JCM -- Table of Contents (June 1 2007, 45 [6])

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Contents: June 2007, Volume 45, Issue 6

       Bacteriology

       Virology

       Epidemiology

       Mycology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Parasitology

       Case Reports

       Letters To The Editor

       Errata

       Author's Correction

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Bacteriology:

Acute Postoperative Endophthalmitis Caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1673-1678; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02499-06
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Association of the Pneumococcal Pilus with Certain Capsular Serotypes but Not with Increased Virulence
Alan Basset, Krzysztof Trzcinski, Christina Hermos, Katherine L. O'Brien, Raymond Reid, Mathuram Santosham, Alexander J. McAdam, Marc Lipsitch, and Richard Malley
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1684-1689; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00265-07
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Phenotypic Characterization of Clonal and Nonclonal Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Lungs of Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1697-1704; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02364-06
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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
Christian Lottspeich, Andrea Schwarzer, Klaus Panthel, Sibylle Koletzko, and Holger Rüssmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1718-1722; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00103-07
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Peptoniphilus gorbachii sp. nov., Peptoniphilus olsenii sp. nov., and Anaerococcus murdochii sp. nov. Isolated from Clinical Specimens of Human Origin
Yuli Song, Chengxu Liu, and Sydney M. Finegold
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1746-1752; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00213-07
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Genetic and Antigenic Analysis of Invasive Serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis Isolates Collected from 1999 to 2003 in Canada
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1753-1758; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02134-06
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Genetic Diversity in a Bacillus anthracis Historical Collection (1954 to 1988)
David Sue, Chung K. Marston, Alex R. Hoffmaster, and Patricia P. Wilkins
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1777-1782; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02488-06
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Performance of CAPTIA SelectSyph-G Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay in Syphilis Testing of a High-Risk Population: Analysis of Discordant Results
Vladana Woznicová and Zuzana Valisová
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1794-1797; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02259-06
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Differences in Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of Skin and Soft Tissue Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates between Two Hospitals in Northern California
Debika Bhattacharya, Heather Carleton, Chiaojung J. Tsai, Ellen Jo Baron, and Françoise Perdreau-Remington
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1798-1803; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01747-06
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Evaluation of Molecular Typing Methods in Characterizing a European Collection of Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains: the HARMONY Collection
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1830-1837; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02402-06
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StaphPlex System for Rapid and Simultaneous Identification of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Detection of Staphylococci from Positive Blood Cultures
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1867-1873; published ahead of print April 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02100-06
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Comparative Genomics of Canadian Epidemic Lineages of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Sara Christianson, George R. Golding, Jennifer Campbell, the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, and Michael R. Mulvey
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1904-1911; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02500-06
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Assessment of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization and PCR-Based Methods for Rapid Identification of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Organisms Directly from Sputum Samples
A. R. Brown and J. R. W. Govan
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1920-1926; published ahead of print April 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00147-07
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Multiplexed Identification of Blood-Borne Bacterial Pathogens by Use of a Novel 16S rRNA Gene PCR-Ligase Detection Reaction-Capillary Electrophoresis Assay
Maneesh R. Pingle, Kathleen Granger, Philip Feinberg, Rebecca Shatsky, Bram Sterling, Mark Rundell, Eric Spitzer, Davise Larone, Linnie Golightly, and Francis Barany
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1927-1935; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00226-07
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Loss of Bacterial Diversity during Antibiotic Treatment of Intubated Patients Colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1954-1962; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02187-06
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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
Sandra Ratzow, Valeria Gaia, Jürgen Herbert Helbig, Norman K. Fry, and Paul Christian Lück
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1965-1968; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00261-07
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Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Nasopharyngeal Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Children Hospitalized for Acute Respiratory Illnesses in Hong Kong
Margaret Ip, E. Anthony S. Nelson, Edmund S. C. Cheuk, Rita Y. T. Sung, Albert Li, Helen Ma, and Paul K. S. Chan
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1969-1971; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00620-07
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Epidemiologic Distribution of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element among Selected Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
Richard V. Goering, Linda K. McDougal, Greg E. Fosheim, Kristin K. Bonnstetter, Daniel J. Wolter, and Fred C. Tenover
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1981-1984; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00273-07
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Multiplex PCR Assay for Rapid and Accurate Capsular Typing of Group B Streptococci
Claire Poyart, Asmaa Tazi, Hélène Réglier-Poupet, Annick Billoët, Nicole Tavares, Josette Raymond, and Patrick Trieu-Cuot
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1985-1988; published ahead of print March 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00159-07
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Pantoea agglomerans, a Plant Pathogen Causing Human Disease
Andrea T. Cruz, Andreea C. Cazacu, and Coburn H. Allen
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1989-1992; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00632-07
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Nucleotide Sequence Diversity of the bexA Gene in Serotypeable Haemophilus influenzae Strains Recovered from Invasive Disease Patients in Canada
Jianwei Zhou, Dennis K. S. Law, Michelle L. Sill, and Raymond S. W. Tsang
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1996-1999; published ahead of print April 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00612-07
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Evaluation of Moxalactam with the BD Phoenix System for Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci
H. Pupin, H. Renaudin, O. Join-Lambert, C. Bébéar, F. Mégraud, and P. Lehours
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2005-2008; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00578-07
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Evaluation of Three Molecular Assays for Rapid Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Patrice Francois, Manuela Bento, Gesuele Renzi, Stephan Harbarth, Didier Pittet, and Jacques Schrenzel
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2011-2013; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00232-07
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Genetic Relatedness of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Paired Blood and Respiratory Specimens
L. J. Harrell, S. K. Sharps, R. A. Bean, and L. B. Reller
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2017-2019; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02566-06
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Subtyping Method for Escherichia coli Shiga Toxin (Verocytotoxin) 2 Variants and Correlations to Clinical Manifestations
Søren Persson, Katharina E. P. Olsen, Steen Ethelberg, and Flemming Scheutz
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2020-2024; published ahead of print April 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02591-06
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Distinct Pathotypes of O113 Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Humans and Animals in Brazil
L. F. dos Santos, E. M. Gonçalves, T. M. I. Vaz, K. Irino, and B. E. C. Guth
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2028-2030; published ahead of print April 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00340-07
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Metallo-ß-Lactamase or Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase: a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Björn A. Espedido, Lee C. Thomas, and Jonathan R. Iredell
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2034-2036; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02538-06
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Analysis of the First Australian Strains of Bartonella quintana Reveals Unique Genotypes
Mark W. Woolley, David L. Gordon, and Bruce L. Wetherall
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2040-2043; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00175-07
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Comparison of the Phenotyping Methods ID 32E and VITEK 2 Compact GN with 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for the Identification of Enterobacter sakazakii
Nadège Fanjat, Alexandre Leclercq, Han Joosten, and Denis Robichon
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2048-2050; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00961-06
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Influence of Disk Preparation on Detection of Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Producing Isolates by the Combined Disk Assay
Soraya S. Andrade, Renata C. Picão, Eloiza H. Campana, Adriana G. Nicoletti, Antônio C. C. Pignatari, and Ana C. Gales
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2058-2060; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02467-06
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Virology:

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
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1679-1683; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02369-06
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Molecular Investigations of an Outbreak of Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in a Hematology Unit
Hamid Jalal, David F. Bibby, Julie Bennett, Rebecca E. Sampson, Nicola S. Brink, Stephen MacKinnon, Richard S. Tedder, and Katherine N. Ward
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1690-1696; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01912-06
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Multicenter Evaluation of the New Abbott RealTime Assays for Quantitative Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Hepatitis C Virus RNA
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1712-1717; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02385-06
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Evaluation of Real-Time PCR Laboratory-Developed Tests Using Analyte-Specific Reagents for Cytomegalovirus Quantification
Angela M. Caliendo, Jessica Ingersoll, Andrea M. Fox-Canale, Sabine Pargman, Tameka Bythwood, Mary K. Hayden, James W. Bremer, and Nell S. Lurain
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1723-1727; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02558-06
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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. June 2007 45: 1783-1788; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00056-07
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Frequent Occult Infection with Cytomegalovirus in Cardiac Transplant Recipients despite Antiviral Prophylaxis
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1804-1810; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01362-06
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Molecular Discrimination of Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Strains from a Geographical Region Spanning a Wide Area in Europe
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1821-1829; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00160-07
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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
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1838-1842; published ahead of print April 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00113-07
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Evaluation of Different Clinical Sample Types in Diagnosis of Human Enterovirus 71-Associated Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1858-1866; published ahead of print April 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01394-06
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Human Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Detection by a Novel Multiplex PCR Typing Method
Shumei Zou, Jian Han, Leying Wen, Yan Liu, Kassi Cronin, Shanjuan H. Lum, Lu Gao, Jie Dong, Ye Zhang, Yuanji Guo, and Yuelong Shu
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1889-1892; published ahead of print March 14, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02392-06
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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
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1893-1897; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00065-07
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Outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus Detected by Use of the Vero E6 Cell Line in Isolates Collected in Yamagata, Japan, in 2004 and 2005
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1912-1919; published ahead of print April 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01251-06
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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
Kimberly E. Hanson, L. Barth Reller, Joanne Kurtzberg, Mitchell Horwitz, Gwynn Long, and Barbara D. Alexander
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1972-1973; published ahead of print February 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02515-06
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Performance of a Rapid Assay (Binax NOW) for Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus at a Children's Hospital over a 3-Year Period
Andrea T. Cruz, Andreea C. Cazacu, Jewel M. Greer, and Gail J. Demmler
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1993-1995; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00279-07
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Prevalence of Anti-Hepatitis E Virus Antibodies in French Blood Donors
Annie Boutrouille, Labib Bakkali-Kassimi, Catherine Crucière, and Nicole Pavio
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2009-2010; published ahead of print April 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00235-07
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Development of a Serological Assay Based on a Synthetic Peptide Selected from the VP0 Capsid Protein for Detection of Human Parechoviruses
Yacine Abed, Dana Wolf, Ron Dagan, and Guy Boivin
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2037-2039; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02432-06
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Rates of and Reasons for Failure of Commercial Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Viral Load Assays in Brazil
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2061-2063; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00136-07
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Epidemiology:

Epidemiology and Outcomes of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1705-1711; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02311-06
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Identification and Distribution of Mycobacterium leprae Genotypes in a Region of High Leprosy Prevalence in China: a 3-Year Molecular Epidemiological Study
Xiaoman Weng, Zheng Wang, Jian Liu, Miyako Kimura, William C. Black, IV, Patrick J. Brennan, Huanying Li, and Varalakshmi D. Vissa
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1728-1734; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00018-07
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Three-Year Longitudinal Study of Genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Tuscany, Italy
Nicoletta Lari, Laura Rindi, Daniela Bonanni, Nalin Rastogi, Christophe Sola, Enrico Tortoli, and Carlo Garzelli
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1851-1857; published ahead of print April 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00170-07
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Molecular Epidemiology of the sil Streptococcal Invasive Locus in Group A Streptococci Causing Invasive Infections in French Children
Philippe Bidet, Céline Courroux, Christophe Salgueiro, Agnès Carol, Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Stéphane Bonacorsi, and Edouard Bingen
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2002-2004; published ahead of print March 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00104-07
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Nonoutbreak Surveillance of Group A Streptococci Causing Invasive Disease in Portugal Identified Internationally Disseminated Clones among Members of a Genetically Heterogeneous Population
A. Friães, M. Ramirez, J. Melo-Cristino and the Portuguese Group for the Study of Streptococcal Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2044-2047; published ahead of print April 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00496-07
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Molecular Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Viral Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients in Northern Taiwan
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2054-2057; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01519-06
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Nosocomial Outbreak of Corynebacterium striatum Infection in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Feliu Renom, Margarita Garau, Mateu Rubí, Ferran Ramis, Antònia Galmés, and Joan B. Soriano
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2064-2067; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00152-07
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Mycology:

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
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1735-1745; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00409-07
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Galactomannan in Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis among Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1759-1765; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00077-07
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Multicenter Evaluation of a New Disk Agar Diffusion Method for Susceptibility Testing of Filamentous Fungi with Voriconazole, Posaconazole, Itraconazole, Amphotericin B, and Caspofungin
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1811-1820; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00134-07
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Biofilm Production by Candida Species and Inadequate Antifungal Therapy as Predictors of Mortality for Patients with Candidemia
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1843-1850; published ahead of print April 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00131-07
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Identification of Genotypically Diverse Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Isolates by Luminex xMAP Technology
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1874-1883; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00223-07
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To Test or Not To Test: a Cost Minimization Analysis of Susceptibility Testing for Patients with Documented Candida glabrata Fungemias
Curtis D. Collins, Gregory A. Eschenauer, Susan L. Salo, and Duane W. Newton
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1884-1888; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00192-07
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Multilocus Genotyping Identifies Infections by Multiple Strains of Trichophyton tonsurans
Susan M. Abdel-Rahman, Barry Preuett, and Andrea Gaedigk
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1949-1953; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02610-06
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Evaluation of Etest and Disk Diffusion Methods Compared with Broth Microdilution Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Clinical Isolates of Candida spp. against Posaconazole
Daniel J. Diekema, Shawn A. Messer, Richard J. Hollis, Linda B. Boyken, Shailesh Tendolkar, Jennifer Kroeger, and Michael A. Pfaller
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1974-1977; published ahead of print February 14, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02087-06
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Clinical Evaluation of the Sensititre YeastOne Plate for Testing Susceptibility of Filamentous Fungi to Posaconazole
Reena Patel, Cara Mendrick, Cindy C. Knapp, Roger Grist, and Paul M. McNicholas
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2000-2001; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00287-07
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Outbreak of Fungemia among Neonates Caused by Candida haemulonii Resistant to Amphotericin B, Itraconazole, and Fluconazole
Zia U. Khan, Noura A. Al-Sweih, Suhail Ahmad, Nawal Al-Kazemi, Seema Khan, Leena Joseph, and Rachel Chandy
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2025-2027; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00222-07
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Impact of Zygomycosis on Microbiology Workload: a Survey Study in Spain
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2051-2053; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02473-06
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

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
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1766-1770; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02162-06
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PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism for Rapid, Low-Cost Identification of Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1789-1793; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01960-06
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Comparison of Three Methods for Rapid Identification of Mycobacterial Clinical Isolates to the Species Level
Xueqiong Wu, Junxian Zhang, Jianqin Liang, Yang Lu, Hongmin Li, Chuihuan Li, Jun Yue, Lishui Zhang, and Zhihui Liu
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1898-1903; published ahead of print March 14, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02253-06
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Operational Feasibility of Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Microscopy Centers of Developing Countries
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1936-1940; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02352-06
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Identification of an Emerging Pathogen, Mycobacterium massiliense, by rpoB Sequencing of Clinical Isolates Collected in the United States
Keith E. Simmon, June I. Pounder, John N. Greene, Frank Walsh, Clint M. Anderson, Samuel Cohen, and Cathy A. Petti
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1978-1980; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00563-07
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

High-Resolution Genetic Fingerprinting of European Strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by Use of Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis
Kevin J. Bown, Xavier Lambin, Nicholas H. Ogden, Miroslav Petrovec, Susan E. Shaw, Zerai Woldehiwet, and Richard J. Birtles
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1771-1776; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00365-07
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Rapid and Reliable Method for Quantification of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis by Use of the BACTEC MGIT 960 System
Sung Jae Shin, Jun Hee Han, Elizabeth J. B. Manning, and Michael T. Collins
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1941-1948; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02616-06
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Prevalence of PCR Ribotypes among Clostridium difficile Isolates from Pigs, Calves, and Other Species
Kevin Keel, Jon S. Brazier, Karen W. Post, Scott Weese, and J. Glenn Songer
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 1963-1964; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00224-07
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Comparison of Tests for Detection of ß-Lactamase-Producing Staphylococci
A. Pitkälä, L. Salmikivi, P. Bredbacka, A.-L. Myllyniemi, and M. T. Koskinen
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2031-2033; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00621-07
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Parasitology:

Possible Transmission of Cryptosporidium canis among Children and a Dog in a Household
Lihua Xiao, Vitaliano A. Cama, Lilia Cabrera, Ynes Ortega, Julie Pearson, and Robert H. Gilman
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2014-2016; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00503-07
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Case Reports:

Fatal Echovirus 18 Leukoencephalitis in a Child
Delphine Brunel, Jérôme Jacques, Jacques Motte, and Laurent Andréoletti
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2068-2071; published ahead of print April 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00320-07
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Nocardial Cerebral Abscess Associated with Mycetoma, Pneumonia, and Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
Ilhan Elmaci, Durmus Senday, Gökalp Silav, Figen Ekenel, Naci Balak, Erdogan Ayan, Murat Akinci, Nejat Isik, and Saadet Yazici
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2072-2074; published ahead of print April 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01358-06
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A Cluster of Legionella-Associated Pneumonia Cases in a Population of Military Recruits
Erin A. McDonough, David Metzgar, Christian J. Hansen, Christopher A. Myers, and Kevin L. Russell
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2075-2077; published ahead of print April 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02359-06
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Tropheryma whipplei Infective Endocarditis as the Only Manifestation of Whipple's Disease
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2078-2081; published ahead of print April 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00096-07
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Bacterial Arthritis Caused by Leptotrichia amnionii
Miki Goto, Shigemi Hitomi, and Tomoo Ishii
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2082-2083; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02441-06
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First Case of Human Babesiosis in Korea: Detection and Characterization of a Novel Type of Babesia sp. (KO1) Similar to Ovine Babesia
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
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2084-2087; published ahead of print March 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.01334-06
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Isolation of Nocardia asiatica from Cutaneous Ulcers of a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient in Italy
Elisabetta Iona, Federico Giannoni, Lara Brunori, Michele de Gennaro, Romano Mattei, and Lanfranco Fattorini
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2088-2089; published ahead of print April 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.00263-07
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Letters To The Editor:

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
Shigeo Yagi, Frederick L. Schuster, and Karen Bloch
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2090-2091; published ahead of print April 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/JCM.02435-06
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Extent of Circulation of Incorrectly Labeled Adenovirus 50 and 51 Prototype Preparations
Ijad Madisch and Albert Heim
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2092
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Does One Voriconazole Breakpoint Suit All Candida Species?
Maiken Cavling Arendrup, David W. Denning, M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, and J. H. Rex
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2093-2094;
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Tigecycline Disk Diffusion Breakpoints of Acinetobacter spp.: a Clinical Point of View
Daniel Curcio, Francisco Fernández, Ronald N. Jones, Mary Jane Ferraro, L. Barth Reller, Paul C. Schreckenberger, and Helio S. Sader
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2095-2096;
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Arthritis Caused by Corynebacterium striatum: Spontaneous Infection?
P. D. J. Sturm and David Scholle
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2097
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Possible Misidentification of GSP[6] Rotavirus as a Novel Strain Detected in Humans for the First Time
Tung Gia Phan, Shoko Okitsu, Niwat Maneekarn, Hiroshi Ushijima, and Zhao-Jun Duan
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2098-2099;
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Errata:

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
Meredith Stewart, Moira Desport, Nining Hartaningsih, and Graham Wilcox
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2100
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Development of a Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii
Sergio G. Bartual, Harald Seifert, Corinna Hippler, M. Angeles Domínguez Luzon, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, and Francisco Rodríguez-Valera
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2101
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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
Carrie Dykes, Jiong Wang, Xia Jin, Vicente Planelles, Dong Sung An, Amanda Tallo, Yangxin Huang, Hulin Wu, and Lisa M. Demeter
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2102
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Author's Correction:

tcdC Genotypes Associated with Severe TcdC Truncation in an Epidemic Clone and Other Strains of Clostridium difficile
Scott R. Curry, Jane W. Marsh, Carlene A. Muto, Mary M. O'Leary, A. William Pasculle, and Lee H. Harrison
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2103
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Multiplex Real-Time PCR Targeting the RNase P RNA Gene for Detection and Identification of Candida Species in Blood
Åsa Innings, Måns Ullberg, Anders Johansson, Carl Johan Rubin, Niklas Noreus, Magnus Isaksson, and Björn Herrmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. June 2007 45: 2104
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