REVIEW
	Comparison of utility of blood cultures from intravascular catheters and peripheral veins: a systematic review and decision analysis
	Matthew E. Falagas, Maria S. Kazantzi, and Ioannis A. Bliziotis
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1-8. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Association between Helicobacter pylori VacA antigens and gastric cancer depends on the detection method used: immunoblot versus neutralization of the vacuolating activity of VacA
	Guadalupe Ayala, Julia Torres-Mena, and Lizbeth López-Carrillo
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 9-14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evaluation of in vitro virulence characteristics of the genus Pandoraea in lung epithelial cells
	Emma Caraher, Jonathan Collins, Gillian Herbert, Philip G. Murphy, Charles G. Gallagher, Mary J. Crowe, Máire Callaghan, and Siobhán McClean
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 15-20. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Community-wide transmission of a strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that causes reduced lung pathology in mice
	Sally A. Cantrell, Lisa Pascopella, Jennifer Flood, Charles M. Crane, Lon V. Kendall, and Lee W. Riley
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 21-27. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Parenteral immunization of mice with a genetically inactivated pertussis toxin DNA vaccine induces cell-mediated immunity and protection
	Scott R. Fry, Austen Y. Chen, Grant Daggard, and Trilochan K. S. Mukkur
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 28-35. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Diagnostic value of DNA and (13)-β-D-glucan detection in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage of mice experimentally infected with Fusarium oxysporum
	Z. U. Khan, S. Ahmad, and A. M. Theyyathel
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 36-42. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A hospital-wide study of the impact of introducing a personal data assistant-augmented blood culture round
	Timothy J. J. Inglis, Meredith Hodge, and Selva Ketharanathan
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 43-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for diagnosing Pneumocystis pneumonia
	Natsu Uemura, Koichi Makimura, Masanobu Onozaki, Yoshihito Otsuka, Yasuhiro Shibuya, Hirohisa Yazaki, Yoshimi Kikuchi, Shigeru Abe, and Shoji Kudoh
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 50-57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular typing of Japanese Escherichia coli O157 : H7 isolates from clinical specimens by multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis and PFGE
	Fumihiko Kawamori, Midori Hiroi, Tetsuya Harada, Katsuhiko Ohata, Kanji Sugiyama, Takashi Masuda, and Norio Ohashi
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 58-63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Specific detection and differentiation of Ochrobactrum anthropi, Ochrobactrum intermedium and Brucella spp. by a multi-primer PCR that targets the recA gene
	Holger Christian Scholz, Martin Pfeffer, Angela Witte, Heinrich Neubauer, Sascha Al Dahouk, Ulrich Wernery, and Herbert Tomaso
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 64-71. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Identification and characterization of a vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Kolkata (South Asia)
	Biswajit Saha, Anil K. Singh, Abhrajyoti Ghosh, and Manjusri Bal
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 72-79. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A cross-reactive neisserial antigen encoded by the NMB0035 locus shows high sequence conservation but variable surface accessibility
	Jesús Arenas, Ana Abel, Sandra Sánchez, Juan Marzoa, Sonsoles Berrón, Peter van der Ley, María-Teresa Criado, and Carlos M. Ferreirós
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 80-87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Analysis of the antimicrobial activity of local anaesthetics used for dental analgesia
	Klaus Pelz, Margit Wiedmann-Al-Ahmad, Christian Bogdan, and Jörg-Elard Otten
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 88-94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Occurrence of staphylococci in the oral cavities of healthy adults and nasal–oral trafficking of the bacteria
	Y. Ohara-Nemoto, H. Haraga, S. Kimura, and T. K. Nemoto
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 95-99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Oral administration of a catalase-producing Lactococcus lactis can prevent a chemically induced colon cancer in mice
	Alejandra de Moreno de LeBlanc, Jean Guy LeBlanc, Gabriela Perdigón, Anderson Miyoshi, Philippe Langella, Vasco Azevedo, and Fernando Sesma
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 100-105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Development of a novel ex vivo insect model for studying virulence determinants of Escherichia coli K1
	Behzad Mokri-Moayyed, Graham John Goldsworthy, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 106-110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HUMAN AND ANIMAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
	Differential clustering of bowel biopsy-associated bacterial profiles of specimens collected in Mexico and Canada: what do these profiles represent?
	Rodrigo Bibiloni, Puneeta Tandon, Florencia Vargas-Voracka, Raphael Barreto-Zuniga, Andres Lupian-Sanchez, Miguel Angel Rico-Hinojosa, Jennifer Guban, Richard Fedorak, and Gerald W. Tannock
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 111-117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Infection by Panton–Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus clinically mimicking Lemierre's syndrome
	Girish H. Shivashankar, Nishanth Murukesh, M. P. S. Varma, Ikram M. Sharif, and Gerard Glynn
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 118-120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Upper and lower urinary tract infection caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype K2 and CTX-M-15 β-lactamase-producing serotype K1: a case report and characterization of serum killing resistance
	Noriyuki Nagano, Christophe Cordevant, and Yukiko Nagano
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 121-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Citrobacter freundii peritonitis and tunnel infection in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
	Erkan Dervisoglu, Zeki Yumuk, and Itir Yegenaga
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 125-127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Efficacy of pre-operative cephalosporin prophylaxis in controlling pathogenic oral bacteria growth in comatose patients
	Kinga Bágyi, Ildikó Márton, Judit Szabó, Melinda Andrási, Attila Gáspár, Imre Varga, László Bognár, and Almos Klekner
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 128-129. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Performance of a lateral flow test for the detection of leprosy patients in India
	Om Parkash, Avnish Kumar, Richa Pandey, Astha Nigam, and Bhawneshwar Kumar Girdhar
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 130-132. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Detection and characterization of Leptospira interrogans isolates from pet rats belonging to a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient with leptospirosis
	Beatriz Guerra, Thomas Schneider, Enno Luge, Angelika Draeger, Verena Moos, Christoph Loddenkemper, Andreas Jansen, and Karsten Nöckler
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 133-135. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Xanthine in urine stimulates growth of Leishmania promastigotes in vitro
	Alon Warburg, Shoshana Gelman, and Joseph Deutsch
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 136-138. [Full Text] [PDF]

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