Journal of Clinical Microbiology: 53 (5)

May 1, 2015; Volume 53,Issue 5

Photo Quiz

Photo Quiz
Photo Quiz: A Child with Fever after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Neekesh V. Dharia, Shelley A. Miller, Kevin W. Ward, Nava Yeganeh, Romney M. Humphries
Photo Quiz
Answer to May 2015 Photo Quiz
Neekesh V. Dharia, Shelley A. Miller, Kevin W. Ward, Nava Yeganeh, Romney M. Humphries

Biographical Feature

Biographical Feature
Biographical Feature: Raymond C. Bartlett, M.D.
Andrew B. Onderdonk

Point-Counterpoint

Point-Counterpoint
Point-Counterpoint: Consolidated Clinical Microbiology Laboratories
Robert L. Sautter, Richard B. Thomson

Bacteriology

Bacteriology
Gene Expression Profiling of Burkholderia cenocepacia at the Time of Cepacia Syndrome: Loss of Motility as a Marker of Poor Prognosis?
Lucie Kalferstova, Michal Kolar, Libor Fila, Jolana Vavrova, Pavel Drevinek
Bacteriology
Infection with Bartonella henselae in a Danish Family
Ricardo G. Maggi, Nandhakumar Balakrishnan, Julie M. Bradley, Edward B. Breitschwerdt
Bacteriology
Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight and Comparative Genomic Analysis of M-18 Group A Streptococcus Strains Associated with an Acute Rheumatic Fever Outbreak in Northeast Italy in 2012 and 2013
Paolo Gaibani, Erika Scaltriti, Claudio Foschi, Enrico Baggio, Maria Vittoria Tamburini, Roberta Creti, Maria Grazia Pascucci, Marco Fagioni, Simone Ambretti, Francesco Comandatore, Stefano Pongolini, Maria Paola Landini
Bacteriology
Assessing the Public Health Risk of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli by Use of a Rapid Diagnostic Screening Algorithm
Richard F. de Boer, Mithila Ferdous, Alewijn Ott, Henk R. Scheper, Guido J. Wisselink, Max E. Heck, John W. Rossen, Anna M. D. Kooistra-Smid
Bacteriology
Molecular and Clinical Characteristics of Hospital and Community Onset Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Associated with Bloodstream Infections
Shu-Hua Wang, Lisa Hines, Joany van Balen, José R. Mediavilla, Xueliang Pan, Armando E. Hoet, Barry N. Kreiswirth, Preeti Pancholi, Kurt B. Stevenson
Bacteriology
Improved Diagnosis of Orthopedic Implant-Associated Infection by Inoculation of Sonication Fluid into Blood Culture Bottles
María Eugenia Portillo, Margarita Salvadó, Andrej Trampuz, Ana Siverio, Albert Alier, Lluisa Sorli, Santos Martínez, Daniel Pérez-Prieto, Juan P. Horcajada, Lluis Puig-Verdie
Open Access

Bacteriology
Multicenter Evaluation of the BD Max Enteric Bacterial Panel PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter spp. (C. jejuni and C. coli), and Shiga Toxin 1 and 2 Genes
S. M. Harrington, B. W. Buchan, C. Doern, R. Fader, M. J. Ferraro, D. R. Pillai, J. Rychert, L. Doyle, A. Lainesse, T. Karchmer, J. E. Mortensen
Bacteriology
Has CXCL13 an Added Value in Diagnosis of Neurosyphilis?
Khutso M. Mothapo, Marcel M. Verbeek, Lieven B. van der Velden, C. Wim Ang, Peter P. Koopmans, Andre van der Ven, Foekje Stelma
Bacteriology
Borrelia burgdorferi Not Confirmed in Human-Biting Amblyomma americanum Ticks from the Southeastern United States
Ellen Y. Stromdahl, Robyn M. Nadolny, Jennifer A. Gibbons, Lisa D. Auckland, Mary A. Vince, Chad E. Elkins, Michael P. Murphy, Graham J. Hickling, Mark W. Eshoo, Heather E. Carolan, Chris D. Crowder, Mark A. Pilgard, Sarah A. Hamer
Bacteriology
Differential Immunodetection of Toxin B from Highly Virulent Clostridium difficile BI/NAP-1/027
Nira R. Pollock, Linan Song, Mingwei Zhao, David C. Duffy, Xinhua Chen, Susan P. Sambol, Dale N. Gerding, Ciarán P. Kelly
Bacteriology
Impact of Revised Cefepime CLSI Breakpoints on Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Susceptibility and Potential Impact If Applied to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Yukihiro Hamada, Christina A. Sutherland, David P. Nicolau
Bacteriology
Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Meropenem Hydrolysis Assay with NH₄HCO₃, a Reliable Tool for Direct Detection of Carbapenemase Activity
Costas C. Papagiannitsis, Vendula Študentová, Radoslaw Izdebski, Olga Oikonomou, Yvonne Pfeifer, Efthimia Petinaki, Jaroslav Hrabák
Bacteriology
Impact of Introduction of the BD Kiestra InoqulA on Urine Culture Results in a Hospital Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Sharon Strauss, Paul P. Bourbeau
Bacteriology
Evaluation of the Bruker Biotyper Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry System for Identification of Blood Isolates of Vibrio Species
Wern-Cherng Cheng, I-Shiow Jan, Jong-Min Chen, Shih-Hua Teng, Lee-Jene Teng, Wang-Huei Sheng, Wen-Chien Ko, Po-Ren Hsueh
Bacteriology
Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Characterization among Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates Causing Severe Obstetric Infections in Pregnant Women
Elisabet Guiral, Emma Sáez-López, Jordi Bosch, Anna Goncé, Marta López, Sergi Sanz, Jordi Vila, Sara M. Soto
Open Access

Bacteriology
A Novel Technique for Detecting Antibiotic-Resistant Typhoid from Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Caoimhe Nic Fhogartaigh, David A. B. Dance, Viengmon Davong, Pisey Tann, Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, Paul Turner, Sabine Dittrich, Paul N. Newton
Bacteriology
Refinement of Whole-Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing Analysis by Addressing Gene Paralogy
Ji Zhang, Jani Halkilahti, Marja-Liisa Hänninen, Mirko Rossi

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Clinical Application of Whole-Genome Sequencing To Inform Treatment for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Cases
Adam A. Witney, Katherine A. Gould, Amber Arnold, David Coleman, Rachel Delgado, Jasvir Dhillon, Marcus J. Pond, Cassie F. Pope, Tim D. Planche, Neil G. Stoker, Catherine A. Cosgrove, Philip D. Butcher, Thomas S. Harrison, Jason Hinds
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
DNA Sequencing for Confirmation of Rifampin Resistance Detected by Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay
Allison J. McAlister, Jeffrey Driscoll, Beverly Metchock

Mycology

Mycology
Acrophialophora, a Poorly Known Fungus with Clinical Significance
Marcelo Sandoval-Denis, Josepa Gené, Deanna A. Sutton, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Josep Guarro
Mycology
Candida inconspicua and Candida norvegensis: New Insights into Identification in Relation to Sexual Reproduction and Genome Organization
J. Guitard, R. Atanasova, J. Y. Brossas, I. Meyer, M. Gits, C. Marinach, S. Vellaissamy, A. Angoulvant, D. Mazier, C. Hennequin
Mycology
Multicenter Evaluation of Candida QuickFISH BC for Identification of Candida Species Directly from Blood Culture Bottles
Ayman M. Abdelhamed, Sean X. Zhang, Tonya Watkins, Margie A. Morgan, Fann Wu, Rebecca J. Buckner, DeAnna D. Fuller, Thomas E. Davis, Hossein Salimnia, Marilynn R. Fairfax, Paul R. Lephart, Melinda D. Poulter, Sarah B. Regi, Michael R. Jacobs
Mycology
An In-House Assay Is Superior to Sepsityper for Direct Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometry Identification of Yeast Species in Blood Cultures
Marie Bidart, Isabelle Bonnet, Aurélie Hennebique, Zine Eddine Kherraf, Hervé Pelloux, François Berger, Muriel Cornet, Sébastien Bailly, Danièle Maubon

Parasitology

Parasitology
Identification and Expression of Babesia ovis Secreted Antigen 1 and Evaluation of Its Diagnostic Potential in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Ferda Sevinc, Shinuo Cao, Xuenan Xuan, Mutlu Sevinc, Onur Ceylan
Parasitology
Subtyping Novel Zoonotic Pathogen Cryptosporidium Chipmunk Genotype I
Yaqiong Guo, Elizabeth Cebelinski, Christine Matusevich, Kerri A. Alderisio, Marianne Lebbad, John McEvoy, Dawn M. Roellig, Chunfu Yang, Yaoyu Feng, Lihua Xiao
Parasitology
Molecular Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis in Immunocompromised Patients: a 3-Year Multicenter Retrospective Study
Florence Robert-Gangneux, Yvon Sterkers, Hélène Yera, Isabelle Accoceberry, Jean Menotti, Sophie Cassaing, Marie-Pierre Brenier-Pinchart, Christophe Hennequin, Laurence Delhaes, Julie Bonhomme, Isabelle Villena, Emeline Scherer, Frédéric Dalle, Feriel Touafek, Denis Filisetti, Emmanuelle Varlet-Marie, Hervé Pelloux, Patrick Bastien
Parasitology
Contribution of Neonatal Amniotic Fluid Testing to Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis
Denis Filisetti, Hélène Yera, Odile Villard, Benoît Escande, Estelle Wafo, Véronique Houfflin-Debarge, Laurence Delhaes, Patrick Bastien

Virology

Virology
Challenges in Antigenic Characterization of Circulating Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses during the 2011-2012 Influenza Season: an Ongoing Problem?
Athanasios Kossyvakis, Vasiliki Pogka, Aggeliki Melidou, Afroditi Moutousi, Georgia Gioula, Antonios Kalliaropoulos, Maria Exindari, Mary Emmanouil, Elina Horefti, Georgia Spala, Adam Meijer, Nikolaos Malisiovas, Andreas F. Mentis
Virology
Comparative Evaluation of Three Commercial Quantitative Cytomegalovirus Standards by Use of Digital and Real-Time PCR
R. T. Hayden, Z. Gu, S. S. Sam, Y. Sun, L. Tang, S. Pounds, A. M. Caliendo
Virology
Systematic Serological Testing for Hepatitis E Virus in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Valérie Moal, Tristan Legris, Anne Motte, Henri Vacher-Coponat, Lucie Fages, Noémie Jourde-Chiche, Patrick Borentain, Dominique Jaubert, René Gerolami, Philippe Colson
Virology
Serologic Cross-Reactions between Nucleocapsid Proteins of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Human Metapneumovirus
Yange Zhang, Jan Pohl, W. Abdullah Brooks, Dean D. Erdman
Virology
Laboratory Evaluation of the Liat HIV Quant (IQuum) Whole-Blood and Plasma HIV-1 Viral Load Assays for Point-of-Care Testing in South Africa
Lesley Scott, Natasha Gous, Sergio Carmona, Wendy Stevens
Virology
Use of Amplification Refractory Mutation System PCR Assay as a Simple and Effective Tool To Detect HIV-1 Drug Resistance Mutations
Aubin J. Nanfack, Lucy Agyingi, Jean Jacques N. Noubiap, Johnson N. Ngai, Vittorio Colizzi, Phillipe N. Nyambi
Virology
A New Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for Detection of Human Enterovirus 68 in Respiratory Samples
Antonio Piralla, Alessia Girello, Marta Premoli, Fausto Baldanti
Virology
Detection of Enterovirus D68 in Canadian Laboratories
Todd F. Hatchette, Steven J. Drews, Elsie Grudeski, Tim Booth, Christine Martineau, Kerry Dust, Richard Garceau, Jonathan Gubbay, Tim Karnauchow, Mel Krajden, Paul N. Levett, Tony Mazzulli, Ryan R. McDonald, Alan McNabb, Samira Mubareka, Robert Needle, Astrid Petrich, Susan Richardson, Candy Rutherford, Marek Smieja, Raymond Tellier, Graham Tipples, Jason J. LeBlanc
Virology
Comparison of Abbott RealTime HCV Genotype II with Versant Line Probe Assay 2.0 for Hepatitis C Virus Genotyping
Chen-Hua Liu, Cheng-Chao Liang, Chun-Jen Liu, Chih-Lin Lin, Tung-Hung Su, Hung-Chih Yang, Pei-Jer Chen, Ding-Shinn Chen, Jia-Horng Kao

Immunoassays

Immunoassays
A Signal-to-Cutoff Ratio in the Abbott Architect HIV Ag/Ab Combo Assay That Predicts Subsequent Confirmation of HIV-1 Infection in a Low-Prevalence Setting
Tomas Ostergaard Jensen, Peter Robertson, Ross Whybin, Ian Chambers, Monica Lahra, William Rawlinson, Jeffrey John Post
Immunoassays
Single-Molecule Arrays for Ultrasensitive Detection of Host Immune Response to Dengue Virus Infection
Shonda T. Gaylord, Sama Abdul-Aziz, David R. Walt

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Genomic and Epidemiological Characteristics Provide New Insights into the Phylogeographical and Spatiotemporal Spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus in Asia
Min Sun, Jiale Ma, Yanan Wang, Ming Wang, Wenchao Song, Wei Zhang, Chengping Lu, Huochun Yao
Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Isolation and Characterization of Porcine Deltacoronavirus from Pigs with Diarrhea in the United States
Hui Hu, Kwonil Jung, Anastasia N. Vlasova, Juliet Chepngeno, Zhongyan Lu, Qiuhong Wang, Linda J. Saif
Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Culture-Independent Genome Sequencing of Clinical Samples Reveals an Unexpected Heterogeneity of Infections by Chlamydia pecorum
Nathan L. Bachmann, Mitchell J. Sullivan, Martina Jelocnik, Garry S. A. Myers, Peter Timms, Adam Polkinghorne
Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Molecular Identification of Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum by Duplex High-Resolution Melt Analysis and Subspecies-Specific Real-Time PCR
Zsuzsanna Rónai, Ágnes Csivincsik, Ádám Dán
Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
High-Level Association of Bovine Digital Dermatitis Treponema spp. with Contagious Ovine Digital Dermatitis Lesions and Presence of Fusobacterium necrophorum and Dichelobacter nodosus
L. E. Sullivan, S. R. Clegg, J. W. Angell, K. Newbrook, R. W. Blowey, S. D. Carter, J. Bell, J. S. Duncan, D. H. Grove-White, R. D. Murray, N. J. Evans
Clinical Veterinary Microbiology
Glycoprotein-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Serodiagnosis of Infectious Laryngotracheitis
Mallikarjuna Kanabagatte Basavarajappa, Haichen Song, Chinta Lamichhane, Siba K. Samal

Epidemiology

Epidemiology
Analysis of a Local HIV-1 Epidemic in Portugal Highlights Established Transmission of Non-B and Non-G Subtypes
Alexandre Carvalho, Patrício Costa, Vera Triunfante, Fernando Branca, Fernando Rodrigues, Catarina L. Santos, Margarida Correia-Neves, Margarida Saraiva, Henrique Lecour, António G. Castro, Jorge Pedrosa, Nuno S. Osório
Epidemiology
Salmonella Serotype Determination Utilizing High-Throughput Genome Sequencing Data
Shaokang Zhang, Yanlong Yin, Marcus B. Jones, Zhenzhen Zhang, Brooke L. Deatherage Kaiser, Blake A. Dinsmore, Collette Fitzgerald, Patricia I. Fields, Xiangyu Deng
Epidemiology
Presence of Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus in Vaccinated Chickens in Farms in Pakistan
Shafqat Fatima Rehmani, Abdul Wajid, Tasra Bibi, Bushra Nazir, Nadia Mukhtar, Abid Hussain, Nazir Ahmad Lone, Tahir Yaqub, Claudio L. Afonso

Case Reports

CASE REPORTS
First Human Case of Fatal Halicephalobus gingivalis Meningoencephalitis in Australia
Chuan Kok Lim, April Crawford, Casey V. Moore, Robin B. Gasser, Renjy Nelson, Anson V. Koehler, Richard S. Bradbury, Rick Speare, Deepak Dhatrak, Gerhard F. Weldhagen
CASE REPORTS
Disseminated Rhinovirus C8 Infection with Infectious Virus in Blood and Fatal Outcome in a Child with Repeated Episodes of Bronchiolitis
Julien Lupo, Isabelle Schuffenecker, Christine Morel-Baccard, Julie Bardet, Valérie Payen, Laurent Kaiser, Samuel Constant, Johannes Alexander Lobrinus, Nathalie Lin-Marq, Bruno Lina, Patrice Morand, Caroline Tapparel
CASE REPORTS
Isolation of Bordetella bronchiseptica from Blood and a Pancreatic Abscess
Nancy A. Matic, Paul E. Bunce
CASE REPORTS
Descending Mediastinitis in Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
J. W. Geerts, E. M. van Driel, M. J. F. M. Janssen
CASE REPORTS
Fever in a Visitor to Canada: a Case of Mistaken Identity
Thomas Warren, Rachel Lau, Filip Ralevski, Neil Rau, Andrea K. Boggild

Letters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Infallible Microbial Identification Test: Does It Exist?
Alex van Belkum, Martin Welker, W. Michael Dunne, Victoria Girard
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Reply to “The Infallible Microbial Identification Test: Does It Exist?”
Kevin Alby, Laurel J. Glaser, Paul H. Edelstein

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Photo Quiz

Biographical Feature

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Bacteriology

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

Mycology

Parasitology

Virology

Immunoassays

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

Epidemiology

Case Reports

Letters to the Editor

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