JCM -- Table of Contents (December 1 2003, 41 [12])

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Contents: December 2003, Volume 41, Issue 12

       Minireviews

       Bacteriology

       Epidemiology

       Parasitology

       Virology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Mycology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

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Minireviews:

Relevance of Commercial Amplification Methods for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Clinical Samples
Claudio Piersimoni and Claudio Scarparo
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5355-5365;
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Bacteriology:

Characterization of Salmonella enterica Serotype Newport Isolated from Humans and Food Animals
S. Zhao, S. Qaiyumi, S. Friedman, R. Singh, S. L. Foley, D. G. White, P. F. McDermott, T. Donkar, C. Bolin, S. Munro, E. J. Baron, and R. D. Walker
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5366-5371;
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Growth of Helicobacter pylori in Medium Supplemented with Cyanobacterial Extract
Alba E. Vega, Teresa I. Cortiñas, Claudia M. Mattana, Humberto J. Silva, and Olga Puig de Centorbi
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5384-5388;
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Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis Distinguishes Outbreak and Sporadic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates
Anna C. Noller, M. Catherine McEllistrem, Antonio G. F. Pacheco, David J. Boxrud, and Lee H. Harrison
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5389-5397;
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Evolution of sfbI Encoding Streptococcal Fibronectin-Binding Protein I: Horizontal Genetic Transfer and Gene Mosaic Structure
Rebecca J. Towers, Peter K. Fagan, Susanne R. Talay, Bart J. Currie, Kadaba S. Sriprakash, Mark J. Walker, and Gursharan S. Chhatwal
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5398-5406;
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PCR Typing of Genetic Determinants for Metallo-ß-Lactamases and Integrases Carried by Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated in Japan, with Focus on the Class 3 Integron
Naohiro Shibata, Yohei Doi, Kunikazu Yamane, Tetsuya Yagi, Hiroshi Kurokawa, Keigo Shibayama, Haru Kato, Kumiko Kai, and Yoshichika Arakawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5407-5413;
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Changes in Gene Cassettes of Class 1 Integrons among Escherichia coli Isolates from Urine Specimens Collected in Korea during the Last Two Decades
Hak Sun Yu, Je Chul Lee, Hee Young Kang, Dong Woo Ro, Jae Young Chung, Young Sook Jeong, Seong Ho Tae, Chul Hee Choi, Eun Young Lee, Sung Yong Seol, Yoo Chul Lee, and Dong Taek Cho
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5429-5433;
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Culture and Phenotypic Characterization of a Wolbachia pipientis Isolate
Florence Fenollar, Bernard La Scola, Hisashi Inokuma, J. Stephen Dumler, Mark J. Taylor, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5434-5441;
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Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a University Hospital Setting by Using Novel Software for spa Repeat Determination and Database Management
Dag Harmsen, Heike Claus, Wolfgang Witte, Jörg Rothgänger, Hermann Claus, Doris Turnwald, and Ulrich Vogel
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5442-5448;
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Development of a Multitarget Real-Time TaqMan PCR Assay for Enhanced Detection of Francisella tularensis in Complex Specimens
Jessica L. Versage, Darlena D. M. Severin, May C. Chu, and Jeannine M. Petersen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5492-5499;
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Culture-Independent Identification of Pathogenic Bacteria and Polymicrobial Infections in the Genitourinary Tract of Renal Transplant Recipients
Eugen Domann, George Hong, Can Imirzalioglu, Simon Turschner, Johannes Kühle, Corinna Watzel, Torsten Hain, Hamid Hossain, and Trinad Chakraborty
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5500-5510;
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Natural Acquisition of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Newborn Rhesus Macaques
Jay V. Solnick, Kikuko Chang, Don R. Canfield, and Julie Parsonnet
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5511-5516;
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Listeria monocytogenes Serotype Identification by PCR
Monica K. Borucki and Douglas R. Call
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5537-5540;
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Antibiotic-Resistant Invasive Pediatric Streptococcus pneumoniae Clones in Israel
David Greenberg, Ron Dagan, Marie Muallem, and Nurith Porat
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5541-5545;
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Quantitative Validation of Media for Transportation and Storage of Streptococcus pneumoniae
B. M. Charalambous, S. L. Batt, A. C. Peek, H. Mwerinde, N. Sam, and S. H. Gillespie
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5551-5556;
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Evidence of Borrelia lonestari DNA in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) Removed from Humans
Ellen Y. Stromdahl, Phillip C. Williamson, Thomas M. Kollars, Jr., Sandra R. Evans, Ryan K. Barry, Mary A. Vince, and Nicole A. Dobbs
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5557-5562;
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Comparison of Antibiotic Resistance and Serotype Composition of Carriage and Invasive Pneumococci among Bangladeshi Children: Implications for Treatment Policy and Vaccine Formulation
Samir K. Saha, Abdullah H. Baqui, Gary L. Darmstadt, M. Ruhulamin, Mohammed Hanif, Shams El Arifeen, Mathuram Santosham, Kazunori Oishi, Tsuyoshi Nagatake, and Robert E. Black
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5582-5587;
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Concordance of Helicobacter pylori Strains within Families
Mårten Kivi, Ylva Tindberg, Mikael Sörberg, Thomas H. Casswall, Ragnar Befrits, Per M. Hellström, Carina Bengtsson, Lars Engstrand, and Marta Granström
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5604-5608;
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Persistence of Two Genotypes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae during Transmission
I. M. C. Martin, A. Ghani, G. Bell, G. Kinghorn, and C. A. Ison
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5609-5614;
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Association of the Presence of Helicobacter in Gallbladder Tissue with Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis
Cíntia Presser Silva, Júlio Carlos Pereira-Lima, Adriana Gonçalves Oliveira, Juliana Becattini Guerra, Daniela Lemos Marques, Letícia Sarmanho, Mônica Maria Demas Álvares Cabral, and Dulciene Maria Magalhães Queiroz
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5615-5618;
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Accuracy of Six Commercially Available Systems for Identification of Members of the Family Vibrionaceae
Caroline M. O'Hara, Evangeline G. Sowers, Cheryl A. Bopp, Sarah B. Duda, and Nancy A. Strockbine
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5654-5659;
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Highly Resistant Metabolically Deficient Dwarf Mutant of Escherichia coli Is the Cause of a Chronic Urinary Tract Infection
Konrad Trülzsch, Harald Hoffmann, Christiane Keller, Sören Schubert, Lutz Bader, Jürgen Heesemann, and Andreas Roggenkamp
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5689-5694;
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Evaluation of S. aureus ID, a New Chromogenic Agar Medium for Detection of Staphylococcus aureus
John D. Perry, Claire Rennison, Lynne A. Butterworth, Andrew L. J. Hopley, and F. Kate Gould
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5695-5698;
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Determinants of Acquisition and Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Infancy
Sharon J. Peacock, Anita Justice, D. Griffiths, G. D. I. de Silva, M. N. Kantzanou, Derrick Crook, Karen Sleeman, and Nicholas P. J. Day
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5718-5725;
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Evaluation of Two Miniaturized Systems, MicroScan W/A and BBL Crystal E/NF, for Identification of Clinical Isolates of Aeromonas spp.
L. Soler, F. Marco, J. Vila, M. R. Chacón, J. Guarro, and M. J. Figueras
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5732-5734;
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Detection of Enterococcal Surface Protein Gene (esp) and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Typing of Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococcus faecium during Its Emergence in a Greek Intensive Care Unit
C. Routsi, E. Platsouka, R. J. L. Willems, M. J. M. Bonten, O. Paniara, G. Saroglou, and C. Roussos
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5742-5746;
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Fine-Structure Molecular Typing of Irish Helicobacter pylori Isolates and Their Genetic Relatedness to Strains from Four Different Continents
Ian M. Carroll, Niyaz Ahmed, Sarah M. Beesley, Aleem A. Khan, Sheikh Ghousunnissa, Colm A. O Moráin, and Cyril J. Smyth
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5755-5759;
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First Report of Capsule Replacement among Electrophoretic Type 37 Neisseria meningitidis Strains in Italy
Paola Stefanelli, Cecilia Fazio, Arianna Neri, Tonino Sofia, and Paola Mastrantonio
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5783-5786;
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Dissemination of Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Containing Both erm(B) and mef(A) in South Korea
Ken B. Waites, Kellie E. Jones, Kyung Hyo Kim, Stephen A. Moser, Crystal N. Johnson, Susan K. Hollingshead, Eun-Suk Kang, Ki Sook Hong, and William H. Benjamin, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5787-5791;
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Evaluation of the Mandibular Third Molar Pericoronitis Flora and Its Susceptibility to Different Antibiotics Prescribed in France
Jean-Louis Sixou, Christophe Magaud, Anne Jolivet-Gougeon, Michel Cormier, and Martine Bonnaure-Mallet
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5794-5797;
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Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli as a Cause of Invasive Nonurinary Infections
James R. Johnson, Abby Gajewski, Alan J. Lesse, and Thomas A. Russo
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5798-5802;
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Epidemiology:

Surge Capacity for Response to Bioterrorism in Hospital Clinical Microbiology Laboratories
Daniel S. Shapiro
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5372-5376;
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Acquisition and Duration of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcal Carriage in Relation to Strain Type
E. M. Mascini, K. P. Jalink, T. E. M. Kamp-Hopmans, H. E. M. Blok, J. Verhoef, M. J. M. Bonten, and A. Troelstra
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5377-5383;
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Nosocomial Outbreak of Infections by Proteus mirabilis That Produces Extended-Spectrum CTX-M-2 Type ß-Lactamase
Noriyuki Nagano, Naohiro Shibata, Yuko Saitou, Yukiko Nagano, and Yoshichika Arakawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5530-5536;
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Evaluation of Methodology for Serotyping Invasive and Nasopharyngeal Isolates of Haemophilus influenzae in the Ongoing Surveillance in Brazil
Sérgio Bokermann, Rosemeire C. Zanella, Ana Paula S. Lemos, Ana Lúcia S. S. de Andrade, and Maria Cristina de C. Brandileone
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5546-5550;
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Risk Factors Associated with Campylobacter jejuni Infections in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Hubert P. Endtz, Hanneke van West, Peggy C. R. Godschalk, Lidewij de Haan, Yaskara Halabi, Nicole van den Braak, Barbara I. Kesztyüs, Ewald Leyde, Alewijn Ott, Roel Verkooyen, Lawrence J. Price, David L. Woodward, Frank G. Rodgers, C. Wim Ang, Rinske van Koningsveld, Alex van Belkum, and Izzy Gerstenbluth
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5588-5592;
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Molecular Evidence for Dissemination of Unique Campylobacter jejuni Clones in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Birgitta Duim, Peggy C. R. Godschalk, Nicole van den Braak, Kate E. Dingle, Jeroen R. Dijkstra, Ewald Leyde, Jan van der Plas, Frances M. Colles, Hubert P. Endtz, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Martin C. J. Maiden, and Alex van Belkum
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5593-5597;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Penicillin-Susceptible Non-ß-Lactam-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Greek Children
D. Bogaert, P. W. M. Hermans, I. N. Grivea, G. S. Katopodis, T. J. Mitchell, M. Sluijter, R. de Groot, N. G. Beratis, and G. A. Syrogiannopoulos
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5633-5639;
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Pseudomonas Cross-Infection from Cystic Fibrosis Patients to Non-Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Implications for Inpatient Care of Respiratory Patients
P. Robinson, R. Carzino, D. Armstrong, and A. Olinsky
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5741
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DNA Fingerprinting of Ralstonia paucula by Infrequent-Restriction-Site PCR and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis
Didier Moissenet, Hoang Vu-Thien, Yahia Benzerara, and Guillaume Arlet
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5747-5749;
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Molecular Comparison of Isolates of Burkholderia multivorans from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis in the United Kingdom
Jane F. Turton, Mary E. Kaufmann, Nazim Mustafa, Sonia Kawa, Fiona E. Clode, and Tyrone L. Pitt
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5750-5754;
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Parasitology:

Use of an Immunoglobulin G Avidity Assay Based on Recombinant Antigens for Diagnosis of Primary Toxoplasma gondii Infection during Pregnancy
Elisa Beghetto, Wilma Buffolano, Andrea Spadoni, Mariassunta Del Pezzo, Manlio Di Cristina, Olga Minenkova, Eskild Petersen, Franco Felici, and Nicola Gargano
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5414-5418;
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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Detection of African Trypanosomes
Noritaka Kuboki, Noboru Inoue, Tatsuya Sakurai, Francescopaolo Di Cello, Dennis J. Grab, Hiroshi Suzuki, Chihiro Sugimoto, and Ikuo Igarashi
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5517-5524;
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Use of the Roche LightCycler Instrument in a Real-Time PCR for Trichomonas vaginalis in Urine Samples from Females and Males
Justin Hardick, Samuel Yang, Shin Lin, Della Duncan, and Charlotte Gaydos
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5619-5622;
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Expression of Equi Merozoite Antigen 2 during Development of Babesia equi in the Midgut and Salivary Gland of the Vector Tick Boophilus microplus
Massaro W. Ueti, Guy H. Palmer, Lowell S. Kappmeyer, Glen A. Scoles, and Donald P. Knowles
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5803-5809;
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Virology:

Molecular Parameters for Precise Diagnosis of Asymptomatic Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation in Healthy Carriers
Susanne Maurmann, Lutz Fricke, Hans-Joachim Wagner, Peter Schlenke, Holger Hennig, Jürgen Steinhoff, and Wolfram J. Jabs
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5419-5428;
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High Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Pre-S Mutant in Countries Where It Is Endemic and Its Relationship with Genotype and Chronicity
Tran Thien-Tuan Huy, Hiroshi Ushijima, Khin Maung Win, Pairoj Luengrojanakul, Pradeep Krishna Shrestha, Zhao-Hua Zhong, Andrei V. Smirnov, Teresa Casanovas Taltavull, Tetsutaro Sata, and Kenji Abe
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5449-5455;
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Evaluation of the INNO-LiPA HBV Genotyping Assay for Determination of Hepatitis B Virus Genotype
Carla Osiowy and Elizabeth Giles
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5473-5477;
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Human Herpesvirus 8 Load in Matched Serum and Plasma Samples of Patients with AIDS-Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma
Abeltje M. Polstra, Remco van den Burg, Jaap Goudsmit, and Marion Cornelissen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5488-5491;
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Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography for Detecting and Typing Genital Human Papillomavirus
Jianduan Li, Daniela S. Gerhard, Zhengyan Zhang, Phyllis C. Huettner, Jason Wright, Loan Nguyen, Danielle Lu, and Janet S. Rader
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5563-5571;
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Borna Disease Virus RNA in Immunocompromised Patients in Southwestern France
Emmanuelle Cotto, Didier Neau, Martine Cransac-Neau, Marc Auriacombe, Jean-Luc Pellegrin, Jean-Marie Ragnaud, Anne-Marie Fillet, Magali Belnard, Hervé Fleury, and Marie-Edith Lafon
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5577-5581;
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Detection of the Hepatitis B Virus X Protein (HBx) Antigen and Anti-HBx Antibodies in Cases of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Guang-Yuh Hwang, Chuang-Yu Lin, Li-Mei Huang, Yan-Hsiung Wang, Jing-Chyi Wang, Ching-Ting Hsu, Sheng-Shun Yang, and Cheng-Chung Wu
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5598-5603;
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Molecular Analysis of the VP7, VP4, VP6, NSP4, and NSP5/6 Genes of a Buffalo Rotavirus Strain: Identification of the Rare P[3] Rhesus Rotavirus-Like VP4 Gene Allele
V. Martella, M. Ciarlet, A. Pratelli, S. Arista, V. Terio, G. Elia, A. Cavalli, M. Gentile, N. Decaro, G. Greco, M. A. Cafiero, M. Tempesta, and C. Buonavoglia
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5665-5675;
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New Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Enterovirus Genomes in Cerebrospinal Fluid Specimens of Patients with Aseptic Meningitis
Jérôme Jacques, Jocelyne Carquin, Véronique Brodard, Hélène Moret, Dorine Lebrun, Maude Bouscambert, Jacques Motte, Gérard Rémy, and Laurent Andréoletti
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5726-5728;
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Serologic and Genomic Characterization of a G12 Human Rotavirus in Thailand
M. Wakuda, S. Nagashima, N. Kobayashi, Y. Pongsuwanna, and K. Taniguchi
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5764-5769;
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Cocirculation and Evolution of Two Lineages of Influenza B Viruses in Europe and Israel in the 2001-2002 Season
X. Sherry Chi, Trentice V. Bolar, Ping Zhao, Ruth Rappaport, and Sheau-Mei Cheng
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5770-5773;
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Diagnosis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) by Detection of SARS Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Antibodies in an Antigen-Capturing Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Yuling Shi, Yanping Yi, Ping Li, Tieji Kuang, Linhai Li, Mei Dong, Qingjun Ma, and Cheng Cao
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5781-5782;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Gene Sequence-Based Criteria for Identification of New Rickettsia Isolates and Description of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis sp. nov.
Pierre-Edouard Fournier, J. Stephen Dumler, Gilbert Greub, Jianzhi Zhang, Yimin Wu, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5456-5465;
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Evaluation of a PCR Assay for Quantitation of Rickettsia rickettsii and Closely Related Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae
Marina E. Eremeeva, Gregory A. Dasch, and David J. Silverman
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5466-5472;
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Mycology:

Genetic Heterogeneity in the rRNA Gene Locus of Trichophyton tonsurans
Andrea Gaedigk, Roger Gaedigk, and Susan M. Abdel-Rahman
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5478-5487;
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Epidemiology of Aspergillus terreus at a University Hospital
John W. Baddley, Peter G. Pappas, Anita C. Smith, and Stephen A. Moser
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5525-5529;
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Molecular Analysis of Cryptococcus neoformans Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene Sequences
Swarajit Kumar Biswas, Li Wang, Koji Yokoyama, and Kazuko Nishimura
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5572-5576;
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Comparison of the Susceptibilities of Candida spp. to Fluconazole and Voriconazole in a 4-Year Global Evaluation Using Disk Diffusion
Kevin C. Hazen, Ellen Jo Baron, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, Corrado Girmenia, Aurora Sanchez-Sousa, Amalia del Palacio, Catalina de Bedout, and David L. Gibbs
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5623-5632;
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Improved Outcomes Associated with Limiting Identification of Candida spp. in Respiratory Secretions
Joan Barenfanger, Pushpalatha Arakere, Rafael Dela Cruz, Adil Imran, Cheryl Drake, Jerry Lawhorn, Steven J. Verhulst, and Nancy Khardori
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5645-5649;
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Rapid Identification of Commonly Encountered Candida Species Directly from Blood Culture Bottles
Rangaraj Selvarangan, Uyen Bui, Ajit P. Limaye, and Brad T. Cookson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5660-5664;
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Development and Validation of a Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assay Using Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Technology for Detection of Aspergillus fumigatus in Experimental Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Cathal E. O'Sullivan, Miki Kasai, Andrea Francesconi, Vidmantas Petraitis, Ruta Petraitiene, Amy M. Kelaher, Alia A. Sarafandi, and Thomas J. Walsh
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5676-5682;
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New Methods To Assess Susceptibilities of Aspergillus Isolates to Caspofungin
Alexander Imhof, S. Arunmozhi Balajee, and Kieren A. Marr
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5683-5688;
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Multilocus Sequence Typing of Candida glabrata Reveals Geographically Enriched Clades
Andrew R. Dodgson, Claude Pujol, David W. Denning, David R. Soll, and Andrew J. Fox
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5709-5717;
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Caspofungin Activity against Clinical Isolates of Fluconazole-Resistant Candida
Michael A. Pfaller, Shawn A. Messer, Linda Boyken, Cassie Rice, Shailesh Tendolkar, Richard J. Hollis, and Daniel J. Diekema
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5729-5731;
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Comparison of the Sequences of the Internal Transcribed Spacer Regions and PbGP43 Genes of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis from Patients and Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus)
Flavia Hebeler-Barbosa, Flavia V. Morais, Mario R. Montenegro, Eiko E. Kuramae, Beatriz Montes, Juan G. McEwen, Eduardo Bagagli, and Rosana Puccia
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5735-5737;
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False Identification of Coccidioides immitis: Do Molecular Methods Always Get It Right?
B. Cherie Millar, Xu Jiru, Michael J. Walker, James P. Evans, and John E. Moore
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5778-5780;
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Expression of Plasma Coagulase among Pathogenic Candida Species
Acácio Gonçalves Rodrigues, Cidália Pina-Vaz, Sofia Costa-de-Oliveira, and Christina Tavares
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5792-5793;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Use of Genetic Distance as a Measure of Ongoing Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
G. D. van der Spuy, R. M. Warren, M. Richardson, N. Beyers, M. A. Behr, and P. D. van Helden
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5640-5644;
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Characterization of a Novel Rapidly Growing Mycobacterium Species Associated with Sepsis
Tao Hong, W. Ray Butler, Frank Hollis, Margaret M. Floyd, Sean R. Toney, Yi-Wei Tang, Cindy Steele, and Robert J. Leggiadro
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5650-5653;
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rpoB-Based Identification of Nonpigmented and Late-Pigmenting Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria
Toïdi Adékambi, Philippe Colson, and Michel Drancourt
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5699-5708;
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Most Human Isolates of Mycobacterium avium Mav-A and Mav-B Are Strong Producers of Hemolysin, a Putative Virulence Factor
Laura Rindi, Daniela Bonanni, Nicoletta Lari, and Carlo Garzelli
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5738-5740;
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Evaluation of a PCR-Based Universal Heteroduplex Generator Assay as a Tool for Rapid Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Peru
Holger Mayta, Robert H. Gilman, Fanny Arenas, Teresa Valencia, Luz Caviedes, Sonia H. Montenegro, Eduardo Ticona, Jaime Ortiz, Rosa Chumpitaz, Carlton A. Evans, and Diana L. Williams
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5774-5777;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Evaluation of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays and a PCR Test for Detection of Shiga Toxins for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Cattle Herds
Monserrat Segura-Alvarez, Heinz Richter, Franz J. Conraths, and Lutz Geue
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5760-5763;
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Case Reports:

Tracheopulmonary Myiasis Caused by a Mature Third-Instar Cuterebra Larva: Case Report and Review
Muriel Cornet, Martine Florent, Aurélie Lefebvre, Christophe Wertheimer, Claudine Perez-Eid, Michael J. Bangs, and Anne Bouvet
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5810-5812;
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Molecular Detection and Identification of Agents of Eumycetoma: Detailed Report of Two Cases
Abdalla O. A. Ahmed, Nicole Desplaces, Philippe Leonard, Fred Goldstein, Sybren De Hoog, Henri Verbrugh, and Alex van Belkum
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5813-5816;
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Invasive Fungal Sinusitis Caused by Scytalidium dimidiatum in a Lung Transplant Recipient
James J. Dunn, Michael J. Wolfe, Joel Trachtenberg, John D. Kriesel, Richard R. Orlandi, and Karen C. Carroll
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5817-5819;
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Salmonella enterica Pneumonia in a Patient with Lung Cancer
George Samonis, Sofia Maraki, Charalambos Kouroussis, Dimitrios Mavroudis, and Vassilios Georgoulias
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5820-5822;
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Case of Keratitis Caused by an Uncommon Fusarium Species
Josep Guarro, Carmen Rubio, Josepa Gené, Josep Cano, Joaquina Gil, Rafael Benito, M. José Moranderia, and Enrique Miguez
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5823-5826;
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Trichosporon inkin Peritonitis Treated with Caspofungin
Miguel G. Madariaga, Allan Tenorio, and Laurie Proia
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5827-5829;
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Fatal Case of Salmonella enterica subsp. arizonae Gastroenteritis in an Infant with Microcephaly
Rakesh Kumar Mahajan, Shoeb Akhtar Khan, Dinesh Singh Chandel, Navin Kumar, Charoo Hans, and Rama Chaudhry
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5830-5832;
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Letters to the Editor:

Newly Emerged Multiple-Antibiotic-Resistant Shigella dysenteriae Type 1 Strains in and around Kolkata, India, Are Clonal
Shanta Dutta, Ayantika Ghosh, Kaushik Ghosh, Dharitri Dutta, Sujit K. Bhattacharya, G. Balakrish Nair, and Shin-ichi Yoshida
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5833-5834;
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Making Internal Amplification Control Mandatory for Diagnostic PCR
Jeffrey Hoorfar, Nigel Cook, Burkhard Malorny, Martin Wagner, Dario De Medici, Amir Abdulmawjood, and Patrick Fach
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5835
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Diarrheagenic Potential of Escherichia coli in Children in a Developed Country
P. Gerner-Smidt, C. Jensen, K. E. P. Olsen, F. Scheutz, K. Mølbak, B. Olesen, Werner L. Pabst, David Nadal, and Martin Altwegg
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5836-5837;
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Latin Grammar Headaches
Enrico Tortoli, G. D. Appleyard, and E. G. Clark
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2003 41: 5838
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