Journal of Clinical Microbiology: 53 (4)

April 1, 2015; Volume 53,Issue 4

Photo Quiz

Photo Quiz
Photo Quiz: Diarrhea and Fever in a Child Returning from Africa
Ryan F. Relich, John J. Manaloor, Thomas G. Fox
Photo Quiz
Answer to April 2015 Photo Quiz
Ryan F. Relich, John J. Manaloor, Thomas G. Fox

Commentaries

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Commentaries: Integration of Whole-Genome Sequencing into Infection Control Practices: the Potential and the Hurdles
Elizabeth Robilotti, Mini Kamboj
Other
Commentaries: Name Changes in Medically Important Fungi and Their Implications for Clinical Practice
G. Sybren de Hoog, Vishnu Chaturvedi, David W. Denning, Paul S. Dyer, Jens Christian Frisvad, David Geiser, Yvonne Gräser, Josep Guarro, Gerhard Haase, Kyung-Joo Kwon-Chung, Jacques F. Meis, Wieland Meyer, John I. Pitt, Robert A. Samson, John W. Taylor, Kathrin Tintelnot, Roxana G. Vitale, Thomas J. Walsh, Michaela Lackner
and the ISHAM Working Group on Nomenclature of Medical Fungi

Bacteriology

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Bacteriology
Application of Whole-Genome Sequencing for Bacterial Strain Typing in Molecular Epidemiology
Stephen J. Salipante, Dhruba J. SenGupta, Lisa A. Cummings, Tyler A. Land, Daniel R. Hoogestraat, Brad T. Cookson
Bacteriology
Tracing Melioidosis Back to the Source: Using Whole-Genome Sequencing To Investigate an Outbreak Originating from a Contaminated Domestic Water Supply
Evan McRobb, Derek S. Sarovich, Erin P. Price, Mirjam Kaestli, Mark Mayo, Paul Keim, Bart J. Currie
Bacteriology
Multiplex Touchdown PCR for Rapid Typing of the Opportunistic Pathogen Propionibacterium acnes
Emma Barnard, István Nagy, Judit Hunyadkürti, Sheila Patrick, Andrew McDowell
Open Access

Bacteriology
Emergence of an Outbreak-Associated Clostridium difficile Variant with Increased Virulence
Carlos Quesada-Gómez, Diana López-Ureña, Luis Acuña-Amador, Manuel Villalobos-Zúñiga, Tim Du, Rosemayre Freire, Caterina Guzmán-Verri, María del Mar Gamboa-Coronado, Trevor D. Lawley, Edgardo Moreno, Michael R. Mulvey, Gerly Anne de Castro Brito, Evelyn Rodríguez-Cavallini, César Rodríguez, Esteban Chaves-Olarte
Bacteriology
Diagnostic Accuracy of Presepsin (sCD14-ST) for Prediction of Bacterial Infection in Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples from Children with Suspected Bacterial Meningitis or Ventriculitis
David Stubljar, Andreja Natasa Kopitar, Mojca Groselj-Grenc, Kristina Suhadolc, Teja Fabjan, Miha Skvarc
Bacteriology
Evaluation of a New Phenotypic OXA-48 Disk Test for Differentiation of OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Clinical Isolates
Athanassios Tsakris, Aggeliki Poulou, Pierre Bogaerts, Evangelia Dimitroulia, Spyros Pournaras, Youri Glupczynski
Bacteriology
Lack of Clinical Utility of Urine Gram Stain for Suspected Urinary Tract Infection in Pediatric Patients
Joseph B. Cantey, Claudia Gaviria-Agudelo, Erin McElvania TeKippe, Christopher D. Doern
Bacteriology
Global Assessment of Antimicrobial Susceptibility among Gram-Negative Organisms Collected from Pediatric Patients between 2004 and 2012: Results from the Tigecycline Evaluation and Surveillance Trial
Sue C. Kehl, Michael J. Dowzicky
Bacteriology
Impact of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy with Azithromycin-Containing Regimens on Maternal Nasopharyngeal Carriage and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Staphylococcus aureus: a Cross-Sectional Survey at Delivery
Holger W. Unger, Celestine Aho, Maria Ome-Kaius, Regina A. Wangnapi, Alexandra J. Umbers, Wanda Jack, Alice Lafana, Audrey Michael, Sarah Hanieh, Peter Siba, Ivo Mueller, Andrew R. Greenhill, Stephen J. Rogerson
Bacteriology
Use of the Optum Labs Data Warehouse To Assess Test Ordering Patterns for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection in the United States
Elitza S. Theel, Ryan D. Johnson, Elizabeth Plumhoff, Curtis A. Hanson
Bacteriology
Evaluation of the Boson Chemiluminescence Immunoassay as a First-Line Screening Test in the ECDC Algorithm for Syphilis Serodiagnosis in a Population with a High Prevalence of Syphilis
Xin-Hui Qiu, Ya-Feng Zhang, Yu-Yan Chen, Qiao Zhang, Fu-Yi Chen, Long Liu, Jin-Yi Fan, Kun Gao, Xiao-Zhen Zhu, Wei-Hong Zheng, Hui-Lin Zhang, Li-Rong Lin, Li-Li Liu, Man-Li Tong, Chang-Gong Zhang, Jian-Jun Niu, Tian-Ci Yang
Bacteriology
Microbiological and Clinical Features of Four Cases of Catheter-Related Infection by Methylobacterium radiotolerans
Li Li, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, Xiang Y. Han
Bacteriology
Association of Tellurite Resistance with Hypervirulent Clonal Groups of Klebsiella pneumoniae
Virginie Passet, Sylvain Brisse
Bacteriology
Fusobacterium nucleatum Subspecies Identification by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
Shuping Nie, Baoyu Tian, Xiaowei Wang, David H. Pincus, Martin Welker, Kathleen Gilhuley, Xuedong Lu, Yiping W. Han, Yi-Wei Tang
Bacteriology
Impact of a Rapid Microarray-Based Assay for Identification of Positive Blood Cultures for Treatment Optimization for Patients with Streptococcal and Enterococcal Bacteremia
Danya G. Roshdy, Anthony Tran, Nicholas LeCroy, Donglin Zeng, Fang-shu Ou, Lindsay M. Daniels, David J. Weber, Kevin Alby, Melissa B. Miller

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Sputum Volume Predicts Sputum Mycobacterial Load during the First 2 Weeks of Antituberculosis Treatment
Miriam N. Karinja, Tonya M. Esterhuizen, Sven O. Friedrich, Andreas H. Diacon
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Evaluation of a Low-Density Hydrogel Microarray Technique for Mycobacterial Species Identification
Danila V. Zimenkov, Elena V. Kulagina, Olga V. Antonova, Maria A. Krasnova, Ekaterina N. Chernyaeva, Vyacheslav Y. Zhuravlev, Alexey V. Kuz'min, Sergey A. Popov, Alexander S. Zasedatelev, Dmitry A. Gryadunov
Open Access

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Mycobacterial DNA Extraction for Whole-Genome Sequencing from Early Positive Liquid (MGIT) Cultures
Antonina A. Votintseva, Louise J. Pankhurst, Luke W. Anson, Marcus R. Morgan, Deborah Gascoyne-Binzi, Timothy M. Walker, T. Phuong Quan, David H. Wyllie, Carlos Del Ojo Elias, Mark Wilcox, A. Sarah Walker, Tim E. A. Peto, Derrick W. Crook
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Utility of Sequencing the erm(41) Gene in Isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus with Low and Intermediate Clarithromycin MICs
Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Sruthi Vasireddy, Ravikiran Vasireddy, Elena Iakhiaeva, Susan T. Howard, Kevin Nash, Nicholas Parodi, Anita Strong, Martha Gee, Terry Smith, Richard J. Wallace
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Improving the Sensitivity of the Xpert MTB/RIF Assay on Sputum Pellets by Decreasing the Amount of Added Sample Reagent: a Laboratory and Clinical Evaluation
Nila J. Dharan, Danielle Amisano, Gerald Mboowa, Willy Ssengooba, Robert Blakemore, Rachel W. Kubiak, Derek T. Armstrong, Martin Jones, Yukari C. Manabe, Moses L. Joloba, Jerrold J. Ellner, Susan E. Dorman, David Alland
Open Access

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage 7 Strains Are Associated with Prolonged Patient Delay in Seeking Treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Solomon A. Yimer, Gunnstein Norheim, Amine Namouchi, Ephrem D. Zegeye, Wibeke Kinander, Tone Tønjum, Shiferaw Bekele, Turid Mannsåker, Gunnar Bjune, Abraham Aseffa, Carol Holm-Hansen
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by EasyNAT Diagnostic Kit in Sputum Samples from Tanzania
Francis A. Mhimbira, Maira Bholla, Mohamed Sasamalo, William Mukurasi, Jerry J. Hella, Levan Jugheli, Klaus Reither
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Discordance between Xpert MTB/RIF Assay and Bactec MGIT 960 Culture System for Detection of Rifampin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in a Country with a Low Tuberculosis (TB) Incidence
Eiman Mokaddas, Suhail Ahmad, Hanaa S. Eldeen, Noura Al-Mutairi
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
A Pilot Evaluation of External Quality Assessment of GenoType MTBDRplus Versions 1 and 2 Using Dried Culture Spot Material
N. Gous, L. E. Isherwood, A. David, W. Stevens, L. E. Scott
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Comparison of MGIT and Myco/F Lytic Liquid-Based Blood Culture Systems for Recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Pleural Fluid
Elizabeth Harausz, John Kafuluma Lusiba, Mary Nsereko, John L. Johnson, Zahra Toossi, Sam Ogwang, W. Henry Boom, Moses L. Joloba
and for the Tuberculosis Research Unit (TBRU)
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Development of a Peptide Nucleic Acid-Based Multiprobe Real-Time PCR Method Targeting the hsp65 Gene for Differentiation among Mycobacterium abscessus Strains
Kijeong Kim, Byoung-Jun Kim, Tae Sun Shim, Seok-Hyun Hong, Yoon-Hoh Kook, Bum-Joon Kim

Mycology

Mycology
Reevaluation of Commercial Reagents for Detection of Histoplasma capsulatum Antigen in Urine
Elitza S. Theel, Julie A. Harring, Ala S. Dababneh, Leonard O. Rollins, Jeannie E. Bestrom, Deborah J. Jespersen
Mycology
Cellular Profiles of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid and Their Prognostic Significance for Non-HIV-Infected Patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia
Ju Young Lee, Hyun Jung Park, Yong Kyun Kim, Shinae Yu, Yong Pil Chong, Sung-Han Kim, Heungsup Sung, Sang-Oh Lee, Mi-Na Kim, Chae-Man Lim, Yang Soo Kim, Younsuck Koh, Jun Hee Woo, Sang-Ho Choi
Mycology
Candida Colonization as a Risk Marker for Invasive Candidiasis in Mixed Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Units: Development and Evaluation of a Simple, Standard Protocol
Anna F. Lau, Masrura Kabir, Sharon C.-A. Chen, E. Geoffrey Playford, Deborah J. Marriott, Michael Jones, Jeffrey Lipman, Emma McBryde, Thomas Gottlieb, Winston Cheung, Ian Seppelt, Jonathan Iredell, Tania C. Sorrell
Mycology
Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Differentiation of the Dimorphic Fungal Species Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Paracoccidioides lutzii
João Nobrega de Almeida, Gilda M. B. Del Negro, Rafaella C. Grenfell, Monica S. M. Vidal, Danilo Y. Thomaz, Dulce S. Y. de Figueiredo, Eduardo Bagagli, Luiz Juliano, Gil Benard

Parasitology

Parasitology
A 10-Year Retrospective Comparison of Two Target Sequences, REP-529 and B1, for Toxoplasma gondii Detection by Quantitative PCR
Sorya Belaz, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Peggy Dupretz, Claude Guiguen, Florence Robert-Gangneux
Parasitology
Improving Leishmania Species Identification in Different Types of Samples from Cutaneous Lesions
Mónica L. Cruz-Barrera, Clemencia Ovalle-Bracho, Viviana Ortegon-Vergara, Jairo E. Pérez-Franco, Maria C. Echeverry
Parasitology
Human Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection in Washington State
Ferric C. Fang, Zachary P. Billman, Carolyn K. Wallis, April N. Abbott, John C. Olson, Shireesha Dhanireddy, Sean C. Murphy
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Parasitology
Evaluation of Ebola Virus Inactivation Procedures for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Diagnostics
Rachel Lau, Amanda Wang, Ann Chong-Kit, Filip Ralevski, Andrea K. Boggild

Virology

Virology
Leukodepletion as a Point-of-Care Method for Monitoring HIV-1 Viral Load in Whole Blood
Logan Titchmarsh, Clement Zeh, Thierry Verpoort, Jean-Pierre Allain, Helen Lee
Virology
Monitoring the Quality of HIV-1 Viral Load Testing through a Proficiency Testing Program Using Dried Tube Specimens in Resource-Limited Settings
Shon Nguyen, Artur Ramos, Joy Chang, Bin Li, Vedapuri Shanmugam, Debrah Boeras, John N. Nkengasong, Chunfu Yang, Dennis Ellenberger
Virology
Validation of Rapid Point-of-Care (POC) Tests for Detection of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Field and Laboratory Settings in the Gambia, Western Africa
Harr Freeya Njai, Yusuke Shimakawa, Bakary Sanneh, Lynne Ferguson, Gibril Ndow, Maimuna Mendy, Amina Sow, Gora Lo, Coumba Toure-Kane, Junko Tanaka, Makie Taal, Umberto D'alessandro, Ramou Njie, Mark Thursz, Maud Lemoine
Virology
Protein-Peptide Arrays for Detection of Specific Anti-Hepatitis D Virus (HDV) Genotype 1, 6, and 8 Antibodies among HDV-Infected Patients by Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging
Marie-Bernadette Villiers, Jean-Claude Cortay, Sandra Cortès, Bénédicte Bloquel, Ségolène Brichler, Carine Brakha, Alan Kay, Nisrine Falah, Fabien Zoulim, Christophe Marquette, Patrice N. Marche, Paul Dény
Virology
Clinical Relevance of Multiple Respiratory Virus Detection in Adult Patients with Acute Respiratory Illness
Seong-Ho Choi, Jin-Won Chung, Hye Ryoun Kim
Virology
Monitoring of Cytomegalovirus Viral Loads by Two Molecular Assays in Whole-Blood and Plasma Samples from Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
N. Esther Babady, Cindy Cheng, Evelyn Cumberbatch, Jeffrey Stiles, Genovefa Papanicolaou, Yi-Wei Tang
Virology
An OPTIMIZE Study Retrospective Analysis for Management of Telaprevir-Treated Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)-Infected Patients by Use of the Abbott RealTime HCV RNA Assay
Christoph Sarrazin, Inge Dierynck, Gavin Cloherty, Anne Ghys, Katrien Janssen, Donghan Luo, James Witek, Maria Buti, Gaston Picchio, Sandra De Meyer
Virology
Development of a Novel Liquid Bead Array Human Papillomavirus Genotyping Assay (PGMY-LX) and Comparison with Linear Array for Continuity in Longitudinal Cohort Studies
Sepideh Farhat, Mark E. Scott, Yifei Ma, Anna-Barbara Moscicki
Open Access

Virology
Comparison of Human Papillomavirus Detection by Aptima HPV and cobas HPV Tests in a Population of Women Referred for Colposcopy following Detection of Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance by Pap Cytology
Philip E. Castle, Barbara Eaton, Jennifer Reid, Damon Getman, Janel Dockter
Virology
Comparison of the Sofia and Veritor Direct Antigen Detection Assay Systems for Identification of Influenza Viruses from Patient Nasopharyngeal Specimens
G. P. Leonardi, A. M. Wilson, I. Mitrache, A. R. Zuretti
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Virology
Multiplex Nucleic Acid Suspension Bead Arrays for Detection and Subtyping of Filoviruses
Cecilia Bergqvist, Petra Holmström, Gunnel Lindegren, Nina Lagerqvist, Mikael Leijon, Kerstin I. Falk
Open Access

Virology
Variola Virus-Specific Diagnostic Assays: Characterization, Sensitivity, and Specificity
Ashley V. Kondas, Victoria A. Olson, Yu Li, Jason Abel, Miriam Laker, Laura Rose, Kimberly Wilkins, Jonathan Turner, Richard Kline, Inger K. Damon

Immunoassays

Immunoassays
Multicountry Prospective Clinical Evaluation of Two Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays and Two Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Diagnosing Dengue Fever
Subhamoy Pal, Allison L. Dauner, Andrea Valks, Brett M. Forshey, Kanya C. Long, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Gloria Sierra, Victor Picos, Sara Talmage, Amy C. Morrison, Eric S. Halsey, Guillermo Comach, Chadwick Yasuda, Michael Loeffelholz, Richard G. Jarman, Stefan Fernandez, Ung Sam An, Tadeusz J. Kochel, Louis E. Jasper, Shuenn-Jue L. Wu
Immunoassays
Improved Serodiagnosis of Bovine Brucellosis by Novel Synthetic Oligosaccharide Antigens Representing the Capping M Epitope Elements of Brucella O-Polysaccharide
John McGiven, Laurence Howells, Lucy Duncombe, Judy Stack, N. Vijaya Ganesh, Julie Guiard, David R. Bundle
Immunoassays
Clinical Evaluation of the OneStep Gonorrhea RapiCard InstaTest for Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Symptomatic Patients from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
N. S. Abbai, P. Moodley, T. Reddy, T. G. Zondi, S. Rambaran, K. Naidoo, G. Ramjee
Immunoassays
Evaluation of the Vitros Syphilis TPA Chemiluminescence Immunoassay as a First-Line Method for Reverse Syphilis Screening
Victoria González, Gema Fernández, Eva Dopico, Nuria Margall, Juliana Esperalba, Carme Muñoz, Elisabeth Castro, Elena Sulleiro, Lurdes Matas

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Detection and Discrimination of Classical and Atypical L-Type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy by Real-Time Quaking-Induced Conversion
Christina D. Orrú, Alessandra Favole, Cristiano Corona, Maria Mazza, Matteo Manca, Bradley R. Groveman, Andrew G. Hughson, Pier Luigi Acutis, Maria Caramelli, Gianluigi Zanusso, Cristina Casalone, Byron Caughey
Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Efficient, Validated Method for Detection of Mycobacterial Growth in Liquid Culture Media by Use of Bead Beating, Magnetic-Particle-Based Nucleic Acid Isolation, and Quantitative PCR
Karren M. Plain, Anna M. Waldron, Douglas J. Begg, Kumudika de Silva, Auriol C. Purdie, Richard J. Whittington
Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Development and Validation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Assay for Detection of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Antigen in Dromedary Camels
Daesub Song, Gunwoo Ha, Wissam Serhan, Yassir Eltahir, Mohammed Yusof, Farouq Hashem, Elsaeid Elsayed, Bahaaeldin Marzoug, Assem Abdelazim, Salama Al Muhairi
Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Efficient Isolation of Swine Influenza Viruses by Age-Targeted Specimen Collection
Makoto Ozawa, Aya Matsuu, Kouki Yonezawa, Manabu Igarashi, Kosuke Okuya, Toshiko Kawabata, Kimihito Ito, Kyoko Tsukiyama-Kohara, Akira Taneno, Eisaburo Deguchi

Epidemiology

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Epidemiology
Delineating Community Outbreaks of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium by Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing: Insights into Genomic Variability within an Outbreak
Sophie Octavia, Qinning Wang, Mark M. Tanaka, Sandeep Kaur, Vitali Sintchenko, Ruiting Lan
Epidemiology
Endotoxemia as a Diagnostic Tool for Patients with Suspected Bacteremia Caused by Gram-Negative Organisms: a Meta-Analysis of 4 Decades of Studies
James C. Hurley, Piotr Nowak, Lars Öhrmalm, Charalambos Gogos, Apostolos Armaganidis, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis
Open Access

Epidemiology
Evaluation of Portability and Cost of a Fluorescent PCR Ribotyping Protocol for Clostridium difficile Epidemiology
Jonathan N. V. Martinson, Susan Broadaway, Egan Lohman, Christina Johnson, M. Jahangir Alam, Mohammed Khaleduzzaman, Kevin W. Garey, Jessica Schlackman, Vincent B. Young, Kavitha Santhosh, Krishna Rao, Robert H. Lyons, Seth T. Walk
Epidemiology
Differential Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-Based Analysis of an Outbreak Caused by Salmonella enterica Serovar Manhattan Reveals Epidemiological Details Missed by Standard Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
Erika Scaltriti, Davide Sassera, Francesco Comandatore, Marina Morganti, Carmen Mandalari, Stefano Gaiarsa, Claudio Bandi, Gianguglielmo Zehender, Luca Bolzoni, Gabriele Casadei, Stefano Pongolini
Epidemiology
Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Identifies Pseudomonas aeruginosa High-Risk Clones
Nadège Cabrolier, Marlène Sauget, Xavier Bertrand, Didier Hocquet

Case Reports

CASE REPORTS
Detection of a Transient R292K Mutation in Influenza A/H3N2 Viruses Shed for Several Weeks by an Immunocompromised Patient
N. Esther Babady, Jennifer M. Laplante, Yi-Wei Tang, Kirsten St. George
CASE REPORTS
Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus Infection in Twin Infants
Sannya Vidyadhar Hede, Liset Olarte, Lakshmi Chandramohan, Sheldon L. Kaplan, Kristina G. Hulten
CASE REPORTS
Foot Infection by Clostridium sordellii: Case Report and Review of 15 Cases in France
Philippe Bouvet, Jean Sautereau, Alain Le Coustumier, Francine Mory, Christiane Bouchier, Michel-R. Popoff
CASE REPORTS
Ruminococcus gnavus Total Hip Arthroplasty Infection in a 62-Year-Old Man with Ulcerative Colitis
Anne-Laure Roux, Faten El Sayed, Pascal Duffiet, Thomas Bauer, Beate Heym, Jean-Louis Gaillard, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Martin Rottman
Open Access

CASE REPORTS
Diagnosing Rhodococcus equi Infections in a Setting Where Tuberculosis Is Highly Endemic: a Double Challenge
Thuy Le, Shama Cash-Goldwasser, Phan Vinh Tho, Nguyen Phu Huong Lan, James I. Campbell, H. Rogier van Doorn, Nguyen Tien Lam, Nguyen Vu Trung, Dao Tuyet Trinh, Nguyen Van Kinh, Heiman F. L. Wertheim
CASE REPORTS
Reactivation of Hepatitis B Virus without Core Antibody
André Silva-Pinto, Joaquim Andrade, Fernando Araújo, Lurdes Santos, António Sarmento
CASE REPORTS
Recurrence of Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease in a Patient with Anti-Gamma Interferon Autoantibodies by Reinfection
Tomoyasu Nishimura, Yukiko Fujita-Suzuki, Makoto Yonemaru, Kiyofumi Ohkusu, Takuro Sakagami, Stephen M. Carpenter, Yoshihito Otsuka, Ho Namkoong, Ikuya Yano, Naoki Hasegawa
CASE REPORTS
Community-Onset Pyomyositis Caused by a Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Sequence Type 11 Strain Producing CTX-M-15 Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase
Jeong-Hwan Hwang, Gee-Wook Shin, Chang-Seop Lee
CASE REPORTS
First Report of Chronic Pulmonary Infection by KPC-3-Producing and Colistin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 258 (ST258) in an Adult Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
Emanuele Delfino, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Valerio Del Bono, Erika Coppo, Anna Marchese, Graziana Manno, Patrizia Morelli, Laura Minicucci, Claudio Viscoli
CASE REPORTS
Toscana Virus Encephalitis in a Traveler Returning to the United States
Benjamin A. Howell, Marwan M. Azar, Marie L. Landry, Albert C. Shaw
CASE REPORTS
Bacteremia Caused by Arcobacter butzleri in an Immunocompromised Host
Esther Arguello, Caitlin C. Otto, Peter Mead, N. Esther Babady

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Frozen Master Mix-Based Modification of Commercial Reverse Transcriptase PCR for Detection of Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Viruses
Brooke Wenninger, Erik Munson, Maureen Napierala, Kimber L. Munson, Dorothy Bilbo, Jeanne E. Hryciuk
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Shiga Toxin 2a in Escherichia albertii
Lin Thorstensen Brandal, Hege Smith Tunsjø, Trond Egil Ranheim, Inger Løbersli, Heidi Lange, Astrid Louise Wester
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Inactivation of Burkholderia mallei in Equine Serum for Laboratory Use
Lorraine Perrett, Ian Mawhinney
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Passage of Meloidogyne Eggs in Human Stool: Forgotten, but Not Gone
Richard S. Bradbury, Richard Speare

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Correction for Milillo et al., Rapid and Simultaneous Detection of bla _KPC and bla _NDM by Use of Multiplex Real-Time PCR
Michael Milillo, Yoon I. Kwak, Erik Snesrud, Paige E. Waterman, Emil Lesho, Patrick McGann

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