LETTER FROM CAIRO

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Canine leptospirosis in Cairo.

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Letter from the President

I have just come back from attending ECMI 2002 in Latvia. About 150 people took part in the conference which was held in the delightful resort town of Jurmala, about 20km south of Riga. The invited speakers covered a wide range of topics and all gave interesting talks as did the minisymposium speakers and the other contributors. The participants enjoyed the weather and surroundings in Jurmala a...

Sex, rights, and politics--from Cairo to Berlin.

Molecular characterization of Enterococcus spp. clinical isolates from Cairo, Egypt.

PURPOSE Enterococci are responsible for serious diseases such as bacteraemia, endocarditis and urinary tract infections. The ability of enterococci to cause such diseases is due to acquisition of certain virulence factors such as haemolysin, gelatinase and enterococcus surface protein. This study has been conducted to investigate the occurrence of virulence factors and resistance to various ant...