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  Multilocus enzyme analysis of Legionella dumoffii.

  T C Woods, R M McKinney, B D Plikaytis, A G Steigerwalt, W F Bibb, D J Brenner
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  Homogeneous liposome lysis assay for determination of anti-streptolysin O antibody titer in serum.

  M Umeda, T Tomita, H Shibata, M Seki, T Yasuda
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  Detection of an immunoglobulin M response in the elderly for early diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus infection.

  T Vikerfors, M Grandien, M Johansson, C A Pettersson
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  Factors affecting viability and growth in HeLa 229 cells of Chlamydia sp. strain TWAR.

  C C Kuo, J T Grayston
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  Evaluation of MicroScan MIC panels for detection of oxacillin-resistant staphylococci.

  G L Woods, P Yam
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  Comparative immunochemistry of lipopolysaccharides from typable and polyagglutinable Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis.

  A Fomsgaard, R S Conrad, C Galanos, G H Shand, N Høiby
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  Congo red as a fluorochrome for the rapid detection of fungi.

  M Slifkin, R Cumbie
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  Characterization of urease from Campylobacter pylori.

  H L Mobley, M J Cortesia, L E Rosenthal, B D Jones
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  Variable infectivity of human-derived Giardia lamblia cysts for Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus).

  G S Visvesvara, J W Dickerson, G R Healy
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  Variation of electrophoretic karyotypes among clinical isolates of Candida albicans.

  W G Merz, C Connelly, P Hieter
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  Sputum gram stain assessment in community-acquired bacteremic pneumonia.

  R Gleckman, J DeVita, D Hibert, C Pelletier, R Martin
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  Immune response to Escherichia coli alpha-hemolysin in patients.

  S Seetharama, S J Cavalieri, I S Snyder
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  Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunoglobulin G subclass antibodies specific for enterobacterial Re core glycolipid in healthy individuals and in patients infected by gram-negative bacteria.

  M Nys, L Joassin, A Somzee, J Demonty
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  Influence of strain characteristics and immunity on the epidemiology of Campylobacter infections in Thailand.

  D N Taylor, P Echeverria, C Pitarangsi, J Seriwatana, L Bodhidatta, M J Blaser
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  Specific immunoglobulin A to Bordetella pertussis antigens in mucosal secretion for rapid diagnosis of whooping cough.

  G Granström, P Askelöf, M Granström
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  New semisolid agar for the detection of motile salmonellae.

  E A Hine, E K Stefen, J E Wagner
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  Virulence factors in Escherichia coli strains isolated from Swedish piglets with diarrhea.

  O Söderlind, B Thafvelin, R Möllby
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  Monoclonal antibodies to Pasteurella haemolytica serotype 1 lipopolysaccharide: demonstration of antigenic similarities among several serotypes.

  J A Durham, S M Antone, M W Cunningham, A W Confer
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  Reaction of Bacillus subtilis products with amebocyte lysates of the Japanese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus.

  D S Hodes, E J Bottone, A Hass, H L Hodes
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  The urinary bladder, a consistent source of Borrelia burgdorferi in experimentally infected white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus).

  T G Schwan, W Burgdorfer, M E Schrumpf, R H Karstens
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  Prevalence and persistence of Neisseria cinerea and other Neisseria spp. in adults.

  J S Knapp, E W Hook
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  Antigen(s) responsible for immunoglobulin G responses specific for the acute stage of Toxoplasma infection in humans.

  Y Suzuki, P Thulliez, G Desmonts, J S Remington
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  Isolation and restriction endonuclease cleavage of Anaplasma marginale DNA in situ in agarose.

  C M Krueger, G M Buening
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  Local and systemic antibody responses in high-risk adults given live-attenuated and inactivated influenza A virus vaccines.

  G J Gorse, R B Belshe, N J Munn
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  Evaluation of substrates for radiometric detection of bacteria in blood cultures.

  H Bopp, P D Ellner
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  Characterization of antibodies to sporozoites in Plasmodium falciparum malaria and correlation with protection.

  H K Webster, A E Brown, C Chuenchitra, B Permpanich, J Pipithkul
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  Characterization of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli strains isolated from children with diarrhea in Chile.

  G Faundez, G Figueroa, M Troncoso, F C Cabello
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  Detection of herpes simplex virus DNA from genital lesions by in situ hybridization.

  A Langenberg, D Smith, C L Brakel, M Pollice, M Remington, C Winter, A Dunne, L Corey
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  Solid-phase immune electron microscopy with human immunoglobulin M for serotyping of Norwalk-like viruses.

  D C Lewis, N F Lightfoot, J V Pether
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  Pathogenicity of rotavirus in rabbits.

  M E Thouless, R F DiGiacomo, B J Deeb, H Howard
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  Simple microbiologic detection of Campylobacter pylori.

  J Parsonnet, K Welch, C Compton, R Strauss, T Wang, P Kelsey, M J Ferraro
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  Composition and density of microflora in the subungual space of the hand.

  K J McGinley, E L Larson, J J Leyden
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  Avidin-biotin latex agglutination assay for detection of antibodies to viral antigens.

  I C Shekarchi, D A Fuccillo, J L Sever, D M Madden
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  Semiquantitative culture results and pathogenic significance of obligate anaerobes in peritonsillar abscesses.

  A M Jokipii, L Jokipii, P Sipilä, K Jokinen
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  Comparative evaluation of Oxoid Signal and BACTEC radiometric blood culture systems for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia.

  M P Weinstein, S Mirrett, L B Reller
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  Biochemical and ultrastructural study of Blastocystis hominis.

  C H Zierdt, C T Donnolley, J Muller, G Constantopoulos
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  Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus.

  D Archambault, N East, K Perk, J E Dahlberg
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  Serum and cerebrospinal fluid immunoglobulins M, A, and G in Japanese encephalitis.

  X Y Han, Q W Ren, Z Y Xu, T F Tsai
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  Production of lipase by clinical isolates of Pseudomonas cepacia.

  M K Lonon, D E Woods, D C Straus
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  Quantitation of serotype-specific and cross-reacting group-specific antigens by coagglutination and immunodiffusion tests for differentiating Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae strains belonging to cross-reacting serotypes 3, 6, and 8.

  K R Mittal, R Higgins, S Lariviere
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  Evaluation of rubella immune status by three commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.

  P R Field, D W Ho, A L Cunningham
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  Comparison of two GM1-erythrocyte assays to detect heat-labile Escherichia coli enterotoxin in stool specimens.

  Y Germani, J L Guesdon, L Phalente, E Begaud, J P Moreau
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  Comparison of 10 enzyme immunoassays for detection of antibody to human immunodeficiency virus type 2 in West African sera.

  F Denis, G Leonard, A Sangare, G Gershy-Damet, J L Rey, B Soro, D Schmidt, M Mounier, M Verdier, A Baillou
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  Immunocytochemical detection of antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen by a streptavidin-biotin-complex assay.

  M Musiani, M Zerbini, M Plazzi, G Gentilomi, M La Placa
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  Comparison of 17 genome types of adenovirus type 3 identified among strains recovered from six continents.

  Q G Li, G Wadell
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  Common epitope on the lipopolysaccharide of Legionella pneumophila recognized by a monoclonal antibody.

  C Barthe, J R Joly, D Ramsay, M Boissinot, N Benhamou
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  Evaluation of a new latex agglutination method for detection of antibody to herpes simplex virus.

  P C DeGirolami, J Dakos, K Eichelberger, S Biano
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  Use of A-549 cells in a clinical virology laboratory.

  G L Woods, A Young
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  Failure of Campylobacter pylori to grow in commercial blood culture systems.

  T U Westblom, E Madan, B R Midkiff, V W Adkins, M A Subik
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  Alterations in the T-lymphocyte subpopulation in patients with rhinoscleroma.

  P Berron, R Berron, L Ortiz-Ortiz
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  Mycobacterium avium complex pseudobacteriuria from a hospital water supply.

  L Graham, N G Warren, A Y Tsang, H P Dalton
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  Rat model for human cryptosporidiosis.

  P Brasseur, D Lemeteil, J J Ballet
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  Recurrent epidermal cyst infection caused by Brucella melitensis in a diabetic patient.

  R Dhar, P M Dhar, M Gafoor
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  Construction of a DNA probe for the specific identification of Streptococcus oralis.

  S Schmidhuber, W Ludwig, K H Schleifer
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  Differential quantitation with a commercial blood culture tube for diagnosis of catheter-related infection.

  P M Flynn, J L Shenep, F F Barrett
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  Test-of-cure stool cultures for traveler's diarrhea.

  C D Ericsson, H L DuPont, J J Mathewson, P C Johnson, F J de la Cabada, J A Bitsura
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  Urease-positive thermophilic Campylobacter (Campylobacter laridis variant) isolated from an appendix and from human feces.

  F Mégraud, D Chevrier, N Desplaces, A Sedallian, J L Guesdon
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  Laboratory findings in four cases of adult botulism suggest colonization of the intestinal tract.

  L M McCroskey, C L Hatheway
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  Staphylococcus haemolyticus urinary tract infection in a male patient.

  B A Gunn, C E Davis
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  Detection of coagulase activity in Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

  M J Tesh, R L Wood
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  Endocarditis caused by Capnocytophaga ochracea.

  A Y Buu-Hoi, S Joundy, J F Acar
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  Rapid characterization of oral and nonoral pigmented Bacteroides species with the ATB Anaerobes ID system.

  A J van Winkelhoff, M Clement, J de Graaff
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  Sera from patients with high titers of antibody to streptolysin O react with listeriolysin.

  S Chatzipanagiotou, H Hof
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  Comparison of Gen-Probe commercial kit and culture technique for the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

  R Dular, R Kajioka, S Kasatiya
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  Purification and properties of Bacteroides heparinolyticus heparinase (heparin lyase, EC 4.2.2.7).

  T Nakamura, Y Shibata, S Fujimura
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  Isolation of an unidentified pink-pigmented bacterium in a clinical specimen.

  T Odugbemi, C Nwofor, K T Joiner
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  Limitations of semiquantitative method for catheter culture.

  A Sitges-Serra, J Liñares