REVIEW
	Molecular mechanisms of antimony resistance in Leishmania
	Ashutosh, Shyam Sundar, and Neena Goyal
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 143-153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Helicobacter pylori heat-shock protein 60 induces interleukin-8 via a Toll-like receptor (TLR)2 and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway in human monocytes
	Ying Zhao, Kenji Yokota, Kiyoshi Ayada, Yumiko Yamamoto, Tomayuki Okada, Lianhua Shen, and Keiji Oguma
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 154-164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Acinetobacter baumannii lipopolysaccharides are potent stimulators of human monocyte activation via Toll-like receptor 4 signalling
	Clett Erridge, Olga L. Moncayo-Nieto, Robert Morgan, Michelle Young, and Ian R. Poxton
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 165-171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Evaluation of routine microbiological techniques for establishing the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci
	Anna L. Casey, Tony Worthington, Peter A. Lambert, and Tom S. J. Elliott
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 172-176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Relationship between O-antigen subtypes, bacterial surface structures and O-antigen gene clusters in Escherichia coli O123 strains carrying genes for Shiga toxins and intimin
	Lothar Beutin, Quan Wang, Dieter Naumann, Weiqing Han, Gladys Krause, Luciana Leomil, Lei Wang, and Lu Feng
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 177-184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	PCR-based identification and strain typing of Pichia anomala using the ribosomal intergenic spacer region IGS1
	Sonia Bhardwaj, Rajeshwari Sutar, Anand K. Bachhawat, Sunit Singhi, and Arunaloke Chakrabarti
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 185-189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Occurrence and genetic variability of Candida parapsilosis sensu lato in Hungary
	Sándor Kocsubé, Mónika Tóth, Csaba Vágvölgyi, Ilona Dóczi, Miklós Pesti, István Pócsi, Judit Szabó, and János Varga
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 190-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data]
	A PCR approach to determine the distribution of toxin genes in closely related Clostridium species: Clostridium botulinum type C and D neurotoxins and C2 toxin, and Clostridium novyi toxin
	Ann Heffron and Ian R. Poxton
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 196-201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Comparison of direct disk diffusion and standard microtitre broth dilution susceptibility testing of blood culture isolates
	Andreas Edelmann, Tim Pietzcker, and Nele Wellinghausen
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 202-207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Rapid differentiation of Staphylococcus aureus isolates harbouring egc loci with pseudogenes ent1 and ent2 and the selu or seluv gene using PCR-RFLP
	Mark M. Collery and Cyril J. Smyth
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 208-216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Characterization of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli from diarrhoeal patients in Bangladesh using phenotyping and genetic profiling
	M. Ansaruzzaman, N. A. Bhuiyan, Y. A. Begum, I. Kühn, G. B. Nair, D. A. Sack, A.-M. Svennerholm, and F. Qadri
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 217-222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Real-time PCR targeting the sip gene for detection of group B streptococcus colonization in pregnant women at delivery
	Hakon Bergseng, Lars Bevanger, Marite Rygg, and Kare Bergh
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 223-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Phenotypes and genotypes of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolated in Seoul, Korea
	Sook Young Bae, Jang Su Kim, Jung-Ah Kwon, Soo-Young Yoon, Chae Seung Lim, Kap No Lee, Yunjung Cho, Young Kee Kim, and Chang Kyu Lee
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 229-235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Polymorphisms of the pbp5 gene and correlation with ampicillin resistance in Enterococcus faecium isolates of animal origin
	Patricia Poeta, Daniela Costa, Gilberto Igrejas, Yolanda Sáenz, Myriam Zarazaga, Jorge Rodrigues, and Carmen Torres
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 236-240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae from patients of two hospitals in Saxony, Germany
	Joachim Schmitt, Enno Jacobs, and Herbert Schmidt
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 241-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Growth in catheter biofilms and antibiotic resistance of Mycobacterium avium
	Joseph O. Falkinham, III
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 250-254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Species distribution and antifungal susceptibility of Candida bloodstream isolates in Kuwait: a 10-year study
	Eiman M. Mokaddas, Noura A. Al-Sweih, and Zia U. Khan
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 255-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Characterization of the genetic background of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor serotype Inaba strains isolated in Trivandrum, southern India
	Saswat S. Mohapatra, Dhanya Ramachandran, Chinmay K. Mantri, and Durg V. Singh
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 260-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Haemoperfused liver as an ex vivo model for organ invasion of Candida albicans
	Sascha Thewes, Hilde-Kristin Reed, Christian Grosse-Siestrup, David A. Groneberg, Michael Meissler, Martin Schaller, and Bernhard Hube
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 266-270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HUMAN AND ANIMAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
	Preliminary characterization of the normal microbiota of the human vulva using cultivation-independent methods
	Celeste J. Brown, Mayee Wong, Catherine C. Davis, Amita Kanti, Xia Zhou, and Larry J. Forney
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 271-276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Ciprofloxacin treatment failure in a case of typhoid fever caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin
	Tzonyo Dimitrov, Edet E. Udo, Osama Albaksami, Abdul A. Kilani, and El-Din M. R. Shehab
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 277-279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	‘Streptococcus milleri’ aortic valve endocarditis and hepatic abscess
	Rashid M. Rashid, Wajeeh Salah, and Jorge P. Parada
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 280-282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	PCR confirmation of cutaneous manifestation due to Brucella melitensis
	Manohar B. Mutnal, Shashank Purwar, Sharada C. Metgud, Mahantesh B. Nagmoti, and Chidanand S. Patil
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 283-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Chaining in enterococci revisited: correlation between chain length and gelatinase phenotype, and gelE and fsrB genes among clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis
	Cesar A. Arias, Leonardo Cortes, and Barbara E. Murray
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 286-288. [Full Text] [PDF]

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