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Clinical and Microbiological Observations on CDC Group DF-3, a Gram-Negative ... B. W. Brooks, N. M. Young, D. C. Watson, K. H. Nielsen, A. H. Corner,.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume 29

August 1991

No. 8

GUEST COMMENTARY Evaluating Biochemical Identification Systems. J. Michael Miller..............

BACTERIOLOGY Molecular Analysis of Pyrogenic Exotoxins from Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates Associated with Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome. Alan R. Hauser, Dennis L. Stevens, Edward L. Kaplan, and Patrick M. Schlievert .................. Antigenic Properties of Borrelia burgdorferi Isolated from Ixodes ovatus and Ixodes persukatus in Hokkaido, Japan. Toshiyuki Masuzawa, Yutaka Okada, Yasutake Yanagihara, and Nanao Sato.......................... Clinical and Microbiological Observations on CDC Group DF-3, a Gram-Negative Coccobacillus. Vee J. Gill, Lois B. Travis, and Denise Y. Williams....... VIROLOGY, RICKETTSIOLOGY, AND CHLAMYDIOLOGY Longitudinal Study of the Microbiology of Endemic Trachoma. Hugh R. Taylor, Jon A. Siler, Harran A. Mkocha, Beatriz Mufioz, Vivian Velez, Lori DeJong, and Sheila West......................................... Optimization of In Situ Hybridization for Detection of Viral Genomes in Cultured Cells on 96-Microwell Plates: a Cytomegalovirus Model. Christiane Mougin, Agnes Bassignot, Alain Coaquette, Alain Bourgeois, and Michel Lab .............

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MYCOLOGY, MYCOBACTERIOLOGY, AND AEROBIC ACTINOMYCETES Application of Colorimetric Microdilution Plate Hybridization for Rapid Genetic Identiflcation of 22 Mycobacterium Species. S. Kusunoki, T. Ezaki, M. Tamesada, Y. Hatanaka, K. Asano, Y. Hashimoto, and E. Yabuuchi...... 1596-1603 Comparison of the PREMIER Cryptococcal Antigen Enzyme Immunoassay and the Latex Agglutination Assay for Detection of Cryptococcal Antigens. Wayne Gade, Suzanne W. Hinnefeld, Laura S. Babcock, Peter Gilligan, William Kelly, Kimberley Wait, Dottie Greer, Marcella Pinilla, and Raymond L. Kaplan ................................................. 1616-1619 Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Antigen D: Characterization and Evidence That It Is a Bacterioferritin. Brian W. Brooks, N. Martin Young, David C. Watson, Ruth H. Robertson, Edward A. Sugden, Klaus H. Nielsen, and Susi A. W. E. Becker ................................................ 1652-1658 Chromatographic Purification and Characterization of Antigens A and D from Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and Their Use in Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Diagnosis of Paratuberculosis in Sheep. E. A. Sugden, B. W. Brooks, N. M. Young, D. C. Watson, K. H. Nielsen, A. H. Corner, C. Turcotte, A. Michaelides, and R. B. Stewart......................... 1659-1664 Rapid Clearance of Candida albicans Mannan Antigens by Liver and Spleen in Contrast to Prolonged Circulation of Cryptococcus neoformans Antigens. Reinhard Kappe and Johannes Muller.................................. 1665-1669 Continued on following page

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Distinction of Deep versus Superficial Clinical and Nonclinical Isolates of Trichosporon beigelii by Isoenzymes and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms of rDNA Generated by Polymerase Chain Reaction. Bryan J. Kemker, Paul F. Lehmann, James W. Lee, and Thomas J. Walsh......... Candida zeylanoides: Another Opportunistic Yeast. David Levenson, Michael A. Pfaller, Miriam A. Smith, Richard Hollis, Tim Gerarden, Connie B. Tucci, and Henry D. Isenberg........................................ Genetic Dissimilarity of Commensal Strains of Candida spp. Carried in Different Anatomical Locations of the Same Healthy Women. David R. Soll, Rudolph Galask, Jan Schmid, Craig Hanna, Khen Mac, and Brian Morrow Collaborative Feasibility Study of a Biphasic System (Roche Septi-Chek AFB) for Rapid Detection and Isolation of Mycobacteria. Henry D. Isenberg, Richard F. D'Amato, Leonid Heifets, Patrick R. Murray, Marie Scardamaglia, Mitchel C. Jacobs, Phyllis Alperstein, and Ann Niles....... Variability in Commercial Histoplasma Complement Fixation Antigens. Diane S. Leland, Sarah E. Zimmerman, Elizabeth B. Cunningham, Kathleen A. Barth, and James W. Smith ........................................... Detection of Untreated Mycobacteria by Using Polymerase Chain Reaction and Specific DNA Probes. Jochen W. U. Fries, Rubina J. Patel, Willy F. Piessens, and Dyann F. Wirth......................................... Isolation of Mycobacterium shimoidei from a Patient with Cavitary Pulmonary Disease. Enrico Tortoli and M. Tullia Simonetti....................... PARASITOLOGY Identification of Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein 2 in the Plasma of Humans with Malaria. Marcela E. Parra, Charles B. Evans, and Diane W. Taylor.......................................................... Use of Pooled Formalin-Preserved Fecal Specimens To Detect Giardia lamblia. S. P. Wahlquist, R. M. Williams, H. Bishop, D. G. Addiss, J. M. Stewart, R. J. Finton, D. D. Juranek, and J. J. Sullivan ..........................

EPIDEMIOLOGY Isolation and Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi from Illinois Ixodes dammini. Jeffrey A. Nelson, John K. Bouseman, Uriel Kitron, Steven M. Callister, Barbara Harrison, Matthew J. Bankowski, Mark E. Peeples, Barbara J. Newton, and John F. Anderson ............................. Changes in Subgenome Types of Adenovirus Type 4 Isolated from Patients with Ocular Disease between 1985 and 1989 in Sapporo, Japan. Shuu Itakura, Koki Aoki, Harumi Sawada, Naotaka Ishiguro, and Morikazu Shinagawa

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IMMUNOLOGY Human Papillomavirus Type 18 E6 and E7 Antibodies in Human Sera: Increased Anti-E7 Prevalence in Cervical Cancer Patients. Conrad Bleul, Martin Muller, Rainer Frank, Heinrich Gausepohl, Ursula Koldovsky, Hans N. Mgaya, Jeff Luande, Michael Pawlita, Jan ter Meulen, Raphael Viscidi, and Lutz Gissmann ................ .................................. 43-Kilodalton Glycoprotein from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Immunochemical Reactions with Sera from Patients with Paracoccidioidomycosis, Histoplasmosis, or Jorge Lobo's Disease. Rosana Puccia and L. R. Travassos .........

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Characterization of an Immunoreactive Species-Specific 19-Kilodalton Outer Membrane Protein from Helicobacter pylori by Using a Monoclonal Antibody. Emmanuel B. Drouet, Gerard A. Denoyel, Monique Boude, Eyob Wallano, Mauricio Andujar, and Henri P. De Montclos .................. Serodiagnosis of Helicobacter pylori: Comparison of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays. Nicholas J. Talley, Diane G. Newell, JoAnn E. Ormand, Herschel A. Carpenter, Walter R. Wilson, Alan R. Zinsmeister, Guillermo I. Perez-Perez, and Martin J. Blaser ................................... Identification of Vibrio vulnificus 0 Serovars with Antilipopolysaccharide Monoclonal Antibody. Stephen J. Martin and Ronald J. Siebeling ............. Murine Intestinal Antibody Response to Heterologous Rotavirus Infection. Ayub A. Merchant, William S. Groene, Edward H. Cheng, and Robert D. Shaw Detection of Rubella-Specific Immunoglobulin G: Comparison of the EnzymeLinked Immunosorbent Assay and an Automated Microparticle Enzyme Immunoassay (IMx). Ian J. Skurrie, Jennifer L. Head, and Suzanne M. Garland .

GENERAL CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Disk Diffusion Method for Susceptibility Testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Signe Ringertz, Margareta Rylander, and Goran Kronvall...................... Reproducibility of a Scoring System for Gram Stain Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis. M. Riduan Joesoef, Sharon L. Hillier, Suharno Josodiwondo, and Michael Linnan................................................. MOLECULAR CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Strain Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus on the Basis of Restriction Endonuclease Analysis of Polymerase Chain Reaction Products. J. Wai-Kuo Shih, Ling C. Cheung, Harvey J. Alter, Leo M. Lee, and Jian Ren Gu .............. Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms in the Ribosomal Genes for Species Identification and Subtyping of Aerotolerant Campylobacter Species. Julia A. Kiehlbauch, Brian D. Plikaytis, Balasubramanian Swaminathan, Daniel N. Cameron, and I. Kaye Wachsmuth ................................. Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Rabbit Infectivity Testing To Detect Treponema pallidum in Amniotic Fluid, Fetal and Neonatal Sera, and Cerebrospinal Fluid. Emmanuel Grimprel, Pablo J. Sanchez, George D. Wendel, Jennifer M. Burstain, George H. McCracken, Jr., Justin D. Radolf, and Michael V. Norgard......................................

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TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay for Detection of Helicobacter pyloni in Human Gastric Mucosal Biopsies. Eduardo Rivera, Yolanda L6pez-Vidal, Veronica Luquenlo, and Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios....................

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CLINICAL VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY Application of a Monoclonal Antibody-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of an Inflammatory Response Antigen in Subclinical Mastitic Milk Samples. H. J. Ball, D. Finlay, D. P. Mackie, D. Greer, D. Pollock, and J. McNair...........................................

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Evaluation of the An-Ident System and an Indole Spot Test for the Rapid Differentiation of Porcine Treponemes. Myriam Belanger and Mario Jacques....

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ORAL MICROBIOLOGY Identification of Genomic Clonal Types of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans by Restriction Endonuclease Analysis. Naiming Han, Charles I. Hoover, ........... James R. Winkler, Clifford Y. Ng, and Gary C. Armitage ..... Fluorescence Immunoassay for Detecting Periodontal Bacterial Pathogens in Plaque. Larry F. Wolff, LuAnn Anderson, Gregory P. Sandberg, Dorothee M. Aeppli, and Charles E. Shelburne .........................

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