Issue table of contents

Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 55, Issue 8

26 articles in this issue

In memoriam - Marler Thomas Parker (1912-2006)

Collee, J. Gerald

p. 971 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46716-0

Control of pneumococcal disease in the United Kingdom - the start of a new era

Clarke, Stuart C.

p. 975 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46579-0

Endocarditis caused by Propionibacterium species: a report of three cases and a review of clinical features and diagnostic difficulties

Clayton, James J., Baig, Wazir, Reynolds, Gregory W., Sandoe, Jonathan A. T.

p. 981 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46613-0

Increased recovery of Moraxella catarrhalis and Haemophilus influenzae in association with group A {beta}-haemolytic streptococci in healthy children and those with pharyngo-tonsillitis

Brook, Itzhak, Gober, Alan E.

p. 989 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46325-0

Distribution of 19 major virulence genes in Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates from patients and water in Queensland, Australia

Huang, Bixing, Yuan, Zheng, Heron, Brett A., Gray, Bruce R., Eglezos, Sofroni, Bates, John R., Savill, John

p. 993 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46310-0

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE

Biofilm matrix of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis: chemical composition and role in drug resistance

Mohammed A. Al-Fattani, L. Julia Douglas

p. 999–1008 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46569-0

Gene-expression profiles in gastric epithelial cells stimulated with spiral and coccoid Helicobacter pylori

Liu, Zhi-Fang, Chen, Chun-Yan, Tang, Wei, Zhang, Jian-Ye, Gong, Yao-Qin, Jia, Ji-Hui

p. 1009 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46456-0

Increased prostanoid dependency of arterial relaxation in Chlamydia pneumoniae-infected mice

Tormakangas, Liisa, Ketonen, Juha, Leinonen, Maija, Saikku, Pekka, Paakkari, Ilari

p. 1017 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46516-0

A microarray analysis of the murine macrophage response to infection with Francisella tularensis LVS

Andersson, Henrik, Hartmanova, Blanka, Ryden, Patrik, Noppa, Laila, Naslund, Linda, Sjostedt, Anders

p. 1023 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46553-0

Molecular typing of enteroviruses associated with viral meningitis in Cyprus, 2000-2002

Richter, Jan, Koptides, Dana, Tryfonos, Christina, Christodoulou, Christina

p. 1035 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46447-0

Bordetella holmesii DNA is not detected in nasopharyngeal swabs from Finnish and Dutch patients with suspected pertussis

Antila, Mia, He, Qiushui, de Jong, Caroline, Aarts, Ingrid, Verbakel, Harold, Bruisten, Sylvia, Keller, Suzanne, Haanpera, Marjo et al.

p. 1043 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46331-0

Rapid cost-effective subtyping of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by denaturing HPLC

Jury, F., Al-Mahrous, M., Apostolou, M., Sandiford, S., Fox, A., Ollier, W., Upton, M.

p. 1053 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46409-0

Genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni using seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms in combination with flaA short variable region sequencing

Price, Erin P., Thiruvenkataswamy, Venugopal, Mickan, Lance, Unicomb, Leanne, Rios, Rosa E., Huygens, Flavia, Giffard, Philip M.

p. 1061 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46460-0

Identification of a repetitive sequence belonging to a PPE gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its use in diagnosis of tuberculosis

Srivastava, Ranjana, Kumar, D., Waskar, M. N., Sharma, Meera, Katoch, V. M., Srivastava, Brahm S.

p. 1071 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46379-0

Pneumococci causing invasive disease in children prior to the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Scotland

Clarke, Stuart C., Jefferies, Johanna M. C., Smith, Andrew J., McMenamin, Jim, Mitchell, Timothy J., Edwards, Giles F. S.

p. 1079 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46550-0

Development of a diagnostic test for the Midlands 1 cystic fibrosis epidemic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Smart, Catherine H. M., Scott, Fiona W., Wright, Elli A., Walshaw, Martin J., Hart, C. Anthony, Pitt, Tyrone L., Winstanley, Craig

p. 1085 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46604-0

Role of the ABC transporter TruMDR2 in terbinafine, 4-nitroquinoline N-oxide and ethidium bromide susceptibility in Trichophyton rubrum

Fachin, Ana Lucia, Ferreira-Nozawa, Monica S., Maccheroni, Walter, Jr, Martinez-Rossi, Nilce M.

p. 1093 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46522-0

Epidemiological analysis of group A streptococci recovered from patients in China

Jing, Hong-bo, Ning, Boa-an, Hao, Huai-jie, Zheng, Yu-ling, Chang, Dong, Jiang, Wei, Jiang, Yong-qiang

p. 1101 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46243-0

Surveillance of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwan, 2002-2003

Chen, Ying-Yan, Yao, Shu-Man, Chou, Chen-Ying, Chang, Yi-Ching, Shen, Pei-Wun, Huang, Chung-Ter, Su, Hsun-Pi, Li, Shu-Ying

p. 1109 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46530-0

Superantigen gene profile, emm type and antibiotic resistance genes among group A streptococcal isolates from Barcelona, Spain

Rivera, Alba, Rebollo, Montserrat, Miro, Elisenda, Mateo, Miriam, Navarro, Ferran, Gurgui, Merce, Mirelis, Beatriz, Coll, Pere

p. 1115 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46481-0

Emergence and spread of two distinct clonal groups of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in a veterinary teaching hospital in Australia

Sidjabat, Hanna E., Townsend, Kirsty M., Lorentzen, Michael, Gobius, Kari S., Fegan, Narelle, Chin, James J.-C., Bettelheim, Karl A., Hanson, Nancy D. et al.

p. 1125 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46598-0

Isolation and characterization of Streptococcus mutans in heart valve and dental plaque specimens from a patient with infective endocarditis

Nomura, Ryota, Nakano, Kazuhiko, Nemoto, Hirotoshi, Fujita, Kazuyo, Inagaki, Satoko, Takahashi, Toshiki, Taniguchi, Kazuhiro, Takeda, Munehiro et al.

p. 1135 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46609-0

The bacteriology of biopsies differs between newly diagnosed, untreated, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients

Bibiloni, Rodrigo, Mangold, Marco, Madsen, Karen L., Fedorak, Richard N., Tannock, Gerald W.

p. 1141 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46498-0

Bacteraemic pneumonia caused by Neisseria lactamica with reduced susceptibility to penicillin and ciprofloxacin in an adult with liver cirrhosis

Wang, Cheng-Yi, Chuang, Yu-Min, Teng, Lee-Jene, Lee, Li-Na, Yang, Pan-Chyr, Kuo, Sow-Hsong, Hsueh, Po-Ren

p. 1151 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46229-0

CASE REPORTS

Central line-related bacteraemia due to Roseomonas mucosa in a neutropenic patient with acute myeloid leukaemia in Piraeus, Greece

G. B. Christakis, S. Perlorentzou, P. Alexaki, A. Megalakaki, I. K. Zarkadis

p. 1153–1156 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46634-0

Direct detection of heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using molecular techniques

Cullen, Mairi M., Sam, Noel E., Kanduma, Esther G., McHugh, Timothy D., Gillespie, Stephen H.

p. 1157 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46483-0