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  1. Myths in the laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection
  2. Identification and Characterization of Clostridium difficile Sequence Type 37 Genotype by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
  3. Parallel Validation of Three Molecular Devices for Simultaneous Detection and Identification of Influenza A and B and Respiratory Syncytial Viruses
  4. Update on Antimicrobial Resistance in Clostridium difficile: Resistance Mechanisms and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
  5. Direct Detection and Identification of Bacterial Pathogens from Urine with Optimized Specimen Processing and Enhanced Testing Algorithm
  6. Molecular Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients in Eastern China
  7. Clinical Evaluation of the Luminex NxTAG Respiratory Pathogen Panel
  8. Duplex DNA-Invading γ-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acids Enable Rapid Identification of Bloodstream Infections in Whole Blood
  9. Reducing Unnecessary and Duplicate Ordering for Ovum and Parasite Examinations and Clostridium difficile PCR in Immunocompromised Patients by Using an Alert at the Time of Request in the Order Management System
  10. Fusobacterium nucleatum Subspecies Identification by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
  11. Monitoring of Cytomegalovirus Viral Loads by Two Molecular Assays in Whole-Blood and Plasma Samples from Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
  12. Detection of a Transient R292K Mutation in Influenza A/H3N2 Viruses Shed for Several Weeks by an Immunocompromised Patient: TABLE 1
  13. Non-genomic Omic Techniques
  14. Preface
  15. Molecular Medical Microbiology – The Expanding Concept
  16. Principles and Applications of Genomic Diagnostic Techniques
  17. A Novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain with an oprD Mutation in Relation to a Nosocomial Respiratory Infection Outbreak in an Intensive Care Unit
  18. Laboratory diagnosis of HSV and varicella zoster virus infections
  19. Clinical Validation of the Lyra Direct HSV 1+2/VZV Assay for Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of Three Herpesviruses in Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Lesions
  20. Evaluation of Alere i Influenza A&B for Rapid Detection of Influenza Viruses A and B
  21. Real-time cellular analysis for quantitative detection of functionalClostridium difficiletoxin in stool
  22. Early life establishment of site-specific microbial communities in the gut
  23. Estimating Risk of C. difficile Transmission from PCR Positive but Cytotoxin Negative Cases
  24. Molecular identification of staphylococcal bacteraemia
  25. Real-Time Cellular Analysis Coupled with a Specimen Enrichment Accurately Detects and Quantifies Clostridium difficile Toxins in Stool
  26. Evaluation of a Real-Time PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Kingella kingae and Staphylococcus aureus from Synovial Fluid in Suspected Septic Arthritis
  27. Quantitative Detection of Vibrio cholera Toxin by Real-Time and Dynamic Cytotoxicity Monitoring
  28. Advanced Techniques for Detection and Identification of Microbial Agents of Gastroenteritis
  29. Enhanced Diagnostic Yields of Bacteremia and Candidemia in Blood Specimens by PCR-Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
  30. Promoting translational research in human and veterinary medical virology
  31. Septicaemia caused by Clostridium sporogenes
  32. Role of a Respiratory Viral Panel in the Clinical Management of Pediatric Inpatients
  33. Respiratory virus multiplex RT-PCR assay sensitivities and influence factors in hospitalized children with lower respiratory tract infections
  34. Kikuchi-Fujimoto lymphadenitis: role of parvovirus B-19, Epstein-Barr virus, human herpesvirus 6, and human herpesvirus 8
  35. Mycobacterium smegmatis in Skin Biopsy Specimens from Patients with Suppurative Granulomatous Inflammation
  36. Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology
  37. Molecular Bacteriology and Mycobacteriology
  38. Molecular Microbiology: Diagnostic Principles and Practice . Second Edition. Edited by David H. Persing, Fred C. Tenover, Yi-Wei Tang, Frederick S. Nolte, Randall T. Hayden, and Alex van Belkum. Washington (DC): ASM Press. $179.95. xvi + 936 p. + 12 p...
  39. Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of Human Papillomavirus Genotypes 6, 11, 16 and 18 by AllGlo Quadruplex Quantitative PCR
  40. Detection, Identification, and Distribution of Fungi in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Specimens by Use of Multilocus PCR Coupled with Electrospray Ionization/Mass Spectrometry
  41. Clinical Accuracy of a PLEX-ID Flu Device for Simultaneous Detection and Identification of Influenza Viruses A and B
  42. Genotypes and antimicrobial profiles of Shigella sonnei isolates from diarrheal patients circulating in Beijing between 2002 and 2007
  43. Amplification Product Inactivation
  44. Interpretation and Relevance of Advanced Technique Results
  45. Molecular Diagnosis of HIV-1 Infections: Current State of the Art
  46. An Introduction to In Vitro Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
  47. An Introduction to Amplification–Production–Detection Techniques
  48. Diagnosis and Assessment of Microbial Infections with Host and Microbial microRNA Profiles
  49. Comparative clinical evaluation of the IsoAmp® HSV Assay with ELVIS® HSV culture/ID/typing test system for the detection of herpes simplex virus in genital and oral lesions
  50. Mycobacterial infection identified with broad-range PCR amplification and suspension array identification
  51. Past, present and future molecular diagnosis and characterization of human immunodeficiency virus infections
  52. Detection of Plasmodium vivax in a child returning from India by use of broad-range PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
  53. Pearls and pitfalls of genomics-based microbiome analysis
  54. Plasmodium
  55. Near instrument-free, simple molecular device for rapid detection of herpes simplex viruses
  56. Near-infrared Raman Microspectroscopy Detects High-risk Human Papillomaviruses
  57. Immune Mediators of protective and pathogenic immune responses in patients with mild and fatal human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis
  58. Absence of Gastrointestinal Pathogens in Ileum Tissue Resected for Necrotizing Enterocolitis
  59. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in a Japanese University Hospital between 1987 and 2004
  60. Serum MicroRNA Expression Profile Distinguishes Enterovirus 71 and Coxsackievirus 16 Infections in Patients with Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
  61. Recent Translational Research in HIV/AIDS
  62. Pearls and Pitfalls of HIV-1 Serologic Laboratory Testing
  63. Pearls and Pitfalls of HIV-1 Serologic Laboratory Testing
  64. Comparative Evaluation of Bruker Biotyper and BD Phoenix Systems for Identification of Bacterial Pathogens Associated with Urinary Tract Infections
  65. Molecular Assays for the Detection and Characterization of Respiratory Viruses
  66. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and database for identification of Legionella species 1 1 This study was presented in part at the 110th American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, 23–27 May 2010, San ...
  67. Lacazia
  68. Molecular Diagnosis of Viral Respiratory Infections
  69. Molecular Microbiology
  70. Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
  71. A rapid and simple isothermal nucleic acid amplification test for detection of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2
  72. Molecular Approaches to the Diagnosis of Meningitis and Encephalitis
  73. New technology for rapid molecular diagnosis of bloodstream infections
  74. Carbapenem Resistance via the blaKPC-2 Gene in Enterobacter cloacae Blood Culture Isolate
  75. Nucleic Acid Assay System for Tier II Laboratories and Moderately Complex Clinics to Detect HIV in Low‐Resource Settings
  76. Triplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for simultaneous detection of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci and determination of methicillin resistance directly from positive blood culture bottles
  77. Staphylococcus aureus: An Old Pathogen with New Weapons
  78. Infections of the Central Nervous System
  79. Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Other Respiratory Viral Pathogens
  80. Emerging Molecular Assays for Detection and Characterization of Respiratory Viruses
  81. Sensitive, qualitative detection of human herpesvirus-6 and simultaneous differentiation of variants A and B
  82. Recent Works on Microbes and Infections in China
  83. Introduction and Comments: Advances and Trends in Diagnostic Microbiology in China
  84. Book Review Diagnostic Microbiology of the Immunocompromised Host Edited by Randall T. Hayden, Karen C. Carroll, Yi-Wei Tang, and Donna M. Wolk. 479 pp., illustrated. Washington, DC, ASM Press, 2009. $139.95. 978-1-55581-397-0
  85. Reply to Amendola et al.
  86. Diagnostic Microbiology of the Immunocompromised Host
  87. Recent Works on Microbes and Infections in China
  88. CULTURE VERSUS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION FOR THE ETIOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN ANTIBIOTIC-PRETREATED PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
  89. Central Nervous System Infections
  90. Increased Detectability of Plasma HIV‐1 RNA after Introduction of a New Assay and Altered Specimen‐Processing Procedures
  91. Application of Isothermal Helicase-Dependent Amplification with a Disposable Detection Device in a Simple Sensitive Stool Test for Toxigenic Clostridium difficile
  92. Staphylococcus pseudolugdunensis sp. nov., a pyrrolidonyl arylamidase/ornithine decarboxylase-positive bacterium isolated from blood cultures
  93. Laboratory diagnosis of CNS infections by molecular amplification techniques
  94. Host Single‐Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Altered Responses to Inactivated Influenza Vaccine
  95. Detection and differentiation of wild-type and vaccine mutant varicella-zoster viruses using an Invader Plus® method
  96. Differences in variation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 sequences from Henan and Shanghai regions of China
  97. SMALL COLONY VARIANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS MULTIORGAN INFECTION
  98. Evaluation of a Digene-Recommended Algorithm for Human Papillomavirus Low-Positive Results Present in a “Retest Zone”
  99. Evaluation of a Digene-Recommended Algorithm for Human Papillomavirus Low-Positive Results Present in a "Retest Zone"
  100. Bartonella quintana endocarditis with positive serology for Coxiella burnetii
  101. Accuracy and Impact of a Point-of-Care Rapid Influenza Test in Young Children With Respiratory Illnesses
  102. Urine polymerase chain reaction is not as sensitive as urine antigen for the diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis
  103. QIAamp MinElute Virus kit effectively extracts viral nucleic acids from cerebrospinal fluids and nasopharyngeal swabs
  104. Molecular Diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and Superantigen Gene Detection
  105. Detection of Medically Important Ehrlichia by Quantitative Multicolor TaqMan Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction of the dsb Gene
  106. Recent advances in the rapid detection of Bacillus anthracis
  107. False positives and false negatives encountered in diagnostic molecular microbiology
  108. Dual Infections of the Central Nervous System with Epstein‐Barr Virus
  109. Detection of hepatitis C virus by a user-developed reverse transcriptase-PCR and use of amplification products for subsequent genotyping
  110. Cytokine pattern is solely influenced by priming vaccine but immunity and disease by both priming and boosting vaccines in mice challenged with respiratory syncytial virus
  111. Cytokine expression in respiratory syncytial virus-infected mice as measured by quantitative reverse-transcriptase PCR
  112. Recurrent Staphylococcus lugdunensis central nervous system infection associated with a ventricular peritoneal shunt
  113. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in the community pediatric population
  114. Molecular techniques in the diagnosis of central nervous system infections
  115. High Rate of False‐Negative Results of the Rectal Swab Culture Method in Detection of Gastrointestinal Colonization with Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci
  116. Infections with Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in Persons Coinfected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  117. Comparison of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Amplified Fragment-Length Polymorphism for Epidemiological Investigations of Common Nosocomial Pathogens
  118. Clinical and Molecular Characterization of Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococcus faecium Strains during Establishment of Endemicity
  119. Is Vasculitis an Early Pathogenic Mechanism of Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis?
  120. Passive IgA Monoclonal Antibody Is No More Effective Than IgG at Protecting Mice from Mucosal Challenge with Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  121. Effective Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Infections
  122. A colorimetric microtiter plate PCR system detects respiratory syncytial virus in nasal aspirates and discriminates subtypes A and B
  123. Detection of Epstein-Barr virus-specific antibodies by an automated enzyme immunoassay
  124. Applying basic research to clinical microbiology
  125. Bordetella holmesii –Like Organisms Associated with Septicemia, Endocarditis, and Respiratory Failure
  126. Protective Role of TNF-?? in Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection In Vitro and In Vivo
  127. Potential for Directing Appropriate Responses to Vaccines by Cytokine Manipulation
  128. Immunoprophylaxis and Immunotherapy of Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Infected Mice with Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Specific Immune Serum
  129. Yi-Wei Tang (Diagnostic Assays Session)
  130. A Colorimetric Microtiter Plate Polymerase Chain Reaction System That Detects Herpes Simplex Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Discriminates Genotypes 1 and 2
  131. Amplification Product Inactivation
  132. In Vitro Nucleic Acid Amplification: An Introduction