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STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAINS Isolated from INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS Mihaela Oprea, David Sebastian Patriche, Monica Str Ãuþ, Felicia Antohe ROMANIAN ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY Founded by PROFESSOR ION CANTACUZINO in 1928 VOLUME 73 - Issue 3-4 July - December 2014 Published quarterly by CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE BUCHAREST TOTAL PUBLISHING HOUSE Editor-in-Chief: Maria Damian (Cantacuzino NIRDMI, Bucharest, Romania) ROMANIAN ARCHIVES OF Deputy Editor: Aurora Sălăgeanu (Cantacuzino NIRDMI, Bucharest, Romania) MICROBIOLOGY Editorial Board: AND Viorel Alexandrescu (Cantacuzino NIRDMI, Bucharest, Romania) Gabriela Anton (Şt. S. 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Cristian Adrian Constantinescu, Elena Mihaela Constantinescu 69 SERUM ALPHA FETOPROTEIN, A SURROGATE MARKER FOR LIVER DISEASE PROGRESSION IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS C Camelia Sultana, Claudia Diþã, Alina Botescu, Camelia grancea, Simona Ruþã 74 MOlECUlAR CHARACTERIZATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAINS ISOlATED FROM INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS Mihaela Oprea, David Sebastian Patriche, Monica Str ãuþ, Felicia Antohe 84 MICRORNA BIOgENESIS AND ITS ROlE IN HIV-1 INFECTION Adelina Roşca, gabriela Anton, Simona Ruþã IMMUNOlOgy 92 MECHANISMS OF THROMBOSIS IN SySTEMIC lUPUS ERyTHEMATOSUS Adriana Metoni, Cristina Mambet, laura g. Necula, Ioana M. Aldea, Ana I. Neagu, lilia Matei, Denisa Dragu, Coralia Bleotu, Daniela A. Ion, Carmen C. 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