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Bacteriology

• Bacteriology

  Clinical Utility of an Automated Instrument for Gram Staining Single Slides

  Ellen Jo Baron, Samantha Mix, Wais Moradi
• Bacteriology

  Diagnostic Value of PCR Analysis of Bacteria and Fungi from Blood in Empiric-Therapy-Resistant Febrile Neutropenia

  Akiko Nakamura, Yuka Sugimoto, Kohshi Ohishi, Yumiko Sugawara, Atsushi Fujieda, Fumihiko Monma, Kei Suzuki, Masahiro Masuya, Kazunori Nakase, Yoshiko Matsushima, Hideo Wada, Naoyuki Katayama, Tsutomu Nobori
• Bacteriology

  Use of Luminescent Leptospira interrogans for Enumeration in Biological Assays

  Gerald L. Murray, Amy M. King, Amporn Srikram, Rasana W. Sermswan, Ben Adler
• Bacteriology

  Impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Genomic Instability on the Application of Typing Methods for Chronic Cystic Fibrosis Infections

  Joanne L. Fothergill, Judith White, Juliet E. Foweraker, Martin J. Walshaw, Martin J. Ledson, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, Craig Winstanley
• Bacteriology

  Development of a DNA Microarray for Detection and Serotyping of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

  Quan Wang, Suriguga Wang, Lothar Beutin, Boyang Cao, Lu Feng, Lei Wang
• Bacteriology

  Evaluation of the C.Diff Quik Chek Complete Assay, a New Glutamate Dehydrogenase and A/B Toxin Combination Lateral Flow Assay for Use in Rapid, Simple Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Disease

  Susan E. Sharp, Lila O. Ruden, Julie C. Pohl, Patricia A. Hatcher, Linda M. Jayne, W. Michael Ivie
• Bacteriology

  Evaluation of Brilliance ESBL Agar, a Novel Chromogenic Medium for Detection of Extended-Spectrum-Beta- Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae

  Te-Din Huang, Pierre Bogaerts, Catherine Berhin, Amelie Guisset, Youri Glupczynski
• Bacteriology

  Evidence for a Second Genomic Island Conferring Multidrug Resistance in a Clonal Group of Strains of Salmonellaenterica Serovar Typhimurium and its Monophasic Variant Circulating in Italy, Denmark, and the United Kingdom

  Claudia Lucarelli, Anna Maria Dionisi, Mia Torpdahl, Laura Villa, Caterina Graziani, Katie Hopkins, John Threlfall, Alfredo Caprioli, Ida Luzzi
• Bacteriology

  Direct Identification of Urinary Tract Pathogens from Urine Samples by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

  Laura Ferreira, Fernando Sánchez-Juanes, Magdalena González-Ávila, David Cembrero-Fuciños, Ana Herrero-Hernández, José Manuel González-Buitrago, Juan Luis Muñoz-Bellido
• Bacteriology

  Cyclomodulins in Urosepsis Strains of Escherichia coli

  Damien Dubois, Julien Delmas, Anne Cady, Frédéric Robin, Adeline Sivignon, Eric Oswald, Richard Bonnet
• Bacteriology

  Genetic Variation among Staphylococcus aureus Strains from Bovine Milk and Their Relevance to Methicillin-Resistant Isolates from Humans

  Eiji Hata, Ken Katsuda, Hideki Kobayashi, Ikuo Uchida, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Masashi Eguchi
• Bacteriology

  First Detection of an Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Strain (D958) with Reduced Susceptibility to Glycopeptides in Saudi Arabia

  S. Al-Obeid, Q. Haddad, A. Cherkaoui, J. Schrenzel, P. François
• Bacteriology

  Evaluation of a New Selective Medium, BD BBL CHROMagar MRSA II, for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Different Specimens

  C. Wendt, N. L. Havill, K. C. Chapin, J. M. Boyce, R. Dickenson, U. Eigner, S. Schütt, A. M. Fahr
• Bacteriology

  Evaluation of a New Selective Medium, BD BBL CHROMagar MRSA II, for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Stool Specimens

  Nancy L. Havill, John M. Boyce
• Bacteriology

  Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar Distribution and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Coinfection in Male Patients with Urethritis in Greece

  Helen Papadogeorgakis, Theodore E. Pittaras, Joseph Papaparaskevas, Vassiliki Pitiriga, Andreas Katsambas, Athanassios Tsakris
• Bacteriology

  Swab Type, Moistening, and Preenrichment for Staphylococcus aureus on Environmental Surfaces

  Timothy F. Landers, Armando Hoet, Thomas E. Wittum
• Bacteriology

  CagA and VacA Polymorphisms Are Associated with Distinct Pathological Features in Helicobacterpylori-Infected Adults with Peptic Ulcer and Non-Peptic Ulcer Disease

  Effrosini G. Panayotopoulou, Dionyssios N. Sgouras, Konstantinos S. Papadakos, Kalliopi Petraki, Sébastien Breurec, Spyros Michopoulos, Gerassimos Mantzaris, George Papatheodoridis, Andreas Mentis, Athanasios Archimandritis
• Bacteriology

  Influence of Media and Testing Methodology on Susceptibility to Tigecycline of Enterobacteriaceae with Reported High Tigecycline MIC

  M. Torrico, N. González, M. J. Giménez, L. Alou, D. Sevillano, D. Navarro, M. P. Díaz-Antolín, N. Larrosa, L. Aguilar, N. Garcia-Escribano
• Bacteriology

  Streptococcus gallolyticus Subspecies pasteurianus (Biotype II/2), a Newly Reported Cause of Adult Meningitis

  Amy S. Sturt, Liying Yang, Kuldip Sandhu, Zhiheng Pei, Nicholas Cassai, Martin J. Blaser
• Bacteriology

  Detection of a Mixed Infection in a Culture-Negative Brain Abscess by Broad-Spectrum Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene PCR

  Peter M. Keller, Silvana K. Rampini, Guido V. Bloemberg
• Bacteriology

  Alternative Use for Spectra MRSA Chromogenic Agar in Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Positive Blood Cultures

  Jess F. Peterson, Alexander A. Dionisio, Katherine M. Riebe, Gerri S. Hall, Deborah A. Wilson, Susan Whittier, Joseph R. DiPersio, Nathan A. Ledeboer
• Bacteriology

  Multicenter Evaluation of a New Shortened Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescence InSitu Hybridization Procedure for Species Identification of Select Gram-Negative Bacilli from Blood Cultures

  Margie Morgan, Elizabeth Marlowe, Phyllis Della-Latta, Hossein Salimnia, Susan Novak-Weekley, Fann Wu, Benjamin S. Crystal
• Bacteriology

  Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Acquisition of Colistin-Resistant KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: a Matched Case-Control Study

  Olympia Zarkotou, Spyros Pournaras, Evangelia Voulgari, Georgios Chrysos, Athanassios Prekates, Dionysios Voutsinas, Katerina Themeli-Digalaki, Athanassios Tsakris
• Bacteriology

  Detection of Inducible Clindamycin Resistance in Beta-Hemolytic Streptococci by Using the CLSI Broth Microdilution Test and Erythromycin-Clindamycin Combinations

  Jason E. Bowling, Aaron E. Owens, M. Leticia McElmeel, Letitia C. Fulcher, Monica L. Herrera, Brian L. Wickes, James H. Jorgensen
• Bacteriology

  Detection of Campylobacter jejuni by Culture and Real-Time PCR in a French Cohort of Patients with Guillain-Barré Syndrome

  Valérie Sivadon-Tardy, David Orlikowski, Raphael Porcher, Esthel Ronco, Christiane Caudie, Jacqueline Roussi, Jean-Louis Fauchère, Francis Mégraud, Helen Tabor, Tarek Sharshar, Djillali Annane, Jean-Claude Raphaël, Jean-Louis Gaillard
• Bacteriology

  Evaluation of Bio-Rad MRSASelect Agar for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Blood Cultures

  Stefan Riedel, Lisa Dam, Paul D. Stamper, Syed A. R. Shah, Karen C. Carroll