1. The European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: quality and quantity in 2013

   • W. van Leeuwen
   • A. van Belkum

   Editorial 23 December 2012 Pages: 1 - 2

2. State of the art diagnostic of mold diseases: a practical guide for clinicians

   • F. Beirão
   • R. Araujo

   Review 18 August 2012 Pages: 3 - 9

   

3. Lamivudine versus telbivudine in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   • H. Jiang
   • J. Wang
   • W. Zhao

   Review 17 August 2012 Pages: 11 - 18

   

4. Tungiasis (sand flea disease): a parasitic disease with particular challenges for public health

   • H. Feldmeier
   • E. Sentongo
   • I. Krantz

   Review 01 September 2012 Pages: 19 - 26

   

5. Periodontal infections and community-acquired pneumonia: a case–control study

   • J. P. de Melo Neto
   • M. S. A. E. Melo
   • E. Saba-Chujfi

   Article 03 August 2012 Pages: 27 - 32

6. A correlative analysis of epidemiologic and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones from diverse geographic locations with virulence measured by a Caenorhabditis elegans host model

   • K. Wu
   • K. Zhang
   • J. Conly

   Article Open access 18 August 2012 Pages: 33 - 42

   

7. Influence of age, social patterns and nasopharyngeal carriage on antibodies to three conserved pneumococcal surface proteins (PhtD, PcpA and PrtA) in healthy young children

   • A. Hagerman
   • K. M. Posfay-Barbe
   • C.-A. Siegrist

   Article 18 August 2012 Pages: 43 - 49

   

8. Influence of procalcitonin on decision to start antibiotic treatment in patients with a lower respiratory tract infection: insight from the observational multicentric ProREAL surveillance

   • F. Dusemund
   • B. Bucher
   • For the ProREAL study team

   Article 12 August 2012 Pages: 51 - 60

   

9. Relatively high serum vitamin D levels do not impair the antibody response to encapsulated bacteria

   • E. Peelen
   • G. Rijkers
   • J. Damoiseaux

   Article 09 August 2012 Pages: 61 - 69

   

10. A cost-effectiveness analysis of identifying Fusobacterium necrophorum in throat swabs followed by antibiotic treatment to reduce the incidence of Lemierre’s syndrome and peritonsillar abscesses

    • S. Bank
    • K. Christensen
    • J. Prag

    Article 11 August 2012 Pages: 71 - 78

    

11. Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Cameroonian hospitals

    • C. M. Lonchel
    • P. Melin
    • P. De Mol

    Article 11 August 2012 Pages: 79 - 87

12. Insertion sequences shared by Bordetella species and implications for the biological diagnosis of pertussis syndrome

    • A. Tizolova
    • N. Guiso
    • S. Guillot

    Article 12 August 2012 Pages: 89 - 96

    

13. Unnecessary repeat Clostridium difficile PCR testing in hospitalized adults with C. difficile-negative diarrhea

    • J. A. Nistico
    • J. E. Hage
    • B. A. Cunha

    Article 15 August 2012 Pages: 97 - 99

14. Open-lung biopsy in patients with undiagnosed lung lesions referred at a tertiary cancer center is safe and reveals noncancerous, noninfectious entities as the most common diagnoses

    • S. P. Georgiadou
    • F. L. Sampsonas
    • D. P. Kontoyiannis

    Article 16 August 2012 Pages: 101 - 105

15. Evolving microbiological epidemiology and high fetal mortality in 135 cases of bacteremia during pregnancy and postpartum

    • L. Surgers
    • N. Valin
    • J.-L. Meynard

    Article 21 August 2012 Pages: 107 - 113

    

16. Superantigen gene complement of Streptococcus pyogenes—relationship with other typing methods and short-term stability

    • A. Friães
    • F. R. Pinto
    • J. Melo-Cristino

    Article 31 August 2012 Pages: 115 - 125

    

17. Consequences of treated versus untreated asymptomatic bacteriuria in the first year following kidney transplantation: retrospective observational study

    • H. Green
    • R. Rahamimov
    • M. Paul

    Article 25 August 2012 Pages: 127 - 131

18. Is diabetes a risk factor for central venous access port-related bloodstream infection in oncological patients?

    • A. Touré
    • P. Vanhems
    • C. Chambrier

    Article 22 August 2012 Pages: 133 - 138

    

19. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia fimbrin stimulates mouse bladder innate immune response

    • A. K. Zgair
    • A. M. H. Al-Adressi

    Article 22 August 2012 Pages: 139 - 146

    

20. Acknowledgment to referees

    Acknowledgement 20 December 2012 Pages: 147 - 150