Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health

Chapter 1: Selection of lactic acid bacteria with probiotic potential isolated from the fermentation process of "cupuaçu" (Theobroma grandiflorum).- Chapter 2: Effects of Fibronectin Coating on Bacterial and Osteoblast Progenitor Cells Adherence in a Co-culture Assay.- Chapter 3: Improving the Bacterial Recovery by Using Dithiothreitol with Aerobic and Anaerobic Broth in Biofilm-Related Prosthetic and Joint Infections.- Chapter 4: High Prevalence of Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Diabetes Type 2 Patients and Detection of a New Virus Subtype.- Chapter 5: Activity of Norspermidine on Bacterial Biofilms of Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Isolates Associated with Persistent Extremity Wound Infections.- Factors Affecting Outcome of Tuberculosis in Children in Italy: An Ecological Study.- Chapter 6:  Factors Affecting Outcome of Tuberculosis in Children in Italy: An Ecological Study.- Chapter 7:  Genotyping and antifungal susceptibility of Dipodascus capitatus isolated in a neonatal intensive care unit of a Sicilian Hospital.- Chapter 8: The correlation between biofilm production and catheter related blood stream infections sustained by Candida. A case control study.- Chapter 9:  Inhibition of Urease enzyme production and some other virulence factors expression in Proteus mirabilis by N-acetyl cysteine and dipropyl disulphide.- Chapter 10: Immunization with Streptococcal Heme Binding Protein (Shp) Protects Mice against Group A Streptococcus Infection.- Chapter 11: The public health impact of the so-called "Fluad effect"on the 2014/2015 influenza vaccination campaign in Italy: ethical implications for health-care workers and health communication practitioners.