JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Volume 45 February 2007 No. 2

BACTERIOLOGY

Prevalence and Antibacterial Susceptibility of mef(A)-Positive Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae over 4Years (2000 to 2004) of the PROTEKT US Study

David J. Farrell, Thomas M. File,and Stephen G. Jenkins

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Molecular Epidemiology of Metallo-�-Lactamase-ProducingPseudomonas 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, andDeirdre L. Church

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Controlled Clinical Comparison of VersaTREK and BacT/ALERT Blood Culture Systems

Stanley Mirrett, Kimberly E.Hanson, and L. Barth Reller

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Rapid Detection of Point Mutations Conferring Resistanceto Fluoroquinolone in gyrA of Helicobacter pylori by Allele-Specific PCR

Toshihiro Nishizawa, HidekazuSuzuki, Ayako Umezawa, HiroeMuraoka, Eisuke Iwasaki, TatsuhiroMasaoka, Intetsu Kobayashi, andToshifumi Hibi

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Antibiotic-Resistant Invasive Pneumococcal Clones in Italy Giovanni Gherardi, LoredanaFallico, Maria Del Grosso, FedericaBonanni, Fabio D’Ambrosio,Riccardo Manganelli, Giorgio Palu,Giordano Dicuonzo, and AnnalisaPantosti

306–312

A Multicenter Study Evaluating the Current Strategies forIsolating Staphylococcus aureus Strains with ReducedSusceptibility to Glycopeptides

Mandy Wootton, Alasdair P.MacGowan, Timothy R. Walsh, andRobin A. Howe

329–332

Identification of Sequence Diversity in the Escherichia colifliC Genes Encoding Flagellar Types H8 and H40 and ItsUse 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 BrothMicrodilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Results forUnusual 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-TimePCR

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 anOligonucleotide Microarray

Karin Ballmer, Bozena M. Korczak,Peter Kuhnert, Peter Slickers, RalfEhricht, and Herbert Hachler

370–379

Temperate Bacteriophages Affect Pulsed-Field GelElectrophoresis Patterns of Campylobacter jejuni

Connie Barton, Lai-King Ng, ShaunD. Tyler, and Clifford G. Clark

386–391

Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated fromBlood 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, andKwok-Yung Yuen

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Conjugative Transfer of Chromosomally Encoded AntibioticResistance from Helicobacter pylori to Campylobacter jejuni

Omar A. Oyarzabal, Roland Rad,and Steffen Backert

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Horizontal Gene Transfer in a Polyclonal Outbreak ofCarbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Jubelle K. Valenzuela, Lee Thomas,Sally R. Partridge, Tanny van derReijden, Lenie Dijkshoorn, and JonIredell

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Capsular Serotype K1 or K2, Rather than magA and rmpA,Is a Major Virulence Determinant for Klebsiella pneumoniaeLiver 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, Feng-Yee Chang, and Tse-Hsien Koh

466–471

Strategy To Characterize the Number and Type ofRepeating EPIYA Phosphorylation Motifs in the CarboxylTerminus of CagA Protein in Helicobacter pylori ClinicalIsolates

Effrosini G. Panayotopoulou,Dionyssios N. Sgouras, KonstantinosPapadakos, AntoniosKalliaropoulos, GeorgePapatheodoridis, Andreas F. Mentis,and Athanasios J. Archimandritis

488–495

Structural Shifts of Mucosa-Associated Lactobacilli andClostridium leptum Subgroup in Patients with UlcerativeColitis

Meiling Zhang, Bianying Liu, YanZhang, Hua Wei, Yufeng Lei, andLiping Zhao

496–500

Evaluation of a New Selective Chromogenic Agar Mediumfor Detection of Extended-Spectrum �-Lactamase-ProducingEnterobacteriaceae

Youri Glupczynski, CatherineBerhin, Caroline Bauraing, andPierre Bogaerts

501–505

Multitarget PCR for Diagnosis of Pertussis and Its ClinicalImplications

Xuan Qin, Emmanouil Galanakis,Emily T. Martin, and Janet A.Englund

506–511

Development of a Flow Chart for Identification of Gram-Positive Anaerobic Cocci in the Clinical Laboratory

Yuli Song, Chengxu Liu, andSydney M. Finegold

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Characterization of Small-Colony-Variant Stenotrophomonasmaltophilia Isolated from the Sputum Specimens of FivePatients with Cystic Fibrosis

Scott W. Anderson, Jennifer R.Stapp, Jane L. Burns, and Xuan Qin

529–535

Comparison of Multiple-Locus Variable-Number TandemRepeat Analysis, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, andPhage Typing for Subtype Analysis of Salmonella entericaSerotype 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-�-Lactamase-Encoding Genes by Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay andMelt Curve Analysis

Rodrigo E. Mendes, Katia A.Kiyota, Jussimara Monteiro,Mariana Castanheira, Soraya S.Andrade, Ana C. Gales, AntonioC. C. Pignatari, and Sergio Tufik

544–547

Comparison of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing ofCampylobacter spp. by the Agar Dilution and the Agar DiskDiffusion Methods

Taradon Luangtongkum, Teresa Y.Morishita, Amna B. El-Tayeb,Aaron J. Ison, and Qijing Zhang

590–594

Usefulness of PCR-Restriction Fragment LengthPolymorphism Typing of the Coagulase Gene ToDiscriminate Arbekacin-Resistant Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus Strains

Keiko Ishino, Naofumi Tsuchizaki,Jun Ishikawa, and Kunimoto Hotta

607–609

blaVIM-2 and blaVIM-7 Carbapenemase-ProducingPseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Detected in a Tertiary CareMedical Center in the United States: Report from theMYSTIC Program

H. Aboufaycal, H. S. Sader, K.Rolston, L. M. Deshpande, M.Toleman, G. Bodey, I. Raad, andR. N. Jones

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Improved Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme forStaphylococcus epidermidis

Jonathan C. Thomas, Miguel R.Vargas, Maria Miragaia, Sharon J.Peacock, Gordon L. Archer, andMark C. Enright

616–619

CHLAMYDIOLOGY AND RICKETTSIOLOGYProspective Evaluation of the Hybrid Capture 2 andAMPLICOR Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Tests forDetection of 13 High-Risk HPV Genotypes in AtypicalSquamous Cells of Uncertain Significance

Philippe Halfon, Elisabeth Trepo,Gilles Antoniotti, Catherine Bernot,Philippe Cart-Lamy, Hacene Khiri,Didier Thibaud, Jean Marron,Agnes Martineau, GuillaumePenaranda, Dominique Benmoura,Bernard Blanc, and RBML (Reseaude Biologie Moleculaire Liberale)

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Isolation and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of ChlamydialIsolates from Western Barred Bandicoots

Swati Kumar, Andrei Kutlin,Patricia Roblin, Stephan Kohlhoff,Tracey Bodetti, Peter Timms, andMargaret R. Hammerschlag

392–394

Evaluation of NucliSens easyMAG for Automated NucleicAcid Extraction from Various Clinical Specimens

K. Loens, K. Bergs, D. Ursi, H.Goossens, and M. Ieven

421–425

MYCOBACTERIOLOGY AND AEROBICACTINOMYCETES

Association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing/WLineage Strain Infection and Extrathoracic Tuberculosis:Insights from Epidemiologic and Clinical Characterizationof the Three Principal Genetic Groups of M. tuberculosisClinical 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 Isolationof Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Sputa Subjected to Long-Term Storage

Manuela Pardini, Francis Varaine,Maryline Bonnet, Graziella Orefici,Marco Rinaldo Oggioni, the LONG-DRUG Study Group, andLanfranco Fattorini

575–576

Sequencing of the pncA Gene in Members of theMycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Has ImportantDiagnostic Applications: Identification of a Species-SpecificpncA Mutation in “Mycobacterium canettii” and the Reliableand Rapid Predictor of Pyrazinamide Resistance

Akos Somoskovi, Jillian Dormandy,Linda M. Parsons, Michel Kaswa,Khye Seng Goh, Nalin Rastogi, andMax Salfinger

595–599

MYCOLOGYStrain Typing and Determination of Population Structureof 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 PCRAssay To Detect and Identify Fungal DNA in TissueSpecimens

Anna Lau, Sharon Chen, TaniaSorrell, Dee Carter, Richard Malik,Patricia Martin, and CatrionaHalliday

380–385

Isolation of Trichophyton violaceum and Trichophytonsoudanense in Baltimore, Maryland

Shelley S. Magill, Liliana Manfredi,Andrew Swiderski, Bernard Cohen,and William G. Merz

461–465

Discovering Potential Pathogens among Fungi Identified asNonsporulating Molds

June I. Pounder, Keith E. Simmon,Claudia A. Barton, Sheri L.Hohmann, Mary E. Brandt, andCathy A. Petti

568–571

PARASITOLOGYEvidence for a Link between Parasite Genotype andOutcome 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 DipstickAssay for Detection of Strongyloides stercoralis Infection inHumans

H. Rogier van Doorn, RobKoelewijn, Henk Hofwegen, HenkGilis, Jose C. F. M. Wetsteyn, PieterJ. Wismans, Claudine Sarfati, TonyVervoort, and Tom van Gool

438–442

PCR-Based Diagnosis of Naegleria sp. Infection in Formalin-Fixed and Paraffin-Embedded Brain Sections

Marc Schild, Christian Gianinazzi,Bruno Gottstein, and NorbertMuller

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Evaluation of the Sensitivities of DNA Extraction and PCRMethods for Detection of Giardia duodenalis in StoolSpecimens

Kwannan Nantavisai, MathirutMungthin, Peerapan Tan-ariya, RamRangsin, Tawee Naaglor, andSaovanee Leelayoova

581–583

The Sensitivity of the OptiMAL Rapid Diagnostic Test tothe Presence of Plasmodium falciparum GametocytesCompromises Its Ability To Monitor Treatment Outcomesin an Area of Papua New Guinea in which Malaria IsEndemic

Ivo Mueller, Inoni Betuela, MezaGinny, John C. Reeder, and BlaiseGenton

627–630

VIROLOGYDetermining Human Immunodeficiency Virus CoreceptorUse in a Clinical Setting: Degree of Correlation betweenTwo 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 inEpithelial Lining Fluid and Plasma of Lung TransplantRecipients and Analysis of Coinfection with Epstein-BarrVirus and Human Herpesvirus 6 in the Lung Compartment

Claudia C. Bauer, Peter Jaksch,Stephan W. Aberle, HeinrichHaber, Gyoergy Lang, WalterKlepetko, Hanns Hofmann, andElisabeth Puchhammer-Stockl

324–328

Rapid and Real-Time Detection of Chikungunya Virus byReverse Transcription Loop-Mediated IsothermalAmplification 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 KouichiMorita

351–357

GeneChip Resequencing of the Smallpox Virus Genome CanIdentify Novel Strains: a Biodefense Application

Irshad M. Sulaiman, Kevin Tang,John Osborne, Scott Sammons, andRobert M. Wohlhueter

358–363

Agreement between the AMPLICOR Human PapillomavirusTest and the Hybrid Capture 2 Assay in Detection of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus and Diagnosis of Biopsy-Confirmed High-Grade Cervical Disease

Francesca Carozzi, SimonettaBisanzi, Cristina Sani, MarcoZappa, Silvia Cecchini, StefanoCiatto, and Massimo Confortini

364–369

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Antibody AvidityTesting To Identify Recent Infection in Newly DiagnosedHIV Type 1 (HIV-1)-Seropositive Persons Infected withDiverse 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 inIdentification of Rotavirus G12 Infections in Residents ofan Urban Slum with Subsequent Detection in HospitalizedChildren: Emergence of G12 Genotype in South India

Sasirekha Ramani, IndraniBanerjee, Beryl Primrose Gladstone,Rajiv Sarkar, David Selvapandian,Andrea M. Le Fevre, ShabbarJaffar, Miren Iturriza-Gomara,James J. Gray, Mary K. Estes,David W. Brown, and GagandeepKang

432–437

Using a Resequencing Microarray as a Multiple RespiratoryPathogen Detection Assay

Baochuan Lin, Kate M. Blaney,Anthony P. Malanoski, Adam G.Ligler, Joel M. Schnur, DavidMetzgar, Kevin L. Russell, andDavid A. Stenger

443–452

Use of New T-Cell-Based Cell Lines Expressing TwoLuciferase Reporters for Accurately EvaluatingSusceptibility to Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type1 Drugs

Tomoko Chiba-Mizutani, HidekaMiura, Masakazu Matsuda, ZeneMatsuda, Yoshiyuki Yokomaku,Kosuke Miyauchi, MasakoNishizawa, Naoki Yamamoto, andWataru Sugiura

477–487

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Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots for HumanImmunodeficiency 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 Garcıa-Lerma

517–521

Diagnosis of Human Metapneumovirus Infection inImmunosuppressed Lung Transplant Recipients andChildren Evaluated for Pertussis

Ryan Dare, Sonali Sanghavi, ArleneBullotta, Maria-Cristina Keightley,Kirsten St. George, Robert M.Wadowsky, David L. Paterson,Kenneth R. McCurry, Todd A.Reinhart, Shahid Husain, andCharles R. Rinaldo

548–552

A Genotype-Independent Real-Time PCR Assay forQuantification of Hepatitis B Virus DNA

Ying Liu, Munira Hussain, StephenWong, Scott K. Fung, Hyung JoonYim, 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. ScottSchmid, and Anne-Marie Fillet

559–563

Magnetic Silica Extraction for Low-Viremia HumanImmunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Genotyping

D. R. McClernon, E. Ramsey, andM. St. Clair

572–574

Identification of Group A Porcine Rotavirus Strains Bearinga Novel VP4 (P) Genotype in Italian Swine Herds

V. Martella, M. Ciarlet, K. Banyai,E. Lorusso, S. Arista, A. Lavazza,G. Pezzotti, N. Decaro, A. Cavalli,M. S. Lucente, M. Corrente, G.Elia, M. Camero, M. Tempesta, andC. Buonavoglia

577–580

Development of Multiplex Real-Time Reverse TranscriptasePCR Assays for Detecting Eight Medically ImportantFlaviviruses in Mosquitoes

Day-Yu Chao, Brent S. Davis, andGwong-Jen J. Chang

584–589

Rapid and Highly Sensitive Pathotyping of Avian InfluenzaA H5N1 Virus by Using Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR

Bernd Hoffmann, Timm Harder,Elke Starick, Klaus Depner, OrtrudWerner, and Martin Beer

600–603

Comparison of Cepheid’s Analyte-Specific Reagents with BDDirectigen for Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Jennifer S. Goodrich and Melissa B.Miller

604–606

Detection of Human Bocavirus in Canadian Children in a1-Year Study

Nathalie Bastien, Natalie Chui, JoanL. Robinson, Bonita E. Lee, KerryDust, Laura Hart, and Yan Li

610–613

CLINICAL VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGYTransovarial Transmission Efficiency of Babesia bovis TickStages Acquired by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplusduring 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 XbaIFragments 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

EPIDEMIOLOGYA Cautionary Tale: Lack of Consistency in Allele Sizesbetween Two Laboratories for a Published MultilocusMicrosatellite Typing System

Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, DavidW. Denning, and Michael J.Anderson

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CTX-M �-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in FrenchHospitals: Prevalence, Molecular Epidemiology, and RiskFactors

Jean-Philippe Lavigne, HeleneMarchandin, Julien Delmas, JeromeMoreau, Nicole Bouziges, EvelyneLecaillon, Laurent Cavalie, HeleneJean-Pierre, Richard Bonnet, andAlbert Sotto

620–626

CASE REPORTSVancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Endocarditis:Linezolid Failure and Strain Characterization of VirulenceFactors

Constantine Tsigrelis, Kavindra V.Singh, Thais D. Coutinho, BarbaraE. Murray, and Larry M. Baddour

631–635

Mucor circinelloides Was Identified by Molecular Methods asa 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 DescribedGenera in the Family Xanthomonadaceae

P. Rocco LaSala, Jonathan Segal,Faye S. Han, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, andXiang Y. Han

641–644

Brain Abscess Associated with Multidrug-ResistantCapnocytophaga ochracea Infection

Hua-Kung Wang, Yee-Chun Chen,Lee-Jene Teng, Chien-Ching Hung,Mei-Lin Chen, Shin-Hei Du, Hui-JuPan, Po-Ren Hsueh, and Shan-Chwen Chang

645–647

Molecular Confirmation that Fasciola gigantica CanUndertake Aberrant Migrations in Human Hosts

Thanh Hoa Le, Nguyen Van De,Takeshi Agatsuma, David Blair,Jozef Vercruysse, Pierre Dorny,Thanh Giang Thi Nguyen, andDonald P. McManus

648–650

Recurrent Disseminated Skin Lesions Due to Metarrhiziumanisopliae in an Adult Patient with Acute MyelogenousLeukemia

S. Osorio, R. de la Camara, M. C.Monteserin, R. Granados, F. Ona,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 SkinLesions, Serum, and Cerebrospinal Fluid in an Infant withCongenital Syphilis after Clindamycin Treatment of theMother during Pregnancy

Vladana Woznicova, David Smajs,Dan Wechsler, Petra Matejkova,and Magdalena Flasarova

659–661

Burkholderia glumae Infection in an Infant with ChronicGranulomatous Disease

Jason B. Weinberg, Barbara D.Alexander, Joseph M. Majure, LarryW. Williams, Jason Y. Kim, PeterVandamme, and John J. LiPuma

662–665

Globicatella sanguinis Is an Etiological Agent ofVentriculoperitoneal Shunt-Associated Meningitis

I. Seegmuller, M. van der Linden,C. Heeg, and R. R. Reinert

666–667

Necrotizing Fasciitis Due to a Methicillin-SensitiveStaphylococcus aureus Isolate Harboring an EnterotoxinGene Cluster

William R. Morgan, Michael D.Caldwell, Jennifer M. Brady, MaryE. Stemper, Kurt D. Reed, andSanjay K. Shukla

668–671

Veillonella parvula Discitis and Secondary Bacteremia: aRare Infection Complicating Endoscopy and Colonoscopy?

D. Marriott, D. Stark, and J.Harkness

672–674

LETTERS TO THE EDITORUrinary Tract Infection Caused by Eikenella corrodens Michael Hombach, Hans R. Frey,

and Gaby E. Pfyffer675

Plasmalyte as a Cause of False-Positive Results forAspergillus 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 ofCiprofloxacin-Resistant Shigellae in India

Neelam Taneja 678–679

Recurrent Melioidosis: Possible Role of Infection withMultiple Strains of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Tyrone L. Pitt, SuwannaTrakulsomboon, and David A. B.Dance

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Salt Tolerance of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

Marjan J. Bruins, Petra Juffer,Maurice J. H. M. Wolfhagen, andGijs J. H. M. Ruijs

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Simultaneous Detection of Mycobacterium bovis andMycobacterium tuberculosis in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid

Viviana Ritacco and Isabel N.de Kantor

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Identification of Staphylococcus Species with the VITEK 2System: the Case of Staphylococcus hominis

Letter: Jacob Gilad and DavidSchwartz.Reply: F. Layer, B. Ghebremedhin,K. A. Moder, W. Konig, and B.Konig

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Selecting a Genetic Region for Molecular Analysis ofHepatitis B Virus Transmission

Letter: Sibnarayan Datta, ArupBanerjee, Partha Kumar Chandra,and Runu Chakravarty.Reply: Benjamin C. Cowie

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