Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 7 - Number: 68 - October 15, 2007

Outstanding

Prevalence and Antibacterial Susceptibility of mef(A)-Positive Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae over 4 Years (2000 to 2004) of the PROTEKT US Study

Rapid Multiplex PCR Assay for Identification of USA300 Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

Molecular Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis: Current Status and Future Applications

Nosocomial Liver Abscess Caused by Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Bacteriology

Laribacter hongkongensis Isolated from a Patient with Community-Acquired Gastroenteritis in Hangzhou City

Multicenter Studies of Tigecycline Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Results for Acinetobacter spp

Prevalence and Antibacterial Susceptibility of mef(A)-Positive Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae over 4 Years (2000 to 2004) of the PROTEKT US Study

Prevalence and Characterization of Class I Integrons among Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from Patients in Nanjing, China

Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease

Rapid Detection and Identification of Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Encoding Genes by Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay and Melt Curve Analysis

Rapid Multiplex PCR Assay for Identification of USA300 Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

Case Reports

Nocardia nova as the Causative Agent in Spondylodiscitis and Psoas Abscess

Nosocomial Liver Abscess Caused by Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Epidemiology

Probe Hybridization Array Typing: a Binary Typing Method for Escherichia coli

Micology

Quality Control Limits for Posaconazole Disk Susceptibility Tests on Mueller-Hinton Agar with Glucose and Methylene Blue

Minireviews

Molecular Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis: Current Status and Future Applications

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

Newly Developed Primers for Comprehensive Amplification of the rpoB Gene and Detection of Rifampin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Parasitology

PCR-Based Diagnosis of Naegleria sp. Infection in Formalin-Fixed and Paraffin-Embedded Brain Sections

Virology

Penile, Urethral, and Seminal Sampling for Diagnosis of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Men

Quantitative Detection of Plasma Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Subtype A RNA by the Nuclisens EasyQ Assay (Version 1.1)

Rapid and Highly Sensitive Pathotyping of Avian Influenza A H5N1 Virus by Using Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR

Rapid and Real-Time Detection of Chikungunya Virus by Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay

Rapid Molecular Strategy for Filovirus Detection and Characterization

Relationship between Cytomegalovirus DNA Load in Epithelial Lining Fluid and Plasma of Lung Transplant Recipients and Analysis of Coinfection with Epstein-Barr Virus and Human Herpesvirus 6 in the Lung Compartment