JCM -- Table of Contents (November 1 2003, 41 [11])

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Contents: November 2003, Volume 41, Issue 11

       Minireviews

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Epidemiology

       Bacteriology

       Virology

       Parasitology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Mycology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

       Errata

Other Issues

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Minireviews:

Molecular Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Respiratory Tract Infections
K. Loens, D. Ursi, H. Goossens, and M. Ieven
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4915-4923;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Rectoanal Mucosal Swab Culture Is More Sensitive Than Fecal Culture and Distinguishes Escherichia coli O157:H7-Colonized Cattle and Those Transiently Shedding the Same Organism
Daniel H. Rice, Haiqing Q. Sheng, Stacey A. Wynia, and Carolyn J. Hovde
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4924-4929;
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Employing a Recombinant Antigen for Detection of Protective Antibody against Swine Erysipelas
Yumiko Imada, Yasuyuki Mori, Masaji Daizoh, Kazuma Kudoh, and Tetsuya Sakano
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5015-5021;
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Evaluation and Field Validation of PCR Tests for Detection of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in Subclinically Infected Pigs
Nahuel Fittipaldi, André Broes, Josée Harel, Marylène Kobisch, and Marcelo Gottschalk
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5085-5093;
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Epidemiology:

Association of Genomic O Island 122 of Escherichia coli EDL 933 with Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli Seropathotypes That Are Linked to Epidemic and/or Serious Disease
Mohamed A. Karmali, Mariola Mascarenhas, Songhai Shen, Kim Ziebell, Shelley Johnson, Richard Reid-Smith, Judith Isaac-Renton, Clifford Clark, Kris Rahn, and James B. Kaper
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4930-4940;
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Geographic Distribution and Clonal Diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 1 Isolates
Angela B. Brueggemann and Brian G. Spratt
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4966-4970;
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Study of Animal-Borne Infections in the Mucosas of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Population-Based Controls
Charles N. Bernstein, Gopi Nayar, Andre Hamel, and James F. Blanchard
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4986-4990;
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Update on the Major Clonal Types of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Czech Republic
O. Melter, M. Aires de Sousa, P. Urbásková, V. Jakubu, H. Zemlicková, and H. de Lencastre
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4998-5005;
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Metronidazole-Resistant Helicobacter pylori Is More Prevalent in Patients with Nonulcer Dyspepsia than in Peptic Ulcer Patients in a Multiethnic Asian Population
Sook-Yin Lui, Khay-Guan Yeoh, and Bow Ho
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5011-5014;
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Temporal Shifts in the Dominance of Serotypes of Shigella dysenteriae from 1999 to 2002 in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Kaisar A. Talukder, M. Aminul Islam, Bijay K. Khajanchi, Dilip K. Dutta, Zhahirul Islam, Ashrafus Safa, Khorshed Alam, A. Hossain, G. B. Nair, and David A. Sack
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5053-5058;
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Characterization of the Natural Population of Bartonella henselae by Multilocus Sequence Typing
J. Iredell, D. Blanckenberg, M. Arvand, S. Grauling, E. J. Feil, and R. J. Birtles
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5071-5079;
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Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Typing of Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from the United States: Establishing a National Database
Linda K. McDougal, Christine D. Steward, George E. Killgore, Jasmine M. Chaitram, Sigrid K. McAllister, and Fred C. Tenover
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5113-5120;
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Prevalence, Molecular Epidemiology, and Clinical Significance of Heterogeneous Glycopeptide-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in Liver Transplant Recipients
Frédéric Bert, Juliette Clarissou, François Durand, Didier Delefosse, Chantal Chauvet, Patricia Lefebvre, Nicole Lambert, and Catherine Branger
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5147-5152;
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Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Erythromycin-Resistant Beta-Hemolytic Lancefield Group G Streptococci Causing Bacteremia
Patrick C. Y. Woo, Amanda P. C. To, Herman Tse, Susanna K. P. Lau, and Kwok-yung Yuen
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5188-5191;
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Evaluation of Genotyping Large Numbers of Escherichia coli Isolates by Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus-PCR
Kiersten J. Meacham, Lixin Zhang, Betsy Foxman, Richard J. Bauer, and Carl F. Marrs
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5224-5226;
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Bacteriology:

Site-Specific Manifestations of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease: Type Distribution and Corresponding Patterns of Virulence Determinants
Bart J. M. Vlaminckx, Ellen M. Mascini, Joop Schellekens, Leo M. Schouls, Armand Paauw, Ad C. Fluit, Rodger Novak, Jan Verhoef, and Franz Josef Schmitz
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4941-4949;
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Comparison of Real-Time PCR and Culture for Detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis in Subgingival Plaque Samples
Khalil Boutaga, Arie Jan van Winkelhoff, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, and Paul H. M. Savelkoul
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4950-4954;
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C₆ Test as an Indicator of Therapy Outcome for Patients with Localized or Disseminated Lyme Borreliosis
Mario T. Philipp, Adriana R. Marques, Paul T. Fawcett, Leonard G. Dally, and Dale S. Martin
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4955-4960;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Proteus mirabilis Infections of the Catheterized Urinary Tract
N. A. Sabbuba, E. Mahenthiralingam, and D. J. Stickler
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4961-4965;
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Characterization of Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Hong Kong by Phage Typing, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Fluorescent Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
M. Ip, D. J. Lyon, F. Chio, M. C. Enright, and A. F. Cheng
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4980-4985;
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Evaluation of the Polymorphisms Associated with Tandem Repeats for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain Typing
Lucie Onteniente, Sylvain Brisse, Panayotis T. Tassios, and Gilles Vergnaud
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4991-4997;
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Distribution of Intimin Subtypes among Escherichia coli Isolates from Ruminant and Human Sources
Vidiya Ramachandran, Kim Brett, Michael A. Hornitzky, Mark Dowton, Karl A. Bettelheim, Mark J. Walker, and Steven P. Djordjevic
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5022-5032;
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High Diversity of ankA Sequences of Anaplasma phagocytophilum among Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Germany
Friederike D. von Loewenich, Birgit U. Baumgarten, Klaus Schröppel, Walter Geißdörfer, Martin Röllinghoff, and Christian Bogdan
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5033-5040;
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Genetic Diversity among Borrelia Strains Determined by Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis of the ospC Gene and Its Association with Invasiveness
Vanessa Lagal, Danièle Postic, Eva Ruzic-Sabljic, and Guy Baranton
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5059-5065;
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Use of O-Antigen Gene Cluster-Specific PCRs for the Identification and O-Genotyping of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia pestis
Tatiana Bogdanovich, Elisabeth Carniel, Hiroshi Fukushima, and Mikael Skurnik
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5103-5112;
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Application of an rRNA Probe Matrix for Rapid Identification of Bacteria and Fungi from Routine Blood Cultures
Elizabeth M. Marlowe, James J. Hogan, Janet F. Hindler, Irene Andruszkiewicz, Pat Gordon, and David A. Bruckner
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5127-5133;
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Duplex Real-Time SYBR Green PCR Assays for Detection of 17 Species of Food- or Waterborne Pathogens in Stools
Hiroshi Fukushima, Yoshie Tsunomori, and Ryotaro Seki
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5134-5146;
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Detection of Gallibacterium spp. in Chickens by Fluorescent 16S rRNA In Situ Hybridization
Anders Miki Bojesen, Henrik Christensen, Ole Lerberg Nielsen, John Elmerdahl Olsen, and Magne Bisgaard
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5167-5172;
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Bloodstream Isolates of Enterococcus faecium Enriched with the Enterococcal Surface Protein Gene, esp, Show Increased Adhesion to Eukaryotic Cells
Bodil Lund and Charlotta Edlund
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5183-5185;
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agr-Dependent Bacterial Interference Has No Impact on Long-Term Colonization of Staphylococcus aureus during Persistent Airway Infection of Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Barbara C. Kahl, Karsten Becker, Alexander W. Friedrich, Julia Clasen, Bhanu Sinha, Christof von Eiff, and Georg Peters
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5199-5201;
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Frequency of Binary Toxin Genes among Clostridium difficile Strains That Do Not Produce Large Clostridial Toxins
Barbara Geric, Stuart Johnson, Dale N. Gerding, Miklavz Grabnar, and Maja Rupnik
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5227-5232;
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Evaluation of Acridine Orange Staining as a Replacement of Subcultures for BacT/ALERT-Positive, Gram Stain-Negative Blood Cultures
Hildegard Adler, Nathalie Baumlin, and Reno Frei
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5238-5239;
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Isolation of Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group from Urine and Their Relationship to Urinary Tract Infections
Srdjan Stepanovic, Petr Jezek, Dragana Vukovic, Ivana Dakic, and Petr Petrás
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5262-5264;
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Association of Cytolethal Distending Toxin Locus cdtB with Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Patients with Acute Diarrhea in Calcutta, India
Mritunjay Pandey, Asis Khan, Suresh C. Das, Bhaswati Sarkar, Soumen Kahali, Subhra Chakraborty, Santanu Chattopadhyay, Shinji Yamasaki, Yoshifumi Takeda, G. Balakrish Nair, and T. Ramamurthy
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5277-5281;
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Bacitracin-Resistant Clone of Streptococcus pyogenes Isolated from Pharyngitis Patients in Belgium
Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Shuang Wang, Christine Lammens, Sabine Chapelle, and Herman Goossens
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5282-5284;
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Prevalence of Group A Streptococcal Carriers in Asymptomatic Children and Clonal Relatedness among Isolates in Malatya, Turkey
Riza Durmaz, Bengul Durmaz, Mehmet Bayraktar, Ibrahim Halil Ozerol, Mahmut Tayyar Kalcioglu, Elif Aktas, and Zeynep Cizmeci
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5285-5287;
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Infections in International Pregnancy Study: Performance of the Optical Immunoassay Test for Detection of Group B Streptococcus
Jadsada Thinkhamrop, Sompop Limpongsanurak, Mario R. Festin, Sean Daly, Anne Schuchat, Pisake Lumbiganon, Elizabeth Zell, Tsungai Chipato, Aye Aye Win, Mindy J. Perilla, Jorge E. Tolosa, and Cynthia G. Whitney
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5288-5290;
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Virology:

Novel Enzyme-Linked Minisequence Assay for Genotypic Analysis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance
Wataru Sugiura, Kazunori Shimada, Masakazu Matsuda, Tomoko Chiba, Lay Myint, Aiko Okano, and Kaneo Yamada
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 4971-4979;
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Comparison of the NucliSens Basic Kit (Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification) and the Argene Biosoft Enterovirus Consensus Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays for Rapid Detection of Enterovirus RNA in Clinical Specimens
Marie L. Landry, Robin Garner, and David Ferguson
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5006-5010;
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Quantifying Adenovirus-Neutralizing Antibodies by Luciferase Transgene Detection: Addressing Preexisting Immunity to Vaccine and Gene Therapy Vectors
Mieke C. Sprangers, Wandena Lakhai, Wouter Koudstaal, Marielle Verhoeven, Björn F. Koel, Ronald Vogels, Jaap Goudsmit, Menzo J. E. Havenga, and Stefan Kostense
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5046-5052;
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Microarrays for Genotyping Human Group A Rotavirus by Multiplex Capture and Type-Specific Primer Extension
Lovisa Lovmar, Caroline Fock, Felix Espinoza, Filemon Bucardo, Ann-Christine Syvänen, and Kåre Bondeson
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5153-5158;
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Comparison of DNA Amplification, mRNA Amplification, and DNA Hybridization Techniques for Detection of Cytomegalovirus in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients
Francisco Diaz-Mitoma, Chantal Leger, Helen Miller, Antonio Giulivi, Rita Frost, Laura Shaw, and Lothar Huebsch
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5159-5166;
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Comparison between Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay and Shell Vial Culture for Detection of Mumps Virus from Clinical Samples
Jordi Reina, Francisca Ballesteros, Enrique Ruiz de Gopegui, Maria Munar, and Margarita Mari
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5186-5187;
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Detection and Sequence Analysis of Danish and Swedish Strains of Mink Astrovirus
Christian Mittelholzer, Lena Englund, Kjell-Olof Hedlund, Hans-Henrik Dietz, and Lennart Svensson
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5192-5194;
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Genetic Characterization of Newly Reintroduced Dengue Virus Type 3 in Martinique (French West Indies)
Christophe N. Peyrefitte, Patricia Couissinier-Paris, Véronique Mercier-Perennec, Maël Bessaud, Jenny Martial, Nadia Kenane, Jean-Paul A. Durand, and Hugues J. Tolou
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5195-5198;
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Seroprevalence of Antibodies against Human Herpesvirus 8 in a Population of Renal Transplant Recipients at Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital
S. Delorme, I. Houde, and L. Deschênes
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5207-5208;
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Performance of the Focus and Kalon Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Glycoprotein G in Culture-Documented Cases of Genital Herpes
Rhoda Ashley Morrow, David Friedrich, and Elizabeth Krantz
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5212-5214;
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Comparison of Hepatitis C Virus Genotyping by 5' Noncoding Region- and Core-Based Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay with Sequencing and Use of the Assay for Determining Subtype Distribution in India
Kavita S. Lole, Jyotsna A. Jha, Sandhya P. Shrotri, Badri N. Tandon, V. G. Mohan Prasad, and Vidya A. Arankalle
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5240-5244;
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Measurement of Epstein-Barr Virus DNA Loads in Whole Blood and Plasma by TaqMan PCR and in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes by Competitive PCR
Robert M. Wadowsky, Stella Laus, Michael Green, Steven A. Webber, and David Rowe
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5245-5249;
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Isolation and Characterization of Dually Reactive Strains of Group A Rotavirus from Hospitalized Children
Sujata S. Ranshing and Shobhana D. Kelkar
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5267-5269;
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Efficient Extraction of Viral DNA and Viral RNA by the Chemagic Viral DNA/RNA Kit Allows Sensitive Detection of Cytomegalovirus, Hepatitis B Virus, and Hepatitis G Virus by PCR
Michael Kleines, Kirsten Schellenberg, and Klaus Ritter
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5273-5276;
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Parasitology:

Detection and Identification of Entamoeba Species in Stool Samples by a Reverse Line Hybridization Assay
Jaco J. Verweij, Daphne Laeijendecker, Eric A. T. Brienen, Lisette van Lieshout, and Anton M. Polderman
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5041-5045;
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PCR Assay for Monitoring Trypanosoma cruzi Parasitemia in Childhood after Specific Chemotherapy
Lúcia M. C. Galvão, Egler Chiari, Andréa M. Macedo, Alejandro O. Luquetti, Simonne A. Silva, and Ana Lúcia S. S. Andrade
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5066-5070;
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Real-Time PCR Assay for Clinical Management of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis
Simona Bossolasco, Giovanni Gaiera, Davide Olchini, Maurizio Gulletta, Leonardo Martello, Arabella Bestetti, Laura Bossi, Luca Germagnoli, Adriano Lazzarin, Caterina Uberti-Foppa, and Paola Cinque
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5080-5084;
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Multicenter Study To Evaluate the OptiMAL Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Malaria in U.S. Hospitals
Carol J. Palmer, J. Alfredo Bonilla, David A. Bruckner, Elizabeth D. Barnett, Nancy S. Miller, M. A. Haseeb, Joseph R. Masci, and William M. Stauffer
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5178-5182;
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Molecular Surveillance of Cryptosporidium spp. in Raw Wastewater in Milwaukee: Implications for Understanding Outbreak Occurrence and Transmission Dynamics
Ling Zhou, Ajaib Singh, Jianlin Jiang, and Lihua Xiao
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5254-5257;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Comparison of PCR and Serology Assays for Early Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever
Pierre-Edouard Fournier and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5094-5098;
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Molecular Variation in the Variable-Length PCR Target and 120-Kilodalton Antigen Genes of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Michael J. Yabsley, Susan E. Little, Ethan J. Sims, Vivien G. Dugan, David E. Stallknecht, and William R. Davidson
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5202-5206;
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Pericardial Effusion in a Homeless Man Due to Bartonella quintana
P. Y. Levy, P. E. Fournier, M. Carta, and D. Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5291-5293;
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Molecular Characterization of Aegyptianella pullorum (Rickettsiales, Anaplasmataceae)
Yasuko Rikihisa, Chunbin Zhang, and Bruce M. Christensen
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5294-5297;
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Mycology:

Experience with the MicroSeq D2 Large-Subunit Ribosomal DNA Sequencing Kit for Identification of Commonly Encountered, Clinically Important Yeast Species
Leslie Hall, Sherri Wohlfiel, and Glenn D. Roberts
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5099-5102;
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In Vitro Activities of the New Antifungal Drug Eberconazole and Three Other Topical Agents against 200 Strains of Dermatophytes
Belkys Fernández-Torres, Isabel Inza, and Josep Guarro
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5209-5211;
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Risk of Fungemia Due to Rhodotorula and Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Rhodotorula Isolates
Aimee K. Zaas, Molly Boyce, Wiley Schell, Barbara Alexander Lodge, Jackie L. Miller, and John R. Perfect
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5233-5235;
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Interlaboratory Evaluation of Hematocytometer Method of Inoculum Preparation for Testing Antifungal Susceptibilities of Filamentous Fungi
J. L. Rodriguez-Tudela, Erja Chryssanthou, Evangelia Petrikkou, Juan Mosquera, David W. Denning, and Manuel Cuenca-Estrella
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5236-5237;
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Restriction Enzyme Analysis of Ribosomal DNA Shows that Candida inconspicua Clinical Isolates Can Be Misidentified as Candida norvegensis with Traditional Diagnostic Procedures
L. Majoros, G. Kardos, Á. Belák, A. Maráz, L. Asztalos, E. Csánky, Z. Barta, and B. Szabó
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5250-5253;
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Collaborative Consensus for Optimized Multilocus Sequence Typing of Candida albicans
M.-E. Bougnoux, A. Tavanti, C. Bouchier, N. A. R. Gow, A. Magnier, A. D. Davidson, M. C. J. Maiden, C. d'Enfert, and F. C. Odds
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5265-5266;
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Comparison of Etest with Modified Broth Microdilution Method for Testing Susceptibility of Aspergillus spp. to Voriconazole
M. C. Serrano, D. Morilla, A. Valverde, M. Chávez, A. Espinel-Ingroff, R. Claro, M. Ramírez, and E. Martín Mazuelos
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5270-5272;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Detection and Differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Isolates by Real-Time PCR
Nabin K. Shrestha, Marion J. Tuohy, Gerri S. Hall, Udo Reischl, Steven M. Gordon, and Gary W. Procop
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5121-5126;
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Rapid Colorimetric Method for Testing Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Isoniazid and Rifampin in Liquid Cultures
H. Syre, S. Phyu, P. Sandven, B. Bjorvatn, and H. M. S. Grewal
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5173-5177;
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Characterization of Genetic Differences between Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Type I and Type II Isolates
Karen Dohmann, Birgit Strommenger, Karen Stevenson, Lucía de Juan, Janin Stratmann, Vivek Kapur, Tim J. Bull, and Gerald-Friedrich Gerlach
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5215-5223;
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Assessment of Laboratory Performance of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
John C. Ridderhof, Laurina O. Williams, Sue Legois, Peter A. Shult, Beverly Metchock, Louise N. Kubista, James H. Handsfield, Ronald J. Fehd, and Pamela H. Robinson
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5258-5261;
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Case Reports:

Deep Infection by Trichophyton rubrum in an Immunocompromised Patient
Ran Nir-Paz, Hila Elinav, Gerald E. Pierard, David Walker, Alexander Maly, Mervyn Shapiro, Richard C. Barton, and Itzhack Polacheck
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5298-5301;
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Invasive Mycotic Infections Caused by Chaetomium perlucidum, a New Agent of Cerebral Phaeohyphomycosis
M. A. Barron, D. A. Sutton, R. Veve, J. Guarro, M. Rinaldi, E. Thompson, P. J. Cagnoni, K. Moultney, and N. E. Madinger
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5302-5307;
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Fatal Case of Listeria innocua Bacteremia
Monique Perrin, Michel Bemer, and Catherine Delamare
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5308-5309;
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Presumed Endocarditis Caused by BRO ß-Lactamase-Producing Moraxella lacunata in an Infant with Fallot's Tetrad
Noriyuki Nagano, Junichi Sato, Christophe Cordevant, Yukiko Nagano, Fumiaki Taguchi, and Matsuhisa Inoue
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5310-5312;
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Comparison of PCR-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Real-Time PCR Assay for Diagnosis of an Unusual Case of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis in a Stem Cell Transplant Recipient
Jean Menotti, Gustavo Vilela, Stéphane Romand, Yves Jean-François Garin, Lionel Ades, Eliane Gluckman, Francis Derouin, and Patricia Ribaud
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5313-5316;
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Disseminated Trichosporonosis Caused by Trichosporon loubieri
Francisco M. Marty, Dan H. Barouch, Eoin P. Coakley, and Lindsey R. Baden
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5317-5320;
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Capnocytophaga sp. Isolated from a Cat with Chronic Sinusitis and Rhinitis
Erin Frey, Barrak Pressler, James Guy, Christian Pitulle, and Edward Breitschwerdt
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5321-5324;
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Implantable Defibrillator Pocket Infection and Bacteremia Caused by Nocardia nova Complex Isolate
Keith Boell, Robert Gotoff, Michael Foltzer, Randle Storm, and Paul P. Bourbeau
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5325-5326;
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Isolation of Bartonella washoensis from a Dog with Mitral Valve Endocarditis
Bruno B. Chomel, Aaron C. Wey, and Rickie W. Kasten
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5327-5332;
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Allergic Fungal Sinusitis Associated with Trichoderma longibrachiatum
Patrick Tang, Subhash Mohan, Lynne Sigler, Ian Witterick, Richard Summerbell, Iivi Campbell, and Tony Mazzulli
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5333-5336;
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Fatal Case of Endocarditis Associated with Bartonella henselae Type I Infection in a Domestic Cat
Bruno B. Chomel, Aaron C. Wey, Rickie W. Kasten, Brian A. Stacy, and Philippe Labelle
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5337-5339;
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Outbreak of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Subtype boulardii Fungemia in Patients Neighboring Those Treated with a Probiotic Preparation of the Organism
Marco Cassone, Pietro Serra, Francesca Mondello, Antonietta Girolamo, Sandro Scafetti, Eleonora Pistella, and Mario Venditti
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5340-5343;
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Relationship of Relapsing Hip Prosthesis Infection by Staphylococcus aureus with Gamma Interferon Deficiency
Amélie Honstettre, Jean-Louis Mège, Gérard Lina, Jean-Manuel Aubaniac, and Michel Drancourt
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5344-5346;
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Letters to the Editor:

Towards "Molecular Esperanto" or the Tower of Babel? (The Need for Harmonization of Techniques for Genotyping Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis)
John E. Moore, Colin E. Goldsmith, J. Stuart Elborn, Philip G. Murphy, Peter H. Gilligan, Séamus Fanning, and Graham Hogg
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5347-5348;
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Genetic Composition of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Substrain Sofia
Tzvetelina Stefanova, Milliana Chouchkova, Jason Hinds, Philip D. Butcher, Jacqueline Inwald, James Dale, Si Palmer, R. Glyn Hewinson, and Stephen V. Gordon
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5349
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Application of Spoligotyping to Noncultured Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteria Requires an Optimized Approach
Ida Parwati, Reinout van Crevel, Dick van Soolingen, and Adri van der Zanden
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5350-5351;
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Conjunctiva-Upper Respiratory Tract Irrigation for Early Diagnosis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Tommy R. Tong, Bosco H. Lam, Tak-keung Ng, Sik-to Lai, Matthew K. Tong, and Tai-nin Chau
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5352
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Establishment and Clonal Dissemination of the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus UK-16 Epidemic Strain in a Spanish Hospital
Eduardo Pérez-Roth, Fabián Lorenzo-Díaz, and Sebastián Méndez-Álvarez
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5353
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Errata:

Transmission of Anaplasma marginale by Boophilus microplus: Retention of Vector Competence in the Absence of Vector-Pathogen Interaction
James E. Futse, Massaro W. Ueti, Donald P. Knowles, Jr., and Guy H. Palmer
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2003 41: 5354
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