This book series focuses on current progress in the broad field of medical microbiology, and covers both basic and applied topics related to the study of microbes, their interactions with human and animals, and emerging issues relevant for public health. Original research and review articles present and discuss multidisciplinary findings and developments on various aspects of microbiology, infectious diseases, and their diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

t the clinical level Provides state-of-the-art information about infectious diseases affecting humans and animals Addresses the epidemiology and pathogenesis of emerging and re-emerging microbial infections Discusses the role of vaccines in the prophylaxis of severe infectious diseases Broadens the current understanding of multidrug-resistance and host immune response Informs on the new strategies for treatment of acute and chronic microbial infections Promotes prompt validation and transfer of the most promising experimental results a

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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.