PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Induction of inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide in J774.2 cells and murine macrophages by lipoteichoic acid and related cell wall antigens from Staphylococcus epidermidis
	Karen J Jones, Alan D Perris, Ann B Vernallis, Tony Worthington, Peter A Lambert, and Tom SJ Elliott
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 315-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Role of interleukin-18 in experimental infections with Streptococcus pneumoniae
	G K Paterson, C E Blue, and T J Mitchell
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 323-326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Serotype incidence and antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease in Scotland, 1999–2002
	B C Denham and S C Clarke
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 327-331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) versus randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) as new tools for inter- and intra-species differentiation within Bordetella
	Anna Gzyl, Ewa Augustynowicz, Ewa Mosiej, Monika Zawadka, Grzegorz Gniadek, Aneta Nowaczek, and Janusz Slusarczyk
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 333-346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evaluation of the EVIGENE VRE Detection kit for detection of vanA and vanB genes in vancomycin-resistant enterococci
	Abdullah Kilic, Mehmet Baysallar, Gul Bahar, Ayten Kucukkaraaslan, Feriha Cilli, and Levent Doganci
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 347-350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A molecular-capsular-type prediction system for 90 Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes using partial cpsA–cpsB sequencing and wzy- or wzx-specific PCR
	Fanrong Kong, Weizhen Wang, Jiang Tao, Lei Wang, Quan Wang, Archcna Sabananthan, and Gwendolyn L Gilbert
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 351-356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]
	In vitro assessment of the APTIMA Combo 2 assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis using highly purified elementary bodies
	Yurika Ikeda-Dantsuji, Ichiro Konomi, and Ariaki Nagayama
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 357-360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Comparative evaluation of three different ELISA methods for the diagnosis of early culture-confirmed Lyme disease in Italy
	Antonella Marangoni, Monica Sparacino, Francesca Cavrini, Elisa Storni, Valeria Mondardini, Vittorio Sambri, and Roberto Cevenini
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 361-367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evaluation of an in-house-developed PCR for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in Indian children
	S P Kulkarni, M A Jaleel, and G V Kadival
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 369-373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	A fraction from Escherichia coli with anti-Aspergillus properties
	V Yadav, R Mandhan, Rajesh Dabur, A K Chhillar, J Gupta, and G L Sharma
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 375-379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Prevalence of genosubtypes (PorA types) of serogroup B invasive meningococcus in the north of Spain from 2000 to 2003
	Diego Vicente, Olatz Esnal, Lourdes Michaus, Maria José López de Goicoechea, Ramón Cisterna, and Emilio Pérez-Trallero
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 381-384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Middle Anatolia: a multicentre study of clinical features and outcome measures
	Mehmet Bakir, Mehmet Ugurlu, Basak Dokuzoguz, Hurrem Bodur, Mehmet A Tasyaran, Haluk Vahaboglu and the Turkish CCHF Study Group
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 385-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Retrospective survey of candidaemia in hospitalized patients and molecular investigation of a suspected outbreak
	Penelope R Cliff, Jonathan AT Sandoe, John Heritage, and Richard C Barton
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 391-394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Community-acquired pneumonia in Japan: a prospective ambulatory and hospitalized patient study
	Naoyuki Miyashita, Hiroshi Fukano, Keiji Mouri, Minoru Fukuda, Koichiro Yoshida, Yoshihiro Kobashi, Yoshihito Niki, and Mikio Oka
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 395-400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
	Superantigen genes encoded by the egc cluster and SaPIbov are predominant among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from cows, goats, sheep, rabbits and poultry
	Davida S Smyth, Patrick J Hartigan, William J Meaney, J Ross Fitzgerald, Claudia F Deobald, Gregory A Bohach, and Cyril J Smyth
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 401-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Bacteria recovered from dental pulp induce apoptosis of lymph node cells
	A P Ribeiro-Sobrinho, F LA Rabelo, C BO Figueiredo, J I Alvarez-Leite, J R Nicoli, M Uzeda, and L Q Vieira
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 413-416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Nuclear bilateral Bell's palsy and ageusia associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pulmonary infection
	Salim Trad, Jade Ghosn, Didier Dormont, Bruno Stankoff, François Bricaire, and Eric Caumes
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 417-419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Salmonella typhi iron-regulated outer-membrane proteins cause oedema and hyperalgesia during inflammation induced in a rat model
	Vishal Chanana, Rakesh Sehgal, and Praveen Rishi
	J Med Microbiol 2005. 54: 421-423. [Full Text] [PDF]

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