Issue table of contents

Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 55, Issue 11

25 articles in this issue

REVIEW

Treatment of plague: promising alternatives to antibiotics

Andrey P. Anisimov, Kingsley K. Amoako

p. 1461–1475 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46697-0

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE

Mutation of luxS affects motility and infectivity of Helicobacter pylori in gastric mucosa of a Mongolian gerbil model

Takako Osaki, Tomoko Hanawa, Taki Manzoku, Minoru Fukuda, Hayato Kawakami, Hidekazu Suzuki, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Xu Yan et al.

p. 1477–1485 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46660-0

Cytolethal distending toxins in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: alleles, serotype distribution and biological effects

Orth, Dorothea, Grif, Katharina, Dierich, Manfred P., Wurzner, Reinhard

p. 1487 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46666-0

Detection of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli in faecal samples from patients in the community with diarrhoea

Jenkins, Claire, Tembo, Mathias, Chart, Henrik, Cheasty, Tom, Willshaw, Geraldine A., Phillips, Alan D., Tompkins, David, Smith, Henry

p. 1493 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46683-0

Antigenicity of borrelial protein BBK32 fragments in early Lyme borreliosis

Lahdenne, Pekka, Sarvas, Heikki, Kajanus, Riikka, Eholuoto, Miia, Sillanpaa, Heidi, Seppala, Ilkka

p. 1499 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46621-0

Rapid molecular identification of fungal pathogens in corneal samples from suspected keratomycosis cases

Mancini, Nicasio, Perotti, Mario, Ossi, Cristina M., Cavallero, Annalisa, Matuska, Stanislav, Paganoni, Giorgio, Burioni, Roberto, Rama, Paolo et al.

p. 1505 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46638-0

Rapid antibiotic sensitivity testing and trimethoprim-mediated filamentation of clinical isolates of the Enterobacteriaceae assayed on a novel porous culture support

Ingham, Colin J., van den Ende, Maaike, Wever, Peter C., Schneeberger, Peter M.

p. 1511 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46585-0

Insertion sequence ISEcp1-like element connected with a novel aph(2'') allele [aph(2'')-Ie] conferring high-level gentamicin resistance and a novel streptomycin adenylyltransferase gene in Enterococcus

Chen, Ya-Gang, Qu, Ting-Ting, Yu, Yun-Song, Zhou, Jian-Ying, Li, Lan-Juan

p. 1521 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46702-0

Molecular characterization of isoniazid-resistant clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the USA

Guo, Hongling, Seet, Qihui, Denkin, Steven, Parsons, Linda, Zhang, Ying

p. 1527 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46718-0

High level of ciprofloxacin resistance and its molecular background among Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated in the United Arab Emirates

Sonnevend, Agnes, Rotimi, Vincent O., Kolodziejek, Jolanta, Usmani, Asad, Nowotny, Norbert, Pal, Tibor

p. 1533 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46744-0

Molecular typing and virulence markers of Yersinia enterocolitica strains from human, animal and food origins isolated between 1968 and 2000 in Brazil

Falcao, Juliana P., Falcao, Deise P., Pitondo-Silva, Andre, Malaspina, Ana Carolina, Brocchi, Marcelo

p. 1539 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46733-0

An improved multiple-locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis for Leptospira interrogans serovar Australis: a comparison with fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis and its use to redefine the molecular epidemiology of this serovar in Queensland, Australia

Slack, Andrew, Symonds, Meegan, Dohnt, Michael, Smythe, Lee

p. 1549 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46779-0

Isolation of Vibrio cholerae O1 strains similar to pre-seventh pandemic El Tor strains during an outbreak of gastrointestinal disease in an island resort in Fiji

Nair, G. Balakrish, Safa, Ashrafus, Bhuiyan, N. A., Nusrin, Suraia, Murphy, Denise, Nicol, Carolyn, Valcanis, Mary, Iddings, Steven et al.

p. 1559 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46734-0

Genetic characteristics of Matlab variants of Vibrio cholerae O1 that are hybrids between classical and El Tor biotypes

Safa, Ashrafus, Bhuyian, N. A., Nusrin, Suraia, Ansaruzzaman, M., Alam, Munirul, Hamabata, T., Takeda, Yoshifumi, Sack, David A. et al.

p. 1563 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46689-0

An outbreak of psittacosis due to Chlamydophila psittaci genotype A in a veterinary teaching hospital

Heddema, Edou R., van Hannen, Erik J., Duim, Birgitta, de Jongh, Bartelt M., Kaan, Jan A., van Kessel, Rob, Lumeij, Johannes T., Visser, Caroline E. et al.

p. 1571 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46692-0

Arthroconidia production in Trichophyton rubrum and a new ex vivo model of onychomycosis

Yazdanparast, S. Amir, Barton, Richard C.

p. 1577 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46474-0

CASE REPORTS

Canine dermatophytosis caused by an anthropophilic species: molecular and phenotypical characterization of Trichophyton tonsurans

R. S. N. Brilhante, R. A. Cordeiro, J. M. F. Gomes, J. J. C. Sidrim, M. F. G. Rocha

p. 1583–1586 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46665-0

Intractable colitis associated with chronic granulomatous disease

Arimura, Yoshiaki, Goto, Akira, Yamashita, Kentaro, Endo, Takao, Ikeda, Hideyuki, Tanaka, Kaori, Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki, Shinomura, Yasuhisa et al.

p. 1587 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46722-0

Enterohepatic Helicobacter species isolated from the ileum, liver and colon of a baboon with pancreatic islet amyloidosis

Garcia, Alexis, Xu, Shilu, Dewhirst, Floyd E., Nambiar, Prashant R., Fox, James G.

p. 1591 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46707-0

CORRESPONDENCE

A CTX-M extended-spectrum β-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Nashwan al Naiemi, Birgitta Duim, Aldert Bart

p. 1607–1608 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46704-0