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Contents
Challenges in the Diagnosis of West Nile Virus Infection 99
Karen C Bloch
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Bacterial Infections
Procalcitonin for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Therapy of Bacterial Infections 102
Philipp Schuetz,
1
Mirjam Christ-Crain
1
and Beat Müller
1,2
1. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel;
2. Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau
Bacteraemic Ventilator-associated Pneumonia 107
S Blot,
1,2,3
P Depuydt,
1
K Vandewoude
1,2,3
and J Rello
4
1. Ghent University Hospital; 2. Faculty of Healthcare, University College Ghent;
3. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University;
4. Critical Care Department, Institut Pere Virgili, and CIBER Enfermedades Overflow,
Respiratorias, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Tarragona
Recent Discoveries in the Pathogenesis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia 110
Martin Bewley and David H Dockrell
Section of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, University of Sheffield School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis – A Threat to Tuberculosis Control 115
Giovanni Battista Migliori,
1
Madhukar Pai,
2
Alberto Matteelli
3
and Daniela Cirillo
4
1. World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases,
S Maugeri Foundation; 2. McGill University and Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal;
3. Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia;
4. Supranational Reference Laboratory, S Raffaele Institute, Milan
Advantages and Disadvantages of Newer Approved Drugs with Activity
Against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 119
Abhijit M Bal
Department of Medical Microbiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Treatment of Uncomplicated Skin and Soft Tissue
Infections in the Era of Antibiotic Resistance 122
Amani Tresh
1
and Hisham Ziglam
2
1. Senior Registrar, Dermatology, Tripoli Central Hospital, Libya;
2. Consultant, Infectious Diseases and Acute Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary,
Central Manchester University Hospitals
Therapeutic Strategies for Acinetobacter baumannii Infections 125
Argyris Michalopoulos
1,2
and Matthew E Falagas
1,3,4
1. Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens; 2. Department of Critical Care, Henry Dunant
Hospital, Athens; 3. Department of Medicine, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens; 4. Department of Medicine,
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston
Events Diary
128
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