EDITORIAL
	What makes resistance to methicillin heterogeneous?
	Susanne Rohrer, Hideki Maki, and Brigitte Berger-Bächi
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 605-607. [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEW
	Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): breath-taking progress
	Peter M. Hawkey, Sanjay Bhagani, and Stephen H. Gillespie
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 609-613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Binding of Candida albicans enolase to plasmin(ogen) results in enhanced invasion of human brain microvascular endothelial cells
	Ambrose Y. Jong, Steven H. M. Chen, Monique F. Stins, Kwang Sik Kim, Tan-Lan Tuan, and Sheng-He Huang
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 615-622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Reduced expression of the hyphal-independent Candida albicans proteinase genes SAP1 and SAP3 in the efg1 mutant is associated with attenuated virulence during infection of oral epithelium
	Hans C. Korting, Bernhard Hube, Sylvia Oberbauer, Elfriede Januschke, Gerald Hamm, Antje Albrecht, Claudia Borelli, and Martin Schaller
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 623-632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Providencia alcalifaciens strains translocate from the gastrointestinal tract and are resistant to lytic activity of serum complement
	Antonia B.R. Vieira, Ivan H.J. Koh, and Beatriz E.C. Guth
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 633-636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The Yersinia high-pathogenicity island and iron-uptake systems in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli
	Ryszard Koczura and Adam Kaznowski
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 637-642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Reassessment of the microbicidal activity of reactive oxygen species and hypochlorous acid with reference to the phagocytic vacuole of the neutrophil granulocyte
	Emer P. Reeves, Markus Nagl, Jasminca Godovac-Zimmermann, and Anthony W. Segal
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 643-651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Faster genetic identification of medically important aspergilli by using gellan gum as gelling agent in mycological media
	Dirk Schmidt and Peter-Michael Rath
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 653-655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Genetic relatedness of Candida strains isolated from women with vaginal candidiasis in Malaysia
	Pei Pei Chong, Yee Lean Lee, Boon Chong Tan, and Kee Peng Ng
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 657-666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Identification and evaluation of LPS antigen for serodiagnosis of uveitis associated with leptospirosis
	C. Gowri Priya, K. Bhavani, S. R. Rathinam, and V. R. Muthukkaruppan
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 667-673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Ultrastructural observation of Helicobacter pylori in glucose-supplemented culture media
	Fujio Sato, Nagahito Saito, Kohei Konishi, Eriko Shoji, Mototsugu Kato, Hiroshi Takeda, Toshiro Sugiyama, and Masahiro Asaka
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 675-679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Detection and genotyping by real-time PCR/RFLP analyses of Giardia duodenalis from human faeces
	Corinne F.L. Amar, Paul H. Dear, and Jim McLauchlin
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 681-683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Development of broad-range 16S rDNA PCR for use in the routine diagnostic clinical microbiology service
	Kathryn A. Harris and John C. Hartley
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 685-691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Outer-membrane-protein subtypes of Haemophilus influenzae isolates from North India
	R. Kaur, A. Sharma, S. Majumdar, N. K. Ganguly, and A. Chakraborti
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 693-696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Fitness cost of fluoroquinolone resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
	Etienne Giraud, Axel Cloeckaert, Sylvie Baucheron, Christian Mouline, and Elisabeth Chaslus-Dancla
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 697-703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Prevalent PCR ribotypes of clinical and environmental strains of Clostridium difficile isolated from intensive-therapy unit patients in Kuwait
	V. O. Rotimi, Wafaa Y. Jamal, Eiman M. Mokaddas, J. S. Brazier, Molly Johny, and B. I. Duerden
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 705-709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Alterations in phage-typing patterns in vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus
	John E. Gustafson, Frances G. O'Brien, Geoffrey W. Coombs, Mary J. Malkowski, Warren B. Grubb, Richard F. Pfeltz, and Brian J. Wilkinson
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 711-714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Description and clinical treatment of an early outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Guangzhou, PR China
	Z. Zhao, F. Zhang, M. Xu, K. Huang, W. Zhong, W. Cai, Z. Yin, S. Huang, Z. Deng, M. Wei, J. Xiong, and P. M. Hawkey
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 715-720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Chronic Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection in lung cancer, a risk factor: a case–control study
	Bekir Kocazeybek
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 721-726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Aeromonas veronii biovar veronii septicaemia and acute suppurative cholangitis in a patient with hepatitis B
	Antonella Mencacci, Elio Cenci, Rosanna Mazzolla, Senia Farinelli, Francesco D'Alò, Mariolina Vitali, and Francesco Bistoni
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 727-730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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