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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume 45
February 2007
No. 2
BACTERIOLOGY Prevalence and Antibacterial Susceptibility of mef(A)Positive Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae over 4 Years (2000 to 2004) of the PROTEKT US Study
David J. Farrell, Thomas M. File, and Stephen G. Jenkins
290–293
Molecular Epidemiology of Metallo--Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Calgary Health Region: Emergence of VIM-2-Producing Isolates
Johann D. D. Pitout, Barbara L. Chow, Daniel B. Gregson, Kevin B. Laupland, Sameer Elsayed, and Deirdre L. Church
294–298
Controlled Clinical Comparison of VersaTREK and BacT/ ALERT Blood Culture Systems
Stanley Mirrett, Kimberly E. Hanson, and L. Barth Reller
299–302
Rapid Detection of Point Mutations Conferring Resistance to Fluoroquinolone in gyrA of Helicobacter pylori by AlleleSpecific PCR
Toshihiro Nishizawa, Hidekazu Suzuki, Ayako Umezawa, Hiroe Muraoka, Eisuke Iwasaki, Tatsuhiro Masaoka, Intetsu Kobayashi, and Toshifumi Hibi
303–305
Antibiotic-Resistant Invasive Pneumococcal Clones in Italy
Giovanni Gherardi, Loredana Fallico, Maria Del Grosso, Federica Bonanni, Fabio D’Ambrosio, Riccardo Manganelli, Giorgio Palu `, Giordano Dicuonzo, and Annalisa Pantosti
306–312
A Multicenter Study Evaluating the Current Strategies for Isolating Staphylococcus aureus Strains with Reduced Susceptibility to Glycopeptides
Mandy Wootton, Alasdair P. MacGowan, Timothy R. Walsh, and Robin A. Howe
329–332
Identification of Sequence Diversity in the Escherichia coli fliC Genes Encoding Flagellar Types H8 and H40 and Its Use in Typing of Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli O8, O22, O111, O174, and O179 Strains
Lothar Beutin and Eckhard Strauch
333–339
Comparison of Disk Diffusion, VITEK 2, and Broth Microdilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Results for Unusual Species of Enterobacteriaceae
Nimalie D. Stone, Caroline M. O’Hara, Portia P. Williams, John E. McGowan, Jr., and Fred C. Tenover
340–346
Detection and Differentiation of Bordetella spp. by Real-Time PCR
Christoph Koidl, Michael Bozic, Anja Burmeister, Markus Hess, Egon Marth, and Harald H. Kessler
347–350
Fast DNA Serotyping of Escherichia coli by Use of an Oligonucleotide Microarray
Karin Ballmer, Bozena M. Korczak, Peter Kuhnert, Peter Slickers, Ralf Ehricht, and Herbert Ha¨chler
370–379
Temperate Bacteriophages Affect Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Patterns of Campylobacter jejuni
Connie Barton, Lai-King Ng, Shaun D. Tyler, and Clifford G. Clark
386–391
Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from Blood Cultures of Patients from Hong Kong and Canada
Susanna K. P. Lau, Alan McNabb, Gibson K. S. Woo, Linda Hoang, Ami M. Y. Fung, Liliane M. W. Chung, Patrick C. Y. Woo, and Kwok-Yung Yuen
395–401
Conjugative Transfer of Chromosomally Encoded Antibiotic Resistance from Helicobacter pylori to Campylobacter jejuni
Omar A. Oyarzabal, Roland Rad, and Steffen Backert
402–408
Horizontal Gene Transfer in a Polyclonal Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Jubelle K. Valenzuela, Lee Thomas, Sally R. Partridge, Tanny van der Reijden, Lenie Dijkshoorn, and Jon Iredell
453–460
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Capsular Serotype K1 or K2, Rather than magA and rmpA, Is a Major Virulence Determinant for Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess in Singapore and Taiwan
Kuo-Ming Yeh, A. Kurup, L. K. Siu, Y. L. Koh, Chang-Phone Fung, Jung-Chung Lin, Te-Li Chen, FengYee Chang, and Tse-Hsien Koh
466–471
Strategy To Characterize the Number and Type of Repeating EPIYA Phosphorylation Motifs in the Carboxyl Terminus of CagA Protein in Helicobacter pylori Clinical Isolates
Effrosini G. Panayotopoulou, Dionyssios N. Sgouras, Konstantinos Papadakos, Antonios Kalliaropoulos, George Papatheodoridis, Andreas F. Mentis, and Athanasios J. Archimandritis
488–495
Structural Shifts of Mucosa-Associated Lactobacilli and Clostridium leptum Subgroup in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
Meiling Zhang, Bianying Liu, Yan Zhang, Hua Wei, Yufeng Lei, and Liping Zhao
496–500
Evaluation of a New Selective Chromogenic Agar Medium for Detection of Extended-Spectrum -Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae
Youri Glupczynski, Catherine Berhin, Caroline Bauraing, and Pierre Bogaerts
501–505
Multitarget PCR for Diagnosis of Pertussis and Its Clinical Implications
Xuan Qin, Emmanouil Galanakis, Emily T. Martin, and Janet A. Englund
506–511
Development of a Flow Chart for Identification of GramPositive Anaerobic Cocci in the Clinical Laboratory
Yuli Song, Chengxu Liu, and Sydney M. Finegold
512–516
Characterization of Small-Colony-Variant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolated from the Sputum Specimens of Five Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Scott W. Anderson, Jennifer R. Stapp, Jane L. Burns, and Xuan Qin
529–535
Comparison of Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Phage Typing for Subtype Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serotype Enteritidis
D. Boxrud, K. Pederson-Gulrud, J. Wotton, C. Medus, E. Lyszkowicz, J. Besser, and J. M. Bartkus
536–543
Rapid Detection and Identification of Metallo--LactamaseEncoding Genes by Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay and Melt Curve Analysis
Rodrigo E. Mendes, Katia A. Kiyota, Jussimara Monteiro, Mariana Castanheira, Soraya S. Andrade, Ana C. Gales, Antonio C. C. Pignatari, and Sergio Tufik
544–547
Comparison of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Campylobacter spp. by the Agar Dilution and the Agar Disk Diffusion Methods
Taradon Luangtongkum, Teresa Y. Morishita, Amna B. El-Tayeb, Aaron J. Ison, and Qijing Zhang
590–594
Usefulness of PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Typing of the Coagulase Gene To Discriminate Arbekacin-Resistant Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains
Keiko Ishino, Naofumi Tsuchizaki, Jun Ishikawa, and Kunimoto Hotta
607–609
blaVIM-2 and blaVIM-7 Carbapenemase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Detected in a Tertiary Care Medical Center in the United States: Report from the MYSTIC Program
H. Aboufaycal, H. S. Sader, K. Rolston, L. M. Deshpande, M. Toleman, G. Bodey, I. Raad, and R. N. Jones
614–615
Improved Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Staphylococcus epidermidis
Jonathan C. Thomas, Miguel R. Vargas, Maria Miragaia, Sharon J. Peacock, Gordon L. Archer, and Mark C. Enright
616–619
Philippe Halfon, Elisabeth Trepo, Gilles Antoniotti, Catherine Bernot, Philippe Cart-Lamy, Hace`ne Khiri, Didier Thibaud, Jean Marron, Agne`s Martineau, Guillaume Pe´naranda, Dominique Benmoura, Bernard Blanc, and RBML (Re´seau de Biologie Mole´culaire Libe´rale)
313–316
CHLAMYDIOLOGY AND RICKETTSIOLOGY Prospective Evaluation of the Hybrid Capture 2 and AMPLICOR Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Tests for Detection of 13 High-Risk HPV Genotypes in Atypical Squamous Cells of Uncertain Significance
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Isolation and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Chlamydial Isolates from Western Barred Bandicoots
Swati Kumar, Andrei Kutlin, Patricia Roblin, Stephan Kohlhoff, Tracey Bodetti, Peter Timms, and Margaret R. Hammerschlag
392–394
Evaluation of NucliSens easyMAG for Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction from Various Clinical Specimens
K. Loens, K. Bergs, D. Ursi, H. Goossens, and M. Ieven
421–425
Association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing/W Lineage Strain Infection and Extrathoracic Tuberculosis: Insights from Epidemiologic and Clinical Characterization of the Three Principal Genetic Groups of M. tuberculosis Clinical Isolates
Y. Kong, M. D. Cave, L. Zhang, B. Foxman, C. F. Marrs, J. H. Bates, and Z. H. Yang
409–414
Usefulness of the BACTEC MGIT 960 System for Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Sputa Subjected to LongTerm Storage
Manuela Pardini, Francis Varaine, Maryline Bonnet, Graziella Orefici, Marco Rinaldo Oggioni, the LONGDRUG Study Group, and Lanfranco Fattorini
575–576
Sequencing of the pncA Gene in Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Has Important Diagnostic Applications: Identification of a Species-Specific pncA Mutation in “Mycobacterium canettii” and the Reliable and Rapid Predictor of Pyrazinamide Resistance
Akos Somoskovi, Jillian Dormandy, Linda M. Parsons, Michel Kaswa, Khye Seng Goh, Nalin Rastogi, and Max Salfinger
595–599
Strain Typing and Determination of Population Structure of Candida krusei by Multilocus Sequence Typing
Mette D. Jacobsen, Neil A. R. Gow, Martin C. J. Maiden, Duncan J. Shaw, and Frank C. Odds
317–323
Development and Clinical Application of a Panfungal PCR Assay To Detect and Identify Fungal DNA in Tissue Specimens
Anna Lau, Sharon Chen, Tania Sorrell, Dee Carter, Richard Malik, Patricia Martin, and Catriona Halliday
380–385
Isolation of Trichophyton violaceum and Trichophyton soudanense in Baltimore, Maryland
Shelley S. Magill, Liliana Manfredi, Andrew Swiderski, Bernard Cohen, and William G. Merz
461–465
Discovering Potential Pathogens among Fungi Identified as Nonsporulating Molds
June I. Pounder, Keith E. Simmon, Claudia A. Barton, Sheri L. Hohmann, Mary E. Brandt, and Cathy A. Petti
568–571
Evidence for a Link between Parasite Genotype and Outcome of Infection with Entamoeba histolytica
Ibne Karim M. Ali, Utpal Mondal, Shantanu Roy, Rashidul Haque, William A. Petri, Jr., and C. Graham Clark
285–289
Use of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Dipstick Assay for Detection of Strongyloides stercoralis Infection in Humans
H. Rogier van Doorn, Rob Koelewijn, Henk Hofwegen, Henk Gilis, Jose C. F. M. Wetsteyn, Pieter J. Wismans, Claudine Sarfati, Tony Vervoort, and Tom van Gool
438–442
PCR-Based Diagnosis of Naegleria sp. Infection in FormalinFixed and Paraffin-Embedded Brain Sections
Marc Schild, Christian Gianinazzi, Bruno Gottstein, and Norbert Mu ¨ller
564–567
MYCOBACTERIOLOGY AND AEROBIC ACTINOMYCETES
MYCOLOGY
PARASITOLOGY
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Evaluation of the Sensitivities of DNA Extraction and PCR Methods for Detection of Giardia duodenalis in Stool Specimens
Kwannan Nantavisai, Mathirut Mungthin, Peerapan Tan-ariya, Ram Rangsin, Tawee Naaglor, and Saovanee Leelayoova
581–583
The Sensitivity of the OptiMAL Rapid Diagnostic Test to the Presence of Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytes Compromises Its Ability To Monitor Treatment Outcomes in an Area of Papua New Guinea in which Malaria Is Endemic
Ivo Mueller, Inoni Betuela, Meza Ginny, John C. Reeder, and Blaise Genton
627–630
Determining Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coreceptor Use in a Clinical Setting: Degree of Correlation between Two Phenotypic Assays and a Bioinformatic Model
Katharina Skrabal, Andrew J. Low, Winnie Dong, Tobias Sing, Peter K. Cheung, Fabrizio Mammano, and P. Richard Harrigan
279–284
Relationship between Cytomegalovirus DNA Load in Epithelial Lining Fluid and Plasma of Lung Transplant Recipients and Analysis of Coinfection with Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Herpesvirus 6 in the Lung Compartment
Claudia C. Bauer, Peter Jaksch, Stephan W. Aberle, Heinrich Haber, Gyoergy Lang, Walter Klepetko, Hanns Hofmann, and Elisabeth Puchhammer-Sto ¨ckl
324–328
Rapid and Real-Time Detection of Chikungunya Virus by Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay
M. M. Parida, S. R. Santhosh, P. K. Dash, N. K. Tripathi, V. Lakshmi, N. Mamidi, A. Shrivastva, N. Gupta, P. Saxena, J. Pradeep Babu, P. V. Lakshmana Rao, and Kouichi Morita
351–357
GeneChip Resequencing of the Smallpox Virus Genome Can Identify Novel Strains: a Biodefense Application
Irshad M. Sulaiman, Kevin Tang, John Osborne, Scott Sammons, and Robert M. Wohlhueter
358–363
Agreement between the AMPLICOR Human Papillomavirus Test and the Hybrid Capture 2 Assay in Detection of HighRisk Human Papillomavirus and Diagnosis of BiopsyConfirmed High-Grade Cervical Disease
Francesca Carozzi, Simonetta Bisanzi, Cristina Sani, Marco Zappa, Silvia Cecchini, Stefano Ciatto, and Massimo Confortini
364–369
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Antibody Avidity Testing To Identify Recent Infection in Newly Diagnosed HIV Type 1 (HIV-1)-Seropositive Persons Infected with Diverse HIV-1 Subtypes
A. Chawla, G. Murphy, C. Donnelly, C. L. Booth, M. Johnson, J. V. Parry, A. Phillips, and A. M. Geretti
415–420
Geographic Information Systems and Genotyping in Identification of Rotavirus G12 Infections in Residents of an Urban Slum with Subsequent Detection in Hospitalized Children: Emergence of G12 Genotype in South India
Sasirekha Ramani, Indrani Banerjee, Beryl Primrose Gladstone, Rajiv Sarkar, David Selvapandian, Andrea M. Le Fevre, Shabbar Jaffar, Miren Iturriza-Gomara, James J. Gray, Mary K. Estes, David W. Brown, and Gagandeep Kang
432–437
Using a Resequencing Microarray as a Multiple Respiratory Pathogen Detection Assay
Baochuan Lin, Kate M. Blaney, Anthony P. Malanoski, Adam G. Ligler, Joel M. Schnur, David Metzgar, Kevin L. Russell, and David A. Stenger
443–452
Use of New T-Cell-Based Cell Lines Expressing Two Luciferase Reporters for Accurately Evaluating Susceptibility to Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drugs
Tomoko Chiba-Mizutani, Hideka Miura, Masakazu Matsuda, Zene Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Yokomaku, Kosuke Miyauchi, Masako Nishizawa, Naoki Yamamoto, and Wataru Sugiura
477–487
VIROLOGY
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Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance Testing
Amanda McNulty, Cheryl Jennings, Diane Bennett, Joseph Fitzgibbon, James W. Bremer, Michael Ussery, Marcia L. Kalish, Walid Heneine, and J. Gerardo Garcı´a-Lerma
517–521
Diagnosis of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Immunosuppressed Lung Transplant Recipients and Children Evaluated for Pertussis
Ryan Dare, Sonali Sanghavi, Arlene Bullotta, Maria-Cristina Keightley, Kirsten St. George, Robert M. Wadowsky, David L. Paterson, Kenneth R. McCurry, Todd A. Reinhart, Shahid Husain, and Charles R. Rinaldo
548–552
A Genotype-Independent Real-Time PCR Assay for Quantification of Hepatitis B Virus DNA
Ying Liu, Munira Hussain, Stephen Wong, Scott K. Fung, Hyung Joon Yim, and Anna S. F. Lok
553–558
Toward Universal Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) Genotyping: Diversity of VZV Strains from France and Spain
Vladimir Loparev, Elisa Martro, Elena Rubtcova, Carlos Rodrigo, Jean-Charles Piette, Eric Caumes, Jean-Paul Vernant, D. Scott Schmid, and Anne-Marie Fillet
559–563
Magnetic Silica Extraction for Low-Viremia Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Genotyping
D. R. McClernon, E. Ramsey, and M. St. Clair
572–574
Identification of Group A Porcine Rotavirus Strains Bearing a Novel VP4 (P) Genotype in Italian Swine Herds
V. Martella, M. Ciarlet, K. Ba´nyai, E. Lorusso, S. Arista, A. Lavazza, G. Pezzotti, N. Decaro, A. Cavalli, M. S. Lucente, M. Corrente, G. Elia, M. Camero, M. Tempesta, and C. Buonavoglia
577–580
Development of Multiplex Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assays for Detecting Eight Medically Important Flaviviruses in Mosquitoes
Day-Yu Chao, Brent S. Davis, and Gwong-Jen J. Chang
584–589
Rapid and Highly Sensitive Pathotyping of Avian Influenza A H5N1 Virus by Using Real-Time Reverse TranscriptionPCR
Bernd Hoffmann, Timm Harder, Elke Starick, Klaus Depner, Ortrud Werner, and Martin Beer
600–603
Comparison of Cepheid’s Analyte-Specific Reagents with BD Directigen for Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Jennifer S. Goodrich and Melissa B. Miller
604–606
Detection of Human Bocavirus in Canadian Children in a 1-Year Study
Nathalie Bastien, Natalie Chui, Joan L. Robinson, Bonita E. Lee, Kerry Dust, Laura Hart, and Yan Li
610–613
Transovarial Transmission Efficiency of Babesia bovis Tick Stages Acquired by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus during Acute Infection
Jeanne M. Howell, Massaro W. Ueti, Guy H. Palmer, Glen A. Scoles, and Donald P. Knowles
426–431
Use of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis of Conserved XbaI Fragments for Identification of Swine Salmonella Serotypes
Stephen B. Gaul, Stephanie Wedel, Matthew M. Erdman, D. L. Harris, Isabel Turney Harris, Kathleen E. Ferris, and Lorraine Hoffman
472–476
Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, David W. Denning, and Michael J. Anderson
522–528
CLINICAL VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
EPIDEMIOLOGY A Cautionary Tale: Lack of Consistency in Allele Sizes between Two Laboratories for a Published Multilocus Microsatellite Typing System
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CTX-M -Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in French Hospitals: Prevalence, Molecular Epidemiology, and Risk Factors
Jean-Philippe Lavigne, He´le`ne Marchandin, Julien Delmas, Je´ro ˆme Moreau, Nicole Bouziges, Evelyne Lecaillon, Laurent Cavalie, He´le`ne Jean-Pierre, Richard Bonnet, and Albert Sotto
620–626
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis: Linezolid Failure and Strain Characterization of Virulence Factors
Constantine Tsigrelis, Kavindra V. Singh, Thais D. Coutinho, Barbara E. Murray, and Larry M. Baddour
631–635
Mucor circinelloides Was Identified by Molecular Methods as a Cause of Primary Cutaneous Zygomycosis
Peter C. Iwen, Lynne Sigler, Rhonda K. Noel, and Alison G. Freifeld
636–640
First Reported Infections Caused by Three Newly Described Genera in the Family Xanthomonadaceae
P. Rocco LaSala, Jonathan Segal, Faye S. Han, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, and Xiang Y. Han
641–644
Brain Abscess Associated with Multidrug-Resistant Capnocytophaga ochracea Infection
Hua-Kung Wang, Yee-Chun Chen, Lee-Jene Teng, Chien-Ching Hung, Mei-Lin Chen, Shin-Hei Du, Hui-Ju Pan, Po-Ren Hsueh, and ShanChwen Chang
645–647
Molecular Confirmation that Fasciola gigantica Can Undertake Aberrant Migrations in Human Hosts
Thanh Hoa Le, Nguyen Van De, Takeshi Agatsuma, David Blair, Jozef Vercruysse, Pierre Dorny, Thanh Giang Thi Nguyen, and Donald P. McManus
648–650
Recurrent Disseminated Skin Lesions Due to Metarrhizium anisopliae in an Adult Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
S. Osorio, R. de la Ca´mara, M. C. Monteserin, R. Granados, F. On ˜a, J. L. Rodriguez-Tudela, and M. Cuenca-Estrella
651–655
A Spontaneous Joint Infection with Corynebacterium striatum
David Scholle
656–658
Detection of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum from Skin Lesions, Serum, and Cerebrospinal Fluid in an Infant with Congenital Syphilis after Clindamycin Treatment of the Mother during Pregnancy
ˇmajs, Vladana Woznicova´, David S Dan Wechsler, Petra Mateˇjkova´, and Magdalena Flasarova´
659–661
Burkholderia glumae Infection in an Infant with Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Jason B. Weinberg, Barbara D. Alexander, Joseph M. Majure, Larry W. Williams, Jason Y. Kim, Peter Vandamme, and John J. LiPuma
662–665
Globicatella sanguinis Is an Etiological Agent of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt-Associated Meningitis
I. Seegmu ¨ller, M. van der Linden, C. Heeg, and R. R. Reinert
666–667
Necrotizing Fasciitis Due to a Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Isolate Harboring an Enterotoxin Gene Cluster
William R. Morgan, Michael D. Caldwell, Jennifer M. Brady, Mary E. Stemper, Kurt D. Reed, and Sanjay K. Shukla
668–671
Veillonella parvula Discitis and Secondary Bacteremia: a Rare Infection Complicating Endoscopy and Colonoscopy?
D. Marriott, D. Stark, and J. Harkness
672–674
CASE REPORTS
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Eikenella corrodens
Michael Hombach, Hans R. Frey, and Gaby E. Pfyffer
Plasmalyte as a Cause of False-Positive Results for Aspergillus Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Chadi A. Hage, John M. Reynolds, Michelle Durkin, L. Joseph Wheat, and Kenneth S. Knox
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Changing Epidemiology of Shigellosis and Emergence of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigellae in India
Neelam Taneja
678–679
Recurrent Melioidosis: Possible Role of Infection with Multiple Strains of Burkholderia pseudomallei
Tyrone L. Pitt, Suwanna Trakulsomboon, and David A. B. Dance
680–681
Salt Tolerance of Methicillin-Resistant and MethicillinSusceptible Staphylococcus aureus
Marjan J. Bruins, Petra Juffer, Maurice J. H. M. Wolfhagen, and Gijs J. H. M. Ruijs
682–683
Simultaneous Detection of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid
Viviana Ritacco and Isabel N. de Kantor
Identification of Staphylococcus Species with the VITEK 2 System: the Case of Staphylococcus hominis
Letter: Jacob Gilad and David Schwartz. Reply: F. Layer, B. Ghebremedhin, K. A. Moder, W. Ko ¨nig, and B. Ko ¨nig
685–686
Selecting a Genetic Region for Molecular Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus Transmission
Letter: Sibnarayan Datta, Arup Banerjee, Partha Kumar Chandra, and Runu Chakravarty. Reply: Benjamin C. Cowie
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