REVIEW
	Treatment of plague: promising alternatives to antibiotics
	Andrey P. Anisimov and Kingsley K. Amoako
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1461-1475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Mutation of luxS affects motility and infectivity of Helicobacter pylori in gastric mucosa of a Mongolian gerbil model
	Takako Osaki, Tomoko Hanawa, Taki Manzoku, Minoru Fukuda, Hayato Kawakami, Hidekazu Suzuki, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Xu Yan, Haruhiko Taguchi, Satoshi Kurata, and Shigeru Kamiya
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1477-1485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Cytolethal distending toxins in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: alleles, serotype distribution and biological effects
	Dorothea Orth, Katharina Grif, Manfred P. Dierich, and Reinhard Würzner
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1487-1492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Detection of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli in faecal samples from patients in the community with diarrhoea
	Claire Jenkins, Mathias Tembo, Henrik Chart, Tom Cheasty, Geraldine A. Willshaw, Alan D. Phillips, David Tompkins, and Henry Smith
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1493-1497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Antigenicity of borrelial protein BBK32 fragments in early Lyme borreliosis
	Pekka Lahdenne, Heikki Sarvas, Riikka Kajanus, Miia Eholuoto, Heidi Sillanpää, and Ilkka Seppälä
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1499-1504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Rapid molecular identification of fungal pathogens in corneal samples from suspected keratomycosis cases
	Nicasio Mancini, Mario Perotti, Cristina M. Ossi, Annalisa Cavallero, Stanislav Matuska, Giorgio Paganoni, Roberto Burioni, Paolo Rama, and Massimo Clementi
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1505-1509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Rapid antibiotic sensitivity testing and trimethoprim-mediated filamentation of clinical isolates of the Enterobacteriaceae assayed on a novel porous culture support
	Colin J. Ingham, Maaike van den Ende, Peter C. Wever, and Peter M. Schneeberger
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1511-1519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Insertion sequence ISEcp1-like element connected with a novel aph(2'') allele [aph(2'')-Ie] conferring high-level gentamicin resistance and a novel streptomycin adenylyltransferase gene in Enterococcus
	Ya-Gang Chen, Ting-Ting Qu, Yun-Song Yu, Jian-Ying Zhou, and Lan-Juan Li
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1521-1525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular characterization of isoniazid-resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the USA
	Hongling Guo, Qihui Seet, Steven Denkin, Linda Parsons, and Ying Zhang
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1527-1531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	High level of ciprofloxacin resistance and its molecular background among Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated in the United Arab Emirates
	Ágnes Sonnevend, Vincent O. Rotimi, Jolanta Kolodziejek, Asad Usmani, Norbert Nowotny, and Tibor Pál
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1533-1538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Molecular typing and virulence markers of Yersinia enterocolitica strains from human, animal and food origins isolated between 1968 and 2000 in Brazil
	Juliana P. Falcão, Deise P. Falcão, André Pitondo-Silva, Ana Carolina Malaspina, and Marcelo Brocchi
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1539-1548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	An improved multiple-locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis for Leptospira interrogans serovar Australis: a comparison with fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis and its use to redefine the molecular epidemiology of this serovar in Queensland, Australia
	Andrew Slack, Meegan Symonds, Michael Dohnt, and Lee Smythe
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1549-1557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Isolation of Vibrio cholerae O1 strains similar to pre-seventh pandemic El Tor strains during an outbreak of gastrointestinal disease in an island resort in Fiji
	G. Balakrish Nair, Ashrafus Safa, N. A. Bhuiyan, Suraia Nusrin, Denise Murphy, Carolyn Nicol, Mary Valcanis, Steven Iddings, Ili Kubuabola, and Hassan Vally
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1559-1562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Genetic characteristics of Matlab variants of Vibrio cholerae O1 that are hybrids between classical and El Tor biotypes
	Ashrafus Safa, N. A. Bhuyian, Suraia Nusrin, M. Ansaruzzaman, Munirul Alam, T. Hamabata, Yoshifumi Takeda, David A. Sack, and G. Balakrish Nair
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1563-1569. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	An outbreak of psittacosis due to Chlamydophila psittaci genotype A in a veterinary teaching hospital
	Edou R. Heddema, Erik J. van Hannen, Birgitta Duim, Bartelt M. de Jongh, Jan A. Kaan, Rob van Kessel, Johannes T. Lumeij, Caroline E. Visser, and Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1571-1575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Arthroconidia production in Trichophyton rubrum and a new ex vivo model of onychomycosis
	S. Amir Yazdanparast and Richard C. Barton
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1577-1581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Canine dermatophytosis caused by an anthropophilic species: molecular and phenotypical characterization of Trichophyton tonsurans
	R. S. N. Brilhante, R. A. Cordeiro, J. M. F. Gomes, J. J. C. Sidrim, and M. F. G. Rocha
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1583-1586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Intractable colitis associated with chronic granulomatous disease
	Yoshiaki Arimura, Akira Goto, Kentaro Yamashita, Takao Endo, Hideyuki Ikeda, Kaori Tanaka, Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, Yasuhisa Shinomura, and Kohzoh Imai
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1587-1590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Enterohepatic Helicobacter species isolated from the ileum, liver and colon of a baboon with pancreatic islet amyloidosis
	Alexis García, Shilu Xu, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Prashant R. Nambiar, and James G. Fox
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1591-1595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Central nervous system borreliosis mimicking a pontine tumour
	Kirsten Latsch, Dennis Tappe, Monika Warmuth-Metz, and Helge Hebestreit
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1597-1599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular evidence for vertical transmission of listeriosis, Taiwan
	Yu-Tsung Huang, Shee-Uan Chen, Mu-Zon Wu, Chien-Yir Chen, Wuu-Shiun Hsieh, Buor-Niarn Tsao, Chieh Jou Horng, and Po-Ren Hsueh
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1601-1603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Aeromonas agar is a useful selective medium for isolating aeromonads from faecal samples
	Anna Andelová, Iva Porazilová, and Eva Krejcí
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1605-1606. [Full Text] [PDF]
	A CTX-M extended-spectrum ß-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
	Nashwan al Naiemi, Birgitta Duim, and Aldert Bart
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1607-1608. [Full Text] [PDF]
	A CARB-like ß-lactamase gene from a multiple-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate in China
	Jidong Wang, Ruifang Bo, Lan Xu, Zuhuang Mi, and Chunxin Wang
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1609-1610. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Enterobacteria producing extended-spectrum ß-lactamases and IMP-1 metallo-ß-lactamases isolated from Brazilian hospitals
	Nilton Lincopan, Renato Leis, Marco A. Vianello, Maria R. Elmor de Araújo, Alice S. Ruiz, and Elsa M. Mamizuka
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1611-1613. [Full Text] [PDF]

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