Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the Amazonian medicinal tree Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson (common name: sucuba) Bianca Jorge Sequeira; Marcos Jose Salgado Vital; Adrian Martin Pohlit ; Isabel Costa Pararols; Glaucia Socorro Barros Caúper PAGE: 659-661 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000400022

Production, characterization, and application of antibodies against heat-labile type-I toxin for detection of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Caroline A Menezes; Sergio Y Imamura; Luiz R Trabulsi; Antônio Fernandes-Filho; Marina B Martinez; Beatriz EC Guth; Dennys M Girão; Roxane MF Piazza PAGE: 875-880 | DOI: S0074-02762006000800009

Biochemical properties, enterohaemolysin production and plasmid carriage of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains Mario RSM Souza; Giseli Klassen; Fabiana De Toni; Liu U Rigo; Caroline Henkes; Caroline P Pigatto; Cibelle de Borba Dalagassa; Cyntia MT Fadel-Picheth PAGE: 318-321 | DOI: S0074-02762010000300013

Detection of Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor Types 1 and 2 among Fecal Escherichia coli Isolates from Brazilian Children with and without Diarrhea Ana Terezinha Tavechio, Lilian Regina M Marques, Cecília Mari Abe*, Tânia AT Gomes* PAGE: 81-83

Effects of Tetrodotoxin and Ion Replacements on the Short-circuit Current Induced by Escherichia coli Heat Stable Enterotoxin across Small Intestine of the Gerbil (Gerbillus cheesmani) Fawzia Yaqoub Al-Balool PAGE: 141-145

Surveillance Using Molecular Tools: Examples from Brazil Ana Carolina Paulo Vicente, Hooman Momen PAGE: 703-704

Widespread distribution of CTX-M and plasmid-mediated AmpC ?-lactamases in Escherichia coli from Brazilian chicken meat Larissa Alvarenga Batista Botelho, Gabriela Bergiante Kraychete, Jacqueline Lapa Costa e Silva, Douglas Viller Vieira Regis, Renata Cristina Picão, Beatriz Meurer Moreira, Raquel Regina Bonelli PAGE: 249-254 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140389

Intracellular polyamine pools, oligopeptide-binding protein A expression, and resistance to aminoglycosides in Escherichia coli Maria BR Acosta, Rita C Café Ferreira, Luís CS Ferreira, Sérgio Olavo P Costa PAGE: 789-793

Occurrence, antifungal susceptibility, and virulence factors of opportunistic yeasts isolated from Brazilian beaches Natália OP Maciel, Susana Johann, Luciana R Brandão, Sona Kucharíková, Camila G Morais, Alexandre P Oliveira, Gustavo JC Freitas, Beatriz M Borelli, Franciane M Pellizzari, Daniel A Santos, Patrick Van Dijck, Carlos A Rosa DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760180566