Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health Volume 2 /

This Series will provide microbiologists, hygienists, epidemiologists and infectious diseases specialists with well-chosen contributed volumes containing updated information in the areas of basic and applied microbiology involving relevant issues for public health, including bacterial, fungal and pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Donelli, Gianfranco (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Series:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 901
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of the antimicrobial activity of 19 essential oils
  • Refractory Trichophyton rubrum infections in Turin, Italy: a problem still present
  • Antioxidant hydroxytyrosol-based polyacrylate with antimicrobial and antiadhesive activity versus Staphylococcus epidermidis
  • The role of human Herpesvirus 8 in diabetes mellitus type 2: state of the art and a medical hypothesis
  • Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Trichomonas vaginalis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae based on data collected by a network of clinical microbiology laboratories, in Italy
  • β-defensins: work in progress
  • Emergence of Escherichia coli Sequence Type 131 (ST131) and ST3948 with KPC-2, KPC-3 and KPC-8 carbapenemases from a Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation Facility (LTCRF) in Northern Italy
  • Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: results of a laboratory surveillance program in an Italian General Hospital (August 2014-January 2015)
  • A snapshot of drug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains in Croatia
  • Quorum quenching strategy targeting gram-positive pathogenic bacteria.