This Supplement Issue of Biologia, Bratislava consists of the Proceedings of the 2nd Meeting of Microbiological-Epidemiological Society of the Slovak Medical Society held in High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia, September 21-23, 2000.

Guest Editorial

Daniela Kotulova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 1. (Text)

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Review

Newly emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

Daniela Kotulova & Livia Slobodnikova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 3-7. (Abstract)

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Review

Nosocomial mycoses in the intensive care units.

Alena Tomsikova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 9-13. (Abstract)

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Analysis of nosocomial blood-stream infections in Martin Teaching Hospital (1986-1999).

Rastislav Madar & Stefan Straka

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 15-20. (Abstract)

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Bacterial infections of hip prostheses.

Andrea Longauerova, Daniela Kotulova, Livia Slobodnikova, Juraj Horvath & Lubica Klokocnikova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 21-25. (Abstract)

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Risk of legionella infection in hospitalised patients.

Sylvia Bazovska & Margita Spalekova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 27-30. (Abstract)

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The impact of antibiotic selective pressure on vancomycin-resistant enterococci occurrence.

Milan Kolar, Iva Vagnerova & Karel Urbanek

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 31-35. (Abstract)

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Methicillin-resistant staphylococci in patients with skin and wound infections.

Livia Slobodnikova, Daniela Kotulova, Lubica Klokocnikova, Andrea Longauerova, Ivana Svantnerova & Helena Bujdakova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 37-42. (Abstract)

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Values of minimum inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical strains – influence of an extended incubation period.

Petr Hejnar, Milan Kolar & Dagmar Koukalova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 43-47. (Abstract)

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Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases produced by Klebsiella pneumoniae in clinical material.

Zuzana Sandorcinova, Leonard Siegfried & Viktoria Takacova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 49-53. (Abstract)

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Incidence and transfer of antibiotic resistance in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli.

Marta Kmetova, Leonard Siegfried, Marian Sabol, Eva Bogyiova, Zuzana Sandorcinova, Anna Kerestesova, Adriana Liptakova & Maria Molokacova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 55-59. (Abstract)

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Susceptibility of Candida albicans isolated in oral pre-cancerous lesions to selected antifungal agents.

Jana Durovicova, Leonard Siegfried, Marian Sabol & Eugen Durovic

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 61-64. (Abstract)

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Detection of shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli by multiplex PCR.

Adriana Liptakova, Hedviga Sehnalkova, Marian Sabol, Hana Kerestesova, Jan Rosocha, Daniela Kotulova & Leonard Siegfried

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 65-68. (Abstract)

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Detection and antibiotic resistance of Shiga toxin gene positive E. coli isolated from rectal swabs of children with diarrhoea in Slovakia.

Marian Sabol, Leonard Siegfried, Adriana Liptakova, Marta Kmetova, Hedviga Sehnalkova, Ludmila Podracka & Daniela Kotulova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 69-73. (Abstract)

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Detection of necrotoxigenic type 1 Escherichia coli (NTEC1) strains: comparison of phenotypic and genotypic methods.

Eva Bogyiova, Leonard Siegfried, Marta Kmetova, Hana Kerestesova, Zuzana Sandorcinova & Adriana Liptakova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 75-79. (Abstract)

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The possibilities of influencing the transmission of VHB in health service establishments.

Maria Stefkovicova, Miloslava Rumlerova & Kvetoslava Orlovska

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 81-85. (Abstract)

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A comparative study of serological parameters in coxsackie virus B4 infected mice by intraperitoneal and oral route.

Shubhada Bopegamage, Maria Stara & Anna Petrovicova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 87-90. (Abstract)

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Antibody response in mice orally infected with B3 and B4 coxsackie viruses.

Maria Stara, Shubhada Bopegamage & Anna Petrovicova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 91-95. (Abstract)

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Ticks as important epidemiological indicators of natural foci of tularemia in Slovakia.

Vanda Vyrostekova, Darina Gurycova, Elena Kocianova & Jozef Rehacek

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 97-103. (Abstract)

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Occurrence of chlamydial antibodies in small mammals (Insectivora, Rodentia) in Slovakia.

Lydia Cislakova, Michal Stanko, Jana Fricova, Ladislav Mosansky, Milan Travnicek & Monika Halanova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 105-109. (Abstract)

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Chlamydial infestation of pheasants and pigeons in East Slovakia.

Milan Travnicek, Lydia Cislakova, Monika Halanova, Viera Bajova, Silvia Mardzinova & Jan Misko

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 111-114. (Abstract)

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Superinfection with parasitic protozoon Toxoplasma gondii in twin sisters with latent toxoplasmosis.

Petr Hejnar & Petr Kodym

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 115-117. (Abstract)

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Cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis of the regular obligatory vaccination in Slovakia.

Henrieta Hudeckova, Stefan Straka & Maria Szilagyiova

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 119-122. (Abstract)

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Letter to the Editor

Smoking prevention in Central and Eastern Europe.

Tibor Baska

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 123-124. (Abstract)

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List of reviewers.

Biologia, Bratislava 2001, Vol. 56, Suppl. 9, pp. 125. (Abstract)

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