Issue table of contents

Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 55, Issue 6

25 articles in this issue

REVIEW

Identification, subtyping and virulence determination of Listeria monocytogenes, an important foodborne pathogen

Dongyou Liu

p. 645–659 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46495-0

Burkholderia cenocepacia utilizes ferritin as an iron source

Whitby, Paul W., VanWagoner, Timothy M., Springer, Jennifer M., Morton, Daniel J., Seale, Thomas W., Stull, Terrence L.

p. 661 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46199-0

Basis for N-acetyllactosamine-mediated inhibition of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli localized adherence

Hyland, Romney M., Griener, Thomas P., Mulvey, George L., Kitov, Pavel I., Srivastava, Om P., Marcato, Paola, Armstrong, Glen D.

p. 669 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46344-0

Use of suppression subtractive hybridization to examine the accessory genome of the Liverpool cystic fibrosis epidemic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Smart, Catherine H. M., Walshaw, Martin J., Hart, C. Anthony, Winstanley, Craig

p. 677 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46461-0

Escherichia coli interactions with Acanthamoeba: a symbiosis with environmental and clinical implications

Alsam, Selwa, Jeong, Seok Ryoul, Sissons, James, Dudley, Ricky, Kim, Kwang Sik, Khan, Naveed Ahmed

p. 689 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46497-0

Human herpesvirus-6 dysregulates monocyte-mediated anticryptococcal defences

Cermelli, Claudio, Cenacchi, Valeria, Beretti, Francesca, Pezzini, Francesco, Luca, Dario Di, Blasi, Elisabetta

p. 695 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46496-0

Genetic analysis of Cryptosporidium from 2414 humans with diarrhoea in England between 1985 and 2000

Leoni, F., Amar, C., Nichols, G., Pedraza-Diaz, S., McLauchlin, J.

p. 703 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46251-0

Genotypic identification of presumptive Streptococcus pneumoniae by PCR using four genes highly specific for S. pneumoniae

Suzuki, Nao, Yuyama, Mayumi, Maeda, Sinsaku, Ogawa, Haruhiko, Mashiko, Kazuyuki, Kiyoura, Yusuke

p. 709 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46296-0

Genotyping of human papillomavirus in cervical lesions by L1 consensus PCR and the Luminex xMAP system

Jiang, Han-Liang, Zhu, Hai-Hong, Zhou, Lin-Fu, Chen, Feng, Chen, Zhi

p. 715 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46493-0

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

Identification of Burkholderia cepacia complex pathogens by rapid-cycle PCR with fluorescent hybridization probes

Ralf-Peter Vonberg, Susanne Häußler, Peter Vandamme, Ivo Steinmetz

p. 721–727 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46457-0

Combination of known and unknown mechanisms confers high-level resistance to fluoroquinolones in Enterococcus faecium

Oyamada, Yoshihiro, Ito, Hideaki, Fujimoto, Kouichi, Asada, Reiko, Niga, Toshiyuki, Okamoto, Ryoichi, Inoue, Matsuhisa, Yamagishi, Jun-ichi

p. 729 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46303-0

Helicobacter pylori isolated from patients who later failed H. pylori eradication triple therapy readily develop resistance to clarithromycin

Kobayashi, Intetsu, Saika, Takeshi, Muraoka, Hiroe, Murakami, Kazunari, Fujioka, Toshio

p. 737 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46316-0

Investigating vomiting and/or bloody diarrhoea in Campylobacter jejuni infection

Gillespie, Iain A., O'Brien, Sarah J., Frost, Jennifer A., Tam, Clarence, Tompkins, David, Neal, Keith R., Syed, Qutub, Farthing, Michael J. G. et al.

p. 741 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46422-0

Sporadic human Yersinia enterocolitica infections caused by bioserotype 4/O : 3 originate mainly from pigs

Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Maria, Stolle, Andreas, Siitonen, Anja, Korkeala, Hannu

p. 747 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46523-0

Phenotypic characterization of Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated from invasive disease in Brazil from 1990 to 2001

Lemos, Ana Paula S., Brandao, Angela P., Gorla, Maria Cecilia O., Paiva, Maria Vaneide, Simonsen, Vera, Melles, Carmo Elias A.

p. 751 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46451-0

Seroprevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in HIV-infected patients using a microparticle agglutination test

Shankar, Esaki Muthu, Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran, Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu, Vengatesan, A., Kownhar, Hayath, Solomon, Suniti, Rao, Usha Anand

p. 759 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46402-0

Seroprevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I among pregnant women in Accra, Ghana

Armah, Henry B., Narter-Olaga, Edwin G., Adjei, Andrew A., Asomaning, Kofi, Gyasi, Richard K., Tettey, Yao

p. 765 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46426-0

Detection of clinical-stage specific molecular Toxoplasma gondii gene patterns in patients with toxoplasmic lymphadenitis

Contini, Carlo, Giuliodori, Margherita, Cultrera, Rosario, Seraceni, Silva

p. 771 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46482-0

CORRESPONDENCE

Characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Shanghai and Hong Kong

Chun Mei Ying, Thomas K. W. Ling, Ching Ching Lee, Julia M. Ling

p. 799–802 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46117-0

magA is not a specific virulence gene for Klebsiella pneumoniae strains causing liver abscess but is part of the capsular polysaccharide gene cluster of K. pneumoniae serotype K1

Yeh, Kuo-Ming, Chang, Feng-Yee, Fung, Chang-Phone, Lin, Jung-Chung, Siu, L. K.

p. 803 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46368-0

Species-specific identification of Vibrio fluvialis by PCR targeted to the conserved transcriptional activation and variable membrane tether regions of the toxR gene

Chakraborty, Rupa, Sinha, Sutapa, Mukhopadhyay, Asish K., Asakura, Masahiro, Yamasaki, Shinji, Bhattacharya, S. K., Nair, G. Balakrish, Ramamurthy, T.

p. 805 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46395-0