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| Bébéar C. |
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Mycoplasmas and chlamydia: requirements for antibiotic susceptibility testing and results |
| Böcher S. |
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Staphylococcus lugdunensis: an overlooked but easy identifiable, frequent cause of abscesses in general practice |
| Babic T. |
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Detection of Helicobacter pylori: evaluation of staining methods |
| Baddour L. |
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Intra-arterial device-related infections |
| Bae I.-G. |
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Risk factors for acquisition of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae among hospitalised patients |
| Baghchesaraei H. |
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Survey of Rose Bengal test vs. ELISA in the diagnosis of acute and chronic brucellosis |
| Bagrade L. |
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Phenotypic and molecular identification of b-lactamase genes in Gram-negative bacteria isolated from a university children's hospital |
| Bajanca M. |
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Haemophilus influenzae serotype e cross-infection from a cystic fibrosis patient in a paediatric hospital in Portugal |
| Bajic S. |
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Development of a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model to characterise the in vitro activity and dose–response relationships of daptomycin and linezolid against vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) using subpopulation analysis |
| Baka S. |
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Acinetobacter baumanii isolated from surgical patients |
| Bakakos P. |
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Nosocomial pneumonia in postsurgical patients in the increased care unit |
| Balaban N. |
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In vitro susceptibility of Candida species isolated from clinical specimens against some antifungal agents |
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The micro-organisms isolated from sinovial fluid |
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Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Shigella spp. in Ankara, Turkey, during a 9-year period (1992–2000) |
| Balabanova Y. |
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Clinical and social profile of TB patients in civilian and penitentiary sectors in Samara, Russia |
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Drug resistance rates of M. tuberculosis strains from civilian and prison patients in Samara region, Russia |
| Balada Llasat J.M. |
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Yersinia toxin YopE Targets granulocytes in the intestinal tract and associated lymphatic tissues |
| Balejova M. |
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Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus– new pathogen in nosocomial infections |
| Bancescu G. |
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Susceptibility of Streptococcus anginosus group isolates from dental abscesses and abscesses of fascial spaces of the face and neck |
| Bandettini R. |
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Trend in antimicrobial susceptibility of nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered from Italian children: a 7-year study |
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Methicillin resistance in Staphylococci: results of a survey in a Northern Italian region |
| Barón Ramos M.A. |
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Staphyloccocus aureus vs. Gram-negative bacilli pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis. A clinical, biological and radiological comparative study |
| Barahona Rondón L. |
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Mortality risk factors in community-acquired pneumococcal disease |
| Baranska-Rybak W. |
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Amplification of DNA fragments surrounding rare restriction sites (ADSRRS-fingerprinting) for typing Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with recurrent furunculosis |
| Barbut F. |
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Risk factors of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea due to actin-specific ADP-ribosyl transferase producing strains |
| Barger A. |
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A new pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model to characterise the antibacterial effect of antibiotics against Escherichia coli |
| Barguellil F. |
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Impact of nosocomial infections on medical consumption in intensive care units of military hospital in Tunis |
| Barlow G. |
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Improving the management of inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia: controlled before and after study |
| Barna Z. |
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Refractory gingivitis in a patient with osseointegrated implant by the transmission of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans |
| Barrabeig I. |
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Community outbreak of Legionella in Hospitalet (Spain). Usefulness of the epidemiological and molecular data to identify the source |
| Barrios J.L. |
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Beijing genotype in Bilbao |
| Barth J. |
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First post-marketing data on treatment of community-acquired pneumonia with moxifloxacin i.v. |
| Bartosova D. |
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The outcome in children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection |
| Baskin H. |
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Antistaphylococcal effect of recombinant human erythropoietin |
| Baskin Y. |
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Inversely proportional relation between programmed cell death and nitric oxide responses: latency behaviour of bovine herpesvirus-1 in an epithelial like microenvironment |
| Basma V. |
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Stability and compatibility of vancomycin for administration by continuous infusion in intensive care patients |
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Stability and compatibility of temocillin for administration by continuous infusion in intensive care patients |
| Bassetti M. |
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C-reactive protein: which role today in infectious diseases? |
| Bast D. |
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Moxifloxacin and levofloxacin treatment outcomes against pneumococcal pneumonia in a novel skin-temperature murine model |
| Bathrelos E. |
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Is multiple trauma accompanied by bacterial translocation? An experimental model |
| Batirel A. |
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Evaluation of predictive values of serum amyloid-A (SAA) and C-reactive protein (CRP) for infection and mortality in febrile neutropenic patients |
| Baucheron S. |
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TolC but not AcrB plays an essential role in colonisation of chicks with multi-resistant Salmonella typhimurium DT104 |
| Baykam N. |
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Charasteristics of cutaneous anthrax in Turkey |
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Early use and long-term follow-up of interferon therapy in acute hepatitis C cases |
| Baylan O. |
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Evaluation of a new automated, rapid, colorimetric culture system using solid medium for laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis and determination of antituberculosis drug susceptibility |
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The predictive value of serum procalcitonin levels in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis |
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Polymerase chain reaction based detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in lupus vulgaris: a case report |
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Pott's disease: a case report |
| Bayram A. |
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Antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from intensive care unit infections |
| Beaty P. |
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The BACTEC LX, a new continuous monitoring, noninvasive and nonsensor technology for determining the growth of microorganisms in sealed culture reagents |
| Bebrova E. |
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Microbial approach in diagnosis of infection in orthopaedic implants |
| Becker A. |
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Growth of Aspergillus fumigatus is inhibited by Candida species on sealed Sabouraud agar plates, but not on sealed Columbia agar plates |
| Bedenic B. |
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Effect of amount of beta-lactamase on the post-beta-lactamase inhibitor effect of clavulanic acid against isogenic Escherichia coli strains producing SHV extended-spectrum beta-lactamases |
| Bedenkov A. |
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of miniVITAL automated system vs. routine blood culturing procedure |
| Bedir O. |
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Identification of clinical nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates by using polymerase chain reaction–restriction enzyme analysis in a teaching hospital |
| Bednarova J. |
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Laboratory variables in selected neuroinflammatory diseases |
| Beeching N.J. |
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Cluster of tetanus cases associated with injecting drug misuse in England |
| Beersma M.F.C. |
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Evaluation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae commercial tests for detection of serum antibodies using PCR as ‘the gold standard’ |
| Begendik F. |
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A 2-year survey of K. pneumoniae isolates at a new teaching hospital in Turkey |
| Beloborodova N. |
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Prediction of post-cardiosurgery infectious complications by means of procalcitonin monitoring |
| Belyi I. |
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Use of deletion mutations to explore structure-function relationships in Clostridium tetani neurotoxin |
| Ben Nsira S. |
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Evaluation of MRSA Select, a new chromogenic medium, for the detection of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| Benes J. |
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Infective endocarditis caused by Leptospira grippotyphosa |
| Beran O. |
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Drug modulation of Toll-like receptors expression by human macrophages stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and bacteria |
| Beran J. |
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Current and future possibilities for prevention of tick-borne encephalitis |
| Beretta A.L. |
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The use of molecular epidemiology to monitor the nosocomial fissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary care university hospital during a 10-year survey: 1991–2001 |
| Bergeron M.G. |
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Real-time PCR detection of group B streptococci (GBS) in less than 1 h: a clinical revolution |
| Berhin C. |
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Evaluation of the VITEK 2 system for rapid direct identification and susceptibility testing from positive blood cultures |
| Bernabeu-Wittel M. |
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Seroprevalence survey of Rickettsia typhi, Rickettsia conorii, and Bar29 strain in the South of Spain |
| Bernard L. |
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Screening criteria for glycopeptide susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus revisited for two periods of blood cultures isolates |
| Bertherat E. |
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Plague returns to Algeria after an absence of 50 years |
| Besier S. |
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Biological cost of fusidic acid resistance in Staphylococcus aureus |
| Bhatia B. |
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Activity of BAY 73-7388, a novel aminomethylcycline, and other novel antibiotic classes against resistant bacteria in vitro |
| Bicmen M. |
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Analysis of the mutations in the pbp genes of penicillin-nonsusceptible pneumococci from Turkey |
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Investigation of genetic relatedness among penicillin-nonsusceptible pneumococci isolated in Turkey |
| Biedenbach D.J. |
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Incidence of fluoroquinolone-resistant beta-haemolytic Streptococci in North America (NA) and Europe (EU): report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1997–2002 |
| Bielaszewska M. |
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Characterisation, genomic location and distribution of the cytolethal distending toxin genes in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains of non-O157 serogroups |
| Bilén A. |
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Control but not eradication of Legionella pneumophila sg1 in a teaching hospital |
| Bilek N. |
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Comparison of sequence typing and opa-typing for discrimination of Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
| Bindayna K. |
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Secular trends in aetiology of neonatal sepsis (1991–2001) |
| Binnet D.H. |
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AP-PCR genotyping of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| Bishnu Prasad P. |
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Drug resistance to malaria in Orissa |
| Bisiklis A. |
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Changes in antibiotic resistance of the most frequent Gram-negative bacteria isolated in intensive care units |
| Blanc B. |
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New improved VITEK 2 card for identification of Gram-negative bacilli |
| Blanc V. |
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Frequency and clinical spectrum of Staphylococcus lugdunensis infections – a French national survey: preliminary results |
| Blanco S. |
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Evaluation of Bartels ELISA Legionella urinary antigen in water samples |
| Blanco D. |
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Genotypical profile of infection by HCV |
| Blomberg B. |
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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of bacterial isolates causing paediatric blood-stream infections in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania |
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Outbreak of ampicillin-resistant and high-level gentamicin-resistant enterococci in paediatric blood-stream infections in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania |
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Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania |
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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of urinary bacterial isolates from pregnant women in rural Tanzania |
| Blondeau J. |
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Comparison of the mutant prevention concentration of gatifloxacin, garenoxacin, gemifloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin against clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected prior to (1994–1997) and after 1997 (1997–2003) |
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The relationship between the mutant prevention concentration and killing by ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin for clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
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Application of the mutant prevention concentration for Streptococcus pneumoniae against azithromycin, clarithromycin and erythromycin |
| Bloom E. |
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Increasing rate of tetracycline resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Sweden |
| Blosser R. |
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Tracking the activity of levofloxacin and comparator compounds against Streptococcus pneumoniae collected from five European countries during 2001–2002 and 2003 |
| Blot S. |
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Attributable mortality of nosocomial candidemia caused by Candida albicans and Candida non-albicans species in critically ill patients |
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Health and economic outcomes of nosocomial catheter-related candidaemia in critically ill patients |
| Blum-Menezes D. |
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Relationship of catheter-related infections in patients with skin and nasal colonisation by endemic hospital-acquired oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strains |
| Bociaga-Jasik M. |
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Assessment of the correlation between anti-inflammatory therapy and concentration of pro-inflammatory cytokines in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and its effect on the outcome of bacterial meningitis (BM) |
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Assessment of the influence of IL-8 concentration in the cerebrospinal fluid on the course of bacterial meningitis |
| Boeddinghaus B. |
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Clinical manifestation of leprosy in a pregnant woman |
| Boehmer R. |
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Costs of MRSA infection in a department of physical medicine and rehabilitation |
| Boiarintsev V. |
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The colonisation with polyresistant strains and bronchopulmonary infectious complications in multiple severe trauma patients |
| Bolanos N. |
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Effect of thalidomide on serum pro-inflammatory mediators in experimental sepsis by multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| Bold S. |
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Changes in management and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia 1996–2003 |
| Bonfiglio G. |
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In vitro activity of ertapenem against clinical strains isolated from abdominal infections |
| Bonin S. |
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Advances in diagnostic testing of Chlamydia trachomatis |
| Bonnet E. |
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Bacillus cereus in orthopaedic and traumatology wards. An unrecognised pathogen? A 63-case study |
| Booker B.M. |
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Use of an in vitro pharmacodynamic model and Monte Carlo simulation to characterise the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of gatifloxacin vs. Salmonella typhi |
| Boost M.V. |
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Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in family units |
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An investigation of infection risks of patients newly fitted with orthokeratology contact lenses |
| Borén C. |
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Calibration of imipenem and meropenem disk diffusion susceptibility testing |
| Bosma F. |
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Fusobacterium nucleatum bacteraemia in paediatric haematology patients 1997–2003 |
| Bossi G. |
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Late clearance of viraemia in four perinatally HCV-infected children: should the concept of HCV infection chronicity be revised in paediatrics patients? |
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Hierarchy of baby-linked immunogenetic risk factors in vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus |
| Bourdon S. |
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Diversity of the mechanisms involved in imipenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii |
| Bowers D. |
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Classification of clinically-relevant micro-organisms in nonmedical environments |
| Bowker K. |
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Failure to detect emergence of resistance to moxifloxacin at AUC/MIC ratios between 9 and 216 in Bacteroides fragilis (Bf), Clostridium perfringens (Cp) and Gram-positive anaerobic cocci (GPAC) in an in vitro pharmacokinetic (pK) model |
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The comparative antibacterial effect of ertapenem and ceftriaxone on E. coli studied in an in vitro pharmacokinetic model of infection |
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Interaction of bacterial inoculum, strain mic and drug formulation on the antibacterial effect of co-amoxiclav on penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae |
| Bröker G. |
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Correlation between pigment production and b-haemolysin of Streptococcus agalactiae |
| Brancart F. |
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External quality assessment for molecular detection and quantification of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNA in the Belgian centres for molecular diagnosis |
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Quantitative real-time PCR TaqMan assay for detection of Pneumocystis jiroveci |
| Brandt C. |
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Hearing loss in experimental pneumococcal meningitis increases after pretreatment with G-CSF |
| Branger C. |
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Rapid diagnosis of leptospirosis: identification and use of a 25 amino-acid peptide [PP (R)] from the haemolysin-associated protein Hap1 |
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Protection against leptospirosis with the peptide PP(R) of 25 amino acid from Hap1 (haemolysin-associated protein) in gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) |
| Braoudaki M. |
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Antibiotic and biocide resistance mechanisms in Escherichia coli O157 |
| Brasso W. |
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Detection of resistance to cefepime in Gram-negative bacterial isolates using the BD Phoenix Automated Microbiology System |
| Brauner A. |
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Lipopolysaccharides of Proteus mirabilis O3 and O18 induce cell-specific IL-8 response within the human urinary tract |
| Briñas L. |
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Characterisation of extended-spectrum b-lactamases in Escherichia coli strains recovered in a Spanish hospital |
| Brigante G. |
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Emergence of CTX-M-type enzymes in hospital- and community-acquired isolates of Escherichia coli from Northern Italy |
| Brimecombe M. |
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Reproducibility of mycobacterial QC strains in the Sensititre rapid growing and slowly growing nontuberculosis mycobacteria broth microdilution susceptibility procedure |
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Reproducibility of Sensititre M. tuberculosis broth microdilution susceptibility procedure |
| Brisse S. |
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Molecular serotyping of Klebsiella by restriction of the amplified capsular antigen gene cluster |
| Bristianou M. |
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In vitro stimulation of innate immunity by susceptible and resistant Escherichia coli |
| Broch Brantsaeter A. |
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Twenty-five years of tularaemia in Norway, 1978–2002 |
| Broduza A. |
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Sepsis in an infectology centre, Latvia: epidemiological and microbiological aspects |
| Broetz-Oesterhelt H. |
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Superior efficacy of BAY 73-7388, a novel aminomethylcycline, compared with linezolid and vancomycin in murine sepsis caused by susceptible or multiresistant staphylococci |
| Bronk M. |
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Susceptibility vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium to linezolid |
| Bronska E. |
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Correlation of the latex agglutination and the PCR method in patients with invasive meningococcal disease |
| Brown A. |
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Differentiation of Candida albicans from other yeast species using a new, simple and non-hazardous biochemical test kit |
| Brown D. |
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Surveillance of glycopeptide-resistant enterococcal bacteraemias in England |
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Comparison of Phoenix, Vitek and Vitek 2 automated identification and susceptibility testing systems |
| Bruce M. |
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The International Circumpolar Surveillance System for population-based surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease, 1999–2002 |
| Bruehl R. |
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Evaluation of multiplexed IgG and IgM immunoassays for infectious mononucleosis and Epstein-Barr virus using the Bio-Rad BioPlex 2200 immunoassay analyser |
| Bruinsma N. |
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Trends in resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Europe: an EARSS study |
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The relation between Escherichia coli resistance and antibiotic consumption in Europe: an EARSS/ESAC study |
| Brum L. |
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Diagnosis of multiresistant tuberculosis by detection of mutations in rpoB and inhA by real-time PCR |
| Brun P. |
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Bacterial cell-wall derived products induce a pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrogenetic phenotype in murine hepatic stellate cells |
| Bucholc B. |
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Prevalence of sexually transmitted viruses in Polish commercial sex workers including HIV-seropositive individuals |
| Budd R. |
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A new enzyme immunoassay for the measurement of specific IgG antibodies to diphtheria toxoid and correlation with the Vero Cell Assay |
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An enzyme immunoassay for measuring specific IgG antibodies to tetanus toxoid |
| Bukin E.K. |
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Evaluation of measles-specific immunity in a high-risk group |
| Bulut C. |
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A rare cause of wound infection: Shewanella putrefaciens |
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Evaluation of postneurosurgical nosocomial meningitis in adults |
| Burggraf S. |
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A simple technique for internal control of real-time amplification assays |
| Burioni R. |
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Humoral response against hepatitis C virus |
| Burki D. |
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Evaluation of oral fluid IgM, RT-PCR and genotyping for early diagnosis and characterisation of cases in Swiss measles outbreaks |
| Butbul-Aviel Y. |
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Procalcitonin as a diagnostic aid in osteomyelitis and septic arthritis |
| Butcher L. |
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The IDEIA Norwalk-like virus enzyme immunoassay – a rapid method for screening outbreaks of nonbacterial gastroenteritis |
| Buxbaum A. |
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Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Austria, 1996–2002: Implications for vaccination strategies |
