JCM -- Table of Contents (May 1 2003, 41 [5])

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Contents: May 2003, Volume 41, Issue 5

       Mycology

       Bacteriology

       Epidemiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Virology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Parasitology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

       Errata

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Mycology:

Development of a LightCycler PCR Assay for Detection and Quantification of Aspergillus fumigatus DNA in Clinical Samples from Neutropenic Patients
Birgit Spiess, Dieter Buchheidt, Corinna Baust, Heyko Skladny, Wolfgang Seifarth, Udo Zeilfelder, Christine Leib-Mösch, Handan Mörz, and Rüdiger Hehlmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1811-1818;
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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
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1833-1837;
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Racial Distribution of Candida dubliniensis Colonization among South Africans
Elaine Blignaut, Claude Pujol, Sophie Joly, and David R. Soll
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1838-1842;
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Evaluation of the Etest and Disk Diffusion Methods for Determining Susceptibilities of 235 Bloodstream Isolates of Candida glabrata to Fluconazole and Voriconazole
M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, L. Boyken, S. A. Messer, S. Tendolkar, and R. J. Hollis
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1875-1880;
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Candida dubliniensis at a University Hospital in Saudi Arabia
R. Fotedar and S. S. A. Al Hedaithy
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1907-1911;
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Detection of Fluconazole-Resistant Isolates of Candida glabrata by Using an Agar Screen Assay
Susan M. Nelson and Charles P. Cartwright
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2141-2143;
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Variation in Susceptibility of Bloodstream Isolates of Candida glabrata to Fluconazole According to Patient Age and Geographic Location
M. A. Pfaller, S. A. Messer, L. Boyken, S. Tendolkar, R. J. Hollis, and D. J. Diekema
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2176-2179;
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Detection of Circulating Aspergillus fumigatus Galactomannan: Value and Limits of the Platelia Test for Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis
Claudine Pinel, Hélène Fricker-Hidalgo, Bernadette Lebeau, Frédéric Garban, Rébecca Hamidfar, Pierre Ambroise-Thomas, and Renée Grillot
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2184-2186;
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Genotyping of Candida albicans Oral Strains from Healthy Individuals by Polymorphic Microsatellite Locus Analysis
Frédéric Dalle, Laure Dumont, Norélie Franco, David Mesmacque, Denis Caillot, Pierre Bonnin, Caroline Moiroux, Odile Vagner, Bernadette Cuisenier, Sarab Lizard, and Alain Bonnin
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2203-2205;
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Bacteriology:

Characterization of a Tandem Repeat Polymorphism in Legionella pneumophila and Its Use for Genotyping
C. Pourcel, Y. Vidgop, F. Ramisse, G. Vergnaud, and C. Tram
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1819-1826;
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Evaluation of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis as a Tool for Determining the Degree of Genetic Relatedness between Strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7
Margaret A. Davis, Dale D. Hancock, Thomas E. Besser, and Douglas R. Call
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1843-1849;
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Rapid Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma parvum, and Ureaplasma urealyticum Organisms in Genitourinary Samples by PCR-Microtiter Plate Hybridization Assay
Takashi Yoshida, Shin-Ichi Maeda, Takashi Deguchi, Takamaro Miyazawa, and Hiroaki Ishiko
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1850-1855;
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Evaluation of Coxiella burnetii Antibiotic Susceptibilities by Real-Time PCR Assay
Robert E. Brennan and James E. Samuel
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1869-1874;
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Evaluation of a New Cellulose Sponge-Tipped Swab for Microbiological Sampling: a Laboratory and Clinical Investigation
Monica Österblad, Helinä Järvinen, Kurt Lönnqvist, Solja Huikko, Pekka Laippala, Jouko Viljanto, Heikki Arvilommi, and Pentti Huovinen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1894-1900;
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Quality Control for ß-Lactam Susceptibility Testing with a Well-Defined Collection of Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains in Spain
Rafael Cantón, Elena Loza, María Del Carmen Conejo, Fernando Baquero, and Luis Martínez-Martínez
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1912-1918;
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Genetic Diversity of Shigella sonnei Isolates from Western Ireland, an Area of Low Incidence of Infection
Niall DeLappe, Fiona O'Halloran, Seamus Fanning, G. Corbett-Feeney, T. Cheasty, and M. Cormican
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1919-1924;
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BVBlue Test for Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis
Linda Myziuk, Barbara Romanowski, and Stephen C. Johnson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1925-1928;
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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
Fabiano L. Thompson, Cristiane C. Thompson, Ana C. P. Vicente, Grace N. D. Theophilo, Ernesto Hofer, and Jean Swings
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1946-1950;
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Validation of the Automated Reading and Incubation System with Sensititre Plates for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Kimberle C. Chapin and Michael C. Musgnug
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1951-1956;
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Microbial Population Diversity in the Urethras of Healthy Males and Males Suffering from Nonchlamydial, Nongonococcal Urethritis
W. A. Riemersma, C. J. C. van der Schee, W. I. van der Meijden, H. A. Verbrugh, and A. van Belkum
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1977-1986;
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Usefulness of the MicroSeq 500 16S Ribosomal DNA-Based Bacterial Identification System for Identification of Clinically Significant Bacterial Isolates with Ambiguous Biochemical Profiles
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1996-2001;
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DNA-Level Characterization of Helicobacter pylori Strains from Patients with Overt Disease and with Benign Infections in Bangladesh
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2008-2014;
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Characterization of Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Harboring the astA Gene That Were Associated with a Waterborne Outbreak of Diarrhea in Japan
Jun Yatsuyanagi, Shioko Saito, Yoshimichi Miyajima, Ken-Ichi Amano, and Katsuhiko Enomoto
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2033-2039;
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Multilocus Sequence Typing and Evolutionary Relationships among the Causative Agents of Melioidosis and Glanders, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei
Daniel Godoy, Gaynor Randle, Andrew J. Simpson, David M. Aanensen, Tyrone L. Pitt, Reimi Kinoshita, and Brian G. Spratt
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2068-2079;
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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
Caroline M. O'Hara and J. Michael Miller
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2096-2101;
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Identification and Characterization of a New Variant of Shiga Toxin 1 in Escherichia coli ONT:H19 of Bovine Origin
Christine Bürk, Richard Dietrich, Gabriele Açar, Maximilian Moravek, Michael Bülte, and Erwin Märtlbauer
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2106-2112;
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Rapid Identification of Escherichia coli Pathotypes by Virulence Gene Detection with DNA Microarrays
Sadjia Bekal, Roland Brousseau, Luke Masson, Gabrielle Prefontaine, John Fairbrother, and Josée Harel
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2113-2125;
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Multiplex PCR for Detection of Three Plasmid-Borne Genes of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Strains
Jorge F. Cerna, James P. Nataro, and Teresa Estrada-Garcia
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2138-2140;
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Usefulness of Urinary Antigen Detection by an Immunochromatographic Test for Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Children
J. Domínguez, S. Blanco, C. Rodrigo, M. Azuara, N. Galí, A. Mainou, A. Esteve, A. Castellví, C. Prat, L. Matas, and V. Ausina
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2161-2163;
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A Serotype V Clone Is Predominant among Erythromycin-Resistant Streptococcus agalactiae Isolates in a Southwestern Region of Germany
Ulrich von Both, Michael Ruess, Urban Mueller, Kirsten Fluegge, Anna Sander, and Reinhard Berner
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2166-2169;
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Rapid Screening for Streptococcus agalactiae in Vaginal Specimens of Pregnant Women by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization
Laura A. Artz, Volkhard A. J. Kempf, and Ingo B. Autenrieth
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2170-2173;
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Multilocus Sequence Typing Has Better Discriminatory Ability for Typing Vibrio cholerae than Does Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Provides a Measure of Phylogenetic Relatedness
Mamuka Kotetishvili, O. Colin Stine, Yuansha Chen, Arnold Kreger, Alexander Sulakvelidze, Shanmuga Sozhamannan, and J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2191-2196;
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Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase Enzymes in Clinical Isolates of Enterobacter Species from Lagos, Nigeria
I. E. Aibinu, V. C. Ohaegbulam, E. A. Adenipekun, F. T. Ogunsola, T. O. Odugbemi, and B. J. Mee
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2197-2200;
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Influence of Lack of CO₂ on Anaerobic Bacteria: a Quick Method To Verify the Absence of CO₂
Robbin L. Killam, Joan Barenfanger, and Mike Cox
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2201-2202;
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Search for Cytolethal Distending Toxin Production among Fecal Escherichia Coli Isolates from Brazilian Children with Diarrhea and without Diarrhea
Lilian R. M. Marques, Ana T. Tavechio, Cecília M. Abe, and Tânia A. T. Gomes
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2206-2208;
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Epidemiology:

Virulence Markers of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Isolated from Children and Adults with Diarrhea in Brasília, Brazil
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1827-1832;
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Evaluation and Utilization as a Public Health Tool of a National Molecular Epidemiological Tuberculosis Outbreak Database within the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001
F. A. Drobniewski, A. Gibson, M. Ruddy, and M. D. Yates
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1861-1868;
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DNA Fingerprinting of Lactobacillus crispatus Strain CTV-05 by Repetitive Element Sequence-Based PCR Analysis in a Pilot Study of Vaginal Colonization
May A. D. Antonio and Sharon L. Hillier
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1881-1887;
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Escherichia coli Strains from Pregnant Women and Neonates: Intraspecies Genetic Distribution and Prevalence of Virulence Factors
Stéphane Watt, Philippe Lanotte, Laurent Mereghetti, Maryvonne Moulin-Schouleur, Bertrand Picard, and Roland Quentin
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1929-1935;
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Regional Variation among vacA Alleles of Helicobacter pylori in China
Jingtong Wang, Leen-Jan van Doorn, Philip A. Robinson, Xuhuai Ji, Dong Wang, Yu Wang, Lianying Ge, John L. Telford, and Jean E. Crabtree
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1942-1945;
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Two International Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones Endemic in a University Hospital in Patras, Greece
M. Aires de Sousa, C. Bartzavali, I. Spiliopoulou, I. Santos Sanches, M. I. Crisóstomo, and H. de Lencastre
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2027-2032;
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pgi Genotyping Is a Surrogate for Serotyping of Encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae
Juliana N. Anyanwu, Carina A. Rodriguez, Katherine E. Fleming, and Elisabeth E. Adderson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2080-2083;
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O-Antigen Serotypes and Type III Secretory Toxins in Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Karine Faure, David Shimabukuro, Temitayo Ajayi, Leonard R. Allmond, Teiji Sawa, and Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2158-2160;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Specific Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity Responses to ESAT-6 Identify Tuberculosis-Infected Cattle
J. M. Pollock, J. McNair, H. Bassett, J. P. Cassidy, E. Costello, H. Aggerbeck, I. Rosenkrands, and P. Andersen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1856-1860;
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Snapshot of Moving and Expanding Clones of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Their Global Distribution Assessed by Spoligotyping in an International Study
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1963-1970;
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Controlled Comparison of BACTEC 13A, MYCO/F LYTIC, BacT/ALERT MB, and ISOLATOR 10 Systems for Detection of Mycobacteremia
John A. Crump, David C. Tanner, Stanley Mirrett, Celeste M. McKnight, and L. Barth Reller
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1987-1990;
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Simple and Fast Lateral Flow Test for Classification of Leprosy Patients and Identification of Contacts with High Risk of Developing Leprosy
S. Bührer-Sékula, H. L. Smits, G. C. Gussenhoven, J. van Leeuwen, S. Amador, T. Fujiwara, P. R. Klatser, and L. Oskam
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1991-1995;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis: Evidence for Limited Strain Diversity, Strain Sharing, and Identification of Unique Targets for Diagnosis
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2015-2026;
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Characterization of Mycobacterium montefiorense sp. nov., a Novel Pathogenic Mycobacterium from Moray Eels That Is Related to Mycobacterium triplex
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2147-2152;
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Mutations in the rpoB Gene of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from China
Jun Yue, Wei Shi, Jingping Xie, Yao Li, Erliang Zeng, and Honghai Wang
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2209-2212;
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Novel Polymorphic Region of the rpoB Gene Containing Mycobacterium Species-Specific Sequences and Its Use in Identification of Mycobacteria
Hyeyoung Lee, Hye-Eun Bang, Gill-Han Bai, and Sang-Nae Cho
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2213-2218;
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Virology:

Multicenter Evaluation of Use of Dried Blood and Plasma Spot Specimens in Quantitative Assays for Human Immunodeficiency Virus RNA: Measurement, Precision, and RNA Stability
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1888-1893;
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New Enzyme Immunoassay for Detection of Hepatitis B Virus Core Antigen (HBcAg) and Relation between Levels of HBcAg and HBV DNA
Tatsuji Kimura, Akinori Rokuhara, Akihiro Matsumoto, Shintaro Yagi, Eiji Tanaka, Kendo Kiyosawa, and Noboru Maki
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1901-1906;
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Improved Detection of Rhinoviruses by Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification after Nucleotide Sequence Determination of the 5' Noncoding Regions of Additional Rhinovirus Strains
K. Loens, M. Ieven, D. Ursi, C. de Laat, P. Sillekens, P. Oudshoorn, and H. Goossens
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1971-1976;
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Detection of Anti-West Nile Virus Immunoglobulin M in Chicken Serum by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Alison J. Johnson, Stanley Langevin, Katherine L. Wolff, and Nicholas Komar
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2002-2007;
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Monitoring Cytomegalovirus Infection in Adult and Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients by a Real-Time PCR Assay Performed with Blood Plasma
Marianne Leruez-Ville, Marie Ouachée, Richard Delarue, Anne-Sophie Sauget, Stéphane Blanche, Agnès Buzyn, and Christine Rouzioux
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2040-2046;
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Applications of Competitor RNA in Diagnostic Reverse Transcription-PCR
Steven B. Kleiboeker
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2055-2061;
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Development and Verification of an Automated Sample Processing Protocol for Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA in Plasma
Brenda G. Lee, Kristin R. Fiebelkorn, Angela M. Caliendo, and Frederick S. Nolte
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2062-2067;
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Evaluation of a New Serotyping Assay for Detection of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Type-Specific Antibodies in Serum Samples
Elyanne Gault, Patrick Soussan, Yoann Morice, Lara Sanders, Assia Berrada, Brian Rogers, and Paul Deny
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2084-2087;
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Genetic Characterization of a Novel, Naturally Occurring Recombinant Human G6P[6] Rotavirus
Mustafizur Rahman, Karolien De Leener, Truus Goegebuer, Elke Wollants, Ingrid Van der Donck, Lieve Van Hoovels, and Marc Van Ranst
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2088-2095;
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Recombinant VP7-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Colorado Tick Fever Virus
Fauziah Mohd Jaafar, Houssam Attoui, Pierre Gallian, Philippe Biagini, Jean-François Cantaloube, Philippe de Micco, and Xavier de Lamballerie
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2102-2105;
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Real-Time PCR Assay of Individual Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Variants in Coinfected Human Lymphoid Tissues
Yoshinori Ito, Jean-Charles Grivel, and Leonid Margolis
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2126-2131;
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Comparison of Lateral-Flow Immunoassay and Enzyme Immunoassay with Viral Culture for Rapid Detection of Influenza Virus in Nasal Wash Specimens from Children
Andreea C. Cazacu, Jewel Greer, Moe Taherivand, and Gail J. Demmler
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2132-2134;
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Failure To Genotype Herpes Simplex Virus by Real-Time PCR Assay and Melting Curve Analysis Due to Sequence Variation within Probe Binding Sites
Trevor P. Anderson, Anja M. Werno, Kirsten A. Beynon, and David R. Murdoch
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2135-2137;
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Kinetics and Significance of Serum Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen in Patients with Acute Hepatitis C
Agostino Cividini, Antonella Cerino, Alba Muzzi, Milena Furione, Chiara Rebucci, Laura Segagni, Marta Gatti, Vincenzo Barnaba, and Mario U. Mondelli
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2144-2146;
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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
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2153-2155;
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Risk of Occupational Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection for Health Care Workers
Barbara C. Gärtner, Alexandra Kloss, Harald Kaul, Urban Sester, Klaus Roemer, Hans Pees, Hans Köhler, and Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2156-2157;
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Frequency of Amantadine-Resistant Influenza A Viruses during Two Seasons Featuring Cocirculation of H1N1 and H3N2
Reiko Saito, Takatsugu Sakai, Isamu Sato, Yasuko Sano, Hitoshi Oshitani, Mizuho Sato, and Hiroshi Suzuki
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2164-2165;
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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
James J. Dunn, Chris Gordon, Christy Kelley, and Karen C. Carroll
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2180-2183;
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Human Group B Rotavirus Infections Cause Severe Diarrhea in Children and Adults in Bangladesh
Takeshi Sanekata, Muzahed Uddin Ahmed, Abdul Kader, Koki Taniguchi, and Nobumichi Kobayashi
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2187-2190;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Comparison of the Pathogenesis of Two Genetically Different H3N2 Influenza A Viruses in Pigs
Gabriele A. Landolt, Alexander I. Karasin, Lynette Phillips, and Christopher W. Olsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1936-1941;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae-Specific Antibodies Binding to the VD2 and VD3 Regions of the Major Outer Membrane Protein
Marcus Klein, Arne Kötz, Katussevani Bernardo, and Martin Krönke
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 1957-1962;
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Pilot Study of COBAS PCR and Ligase Chain Reaction for Detection of Rectal Infections Due to Chlamydia trachomatis
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2174-2175;
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Parasitology:

Epidemiology of Cyclospora cayetanensis and Other Intestinal Parasites in a Community in Haiti
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2047-2054;
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Case Reports:

Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Veronaea botryosa in the People’s Republic of China
A. Matsushita, L. Jilong, M. Hiruma, M. Kobayashi, T. Matsumoto, H. Ogawa, and A. A. Padhye
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2219-2222;
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Spondylodiscitis Due to Clostridium ramosum Infection in an Immunocompetent Elderly Patient
Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Nicole Bouziges, Albert Sotto, Jean-Louis Leroux, and Sylvie Michaux-Charachon
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2223-2226;
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Neonatal Sudden Death Due to Legionella Pneumonia Associated with Water Birth in a Domestic Spa Bath
Takuhito Nagai, Hisanori Sobajima, Mitsuji Iwasa, Toyonori Tsuzuki, Fumiaki Kura, Junko Amemura-Maekawa, and Haruo Watanabe
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2227-2229;
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Acute Flaccid Paralysis from Echovirus Type 33 Infection
Keith Grimwood, Q. Sue Huang, Lynette G. Sadleir, W. Allan Nix, David R. Kilpatrick, M. Steven Oberste, and Mark A. Pallansch
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2230-2232;
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Infection with an Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Producing Strain of Serratia marcescens following Tongue Reconstruction
Benu Dhawan, Richard Bonnet, N. K. Shukla, Purva Mathur, Bimal K. Das, and Arti Kapil
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2233-2234;
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Eubacterium callanderi Bacteremia: Report of the First Case
Aurélie Thiolas, Claude Bollet, Mohammed Gasmi, Michel Drancourt, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2235-2236;
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Fatal Case of Endocarditis Due to Weissella confusa
James D. Flaherty, Paul N. Levett, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Theodore E. Troe, John R. Warren, and Stuart Johnson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2237-2239;
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Soft Tissue Infection and Bacteremia Caused by Shewanella putrefaciens
Leonardo Pagani, Adolf Lang, Claudio Vedovelli, Oswald Moling, Giovanni Rimenti, Raffaele Pristerà, and Peter Mian
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2240-2241;
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Bacteremia Due to a Novel Microbacterium Species in a Patient with Leukemia and Description of Microbacterium paraoxydans sp. nov.
Kim Laffineur, Véronique Avesani, Guy Cornu, Jacqueline Charlier, Michèle Janssens, Georges Wauters, and Michel Delmée
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2242-2246;
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Bacteremia Due to Three Bacillus Species in a Case of Munchausen's Syndrome
Jason Galanos, Shalinie Perera, Haydn Smith, David O'Neal, Harsha Sheorey, and Mary Jo Waters
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2247-2248;
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Babesia bicornis sp. nov. and Theileria bicornis sp. nov.: Tick-Borne Parasites Associated with Mortality in the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
Ard M. Nijhof, Banie L. Penzhorn, Godelieve Lynen, Johnson O. Mollel, Pete Morkel, Cornelis P. J. Bekker, and Frans Jongejan
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2249-2254;
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Sepsis, Multiple Organ Failure, and Death Due to Pandoraea pnomenusa Infection after Lung Transplantation
Martin E. Stryjewski, John J. LiPuma, Robert H. Messier, Jr., L. Barth Reller, and Barbara D. Alexander
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2255-2257;
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Peripartum Transmission of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
L. Clifford McDonald, Kris Bryant, and James Snyder
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2258-2260;
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Keratitis Caused by Scedosporium apiospermum Successfully Treated with a Cornea Transplant and Voriconazole
Eric Nulens, Cathrien Eggink, Antonius J. M. M. Rijs, Pieter Wesseling, and Paul E. Verweij
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2261-2264;
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Letters to the Editor:

Detection of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Antigen in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid by an Immunochromatographic Assay
Peter C. Wever, Daan W. Notermans, Igor I. Tulevski, Jan K. M. Eeftinck Schattenkerk, and Menno D. de Jong
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2265
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Evidence for Spread of a Clonal Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among Cystic Fibrosis Clinics
David Armstrong, Scott Bell, Michael Robinson, Peter Bye, Barbara Rose, Colin Harbour, Crystal Lee, Helen Service, Michael Nissen, Melanie Syrmis, and Claire Wainwright
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2266-2267;
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Clinical Microbiology in the Year 2025: Serologic and Host-Oriented Diagnosis
Martin Rottman, Jean-Louis Gaillard, and W. Michael Dunne, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2268
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Criteria for Identification of Cross-Contamination of Cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Routine Microbiology Laboratories
Nora M. Carroll, Madalene Richardson, Paul D. van Helden, Stephen H. Gillespie, Timothy D. McHugh, Annette S. de Boer, and Dick van Soolingen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2269-2270;
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Immunochromatographic Test for Rapid Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the Nasopharynx
David R. Murdoch, L. Barth Reller, and Howard Faden
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2271
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Contamination Management of Broad-Range or Specific PCR: Is There Any Difference?
Patrick Bastien, Elisabeth Chabbert, Laurence Lachaud, Beverley C. Millar, Xu Jiru, and John E. Moore
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2003 41: 2272
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Errata:

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. May 2003 41: 2273
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