REVIEW
	The microbiology of the acute dental abscess
	D. Robertson and A. J. Smith
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 155-162. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Membrane transporter proteins are involved in Trichophyton rubrum pathogenesis
	Fernanda C. A. Maranhão, Fernanda G. Paião, Ana Lúcia Fachin, and Nilce M. Martinez-Rossi
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 163-168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Genetic diversity of Streptococcus agalactiae strains and density of vaginal carriage
	Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet, Cindy Jouannet, Anne-Sophie Domelier, Laurence Arnault, Marie-Frédérique Lartigue, and Roland Quentin
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 169-173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]

HOST RESPONSE
	Aspergillus fumigatus germ tube growth and not conidia ingestion induces expression of inflammatory mediator genes in the human lung epithelial cell line A549
	Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Laurence Millon, Khaled Khoufache, Danièle Rivollet, Ivan Bièche, Ingrid Laurendeau, Michel Vidaud, Françoise Botterel, and Stéphane Bretagne
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 174-179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	T helper 1 to T helper 2 shift in cytokine expression: an autoregulatory process in superantigen-associated psoriasis progression?
	Sarika Jain, Iqbal R. Kaur, Shukla Das, S. N. Bhattacharya, and Anjani Singh
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 180-184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular differentiation and antifungal susceptibilities of Candida parapsilosis isolated from patients with bloodstream infections
	Sun Tee Tay, Shiang Ling Na, and Jennifer Chong
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 185-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular diagnosis of Aspergillus endocarditis after cardiac surgery
	Parisa Badiee, Abdolvahab Alborzi, Elaheh Shakiba, Mazyar Ziyaeyan, and Bahman Pourabbas
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 192-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Neisseria meningitidis antigen NMB0088: sequence variability, protein topology and vaccine potential
	Gretel Sardiñas, Daniel Yero, Yanet Climent, Evelin Caballero, Karem Cobas, and Olivia Niebla
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 196-208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species in an Irish university hospital: predominance of Acinetobacter genomic species 3
	T. W. Boo, F. Walsh, and B. Crowley
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 209-216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]
	Identification of plasmid- and integron-borne blaIMP-1 and blaIMP-10 in clinical isolates of Serratia marcescens
	Zhuting Hu and Wei-Hua Zhao
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 217-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prevalence of erythromycin and clindamycin resistance among clinical isolates of the Streptococcus anginosus group in Germany
	Nadine Asmah, Bettina Eberspächer, Thomas Regnath, and Mardjan Arvand
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 222-227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Group B streptococcus colonization of pregnant women and their children observed on obstetric and neonatal wards of the University Hospital in Krakow, Poland
	Magdalena Strus, Dorota Pawlik, Monika Brzychczy-Wloch, Tomasz Gosiewski, Krzysztof Rytlewski, Ryszard Lauterbach, and Piotr B. Heczko
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 228-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A large cholera outbreak due to a new cholera toxin variant of the Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor biotype in Orissa, Eastern India
	P. Kumar, M. Jain, A. K. Goel, S. Bhadauria, S. K. Sharma, D. V. Kamboj, L. Singh, T. Ramamurthy, and G. B. Nair
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 234-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Vibrio cholerae O1 clinical strains isolated in 1992 in Kolkata with progenitor traits of the 2004 Mozambique variant
	Souvik Chatterjee, Tapas Patra, Kausik Ghosh, Amit Raychoudhuri, Gururaja P. Pazhani, Mayukh Das, Banwarilal Sarkar, Rupak K. Bhadra, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Yoshifumi Takeda, G. Balakrish Nair, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, and Ranjan K. Nandy
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 239-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Isolation of the anaerobic intestinal spirochaete Brachyspira pilosicoli from long-term residents and Indonesian visitors to Perth, Western Australia
	K. Rini Margawani, Ian D. Robertson, and David J. Hampson
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 248-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Effective use of JC virus PCR for diagnosis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
	Yihong Wang, James E. Kirby, and Qinfang Qian
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 253-255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Possession of the macrophage-induced gene by isolates of the Mycobacterium avium complex is not associated with significant clinical disease
	Jong Hyun Yoon, Eui-Chong Kim, Jae Seok Kim, Eun Young Song, Jongyoun Yi, and Sue Shin
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 256-260. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	CTX-M-14 and CTX-M-15 enzymes are the dominant type of extended-spectrum β-lactamase in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli from Korea
	Wonkeun Song, Hyukmin Lee, Kyungwon Lee, Seok Hoon Jeong, Il Kwon Bae, Jae-Seok Kim, and Hyo-Sun Kwak
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 261-266. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

CASE REPORTS
	Isolation of Brucella melitensis from an abscess on the left foot of a 3-year-old infant
	Jesús Resendiz-Sánchez, Araceli Contreras-Rodríguez, Ahidé López-Merino, Leopoldo Bravo-Guzmán, and Juan Gabriel Valle-Valdez
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 267-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]
	Human bloodstream infection caused by Staphylococcus pettenkoferi
	Sang Hoon Song, Jeong Su Park, Hye Rin Kwon, Sung Han Kim, Hong Bin Kim, Ho Eun Chang, Kyoung Un Park, Junghan Song, and Eui Chong Kim
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 270-272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Maternofetal infections due to Eikenella corrodens
	Fabien Garnier, Geoffrey Masson, Antoine Bedu, Philippe Masson, Emmanuel Decroisette, Vincent Guigonis, Véronique Fermeaux, Marie-Christine De Barbentane, François Denis, and Marie-Cécile Ploy
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 273-275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	No association between human herpesvirus 6 reactivation and cryptococcosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients
	Romain Micol, Philippe Buchy, Julie Galimand, Duong Veasna, Laurent Ferradini, Suna Balkan, Philippe Jean Guerin, Pierre-Régis Martin, Arnaud Fontanet, Olivier Lortholary, Christine Rouzioux, and Marianne Leruez-Ville
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 276-277. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Isolation of colistin-resistant Hafnia alvei
	Vincenzo Savini, Chiara Catavitello, Marzia Talia, Andrea Balbinot, Fabio Febbo, Arianna Pompilio, Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Raffaele Piccolomini, and Domenico D'Antonio
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 278-280. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Rapid emergence of third generation cephalosporin resistant Shigella spp. in Southern Vietnam
	Ha Vinh, Stephen Baker, James Campbell, Nguyen Van Minh Hoang, Ha Thi Loan, Mai Thu Chinh, Vo Thi Cuc Anh, To Song Diep, Le Thi Phuong, Constance Schultsz, and Jeremy Farrar
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 281-283. [Full Text] [PDF]

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