JCM -- Table of Contents (September 1 2003, 41 [9])

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Contents: September 2003, Volume 41, Issue 9

       Minireviews

       Bacteriology

       Virology

       Epidemiology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Parasitology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Mycology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

       Errata

Other Issues

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Minireviews:

Laboratory Aspects of Management of Chronic Pulmonary Infections in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Melissa B. Miller and Peter H. Gilligan
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4009-4015;
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Bacteriology:

Development and Clinical Evaluation of an Internally Controlled, Single-Tube Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Legionella pneumophila and Other Legionella Species
Kate E. Templeton, Sitha A. Scheltinga, Peter Sillekens, Jantine W. Crielaard, Alje P. van Dam, Herman Goossens, and Eric C. J. Claas
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4016-4021;
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Biofilm Formation by Group A Streptococci: Is There a Relationship with Treatment Failure?
Joslyn Conley, Merle E. Olson, Linda S. Cook, Howard Ceri, Van Phan, and H. Dele Davies
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4043-4048;
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Clonal Complexes of Campylobacter jejuni Identified by Multilocus Sequence Typing Correlate with Strain Associations Identified by Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis
Andrew D. Sails, Bala Swaminathan, and Patricia I. Fields
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4058-4067;
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Microarray-Based Identification of Thermophilic Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli, C. lari, and C. upsaliensis
Dmitriy Volokhov, Vladimir Chizhikov, Konstantin Chumakov, and Avraham Rasooly
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4071-4080;
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Multiplex PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Nine Clinically Relevant Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Staphylococcus aureus
Birgit Strommenger, Christiane Kettlitz, Guido Werner, and Wolfgang Witte
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4089-4094;
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Evaluation of a Multiplex PCR Test for Simultaneous Identification and Serotyping of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Serotypes 2, 5, and 6
Stine G. Jessing, Øystein Angen, and Tomas J. Inzana
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4095-4100;
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Analysis of Loci Required for Determination of Serotype Antigenicity in Streptococcus mutans and Its Clinical Utilization
Yukie Shibata, Kazuhisa Ozaki, Mitsuko Seki, Takayuki Kawato, Hideki Tanaka, Yoshio Nakano, and Yoshihisa Yamashita
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4107-4112;
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Evaluation of Real-Time PCR for Detection of and Discrimination between Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, and Bordetella holmesii for Clinical Diagnosis
Kate E. Templeton, Sitha A. Scheltinga, Anneke van der Zee, Bram M. W. Diederen, Anna M. Kruijssen, Herman Goossens, Ed Kuijper, and Eric C. J. Claas
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4121-4126;
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Ribosomal DNA Sequencing for Identification of Aerobic Gram-Positive Rods in the Clinical Laboratory (an 18-Month Evaluation)
P. P. Bosshard, S. Abels, R. Zbinden, E. C. Böttger, and M. Altwegg
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4134-4140;
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Comparison of Serologic and Genetic porB-Based Typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Consequences for Future Characterization
Magnus Unemo, Per Olcén, Jan Albert, and Hans Fredlund
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4141-4147;
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Molecular Typing of, and Distribution of Genetic Markers among, Burkholderia cepacia Complex Isolates from Brazil
Maria G. Detsika, John E. Corkill, Marcelo Magalhães, Kerry J. Glendinning, C. Anthony Hart, and Craig Winstanley
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4148-4153;
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Detection and Analysis of Iron Uptake Components Expressed by Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates
Caleb W. Dorsey, Melanie S. Beglin, and Luis A. Actis
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4188-4193;
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Use of the VITEK 2 System for Rapid Identification of Clinical Isolates of Staphylococci from Bloodstream Infections
Teresa Spanu, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Daniela Ciccaglione, Tiziana D'Inzeo, Lucio Romano, Fiammetta Leone, and Giovanni Fadda
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4259-4263;
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Multiple CTX-M-Type Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases in Nosocomial Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae from a Hospital in Northern Italy
Laura Pagani, Emanuela Dell'Amico, Roberta Migliavacca, Marco Maria D'Andrea, Ernesto Giacobone, Gianfranco Amicosante, Egidio Romero, and Gian Maria Rossolini
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4264-4269;
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Molecular Properties of Salmonella enterica Serotype Paratyphi B Distinguish between Its Systemic and Its Enteric Pathovars
Rita Prager, Wolfgang Rabsch, Wiebke Streckel, Wolfgang Voigt, Erhardt Tietze, and Helmut Tschäpe
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4270-4278;
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Production of Cytolethal Distending Toxins by Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Human and Animal Sources: Establishment of the Existence of a New cdt Variant (Type IV)
István Tóth, Fréderique Hérault, Lothar Beutin, and Eric Oswald
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4285-4291;
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Discrimination of d-Tartrate-Fermenting and -Nonfermenting Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Isolates by Genotypic and Phenotypic Methods
Burkhard Malorny, Cornelia Bunge, and Reiner Helmuth
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4292-4297;
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Use of Real-Time PCR with Multiple Targets To Identify Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Other Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Xuan Qin, Julia Emerson, Jenny Stapp, Lynn Stapp, Patrick Abe, and Jane L. Burns
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4312-4317;
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Aquatic Bacteria: Quality Control Disk Diffusion Ranges for Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 and Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida ATCC 33658 at 22 and 28°C
R. A. Miller, R. D. Walker, A. Baya, K. Clemens, M. Coles, J. P. Hawke, B. E. Henricson, H. M. Hsu, J. J. Mathers, J. L. Oaks, M. Papapetropoulou, and R. Reimschuessel
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4318-4323;
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Evaluation of Three Rapid Methods for the Direct Identification of Staphylococcus aureus from Positive Blood Cultures
Kimberle Chapin and Michael Musgnug
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4324-4327;
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Corynebacterium nigricans sp. nov.: Proposed Name for a Black-Pigmented Corynebacterium Species Recovered from the Human Female Urogenital Tract
Sanjay K. Shukla, Kathryn A. Bernard, Mary Harney, Daniel N. Frank, and Kurt D. Reed
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4353-4358;
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Comparison and Evaluation of Real-Time PCR, Real-Time Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification, Conventional PCR, and Serology for Diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Kate E. Templeton, Sitha A. Scheltinga, A. Willy Graffelman, Jolanda M. van Schie, Jantine W. Crielaard, Peter Sillekens, Peterhans J. van den Broek, Herman Goossens, Matthias F. C. Beersma, and Eric C. J. Claas
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4366-4371;
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Molecular Typing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolates from Various Countries in Asia by a Multiplex PCR Assay on Variable-Number Tandem Repeats
Yichun Liu, May-Ann Lee, Eng-Eong Ooi, Yeo Mavis, Ai-Ling Tan, and Hung-Hiang Quek
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4388-4394;
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Chemically Defined Media for Growth of Haemophilus influenzae Strains
Hannah N. Coleman, Dayle A. Daines, Justin Jarisch, and Arnold L. Smith
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4408-4410;
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Confirmation of Nontypeable Streptococcus pneumoniae-Like Organisms Isolated from Outbreaks of Epidemic Conjunctivitis as Streptococcus pneumoniae
Maria Gloria S. Carvalho, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Terry Thompson, Delois Jackson, and Richard R. Facklam
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4415-4417;
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Population Dynamics of Persistent Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from the Airways of Cystic Fibrosis Patients during a 6-Year Prospective Study
Barbara C. Kahl, Angelika Duebbers, Gabriele Lubritz, Johannes Haeberle, Hans G. Koch, Barbara Ritzerfeld, Marion Reilly, Erik Harms, Richard A. Proctor, Mathias Herrmann, and Georg Peters
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4424-4427;
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Prevalence of Fragilysin Gene in Bacteroides fragilis Isolates from Blood and Other Extraintestinal Samples
Ina Foulon, Denis Piérard, Gaëtan Muyldermans, Kristof Vandoorslaer, Oriane Soetens, Paul Rosseel, and Sabine Lauwers
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4428-4430;
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Streptococcus pneumoniae Endocarditis: Persistence of DNA on Heart Valve Material 7 Years after Infectious Episode
S. Branger, J. P. Casalta, G. Habib, F. Collard, and D. Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4435-4437;
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Development of a 5' Nuclease-Based Real-Time PCR Assay for Quantitative Detection of Cariogenic Dental Pathogens Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus
Akihiro Yoshida, Nao Suzuki, Yoshio Nakano, Miki Kawada, Takahiko Oho, and Toshihiko Koga
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4438-4441;
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Latex Assay for Serotyping of Group B Streptococcus Isolates
H.-C. Slotved, J. Elliott, T. Thompson, and H. B. Konradsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4445-4447;
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Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae by Real-Time Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification
K. Loens, M. Ieven, D. Ursi, T. Beck, M. Overdijk, P. Sillekens, and H. Goossens
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4448-4450;
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Shell Vial Culture as a Tool for Isolation of Brucella melitensis in Chronic Hepatic Abscess
Clarisse Rovery, Jean Marc Rolain, Didier Raoult, and Philippe Brouqui
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4460-4461;
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In Vivo Development of Quinolone Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium DT104
Malthe A. Melau Kristiansen, Dorthe Sandvang, and Thorkild Bremholm Rasmussen
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4462-4464;
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Use of Multiplex PCR To Identify Staphylococcus aureus Adhesins Involved in Human Hematogenous Infections
Anne Tristan, Liu Ying, Michele Bes, Jerome Etienne, Francois Vandenesch, and Gerard Lina
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4465-4467;
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Identification of Oral Peptostreptococcus Isolates by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of 16S rRNA Genes
Marcello P. Riggio and Alan Lennon
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4475-4479;
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Multiplex PCRs for Identification of Necrotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Sigrid Van Bost, Etienne Jacquemin, Eric Oswald, and Jacques Mainil
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4480-4482;
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Virology:

Comparison between Prototype Hybrid Capture 3 and Hybrid Capture 2 Human Papillomavirus DNA Assays for Detection of High-Grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Cancer
Philip E. Castle, Attila T. Lorincz, David R. Scott, Mark E. Sherman, Andrew G. Glass, Brenda B. Rush, Sholom Wacholder, Robert D. Burk, M. Michele Manos, John E. Schussler, Paul Macomber, and Mark Schiffman
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4022-4030;
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Smallpox: Residual Antibody after Vaccination
Stephanie Gallwitz, Ted Schutzbank, Richard L. Heberling, S. S. Kalter, and Jeffrey E. Galpin
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4068-4070;
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Detection of Infectious Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Female Genital Secretions by a Short-Term Culture Method
James E. Cummins, Jr., Julie M. Villanueva, Tammy Evans-Strickfaden, Shekou M. Sesay, Sheila R. Abner, Timothy J. Bush, Timothy A. Green, Jeffrey L. Lennox, Thomas Wright, Thomas M. Folks, Clyde E. Hart, and Charlene S. Dezzutti
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4081-4088;
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Detection of Immune-Complex-Dissociated Nonstructural-1 Antigen in Patients with Acute Dengue Virus Infections
Penelopie Koraka, Chantal P. Burghoorn-Maas, Andrew Falconar, Tatty E. Setiati, Kiss Djamiatun, Jan Groen, and Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4154-4159;
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Comparison of Quantitative Reverse Transcription-PCR to Viral Culture for Assessment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Shedding
Ann R. Falsey, Maria A. Formica, John J. Treanor, and Edward E. Walsh
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4160-4165;
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Immunoassay Targeting Nonstructural Protein 5 To Differentiate West Nile Virus Infection from Dengue and St. Louis Encephalitis Virus Infections and from Flavivirus Vaccination
Susan J. Wong, Rebekah H. Boyle, Valerie L. Demarest, Anh N. Woodmansee, Laura D. Kramer, Hongmin Li, Michael Drebot, Raymond A. Koski, Erol Fikrig, Denise A. Martin, and Pei-Yong Shi
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4217-4223;
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GeneScan Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for Detection of Six Common Respiratory Viruses in Young Children Hospitalized with Acute Respiratory Illness
Dean D. Erdman, Geoffrey A. Weinberg, Kathryn M. Edwards, Frances J. Walker, Barbara C. Anderson, Jörn Winter, Monica González, and Larry J. Anderson
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4298-4303;
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Diagnosis of Tick-Borne Encephalitis by a µ-Capture Immunoglobulin M-Enzyme Immunoassay Based on Secreted Recombinant Antigen Produced in Insect Cells
Anu Jääskeläinen, Xiuqi Han, Matthias Niedrig, Antti Vaheri, and Olli Vapalahti
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4336-4342;
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Use of Discriminatory Probes for Strain Typing of Formalin-Fixed, Rabies Virus-Infected Tissues by In Situ Hybridization
Susan A. Nadin-Davis, Mary Sheen, and Alexander I. Wandeler
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4343-4352;
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Applicability of a Real-Time Quantitative PCR Assay for Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Immunocompromised Adults
L. J. R. van Elden, A. M. van Loon, A. van der Beek, K. A. W. Hendriksen, A. I. M. Hoepelman, M. G. J. van Kraaij, P. Schipper, and M. Nijhuis
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4378-4381;
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Real-Time PCR Assay Compared to Nested PCR and Antigenemia Assays for Detecting Cytomegalovirus Reactivation in Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma Patients
Junji Ikewaki, Eiichi Ohtsuka, Rie Kawano, Masao Ogata, Hiroshi Kikuchi, and Masaru Nasu
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4382-4387;
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Unexpected Detection of Animal VP7 Genes among Common Rotavirus Strains Isolated from Children in Mexico
A. R. Laird, V. Ibarra, G. Ruiz-Palacios, M. L. Guerrero, R. I. Glass, and J. R. Gentsch
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4400-4403;
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Role of Baseline Human Immunodeficiency Virus Genotype as a Predictor of Viral Response to Tenofovir in Heavily Pretreated Patients
Ana Barrios, Carmen de Mendoza, Luz Martín-Carbonero, Esteve Ribera, Pere Domingo, María José Galindo, Juan Gálvez, Vicente Estrada, David Dalmau, Víctor Asensi, and Vincent Soriano
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4421-4423;
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Genital Human Papillomavirus Genotypes in Northwestern Tanzania
Philippe Mayaud, Helen A. Weiss, Charles J. N. Lacey, Dilbinder K. Gill, and David C. W. Mabey
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4451-4453;
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Epidemiology:

Epidemiology and Molecular Characterization of Clostridium difficile Strains from Patients with Diarrhea: Low Disease Incidence and Evidence of Limited Cross-Infection in a Swedish Teaching Hospital
Bo Svenungsson, Lars G. Burman, Kirsti Jalakas-Pörnull, Åsa Lagergren, Johan Struwe, and Thomas Åkerlund
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4031-4037;
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Unexpected Decrease with Age of Helicobacter pylori Seroprevalence among Swedish Blood Donors
M. Sörberg, O. Nyrén, and M. Granström
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4038-4042;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates Recovered from Water, Air, and Patients Shows Two Clusters of Genetically Distinct Strains
Adilia Warris, Corné H. W. Klaassen, Jacques F. G. M. Meis, Maaike T. de Ruiter, Hanneke A. de Valk, Tore G. Abrahamsen, Peter Gaustad, and Paul E. Verweij
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4101-4106;
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Molecular Analysis of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Isolates from a Portuguese Cystic Fibrosis Center: a 7-Year Study
Mónica V. Cunha, Jorge H. Leitão, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, Peter Vandamme, Luís Lito, Celeste Barreto, Maria José Salgado, and Isabel Sá-Correia
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4113-4120;
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Molecular Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Serotype 19F, 6B, and 23F Pneumococci in Northern Thailand
Hiroshi Watanabe, Norichika Asoh, Kazuhiko Hoshino, Kiwao Watanabe, Kazunori Oishi, Weerayut Kositsakulchai, Tippaya Sanchai, Khemrassamee Kunsuikmengrai, Sumpun Kahintapong, Banyong Khantawa, Prasit Tharavichitkul, Thira Sirisanthana, and Tsuyoshi Nagatake
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4178-4183;
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Recent Emergence of an Epidemic Clindamycin-Resistant Clone of Clostridium difficile among Polish Patients with C. difficile-Associated Diarrhea
Hanna Pituch, Alex van Belkum, Nicole van den Braak, Piotr Obuch-Woszczatynski, Henri Verbrugh, Felicja Meisel-Mikolajczyk, and Miroslaw Luczak
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4184-4187;
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Clonal Distribution of Invasive Pneumococcal Isolates from Children and Selected Adults in the United States Prior to 7-Valent Conjugate Vaccine Introduction
Robert E. Gertz, Jr., M. Catherine McEllistrem, David J. Boxrud, Zhongya Li, Varja Sakota, Terry A. Thompson, Richard R. Facklam, John M. Besser, Lee H. Harrison, Cynthia G. Whitney, and Bernard Beall
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4194-4216;
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Cohort Study of Guinean Children: Incidence, Pathogenicity, Conferred Protection, and Attributable Risk for Enteropathogens during the First 2 Years of Life
Palle Valentiner-Branth, Hans Steinsland, Thea K. Fischer, Michael Perch, Flemming Scheutz, Francisco Dias, Peter Aaby, Kåre Mølbak, and Halvor Sommerfelt
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4238-4245;
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Presence of Pseudomonas putida Strains Harboring Plasmids Bearing the Metallo-ß-Lactamase Gene bla_IMP in a Hospital in Japan
Sachie Yomoda, Toyoji Okubo, Ayako Takahashi, Masami Murakami, and Shizuko Iyobe
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4246-4251;
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Phage-Based Typing Scheme for Salmonella enterica Serovar Heidelberg, a Causative Agent of Food Poisonings in Canada
Walter Demczuk, Geoff Soule, Clifford Clark, Hans-W. Ackermann, Russell Easy, Rasik Khakhria, Frank Rodgers, and Rafiq Ahmed
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4279-4284;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Belgrade, Central Serbia
Dragana Vukovic, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Branislava Savic, and Stefan Niemann
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4372-4377;
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Outbreak of Serogroup C Meningococcal Disease Caused by a Variant of Neisseria meningitidis Serotype 2a ET-15 in a Community of Men Who Have Sex with Men
Raymond S.W. Tsang, Lori Kiefer, Dennis K. S. Law, Jan Stoltz, Rita Shahin, Shirley Brown, and Frances Jamieson
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4411-4414;
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Emergence of Invasive Serotype VIII Group B Streptococcal Infections in Denmark
Kim Ekelund, Hans-Christian Slotved, Hans Ulrik Nielsen, Margit S. Kaltoft, and Helle B. Konradsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4442-4444;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Importance of Methodology in Determination of Chlamydia pneumoniae Seropositivity in Healthy Subjects and in Patients with Coronary Atherosclerosis
V. Y. Hoymans, J. M. Bosmans, L. Van Renterghem, R. Mak, D. Ursi, F. Wuyts, C. J. Vrints, and M. Ieven
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4049-4053;
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Isolation of an Anaplasma sp. Organism from White-Tailed Deer by Tick Cell Culture
Ulrike G. Munderloh, Cynthia M. Tate, Meghan J. Lynch, Elizabeth W. Howerth, Timothy J. Kurtti, and William R. Davidson
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4328-4335;
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Comparing First-Void Urine Specimens, Self-Collected Vaginal Swabs, and Endocervical Specimens To Detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by a Nucleic Acid Amplification Test
Mary-Ann Shafer, Jeanne Moncada, Cherrie B. Boyer, Kelli Betsinger, Scott D. Flinn, and Julius Schachter
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4395-4399;
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Screening of Volunteer Students in Yaounde (Cameroon, Central Africa) for Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and Genotyping of Isolated C. trachomatis Strains
Antoinette Ngandjio, Maithe Clerc, Marie Christine Fonkoua, Jocelyn Thonnon, Friede Njock, Regis Pouillot, Françoise Lunel, Christiane Bebear, Bertille de Barbeyrac, and Anne Bianchi
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4404-4407;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Characterization of a Herpesvirus Associated with Tracheitis in Gouldian Finches (Erythrura [Chloebia] gouldiae)
James F. X. Wellehan, Mihai Gagea, Dale A. Smith, W. Michael Taylor, Yohannes Berhane, and Dorothee Bienzle
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4054-4057;
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Molecular Analysis of Cases of Italian Sheep Scrapie and Comparison with Cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Experimental BSE in Sheep
Romolo Nonno, Elena Esposito, Gabriele Vaccari, Michela Conte, Stefano Marcon, Michele Di Bari, Ciriaco Ligios, Giovanni Di Guardo, and Umberto Agrimi
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4127-4133;
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Development and Evaluation of a Seminested PCR for Detection and Differentiation of Babesia gibsoni (Asian Genotype) and B. canis DNA in Canine Blood Samples
Adam J. Birkenheuer, Michael G. Levy, and Edward B. Breitschwerdt
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4172-4177;
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Highly Sensitive PCR Assay for Routine Diagnosis of African Swine Fever Virus in Clinical Samples
M. Agüero, J. Fernández, L. Romero, C. Sánchez Mascaraque, M. Arias, and J. M. Sánchez-Vizcaíno
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4431-4434;
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Virulence of Rhodococcus equi Isolated from Cats and Dogs
Shinji Takai, Ronald J. Martens, Alan Julian, Márcio Garcia Ribeiro, Marconi Rodrigues de Farias, Yukako Sasaki, Kazuho Inuzuka, Tsutomu Kakuda, Shiro Tsubaki, and John F. Prescott
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4468-4470;
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Parasitology:

Intraspecies Genotype Variability of the Microsporidian Parasite Encephalitozoon hellem
María Haro, Carmen del Águila, Soledad Fenoy, and Nuno Henriques-Gil
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4166-4171;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Molecular Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Using Nine Novel Variable-Number Tandem Repeats across the Beijing Family and Low-Copy-Number IS6110 Isolates
R. Scott Spurgiesz, Teresa N. Quitugua, Kimothy L. Smith, James Schupp, Eldon G. Palmer, Rebecca A. Cox, and Paul Keim
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4224-4230;
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Development and Application of Real-Time PCR Assay for Quantification of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA
S. Rondini, E. Mensah-Quainoo, H. Troll, T. Bodmer, and G. Pluschke
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4231-4237;
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Use of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification of the IS900 Sequence for Rapid Detection of Cultured Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
M. Enosawa, S. Kageyama, K. Sawai, K. Watanabe, T. Notomi, S. Onoe, Y. Mori, and Y. Yokomizo
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4359-4365;
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Evaluation of INNO-LiPA MYCOBACTERIA v2: Improved Reverse Hybridization Multiple DNA Probe Assay for Mycobacterial Identification
Enrico Tortoli, Alessandro Mariottini, and Gianna Mazzarelli
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4418-4420;
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Direct Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Clinical Specimens in Low- and High-Incidence Countries by Line Probe Assay
Isik Somuncu Johansen, Bettina Lundgren, Anaida Sosnovskaja, and Vibeke Østergaard Thomsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4454-4456;
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Mutations in katG, inhA, and ahpC Genes of Brazilian Isoniazid-Resistant Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Márcia Susana N. Silva, Simone G. Senna, Marta O. Ribeiro, Andréia R. M. Valim, Maria Alice Telles, Afrânio Kritski, Glenn P. Morlock, Robert C. Cooksey, Arnaldo Zaha, and Maria Lucia R. Rossetti
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4471-4474;
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Mycology:

Modification of Rapid Susceptibility Assay for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Aspergillus fumigatus
Tracy J. Wetter, Kevin C. Hazen, and Jim E. Cutler
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4252-4258;
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Semiquantitative Detection by Real-Time PCR of Aspergillus fumigatus in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids and Tissue Biopsy Specimens from Patients with Invasive Aspergillosis
Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava, Sanna Laaksonen, Jouni Issakainen, Jukka Vauras, Jukka Nikoskelainen, Matti K. Viljanen, and Juha Salonen
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4304-4311;
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Difference in FKS1 Gene Sequences between Serotypes A and D of Cryptococcus neoformans
Reiko Tanaka, Yumi Imanishi, and Kazuko Nishimura
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4457-4459;
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Case Reports:

Disseminated Nosocomial Fungal Infection by Aureobasidium pullulans var. melanigenum: a Case Report
Giuseppe Bolignano and Giuseppe Criseo
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4483-4485;
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Letters to the Editor:

Ochrobactrum anthropi Misidentified as Shewanella putrefaciens
Jeffrey W. Oliver
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4486
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Comparison of Sodium Carbonate, Cetyl-Pyridinium Chloride, and Sodium Borate for Preservation of Sputa for Culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
M. Bobadilla-del-Valle, A. Ponce-de-León, M. Kato-Maeda, A. Hernández-Cruz, J. J. Calva-Mercado, B. Chávez-Mazari, B. A. Caballero-Rivera, J. C. Nolasco-García, and J. Sifuentes-Osornio
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4487-4488;
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Phylogenetic and Mathematical Analyses for Investigating Putative Mother-to-Infant Transmission Chains When Only GB Virus C (Hepatitis G Virus) 5' Noncoding Region Sequences Are Available
Verónica L. Mathet, Lidia Espínola, Vanesa Ruiz, Alessandra Maríncola, Jorge F. Quarleri, Ana Ceballos, Liliana A. Martínez Peralta, Marcela Natal, Ana Haedo, Daniel O. Sánchez, and José R. Oubiña
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4489-4491;
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Presence of Brachyspira aalborgi and B. pilosicoli in Feces of Patients with Diarrhea
Andrew S. J. Mikosza, David J. Hampson, Marion P.G. Koopmans, and Yvonne T. H. P. van Duynhoven
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4492
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Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Isolate Negative for the Sa442 Fragment
Corné H. W. Klaassen, Hanneke A. de Valk, and Alphons M. Horrevorts
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4493
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Early Identification of Human Cytomegalovirus Strains by the Shell Vial Assay Is Prevented by a Novel Amino Acid Substitution in UL123 IE1 Gene Product
G. Gerna, F. Baldanti, E. Percivalle, M. Zavattoni, G. Campanini, and M. G. Revello
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4494-4495;
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Errata:

Sequence Polymorphism of the 16S rRNA Gene of Vibrio vulnificus Is a Possible Indicator of Strain Virulence
William B. Nilsson, Rohinee N. Paranjpye, Angelo DePaola, and Mark S. Strom
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2003 41: 4496
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