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Kaase M. - Characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harbouring the Panton-Valentine leucocidine
Kaatz G. - Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: AUC/MIC breakpoints differ between gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, levofloxacin, and moxifloxacin
Kabieszova L. - Vaccination against hepatitis B in patients with chronic renal failure – 16 year follow-up
Kachanka A. - Clinical features and therapy of trichinosis in Belarus
  - Epidemiological features of meningococcal disease in Belarus
Kaczmarski E.B. - Role of gene polymorphisms of interleukin-10 and CD14 in meningococcal disease
Kaczor D. - Expansion of a single multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone carrying a variant of SCCmec type III in a university hospital
  - Evaluation of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage rate among patients on haemodialysis - isolation of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Kada H. - Comparison of Chlamydia and Mycoplasma incidence between different female populations in Greece
  - Prevalence of serum HBV markers among 13,581 women of child-bearing age in Greece
  - Seroepidemiology of toxoplasmosis in female population in Greece
Kadlubowski M. - Resistance patterns of selected respiratory tract pathogens in Poland
Kafarakis V. - Comparative evaluation of different methods for the identification of mycobacteria other than tuberculosis
  - Human brucellosis on a Mediterranean island: Crete, Greece
Kafetzis D.A. - Antimicrobial resistance of pneumococci isolated from the nasopharynx of healthy children and clinical isolates in Greece in 2004
Kafkoula-Alevizou H. - Toxin A negative/toxin B positive Clostridium difficile strains isolated from patients with diarrhoea in a tertiary hospital in Athens
Kafshnochi M. - Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Marageh (Iran) between 2001 and 2003
Kahlmeter G. - Genetic basis of fusidic acid resistance in staphylococci
  - The use of norfloxacin 10 mcg as a screening disc to predict fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae
  - Changes in antimicrobial associated resistance, susceptibility patterns and ‘resistance load’ in 35,956 consecutive UTI Escherichiacoli 1993–2003
  - Fluoroquinolone resistance in invasive Escherichia coli in Europe is related to age and gender
Kahlmeter G - The use of cefadroxil in primary susceptibility testing to screen for cephalosporin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae, including ESBLs
Kahlmeter G. - New cefotaxime/ceftriaxone NCCLS susceptibility breakpoints: effect on reported Streptococcus pneumoniae resistance in European surveillance
  - E. coli and S. aureus– antimicrobial resistance surveillance and the effect of excluding duplicate isolates in a consecutive database 1990–2003
Kahn J. - The microbiology of ABECB – potential predictive value of clinical criteria
  - The rationale for higher dose levofloxacin for the treatment of serious infections
Kaijalainen T. - Real-time PCR based on the amplification of a gene fragment of pneumococcal surface antigen A in the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Kaijser B. - Different virulence factors in pathogenic enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 and non-O157 isolated from humans compared to isolates from cattle
Kain K. - 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
Kairis D. - Evaluation of the antigenaemia assay in early diagnosis of active cytomegalovirus infection in hospitalised patients
Kais M. - Quantitative detection of S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae and M. catarrhalis in lower respiratory tract samples by real-time PCR
Kalamnti M. - Fatal acute liver failure due to varicella zoster virus infection in a child with acute lymphoblasticleukaemia
Kale A. - Persistence of Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharides during infections in a passively-immunised mouse challenge model
Kaleli I. - The anti-candidal activity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from clinical specimens
Kaleta A. - Comparison assessment of antibacterial efficiency of finishes used in medical areas
Kalia V. - Efficacy and safety of pharmacokinetically enhanced amoxicillin/clavulanate 2000/125 mg (PKE AMX/CA) in patients with community-acquired pneumonia, including cases caused by penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae
Kalin M. - Quantitative detection of S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae and M. catarrhalis in lower respiratory tract samples by real-time PCR
Kalkan A. - Optochiasmatic tuberculoma and tuberculous lymphadenitis developed during treatment of multiple intra-cranial tuberculomas with anti-tuberculous agents: a case report with 18 months follow-up by MRI
  - Brucellar spondylitis: review of 24 cases and compared to inpatients without spondylitis
Kalkani M. - Direct susceptibility testing of Gram-negative rods from positive BacT/Alert blood cultures by using disc diffusion method
  - Serum amyloid A and brucellosis
  - Group B streptococcal arthritis in an immunocompetent adult
Kalkman C.J. - Antibodies to varicella zoster virus: no role in prognosis of Herpes zoster
Kallestrup P. - Reduced antibody-mediated immunity to malaria in Zimbabwean adults co-infected with HIV-1
Kallia S. - Micro-organisms from peritoneal fluid of patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Kallings L. - Social-political consequences of the HIV pandemic: are we turning the tide?
Kallinikidis T. - Lumbar spine spondylitis due to Staphylococcus schleiferi following coronary angioplasty: isolation of the pathogen in peripheral blood cultures
  - Pancytopenia in patients with Brucella melitensis infection
  - Severe complications in patients with Brucella melitensis infection
Kalmusova J. - New clone of Neisseria meningitidis Y causing invasive meningococcal disease in the Czech Republic
Kalogeropoulou E. - Spectrum of pathogens in community-acquired urinary tract infections and their antimicrobial resistance in a general Hospital
  - Invasive meningococcal disease: a review of 33 recent episodes in a general hospital
Kalogirou A. - Human brucellosis in Northern Greece
Kalpadakis S.G. - Staphylococcal bacteraemias in internal medicine and oncology patients in a university hospital
Kaltoft M. - Detection of high-level gentamicin resistance and genes encoding gentamicin resistance in invasive enterococci in Denmark
  - Phenotypic and genotypic resistance to macrolides in S. pneumonia and S. pyogenes– a nationwide surveillance
Kalvatchev Z. - One-step detection and identification of human papillomavirus genotypes in Bulgarian women with cytologically normal cervical smears
Kalwak K. - Detection of human polyomaviruses (BKV and JCV) infection by PCR assay in patients after haematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation
Kamaria F. - Human brucellosis in Northern Greece
Kamaria F - Trends in the epidemiology of brucellosis in Northern Greece 1994–2003
Kamat V. - Antibiotic cycling for control of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases – experience in an Indian intensive care unit
Kamatsos J. - Microbiology facts in cystic fibrosis patients in Greece
Kamenov G. - Q-fever febrile illness and pneumonia in a rural town in the Balkans
Kamiya S. - Clinical analysis of anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody against bactericidal/permeability increasing protein (BPI-ANCA) in chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections
Kammerlander R. - Appropriateness of IV antibiotic therapy: impact of counselling based on standardised decisional algorithms 72 hours after prescription
Kanaki T. - Nasopharyngeal colonisation in healthy children in Greece
Kanakis K. - Ertapenem as initial antimicrobial monotherapy for patients with typical community-acquired pneumonia
  - Risk factors for bacterial infections in multiple myeloma treated with vincristine–adriamycin–dexamethasone schedule
Kanapeckiene V. - Qualitative DNA PCR for early detection of symptomatic CMV infection after renal transplant
Kanavaki S. - A progressive study of mycobacterium isolations in HIV+ patients (1991–2004)
  - Microbiology facts in cystic fibrosis patients in Greece
  - Comamonas testosteroni: an emerging nosocomial pathogen?
  - Antimicrobial resistance of pneumococci isolated from the nasopharynx of healthy children and clinical isolates in Greece in 2004
  - Increasing incidence of S. maltophilia in bacteraemic patients
  - Microbiologic and clinical features of N. asteroides infections
  - Unusual bacteraemia-associated pathogens: a 12-year experience
  - Haemophilusinfluenzae antibiotics resistance in Greek patients (2001–2004)
  - M. tuberculosis drug resistance and clinical outcome in Greek and immigrant patients
Kandegedara S. - Effect of three different treatment methods on probing pocket depth in the management of chronic periodontitis
Kandyla B. - Epidemiology and resistance pattern of bacteraemia pathogens in medical patients over an 8-year period
Kanellakopoulou K. - Colonisation of long-term care facilities residents with quinolone-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in Greece
  - Colonisation of long-term care facilities residents with multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in Greece
  - Multidrug resistance among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in long-term care facilities in Greece
Kanellopoulou M. - blaVIM-2 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in a newly established intensive care unit
  - Isolation of Neisseria meningitidis from sputum/bronchial secretions from immunocompromised patients
  - Investigation of a possible nosocomial urinary tract infection outbreak due to ESBLS producing E. coli
Kanellopoulou G. - Postoperative infection in posterior spinal fusion surgery in children
Kang M.S. - Detection of extended-spectrum and plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase in cefoxitin resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates
Kang J.O. - Prevalence of Ambler class A extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Korean hospitals
Kang M.W. - PTLD following allogeneic HSCT: a single-centre experience in Korea
Kang E. - In vitro and in vivo antibacterial activity of DA-7218, a new oxazolidinone, against Staphylococci and Enterococci
Kang M.W. - Does the granulocyte transfusion therapy have the potential to adversely affect the clinical outcome of subsequent haematopoietic stem cell transplantation?
Kaniga K. - Telavancin possesses low potential for resistant mutant selection in serial passage studies of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococci
Kansouzidou A. - Trends in the epidemiology of brucellosis in Northern Greece 1994–2003
  - Antimicrobial resistance of pneumococci isolated from the nasopharynx of healthy children and clinical isolates in Greece in 2004
  - Diverse extended spectrum beta-lactamases in minor serotypes of foodborne Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica from Greece
Kansu E. - Does training physicians in good clinical practice make a difference in quality of running clinical trials?
Kantardjiev T. - Genome-based amplified fragment length polymorphism for typing of Francisella tularensis strains
  - Pertussis of adults and infants in Bulgarian population: role of PCR diagnosis
  - Characterisation of Legionella pneumophila isolates from geographically different Bulgarian regions
  - Widespread detection of VEB-1-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Bulgaria: a nationwide multicentre study
  - Resistance to antimicrobial agents in human Salmonella isolated in Bulgaria, 1999–2004
Kantarjian H. - Efficacy of high-dose caspofungin in 22 cancer patients with invasive fungal infections
Kantzanou M. - Value of antigen detection in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis
Kaparos G. - Infections in patients with malignancies
Kapaskelis A. - Colonisation of long-term care facilities residents with multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in Greece
  - Aerosolised colistin for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in patients without cystic fibrosis
  - Worldwide trends in quantity and quality of published articles in the field of infectious diseases
  - From conference abstract to full paper: differences between data presented in conferences and journals
  - 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 Acinetobacter baumannii prosthetic material-related orthopaedic infections with intravenous colistin
Kapel C.M.O. - Trichinella infection in Greenland
Kapparos G. - Recurrent vaginal candidiasis: management of the asymptomatic partner
Kappe R. - Effect of media composition and in vitro activity of new antifungal agents against zygomycetes
Kaprelyants A.S. - Non-culturability of Mycobacterium smegmatis in stationary phase
Karaali E. - An outbreak of ESBL producing Klebsiellapneumoniae in neonatal intensive care unit of a university hospital: the long-term gut carriage among infection-free patients
Karabashyan L.V. - Experimental amoebiasis: immunological aspects
Karabassi V. - C.R.P. and P.C.T. in septic patients
  - A comparative study of C-reactive protein serum values in chronic hepatitis Band C and correlation with the progression of the disease
Karabatsaki H. - A retrospective study of fungal infections in patients with haematologic malignancies
Karabay G. - Biofilm formation of nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii strains
Karabela S. - Unusual bacteraemia-associated pathogens: a 12-year experience
  - Haemophilusinfluenzae antibiotics resistance in Greek patients (2001–2004)
  - M. tuberculosis drug resistance and clinical outcome in Greek and immigrant patients
  - Sensorineural hearing loss in three cases with neurobrucellosis
  - The antibiotic resistance and metallo-b-lactamase production of carbapenem-resistant pseudomonas and acinetobacter
  - Microbiologic and clinical features of N. asteroides infections
  - Increasing incidence of S. maltophilia in bacteraemic patients
  - A progressive study of mycobacterium isolations in HIV+ patients (1991–2004)
  - Microbiology facts in cystic fibrosis patients in Greece
  - Comamonas testosteroni: an emerging nosocomial pathogen?
Karabinis A. - Incidence study of nosocomial infections in ten intensive care units in Greece
  - Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of pathogens isolated from patients with bacteraemia in an intensive care unit
Karabogia-Karafillidis P. - Norovirus associated gastroenteritis at a tertiary hospital in Greece
Karadag A. - Mutations in the rpoB, katG and inhA genes leading to rifampicin and isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Turkey
Karageuzyan K.G. - Experimental amoebiasis: immunological aspects
Karagiannidou C. - Lumbar spine spondylitis due to Staphylococcus schleiferi following coronary angioplasty: isolation of the pathogen in peripheral blood cultures
Karagoz T. - Comparison of BacT/ALERT and Löwenstein–Jensen media and rapid differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from other mycobacteria using para-nitrobenzoic acid from clinical specimens at a chest disease hospital in Istanbul, Turkey
Karahan Z.C. - Using polymerase chain reaction for evaluation of positive results of two automated blood culture systems which remain negative by smear and subcultures
Karaitianou A. - Trends in antibiotic consumption and bacterial isolation rate over a 5-year period in a general hospital in Athens, Greece
  - Microbial flora of the peritoneal catheter exit site in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
  - Bacterial causes of community-acquired pneumonia and antibiotic resistance on adult patients hospitalised during 2002–2003
Karakas A. - The evaluation of 38 patients with tuberculous meningitis
Karakatsani S. - Investigation of a possible nosocomial urinary tract infection outbreak due to ESBLS producing E. coli
Karakoç E. - Evaluation of various conventional methods for detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Karakoc A.E. - Five-year surveillance of nosocomial infections in a training and research hospital in Ankara
Karakolios A. - Pancytopenia in patients with Brucella melitensis infection
  - Severe complications in patients with Brucella melitensis infection
  - Lumbar spine spondylitis due to Staphylococcus schleiferi following coronary angioplasty: isolation of the pathogen in peripheral blood cultures
Karampatakis N. - Mechanisms of nosocomial S. aureus resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics
Karampatakis T. - Mechanisms of nosocomial S. aureus resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics
Karampoyia-Karafillidis P. - Toxin A negative/toxin B positive Clostridium difficile strains isolated from patients with diarrhoea in a tertiary hospital in Athens
Karam-Sarkis D. - Community and hospital-acquired extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (CTX-m-15)-producing enterobacteriaceae in Lebanon
Karanasou X. - Antibiotics susceptibility patterns of commonly isolated pathogens in a Greek university hospital
Karaoglu A. - Erysipelas like cutaneous leishmaniasis: a case report
  - Eosinophilic cellulitis (Wells’ syndrome) due to tick bite
Karapavlidou P. - Bacteremia in neonatal intensive care units: bacterial isolates and susceptibility patterns
  - Microbiological surveillance of blood cultures in an intensive care unit in a Greek hospital
Karatoka B. - The comparison of Western blot test with FTA-ABS test as confirmatory tests in syphilis cases: a cross-sectional study in Turkish population
Karavasiou A. - Worldwide trends in quantity and quality of published articles in the field of infectious diseases
  - A bibliometric analysis of worldwide trends in research productivity in microbiology
Karavassiliadou S. - Value of antigen detection in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis
Karczewska E. - Importance of the coexistence of Candida fungi and bacteria Helicobacter pylori
  - Antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonasaeruginosa strains isolated from patients in intensive care unit
Kardara M. - Helicobacter pylori and association with histological findings in endoscopic biopsies in western Greece
Kardos S. - Phenotypical differences in antibiotic resistance between MRSA and MSSA strains isolated from clinical samples of patients treated at the clinics of the Semmelweis University
Kares S. - Automated extraction of RNA and DNA from different specimen types feeding the detection of several markers in the field of molecular diagnostics
Karhan G. - Procalcitonin and the diagnosis of early syphilis
Karhu R. - Automated extraction of RNA and DNA from different specimen types feeding the detection of several markers in the field of molecular diagnostics
Karhukorpi J. - CD14 and IL-10 gene polymorphisms in relation to tuberculosis
Karimi M. - Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Iranian HDV complete genome
Karisik E. - Molecular characterisation of plasmids from CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli strains responsible for outbreaks in the United Kingdom
Karlsmark T. - Stability of the bacterial flora composition in chronic wounds
Karlsson Å. - A novel gradient technique for combination testing: configuration and applications
  - Comparative activity (MIC and MBC) of daptomycin, quinupristin/dalfopristin, linezolid, vancomycin and teicoplanin against a large worldwide collection of VISA/hVISA
  - Performance of a unique E-test Daptomycin gradient + calcium gradient on Isosensitest compared to NCCLS broth microdilution in Mueller Hinton
Karnauchow T. - In vitro activities of gatifloxacin, moxifloxacin and linezolid versus bloodstream isolates of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a Canadian tertiary-care centre
Karonis T. - Evaluation of the antigenaemia assay in early diagnosis of active cytomegalovirus infection in hospitalised patients
Karpanen T. - Assessment of the potential infection risk associated with the Q-Syte™ needleless connector
Karpe J. - A seven-year review of neonatal sepsis due to multidrug resistant Pseudomonasaeruginosa in a regional NICU
  - The influence of severe early-onset infections on dynamic changes of serum gastrin concentration in full-term and pre-term neonates
Karpenko L. - Comparison of two types of recombinant live-attenuated Salmonella strains expressing HBc-ag in experiments
Karpov I. - Epidemiological features of meningococcal disease in Belarus
  - Clinical features and therapy of trichinosis in Belarus
Kartali S. - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Greece: a multicentre prevalence study on intestinal colonisation
  - Incidence study of nosocomial infections in ten intensive care units in Greece
  - Value of antigen detection in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis
Karttunen R. - CD14 and IL-10 gene polymorphisms in relation to tuberculosis
Kasgar Ataer H. - Comparative assessment of chloramine T trihydrate against suspension and attachment status of Legionella pneumophila strains
Kashef N. - Synergism between ultrasound and ceftazidime in the phagocytosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Kashi Y. - Multi-locus sequence typing of MNR loci for the typing of bacterial pathogens
  - Simple sequence repeat analysis for Vibrio cholerae strains typing
  - Amplified intergenic locus polymorphism as a basis for bacterial typing of Listeria spp. and Escherichia coli
  - Vibrio cholerae is transported to water bodies by adult, flying chironomids
Kasiakou S. - Ciprofloxacin versus an aminoglycoside as combination therapy to a beta lactam for the treatment of febrile neutropenia: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  - Toxicity after prolonged (more than four weeks) administration of intravenous colistin
  - Continuous versus intermittent intravenous administration of antibiotics: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  - 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
  - Cure of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia with continuous intravenous infusion of colistin
  - 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 Acinetobacter baumannii prosthetic material-related orthopaedic infections with intravenous colistin
  - Intravenous colistin for treatment of infections due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in patients without cystic fibrosis
Kasprzykowska U.K. - The biofilm formation by Klebsiella strains isolated from various infections on chemically different catheters
Kastrisiou E. - In vitro activity of telithromycin against erythromycin-susceptible and resistant pneumococci
Kastrisiou K. - Haemophilusinfluenzae antibiotics resistance in Greek patients (2001–2004)
Kataki E. - Fever in infants less than three months of age
Katariwala R. - The identification of mycobacteria from solid media and directly from VersaTREK myco bottles using the MIDI HPLC system
Katlama C. - Risk of AIDS and death at given HIV-RNA and CD4 count levels, according to specific antiretroviral drugs in the CART regimen
Katsala D. - Colonisation of long-term care facilities residents with quinolone-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in Greece
  - An epidemic with multiresistant Acinetobacter baumanii: a chain of horror?
Katsambas A. - Serological profile and virological evaluation of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected patients in Greece
Katsandri A. - Evaluation of the in vitro activity of tigecycline against Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria
  - Dissemination of nitroimidazole resistance determinants among Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria in Greece
Katsarolis I. - In vitro activity of telithromycin against erythromycin-susceptible and resistant pneumococci
  - Antimicrobial resistance of pneumococci isolated from the nasopharynx of healthy children and clinical isolates in Greece in 2004
Katsarou I. - The serum/pleural IL-6 ratio in the differential diagnosis of the tuberculous pleural effusion
  - High rates of tuberculosis infection in recent immigrants from high prevalence regions in Greece
Katsarou K. - Candidaemia: retrospective analysis of a seven-year experience
Katsimpris K. - Study of quinolone consumption in Greek hospitals: results of a Hospital Network
Katzilakis N. - Fatal acute liver failure due to varicella zoster virus infection in a child with acute lymphoblasticleukaemia
Katzir M. - Active MRSA surveillance decreases the incidence of MRSA bacteraemia
Kaufmann M.E. - Carbapenem-resistant, CTX-M-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the UK
  - Novel class A carbapenemase, KPC-4, in an Enterobacter isolate from Scotland
  - Characterisation of Escherichia coli producing CTX-M-9-like beta-lactamases in the UK
Kaul R. - Evaluation of a new IgM test for detection of cytomegalovirus IgM antibody
Kaushik S. - Immune activation markers in HIV-1 infected patients from India
Kavaliotis I. - Antimicrobial resistance of pneumococci isolated from the nasopharynx of healthy children and clinical isolates in Greece in 2004
Kawaf J. - Extended spectrum b-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in a Kuwait hospital
Kaya A. - Aspergillus arthritis in an immunocompetent patient
Kaya D. - Effect of melatonin on Candida sepsis in experimental rat models
Kaygusuz S. - Fusidic acid impregnation inhibits adherence of S. epidermidis to peripheric venous catheters
  - Telomerase activity in cutaneous and anogenital warts: a preliminary study
Kaynama K. - Imaging in 100 patients of pulmonary hydatid disease; review of unusual imaging appearances
Kazantzi M. - In vitro activity of telithromycin against erythromycin-susceptible and resistant pneumococci
Kazarova E. - Pertussis of adults and infants in Bulgarian population: role of PCR diagnosis
Kazemnejad A. - Evaluation of a new Dot Blot assay for confirmation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and 2 (HIV-2) infections using recombinant p24, gp41, gp120 and gp36 antigens
  - Production, extraction and evaluation of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B outer membrane vesicle containing PorA
Kéchrid A. - Resistance to third generation cephalosporins in Klebsiella pneumoniae: a five years multicentric Tunisian study (1999–2003)
  - Antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus aureus: a Tunisian multicentre study 1999–2003
Kean L.H. - Real-time PCR screening of women with term-ruptured membranes for carriage of group B streptococcus
Kee S.J. - Biofilm production and the genotypes of Candida parapsilosis recovered from bloodstream and non-bloodstream sources
  - Changes in azole susceptibility and electrophoretic karyotype in sequential bloodstream isolates from patients with Candida glabrata candidaemia
Kees F. - Penetration of telithromycin into nasal mucosa and ethmoid bone of patients
Kegel S. - Single-dose azithromycin microspheres versus three-day azithromycin for the treatment of group A beta-haemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) pharyngitis/tonsillitis in adults and adolescents
Kehrel B. - Molecular interactions with platelets – lessons for endovascular infections
Keivanlu M. - A simple PCR-RFLP method for identification and differentiation of eleven Malassezia species
Kelley W. - Whole genome expression profiling of intracellular Staphylococcus aureus in human lung epithelial cells
Kelly J. - A randomised controlled factorial trial of antibiotic prescribing strategies and an information leaflet about natural history for acute lower respiratory tract infection
Kemp M. - Species identification of nocardial infections in Denmark
  - Evaluation of molecular diagnostics of bacteria in culture-negative human infections
  - Ribosomal DNA sequencing: experiences from use in the Danish national reference laboratory for identification of bacteria
  - Actinobaculum schaalii infections: clinical relevance, identification and antibiotic susceptibility
Kendirli T. - Successful treatment of Trichosporon mucoides infection with lipid complex amphotericin B and 5–fluorocytosine
Kennedy H. - Water infiltration and fungal contamination: an environmental and mycological investigation
Kern W.V. - Medical antibiotic use surveillance networks in Germany
Kerschner H. - Aspects of the mode of action of the novel biocide Akacid Forte on E. coli
Kerttula A.-M. - A prevalence study on carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Finnish nursing home
  - Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care ward and associated nursing home
Kesanopoulos K. - Isolation of Neisseria meningitidis from sputum/bronchial secretions from immunocompromised patients
  - Evaluation of touch-down real-time PCR based on SYBR green I fluorescent dye for the detection of Neisseria meningitidis in clinical samples
Keshtkar A. - Factors affecting medical students’ participation in measles-rubella immunisation campaign in Iran
Keshtkar Jahromi MA. - Demographic, epidemiological and clinical data analysis of 81 confirmed cases of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Iran
Keshtkar Jahromi Ma. - Serum total adenosine deaminase activity in active pulmonary tuberculosis in comparison to other infectious diseases in Iran
Keshtkar Jahromi Mi. - Serum total adenosine deaminase activity in active pulmonary tuberculosis in comparison to other infectious diseases in Iran
Keskin A. - Cefepime combined with a short (four days) or long course of isepamicin for empirical therapy of high-risk febrile neutropenic haematologic cancer patients: a prospective, randomised, multicentre study
Keslova P. - Monitoring of herpesvirus DNA load in children after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation – EBV and CMV may be sufficient
Kesztyus B. - Dengue in the Dutch Caribbean
Kettlitz C. - Band-based versus sequence-based typing: comparison of typing results for Staphylococcus aureus obtained from PFGE and spa typing
Kettner M. - Occurrence of resistance to wide spectrum of antimicrobial agents in clinical isolates of the genus Acinetobacter
  - Study of beta-lactamases and outer membrane proteins in clinical isolates of the genus Klebsiella
Keynan Y. - Macrolide treatment failure in pulmonary Nocardia nova infection
Khachatourian G. - Postoperative infection of a prosthetic aortic valve by Mycobacterium chelonae
Khaki A.A. - Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Marageh (Iran) between 2001 and 2003
Khanna S. - Setting up a surveillance system of antimicrobial resistance and use in a low-resource setting: West Delhi, India
Khardori N. - Double and triple combinations of ciprofloxacin with other antipseudomonal drugs against multidrug resistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro
Khaydarov Re. - Prevention of infectious diseases in the Aral Sea region
Khaydarov Ra. - Prevention of infectious diseases in the Aral Sea region
Khediri F. - High prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in Tunisia
Khera A. - Impact of dengue viral infection on liver function
Kühn I. - Resistance to antibiotics and heavy metal in different species of Aeromonas collected from the Loa River in Chile
Khodadadi H. - Molecular characterisation of vacuolar-ATPase gene in dermatophyte pathogen Trichophyton rubrum
Kholami S. - Study on prevalence of Toxocara cati in vagrant cats of Sari township, Iran, 2004
Khoramro A. - A survey on the geographical distribution of soft and hand ticks in Buyer Ahmad and Dena cities, Kohgilouye and Boyer Ahmad province, Iran
Khoschkhoi Yazdi M.R. - Characterisation of haem-deficient mutants in Staphylococcus aureus displaying the small colony variant phenotype using a full-genome DNA-microarray
Khoshdel A. - Polymorphisms of IL-10 gene promoter in patients with kala-azar
Ki H.K. - Usefulness of CMV antigenaemia assay after liver transplantation
  - Adequacy of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for prevention of urinary tract infection in renal transplant recipients
Kiany S. - IL-10 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to brucellosis
  - Polymorphisms of IL-10 gene promoter in patients with kala-azar
Kibar F. - The epidemiology and antifungal sensitivity results of nosocomial infections caused by Candida species
  - Antibiotic susceptibility patterns and serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from invasive and other infections at a university hospital in Turkey
Kidd F. - Invasive nocardiosis: emergence of new species and usefulness of susceptibility testing
Kidziolka M. - Drug-resistance and drug-sensitiveness of bacterias causing urinary tract infections in women under general practice care in Silesian Province
Kiffer C.R. - Correlation of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae antimicrobial resistance and history of antimicrobial use or vaccination in children with upper respiratory tract infections – Brazil 2002 to 2004
  - Three-year resistance trend among P. aeruginosa isolated from Brazilian intensive care units: results from the MYSTIC Program
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  - P. aeruginosa susceptibility differences among specialised hospital units: MYSTIC Program Brazil 2004
  - Spatial analysis applied to bacterial diseases and resistance transmission: early report from the EUREQA Project – Brazil 2004
  - Carbapenem comparisons in P. aeruginosa isolated from Brazilian hospitals: MYSTIC Program Brazil 2004
  - Resistance patterns of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae isolated from children with upper respiratory tract infection in Southern Brazil – 2003 and 2004
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Kiiveri M. - Incidence of bacteraemia in patients with haematological and other malignancies after placement of central venous catheter
Kiki I. - Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Eastern Turkey: clinical features, risk factors, prognostic factors and efficacy of ribavirin therapy
Kiladze K. - Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis infection using leucocyte culture
Kiliçarslan S. - Hepatitis A outbreak in a school observed after an explosion in the sewer system
Kilic S. - Optochiasmatic tuberculoma and tuberculous lymphadenitis developed during treatment of multiple intra-cranial tuberculomas with anti-tuberculous agents: a case report with 18 months follow-up by MRI
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Kilic D. - Fusidic acid impregnation inhibits adherence of S. epidermidis to peripheric venous catheters
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Kilic S. - Brucellar spondylitis: review of 24 cases and compared to inpatients without spondylitis
Kilic A. - A case of ventricular drainage infection with a rare pathogen in cerebrospinal fluid: vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
Kilman A. - Active MRSA surveillance decreases the incidence of MRSA bacteraemia
Kilmartin D. - Incidence and mechanisms of reistance to macrolides in S. pyogenes in the West of Ireland
Kim J.M. - Accessory gene regulator group polymorphism in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Korea: an association with clinical significance
Kim B.S. - Analysis of mupA gene loci of high level mupirocin resistant staphylococci isolated from tertiary hospitals of Korea
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Kim Y.R. - Does the granulocyte transfusion therapy have the potential to adversely affect the clinical outcome of subsequent haematopoietic stem cell transplantation?
Kim S.H. - Adequacy of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for prevention of urinary tract infection in renal transplant recipients
Kim W. - In vitro and in vivo antibacterial activity of DA-7218, a new oxazolidinone, against Staphylococci and Enterococci
Kim S.-N. - Hepatitis B virus DNA testing by nested-PCR, PCR-ELISA and hybrid capture II from a blood and blood products
Kim S. - Outbreak of Klebsiellapneumoniae producing SHV-12 and CMY-2 in NICU of a Korean tertiary care hospital
Kim B.S. - The prevalence of mupirocin resistant MRSA of long-term care facilities
Kim S. - Genotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from neonates: the same genotypes of well-known CA-MRSA strains
Kim E.S. - Does vancomycin resistance emerge during the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory tracts?
Kim H.B. - Does vancomycin resistance emerge during the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory tracts?
Kim B.N. - Does vancomycin resistance emerge during the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory tracts?
Kim B.S. - Does vancomycin resistance emerge during the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory tracts?
Kim J.M. - Outbreaks of Serratia marcescens bacteriuria in a neurosurgical intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital: a clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory perspective
Kim Y.K. - Characterisation of phenotype and genotype of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes
Kim H.-S. - Co-infection of Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi, and Giardia lamblis after travelling abroad
Kim J.-S. - Co-infection of Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi, and Giardia lamblis after travelling abroad
Kim E.-C. - Prevalence of Ambler class A extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Korean hospitals
Kim S. - Prevalence and characteristics of plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in a Korean hospital
Kim B. - Evidence of fluoroquinolone-resistant mechanism associated with efflux pump and outer membrane protein(OMP) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Kim D.-M. - Pseudobacteraemia due to contaminated normal saline sponges
Kim M.-S. - Epidemiologic analysis and antibiotic resistance of Shigella sonnei isolated from patients in Seoul
Kim D.M. - Treatment failure due to emergence of resistance to imipenem during therapy for Shewanellaalgae bacteraemia
Kimiran Erdem A. - Comparative assessment of chloramine T trihydrate against suspension and attachment status of Legionella pneumophila strains
Kimouli M. - Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage: prevalence and risk factors
King T. - Efficacy and safety of ertapenem compared with piperacillin/tazobactam for diabetic foot infections: The SIDESTEP Study
King A. - The antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteraemia isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium in a London hospital, 1990–2002
Kinikli S. - Three cases of anicteric leptospirosis from Turkey: mild to severe complications
Kinnula S. - Nosocomial infections in paediatric patients
Kioumis J. - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Greece: a multicentre prevalence study on intestinal colonisation
Kiran G. - An unusual case of Gramineae in sublingual salivary gland
Kiremitci A. - Detection of extended spectrum beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli strains isolated from clinical specimens and their antimicrobial susceptibility
Kirk O. - HIV-patients across Europe: regional differences in patient characteristics and AIDS diagnoses
Kirk A. - Erysipelothrixrhusiopathiae. Septic arthritis of the knee
Kirkham L. - Non-haemolytic isolates of serotype 1 pneumococci
Kisicki J. - The effect of omeprazole on the bioavailability and safety of garenoxacin in healthy volunteers
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Kitzis M.D. - Analysis of consecutive blood cultures performed in one year by an infectious team: were three haemocultures still necessary?
Köksal I. - Drug resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a technical university medical faculty in Turkey, 2000–2004
Klar E. - Penetration of beta-lactamase inhibitors tazobactam and sulbactam in severe acute pancreatitis
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Klarowicz A. - Resistance patterns of selected respiratory tract pathogens in Poland
Klastersky J. - Influence of Mannan binding lectin serum levels on the risk of infection during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in adult haematological cancer patients
Klatser P.R. - Mutator strains may contribute to the acquisition of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Klaukka T. - Use of symptomatic medication in acute otitis media
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Klausen M. - Development of antibiotic resistance and the role of differentiation in microbial biofilms
Klawiter I. - Characterisation of the first telithromycin resistant pneumococcal isolate in Germany
Klein Klouwenberg P. - Artesunate-clindamycin versus quinine-clindamycin in the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a randomised controlled trial
Klemets P. - Incidence, predisposing conditions and outcome of invasive pneumococcal infections in Finland
Klemmensen B. - Actinobaculum schaalii infections: clinical relevance, identification and antibiotic susceptibility
Klemmensen T. - National surveillance on methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Denmark, 1999–2003
Klettke J. - Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay specifically detecting anti-polysaccharide intercellular-adhesin antibodies
Kliemann D.A. - High prevalence of admission for AIDS-associated opportunistic infections in a Brazilian teaching hospital
Klik S. - Persistent single VRE strain is responsible for two outbreaks in an ICU
Klimashevskaya S. - IgG response to herpes simplex virus type 2 gG and gD recombinant proteins among adults and children
Klint M. - Detection of Legionella spp by a multiplex real time PCR based on the rnpB gene
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Kõll-Klais P. - Oral lactobacilli in chronic periodontitis and periodontal health: species composition and antimicrobial activity
Kloft C. - Pharmacokinetics of linezolid in bone tissue investigated by in situ microdialysis
Klopotov A. - Validation and improvement of an automated surveillance system for nosocomial bacteraemia
Kloudova A. - Vaccination against hepatitis B in patients with chronic renal failure – 16 year follow-up
Klouva F. - Incidence study of nosocomial infections in ten intensive care units in Greece
Klugman K.P. - Horizontal gene transfer as a cause of fluoroquinolone resistance in an invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolate
Kluytmans J. - The Dutch PREZIES network: national surveillance systems-more than just data collection
Kümmerer K. - Effects of a mixture of antibiotics on a resistant bacterial strain during sewage treatment
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Knapp K. - Successful combination therapy with posaconazole and amphotericin B for multifocal disseminated zygomycosis in a patient with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Knapp F. - Penetration of penicillin G in combination with sulbactam into nasal tissues
Kniehl E. - Severe pulmonary Nocardia otitidiscaviarum infection in a patient with underlying chronic lung disease and long-term corticosteroid therapy, confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing
König B. - Distinctiveness of Mycobacteriumabscessus genotypes from cystic fibrosis patients
König W. - Distinctiveness of Mycobacteriumabscessus genotypes from cystic fibrosis patients
Könönen E. - Inhibition of ampicillin-induced resistance by targeted recombinant beta-lactamase monitored by PFGE and antibiograms of Escherichia coli
Knobloch J.K. - Regulation of biofilm formation by SigmaB is a common mechanism in Staphylococcus epidermidis and is not mediated by the SigmaB dependent sarA transcript
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Knobloch J.K.-M. - Development of a green fluorescent protein based reporter gene system in Staphylococcus epidermidis
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Knudsen J.D. - Semi-national surveillance of fungaemia in Denmark: species distribution and anti-fungal susceptibility
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Knudsen L.L. - Diabetes and use of topical ocular antibiotics: a population-based case-control study
Knuf M.F. - A common human toll-like receptor 4 mutation is associated with increased mortality in children with invasive meningococcal disease
Knysz B. - HIV-patients across Europe: regional differences in patient characteristics and AIDS diagnoses
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Ko N.Y. - Prevalence of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases in gay saunas in Taiwan
Ko W.C. - Prevalence of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases in gay saunas in Taiwan
Ko K.S. - Genotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from neonates: the same genotypes of well-known CA-MRSA strains
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Kobayashi O. - Clinical analysis of anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody against bactericidal/permeability increasing protein (BPI-ANCA) in chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections
Kobayashi H. - Clinical analysis of anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody against bactericidal/permeability increasing protein (BPI-ANCA) in chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections
Kobberstad K. - Effects of food preservatives on oral streptococci biofilm generated in a biofilm reactor
Koc K. - Eosinophilic cellulitis (Wells’ syndrome) due to tick bite
Kocak F. - Native and prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Brucella Spp.: evaluation of eight cases
Kocak M. - Telomerase activity in cutaneous and anogenital warts: a preliminary study
Kocaman I. - Changes in temperature and the Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Turkey
Kocazeybek B. - Evaluation of two different enzyme immunoassays for detection of Helicobacter pylori in stool specimens of Turkish dyspeptic patients after eradication therapy
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Koch A. - Trichinella infection in Greenland
Koch S. - Environmental maltose and glucose concentrations regulate biofilm formation in Enterococcus faecalis
Koch A. - Antimicrobial susceptibility in respiratory bacterial pathogens among children in Greenland: little antibiotic resistance in spite of high antibiotic use
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Kocic B. - Characterisation of Campylobacter jejuni/coli strains isolated in Serbia and Montenegro
Kocmanova I. - Rapid detection of yeast infections in patients with febrile neutropenia by PCR-RFLP
Kofteridis D. - Human brucellosis in Crete, Greece
Koga P.C. - Spatial analysis applied to bacterial diseases and resistance transmission: early report from the EUREQA Project – Brazil 2004
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Koga 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
Koga P.C. - Three-year resistance trend among P. aeruginosa isolated from Brazilian intensive care units: results from the MYSTIC Program
Kohi F. - Revaccination of non-responder infants born from HBsAg positive mothers
Kohno S. - Linezolid vs vancomycin for the treatment of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Japan
Koivula I. - The Finnish experience with caspofungin: retrospective study of patients treated during 2001–2004
Kokkinou S. - Helicobacter pylori infection and low IgG immunoglobulin
Koksal V. - Clinical relevance of iceA1, iceA2 and babA2 genotypes of Helicobacter pylori in Turkish patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia, duodenal ulcer and gastric cancer
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Kolayli F. - An outbreak of ESBL producing Klebsiellapneumoniae in neonatal intensive care unit of a university hospital: the long-term gut carriage among infection-free patients
Kolbin A. - Linezolid efficacy and tolerability in the treatment of infectious complications in children
Kolesova T. - Comparative evaluation of effectiveness of urogenital clamidiosis treatment with antibiotics and ozonotherapy
Kolk A. - Sensitivity of PCR for IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in diagnosis of Buruli ulcer from punch biopsies
Kollaras P. - Impact of infectious diseases division interventions on hospital-acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance in the neurosurgical department of a Greek university hospital
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Koller W. - Inter-laboratory comparison of the results of RAPD typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Kollias S. - Increased monocyte apoptosis correlates with improved survival in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia and sepsis
Kolmos H.J. - Danish medical microbiologists in the 19th century: Panum, Salomonsen & Gram
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Kolokotroni D. - Human brucellosis in Northern Greece
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Kolte L. - Thymic size and CD4+ cell recovery in HIV-infected patients during long-term highly active antiretroviral therapy
Komarnicka J. - Therapeutical problems and effective antimicrobial therapy in post-traumatic patients with Streptococcal cellulitis and Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
Kompoti M. - Antimicrobial resistance rates in nosocomial catheter-associated urinary tract infections
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Komurian-Pradel F. - Evaluation of a real-time NASBA assay for the detection of influenza A and B viruses in clinical respiratory samples
Kondov G. - X-ray changes of Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia
Kondova Topuzovska I. - X-ray changes of Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia
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Konisberger H. - Rise and fall of Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections: efficacy of a multifaceted intervention
Konkan R. - Detection of a new VIM-type metallo-beta-lactamase (VIM-11) in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate from Italy
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Konkoly-Thege M. - Pharmacodynamic comparison of intravenous antimicrobials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Hungarian hospitals – A report from the OPTAMA Program
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Konstantakopoulou-Papadaki H. - Agrobacteriumradiobacterperitonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Konstantinou T. - Deoxycholate amphotericin B and its lipid formulations enhance antifungal activity of human neutrophils against hyphae of Apergillus fumigatus and Fusarium solani
Konstantopoulos K. - In vitro activity of telithromycin against erythromycin-susceptible and resistant pneumococci
Kontekaki E. - Spectrum of pathogens in community-acquired urinary tract infections and their antimicrobial resistance in a general Hospital
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Kontopidou F. - Comparative in vitro activity of tigecycline and 14 other antimicrobial agents against 205 clinical isolates from a university general hospital in Athens, Greece
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Kontos K. - Antimicrobial resistance rates in nosocomial catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Kontos V. - Severe complications in patients with Brucella melitensis infection
Kontos F. - Comparative evaluation of different methods for the identification of mycobacteria other than tuberculosis
Kontos V. - Lumbar spine spondylitis due to Staphylococcus schleiferi following coronary angioplasty: isolation of the pathogen in peripheral blood cultures
Kontou-Castellanou C. - Epidemiological features of nosocomial Stenotrophomonas maltophiliapseudobacteraemia
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Kontoyiannis D. - Efficacy of high-dose caspofungin in 22 cancer patients with invasive fungal infections
Kontoyiannis D.P. - Trends in incidence of invasive fungal infections at a tertiary cancer centre over a 14-year period: an autopsy study
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Kontoyiannis D. - Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: changing spectrum of bacterial pneumonia in cancer patients with low-suspicion of S. maltophilia infection
Kooistra M. - Culture negative endocarditis: the value of 16S rDNA PCR and sequencing
Kooistra-Smid A.M.D. - Rapid detection of Salmonella and Campylobacter jejuni DNA in faeces by real-time PCR without prior culture enrichment
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Kopelowitz J. - A novel rapid vaginal yeast infection test
Kopron K. - Genotypic analysis and occurrence of extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL+) producing Klebsiella spp. strains in a neonatology unit – 1 year study
Koraki K. - Microbiological surveillance of blood cultures in an intensive care unit in a Greek hospital
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Koratzanis E. - Mechanisms of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal isolates in Athens, Greece in 2003
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Koratzanis G. - Investigation of a possible nosocomial urinary tract infection outbreak due to ESBLS producing E. coli
Kordbacheh P. - Molecular characterisation of vacuolar-ATPase gene in dermatophyte pathogen Trichophyton rubrum
Korfmann G. - Prospective, multicentre in vitro study to determine resistance rates and comparative activity of moxifloxacin vs. clinical bacterial isolates from patients with respiratory tract infections (MOXIAKTIV study)
Korkmaz M. - Risk factors for intensive care unit – acquired MRSA infections
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Kornhauser Cerar L. - The outbreak of nosocomial sepsis and meningitis caused by Escherichia coli in a neonatal intensive care unit
Kornienko N. - Enzyme immunoassay for the detection of anti-Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus IgG antibodies based on new mosaic protein
Kornilova T. - Antimicrobials prescription patterns in outpatient adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Russia: 2003 vs 1998
Kornschober C. - Ongoing cluster of Salmonella typhimurium PT U291 infections in Austria, starting September 2003
Korolenko T.A. - Chitotriosidase activity in cerebrospinal fluid of children in diagnosis of serous and purulent meningitis
Korona-Glowniak I. - The patterns of nasopharyngeal microflora in pre-school children with recurrent respiratory tract infections
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Korrovits P. - Seminal microflora of healthy young men in relation to sexual experience
Korsgaard J. - Colonisation of lower airways with potential pathogenic bacteria in healthy patients and patients with chronic lung diseases
Korshin A. - Bacterial meningitis guidelines and risk-factors: initial microbiological laboratory registration
Kortbeek L.M. - Giardia and Cryptosporidium in the Netherlands
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Korten V. - Nosocomial infections among earthquake victims in a backup university hospital after 1999 Marmara earthquake, Turkey
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Koruk S.T. - Three cases of anicteric leptospirosis from Turkey: mild to severe complications
Korzeniowska-Kowal A. - Humoral response to Staphylococcus aureus polypeptides in patients treated with autovaccine
Kosalec I. - Confirmation of C. dubliniensis from other Candida spp.
Koschinski T. - Genetic basis of macrolide, lincosamide, streptogramin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci
Kosikowska U. - The patterns of nasopharyngeal microflora in pre-school children with recurrent respiratory tract infections
Kosior-Jarecka E. - Detection of bacterial pathogens by polymerase chain reaction in case of endophthalmitis, by using universal eubacterial primers
Koskinas J. - Striking changes in the prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotypes in Greece in the last five years
Koskinen H. - Uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women: cost-effectiveness of implementing national guidelines in Finland
Koskiniemi S. - Typing of Staphylococcus epidermidis using multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis
Kosmann M. - Epidemiology and management of pressure ulcers in an acute care hospital
Kosmas N. - Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy associated with amphotericin B treatment
Kosontini A. - Multidrug resistance of Gram-negative bacilli and consumption of third generation cephalosporins and imipenem in a Tunisian hospital
Kossenko I. - A controlled intervention study to improve antibiotic use in a Russian paediatric hospital
Kostakos N. - Ertapenem as initial antimicrobial monotherapy for patients with typical community-acquired pneumonia
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Koster-Rasmussen R. - Bacterial meningitis guidelines and risk-factors: initial microbiological laboratory registration
Kostic V. - An abrupt onset of tularaemia in children in Kosovo
Kostoula A. - Application of ELISA and confirmative Western Blot assay for the detection IgG and IgA antibodies against plasmid-coded secretory proteins of pathogenic Yersinia strains in serodiagnosis of paediatricyersiniosis
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Kosyakova N.P. - Anti-herpetic activity of phosphorylated derivative of plant polyprenols
Kotlovsky T. - PCR-based detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae in blood cultures
Kotnik-Kevorkijan B. - Who wishes to be tested for HIV?
Kotoula K. - C.R.P. and P.C.T. in septic patients
Kotsi C. - Intestinal parasites in native and foreign citizens of Athens during a two-year period
Kotsomytis K. - Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage: prevalence and risk factors
Kotsovassilis C. - Plasma procalcitonin levels and urinary tract infections among elderly patients
Kotulova D. - The chinolones significantly increased the release of verotoxin2 from clinical VTEC O26 in vitro
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Kotwani A. - Setting up a surveillance system of antimicrobial resistance and use in a low-resource setting: West Delhi, India
Koubaniou C. - In vitro activity of telithromycin against erythromycin-susceptible and resistant pneumococci
Koudounis P. - The contribution of IgG avidity in the diagnosis of CMV infection
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Kouirouxis K. - Effects of oral Biffidobacteriumlactis on the faecal flora and the growth of preterm infants
Koumentaki E. - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci, colonising the intestinal tract of hospitalised patients in a university hospital in Greece
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Kouppari G. - Agrobacteriumradiobacterperitonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
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Kourbeti I.S. - Staphylococcal bacteraemias in internal medicine and oncology patients in a university hospital
Koureli O. - Neonatal meningitis-bacteraemia from Listeria monocytogenes
Kouri V. - Molecular epidemiology of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus in Cuban and German patients with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and asymptomatic sexual contacts of Cuban KS patients
Kourkouli R. - Prevalence of vaginal pathogens in childhood and adolescence
Kouskouni E. - Prevalence of vaginal pathogens in childhood and adolescence
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Koussoulas V. - Oleuropein: a novel antioxidant agent for treatment of experimental sepsis induced by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Koutoukas P. - Oleuropein: a novel antioxidant agent for treatment of experimental sepsis induced by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Koutoumanis A. - Bacterial causes of community-acquired pneumonia and antibiotic resistance on adult patients hospitalised during 2002–2003
Koutri R. - Risk factors for bacterial infections in multiple myeloma treated with vincristine–adriamycin–dexamethasone schedule
Koutsia Carouzou C. - Study of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae as a cause reactive arthritis
Koutsibiri A. - Epidemiology and resistance pattern of urinary pathogens in medical patients over a 6-year period
Kovac M. - Detection of HIV sequences in colon bacteria of AIDS positive patients
Kovacsovics T. - Peritoneal tuberculosis as a possible complication of imatinib therapy for chronic myelogenous leukaemia
Kowalska-Krochmal B. - Mechanisms involved in carbapenems resistance among isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains
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Kozhevnikova T. - Antiviral activity of phosphorylated derivatives of plant polyprenyls in different tick-born encephalitis models
Koziol-Montewka M. - Detection of bacterial pathogens by polymerase chain reaction in case of endophthalmitis, by using universal eubacterial primers
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Kozlov R.S. - Antimicrobials usage in orphanages: results of the unique prospective multicentre study CORPUS
Kozlov S. - Influence of proper antimicrobial prescribing on outcome of acute sinusitis
Krajiw S. - Enigmatic Leuconostoc and Lactobacillus infections
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Kralikova K. - Bacteraemia – prevalence and antibiotic resistance among clinical isolates from Slovakia
Kraniotaki E. - Characterisation of a hospital outbreak of multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and prevalence of class 1 integrons
Kratzer C. - Antimicrobial profile of the new biocide akacid
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Krause K.M. - Telavancin possesses low potential for resistant mutant selection in serial passage studies of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococci
Krause A. - Two-year analysis of prospective CMV-PCR surveillance data in lung transplant recipients
Krause D. - Tacrolimus pharmacokinetics are not affected by concomitant anidulafungin
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Krcmery Sr. V. - Bacteraemia – prevalence and antibiotic resistance among clinical isolates from Slovakia
Kreatsoulas I. - Survival outcome by initial antimicrobial appropriateness in severe infections of medical patients: a pilot study
Kredics L. - Production of extracellular proteases and toxic metabolites by Trichoderma strains isolated from opportunistic infections
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Kreft D. - Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene isoforms (bft 1, bft 2 and bft 3) among strains isolated in the Netherlands, France and Poland
Kreidl P. - Serologic evidence for babesiosis in the northern and eastern Tyrol (Austria) and the southern Tyrol (Italy)
Kreiswirth N. - Evaluation of a protein microarray assay for detecting antibodies to SARS-coronavirus
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Kremastinou J. - Evaluation of touch-down real-time PCR based on SYBR green I fluorescent dye for the detection of Neisseria meningitidis in clinical samples
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Kremsner P.G. - Artesunate-clindamycin versus quinine-clindamycin in the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a randomised controlled trial
Kresken M. - Increase of resistance to nalidixic acid among four clinically important Enterobacteriaceae pathogens in three Central European countries
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Kretchikov V. - Influence of proper antimicrobial prescribing on outcome of acute sinusitis
Kretchikova O.I. - Antimicrobials usage in orphanages: results of the unique prospective multicentre study CORPUS
Kriaras I. - Cefuroxime as antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery
Krishna G. - The effect of Maalox on bioavailability and safety of garenoxacin in healthy volunteers
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Kristensen H.-H. - In vitro activity of plectasin, an antimicrobial peptide from the fungus Pseudoplectania nigrella
Kristensen J. - Association between the serum chemokine RANTES, platelets and infection in patients with haematological malignancy
Kristóf K. - Phenotypical differences in antibiotic resistance between MRSA and MSSA strains isolated from clinical samples of patients treated at the clinics of the Semmelweis University
Kristiansen J.E. - Antimicrobial effects of nonantibiotics – reversal of resistance in Gram-positive bacteria
Kristinsson K.G. - The International Circumpolar Surveillance System for population-based surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease 1999–2003
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Kristo I. - Evaluation of human papillomavirus PCR detection in urine and cervical swabs of patients attending a colposcopy unit: a viable screening alternative?
Kritikos K. - The incidence and risk factors for Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia in ICU patients with A. baumannii respiratory tract colonisation
Kritsotakis E. - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Greece: a multicentre prevalence study on intestinal colonisation
Kriz P. - New clone of Neisseria meningitidis Y causing invasive meningococcal disease in the Czech Republic
Krizanovic V. - Persistent single VRE strain is responsible for two outbreaks in an ICU
Krogdahl H. - Epidemic spread of at least one prolyliminopeptidase-negative Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain in Denmark
Krogfelt K.A. - Diagnosis of Salmonella gastro-intestinal infections by LPS-based ELISA, a follow-up study
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Krogh Johansen H. - Lethal biofilm formation in a biliary stent
Krogh-Madsen M. - Susceptibility testing of amphotericin B and caspofungin-resistant Candida glabrata isolates
Kronvall G. - In vitro activity of tigecycline and comparative agents against Enterococci in Sweden
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Kropec A. - Environmental maltose and glucose concentrations regulate biofilm formation in Enterococcus faecalis
Kroumova V. - Detection of a novel CMY-type beta-lactamase in Italian isolates of Proteus mirabilis
Kärpänoja P. - Relationship between co-trimoxazole use and resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis
Krucsó B. - Molecular typing of Hungarian Streptococcus pyogenes isolates
Krudsood S. - Treatment of malaria: the present status and update on new antimalarials
Krueger S. - Low-avide IgG antibodies against the newly discovered Borrelia main antigen VlsE correlate to early stages of borreliosis
Kruk A. - Efficacy of acute HCV treatment with peg-interferon and ribavirin in HIV infected patients
Krulicki W. - In vivo toxin expression is increased by proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in the dominant strain of the 2003–4 Montreal Clostridiumdifficile epidemic
Krylova L.Y. - Study of synergetic action of dioxidine and isoniazid on the structure of tuberclebacillus in vitro
Krzyszton-Russjan J. - Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus strains defective in species-specific proteins
Krzyzanowska B. - Mechanisms involved in carbapenems resistance among isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains
Ksiazek A. - Evaluation of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage rate among patients on haemodialysis - isolation of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Kubar O. - A controlled intervention study to improve antibiotic use in a Russian paediatric hospital
Kuboyama R.H. - Nosocomial infections in the renal transplant recipient
Kuch A. - Epstein-Barr virus infection in patients with gastric carcinoma
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Kucukardali Y. - The changing spectrum of diseases causing fever of unknown origin in Turkey: a multicentre study
Kudo L. - Four-year survey and resistance trend analysis in 37,261 isolates causing community urinary tract infections in Brazil
Kuehnel T.S. - Penetration of telithromycin into nasal mucosa and ethmoid bone of patients
Kuemmerer K. - Penetration of penicillin G in combination with sulbactam into nasal tissues
Kuhnke A. - Immunogenicity and safety of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in elderly patients: comparison to the 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine
Kuijper S. - Sensitivity of PCR for IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in diagnosis of Buruli ulcer from punch biopsies
Kuijper E.J. - Rapid detection of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in a prospective multicentre study, using a new immunoassay and real-time PCR
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Kuisma L. - Real-time PCR based on the amplification of a gene fragment of pneumococcal surface antigen A in the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Kula M. - Two consecutive point prevalence studies on indications for antibiotic use in selected Latvian hospitals
Kulabkhow C. - Helicobacter pylori from the dyspeptic patients in Thailand: diagnosis, antimicrobial susceptibility and correlation to clinical outcomes
Kulah B. - Pre- and post-operative changes in complement C3, complement C4 levels in acute appendicitis
Kulhavy J. - Acute gastroenteritis caused by Aeromonas jandaei– importance of identification to the species level
Kulikova L. - A new anti-HCV EIA based on recombinant antigens derived from different sequence variants of hepatitis C virus
Kulsuntiwong P. - Helicobacter pylori from the dyspeptic patients in Thailand: diagnosis, antimicrobial susceptibility and correlation to clinical outcomes
Kulwichit W. - Diagnosis of dengue infection by reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using whole blood stored on filter paper
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Kuntaman K. - The antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in Surabaya, Indonesia
Kupervaser J. - Surveillance of probably bacterial pneumonia in children less than 5 years old in two geographical areas in Argentina
Kups J. - One year combined treatment with ribavirine and intron A in children with chronic hepatitis C
Kuritz T. - Antiviral activity of phosphorylated derivatives of plant polyprenyls in different tick-born encephalitis models
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Kurnikova E. - Linezolid efficacy and tolerability in the treatment of infectious complications in children
Kurt Azap O. - Biofilm formation of nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii strains
Kurt Azap Ö. - Incidence of inducible clindamycin resistance in staphylococci: first results from Turkey
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Kurt Azap O. - Biofilm production and antifungal susceptibility patterns of Candida species isolated from hospitalised patients
Kurtaran B. - The epidemiology and antifungal sensitivity results of nosocomial infections caused by Candida species
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Kurti A. - Colonisation and antimicrobial resistance in tracheal aspirates of hospitalised patients in intensive care units of a tertiary medical care centre in Kosova
Kuru Inci E. - Incidence of inducible clindamycin resistance in staphylococci: first results from Turkey
Kuruuzum Z. - Fever of unknown origin and ferritin level: three cases of adult-onset Still's disease
Kurztkowski W. - Assessing susceptibility of fungi isolated from hospital environment to disinfectants
Kuti J. - Comparison of pharmacodynamic target attainment calculated by Monte Carlo simulation with microbiological response for two carbapenems in the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections
Kuti J.L. - Activity and pharmacodynamics of RO490–8463 (CS-023), a carbapenem with activity against MRSA
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Kuti J. - Pharmacodynamic comparison of intravenous antimicrobials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Hungarian hospitals – A report from the OPTAMA Program
Kutlu S.B. - The evaluation of metallo-b-lactamase presence with E-test in five imipenem resistant five klebsiella strains
Kutlu S. - The analysis of occupational Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Brucella spp., and Coxiella burnetii infections among veterinarians in Turkey
Kutlu M. - The analysis of occupational Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, Brucella spp., and Coxiella burnetii infections among veterinarians in Turkey
Kutlu S.B. - The antibiotic resistance and metallo-b-lactamase production of carbapenem-resistant pseudomonas and acinetobacter
Kuyvenhoven M.M. - Cross-sectional study on antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infections: clinical determinants of under- and overtreatment in primary care
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Kuyvenhoven M. - Differences in incidence and prescribing antibiotics in upper respiratory tract infections in Dutch general practice between 1987–2001: did publication of national guidelines make a difference?
Kuzin V. - Antimicrobials prescription patterns in outpatient adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Russia: 2003 vs 1998
Kuzma A. - Humoral response to Staphylococcus aureus polypeptides in patients treated with autovaccine
Kuznetcova S. - Antimicrobial prophylaxis in cardiac surgery and postoperative pneumonia rate
Kuznetzov S. - The role of inadequate prescribing for the development of drug resistance in respiratory infections in Russia
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Kvista E. - Two consecutive point prevalence studies on indications for antibiotic use in selected Latvian hospitals
Kwan A. - Antibiotic use and resistance in Gram-negative hospital pathogens
Kwiatkowska S. - CD14 and IL-10 gene polymorphisms in relation to tuberculosis
Kwon J.A. - Characterisation of phenotype and genotype of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes
Kyne L. - Antibiotic-resistant toxin A-negative toxin B-positive Clostridium difficile in Dublin, Ireland
Kyratsa A. - Invasive meningococcal disease: a review of 33 recent episodes in a general hospital
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Kyriakopoulou M. - Role of innate immunity in the pathogenesis of meningitis
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