JCM -- Table of Contents (May 1 2008, 46 [5])

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Contents: May 2008, Volume 46, Issue 5

       Minireviews

       Virology

       Bacteriology

       Parasitology

       Mycology

       Epidemiology

       Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Case Reports

       Letters To The Editor

       Author's Correction

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Minireviews:

Current Trends in Rapid Diagnostics for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococcus Species
Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Kelly Haccuria, Mindy Michiels, Margareta Ieven, Claire Poyart, Waleria Hryniewicz, Herman Goossens on behalf of the MOSAR WP2 Study Team
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1577-1587; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00326-08
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Virology:

Alternative Algorithms for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Diagnosis Using Tests That Are Licensed in the United States
S. M. Owen, C. Yang, T. Spira, C. Y. Ou, C. P. Pau, B. S. Parekh, D. Candal, D. Kuehl, M. S. Kennedy, D. Rudolph, W. Luo, N. Delatorre, S. Masciotra, M. L. Kalish, F. Cowart, T. Barnett, R. Lal, and J. S. McDougal
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1588-1595; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02196-07
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Pilot Study of Prevalence of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Genotypes in Israeli Jewish Women Referred for Colposcopic Examination
Dan Grisaru, Boaz Avidor, Jacob Niv, Silvia Marmor, Benjamin Almog, Cecilia Leibowitz, Merav Graidy, and Michael Giladi
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1602-1605; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02483-07
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Evaluation of Different Techniques for Identification of Human Papillomavirus Types of Low Prevalence
Ivan Sabol, Martina Salakova, Jana Smahelova, Michal Pawlita, Markus Schmitt, Nina Milutin Gasperov, Magdalena Grce, and Ruth Tachezy
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1606-1613; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02328-07
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Comparison of the Third Wave Invader Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Assay and the Digene HPV Hybrid Capture 2 Assay for Detection of High-Risk HPV DNA
C. C. Ginocchio, D. Barth, and F. Zhang
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1641-1646; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01824-07
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Identifying Infections with Respiratory Syncytial Virus by Using Specific Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays with Oral-Fluid Samples
Emelda A. Okiro, Charles Sande, Martin Mutunga, Graham F. Medley, Patricia A. Cane, and D. James Nokes
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1659-1662; published ahead of print February 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02190-07
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Prospective Evaluation of Rapid Antigen Tests for Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Human Metapneumovirus Infections
Jaber Aslanzadeh, Xiaotian Zheng, Haijing Li, Janice Tetreault, Irene Ratkiewicz, Shufang Meng, Pamela Hamilton, and Yi-Wei Tang
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1682-1685; published ahead of print March 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00008-08
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Assessing Proficiency of Interpretation of Rapid Human Immunodeficiency Virus Assays in Nonlaboratory Settings: Ensuring Quality of Testing
Kate M. Learmonth, Dale A. McPhee, Darren K. Jardine, Sandy K. Walker, Thein-Thein Aye, and Elizabeth M. Dax
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1692-1697; published ahead of print March 19, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01761-07
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Performance of the Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for Hepatitis B Virus DNA Quantification
Stéphane Chevaliez, Magali Bouvier-Alias, Syria Laperche, and Jean-Michel Pawlotsky
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1716-1723; published ahead of print February 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01248-07
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Evaluation of the NanoChip 400 System for Detection of Influenza A and B, Respiratory Syncytial, and Parainfluenza Viruses
Hiroshi Takahashi, Sylvia A. Norman, Elizabeth L. Mather, and Bruce K. Patterson
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1724-1727; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01947-07
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RNase-Resistant Virus-Like Particles Containing Long Chimeric RNA Sequences Produced by Two-Plasmid Coexpression System
Yuxiang Wei, Changmei Yang, Baojun Wei, Jie Huang, Lunan Wang, Shuang Meng, Rui Zhang, and Jinming Li
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1734-1740; published ahead of print February 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02248-07
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Simultaneous Genotyping of All Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase Subtypes of Avian Influenza Viruses by Use of Padlock Probes
Péter Gyarmati, Tim Conze, Siamak Zohari, Neil LeBlanc, Mats Nilsson, Ulf Landegren, Johan Banér, and Sándor Belák
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1747-1751; published ahead of print March 19, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02292-07
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Development and Validation of a One-Step Real-Time PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Subtype H5, H7, and H9 Avian Influenza Viruses
Isabella Monne, Silvia Ormelli, Annalisa Salviato, Cristian De Battisti, Francesca Bettini, Angela Salomoni, Alessandra Drago, Bianca Zecchin, Ilaria Capua, and Giovanni Cattoli
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1769-1773; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02204-07
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Optimizing Screening for Acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection with Pooled Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests
Daniel J. Westreich, Michael G. Hudgens, Susan A. Fiscus, and Christopher D. Pilcher
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1785-1792; published ahead of print March 19, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00787-07
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Evaluation of a Commercial Direct Fluorescent-Antibody Assay for Human Metapneumovirus in Respiratory Specimens
Donald C. Vinh, Diane Newby, Hugues Charest, and Jane McDonald
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1840-1841; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01554-07
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Optimum Diagnostic Assay and Clinical Specimen for Routine Rotavirus Surveillance
Lauren J. Stockman, Mary A. Staat, Michol Holloway, David I. Bernstein, Tara Kerin, Jennifer Hull, Eileen Yee, Jon Gentsch, and Umesh D. Parashar
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1842-1843; published ahead of print March 19, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02329-07
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Evaluation of Rubella Virus Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM Assays with the New Vidia Instrument
Maria Cristina Medici, Monica Martinelli, Valeria Albonetti, Carlo Chezzi, and Giuseppe Dettori
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1847-1849; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00468-08
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Bacteriology:

Genotypic Diversity of Anaerobic Isolates from Bloodstream Infections
Keith E. Simmon, Stanley Mirrett, L. Barth Reller, and Cathy A. Petti
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1596-1601; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02469-07
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Evaluation of CDC-Recommended Approaches for Confirmatory Testing of Positive Neisseria gonorrhoeae Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Results
Jeanne Moncada, Elizabeth Donegan, and Julius Schachter
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1614-1619; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02301-07
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Validation of Virulence and Epidemiology DNA Microarray for Identification and Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
Richard P. Spence, Victoria Wright, Dlawer A. A. Ala-Aldeen, David P. Turner, Karl G. Wooldridge, and Richard James
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1620-1627; published ahead of print February 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02453-07
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Comparison of the Copan ESwab System with Two Amies Agar Swab Transport Systems for Maintenance of Microorganism Viability
Kenneth G. Van Horn, Carol D. Audette, Denise Sebeck, and Kelly A. Tucker
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1655-1658; published ahead of print March 19, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02047-07
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Comparison of Serological and Real-Time PCR Assays To Diagnose Bordetella pertussis Infection in 2007
Philippe André, Valerie Caro, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Aaron M. Wendelboe, Annelies Van Rie, and Nicole Guiso
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1672-1677; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02187-07
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Detection of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli by Use of Melting-Curve Analysis and Real-Time Multiplex PCR
Chase E. Guion, Theresa J. Ochoa, Christopher M. Walker, Francesca Barletta, and Thomas G. Cleary
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1752-1757; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02341-07
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Rapid Detection of the Mosaic Structure of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae penA Gene, Which Is Associated with Decreased Susceptibilities to Oral Cephalosporins
Susumu Ochiai, Hiroaki Ishiko, Mitsuru Yasuda, and Takashi Deguchi
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1804-1810; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01800-07
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Characterization of New Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) and Topoisomerase Genes in Fluoroquinolone- and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
Sybill Descloux, Alexandra Rossano, and Vincent Perreten
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1818-1823; published ahead of print February 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02255-07
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Clinical Characteristics Associated with Isolation of Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Respiratory Secretions of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Michael Schneider, Kathrin Mühlemann, Sara Droz, Sabine Couzinet, Carmen Casaulta, and Stefan Zimmerli
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1832-1834; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00361-08
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PCR Method To Identify Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhi, Paratyphi A, and Paratyphi B among Salmonella Isolates from the Blood of Patients with Clinical Enteric Fever
Haim Levy, Souleymane Diallo, Sharon M. Tennant, Sofie Livio, Samba O. Sow, Milagritos Tapia, Patricia I. Fields, Matthew Mikoleit, Boubou Tamboura, Karen L. Kotloff, Rosanna Lagos, James P. Nataro, James E. Galen, and Myron M. Levine
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1861-1866; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00109-08
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Evaluation of 16S rRNA Gene-Based PCR Assays for Genus-Level Identification of Helicobacter Species
H. Moyaert, F. Pasmans, R. Ducatelle, F. Haesebrouck, and M. Baele
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1867-1869; published ahead of print March 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00139-08
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New and Sensitive Assay for Determining Pseudomonas aeruginosa Metallo-Beta-Lactamase Resistance to Imipenem
Jingyuan Tan, Johann D. D. Pitout, and David S. Guttman
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1870-1872; published ahead of print March 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02175-07
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RNase P RNA Gene (rnpB) Phylogeny of Hemoplasmas and Other Mycoplasma Species
Iain R. Peters, Chris R. Helps, Laura McAuliffe, Harold Neimark, Michael R. Lappin, Timothy J. Gruffydd-Jones, Michael J. Day, Ludwig E. Hoelzle, Barbara Willi, Marina Meli, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann, and Séverine Tasker
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1873-1877; published ahead of print March 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01859-07
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Identification of the First VIM Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Multiresistant Aeromonas hydrophila Strain
Balázs Libisch, Christian G. Giske, Bogáta Kovács, Tamás G. Tóth, and Miklós Füzi
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1878-1880; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00047-08
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Agammaglobulinemia and Staphylococcus aureus Botryomycosis in a Cohort of Related Sentinel Swiss Webster Mice
Erin C. Bridgeford, James G. Fox, Prashant R. Nambiar, and Arlin B. Rogers
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1881-1884; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01875-07
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Parasitology:

Stability of Trichomonas vaginalis DNA in Urine Specimens
Jessica Ingersoll, Tameka Bythwood, Deborah Abdul-Ali, Gina M. Wingood, Ralph J. Diclemente, and Angela M. Caliendo
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1628-1630; published ahead of print March 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02486-07
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Assessment of Echinococcus granulosus Somatic Protoscolex Antigens for Serological Follow-Up of Young Patients Surgically Treated for Cystic Echinococcosis
Nadia Ben Nouir, Sandra Nuñez, Christian Gianinazzi, Mohamed Gorcii, Norbert Müller, Abdellatif Nouri, Hamouda Babba, and Bruno Gottstein
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1631-1640; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01689-07
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Comparison of Stool Antigen Detection Kits to PCR for Diagnosis of Amebiasis
D. Stark, S. van Hal, R. Fotedar, A. Butcher, D. Marriott, J. Ellis, and J. Harkness
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1678-1681; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02261-07
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Mycology:

Immunoglobulin G Responses to a Panel of Candida albicans Antigens as Accurate and Early Markers for the Presence of Systemic Candidiasis
Cornelius J. Clancy, Minh-Ly Nguyen, Shaoji Cheng, Hong Huang, Guixiang Fan, Reia A. Jaber, John R. Wingard, Christina Cline, and M. Hong Nguyen
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1647-1654; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02018-07
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Comparison of Neo-Sensitabs Tablet Diffusion Assay with CLSI Broth Microdilution M38-A and Disk Diffusion Methods for Testing Susceptibility of Filamentous Fungi with Amphotericin B, Caspofungin, Itraconazole, Posaconazole, and Voriconazole
A. Espinel-Ingroff and E. Canton
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1793-1803; published ahead of print March 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01883-07
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Evaluation of the New Micronaut-Candida System Compared to the API ID32C Method for Yeast Identification
Z. Szabó, B. Tóth, M. Kovács, G. Kardos, A. Maráz, F. Rozgonyi, and L. Majoros
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1824-1825; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02350-07
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Repetitive-Sequence-Based PCR Using the DiversiLab System for Identification of Aspergillus Species
Dewey Hansen, Mimi Healy, Kristy Reece, Cheryl Smith, and Gail L. Woods
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1835-1839; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00956-07
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Epidemiology:

Emergence of a Tetracycline-Resistant Campylobacter jejuni Clone Associated with Outbreaks of Ovine Abortion in the United States
Orhan Sahin, Paul J. Plummer, Dianna M. Jordan, Kapllan Sulaj, Sonia Pereira, Suelee Robbe-Austerman, Liping Wang, Michael J. Yaeger, Lorraine J. Hoffman, and Qijing Zhang
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1663-1671; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00031-08
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Detection of Pathogenic Leptospira Bacteria in Pinniped Populations via PCR and Identification of a Source of Transmission for Zoonotic Leptospirosis in the Marine Environment
Caroline E. Cameron, Richard L. Zuerner, Stephen Raverty, Kathleen M. Colegrove, Stephanie A. Norman, Dyanna M. Lambourn, Steven J. Jeffries, and Frances M. Gulland
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1728-1733; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02022-07
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High-Throughput Genotyping of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Allowing Geographical Assignment of Haplotypes and Pathotypes within an Urban District of Jakarta, Indonesia
Stephen Baker, Kathryn Holt, Esther van de Vosse, Philippe Roumagnac, Sally Whitehead, Emma King, Philip Ewels, Andrew Keniry, François-Xavier Weill, Diane Lightfoot, Jaap T. van Dissel, Kenneth E. Sanderson, Jeremy Farrar, Mark Achtman, Panagiotis Deloukas, and Gordon Dougan
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1741-1746; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02249-07
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Differences in Virulence Markers between Helicobacter pylori Strains from Iraq and Those from Iran: Potential Importance of Regional Differences in H. pylori-Associated Disease
Nawfal R. Hussein, Marjan Mohammadi, Yeganeh Talebkhan, Masoumeh Doraghi, Darren P. Letley, Merdan K. Muhammad, Richard H. Argent, and John C. Atherton
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1774-1779; published ahead of print March 19, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01737-07
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Genotypic Diversity of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Causing Endocarditis: a Global Perspective
Cathy A. Petti, Keith E. Simmon, Jose M. Miro, Bruno Hoen, Francesc Marco, Vivian H. Chu, Eugene Athan, Suzana Bukovski, Emilio Bouza, Suzanne Bradley, Vance G. Fowler, Efthymia Giannitsioti, David Gordon, Porl Reinbott, Tony Korman, Selwyn Lang, Cristina Garcia-de-la-Maria, Annibale Raglio, Arthur J. Morris, Patrick Plesiat, Suzanne Ryan, Thanh Doco-Lecompte, Francesca Tripodi, Riccardo Utili, Dannah Wray, J. Jeffrey Federspiel, K. Boisson, L. Barth Reller, David R. Murdoch, Christopher W. Woods and the International Collaboration on Endocarditis—Microbiology Investigators
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1780-1784; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02405-07
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Emergence and Dissemination of a Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Panton-Valentine Leucocidin-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Clone Sharing the Sequence Type 5 Lineage with the Most Prevalent Nosocomial Clone in the Same Region of Argentina
Claudia Sola, Hector A. Saka, the Cordoba MRSA Collaborative Study Group, Ana Vindel, and José Luis Bocco
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1826-1831; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01949-07
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Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

Dynamic Transmission of Numerous Anaplasma phagocytophilum Genotypes among Lambs in an Infected Sheep Flock in an Area of Anaplasmosis Endemicity
Georgia A. F. Ladbury, Snorre Stuen, Rachael Thomas, Kevin J. Bown, Zerai Woldehiwet, Erik G. Granquist, Karin Bergström, and Richard J. Birtles
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1686-1691; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02068-07
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Novel Wide-Range Quantitative Nested Real-Time PCR Assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA: Clinical Application for Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis
Teruyuki Takahashi, Masato Tamura, Yukihiro Asami, Eiko Kitamura, Kosuke Saito, Tsukasa Suzuki, Sachiko Nonaka Takahashi, Koichi Matsumoto, Shigemasa Sawada, Eise Yokoyama, and Toshiaki Takasu
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1698-1707; published ahead of print March 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02214-07
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Novel Wide-Range Quantitative Nested Real-Time PCR Assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA: Development and Methodology
Teruyuki Takahashi, Masato Tamura, Yukihiro Asami, Eiko Kitamura, Kosuke Saito, Tsukasa Suzuki, Sachiko Nonaka Takahashi, Koichi Matsumoto, Shigemasa Sawada, Eise Yokoyama, and Toshiaki Takasu
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1708-1715; published ahead of print March 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01200-07
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Characterization of "Mycobacterium paraffinicum" Associated with a Pseudo-Outbreak
Shu-Hua Wang, Julie E. Mangino, Kurt Stevenson, Mitchell A. Yakrus, Robert Cooksey, W. Ray Butler, Mimi Healy, Mark G. Wise, Larry S. Schlesinger, and Preeti Pancholi
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1850-1853; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02079-07
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Direct Comparison of the GenoType MTBC and Genomic Deletion Assays in Terms of Ability To Distinguish between Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Clinical Isolates and in Clinical Specimens
Akos Somoskovi, Jillian Dormandy, Jeremy Rivenburg, Maria Pedrosa, Melinda McBride, and Max Salfinger
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1854-1857; published ahead of print March 19, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.00105-07
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Different Biological Characteristics of Wild-Type Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Viruses and Vaccine Viruses and Identification of the Corresponding Genetic Determinants
Won-Il Kim, Jae-Jo Kim, Sang-Ho Cha, and Kyoung-Jin Yoon
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1758-1768; published ahead of print February 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01927-07
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Diagnostic and Clinical Implications of a Nested PCR Specific for Ribosomal DNA of the Feline Lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Nematoda, Strongylida)
Donato Traversa, Raffaella Iorio, and Domenico Otranto
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1811-1817; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01612-07
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Inability of Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay To Detect Subtype H7 Avian Influenza Viruses Isolated from Wild Birds
Zheng Xing, Carol Cardona, Phuong Dao, Beate Crossley, Sharon Hietala, and Walter Boyce
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1844-1846; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02426-07
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Molecular Characterization of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii Genotype III
Maria B. Cadenas, Julie Bradley, Ricardo G. Maggi, Matt Takara, Barbara C. Hegarty, and Edward B. Breitschwerdt
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1858-1860; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02456-07
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Case Reports:

Lymphadenopathy Caused by Mycobacterium colombiense
Óscar Esparcia, Ferran Navarro, Miquel Quer, and Pere Coll
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1885-1887; published ahead of print February 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.01441-07
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection Caused by Actinomyces neuii subsp. neuii
Richard R. Watkins, Kathy Anthony, Suzanne Schroder, and Gerri S. Hall
J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2008 46: 1888-1889; published ahead of print March 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/JCM.02141-07
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Letters To The Editor:

In Vivo Detection of Clonally Derived Methicillin-Resistant/Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strains Is Not a Rare Event
Patrice Francois, Ilker Uckay, Anne Iten, Gesuele Renzi, Sasi Dahran, Véronique Camus, Hugo Sax, and Jacques Schrenzel
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