Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 8 - Number: 75 - May 15, 2008

Outstanding

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

Rotavirus Vaccines: an Overview

Update on Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Malaria

Serological Cross-Reactivity between Different Chlamydia-Like Organisms

Bacteriology

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

Strain-Specific Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Assays for the Bacillus anthracis Ames Strain

tcdC Genotypes Associated with Severe TcdC Truncation in an Epidemic Clone and Other Strains of Clostridium difficile

Use of Partial 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Identification of Legionella pneumophila and Non-pneumophila Legionella spp.

Validation of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and spa Typing for Long-Term, Nationwide Epidemiological Surveillance Studies of Staphylococcus aureus Infections

Case report

Propionibacterium acnes as a Cause of Prosthetic Valve Aortic Root Abscess

Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology

Serological Cross-Reactivity between Different Chlamydia-Like Organisms

Extensive review

Rat Bite Fever and Streptobacillus moniliformis

Role of Modern Imaging Techniques for Diagnosis of Infection in the Era of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography

Rotavirus Vaccines: an Overview

Transmission of Tropical and Geographically Restricted Infections during Solid-Organ Transplantation

Update on Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Malaria

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Micology

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

Statistical Analyses of Correlation between Fluconazole MICs for Candida spp. Assessed by Standard Methods Set Forth by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (E.Dis. 7.1) and CLSI (M27-A2)

Use of Fluconazole as a Surrogate Marker To Predict Susceptibility and Resistance to Voriconazole among 13,338 Clinical Isolates of Candida spp. Tested by Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute-Recommended Broth Microdilution Methods

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

Role of Large Sequence Polymorphisms (LSPs) in Generating Genomic Diversity among Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the Utility of LSPs in Phylogenetic Analysis

Spoligotype Signatures in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

Virology

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

Rapid Molecular Strategy for Filovirus Detection and Characterization