Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health

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In Vitro Activity of Tigecycline Against Acinetobacter baumannii: Global Epidemiology and Resistance Mechanisms
Spyros Pournaras, Vasiliki Koumaki, Vasiliki Gennimata, Evangelia Kouskouni, Athanassios Tsakris

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In Vitro and In Vivo Biofilm Wound Models and Their Application
Gilles Brackman, Tom Coenye

3. 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

4. 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

5. Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health: 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, Chiara Merlino, Narcisa Mandras, Giuliana Banche

6. 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

7. Imported and Indigenous cases of Invasive Meningocococcal Disease W:P1.5,2:F1-1: ST-11 in migrants’ reception centers. Italy, June-November 2014
Paola Stefanelli, Cecilia Fazio, Arianna Neri, Giovanni Rezza, Santino Severoni, Paola Vacca, Teresa Fasciana, Alessandro Bisbano, Francesca Bernardo, Anna Giammanco

8. Role of Sonication in the Microbiological Diagnosis of Implant-Associated Infections: Beyond the Orthopedic Prosthesis
Alessandra Oliva, Paola Pavone, Alessandra D’Abramo, Marco Iannetta, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Vincenzo Vullo

9. The Isolation, Identification and Analyses of Lactobacillus Genus Bacteria with Probiotic Potential
Tatiana A. Cherdyntseva, Irina B. Kotova, Alexander I. Netrusov

10. 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 Luca, Elisabetta Caselli

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