JCM -- Table of Contents (October 1 2008, 46 [10])

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Contents: October 2008, Volume 46, Issue 10

       Epidemiology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Virology

       Bacteriology

       Parasitology

       Mycology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Case Reports

       Letters To The Editor

       Errata

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Epidemiology:

High Rates of Escherichia coli Transmission between Livestock and Humans in Rural Uganda
Innocent B. Rwego, Thomas R. Gillespie, Gilbert Isabirye-Basuta, and Tony L. Goldberg
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3187-3191; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00285-08
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Molecular Epidemiology of Human Enterovirus 71 in the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2006
Jon M. Bible, Miren Iturriza-Gomara, Brian Megson, David Brown, Panagiotis Pantelidis, Pam Earl, Justin Bendig, and C. Y. William Tong
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3192-3200; published ahead of print July 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00628-08
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Neisseria meningitidis Intermediately Resistant to Penicillin and Causing Invasive Disease in South Africa in 2001 to 2005
Mignon du Plessis, Anne von Gottberg, Cheryl Cohen, Linda de Gouveia, Keith P. Klugman for the Group for Enteric Respiratory and Meningeal Disease Surveillance in South Africa (GERMS-SA)
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3208-3214; published ahead of print July 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00221-08
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Predominance of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Pathogens Causing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in a Large Urban Jail: Risk Factors and Recurrence Rates
Michael Z. David, Connie Mennella, Mohamed Mansour, Susan Boyle-Vavra, and Robert S. Daum
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3222-3227; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01423-08
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Multilocus Sequence Typing of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Humans, Chickens, Raw Milk, and Environmental Water in Quebec, Canada
Simon Lévesque, Eric Frost, Robert D. Arbeit, and Sophie Michaud
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3404-3411; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00042-08
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Genetic Lineages of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Kuwait Hospitals
E. E. Udo, F. G. O'Brien, N. Al-Sweih, Bobby Noronha, B. Matthew, and W. B. Grubb
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3514-3516; published ahead of print July 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00966-08
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Dynamics and Determinants of Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in Infancy: the Generation R Study
Ankie Lebon, Joost A. M. Labout, Henri A. Verbrugh, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Albert Hofman, Willem van Wamel, Henriette A. Moll, and Alex van Belkum
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3517-3521; published ahead of print July 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00641-08
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Differentiation of Highly Virulent Strains of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 According to Glutamate Dehydrogenase Electrophoretic and Sequence Type
Russell Kutz and Ogi Okwumabua
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3201-3207; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02309-07
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Helcococcus ovis, an Emerging Pathogen in Bovine Valvular Endocarditis
Peter Kutzer, Christoph Schulze, Andreas Engelhardt, Lothar H. Wieler, and Marcel Nordhoff
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3291-3295; published ahead of print August 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00867-08
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Virology:

Comparison of GP5+/6+-PCR and SPF₁₀-Line Blot Assays for Detection of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Samples from Women with Normal Cytology Results Who Develop Grade 3 Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
A. T. Hesselink, M. A. P. C. van Ham, D. A. M. Heideman, Z. M. A. Groothuismink, L. Rozendaal, J. Berkhof, F. J. van Kemenade, L. A. F. G. Massuger, W. J. G. Melchers, C. J. L. M. Meijer, and P. J. F. Snijders
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3215-3221; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00476-08
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Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis Due to the Novel Hexon-Chimeric-Intermediate 22,37/H8 Human Adenovirus
Koki Aoki, Hiroaki Ishiko, Tsunetada Konno, Yasushi Shimada, Akio Hayashi, Hisatoshi Kaneko, Takeshi Ohguchi, Yoshitsugu Tagawa, Shigeaki Ohno, and Shudo Yamazaki
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3259-3269; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02354-07
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Detection and Serotyping of Dengue Virus in Serum Samples by Multiplex Reverse Transcriptase PCR-Ligase Detection Reaction Assay
S. Das, M. R. Pingle, J. Muñoz-Jordán, M. S. Rundell, S. Rondini, K. Granger, G.-J. J. Chang, E. Kelly, E. G. Spier, D. Larone, E. Spitzer, F. Barany, and L. M. Golightly
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3276-3284; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00163-08
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Biological and Phylogenetic Characterization of Pigeon Paramyxovirus Serotype 1 Circulating in Wild North American Pigeons and Doves
L. Mia Kim, Daniel J. King, Hilda Guzman, Robert B. Tesh, Amelia P. A. Travassos da Rosa, Rudy Bueno, Jr., James A. Dennett, and Claudio L. Afonso
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3303-3310; published ahead of print August 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00644-08
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Quantification of DNA in Plasma by an Automated Real-Time PCR Assay (Cytomegalovirus PCR Kit) for Surveillance of Active Cytomegalovirus Infection and Guidance of Preemptive Therapy for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Concepción Gimeno, Carlos Solano, José C. Latorre, Juan C. Hernández-Boluda, María A. Clari, María J. Remigia, Santiago Furió, Marisa Calabuig, Nuria Tormo, and David Navarro
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3311-3318; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00797-08
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Evaluation of a New Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Rapid Test with Improved Sensitivity
Yu-Huei Lin, Yi Wang, André Loua, Gwo-Jen Day, Yan Qiu, Elpidio Cesar B. Nadala, Jr., Jean-Pierre Allain, and Helen H. Lee
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3319-3324; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00498-08
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Determination of Human Rotavirus VP6 Genogroups I and II by Reverse Transcription-PCR
Yi-Pei Lin, Chuan-Liang Kao, Sui-Yuan Chang, Koki Taniguchi, Pei-Yung Hung, Hsueh-Ching Lin, Li-Min Huang, Hsueh-Hung Huang, Jyh-Yuan Yang, and Chun-Nan Lee
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3330-3337; published ahead of print July 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00432-08
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Molecular Characterization of Equine Rotavirus in Ireland
P. J. Collins, A. Cullinane, V. Martella, and H. O'Shea
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3346-3354; published ahead of print August 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00995-08
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Single Base Substitutions in the Capsid Region of the Norovirus Genome during Viral Shedding in Cases of Infection in Areas Where Norovirus Infection Is Endemic
Mayumi Obara, Sumiyo Hasegawa, Masae Iwai, Eiji Horimoto, Kazuya Nakamura, Takeshi Kurata, Naohito Saito, Hiroshi Oe, and Takenori Takizawa
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3397-3403; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01932-07
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Comparison of Two PCR-Based Human Papillomavirus Genotyping Methods
Philip E. Castle, Carolina Porras, Wim G. Quint, Ana Cecilia Rodriguez, Mark Schiffman, Patti E. Gravitt, Paula González, Hormuzd A. Katki, Sandra Silva, Enrique Freer, Leen-Jan Van Doorn, Silvia Jiménez, Rolando Herrero, Allan Hildesheim, and for the CVT Group
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3437-3445; published ahead of print August 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00620-08
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Epidemiology and Clinical Associations of Human Parechovirus Respiratory Infections
H. Harvala, I. Robertson, E. C. McWilliam Leitch, K. Benschop, K. C. Wolthers, K. Templeton, and P. Simmonds
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3446-3453; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01207-08
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Comparison of Two Rapid Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Assays, Determine HIV-1/2 and OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2, for Detection of Recent HIV Seroconversion
Rachana Kshatriya, Ada A. Cachafeiro, Ryan J. S. Kerr, Julie A. E. Nelson, and Susan A. Fiscus
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3482-3483; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00665-08
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Detection of a Porcine-Like Rotavirus in a Child with Enteritis in Italy
Vito Martella, Domenico Colombrita, Eleonora Lorusso, Emanuele Draghin, Simona Fiorentini, Simona De Grazia, Kristián Bányai, Max Ciarlet, Arnaldo Caruso, and Canio Buonavoglia
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3501-3507; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00983-08
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Prevalence of Human KI and WU Polyomaviruses in Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in China
Xin-hui Yuan, Yu Jin, Zhi-ping Xie, Han-chun Gao, Zi-qian Xu, Li-shu Zheng, Rong-fang Zhang, Jing-rong Song, Yun-de Hou, and Zhao-jun Duan
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3522-3525; published ahead of print July 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01301-08
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Molecular Analysis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Strains Circulating in Tanzania Demonstrating the Presence of Genotype M1
Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Stephan Ölschläger, Stephan Günther, Gerold Jaeger, Karoline Bleymehl, Susanne G. Schäd, Gerald Heckel, Rainer G. Ulrich, and Hans Wilhelm Doerr
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3530-3533; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01057-08
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Bacteriology:

Identification and Evaluation of New Target Sequences for Specific Detection of Bordetella pertussis by Real-Time PCR
William S. Probert, Janet Ely, Kimmi Schrader, Jessica Atwell, Angela Nossoff, and Stanley Kwan
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3228-3231; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00386-08
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Two Different Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Phage Lineages Predominate in Japan
Xiao Xue Ma, Teruyo Ito, Yoko Kondo, Moe Cho, Yukio Yoshizawa, Jun Kaneko, Atsuo Katai, Masato Higashiide, Shanshuang Li, and Keiichi Hiramatsu
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3246-3258; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00136-08
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Evaluation of the Xpert Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Assay Using the GeneXpert Real-Time PCR Platform for Rapid Detection of MRSA from Screening Specimens
Angela S. Rossney, Celine M. Herra, Gráinne I. Brennan, Pamela M. Morgan, and Brian O'Connell
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3285-3290; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02487-07
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Acne is Not Associated with Yet-Uncultured Bacteria
M. Bek-Thomsen, H. B. Lomholt, and M. Kilian
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3355-3360; published ahead of print August 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00799-08
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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacilli Isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Nicolas Degand, Etienne Carbonnelle, Brunhilde Dauphin, Jean-Luc Beretti, Muriel Le Bourgeois, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Christine Segonds, Patrick Berche, Xavier Nassif, and Agnès Ferroni
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3361-3367; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00569-08
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Validation of Cultivation and PCR Methods for Diagnosis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis
Tjasa Cerar, Katarina Ogrinc, Joze Cimperman, Stanka Lotric-Furlan, Franc Strle, and Eva Ruzic-Sabljic
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3375-3379; published ahead of print August 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00410-08
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Disease Severity Associated with Presence in Subgingival Plaque of Porphyromonas gingivalis, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, and Tannerella forsythia, Singly or in Combination, as Detected by Nested Multiplex PCR
D. Ready, F. D'Aiuto, D. A. Spratt, J. Suvan, M. S. Tonetti, and M. Wilson
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3380-3383; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01007-08
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Clonal Dissemination of Staphylococcus epidermidis in an Oncology Ward
Kenneth L. Muldrew, Yi-Wei Tang, Haijing Li, and Charles W. Stratton
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3391-3396; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00115-08
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Urinary Tract Infections in a South American Population: Dynamic Spread of Class 1 Integrons and Multidrug Resistance by Homologous and Site-Specific Recombination
Carolina Márquez, Maurizio Labbate, Claudia Raymondo, Jimena Fernández, Alicia M. Gestal, Marita Holley, Graciela Borthagaray, and H. W. Stokes
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3417-3425; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00835-08
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Rapid Method for Sensitive Screening of Oligosaccharide Epitopes in the Lipooligosaccharide from Campylobacter jejuni Strains Isolated from Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Miller Fisher Syndrome Patients
Monika Dzieciatkowska, Xin Liu, Astrid P. Heikema, R. Scott Houliston, Alex van Belkum, Elke K. H. Schweda, Michel Gilbert, James C. Richards, and Jianjun Li
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3429-3436; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00681-08
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Epidemiology of Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones Collected in France in 2006 and 2007
Olivier Dauwalder, Gérard Lina, Géraldine Durand, Michèle Bes, Hélène Meugnier, Vincent Jarlier, Bruno Coignard, François Vandenesch, Jerome Etienne, and Frédéric Laurent
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3454-3458; published ahead of print July 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01050-08
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Detection of Group B Streptococci in Lim Broth by Use of Group B Streptococcus Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization and Selective and Nonselective Agars
Naomi S. Montague, Timothy J. Cleary, Octavio V. Martinez, and Gary W. Procop
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3470-3472; published ahead of print July 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00858-08
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Designation of the Provisional New Enterococcus Species CDC PNS-E2 as Enterococcus sanguinicola sp. nov., Isolated from Human Blood, and Identification of a Strain Previously Named Enterococcus CDC PNS-E1 as Enterococcus italicus Fortina, Ricci, Mora, and Manachini 2004
Maria da Glória S. Carvalho, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Roger E. Morey, Patricia Lynn Shewmaker, Enevold Falsen, Richard R. Facklam, and Lucia M. Teixeira
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3473-3476; published ahead of print July 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00603-08
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Deployable Laboratory Response to Emergence of Melioidosis in Central Sri Lanka
Timothy J. J. Inglis, Adam Merritt, Joanne Montgomery, Indika Jayasinghe, Vasanthi Thevanesam, and Russell McInnes
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3479-3481; published ahead of print August 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01254-08
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Evaluation of a Multiplex PCR Assay (Bruce-ladder) for Molecular Typing of All Brucella Species, Including the Vaccine Strains
I. López-Goñi, D. García-Yoldi, C. M. Marín, M. J. de Miguel, P. M. Muñoz, J. M. Blasco, I. Jacques, M. Grayon, A. Cloeckaert, A. C. Ferreira, R. Cardoso, M. I. Corrêa de Sá, K. Walravens, D. Albert, and B. Garin-Bastuji
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3484-3487; published ahead of print August 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00837-08
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Evaluation of the Biomic V3 Microbiology System for Identification of Selected Species on BBL CHROMagar Orientation Agar and CHROMagar MRSA Medium
Ellen Jo Baron, Holly D'Souza, Andrew Qi Wang, and David L. Gibbs
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3488-3490; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02460-07
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Association between Hypermutator Phenotype, Clinical Variables, Mucoid Phenotype, and Antimicrobial Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
David J. Waine, David Honeybourne, E. Grace Smith, Joanna L. Whitehouse, and Chris G. Dowson
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3491-3493; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00357-08
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Two-Year Study Evaluating the Potential Loss of Methicillin Resistance in a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Culture Collection
William Veguilla, K. Kealy Peak, Vicki A. Luna, Jill C. Roberts, Carisa R. Davis, Andrew C. Cannons, Philip Amuso, and Jacqueline Cattani
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3494-3497; published ahead of print August 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00654-08
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Dynamics of the Mucosa-Associated Flora in Ulcerative Colitis Patients during Remission and Clinical Relapse
Stephan J. Ott, Sophie Plamondon, Ailsa Hart, Alexander Begun, Ateequr Rehman, Michael A. Kamm, and Stefan Schreiber
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3510-3513; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01512-08
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Parasitology:

Validation of Real-Time PCR for Laboratory Diagnosis of Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Paul P. Thompson, Regis P. Kowalski, Robert M. Q. Shanks, and Y. Jerold Gordon
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3232-3236; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00908-08
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Intragenomic Variation in the Internal Transcribed Spacer 1 Region of Dientamoeba fragilis as a Molecular Epidemiological Marker
Aldert Bart, Harold M. van der Heijden, Sophie Greve, Dave Speijer, Wil J. Landman, and Tom van Gool
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3270-3275; published ahead of print July 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00680-08
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Impact of Trichomonas vaginalis Transcription-Mediated Amplification-Based Analyte-Specific-Reagent Testing in a Metropolitan Setting of High Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevalence
Erik Munson, Maureen Napierala, Robin Olson, Tina Endes, Timothy Block, Jeanne E. Hryciuk, and Ronald F. Schell
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3368-3374; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00564-08
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Evaluation of the OSOM Trichomonas Rapid Test versus Wet Preparation Examination for Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis Vaginitis in Specimens from Women with a Low Prevalence of Infection
L. Campbell, V. Woods, T. Lloyd, S. Elsayed, and D. L. Church
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3467-3469; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00671-08
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Mycology:

Debaryomyces hansenii (Candida famata), a Rare Human Fungal Pathogen Often Misidentified as Pichia guilliermondii (Candida guilliermondii)
Marie Desnos-Ollivier, Marie Ragon, Vincent Robert, Dorothée Raoux, Jean-Charles Gantier, and Françoise Dromer
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3237-3242; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01451-08
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Development and Validation of a Quantitative PCR Assay for Diagnosis of Scedosporiosis
Maria V. Castelli, Maria J. Buitrago, Leticia Bernal-Martinez, Alicia Gomez-Lopez, Juan L. Rodriguez-Tudela, and Manuel Cuenca-Estrella
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3412-3416; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00046-08
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In Vitro Natamycin Susceptibility of Ocular Isolates of Fusarium and Aspergillus Species: Comparison of Commercially Formulated Natamycin Eye Drops to Pharmaceutical-Grade Powder
P. Lalitha, R. Vijaykumar, N. V. Prajna, and A. W. Fothergill
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3477-3478; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00610-08
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Production of White Colonies on CHROMagar Candida Medium by Members of the Candida glabrata Clade and Other Species with Overlapping Phenotypic Traits
Justin A. Bishop, Nancy Chase, Richard Lee, Cletus P. Kurtzman, and William G. Merz
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3498-3500; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00982-08
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Utility of the Germ Tube Test for Direct Identification of Candida albicans from Positive Blood Culture Bottles
Donald C. Sheppard, Marie-Claude Locas, Christiane Restieri, and Michel Laverdiere
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3508-3509; published ahead of print August 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01113-08
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Rapid and Inexpensive Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the Nitrate Reductase Assay Using Liquid Medium and Direct Application to Sputum Samples
Dissou Affolabi, Mathieu Odoun, N'Dira Sanoussi, Anandi Martin, Juan Carlos Palomino, Luc Kestens, Séverin Anagonou, and Françoise Portaels
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3243-3245; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00083-08
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Autofluorescence of Mycobacteria as a Tool for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sol Patiño, Lorenzo Alamo, Mena Cimino, Yveth Casart, Fulvia Bartoli, María J. García, and Leiria Salazar
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3296-3302; published ahead of print June 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02183-07
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Poor Performance of Universal Sample Processing Method for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Smear Microscopy and Culture in Uganda
Adithya Cattamanchi, J. Lucian Davis, William Worodria, Samuel Yoo, John Matovu, John Kiidha, Florence Nankya, Rachel Kyeyune, Alfred Andama, Moses Joloba, Dennis Osmond, Phillip Hopewell, and Laurence Huang
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3325-3329; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01175-08
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Discordance between Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive-Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Typing and IS6110 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Genotyping for Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Strains in a Setting of High Incidence of Tuberculosis
M. Hanekom, G. D. van der Spuy, N. C. Gey van Pittius, C. R. E. McEvoy, K. G. P. Hoek, S. L. Ndabambi, A. M. Jordaan, T. C. Victor, P. D. van Helden, and R. M. Warren
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3338-3345; published ahead of print August 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00770-08
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Proportions of Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii Strains among Korean Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus Group Isolates
Hee-Youn Kim, Yoonwon Kook, Yeo-Jun Yun, Chan Geun Park, Nam Yong Lee, Tae Sun Shim, Bum-Joon Kim, and Yoon-Hoh Kook
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3384-3390; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00319-08
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Evaluation of Methods for Rapid Detection of Resistance to Isoniazid and Rifampin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Collected in the Caribbean
Patrick Eberechi Akpaka, Shirematee Baboolal, Denise Clarke, Lorraine Francis, and Nalin Rastogi
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3426-3428; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01455-08
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Pyrazinamide Resistance among South African Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
Matsie Mphahlele, Heidi Syre, Håvard Valvatne, Ruth Stavrum, Turid Mannsåker, Tshilidzi Muthivhi, Karin Weyer, P. Bernard Fourie, and Harleen M. S. Grewal
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3459-3464; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00973-08
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Inter- and Intra-Assay Reproducibility of Microplate Alamar Blue Assay Results for Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Ethambutol, Streptomycin, Ciprofloxacin, and Capreomycin Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Brian Leonard, Jorge Coronel, Mark Siedner, Louis Grandjean, Luz Caviedes, Pilar Navarro, Robert H. Gilman, and David A. J. Moore
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3526-3529; published ahead of print August 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02083-07
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Effects of Antibiotic Treatment on the Results of Nested PCRs for Scrub Typhus
Dong-Min Kim and Joo Nam Byun
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3465-3466; published ahead of print August 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00634-08
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Case Reports:

Empyema Necessitatis Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Kelly N. Mizell, Kimberley V. Patterson, and J. Elliot Carter
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3534-3536; published ahead of print July 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00989-08
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Kocuria rhizophila Adds to the Emerging Spectrum of Micrococcal Species Involved in Human Infections
Karsten Becker, Frank Rutsch, Andreas Uekötter, Frank Kipp, Jens König, Thorsten Marquardt, Georg Peters, and Christof von Eiff
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3537-3539; published ahead of print July 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00823-08
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Detection of Borrelia bissettii in Cardiac Valve Tissue of a Patient with Endocarditis and Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Czech Republic
Nataliia Rudenko, Maryna Golovchenko, Ales Mokrácek, Natalja Piskunová, Daniel Ruzek, Nadja Mallatová, and Libor Grubhoffer
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3540-3543; published ahead of print July 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01032-08
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Femoral Prosthesis Infection by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Vincenzo Savini, Federica Sozio, Chiara Catavitello, Marzia Talia, Assunta Manna, Fabio Febbo, Andrea Balbinot, Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Raffaele Piccolomini, Giustino Parruti, and Domenico D'Antonio
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3544-3545; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00873-08
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Letters To The Editor:

Evaluation of Three Commercial Latex Agglutination Tests for Identification of Campylobacter spp.
Robert S. Miller, Leslie Speegle, Omar A. Oyarzabal, and Albert J. Lastovica
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3546-3547; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01027-08
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Isolation and Characterization of an Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 15 Variant in the Central United States
Daniel J. Wolter, Archana Chatterjee, Meera Varman, and Richard V. Goering
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3548-3549; published ahead of print July 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00985-08
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Does Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection Exist?
Vicente Carreño, Javier Bartolomé, Inmaculada Castillo, Juan Antonio Quiroga, Philippe Halfon, Michele Martinot-Peignoux, Sarah Maylin, Marc Bourliere, and Patrice Cacoub
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3550-3552;
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Errata:

Evaluation of New Vitek 2 Card and Disk Diffusion Method for Determining Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to Oxacillin
Sandrine Roisin, Claire Nonhoff, Olivier Denis, and Marc J. Struelens
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3553
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Novel Rapid Culture-Based Detection Method for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Stephen Ohara
J. Clin. Microbiol. October 2008 46: 3554
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