PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	The frequency of molecular detection of virulence genes encoding cytolysin A, high-pathogenicity island and cytolethal distending toxin of Escherichia coli in cases of sudden infant death syndrome does not differ from that in other infant deaths and healthy infants
	Amanda R. Highet, Anne M. Berry, Karl A. Bettelheim, and Paul N. Goldwater
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 285-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]
	A URA3 null mutant of Candida albicans (CAI-4) causes oro-oesophageal and gastric candidiasis and is lethal for gnotobiotic, transgenic mice (Tg26) that are deficient in both natural killer and T cells
	Edward Balish
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 290-295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Evaluation of sequential multiplex PCR for direct detection of multiple serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae from nasopharyngeal secretions
	Martin Antonio, Ishrat Hakeem, Kawsu Sankareh, Yin Bun Cheung, and Richard A. Adegbola
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 296-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Assignment of the group A rotavirus NSP4 gene into genotypes using a hemi-nested multiplex PCR assay: a rapid and reproducible assay for strain surveillance studies
	Krisztián Bányai, Ágnes Bogdán, György Szücs, Serenella Arista, Simona De Grazia, Gagandeep Kang, Indrani Banerjee, Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Canio Buonavoglia, and Vito Martella
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 303-311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Table]
	Application of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 BED enzyme immunoassay on dried blood spots in India
	Vemu Lakshmi, Talasila Sudha, Rakhi Dandona, Vijay D. Teja, G. Anil Kumar, and Lalit Dandona
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 312-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]
	Characterization of the charge variants of L2 β-lactamase in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
	Rouh-Mei Hu, Kai-Hung Chiang, Yi-Chih Chang, and Tsuey-Ching Yang
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 318-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Role of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
	Mandira Varma-Basil, Shailendra K. D. Dwivedi, Krishna Kumar, Rakesh Pathak, Ritika Rastogi, S. S. Thukral, Malini Shariff, V. K. Vijayan, Sunil K. Chhabra, and Rama Chaudhary
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 322-326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Effect of free versus liposomal-complexed pentamidine isethionate on biological characteristics of Acanthamoeba castellanii in vitro
	Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Abdul Syed, Salvador Tomas, Jose Prieto-Garcia, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 327-330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Cell-wall thickness: possible mechanism of acriflavine resistance in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
	Mako Kawai, Sakuo Yamada, Ai Ishidoshiro, Yoshihiro Oyamada, Hideaki Ito, and Jun-ichi Yamagishi
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 331-336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Minimum inhibitory concentration of carbapenems and tigecycline against Salmonella spp.
	Malini R. Capoor, Deepthi Nair, Jitendra Posti, Smita Singhal, Monorama Deb, Pushpa Aggarwal, and Parukutty Pillai
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 337-341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Peruvian Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains possess a distinct region in the Vibrio seventh pandemic island-II that differentiates them from the prototype seventh pandemic El Tor strains
	Suraia Nusrin, Ana I. Gil, N. A. Bhuiyan, Ashrafus Safa, Masahiro Asakura, Claudio F. Lanata, E. Hall, H. Miranda, B. Huapaya, Carmen Vargas G., M. A. Luna, D. A. Sack, Shinji Yamasaki, and G. Balakrish Nair
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 342-354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Limited genetic diversity among genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi strains isolated from HIV-infected patients from Sydney, Australia
	D. Stark, S. van Hal, J. Barratt, J. Ellis, D. Marriott, and J. Harkness
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 355-357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Comparative evaluation of three commercial Toxoplasma-specific IgG antibody avidity tests and significance in different clinical settings
	Branko Bobic, Ivana Klun, Marija Vujanic, Aleksandra Nikolic, Vladimir Ivovic, Tijana Zivkovic, and Olgica Djurkovic-Djakovic
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 358-364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Comparison of the performance of the rapid antigen detection actim Influenza A&B test and RT-PCR in different respiratory specimens
	B. Ghebremedhin, I. Engelmann, W. König, and B. König
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 365-370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Olecranon bursitis secondary to Mycobacterium kansasii infection in a patient receiving infliximab for Behçet's disease
	Joanne Malkin, Anna Shrimpton, Martin Wiselka, Michael R. Barer, Michael Duddridge, and Nelun Perera
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 371-373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Post-operative endophthalmitis due to an unusual pathogen, Comamonas testosteroni
	Ashok Kumar Reddy, Somasheila I. Murthy, Subhadra Jalali, and Usha Gopinathan
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 374-375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	In vivo development of heterogeneous glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hGISA), GISA and daptomycin resistance in a patient with meticillin-resistant S. aureus endocarditis
	Andrew Kirby, Kavya Mohandas, Caroline Broughton, Timothy J. Neal, Godfrey W. Smith, Pearl Pai, and Carlos Nistal de Paz
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 376-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Fatal Ophiostoma piceae infection in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
	Martin Bommer, Marie-Luise Hütter, Stephan Stilgenbauer, G. Sybren de Hoog, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, and Nele Wellinghausen
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 381-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figure]
	Multifocal osteomyelitis caused by Candida dubliniensis
	Nele Wellinghausen, Angelika Moericke, Silke Bundschuh, Wilhelm Friedrich, Ansgar S. Schulz, and Susanne A. Gatz
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 386-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Aspergillus lentulus and Aspergillus fumigatus isolates in a patient with probable invasive aspergillosis
	Graciela Montenegro, Silvia Sánchez Puch, Virginia M. Jewtuchowicz, Maria V. Pinoni, Silvia Relloso, Elena Temporitti, Cristina A. Iovannitti, and Maria T. Mujica
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 391-395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Candida glabrata fungaemia: the importance of anaerobic blood culture
	Mamie Hui, Wing-Han Ho, Wai-Ho Lam, Chi-Sing Poon, Kai-Cheong Chu, and Chiu-Yeung Chan
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 396-397. [Full Text] [PDF]

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