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 Salmonella enterica 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 Continued on following page Continued from preceding page 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 Bacteria 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 Escherichia coli 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 Campylobacter jejuni 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 Continued on following page Continued from preceding page Is a Two-Step Glutamate Dehyrogenase Antigen-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 Continued on following page Continued from preceding page 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. 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