phenotypic Resistance to Protease Inhibitors in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Group O
Berta Rodés, Eva Poveda, and Vincent Soriano
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 527
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Newcastle Disease Virus Genotypes Isolated in Japan
Masaji Mase, Kunitoshi Imai, Yasuyuki Sanada, Naoko Sanada, Noboru Yuasa, Tadao Imada, Kenji Tsukamoto, and Shigeo Yamaguchi
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 528-529;
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Laboratory Assays for Diagnosis and Management of Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Sandra S. Richter
J. Clin. Microbiol. January 2003 41: 530
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