Issue table of contents

Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 56, Issue 2

24 articles in this issue

REVIEW

Molecular mechanisms of antimony resistance in Leishmania

Ashutosh, Shyam Sundar, Neena Goyal

p. 143–153 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46841-0

Helicobacter pylori heat-shock protein 60 induces interleukin-8 via a Toll-like receptor (TLR)2 and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway in human monocytes

Zhao, Ying, Yokota, Kenji, Ayada, Kiyoshi, Yamamoto, Yumiko, Okada, Tomayuki, Shen, Lianhua, Oguma, Keiji

p. 154 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46882-0

Acinetobacter baumannii lipopolysaccharides are potent stimulators of human monocyte activation via Toll-like receptor 4 signalling

Erridge, Clett, Moncayo-Nieto, Olga L., Morgan, Robert, Young, Michelle, Poxton, Ian R.

p. 165 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46823-0

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

Evaluation of routine microbiological techniques for establishing the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci

Anna L. Casey, Tony Worthington, Peter A. Lambert, Tom S. J. Elliott

p. 172–176 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46568-0

Relationship between O-antigen subtypes, bacterial surface structures and O-antigen gene clusters in Escherichia coli O123 strains carrying genes for Shiga toxins and intimin

Beutin, Lothar, Wang, Quan, Naumann, Dieter, Han, Weiqing, Krause, Gladys, Leomil, Luciana, Wang, Lei, Feng, Lu

p. 177 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46775-0

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Occurrence and genetic variability of Candida parapsilosis sensu lato in Hungary

Kocsube, Sandor, Toth, Monika, Vagvolgyi, Csaba, Doczi, Ilona, Pesti, Miklos, Pocsi, Istvan, Szabo, Judit, Varga, Janos

p. 190 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46838-0

A PCR approach to determine the distribution of toxin genes in closely related Clostridium species: Clostridium botulinum type C and D neurotoxins and C2 toxin, and Clostridium novyi {alpha} toxin

Heffron, Ann, Poxton, Ian R.

p. 196 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46802-0

Comparison of direct disk diffusion and standard microtitre broth dilution susceptibility testing of blood culture isolates

Edelmann, Andreas, Pietzcker, Tim, Wellinghausen, Nele

p. 202 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46937-0

Rapid differentiation of Staphylococcus aureus isolates harbouring egc loci with pseudogenes {psi}ent1 and {psi}ent2 and the selu or seluv gene using PCR-RFLP

Collery, Mark M., Smyth, Cyril J.

p. 208 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46948-0

Characterization of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli from diarrhoeal patients in Bangladesh using phenotyping and genetic profiling

Ansaruzzaman, M., Bhuiyan, N. A., Begum, Y. A., Kuhn, I., Nair, G. B., Sack, D. A., Svennerholm, A.-M., Qadri, F.

p. 217 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46473-0

Real-time PCR targeting the sip gene for detection of group B streptococcus colonization in pregnant women at delivery

Bergseng, Hakon, Bevanger, Lars, Rygg, Marite, Bergh, Kare

p. 223 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46731-0

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

Phenotypes and genotypes of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes isolated in Seoul, Korea

Sook Young Bae, Jang Su Kim, Jung-Ah Kwon, Soo-Young Yoon, Chae Seung Lim, Kap No Lee, Yunjung Cho, Young Kee Kim et al.

p. 229–235 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46825-0

Polymorphisms of the pbp5 gene and correlation with ampicillin resistance in Enterococcus faecium isolates of animal origin

Poeta, Patricia, Costa, Daniela, Igrejas, Gilberto, Saenz, Yolanda, Zarazaga, Myriam, Rodrigues, Jorge, Torres, Carmen

p. 236 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46778-0

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae from patients of two hospitals in Saxony, Germany

Joachim Schmitt, Enno Jacobs, Herbert Schmidt

p. 241–249 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46670-0

Growth in catheter biofilms and antibiotic resistance of Mycobacterium avium

Falkinham, Joseph O., III

p. 250 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46935-0

Species distribution and antifungal susceptibility of Candida bloodstream isolates in Kuwait: a 10-year study

Mokaddas, Eiman M., Al-Sweih, Noura A., Khan, Zia U.

p. 255 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46817-0

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY

Characterization of the genetic background of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor serotype Inaba strains isolated in Trivandrum, southern India

Saswat S. Mohapatra, Dhanya Ramachandran, Chinmay K. Mantri, Durg V. Singh

p. 260–265 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46868-0

Haemoperfused liver as an ex vivo model for organ invasion of Candida albicans

Thewes, Sascha, Reed, Hilde-Kristin, Grosse-Siestrup, Christian, Groneberg, David A., Meissler, Michael, Schaller, Martin, Hube, Bernhard

p. 266 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46760-0

Preliminary characterization of the normal microbiota of the human vulva using cultivation-independent methods

Brown, Celeste J., Wong, Mayee, Davis, Catherine C., Kanti, Amita, Zhou, Xia, Forney, Larry J.

p. 271 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46607-0

Ciprofloxacin treatment failure in a case of typhoid fever caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin

Dimitrov, Tzonyo, Udo, Edet E., Albaksami, Osama, Kilani, Abdul A., Shehab, El-Din M. R.

p. 277 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46773-0

CASE REPORTS

‘Streptococcus milleri’ aortic valve endocarditis and hepatic abscess

Rashid M. Rashid, Wajeeh Salah, Jorge P. Parada

p. 280–282 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46781-0

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Chaining in enterococci revisited: correlation between chain length and gelatinase phenotype, and gelE and fsrB genes among clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis

Arias, Cesar A., Cortes, Leonardo, Murray, Barbara E.

p. 286 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46877-0