PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Detection of typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in Iranian children with and without diarrhoea
	M. Yousef Alikhani, Akbar Mirsalehian, and M. Mehdi Aslani
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1159-1163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Typing of intimin (eae) genes from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) isolated from children with diarrhoea in Montevideo, Uruguay: identification of two novel intimin variants (µB and R/ß2B)
	Miguel Blanco, Jesús E. Blanco, Ghizlane Dahbi, Azucena Mora, María Pilar Alonso, Gustavo Varela, María Pilar Gadea, Felipé Schelotto, Enrique A. González, and Jorge Blanco
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1165-1174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Cytokine secretion profiles of human keratinocytes during Trichophyton tonsurans and Arthroderma benhamiae infections
	Yumi Shiraki, Yoshio Ishibashi, Masataro Hiruma, Akemi Nishikawa, and Shigaku Ikeda
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1175-1185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Comparison of DNA extraction methods for Aspergillus fumigatus using real-time PCR
	Lisa J. Griffiths, Martin Anyim, Sarah R. Doffman, Mark Wilks, Michael R. Millar, and Samir G. Agrawal
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1187-1191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	ß-Mercaptoethanol-modified ELISA for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis
	Elfadil M. Abass, Durria Mansour, Mohamed el Mutasim, Muna Hussein, and Abdallah el Harith
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1193-1196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Microcoding and flow cytometry as a high-throughput fungal identification system for Malassezia species
	Mara R. Diaz, Teun Boekhout, Bart Theelen, Marjan Bovers, Francisco J. Cabañes, and Jack W. Fell
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1197-1209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Fast and reliable PCR/sequencing/RFLP assay for identification of fungi in onychomycoses
	Michel Monod, Olympia Bontems, Christophe Zaugg, Barbara Léchenne, Marina Fratti, and Renato Panizzon
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1211-1216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Real-time PCR detection and speciation of Cryptosporidium infection using Scorpion probes
	Suzanne E. Stroup, Shantanu Roy, John Mchele, Venance Maro, Simon Ntabaguzi, Abdullah Siddique, Gagandeep Kang, Richard L. Guerrant, Beth D. Kirkpatrick, Ronald Fayer, Joel Herbein, Honourine Ward, Rashidul Haque, and Eric R. Houpt
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1217-1222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Detection of anti-pertussis toxin IgG in oral fluids for use in diagnosis and surveillance of Bordetella pertussis infection in children and young adults
	David J. Litt, Dhanraj Samuel, John Duncan, Anthony Harnden, Robert C. George, and Timothy G. Harrison
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1223-1228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Inter-laboratory comparison of three different real-time PCR assays for the detection of Pneumocystis jiroveci in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples
	Catharina F. M. Linssen, Jan A. Jacobs, Pieter Beckers, Kate E. Templeton, Judith Bakkers, Ed J. Kuijper, Willem J. G. Melchers, Marjolein Drent, and Cornelis Vink
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1229-1235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Detection of clonally related vanB2-containing Enterococcus faecium strains in two Spanish hospitals
	Carmen Torres, Susanna Escobar, Aránzazu Portillo, Luis Torres, Antonio Rezusta, Fernanda Ruiz-Larrea, Maria José Revillo, Carmen Aspiroz, and Myriam Zarazaga
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1237-1243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	CTX-M-producing Salmonella spp. in Hong Kong: an emerging problem
	Yujuan Jin and J. M. Ling
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1245-1250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Jiangsu Province, China, with a focus on fluoroquinolone resistance
	Bei Wang, Jin-shui Xu, Chang-xian Wang, Zu-huang Mi, Yue-pu Pu, Mamie Hui, Thomas K. W. Ling, and Chiu-Yeung Chan
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1251-1255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Antibiotic resistance and genetic diversity of Shigella sonnei isolated from patients with diarrhoea between 1999 and 2003 in Bangladesh
	Kaisar A. Talukder, Zhahirul Islam, Dilip K. Dutta, M. Aminul Islam, Bijay K. Khajanchi, Ishrat J. Azmi, Mohd S. Iqbal, M. A. Hossain, A. S. G. Faruque, G. Balakrish Nair, and David A. Sack
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1257-1263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Bacterial killing in gastric juice – effect of pH and pepsin on Escherichia coli and Helicobacter pylori
	H. Zhu, C. A. Hart, D. Sales, and N. B. Roberts
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1265-1270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Effect of gamma irradiation on viability and DNA of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli
	Andrej Trampuz, Kerryl E. Piper, James M. Steckelberg, and Robin Patel
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1271-1275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
	Broilers do not play a dominant role in the Campylobacter fetus contamination of humans
	Isabelle Kempf, Fabienne Dufour-Gesbert, Gwenaelle Hellard, Valérie Prouzet-Mauléon, and Francis Mégraud
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1277-1278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Effect of antifungal treatment on the prevalence of yeasts in HIV-infected subjects
	Mrudula Patel, Joanne T. Shackleton, and Maeve M. Coogan
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1279-1284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Anaerobic bacteria in 118 patients with deep-space head and neck infections from the University Hospital of Maxillofacial Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria
	Lyudmila Boyanova, Rossen Kolarov, Galina Gergova, Elitsa Deliverska, Jivko Madjarov, Milen Marinov, and Ivan Mitov
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1285-1289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Contribution of the myeloperoxidase-dependent oxidative system to host defence against Cryptococcus neoformans
	Yasuaki Aratani, Fumiaki Kura, Haruo Watanabe, Hisayoshi Akagawa, Yukie Takano, Akiko Ishida-Okawara, Kazuo Suzuki, Nobuyo Maeda, and Hideki Koyama
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1291-1299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Prevalence of cryptococcal meningitis at a tertiary care centre in Western India (1996–2005)
	Meena G. Satpute, Nilima V. Telang, Geetanjali M. Litake, Krishna B. Niphadkar, and Suresh G. Joshi
	J Med Microbiol 2006. 55: 1301-1302. [Full Text] [PDF]

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