JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume 46

June 2008

No. 6

GUEST COMMENTARY Patrick Bastien, Gary W. Procop, and Udo Reischl

1897–1900

Characterization of In Vitro-Generated and Clinical Optochin-Resistant Strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated from Argentina

Paulo R. Cortes, Andrea G. Albarracı´n Orio, Mabel Regueira, Germa´n E. Pin ˜as, and Jose´ Echenique

1930–1934

Evaluation of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization– Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry in Comparison to 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Species Identification of Nonfermenting Bacteria

A. Mellmann, J. Cloud, T. Maier, U. Keckevoet, I. Ramminger, P. Iwen, J. Dunn, G. Hall, D. Wilson, P. LaSala, M. Kostrzewa, and D. Harmsen

1946–1954

Improved Detection of vanB2-Containing Enterococcus faecium with Vancomycin Susceptibility by Etest Using Oxgall Supplementation

E. A. Grabsch, K. Chua, S. Xie, J. Byrne, S. A. Ballard, P. B. Ward, and M. L. Grayson

1961–1964

Comparison of Real-Time PCR for Detection of the tcdC Gene with Four Toxin Immunoassays and Culture in Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection

Lynne M. Sloan, Brian J. Duresko, Daniel R. Gustafson, and Jon E. Rosenblatt

1996–2001

Thoracic Vertebral Actinomycosis: Actinomyces israelii and Fusobacterium nucleatum

Hitoshi Honda, Matthew J. Bankowski, Eric H. N. Kajioka, Nalurporn Chokrungvaranon, Wesley Kim, and Scott T. Gallacher

2009–2014

Bacterial Profiles of Root Caries in Elderly Patients

Dorita Preza, Ingar Olsen, Jørn A. Aas, Tiril Willumsen, Bjørn Grinde, and Bruce J. Paster

2015–2021

Metallo-␤-Lactamase Detection: Comparative Evaluation of Double-Disk Synergy versus Combined Disk Tests for IMP-, GIM-, SIM-, SPM-, or VIM-Producing Isolates

Renata C. Pica˜o, Soraya S. Andrade, Adriana Gianinni Nicoletti, Eloiza H. Campana, Gabriela C. Moraes, Rodrigo E. Mendes, and Ana C. Gales

2028–2037

Accuracy and Potential Usefulness of Triplex Real-Time PCR for Improving Antibiotic Treatment of Patients with Blood Cultures Showing Clustered Gram-Positive Cocci on Direct Smears

Raymond Ruimy, Marie DosSantos, Laurent Raskine, Fre´de´ric Bert, Rene´ Masson, Sandrine Elbaz, Christine Bonnal, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Agne`s Lefort, Bruno Fantin, Michel Wolff, Michele Hornstein, and Antoine Andremont

2045–2051

Oligonucleotide Array-Based Identification of Species in the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-A. baumannii Complex in Isolates from Blood Cultures and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of the Isolates

Wen-Chien Ko, Nan-Yao Lee, Siou Cing Su, Lenie Dijkshoorn, Mario Vaneechoutte, Li-Rong Wang, JinJou Yan, and Tsung Chain Chang

2052–2059

Catalase-Negative Staphylococcus aureus Strain with Point Mutations in the katA Gene

C. Piau, J. Jehan, R. Leclercq, and C. Daurel

2060–2061

Evaluation of a Rapid New Stool Antigen Test for Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Adult Patients

Rea Krausse, G. Mu ¨ller, and M. Doniec

2062–2065

Quantitative Real-Time PCR Is Not More Sensitive than “Conventional” PCR

BACTERIOLOGY

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Detection of the Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase Type 2 Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Enzyme in Clinical Isolates of Citrobacter freundii and K. oxytoca Carrying a Common Plasmid

J. Kamile Rasheed, James W. Biddle, Karen F. Anderson, Laraine Washer, Carol Chenoweth, John Perrin, Duane W. Newton, and Jean B. Patel

2066–2069

Genetic Differentiation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Clades Associated with Human Disease by Real-Time PCR

James T. Riordan, Sandeep B. Viswanath, Shannon D. Manning, and Thomas S. Whittam

2070–2073

Development and Evaluation of a Novel Multiplex PCR Technology for Molecular Differential Detection of Bacterial Respiratory Disease Pathogens

Robert Benson, Maria L. Tondella, Julu Bhatnagar, Maria da Glo ´ria S. Carvalho, Jacquelyn S. Sampson, Deborah F. Talkington, Anne M. Whitney, Elizabeth Mothershed, Lesley McGee, George Carlone, Vondguraus McClee, Jeannette Guarner, Sherif Zaki, Surang Dejsiri, K. Cronin, Jian Han, and Barry S. Fields

2074–2077

Comparison of Nasal Swabs with Nose Blowing for Community-Based Pneumococcal Surveillance of Healthy Children

Amanda Jane Leach, Elizabeth Stubbs, Kim Hare, Jemima Beissbarth, and Peter Stanley Morris

2081–2082

Rapid Differentiation of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus and MIC Determinations by Isothermal Microcalorimetry

Ueli von Ah, Dieter Wirz, and A. U. Daniels

2083–2087

Performance of Vitek 2 in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates with Different Mechanisms of ␤-Lactam Resistance

Annarita Mazzariol, Marco Aldegheri, Marco Ligozzi, Giuliana Lo Cascio, Raffaella Koncan, and Roberta Fontana

2095–2098

Identification of Factors Contributing to T-Cell Toxicity of Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates

James Collins, Angus Buckling, and Ruth C. Massey

2112–2114

Lyme Disease in Oregon

J. Stone Doggett, Sue Kohlhepp, Robert Gresbrink, Paul Metz, Curt Gleaves, and David Gilbert

2115–2118

Is the Sequenced Bordetella pertussis Strain Tohama I Representative of the Species?

Vale´rie Caro, Vale´rie Bouchez, and Nicole Guiso

2125–2128

Diverse and Novel Oral Bacterial Species in Blood following Dental Procedures

Farah K. Bahrani-Mougeot, Bruce J. Paster, Shirley Coleman, Jignya Ashar, Sara Barbuto, and Peter B. Lockhart

2129–2132

Identification of Thermotolerant Campylobacter Species by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization

Sven Poppert, Michaela Haas, Tatjana Yildiz, Thomas Alter, Edda Bartel, Ursula Fricke, and Andreas Essig

2133–2136

Comparison of PCR, Immunofluorescence Assay, and Pathogen Isolation for Diagnosis of Q Fever in Humans with Spontaneous Abortions

V. M. Vaidya, S. V. S. Malik, Simranpreet Kaur, Satish Kumar, and S. B. Barbuddhe

2038–2044

Evaluation of Three Automated Nucleic Acid Amplification Systems for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in First-Void Urine Specimens

P. N. Levett, K. Brandt, K. Olenius, C. Brown, K. Montgomery, and G. B. Horsman

2109–2111

CHLAMYDIOLOGY AND RICKETTSIOLOGY

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MYCOBACTERIOLOGY AND AEROBIC ACTINOMYCETES Comparison of Sensitivities of Two Commercial Gamma Interferon Release Assays for Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Cynthia B. E. Chee, Suay H. Gan, Kyi W. KhinMar, Timothy M. Barkham, Chwee K. Koh, Shen Liang, and Yee T. Wang

1935–1940

Comparison of DNA Pyrosequencing with Alternative Methods for Identification of Mycobacteria

Loree C. Heller, Michael Jones, and Ray H. Widen

2092–2094

Evaluation of Novel Broad-Range Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Human Pathogenic Fungi in Various Clinical Specimens

Tanja Vollmer, Melanie Sto ¨rmer, Knut Kleesiek, and Jens Dreier

1919–1926

Caspofungin Disk Diffusion Breakpoints and Quality Control

Steven D. Brown and Maria M. Traczewski

1927–1929

Automated and Manual Methods of DNA Extraction for Aspergillus fumigatus and Rhizopus oryzae Analyzed by Quantitative Real-Time PCR

Andrea Francesconi, Miki Kasai, Susan M. Harrington, Mara G. Beveridge, Ruta Petraitiene, Vidmantas Petraitis, Robert L. Schaufele, and Thomas J. Walsh

1978–1984

Comparison of Immunoblotting, Calculation of the Goldmann-Witmer Coefficient, and Real-Time PCR Using Aqueous Humor Samples for Diagnosis of Ocular Toxoplasmosis

A. Fekkar, B. Bodaghi, F. Touafek, P. Le Hoang, D. Mazier, and L. Paris

1965–1967

Field Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Assay for Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection by Use of Whole Blood

Paul Roddy, Javier Goiri, Laurence Flevaud, Pedro Pablo Palma, Silvia Morote, Nines Lima, Luis Villa, Faustino Torrico, and Pedro Albajar-Vin ˜as

2022–2027

Evaluation of Versant Hepatitis C Virus Genotype Assay (LiPA) 2.0

Jannick Verbeeck, Mark J. Stanley, Jen Shieh, Linda Celis, Els Huyck, Elke Wollants, Judy Morimoto, Alice Farrior, Erwin Sablon, Margaret Jankowski-Hennig, Carl Schaper, Pamela Johnson, Marc Van Ranst, and Marianne Van Brussel

1901–1906

Identification of a Porcine Calicivirus Related Genetically to Human Sapoviruses

V. Martella, E. Lorusso, K. Banyai, N. Decaro, M. Corrente, G. Elia, A. Cavalli, A. Radogna, V. Costantini, L. J. Saif, A. Lavazza, L. Di Trani, and C. Buonavoglia

1907–1913

Performance of HerpeSelect and Kalon Assays in Detection of Antibodies to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2

Je´ro ˆme LeGoff, Philippe Mayaud, Ge´rard Gresenguet, Helen A. Weiss, Khonde Nzambi, Eric Frost, Jacques Pepin, Laurent Belec, and the ANRS 12-12 Study Group

1914–1918

Evaluation of Eight Anti-Rubella Virus Immunoglobulin G Immunoassays That Report Results in International Units per Milliliter

Wayne Dimech, Lena Panagiotopoulos, Barbara Francis, Nicholas Laven, Joan Marler, David Dickeson, Tony Panayotou, Kim Wilson, Robyn Wootten, and Elizabeth M. Dax

1955–1960

MYCOLOGY

PARASITOLOGY

VIROLOGY

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Novel Human Adenovirus Causing Nosocomial Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis

Hiroaki Ishiko, Yasushi Shimada, Tsunetada Konno, Akio Hayashi, Takeshi Ohguchi, Yoshitsugu Tagawa, Koki Aoki, Shigeaki Ohno, and Shudo Yamazaki

2002–2008

Evaluation of New Commercial Real-Time PCR Quantification Assay for Prenatal Diagnosis of Cytomegalovirus Congenital Infection

Aure´lie Ducroux, Samira Cherid, Alexandra Benachi, Yves Ville, and Marianne Leruez-Ville

2078–2080

Quality Control Assessment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 (HIV-2) Viral Load Quantification Assays: Results from an International Collaboration on HIV-2 Infection in 2006

Florence Damond, Antoine Benard, Jean Ruelle, Abraham Alabi, Bernd Kupfer, Perpetua Gomes, Berta Rodes, Jan Albert, Ju ¨rg Bo ¨ni, Jeremy Garson, Bridget Ferns, Sophie Matheron, Genevie`ve Chene, and Franc¸oise Brun-Vezinet for the ACHIEV2E (a Collaboration on HIV-2 Infection) Study Group

2088–2091

Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection Revisited with Ultrasensitive Real-Time PCR Assay

Philippe Halfon, Marc Bourlie`re, Denis Ouzan, Damien Se`ne, David Saadoun, Hace`ne Khiri, Guillaume Pe´naranda, Agnes Martineau, Vale´rie Oule`s, and Patrice Cacoub

2106–2108

Norovirus Excretion in an Aged-Care Setting

Elise T.-V. Tu, Rowena A. Bull, Mi-Jurng Kim, Christopher J. McIver, Leon Heron, William D. Rawlinson, and Peter A. White

2119–2121

In Vitro Replication of Varicella-Zoster Virus in Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells

Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Karoline Bleymehl, Holger F. Rabenau, Rainer G. Ulrich, Jindrich Cinatl, Jr., and Hans Wilhelm Doerr

2122–2124

Sara Marques, Eliane Silva, Christine Kraft, Ju ´lio Carvalheira, Arnaldo Videira, Volker A. R. Huss, and Gertrude Thompson

1941–1945

Changes in Tetracycline Susceptibility of Enteric Bacteria following Switching to Nonmedicated Milk Replacer for Dairy Calves

John B. Kaneene, Lorin D. Warnick, Carole A. Bolin, Ronald J. Erskine, Katherine May, and RoseAnn Miller

1968–1977

Occurrence of Norovirus Infections Unrelated to Norovirus Outbreaks in an Asymptomatic Food Handler Population

Tamaki Okabayashi, Shin-ichi Yokota, Yasuo Ohkoshi, Hironori Ohuchi, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Masayuki Kikuchi, Koichi Yano, and Nobuhiro Fujii

1985–1988

Unusually High Prevalence of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes among Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Strains Carried in the Indonesian Population

Julie¨tte A. Severin, Endang Sri Lestari, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Damian C. Melles, Martijn Pastink, Justine K. Peeters, Susan V. Snijders, Usman Hadi, D. Offra Duerink, Alex van Belkum, and Henri A. Verbrugh on behalf of the Antimicrobial Resistance in Indonesia, Prevalence and Prevention Study Group

1989–1995

CLINICAL VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY Bovine Mastitis Associated with Prototheca blaschkeae

EPIDEMIOLOGY

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Outbreak of OXY-2-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca in a Renal Transplant Unit

Mariela Soledad Za´rate, Ana C. Gales, Renata C. Pica˜o, Gervasio Soler Pujol, Alejandra Lanza, and Jorgelina Smayevsky

2099–2101

Sequence Type and emm Type Diversity in Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates Causing Invasive Disease in Norway between 1988 and 2003

Roger Meisal, E. Arne Høiby, Ingeborg S. Aaberge, and Dominique A. Caugant

2102–2105

Pulmonary Paragonimiasis Diagnosed by Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy

Neda Zarrin-Khameh, Deborah R. Citron, Charles E. Stager, and Rodolfo Laucirica

2137–2140

Pseudallescheria fusoidea, a New Cause of Osteomyelitis

Mark D. Lindsley, Josep Guarro, Raed N. Khairy, JoAnna Williams, Naureen Iqbal, and Preeti Pancholi

2141–2143

Donatella Ottaviani, Francesca Leoni, Elena Rocchegiani, Sabrina Santarelli, Cristina Canonico, Laura Masini, Vittoria DiTrani, and Antonio Carraturo

2144–2145

CASE REPORTS

FAST-TRACK COMMUNICATION First Clinical Report of Pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 Infection in Italy

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Clostridium difficile Toxinotype V, Ribotype 078, in Animals and Humans

Maja Rupnik, Andreas Widmer, Ortrud Zimmermann, Catherine Eckert, and Fre´de´ric Barbut

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CTX-M-15-Producing Shigella sonnei Strain from a Czech Patient Who Traveled in Asia

Jaroslav Hraba´k, Joanna Empel, Marek Gniadkowski, Zbyneˇk Halbhuber, Karel Re´bl, and Pavla Urba´ˇskova´

Endophthalmitis: Antibacterial Activity of Precipitates of Vancomycin and Ceftazidime

Kuan-Jen Chen, Tun-Lu Chen, ChiChun Lai, and Ming-Hui Sun

2149

Liliana Jorda´-Vargas, Jose´ Degrossi, Nancy C. Castan ˜eda, Miguel D’Aquino, Miguel A. Valvano, Adriana Procopio, Laura Galanternik, and Daniela Centro ´

2150

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ERRATUM Prevalence of Indeterminate Genetic Species of Burkholderia cepacia Complex in a Cystic Fibrosis Center in Argentina