REVIEW
	Establishment of a UK National Influenza H5 Laboratory Network
	Martin D. Curran, Joanna S. Ellis, Tim G. Wreghitt, and Maria C. Zambon
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1263-1267. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	A 55 kDa hypothetical membrane protein is an iron-regulated virulence factor of Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida U112
	Timothy S. Milne, Stephen L. Michell, Helen Diaper, Per Wikström, Kerstin Svensson, Petra C. F. Oyston, and Richard W. Titball
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1268-1276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The type III secretion system of Proteus mirabilis HI4320 does not contribute to virulence in the mouse model of ascending urinary tract infection
	Melanie M. Pearson and Harry L. T. Mobley
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1277-1283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Virulence properties of Campylobacter jejuni isolates of poultry and human origin
	Kim Van Deun, Freddy Haesebrouck, Marc Heyndrickx, Herman Favoreel, Jeroen Dewulf, Liesbeth Ceelen, Linn Dumez, Winy Messens, Saskia Leleu, Filip Van Immerseel, Richard Ducatelle, and Frank Pasmans
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1284-1289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	In vitro ability of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bacteraemic patients with and without metastatic complications to invade vascular endothelial cells
	Wan Beom Park, Sung Han Kim, Cheol-in Kang, Jae Hyun Cho, Ji Whan Bang, Kyoung Wha Park, Yeong Seon Lee, Nam Joong Kim, Myoung-don Oh, Hong Bin Kim, and Kang Won Choe
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1290-1295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evolution of slime production by coagulase-negative staphylococci and enterotoxigenic characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from various human clinical specimens
	Banur Boynukara, Timur Gulhan, Kemal Gurturk, Mustafa Alisarli, and Erdal Ogun
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1296-1300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Influence of Bifidobacterium longum BB536 intake on faecal microbiota in individuals with Japanese cedar pollinosis during the pollen season
	Toshitaka Odamaki, Jin-Zhong Xiao, Noriyuki Iwabuchi, Mitsuo Sakamoto, Noritoshi Takahashi, Shizuki Kondo, Kazuhiro Miyaji, Keiji Iwatsuki, Hideo Togashi, Tadao Enomoto, and Yoshimi Benno
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1301-1308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Multiple genus-specific markers in PCR assays improve the specificity and sensitivity of diagnosis of brucellosis in field animals
	Falguni Mukherjee, Jainendra Jain, Vipul Patel, and Mrinalini Nair
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1309-1316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Assessment of four serological techniques in the immunological diagnosis of farmers' lung disease
	Gabriel Reboux, Renaud Piarroux, Sandrine Roussel, Laurence Millon, Karine Bardonnet, and Jean-Charles Dalphin
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1317-1321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]
	Negative impact of Aspergillus galactomannan and DNA detection in the diagnosis of fungal rhinosinusitis
	Katriina Kostamo, Malcolm Richardson, Erkki Eerola, Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava, Taru Meri, Henrik Malmberg, and Elina Toskala
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1322-1327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Distribution of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) types I, II, III and IV in coagulase-negative staphylococci from patients attending a tertiary hospital in southern Brazil
	Alice Beatriz Mombach Pinheiro Machado, Keli Cristine Reiter, Rodrigo Minuto Paiva, and Afonso Luis Barth
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1328-1333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Improved contamination control for a rapid phage-based rifampicin resistance test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis
	Richard Mole, Andre Trollip, Celeste Abrahams, Marlein Bosman, and Heidi Albert
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1334-1339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Simultaneous direct detection of toxigenic and non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae from rectal swabs and environmental samples by sandwich ELISA
	Urmil Tuteja, Sanjay Kumar, Jyoti Shukla, Joseph Kingston, and Harsh V. Batra
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1340-1345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Development of a real-time PCR assay for the detection and identification of Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus and Staphylococcus warneri
	Tadayuki Iwase, Keiko Seki, Hitomi Shinji, Yoshimitsu Mizunoe, and Shogo Masuda
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1346-1349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Multiplex PCR for direct identification of Campylobacter spp. in human and chicken stools
	Aisha Al Amri, Abiola C. Senok, Abdulrahman Yusuf Ismaeel, Ali E. Al-Mahmeed, and Giuseppe A. Botta
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1350-1355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Simplified detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum using smear microscopy and PCR with molecular beacons
	Sagarika Haldar, Soumitesh Chakravorty, Manpreet Bhalla, Shyamasree De Majumdar, and Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1356-1362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Genotypic analyses of uropathogenic Escherichia coli based on fimH single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
	Sara Y. Tartof, Owen D. Solberg, and Lee W. Riley
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1363-1369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Rapid screening of clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori by pyrosequencing
	Karen-Anja Moder, Franziska Layer, Wolfgang König, and Brigitte König
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1370-1376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	A virulent genotype of Microsporum canis is responsible for the majority of human infections
	Rahul Sharma, S. de Hoog, Wolfgang Presber, and Yvonne Gräser
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1377-1385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Virulence characteristics and the molecular epidemiology of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli isolates from travellers to developing countries
	David B. Huang, Jamal A. Mohamed, James P. Nataro, Herbert L. DuPont, Zhi-Dong Jiang, and Pablo C. Okhuysen
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1386-1392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Phospholipase, proteinase and haemolytic activities of Candida albicans isolated from oral cavities of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
	C. S. P. Tsang, F. C. S. Chu, W. K. Leung, L. J. Jin, L. P. Samaranayake, and S. C. Siu
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1393-1398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Role of caspases in cleavage of lamin A/C and PARP during apoptosis in macrophages infected with a periodontopathic bacterium
	Toshinori Okinaga, Hironori Kasai, Toshiyuki Tsujisawa, and Tatsuji Nishihara
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1399-1404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Chronic meningitis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
	Suk Ran Kim, Min Jung Kwon, Jang Ho Lee, and Nam Yong Lee
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1405-1406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Purpura fulminans in a child secondary to Panton–Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus
	Abid Hussain, Gisela Robinson, Joanne Malkin, Mark Duthie, Angela Kearns, and Nelun Perera
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1407-1409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Endophthalmitis due to Williamsia muralis
	Ronan J. Murray, Max Aravena-Román, and Peter Kämpfer
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1410-1412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Detection of novel serotype k Streptococcus mutans in infective endocarditis patients
	Kazuhiko Nakano, Ryota Nomura, Hirotoshi Nemoto, Takao Mukai, Hideo Yoshioka, Yasuhiro Shudo, Hiroki Hata, Koichi Toda, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Atsuo Amano, and Takashi Ooshima
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1413-1415. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Coincidence of bft and cfiA genes in a multi-resistant clinical isolate of Bacteroides fragilis
	Gabriella Terhes, Jon S. Brazier, József Sóki, Edit Urbán, and Elisabeth Nagy
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1416-1418. [Full Text] [PDF]

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