Pinto, Eugenia, Pina-Vaz, Cidalia, Salgueiro, Ligia, Goncalves, Maria Jose, Costa-de-Oliveira, Sofia, Cavaleiro, Carlos, Palmeira, Ana, Rodrigues, Acacio et al.

p. 1367 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46443-0

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

In vitro activity of tea-tree oil against clinical skin isolates of meticillin-resistant and -sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci growing planktonically and as biofilms

Aaron Brady, Ryan Loughlin, Deirdre Gilpin, Paddy Kearney, Michael Tunney

p. 1375–1380 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46558-0

Immunization with 3-oxododecanoyl-L-homoserine lactone-protein conjugate protects mice from lethal Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection

Miyairi, Shinichi, Tateda, Kazuhiro, Fuse, Etsu T., Ueda, Chihiro, Saito, Hiroaki, Takabatake, Tohru, Ishii, Yoshikazu, Horikawa, Manabu et al.

p. 1381 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46658-0

Construction of a eukaryotic expression system for granulysin and its protective effect in mice infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Liu, Binbo, Liu, Shengwu, Qu, Xueju, Liu, Junyan

p. 1389 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46706-0

Topoisomerase mutations and efflux are associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterococcus faecalis

Oyamada, Yoshihiro, Ito, Hideaki, Inoue, Matsuhisa, Yamagishi, Jun-ichi

p. 1395 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46636-0

The DNA-binding domain of CaNdt80p is required to activate CDR1 involved in drug resistance in Candida albicans

Wang, Jang-Shiun, Yang, Yun-Liang, Wu, Chin-Jung, Ouyang, Karen J., Tseng, Kuo-Yun, Chen, Chia-Geun, Wang, Hsin, Lo, Hsiu-Jung

p. 1403 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46650-0

Predominance of multi-drug-resistant LAM and Beijing family strains among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates recovered from prison inmates in Tula Region, Russia

Ignatova, Anna, Dubiley, Svetlana, Stepanshina, Valentina, Shemyakin, Igor

p. 1413 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46575-0

Molecular characterization of clinical isolates of M non-typable group A streptococci from invasive disease cases

Tanna, Asha, Emery, Michaela, Dhami, Chenchal, Arnold, Eve, Efstratiou, Androulla

p. 1419 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46465-0

Clonal analysis of Inquilinus limosus isolates from six cystic fibrosis patients and specific serum antibody response

Schmoldt, Sabine, Latzin, Philipp, Heesemann, Juergen, Griese, Matthias, Imhof, Axel, Hogardt, Michael

p. 1425 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46466-0

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY

Frequency and predictors of colonization of the respiratory tract by VIM-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients of a newly established intensive care unit

Maria Horianopoulou, Nicholas J. Legakis, Maria Kanellopoulou, Sotiris Lambropoulos, Athanassios Tsakris, Matthew E. Falagas

p. 1435–1439 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46713-0

Synthesis and characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate-tetanus toxoid conjugate

Kashef, Nasim, Behzadian-Nejad, Qorban, Najar-Peerayeh, Shahin, Mousavi-Hosseini, Kamran, Moazzeni, Mohammad, Djavid, Gholamreza Esmaeeli

p. 1441 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46696-0

Optimal sampling site for mucosal candidosis in oral cancer patients is the labial sulcus

Rautemaa, Riina, Rusanen, Peter, Richardson, Malcolm, Meurman, Jukka H.

p. 1447 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46615-0

CASE REPORTS

Primary bacteraemia caused by Rhizobium radiobacter in a patient with solid tumours

G. B. Christakis, P. Alexaki, A. S. Alivizatos, I. Chalkiopoulou, A. E. Athanasiou, I. K. Zarkadis

p. 1453–1456 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46411-0

CASE REPORTS

Use of voriconazole in a patient with aspergilloma caused by an itraconazole-resistant strain of Aspergillus fumigatus

E. Dannaoui, D. Garcia-Hermoso, J. M. Naccache, I. Meneau, D. Sanglard, C. Bouges-Michel, D. Valeyre, O. Lortholary

p. 1457–1459 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46639-0