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Analysis of a Candida auris outbreak provides new insights into an emerging pathogen.
Brian L. Wickes
Bacteriology
Reduced in vitro susceptibility of Streptococcus pyogenes to beta-lactam antibiotics associated with mutations in the pbp2x gene is geographically widespread
James M. Musser, Stephen B. Beres, Luchang Zhu, Randall J. Olsen, Jaana Vuopio, Hanne-Leena Hyyryläinen, Kirsi Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, Karl G. Kristinsson, Jessica Darenberg, Birgitta Henriques-Normark, Steen Hoffmann, Dominque A. Caugant, Andrew J. Smith, Diane S. J. Lindsay, David Boragine, Timothy Palzkill
Bacteriology
Evaluation of the NG-Test MCR-1 Lateral Flow Assay and EDTA-Colistin Broth Disk Elution Methods To Detect Plasmid-Mediated Colistin Resistance Among Gram-Negative Bacterial Isolates
Alexander J. Fenwick, Yehudit Bergman, Shawna Lewis, Rebecca Yee, Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, Nicolynn Cole, Peggy Kohner, Carly Ordak, Daniel A. Green, Audrey N. Schuetz, Romney Humphries, Patricia J. Simner
Bacteriology
Diagnostic accuracy of a non-invasive test for the detection of Helicobacter pylori and resistance to clarithromycin in stool by Real-Time PCR Amplidiag^® H. pylori + ClariR assay
Maxime Pichon, Benoit Pichard, Thierry Barrioz, Chloé Plouzeau, Vincent Croquet, Ginette Fotsing, Alexandre Chéron, Éric Vuillemin, Marc Wangermez, Paul-Arthur Haineaux, Philippe Vasseur, Quentin Thiebault, Clémence Lefèvre, Anaïs de Singly, Julie Cremniter, Lauranne Broutin, Anthony Michaud, Christine Silvain, Christophe Burucoa
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Molecular Diagnostic Mycology: Xtreme Challenges
Brian L. Wickes, Anna M. Romanelli
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2020 American Society for Microbiology Awards Program Honorees in Clinical Microbiology
Erik Munson
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Enterobacteriaceae? Enterobacterales? What Should We Call Enteric Gram-Negative Bacilli? A Micro-Comic Strip
Alexander J. McAdam
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Camille M. Webb, Lindy Ross, Seena Monjazeb, Brandon Goodwin, Ping Ren
Epidemiology
Whole-Genome Sequencing of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Isolates Recovered from an Inner-City Population Demonstrates the Predominance of a Single Molecular Strain
In some parts of the world, Corynebacterium diphtheriae has reemerged as a pathogen, especially as a cause of infections among impoverished and marginalized populations. We performed whole-genome sequencing (WGS) on all cutaneous C. diphtheriae isolates (n = 56) from Vancouver’s inner-city...

Samuel D. Chorlton, Gordon Ritchie, Tanya Lawson, Marc G. Romney, Christopher F. Lowe
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Building a Better Test for Piperacillin-Tazobactam Susceptibility Testing: Would that It Were So Simple (It's Complicated)
In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, S. García-Fernandez, Y. Bala, T. Armstrong, M. Garcia-Castillo, et al. (J Clin Microbiol 58:e01042-19, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01042-19) describe the performance of a reformulated Etest for piperacillin-tazobactam.

Andrew Henderson, Romney Humphries

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