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Bacteriology

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  Clinical Performance of Check-Direct CPE, a Multiplex PCR for Direct Detection of bla _KPC, bla _NDM and/or bla _VIM, and bla _OXA-48 from Perirectal Swabs

  Anna F. Lau, Gary A. Fahle, Margaret A. Kemp, Agatha N. Jassem, John P. Dekker, Karen M. Frank
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  Detection of Polyclonality among Clinical Isolates from Prosthetic Joint Infections

  Marta De-la-Fuente, Marta Martinez-Perez, Iris Gonzalez-Pallares, Jaime Esteban
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  Complete Deletion of the Fucose Operon in Haemophilus influenzae Is Associated with a Cluster in Multilocus Sequence Analysis-Based Phylogenetic Group II Related to Haemophilus haemolyticus: Implications for Identification and Typing

  Camilla de Gier, Lea-Ann S. Kirkham, Niels Nørskov-Lauritsen
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  Evaluation of the Rapidec Carba NP Test for Detection of Carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae

  Michael Hombach, Barbara von Gunten, Claudio Castelberg, Guido V. Bloemberg
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  Standardization of Operator-Dependent Variables Affecting Precision and Accuracy of the Disk Diffusion Method for Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

  Michael Hombach, Florian P. Maurer, Tamara Pfiffner, Erik C. Böttger, Reinhard Furrer
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  Determination of Disk Diffusion and MIC Quality Control Guidelines for Solithromycin, a Novel Fluoroketolide Antibacterial, against Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  Stefan Riedel, James E. Ross, David J. Farrell, Robert K. Flamm, Ronald N. Jones
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  Characterization of Achromobacter Species in Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Comparison of bla _OXA-114 PCR Amplification, Multilocus Sequence Typing, and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

  Elenice R. A. Rodrigues, Alex G. Ferreira, Robson S. Leão, Cassiana C. F. Leite, Ana Paula Carvalho-Assef, Rodolpho M. Albano, Elizabeth A. Marques
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  Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Susceptible S. aureus Directly from Positive Blood Cultures by Use of the BD Max StaphSR Assay

  Justin A. Ellem, Tom Olma, Matthew V. N. O'Sullivan
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  Simplified Protocol for Carba NP Test for Enhanced Detection of Carbapenemase Producers Directly from Bacterial Cultures

  Fernando Pasteran, Nathalie Tijet, Roberto G. Melano, Alejandra Corso
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  Tropheryma whipplei, a Potential Commensal Detected in Individuals Undergoing Routine Colonoscopy

  M. E. Grasman, A. M. Pettersson, A. Catsburg, A. G. Koek, A. A. van Bodegraven, P. H. M. Savelkoul
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  Recognition of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus Colonization in Women as a Consequence of Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Group B Streptococcus Identification

  Nuntra Suwantarat, Maureen Grundy, Mayer Rubin, Renee Harris, Jo-Anne Miller, Mark Romagnoli, Ann Hanlon, Tsigereda Tekle, Brandon C. Ellis, Frank R. Witter, Karen C. Carroll
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  Preliminary Evaluation of the Research-Use-Only (RUO) iCubate iC-GPC Assay for Identification of Select Gram-Positive Bacteria and Their Resistance Determinants in Blood Culture Broths

  Blake W. Buchan, Garrett C. Reymann, Paul A. Granato, Brenda R. Alkins, Patricia Jim, Stephen Young
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  Evaluation of the New BD Max GC Real-Time PCR Assay, Analytically and Clinically as a Supplementary Test for the BD ProbeTec GC Qx Amplified DNA Assay, for Molecular Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  Daniel Golparian, Stina Boräng, Martin Sundqvist, Magnus Unemo
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  A Novel Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type XI Primer for Detection of mecC-Harboring Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Screening Specimens

  Sabine Petersdorf, Miriam Herma, Meike Rosenblatt, Franziska Layer, Birgit Henrich