JCM -- Table of Contents (September 1 2005, 43 [9])

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Contents: September 2005, Volume 43, Issue 9

       Minireviews

       Virology

       Bacteriology

       Mycology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Epidemiology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Parasitology

       Case Reports

       Letters To The Editor

       Authors' Corrections

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Minireviews:

Sequence-Based Identification of New Bacteria: a Proposition for Creation of an Orphan Bacterium Repository
M. Drancourt and D. Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4311-4315;
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Virology:

Development and Persistence of West Nile Virus-Specific Immunoglobulin M (IgM), IgA, and IgG in Viremic Blood Donors
Harry E. Prince, Leslie H. Tobler, Mary Lapé-Nixon, Gregory A. Foster, Susan L. Stramer, and Michael P. Busch
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4316-4320;
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Genetic Analysis of Noroviruses in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, between 1999 and 2004
Mineyuki Okada, Tomoko Ogawa, Ikuo Kaiho, and Kuniko Shinozaki
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4391-4401;
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Quantitative Detection of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA in Saliva and Gingival Crevicular Fluid of HCV-Infected Patients
Tetsuro Suzuki, Kazuhiko Omata, Tazuko Satoh, Takahiro Miyasaka, Chiaki Arai, Munehiro Maeda, Tomonori Matsuno, and Tatsuo Miyamura
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4413-4417;
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Detection of Antibodies against Adenovirus Protein IX, Fiber, and Hexon in Human Sera by Immunoblot Assay
Ulrike Bauer, Gisela Flunker, Kornelia Bruss, Knut Kallwellis, Herbert Liebermann, Tanja Luettich, Manfred Motz, and Werner Seidel
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4426-4433;
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Development and Validation of an Immunoassay for Identification of Recent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infections and Its Use on Dried Serum Spots
Francis Barin, Laurence Meyer, Rémi Lancar, Christiane Deveau, Myriam Gharib, Anne Laporte, Jean-Claude Desenclos, and Dominique Costagliola
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4441-4447;
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Detection and Characterization of Human Group C Rotaviruses in Bangladesh
Mustafizur Rahman, Sukalyani Banik, Abu S. G. Faruque, Koki Taniguchi, David A. Sack, Marc Van Ranst, and Tasnim Azim
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4460-4465;
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Human Parainfluenza Virus 4 Outbreak and the Role of Diagnostic Tests
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4515-4521;
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Use of Bacteriophage MS2 as an Internal Control in Viral Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays
Jens Dreier, Melanie Störmer, and Knut Kleesiek
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4551-4557;
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Human Coronavirus NL-63 Infections in Children: a 1-Year Study
Nathalie Bastien, Joan L. Robinson, Alena Tse, Bonita E. Lee, Laura Hart, and Yan Li
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4567-4573;
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Comparison of Methods for Detection of Vaccinia Virus in Patient Specimens
Daniel P. Fedorko, Jeanne C. Preuss, Gary A. Fahle, Li Li, Steven H. Fischer, Patricia Hohman, and Jeffrey I. Cohen
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4602-4606;
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Reduced PCR Sensitivity Due to Impaired DNA Recovery with the MagNA Pure LC Total Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit
Tim Schuurman, Alex van Breda, Richard de Boer, Mirjam Kooistra-Smid, Marcel Beld, Paul Savelkoul, and René Boom
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4616-4622;
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Genotyping of B and Non-B Subtypes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
C. Y. W. Tong, J. Mullen, R. Kulasegaram, A. De Ruiter, S. O'Shea, and I. L. Chrystie
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4623-4627;
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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
Hossein Salimnia, Ellen C. Moore, Lawrence R. Crane, Rodger D. MacArthur, and Marilynn R. Fairfax
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4635-4639;
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Clinical Utility of Commercial Enzyme Immunoassays during the Inaugural Season of West Nile Virus Activity, Alberta, Canada
Peter A. G. Tilley, Roberta Walle, Anthony Chow, Gayatri C. Jayaraman, Kevin Fonseca, Michael A. Drebot, Jutta Preiksaitis, and Julie Fox
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4691-4695;
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Diagnosis of and Screening for Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnant Women
S. C. Munro, B. Hall, L. R. Whybin, L. Leader, P. Robertson, G. T. Maine, and W. D. Rawlinson
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4713-4718;
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Use of Molecular Beacons for Rapid, Real-Time, Quantitative Monitoring of Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Epitope Mutations in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
Fred W. Peyerl, Dan H. Barouch, Heidi S. Bazick, Edwin Manuel, and Norman L. Letvin
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4773-4779;
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Relationships between Total Plasma Load of Torquetenovirus (TTV) and TTV Genogroups Carried
Fabrizio Maggi, Elisabetta Andreoli, Letizia Lanini, Claudia Fornai, Marialinda Vatteroni, Mauro Pistello, Silvano Presciuttini, and Mauro Bendinelli
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4807-4810;
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Comparative Evaluation of Three Commercial Systems for Nucleic Acid Extraction from Urine Specimens
Yi-Wei Tang, Susan E. Sefers, Haijing Li, Debra J. Kohn, and Gary W. Procop
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4830-4833;
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Human Herpesvirus 8 Serological Markers and Viral Load in Patients with AIDS-Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma in Central African Republic
Renan Duprez, Eric Kassa-Kelembho, Sabine Plancoulaine, Josette Brière, Mireille Fossi, Léon Kobangue, Pierre Minsart, Michel Huerre, and Antoine Gessain
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4840-4843;
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Mumps Virus-Specific Antibody Titers from Pre-Vaccine Era Sera: Comparison of the Plaque Reduction Neutralization Assay and Enzyme Immunoassays
Jeremy Mauldin, Kathryn Carbone, Henry Hsu, Robert Yolken, and Steven Rubin
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4847-4851;
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Comparison of Three Different PCR Methods for Quantifying Human Papillomavirus Type 16 DNA in Cervical Scrape Specimens
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4868-4871;
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Bacteriology:

Cultivation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Liquid Media and Determination of Its In Vitro Susceptibilities to Quinolones
Masaya Takei, Yuko Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Fukuda, Mitsuru Yasuda, and Takashi Deguchi
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4321-4327;
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Standardization and Interlaboratory Reproducibility Assessment of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis-Generated Fingerprints of Acinetobacter baumannii
Harald Seifert, Lucilla Dolzani, Raffaela Bressan, Tanny van der Reijden, Beppie van Strijen, Danuta Stefanik, Herre Heersma, and Lenie Dijkshoorn
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4328-4335;
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Use of Two Selective Media and a Broth Motility Test Can Aid in Identification or Exclusion of Bacillus anthracis
Vicki A. Luna, K. Kealy Peak, William O. Veguilla, Frank Reeves, Lea Heberlein-Larson, Andrew C. Cannons, Phil Amuso, and Jacqueline Cattani
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4336-4341;
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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
D. Akbulut, K. A. Grant, and J. McLauchlin
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4342-4348;
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Characterization of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strains Isolated from Humans and Domestic Cats in the United Kingdom
Aruni De Zoysa, Peter M. Hawkey, Kathy Engler, Robert George, Gina Mann, William Reilly, David Taylor, and Androulla Efstratiou
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4377-4381;
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Development of a Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii
Sergio G. Bartual, Harald Seifert, Corinna Hippler, M. Angeles Domínguez Luzon, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, and Francisco Rodríguez-Valera
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4382-4390;
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Performances of VITEK 2 Colorimetric Cards for Identification of Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria
Frédéric Wallet, Caroline Loïez, Emilie Renaux, Nadine Lemaitre, and René J. Courcol
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4402-4406;
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Detection of Vi-Negative Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi in the Peripheral Blood of Patients with Typhoid Fever in the Faisalabad Region of Pakistan
Stephen Baker, Yasra Sarwar, Hafsa Aziz, Asma Haque, Aamir Ali, Gordon Dougan, John Wain, and Abdul Haque
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4418-4425;
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Multilocus Sequence Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from an Area of Low Endemicity by Real-Time PCR
Carolina Berglund, Paula Mölling, Lennart Sjöberg, and Bo Söderquist
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4448-4454;
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Porphyromonas somerae sp. nov., a Pathogen Isolated from Humans and Distinct from Porphyromonas levii
Paula H. Summanen, Bengül Durmaz, Marja-Liisa Väisänen, Chengxu Liu, Denise Molitoris, Erkki Eerola, Ilkka M. Helander, and Sydney M. Finegold
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4455-4459;
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Breakpoints for Predicting Pseudomonas aeruginosa Susceptibility to Inhaled Tobramycin in Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Use of High-Range Etest Strips
María I. Morosini, María García-Castillo, Elena Loza, María Pérez-Vázquez, Fernando Baquero, and Rafael Cantón
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4480-4485;
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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
Ju-Hsin Chia, Chishih Chu, Lin-Hui Su, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, An-Jing Kuo, Chien-Feng Sun, and Tsu-Lan Wu
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4486-4491;
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Microbiologic Response to Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis with Topical Clindamycin or Metronidazole
M. N. Austin, R. H. Beigi, L. A. Meyn, and S. L. Hillier
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4492-4497;
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"Bacteroides goldsteinii sp. nov." Isolated from Clinical Specimens of Human Intestinal Origin
Yuli Song, Chengxu Liu, Julia Lee, Mauricio Bolanos, Marja-Liisa Vaisanen, and Sydney M. Finegold
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4522-4527;
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Discrimination of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Viridans Group Streptococci by Genomic Subtractive Hybridization
Nao Suzuki, Mitsuko Seki, Yoshio Nakano, Yusuke Kiyoura, Masao Maeno, and Yoshihisa Yamashita
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4528-4534;
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Correlation of Penicillin Binding Protein 2a Detection with Oxacillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Discovery of a Novel Penicillin Binding Protein 2a Mutation
Adam M. Bressler, Teresa Williams, Elizabeth E. Culler, Wenming Zhu, David Lonsway, Jean B. Patel, and Frederick S. Nolte
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4541-4544;
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Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi O:1,9,12 Polysaccharide-Protein Conjugate as a Diagnostic Tool for Typhoid Fever
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4545-4550;
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Evaluation of tRNA Gene PCR for Identification of Mollicutes
Tim Stakenborg, Jo Vicca, Rita Verhelst, Patrick Butaye, Dominiek Maes, Anne Naessens, Geert Claeys, Catharine De Ganck, Freddy Haesebrouck, and Mario Vaneechoutte
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4558-4566;
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Use of a Multiplex Molecular Beacon Platform for Rapid Detection of Methicillin and Vancomycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Daniel Sinsimer, Surbhi Leekha, Steven Park, Salvatore A. E. Marras, Larry Koreen, Barbara Willey, Steve Naidich, Kimberlee A. Musser, and Barry N. Kreiswirth
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4585-4591;
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Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Streptococcus porcinus Isolated from Human Sources
Rafael S. Duarte, Rosana R. Barros, Richard R. Facklam, and Lúcia M. Teixeira
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4592-4601;
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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
Beverly E. Sha, Hua Y. Chen, Qiong J. Wang, M. Reza Zariffard, Mardge H. Cohen, and Gregory T. Spear
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4607-4612;
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Anticoagulant Carryover May Influence Clot Formation in Direct Tube Coagulase Tests from Blood Cultures
Kerry Varettas, Chinmoy Mukerjee, and Peter C. Taylor
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4613-4615;
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Prevalence of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1-Producing Staphylococcus aureus and the Presence of Antibodies to This Superantigen in Menstruating Women
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4628-4634;
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Increased Genetic Diversity of Neisseria meningitidis Isolates after the Introduction of Meningococcal Serogroup C Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccines
Mathew A. Diggle and Stuart C. Clarke
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4649-4653;
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Search for Localized Dysbiosis in Crohn's Disease Ulcerations by Temporal Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis of 16S rRNA
Philippe Seksik, Patricia Lepage, Marie-France de la Cochetière, Arnaud Bourreille, Malène Sutren, Jean-Paul Galmiche, Joël Doré, and Philippe Marteau
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4654-4658;
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Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme That Provides Both Species and Strain Differentiation for the Burkholderia cepacia Complex
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4665-4673;
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Comparison of a 3-Set Genotyping System with Multilocus Sequence Typing for Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus)
Ying Sun, Fanrong Kong, Zuotao Zhao, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4704-4707;
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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
M. Muscillo, G. La Rosa, M. Sali, E. De Carolis, R. Adone, F. Ciuchini, and A. Fasanella
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4758-4765;
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Production and Validation of the Use of Gamma Phage for Identification of Bacillus anthracis
T. G. Abshire, J. E. Brown, and J. W. Ezzell
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4780-4788;
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Assessing the Risk of Laboratory-Acquired Meningococcal Disease
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4811-4814;
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Use of Pyrosequencing To Differentiate Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes 6A and 6B
Rekha Pai, Josef Limor, and Bernard Beall
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4820-4822;
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PCR-Based Diagnosis of Neonatal Staphylococcal Bacteremias
Imad R. Makhoul, Tatiana Smolkin, Polo Sujov, Imad Kassis, Ada Tamir, Raia Shalginov, and Hannah Sprecher
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4823-4825;
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Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Producing the Carbapenemase OXA-23 in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Papeete, French Polynesia
Thierry Naas, Marc Levy, Claire Hirschauer, Hélène Marchandin, and Patrice Nordmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4826-4829;
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Characterization of Ureaplasmas Isolated from Preterm Infants with and without Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Brenda Katz, Padma Patel, Lynn Duffy, Robert L. Schelonka, Reed A. Dimmitt, and Ken B. Waites
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4852-4854;
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Rapid Identification of Staphylococcus aureus in Blood Cultures by a Combination of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Using Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes and Flow Cytometry
Hanna Hartmann, Henrik Stender, Andrea Schäfer, Ingo B. Autenrieth, and Volkhard A. J. Kempf
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4855-4857;
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Antibodies from Patients with Melioidosis Recognize Burkholderia mallei but Not Burkholderia thailandensis Antigens in the Indirect Hemagglutination Assay
Rachaneeporn Tiyawisutsri, Sharon J. Peacock, Sayan Langa, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Allen C. Cheng, Wirongrong Chierakul, Wipada Chaowagul, Nicholas P. J. Day, and Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4872-4874;
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Survey of Genes Encoding Staphylococcal Enterotoxins, Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1, and Exfoliative Toxins in Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group
Ivana Dakic, Dragana Vukovic, Srdjan Stepanovic, Tomasz Hauschild, Petr Jezek, Petr Petrás, and Donald Morrison
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4875-4876;
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Regional Occurrence of Plasmid-Mediated Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Oxacillinase OXA-58 in Acinetobacter spp. in Europe
Sophie Marqué, Laurent Poirel, Claire Héritier, Sylvain Brisse, Maria Dolores Blasco, Roxana Filip, Gabriela Coman, Thierry Naas, and Patrice Nordmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4885-4888;
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Use of Paired Serum Samples for Serodiagnosis of Typhoid Fever
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4889-4890;
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Mycology:

Genotyping of Madurella mycetomatis by Selective Amplification of Restriction Fragments (Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism) and Subtype Correlation with Geographical Origin and Lesion Size
Wendy W. J. van de Sande, Roy Gorkink, Guus Simons, Alewijn Ott, Abdalla O. A. Ahmed, Henri Verbrugh, and Alex van Belkum
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4349-4356;
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Seminational Surveillance of Fungemia in Denmark: Notably High Rates of Fungemia and Numbers of Isolates with Reduced Azole Susceptibility
Maiken Cavling Arendrup, Kurt Fuursted, Bente Gahrn-Hansen, Irene Møller Jensen, Jenny Dahl Knudsen, Bettina Lundgren, Henrik C. Schønheyder, and Michael Tvede
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4434-4440;
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Rapid Identification of Candida Species and Other Clinically Important Yeast Species by Flow Cytometry
Brent T. Page and Cletus P. Kurtzman
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4507-4514;
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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
A. Espinel-Ingroff, F. Barchiesi, M. Cuenca-Estrella, A. Fothergill, M. A. Pfaller, M. Rinaldi, J. L. Rodriguez-Tudela, and P. E. Verweij
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4535-4540;
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Microsatellite Marker Analysis as a Typing System for Candida glabrata
F. Foulet, N. Nicolas, O. Eloy, F. Botterel, J.-C. Gantier, J.-M. Costa, and S. Bretagne
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4574-4579;
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Comparison of Two Probes for Testing Susceptibilities of Pathogenic Yeasts to Voriconazole, Itraconazole, and Caspofungin by Flow Cytometry
Cidália Pina-Vaz, Sofia Costa-de-Oliveira, Acácio G. Rodrigues, and Ana Espinel-Ingroff
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4674-4679;
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Diagnosis of Neuroparacoccidioidomycosis by Detection of Circulating Antigen and Antibody in Cerebrospinal Fluid
Silvia Helena Marques da Silva, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, Maria Heloisa Souza Lima Blotta, Flávio Queiroz-Telles, José Daniel Lopes, and Zoilo Pires de Camargo
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4680-4683;
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Dual Infections with Pigmented and Albino Strains of Cryptococcus neoformans in Patients with or without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in India
Piyali Mandal, Uma Banerjee, Arturo Casadevall, and Joshua D. Nosanchuk
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4766-4772;
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Reproducibility of Low Galactomannan Enzyme Immunoassay Index Values Tested in Multiple Laboratories
Arlo Upton, Anja Gugel, Wendy Leisenring, Ajit Limaye, Barbara Alexander, Randall Hayden, and Kieren A. Marr
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4796-4800;
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Syscan3, a Kit for Detection of Anti-Candida Antibodies for Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis
Annie Philip, Zekaver Odabasi, Gloria Matiuzzi, Victor L. Paetznick, Sze-Wee Tan, John Warmington, John H. Rex, and Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4834-4835;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Smear, Culture, and PCR Using Universal Sample Processing Technology
Soumitesh Chakravorty, Manas Kamal Sen, and Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4357-4362;
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Clinical Significance and Epidemiologic Analyses of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare among Patients without AIDS
Xiang Y. Han, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, Rosa Infante, Kalen L. Jacobson, and Mylene Truong
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4407-4412;
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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
Izhar U. H. Khan, Suresh B. Selvaraju, and Jagjit S. Yadav
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4466-4472;
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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
Jacques Godfroid, Cathy Delcorps, Leonid M. Irenge, Karl Walravens, Sylvie Marché, and Jean-Luc Gala
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4640-4648;
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Low Concentrations of Nitric Oxide Exert a Hormetic Effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis In Vitro
William Benjamin Brugmann and Marcia A. Firmani
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4844-4846;
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Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates from Greek Patients with Sarcoidosis by Spoligotyping
M. Gazouli, J. Ikonomopoulos, A. Koundourakis, M. Bartos, I. Pavlik, P. Overduin, K. Kremer, V. Gorgoulis, and C. Kittas
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4858-4861;
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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
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4880-4884;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Widespread Distribution of Disinfectant Resistance Genes among Staphylococci of Bovine and Caprine Origin in Norway
Jostein Bjorland, Terje Steinum, Bjørg Kvitle, Steinar Waage, Marianne Sunde, and Even Heir
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4363-4368;
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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
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4498-4506;
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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
E. M. Smith, L. E. Green, G. F. Medley, H. E. Bird, and C. G. Dowson
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4731-4736;
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Multilocus Sequence Typing of Intercontinental Bovine Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4737-4743;
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Development of a Nested PCR Method Targeting a Unique Multicopy Element, ISMap02, for Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Fecal Samples
J. R. Stabel and J. P. Bannantine
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4744-4750;
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Epidemiology:

M Protein Gene (emm Type) Analysis of Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci from Ethiopia Reveals Unique Patterns
Wezenet Tewodros and Göran Kronvall
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4369-4376;
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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
Henk van Deutekom, Philip Supply, Petra E. W. de Haas, Eve Willery, Susan P. Hoijng, Camille Locht, Roel A. Coutinho, and Dick van Soolingen
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4473-4479;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Caliciviruses Detected in Sporadic and Outbreak Cases of Gastroenteritis in France from December 1998 to February 2004
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4659-4664;
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Properties of Novel International Drug-Resistant Pneumococcal Clones Identified in Day-Care Centers of Lisbon, Portugal
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4696-4703;
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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
Susan Boyle-Vavra, Ben Ereshefsky, Chih-Chien Wang, and Robert S. Daum
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4719-4730;
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Clonal Analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates Carrying or Lacking Biofilm-Mediating Genes by Multilocus Sequence Typing
Svetlana Kozitskaya, Michael E. Olson, Paul D. Fey, Wolfgang Witte, Knut Ohlsen, and Wilma Ziebuhr
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4751-4757;
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Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis That Occurred during School Excursions in Korea Were Associated with Several Waterborne Strains of Norovirus
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4836-4839;
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Widespread Transfer of Resistance Genes between Bacterial Species in an Intensive Care Unit: Implications for Hospital Epidemiology
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4862-4864;
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Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Meningococcal Isolates Belonging to the Sequence Type 162 Complex
Siamak P. Yazdankhah, Konstantinos Kesanopoulos, Georgina Tzanakaki, Jenny Kremastinou, and Dominique A. Caugant
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4865-4867;
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Nosocomial Spread of a Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus Strain Causing Sepsis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Fernando Chaves, Mónica García-Álvarez, Francisca Sanz, Concepción Alba, and Joaquín R. Otero
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4877-4879;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Depletion of Resident Chlamydia pneumoniae through Leukoreduction by Filtration of Blood for Transfusion
Hideaki Ikejima, Herman Friedman, German F. Leparc, and Yoshimasa Yamamoto
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4580-4584;
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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
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4684-4690;
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Multispacer Typing of Rickettsia prowazekii Enabling Epidemiological Studies of Epidemic Typhus
Yong Zhu, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Hiroyuki Ogata, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4708-4712;
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Parasitology:

Dot Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for More Reliable Staging of Patients with Human African Trypanosomiasis
Bertrand Courtioux, Sylvie Bisser, Pascal M'Belesso, Edgard Ngoungou, Murielle Girard, Auguste Nangouma, Théophile Josenando, Marie-Odile Jauberteau-Marchan, and Bernard Bouteille
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4789-4795;
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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
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4801-4806;
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Coding and Noncoding Genomic Regions of Entamoeba histolytica Have Significantly Different Rates of Sequence Polymorphisms: Implications for Epidemiological Studies
Dhruva Bhattacharya, Rashidul Haque, and Upinder Singh
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4815-4819;
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Case Reports:

Failure of Cefepime Therapy in Treatment of Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia
Wonkeun Song, Ellen S. Moland, Nancy D. Hanson, James S. Lewis, James H. Jorgensen, and Kenneth S. Thomson
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4891-4894;
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Brain Abscess Caused by Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
G. Barnaud, C. Deschamps, V. Manceron, E. Mortier, F. Laurent, F. Bert, P. Boiron, P. Vinceneux, and C. Branger
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4895-4897;
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Human Infective Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2
Martin C. Heidt, Walid Mohamed, Torsten Hain, Paul Robert Vogt, Trinad Chakraborty, and Eugen Domann
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4898-4901;
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Breakthrough Disseminated Aspergillus ustus Infection in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Receiving Voriconazole or Caspofungin Prophylaxis
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4902-4904;
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Imported Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Stéphane Jauréguiberry, Pierre Tattevin, Arnaud Tarantola, François Legay, Adama Tall, Pierre Nabeth, Hervé Zeller, and Christian Michelet
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4905-4907;
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Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis (Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis) Caused by Sphingobacterium spiritivorum from the Water Reservoir of a Steam Iron
Peter Kämpfer, S. Engelhart, M. Rolke, and J. Sennekamp
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4908-4910;
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Molecular Evidence of Recurrent Histoplasmosis with 9-Year Latency in a Patient with Addison's Disease
Tai-Chung Tseng, Shwu-Jen Liaw, Cheng-Hsiang Hsiao, Cheng-Yi Wang, Li-Na Lee, Tien-Shang Huang, and Po-Ren Hsueh
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4911-4913;
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Letters To The Editor:

Can Chlamydial Cervicitis Influence Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis?
M. Romanik, A. Ekiel, D. Friedek, and G. Martirosian
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4914-4915;
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Successful Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Central Nervous System Infections with Colistin
Aspasia Katragkou and Emmanuel Roilides
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4916-4917;
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Wide Dissemination of a Carbapenemase Plasmid among Gram-Negative Bacteria: Implications of the Variable Phenotype
Björn Espedido, Jonathan Iredell, Lee Thomas, and Anna Zelynski
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4918-4919;
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Nested PCR for Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever
Subhash C. Arya, Nirmala Agarwal, Pradyot Prakash, Anil Kumar Gulati, and Gopal Nath
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4920
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Potential Limitations of the 16S-23S rRNA Intergenic Region for Molecular Detection of Bartonella Species
Belinda Dillon, Jon Iredell, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, and Ricardo G. Maggi
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4921-4922;
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Authors' Corrections:

Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis as an Agent of Blood Culture-Negative Endocarditis in a Human
Florence Fenollar, Stéphane Sire, Nathalie Wilhelm, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. September 2005 43: 4923
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