PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Effect of deletion of the lpxM gene on virulence and vaccine potential of Yersinia pestis in mice
	Andrey P. Anisimov, Rima Z. Shaikhutdinova, Lyudmila N. Pan'kina, Valentina A. Feodorova, Elena P. Savostina, Ol'ga V. Bystrova, Buko Lindner, Aleksandr N. Mokrievich, Irina V. Bakhteeva, Galina M. Titareva, Svetlana V. Dentovskaya, Nina A. Kocharova, Sof'ya N. Senchenkova, Otto Holst, Zurab L. Devdariani, Yuriy A. Popov, Gerald B. Pier, and Yuriy A. Knirel
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 443-453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Vaccine efficacy of an attenuated but persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis cysH mutant
	Ryan H. Senaratne, Joseph D. Mougous, J. Rachel Reader, Spencer J. Williams, Tianjiao Zhang, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, and Lee W. Riley
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 454-458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Toll-like receptor 2-mediated dendritic cell activation by a Porphyromonas gingivalis synthetic lipopeptide
	Yasuyuki Asai, Yutaka Makimura, and Tomohiko Ogawa
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 459-465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evaluation of T-cell responses to peptides with MHC class I-binding motifs derived from PE_PGRS 33 protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
	M. G. Chaitra, M. S. Shaila, and R. Nayak
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 466-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Identification of Gram-negative bacilli directly from positive blood culture vials
	Siew Yong Ng, Lee Ling Kwang, and Thean Yen Tan
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 475-479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Multiplex PCR assay for identification of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis from pure cultures and for rapid detection of this pathogen in clinical samples
	Luis G. C. Pacheco, Roberta R. Pena, Thiago L. P. Castro, Fernanda A. Dorella, Robson C. Bahia, Renato Carminati, Marcílio N. L. Frota, Sérgio C. Oliveira, Roberto Meyer, Francisco S. F. Alves, Anderson Miyoshi, and Vasco Azevedo
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 480-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Non-cultural detection and molecular genotyping of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from a piece of clothing
	Iona M. C. Martin, Ellie Foreman, Vicky Hall, Anne Nesbitt, Greta Forster, and Catherine A. Ison
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 487-490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evaluation of a chromogenic agar (MRSASelect) for the detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with clinical samples in The Netherlands
	I. H. M. van Loo, S. van Dijk, I. Verbakel-Schelle, and A. G. M. Buiting
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 491-494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prospective evaluation of the new chromogenic medium CandiSelect 4 for differentiation and presumptive identification of the major pathogenic Candida species
	Boualem Sendid, Nadine François, Annie Standaert, Eric Dehecq, Farid Zerimech, Daniel Camus, and Daniel Poulain
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 495-499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Comparison of four chromogenic media for culture-based screening of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
	Abdessalam Cherkaoui, Gesuele Renzi, Patrice François, and Jacques Schrenzel
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 500-503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Identification of species of Abiotrophia, Enterococcus, Granulicatella and Streptococcus by sequence analysis of the ribosomal 16S–23S intergenic spacer region
	Sheng Kai Tung, Lee Jene Teng, Mario Vaneechoutte, Hung Mo Chen, and Tsung Chain Chang
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 504-513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Evaluation of susceptibility of Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton rubrum clinical isolates to antifungal drugs using a modified CLSI microdilution method (M38-A)
	Maria Elisabete da Silva Barros, Daniel de Assis Santos, and Júnia Soares Hamdan
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 514-518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Effects of oregano, carvacrol and thymol on Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms
	Antonia Nostro, Andrea Sudano Roccaro, Giuseppe Bisignano, Andreana Marino, Maria A. Cannatelli, Francesco C. Pizzimenti, Pier Luigi Cioni, Francesca Procopio, and Anna Rita Blanco
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 519-523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Detection of a neonatal human rotavirus strain with VP4 and NSP4 genes of porcine origin
	Joana D'Arc P. Mascarenhas, José Paulo G. Leite, Jackson C. Lima, Marcos B. Heinemann, Darleise S. Oliveira, Irene T. Araújo, Luana S. Soares, Rosa Helena P. Gusmão, Yvone B. Gabbay, and Alexandre C. Linhares
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 524-532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Epidemiological shift in the prevalence of pertussis in Taiwan: implications for pertussis vaccination
	Yu-Chi Lin, Shu-Man Yao, Jer-Jea Yan, Ying-Yan Chen, Chuen-Sheue Chiang, Ho-Sheng Wu, and Shu-Ying Li
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 533-537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Clinical and microbiological investigations of typhoid fever in an infectious disease hospital in Kuwait
	Tsonyo Dimitrov, Eded E. Udo, Ossama Albaksami, Shehab Al-Shehab, Abdal Kilani, Medhat Shehab, and Aref Al-Nakkas
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 538-544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Clinical and microbiological features of nocardiosis 1997–2003
	J. Muñoz, B. Mirelis, L. M. Aragón, N. Gutiérrez, F. Sánchez, M. Español, O. Esparcia, M. Gurguí, P. Domingo, and P. Coll
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 545-550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Serotype distribution of Streptococcus mutans a pathogen of dental caries in cardiovascular specimens from Japanese patients
	Kazuhiko Nakano, Hirotoshi Nemoto, Ryota Nomura, Hiromi Homma, Hideo Yoshioka, Yasuhiro Shudo, Hiroki Hata, Koichi Toda, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Atsuo Amano, and Takashi Ooshima
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 551-556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HUMAN AND ANIMAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
	A Helicobacter hepaticus catalase mutant is hypersensitive to oxidative stress and suffers increased DNA damage
	Yang Hong, Ge Wang, and Robert J. Maier
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 557-562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Molecular identification of Exiguobacterium acetylicum as the aetiological agent of bacteraemia
	Yoav Keynan, Gabriel Weber, and Hannah Sprecher
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 563-564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Serotype diversity as a drawback in the surveillance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections in Brazil
	Kinue Irino, Tânia M. I. Vaz, Marta I. C. Medeiros, Maria Aidê M. F. Kato, Tânia A. T. Gomes, Mônica A. M. Vieira, and Beatriz E. C. Guth
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 565-567. [Full Text] [PDF]
	A new henna-based medium for the differentiation of Cryptococcus neoformans
	B. Nandhakumar, Thangam Menon, and C. P. Girish Kumar
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 568. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evaluation of crystal violet impregnated filter paper strips for transport and selective isolation of ß-haemolytic streptococci
	B. Malathy and Thangam Menon
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 569-570. [Full Text] [PDF]

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