JCM -- Table of Contents (October 1 2007, 45 [10])

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Contents: October 2007, Volume 45, Issue 10

       Bacteriology

       Parasitology

       Mycology

       Virology

       Epidemiology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Case Reports

       Letters To The Editor

       Errata

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Bacteriology:

Factors Influencing Broth Microdilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Results for Dalbavancin, a New Glycopeptide Agent
Robert P. Rennie, Laura Koeth, Ronald N. Jones, Thomas R. Fritsche, Cindy C. Knapp, Scott B. Killian, and Beth P. Goldstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3151-3154; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02411-06
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Evolution of an International External Quality Assurance Model To Support Laboratory Investigation of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Developed for the SIREVA Project in Latin America, from 1993 to 2005
Marguerite Lovgren, James A. Talbot, Maria Cristina Brandileone, Silvana T. Casagrande, Clara Inés Agudelo, Elizabeth Castañeda, Mabel Regueira, Alejandra Corso, Ingrid Heitmann, Aurora Maldonado, Gabriela Echániz-Avilés, Araceli Soto-Noguerón, María Hortal, Teresa Camou, Jean-Marc Gabastou, José Luis Di Fabio the SIREVA Study Group
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3184-3190; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00789-07
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Analysis of Group B Streptococcal Isolates from Infants and Pregnant Women in Portugal Revealing Two Lineages with Enhanced Invasiveness
E. R. Martins, M. A. Pessanha, M. Ramirez, J. Melo-Cristino and the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3224-3229; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01182-07
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External Quality Assessment of a DNA Sequence-Based Scheme for Epidemiological Typing of Legionella pneumophila by an International Network of Laboratories
Baharak Afshar, Norman K. Fry, William Bellamy, Anthony P. Underwood, Timothy G. Harrison and Members of the European Working Group for Legionella Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3251-3256; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00898-07
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Bordetella pertussis Strains Circulating in Europe in 1999 to 2004 as Determined by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
Hans Hallander, Abdolreza Advani, Marion Riffelmann, Carl H. W. von König, Valerie Caro, Nicole Guiso, Frits R. Mooi, Anna Gzyl, Margit S. Kaltoft, Norman K. Fry, Jussi Mertsola, and Qiushui He
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3257-3262; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00864-07
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Investigation of Reduced Susceptibility to Glycopeptides among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Patients in Ireland and Evaluation of Agar Screening Methods for Detection of Heterogeneously Glycopeptide-Intermediate S. aureus
Margaret M. Fitzgibbon, Angela S. Rossney, and Brian O'Connell
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3263-3269; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00836-07
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Targeted PCR for Detection of Vaginal Bacteria Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis
David N. Fredricks, Tina L. Fiedler, Katherine K. Thomas, Brian B. Oakley, and Jeanne M. Marrazzo
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3270-3276; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01272-07
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Sequential Linezolid-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates with G2576T Mutation
Tao Hong, Xiangyang Li, Jie Wang, Cynthia Sloan, and Cristina Cicogna
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3277-3280; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02048-06
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Comparative Analyses of Phenotypic and Genotypic Methods for Detection of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Toxins and Colonization Factors
Å. Sjöling, G. Wiklund, S. J. Savarino, D. I. Cohen, and A.-M. Svennerholm
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3295-3301; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00471-07
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Comparison of Single- and Multilocus Sequence Typing and Toxin Gene Profiling for Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Yongwei Cai, Fanrong Kong, Qinning Wang, Zhongsheng Tong, Vitali Sintchenko, Xianyu Zeng, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3302-3308; published ahead of print August 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01082-07
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Antimicrobial Resistance among Gram-Negative Bacilli Causing Infections in Intensive Care Unit Patients in the United States between 1993 and 2004
Shawn R. Lockhart, Murray A. Abramson, Susan E. Beekmann, Gale Gallagher, Stefan Riedel, Daniel J. Diekema, John P. Quinn, and Gary V. Doern
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3352-3359; published ahead of print August 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01284-07
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Comparison of the BD GeneOhm VanR Assay to Culture for Identification of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Rectal and Stool Specimens
Paul D. Stamper, Mian Cai, Clara Lema, Kim Eskey, and Karen C. Carroll
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3360-3365; published ahead of print August 17, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01458-07
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Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains of Avian and Human Origin: Link between Phylogenetic Relationships and Common Virulence Patterns
Maryvonne Moulin-Schouleur, Maryline Répérant, Sylvie Laurent, Annie Brée, Sandrine Mignon-Grasteau, Pierre Germon, Denis Rasschaert, and Catherine Schouler
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3366-3376; published ahead of print July 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00037-07
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Rapid Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli by Optical Immunoassay
Louise D. Teel, Judy A. Daly, Robert C. Jerris, Diana Maul, Gregory Svanas, Alison D. O'Brien, and Choong H. Park
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3377-3380; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00837-07
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Sequence Variation in the Outer Membrane Protein-Encoding Gene cmeC, Conferring Multidrug Resistance among Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Strains Isolated from Different Hosts
Mohamed K. Fakhr and Catherine M. Logue
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3381-3383; published ahead of print July 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01208-07
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Reevaluating the Serotype II Capsular Locus of Streptococcus agalactiae
E. R. Martins, J. Melo-Cristino, and M. Ramirez
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3384-3386; published ahead of print August 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01296-07
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Multicenter Comparison of Molecular Methods for Detection of Legionella spp. in Sputum Samples
M. A. Bencini, A. J. C. van den Brule, E. C. J. Claas, M. H. A. Hermans, W. J. G. Melchers, G. T. Noordhoek, M. M. M. Salimans, J. Schirm, C. Vink, A. van der Zee, and R. Jansen
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3390-3392; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00505-07
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Comparison of Hand-Held Test Kits, Immunofluorescence Microscopy, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, and Flow Cytometric Analysis for Rapid Presumptive Identification of Yersinia pestis
H. Tomaso, P. Thullier, E. Seibold, V. Guglielmo, A. Buckendahl, L. Rahalison, H. Neubauer, H. C. Scholz, and W. D. Splettstoesser
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3404-3407; published ahead of print July 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00458-07
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Validation of Nasopharyngeal Sampling and Culture Techniques for Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Children in Kenya
Osman Abdullahi, Eva Wanjiru, Robert Musyimi, Nina Glass, and J. Anthony G. Scott
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3408-3410; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01393-07
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Identification of Less-Common Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotypes by a Multiplex PCR-Based Reverse Line Blot Hybridization Assay
Fei Zhou, Fanrong Kong, Zhongsheng Tong, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3411-3415; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01076-07
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Detection of Mutations Conferring Resistance to Linezolid in Enterococcus spp. by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
Guido Werner, Melanie Bartel, Nele Wellinghausen, Andreas Essig, Ingo Klare, Wolfgang Witte, and Sven Poppert
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3421-3423; published ahead of print May 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00179-07
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Rapid Identification of Clinically Relevant Enterococcus Species by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
Nele Wellinghausen, Melanie Bartel, Andreas Essig, and Sven Poppert
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3424-3426; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00861-07
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USA300 Genotype Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a Cause of Surgical Site Infections
Mukesh Patel, Ritu A. Kumar, Alan M. Stamm, Craig J. Hoesley, Stephen A. Moser, and Ken B. Waites
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3431-3433; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00902-07
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Parasitology:

Persistently Infected Calves as Reservoirs for Acquisition and Transovarial Transmission of Babesia bovis by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
Jeanne M. Howell, Massaro W. Ueti, Guy H. Palmer, Glen A. Scoles, and Donald P. Knowles
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3155-3159; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00766-07
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Multilocus Analysis of Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum Isolates from Sporadic and Outbreak-Related Human Cases and C. parvum Isolates from Sporadic Livestock Cases in the United Kingdom
Francesca Leoni, Marianne E. Mallon, Huw V. Smith, Andy Tait, and Jim McLauchlin
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3286-3294; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02536-06
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Mycology:

Identification of Dermatophytes by an Oligonucleotide Array
Hsin Chieh Li, Jean-Philippe Bouchara, Mark Ming-Long Hsu, Richard Barton, and Tsung Chain Chang
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3160-3166; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00829-07
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Sporothrix brasiliensis, S. globosa, and S. mexicana, Three New Sporothrix Species of Clinical Interest
Rita Marimon, Josep Cano, Josepa Gené, Deanna A. Sutton, Masako Kawasaki, and Josep Guarro
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3198-3206; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00808-07
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Cryptococcus neoformans Typing by PCR Fingerprinting Using (GACA)₄ Primers Based on C. neoformans Genome Project Data
Massimo Cogliati, Maria Carmela Esposto, Giordano Liberi, Anna Maria Tortorano, and Maria Anna Viviani
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3427-3430; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01199-07
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Evaluation of Pan-Dermatophyte Nested PCR in Diagnosis of Onychomycosis
Jaya Garg, Ragini Tilak, Sanjay Singh, Anil Kumar Gulati, Atul Garg, Pradyot Prakash, and Gopal Nath
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3443-3445; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02367-06
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Virology:

Differentiation of West Nile and St. Louis Encephalitis Virus Infections by Use of Noninfectious Virus-Like Particles with Reduced Cross-Reactivity
Jill A. Roberson, Wayne D. Crill, and Gwong-Jen J. Chang
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3167-3174; published ahead of print August 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01143-07
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Influence of Hepatitis B Virus X and Core Promoter Mutations on Hepatocellular Carcinoma among Patients Infected with Subgenotype C2
Noboru Shinkai, Yasuhito Tanaka, Kiyoaki Ito, Motokazu Mukaide, Izumi Hasegawa, Yasuhiro Asahina, Namiki Izumi, Hiroshi Yatsuhashi, Etsuro Orito, Takashi Joh, and Masashi Mizokami
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3191-3197; published ahead of print July 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00411-07
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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Genotyping Using Paired Exfoliated Cervicovaginal Cells and Paraffin-Embedded Tissues To Highlight Difficulties in Attributing HPV Types to Specific Lesions
Patti E. Gravitt, Leen Jan van Doorn, Wim Quint, Mark Schiffman, Allan Hildesheim, Andrew G. Glass, Brenda B. Rush, Jared Hellman, Mark E. Sherman, Robert D. Burk, and Sophia S. Wang
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3245-3250; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00216-07
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Large-Scale Human Immunodeficiency Virus Rapid Test Evaluation in a Low-Prevalence Ugandan Blood Bank Population
Leigh A. Eller, Michael A. Eller, Benson J. Ouma, Peter Kataaha, Bernard S. Bagaya, Robert L. Olemukan, Simon Erima, Lilian Kawala, Mark S. de Souza, Hannah Kibuuka, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Sheila A. Peel, Robert J. O'Connell, Merlin L. Robb, and Nelson L. Michael
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3281-3285; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00894-07
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In Vitro Drug Susceptibility Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus Clinical Quasispecies Populations
Yuao Zhu, Maria Curtis, Andrea Snow-Lampart, Huiling Yang, William Delaney, Michael D. Miller, and Katyna Borroto-Esoda
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3335-3341; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00272-07
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Feasibility of Detecting Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance in DNA Extracted from Whole Blood or Dried Blood Spots
Kim Steegen, Stanley Luchters, Els Demecheleer, Kenny Dauwe, Kishor Mandaliya, Walter Jaoko, Jean Plum, Marleen Temmerman, and Chris Verhofstede
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3342-3351; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00814-07
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Distinguishing Acute from Chronic and Resolved Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infections by Measurement of Anti-HCV Immunoglobulin G Avidity Index
S. Klimashevskaya, A. Obriadina, T. Ulanova, G. Bochkova, A. Burkov, A. Araujo, Susan L. Stramer, Leslie H. Tobler, Michael P. Busch, and Howard A. Fields
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3400-3403; published ahead of print August 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01012-07
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Potential of a Simplified p24 Assay for Early Diagnosis of Infant Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection in Haiti
Erik George, Carole Anne Beauharnais, Emilio Brignoli, Francine Noel, Gyrlande Bois, Patricia De Matteis Rouzier, Martine Altenor, Daniel Lauture, Marlène Hosty, Sapna Mehta, Peter F. Wright, and Jean W. Pape
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3416-3418; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01314-07
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Electron Microscopy Observation of Human Bocavirus (HBoV) in Nasopharyngeal Samples from HBoV-Infected Children
Natalie Brieu, Bernard Gay, Michel Segondy, and Vincent Foulongne
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3419-3420; published ahead of print July 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00545-07
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Plasma Load Discrepancies between the Roche COBAS AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Version 1.5 and the Roche COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Assays
F. Damond, B. Roquebert, A. Bénard, G. Collin, M. Miceli, P. Yéni, F. Brun-Vezinet, and D. Descamps
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3436-3438; published ahead of print August 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00973-07
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Epidemiology:

Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis for Longitudinal Survey of Sources of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Hoang Vu-Thien, Gaëlle Corbineau, Katia Hormigos, Brigitte Fauroux, Harriet Corvol, Annick Clément, Gilles Vergnaud, and Christine Pourcel
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3175-3183; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00702-07
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Pharyngeal Colonization Dynamics of Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus haemolyticus in Healthy Adult Carriers
Deepa Mukundan, Zafer Ecevit, Mayuri Patel, Carl F. Marrs, and Janet R. Gilsdorf
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3207-3217; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00492-07
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Seroepidemiology of Human Bocavirus in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Rika Endo, Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Hideaki Kikuta, Shinobu Teramoto, Reza Shirkoohi, Xiaoming Ma, Takashi Ebihara, Hiroaki Ishiko, and Tadashi Ariga
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3218-3223; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02140-06
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Capsule Gene Analysis of Invasive Haemophilus influenzae: Accuracy of Serotyping and Prevalence of IS1016 among Nontypeable Isolates
Sarah W. Satola, Julie T. Collins, Ruth Napier, and Monica M. Farley
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3230-3238; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00794-07
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Multiplex, Bead-Based Suspension Array for Molecular Determination of Common Salmonella Serogroups
Collette Fitzgerald, Marcus Collins, Susan van Duyne, Matthew Mikoleit, Teresa Brown, and Patricia Fields
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3323-3334; published ahead of print July 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00025-07
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Typical Enteroaggregative and Atypical Enteropathogenic Types of Escherichia coli Are the Most Prevalent Diarrhea-Associated Pathotypes among Brazilian Children
Joel M. Araujo, Graciela F. Tabarelli, Katia R. S. Aranda, Sandra H. Fabbricotti, Ulysses Fagundes-Neto, Caio M. F. Mendes, and Isabel C. A. Scaletsky
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3396-3399; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00084-07
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Longitudinal Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of Feline Calicivirus Infection in an Animal Shelter: a Model for Investigating Calicivirus Transmission within High-Density, High-Turnover Populations
Karen P. Coyne, David Edwards, Alan D. Radford, Peter Cripps, David Jones, James L. N. Wood, Rosalind M. Gaskell, and Susan Dawson
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3239-3244; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01226-07
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Chronological Study of Antibiotic Resistances and Their Relevant Genes in Korean Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates
Tae-Eun Kim, Yong-Wun Jeong, Sun-Hee Cho, Sun-Joong Kim, and Hyuk-Joon Kwon
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3309-3315; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01922-06
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Evaluation of the Invader Assay with the BACTEC MGIT 960 System for Prompt Isolation and Identification of Mycobacterial Species from Clinical Specimens
Sadahiro Ichimura, Makoto Nagano, Nobuko Ito, Masahiro Shimojima, Toru Egashira, Chikara Miyamoto, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, and Takayuki Ezaki
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3316-3322; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02289-06
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Clinical Evaluation of the Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility Assay for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Resistance to Isoniazid or Rifampin
Fernanda C. Q. Mello, Mayra S. Arias, Senia Rosales, Anna Grazia Marsico, Ada Pavón, Carlos Alvarado-Gálvez, Carlos Leonardo Carvalho Pessôa, Melly Pérez, Monica K. Andrade, Afranio L. Kritski, Leila S. Fonseca, Richard E. Chaisson, Michael E. Kimerling, and Susan E. Dorman
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3387-3389; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00580-07
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Large Sequence Polymorphisms Classify Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains with Ancestral Spoligotyping Patterns
Laura Flores, Tran Van, Sujatha Narayanan, Kathryn DeRiemer, Midori Kato-Maeda, and Sebastien Gagneux
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3393-3395; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00828-07
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Evaluation of the BD ProbeTec ET System for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium bovis in Veterinary Specimens
David C. Bean, Andrea Hills, Terry Ryan, and John Aitken
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3434-3435; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00682-07
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Polymorphisms in gyrA and gyrB Genes among Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Type I, II, and III Isolates
E. Castellanos, A. Aranaz, B. Romero, L. de Juan, J. Alvarez, J. Bezos, S. Rodríguez, K. Stevenson, A. Mateos, and L. Domínguez
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3439-3442; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01411-07
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Case Reports:

Bacteremia Due to Clonally Derived Methicillin-Resistant, Gentamicin-Susceptible Isolates and Methicillin-Susceptible, Gentamicin-Resistant Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
Maria Daskalaki, Joaquin R. Otero, Francisca Sanz, and Fernando Chaves
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3446-3448; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00972-07
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First Isolations of Segniliparus rugosus from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
W. Ray Butler, Catherine A. Sheils, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Nadege Charles, Andrew A. Colin, Mary J. Gant, John Goodill, Diane Hindman, Sean R. Toney, Richard J. Wallace, Jr., and Mitchell A. Yakrus
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3449-3452; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00765-07
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Peritonitis Due to Blastobotrys proliferans in a Patient Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
N. Quirin, M. Desnos-Ollivier, J. F. Cantin, J. C. Valery, Y. Doussy, R. Goursaud, F. Dromer, and J. M. Tivollier
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3453-3455; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00967-07
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Pichia farinosa Bloodstream Infection in a Lymphoma Patient
A. Adler, C. Hidalgo-Grass, T. Boekhout, B. Theelen, E. Sionov, and I. Polacheck
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3456-3458; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00788-07
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Catheter-Related Fungemia Due to Fluconazole-Resistant Candida nivariensis
Shin-ichi Fujita, Yasuko Senda, Tikako Okusi, Yumi Ota, Hideaki Takada, Kazunori Yamada, and Mitsuhiro Kawano
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3459-3461; published ahead of print July 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00727-07
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Severe Gastroenteritis and Hypovolemic Shock Caused by Grimontia (Vibrio) hollisae Infection
Federico Hinestrosa, Robert G. Madeira, and Paul P. Bourbeau
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3462-3463; published ahead of print August 17, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01205-07
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Case of Keratitis Caused by Aspergillus tamarii
László Kredics, János Varga, Sándor Kocsubé, Ilona Dóczi, Robert A. Samson, Revathi Rajaraman, Venkatapathy Narendran, Madhavan Bhaskar, Csaba Vágvölgyi, and Palanisamy Manikandan
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3464-3467; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00920-07
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Corynebacterium kutscheri Infection of Skin and Soft Tissue following Rat Bite
Natasha E. Holmes and Tony M. Korman
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3468-3469; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00607-07
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First Case of Bloodstream Infection Due to Candida magnoliae in a Chinese Oncological Patient
G. Lo Cascio, L. Dalle Carbonare, L. Maccacaro, F. Caliari, M. Ligozzi, V. Lo Cascio, and R. Fontana
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3470-3473; published ahead of print July 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00934-07
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Dolosigranulum pigrum Causing Nosocomial Pneumonia and Septicemia
Hervé Lécuyer, Juliette Audibert, Astrid Bobigny, Catherine Eckert, Caroline Jannière-Nartey, Annie Buu-Hoï, Jean-Luc Mainardi, and Isabelle Podglajen
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3474-3475; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01373-07
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Letters To The Editor:

Report of a Strain of Staphylococcus caprae with the Genes for Enterotoxin A and Enterotoxin-Like Toxin Type P
Dawn Weir, Crosby Jones, Loren Ammerman, Kim Dybdahl, and Suzanne Tomlinson
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3476-3477; published ahead of print August 1, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01068-07
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Thermostable DNase Is Superior to Tube Coagulase for Direct Detection of Staphylococcus aureus in Positive Blood Cultures
Philippe R. S. Lagacé-Wiens, Michelle J. Alfa, Kanchana Manickam, and James A. Karlowsky
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3478-3479; published ahead of print August 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01477-07
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Presence of Region of Difference 1 among Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from India
Smitha Soman, Biljo V. Joseph, Suma Sarojini, R. Ajay Kumar, V. M. Katoch, and Sathish Mundayoor
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3480-3481; published ahead of print August 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01234-07
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Are Oropharyngeal Swabs Suitable as Samples for Legionella-Specific PCR Testing?
Bram M. W. Diederen, Marcel F. Peeters, and David Metzgar
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3482-3483;
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Errata:

Both Human Immunodeficiency Virus Cellular DNA Sequencing and Plasma RNA Sequencing Are Useful for Detection of Drug Resistance Mutations in Blood Samples from Antiretroviral-Drug-Naive Patients
Saverio G. Parisi, Caterina Boldrin, Mario Cruciani, Giangiacomo Nicolini, Isabella Cerbaro, Vinicio Manfrin, Federico Dal Bello, Elisa Franchin, Marzia Franzetti, Maria C. Rossi, Anna M. Cattelan, Laura Romano, Maurizio Zazzi, Massimo Andreoni, and Giorgio Palù
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2007 45: 3484
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