EDITORIAL
	Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis virus infection in correctional institutions in Africa: is this the neglected source of an epidemic?
	A. C. Senok and G. A. Botta
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 481-482. [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEW
	Cytomegalovirus infection in burns: a review
	Hans-Oliver Rennekampff and Klaus Hamprecht
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 483-487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Modulation of crystalline Proteus mirabilis biofilm development on urinary catheters
	David J. Stickler and Sheridan D. Morgan
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 489-494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Clostridium perfringens phospholipase C-induced platelet/leukocyte interactions impede neutrophil diapedesis
	A. E. Bryant, C. R. Bayer, M. J. Aldape, R. J. Wallace, R. W. Titball, and D. L. Stevens
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 495-504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Dependence of the lethal effect of pore-forming haemolysins of Gram-positive bacteria on cytolytic activity
	Isao Watanabe, Takamasa Nomura, Takanari Tominaga, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Chikara Kohda, Ikuo Kawamura, and Masao Mitsuyama
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 505-510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Association between the Phe206Leu polymorphism of L-selectin and brucellosis
	Alireza Rafiei, Mehrdad Hajilooi, Reza J. Shakib, Safar Shams, and Nasrin Sheikh
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 511-516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Characterization of bovine and human group B streptococci isolated in Turkey
	Ismail Hakki Ekin and Kemal Gurturk
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 517-521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Staphylococcus equorum and Staphylococcus succinus isolated from human clinical specimens
	Dana Nováková, Ivo Sedlácek, Roman Pantucek, Vlastimil Stetina, Pavel Svec, and Petr Petrás
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 523-528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Diagnostic application of genotypic identification of mycobacteria
	Wing-Cheong Yam, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Sin-Yee Kam, Lap-San Yiu, Kin-Sang Chan, Chi-Chiu Leung, Cheuk-Ming Tam, Po-On Ho, Wing-Wai Yew, Wing-Hong Seto, and Pak-Leung Ho
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 529-536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evaluation of a newly developed down-flow immunoassay for detection of serum mannan antigens in patients with candidaemia
	Shin-ichi Fujita, Toshiharu Takamura, Mikio Nagahara, and Takuma Hashimoto
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 537-543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Intraserotype diversity among Argentinian verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli detected by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis
	Alejandra Krüger, Nora L. Padola, Alberto E. Parma, and Paula M. A. Lucchesi
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 545-549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Using real-time PCR to specifically detect Burkholderia mallei
	Melanie P. Ulrich, David A. Norwood, Deanna R. Christensen, and Ricky L. Ulrich
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 551-559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Sensitivity of three serum antibody tests in a large outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the Netherlands
	Ed P. F. Yzerman, Jeroen W. den Boer, Kamilla D. Lettinga, Arnoud J. Schel, Joop Schellekens, and Marcel Peeters
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 561-566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Increase in numbers of ß-lactam-resistant invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in Brazil and the impact of conjugate vaccine coverage
	Maria-Cristina C. Brandileone, Silvana Tadeu Casagrande, Maria-Luiza L. S. Guerra, Rosemeire Cobo Zanella, Ana-Lucia S. S. Andrade, and José-Luis Di Fabio
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 567-574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Distribution and characterization of integrons in various serogroups of Vibrio cholerae strains isolated from diarrhoeal patients between 1992 and 2000 in Kolkata, India
	Lei Shi, Kazutaka Fujihara, Toshio Sato, Hideaki Ito, Pallavi Garg, Rupa Chakrabarty, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, G. Balakrish Nair, Yoshifumi Takeda, and Shinji Yamasaki
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 575-583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Invasive multidrug-resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella infections in Africa: zoonotic or anthroponotic transmission?
	Samuel Kariuki, Gunturu Revathi, Nyambura Kariuki, John Kiiru, Joyce Mwituria, Jane Muyodi, Jane W. Githinji, Dorothy Kagendo, Agnes Munyalo, and C. Anthony Hart
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 585-591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and syphilis among prison inmates and officers at Nsawam and Accra, Ghana
	Andrew A. Adjei, Henry B. Armah, Foster Gbagbo, William K. Ampofo, Isaac K. E. Quaye, Ian F. A. Hesse, and George Mensah
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 593-597. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Mutations in mutT genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates of Beijing genotype
	Nicoletta Lari, Laura Rindi, Daniela Bonanni, Enrico Tortoli, and Carlo Garzelli
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 599-603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
	Potential role of Clostridium difficile as a cause of duodenitis-proximal jejunitis in horses
	Luis G. Arroyo, Henry R. Stämpfli, and J. Scott Weese
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 605-608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Identification of oral bacteria associated with crevicular epithelial cells from chronic periodontitis lesions
	Andréa Vieira Colombo, Carina M. Silva, Anne Haffajee, and Ana Paula Vieira Colombo
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 609-615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HUMAN AND ANIMAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
	Prevalence of Bacteroides and Prevotella spp. in ulcerative colitis
	Katja Lucke, Stephan Miehlke, Enno Jacobs, and Markus Schuppler
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 617-624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prevalence and temporal stability of selected clostridial groups in irritable bowel syndrome in relation to predominant faecal bacteria
	Johanna Maukonen, Reetta Satokari, Jaana Mättö, Hans Söderlund, Tiina Mattila-Sandholm, and Maria Saarela
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 625-633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Aspergillus fumigatus tricuspid native valve endocarditis in a non-intravenous drug user
	Antonios Vassiloyanakopoulos, Matthew E. Falagas, Maria Allamani, and Argyris Michalopoulos
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 635-638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Detection and quantification of Legionella pneumophila DNA in serum: case reports and review of the literature
	Bram M. W. Diederen, Caroline M. A. de Jong, Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans, Anneke van der Zee, and Marcel F. Peeters
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 639-642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Class 2 integrons in Vibrio cholerae
	Ashraf M. Ahmed, Fumio Kawaguchi, and Tadashi Shimamoto
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 643-644. [Full Text] [PDF]

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