Vol. 26 No. 1 (2011)

Original Articles

• Antifungal susceptibility testing for yeasts: how, when and why, according to the new EUCAST guidelines

  Esther Manso, Claudio Farina, Stefano Andreoni, Marco Conte, Paolo Fazii, Gianluigi Lombardi, Silvana Sanna

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2381

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• Evaluation of GeneXpert® system for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus in clinical samples

  Antonella Mencacci, Luca Merlini, Marta Meucci, Mariolina Vitali, Senia Farinelli, Maria Rita Pagliochini, Francesco Bistoni, Alessandra Sensini

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2382

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• Epidemiology of acute otitis in pediatric patients

  Maddalena Perotti, Fabio Benzi, Luigia Ricagni, Luisa Pescetto, Roberto Bandettini

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2383

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• Extraction of antibacterial active compounds from dry leaves of African plants of the Combretaceae family

  Stefano Banfi, Luca Chiodaroli, Serena Cavallari, Enrico Caruso, Paola Barbieri, Viviana Orlandi, Pierangelo Clerici, Paolo Viganò

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2384

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• Molecular typing of Acinetobacter baumannii by automated repetitive-sequence-based PCR

  Giuseppe Russello, Silvana Perin, Fabrizio Marini, Serena Barberis, Gabriele M. Perotti, Claudio Farina

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2385

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• In vitro antimicrobial activity of tigecycline against Gram negative and Gram positive pathogens collected in Northen Italy (T.E.S.T. program 2010)

  Erika Coppo, Ramona Barbieri, Anna Marchese, Eugenio A. Debbia

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2386

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• Evaluation of two commercially available methods used for the rapid detection of ESBL-producing strains

  Concetta De Luca, Erminia AM Casari, Elisabetta Nucleo, Antonella Ferrario, Roberta Migliavacca, Laura Pagani

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2387

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• Distribution of human Cytomegalovirus gB genotypes in samples from pediatric patients in Parma during the period 1995-2003

  Maria Cristina Arcangeletti, Federica Motta, Isabella Rodighiero, Diego Germini, Giuseppe Dettori, Carlo Chezzi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2388

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• Could be the swine responsible of transmission to the humans of Dientamoeba fragilis infection?

  Daniele Crotti, Marco Sensi, Sonia Salamida, Silvia Crotti, Elisabetta Manuali

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2389

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection during the period 2008-2009 in Rho hospital

  Cristina Rescaldani, Gabriella Candelieri, Marina Re, Roberto Ottaviano, Giovanna Miseferi

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2390

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• Intestinal parasitosis in a population of foreign subjects of recent immigration

  Carlotta Guidetti, Lidia Ricci, Luigi Vecchia

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2391

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• Comparative analisys in cultural test of biological fluids: routine Vs a new strumentation (Alifax HB&L Uroquattro)

  Mariapia Galullo, Maria Grazia Castellani, Maria Cacioni, Antonella Repetto

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2392

  Published: 31 March 2011

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• Prevalence of methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from different biological samples at Policlinico Umberto I of Rome: correlation with vancomycin susceptibility

  Maria Teresa Mascellino, Alessandra Oliva, Rocco Notarnicola, Carmela Gallinelli, Fernanda Chiarini

  https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2393

  Published: 31 March 2011

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