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Virology:

Henry Lik-Yuen Chan, Chi-Hang Tse, Eddie Yuen-Tok Ng, Kwong-Sak Leung, Kin-Hong Lee, Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui, and Joseph Jao-Yiu Sung

Phylogenetic, Virological, and Clinical Characteristics of Genotype C Hepatitis B Virus with TCC at Codon 15 of the Precore Region
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 681-687. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Romi Gupta, Murugan Subramani, Mohammed N. Khaja, Chandra Madhavi, Swagata Roy, Chittoor M. Habibullah, and Saumitra Das

Analysis of Mutations within the 5' Untranslated Region, Interferon Sensitivity Region, and PePHD Region as a Function of Response to Interferon Therapy in Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients in India
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 709-715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph Sarrazin, Barbara C. Gärtner, Dorothea Sizmann, Rainer Babiel, Ulrike Mihm, Wolf Peter Hofmann, Michael von Wagner, and Stefan Zeuzem

Comparison of Conventional PCR with Real-Time PCR and Branched DNA-Based Assays for Hepatitis C Virus RNA Quantification and Clinical Significance for Genotypes 1 to 5
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 729-737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanne L. Casey, Andrew M. Coley, Graham Street, Kathy Parisi, Peter L. Devine, and Michael Foley

Peptide Mimotopes Selected from a Random Peptide Library for Diagnosis of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 764-771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yukiko Sasaki, Akemi Kai, Yukinao Hayashi, Takayuki Shinkai, Yayoi Noguchi, Michiya Hasegawa, Kenji Sadamasu, Kohji Mori, Yukiko Tabei, Mami Nagashima, Satoshi Morozumi, and Tomoko Yamamoto

Multiple Viral Infections and Genomic Divergence among Noroviruses during an Outbreak of Acute Gastroenteritis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 790-797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmina Gallardo, Esther Blanco, Javier M. Rodríguez, Angel L. Carrascosa, and Jose Manuel Sanchez-Vizcaino

Antigenic Properties and Diagnostic Potential of African Swine Fever Virus Protein pp62 Expressed in Insect Cells
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 950-956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franca Mordasini, Hans-Rudolf Vogt, Marie-Luise Zahno, Ariane Maeschli, Chiara Nenci, Reto Zanoni, Ernst Peterhans, and Giuseppe Bertoni

Analysis of the Antibody Response to an Immunodominant Epitope of the Envelope Glycoprotein of a Lentivirus and Its Diagnostic Potential
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 981-991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. L. Oliver, C. A. Batten, Y. Deng, M. Elschner, P. Otto, A. Charpilienne, I. N. Clarke, J. C. Bridger, and P. R. Lambden

Genotype 1 and Genotype 2 Bovine Noroviruses Are Antigenically Distinct but Share a Cross-Reactive Epitope with Human Noroviruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 992-998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Munira Hussain, Scott Fung, Evelien Libbrecht, Erwin Sablon, Carmela Cursaro, Pietro Andreone, and Anna S. F. Lok

Sensitive Line Probe Assay That Simultaneously Detects Mutations Conveying Resistance to Lamivudine and Adefovir
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1094-1097. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anita P. Borek, Susan H. Clemens, Valerie K. Gaskins, Deborah Z. Aird, and Alexandra Valsamakis

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Detection by Remel Xpect, Binax Now RSV, Direct Immunofluorescent Staining, and Tissue Culture
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1105-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Stranska, R. Schuurman, M. Toet, M. Verboon-Maciolek, L. S. de Vries, and A. M. van Loon

Application of UL144 Molecular Typing To Determine Epidemiology of Cytomegalovirus Infections in Preterm Infants
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1108-1110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher H. Sherlock, Paula M. Lott, Deborah M. Money, Linda Merrick, Yasemin Arikan, Valencia P. Remple, Kevin Craib, and David R. Burdge

Use of Sno Strip Filter-Paper Wicks for Collection of Genital-Tract Samples Allows Reproducible Determination of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) RNA Viral Load with a Commercial HIV-1 Viral Load Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1115-1119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaoming Ma, Rika Endo, Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Takashi Ebihara, Hiroaki Ishiko, Tadashi Ariga, and Hideaki Kikuta

Detection of Human Bocavirus in Japanese Children with Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1132-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zaharoula Kyriakopoulou, Christine Kottaridi, Evaggelos Dedepsidis, Eugenia Bolanaki, Stamatina Levidiotou-Stefanou, and Panayotis Markoulatos

Molecular Characterization of Wild-Type Polioviruses Isolated in Greece during the 1996 Outbreak in Albania
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1150-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Gaby E. Pfyffer, Manuel Casal, Maureen Chadwick, and Salman Siddiqi

Multicenter Laboratory Validation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 Technique for Testing Susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Classical Second-Line Drugs and Newer Antimicrobials
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 688-692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jann-Yuan Wang, Li-Na Lee, Hsiao-Leng Hsu, Po-Ren Hsueh, and Kwen-Tay Luh

Performance Assessment of the DR. MTBC Screen Assay and the BD ProbeTec ET System for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 716-719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathleen L. Horan, Robert Freeman, Kris Weigel, Makeda Semret, Stacy Pfaller, Terry C. Covert, Dick van Soolingen, Sylvia C. Leão, Marcel A. Behr, and Gerard A. Cangelosi

Isolation of the Genome Sequence Strain Mycobacterium avium 104 from Multiple Patients over a 17-Year Period
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 783-789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annika Krüüner, Malcolm D. Yates, and Francis A. Drobniewski

Evaluation of MGIT 960-Based Antimicrobial Testing and Determination of Critical Concentrations of First- and Second-Line Antimicrobial Drugs with Drug-Resistant Clinical Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 811-818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toïdi Adékambi, Cedric Foucault, Bernard La Scola, and Michel Drancourt

Report of Two Fatal Cases of Mycobacterium mucogenicum Central Nervous System Infection in Immunocompetent Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 837-840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Makeda Semret, Christine Y. Turenne, Petra de Haas, Desmond M. Collins, and Marcel A. Behr

Differentiating Host-Associated Variants of Mycobacterium avium by PCR for Detection of Large Sequence Polymorphisms
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 881-887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teruyuki Takahashi and Tomohiro Nakayama

Novel Technique of Quantitative Nested Real-Time PCR Assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1029-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Makeda Semret, Christine Y. Turenne, and Marcel A. Behr

Insertion Sequence IS900 Revisited
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1081-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Shiang Ning Leaw, Hsien Chang Chang, Hsiao Fang Sun, Richard Barton, Jean-Philippe Bouchara, and Tsung Chain Chang

Identification of Medically Important Yeast Species by Sequence Analysis of the Internal Transcribed Spacer Regions
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 693-699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brent A. Lasker, Geraldine Butler, and Timothy J. Lott

Molecular Genotyping of Candida parapsilosis Group I Clinical Isolates by Analysis of Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 750-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. A. Pfaller, L. Boyken, R. J. Hollis, S. A. Messer, S. Tendolkar, and D. J. Diekema

In Vitro Susceptibilities of Candida spp. to Caspofungin: Four Years of Global Surveillance
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 760-763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Machouart, J. Larché, K. Burton, J. Collomb, P. Maurer, A. Cintrat, M. F. Biava, S. Greciano, A. F. A. Kuijpers, N. Contet-Audonneau, G. S. de Hoog, A. Gérard, and B. Fortier

Genetic Identification of the Main Opportunistic Mucorales by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 805-810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, J. H. Rex, A. Espinel-Ingroff, E. M. Johnson, D. Andes, V. Chaturvedi, M. A Ghannoum, F. C. Odds, M. G. Rinaldi, D. J. Sheehan, P. Troke, T. J. Walsh, and D. W. Warnock

Correlation of MIC with Outcome for Candida Species Tested against Voriconazole: Analysis and Proposal for Interpretive Breakpoints
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 819-826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Geoffrey Playford, Fanrong Kong, Ying Sun, Hui Wang, Catriona Halliday, and Tania C. Sorrell

Simultaneous Detection and Identification of Candida, Aspergillus, and Cryptococcus Species by Reverse Line Blot Hybridization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 876-880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimberly P. Liang, Imad M. Tleyjeh, Walter R. Wilson, Glenn D. Roberts, and Zelalem Temesgen

Rhino-Orbitocerebral Mucormycosis Caused by Apophysomyces elegans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 892-898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margreet C. Vos, Hubert P. Endtz, Deborah Horst-Kreft, Jeanette Doorduijn, Elly Lugtenburg, Henri A. Verbrugh, Bob Löwenberg, Siem de Marie, Cindy van Pelt, and Alex van Belkum

Candida krusei Transmission among Hematology Patients Resolved by Adapted Antifungal Prophylaxis and Infection Control Measures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1111-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

François-Xavier Weill, Françoise Guesnier, Véronique Guibert, Mohammed Timinouni, Marie Demartin, Lucette Polomack, and Patrick A. D. Grimont

Multidrug Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium from Humans in France (1993 to 2003)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 700-708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chad W. Stratilo, Christopher T. Lewis, Louis Bryden, Michael R. Mulvey, and Doug Bader

Single-Nucleotide Repeat Analysis for Subtyping Bacillus anthracis Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 777-782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geraldine Durand, Michèle Bes, Helene Meugnier, Mark C. Enright, Françoise Forey, Nadia Liassine, Aline Wenger, Ken Kikuchi, Gerard Lina, François Vandenesch, and Jerome Etienne

Detection of New Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones Containing the Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Gene Responsible for Hospital- and Community-Acquired Infections in France
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 847-853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gunnstein Norheim, Einar Rosenqvist, Abraham Aseffa, Mohammed Ahmed Yassin, Getahun Mengistu, Afework Kassu, Dereje Fikremariam, Wegene Tamire, E. Arne Høiby, Tsegaye Alebel, Degu Berhanu, Yarid Merid, Morten Harboe, and Dominique A. Caugant

Characterization of Neisseria meningitidis Isolates from Recent Outbreaks in Ethiopia and Comparison with Those Recovered during the Epidemic of 1988 to 1989
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 861-871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elaine R. Keith, Roslyn G. Podmore, Trevor P. Anderson, and David R. Murdoch

Characteristics of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae Isolated from Purulent Sputum Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 923-927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard Beall, M. Catherine McEllistrem, Robert E. Gertz, Jr., Stephanie Wedel, David J. Boxrud, Antonio L. Gonzalez, Marie-Jo Medina, Rekha Pai, Terry A. Thompson, Lee H. Harrison, Lesley McGee, Cynthia G. Whitney, and the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team

Pre- and Postvaccination Clonal Compositions of Invasive Pneumococcal Serotypes for Isolates Collected in the United States in 1999, 2001, and 2002
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 999-1017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helen L. Leavis, Rob J. L. Willems, Janetta Top, and Marc J. M. Bonten

High-Level Ciprofloxacin Resistance from Point Mutations in gyrA and parC Confined to Global Hospital-Adapted Clonal Lineage CC17 of Enterococcus faecium
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1059-1064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parasitology:

S. Cassaing, M. H. Bessières, A. Berry, A. Berrebi, R. Fabre, and J. F. Magnaval

Comparison between Two Amplification Sets for Molecular Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 720-724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephanie P. Johnston, Norman J. Pieniazek, Maniphet V. Xayavong, Susan B. Slemenda, Patricia P. Wilkins, and Alexandre J. da Silva

PCR as a Confirmatory Technique for Laboratory Diagnosis of Malaria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1087-1089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

Fabien Rallu, Peter Barriga, Carole Scrivo, Valérie Martel-Laferrière, and Céline Laferrière

Sensitivities of Antigen Detection and PCR Assays Greatly Increased Compared to That of the Standard Culture Method for Screening for Group B Streptococcus Carriage in Pregnant Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 725-728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. P. Hanage, T. Kaijalainen, A. Saukkoriipi, J. L. Rickcord, and B. G. Spratt

A Successful, Diverse Disease-Associated Lineage of Nontypeable Pneumococci That Has Lost the Capsular Biosynthesis Locus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 743-749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tânia Mara I. Vaz, Kinue Irino, Lucilia S. Nishimura, Maria Cecília Cergole-Novella, and Beatriz Ernestina C. Guth

Genetic Heterogeneity of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Isolated in São Paulo, Brazil, from 1976 through 2003, as Revealed by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 798-804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard La Scola, Vijay A. K. B. Gundi, Atieh Khamis, and Didier Raoult

Sequencing of the rpoB Gene and Flanking Spacers for Molecular Identification of Acinetobacter Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 827-832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

R. M. Atkinson, J. J. LiPuma, D. B. Rosenbluth, and W. M. Dunne, Jr.

Chronic Colonization with Pandoraea apista in Cystic Fibrosis Patients Determined by Repetitive-Element-Sequence PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 833-836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. D. Pinho, J. Melo-Cristino, M. Ramirez, and the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections

Clonal Relationships between Invasive and Noninvasive Lancefield Group C and G Streptococci and emm-Specific Differences in Invasiveness
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 841-846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Lowe, Helen Haswell, and Kirsty Lewis

Use of Various Common Isolation Media To Evaluate the New VITEK 2 Colorimetric GN Card for Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 854-856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Claire Rowlinson, Phyllis LeBourgeois, Kevin Ward, Yuli Song, Sydney M. Finegold, and David A. Bruckner

Isolation of a Strictly Anaerobic Strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 857-860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey T. LeJeune, Dale D. Hancock, and Thomas E. Besser

Sensitivity of Escherichia coli O157 Detection in Bovine Feces Assessed by Broth Enrichment followed by Immunomagnetic Separation and Direct Plating Methodologies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 872-875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary Beth Brinkman, Matthew McKevitt, Melanie McLoughlin, Carla Perez, Jerrilyn Howell, George M. Weinstock, Steven J. Norris, and Timothy Palzkill

Reactivity of Antibodies from Syphilis Patients to a Protein Array Representing the Treponema pallidum Proteome
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 888-891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

K. Loens, T. Beck, D. Ursi, S. Pattyn, H. Goossens, and M. Ieven

Two Quality Control Exercises Involving Nucleic Acid Amplification Methods for Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Carried Out 2 Years Apart (in 2002 and 2004)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 899-908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enno Stürenburg, Niels Storm, Ingo Sobottka, Matthias A. Horstkotte, Stefanie Scherpe, Martin Aepfelbacher, and Susanne Müller

Detection and Genotyping of SHV ß-Lactamase Variants by Mass Spectrometry after Base-Specific Cleavage of In Vitro-Generated RNA Transcripts
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 909-915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caroline M. O'Hara

Evaluation of the Phoenix 100 ID/AST System and NID Panel for Identification of Enterobacteriaceae, Vibrionaceae, and Commonly Isolated Nonenteric Gram-Negative Bacilli
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 928-933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Srdjan Stepanovic, Tomasz Hauschild, Ivana Dakic, Zainab Al-Doori, Milena Svabic-Vlahovic, Lazar Ranin, and Donald Morrison

Evaluation of Phenotypic and Molecular Methods for Detection of Oxacillin Resistance in Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 934-937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atsushi Harimaya, Ryuta Takada, Panu H. Hendolin, Nobuhiro Fujii, Jukka Ylikoski, and Tetsuo Himi

High Incidence of Alloiococcus otitidis in Children with Otitis Media, Despite Treatment with Antibiotics
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 946-949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margaret Ip, Shirley S. L. Chau, Fang Chi, Amy Qi, and Raymond W. M. Lai

Rapid Screening of Fluoroquinolone Resistance Determinants in Streptococcus pneumoniae by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Single-Strand Conformational Polymorphism
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 970-975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Billie Velapatiño, Jacqueline Balqui, Robert H. Gilman, Alejandro Bussalleu, Willi Quino, S. Alison Finger, Livia Santivañez, Phabiola Herrera, Alejandro Piscoya, Jose Valdivia, Jaime Cok, and Douglas E. Berg

Validation of String Test for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 976-980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Florence Fenollar, Véronique Roux, Andréas Stein, Michel Drancourt, and Didier Raoult

Analysis of 525 Samples To Determine the Usefulness of PCR Amplification and Sequencing of the 16S rRNA Gene for Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1018-1028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thibaud Koessler, Patrice Francois, Yvan Charbonnier, Antoine Huyghe, Manuela Bento, Sasi Dharan, Gesuele Renzi, Daniel Lew, Stephan Harbarth, Didier Pittet, and Jacques Schrenzel

Use of Oligoarrays for Characterization of Community-Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1040-1048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet, Anne-Sophie Domelier, Laurent Mereghetti, Philippe Lanotte, Agnès Rosenau, Willem van Leeuwen, and Roland Quentin

Prophagic DNA Fragments in Streptococcus agalactiae Strains and Association with Neonatal Meningitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1049-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. R. Siragusa, M. D. Danyluk, K. L. Hiett, M. G. Wise, and S. E. Craven

Molecular Subtyping of Poultry-Associated Type A Clostridium perfringens Isolates by Repetitive-Element PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1065-1073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathleen M. Tatti, Kai-Hui Wu, Gary N. Sanden, Patricia Greer, John Sumner, Jeannette Guarner, Christopher D. Paddock, and Sherif R. Zaki

Molecular Diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis Infection by Evaluation of Formalin-Fixed Tissue Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1074-1076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Saija Hallanvuo, Joanna Peltola, Tarja Heiskanen, and Anja Siitonen

Simplified Phenotypic Scheme Evaluated by 16S rRNA Sequencing for Differentiation between Yersinia enterocolitica and Y. enterocolitica-Like species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1077-1080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Max Chernesky, Santina Castriciano, Dan Jang, and Marek Smieja

Use of Flocked Swabs and a Universal Transport Medium To Enhance Molecular Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1084-1086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Li-Yang Hsu, Yin-Ling Koh, Nidhi Loomba Chlebicka, Thean-Yen Tan, Prabha Krishnan, Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin, Nancy Tee, Timothy Barkham, and Tse-Hsien Koh

Establishment of ST30 as the Predominant Clonal Type among Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Singapore
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1090-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chao Qi, Xiaotian Zheng, Arlene Obias, Marc H. Scheetz, Michael Malczynski, and John R. Warren

Comparison of Testing Methods for Detection of Decreased Linezolid Susceptibility Due to G2576T Mutation of the 23S rRNA Gene in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1098-1100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helio S. Sader, Thomas R. Fritsche, and Ronald N. Jones

Accuracy of Three Automated Systems (MicroScan WalkAway, VITEK, and VITEK 2) for Susceptibility Testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa against Five Broad-Spectrum Beta-Lactam Agents
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1101-1104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Désirée E. Bennett and Mary T. Cafferkey

Consecutive Use of Two Multiplex PCR-Based Assays for Simultaneous Identification and Determination of Capsular Status of Nine Common Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups Associated with Invasive Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1127-1131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Artur Sabat, Damian C. Melles, Gayane Martirosian, Hajo Grundmann, Alex van Belkum, and Waleria Hryniewicz

Distribution of the Serine-Aspartate Repeat Protein-Encoding sdr Genes among Nasal-Carriage and Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1135-1138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Hilmarsdóttir, G. S. Hauksdóttir, J. D. Jóhannesdóttir, T. Daníelsdóttir, H. Thorsteinsdóttir, and J. H. Ólafsson

Evaluation of a Rapid Gram Stain Interpretation Method for Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1139-1140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jo-Ann McClure, John M. Conly, Vicky Lau, Sameer Elsayed, Thomas Louie, Wendy Hutchins, and Kunyan Zhang

Novel Multiplex PCR Assay for Detection of the Staphylococcal Virulence Marker Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes and Simultaneous Discrimination of Methicillin-Susceptible from -Resistant Staphylococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1141-1144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John R. Ticehurst, Deborah Z. Aird, Lisa M. Dam, Anita P. Borek, John T. Hargrove, and Karen C. Carroll

Effective Detection of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile by a Two-Step Algorithm Including Tests for Antigen and Cytotoxin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1145-1149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Grazia Bonora, Maurizio Solbiati, Erminia Stepan, Antonella Zorzi, Aldo Luzzani, Maria Rosaria Catania, and Roberta Fontana

Emergence of Linezolid Resistance in the Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Multilocus Sequence Typing C1 Epidemic Lineage
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1153-1155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stéphane Bonacorsi, Véronique Houdouin, Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Farah Mahjoub-Messai, and Edouard Bingen

Comparative Prevalence of Virulence Factors in Escherichia coli Causing Urinary Tract Infection in Male Infants with and without Bacteremia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1156-1158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eva Krejcí and Reiner M. Kroppenstedt

Differentiation of Species Combined into the Burkholderia cepacia Complex and Related Taxa on the Basis of Their Fatty Acid Patterns
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1159-1164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

U. R. M. Bohr, M. Selgrad, C. Ochmann, S. Backert, W. König, A. Fenske, T. Wex, and P. Malfertheiner

Prevalence and Spread of Enterohepatic Helicobacter Species in Mice Reared in a Specific-Pathogen-Free Animal Facility
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 738-742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henry E. Cerny, Douglas G. Rogers, Jeffrey T. Gray, David R. Smith, and Susanne Hinkley

Effects of Moraxella (Branhamella) ovis Culture Filtrates on Bovine Erythrocytes, Peripheral Mononuclear Cells, and Corneal Epithelial Cells
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 772-776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. A. Gomes-Keller, E. Gönczi, R. Tandon, F. Riondato, R. Hofmann-Lehmann, M. L. Meli, and H. Lutz

Detection of Feline Leukemia Virus RNA in Saliva from Naturally Infected Cats and Correlation of PCR Results with Those of Current Diagnostic Methods
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 916-922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lyle McMillen, Geoffry Fordyce, Vivienne J. Doogan, and Ala E. Lew

Comparison of Culture and a Novel 5' Taq Nuclease Assay for Direct Detection of Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis in Clinical Specimens from Cattle
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 938-945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lihong Liu, Sara Hägglund, Mikhayil Hakhverdyan, Stefan Alenius, Lars Erik Larsen, and Sándor Belák

Molecular Epidemiology of Bovine Coronavirus on the Basis of Comparative Analyses of the S Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 957-960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara Willi, Felicitas S. Boretti, Claudia Baumgartner, Séverine Tasker, Bettina Wenger, Valentino Cattori, Marina L. Meli, Claudia E. Reusch, Hans Lutz, and Regina Hofmann-Lehmann

Prevalence, Risk Factor Analysis, and Follow-Up of Infections Caused by Three Feline Hemoplasma Species in Cats in Switzerland
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 961-969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brice Rotureau, Christophe Ravel, Christine Aznar, Bernard Carme, and Jean-Pierre Dedet

First Report of Leishmania infantum in French Guiana: Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis Imported from the Old World
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1120-1122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander I. Karasin, Suzanne Carman, and Christopher W. Olsen

Identification of Human H1N2 and Human-Swine Reassortant H1N2 and H1N1 Influenza A Viruses among Pigs in Ontario, Canada (2003 to 2005)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1123-1126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Case Reports:

Christophe Duboucher, Stéphanie Caby, Fabienne Dufernez, Magali Chabé, Nausicaa Gantois, Pilar Delgado-Viscogliosi, Christophe Billy, Eric Barré, Edith Torabi, Monique Capron, Raymond J. Pierce, Eduardo Dei-Cas, and Eric Viscogliosi

Molecular Identification of Tritrichomonas foetus-Like Organisms as Coinfecting Agents of Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1165-1168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung-Hyun Lee, Dong-Min Kim, Young Shin Cho, Sung Ho Yoon, and Soo Kyoung Shim

Usefulness of Eschar PCR for Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1169-1171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dong-Min Kim, Cheol-In Kang, Chang Seop Lee, Hong-Bin Kim, Eui-Chong Kim, Nam Joong Kim, Myoung-don Oh, and Kang-Won Choe

Treatment Failure Due to Emergence of Resistance to Carbapenem during Therapy for Shewanella algae Bacteremia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1172-1174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shelly R. Gunn, Xavier T. Reveles, Jeanette D. Hamlington, Lee C. Sadkowski, Teresa L. Johnson-Pais, and James H. Jorgensen

Use of DNA Sequencing Analysis To Confirm Fungemia Due to Trichosporon dermatis in a Pediatric Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1175-1177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Stark, S. Pett, D. Marriott, and J. Harkness

Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania infantum in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1178-1180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ching-Chi Lee, Po-Lin Chen, Li-Rong Wang, Hsin-Chun Lee, Chia-Ming Chang, Nan-Yao Lee, Chi-Jung Wu, Hsin-I Shih, and Wen-Chien Ko

Fatal Case of Community-Acquired Bacteremia and Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum: Case Report and Review of the Literature
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1181-1183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sagar A. Vaidya, Diane M. Citron, Marjorie B. Fine, Georgette Murakami, and Ellie J. C. Goldstein

Pelvic Abscess Due to Ochrobactrum anthropi in an Immunocompetent Host: Case Report and Review of the Literature
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1184-1186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basma Mnif, Inès Boujelbène, Fouzia Mahjoubi, Radouane Gdoura, Imen Trabelsi, Sana Moalla, Imed Frikha, Samir Kammoun, and Adnane Hammami

Endocarditis Due to Kytococcus schroeteri: Case Report and Review of the Literature
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1187-1189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. R. Badenoch, C. L. Halliday, D. H. Ellis, K. J. Billing, and R. A. D. Mills

Ulocladium atrum Keratitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1190-1193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ilker Uçkay, Mathieu Assal, Laurence Legout, Peter Rohner, Richard Stern, Daniel Lew, Pierre Hoffmeyer, and Louis Bernard

Recurrent Osteomyelitis Caused by Infection with Different Bacterial Strains without Obvious Source of Reinfection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1194-1196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eliane M. S. Leyten, Bert Mulder, Corine Prins, Karin Weldingh, Peter Andersen, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff, Jaap T. van Dissel, and Sandra M. Arend

Use of Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay with Mycobacterium tuberculosis- Specific Peptides for Diagnosis of Recent Infection with M. tuberculosis after Accidental Laboratory Exposure
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1197-1201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters To The Editor:

Gayane Martirosian

Recovery of Clostridium difficile from Hospital Environments
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1202-1203. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lee E. Sieswerda and Robert M. Bannatyne

Mapping the Effects of Genetic Susceptibility and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Infection on Crohn's Disease: Strong but Independent
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1204-1205. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason D. Pimentel and Gary D. Lum

False-Negative Culture Results with Fungal Isolates from Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1206. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Z. U. Khan

Smoking, Melanization, and Cryptococcosis: Is There a Connection?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1207. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Retraction:

Junkun He, Bruce L. Innis, Mrigendra P. Shrestha, Edward T. Clayson, Robert M. Scott, Kenneth J. Linthicum, Guy G. Musser, Scott C. Gigliotti, Leonard N. Binn, Robert A. Kuschner, and David W. Vaughn

Evidence that Rodents Are a Reservoir of Hepatitis E Virus for Humans in Nepal
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006 44: 1208. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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