Issue table of contents

Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 55, Issue 9

21 articles in this issue

Detection of typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in Iranian children with and without diarrhoea

Alikhani, M. Yousef, Mirsalehian, Akbar, Aslani, M. Mehdi

p. 1159 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46539-0

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE

Typing of intimin (eae) genes from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) isolated from children with diarrhoea in Montevideo, Uruguay: identification of two novel intimin variants (μB and ξR/β2B)

Miguel Blanco, Jesús E. Blanco, Ghizlane Dahbi, Azucena Mora, María Pilar Alonso, Gustavo Varela, María Pilar Gadea, Felipé Schelotto et al.

p. 1165–1174 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46518-0

HOST RESPONSE

Cytokine secretion profiles of human keratinocytes during Trichophyton tonsurans and Arthroderma benhamiae infections

Yumi Shiraki, Yoshio Ishibashi, Masataro Hiruma, Akemi Nishikawa, Shigaku Ikeda

p. 1175–1185 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46632-0

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

Comparison of DNA extraction methods for Aspergillus fumigatus using real-time PCR

Lisa J. Griffiths, Martin Anyim, Sarah R. Doffman, Mark Wilks, Michael R. Millar, Samir G. Agrawal

p. 1187–1191 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46510-0

{beta}-Mercaptoethanol-modified ELISA for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

Abass, Elfadil M., Mansour, Durria, el Mutasim, Mohamed, Hussein, Muna, el Harith, Abdallah

p. 1193 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46643-0

Microcoding and flow cytometry as a high-throughput fungal identification system for Malassezia species

Diaz, Mara R., Boekhout, Teun, Theelen, Bart, Bovers, Marjan, Cabanes, Francisco J., Fell, Jack W.

p. 1197 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46630-0

Fast and reliable PCR/sequencing/RFLP assay for identification of fungi in onychomycoses

Monod, Michel, Bontems, Olympia, Zaugg, Christophe, Lechenne, Barbara, Fratti, Marina, Panizzon, Renato

p. 1211 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46723-0

Real-time PCR detection and speciation of Cryptosporidium infection using Scorpion probes

Stroup, Suzanne E., Roy, Shantanu, Mchele, John, Maro, Venance, Ntabaguzi, Simon, Siddique, Abdullah, Kang, Gagandeep, Guerrant, Richard L. et al.

p. 1217 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46678-0

Detection of anti-pertussis toxin IgG in oral fluids for use in diagnosis and surveillance of Bordetella pertussis infection in children and young adults

Litt, David J., Samuel, Dhanraj, Duncan, John, Harnden, Anthony, George, Robert C., Harrison, Timothy G.

p. 1223 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46543-0

Inter-laboratory comparison of three different real-time PCR assays for the detection of Pneumocystis jiroveci in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples

Linssen, Catharina F. M., Jacobs, Jan A., Beckers, Pieter, Templeton, Kate E., Bakkers, Judith, Kuijper, Ed J., Melchers, Willem J. G., Drent, Marjolein et al.

p. 1229 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46552-0

Detection of clonally related vanB2-containing Enterococcus faecium strains in two Spanish hospitals

Torres, Carmen, Escobar, Susanna, Portillo, Aranzazu, Torres, Luis, Rezusta, Antonio, Ruiz-Larrea, Fernanda, Revillo, Maria Jose, Aspiroz, Carmen et al.

p. 1237 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46560-0

CTX-M-producing Salmonella spp. in Hong Kong: an emerging problem

Jin, Yujuan, Ling, J. M.

p. 1245 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46637-0

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Jiangsu Province, China, with a focus on fluoroquinolone resistance

Bei Wang, Jin-shui Xu, Chang-xian Wang, Zu-huang Mi, Yue-pu Pu, Mamie Hui, Thomas K. W. Ling, Chiu-Yeung Chan

p. 1251–1255 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46401-0

Antibiotic resistance and genetic diversity of Shigella sonnei isolated from patients with diarrhoea between 1999 and 2003 in Bangladesh

Talukder, Kaisar A., Islam, Zhahirul, Dutta, Dilip K., Islam, M. Aminul, Khajanchi, Bijay K., Azmi, Ishrat J., Iqbal, Mohd S., Hossain, M. A. et al.

p. 1257 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46641-0

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY

Bacterial killing in gastric juice – effect of pH and pepsin on Escherichia coli and Helicobacter pylori

H. Zhu, C. A. Hart, D. Sales, N. B. Roberts

p. 1265–1270 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46611-0

Effect of gamma irradiation on viability and DNA of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli

Trampuz, Andrej, Piper, Kerryl E., Steckelberg, James M., Patel, Robin

p. 1271 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46488-0

Broilers do not play a dominant role in the Campylobacter fetus contamination of humans

Kempf, Isabelle, Dufour-Gesbert, Fabienne, Hellard, Gwenaelle, Prouzet-Mauleon, Valerie, Megraud, Francis

p. 1277 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46628-0

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effect of antifungal treatment on the prevalence of yeasts in HIV-infected subjects

Mrudula Patel, Joanne T. Shackleton, Maeve M. Coogan

p. 1279–1284 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46588-0

Anaerobic bacteria in 118 patients with deep-space head and neck infections from the University Hospital of Maxillofacial Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Boyanova, Lyudmila, Kolarov, Rossen, Gergova, Galina, Deliverska, Elitsa, Madjarov, Jivko, Marinov, Milen, Mitov, Ivan

p. 1285 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46512-0

Contribution of the myeloperoxidase-dependent oxidative system to host defence against Cryptococcus neoformans

Aratani, Yasuaki, Kura, Fumiaki, Watanabe, Haruo, Akagawa, Hisayoshi, Takano, Yukie, Ishida-Okawara, Akiko, Suzuki, Kazuo, Maeda, Nobuyo et al.

p. 1291 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46620-0

Prevalence of cryptococcal meningitis at a tertiary care centre in Western India (1996-2005)

Satpute, Meena G., Telang, Nilima V., Litake, Geetanjali M., Niphadkar, Krishna B., Joshi, Suresh G.

p. 1301 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46657-0