REVIEW
	Advances in the biology, diagnosis and host–pathogen interactions of parvovirus B19
	Amanda Corcoran and Sean Doyle
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 459-475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Aerolysin is activated by metalloprotease in Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria
	Tianyan Song, Claudia Toma, Noboru Nakasone, and Masaaki Iwanaga
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 477-482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Characterization of a haemolytic phospholipase A2 activity in clinical isolates of Campylobacter concisus
	Taghrid S. Istivan, Peter J. Coloe, Benjamin N. Fry, Peter Ward, and Stuart C. Smith
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 483-493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Effect of orally administered bovine lactoferrin on the immune response in the oral candidiasis murine model
	Natsuko Takakura, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Hiroko Ishibashi, Koji Yamauchi, Susumu Teraguchi, Yoshitaka Tamura, Hideyo Yamaguchi, and Shigeru Abe
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 495-500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Transfer of specific antibodies results in increased expression of TNF- and IL12 and recruitment of neutrophils to the site of a cutaneous Francisella tularensis infection
	Stephan Stenmark and Anders Sjöstedt
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 501-504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Equivalence of high-virulence clonotypes of serotype III group B Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS)
	Katherine E. Fleming, John F. Bohnsack, Geraldo C. Palacios, Shinji Takahashi, and Elisabeth E. Adderson
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 505-508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	ELISA for early diagnosis of histoplasmosis
	Allan Jefferson Guimarães, Claudia Vera Pizzini, Herbert Leonel de Matos Guedes, Priscila Costa Albuquerque, José Mauro Peralta, Andrew John Hamilton, and Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 509-514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Antigenic and/or phase variation of PorA protein in non-subtypable Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in Spain
	Belen Alcalá, Celia Salcedo, Luisa Arreaza, Raquel Abad, Rocio Enríquez, Laura De La Fuente, Maria Jose Uría, and Julio A. Vázquez
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 515-518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Laboratory diagnosis of pertussis infections: the role of PCR and serology
	Norman K. Fry, Oceanis Tzivra, Y. Ting Li, Anthony McNiff, Nivedita Doshi, P. A.Christopher Maple, Natasha S. Crowcroft, Elizabeth Miller, Robert C. George, and Timothy G. Harrison
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 519-525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Prevalence, serotype distribution, antibiotic susceptibility and genetic profiles of mesophilic Aeromonas species isolated from hospitalized diarrhoeal cases in Kolkata, India
	S. Sinha, T. Shimada, T. Ramamurthy, S. K. Bhattacharya, S. Yamasaki, Y. Takeda, and G. Balakrish Nair
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 527-534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Helicobacter pylori: antibiotic resistance and eradication rates in Suffolk, UK, 1991–2001
	Ewen A.B. Cameron, Katharine U. Powell, Lynette Baldwin, Philip Jones, G. Duncan Bell, and Simon G.J. Williams
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 535-538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Frequency and polymorphism of sopE in isolates of Salmonella enterica belonging to the ten most prevalent serotypes in England and Wales
	Katie L. Hopkins and E. John Threlfall
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 539-543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Genetic polymorphism of the accessory gene regulator (agr) locus in Staphylococcus epidermidis and its association with pathogenicity
	M. Li, M. Guan, X. F. Jiang, F. Y. Yuan, M. Xu, W. Z. Zhang, and Y. Lu
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 545-549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Inhibition of Clostridium difficile strains by intestinal Lactobacillus species
	Paul Naaber, Imbi Smidt, Jelena Stsepetova, Tatjana Brilene, Heidi Annuk, and Marika Mikelsaar
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 551-554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Wound botulism in the UK and Ireland
	Moira M. Brett, Gill Hallas, and Obioma Mpamugo
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 555-561. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Changes in oral microbial profiles after periodontal treatment as determined by molecular analysis of 16S rRNA genes
	Mitsuo Sakamoto, Yi Huang, Mayuko Ohnishi, Makoto Umeda, Isao Ishikawa, and Yoshimi Benno
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 563-571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Phenotypic and functional characterization of intraepithelial lymphocytes in a bovine ligated intestinal loop model of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection
	Christian Menge, Ivonne Stamm, Pauline M. van Diemen, Paul Sopp, Georg Baljer, Timothy S. Wallis, and Mark P. Stevens
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 573-579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Clostridium fallax associated with sudden death in a 16-year-old boy
	Roland Hausmann, Frauke Albert, Walter Geißdörfer, and Peter Betz
	J Med Microbiol 2004. 53: 581-583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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