JCM -- Table of Contents (February 1 2003, 41 [2])

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Contents: February 2003, Volume 41, Issue 2

       Minireviews

       Mycology

       Parasitology

       Bacteriology

       Virology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Epidemiology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

       Errata

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Minireviews:

Clostridium difficile Testing: after 20 Years, Still Challenging
Tracy D. Wilkins and David M. Lyerly
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 531-534;
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Mycology:

PCR Assay for Identification of Histoplasma capsulatum Based on the Nucleotide Sequence of the M Antigen
Herbert Leonel de Matos Guedes, Allan Jefferson Guimarães, Mauro de Medeiros Muniz, Claudia Vera Pizzini, Andrew John Hamilton, José Mauro Peralta, George S. Deepe, Jr., and Rosely M. Zancopé-Oliveira
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 535-539;
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Highly Polymorphic Microsatellite for Identification of Candida albicans Strains
Paula Sampaio, Leonor Gusmão, Cíntia Alves, Cidália Pina-Vaz, António Amorim, and Célia Pais
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 552-557;
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Detection and Identification of Fungi from Fungus Balls of the Maxillary Sinus by Molecular Techniques
Birgit Willinger, Alexandra Obradovic, Brigitte Selitsch, Johann Beck-Mannagetta, Walter Buzina, Hannes Braun, Petra Apfalter, Alexander M. Hirschl, Athanasios Makristathis, and Manfred Rotter
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 581-585;
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Multiple Patterns of Resistance to Fluconazole in Candida glabrata Isolates from a Patient with Oropharyngeal Candidiasis Receiving Head and Neck Radiation
Spencer W. Redding, William R. Kirkpatrick, Stephen Saville, Brent J. Coco, William White, Annette Fothergill, Michael Rinaldi, Tony Eng, Thomas F. Patterson, and Jose Lopez-Ribot
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 619-622;
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Clonal Reproduction and Limited Dispersal in an Environmental Population of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii Isolates from Australia
C. L. Halliday and D. A. Carter
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 703-711;
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Simple Method for Screening Candida Species Isolates for the Presence of Secreted Proteinases: a Tool for the Prediction of Successful Inhibitory Treatment
Jií Dostál, Petr Hamal, Libuse Pavlícková, Milan Soucek, Tomás Ruml, Iva Pichová, and Olga Hrusková-Heidingsfeldová
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 712-716;
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Apophysomyces elegans: an Emerging Zygomycete in India
A. Chakrabarti, A. Ghosh, G. S. Prasad, J. K. David, S. Gupta, A. Das, V. Sakhuja, N. K. Panda, S. K. Singh, S. Das, and T. Chakrabarti
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 783-788;
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Identification of Dermatophyte Species by 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequencing with a Commercial Kit
Béatrice Ninet, Isabelle Jan, Olympia Bontems, Barbara Léchenne, Olivier Jousson, Renato Panizzon, Daniel Lew, and Michel Monod
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 826-830;
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Detection of Candida albicans mRNA from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Mouse Tissues by Nested Reverse Transcription-PCR
David A. Schofield, Caroline Westwater, Emily E. Paulling, Peter J. Nicholas, and Edward Balish
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 831-834;
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AFLMP1 Encodes an Antigenic Cell Wall Protein in Aspergillus flavus
Patrick C. Y. Woo, Ken T. K. Chong, Andy S. P. Leung, Samson S. Y. Wong, Susanna K. P. Lau, and Kwok-Yung Yuen
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 845-850;
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Catheter-Related Sepsis Due to Rhodotorula glutinis
Po-Ren Hsueh, Lee-Jene Teng, Shen-Wu Ho, and Kwen-Tay Luh
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 857-859;
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Rapid Identification of the Genus Fonsecaea by PCR with Specific Oligonucleotide Primers
Paride Abliz, Kazutaka Fukushima, Kayoko Takizawa, Norikazu Nieda, Makoto Miyaji, and Kazuko Nishimura
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 873-876;
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Parasitology:

New PCR Assay Using Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase for Identification of Leishmania Species
Tiago M. Castilho, Jeffrey Jon Shaw, and Lucile M. Floeter-Winter
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 540-546;
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Identification of a Specific Antigenic Region of the P82 Protein of Babesia equi and Its Potential Use in Serodiagnosis
Haruyuki Hirata, Xuenan Xuan, Naoaki Yokoyama, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Kozo Fujisaki, Naoyoshi Suzuki, and Ikuo Igarashi
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 547-551;
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Evaluation of Three Commercial Assays for Detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium Organisms in Fecal Specimens
Stephanie P. Johnston, Melissa M. Ballard, Michael J. Beach, Louise Causer, and Patricia P. Wilkins
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 623-626;
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Identification and Characterization of Putative Secreted Antigens from Babesia microti
Mary J. Homer, Michael J. Lodes, Lisa D. Reynolds, Yanni Zhang, John F. Douglass, Patricia D. McNeill, Raymond L. Houghton, and David H. Persing
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 723-729;
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Bacteriology:

Diversity of Bacterial Populations on the Tongue Dorsa of Patients with Halitosis and Healthy Patients
C. E. Kazor, P. M. Mitchell, A. M. Lee, L. N. Stokes, W. J. Loesche, F. E. Dewhirst, and B. J. Paster
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 558-563;
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Serotyping of Listeria monocytogenes by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Identification of Mixed-Serotype Cultures by Colony Immunoblotting
Jeffrey D. Palumbo, Monica K. Borucki, Robert E. Mandrell, and Lisa Gorski
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 564-571;
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Clonal Diversity among Streptogramin A-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Collected in French Hospitals
Julien Haroche, Anne Morvan, Marilyne Davi, Jeanine Allignet, François Bimet, and Névine El Solh
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 586-591;
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Comparison of a New Quantitative ompA-Based Real-Time PCR TaqMan Assay for Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in Respiratory Specimens with Four Conventional PCR Assays
Petra Apfalter, Wolfgang Barousch, Marion Nehr, Athanasios Makristathis, Birgit Willinger, Manfred Rotter, and Alexander M. Hirschl
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 592-600;
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Evaluation of Semiautomated Multiplex PCR Assay for Determination of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes and Serogroups
Elliot R. Lawrence, David B. Griffiths, Siobhán A. Martin, Robert C. George, and Lucinda M. C. Hall
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 601-607;
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Analysis of a Viridans Group Strain Reveals a Case of Bacteremia Due to Lancefield Group G Alpha-Hemolytic Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis in a Patient with Pyomyositis and Reactive Arthritis
Patrick C. Y. Woo, Jade L. L. Teng, Susanna K. P. Lau, Peggy N. L. Lum, Kit-Wah Leung, Kee-Lam Wong, Kin-Wah Li, Kui-Chun Lam, and Kwok-Yung Yuen
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 613-618;
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Mixed-Genome Microarrays Reveal Multiple Serotype and Lineage-Specific Differences among Strains of Listeria monocytogenes
Douglas R. Call, Monica K. Borucki, and Thomas E. Besser
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 632-639;
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Characterization of Some Actinomyces-Like Isolates from Human Clinical Sources: Description of Varibaculum cambriensis gen. nov., sp. nov.
Val Hall, Matthew D. Collins, Paul A. Lawson, Roger A. Hutson, Enevold Falsen, Elisabeth Inganas, and Brian Duerden
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 640-644;
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Bartonella Strains from Ground Squirrels Are Identical to Bartonella washoensis Isolated from a Human Patient
Michael Kosoy, Mike Murray, Robert D. Gilmore, Jr., Ying Bai, and Kenneth L. Gage
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 645-650;
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Identification of Major Streptococcal Species by rrn-Amplified Ribosomal DNA Restriction Analysis
Laurent Schlegel, Francine Grimont, Patrick A. D. Grimont, and Anne Bouvet
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 657-666;
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Six Rapid Tests for Direct Detection of Clostridium difficile and Its Toxins in Fecal Samples Compared with the Fibroblast Cytotoxicity Assay
David K. Turgeon, Thomas J. Novicki, John Quick, LaDonna Carlson, Pat Miller, Bruce Ulness, Anne Cent, Rhoda Ashley, Ann Larson, Marie Coyle, Ajit P. Limaye, Brad T. Cookson, and Thomas R. Fritsche
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 667-670;
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Detection of Francisella tularensis within Infected Mouse Tissues by Using a Hand-Held PCR Thermocycler
Peter A. Emanuel, Ryan Bell, Jessica L. Dang, Rebecca McClanahan, John C. David, Robert J. Burgess, Joseph Thompson, Lisa Collins, and Ted Hadfield
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 689-693;
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Rapid Detection of Clostridium difficile in Feces by Real-Time PCR
Simon D. Bélanger, Maurice Boissinot, Natalie Clairoux, François. J. Picard, and Michel G. Bergeron
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 730-734;
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Development of a Multilocus Sequence Typing Method for Analysis of Listeria monocytogenes Clones
C. Salcedo, L. Arreaza, B. Alcalá, L. de la Fuente, and J. A. Vázquez
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 757-762;
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Molecular Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis by PCR Amplification and Direct Sequencing of DNA from Valve Tissue
Valérie Gauduchon, Lara Chalabreysse, Jerome Etienne, Marie Célard, Yvonne Benito, Hubert Lepidi, Françoise Thivolet-Béjui, and François Vandenesch
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 763-766;
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Occurrence of Extended-Spectrum and AmpC Beta-Lactamases in Bloodstream Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae: Isolates Harbor Plasmid-Mediated FOX-5 and ACT-1 AmpC Beta-Lactamases
Philip E. Coudron, Nancy D. Hanson, and Michael W. Climo
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 772-777;
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Use of Multienzyme Multiplex PCR Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Typing in Analysis of Outbreaks of Multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Intensive Care Unit
Anneke van der Zee, Niels Steer, Eveline Thijssen, Jolande Nelson, Annemarie van't Veen, and Anton Buiting
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 798-802;
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Evaluation of Four Commercially Available Rapid Serologic Tests for Diagnosis of Leptospirosis
Mary D. Bajani, David A. Ashford, Sandra L. Bragg, Christopher W. Woods, Tin Aye, Richard A. Spiegel, Brian D. Plikaytis, Bradley A. Perkins, Maureen Phelan, Paul N. Levett, and Robbin S. Weyant
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 803-809;
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Detection of Helicobacter pylori in Paraffin-Embedded and in Shock-Frozen Gastric Biopsy Samples by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization
Holger Rüssmann, Anne Feydt-Schmidt, Kristin Adler, Daniela Aust, Almuth Fischer, and Sibylle Koletzko
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 813-815;
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Optimum Detection Times for Bacteria and Yeast Species with the BACTEC 9120 Aerobic Blood Culture System: Evaluation for a 5-Year Period in a Turkish University Hospital
Gül Durmaz, Tercan Us, Aydin Aydinli, Abdurrahman Kiremitci, Nuri Kiraz, and Yurdanur Akgün
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 819-821;
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Evaluation of the Specificities of Five DNA Amplification Methods for the Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
H. M. Palmer, H. Mallinson, R. L. Wood, and A. J. Herring
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 835-837;
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Clinical Utility of Urinary Antigen Detection for Diagnosis of Community-Acquired, Travel-Associated, and Nosocomial Legionnaires' Disease
Jürgen H. Helbig, Søren A. Uldum, Sverker Bernander, Paul Christian Lück, Günther Wewalka, Bill Abraham, Valeria Gaia, and Timothy G. Harrison
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 838-840;
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Phylogeny of the Genus Nocardia Based on Reassessed 16S rRNA Gene Sequences Reveals Underspeciation and Division of Strains Classified as Nocardia asteroides into Three Established Species and Two Unnamed Taxons
Andreas Roth, Sebastian Andrees, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Dag Harmsen, and Harald Mauch
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 851-856;
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Development of a 5' Fluorogenic Nuclease-Based Real-Time PCR Assay for Quantitative Detection of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis
Akihiro Yoshida, Nao Suzuki, Yoshio Nakano, Takahiko Oho, Miki Kawada, and Toshihiko Koga
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 863-866;
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Novel Observation of Hot-Cold-Hot Hemolysis Exhibited by Group B Streptococci
Norio Okazaki, Ro Osawa, Rieko Suzuki, Takayasu Nikkawa, and Robert A. Whiley
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 877-879;
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Ubiquity of Putative Type III Secretion Genes among Clinical and Environmental Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates in Northern Australia
H. C. Smith-Vaughan, D. Gal, P. M. Lawrie, C. Winstanley, K. S. Sriprakash, and B. J. Currie
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 883-885;
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Direct Identification of Staphylococcus aureus from Positive Blood Culture Bottles
Kenneth Oliveira, Stephen M. Brecher, Annette Durbin, Daniel S. Shapiro, Donald R. Schwartz, Paola C. De Girolami, Joanna Dakos, Gary W. Procop, Deborah Wilson, Chad S. Hanna, Gerhard Haase, Heidrun Peltroche-Llacsahuanga, Kimberle C. Chapin, Michael C. Musgnug, Michael H. Levi, Cynthia Shoemaker, and Henrik Stender
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 889-891;
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PCR Assay To Detect Bacillus anthracis Spores in Heat-Treated Specimens
A. Fasanella, S. Losito, R. Adone, F. Ciuchini, T. Trotta, S. A. Altamura, D. Chiocco, and G. Ippolito
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 896-899;
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Virology:

Quantitative Assay of Hepatitis C Virus RNA Using an Automated Extraction System for Specific Capture with Probes and Paramagnetic Particle Separation
Hayato Miyachi, Atsuko Masukawa, Satomi Asai, Toshiaki Miura, Shigeru Tamatsukuri, Toru Hirose, and Yasuhiko Ando
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 572-575;
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Diagnosing Herpesvirus Infections by Real-Time Amplification and Rapid Culture
G. J. J. van Doornum, J. Guldemeester, A. D. M. E. Osterhaus, and H. G. M. Niesters
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 576-580;
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Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Status in Cervical Carcinoma Cell DNA Assayed by Multiplex PCR
Krzysztof Lukaszuk, Joanna Liss, Izabela Wozniak, Janusz Emerich, and Czeslaw Wójcikowski
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 608-612;
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Multicenter Evaluation of the VERSANT HCV RNA Qualitative Assay for Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA
David A. Hendricks, Michel Friesenhahn, Lorine Tanimoto, Bernd Goergen, Deborah Dodge, and Lorraine Comanor
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 651-656;
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Longitudinal Reliability of Focus Glycoprotein G-Based Type-Specific Enzyme Immunoassays for Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2 in Women
Thomas L. Cherpes, Rhoda L. Ashley, Leslie A Meyn, and Sharon L. Hillier
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 671-674;
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Evaluation of Neuraminidase Enzyme Assays Using Different Substrates To Measure Susceptibility of Influenza Virus Clinical Isolates to Neuraminidase Inhibitors: Report of the Neuraminidase Inhibitor Susceptibility Network
N. T. Wetherall, T. Trivedi, J. Zeller, C. Hodges-Savola, J. L. McKimm-Breschkin, M. Zambon, and F. G. Hayden
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 742-750;
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Multicenter Quality Control for the Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Seminal Plasma Specimens
Thomas Bourlet, Rachel Levy, Silvy Laporte, Stéphane Blachier, Laurence Bocket, Guy Cassuto, Lionel Chollet, Marianne Leruez-Ville, Anne Maertens, Fabienne Mousnier, Christophe Pasquier, Christopher Payan, Bertrand Pellegrin, Evelyne Schvoerer, Patricia Zavadzki, Jacques Chouteau, Gilles Duverlie, Jacques Izopet, Françoise Lunel-Fabiani, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, Nerina Profizi, Christine Rouzioux, Françoise Stoll-Keller, Vincent Thibault, Pierre Wattré, and Bruno Pozzetto
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 789-793;
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Rapid Detection of Adenovirus in Throat Swab Specimens by PCR during Respiratory Disease Outbreaks among Military Recruits
Marcela Echavarria, Jose L. Sanchez, Shellie A. Kolavic-Gray, Christina S. Polyak, Felicia Mitchell-Raymundo, Bruce L. Innis, David Vaughn, Richard Reynolds, and Leonard N. Binn
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 810-812;
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Diagnosis of Enterovirus Infection by Genus-Specific PCR and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays
Maria E. Craig, Peter Robertson, Neville J. Howard, Martin Silink, and William D. Rawlinson
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 841-844;
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Genetic Analysis of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Russia
Lyudmila Yashina, Oleg Vyshemirskii, Sergei Seregin, Irina Petrova, Evgeny Samokhvalov, Dmitry Lvov, Valery Gutorov, Irina Kuzina, Georgy Tyunnikov, Yi-Wei Tang, Sergei Netesov, and Vladimir Petrov
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 860-862;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Multisite Reproducibility of Results Obtained by Two Broth Dilution Methods for Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium avium Complex
Gail L. Woods, Natalie Williams-Bouyer, Richard J. Wallace, Jr., Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Frank G. Witebsky, Patricia S. Conville, Marianne Plaunt, Geraldine Hall, Priscilla Aralar, and Clark Inderlied
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 627-631;
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Use of a Phage-Based Assay for Phenotypic Detection of Mycobacteria Directly from Sputum
D. J. Park, F. A. Drobniewski, A. Meyer, and S. M. Wilson
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 680-688;
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Molecular Characterization and Drug Resistance Patterns of Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated from Patients in an AIDS Counseling Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: a 1-Year Study
Séverine Ferdinand, Christophe Sola, Béatrice Verdol, Eric Legrand, Khye Seng Goh, Mylène Berchel, Alexandra Aubéry, Maryse Timothée, Patrice Joseph, Jean William Pape, and Nalin Rastogi
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 694-702;
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Analysis of an IS2404-Based Nested PCR for Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Regions of Ghana Where the Disease Is Endemic
Ymkje Stienstra, Tjip S. van der Werf, Jeannette Guarner, Pratima L. Raghunathan, Ellen A. Spotts Whitney, Winette T. A. van der Graaf, Kwame Asamoa, Jordan W. Tappero, David A. Ashford, and C. Harold King
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 794-797;
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Rapid Detection of Rifampin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates by Heteroduplex Analysis and Determination of Rifamycin Cross-Resistance in Rifampin-Resistant Isolates
Zeynep Saribas, Tanil Kocagöz, Alpaslan Alp, and Ayfer Günalp
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 816-818;
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Epidemiology:

Multilocus Sequence Typing Reveals a Lack of Diversity among Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates That Are Distinct by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
Anna C. Noller, M. Catherine McEllistrem, O. Colin Stine, J. Glenn Morris, Jr., David J. Boxrud, Bruce Dixon, and Lee H. Harrison
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 675-679;
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Candida tropicalis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Epidemiologic and Molecular Analysis of an Outbreak of Infection with an Uncommon Neonatal Pathogen
Emmanuel Roilides, Evangelia Farmaki, Joanna Evdoridou, Andrea Francesconi, Miki Kasai, Joanna Filioti, Maria Tsivitanidou, Danai Sofianou, George Kremenopoulos, and Thomas J. Walsh
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 735-741;
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Molecular Fingerprinting of Fish-Pathogenic Lactococcus garvieae Strains by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis
Carmen Ravelo, Beatriz Magariños, Sonia López-Romalde, Alicia E. Toranzo, and Jesús L. Romalde
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 751-756;
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Spread of Integron-Associated VIM-Type Metallo-ß-Lactamase Genes among Imipenem-Nonsusceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains in Greek Hospitals
P. Giakkoupi, G. Petrikkos, L. S. Tzouvelekis, S. Tsonas, N. J. Legakis, and A. C. Vatopoulos
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 822-825;
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Comparative Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant, Non-Multidrug-Resistant, and Archaic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Central Sydney, Australia
Jason Watson, Rod Givney, Mary Beard-Pegler, Barbara Rose, John Merlino, Alison Vickery, Tom Gottlieb, Ross Bradbury, and Colin Harbour
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 867-872;
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Molecular Typing of Clostridium perfringens from a Food-Borne Disease Outbreak in a Nursing Home: Ribotyping versus Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
Barbara Schalch, Lutz Bader, Hans-Peter Schau, Rolf Bergmann, Andrea Rometsch, Gertraud Maydl, and Silvia Keßler
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 892-895;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Comparison of PCR Assays for Detection of the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Robert F. Massung and Kimetha G. Slater
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 717-722;
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Specimen Processing and Concentration of Chlamydia trachomatis Added Can Influence False-Negative Rates in the LCx Assay but Not in the APTIMA Combo 2 Assay When Testing for Inhibitors
S. Chong, D. Jang, X. Song, J. Mahony, A. Petrich, P. Barriga, and M. Chernesky
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 778-782;
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Transcriptional Analysis of p30 Major Outer Membrane Protein Genes of Ehrlichia canis in Naturally Infected Ticks and Sequence Analysis of p30-10 of E. canis from Diverse Geographic Regions
Suleyman Felek, Russell Greene, and Yasuko Rikihisa
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 886-888;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Methods for Identification of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Cases of Bovine Mastitis
Patrick Boerlin, Peter Kuhnert, Daniela Hüssy, and Melchior Schaellibaum
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 767-771;
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Value of Indirect Hemagglutination and Coagglutination Tests for Serotyping Haemophilus parasuis
M. L. Del Río, C.B. Gutiérrez, and E. F. Rodríguez Ferri
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 880-882;
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Identification and Quantification of Ovine Gammaherpesvirus 2 DNA in Fresh and Stored Tissues of Pigs with Symptoms of Porcine Malignant Catarrhal Fever
Sarah Albini, Werner Zimmermann, Felix Neff, Bernhard Ehlers, Hansjürg Häni, Hong Li, Daniela Hüssy, Monika Engels, and Mathias Ackermann
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 900-904;
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Case Reports:

Localized Cutaneous Hyalohyphomycosis Caused by a Fusarium Species Infection in a Renal Transplant Patient
Barbara Cocuroccia, Jeanette Gaido, Emanuela Gubinelli, Giorgio Annessi, and Giampiero Girolomoni
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 905-907;
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Nocardia africana Isolated from a Feline Mycetoma
Yousuke Hattori, Rui Kano, Yasuko Kunitani, Tokuma Yanai, and Atsuhiko Hasegawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 908-910;
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Letters to the Editor:

Multidrug-Resistant Trichosporon asahii Isolates Are Susceptible to Voriconazole
Rama Falk, Dana G. Wolf, Mervyn Shapiro, and Itzhack Polacheck
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 911
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Performance of Methods for Detection of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases Applied to Clinical Enterobacterial Strains Producing IBC-Type ß-Lactamases
E. Lebessi, G. Stamos, M. Foustoukou, S. Vourli, N. J. Legakis, and L. S. Tzouvelekis
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 912
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Molecular Epidemiology of Rotaviruses in Nigeria: Detection of Unusual Strains with G2P[6] and G8P[1] Specificities
O. B. Salu, R. Audu, A. Geyer, A. D. Steele, and A. O. B. Oyefolu
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 913-914;
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Outbreak of Infection with Mycobacterium abscessus: Is Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis a Useful Technique for Epidemiological Typing?
J. Esteban, F. Cabria, and Yang Zhibang
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 915
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Errata:

Reevaluation of Streptococcus bovis Endocarditis Cases from 1975 to 1985 by 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequence Analysis
Inmaculada A. Herrero, Mark S. Rouse, Kerryl E. Piper, Samer A. Alyaseen, James M. Steckelberg, and Robin Patel
J. Clin. Microbiol. February 2003 41: 916
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