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Péan Y. - Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolated in bacteraemia during 2002: results from the Ile de France Microbiologist Network
Pérez L. - Study of amikacin resistance in A. baumannii clinical isolates
Pérez-Olaso Ó. - Can phenotypic susceptibility testing for M. tuberculosis be performed before identification?
Pícha D. - The comparison of two diagnostic tolls in Lyme neuroborreliosis: the proof of intrathecally produced antiborrelial antibodies and PCR
Pachón-Ibañez M.E. - Bactericidal activity and synergy of rifampin alone and in combination against pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Pagani L. - First detection of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates producing acquired beta-lactamases of the CMY-LAT lineage in Italy
Paget W.J. - Early warning of influenza epidemics: the EISS network
Paisley D. - Correlation between growth rates and murine LD90 for a variety of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates
Paknejad M. - Isolation and characterisation of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis with aggressive peridontitis
Pakzad I. - Improving method of chromosomal DNA extraction of Brucella melitensis for multiplying gene pieces by PCR
Palagin I.S. - Molecular epidemiology of nasopharyngeal penicillin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children in day-care centres and orphanages in Russia (SPARS study)
Pallarés A. - Incidence, aetiology and focus of postoperative infections in cardiac surgery patients
Pallecchi L. - CTX-M-type extended-spectrum b-lactamases in commensal Escherichia coli from healthy children living in urban areas of Bolivia and Peru
Pallova P. - The relationship between the modular structure of eucaryotic-like serine/threonine protein kinase StkP of Streptococcus pneumoniae and its function
Paluch-Oles J. - Application of nested PCR and reverse hybridisation for diagnosis of central nervous system tuberculosis
Pan A. - Adherence to surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines in Italy
  - Surgical site infections in HIV-infected patients from the MASTER cohort
Pana M. - The in vitro activity of a new oxazolidinone (linezolid) against fluoroquinolone-resistant enterococci isolated in Romania from January 1999 to June 2003
  - Study of invasive penicillin-resistant pneumococci isolated in Romania between 2000 and 2003
Panagopoulos P. - HIV-related pulmonary hypertension. A case report and literature review
  - Efficacy and safety of the combination of tenofovir and didanosine as a backbone regimen
  - Prostatitis syndromes and Stamey–Meares test results. Recording of 6-year experience in the department of internal medicine of a Greek tertiary hospital
Pancer K.W. - Determination of disinfectants’ effectiveness and their activity to adherent catheter bacterial strains isolated in the hospital environment
Pancewicz S. - Lyme borreliosis morbidity/incidence rate among the inhabitants of Podlasie region, 1996–2002
  - Concentration of IFN-g, Il-6, Il-12 and Il-15 in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neuroborreliosis
  - Serum concentration of IFN-g, Il-6, Il-12 and Il-15 in patients with neuroborreliosis
Pantopoulou A. - Successful management of experimental sepsis by Acinetobacter baumannii with the co-administration of colistin and rifampin
Papachatzaki X. - Serological testing for rubella on women in reproductive age between 2000 (2nd semester) – 2003 (1st semester)
Papaefstathiou C. - Peritonitis in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Papaefstathiou K. - Actinomyces neuii isolation from foot necrotic ulcer in an immunocompromised patient
  - Flavimonas oryzihabitans peritonitis in an adult patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Papaparaskevas J. - Antimicrobial resistance surveillance of Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria isolated in six Greek hospitals
Papavasileiou H. - Quantitative culture of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in Greek children
Papdopoulou M. - Cerebral Whipple's disease diagnosed by PCR. The first case reported from Greece
Papp T. - Identification of Rhizomucor species by means of biochemical and molecular methods
Pappas P. - Anidulafungin, a new echinocandin and its role in the management of invasive Candida infections
Paradowska E. - Role of endogenous tumour necrosis factor alpha and beta on cytomegalovirus replication in human placental cells
  - Infection of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNA in placenta using PCR
Park W.B. - A prospective search for pertussis in Korean adults
Park C. - Simple sample preparation methods to detect Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli from human stools by Duopath Verotoxin
Parnham M. - Biphasic modulation by azithromycin of human neutrophil function: implications for therapy
Parra J. - In vitro activity of three different fluorquinolones alone, or in combination against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Parschalk B. - Pathogenic Staphylococcus epidermidis bloodstream isolates: PFGE analysis and biofilm formation
Pashapour N. - Evaluation of hepatitis B vaccine protection in Iran's routine immunisation programme
Patel R. - Advances in the microbiologic diagnosis of biofilm-associated infections
Patzer J. - Activity of meropenem against Gram-negative isolates from a Polish paediatric intensive care unit – part of the MYSTIC (Meropenem Yearly Susceptibility Test Information Collection) Programme, 1997–2003
Pauw B. - Impact of resolution of fever on the overall composite endpoint in a phase III study of caspofungin vs. liposomal amphotericin B as empirical therapy for neutropenic patients with persistent fever
Pavia C. - Rabbit and murine models of Borrelia burgdorferi infection for evaluating immune protection and the treatment of Lyme disease
Pavlík E. - Molecular techniques in diagnostics of Chlamydiae – benefits and limits
Pavlik P. - The first isolation and identification of clinical isolate Candida dubliniensis in routine microbiological laboratory in Slovakia
Paweska J.T. - ELISA-based rapid diagnosis of Rift Valley fever
Pawiñska A. - Three-year surveillance of ventilatory-associated pneumonia in a paediatric intensive care unit
Pedro-Botet M.L. - Is Legionella a coincidental or opportunistic infection in HIV-positive patients?
  - Fluoroquinolones vs. macrolides in the treatment of Legionnaires’ disease
Peerbooms P.G.H. - Comparison of culture methods for isolation and enumeration of Legionella species from cooling tower water samples
Pejchalová K. - Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi from Ixodes ricinus ticks from Southern Moravia, Czech Republic
Peláez T. - Voriconazole activity against clinical isolates of Candida, focusing on fluconazole-resistant strains
Pellizzer G. - Prevalence and risk factors for nosocomial infections in 19 hospitals of Veneto Region (Italy)
Pelloux H. - Toxoplasmosis in the immunocompromised host: epidemiology and diagnosis
Pendzich J. - Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigma factor genes expression after exposure to rifampicin
Penzhenina S.V. - Childhood Haemophilus influenzae type B meningitis in Ural
Perdochova L. - Microorganisms associated with bacterial vaginosis and vaginal flora changes in part of the population of adolescent and adult women
Peres Bota D. - A retrospective study on Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in critically ill patients
Perez-Trallero E. - Large differences in resistance to erythromycin in Streptococcus pyogenes isolates of pharyngitis among regions in Spain
Perkins A. - Incidence of syphilis in AREA 2 of Madrid during 4 years: a retrospective study (2000–2003)
Persat F. - Western immunoblotting for serologic diagnosis of human candidosis
Persson S. - Development of a novel typing method for the Escherichia coli verocytotoxin 2 variants. Correlations to the clinical manifestations
Pessanha M. - Bacteraemia in a Portuguese hospital: a 9-year analysis
Pestova L. - Candidaemia at intensive care units in Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Peters R.P.H. - Facts, feasibility and future of bacterial load of bloodstream infections
Petras P. - Phenotypic characters of S. aureus strains associated with 79 cases of toxic shock syndrome in the Czech Republic
Petrican M. - Prospective study on the risk factors associated with cervical dysplasia and cervical carcinoma
Petrosillo N. - Incidence of surgical site infections (SSI) in Italian surgical settings
  - Clinical presentation and outcome of HIV-associated tuberculosis in the HAART era in Rome
Petrovicova A. - Coxsackie viral infection in patients during 1993–2002
Petukhova N. - Microbiologic monitoring (MM) of infectious complications in patients undergoing radical mastectomy (RME)
Peyron F. - Comparison of the Now(R) ICT malaria P.f./P.v. and the OptiMAL(R) IT rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in a nonendemic area
Pfister W. - In vitro activity of ertapenem in comparison with penicillin, piperacillin/tazobactam, clindamycin, and metronidazole against clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria
Pichardo C. - Efficacy of cefepime and imipenem in experimental pneumonia caused by porin-deficient Klebsiella pneumoniae producing CMY-2 ß-lactamase
Pillai A. - The eagle effect revisited. Penicillin resistance in group G beta haemolytic streptococcal infection
Pimkin M. - High frequency of association between CTX-M-beta-lactamase-coding genes and the ISEcp1 insertion element
Pincus D. - Identification of yeasts and yeast-like microorganisms with a colorimetric card newly developed for the VITEK® 2 system
Pintado V. - Effect of initial treatment on bacteraemic Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia (BSPP) mortality
  - Streptococcus pneumoniae bloodstream infections (SPBI): a clinical study of 460 episodes in the era of penicillin resistance
Pinto Oliveira A. - Heterologous expression of the HPV16.E6 increases the resistance to stress
Pinto E. - Antifungal activity of Juniperus turbinata on species of Candida and dermatophytes
Piper K. - Lack of detection of human retrovirus-5 (HRV-5) proviral DNA in synovial tissue and blood specimens from individuals with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis
Piqueres P. - FISH detection of clarithromycin-resistant Helicobacter pylori cells in clinical and wastewater samples
Pissarra C. - Serotype and antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in non-invasive disease in Portugal
Pituch H. - The first report of the occurrence of Cardiff-PCR-ribotypes among clinical Clostridium difficile strains isolated from patients with AAD in a university hospital, Warsaw
Plachouras D. - Innate immunity as a site of production of procalcitonin
Platsouka E. - Synergy of antimicrobial combinations against pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates
  - Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical isolates in a tertiary care hospital: 5-year study
Pletz M.W.R. - Comparative effects of ertapenem and ceftriaxone on the normal intestinal microflora
Pleyer L. - Basidiomycete metabolites attenuate virulence properties of Candida albicans in vitro
Plisek S. - Clinical importance of PCR diagnosis in bacterial meningitis and sepsis
Ploton C. - Polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of osteoarticular infections due to Kingella or other fastidious organisms in paediatric patients
Podimatas T. - Orchiepididymitis: a manifestation of brucellosis
Podschun R. - Expression of putative pathogenicity factors by clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Poirel L. - Characterisation of the Ambler class B chromosome-encoded b-lactamases SLB-1 and SFB-1 from Shewanella livingstonensis and Shewanella frigidimarina
Politi L. - Rise in isolation rates and nalidixic acid resistance in Salmonella hadar due to common strains among poultry and humans
Polop Borras B. - Brucellosis complicating arthroplasty: two case reports
Popescu G.A. - Moxifloxacin therapy in high-risk patients with community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections or sinusitis
Popescu C. - Bacterial brain abscess: risk factors for unfavourable outcome
Popov S. - Review of MDR tuberculosis in Russia
Popova V. - Occurrence of extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli strains in a university hospital
Portillo A. - Detection of vanB2-containing Enterococcus faecium strains with the same PFGE clonal type in two Spanish hospitals
Posch J. - Transmission and antibiotic resistance of Campylobacter sp. in a poultry slaughterhouse
Poulou A. - A rare case of Brucella infection of an obstetrician during the delivery of an infected infant
Pournaras S. - Emergence and dissemination of glycopeptide- and high-level quinupristin-dalfopristin resistant Enterococcus faecium clones in various wards of a tertiary hospital
Pouyiouka M. - A. baumanii isolated from blood cultures during a 3-year period
Powis J. - Increasing erythromycin MICs within Canadian Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with the M phenotype
  - Lower levels of in vitro nonsusceptibility to Moxifloxacin compared with other fluoroquinolones in Canadian clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Príkazská M. - Salmonella and Campylobacter food-borne infections in the Czech Republic in 1984–2002
Príkazský V. - Information system of bacillary tuberculosis – 5 years transition
Prada J.L. - Experience with lopinavir: solution vs. pills
Prag J. - Economical consequences of an outbreak of bullous impetigo in Viborg County, DK, 1999–2003
Prat C. - Procalcitonin and neopterin correlates with aetiology and severity in adults with pneumonia
Prejdová J. - Response of HIV-positive patients to the long-term salvage therapy by LPV/r
Prenosilova L. - Microarray-based identification of genes and 2-D gel analysis of proteins regulated by Ser/Thr protein kinase of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Primo-Carpenter J. - Fixed-dose combination drugs for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS: what are the issues?
Pripuzova N.S. - Protective effect in monkeys following immunisation with a live attenuated chimeric flavivirus against tick-borne encephalitis
Prospero E. - Five-year molecular epidemiology of high-level gentamicin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in a Belgian academic hospital
Protsenko D. - Antibiotics cycling in ICU: results of 1.5-year experience
Prymula R. - Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing acute otitis media in young children in the Czech Republic
Psillaki C. - Serum HBV-DNA levels, serum aminotransferases levels and serological markers in evaluation of chronic HBV infection
Pulay I. - The possible role of linezolid in the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreaks
Pulian V. - Prevalence b-haemolytic streptococci from throat swabs in health care area from Pontevedra, Spain
Putova I. - High prevalence of HFE gene mutations in patients with hepatitis B and other liver diseases in the Czech Republic