OBITUARY
	In memoriam – Marler Thomas Parker (1912–2006)
	J. Gerald Collee
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 971-973. [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEWS
	Control of pneumococcal disease in the United Kingdom – the start of a new era
	Stuart C. Clarke
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 975-980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Endocarditis caused by Propionibacterium species: a report of three cases and a review of clinical features and diagnostic difficulties
	James J. Clayton, Wazir Baig, Gregory W. Reynolds, and Jonathan A. T. Sandoe
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 981-987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Increased recovery of Moraxella catarrhalis and Haemophilus influenzae in association with group A ß-haemolytic streptococci in healthy children and those with pharyngo-tonsillitis
	Itzhak Brook and Alan E. Gober
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 989-992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Distribution of 19 major virulence genes in Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates from patients and water in Queensland, Australia
	Bixing Huang, Zheng Yuan, Brett A. Heron, Bruce R. Gray, Sofroni Eglezos, John R. Bates, and John Savill
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 993-997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]
	Biofilm matrix of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis: chemical composition and role in drug resistance
	Mohammed A. Al-Fattani and L. Julia Douglas
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 999-1008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Gene-expression profiles in gastric epithelial cells stimulated with spiral and coccoid Helicobacter pylori
	Zhi-Fang Liu, Chun-Yan Chen, Wei Tang, Jian-Ye Zhang, Yao-Qin Gong, and Ji-Hui Jia
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1009-1015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Increased prostanoid dependency of arterial relaxation in Chlamydia pneumoniae-infected mice
	Liisa Törmäkangas, Juha Ketonen, Maija Leinonen, Pekka Saikku, and Ilari Paakkari
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1017-1021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A microarray analysis of the murine macrophage response to infection with Francisella tularensis LVS
	Henrik Andersson, Blanka Hartmanová, Patrik Rydén, Laila Noppa, Linda Näslund, and Anders Sjöstedt
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1023-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Molecular typing of enteroviruses associated with viral meningitis in Cyprus, 2000–2002
	Jan Richter, Dana Koptides, Christina Tryfonos, and Christina Christodoulou
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1035-1041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Bordetella holmesii DNA is not detected in nasopharyngeal swabs from Finnish and Dutch patients with suspected pertussis
	Mia Antila, Qiushui He, Caroline de Jong, Ingrid Aarts, Harold Verbakel, Sylvia Bruisten, Suzanne Keller, Marjo Haanperä, Johanna Mäkinen, Erkki Eerola, Matti K. Viljanen, Jussi Mertsola, and Anneke van der Zee
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1043-1051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Rapid cost-effective subtyping of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by denaturing HPLC
	F. Jury, M. Al-Mahrous, M. Apostolou, S. Sandiford, A. Fox, W. Ollier, and M. Upton
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1053-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni using seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms in combination with flaA short variable region sequencing
	Erin P. Price, Venugopal Thiruvenkataswamy, Lance Mickan, Leanne Unicomb, Rosa E. Rios, Flavia Huygens, and Philip M. Giffard
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1061-1070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Identification of a repetitive sequence belonging to a PPE gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its use in diagnosis of tuberculosis
	Ranjana Srivastava, D. Kumar, M. N. Waskar, Meera Sharma, V. M. Katoch, and Brahm S. Srivastava
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1071-1077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Pneumococci causing invasive disease in children prior to the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Scotland
	Stuart C. Clarke, Johanna M. C. Jefferies, Andrew J. Smith, Jim McMenamin, Timothy J. Mitchell, and Giles F. S. Edwards
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1079-1084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Development of a diagnostic test for the Midlands 1 cystic fibrosis epidemic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
	Catherine H. M. Smart, Fiona W. Scott, Elli A. Wright, Martin J. Walshaw, C. Anthony Hart, Tyrone L. Pitt, and Craig Winstanley
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1085-1091. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Role of the ABC transporter TruMDR2 in terbinafine, 4-nitroquinoline N-oxide and ethidium bromide susceptibility in Trichophyton rubrum
	Ana Lúcia Fachin, Monica S. Ferreira-Nozawa, Walter Maccheroni, Jr, and Nilce M. Martinez-Rossi
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1093-1099. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Epidemiological analysis of group A streptococci recovered from patients in China
	Hong-bo Jing, Boa-an Ning, Huai-jie Hao, Yu-ling Zheng, Dong Chang, Wei Jiang, and Yong-qiang Jiang
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1101-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Surveillance of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwan, 2002–2003
	Ying-Yan Chen, Shu-Man Yao, Chen-Ying Chou, Yi-Ching Chang, Pei-Wun Shen, Chung-Ter Huang, Hsun-Pi Su, and Shu-Ying Li
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1109-1114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Superantigen gene profile, emm type and antibiotic resistance genes among group A streptococcal isolates from Barcelona, Spain
	Alba Rivera, Montserrat Rebollo, Elisenda Miró, Míriam Mateo, Ferran Navarro, Mercé Gurguí, Beatriz Mirelis, and Pere Coll
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1115-1123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
	Emergence and spread of two distinct clonal groups of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in a veterinary teaching hospital in Australia
	Hanna E. Sidjabat, Kirsty M. Townsend, Michael Lorentzen, Kari S. Gobius, Narelle Fegan, James J.-C. Chin, Karl A. Bettelheim, Nancy D. Hanson, John C. Bensink, and Darren J. Trott
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1125-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Isolation and characterization of Streptococcus mutans in heart valve and dental plaque specimens from a patient with infective endocarditis
	Ryota Nomura, Kazuhiko Nakano, Hirotoshi Nemoto, Kazuyo Fujita, Satoko Inagaki, Toshiki Takahashi, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Munehiro Takeda, Hideo Yoshioka, Atsuo Amano, and Takashi Ooshima
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1135-1140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HUMAN AND ANIMAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
	The bacteriology of biopsies differs between newly diagnosed, untreated, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients
	Rodrigo Bibiloni, Marco Mangold, Karen L. Madsen, Richard N. Fedorak, and Gerald W. Tannock
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1141-1149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Bacteraemic pneumonia caused by Neisseria lactamica with reduced susceptibility to penicillin and ciprofloxacin in an adult with liver cirrhosis
	Cheng-Yi Wang, Yu-Min Chuang, Lee-Jene Teng, Li-Na Lee, Pan-Chyr Yang, Sow-Hsong Kuo, and Po-Ren Hsueh
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1151-1152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Central line-related bacteraemia due to Roseomonas mucosa in a neutropenic patient with acute myeloid leukaemia in Piraeus, Greece
	G. B. Christakis, S. Perlorentzou, P. Alexaki, A. Megalakaki, and I. K. Zarkadis
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1153-1156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Direct detection of heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using molecular techniques
	Mairi M. Cullen, Noel E. Sam, Esther G. Kanduma, Timothy D. McHugh, and Stephen H. Gillespie
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1157-1158. [Full Text] [PDF]

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