Annals ofInfectology

Volume: 2 - Number: 20 - August 15, 2002

Outstanding

Laboratory Testing for Lyme Disease: Possibilities and Practicalities

Multiserotype Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay as a Diagnostic Aid for Periodontitis in Large-Scale Studies

Novel Antigens of Helicobacter pylori Correspond to Ulcer-Related Antibody Pattern of Sera from Infected Patients

Molecular Fingerprinting of Clostridium difficile Isolates: Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis versus Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism

Bacteriology

The ica Operon and Biofilm Production in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Associated with Carriage and Disease in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Rapidly Increasing Prevalence of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Middle Tennessee: a 10-Year Clinical and Molecular Analysis

Diagnosis of Human Leptospirosis by Monoclonal Antibody-Based Antigen Detection in Urine

Multiserotype Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay as a Diagnostic Aid for Periodontitis in Large-Scale Studies

Novel Antigens of Helicobacter pylori Correspond to Ulcer-Related Antibody Pattern of Sera from Infected Patients

Evaluation of Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae as Etiologic Agents of Persistent Cough in Adolescents and Adults

Frequency of Isolation of Staphylococcus lugdunensis in Consecutive Urine Cultures and Relationship to Urinary Tract Infection

Use of 16S rRNA Sequencing for Identification of Actinobacillus ureae Isolated from a Cerebrospinal Fluid Sample

In Vitro Activities of Broad-Spectrum Cephalosporins against Nonmeningeal Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae: MIC Interpretation Using NCCLS M100-S12 Recommendations

Rapid Real-Time PCR for Determination of Penicillin Susceptibility in Pneumococcal Meningitis, Including Culture-Negative Cases

Community-Acquired Bacteremic Acinetobacter Pneumonia in Tropical Australia Is Caused by Diverse Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, with Carriage in the Throat in At-Risk Groups

Septicemia Due to Pasteurella pneumotropica: 16S rRNA Sequencing for Diagnosis Confirmation

Case

Catheter-Related Bacteremia Due to Kocuria kristinae in a Patient with Ovarian Cancer

Epidemiology

Molecular Fingerprinting of Clostridium difficile Isolates: Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis versus Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism

Molecular and Epidemiological Analyses of Human Adenovirus Type 7 Strains Isolated from the 1995 Nationwide Outbreak in Japan

Genomic Diversity of Group A Rotavirus Strains Infecting Humans in Eastern India

Pandemic Spread of Cholera: Genetic Diversity and Relationships within the Seventh Pandemic Clone of Vibrio cholerae Determined by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism

Molecular Typing of Treponema pallidum in South Africa: Cross-Sectional Studies

Population-Based Survey of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Serotype Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Meningitis Patients in Salvador, Brazil

Molecular Characterization of Group A Streptococcus Strains Isolated during a Scarlet Fever Outbreak

Reviews and Trials

Laboratory Testing for Lyme Disease: Possibilities and Practicalities