PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate is refractory to Th1 immune response and impedes host immune clearance in a mouse model of acute lung infection
	Zhijun Song, Hong Wu, Oana Ciofu, Kok-Fai Kong, Niels Høiby, Jørgen Rygaard, Arsalan Kharazmi, and Kalai Mathee
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 731-740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Anaerobiosis-induced virulence of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium: role of phospholipase C signalling cascade
	Madhu Khullar, Raman Deep Singh, Manu Smriti, and Nirmal Kumar Ganguly
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 741-745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Characterization of biofilm formation by clinical isolates of Mycobacterium avium
	George Carter, Martin Wu, Daryl C. Drummond, and Luiz E. Bermudez
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 747-752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Detection of Clostridium difficile cytotoxin and Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin in cases of diarrhoea in the community
	L. J. Forward, D. S. Tompkins, and M. M. Brett
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 753-757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Development of a diagnostic PCR assay that targets a heat-shock protein gene (groES) for detection of Pseudomonas spp. in cystic fibrosis patients
	Lena Clarke, John E. Moore, B. Cherie Millar, Luke Garske, Jiru Xu, Michael W. Heuzenroeder, Mary Crowe, and J. Stuart Elborn
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 759-763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Assessment of PCR-DGGE for the identification of diverse Helicobacter species, and application to faecal samples from zoo animals to determine Helicobacter prevalence
	Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Mads Bennedsen, Stephen L. W. On, Ibn-Sina Ouis, Peter Vandamme, Hans-Olof Nilsson, Åsa Ljungh, and Torkel Wadström
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 765-771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Simple and rapid detection of Salmonella strains by direct PCR amplification of the hilA gene
	S. G. Pathmanathan, N. Cardona-Castro, M. M. Sánchez-Jiménez, M. M. Correa-Ochoa, S. D. Puthucheary, and K. L. Thong
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 773-776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Assessment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection of semen specimens by ligase chain reaction
	Yvonne Pannekoek, Steven M. Westenberg, Paul P. Eijk, Sjoerd Repping, Fulco van der Veen, Arie van der Ende, and Jacob Dankert
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 777-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Multilocus restriction typing: a tool for Neisseria meningitidis strain discrimination
	Désirée E. Bennett and Mary T. Cafferkey
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 781-787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Human rhabdomyosarcoma cells for rapid detection of enteroviruses by shell-vial assay
	M. Pérez-Ruiz, J. M. Navarro-Marí, E. Palacios del Valle, and M. Rosa-Fraile
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 789-791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Direct-test PCR for detection of meningococcal DNA and its serogroup characterization: standardization and adaptation for use in a public health laboratory
	L. F. Baethgen, C. Moraes, L. Weidlich, S. Rios, C. Í. Kmetzsch, M. S.N. Silva, M. L.R. Rossetti, and A. Zaha
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 793-799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Relationship between molecular epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a French teaching hospital
	Michelle Thouverez, Arno Muller, Didier Hocquet, Daniel Talon, and Xavier Bertrand
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 801-806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	First isolation and characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains from Ixodes ricinus ticks in Turkey
	Ece S. Güner, Naoya Hashimoto, Nobuhiro Takada, Kazuhide Kaneda, Yasuyuki Imai, and Toshiyuki Masuzawa
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 807-813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Changes in genetic types and population dynamics of Moraxella catarrhalis in hospitalized children are not associated with an exacerbation of existing disease
	J. P. Hays, K. Eadie, C. M. Verduin, J. Hazelzet, H. Verbrugh, and A. van Belkum
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 815-820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular characterization of clinical and environmental isolates of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis from a teaching hospital in Wales
	Tomoari Kuriyama, David W. Williams, Mital Patel, Michael A.O. Lewis, Lynda E. Jenkins, Dylan W. Hill, and Ian K. Hosein
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 821-827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HUMAN AND ANIMAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
	Bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance (BLIS) production by the normal flora of the nasopharynx: potential to protect against otitis media?
	Tony Walls, Dan Power, and John Tagg
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 829-833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Fatal disseminated Acremonium strictum infection in a preterm newborn: a very rare cause of neonatal septicaemia
	Mehmet Yalaz, Suleyha Hilmioglu, Dilek Metin, Mete Akisu, Deniz Nart, Hasan Cetin, Cengiz Ozturk, Ecmel Isik, and Nilgun Kultursay
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 835-837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Photograph of A. strictum colonies]
	Characterization of a novicida-like subspecies of Francisella tularensis isolated in Australia
	Margaret J. Whipp, Jennifer M. Davis, Gary Lum, Jim de Boer, Yan Zhou, Scott W. Bearden, Jeannine M. Petersen, May C. Chu, and Geoff Hogg
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 839-842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Plant-based siderophore: a new avenue in molecular medicine for tuberculosis
	T. Dam and C. R. Babu
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 843. [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]

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