Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health

Imported and indigenous cases of invasive meningococcal disease W:P1.5,2:F1-1:ST-11: the migration link. Italy, June-November  2014, Paola  Stefanelli*, Cecilia Fazio, Arianna Neri, Giovanni Rezza, Santino Severoni, Paola Vacca, Teresa Fasciana,  Alessandro Bisbano, Francesca Di Bernardo and Anna Giammanco.- Partial protection induced by 2011-2012 influenza vaccine against serologically evidenced A(H3N2) influenza virus infections in elderly institutionalized people, Barbara Camilloni, Michela Basileo, Giuseppe Menculini, Paolo Tozzi, Anna Maria Iorio^*.- Fungal occurrence in the hair and skin of symptomatic pets in Turin, Italy, Valeria Allizond, Vivian Tullio, Anna Maria Cuffini*, Janira Roana, Daniela Scalas, Elisa Simona Marra, Giorgia Piersigilli, Narcisa Mandras, Giuliana Banche.- Infectious agents associated with head and neck carcinomas, Andrea Hettmann, Anett Demcsák, Gábor Decsi, Ádám Bach, Dóra Pálinkó,László Rovó, Katalin Nagy, Mária Takács, Janos Minarovits*.- Increase in peripheral CD3^-CD56^brightCD16^- natural killer cells in Hashimoto's thyroiditis associated with HHV-6 infection, Roberta Rizzo*, Maria Chiara Zatelli, Antonella Rotola, Enzo Cassai, Ettore Degli Uberti, Dario Di Luca, Elisabetta Caselli.- In vitro and in vivo biofilm wound models and their application.- Gilles Brackman* and Tom Coenye.- The Lactobacillus plantarum Eno A1 enolase is involved in immunostimulation of Caco-2 cells and in biofilm development, Valeria Vastano, Annunziata Pagano, Alessandra Fusco, Gianluca Merola, Margherita Sacco, Giovanna Donnarumma^*.- Role of sonication in the microbiological diagnosis of implant-associated infections: beyond the orthopedic prosthesis, Oliva A, Pavone P, D'Abramo A, Iannetta M, Mastroianni CM,Vullo V.- The isolation, identification and analyses of Lactobacillus genus bacteria with probiotic potential, Tatiana A. Cherdyntseva, Irina B. Kotova and Alexander I. Netrusov.- In vitro activity of tigecycline against Acinetobacter baumannii: Global epidemiology and resistance mechanisms.- Spyros Pournaras, Vasiliki Koumaki, Vasiliki Gennimata, Evangelia Kouskouni, and AthanassiosTsakris*.