REVIEW
	A rationale for using steroids in the treatment of severe cases of H5N1 avian influenza
	Marissa J. Carter
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 875-883. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Identification of a gene encoding adaptin-like protein in the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis genome by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis
	Patrícia Ferrari Andreotti, Juliana Leal Monteiro da Silva, Elaine Cristina Teixeira, Maria Célia Bertolini, Christiane Pienna Soares, Gil Benard, and Maria José Soares Mendes-Giannini
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 884-887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Novel protein targets of the humoral immune response to Listeria monocytogenes infection in rabbits
	Wei Ling Yu, Hanhong Dan, and Min Lin
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 888-895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Comparative analysis of host-cell signalling mechanisms activated in response to infection with Rickettsia conorii and Rickettsia typhi
	Elena Rydkina, Abha Sahni, David J. Silverman, and Sanjeev K. Sahni
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 896-906. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Type-specific and cross-reactive antibodies induced by human papillomavirus 31 L1/L2 virus-like particles
	Yufei Xu, Qingyong Wang, Yehua Han, Guoxing Song, and Xuemei Xu
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 907-913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization for rapid detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae from positive blood cultures
	Mette Søgaard, Dennis S. Hansen, Mark J. Fiandaca, Henrik Stender, and Henrik C. Schønheyder
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 914-917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A specific real-time PCR assay for the detection of Bordetella pertussis
	Benoit Vincart, Ricardo De Mendonça, Sylvianne Rottiers, Françoise Vermeulen, Marc J. Struelens, and Olivier Denis
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 918-920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Clostridium difficile strains isolated from hospitals in south-east Scotland
	Esvet Mutlu, Allison J. Wroe, Karla Sanchez-Hurtado, Jon S. Brazier, and Ian R. Poxton
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 921-929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Distribution of the clpX gene in Brachyspira species and reactivity of recombinant Brachyspira pilosicoli ClpX with sera from mice and humans
	Abdolreza Movahedi and David J. Hampson
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 930-936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Interpretive criteria to differentiate low- and high-level mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
	Naira Elane Moreira de Oliveira, Ana Paula Couto Marques Cardozo, Elizabeth de Andrade Marques, Kátia Regina Netto dos Santos, and Marcia Giambiagi deMarval
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 937-939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Antimicrobial activity of lacticin 3147 against clinical Clostridium difficile strains
	Mary C. Rea, Evelyn Clayton, Paula M. O'Connor, Fergus Shanahan, Barry Kiely, R. Paul Ross, and Colin Hill
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 940-946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A composite transposon associated with erythromycin and clindamycin resistance in group B Streptococcus
	Karen M. Puopolo, David C. Klinzing, Michelle P. Lin, Derek L. Yesucevitz, and Michael J. Cieslewicz
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 947-955. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Problematic clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the university hospitals in Sofia, Bulgaria: current status of antimicrobial resistance and prevailing resistance mechanisms
	Tanya Strateva, Vessela Ouzounova-Raykova, Boyka Markova, Albena Todorova, Yulia Marteva-Proevska, and Ivan Mitov
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 956-963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	Rapid differentiation between fluconazole-sensitive and -resistant species of Candida directly from positive blood-culture bottles by real-time PCR
	L. Metwally, G. Hogg, P. V. Coyle, R. J. Hay, S. Hedderwick, B. McCloskey, H. J. O'Neill, G. M. Ong, G. Thompson, C. H. Webb, and R. McMullan
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 964-970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
	Reconstructed interfollicular feline epidermis as a model for Microsporum canis dermatophytosis
	Jeremy Tabart, Aline Baldo, Sandy Vermout, Betty Nusgens, Charles Lapiere, Bertrand Losson, and Bernard Mignon
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 971-975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Activation of protective responses in oral epithelial cells by Fusobacterium nucleatum and human ß-defensin-2
	Lei Yin and Beverly A. Dale
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 976-987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

CASE REPORTS
	Repeated bacteraemia caused by Streptococcus mutans in a patient with Sjögren's syndrome
	Ryota Nomura, Masakazu Hamada, Kazuhiko Nakano, Hirotoshi Nemoto, Koji Fujimoto, and Takashi Ooshima
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 988-992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	The first UK isolate of ‘Bordetella ansorpii’ from an immunocompromised patient
	Norman K. Fry, John Duncan, Henry Malnick, and Paul M. Cockcroft
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 993-995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	Controversial data on the association of Aeromonas with diarrhoea in a recent Hong Kong study
	M. J. Figueras, A. J. Horneman, A. Martinez-Murcia, and J. Guarro
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 996-998. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Authors' reply to ‘Controversial data on the association of Aeromonas with diarrhoea in a recent Hong Kong study’
	Yiu Wai Chu, Chi Ho Wong, Grand K. L. Tsang, Mike S. W. Kwok, Raymond K. O. Wong, Janice Y. C. Lo, and Kai Man Kam
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 998. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from blood culture
	B. N. Harish, G. A. Menezes, S. Shekatkar, and S. C. Parija
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 999-1000. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Observations on (1-3)-ß-D-glucan detection as a diagnostic tool in endemic mycosis caused by Histoplasma or Blastomyces
	G. Girouard, C. Lachance, and R. Pelletier
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1001-1002. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Trailing end-point phenotype of Candida spp. in antifungal susceptibility testing to fluconazole is eliminated by altering incubation temperature
	D. Agrawal, T. F. Patterson, M. G. Rinaldi, and S. G. Revankar
	J Med Microbiol 2007. 56: 1003-1004. [Full Text] [PDF]

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