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JOURNAL of CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume 27 April 1989 No JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Volume 27 April 1989 No. 4 MINIREVIEWS Epidemiology and Clinical Spectrum of Brazilian Purpuric Fever. Lee H. Harrison, Graziela A. da Silva, Margaret Pittman, David W. Fleming, Alexandre Vranjac, Claire V. Broome, and the Brazilian Purpuric Fever Study Group ........................................................ 599-604 Microbiology of Brazilian Purpuric Fever and Diagnostic Tests. B. Swaminathan, Leonard W. Mayer, William F. Bibb, Gloria W. Ajello, Kinue Irino, Kristin A. Birkness, Claude F. Garon, Michael W. Reeves, Maria Cristina de Cunto Brandileone, Frances O. Sottnek, Don J. Brenner, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, and the Brazilian Purpuric Féver Study Group ..... 605-608 Potential Virulence-Associated Factors in Brazilian Purpuric Fever. George M. Carlone, Leo Gorelkin, Linda L. Gheesling, Alice L. Erwin, Susan K. Hoiseth, Martha H. Mulks, Steven P. O'Connor, Robbin S. Weyant, James Myrick, Lorry Rubin, Robert S. Munford III, Elizabeth H. White, Robert J. Arko, B. Swaminathan, Lewis M. Graves, Leonard W. Mayer, Mary K. Robinson, Samuel P. Caudill, and the Brazilian Purpuric Fever Study Group ........................................................ 609-614 BACTERIOLOGY Production of Bacteriocin-Like Antagonism by Clinical Isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica. Mary T. Cafferkey, Kay McClean, and Mary E. Drumm ... 677-680 Purification, Characterization, and Immunological Cross-Reactivity of Alginates Produced by Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis. Svend Stenvang Pedersen, Frank Espersen, Niels H0iby, and Geoffrey H. Shand ................................................... 691-699 Identification of Gram-Positive Coccal and Coccobacillary Vancomycin-Resistant Bacteria. R. Facklam, D. Hollis, and M. D. Collins ...... .............. 724-730 Identification of Enterococcus Species Isolated from Human Infections by a Conventional Test Scheme. R. R. Facklam and M. D. Collins ..... ....... 731-734 Antigenic and Genetic Variation in Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 6. Roger M. McKinney, Tamara A. Kuffner, William F. Bibb, Comnuan Nokkaew, David E. Wells, Paul M. Arnow, Toni C. Woods, and Brian D. Plikaytis 738-742 Relationship between Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor Production and Serotype in Hemolytic Escherichia coli. Alfredo Caprioli, Vincenzo Falbo, Franco Maria Ruggeri, Fabio Minelli, Ida 0rskov, and Gianfranco Donelli ........ 758-761 Comparison of Lipopolysaccharides from Brazilian Purpuric Fever Isolates and Conjunctivitis Isolates of Haemophilus influenzae Biogroup Aegyptius. Alice L. Erwin, Robert S. Munford, and the Brazilian Purpuric Fever Study Group .............................................................. 762-767 Suicide Phenomenon in Mesophilic Aeromonads as a Basis for Species Identification. Hassan Namdari and Edward J. Bottone ...... ........... 788-789 Continued on following page Continuedfrom preceding page VIROLOGY, RICKETTSIOLOGY, AND CHLAMYDIOLOGY Seroepidemiology of Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection in Normal Children and Adults. Toshiomi Okuno, Kazuo Takahashi, Kruavon Balachandra, Kimiyasu Shiraki, Koichi Yamanishi, Michiaki Takahashi, and Koichi Baba ............................................................... 651-653 Diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in a Clinical Setting by a Direct Antigen Detection Enzyme Immunoassay Kit. Andre Dascal, Jacques Chan-Thim, Marie Morahan, Joseph Portnoy, and Jack Mendelson ........ 700-704 Increased Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus in MRC-5 Cells Treated with Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Dexamethasone. Patricia G. West, Barbra Aldrich, Robert Hartwig, and Gary J. Haller ............................ 770-772 Comparison of a New Rapid Test (TestPack Rotavirus) with Standard Enzyme Immunoassay and Electron Microscopy for the Detection of Rotavirus in Symptomatic Hospitalized Children. Robert G. Brooks, Lynn Brown, and Ray B. Franklin ..................................................... 775-777 Passive Protection against Rotavirus-Induced Diarrhea by Monoclonal Antibodies to the Heterotypic Neutralization Domain of VP7 and the VP8 Fragment of VP4. Suzanne M. Matsui, Paul A. Offit, Phuoc T. Vo, Erich R. Mackow, David A. Benfield, Robert D. Shaw, Luis Padilla-Noriega, and Harry B. Greenberg........................................................... 780-782 Temporal Variation of Malaysian Rotavirus Electropherotypes. N. Rasool, R. Y. Othman, M. 1. Adenan, and M. Hamzah.......................... 785-787 MYCOLOGY, MYCOBACTERIOLOGY, AND AEROBIC ACTINOMYCETES Switching of Candida albicans during Successive Episodes of Recurrent Vaginitis. David R. Soll, Rudolph Galask, Sharon Isley, T. V. Gopala Rao, Deborah Stone, James Hicks, Jan Schmid, Khen Mac, and Craig Hanna ........... 681-690 Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Bacteremia in Patients with Acquired Immunode- ficiency Syndrome by Direct Examination of Blood Films. Robert H. K. Eng, Eliahou Bishburg, Sharon M. Smith, and Anthony Mangia ..... ..... 768-769 PARASITOLOGY DNA Hybridization Probe for Clinical Diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica. John Samuelson, Rodolfo Acuna-Soto, Sharon Reed, Francisco Biagi, and Dyann Wirth ......................................................... 671-676 EPIDEMIOLOGY Clonal Groups of Salmonella typhimurium in New York State. Patrick L. McDonough, John F. Timoney, Richard H. Jacobson, and Rasik Khakhria 622-627 Clostridium perfringens Food Poisoning: Use of Serotyping in an Outbreak Setting. Thomas P. Gross, Lansana B. Kamara, Charles L. Hatheway, Patricia Powers, Joseph P. Libonati, Stanley M. Harmon, and Ebenezer Israel........................................................ 660-663 IMMUNOLOGY -Absence of Monocyte Procoagulant Activity during the Immune Response to Influenza Virus. Margaret Mathies and Nancy Hogg .................... 615-621 Continued on following page Continuedfrom preceding page Functional Capacity of Immunoglobulin G Preparations and the F(ab')2 Split Product. Robert W. Steele and Russell W. Steele ...... ................ 640-643 Comparative Evaluation of Immunoglobulin M Neutralizing Antibody Response in Acute-Phase Sera and Virus Isolation for the Routine Diagnosis of Enterovirus Infection. Bruno Pozzetto, Odette G. Gaudin, Mahjoub Aouni, and Alain Ros .............. .................................. 705-708 Radiometric Cytolysis Inhibition Assay, a New Rapid Test for Neutralizing Antibodies to Intact and Trypsin-Cleaved Poliovirus. Tapani Hovi and Meja Roivainen ...................................................... 709-715 Resistance to Serum Bactericidal Activity Distinguishes Brazilian Purpuric Fever (BPF) Case Strains of Haemophilus influenzae Biogroup Aegyptius (H. aegyptius) from Non-BPF Strains. Marcia H. O. Porto, Gary J. Noel, Paul J. Edelson, and the Brazilian Purpuric Fever Study Group ........... 792-794 GENERAL CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Rapid Detection of Bordetella pertussis by a Monoclonal Antibody-Based Colony Blot Assay. Bjorn Gustafsson and Per Askelof ......................... 628-631 Poor Performance of BACTEC NR 730 Blood Culture System in Early Detection of Neisseria meningitidis. Ellen R. Schnur, Parvin H. Azimi, and Deborah A. Belchis .......................................................... 654-656 "Campylobacter upsaliensis" Isolated from Blood Cultures of Pediatric Patients. A. J. Lastovica, E. Le Roux, and J. L. Penner.......................... 657-659 Direct Isolation of Atypical Thermophilic Campylobacter Species from Human Feces on Selective Agar Medium. Sharon L. Walmsley and Mohamed A. Karmali............................................................. 668-670 Assessment of the BACTEC NR660 Blood Culture System for the Detection of Bacteremia in Young Children. J. D. Anderson, C. Trombley, and N. Cimolai .......................................................... 721-723 Evaluation of Enzyme Immunoassay for the Detection of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Strains. Seiji Kaneko and Tsutomu Maruyama ................ .................................. 748-751 Evaluation of Culture, Immunofluorescence, and Serology for the Diagnosis of Pertussis. S. A. Halperin, R. Bortolussi, and A. J. Wort ..... ........... 752-757 Detection of Urinary Antigens of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 12 by Broad-Spectrum Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. Patrick W. Tang, Sandu Toma, and Winston D. Rajkumar................................ 783-784 Special Features of Distribution of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Japan. Misao Tsubokura, Koichi Otsuki, Koichiro Sato, Mutsuo Tanaka, Toshiharu Hongo, Hiroshi Fukushima, Tsutomu Maruyama, and Masanao Inoue ..... 790-791 AUTOMATION; ANALYTICAL AND MOLECULAR CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Evaluation of a Prototype DNA Probe Test for the Noncultural Diagnosis of Gonorrhea. Paul A. Granato and Maryann Roefaro Franz ............... 632-635 Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi Isolates by Restriction Endonuclease Analysis and DNA Hybridization. R. B. LeFebvre, G. C. Perng, and R. C. Johnson............................................................. 636-639 Continued on following page Continuedfrom preceding page Evaluation of DNA Colony Hybridization and Other Techniques for Detection of Virulence in Yersinia Species. Roy M. Robins-Browne, Marianne D. Miliotis, Sam Cianciosi, Virginia L. Miller, Stanley Falkow, and J. Glenn Morris, Jr........................................................... 644-650 Rapid Bioluminescence Method for Bacteriuria Screening. Marie T. Pezzlo, Valerie Ige, Amelia P. Woolard, Ellena M. Peterson, and Luis
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