REVIEW
	Cytolethal distending toxin: creating a gap in the cell cycle
	Wendy Heywood, Brian Henderson, and Sean P Nair
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 207-216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Listeria monocytogenes in the Chinese food system: strain characterization through partial actA sequencing and tissue-culture pathogenicity assays
	Xiaohui Zhou, Xinan Jiao, and Martin Wiedmann
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 217-224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST REPSONSE
	Helicobacter pylori heat-shock protein 60 induces production of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL8 in monocytic cells
	Song-Nan Lin, Kiyoshi Ayada, Ying Zhao, Kenji Yokota, Ryuta Takenaka, Hiroyuki Okada, Rui Kan, Shyunji Hayashi, Motowo Mizuno, Yoshikazu Hirai, Yoshihito Fujinami, and Keiji Oguma
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 225-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Application of a viability-staining method for Mycobacterium leprae derived from the athymic (nu/nu) mouse foot pad
	Ramanuj Lahiri, Baljit Randhawa, and James Krahenbuhl
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 235-242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Monochrome LightCycler PCR assay for detection and quantification of five common species of Candida and Aspergillus
	Rong Bu, Rajeev K Sathiapalan, Muna M Ibrahim, Ibrahim Al-Mohsen, Edna Almodavar, Marina I Gutierrez, and Kishor Bhatia
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 243-248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Comparison of four molecular typing methods to assess genetic relatedness of Candida albicans clinical isolates in Taiwan
	Kuo-Wei Chen, Hsiu-Jung Lo, Yu-Hui Lin, and Shu-Ying Li
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 249-258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]
	Pseudogene accumulation might promote the adaptive microevolution of Yersinia pestis
	Zongzhong Tong, Dongsheng Zhou, Yajun Song, Ling Zhang, Decui Pei, Yanping Han, Xin Pang, Min Li, Baizhong Cui, Jin Wang, Zhaobiao Guo, Zhizhen Qi, Lixia Jin, Junhui Zhai, Zongmin Du, Jun Wang, Xiaoyi Wang, Jun Yu, Jian Wang, Peitang Huang, Huanming Yang, and Ruifu Yang
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 259-268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables and Figure]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Drug-sensitivity profile of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates – a retrospective study from a chest-disease institute in India
	T Dam, M Isa, and M Bose
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 269-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular characterization of a multidrug-resistant strain of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli O164 isolated in Japan
	Ashraf M Ahmed, Shin-ichi Miyoshi, Sumio Shinoda, and Tadashi Shimamoto
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 273-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Genotypic variation and antifungal susceptibilities of Candida pelliculosa clinical isolates
	F Barchiesi, A M Tortorano, L Falconi Di Francesco, A Rigoni, A Giacometti, E Spreghini, G Scalise, and M A Viviani
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 279-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Sample type is crucial to the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia by PCR
	Riitta Räty, Esa Rönkkö, and Marjaana Kleemola
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 287-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans induces apoptosis in human monocytic THP-1 cells
	Satsuki Kato, Norihiko Sugimura, Keisuke Nakashima, Tatsuji Nishihara, and Yusuke Kowashi
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 293-298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A novel species-specific PCR assay for identifying Lactobacillus fermentum
	E M Dickson, M P Riggio, and L Macpherson
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 299-303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Dynamics of anti-M antibody response in a mouse model following intranasal infection with group A Streptococcus M-18
	Paul Gladstone, George Varghese, and K N Brahmadathan
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 305-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HUMAN AND ANIMAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
	Influence of antimicrobial treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection on the intestinal microflora in Japanese macaques
	Junji Tanaka, Yoshihiro Fukuda, Shigeyuki Shintani, Kazutoshi Hori, Toshihiko Tomita, Toshifumi Ohkusa, Takayuki Matsumoto, and Hiroto Miwa
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 309-314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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