Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 3 - Number: 18 - April 15, 2003

Outstanding

Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Simultaneous Confirmation by Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction and Real-Time PCR

Minimizing the Workup of Blood Culture Contaminants: Implementation and Evaluation of a Laboratory-Based Algorithm

Laboratory Contamination of Specimens with Quality Control Strains of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Ontario

Molecular Approaches To Detecting Herpes Simplex Virus and Enteroviruses in the Central Nervous System

Bacteriology

Characterization of Salmonella Serovars by PCR-Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis

Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Simultaneous Confirmation by Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction and Real-Time PCR

Minimizing the Workup of Blood Culture Contaminants: Implementation and Evaluation of a Laboratory-Based Algorithm

Detection of Tropheryma whipplei DNA in Feces by PCR Using a Target Capture Method

Evaluation of 15 Motility Media and a Direct Microscopic Method for Detection of Motility in Enterococci

Performance of CHROMagar Selective Medium and Oxacillin Resistance Screening Agar Base for Identifying Staphylococcus aureus and Detecting Methicillin Resistance

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Serologically Atypical Strains of Shigella flexneri Type 4 Isolated in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Molecular Peculiarities of the lytA Gene Isolated from Clinical Pneumococcal Strains That Are Bile Insoluble

Real-Time Fluorescence PCR Assays for Detection and Characterization of Shiga Toxin, Intimin, and Enterohemolysin Genes from Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

Genetic Diversity of the Outer Surface Protein C Gene of Southern Borrelia Isolates and Its Possible Epidemiological, Clinical, and Pathogenetic Implications

Evaluation of the C6 Peptide Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Individuals Vaccinated with the Recombinant OspA Vaccine

Seroprevalence of Antibodies That React with Anaplasma phagocytophila, the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis, in Different Populations in Westchester County, New York

Virulence Genes in Helicobacter pylori Strains from West Bengal Residents with Overt H. pylori-Associated Disease and Healthy Volunteers

Ralstonia pickettii Traced in Blood Culture Bottles

Posttrabeculectomy Endophthalmitis Caused by Moraxella nonliquefaciens

PCR for Detection of cdt-III and the Relative Frequencies of Cytolethal Distending Toxin Variant-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Humans and Cattle

Catheter-Related Microbacterium Bacteremia Identified by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing

Laboratory Contamination of Specimens with Quality Control Strains of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Ontario

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

Comparison of an Industry-Derived LCx Chlamydia pneumoniae PCR Research Kit to In-House Assays Performed in Five Laboratories

Accuracy of Results Obtained by Performing a Second Ligase Chain Reaction Assay and PCR Analysis on Urine Samples with Positive or Near-Cutoff Results in the LCx Test for Chlamydia trachomatis

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycete

Rapid and Simple Approach for Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates by PCR-Based Genomic Deletion Analysis

Characterization of an Unusual Mycobacterium: a Possible Missing Link between Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium ulcerans

Histologic and Genotypic Characterization of a Novel Mycobacterium Species Found in Three Cats

Reviews

Molecular Approaches To Detecting Herpes Simplex Virus and Enteroviruses in the Central Nervous System