Issue table of contents

Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 52, Issue 9

19 articles in this issue

Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate is refractory to Th1 immune response and impedes host immune clearance in a mouse model of acute lung infection

Song, Zhijun, Wu, Hong, Ciofu, Oana, Kong, Kok-Fai, Hoiby, Niels, Rygaard, Jorgen, Kharazmi, Arsalan, Mathee, Kalai

p. 731 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05122-0

Anaerobiosis-induced virulence of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium: role of phospholipase C{gamma} signalling cascade

Khullar, Madhu, Singh, Raman Deep, Smriti, Manu, Ganguly, Nirmal Kumar

p. 741 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05186-0

Characterization of biofilm formation by clinical isolates of Mycobacterium avium

Carter, George, Wu, Martin, Drummond, Daryl C., Bermudez, Luiz E.

p. 747 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05224-0

Detection of Clostridium difficile cytotoxin and Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin in cases of diarrhoea in the community

Forward, L. J., Tompkins, D. S., Brett, M. M.

p. 753 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05119-0

Development of a diagnostic PCR assay that targets a heat-shock protein gene (groES) for detection of Pseudomonas spp. in cystic fibrosis patients

Clarke, Lena, Moore, John E., Millar, B. Cherie, Garske, Luke, Xu, Jiru, Heuzenroeder, Michael W., Crowe, Mary, Elborn, J. Stuart

p. 759 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05077-0

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

Assessment of PCR-DGGE for the identification of diverse Helicobacter species, and application to faecal samples from zoo animals to determine Helicobacter prevalence

Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Mads Bennedsen, Stephen L. W. On, Ibn-Sina Ouis, Peter Vandamme, Hans-Olof Nilsson, Åsa Ljungh, Torkel Wadström

p. 765–771 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05314-0

Simple and rapid detection of Salmonella strains by direct PCR amplification of the hilA gene

Pathmanathan, S. G., Cardona-Castro, N., Sanchez-Jimenez, M. M., Correa-Ochoa, M. M., Puthucheary, S. D., Thong, K. L.

p. 773 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05188-0

Assessment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection of semen specimens by ligase chain reaction

Pannekoek, Yvonne, Westenberg, Steven M., Eijk, Paul P., Repping, Sjoerd, van der Veen, Fulco, van der Ende, Arie, Dankert, Jacob

p. 777 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05187-0

Multilocus restriction typing: a tool for Neisseria meningitidis strain discrimination

Bennett, Desiree E., Cafferkey, Mary T.

p. 781 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05225-0

Human rhabdomyosarcoma cells for rapid detection of enteroviruses by shell-vial assay

Perez-Ruiz, M., Navarro-Mari, J. M., Palacios del Valle, E., Rosa-Fraile, M.

p. 789 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05237-0

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

Direct-test PCR for detection of meningococcal DNA and its serogroup characterization: standardization and adaptation for use in a public health laboratory

L. F. Baethgen, C. Moraes, L. Weidlich, S. Rios, C. Í. Kmetzsch, M. S.N. Silva, M. L.R. Rossetti, A. Zaha

p. 793–799 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05192-0

Relationship between molecular epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a French teaching hospital

Thouverez, Michelle, Muller, Arno, Hocquet, Didier, Talon, Daniel, Bertrand, Xavier

p. 801 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05252-0

First isolation and characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains from Ixodes ricinus ticks in Turkey

Guner, Ece S., Hashimoto, Naoya, Takada, Nobuhiro, Kaneda, Kazuhide, Imai, Yasuyuki, Masuzawa, Toshiyuki

p. 807 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05205-0

Changes in genetic types and population dynamics of Moraxella catarrhalis in hospitalized children are not associated with an exacerbation of existing disease

Hays, J. P., Eadie, K., Verduin, C. M., Hazelzet, J., Verbrugh, H., van Belkum, A.

p. 815 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05251-0

Molecular characterization of clinical and environmental isolates of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis from a teaching hospital in Wales

Kuriyama, Tomoari, Williams, David W., Patel, Mital, Lewis, Michael A.O., Jenkins, Lynda E., Hill, Dylan W., Hosein, Ian K.

p. 821 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05123-0

Bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance (BLIS) production by the normal flora of the nasopharynx: potential to protect against otitis media?

Walls, Tony, Power, Dan, Tagg, John

p. 829 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05259-0