PATHOGENICTY AND VIRULENCE
	Production of melanin by Aspergillus fumigatus
	Sirida Youngchim, Rachael Morris-Jones, Roderick J. Hay, and Andrew J. Hamilton
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 175-181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Laboratory diagnosis of legionnaires’ disease due to Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1: comparison of phenotypic and genotypic methods
	Diane S.J. Lindsay, William H. Abraham, William Findlay, Peter Christie, Fiona Johnston, and Giles F.S. Edwards
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 183-187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]
	Autolysin-targeted LightCycler assay including internal process control for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae DNA in clinical samples
	Carmen L. Sheppard, Timothy G. Harrison, Rhonwen Morris, Angela Hogan, and Robert C. George
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 189-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Immunological detection and cytotoxic properties of toxins from toxin A-positive, toxin B-positive Clostridium difficile variants
	J. E. Blake, F. Mitsikosta, and M. A. Metcalfe
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 197-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Characterization of elongated Helicobacter pylori isolated from a patient with gastric-mucosa-associated lymphoid-tissue lymphoma
	Tatsuya Toyokawa, Kenji Yokota, Motowo Mizuno, Yoshihito Fujinami, Ryuta Takenaka, Hiroyuki Okada, Shunji Hayashi, Yoshikazu Hirai, Keiji Oguma, and Yasushi Shiratori
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 207-212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Relationship between penicillin-binding protein patterns and ß-lactamases in clinical isolates of Bacteroides fragilis with different susceptibility to ß-lactam antibiotics
	Segundo Píriz, Santiago Vadillo, Alberto Quesada, Jerónimo Criado, Rosario Cerrato, and Juan Ayala
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 213-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Genetic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus from intravenous drug user lesions
	Alastair B. Monk, Sally Curtis, John Paul, and Mark C. Enright
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 223-227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Biotypes of group A streptococci isolated from children
	M. Palani Kumar, Thangam Menon, Charmaine Lobo, N. Anbumani, C. P.Girish Kumar, and S. Shanmugasundaram
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 229-230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	cagA genotype and variants in Chinese Helicobacter pylori strains and relationship to gastroduodenal diseases
	Jianchang Zhou, Jianzhong Zhang, Caipu Xu, and Lihua He
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 231-235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Prevalence of childhood diarrhoea-associated Escherichia coli in Thailand
	Orn-Anong Ratchtrachenchai, Sarayoot Subpasu, Hideo Hayashi, and William Ba-Thein
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 237-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Capnocytophaga canimorsus endocarditis
	Jonathan A.T. Sandoe
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 245-248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Colonization of the neonatal rat intestinal tract from environmental exposure to the anaerobic bacterium Oxalobacter formigenes
	Janet G. Cornelius and Ammon B. Peck
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 249-254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Cyclosporiasis associated with diarrhoea in an immunocompetent patient in Turkey
	Meral Türk, Metin Türker, Mucide Ak, Berrin Karaayak, and Turan Kaya
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 255-257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Enterococcus durans endocarditis in a patient with transposition of the great vessels
	S. Stepanovic, M. Jovanovic, L. Lavadinovic, B. Stosovic, and M. Pelemis
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 259-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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