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Bacteriology:

Eoghan O'Neill, Clarissa Pozzi, Patrick Houston, Davida Smyth, Hilary Humphreys, D. Ashley Robinson, and James P. O'Gara

Association between Methicillin Susceptibility and Biofilm Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Device-Related Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1379-1388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kathy A. Mangold, MaryAnn Regner, Mohammed Tajuddin, Aamair M. Tajuddin, Lawrence Jennings, Hongyan Du, and Karen L. Kaul

Neisseria Species Identification Assay for the Confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae-Positive Results of the COBAS Amplicor PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1403-1409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rie Isozumi, Yutaka Ito, Tadashi Ishida, Makoto Osawa, Toyohiro Hirai, Isao Ito, Ko Maniwa, Michio Hayashi, Hitoshi Kagioka, Masataka Hirabayashi, Koichi Onari, Hiromi Tomioka, Keisuke Tomii, Iwao Gohma, Seiichiro Imai, Shunji Takakura, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, Satoshi Ichiyama, Michiaki Mishima and the Kansai Community Acquired Pneumococcal Pneumonia Study Group

Genotypes and Related Factors Reflecting Macrolide Resistance in Pneumococcal Pneumonia Infections in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1440-1446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jan M. Bell, Mohsen Chitsaz, John D. Turnidge, Mary Barton, Luke J. Walters, and Ronald N. Jones

Prevalence and Significance of a Negative Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase (ESBL) Confirmation Test Result after a Positive ESBL Screening Test Result for Isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: Results from the SENTRY Asia-Pacific Surveillance Program
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1478-1482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. J. O'Neill, A. R. Larsen, R. Skov, A. S. Henriksen, and I. Chopra

Characterization of the Epidemic European Fusidic Acid-Resistant Impetigo Clone of Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1505-1510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yasmin Maor, Galia Rahav, Natasha Belausov, Debby Ben-David, Gill Smollan, and Nathan Keller

Prevalence and Characteristics of Heteroresistant Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in a Tertiary Care Center
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1511-1514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Julio Croda, João G. R. Ramos, James Matsunaga, Adriano Queiroz, Akira Homma, Lee W. Riley, David A. Haake, Mitermayer G. Reis, and Albert I. Ko

Leptospira Immunoglobulin-Like Proteins as a Serodiagnostic Marker for Acute Leptospirosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1528-1534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Phuangthip Bhoopong, Prasit Palittapongarnpim, Rattanaruji Pomwised, Arpapak Kiatkittipong, Muhammad Kamruzzaman, Yoshitsugu Nakaguchi, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, Masanori Ishibashi, and Varaporn Vuddhakul

Variability of Properties of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains Isolated from Individual Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1544-1550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dror Marchaim, Shiri Navon-Venezia, David Schwartz, Jalal Tarabeia, Iris Fefer, Mitchell J. Schwaber, and Yehuda Carmeli

Surveillance Cultures and Duration of Carriage of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1551-1555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nathan A. Ledeboer, Kingshuk Das, Michael Eveland, Céline Roger-Dalbert, Sandrine Mailler, Sonia Chatellier, and William Michael Dunne

Evaluation of a Novel Chromogenic Agar Medium for Isolation and Differentiation of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1556-1560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Farah K. Bahrani-Mougeot, Bruce J. Paster, Shirley Coleman, Sara Barbuto, Michael T. Brennan, Jenene Noll, Thomas Kennedy, Philip C. Fox, and Peter B. Lockhart

Molecular Analysis of Oral and Respiratory Bacterial Species Associated with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1588-1593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G. E. Fosheim, R. B. Carey, and B. M. Limbago

Evaluation of the AdvanDx VRE EVIGENE Assay for Detection of vanA in Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1611-1613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mónica V. Cunha, Ana Pinto-de-Oliveira, Luís Meirinhos-Soares, Maria José Salgado, José Melo-Cristino, Susana Correia, Celeste Barreto, and Isabel Sá-Correia

Exceptionally High Representation of Burkholderia cepacia among B. cepacia Complex Isolates Recovered from the Major Portuguese Cystic Fibrosis Center
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1628-1633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yueh-Ren Ho, Chien-Ming Li, Hsin-Pi Su, Jane-Hong Wu, Yu-Ching Tseng, Yuh-Jyh Lin, and Jiunn-Jong Wu

Variation in the Number of Tandem Repeats and Profile of Surface Protein Genes among Invasive Group B Streptococci Correlates with Patient Age
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1634-1636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Helio S. Sader, Mary J. Ferraro, L. Barth Reller, Paul C. Schreckenberger, Jana M. Swenson, and Ronald N. Jones

Reevaluation of Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Disk Diffusion Breakpoints for Tetracyclines for Testing Enterobacteriaceae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1640-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Sanela Svraka, Erwin Duizer, Harry Vennema, Erwin de Bruin, Bas van der Veer, Bram Dorresteijn, and Marion Koopmans

Etiological Role of Viruses in Outbreaks of Acute Gastroenteritis in The Netherlands from 1994 through 2005
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1389-1394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kaoru Wada, Naomi Kubota, Yoshinori Ito, Hiroshi Yagasaki, Koji Kato, Tetsushi Yoshikawa, Yasuyuki Ono, Hisami Ando, Yasuhiro Fujimoto, Tetsuya Kiuchi, Seiji Kojima, Yukihiro Nishiyama, and Hiroshi Kimura

Simultaneous Quantification of Epstein-Barr Virus, Cytomegalovirus, and Human Herpesvirus 6 DNA in Samples from Transplant Recipients by Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1426-1432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mahboobeh Safaeian, Rolando Herrero, Allan Hildesheim, Wim Quint, Enrique Freer, Leen-Jan Van Doorn, Carolina Porras, Sandra Silva, Paula González, M. Concepcion Bratti, Ana Cecilia Rodriguez, Philip Castle for the Costa Rican Vaccine Trial Group

Comparison of the SPF₁₀-LiPA System to the Hybrid Capture 2 Assay for Detection of Carcinogenic Human Papillomavirus Genotypes among 5,683 Young Women in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1447-1454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Zhanhui Wang, Yasuhito Tanaka, Yuehua Huang, Fuat Kurbanov, Jinjun Chen, Guobing Zeng, Bin Zhou, Masashi Mizokami, and Jinlin Hou

Clinical and Virological Characteristics of Hepatitis B Virus Subgenotypes Ba, C1, and C2 in China
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1491-1496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guang-Wu Chen, Shin-Ru Shih, Mei-Ren Hsiao, Shih-Cheng Chang, Shu-Hung Lin, Chien-Fen Sun, and Kuo-Chien Tsao

Multiple Genotypes of Influenza B Viruses Cocirculated in Taiwan in 2004 and 2005
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1515-1522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Norma P. Tavakoli, Ellis H. Tobin, Susan J. Wong, Alan P. Dupuis, II, Bernadette Glasheen, Laura D. Kramer, and Kristen A. Bernard

Identification of Dengue Virus in Respiratory Specimens from a Patient Who Had Recently Traveled from a Region Where Dengue Virus Infection Is Endemic
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1523-1527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joanna S. Ellis, Joanne W. Smith, Sharleen Braham, Matthew Lock, Katrina Barlow, and Maria C. Zambon

Design and Validation of an H5 TaqMan Real-Time One-Step Reverse Transcription-PCR and Confirmatory Assays for Diagnosis and Verification of Influenza A Virus H5 Infections in Humans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1535-1543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sabelle Jallow, Steve Kaye, Martin Schutten, Eleonor Brandin, Jan Albert, Samuel J. McConkey, Tumani Corrah, Hilton Whittle, Guido Vanham, Sarah Rowland-Jones, and Wouter Janssens

Development and Evaluation of an Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay for Detection of Drug Resistance-Associated Mutations in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 pol Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1565-1571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pierre Delobel, Marie-Thérèse Nugeyre, Michelle Cazabat, Christophe Pasquier, Bruno Marchou, Patrice Massip, Françoise Barre-Sinoussi, Nicole Israël, and Jacques Izopet

Population-Based Sequencing of the V3 Region of env for Predicting the Coreceptor Usage of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Quasispecies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1572-1580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bipin Raj Bista, Chandra Ishwad, Robert M. Wadowsky, Pradip Manna, Parmjeet Singh Randhawa, Gaurav Gupta, Meena Adhikari, Rakhi Tyagi, Gina Gasper, and Abhay Vats

Development of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of BK Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1581-1587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Zhao-Jun Duan, Dan-Di Li, Qing Zhang, Na Liu, Can-Ping Huang, Xi Jiang, Baomin Jiang, Roger Glass, Duncan Steele, Jing-Yu Tang, Zhong-Shan Wang, and Zhao-Yin Fang

Novel Human Rotavirus of Genotype G5P[6] Identified in a Stool Specimen from a Chinese Girl with Diarrhea
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1614-1617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Amalia S. Magaret, Anna Wald, Meei-Li Huang, Stacy Selke, and Larry Corey

Optimizing PCR Positivity Criterion for Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus DNA on Skin and Mucosa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1618-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Prasert Auewarakul, Kantima Sangsiriwut, Kridsda Chaichoune, Arunee Thitithanyanont, Witthawat Wiriyarat, Taweesak Songserm, Rasameepen Ponak-nguen, Jarunee Prasertsopon, Phisanu Pooruk, Pathom Sawanpanyalert, Parntep Ratanakorn, and Pilaipan Puthavathana

Surveillance for Reassortant Virus by Multiplex Reverse Transcription-PCR Specific for Eight Genomic Segments of Avian Influenza A H5N1 Viruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1637-1639. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Claude-Edouard C. Michel, Christopher Sonnex, Christopher A. Carne, John A. White, Jose Paolo V. Magbanua, Elpidio Cesar B. Nadala, Jr., and Helen H. Lee

Chlamydia trachomatis Load at Matched Anatomic Sites: Implications for Screening Strategies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1395-1402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Markus Klint, Hans-Henrik Fuxelius, Renée Röstlinger Goldkuhl, Hanna Skarin, Christian Rutemark, Siv G. E. Andersson, Kenneth Persson, and Björn Herrmann

High-Resolution Genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis Strains by Multilocus Sequence Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1410-1414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Hanneke A. de Valk, Jacques F. G. M. Meis, Ben E. de Pauw, Peter J. Donnelly, and Corné H. W. Klaassen

Comparison of Two Highly Discriminatory Molecular Fingerprinting Assays for Analysis of Multiple Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates from Patients with Invasive Aspergillosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1415-1419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrick Schwarz, Olivier Lortholary, Françoise Dromer, and Eric Dannaoui

Carbon Assimilation Profiles as a Tool for Identification of Zygomycetes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1433-1439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Arianna Tavanti, Lambert A. M. Hensgens, Emilia Ghelardi, Mario Campa, and Sonia Senesi

Genotyping of Candida orthopsilosis Clinical Isolates by Amplification Fragment Length Polymorphism Reveals Genetic Diversity among Independent Isolates and Strain Maintenance within Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1455-1462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. M. Bain, A. Tavanti, A. D. Davidson, M. D. Jacobsen, D. Shaw, N. A. R. Gow, and F. C. Odds

Multilocus Sequence Typing of the Pathogenic Fungus Aspergillus fumigatus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1469-1477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lisa G. Winston, Marguerite Roemer, Carol Goodman, and Barbara Haller

False-Positive Culture Results from Patient Tissue Specimens Due to Contamination of RPMI Medium with Cryptococcus albidus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1604-1606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

Armand Paauw, Jan Verhoef, Ad C. Fluit, Hetty E. M. Blok, Titia E. M. Hopmans, Annet Troelstra, and Maurine A. Leverstein-van Hall

Failure To Control an Outbreak of qnrA1-Positive Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae Infection despite Adequate Implementation of Recommended Infection Control Measures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1420-1425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Micael Widerström, Johan Wiström, Sven Ferry, Carina Karlsson, and Tor Monsen

Molecular Epidemiology of Staphylococcus saprophyticus Isolated from Women with Uncomplicated Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1561-1564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Margo E. Chase-Topping, Iain J. McKendrick, Michael C. Pearce, Peter MacDonald, Louise Matthews, Jo Halliday, Lesley Allison, Dave Fenlon, J. Christopher Low, George Gunn, and Mark E. J. Woolhouse

Risk Factors for the Presence of High-Level Shedders of Escherichia coli O157 on Scottish Farms
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1594-1603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hanna Pituch, Willem van Leeuwen, Kees Maquelin, Dorota Wultanska, Piotr Obuch-Woszczatynski, Grazyna Nurzynska, Haru Kato, Martin Reijans, Felicja Meisel-Mikolajczyk, Miroslaw Luczak, and Alex van Belkum

Toxin Profiles and Resistances to Macrolides and Newer Fluoroquinolones as Epidemicity Determinants of Clinical Isolates of Clostridium difficile from Warsaw, Poland
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1607-1610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

Jose G. Montoya, Andrew Berry, Fernando Rosso, and Jack S. Remington

The Differential Agglutination Test as a Diagnostic Aid in Cases of Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1463-1468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Seweryn Bialasiewicz, David M. Whiley, Michael D. Nissen, and Theo P. Sloots

Impact of Competitive Inhibition and Sequence Variation upon the Sensitivity of Malaria PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1621-1623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Calderaro, G. Piccolo, F. Perandin, C. Gorrini, S. Peruzzi, C. Zuelli, L. Ricci, N. Manca, G. Dettori, C. Chezzi, and G. Snounou

Genetic Polymorphisms Influence Plasmodium ovale PCR Detection Accuracy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1624-1627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

M. Hanekom, G. D. van der Spuy, E. Streicher, S. L. Ndabambi, C. R. E. McEvoy, M. Kidd, N. Beyers, T. C. Victor, P. D. van Helden, and R. M. Warren

A Recently Evolved Sublineage of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Strain Family Is Associated with an Increased Ability to Spread and Cause Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1483-1490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bodil E. Jönsson, Marita Gilljam, Anders Lindblad, Malin Ridell, Agnes E. Wold, and Christina Welinder-Olsson

Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus, with Focus on Cystic Fibrosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1497-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Deepali Kumar, Lynne Sigler, Connie Fe C. Gibas, Subhash Mohan, Andre Schuh, Bruno C. Medeiros, Kenneth Peckham, and Atul Humar

Graphium basitruncatum Fungemia in a Patient with Acute Leukemia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1644-1647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T. D. Ferguson, S. D. Schniederjan, J. Dionne-Odom, M. E. Brandt, M. G. Rinaldi, F. S. Nolte, A. Langston, and S. M. Zimmer

Posaconazole Treatment for Apophysomyces elegans Rhino-Orbital Zygomycosis following Trauma for a Male with Well-Controlled Diabetes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1648-1651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sameer Elsayed and Kunyan Zhang

Clostridium glycolicum Bacteremia in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1652-1654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eileen M. Burd, Lydia A. Juzych, James T. Rudrik, and Fadi Habib

Pustular Dermatitis Caused by Dermatophilus congolensis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1655-1658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bum Sik Chin, Sun Hee Lee, Gab Jung Kim, Mee Kyung Kee, Soon Deok Suh, and Sung Soon Kim

Early Identification of Seronegative Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection with Severe Presentation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1659-1662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Corrado Serra, Giovanni Loi, Barbara Saddi, Marisa Pautasso, and Aldo Manzin

Unusual Clinical Presentation of Mycobacterium fortuitum Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1663-1665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lei M. N. Ang and Hamish Brown

Corynebacterium accolens Isolated from Breast Abscess: Possible Association with Granulomatous Mastitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1666-1668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letter To The Editor:

Elizabeth A. Sheridan, Andrew R. Ramsay, Jennifer M. Short, Kasia Stepniewska, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, and Andrew J. H. Simpson

Evaluation of the Wayson Stain for the Rapid Diagnosis of Melioidosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1669-1670. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Pauline D. Scanlan, Fergus Shanahan, Caitlin O'Mahony, and Julian R. Marchesi

Culture-Independent Analyses of Temporal Variation of the Dominant Fecal Microbiota and Targeted Bacterial Subgroups in Crohn's Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1671. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Author's Correction:

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

Pelvic Abscess Due to Ochrobactrum anthropi in an Immunocompetent Host: Case Report and Review of the Literature
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1672. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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