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Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 57, Issue 3

25 articles in this issue

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Differences in virulence attributes between cytolethal distending toxin positive and negative Campylobacter jejuni strains

Jain, Deepika, Prasad, Kashi Nath, Sinha, Sushmita, Husain, Nuzhat

p. 267 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47317-0

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

Recognition of pneumococcal isolates by antisera raised against PspA fragments from different clades

Michelle Darrieux, Adriana T. Moreno, Daniela M. Ferreira, Fabiana C. Pimenta, Ana Lúcia S. S. de Andrade, Alexandre P. Y. Lopes, Luciana C. C. Leite, Eliane N. Miyaji

p. 273–278 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47661-0

Glycosyltransferase - a specific marker for the discrimination of Bacillus anthracis from the Bacillus cereus group

Kim, Wonyong, Kim, Ji-Yeon, Cho, Sung-Lim, Nam, Sun-Woo, Shin, Jong-Wook, Kim, Yang-Soo, Shin, Hyoung-Shik

p. 279 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47642-0

Assessment of the clinical utility of serial {beta}-D-glucan concentrations in patients with persistent neutropenic fever

Ellis, Michael, al-Ramadi, Basel, Finkelman, Malcolm, Hedstrom, Ulla, Kristensen, Jorgen, Ali-Zadeh, Hussein, Klingspor, Lena

p. 287 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47479-0

Improving molecular detection of Candida DNA in whole blood: comparison of seven fungal DNA extraction protocols using real-time PCR

Metwally, L., Fairley, D. J., Coyle, P. V., Hay, R. J., Hedderwick, S., McCloskey, B., O'Neill, H. J., Webb, C. H. et al.

p. 296 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47617-0

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

A comparative study of three different PCR assays for detection of Mycoplasma genitalium in urogenital specimens from men and women

Andreas Edberg, Margaretha Jurstrand, Eva Johansson, Elisabeth Wikander, Anna Höög, Thomas Ahlqvist, Lars Falk, Jørgen Skov Jensen et al.

p. 304–309 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47498-0

Performance of chromID ESBL, a chromogenic medium for detection of Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum {beta}-lactamases

Reglier-Poupet, Helene, Naas, Thierry, Carrer, Amelie, Cady, Anne, Adam, Jean-Marie, Fortineau, Nicolas, Poyart, Claire, Nordmann, Patrice

p. 310 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47625-0

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

The TUBEX test detects not only typhoid-specific antibodies but also soluble antigens and whole bacteria

Frankie C. H. Tam, Thomas K. W. Ling, Kam Tak Wong, Danny T. M. Leung, Raphael C. Y. Chan, Pak Leong Lim

p. 316–323 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47365-0

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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

High-level carbapenem resistance in a Citrobacter freundii clinical isolate is due to a combination of KPC-2 production and decreased porin expression

Rong Zhang, Lijiang Yang, Jia Chang Cai, Hong Wei Zhou, Gong-Xiang Chen

p. 332–337 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47576-0

PorA types in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B isolated in Argentina from 2001 to 2003: implications for the design of an outer membrane protein-based vaccine

Sorhouet Pereira, Cecilia, Regueira, Mabel, Mollerach, Marta

p. 338 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47631-0

Isolates of Clostridium perfringens recovered from Costa Rican patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhoea are mostly enterotoxin-negative and susceptible to first-choice antimicrobials

Camacho, Natassia, Espinoza, Carlos, Rodriguez, Cesar, Rodriguez, Evelyn

p. 343 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47505-0

Molecular typing of nasal carriage isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from an Irish university student population based on toxin gene PCR, agr locus types and multiple locus, variable number tandem repeat analysis

Collery, Mark M., Smyth, Davida S., Twohig, Jane M., Shore, Anna C., Coleman, David C., Smyth, Cyril J.

p. 348 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47734-0

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Age-specific prevalence of diffusely adherent Escherichia coli in Brazilian children with acute diarrhoea

Liliana C. Spano, Ana Daniela I. Sadovsky, Paula N. Segui, Ketene W. Saick, Sonia M. S. Kitagawa, Fausto E. L. Pereira, Ulysses Fagundes-Neto, Isabel C. A. Scaletsky

p. 359–363 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47660-0

Analysis of meticillin-susceptible and meticillin-resistant biofilm-forming Staphylococcus aureus from catheter infections isolated in a large Italian hospital

Petrelli, Dezemona, Repetto, Antonella, D'Ercole, Stefania, Rombini, Silvia, Ripa, Sandro, Prenna, Manuela, Vitali, Luca Agostino

p. 364 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47621-0

Legionnaires' disease in immunocompromised patients: a case report of Legionella longbeachae pneumonia and review of the literature

Philipp Kümpers, Andreas Tiede, Philip Kirschner, Jutta Girke, Arnold Ganser, Dietrich Peest

p. 384–387 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47556-0

Authors' reply to 'Misidentification of Bordetella bronchiseptica as Bordetella pertussis using a newly described RT-PCR targeting the pertactin gene'

Vincart, Benoit, Hallin, Marie, Struelens, Marc J., Denis, Olivier

p. 399 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.47653-0

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Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 57, Issue 3

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Differences in virulence attributes between cytolethal distending toxin positive and negative Campylobacter jejuni strains

Recognition of pneumococcal isolates by antisera raised against PspA fragments from different clades

Glycosyltransferase - a specific marker for the discrimination of Bacillus anthracis from the Bacillus cereus group

Assessment of the clinical utility of serial {beta}-D-glucan concentrations in patients with persistent neutropenic fever

Improving molecular detection of Candida DNA in whole blood: comparison of seven fungal DNA extraction protocols using real-time PCR

A comparative study of three different PCR assays for detection of Mycoplasma genitalium in urogenital specimens from men and women

Performance of chromID ESBL, a chromogenic medium for detection of Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum {beta}-lactamases

The TUBEX test detects not only typhoid-specific antibodies but also soluble antigens and whole bacteria

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High-level carbapenem resistance in a Citrobacter freundii clinical isolate is due to a combination of KPC-2 production and decreased porin expression

PorA types in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B isolated in Argentina from 2001 to 2003: implications for the design of an outer membrane protein-based vaccine

Isolates of Clostridium perfringens recovered from Costa Rican patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhoea are mostly enterotoxin-negative and susceptible to first-choice antimicrobials

Molecular typing of nasal carriage isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from an Irish university student population based on toxin gene PCR, agr locus types and multiple locus, variable number tandem repeat analysis

Age-specific prevalence of diffusely adherent Escherichia coli in Brazilian children with acute diarrhoea

Analysis of meticillin-susceptible and meticillin-resistant biofilm-forming Staphylococcus aureus from catheter infections isolated in a large Italian hospital

Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus meningitis

Neisseria elongata endocarditis complicated by brain embolism and abscess

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Legionnaires' disease in immunocompromised patients: a case report of Legionella longbeachae pneumonia and review of the literature

Co-infection with two different strains of Bordetella pertussis in an infant

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Authors' reply to 'Misidentification of Bordetella bronchiseptica as Bordetella pertussis using a newly described RT-PCR targeting the pertactin gene'

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