Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 1994: Vol 20 Table of Contents

5 Pages·1994·1.1 MB·English

DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY
AND
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Volume 20 (1994) Contents
NUMBER 1, SEPTEMBER
Bacteriology
Comparison of TechLab Clostridium difficile Tox-A Enzyme Immunoassay and
Bartels Prima System Toxin-A EIA
Kevin R. Forward, Maurice T. Dalton, Elizabeth Kerr, Nadeen Paisley, and Geraldine
Cooper
Postantibiotic Effect of Roxithromycin on Streptolysin O Production,
Hydrophobicity, and Bactericidal Activity of PMNL by Streptococcus pyogenes
Atef M. Shibl, Mohammed A. Ramadan, and Abdel-Kader F. Tawfik
Virology
Detection of Human Cytomegalovirus in Peripheral Blood Leukocytes by the
Polymerase Chain Reaction and a Nonradioactive Probe 13
Inara E. Souza, Donald Nicholson, Sandra Matthey, Beth Alden, and Thomas H.
Haugen
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies
Assessment of the Bactericidal Activity of Sparfloxacin, Ofloxacin,
Levofloxacin, and Other Fluoroquinolones Compared with Selected Agents of
Proven Efficacy Against Listeria monocytogenes 21
Charles E. Cherubin and Charles W. Stratton
Comparative in vitro Activity of FK-037, a New Cephalosporin Antibiotic 27
Alison M. Clarke, S. Janet V. Zemcov, and Maria M. Hubinette
Case Reports
Candida Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infection: Report of Two New Cases and
Review of the Literature 33
Jorge Sdnchez-Portocarrero, Pablo Martin-Rabaddn, Cristobal J. Saldana, and Elisa
Pérez-Cecilia
An Old Antibiotic for a New Multiple-Resistant Enterococcus faecium? 41
Francisco Moreno, James H. Jorgensen, and Marc H. Weiner
Notes
DU-6859a, a New Fluoroquinolone Agent: Comparative in vitro Activity
Against Enteric Pathogens and Multiresistant Outpatient Escherichia coli 45
John F. Tomayko, Volkan Korten, and Barbara E. Murray
Cefquinome (HR 111V): In vitro Evaluation of a Broad-Spectrum Cephalosporin
Indicated for Infections in Animals 49
Stephen P. Murphy, Meridith E. Erwin, and Ronald N. Jones
In vitro Activity of Dirithromycin, a New Macrolide Antibiotic, Against
Mycoplasma Species 57
Kirsty A. Rennie, Errol S. Prasad, and Wanda M. Wenman
NUMBER 2, OCTOBER
Bacteriology
Characterization of Enterococci Isolated from Human and Nonhuman Sources
in Brazil 61
Carmen Saramago Stern, Maria da Gloria Siqueira Carvalho, and
Lucia Martins Teixeira
Lactoferrin Interaction with Salmonellae Potentiates Antibiotic Susceptibility
in vitro 69
A. Satyanarayan Naidu and Roland R. Arnold
Rapid Detection of Hyaluronic Acid Capsules on Group A Streptococci by
Buoyant Density Centrifugation 77
Paul L. DeAngelis and Paul H. Weigel
Mycology
Evaluation of 80% Inhibition Standards for the Determination of Fluconazole
Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations in Three Laboratories 81
Ana Espinel-Ingroff, Lynn Steele-Moore, and John N. Galgiani
Comparison of Fluconazole Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations in Three
Different Formulations of RPMI-1640 87
Ana Espinel-Ingroff and Lynn Steele-Moore
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies
Update of Lomefloxacin in vitro Activity and Spectrum: A Multicenter Trial
Testing Contemporary Pathogens Following Food and Drug Administration
Validation Guidelines 93
Ronald N. Jones, Helio S. Sader, Meredith E. Erwin, and the Lomefloxacin
Study Group
Case Reports
Asperillus Peritonitis in a Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patient:
Case Report and Review of the Literature 99
M. Hong Nguyen and Robert R. Muder
Actinobacillus (Pasteurella) ureae Meningitis in a HIV-Positive Patient 105
Solly Kaka, Richard Lunz, and Keith P. Klugman
Notes
Comparison of Two Enzyme Immunoassays and Two Latex Agglutination
Assays for Detection of Cytomegalovirus Antibody
Gary V. Doern, Lois Robbie, and Lyn Marrama
Detection of Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococci by the Vitek AMS System
Ronald ]. Zabransky, Anthony R. Di Nuzzo, Mary Beth Huber, and Gail L. Woods
Letter to the Editor
Comparison of a New Latex Agglutination Assay with Indirect
Immunofluorescence to Detect Varicella—Zoster Antibodies
Reinhard Zbinden, Martin Wehrli, and Ivo Heinzer
Book Review
Vibrio cholerae and Cholera: Molecular to Global Perspectives (I1.K. Wachsmuth,
P.A. Blake, and O. Olsvik, eds.)
Reviewed by Albert Balows
NUMBER 3, NOVEMBER
Bacteriology
Subcultures of BacrEc-Positive But Gram or Acridine Orange Stain—-Negative
NR 6A and 7A Blood Culture Bottles Are Unnecessary
Lizzie J. Harrell, Stanley Mirrett, and L. Barth Reller
Mycology
Strain Delineation and Antifungal Susceptibilities of Epidemiologically Related
and Unrelated Isolates of Candida lusitaniae
Michael A. Pfaller, S.A. Messer, and Richard J. Hollis
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies
Major Methodology-Dependent Discordant Susceptibility Results for Bacteroides
fragilis Group Isolates But Not Other Anaerobes
Kenneth E. Aldridge and Denise D. Schiro
Prediction of Piperacillin-Tazobactam Susceptibility Among Enterobacteriaceae,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Other Bacteria Using Ticarcillin—Clavulanic Acid,
Ceftazidime, and Other Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial in vitro Test Results
Ronald N. Jones, Larry D. Sutton, H. Furman Cantrell, and Richard B. Lankford
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Bacterial Isolates at the American
University Medical Center in Lebanon
George F. Araj, Marwan M. Uwaydah, and Samih Y. Alami
Case Reports
Evaluations of the Etest for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Legionella
pneumophila, Including Validation of the Imipenem and Sparfloxacin Strips
Paul R. Rhomberg and Ronald N. Jones
Extragenital Infection Due to Mobiluncus mulieris: Case Reports and Review
Jeanmarie Mayer, Susan Hegewald, Victor E. Sartor, and Karen Carroll
Notes
Preliminary Interpretive Criteria for in vitro Susceptibility Testing of CP-99219
by Dilution and Disk Diffusion Methods 167
Ronald N. Jones
Comparison of Mupirocin Susceptibility of Nasal and Nonnasal Staphylococcus
aureus Isolates 171
Linda J. Utrup, Jane E. Finlay, Stephen F. Rittenhouse, and James A. Poupard
In vitro Activity of FK-037: A Parenteral Cephalosporin 175
John Segreti, James Kraatz, Mitchell Goldman, and Gordon M. Trenholme
NUMBER 4, DECEMBER
Bacteriology
Comparison by Extended Ribotyping of Pseudomonas cepacia Isolated from
Cystic Fibrosis Patients with Acute and Chronic Infections 181
Kenneth R. Rozee, David Haase, Nowi E. Macdonald, and Wendy M. Johnson
Development of a Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay to Detect the Presence of
Streptococcus pneumoniae DNA 187
Leonard R. Friedland, Anil G. Menon, Shirley F. Reising, Richard M. Ruddy, and
Daniel ]. Hassett
Virology
Use of the Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Detection of Chlamydia
trachomatis from Endocervical and Urine Specimens in an Asymptomatic
Low-Prevalence Population of Women 195
Martin Skulnick, Robert Chua, Andrew E. Simor, Donald E. Low, Herbert E. Khosid,
Sandy Fraser, Elliot Lyons, Elizabeth A. Legere, and Deborah A. Kitching
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Studies
Prevalence of Important Pathogens and the Antimicrobial Activity of Parenteral
Drugs at Numerous Medical Centers in the United States: II. Study of the
Intra- and Interlaboratory Dissemination of Extended-Spectrum
B-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae 203
Helio S. Sader, Michael A. Pfaller, and Ronald N. Jones
Notes
Multiple-Drug-Resistant Salmonella gloucester Infections in Bangladesh 209
Syed Samiul Hoque, Mohammed Abdus Salam, Abu S.G. Faruque, and M. John Albert
Evaluation of the Etest for Antimicrobial Spectrum and Potency Determinations
of Anaerobes Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis and Peritonitis 213
Janet L. Croco, Meredith E. Erwin, Jean M. Jennings, Lisa R. Putnam, and
Ronald N. Jones
Author Index for Volumes 18, 19, and 20 221 |
Subject Index for Volumes 18, 19, and 20 225 |