Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health

1. Selection of Lactic Acid Bacteria with Probiotic Potential Isolated from the Fermentation Process of “Cupuaçu” (Theobroma grandiflorum)
Roberta Maria Santos Ornellas, Tiza Teles Santos, Leonardo Borges Arcucio, Sávio Henrique Cicco Sandes, Mayara Messias Oliveira, Cristiano Villela Dias, Samuel Carvalho Silva, Ana Paula Trovatti Uetanabaro, Gabriel Vinderola, Jacques Robert Nicoli

2. Effects of Fibronectin Coating on Bacterial and Osteoblast Progenitor Cells Adherence in a Co-culture Assay
Mathilde Hindié, Dongni Wu, Karine Anselme, Olivier Gallet, Patrick Martino

3. Improving the Bacterial Recovery by Using Dithiothreitol with Aerobic and Anaerobic Broth in Biofilm-Related Prosthetic and Joint Infections
Elena Vecchi, Marta Bottagisio, Monica Bortolin, Marco Toscano, Arianna Barbara Lovati, Lorenzo Drago

4. High Prevalence of Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Diabetes Type 2 Patients and Detection of a New Virus Subtype
Enrica Piras, Maria A. Madeddu, Giuseppina Palmieri, Fabrizio Angius, Pierpaolo Contini, Raffaello Pompei, Angela Ingianni

5. Activity of Norspermidine on Bacterial Biofilms of Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Isolates Associated with Persistent Extremity Wound Infections
Anthony P. Cardile, Ronald L. Woodbury, Carlos J. Sanchez, Sandra C. Becerra, Rebecca A. Garcia, Katrin Mende, Joseph C. Wenke, Kevin S. Akers

6. Factors Affecting Outcome of Tuberculosis in Children in Italy: An Ecological Study
Emanuele Nicastro, Riccardo Scotto, Diana Cerullo, Maria Cristina Fedele, Eugenia Bruzzese, Vania Giacomet, Maria Immacolata Spagnuolo, Alfredo Guarino, Andrea Lo Vecchio

7. Genotyping and Antifungal Susceptibility of Dipodascus capitatus Isolated in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a Sicilian Hospital
Teresa Fasciana, Mario Giuffrè, Cinzia Calà, Ingrid Anne Mandy Schierz, Giuseppe Aquilina, Giuseppa Pinello, Giuseppina Capra, Dario Lipari, Giovanni Corsello, Anna Giammanco

8. The Correlation Between Biofilm Production and Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections Sustained by Candida. A Case Control Study
Grazia Brunetti, Valeria Visconti, Maria Cristina Ghezzi, Alessandra Giordano, Giammarco Raponi

9. Inhibition of Urease Enzyme Production and some Other Virulence Factors Expression in Proteus mirabilis by N-Acetyl Cysteine and Dipropyl Disulphide
Rehab Mahmoud Abdel-Baky, Mohamed Abdullah Ali, Gamal El-Din Ali A. Abuo-Rahma, Neveen AbdelAziz

10. Immunization with Streptococcal Heme Binding Protein (Shp) Protects Mice Against Group A Streptococcus Infection
Xiaolan Zhang, Yingli Song, Yuanmeng Li, Minghui Cai, Yuan Meng, Hui Zhu

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
Roberto Rosselli, Mariano Martini, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Abdulla Watad

Keywords: Biomedicine, Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology