Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 10 - Number: 94 - February 14, 2010

Outstanding

Root Canal Microbiota of Teeth with Chronic Apical Periodontitis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Population Structures Differ Significantly on Two Indonesian Islands

Rapid Identification of Mycobacteria from Smear-Positive Sputum Samples by Nested PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

Use of Fungal Blood Cultures in an Academic Medical Center

Bacteriology

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli O103:H2 Isolates from Cattle and Humans

Root Canal Microbiota of Teeth with Chronic Apical Periodontitis

Cases Reports

Isolation of a Protozoan Parasite Genetically Related to the Insect Trypanosomatid Herpetomonas samuelpessoai from a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Patient

Submasseteric Abscess Caused by Mycoplasma salivarium Infection

Three-Class-Resistant Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Variant in a Drug-Naive Heterosexual Couple

Micology

Use of Fungal Blood Cultures in an Academic Medical Center

Validation of 24-Hour Fluconazole MIC Readings versus the CLSI 48-Hour Broth Microdilution Reference Method: Results from a Global Candida Antifungal Surveillance Program

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype in Russia: in Search of Informative Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Loci

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Population Structures Differ Significantly on Two Indonesian Islands

Rapid Identification of Mycobacteria from Smear-Positive Sputum Samples by Nested PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

Sequencing of hsp65 Gene for Identification of Mycobacterium Species Isolated from Environmental and Clinical Sources in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Parasitology

Highly Sensitive Amperometric Immunosensor for Detection of Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein 2 in Serum of Humans with Malaria: Comparison with a Commercial Kit

Virology

Kinetics of Epstein-Barr Virus DNA Load in Different Blood Compartments of Pediatric Recipients of T-Cell-Depleted HLA-Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation

Plastic Polymers for Efficient DNA Microarray Hybridization: Application to Microbiological Diagnostics

Real-Time Reverse-Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Rapid Detection of Rift Valley Fever Virus

Specificity of L1 Peptides versus Virus-Like Particles for Detection of Human Papillomavirus-Positive Cervical Lesions in Females Attending Engativa Hospital, Bogota, Colombia

Validation of an Automated Detection Platform for Use with the Roche Linear Array Human Papillomavirus Genotyping Test

Whole Blood as an Alternative to Plasma for Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA