Issue table of contents

Journal of Medical Microbiology — Volume 60, Issue 12

26 articles in this issue

Pathogenicity And Virulence

Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms with higher proportions of dormant bacteria induce a lower activation of murine macrophages

Filipe Cerca, Filipa Andrade, Ângela França, Elva Bonifácio Andrade, Adília Ribeiro, Agostinho A. Almeida, Nuno Cerca, Gerald Pier et al.

p. 1717–1724 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.031922-0

Analysis of group A streptococcus gene expression in humans with pharyngitis using a microarray

Jeffrey Livezey, Luis Perez, Dominic Suciu, Xin Yu, Brian Robinson, David Bush, Gerald Merrill

p. 1725–1733 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.022939-0

Host serum factor triggers germination of Clostridium perfringens spores lacking the cortex hydrolysis machinery

Daniel Paredes-Sabja, Mahfuzur R. Sarker

p. 1734–1741 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.031575-0

Characterization of pathogenicity island prophage in clinical and environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae

H. Mohammadi-Barzelighi, B. Bakhshi, A. Rastegar Lari, M. R. Pourshafie

p. 1742–1749 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.031732-0

Interleukin-1 alpha produced by human T-cell leukaemia virus type I-infected T cells induces intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression on lung epithelial cells

Yuko Nakayama, Chie Ishikawa, Kazumi Tamaki, Masachika Senba, Jiro Fujita, Naoki Mori

p. 1750–1761 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.033456-0

Changes in toxoplasma diagnosis

Jean M. W. Chatterton, Susan McDonagh, Neil Spence, Darrel O. Ho-Yen

p. 1762–1766 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.032813-0

Comparison of four commercial IgM and IgG ELISA kits for diagnosing brucellosis

Moustafa Abdel Fadeel, Alex R. Hoffmaster, Jianrong Shi, Guillermo Pimentel, Robyn A. Stoddard

p. 1767–1773 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.033381-0

Comparison of conventional culture with SeptiFast real-time PCR for microbial pathogen detection in clinical specimens other than blood

Antonella Mencacci, Christian Leli, Angela Cardaccia, Paolo Montagna, Amedeo Moretti, Cristiana Bietolini, Marta Meucci, Stefano Perito et al.

p. 1774–1778 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.034280-0

A laboratory-based evaluation of the BioStar Optical ImmunoAssay point-of-care test for diagnosing Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection

Amanda Samarawickrama, Sarah Alexander, Catherine Ison

p. 1779–1781 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.034116-0

Comparison of minimum inhibitory concentration by broth microdilution testing versus standard disc diffusion testing in the detection of penicillin, erythromycin and ciprofloxacin resistance in viridans group streptococci

Yasunori Maeda, Colin E. Goldsmith, Wilson A. Coulter, Charlene Mason, James S. G. Dooley, Colm J. Lowery, B. Cherie Millar, John E. Moore

p. 1782–1786 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.027573-0

Effect of spacer sequences between blaCTX-M and ISEcp1 on blaCTX-M expression

Ling Ma, Leung Kris Siu, Po-Liang Lu

p. 1787–1792 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.033910-0

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk. ethanol extract and rhodomyrtone: a potential strategy for the treatment of biofilm-forming staphylococci

Jongkon Saising, Metta Ongsakul, Supayang Piyawan Voravuthikunchai

p. 1793–1800 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.033092-0

Prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants in Citrobacter freundii isolates from Anhui province, PR China

Yibo Shao, Zizhong Xiong, Xu Li, Lifen Hu, Jilu Shen, Tao Li, Fupin Hu, Shudan Chen

p. 1801–1805 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.034082-0

Vitamin E improves the in vivo efficacy of tigecycline and daptomycin in an animal model of wounds infected with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Mauro Provinciali, Oscar Cirioni, Fiorenza Orlando, Elisa Pierpaoli, Alessandra Barucca, Carmela Silvestri, Roberto Ghiselli, Alessandro Scalise et al.

p. 1806–1812 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.032516-0

Genotypic characterization and in vitro activities of tigecycline and polymyxin B for members of the Enterobacteriaceae with decreased susceptibility to carbapenems

Rong Zhang, Jia-Chang Cai, Hong-Wei Zhou, Masao Nasu, Gong-Xiang Chen

p. 1813–1819 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.025668-0

Detection and characterization of antibiotic-resistance genes in Arcanobacterium pyogenes strains from abscesses of forest musk deer

Ke-Lei Zhao, Yang Liu, Xiu-Yue Zhang, Paha’erding Palahati, Hong-Ning Wang, Bi-Song Yue

p. 1820–1826 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.033332-0

Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy

Screening for novel quorum-sensing inhibitors to interfere with the formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm

Xian Ding, Bo Yin, Li Qian, Zhirui Zeng, Zeliang Yang, Huixian Li, Yongjun Lu, Shining Zhou

p. 1827–1834 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.024166-0

Clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from foreign-born patients in Korea

Christie Y. Jeon, HeeYoon Kang, Mihye Kim, Megan B. Murray, Heejin Kim, Eun Hee Cho, Young Kil Park

p. 1835–1840 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.034876-0

Phylogenetic relatedness and diversity of non-typable Haemophilus influenzae in the nasopharynx and middle ear fluid of children with acute otitis media

Ravinder Kaur, Arthur Chang, Qingfu Xu, Janet R. Casey, Michael E. Pichichero

p. 1841–1848 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.034041-0

Novel variants of the qnrB gene, qnrB31 and qnrB32, in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Dongguo Wang, Haibao Wang, Yongxiao Qi, Yong Liang, Jing Zhang, Lianhua Yu

p. 1849–1852 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.034272-0

Distribution of oral streptococci highly resistant to amoxicillin in dental plaque specimens from Japanese children and adolescents

Hirotoshi Nemoto, Kazuhiko Nakano, Katsuhiko Masuda, Koichiro Wada, Arifah Chieko Ardin, Ryota Nomura, Takashi Ooshima

p. 1853–1859 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.027615-0

A CD46 transgenic mouse model for studying the histopathology of arthritis caused by subcutaneous infection with Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis

Haruno Yoshida, Hidenori Matsui, Somay Yamagata Murayama, Yasunari Takada, Koichi Matsuo, Tetsufumi Takahashi, Masahiko Nakamura, Kimiko Ubukata et al.

p. 1860–1868 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.034108-0

Fatal post-operative Trichoderma longibrachiatum mediastinitis and peritonitis in a paediatric patient with complex congenital cardiac disease on peritoneal dialysis

Carlos F. Santillan Salas, Avni Y. Joshi, Neelam Dhiman, Ritu Banerjee, W. Charles Huskins, Nancy L. Wengenack, Nancy K. Henry

p. 1869–1871 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.030718-0