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Bacteriology:

Cinzia Marianelli, Franco Ciuchini, Michela Tarantino, Paolo Pasquali, and Rosanna Adone

Genetic Bases of the Rifampin Resistance Phenotype in Brucella spp.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5439-5443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christine Maynard, Sadjia Bekal, François Sanschagrin, Roger C. Levesque, Roland Brousseau, Luke Masson, Serge Larivière, and Josée Harel

Heterogeneity among Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Profiles of Extraintestinal Escherichia coli Isolates of Animal and Human Origin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5444-5452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Atsuko Kodama, Kazunari Kamachi, Yoshinobu Horiuchi, Toshifumi Konda, and Yoshichika Arakawa

Antigenic Divergence Suggested by Correlation between Antigenic Variation and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Profiles of Bordetella pertussis Isolates in Japan
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5453-5457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Masahiro Suzuki, Masakado Matsumoto, Mami Hata, Masao Takahashi, and Kenji Sakae

Development of a Rapid PCR Method Using the Insertion Sequence IS1203 for Genotyping Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5462-5466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. J. Chappel, M. Goris, M. F. Palmer, and R. A. Hartskeerl

Impact of Proficiency Testing on Results of the Microscopic Agglutination Test for Diagnosis of Leptospirosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5484-5488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. de Lillo, V. Booth, L. Kyriacou, A. J. Weightman, and W. G. Wade

Culture-Independent Identification of Periodontitis-Associated Porphyromonas and Tannerella Populations by Targeted Molecular Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5523-5527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Brigitte Fauroux, Nicholas Hart, Samira Belfar, Michèle Boulé, Isabelle Tillous-Borde, Damien Bonnet, Edouard Bingen, and Annick Clément

Burkholderia cepacia Is Associated with Pulmonary Hypertension and Increased Mortality among Cystic Fibrosis Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5537-5541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John D. Klena, Craig T. Parker, Krista Knibb, J. Claire Ibbitt, Phillippa M. L. Devane, Sharon T. Horn, William G. Miller, and Michael E. Konkel

Differentiation of Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter lari, and Campylobacter upsaliensis by a Multiplex PCR Developed from the Nucleotide Sequence of the Lipid A Gene lpxA
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5549-5557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Y. L. Song, C. X. Liu, M. McTeague, and S. M. Finegold

"Bacteroides nordii" sp. nov. and "Bacteroides salyersae" sp. nov. Isolated from Clinical Specimens of Human Intestinal Origin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5565-5570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David K. Warren, Robert S. Liao, Liana R. Merz, Michael Eveland, and W. Michael Dunne, Jr.

Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Nasal Swab Specimens by a Real-Time PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5578-5581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hind I. Shaheen, Sami B. Khalil, Malla R. Rao, Remon Abu Elyazeed, Thomas F. Wierzba, Leonard F. Peruski, Jr., Shannon Putnam, Armando Navarro, Badria Z. Morsy, Alejandro Cravioto, John D. Clemens, Ann-Mari Svennerholm, and Stephen J. Savarino

Phenotypic Profiles of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Associated with Early Childhood Diarrhea in Rural Egypt
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5588-5595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laura Lindholm and Hannu Sarkkinen

Direct Identification of Gram-Positive Cocci from Routine Blood Cultures by Using AccuProbe Tests
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5609-5613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Holger Rohde, Matthias Kalitzky, Nicolaus Kröger, Stefanie Scherpe, Matthias A. Horstkotte, Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, Axel R. Zander, and Dietrich Mack

Detection of Virulence-Associated Genes Not Useful for Discriminating between Invasive and Commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains from a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5614-5619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Desjardins, K. L. Delgaty, K. Ramotar, C. Seetaram, and B. Toye

Prevalence and Mechanisms of Erythromycin Resistance in Group A and Group B Streptococcus: Implications for Reporting Susceptibility Results
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5620-5623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Barry Curran, Daniel Jonas, Hajo Grundmann, Tyrone Pitt, and Christopher G. Dowson

Development of a Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5644-5649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Johanna M. C. Jefferies, Andrew Smith, Stuart C. Clarke, Chris Dowson, and Timothy J. Mitchell

Genetic Analysis of Diverse Disease-Causing Pneumococci Indicates High Levels of Diversity within Serotypes and Capsule Switching
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5681-5688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ludovic Lemee, Anne Dhalluin, Sabrina Testelin, Marie-Andre Mattrat, Karine Maillard, Jean-François Lemeland, and Jean-Louis Pons

Multiplex PCR Targeting tpi (Triose Phosphate Isomerase), tcdA (Toxin A), and tcdB (Toxin B) Genes for Toxigenic Culture of Clostridium difficile
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5710-5714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Johann D. D. Pitout, Ashfaque Hossain, and Nancy D. Hanson

Phenotypic and Molecular Detection of CTX-M-ß-Lactamases Produced by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5715-5721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vincent Ramisse, Perrine Houssu, Eric Hernandez, France Denoeud, Valérie Hilaire, Olivier Lisanti, Françoise Ramisse, Jean-Didier Cavallo, and Gilles Vergnaud

Variable Number of Tandem Repeats in Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica for Typing Purposes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5722-5730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. I. Kärenlampi, T. P. Tolvanen, and M.-L. Hänninen

Phylogenetic Analysis and PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Identification of Campylobacter Species Based on Partial groEL Gene Sequences
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5731-5738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

H. Sakai, G. W. Procop, N. Kobayashi, D. Togawa, D. A. Wilson, L. Borden, V. Krebs, and T. W. Bauer

Simultaneous Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Positive Blood Cultures by Real-Time PCR with Two Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Probe Sets
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5739-5744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael G. Koenig, Sandra L. Kosha, Brandon L. Doty, and David G. Heath

Direct Comparison of the BD ProbeTec ET System with In-House LightCycler PCR Assays for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Clinical Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5751-5756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Shirley Finnan, John P. Morrissey, Fergal O'Gara, and E. Fidelma Boyd

Genome Diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Cystic Fibrosis Patients and the Hospital Environment
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5783-5792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Wenming Zhou, Weidong Du, Huimin Cao, Jianlong Zhao, Sen Yang, Wei Li, Yujun Shen, Shumei Zhang, Wenhui Du, and Xuejun Zhang

Detection of gyrA and parC Mutations Associated with Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Use of Oligonucleotide Biochip Technology
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5819-5824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elizabeth Bode, William Hurtle, and David Norwood

Real-Time PCR Assay for a Unique Chromosomal Sequence of Bacillus anthracis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5825-5831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David Rodríguez-Lázaro, Martin D'Agostino, Maria Pla, and Nigel Cook

Construction Strategy for an Internal Amplification Control for Real-Time Diagnostic Assays Using Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification: Development and Clinical Application
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5832-5836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Richard J. Gillis and Barbara H. Iglewski

Azithromycin Retards Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5842-5845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K. R. S. Aranda, U. Fagundes-Neto, and I. C. A. Scaletsky

Evaluation of Multiplex PCRs for Diagnosis of Infection with Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Shigella spp.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5849-5853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Florence Depardieu, Bruno Perichon, and Patrice Courvalin

Detection of the van Alphabet and Identification of Enterococci and Staphylococci at the Species Level by Multiplex PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5857-5860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. M. Thibault, E. Valade, and D. R. Vidal

Identification and Discrimination of Burkholderia pseudomallei, B. mallei, and B. thailandensis by Real-Time PCR Targeting Type III Secretion System Genes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5871-5874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Steven D. Brown, Karen Krisher, and Maria M. Traczewski

Broth Microdilution Susceptibility Testing of Francisella tularensis: Quality Control Limits for Nine Antimicrobial Agents and Three Standard Quality Control Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5877-5880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sudha Pottumarthy, Jeffrey M. Schapiro, Jennifer L. Prentice, Yolanda B. Houze, Susan R. Swanzy, Ferric C. Fang, and Brad T. Cookson

Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus intermedius Masquerading as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5881-5884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael J. Ferris, Alicia Masztal, and David H. Martin

Use of Species-Directed 16S rRNA Gene PCR Primers for Detection of Atopobium vaginae in Patients with Bacterial Vaginosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5892-5894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. M. Harrington, T. L. Ross, K. A. Gebo, and W. G. Merz

Vancomycin Resistance, esp, and Strain Relatedness: a 1-Year Study of Enterococcal Bacteremia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5895-5898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Lindsay Oaks, Shannon L. Donahoe, Fred R. Rurangirwa, Bruce A. Rideout, Martin Gilbert, and Munir Z. Virani

Identification of a Novel Mycoplasma Species from an Oriental White-Backed Vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5909-5912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Deborah Wilson, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, Udo Reischl, Ilka Warshawsky, and Gary W. Procop

Comparison of Five Methods for Extraction of Legionella pneumophila from Respiratory Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5913-5916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Georges Wauters, Véronique Avesani, Jacqueline Charlier, Michèle Janssens, and Michel Delmée

Histidine Decarboxylase in Enterobacteriaceae Revisited
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5923-5924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. H. Jorgensen, S. A. Crawford, L. M. McElmeel, and C. G. Whitney

Detection of Resistance to Gatifloxacin and Moxifloxacin in Streptococcus pneumoniae with the VITEK 2 Instrument
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5928-5930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

G. J. van Dam, J. H. Wichers, T. M. Falcao Ferreira, D. Ghati, A. van Amerongen, and A. M. Deelder

Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis by Reagent Strip Test for Detection of Circulating Cathodic Antigen
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5458-5461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mathieu Rougemont, Madeleine Van Saanen, Roland Sahli, Hans Peter Hinrikson, Jacques Bille, and Katia Jaton

Detection of Four Plasmodium Species in Blood from Humans by 18S rRNA Gene Subunit-Based and Species-Specific Real-Time PCR Assays
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5636-5643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ravi Kaul, Peilin Chen, and Steven R. Binder

Detection of Immunoglobulin M Antibodies Specific for Toxoplasma gondii with Increased Selectivity for Recently Acquired Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5705-5709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Takashi Sugita, Reiko Ikeda, and Akemi Nishikawa

Analysis of Trichosporon Isolates Obtained from the Houses of Patients with Summer-Type Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5467-5471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Benjamin Musher, David Fredricks, Wendy Leisenring, S. Arunmozhi Balajee, Caitlin Smith, and Kieren A. Marr

Aspergillus Galactomannan Enzyme Immunoassay and Quantitative PCR for Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis with Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5517-5522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stephanie Diezmann, Cymon J. Cox, Gabriele Schönian, Rytas J. Vilgalys, and Thomas G. Mitchell

Phylogeny and Evolution of Medical Species of Candida and Related Taxa: a Multigenic Analysis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5624-5635. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. K. Burn, A. W. Fothergill, W. R. Kirkpatrick, B. J. Coco, T. F. Patterson, D. I. McCarthy, M. G. Rinaldi, and S. W. Redding

Comparison of Antifungal Susceptibilities to Fluconazole and Voriconazole of Oral Candida glabrata Isolates from Head and Neck Radiation Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5846-5848. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Banu Sancak, John H. Rex, Enuo Chen, and Kieren Marr

Comparison of PCR- and HinfI Restriction Endonuclease-Based Methods for Typing of Candida krusei Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5889-5891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. B. Portela, I. P. R. Souza, E. M. M. B. Costa, A. N. Hagler, R. M. A. Soares, and A. L. S. Santos

Differential Recovery of Candida Species from Subgingival Sites in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive and Healthy Children from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5925-5927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Shea N. Gardner, Marisa W. Lam, Nisha J. Mulakken, Clinton L. Torres, Jason R. Smith, and Tom R. Slezak

Sequencing Needs for Viral Diagnostics
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5472-5476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tsuguto Fujimoto, Teruo Okafuji, Takao Okafuji, Masahiro Ito, Soichi Nukuzuma, Masatsugu Chikahira, and Osamu Nishio

Evaluation of a Bedside Immunochromatographic Test for Detection of Adenovirus in Respiratory Samples, by Comparison to Virus Isolation, PCR, and Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5489-5492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hong Li, Naomi S. Taus, Gregory S. Lewis, Okjin Kim, Donald L. Traul, and Timothy B. Crawford

Shedding of Ovine Herpesvirus 2 in Sheep Nasal Secretions: the Predominant Mode for Transmission
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5558-5564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paul Gruteke, Afina S. Glas, Mirjam Dierdorp, Willem B. Vreede, Jan-Willem Pilon, and Sylvia M. Bruisten

Practical Implementation of a Multiplex PCR for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5596-5603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andreas Sauerbrei, Elena Rubtcova, Peter Wutzler, D. Scott Schmid, and Vladimir N. Loparev

Genetic Profile of an Oka Varicella Vaccine Virus Variant Isolated from an Infant with Zoster
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5604-5608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anna V. Ivshina, Galina M. Vodeiko, Vladimir A. Kuznetsov, Dmitry Volokhov, Rolf Taffs, Vladimir I. Chizhikov, Roland A. Levandowski, and Konstantin M. Chumakov

Mapping of Genomic Segments of Influenza B Virus Strains by an Oligonucleotide Microarray Method
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5793-5801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elizabeth Schauer, Steven Webber, Michael Green, and David Rowe

Surface Immunoglobulin-Deficient Epstein-Barr Virus-Infected B Cells in the Peripheral Blood of Pediatric Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5802-5810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yury S. Boriskin, Philip S. Rice, Richard A. Stabler, Jason Hinds, Hasan Al-Ghusein, Keith Vass, and Philip D. Butcher

DNA Microarrays for Virus Detection in Cases of Central Nervous System Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5811-5818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karin Kidd-Ljunggren, Erling Myhre, and Jonas Bläckberg

Clinical and Serological Variation between Patients Infected with Different Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5837-5841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laurence Ollier, Anne Caramella, Valérie Giordanengo, and Jean-Claude Lefebvre

High Permissivity of Human HepG2 Hepatoma Cells for Influenza Viruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5861-5865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jean-Christophe Plantier, Marie Gueudin, Fabienne de Oliveira, Florence Damond, Véronique Lemée, Françoise Brun-Vézinet, and François Simon

Rapid Discrimination between Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Groups A and B by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5866-5870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrick C. Y. Woo, Susanna K. P. Lau, Beatrice H. L. Wong, Kwok-Hung Chan, Wai-Ting Hui, Grace S. W. Kwan, J. S. Malik Peiris, Robert B. Couch, and Kwok-Yung Yuen

False-Positive Results in a Recombinant Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Nucleocapsid Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Due to HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-229E Rectified by Western Blotting with Recombinant SARS-CoV Spike Polypeptide
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5885-5888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mikako Ito, Tomohiko Takasaki, Ken-Ichiro Yamada, Reiko Nerome, Shigeru Tajima, and Ichiro Kurane

Development and Evaluation of Fluorogenic TaqMan Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assays for Detection of Dengue Virus Types 1 to 4
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5935-5937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

Allen C. Cheng, Daniel Godoy, Mark Mayo, Daniel Gal, Brian G. Spratt, and Bart J. Currie

Isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei from Northern Australia Are Distinct by Multilocus Sequence Typing, but Strain Types Do Not Correlate with Clinical Presentation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5477-5483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Randall S. Singer, William M. Sischo, and Tim E. Carpenter

Exploration of Biases That Affect the Interpretation of Restriction Fragment Patterns Produced by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5502-5511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jesús Oteo, Edurne Lázaro, Francisco J. de Abajo, Fernando Baquero, José Campos Spanish Members of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System

Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance in 1,968 Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains Isolated in Spanish Hospitals (2001 to 2003): Decreasing Penicillin Resistance in Children's Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5571-5577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet, Anne-Sophie Domelier, Nicole Girard, Roland Quentin, and the Bloodstream Infection Study Group of the Relais d'Hygiène du Centre

Epidemiology and Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Bloodstream Infections
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5650-5657. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Shannon L. McNulty, Beth M. Mole, Daiva Dailidiene, Issy Segal, Reid Ally, Rajesh Mistry, Ousman Secka, Richard A. Adegbola, Julian E. Thomas, Erik M. Lenarcic, Richard M. Peek, Jr., Douglas E. Berg, and Mark H. Forsyth

Novel 180- and 480-Base-Pair Insertions in African and African-American Strains of Helicobacter pylori
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5658-5663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mary E. Stemper, Sanjay K. Shukla, and Kurt D. Reed

Emergence and Spread of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Rural Wisconsin, 1989 to 1999
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5673-5680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gustavo H. Dayan, María S. Panero, Roberto Debbag, Ana Urquiza, Marta Molina, Susana Prieto, María del Carmen Perego, Graciela Scagliotti, Diana Galimberti, Guillermo Carroli, Cristina Wolff, D. Scott Schmid, Vladimir Loparev, Dalya Guris, and Jane Seward

Varicella Seroprevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Varicella-Zoster Virus in Argentina, 2002
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5698-5704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Trung Vu Nguyen, Phung Le Van, Chinh Le Huy, and Andrej Weintraub

Diarrhea Caused by Rotavirus in Children Less than 5 Years of Age in Hanoi, Vietnam
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5745-5750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Yong Zhu, Hiroyuki Ogata, and Didier Raoult

Use of Highly Variable Intergenic Spacer Sequences for Multispacer Typing of Rickettsia conorii Strains
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5757-5766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

François-Xavier Weill, Renaud Lailler, Karine Praud, Annaëlle Kérouanton, Laëtitia Fabre, Anne Brisabois, Patrick A. D. Grimont, and Axel Cloeckaert

Emergence of Extended-Spectrum-ß-Lactamase (CTX-M-9)-Producing Multiresistant Strains of Salmonella enterica Serotype Virchow in Poultry and Humans in France
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5767-5773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Suraia Nusrin, G. Yeahia Khan, N. A. Bhuiyan, M. Ansaruzzaman, M. A. Hossain, Ashrafus Safa, Rasel Khan, Shah M. Faruque, David A. Sack, T. Hamabata, Yoshifumi Takeda, and G. Balakrish Nair

Diverse CTX Phages among Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 Strains Isolated between 1994 and 2002 in an Area Where Cholera is Endemic in Bangladesh
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5854-5856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alexandra Correia, Paula Sampaio, Judite Almeida, and Célia Pais

Study of Molecular Epidemiology of Candidiasis in Portugal by PCR Fingerprinting of Candida Clinical Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5899-5903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hong Fang, Christina Lundberg, Barbro Olsson-Liljequist, Göran Hedin, Emma Lindbäck, Åsa Rosenberg, and Johan Struwe

Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of Escherichia coli Isolates Producing Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases for Identification of Nosocomial Outbreaks in Stockholm, Sweden
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5917-5920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Toïdi Adékambi, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Gilbert Greub, Marie-José Gevaudan, Bernard La Scola, Didier Raoult, and Michel Drancourt

Amoebal Coculture of "Mycobacterium massiliense" sp. nov. from the Sputum of a Patient with Hemoptoic Pneumonia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5493-5501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mandira Varma-Basil, Hiyam El-Hajj, Roberto Colangeli, Manzour Hernando Hazbón, Sujeet Kumar, Mridula Bose, Miriam Bobadilla-del-Valle, Lourdes García García, Araceli Hernández, Fred Russell Kramer, Jose Sifuentes Osornio, Alfredo Ponce-de-León, and David Alland

Rapid Detection of Rifampin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from India and Mexico by a Molecular Beacon Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5512-5516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Isdore Chola Shamputa, Leen Rigouts, Lovet Achale Eyongeta, Nabil Abdullah El Aila, Armand van Deun, Abdul Hamid Salim, Eve Willery, Camille Locht, Philip Supply, and Françoise Portaels

Genotypic and Phenotypic Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5528-5536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yansheng Zhang, Mitchell A. Yakrus, Edward A. Graviss, Natalie Williams-Bouyer, Christine Turenne, Amin Kabani, and Richard J. Wallace, Jr.

Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Study of Mycobacterium abscessus Isolates Previously Affected by DNA Degradation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5582-5587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Richard J. Wallace, Jr., Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Rebecca W. Wilson, Linda Mann, Leslie Hall, Yansheng Zhang, Kenneth C. Jost, Jr., June M. Brown, Amin Kabani, Mark F. Schinsky, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Christopher J. Crist, Glenn D. Roberts, Zeta Blacklock, Michio Tsukamura, Vella Silcox, and Christine Turenne

Clinical and Laboratory Features of Mycobacterium porcinum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5689-5697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. M. Warren, T. C. Victor, E. M. Streicher, M. Richardson, G. D. van der Spuy, R. Johnson, V. N. Chihota, C. Locht, P. Supply, and P. D. van Helden

Clonal Expansion of a Globally Disseminated Lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Low IS6110 Copy Numbers
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5774-5782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Thomas Bodmer, Ernestina Mensah-Quainoo, Samuel Owusu, David Ofori-Adjei, and Gerd Pluschke

Evaluation of Decontamination Methods and Growth Media for Primary Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from Surgical Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5875-5876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Kerleguer, M. Fabre, J. J. Bernatas, P. Gerome, E. Nicand, V. Herve, and J. L. Koeck

Clinical Evaluation of the Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Lymphadenitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5921-5922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Judit Lukács, Vilmos Tubak, Judit Mester, Sándor Dávid, Zoltán Bártfai, Tanja Kubica, Stefan Niemann, and Ákos Somoskövi

Conventional and Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Homeless Patients in Budapest, Hungary
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5931-5934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Peter Kuhnert, Bozena Korczak, Enevold Falsen, Reto Straub, Anneliese Hoops, Patrick Boerlin, Joachim Frey, and Reinier Mutters

Nicoletella semolina gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Member of Pasteurellaceae Isolated from Horses with Airway Disease
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5542-5548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

JunBae Jee, Fred J. Degraves, TeaYoun Kim, and Bernhard Kaltenboeck

High Prevalence of Natural Chlamydophila Species Infection in Calves
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5664-5672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert P. Marini, Nancy S. Taylor, Alvin Y. Liang, Kimberly A. Knox, Jeremy Andrew Peña, David B. Schauer, and James G. Fox

Characterization of Hemolytic Escherichia coli Strains in Ferrets: Recognition of Candidate Virulence Factor CNF1
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5904-5908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Preeti Pancholi, Steven Park, David Perlin, Christine Kubin, and Phyllis Della-Latta

Molecular Characterization of Fluconazole Resistance in a Case of Candida albicans Ocular Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5938-5939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. J. De Martino, I. Mahoudeau, J. P. Brettes, Y. Piemont, H. Monteil, and B. Jaulhac

Peripartum Bacteremias Due to Leptotrichia amnionii and Sneathia sanguinegens, Rare Causes of Fever during and after Delivery
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5940-5943. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takashi Ebihara, Rika Endo, Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Tsuguyo Nakayama, Hiroyuki Sawada, and Hideaki Kikuta

Early Reinfection with Human Metapneumovirus in an Infant
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5944-5946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrick C. Y. Woo, Susanna K. P. Lau, Gibson K. S. Woo, Ami M. Y. Fung, Viola P. Y. Yiu, and Kwok-yung Yuen

Bacteremia Due to Clostridium hathewayi in a Patient with Acute Appendicitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5947-5949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kung-Hung Liu, Chi-Jung Wu, Chen-Hsi Chou, Hsin-Chun Lee, Nan-Yao Lee, Shao-Tsung Hung, and Wen-Chien Ko

Refractory Candidal Meningitis in an Immunocompromised Patient Cured by Caspofungin
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5950-5953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sophie Georges, Odile Villard, Denis Filisetti, Alexander Mathis, Luc Marcellin, Yves Hansmann, and Ermanno Candolfi

Usefulness of PCR Analysis for Diagnosis of Alveolar Echinococcosis with Unusual Localizations: Two Case Studies
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5954-5956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maria Cruz Martín, Angel Manteca, María Luisa Castillo, Fernando Vázquez, and Francisco Javier Méndez

Streptomyces albus Isolated from a Human Actinomycetoma and Characterized by Molecular Techniques
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5957-5960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

B. L. Rao, S. S. Gandhe, S. D. Pawar, V. A. Arankalle, S. C. Shah, and A. A. Kinikar

First Detection of Human Metapneumovirus in Children with Acute Respiratory Infection in India: a Preliminary Report
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5961-5962. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Les C. Stutzman, Nadine Sullivan, and Peter H. Gilligan

Impact of Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory When Using Automated Blood Culture Systems for Bacterial Contamination Screening of Apheresis Platelet Products
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5963-5964. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Philippa J. Easterbrook*, Andrea Gibson, Shahed Murad, Dianie Lamprecht, Natalie Ives, Alex Ferguson, Odette Lowe, Peter Mason, Angelika Ndudzo, Alfred Taziwa, Robert Makombe, Lovemore Mbengeranwa, Christophe Sola, Nalin Rastogi, and Francis Drobniewski

High Rates of Clustering of Strains Causing Tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe: a Molecular Epidemiological Study
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5965. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Authors' Correction:

Anil A. Panackal, Yolanda B. Houze, Jennifer Prentice, Seth S. Leopold, Brad T. Cookson, W. Conrad Liles, and Ajit P. Limaye

Prosthetic Joint Infection Due to "Helcococcus pyogenes"
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004 42: 5966. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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