Vol 5, No 05
May 2011
Table of Contents
Emerging Problems in Infectious Diseases
| Epidemiology of meningococcal disease in the Panamanian pediatric population, 1998-2008 | |
| Javier Nieto-Guevara, Kathia Luciani, Abian Montesdeoca-Melían, Mercedes Mateos-Durán | 318-323 |
Review Articles
| Multidrug-resistant typhoid fever: a review | |
| Syed Ahmed Zaki, Sunil Karande | 324-337 |
Original Articles
| Public knowledge and attitudes towards antibiotic usage: a cross-sectional study among the general public in the state of Penang, Malaysia | |
| Ai Ling Oh, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Mahmoud Sadi Al-Haddad, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Asrul Akmal Shafie, Ahmed Awaisu | 338-347 |
| Simultaneous detection and subtyping of H274Y-positive influenza A (H1N1) using pyrosequencing | |
| Wasun Chantratita, Chonlaphat Sukasem, Sayomporn Sirinavin, Nipaporn Sankuntaw, Chutatip Srichantaratsamee, Ekawat Pasomsub, Kumthorn Malathum | 348-352 |
| Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in cases of abnormal vaginal discharge: comparison of clinical and microbiological criteria | |
| Tamonud Modak, Preeti Arora, Charan Agnes, Raja Ray, Sebanti Goswami, Pramit Ghosh, Nilay Kanti Das | 353-360 |
| Salmonella enterica in semi-aquatic turtles in Colombia | |
| Miryan Margot Sánchez-Jiménez, Paula Andrea Rincón-Ruiz, Sara Duque, María Adelaida Giraldo, Diber Marcela Ramírez-Monroy, Gloria Jaramillo, Nora Cardona-Castro | 361-364 |
| Comparative study among clinical and commensal isolates of Enterococcus faecalis for presence of esp gene and biofilm production | |
| Giridhara PM Upadhyaya, Umapathy B Lingadevaru, Ravikumar K Lingegowda | 365-369 |
| Sequence variation of the HVR1 region of Hepatitis C virus in response to interferon-α and ribavirin treatment | |
| Ahmed Ali Al-Qahtani, Salvatore Rubino, Mohammed N. Al-Ahdal | 370-376 |
| Clinical characteristics and predictors of mortality in hospitalized HIV-infected Nigerians | |
| Patricia Aladi Agaba, Eunice Digin, Rahila Makai, Labake Apena, Oche O Agbaji, John A Idoko, Rob Murphy, Phyllis Kanki | 377-382 |
| Cyclospora cayetanensis: First report of imported and autochthonous infections in Kuwait | |
| Jamshaid Iqbal, Parsotam Ravjee Hira, Faiza Al-Ali, Nabila Khalid | 383-390 |
Brief Original Articles
| In vitro activity of azithromycin in Salmonella isolates from Pakistan | |
| Farhana Butt, Faisal Sultan | 391-395 |
| The sale of antibiotics without prescription in pharmacies in Damascus, Syria | |
| Zaid Al-Faham, Ghaith Habboub, Farah Takriti | 396-399 |
Case Reports
| Fatal case of Clostridium perfringens enteritis and bacteraemia in South Africa | |
| Anthony M Smith, Juno Thomas, Pieter J.H. Mostert | 400-402 |
| Case report on the development of a brucellosis-related epidural abscess | |
| Şükran Köse, Süheyla Serin Senger, Gülsün Çavdar, Sibel Yavaş | 403-405 |
| Isolated cutaneous aspergillosis in an acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient after allogeneic stem cell transplantation | |
| Ozlem Guzel Tunccan, Sahika Zeynep Aki, Nalan Akyurek, Gulsan Sucak, Esin Senol | 406-409 |
Letters to the Editor
| Low prevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections among voluntary blood donors in South India | |
| Manoharan Mythreyee, Chinnappan Jayachandran, Murugesan Amudhan, Moorthy Sivashankar, Nagasundaram Mythily, Ramalingam Sekar | 410-412 |
