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Minireviews:

Petra Apfalter, Udo Reischl, and Margaret R. Hammerschlag

In-House Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays in Research: How Much Quality Control Is Needed before One Can Rely upon the Results?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5835-5841. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

Ibne Karim M. Ali, Mehreen Zaki, and C. Graham Clark

Use of PCR Amplification of tRNA Gene-Linked Short Tandem Repeats for Genotyping Entamoeba histolytica
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5842-5847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

A. Khan, C. Su, M. German, G. A. Storch, D. B. Clifford, and L. David Sibley

Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii Strains from Immunocompromised Patients Reveals High Prevalence of Type I Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5881-5887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wilma Buffolano, Elisa Beghetto, Mariassunta Del Pezzo, Andrea Spadoni, Manlio Di Cristina, Eskild Petersen, and Nicola Gargano

Use of Recombinant Antigens for Early Postnatal Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5916-5924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabelle Bertrand, Laetitia Albertini, and Janine Schwartzbrod

Comparison of Two Target Genes for Detection and Genotyping of Giardia lamblia in Human Feces by PCR and PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5940-5944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

François Chappuis, Yolanda Mueller, Alexandre Nguimfack, John Bosco Rwakimari, Sophie Couffignal, Marleen Boelaert, Philippe Cavailler, Louis Loutan, and Patrice Piola

Diagnostic Accuracy of Two rK39 Antigen-Based Dipsticks and the Formol Gel Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northeastern Uganda
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5973-5977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abedelmajeed Nasereddin, Gad Baneth, Gabriele Schönian, Moein Kanaan, and Charles L. Jaffe

Molecular Fingerprinting of Leishmania infantum Strains following an Outbreak of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Central Israel
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6054-6059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, M. G. Rinaldi, R. Barnes, B. Hu, A. V. Veselov, N. Tiraboschi, E. Nagy, D. L. Gibbs the Global Antifungal Surveillance Group

Results from the ARTEMIS DISK Global Antifungal Surveillance Study: a 6.5-Year Analysis of Susceptibilities of Candida and Other Yeast Species to Fluconazole and Voriconazole by Standardized Disk Diffusion Testing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5848-5859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oliver Goldenberg, Stefanie Herrmann, Thomas Adam, Gina Marjoram, George Hong, Ulf B. Göbel, and Barbara Graf

Use of Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography for Rapid Detection and Identification of Seven Candida Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5912-5915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jerry W. Pickering, Howard W. Sant, Catherine A. P. Bowles, William L. Roberts, and Gail L. Woods

Evaluation of a (13)-ß-D-Glucan Assay for Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5957-5962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Arunmozhi Balajee, Jennifer Gribskov, Mary Brandt, James Ito, Annette Fothergill, and Kieren A. Marr

Mistaken Identity: Neosartorya pseudofischeri and Its Anamorph Masquerading as Aspergillus fumigatus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5996-5999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Russell E. Lewis, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Michail S. Lionakis, Randall A. Prince, and Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis

Frequency and Species Distribution of Gliotoxin-Producing Aspergillus Isolates Recovered from Patients at a Tertiary-Care Cancer Center
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6120-6122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anke Edelmann, Monika Krüger, and Jan Schmid

Genetic Relationship between Human and Animal Isolates of Candida albicans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6164-6166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julia Alcoba-Flórez, María del Pilar Arévalo, F. Javier González-Paredes, Josep Cano, Josep Guarro, Eduardo Pérez-Roth, and Sebastián Méndez-Álvarez

PCR Protocol for Specific Identification of Candida nivariensis, a Recently Described Pathogenic Yeast
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6194-6196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

Sara Y. Tartof, Owen D. Solberg, Amee R. Manges, and Lee W. Riley

Analysis of a Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Clonal Group by Multilocus Sequence Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5860-5864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristen M. Gray, Padmapriya P. Banada, Erin O'Neal, and Arun K. Bhunia

Rapid Ped-2E9 Cell-Based Cytotoxicity Analysis and Genotyping of Bacillus Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5865-5872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Belgin Dogan, Y. H. Schukken, C. Santisteban, and Kathryn J. Boor

Distribution of Serotypes and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes among Streptococcus agalactiae Isolates from Bovine and Human Hosts
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5899-5906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. Michael Dunne, Jr. and Daniel J. Hardin

Use of Several Inducer and Substrate Antibiotic Combinations in a Disk Approximation Assay Format To Screen for AmpC Induction in Patient Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter spp., Citrobacter spp., and Serratia spp.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5945-5949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Åsa Innings, Margareta Krabbe, Måns Ullberg, and Björn Herrmann

Identification of 43 Streptococcus Species by Pyrosequencing Analysis of the rnpB Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5983-5991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew Birtles, Katie Hardy, Stephen J. Gray, Suzanne Handford, Edward B. Kaczmarski, Valerie Edwards-Jones, and Andrew J. Fox

Multilocus Sequence Typing of Neisseria meningitidis Directly from Clinical Samples and Application of the Method to the Investigation of Meningococcal Disease Case Clusters
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6007-6014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bina Maharjan, Narisara Chantratita, Mongkol Vesaratchavest, Allen Cheng, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Wirongrong Chierakul, Wipada Chaowagul, Nicholas P. J. Day, and Sharon J. Peacock

Recurrent Melioidosis in Patients in Northeast Thailand Is Frequently Due to Reinfection Rather than Relapse
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6032-6034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anneke van der Zee, Max Heck, Marcel Sterks, Airien Harpal, Emile Spalburg, Leonard Kazobagora, and Wim Wannet

Recognition of SCCmec Types According to Typing Pattern Determined by Multienzyme Multiplex PCR-Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6042-6047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James R. Johnson, Krista Owens, Abby Gajewski, and Michael A. Kuskowski

Bacterial Characteristics in Relation to Clinical Source of Escherichia coli Isolates from Women with Acute Cystitis or Pyelonephritis and Uninfected Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6064-6072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomonori Hoshino, Taku Fujiwara, and Mogens Kilian

Use of Phylogenetic and Phenotypic Analyses To Identify Nonhemolytic Streptococci Isolated from Bacteremic Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6073-6085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fan Li, Chunyan Zhao, Wandi Zhang, Shenghui Cui, Jianghong Meng, Josephine Wu, and David Y. Zhang

Use of Ramification Amplification Assay for Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Other E. coli Shiga Toxin-Producing Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6086-6090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean Pierre Girardeau, Alessandra Dalmasso, Yolande Bertin, Christian Ducrot, Séverine Bord, Valérie Livrelli, Christine Vernozy-Rozand, and Christine Martin

Association of Virulence Genotype with Phylogenetic Background in Comparison to Different Seropathotypes of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6098-6107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haru Kato, Toshiyuki Yokoyama, Hideaki Kato, and Yoshichika Arakawa

Rapid and Simple Method for Detecting the Toxin B Gene of Clostridium difficile in Stool Specimens by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6108-6112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shannon D. Manning, David W. Lacher, H. Dele Davies, Betsy Foxman, and Thomas S. Whittam

DNA Polymorphism and Molecular Subtyping of the Capsular Gene Cluster of Group B Streptococcus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6113-6116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

C. A. Petti, C. R. Polage, and P. Schreckenberger

The Role of 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing in Identification of Microorganisms Misidentified by Conventional Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6123-6125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick F. McDermott, Sonya M. Bodeis-Jones, Thomas R. Fritsche, Ronald N. Jones, Robert D. Walker, and the Campylobacter Susceptibility Testing Group

Broth Microdilution Susceptibility Testing of Campylobacter jejuni and the Determination of Quality Control Ranges for Fourteen Antimicrobial Agents
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6136-6138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katie J. Edwards, Johanna M. Schwingel, Anup K. Datta, and Anthony A. Campagnari

Multiplex PCR Assay That Identifies the Major Lipooligosaccharide Serotype Expressed by Moraxella catarrhalis Clinical Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6139-6143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nabin K. Shrestha, Marion J. Tuohy, Ravindran A. Padmanabhan, Gerri S. Hall, and Gary W. Procop

Evaluation of the LightCycler Staphylococcus M^GRADE Kits on Positive Blood Cultures That Contained Gram-Positive Cocci in Clusters
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6144-6146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryan R. McDonald, Nick A. Antonishyn, Toni Hansen, Laelie A. Snook, Evelyn Nagle, Michael R. Mulvey, Paul N. Levett, and Greg B. Horsman

Development of a Triplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Toxin Genes in Clinical Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6147-6149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stanley Mirrett, Maria J. Joyce, and L. Barth Reller

Validation of Performance of Plastic versus Glass Bottles for Culturing Anaerobes from Blood in BacT/ALERT SN Medium
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6150-6151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jaime Moreno, Elkin Hernández, Olga Sanabria, and Elizabeth Castañeda

Detection and Serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Nasopharyngeal Samples by PCR-Based Multiplex Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6152-6154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ekaterina Voskressenskaya, Alexandre Leclercq, Galina Tseneva, and Elisabeth Carniel

Evaluation of Ribotyping as a Tool for Molecular Typing of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Strains of Worldwide Origin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6155-6160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virology:

P. N. Levett, K. Sonnenberg, F. Sidaway, S. Shead, M. Niedrig, K. Steinhagen, G. B. Horsman, and M. A. Drebot

Use of Immunoglobulin G Avidity Assays for Differentiation of Primary from Previous Infections with West Nile Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5873-5875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel J. DiStefano, Nikolai Kraiouchkine, Laura Mallette, Marianne Maliga, Gregory Kulnis, Paul M. Keller, H. Fred Clark, and Alan R. Shaw

Novel Rotavirus VP7 Typing Assay Using a One-Step Reverse Transcriptase PCR Protocol and Product Sequencing and Utility of the Assay for Epidemiological Studies and Strain Characterization, Including Serotype Subgroup Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5876-5880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul H. M. Smits, Remco Bakker, Eefje Jong, Jan Willem Mulder, Pieter L. Meenhorst, Bernhard Kleter, Leen-Jan van Doorn, and Wim G. V. Quint

High Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Infections in Urine Samples from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Men
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5936-5939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheryl Jennings, Susan A. Fiscus, Suzanne M. Crowe, Aleksandra D. Danilovic, Ralph J. Morack, Salvatore Scianna, Ada Cachafeiro, Donald J. Brambilla, Jorg Schupbach, Wendy Stevens, Richard Respess, Oliviero E. Varnier, Gary E. Corrigan, J. Simon Gronowitz, Michael A. Ussery, and James W. Bremer

Comparison of Two Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) RNA Surrogate Assays to the Standard HIV RNA Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5950-5956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qiu-Hong Wang, Myung Guk Han, Julie A. Funk, Gary Bowman, Daniel A. Janies, and Linda J. Saif

Genetic Diversity and Recombination of Porcine Sapoviruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5963-5972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chien-Hung Chen, Chuan-Mo Lee, Sheng-Nan Lu, Chi-Sin Changchien, Hock-Liew Eng, Chao-Min Huang, Jing-Houng Wang, Chao-Hung Hung, and Tsung-Hui Hu

Clinical Significance of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Genotypes and Precore and Core Promoter Mutations Affecting HBV e Antigen Expression in Taiwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6000-6006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jannick Verbeeck, Piet Maes, Elke Wollants, Schalk Van der Merwe, Ernie Song, Frederik Nevens, and Marc Van Ranst

Use of a Commercially Available Line Probe Assay for Genotyping of Hepatitis C Virus 5a Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6117-6119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GwangPyo Ko, Coralith Garcia, Zhi-Dong Jiang, Pablo C. Okhuysen, Jaime Belkind-Gerson, Roger I. Glass, and Herbert L. DuPont

Noroviruses as a Cause of Traveler's Diarrhea among Students from the United States Visiting Mexico
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6126-6129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

X. Sherry Chi, Trentice V. Bolar, Ping Zhao, John S. Tam, Ruth Rappaport, and Sheau-Mei Cheng

Molecular Evolution of Human Influenza A/H3N2 Virus in Asia and Europe from 2001 to 2003
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6130-6132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert C. Fader

Comparison of the Binax NOW Flu A Enzyme Immunochromatographic Assay and R-Mix Shell Vial Culture for the 2003-2004 Influenza Season
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6133-6135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Casas, A. Avellon, M. Mosquera, O. Jabado, J. E. Echevarria, R. H. Campos, M. Rewers, P. Perez-Breña, W. I. Lipkin, and G. Palacios

Molecular Identification of Adenoviruses in Clinical Samples by Analyzing a Partial Hexon Genomic Region
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6176-6182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Loredana Sarmati, Saverio Giuseppe Parisi, Emanuele Nicastri, Gabriella d'Ettorre, Lucia Palmisano, Mauro Andreotti, Carolina Andreoni, Marina Giuliano, Francesca Gatti, Caterina Boldrin, Giorgio Palù, Vincenzo Vullo, Stefano Vella, and Massimo Andreoni

Association between Cellular Human Immunodeficiency Virus DNA Level and Immunological Parameters in Patients with Undetectable Plasma Viremia Level during Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6183-6185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Di Nicuolo, Pasquale Pagliano, Sonia Battisti, Maria Starace, Vera Mininni, Vittorio Attanasio, and Francesco Saverio Faella

Toscana Virus Central Nervous System Infections in Southern Italy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6186-6188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elisa Martró, Barbara Suligoi, Victoria González, Vincenzo Bossi, Anna Esteve, Joanne Mei, Vicenç Ausina and the Recent HIV Infections Study Group

Comparison of the Avidity Index Method and the Serologic Testing Algorithm for Recent Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Seroconversion, Two Methods Using a Single Serum Sample for Identification of Recent HIV Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6197-6199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Marcel A. P. van Bergen, Kate E. Dingle, Martin C. J. Maiden, Diane G. Newell, Linda van der Graaf-Van Bloois, Jos P. M. van Putten, and Jaap A. Wagenaar

Clonal Nature of Campylobacter fetus as Defined by Multilocus Sequence Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5888-5898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John M. Boyce, Nancy L. Havill, and Benedicte Maria

Frequency and Possible Infection Control Implications of Gastrointestinal Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5992-5995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ralf René Reinert, Michael R. Jacobs, Peter C. Appelbaum, Saralee Bajaksouzian, Soraia Cordeiro, Mark van der Linden, and Adnan Al-Lahham

Relationship between the Original Multiply Resistant South African Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from 1977 to 1978 and Contemporary International Resistant Clones
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6035-6041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. Michel, M. Watson, F. Baumann, P. Perolat, and B. Garin

Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes Responsible for Penicillin Resistance and the Potential Role of New Conjugate Vaccines in New Caledonia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6060-6063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne-Marie Kerttula, Outi Lyytikäinen, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila, Salha Ibrahem, Niina Agthe, Markku Broas, Henrik Jägerroos, and Anni Virolainen

Molecular Epidemiology of an Outbreak Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Health Care Ward and Associated Nursing Home
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6161-6163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Mizuta, C. Abiko, T. Murata, Y. Matsuzaki, T. Itagaki, K. Sanjoh, M. Sakamoto, S. Hongo, S. Murayama, and K. Hayasaka

Frequent Importation of Enterovirus 71 from Surrounding Countries into the Local Community of Yamagata, Japan, between 1998 and 2003
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6171-6175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

A. M. Nijhof, V. Pillay, J. Steyl, L. Prozesky, W. H. Stoltsz, J. A. Lawrence, B. L. Penzhorn, and F. Jongejan

Molecular Characterization of Theileria Species Associated with Mortality in Four Species of African Antelopes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5907-5911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Richard J. Wallace, Jr., Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, June Brown, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Leslie Hall, Gail Woods, Joann Cloud, Linda Mann, Rebecca Wilson, Christopher Crist, Kenneth C. Jost, Jr., Dorothy E. Byrer, Jane Tang, Jason Cooper, Elena Stamenova, Brian Campbell, Joyce Wolfe, and Christine Turenne

Polyphasic Characterization Reveals that the Human Pathogen Mycobacterium peregrinum Type II Belongs to the Bovine Pathogen Species Mycobacterium senegalense
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5925-5935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

K. Rajender Rao, Farhana Kauser, Sriramula Srinivas, Stefania Zanetti, Leonardo A. Sechi, Niyaz Ahmed, and Seyed E. Hasnain

Analysis of Genomic Downsizing on the Basis of Region-of-Difference Polymorphism Profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Patient Isolates Reveals Geographic Partitioning
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 5978-5982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tanil Kocagoz, Zeynep Saribas, and Alpaslan Alp

Rapid Determination of Rifampin Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6015-6019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patricia C. A. M. Buijtels, Pieter L. C. Petit, Henri A. Verbrugh, Alex van Belkum, and Dick van Soolingen

Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Zambia: Eight Case Reports
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6020-6026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Kong, M. D. Cave, D. Yang, L. Zhang, C. F. Marrs, B. Foxman, J. H. Bates, F. Wilson, L. N. Mukasa, and Z. H. Yang

Distribution of Insertion- and Deletion-Associated Genetic Polymorphisms among Four Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phospholipase C Genes and Associations with Extrathoracic Tuberculosis: a Population-Based Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6048-6053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduardo Padilla, José M. Manterola, Victoria González, Charles G. Thornton, M. Dolores Quesada, M. Dolores Sánchez, Miguel Pérez, and Vicente Ausina

Comparison of the Sodium Hydroxide Specimen Processing Method with the C₁₈-Carboxypropylbetaine Specimen Processing Method Using Independent Specimens with Auramine Smear, the MB/BacT Liquid Culture System, and the COBAS AMPLICOR MTB Test
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6091-6097. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Verónica Rodríguez-Nava, Andrée Couble, Z. U. Khan, M. Pérouse de Montclos, L. Brasme, Cruz Villuendas, Claudie Molinard, Patrick Boiron, and Frédéric Laurent

Nocardia ignorata, a New Agent of Human Nocardiosis Isolated from Respiratory Specimens in Europe and Soil Samples from Kuwait
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6167-6170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maurizio Sanguinetti, Linda Novarese, Brunella Posteraro, Stefania Ranno, Elena De Carolis, Giovanni Pecorini, Barbara Lucignano, Fausta Ardito, and Giovanni Fadda

Use of Microelectronic Array Technology for Rapid Identification of Clinically Relevant Mycobacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6189-6193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Giovanni M. Giammanco, Giustina Vitale, Serafino Mansueto, Giuseppina Capra, Maria Pia Caleca, and Pietro Ammatuna

Presence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis, the Causative Agent of Israeli Spotted Fever, in Sicily, Italy, Ascertained in a Retrospective Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6027-6031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Leigh A. Dini and John A. Frean

Clinical Significance of Mites in Urine
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6200-6201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nikolaos P. Stavreas, Constantina D. Amanatidou, Emmanuel G. Hatzimanolis, Ioannis Legakis, George Naoum, Elli Lakka-Papadodima, George Georgoulias, Panagiota Morfou, and Sotirios Tsiodras

Thyroid Abscess Due to a Mixed Anaerobic Infection with Fusobacterium mortiferum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6202-6204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick C. Y. Woo, Herman Tse, Samson S. Y. Wong, Cindy W. S. Tse, Ami M. Y. Fung, Dorothy M. W. Tam, Susanna K. P. Lau, and Kwok-yung Yuen

Life-Threatening Invasive Helcococcus kunzii Infections in Intravenous-Drug Users and ermA-Mediated Erythromycin Resistance
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6205-6208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. van Duijkeren, M. J. H. M. Wolfhagen, M. E. O. C. Heck, and W. J. B. Wannet

Transmission of a Panton-Valentine Leucocidin-Positive, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain between Humans and a Dog
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6209-6211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters To The Editor:

James E. Ross and Ronald N. Jones

Quality Control Guidelines for Susceptibility Testing of Retapamulin (SB-275833) by Reference and Standardized Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6212-6213. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haleina Neal, Joann L. Cloud, June I. Pounder, Sam R. Page, and Gail L. Woods

Sequence Variant for Internal Transcribed Spacer Region of Mycobacterium abscessus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6214. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chandrasekhar Kesavan and Antony George Joyee

5-Fluorouracil Altered Morphology and Inhibited Growth of Candida albicans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6215-6216. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mamie Hui

Streptococcus anginosus Bacteremia: Sutton's Law
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6217. [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. R. Panhotra, Z. U. Hassan, C. S. Joshi, A. Bahrani, Magda Anastassova Dineva, Jean-Pierre Allain, and Helen Lee

Visual Detection of Multiple Viral Amplicons by Dipstick Assay: Its Application in Screening of Blood Donors a Welcome Tool for the Limited Resource Settings
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6218-6219. [Full Text] [PDF]  

George A. Jacoby and Karen Bush

ß-Lactamase Nomenclature
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6220. [Full Text] [PDF]  

James R. Johnson, S. J. Drews, T. Mazzulli, and D. E. Low

Virulence Factors in Escherichia coli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6221-6222. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Susan Boyle-Vavra, Ben Ereshefsky, Chih-Chien Wang, and Robert S. Daum

Successful Multiresistant Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineage from Taipei, Taiwan, That Carries Either the Novel Staphylococcal Chromosome Cassettemec (SCCmec) Type V_T or SCCmec Type IV
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 6223. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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