PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	An intracellularly inducible gene involved in virulence and polyphosphate production in Francisella
	Mark I. Richards, Stephen L. Michell, and Petra C. F. Oyston
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1183-1192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Dichotomous metabolism of Enterococcus faecalis induced by haematin starvation modulates colonic gene expression
	Toby D. Allen, Danny R. Moore, Xingmin Wang, Viviana Casu, Randal May, Megan R. Lerner, Courtney Houchen, Daniel J. Brackett, and Mark M. Huycke
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1193-1204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Molecular detection methods and serotyping performed directly on clinical samples improve diagnostic sensitivity and reveal increased incidence of invasive disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italian children
	Chiara Azzari, Maria Moriondo, Giuseppe Indolfi, Cristina Massai, Laura Becciolini, Maurizio de Martino, and Massimo Resti
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1205-1212. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE
	A novel method for simple detection of mutations conferring drug resistance in Mycobacterium leprae, based on a DNA microarray, and its applicability in developing countries
	Masanori Matsuoka, Khin Saw Aye, Kyaw Kyaw, Esterlina Virtudes Tan, Ma Victoria Balagon, Paul Saunderson, Robert Gelber, Masanao Makino, Chie Nakajima, and Yasuhiko Suzuki
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1213-1219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	An evaluation of the recovery of mycobacteria from urine specimens using the automated Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube system (BACTEC MGIT 960)
	Douglas Su Gin Chan, May Yee Choy, Suxing Wang, and Li-Hwei Sng
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1220-1222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Development of a PCR assay for the identification of Salmonella enterica serovar Brandenburg
	Kalyani Perera and Alan Murray
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1223-1227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Screening and confirmation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection solely by detection of RNA
	Alyssa Ren, Brian Louie, Leah Rauch, Lina Castro, Sally Liska, Jeffrey D. Klausner, and Mark W. Pandori
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1228-1233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	An unexpectedly high prevalence of colonization with the intestinal spirochaete Brachyspira aalborgi amongst residents of the Indonesian island of Bali
	M. Arif Munshi, K. Rini Margawani, Ian D. Robertson, and David J. Hampson
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1234-1237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Superantigen genes in group A streptococcal isolates and their relationship with emm types
	Robert Commons, Susan Rogers, Travis Gooding, Margie Danchin, Jonathan Carapetis, Roy Robins-Browne, and Nigel Curtis
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1238-1246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Rising prevalence of enteric fever due to multidrug-resistant Salmonella: an epidemiological study
	Surinder Kumar, Meher Rizvi, and Nidhika Berry
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1247-1250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibilities of 273 exfoliative toxin-encoding-gene-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with impetigo in Japan
	Hidemasa Nakaminami, Norihisa Noguchi, Masami Ikeda, Mikiko Hasui, Minoru Sato, Shinji Yamamoto, Tomoko Yoshida, Takashi Asano, Mitsura Senoue, and Masanori Sasatsu
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1251-1258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Current epidemiology of intracranial abscesses: a prospective 5 year study
	Sarala Menon, Renu Bharadwaj, Abhay Chowdhary, D. V. Kaundinya, and D. A. Palande
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1259-1268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Comparison of serum and whole-blood specimens for the detection of Candida DNA in critically ill, non-neutropenic patients
	L. Metwally, D. J. Fairley, P. V. Coyle, R. J. Hay, S. Hedderwick, B. McCloskey, H. J. O’Neill, C. H. Webb, and R. McMullan
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1269-1272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Plasmid-borne armA methylase gene, together with blaCTX-M-15 and blaTEM-1, in a Klebsiella oxytoca isolate from China
	Ying Zhang, Hua Zhou, Xiao-qiang Shen, Ping Shen, Yun-song Yu, and Lan-juan Li
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1273-1276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Phenotypic evaluation of the effect of anaerobiosis on some virulence attributes of Candida albicans
	Edvaldo Antonio Ribeiro Rosa, Rodrigo Nunes Rached, Sérgio Aparecido Ignácio, Rosimeire Takaki Rosa, Wander José da Silva, Joyce Yick Yee Yau, and Lakshman Perera Samaranayake
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1277-1281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Detection of Haemophilus influenzae type B DNA in a murine pneumonia model by in situ PCR
	Huili Hu, Lejian He, Yiyun Hu, Min Jiang, Kaihu Yao, and Yonghong Yang
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1282-1287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Coccidioidal pericarditis: a rapid presumptive diagnosis by an in-house antigen confirmed by mycological and molecular methods
	Raimunda S. N. Brilhante, Rossana A. Cordeiro, Marcos F. G. Rocha, Maria A. B. Fechine, Felipe M. Furtado, Aparecida T. Nagao-Dias, Zoilo P. Camargo, and José J. C. Sidrim
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1288-1292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Successful treatment of Chromobacterium violaceum sepsis in South Africa
	F. J. Bosch, L. Badenhorst, J. A. Le Roux, and V. J. Louw
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1293-1295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Two fatal cases of psittacosis caused by Chlamydophila psittaci
	Fruzsina Petrovay and Eszter Balla
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1296-1298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Endocarditis due to Corynebacterium amycolatum
	Aman Dalal, Carl Urban, and Sorana Segal-Maurer
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1299-1302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Neonatal sepsis caused by a CTX-M-32-producing Escherichia coli isolate
	Lorena López-Cerero, Marina De Cueto, Carlos Saenz, Dolores Navarro, Carmen Velasco, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, and Alvaro Pascual
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1303-1305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	LightCycler SeptiFast assay as a tool for the rapid diagnosis of sepsis in patients during antimicrobial therapy
	Adriana Vince, Snjezana Zidovec Lepej, Bruno Barsic, Davorka Dusek, Zdravko Mitrovic, Ranka Serventi-Seiwerth, and Boris Labar
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1306-1307. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Comparison of PFGE and multilocus sequence typing for analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates
	Sophie Vimont, Basma Mnif, Cindy Fevre, and Sylvain Brisse
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1308-1310. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Septic arthritis due to Haemophilus influenzae serotype a in the post-vaccination era in Brazil
	Antonio Eugenio Castro Cardoso de Almeida, Letícia Ferreira Lima Schroeder, Nathalia Gonçalves Santos Caldeira, Nicéa Magaly Matias da Silva, Paulo Roberto Batista, Marta Pradel Gallo, and Ivano de Filippis
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1311-1312. [Full Text] [PDF]

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