Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 1 - Number: 1 - December 15, 2001

Outstanding

Diagnostics of Neisseriaceae and Moraxellaceae by Ribosomal DNA Sequencing: Ribosomal Differentiation of Medical Microorganisms

Phenotypic Methods for Determining Genomovar Status of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex

Detection of Treponema denticola in Atherosclerotic Lesions

Isolation and Characterization of a Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi Variant and Its Clinical and Public Health Implications

Bacteriology

Comparison between the LCx Probe System and the COBAS AMPLICOR System for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections in Patients Attending a Clinic for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Genotyping of Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens Fecal Isolates Associated with Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and Food Poisoning in North America

National Epidemiologic Surveys of Enterobacter aerogenes in Belgian Hospitals from 1996 to 1998

Clinical Significance and Taxonomy of Actinobacillus hominis

Diagnostics of Neisseriaceae and Moraxellaceae by Ribosomal DNA Sequencing: Ribosomal Differentiation of Medical Microorganisms

Diversity within Reference Strains of Corynebacterium matruchotii Includes Corynebacterium durum and a Novel Organism

Mannosidase Production by Viridans Group Streptococci

Multicenter Evaluation of the BDProbeTec ET System for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatisand Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Urine Specimens, Female Endocervical Swabs, and Male Urethral Swabs

Evaluation of a Medium (STGG) for Transport and Optimal Recovery of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Nasopharyngeal Secretions Collected during Field Studies

Molecular Typing and Epidemiological Study of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Isolates from Cattle by Fluorescent Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Fingerprinting and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

Phenotypic Methods for Determining Genomovar Status of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex

Isolation and Characterization of a Black-Pigmented Corynebacterium sp. from a Woman with Spontaneous Abortion

Detection of Treponema denticola in Atherosclerotic Lesions

Rapid Typing of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Species in Specimens from Patients with Different Manifestations of Lyme Borreliosis

Yield of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae from Stools Submitted for Clostridium difficile Testing Compared to Results from a Focused Surveillance Program

Particular Biochemical Profiles for Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates on the ID 32E System

Transmission of Borrelia garinii OspA Serotype 4 to BALB/c Mice by Ixodes ricinus Ticks Collected in the Field

Molecular Characterization of fliD Gene Encoding Flagellar Cap and Its Expression among Clostridium difficile Isolates from Different Serogroups

Molecular Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Requiring Hospitalization

Isolation and Characterization of a Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi Variant and Its Clinical and Public Health Implications

Evaluation of a Group-Specific 16S Ribosomal DNA-Based PCR for Detection of Helicobacter bizzozeronii, Helicobacter felis, and Helicobacter salomonis in Fresh and Paraffin-Embedded Gastric Biopsy Specimens

Micology

Prevalence and Antifungal Susceptibility of 442 Candida Isolates from Blood and Other Normally Sterile Sites: Results of a 2-Year (1996 to 1998) Multicenter Surveillance Study in Quebec, Canada

In Vitro Fungicidal Activities of Voriconazole, Itraconazole, and Amphotericin B against Opportunistic Moniliaceous and Dematiaceous Fungi

Cutaneous Infection Caused by Aspergillus ustus, an Emerging Opportunistic Fungus in Immunosuppressed Patients

Rapid Identification of Candida glabrata Based on Trehalose and Sucrose Assimilation Using Rosco Diagnostic Tablets

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

Reverse Dot Blot Assay (Insertion Site Typing) for Precise Detection of Sites of IS6110 Insertion in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genome

Application of the Sherlock Mycobacteria Identification System Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography in a Clinical Laboratory

Evaluation of a Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Assay for Differentiation between Tuberculous and Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Species in Smears of Lowenstein-Jensen and Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube Cultures Using Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes

Molecular and Conventional Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Botswana: a Population-Based Prospective Study of 301 Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients

Sequence Analysis of the Direct Repeat Region in Mycobacterium bovis

Performance Assessment of New Multiplex Probe Assay for Identification of Mycobacteria

Identification of a Contaminating Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain with a Transposition of an IS6110 Insertion Element Resulting in an Altered Spoligotype

Parasitology

Development of a Species-Specific PCR Assay for Detection of Leishmania donovani in Clinical Samples from Patients with Kala-Azar and Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis