Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 3 - Number: 14 - January 15, 2003

Outstanding

Escherichia coli ehl1 Gene-Positive Serotype O18ac:H31 Associated with an Outbreak of Diarrhea in a Neonatal Nursery in Neuquén City, Argentina

Identification of a Novel Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Epidemic Clone in Córdoba, Argentina, Involved in Nosocomial Infections

Immunoglobulin M (IgM)-Glycoinositolphospholipid Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay: an Immunoenzymatic Assay for Discrimination between Patients with Acute Toxoplasmosis and Those with Persistent Parasite-Specific IgM Antibodies

Genotypes and Clinical Phenotypes of Hepatitis B Virus in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Cases Reports

Serratia ficaria Endophthalmitis

Epidemiology

Polymorphic Amplified Typing Sequences Provide a Novel Approach to Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain Typing

Escherichia coli ehl1 Gene-Positive Serotype O18ac:H31 Associated with an Outbreak of Diarrhea in a Neonatal Nursery in Neuquén City, Argentina

Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacter Isolates in a Spanish Hospital during a 12-Year Period

Clonal Spread of Staphylococcus aureus Heterogeneously Resistant to Vancomycin in a University Hospital in Korea

Identification of a Novel Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Epidemic Clone in Córdoba, Argentina, Involved in Nosocomial Infections

Introduction of New Clones of Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hong Kong

Community-Acquired Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia in Adult Patients in Taiwan

Four Strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolated from Patients during an Outbreak of Disease Associated with Ground Beef: Importance of Evaluating Multiple Colonies from an Outbreak-Associated Product

Parasitology

Immunoglobulin M (IgM)-Glycoinositolphospholipid Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay: an Immunoenzymatic Assay for Discrimination between Patients with Acute Toxoplasmosis and Those with Persistent Parasite-Specific IgM Antibodies

Cloning of a Truncated Babesia equi Gene Encoding an 82-Kilodalton Protein and Its Potential Use in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

Veterinary Microbiology

Detection and Multigenic Characterization of a Herpesvirus Associated with Malignant Catarrhal Fever in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Missouri

Detection by Reverse Transcription-PCR and Genetic Characterization of Field Isolates of Swine Hepatitis E Virus from Pigs in Different Geographic Regions of the United States

Virology

Genotypes and Clinical Phenotypes of Hepatitis B Virus in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Frequency of Mutations Conferring Resistance to Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Patients in Korea

Detection of Mammalian Reovirus RNA by Using Reverse Transcription-PCR: Sequence Diversity within the 3-Encoding L1 Gene

Detection of a Human Rotavirus with G12 and P[9] Specificity in Thailand

Rapid and Sensitive Oligonucleotide Ligation Assay for Detection of Mutations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Associated with High-Level Resistance to Protease Inhibitors

Evaluation of a New Combined Antigen and Antibody Human Immunodeficiency Virus Screening Assay, VIDAS HIV DUO Ultra

Evaluation of an Automated Sample Preparation Protocol for Quantitative Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA

Evaluation of the Abbott LCx Quantitative Assay for Measurement of Human Immunodeficiency Virus RNA in Plasma

Detection and Characterization of Rotaviruses in Hospitalized Neonates in Blantyre, Malawi

Use of Phylogenetic Analysis of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Hypervariable Region 1 Sequences To Trace an Outbreak of HCV in an Autodialysis Unit

Rapid Particle Agglutination Test for Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Hospital-Based Evaluation

Quantitative Detection of Neospora caninum in Bovine Aborted Fetuses and Experimentally Infected Mice by Real-Time PCR