PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Effects of sub-MIC concentrations of antibiotics on growth of and toxin production by Clostridium difficile
	Lisa J. Drummond, David G.E. Smith, and Ian R. Poxton
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1033-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Bactericidal properties of group IIa secreted phospholipase A2 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates
	Anne Dubouix, Catherine Campanac, Josette Fauvel, Marie-Françoise Simon, Jean-Pierre Salles, Christine Roques, Hugues Chap, and Nicole Marty
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1039-1045. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Using cpsA–cpsB sequence polymorphisms and serotype-/group-specific PCR to predict 51 Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular serotypes
	Fanrong Kong and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1047-1058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	PFGE and pertactin gene sequencing suggest limited genetic variability within the Finnish Bordetella parapertussis population
	Johanna Mäkinen, Jussi Mertsola, Hanna Soini, Heikki Arvilommi, Matti K. Viljanen, Nicole Guiso, and Qiushui He
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1059-1063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Characterization of virulent and avirulent Listeria monocytogenes strains by PCR amplification of putative transcriptional regulator and internalin genes
	Dongyou Liu, A. Jerald Ainsworth, Frank W. Austin, and Mark L. Lawrence
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1065-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Species identification of medically important fungi by use of real-time LightCycler PCR
	Min-Chih Hsu, Kuo-Wei Chen, Hsiu-Jung Lo, Yee-Chun Chen, Mei-Hui Liao, Yu-Hui Lin, and Shu-Ying Li
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1071-1076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Description of new mutations in the rpoB gene in rifampicin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis selected in vitro in a stepwise manner
	Oliver Nolte, Matthias Müller, Stephan Reitz, Sandra Ledig, Ingrid Ehrhard, and Hans-Günther Sonntag
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1077-1081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Susceptibility of oral bacteria to an antimicrobial decapeptide
	S. P. Concannon, T. D. Crowe, J. J. Abercrombie, C. M. Molina, P. Hou, D. K. Sukumaran, P. A. Raj, and K. -P. Leung
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1083-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Incidence and importance of Clostridium difficile in paediatric diarrhoea in Brazil
	Leandro J.F. Pinto, Ana P.P. Alcides, Eliane O. Ferreira, Kátia E.S. Avelar, Aderbal Sabrá, Regina M.C.P. Domingues, and M. Candida S. Ferreira
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1095-1099. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Cloning of the Tannerella forsythensis (Bacteroides forsythus) siaHI gene and purification of the sialidase enzyme
	Hiroaki Ishikura, Shinichi Arakawa, Takuma Nakajima, Nobuo Tsuchida, and Isao Ishikawa
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1101-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Experimental aerogenic Burkholderia mallei (glanders) infection in the BALB/c mouse
	M. Stephen Lever, Michelle Nelson, Philip I. Ireland, Anthony J. Stagg, Richard J. Beedham, Graham A. Hall, Georgina Knight, and Richard W. Titball
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1109-1115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HUMAN AND ANIMAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
	Growth and lactic acid production by vaginal Lactobacillus acidophilus CRL 1259, and inhibition of uropathogenic Escherichia coli
	María Silvina Juárez Tomás, Virginia S. Ocaña, Birgitt Wiese, and María E. Nader-Macías
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1117-1124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Plasmid-borne extended-spectrum ß-lactamase in a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii
	Suresh G. Joshi, Geetanjali M. Litake, Vikram S. Ghole, and Krishnarao B. Niphadkar
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1125-1127. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Influence of transport conditions and media on Helicobacter pylori isolation
	Lyudmila Boyanova
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1129-1130. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Helicobacter pylori infection in elderly Bulgarian patients
	Lyudmila Boyanova, Nikolai Katsarov, Galia Gergova, Rossen Nikolov, Sirigan Derejian, Zoya Spassova, Ivan Mitov, and Zacharii Krastev
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1131-1133. [Full Text] [PDF]

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