REVIEW
	Studying bacterial infections through culture-independent approaches
	Geraint B. Rogers, Mary P. Carroll, and Kenneth D. Bruce
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1401-1418. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Corynebacterium diphtheriae as an emerging pathogen in nephrostomy catheter-related infection: evaluation of traits associated with bacterial virulence
	Débora L. R. Gomes, Carlos A. S. Martins, Lúcia M. D. Faria, Louisy S. Santos, Cintia S. Santos, Priscila S. Sabbadini, Mônica C. Souza, Gabriela B. Alves, Ana C. P. Rosa, Prescilla E. Nagao, Gabriela A. Pereira, Raphael Hirata, Jr, and Ana L. Mattos-Guaraldi
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1419-1427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Role of biofilm formation in the persistent colonization of Haemophilus influenzae in children from northern India
	Sasanka Sekhar, Rajesh Kumar, and Anuradha Chakraborti
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1428-1432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Rapid detection of anti-hepatitis A virus neutralizing antibodies in a microplate enzyme immunoassay
	Ali Azizi, Danylo Sirskyj, Richard Weltzin, David E. Anderson, and Francisco Diaz-Mitoma
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1433-1436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Evaluation of CHROM-Pal medium for the isolation and direct identification of Candida dubliniensis in primary cultures from the oral cavity
	Ismail H. Sahand, José L. Maza, Elena Eraso, Miguel Montejo, María D. Moragues, José M. Aguirre, Guillermo Quindós, and José Pontón
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1437-1442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Enzymic colorimetry-based DNA chip: a rapid and accurate assay for detecting mutations for clarithromycin resistance in the 23S rRNA gene of Helicobacter pylori
	Shi-Hai Xuan, Yu-Gui Zhou, Bo Shao, Ya-Lin Cui, Jian Li, Hong-Bo Yin, Xiao-Ping Song, Hui Cong, Feng-Xiang Jing, Qing-Hui Jin, Hui-Min Wang, and Jie Zhou
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1443-1448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolates from chickens in Henan Province, China
	Li Yuan, Jian-Hua Liu, Gong-Zheng Hu, Yu-Shan Pan, Zhi-Ming Liu, Juan Mo, and Yong-Jun Wei
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1449-1453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Antifungal activity of the clove essential oil from Syzygium aromaticum on Candida, Aspergillus and dermatophyte species
	Eugénia Pinto, Luís Vale-Silva, Carlos Cavaleiro, and Lígia Salgueiro
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1454-1462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]
	Characterization of multidrug-resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from Malaysian hospitals
	King Ting Lim, Chew Chieng Yeo, Rohani Md Yasin, Ganeswrie Balan, and Kwai Lin Thong
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1463-1469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]
	Xylitol and capsular gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae
	Paula Kurola, Terhi Tapiainen, Tarja Kaijalainen, Matti Uhari, and Annika Saukkoriipi
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1470-1473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A safety and feasibility study comparing an intermittent high dose with a daily standard dose of liposomal amphotericin B for persistent neutropenic fever
	Michael Ellis, Roos Bernsen, Hussein Ali-Zadeh, Jörgen Kristensen, Ulla Hedström, Lazaros Poughias, Mark Bresnik, Awad Al-Essa, and David A. Stevens
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1474-1485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Characterization of Shigella sonnei isolates from travel-associated cases in Japan
	Hidemasa Izumiya, Yuki Tada, Kenichiro Ito, Tomoko Morita-Ishihara, Makoto Ohnishi, Jun Terajima, and Haruo Watanabe
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1486-1491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Invasive meningococcal disease in Malta: an epidemiological overview, 1994–2007
	Mark Muscat, Gianfranco Spiteri, Neville Calleja, Julie Haider, Stephen J. Gray, Jackie Maistre Melillo, Julian Mamo, and Paul Cuschieri
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1492-1498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying the carbapenemase OXA-23 in a German university medical centre
	Anke Kohlenberg, Sophie Brümmer, Paul G. Higgins, Dorit Sohr, Brar C. Piening, Clemens de Grahl, Elke Halle, Henning Rüden, and Harald Seifert
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1499-1507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Clonal dissemination of human isolates of Streptococcus suis serotype 14 in Thailand
	Anusak Kerdsin, Kazunori Oishi, Saowalak Sripakdee, Nitsara Boonkerd, Pitimol Polwichai, Shota Nakamura, Ryuichi Uchida, Pathom Sawanpanyalert, and Surang Dejsirilert
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1508-1513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Septic arthritis due to Roseomonas gilardii in an immunocompetent adolescent
	Sergio Fanella, Daryl Schantz, James Karlowsky, and Ethan Rubinstein
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1514-1516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]
	Burkholderia cepacia keratitis with endophthalmitis
	Kemal Örnek, Mehmet Özdemir, and Ahmet Ergin
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1517-1518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis in a white male caused by hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae
	Gudjon L. Gunnarsson, Pernille B. Brandt, Dorte Gad, Carsten Struve, and Ulrik S. Justesen
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1519-1521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Multiplex PCR for rapid detection of genes encoding oxacillinases and metallo-β-lactamases in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp.
	Anna Karina Mostachio, Inneke van der Heidjen, Flavia Rossi, Anna Sara Levin, and Silvia F. Costa
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1522-1524. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection in South India
	Priya Rajendran, Deva Prasanna Rajan, Gagandeep Kang, and Cheleste M. Thorpe
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1525-1526. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Meticillin-heteroresistant Staphylococcus pasteuri from an apheresis platelet product
	Vincenzo Savini, Azaira Bianco, Chiara Catavitello, Andrea Balbinot, Arianna Pompilio, Raffaele Piccolomini, Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Antonio Iacone, and Domenico D'Antonio
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1527-1528. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Performance of an automated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antigen/antibody combined assay for prenatal screening for HIV infection in pregnant women
	Tomás García, Nuria Tormo, Concepción Gimeno, Juan García de Lomas, and David Navarro
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1529-1530. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Highly dynamic transient colonization by Staphylococcus aureus in healthy Malaysian students
	Neela VasanthaKumari, Ahmed Subeh D. Alshrari, Ehsanollah Ghaznavi Rad, Hamed Ghasemzadeh Moghaddam, Alex van Belkum, Mateg Ali Alreshidi, Nurfaridah Selamat, and Mariana Nor Shamsudin
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 1531-1532. [Full Text] [PDF]

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