Issue table of contents

Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 53, Issue 9

17 articles in this issue

REVIEW

Neisseria meningitidis: an overview of the carriage state

Siamak P. Yazdankhah, Dominique A. Caugant

p. 821–832 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45529-0

Common oligosaccharide moieties inhibit the adherence of typical and atypical respiratory pathogens

Thomas, Richard, Brooks, Tim

p. 833 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45643-0

Analysis of quorum sensing-deficient clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Schaber, J. Andy, Carty, Nancy L., McDonald, Naomi A., Graham, Eric D., Cheluvappa, Rajkumar, Griswold, John A., Hamood, Abdul N.

p. 841 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45617-0

Sensitivity of Helicobacter pylori to an innate defence mechanism, the lactoperoxidase system, in buffer and in human whole saliva

Haukioja, Anna, Ihalin, Riikka, Loimaranta, Vuokko, Lenander, Marianne, Tenovuo, Jorma

p. 855 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45548-0

Molecular cloning of the Chlamydophila abortus groEL gene and evaluation of its protective efficacy in a murine model by genetic vaccination

Hechard, Celine, Grepinet, Olivier, Rodolakis, Annie

p. 861 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05442-0

Sensitivity of the BacT/ALERT FA-medium for detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in pre-incubated blood cultures and its temperature-dependence

Seegmuller, Irene, Eschenbach, Ursula, Kamereck, Klaus, Miethke, Thomas

p. 869 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45533-0

Validation of a PCR for diagnosis of typhoid fever and salmonellosis by amplification of the hilA gene in clinical samples from Colombian patients

Sanchez-Jimenez, M. M., Cardona-Castro, Nora

p. 875 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45630-0

Discrepancies in the recovery of bacteria from multiple sinuses in acute and chronic sinusitis

Brook, Itzhak

p. 879 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45655-0

Distribution of Clostridium difficile variant toxinotypes and strains with binary toxin genes among clinical isolates in an American hospital

Geric, Barbara, Rupnik, Maja, Gerding, Dale N., Grabnar, Miklavz, Johnson, Stuart

p. 887 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45610-0

Mechanisms of quinolone resistance and clonal relationship among Aeromonas salmonicida strains isolated from reared fish with furunculosis

Giraud, Etienne, Blanc, Guillaume, Bouju-Albert, Agnes, Weill, Francois-Xavier, Donnay-Moreno, Claire

p. 895 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45579-0

Effect of subinhibitory concentration of piperacillin/tazobactam on Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Fonseca, A. P., Extremina, C., Fonseca, A. F., Sousa, J. C.

p. 903 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45637-0

Risk factors for primary Helicobacter pylori resistance in Bulgarian children

Boyanova, Lyudmila, Gergova, Galina, Koumanova, Radka, Jelev, Christo, Lazarova, Elena, Mitov, Ivan, Kovacheva, Youlia

p. 911 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45651-0

Effect of carbapenems on the transcriptional expression of the oprD, oprM and oprN genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Kolayli, Fetiye, Karadenizli, Aynur, Savli, Hakan, Ergen, Kivanc, Hatirnaz, Ozden, Balikci, Erdener, Budak, Fatma, Vahaboglu, Haluk

p. 915 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45692-0

Invasive culture-confirmed Neisseria meningitidis in Portugal: evaluation of serogroups in relation to different variables and antimicrobial susceptibility (2000-2001)

Canica, Manuela, Dias, Ricardo, Nunes, Baltazar, Carvalho, Leonor, Ferreira, Eugenia, the Meningococci Study Group,

p. 921 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45556-0

EPIDEMIOLOGY

One-tube cell lysis and DNA extraction procedure for PCR-based detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in aquatic insects, molluscs and fish

Roman Kotlowski, Anandi Martin, Anthony Ablordey, Karim Chemlal, Pierre-Alain Fonteyne, Françoise Portaels

p. 927–933 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45593-0

Cryptococcus neoformans infections at Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre (1997-2002): epidemiology, microbiology and histopathology

Hoang, Linda M.N., Maguire, John A., Doyle, Patrick, Fyfe, Murray, Roscoe, Diane L.

p. 935 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05427-0

Prevalence of methicillin-resistant, coagulase-negative staphylococci in neonatal intensive care units: findings from a tertiary care hospital in India

Jain, Amita, Agarwal, Jyotsna, Bansal, Seema

p. 941 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.45565-0