REVIEW
	Role of two-component systems in the virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae
	G. K. Paterson, C. E. Blue, and T. J. Mitchell
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 355-363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Detection of virulence determinants in clinical strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis and mapping on macrorestriction profiles
	Sara M. Soto, Irene Rodríguez, M. Rosario Rodicio, Jordi Vila, and M. Carmen Mendoza
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 365-373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	DNA vaccines expressing pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) elicit protection levels comparable to recombinant protein
	Daniela M. Ferreira, Eliane N. Miyaji, Maria Leonor S. Oliveira, Michelle Darrieux, Ana Paula M. Arêas, Paulo L. Ho, and Luciana C. C. Leite
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 375-378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in diabetic mice enhanced inflammation and coagulation
	Shyh-Ming Tsao, Cheng-Chin Hsu, and Mei-Chin Yin
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 379-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Identification of biochemically atypical Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates with three automated identification systems
	Yoshikazu Ishii, Jimena Alba, Chikako Maehara, Hinako Murakami, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Tateda, Nobuhiko Furuya, Morihiro Iwata, and Keizo Yamaguchi
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 387-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Identification of Campylobacter spp. and discrimination from Helicobacter and Arcobacter spp. by direct sequencing of PCR-amplified cpn60 sequences and comparison to cpnDB, a chaperonin reference sequence database
	Janet E. Hill, Ana Paccagnella, Kee Law, Pasquale L. Melito, David L. Woodward, Lawrence Price, Amy H. Leung, Lai-King Ng, Sean M. Hemmingsen, and Swee Han Goh
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 393-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Determination of the prevalence of lymphatic filariasis among migrant workers in Kuwait by detecting circulating filarial antigen
	Jamshaid Iqbal and Ali Sher
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 401-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	In vitro properties of antimicrobial bromotyrosine alkaloids
	Neora Pick, Mamta Rawat, Dorit Arad, Jiong Lan, Junfa Fan, Andrew S. Kende, and Yossef Av-Gay
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 407-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Characterization of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Kuwait and UK strains identified by the Vitek system, and subsequent comparison of the Vitek system with other commercial ESBL-testing systems using these strains
	A. A. Dashti, P. West, R. Paton, and S. G. B. Amyes
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 417-421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Recurrent candidaemia in a neonate with Hirschsprung's disease: fluconazole resistance and genetic relatedness of eight Candida tropicalis isolates
	Pei Pei Chong, David Ching-Soo Chieng, Lee Yean Low, Asma Hafeez, Mariana Nor Shamsudin, Heng Fong Seow, and Kee Peng Ng
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 423-428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]
	Strain differentiation of Trichophyton rubrum by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA and analysis of rDNA nontranscribed spacer
	Lilian Cristiane Baeza, Marcelo Teruyuki Matsumoto, Ana Marisa Fusco Almeida, and Maria José Soares Mendes-Giannini
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 429-436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Epidemiological relationships among penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae strains recovered in the Czech Republic
	Helena Zemlicková, Oto Melter, and Pavla Urbásková
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 437-442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
	The Moraxella bovis RTX toxin locus mbx defines a pathogenicity island
	John F. Hess and John A. Angelos
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 443-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Identification of an IS6110 insertion site in plcD, the unique phospholipase C gene of Mycobacterium bovis
	Cristina Viana-Niero, Cesar Alejandro Rosales Rodriguez, Fabiana Bigi, Marcos Santos Zanini, José Soares Ferreira-Neto, Angel Cataldi, and Sylvia Cardoso Leão
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 451-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Cyclospora infection in five immunocompetent patients in a Turkish university hospital
	Banu Sancak, Yakut Akyon, and Sibel Ergüven
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 459-462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Two cases of parotid gland infection with bacteraemia due to meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
	D. A. Enoch, J. A. Karas, M. M. Emery, and C. Borland
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 463-465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Yersinia outer-membrane protein B (YopB): a tool for identification of Yersinia pestis isolates
	Rekha Khushiramani, Jyoti Shukla, Urmil Tuteja, and Harsh Vardhan Batra
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 467-469. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Development of a real-time PCR for the detection of Chlamydia psittaci
	Armelle Ménard, Maithé Clerc, Agathe Subtil, Francis Mégraud, Christiane Bébéar, and Bertille de Barbeyrac
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 471-473. [Full Text] [PDF]
	The potential misidentification of Tsukamurella pulmonis as an atypical Mycobacterium species: a cautionary tale
	Timothy Stanley, Lester Crothers, Mark McCalmont, Jiru Xu, B. Cherie Millar, Colin E. Goldsmith, and John E. Moore
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 475-478. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Presence of active efflux systems AdeABC, AdeDE and AdeXYZ in different Acinetobacter genomic DNA groups
	Yiu Wai Chu, Sze Lok Chau, and Elizabeth T. S. Houang
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 477-478. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Plasmids – potential tool for the investigation of gene transfer in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
	T. Dam and Paramita Das
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 479-480. [Full Text] [PDF]

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