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Contents: July 2006, Volume 44, Issue 7

       Virology

       Epidemiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Parasitology

       Bacteriology

       Mycology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Case Reports

       Letters To The Editor

       Errata

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Virology:

Sensitivities of Four New Commercial Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen (HBsAg) Assays in Detection of HBsAg Mutant Forms
Thoai Duong Ly, Annabelle Servant-Delmas, Sébastien Bagot, Sylvie Gonzalo, Marie-Pierre Férey, Anne Ebel, Elisabeth Dussaix, Syria Laperche, and Anne-Marie Roque-Afonso
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2321-2326;
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Comparison of Real-Time PCR Assays with Fluorescent-Antibody Assays for Diagnosis of Respiratory Virus Infections in Children
Jane Kuypers, Nancy Wright, James Ferrenberg, Meei-Li Huang, Anne Cent, Lawrence Corey, and Rhoda Morrow
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2382-2388;
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High Prevalence of Multiple Human Herpesviruses in Saliva from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Craig S. Miller, Joseph R. Berger, Yunanan Mootoor, Sergei A. Avdiushko, Hua Zhu, and Richard J. Kryscio
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2409-2415;
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Assessment of MagNA Pure LC Extraction System for Detection of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in PreservCyt Samples by the Roche AMPLICOR and LINEAR ARRAY HPV Tests
Matthew P. Stevens, Elice Rudland, Suzanne M. Garland, and Sepehr N. Tabrizi
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2428-2433;
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Real-Time PCR Assays for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA Quantitation Are Adequate for Clinical Management of Patients with Chronic HCV Infection
Philippe Halfon, Marc Bourlière, Guillaume Pénaranda, Hacène Khiri, and Denis Ouzan
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2507-2511;
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High Concordance of Results of Testing for Human Papillomavirus in Cervicovaginal Samples Collected by Two Methods, with Comparison of a Novel Self-Sampling Device to a Conventional Endocervical Brush
Antoinette A. T. P. Brink, Chris J. L. M. Meijer, Maarten A. H. M. Wiegerinck, Thedoor E. Nieboer, Roy F. P. M. Kruitwagen, Folkert van Kemenade, Nathalie Fransen Daalmeijer, Albertus T. Hesselink, Johannes Berkhof, and Peter J. F. Snijders
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2518-2523;
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Sequence-Based Methods for Identifying Epidemiologically Linked Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Strains
Emily Toth Martin, David M. Koelle, Benjamin Byrd, Meei-Li Huang, Jeffrey Vieira, Lawrence Corey, and Anna Wald
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2541-2546;
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Rapid Increase in Total Torquetenovirus (TTV) Plasma Viremia Load Reveals an Apparently Transient Superinfection by a TTV of a Novel Group 2 Genotype
Fabrizio Maggi, Elisabetta Andreoli, Letizia Lanini, Silvia Meschi, Jara Rocchi, Claudia Fornai, Maria Linda Vatteroni, Mauro Pistello, and Mauro Bendinelli
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2571-2574;
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Lamivudine Resistance of Hepatitis B Virus Masked by Coemergence of Mutations in Probe Region of the COBAS AMPLICOR Assay
Magnus Lindh, Charles Hannoun, Sebastian Malmström, Johan Lindberg, and Gunnar Norkrans
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2587-2589;
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Blinded, Multicenter Comparison of Methods To Detect a Drug-Resistant Mutant of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 at Low Frequency
Elias K. Halvas, Grace M. Aldrovandi, Peter Balfe, Ingrid A. Beck, Valerie F. Boltz, John M. Coffin, Lisa M. Frenkel, J. Darren Hazelwood, Victoria A. Johnson, Mary Kearney, Andrea Kovacs, Daniel R. Kuritzkes, Karin J. Metzner, Dwight V. Nissley, Marek Nowicki, Sarah Palmer, Rainer Ziermann, Richard Y. Zhao, Cheryl L. Jennings, James Bremer, Don Brambilla, and John W. Mellors
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2612-2614;
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Survey of Dogs in Japan for Group 2 Canine Coronavirus Infection
Akiko Yachi and Masami Mochizuki
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2615-2618;
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Evaluation of the Quidel QuickVue Test for Detection of Influenza A and B Viruses in the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Setting by Use of Three Specimen Collection Methods
Konstantinos Agoritsas, Kathy Mack, Bema K. Bonsu, Debbie Goodman, Douglas Salamon, and Mario J. Marcon
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2638-2641;
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Epidemiology:

Evaluation of a PCR Melting Profile Technique for Bacterial Strain Differentiation
Beata Krawczyk, Alfred Samet, Justyna Leibner, Anna Sledzinska, and Józef Kur
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2327-2332;
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Spread of Escherichia coli Strains with High-Level Cefotaxime and Ceftazidime Resistance between the Community, Long-Term Care Facilities, and Hospital Institutions
Jesús Oteo, Carmen Navarro, Emilia Cercenado, Alberto Delgado-Iribarren, Isabel Wilhelmi, Beatriz Orden, Carmen García, Silvia Miguelañez, María Pérez-Vázquez, Silvia García-Cobos, Belén Aracil, Verónica Bautista, and José Campos
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2359-2366;
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Comparisons of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Hospital-Associated MSRA Infections in Sacramento, California
Hsin Huang, Neil M. Flynn, Jeff H. King, Caroline Monchaud, Margaret Morita, and Stuart H. Cohen
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2423-2427;
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Comparative Study of the Epidemiology of Rotavirus in Children from a Community-Based Birth Cohort and a Hospital in South India
Indrani Banerjee, Sasirekha Ramani, Beryl Primrose, Prabhakar Moses, Miren Iturriza-Gomara, James J. Gray, Shabbar Jaffar, Bindhu Monica, Jaya Prakash Muliyil, David W. Brown, Mary K. Estes, and Gagandeep Kang
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2468-2474;
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Prevalence of Inducible Clindamycin Resistance among Community- and Hospital-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
Mukesh Patel, Ken B. Waites, Stephen A. Moser, Gretchen A. Cloud, and Craig J. Hoesley
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2481-2484;
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Multispacer Typing To Study the Genotypic Distribution of Bartonella henselae Populations
Wenjun Li, Bruno B. Chomel, Soichi Maruyama, Lynn Guptil, Anna Sander, Didier Raoult, and Pierre-Edouard Fournier
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2499-2506;
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Illustration of a Common Framework for Relating Multiple Typing Methods by Application to Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pyogenes
J. A. Carriço, C. Silva-Costa, J. Melo-Cristino, F. R. Pinto, H. de Lencastre, J. S. Almeida, and M. Ramirez
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2524-2532;
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Nonrandom Distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei Clones in Relation to Geographical Location and Virulence
Mongkol Vesaratchavest, Sarinna Tumapa, Nicholas P. J. Day, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Wirongrong Chierakul, Matthew T. G. Holden, Nicholas J. White, Bart J. Currie, Brian G. Spratt, Edward J. Feil, and Sharon J. Peacock
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2553-2557;
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Comparison of Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from the United Kingdom and the United States That Were Associated with Repatriated Casualties of the Iraq Conflict
Jane F. Turton, Mary E. Kaufmann, Martin J. Gill, Rachel Pike, Paul T. Scott, Joel Fishbain, David Craft, Gregory Deye, Scott Riddell, Luther E. Lindler, and Tyrone L. Pitt
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2630-2634;
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Sequence Analysis of Enterococcus faecium Strain 10/96A (VanD4), the Original Vancomycin-Resistant E. faecium Strain in Brazil
Ilana L. B. C. Camargo, Libera M. Dalla Costa, Neil Woodford, Michael S. Gilmore, and Ana L. C. Darini
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2635-2637;
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Mutations Prevalent among Rifampin- and Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from a Hospital in Vietnam
M. Caws, Phan Minh Duy, Dau Quang Tho, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan, Dai Viet Hoa, and Jeremy Farrar
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2333-2337;
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Evaluation of the Genotype MTBDR Assay for Rapid Detection of Rifampin and Isoniazid Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
Cengiz Cavusoglu, Ajda Turhan, Pinar Akinci, and Ilknur Soyler
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2338-2342;
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Evaluation of the TB-Biochip Oligonucleotide Microarray System for Rapid Detection of Rifampin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Janice C. Caoili, Angelina Mayorova, David Sikes, Laura Hickman, Bonnie B. Plikaytis, and Thomas M. Shinnick
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2378-2381;
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Use of Genotype MTBDR Assay for Molecular Detection of Rifampin and Isoniazid Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Strains Isolated in Italy
Paolo Miotto, Federica Piana, Valeria Penati, Filippo Canducci, Giovanni Battista Migliori, and Daniela Maria Cirillo
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2485-2491;
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Progression Toward an Improved DNA Amplification-Based Typing Technique in the Study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Epidemiology
Krishna K. Gopaul, Timothy J. Brown, Andrea L. Gibson, Malcolm D. Yates, and Francis A. Drobniewski
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2492-2498;
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Rapid Genotypic Detection of Rifampin- and Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Directly in Clinical Specimens
Didi Bang, Åse Bengård Andersen, and Vibeke Østergaard Thomsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2605-2608;
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Parasitology:

Comparison of New Diagnostic Tools for Management of Pediatric Mediterranean Visceral Leishmaniasis
Israel Cruz, Carmen Chicharro, Javier Nieto, Begoña Bailo, Carmen Cañavate, María-Concepción Figueras, and Jorge Alvar
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2343-2347;
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Prevalence of In Vitro Resistance to Eleven Standard or New Antimalarial Drugs among Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
Bruno Pradines, Philippe Hovette, Thierry Fusai, Henri Léonard Atanda, Eric Baret, Philippe Cheval, Joel Mosnier, Alain Callec, Julien Cren, Rémy Amalvict, Jean Pierre Gardair, and Christophe Rogier
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2404-2408;
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Use of In Vitro Assays To Determine Effects of Human Serum on Biological Characteristics of Acanthamoeba castellanii
James Sissons, Selwa Alsam, Monique Stins, Antonio Ortega Rivas, Jacob Lorenzo Morales, Jane Faull, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2595-2600;
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Bacteriology:

Molecular Evolution of Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a Nosocomial Setting of High-Level Endemicity
Cristina Lagatolla, Elisabetta Edalucci, Lucilla Dolzani, Maria Letizia Riccio, Filomena De Luca, Erica Medessi, Gian Maria Rossolini, and Enrico Angelo Tonin
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2348-2353;
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Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Phage Types DT102, DT104, and U302 by Multiplex PCR
Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Lin-Hui Su, Chi-Hong Chu, Mei-Hwei Wang, Chia-Ming Yeh, Francois-Xavier Weill, and Chishih Chu
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2354-2358;
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Bacillus anthracis Virulent Plasmid pX02 Genes Found in Large Plasmids of Two Other Bacillus Species
Vicki A. Luna, Debra S. King, K. Kealy Peak, Frank Reeves, Lea Heberlein-Larson, William Veguilla, L. Heller, Kathleen E. Duncan, Andrew C. Cannons, Philip Amuso, and Jacqueline Cattani
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2367-2377;
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Identification and Characterization of Bacterial Pathogens Causing Bloodstream Infections by DNA Microarray
Berit E. E. Cleven, Maria Palka-Santini, Jörg Gielen, Salima Meembor, Martin Krönke, and Oleg Krut
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2389-2397;
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Molecular Characterization of Nontypeable Group B Streptococcus
Srinivas V. Ramaswamy, Patricia Ferrieri, Aurea E. Flores, and Lawrence C. Paoletti
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2398-2403;
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Clostridium aldenense sp. nov. and Clostridium citroniae sp. nov. Isolated from Human Clinical Infections
Yumi A. Warren, Kerin L. Tyrrell, Diane M. Citron, and Ellie J. C. Goldstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2416-2422;
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Molecular Epidemiologic Identification of Escherichia coli Genes That Are Potentially Involved in Movement of the Organism from the Intestinal Tract to the Vagina and Bladder
Jingping Xie, Betsy Foxman, Lixin Zhang, and Carl F. Marrs
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2434-2441;
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Classifying spa Types in Complexes Improves Interpretation of Typing Results for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Werner Ruppitsch, Alexander Indra, Anna Stöger, Barbara Mayer, Silke Stadlbauer, Günther Wewalka, and Franz Allerberger
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2442-2448;
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Comparison of Multilocus Sequence Typing, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Typing for Characterization of Salmonella enterica Serotype Newport Isolates
H. Harbottle, D. G. White, P. F. McDermott, R. D. Walker, and S. Zhao
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2449-2457;
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Assignment of Staphylococcus Isolates to Groups by spa Typing, SmaI Macrorestriction Analysis, and Multilocus Sequence Typing
B. Strommenger, C. Kettlitz, T. Weniger, D. Harmsen, A. W. Friedrich, and W. Witte
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2533-2540;
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Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis for Investigation of Clostridium difficile Transmission in Hospitals
Jane W. Marsh, Mary M. O'Leary, Kathleen A. Shutt, A. William Pasculle, Stuart Johnson, Dale N. Gerding, Carlene A. Muto, and Lee H. Harrison
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2558-2566;
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Culture-Independent Molecular Subtyping of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Clinical Samples
Roger Dumke, Paul Christian Lück, Christoph Noppen, Christoph Schaefer, Heike von Baum, Reinhard Marre, and Enno Jacobs
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2567-2570;
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Use of BBL CHROMagar MRSA Medium for Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Blood Cultures
John Pape, Jill Wadlin, and Irving Nachamkin
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2575-2576;
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Hospital-Acquired Bordetella bronchiseptica Infection following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Elizabeth S. Huebner, Brian Christman, Stephen Dummer, Yi-Wei Tang, and Stacey Goodman
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2581-2583;
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Streptococcus pseudoporcinus sp. nov., a Novel Species Isolated from the Genitourinary Tract of Women
Sadjia Bekal, Christiane Gaudreau, Robert A. Laurence, Esther Simoneau, and Lélia Raynal
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2584-2586;
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Diagnosis of Streptococcal Pharyngitis by Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes in Posterior Pharyngeal versus Oral Cavity Specimens
James W. Fox, Mario J. Marcon, and Bema K. Bonsu
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2593-2594;
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Use of 16S rRNA Gene Profiling by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis To Compare Bacterial Communities in Sputum and Mouthwash Samples from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
G. B. Rogers, M. P. Carroll, D. J. Serisier, P. M. Hockey, G. Jones, V. Kehagia, G. J. Connett, and K. D. Bruce
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2601-2604;
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Identification of Bacteria in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Heart Valve Tissue via 16S rRNA Gene Nucleotide Sequencing
Kavita Imrit, Michael Goldfischer, Jie Wang, Jaime Green, Jerome Levine, Joseph Lombardo, and Tao Hong
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2609-2611;
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Selection of a Surrogate Agent (Vancomycin or Teicoplanin) for Initial Susceptibility Testing of Dalbavancin: Results from an International Antimicrobial Surveillance Program
Ronald N. Jones, Helio S. Sader, Thomas R. Fritsche, Patricia A. Hogan, and Daniel J. Sheehan
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2622-2625;
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Rapid Identification and Differentiation of Clinical Isolates of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), Atypical EPEC, and Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli by a One-Step Multiplex PCR Method
Daniel Müller, Peter Hagedorn, Sabine Brast, Gerhard Heusipp, Martina Bielaszewska, Alexander W. Friedrich, Helge Karch, and M. Alexander Schmidt
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2626-2629;
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Toxin Gene Content of the Lyon Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone Compared with That of Other Pandemic Clones
Tristan Ferry, Michèle Bes, Olivier Dauwalder, Hélène Meugnier, Gerard Lina, Françoise Forey, François Vandenesch, and Jerome Etienne
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2642-2644;
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Mycology:

Candida guilliermondii Fungemia in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies
Corrado Girmenia, Giampaolo Pizzarelli, Francesco Cristini, Francesco Barchiesi, Elisabetta Spreghini, Giorgio Scalise, and Pietro Martino
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2458-2464;
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Characterization and Comparison of Galactomannan Enzyme Immunoassay and Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Aspergillus fumigatus in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Experimental Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Andrea Francesconi, Miki Kasai, Ruta Petraitiene, Vidmantas Petraitis, Amy M. Kelaher, Robert Schaufele, William W. Hope, Yvonne R. Shea, John Bacher, and Thomas J. Walsh
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2475-2480;
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Macrorestriction Analysis of Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Sporothrix schenckii
L. C. O'Reilly and S. A. Altman
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2547-2552;
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Voriconazole Susceptibilities of Dermatophyte Isolates Obtained from a Worldwide Tinea Capitis Clinical Trial
M. Ghannoum, N. Isham, and D. Sheehan
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2579-2580;
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Amplification of the Hyphal Wall Protein 1 Gene To Distinguish Candida albicans from Candida dubliniensis
Orazio Romeo, Cosimo Racco, and Giuseppe Criseo
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2590-2592;
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Genetic Differentiation of Chinese Isolates of Rickettsia sibirica by Partial ompA Gene Sequencing and Multispacer Typing
LiJuan Zhang, JianLing Jin, XiuPing Fu, Didier Raoult, and Pierre-Edouard Fournier
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2465-2467;
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Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing: Our Evaluation Suggests that CDC-Recommended Approaches for Confirmatory Testing Are Ill-Advised
Julius Schachter, Joan M. Chow, Holly Howard, Gail Bolan, and Jeanne Moncada
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2512-2517;
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Effect of Storage Temperature on Survival of Chlamydia trachomatis after Lyophilization
Adrian Eley, Ian Geary, Abbas Bahador, and Hamid Hakimi
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2577-2578;
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Comparison of the Gen-Probe APTIMA Combo 2 Assay to the AMPLICOR CT/NG Assay for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Urine Samples from Australian Men and Women
Peter Lowe, Peter O'Loughlin, Kathryn Evans, Michael White, Paul B. Bartley, and Renu Vohra
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2619-2621;
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Case Reports:

Etiological Misidentification by Routine Biochemical Tests of Bacteremia Caused by Gordonia terrae Infection in the Course of an Episode of Acute Cholecystitis
E. Gil-Sande, M. Brun-Otero, F. Campo-Cerecedo, E. Esteban, L. Aguilar, and J. García-de-Lomas
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2645-2647;
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Septic Arthritis Caused by Mycobacterium kansasii in a Prosthetic Knee Joint
A. Neuberger, H. Sprecher, and I. Oren
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2648-2649;
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Clearance of Cellulosimicrobium cellulans Bacteremia in a Child without Central Venous Catheter Removal
Marie-Claire Rowlinson, David A. Bruckner, Claudia Hinnebusch, Karin Nielsen, and Jaime G. Deville
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2650-2654;
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Sepsis Caused by Veillonella parvula Infection in a 17-Year-Old Patient with X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia (Bruton's Disease)
Magdalena Strach, Maciej Siedlar, Danuta Kowalczyk, Marek Zembala, and Tomasz Grodzicki
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2655-2656;
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Sternal Wound Infection by Trichosporon inkin following Cardiac Surgery
Frances Davies, Sarah Logan, Elizabeth Johnson, and John L. Klein
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2657-2659;
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Diagnosis of First Case of Balamuthia Amoebic Encephalitis in Portugal by Immunofluorescence and PCR
Marta Tavares, Jose M. Correia da Costa, S. Stirling Carpenter, L. A. Santos, Caldas Afonso, Álvaro Aguiar, Josue Pereira, Ana Isabel Cardoso, Frederick L. Schuster, Shigeo Yagi, Rama Sriram, and Govinda S. Visvesvara
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2660-2663;
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Canine Strangles Case Reveals a New Host Susceptible to Infection with Streptococcus equi
Jane Ladlow, Timothy Scase, and Andrew Waller
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2664-2665;
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First Case Report of Neisseria lactamica Causing Cavitary Lung Disease in an Adult Organ Transplant Recipient
Alexandre Prehn Zavascki, Leandro Fritscher, Silvana Superti, Cícero Dias, Leonardo Kroth, Moacir Alexandre Traesel, Ivan Carlos Ferreira Antonello, and David Saitovitch
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2666-2668;
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Cluster of Cases of Human Rickettsia felis Infection from Southern Europe (Spain) Diagnosed by PCR
José A. Oteo, Aránzazu Portillo, Sonia Santibáñez, José R. Blanco, Laura Pérez-Martínez, and Valvanera Ibarra
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2669-2671;
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Detection of Hypermutable Escherichia coli Strains in a Collection of Clinical Isolates by the Fosfomycin-Rifampin Disk Method
M. Carmen Conejo, Gema Amblar, Álvaro Pascual, Evelio J. Perea, and Luis Martínez-Martínez
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2672
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Molecular Typing Reveals a Unique Clone of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi among Indian Strains
Dinesh S. Chandel, Rama Chaudhry, Aparajit B. Dey, and Pawan Malhotra
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2673-2675;
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Use of 16S rRNA, 23S rRNA, and gyrB Gene Sequence Analysis To Determine Phylogenetic Relationships of Bacillus cereus Group Microorganisms
Sergei G. Bavykin, Yuri P. Lysov, Vladimir Zakhariev, John J. Kelly, Joany Jackman, David A. Stahl, and Alexey Cherni
J. Clin. Microbiol. July 2006 44: 2676
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