JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Volume 45 June 2007 No. 6

BACTERIOLOGY

Acute Postoperative Endophthalmitis Caused by C. Chiquet, A. Pechinot, C. 1673–1678 Staphylococcus lugdunensis Creuzot-Garcher, Y. Benito, J. Croize, S. Boisset, J. P. Romanet, G. Lina, and F. Vandenesch for the French Institutional Endophthalmitis Study Group Association of the Pneumococcal Pilus with Certain Alan Basset, Krzysztof Trzcinski, 1684–1689 Capsular Serotypes but Not with Increased Virulence Christina Hermos, Katherine L. O’Brien, Raymond Reid, Mathuram Santosham, Alexander J. McAdam, Marc Lipsitch, and Richard Malley Phenotypic Characterization of Clonal and Nonclonal Pholawat Tingpej, Lucas Smith, 1697–1704 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Lungs of Barbara Rose, Hua Zhu, Tim Adults with Cystic Fibrosis Conibear, Khaled Al Nassafi, Jim Manos, Mark Elkins, Peter Bye, Mark Willcox, Scott Bell, Claire Wainwright, and Colin Harbour Evaluation of the Novel Helicobacter pylori ClariRes Real- Christian Lottspeich, Andrea 1718–1722 Time PCR Assay for Detection and Clarithromycin Schwarzer, Klaus Panthel, Sibylle Susceptibility Testing of H. pylori in Stool Specimens from Koletzko, and Holger Ru¨ssmann Symptomatic Children Peptoniphilus gorbachii sp. nov., Peptoniphilus olsenii sp. nov., Yuli Song, Chengxu Liu, and 1746–1752 and Anaerococcus murdochii sp. nov. Isolated from Clinical Sydney M. Finegold Specimens of Human Origin Genetic and Antigenic Analysis of Invasive Serogroup Y Raymond S. W. Tsang, Averil M. 1753–1758 meningitidis Isolates Collected from 1999 to 2003 Henderson, Marissa L. Cameron, in Canada Shaun D. Tyler, Shari Tyson, Dennis K. S. Law, Jan Stoltz, and Wendell D. Zollinger Genetic Diversity in a Bacillus anthracis Historical Collection David Sue, Chung K. Marston, Alex 1777–1782 (1954 to 1988) R. Hoffmaster, and Patricia P. Wilkins Performance of CAPTIA SelectSyph-G Enzyme-Linked Vladana Woznicova´ and Zuzana 1794–1797 Immunosorbent Assay in Syphilis Testing of a High-Risk Valisˇova´ Population: Analysis of Discordant Results Differences in Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of Debika Bhattacharya, Heather 1798–1803 Skin and Soft Tissue Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Carleton, Chiaojung J. Tsai, Ellen aureus Isolates between Two Hospitals in Northern Jo Baron, and Franc¸oise Perdreau- California Remington Evaluation of Molecular Typing Methods in Characterizing B. D. Cookson, D. A. Robinson, 1830–1837 a European Collection of Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant A. B. Monk, S. Murchan, A. Staphylococcus aureus Strains: the HARMONY Collection Deplano, R. de Ryck, M. J. Struelens, C. Scheel, V. Fussing, S. Salmenlinna, J. Vuopio-Varkila, C. Cuny, W. Witte, P. T. Tassios, N. J. Legakis, W. van Leeuwen, A. van Belkum, A. Vindel, J. Garaizar, S. Haeggman, B. Olsson-Liljequist, U. Ransjo, M. Muller-Premru, W. Hryniewicz, A. Rossney, B. O’Connell, B. D. Short, J. Thomas, S. O’Hanlon, and M. C. Enright Continued on following page Continued from preceding page

StaphPlex System for Rapid and Simultaneous Yi-Wei Tang, Abdullah Kilic, 1867–1873 Identification of Resistance Determinants and Qunying Yang, Sigrid K. McAllister, Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Detection of Staphylococci Haijing Li, Rebecca S. Miller, from Positive Blood Cultures Melinda McCormac, Karen D. Tracy, Charles W. Stratton, Jian Han, and Brandi Limbago Comparative Genomics of Canadian Epidemic Lineages of Sara Christianson, George R. 1904–1911 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Golding, Jennifer Campbell, the Canadian Nosocomial Surveillance Program, and Michael R. Mulvey Assessment of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization and PCR- A. R. Brown and J. R. W. Govan 1920–1926 Based Methods for Rapid Identification of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Organisms Directly from Sputum Samples Multiplexed Identification of Blood-Borne Bacterial Maneesh R. Pingle, Kathleen 1927–1935 Pathogens by Use of a Novel 16S rRNA Gene PCR-Ligase Granger, Philip Feinberg, Rebecca Detection Reaction-Capillary Electrophoresis Assay Shatsky, Bram Sterling, Mark Rundell, Eric Spitzer, Davise Larone, Linnie Golightly, and Francis Barany Loss of Bacterial Diversity during Antibiotic Treatment of J. L. Flanagan, E. L. Brodie, L. 1954–1962 Intubated Patients Colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Weng, S. V. Lynch, O. Garcia, R. Brown, P. Hugenholtz, T. Z. DeSantis, G. L. Andersen, J. P. Wiener-Kronish, and J. Bristow Addition of neuA, the Gene Encoding N-Acylneuraminate Sandra Ratzow, Valeria Gaia, 1965–1968 Cytidylyl Transferase, Increases the Discriminatory Ability Ju¨rgen Herbert Helbig, Norman K. of the Consensus Sequence-Based Scheme for Typing Fry, and Paul Christian Lu¨ck Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Strains Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Margaret Ip, E. Anthony S. Nelson, 1969–1971 Nasopharyngeal Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Edmund S. C. Cheuk, Rita Y. T. Children Hospitalized for Acute Respiratory Illnesses in Sung, Albert Li, Helen Ma, and Hong Kong Paul K. S. Chan Epidemiologic Distribution of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Richard V. Goering, Linda K. 1981–1984 Element among Selected Methicillin-Resistant and McDougal, Greg E. Fosheim, Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Kristin K. Bonnstetter, Daniel J. Wolter, and Fred C. Tenover Multiplex PCR Assay for Rapid and Accurate Capsular Claire Poyart, Asmaa Tazi, He´le`ne 1985–1988 Typing of Group B Streptococci Re´glier-Poupet, Annick Billoe¨t, Nicole Tavares, Josette Raymond, and Patrick Trieu-Cuot Pantoea agglomerans, a Plant Pathogen Causing Human Andrea T. Cruz, Andreea C. 1989–1992 Disease Cazacu, and Coburn H. Allen Nucleotide Sequence Diversity of the bexA Gene in Jianwei Zhou, Dennis K. S. Law, 1996–1999 Serotypeable Haemophilus influenzae Strains Recovered from Michelle L. Sill, and Raymond Invasive Disease Patients in Canada S. W. Tsang Evaluation of Moxalactam with the BD Phoenix System for H. Pupin, H. Renaudin, O. Join- 2005–2008 Detection of Methicillin Resistance in Coagulase-Negative Lambert, C. Be´be´ar, F. Me´graud, Staphylococci and P. Lehours Evaluation of Three Molecular Assays for Rapid Patrice Francois, Manuela Bento, 2011–2013 Identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Gesuele Renzi, Stephan Harbarth, Didier Pittet, and Jacques Schrenzel Genetic Relatedness of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates L. J. Harrell, S. K. Sharps, R. A. 2017–2019 from Paired Blood and Respiratory Specimens Bean, and L. B. Reller Subtyping Method for Escherichia coli Shiga Toxin Søren Persson, Katharina E. P. 2020–2024 (Verocytotoxin) 2 Variants and Correlations to Clinical Olsen, Steen Ethelberg, and Manifestations Flemming Scheutz

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Distinct Pathotypes of O113 Escherichia coli Strains Isolated L. F. dos Santos, E. M. Gonc¸alves, 2028–2030 from Humans and Animals in Brazil T. M. I. Vaz, K. Irino, and B. E. C. Guth Metallo-␤-Lactamase or Extended-Spectrum ␤-Lactamase: Bjo¨rn A. Espedido, Lee C. Thomas, 2034–2036 a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing and Jonathan R. Iredell Analysis of the First Australian Strains of Bartonella Mark W. Woolley, David L. 2040–2043 quintana Reveals Unique Genotypes Gordon, and Bruce L. Wetherall Comparison of the Phenotyping Methods ID 32E and VITEK 2 Nade`ge Fanjat, Alexandre Leclercq, 2048–2050 Compact GN with 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for the Han Joosten, and Denis Robichon Identification of Enterobacter sakazakii Influence of Disk Preparation on Detection of Metallo-␤- Soraya S. Andrade, Renata C. 2058–2060 Lactamase-Producing Isolates by the Combined Disk Assay Pica˜o, Eloiza H. Campana, Adriana G. Nicoletti, Antoˆnio C. C. Pignatari, and Ana C. Gales

CHLAMYDIOLOGY AND RICKETTSIOLOGY High-Resolution Genetic Fingerprinting of European Strains Kevin J. Bown, Xavier Lambin, 1771–1776 of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by Use of Multilocus Variable- Nicholas H. Ogden, Miroslav Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis Petrovec, Susan E. Shaw, Zerai Woldehiwet, and Richard J. Birtles

MYCOBACTERIOLOGY AND AEROBIC ACTINOMYCETES Multicenter Laboratory Evaluation of the MB/BacT Montserrat Garrigo´, Lina Marcela 1766–1770 Detection System and the BACTEC MGIT Arago´n, Fernando Alcaide, Sonia 960 System in Comparison with the BACTEC 460TB System Borrell, Eugenia Carden˜osa, Juan for Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium Jose´ Gala´n, Julia´n Gonzalez-Martı´n, Nuria Martin-Casabona, Carmen Moreno, Margarita Salvado, and Pere Coll PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism for Rapid, Maxine Caws, Dau Quang Tho, 1789–1793 Low-Cost Identification of Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium Phan Minh Duy, Nguyen Thi Ngoc tuberculosis Lan, Dai Viet Hoa, Mili Estee Torok, Tran Thi Hong Chau, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Nguyen Tran Chinh, and Jeremy Farrar Comparison of Three Methods for Rapid Identification of Xueqiong Wu, Junxian Zhang, 1898–1903 Mycobacterial Clinical Isolates to the Species Level Jianqin Liang, Yang Lu, Hongmin Li, Chuihuan Li, Jun Yue, Lishui Zhang, and Zhihui Liu Operational Feasibility of Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Catharina C. Boehme, Pamela 1936–1940 Amplification for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Nabeta, German Henostroza, Microscopy Centers of Developing Countries Rubhana Raqib, Zeaur Rahim, Martina Gerhardt, Erica Sanga, Michael Hoelscher, Tsugunori Notomi, Tetsu Hase, and Mark D. Perkins Identification of an Emerging Pathogen, Mycobacterium Keith E. Simmon, June I. Pounder, 1978–1980 massiliense,byrpoB Sequencing of Clinical Isolates Collected John N. Greene, Frank Walsh, Clint in the United States M. Anderson, Samuel Cohen, and Cathy A. Petti

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MYCOLOGY Results from the ARTEMIS DISK Global Antifungal M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, D. L. 1735–1745 Surveillance Study, 1997 to 2005: an 8.5-Year Analysis of Gibbs, V. A. Newell, J. F. Meis, Susceptibilities of Candida Species and Other Yeast Species I. M. Gould, W. Fu, A. L. Colombo, to Fluconazole and Voriconazole Determined by CLSI E. Rodriguez-Noriega, and the Standardized Disk Diffusion Testing Global Antifungal Surveillance Group Bronchoalveolar Lavage Galactomannan in Diagnosis of Cornelius J. Clancy, Reia A. Jaber, 1759–1765 Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis among Solid-Organ Helen L. Leather, John R. Wingard, Transplant Recipients Benjamin Staley, L. Joseph Wheat, Christina L. Cline, Kenneth H. Rand, Denise Schain, Maher Baz, and M. Hong Nguyen Multicenter Evaluation of a New Disk Agar Diffusion A. Espinel-Ingroff, B. Arthington- 1811–1820 Method for Susceptibility Testing of Filamentous Fungi with Skaggs, N. Iqbal, D. Ellis, M. A. Voriconazole, Posaconazole, Itraconazole, Amphotericin B, Pfaller, S. Messer, M. Rinaldi, A. and Caspofungin Fothergill, D. L. Gibbs, and A. Wang Biofilm Production by Candida Species and Inadequate Mario Tumbarello, Brunella 1843–1850 Antifungal Therapy as Predictors of Mortality for Patients Posteraro, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, with Candidemia Barbara Fiori, Marianna Rossi, Rosaria Porta, Katleen de Gaetano Donati, Marilena La Sorda, Teresa Spanu, Giovanni Fadda, Roberto Cauda, and Maurizio Sanguinetti Identification of Genotypically Diverse Cryptococcus M. Bovers, M. R. Diaz, F. Hagen, 1874–1883 neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Isolates by Luminex L. Spanjaard, B. Duim, C. E. Visser, xMAP Technology H. L. Hoogveld, J. Scharringa, I. M. Hoepelman, J. W. Fell, and T. Boekhout To Test or Not To Test: a Cost Minimization Analysis of Curtis D. Collins, Gregory A. 1884–1888 Susceptibility Testing for Patients with Documented Candida Eschenauer, Susan L. Salo, and glabrata Fungemias Duane W. Newton Multilocus Genotyping Identifies by Multiple Susan M. Abdel-Rahman, Barry 1949–1953 Strains of Trichophyton tonsurans Preuett, and Andrea Gaedigk Evaluation of Etest and Disk Diffusion Methods Compared Daniel J. Diekema, Shawn A. 1974–1977 with Broth Microdilution Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Messer, Richard J. Hollis, Linda B. of Clinical Isolates of Candida spp. against Posaconazole Boyken, Shailesh Tendolkar, Jennifer Kroeger, and Michael A. Pfaller Clinical Evaluation of the Sensititre YeastOne Plate for Reena Patel, Cara Mendrick, Cindy 2000–2001 Testing Susceptibility of Filamentous Fungi to Posaconazole C. Knapp, Roger Grist, and Paul M. McNicholas Outbreak of Fungemia among Neonates Caused by Candida Zia U. Khan, Noura A. Al-Sweih, 2025–2027 haemulonii Resistant to Amphotericin B, Itraconazole, and Suhail Ahmad, Nawal Al-Kazemi, Fluconazole Seema Khan, Leena Joseph, and Rachel Chandy Impact of Zygomycosis on Microbiology Workload: a Survey Marta Torres-Narbona, Jesu´s 2051–2053 Study in Spain Guinea, Jose´ Martı´nez-Alarco´n, Patricia Mun˜oz, Ignacio Gadea, and Emilio Bouza as a representative of the MYCOMED Zygomycosis Study Group

PARASITOLOGY Possible Transmission of Cryptosporidium canis among Lihua Xiao, Vitaliano A. Cama, 2014–2016 Children and a Dog in a Household Lilia Cabrera, Ynes Ortega, Julie Pearson, and Robert H. Gilman

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VIROLOGY Agreement between Self- and Clinician-Collected Specimen Heidi E. Jones, Bruce R. Allan, 1679–1683 Results for Detection and Typing of High-Risk Human Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert, Papillomavirus in Specimens from Women in Gugulethu, Lydia Altini, Sylvia M. Taylor, South Africa Alana de Kock, Nicol Coetzee, and Anna-Lise Williamson Molecular Investigations of an Outbreak of Parainfluenza Hamid Jalal, David F. Bibby, Julie 1690–1696 Virus Type 3 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Bennett, Rebecca E. Sampson, a Hematology Unit Nicola S. Brink, Stephen MacKinnon, Richard S. Tedder, and Katherine N. Ward Multicenter Evaluation of the New Abbott RealTime Assays M. Schutten, D. Peters, N. K. T. 1712–1717 for Quantitative Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Back, M. Beld, K. Beuselinck, V. Virus Type 1 and Hepatitis C Virus RNA Foulongne, A.-M. Geretti, L. Pandiani, C. Tiemann, and H. G. M. Niesters Evaluation of Real-Time PCR Laboratory-Developed Tests Angela M. Caliendo, Jessica 1723–1727 Using Analyte-Specific Reagents for Cytomegalovirus Ingersoll, Andrea M. Fox-Canale, Quantification Sabine Pargman, Tameka Bythwood, Mary K. Hayden, James W. Bremer, and Nell S. Lurain Both Human Immunodeficiency Virus Cellular DNA Saverio G. Parisi, Caterina Boldrin, 1783–1788 Sequencing and Plasma RNA Sequencing Are Useful for Mario Cruciani, Giangiacomo Detection of Drug Resistance Mutations in Blood Samples Nicolini, Isabella Cerbaro, Vinicio from Antiretroviral-Drug-Naive Patients Manfrin, Federico Dal Bello, Elisa Franchin, Marzia Franzetti, Maria C. Rossi, Anna M. Cattelan, Laura Romano, Maurizio Zazzi, Massimo Andreoni, and Giorgio Palu` Frequent Occult Infection with Cytomegalovirus in Cardiac Luciano Potena, Cecile T. J. 1804–1810 Transplant Recipients despite Antiviral Prophylaxis Holweg, Marcy L. Vana, Leena Bashyam, Jaya Rajamani, A. Louise McCormick, John P. Cooke, Hannah A. Valantine, and Edward S. Mocarski Molecular Discrimination of Atypical Bovine Spongiform Jorg G. Jacobs, Jan P. M. 1821–1829 Encephalopathy Strains from a Geographical Region Langeveld, Anne-Gae¨lle Biacabe, Spanning a Wide Area in Europe Pier-Luigi Acutis, Miroslaw P. Polak, Dolores Gavier-Widen, Anne Buschmann, Maria Caramelli, Cristina Casalone, Maria Mazza, Martin Groschup, Jo H. F. Erkens, Aart Davidse, Fred G. van Zijderveld, and Thierry Baron Genetic and Phenotypic Features of Blood and Genital Viral Laurent Andreoletti, Katharina 1838–1842 Populations of Clinically Asymptomatic and Antiretroviral- Skrabal, Virginie Perrin, Nicolas Treatment-Naive Clade A Human Immunodeficiency Virus Chomont, Sentob Saragosti, Gerard Type 1-Infected Women Gresenguet, Helene Moret, Jerome Jacques, Jean de Dieu Longo, Mathieu Matta, Fabrizio Mammano, and Laurent Belec Evaluation of Different Clinical Sample Types in Diagnosis Mong How Ooi, Tom Solomon, 1858–1866 of Human Enterovirus 71-Associated Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Yuwana Podin, Anand Mohan, Disease Winnie Akin, Mohd Apandi Yusuf, Syvia del Sel, Kamsiah Mohd Kontol, Boon Fu Lai, Daniela Clear, Chae Hee Chieng, Emma Blake, David Perera, See Chang Wong, and Jane Cardosa

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Human Influenza A Virus (H5N1) Detection by a Novel Shumei Zou, Jian Han, Leying Wen, 1889–1892 Multiplex PCR Typing Method Yan Liu, Kassi Cronin, Shanjuan H. Lum, Lu Gao, Jie Dong, Ye Zhang, Yuanji Guo, and Yuelong Shu Evaluation of a Commercial Real-Time PCR Kit for Jose´ Eduardo Levi, Adriana Fumie 1893–1897 Detection of Dengue Virus in Samples Collected during an Tateno, Adriana Freire Machado, Outbreak in Goiaˆnia, Central Brazil, in 2005 De´bora Camillo Ramalho, Vanda Akico Ueda Fick de Souza, Adriana Oliveira Guilarde, Vale´ria Christina de Rezende Feres, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Marı´lia Dalva Turchi, Joa˜o Bosco Siqueira, Jr., and Cla´udio Se´rgio Pannuti Outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus Detected by Use of C. Abiko, K. Mizuta, T. Itagaki, N. 1912–1919 the Vero E6 Cell Line in Isolates Collected in Yamagata, Katsushima, S. Ito, Y. Matsuzaki, Japan, in 2004 and 2005 M. Okamoto, H. Nishimura, Y. Aoki, T. Murata, H. Hoshina, S. Hongo, and K. Ootani Comparison of the Digene Hybrid Capture System Kimberly E. Hanson, L. Barth 1972–1973 Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA (Version 2.0), Roche CMV Reller, Joanne Kurtzberg, Mitchell UL54 Analyte-Specific Reagent, and QIAGEN RealArt CMV Horwitz, Gwynn Long, and Barbara LightCycler PCR Reagent Tests Using AcroMetrix D. Alexander OptiQuant CMV DNA Quantification Panels and Specimens from Allogeneic-Stem-Cell Transplant Recipients Performance of a Rapid Assay (Binax NOW) for Detection Andrea T. Cruz, Andreea C. 1993–1995 of Respiratory Syncytial Virus at a Children’s Hospital over Cazacu, Jewel M. Greer, and Gail J. a 3-Year Period Demmler Prevalence of Anti-Hepatitis E Virus Antibodies in French Annie Boutrouille, Labib Bakkali- 2009–2010 Blood Donors Kassimi, Catherine Crucie`re, and Nicole Pavio Development of a Serological Assay Based on a Synthetic Yacine Abed, Dana Wolf, Ron 2037–2039 Peptide Selected from the VP0 Capsid for Detection Dagan, and Guy Boivin of Human Parechoviruses Rates of and Reasons for Failure of Commercial Human Jan Felix Drexler, Luciano Kleber 2061–2063 Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Viral Load Assays in Brazil de Souza Luna, Celia Pedroso, Diana Brasil Pedral-Sampaio, Artur T. L. Queiroz, Carlos Brites, Eduardo M. Netto, and Christian Drosten

CLINICAL VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY Rapid and Reliable Method for Quantification of Sung Jae Shin, Jun Hee Han, 1941–1948 Mycobacterium by Use of the BACTEC Elizabeth J. B. Manning, and MGIT 960 System Michael T. Collins Prevalence of PCR Ribotypes among Clostridium difficile Kevin Keel, Jon S. Brazier, Karen 1963–1964 Isolates from Pigs, Calves, and Other Species W. Post, Scott Weese, and J. Glenn Songer Comparison of Tests for Detection of ␤-Lactamase- A. Pitka¨la¨, L. Salmikivi, P. 2031–2033 Producing Staphylococci Bredbacka, A.-L. Myllyniemi, and M. T. Koskinen

EPIDEMIOLOGY Epidemiology and Outcomes of Community-Associated S. L. Davis, M. B. Perri, S. M. 1705–1711 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection Donabedian, C. Manierski, A. Singh, D. Vager, N. Z. Haque, K. Speirs, R. R. Muder, B. Robinson- Dunn, M. K. Hayden, and M. J. Zervos

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Identification and Distribution of Mycobacterium leprae Xiaoman Weng, Zheng Wang, Jian 1728–1734 Genotypes in a Region of High Prevalence in Liu, Miyako Kimura, William C. China: a 3-Year Molecular Epidemiological Study Black IV, Patrick J. Brennan, Huanying Li, and Varalakshmi D. Vissa Three-Year Longitudinal Study of Genotypes of Nicoletta Lari, Laura Rindi, Daniela 1851–1857 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Tuscany, Italy Bonanni, Nalin Rastogi, Christophe Sola, Enrico Tortoli, and Carlo Garzelli Molecular Epidemiology of the sil Streptococcal Invasive Philippe Bidet, Ce´line Courroux, 2002–2004 Locus in Group A Streptococci Causing Invasive Infections Christophe Salgueiro, Agne`s Carol, in French Children Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Ste´phane Bonacorsi, and Edouard Bingen Nonoutbreak Surveillance of Group A Streptococci Causing A. Fria˜es, M. Ramirez, J. Melo- 2044–2047 Invasive Disease in Portugal Identified Internationally Cristino, and the Portuguese Group Disseminated Clones among Members of a Genetically for the Study of Streptococcal Heterogeneous Population Infections Molecular Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Shih-Yen Chen, Yu-Chung Chang, 2054–2057 Viral Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients in Yun-Shien Lee, Hsun-Chin Chao, Northern Taiwan Kuo-Chien Tsao, Tzou-Yien Lin, Tzu-Yin Ko, Chi-Neu Tsai, and Cheng-Hsun Chiu Nosocomial Outbreak of striatum Infection Feliu Renom, Margarita Garau, 2064–2067 in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mateu Rubı´, Ferran Ramis, Anto`nia Galme´s, and Joan B. Soriano

CASE REPORTS Fatal Echovirus 18 Leukoencephalitis in a Child Delphine Brunel, Je´roˆme Jacques, 2068–2071 Jacques Motte, and Laurent Andre´oletti Nocardial Cerebral Abscess Associated with Mycetoma, Ilhan Elmaci, Durmus Senday, 2072–2074 Pneumonia, and Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Go¨kalp Silav, Figen Ekenel, Naci Balak, Erdogan Ayan, Murat Akinci, Nejat Is¸ik, and Saadet Yazici A Cluster of Legionella-Associated Pneumonia Cases in a Erin A. McDonough, David 2075–2077 Population of Military Recruits Metzgar, Christian J. Hansen, Christopher A. Myers, and Kevin L. Russell Infective Endocarditis as the Only Mercedes Marı´n, Patricia Mun˜oz, 2078–2081 Manifestation of Whipple’s Disease Mo´nica Sa´nchez, Marina del Rosal, Marta Rodrı´guez-Cre´ixems, and E. Bouza on behalf of Grupo de Apoyo al Manejo de la Endocarditis Infecciosa del Hospital Gregorio Maran˜o´n, Madrid, Spain Bacterial Arthritis Caused by Leptotrichia amnionii Miki Goto, Shigemi Hitomi, and 2082–2083 Tomoo Ishii First Case of Human Babesiosis in Korea: Detection and Jung-Yeon Kim, Shin-Hyeong Cho, 2084–2087 Characterization of a Novel Type of Babesia sp. (KO1) Hyun-Na Joo, Masayoshi Tsuji, Similar to Ovine Babesia Sung-Ran Cho, Il-Joong Park, Gyung-Tae Chung, Jung-Won Ju, Hyeng-Il Cheun, Hyeong-Woo Lee, Young-Hee Lee, and Tong-Soo Kim

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Isolation of Nocardia asiatica from Cutaneous Ulcers of a Elisabetta Iona, Federico Giannoni, 2088–2089 Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient in Italy Lara Brunori, Michele de Gennaro, Romano Mattei, and Lanfranco Fattorini

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Demonstration of Presence of Acanthamoeba Mitochondrial Shigeo Yagi, Frederick L. Schuster, 2090–2091 DNA in Brain Tissue and Cerebrospinal Fluid by PCR in and Karen Bloch Samples from a Patient Who Died of Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis Extent of Circulation of Incorrectly Labeled Adenovirus 50 Letter: Ijad Madisch and Albert 2092 and 51 Prototype Preparations Heim. Reply: Barry W. Waters Does One Voriconazole Breakpoint Suit All Candida Letter: Maiken Cavling Arendrup 2093–2094 Species? and David W. Denning. Reply: M. A. Pfaller, D. J. Diekema, and J. H. Rex Tigecycline Disk Diffusion Breakpoints of Acinetobacter spp.: Letter: Daniel Curcio and Francisco 2095–2096 a Clinical Point of View Ferna´ndez. Reply: Ronald N. Jones, Mary Jane Ferraro, L. Barth Reller, Paul C. Schreckenberger, and Helio S. Sader Arthritis Caused by : Spontaneous Letter: P. D. J. Sturm. Reply: David 2097 Infection? Scholle Possible Misidentification of GSP Rotavirus as a Novel Letter: Tung Gia Phan, Shoko 2098–2099 Strain Detected in Humans for the First Time Okitsu, Niwat Maneekarn, and Hiroshi Ushijima. Reply: Zhao-Jun Duan

ERRATA TaqMan Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR and JDVp26 Meredith Stewart, Moira Desport, 2100 Antigen Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay To Nining Hartaningsih, and Graham Quantify Jembrana Disease Virus Load during the Acute Wilcox Phase of In Vivo Infection Development of a Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Sergio G. Bartual, Harald Seifert, 2101 Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter Corinna Hippler, M. Angeles baumannii Domı´nguez Luzon, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, and Francisco Rodrı´guez-Valera Evaluation of a Multiple-Cycle, Recombinant Virus, Growth Carrie Dykes, Jiong Wang, Xia Jin, 2102 Competition Assay That Uses Flow Cytometry To Measure Vicente Planelles, Dong Sung An, Replication Efficiency of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Amanda Tallo, Yangxin Huang, Type 1 in Cell Culture Hulin Wu, and Lisa M. Demeter

AUTHORS’ CORRECTIONS tcdC Genotypes Associated with Severe TcdC Truncation in Scott R. Curry, Jane W. Marsh, 2103 an Epidemic Clone and Other Strains of Clostridium difficile Carlene A. Muto, Mary M. O’Leary, A. William Pasculle, and Lee H. Harrison Multiplex Real-Time PCR Targeting the RNase P RNA Åsa Innings, Måns Ullberg, Anders 2104 Gene for Detection and Identification of Candida Species in Johansson, Carl Johan Rubin, Blood Niklas Noreus, Magnus Isaksson, and Bjo¨rn Herrmann