Chapter 1: Selection of lactic acid bacteria with probiotic potential isolated from the fermentation process of "cupuaçu" (Theobroma grandiflorum) -- Chapter 2: Effects of Fibronectin Coating on Bacterial and Osteoblast Progenitor Cells Adherence in a Co-culture Assay -- Chapter 3: Improving the Bacterial Recovery by Using Dithiothreitol with Aerobic and Anaerobic Broth in Biofilm-Related Prosthetic and Joint Infections -- Chapter 4: High Prevalence of Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Diabetes Type 2 Patients and Detection of a New Virus Subtype -- Chapter 5: Activity of Norspermidine on Bacterial Biofilms of Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Isolates Associated with Persistent Extremity Wound Infections -- Factors Affecting Outcome of Tuberculosis in Children in Italy: An Ecological Study -- Chapter 6: Factors Affecting Outcome of Tuberculosis in Children in Italy: An Ecological Study -- Chapter 7: Genotyping and antifungal susceptibility of Dipodascus capitatus isolated in a neonatal intensive care unit of a Sicilian Hospital -- Chapter 8: The correlation between biofilm production and catheter related blood stream infections sustained by Candida. A case control study -- Chapter 9: Inhibition of Urease enzyme production and some other virulence factors expression in Proteus mirabilis by N-acetyl cysteine and dipropyl disulphide -- Chapter 10: Immunization with Streptococcal Heme Binding Protein (Shp) Protects Mice against Group A Streptococcus Infection -- Chapter 11: The public health impact of the so-called "Fluad effect"on the 2014/2015 influenza vaccination campaign in Italy: ethical implications for health-care workers and health communication practitioners.