JCM -- Table of Contents (May 1 2006, 44 [5])

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Contents: May 2006, Volume 44, Issue 5

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Epidemiology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Bacteriology

       Parasitology

       Mycology

       Virology

       Case Reports

       Letters To The Editor

       Errata

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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Comparison of a Conventional Antimicrobial Susceptibility Assay to an Oligonucleotide Chip System for Detection of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
Heekyung Park, Eun Ju Song, Eun Sil Song, Eun Yup Lee, Cheol Min Kim, Seok Hoon Jeong, Jeong Hwan Shin, Joseph Jeong, Sunjoo Kim, Young Kil Park, Gill-Han Bai, and Chulhun L. Chang
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1619-1624;
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Spoligotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Pakistan Reveals Predominance of Central Asian Strain 1 and Beijing Isolates
Zahra Hasan, Mahnaz Tanveer, Akbar Kanji, Qaiser Hasan, Solomon Ghebremichael, and Rumina Hasan
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1763-1768;
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Evaluation of the GenoType Mycobacterium Assay for Identification of Mycobacterial Species from Cultures
Elvira Richter, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, and Doris Hillemann
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1769-1775;
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PCR Amplification of the IS6110 Insertion Element of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Fecal Samples from Patients with Intestinal Tuberculosis
Ramadass Balamurugan, Subramanian Venkataraman, K. R. John, and Balakrishnan S. Ramakrishna
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1884-1886;
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Epidemiology:

Emergence of an Invasive Clone of Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in the Urban Poor Population of Vancouver, Canada
M. G. Romney, D. L. Roscoe, K. Bernard, S. Lai, A. Efstratiou, and A. M. Clarke
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1625-1629;
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Comparison of DNA Fingerprinting Methods for Use in Investigation of Type E Botulism Outbreaks in the Canadian Arctic
Daniel Leclair, Franco Pagotto, Jeffrey M. Farber, Brigitte Cadieux, and John W. Austin
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1635-1644;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae Type b Causing Vaccine Failures in the United Kingdom
Belén Aracil, Mary Slack, María Pérez-Vázquez, Federico Román, Mary Ramsay, and José Campos
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1645-1649;
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Clonal Composition of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates at a Brazilian University Hospital: Identification of International Circulating Lineages
Adriana Marcos Vivoni, Binh An Diep, Ana Cristina de Gouveia Magalhães, Kátia Regina N. Santos, Lee W. Riley, George F. Sensabaugh, and Beatriz M. Moreira
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1686-1691;
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Incidence of Helicobacter felis and the Effect of Coinfection with Helicobacter pylori on the Gastric Mucosa in the African Population
E. Lekunze Fritz, Tomas Slavik, Wayne Delport, Brenda Olivier, and Schalk W. van der Merwe
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1692-1696;
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Polymorphism of the Cell Wall-Anchoring Domain of the Autolysin-Adhesin AtlE and Its Relationship to Sequence Type, as Revealed by Multilocus Sequence Typing of Invasive and Commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains
V. Sivadon, M. Rottman, J.-C. Quincampoix, E. Prunier, P. de Mazancourt, L. Bernard, A. Lortat-Jacob, P. Piriou, T. Judet, and J.-L. Gaillard
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1839-1843;
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Occurrence of the Enterotoxin Gene Cluster and the Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Gene among Clinical Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Is Related to Clonal Type and agr Group
Vassiliki Chini, George Dimitracopoulos, and Iris Spiliopoulou
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1881-1883;
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Longitudinal Farm Study of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Mediated Resistance
E. Liebana, M. Batchelor, K. L. Hopkins, F. A. Clifton-Hadley, C. J. Teale, A. Foster, L. Barker, E. J. Threlfall, and R. H. Davies
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1630-1634;
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Bacteriology:

Nutritional Requirements and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Helicobacter Species in Chemically Defined Media
Traci L. Testerman, P. Brian Conn, Harry L. T. Mobley, and David J. McGee
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1650-1658;
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Trends in Production of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases among Enterobacteria of Medical Interest: Report of the Second Italian Nationwide Survey
Francesco Luzzaro, Marilina Mezzatesta, Claudia Mugnaioli, Mariagrazia Perilli, Stefania Stefani, Gianfranco Amicosante, Gian Maria Rossolini, and Antonio Toniolo
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1659-1664;
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Viable Bacteria Present within Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Tissue
Samuel J. Hooper, St John Crean, Michael A. O. Lewis, David A. Spratt, William G. Wade, and Melanie J. Wilson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1719-1725;
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Multilaboratory Evaluation of Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Neisseria meningitidis Isolates
James H. Jorgensen, Sharon A. Crawford, Letitia C. Fulcher, Anita Glennen, Susan M. Harrington, Jana Swenson, Ruth Lynfield, Patrick R. Murray, and Fred C. Tenover
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1744-1754;
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Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Typing of Escherichia coli Strains from Samples Collected before and after Pivmecillinam or Placebo Treatment of Uncomplicated Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infection in Women
Karen Ejrnaes, Dorthe Sandvang, Bettina Lundgren, Sven Ferry, Stig Holm, Tor Monsen, Rolf Lundholm, and Niels Frimodt-Moller
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1776-1781;
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Development and Evaluation of a Rapid, Simple, and Sensitive Immunochromatographic Assay To Detect Thermostable Direct Hemolysin Produced by Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Enrichment Cultures of Stool Specimens
Kentaro Kawatsu, Masanori Ishibashi, and Teizo Tsukamoto
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1821-1827;
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Rapid Detection of Brucella spp. in Blood Cultures by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
Nele Wellinghausen, Karsten Nöckler, Anja Sigge, Melanie Bartel, Andreas Essig, and Sven Poppert
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1828-1830;
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Prospective Study of the Value of Quantitative Culture of Organisms from Blood Collected through Central Venous Catheters in Differentiating between Contamination and Bloodstream Infection
Ioannis Chatzinikolaou, Hend Hanna, Rabih Darouiche, George Samonis, Jeffrey Tarrand, and Issam Raad
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1834-1835;
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Rapid Differentiation between Members of the Anginosus Group and Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis within Beta-Hemolytic Group C and G Streptococci by PCR
Liang-Chun Liu, Jui-Chang Tsai, Po-Ren Hsueh, and Lee-Jene Teng
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1836-1838;
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Cytolethal Distending Toxin in Escherichia coli O157:H7: Spectrum of Conservation, Structure, and Endothelial Toxicity
Alexander W. Friedrich, Shan Lu, Martina Bielaszewska, Rita Prager, Phillip Bruns, Jian-Guo Xu, Helmut Tschäpe, and Helge Karch
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1844-1846;
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Evaluation of a Commercial Latex Agglutination Assay for Serological Diagnosis of Leptospirosis
C. Hull-Jackson, M. B. Glass, M. D. Ari, S. L. Bragg, S. L. Branch, C. U. Whittington, C. N. Edwards, and P. N. Levett
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1853-1855;
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Isolation, Characterization, and Epidemiological Assessment of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O84 Isolates from New Zealand
Adrian L. Cookson, Dawn Croucher, Chris Pope, Jenny Bennett, Fiona Thomson-Carter, and Graeme T. Attwood
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1863-1866;
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Lack of Association between the Presence of the pVir Plasmid and Bloody Diarrhea in Campylobacter jejuni Enteritis
R. P. L. Louwen, A. van Belkum, J. A. Wagenaar, Y. Doorduyn, R. Achterberg, and H. P. Endtz
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1867-1868;
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Evaluation of the Q Score and Q234 Systems for Cost-Effective and Clinically Relevant Interpretation of Wound Cultures
Carol Matkoski, Susan E. Sharp, and Deanna L. Kiska
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1869-1872;
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Presence of a Novel DNA Methylation Enzyme in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Associated with Pig Farming Leads to Uninterpretable Results in Standard Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Analysis
Corina C. P. M. Bens, Andreas Voss, and Corné H. W. Klaassen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1875-1876;
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Multiplex PCR-Based Reverse Line Blot Hybridization Assay To Identify 23 Streptococcus pneumoniae Polysaccharide Vaccine Serotypes
Fanrong Kong, Mitchell Brown, Archcna Sabananthan, Xianyu Zeng, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1887-1891;
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Rapid Staphylococcus aureus agr Type Determination by a Novel Multiplex Real-Time Quantitative PCR Assay
Patrice Francois, Thibaud Koessler, Antoine Huyghe, Stephan Harbarth, Manuela Bento, Daniel Lew, Jérôme Etienne, Didier Pittet, and Jacques Schrenzel
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1892-1895;
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Application of Minimal Sequence Quality Values Prevents Misidentification of the bla_SHV Type in Single Bacterial Isolates Carrying Different SHV Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase Genes
Nashwan al Naiemi, Kim Schipper, Birgitta Duim, and Aldert Bart
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1896-1898;
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Development and Evaluation of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis Infection
Kazunari Kamachi, Hiromi Toyoizumi-Ajisaka, Kohei Toda, Sann Chan Soeung, Svay Sarath, Ya Nareth, Yoshinobu Horiuchi, Kazunobu Kojima, Motohide Takahashi, and Yoshichika Arakawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1899-1902;
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Parasitology:

Development and Optimization of High-Throughput Methods To Measure Plasmodium falciparum-Specific Growth Inhibitory Antibodies
Kristina E. M. Persson, Chee T. Lee, Kevin Marsh, and James G. Beeson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1665-1673;
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Mycology:

Identification of a Novel 74-Kilodalton Immunodominant Antigen of Pythium insidiosum Recognized by Sera from Human Patients with Pythiosis
Theerapong Krajaejun, Mongkol Kunakorn, Rungnapa Pracharktam, Piriyaporn Chongtrakool, Boonmee Sathapatayavongs, Angkana Chaiprasert, Nongnuch Vanittanakom, Ariya Chindamporn, and Piroon Mootsikapun
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1674-1680;
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Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prognosis of Candida parapsilosis Bloodstream Infections: Case-Control Population-Based Surveillance Study of Patients in Barcelona, Spain, from 2002 to 2003
Benito Almirante, Dolors Rodríguez, Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Manel Almela, Ferran Sanchez, Josefina Ayats, Carles Alonso-Tarres, Juan L. Rodriguez-Tudela, Albert Pahissa, and the Barcelona Candidemia Project Study Group
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1681-1685;
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In Vitro Release by Aspergillus fumigatus of Galactofuranose Antigens, 1,3-ß-D-Glucan, and DNA, Surrogate Markers Used for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis
Monique A. S. H. Mennink-Kersten, Dorien Ruegebrink, Nazhat Wasei, Willem J. G. Melchers, and Paul E. Verweij
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1711-1718;
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Clinical Significance of Azole Antifungal Drug Cross-Resistance in Candida glabrata
Anil A. Panackal, Jennifer L. Gribskov, Janet F. Staab, Katherine A. Kirby, Michael Rinaldi, and Kieren A. Marr
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1740-1743;
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International Surveillance of Candida spp. and Aspergillus spp.: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2003)
Shawn A. Messer, Ronald N. Jones, and Thomas R. Fritsche
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1782-1787;
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Multilocus Sequence Typing Reveals Intrafamilial Transmission and Microevolutions of Candida albicans Isolates from the Human Digestive Tract
M.-E. Bougnoux, D. Diogo, N. François, B. Sendid, S. Veirmeire, J. F. Colombel, C. Bouchier, H. Van Kruiningen, C. d'Enfert, and D. Poulain
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1810-1820;
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Emergence of Cryptococcus gattii in a Novel Environment Provides Clues to Its Incubation Period
L. MacDougall and M. Fyfe
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1851-1852;
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Novel Approach to Designing Primers for Identification and Distinction of the Human Pathogenic Fungi Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii by PCR Amplification
Takashi Umeyama, Ayako Sano, Katsuhiko Kamei, Masakazu Niimi, Kazuko Nishimura, and Yoshimasa Uehara
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1859-1862;
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Virology:

Molecular Diversity of Rabies Viruses Associated with Bats in Mexico and Other Countries of the Americas
Andrés Velasco-Villa, Lillian A. Orciari, Víctor Juárez-Islas, Mauricio Gómez-Sierra, Irma Padilla-Medina, Ana Flisser, Valeria Souza, Amanda Castillo, Richard Franka, Maribel Escalante-Mañe, Isaias Sauri-González, and Charles E. Rupprecht
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1697-1710;
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Multilaboratory Comparison of Hepatitis C Virus Viral Load Assays
A. M. Caliendo, A. Valsamakis, Y. Zhou, B. Yen-Lieberman, J. Andersen, S. Young, A. Ferreira-Gonzalez, G. J. Tsongalis, R. Pyles, J. W. Bremer, and N. S. Lurain
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1726-1732;
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Comparison between the Hybrid Capture II Test and an SPF1/GP6+ PCR-Based Assay for Detection of Human Papillomavirus DNA in Cervical Swab Samples
Shang-Lang Huang, Angel Chao, Swei Hsueh, Fang-Yu Chao, Chu-Chun Huang, Jung-Erh Yang, Ching-Yu Lin, Chiu-Cho Yan, Hung-Hsueh Chou, Kuan-Gen Huang, Huei-Jean Huang, Tzu-I Wu, Mao-Jung Tseng, Jian-Tai Qiu, Cheng-Tao Lin, Ting-Chang Chang, and Chyong-Huey Lai
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1733-1739;
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Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Integration in Cervical Carcinoma In Situ and in Invasive Cervical Cancer
Hugo Arias-Pulido, Cheri L. Peyton, Nancy E. Joste, Hernan Vargas, and Cosette M. Wheeler
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1755-1762;
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Comparative Evaluation of the Performance of the Abbott Real-Time Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Assay for Measurement of HIV-1 Plasma Viral Load following Automated Specimen Preparation
A. Garcia-Diaz, G. S. Clewley, C. L. Booth, W. Labett, N. McAllister, and A. M. Geretti
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1788-1791;
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Evaluation of a Novel Highly Sensitive, Broad-Spectrum PCR-Reverse Hybridization Assay for Detection and Identification of Beta-Papillomavirus DNA
Maurits de Koning, Wim Quint, Linda Struijk, Bernhard Kleter, Patrick Wanningen, Leen-Jan van Doorn, Sönke Jan Weissenborn, Mariet Feltkamp, and Jan ter Schegget
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1792-1800;
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G8 Rotavirus Strains Isolated in the Democratic Republic of Congo Belong to the DS-1-Like Genogroup
Jelle Matthijnssens, Mustafizur Rahman, Xuelei Yang, Thomas Delbeke, Ingrid Arijs, Jean-Pierre Kabue, Jean-Jacques Tamfum Muyembe, and Marc Van Ranst
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1801-1809;
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Sensitivity of the Multispot HIV-1/HIV-2 Rapid Test Using Samples from Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Positive Individuals with Various Levels of Exposure to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Robert J. O'Connell, Brian K. Agan, Stephanie A. Anderson, Jennifer A. Malia, and Nelson L. Michael
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1831-1833;
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Polymorphisms in the Genes Encoding Chemokine Receptor 5, Interleukin-10, and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 Contribute to Cytomegalovirus Reactivation and Disease after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
Juergen Loeffler, Michael Steffens, Eva-Maria Arlt, Mohammad-Reza Toliat, Markus Mezger, Anita Suk, Thomas F. Wienker, Holger Hebart, Peter Nürnberg, Michael Boeckh, Per Ljungman, Rudolf Trenschel, and Hermann Einsele
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1847-1850;
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Use of an Acute Seroconversion Panel To Evaluate a Third-Generation Enzyme-Linked Immunoassay for Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Specific Antibodies Relative to Multiple Other Assays
Brian Louie, Mark W. Pandori, Ernest Wong, Jeffrey D. Klausner, and Sally Liska
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1856-1858;
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Increasing Incidence of Severe Epstein-Barr Virus-Related Infectious Mononucleosis: Surveillance Study
Pierre Tattevin, Yves Le Tulzo, Sophie Minjolle, Arnaud Person, Jean Marc Chapplain, Cedric Arvieux, Remi Thomas, and Christian Michelet
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1873-1874;
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Plasma and Liver Hepatitis C Virus Variability in Patients Coinfected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Anne-Christine Jouvencel, Didier Neau, Muriel Faure, Martine Neau, Christophe Martinaud, Elisabeth Legrand, Pascale Trimoulet, Isabelle Garrigue, Brigitte Le Bail, Paulette Bioulac-Sage, Michel Dupon, Jean-Marie Ragnaud, Herve Fleury, and Marie-Edith Lafon
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1877-1880;
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Case Reports:

Early Diagnosis of Acanthamoeba Infection during Routine Cytological Examination of Cerebrospinal Fluid
Franz Petry, Michael Torzewski, Jürgen Bohl, Thomas Wilhelm-Schwenkmezger, Patrick Scheid, Julia Walochnik, Rolf Michel, Lothar Zöller, Konrad J. Werhahn, Sucharit Bhakdi, and Karl J. Lackner
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1903-1904;
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Native Valve Endocarditis Due to Gordonia polyisoprenivorans: Case Report and Review of Literature of Bloodstream Infections Caused by Gordonia Species
Punam Verma, June M. Brown, Victor H. Nunez, Roger E. Morey, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Gerald J. Pellegrini, and Harold A. Kessler
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1905-1908;
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Campylobacter curvus-Associated Hepatic Abscesses: a Case Report
Nicole M. Wetsch, Karim Somani, Gregory J. Tyrrell, Carol Gebhart, R. J. Bailey, and Diane E. Taylor
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1909-1911;
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Spondylodiscitis Caused by Candida krusei: Case Report and Susceptibility Patterns
Javier Pemán, Isidro Jarque, María Bosch, Emilia Cantón, Miguel Salavert, Rosario de Llanos, and Araceli Molina
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1912-1914;
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Central Venous Catheter Colonization by Linezolid-Resistant, Vancomycin-Susceptible Enterococcus faecalis
Alexandre R. Marra, Yvette Major, and Michael B. Edmond
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1915-1916;
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Listeriosis Due to Infection with a Catalase-Negative Strain of Listeria monocytogenes
J. A. Cepeda, M. Millar, E. A. Sheridan, S. Warwick, M. Raftery, D. C. Bean, and D. W. Wareham
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1917-1918;
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Letters To The Editor:

Detection of CTX-M-1, CTX-M-15, and CTX-M-2 in Clinical Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae in Bogotá, Colombia
Emilia María Valenzuela de Silva, José Ramón Mantilla Anaya, María Teresa Reguero Reza, Elsa Beatriz González Mejía, Ingrid Yamile Pulido Manrique, Iván Darío Llerena, and Daniel Velandia
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1919-1920;
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Verification of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Leslie Hall, Kelly A. Doerr, W. Scott Harmsen, Nancy L. Wengenack, and Glenn D. Roberts
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1921
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High Prevalence of Teicoplanin Resistance among Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains in a 5-Year Retrospective Study
François Trueba, Eliane Garrabe, Rachid Hadef, Roland Fabre, Jean-Didier Cavallo, Krassimira Tsvetkova, and Olivier Chesneau
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1922-1923;
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Errata:

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 Larson, and Sándor Belák
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2006 44: 1924
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