JCM -- Table of Contents (December 1 2008, 46 [12])

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Contents: December 2008, Volume 46, Issue 12

       Bacteriology

       Virology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Epidemiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Mycology

       Parasitology

       Case Reports

       Letters To The Editor

       Errata

       Author's Correction

Other Issues

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Bacteriology:

Identification of Staphylococcus spp. by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of dnaJ Gene
Tomasz Hauschild and Srdjan Stepanovic
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3875-3879; published ahead of print October 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00810-08
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DNA-Level Diversity and Relatedness of Helicobacter pylori Strains in Shantytown Families in Peru and Transmission in a Developing-Country Setting
Phabiola M. Herrera, Melissa Mendez, Billie Velapatiõ, Livia Santivaez, Jacqueline Balqui, S. Alison Finger, Jonathan Sherman, Mirko Zimic, Lilia Cabrera, Jose Watanabe, Carlos Rodríguez, Robert H. Gilman, and Douglas E. Berg
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3912-3918; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01453-08
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Evaluation of a Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis Scheme for Typing Human Brucella Isolates in a Region of Brucellosis Endemicity
Mireille M. Kattar, Rola F. Jaafar, George F. Araj, Philippe Le Flèche, Ghassan M. Matar, Roland Abi Rached, Simon Khalife, and Gilles Vergnaud
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3935-3940; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00464-08
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Uropathogens and Host Characteristics
James H. Tabibian, Jeffrey Gornbein, Arash Heidari, Sarah L. Dien, Valerie H. Lau, Puneet Chahal, Bernard M. Churchill, and David A. Haake
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3980-3986; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00339-08
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Rapid Multiplex PCR and Real-Time TaqMan PCR Assays for Detection of Salmonella enterica and the Highly Virulent Serovars Choleraesuis and Paratyphi C
David F. Woods, F. Jerry Reen, Deirdre Gilroy, Jim Buckley, Jonathan G. Frye, and E. Fidelma Boyd
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4018-4022; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01229-08
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Comparative Study of Selective Chromogenic (chromID VRE) and Bile Esculin Agars for Isolation and Identification of vanB-Containing Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci from Feces and Rectal Swabs
E. A. Grabsch, S. Ghaly-Derias, W. Gao, and B. P. Howden
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4034-4036; published ahead of print October 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00944-08
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Comparison of Classical Serotyping and PremiTest Assay for Routine Identification of Common Salmonella enterica Serovars
Pierre Wattiau, Mieke Van Hessche, Christine Schlicker, Heidi Vander Veken, and Hein Imberechts
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4037-4040; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01405-08
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Escherichia coli O125ac:H6 Encompasses Atypical Enteropathogenic E. coli Strains That Display the Aggregative Adherence Pattern
Samar F. Barros, Cecilia M. Abe, Sérgio P. D. Rocha, Renato M. Ruiz, Lothar Beutin, Luiz R. Trabulsi, and Waldir P. Elias
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4052-4055; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01252-08
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Long-Term Follow-Up of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Molecular Epidemiology after Emergence of Clone USA300 in San Francisco Jail Populations
Pierre Tattevin, Binh An Diep, Michael Jula, and Françoise Perdreau-Remington
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4056-4057; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01372-08
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Simple Disk-Based Method for Detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Type β-Lactamase by Use of a Boronic Acid Compound
Yohei Doi, Brian A. Potoski, Jennifer M. Adams-Haduch, Hanna E. Sidjabat, Anthony W. Pasculle, and David L. Paterson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4083-4086; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01408-08
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Virology:

Differences between Two Real-Time PCR-Based Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Assays (RealTime HCV and Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan) and One Signal Amplification Assay (Versant HCV RNA 3.0) for RNA Detection and Quantification
Johannes Vermehren, Annika Kau, Barbara C. Gärtner, Reinhild Göbel, Stefan Zeuzem, and Christoph Sarrazin
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3880-3891; published ahead of print September 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00755-08
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Reliability of Rapid Subtyping Tools Compared to That of Phylogenetic Analysis for Characterization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Non-B Subtypes and Recombinant Forms
África Holguín, Marisa López, and Vincent Soriano
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3896-3899; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00515-08
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Clinical Performance Evaluation of Four Automated Chemiluminescence Immunoassays for Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Detection
Sinyoung Kim, Jeong-Ho Kim, Seoyoung Yoon, Youn-Hee Park, and Hyon-Suk Kim
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3919-3923; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01603-08
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Performance of a Novel Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 Total Nucleic Acid-Based Real-Time PCR Assay Using Whole Blood and Dried Blood Spots for Diagnosis of HIV in Infants
Wendy Stevens, Linda Erasmus, Matsidisho Moloi, Thabo Taleng, and Somaya Sarang
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3941-3945; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00754-08
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Validation, Performance under Field Conditions, and Cost-Effectiveness of Capillus HIV-1/HIV-2 and Determine HIV-1/2 Rapid Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Assays Using Sequential and Parallel Testing Algorithms in Tanzania
Meghan K. Mayhood, Isaac A. Afwamba, Christopher O. Odhiambo, Epimack Ndanu, Nathan M. Thielman, Anne B. Morrissey, John F. Shao, Brian Wells Pence, and John A. Crump
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3946-3951; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01045-08
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High Prevalence of Human Parechovirus (HPeV) Genotypes in the Amsterdam Region and Identification of Specific HPeV Variants by Direct Genotyping of Stool Samples
K. Benschop, X. Thomas, C. Serpenti, R. Molenkamp, and K. Wolthers
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3965-3970; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01379-08
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Self-Assembly of the Recombinant Capsid Protein of a Swine Norovirus into Virus-Like Particles and Evaluation of Monoclonal Antibodies Cross-Reactive with a Human Strain from Genogroup II
Horacio Almanza, Carolina Cubillos, Iván Angulo, Francisco Mateos, José R. Castón, Wim H. M. van der Poel, Jan Vinje, Juan Bárcena, and Ignacio Mena
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3971-3979; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01204-08
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Real-Time PCR with an Internal Control for Detection of All Known Human Adenovirus Serotypes
Marjolein Damen, René Minnaar, Patricia Glasius, Alwin van der Ham, Gerrit Koen, Pauline Wertheim, and Marcel Beld
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3997-4003; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00563-08
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Concurrent Genotyping and Quantitation of Cytomegalovirus gB Genotypes in Solid-Organ-Transplant Recipients by Use of a Real-Time PCR Assay
Xiaoli Pang, Atul Humar, and Jutta K. Preiksaitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4004-4010; published ahead of print October 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01341-08
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Detection of Mumps Virus RNA by Real-Time One-Step Reverse Transcriptase PCR Using the LightCycler Platform
Jason J. Leblanc, Janice Pettipas, Ross J. Davidson, Graham A. Tipples, Joanne Hiebert, and Todd F. Hatchette
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4049-4051; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01446-08
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Genotypic Antiretroviral Resistance Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Integrase Inhibitors by Use of the TruGene Sequencing System
Christian Paar, Christina Palmetshofer, Karin Flieger, Maria Geit, Rolf Kaiser, Herbert Stekel, and Jörg Berg
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4087-4090; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01246-08
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Comparison of Gen-Probe Transcription-Mediated Amplification, Abbott PCR, and Roche PCR Assays for Detection of Wild-Type and Mutant Plasmid Strains of Chlamydia trachomatis in Sweden
Jens Kjølseth Møller, Lisbeth Nørum Pedersen, and Kenneth Persson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3892-3895; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00412-08
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Epidemiology:

Absence of CTX-M Enzymes but High Prevalence of Clones, Including Clone ST131, among Fecal Escherichia coli Isolates from Healthy Subjects Living in the Area of Paris, France
Véronique Leflon-Guibout, Jorge Blanco, Karim Amaqdouf, Azucena Mora, Louis Guize, and Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3900-3905; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00734-08
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Molecular Epidemiology and Phylogenetic Distribution of the Escherichia coli pks Genomic Island
James R. Johnson, Brian Johnston, Michael A. Kuskowski, Jean-Philippe Nougayrede, and Eric Oswald
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3906-3911; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00949-08
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Transmission Classification Model To Determine Place and Time of Infection of Tuberculosis Cases in an Urban Area
G. de Vries, H. W. M. Baars, M. M. G. G. Sebek, N. A. H. van Hest, and J. H. Richardus
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3924-3930; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00793-08
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Molecular Epidemiological Identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Clonal Clusters with Distinct Susceptibility Profiles Associated with Specific Groups at High Risk of Contracting Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Syphilis
Wing-Wai Wong, Chung-Ter Huang, Lan-Hui Li, Chien-Chou Chiang, Bor-Dong Chen, and Shu-Ying Li
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3931-3934; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00577-08
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Multilocus Sequence Typing Analysis of Clostridium perfringens Isolates from Necrotic Enteritis Outbreaks in Broiler Chicken Populations
G. Chalmers, H. L. Bruce, D. B. Hunter, V. R. Parreira, R. R. Kulkarni, Y.-F. Jiang, J. F. Prescott, and P. Boerlin
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3957-3964; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01548-08
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Aichi Virus, Norovirus, Astrovirus, Enterovirus, and Rotavirus Involved in Clinical Cases from a French Oyster-Related Gastroenteritis Outbreak
Françoise S. Le Guyader, Jean-Claude Le Saux, Katia Ambert-Balay, Joanna Krol, Ophelie Serais, Sylvain Parnaudeau, Hélène Giraudon, Gilles Delmas, Monique Pommepuy, Pierre Pothier, and Robert L. Atmar
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4011-4017; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01044-08
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Evidence for Clonal Dissemination of the Serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain Causing Invasive Liver Abscesses in Korea
Doo Ryeon Chung, Ha Rim Lee, Seung Soon Lee, Shin Woo Kim, Hyun-Ha Chang, Sook-In Jung, Myoung-don Oh, Kwan Soo Ko, Cheol-In Kang, Kyong Ran Peck, and Jae-Hoon Song
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4061-4063; published ahead of print October 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01577-08
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Multiple-Host Sharing, Long-Term Persistence, and Virulence of Escherichia coli Clones from Human and Animal Household Members
James R. Johnson, Connie Clabots, and Michael A. Kuskowski
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4078-4082; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00980-08
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Resistance to Second-Line Drugs by Use of the Manual Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube System
Anandi Martin, Andrea von Groll, Krista Fissette, Juan Carlos Palomino, Francis Varaine, and Françoise Portaels
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3952-3956; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01171-08
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Development and Evaluation of a Molecular Assay for Detection of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria by Use of the Cobas Amplicor Platform
S. Peter-Getzlaff, J. Lüthy, B. Böddinghaus, E. C. Böttger, and B. Springer
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4023-4028; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01101-08
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Genetic Diversity of Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Collected in Poland and Assessed by Spoligotyping
Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopec, Tomasz Jagielski, and Zofia Zwolska
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4041-4044; published ahead of print October 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01315-08
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Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in an Area of Low Endemicity in 2004 to 2006: Semiquantitative Drug Susceptibility Testing and Genotyping
Burkhard Springer, Romana C. Calligaris-Maibach, Claudia Ritter, and Erik C. Böttger
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4064-4067; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01114-08
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Association of Tuberculous Endometritis with Infertility and Other Gynecological Complaints of Women in India
P. Kumar, N. P. Shah, A. Singhal, D. S. Chauhan, V. M. Katoch, S. Mittal, S. Kumar, M. K. Singh, S. Datta Gupta, and H. K. Prasad
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4068-4070; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01162-08
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Characterization of Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates in China
Zhaogang Sun, Yanjie Chao, Xuxia Zhang, Jianyuan Zhang, Yan Li, Yunqing Qiu, Yi Liu, Lihui Nie, Aizhen Guo, and Chuanyou Li
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4075-4077; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00822-08
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Combined Multilocus Short-Sequence-Repeat and Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Isolates
Virginie C. Thibault, Maggy Grayon, Maria Laura Boschiroli, Eve Willery, Caroline Allix-Béguec, Karen Stevenson, Franck Biet, and Philip Supply
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4091-4094; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01349-08
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Comparative Study for Determination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Susceptibility to First- and Second-Line Antituberculosis Drugs by the Etest Using 7H11, Blood, and Chocolate Agar
Ahmet Yilmaz Coban, Kemal Bilgin, Meltem Uzun, Alper Akgunes, Anne Yusof, and Belma Durupinar
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4095-4098; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01104-08
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Identification of Minimal Predictors of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Virulence for Use as a Rapid Diagnostic Tool
Timothy J. Johnson, Yvonne Wannemuehler, Curt Doetkott, Sara J. Johnson, Sandra C. Rosenberger, and Lisa K. Nolan
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 3987-3996; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00816-08
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Mycology:

Detection of Bacterial and Yeast Species with the Bactec 9120 Automated System with Routine Use of Aerobic, Anaerobic, and Fungal Media
Alfredo Chiarini, Angelo Palmeri, Teresa Amato, Rita Immordino, Salvatore Distefano, and Anna Giammanco
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4029-4033; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01014-08
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Colony Multiplex-Tandem PCR for Rapid, Accurate Identification of Fungal Cultures
Anna Lau, Tania C. Sorrell, OkCha Lee, Keith Stanley, and Catriona Halliday
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4058-4060; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01411-08
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Evaluation of the Disk Diffusion Method Compared to the Microdilution Method in Susceptibility Testing of Anidulafungin against Filamentous Fungi
Carmelo Massimo Maida, Maria Eleonora Milici, Laura Trovato, Salvatore Oliveri, Emanuele Amodio, Elisabetta Spreghini, Giorgio Scalise, and Francesco Barchiesi
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4071-4074; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01088-08
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Parasitology:

Survival of Acanthamoeba Cysts after Desiccation for More than 20 Years
Rama Sriram, Megan Shoff, Gregory Booton, Paul Fuerst, and Govinda S. Visvesvara
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4045-4048; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01903-08
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Case Reports:

Capnocytophaga cynodegmi in a Rottweiler Dog with Severe Bronchitis and Foreign-Body Pneumonia
Heather C. Workman, Nathan L. Bailiff, Spencer S. Jang, and Joe G. Zinkl
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4099-4103; published ahead of print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00173-08
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Hepatitis and Human Bocavirus Primary Infection in a Child with T-Cell Deficiency
Leena Kainulainen, Matti Waris, Maria Söderlund-Venermo, Tobias Allander, Klaus Hedman, and Olli Ruuskanen
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4104-4105; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01288-08
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Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis Associated with Cellulosimicrobium cellulans
Joseph D. Tucker, Rafael Montecino, Jonathan M. Winograd, MaryJane Ferraro, and Ian C. Michelow
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4106-4108; published ahead of print October 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01179-08
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Letters To The Editor:

Human Papillomavirus Genotype Distribution among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected and Non-HIV-Infected Women in Soweto, South Africa
David Adler, Guy de Bruyn, Fatima Laher, Glenda Gray, Bruce R. Allan, and Anna-Lise Williamson
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4109-4110; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01667-08
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Cross-Reaction of Stenotrophomonas and Xanthomonas Species in a 23S rRNA Gene-Directed PCR for Detection of S. maltophilia
Niki F. Foster, Gerald B. Harnett, Thomas V. Riley, and Barbara J. Chang
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4111-4113; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01604-08
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Evaluation of the Vitek 2 AST-P559 Card for Detection of Oxacillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Eva Torres, Sonia Pérez, Rosa Villanueva, and Germán Bou
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4114-4115; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01020-08
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Failure of the BD GeneOhm StaphS/R Assay for Identification of Australian Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains: Duplex Assays as the "Gold Standard" in Settings of Unknown SCCmec Epidemiology
Lee Thomas, Sebastiaan van Hal, Matthew O'Sullivan, Pierre Kyme, and Jon Iredell
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4116-4117; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01146-08
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Errata:

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for Rapid Identification of Nonfermenting Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Sputum Samples from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Alejandra Bosch, Alejandro Miñán, Cecilia Vescina, José Degrossi, Blanca Gatti, Patricia Montanaro, Matías Messina, Mirta Franco, Carlos Vay, Juergen Schmitt, Dieter Naumann, and Osvaldo Yantorno
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4118
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Characterization of Vancomycin-Heteroresistant Staphylococcus aureus from the Metropolitan Area of Detroit, Michigan, over a 22-Year Period (1986 to 2007)
Michael J. Rybak, Steve N. Leonard, Kerri L. Rossi, Chrissy M. Cheung, Helio S. Sader, and Ronald N. Jones
J. Clin. Microbiol. December 2008 46: 4119
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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. December 2008 46: 4120
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Author's Correction:

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. December 2008 46: 4121
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