July 2004 - Volume 53 - Issue 7 : Journal of Medical Microbiology (original) (raw)

July 2004 - Volume 53 - Issue 7

• REVIEW
• DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION

  • Comparison between real-time PCR, conventional PCR and different staining techniques for diagnosing Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia from bronchoalveolar lavage specimens

  Pierre Flori, Bahrie Bellete, Fabrice Durand, Hélène Raberin, Céline Cazorla, Jamal Hafid, Frédéric Lucht, Roger Tran Manh Sung
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):603-607

  • Improvement in the detection rate of diarrhoeagenic bacteria in human stool specimens by a rapid real-time PCR assay

  Yoshio Iijima, Nahoko T Asako, Masanori Aihara, Kozaburo Hayashi
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):617-622

  • Non-invasive diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in adult dyspeptic patients by stool antigen detection

  does the rapid immunochromatography test provide a reliable alternative to conventional ELISA kits?
  Stephanie A Chisholm, Claire L Watson, E Louise Teare, Seth Saverymuttu, Robert J Owen
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):623-627

  • Preliminary evaluation of one conventional nested and two real-time PCR assays for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii in immunocompromised patients

  Thomas Hierl, Udo Reischl, Peter Lang, Holger Hebart, Maik Stark, Pierre Kyme, Ingo B Autenrieth
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):629-632

  • Do procalcitonin and C-reactive protein levels have a place in the diagnosis and follow-up of Helicobacter pylori infections?

  Suat Saribas, Bekir Kocazeybek, Mustafa Aslan, Sibel Altun, Yalcn Seyhun, Y Ali Öner, Nejat Memisoglu
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):639-644

• EPIDEMIOLOGY

  • Aetiology of acute pharyngitis

  the role of atypical bacteria
  Susanna Esposito, Francesco Blasi, Samantha Bosis, Roberta Droghetti, Nadia Faelli, Annalisa Lastrico, Nicola Principi
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):645-651

  • Typing and characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–baumannii complex in a Chinese hospital

  Yun-Song Yu, Qing Yang, Xiao-Wei Xu, Hai-Shen Kong, Gen-Yun Xu, Bu-Yun Zhong
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):653-656

  • Characterization of Neisseria meningitidis isolates collected from 1974 to 2003 in Japan by multilocus sequence typing

  Hideyuki Takahashi, Toshiro Kuroki, Yuko Watanabe, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiroo Inouye, Shiro Yamai, Haruo Watanabe
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):657-662

  • Epidemiology of Burkholderia cepacia complex species recovered from cystic fibrosis patients

  issues related to patient segregation
  Andrew McDowell, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, Kerstin EA Dunbar, John E Moore, Mary Crowe, J Stuart Elborn
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):663-668

• CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY

  • Microevolution between paired antral and paired antrum and corpus Helicobacter pylori isolates recovered from individual patients

  Ian M Carroll, Niyaz Ahmed, Sarah M Beesley, Aleem A Khan, Sheikh Ghousunnissa, Colm AÓ Moráin, C M Habibullah, Cyril J Smyth
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):669-677

  • Alginate production affects Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development and architecture, but is not essential for biofilm formation

  Andres Plata Stapper, Giri Narasimhan, Dennis E Ohman, Johnny Barakat, Morten Hentzer, Søren Molin, Arsalan Kharazmi, Niels Høiby, Kalai Mathee
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):679-690

• VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

  • Immunocytochemical studies of Salmonella Typhimurium invasion of porcine jejunal epithelial cells

  Kirsten Schauser, John Elmerdahl Olsen, Lars-Inge Larsson
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):691-695

• ORAL MICROBIOLOGY

  • Genotypic diversity and virulence traits of Streptococcus mutans in caries-free and caries-active individuals

  Marcelo Henrique Napimoga, Regianne Umeko Kamiya, Rosimeire Takaki Rosa, Edvaldo AntonioR Rosa, José Francisco Höfling, Renata de Oliveira Mattos-Graner, Reginaldo Bruno Gonçalves
  Journal of Medical Microbiology. July 2004: 53(7):697-703

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