Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 2 - Number: 5 - April 15, 2002

Outstanding

Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae and Helicobacter pylori DNA in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques by PCR

Effects of Amplification Facilitators on Diagnostic PCR in the Presence of Blood, Feces, and Meat

Duodenal Microflora in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Neonates and Relation to Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Results of Multiple Diagnostic Tests for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and in Controls

Bacteriology

Identification and Detection of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia by rRNA-Directed PCR

Citrobacter rodentium, the Causative Agent of Transmissible Murine Colonic Hyperplasia, Exhibits Clonality: Synonymy of C. rodentium and Mouse-Pathogenic Escherichia coli

Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase-Encoding Gene as a Useful Taxonomic Tool for Staphylococcus spp.

Molecular Epidemiology of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae among Children in Greece

Clonal Groups of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Baltimore, Maryland: a Population-Based, Molecular Epidemiologic Study

Restriction Endonuclease Analysis Discriminates Bordetella bronchiseptica Isolates

Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae and Helicobacter pylori DNA in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques by PCR

Antigenic Diversity of Haemophilus somnus Lipooligosaccharide: Phase-Variable Accessibility of the Phosphorylcholine Epitope

Bacterial Colonization of Disposable Soft Contact Lenses Is Greater during Corneal Infiltrative Events than during Asymptomatic Extended Lens Wear

Prevalence of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in Finns with or without Diarrhea during a Round-the-World Trip

Simple and Inexpensive but Highly Discriminating Method for Computer-Assisted DNA Fingerprinting of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Effects of Amplification Facilitators on Diagnostic PCR in the Presence of Blood, Feces, and Meat

Carried Meningococci in the Czech Republic: a Diverse Recombining Population

Rapid-Cycle PCR Method To Detect Bordetella pertussis That Fulfills All Consensus Recommendations for Use of PCR in Diagnosis of Pertussis

Duodenal Microflora in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Neonates and Relation to Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Genetic Relatedness within Serotypes of Penicillin-Susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates

Infection of Hickman Catheter by Pseudomonas (formerly Flavimonas) oryzihabitans Traced to a Synthetic Bath Sponge

Fluorescent Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Genotyping of Neisseria meningitidis Identifies Clones Associated with Invasive Disease

Cost-Effective and Rapid Presumptive Identification of Gram-Negative Bacilli in Routine Urine, Pus, and Stool Cultures: Evaluation of the Use of CHROMagar Orientation Medium in Conjunction with Simple Biochemical Tests

Evaluation of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Apparent Culture-Negative Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Peptostreptococcus magnus

Characterization of Non-Type B Haemophilus influenzae Strains Isolated from Patients with Invasive Disease

Identification of Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum Strains from the Urogenital Tract of Humans and Pigs

Comparison of Iodophor and Alcohol Pledgets with the Medi-Flex Blood Culture Prep Kit II for Preventing Contamination of Blood Cultures

High-Pathogenicity Island of Yersinia spp. in Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Diarrhea Patients in China

Salmonella enterica Serovar Virchow with CTX-M-Like beta-Lactamase in Spain

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

Evaluation of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests as Reference Tests for Chlamydia trachomatis Infections in Asymptomatic Men

Detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis DNA in Amblyomma americanum Ticks in Connecticut and Rhode Island

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

Results of Multiple Diagnostic Tests for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and in Controls

Distinct Differences in Repertoires of Low-Molecular-Mass Secreted Antigens of Mycobacterium avium Complex and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Genetic Heterogeneity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Reflected in IS6110 Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Patterns as Low-Intensity Bands

Variable Numbers of TTC Repeats in Mycobacterium leprae DNA from Leprosy Patients and Use in Strain Differentiation

Evaluation of Etest for Susceptibility Testing of Multidrug-Resistant Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

PCR-Restriction Enzyme Analysis of a Bone Marrow Isolate from a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Patient Discloses Polyclonal Infection with Two Mycobacterium avium Strains

Comparison of Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using the ESP Culture System II with That Using the BACTEC Method