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Bacteriology
Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive methicillin-susceptible and resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Taiwan: identification of oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive methicillin-resistant S. aureus, 22 September 2009 Feng-Jui Chen, Keiichi Hiramatsu, I-Wen Huang, Chen-Her Wang, Tsai-Ling Yang Lauderdale pages 351-357 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (872 KB)
Mycobacteriology
Molecular identification of rapidly growing mycobacteria isolates from pulmonary specimens of patients in the State of Pará, Amazon region, Brazil, 05 October 2009 Ana Roberta Fusco da Costa, Maria Luiza Lopes, Sylvia Cardoso Leão, Maria Paula da Cruz Schneider, Maísa Silva de Sousa, Philip Noel Suffys, Tereza Cristina de Oliveira Corvelo, Karla Valéria Batista Lima pages 358-364 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (299 KB)
Concurrent measurement of adenosine deaminase and dipeptidyl peptidase IV activity in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion, 17 September 2009 Elif Küpeli, Demet Karnak, Serenay Elgün, Emine Argüder, Oya Kayacan pages 365-371 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (233 KB)
Virology
Visual DNA microarrays for simultaneous detection of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 and Treponema pallidum coupled with multiplex asymmetric polymerase chain reaction, 18 September 2009 Jingfeng Tang, Li Zhou, Wenjuan Gao, Xuan Cao, Yefu Wang pages 372-378 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (406 KB)
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies
Characterization of plasmids encoding CMY-2 AmpC β-lactamases from Escherichia coli in Canadian intensive care units, 24 September 2009 Patricia J. Baudry, Laura Mataseje, George G. Zhanel, Daryl J. Hoban, Michael R. Mulvey pages 379-383 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (450 KB)
A rapid, 2-well, multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of SCCmec types I to V in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 25 September 2009 Håvard Valvatne, Michelle I.A. Rijnders, Ana Budimir, Marie-Louise Boumans, Albert J. de Neeling, Patrick S. Beisser, Ellen E. Stobberingh, Ruud H. Deurenberg pages 384-391 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (568 KB)
Linezolid surveillance program results for 2008 (LEADER Program for 2008) David J. Farrell, Rodrigo E. Mendes, James E. Ross, Ronald N. Jones pages 392-403 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (508 KB)
Zyvox® Annual Appraisal of Potency and Spectrum program: linezolid surveillance program results for 2008 Ronald N. Jones, James E. Ross, Jan M. Bell, Uchino Utsuki, Ikeda Fumiaki, Intetsu Kobayashi, John D. Turnidge pages 404-413 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (241 KB)
Summary trends for the Meropenem Yearly Susceptibility Test Information Collection Program: a 10-year experience in the United States (1999–2008), 16 October 2009 Paul R. Rhomberg, Ronald N. Jones pages 414-426 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (645 KB)
Case Report
Disseminated Rhodococcus equi infection in a kidney transplant patient without initial pulmonary involvement, 17 September 2009 Janette C. Rahamat-Langendoen, Matijs van Meurs, Jan G. Zijlstra, Jerome R. Lo-Ten-Foe pages 427-430 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (252 KB)
Notes
Polymyxin B and colistimethate are comparable as to efficacy and renal toxicity, 04 September 2009 Maura S. Oliveira, Gladys V.B. Prado, Silvia F. Costa, Renato S. Grinbaum, Anna S. Levin pages 431-434 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (121 KB)
Comparison of nucleic acid extraction methods for the detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, 22 September 2009 Kathleen A. Thurman, Kelley C. Cowart, Jonas M. Winchell pages 435-438 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (116 KB)
Diversity of the blaSHV genes, 22 September 2009 Nuno Mendonça, Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine, Manuela Caniça pages 439-446 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (134 KB)
In vivo selection of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae by OmpK36 loss during meropenem treatment, 22 September 2009 Wonkeun Song, Borum Suh, Jun Yong Choi, Seok Hoon Jeong, Eun Hee Jeon, Young Ki Lee, Seong Geun Hong, Kyungwon Lee pages 447-449 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (224 KB)
Usefulness and influence of age of a novel Rapid HpStAR™ stool antigen for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in children, 22 September 2009 Nicolas Kalach, Eric Dehecq, Pierre Gosset, Anne Decoster, Michel Bergeret, Christophe Dupont, Josette Raymond pages 450-453 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (131 KB)
The Helicobacter pylori Mfd protein is important for antibiotic resistance and DNA repair, 22 September 2009 Gin Hyug Lee, Jin-Yong Jeong, Jun-Won Chung, Won-Hee Nam, Sun-Mi Lee, Jhang-Ho Pak, Kee Don Choi, Ho June Song, Hwoon-Yong Jung, Jin-Ho Kim pages 454-456 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (150 KB)
Clinical and molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying SCCmecIV in a university hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 22 September 2009 Letícia V. Scribel, Maria C. Silva-Carvalho, Raquel Rodrigues Souza, Silvana V. Superti, Carlos H.C. Kvitko, Agnes M.S. Figueiredo, Alexandre P. Zavascki pages 457-461 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (210 KB)
Erratum
Erratum to “Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains” [Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 62 (2008) 199–204] Wanessa Trindade Clemente, Stella Sala Soares Lima, Moises Palaci, Márcia S.N. Silva, Vivian F. Sumnienski Rodrigues, Elis R. Dalla Costa, Lia Possuelo, Patrícia Izquierdo Cafrune, Fabíola Karla Ribeiro, Harisson M. Gomes, José Carlos Serufo page 462 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (92 KB)
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