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Guest Commentary:

Patrick Bastien, Gary W. Procop, and Udo Reischl

Quantitative Real-Time PCR Is Not More Sensitive than "Conventional" PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1897-1900. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Virology:

Jannick Verbeeck, Mark J. Stanley, Jen Shieh, Linda Celis, Els Huyck, Elke Wollants, Judy Morimoto, Alice Farrior, Erwin Sablon, Margaret Jankowski-Hennig, Carl Schaper, Pamela Johnson, Marc Van Ranst, and Marianne Van Brussel

Evaluation of Versant Hepatitis C Virus Genotype Assay (LiPA) 2.0
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1901-1906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

V. Martella, E. Lorusso, K. Banyai, N. Decaro, M. Corrente, G. Elia, A. Cavalli, A. Radogna, V. Costantini, L. J. Saif, A. Lavazza, L. Di Trani, and C. Buonavoglia

Identification of a Porcine Calicivirus Related Genetically to Human Sapoviruses
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1907-1913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jérôme LeGoff, Philippe Mayaud, Gérard Gresenguet, Helen A. Weiss, Khonde Nzambi, Eric Frost, Jacques Pepin, Laurent Belec and the ANRS 12-12 Study Group

Performance of HerpeSelect and Kalon Assays in Detection of Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1914-1918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Wayne Dimech, Lena Panagiotopoulos, Barbara Francis, Nicholas Laven, Joan Marler, David Dickeson, Tony Panayotou, Kim Wilson, Robyn Wootten, and Elizabeth M. Dax

Evaluation of Eight Anti-Rubella Virus Immunoglobulin G Immunoassays That Report Results in International Units per Milliliter
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1955-1960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hiroaki Ishiko, Yasushi Shimada, Tsunetada Konno, Akio Hayashi, Takeshi Ohguchi, Yoshitsugu Tagawa, Koki Aoki, Shigeaki Ohno, and Shudo Yamazaki

Novel Human Adenovirus Causing Nosocomial Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2002-2008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Aurélie Ducroux, Samira Cherid, Alexandra Benachi, Yves Ville, and Marianne Leruez-Ville

Evaluation of New Commercial Real-Time PCR Quantification Assay for Prenatal Diagnosis of Cytomegalovirus Congenital Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2078-2080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Florence Damond, Antoine Benard, Jean Ruelle, Abraham Alabi, Bernd Kupfer, Perpetua Gomes, Berta Rodes, Jan Albert, Jürg Böni, Jeremy Garson, Bridget Ferns, Sophie Matheron, Geneviève Chene, Françoise Brun-Vezinet for the ACHI_EV_2E (a Collaboration on HIV-2 Infection) Study Group

Quality Control Assessment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 (HIV-2) Viral Load Quantification Assays: Results from an International Collaboration on HIV-2 Infection in 2006
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2088-2091. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philippe Halfon, Marc Bourlière, Denis Ouzan, Damien Sène, David Saadoun, Hacène Khiri, Guillaume Pénaranda, Agnes Martineau, Valérie Oulès, and Patrice Cacoub

Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection Revisited with Ultrasensitive Real-Time PCR Assay
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2106-2108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elise T.-V. Tu, Rowena A. Bull, Mi-Jurng Kim, Christopher J. McIver, Leon Heron, William D. Rawlinson, and Peter A. White

Norovirus Excretion in an Aged-Care Setting
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2119-2121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Karoline Bleymehl, Holger F. Rabenau, Rainer G. Ulrich, Jindrich Cinatl, Jr., and Hans Wilhelm Doerr

In Vitro Replication of Varicella-Zoster Virus in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2122-2124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Tanja Vollmer, Melanie Störmer, Knut Kleesiek, and Jens Dreier

Evaluation of Novel Broad-Range Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Human Pathogenic Fungi in Various Clinical Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1919-1926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Steven D. Brown and Maria M. Traczewski

Caspofungin Disk Diffusion Breakpoints and Quality Control
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1927-1929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrea Francesconi, Miki Kasai, Susan M. Harrington, Mara G. Beveridge, Ruta Petraitiene, Vidmantas Petraitis, Robert L. Schaufele, and Thomas J. Walsh

Automated and Manual Methods of DNA Extraction for Aspergillus fumigatus and Rhizopus oryzae Analyzed by Quantitative Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1978-1984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriology:

Paulo R. Cortes, Andrea G. Albarracín Orio, Mabel Regueira, Germán E. Piñas, and José Echenique

Characterization of In Vitro-Generated and Clinical Optochin-Resistant Strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated from Argentina
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1930-1934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Mellmann, J. Cloud, T. Maier, U. Keckevoet, I. Ramminger, P. Iwen, J. Dunn, G. Hall, D. Wilson, P. LaSala, M. Kostrzewa, and D. Harmsen

Evaluation of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry in Comparison to 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Species Identification of Nonfermenting Bacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1946-1954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E. A. Grabsch, K. Chua, S. Xie, J. Byrne, S. A. Ballard, P. B. Ward, and M. L. Grayson

Improved Detection of vanB2-Containing Enterococcus faecium with Vancomycin Susceptibility by Etest Using Oxgall Supplementation
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1961-1964. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lynne M. Sloan, Brian J. Duresko, Daniel R. Gustafson, and Jon E. Rosenblatt

Comparison of Real-Time PCR for Detection of the tcdC Gene with Four Toxin Immunoassays and Culture in Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1996-2001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hitoshi Honda, Matthew J. Bankowski, Eric H. N. Kajioka, Nalurporn Chokrungvaranon, Wesley Kim, and Scott T. Gallacher

Thoracic Vertebral Actinomycosis: Actinomyces israelii and Fusobacterium nucleatum
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2009-2014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dorita Preza, Ingar Olsen, Jørn A. Aas, Tiril Willumsen, Bjørn Grinde, and Bruce J. Paster

Bacterial Profiles of Root Caries in Elderly Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2015-2021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Renata C. Picão, Soraya S. Andrade, Adriana Gianinni Nicoletti, Eloiza H. Campana, Gabriela C. Moraes, Rodrigo E. Mendes, and Ana C. Gales

Metallo-β-Lactamase Detection: Comparative Evaluation of Double-Disk Synergy versus Combined Disk Tests for IMP-, GIM-, SIM-, SPM-, or VIM-Producing Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2028-2037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Raymond Ruimy, Marie Dos-Santos, Laurent Raskine, Frédéric Bert, René Masson, Sandrine Elbaz, Christine Bonnal, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Agnès Lefort, Bruno Fantin, Michel Wolff, Michele Hornstein, and Antoine Andremont

Accuracy and Potential Usefulness of Triplex Real-Time PCR for Improving Antibiotic Treatment of Patients with Blood Cultures Showing Clustered Gram-Positive Cocci on Direct Smears
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2045-2051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Wen-Chien Ko, Nan-Yao Lee, Siou Cing Su, Lenie Dijkshoorn, Mario Vaneechoutte, Li-Rong Wang, Jin-Jou Yan, and Tsung Chain Chang

Oligonucleotide Array-Based Identification of Species in the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-A. baumannii Complex in Isolates from Blood Cultures and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of the Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2052-2059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. Piau, J. Jehan, R. Leclercq, and C. Daurel

Catalase-Negative Staphylococcus aureus Strain with Point Mutations in the katA Gene
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2060-2061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rea Krausse, G. Müller, and M. Doniec

Evaluation of a Rapid New Stool Antigen Test for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Adult Patients
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2062-2065. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Kamile Rasheed, James W. Biddle, Karen F. Anderson, Laraine Washer, Carol Chenoweth, John Perrin, Duane W. Newton, and Jean B. Patel

Detection of the Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase Type 2 Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Enzyme in Clinical Isolates of Citrobacter freundii and K. oxytoca Carrying a Common Plasmid
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2066-2069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James T. Riordan, Sandeep B. Viswanath, Shannon D. Manning, and Thomas S. Whittam

Genetic Differentiation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Clades Associated with Human Disease by Real-Time PCR
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2070-2073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert Benson, Maria L. Tondella, Julu Bhatnagar, Maria da Glória S. Carvalho, Jacquelyn S. Sampson, Deborah F. Talkington, Anne M. Whitney, Elizabeth Mothershed, Lesley McGee, George Carlone, Vondguraus McClee, Jeannette Guarner, Sherif Zaki, Surang Dejsiri, K. Cronin, Jian Han, and Barry S. Fields

Development and Evaluation of a Novel Multiplex PCR Technology for Molecular Differential Detection of Bacterial Respiratory Disease Pathogens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2074-2077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Amanda Jane Leach, Elizabeth Stubbs, Kim Hare, Jemima Beissbarth, and Peter Stanley Morris

Comparison of Nasal Swabs with Nose Blowing for Community-Based Pneumococcal Surveillance of Healthy Children
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2081-2082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ueli von Ah, Dieter Wirz, and A. U. Daniels

Rapid Differentiation of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus and MIC Determinations by Isothermal Microcalorimetry
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2083-2087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Annarita Mazzariol, Marco Aldegheri, Marco Ligozzi, Giuliana Lo Cascio, Raffaella Koncan, and Roberta Fontana

Performance of Vitek 2 in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates with Different Mechanisms of β-Lactam Resistance
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2095-2098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James Collins, Angus Buckling, and Ruth C. Massey

Identification of Factors Contributing to T-Cell Toxicity of Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2112-2114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Stone Doggett, Sue Kohlhepp, Robert Gresbrink, Paul Metz, Curt Gleaves, and David Gilbert

Lyme Disease in Oregon
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2115-2118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Valérie Caro, Valérie Bouchez, and Nicole Guiso

Is the Sequenced Bordetella pertussis Strain Tohama I Representative of the Species?
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2125-2128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Farah K. Bahrani-Mougeot, Bruce J. Paster, Shirley Coleman, Jignya Ashar, Sara Barbuto, and Peter B. Lockhart

Diverse and Novel Oral Bacterial Species in Blood following Dental Procedures
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2129-2132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sven Poppert, Michaela Haas, Tatjana Yildiz, Thomas Alter, Edda Bartel, Ursula Fricke, and Andreas Essig

Identification of Thermotolerant Campylobacter Species by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2133-2136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes:

Cynthia B. E. Chee, Suay H. Gan, Kyi W. KhinMar, Timothy M. Barkham, Chwee K. Koh, Shen Liang, and Yee T. Wang

Comparison of Sensitivities of Two Commercial Gamma Interferon Release Assays for Pulmonary Tuberculosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1935-1940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Loree C. Heller, Michael Jones, and Ray H. Widen

Comparison of DNA Pyrosequencing with Alternative Methods for Identification of Mycobacteria
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2092-2094. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology:

Sara Marques, Eliane Silva, Christine Kraft, Júlio Carvalheira, Arnaldo Videira, Volker A. R. Huss, and Gertrude Thompson

Bovine Mastitis Associated with Prototheca blaschkeae
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1941-1945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Parasitology:

A. Fekkar, B. Bodaghi, F. Touafek, P. Le Hoang, D. Mazier, and L. Paris

Comparison of Immunoblotting, Calculation of the Goldmann-Witmer Coefficient, and Real-Time PCR Using Aqueous Humor Samples for Diagnosis of Ocular Toxoplasmosis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1965-1967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paul Roddy, Javier Goiri, Laurence Flevaud, Pedro Pablo Palma, Silvia Morote, Nines Lima, Luis Villa, Faustino Torrico, and Pedro Albajar-Viñas

Field Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Assay for Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection by Use of Whole Blood
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2022-2027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Epidemiology:

John B. Kaneene, Lorin D. Warnick, Carole A. Bolin, Ronald J. Erskine, Katherine May, and RoseAnn Miller

Changes in Tetracycline Susceptibility of Enteric Bacteria following Switching to Nonmedicated Milk Replacer for Dairy Calves
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1968-1977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tamaki Okabayashi, Shin-ichi Yokota, Yasuo Ohkoshi, Hironori Ohuchi, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Masayuki Kikuchi, Koichi Yano, and Nobuhiro Fujii

Occurrence of Norovirus Infections Unrelated to Norovirus Outbreaks in an Asymptomatic Food Handler Population
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1985-1988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Juliëtte A. Severin, Endang Sri Lestari, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Damian C. Melles, Martijn Pastink, Justine K. Peeters, Susan V. Snijders, Usman Hadi, D. Offra Duerink, Alex van Belkum, Henri A. Verbrugh on behalf of the Antimicrobial Resistance in Indonesia, Prevalence and Prevention Study Group

Unusually High Prevalence of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes among Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Strains Carried in the Indonesian Population
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 1989-1995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mariela Soledad Zárate, Ana C. Gales, Renata C. Picão, Gervasio Soler Pujol, Alejandra Lanza, and Jorgelina Smayevsky

Outbreak of OXY-2-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca in a Renal Transplant Unit
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2099-2101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Roger Meisal, E. Arne Høiby, Ingeborg S. Aaberge, and Dominique A. Caugant

Sequence Type and emm Type Diversity in Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates Causing Invasive Disease in Norway between 1988 and 2003
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2102-2105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology:

V. M. Vaidya, S. V. S. Malik, Simranpreet Kaur, Satish Kumar, and S. B. Barbuddhe

Comparison of PCR, Immunofluorescence Assay, and Pathogen Isolation for Diagnosis of Q Fever in Humans with Spontaneous Abortions
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2038-2044. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. N. Levett, K. Brandt, K. Olenius, C. Brown, K. Montgomery, and G. B. Horsman

Evaluation of Three Automated Nucleic Acid Amplification Systems for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in First-Void Urine Specimens
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2109-2111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Case Reports:

Neda Zarrin-Khameh, Deborah R. Citron, Charles E. Stager, and Rodolfo Laucirica

Pulmonary Paragonimiasis Diagnosed by Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2137-2140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mark D. Lindsley, Josep Guarro, Raed N. Khairy, JoAnna Williams, Naureen Iqbal, and Preeti Pancholi

Pseudallescheria fusoidea, a New Cause of Osteomyelitis
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2141-2143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fast-Track Communication:

Donatella Ottaviani, Francesca Leoni, Elena Rocchegiani, Sabrina Santarelli, Cristina Canonico, Laura Masini, Vittoria DiTrani, and Antonio Carraturo

First Clinical Report of Pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 Infection in Italy
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2144-2145. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters To The Editor:

Maja Rupnik, Andreas Widmer, Ortrud Zimmermann, Catherine Eckert, and Frédéric Barbut

Clostridium difficile Toxinotype V, Ribotype 078, in Animals and Humans
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2146. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jaroslav Hrabák, Joanna Empel, Marek Gniadkowski, Zbynek Halbhuber, Karel Rébl, and Pavla Urbásková

CTX-M-15-Producing Shigella sonnei Strain from a Czech Patient Who Traveled in Asia
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2147-2148. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kuan-Jen Chen, Tun-Lu Chen, Chi-Chun Lai, and Ming-Hui Sun

Endophthalmitis: Antibacterial Activity of Precipitates of Vancomycin and Ceftazidime
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2149. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Prevalence of Indeterminate Genetic Species of Burkholderia cepacia Complex in a Cystic Fibrosis Center in Argentina
J. Clin. Microbiol. 2008 46: 2150. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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