EDITORIAL
	Multidrug-resistant pulmonary infection in cystic fibrosis – what does ‘resistant’ mean?
	J. R. W. Govan
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1615-1617. [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEW
	The diversity of definitions of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and pandrug-resistant (PDR) Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
	Matthew E. Falagas, Patra K. Koletsi, and Ioannis A. Bliziotis
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1619-1629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	fliP influences Citrobacter koseri macrophage uptake, cytokine expression and brain abscess formation in the neonatal rat
	Stacy M. Townsend, Ignacio Gonzalez-Gomez, and Julie L. Badger
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1631-1640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Protease IV production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the lungs of adults with cystic fibrosis
	Lucas Smith, Barbara Rose, Pholawat Tingpej, Hua Zhu, Tim Conibear, Jim Manos, Peter Bye, Mark Elkins, Mark Willcox, Scott Bell, Claire Wainwright, and Colin Harbour
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1641-1644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Staphylococcal secretory inhibitor of platelet microbicidal protein is associated with prostatitis source
	Iuri B. Ivanov, Viktor A. Gritsenko, and Michael D. Kuzmin
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1645-1648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Impaired immune response to Candida albicans in aged mice
	Celia Murciano, Eva Villamón, Alberto Yáñez, José-Enrique O'Connor, Daniel Gozalbo, and M. Luisa Gil
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1649-1656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Rapid and low-cost colorimetric method using 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride for detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
	Alireza Mohammadzadeh, Parisa Farnia, Kiarash Ghazvini, Mahdi Behdani, Tahereh Rashed, and Javad Ghanaat
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1657-1659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Isolation of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Paratyphi B dT+, or Salmonella Java, from Indonesia and alteration of the d-tartrate fermentation phenotype by disrupting the ORF STM 3356
	Kyung Ho Han, Seon Young Choi, Je Hee Lee, Hyejon Lee, Eun Hee Shin, Magdarina D. Agtini, Lorenz von Seidlein, R. Leon Ochiai, John D. Clemens, John Wain, Ji-Sook Hahn, Bok Kwon Lee, Manki Song, Jongsik Chun, and Dong Wook Kim
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1661-1665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A novel real-time PCR to detect Chlamydia trachomatis in first-void urine or genital swabs
	Katia Jaton, Jacques Bille, and Gilbert Greub
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1667-1674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Identification of different clonal complexes and diverse amino acid substitutions in penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2) associated with borderline oxacillin resistance in Canadian Staphylococcus aureus isolates
	Jeya Nadarajah, Mark J. S. Lee, Lisa Louie, Latha Jacob, Andrew E. Simor, Marie Louie, and Martin J. McGavin
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1675-1683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Genetic characterization of multidrug resistance in Shigella spp. from Japan
	Ashraf M. Ahmed, Kimi Furuta, Kei Shimomura, Yoshio Kasama, and Tadashi Shimamoto
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1685-1691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Comparative analysis of Etest and broth microdilution method (AFST-EUCAST) for trends in antifungal drug susceptibility testing of Brazilian Cryptococcus neoformans isolates
	Amanda L. T. Dias, Flavia E. Matsumoto, Marcia S. C. Melhem, Eriques G. da Silva, Marcos E. Auler, Antonio M. de Siqueira, and Claudete R. Paula
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1693-1699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	emm typing of invasive T28 group A streptococci, 1995–2004, Finland
	Tuula Siljander, Maija Toropainen, Anna Muotiala, Nancy P. Hoe, James M. Musser, and Jaana Vuopio-Varkila
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1701-1706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Use of sequence-based typing for investigation of a case of nosocomial legionellosis
	Sallene Wong, Kanti Pabbaraju, Veronica F. Burk, George C. Broukhanski, Julie Fox, Tom Louie, Manuel W. Mah, Kathryn Bernard, and Peter A. G. Tilley
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1707-1710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Rapid identification of clinically relevant Nocardia species using real-time PCR with SYBR Green and melting-curve analysis
	Mubarak Alfaresi and Abida Elkosh
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1711-1715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
	Listeria monocytogenes translocates throughout the digestive tract in asymptomatic sheep
	Etienne Zundel and Serge Bernard
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1717-1723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]
	Yersinia enterocolitica isolates of differing biotypes from humans and animals are adherent, invasive and persist in macrophages, but differ in cytokine secretion profiles in vitro
	Alan McNally, Tracey Dalton, Roberto M. La Ragione, Kenneth Stapleton, Georgina Manning, and Diane G. Newell
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1725-1734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Humoral and cellular immune responses in sheep immunized with a 22 kilodalton exported protein of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis
	Rachael C. Rigden, Dakshina M. Jandhyala, Chris Dupont, Dianna Crosbie-Caird, Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos, Norihiro Maeda, Brigitte Gicquel, and Alan Murray
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1735-1740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Recovery of interfering and ß-lactamase-producing bacteria from group A ß-haemolytic streptococci carriers and non-carriers
	Itzhak Brook and Alan E. Gober
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1741-1744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Mycobacterium kansasii olecranon bursitis
	G. S. Barham and D. G. Hargreaves
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1745-1746. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Influence of the fsr locus on biofilm formation by Enterococcus faecalis lacking gelE
	Jamal A. Mohamed and Barbara E. Murray
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1747-1750. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Conditional production of acyl-homoserine lactone-type quorum-sensing signals in clinical isolates of enterobacteria
	Hui Wang, Tao Cai, Mengwei Weng, Jing Zhou, Huijuan Cao, Zengtao Zhong, and Jun Zhu
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1751-1753. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Interaction of Vibrio cholerae O139 with an intestinal parasite, Entamoeba histolytica
	Vibhu Jain, Mitesh Dongre, and Saumya Raychaudhuri
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1755-1756. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens and sporadic diarrhoea: a study from an Indian tertiary care hospital
	Lovely Joshy, Rama Chaudhry, Benu Dhawan, B. K. Das, Lalit Kumar, and Shobha Broor
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1757-1758. [Full Text] [PDF]

ERRATA
	Therapeutic use of an antibiotic-resistant Bifidobacterium preparation in men exposed to high-dose gamma-irradiation
	V. M. Korschunov, V. V. Smeyanov, B. A. Efimov, N. P. Tarabrina, A. A. Ivanov, and A. E. Baranov
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1759. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Anaerobic bacteria in 118 patients with deep-space head and neck infections from the University Hospital of Maxillofacial Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria
	L. Boyanova, R. Kolarov, G. Gergova, E. Deliverska, J. Madjarov, M. Marinov, and I. Mitov
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1759-a-1760. [Full Text] [PDF]

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