Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health (eBook)

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-CD56brightCD16- 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*