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S. aureus community-acquired infections. Antibiotic resistance rates and macrolide resistance phenotypes
Fokas Sp.
 
Salmonella and Campylobacter food-borne infections in the Czech Republic in 1984–2002
Príkazská M.
 
Salmonella findings out and on a poultry farm
Marusic P.
 
Serratia marcescens in clinical specimens over 3 years
Naumiuk L.
 
Shewanella species: infections in Denmark and phenotypic characterisation
Holt H.M.
 
Staphyloccocus aureus vs. Gram-negative bacilli pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis. A clinical, biological and radiological comparative study
Barón Ramos M.A.
 
Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus– new pathogen in nosocomial infections
Balejova M.
 
Staphylococcus lugdunensis: an emerging pathogen in bone and joint infections? Report of 17 cases
Khatibi S.
 
Staphylococcus lugdunensis: an overlooked but easy identifiable, frequent cause of abscesses in general practice
Böcher S.
 
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical isolates in a tertiary care hospital: 5-year study
Platsouka E.
 
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in cancer patients
Chinou E.
 
Streptococcus agalactiae: vaginal and rectal carriage in females in childbirth, incidence of early-onset disease, distribution of serotypes, susceptibility to antimicrobials
Motlova J.
 
Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia: clinical characteristics of 41 episodes
Higuet S.
 
Streptococcus pneumoniae bloodstream infections (SPBI): a clinical study of 460 episodes in the era of penicillin resistance
Pintado V.
 
Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in a general hospital: characteristics and resistance profiles
Aguilar J.
 
Streptococcus pyogenes isolates resistant to ciprofloxacin in Spain: clonal diversity and appearance of ciprofloxacin-resistant epidemic clones
Albertí S.
 
Streptococcus pyogenes resistance to erythromycin and selection pressure of macrolides
Kolar M.
 
Safety and tolerability of outpatient caspofungin therapy
Kartsonis N.
 
Safety, tolerance and plasma concentrations of voriconazole in immunocompromised paediatric patients
Kolve H.
 
Same day molecular diagnostic test result for atypical and difficult to grow respiratory pathogens including M. tuberculosis complex by combining automated DNA extraction with real-time PCR
Jaton K.
 
Same involvement of brucellosis in two brothers: epididymoorchitis
Tuncer Ertem G.
 
SARI – Surveillance of Antibiotic Use and Bacterial Resistance in German Intensive Care Units
Meyer E.
 
Screening criteria for glycopeptide susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus revisited for two periods of blood cultures isolates
Bernard L.
 
Screening for Aspergillus galactomannan antigenemia in a haematology unit: how useful is it in daily practice?
Sonet A.
 
Search and assessment of novel substances active against Epstein–Barr virus
Zagorodnya S.
 
Second-line antituberculosis drug susceptibility in multiresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains
Kayali R.
 
Secular trends in aetiology of neonatal sepsis (1991–2001)
Bindayna K.
 
Selected markers in the monitoring of infections in an abdominal surgery setting
Marciniak R.
 
Selection of resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. by levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin alone and in combination with b-lactams and an aminoglycoside
De Vecchi E.
 
Selection of single step parC mutations among levofloxacin susceptible S. pneumoniae in Canada
Davidson R.J.
 
Sensing H. pylori in the stomach
Ferrero R.
 
Sensititre YeastOneTM Colorimetric Antifungal Plate for testing voriconazole against isolates of Candida species: a comparison with the NCCLS M27-A2 microdilution reference method
Espinel-Ingroff A.
 
Sensitivity and cost-effectiveness of different phenotypic methods for the detection and confirmation of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases including an inexpensive novel method
Colodner R.
 
Sepsis in a department of infectious diseases in a general hospital, Celje, 2000–2003
Lesnicar G.
 
Sepsis in an infectology centre, Latvia: epidemiological and microbiological aspects
Broduza A.
 
Sequence analysis of the polymorphic region X of protein A in a methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus population isolated from the airways of cystic fibrosis patients
Kahl B.
 
Seroepidemiology of toxoplasmosis in women referred to Ardabil laboratory health centre for medical examination before marriage, Iran, 2002
Sagha M
 
Serologic evidence of Borrelia burgdorferi infection among patients hospitalised with tick-borne encephalitis
Grygorczuk S.
 
Serological evidence for the occurrence of tick-borne diseases in northern Mongolia
Walder G.
 
Serological screening for CMV antibodies during pregnancy: possibilities to select a high-risk group for congenital infection
Naessens A.
 
Serological screening for sexually transmitted diseases among immigrants in Italy
Noviello S.
 
Serological testing for rubella on women in reproductive age between 2000 (2nd semester) – 2003 (1st semester)
Papachatzaki X.
 
Seroprevalance of Toxoplasma gondii infection among some risk groups in Erzurum, Turkey
Aktas A.E.
 
Seroprevalence of Chlamydophilia pneumoniae infection in patients with chronic stable asthma
Aslan M.
 
Seroprevalence of HBV markers in medical students
Tosevski B.
 
Seroprevalence of hepatitis A, B and C in hospital personnel
Karabassi V.
 
Seroprevalence of hepatitis E in Nahavand, Iran: a population-based study
Zali M.
 
Seroprevalence of rubella antibodies among university female students
Aktas A.E.
 
Seroprevalence of rubella, cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma gondii among women of reproductive age in the region of Thrace, Greece
Mela S.
 
Seroprevalence survey of Rickettsia typhi, Rickettsia conorii, and Bar29 strain in the South of Spain
Bernabeu-Wittel M.
 
Serotype and antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in non-invasive disease in Portugal
Pissarra C.
 
Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Austria, 1996–2002: Implications for vaccination strategies
Buxbaum A.
 
Serotypes and antibiotic resistance patterns of Salmonella species isolates in the province of South-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Zozo N.
 
Serotypes and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae: evolution (1989–2003) in Asturias, Spain
Fleites A.
 
Serotypes and subtypes of N. meningitidis serogroup B from Argentinian children with invasive disease
González Ayala S.
 
Serotyping and susceptibility testing of Shigella isolates during summer outbreak of 2003 in an Iranian hospital, Tehran
Rahbar M.
 
Serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells infectious burden: correlation to inflammation and atherosclerosis in haemodialysis patients
Tsirpanlis G.
 
Serum concentration of IFN-g, Il-6, Il-12 and Il-15 in patients with neuroborreliosis
Pancewicz S.
 
Serum HBV-DNA levels, serum aminotransferases levels and serological markers in evaluation of chronic HBV infection
Psillaki C.
 
Serum protein binding of erythromycin as measured by ultrafiltration, dialysis filtration and ultracentrifugation
Sandberg A.
 
Serum total adenosine deaminase level in active pulmonary tuberculosis in comparison to other infectious diseases in Iran
Amini Afshar S.
 
Severe Clostridium difficile infection in solid organ transplant recipients
Claus M.
 
Severe bacteraemic infections in patients with diabetes mellitus
Artero A.
 
Severe community-acquired pneumonia: impact of empirical antimicrobial treatment on outcome
Daganou M.
 
Severe courses of tick-borne encephalitis in Ostrava, 1999–2003
Zjevikova A.
 
Severe group A streptococcal infections in Europe: microbiological and epidemiological aspects
Efstratiou A.
 
Sexually transmitted HAV
Minari C.
 
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
Karch H.
 
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in Slovenia
Zabukovnik P.
 
Short-course liposomal amphotericin B in the treatment of infantile visceral leishmaniasis: the Italian experience
Cascio A.
 
Should procalcitonin be introduced in the diagnostic criteria for the systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis?
Giamarellos-Bourboulis E.J.
 
Should we routinely monitor b-lactam serum concentrations during the treatment of endocarditis?
Tattevin P.
 
Sigma B dependent expression of oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus epidermidis: transcriptional analysis of mecA, and other factors required for resistance expression
Knobloch J.K.-M.
 
Sigma factors and hspX expression could be markers of stress adaptation and reactivation of growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in acidified cultures
Gordillo S.
 
Significance and interpretation of serological investigation of antibodies after vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis
Jílková E.
 
Significance of bronchoscopy and invasive techniques in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia
Manali E.
 
Significance of early Mycoplasma pneumoniae serodiagnosis in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Kuhnke A.
 
Simple method to evaluate the in vitro activity of several antimicrobial agents against bacterial biofilms
Alcalá J.
 
Simple sample preparation methods to detect Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli from human stools by Duopath Verotoxin
Park C.
 
Simultaneous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis infections in an in vitro pharmacodynamic model: a comparison of daptomycin, arbekacin, linezolid and tigecycline activities
Tedesco K.
 
Simultaneous occurrence of tuberculosis and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma within cervical lymph nodes
Fanourgiakis P.
 
Simultaneous urinary and respiratory infection or respiratory manifestations of urinary infection?
Losa J.
 
Simultaneous, bi-clonal outbreak of urinary tract infection by E. coli O25 strains with CTX-M-15: community and hospital effects in two English health districts
Warren R.
 
Single dose pharmacokinetics (PK) of telavancin (TLV) in healthy elderly subjects
Duchin K.
 
Single dose pharmacokinetics (PK) of telavancin (TLV) in subjects with renal dysfunction
Duchin K.
 
Single-dose pharmacokinetics of cefodizime in acutely ill elderly patients
Meyer B.
 
Six lethal cases of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in young adults in Montevideo, Uruguay
Galiana A.
 
Small colony variants of S. aureus– clinical significance and detection challenges
Kahl B.
 
Social and financial factors influencing rational use of antibiotics in Peru
Kristiansson C.
 
Some biochemical and serological aspects of Q fever diagnosis
Slaba K.
 
Sorbitol non-fermenting (SNF) E. coli strains in children with acute diarrhoea
Agathocleous X.
 
Species distribution and antibiotic resistance patterns of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci from food-producing animals in Styria, Austria
Eisner A.
 
Specific antibodies IgG-IgM for cytomegalovirus detection in women of reproductive age between the second semester of 2000 and first semester of 2003
Daskalaki E.
 
Spinal epidural abscess in the MRI age
Fernández-Fernández F.J.
 
Spread of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii clones in England
Coelho J.M.
 
Spread of the new sul3 gene in human and animal Escherichia coli in Sweden
Grape M.
 
Sputum colour as marker for clinical success in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (AECB) treated with levofloxacin
Lode H.
 
Stability and compatibility of temocillin for administration by continuous infusion in intensive care patients
Basma V.
 
Stability and compatibility of vancomycin for administration by continuous infusion in intensive care patients
Basma V.
 
StAKoB – The German working group of centres for the management of highly contagious diseases as part of a preparedness network responding to biological hazards
Grünewald T.
 
Standardisation of an ELISA test for detection of hydatid cyst antigen/s in human serum
Mehrabanpour M.J
 
Status of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Taft from 1997 to 2002
Fattahi Bafghi A.
 
Strain-independent ratios of the 24-h area under the curve (AUC) to MIC of moxifloxacin (MXF) associating with the emergence of Streptococcus pneumoniae resistance: related changes in susceptibility and resistance frequency in an in vitro dynamic model
Zinner S.
 
Strep-EURO project: progress report
Jasir A.
 
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome together with multifocal osteomyelitis and myocarditis
Ince E.
 
Studies on in vitro antimicrobial activity of silicon oil against major causative agents of endophthalmitis
Kosior-Jarecka E.
 
Studies on in vitro antimicrobial activity of vitreous substitutes against Candida albicans
Szczepanik A.
 
Studies on biofilm formation by opportunistic species of Corynebacterium and coryneform
Chudnicka A.
 
Study of Enterobius vermicularis infection among kindergarten children in Ardabil, Iran
Daryani A.
 
Study of Escherichia coli DH5a lysogenisation with verotoxin1-producing bacteriophage
Sattari M.
 
Study of amikacin resistance in A. baumannii clinical isolates
Pérez L.
 
Study of an imipenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae cluster in a Greek hospital
Kanavaki S.
 
Study of antibiotic resistance, production of ESBL and other virulence factors in enterobacterial strains isolated from nosocomial infections in cardiovascular devices inserted patients
Lazar V.
 
Study of cell surface hydrophobicity and its correlation with bacterial adherence capacity to catheter sections
Lazar V.
 
Study of glucantime resistance in cutaneous leishmaniasis by PCR-RFLP method in Shiraz, Iran
Motazedian M.
 
Study of invasive penicillin-resistant pneumococci isolated in Romania between 2000 and 2003
Pana M.
 
Study of mortality rates of shigellosis and a report of three shigellosis cases resulted in death in the Children's Hospital Medical Center, Tehran, Iran during 2002–2003
Ranjbar R.
 
Study of Q-fever on the territory of the Republic of Moldova
Uspenskaia I.
 
Study of rodents and their parasitic infections in Bandar Abbas City, Southern Iran
Shahi M.
 
Study of the epidemiology of Shigella spp. in Tehran, Iran during 2002–2003
Ranjbar R.
 
Study of the impact of macrolides against Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis isolates grown as biofilm
Dubouix A.
 
Subconjunctival Dirofilaria repens infection confirmed by PCR-based approach
Dzamic A.
 
Subgrouping of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates by 16S rRNA sequence allows prediction of beta-lactam resistance profile
Okazaki A.
 
Substrate inhibition of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa metallo-beta-lactamase, SPM-1, in acidic and alkaline conditions
Murphy T.A.
 
Successful management of experimental sepsis by Acinetobacter baumannii with the co-administration of colistin and rifampin
Pantopoulou A.
 
Successful treatment of Brucella melitensis endocarditis with antibiotic combination
Ural O.
 
Successful treatment of methicillin-resistant (MRSA), teicoplanin-heteroresistant Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) with linezolid
Souli M.
 
Suitability of current routinely generated data for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the UK and Ireland
Reynolds R.
 
Superior efficacy of BAY 73-7388, a novel aminomethylcycline, compared with linezolid and vancomycin in murine sepsis caused by susceptible or multiresistant staphylococci
Broetz-Oesterhelt H.
 
Surgical site infection after cholecystectomy (laparoscopic vs. open cholecystectomy)
De Frutos Serna M.
 
Surgical site infections in HIV-infected patients from the MASTER cohort
Pan A.
 
Surveillance cultures of throat and rectum combined with enteral polyenes control fungal infections in prolonged paediatric illness
Rajan S.
 
Surveillance for nosocomial infections using special monitoring protocol in Austrian ICU
Reiter A.
 
Surveillance for the future: global strategies to control resistance
Jacobs M.
 
Surveillance hot spots: the highs and lows of regional resistance. Europe North and South
Garau J.
 
Surveillance hotspots: the highs and lows of regional resistance. Central and Eastern Europe
Appelbaum P.
 
Surveillance hotspots: the highs and lows of regional resistance. Russia
Stratchounski L.
 
Surveillance hotspots: the highs and lows of regional resistance. USA and global
Jacobs M.
 
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania
Blomberg B.
 
Surveillance of bloodstream infections in Czech hospitals: epidemiological background of CZ-EARSS
Jindrak V.
 
Surveillance of erythromycin resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Nis, Serbia in the last 5 years
Antic S.
 
Surveillance of glycopeptide-resistant enterococcal bacteraemias in England
Brown D.
 
Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases in Greenland, Northern Canada, and the US Arctic: 2000–2003
Cottle T.
 
Surveillance of nosocomial infections and antibiotic consumption in a Latvian university hospital
Dumpis U
 
Surveillance of nosocomial sepsis and pneumonia in patients with bone marrow transplantation or peripheral blood stem-cell transplantation. A Multicentre project
Dettenkofer M.
 
Surveillance of the infection in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: an evaluation over 4 years
De Frutos Serna M.
 
Surveillance of the infection in valvular replacement in cardiac surgery: an evaluation over 4 years
De Frutos Serna M.
 
Surveillance study of incidence of HIV-positive patients in a low-risk group of community-acquired pulmonary tuberculosis
Singh M.
 
Survey of brucellosis seroprevalence in risk groups in Erzurum, Turkey
Ayyildiz A.
 
Survey of extended-spectrum b-lactamase in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species
Günde S.
 
Survey of intestinal parasitic infections among physical and mental retardees in a maintenance centre, Taft
Anvari Tafti M.H.
 
Survey of Legionnaires’ disease agents in treatment devices and drinking water reservoirs in Iran
Moosavian M.
 
Survey of Rose Bengal test vs. ELISA in the diagnosis of acute and chronic brucellosis
Baghchesaraei H.
 
Survival of antibiotic-resistant Propionibacterium acnes in the environment
Qureshi A.
 
Susceptibilities of Neisseria gonorrhoea and Ureaplasma urealyticum isolates from male patients with urethritis to several antibiotics including telithromycin
Aydin D.
 
Susceptibilities of clinical Acinetobacter baumannii and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates to 14 antimicrobial agents: results of the Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Study of the Paul Ehrlich Society for Chemotherapy, 2001
Kresken M.
 
Susceptibility of Aspergillus fumigatus to voriconazole by flow cytometry
Araújo R.
 
Susceptibility of H. influenzae isolated from adult lower respiratory tract infections. A 5-year experience in a tertiary Greek hospital, 1999–2003
Kanellopoulou M.
 
Susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae respiratory isolates from adults in Spain (2001–2002)
Garcia-Perea A.
 
Susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori isolates to the anti-adhesion activity of a high-molecular-weight constituent of cranberry
Shmuely H.
 
Susceptibility of Streptococcus anginosus group isolates from dental abscesses and abscesses of fascial spaces of the face and neck
Bancescu G.
 
Susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae respiratory isolates from adults in Spain (2001–2002)
Gobernado M.
 
Susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae to penicillin, azithromycin and telithromycin (PROTEKT 1999–2002)
Schito G.
 
Susceptibility of Streptococcus pyogenes to telithromycin and erythromycin: results from PROTEKT (years 1–3)
Reinert R.
 
Susceptibility of pulse field characterised methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to daptomycin
Smyth R.
 
Susceptibility of recent paediatric respiratory isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in Spain
Latorre C.
 
Susceptibility profile of medically relevant Basidiomycota species other than Cryptococcus neoformans
Cuenca-Estrella M.
 
Susceptibility testing of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: effect of temperature and medium on results
King A.
 
Susceptibility to ertapenem and other antibiotics of Amp-C producing enterobacteria isolated from urine samples
Alhambra Mosquera A.
 
Susceptibility vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium to linezolid
Bronk M.
 
Susceptibity of methicillin-resistant strains of S. aureus isolates from nasal carrier to mupirocin and bacitracin in a Tehran hospital, Iran
Rahbar M.
 
Sushi and Sashimi risks
Nawa Y.
 
Sustained activity of the carbapenems against Gram-negative pathogens: 6-year data from the UK MYSTIC (Meropenem Yearly Susceptibility Test Information Collection) programme
Masterton R.
 
Sustained antimicrobial activity of a novel triclosan hand preparation
Karpanen T.
 
Sustained response to interferon-ribavirin combination therapy in chronic hepatitis C predicted by a model of viral dynamics using both HCV-RNA and alanine amino transferase
Colombatto P.
 
Swimmer's itch: an emerging water-borne disease
Kolarova L.
 
Synergistic activities of nontraditional antibiotic combinations against multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii strains
Can F.
 
Synergistic cytotoxic effects of verotoxin1 and monophosphoryl lipidA on vero cells in culture media
Hosain Zade H.
 
Synergy of antimicrobial combinations against pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates
Platsouka E.
 
Syphilis Fast, a rapid treponemal test for the serodiagnosis of syphilis
Tajada Alegre P.