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Fabbri L. - The application of a validated risk score safely reduces the rate of hospital admission in patients with community-acquired pneumonia presenting to the emergency department
Faber P.J. - A common human toll-like receptor 4 mutation is associated with increased mortality in children with invasive meningococcal disease
Fabry J. - Results from the minimal dataset of the European surveillance of ICU-acquired infections (HELICS-ICU), 2000–2004
  - Surveillance of nosocomial infection: extension, organisation and methods in European countries and regions
  - Surgical site infections in the Helics network: results from 11 European surveillance networks
Fadda G. - Incidence and antibiotic susceptibility of pathogens causing severe community-acquired and nosocomial infections in Italy
  - The importance of distinguishing between bacterial colonisation versus infection in assessing risk factors
  - Patterns of antibiotic resistance in pathogens causing respiratory tract infections: results of the 2002–2003 PROTEKT Italy survey
  - Colonisation with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus increases the risk for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonasaeruginosa colonisation
Faella F. - Linezolid in patients with pneumococcal meningitis
Fagan E.J. - Development of a multiplex PCR assay for genes encoding CTX-M extended-spectrum beta-lactamases
  - Characterisation of Escherichia coli producing CTX-M-9-like beta-lactamases in the UK
  - Molecular characterisation of plasmids from CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli strains responsible for outbreaks in the United Kingdom
Fagnani R. - Outbreak of nosocomial bacteraemia due to Burkholderia cepacia associated with contamined soap
Fahey T. - A randomised controlled factorial trial of antibiotic prescribing strategies and an information leaflet about natural history for acute lower respiratory tract infection
Faiz M. - Antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacterial pathogens from blood culture of cancer patients in a single cancer institution
Falagas M. - Effect of aminoglycoside/beta-lactam combination therapy versus beta lactam monotherapy on the emergence of antimicrobial resistance: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  - Continuous versus intermittent intravenous administration of antibiotics: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  - Toxicity after prolonged (more than four weeks) administration of intravenous colistin
  - Worldwide trends in quantity and quality of published articles in the field of infectious diseases
  - Spondylodiscitis after facet joint steroid injection
  - A bibliometric analysis of worldwide trends in research productivity in microbiology
  - Intravenous colistin for treatment of infections due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in patients without cystic fibrosis
  - Cure of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii prosthetic material-related orthopaedic infections with intravenous colistin
  - Perioperative anti-infective prophylaxis with teicoplanin or second generation cephalosporins in vascular and orthopaedic surgery involving prosthetic material: a meta-analysis of randomised control trials
  - Peripheral T-cell lymphoma masquerading as cellulitis
  - Regression of skin lesions of Kyrle's disease with clindamycin: implications for an infectious component in the aetiology of the disease
  - Cure of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia with continuous intravenous infusion of colistin
  - Cure of post-traumatic recurrent multiresistant Gram-negative rod meningitis with intraventricular colistin
  - Aerosolised colistin for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in patients without cystic fibrosis
  - Usual interstitial pneumonia associated with cytomegalovirus infection after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
  - Ciprofloxacin versus an aminoglycoside as combination therapy to a beta lactam for the treatment of febrile neutropenia: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  - From conference abstract to full paper: differences between data presented in conferences and journals
Falbo V. - Identification of plasmids by PCR-based replicon typing
Falda M. - Prospective evaluation of sequential Aspergillus galactomannan antigen detection and CT scan of the chest for early diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Falidea E. - Epidemiology and resistance pattern of urinary pathogens in medical patients over a 6-year period
Fallahyan F. - Molecular characterisation of GTP-binding protein gene in dermatophyte pathogen Trichophyton rubrum
Fallani S. - Moxifloxacin concentrations in plasma and tonsillar tissue in adult patients
Famiglietti A. - Actinomyces spp.: a disregarded pathogen?
Famodu A. - Haemorrheological alterations in Nigerian pulmonary tuberculosis patients
Fang H. - Occurrence of carbapenem-resistant Bacteroides fragilis strains in Sweden during a relatively long period (1990–2004) and analysis of the resistance mechanisms
  - Genetic diversity among community isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in southern Stockholm
Fanning S. - Antibiotic-resistant toxin A-negative toxin B-positive Clostridium difficile in Dublin, Ireland
Farcas G. - Comparison of Roche MagNA Pure Total Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit and LC SARS-CoV Quantification assay against Qiagen RNeasy Kit and artus RealArt HPA-Coronavirus LC RT PCR assay for detecting SARS-CoV RNA in autopsy tissue
Farid R. - Epidemiology and management of pressure ulcers in an acute care hospital
Farmaki E. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of urinary pathogens: comparison between paediatric and paediatric surgical units
Farrell D.J. - Analysis of mutations within quinolone resistance determining regions of S. pneumoniae clinical isolates collected from TARGET surveillance during 2003
  - Sustained in vitro activity of telithromycin in Germany: the PROTEKT study (Years 1–4)
  - Ribosomal protein L22 mutations in Bacillus anthracis associated with cross-resistance between macrolide, lincosamide, streptogramin and ketolide antibiotics
  - Changes in the global distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes from paediatric isolates collected in PROTEKT Year 1 (Y1; 1999–2000) compared to Year 4 (Y4; 2002–2003)
Farrell D. - Postantibiotic sub-MIC and subinhibitory effects of various antibiotics on B. anthracis
Farrell D.J. - Resistance to telithromycin in Streptococcus pneumoniae is rare and associated with reductions in bacterial fitness
  - Change in distribution of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae genotypes over 4 years – data from PROTEKT 1999–2003
  - Increasing prevalence of beta-lactam resistant Haemophilus influenzae in Japan: in vitro activity of telithromycin and beta-lactam antimicrobials over 4 years
Fasce R. - A four-year analysis of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance among Gram-negative bacilli in an Italian intensive care unit
Fatahi A. - Comparison of different laboratory methods for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Fatela-Cantillo D. - Efficacy of imipenem, sulbactam and rifampin in an experimental meningitis model caused by multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Fattom A. - Persistence of Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharides during infections in a passively-immunised mouse challenge model
Fauche F. - Identification of Trichosporonmucoides isolates using ID-32C tests (BioMérieux) and direct DNA sequencing of internally transcribed spacer (ITS) 1 and ITS2 of rDNA
Faus V. - An intervention programme to optimise the levofloxacin use
Fedele F. - Human herpes virus 8 infection and pulmonary hypertension in lung transplantation candidates
Fedler K. - Accuracy of three automated systems for susceptibility testing selected Gram-negative bacilli against five broad-spectrum beta-lactam agents
Fedorin I. - Epidemiology of Beijing strain family in Samara region, Russia
  - The role of inadequate prescribing for the development of drug resistance in respiratory infections in Russia
Fedotova I. - Mycobacterial skin infections: pathologic section results
  - Voriconazole, amphotericin and fluconasole susceptibility for keratitis and endophthalmitis fungal pathogens
Fegeler W. - Susceptibility pattern analysis to determine the in vitro susceptibility to fluconazole, voriconazole, itraconazole, and flucytosine in 1404 clinical yeast isolates (Candida spp.)
Feldmann H. - RT-PCR analysis of fulminantly dead Iranian patients with Crimean- Congo haemorrhagic fever symptoms and without antibody response to CCHF
Felmingham D. - Comparative in vitro activity of XRP 2868, a new, oral streptogramin
  - Influence of age on resistance in community-acquired lower respiratory tract isolates of S. pneumoniae from the UK and Ireland
  - Comparative in vitro activity of AVE6971A and AVE2221A, novel inhibitors of DNA topisomerase IV, against Staphylococcus aureus
  - 5-year trends in resistance among community-acquired lower respiratory tract isolates of S. pneumoniae from the UK and Ireland
  - In vitro activity of AVE1330A, a novel b-lactamase inhibitor, in combination with aztreonam or ceftazidime against ceftazidime-resistant isolates of species of the Enterobacteriaceae
  - Sustained in vitro activity of telithromycin in Germany: the PROTEKT study (Years 1–4)
Fengou E. - The serum/pleural IL-6 ratio in the differential diagnosis of the tuberculous pleural effusion
Fenoll A. - Population structure and MURm gene analysis of early and contemporary high penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Spain
  - Evidence for the emergence of non-vaccine types causing invasive pneumococcal disease in Spain
Ferech M. - Antibiotic use in 2003 in Europe
Ferjani A. - Clonality of endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strains isolated in a neonatal intensive care unit
  - Clonality of Staphylococcus haemolyticus strains isolated in a neonatal intensive care unit
Ferjeni A. - Multi-drug resistance Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a centre of Tunisia
Fernandes E. - Comparison of RFLP-IS6110 and MIRU-VNTR typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains
Fernandez F.J. - Arthritis associated with chronic hepatitis C virus infection
  - Altered phagocyte Fcg receptors expression in HIV-infected patients with active tuberculosis
  - Monitoring the efficacy of anti-tuberculous treatment by the expression of phagocyte Fcg receptors
  - Effect of HAART on HIV-related hospital admissions and morbidity
Fernandez F. - Early diagnosis of lung tuberculosis by automatic system probetec ETTH (Becton-Dickinson)
Fernandez-Lucas M. - Hepatitis B vaccination in chronic renal failure patients with a 4-week schedule
Fernando N. - Bactericidal and anti-adhesive properties of culinary and medicinal plants against Helicobacter pylori
Fernández A. - Molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of resistance to several antimicrobial agents in sporadic Salmonella spp. strains causing acute gastroenteritis in Cuba
Fernández J. - Ten-year experience in bloodstream infections in liver transplant recipients. Changes in microbiological patterns between 1991–1995 and 1996–2000
Fernández F. - Variable prediction of clinical outcome of the GART interpretation system Guidelines 6.0 and Virtual Phenotype
Fernández J. - Evaluation of the BINAX-Now urinary antigen test for establishment of pneumococcal aetiology of adult community-acquired pneumonia with bacteraemia
Fernández E. - Development of phenotypic and genotypic methods for the detection of carbapenemases in clinical isolates of A. baumannii resistant to imipenem
Fernández J. - Evaluation of the ROBOBACT system for automatic processing of vaginal cultures for screening of Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women
Fernández de Larrea C. - Study of the Th1/Th2 response and IgG/IgE isotypes in patients with tuberculosis in the Warao indigenous population, Venezuela
Fernández Gorostarzu J. - Plasmid mediated quinolone resistance gene among ESBL-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae in Spain
Fernández Vázquez M. - Epidemiology of CTX-M beta-lactamases in Spain
Fernández-Chico M.A. - Species distribution and antifungal susceptibility in yeast isolated from peritoneal fluid over a period of 17 years
Fernández-Fernández F.J. - Psoas abscesses. Differences between pyogenic and tuberculous abscess
Fernández-Roblas R. - Epidemiology of non-pigmented rapidly growing Mycobacteria in a university hospital
  - Detection of the ermX determinant of macrolide resistance in clinical strains of Corynebacterium urealyticum
Fernández-Rodríguez A. - Human herpesvirus-6, Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus viral load in cases of sudden death in children. An approach with real-time PCR assay
Fernández-Sabé N. - Community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalisation in young adults: clinical features, causative organisms, and outcomes
Fernández-Viladrich P. - Intrathecal colistin treatment of central nervous system infections due to multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Ferrà C. - Usefulness of procalcitonin measurement in the diagnosis of febrile neutropenia
Ferrant A. - Influence of Mannan binding lectin serum levels on the risk of infection during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in adult haematological cancer patients
Ferranti C. - Toxoplasma gondii infection in bone marrow transplant recipients: the polymerase chain reaction-blood sample combination in diagnosis and early detection
Ferrari D. - Parallel real-time PCR quantification of six human herpes viruses in patients with acute neurological infections
Ferrari L. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia trends after control programme
Ferreira H. - Pattern of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producers in coastal seawater of Northern Portugal after a four-year period
  - A multidimensional screening of non-clinical isolates reveals metallo-beta-lactamases in the environment
Ferreira S. - Novel gyrB and parE mutations detected in the quinolone-resistance-determining-region of clinical quinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ferreira J. - Low diversity of integrons among non-Escherichia coli Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases from Spain
Ferrer M.D. - Clarithromycin, a good alternative to tetracyclines, in the treatment of Mediterranean spotted fever in children. A randomised trial
Ferrer C. - Corticosteroids in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia: impact on mortality
Ferrer B. - Evaluation of the BacT/ALERT 3D system for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium kansasii to first-line drugs: comparison with the radiometric BACTEC 460TB system
Ferrero D.V. - Results of early performance studies of the COBAS TaqMan™ CT (TaqMan) test for detecting Chlamydiatrachomatis in male and female urine specimens on the Roche COBAS TaqMan™ 48 analyzer
Ferri C. - Prevalence of complicated urinary tract infections in Italy among patients attending the urologist's office
Ferro J. - The effect of performance feedback on wound infection rate in abdominal hysterectomy
Ferrús M.A. - Identification system for Helicobacter species based on 16S and 23S rRNA gene polymorphisms
Ferry S. - Escherichia coli causing recurrent urinary tract infections belong mainly to the phylogenetic group B2
Fibbia G. - Epidemiology and surveillance of MDR P. aeruginosa in an Italian hospital
Fiett J. - Detection of ESBL in Enterobacteriaceae in the Polish National External Quality Assesment scheme – POLMICRO 2004
Fila S. - Strains of Enterobacter cloacae isolated in hospital environment: ability to adherence to Hep-2 cell line and to biofilm forming
Filczak K. - The first incidence of PER-1 ESBL-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Poland and identification of a novel OXA beta-lactamase variant
File T. - Options for sustainable antibacterials
File T.M. - Additional benefits of macrolides in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia
Filella X. - Prospective evaluation of procalcitonin in adults with febrile episodes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Filetici E. - Enter-net Italia: integrated medical and veterinary surveillance of salmonellosis in Italy
Filimonova O.Y. - Surveillance of antibacterial resistance in major pathogens of community-acquired respiratory tract infections in Moscow, Russia, 2004
Filioussis G. - Antibiotic resistance of bacterial strains isolated from water samples and fish
Filip R. - Spread of OXA-58-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in Iasi, Romania
Filipova M. - Comparative analysis of virulence factors in enterococci isolated from hospitals
Filius P.M.G. - An additional measure for quantifying antibiotic use in hospitals
  - Colonisation and resistance dynamics of Gram-negative bacteria during and after hospitalisation
  - Colonisation and resistance dynamics of enterococci during and after hospitalisation
Finch R. - The future, beyond the horizon
Finegold S. - Two possibly novel Alistipes species isolated from clinical specimens of human origin
Finkelstein R. - Attributable mortality of Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia
Finlay B. - The SARS Accelerated Vaccine Initiative (SAVI) and the search for a SARS vaccine
Finn A. - A common human toll-like receptor 4 mutation is associated with increased mortality in children with invasive meningococcal disease
Finne-Soveri H. - A prevalence study on carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Finnish nursing home
Finnstrom N. - Quantitation of CMV, EBV and HBV using new sensitive real-time PCR assays
Fiore M. - Molecular characterisation of TEM-123 and TEM-124 extended-spectrum beta-lactamases from clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae
  - Distribution of beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of enterobacteriaceae and nonfermenters from a region of central Italy
Fiorio M. - A prospectic nosocomial infection – survey in a medical department in Italy
Firinciogullari F. - Nosocomial bacteraemia due to Acinetobacter baumannii in a university hospital
Firsov A. - Relative abilities of daptomycin and vancomycin to prevent the enrichment of resistant Staphylococcus aureus mutants in an in vitro dynamic model
  - Comparative pharmacodynamics of daptomycin and vancomycin with Staphylococcus aureus: multiple-dose simulations using an in vitro dynamic model
  - Killing kinetics of Staphylococcus aureus exposed to linezolid, alone and in combination with doxycycline, in an in vitro dynamic model
Fischer R.L. - Interaction between penicillin and erythromycin treatment on Streptococcus pneumoniae in a murine pneumonia model
Fischer A. - Rapid molecular detection of clinically relevant yeasts by PCR-based denaturing high performance liquid chromatography
  - A shift to Gram-negative bacteria in the intestinal microflora contributes to immunopathology of acute ileitis in the Toxoplasma gondii-driven mouse model of small intestinal inflammation
  - Rapid culture-independent monitoring of gastrointestinal flora changes by PCR-based denaturing HPLC
Fischer R.L. - Reduced effect of penicillin treatment against a penicillin susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 as compared to serotypes 2 and 6A in a murine pneumonia model
Fisco C. - Micafungin (FK463) versus fluconazole in a randomised, double-blind, multinational, oesophageal candidiasis study
FitzGerald S.F. - Antibiotic prescribing on general surgical wards – room for considerable improvement
Fitzgerald G. - Heterologous expression of lysK encoding a lysin with anti-MRSA activity from the genome of the anti-staphylococcal phage K
FitzGerald S.F. - Multidisciplinary interventions and system orientated strategies do have an impact on improving antimicrobial prescribing
Fitzpatrick F. - Multidisciplinary interventions and system orientated strategies do have an impact on improving antimicrobial prescribing
  - Genotyping HIV-1 non-B subtypes in Ireland: comparison of env and pol methods
  - Overestimation of vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring levels in haemodialysis patients
Flamm R.K. - Activity and pharmacodynamics of RO490–8463 (CS-023), a carbapenem with activity against MRSA
  - The prevalence of multidrug resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States
Flückiger U. - Prospective observational study on the empirical use of antibiotics and on the adjustment of antibiotic therapies in a university hospital
Flevaris C. - Risk factors for bacterial infections in multiple myeloma treated with vincristine–adriamycin–dexamethasone schedule
Flick R. - RT-PCR analysis of fulminantly dead Iranian patients with Crimean- Congo haemorrhagic fever symptoms and without antibody response to CCHF
Flonta M. - Procalcitonin and fever as markers of bacteraemia in patients with sepsis
Flores A.B. - Immune reconstitution syndrome in HIV patients
Floret D. - Evaluation of a real-time NASBA assay for the detection of influenza A and B viruses in clinical respiratory samples
Floropoulou G. - Isolation of Neisseria meningitidis from sputum/bronchial secretions from immunocompromised patients
Foka A. - VGA-gene is responsible for the low-level resistance to quinupristin-dalfopristin among staphylococci in Greek hospitals
Fokas Sp - Direct susceptibility testing of Gram-negative rods from positive BacT/Alert blood cultures by using disc diffusion method
Fokas St. - Direct susceptibility testing of Gram-negative rods from positive BacT/Alert blood cultures by using disc diffusion method
  - Prevalence of nasal carriage of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospital personnel and outpatients
Fokas Sp. - Prevalence of nasal carriage of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospital personnel and outpatients
  - Group B streptococcal arthritis in an immunocompetent adult
Fonsale N. - Evaluation of the performance of the new VIDAS C. difficile Toxin A/B test
Fonseca A.P. - Diversity in adhesion, initial biofilm formation and motility abilities among clonal lineages of nosocomial strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Fonseca A.F. - Diversity in adhesion, initial biofilm formation and motility abilities among clonal lineages of nosocomial strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Fonseca A.P. - Genotypic diversity and virulence parameters variation within samples of nosocomial populations of Pseudomonasaeruginosa
Fonseca A.F. - Genotypic diversity and virulence parameters variation within samples of nosocomial populations of Pseudomonasaeruginosa
Font B. - Clarithromycin, a good alternative to tetracyclines, in the treatment of Mediterranean spotted fever in children. A randomised trial
Fontana R. - A new outbreak of VIM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the same site as the first VIM description
  - Escherichia coli and Klebsiellapneumoniae clinical isolates from intensive care unit bearing CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase
Fontaneda Lopez D. - Mycobacterial diseases in an intensive care unit
Fonteyne C. - Attempt to rationalise antibiotic use in a paediatric intensive care unit
Fonteyne P-A - Identification of Trichosporonmucoides isolates using ID-32C tests (BioMérieux) and direct DNA sequencing of internally transcribed spacer (ITS) 1 and ITS2 of rDNA
for the Finnish Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance  - Relationship between co-trimoxazole use and resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis
for the Latvian Nosocomial Infection Study Group  - Two consecutive point prevalence studies on indications for antibiotic use in selected Latvian hospitals
for the MIKSTRA Collaborative Study Group  - MIKSTRA Programme – a five-year follow-up of indication based antibiotic prescribing in primary health care
  - Use of symptomatic medication in acute otitis media
Force L. - Comparative study of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia according to sporadic and outbreak presentation
Ford L. - Tetracycline resistance in erythromycin resistant beta-haemolytic streptococci of Lancefield groups A, B, C and G
Forrest A. - Pharmacodynamic characterisation of LMB415 against Haemophilus influenzae in an in vitro hollow-fibre system
Forster D.H. - Severe pulmonary Nocardia otitidiscaviarum infection in a patient with underlying chronic lung disease and long-term corticosteroid therapy, confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing
Forsthuber S. - Characterisation of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in Austria
Forte G. - Study on the effect of prolonged treatment with zidovudine, lamivudine and abacavir on a T-lymphoblastoid cell line
Fortineau N. - GES-5, a novel variant of the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase GES-1 with an increased hydrolysis of aztreonam identified in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate in France
  - First nosocomial outbreak of Enterococcus faecium expressing heterogenous vancomycin-resistance at a French university hospital
Fortunato R. - Time-kill studies of linezolid, piperacillin-tazobactam, imipenem, amikacin, trimethoprim-sulfametoxazole and moxifloxacin alone or in combination against Nocardia spp.
Fossum A.E. - Characterisation of ST125-MRSA-IV, a clone evolved in and spread from Norway?
Foster T. - Molecular basis of Staphylococcus aureus adherence to sqamous epithelium
Foster R.A. - Role of gene polymorphisms of interleukin-10 and CD14 in meningococcal disease
Fotouhi Chahooki F. - Development of type specific based glycoprotein G assay to identify of HSV-2 infection
  - Expression and purification of Herpes simplex virus type 2 glycoprotein D in insect cells using the Baculovirus expression system
  - Seroprevalence of Rubella antibodies among young population in Tehran, Iran
Fotoulaki M. - Cytomegalovirus infection and biliary atresia in a newborn infant
Fotsing J-M. - Human tuberculosis in the Ile-de-Cayenne, French Guiana. Risk maps for better prevention and effective control strategies
Foukas P. - Usual interstitial pneumonia associated with cytomegalovirus infection after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
Fourkas D. - MB/BacT system and E-test versus standard methods for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Foussadier A. - Avidity of toxoplasma specific immunoglobulin G: results of a new Vidas test on 603 sera
  - Evaluation of the performance of the new VIDAS C. difficile Toxin A/B test
Foustoukou M. - Persistent import and transient nosocomial establishment of ESBL-producing Klebsiellapneumoniae causing bloodstream infection in a neonatal intensive care unit
Fox A. - Rapid, reliable sub-typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by denaturing high pressure liquid chromatography and DNA sequence analysis
Fragouli E. - Microbiologic and clinical features of N. asteroides infections
Fragoulis K. - Cure of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii prosthetic material-related orthopaedic infections with intravenous colistin
Frampton C. - Association between the serum chemokine RANTES, platelets and infection in patients with haematological malignancy
Francetic I. - PK/PD modelling of antibiotics: the way of maximising clinical outcome
Franchi C. - Hospital infection surveillance in a neurosurgical intensive care unit
Franchin E. - HIV-proviral DNA and plasma-RNA sequencing for detection of drug resistance mutations in antiretroviral naive patients
Francia M.V. - Outbreak of multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae producing CMY-2 beta-lactamase in a neonatal intensive care unit in Spain
  - Glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Spain with vanA genotype and apparent teicoplanin susceptibility
Francioli P. - Appropriateness of IV antibiotic therapy: impact of counselling based on standardised decisional algorithms 72 hours after prescription
  - Validation and improvement of an automated surveillance system for nosocomial bacteraemia
  - Failure to control MRSA in LTCF by restricting admissions or implementing strict isolation procedures
Francisci D. - Acute transverse myelitis and hepatitis C virus
Francois P. - Whole genome expression profiling of intracellular Staphylococcus aureus in human lung epithelial cells
Francolini I. - Inhibition of Candida growth and biofilm formation on polyurethanes by fluconazole adsorption
Franiczek R. - Mechanisms involved in carbapenems resistance among isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains
Frank U. - Prediction of bloodstream infections using TREAT. A causal probabilistic network for diagnosis and treatment of infections
  - Penetration of penicillin G in combination with sulbactam into nasal tissues
Frankard J. - In vitro antibacterial activity of temocillin against extended spectrum beta-lactamases Enterobacteriaceae producing clinical isolates
  - Community-associated emergence of CTX-M and TEM extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli in Belgium
Franke G.C. - Development of a green fluorescent protein based reporter gene system in Staphylococcus epidermidis
Franken C. - Genetic characterisation of pneumococcal surface protein A
  - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of ‘atypical’Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates by MLST
Franklin J. - Successful combination therapy with posaconazole and amphotericin B for multifocal disseminated zygomycosis in a patient with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Frans J. - BIVEMOX III: results of the Belgian in vitro evaluation of moxifloxacin (winter 2003–2004)
Fraser A. - Antibiotic monotherapy for the empirical treatment of febrile neutropenia. Systematic review and meta-analysis
  - Empirical antibiotics against Gram-positive infections for febrile neutropenia. Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  - Antibiotic prophylaxis of bacterial infections in afebrile neutropenic patients following chemotherapy. Systematic review and meta-analysis
  - Prediction of bloodstream infections using TREAT. A causal probabilistic network for diagnosis and treatment of infections
Frazao N. - Prevalence of non-typeable Streptococcus pneumoniae in carriers and insights into its population structure
Frazão N. - Serotype 11A prevalence and clonal diversity in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children attending day-care centres in Lisbon, Portugal
  - Effect of the 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine on the serotype distribution of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae colonising healthy children attending day-care centres in Lisbon
Fredlund H. - Epidemic spread of at least one prolyliminopeptidase-negative Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain in Denmark
Fredriksen J.-E. - Disinfection of patient rooms, using dry mist of hydrogen peroxide
  - Disinfection of ambulances, using dry mist of hydrogen peroxide
  - Disinfection of medical equipment, using dry mist of hydrogen peroxide
Frei R. - Risk factors for S. aureus carriage in health care workers
Freiberger T. - Aerococcus urinae– a rarely detected pathogen of infective endocarditis
Frej-Madrzak M. - The role of Chlamydiatrachomatis urinary tract infection in children
Frere J.M. - JAP-1, a new member of subclass B3 metallo-beta-lactamase from Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Freydiere A.M. - Blood stream infections in children with acute myeloid leukaemia: contribution of microbiological gum and gut monitoring
Freyre C. - Reverse hybridisation as tool for the identification of mycobacteria other than tuberculosis from clinical respiratory samples
  - Comparison of a LightCycler real-time PCR method and the BDProbeTec ET system for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens
Friaza V. - Prevalence and genotypes characterisation of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation among cystic fibrosis patients in Spain
  - Distribution of Pneumocystis jirovecii genotypes in patients with different pulmonary diseases
  - Dynamics of antibody response to Pneumocystis jirovecii in patients with cystic fibrosis
  - Molecular epidemiology of Pneumocystis jirovecii carriage in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
Fricker-Hidalgo H. - Avidity of toxoplasma specific immunoglobulin G: results of a new Vidas test on 603 sera
Friedek D. - Influence of chlamydial cervicitis on vaginal microbiocenosis
Friederichs S. - Trends in antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distribution of nontyphoidalSalmonella from chickens in four European countries during 1998–2004
Friedrich S. - Detection of ESBL in Enterobacter cloacae
  - Characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harbouring the Panton-Valentine leucocidine
Friedrich A.W. - SeqNet.org: network of laboratories for sequence based typing of microbial pathogens
  - An automated DNA sequence-based early-warning system for detection of MRSA-outbreaks in hospitals
  - Co-colonisation of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains: risk for misidentification in molecular detection assays
Friedrich S. - Genetic basis of macrolide, lincosamide, streptogramin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci
Friesenhahn M.J. - Evaluation of a new kinetic amplification based assay for quantification of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA
Friis-Møller N. - HIV and non-HIV-related deaths and their relationship to immunodeficiency; the D:A:D study
Friis-Møller A. - Detection of high-level gentamicin resistance and genes encoding gentamicin resistance in invasive enterococci in Denmark
Friis-Møller N. - Risk of AIDS and death at given HIV-RNA and CD4 count levels, according to specific antiretroviral drugs in the CART regimen
Friis-Møller A. - Epidemic spread of at least one prolyliminopeptidase-negative Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain in Denmark
Frimodt-Møller N. - Evaluation of 10, 30 and 60 mcg cefoxitin neo-sensitabs for prediction of methicillin resistance in S. aureus
  - Reduced effect of penicillin treatment against a penicillin susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 as compared to serotypes 2 and 6A in a murine pneumonia model
  - Interaction between penicillin and erythromycin treatment on Streptococcus pneumoniae in a murine pneumonia model
  - Relationship between bacterial colonisation, exacerbations and current smoking in 575 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Frimodt-Moller N. - Escherichia coli causing recurrent urinary tract infections belong mainly to the phylogenetic group B2
  - PK/PD of beta-lactam antibiotics in experimental urinary tract infection
Fritsche T. - Tigecycline activity tested against 22,950 bloodstream infection isolates worldwide
  - In vitro evaluation of the peptide deformylase inhibitor LBM415 in combination with aztreonam to determine the synergistic potential against Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens
  - Contemporary activity of gemifloxacin and other fluoroquinolones tested against Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated during 1999–2004 in Europe and America
  - Linezolid susceptibility testing results in Europe: report from the Worldwide ZAAPS Program (2003)
  - Significant increases in the rate of fluoroquinolone resistance among Gram-negative bacilli: six-year (1999–2004) report from the USA MYSTIC Programme
  - In vitro activity of garenoxacin, a novel Des-F(6)-quinolone, and other orally administered antimicrobials tested against 50,217 Enterobacteriaceae collected wordwide by the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (1999–2003)
  - Comparative activity of oral and parenteral cephalosporins against multi-drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997–2003)
  - Antimicrobial susceptibility of 5,859 non-Enterobacteriaceae Gram-negative organisms other than Pseudomonas aeruginosa tested against the novel Des-F(6)-quinolone, garenoxacin (SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme, 1999–2003)
  - Accuracy of three automated systems for susceptibility testing selected Gram-negative bacilli against five broad-spectrum beta-lactam agents
  - Antimicrobial activity of daptomycin tested against Gram-positive strains collected from European medical centres in 2004
  - Susceptibility patterns for amoxicillin/clavulanate tests mimicking newly indicated formulations and pharmacokinetic relationships: does the 2:1 ratio MIC accurately reflect activity against beta-lactamase-producing H. influenzae and M. catarrhalis
  - Potency and spectrum of tigecycline tested against an international collection (1999–2003) of bacterial pathogens producing skin and soft tissue infections
  - Potency of garenoxacin, a new des- F(6)-quinolone, tested against community-acquired respiratory tract infection pathogens worldwide (29,837 Strains): report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (1999–2003)
  - Potency and spectrum of garenoxacin tested against an international collection of skin and soft tissue infection pathogens: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (1999–2003)
  - Activity of tigecycline tested against an international collection (1999–2003) of resistant bacterial pathogens
  - Antimicrobial activity of LBM415 (NVP PDF-713) against a recent (2003) international collection of Gram-positive and respiratory tract pathogens
  - Garenoxacin activity against isolates from patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis; 3,087 strains): report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (1999)
  - In vitro efficacy of tigecycline tested against community-acquired respiratory tract infection and nosocomial pneumonia pathogens
  - Antimicrobial activity of tigecycline tested against bacterial pathogens from intensive care units
  - Antimicrobial activity and spectrum of cefepime tested against 65,746 clinical strains from North American medical centres: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 1998–2004
  - Global evaluation of gemifloxacin activity tested against community-acquired respiratory tract pathogens, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis (1999–2004)
Frolova A. - Point-in-time prevalence survey of utilisation of antibiotics in departments of surgical infection in Russia: HIT-04 study results
Frommelt L. - Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay specifically detecting anti-polysaccharide intercellular-adhesin antibodies
Frouzandeh M. - Determination of Helicobacter pylori cagA gene prevalence in Iranian GUD and PUD patients
Förster S. - Penetration of beta-lactamase inhibitors tazobactam and sulbactam in severe acute pancreatitis
  - Penetration kinetics of moxifloxacin in human pancreas: comparison of intravenous vs oral administration
Ftika L. - In vitro activity of telithromycin against erythromycin-susceptible and resistant pneumococci
Fucale G. - Colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: report of a case
Fuchs D. - A shift to Gram-negative bacteria in the intestinal microflora contributes to immunopathology of acute ileitis in the Toxoplasma gondii-driven mouse model of small intestinal inflammation
Fuda C. - Circumventing resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus
Fuhrmeister A. - Contemporary activity of gemifloxacin and other fluoroquinolones tested against Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated during 1999–2004 in Europe and America
Fukuoka T. - High affinity for PBP 2’ enables RO490–8463 (CS-023), a unique guanidine-pyrrolidine carbapenem, to achieve good in vitro activity against MRSA, which is confirmed in murine infection models
Fung A.M.Y. - Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel anaerobic Gram-positive bacillus associated with bacteraemia
Furco A. - Occurrence of cholangiocarcinoma after AIDS-related cholangitis
Furfaro E. - Aspergillus galactomannan antigen detection in different batches of piperacillin-tazobactam
Furlanut M. - Penetration of levofloxacin in sinusal mucosa of patients with chronic sinusitis following oral administration of a single 500 mg dose
  - Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic aspects of high dose oral levofloxacin therapy for bone infections
Furmanik F. - Colonisation of nasopharynx by Gram-negative rods in patients with resectable lung cancer during short-term hospitalisation
  - Dynamics of nasopharyngeal colonisation by coagulase-negative staphylococci in patients with resectable lung cancer during short-term hospitalisation
Furue M. - Linezolid vs vancomycin for the treatment of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Japan
Fusco U. - Linezolid in patients with pneumococcal meningitis
Fussing V. - Invasive listeriosis in Denmark
Fuursted K. - Semi-national surveillance of fungaemia in Denmark: species distribution and anti-fungal susceptibility
Fytili P. - Trends in antibiotic consumption and bacterial isolation rate over a 5-year period in a general hospital in Athens, Greece
Füzi M. - Klebsiella pneumoniae harbouring CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum b-lactamase in Hungary
  - Emergence of community-acquired MRSA in Hungary
  - The first recorded outbreak of VRE in Hungary involving vanB carrying E. faecium isolates from clinical samples and from the hospital environment