EDITORIAL
	Penicilliosis marneffei – West meets East
	S. S. Y. WONG, H. SIAU, and K. Y. YUEN
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 973-975. [PDF]

BACTERIAL CHARACTERISATION AND PATHOGENICITY
	Expression in Escherichia coli of flaB, the gene coding for a periplasmic flagellin of Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona
	Min Lin, Nasreen Bughio, and Om Surujballi
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 977-982. [Abstract] [PDF]
	Virulence properties of type VII Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci) and immunochemical analysis of capsular type polysaccharide
	CHRISTINA VON HUNOLSTEIN, LAURA PARISI, LUCIANA TISSI, SIMONA RECCHIA, GIOVANNA ALFARONE, LAURA NICOLINI, CORRADO VOLPE, BARBARA WAGNER, JITKA MOTLOVA, and GRAZIELLA OREFICI
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 983-990. [Abstract] [PDF]
	Fine structural characterisation of a Rickettsia-like organism in human platelets from patients with symptoms of ehrlichiosis
	CRUZ ARRAGA-ALVARADO, MARIA PALMAR, OMAIRA PARRA, and PEDRO SALAS
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 991-997. [Abstract] [PDF]
	Expression of Bacteroides fragilis virulence markers in vitro
	R. FERREIRA, M. C. F. ALEXANDRE, E. N. F. ANTUNES, A. T. PINHAO, S. R. MORAES, M. C. S. FERREIRA, and R. M. C. P. DOMINGUES
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 999-1004. [Abstract] [PDF]

MODEL OF INFECTION
	Factors affecting the course and severity of transnasally induced Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in mice
	KAZUHIRO KIMURA, SHUICHI MIYAZAKI, KAZUHIRO TATEDA, TETSUYA MATSUMOTO, SHIROU TSUJIMOTO, and KEIZO YAMAGUCHI
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 1005-1010. [Abstract] [PDF]

MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS
	Use of PCR to identify enteroaggregative Escherichia coli as an important cause of acute diarrhoea among children living in Calcutta, India
	SHANTA DUTTA, SANGITA PAL, S. CHAKRABARTI, P. DUTTA, and B. MANNA
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 1011-1016. [Abstract] [PDF]
	Direct detection of Prevotella intermedia and P. nigrescens in suppurative oral infection by amplification of 16S rRNA gene
	S. STUBBS, S. F. PARK, P. A. BISHOP, and M. A. O. LEWIS
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 1017-1022. [Abstract] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
	Expression of β-lactamases in Yersinia enterocolitica strains of biovars 2, 4 and 5
	INGO STOCK, PETER HEISIG, and BERND WIEDEMANN
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 1023-1027. [Abstract] [PDF]

VIROLOGY
	Comparison of three PCR techniques for detecting cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in serum, detection of early antigen fluorescent foci and culture for the diagnosis of CMV infection
	P. C. EVANS, J. J. GRAY, T. G. WREGHITT, R. E. MARCUS, and G. J. M. ALEXANDER
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 1029-1035. [Abstract] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TYPING
	Analysis of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium by phage typing, antimicrobial susceptibility and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
	S. KARIUKI, C. GILKS, J. KIMARI, J. MUYODI, P. WAIYAKI, and C. A. HART
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 1037-1042. [Abstract] [PDF]

IMMUNODIAGNOSIS
	Oral fluid antibody detection in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection
	B. MARSHALL, A. J. HOWAT, and P. A. WRIGHT
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 1043-1046. [Abstract] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Automated rubella antibody screening: a cautionary tale
	S. O'Shea, H. Dunn, S. Palmer, J. E. Banatvala, and J. M. Best
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 1047. [PDF]

BOOK REVIEWS
	Laboratory-acquired Infections: History, Incidence, Causes and Preventions: C. H. Collins and D. A. Kennedy. 1999. ISBN 0-7506-4023-5. Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford. Pp. 324. £45.00.
	T. Weller
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 1048. [PDF]
	Defense of Mucosal Surfaces: Pathogenesis, Immunity and Vaccines Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, volume 236: Edited by J-P. Kraehenbuhl and M. R. Neutra. 1999. ISBN 3-540-64730-9. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Pp. 296. £107.50.
	C. G. Gemmell
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 1048-1049. [PDF]
	Biotherapeutic Agents and Infectious Diseases: Edited by Gary W. Elmer, Lynne V. McFarland and Christina M. Surawicz. 1999. ISBN 0-896-03647-2. Humana Press, New Jersey. Pp. 316. $125.00.
	Mark H. Wilcoxaw
	J Med Microbiol 1999. 48: 1049. [PDF]

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