JCM -- Table of Contents (June 1 2003, 41 [6])

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Contents: June 2003, Volume 41, Issue 6

       Minireviews

       Epidemiology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Virology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Bacteriology

       Parasitology

       Mycology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

       Errata

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Minireviews:

Blood Culture Contamination: Persisting Problems and Partial Progress
Melvin P. Weinstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2275-2278;
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Epidemiology:

Nationwide Surveillance for Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin in Korea
Hong Bin Kim, Wan Beom Park, Ki Deok Lee, Young Joo Choi, Sang Won Park, Myoung-don Oh, Eui-Chong Kim, and Kang Won Choe
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2279-2281;
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Prevalence of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli among Children with and without Diarrhea in Switzerland
Werner L. Pabst, Martin Altwegg, Christian Kind, Slavko Mirjanic, Daniel Hardegger, and David Nadal
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2289-2293;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae O139 in China: Polymorphism of Ribotypes and CTX Elements
Mei Qu, Jing Xu, Yanpeng Ding, Ruibai Wang, Peng Liu, Biao Kan, Guoming Qi, Yanqing Liu, and Shouyi Gao
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2306-2310;
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Dissemination of SHV-12 and Characterization of New AmpC-Type Beta-Lactamase Genes among Clinical Isolates of Enterobacter Species in Korea
Sang Hee Lee, Jae Young Kim, Sang Heum Shin, Young Jun An, Young Wook Choi, Yeun Chang Jung, Ha Il Jung, Eui Suk Sohn, Seok Hoon Jeong, and Kye Joon Lee
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2477-2482;
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A Hospital-Associated Outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Is Characterized by Stable Genetic Fingerprinting but Variable Monoclonal Antibody Patterns
Sverker Bernander, Kerstin Jacobson, Jürgen Herbert Helbig, Paul Christian Lück, and Monica Lundholm
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2503-2508;
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Diversity of Tn1546-Like Elements in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Isolated from Humans and Poultry in Korea
Hak-Sun Yu, Sung-Yong Seol, and Dong-Taek Cho
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2641-2643;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Macrolide Resistance in Neonatal Bloodstream Isolates of Group B Streptococci
Daniel J. Diekema, Janet I. Andrews, Holly Huynh, Paul R. Rhomberg, Stella R. Doktor, Jill Beyer, Virginia D. Shortridge, Robert K. Flamm, Ronald N. Jones, and Michael A. Pfaller
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2659-2661;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Longitudinal Study of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Infection in Three Danish Farrow-to-Finish Swine Herds
Søren Kranker, Lis Alban, Jaap Boes, and Jan Dahl
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2282-2288;
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Studies of Epidemiology and Seroprevalence of Bovine Noroviruses in Germany
Y. Deng, C. A. Batten, B. L. Liu, P. R. Lambden, M. Elschner, H. Günther, P. Otto, P. Schnürch, W. Eichhorn, W. Herbst, and I. N. Clarke
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2300-2305;
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Development of a Heteroduplex Mobility Assay To Identify Field Isolates of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus with Nucleotide Sequences Closely Related to Those of Modified Live-Attenuated Vaccines
K. F. Key, D. K. Guenette, K.-J. Yoon, P. G. Halbur, T. E. Toth, and X. J. Meng
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2433-2439;
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Analysis of Genetic Diversity of Streptococcus suis Clinical Isolates from Pigs in Spain by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
Ana I. Vela, Joaquin Goyache, Carmen Tarradas, Inmaculada Luque, Ana Mateos, Miguel A. Moreno, Carmen Borge, J. Anselmo Perea, Lucas Domínguez, and José F. Fernández-Garayzábal
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2498-2502;
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Characterization of Treponema phagedenis-Like Spirochetes Isolated from Papillomatous Digital Dermatitis Lesions in Dairy Cattle
Darren J. Trott, Michelle R. Moeller, Richard L. Zuerner, Jesse P. Goff, W. Ray Waters, David P. Alt, Richard L. Walker, and Michael J. Wannemuehler
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2522-2529;
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Porcine Brachyspira (Serpulina) Species Isolates
M. Karlsson, C. Fellström, A. Gunnarsson, A. Landén, and A. Franklin
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2596-2604;
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Epitope-Blocking Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Detection of West Nile Virus Antibodies in Domestic Mammals
Bradley J. Blitvich, Richard A. Bowen, Nicole L. Marlenee, Roy A. Hall, Michel L. Bunning, and Barry J. Beaty
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2676-2679;
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Bovine Non-O157 Shiga Toxin 2-Containing Escherichia coli Isolates Commonly Possess stx_2-EDL933 and/or stx_2vhb Subtypes
Kim N. Brett, Michael A. Hornitzky, Karl A. Bettelheim, Mark J. Walker, and Steven P. Djordjevic
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2716-2722;
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Detection of Chlamydophila felis and Feline Herpesvirus by Multiplex Real-Time PCR Analysis
Chris Helps, Nicky Reeves, Kathy Egan, Pam Howard, and Dave Harbour
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2734-2736;
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Genetic Diversity of Gallibacterium anatis Isolates from Different Chicken Flocks
Anders Miki Bojesen, Mia Torpdahl, Henrik Christensen, John Elmerdahl Olsen, and Magne Bisgaard
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2737-2740;
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Sequence Analysis of the Matrix (M2) Protein Gene of Avian Pneumovirus Recovered from Turkey Flocks in the United States
Arshud M. Dar, Shirin Munir, Sagar M. Goyal, and Vivek Kapur
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2748-2751;
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Virology:

Diagnostic Potential of Parechovirus Capsid Proteins
Annu Alho, Jane Marttila, Jorma Ilonen, and Timo Hyypiä
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2294-2299;
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Genetic Variability among Group A and B Respiratory Syncytial Virus Isolates from a Large Referral Hospital in New Delhi, India
Maitreyi S. Rajala, Wayne M. Sullender, A. K. Prasad, Lalit Dar, and Shobha Broor
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2311-2316;
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Changing Patterns of Rotavirus Genotypes in Ghana: Emergence of Human Rotavirus G9 as a Major Cause of Diarrhea in Children
George E. Armah, Andrew Duncan Steele, Fred N. Binka, Mathew D. Esona, Richard Harry Asmah, Francis Anto, David Brown, Jon Green, Felicity Cutts, and Andy Hall
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2317-2322;
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Precise Characterization of Norovirus (Norwalk-Like Virus)-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies with Broad Reactivity
Tomoko Yoda, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Yoshitake Terano, Kenji Yamazaki, Naomi Sakon, Tsuyoshi Kuzuguchi, Hajime Oda, and Teizo Tsukamoto
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2367-2371;
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Development of Group- and Serotype-Specific One-Step SYBR Green I-Based Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for Dengue Virus
Pei-Yun Shu, Shu-Fen Chang, Yu-Chung Kuo, Yi-Yun Yueh, Li-Jung Chien, Chien-Lin Sue, Ting-Hsiang Lin, and Jyh-Hsiung Huang
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2408-2416;
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Limitations of TaqMan PCR for Detecting Divergent Viral Pathogens Illustrated by Hepatitis A, B, C, and E Viruses and Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Shea N. Gardner, Thomas A. Kuczmarski, Elizabeth A. Vitalis, and Tom R. Slezak
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2417-2427;
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Detection of Marek's Disease Virus DNA in Chicken but Not in Human Plasma
Holger Hennig, Nikolaus Osterrieder, Michael Müller-Steinhardt, Hanns-Martin Teichert, Holger Kirchner, and Klaus-Peter Wandinger
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2428-2432;
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Quantitation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Breast Milk
M. K. Ghosh, L. Kuhn, J. West, K. Semrau, D. Decker, D. M. Thea, and G. M. Aldrovandi
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2465-2470;
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Molecular Analysis of Human Herpesvirus 8 by Using Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Open Reading Frame 26
Tokiomi Endo, Toshiyuki Miura, Tomohiko Koibuchi, Hitomi Nakamura, Takashi Takahashi, Takashi Odawara, Mieko Goto, Atsushi Ajisawa, Aikichi Iwamoto, and Tetsuya Nakamura
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2492-2497;
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General Acquisition of Human Papillomavirus Infections of Skin Occurs in Early Infancy
Annika Antonsson, Silvana Karanfilovska, Pelle G. Lindqvist, and Bengt Göran Hansson
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2509-2514;
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Novel Reporter T-Cell Line Highly Susceptible to Both CCR5- and CXCR4-Using Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Its Application to Drug Susceptibility Tests
Hiroshi Miyake, Yuji Iizawa, and Masanori Baba
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2515-2521;
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Prevalence of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 among Blood Donors from Mashhad, Iran
Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan, Mehran Gholamin, Abbas Tabatabaee, Reza Farid, Massoud Houshmand, and Morteza Abbaszadegan
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2593-2595;
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Herpesvirus DNA Is Consistently Detected in Lungs of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Yi-Wei Tang, Joyce E. Johnson, Philip J. Browning, Roberto A. Cruz-Gervis, Angela Davis, Barney S. Graham, Kenneth L. Brigham, John A. Oates, Jr., James E. Loyd, and Arlene A. Stecenko
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2633-2640;
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Comparison of Washing and Swabbing Procedures for Collecting Genital Fluids To Assess Cervicovaginal Shedding of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 DNA
Angélique Ndjoyi-Mbiguino, Francis Ozouaki, Jérôme Legoff, François-Xavier Mbopi-Kéou, Ali Si-Mohamed, Isabelle Ndombi Onas, Evelyne Avoune, and Laurent Bélec
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2662-2664;
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Increased Prevalence of G1P[4] Genotype among Children with Rotavirus-Associated Gastroenteritis in Metropolitan Detroit
Nahed M. Abdel-Haq, Robert A. Thomas, Basim I. Asmar, Viera Zacharova, and William D. Lyman
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2680-2682;
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Interruption of Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor (NNRTI) Therapy for 2 Months Has No Effect on Levels of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Plasma of Patients Harboring Viruses with Mutations Associated with Resistance to NNRTIs
Marc Wirden, Anne Simon, Luminita Schneider, Roland Tubiana, Luc Paris, Anne Genevieve Marcelin, Constance Delaugerre, Mayeule Legrand, Serge Herson, Gilles Peytavin, Christine Katlama, and Vincent Calvez
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2713-2715;
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In Vitro Detection of Dissimilar Amounts of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Subtype-Specific RNA Genomes in Mixes Prepared from Sera of Persons Infected with a Single HCV Genotype
Jorge F. Quarleri, María V. Bussy, Verónica L. Mathet, Vanesa Ruiz, Rubén Iácono, Ling Lu, Betty H. Robertson, and José R. Oubiña
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2727-2733;
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Plasma versus Serum for Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2-Specific Immunoglobulin G Antibodies with a Glycoprotein G2-Based Enzyme Immunoassay
Thomas L. Cherpes, Leslie A. Meyn, and Sharon L. Hillier
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2758-2759;
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Emergence of Novel Human Group A Rotavirus G12 Strains in India
Soma Das, V. Varghese, S. Chaudhury, P. Barman, S. Mahapatra, K. Kojima, S. K. Bhattacharya, T. Krishnan, R. K. Ratho, G. P. Chhotray, A. C. Phukan, N. Kobayashi, and T. N. Naik
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2760-2762;
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Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus DNA Loads in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Women with High-Grade Cervical Lesions Are Strongly Elevated
S. J. Weissenborn, A. M. Funke, M. Hellmich, P. Mallmann, P. G. Fuchs, H. J. Pfister, and U. Wieland
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2763-2767;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Rapid Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by PCR: Impact of Sample Preparation and DNA Extraction
S. Honoré-Bouakline, J. P. Vincensini, V. Giacuzzo, P. H. Lagrange, and J. L. Herrmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2323-2329;
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Genetic Biodiversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains from Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Cameroon
Sara Ngo Niobe-Eyangoh, Christopher Kuaban, Philippe Sorlin, Patrick Cunin, Jocelyn Thonnon, Christophe Sola, Nalin Rastogi, Veronique Vincent, and M. Cristina Gutierrez
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2547-2553;
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Nocardia veterana as a Pathogen in North American Patients
Patricia S. Conville, June M. Brown, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Judy W. Lee, Dorothy E. Byrer, Victoria L. Anderson, Susan E. Dorman, Steven M. Holland, Barbara Cahill, Karen C. Carroll, and Frank G. Witebsky
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2560-2568;
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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex, M. avium, and M. intracellulare in Sputum Samples
Tomotada Iwamoto, Toshiaki Sonobe, and Kozaburo Hayashi
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2616-2622;
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Utility of an In-House Mycobacteriophage-Based Assay for Rapid Detection of Rifampin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates
N. Galí, J. Domínguez, S. Blanco, C. Prat, M. D. Quesada, L. Matas, and V. Ausina
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2647-2649;
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Evaluation of Genotype MTBC Assay for Differentiation of Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates
Elvira Richter, Michael Weizenegger, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, and Stefan Niemann
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2672-2675;
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Evaluation of the Epidemiologic Utility of Secondary Typing Methods for Differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
Awewura Kwara, Ronald Schiro, Lauren S. Cowan, Newton E. Hyslop, Mark F. Wiser, Stephanie Roahen Harrison, Patricia Kissinger, Lois Diem, and Jack T. Crawford
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2683-2685;
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Molecular and Conventional Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Hong Kong: a Population-Based Prospective Study
Moira Chan-Yeung, Cheuk-Ming Tam, Harriet Wong, Chi-Chiu Leung, Julie Wang, Wing-Wai Yew, Chak-Wah Lam, and Kai-Man Kam
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2706-2708;
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Characterization of the Manila Family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
James T. Douglas, Lishi Qian, Jaime C. Montoya, James M. Musser, Jan D. A. Van Embden, Dick Van Soolingen, and Kristin Kremer
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2723-2726;
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Interpreting the Results of the Amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis Direct Test for Detection of M. tuberculosis rRNA
Andrew M. Middleton, Paul Cullinan, Robert Wilson, Jonathan R. Kerr, and Maureen V. Chadwick
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2741-2743;
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Nocardia veterana Isolated from Ascitic Fluid of a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Sylvain Godreuil, Marie-Noëlle Didelot, Colette Perez, Anne Leflèche, Patrick Boiron, Jacques Reynes, Frédéric Laurent, Hélène Jean-Pierre, and Hélène Marchandin
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2768-2773;
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Bacteriology:

Molecular Characterization of Ampicillin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates from Hospitalized Patients in Norway
Roland Jureen, Janetta Top, Stein Christian Mohn, Stig Harthug, Nina Langeland, and Rob J. L. Willems
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2330-2336;
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Emergence of Rifampin-Resistant Rhodococcus equi with Several Types of Mutations in the rpoB Gene among AIDS Patients in Northern Thailand
Norichika Asoh, Hiroshi Watanabe, Marguerite Fines-Guyon, Kiwao Watanabe, Kazunori Oishi, Weerayut Kositsakulchai, Tippaya Sanchai, Khemrassamee Kunsuikmengrai, Sumpun Kahintapong, Banyong Khantawa, Prasit Tharavichitkul, Thira Sirisanthana, and Tsuyoshi Nagatake
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2337-2340;
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Distribution of the Secondary Type III Secretion System Locus Found in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates among Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli Strains
Sou-Ichi Makino, Toru Tobe, Hiroshi Asakura, Masahisa Watarai, Testuya Ikeda, Koichi Takeshi, and Chihiro Sasakawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2341-2347;
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The Genus Aeromonas: Biochemical Characteristics, Atypical Reactions, and Phenotypic Identification Schemes
Sharon L. Abbott, Wendy K. W. Cheung, and J. Michael Janda
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2348-2357;
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The World Health Organization's External Quality Assurance System Proficiency Testing Program Has Improved the Accuracy of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Reporting among Participating Laboratories Using NCCLS Methods
Jasmine M. Chaitram, Laura A. Jevitt, Sara Lary, and Fred C. Tenover
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2372-2377;
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Serotyping Streptococcus pneumoniae by Multiplex PCR
D. A. Brito, M. Ramirez, and H. de Lencastre
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2378-2384;
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Survey of emm Gene Sequences from Pharyngeal Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates Collected in Spain and Their Relationship with Erythromycin Susceptibility
Sebastián Albertí, César García-Rey, María A. Domínguez, Lorenzo Aguilar, Emilia Cercenado, Miguel Gobernado, and Adela García-Perea,
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2385-2390;
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Controlled Clinical Comparison of BacT/ALERT Standard Aerobic Medium with BACTEC Standard Aerobic Medium for Culturing Blood
Stanley Mirrett, L. Barth Reller, Cathy A. Petti, Christopher W. Woods, Bindu Vazirani, Rekha Sivadas, and Melvin P. Weinstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2391-2394;
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Several Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serotype 4,5,12:i:- Phage Types Isolated from Swine Samples Originate from Serotype Typhimurium DT U302
E. de la Torre, D. Zapata, M. Tello, W. Mejía, N. Frías, F. J. García Peña, E. M. Mateu, and E. Torre
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2395-2400;
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Transient and Persistent Helicobacter pylori Colonization in Native American Children
Guillermo I. Pérez-Pérez, R. Bradley Sack, Raymond Reid, Mathuram Santosham, Janne Croll, and Martin J. Blaser
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2401-2407;
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Comparison of Commercial DNA Extraction Kits for Extraction of Bacterial Genomic DNA from Whole-Blood Samples
K. Smith, M. A. Diggle, and S. C. Clarke
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2440-2443;
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Infection of a Ventriculoatrial Shunt with Phenotypically Variable Staphylococcus epidermidis Masquerading as Polymicrobial Bacteremia Due to Various Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci and Kocuria varians
Ronen Ben-Ami, Shiri Navon-Venezia, David Schwartz, and Yehuda Carmeli
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2444-2447;
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Shiga Toxin 1c-Producing Escherichia coli Strains: Phenotypic and Genetic Characterization and Association with Human Disease
Alexander W. Friedrich, Julia Borell, Martina Bielaszewska, Angelika Fruth, Helmut Tschäpe, and Helge Karch
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2448-2453;
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Evaluation of Repetitive Element Sequence-Based PCR as a Molecular Typing Method for Clostridium difficile
Patrizia Spigaglia and Paola Mastrantonio
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2454-2457;
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Genetic Relatedness of Levofloxacin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from North America
Crystal N. Johnson, William H. Benjamin, Jr., Stephen A. Moser, Susan K. Hollingshead, Xiaotian Zheng, Marilyn J. Crain, Moon H. Nahm, and Ken B. Waites
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2458-2464;
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Identification by Subtractive Hybridization of a Novel Insertion Element Specific for Two Widespread Burkholderia cepacia Genomovar III Strains
Lixia Liu, Theodore Spilker, Tom Coenye, and John J. LiPuma
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2471-2476;
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Rapid Detection of vanA and vanB Genes Directly from Clinical Specimens and Enrichment Broths by Real-Time Multiplex PCR Assay
Silvano Palladino, Ian D. Kay, James P. Flexman, Ingrid Boehm, Anna Maria G. Costa, Erica J. Lambert, and Keryn J. Christiansen
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2483-2486;
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High Percentage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates with Reduced Susceptibility to Glycopeptides in The Netherlands
Arjanne Van Griethuysen, Annemarie Van 't Veen, Anton Buiting, Timothy Walsh, and Jan Kluytmans
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2487-2491;
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Multilocus Sequence Typing System for Group B Streptococcus
Nicola Jones, John F. Bohnsack, Shinji Takahashi, Karen A. Oliver, Man-Suen Chan, Frank Kunst, Philippe Glaser, Christophe Rusniok, Derrick W. M. Crook, Rosalind M. Harding, Naiel Bisharat, and Brian G. Spratt
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2530-2536;
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Species-Specific Identification of Campylobacters by Partial 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing
Gregor Gorkiewicz, Gebhard Feierl, Caroline Schober, Franz Dieber, Josef Köfer, Rudolf Zechner, and Ellen L. Zechner
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2537-2546;
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Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia by psaA PCR Analysis of Lung Aspirates from Adult Patients in Kenya
J. Anthony G. Scott, Eric L. Marston, Andrew J. Hall, and Kevin Marsh
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2554-2559;
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Comparative Study Using Type Strains and Clinical and Food Isolates To Examine Hemolytic Activity and Occurrence of the cyl Operon in Enterococci
Teresa Semedo, Margarida Almeida Santos, Paula Martins, Maria Fátima Silva Lopes, José J. Figueiredo Marques, Rogério Tenreiro, and Maria Teresa Barreto Crespo
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2569-2576;
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Phenotypic Description and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Aerococcus sanguinicola Isolates from Human Clinical Samples
Richard Facklam, Marguerite Lovgren, Patricia Lynn Shewmaker, and Gregory Tyrrell
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2587-2592;
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Detection and Identification of Mycobacterium Species Isolates by DNA Microarray
Masao Fukushima, Kenichi Kakinuma, Hiroshi Hayashi, Hiroko Nagai, Kunihiko Ito, and Ryuji Kawaguchi
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2605-2615;
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Use of Colony Morphology To Distinguish Different Enterococcal Strains and Species in Mixed Culture from Clinical Specimens
Shabnam Qamer, Jonathan A. T. Sandoe, and Kevin G. Kerr
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2644-2646;
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Evaluation of the Duopath Verotoxin Test for Detection of Shiga Toxins in Cultures of Human Stools
C. H. Park, H. J. Kim, D. L. Hixon, and A. Bubert
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2650-2653;
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Ischemic Stroke and Splenic Rupture in a Case of Streptococcus bovis Endocarditis
Claudia Stöllberger, Josef Finsterer, Angelika Pratter, Wolfgang Kopsa, Julius Preiser, and Andreas Valentin
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2654-2658;
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Multiplex PCR Assay for Identification of Human Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli
Claudia Toma, Yan Lu, Naomi Higa, Noboru Nakasone, Isabel Chinen, Ariela Baschkier, Marta Rivas, and Masaaki Iwanaga
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2669-2671;
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Evaluation of Copan Swabs with Liquid Transport Media for Use in the Gen-Probe Group A Strep Direct Test
Paul P. Bourbeau and Barbara J. Heiter
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2686-2689;
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Stability of Repetitive-Sequence PCR Patterns with Respect to Culture Age and Subculture Frequency
Hyunseok Peter Kang and W. Michael Dunne
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2694-2696;
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Identification of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups Y and W135 by siaD Nucleotide Sequence Analysis
C. Lewis and S. C. Clarke
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2697-2699;
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Comparison of Microscan Broth Microdilution, Synergy Quad Plate Agar Dilution, and Disk Diffusion Screening Methods for Detection of High-Level Aminoglycoside Resistance in Enterococcus Species
David R. Murdoch, Stanley Mirrett, Lizzie J. Harrell, Susan M. Donabedian, Marcus J. Zervos, and L. Barth Reller
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2703-2705;
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Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Bacteremia and Review of Human Desulfovibrio Infections
Ellie J. C. Goldstein, Diane M. Citron, Victoria A. Peraino, and Sally A. Cross
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2752-2754;
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Microbiologic Surveillance Using Nasal Cultures Alone Is Sufficient for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Neonates
Kamaljit Singh, Patrick J. Gavin, Thomas Vescio, Richard B. Thomson, Jr., Ruth B. Deddish, Adrienne Fisher, Gary A. Noskin, and Lance R. Peterson
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2755-2757;
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Parasitology:

Devices for Rapid Diagnosis of Malaria: Evaluation of Prototype Assays That Detect Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein 2 and a Plasmodium vivax-Specific Antigen
J. Russ Forney, Chansuda Wongsrichanalai, Alan J. Magill, Leslie G. Craig, Jeeraphat Sirichaisinthop, Christian T. Bautista, R. Scott Miller, Christian F. Ockenhouse, Kent E. Kester, Naomi E. Aronson, Ellen M. Andersen, Higinio A. Quino-Ascurra, Carlos Vidal, Kimberly A. Moran, Clinton K. Murray, Caroline Cady DeWitt, D. Gray Heppner, Kevin C. Kain, W. Ripley Ballou, and Robert A. Gasser, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2358-2366;
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Characterization of the 8-Kilodalton Antigens of Taenia solium Metacestodes and Evaluation of Their Use in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Serodiagnosis
Kathy Hancock, Azra Khan, Fatima B. Williams, Melinda L. Yushak, Sowmya Pattabhi, John Noh, and Victor C. W. Tsang
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2577-2586;
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Molecular Characterization of Isolates of Waterborne Cryptosporidium spp. Collected during an Outbreak of Gastroenteritis in South Burgundy, France
Frédéric Dalle, Pascale Roz, Guillaume Dautin, Marc Di-Palma, Evelyne Kohli, C. Sire-Bidault, Marie George Fleischmann, Anne Gallay, Sylvia Carbonel, Fabienne Bon, Claude Tillier, Pascal Beaudeau, and Alain Bonnin
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2690-2693;
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Subgenotype Analysis of Cryptosporidium Isolates from Humans, Cattle, and Zoo Ruminants in Portugal
Margarida Alves, Lihua Xiao, Irshad Sulaiman, Altaf A. Lal, Olga Matos, and Francisco Antunes
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2744-2747;
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Mycology:

Genetic Diversity among Clinical Isolates of Acremonium strictum Determined during an Investigation of a Fatal Mycosis
Thomas J. Novicki, Karen LaFe, Lynda Bui, Uyen Bui, Robert Geise, Kieren Marr, and Brad T. Cookson
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2623-2628;
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Direct Isolation of Candida spp. from Blood Cultures on the Chromogenic Medium CHROMagar Candida
Lynn L. Horvath, Duane R. Hospenthal, Clinton K. Murray, and David P. Dooley
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2629-2632;
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Comparison of Results Obtained by Testing with Three Different Agar Media and by the NCCLS M27-A Method for In Vitro Testing of Fluconazole against Candida spp.
M. Carmen Rubio, Joaquina Gil, Inmaculada Ramírez de Ocáriz, Rafael Benito, and Antonio Rezusta
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2665-2668;
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Detection of Pneumocystis carinii and Characterization of Mutations Associated with Sulfa Resistance in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Subjects
Anna Zingale, Paola Carrera, Adriano Lazzarin, and Paolo Scarpellini
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2709-2712;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Predominance of Chlamydia trachomatis Serovars Associated with Urogenital Infections in Females in New Delhi, India
Vineeta Singh, Sudha Salhan, B. C. Das, and A. Mittal
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2700-2702;
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Case Reports:

Francisella tularensis Bacteremia
X. Haristoy, A. Lozniewski, C. Tram, D. Simeon, L. Bevanger, and C. Lion
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2774-2776;
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Corynebacterium freneyi Bacteremia
Amélie Auzias, Claude Bollet, Raouf Ayari, Michel Drancourt, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2777-2778;
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Soft Tissue Infection Caused by a Novel Pigmented, Rapidly Growing Mycobacterium Species
Christine Y. Turenne, Amar A. Suchak, Joyce N. Wolfe, Amin Kabani, and Lindsay E. Nicolle
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2779-2782;
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Lactobacillus paracasei Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis and Review of the Literature
Phyllis A. Neef, Hari Polenakovik, Jill E. Clarridge, Mohammad Saklayen, Laura Bogard, and Jack M. Bernstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2783-2784;
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Disseminated Infection with a Mycobacterium Related to Mycobacterium triplex with Central Nervous System Involvement Associated with AIDS
Valérie Zeller, Anne-Lyse Nardi, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Wladimir Sougakoff, Bruno Stankoff, Christine Katlama, and François Bricaire
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2785-2787;
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Tuboovarian Abscess Caused by Atopobium vaginae following Transvaginal Oocyte Recovery
Walter Geißdörfer, Christoph Böhmer, Klaus Pelz, Christoph Schoerner, Wolfgang Frobenius, and Christian Bogdan
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2788-2790;
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Letters to the Editor:

Improving the Specificity of Recombinant Immunoassays for Lyme Disease
Richard Porwancher
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2791
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Algorithm Specification Interface for Human Immunodefiency Virus Type 1 Genotypic Interpretation
Bradley J. Betts and Robert W. Shafer
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2792-2794;
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Initial Quality Control Evaluations for Susceptibility Testing of Dalbavancin (BI397), an Investigational Glycopeptide with Potent Gram-Positive Activity
Tamara R. Anderegg, Douglas J. Biedenbach, and Ronald N. Jones
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2795-2796;
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Updated Version of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex Experimental Strain Panel
Tom Coenye, Peter Vandamme, John J. LiPuma, John R. W. Govan, and Eshwar Mahenthiralingam
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2797-2798;
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Errata:

Real-Time PCR for Detection and Differentiation of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria
Sven Klaschik, Lutz E. Lehmann, Ansgar Raadts, Malte Book, Andreas Hoeft, and Frank Stuber
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2003 41: 2799
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