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April 2003, Volume 41, Issue 4   [Index by Author]       Other Issues:  
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       Bacteriology
       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology
       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
       Mycology
       Parasitology
       Virology
       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
       Epidemiology
       Case Reports
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Bacteriology:

16S Ribosomal DNA Sequence-Based Analysis of Clinically Significant Gram-Positive Anaerobic Cocci
   Yuli Song, Chengxu Liu, Maureen McTeague, and Sydney M. Finegold
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1363-1369. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Quantitative Detection of Moraxella catarrhalis in Nasopharyngeal Secretions by Real-Time PCR
   Oliver Greiner, Philip J. R. Day, Martin Altwegg, and David Nadal
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1386-1390. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Prevalence of Cytolethal Distending Toxin Production in Periodontopathogenic Bacteria
   Ryousuke Yamano, Masaru Ohara, Shuichi Nishikubo, Tamaki Fujiwara, Toru Kawamoto, Yoko Ueno, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, Katsuji Okuda, Hidemi Kurihara, Hidekazu Suginaka, Eric Oswald, Kazuo Tanne, and Motoyuki Sugai
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1391-1398. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Method for Quantitative Detection and Presumptive Identification of Group B Streptococci on Primary Plating
   Søren Mose Hansen and Uffe B. Skov Sørensen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1399-1403. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Staphylococcus lugdunensis Infections: High Frequency of Inguinal Area Carriage
   N. van der Mee-Marquet, A. Achard, L. Mereghetti, A. Danton, M. Minier, and R. Quentin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1404-1409. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Prevalence of Genes Encoding Pyrogenic Toxin Superantigens and Exfoliative Toxins among Strains of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Blood and Nasal Specimens
   Karsten Becker, Alexander W. Friedrich, Gabriele Lubritz, Maria Weilert, Georg Peters, and Christof von Eiff
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1434-1439. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae from Italy by the BD Phoenix Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase Detection Method
   Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro, Teresa Spanu, Daniela Ciccaglione, Lucio Romano, Barbara Fiori, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Stefania Zanetti, and Giovanni Fadda
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1463-1468. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Evaluation of the Effects of Strain-Specific Antigen Variation on the Accuracy of Serologic Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection
   Patrice A. Marchildon, Toshiro Sugiyama, Yoshihiro Fukada, Jeffrey S. Peacock, Masahiro Asaka, Takashi Shimoyama, and David Y. Graham
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1480-1485. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Development of a Duplex PCR Genotyping Assay for Distinguishing Clostridium perfringens Type A Isolates Carrying Chromosomal Enterotoxin (cpe) Genes from Those Carrying Plasmid-Borne Enterotoxin (cpe) Genes
   Qiyi Wen, Kazuaki Miyamoto, and Bruce A. McClane
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1494-1498. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Influence of Transferable Genetic Determinants on the Outcome of Typing Methods Commonly Used for Enterococcus faecium
   Guido Werner, Rob J. L. Willems, Bianca Hildebrandt, Ingo Klare, and Wolfgang Witte
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1499-1506. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Comparison of Ribotyping and Restriction Enzyme Analysis for Inter- and Intraspecies Discrimination of Bordetella avium and Bordetella hinzii
   Karen B. Register, Randy E. Sacco, and Gwen E. Nordholm
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1512-1519. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
International Typing Study of Toxin A-Negative, Toxin B-Positive Clostridium difficile Variants
   Stuart Johnson, Susan P. Sambol, Jon S. Brazier, Michel Delmée, V. Avesani, Michelle M. Merrigan, and Dale N. Gerding
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1543-1547. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
New Pathogenicity Marker Found in the Plasticity Region of the Helicobacter pylori Genome
   Adriana Santos, Dulciene Maria Magalhães Queiroz, Armelle Ménard, Armelle Marais, Gifone Aguiar Rocha, Celso Affonso Oliveira, Ana Margarida Miguel Ferreira Nogueira, Milton Uzeda, and Francis Mégraud
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1651-1655. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Tandem Tetramer-Based Microsatellite Fingerprinting for Typing of Proteus mirabilis Strains
   Tomasz Cieslikowski, Dobroslawa Gradecka, Magdalena Mielczarek, and Wieslaw Kaca
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1673-1680. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Evolution of a Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Strain In Vivo: Multiple Changes in the Antibiotic Resistance Phenotypes of a Single Lineage of Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus under the Impact of Antibiotics Administered for Chemotherapy
   K. Sieradzki, T. Leski, J. Dick, L. Borio, and A. Tomasz
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1687-1693. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Blood Agar and Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the End of a Dogma
   M. Drancourt, P. Carrieri, M.-J. Gévaudan, and D. Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1710-1711. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Molecular Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Blood Isolates Shows Lack of Polyclonal Bacteremia
   Riad Khatib, Mamta Sharma, S. Anwar H. Naqvi, Kathleen Riederer, Mohammed O. Almoujahed, and Mohamad G. Fakih
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1717-1719. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Survival of Six Auxotypes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Transport Media
   J. J. Wade and M. A. Graver
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1720-1721. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Isolation from Blood Culture of a Leclercia adecarboxylata Strain Producing an SHV-12 Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase
   Annarita Mazzariol, Jessica Zuliani, Roberta Fontana, and Giuseppe Cornaglia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1738-1739. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus 1R PCR Assay for Detection of Raoultella sp. Isolates among Strains Identified as Klebsiella oxytoca in the Clinical Laboratory
   Sophie A. Granier, Véronique Leflon-Guibout, Fred W. Goldstein, and Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1740-1742. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Use of Monoclonal Antibodies to Lipopolysaccharide for Antigenic Analysis of Coxiella burnetii
   Akitoyo Hotta, Midori Kawamura, Ho To, Masako Andoh, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Hideto Fukushi, Ken-Ichi Amano, and Katsuya Hirai
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1747-1749. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
DNase Pretreatment of Master Mix Reagents Improves the Validity of Universal 16S rRNA Gene PCR Results
   Alexandra Heininger, Marlies Binder, Andreas Ellinger, Konrad Botzenhart, Klaus Unertl, and Gerd Döring
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1763-1765. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Evaluation of a Fluorescence-Based PCR Method for Identification of Serogroup A Meningococci
   M. A. Diggle, K. Smith, E. K. Girvan, and S. C. Clarke
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1766-1768. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Distribution of the saa Gene in Strains of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli of Human and Bovine Origins
   Claire Jenkins, Neil T. Perry, Tom Cheasty, Darren J. Shaw, Gad Frankel, Gordon Dougan, George J. Gunn, Henry R. Smith, Adrienne W. Paton, and James C. Paton
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1775-1778. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
BIBI, a Bioinformatics Bacterial Identification Tool
   G. Devulder, G. Perrière, F. Baty, and J. P. Flandrois
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1785-1787. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
In Vitro Susceptibility Testing of Four Antibiotics against Borrelia burgdorferi: a Comparison of Results for the Three Genospecies Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia garinii, and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto
   Martin Sicklinger, Ralf Wienecke, and Uwe Neubert
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1791-1793. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
drs (Distantly Related sic) Gene Polymorphisms among emm12-Type Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates
   Claudia M. Brandt, Gerhard Haase, Barbara Spellerberg, Regina Holland, and Rudolf Lütticken
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1794-1797. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
New Method for Typing Staphylococcus aureus Strains: Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Polymorphism and Genetic Relationships of Clinical Isolates
   Artur Sabat, Jolanta Krzyszton-Russjan, Wojciech Strzalka, Renata Filipek, Klaudia Kosowska, Waleria Hryniewicz, James Travis, and Jan Potempa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1801-1804. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 


Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Distribution of Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in Atherosclerotic Carotid Arteries: Significance for Sampling Procedures
   Melanie Cochrane, Andreas Pospischil, Philip Walker, Harry Gibbs, and Peter Timms
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1454-1457. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Comparison of Methods for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Using Commercially Available Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests and a Liquid Pap Smear Medium
   Emilia H. Koumans, Carolyn M. Black, Lauri E. Markowitz, ElizabethR. Unger, Antonya Pierce, Mary K. Sawyer, and John R. Papp
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1507-1511. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Molecular Characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis Ticks from Pennsylvania
   Joshua W. Courtney, Richard L. Dryden, Jill Montgomery, Bradley S. Schneider, Gary Smith, and Robert F. Massung
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1569-1573. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Detection of Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp., Rickettsia spp., and Other Eubacteria in Ticks from the Thai-Myanmar Border and Vietnam
   Philippe Parola, Jean-Paul Cornet, Yibayiri Osée Sanogo, R. Scott Miller, Huynh Van Thien, Jean-Paul Gonzalez, Didier Raoult, Sam R. Telford III, and Chansuda Wongsrichanalai
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1600-1608. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Anaplasma marginale msp1{alpha} Genotypes Evolved under Positive Selection Pressure but Are Not Markers for Geographic Isolates
   José de la Fuente, Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, Tulio M. Prado, and Katherine M. Kocan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1609-1616. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Evaluation of the MicroSeq System for Identification of Mycobacteria by 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequencing and Its Integration into a Routine Clinical Mycobacteriology Laboratory
   Leslie Hall, Kelly A. Doerr, Sherri L. Wohlfiel, and Glenn D. Roberts
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1447-1453. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Drug-Susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype Does Not Develop Mutation-Conferred Resistance to Rifampin at an Elevated Rate
   Jim Werngren and Sven E. Hoffner
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1520-1524. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Characterization of Finnish Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates by Spoligotyping
   Kirsi Puustinen, Merja Marjamäki, Nalin Rastogi, Christophe Sola, Ingrid Filliol, Petri Ruutu, Pekka Holmström, Matti K. Viljanen, and Hanna Soini
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1525-1528. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
PCR-Based Method To Differentiate the Subspecies of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex on the Basis of Genomic Deletions
   Richard C. Huard, Luiz Claudio de Oliveira Lazzarini, W. Ray Butler, Dick van Soolingen, and John L. Ho
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1637-1650. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Heterogeneity of RNA Polymerase Gene (rpoB) Sequences of Mycobacterium gordonae Clinical Isolates Identified with a DNA Probe Kit and by Conventional Methods
   Saotomo Itoh, Yuko Kazumi, Chiyoji Abe, and Mitsuyoshi Takahashi
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1656-1663. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Nocardia veterana, a New Emerging Pathogen
   Sudha Pottumarthy, Ajit P. Limaye, Jennifer L. Prentice, Yolanda B. Houze, Susan R. Swanzy, and Brad T. Cookson
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1705-1709. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Distinctiveness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genotypes from Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Seropositive and -Seronegative Patients in Lima, Peru
   Niyaz Ahmed, Luz Caviedes, Mahfooz Alam, K. Rajender Rao, Vartul Sangal, Patricia Sheen, Robert H. Gilman, and Seyed E. Hasnain
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1712-1716. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Evaluation of the BDProbeTec ET System for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Samples: a Multicenter Study
   Gianna Mazzarelli, Laura Rindi, Paola Piccoli, Claudio Scarparo, Carlo Garzelli, and Enrico Tortoli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1779-1782. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Use of Equivocal Zone in Interpretation of Results of the Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
   A. Kerleguer, J.-L. Koeck, M. Fabre, P. Gérôme, R. Teyssou, and V. Hervé
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1783-1784. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 

Mycology:

Use of Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis To Identify Medically Important Candida spp., Including C. dubliniensis
   A. Borst, B. Theelen, E. Reinders, T. Boekhout, A. C. Fluit, and P. H. M. Savelkoul
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1357-1362. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Detection of Sporothrix schenckii in Clinical Samples by a Nested PCR Assay
   Sindy Hu, Wen-Hung Chung, Shuen-Iu Hung, Hsin-Chun Ho, Zen-Whe Wang, Chien-Hsun Chen, Shu-Chuan Lu, Tseng-tong Kuo, and Hong-Shang Hong
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1414-1418. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Activities of Fluconazole and Voriconazole against 1,586 Recent Clinical Isolates of Candida Species Determined by Broth Microdilution, Disk Diffusion, and Etest Methods: Report from The ARTEMIS Global Antifungal Susceptibility Program, 2001
   M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, S. A. Messer, L. Boyken, and R. J. Hollis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1440-1446. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Combined Use of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Recombinant 27-Kilodalton and Purified 87-Kilodalton Antigens in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Serodiagnosis of Paracoccidioidomycosis
   Soraya Díez, Beatriz L. Gómez, Juan G. McEwen, Angela Restrepo, Rod J. Hay, and Andrew J. Hamilton
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1536-1542. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Detection of Single Cells of Cryptococcus neoformans in Clinical Samples by Solid-Phase Cytometry
   T. G. M. Bauters, D. Swinne, V. Stove, and H. J. Nelis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1736-1737. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Molecular Detection of Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum in Human Clinical Samples
   Andrea Bracca, María Elena Tosello, Javier E. Girardini, Susana L. Amigot, Carlos Gomez, and Esteban Serra
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1753-1755. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 

Parasitology:

Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria at Delivery: Comparison of Blood Film Preparation Methods and of Blood Films with Histology
   Stephen J. Rogerson, Patrick Mkundika, and Maxwell K. Kanjala
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1370-1374. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Development of a Real-Time PCR Assay for Quantitative Detection of Encephalitozoon intestinalis DNA
   Jean Menotti, Bruno Cassinat, Claudine Sarfati, Olivier Liguory, Francis Derouin, and Jean-Michel Molina
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1410-1413. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Prospective Value of PCR Amplification and Sequencing for Diagnosis and Typing of Old World Leishmania Infections in an Area of Nonendemicity
   Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Jean Menotti, Frédéric Lorenzo, Claudine Sarfati, Hélène Blanche, Hung Bui, Francine Pratlong, Yves-Jean-François Garin, and Francis Derouin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1419-1422. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Molecular Analysis of the 18S rRNA Gene of Cryptosporidium Parasites from Patients with or without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections Living in Kenya, Malawi, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam
   Wangeci Gatei, Julie Greensill, Richard W. Ashford, Luis E. Cuevas, Christopher M. Parry, Nigel A. Cunliffe, Nicholas J. Beeching, and C. Anthony Hart
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1458-1462. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Detection, Differentiation, and Quantitation of Pathogenic Leishmania Organisms by a Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer-Based Real-Time PCR Assay
   Alexandra Schulz, Katja Mellenthin, Gabriele Schönian, Bernhard Fleischer, and Christian Drosten
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1529-1535. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Clinical Value of Specific Immunoglobulin E Detection by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay in Cases of Acquired and Congenital Toxoplasmosis
   F. Foudrinier, I. Villena, R. Jaussaud, D. Aubert, C. Chemla, F. Martinot, and J. M. Pinon
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1681-1686. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 

Virology:

International Collaborative Study To Compare Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assays for Detection and Genotyping of Noroviruses
   Jan Vinjé, Harry Vennema, Leena Maunula, Carl-Henrik von Bonsdorff, Marina Hoehne, Eckart Schreier, Alison Richards, Jon Green, David Brown, Suzanne S. Beard, Stephan S. Monroe, Erwin de Bruin, Lennart Svensson, and Marion P. G. Koopmans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1423-1433. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Broadly Reactive and Highly Sensitive Assay for Norwalk-Like Viruses Based on Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcription-PCR
   Tsutomu Kageyama, Shigeyuki Kojima, Michiyo Shinohara, Kazue Uchida, Shuetsu Fukushi, Fuminori B. Hoshino, Naokazu Takeda, and Kazuhiko Katayama
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1548-1557. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Clinical Evaluation of Two Methods for Genotyping Hepatitis C Virus Based on Analysis of the 5' Noncoding Region
   Frederick S. Nolte, Alicia M. Green, Kristin R. Fiebelkorn, Angela M. Caliendo, Cynthia Sturchio, Aileen Grunwald, and Mimi Healy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1558-1564. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Rapid Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus and Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections by Real-Time PCR
   Manfred Weidmann, Ursula Meyer-König, and Frank T. Hufert
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1565-1568. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Accuracy of the TRUGENE HIV-1 Genotyping Kit
   Robert M. Grant, Daniel R. Kuritzkes, Victoria A. Johnson, John W. Mellors, John L. Sullivan, Ronald Swanstrom, Richard T. D'Aquila, Mark Van Gorder, Mark Holodniy, Robert M. Lloyd, Jr., Caroline Reid, Gillian F. Morgan, and Dean L. Winslow
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1586-1593. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Performance Characteristics of the TRUGENE HIV-1 Genotyping Kit and the Opengene DNA Sequencing System
   Daniel R. Kuritzkes, Robert M. Grant, Paul Feorino, Marshal Griswold, Marie Hoover, Russell Young, Stephen Day, Robert M. Lloyd, Jr., Caroline Reid, Gillian F. Morgan, and Dean L. Winslow
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1594-1599. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Detection of Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Sera from Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection by DNA Microarray Method
   Kazunori Kawaguchi, Shuichi Kaneko, Masao Honda, Hiroshi F. Kawai, Yukihiro Shirota, and Kenichi Kobayashi
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1701-1704. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Nucleotide and Predicted Amino Acid Sequence-Based Analysis of the Avian Metapneumovirus Type C Cell Attachment Glycoprotein Gene: Phylogenetic Analysis and Molecular Epidemiology of U.S. Pneumoviruses
   Rene Alvarez, Humphrey M. Lwamba, Darrell R. Kapczynski, M. Kariuki Njenga, and Bruce S. Seal
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1730-1735. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
New PCR Test That Recognizes All Human Prototypes of Enterovirus: Application for Clinical Diagnosis
   Thomas Bourlet, Valerie Caro, Sophie Minjolle, Isabelle Jusselin, Bruno Pozzetto, Radu Crainic, and Ronald Colimon
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1750-1752. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Prevalence of Norwalk-Like Virus Infections in Cases of Viral Gastroenteritis among Children in Osaka City, Japan
   Nobuhiro Iritani, Yoshiyuki Seto, Hideyuki Kubo, Tsukasa Murakami, Kosuke Haruki, Minoru Ayata, and Hisashi Ogura
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1756-1759. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Drug-Associated Resistance Mutations in Plasma and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Patients for Whom Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Is Failing
   Loredana Sarmati, Emanuele Nicastri, Ilaria Uccella, Gabriella d'Ettorre, Saverio G. Parisi, Lucia Palmisano, Clementina Galluzzo, Ercole Concia, Vincenzo Vullo, Stefano Vella, and Massimo Andreoni
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1760-1762. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Human Cytomegalovirus Infection in Amniotic Fluid by Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Assay
   M. Grazia Revello, Daniele Lilleri, Maurizio Zavattoni, Milena Furione, Jaap Middeldorp, and Giuseppe Gerna
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1772-1774. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Occurrence of False Positives during Testing for Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus among Volunteer Blood Donors in India
   Sukanya Raghuraman, Thenmozhi Subramaniam, Dolly Daniel, Gopalan Sridharan, and Priya Abraham
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1788-1790. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Serotypes, Virulence Genes, and Intimin Types of Shiga Toxin (Verotoxin)-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Healthy Sheep in Spain
   M. Blanco, J. E. Blanco, A. Mora, J. Rey, J. M. Alonso, M. Hermoso, J. Hermoso, M. P. Alonso, G. Dahbi, E. A. González, M. I. Bernárdez, and J. Blanco
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1351-1356. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Presence and Characterization of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Virulence Genes in F165-Positive E. coli Strains Isolated from Diseased Calves and Pigs
   Hojabr Dezfulian, Isabelle Batisson, John M. Fairbrother, Peter C. K. Lau, Atef Nassar, George Szatmari, and Josée Harel
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1375-1385. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Evaluation of PCR as a Diagnostic Mass-Screening Tool To Detect Leishmania (Viannia) spp. in Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris)
   Richard Reithinger, Juan Canales Espinoza, Orin Courtenay, and Clive R. Davies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1486-1493. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
New Filamentous Fungus Sagenomella chlamydospora Responsible for a Disseminated Infection in a Dog
   Josepa Gené, José L. Blanco, Josep Cano, Marta E. García, and Josep Guarro
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1722-1725. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Quantitative Detection of Chlamydia psittaci and C. pecorum by High-Sensitivity Real-Time PCR Reveals High Prevalence of Vaginal Infection in Cattle
   Fred J. DeGraves, Dongya Gao, Hans-Robert Hehnen, Tobias Schlapp, and Bernhard Kaltenboeck
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1726-1729. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Use of Single-Enzyme Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism for Typing Pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida Isolates from Pigs
   A. M. Moreno, M. R. Baccaro, A. J. P. Ferreira, and A. F. Pestana de Castro
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1743-1746. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 

Epidemiology:

DNA Fingerprinting of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Typhimurium with Emphasis on Phage Type DT104 Based on Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Loci
   Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, Even Heir, Elisabet Gjernes, and Georg Kapperud
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1469-1479. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Harmonization of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Protocols for Epidemiological Typing of Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a Single Approach Developed by Consensus in 10 European Laboratories and Its Application for Tracing the Spread of Related Strains
   Stephen Murchan, Mary Elizabeth Kaufmann, Ariane Deplano, Raf de Ryck, Marc Struelens, Christina Elsberg Zinn, Vivian Fussing, Saara Salmenlinna, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila, Névine El Solh, Christina Cuny, Wolfgang Witte, Panayotis T. Tassios, Nikolas Legakis, Willem van Leeuwen, Alex van Belkum, Anna Vindel, Idoia Laconcha, Javier Garaizar, Saara Haeggman, Barbro Olsson-Liljequist, Ulrika Ransjo, Geoffrey Coombes, and Barry Cookson
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1574-1585. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Analysis of Molecular Epidemiology of Chilean Salmonella enterica Serotype Enteritidis Isolates by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Bacteriophage Typing
   Jorge Fernandez, Alberto Fica, German Ebensperger, Hector Calfullan, Soledad Prat, Alda Fernandez, Marcela Alexandre, and Ingrid Heitmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1617-1622. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Characterization of Encapsulated and Noncapsulated Haemophilus influenzae and Determination of Phylogenetic Relationships by Multilocus Sequence Typing
   Emma Meats, Edward J. Feil, Suzanna Stringer, Alison J. Cody, Richard Goldstein, J. Simon Kroll, Tanja Popovic, and Brian G. Spratt
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1623-1636. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Haemophilus influenzae Carriage in Children Attending French Day Care Centers: a Molecular Epidemiological Study
   Henri Dabernat, Marie-Anne Plisson-Sauné, Catherine Delmas, Martine Séguy, Gèneviéve Faucon, Roselyne Pélissier, Hélène Carsenti, Christian Pradier, Micheline Roussel-Delvallez, Joël Leroy, Marie-Jeanne Dupont, Frédéric De Bels, and Pierre Dellamonica
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1664-1672. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from Invasive Infections: Variation of Sero- and Genotypes during an 11-Year Period in Finland
   Susanna Lukinmaa, Maria Miettinen, Ulla-Maija Nakari, Hannu Korkeala, and Anja Siitonen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1694-1700. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Clonal Dissemination of Yersinia enterocolitica Strains with Various Susceptibilities to Nalidixic Acid
   Javier Sánchez-Céspedes, Margarita M. Navia, Rocío Martínez, Beatriz Orden, Rosario Millán, Joaquín Ruiz, and Jordi Vila
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1769-1771. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Differentiation between Isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus from Breeding Turkeys and Their Environment by Genotyping with Microsatellite Markers
   Sybille Lair-Fulleringer, Jacques Guillot, Christophe Desterke, Dominique Seguin, Stephan Warin, Arnaud Bezille, René Chermette, and Stéphane Bretagne
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1798-1800. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 

Case Reports:

Mycetoma of the Foot Caused by Fusarium solani: Identification of the Etiologic Agent by DNA Sequencing
   H. Yera, M. E. Bougnoux, C. Jeanrot, M. T. Baixench, G. De Pinieux, and J. Dupouy-Camet
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1805-1808. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]  
 

Letters to the Editor:

Automated Identification Systems and Burkholderia pseudomallei
   Tse Hsien Koh, Lily Siew Yong Ng, Joanna Lee Foon Ho, Li-Hwei Sng, Grace Chee Yeng Wang, and Raymond Valentine Tzer Pin Lin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1809. [HTML] [PDF]  
 
Standardizing Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Campylobacter Species
   Patrick F. MCDermott and Robert D. Walker
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003. 41: 1810. [HTML] [PDF]  
 

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