PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Prevalence of genes encoding extracellular virulence factors among meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
	P. Sauer, J. Síla, T. Stosová, R. Vecerová, P. Hejnar, I. Vágnerová, M. Kolár, V. Raclavsky, J. Petrzelová, Y. Lovecková, and D. Koukalová
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 403-410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Virulence of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from the cheese dairy environment, other foods and clinical cases
	Elsa Neves, Ana Carla Silva, Sylvie M. Roche, Philippe Velge, and Luisa Brito
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 411-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Anaplasma phagocytophilum infects cells of the megakaryocytic lineage through sialylated ligands but fails to alter platelet production
	Jennifer L. Granick, Dexter V. Reneer, Jason A. Carlyon, and Dori L. Borjesson
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 416-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Distribution of Salmonella pathogenicity island (SPI)-8 and SPI-10 among different serotypes of Salmonella
	Sunil D. Saroj, R. Shashidhar, Manisha Karani, and Jayant R. Bandekar
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 424-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]
	Balamuthia mandrillaris resistance to hostile conditions
	Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Antonio Ortega-Rivas, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 428-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	PCR-RFLP assay for species and subspecies differentiation of the Streptococcus bovis group based on groESL sequences
	Hsiao-Jan Chen, Jui-Chang Tsai, Tsung-Chain Chang, Wei-Chun Hung, Sung-Pin Tseng, Po-Ren Hsueh, and Lee-Jene Teng
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 432-438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]
	Development of an in-house loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and evaluation in sputum samples of Nepalese patients
	Basu Dev Pandey, Ajay Poudel, Tomoko Yoda, Aki Tamaru, Naozumi Oda, Yukari Fukushima, Binod Lekhak, Basista Risal, Bishnu Acharya, Bishwa Sapkota, Chie Nakajima, Tooru Taniguchi, Benjawan Phetsuksiri, and Yasuhiko Suzuki
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 439-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Development and evaluation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid and simple detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli
	Wataru Yamazaki, Masumi Taguchi, Masanori Ishibashi, Miyoshi Kitazato, Masafumi Nukina, Naoaki Misawa, and Kiyoshi Inoue
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 444-451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Virulence characteristics of community-associated Staphylococcus aureus and in vitro activities of moxifloxacin alone and in combination against community-associated and healthcare-associated meticillin-resistant and -susceptible S. aureus
	Ellie J. C. Goldstein, Diane M. Citron, Yumi A. Warren, Kerin L. Tyrrell, and Michael J. Rybak
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 452-456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Synergistic activity of azoles with amiodarone against clinically resistant Candida albicans tested by chequerboard and time–kill methods
	Qiongjie Guo, Shujuan Sun, Jinlong Yu, Yan Li, and Lili Cao
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 457-462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A sustained-release formulation of doxycycline hyclate (Atridox) prevents simultaneous infection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi transmitted by tick bite
	Nordin S. Zeidner, Robert F. Massung, Marc C. Dolan, Eric Dadey, Elizabeth Gabitzsch, Gabrielle Dietrich, and Michael L. Levin
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 463-468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Genotyping analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae clinical strains in Japan between 1995 and 2005: type shift phenomenon of M. pneumoniae clinical strains
	Tsuyoshi Kenri, Norio Okazaki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mitsuo Narita, Kinich Izumikawa, Mayumi Matsuoka, Satowa Suzuki, Atsuko Horino, and Tsuguo Sasaki
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 469-475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Seroprevalence of the enteroaggregative Escherichia coli virulence factor dispersin among USA travellers to Cuernavaca, Mexico: a pilot study
	David B. Huang, Eric L. Brown, Herbert L. DuPont, Jing Cerf, Lily Carlin, Jose Flores, Jaime Belkind-Gerson, James P. Nataro, and Pablo C. Okhuysen
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 476-479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Invasive pneumococcal disease: epidemiology in children and adults prior to implementation of the conjugate vaccine in the Oxfordshire region, England
	Dona Foster, Kyle Knox, A. S. Walker, D. T. Griffiths, Hazel Moore, Elizabeth Haworth, Timothy Peto, Angela B. Brueggemann, Derrick W. Crook, and on behalf of the Oxford Invasive Pneumococcal Surveillance Group
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 480-487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Tables]

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
	Allelic variation and prevalence of serum opacity factor among the Streptococcus suis population
	Daisuke Takamatsu, Makoto Osaki, Prasit Tharavichitkul, Shinji Takai, and Tsutomu Sekizaki
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 488-494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Periodontitis is associated with a loss of colonization by Streptococcus sanguinis
	Catalina-Suzana Stingu, Klaus Eschrich, Arne C. Rodloff, Reiner Schaumann, and Holger Jentsch
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 495-499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Dual regulation of interleukin-8 production in human oral epithelial cells upon stimulation with gingipains from Porphyromonas gingivalis
	Akiko Uehara, Mariko Naito, Takahisa Imamura, Jan Potempa, James Travis, Koji Nakayama, and Haruhiko Takada
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 500-507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Burkholderia pseudomallei aerosol infection results in differential inflammatory responses in BALB/c and C57Bl/6 mice
	Gek-Yen Gladys Tan, Yichun Liu, Suppiah Paramalingal Sivalingam, Siew-Hoon Sim, Dongling Wang, Jean-Charles Paucod, Yves Gauthier, and Eng-Eong Ooi
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 508-515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Central venous catheter infection associated with Pseudozyma aphidis in a child with short gut syndrome
	Shau-Shau Lin, Thomas Pranikoff, Shani F. Smith, Mary E. Brandt, Kemery Gilbert, Elizabeth L. Palavecino, and Avinash K. Shetty
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 516-518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Abscess-forming lymphadenopathy and osteomyelitis in children with Bartonella henselae infection
	Regina Ridder-Schröter, Aleander Marx, Meinrad Beer, Dennis Tappe, Hans-Wolfgang Kreth, and Hermann J. Girschick
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 519-524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Achromobacter xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans prosthetic aortic valve infective endocarditis and aortic root abscesses
	S. van Hal, D. Stark, D. Marriott, and J. Harkness
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 525-527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Streptococcus sinensis: an emerging agent of infective endocarditis
	Frédéric Faibis, Liliana Mihaila, Sergio Perna, Jean-François Lefort, Marie-Claude Demachy, Anne Le Flèche-Matéos, and Anne Bouvet
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 528-531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Spondylodiscitis due to Aerococcus viridans
	A. Nasoodi, A. G. Ali, W. J. Gray, and S. A. Hedderwick
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 532-533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Linezolid lock prophylaxis of central venous catheter infection
	Jérôme Patrick Fennell, Martin O'Donohoe, Martin Cormican, and Maureen Lynch
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 534-535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection of the parotid gland in an immunosuppressed adult
	F. S. Gittinger, A. Raible, and V. A. J. Kempf
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 536-539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	emm type diversity of β-haemolytic streptococci recovered in Chennai, India
	Thangam Menon, Charmaine Lloyd, Balaraman Malathy, Varja Sakota, Delois Jackson, and Bernard Beall
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 540-542. [Full Text] [PDF]

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