PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Evaluation of lipopolysaccharide and capsular polysaccharide as subunit vaccines against experimental melioidosis
	Michelle Nelson, Joann L Prior, M Stephen Lever, Helen E Jones, Timothy P Atkins, and Richard W Titball
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1177-1182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Investigation of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in patients with neoplasia
	Süleyman Yazar, Ozan Yaman, Bülent Eser, Fevzi Altuntas, Fatih Kurnaz, and Izzet Sahin
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1183-1186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Chlamydophila pneumoniae induces p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein kinase activation in human fibroblasts through Toll-like receptor 4
	Iana H Haralambieva, Ianko D Iankov, Petya V Ivanova, Vanio Mitev, and Ivan G Mitov
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1187-1193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Evaluation of phenotypic methods for methicillin resistance characterization in coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS)
	Juliana Caierão, Maiara Musskopf, Silvana Superti, Eliane Roesch, Cícero G Dias, and Pedro A d'Azevedo
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1195-1199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Quantification and assessment of viability of Cryptococcus neoformans by LightCycler amplification of capsule gene mRNA
	Muhammad Amjad, Najla Kfoury, Raymond Cha, and Reem Mobarak
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1201-1206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Rapid identification and differentiation of fungal DNA in dermatological specimens by LightCycler PCR
	Ralf Gutzmer, Susanne Mommert, Uta Küttler, Thomas Werfel, and Alexander Kapp
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1207-1214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prospective evaluation of BDProbeTec strand displacement amplification (SDA) system for diagnosis of tuberculosis in non-respiratory and respiratory samples
	T D McHugh, C F Pope, C L Ling, S Patel, O J Billington, R D Gosling, M C Lipman, and S H Gillespie
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1215-1219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The Bartonella henselae sucB gene encodes a dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase protein reactive with sera from patients with cat-scratch disease
	Christine M Litwin, Joel M Johnson, and Thomas B Martins
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1221-1227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus by the VITEK 2 system, and comparison with two NCCLS reference methods
	Intetsu Kobayashi, Hiroe Muraoka, Takako Iyoda, Minoru Nishida, Miyuki Hasegawa, and Keizou Yamaguchi
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1229-1232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Diversity of aminoglycoside-resistance genes and their association with class 1 integrons among strains of pan-European Acinetobacter baumannii clones
	Alexandr Nemec, Lucilla Dolzani, Sylvain Brisse, Peterhans van den Broek, and Lenie Dijkshoorn
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1233-1240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Antimicrobial resistance of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in a British district general hospital: the international connection
	Andrew Birtles, Nilangi Virgincar, Carmen L Sheppard, Rachel A Walker, Alan P Johnson, Marina Warner, Valerie Edwards-Jones, and Robert C George
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1241-1246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Anaerobic, non-sporulating, Gram-positive bacilli bacteraemia characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequencing
	Susanna KP Lau, Patrick CY Woo, Ami MY Fung, King-man Chan, Gibson KS Woo, and Kwok-yung Yuen
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1247-1253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Splenic complications in malaria: report of two cases from Turkey
	M F Ozsoy, O Oncul, Z Pekkafali, A Pahsa, and O S Yenen
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1255-1258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Percutaneous exposure resulting in laboratory-acquired leptospirosis – a case report
	A P Sugunan, K Natarajaseenivasan, P Vijayachari, and S C Sehgal
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1259-1262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	DdeI RFLP for 16S rDNA typing in Bartonella henselae
	B Dillon and J Iredell
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 1263-1265. [Full Text] [PDF]

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