Volume 2, Number 3, Year 2007


Editorial
Yoram Elitsur
To culture on not to culture? That is the question for the primary care physician


Review Articles
Poul-Erik Kofoed, Johan Ursing, Amabelia Rodrigues, and Lars Rombo
Failures following initial treatment for uncomplicated malaria: Quinine as second line therapy


Esra Sevketoglu and Metin Karabocuoglu
Ventilator-associated pneumonia in children


Original Articles
Marta Argentieri, Tamara Sabbi, Laura Pansani, Filippo Torroni, Paola Francalanci, Paola De Angelis, Luigi Dall'Oglio, and Donato Menichella
Helicobacter pylori infection in children: Utility of culture in diagnosis and study of resistance to metronidazole, clarithromycin and amoxicillin


Iwona Mozer-Lisewska, Grzegorz Dworacki, Wojciech Służewski, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Magdalena Figlerowicz, Arleta Kowala-Piaskowska, Anna Mania, Mirosław Szczepański, and Jan Żeromski
Alterations in immunophenotype of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in children with chronic viral hepatitis following anti-viral therapy


Edith N. Nnoruka, Anne N. Ndu, Martin E. Ohanu, Bertha A. Uzodimma, and Inieko-Philip P. Udoh
Patchy hair loss in school children: Tinea capitis re-assessed


Soudabeh Tirgar Tabari and Mohammad Ali Shakerian
Prevalence of molluscum contagiosum disease in day care centers in Babol, Northern Iran


Yu-Chen Lin, Ruay-Shyang Wang, I-Fei Huang, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, and Christine C. Chiou
Clinical use of the serum bactericidal test to guide therapy in pediatric patients with penicillin and cephalosporin-nonsusceptible pneumococcal meningitis


Case Reports
Piero Pavone, Enrico Nicolini, Filippo Greco, Rosaria Taibi, and Giuseppe Nunnari
Peripheral neuropathy in a child with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections


Martina Penazzato, Osvalda Rampon, Ettore De Canale, Anita De Rossi, Antonio Mazza, Ruggiero D'Elia, and Carlo Giaquinto
Congenital Plasmodium ovale malaria in an infant born to HIV positive mother


Arjen F. Nikkels, Géraldine Blaise, and Gérald E. Piérard
Parvovirus B19-associated eruptive pseudoangiomatosis in a child: The paradigm of paraviral eruptions


Tarkan İkizoǧlu, Özge Yılmaz, Mine Özkol, Ayhan Söǧüt, and Hasan Yüksel
A case of primary pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as foreign body aspiration