Issue table of contents

Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 52, Issue 12

15 articles in this issue

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE

Effects of sub-MIC concentrations of antibiotics on growth of and toxin production by Clostridium difficile

Lisa J. Drummond, David G.E. Smith, Ian R. Poxton

p. 1033–1038 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05387-0

Bactericidal properties of group IIa secreted phospholipase A2 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates

Dubouix, Anne, Campanac, Catherine, Fauvel, Josette, Simon, Marie-Francoise, Salles, Jean-Pierre, Roques, Christine, Chap, Hugues, Marty, Nicole

p. 1039 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05303-0

Using cpsA-cpsB sequence polymorphisms and serotype-/group-specific PCR to predict 51 Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular serotypes

Kong, Fanrong, Gilbert, Gwendolyn L.

p. 1047 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05277-0

PFGE and pertactin gene sequencing suggest limited genetic variability within the Finnish Bordetella parapertussis population

Makinen, Johanna, Mertsola, Jussi, Soini, Hanna, Arvilommi, Heikki, Viljanen, Matti K., Guiso, Nicole, He, Qiushui

p. 1059 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05434-0

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

Characterization of virulent and avirulent Listeria monocytogenes strains by PCR amplification of putative transcriptional regulator and internalin genes

Dongyou Liu, A. Jerald Ainsworth, Frank W. Austin, Mark L. Lawrence

p. 1065–1070 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05358-0

Species identification of medically important fungi by use of real-time LightCycler PCR

Hsu, Min-Chih, Chen, Kuo-Wei, Lo, Hsiu-Jung, Chen, Yee-Chun, Liao, Mei-Hui, Lin, Yu-Hui, Li, Shu-Ying

p. 1071 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05302-0

Description of new mutations in the rpoB gene in rifampicin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis selected in vitro in a stepwise manner

Nolte, Oliver, Muller, Matthias, Reitz, Stephan, Ledig, Sandra, Ehrhard, Ingrid, Sonntag, Hans-Gunther

p. 1077 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05371-0

Susceptibility of oral bacteria to an antimicrobial decapeptide

Concannon, S. P., Crowe, T. D., Abercrombie, J. J., Molina, C. M., Hou, P., Sukumaran, D. K., Raj, P. A., Leung, K. -P.

p. 1083 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05286-0

Incidence and importance of Clostridium difficile in paediatric diarrhoea in Brazil

Pinto, Leandro J.F., Alcides, Ana P.P., Ferreira, Eliane O., Avelar, Katia E.S., Sabra, Aderbal, Domingues, Regina M.C.P., Ferreira, M. Candida S.

p. 1095 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05308-0

Cloning of the Tannerella forsythensis (Bacteroides forsythus) siaHI gene and purification of the sialidase enzyme

Ishikura, Hiroaki, Arakawa, Shinichi, Nakajima, Takuma, Tsuchida, Nobuo, Ishikawa, Isao

p. 1101 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05349-0

Experimental aerogenic Burkholderia mallei (glanders) infection in the BALB/c mouse

Lever, M. Stephen, Nelson, Michelle, Ireland, Philip I., Stagg, Anthony J., Beedham, Richard J., Hall, Graham A., Knight, Georgina, Titball, Richard W.

p. 1109 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05180-0

Growth and lactic acid production by vaginal Lactobacillus acidophilus CRL 1259, and inhibition of uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Juarez Tomas, Maria Silvina, Ocana, Virginia S., Wiese, Birgitt, Nader-Macias, Maria E.

p. 1117 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05155-0

Plasmid-borne extended-spectrum {beta}-lactamase in a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii

Joshi, Suresh G., Litake, Geetanjali M., Ghole, Vikram S., Niphadkar, Krishnarao B.

p. 1125

CORRESPONDENCE

Influence of transport conditions and media on Helicobacter pylori isolation

Lyudmila Boyanova

p. 1129–1130

Helicobacter pylori infection in elderly Bulgarian patients

Boyanova, Lyudmila, Katsarov, Nikolai, Gergova, Galia, Nikolov, Rossen, Derejian, Sirigan, Spassova, Zoya, Mitov, Ivan, Krastev, Zacharii

p. 1131