EDITORIAL
	From diarrhoea to haemolytic uraemic syndrome – when to seek advice
	Kevin G. J. Pollock, Alexander Stewart, T. James Beattie, W. T. Andrew Todd, Christina K. Ahn, Phillip I. Tarr, and John M. Cowden
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 397-398. [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Carriage of both the fnbA and fnbB genes and growth at 37 °C promote FnBP-mediated biofilm development in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates
	Eoghan O'Neill, Hilary Humphreys, and James P. O'Gara
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 399-402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The prevalence and virulence characteristics of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli at an urgent-care clinic in the USA: a case–control study
	David Cennimo, Atif Abbas, David B. Huang, and Tom Chiang
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 403-407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Aetiology of influenza-like illness in adults includes parainfluenzavirus type 4
	Hatice Hasman, Constance T. Pachucki, Arife Unal, Diep Nguyen, Troy Devlin, Mark E. Peeples, and Steven A. Kwilas
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 408-413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular typing and virulence of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains isolated from children with and without diarrhoea in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil
	Adriana H. Regua-Mangia, Tânia A. T. Gomes, Mônica A. M. Vieira, Kinue Irino, and Lúcia M. Teixeira
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 414-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	An entropy-optimized multilocus approach for characterizing the strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infecting horses in the Czech Republic
	Petr Zeman and Petr Jahn
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 423-429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Phenotypic and genotypic assays for detecting the prevalence of metallo-β-lactamases in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii from a South Indian tertiary care hospital
	R. Uma Karthika, R. Srinivasa Rao, Suchismita Sahoo, P. Shashikala, Reba Kanungo, S. Jayachandran, and K. Prashanth
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 430-435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Development of triclosan and antibiotic resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
	Lucia Birosová and Mária Mikulásová
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 436-441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Comparison of various antimicrobial agents as catheter lock solutions: preference for ethanol in eradication of coagulase-negative staphylococcal biofilms
	Yue Qu, Taghrid S. Istivan, Andrew J. Daley, Duncan A. Rouch, and Margaret A. Deighton
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 442-450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Development of imipenem resistance in an Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria clinical isolate recovered from a patient with cholangitis
	Javier Sánchez-Céspedes, Maria José Figueras, Carmen Aspiroz, Maria José Aldea, Miguel Toledo, Anabel Alperí, Francesc Marco, and Jordi Vila
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 451-455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis strains isolated from a teaching hospital in Shanghai, China
	Min Li, Xing Wang, Qian Gao, and Yuan Lu
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 456-461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Enhanced immune response and protection efficacy of a DNA vaccine constructed by linkage of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ag85B-encoding gene with the BVP22-encoding gene
	Wanhong Yao, Shengwu Liu, Xueju Qu, Shaobo Xiao, Yan Liu, and Junyan Liu
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 462-468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Molecular and clinical analyses of the gene encoding the collagen-binding adhesin of Streptococcus mutans
	Ryota Nomura, Kazuhiko Nakano, Naho Taniguchi, Jinthana Lapirattanakul, Hirotoshi Nemoto, Lisa Grönroos, Satu Alaluusua, and Takashi Ooshima
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 469-475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prospective study of potential sources of Streptococcus mutans transmission in nursery school children
	Alessandra C. Alves, Ruchele D. Nogueira, Rafael N. Stipp, Flávia Pampolini, Antonio B. A. Moraes, Reginaldo B. Gonçalves, José F. Höfling, Yihong Li, and Renata O. Mattos-Graner
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 476-481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	An in vitro evaluation of hydrolytic enzymes as dental plaque control agents
	Ruth G. Ledder, Tejal Madhwani, Prem K. Sreenivasan, William De Vizio, and Andrew J. McBain
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 482-491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MODELS OF INFECTION
	Neutrophil enhancement of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development: human F-actin and DNA as targets for therapy
	Quinn M. Parks, Robert L. Young, Katie R. Poch, Kenneth C. Malcolm, Michael L. Vasil, and Jerry A. Nick
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 492-502. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Figures]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE
	Novel model for the in vivo study of central nervous system infection due to Acanthamoeba spp. (T4 genotype)
	Parisa Nakhostin Mortazavi, Graham Goldsworthy, Ruth Kirk, and Naveed Ahmed Khan
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 503-508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HUMAN AND ANIMAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
	Molecular characterization of the stomach microbiota in patients with gastric cancer and in controls
	Johan Dicksved, Mathilda Lindberg, Magnus Rosenquist, Helena Enroth, Janet K. Jansson, and Lars Engstrand
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 509-516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Pacemaker surgical site infection caused by Mycobacterium goodii
	Hélène Marchandin, Pascal Battistella, Brigitte Calvet, Hélène Darbas, Jean-Marc Frapier, Hélène Jean-Pierre, Sylvie Parer, Estelle Jumas-Bilak, Philippe Van de Perre, and Sylvain Godreuil
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 517-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Mediterranean spotted fever with encephalitis
	Luis Aliaga, Patricia Sánchez-Blázquez, Javier Rodríguez-Granger, Antonio Sampedro, Miguel Orozco, and Jorge Pastor
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 521-525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Traumatic endophthalmitis caused by Enterococcus raffinosus and Enterobacter gergoviae
	Kuan-Jen Chen, Ko-Jen Yang, Chi-Chin Sun, and Ling Yeung
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 526-528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	lktA-encoded leukotoxin is not a universal virulence factor in invasive Fusobacterium necrophorum infections in animals and man
	Hugo A. Ludlam, Nicola J. Milner, Jon S. Brazier, Ian H. Davies, Kevin Perry, Rosemary K. Marriott, Linda Donachie, and Martin D. Curran
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 529-530. [Full Text] [PDF]
	The challenge of discovering beneficial viruses
	Hong-Hui Shen
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 531-532. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Laboratory diagnosis of late-onset sepsis in newborns by multiplex real-time PCR
	Michela Paolucci, Maria Grazia Capretti, Paola Dal Monte, Luigi Corvaglia, Maria Paola Landini, Stefania Varani, Andrea Pession, Giacomo Faldella, and Vittorio Sambri
	J Med Microbiol 2009. 58: 533-534. [Full Text] [PDF]

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