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Mycology:

Birgit Spiess, Dieter Buchheidt, Corinna Baust, Heyko Skladny, Wolfgang Seifarth, Udo Zeilfelder, Christine Leib-Mösch, Handan Mörz, and Rüdiger Hehlmann

Development of a LightCycler PCR Assay for Detection and Quantification of Aspergillus fumigatus DNA in Clinical Samples from Neutropenic Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1811-1818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Natalya U. Makarova, V. V. Pokrowsky, A. V. Kravchenko, L. V. Serebrovskaya, Michael J. James, Michael M. McNeil, Brent A. Lasker, David W. Warnock, and Errol Reiss

Persistence of Oropharyngeal Candida albicans Strains with Reduced Susceptibilities to Fluconazole among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Seropositive Children and Adults in a Long-Term Care Facility
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1833-1837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elaine Blignaut, Claude Pujol, Sophie Joly, and David R. Soll

Racial Distribution of Candida dubliniensis Colonization among South Africans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1838-1842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Evaluation of the Etest and Disk Diffusion Methods for Determining Susceptibilities of 235 Bloodstream Isolates of Candida glabrata to Fluconazole and Voriconazole
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1875-1880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Fotedar and S. S. A. Al Hedaithy

Candida dubliniensis at a University Hospital in Saudi Arabia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1907-1911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan M. Nelson and Charles P. Cartwright

Detection of Fluconazole-Resistant Isolates of Candida glabrata by Using an Agar Screen Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2141-2143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Variation in Susceptibility of Bloodstream Isolates of Candida glabrata to Fluconazole According to Patient Age and Geographic Location
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2176-2179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudine Pinel, Hélène Fricker-Hidalgo, Bernadette Lebeau, Frédéric Garban, Rébecca Hamidfar, Pierre Ambroise-Thomas, and Renée Grillot

Detection of Circulating Aspergillus fumigatus Galactomannan: Value and Limits of the Platelia Test for Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2184-2186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédéric Dalle, Laure Dumont, Norélie Franco, David Mesmacque, Denis Caillot, Pierre Bonnin, Caroline Moiroux, Odile Vagner, Bernadette Cuisenier, Sarab Lizard, and Alain Bonnin

Genotyping of Candida albicans Oral Strains from Healthy Individuals by Polymorphic Microsatellite Locus Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2203-2205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

C. Pourcel, Y. Vidgop, F. Ramisse, G. Vergnaud, and C. Tram

Characterization of a Tandem Repeat Polymorphism in Legionella pneumophila and Its Use for Genotyping
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1819-1826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margaret A. Davis, Dale D. Hancock, Thomas E. Besser, and Douglas R. Call

Evaluation of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis as a Tool for Determining the Degree of Genetic Relatedness between Strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1843-1849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Yoshida, Shin-Ichi Maeda, Takashi Deguchi, Takamaro Miyazawa, and Hiroaki Ishiko

Rapid Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma parvum, and Ureaplasma urealyticum Organisms in Genitourinary Samples by PCR-Microtiter Plate Hybridization Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1850-1855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert E. Brennan and James E. Samuel

Evaluation of Coxiella burnetii Antibiotic Susceptibilities by Real-Time PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1869-1874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monica Österblad, Helinä Järvinen, Kurt Lönnqvist, Solja Huikko, Pekka Laippala, Jouko Viljanto, Heikki Arvilommi, and Pentti Huovinen

Evaluation of a New Cellulose Sponge-Tipped Swab for Microbiological Sampling: a Laboratory and Clinical Investigation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1894-1900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafael Cantón, Elena Loza, María Del Carmen Conejo, Fernando Baquero, and Luis Martínez-Martínez

Quality Control for ß-Lactam Susceptibility Testing with a Well-Defined Collection of Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains in Spain
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1912-1918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Niall DeLappe, Fiona O'Halloran, Seamus Fanning, G. Corbett-Feeney, T. Cheasty, and M. Cormican

Antimicrobial Resistance and Genetic Diversity of Shigella sonnei Isolates from Western Ireland, an Area of Low Incidence of Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1919-1924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linda Myziuk, Barbara Romanowski, and Stephen C. Johnson

BVBlue Test for Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1925-1928. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fabiano L. Thompson, Cristiane C. Thompson, Ana C. P. Vicente, Grace N. D. Theophilo, Ernesto Hofer, and Jean Swings

Genomic Diversity of Clinical and Environmental Vibrio cholerae Strains Isolated in Brazil between 1991 and 2001 as Revealed by Fluorescent Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1946-1950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimberle C. Chapin and Michael C. Musgnug

Validation of the Automated Reading and Incubation System with Sensititre Plates for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1951-1956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. A. Riemersma, C. J. C. van der Schee, W. I. van der Meijden, H. A. Verbrugh, and A. van Belkum

Microbial Population Diversity in the Urethras of Healthy Males and Males Suffering from Nonchlamydial, Nongonococcal Urethritis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1977-1986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick C. Y. Woo, Kenneth H. L. Ng, Susanna K. P. Lau, Kam-tong Yip, Ami M. Y. Fung, Kit-wah Leung, Dorothy M. W. Tam, Tak-lun Que, and Kwok-yung Yuen

Usefulness of the MicroSeq 500 16S Ribosomal DNA-Based Bacterial Identification System for Identification of Clinically Significant Bacterial Isolates with Ambiguous Biochemical Profiles
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1996-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Motiur Rahman, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Shamsun Nahar, Simanti Datta, Milan Mashhud Ahmad, Safique Sarker, Ibna M. Masud, Lars Engstrand, M. John Albert, G. Balakrish Nair, and Douglas E. Berg

DNA-Level Characterization of Helicobacter pylori Strains from Patients with Overt Disease and with Benign Infections in Bangladesh
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2008-2014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun Yatsuyanagi, Shioko Saito, Yoshimichi Miyajima, Ken-Ichi Amano, and Katsuhiko Enomoto

Characterization of Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Harboring the astA Gene That Were Associated with a Waterborne Outbreak of Diarrhea in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2033-2039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Godoy, Gaynor Randle, Andrew J. Simpson, David M. Aanensen, Tyrone L. Pitt, Reimi Kinoshita, and Brian G. Spratt

Multilocus Sequence Typing and Evolutionary Relationships among the Causative Agents of Melioidosis and Glanders, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2068-2079. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caroline M. O'Hara and J. Michael Miller

Evaluation of the Vitek 2 ID-GNB Assay for Identification of Members of the Family Enterobacteriaceae and Other Nonenteric Gram-Negative Bacilli and Comparison with the Vitek GNI+ Card
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2096-2101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Bürk, Richard Dietrich, Gabriele Açar, Maximilian Moravek, Michael Bülte, and Erwin Märtlbauer

Identification and Characterization of a New Variant of Shiga Toxin 1 in Escherichia coli ONT:H19 of Bovine Origin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2106-2112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sadjia Bekal, Roland Brousseau, Luke Masson, Gabrielle Prefontaine, John Fairbrother, and Josée Harel

Rapid Identification of Escherichia coli Pathotypes by Virulence Gene Detection with DNA Microarrays
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2113-2125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jorge F. Cerna, James P. Nataro, and Teresa Estrada-Garcia

Multiplex PCR for Detection of Three Plasmid-Borne Genes of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2138-2140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Domínguez, S. Blanco, C. Rodrigo, M. Azuara, N. Galí, A. Mainou, A. Esteve, A. Castellví, C. Prat, L. Matas, and V. Ausina

Usefulness of Urinary Antigen Detection by an Immunochromatographic Test for Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2161-2163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulrich von Both, Michael Ruess, Urban Mueller, Kirsten Fluegge, Anna Sander, and Reinhard Berner

A Serotype V Clone Is Predominant among Erythromycin-Resistant Streptococcus agalactiae Isolates in a Southwestern Region of Germany
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2166-2169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura A. Artz, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, and Ingo B. Autenrieth

Rapid Screening for Streptococcus agalactiae in Vaginal Specimens of Pregnant Women by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2170-2173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mamuka Kotetishvili, O. Colin Stine, Yuansha Chen, Arnold Kreger, Alexander Sulakvelidze, Shanmuga Sozhamannan, and J. Glenn Morris, Jr.

Multilocus Sequence Typing Has Better Discriminatory Ability for Typing Vibrio cholerae than Does Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Provides a Measure of Phylogenetic Relatedness
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2191-2196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. E. Aibinu, V. C. Ohaegbulam, E. A. Adenipekun, F. T. Ogunsola, T. O. Odugbemi, and B. J. Mee

Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase Enzymes in Clinical Isolates of Enterobacter Species from Lagos, Nigeria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2197-2200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robbin L. Killam, Joan Barenfanger, and Mike Cox

Influence of Lack of CO₂ on Anaerobic Bacteria: a Quick Method To Verify the Absence of CO₂
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2201-2202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lilian R. M. Marques, Ana T. Tavechio, Cecília M. Abe, and Tânia A. T. Gomes

Search for Cytolethal Distending Toxin Production among Fecal Escherichia Coli Isolates from Brazilian Children with Diarrhea and without Diarrhea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2206-2208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Iriane C. Piva, Alex L. Pereira, Lúcia R. Ferraz, Rejane S. N. Silva, Ataíza C. Vieira, Jesus E. Blanco, Miguel Blanco, Jorge Blanco, and Loreny G. Giugliano

Virulence Markers of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Isolated from Children and Adults with Diarrhea in Brasília, Brazil
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1827-1832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. A. Drobniewski, A. Gibson, M. Ruddy, and M. D. Yates

Evaluation and Utilization as a Public Health Tool of a National Molecular Epidemiological Tuberculosis Outbreak Database within the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1861-1868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

May A. D. Antonio and Sharon L. Hillier

DNA Fingerprinting of Lactobacillus crispatus Strain CTV-05 by Repetitive Element Sequence-Based PCR Analysis in a Pilot Study of Vaginal Colonization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1881-1887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stéphane Watt, Philippe Lanotte, Laurent Mereghetti, Maryvonne Moulin-Schouleur, Bertrand Picard, and Roland Quentin

Escherichia coli Strains from Pregnant Women and Neonates: Intraspecies Genetic Distribution and Prevalence of Virulence Factors
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1929-1935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jingtong Wang, Leen-Jan van Doorn, Philip A. Robinson, Xuhuai Ji, Dong Wang, Yu Wang, Lianying Ge, John L. Telford, and Jean E. Crabtree

Regional Variation among vacA Alleles of Helicobacter pylori in China
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1942-1945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Aires de Sousa, C. Bartzavali, I. Spiliopoulou, I. Santos Sanches, M. I. Crisóstomo, and H. de Lencastre

Two International Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones Endemic in a University Hospital in Patras, Greece
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2027-2032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juliana N. Anyanwu, Carina A. Rodriguez, Katherine E. Fleming, and Elisabeth E. Adderson

pgi Genotyping Is a Surrogate for Serotyping of Encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2080-2083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karine Faure, David Shimabukuro, Temitayo Ajayi, Leonard R. Allmond, Teiji Sawa, and Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish

O-Antigen Serotypes and Type III Secretory Toxins in Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2158-2160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

J. M. Pollock, J. McNair, H. Bassett, J. P. Cassidy, E. Costello, H. Aggerbeck, I. Rosenkrands, and P. Andersen

Specific Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity Responses to ESAT-6 Identify Tuberculosis-Infected Cattle
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1856-1860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingrid Filliol, Jeffrey R. Driscoll, Dick van Soolingen, Barry N. Kreiswirth, Kristin Kremer, Georges Valétudie, Dang Duc Anh, Rachael Barlow, Dilip Banerjee, Pablo J. Bifani, Karine Brudey, Angel Cataldi, Robert C. Cooksey, Debby V. Cousins, Jeremy W. Dale, Odir A. Dellagostin, Francis Drobniewski, Guido Engelmann, Séverine Ferdinand, Deborah Gascoyne-Binzi, Max Gordon, M. Cristina Gutierrez, Walter H. Haas, Herre Heersma, Eric Kassa-Kelembho, Ho Minh Ly, Athanasios Makristathis, Caterina Mammina, Gerald Martin, Peter Moström, Igor Mokrousov, Valérie Narbonne, Olga Narvskaya, Antonino Nastasi, Sara Ngo Niobe-Eyangoh, Jean W. Pape, Voahangy Rasolofo-Razanamparany, Malin Ridell, M. Lucia Rossetti, Fritz Stauffer, Philip N. Suffys, Howard Takiff, Jeanne Texier-Maugein, Véronique Vincent, Jacobus H. de Waard, Christophe Sola, and Nalin Rastogi

Snapshot of Moving and Expanding Clones of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Their Global Distribution Assessed by Spoligotyping in an International Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1963-1970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John A. Crump, David C. Tanner, Stanley Mirrett, Celeste M. McKnight, and L. Barth Reller

Controlled Comparison of BACTEC 13A, MYCO/F LYTIC, BacT/ALERT MB, and ISOLATOR 10 Systems for Detection of Mycobacteremia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1987-1990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Bührer-Sékula, H. L. Smits, G. C. Gussenhoven, J. van Leeuwen, S. Amador, T. Fujiwara, P. R. Klatser, and L. Oskam

Simple and Fast Lateral Flow Test for Classification of Leprosy Patients and Identification of Contacts with High Risk of Developing Leprosy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1991-1995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alifiya S. Motiwala, Megan Strother, Alongkorn Amonsin, Beverly Byrum, Saleh A. Naser, Judith R. Stabel, William P. Shulaw, John P. Bannantine, Vivek Kapur, and Srinand Sreevatsan

Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis: Evidence for Limited Strain Diversity, Strain Sharing, and Identification of Unique Targets for Diagnosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2015-2026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael H. Levi, John Bartell, Leanne Gandolfo, Sandra C. Smole, Sylvia F. Costa, Louis M. Weiss, Linda K. Johnson, Gerard Osterhout, and Lawrence H. Herbst

Characterization of Mycobacterium montefiorense sp. nov., a Novel Pathogenic Mycobacterium from Moray Eels That Is Related to Mycobacterium triplex
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2147-2152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun Yue, Wei Shi, Jingping Xie, Yao Li, Erliang Zeng, and Honghai Wang

Mutations in the rpoB Gene of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from China
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2209-2212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyeyoung Lee, Hye-Eun Bang, Gill-Han Bai, and Sang-Nae Cho

Novel Polymorphic Region of the rpoB Gene Containing Mycobacterium Species-Specific Sequences and Its Use in Identification of Mycobacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2213-2218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virology:

Don Brambilla, Cheryl Jennings, Grace Aldrovandi, James Bremer, Anne Marie Comeau, Sharon A. Cassol, Ruth Dickover, J. Brooks Jackson, Jane Pitt, John L. Sullivan, Ann Butcher, Lynell Grosso, Patricia Reichelderfer, and Susan A. Fiscus

Multicenter Evaluation of Use of Dried Blood and Plasma Spot Specimens in Quantitative Assays for Human Immunodeficiency Virus RNA: Measurement, Precision, and RNA Stability
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1888-1893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatsuji Kimura, Akinori Rokuhara, Akihiro Matsumoto, Shintaro Yagi, Eiji Tanaka, Kendo Kiyosawa, and Noboru Maki

New Enzyme Immunoassay for Detection of Hepatitis B Virus Core Antigen (HBcAg) and Relation between Levels of HBcAg and HBV DNA
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1901-1906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Loens, M. Ieven, D. Ursi, C. de Laat, P. Sillekens, P. Oudshoorn, and H. Goossens

Improved Detection of Rhinoviruses by Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification after Nucleotide Sequence Determination of the 5' Noncoding Regions of Additional Rhinovirus Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1971-1976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alison J. Johnson, Stanley Langevin, Katherine L. Wolff, and Nicholas Komar

Detection of Anti-West Nile Virus Immunoglobulin M in Chicken Serum by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2002-2007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marianne Leruez-Ville, Marie Ouachée, Richard Delarue, Anne-Sophie Sauget, Stéphane Blanche, Agnès Buzyn, and Christine Rouzioux

Monitoring Cytomegalovirus Infection in Adult and Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients by a Real-Time PCR Assay Performed with Blood Plasma
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2040-2046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven B. Kleiboeker

Applications of Competitor RNA in Diagnostic Reverse Transcription-PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2055-2061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brenda G. Lee, Kristin R. Fiebelkorn, Angela M. Caliendo, and Frederick S. Nolte

Development and Verification of an Automated Sample Processing Protocol for Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Plasma
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2062-2067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elyanne Gault, Patrick Soussan, Yoann Morice, Lara Sanders, Assia Berrada, Brian Rogers, and Paul Deny

Evaluation of a New Serotyping Assay for Detection of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Type-Specific Antibodies in Serum Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2084-2087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mustafizur Rahman, Karolien De Leener, Truus Goegebuer, Elke Wollants, Ingrid Van der Donck, Lieve Van Hoovels, and Marc Van Ranst

Genetic Characterization of a Novel, Naturally Occurring Recombinant Human G6P[6] Rotavirus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2088-2095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fauziah Mohd Jaafar, Houssam Attoui, Pierre Gallian, Philippe Biagini, Jean-François Cantaloube, Philippe de Micco, and Xavier de Lamballerie

Recombinant VP7-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Colorado Tick Fever Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2102-2105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshinori Ito, Jean-Charles Grivel, and Leonid Margolis

Real-Time PCR Assay of Individual Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Variants in Coinfected Human Lymphoid Tissues
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2126-2131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreea C. Cazacu, Jewel Greer, Moe Taherivand, and Gail J. Demmler

Comparison of Lateral-Flow Immunoassay and Enzyme Immunoassay with Viral Culture for Rapid Detection of Influenza Virus in Nasal Wash Specimens from Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2132-2134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Trevor P. Anderson, Anja M. Werno, Kirsten A. Beynon, and David R. Murdoch

Failure To Genotype Herpes Simplex Virus by Real-Time PCR Assay and Melting Curve Analysis Due to Sequence Variation within Probe Binding Sites
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2135-2137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Agostino Cividini, Antonella Cerino, Alba Muzzi, Milena Furione, Chiara Rebucci, Laura Segagni, Marta Gatti, Vincenzo Barnaba, and Mario U. Mondelli

Kinetics and Significance of Serum Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen in Patients with Acute Hepatitis C
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2144-2146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. O'Connell, Teresa M. Merritt, Jennifer A. Malia, Thomas C. VanCott, Matthew J. Dolan, Hassan Zahwa, William P. Bradley, Bernard M. Branson, Nelson L. Michael, and Caroline C. De Witt

Performance of the OraQuick Rapid Antibody Test for Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection in Patients with Various Levels of Exposure to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2153-2155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara C. Gärtner, Alexandra Kloss, Harald Kaul, Urban Sester, Klaus Roemer, Hans Pees, Hans Köhler, and Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch

Risk of Occupational Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection for Health Care Workers
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2156-2157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reiko Saito, Takatsugu Sakai, Isamu Sato, Yasuko Sano, Hitoshi Oshitani, Mizuho Sato, and Hiroshi Suzuki

Frequency of Amantadine-Resistant Influenza A Viruses during Two Seasons Featuring Cocirculation of H1N1 and H3N2
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2164-2165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James J. Dunn, Chris Gordon, Christy Kelley, and Karen C. Carroll

Comparison of the Denka-Seiken INFLU A·B-Quick and BD Directigen Flu A+B Kits with Direct Fluorescent-Antibody Staining and Shell Vial Culture Methods for Rapid Detection of Influenza Viruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2180-2183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takeshi Sanekata, Muzahed Uddin Ahmed, Abdul Kader, Koki Taniguchi, and Nobumichi Kobayashi

Human Group B Rotavirus Infections Cause Severe Diarrhea in Children and Adults in Bangladesh
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2187-2190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Gabriele A. Landolt, Alexander I. Karasin, Lynette Phillips, and Christopher W. Olsen

Comparison of the Pathogenesis of Two Genetically Different H3N2 Influenza A Viruses in Pigs
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1936-1941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Marcus Klein, Arne Kötz, Katussevani Bernardo, and Martin Krönke

Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae-Specific Antibodies Binding to the VD2 and VD3 Regions of the Major Outer Membrane Protein
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 1957-1962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew R. Golden, Sabina G. Astete, Rosa Galvan, Aldo Lucchetti, Jorge Sanchez, Connie L. Celum, William L. H. Whittington, Walter E. Stamm, King K. Holmes, and Patricia A. Totten

Pilot Study of COBAS PCR and Ligase Chain Reaction for Detection of Rectal Infections Due to Chlamydia trachomatis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2174-2175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

Adriana S. Lopez, Jean M. Bendik, Jean Y. Alliance, Jacquelin M. Roberts, Alexandre J. da Silva, Iaci N. S. Moura, Michael J. Arrowood, Mark L. Eberhard, and Barbara L. Herwaldt

Epidemiology of Cyclospora cayetanensis and Other Intestinal Parasites in a Community in Haiti
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2047-2054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

A. Matsushita, L. Jilong, M. Hiruma, M. Kobayashi, T. Matsumoto, H. Ogawa, and A. A. Padhye

Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Veronaea botryosa in the People’s Republic of China
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2219-2222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Nicole Bouziges, Albert Sotto, Jean-Louis Leroux, and Sylvie Michaux-Charachon

Spondylodiscitis Due to Clostridium ramosum Infection in an Immunocompetent Elderly Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2223-2226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takuhito Nagai, Hisanori Sobajima, Mitsuji Iwasa, Toyonori Tsuzuki, Fumiaki Kura, Junko Amemura-Maekawa, and Haruo Watanabe

Neonatal Sudden Death Due to Legionella Pneumonia Associated with Water Birth in a Domestic Spa Bath
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2227-2229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keith Grimwood, Q. Sue Huang, Lynette G. Sadleir, W. Allan Nix, David R. Kilpatrick, M. Steven Oberste, and Mark A. Pallansch

Acute Flaccid Paralysis from Echovirus Type 33 Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2230-2232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benu Dhawan, Richard Bonnet, N. K. Shukla, Purva Mathur, Bimal K. Das, and Arti Kapil

Infection with an Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Producing Strain of Serratia marcescens following Tongue Reconstruction
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2233-2234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aurélie Thiolas, Claude Bollet, Mohammed Gasmi, Michel Drancourt, and Didier Raoult

Eubacterium callanderi Bacteremia: Report of the First Case
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2235-2236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James D. Flaherty, Paul N. Levett, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Theodore E. Troe, John R. Warren, and Stuart Johnson

Fatal Case of Endocarditis Due to Weissella confusa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2237-2239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leonardo Pagani, Adolf Lang, Claudio Vedovelli, Oswald Moling, Giovanni Rimenti, Raffaele Pristerà, and Peter Mian

Soft Tissue Infection and Bacteremia Caused by Shewanella putrefaciens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2240-2241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kim Laffineur, Véronique Avesani, Guy Cornu, Jacqueline Charlier, Michèle Janssens, Georges Wauters, and Michel Delmée

Bacteremia Due to a Novel Microbacterium Species in a Patient with Leukemia and Description of Microbacterium paraoxydans sp. nov.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2242-2246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason Galanos, Shalinie Perera, Haydn Smith, David O'Neal, Harsha Sheorey, and Mary Jo Waters

Bacteremia Due to Three Bacillus Species in a Case of Munchausen's Syndrome
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2247-2248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ard M. Nijhof, Banie L. Penzhorn, Godelieve Lynen, Johnson O. Mollel, Pete Morkel, Cornelis P. J. Bekker, and Frans Jongejan

Babesia bicornis sp. nov. and Theileria bicornis sp. nov.: Tick-Borne Parasites Associated with Mortality in the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2249-2254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin E. Stryjewski, John J. LiPuma, Robert H. Messier, Jr., L. Barth Reller, and Barbara D. Alexander

Sepsis, Multiple Organ Failure, and Death Due to Pandoraea pnomenusa Infection after Lung Transplantation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2255-2257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Clifford McDonald, Kris Bryant, and James Snyder

Peripartum Transmission of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2258-2260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric Nulens, Cathrien Eggink, Antonius J. M. M. Rijs, Pieter Wesseling, and Paul E. Verweij

Keratitis Caused by Scedosporium apiospermum Successfully Treated with a Cornea Transplant and Voriconazole
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2261-2264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Peter C. Wever, Daan W. Notermans, Igor I. Tulevski, Jan K. M. Eeftinck Schattenkerk, and Menno D. de Jong

Detection of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Antigen in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid by an Immunochromatographic Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2265. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Armstrong, Scott Bell, Michael Robinson, Peter Bye, Barbara Rose, Colin Harbour, Crystal Lee, Helen Service, Michael Nissen, Melanie Syrmis, and Claire Wainwright

Evidence for Spread of a Clonal Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among Cystic Fibrosis Clinics
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2266-2267. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Rottman, Jean-Louis Gaillard, and W. Michael Dunne, Jr.

Clinical Microbiology in the Year 2025: Serologic and Host-Oriented Diagnosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2268. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nora M. Carroll, Madalene Richardson, Paul D. van Helden, Stephen H. Gillespie, Timothy D. McHugh, Annette S. de Boer, and Dick van Soolingen

Criteria for Identification of Cross-Contamination of Cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Routine Microbiology Laboratories
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2269-2270. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David R. Murdoch, L. Barth Reller, and Howard Faden

Immunochromatographic Test for Rapid Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the Nasopharynx
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2271. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick Bastien, Elisabeth Chabbert, Laurence Lachaud, Beverley C. Millar, Xu Jiru, and John E. Moore

Contamination Management of Broad-Range or Specific PCR: Is There Any Difference?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2272. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

H. C. Smith-Vaughan, D. Gal, P. M. Lawrie, C. Winstanley, K. S. Sriprakash, and B. J. Currie

Ubiquity of Putative Type III Secretion Genes among Clinical and Environmental Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates in Northern Australia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003 41: 2273. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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