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Minireviews:

M. Drancourt and D. Raoult

Sequence-Based Identification of New Bacteria: a Proposition for Creation of an Orphan Bacterium Repository
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4311-4315. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virology:

Harry E. Prince, Leslie H. Tobler, Mary Lapé-Nixon, Gregory A. Foster, Susan L. Stramer, and Michael P. Busch

Development and Persistence of West Nile Virus-Specific Immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgA, and IgG in Viremic Blood Donors
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4316-4320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mineyuki Okada, Tomoko Ogawa, Ikuo Kaiho, and Kuniko Shinozaki

Genetic Analysis of Noroviruses in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, between 1999 and 2004
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4391-4401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tetsuro Suzuki, Kazuhiko Omata, Tazuko Satoh, Takahiro Miyasaka, Chiaki Arai, Munehiro Maeda, Tomonori Matsuno, and Tatsuo Miyamura

Quantitative Detection of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA in Saliva and Gingival Crevicular Fluid of HCV-Infected Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4413-4417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulrike Bauer, Gisela Flunker, Kornelia Bruss, Knut Kallwellis, Herbert Liebermann, Tanja Luettich, Manfred Motz, and Werner Seidel

Detection of Antibodies against Adenovirus Protein IX, Fiber, and Hexon in Human Sera by Immunoblot Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4426-4433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francis Barin, Laurence Meyer, Rémi Lancar, Christiane Deveau, Myriam Gharib, Anne Laporte, Jean-Claude Desenclos, and Dominique Costagliola

Development and Validation of an Immunoassay for Identification of Recent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infections and Its Use on Dried Serum Spots
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4441-4447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mustafizur Rahman, Sukalyani Banik, Abu S. G. Faruque, Koki Taniguchi, David A. Sack, Marc Van Ranst, and Tasnim Azim

Detection and Characterization of Human Group C Rotaviruses in Bangladesh
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4460-4465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susanna K. P. Lau, Wing-kin To, Philomena W. T. Tse, Alex K. H. Chan, Patrick C. Y. Woo, Hoi-wah Tsoi, Annie F. Y. Leung, Kenneth S. M. Li, Paul K. S. Chan, Wilina W. L. Lim, Raymond W. H. Yung, Kwok-hung Chan, and Kwok-yung Yuen

Human Parainfluenza Virus 4 Outbreak and the Role of Diagnostic Tests
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4515-4521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Dreier, Melanie Störmer, and Knut Kleesiek

Use of Bacteriophage MS2 as an Internal Control in Viral Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4551-4557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathalie Bastien, Joan L. Robinson, Alena Tse, Bonita E. Lee, Laura Hart, and Yan Li

Human Coronavirus NL-63 Infections in Children: a 1-Year Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4567-4573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel P. Fedorko, Jeanne C. Preuss, Gary A. Fahle, Li Li, Steven H. Fischer, Patricia Hohman, and Jeffrey I. Cohen

Comparison of Methods for Detection of Vaccinia Virus in Patient Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4602-4606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tim Schuurman, Alex van Breda, Richard de Boer, Mirjam Kooistra-Smid, Marcel Beld, Paul Savelkoul, and René Boom

Reduced PCR Sensitivity Due to Impaired DNA Recovery with the MagNA Pure LC Total Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4616-4622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Y. W. Tong, J. Mullen, R. Kulasegaram, A. De Ruiter, S. O'Shea, and I. L. Chrystie

Genotyping of B and Non-B Subtypes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4623-4627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hossein Salimnia, Ellen C. Moore, Lawrence R. Crane, Rodger D. MacArthur, and Marilynn R. Fairfax

Discordance between Viral Loads Determined by Roche COBAS AMPLICOR Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Monitor (Version 1.5) Standard and Ultrasensitive Assays Caused by Freezing Patient Plasma in Centrifuged Becton-Dickinson Vacutainer Brand Plasma Preparation Tubes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4635-4639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter A. G. Tilley, Roberta Walle, Anthony Chow, Gayatri C. Jayaraman, Kevin Fonseca, Michael A. Drebot, Jutta Preiksaitis, and Julie Fox

Clinical Utility of Commercial Enzyme Immunoassays during the Inaugural Season of West Nile Virus Activity, Alberta, Canada
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4691-4695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. C. Munro, B. Hall, L. R. Whybin, L. Leader, P. Robertson, G. T. Maine, and W. D. Rawlinson

Diagnosis of and Screening for Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnant Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4713-4718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fred W. Peyerl, Dan H. Barouch, Heidi S. Bazick, Edwin Manuel, and Norman L. Letvin

Use of Molecular Beacons for Rapid, Real-Time, Quantitative Monitoring of Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Epitope Mutations in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4773-4779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fabrizio Maggi, Elisabetta Andreoli, Letizia Lanini, Claudia Fornai, Marialinda Vatteroni, Mauro Pistello, Silvano Presciuttini, and Mauro Bendinelli

Relationships between Total Plasma Load of Torquetenovirus (TTV) and TTV Genogroups Carried
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4807-4810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi-Wei Tang, Susan E. Sefers, Haijing Li, Debra J. Kohn, and Gary W. Procop

Comparative Evaluation of Three Commercial Systems for Nucleic Acid Extraction from Urine Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4830-4833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renan Duprez, Eric Kassa-Kelembho, Sabine Plancoulaine, Josette Brière, Mireille Fossi, Léon Kobangue, Pierre Minsart, Michel Huerre, and Antoine Gessain

Human Herpesvirus 8 Serological Markers and Viral Load in Patients with AIDS-Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma in Central African Republic
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4840-4843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeremy Mauldin, Kathryn Carbone, Henry Hsu, Robert Yolken, and Steven Rubin

Mumps Virus-Specific Antibody Titers from Pre-Vaccine Era Sera: Comparison of the Plaque Reduction Neutralization Assay and Enzyme Immunoassays
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4847-4851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. T. Hesselink, A. J. C. van den Brule, Z. M. A. Groothuismink, M. Molano, J. Berkhof, C. J. L. M. Meijer, and P. J. F. Snijders

Comparison of Three Different PCR Methods for Quantifying Human Papillomavirus Type 16 DNA in Cervical Scrape Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4868-4871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

Masaya Takei, Yuko Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Fukuda, Mitsuru Yasuda, and Takashi Deguchi

Cultivation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Liquid Media and Determination of Its In Vitro Susceptibilities to Quinolones
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4321-4327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harald Seifert, Lucilla Dolzani, Raffaela Bressan, Tanny van der Reijden, Beppie van Strijen, Danuta Stefanik, Herre Heersma, and Lenie Dijkshoorn

Standardization and Interlaboratory Reproducibility Assessment of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis-Generated Fingerprints of Acinetobacter baumannii
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4328-4335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vicki A. Luna, K. Kealy Peak, William O. Veguilla, Frank Reeves, Lea Heberlein-Larson, Andrew C. Cannons, Phil Amuso, and Jacqueline Cattani

Use of Two Selective Media and a Broth Motility Test Can Aid in Identification or Exclusion of Bacillus anthracis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4336-4341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Akbulut, K. A. Grant, and J. McLauchlin

Improvement in Laboratory Diagnosis of Wound Botulism and Tetanus among Injecting Illicit-Drug Users by Use of Real-Time PCR Assays for Neurotoxin Gene Fragments
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4342-4348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aruni De Zoysa, Peter M. Hawkey, Kathy Engler, Robert George, Gina Mann, William Reilly, David Taylor, and Androulla Efstratiou

Characterization of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strains Isolated from Humans and Domestic Cats in the United Kingdom
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4377-4381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sergio G. Bartual, Harald Seifert, Corinna Hippler, M. Angeles Domínguez Luzon, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, and Francisco Rodríguez-Valera

Development of a Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4382-4390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédéric Wallet, Caroline Loïez, Emilie Renaux, Nadine Lemaitre, and René J. Courcol

Performances of VITEK 2 Colorimetric Cards for Identification of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4402-4406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen Baker, Yasra Sarwar, Hafsa Aziz, Asma Haque, Aamir Ali, Gordon Dougan, John Wain, and Abdul Haque

Detection of Vi-Negative Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi in the Peripheral Blood of Patients with Typhoid Fever in the Faisalabad Region of Pakistan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4418-4425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carolina Berglund, Paula Mölling, Lennart Sjöberg, and Bo Söderquist

Multilocus Sequence Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from an Area of Low Endemicity by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4448-4454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paula H. Summanen, Bengül Durmaz, Marja-Liisa Väisänen, Chengxu Liu, Denise Molitoris, Erkki Eerola, Ilkka M. Helander, and Sydney M. Finegold

Porphyromonas somerae sp. nov., a Pathogen Isolated from Humans and Distinct from Porphyromonas levii
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4455-4459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

María I. Morosini, María García-Castillo, Elena Loza, María Pérez-Vázquez, Fernando Baquero, and Rafael Cantón

Breakpoints for Predicting Pseudomonas aeruginosa Susceptibility to Inhaled Tobramycin in Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Use of High-Range Etest Strips
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4480-4485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ju-Hsin Chia, Chishih Chu, Lin-Hui Su, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, An-Jing Kuo, Chien-Feng Sun, and Tsu-Lan Wu

Development of a Multiplex PCR and SHV Melting-Curve Mutation Detection System for Detection of Some SHV and CTX-M ß-Lactamases of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Enterobacter cloacae in Taiwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4486-4491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. N. Austin, R. H. Beigi, L. A. Meyn, and S. L. Hillier

Microbiologic Response to Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis with Topical Clindamycin or Metronidazole
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4492-4497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuli Song, Chengxu Liu, Julia Lee, Mauricio Bolanos, Marja-Liisa Vaisanen, and Sydney M. Finegold

"Bacteroides goldsteinii sp. nov." Isolated from Clinical Specimens of Human Intestinal Origin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4522-4527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nao Suzuki, Mitsuko Seki, Yoshio Nakano, Yusuke Kiyoura, Masao Maeno, and Yoshihisa Yamashita

Discrimination of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Viridans Group Streptococci by Genomic Subtractive Hybridization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4528-4534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adam M. Bressler, Teresa Williams, Elizabeth E. Culler, Wenming Zhu, David Lonsway, Jean B. Patel, and Frederick S. Nolte

Correlation of Penicillin Binding Protein 2a Detection with Oxacillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Discovery of a Novel Penicillin Binding Protein 2a Mutation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4541-4544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica Zuñiga, Luis Lillo, Junghee J. Shin, Rajya L. Machavarapu, Teresa Quiroga, Manuela Goycoolea, Betty Matsuhiro, L. Aron-Hott, Henry P. Godfrey, and Felipe C. Cabello

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi O:1,9,12 Polysaccharide-Protein Conjugate as a Diagnostic Tool for Typhoid Fever
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4545-4550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tim Stakenborg, Jo Vicca, Rita Verhelst, Patrick Butaye, Dominiek Maes, Anne Naessens, Geert Claeys, Catharine De Ganck, Freddy Haesebrouck, and Mario Vaneechoutte

Evaluation of tRNA Gene PCR for Identification of Mollicutes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4558-4566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Sinsimer, Surbhi Leekha, Steven Park, Salvatore A. E. Marras, Larry Koreen, Barbara Willey, Steve Naidich, Kimberlee A. Musser, and Barry N. Kreiswirth

Use of a Multiplex Molecular Beacon Platform for Rapid Detection of Methicillin and Vancomycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4585-4591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafael S. Duarte, Rosana R. Barros, Richard R. Facklam, and Lúcia M. Teixeira

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Streptococcus porcinus Isolated from Human Sources
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4592-4601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beverly E. Sha, Hua Y. Chen, Qiong J. Wang, M. Reza Zariffard, Mardge H. Cohen, and Gregory T. Spear

Utility of Amsel Criteria, Nugent Score, and Quantitative PCR for Gardnerella vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis, and Lactobacillus spp. for Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4607-4612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kerry Varettas, Chinmoy Mukerjee, and Peter C. Taylor

Anticoagulant Carryover May Influence Clot Formation in Direct Tube Coagulase Tests from Blood Cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4613-4615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey Parsonnet, Melanie A. Hansmann, Mary L. Delaney, Paul A. Modern, Andrea M. DuBois, Wendy Wieland-Alter, Kimberly W. Wissemann, John E. Wild, Michaelle B. Jones, Jon L. Seymour, and Andrew B. Onderdonk

Prevalence of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1-Producing Staphylococcus aureus and the Presence of Antibodies to This Superantigen in Menstruating Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4628-4634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mathew A. Diggle and Stuart C. Clarke

Increased Genetic Diversity of Neisseria meningitidis Isolates after the Introduction of Meningococcal Serogroup C Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccines
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4649-4653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Seksik, Patricia Lepage, Marie-France de la Cochetière, Arnaud Bourreille, Malène Sutren, Jean-Paul Galmiche, Joël Doré, and Philippe Marteau

Search for Localized Dysbiosis in Crohn's Disease Ulcerations by Temporal Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis of 16S rRNA
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4654-4658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adam Baldwin, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, Kathleen M. Thickett, David Honeybourne, Martin C. J. Maiden, John R. Govan, David P. Speert, John J. LiPuma, Peter Vandamme, and Chris G. Dowson

Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme That Provides Both Species and Strain Differentiation for the Burkholderia cepacia Complex
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4665-4673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ying Sun, Fanrong Kong, Zuotao Zhao, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert

Comparison of a 3-Set Genotyping System with Multilocus Sequence Typing for Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4704-4707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Muscillo, G. La Rosa, M. Sali, E. De Carolis, R. Adone, F. Ciuchini, and A. Fasanella

Validation of a pXO2-A PCR Assay To Explore Diversity among Italian Isolates of Bacillus anthracis Strains Closely Related to the Live, Attenuated Carbosap Vaccine
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4758-4765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. G. Abshire, J. E. Brown, and J. W. Ezzell

Production and Validation of the Use of Gamma Phage for Identification of Bacillus anthracis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4780-4788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James J. Sejvar, David Johnson, Tanja Popovic, J. Michael Miller, Frances Downes, Patricia Somsel, Robbin Weyant, David S. Stephens, Bradley A. Perkins, and Nancy E. Rosenstein

Assessing the Risk of Laboratory-Acquired Meningococcal Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4811-4814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rekha Pai, Josef Limor, and Bernard Beall

Use of Pyrosequencing To Differentiate Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes 6A and 6B
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4820-4822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Imad R. Makhoul, Tatiana Smolkin, Polo Sujov, Imad Kassis, Ada Tamir, Raia Shalginov, and Hannah Sprecher

PCR-Based Diagnosis of Neonatal Staphylococcal Bacteremias
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4823-4825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thierry Naas, Marc Levy, Claire Hirschauer, Hélène Marchandin, and Patrice Nordmann

Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Producing the Carbapenemase OXA-23 in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Papeete, French Polynesia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4826-4829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brenda Katz, Padma Patel, Lynn Duffy, Robert L. Schelonka, Reed A. Dimmitt, and Ken B. Waites

Characterization of Ureaplasmas Isolated from Preterm Infants with and without Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4852-4854. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hanna Hartmann, Henrik Stender, Andrea Schäfer, Ingo B. Autenrieth, and Volkhard A. J. Kempf

Rapid Identification of Staphylococcus aureus in Blood Cultures by a Combination of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Using Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes and Flow Cytometry
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4855-4857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rachaneeporn Tiyawisutsri, Sharon J. Peacock, Sayan Langa, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Allen C. Cheng, Wirongrong Chierakul, Wipada Chaowagul, Nicholas P. J. Day, and Vanaporn Wuthiekanun

Antibodies from Patients with Melioidosis Recognize Burkholderia mallei but Not Burkholderia thailandensis Antigens in the Indirect Hemagglutination Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4872-4874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivana Dakic, Dragana Vukovic, Srdjan Stepanovic, Tomasz Hauschild, Petr Jezek, Petr Petrás, and Donald Morrison

Survey of Genes Encoding Staphylococcal Enterotoxins, Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1, and Exfoliative Toxins in Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4875-4876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sophie Marqué, Laurent Poirel, Claire Héritier, Sylvain Brisse, Maria Dolores Blasco, Roxana Filip, Gabriela Coman, Thierry Naas, and Patrice Nordmann

Regional Occurrence of Plasmid-Mediated Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Oxacillinase OXA-58 in Acinetobacter spp. in Europe
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4885-4888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah House, Nguyen T. Chinh, To S. Diep, Christopher M. Parry, John Wain, Gordon Dougan, Nicholas J. White, Tran Tinh Hien, and Jeremy J. Farrar

Use of Paired Serum Samples for Serodiagnosis of Typhoid Fever
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4889-4890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Wendy W. J. van de Sande, Roy Gorkink, Guus Simons, Alewijn Ott, Abdalla O. A. Ahmed, Henri Verbrugh, and Alex van Belkum

Genotyping of Madurella mycetomatis by Selective Amplification of Restriction Fragments (Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism) and Subtype Correlation with Geographical Origin and Lesion Size
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4349-4356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maiken Cavling Arendrup, Kurt Fuursted, Bente Gahrn-Hansen, Irene Møller Jensen, Jenny Dahl Knudsen, Bettina Lundgren, Henrik C. Schønheyder, and Michael Tvede

Seminational Surveillance of Fungemia in Denmark: Notably High Rates of Fungemia and Numbers of Isolates with Reduced Azole Susceptibility
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4434-4440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brent T. Page and Cletus P. Kurtzman

Rapid Identification of Candida Species and Other Clinically Important Yeast Species by Flow Cytometry
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4507-4514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

A. Espinel-Ingroff, F. Barchiesi, M. Cuenca-Estrella, A. Fothergill, M. A. Pfaller, M. Rinaldi, J. L. Rodriguez-Tudela, and P. E. Verweij

Comparison of Visual 24-Hour and Spectrophotometric 48-Hour MICs to CLSI Reference Microdilution MICs of Fluconazole, Itraconazole, Posaconazole, and Voriconazole for Candida spp.: a Collaborative Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4535-4540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Foulet, N. Nicolas, O. Eloy, F. Botterel, J.-C. Gantier, J.-M. Costa, and S. Bretagne

Microsatellite Marker Analysis as a Typing System for Candida glabrata
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4574-4579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cidália Pina-Vaz, Sofia Costa-de-Oliveira, Acácio G. Rodrigues, and Ana Espinel-Ingroff

Comparison of Two Probes for Testing Susceptibilities of Pathogenic Yeasts to Voriconazole, Itraconazole, and Caspofungin by Flow Cytometry
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4674-4679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Silvia Helena Marques da Silva, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, Maria Heloisa Souza Lima Blotta, Flávio Queiroz-Telles, José Daniel Lopes, and Zoilo Pires de Camargo

Diagnosis of Neuroparacoccidioidomycosis by Detection of Circulating Antigen and Antibody in Cerebrospinal Fluid
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4680-4683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Piyali Mandal, Uma Banerjee, Arturo Casadevall, and Joshua D. Nosanchuk

Dual Infections with Pigmented and Albino Strains of Cryptococcus neoformans in Patients with or without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in India
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4766-4772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arlo Upton, Anja Gugel, Wendy Leisenring, Ajit Limaye, Barbara Alexander, Randall Hayden, and Kieren A. Marr

Reproducibility of Low Galactomannan Enzyme Immunoassay Index Values Tested in Multiple Laboratories
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4796-4800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annie Philip, Zekaver Odabasi, Gloria Matiuzzi, Victor L. Paetznick, Sze-Wee Tan, John Warmington, John H. Rex, and Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner

Syscan3, a Kit for Detection of Anti-Candida Antibodies for Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4834-4835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Soumitesh Chakravorty, Manas Kamal Sen, and Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi

Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Smear, Culture, and PCR Using Universal Sample Processing Technology
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4357-4362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiang Y. Han, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, Rosa Infante, Kalen L. Jacobson, and Mylene Truong

Clinical Significance and Epidemiologic Analyses of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare among Patients without AIDS
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4407-4412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Izhar U. H. Khan, Suresh B. Selvaraju, and Jagjit S. Yadav

Method for Rapid Identification and Differentiation of the Species of the Mycobacterium chelonae Complex Based on 16S-23S rRNA Gene Internal Transcribed Spacer PCR-Restriction Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4466-4472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacques Godfroid, Cathy Delcorps, Leonid M. Irenge, Karl Walravens, Sylvie Marché, and Jean-Luc Gala

Definitive Differentiation between Single and Mixed Mycobacterial Infections in Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) by a Combination of Duplex Amplification of p34 and f57 Sequences and Hpy188I Enzymatic Restriction of Duplex Amplicons
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4640-4648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William Benjamin Brugmann and Marcia A. Firmani

Low Concentrations of Nitric Oxide Exert a Hormetic Effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis In Vitro
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4844-4846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Gazouli, J. Ikonomopoulos, A. Koundourakis, M. Bartos, I. Pavlik, P. Overduin, K. Kremer, V. Gorgoulis, and C. Kittas

Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates from Greek Patients with Sarcoidosis by Spoligotyping
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4858-4861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miguel Viveiros, Clara Leandro, Liliana Rodrigues, Josefina Almeida, Rosário Bettencourt, Isabel Couto, Lurdes Carrilho, José Diogo, Ana Fonseca, Luís Lito, João Lopes, Teresa Pacheco, Mariana Pessanha, Judite Quirim, Luísa Sancho, Max Salfinger, and Leonard Amaral

Direct Application of the INNO-LiPA Rif.TB Line-Probe Assay for Rapid Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Strains and Detection of Rifampin Resistance in 360 Smear-Positive Respiratory Specimens from an Area of High Incidence of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4880-4884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Jostein Bjorland, Terje Steinum, Bjørg Kvitle, Steinar Waage, Marianne Sunde, and Even Heir

Widespread Distribution of Disinfectant Resistance Genes among Staphylococci of Bovine and Caprine Origin in Norway
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4363-4368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hye Cheong Koo, Yong Ho Park, Jongsam Ahn, W. Ray Waters, Mitch V. Palmer, Mary Jo Hamilton, George Barrington, Abdelaziz A. Mosaad, Kun Taek Park, Woo Kyung Jung, In Yeong Hwang, Sang-Nae Cho, Sang Jae Shin, and William C. Davis

Use of rMPB70 Protein and ESAT-6 Peptide as Antigens for Comparison of the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent, Immunochromatographic, and Latex Bead Agglutination Assays for Serodiagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4498-4506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. M. Smith, L. E. Green, G. F. Medley, H. E. Bird, and C. G. Dowson

Multilocus Sequence Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from High-Somatic-Cell-Count Cows and the Environment of an Organic Dairy Farm in the United Kingdom
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4731-4736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. M. Smith, L. E. Green, G. F. Medley, H. E. Bird, L. K. Fox, Y. H. Schukken, J. V. Kruze, A. J. Bradley, R. N. Zadoks, and C. G. Dowson

Multilocus Sequence Typing of Intercontinental Bovine Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4737-4743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. R. Stabel and J. P. Bannantine

Development of a Nested PCR Method Targeting a Unique Multicopy Element, ISMap02, for Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Fecal Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4744-4750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Wezenet Tewodros and Göran Kronvall

M Protein Gene (emm Type) Analysis of Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci from Ethiopia Reveals Unique Patterns
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4369-4376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henk van Deutekom, Philip Supply, Petra E. W. de Haas, Eve Willery, Susan P. Hoijng, Camille Locht, Roel A. Coutinho, and Dick van Soolingen

Molecular Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis, a More Accurate Method for Identifying Epidemiological Links between Patients with Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4473-4479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Bon, K. Ambert-Balay, H. Giraudon, J. Kaplon, S. Le Guyader, M. Pommepuy, A. Gallay, V. Vaillant, H. de Valk, R. Chikhi-Brachet, A. Flahaut, P. Pothier, and E. Kohli

Molecular Epidemiology of Caliciviruses Detected in Sporadic and Outbreak Cases of Gastroenteritis in France from December 1998 to February 2004
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4659-4664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Natacha G. Sousa, Raquel Sá-Leão, M. Inês Crisóstomo, Carla Simas, Sónia Nunes, Nelson Frazão, João A. Carriço, Rosario Mato, Ilda Santos-Sanches, and Hermínia de Lencastre

Properties of Novel International Drug-Resistant Pneumococcal Clones Identified in Day-Care Centers of Lisbon, Portugal
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4696-4703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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 Cassette mec (SCCmec) Type V_T or SCCmec Type IV
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4719-4730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Svetlana Kozitskaya, Michael E. Olson, Paul D. Fey, Wolfgang Witte, Knut Ohlsen, and Wilma Ziebuhr

Clonal Analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates Carrying or Lacking Biofilm-Mediating Genes by Multilocus Sequence Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4751-4757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sung-Han Kim, Doo-Sung Cheon, Jin-Hyeun Kim, Dong-Han Lee, Won-hwa Jheong, Young-Joo Heo, Hyen-Mi Chung, Youngmee Jee, and Joo-Shil Lee

Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis That Occurred during School Excursions in Korea Were Associated with Several Waterborne Strains of Norovirus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4836-4839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nashwan Al Naiemi, Birgitta Duim, Paul H. M. Savelkoul, Lodewijk Spanjaard, Evert de Jonge, Aldert Bart, Christina M. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, and Menno D. de Jong

Widespread Transfer of Resistance Genes between Bacterial Species in an Intensive Care Unit: Implications for Hospital Epidemiology
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4862-4864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Siamak P. Yazdankhah, Konstantinos Kesanopoulos, Georgina Tzanakaki, Jenny Kremastinou, and Dominique A. Caugant

Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Meningococcal Isolates Belonging to the Sequence Type 162 Complex
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4865-4867. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fernando Chaves, Mónica García-Álvarez, Francisca Sanz, Concepción Alba, and Joaquín R. Otero

Nosocomial Spread of a Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus Strain Causing Sepsis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4877-4879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Hideaki Ikejima, Herman Friedman, German F. Leparc, and Yoshimasa Yamamoto

Depletion of Resident Chlamydia pneumoniae through Leukoreduction by Filtration of Blood for Transfusion
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4580-4584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. I. J. G. Rours, R. P. Verkooyen, H. F. M. Willemse, E. A. E. van der Zwaan, A. van Belkum, R. de Groot, H. A. Verbrugh, and J. M. Ossewaarde

Use of Pooled Urine Samples and Automated DNA Isolation To Achieve Improved Sensitivity and Cost-Effectiveness of Large-Scale Testing for Chlamydia trachomatis in Pregnant Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4684-4690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong Zhu, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Hiroyuki Ogata, and Didier Raoult

Multispacer Typing of Rickettsia prowazekii Enabling Epidemiological Studies of Epidemic Typhus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4708-4712. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

Bertrand Courtioux, Sylvie Bisser, Pascal M'Belesso, Edgard Ngoungou, Murielle Girard, Auguste Nangouma, Théophile Josenando, Marie-Odile Jauberteau-Marchan, and Bernard Bouteille

Dot Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for More Reliable Staging of Patients with Human African Trypanosomiasis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4789-4795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Rogier van Doorn, Henk Hofwegen, Rob Koelewijn, Henk Gilis, Ron Peek, Jose C. F. M. Wetsteyn, Perry J. J. van Genderen, Tony Vervoort, and Tom van Gool

Use of Rapid Dipstick and Latex Agglutination Tests and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Serodiagnosis of Amebic Liver Abscess, Amebic Colitis, and Entamoeba histolytica Cyst Passage
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4801-4806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dhruva Bhattacharya, Rashidul Haque, and Upinder Singh

Coding and Noncoding Genomic Regions of Entamoeba histolytica Have Significantly Different Rates of Sequence Polymorphisms: Implications for Epidemiological Studies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4815-4819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Wonkeun Song, Ellen S. Moland, Nancy D. Hanson, James S. Lewis, James H. Jorgensen, and Kenneth S. Thomson

Failure of Cefepime Therapy in Treatment of Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4891-4894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Barnaud, C. Deschamps, V. Manceron, E. Mortier, F. Laurent, F. Bert, P. Boiron, P. Vinceneux, and C. Branger

Brain Abscess Caused by Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4895-4897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin C. Heidt, Walid Mohamed, Torsten Hain, Paul Robert Vogt, Trinad Chakraborty, and Eugen Domann

Human Infective Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4898-4901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juliette Pavie, Claire Lacroix, Dea Garcia Hermoso, Marie Robin, Christèle Ferry, Anne Bergeron, Martine Feuilhade, Françoise Dromer, Eliane Gluckman, Jean-Michel Molina, and Patricia Ribaud

Breakthrough Disseminated Aspergillus ustus Infection in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Receiving Voriconazole or Caspofungin Prophylaxis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4902-4904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stéphane Jauréguiberry, Pierre Tattevin, Arnaud Tarantola, François Legay, Adama Tall, Pierre Nabeth, Hervé Zeller, and Christian Michelet

Imported Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4905-4907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Kämpfer, S. Engelhart, M. Rolke, and J. Sennekamp

Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis (Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis) Caused by Sphingobacterium spiritivorum from the Water Reservoir of a Steam Iron
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4908-4910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tai-Chung Tseng, Shwu-Jen Liaw, Cheng-Hsiang Hsiao, Cheng-Yi Wang, Li-Na Lee, Tien-Shang Huang, and Po-Ren Hsueh

Molecular Evidence of Recurrent Histoplasmosis with 9-Year Latency in a Patient with Addison's Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4911-4913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters To The Editor:

M. Romanik, A. Ekiel, D. Friedek, and G. Martirosian

Can Chlamydial Cervicitis Influence Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4914-4915. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aspasia Katragkou and Emmanuel Roilides

Successful Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Central Nervous System Infections with Colistin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4916-4917. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Björn Espedido, Jonathan Iredell, Lee Thomas, and Anna Zelynski

Wide Dissemination of a Carbapenemase Plasmid among Gram-Negative Bacteria: Implications of the Variable Phenotype
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4918-4919. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Subhash C. Arya, Nirmala Agarwal, Pradyot Prakash, Anil Kumar Gulati, and Gopal Nath

Nested PCR for Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4920. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Belinda Dillon, Jon Iredell, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, and Ricardo G. Maggi

Potential Limitations of the 16S-23S rRNA Intergenic Region for Molecular Detection of Bartonella Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4921-4922. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Authors' Corrections:

Florence Fenollar, Stéphane Sire, Nathalie Wilhelm, and Didier Raoult

Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis as an Agent of Blood Culture-Negative Endocarditis in a Human
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005 43: 4923. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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