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Contents: December 2004, Volume 42, Issue 12

       Bacteriology

       Parasitology

       Mycology

       Virology

       Epidemiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

       Errata

       Authors' Correction

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Bacteriology:

Genetic Bases of the Rifampin Resistance Phenotype in Brucella spp.
Cinzia Marianelli, Franco Ciuchini, Michela Tarantino, Paolo Pasquali, and Rosanna Adone
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5439-5443;
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Heterogeneity among Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Profiles of Extraintestinal Escherichia coli Isolates of Animal and Human Origin
Christine Maynard, Sadjia Bekal, François Sanschagrin, Roger C. Levesque, Roland Brousseau, Luke Masson, Serge Larivière, and Josée Harel
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5444-5452;
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Antigenic Divergence Suggested by Correlation between Antigenic Variation and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Profiles of Bordetella pertussis Isolates in Japan
Atsuko Kodama, Kazunari Kamachi, Yoshinobu Horiuchi, Toshifumi Konda, and Yoshichika Arakawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5453-5457;
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Development of a Rapid PCR Method Using the Insertion Sequence IS1203 for Genotyping Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157
Masahiro Suzuki, Masakado Matsumoto, Mami Hata, Masao Takahashi, and Kenji Sakae
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5462-5466;
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Impact of Proficiency Testing on Results of the Microscopic Agglutination Test for Diagnosis of Leptospirosis
R. J. Chappel, M. Goris, M. F. Palmer, and R. A. Hartskeerl
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5484-5488;
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Culture-Independent Identification of Periodontitis-Associated Porphyromonas and Tannerella Populations by Targeted Molecular Analysis
A. de Lillo, V. Booth, L. Kyriacou, A. J. Weightman, and W. G. Wade
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5523-5527;
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Burkholderia cepacia Is Associated with Pulmonary Hypertension and Increased Mortality among Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Brigitte Fauroux, Nicholas Hart, Samira Belfar, Michèle Boulé, Isabelle Tillous-Borde, Damien Bonnet, Edouard Bingen, and Annick Clément
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5537-5541;
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Differentiation of Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter lari, and Campylobacter upsaliensis by a Multiplex PCR Developed from the Nucleotide Sequence of the Lipid A Gene lpxA
John D. Klena, Craig T. Parker, Krista Knibb, J. Claire Ibbitt, Phillippa M. L. Devane, Sharon T. Horn, William G. Miller, and Michael E. Konkel
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5549-5557;
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"Bacteroides nordii" sp. nov. and "Bacteroides salyersae" sp. nov. Isolated from Clinical Specimens of Human Intestinal Origin
Y. L. Song, C. X. Liu, M. McTeague, and S. M. Finegold
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5565-5570;
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Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Nasal Swab Specimens by a Real-Time PCR Assay
David K. Warren, Robert S. Liao, Liana R. Merz, Michael Eveland, and W. Michael Dunne, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5578-5581;
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Phenotypic Profiles of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Associated with Early Childhood Diarrhea in Rural Egypt
Hind I. Shaheen, Sami B. Khalil, Malla R. Rao, Remon Abu Elyazeed, Thomas F. Wierzba, Leonard F. Peruski, Jr., Shannon Putnam, Armando Navarro, Badria Z. Morsy, Alejandro Cravioto, John D. Clemens, Ann-Mari Svennerholm, and Stephen J. Savarino
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5588-5595;
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Direct Identification of Gram-Positive Cocci from Routine Blood Cultures by Using AccuProbe Tests
Laura Lindholm and Hannu Sarkkinen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5609-5613;
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Detection of Virulence-Associated Genes Not Useful for Discriminating between Invasive and Commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains from a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
Holger Rohde, Matthias Kalitzky, Nicolaus Kröger, Stefanie Scherpe, Matthias A. Horstkotte, Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, Axel R. Zander, and Dietrich Mack
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5614-5619;
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Prevalence and Mechanisms of Erythromycin Resistance in Group A and Group B Streptococcus: Implications for Reporting Susceptibility Results
M. Desjardins, K. L. Delgaty, K. Ramotar, C. Seetaram, and B. Toye
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5620-5623;
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Development of a Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Barry Curran, Daniel Jonas, Hajo Grundmann, Tyrone Pitt, and Christopher G. Dowson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5644-5649;
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Genetic Analysis of Diverse Disease-Causing Pneumococci Indicates High Levels of Diversity within Serotypes and Capsule Switching
Johanna M. C. Jefferies, Andrew Smith, Stuart C. Clarke, Chris Dowson, and Timothy J. Mitchell
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5681-5688;
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Multiplex PCR Targeting tpi (Triose Phosphate Isomerase), tcdA (Toxin A), and tcdB (Toxin B) Genes for Toxigenic Culture of Clostridium difficile
Ludovic Lemee, Anne Dhalluin, Sabrina Testelin, Marie-Andre Mattrat, Karine Maillard, Jean-François Lemeland, and Jean-Louis Pons
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5710-5714;
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Phenotypic and Molecular Detection of CTX-M-ß-Lactamases Produced by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.
Johann D. D. Pitout, Ashfaque Hossain, and Nancy D. Hanson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5715-5721;
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Variable Number of Tandem Repeats in Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica for Typing Purposes
Vincent Ramisse, Perrine Houssu, Eric Hernandez, France Denoeud, Valérie Hilaire, Olivier Lisanti, Françoise Ramisse, Jean-Didier Cavallo, and Gilles Vergnaud
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5722-5730;
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Phylogenetic Analysis and PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Identification of Campylobacter Species Based on Partial groEL Gene Sequences
R. I. Kärenlampi, T. P. Tolvanen, and M.-L. Hänninen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5731-5738;
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Simultaneous Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Positive Blood Cultures by Real-Time PCR with Two Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Probe Sets
H. Sakai, G. W. Procop, N. Kobayashi, D. Togawa, D. A. Wilson, L. Borden, V. Krebs, and T. W. Bauer
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5739-5744;
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Direct Comparison of the BD ProbeTec ET System with In-House LightCycler PCR Assays for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Clinical Specimens
Michael G. Koenig, Sandra L. Kosha, Brandon L. Doty, and David G. Heath
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5751-5756;
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Genome Diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis Patients and the Hospital Environment
Shirley Finnan, John P. Morrissey, Fergal O'Gara, and E. Fidelma Boyd
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5783-5792;
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Detection of gyrA and parC Mutations Associated with Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Use of Oligonucleotide Biochip Technology
Wenming Zhou, Weidong Du, Huimin Cao, Jianlong Zhao, Sen Yang, Wei Li, Yujun Shen, Shumei Zhang, Wenhui Du, and Xuejun Zhang
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5819-5824;
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Real-Time PCR Assay for a Unique Chromosomal Sequence of Bacillus anthracis
Elizabeth Bode, William Hurtle, and David Norwood
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5825-5831;
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Construction Strategy for an Internal Amplification Control for Real-Time Diagnostic Assays Using Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification: Development and Clinical Application
David Rodríguez-Lázaro, Martin D'Agostino, Maria Pla, and Nigel Cook
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5832-5836;
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Azithromycin Retards Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation
Richard J. Gillis and Barbara H. Iglewski
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5842-5845;
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Evaluation of Multiplex PCRs for Diagnosis of Infection with Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Shigella spp.
K. R. S. Aranda, U. Fagundes-Neto, and I. C. A. Scaletsky
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5849-5853;
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Detection of the van Alphabet and Identification of Enterococci and Staphylococci at the Species Level by Multiplex PCR
Florence Depardieu, Bruno Perichon, and Patrice Courvalin
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5857-5860;
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Identification and Discrimination of Burkholderia pseudomallei, B. mallei, and B. thailandensis by Real-Time PCR Targeting Type III Secretion System Genes
F. M. Thibault, E. Valade, and D. R. Vidal
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5871-5874;
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Broth Microdilution Susceptibility Testing of Francisella tularensis: Quality Control Limits for Nine Antimicrobial Agents and Three Standard Quality Control Strains
Steven D. Brown, Karen Krisher, and Maria M. Traczewski
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5877-5880;
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Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus intermedius Masquerading as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Sudha Pottumarthy, Jeffrey M. Schapiro, Jennifer L. Prentice, Yolanda B. Houze, Susan R. Swanzy, Ferric C. Fang, and Brad T. Cookson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5881-5884;
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Use of Species-Directed 16S rRNA Gene PCR Primers for Detection of Atopobium vaginae in Patients with Bacterial Vaginosis
Michael J. Ferris, Alicia Masztal, and David H. Martin
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5892-5894;
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Vancomycin Resistance, esp, and Strain Relatedness: a 1-Year Study of Enterococcal Bacteremia
S. M. Harrington, T. L. Ross, K. A. Gebo, and W. G. Merz
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5895-5898;
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Identification of a Novel Mycoplasma Species from an Oriental White-Backed Vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
J. Lindsay Oaks, Shannon L. Donahoe, Fred R. Rurangirwa, Bruce A. Rideout, Martin Gilbert, and Munir Z. Virani
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5909-5912;
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Comparison of Five Methods for Extraction of Legionella pneumophila from Respiratory Specimens
Deborah Wilson, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, Udo Reischl, Ilka Warshawsky, and Gary W. Procop
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5913-5916;
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Histidine Decarboxylase in Enterobacteriaceae Revisited
Georges Wauters, Véronique Avesani, Jacqueline Charlier, Michèle Janssens, and Michel Delmée
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5923-5924;
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Detection of Resistance to Gatifloxacin and Moxifloxacin in Streptococcus pneumoniae with the VITEK 2 Instrument
J. H. Jorgensen, S. A. Crawford, L. M. McElmeel, and C. G. Whitney
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5928-5930;
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Parasitology:

Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis by Reagent Strip Test for Detection of Circulating Cathodic Antigen
G. J. van Dam, J. H. Wichers, T. M. Falcao Ferreira, D. Ghati, A. van Amerongen, and A. M. Deelder
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5458-5461;
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Detection of Four Plasmodium Species in Blood from Humans by 18S rRNA Gene Subunit-Based and Species-Specific Real-Time PCR Assays
Mathieu Rougemont, Madeleine Van Saanen, Roland Sahli, Hans Peter Hinrikson, Jacques Bille, and Katia Jaton
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5636-5643;
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Detection of Immunoglobulin M Antibodies Specific for Toxoplasma gondii with Increased Selectivity for Recently Acquired Infections
Ravi Kaul, Peilin Chen, and Steven R. Binder
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5705-5709;
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Mycology:

Analysis of Trichosporon Isolates Obtained from the Houses of Patients with Summer-Type Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Takashi Sugita, Reiko Ikeda, and Akemi Nishikawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5467-5471;
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Aspergillus Galactomannan Enzyme Immunoassay and Quantitative PCR for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis with Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Benjamin Musher, David Fredricks, Wendy Leisenring, S. Arunmozhi Balajee, Caitlin Smith, and Kieren A. Marr
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5517-5522;
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Phylogeny and Evolution of Medical Species of Candida and Related Taxa: a Multigenic Analysis
Stephanie Diezmann, Cymon J. Cox, Gabriele Schönian, Rytas J. Vilgalys, and Thomas G. Mitchell
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5624-5635;
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Comparison of Antifungal Susceptibilities to Fluconazole and Voriconazole of Oral Candida glabrata Isolates from Head and Neck Radiation Patients
A. K. Burn, A. W. Fothergill, W. R. Kirkpatrick, B. J. Coco, T. F. Patterson, D. I. McCarthy, M. G. Rinaldi, and S. W. Redding
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5846-5848;
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Comparison of PCR- and HinfI Restriction Endonuclease-Based Methods for Typing of Candida krusei Isolates
Banu Sancak, John H. Rex, Enuo Chen, and Kieren Marr
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5889-5891;
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Differential Recovery of Candida Species from Subgingival Sites in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive and Healthy Children from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
M. B. Portela, I. P. R. Souza, E. M. M. B. Costa, A. N. Hagler, R. M. A. Soares, and A. L. S. Santos
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5925-5927;
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Virology:

Sequencing Needs for Viral Diagnostics
Shea N. Gardner, Marisa W. Lam, Nisha J. Mulakken, Clinton L. Torres, Jason R. Smith, and Tom R. Slezak
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5472-5476;
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Evaluation of a Bedside Immunochromatographic Test for Detection of Adenovirus in Respiratory Samples, by Comparison to Virus Isolation, PCR, and Real-Time PCR
Tsuguto Fujimoto, Teruo Okafuji, Takao Okafuji, Masahiro Ito, Soichi Nukuzuma, Masatsugu Chikahira, and Osamu Nishio
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5489-5492;
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Shedding of Ovine Herpesvirus 2 in Sheep Nasal Secretions: the Predominant Mode for Transmission
Hong Li, Naomi S. Taus, Gregory S. Lewis, Okjin Kim, Donald L. Traul, and Timothy B. Crawford
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5558-5564;
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Practical Implementation of a Multiplex PCR for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Children
Paul Gruteke, Afina S. Glas, Mirjam Dierdorp, Willem B. Vreede, Jan-Willem Pilon, and Sylvia M. Bruisten
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5596-5603;
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Genetic Profile of an Oka Varicella Vaccine Virus Variant Isolated from an Infant with Zoster
Andreas Sauerbrei, Elena Rubtcova, Peter Wutzler, D. Scott Schmid, and Vladimir N. Loparev
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5604-5608;
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Mapping of Genomic Segments of Influenza B Virus Strains by an Oligonucleotide Microarray Method
Anna V. Ivshina, Galina M. Vodeiko, Vladimir A. Kuznetsov, Dmitry Volokhov, Rolf Taffs, Vladimir I. Chizhikov, Roland A. Levandowski, and Konstantin M. Chumakov
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5793-5801;
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Surface Immunoglobulin-Deficient Epstein-Barr Virus-Infected B Cells in the Peripheral Blood of Pediatric Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
Elizabeth Schauer, Steven Webber, Michael Green, and David Rowe
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5802-5810;
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DNA Microarrays for Virus Detection in Cases of Central Nervous System Infection
Yury S. Boriskin, Philip S. Rice, Richard A. Stabler, Jason Hinds, Hasan Al-Ghusein, Keith Vass, and Philip D. Butcher
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5811-5818;
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Clinical and Serological Variation between Patients Infected with Different Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes
Karin Kidd-Ljunggren, Erling Myhre, and Jonas Bläckberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5837-5841;
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High Permissivity of Human HepG2 Hepatoma Cells for Influenza Viruses
Laurence Ollier, Anne Caramella, Valérie Giordanengo, and Jean-Claude Lefebvre
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5861-5865;
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Rapid Discrimination between Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Groups A and B by Real-Time PCR
Jean-Christophe Plantier, Marie Gueudin, Fabienne de Oliveira, Florence Damond, Véronique Lemée, Françoise Brun-Vézinet, and François Simon
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5866-5870;
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False-Positive Results in a Recombinant Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Nucleocapsid Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Due to HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-229E Rectified by Western Blotting with Recombinant SARS-CoV Spike Polypeptide
Patrick C. Y. Woo, Susanna K. P. Lau, Beatrice H. L. Wong, Kwok-Hung Chan, Wai-Ting Hui, Grace S. W. Kwan, J. S. Malik Peiris, Robert B. Couch, and Kwok-Yung Yuen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5885-5888;
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Development and Evaluation of Fluorogenic TaqMan Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assays for Detection of Dengue Virus Types 1 to 4
Mikako Ito, Tomohiko Takasaki, Ken-Ichiro Yamada, Reiko Nerome, Shigeru Tajima, and Ichiro Kurane
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5935-5937;
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Epidemiology:

Isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei from Northern Australia Are Distinct by Multilocus Sequence Typing, but Strain Types Do Not Correlate with Clinical Presentation
Allen C. Cheng, Daniel Godoy, Mark Mayo, Daniel Gal, Brian G. Spratt, and Bart J. Currie
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5477-5483;
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Exploration of Biases That Affect the Interpretation of Restriction Fragment Patterns Produced by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
Randall S. Singer, William M. Sischo, and Tim E. Carpenter
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5502-5511;
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Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance in 1,968 Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Isolated in Spanish Hospitals (2001 to 2003): Decreasing Penicillin Resistance in Children's Isolates
Jesús Oteo, Edurne Lázaro, Francisco J. de Abajo, Fernando Baquero, José Campos Spanish Members of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5571-5577;
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Epidemiology and Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Bloodstream Infections
Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet, Anne-Sophie Domelier, Nicole Girard, Roland Quentin, and the Bloodstream Infection Study Group of the Relais d'Hygiène du Centre
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5650-5657;
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Novel 180- and 480-Base-Pair Insertions in African and African-American Strains of Helicobacter pylori
Shannon L. McNulty, Beth M. Mole, Daiva Dailidiene, Issy Segal, Reid Ally, Rajesh Mistry, Ousman Secka, Richard A. Adegbola, Julian E. Thomas, Erik M. Lenarcic, Richard M. Peek, Jr., Douglas E. Berg, and Mark H. Forsyth
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5658-5663;
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Emergence and Spread of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Rural Wisconsin, 1989 to 1999
Mary E. Stemper, Sanjay K. Shukla, and Kurt D. Reed
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5673-5680;
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Varicella Seroprevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Varicella-Zoster Virus in Argentina, 2002
Gustavo H. Dayan, María S. Panero, Roberto Debbag, Ana Urquiza, Marta Molina, Susana Prieto, María del Carmen Perego, Graciela Scagliotti, Diana Galimberti, Guillermo Carroli, Cristina Wolff, D. Scott Schmid, Vladimir Loparev, Dalya Guris, and Jane Seward
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5698-5704;
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Diarrhea Caused by Rotavirus in Children Less than 5 Years of Age in Hanoi, Vietnam
Trung Vu Nguyen, Phung Le Van, Chinh Le Huy, and Andrej Weintraub
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5745-5750;
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Use of Highly Variable Intergenic Spacer Sequences for Multispacer Typing of Rickettsia conorii Strains
Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Yong Zhu, Hiroyuki Ogata, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5757-5766;
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Emergence of Extended-Spectrum-ß-Lactamase (CTX-M-9)-Producing Multiresistant Strains of Salmonella enterica Serotype Virchow in Poultry and Humans in France
François-Xavier Weill, Renaud Lailler, Karine Praud, Annaëlle Kérouanton, Laëtitia Fabre, Anne Brisabois, Patrick A. D. Grimont, and Axel Cloeckaert
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5767-5773;
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Diverse CTX Phages among Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 Strains Isolated between 1994 and 2002 in an Area Where Cholera is Endemic in Bangladesh
Suraia Nusrin, G. Yeahia Khan, N. A. Bhuiyan, M. Ansaruzzaman, M. A. Hossain, Ashrafus Safa, Rasel Khan, Shah M. Faruque, David A. Sack, T. Hamabata, Yoshifumi Takeda, and G. Balakrish Nair
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5854-5856;
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Study of Molecular Epidemiology of Candidiasis in Portugal by PCR Fingerprinting of Candida Clinical Isolates
Alexandra Correia, Paula Sampaio, Judite Almeida, and Célia Pais
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5899-5903;
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Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of Escherichia coli Isolates Producing Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases for Identification of Nosocomial Outbreaks in Stockholm, Sweden
Hong Fang, Christina Lundberg, Barbro Olsson-Liljequist, Göran Hedin, Emma Lindbäck, Åsa Rosenberg, and Johan Struwe
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5917-5920;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Amoebal Coculture of "Mycobacterium massiliense" sp. nov. from the Sputum of a Patient with Hemoptoic Pneumonia
Toïdi Adékambi, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Gilbert Greub, Marie-José Gevaudan, Bernard La Scola, Didier Raoult, and Michel Drancourt
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5493-5501;
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Rapid Detection of Rifampin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from India and Mexico by a Molecular Beacon Assay
Mandira Varma-Basil, Hiyam El-Hajj, Roberto Colangeli, Manzour Hernando Hazbón, Sujeet Kumar, Mridula Bose, Miriam Bobadilla-del-Valle, Lourdes García García, Araceli Hernández, Fred Russell Kramer, Jose Sifuentes Osornio, Alfredo Ponce-de-León, and David Alland
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5512-5516;
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Genotypic and Phenotypic Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients
Isdore Chola Shamputa, Leen Rigouts, Lovet Achale Eyongeta, Nabil Abdullah El Aila, Armand van Deun, Abdul Hamid Salim, Eve Willery, Camille Locht, Philip Supply, and Françoise Portaels
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5528-5536;
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Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Study of Mycobacterium abscessus Isolates Previously Affected by DNA Degradation
Yansheng Zhang, Mitchell A. Yakrus, Edward A. Graviss, Natalie Williams-Bouyer, Christine Turenne, Amin Kabani, and Richard J. Wallace, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5582-5587;
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Clinical and Laboratory Features of Mycobacterium porcinum
Richard J. Wallace, Jr., Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Rebecca W. Wilson, Linda Mann, Leslie Hall, Yansheng Zhang, Kenneth C. Jost, Jr., June M. Brown, Amin Kabani, Mark F. Schinsky, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Christopher J. Crist, Glenn D. Roberts, Zeta Blacklock, Michio Tsukamura, Vella Silcox, and Christine Turenne
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5689-5697;
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Clonal Expansion of a Globally Disseminated Lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Low IS6110 Copy Numbers
R. M. Warren, T. C. Victor, E. M. Streicher, M. Richardson, G. D. van der Spuy, R. Johnson, V. N. Chihota, C. Locht, P. Supply, and P. D. van Helden
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5774-5782;
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Evaluation of Decontamination Methods and Growth Media for Primary Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from Surgical Specimens
Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Thomas Bodmer, Ernestina Mensah-Quainoo, Samuel Owusu, David Ofori-Adjei, and Gerd Pluschke
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5875-5876;
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Clinical Evaluation of the Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Lymphadenitis
A. Kerleguer, M. Fabre, J. J. Bernatas, P. Gerome, E. Nicand, V. Herve, and J. L. Koeck
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5921-5922;
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Conventional and Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Homeless Patients in Budapest, Hungary
Judit Lukács, Vilmos Tubak, Judit Mester, Sándor Dávid, Zoltán Bártfai, Tanja Kubica, Stefan Niemann, and Ákos Somoskövi
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5931-5934;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Nicoletella semolina gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Member of Pasteurellaceae Isolated from Horses with Airway Disease
Peter Kuhnert, Bozena Korczak, Enevold Falsen, Reto Straub, Anneliese Hoops, Patrick Boerlin, Joachim Frey, and Reinier Mutters
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5542-5548;
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High Prevalence of Natural Chlamydophila Species Infection in Calves
JunBae Jee, Fred J. Degraves, TeaYoun Kim, and Bernhard Kaltenboeck
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5664-5672;
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Characterization of Hemolytic Escherichia coli Strains in Ferrets: Recognition of Candidate Virulence Factor CNF1
Robert P. Marini, Nancy S. Taylor, Alvin Y. Liang, Kimberly A. Knox, Jeremy Andrew Peña, David B. Schauer, and James G. Fox
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5904-5908;
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Case Reports:

Molecular Characterization of Fluconazole Resistance in a Case of Candida albicans Ocular Infection
Preeti Pancholi, Steven Park, David Perlin, Christine Kubin, and Phyllis Della-Latta
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5938-5939;
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Peripartum Bacteremias Due to Leptotrichia amnionii and Sneathia sanguinegens, Rare Causes of Fever during and after Delivery
S. J. De Martino, I. Mahoudeau, J. P. Brettes, Y. Piemont, H. Monteil, and B. Jaulhac
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5940-5943;
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Early Reinfection with Human Metapneumovirus in an Infant
Takashi Ebihara, Rika Endo, Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Tsuguyo Nakayama, Hiroyuki Sawada, and Hideaki Kikuta
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5944-5946;
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Bacteremia Due to Clostridium hathewayi in a Patient with Acute Appendicitis
Patrick C. Y. Woo, Susanna K. P. Lau, Gibson K. S. Woo, Ami M. Y. Fung, Viola P. Y. Yiu, and Kwok-yung Yuen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5947-5949;
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Refractory Candidal Meningitis in an Immunocompromised Patient Cured by Caspofungin
Kung-Hung Liu, Chi-Jung Wu, Chen-Hsi Chou, Hsin-Chun Lee, Nan-Yao Lee, Shao-Tsung Hung, and Wen-Chien Ko
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5950-5953;
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Usefulness of PCR Analysis for Diagnosis of Alveolar Echinococcosis with Unusual Localizations: Two Case Studies
Sophie Georges, Odile Villard, Denis Filisetti, Alexander Mathis, Luc Marcellin, Yves Hansmann, and Ermanno Candolfi
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5954-5956;
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Streptomyces albus Isolated from a Human Actinomycetoma and Characterized by Molecular Techniques
Maria Cruz Martín, Angel Manteca, María Luisa Castillo, Fernando Vázquez, and Francisco Javier Méndez
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5957-5960;
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Letters to the Editor:

First Detection of Human Metapneumovirus in Children with Acute Respiratory Infection in India: a Preliminary Report
B. L. Rao, S. S. Gandhe, S. D. Pawar, V. A. Arankalle, S. C. Shah, and A. A. Kinikar
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5961-5962;
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Impact of Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory When Using Automated Blood Culture Systems for Bacterial Contamination Screening of Apheresis Platelet Products
Les C. Stutzman, Nadine Sullivan, and Peter H. Gilligan
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5963-5964;
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Errata:

High Rates of Clustering of Strains Causing Tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe: a Molecular Epidemiological Study
Philippa J. Easterbrook*, Andrea Gibson, Shahed Murad, Dianie Lamprecht, Natalie Ives, Alex Ferguson, Odette Lowe, Peter Mason, Angelika Ndudzo, Alfred Taziwa, Robert Makombe, Lovemore Mbengeranwa, Christophe Sola, Nalin Rastogi, and Francis Drobniewski
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5965
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Authors' Correction:

Prosthetic Joint Infection Due to "Helcococcus pyogenes"
Anil A. Panackal, Yolanda B. Houze, Jennifer Prentice, Seth S. Leopold, Brad T. Cookson, W. Conrad Liles, and Ajit P. Limaye
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2004 42: 5966
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