To see an article, click its [Full Text], [Abstract] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.

Minireviews:

James W. Snyder

Role of the Hospital-Based Microbiology Laboratory in Preparation for and Response to a Bioterrorism Event
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1-4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

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

Cell Wall Thickening Is a Common Feature of Vancomycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 5-14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clifford G. Clark, Tamara M. A. C. Kruk, Louis Bryden, Yolanda Hirvi, Rafiq Ahmed, and Frank G. Rodgers

Subtyping of Salmonella enterica Serotype Enteritidis Strains by Manual and Automated PstI-SphI Ribotyping
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 27-33. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christophe Cordevant, Jane S. Tang, David Cleland, and Marc Lange

Characterization of Members of the Legionellaceae Family by Automated Ribotyping
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 34-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca Thomas, Anders Johansson, Brendan Neeson, Karen Isherwood, Anders Sjöstedt, Jill Ellis, and Richard W. Titball

Discrimination of Human Pathogenic Subspecies of Francisella tularensis by Using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 50-57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Evaluation of a PCR Assay for Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Respiratory and Nonrespiratory Samples from Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 63-66. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Provisional Serotype Shigella flexneri 1c and Clonal Relationships with 1a and 1b Strains Isolated in Bangladesh
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 110-117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harald Seifert, Oliver Cornely, Kerstin Seggewiss, Mathias Decker, Danuta Stefanik, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, and Gerd Fätkenheuer

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
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 118-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mariana Pichel, Marta Rivas, Isabel Chinen, Fernando Martín, Cristina Ibarra, and Norma Binsztein

Genetic Diversity of Vibrio cholerae O1 in Argentina and Emergence of a New Variant
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 124-134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pilar Morata, María I. Queipo-Ortuño, Jose M. Reguera, Miguel A. García-Ordoñez, Ana Cárdenas, and Juan D. Colmenero

Development and Evaluation of a PCR-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Diagnosis of Human Brucellosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 144-148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shiri Navon-Venezia, Orly Hammer-Munz, David Schwartz, Dan Turner, Boris Kuzmenko, and Yehuda Carmeli

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
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 155-158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Detection, Isolation, and Molecular Subtyping of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter jejuni Associated with a Large Waterborne Outbreak
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 174-180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Lindquist, Donna Murrill, W. Patrick Burran, Gloria Winans, J. Michael Janda, and Will Probert

Characteristics of Massilia timonae and Massilia timonae-Like Isolates from Human Patients, with an Emended Description of the Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 192-196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raphael P. Viscidi and James C. Demma

Genetic Diversity of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Housekeeping Genes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 197-204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie A. Riley, Barbara J. Heiter, and Paul P. Bourbeau

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
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 213-217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Comparison of LightCycler PCR, Rapid Antigen Immunoassay, and Culture for Detection of Group A Streptococci from Throat Swabs
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 242-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rita Castro, Emília S. Prieto, Irene Santo, Jacinta Azevedo, and Filomena da L. Exposto

Evaluation of an Enzyme Immunoassay Technique for Detection of Antibodies against Treponema pallidum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 250-253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrice Francois, Didier Pittet, Manuela Bento, Béatrice Pepey, Pierre Vaudaux, Daniel Lew, and Jacques Schrenzel

Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Sterile or Nonsterile Clinical Samples by a New Molecular Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 254-260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jørgen Skov Jensen, Martin B. Borre, and Birthe Dohn

Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium by PCR Amplification of the 16S rRNA Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 261-266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peixuan Zhu, Raymond S. W. Tsang, and Chao-Ming Tsai

Nonencapsulated Neisseria meningitidis Strain Produces Amylopectin from Sucrose: Altering the Concept for Differentiation between N. meningitidis and N. polysaccharea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 273-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isao Manome, Masanari Ikedo, Yoshihiko Saito, Keiko Kumura Ishii, and Mitsuo Kaku

Evaluation of a Novel Automated Chemiluminescent Assay System for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 279-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Usha Srinivasan, Betsy Foxman, and Carl F. Marrs

Identification of a Gene Encoding Heat-Resistant Agglutinin in Escherichia coli as a Putative Virulence Factor in Urinary Tract Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 285-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel N. Frank, George B. Spiegelman, William Davis, Eileen Wagner, Eric Lyons, and Norman R. Pace

Culture-Independent Molecular Analysis of Microbial Constituents of the Healthy Human Outer Ear
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 295-303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Prospective Study of the Performance of Vibrational Spectroscopies for Rapid Identification of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens Recovered from Blood Cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 324-329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen L. W. On and Penelope J. Jordan

Evaluation of 11 PCR Assays for Species-Level Identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 330-336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

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
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 351-358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michel Drancourt, Véronique Jacomo, Hubert Lépidi, Eric Lechevallier, Vincent Grisoni, Christian Coulange, Edith Ragni, Claude Alasia, Bertrand Dussol, Yvon Berland, and Didier Raoult

Attempted Isolation of Nanobacterium sp. Microorganisms from Upper Urinary Tract Stones
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 368-372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leslye L. LaClaire, Maria Lucia C. Tondella, David S. Beall, Corie A. Noble, Pratima L. Raghunathan, Nancy E. Rosenstein, and Tanja Popovic

Identification of Haemophilus influenzae Serotypes by Standard Slide Agglutination Serotyping and PCR-Based Capsule Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 393-396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monica Oleastro, Armelle Ménard, Adriana Santos, Hervé Lamouliatte, Lurdes Monteiro, Philippe Barthélémy, and Francis Mégraud

Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid and Accurate Detection of Point Mutations Conferring Resistance to Clarithromycin in Helicobacter pylori
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 397-402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara C. Kahl, Gunnar Belling, Rudolf Reichelt, Mathias Herrmann, Richard A. Proctor, and Georg Peters

Thymidine-Dependent Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus Exhibit Gross Morphological and Ultrastructural Changes Consistent with Impaired Cell Separation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 410-413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victor A. Moore IV, Andrea S. Varela, Michael J. Yabsley, William R. Davidson, and Susan E. Little

Detection of Borrelia lonestari, Putative Agent of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from the Southeastern United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 424-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Pia Montanari, Marina Mingoia, Ileana Cochetti, and Pietro Emanuele Varaldo

Phenotypes and Genotypes of Erythromycin-Resistant Pneumococci in Italy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 428-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sabina Cauci, Poul Thorsen, Diana E. Schendel, Annie Bremmelgaard, Franco Quadrifoglio, and Secondo Guaschino

Determination of Immunoglobulin A against Gardnerella vaginalis Hemolysin, Sialidase, and Prolidase Activities in Vaginal Fluid: Implications for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 435-438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William B. Nilsson, Rohinee N. Paranjype, Angelo DePaola, and Mark S. Strom

Sequence Polymorphism of the 16S rRNA Gene of Vibrio vulnificus Is a Possible Indicator of Strain Virulence
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 442-446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreia Maria Camargos Rocha, Gifone Aguiar Rocha, Adriana Santos, Celso Affonso de Oliveira, and Dulciene Maria Magalhães Queiroz

Accuracy of a Commercial Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for CagA in Patients from Brazil with and without Gastric Carcinoma
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 447-448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael R. Mulvey, Geoff Soule, David Boyd, Walter Demczuk, and Rafiq Ahmed

Characterization of the First Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Salmonella Isolate Identified in Canada
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 460-462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carole Tremblay, Christiane Gaudreau, and Manon Lorange

Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of 111 Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus Strains Isolated in Québec, Canada, from 1983 to 2000
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 463-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amar Safdar and Donald Armstrong

Antimicrobial Activities against 84 Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from Patients with Systemic Listeriosis at a Comprehensive Cancer Center (1955-1997)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 483-485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teresa Alarcón, Alba E. Vega, Diego Domingo, Maria Josefa Martínez, and Manuel López-Brea

Clarithromycin Resistance among Helicobacter pylori Strains Isolated from Children: Prevalence and Study of Mechanism of Resistance by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 486-499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa Saiman, Jane L. Burns, Davise Larone, Yunhua Chen, Elizabeth Garber, and Susan Whittier

Evaluation of MicroScan Autoscan for Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 492-494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erik L. Munson, Daniel J. Diekema, Susan E. Beekmann, Kimberle C. Chapin, and Gary V. Doern

Detection and Treatment of Bloodstream Infection: Laboratory Reporting and Antimicrobial Management
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 495-497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

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

Comparative Genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, Multilocus Sequence Typing, and Short Repeat Sequencing: Strain Diversity, Host Range, and Recombination
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 15-26. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Aires de Sousa, M. I. Crisóstomo, I. Santos Sanches, J. S. Wu, J. Fuzhong, A. Tomasz, and H. de Lencastre

Frequent Recovery of a Single Clonal Type of Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Patients in Two Hospitals in Taiwan and China
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 159-163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean Pierre Girardeau, Lila Lalioui, A. Mohamed Ou Said, Christophe De Champs, and Chantal Le Bouguénec

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
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 218-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luz Elena Espinosa, Zhongya Li, Demostenes Gomez Barreto, Ernesto Calderon Jaimes, Romeo S. Rodriguez, Varja Sakota, Richard R. Facklam, and Bernard Beall

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
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 373-378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emma Meats, Angela B. Brueggemann, Mark C. Enright, Karen Sleeman, David T. Griffiths, Derrick W. Crook, and Brian G. Spratt

Stability of Serotypes during Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 386-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jae Young Oh, Hak Sun Yu, Sung Ki Kim, Seong Yong Seol, Dong Taek Cho, and Je Chul Lee

Changes in Patterns of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Integron Carriage among Shigella sonnei Isolates from Southwestern Korea during Epidemic Periods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 421-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Shopsin, B. Mathema, P. Alcabes, B. Said-Salim, G. Lina, A. Matsuka, J. Martinez, and B. N. Kreiswirth

Prevalence of agr Specificity Groups among Staphylococcus aureus Strains Colonizing Children and Their Guardians
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 456-459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

R. S. Oliveira, M. P. Sircili, E. M. D. Oliveira, S. C. Balian, J. S. Ferreira-Neto, and S. C. Leão

Identification of Mycobacterium avium Genotypes with Distinctive Traits by Combination of IS1245-Based Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Restriction Analysis of hsp65
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 44-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulf R. Dahle, Per Sandven, Einar Heldal, Turid Mannsaaker, and Dominique A. Caugant

Deciphering an Outbreak of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 67-72. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Albert R. Zink, Christophe Sola, Udo Reischl, Waltraud Grabner, Nalin Rastogi, Hans Wolf, and Andreas G. Nerlich

Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex DNAs from Egyptian Mummies by Spoligotyping
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 359-367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. Selvakumar, Dakshayani Govindan, Naik Ashok Chandu, Thomas R. Frieden, and P. R. Narayanan

Processing Sputum Specimens in a Refrigerated Centrifuge Does Not Increase the Rate of Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 469-471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Y. Kunimoto, M. S. Peppler, J. Talbot, P. Phillips, and S. D. Shafran

Analysis of Mycobacterium avium Complex Isolates from Blood Samples of AIDS Patients by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 498-499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Robert W. Wills, Alan R. Doster, Judith A. Galeota, Jung-Hyang Sur, and Fernando A. Osorio

Duration of Infection and Proportion of Pigs Persistently Infected with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 58-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Madeleine Fortin, Serge Messier, Julie Paré, and Robert Higgins

Identification of Catalase-Negative, Non-Beta-Hemolytic, Gram-Positive Cocci Isolated from Milk Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 106-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger K. Maes, Daniel L. Grooms, Annabel G. Wise, Cunqin Han, Valerie Ciesicki, Lora Hanson, Mary Lynne Vickers, Charles Kanitz, and Robert Holland

Evaluation of a Human Group A Rotavirus Assay for On-Site Detection of Bovine Rotavirus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 290-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James R. Johnson, Nicholas Kaster, Michael A. Kuskowski, and Gerald V. Ling

Identification of Urovirulence Traits in Escherichia coli by Comparison of Urinary and Rectal E. coli Isolates from Dogs with Urinary Tract Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 337-345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Séverine Tasker, Chris R. Helps, Michael J. Day, Tim J. Gruffydd-Jones, and Dave A. Harbour

Use of Real-Time PCR To Detect and Quantify Mycoplasma haemofelis and "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum" DNA
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 439-441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. R. Risatti, J. D. Callahan, W. M. Nelson, and M. V. Borca

Rapid Detection of Classical Swine Fever Virus by a Portable Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 500-505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

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

Serotyping of 467 Cryptococcus neoformans Isolates from Clinical and Environmental Sources in Brazil: Analysis of Host and Regional Patterns
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 73-77. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, S. A. Messer, L. Boyken, R. J. Hollis, and R. N. Jones

In Vitro Activities of Voriconazole, Posaconazole, and Four Licensed Systemic Antifungal Agents against Candida Species Infrequently Isolated from Blood
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 78-83. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard J. Jurevic, Mai Bai, Robert B. Chadwick, Theodore C. White, and Beverly A. Dale

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
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 90-96. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. J. Maxwell, S. A. Messer, R. J. Hollis, D. J. Diekema, and M. A. Pfaller

Evaluation of Etest Method for Determining Voriconazole and Amphotericin B MICs for 162 Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 97-99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gilles Nevez, Anne Totet, Vincent Jounieaux, Jean-Luc Schmit, Eduardo Dei-Cas, and Christian Raccurt

Pneumocystis jiroveci Internal Transcribed Spacer Types in Patients Colonized by the Fungus and in Patients with Pneumocystosis from the Same French Geographic Region
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 181-186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ralf Bialek, Anna Cascante Cirera, Tanja Herrmann, Christian Aepinus, Valerie I. Shearn-Bochsler, and Alfred M. Legendre

Nested PCR Assays for Detection of Blastomyces dermatitidis DNA in Paraffin-Embedded Canine Tissue
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 205-208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Yamazumi, M. A. Pfaller, S. A. Messer, A. K. Houston, L. Boyken, R. J. Hollis, I. Furuta, and R. N. Jones

Characterization of Heteroresistance to Fluconazole among Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 267-272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Espinel-Ingroff

Evaluation of Broth Microdilution Testing Parameters and Agar Diffusion Etest Procedure for Testing Susceptibilities of Aspergillus spp. to Caspofungin Acetate (MK-0991)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 403-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Consuelo Bautista-Muñoz, Xavier M. Boldo, Lourdes Villa-Tanaca, and César Hernández-Rodríguez

Identification of Candida spp. by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis and Differentiation between Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis by Direct PCR Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 414-420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sansanee C. Chaiyaroj, Runglawan Chawengkirttikul, Stitaya Sirisinha, Pramuan Watkins, and Yuttana Srinoulprasert

Antigen Detection Assay for Identification of Penicillium marneffei Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 432-434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sally Gromadzki, Rama Ramani, and Vishnu Chaturvedi

Evaluation of New Medium for Identification of Dermatophytes and Primary Dimorphic Pathogens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 467-468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. W. Yang, T. M. S. Barkham, F. Y. Chan, and Y. Wang

Prevalence of Candida Species, Including Candida dubliniensis, in Singapore
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 472-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jimi Francis Morrill, Demosthenes Pappagianis, M. Jane Heinig, Bo Lönnerdal, and Kathryn G. Dewey

Detecting Candida albicans in Human Milk
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 475-478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arvind A. Padhye, Susan Verghese, P. Ravichandran, G. Balamurugan, Leslie Hall, P. Padmaja, and Maria C. Fernandez

Trichosporon loubieri Infection in a Patient with Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 479-482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Banu Sancak, John H. Rex, Victor Paetznick, Enuo Chen, and Jose Rodriguez

Evaluation of a Method for Identification of Candida dubliniensis Bloodstream Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 489-491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. M. Kuhn, M. Balkis, J. Chandra, P. K. Mukherjee, and M. A. Ghannoum

Uses and Limitations of the XTT Assay in Studies of Candida Growth and Metabolism
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 506-508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virology:

Michelle Howard, John W. Sellors, Dan Jang, Noah J. Robinson, Margaret Fearon, Janusz Kaczorowski, and Max Chernesky

Regional Distribution of Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 in Men and Women in Ontario, Canada
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 84-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Molecular Assays for Detection of Human Metapneumovirus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 100-105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Evaluation of Two New Automated Assays for Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen (HBsAg) Detection: IMMULITE HBsAg and IMMULITE 2000 HBsAg
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 135-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aizhong Hu, Melissa Colella, John S. Tam, Ruth Rappaport, and Sheau-Mei Cheng

Simultaneous Detection, Subgrouping, and Quantitation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus A and B by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 149-154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine C. Ginocchio, Marti Kemper, Kathleen A. Stellrecht, and Donald J. Witt

Multicenter Evaluation of the Performance Characteristics of the NucliSens HIV-1 QT Assay Used for Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 164-173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haijing Li, J. Stephen Dummer, Wray R. Estes, Shufang Meng, Peter F. Wright, and Yi-Wei Tang

Measurement of Human Cytomegalovirus Loads by Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Monitoring Clinical Intervention in Transplant Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 187-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. C. Sayer, S. Land, L. Gizzarelli, M. French, G. Hales, S. Emery, F. T. Christiansen, and E. M. Dax

Quality Assessment Program for Genotypic Antiretroviral Testing Improves Detection of Drug Resistance Mutations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 227-236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Performance Evaluation of the VERSANT HCV RNA Qualitative Assay by Using Transcription-Mediated Amplification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 310-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie L. Landry, Robin Garner, and David Ferguson

Rapid Enterovirus RNA Detection in Clinical Specimens by Using Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 346-350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amy J. Lambert, Denise A. Martin, and Robert S. Lanciotti

Detection of North American Eastern and Western Equine Encephalitis Viruses by Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 379-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Andréoletti, Gérard Grésenguet, Nicolas Chomont, Mathieu Matta, Yann Quiniou, Ali Si-Mohamed, and Laurent Bélec

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
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 449-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

Lynne S. Garcia, Robyn Y. Shimizu, Susan Novak, Marilyn Carroll, and Frank Chan

Commercial Assay for Detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum Antigens in Human Fecal Specimens by Rapid Solid-Phase Qualitative Immunochromatography
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 209-212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick Gonin and Louise Trudel

Detection and Differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar Isolates in Clinical Samples by PCR and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 237-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Cornelia Kaydos-Daniels, William C. Miller, Irving Hoffman, Topia Banda, Willard Dzinyemba, Francis Martinson, Myron S. Cohen, and Marcia M. Hobbs

Validation of a Urine-Based PCR-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Use in Clinical Research Settings To Detect Trichomonas vaginalis in Men
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 318-323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory C. Booton, Jennifer R. Carmichael, Govinda S. Visvesvara, Thomas J. Byers, and Paul A. Fuerst

Identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris by PCR Assay Using the Mitochondrial 16S rRNA Gene as a Target
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 453-455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

C. A. Gaydos, T. C. Quinn, D. Willis, A. Weissfeld, E. W. Hook, D. H. Martin, D. V. Ferrero, and J. Schachter

Performance of the APTIMA Combo 2 Assay for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Female Urine and Endocervical Swab Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 304-309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

J. Gravisse, G. Barnaud, B. Hanau-Berçot, L. Raskine, J. Riahi, J. L. Gaillard, and M. J. Sanson-Le-Pors

Clostridium difficile Brain Empyema after Prolonged Intestinal Carriage
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 509-511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fernando Chaves, Carolina Campelo, Francisca Sanz, and Joaquin R. Otero

Meningitis Due to Mixed Infection with Penicillin-Resistant and Penicillin-Susceptible Strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 512-513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carsten Grüllich, Thomas F. Baumert, and Hubert E. Blum

Acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection Presenting as Cholestatic Hepatitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 514-515. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prisca Susan Leaño, Seiji Kageyama, Adelfa Espantaleon, Janak Maniar, Masaomi Iwasaki, Dattatray Saple, Namiko Yoshihara, Takashi Kurimura, and Dorothy May Agdamag

Introduction of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Infection in the Philippines
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 516-518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wen Sim Nancy Tee, Shui Yen Soh, Raymond Lin, and Liat Hui Loo

Staphylococcus lugdunensis Carrying the mecA Gene Causes Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Premature Neonate
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 519-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Gary Eltringham, Angela Kearns, Roger Freeman, Julia Clark, David Spencer, Katherine Eastham, Jayne Harwood, and John Leeming

Culture-Negative Childhood Empyema Is Usually Due to Penicillin-Sensitive Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Serotype 1
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 521-522. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enrico Brunetti, Anna Lisa Garlaschelli, Carlo Filice, and Peter Schantz

Comment on "Acute Echinococcosis: a Case Report"
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 523. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Searching for Bacillus anthracis in Suspect Powders: a French Experience
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 524-525. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

C. H. Park, H. J. Kim, and D. L. Hixon

Letter to the Editor: Importance of Testing Stool Specimens for Shiga Toxins
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 526. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Berta Rodés, Eva Poveda, and Vincent Soriano

Rapid Assessment of Phenotypic Resistance to Protease Inhibitors in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Group O
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 527. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masaji Mase, Kunitoshi Imai, Yasuyuki Sanada, Naoko Sanada, Noboru Yuasa, Tadao Imada, Kenji Tsukamoto, and Shigeo Yamaguchi

Phylogenetic Analysis of Newcastle Disease Virus Genotypes Isolated in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 528-529. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandra S. Richter

Laboratory Assays for Diagnosis and Management of Hepatitis C Virus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 530. [Full Text] [PDF]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.