REVIEW
	Acanthamoeba and the blood–brain barrier: the breakthrough
	Naveed Ahmed Khan
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1051-1057. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Differential glycosaminoglycan binding of Chlamydia trachomatis OmcB protein from serovars E and LGV
	Sanaa Fadel and Adrian Eley
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1058-1061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Differences in Helicobacter pylori CagA tyrosine phosphorylation motif patterns between western and East Asian strains, and influences on interleukin-8 secretion
	Richard H. Argent, James L. Hale, Emad M. El-Omar, and John C. Atherton
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1062-1067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Identification of virulence determinants in uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis using signature-tagged mutagenesis
	Stephanie D. Himpsl, C. Virginia Lockatell, J. Richard Hebel, David E. Johnson, and Harry L. T. Mobley
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1068-1078. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Characterization of T-cell immunogenicity of two PE/PPE proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
	M. G. Chaitra, M. S. Shaila, and R. Nayak
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1079-1086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Serum antibodies to West Nile virus in naturally exposed and vaccinated horses
	Louis A. Magnarelli, Sandra L. Bushmich, John F. Anderson, Michel Ledizet, and Raymond A. Koski
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1087-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Novel hypertonic saline–sodium hydroxide (HS–SH) method for decontamination and concentration of sputum samples for Mycobacterium tuberculosis microscopy and culture
	Christian A. Ganoza, Jessica N. Ricaldi, José Chauca, Gabriel Rojas, César Munayco, Juan Agapito, Juan Carlos Palomino, and Humberto Guerra
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1094-1098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Detection and differentiation of Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum by dual TaqMan assays
	N. Jothikumar, A. J. da Silva, I. Moura, Y. Qvarnstrom, and V. R. Hill
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1099-1105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Comparative prevalence of superantigenic toxin genes in meticillin-resistant and meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates
	Dong-Liang Hu, Katsuhiko Omoe, Fumio Inoue, Takesi Kasai, Minoru Yasujima, Kunihiro Shinagawa, and Akio Nakane
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1106-1112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Human recombinant lactoferrin acts synergistically with antimicrobials commonly used in neonatal practice against coagulase-negative staphylococci and Candida albicans causing neonatal sepsis
	Mohan Pammi Venkatesh and Liang Rong
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1113-1121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Penicillin resistance in the intestinal spirochaete Brachyspira pilosicoli associated with OXA-136 and OXA-137, two new variants of the class D β-lactamase OXA-63
	Sheila M. Mortimer-Jones, Nyree D. Phillips, Tom La, Ram Naresh, and David J. Hampson
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1122-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Enhancement of the antituberculosis activity of weak acids by inhibitors of energy metabolism but not by anaerobiosis suggests that weak acids act differently from the front-line tuberculosis drug pyrazinamide
	Peihua Gu, Luis Constantino, and Ying Zhang
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1129-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Effect of triclosan on the formation of crystalline biofilms by mixed communities of urinary tract pathogens on urinary catheters
	Gareth J. Williams and David J. Stickler
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1135-1140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli associated with a foodborne outbreak of gastroenteritis
	Gaia Scavia, Monica Staffolani, Stefano Fisichella, Gianluca Striano, Stefano Colletta, Giovanni Ferri, Martina Escher, Fabio Minelli, and Alfredo Caprioli
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1141-1146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Influence of automated screening and confirmation of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing members of the Enterobacteriaceae on prescribing of antibiotics
	Anthony M. Nicasio, Joseph L. Kuti, Jaber Aslanzadeh, and David P. Nicolau
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1147-1151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
	Secreted subtilisins of Microsporum canis are involved in adherence of arthroconidia to feline corneocytes
	Aline Baldo, Jérémy Tabart, Sandy Vermout, Anne Mathy, Alfred Collard, Bertrand Losson, and Bernard Mignon
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1152-1156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Spondylodiscitis and paraspinal abscess caused by β-haemolytic group G streptococci spreading from infected leg ulcers
	Franka Lestin, Sascha Mann, and Andreas Podbielski
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1157-1160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]
	Brucellosis complicating chronic non-infectious disorders: diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas
	Néstor R. Jacob, Claudia G. Rodríguez, María A. Binaghi, Pablo G. Scapellato, María B. Rosales Ostriz, Sandra M. Ayala, and Nidia E. Lucero
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1161-1166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Graft versus host disease-related Hafnia alvei colonization and probable infection
	Vincenzo Savini, Erminia Di Bartolomeo, Chiara Catavitello, Marzia Talia, Assunta Manna, Fabio Febbo, Andrea Balbinot, Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Paolo Di Bartolomeo, Raffaele Piccolomini, and Domenico D'Antonio
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1167-1169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	First case of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography bacteraemia caused by Acinetobacter ursingii in a patient with choledocholithiasis and cholangitis
	Victoria Ortiz de la Tabla Ducasse, Coral Martín González, Juan A. Sáez-Nieto, and Félix Gutiérrez
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1170-1171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase module facilitates in vitro host cell invasion by Rickettsia rickettsii
	Elena Rydkina, Loel C. Turpin, and Sanjeev K. Sahni
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1172-1175. [Full Text] [PDF]
	vir types of Streptococcus pyogenes in Chennai, South India
	Charmaine Lloyd, Nandhakumar Balakrishnan, and Thangam Menon
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1176-1177. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Three cases of community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in China
	Hong Fan, Nan Li, and Lanlan Wang
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1178-1179. [Full Text] [PDF]
	First community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Malaysia
	Mariana Nor Shamsudin, Zamberi Sekawi, Alex van Belkum, and V. Neela
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1180-1181. [Full Text] [PDF]

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