Journal of Clinical Microbiology: 48 (10)

October 2010; Volume 48,Issue 10

Commentary

Commentary
The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Director in the United States Hospital Setting
Richard B. Thomson, Michael L. Wilson, Melvin P. Weinstein

Epidemiology

Epidemiology
Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Auckland, New Zealand
S. Muttaiyah, G. Coombs, S. Pandey, P. Reed, S. Ritchie, D. Lennon, S. Roberts
Epidemiology
Trends in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Anovaginal Colonization in Pregnant Women in 2005 versus 2009
Karina A. Top, Richard C. Huard, Zachary Fox, Fann Wu, Susan Whittier, Phyllis Della-Latta, Lisa Saiman, Adam J. Ratner
Epidemiology
Molecular Surveillance of Clinical Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates in Russia
Elena N. Ilina, Nina Y. Oparina, Egor A. Shitikov, Alexandra D. Borovskaya, Vadim M. Govorun
Epidemiology
High Prevalence of Clarithromycin-Resistant Helicobacter pylori Strains and Risk Factors Associated with Resistance in Madrid, Spain
Sonia Agudo, Guillermo Pérez-Pérez, Teresa Alarcón, Manuel López-Brea
Epidemiology
Relatedness of Human and Animal Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 078 Isolates Determined on the Basis of Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis and Tetracycline Resistance
D. Bakker, J. Corver, C. Harmanus, A. Goorhuis, E. C. Keessen, W. N. Fawley, M. H. Wilcox, E. J. Kuijper

Bacteriology

Bacteriology
The Pan Genera Detection Immunoassay: a Novel Point-of-Issue Method for Detection of Bacterial Contamination in Platelet Concentrates
Tanja Vollmer, Dennis Hinse, Knut Kleesiek, Jens Dreier
Bacteriology
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing of Global Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolates by Use of a Hairpin Primer Real-Time PCR Assay
Sophie Octavia, Ruiting Lan
Bacteriology
Multiplex Blood PCR in Combination with Blood Cultures for Improvement of Microbiological Documentation of Infection in Febrile Neutropenia
F. Lamoth, K. Jaton, G. Prod'hom, L. Senn, J. Bille, T. Calandra, O. Marchetti
Bacteriology
Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates with a Partial or Complete Absence of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Elements
Henry Wong, Lisa Louie, Reggie Y. C. Lo, Andrew E. Simor
Bacteriology
Use of groESL as a Target for Identification of Abiotrophia, Granulicatella, and Gemella Species
Wei-Chun Hung, Sung-Pin Tseng, Hsiao-Jan Chen, Jui-Chang Tsai, Chih-Hsin Chang, Tai-Fen Lee, Po-Ren Hsueh, Lee-Jene Teng
Bacteriology
InVitro Evaluation of Antibiotic Synergy for Polymyxin B-Resistant Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
Azza Elemam, Joseph Rahimian, Mehmet Doymaz
Bacteriology
Quantitation of Major Human Cutaneous Bacterial and Fungal Populations
Zhan Gao, Guillermo I. Perez-Perez, Yu Chen, Martin J. Blaser
Bacteriology
Virulence Genes and Genotypic Associations in Nasal Carriage, Community-Associated Methicillin-Susceptible and Methicillin-Resistant USA400 Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
Sanjay K. Shukla, Mary E. Karow, Jennifer M. Brady, Mary E. Stemper, Jennifer Kislow, Natalie Moore, Katherine Wroblewski, Po-Huang Chyou, David M. Warshauer, Kurt D. Reed, Ruth Lynfield, William R. Schwan
Bacteriology
Comparison of Two Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Methods and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for Differentiating Highly Clonal Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates
A. Holmes, G. F. Edwards, E. K. Girvan, W. Hannant, J. Danial, J. R. Fitzgerald, K. E. Templeton
Bacteriology
Mycoplasma genitalium PCR: Does Freezing of Specimens Affect Sensitivity?
Katrina Hutton Carlsen, Jorgen Skov Jensen
Bacteriology
Unexpected Diversity of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type IV in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains
Ying Liu, Fanrong Kong, Meng Xiao, Qinning Wang, Matthew O'Sullivan, Vitali Sintchenko, Lin Ma, Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
Bacteriology
Cholera between 1991 and 1997 in Mexico Was Associated with Infection by Classical, El Tor, and El Tor Variants of Vibrio cholerae
Munirul Alam, Suraia Nusrin, Atiqul Islam, Nurul A. Bhuiyan, Niaz Rahim, Gabriela Delgado, Rosario Morales, Jose Luis Mendez, Armando Navarro, Ana I. Gil, Haruo Watanabe, Masatomo Morita, G. Balakrish Nair, Alejandro Cravioto
Bacteriology
Impact of Strain Type on Detection of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile: Comparison of Molecular Diagnostic and Enzyme Immunoassay Approaches
Fred C. Tenover, Susan Novak-Weekley, Christopher W. Woods, Lance R. Peterson, Thomas Davis, Paul Schreckenberger, Ferric C. Fang, Andre Dascal, Dale N. Gerding, Jim H. Nomura, Richard V. Goering, Thomas Akerlund, Alice S. Weissfeld, Ellen Jo Baron, Edith Wong, Elizabeth M. Marlowe, Joseph Whitmore, David H. Persing
Bacteriology
Is Repeat PCR Needed for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection?
Robert F. Luo, Niaz Banaei
Bacteriology
Haemophilus influenzae Outer Membrane Protein P6 Molecular Characterization May Not Differentiate All Strains of H. Influenzae from H. haemolyticus
Arthur Chang, Diana G. Adlowitz, Edna Yellamatty, Michael Pichichero
Bacteriology
Bordetella holmesii Bacteremia in Asplenic Children: Report of Four Cases Initially Misidentified as Acinetobacter lwoffii
Markos Ioannis Panagopoulos, Maude Saint Jean, Delphine Brun, Nicole Guiso, Sadjia Bekal, Philippe Ovetchkine, Bruce Tapiero
Bacteriology
Comparison of Citrated Human Blood, Citrated Sheep Blood, and Defibrinated Sheep Blood Mueller-Hinton Agar Preparations for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates
Catherine Satzke, Anna Seduadua, Reginald Chandra, Jonathan R. Carapetis, E. Kim Mulholland, Fiona M. Russell
Bacteriology
Molecular Basis of Pathogenicity in Helicobacter pylori Clinical Isolates
Ivy Bastos Ramis, Tesiê Leopoldo Fonseca, Ernani Pinho de Moraes, Márcia Silveira Fernandes, Raul Mendoza-Sassi, Obirajara Rodrigues, Carlos Renan Varela Juliano, Carlos James Scaini, Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva

Mycology

Mycology
Evaluation of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Clinically Important Yeast Species
Lindsay G. Stevenson, Steven K. Drake, Yvonne R. Shea, Adrian M. Zelazny, Patrick R. Murray
Mycology
Rapid Molecular Identification of Pathogenic Yeasts by Pyrosequencing Analysis of 35 Nucleotides of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2
Andrew M. Borman, Christopher J. Linton, Debra Oliver, Michael D. Palmer, Adrien Szekely, Elizabeth M. Johnson
Mycology
Internet-Accessible DNA Sequence Database for Identifying Fusaria from Human and Animal Infections
Kerry O'Donnell, Deanna A. Sutton, Michael G. Rinaldi, Brice A. J. Sarver, S. Arunmozhi Balajee, Hans-Josef Schroers, Richard C. Summerbell, Vincent A. R. G. Robert, Pedro W. Crous, Ning Zhang, Takayuki Aoki, Kyongyong Jung, Jongsun Park, Yong-Hwan Lee, Seogchan Kang, Bongsoo Park, David M. Geiser
Mycology
Agar-Based Disk Diffusion Assay for Susceptibility Testing of Dermatophytes
E. I. Nweze, P. K. Mukherjee, M. A. Ghannoum
Mycology
Critical Stages of Extracting DNA from Aspergillus fumigatus in Whole-Blood Specimens
P. Lewis White, Michael D. Perry, Juergen Loeffler, Willem Melchers, Lena Klingspor, Stephane Bretagne, Elaine McCulloch, Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Niklas Finnstrom, J. Peter Donnelly, Rosemary A. Barnes
and on behalf of the European Aspergillus PCR Initiative

Virology

Virology
Low Frequency of CXCR4-Using Viruses in Patients at the Time of Primary Non-Subtype-B HIV-1 Infection
Pierre Frange, Marie-Laure Chaix, Stéphanie Raymond, Julie Galimand, Christiane Deveau, Laurence Meyer, Cécile Goujard, Christine Rouzioux, Jacques Izopet
and the French ANRS CO 06 PRIMO Cohort Study Group
Virology
Comparison of Combined Nose-Throat Swabs with Nasopharyngeal Aspirates for Detection of Pandemic Influenza A/H1N1 2009 Virus by Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR
Victoria Ortiz de la Tabla, Mar Masiá, Pedro Antequera, Coral Martin, Gregoria Gazquez, Fernando Buñuel, Félix Gutiérrez
Virology
Use of Acyclovir for Suppression of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Is Not Associated with Genotypic Evidence of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Resistance to Acyclovir: Analysis of Specimens from Three Phase III Trials
Deborah Watson-Jones, Anna Wald, Connie Celum, Jairam Lingappa, Helen A. Weiss, John Changalucha, Kathy Baisley, Clare Tanton, Richard J. Hayes, Joshua O. Marshak, Rula Green Gladden, David M. Koelle
Virology
Highly Sensitive and Quantitative Detection of the H274Y Oseltamivir Resistance Mutation in Seasonal A/H1N1 Influenza Virus
Darwin J. Operario, Michael J. Moser, Kirsten St. George
Virology
Molecular Quantification of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Respiratory Samples: Reliable Detection during the Initial Phase of Infection
Alma C. van de Pol, Tom F. W. Wolfs, Anton M. van Loon, Carline E. A. Tacke, Marco C. Viveen, Nicolaas J. G. Jansen, Jan L. L. Kimpen, John W. A. Rossen, Frank E. J. Coenjaerts
Virology
Nucleic Acid Dipstick Test for Molecular Diagnosis of Pandemic H1N1
Liang-Ta Wu, Martin D. Curran, Joanna S. Ellis, Surendra Parmar, Allyson V. Ritchie, Pia I. Sharma, Jean-Pierre Allain, Hamid Jalal, Maria Zambon, Helen H. Lee
Virology
Performance of Version 2.0 of the Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for Hepatitis B Virus DNA Quantification
Stéphane Chevaliez, Magali Bouvier-Alias, Syria Laperche, Christophe Hézode, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky
Virology
Simultaneous Genotyping and Quantification of Hepatitis B Virus for Genotypes B and C by Real-Time PCR Assay
Yao Zhao, Xiu-Yu Zhang, Jin-Jun Guo, Ai-Zhong Zeng, Jie-Li Hu, Wen-Xiang Huang, You-Lan Shan, Ai-Long Huang
Virology
Poor Positive Accuracy of QuickVue Rapid Antigen Tests during the Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Pandemic
Heather L. Stevenson, Michael J. Loeffelholz
Virology
Comparison of Midturbinate Flocked-Swab Specimens with Nasopharyngeal Aspirates for Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Children by the Direct Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Howard Faden

Parasitology

Parasitology
PCR-Based Pooling of Dried Blood Spots for Detection of Malaria Parasites: Optimization and Application to a Cohort of Ugandan Children
Michelle S. Hsiang, Michael Lin, Christian Dokomajilar, Jordan Kemere, Christopher D. Pilcher, Grant Dorsey, Bryan Greenhouse
Parasitology
Use of FTA Cards for Direct Sampling of Patients' Lesions in the Ecological Study of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Hirotomo Kato, Abraham G. Cáceres, Tatsuyuki Mimori, Yuka Ishimaru, Amal S. M. Sayed, Megumi Fujita, Hiroyuki Iwata, Hiroshi Uezato, Lenin N. Velez, Eduardo A. L. Gomez, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi
Parasitology
Specific, Sensitive, and Rapid Diagnosis of Active Toxoplasmosis by a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method Using Blood Samples from Patients
Yee Ling Lau, Puviarasi Meganathan, Parthasarathy Sonaimuthu, Girija Thiruvengadam, Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Yeng Chen
Parasitology
Accurate and Sensitive Detection of Plasmodium Species in Humans by Use of the Dihydrofolate Reductase-Thymidylate Synthase Linker Region
Naowarat Tanomsing, Mallika Imwong, Sasikrit Theppabutr, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Nicholas P. J. Day, Nicholas J. White, Georges Snounou

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Lineage Favors the Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Republic of Georgia
Stefan Niemann, Roland Diel, George Khechinashvili, Medea Gegia, Nino Mdivani, Yi-Wei Tang
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Containment of Bioaerosol Infection Risk by the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay and Its Applicability to Point-of-Care Settings
Padmapriya P. Banada, Satheesh K. Sivasubramani, Robert Blakemore, Catharina Boehme, Mark D. Perkins, Kevin Fennelly, David Alland
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Western Maharashtra, India, Exhibit a High Degree of Diversity and Strain-Specific Associations with Drug Resistance, Cavitary Disease, and Treatment Failure
Anirvan Chatterjee, Desiree D'Souza, Tina Vira, Arun Bamne, Gurish T. Ambe, Mark P. Nicol, Robert J. Wilkinson, Nerges Mistry
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Genomic Signatures of the Haarlem Lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Implications of Strain Genetic Variation in Drug and Vaccine Development
Andrés Cubillos-Ruiz, Andrea Sandoval, Viviana Ritacco, Beatriz López, Jaime Robledo, Nidia Correa, Iván Hernandez-Neuta, Maria Mercedes Zambrano, Patricia Del Portillo
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
PCR-Single-Strand Conformational Polymorphism Method for Rapid Detection of Rifampin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Hong-Bin Xu, Rui-Hai Jiang, Wei Sha, Ling Li, He-Ping Xiao
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Biochip System for Rapid and Accurate Identification of Mycobacterial Species from Isolates and Sputum
Lingxiang Zhu, Guanglu Jiang, Shengfen Wang, Can Wang, Qiang Li, Hao Yu, Yang Zhou, Bing Zhao, Hairong Huang, Wanli Xing, Keith Mitchelson, Jing Cheng, Yanlin Zhao, Yong Guo
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Development of a Rapid ATP Bioluminescence Assay for Biocidal Susceptibility Testing of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria
Renuka Kapoor, Jagjit S. Yadav
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Efficiency of Fine-Needle Aspiration Compared with Other Sampling Techniques for Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease
Karl-Heinz Herbinger, Marcus Beissner, Kristina Huber, Nana-Yaa Awua-Boateng, Jörg Nitschke, William Thompson, Erasmus Klutse, Pius Agbenorku, Awovi Assiobo, Ebekalisai Piten, Franz Wiedemann, Erna Fleischmann, Kerstin Helfrich, Ohene Adjei, Thomas Löscher, Gisela Bretzel
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Multiplex Amplified Nominal Tandem-Repeat Analysis (MANTRA), a Rapid Method for Genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Use of Multiplex PCR and a Microfluidic Laboratory Chip
Adam J. Merritt, Terillee Keehner, Lyn C. O'Reilly, Russell L. McInnes, Timothy J. J. Inglis
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Evaluation of the Capilia TB Assay for Culture Confirmation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections in Zambia and South Africa
Monde Muyoyeta, Petra E. W. de Haas, Dirk H. Mueller, Paul D. van Helden, Lawrence Mwenge, Ab Schaap, Clarissa Kruger, Nicolaas C. Gey van Pittius, Katherine Lawrence, Nulda Beyers, Peter Godfrey-Faussett, Helen Ayles
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Rapid Drug Susceptibility Testing with a Molecular Beacon Assay Is Associated with Earlier Diagnosis and Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in California
Ritu Banerjee, Jennifer Allen, S.-Y. Grace Lin, Janice Westenhouse, Ed Desmond, Gisela F. Schecter, Cheryl Scott, Ann Raftery, Sundari Mase, James P. Watt, Jennifer Flood

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Identification, Molecular Characterization, and Occurrence of Two Bovine Hemoplasma Species in Swiss Cattle and Development of Real-Time TaqMan Quantitative PCR Assays for Diagnosis of Bovine Hemoplasma Infections
Marina L. Meli, Barbara Willi, Ute M. Dreher, Valentino Cattori, Gabriela Knubben-Schweizer, Karl Nuss, Ueli Braun, Hans Lutz, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann
Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Novel IS711-Specific Chromosomal Locations Useful for Identification and Classification of Marine Mammal Brucella Strains
Michel S. Zygmunt, Marianne Maquart, Nelly Bernardet, Benoît Doublet, Axel Cloeckaert

Case Reports

CASE REPORTS
Human Coinfection with Bartonella henselae and Two Hemotropic Mycoplasma Variants Resembling Mycoplasma ovis
Jane E. Sykes, LeAnn L. Lindsay, Ricardo G. Maggi, Edward B. Breitschwerdt
CASE REPORTS
Erythema Nodosum and Bilateral Breast Abscesses Due to Salmonella enterica Serotype Poona
Khalifa Al Benwan, Ahmed Al Mulla, Hidemasa Izumiya, M. John Albert
CASE REPORTS
Corynebacterium macginleyi Conjunctivitis in Canada
Ahmed R. Alsuwaidi, Deborah Wiebe, Tamara Burdz, Betty Ng, Aleisha Reimer, Cathleen Singh, Kathryn Bernard
CASE REPORTS
Aortic Valve Endocarditis Possibly Caused by a Haematobacter-Like Species
April Buscher, Linda Li, Xiang Y. Han, Barbara W. Trautner
CASE REPORTS
Unusual “Flesh-Eating” Strain of Escherichia coli
David Grimaldi, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Hélène Roussel, Benjamin Zuber, Hélène Poupet, Jean-Daniel Chiche, Claire Poyart, Jean-Paul Mira
CASE REPORTS
pfmdr1 Amplification Associated with Clinical Resistance to Mefloquine in West Africa: Implications for Efficacy of Artemisinin Combination Therapies
Benoit Witkowski, Xavier Iriart, Patrice Njomnang Soh, Sandie Menard, Muriel Alvarez, Veronique Naneix-Laroche, Bruno Marchou, Jean-François Magnaval, Françoise Benoit-Vical, Antoine Berry
CASE REPORTS
Monascus ruber: Invasive Gastric Infection Caused by Dried and Salted Fish Consumption
Xavier Iriart, Angela Fior, Denis Blanchet, Antoine Berry, Paul Neron, Christine Aznar
CASE REPORTS
Complex Febrile Seizures Followed by Complete Recovery in an Infant with High-Titer 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection
Mandy F. O'Leary, James D. Chappell, Charles W. Stratton, Robert M. Cronin, Mary B. Taylor, Yi-Wei Tang
CASE REPORTS
Neurobrucellosis Associated with Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone with Resultant Diabetes Insipidus and Hypothyroidism
Giuseppe Sturniolo, Placido Mondello, Salvatore Bruno, Orsola Elena Bonfatto, Sabrina Frattima, Antonio Albanese, Roberta Restivo, Giuseppe Liberti, Paolo Pasquali, Cinzia Marianelli
CASE REPORTS
Polymicrobial Bloodstream Infection with Eggerthella lenta and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
Karin Liderot, Martin Larsson, Stina Boräng, Volkan Özenci
CASE REPORTS
Microevolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Tuberculosis Patient
Sahal A. M. Al-Hajoj, Onno Akkerman, Ida Parwati, Saad al-Gamdi, Zeaur Rahim, Dick van Soolingen, Jakko van Ingen, Philip Supply, Adri G. M. van der Zanden

Fast-Track Communication

Fast-Track Communication
Evidence for Amino Acid Changes in a 57-Base-Pair Region of the Highly Conserved Matrix Gene of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza A Virus
Neelam Dhiman, Mark J. Espy, Cole L. Irish, Patty A. Wright, Thomas F. Smith, Bobbi S. Pritt

Letters To The Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Gentamicin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Sequence Type 6 with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications
Luca Guardabassi, Jesper Larsen, Robert Skov, Henrik C. Schønheyder
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CTX-M1 ESBL-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae Isolated from Cases of Bovine Mastitis
Clara Locatelli, Licia Scaccabarozzi, Giuliano Pisoni, Paolo Moroni
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Neonates and Infants from Two Regions of Chile Where Chagas' Disease Is Endemic
Maria I. Jercic, Ruben Mercado, Rodrigo Villarroel
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
First Isolation of SCCmec IV- and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive, Sequence Type 8, Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Israel
Daniel Glikman, Sima Davidson, Raya Kudinsky, Yuval Geffen, Hanna Sprecher

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Commentary

Epidemiology

Bacteriology

Mycology

Virology

Parasitology

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

Case Reports

Fast-Track Communication

Letters To The Editor

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