Issue table of contents

Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 55, Issue 12

25 articles in this issue

Multidrug-resistant pulmonary infection in cystic fibrosis - what does 'resistant' mean?

Govan, J. R. W.

p. 1615 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46884-0

The diversity of definitions of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and pandrug-resistant (PDR) Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Falagas, Matthew E., Koletsi, Patra K., Bliziotis, Ioannis A.

p. 1619 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46747-0

fliP influences Citrobacter koseri macrophage uptake, cytokine expression and brain abscess formation in the neonatal rat

Townsend, Stacy M., Gonzalez-Gomez, Ignacio, Badger, Julie L.

p. 1631 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46596-0

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE

Protease IV production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the lungs of adults with cystic fibrosis

Lucas Smith, Barbara Rose, Pholawat Tingpej, Hua Zhu, Tim Conibear, Jim Manos, Peter Bye, Mark Elkins et al.

p. 1641–1644 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46845-0

Staphylococcal secretory inhibitor of platelet microbicidal protein is associated with prostatitis source

Ivanov, Iuri B., Gritsenko, Viktor A., Kuzmin, Michael D.

p. 1645 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46752-0

Impaired immune response to Candida albicans in aged mice

Murciano, Celia, Villamon, Eva, Yanez, Alberto, O'Connor, Jose-Enrique, Gozalbo, Daniel, Gil, M. Luisa

p. 1649 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46740-0

Rapid and low-cost colorimetric method using 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride for detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mohammadzadeh, Alireza, Farnia, Parisa, Ghazvini, Kiarash, Behdani, Mahdi, Rashed, Tahereh, Ghanaat, Javad

p. 1657 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46442-0

Isolation of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Paratyphi B dT+, or Salmonella Java, from Indonesia and alteration of the d-tartrate fermentation phenotype by disrupting the ORF STM 3356

Han, Kyung Ho, Choi, Seon Young, Lee, Je Hee, Lee, Hyejon, Shin, Eun Hee, Agtini, Magdarina D., von Seidlein, Lorenz, Ochiai, R. Leon et al.

p. 1661 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46792-0

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

A novel real-time PCR to detect Chlamydia trachomatis in first-void urine or genital swabs

Katia Jaton, Jacques Bille, Gilbert Greub

p. 1667–1674 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46675-0

Identification of different clonal complexes and diverse amino acid substitutions in penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2) associated with borderline oxacillin resistance in Canadian Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Nadarajah, Jeya, Lee, Mark J. S., Louie, Lisa, Jacob, Latha, Simor, Andrew E., Louie, Marie, McGavin, Martin J.

p. 1675 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46700-0

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Genetic characterization of multidrug resistance in Shigella spp. from Japan

Ashraf M. Ahmed, Kimi Furuta, Kei Shimomura, Yoshio Kasama, Tadashi Shimamoto

p. 1685–1691 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46725-0

Comparative analysis of Etest and broth microdilution method (AFST-EUCAST) for trends in antifungal drug susceptibility testing of Brazilian Cryptococcus neoformans isolates

Dias, Amanda L. T., Matsumoto, Flavia E., Melhem, Marcia S. C., da Silva, Eriques G., Auler, Marcos E., de Siqueira, Antonio M., Paula, Claudete R.

p. 1693 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46789-0

emm typing of invasive T28 group A streptococci, 1995-2004, Finland

Siljander, Tuula, Toropainen, Maija, Muotiala, Anna, Hoe, Nancy P., Musser, James M., Vuopio-Varkila, Jaana

p. 1701 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46690-0

Use of sequence-based typing for investigation of a case of nosocomial legionellosis

Wong, Sallene, Pabbaraju, Kanti, Burk, Veronica F., Broukhanski, George C., Fox, Julie, Louie, Tom, Mah, Manuel W., Bernard, Kathryn et al.

p. 1707 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46754-0

Rapid identification of clinically relevant Nocardia species using real-time PCR with SYBR Green and melting-curve analysis

Alfaresi, Mubarak, Elkosh, Abida

p. 1711 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46593-0

Listeria monocytogenes translocates throughout the digestive tract in asymptomatic sheep

Zundel, Etienne, Bernard, Serge

p. 1717 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46709-0

Yersinia enterocolitica isolates of differing biotypes from humans and animals are adherent, invasive and persist in macrophages, but differ in cytokine secretion profiles in vitro

McNally, Alan, Dalton, Tracey, Ragione, Roberto M. La, Stapleton, Kenneth, Manning, Georgina, Newell, Diane G.

p. 1725 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46726-0

Humoral and cellular immune responses in sheep immunized with a 22 kilodalton exported protein of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis

Rigden, Rachael C., Jandhyala, Dakshina M., Dupont, Chris, Crosbie-Caird, Dianna, Lopez-Villalobos, Nicolas, Maeda, Norihiro, Gicquel, Brigitte, Murray, Alan

p. 1735 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46785-0

Recovery of interfering and {beta}-lactamase-producing bacteria from group A {beta}-haemolytic streptococci carriers and non-carriers

Brook, Itzhak, Gober, Alan E.

p. 1741 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46796-0

Mycobacterium kansasii olecranon bursitis

Barham, G. S., Hargreaves, D. G.

p. 1745 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46795-0

Influence of the fsr locus on biofilm formation by Enterococcus faecalis lacking gelE

Mohamed, Jamal A., Murray, Barbara E.

p. 1747 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46729-0

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