Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 11 - Number: 105 - January 15, 2011

Outstanding

Cases Reports

Refractory Bacteremia and Osteomyelitis Resulting in Fatal Bacteremic Pneumonia with Multiorgan Failure Caused by Mycobacterium simiae in a Non-Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adult

Transmission of an Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli (Sequence Type ST131) Strain between a Father and Daughter Resulting in Septic Shock and Emphysematous Pyelonephritis

Clinical Veterinary Microbiology

Chronic Hepatitis, Hepatic Dysplasia, Fibrosis, and Biliary Hyperplasia in Hamsters Naturally Infected with a Novel Helicobacter Classified in the H. bilis Cluster

Epidemiology

Typing of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Dogs by Use of Multilocus Sequence Typing and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

Fast-Track communication

Diagnostic Assay Recommended by the World Health Organization for Swine Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Cross-Reacts with H5N1 Influenza Virus

Micology

Identification of Cryptococcus gattii by Use of L-Canavanine Glycine Bromothymol Blue Medium and DNA Sequencing

Airway Obstruction Is Increased in Pneumocystis-Colonized Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Outpatients

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes

Multicenter Evaluation of a Transcription-Reverse Transcription Concerted Assay for Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Clinical Specimens

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains with Highly Discordant Rifampin Susceptibility Test Results

Multicenter Evaluation of Bactec MGIT 960 System for Second-Line Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

Direct Detection of Mycobacterial Species in Pulmonary Specimens by Two Rapid Amplification Tests, the Gen-Probe Amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis Direct Test and the GenoType Mycobacteria Direct Test

Lack of Insertional-Deletional Polymorphism in a Collection of Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Ghanaian Buruli Ulcer Patients

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms on the Road to Strain Differentiation in Mycobacterium ulcerans

Parasitology

Endemic and Epidemic Acinetobacter Species in a University Hospital: an 8-Year Survey

The EmsB Tandemly Repeated Multilocus Microsatellite: a New Tool To Investigate Genetic Diversity of Echinococcus granulosus Sensu Lato

Carriage Rate of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in an Orphanage in Bangkok, Thailand

Antigenemia in Patients with Mediterranean Visceral Leishmaniasis

Virology

Phylogenetic Analysis of Human Parvovirus B19 Sequences from Eleven Different Countries Confirms the Predominance of Genotype 1 and Suggests the Spread of Genotype 3b

Comparative Evaluation of a Commercially Available Automated System for Extraction of Viral DNA from Whole Blood: Application to Monitoring of Epstein-Barr Virus and Cytomegalovirus Load

Clinical and Resistance Consequences of Misquantification of Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) RNA in Samples from an HIV-1 Subtype G-Infected Patient