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Contents: November 2009, Volume 47, Issue 11

       Commentary

       Bacteriology

       Virology

       Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

       Epidemiology

       Parasitology

       Mycology

       Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

       Case Reports

       Fast-Track Communication

       Letters To The Editor

       Errata

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Commentary:

Breathing New Life into Pneumonia Diagnostics
David R. Murdoch, Katherine L. O'Brien, J. Anthony G. Scott, Ruth A. Karron, Niranjan Bhat, Amanda J. Driscoll, Maria Deloria Knoll, and Orin S. Levine
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3405-3408; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01685-09
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Bacteriology:

Broth Microdilution Method To Detect Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases and AmpC β-Lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae Isolates by Use of Clavulanic Acid and Boronic Acid as Inhibitors
Seok Hoon Jeong, Wonkeun Song, Jae-Seok Kim, Han-Sung Kim, and Kyu Man Lee
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3409-3412; published ahead of print August 26, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01141-09
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Interaction between Host Cells and Septicemic Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Isolates from Pigs
Nadia Bergeron, Jonathan Corriveau, Ann Letellier, France Daigle, Louise Lessard, and Sylvain Quessy
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3413-3419; published ahead of print August 26, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00136-09
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Use of Boronic Acid Disk Tests To Detect Extended- Spectrum β-Lactamases in Clinical Isolates of KPC Carbapenemase-Possessing Enterobacteriaceae
Athanassios Tsakris, Aggeliki Poulou, Katerina Themeli-Digalaki, Evangelia Voulgari, Theodore Pittaras, Danai Sofianou, Spyros Pournaras, and Dimitra Petropoulou
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3420-3426; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01314-09
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Use of Toll-Like Receptor Assays To Detect and Identify Microbial Contaminants in Biological Products
Li-Yun Huang, James L. DuMontelle, Melissa Zolodz, Aparna Deora, Ned M. Mozier, and Basil Golding
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3427-3434; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00373-09
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EuroCareCF Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Microbiology of Cystic Fibrosis Isolates
Michael Hogardt, Jutta Ulrich, Helga Riehn-Kopp, and Burkhard Tümmler
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3435-3438; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01182-09
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Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Multilocus Sequence Typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis Sputum Samples
David J. Waine, David Honeybourne, E. Grace Smith, Joanna L. Whitehouse, and Chris G. Dowson
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3444-3448; published ahead of print August 26, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00459-09
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Comparison of the EntericBio Multiplex PCR System with Routine Culture for Detection of Bacterial Enteric Pathogens
James O'Leary, Daniel Corcoran, and Brigid Lucey
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3449-3453; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01026-09
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Comparison of Real-Time PCR and Conventional Biochemical Methods for Identification of Staphylococcus lugdunensis
Benjamin A. Pinsky, Divinia Samson, Laleh Ghafghaichi, Ellen J. Baron, and Niaz Banaei
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3472-3477; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00342-09
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Comparison of a Rapid Molecular Method, the BD GeneOhm Cdiff Assay, to the Most Frequently Used Laboratory Tests for Detection of Toxin-Producing Clostridium difficile in Diarrheal Feces
Gabriella Terhes, Edit Urbán, József Sóki, Eniko Nacsa, and Elisabeth Nagy
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3478-3481; published ahead of print September 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01133-09
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Effects of Volume and Site of Blood Draw on Blood Culture Results
Wilson I. Gonsalves, Nancy Cornish, Michael Moore, Aimin Chen, and Meera Varman
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3482-3485; published ahead of print September 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.02107-08
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Role of Deletion Located between the Intermediate and Middle Regions of the Helicobacter pylori vacA Gene in Cases of Gastroduodenal Diseases
Hiroaki Ogiwara, Mitsushige Sugimoto, Tomoyuki Ohno, Ratha-Korn Vilaichone, Varocha Mahachai, David Y. Graham, and Yoshio Yamaoka
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3493-3500; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00887-09
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Infections with VIM-1 Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacter cloacae and Their Correlation with Clinical Outcome
Marco Falcone, Maria Lina Mezzatesta, Mariagrazia Perilli, Chiara Forcella, Alessandra Giordano, Viviana Cafiso, Gianfranco Amicosante, Stefania Stefani, and Mario Venditti
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3514-3519; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01193-09
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Immediate Incubation of Blood Cultures Outside Routine Laboratory Hours of Operation Accelerates Antibiotic Switching
J. J. Kerremans, A. K. van der Bij, W. Goessens, H. A. Verbrugh, and M. C. Vos
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3520-3523; published ahead of print August 26, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01092-09
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Salmonella enterica Serotype 4,5,12:i:–, an Emerging Salmonella Serotype That Represents Multiple Distinct Clones
Y. Soyer, A. Moreno Switt, M. A. Davis, J. Maurer, P. L. McDonough, D. J. Schoonmaker-Bopp, N. B. Dumas, T. Root, L. D. Warnick, Y. T. Gröhn, and M. Wiedmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3546-3556; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00546-09
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Comparison of BD Phoenix to Vitek 2, MicroScan MICroSTREP, and Etest for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Scott A. Mittman, Richard C. Huard, Phyllis Della-Latta, and Susan Whittier
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3557-3561; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01137-09
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Direct 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing from Clinical Specimens, with Special Focus on Polybacterial Samples and Interpretation of Mixed DNA Chromatograms
Øyvind Kommedal, Kristine Kvello, Rune Skjåstad, Nina Langeland, and Harald G. Wiker
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3562-3568; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00973-09
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Characterization of fHbp, nhba (gna2132), nadA, porA, Sequence Type (ST), and Genomic Presence of IS1301 in Group B Meningococcal ST269 Clonal Complex Isolates from England and Wales
Jay Lucidarme, Maurizio Comanducci, Jamie Findlow, Stephen J. Gray, Edward B. Kaczmarski, Malcolm Guiver, Elisabeth Kugelberg, Pamela J. Vallely, Philipp Oster, Mariagrazia Pizza, Stefania Bambini, Alessandro Muzzi, Christoph M. Tang, and Ray Borrow
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3577-3585; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00936-09
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Evaluation of a New Test, GenoType HelicoDR, for Molecular Detection of Antibiotic Resistance in Helicobacter pylori
Emmanuelle Cambau, Vera Allerheiligen, Céline Coulon, Céline Corbel, Christine Lascols, Lionel Deforges, Claude-James Soussy, Jean-Charles Delchier, and Francis Megraud
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3600-3607; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00744-09
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Molecular and Phenotypic Characteristics of Methicillin-Resistant and Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Patients with Septic Arthritis
Wei-Yao Wang, Shih-Yi Lee, Tzong-Shi Chiueh, and Jang-Jih Lu
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3617-3623; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00539-09
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Non-spa-Typeable Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Strains Are Naturally Occurring Protein A Mutants
Cathrin Baum, Bettina Haslinger-Löffler, Henrik Westh, Kit Boye, Georg Peters, Claudia Neumann, and Barbara C. Kahl
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3624-3629; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00941-09
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Multiplex Real-Time PCR for Rapid Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Typing
Liang Chen, José R. Mediavilla, Duarte C. Oliveira, Barbara M. Willey, Herminia de Lencastre, and Barry N. Kreiswirth
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3692-3706; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00766-09
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Sharing of Escherichia coli Sequence Type ST131 and Other Multidrug-Resistant and Urovirulent E. coli Strains among Dogs and Cats within a Household
James R. Johnson, Sybille Miller, Brian Johnston, Connie Clabots, and Chitrita DebRoy
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3721-3725; published ahead of print August 26, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01581-09
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Comparison of Three Reference Methods for Testing Susceptibility of Staphylococci to Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole
R. Griffith, D. Creely, P. Revell, W. Michael Dunne, and D. Shortridge
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3726-3728; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00451-09
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Comparison of a Commercial Multiplex Real-Time PCR to the Cell Cytotoxicity Neutralization Assay for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infections
Haihui Huang, Andrej Weintraub, Hong Fang, and Carl Erik Nord
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3729-3731; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01280-09
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High Interlaboratory Reproducibility of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry-Based Species Identification of Nonfermenting Bacteria
A. Mellmann, F. Bimet, C. Bizet, A. D. Borovskaya, R. R. Drake, U. Eigner, A. M. Fahr, Y. He, E. N. Ilina, M. Kostrzewa, T. Maier, L. Mancinelli, W. Moussaoui, G. Prévost, L. Putignani, C. L. Seachord, Y. W. Tang, and D. Harmsen
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3732-3734; published ahead of print September 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00921-09
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Clinical Relevance of the Recently Described Species Aeromonas aquariorum
M. José Figueras, Anabel Alperi, M. José Saavedra, Wen-Chien Ko, Nieves Gonzalo, Maria Navarro, and Antonio J. Martínez-Murcia
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3742-3746; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.02216-08
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Failure of the BD GeneOhm StaphSR Assay for Direct Detection of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Positive Blood Cultures Collected in the United States
James W. Snyder, Gina K. Munier, Stacy A. Heckman, Pamela Camp, and Timothy L. Overman
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3747-3748; published ahead of print September 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01391-09
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Implementation of a Universal Admission Surveillance and Decolonization Program for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Reduces the Number of MRSA and Total Number of S. aureus Isolates Reported by the Clinical Laboratory
Donna M. Hacek, Suzanne M. Paule, Richard B. Thomson, Jr., Ari Robicsek, and Lance R. Peterson
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3749-3752; published ahead of print September 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01223-08
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Evidence of Pathogenic Subgroups among Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains
Isabel C. A. Scaletsky, Katia R. S. Aranda, Tamara B. Souza, Neusa P. Silva, and Mauro B. Morais
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3756-3759; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01599-09
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Two Distinct Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with the Same USA300 Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Profile: a Potential Pitfall for Identification of USA300 Community-Associated MRSA
Anders Rhod Larsen, Richard Goering, Marc Stegger, Jodi A. Lindsay, Katherine A. Gould, Jason Hinds, Marit Sørum, Henrik Westh, Kit Boye, and Robert Skov
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3765-3768; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00934-09
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Comparison of the Xpert Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Assay, BD GeneOhm MRSA Assay, and Culture for Detection of Nasal and Cutaneous Groin Colonization by MRSA
P. G. Kelley, E. A. Grabsch, B. P. Howden, W. Gao, and M. L. Grayson
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3769-3772; published ahead of print August 26, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00303-09
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Virology:

Identification of Respiratory Viruses in Adults: Nasopharyngeal versus Oropharyngeal Sampling
David Lieberman, Devora Lieberman, Avi Shimoni, Ayelet Keren-Naus, Rachel Steinberg, and Yonat Shemer-Avni
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3439-3443; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00886-09
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Design and Validation of Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays for Detection of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus
Kanti Pabbaraju, Sallene Wong, Anita A. Wong, Greg D. Appleyard, Linda Chui, Xiao-Li Pang, Stephanie K. Yanow, Kevin Fonseca, Bonita E. Lee, Julie D. Fox, and Jutta K. Preiksaitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3454-3460; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01103-09
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Epidemiology and Clinical Presentations of Human Coronavirus NL63 Infections in Hong Kong Children
Ting Fan Leung, Chung Yi Li, Wai Yip Lam, Gary W. K. Wong, Edmund Cheuk, Margaret Ip, Pak Cheung Ng, and Paul K. S. Chan
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3486-3492; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00832-09
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Frequent Detection of Highly Diverse Variants of Cardiovirus, Cosavirus, Bocavirus, and Circovirus in Sewage Samples Collected in the United States
O. Blinkova, K. Rosario, L. Li, A. Kapoor, B. Slikas, F. Bernardin, M. Breitbart, and E. Delwart
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3507-3513; published ahead of print September 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01062-09
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Multisite Comparison of Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Microbicide Activity in Explant Assays Using a Novel Endpoint Analysis
Nicola Richardson-Harman, Carol Lackman-Smith, Patricia S. Fletcher, Peter A. Anton, James W. Bremer, Charlene S. Dezzutti, Julie Elliott, Jean-Charles Grivel, Patricia Guenthner, Phalguni Gupta, Maureen Jones, Nell S. Lurain, Leonid B. Margolis, Swarna Mohan, Deena Ratner, Patricia Reichelderfer, Paula Roberts, Robin J. Shattock, and James E. Cummins, Jr.
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3530-3539; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00673-09
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Molecular Characteristics of German G8P[4] Rotavirus Strain GER1H-09 Suggest that a Genotyping and Subclassification Update Is Required for G8
C. Pietsch, L. Petersen, L. Patzer, and U. G. Liebert
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3569-3576; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01471-09
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Reemergence of Enterovirus 71 in 2008 in Taiwan: Dynamics of Genetic and Antigenic Evolution from 1998 to 2008
Sheng-Wen Huang, Yun-Wei Hsu, Derek J. Smith, David Kiang, Huey-Pin Tsai, Kuei-Hsiang Lin, Shih-Min Wang, Ching-Chung Liu, Ih-Jen Su, and Jen-Ren Wang
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3653-3662; published ahead of print September 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00630-09
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Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Antigen Detection Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Using Multiserotype-Reactive Monoclonal Antibodies
Kazuki Morioka, Katsuhiko Fukai, Kazuo Yoshida, Reiko Yamazoe, Hiroyuki Onozato, Seiichi Ohashi, Tomoyuki Tsuda, and Kenichi Sakamoto
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3663-3668; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00695-09
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Development and Validation of a Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Simultaneous Genotyping and Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1, 2, and 3 Proviral Load Determination
Britta Moens, Giovanni López, Vanessa Adaui, Elsa González, Lien Kerremans, Daniel Clark, Kristien Verdonck, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Guido Vanham, Olivier Cassar, Antoine Gessain, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, and Sonia Van Dooren
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3682-3691; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00781-09
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Cervid Herpesvirus 2, the Primary Agent in an Outbreak of Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis in Semidomesticated Reindeer
Morten Tryland, Carlos G. Das Neves, Marianne Sunde, and Torill Mørk
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3707-3713; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01198-09
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Rapid SYBR Green I and Modified Probe Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays Identify Influenza H1N1 Viruses and Distinguish between Pandemic and Seasonal Strains
Ji-Rong Yang, Je Lo, Jian-Liang Liu, Chao-Hua Lin, Yu-Lin Ho, Chun-Jung Chen, Ho-Sheng Wu, and Ming-Tsan Liu
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3714-3716; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01646-09
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Variability of Immediate-Early Gene 62 in German Varicella-Zoster Virus Wild-Type Strains
A. Sauerbrei, K. Bohn, R. Zell, and P. Wutzler
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3717-3720; published ahead of print August 26, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01550-09
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Phylogenetic Analysis of Human Parvovirus B19 Sequences from Eleven Different Countries Confirms the Predominance of Genotype 1 and Suggests the Spread of Genotype 3b
Judith M. Hübschen, Zefira Mihneva, Andreas F. Mentis, François Schneider, Yair Aboudy, Zehava Grossman, Hagit Rudich, Kalia Kasymbekova, Inna Sarv, Jasminka Nedeljkovic, Marc C. Tahita, Zekiba Tarnagda, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, A. G. Gerasimova, T. N. Moskaleva, Nina T. Tikhonova, Nazibrola Chitadze, J. C. Forbi, Adedayo O. Faneye, Jesse A. Otegbayo, Emilie Charpentier, and Claude P. Muller
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3735-3738; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01201-09
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Comparative Evaluation of a Commercially Available Automated System for Extraction of Viral DNA from Whole Blood: Application to Monitoring of Epstein-Barr Virus and Cytomegalovirus Load
Sylvie Pillet, Thomas Bourlet, and Bruno Pozzetto
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3753-3755; published ahead of print August 26, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01497-09
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Clinical and Resistance Consequences of Misquantification of Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) RNA in Samples from an HIV-1 Subtype G-Infected Patient
Constance Delaugerre, Blandine Denis, Gilles Peytavin, Pierre Palmer, Thomas Mourez, Jerôme Le Goff, Jean-Michel Molina, and François Simon
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3763-3764; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00206-09
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Multicenter Evaluation of a Transcription-Reverse Transcription Concerted Assay for Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Clinical Specimens
V. Drouillon, G. Delogu, G. Dettori, P. H. Lagrange, M. Benecchi, F. Houriez, K. Baroli, F. Ardito, R. Torelli, C. Chezzi, G. Fadda, and J.-L. Herrmann
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3461-3465; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01730-08
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains with Highly Discordant Rifampin Susceptibility Test Results
A. Van Deun, L. Barrera, I. Bastian, L. Fattorini, H. Hoffmann, K. M. Kam, L. Rigouts, S. Rüsch-Gerdes, and A. Wright
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3501-3506; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01209-09
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Multicenter Evaluation of Bactec MGIT 960 System for Second-Line Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex
S.-Y. Grace Lin, Edward Desmond, Donald Bonato, Wendy Gross, and Salman Siddiqi
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3630-3634; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00803-09
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Direct Detection of Mycobacterial Species in Pulmonary Specimens by Two Rapid Amplification Tests, the Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis Direct Test and the GenoType Mycobacteria Direct Test
H. Syre, V. P. Myneedu, V. K. Arora, and H. M. S. Grewal
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3635-3639; published ahead of print September 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00411-09
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Lack of Insertional-Deletional Polymorphism in a Collection of Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Ghanaian Buruli Ulcer Patients
Michael Käser, Oliver Gutmann, Julia Hauser, Tim Stinear, Stewart Cole, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Gregor Dernick, Ulrich Certa, and Gerd Pluschke
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3640-3646; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00760-09
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms on the Road to Strain Differentiation in Mycobacterium ulcerans
Michael Käser, Julia Hauser, and Gerd Pluschke
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3647-3652; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00761-09
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Epidemiology:

Typing of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Dogs by Use of Multilocus Sequence Typing and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
B. N. Parsons, A. J. Cody, C. J. Porter, J. H. Stavisky, J. L. Smith, N. J. Williams, A. J. H. Leatherbarrow, C. A. Hart, R. M. Gaskell, K. E. Dingle, and S. Dawson
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3466-3471; published ahead of print September 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01046-09
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Large Dissemination of VIM-2-Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Causing Health Care-Associated Community-Onset Infections
Athanassios Tsakris, Aggeliki Poulou, Ioulia Kristo, Theodore Pittaras, Nicholas Spanakis, Spyros Pournaras, and Fani Markou
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3524-3529; published ahead of print September 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01099-09
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First Neisseria gonorrhoeae Genotyping Analysis in France: Identification of a Strain Cluster with Reduced Susceptibility to Ceftriaxone
Laura Monfort, Valérie Caro, Zaelle Devaux, Anne-Sophie Delannoy, Sylvain Brisse, and Patrice Sednaoui
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3540-3545; published ahead of print September 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01236-09
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Endemic and Epidemic Acinetobacter Species in a University Hospital: an 8-Year Survey
P. J. van den Broek, T. J. K. van der Reijden, E. van Strijen, A. V. Helmig-Schurter, A. T. Bernards, and L. Dijkshoorn
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3593-3599; published ahead of print September 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00967-09
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Parasitology:

Preliminary Evaluation of the BrEMA1 Gene as a Tool for Associating Babesia rossi Genotypes and Clinical Manifestation of Canine Babesiosis
P. T. Matjila, B. Carcy, A. L. Leisewitz, T. Schetters, F. Jongejan, A. Gorenflot, and B. L. Penzhorn
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3586-3592; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01110-08
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The EmsB Tandemly Repeated Multilocus Microsatellite: a New Tool To Investigate Genetic Diversity of Echinococcus granulosus Sensu Lato
S. Maillard, B. Gottstein, K. L. Haag, S. Ma, I. Colovic, M. C. Benchikh-Elfegoun, J. Knapp, and R. Piarroux
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3608-3616; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00938-09
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Carriage Rate of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in an Orphanage in Bangkok, Thailand
Watcharee Pagornrat, Saovanee Leelayoova, Ram Rangsin, Peerapan Tan-Ariya, Tawee Naaglor, and Mathirut Mungthin
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3739-3741; published ahead of print August 26, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01606-09
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Antigenemia in Patients with Mediterranean Visceral Leishmaniasis
Bernard Ferrua, Nicolas Rol, Grégory Michel, and Pierre Marty
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3760-3762; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00649-09
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Mycology:

Identification of Cryptococcus gattii by Use of L-Canavanine Glycine Bromothymol Blue Medium and DNA Sequencing
K. R. Klein, L. Hall, S. M. Deml, J. M. Rysavy, S. L. Wohlfiel, and N. L. Wengenack
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3669-3672; published ahead of print September 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01072-09
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Airway Obstruction Is Increased in Pneumocystis-Colonized Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Outpatients
Alison Morris, Travis Alexander, Saba Radhi, Lorrie Lucht, Frank C. Sciurba, Jay K. Kolls, Ruma Srivastava, Chad Steele, and Karen A. Norris
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3773-3776; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01712-09
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Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Chronic Hepatitis, Hepatic Dysplasia, Fibrosis, and Biliary Hyperplasia in Hamsters Naturally Infected with a Novel Helicobacter Classified in the H. bilis Cluster
J. G. Fox, Z. Shen, S. Muthupalani, A. R. Rogers, S. M. Kirchain, and F. E. Dewhirst
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3673-3681; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00879-09
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Case Reports:

Refractory Bacteremia and Osteomyelitis Resulting in Fatal Bacteremic Pneumonia with Multiorgan Failure Caused by Mycobacterium simiae in a Non-Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adult
Kuei-Pin Chung, Tzu-Hsiu Tsai, Yu-Tsung Huang, and Po-Ren Hsueh
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3777-3779; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00627-09
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Transmission of an Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli (Sequence Type ST131) Strain between a Father and Daughter Resulting in Septic Shock and Emphysematous Pyelonephritis
Peter T. Ender, Deepakraj Gajanana, Brian Johnston, Connie Clabots, Frank J. Tamarkin, and James R. Johnson
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3780-3782; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01361-09
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False-Positive PCR Detection of Tropheryma whipplei in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Biopsy Samples from a Child with Chronic Lymphocytic Meningitis
Daniel Goyo, Ana Camacho, Carmen Gómez, Rogelio Simón de las Heras, Joaquín R. Otero, and Fernando Chaves
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3783-3784; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00927-09
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Perinatal Tuberculosis in a 73-Day-Old Infant
Hsin-Chung Huang, Li-Min Huang, Chun-Yi Lu, Ping-Ing Lee, and Luan-Yin Chang
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3785-3786; published ahead of print September 2, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00127-09
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Moraxella lacunata Septic Arthritis in a Patient with Lupus Nephritis
Anna Woodbury, James Jorgensen, Aaron Owens, and Andres Henao-Martinez
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3787-3788; published ahead of print September 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01403-09
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Fast-Track Communication:

Diagnostic Assay Recommended by the World Health Organization for Swine Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Cross-Reacts with H5N1 Influenza Virus
M. Peacey, R. J. Hall, J. Bocacao, and Q. S. Huang
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3789-3790; published ahead of print September 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01509-09
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Letters To The Editor:

False-Negative Results of a Validated Real-Time PCR Protocol for Diagnosis of Newcastle Disease Due to Genetic Variability of the Matrix Gene
G. Cattoli, C. De Battisti, S. Marciano, S. Ormelli, I. Monne, C. Terregino, and I. Capua
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3791-3792; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.00895-09
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Emergence in Italy of Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 258 Producing KPC-3 Carbapenemase
Tommaso Giani, Marco Maria D'Andrea, Patrizia Pecile, Luisa Borgianni, Pierluigi Nicoletti, Francesco Tonelli, Alessandro Bartoloni, and Gian Maria Rossolini
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3793-3794; published ahead of print September 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/JCM.01773-09
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Errata:

Quantification of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA in a Multicenter Study: Implications for Management of HCV Genotype 1-Infected Patients
Giulio Pisani, Karen Cristiano, Francesco Marino, Francesca Luciani, Guillermo M. Bisso, Claudio Mele, Daniela Adriani, Giuliano Gentili, and Maria Wirz
J. Clin. Microbiol. November 2009 47: 3795
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