REVIEW
	Two centuries of meningococcal infection: from Vieusseux to the cellular and molecular basis of disease
	Alexandre Leite de Souza and Antonio Carlos Seguro
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1313-1321. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Molecular analysis of the Penicillium marneffei glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-encoding gene (gpdA) and differential expression of gpdA and the isocitrate lyase-encoding gene (acuD) upon internalization by murine macrophages
	Sophit Thirach, Chester R. Cooper, Jr, and Nongnuch Vanittanakom
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1322-1328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]
	Virulence factors and biofilm production among Escherichia coli strains causing bacteraemia of urinary tract origin
	Matija Rijavec, Manca Müller-Premru, Breda Zakotnik, and Darja Zgur-Bertok
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1329-1334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	An in vitro model to evaluate virus aerosol characteristics using a GFP-expressing adenovirus
	Xiaoyan Li, Qicai Liu, Xinhui Bi, Guoying Sheng, Jiamo Fu, Pixin Ran, and Bing Li
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1335-1339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Paradoxically high resistance of natural killer T (NKT) cell-deficient mice to Legionella pneumophila: another aspect of NKT cells for modulation of host responses
	Kayoko Hayakawa, Kazuhiro Tateda, Etsu T. Fuse, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Yoshikiyo Akasaka, Toshiharu Ishii, Toshinori Nakayama, Masaru Taniguchi, Mitsuo Kaku, Theodore J. Standiford, and Keizo Yamaguchi
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1340-1348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Modification of the TUBEX typhoid test to detect antibodies directly from haemolytic serum and whole blood
	Frankie C. H. Tam, Danny T. M. Leung, C. H. Ma, and Pak-Leong Lim
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1349-1353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular characterization of invasive and non-invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from Romania
	Bogdan Luca-Harari, Monica Straut, Silvia Cretoiu, Maria Surdeanu, Vasilica Ungureanu, Mark van der Linden, and Aftab Jasir
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1354-1363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]
	Closing the diarrhoea diagnostic gap in Indian children by the application of molecular techniques
	S. S. R. Ajjampur, P. Rajendran, S. Ramani, I. Banerjee, B. Monica, P. Sankaran, V. Rosario, R. Arumugam, R. Sarkar, H. Ward, and G. Kang
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1364-1368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Phylogenetic relationships among Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from piscine, dolphin, bovine and human sources: a dolphin and piscine lineage associated with a fish epidemic in Kuwait is also associated with human neonatal infections in Japan
	Joyce J. Evans, John F. Bohnsack, Phillip H. Klesius, April A. Whiting, Julio C. Garcia, Craig A. Shoemaker, and Shinji Takahashi
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1369-1376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Characterization of Clostridium difficile isolates using capillary gel electrophoresis-based PCR ribotyping
	A. Indra, S. Huhulescu, M. Schneeweis, P. Hasenberger, S. Kernbichler, A. Fiedler, G. Wewalka, F. Allerberger, and E. J. Kuijper
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1377-1382. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Distribution of emm type and antibiotic susceptibility of group A streptococci causing invasive and noninvasive disease
	Takeaki Wajima, Somay Y. Murayama, Katsuhiko Sunaoshi, Eiichi Nakayama, Keisuke Sunakawa, and Kimiko Ubukata
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1383-1388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Human infections with verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 – 10 years of E. coli O157 serodiagnosis
	Henrik Chart and Thomas Cheasty
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1389-1393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	UK epidemic strains of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical samples from Malta
	Simon W. J. Gould, Jess Rollason, Anthony C. Hilton, Paul Cuschieri, Laura McAuliffe, Susan L. Easmon, and Mark D. Fielder
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1394-1398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	The potential pathogenicity of chlorhexidine-sensitive Acanthamoeba strains isolated from contact lens cases from asymptomatic individuals in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
	Carmen M. Martín-Navarro, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, M. Gabriela Cabrera-Serra, Fernando Rancel, Nieves M. Coronado-Álvarez, José E. Piñero, and Basilio Valladares
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1399-1404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
	Influence of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus on ram sperm cell quality
	Tidhar Zan Bar, Ronen Yehuda, Tomer Hacham, Sigal Krupnik, and Benjamin Bartoov
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1405-1410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Identification and molecular analysis of βC–S lyase producing hydrogen sulfide in Streptococcus intermedius
	Shuntaro Ito, Hideaki Nagamune, Haruki Tamura, and Yasuo Yoshida
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1411-1419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Brain and lung metastasis of alveolar echinococcosis in a refugee from a hyperendemic area
	Dennis Tappe, David Weise, Uwe Ziegler, Andreas Müller, Wolfgang Müllges, and August Stich
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1420-1423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Atrial fibrillation in Mediterranean spotted fever
	Claudia Colomba, Laura Saporito, Pietro Colletti, Giovanni Mazzola, Raffaella Rubino, Diego Pampinella, and Lucina Titone
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1424-1426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Pulmonary Coccidioides nodule in a Swiss patient with chronic lymphatic leukaemia
	Michael Hombach, Peter Stulz, Walter Arnold, and Gaby E. Pfyffer
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1427-1430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Rhodococcus equi infection in a patient with spinocellular carcinoma of unknown origin
	Elisa Borghi, Maria La Francesca, Lidia Gazzola, Giulia Marchetti, Sabrina Zonato, Paolo Foa, Antonella d'Arminio Monforte, and Giulia Morace
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1431-1433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) laryngitis: atypical HCMV disease presentation in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
	Frédéric Valla, Nicolas Lévêque, Vanessa Escuret, Claire Galambrun, Valérie Mialou, Nathalie Bleyzac, and Yves Bertrand
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1434-1435. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Mucoid Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a patient with a suspected urinary tract infection
	Jonathan Stirling, Yasunori Maeda, B. Cherie Millar, Robert B. McClurg, Paul J. Rooney, Anne Loughrey, Colin E. Goldsmith, and John E. Moore
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1436-1437. [Full Text] [PDF]
	A multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and differentiation between non-toxigenic and toxigenic isolates
	Fabricia P. Pimenta, Raphael Hirata, Jr, Ana C. P. Rosa, Lucimar G. Milagres, and Ana L. Mattos-Guaraldi
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1438-1439. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the community in Hong Kong
	Terence Kin Man Cheung, Yiu Wai Chu, Man Yu Chu, Vivien Yee Man Tsang, and Janice Yee Chi Lo
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1440-1443. [Full Text] [PDF]

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