REVIEW
	Francisella tularensis: unravelling the secrets of an intracellular pathogen
	Petra C. F. Oyston
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 921-930. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF]   IMMEDIATE OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	The Lon protease regulates swarming motility and virulence gene expression in Proteus mirabilis
	Katy M. Clemmer and Philip N. Rather
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 931-937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Growth-phase regulation of lipopolysaccharide O-antigen chain length influences serum resistance in serovars of Salmonella
	Denisse Bravo, Cecilia Silva, Javier A. Carter, Anilei Hoare, Sergio A. Álvarez, Carlos J. Blondel, Mercedes Zaldívar, Miguel A. Valvano, and Inés Contreras
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 938-946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Double-antigen sandwich time-resolved immunofluorometric assay for the detection of anti-hepatitis C virus total antibodies with improved specificity and sensitivity
	Feng-Bo Wu, Hai-Qiao Ouyan, Xiao-Yan Tang, and Zhen-Xian Zhou
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 947-953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Agar dilution and agar screen with cefoxitin and oxacillin: what is known and what is unknown in detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
	Leandro Reus Rodrigues Perez, Cícero Dias, and Pedro Alves d'Azevedo
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 954-956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Cefoxitin disc diffusion test for detection of meticillin-resistant staphylococci
	Amita Jain, Astha Agarwal, and Raj Kumar Verma
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 957-961. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A comparison of two methods for the diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum
	Sarah Alexander, Iona M. C. Martin, and Catherine Ison
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 962-965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Efficacy of common hospital biocides with biofilms of multi-drug resistant clinical isolates
	Karen Smith and Iain S. Hunter
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 966-973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Potency of IMP-10 metallo-β-lactamase in hydrolysing various antipseudomonal β-lactams
	Wei-Hua Zhao, Zhi-Qing Hu, and Tadakatsu Shimamura
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 974-979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Presence of pathogenic Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks and rodents in Zhejiang, south-east China
	Chen-Yi Chu, Bao-Gui Jiang, Wei Liu, Qiu-Min Zhao, Xiao-Ming Wu, Pan-He Zhang, Lin Zhan, Hong Yang, and Wu-Chun Cao
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 980-985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and its coinfection with Borrelia afzelii in Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks inhabiting Tver Province (Russia) – a sympatric region for both tick species
	Toshiyuki Masuzawa, Igor G. Kharitonenkov, Yoshihiro Okamoto, Takashi Fukui, and Norio Ohashi
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 986-991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	A new serotype 14 variant of the pneumococcal Spain9V-3 international clone detected in the central region of Argentina
	Andrea G. Albarracín Orio, Paulo R. Cortes, Miguel Tregnaghi, German E. Piñas, Argentinean Network Pneumococcus Study Group, and José R. Echenique
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 992-999. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
	A convenient rapid culture assay for the detection of enteroviruses in clinical samples: comparison with conventional cell culture and RT-PCR
	Elena Terletskaia-Ladwig, Silvia Meier, Ralph Hahn, Michael Leinmüller, Franz Schneider, and Martin Enders
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1000-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Impact of antibiotics on the gut microbiota of critically ill patients
	Gaetano Iapichino, Maria Luisa Callegari, Silvia Marzorati, Marco Cigada, Davide Corbella, Susanna Ferrari, and Lorenzo Morelli
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1007-1014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Increase in the frequency of recovery of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in acute and chronic maxillary sinusitis
	Itzhak Brook, Perry A. Foote, and Jeffrey N. Hausfeld
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1015-1017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Biofilm formation by Scottish clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
	Karen Smith, Ana Perez, Gordon Ramage, David Lappin, Curtis G. Gemmell, and Sue Lang
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1018-1023. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Rapid detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cotonou (Benin) using two low-cost colorimetric methods: resazurin and nitrate reductase assays
	Dissou Affolabi, N'Dira Sanoussi, Mathieu Odoun, Anandi Martin, Louis Koukpemedji, Juan Carlos Palomino, Luc Kestens, Séverin Anagonou, and Françoise Portaels
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1024-1027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORTS
	Angio-oedema as an unusual tolerable side effect of voriconazole therapy
	Serap Gençer, Serdar Özer, Güler Demirhan, Öznur Ak, and Ayse Batirel
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1028-1031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Lamivudine-induced red cell aplasia
	Melanie-Anne A. John, Yasin A. Rhemtula, Colin N. Menezes, and Martin P. Grobusch
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1032-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Daptomycin non-susceptible meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA 300 isolate
	Madhukiran H. Murthy, Michael E. Olson, Robert W. Wickert, Paul D. Fey, and Ziba Jalali
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1036-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CORRESPONDENCE
	An overview of the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from four Asian countries
	C. F. Ang, C. S. Ong, A. Rukmana, K. L. Pham Thi, S. F. Yap, Y. F. Ngeow, M. L. Ho, T. M. Sudiro, B. Bela, A. M. Jordaan, E. M. Streicher, and T. C. Victor
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1039-1040. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Functional independence of a variant LuxOPL91 from a non-O1 non-O139 Vibrio cholerae over the activity of CsrA and Fis
	Mitesh Dongre, Ranjana Tripathi, Vibhu Jain, and Saumya Raychaudhuri
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1041-1045. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Is nalidixic acid resistance linked to clinical virulence in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi infections?
	Tamilarasu Kadhiravan, Naveet Wig, K. Renuka, Arti Kapil, Sushil K. Kabra, and Anoop Misra
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1046-1048. [Full Text] [PDF]
	Low sensitivity of Bartonella henselae PCR in serum samples of patients with cat-scratch disease lymphadenitis
	Marijn J. Vermeulen, Bram M. W. Diederen, Harold Verbakel, and Marcel F. Peeters
	J Med Microbiol 2008. 57: 1049-1050. [Full Text] [PDF]

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