REVIEW
	Biofilm formation by enterococci
	Jamal A. Mohamed and David B. Huang
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1581-1588. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Comparison of lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis genes of Campylobacter jejuni strains with varying abilities to colonize the chicken gut and to invade Caco-2 cells
	Jens Müller, Birgit Meyer, Ingrid Hänel, and Helmut Hotzel
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1589-1594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Low concentrations of commercial alcohol hand rubs facilitate growth of and secretion of extracellular proteins by multidrug-resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii
	Justin Edwards, Geeta Patel, and David W. Wareham
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1595-1599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	An iron-regulated outer-membrane protein of Proteus mirabilis is a haem receptor that plays an important role in urinary tract infection and in in vivo growth
	Analía Lima, Pablo Zunino, Bruno D'Alessandro, and Claudia Piccini
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1600-1607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Misidentification of Bordetella bronchiseptica as Bordetella pertussis using a newly described real-time PCR targeting the pertactin gene
	Karen B. Register and Tracy L. Nicholson
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1608-1610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]
	Use of an HIV-1 reverse-transcriptase enzyme-activity assay to measure HIV-1 viral load as a potential alternative to nucleic acid-based assay for monitoring antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings
	H. Syed Iqbal, P. Balakrishnan, Anitha J. Cecelia, Suniti Solomon, N. Kumarasamy, Vidya Madhavan, K. G. Murugavel, Aylur K. Ganesh, Sunil Suhas Solomon, Kenneth H. Mayer, and Suzanne M. Crowe
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1611-1614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Dissemination of a single Vibrio cholerae clone in cholera outbreaks during 2005 in Iran
	M. R. Pourshafie, B. Bakhshi, R. Ranjbar, M. Sedaghat, N. Sadeghifard, J. Zaemi Yazdi, M. Parzadeh, and J. Raesi
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1615-1619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Epidemiological, biochemical and antimicrobial susceptibility characteristics of Streptococcus pseudoporcinus isolated in Quebec, Canada, from 1997 to 2006
	Christiane Gaudreau, Esther Simoneau, Olivia Labrecque, Robert A. Laurence, Céline Laferrière, Mark Miller, Lélia Raynal, and Fabien Rallu
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1620-1624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Clinical features of severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in adults admitted to an intensive care unit
	Naoyuki Miyashita, Yasushi Obase, Kazunobu Ouchi, Kozo Kawasaki, Yasuhiro Kawai, Yoshihiro Kobashi, and Mikio Oka
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1625-1629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A decrease in the proportion of infections by pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Hat Yai Hospital, southern Thailand
	Nutthakul Wootipoom, Phuangthip Bhoopong, Rattanaruji Pomwised, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, Masanori Ishibashi, and Varaporn Vuddhakul
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1630-1638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Rapid identification of Candida glabrata in Candida bloodstream infections
	Nicholas Foster, Charlotte Symes, Richard Barton, and Richard Hobson
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1639-1643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evidence for a clonally different origin of the two cholera epidemics of 2001–2002 and 1980–1987 in South Africa
	Karen H. Keddy, Sandrama Nadan, Chetna Govind, A. Willem Sturm, and for the Group for Enteric, Respiratory and Meningeal Disease Surveillance in South Africa
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1644-1650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	A molecular analysis of the bacteria present within oral squamous cell carcinoma
	Samuel J. Hooper, St-John Crean, Michael J. Fardy, Michael A. O. Lewis, David A. Spratt, William G. Wade, and Melanie J. Wilson
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1651-1659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Experimental infection of dairy calves with Ehrlichia chaffeensis
	Jose R. C. delos Santos, Kirsten Boughan, William G. Bremer, Brian Rizzo, John J. Schaefer, Yasuko Rikihisa, Glen R. Needham, L. A. Capitini, David E. Anderson, Michael Oglesbee, S. A. Ewing, and Roger W. Stich
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1660-1668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HUMAN AND ANIMAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
	Imbalance in the composition of the duodenal microbiota of children with coeliac disease
	Inmaculada Nadal, Esther Donant, Carmen Ribes-Koninckx, Miguel Calabuig, and Yolanda Sanz
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1669-1674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Characterization of skin microbiota in patients with atopic dermatitis and in normal subjects using 16S rRNA gene-based comprehensive analysis
	Itaru Dekio, Mitsuo Sakamoto, Hidenori Hayashi, Masayuki Amagai, Makoto Suematsu, and Yoshimi Benno
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1675-1683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Pelvic abscess caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum mimicking a soft tissue tumour
	I. H. M. van Loo, W. J. van den Wildenberg, P. J. van Huijstee, J. A. Roukema, A. J. Apperloo, and M. F. Peeters
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1684-1686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Isolation of Gordonia terrae from a patient with catheter-related bacteraemia
	A. J. Grisold, P. Roll, M. Hoenigl, G. Feierl, R. Vicenzi-Moser, and E. Marth
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1687-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Mechanical valve endocarditis caused by Gemella morbillorum
	Ghanem Al-Hujailan and Philippe Lagacé-Wiens
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1689-1691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Successful treatment of multi-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation with a combination of colistin and tigecycline
	Marta Stanzani, Fabio Tumietto, Maria Benedetta Giannini, Giuseppe Bianchi, Anna Nanetti, Nicola Vianelli, Mario Arpinati, Maddalena Giovannini, Francesca Bonifazi, Giuseppe Bandini, and Michele Baccarani
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1692-1695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Stevens–Johnson syndrome without skin lesions
	K. Latsch, H. J. Girschick, and M. Abele-Horn
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1696-1699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A UK clinical isolate of Bordetella hinzii from a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome
	Norman K. Fry, John Duncan, Martin T. Edwards, Rebecca E. Tilley, Dipti Chitnavis, Ruth Harman, Haydn Hammerton, and Linda Dainton
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1700-1703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Detection of cysteine-dependent Escherichia coli in a public health laboratory setting in Hong Kong
	Yiu Wai Chu, Amy K. F. Chan, Grand K. L. Tsang, and Janice Y. C. Lo
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1704. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Emergence of telithromycin resistance in Haemophilus influenzae in Japan
	Toshinobu Horii, Shigeyuki Notake, Yusuke Yoda, and Hideji Yanagisawa
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1705-1706. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing/W genotype in Venezuela
	Liselotte Aristimuño, Mercedes España, Alexis Guilarte, Carmen Ramírez, Janet Rojas, Patricia Gavín, Ana I. López-Calleja, M. Antonia Lezcano, M. José Revillo, Alberto Cebollada, Carlos Martín, and Sofía Samper
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1707-1708. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Value of single acid-fast bacilli sputum smears in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-positive subjects
	Ramachandran Vignesh, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Esaki Muthu Shankar, Kailapuri Gangatharan Murugavel, Settu Hanas, Anitha Jebaraj Cecelia, Suniti Solomon, and Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1709-1710. [Full Text] [PDF]

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