JCM -- Table of Contents (March 1 2004, 42 [3])

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Contents: March 2004, Volume 42, Issue 3

       Minireviews

       Epidemiology

       Virology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Bacteriology

       Parasitology

       Mycology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

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Minireviews:

Recent Developments for Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis
Jack S. Remington, Philippe Thulliez, and Jose G. Montoya
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 941-945;
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Epidemiology:

Molecular Epidemiology of Sequential Outbreaks of Acinetobacter baumannii in an Intensive Care Unit Shows the Emergence of Carbapenem Resistance
Raffaele Zarrilli, Margherita Crispino, Maria Bagattini, Elena Barretta, Anna Di Popolo, Maria Triassi, and Paolo Villari
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 946-953;
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Phenotypic and Genotypic Analyses of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O145 Strains from Patients in Germany
Anne-Katharina Sonntag, Rita Prager, Martina Bielaszewska, Wenlan Zhang, Angelika Fruth, Helmut Tschäpe, and Helge Karch
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 954-962;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Causing Sepsis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit over an 11-Year Period
Tannette G. Krediet, Ellen M. Mascini, Ellen van Rooij, Judith Vlooswijk, Armand Paauw, Leo J. Gerards, and André Fleer
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 992-995;
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Characterization of Toxin A-Negative, Toxin B-Positive Clostridium difficile Isolates from Outbreaks in Different Countries by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism and PCR Ribotyping
Renate J. van den Berg, Eric C. J. Claas, Duddy H. Oyib, Corné H. W. Klaassen, Lenie Dijkshoorn, Jon S. Brazier, and Ed J. Kuijper
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1035-1041;
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Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Infections Caused by Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Nonhospitalized Patients
Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Maria Dolores Navarro, Luisa Romero, Luis Martínez-Martínez, Miguel A. Muniain, Evelio J. Perea, Ramón Pérez-Cano, and Alvaro Pascual
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1089-1094;
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Characterization of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Human Patients in Germany over a 3-Year Period
Lothar Beutin, Gladys Krause, Sonja Zimmermann, Stefan Kaulfuss, and Kerstin Gleier
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1099-1108;
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Performance Assessment of the Fecal Leukocyte Test for Inpatients
L. A. Granville, P. Cernoch, G. A. Land, and J. R. Davis
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1254-1256;
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Virology:

Analysis of the Serotype and Genotype Correlation of VP1 and the 5' Noncoding Region in an Epidemiological Survey of the Human Enterovirus B Species
Inge Thoelen, Elien Moës, Philippe Lemey, Sara Mostmans, Elke Wollants, A. Michael Lindberg, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, and Marc Van Ranst
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 963-971;
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Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay for Detection of Human Metapneumoviruses from All Known Genetic Lineages
Jeroen Maertzdorf, Chiaoyin K. Wang, Jennifer B. Brown, Joseph D. Quinto, Marla Chu, Miranda de Graaf, Bernadette G. van den Hoogen, Richard Spaete, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, and Ron A. M. Fouchier
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 981-986;
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Preclinical Evaluation of Two Real-Time, Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays for Detection of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Adam M. Bressler and Frederick S. Nolte
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 987-991;
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Stable and Noncompetitive RNA Internal Control for Routine Clinical Diagnostic Reverse Transcription-PCR
Kate E. Dingle, Derrick Crook, and Katie Jeffery
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1003-1011;
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Optimization of Quantitative Detection of Cytomegalovirus DNA in Plasma by Real-Time PCR
Michael Boeckh, MeeiLi Huang, James Ferrenberg, Terry Stevens-Ayers, Laurence Stensland, W. Garrett Nichols, and Lawrence Corey
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1142-1148;
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Correlates of Quantitative Measurement of BK Polyomavirus (BKV) DNA with Clinical Course of BKV Infection in Renal Transplant Patients
Parmjeet Randhawa, Andrew Ho, Ron Shapiro, Abhay Vats, P. Swalsky, Sydney Finkelstein, John Uhrmacher, and Karen Weck
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1176-1180;
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Surveillance of Childhood Influenza Virus Infection: What Is the Best Diagnostic Method To Use for Archival Samples?
Brent Frisbie, Yi-Wei Tang, Marie Griffin, Katherine Poehling, Peter F. Wright, Kathy Holland, and Kathryn M. Edwards
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1181-1184;
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Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Infants and Children from Argentina
María Inés Gismondi, Estela Inés Turazza, Saúl Grinstein, María Cristina Galoppo, and María Victoria Preciado
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1199-1202;
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Detection of Orthopoxvirus DNA by Real-Time PCR and Identification of Variola Virus DNA by Melting Analysis
Andreas Nitsche, Heinz Ellerbrok, and Georg Pauli
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1207-1213;
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Improved Antigenic Methods for Differential Diagnosis of Bovine, Caprine, and Cervine Alphaherpesviruses Related to Bovine Herpesvirus 1
Véronique Keuser, Frédéric Schynts, Bruno Detry, Alfred Collard, Béatrice Robert, Alain Vanderplasschen, Paul-Pierre Pastoret, and Etienne Thiry
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1228-1235;
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Human Monoclonal Antibody Fragment Specific for Glycoprotein G in Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 with Applications for Serotype-Specific Diagnosis
Francesca Bugli, Stefania Manzara, Riccardo Torelli, Rosalia Graffeo, Rosaria Santangelo, Paola Cattani, and Giovanni Fadda
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1250-1253;
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Cytomegalovirus Quantitation by Real-Time PCR Is Unaffected by Delayed Separation of Plasma from Whole Blood
Shannon E. Nesbitt, Linda Cook, and Keith R. Jerome
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1296-1297;
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Hepatitis C Virus Isolates from Argentina Disclose a Novel Genotype 1-Associated Restriction Pattern
María Inés Gismondi, Lothar Heinrich Staendner, Saúl Grinstein, Carlos Alberto Guzmán, and María Victoria Preciado
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1298-1301;
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Genetic Diversity of Norovirus and Sapovirus in Hospitalized Infants with Sporadic Cases of Acute Gastroenteritis in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Grant S. Hansman, Kazuhiko Katayama, Niwat Maneekarn, Supatra Peerakome, Pattara Khamrin, Supin Tonusin, Shoko Okitsu, Osamu Nishio, Naokazu Takeda, and Hiroshi Ushijima
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1305-1307;
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First Molecular Identification of Human Dobrava Virus Infection in Central Europe
Boris Klempa, Morten Schütt, Brita Auste, Milan Labuda, Rainer Ulrich, Helga Meisel, and Detlev H. Krüger
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1322-1325;
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Concordance of Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus DNA in Anogenital and Oral Infections in a High-Risk Population
M. Paz Cañadas, F. Xavier Bosch, M. Luisa Junquera, Maijo Ejarque, Rebeca Font, Elena Ordoñez, and Silvia de Sanjosé
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1330-1332;
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A Canine Parvovirus Mutant Is Spreading in Italy
Vito Martella, Alessandra Cavalli, Annamaria Pratelli, Giancarlo Bozzo, Michele Camero, Domenico Buonavoglia, Donato Narcisi, Maria Tempesta, and Canio Buonavoglia
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1333-1336;
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Human Papillomavirus, Cytomegalovirus, and Adeno-Associated Virus Infections in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
M. Grce, K. Husnjak, M. Matovina, N. Milutin, L. Magdic, O. Husnjak, and K. Pavelic
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1341-1344;
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Detection of Human Herpesvirus 7 DNA by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification
Tetsushi Yoshikawa, Masaru Ihira, Shiho Akimoto, Chie Usui, Fumi Miyake, Sadao Suga, Yoshihiko Enomoto, Ryota Suzuki, Yukihiro Nishiyama, and Yoshizo Asano
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1348-1352;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Discrimination between Scrapie and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Sheep by Molecular Size, Immunoreactivity, and Glycoprofile of Prion Protein
C. M. A. Thuring, J. H. F. Erkens, J. G. Jacobs, A. Bossers, L. J. M. Van Keulen, G. J. Garssen, F. G. Van Zijderveld, S. J. Ryder, M. H. Groschup, T. Sweeney, and J. P. M. Langeveld
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 972-980;
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Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Bovine Milk and Feces by a Combination of Immunomagnetic Bead Separation-Conventional PCR and Real-Time PCR
Sangeeta Khare, Thomas A. Ficht, Renato L. Santos, Juan Romano, Allison R. Ficht, Shuping Zhang, Irene R. Grant, Melissa Libal, David Hunter, and L. Garry Adams
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1075-1081;
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Development of an Equine Herpesvirus Type 4-Specific Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Using a B-Cell Epitope as an Antigen
Ken Maeda, Fuminori Mizukoshi, Masataka Hamano, Kazushige Kai, Hiroyuki Iwata, Takashi Kondo, and Tomio Matsumura
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1095-1098;
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Multiplex PCR Assay for Differentiation of Helicobacter felis, H. bizzozeronii, and H. salomonis
M. Baele, K. Van den Bulck, A. Decostere, P. Vandamme, M.-L. Hänninen, R. Ducatelle, and F. Haesebrouck
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1115-1122;
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Occurrence of Campylobacter jejuni in Pets Living with Human Patients Infected with C. jejuni
Peter Damborg, Katharina E. P. Olsen, Eva Møller Nielsen, and Luca Guardabassi
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1363-1364;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Comparison of Conventional Bacteriology with Nucleic Acid Amplification (Amplified Mycobacterium Direct Test) for Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis before and after Inception of Antituberculosis Chemotherapy
Guy E. Thwaites, Maxine Caws, Tran Thi Hong Chau, Nguyen Thi Dung, James I. Campbell, Nguyen Hoan Phu, Tran Tinh Hien, Nicholas J. White, and Jeremy J. Farrar
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 996-1002;
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Comparison of PCR with the Routine Procedure for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in a Population with High Prevalences of Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Lydia Kivihya-Ndugga, Maarten van Cleeff, Ernest Juma, Joseph Kimwomi, Willie Githui, Linda Oskam, Anja Schuitema, Dick van Soolingen, Lucy Nganga, Daniel Kibuga, Joseph Odhiambo, and Paul Klatser
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1012-1015;
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Temperature-Mediated Heteroduplex Analysis for Detection of pncA Mutations Associated with Pyrazinamide Resistance and Differentiation between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis by Denaturing High- Performance Liquid Chromatography
Amr M. Mohamed, Dhundy R. Bastola, Glenn P. Morlock, Robert C. Cooksey, and Steven H. Hinrichs
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1016-1023;
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Multicenter Evaluation of the MB/BACT System for Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Pascale Bemer, Thomas Bodmer, Juerg Munzinger, Monique Perrin, Véronique Vincent, and Henri Drugeon
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1030-1034;
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Expanded Geographical Distribution of the N Family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains within the United States
S. Joy Milan, Kirsten A. Hauge, Natalia E. Kurepina, Kathryn H. Lofy, Stefan V. Goldberg, Masahiro Narita, Charles M. Nolan, Peter D. McElroy, Barry N. Kreiswirth, and Gerard A. Cangelosi
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1064-1068;
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Evaluation of the Fully Automated BACTEC MGIT 960 System for Testing Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Pyrazinamide, Streptomycin, Isoniazid, Rifampin, and Ethambutol and Comparison with the Radiometric BACTEC 460TB Method
Claudio Scarparo, Paolo Ricordi, Giuliana Ruggiero, and Paola Piccoli
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1109-1114;
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Population-Based Case Control Study of Seroprevalence of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in Patients with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Charles N. Bernstein, James F. Blanchard, Patricia Rawsthorne, and Michael T. Collins
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1129-1135;
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Rapid Serodiagnosis of Active Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Analysis of Results from Multiple Antigen-Specific Tests
Yoshinari Okuda, Ryoji Maekura, Atsusi Hirotani, Seigo Kitada, Kenji Yoshimura, Touru Hiraga, Yuoko Yamamoto, Masami Itou, Takeshi Ogura, and Toshio Ogihara
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1136-1141;
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Hairpin Primers for Simplified Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Other Organisms
Manzour Hernando Hazbón and David Alland
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1236-1242;
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Identification of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain with Stable, Low-Level Resistance to Isoniazid
Bereneice M. Madison, Salman H. Siddiqi, Leonid Heifets, Wendy Gross, Mike Higgins, Nancy Warren, Anthony Thompson, Glenn Morlock, and John C. Ridderhof
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1294-1295;
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Stability of Polymorphic GC-Rich Repeat Sequence-Containing Regions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Madalene Richardson, Gian D. van der Spuy, Samantha L. Sampson, Nulda Beyers, Paul D. van Helden, and Robin M. Warren
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1302-1304;
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Differential Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria by Duplex PCR Assay Using the RNA Polymerase Gene (rpoB)
Bum-Joon Kim, Seong-Karp Hong, Keun-Hwa Lee, Yeo-Jun Yun, Eui-Chong Kim, Young-Gil Park, Gil-Han Bai, and Yoon-Hoh Kook
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1308-1312;
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Bacteriology:

Human ß-Defensins 2 and 3 Demonstrate Strain-Selective Activity against Oral Microorganisms
Sophie Joly, Connie Maze, Paul B. McCray, Jr., and Janet M. Guthmiller
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1024-1029;
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Rapid Quantification of Yersinia enterocolitica in Pork Samples by a Novel Sample Preparation Method, Flotation, Prior to Real-Time PCR
Petra Wolffs, Rickard Knutsson, Börje Norling, and Peter Rådström
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1042-1047;
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Microarray-Based Identification of Bacteria in Clinical Samples by Solid-Phase PCR Amplification of 23S Ribosomal DNA Sequences
Georg Mitterer, Martin Huber, Ernst Leidinger, Claudia Kirisits, Werner Lubitz, Manfred W. Mueller, and Wolfgang M. Schmidt
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1048-1057;
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Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Virulence Factors Are Found To Be Associated with Infantile Diarrhea in Brazil
Andresa Zamboni, Sandra H. Fabbricotti, Ulysses Fagundes-Neto, and Isabel C.A. Scaletsky
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1058-1063;
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Isolation and Characterization of Borrelia hermsii Associated with Two Foci of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in California
Curtis L. Fritz, Lawrence R. Bronson, Charles R. Smith, Martin E. Schriefer, James R. Tucker, and Tom G. Schwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1123-1128;
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Translocation of Enterococcus faecalis Strains across a Monolayer of Polarized Human Enterocyte-Like T84 Cells
Jing Zeng, Fang Teng, George M. Weinstock, and Barbara E. Murray
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1149-1154;
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Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA and Phenotyping Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Isolates Collected from Humans and Poultry in Uruguay from 1995 to 2002
Laura Betancor, Felipe Schelotto, Araci Martinez, Marinela Pereira, Gabriela Algorta, M. Alejandra Rodríguez, Rafael Vignoli, and José A. Chabalgoity
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1155-1162;
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First Culture Isolation of Borrelia lonestari, Putative Agent of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness
Andrea S. Varela, M. Page Luttrell, Elizabeth W. Howerth, Victor A. Moore, William R. Davidson, David E. Stallknecht, and Susan E. Little
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1163-1169;
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Computer-Assisted Surveillance for Detecting Clonal Outbreaks of Nosocomial Infection
Donna M. Hacek, Ralph L. Cordell, Gary A. Noskin, and Lance R. Peterson
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1170-1175;
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Laboratory Detection of Haemophilus influenzae with Decreased Susceptibility to Nalidixic Acid, Ciprofloxacin, Levofloxacin, and Moxifloxacin Due to gyrA and parC Mutations
María Pérez-Vázquez, Federico Román, Belén Aracil, Rafael Cantón, and José Campos
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1185-1191;
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Characterization of Three New Enterococcal Species, Enterococcus sp. nov. CDC PNS-E1, Enterococcus sp. nov. CDC PNS-E2, and Enterococcus sp. nov. CDC PNS-E3, Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens
Maria da Glória S. Carvalho, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Roger E. Morey, Patricia Lynn Shewmaker, Lúcia M. Teixeira, and Richard R. Facklam
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1192-1198;
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Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea Accompanied by Large-Scale Alterations in the Composition of the Fecal Microbiota
Vincent B. Young and Thomas M. Schmidt
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1203-1206;
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Preferential Presence of Decorin-Binding Protein B (BBA25) and BBA50 Antibodies in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Neurologic Lyme Disease
Erol Fikrig, Patricia K. Coyle, Steven E. Schutzer, Manchuan Chen, Zhidian Deng, and Richard A. Flavell
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1243-1246;
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Resistance of Group B Streptococcus to Selected Antibiotics, Including Erythromycin and Clindamycin
Judith S. Heelan, Meredith E. Hasenbein, and Alexander J. McAdam
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1263-1264;
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Comparative Analysis of agr Locus Diversification and Overall Genetic Variability among Bovine and Human Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
Philippe Gilot and Willem van Leeuwen
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1265-1269;
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Evaluation of groEL Gene Analysis for Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato
Hyo-Soon Park, Jung-Hee Lee, Eun-Ju Jeong, Seong-Eun Koh, Tae-Kyu Park, Won-Jong Jang, Kyung-Hee Park, Bum-Joon Kim, Yoon-Hoh Kook, and Seung-Hyun Lee
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1270-1273;
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Comparison of the Denka Seiken Slide Agglutination Method to the Quellung Test for Serogrouping of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates
Cheryl K. Shutt, Matthew Samore, and Karen C. Carroll
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1274-1276;
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Evaluation of Different Methods To Detect Methicillin Resistance in Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus
Frank Kipp, Karsten Becker, Georg Peters, and Christof von Eiff
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1277-1279;
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Assessment of Evolution of Pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus by Multilocus Sequence Typing
Nandini Roy Chowdhury, O. Colin Stine, J. Glenn Morris, and G. B. Nair
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1280-1282;
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Evaluation of Penicillin Binding Protein 2a Latex Agglutination Assay for Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Blood Cultures
Kimberle C. Chapin and Michael C. Musgnug
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1283-1284;
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Type III Secretion System Genes in Clinical Aeromonas Isolates
M. R. Chacón, L. Soler, E. A. Groisman, J. Guarro, and M. J. Figueras
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1285-1287;
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Real-Time Multiplex PCR Assay for Detection of Brucella spp., B. abortus, and B. melitensis
William S. Probert, Kimmi N. Schrader, Nhi Y. Khuong, Susan L. Bystrom, and Margot H. Graves
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1290-1293;
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Correlation between Detection Rates of Periodontopathic Bacterial DNA in Carotid Coronary Stenotic Artery Plaque and in Dental Plaque Samples
Kazuyuki Ishihara, Akihiro Nabuchi, Rieko Ito, Kouji Miyachi, Howard K. Kuramitsu, and Katsuji Okuda
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1313-1315;
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First Isolation of Borrelia lusitaniae from a Human Patient
M. Collares-Pereira, S. Couceiro, I. Franca, K. Kurtenbach, S. M. Schäfer, L. Vitorino, L. Gonçalves, S. Baptista, M. L. Vieira, and C. Cunha
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1316-1318;
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Sensitivity of a Novel Stool Antigen Test for Detection of Helicobacter pylori in Adult Outpatients before and after Eradication Therapy
Vincens Weingart, Holger Rüssmann, Sibylle Koletzko, Josef Weingart, Wilhelm Höchter, and Michael Sackmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1319-1321;
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Multiplex PCR Assay for Direct Identification of Group B Streptococcal Alpha-Protein-Like Protein Genes
Roberta Creti, Francesca Fabretti, Graziella Orefici, and Christina von Hunolstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1326-1329;
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Rapid Detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae from Blood Culture Bottles by Real-Time PCR
Prathiba Kurupati, Carol Chow, Gamini Kumarasinghe, and Chit Laa Poh
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1337-1340;
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Highly Conserved Alpha-Toxin Sequences of Avian Isolates of Clostridium perfringens
Scott A. Sheedy, Aaron B. Ingham, Julian I. Rood, and Robert J. Moore
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1345-1347;
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Development of a Diagnostic PCR Assay Targeting the Mn-Dependent Superoxide Dismutase Gene (sodA) for Identification of Streptococcus gallolyticus
Eiki Sasaki, Ro Osawa, Yosuke Nishitani, and Robert A. Whiley
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1360-1362;
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Parasitology:

Evaluation of Recombinant Fragments of Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc Lectin Intermediate Subunit for Serodiagnosis of Amebiasis
Hiroshi Tachibana, Xun-Jia Cheng, Gohta Masuda, Noriyuki Horiki, and Tsutomu Takeuchi
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1069-1074;
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Molecular Cloning, Expression, and Serological Evaluation of an 8-Kilodalton Subunit of Antigen B from Echinococcus multilocularis
Wulamu Mamuti, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Yasuhito Sako, Minoru Nakao, Ning Xiao, Kazuhiro Nakaya, Naoki Sato, Dominique A. Vuitton, Renaud Piarroux, Marshall W. Lightowlers, Philip S. Craig, and Akira Ito
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1082-1088;
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Development of a Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium ovale for Routine Clinical Diagnosis
F. Perandin, N. Manca, A. Calderaro, G. Piccolo, L. Galati, L. Ricci, M. C. Medici, M. C. Arcangeletti, G. Snounou, G. Dettori, and C. Chezzi
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1214-1219;
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Simultaneous Detection of Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, and Cryptosporidium parvum in Fecal Samples by Using Multiplex Real-Time PCR
Jaco J. Verweij, Roy A. Blangé, Kate Templeton, Janke Schinkel, Eric A. T. Brienen, Marianne A. A. van Rooyen, Lisette van Lieshout, and Anton M. Polderman
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1220-1223;
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Mycology:

Comparison of the Semisolid Agar Antifungal Susceptibility Test with the NCCLS M38-P Broth Microdilution Test for Screening of Filamentous Fungi
Cigdem Kuzucu, Barbara Rapino, Laura McDermott, and Susan Hadley
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1224-1227;
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Parasitic Mycelial Forms of Coccidioides Species in Mexican Patients
B. Muñoz, L. R. Castañón, I. Calderón, M. E. Vázquez, and M. E. Manjarrez
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1247-1249;
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Long-Term Preservation of Fungal Isolates in Commercially Prepared Cryogenic Microbank Vials
A. Espinel-Ingroff, D. Montero, and E. Martin-Mazuelos
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1257-1259;
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Susceptibility Pattern and Molecular Type of Species-Specific Candida in Oropharyngeal Lesions of Indian Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Patients
Ali Abdul Lattif, Uma Banerjee, Rajendra Prasad, Ashutosh Biswas, Naveet Wig, Neeraj Sharma, Absarul Haque, Nivedita Gupta, Najma Z. Baquer, and Gauranga Mukhopadhyay
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1260-1262;
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Stability of Mueller-Hinton Agar Supplemented with Glucose and Methylene Blue for Disk Diffusion Testing of Fluconazole and Voriconazole
M. A. Pfaller, L. Boyken, S. A. Messer, R. J. Hollis, and D. J. Diekema
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1288-1289;
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Cryptococcus neoformans Shows a Remarkable Genotypic Diversity in Brazil
M. T. Barreto de Oliveira, T. Boekhout, B. Theelen, F. Hagen, F. A. Baroni, M. S. Lazera, K. B. Lengeler, J. Heitman, I. N. G. Rivera, and C. R. Paula
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1356-1359;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Detection of Ehrlichial DNA in Haemaphysalis Ticks Recovered from Dogs in Japan That Is Closely Related to a Novel Ehrlichia sp. Found in Cattle Ticks from Tibet, Thailand, and Africa
Hisashi Inokuma, Takeshi Beppu, Masaru Okuda, Yojiro Shimada, and Yoshimi Sakata
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1353-1355;
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Case Reports:

Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 4 Isolated from Joint Tissue
Andrea J. Linscott, Melinda D. Poulter, Kevin Ward, and David A. Bruckner
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1365-1366;
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Disseminated Basidiobolomycosis in an Immunocompetent Woman
Caterina Bigliazzi, Venerino Poletti, Davide Dell'Amore, Luca Saragoni, and Thomas V. Colby
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1367-1369;
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Two Cases of Fatal Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Photobacterium damsela in Japan
Kunikazu Yamane, Jun Asato, Naofumi Kawade, Hajime Takahashi, Bon Kimura, and Yoshichika Arakawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1370-1372;
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Laboratory Confirmation of Generalized Vaccinia following Smallpox Vaccination
Cassandra D. Kelly, Christina Egan, Stephen W. Davis, William A. Samsonoff, Kimberlee A. Musser, Peter Drabkin, James R. Miller, Jill Taylor, and Nick M. Cirino
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1373-1375;
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Aspergillus fumigatus Empyema, Arthritis, and Calcaneal Osteomyelitis in a Lung Transplant Patient Successfully Treated with Posaconazole
Barbara Alexander Lodge, Elizabeth Dodds Ashley, Mark P. Steele, and John R. Perfect
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1376-1378;
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Letters to the Editor:

Neutral Red Staining of Cells of a Sulfolipid-Deficient Mycobacterium tuberculosis pks2 Mutant Proves that Sulfolipids Are Not Responsible for This Cytochemical Reaction
Núria Andreu, Isidre Gibert, Marina Luquin, Pappachan E. Kolattukudy, and Tatiana Sirakova
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1379-1380;
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Characterization of a Cholera Toxin Gene-Negative Clinical Strain of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal
D. V. Singh, R. Bhanumathi, and R. R. Colwell
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1381
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Typing of Intimin (eae) Genes in Attaching and Effacing Escherichia coli Strains from Monkeys
Miguel Blanco, Jesús E. Blanco, Jorge Blanco, VÂnia Maria de Carvalho, Daniela Lopes Onuma, and Antonio F. Pestana de Castro
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1382-1383;
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Dogs Should Be Included in Surveillance Programs for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
Inmaculada A. Herrero, Jose F. Fernández-Garayzábal, Miguel A. Moreno, and Lucas Domínguez
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1384-1385;
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Quality Control Guidelines for MIC Susceptibility Testing of Omiganan Pentahydrochloride (MBI 226), a Novel Antimicrobial Peptide
Tamara R. Anderegg, Thomas R. Fritsche, and Ronald N. Jones
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1386-1387;
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Concurrent Infection in a Dog and Colonization in a Child with a Human Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Clone
Josias Rodrigues, Cristiane M. Thomazini, Carlos A. M. Lopes, and Liliane O. Dantas
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2004 42: 1388-1389;
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