Issue table of contents

Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 50, Issue 8

14 articles in this issue

jmm/content/50/8/657

p. 657

A comparison of the isolation rates of Salmonella and thermophilic Campylobacter species after direct inoculation of media with a dilute faecal suspension and undiluted faecal material

NYE, K.J., TURNER, T., COLEMAN, D.J., FALLON, D., GEE, B., MESSER, S., WARREN, R.E., ANDREWS, N.

p. 659

Evaluation of three methods to measure anti-Brucella IgM antibodies and interference of IgA in the interpretation of mercaptan-based tests

MARRODAN, T., NENOVA-POLIAKOVA, R., RUBIO, M., ARIZA, J., CLAVIJO, E., SMITS, H.L., DIAZ, R.

p. 663

Sensitivity and performance characteristics of a direct PCR with stool samples in comparison to conventional techniques for diagnosis of Shigella and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infection in children with acute diarrhoea in Calcutta, India

DUTTA, SHANTA, CHATTERJEE, A., DUTTA, P., RAJENDRAN, K., ROY, S., PRAMANIK, K.C., BHATTACHARYA, S.K.

p. 667

Identification of catalase-like activity from Mycobacterium leprae and the relationship between catalase and isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH)

KANG, TAE-JIN, YOU, JI-CHANG, CHAE, GUE-TAE

p. 675

Characterisation of VanA and VanB elements from glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium from Greece

DEMERTZI, E., PALEPOU, M-F.I., KAUFMANN, M.E., AVLAMIS, A., WOODFORD, N.

p. 682

Role of T cells in granuloma formation induced by Rhodococcus aurantiacus is independent of their interferon-gamma production

KOHANAWA, YIMIN MASASHI, SATO, YUICHIRO, MINAGAWA, TOMONORI

p. 688

Development of systemic bacteraemia after oral inoculation of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in mice

MIYAZAKI, SHUICHI, FUJIKAWA, TOSHIHIKO, KOBAYASHI, INTETSU, MATSUMOTO, TETSUYA, TATEDA, KAZUHIRO, YAMAGUCHI, KEIZO

p. 695

Susceptibility of irradiated mice to Bacillus anthracis Sterne by the intratracheal route of infection

BROOK, ITZHAK, ELLIOTT, THOMAS B., HARDING, RITA A., BOUHAOUALA, S. SAMY, PEACOCK, SUSAN J., LEDNEY, G. DAVID, KNUDSON, GREGORY B.

p. 702

The N-terminal of thrombospondin-1 is essential for coagulase-negative staphylococcal binding

YANAGISAWA, NAOKO, LI, DAI-QING, LJUNGH, ASA

p. 712

Colonisation and transmission of Clostridium difficile in healthy individuals examined by PCR ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

KATO, H., KITA, H., KARASAWA, T., MAEGAWA, T., KOINO, Y., TAKAKUWA, H., SAIKAI, T., KOBAYASHI, K. et al.

p. 720

Flagellin gene PCR-RFLP analysis of a panel of strains from the Burkholderia cepacia complex

WINSTANLEY, CRAIG, DETSIKA, MARIA G., GLENDINNING, KERRY J., PARSONS, YASMIN N., HART, C. ANTHONY

p. 728

Analysis of different molecular methods for typing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates belonging to the Brazilian epidemic clone

SOARES, MARIA J. DOS SANTOS, TEIXEIRA, LENISE A., NUNES, MARIA DO ROSARIO, CARVALHO, MARIA C. DA SILVA, FERREIRA-CARVALHO, BERNADETE T., FIGUEIREDO, AGNES M S.

p. 732

Different isoforms of secreted aspartyl proteinases (Sap) are expressed by Candida albicans during oral and cutaneous candidosis in vivo

SCHALLER, MARTIN, JANUSCHKE, ELFRIEDE, SCHACKERT, CAROLIN, WOERLE, BIRGIT, KORTING, HANS C.

p. 743