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Bacteriology:

C. Chiquet, A. Pechinot, C. Creuzot-Garcher, Y. Benito, J. Croize, S. Boisset, J. P. Romanet, G. Lina, F. Vandenesch for the French Institutional Endophthalmitis Study Group

Acute Postoperative Endophthalmitis Caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1673-1678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alan Basset, Krzysztof Trzcinski, Christina Hermos, Katherine L. O'Brien, Raymond Reid, Mathuram Santosham, Alexander J. McAdam, Marc Lipsitch, and Richard Malley

Association of the Pneumococcal Pilus with Certain Capsular Serotypes but Not with Increased Virulence
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1684-1689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pholawat Tingpej, Lucas Smith, Barbara Rose, Hua Zhu, Tim Conibear, Khaled Al Nassafi, Jim Manos, Mark Elkins, Peter Bye, Mark Willcox, Scott Bell, Claire Wainwright, and Colin Harbour

Phenotypic Characterization of Clonal and Nonclonal Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Lungs of Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1697-1704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christian Lottspeich, Andrea Schwarzer, Klaus Panthel, Sibylle Koletzko, and Holger Rüssmann

Evaluation of the Novel Helicobacter pylori ClariRes Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection and Clarithromycin Susceptibility Testing of H. pylori in Stool Specimens from Symptomatic Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1718-1722. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yuli Song, Chengxu Liu, and Sydney M. Finegold

Peptoniphilus gorbachii sp. nov., Peptoniphilus olsenii sp. nov., and Anaerococcus murdochii sp. nov. Isolated from Clinical Specimens of Human Origin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1746-1752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Raymond S. W. Tsang, Averil M. Henderson, Marissa L. Cameron, Shaun D. Tyler, Shari Tyson, Dennis K. S. Law, Jan Stoltz, and Wendell D. Zollinger

Genetic and Antigenic Analysis of Invasive Serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis Isolates Collected from 1999 to 2003 in Canada
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1753-1758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David Sue, Chung K. Marston, Alex R. Hoffmaster, and Patricia P. Wilkins

Genetic Diversity in a Bacillus anthracis Historical Collection (1954 to 1988)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1777-1782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vladana Woznicová and Zuzana Valisová

Performance of CAPTIA SelectSyph-G Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay in Syphilis Testing of a High-Risk Population: Analysis of Discordant Results
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1794-1797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Debika Bhattacharya, Heather Carleton, Chiaojung J. Tsai, Ellen Jo Baron, and Françoise Perdreau-Remington

Differences in Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of Skin and Soft Tissue Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates between Two Hospitals in Northern California
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1798-1803. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Barry D. Cookson, D. Ashley Robinson, Alastair B. Monk, Stephen Murchan, Ariane Deplano, Rafaël de Ryck, Marc J. Struelens, Christina Scheel, Vivian Fussing, Saara Salmenlinna, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila, Christina Cuny, Wolfgang Witte, Panayotis T. Tassios, Nikolas J. Legakis, Willem van Leeuwen, Alex van Belkum, Anna Vindel, Javier Garaizar, Sara Haeggman, Barbro Olsson-Liljequist, Ulrika Ransjo, Manica Muller-Premru, Waleria Hryniewicz, Angela Rossney, Brian O'Connell, Benjamin D. Short, Jonathan Thomas, Simon O'Hanlon, and Mark C. Enright

Evaluation of Molecular Typing Methods in Characterizing a European Collection of Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains: the HARMONY Collection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1830-1837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yi-Wei Tang, Abdullah Kilic, Qunying Yang, Sigrid K. McAllister, Haijing Li, Rebecca S. Miller, Melinda McCormac, Karen D. Tracy, Charles W. Stratton, Jian Han, and Brandi Limbago

StaphPlex System for Rapid and Simultaneous Identification of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Detection of Staphylococci from Positive Blood Cultures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1867-1873. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sara Christianson, George R. Golding, Jennifer Campbell, the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, and Michael R. Mulvey

Comparative Genomics of Canadian Epidemic Lineages of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1904-1911. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. R. Brown and J. R. W. Govan

Assessment of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization and PCR-Based Methods for Rapid Identification of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Organisms Directly from Sputum Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1920-1926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maneesh R. Pingle, Kathleen Granger, Philip Feinberg, Rebecca Shatsky, Bram Sterling, Mark Rundell, Eric Spitzer, Davise Larone, Linnie Golightly, and Francis Barany

Multiplexed Identification of Blood-Borne Bacterial Pathogens by Use of a Novel 16S rRNA Gene PCR-Ligase Detection Reaction-Capillary Electrophoresis Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1927-1935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. L. Flanagan, E. L. Brodie, L. Weng, S. V. Lynch, O. Garcia, R. Brown, P. Hugenholtz, T. Z. DeSantis, G. L. Andersen, J. P. Wiener-Kronish, and J. Bristow

Loss of Bacterial Diversity during Antibiotic Treatment of Intubated Patients Colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1954-1962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sandra Ratzow, Valeria Gaia, Jürgen Herbert Helbig, Norman K. Fry, and Paul Christian Lück

Addition of neuA, the Gene Encoding N-Acylneuraminate Cytidylyl Transferase, Increases the Discriminatory Ability of the Consensus Sequence-Based Scheme for Typing Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1965-1968. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Margaret Ip, E. Anthony S. Nelson, Edmund S. C. Cheuk, Rita Y. T. Sung, Albert Li, Helen Ma, and Paul K. S. Chan

Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Nasopharyngeal Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Children Hospitalized for Acute Respiratory Illnesses in Hong Kong
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1969-1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Richard V. Goering, Linda K. McDougal, Greg E. Fosheim, Kristin K. Bonnstetter, Daniel J. Wolter, and Fred C. Tenover

Epidemiologic Distribution of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element among Selected Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1981-1984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Claire Poyart, Asmaa Tazi, Hélène Réglier-Poupet, Annick Billoët, Nicole Tavares, Josette Raymond, and Patrick Trieu-Cuot

Multiplex PCR Assay for Rapid and Accurate Capsular Typing of Group B Streptococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1985-1988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrea T. Cruz, Andreea C. Cazacu, and Coburn H. Allen

Pantoea agglomerans, a Plant Pathogen Causing Human Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1989-1992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jianwei Zhou, Dennis K. S. Law, Michelle L. Sill, and Raymond S. W. Tsang

Nucleotide Sequence Diversity of the bexA Gene in Serotypeable Haemophilus influenzae Strains Recovered from Invasive Disease Patients in Canada
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1996-1999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

H. Pupin, H. Renaudin, O. Join-Lambert, C. Bébéar, F. Mégraud, and P. Lehours

Evaluation of Moxalactam with the BD Phoenix System for Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2005-2008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrice Francois, Manuela Bento, Gesuele Renzi, Stephan Harbarth, Didier Pittet, and Jacques Schrenzel

Evaluation of Three Molecular Assays for Rapid Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2011-2013. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L. J. Harrell, S. K. Sharps, R. A. Bean, and L. B. Reller

Genetic Relatedness of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Paired Blood and Respiratory Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2017-2019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Søren Persson, Katharina E. P. Olsen, Steen Ethelberg, and Flemming Scheutz

Subtyping Method for Escherichia coli Shiga Toxin (Verocytotoxin) 2 Variants and Correlations to Clinical Manifestations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2020-2024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

L. F. dos Santos, E. M. Gonçalves, T. M. I. Vaz, K. Irino, and B. E. C. Guth

Distinct Pathotypes of O113 Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Humans and Animals in Brazil
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2028-2030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Björn A. Espedido, Lee C. Thomas, and Jonathan R. Iredell

Metallo-ß-Lactamase or Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase: a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2034-2036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mark W. Woolley, David L. Gordon, and Bruce L. Wetherall

Analysis of the First Australian Strains of Bartonella quintana Reveals Unique Genotypes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2040-2043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nadège Fanjat, Alexandre Leclercq, Han Joosten, and Denis Robichon

Comparison of the Phenotyping Methods ID 32E and VITEK 2 Compact GN with 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for the Identification of Enterobacter sakazakii
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2048-2050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Soraya S. Andrade, Renata C. Picão, Eloiza H. Campana, Adriana G. Nicoletti, Antônio C. C. Pignatari, and Ana C. Gales

Influence of Disk Preparation on Detection of Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Producing Isolates by the Combined Disk Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2058-2060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Heidi E. Jones, Bruce R. Allan, Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert, Lydia Altini, Sylvia M. Taylor, Alana de Kock, Nicol Coetzee, and Anna-Lise Williamson

Agreement between Self- and Clinician-Collected Specimen Results for Detection and Typing of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Specimens from Women in Gugulethu, South Africa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1679-1683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hamid Jalal, David F. Bibby, Julie Bennett, Rebecca E. Sampson, Nicola S. Brink, Stephen MacKinnon, Richard S. Tedder, and Katherine N. Ward

Molecular Investigations of an Outbreak of Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in a Hematology Unit
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1690-1696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Schutten, D. Peters, N. K. T. Back, M. Beld, K. Beuselinck, V. Foulongne, A.-M. Geretti, L. Pandiani, C. Tiemann, and H. G. M. Niesters

Multicenter Evaluation of the New Abbott RealTime Assays for Quantitative Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Hepatitis C Virus RNA
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1712-1717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Angela M. Caliendo, Jessica Ingersoll, Andrea M. Fox-Canale, Sabine Pargman, Tameka Bythwood, Mary K. Hayden, James W. Bremer, and Nell S. Lurain

Evaluation of Real-Time PCR Laboratory-Developed Tests Using Analyte-Specific Reagents for Cytomegalovirus Quantification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1723-1727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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

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
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1783-1788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Luciano Potena, Cecile T. J. Holweg, Marcy L. Vana, Leena Bashyam, Jaya Rajamani, A. Louise McCormick, John P. Cooke, Hannah A. Valantine, and Edward S. Mocarski

Frequent Occult Infection with Cytomegalovirus in Cardiac Transplant Recipients despite Antiviral Prophylaxis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1804-1810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jorg G. Jacobs, Jan P. M. Langeveld, Anne-Gaëlle Biacabe, Pier-Luigi Acutis, Miroslaw P. Polak, Dolores Gavier-Widen, Anne Buschmann, Maria Caramelli, Cristina Casalone, Maria Mazza, Martin Groschup, Jo H. F. Erkens, Aart Davidse, Fred G. van Zijderveld, and Thierry Baron

Molecular Discrimination of Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Strains from a Geographical Region Spanning a Wide Area in Europe
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1821-1829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laurent Andreoletti, Katharina Skrabal, Virginie Perrin, Nicolas Chomont, Sentob Saragosti, Gerard Gresenguet, Helene Moret, Jerome Jacques, Jean de Dieu Longo, Mathieu Matta, Fabrizio Mammano, and Laurent Belec

Genetic and Phenotypic Features of Blood and Genital Viral Populations of Clinically Asymptomatic and Antiretroviral-Treatment-Naive Clade A Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Women
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1838-1842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mong How Ooi, Tom Solomon, Yuwana Podin, Anand Mohan, Winnie Akin, Mohd Apandi Yusuf, Syvia del Sel, Kamsiah Mohd Kontol, Boon Fu Lai, Daniela Clear, Chae Hee Chieng, Emma Blake, David Perera, See Chang Wong, and Jane Cardosa

Evaluation of Different Clinical Sample Types in Diagnosis of Human Enterovirus 71-Associated Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1858-1866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Shumei Zou, Jian Han, Leying Wen, Yan Liu, Kassi Cronin, Shanjuan H. Lum, Lu Gao, Jie Dong, Ye Zhang, Yuanji Guo, and Yuelong Shu

Human Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Detection by a Novel Multiplex PCR Typing Method
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1889-1892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

José Eduardo Levi, Adriana Fumie Tateno, Adriana Freire Machado, Débora Camillo Ramalho, Vanda Akico Ueda Fick de Souza, Adriana Oliveira Guilarde, Valéria Christina de Rezende Feres, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Marília Dalva Turchi, João Bosco Siqueira, Jr., and Cláudio Sérgio Pannuti

Evaluation of a Commercial Real-Time PCR Kit for Detection of Dengue Virus in Samples Collected during an Outbreak in Goiânia, Central Brazil, in 2005
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1893-1897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. Abiko, K. Mizuta, T. Itagaki, N. Katsushima, S. Ito, Y. Matsuzaki, M. Okamoto, H. Nishimura, Y. Aoki, T. Murata, H. Hoshina, S. Hongo, and K. Ootani

Outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus Detected by Use of the Vero E6 Cell Line in Isolates Collected in Yamagata, Japan, in 2004 and 2005
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1912-1919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kimberly E. Hanson, L. Barth Reller, Joanne Kurtzberg, Mitchell Horwitz, Gwynn Long, and Barbara D. Alexander

Comparison of the Digene Hybrid Capture System Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA (Version 2.0), Roche CMV UL54 Analyte-Specific Reagent, and QIAGEN RealArt CMV LightCycler PCR Reagent Tests Using AcroMetrix OptiQuant CMV DNA Quantification Panels and Specimens from Allogeneic-Stem-Cell Transplant Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1972-1973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrea T. Cruz, Andreea C. Cazacu, Jewel M. Greer, and Gail J. Demmler

Performance of a Rapid Assay (Binax NOW) for Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus at a Children's Hospital over a 3-Year Period
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1993-1995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Annie Boutrouille, Labib Bakkali-Kassimi, Catherine Crucière, and Nicole Pavio

Prevalence of Anti-Hepatitis E Virus Antibodies in French Blood Donors
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2009-2010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yacine Abed, Dana Wolf, Ron Dagan, and Guy Boivin

Development of a Serological Assay Based on a Synthetic Peptide Selected from the VP0 Capsid Protein for Detection of Human Parechoviruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2037-2039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jan Felix Drexler, Luciano Kleber de Souza Luna, Celia Pedroso, Diana Brasil Pedral-Sampaio, Artur T. L. Queiroz, Carlos Brites, Eduardo M. Netto, and Christian Drosten

Rates of and Reasons for Failure of Commercial Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Viral Load Assays in Brazil
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2061-2063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

S. L. Davis, M. B. Perri, S. M. Donabedian, C. Manierski, A. Singh, D. Vager, N. Z. Haque, K. Speirs, R. R. Muder, B. Robinson-Dunn, M. K. Hayden, and M. J. Zervos

Epidemiology and Outcomes of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1705-1711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Xiaoman Weng, Zheng Wang, Jian Liu, Miyako Kimura, William C. Black, IV, Patrick J. Brennan, Huanying Li, and Varalakshmi D. Vissa

Identification and Distribution of Mycobacterium leprae Genotypes in a Region of High Leprosy Prevalence in China: a 3-Year Molecular Epidemiological Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1728-1734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nicoletta Lari, Laura Rindi, Daniela Bonanni, Nalin Rastogi, Christophe Sola, Enrico Tortoli, and Carlo Garzelli

Three-Year Longitudinal Study of Genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Tuscany, Italy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1851-1857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philippe Bidet, Céline Courroux, Christophe Salgueiro, Agnès Carol, Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Stéphane Bonacorsi, and Edouard Bingen

Molecular Epidemiology of the sil Streptococcal Invasive Locus in Group A Streptococci Causing Invasive Infections in French Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2002-2004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Friães, M. Ramirez, J. Melo-Cristino and the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections

Nonoutbreak Surveillance of Group A Streptococci Causing Invasive Disease in Portugal Identified Internationally Disseminated Clones among Members of a Genetically Heterogeneous Population
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2044-2047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Shih-Yen Chen, Yu-Chung Chang, Yun-Shien Lee, Hsun-Chin Chao, Kuo-Chien Tsao, Tzou-Yien Lin, Tzu-Yin Ko, Chi-Neu Tsai, and Cheng-Hsun Chiu

Molecular Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Viral Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients in Northern Taiwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2054-2057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Feliu Renom, Margarita Garau, Mateu Rubí, Ferran Ramis, Antònia Galmés, and Joan B. Soriano

Nosocomial Outbreak of Corynebacterium striatum Infection in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2064-2067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, D. L. Gibbs, V. A. Newell, J. F. Meis, I. M. Gould, W. Fu, A. L. Colombo, E. Rodriguez-Noriega and the Global Antifungal Surveillance Group

Results from the ARTEMIS DISK Global Antifungal Surveillance Study, 1997 to 2005: an 8.5-Year Analysis of Susceptibilities of Candida Species and Other Yeast Species to Fluconazole and Voriconazole Determined by CLSI Standardized Disk Diffusion Testing
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1735-1745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cornelius J. Clancy, Reia A. Jaber, Helen L. Leather, John R. Wingard, Benjamin Staley, L. Joseph Wheat, Christina L. Cline, Kenneth H. Rand, Denise Schain, Maher Baz, and M. Hong Nguyen

Bronchoalveolar Lavage Galactomannan in Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis among Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1759-1765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Espinel-Ingroff, B. Arthington-Skaggs, N. Iqbal, D. Ellis, M. A. Pfaller, S. Messer, M. Rinaldi, A. Fothergill, D. L. Gibbs, and A. Wang

Multicenter Evaluation of a New Disk Agar Diffusion Method for Susceptibility Testing of Filamentous Fungi with Voriconazole, Posaconazole, Itraconazole, Amphotericin B, and Caspofungin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1811-1820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mario Tumbarello, Brunella Posteraro, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Barbara Fiori, Marianna Rossi, Rosaria Porta, Katleen de Gaetano Donati, Marilena La Sorda, Teresa Spanu, Giovanni Fadda, Roberto Cauda, and Maurizio Sanguinetti

Biofilm Production by Candida Species and Inadequate Antifungal Therapy as Predictors of Mortality for Patients with Candidemia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1843-1850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Bovers, M. R. Diaz, F. Hagen, L. Spanjaard, B. Duim, C. E. Visser, H. L. Hoogveld, J. Scharringa, I. M. Hoepelman, J. W. Fell, and T. Boekhout

Identification of Genotypically Diverse Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Isolates by Luminex xMAP Technology
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1874-1883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Curtis D. Collins, Gregory A. Eschenauer, Susan L. Salo, and Duane W. Newton

To Test or Not To Test: a Cost Minimization Analysis of Susceptibility Testing for Patients with Documented Candida glabrata Fungemias
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1884-1888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Susan M. Abdel-Rahman, Barry Preuett, and Andrea Gaedigk

Multilocus Genotyping Identifies Infections by Multiple Strains of Trichophyton tonsurans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1949-1953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daniel J. Diekema, Shawn A. Messer, Richard J. Hollis, Linda B. Boyken, Shailesh Tendolkar, Jennifer Kroeger, and Michael A. Pfaller

Evaluation of Etest and Disk Diffusion Methods Compared with Broth Microdilution Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Clinical Isolates of Candida spp. against Posaconazole
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1974-1977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Reena Patel, Cara Mendrick, Cindy C. Knapp, Roger Grist, and Paul M. McNicholas

Clinical Evaluation of the Sensititre YeastOne Plate for Testing Susceptibility of Filamentous Fungi to Posaconazole
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2000-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Zia U. Khan, Noura A. Al-Sweih, Suhail Ahmad, Nawal Al-Kazemi, Seema Khan, Leena Joseph, and Rachel Chandy

Outbreak of Fungemia among Neonates Caused by Candida haemulonii Resistant to Amphotericin B, Itraconazole, and Fluconazole
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2025-2027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marta Torres-Narbona, Jesús Guinea, José Martínez-Alarcón, Patricia Muñoz, Ignacio Gadea, and and Emilio Bouza as a representative of the MYCOMED Zygomycosis Study Group

Impact of Zygomycosis on Microbiology Workload: a Survey Study in Spain
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2051-2053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Montserrat Garrigó, Lina Marcela Aragón, Fernando Alcaide, Sonia Borrell, Eugenia Cardeñosa, Juan José Galán, Julián Gonzalez-Martín, Nuria Martin-Casabona, Carmen Moreno, Margarita Salvado, and Pere Coll

Multicenter Laboratory Evaluation of the MB/BacT Mycobacterium Detection System and the BACTEC MGIT 960 System in Comparison with the BACTEC 460TB System for Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1766-1770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maxine Caws, Dau Quang Tho, Phan Minh Duy, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan, Dai Viet Hoa, Mili Estee Torok, Tran Thi Hong Chau, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Nguyen Tran Chinh, and Jeremy Farrar

PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism for Rapid, Low-Cost Identification of Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1789-1793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Xueqiong Wu, Junxian Zhang, Jianqin Liang, Yang Lu, Hongmin Li, Chuihuan Li, Jun Yue, Lishui Zhang, and Zhihui Liu

Comparison of Three Methods for Rapid Identification of Mycobacterial Clinical Isolates to the Species Level
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1898-1903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Catharina C. Boehme, Pamela Nabeta, German Henostroza, Rubhana Raqib, Zeaur Rahim, Martina Gerhardt, Erica Sanga, Michael Hoelscher, Tsugunori Notomi, Tetsu Hase, and Mark D. Perkins

Operational Feasibility of Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Microscopy Centers of Developing Countries
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1936-1940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Keith E. Simmon, June I. Pounder, John N. Greene, Frank Walsh, Clint M. Anderson, Samuel Cohen, and Cathy A. Petti

Identification of an Emerging Pathogen, Mycobacterium massiliense, by rpoB Sequencing of Clinical Isolates Collected in the United States
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1978-1980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Kevin J. Bown, Xavier Lambin, Nicholas H. Ogden, Miroslav Petrovec, Susan E. Shaw, Zerai Woldehiwet, and Richard J. Birtles

High-Resolution Genetic Fingerprinting of European Strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by Use of Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1771-1776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Sung Jae Shin, Jun Hee Han, Elizabeth J. B. Manning, and Michael T. Collins

Rapid and Reliable Method for Quantification of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis by Use of the BACTEC MGIT 960 System
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1941-1948. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kevin Keel, Jon S. Brazier, Karen W. Post, Scott Weese, and J. Glenn Songer

Prevalence of PCR Ribotypes among Clostridium difficile Isolates from Pigs, Calves, and Other Species
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 1963-1964. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Pitkälä, L. Salmikivi, P. Bredbacka, A.-L. Myllyniemi, and M. T. Koskinen

Comparison of Tests for Detection of ß-Lactamase-Producing Staphylococci
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2031-2033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

Lihua Xiao, Vitaliano A. Cama, Lilia Cabrera, Ynes Ortega, Julie Pearson, and Robert H. Gilman

Possible Transmission of Cryptosporidium canis among Children and a Dog in a Household
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2014-2016. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Delphine Brunel, Jérôme Jacques, Jacques Motte, and Laurent Andréoletti

Fatal Echovirus 18 Leukoencephalitis in a Child
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2068-2071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ilhan Elmaci, Durmus Senday, Gökalp Silav, Figen Ekenel, Naci Balak, Erdogan Ayan, Murat Akinci, Nejat Isik, and Saadet Yazici

Nocardial Cerebral Abscess Associated with Mycetoma, Pneumonia, and Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2072-2074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Erin A. McDonough, David Metzgar, Christian J. Hansen, Christopher A. Myers, and Kevin L. Russell

A Cluster of Legionella-Associated Pneumonia Cases in a Population of Military Recruits
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2075-2077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mercedes Marín, Patricia Muñoz, Mónica Sánchez, Marina del Rosal, Marta Rodríguez-Créixems, E. Bouza on behalf of Grupo de Apoyo al Manejo de la Endocarditis Infecciosa del Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

Tropheryma whipplei Infective Endocarditis as the Only Manifestation of Whipple's Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2078-2081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Miki Goto, Shigemi Hitomi, and Tomoo Ishii

Bacterial Arthritis Caused by Leptotrichia amnionii
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2082-2083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jung-Yeon Kim, Shin-Hyeong Cho, Hyun-Na Joo, Masayoshi Tsuji, Sung-Ran Cho, Il-Joong Park, Gyung-Tae Chung, Jung-Won Ju, Hyeng-Il Cheun, Hyeong-Woo Lee, Young-Hee Lee, and Tong-Soo Kim

First Case of Human Babesiosis in Korea: Detection and Characterization of a Novel Type of Babesia sp. (KO1) Similar to Ovine Babesia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2084-2087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elisabetta Iona, Federico Giannoni, Lara Brunori, Michele de Gennaro, Romano Mattei, and Lanfranco Fattorini

Isolation of Nocardia asiatica from Cutaneous Ulcers of a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient in Italy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2088-2089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters To The Editor:

Shigeo Yagi, Frederick L. Schuster, and Karen Bloch

Demonstration of Presence of Acanthamoeba Mitochondrial DNA in Brain Tissue and Cerebrospinal Fluid by PCR in Samples from a Patient Who Died of Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2090-2091. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ijad Madisch and Albert Heim

Extent of Circulation of Incorrectly Labeled Adenovirus 50 and 51 Prototype Preparations
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2092. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maiken Cavling Arendrup, David W. Denning, M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, and J. H. Rex

Does One Voriconazole Breakpoint Suit All Candida Species?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2093-2094. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daniel Curcio, Francisco Fernández, Ronald N. Jones, Mary Jane Ferraro, L. Barth Reller, Paul C. Schreckenberger, and Helio S. Sader

Tigecycline Disk Diffusion Breakpoints of Acinetobacter spp.: a Clinical Point of View
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2095-2096. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. D. J. Sturm and David Scholle

Arthritis Caused by Corynebacterium striatum: Spontaneous Infection?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2097. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tung Gia Phan, Shoko Okitsu, Niwat Maneekarn, Hiroshi Ushijima, and Zhao-Jun Duan

Possible Misidentification of GSP[6] Rotavirus as a Novel Strain Detected in Humans for the First Time
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2098-2099. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Meredith Stewart, Moira Desport, Nining Hartaningsih, and Graham Wilcox

TaqMan Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR and JDVp26 Antigen Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay To Quantify Jembrana Disease Virus Load during the Acute Phase of In Vivo Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2100. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sergio G. Bartual, Harald Seifert, Corinna Hippler, M. Angeles Domínguez Luzon, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, and Francisco Rodríguez-Valera

Development of a Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2101. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carrie Dykes, Jiong Wang, Xia Jin, Vicente Planelles, Dong Sung An, Amanda Tallo, Yangxin Huang, Hulin Wu, and Lisa M. Demeter

Evaluation of a Multiple-Cycle, Recombinant Virus, Growth Competition Assay That Uses Flow Cytometry To Measure Replication Efficiency of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Cell Culture
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2102. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Author's Correction:

Scott R. Curry, Jane W. Marsh, Carlene A. Muto, Mary M. O'Leary, A. William Pasculle, and Lee H. Harrison

tcdC Genotypes Associated with Severe TcdC Truncation in an Epidemic Clone and Other Strains of Clostridium difficile
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2103. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Åsa Innings, Måns Ullberg, Anders Johansson, Carl Johan Rubin, Niklas Noreus, Magnus Isaksson, and Björn Herrmann

Multiplex Real-Time PCR Targeting the RNase P RNA Gene for Detection and Identification of Candida Species in Blood
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007 45: 2104. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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