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Volume 17 (1993) contents
DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND |NFECTIOUSDISEASE
Volume 17 (1993) Contents
NUMBER 1, JULY
Bacteriology Human Neutrophil Oxidative Response and Phagocytic Killing of Clinical and Laboratory Strains of Enterococcus faecalis Richard M. Novak, Timothy J. Holzer, and Claudia R. Libertin
1
Comparison of VIDAS Clostridium difficile Toxin-A Assay and Premier C. difficile Toxin-A Assay to Cytotoxin-B Tissue Culture Assay for the Detection of Toxins of C. difficile Cynthia C. Knapp, Ramon L. Sandin, Gerri S. Hall, Margaret D. Ludwig, Isobel Rutherford, and John A. Washington
7
Epidemiologic Typing of Multiply Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from an Outbreak in an Intensive Care Unit Helio S. Sader, Antonio C. Pignatari, Ivani L. Leme, Marcelo N. Burattini, Regina Tancresi, Richard J. Hollis, and Ronald N. Jones Clinical Assessment of Anaerobic Isolates from Blood Cultures Susan E. Sharp, James C. McLaughlin, Jay M. Goodman, Jacqueline Moore, Susan M. Spanos, David W. Keller III, and Robert J. Poppiti, Jr.
13
19
Identification of Clinical Isolates of Nondiphtherial Corynebacterium Species and Their Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns Denise Y. Williams, Sally T. Selepak, and Vee J. Gill
23
Application of a Leukocyte and Nitrite Urine Test Strip to the Management of Children with Neurogenic Bladder John D. Anderson, G. Keith Chambers, and Hjalmar W. Johnson
29
Virology Detection of Human T-Lymphocytic Virus Type-I/II env Antibodies by Immunoassays Using Recombinant Fusion Proteins Donna L. Rudolph, Rima F. Khabbaz, Thomas M. Folks, and Renu B. Lal
35
Clinical Studies Posthysterectomy Wound Infection: A Review Consuelo Miranda, Juna C. Alados, Jose M. Molina, Carmen Dominguez, Yolanda Partal, Jose A. Miranda, and Manuel de la Rosa In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Tioconazole and Its Concentrations in Vaginal Fluids Following Topical (Vagistat-1 6.5%) Application Ronald N. Jones, Martha ]. Bale, Daryl Hoban, and Meridith E. Erwin
4!
45
Notes Sensitivity of Surveillance Cultures for the Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Nursing-Home-Care Unit David L. Sewell, Susan A. Potter, CIeone M. Jacobson, Larry J. Strausbaugh, and Thomas T. Ward
53
An Enzyme Immunoassay for the Direct Detection of Adenovirus in Clinical Specimens Curt A. Gleaves, Julie Militoni, and Rhoda L. Ashley
57
In vitro Susceptibility Test Practices with Haemophilus influenzae Among College of American Pathologists Survey Participants in the United States Gary V. Doern and Ronald N. Jones
61
Evaluation of Disk Susceptibility Testing of Fosfomycin Tromethamine Michael A. Pfaller, Arthur L. Barry, and Peter C. Fuchs
67
A Comparison of the in vitro Postantibiotic Effect of Meropenem and Imipenem versus Selected Enterobacteriaceae and Other Pathogens Harriette L. Nadler and Waheed Sheikh
71
Comparison of MRC-5 and A-549 Cells in Conventional Culture Tubes and Shell Vial Assays for the Detection of Varicella-Zoster Virus James P. Brinker and Gary V. Doern
75
In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of CP-99433 Compared with Other Fluoroquinolones David M. Johnson, Ronald N. Jones, and Meridith E. Erwin
79
In vitro Activity of Sparfloxacin, Ciprofloxacin, Ofloxacin, and Other Antibiotics Against Bloodstream Isolates of Gram-Positive Cocci Coleman Rotstein, Daniel Amsterdam, Thomas R. Beam, Jr., Lionel A. Mandel, and Eugene A. Gorzynski
85
NUMBER 2, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER Bacteriology Comparison of Direct Specimen Testing Utilizing TestPack Strep A with Testing of Specimens Following a Two-Hour Broth Enrichment Paul P. Bourbeau, Barbara J. Heiter, John P. Anhalt, and Donna W. Naumovitz GyrA Sequence Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Strains Selected, in vitro, for High-Level Ciprofloxacin Resistance Lance R. Peterson, Keith E. Willard, Leann M. Sinn, Claudine E. Fasching, and Dale N. Gerding
93
97
Lysis-Centrifugation Blood Cultures in the Detection of Tissue-Proven Invasive Candidiasis: Disseminated versus Single-Organ Infection Juan Berenguer, Michael Buck, Frank Witebsky, Frida Stock, Philip A. Pizzo, and Thomas J. Walsh
103
Mycobacteriology Characterization of Mycobacterium fortuitum Isolates from Sternotomy Wounds by Antimicrobial Susceptibilities, Plasmid Profiles, and Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Gene Restriction Patterns Wing-wai Yew, Poon-chuen Wong, Hok-sin Woo, Chi-wai Yip, Chiu-yeung Chan, and Fun-bun Cheng
111
Improved Detection of Mycobacterial Antigens in Clinical Specimens by Combined Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays George F. Araj, Bassam H. Fahmawi, Tulsi D. Chugh, and Mustafa Abu-Salim
119
Virology Restriction Enzyme Fragment Length Polymorphisms of Amplified Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 DNA Provide Epidemiologic Information Thomas H. Haugen, Beth Alden, Sandra Matthey, and Donald Nicholson
129
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies Serum Inhibitory and Bactericidal Activity Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Volunteers Receiving Novobiocin and Rifampin Alone and in Combination Harold C. Standiford, Thomas J. Walsh, George L. Drusano, Beverly A. Tatem, and Raymond J. Townsend In vitro Activity of Cefpodoxime Compared with Other Oral Cephalosporins Tested Against 5556 Recent Clinical Isolates from Five Medical Centers Helio S. Sader, Ronald N. Jones, John A. Washington, Patrick R. Murray, E. Hugh Gerlach, Stephen D. Allen, and Meridith E. Erwin In vitro Activity of Sparfloxacin and Clinafloxacin Against Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci Mary Beth Perri, Joseph W. Chow, and Marcus J. Zervos The North American Component (the United States and Canada) of an International Comparative MIC Trial Monitoring Ofloxacin Resistance Daryl J. Hoban, Ronald N. Jones, Lizzie J. Harrell, Michael Knudson, and David Sewell
135
143
151
157
Case Reports Central Venous Catheter Infection Caused by Moraxella osloensis in a Patient Receiving Home Parenteral Nutrition Alan L. Buchman, M. John Pickett, Linda Mann, and Marvin E. Ament Bilateral Septic Arthritis Due to Salmonella enteritidis Ranjit John, Dilip Mathai, Alfred J. Daniel, and M.K. Lalitha
163 167
Notes In vitro Activity of Ampicillin, Amoxicillin, Ampicillin-Sulbactam, and Amoxicillin-Clavulanic Acid Against Consecutive Clinical Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae Peter C. Fuchs, Arthur L. Barry, Michael A. Pfaller, Dwight J. Hardy, James C. McLaughlin, and E. Hugh Gerlach
171
In vitro Activity of New Quinoxaline Compounds Against Campylobacter Species and Clostridium difficile John Segreti, Larry J. Goodman, and Gordon M. Trenholme
177
Comparison of Fetal Bovine Serum and Colostrum-Free Bovine Serum Supplements for Virus Culture Vanna Maggs, Robert Flamm, and Rhoda Ashley
181
NUMBER 3, OCTOBER
Bacteriology Diagnostic Evaluation of Polymerase Chain Reaction Discriminative for Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B. bronchiseptica Elisabet Reizenstein, Bo Johansson, Lena Mardin, Janis Abens, Roland M61lby, and Hans O. Hallander Assessment of Gelatin Supplementation of PEDS Plus BACTECBlood Culture Medium Jane C. McDonald, Kathleen Knowles, and Simon Sorger
185
193
Mycology Cryptococcal Antigen Detection from the Urine of AIDS Patients Kimberle Chapin-Robertson, Cynthia Bechtel, Sandra Waycott, Christine Kontnick, and Stephen C. Edberg
197
Mycobacteriology Detection and Identification of Mycobacterium Directly from BACTECBottles by Using a DNA-rRNA Probe Kimberle Chapin-Robertson, Suzanne Dahlberg, Sandra Waycott, Josephino Corrales, Christine Kontnick, and Stephen C. Edberg
203
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies Effect of Protein on Ramoplanin Broth Microdilution Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations Roberto Scotti, Jacqueline K. DuIworth, Michael T. Kenny, and Beth P. Goldstein
209
Comparison of Susceptibility Test Methods to Detect Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Richard B. Clark, Olarae Giger, and Joel E. Mortensen
213
Susceptibility of [3-Lactamase-Producing Enterococci to Piperacillin with Tazobactam Pablo C. Okhuysen, Kavindra V. Singh, and Barbara E. Murray
219
Interlaboratory Variations of Fluoroquinolone Susceptibility Testing: An International Study to Validate the Quality of Microbiology Results Reported During the Fleroxacin Clinical Trials Ronald N. Jones, Meridith E. Erwin, Hans L. Hager, and Peter E. Hohl
225
Notes Diagnostic Value of Rapid Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by Using Amplified Enzyme Immunassay in Infants with Respiratory Infections Kei Numazaki and Shunzo Chiba
233
Aberrant Histoplasma capsulatum: Confirmation of Identity by a Chemiluminescence-Labeled DNA Probe Ramon L. Sandin, Carlos M. Isada, Gerri S. Hall, J. Walton Tomford, Isobel Rutherford, Alvin L. Rogers, and John A. Washington
235
Comparison of Two BACTECAnaerobic Culture Media for Recovery of Anaerobic Bacteria Patricia Cregan, Ellen H. Fiss, Anne Sullivan, Geo. F. Brooks, and Mary K. York
239
Interpretive Criteria for Cefodizime in vitro Susceptibility Tests with Neisseria gonorrhoeae Mary S. Barrett, Ronald N. Jones, and Meridith E. Erwin
243
Comparison of a New Latex Agglutination Assay with Indirect Immunofluorescence to Detect Varicella-Zoster Antibodies Paula Klevjer-Anderson and Lawrence W. Anderson
247
Cross-Resistance to ~-Lactam-~-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations and Clindamycin Among Cefoxitin-Resistant and Cefoxitin-Susceptible Strains of the Bacteroides fragilis Group Kenneth E. Aldridge
251
Erratum
257
NUMBER 4, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
Bacteriology Reactivity of the Glycocalyx of Endocarditis-Producing Viridans Group Streptococci Lawrence H. Dall, Betty L. Herndon, and Roberta Smith
259
In vitro Activity of Recombinant Lysostaphin-Antibiotic Combinations Toward Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus June Polak, Phyllis Della Latta, and Peter Blackburn
265
Brucella melitensis Growth on Loewenstein-Jensen Egg Medium from a Case of Brucella Meningitis Joram Keness, Ilana Friedrich, Menachem Bahai, and Shimon Schonfeld
271
Application of Genomic DNA Subtyping by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis and Restriction Enzyme Analysis of Plasmid DNA to Characterize MethicillinResistant Staphylococcus aureus from Two Nosocomial Outbreaks Maria Luiza M. Branchini, Virginia H. Morthland, Antonia T. Tresoldi, Angela Von Nowakonsky, Maria Beatriz Souza Dias, and Michael A. Pfaller
275
Virology Antiviral Susceptibility Testing of Cytomegalovirus from Primary Culture Using Shell Vial Assay to Detect the Late Viral Antigen Steven M. Lipson, Ling-Fang Tseng, Mark H. Kaplan, and Frank X. Biondo
283
Parasitology Rapid Diagnosis of Malaria by Use of Fluorescent Probes Pietro Caramello, Anna Lucchini, Dianella Savoia, and Paolo Gioannini
293
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies In vitro Activity of Three Carbapenem Antibiotics: Comparative Studies with Biapenem (L-627), Imipenem, and Meropenem Against Aeorbic Pathogens Isolated Worldwide DaryI J. Hoban, Ronald N. Jones, Nobuhisa Yamane, Reno Frei, Antoni Trilla, and Antonio C. Pignatari
299
In vitro Comparison of E4868, a New Trifluoroquinolone, with Ciprofloxacin and Temafloxacin Tested Against 5192 Recent Clinical Isolates from Five Medical Centers Patrick R. Murray, Ronald N. Jones, John A. Washington, E. Hugh Gerlach, and Stephen D. Allen
307
Note Prediction of Bacterial Susceptibility to Cefpodoxime by Using the Ceftriaxone Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Result Ronald N. Jones and Gary E. Zurenko
313
Book Review Cell Wall Deficient Forms: Stealth Pathogens, 2nd edition (Lida H. Mattman) Reviewed by Albert Balows
317
Volume 17 Author Index Volume 17 Subject Index
319 321
Volume 17 (1993) Contents
NUMBER 1, JULY
Bacteriology Human Neutrophil Oxidative Response and Phagocytic Killing of Clinical and Laboratory Strains of Enterococcus faecalis Richard M. Novak, Timothy J. Holzer, and Claudia R. Libertin
1
Comparison of VIDAS Clostridium difficile Toxin-A Assay and Premier C. difficile Toxin-A Assay to Cytotoxin-B Tissue Culture Assay for the Detection of Toxins of C. difficile Cynthia C. Knapp, Ramon L. Sandin, Gerri S. Hall, Margaret D. Ludwig, Isobel Rutherford, and John A. Washington
7
Epidemiologic Typing of Multiply Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from an Outbreak in an Intensive Care Unit Helio S. Sader, Antonio C. Pignatari, Ivani L. Leme, Marcelo N. Burattini, Regina Tancresi, Richard J. Hollis, and Ronald N. Jones Clinical Assessment of Anaerobic Isolates from Blood Cultures Susan E. Sharp, James C. McLaughlin, Jay M. Goodman, Jacqueline Moore, Susan M. Spanos, David W. Keller III, and Robert J. Poppiti, Jr.
13
19
Identification of Clinical Isolates of Nondiphtherial Corynebacterium Species and Their Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns Denise Y. Williams, Sally T. Selepak, and Vee J. Gill
23
Application of a Leukocyte and Nitrite Urine Test Strip to the Management of Children with Neurogenic Bladder John D. Anderson, G. Keith Chambers, and Hjalmar W. Johnson
29
Virology Detection of Human T-Lymphocytic Virus Type-I/II env Antibodies by Immunoassays Using Recombinant Fusion Proteins Donna L. Rudolph, Rima F. Khabbaz, Thomas M. Folks, and Renu B. Lal
35
Clinical Studies Posthysterectomy Wound Infection: A Review Consuelo Miranda, Juna C. Alados, Jose M. Molina, Carmen Dominguez, Yolanda Partal, Jose A. Miranda, and Manuel de la Rosa In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Tioconazole and Its Concentrations in Vaginal Fluids Following Topical (Vagistat-1 6.5%) Application Ronald N. Jones, Martha ]. Bale, Daryl Hoban, and Meridith E. Erwin
4!
45
Notes Sensitivity of Surveillance Cultures for the Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Nursing-Home-Care Unit David L. Sewell, Susan A. Potter, CIeone M. Jacobson, Larry J. Strausbaugh, and Thomas T. Ward
53
An Enzyme Immunoassay for the Direct Detection of Adenovirus in Clinical Specimens Curt A. Gleaves, Julie Militoni, and Rhoda L. Ashley
57
In vitro Susceptibility Test Practices with Haemophilus influenzae Among College of American Pathologists Survey Participants in the United States Gary V. Doern and Ronald N. Jones
61
Evaluation of Disk Susceptibility Testing of Fosfomycin Tromethamine Michael A. Pfaller, Arthur L. Barry, and Peter C. Fuchs
67
A Comparison of the in vitro Postantibiotic Effect of Meropenem and Imipenem versus Selected Enterobacteriaceae and Other Pathogens Harriette L. Nadler and Waheed Sheikh
71
Comparison of MRC-5 and A-549 Cells in Conventional Culture Tubes and Shell Vial Assays for the Detection of Varicella-Zoster Virus James P. Brinker and Gary V. Doern
75
In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of CP-99433 Compared with Other Fluoroquinolones David M. Johnson, Ronald N. Jones, and Meridith E. Erwin
79
In vitro Activity of Sparfloxacin, Ciprofloxacin, Ofloxacin, and Other Antibiotics Against Bloodstream Isolates of Gram-Positive Cocci Coleman Rotstein, Daniel Amsterdam, Thomas R. Beam, Jr., Lionel A. Mandel, and Eugene A. Gorzynski
85
NUMBER 2, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER Bacteriology Comparison of Direct Specimen Testing Utilizing TestPack Strep A with Testing of Specimens Following a Two-Hour Broth Enrichment Paul P. Bourbeau, Barbara J. Heiter, John P. Anhalt, and Donna W. Naumovitz GyrA Sequence Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Strains Selected, in vitro, for High-Level Ciprofloxacin Resistance Lance R. Peterson, Keith E. Willard, Leann M. Sinn, Claudine E. Fasching, and Dale N. Gerding
93
97
Lysis-Centrifugation Blood Cultures in the Detection of Tissue-Proven Invasive Candidiasis: Disseminated versus Single-Organ Infection Juan Berenguer, Michael Buck, Frank Witebsky, Frida Stock, Philip A. Pizzo, and Thomas J. Walsh
103
Mycobacteriology Characterization of Mycobacterium fortuitum Isolates from Sternotomy Wounds by Antimicrobial Susceptibilities, Plasmid Profiles, and Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Gene Restriction Patterns Wing-wai Yew, Poon-chuen Wong, Hok-sin Woo, Chi-wai Yip, Chiu-yeung Chan, and Fun-bun Cheng
111
Improved Detection of Mycobacterial Antigens in Clinical Specimens by Combined Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays George F. Araj, Bassam H. Fahmawi, Tulsi D. Chugh, and Mustafa Abu-Salim
119
Virology Restriction Enzyme Fragment Length Polymorphisms of Amplified Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 DNA Provide Epidemiologic Information Thomas H. Haugen, Beth Alden, Sandra Matthey, and Donald Nicholson
129
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies Serum Inhibitory and Bactericidal Activity Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Volunteers Receiving Novobiocin and Rifampin Alone and in Combination Harold C. Standiford, Thomas J. Walsh, George L. Drusano, Beverly A. Tatem, and Raymond J. Townsend In vitro Activity of Cefpodoxime Compared with Other Oral Cephalosporins Tested Against 5556 Recent Clinical Isolates from Five Medical Centers Helio S. Sader, Ronald N. Jones, John A. Washington, Patrick R. Murray, E. Hugh Gerlach, Stephen D. Allen, and Meridith E. Erwin In vitro Activity of Sparfloxacin and Clinafloxacin Against Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci Mary Beth Perri, Joseph W. Chow, and Marcus J. Zervos The North American Component (the United States and Canada) of an International Comparative MIC Trial Monitoring Ofloxacin Resistance Daryl J. Hoban, Ronald N. Jones, Lizzie J. Harrell, Michael Knudson, and David Sewell
135
143
151
157
Case Reports Central Venous Catheter Infection Caused by Moraxella osloensis in a Patient Receiving Home Parenteral Nutrition Alan L. Buchman, M. John Pickett, Linda Mann, and Marvin E. Ament Bilateral Septic Arthritis Due to Salmonella enteritidis Ranjit John, Dilip Mathai, Alfred J. Daniel, and M.K. Lalitha
163 167
Notes In vitro Activity of Ampicillin, Amoxicillin, Ampicillin-Sulbactam, and Amoxicillin-Clavulanic Acid Against Consecutive Clinical Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae Peter C. Fuchs, Arthur L. Barry, Michael A. Pfaller, Dwight J. Hardy, James C. McLaughlin, and E. Hugh Gerlach
171
In vitro Activity of New Quinoxaline Compounds Against Campylobacter Species and Clostridium difficile John Segreti, Larry J. Goodman, and Gordon M. Trenholme
177
Comparison of Fetal Bovine Serum and Colostrum-Free Bovine Serum Supplements for Virus Culture Vanna Maggs, Robert Flamm, and Rhoda Ashley
181
NUMBER 3, OCTOBER
Bacteriology Diagnostic Evaluation of Polymerase Chain Reaction Discriminative for Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B. bronchiseptica Elisabet Reizenstein, Bo Johansson, Lena Mardin, Janis Abens, Roland M61lby, and Hans O. Hallander Assessment of Gelatin Supplementation of PEDS Plus BACTECBlood Culture Medium Jane C. McDonald, Kathleen Knowles, and Simon Sorger
185
193
Mycology Cryptococcal Antigen Detection from the Urine of AIDS Patients Kimberle Chapin-Robertson, Cynthia Bechtel, Sandra Waycott, Christine Kontnick, and Stephen C. Edberg
197
Mycobacteriology Detection and Identification of Mycobacterium Directly from BACTECBottles by Using a DNA-rRNA Probe Kimberle Chapin-Robertson, Suzanne Dahlberg, Sandra Waycott, Josephino Corrales, Christine Kontnick, and Stephen C. Edberg
203
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies Effect of Protein on Ramoplanin Broth Microdilution Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations Roberto Scotti, Jacqueline K. DuIworth, Michael T. Kenny, and Beth P. Goldstein
209
Comparison of Susceptibility Test Methods to Detect Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Richard B. Clark, Olarae Giger, and Joel E. Mortensen
213
Susceptibility of [3-Lactamase-Producing Enterococci to Piperacillin with Tazobactam Pablo C. Okhuysen, Kavindra V. Singh, and Barbara E. Murray
219
Interlaboratory Variations of Fluoroquinolone Susceptibility Testing: An International Study to Validate the Quality of Microbiology Results Reported During the Fleroxacin Clinical Trials Ronald N. Jones, Meridith E. Erwin, Hans L. Hager, and Peter E. Hohl
225
Notes Diagnostic Value of Rapid Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by Using Amplified Enzyme Immunassay in Infants with Respiratory Infections Kei Numazaki and Shunzo Chiba
233
Aberrant Histoplasma capsulatum: Confirmation of Identity by a Chemiluminescence-Labeled DNA Probe Ramon L. Sandin, Carlos M. Isada, Gerri S. Hall, J. Walton Tomford, Isobel Rutherford, Alvin L. Rogers, and John A. Washington
235
Comparison of Two BACTECAnaerobic Culture Media for Recovery of Anaerobic Bacteria Patricia Cregan, Ellen H. Fiss, Anne Sullivan, Geo. F. Brooks, and Mary K. York
239
Interpretive Criteria for Cefodizime in vitro Susceptibility Tests with Neisseria gonorrhoeae Mary S. Barrett, Ronald N. Jones, and Meridith E. Erwin
243
Comparison of a New Latex Agglutination Assay with Indirect Immunofluorescence to Detect Varicella-Zoster Antibodies Paula Klevjer-Anderson and Lawrence W. Anderson
247
Cross-Resistance to ~-Lactam-~-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations and Clindamycin Among Cefoxitin-Resistant and Cefoxitin-Susceptible Strains of the Bacteroides fragilis Group Kenneth E. Aldridge
251
Erratum
257
NUMBER 4, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
Bacteriology Reactivity of the Glycocalyx of Endocarditis-Producing Viridans Group Streptococci Lawrence H. Dall, Betty L. Herndon, and Roberta Smith
259
In vitro Activity of Recombinant Lysostaphin-Antibiotic Combinations Toward Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus June Polak, Phyllis Della Latta, and Peter Blackburn
265
Brucella melitensis Growth on Loewenstein-Jensen Egg Medium from a Case of Brucella Meningitis Joram Keness, Ilana Friedrich, Menachem Bahai, and Shimon Schonfeld
271
Application of Genomic DNA Subtyping by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis and Restriction Enzyme Analysis of Plasmid DNA to Characterize MethicillinResistant Staphylococcus aureus from Two Nosocomial Outbreaks Maria Luiza M. Branchini, Virginia H. Morthland, Antonia T. Tresoldi, Angela Von Nowakonsky, Maria Beatriz Souza Dias, and Michael A. Pfaller
275
Virology Antiviral Susceptibility Testing of Cytomegalovirus from Primary Culture Using Shell Vial Assay to Detect the Late Viral Antigen Steven M. Lipson, Ling-Fang Tseng, Mark H. Kaplan, and Frank X. Biondo
283
Parasitology Rapid Diagnosis of Malaria by Use of Fluorescent Probes Pietro Caramello, Anna Lucchini, Dianella Savoia, and Paolo Gioannini
293
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies In vitro Activity of Three Carbapenem Antibiotics: Comparative Studies with Biapenem (L-627), Imipenem, and Meropenem Against Aeorbic Pathogens Isolated Worldwide DaryI J. Hoban, Ronald N. Jones, Nobuhisa Yamane, Reno Frei, Antoni Trilla, and Antonio C. Pignatari
299
In vitro Comparison of E4868, a New Trifluoroquinolone, with Ciprofloxacin and Temafloxacin Tested Against 5192 Recent Clinical Isolates from Five Medical Centers Patrick R. Murray, Ronald N. Jones, John A. Washington, E. Hugh Gerlach, and Stephen D. Allen
307
Note Prediction of Bacterial Susceptibility to Cefpodoxime by Using the Ceftriaxone Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Result Ronald N. Jones and Gary E. Zurenko
313
Book Review Cell Wall Deficient Forms: Stealth Pathogens, 2nd edition (Lida H. Mattman) Reviewed by Albert Balows
317
Volume 17 Author Index Volume 17 Subject Index
319 321