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la Fuente-Aguado J. - Psoas abscesses. Differences between pyogenic and tuberculous abscess
la Horra C. - Dynamics of antibody response to Pneumocystis jirovecii in patients with cystic fibrosis
la Hoz E. - Diagnostic power of peripheral blood phagocyte Fcg receptors expression in bacteraemia
La Regina A. - Retrospective study to evaluate differential time to positivity for diagnosing catheter-related bloodstream infections
la Rosa M. - Antibiotic susceptibility, mechanisms of macrolide resistance and clonal relationship in group B streptococci
La Scola B. - Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria isolated from nosocomial bacteraemia
Labayru C. - DNA microarray format for detection of human papillomavirus: discrepancies between techniques applied to detect HPV DNA
Labbé A. - Characterisation of Clostridium difficile associated disease recently observed in a Canadian tertiary care hospital
LaBombardi V. - The identification of mycobacteria from solid media and directly from VersaTREK myco bottles using the MIDI HPLC system
Labonia M. - Molecular epidemiology and beta-lactamase production of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Italian hospitals
Labropoulos S. - blaVIM-2 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in a newly established intensive care unit
Lacal A. - Pneumococcal disease in HIV-infected patients: vaccination an unresolved issue
  - Global trends in infectious diseases in HIV-infected patients in HAART era
  - Temporal pattern of infectious complications in HIV-infected patients
Ladonni H. - Some ecological aspects of Anopheles stephensi liston, the main malaria vector in an endemic focus of malaria in Bandar Abbas district, south of Iran
Lafeuillade A. - Occurrence of cholangiocarcinoma after AIDS-related cholangitis
Laffut W. - Screening for cytomegalovirus infection in lung-transplant patients: viral load or virus isolation?
Lafong C. - Novel class A carbapenemase, KPC-4, in an Enterobacter isolate from Scotland
Lafourcade B. - PCR-based surveillance in five districts in Burkina Faso and Togo during the 2003–04 epidemic season
Lagler H. - Characterisation of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in Austria
Lago J. - Evaluation of the Amplified Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Direct test for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens
Lagrou K. - Evaluation of lipovitellin-salt-mannitol-agar with an oxacillin and cefoxitin disc as primary screening medium for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Lahoulou R. - Effects of posaconazole salvage therapy in five patients with zygomycosis
Lai W.M. - Cryptococcus neoformans infection in Hong Kong – a three-year retrospective review
Lailler R. - Exotic pets as possible reservoirs of ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonellatyphimurium infecting children
Laing N. - Telithromycin and azithromycin pharmacodynamics vs. genotypically characterised (mefA and ermB) macrolide-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae simulating free serum and free epithelial lining fluid concentrations
Lalitha M.K. - Changing epidemiology, clinical features, and outcome of acute community-acquired pneumonia among adults in India
Lalle E. - Establishment of non-productive infection and activation of inf-alpha and -gamma gene expression in normal lymphomonocytes by sars-cov
Lama I. - Two consecutive point prevalence studies on indications for antibiotic use in selected Latvian hospitals
Lamagni T.L. - A comparison of trends in antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in the UK
Lambert P. - Assessment of the potential infection risk associated with the Q-Syte™ needleless connector
Lambert P.A. - Evaluation of RAPD for the epidemiological typing of coagulase-negative staphylococci implicated in catheter-related bloodstream infection on a bone marrow transplant unit
  - Comparison of random amplification of polymorphic DNA with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for the molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an infection control setting
Lambiri M. - Diverse extended spectrum beta-lactamases in minor serotypes of foodborne Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica from Greece
Lameire N. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of bloodstream infections has no impact on outcome in intensive care unit patients with acute renal failure
Lamm D. - A simulation model of the cost of treatment failure in patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia in the US
Lammens C. - Temporal changes in enterococcal species in the human intestine, and persistence of Enterococcus faecium SF68 following its administration to healthy volunteers
  - Evaluation of selective culture media for Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and Bacteroides to study the intestinal flora
  - Comparative impact of azithromycin and clarithromycin therapy on pharyngeal carriage of macrolide-resistant Streptococci among healthy volunteers: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, longitudinal study
  - Evidence of allelic variants of MEF carried on Tn1207.3-like genetic elements in Streptococcus pyogenes
Lanak G. - Electroencephalographic findings in patients with clinical features of meninges excitation
Landerkin K. - Performance of BD Phoenix™ in low inoculum mode for the identification of frequently isolated Gram-positive cocci
Landínez R. - Preferred first line antibiotics in adult CAP admitted to hospital in Spain
  - Hospital differences in the diagnostic microbiological workup in patients admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia in Spain
Lang M. - Risk factors for S. aureus carriage in health care workers
Langsadl L. - Activity of mycobacteriological laboratories in the Slovak Republic in 2003
Lapata A. - Occurrence of vancomycin-resistant and high level aminoglycoside-resistant Enterococcus spp. isolated in an Italian hospital, Bari, southern Italy
LaPlante K. - Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: AUC/MIC breakpoints differ between gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, levofloxacin, and moxifloxacin
Lappalainen M. - AF146527 as target gene for detection of Toxoplasma gondii by LightCycler PCR
Laras A. - Quantification of serum HBV-DNA with Cobas Taqman for the diagnosis, monitoring and prognosis of chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Larcher C. - Analysis of respiratory viruses and new viruses with combined cell culture/PCR testing
  - Epidemiology of human metapneumovirus in Western Austria
Larion C. - Frequency of extended spectrum beta lactamase producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from central venous catheter related infections quantified by three laboratory methods
Larosa M. - Management on the phone of acute uncomplicated cystitis in women
Larrosa N. - Genetic profiling, clonal diversity and antibiotic susceptibility in Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated in Cataluña (Spain)
  - First isolated of Vim-1 in Enterobacteriaceae in Spain
Larsen A.R. - Sequence-based typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus for real-time infection control
  - Ten-year of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST80-IV clone in Denmark
  - Evaluation of 10, 30 and 60 mcg cefoxitin neo-sensitabs for prediction of methicillin resistance in S. aureus
  - Characterisation of the epidemic European fusidic acid-resistant impetigo clone of Staphylococcus aureus
Larsen T.O. - Development of novel antipathogenic drugs
Larsen A.R. - National surveillance on methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Denmark, 1999–2003
Larsson L. - Hospital transmission of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain of increasing prevalence in the Scandinavian community
Larsson H. - Incidence of bacteraemia in patients with haematological and other malignancies after placement of central venous catheter
  - Haematological malignancies and bacteraemia. The impact of malignancy type and microbial agent on 30-day mortality
Lartey A. - Sensitivity of PCR for IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in diagnosis of Buruli ulcer from punch biopsies
Lascols C. - Clinical investigation of the new QNR-based mechanism of quinolone resistance in French teaching hospitals: dissemination among enterobacterial species and strains producing expanded spectrum beta-lactamase
Lasek J. - Therapeutical problems and effective antimicrobial therapy in post-traumatic patients with Streptococcal cellulitis and Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
Lasikova S. - Human ehrlichiosis in a group of patients with aseptic meningoencephalitis
Lass-Florl C. - Inter-laboratory comparison of the results of RAPD typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Lass-Flörl C. - In vitro activity of amphotericin B against Aleuriconidia derived from Aspergillus terreus
  - Clinical evaluation of Aspergillus-PCR for detection of invasive aspergillosis in immunosuppressed patients
  - Characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Laterveer L. - Culture negative endocarditis: the value of 16S rDNA PCR and sequencing
Laties A. - The long-term visual safety of voriconazole
Latorre I. - Usefulness of procalcitonin and neopterin measurement in the management of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
Lau S.K.P. - Cloning and characterisation of chromosomal class C b-lactamase and its regulatory gene in Laribacter hongkongensis
  - A novel coronavirus, HKU1, from patients with pneumonia
  - Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel anaerobic Gram-positive bacillus associated with bacteraemia
Laudy A.E. - Strains of Enterobacter cloacae isolated in hospital environment: ability to adherence to Hep-2 cell line and to biofilm forming
  - Effect of the efflux pump inhibitors on the MIC of quinolones for MDR strains of non-fermentative Gram-negative rods
Laue T. - Development and validation of a new real-time PCR assay for HHV-6 detection and differentiation of HHV-6A and HHV-6B
  - Development and validation of the first open system CE marked real-time PCR kit for the detection and quantitation of hepatitis B virus
Laughlin M. - Comparison of posaconazole adverse event profiles in healthy volunteers and in patients with invasive fungal infections
  - Evaluation of the drug interaction potential of posaconazole: summary of 7 clinical pharmacology studies
Laurans C. - Trends in penicillin-resistance rates among pneumococcal carriage strains in children's day-care centres in France: 1999–2004
Laurberg P. - Trichinella infection in Greenland
Lauria F.N. - High prevalence of rhinovirus in lower respiratory tract specimens
Laurichesse H. - Outbreak of glycopeptides Enterococcus faecium infection in a university teaching hospital in Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2004
Lausse M. - Antibiotics influence release of IL-6 and IL-8 by KB cells and gingival fibroblasts
Lauwers S. - BIVEMOX III: results of the Belgian in vitro evaluation of moxifloxacin (winter 2003–2004)
  - Evaluation of ImmunoCard STAT! immunoassay in the detection of Giardialamblia and Cryptosporidiumparvum specific antigens
Laverdière M. - Characterisation of Clostridium difficile associated disease recently observed in a Canadian tertiary care hospital
Lavilla S. - First isolated of Vim-1 in Enterobacteriaceae in Spain
Law M. - HIV and non-HIV-related deaths and their relationship to immunodeficiency; the D:A:D study
Lazanas M.C. - Atazanavir early access programme: safety data from an HIV infected Greek population
  - 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
  - Colonisation of long-term care facilities residents with quinolone-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in Greece
Lazar V. - Antibacterial and antifungal activities of some new acrylate complexes
  - Comparative study of antibiotic susceptibility levels of some clinical strains of P. aeruginosa as planktonic and adherent growing in biofilms cells
  - Selective and effective antimicrobial properties of newly synthesised transition metal ions chelates with N, N-Dimethylbiguanide (DMGB)
  - Frequency of extended spectrum beta lactamase producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from central venous catheter related infections quantified by three laboratory methods
Lazaraki T. - Comparison of Chlamydia and Mycoplasma incidence between different female populations in Greece
Lazaraki G. - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci, colonising the intestinal tract of hospitalised patients in a university hospital in Greece
Lazaridis G. - Severe complications in patients with Brucella melitensis infection
  - Pancytopenia in patients with Brucella melitensis infection
Leal M.V. - Polyclonal infection by Mycobacterium kansasii
Lebessi E. - Persistent import and transient nosocomial establishment of ESBL-producing Klebsiellapneumoniae causing bloodstream infection in a neonatal intensive care unit
Leblebicioglu H. - Epidemiologic and clinical aspects of infective endocarditis in Turkey
  - Mutations in the rpoB, katG and inhA genes leading to rifampicin and isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Turkey
Leblond A. - PCR-based surveillance in five districts in Burkina Faso and Togo during the 2003–04 epidemic season
Leca D. - Tuberculous meningitis in sucklings
  - Tuberculous meningitis: a 5-year review
Leclercq R. - Clinical investigation of the new QNR-based mechanism of quinolone resistance in French teaching hospitals: dissemination among enterobacterial species and strains producing expanded spectrum beta-lactamase
  - Macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin resistance by ribosome methylation
Lecuit M. - Occurrence of cholangiocarcinoma after AIDS-related cholangitis
Lecuona M. - Closed versus open tracheal suction system to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
Lecuyer E. - Corynebacterium urealyticum encrusted cystitis: a new case and review of literature
Lederer I. - Detection of norovirus in an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis at a nursing home in south-east Austria
Ledergerber B. - Risk of AIDS and death at given HIV-RNA and CD4 count levels, according to specific antiretroviral drugs in the CART regimen
Ledesma M. - Human trichinellosis in Argentina
Lee K. - Outbreak of Klebsiellapneumoniae producing SHV-12 and CMY-2 in NICU of a Korean tertiary care hospital
Lee H. - Outbreak of Klebsiellapneumoniae producing SHV-12 and CMY-2 in NICU of a Korean tertiary care hospital
Lee H.C. - Prevalence of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases in gay saunas in Taiwan
Lee M.P. - Prevalence of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases in gay saunas in Taiwan
Lee Y.S. - Does vancomycin resistance emerge during the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory tracts?
Lee J.K. - The prevalence of mupirocin resistant MRSA of long-term care facilities
Lee Y.S. - The prevalence of mupirocin resistant MRSA of long-term care facilities
Lee C.K. - Characterisation of phenotype and genotype of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes
Lee K.N. - Characterisation of phenotype and genotype of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes
Lee K.W. - Outbreaks of Serratia marcescens bacteriuria in a neurosurgical intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital: a clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory perspective
Lee A.S. - A study of HBV viral marker with HBV vaccination histories in healthcare workers in case of needle stick injury
Lee D.G. - PTLD following allogeneic HSCT: a single-centre experience in Korea
  - Does the granulocyte transfusion therapy have the potential to adversely affect the clinical outcome of subsequent haematopoietic stem cell transplantation?
Lee M. - A novel rapid vaginal yeast infection test
Lee T. - In vitro and in vivo antibacterial activity of DA-7218, a new oxazolidinone, against Staphylococci and Enterococci
Lee K. - In vitro and in vivo antibacterial activity of DA-7218, a new oxazolidinone, against Staphylococci and Enterococci
Lee N.Y. - Adequacy of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for prevention of urinary tract infection in renal transplant recipients
Lee J.K. - Genetic analysis of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa oprD gene from clinical isolates in Korea
Lee Y.S. - Genetic analysis of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa oprD gene from clinical isolates in Korea
Lee N.Y. - Usefulness of CMV antigenaemia assay after liver transplantation
Lee Y.S. - Analysis of mupA gene loci of high level mupirocin resistant staphylococci isolated from tertiary hospitals of Korea
Lee J.K. - Analysis of mupA gene loci of high level mupirocin resistant staphylococci isolated from tertiary hospitals of Korea
Lee K.W. - Accessory gene regulator group polymorphism in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Korea: an association with clinical significance
Lee M. - Identification of a major immunogenic polypeptide of Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Lee J.H. - Epidemiologic analysis and antibiotic resistance of Shigella sonnei isolated from patients in Seoul
Lee J.Y. - In vitro evaluation of effective antibiotic lock therapy for treatment of catheter-related infections caused by Staphylococcus species
Lee N.Y. - In vitro evaluation of effective antibiotic lock therapy for treatment of catheter-related infections caused by Staphylococcus species
Lee S.-H. - Pseudobacteraemia due to contaminated normal saline sponges
Lee H. - Prevalence and characteristics of plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in a Korean hospital
Lee K. - Prevalence and characteristics of plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in a Korean hospital
Lee J. - Prevalence of Ambler class A extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Korean hospitals
Lee W.G. - Prevalence of Ambler class A extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Korean hospitals
Lee K. - Prevalence of Ambler class A extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Korean hospitals
Lee S.-Y. - Evaluation of universal PCR assay and endonuclease digestion for rapid direct identification from positive blood cultures
  - High rate of vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus among methicillin-resistant isolates in Taiwan
Lee-Duggal A.J. - Ascertainment of ESBL-producing E. coli infections in 2002 and 2003 – survey of English microbiology laboratories
Lefeuvre A. - Evaluation of a real-time NASBA assay for the detection of influenza A and B viruses in clinical respiratory samples
Legakis N.J. - Dissemination of nitroimidazole resistance determinants among Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria in Greece
Legakis N. - blaVIM-2 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in a newly established intensive care unit
Legakis N.J. - Persistent import and transient nosocomial establishment of ESBL-producing Klebsiellapneumoniae causing bloodstream infection in a neonatal intensive care unit
  - Predominance of three emm-types among Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from invasive diseases in Greece
  - Diverse extended spectrum beta-lactamases in minor serotypes of foodborne Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica from Greece
Legakis N. - Candida species isolated from blood and other sterile fluids: distribution and susceptibility
Legakis N.J. - Evaluation of the in vitro activity of tigecycline against Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria
Legaria M.C. - Introduction of TcdA-negative, TcdB-positive Clostridiumdifficile in a general hospital in Argentina
Legnani G. - Emerging epidemiological features of tuberculosis in Italy, and public health-related concerns
Legout L. - Severe pseudomembranous colitis mimicking an acute abdomen in elderly patients
  - Recurrent osteomyelitis secondary to different bacteria
  - Suction drainage culture in the management of musculoskeletal infection
  - Microbial aetiology of osteomyelitis of the foot in diabetic patients
Legros N. - Comparison of MRSA ID medium and enrichment broth culture for detection of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers by muco-cutaneous surveillance cultures
Lehmann M. - Specific enrichment of prokaryotic DNA from human samples
Lehtonen N. - Comparison of five PCR methods and culture in detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in mouse lungs
Leib S. - Assessment of hydroxyproline as a marker for collagenolytic activity in neuroinflammatory disorders
Leibovici L. - Antibiotic prophylaxis of bacterial infections in afebrile neutropenic patients following chemotherapy. Systematic review and meta-analysis
  - 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
  - Prediction of bloodstream infections using TREAT. A causal probabilistic network for diagnosis and treatment of infections
  - Building TREAT – computerised decision support for antibiotic treatment
Leibur E. - Oral lactobacilli in chronic periodontitis and periodontal health: species composition and antimicrobial activity
Leichsenring M.L. - Outbreak of nosocomial bacteraemia due to Burkholderia cepacia associated with contamined soap
Leinonen M. - Chlamydia-like micro-organism, Simkania negevensis, as a possible emerging pathogen in Finland?
  - Real-time PCR based on the amplification of a gene fragment of pneumococcal surface antigen A in the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae
  - Effects of flavonoids quercetin and luteolin on acute Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in a mouse model
  - Comparison of five PCR methods and culture in detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in mouse lungs
Leiter E. - Inhibitory effect of the Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein on different zygomycetes
Leitão R. - Occurrence of metallo-beta-lactamase VIM-2 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates resistant to carbapenems in a hospital in central Portugal
  - Antimicrobial susceptibility among Pseudomonasaeruginosa isolates in Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra, central Portugal
Lekka M. - Gram-positive bacteria from diabetic foot ulcers and resistance to currently used antibiotics in a Greek general hospital
Lelek M. - A controlled intervention study to improve antibiotic use in a Russian paediatric hospital
Lelekis M. - Trends in antibiotic consumption and bacterial isolation rate over a 5-year period in a general hospital in Athens, Greece
  - Trends in antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance of major bacterial pathogens over a 5-year period in a general hospital in Athens, Greece
  - Study of quinolone consumption in Greek hospitals: results of a Hospital Network
Lemar K.M. - Potential for a natural anticandidal combination comprising garlic, cinnamon and Lactobacillus acidophilus
Lemiengre M.B. - Predicting prognosis and effect of antibiotic treatment in rhinosinusitis
Lemmen S.W. - Persistent single VRE strain is responsible for two outbreaks in an ICU
Lemming L. - Detection of neuroborreliosis in patients from Aarhus county, Denmark
Lencastre H. - Genomic backgrounds of major methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemic clonal lineages present in fully susceptible isolates collected in the 1960s in Denmark
  - Clonal evolution and SCCmec in community-acquired MRSA
  - Comparison of genetic backgrounds of MRSA and MSSA isolated in Portuguese hospitals and in the community
  - 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
Lencastre  H. - Serotype 11A prevalence and clonal diversity in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from children attending day-care centres in Lisbon, Portugal
Lencastre H. - Prevalence of non-typeable Streptococcus pneumoniae in carriers and insights into its population structure
  - SeqNet.org: network of laboratories for sequence based typing of microbial pathogens
Lengerova M. - Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) pneumonia in the era of PCP prophylaxis
Lentzen O. - Evaluation of two commercial HBsAg assays for low-end sensitivity to hepatitis B surface antigen
Leon J. - Efficacy and safety of DB289, a new oral drug for treatment of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in AIDS patients
Leon Mazorra M. - Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex in patients with human inmunodeficiency virus. Report of two cases
Leonard L. - Linezolid in febrile neutropenic oncology patients
Leori G. - Evaluation of tet genes distribution in bacteria isolated from milk samples of ovine herds
Lepape A. - Results from the minimal dataset of the European surveillance of ICU-acquired infections (HELICS-ICU), 2000–2004
Lerbæk A. - Thymic size and CD4+ cell recovery in HIV-infected patients during long-term highly active antiretroviral therapy
Lerousseau L. - Analysis of the comparative work-flow and accuracy of the VITEK®2 Compact and the ATB Expression® system
  - Adult community-acquired pneumonia. Evaluation of the antibiotherapy proposed in an emergency department and analysis of the impact of training
Lervang H.-H. - Association of statin therapy with 30- and 180-day mortality in patients with bacteraemia: population-based cohort study
Lesens O. - Outbreak of glycopeptides Enterococcus faecium infection in a university teaching hospital in Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2004
Leshenko I. - Antimicrobials prescription patterns in outpatient adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Russia: 2003 vs 1998
Lester C.H. - Detection of high-level gentamicin resistance and genes encoding gentamicin resistance in invasive enterococci in Denmark
Leth R.A. - The prevalence of hospital-acquired infections in a Danish county
Letscher-Bru V. - Severe disseminated fusariosis in a leukaemic child successfully treated with posaconazole and white blood cell transfusions
Leung P. - Detection of Chlamydiatrachomatis from self-collected vaginal swabs in commercial sex-workers
Leuthner K.L. - Comparison of in vitro activity of cefepime alone or in combination with sulbactam against clinical strains of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter spp.
Leveidiotou S. - Antimicrobial resistance of pneumococci isolated from the nasopharynx of healthy children and clinical isolates in Greece in 2004
Leverstein-van Hall M.A. - Rapid increase in development of multidrug resistance among Klebsiella pneumoniae during hospitalisation: surveillance of first isolates underestimates the resistance problem
Levi K. - Real-time PCR screening of women with term-ruptured membranes for carriage of group B streptococcus
Levidiotou S. - Antibiotic resistance of bacterial strains isolated from water samples and fish
  - Bloodstream infections in adult patients with malignant blood disorders and neutropenia: microbial spectrum and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern
  - Use of treponema + VDRL ViraBlot test as a useful ‘all in one’ confirmatory assay for Treponema pallidum antibodies
  - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Greece: a multicentre prevalence study on intestinal colonisation
  - Evaluation of touch-down real-time PCR based on SYBR green I fluorescent dye for the detection of Neisseria meningitidis in clinical samples
  - 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
  - Evaluation of procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker of bacteraemia
  - Detection of rotavirus, adenoviruses and astrovirus in gastroenteritis cases among young children, first experience with adenovirus identification by PCR and microplate hybridisation assay
  - Incidence study of nosocomial infections in ten intensive care units in Greece
Levidiotou-Stefanou S. - Detection and identification of Ochrobactrum anthropi strains from environmental samples using 16S rRNA-specific PCR and sequence analysis
Levine D. - A case-control study to evaluate the economic outcome of early PO linezolid in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections
Levitska N. - Prevalence of mutations associated with drug resistance in Beijing and non-Beijing Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from the Southern Ukraine
Levterova V. - Widespread detection of VEB-1-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Bulgaria: a nationwide multicentre study
  - Characterisation of Legionella pneumophila isolates from geographically different Bulgarian regions
  - Pertussis of adults and infants in Bulgarian population: role of PCR diagnosis
  - Genome-based amplified fragment length polymorphism for typing of Francisella tularensis strains
Lew D. - What factor will influence fever in community-acquired pneumonia?
  - Epidemiology and clinical features of bacteraemia in a tertiary care hospital over a twelve-year study period
  - Whole genome expression profiling of intracellular Staphylococcus aureus in human lung epithelial cells
  - Recurrent osteomyelitis secondary to different bacteria
  - Adverse events and outcomes in patients with fungal infections treated with amphotericin B deoxycholate
Lewis D.E. - Single-dose azithromycin microspheres versus 7 days of levofloxacin for the treatment of mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia in adults
Lewis R.E. - Trends in incidence of invasive fungal infections at a tertiary cancer centre over a 14-year period: an autopsy study
Lewkowicz P. - Neutrophil oxidative metabolism in children with chronic hepatitis C
Löfmark S. - Long-term effects of antibiotic administration on clonal stability and emergence and persistence of resistance genes in the intestinal microflora
  - Occurrence of carbapenem-resistant Bacteroides fragilis strains in Sweden during a relatively long period (1990–2004) and analysis of the resistance mechanisms
Li Y. - Evaluation of a protein microarray assay for detecting antibodies to SARS-coronavirus
Li M. - Cloning and characterisation of chromosomal class C b-lactamase and its regulatory gene in Laribacter hongkongensis
Li X. - Temperature mediated heteroduplex analysis of rpoB mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA: direct detection of rifampicin resistance in clinical specimens
Liakata M. - Children's urinary pathogens: one-year survey in a Greek hospital
Liñares J. - Experimental study of fosfomycin combined with ceftriaxone, teicoplanin or vancomycin in the treatment of cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis
  - Population structure and MURm gene analysis of early and contemporary high penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Spain
Liaropoulos K. - Cure of post-traumatic recurrent multiresistant Gram-negative rod meningitis with intraventricular colistin
Liassine N. - A case of acute melioidosis in a traveller
Liaudet L. - Severe sepsis and septic shock: recent trends in the intensive care unit of a university hospital
Liaw C.W. - Epidemiological and microbiological investigation of a gastroenteritis outbreak caused by norovirus group II in a military unit
Libisch B. - The first recorded outbreak of VRE in Hungary involving vanB carrying E. faecium isolates from clinical samples and from the hospital environment
Licordari R. - Outcome of HIV-associated tuberculosis in the early- and late-HAART era
Liem T.B.Y. - An additional measure for quantifying antibiotic use in hospitals
Lien R.I. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation and its association with infection in infants hospitalised at neonatal intensive care units
Liesenfeld O. - 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
Ligieza J. - Aetiological factors of vascular grafts infection and their antimicrobial susceptibility
Lim J.-H. - Hepatitis B virus DNA testing by nested-PCR, PCR-ELISA and hybrid capture II from a blood and blood products
Lima P. - Use of spatial analysis on a survey of H. influenzae and S. pneumoniae isolated from children in an urban area of southeastern Brazil
  - 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
  - Resistance patterns of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae isolated from children with upper respiratory tract infection in Southern Brazil – 2003 and 2004
Limerutti G. - 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
Limsuwan S. - The investigation of antimicrobial impact of Thai medicinal plant extracts against Escherichia coli strains
Lin C.Y. - Human metapneumovirus infection among children hospitalised with acute respiratory illness in Taiwan
Lin J.S. - Human metapneumovirus infection among children hospitalised with acute respiratory illness in Taiwan
Lin T.Y. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation and its association with infection in infants hospitalised at neonatal intensive care units
Lin C. - Performance of a new amplification based assay for quantification of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) RNA
Lin C.L - Pneumococcal bacteraemia in children in northern Taiwan: clinical, serotyping and genotyping analysis
Lin T.Y - Pneumococcal bacteraemia in children in northern Taiwan: clinical, serotyping and genotyping analysis
Lina B. - Evaluation of a real-time NASBA assay for the detection of influenza A and B viruses in clinical respiratory samples
Linares M. - Bacterial and fungical colonisation of the bronchial tree in outpatient lung donors. An advance in lung transplantation
Linden M. - Characterisation of the first telithromycin resistant pneumococcal isolate in Germany
  - Characterisation of quinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Germany
  - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of ‘atypical’Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates by MLST
Linden P.D. - An additional measure for quantifying antibiotic use in hospitals
Lindgren M. - ESPAR: variation of antibiotic resistance in Enterococcus spp. isolates
Ling T. - Accurate, rapid genotyping of CTX-M beta-lactamase by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography
Liolios K. - Exposure-response analysis of the efficacy of tigecycline in patients with complicated skin and skin-structure infections
  - Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model for the tolerability of tigecycline in healthy volunteers
Lioni A. - Atazanavir early access programme: safety data from an HIV infected Greek population
Lipsky B. - Efficacy and safety of ertapenem compared with piperacillin/tazobactam for diabetic foot infections: The SIDESTEP Study
Liptakova A. - The chinolones significantly increased the release of verotoxin2 from clinical VTEC O26 in vitro
Lisalová M. - The effect of subinhibitory concentrations of antifungal agents on variation of cell surface hydrophobicity and biofilm formation with relation to genotype of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis
Lisby G. - The effect of freezing, washing and high-speed centrifugation on the outcome of BD ProbeTec Chlamydia analysis on urine samples
Lite J. - Antibiotic susceptibility, mechanisms of macrolide resistance and clonal relationship in group B streptococci
Littauer P. - Prevalence, phenotypes, genotypes and molecular epidemiology of macrolide resistant clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes in Norway 1993 and 2002
Little P. - A randomised controlled factorial trial of antibiotic prescribing strategies and an information leaflet about natural history for acute lower respiratory tract infection
Litwinek E. - Mechanisms involved in carbapenems resistance among isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains
Liu P. - MIC vs. kill-curve based pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modelling of activities of cefpodoxime and cefixime
Liu W. - Accurate, rapid genotyping of CTX-M beta-lactamase by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography
Liu C. - Two possibly novel Alistipes species isolated from clinical specimens of human origin
Liu C.-Y. - Identification of two major human cytomegalovirus gB genotypes in Taiwan
Liu Y.-C. - Identification of two major human cytomegalovirus gB genotypes in Taiwan
Liu W.-T. - Identification of two major human cytomegalovirus gB genotypes in Taiwan
Liu W. - Great diversity of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Birmingham hospital, United Kingdom
Livermore D.M. - Ascertainment of ESBL-producing E. coli infections in 2002 and 2003 – survey of English microbiology laboratories
Livermore D. - CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli now the dominant cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in London and SE England
Livermore D.M. - 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
  - In vitro selection of linezolid resistance in hypermutable and wild-type Staphylococcus aureus
  - Effect of medium type, age and aeration on the MICs of tigecycline and other tetracyclines
Livermore D. - Susceptibility of pneumococci causing meningitis in England and Wales to recommended antimicrobials, 2001–2003
Livermore D.M. - Effect of erythromycin on the selection of linezolid resistance in hypermutable and clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
  - Persistence of sulphonamide resistance in the community despite lack of selection
Livermore D. - New glycopeptides and lipopeptides
Livermore D.M. - Novel class A carbapenemase, KPC-4, in an Enterobacter isolate from Scotland
  - Carbapenem-resistant, CTX-M-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the UK
  - Elevated frequency of second-step ceftazidime resistance in hypermutable mutS negative Escherichia coli harbouring an extended spectrum beta-lactamase
  - Accelerated development of TEM-29 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase from TEM-1 in hypermutable, mutS, Escherichia coli
Lizama C. - Resistance to antibiotics and heavy metal in different species of Aeromonas collected from the Loa River in Chile
Ljubin Sternak S. - Detection of Chlamydiatrachomatis using an automated PCR-based system
Ljungh Å. - Multiple analyses of different regions of the 16S rRNA gene increase the diagnostic efficiency of PCR-DGGE technique for Helicobacter spp.
Lleo M. - The environment as a reservoir for non-culturable but infectious, antibiotic-resistant bacteria: a new risk for human health?
Llorente Herranz M. - Mycobacterial diseases in an intensive care unit
Lo H.Y. - Epidemiological and microbiological investigation of a gastroenteritis outbreak caused by norovirus group II in a military unit
Lo M. - 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
Lo C. - Detection of Chlamydiatrachomatis from self-collected vaginal swabs in commercial sex-workers
Lo Cascio G. - Escherichia coli and Klebsiellapneumoniae clinical isolates from intensive care unit bearing CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase
Lobatchova G.V. - Two-year experience of cephalosporins rotation in the cardiosurgery intensive care unit
Lobera J. - Bacterial and fungical colonisation of the bronchial tree in outpatient lung donors. An advance in lung transplantation
Lobzin Y. - Diagnostics of urinogenitalchlamidiosis common forms in young people
Locatelli F. - 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
Lochman I. - Vaccination against hepatitis B in patients with chronic renal failure – 16 year follow-up
Locht H. - HLA-B27 is a marker for susceptibility and severity of reactive arthritis after Salmonella, Shigella, and Yersinia infections but not after Campylobacter and E. coli enteritis
Lode H. - Pneumocystis jiroveci-pneumonia in immununodeficient patients without AIDS
  - Immunogenicity and safety of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in elderly patients: comparison to the 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine
  - The efficacy of the long-term treatment with macrolides in patients with bronchiectasis colonised by P. aeruginosa
Lodise T.P. - Pharmacodynamic profiling of cefepime in the cerebrospinal fluid of hospitalised patients through the use of population pharmacokinetic modelling and Monte Carlo simulation
Loens K. - Evaluation of 2 amplification methods and 4 serological tests for the detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
  - Suitability of a single throat swab specimen for the detection of M. pneumoniae, C. pneumoniae and Legionella spp. in respiratory specimens by nucleic acid amplification techniques
  - Evaluation of 4 serological tests for the detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in patients with lower respiratory tract infections
  - Second quality control for the detection of herpes simplex virus in cerebrospinal fluid in Belgium
  - Evaluation of the NucliSens mini MAG RNA extraction and real-time NASBA applications for the detection of M. pneumoniae and C. pneumoniae in throat swabs
Logginidis J. - Identification of genital mycoplasmas: comparison of two methods
Loginova L. - Immunoreactivity of predicted antigenic determinants of Toxoplasma gondii ROP 4 protein
  - Enzyme immunoassay for the detection of anti-Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus IgG antibodies based on new mosaic protein
  - A new recombinant antigen haemagglutination test for the serological diagnosis of syphilis
Logothetis S. - High rates of tuberculosis infection in recent immigrants from high prevalence regions in Greece
Logothetis E. - Infections in patients with malignancies
Loh J.P.J. - Epidemiological and microbiological investigation of a gastroenteritis outbreak caused by norovirus group II in a military unit
Loh E. - Tigecycline compared with imipenem/cilastatin in the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections
Loli A. - Replicon typing of emerging plasmids conferring resistance to ceftriaxone and carbapenems
Lollai S. - Evaluation of tet genes distribution in bacteria isolated from milk samples of ovine herds
Lomas E. - Quantitative CMV PCR in allogenic stem-cell transplant patients
Lombardi G. - Risk factors and treatment outcome of bloodstream infections caused by Proteus mirabilis isolates producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases
  - Evaluation of the Phoenix Automated Microbiology System in identification and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates of Streptococci
Londero A. - Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic aspects of high dose oral levofloxacin therapy for bone infections
Longauerova A. - Selected virulence factors and resistance to antimicrobials of nosocomial and carrier S. aureus strains
Longo R. - High prevalence of rhinovirus in lower respiratory tract specimens
Longstreth J. - Efficacy and safety of DB289, a new oral drug for treatment of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in AIDS patients
Loo V. - In vivo toxin expression is increased by proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in the dominant strain of the 2003–4 Montreal Clostridiumdifficile epidemic
Looareesuwan S. - Treatment of malaria: the present status and update on new antimalarials
Looker N. - Surgical site infections in the Helics network: results from 11 European surveillance networks
Loon A.M. - Antibodies to varicella zoster virus: no role in prognosis of Herpes zoster
Lopez A.B. - Polyclonal infection by Mycobacterium kansasii
Lopez E. - In vitro susceptibiility testing of micafungina (fk-463) and anidulafungin (ly303366) against candida spp.
Lopez I. - Early diagnosis of lung tuberculosis by automatic system probetec ETTH (Becton-Dickinson)
Lopez L. - Effect of inoculum size on the activity of betalactams and betalactam-inhibitors against SHV-, TEM- and CTX-M-producing Enterobacteriaceae
Lopez I. - An intervention programme to optimise the levofloxacin use
Lopez L. - Characterisation of clinical isolates of Klebsiella oxytoca susceptible to ampicillin
Lopez Fabal F. - Evolution in the pattern of sensitivity to penicillin and cefotaxime of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Lopez Prieto M.D. - Direct susceptibility testing of positive BacT/Alert blood cultures with and without charcoal by using MicroScan panels
Lopez-Feijoo C. - Bacterial and fungical colonisation of the bronchial tree in outpatient lung donors. An advance in lung transplantation
Lopez-Melendez C. - Characterisation of gentamicin-susceptible strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in two Spanish hospitals
Loregian A. - The crystal structure of HCMV UL44 and analysis of its interaction with UL54: new targets for drug discovery
Lorente L. - Closed versus open tracheal suction system to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
Lorenzo M.V. - The effect of performance feedback on wound infection rate in abdominal hysterectomy
  - Is directly observed therapy necessary in all patients with tuberculosis?
  - Long-term efficacy of a six-month treatment regimen (6HR2Z) for HIV-negative miliary tuberculosis
Lorenzotti S. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia trends after control programme
Lortholary O. - Effects of posaconazole salvage therapy in five patients with zygomycosis
  - Molecular identification of black grain mycetoma agents
  - Occurrence of cholangiocarcinoma after AIDS-related cholangitis
  - Sequence-based identification of zygomycetes species of medical interest
  - Molecular identification of zygomycetes species in tissues during experimental zygomycosis
Los R. - Dynamics of nasopharyngeal colonisation by coagulase-negative staphylococci in patients with resectable lung cancer during short-term hospitalisation
  - The patterns of nasopharyngeal microflora in pre-school children with recurrent respiratory tract infections
  - Colonisation of nasopharynx by Gram-negative rods in patients with resectable lung cancer during short-term hospitalisation
Losa J. - Evaluation of the BINAX-Now urinary antigen test for establishment of pneumococcal aetiology of adult community-acquired pneumonia with bacteraemia
Lotter K. - Penetration of telithromycin into nasal mucosa and ethmoid bone of patients
Lotz M. - Amyloid peptide beta 1–40 enhances the action of Toll-like receptor-2 and -4 agonists but antagonizes Toll-like receptor-9 induced inflammation in primary mouse microglial cell cultures
Louahabi A. - Specific detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from clinical specimen by real-time polymerase chain reaction
Loucou I. - Epidemiological features of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolation from the sputum of children with cystic fibrosis
Loughrey A. - The early phase epidemiology of CTX-M type extended spectrum beta lactamase-producing Escherichia coli among hospitalised patients in Belfast
Louie T.J. - Characterisation of Clostridium difficile associated disease recently observed in a Canadian tertiary care hospital
Louie R. - In vivo toxin expression is increased by proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in the dominant strain of the 2003–4 Montreal Clostridiumdifficile epidemic
Louie T.J. - In vivo toxin expression is increased by proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in the dominant strain of the 2003–4 Montreal Clostridiumdifficile epidemic
Loupa C. - Study of quinolone consumption in Greek hospitals: results of a Hospital Network
  - Trends in antibiotic consumption and bacterial isolation rate over a 5-year period in a general hospital in Athens, Greece
  - Trends in antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance of major bacterial pathogens over a 5-year period in a general hospital in Athens, Greece
Lourd M. - PCR-based surveillance in five districts in Burkina Faso and Togo during the 2003–04 epidemic season
Loureiro E. - Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in native and immigrant population (AmBITS study) in Barcelona (Spain)
Lovgren M. - The International Circumpolar Surveillance System for population-based surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease 1999–2003
Lovoll O. - The International Circumpolar Surveillance System for population-based surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease 1999–2003
Low D.E. - Comparison of antibiotic resistance patterns in community and hospital urinary isolates of Gram-negative bacilli in Toronto, Canada
  - Pneumococcal resistance surveillance in Canada, 1993–2004
  - Antibiotic use and resistance in Gram-negative hospital pathogens
  - Efficacy of moxifloxacin significantly more effective than levofloxacin against a first-step ParC mutant of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a murine model of pneumonia
Lowther J. - Pharmacokinetics and fungicidal activity of aminocandin (HMR3270), a novel echinocandin in healthy volunteers
Loxton R.P. - Non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae as a cause of bacterial endocarditis in children with congenital heart defects
Loza E. - mef(E) and mef(A) gene characterisation in Spanish Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates
Lozano F. - Association between Manosse-binding lectin deficiency and shock in patients with acute pyelonephritis
  - High diversity in the interferon sensitivity determining region of HCV genome in HCV/HIV-coinfected patients
  - Variable prediction of clinical outcome of the GART interpretation system Guidelines 6.0 and Virtual Phenotype
López L. - Norfloxacin as a marker of decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones in enterobacteria using the Vitek 2 system
López A.I. - Mucoid Enterococcus faecalis, an emerging phenotype?
López L. - Norfloxacin as an alternative marker of decreased susceptibility to fluorquinolones in Salmonella enterica
López Izquierdo R. - Prevalence of Leishmania infantum antibodies in central northern Spain
López Portolés J.A. - Antimicrobial resistance and molecular typing of Salmonella isolates from food
López-Brea M. - Epidemiological characteristics of non-tuberculosis Mycobacteria isolated from adult patients in a teaching hospital in Madrid from January 2000 to August 2004
López-Brea  - Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonisation in adult patients with cystic fibrosis: antimicrobial susceptibility pattern
  - Prevalence of micro-organisms isolated from wounds of inpatients versus outpatients in a Spanish teaching hospital
López-Brea M. - Micro-organisms isolated from urethral exudates from males in a Spanish teaching hospital
López-Portolés J.A. - Evaluation of molecular markers (PFGE, PCR-RFLP-flaA, MLST and PCR-RFLP-LG) in Spanish C. jejuni isolates
López-Ruz M.A. - Clinical usefulness of the tonsillar HIV genotyping-guided change of therapy in HIV-1 infected patients with immune discordant response to HAART
Lütticken R. - Persistent single VRE strain is responsible for two outbreaks in an ICU
Lu J. - Evaluation of universal PCR assay and endonuclease digestion for rapid direct identification from positive blood cultures
  - High rate of vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus among methicillin-resistant isolates in Taiwan
Lubenko I. - Comparative pharmacodynamics of daptomycin and vancomycin with Staphylococcus aureus: multiple-dose simulations using an in vitro dynamic model
  - Relative abilities of daptomycin and vancomycin to prevent the enrichment of resistant Staphylococcus aureus mutants in 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
Luca B. - Molecular and clinical characteristics of invasive Group A streptococcal infections in Sweden
Luca V. - Tuberculous meningitis in sucklings
Luca C.M. - Tuberculous meningitis in sucklings
Luca B. - Severe group A streptococcal infections in Romania. A surveillance within the Strep-EURO project
Luca C.M. - Bacterial meningitis in infants under 1 year of age – our experience
Luca V. - Bacterial meningitis in infants under 1 year of age – our experience
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Lucas S. - Sensitivity of PCR for IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in diagnosis of Buruli ulcer from punch biopsies
Lucas C. - Procalcitonin measurement in post-surgical neonates: a guide to antibiotic management
  - Investigation of the modulatory effect of pre- and probiotics on the gastrointestinal flora in post surgical neonates
Lucas S. - Antibiotic treatment of oedematous Mycobacterium ulcerans disease reduces the need for radical surgery and enhances the inflammatory response
Lucchetti C. - Molecular basis of the high resistance rates unrelated to antimicrobial exposure detected in faecal Escherichiacoli from the human population of a remote rural Bolivian community
Lucchini R. - A case of acute melioidosis in a traveller
Luczak M. - Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene isoforms (bft 1, bft 2 and bft 3) among strains isolated in the Netherlands, France and Poland
  - Detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producers with four variants of the Oxoid combination disc method
  - Trends in prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in patients undergoing intensive therapy
Luczak A. - Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus strains defective in species-specific proteins
Luczak M. - Laboratory diagnosis of antibiotic associated diarrhoea in hospitalised patients (Clostridiumdifficile or Clostridiumperfringens) – preliminary study in Poland
Ludovico P. - C. krusei showed promoted resistance to oxidative stress
Ludwig A. - Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants in patients with cystic fibrosis in Franfurt/Main, Germany
Ludwig E. - Pharmacodynamic comparison of intravenous antimicrobials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Hungarian hospitals – A report from the OPTAMA Program
Ludwig H. - Borna disease virus infection in early childhood, a potential risk for developing brains
Luhmer-Becker I. - Effect of the plasmid encoded quinolone resistance determinant in P. stuartii on the selection of strains with clinical resistance to ciprofloxacin
Luinstra K. - Comparison of inhibition rates for vaginal and cervical swabs and urine for the diagnosis of Chlamydiatrachomatis by Aptima Combo 2, ProbeTec ET and Amplicor
Luk W.-K. - A novel coronavirus, HKU1, from patients with pneumonia
Lukas W. - Drug-resistance and drug-sensitiveness of bacterias causing urinary tract infections in women under general practice care in Silesian Province
  - Analysis of anti-flu vaccinations among patients of a family practice: four-year observation
Lukhnova L. - Microbiological characteristics of anthrax strains
  - Molecular ecological study of B. anthracis in Kazakhstan
  - Structure of anthrax morbidity in Kazakhstan
  - The importance of laboratory methods in diagnosing anthrax in humans
  - Real-time PCR identification of Bacillus anthracis strains containing PAG and CAPR genes using Real-time
Lukic-Grlic A. - Respiratory syncytial virus infections in Croatia, 1994–99
Luna M. - Trends in incidence of invasive fungal infections at a tertiary cancer centre over a 14-year period: an autopsy study
Lund B. - Genetic relationship, occurrence of esp and antibiotic resistance among blood-culture derived Enterococcus faecium isolates
Lundbye-Christensen S. - Missing Title
Lundgren J. - Risk of AIDS and death at given HIV-RNA and CD4 count levels, according to specific antiretroviral drugs in the CART regimen
Lundgren J.D. - HIV and non-HIV-related deaths and their relationship to immunodeficiency; the D:A:D study
  - HIV-patients across Europe: regional differences in patient characteristics and AIDS diagnoses
Lundgren B. - Screening for tuberculosis infection using a new blood test in a population of HIV-positive individuals
  - Escherichia coli causing recurrent urinary tract infections belong mainly to the phylogenetic group B2
Lundgren J. - The year in HIV medicine
Lundgren B. - Semi-national surveillance of fungaemia in Denmark: species distribution and anti-fungal susceptibility
Lundholm R. - Escherichia coli causing recurrent urinary tract infections belong mainly to the phylogenetic group B2
Lunding S. - G-control Charts. A novel method for monitoring contamination rates of blood cultures
Lundkvist A. - RT-PCR analysis of fulminantly dead Iranian patients with Crimean- Congo haemorrhagic fever symptoms and without antibody response to CCHF
Lunel F. - Insertion of a new V3-like domain in nonstructural 5A protein of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b
Lunt M. - Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry provides fast and reliable identification of Staphylococcus haemolyticus
Lupse M. - Procalcitonin and fever as markers of bacteraemia in patients with sepsis
Luque M.C. - Immune reconstitution syndrome in HIV patients
Luquel L. - Epidemiology and management of pressure ulcers in an acute care hospital
Lutz P. - Severe disseminated fusariosis in a leukaemic child successfully treated with posaconazole and white blood cell transfusions
Luxo C. - Hepatitis C virus-specific CD8+ T cell response and their phenotypic characteristics in chronic patients treated with interferon-alpha and ribavirin
Luzzaro F. - Risk factors and treatment outcome of bloodstream infections caused by Proteus mirabilis isolates producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases
  - Molecular characterisation of TEM-123 and TEM-124 extended-spectrum beta-lactamases from clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae
  - Molecular epidemiology and beta-lactamase production of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Italian hospitals
  - Detection of a novel CMY-type beta-lactamase in Italian isolates of Proteus mirabilis
  - Evaluation of the Phoenix Automated Microbiology System in identification and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates of Streptococci
Luzzi I. - Enter-net Italia: integrated medical and veterinary surveillance of salmonellosis in Italy
Álvarez H. - Is directly observed therapy necessary in all patients with tuberculosis?
  - Long-term efficacy of a six-month treatment regimen (6HR2Z) for HIV-negative miliary tuberculosis
Álvarez-Lafuente R. - Human herpesvirus-6, Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus viral load in cases of sudden death in children. An approach with real-time PCR assay
Lydataki H. - Parenteral human albumin leads to quicker recovery in patients with acute pyelonephritis and hypoalbuminaemia
  - Epidemiology and resistance pattern of urinary pathogens in medical patients over a 6-year period
Lykou F. - Acute bacterial conjuctivitis in children
Lyons M. - Erysipelothrixrhusiopathiae. Septic arthritis of the knee
  - Toxic shock syndrome: a diagnostic difficulty
Lysén J. - Simultaneous isolation of Chlamydiatrachomatis, Neisseria I, Mycoplasmagenitalium and Ureaplasmaurealyticum from urine, using chlamCAP, an automated sample preparation system based on magnetic particle separation
  - Isolation of Mycobacterium species from respiratory specimens for the diagnosis of tuberculosis using an automated sample preparation system based on magnetic particles
Lyytikäinen O. - Incidence, predisposing conditions and outcome of invasive pneumococcal infections in Finland
  - Surgical site infections in the Helics network: results from 11 European surveillance networks
  - 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