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Epidemiology:

Sabine Petersdorf, Klaus Oberdorfer, and Constanze Wendt

Longitudinal Study of the Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a University Hospital
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4297-4302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dawn C. Feltus, Catherine W. Giddings, Brianna L. Schneck, Timothy Monson, David Warshauer, and John M. McEvoy

Evidence Supporting Zoonotic Transmission of Cryptosporidium spp. in Wisconsin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4303-4308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Xiao Xue Ma, Teruyo Ito, Piriyaporn Chongtrakool, and Keiichi Hiramatsu

Predominance of Clones Carrying Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated in Japanese Hospitals from 1979 to 1985
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4515-4527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

Christian G. Giske, Balázs Libisch, Céline Colinon, Effie Scoulica, Laura Pagani, Miklós Füzi, Göran Kronvall, and Gian Maria Rossolini

Establishing Clonal Relationships between VIM-1-Like Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains from Four European Countries by Multilocus Sequence Typing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4309-4315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jingping Xie, Patricia C. Juliao, Janet R. Gilsdorf, Debashis Ghosh, Mayuri Patel, and Carl F. Marrs

Identification of New Genetic Regions More Prevalent in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Otitis Media Strains than in Throat Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4316-4325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

W. L. McDonald, R. Jamaludin, G. Mackereth, M. Hansen, S. Humphrey, P. Short, T. Taylor, J. Swingler, C. E. Dawson, A. M. Whatmore, E. Stubberfield, L. L. Perrett, and G. Simmons

Characterization of a Brucella sp. Strain as a Marine-Mammal Type despite Isolation from a Patient with Spinal Osteomyelitis in New Zealand
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4363-4370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yayue Li, Dan Liu, Boyang Cao, Weiqing Han, Yanqun Liu, Fenxia Liu, Xi Guo, David A. Bastin, Lu Feng, and Lei Wang

Development of a Serotype-Specific DNA Microarray for Identification of Some Shigella and Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4376-4383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. Skov, R. Smyth, A. R. Larsen, A. Bolmstrôm, A. Karlsson, K. Mills, N. Frimodt-Moller, and G. Kahlmeter

Phenotypic Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus by Disk Diffusion Testing and Etest on Mueller-Hinton Agar
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4395-4399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Keith E. Simmon, Ann C. Croft, and Cathy A. Petti

Application of SmartGene IDNS Software to Partial 16S rRNA Gene Sequences for a Diverse Group of Bacteria in a Clinical Laboratory
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4400-4406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kathryn L. Jones, Lisa J. Glickstein, Nitin Damle, Vijay K. Sikand, Gail McHugh, and Allen C. Steere

Borrelia burgdorferi Genetic Markers and Disseminated Disease in Patients with Early Lyme Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4407-4413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sheng Kai Tung, Lee Jene Teng, Mario Vaneechoutte, Hung Mo Chen, and Tsung Chain Chang

Array-Based Identification of Species of the Genera Abiotrophia, Enterococcus, Granulicatella, and Streptococcus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4414-4424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lennox K. Archibald, Kisali Pallangyo, Peter Kazembe, and L. Barth Reller

Blood Culture Contamination in Tanzania, Malawi, and the United States: a Microbiological Tale of Three Cities
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4425-4429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Abdullah Kilic, Haijing Li, Charles W. Stratton, and Yi-Wei Tang

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns and Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Types of, as Well as Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Occurrence among, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Children and Adults in Middle Tennessee
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4436-4440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laurent Dortet, Patrick Legrand, Claude-James Soussy, and Vincent Cattoir

Bacterial Identification, Clinical Significance, and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Acinetobacter ursingii and Acinetobacter schindleri, Two Frequently Misidentified Opportunistic Pathogens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4471-4478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sue M. Turner, Roy R. Chaudhuri, Zhi-Dong Jiang, Herbert DuPont, Carlton Gyles, Charles W. Penn, Mark J. Pallen, and Ian R. Henderson

Phylogenetic Comparisons Reveal Multiple Acquisitions of the Toxin Genes by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strains of Different Evolutionary Lineages
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4528-4536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Susan E. Sharp and Cindy Searcy

Comparison of Mannitol Salt Agar and Blood Agar Plates for Identification and Susceptibility Testing of Staphylococcus aureus in Specimens from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4545-4546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Volker Mai, Christopher R. Braden, Jill Heckendorf, Baiba Pironis, and Jon Mark Hirshon

Monitoring of Stool Microbiota in Subjects with Diarrhea Indicates Distortions in Composition
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4550-4552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kazuko Y. Fukushima, Yoichi Hirakata, Kazuyuki Sugahara, Katsunori Yanagihara, Akira Kondo, Shigeru Kohno, and Shimeru Kamihira

Rapid Screening of Topoisomerase Gene Mutations by a Novel Melting Curve Analysis Method for Early Warning of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Emergence
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4553-4558. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lisa Louie, Deirdre Soares, Helen Meaney, Mary Vearncombe, and Andrew E. Simor

Evaluation of a New Chromogenic Medium, MRSA Select, for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4561-4563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karen B. Register and Gary N. Sanden

Prevalence and Sequence Variants of IS481 in Bordetella bronchiseptica: Implications for IS481-Based Detection of Bordetella pertussis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4577-4583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nadjia Ramdani-Bouguessa, Nuno Mendonça, Joana Leitão, Eugénia Ferreira, Mohamed Tazir, and Manuela Caniça

CTX-M-3 and CTX-M-15 Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases in Isolates of Escherichia coli from a Hospital in Algiers, Algeria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4584-4586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Akira Takahashi, Sojun Kanamaru, Hisao Kurazono, Yasuharu Kunishima, Taiji Tsukamoto, Osamu Ogawa, and Shingo Yamamoto

Escherichia coli Isolates Associated with Uncomplicated and Complicated Cystitis and Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Possess Similar Phylogenies, Virulence Genes, and O-Serogroup Profiles
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4589-4592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hsi-Hsun Lin, Shiao-ping Huang, Hsiu-Chen Teng, Dar-Der Ji, Yao-Shen Chen, and Ya-Lei Chen

Presence of the exoU Gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is Correlated with Cytotoxicity in MDCK Cells but Not with Colonization in BALB/c Mice
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4596-4597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

C. Aagaard, M. Govaerts, V. Meikle, A. J. Vallecillo, J. A. Gutierrez-Pabello, F. Suarez-Güemes, J. McNair, A. Cataldi, C. Espitia, P. Andersen, and J. M. Pollock

Optimizing Antigen Cocktails for Detection of Mycobacterium bovis in Herds with Different Prevalences of Bovine Tuberculosis: ESAT6-CFP10 Mixture Shows Optimal Sensitivity and Specificity
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4326-4335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hamidou Traore, Armand van Deun, Isdore Chola Shamputa, Leen Rigouts, and Françoise Portaels

Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex DNA and Rifampin Resistance in Clinical Specimens from Tuberculosis Patients by Line Probe Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4384-4388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Akos Somoskovi, Jillian Dormandy, Dimitra Mitsani, Jeremy Rivenburg, and Max Salfinger

Use of Smear-Positive Samples To Assess the PCR-Based Genotype MTBDR Assay for Rapid, Direct Detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex as Well as Its Resistance to Isoniazid and Rifampin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4459-4463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philip Supply, Caroline Allix, Sarah Lesjean, Mara Cardoso-Oelemann, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Eve Willery, Evgueni Savine, Petra de Haas, Henk van Deutekom, Solvig Roring, Pablo Bifani, Natalia Kurepina, Barry Kreiswirth, Christophe Sola, Nalin Rastogi, Vincent Vatin, Maria Cristina Gutierrez, Maryse Fauville, Stefan Niemann, Robin Skuce, Kristin Kremer, Camille Locht, and Dick van Soolingen

Proposal for Standardization of Optimized Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4498-4510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ruiru Shi, Jianyuan Zhang, Chuanyou Li, Yuko Kazumi, and Isamu Sugawara

Emergence of Ofloxacin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates from China as Determined by gyrA Mutation Analysis Using Denaturing High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography and DNA Sequencing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4566-4568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

H. D. Roque, R. Vieira, S. Rato, and M. Luz-Martins

Specific Primers for Rapid Detection of Microsporum audouinii by PCR in Clinical Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4336-4341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N. Isham and M. A. Ghannoum

Determination of MICs of Aminocandin for Candida spp. and Filamentous Fungi
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4342-4344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. A. Ghannoum, B. Arthington-Skaggs, V. Chaturvedi, A. Espinel-Ingroff, M. A. Pfaller, R. Rennie, M. G. Rinaldi, and T. J. Walsh

Interlaboratory Study of Quality Control Isolates for a Broth Microdilution Method (Modified CLSI M38-A) for Testing Susceptibilities of Dermatophytes to Antifungals
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4353-4356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Juan Li, Ying-Chun Xu, and Feng-Yan Bai

Candida pseudorugosa sp. nov., a Novel Yeast Species from Sputum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4486-4490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Greg Brennan, Michael D. Podell, Raymund Wack, Susan Kraft, Jennifer L. Troyer, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, and Sue VandeWoude

Neurologic Disease in Captive Lions (Panthera leo) with Low-Titer Lion Lentivirus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4345-4352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Barbara Willi, Séverine Tasker, Felicitas S. Boretti, Marcus G. Doherr, Valentino Cattori, Marina L. Meli, Remo G. Lobetti, Richard Malik, Claudia E. Reusch, Hans Lutz, and Regina Hofmann-Lehmann

Phylogenetic Analysis of "Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis" Isolates from Pet Cats in the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa, with Analysis of Risk Factors for Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4430-4435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christina Schnellmann, Vinzenz Gerber, Alexandra Rossano, Valentine Jaquier, Yann Panchaud, Marcus G. Doherr, Andreas Thomann, Reto Straub, and Vincent Perreten

Presence of New mecA and mph(C) Variants Conferring Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus spp. Isolated from the Skin of Horses before and after Clinic Admission
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4444-4454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lars Mølbak, Kirstine Klitgaard, Tim K. Jensen, Marja Fossi, and Mette Boye

Identification of a Novel, Invasive, Not-Yet-Cultivated Treponema sp. in the Large Intestine of Pigs by PCR Amplification of the 16S rRNA Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4537-4540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Sarah Benki, R. Scott McClelland, Sandra Emery, Jared M. Baeten, Barbra A. Richardson, Ludo Lavreys, Kishorchandra Mandaliya, and Julie Overbaugh

Quantification of Genital Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) DNA in Specimens from Women with Low Plasma HIV-1 RNA Levels Typical of HIV-1 Nontransmitters
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4357-4362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L. Perrin, J. M. Pawlotsky, M. Bouvier-Alias, C. Sarrazin, S. Zeuzem, and G. Colucci

Multicenter Performance Evaluation of a New TaqMan PCR Assay for Monitoring Human Immunodeficiency Virus RNA Load
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4371-4375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Masahiro Onozawa, Satoshi Hashino, Mutsumi Takahata, Fumie Fujisawa, Takahito Kawamura, Masao Nakagawa, Kaoru Kahata, Takeshi Kondo, Shuichi Ota, Junji Tanaka, Masahiro Imamura, and Masahiro Asaka

Relationship between Preexisting Anti-Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) Antibody and Clinical VZV Reactivation in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4441-4443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. G. Fedele, A. Negredo, F. Molero, M. P. Sánchez-Seco, and A. Tenorio

Use of Internally Controlled Real-Time Genome Amplification for Detection of Variola Virus and Other Orthopoxviruses Infecting Humans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4464-4470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carole Fakhry, Gypsyamber D'souza, Elizabeth Sugar, Kathleen Weber, Eleni Goshu, Howard Minkoff, Rodney Wright, Eric Seaberg, and Maura Gillison

Relationship between Prevalent Oral and Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infections in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive and -Negative Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4479-4485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Wen-Chun Liu, Masashi Mizokami, Maria Buti, Magnus Lindh, Kung-Chia Young, Koun-Tem Sun, Yun-Chan Chi, Hsi-Hsien Li, and Ting-Tsung Chang

Simultaneous Quantification and Genotyping of Hepatitis B Virus for Genotypes A to G by Real-Time PCR and Two-Step Melting Curve Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4491-4497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Peter Norberg, Tomas Bergström, and Jan-Åke Liljeqvist

Genotyping of Clinical Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Isolates by Use of Restriction Enzymes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4511-4514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Katharina Göhring, Elfriede Mikeler, Gerhard Jahn, and Klaus Hamprecht

Rapid Simultaneous Detection by Real-Time PCR of Cytomegalovirus UL97 Mutations in Codons 460 and 520 Conferring Ganciclovir Resistance
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4541-4544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Juan A. Quiroga, Inmaculada Castillo, Margarita Pardo, Elena Rodríguez-Iñigo, and Vicente Carreño

Combined Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Antigen-Antibody Detection Assay Does Not Improve Diagnosis for Seronegative Individuals with Occult HCV Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4559-4560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Waka Ohishi, Saeko Fujiwara, Gen Suzuki, Takeshi Kishi, Misae Sora, Shinsuke Matsuura, Masayuki Hakoda, Yoshimi Tatsukawa, Michiko Yamada, and Kazuaki Chayama

Feasibility of Freeze-Dried Sera for Serological and Molecular Biological Detection of Hepatitis B and C Viruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4593-4595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Sue Skidmore, Paddy Horner, Alan Herring, Joanne Sell, Ian Paul, Jane Thomas, E. Owen Caul, Matthias Egger, Anne McCarthy, Emma Sanford, Chris Salisbury, John Macleod, Jonathan A. C. Sterne, Nicola Low for the Chlamydia Screening Studies (ClaSS) Project Group

Vulvovaginal-Swab or First-Catch Urine Specimen To Detect Chlamydia trachomatis in Women in a Community Setting?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4389-4394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. K. Rogers, B. J. Wood, P. Rizzo, and C. A. Gaydos

Effect of Endocervical-Specimen Adequacy on Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by the APTIMA COMBO 2 Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4564-4565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Isabel Jado, Raquel Escudero, Horacio Gil, María Isabel Jiménez-Alonso, Rita Sousa, Ana L. García-Pérez, Manuela Rodríguez-Vargas, Bruno Lobo, and Pedro Anda

Molecular Method for Identification of Rickettsia Species in Clinical and Environmental Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4572-4576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

José A. García-García, Joaquina Martín-Sánchez, Montserrat Gállego, Antonio Rivero-Román, Angela Camacho, Cristina Riera, Francisco Morillas-Márquez, Salvador Vergara, Juan Macías, and Juan A. Pineda

Use of Noninvasive Markers To Detect Leishmania Infection in Asymptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4455-4458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nelson Lee, Joanne Baker, David Bell, James McCarthy, and Qin Cheng

Assessing the Genetic Diversity of the Aldolase Genes of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax and Its Potential Effect on Performance of Aldolase-Detecting Rapid Diagnostic Tests
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4547-4549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Megan Leo, Rashidul Haque, Mamun Kabir, Shantanu Roy, Rita Marie Lahlou, Dinesh Mondal, Egbert Tannich, and William A. Petri, Jr.

Evaluation of Entamoeba histolytica Antigen and Antibody Point-of-Care Tests for the Rapid Diagnosis of Amebiasis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4569-4571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lynne S. Garcia and John Paul Garcia

Detection of Giardia lamblia Antigens in Human Fecal Specimens by a Solid-Phase Qualitative Immunochromatographic Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4587-4588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Corinne Leemann, Eleonora Gambillara, Guy Prod'hom, Katia Jaton, Renato Panizzon, Jacques Bille, Patrick Francioli, Gilbert Greub, Emmanuel Laffitte, and Philip E. Tarr

First Case of Bacteremia and Multifocal Cellulitis Due to Helicobacter canis in an Immunocompetent Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4598-4600. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mindy B. Glass, Jay E. Gee, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Dominick Cavuoti, Theresa Barton, R. Doug Hardy, Daniel Godoy, Brian G. Spratt, Thomas A. Clark, and Patricia P. Wilkins

Pneumonia and Septicemia Caused by Burkholderia thailandensis in the United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4601-4604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Teresa K. F. Wang, Wing-Cheong Yam, Kwok-Yung Yuen, and Samson S. Y. Wong

Misidentification of a Mucoid Strain of Salmonella enterica Serotype Choleraesuis as Hafnia alvei by the Vitek GNI+ Card System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4605-4608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lieve Van Hoovels, Anne Vankeerberghen, An Boel, Kristien Van Vaerenbergh, and Hans De Beenhouwer

First Case of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Infection in a Human
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4609-4612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Walter Dehority, Satoshi Uchiyama, Arya Khosravi, and Victor Nizet

Brain Abscess Caused by Streptococcus pyogenes in a Previously Healthy Child
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4613-4615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. A. B. Trindade, N. Y. S. Valente, M. I. P. Manini, M. D. F. Takahashi, C. F. D. Anjos, G. Benard, and B. Naafs

Two Patients Coinfected with Mycobacterium leprae and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Naïve for Antiretroviral Therapy Who Exhibited Type 1 Leprosy Reactions Mimicking the Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4616-4618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

B. M. Hemashettar, B. Siddaramappa, B. S. Munjunathaswamy, A. S. Pangi, Jayashree Pattan, A. T. Andrade, A. A. Padhye, Lizel Mostert, and R. C. Summerbell

Phaeoacremonium krajdenii, a Cause of White Grain Eumycetoma
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4619-4622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters To The Editor:

Donald C. Vinh, Kim A. Nichol, Fern Rand, and James A. Karlowsky

Not So Pretty in Pink: Staphylococcus cohnii Masquerading as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on Chromogenic Media
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4623-4624. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mahbubur Rahman, Shahadat Hossain, Shereen Shoma, Harunur Rashid, Abdullah Hel Baqui, Mark van der Linden, Adnan Al-Lahham, and Ralf René Reinert

Emergence of a Unique Multiply-Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 7B Clone in Dhaka, Bangladesh
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4625-4627. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thushan de Silva, Goura Kudesia, Anita Joall, Duncan Whittaker, Steve Davies, and Claire Ryan

Significance of Low Positive Scores Obtained with a Method Other than Acceleration in the BDProbeTec-Strand Displacement Amplification Test for Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4628-4629. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

I. E. Souza, J. B. Allen, J. Xiang, D. Klinzman, R. Diaz, S. Zhang, K. Chaloner, D. Zdunek, G. Hess, C. F. Williams, L. Benning, and J. T. Stapleton

Effect of Primer Selection on Estimates of GB Virus C (GBV-C) Prevalence and Response to Antiretroviral Therapy for Optimal Testing for GBV-C Viremia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 4630. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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