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Virology:

Morie Nishiwaki, Tomohiro Yamamoto, Somako Tone, Taichi Murai, Tatsuya Ohkawara, Takakuni Matsunami, Motoiki Koizumi, Yoshitake Takagi, Jun Yamaguchi, Nobuo Kondo, Jun Nishihira, Takeharu Horikawa, and Takashi Yoshiki

Genotyping of Human Papillomaviruses by a Novel One-Step Typing Method with Multiplex PCR and Clinical Applications
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1161-1168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wisoot Chan-it, Pattara Khamrin, Prayuth Saekhow, Chansom Pantip, Aksara Thongprachum, Supatra Peerakome, Hiroshi Ushijima, and Niwat Maneekarn

Multiple Combinations of P[13]-Like Genotype with G3, G4, and G5 in Porcine Rotaviruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1169-1173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Reijans, Gijs Dingemans, Corné H. Klaassen, Jacques F. Meis, Judith Keijdener, Brit Mulders, Kimberly Eadie, Willem van Leeuwen, Alex van Belkum, Alphons M. Horrevorts, and Guus Simons

RespiFinder: a New Multiparameter Test To Differentially Identify Fifteen Respiratory Viruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1232-1240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Birgit D. A. Michelin, Ita Hadzisejdic, Michael Bozic, Maja Grahovac, Markus Hess, Blazenka Grahovac, Egon Marth, and Harald H. Kessler

Detection of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in EDTA Whole-Blood Samples: Evaluation of the Quantitative artus CMV LightCycler PCR Kit in Conjunction with Automated Sample Preparation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1241-1245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suzan D. Pas, Nathalie Tran, Robert A. de Man, C. Burghoorn-Maas, Guy Vernet, and Hubert G. M. Niesters

Comparison of Reverse Hybridization, Microarray, and Sequence Analysis for Genotyping Hepatitis B Virus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1268-1273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine C. Ginocchio, Ryhana Manji, Madhavi Lotlikar, and Fan Zhang

Clinical Evaluation of NucliSENS Magnetic Extraction and NucliSENS Analyte-Specific Reagents for Real-Time Detection of Human Metapneumovirus in Pediatric Respiratory Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1274-1280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

D. Huzly, T. Schenk, W. Jilg, and D. Neumann-Haefelin

Comparison of Nine Commercially Available Assays for Quantification of Antibody Response to Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1298-1306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susanna Esposito, Samantha Bosis, Hubert G. M. Niesters, Elena Tremolati, Caterina Sabatini, Alessandro Porta, Emilio Fossali, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, and Nicola Principi

Impact of Human Bocavirus on Children and Their Families
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1337-1342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Sharma, P. Ray, J. R. Gentsch, R. I. Glass, V. Kalra, and M. K. Bhan

Emergence of G12 Rotavirus Strains in Delhi, India, in 2000 to 2007
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1343-1348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Khira Sdiri-Loulizi, Hakima Gharbi-Khélifi, Alexis de Rougemont, Slaheddine Chouchane, Nabil Sakly, Katia Ambert-Balay, Mouna Hassine, Mohamed Neji Guédiche, Mahjoub Aouni, and Pierre Pothier

Acute Infantile Gastroenteritis Associated with Human Enteric Viruses in Tunisia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1349-1355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jo L. K. Cheung, T. H. Cheung, Julian W. T. Tang, and Paul K. S. Chan

Increase of Integration Events and Infection Loads of Human Papillomavirus Type 52 with Lesion Severity from Low-Grade Cervical Lesion to Invasive Cancer
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1356-1362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Fachiroh, P. R. Prasetyanti, D. K. Paramita, A. T. Prasetyawati, D. W. Anggrahini, S. M. Haryana, and J. M. Middeldorp

Dried-Blood Sampling for Epstein-Barr Virus Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA Serology in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Screening
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1374-1380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivan V. Kuzmin, Michael Niezgoda, Richard Franka, Bernard Agwanda, Wanda Markotter, Janet C. Beagley, Olga Y. Urazova, Robert F. Breiman, and Charles E. Rupprecht

Lagos Bat Virus in Kenya
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1451-1461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joan Barenfanger, Tina Mueller, Janet O'Brien, Cheryl Drake, and Jerry Lawhorn

Prevalence of Human Metapneumovirus in Central Illinois in Patients Thought To Have Respiratory Viral Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1489-1490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian Louie, Ernest Wong, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Sally Liska, Frederick Hecht, Terri Dowling, Martha Obeso, Susan S. Phillips, and Mark W. Pandori

Assessment of Rapid Tests for Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Specific Antibodies in Recently Infected Individuals
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1494-1497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irshad M. Sulaiman, Scott A. Sammons, and Robert M. Wohlhueter

Smallpox Virus Resequencing GeneChips Can Also Rapidly Ascertain Species Status for Some Zoonotic Non-Variola Orthopoxviruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1507-1509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katja Seme, Tina Mocilnik, Kristina Fujs Komlos, Ana Doplihar, David H. Persing, and Mario Poljak

GeneXpert Enterovirus Assay: One-Year Experience in a Routine Laboratory Setting and Evaluation on Three Proficiency Panels
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1510-1513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Ciotti, Fabbio Marcuccilli, Tania Guenci, Maria Grazia Prignano, and Carlo Federico Perno

Evaluation of the Abbott RealTime HBV DNA Assay and Comparison to the Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan 48 Assay in Monitoring Patients with Chronic Cases of Hepatitis B
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1517-1519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sun-Hee Cho, Hyuk-Joon Kwon, Tae-Eun Kim, Jae-Hong Kim, Han-Sang Yoo, and Sun-Joong Kim

Variation of a Newcastle Disease Virus Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase Linear Epitope
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1541-1544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriology:

Philippe R. S. Lagacé-Wiens, Michelle J. Alfa, Kanchana Manickam, and Godfrey K. M. Harding

Reductions in Workload and Reporting Time by Use of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening with MRSASelect Medium Compared to Mannitol-Salt Medium Supplemented with Oxacillin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1174-1177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vesna Ivancic, Mitra Mastali, Neil Percy, Jeffrey Gornbein, Jane T. Babbitt, Yang Li, Elliot M. Landaw, David A. Bruckner, Bernard M. Churchill, and David A. Haake

Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Determination of Uropathogens in Clinical Urine Specimens by Use of ATP Bioluminescence
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1213-1219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James C. Hannis, Sheri M. Manalili, Thomas A. Hall, Raymond Ranken, Neill White, Rangarajan Sampath, Lawrence B. Blyn, David J. Ecker, Robert E. Mandrell, Clifton K. Fagerquist, Anna H. Bates, William G. Miller, and Steven A. Hofstadler

High-Resolution Genotyping of Campylobacter Species by Use of PCR and High-Throughput Mass Spectrometry
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1220-1225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kentaro Kawatsu, Yuko Kumeda, Masumi Taguchi, Wataru Yamazaki-Matsune, Masashi Kanki, and Kiyoshi Inoue

Development and Evaluation of Immunochromatographic Assay for Simple and Rapid Detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in Human Stool Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1226-1231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. H. Glasson, L. H. Guthrie, D. J. Nielsen, and F. A. Bethell

Evaluation of an Automated Instrument for Inoculating and Spreading Samples onto Agar Plates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1281-1284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wenlan Zhang, Martina Bielaszewska, Matthias Pulz, Karsten Becker, Alexander W. Friedrich, Helge Karch, and Thorsten Kuczius

New Immuno-PCR Assay for Detection of Low Concentrations of Shiga Toxin 2 and Its Variants
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1292-1297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laure Maigre, Christine Citti, Marc Marenda, François Poumarat, and Florence Tardy

Suppression-Subtractive Hybridization as a Strategy To Identify Taxon-Specific Sequences within the Mycoplasma mycoides Cluster: Design and Validation of an M. capricolum subsp. capricolum-Specific PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1307-1316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi Li, Qing Li, Yuzhen Du, Xiaofei Jiang, Jin Tang, Jianqiang Wang, Guilan Li, and Yanqun Jiang

Prevalence of Plasmid-Mediated AmpC β-Lactamases in a Chinese University Hospital from 2003 to 2005: First Report of CMY-2-Type AmpC β-Lactamase Resistance in China
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1317-1321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose Roberto Cortelli, Davi Romeiro Aquino, Sheila Cavalca Cortelli, Camila Borges Fernandes, Jonas de Carvalho-Filho, Gilson César Nobre Franco, Fernando Oliveira Costa, and Toshihisa Kawai

Etiological Analysis of Initial Colonization of Periodontal Pathogens in Oral Cavity
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1322-1329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qinghua Hu, Bryan Coburn, Wanyin Deng, Yuling Li, Xiaolu Shi, Quanxue Lan, Bing Wang, Brian K. Coombes, and B. Brett Finlay

Salmonella enterica Serovar Senftenberg Human Clinical Isolates Lacking SPI-1
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1330-1336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan Riedel, Paul Bourbeau, Brandi Swartz, Steven Brecher, Karen C. Carroll, Paul D. Stamper, W. Michael Dunne, Timothy McCardle, Nathan Walk, Kristin Fiebelkorn, David Sewell, Sandra S. Richter, Susan Beekmann, and Gary V. Doern

Timing of Specimen Collection for Blood Cultures from Febrile Patients with Bacteremia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1381-1385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samuel Yang, Padmini Ramachandran, Andrew Hardick, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Celeste Quianzon, Marcos Kuroki, Justin Hardick, Aleksandar Kecojevic, Avanthi Abeygunawardena, Jonathan Zenilman, Johan Melendez, Vishal Doshi, Charlotte Gaydos, and Richard E. Rothman

Rapid PCR-Based Diagnosis of Septic Arthritis by Early Gram-Type Classification and Pathogen Identification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1386-1390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jørn A. Aas, Ann L. Griffen, Sara R. Dardis, Alice M. Lee, Ingar Olsen, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Eugene J. Leys, and Bruce J. Paster

Bacteria of Dental Caries in Primary and Permanent Teeth in Children and Young Adults
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1407-1417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David R. Tribble, Shahida Baqar, Lorrin W. Pang, Carl Mason, Huo-Shu H. Houng, Chittima Pitarangsi, Carlos Lebron, Adam Armstrong, Orntipa Sethabutr, and John W. Sanders

Diagnostic Approach to Acute Diarrheal Illness in a Military Population on Training Exercises in Thailand, a Region of Campylobacter Hyperendemicity
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1418-1425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katharine E. Volpe Sperry, Sophia Kathariou, Justin S. Edwards, and Leslie A. Wolf

Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis as a Tool for Subtyping Listeria monocytogenes Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1435-1450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fabiana C. Moreira, Mônica A. M. Vieira, Antonio J. P. Ferreira, Dennys M. Girão, Tânia M. I. Vaz, Ana Cláudia P. Rosa, Terezinha Knobl, Kinue Irino, Edna Freymüller, and Tânia A. T. Gomes

Escherichia coli Strains of Serotype O51:H40 Comprise Typical and Atypical Enteropathogenic E. coli Strains and Are Potentially Diarrheagenic
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1462-1465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James E. A. Zlosnik, Trevor J. Hird, Monica C. Fraenkel, Leonilde M. Moreira, Deborah A. Henry, and David P. Speert

Differential Mucoid Exopolysaccharide Production by Members of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1470-1473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kaisar A. Talukder, Mohammad Aslam, Zhahirul Islam, Ishrat J. Azmi, Dilip K. Dutta, Sabir Hossain, Alam Nur-E-Kamal, Gopinath B. Nair, Alejandro Cravioto, David A. Sack, and Hubert P. Endtz

Prevalence of Virulence Genes and Cytolethal Distending Toxin Production in Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Diarrheal Patients in Bangladesh
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1485-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Damborg, Luca Guardabassi, Karl Pedersen, and Branko Kokotovic

Comparative Analysis of Human and Canine Campylobacter upsaliensis Isolates by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1504-1506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward J. Feil, Emma K. Nickerson, Narisara Chantratita, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Pramot Srisomang, Richard Cousins, WuBin Pan, Ge Zhang, BangLao Xu, Nicholas P. J. Day, and Sharon J. Peacock

Rapid Detection of the Pandemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone ST 239, a Dominant Strain in Asian Hospitals
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1520-1522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter H. Gilligan

Is a Two-Step Glutamate Dehyrogenase Antigen-Cytotoxicity Neutralization Assay Algorithm Superior to the Premier Toxin A and B Enzyme Immunoassay for Laboratory Detection of Clostridium difficile?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1523-1525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daisuke Tanaka, Junko Isobe, Masanori Watahiki, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Chihiro Katsukawa, Ryuji Kawahara, Miyoko Endoh, Rumi Okuno, Nanako Kumagai, Masakado Matsumoto, Yoshiro Morikawa, Tadayoshi Ikebe, Haruo Watanabe and the Working Group for Group A Streptococci in Japan

Genetic Features of Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Possessing Lancefield's Group A Antigen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1526-1529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Åkerlund, Ingela Persson, Magnus Unemo, Torbjörn Norén, Bo Svenungsson, Marlene Wullt, and Lars G. Burman

Increased Sporulation Rate of Epidemic Clostridium difficile Type 027/NAP1
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1530-1533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

James Goldmeyer, Haijing Li, Melinda McCormac, Steve Cook, Charles Stratton, Bertrand Lemieux, Huimin Kong, Wen Tang, and Yi-Wei Tang

Identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Determination of Methicillin Resistance Directly from Positive Blood Cultures by Isothermal Amplification and a Disposable Detection Device
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1534-1536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Patricia S. Conville, June M. Brown, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, and Frank G. Witebsky

Nocardia wallacei sp. nov. and Nocardia blacklockiae sp. nov., Human Pathogens and Members of the "Nocardia transvalensis Complex"
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1178-1184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tanya A. Griffiths, Kevin Rioux, and Jeroen De Buck

Sequence Polymorphisms in a Surface PPE Protein Distinguish Types I, II, and III of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1207-1212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julio Álvarez, Ignacio Gómez García, Alicia Aranaz, Javier Bezos, Beatriz Romero, Lucía de Juan, Ana Mateos, Enrique Gómez-Mampaso, and Lucas Domínguez

Genetic Diversity of Mycobacterium avium Isolates Recovered from Clinical Samples and from the Environment: Molecular Characterization for Diagnostic Purposes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1246-1251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea L. Gibson, Richard C. Huard, Nicolaas C. Gey van Pittius, Luiz Claudio Oliveira Lazzarini, Jeffrey Driscoll, Natalia Kurepina, Thierry Zozio, Christophe Sola, Silvana Miranda Spindola, Afrânio L. Kritski, Daniel Fitzgerald, Kristin Kremer, Helmi Mardassi, Poonam Chitale, Jessica Brinkworth, Dario Garcia de Viedma, Brigitte Gicquel, Jean W. Pape, Dick van Soolingen, Barry N. Kreiswirth, Robin M. Warren, Paul D. van Helden, Nalin Rastogi, Philip N. Suffys, Jose Lapa e Silva, and John L. Ho

Application of Sensitive and Specific Molecular Methods To Uncover Global Dissemination of the Major RD^Rio Sublineage of the Latin American-Mediterranean Mycobacterium tuberculosis Spoligotype Family
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1259-1267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Guy Thwaites, Maxine Caws, Tran Thi Hong Chau, Anthony D'Sa, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan, Mai Nguyet Thu Huyen, Sebastien Gagneux, Phan Thi Hoang Anh, Dau Quang Tho, Estee Torok, Nguyen Thi Quynh Nhu, Nguyen Thi Hong Duyen, Phan Minh Duy, Jonathan Richenberg, Cameron Simmons, Tran Tinh Hien, and Jeremy Farrar

Relationship between Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genotype and the Clinical Phenotype of Pulmonary and Meningeal Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1363-1368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. G. P. Hoek, N. C. Gey van Pittius, H. Moolman-Smook, K. Carelse-Tofa, A. Jordaan, G. D. van der Spuy, E. Streicher, T. C. Victor, P. D. van Helden, and R. M. Warren

Fluorometric Assay for Testing Rifampin Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1369-1373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Caroline Allix-Béguec, Maryse Fauville-Dufaux, and Philip Supply

Three-Year Population-Based Evaluation of Standardized Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive-Unit-Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1398-1406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

O. J. Strauss, R. M. Warren, A. Jordaan, E. M. Streicher, M. Hanekom, A. A. Falmer, H. Albert, A. Trollip, E. Hoosain, P. D. van Helden, and T. C. Victor

Spread of a Low-Fitness Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain in a Setting of High Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1514-1516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Ali M. Kheyami, Toyoko Nakagomi, Osamu Nakagomi, Winifred Dove, C. Anthony Hart, and Nigel A. Cunliffe

Molecular Epidemiology of Rotavirus Diarrhea among Children in Saudi Arabia: First Detection of G9 and G12 Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1185-1191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Ambert-Balay, M. Lorrot, F. Bon, H. Giraudon, J. Kaplon, M. Wolfer, P. Lebon, D. Gendrel, and P. Pothier

Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Aichi Virus Strains in Stool Samples from Community and Hospitalized Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1252-1258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John F. Bohnsack, April Whiting, Marcelo Gottschalk, Diane Marie Dunn, Robert Weiss, Parvin H. Azimi, Joseph B. Philips, III, Leonard E. Weisman, George G. Rhoads, and Feng-Ying C. Lin

Population Structure of Invasive and Colonizing Strains of Streptococcus agalactiae from Neonates of Six U.S. Academic Centers from 1995 to 1999
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1285-1291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jhih-Wei Jian, Guang-Wu Chen, Cheng-Tsung Lai, Li-Ching Hsu, Pei-Jer Chen, Steve Hsu-Sung Kuo, Ho-Sheng Wu, and Shin-Ru Shih

Genetic and Epidemiological Analysis of Influenza Virus Epidemics in Taiwan during 2003 to 2006
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1426-1434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Jong-Sub Yoon, Sung-Geun Lee, Seong-Karp Hong, Su-A Lee, Weon-Hwa Jheong, Sang-Suk Oh, Mi-Hwa Oh, Gwang-Pyo Ko, Chan-Hee Lee, and Soon-Young Paik

Molecular Epidemiology of Norovirus Infections in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis in South Korea in November 2005 through November 2006
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1474-1477. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi Chen and Stephen J. Knabel

Prophages in Listeria monocytogenes Contain Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms That Differentiate Outbreak Clones within Epidemic Clones
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1478-1484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Fanrong Kong, Zhongsheng Tong, Xiaoyou Chen, Tania Sorrell, Bin Wang, Qixuan Wu, David Ellis, and Sharon Chen

Rapid Identification and Differentiation of Trichophyton Species, Based on Sequence Polymorphisms of the Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer Regions, by Rolling-Circle Amplification
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1192-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guillermo Garcia-Effron, Amanda Dilger, Laura Alcazar-Fuoli, Steven Park, Emilia Mellado, and David S. Perlin

Rapid Detection of Triazole Antifungal Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1200-1206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monique A. S. H. Mennink-Kersten, Dorien Ruegebrink, Rocus R. Klont, Adilia Warris, Nicole M. A. Blijlevens, J. Peter Donnelly, and Paul E. Verweij

Improved Detection of Circulating Aspergillus Antigen by Use of a Modified Pretreatment Procedure
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1391-1397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John-Paul Vermitsky, Matthew J. Self, Sean G. Chadwick, Jason P. Trama, Martin E. Adelson, Eli Mordechai, and Scott E. Gygax

Survey of Vaginal-Flora Candida Species Isolates from Women of Different Age Groups by Use of Species-Specific PCR Detection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1501-1503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan Trnovsky, William Merz, Phyllis Della-Latta, Fann Wu, Maiken Cavling Arendrup, and Henrik Stender

Rapid and Accurate Identification of Candida albicans Isolates by Use of PNA FISH^Flow
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1537-1540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Craig A. Wisniewski, John A. White, Claude-Edouard C. Michel, Lourdes Mahilum-Tapay, Jose Paolo V. Magbanua, Elpidio Cesar B. Nadala, Jr., Penelope J. Barber, Beng T. Goh, and Helen H. Lee

Optimal Method of Collection of First-Void Urine for Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Men
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1466-1469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicola Casson, Klara M. Posfay-Barbe, Alain Gervaix, and Gilbert Greub

New Diagnostic Real-Time PCR for Specific Detection of Parachlamydia acanthamoebae DNA in Clinical Samples
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1491-1493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Mark A. Chambers, Tim Crawshaw, Sue Waterhouse, Richard Delahay, R. Glyn Hewinson, and Konstantin P. Lyashchenko

Validation of the BrockTB Stat-Pak Assay for Detection of Tuberculosis in Eurasian Badgers (Meles meles) and Influence of Disease Severity on Diagnostic Accuracy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1498-1500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Noriyuki Nagano, Shinji Isomine, Haru Kato, Yoshimasa Sasaki, Motohide Takahashi, Koji Sakaida, Yukiko Nagano, and Yoshichika Arakawa

Human Fulminant Gas Gangrene Caused by Clostridium chauvoei
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1545-1547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dong-Min Kim, Dae Woong Kang, Jong O. Kim, Jong Hoon Chung, Hyun Lee Kim, Chi Young Park, and Sung-Chul Lim

Acute Renal Failure Due to Acute Tubular Necrosis Caused by Direct Invasion of Orientia tsutsugamushi
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1548-1550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vincenzo Savini, Chiara Catavitello, Marzia Talia, Assunta Manna, Franca Pompetti, Marco Favaro, Carla Fontana, Fabio Febbo, Andrea Balbinot, Fabio Di Berardino, Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Silvia Di Zacomo, Francesca Esattore, and Domenico D'Antonio

Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia fergusonii: a Case of Acute Cystitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1551-1552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Y. Lin, Katayoun Rezai, and David N. Schwartz

Septic Pulmonary Emboli and Bacteremia Associated with Deep Tissue Infections Caused by Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1553-1555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie Cremniter, Thomas Bauer, Alain Lortat-Jacob, Dominique Vodovar, Jean-Marie Le Parc, Jean-François Emile, Brigitte Franc, Pierre Sebbag, Jean-Louis Gaillard, and Beate Heym

Prosthetic Hip Infection Caused by Tropheryma whipplei
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1556-1557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. de Cueto, J. M. Rodríguez, M. J. Soriano, L. López-Cerero, J. Venero, and A. Pascual

Fatal Levofloxacin Failure in Treatment of a Bacteremic Patient Infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae with a Preexisting parC Mutation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1558-1560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters To The Editor:

Sangeeta Khare, L. Garry Adams, Jason Osterstock, Allen Roussel, and Laetitia David

Effects of Shipping and Storage Conditions of Fecal Samples on Viability of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1561-1562. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dewan Sakhawat Billal, Muneki Hotomi, Jun Shimada, Keiji Fujihara, Kimiko Ubukata, Rinya Sugita, and Noboru Yamanaka

Prevalence of Streptococcus Invasive Locus (sil) and Its Relationship with Macrolide Resistance among Group A Streptococcus Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1563-1564. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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Stability of Frozen, Heat-Killed Cultures of Coccidioides immitis as Positive- Control Material in the Gen-Probe AccuProbe Coccidioides immitis Culture Identification Test
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1565. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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Prevalence of Fecal Carriage of Acquired Expanded-Spectrum Cephalosporin Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae Strains from Cattle in France
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1566-1567. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Panagiota Giakkoupi, Sofia Vourli, Michalis Polemis, Victoria Kalapothaki, Leonidas S. Tzouvelekis, and Alkiviadis C. Vatopoulos

Supplementation of Growth Media with Zn²⁺ Facilitates Detection of VIM-2-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Association between Streptococcus infantarius (Formerly S. bovis II/1) Bacteremia and Noncolonic Cancer
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1570. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marianne Leruez-Ville, Aurélie Ducroux, and Christine Rouzioux

Exon 4 of the Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Major Immediate-Early Gene as a Target for CMV Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1571-1572. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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Endophthalmitis: Potential Benefits of Repeated Intravitreal Injections of Antibiotics
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1573. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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Zhuo-Ming Qin, Lei-Tao Tan, Huai-Ying Xu, Bao-Chen Ma, You-Ling Wang, Xiao-Yuan Yuan, and Wen-Jun Liu

Pathotypical Characterization and Molecular Epidemiology of Newcastle Disease Virus Isolates from Different Hosts in China from 1996 to 2005
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1574. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author's Corrections:

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Pharyngeal Colonization Dynamics of Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus haemolyticus in Healthy Adult Carriers
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1575. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jingping Xie, Patricia C. Juliao, Janet R. Gilsdorf, Debashis Ghosh, Mayuri Patel, and Carl F. Marrs

Identification of New Genetic Regions More Prevalent in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Otitis Media Strains than in Throat Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1576. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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