JCM -- Table of Contents (May 1 2004, 42 [5])

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Contents: May 2004, Volume 42, Issue 5

       Minireviews

       Virology

       Bacteriology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Mycology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Epidemiology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Parasitology

       Case Reports

       Letters to the Editor

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Minireviews:

Practical Considerations in Design of Internal Amplification Controls for Diagnostic PCR Assays
J. Hoorfar, B. Malorny, A. Abdulmawjood, N. Cook, M. Wagner, and P. Fach
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1863-1868;
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Virology:

Specific Detection and Identification of Herpes B Virus by a PCR-Microplate Hybridization Assay
Chika Oya, Yoshitsugu Ochiai, Yojiro Taniuchi, Takashi Takano, Fukiko Ueda, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, and Ryo Hondo
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1869-1874;
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Comparison of a Duplex Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assay and the COBAS Amplicor CMV Monitor Test for Detection of Cytomegalovirus
Björn Herrmann, Viviana Cavaglia Larsson, Carl-Johan Rubin, Fredrik Sund, Britt-Marie Eriksson, Johan Arvidson, Zhibing Yun, Kåre Bondeson, and Jonas Blomberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1909-1914;
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Real-Time PCR System for Detection of Orthopoxviruses and Simultaneous Identification of Smallpox Virus
Victoria A. Olson, Thomas Laue, Miriam T. Laker, Igor V. Babkin, Christian Drosten, Sergei N. Shchelkunov, Matthias Niedrig, Inger K. Damon, and Hermann Meyer
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1940-1946;
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Development and Evaluation of a Novel Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Hong Thi Cam Thai, Mai Quynh Le, Cuong Duc Vuong, Manmohan Parida, Harumi Minekawa, Tsugunori Notomi, Futoshi Hasebe, and Kouichi Morita
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1956-1961;
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Variable Ratio of Hepatitis C Virus RNA to Viral Core Antigen in Patient Sera
Christian G. Schüttler, Christine Thomas, Thomas Discher, Georg Friese, Jürgen Lohmeyer, Ralph Schuster, Stephan Schaefer, and Wolfram H. Gerlich
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1977-1981;
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Reverse Transcriptase PCR Diagnostic Assay for the Coronavirus Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Raymond K. H. Hui, Fanya Zeng, Charis M. N. Chan, K. Y. Yuen, Joseph S. M. Peiris, and Frederick C. C. Leung
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1994-1999;
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Detection and Differentiation of Human Parvovirus Variants by Commercial Quantitative Real-Time PCR Tests
Kati Hokynar, Päivi Norja, Harri Laitinen, Pekka Palomäki, Antoine Garbarg-Chenon, Annamari Ranki, Klaus Hedman, and Maria Söderlund-Venermo
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2013-2019;
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High Seroprevalence of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in Blood Donors in Guyana and Molecular and Phylogenetic Analysis of New Strains in the Guyana Shelf (Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana)
Jean-François Pouliquen, Lynette Hardy, Anne Lavergne, Eric Kafiludine, and Mirdad Kazanji
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2020-2026;
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Expertise of French Laboratories in Detection, Genotyping, and Quantification of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Serum
Jean-Jacques Lefrère, Françoise Roudot-Thoraval, Françoise Lunel, Sophie Alain, Marie-Laure Chaix, Elisabeth Dussaix, Michèle Gassin, Jacques Izopet, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, Christopher Payan, Françoise Stoll-Keller, Vincent Thibault, Mary-Anne Trabaud, Dominique Bettinger, Marc Bogard, Michel Branger, Claudine Buffet-Janvresse, Anne Charrois, Christine Defer, Catherine Laffont, Joëlle Lerable, Thierry Levayer, Michèle Martinot-Peignoux, Bernard Mercier, and Arielle R. Rosenberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2027-2030;
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Evaluation of Advanced Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays and an Alternative PCR Target Region for Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus
Christian Drosten, Lily-Lily Chiu, Marcus Panning, Hoe Nam Leong, Wolfgang Preiser, John S. Tam, Stephan Günther, Stefanie Kramme, Petra Emmerich, Wooi Loon Ng, Herbert Schmitz, and Evelyn S. C. Koay
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2043-2047;
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Genetic Variability and Molecular Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Subgroup A Strains in Japan Determined by Heteroduplex Mobility Assay
Yuki Kuroiwa, Kazushige Nagai, Lisa Okita, and Hiroyuki Tsutsumi
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2048-2053;
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Comparison of Two Real-Time Quantitative Assays for Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Michael K. Hourfar, W. Kurt Roth, Erhard Seifried, and Michael Schmidt
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2094-2100;
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Incidence of Group C Human Rotavirus in Central Australia and Sequence Variation of the VP7 and VP4 Genes
Roger D. Schnagl, Karen Boniface, Pauline Cardwell, Damien McCarthy, Caroline Ondracek, Barbara Coulson, John Erlich, and Fran Morey
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2127-2133;
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DNA Microarray Format for Detection and Subtyping of Human Papillomavirus
Corné H. W. Klaassen, Clemens F. M. Prinsen, Hanneke A. de Valk, Alphons M. Horrevorts, Marcel A. F. Jeunink, and Frederik B. J. M. Thunnissen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2152-2160;
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Correlation between Viral Loads of Cytomegalovirus in Blood and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Specimens from Lung Transplant Recipients Determined by Histology and Immunohistochemistry
Roy F. Chemaly, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, Elias A. Castilla, Amy Reilly, Susana Arrigain, Carol Farver, Robin K. Avery, Steven M. Gordon, and Gary W. Procop
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2168-2172;
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Use of the DNA Flow-Thru Chip, a Three-Dimensional Biochip, for Typing and Subtyping of Influenza Viruses
Nicole Kessler, Olivier Ferraris, Kevin Palmer, Wayne Marsh, and Adam Steel
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2173-2185;
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Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Viral Load Is Higher in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Seropositive Women with High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions Than in Those with Normal Cytology Smears
Jonas Lefevre, Catherine Hankins, Deborah Money, Anita Rachlis, Karina Pourreaux, and François Coutlée
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2212-2215;
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Development and Evaluation of a New Commercial Test Allowing the Simultaneous Detection of Noroviruses and Sapoviruses by Reverse Transcription-PCR and Microplate Hybridization
F. Bon, H. Giraudon, C. Sancey, C. Barranger, M. Joannes, P. Pothier, and E. Kohli
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2218-2220;
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Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Excretion of Noroviruses during a Hospital Outbreak of Gastroenteritis
Chris I. Gallimore, David Cubitt, Nelita du Plessis, and Jim J. Gray
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2271-2274;
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Frequent Detection of Viral Nucleic Acids in Heart Valve Tissue
Oliver Donoso Mantke, Rudolf Meyer, Susanna Prösch, and Matthias Niedrig
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2298-2300;
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Detection of Specific Antibodies to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Protein for Serodiagnosis of SARS Coronavirus Pneumonia
Patrick C. Y. Woo, Susanna K. P. Lau, Beatrice H. L. Wong, Hoi-wah Tsoi, Ami M. Y. Fung, Kwok-hung Chan, Victoria K. P. Tam, J. S. Malik Peiris, and Kwok-yung Yuen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2306-2309;
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Bacteriology:

New Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Specimens Containing a Mixture of Staphylococci
A. Huletsky, R. Giroux, V. Rossbach, M. Gagnon, M. Vaillancourt, M. Bernier, F. Gagnon, K. Truchon, M. Bastien, F. J. Picard, A. van Belkum, M. Ouellette, P. H. Roy, and M. G. Bergeron
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1875-1884;
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Evaluation of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Typhoid Fever
Sonja J. Olsen, Jim Pruckler, William Bibb, Nguyen Thi My Thanh, Tran My Trinh, Nguyen Thi Minh, Sumathi Sivapalasingam, Amita Gupta, Phan Thu Phuong, Nguyen Tran Chinh, Nguyen Vinh Chau, Phung Dac Cam, and Eric D. Mintz
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1885-1889;
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Distribution of Insertion Sequences Associated with Tn1546-Like Elements among Enterococcus faecium Isolates from Patients in Korea
Ji Young Huh, Wee Gyo Lee, Kyungwon Lee, Wan Shik Shin, and Jin Hong Yoo
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1897-1902;
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Rapid Screening Method for Detection of Bacteria in Platelet Concentrates
S. Ribault, K. Harper, L. Grave, C. Lafontaine, P. Nannini, A. Raimondo, and I. Besson Faure
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1903-1908;
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Clinically Feasible Biofilm Susceptibility Assay for Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Samuel M. Moskowitz, Jessica M. Foster, Julia Emerson, and Jane L. Burns
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1915-1922;
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Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of Flagellin Genes fliC, fljB, and flpA from Salmonella
J. R. McQuiston, R. Parrenas, M. Ortiz-Rivera, L. Gheesling, F. Brenner, and P. I. Fields
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1923-1932;
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Prevalence and Characterization of a Binary Toxin (Actin-Specific ADP-Ribosyltransferase) from Clostridium difficile
Carina Gonçalves, Dominique Decré, Frédéric Barbut, Béatrice Burghoffer, and Jean-Claude Petit
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1933-1939;
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mecA Locus Diversity in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Brisbane, Australia, and the Development of a Novel Diagnostic Procedure for the Western Samoan Phage Pattern Clone
Flavia Huygens, Alex J. Stephens, Graeme R. Nimmo, and Philip M. Giffard
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1947-1955;
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Specific Identification of Staphylococcus aureus by Staphychrom II, a Rapid Chromogenic Staphylocoagulase Test
Nathalie Fonsale, Michèle Bes, Isabelle Verdier, Anne Carricajo, Christine Ploton, Gérald Aubert, Jerome Etienne, François Vandenesch, and Anne Marie Freydiere
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1962-1964;
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Performance Assessment of DNA Fragment Sizing by High-Sensitivity Flow Cytometry and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
Matthew M. Ferris, Xiaomei Yan, Robbert C. Habbersett, Yulin Shou, Cheryl L. Lemanski, James H. Jett, Thomas M. Yoshida, and Babetta L. Marrone
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1965-1976;
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Assessment of Virulence of Pigeon Isolates of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Typhimurium Variant Copenhagen for Humans
Frank Pasmans, Filip Van Immerseel, Katleen Hermans, Marc Heyndrickx, Jean-Marc Collard, Richard Ducatelle, and Freddy Haesebrouck
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2000-2002;
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Detection of Shigella by a PCR Assay Targeting the ipaH Gene Suggests Increased Prevalence of Shigellosis in Nha Trang, Vietnam
Vu Dinh Thiem, Orntipa Sethabutr, Lorenz von Seidlein, Tran Van Tung, Do Gia Canh, Bui Trong Chien, Le Huu Tho, Hyejon Lee, Huo-Shu Houng, Thomas L. Hale, John D. Clemens, Carl Mason, and Dang Duc Trach
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2031-2035;
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Clonal Diversity and Stability of Subgingival Eikenella corrodens
O. Fujise, W. Chen, S. Rich, and C. Chen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2036-2042;
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DNA Macroarray for Identification and Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
Salim Trad, Jeanine Allignet, Lionel Frangeul, Marilyne Davi, Massimo Vergassola, Elisabeth Couve, Anne Morvan, Amel Kechrid, Carmen Buchrieser, Philippe Glaser, and Névine El Solh
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2054-2064;
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Comparison of Conventional and Molecular Methods for Identification of Aerobic Catalase-Negative Gram-Positive Cocci in the Clinical Laboratory
P. P. Bosshard, S. Abels, M. Altwegg, E. C. Böttger, and R. Zbinden
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2065-2073;
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PCR-Based Assay for Differentiation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Other Pseudomonas Species Recovered from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Theodore Spilker, Tom Coenye, Peter Vandamme, and John J. LiPuma
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2074-2079;
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Widespread Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections Due to Two Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Harboring the Genes for Panton-Valentine Leucocidin
Binh An Diep, George F. Sensabaugh, Naraporn S. Somboona, Heather A. Carleton, and Françoise Perdreau-Remington
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2080-2084;
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Simultaneous Analysis of Multiple Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Genes by an Oligonucleotide Microarray Assay
Nikolay Sergeev, Dmitriy Volokhov, Vladimir Chizhikov, and Avraham Rasooly
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2134-2143;
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Hyperinvasive Neonatal Group B Streptococcus Has Arisen from a Bovine Ancestor
Naiel Bisharat, Derrick W. Crook, James Leigh, Rosalind M. Harding, Phil N. Ward, Tracey J. Coffey, Martin C. Maiden, Tim Peto, and Nicola Jones
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2161-2167;
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Systematic 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing of Atypical Clinical Isolates Identified 27 New Bacterial Species Associated with Humans
M. Drancourt, P. Berger, and D. Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2197-2202;
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Use of ß-Lactamase Inhibitors in Disk Tests To Detect Plasmid-Mediated AmpC ß-Lactamases
Jennifer A. Black, Kenneth S. Thomson, and Johann D. D. Pitout
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2203-2206;
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Use of the BACTEC MYCO/F LYTIC Medium for Detection of Brucella melitensis Bacteremia
Pablo Yagupsky
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2207-2208;
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Comparison of Chlorhexidine and Tincture of Iodine for Skin Antisepsis in Preparation for Blood Sample Collection
Joan Barenfanger, Cheryl Drake, Jerry Lawhorn, and Steven J. Verhulst
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2216-2217;
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Corynebacterium Species Isolated from Bone and Joint Infections Identified by 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis
Véronique Roux, Michel Drancourt, Andreas Stein, Philippe Riegel, Didier Raoult, and Bernard La Scola
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2231-2233;
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Further Evaluation of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Melioidosis in an Area of Endemicity
Mathew O'Brien, Kevin Freeman, Gary Lum, Allen C. Cheng, Susan P. Jacups, and Bart J. Currie
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2239-2240;
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Rapid Detection of Point Mutations in the gyrA Gene of Helicobacter pylori Conferring Resistance to Ciprofloxacin by a Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer-Based Real-Time PCR Approach
Erik Glocker and Manfred Kist
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2241-2246;
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Quantitative Microbiological Study of Subgingival Plaque by Real-Time PCR Shows Correlation between Levels of Tannerella forsythensis and Fusobacterium spp.
Nao Suzuki, Akihiro Yoshida, Toshiyuki Saito, Miki Kawada, and Yoshio Nakano
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2255-2257;
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Accuracy and Appropriateness of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Reporting for Bacteria Isolated from Blood Cultures
Daniel J. Diekema, Kathleen Lee, Patti Raney, Loreen A. Herwaldt, Gary V. Doern, and Fred C. Tenover
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2258-2260;
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Validated 5' Nuclease PCR Assay for Rapid Identification of the Genus Brucella
T. Bogdanovich, M. Skurnik, P. S. Lübeck, P. Ahrens, and J. Hoorfar
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2261-2263;
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Presence of Bacterial Phage-Like DNA Sequences in Commercial Taq DNA Polymerase Reagents
Tamara Newsome, Bing-Jie Li, Nianxiang Zou, and Shyh-Ching Lo
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2264-2267;
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Correlation between Helicobacter pylori OipA Protein Expression and oipA Gene Switch Status
Takahiko Kudo, Zhannat Z. Nurgalieva, Margaret E. Conner, Sue Crawford, Stefan Odenbreit, Rainer Haas, David Y. Graham, and Yoshio Yamaoka
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2279-2281;
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Use of the Vitek-1 and Vitek-2 Systems for Detection of Constitutive and Inducible Macrolide Resistance in Group B Streptococci
Patrick Tang, Peter Ng, Ming Lum, Martin Skulnick, Glen W. Small, Donald E. Low, Alicia Sarabia, Tony Mazzulli, Katherine Wong, Andrew E. Simor, and Barbara M. Willey
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2282-2284;
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Use of the omp50 Gene for Identification of Campylobacter Species by PCR
Luc Dedieu, Jean-Marie Pagès, and Jean-Michel Bolla
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2301-2305;
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Glycerophosphodiester Phosphodiesterase Gene (glpQ) of Borrelia lonestari Identified as a Target for Differentiating Borrelia Species Associated with Hard Ticks (Acari:Ixodidae)
Rendi Murphree Bacon, Mark A. Pilgard, Barbara J. B. Johnson, Sandra J. Raffel, and Tom G. Schwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2326-2328;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Use of Genome Level-Informed PCR as a New Investigational Approach for Analysis of Outbreak-Associated Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
Kumar Rajakumar, Jamila Shafi, Rebecca J. Smith, Richard A. Stabler, Peter W. Andrew, Deborah Modha, Gerry Bryant, Philip Monk, Jason Hinds, Philip D. Butcher, and Michael R. Barer
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1890-1896;
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Use of Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Typing To Examine Genetic Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Singapore
Yong-Jiang Sun, Richard Bellamy, Ann S. G. Lee, Sze Ta Ng, Sindhu Ravindran, Sin-Yew Wong, Camille Locht, Philip Supply, and Nicholas I. Paton
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1986-1993;
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Development of a Bacteriophage Phage Replication Assay for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Ruth McNerney, Bupe S. Kambashi, Juliana Kinkese, Ruth Tembwe, and Peter Godfrey-Faussett
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2115-2120;
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Molecular Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae Isolates from Central Europe
Wilfried Erler, Gerald Martin, Konrad Sachse, Ludmila Naumann, Dagmar Kahlau, Jörg Beer, Milan Bartos, György Nagy, Zeljko Cvetnic, Manca Zolnir-Dovc, and Ivo Pavlik
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2234-2238;
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Comparison of Flow Cytometric and Alamar Blue Tests with the Proportional Method for Testing Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Rifampin and Isoniazid
Roberto S. Reis, Ivan Neves, Jr., Sergio L. S. Lourenço, Leila S. Fonseca, and Maria Cristina S. Lourenço
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2247-2248;
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Meta-Analysis of BACTEC MGIT 960 and BACTEC 460 TB, with or without Solid Media, for Detection of Mycobacteria
M. Cruciani, C. Scarparo, M. Malena, O. Bosco, G. Serpelloni, and C. Mengoli
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2321-2325;
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Mycology:

Amplification of Coccidioidal DNA in Clinical Specimens by PCR
Suzanne M. Johnson, Keira A. Simmons, and Demosthenes Pappagianis
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 1982-1985;
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Rapid Quantification of Drug Resistance Gene Expression in Candida albicans by Reverse Transcriptase LightCycler PCR and Fluorescent Probe Hybridization
Joao P. Frade, David W. Warnock, and Beth A. Arthington-Skaggs
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2085-2093;
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Detection of Candida in Concentrated Oral Rinse Cultures by Real-Time PCR
P. Lewis White, David W. Williams, Tomoari Kuriyama, Shamim A. Samad, Michael A. O. Lewis, and Rosemary A. Barnes
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2101-2107;
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Comparison of VITEK 2 with ITS2-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis for Identification of Yeast Species
Caroline Massonet, Johan Van Eldere, Mario Vaneechoutte, Thierry De Baere, Jan Verhaegen, and Katrien Lagrou
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2209-2211;
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Collaborative Study of the NCCLS and Flow Cytometry Methods for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Candida albicans
Vishnu Chaturvedi, Rama Ramani, and Michael A. Pfaller
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2249-2251;
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Collaborative Study of Antibiotic Medium 3 and Flow Cytometry for Identification of Amphotericin B-Resistant Candida Isolates
Vishnu Chaturvedi, Rama Ramani, and John H. Rex
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2252-2254;
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Detection of Candida albicans mRNA in Archival Histopathology Samples by Reverse Transcription-PCR
Kyle T. Beggs, Ann R. Holmes, Richard D. Cannon, and Alison M. Rich
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2275-2278;
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AFMP2 Encodes a Novel Immunogenic Protein of the Antigenic Mannoprotein Superfamily in Aspergillus fumigatus
Ken T. K. Chong, Patrick C. Y. Woo, Susanna K. P. Lau, Yi Huang, and Kwok-yung Yuen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2287-2291;
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Use of a Panfungal PCR Assay for Detection of Fungal Pathogens in a Commercial Blood Culture System
Peter C. Iwen, Alison G. Freifeld, Tricia A. Bruening, and Steven H. Hinrichs
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2292-2293;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Longitudinal Study of the Excretion Patterns of Thermophilic Campylobacter spp. in Young Pet Dogs in Denmark
Birthe Hald, Karl Pedersen, Michael Wainø, Jens Christian Jørgensen, and Mogens Madsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2003-2012;
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Comparison of Two 3ABC Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Diagnosis of Multiple-Serotype Foot-and-Mouth Disease in a Cattle Population in an Area of Endemicity
B. M. de C. Bronsvoort, K. J. Sørensen, J. Anderson, A. Corteyn, V. N. Tanya, R. P. Kitching, and K. L. Morgan
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2108-2114;
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Serotyping of 800 Strains of Erysipelothrix Isolated from Pigs Affected with Erysipelas and Discrimination of Attenuated Live Vaccine Strain by Genotyping
Yumiko Imada, Ai Takase, Reiko Kikuma, Yoshifumi Iwamaru, Shigehiro Akachi, and Yûji Hayakawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2121-2126;
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Evaluation of "Helicobacter heilmannii" Subtypes in the Gastric Mucosas of Cats and Dogs
Simon L. Priestnall, Bo Wiinberg, Anette Spohr, Britta Neuhaus, Manuela Kuffer, Martin Wiedmann, and Kenneth W. Simpson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2144-2151;
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Helcococcus ovis Isolated from a Pulmonary Abscess in a Horse
Chantal M. Rothschild, J. Lindsay Oaks, Jennifer K. Schaupp, Fred R. Rurangirwa, Debra C. Sellon, and Melissa T. Hines
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2224-2226;
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Epidemiology:

Molecular Epidemiology of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses in the Adamawa Province of Cameroon
B. M. de C. Bronsvoort, A. D. Radford, V. N. Tanya, C. Nfon, R. P. Kitching, and K. L. Morgan
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2186-2196;
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Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Bacteremia in a Pediatric Hospital Due to Contamination of Lipid Emulsion Stoppers
C. Doit, C. Loukil, A.-M. Simon, A. Ferroni, J.-E. Fontan, S. Bonacorsi, P. Bidet, V. Jarlier, Y. Aujard, F. Beaufils, and E. Bingen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2227-2230;
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First Serologic Evidence of Human Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis in Korea
Won-Jong Jang, Jong-Hyun Kim, Yeon-Joo Choi, Kwang-Don Jung, Yang-Gyu Kim, Seung-Hyun Lee, Myung-Sik Choi, Ik-Sang Kim, David H. Walker, and Kyung-Hee Park
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2310-2313;
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Characterization of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Isolates from Human, Food, and Animal Sources in the Republic of Ireland
Rachel Gorman and Catherine C. Adley
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2314-2316;
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Molecular Epidemiology of the fsr Locus and of Gelatinase Production among Different Subsets of Enterococcus faecalis Isolates
Jill C. Roberts, Kavindra V. Singh, Pablo C. Okhuysen, and Barbara E. Murray
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2317-2320;
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Phylogenetic Relationships among Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus Isolates from the 2002-2003 Outbreak in California and Other Recent Outbreaks in North America
Janice C. Pedersen, Dennis A. Senne, Peter R. Woolcock, Hailu Kinde, Daniel J. King, Mark G. Wise, Brundaban Panigrahy, and Bruce S. Seal
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2329-2334;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Detection of a Rickettsia Closely Related to Rickettsia aeschlimannii, "Rickettsia heilongjiangensis," Rickettsia sp. Strain RpA4, and Ehrlichia muris in Ticks Collected in Russia and Kazakhstan
Stanislav Shpynov, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Nikolay Rudakov, Marat Tankibaev, Irina Tarasevich, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2221-2223;
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Molecular Evidence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Ixodes ricinus Ticks and Wild Animals in Austria
Helene Polin, Peter Hufnagl, Reinhard Haunschmid, Florian Gruber, and Gunther Ladurner
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2285-2286;
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Parasitology:

Survey of Rodents and Ticks in Human Babesiosis Emergence Area in Japan: First Detection of Babesia microti-Like Parasites in Ixodes ovatus
Atsuko Saito-Ito, Yasuhiro Yano, Anchalee Dantrakool, Tetsuo Hashimoto, and Nobuhiro Takada
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2268-2270;
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Culture-Independent Species Typing of Neotropical Leishmania for Clinical Validation of a PCR-Based Assay Targeting Heat Shock Protein 70 Genes
Lineth Garcia, Ann Kindt, Hernan Bermudez, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Simonne De Doncker, Jorge Arevalo, Kelly Wilber Quispe Tintaya, and Jean-Claude Dujardin
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2294-2297;
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Case Reports:

Chronic Cholangitis Caused by Bordetella hinzii in a Liver Transplant Recipient
Mardjan Arvand, Rita Feldhues, Markus Mieth, Thomas Kraus, and Peter Vandamme
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2335-2337;
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Brain Abscess Due to Gemella haemolysans
Mi Ra Lee, Sang-Oh Lee, Sue-Yun Kim, Sun Mee Yang, Yiel-Hae Seo, and Yong Kyun Cho
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2338-2340;
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Clinical Case of Endocarditis due to Trichosporon inkin and Antifungal Susceptibility Profile of the Organism
Jose M. Ramos, Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Felix Gutierrez, Matilde Elia, and Juan L. Rodriguez-Tudela
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2341-2344;
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Invasive Pneumococcal Infection in a Healthy Infant Caused by Two Different Serotypes
Ana Lucia S. Sgambatti de Andrade, Fabiana Cristina Pimenta, Cristina Aparecida Borges Laval, João Guimarães de Andrade, Maria Luiza Guerra, and Maria Cristina C. Brandileone
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2345-2346;
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Posttransplantation Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Acquired from Donor Lungs
Melissa B. Miller, Ryan Hendren, and Peter H. Gilligan
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2347-2349;
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Letters to the Editor:

Identification of 2,600 Clinical Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains in The Netherlands Yielded Sporadic Cases of Strains Negative for the Species-Specific Sa442 Gene Fragment
Frank Heilmann, Adri van der Zanden, Frans Reubsaet, and Wim Wannet
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2350
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Antigenic Cross-Reactivity between the Nucleocapsid Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus and Polyclonal Antisera of Antigenic Group I Animal Coronaviruses: Implication for SARS Diagnosis
Z. F. Sun and X. J. Meng
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2351-2352;
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Weak Agreement between Antivirogram and PhenoSense Assays in Predicting Reduced Susceptibility to Antiretroviral Drugs
Kai Wang, Ram Samudrala, John Mittler, Shoukat Qari, Walid Heneine, Nicholas Hellmann, and Lee Bacheler
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2353-2354;
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Investigating Infectious Keratitis
Federico Nicola, Stephen B. Kaye*, and Godfrey Smith
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2355-2356;
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Virological Interpretations of Dengue Disease Spectrum in Infants in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Need Reevaluation
Baijayantimala Mishra, R. K. Ratho, and Lalitha Kabilan
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2004 42: 2357-2358;
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