1. Recommendations for the diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis

   • E. Chiappini
   • A. Lo Vecchio
   • for the Italian Pediatric TB Study Group

   Review 17 October 2015 Pages: 1 - 18

2. The use of genetic markers in the molecular epidemiology of histoplasmosis: a systematic review

   • L. S. Damasceno
   • T. M. J. S. Leitão
   • R. M. Zancopé-Oliveira

   Review 20 November 2015 Pages: 19 - 27

   

3. Acute hepatitis B virus infection or acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B infection: the differential serological diagnosis

   • R. A. A. Pondé

   Review 18 November 2015 Pages: 29 - 40

4. VCS parameters of neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes may indicate local bacterial infection in cancer patients who accepted cytotoxic chemotherapeutics

   • N. Zhou
   • L. Liu
   • X. Song

   Original Article 12 November 2015 Pages: 41 - 48

   

5. Low rates of endocarditis in healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia suggest that echocardiography might not always be required

   • T. Barton
   • S. Moir
   • R. L. Stuart

   Original Article 21 October 2015 Pages: 49 - 55

   

6. Number of positive blood cultures, biofilm formation, and adhesin genes in differentiating true coagulase-negative staphylococci bacteremia from contamination

   • I. Papadimitriou-Olivgeri
   • N. Giormezis
   • I. Spiliopoulou

   Original Article 21 October 2015 Pages: 57 - 66

   

7. Chronic infection phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are associated with failure of eradication in children with cystic fibrosis

   • P. Vidya
   • L. Smith
   • V. Waters

   Original Article 22 October 2015 Pages: 67 - 74

   

8. Microbial identification and automated antibiotic susceptibility testing directly from positive blood cultures using MALDI-TOF MS and VITEK 2

   • C. Wattal
   • J. K. Oberoi

   Original Article 19 November 2015 Pages: 75 - 82

   

9. Raman spectroscopy-based identification of nosocomial outbreaks of the clonal bacterium Escherichia coli

   • J. G. Kusters
   • W. B. van Leeuwen
   • A. Troelstra

   Original Article Open access 12 November 2015 Pages: 83 - 87

   

10. Dynamics of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among healthcare workers in a tertiary-care hospital in Peru

    • C. Garcia
    • A. Acuña-Villaorduña
    • O. Denis

    Original Article 29 October 2015 Pages: 89 - 93

    

11. Efficacy of oral moxifloxacin for aerobic vaginitis

    • C. Wang
    • C. Han
    • F. Xue

    Original Article 02 November 2015 Pages: 95 - 101

12. Prevalence of cytomegalovirus, and its effect on the expression of inducible and endothelial nitric oxide synthases in Fallopian tubes collected from women with and without ectopic pregnancy

    • S. A. Batwa
    • A. M. Ashshi
    • B. Refaat

    Original Article 12 November 2015 Pages: 103 - 110

    

13. Daptomycin for the treatment of osteomyelitis and orthopaedic device infections: real-world clinical experience from a European registry

    • K. Malizos
    • J. Sarma
    • K. Hamed

    Original Article Open access 13 November 2015 Pages: 111 - 118

    

14. The mystery of the fourth clone: comparative genomic analysis of four non-typeable Streptococcus pneumoniae strains with different susceptibilities to optochin

    • L. N. Ikryannikova
    • D. S. Ischenko
    • V. M. Govorun

    Original Article 12 November 2015 Pages: 119 - 130

    

15. Comparison of the BD MAX® Enteric Bacterial Panel assay with conventional diagnostic procedures in diarrheal stool samples

    • L. Knabl
    • I. Grutsch
    • D. Orth-Höller

    Original Article 13 November 2015 Pages: 131 - 136

16. Assessment of microscopic and molecular tools for the diagnosis and follow-up of cryptosporidiosis in patients at risk

    • Y. Le Govic
    • K. Guyot
    • ANOFEL Cryptosporidium National Network

    Original Article 26 November 2015 Pages: 137 - 148

    

17. Detection and characterization of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in wounded Syrian patients admitted to hospitals in northern Israel

    • A. Lerner
    • E. Solter
    • M. J. Schwaber

    Original Article 18 November 2015 Pages: 149 - 154

    

18. The clinical usefulness of lymphocyte:monocyte ratios in differentiating influenza from viral non-influenza-like illnesses in hospitalized adults during the 2015 influenza A (H₃N₂) epidemic: the uniqueness of HPIV-3 mimicking influenza A

    • B. A. Cunha
    • J. J. Connolly
    • N. Irshad

    Original Article 12 November 2015 Pages: 155 - 158