JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Volume 46 April 2008 No. 4

BACTERIOLOGY

Reductions in Workload and Reporting Time by Use of Philippe R. S. Lagace´-Wiens, 1174–1177 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening with Michelle J. Alfa, Kanchana MRSASelect Medium Compared to Mannitol-Salt Medium Manickam, and Godfrey K. M. Supplemented with Oxacillin Harding Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Determination of Vesna Ivancˇic´, Mitra Mastali, Neil 1213–1219 Uropathogens in Clinical Urine Specimens by Use of ATP Percy, Jeffrey Gornbein, Jane T. Bioluminescence Babbitt, Yang Li, Elliot M. Landaw, David A. Bruckner, Bernard M. Churchill, and David A. Haake High-Resolution Genotyping of Campylobacter Species by James C. Hannis, Sheri M. Manalili, 1220–1225 Use of PCR and High-Throughput Mass Spectrometry Thomas A. Hall, Raymond Ranken, Neill White, Rangarajan Sampath, Lawrence B. Blyn, David J. Ecker, Robert E. Mandrell, Clifton K. Fagerquist, Anna H. Bates, William G. Miller, and Steven A. Hofstadler Development and Evaluation of Immunochromatographic Kentaro Kawatsu, Yuko Kumeda, 1226–1231 Assay for Simple and Rapid Detection of Campylobacter Masumi Taguchi, Wataru jejuni and Campylobacter coli in Human Stool Specimens Yamazaki-Matsune, Masashi Kanki, and Kiyoshi Inoue Evaluation of an Automated Instrument for Inoculating and J. H. Glasson, L. H. Guthrie, D. J. 1281–1284 Spreading Samples onto Agar Plates Nielsen, and F. A. Bethell New Immuno-PCR Assay for Detection of Low Wenlan Zhang, Martina 1292–1297 Concentrations of Shiga Toxin 2 and Its Variants Bielaszewska, Matthias Pulz, Karsten Becker, Alexander W. Friedrich, Helge Karch, and Thorsten Kuczius Suppression-Subtractive Hybridization as a Strategy To Laure Maigre, Christine Citti, Marc 1307–1316 Identify Taxon-Specific Sequences within the Mycoplasma Marenda, Franc¸ois Poumarat, and mycoides Cluster: Design and Validation of an M. capricolum Florence Tardy subsp. capricolum-Specific PCR Assay Prevalence of Plasmid-Mediated AmpC ␤-Lactamases in a Yi Li, Qing Li, Yuzhen Du, Xiaofei 1317–1321 Chinese University Hospital from 2003 to 2005: First Report Jiang, Jin Tang, Jianqiang Wang, of CMY-2-Type AmpC ␤-Lactamase Resistance in China Guilan Li, and Yanqun Jiang Etiological Analysis of Initial Colonization of Periodontal Jose Roberto Cortelli, Davi 1322–1329 Pathogens in Oral Cavity Romeiro Aquino, Sheila Cavalca Cortelli, Camila Borges Fernandes, Jonas de Carvalho-Filho, Gilson Ce´sar Nobre Franco, Fernando Oliveira Costa, and Toshihisa Kawai Serovar Senftenberg Human Clinical Qinghua Hu, Bryan Coburn, 1330–1336 Isolates Lacking SPI-1 Wanyin Deng, Yuling Li, Xiaolu Shi, Quanxue Lan, Bing Wang, Brian K. Coombes, and B. Brett Finlay

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Timing of Specimen Collection for Blood Cultures from Stefan Riedel, Paul Bourbeau, 1381–1385 Febrile Patients with Bacteremia Brandi Swartz, Steven Brecher, Karen C. Carroll, Paul D. Stamper, W. Michael Dunne, Timothy McCardle, Nathan Walk, Kristin Fiebelkorn, David Sewell, Sandra S. Richter, Susan Beekmann, and Gary V. Doern Rapid PCR-Based Diagnosis of Septic Arthritis by Early Samuel Yang, Padmini 1386–1390 Gram-Type Classification and Pathogen Identification Ramachandran, Andrew Hardick, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Celeste Quianzon, Marcos Kuroki, Justin Hardick, Aleksandar Kecojevic, Avanthi Abeygunawardena, Jonathan Zenilman, Johan Melendez, Vishal Doshi, Charlotte Gaydos, and Richard E. Rothman of Dental Caries in Primary and Permanent Teeth Jørn A. Aas, Ann L. Griffen, Sara 1407–1417 in Children and Young Adults R. Dardis, Alice M. Lee, Ingar Olsen, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Eugene J. Leys, and Bruce J. Paster Diagnostic Approach to Acute Diarrheal Illness in a David R. Tribble, Shahida Baqar, 1418–1425 Military Population on Training Exercises in Thailand, a Lorrin W. Pang, Carl Mason, Huo- Region of Campylobacter Hyperendemicity Shu H. Houng, Chittima Pitarangsi, Carlos Lebron, Adam Armstrong, Orntipa Sethabutr, and John W. Sanders Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis Katharine E. Volpe Sperry, Sophia 1435–1450 as a Tool for Subtyping Listeria monocytogenes Strains Kathariou, Justin S. Edwards, and Leslie A. Wolf Strains of Serotype O51:H40 Comprise Fabiana C. Moreira, Moˆnica A. M. 1462–1465 Typical and Atypical Enteropathogenic E. coli Strains and Vieira, Antonio J. P. Ferreira, Are Potentially Diarrheagenic Dennys M. Gira˜o, Taˆnia M. I. Vaz, Ana Cla´udia P. Rosa, Terezinha Knobl, Kinue Irino, Edna Freymu¨ller, and Taˆnia A. T. Gomes Differential Mucoid Exopolysaccharide Production by James E. A. Zlosnik, Trevor J. Hird, 1470–1473 Members of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex Monica C. Fraenkel, Leonilde M. Moreira, Deborah A. Henry, and David P. Speert Prevalence of Virulence Genes and Cytolethal Distending Kaisar A. Talukder, Mohammad 1485–1488 Toxin Production in Isolates from Aslam, Zhahirul Islam, Ishrat J. Diarrheal Patients in Bangladesh Azmi, Dilip K. Dutta, Sabir Hossain, Alam Nur-E-Kamal, Gopinath B. Nair, Alejandro Cravioto, David A. Sack, and Hubert P. Endtz Comparative Analysis of Human and Canine Campylobacter Peter Damborg, Luca Guardabassi, 1504–1506 upsaliensis Isolates by Amplified Fragment Length Karl Pedersen, and Branko Polymorphism Kokotovic Rapid Detection of the Pandemic Methicillin-Resistant Edward J. Feil, Emma K. 1520–1522 Staphylococcus aureus Clone ST 239, a Dominant Strain in Nickerson, Narisara Chantratita, Asian Hospitals Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Pramot Srisomang, Richard Cousins, WuBin Pan, Ge Zhang, BangLao Xu, Nicholas P. J. Day, and Sharon J. Peacock

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Is a Two-Step Glutamate Dehyrogenase -Cytotoxicity Peter H. Gilligan 1523–1525 Neutralization Assay Algorithm Superior to the Premier Toxin A and B Enzyme Immunoassay for Laboratory Detection of Clostridium difficile? Genetic Features of Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus Daisuke Tanaka, Junko Isobe, 1526–1529 dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Possessing Lancefield’s Group Masanori Watahiki, Yoshiyuki A Antigen Nagai, Chihiro Katsukawa, Ryuji Kawahara, Miyoko Endoh, Rumi Okuno, Nanako Kumagai, Masakado Matsumoto, Yoshiro Morikawa, Tadayoshi Ikebe, Haruo Watanabe, and the Working Group for Group A Streptococci in Japan Increased Sporulation Rate of Epidemic Clostridium difficile Thomas Åkerlund, Ingela Persson, 1530–1533 Type 027/NAP1 Magnus Unemo, Torbjo¨rn Nore´n, Bo Svenungsson, Marlene Wullt, and Lars G. Burman Identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Determination of James Goldmeyer, Haijing Li, 1534–1536 Methicillin Resistance Directly from Positive Blood Cultures Melinda McCormac, Steve Cook, by Isothermal Amplification and a Disposable Detection Charles Stratton, Bertrand Lemieux, Device Huimin Kong, Wen Tang, and Yi- Wei Tang

CHLAMYDIOLOGY AND RICKETTSIOLOGY Optimal Method of Collection of First-Void Urine for Craig A. Wisniewski, John A. 1466–1469 Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Men White, Claude-Edouard C. Michel, Lourdes Mahilum-Tapay, Jose Paolo V. Magbanua, Elpidio Cesar B. Nadala, Jr., Penelope J. Barber, Beng T. Goh, and Helen H. Lee New Diagnostic Real-Time PCR for Specific Detection of Nicola Casson, Klara M. Posfay- 1491–1493 Parachlamydia acanthamoebae DNA in Clinical Samples Barbe, Alain Gervaix, and Gilbert Greub

MYCOBACTERIOLOGY AND AEROBIC ACTINOMYCETES Nocardia wallacei sp. nov. and Nocardia blacklockiae sp. nov., Patricia S. Conville, June M. Brown, 1178–1184 Human Pathogens and Members of the “Nocardia Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Barbara A. transvalensis Complex” Brown-Elliott, and Frank G. Witebsky Sequence Polymorphisms in a Surface PPE Protein Tanya A. Griffiths, Kevin Rioux, 1207–1212 Distinguish Types I, II, and III of Mycobacterium avium and Jeroen De Buck subsp. paratuberculosis Genetic Diversity of Mycobacterium avium Isolates Recovered Julio A´ lvarez, Ignacio Go´mez 1246–1251 from Clinical Samples and from the Environment: Garcı´a, Alicia Aranaz, Javier Bezos, Molecular Characterization for Diagnostic Purposes Beatriz Romero, Lucı´a de Juan, Ana Mateos, Enrique Go´mez- Mampaso, and Lucas Domı´nguez

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Application of Sensitive and Specific Molecular Methods To A. L. Gibson, R. C. Huard, N. C. 1259–1267 Uncover Global Dissemination of the Major RDRio Gey van Pittius, L. C. O. Lazzarini, Sublineage of the Latin American-Mediterranean J. Driscoll, N. Kurepina, T. Zozio, Mycobacterium tuberculosis Spoligotype Family C. Sola, S. M. Spindola, A. L. Kritski, D. Fitzgerald, K. Kremer, H. Mardassi, P. Chitale, J. Brinkworth, D. Garcia de Viedma, B. Gicquel, J. W. Pape, D. van Soolingen, B. N. Kreiswirth, R. M. Warren, P. D. van Helden, N. Rastogi, P. N. Suffys, J. Lapa e Silva, and J. L. Ho Relationship between Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genotype Guy Thwaites, Maxine Caws, Tran 1363–1368 and the Clinical Phenotype of Pulmonary and Meningeal Thi Hong Chau, Anthony D’Sa, Tuberculosis Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan, Mai Nguyet Thu Huyen, Sebastien Gagneux, Phan Thi Hoang Anh, Dau Quang Tho, Estee Torok, Nguyen Thi Quynh Nhu, Nguyen Thi Hong Duyen, Phan Minh Duy, Jonathan Richenberg, Cameron Simmons, Tran Tinh Hien, and Jeremy Farrar Fluorometric Assay for Testing Rifampin Susceptibility of K. G. P. Hoek, N. C. Gey van 1369–1373 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Pittius, H. Moolman-Smook, K. Carelse-Tofa, A. Jordaan, G. D. van der Spuy, E. Streicher, T. C. Victor, P. D. van Helden, and R. M. Warren Three-Year Population-Based Evaluation of Standardized Caroline Allix-Be´guec, Maryse 1398–1406 Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive-Unit–Variable- Fauville-Dufaux, and Philip Supply Number Tandem-Repeat Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Spread of a Low-Fitness Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium O. J. Strauss, R. M. Warren, A. 1514–1516 tuberculosis Strain in a Setting of High Human Jordaan, E. M. Streicher, M. Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence Hanekom, A. A. Falmer, H. Albert, A. Trollip, E. Hoosain, P. D. van Helden, and T. C. Victor

MYCOLOGY Rapid Identification and Differentiation of Trichophyton Fanrong Kong, Zhongsheng Tong, 1192–1199 Species, Based on Sequence Polymorphisms of the Xiaoyou Chen, Tania Sorrell, Bin Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer Regions, by Rolling- Wang, Qixuan Wu, David Ellis, and Circle Amplification Sharon Chen Rapid Detection of Triazole Antifungal Resistance in Guillermo Garcia-Effron, Amanda 1200–1206 Aspergillus fumigatus Dilger, Laura Alcazar-Fuoli, Steven Park, Emilia Mellado, and David S. Perlin Improved Detection of Circulating Aspergillus Antigen by Monique A. S. H. Mennink-Kersten, 1391–1397 Use of a Modified Pretreatment Procedure Dorien Ruegebrink, Rocus R. Klont, Adilia Warris, Nicole M. A. Blijlevens, J. Peter Donnelly, and Paul E. Verweij Survey of Vaginal-Flora Candida Species Isolates from John-Paul Vermitsky, Matthew J. 1501–1503 Women of Different Age Groups by Use of Species-Specific Self, Sean G. Chadwick, Jason P. PCR Detection Trama, Martin E. Adelson, Eli Mordechai, and Scott E. Gygax

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Rapid and Accurate Identification of Candida albicans Jan Trnovsky, William Merz, Phyllis 1537–1540 Isolates by Use of PNA FISHFlow Della-Latta, Fann Wu, Maiken Cavling Arendrup, and Henrik Stender

VIROLOGY Genotyping of Human Papillomaviruses by a Novel One- Morie Nishiwaki, Tomohiro 1161–1168 Step Typing Method with Multiplex PCR and Clinical Yamamoto, Somako Tone, Taichi Applications Murai, Tatsuya Ohkawara, Takakuni Matsunami, Motoiki Koizumi, Yoshitake Takagi, Jun Yamaguchi, Nobuo Kondo, Jun Nishihira, Takeharu Horikawa, and Takashi Yoshiki Multiple Combinations of P[13]-Like Genotype with G3, G4, Wisoot Chan-it, Pattara Khamrin, 1169–1173 and G5 in Porcine Rotaviruses Prayuth Saekhow, Chansom Pantip, Aksara Thongprachum, Supatra Peerakome, Hiroshi Ushijima, and Niwat Maneekarn RespiFinder: a New Multiparameter Test To Differentially Martin Reijans, Gijs Dingemans, 1232–1240 Identify Fifteen Respiratory Viruses Corne´ H. Klaassen, Jacques F. Meis, Judith Keijdener, Brit Mulders, Kimberly Eadie, Willem van Leeuwen, Alex van Belkum, Alphons M. Horrevorts, and Guus Simons Detection of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in EDTA Whole- Birgit D. A. Michelin, Ita 1241–1245 Blood Samples: Evaluation of the Quantitative artus CMV Hadzˇisejdic´, Michael Bozic, Maja LightCycler PCR Kit in Conjunction with Automated Grahovac, Markus Hess, Blazˇenka Sample Preparation Grahovac, Egon Marth, and Harald H. Kessler Comparison of Reverse Hybridization, Microarray, and Suzan D. Pas, Nathalie Tran, 1268–1273 Sequence Analysis for Genotyping B Virus Robert A. de Man, C. Burghoorn- Maas, Guy Vernet, and Hubert G. M. Niesters Clinical Evaluation of NucliSENS Magnetic Extraction and Christine C. Ginocchio, Ryhana 1274–1280 NucliSENS Analyte-Specific Reagents for Real-Time Manji, Madhavi Lotlikar, and Fan Detection of Human Metapneumovirus in Pediatric Zhang Respiratory Specimens Comparison of Nine Commercially Available Assays for D. Huzly, T. Schenk, W. Jilg, and 1298–1306 Quantification of Antibody Response to Hepatitis B Virus D. Neumann-Haefelin Surface Antigen Impact of Human Bocavirus on Children and Their Families Susanna Esposito, Samantha Bosis, 1337–1342 Hubert G. M. Niesters, Elena Tremolati, Caterina Sabatini, Alessandro Porta, Emilio Fossali, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, and Nicola Principi Emergence of G12 Rotavirus Strains in Delhi, India, in 2000 S. Sharma, P. Ray, J. R. Gentsch, 1343–1348 to 2007 R. I. Glass, V. Kalra, and M. K. Bhan Acute Infantile Gastroenteritis Associated with Human Khira Sdiri-Loulizi, Hakima Gharbi- 1349–1355 Enteric Viruses in Tunisia Khe´lifi, Alexis de Rougemont, Slaheddine Chouchane, Nabil Sakly, Katia Ambert-Balay, Mouna Hassine, Mohamed Neji Gue´diche, Mahjoub Aouni, and Pierre Pothier

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Increase of Integration Events and Infection Loads of Jo L. K. Cheung, T. H. Cheung, 1356–1362 Human Papillomavirus Type 52 with Lesion Severity from Julian W. T. Tang, and Paul K. S. Low-Grade Cervical Lesion to Invasive Cancer Chan Dried-Blood Sampling for Epstein-Barr Virus J. Fachiroh, P. R. Prasetyanti, D. K. 1374–1380 Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA Serology in Paramita, A. T. Prasetyawati, D. W. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Screening Anggrahini, S. M. Haryana, and J. M. Middeldorp Lagos Bat Virus in Kenya Ivan V. Kuzmin, Michael Niezgoda, 1451–1461 Richard Franka, Bernard Agwanda, Wanda Markotter, Janet C. Beagley, Olga Y. Urazova, Robert F. Breiman, and Charles E. Rupprecht Prevalence of Human Metapneumovirus in Central Illinois Joan Barenfanger, Tina Mueller, 1489–1490 in Patients Thought To Have Respiratory Viral Infection Janet O’Brien, Cheryl Drake, and Jerry Lawhorn Assessment of Rapid Tests for Detection of Human Brian Louie, Ernest Wong, Jeffrey 1494–1497 Immunodeficiency Virus-Specific Antibodies in Recently D. Klausner, Sally Liska, Frederick Infected Individuals Hecht, Terri Dowling, Martha Obeso, Susan S. Phillips, and Mark W. Pandori Smallpox Virus Resequencing GeneChips Can Also Rapidly Irshad M. Sulaiman, Scott A. 1507–1509 Ascertain Species Status for Some Zoonotic Non-Variola Sammons, and Robert M. Orthopoxviruses Wohlhueter GeneXpert Enterovirus Assay: One-Year Experience in a Katja Seme, Tina Mocˇilnik, Kristina 1510–1513 Routine Laboratory Setting and Evaluation on Three Fujs Komlosˇ, Ana Doplihar, David Proficiency Panels H. Persing, and Mario Poljak Evaluation of the Abbott RealTime HBV DNA Assay and Marco Ciotti, Fabbio Marcuccilli, 1517–1519 Comparison to the Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan 48 Tania Guenci, Maria Grazia Assay in Monitoring Patients with Chronic Cases of Prignano, and Carlo Federico Perno Hepatitis B Variation of a Newcastle Disease Virus Hemagglutinin- Sun-Hee Cho, Hyuk-Joon Kwon, 1541–1544 Neuraminidase Linear Epitope Tae-Eun Kim, Jae-Hong Kim, Han- Sang Yoo, and Sun-Joong Kim

CLINICAL VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY Validation of the BrockTB Stat-Pak Assay for Detection of Mark A. Chambers, Tim Crawshaw, 1498–1500 Tuberculosis in Eurasian Badgers (Meles meles) and Sue Waterhouse, Richard Delahay, Influence of Disease Severity on Diagnostic Accuracy R. Glyn Hewinson, and Konstantin P. Lyashchenko

EPIDEMIOLOGY Molecular Epidemiology of Rotavirus Diarrhea among Ali M. Kheyami, Toyoko Nakagomi, 1185–1191 Children in Saudi Arabia: First Detection of G9 and G12 Osamu Nakagomi, Winifred Dove, Strains C. Anthony Hart, and Nigel A. Cunliffe Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Aichi Virus Strains in K. Ambert-Balay, M. Lorrot, F. 1252–1258 Stool Samples from Community and Hospitalized Patients Bon, H. Giraudon, J. Kaplon, M. Wolfer, P. Lebon, D. Gendrel, and P. Pothier Population Structure of Invasive and Colonizing Strains of John F. Bohnsack, April Whiting, 1285–1291 Streptococcus agalactiae from Neonates of Six U.S. Academic Marcelo Gottschalk, Diane Marie Centers from 1995 to 1999 Dunn, Robert Weiss, Parvin H. Azimi, Joseph B. Philips III, Leonard E. Weisman, George G. Rhoads, and Feng-Ying C. Lin

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Genetic and Epidemiological Analysis of Influenza Virus Jhih-Wei Jian, Guang-Wu Chen, 1426–1434 Epidemics in Taiwan during 2003 to 2006 Cheng-Tsung Lai, Li-Ching Hsu, Pei-Jer Chen, Steve Hsu-Sung Kuo, Ho-Sheng Wu, and Shin-Ru Shih Molecular Epidemiology of Norovirus Infections in Children Jong-Sub Yoon, Sung-Geun Lee, 1474–1477 with Acute Gastroenteritis in South Korea in November Seong-Karp Hong, Su-A Lee, 2005 through November 2006 Weon-Hwa Jheong, Sang-Suk Oh, Mi-Hwa Oh, Gwang-Pyo Ko, Chan- Hee Lee, and Soon-Young Paik Prophages in Listeria monocytogenes Contain Single- Yi Chen and Stephen J. Knabel 1478–1484 Nucleotide Polymorphisms That Differentiate Outbreak Clones within Epidemic Clones

CASE REPORTS Human Fulminant Gas Gangrene Caused by Clostridium Noriyuki Nagano, Shinji Isomine, 1545–1547 chauvoei Haru Kato, Yoshimasa Sasaki, Motohide Takahashi, Koji Sakaida, Yukiko Nagano, and Yoshichika Arakawa Acute Renal Failure Due to Acute Tubular Caused Dong-Min Kim, Dae Woong Kang, 1548–1550 by Direct Invasion of tsutsugamushi Jong O. Kim, Jong Hoon Chung, Hyun Lee Kim, Chi Young Park, and Sung-Chul Lim Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia fergusonii: a Case of Acute Vincenzo Savini, Chiara Catavitello, 1551–1552 Cystitis Marzia Talia, Assunta Manna, Franca Pompetti, Marco Favaro, Carla Fontana, Fabio Febbo, Andrea Balbinot, Fabio Di Berardino, Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Silvia Di Zacomo, Francesca Esattore, and Domenico D’Antonio Septic Pulmonary Emboli and Bacteremia Associated with Michael Y. Lin, Katayoun Rezai, 1553–1555 Deep Tissue Infections Caused by Community-Acquired and David N. Schwartz Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Hip Infection Caused by Tropheryma whipplei Julie Cremniter, Thomas Bauer, 1556–1557 Alain Lortat-Jacob, Dominique Vodovar, Jean-Marie Le Parc, Jean- Franc¸ois Emile, Brigitte Franc, Pierre Sebbag, Jean-Louis Gaillard, and Beate Heym Fatal Levofloxacin Failure in Treatment of a Bacteremic M. de Cueto, J. M. Rodrı´guez, M. J. 1558–1560 Patient Infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae with a Soriano, L. Lo´pez-Cerero, J. Preexisting parC Mutation Venero, and A. Pascual

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Effects of Shipping and Storage Conditions of Fecal Samples Sangeeta Khare, L. Garry Adams, 1561–1562 on Viability of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Jason Osterstock, Allen Roussel, and Laetitia David Prevalence of Streptococcus Invasive Locus (sil) and Its Dewan Sakhawat Billal, Muneki 1563–1564 Relationship with Macrolide Resistance among Group A Hotomi, Jun Shimada, Keiji Streptococcus Strains Fujihara, Kimiko Ubukata, Rinya Sugita, and Noboru Yamanaka Stability of Frozen, Heat-Killed Cultures of Coccidioides Miriam Valesco 1565 immitis as Positive-Control Material in the Gen-Probe AccuProbe Coccidioides immitis Culture Identification Test

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Prevalence of Fecal Carriage of Acquired Expanded- Jean-Yves Madec, Corinne 1566–1567 Spectrum Cephalosporin Resistance in Lazizzera, Pierre Chaˆtre, Danie`le Strains from Cattle in France Meunier, Sylvie Martin, Ge´rard Lepage, Marie-Franc¸oise Me´nard, Patricia Lebreton, and Thomas Rambaud Supplementation of Growth Media with Zn2؉ Facilitates Panagiota Giakkoupi, Sofia Vourli, 1568–1569 Detection of VIM-2-Producing Michalis Polemis, Victoria Kalapothaki, Leonidas S. Tzouvelekis, and Alkiviadis C. Vatopoulos Association between Streptococcus infantarius (Formerly S. Juan Corredoira, Marı´a Pilar 1570 bovis II/1) Bacteremia and Noncolonic Cancer Alonso, Amparo Coira, and Jose´ Varela Exon 4 of the Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Major Marianne Leruez-Ville, Aure´lie 1571–1572 Immediate-Early Gene as a Target for CMV Real-Time PCR Ducroux, and Christine Rouzioux Endophthalmitis: Potential Benefits of Repeated Intravitreal M. Hui, W. H. Lam, W. H. Ho, and 1573 Injections of Antibiotics C. Y. Chan

ERRATUM Pathotypical Characterization and Molecular Epidemiology Zhuo-Ming Qin, Lei-Tao Tan, Huai- 1574 of Newcastle Disease Virus Isolates from Different Hosts in Ying Xu, Bao-Chen Ma, You-Ling China from 1996 to 2005 Wang, Xiao-Yuan Yuan, and Wen- Jun Liu

AUTHORS’ CORRECTIONS Pharyngeal Colonization Dynamics of influenzae Deepa Mukundan, Zafer Ecevit, 1575 and Haemophilus haemolyticus in Healthy Adult Carriers Mayuri Patel, Carl F. Marrs, and Janet R. Gilsdorf Identification of New Genetic Regions More Prevalent in Jingping Xie, Patricia C. Juliao, 1576 Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Otitis Media Strains Janet R. Gilsdorf, Debashis Ghosh, than in Throat Strains Mayuri Patel, and Carl F. Marrs