1. Ecthyma gangrenosum and ecthyma-like lesions: review article

   • M. Vaiman
   • T. Lazarovitch
   • G. Lotan

   Review 19 November 2014 Pages: 633 - 639

   

2. Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in food: an overview

   • V. Gupta
   • P. Gulati
   • J. S. Virdi

   Review 20 November 2014 Pages: 641 - 650

   

3. Efficacy and safety of echinocandins versus triazoles for the prophylaxis and treatment of fungal infections: a meta-analysis of RCTs

   • J.-F. Wang
   • Y. Xue
   • H. Fan

   Review Open access 14 December 2014 Pages: 651 - 659

   

4. Antiviral, antifungal, and antiparasitic activities of fluoroquinolones optimized for treatment of bacterial infections: a puzzling paradox or a logical consequence of their mode of action?

   • A. Dalhoff

   Review 17 December 2014 Pages: 661 - 668

5. Evidence of streptococcal origin of acute non-necrotising cellulitis: a serological study

   • M. Karppelin
   • T. Siljander
   • J. Syrjänen

   Article 18 November 2014 Pages: 669 - 672

6. Antibiotic management teams in Belgian hospitals: continued improvement in the period from 2007 to 2011

   • E. Van Gastel
   • E. Balligand
   • on behalf of the Hospital Medicine Working Group of the Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee

   Article 19 November 2014 Pages: 673 - 677

7. Specific antibody responses as indicators of treatment efficacy for visceral leishmaniasis

   • A. C. Vallur
   • A. Hailu
   • M. S. Duthie

   Article 19 November 2014 Pages: 679 - 686

   

8. Severity markers in severe leptospirosis: a cohort study

   • M. Mikulski
   • P. Boisier
   • C. Goarant

   Article 21 November 2014 Pages: 687 - 695

   

9. Effect of antimicrobial use on pneumococcal diagnostic tests in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia

   • A. Saukkoriipi
   • A. A. Palmu
   • T. M. Kilpi

   Article 21 November 2014 Pages: 697 - 704

10. Estimation of the invasive disease potential of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children by the use of direct capsular typing in clinical specimens

    • E. del Amo
    • L. Selva
    • C. Muñoz-Almagro

    Article 21 November 2014 Pages: 705 - 711

    

11. Control of hospital endemicity of multiple-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ST457 with directly observed hand hygiene

    • V. C. C. Cheng
    • J. H. K. Chen
    • K. Y. Yuen

    Article 21 November 2014 Pages: 713 - 718

12. Is Streptococcus bovis a urinary pathogen?

    • M. Matesanz
    • D. Rubal
    • J. Corredoira

    Article 22 November 2014 Pages: 719 - 725

13. Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile: real-time PCR detection of toxin genes in faecal samples is more sensitive compared to toxigenic culture

    • M. B. F. Jensen
    • K. E. P. Olsen
    • J. Engberg

    Article 25 November 2014 Pages: 727 - 736

14. Testing the mutant selection window hypothesis in vitro and in vivo with Staphylococcus aureus exposed to fosfomycin

    • Q. Mei
    • Y. Ye
    • J.-B. Li

    Article 26 November 2014 Pages: 737 - 744

    

15. A rapid method for breath analysis in cystic fibrosis patients

    • R. Kramer
    • A. Sauer-Heilborn
    • W.-R. Abraham

    Article 28 November 2014 Pages: 745 - 751

    

16. Molecular epidemiology of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in China between 2007 and 2013 using multilocus sequence typing and the DiversiLab system

    • H.-T. Dou
    • Y.-C. Xu
    • T.-S. Li

    Article 04 December 2014 Pages: 753 - 762

    

17. Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium difficile isolated from a university teaching hospital in Japan

    • Y. Kuwata
    • S. Tanimoto
    • R. Saito

    Article 04 December 2014 Pages: 763 - 772

    

18. Virulence factors among Staphylococcus lugdunensis are associated with infection sites and clonal spread

    • N. Giormezis
    • F. Kolonitsiou
    • I. Spiliopoulou

    Article 04 December 2014 Pages: 773 - 778

    

19. Recent trends in epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Poland

    • A. Skoczyńska
    • A. Kuch
    • Participants of a laboratory-based surveillance of community acquired invasive bacterial infections (BINet)

    Article 05 December 2014 Pages: 779 - 787

    

20. Does cerumen have a risk for transmission of HIV?

    • F. M. Hanege
    • M. T. Kalcioglu
    • H. Vahaboglu

    Article 06 December 2014 Pages: 789 - 793

21. Trends and correlation of antibacterial usage and bacterial resistance: time series analysis for antibacterial stewardship in a Chinese teaching hospital (2009–2013)

    • Y. M. Zou
    • Y. Ma
    • Y. L. Dong

    Article 10 December 2014 Pages: 795 - 803

    

22. The significance of persistent fever in the treatment of suspected bacterial infections among inpatients: a prospective cohort study

    • A. Neuberger
    • D. Yahav
    • M. Paul

    Article 11 December 2014 Pages: 805 - 810

    

23. Effects of CYP3A4 polymorphisms on the plasma concentration of voriconazole

    • H.-R. He
    • J.-Y. Sun
    • J. Lu

    Article 17 December 2014 Pages: 811 - 819

24. Analysis of Bordetella pertussis clinical isolates circulating in European countries during the period 1998–2012

    • M. van Gent
    • C. J. Heuvelman
    • F. R. Mooi

    Article Open access 20 December 2014 Pages: 821 - 830

    

25. Impact of same-day antibiotic susceptibility testing on time to appropriate antibiotic treatment of patients with bacteraemia: a randomised controlled trial

    • J. Beuving
    • P. F. G. Wolffs
    • A. Verbon

    Article 20 December 2014 Pages: 831 - 838

    

26. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius can be misdiagnosed as Staphylococcus aureus in humans with dog bite wounds

    • S. Börjesson
    • E. Gómez-Sanz
    • U. Grönlund

    Article 23 December 2014 Pages: 839 - 844