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Contents: March 2006, Volume 44, Issue 3

       Virology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Mycology

       Epidemiology

       Parasitology

       Bacteriology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Case Reports

       Letters To The Editor

       Retraction

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Virology:

Phylogenetic, Virological, and Clinical Characteristics of Genotype C Hepatitis B Virus with TCC at Codon 15 of the Precore Region
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 681-687;
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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
Romi Gupta, Murugan Subramani, Mohammed N. Khaja, Chandra Madhavi, Swagata Roy, Chittoor M. Habibullah, and Saumitra Das
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 709-715;
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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
Christoph Sarrazin, Barbara C. Gärtner, Dorothea Sizmann, Rainer Babiel, Ulrike Mihm, Wolf Peter Hofmann, Michael von Wagner, and Stefan Zeuzem
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 729-737;
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Peptide Mimotopes Selected from a Random Peptide Library for Diagnosis of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
Joanne L. Casey, Andrew M. Coley, Graham Street, Kathy Parisi, Peter L. Devine, and Michael Foley
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 764-771;
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Multiple Viral Infections and Genomic Divergence among Noroviruses during an Outbreak of Acute Gastroenteritis
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 790-797;
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Antigenic Properties and Diagnostic Potential of African Swine Fever Virus Protein pp62 Expressed in Insect Cells
Carmina Gallardo, Esther Blanco, Javier M. Rodríguez, Angel L. Carrascosa, and Jose Manuel Sanchez-Vizcaino
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 950-956;
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Analysis of the Antibody Response to an Immunodominant Epitope of the Envelope Glycoprotein of a Lentivirus and Its Diagnostic Potential
Franca Mordasini, Hans-Rudolf Vogt, Marie-Luise Zahno, Ariane Maeschli, Chiara Nenci, Reto Zanoni, Ernst Peterhans, and Giuseppe Bertoni
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 981-991;
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Genotype 1 and Genotype 2 Bovine Noroviruses Are Antigenically Distinct but Share a Cross-Reactive Epitope with Human Noroviruses
S. L. Oliver, C. A. Batten, Y. Deng, M. Elschner, P. Otto, A. Charpilienne, I. N. Clarke, J. C. Bridger, and P. R. Lambden
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 992-998;
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Sensitive Line Probe Assay That Simultaneously Detects Mutations Conveying Resistance to Lamivudine and Adefovir
Munira Hussain, Scott Fung, Evelien Libbrecht, Erwin Sablon, Carmela Cursaro, Pietro Andreone, and Anna S. F. Lok
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1094-1097;
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Detection by Remel Xpect, Binax Now RSV, Direct Immunofluorescent Staining, and Tissue Culture
Anita P. Borek, Susan H. Clemens, Valerie K. Gaskins, Deborah Z. Aird, and Alexandra Valsamakis
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1105-1107;
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Application of UL144 Molecular Typing To Determine Epidemiology of Cytomegalovirus Infections in Preterm Infants
R. Stranska, R. Schuurman, M. Toet, M. Verboon-Maciolek, L. S. de Vries, and A. M. van Loon
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1108-1110;
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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
Christopher H. Sherlock, Paula M. Lott, Deborah M. Money, Linda Merrick, Yasemin Arikan, Valencia P. Remple, Kevin Craib, and David R. Burdge
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1115-1119;
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Detection of Human Bocavirus in Japanese Children with Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Xiaoming Ma, Rika Endo, Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Takashi Ebihara, Hiroaki Ishiko, Tadashi Ariga, and Hideaki Kikuta
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1132-1134;
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Molecular Characterization of Wild-Type Polioviruses Isolated in Greece during the 1996 Outbreak in Albania
Zaharoula Kyriakopoulou, Christine Kottaridi, Evaggelos Dedepsidis, Eugenia Bolanaki, Stamatina Levidiotou-Stefanou, and Panayotis Markoulatos
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1150-1152;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Multicenter Laboratory Validation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 Technique for Testing Susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Classical Second-Line Drugs and Newer Antimicrobials
Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Gaby E. Pfyffer, Manuel Casal, Maureen Chadwick, and Salman Siddiqi
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 688-692;
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Performance Assessment of the DR. MTBC Screen Assay and the BD ProbeTec ET System for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens
Jann-Yuan Wang, Li-Na Lee, Hsiao-Leng Hsu, Po-Ren Hsueh, and Kwen-Tay Luh
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 716-719;
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Isolation of the Genome Sequence Strain Mycobacterium avium 104 from Multiple Patients over a 17-Year Period
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 783-789;
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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
Annika Krüüner, Malcolm D. Yates, and Francis A. Drobniewski
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 811-818;
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Report of Two Fatal Cases of Mycobacterium mucogenicum Central Nervous System Infection in Immunocompetent Patients
Toïdi Adékambi, Cedric Foucault, Bernard La Scola, and Michel Drancourt
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 837-840;
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Differentiating Host-Associated Variants of Mycobacterium avium by PCR for Detection of Large Sequence Polymorphisms
Makeda Semret, Christine Y. Turenne, Petra de Haas, Desmond M. Collins, and Marcel A. Behr
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 881-887;
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Novel Technique of Quantitative Nested Real-Time PCR Assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA
Teruyuki Takahashi and Tomohiro Nakayama
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1029-1039;
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Insertion Sequence IS900 Revisited
Makeda Semret, Christine Y. Turenne, and Marcel A. Behr
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1081-1083;
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Mycology:

Identification of Medically Important Yeast Species by Sequence Analysis of the Internal Transcribed Spacer Regions
Shiang Ning Leaw, Hsien Chang Chang, Hsiao Fang Sun, Richard Barton, Jean-Philippe Bouchara, and Tsung Chain Chang
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 693-699;
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Molecular Genotyping of Candida parapsilosis Group I Clinical Isolates by Analysis of Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers
Brent A. Lasker, Geraldine Butler, and Timothy J. Lott
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 750-759;
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In Vitro Susceptibilities of Candida spp. to Caspofungin: Four Years of Global Surveillance
M. A. Pfaller, L. Boyken, R. J. Hollis, S. A. Messer, S. Tendolkar, and D. J. Diekema
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 760-763;
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Genetic Identification of the Main Opportunistic Mucorales by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 805-810;
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Correlation of MIC with Outcome for Candida Species Tested against Voriconazole: Analysis and Proposal for Interpretive Breakpoints
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 819-826;
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Simultaneous Detection and Identification of Candida, Aspergillus, and Cryptococcus Species by Reverse Line Blot Hybridization
E. Geoffrey Playford, Fanrong Kong, Ying Sun, Hui Wang, Catriona Halliday, and Tania C. Sorrell
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 876-880;
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Rhino-Orbitocerebral Mucormycosis Caused by Apophysomyces elegans
Kimberly P. Liang, Imad M. Tleyjeh, Walter R. Wilson, Glenn D. Roberts, and Zelalem Temesgen
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 892-898;
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Candida krusei Transmission among Hematology Patients Resolved by Adapted Antifungal Prophylaxis and Infection Control Measures
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1111-1114;
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Epidemiology:

Multidrug Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium from Humans in France (1993 to 2003)
François-Xavier Weill, Françoise Guesnier, Véronique Guibert, Mohammed Timinouni, Marie Demartin, Lucette Polomack, and Patrick A. D. Grimont
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 700-708;
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Single-Nucleotide Repeat Analysis for Subtyping Bacillus anthracis Isolates
Chad W. Stratilo, Christopher T. Lewis, Louis Bryden, Michael R. Mulvey, and Doug Bader
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 777-782;
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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
Geraldine Durand, Michèle Bes, Helene Meugnier, Mark C. Enright, Françoise Forey, Nadia Liassine, Aline Wenger, Ken Kikuchi, Gerard Lina, François Vandenesch, and Jerome Etienne
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 847-853;
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Characterization of Neisseria meningitidis Isolates from Recent Outbreaks in Ethiopia and Comparison with Those Recovered during the Epidemic of 1988 to 1989
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 861-871;
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Characteristics of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae Isolated from Purulent Sputum Samples
Elaine R. Keith, Roslyn G. Podmore, Trevor P. Anderson, and David R. Murdoch
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 923-927;
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Pre- and Postvaccination Clonal Compositions of Invasive Pneumococcal Serotypes for Isolates Collected in the United States in 1999, 2001, and 2002
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 999-1017;
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High-Level Ciprofloxacin Resistance from Point Mutations in gyrA and parC Confined to Global Hospital-Adapted Clonal Lineage CC17 of Enterococcus faecium
Helen L. Leavis, Rob J. L. Willems, Janetta Top, and Marc J. M. Bonten
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1059-1064;
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Parasitology:

Comparison between Two Amplification Sets for Molecular Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis by Real-Time PCR
S. Cassaing, M. H. Bessières, A. Berry, A. Berrebi, R. Fabre, and J. F. Magnaval
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 720-724;
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PCR as a Confirmatory Technique for Laboratory Diagnosis of Malaria
Stephanie P. Johnston, Norman J. Pieniazek, Maniphet V. Xayavong, Susan B. Slemenda, Patricia P. Wilkins, and Alexandre J. da Silva
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1087-1089;
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Bacteriology:

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
Fabien Rallu, Peter Barriga, Carole Scrivo, Valérie Martel-Laferrière, and Céline Laferrière
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 725-728;
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A Successful, Diverse Disease-Associated Lineage of Nontypeable Pneumococci That Has Lost the Capsular Biosynthesis Locus
W. P. Hanage, T. Kaijalainen, A. Saukkoriipi, J. L. Rickcord, and B. G. Spratt
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 743-749;
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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
Tânia Mara I. Vaz, Kinue Irino, Lucilia S. Nishimura, Maria Cecília Cergole-Novella, and Beatriz Ernestina C. Guth
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 798-804;
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Sequencing of the rpoB Gene and Flanking Spacers for Molecular Identification of Acinetobacter Species
Bernard La Scola, Vijay A. K. B. Gundi, Atieh Khamis, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 827-832;
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Chronic Colonization with Pandoraea apista in Cystic Fibrosis Patients Determined by Repetitive-Element-Sequence PCR
R. M. Atkinson, J. J. LiPuma, D. B. Rosenbluth, and W. M. Dunne, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 833-836;
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Clonal Relationships between Invasive and Noninvasive Lancefield Group C and G Streptococci and emm-Specific Differences in Invasiveness
M. D. Pinho, J. Melo-Cristino, M. Ramirez, and the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 841-846;
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Use of Various Common Isolation Media To Evaluate the New VITEK 2 Colorimetric GN Card for Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei
Peter Lowe, Helen Haswell, and Kirsty Lewis
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 854-856;
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Isolation of a Strictly Anaerobic Strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis
Marie-Claire Rowlinson, Phyllis LeBourgeois, Kevin Ward, Yuli Song, Sydney M. Finegold, and David A. Bruckner
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 857-860;
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Sensitivity of Escherichia coli O157 Detection in Bovine Feces Assessed by Broth Enrichment followed by Immunomagnetic Separation and Direct Plating Methodologies
Jeffrey T. LeJeune, Dale D. Hancock, and Thomas E. Besser
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 872-875;
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Reactivity of Antibodies from Syphilis Patients to a Protein Array Representing the Treponema pallidum Proteome
Mary Beth Brinkman, Matthew McKevitt, Melanie McLoughlin, Carla Perez, Jerrilyn Howell, George M. Weinstock, Steven J. Norris, and Timothy Palzkill
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 888-891;
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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)
K. Loens, T. Beck, D. Ursi, S. Pattyn, H. Goossens, and M. Ieven
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 899-908;
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Detection and Genotyping of SHV ß-Lactamase Variants by Mass Spectrometry after Base-Specific Cleavage of In Vitro-Generated RNA Transcripts
Enno Stürenburg, Niels Storm, Ingo Sobottka, Matthias A. Horstkotte, Stefanie Scherpe, Martin Aepfelbacher, and Susanne Müller
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 909-915;
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Evaluation of the Phoenix 100 ID/AST System and NID Panel for Identification of Enterobacteriaceae, Vibrionaceae, and Commonly Isolated Nonenteric Gram-Negative Bacilli
Caroline M. O'Hara
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 928-933;
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Evaluation of Phenotypic and Molecular Methods for Detection of Oxacillin Resistance in Members of the Staphylococcus sciuri Group
Srdjan Stepanovic, Tomasz Hauschild, Ivana Dakic, Zainab Al-Doori, Milena Svabic-Vlahovic, Lazar Ranin, and Donald Morrison
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 934-937;
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High Incidence of Alloiococcus otitidis in Children with Otitis Media, Despite Treatment with Antibiotics
Atsushi Harimaya, Ryuta Takada, Panu H. Hendolin, Nobuhiro Fujii, Jukka Ylikoski, and Tetsuo Himi
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 946-949;
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Rapid Screening of Fluoroquinolone Resistance Determinants in Streptococcus pneumoniae by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Single-Strand Conformational Polymorphism
Margaret Ip, Shirley S. L. Chau, Fang Chi, Amy Qi, and Raymond W. M. Lai
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 970-975;
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Validation of String Test for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infections
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 976-980;
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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
Florence Fenollar, Véronique Roux, Andréas Stein, Michel Drancourt, and Didier Raoult
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1018-1028;
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Use of Oligoarrays for Characterization of Community-Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Thibaud Koessler, Patrice Francois, Yvan Charbonnier, Antoine Huyghe, Manuela Bento, Sasi Dharan, Gesuele Renzi, Daniel Lew, Stephan Harbarth, Didier Pittet, and Jacques Schrenzel
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1040-1048;
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Prophagic DNA Fragments in Streptococcus agalactiae Strains and Association with Neonatal Meningitis
Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet, Anne-Sophie Domelier, Laurent Mereghetti, Philippe Lanotte, Agnès Rosenau, Willem van Leeuwen, and Roland Quentin
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1049-1058;
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Molecular Subtyping of Poultry-Associated Type A Clostridium perfringens Isolates by Repetitive-Element PCR
G. R. Siragusa, M. D. Danyluk, K. L. Hiett, M. G. Wise, and S. E. Craven
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1065-1073;
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Molecular Diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis Infection by Evaluation of Formalin-Fixed Tissue Specimens
Kathleen M. Tatti, Kai-Hui Wu, Gary N. Sanden, Patricia Greer, John Sumner, Jeannette Guarner, Christopher D. Paddock, and Sherif R. Zaki
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1074-1076;
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Simplified Phenotypic Scheme Evaluated by 16S rRNA Sequencing for Differentiation between Yersinia enterocolitica and Y. enterocolitica-Like species
Saija Hallanvuo, Joanna Peltola, Tarja Heiskanen, and Anja Siitonen
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1077-1080;
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Use of Flocked Swabs and a Universal Transport Medium To Enhance Molecular Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Max Chernesky, Santina Castriciano, Dan Jang, and Marek Smieja
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1084-1086;
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Establishment of ST30 as the Predominant Clonal Type among Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Singapore
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1090-1093;
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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
Chao Qi, Xiaotian Zheng, Arlene Obias, Marc H. Scheetz, Michael Malczynski, and John R. Warren
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1098-1100;
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Accuracy of Three Automated Systems (MicroScan WalkAway, VITEK, and VITEK 2) for Susceptibility Testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa against Five Broad-Spectrum Beta-Lactam Agents
Helio S. Sader, Thomas R. Fritsche, and Ronald N. Jones
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1101-1104;
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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
Désirée E. Bennett and Mary T. Cafferkey
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1127-1131;
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Distribution of the Serine-Aspartate Repeat Protein-Encoding sdr Genes among Nasal-Carriage and Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Strains
Artur Sabat, Damian C. Melles, Gayane Martirosian, Hajo Grundmann, Alex van Belkum, and Waleria Hryniewicz
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1135-1138;
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Evaluation of a Rapid Gram Stain Interpretation Method for Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis
I. Hilmarsdóttir, G. S. Hauksdóttir, J. D. Jóhannesdóttir, T. Daníelsdóttir, H. Thorsteinsdóttir, and J. H. Ólafsson
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1139-1140;
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Novel Multiplex PCR Assay for Detection of the Staphylococcal Virulence Marker Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes and Simultaneous Discrimination of Methicillin-Susceptible from -Resistant Staphylococci
Jo-Ann McClure, John M. Conly, Vicky Lau, Sameer Elsayed, Thomas Louie, Wendy Hutchins, and Kunyan Zhang
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1141-1144;
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Effective Detection of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile by a Two-Step Algorithm Including Tests for Antigen and Cytotoxin
John R. Ticehurst, Deborah Z. Aird, Lisa M. Dam, Anita P. Borek, John T. Hargrove, and Karen C. Carroll
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1145-1149;
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Emergence of Linezolid Resistance in the Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Multilocus Sequence Typing C1 Epidemic Lineage
Maria Grazia Bonora, Maurizio Solbiati, Erminia Stepan, Antonella Zorzi, Aldo Luzzani, Maria Rosaria Catania, and Roberta Fontana
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1153-1155;
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Comparative Prevalence of Virulence Factors in Escherichia coli Causing Urinary Tract Infection in Male Infants with and without Bacteremia
Stéphane Bonacorsi, Véronique Houdouin, Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Farah Mahjoub-Messai, and Edouard Bingen
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1156-1158;
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Differentiation of Species Combined into the Burkholderia cepacia Complex and Related Taxa on the Basis of Their Fatty Acid Patterns
Eva Krejcí and Reiner M. Kroppenstedt
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1159-1164;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Prevalence and Spread of Enterohepatic Helicobacter Species in Mice Reared in a Specific-Pathogen-Free Animal Facility
U. R. M. Bohr, M. Selgrad, C. Ochmann, S. Backert, W. König, A. Fenske, T. Wex, and P. Malfertheiner
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 738-742;
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Effects of Moraxella (Branhamella) ovis Culture Filtrates on Bovine Erythrocytes, Peripheral Mononuclear Cells, and Corneal Epithelial Cells
Henry E. Cerny, Douglas G. Rogers, Jeffrey T. Gray, David R. Smith, and Susanne Hinkley
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 772-776;
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Detection of Feline Leukemia Virus RNA in Saliva from Naturally Infected Cats and Correlation of PCR Results with Those of Current Diagnostic Methods
M. A. Gomes-Keller, E. Gönczi, R. Tandon, F. Riondato, R. Hofmann-Lehmann, M. L. Meli, and H. Lutz
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 916-922;
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Comparison of Culture and a Novel 5' Taq Nuclease Assay for Direct Detection of Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis in Clinical Specimens from Cattle
Lyle McMillen, Geoffry Fordyce, Vivienne J. Doogan, and Ala E. Lew
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 938-945;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Bovine Coronavirus on the Basis of Comparative Analyses of the S Gene
Lihong Liu, Sara Hägglund, Mikhayil Hakhverdyan, Stefan Alenius, Lars Erik Larsen, and Sándor Belák
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 957-960;
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Prevalence, Risk Factor Analysis, and Follow-Up of Infections Caused by Three Feline Hemoplasma Species in Cats in Switzerland
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 961-969;
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First Report of Leishmania infantum in French Guiana: Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis Imported from the Old World
Brice Rotureau, Christophe Ravel, Christine Aznar, Bernard Carme, and Jean-Pierre Dedet
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1120-1122;
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Identification of Human H1N2 and Human-Swine Reassortant H1N2 and H1N1 Influenza A Viruses among Pigs in Ontario, Canada (2003 to 2005)
Alexander I. Karasin, Suzanne Carman, and Christopher W. Olsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1123-1126;
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Case Reports:

Molecular Identification of Tritrichomonas foetus-Like Organisms as Coinfecting Agents of Human Pneumocystis Pneumonia
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1165-1168;
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Usefulness of Eschar PCR for Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus
Seung-Hyun Lee, Dong-Min Kim, Young Shin Cho, Sung Ho Yoon, and Soo Kyoung Shim
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1169-1171;
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Treatment Failure Due to Emergence of Resistance to Carbapenem during Therapy for Shewanella algae Bacteremia
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1172-1174;
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Use of DNA Sequencing Analysis To Confirm Fungemia Due to Trichosporon dermatis in a Pediatric Patient
Shelly R. Gunn, Xavier T. Reveles, Jeanette D. Hamlington, Lee C. Sadkowski, Teresa L. Johnson-Pais, and James H. Jorgensen
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1175-1177;
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Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania infantum in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Patient
D. Stark, S. Pett, D. Marriott, and J. Harkness
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1178-1180;
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Fatal Case of Community-Acquired Bacteremia and Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum: Case Report and Review of the Literature
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1181-1183;
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Pelvic Abscess Due to Ochrobactrum anthropi in an Immunocompetent Host: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Sagar A. Vaidya, Diane M. Citron, Marjorie B. Fine, Georgette Murakami, and Ellie J. C. Goldstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1184-1186;
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Endocarditis Due to Kytococcus schroeteri: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Basma Mnif, Inès Boujelbène, Fouzia Mahjoubi, Radouane Gdoura, Imen Trabelsi, Sana Moalla, Imed Frikha, Samir Kammoun, and Adnane Hammami
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1187-1189;
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Ulocladium atrum Keratitis
P. R. Badenoch, C. L. Halliday, D. H. Ellis, K. J. Billing, and R. A. D. Mills
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1190-1193;
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Recurrent Osteomyelitis Caused by Infection with Different Bacterial Strains without Obvious Source of Reinfection
Ilker Uçkay, Mathieu Assal, Laurence Legout, Peter Rohner, Richard Stern, Daniel Lew, Pierre Hoffmeyer, and Louis Bernard
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1194-1196;
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Use of Enzyme-Linked Immunospot Assay with Mycobacterium tuberculosis- Specific Peptides for Diagnosis of Recent Infection with M. tuberculosis after Accidental Laboratory Exposure
Eliane M. S. Leyten, Bert Mulder, Corine Prins, Karin Weldingh, Peter Andersen, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff, Jaap T. van Dissel, and Sandra M. Arend
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1197-1201;
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Letters To The Editor:

Recovery of Clostridium difficile from Hospital Environments
Gayane Martirosian
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1202-1203;
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Mapping the Effects of Genetic Susceptibility and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Infection on Crohn's Disease: Strong but Independent
Lee E. Sieswerda and Robert M. Bannatyne
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1204-1205;
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False-Negative Culture Results with Fungal Isolates from Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid
Jason D. Pimentel and Gary D. Lum
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1206
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Smoking, Melanization, and Cryptococcosis: Is There a Connection?
Z. U. Khan
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1207
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Retraction:

Evidence that Rodents Are a Reservoir of Hepatitis E Virus for Humans in Nepal
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. March 2006 44: 1208
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