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Instructions To Authors:

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY: 2006 INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1-19. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Minireviews:

Claudio Piersimoni, Armando Olivieri, Luca Benacchio, and Claudio Scarparo

Current Perspectives on Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex: the Automated Nonradiometric Systems
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 20-28. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Simeon Cadmus, Si Palmer, Melissa Okker, James Dale, Karen Gover, Noel Smith, Keith Jahans, R. Glyn Hewinson, and Stephen V. Gordon

Molecular Analysis of Human and Bovine Tubercle Bacilli from a Local Setting in Nigeria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 29-34. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alan McNabb, Kathy Adie, Mabel Rodrigues, William A. Black, and Judith Isaac-Renton

Direct Identification of Mycobacteria in Primary Liquid Detection Media by Partial Sequencing of the 65-Kilodalton Heat Shock Protein Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 60-66. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karine Brudey, Ingrid Filliol, Séverine Ferdinand, Vanina Guernier, Philippe Duval, Bertrand Maubert, Christophe Sola, and Nalin Rastogi

Long-Term Population-Based Genotyping Study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates in the French Departments of the Americas
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 183-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N. Galí, J. Domínguez, S. Blanco, C. Prat, F. Alcaide, P. Coll, V. Ausina the Mycobacteria Research Group of Barcelona

Use of a Mycobacteriophage-Based Assay for Rapid Assessment of Susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates to Isoniazid and Influence of Resistance Level on Assay Performance
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 201-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robin Warren, Marianna de Kock, Erica Engelke, Roseline Myburgh, Nico Gey van Pittius, Thomas Victor, and Paul van Helden

Safe Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA Extraction Method That Does Not Compromise Integrity
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 254-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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

Rapid Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotypes on the Basis of the Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit Locus 26 Signature
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 274-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

Morten Enersen, Ingar Olsen, Arie J. van Winkelhoff, and Dominique A. Caugant

Multilocus Sequence Typing of Porphyromonas gingivalis Strains from Different Geographic Origins
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 35-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Mbwana, I. Bölin, E. Lyamuya, F. Mhalu, and T. Lagergård

Molecular Characterization of Haemophilus ducreyi Isolates from Different Geographical Locations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 132-137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Claudia Sola, Paulo Cortes, Hector A. Saka, Cordoba MRSA Collaborative Study Group, Ana Vindel, and José Luis Bocco

Evolution and Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Epidemic and Sporadic Clones in Cordoba, Argentina
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 192-200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Abdullah Kilic, Rachel Urwin, Haijing Li, Mehmet A. Saracli, Charles W. Stratton, and Yi-Wei Tang

Clonal Spread of Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease in Turkey
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 222-224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jill C. Roberts, Robin L. Krueger, K. Kealy Peak, William Veguilla, Andrew C. Cannons, Philip T. Amuso, and Jacqueline Cattani

Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Epidemic Clone USA300 in Isolates from Florida and Washington
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 225-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Wirongrong Chierakul, Jurairat Rattanalertnavee, Sayan Langa, Damrong Sirodom, Charnkij Wattanawaitunechai, Wut Winothai, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas Day, and Sharon J. Peacock

Serological Evidence for Increased Human Exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei following the Tsunami in Southern Thailand
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 239-240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anders Johansson, Satu Koskiniemi, Per Gottfridsson, Johan Wiström, and Tor Monsen

Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis for Typing of Staphylococcus epidermidis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 260-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Vindel, P. Trincado, E. Gómez, R. Cabrera, T. Boquete, C. Solá, S. Valdezate, and J. A. Saez-Nieto

Prevalence and Evolution of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Spanish Hospitals between 1996 and 2002
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 266-270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

R. Maillard, B. Grimard, S. Chastant-Maillard, B. Chomel, T. Delcroix, C. Gandoin, C. Bouillin, L. Halos, M. Vayssier-Taussat, and H.-J. Boulouis

Effects of Cow Age and Pregnancy on Bartonella Infection in a Herd of Dairy Cattle
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 42-46. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Caroline Besson, Corinne Amiel, Catherine Le-Pendeven, Pauline Brice, Christophe Fermé, Patrice Carde, Olivier Hermine, Martine Raphael, Laurent Abel, and Jean-Claude Nicolas

Positive Correlation between Epstein-Barr Virus Viral Load and Anti-Viral Capsid Immunoglobulin G Titers Determined for Hodgkin's Lymphoma Patients and Their Relatives
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 47-50. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. K. Hietala and B. M. Crossley

Armored RNA as Virus Surrogate in a Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay Proficiency Panel
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 67-70. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K. Loens, H. Goossens, C. de Laat, H. Foolen, P. Oudshoorn, S. Pattyn, P. Sillekens, and M. Ieven

Detection of Rhinoviruses by Tissue Culture and Two Independent Amplification Techniques, Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification and Reverse Transcription-PCR, in Children with Acute Respiratory Infections during a Winter Season
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 166-171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takeshi Tsugawa, Kazuko Numata-Kinoshita, Shinjiro Honma, Shuji Nakata, Masatoshi Tatsumi, Yoshiyuki Sakai, Katsuro Natori, Naokazu Takeda, Shinichi Kobayashi, and Hiroyuki Tsutsumi

Virological, Serological, and Clinical Features of an Outbreak of Acute Gastroenteritis Due to Recombinant Genogroup II Norovirus in an Infant Home
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 177-182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

Soromon Kataoka, Takashi Yamada, Kazutoshi Chou, Ryutaro Nishida, Mamoru Morikawa, Mashiho Minami, Hideto Yamada, Noriaki Sakuragi, and Hisanori Minakami

Association between Preterm Birth and Vaginal Colonization by Mycoplasmas in Early Pregnancy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 51-55. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet, Anne-Sophie Domelier, Laurence Arnault, Daniel Bloc, Patrice Laudat, Philippe Hartemann, and Roland Quentin

Legionella anisa, a Possible Indicator of Water Contamination by Legionella pneumophila
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 56-59. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marianne Abele-Horn, Leif Hommers, René Trabold, and Matthias Frosch

Validation of VITEK 2 Version 4.01 Software for Detection, Identification, and Classification of Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 71-76. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ryan T. Novak, Mindy B. Glass, Jay E. Gee, Daniel Gal, Mark J. Mayo, Bart J. Currie, and Patricia P. Wilkins

Development and Evaluation of a Real-Time PCR Assay Targeting the Type III Secretion System of Burkholderia pseudomallei
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 85-90. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Irina Alexeeva, Ellen J. Elliott, Sandra Rollins, Gail E. Gasparich, Jozef Lazar, and Robert G. Rohwer

Absence of Spiroplasma or Other Bacterial 16S rRNA Genes in Brain Tissue of Hamsters with Scrapie
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 91-97. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adam W. Jenney, Abigail Clements, Jacinta L. Farn, Odilia L. Wijburg, Andrew McGlinchey, Denis W. Spelman, Tyrone L. Pitt, Mary E. Kaufmann, Lisa Liolios, Margaret B. Moloney, Steven L. Wesselingh, and Richard A. Strugnell

Seroepidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae in an Australian Tertiary Hospital and Its Implications for Vaccine Development
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 102-107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fred C. Tenover, Linda K. McDougal, Richard V. Goering, George Killgore, Steven J. Projan, Jean B. Patel, and Paul M. Dunman

Characterization of a Strain of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Widely Disseminated in the United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 108-118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Remco P. H. Peters, Paul H. M. Savelkoul, Alberdina M. Simoons-Smit, Sven A. Danner, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, and Michiel A. van Agtmael

Faster Identification of Pathogens in Positive Blood Cultures by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization in Routine Practice
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 119-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rekha Pai, Robert E. Gertz, and Bernard Beall

Sequential Multiplex PCR Approach for Determining Capsular Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 124-131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lea-Ann S. Kirkham, Johanna M. C. Jefferies, Alison R. Kerr, Yu Jing, Stuart C. Clarke, Andrew Smith, and Tim J. Mitchell

Identification of Invasive Serotype 1 Pneumococcal Isolates That Express Nonhemolytic Pneumolysin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 151-159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Xiang Y. Han, Mallika Kamana, and Kenneth V. I. Rolston

Viridans Streptococci Isolated by Culture from Blood of Cancer Patients: Clinical and Microbiologic Analysis of 50 Cases
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 160-165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kaori Iwahara, Tomoari Kuriyama, Satoshi Shimura, David W. Williams, Maki Yanagisawa, Kiyomasa Nakagawa, and Tadahiro Karasawa

Detection of cfxA and cfxA2, the ß-Lactamase Genes of Prevotella spp., in Clinical Samples from Dentoalveolar Infection by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 172-176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dongyou Liu, Mark L. Lawrence, Lisa Gorski, Robert E. Mandrell, A. Jerald Ainsworth, and Frank W. Austin

Listeria monocytogenes Serotype 4b Strains Belonging to Lineages I and III Possess Distinct Molecular Features
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 214-217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karsten Becker, Isabelle Pagnier, Brigitte Schuhen, Frauke Wenzelburger, Alexander W. Friedrich, Frank Kipp, Georg Peters, and Christof von Eiff

Does Nasal Cocolonization by Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strains Occur Frequently Enough To Represent a Risk of False-Positive Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Determinations by Molecular Methods?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 229-231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jin Ah Yang, Dae Won Park, Jang Wook Sohn, and Min Ja Kim

Novel PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis for Rapid Typing of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Elements
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 236-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mitchell J. Schwaber, Shiri Navon-Venezia, Inna Chmelnitsky, Azita Leavitt, David Schwartz, and Yehuda Carmeli

Utility of the VITEK 2 Advanced Expert System for Identification of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase Production in Enterobacter spp.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 241-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Darrell P. Chandler, Oleg Alferov, Boris Chernov, Don S. Daly, Julia Golova, Alexander Perov, Miroslava Protic, Richard Robison, Matthew Schipma, Amanda White, and Alan Willse

Diagnostic Oligonucleotide Microarray Fingerprinting of Bacillus Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 244-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cathy A. Petti, Hasan S. Bhally, Melvin P. Weinstein, Kim Joho, Teresa Wakefield, L. Barth Reller, and Karen C. Carroll

Utility of Extended Blood Culture Incubation for Isolation of Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella Organisms: a Retrospective Multicenter Evaluation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 257-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Katherine J. Hardy, Beryl A. Oppenheim, Savita Gossain, Fang Gao, and Peter M. Hawkey

Use of Variations in Staphylococcal Interspersed Repeat Units for Molecular Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 271-273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

D. E. Ciardo, G. Schär, E. C. Böttger, M. Altwegg, and P. P. Bosshard

Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequencing versus Biochemical Profiling for Identification of Medically Important Yeasts
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 77-84. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. A. Santos, M. E. S. Barros, and J. S. Hamdan

Establishing a Method of Inoculum Preparation for Susceptibility Testing of Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 98-101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Agnes Marot-Leblond, Bertrand Beucher, Sandrine David, Sandrine Nail-Billaud, and Raymond Robert

Development and Evaluation of a Rapid Latex Agglutination Test Using a Monoclonal Antibody To Identify Candida dubliniensis Colonies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 138-142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Miki Kasai, Andrea Francesconi, Ruta Petraitiene, Vidmantas Petraitis, Amy M. Kelaher, Hee-sup Kim, Joseph Meletiadis, Tin Sein, John Bacher, and Thomas J. Walsh

Use of Quantitative Real-Time PCR To Study the Kinetics of Extracellular DNA Released from Candida albicans, with Implications for Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 143-150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maria Anna Viviani, Massimo Cogliati, Maria Carmela Esposto, Anna Prigitano, and Anna Maria Tortorano

Four-Year Persistence of a Single Candida albicans Genotype Causing Bloodstream Infections in a Surgical Ward Proven by Multilocus Sequence Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 218-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. L. Aubertine, M. Rivera, S. M. Rohan, and D. H. Larone

Comparative Study of the New Colorimetric VITEK 2 Yeast Identification Card versus the Older Fluorometric Card and of CHROMagar Candida as a Source Medium with the New Card
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 227-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Hamid Jalal, Hannah Stephen, Martin D. Curran, Janet Burton, Michelle Bradley, and Christopher Carne

Development and Validation of a Rotor-Gene Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection, Identification, and Quantification of Chlamydia trachomatis in a Single Reaction
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 206-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

D. Stark, N. Beebe, D. Marriott, J. Ellis, and J. Harkness

Evaluation of Three Diagnostic Methods, Including Real-Time PCR, for Detection of Dientamoeba fragilis in Stool Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 232-235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Shyam Sundar, Radheshyam Maurya, Rakesh K. Singh, K. Bharti, Jaya Chakravarty, Ashish Parekh, Madhukar Rai, Kailash Kumar, and Henry W. Murray

Rapid, Noninvasive Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in India: Comparison of Two Immunochromatographic Strip Tests for Detection of Anti-K39 Antibody
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 251-253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Didier Raoult, France Roblot, Jean-Marc Rolain, Jean-Marc Besnier, Joëlle Loulergue, Frédéric Bastides, and Patrick Choutet

First Isolation of Bartonella alsatica from a Valve of a Patient with Endocarditis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 278-279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sameer Elsayed, Angela Kealey, Carla S. Coffin, Ron Read, David Megran, and Kunyan Zhang

Nocardia cyriacigeorgica Septicemia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 280-282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Constance A. Bell, Allison P. Eberly, Geraldine Takata, Raelene K. Combs, Nathan E. Deweese, and A. Christian Whelen

Specimens from a Vesicular Lesion Caused by Molluscum Contagiosum Virus Produced a Cytopathic Effect in Cell Culture That Mimicked That Produced by Herpes Simplex Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 283-286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters To The Editor:

W. Michael Dunne, Jr.

Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes in a Laboratory Quality Control Strain of Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 287. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yankuba Kassama, Michael Shemko, Nandini Shetty, Zack Fang, Graham MacIntire, Vanya Gant, Ali Zumla, and Royston Goodacre

An Improved Fluorescent Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Method for Typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 288-289. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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