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Obel N. - Predictors of pneumonia in patients with lower respiratory tract infection in primary care
Obermann B. - MIC vs. kill-curve based pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modelling of activities of cefpodoxime and cefixime
Obrenovic J - Prevalence of extend-spectrum beta-lactamase producing enterobacteria in different samples of patients hospitalised in a Serbian clinical centre
Obriadina A. - Immunoreactivity of predicted antigenic determinants of Toxoplasma gondii ROP 4 protein
  - A new recombinant antigen haemagglutination test for the serological diagnosis of syphilis
  - A new anti-HCV EIA based on recombinant antigens derived from different sequence variants of hepatitis C virus
  - Prediction of potential antigenic domains of HIV-1 Pol protein and evaluation their immunoreactivity
  - IgG response to herpes simplex virus type 2 gG and gD recombinant proteins among adults and children
  - Enzyme immunoassay for the detection of anti-Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus IgG antibodies based on new mosaic protein
O'Brien F. - The evolution of community MRSA in Australia – lessons for Europe?
Obuch-Woszczatynski P. - Laboratory diagnosis of antibiotic associated diarrhoea in hospitalised patients (Clostridiumdifficile or Clostridiumperfringens) – preliminary study in Poland
  - Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene isoforms (bft 1, bft 2 and bft 3) among strains isolated in the Netherlands, France and Poland
Ocaña S. - Evaluation of the BINAX-Now urinary antigen test for establishment of pneumococcal aetiology of adult community-acquired pneumonia with bacteraemia
  - Evaluation of the ROBOBACT system for automatic processing of vaginal cultures for screening of Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women
O'Connor J. - Comparison of the antimicrobial agents on the MicroScan Synergies plus Neg Combo Type 2 Panel with an NCCLS reference panel
Odabasi Z. - Nosocomial infections among earthquake victims in a backup university hospital after 1999 Marmara earthquake, Turkey
Odagiri S. - Linezolid vs vancomycin for the treatment of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Japan
Oddo M. - Severe sepsis and septic shock: recent trends in the intensive care unit of a university hospital
Odundele A. - Pharmacodynamic characterisation of LMB415 against Haemophilus influenzae in an in vitro hollow-fibre system
Ofir O. - In vitro susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to daptomycin, vancomycin, and other antibiotics
O’Flaherty S. - Heterologous expression of lysK encoding a lysin with anti-MRSA activity from the genome of the anti-staphylococcal phage K
O’Gara J. - Comparison of patient and environmental strains of MRSA using PFGE
Ogden A.C. - Bacillus cereus– the forgotten pathogen. An unusual infection in an orthopaedic patient
Ogden K. - A simulation model of the cost of treatment failure in patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia in the US
Oh W.S. - Usefulness of CMV antigenaemia assay after liver transplantation
Oh H. - Expression of mRNA for efflux pump proteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from cystic fibrosis patients in relation to antibiotic resistance
Oh W.S. - Genotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from neonates: the same genotypes of well-known CA-MRSA strains
Oh M.-D. - Treatment failure due to emergence of resistance to imipenem during therapy for Shewanellaalgae bacteraemia
Oh W.S. - In vitro evaluation of effective antibiotic lock therapy for treatment of catheter-related infections caused by Staphylococcus species
Oh M.-D. - Does vancomycin resistance emerge during the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory tracts?
Oh W.S. - Adequacy of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for prevention of urinary tract infection in renal transplant recipients
Oh B.J. - Changes in azole susceptibility and electrophoretic karyotype in sequential bloodstream isolates from patients with Candida glabrata candidaemia
O'Hara S. - Rapid antimicrobial sensitivity testing: direct from positive blood cultures
O’Hare M.D. - Levofloxacin is effective in the treatment of RTIs caused by penicillin-susceptible and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (SELECT Study)
Ohtami S. - Clinical analysis of anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody against bactericidal/permeability increasing protein (BPI-ANCA) in chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections
Oikonomou C. - Detection and identification of Ochrobactrum anthropi strains from environmental samples using 16S rRNA-specific PCR and sequence analysis
Ojea R. - Chronic bursitis by Mycobacterium chelonae
Okumus B. - The seroprevalence of coxiellosis in farmers and cattle in north-eastern Turkey
Okutan S.E. - Malaria problem in Afghanistan: malaria scanning results of the Turkish medical aid group after the war
Olalla J. - Use of levofloxacin in community-acquired pneumonia
Olar R. - Antibacterial and antifungal activities of some new acrylate complexes
  - Selective and effective antimicrobial properties of newly synthesised transition metal ions chelates with N, N-Dimethylbiguanide (DMGB)
Olczak A. - Self-medication with antibiotics in Poland
Oles J. - Evaluation of molecular assays for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis multi drug resistant strains and genotyping this isolates by spoligotyping
Olesen B. - A new approach to laboratory diagnostic of infectious gastroenteritis
Olgun N. - Effects of acyclovir on nitric oxide and cell death in herpesvirus type 1 and 2 infected HEp-2 cells
Oliveira C. - Detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, including the CTX-M-type enzymes, in Escherichia coli and Klebsiellapneumoniae using VITEK 2 System and the Advanced Expert System
Oliveira D.C. - Clonal evolution and SCCmec in community-acquired MRSA
Oliveira F.M. - Cryptococcaemia: aetiological agent and clinical outcome
Oliver M. - Evaluation of a new chromogenic agar medium for isolation and identification of group B streptococci from clinical samples
Olivier E.J. - Non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae as a cause of bacterial endocarditis in children with congenital heart defects
Oliviera C. - In vitro activity of ertapenem against cefpodoxime-resistant Gram-negative bacilli from urine
Ollgren J. - Incidence, predisposing conditions and outcome of invasive pneumococcal infections in Finland
Ollier W. - Rapid, reliable sub-typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by denaturing high pressure liquid chromatography and DNA sequence analysis
Olmos Linares A. - Mycobacterial diseases in an intensive care unit
Çolpan A. - Value of body temperature, white blood cell count and C-reactive protein for the diagnosis of intensive care unit-acquired infections: a prospective study
Olsen S. - The effect of omeprazole on the bioavailability and safety of garenoxacin in healthy volunteers
Olsen I. - Rapid cultivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacterial species by using culture supplements
Olsen K.E.P. - A new approach to laboratory diagnostic of infectious gastroenteritis
Olsen B. - Chlamydophila psittaci in fulmars on the Faroe islands – a disease risk to humans?
Olsen K.E.P. - Subtyping of Esherichia coli verocytotoxin 1: first report of VT1d subtype in humans
  - Spatial distribution and registry based case-control analysis of Campylobacter infections in Denmark, 1991–2001
Olsen S. - The effect of Maalox on bioavailability and safety of garenoxacin in healthy volunteers
Olsen J. - Identification of potential faecal contamination markers of coliforms and thermotolerant coliforms isolated from chicken feed using tRNA intergenic length polymorphism analysis (tDNA-PCR)
Olson J. - Dengue 3 outbreak in Peru
Olsson-Liljequist B. - Epidemiological typing of MRSA using spa sequencing and PFGE
  - Hospital transmission of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain of increasing prevalence in the Scandinavian community
Oltoff A. - Group B streptococci carriage in pregnant women
Olver W. - UK Survey of antibiotic treatment of febrile neutropenia
O'Mahony R. - Bactericidal and anti-adhesive properties of culinary and medicinal plants against Helicobacter pylori
  - Antibiotic-resistant toxin A-negative toxin B-positive Clostridium difficile in Dublin, Ireland
Omeñaca M. - Enterovirus meningitis: study from 1995 to 2003
Omidi S. - Correlation between zinc level of serum and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis
on behalf of ARMed Steering Group  - Antibiotic resistance in the south-eastern Mediterranean: preliminary results from the ARMed Project
on behalf of ESPRIT  - Changing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections in primary care: systematic review
on behalf of Strep-EURO study group  - First pan-European epidemiological and microbiological surveillance programme for severe S. pyogenes disease
on behalf of the ARMed Steering Group  - Validity of antimicrobial susceptibility results from 29 Mediterranean laboratories in the ARMed Project
on behalf of the Asian Pacific Research Foundation for Infectious Disease  - Adequacy of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for prevention of urinary tract infection in renal transplant recipients
on behalf of the BSAC Working Party on Bacteraemia Resistance Surveillance  - Antimicrobial susceptibility among invasive Gram-negative bacteria in the UK and Ireland: the BSAC Bacteraemia Resistance Surveillance Programme 2003
on behalf of the Endocarditis Study Group  - Epidemiologic and clinical aspects of infective endocarditis in Turkey
on behalf of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital Endocarditis Study Group  - Evaluation of a real-time universal 16S rRNA gene PCR and sequencing method for diagnosis of infective endocarditis directly from heart valve tissue
on behalf of the HELICS network  - Results from the minimal dataset of the European surveillance of ICU-acquired infections (HELICS-ICU), 2000–2004
on behalf of the MYSTIC Group Brazil  - Three-year resistance trend among P. aeruginosa isolated from Brazilian intensive care units: results from the MYSTIC Program
on behalf of the NACER Group  - Preferred first line antibiotics in adult CAP admitted to hospital in Spain
on behalf of the Portuguese Resistance Study Group  - Molecular characterisation of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium from Portuguese hospitals
on behalf of the SCOPE Study Group  - A Nordic study of antibiotic susceptibility of enterococci at different ward levels
Onaghise V. - Haemorrheological alterations in Nigerian pulmonary tuberculosis patients
Onal C. - Cerebellar abscess and syringomyelia due to isoniazid resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Oncül O. - The importance of phagocytic index for determining the early period efficacy of treatment modalities, and its relationship with metabolic control parameters in diabetic patients with foot infections
Oncul O. - Effect of the function of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and interleukin-1 beta on wound healing in patients with diabetic foot infection
  - The changing spectrum of diseases causing fever of unknown origin in Turkey: a multicentre study
  - Fournier's gangrene: a life-threatening clinic disorders in uncontrolled type II diabetes mellitus patients
  - The evaluation of 38 patients with tuberculous meningitis
Ondus S. - Antibiotic resistance, serotypes, and clonal composition of Streptococcus pneumoniae in clinical trials of acute otitis media pre- and post-launch of the 7 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
O’Neill E. - Comparison of patient and environmental strains of MRSA using PFGE
O'Neill A.J. - Genetic basis of fusidic acid resistance in staphylococci
O'Neill E. - Administration of gentamicin in a Dublin teaching hospital
O'Neill A.J. - Characterisation of the epidemic European fusidic acid-resistant impetigo clone of Staphylococcus aureus
Oner A. - Clinical relevance of iceA1, iceA2 and babA2 genotypes of Helicobacter pylori in Turkish patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia, duodenal ulcer and gastric cancer
Ong C. - 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
Ongen B. - Identification of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in enterobacterial isolates in Turkey
Onland G. - Automated nucleic acid extraction using the NucliSens easyMAG system for the recovery of DNA from various clinical specimen types
Onyemairo J. - Haemorrheological alterations in Nigerian pulmonary tuberculosis patients
Ooms B. - Critical assessment of factors affecting adhesion properties of lactic acid bacteria to human cell lines
Opdenbergh I. - Comparison of 2 Chlamydia trachomatis IgG ELISAs with the MIF test
Oplustil C. - Use of spatial analysis on a survey of H. influenzae and S. pneumoniae isolated from children in an urban area of southeastern Brazil
  - 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
  - Resistance patterns of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae isolated from children with upper respiratory tract infection in Southern Brazil – 2003 and 2004
  - Carbapenem comparisons in P. aeruginosa isolated from Brazilian hospitals: MYSTIC Program Brazil 2004
  - Three-year resistance trend among P. aeruginosa isolated from Brazilian intensive care units: results from the MYSTIC Program
  - 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
  - Four-year survey and resistance trend analysis in 37,261 isolates causing community urinary tract infections in Brazil
Oppenheim B.A. - Epidemiological relationship of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on an intensive care unit using staphylococcal interspersed repeat units
  - Accurate, rapid genotyping of CTX-M beta-lactamase by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography
  - A change in cleaning can reduce environmental bacterial contamination
Oprica C. - Isotretinoin versus tetracycline: a comparative study with regard to efficiency in the treatment of acne vulgaris
Opstelten W. - Antibodies to varicella zoster virus: no role in prognosis of Herpes zoster
Oral O. - Penetration of moxifloxacin into rat mandibular bone and soft tissue
Orcopoulou E. - Evaluation of the antigenaemia assay in early diagnosis of active cytomegalovirus infection in hospitalised patients
  - Study of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae as a cause reactive arthritis
Orden B. - Antibiotic susceptibility, mechanisms of macrolide resistance and clonal relationship in group B streptococci
Orduña A. - Prevalence of Leishmania infantum antibodies in central northern Spain
Orduna A. - Utility of Brucellacapt in the follow-up of patients with acute brucellosis
Orellana M.A. - Serotypes and antibiotic resistance of enteric Salmonella isolated in outpatients in a central area of Madrid, Spain
  - Prevalence of intestinal parasites and enteropathogens micro-organisms in outpatients of a central are of Madrid, Spain
Orenga S. - Multiresistant bacteria screening: clinical evaluation of MRSA ID, a new chromogenic medium for the screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Orfanidou M. - Norovirus associated gastroenteritis at a tertiary hospital in Greece
Orlando N. - Acute bacterial meningitis: epidemiological pattern in a paediatric hospital
Orlandou K. - Multidrug resistance among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in long-term care facilities in Greece
Orofino G. - Is it justifiable to withhold treatment for HCV-chronic hepatitis from drug addicts?
Orús F. - Risk of human herpesvirus 6 infection in seronegative solid organ transplant recipients
Orsagova I. - Vaccination against hepatitis B in patients with chronic renal failure – 16 year follow-up
Orsi G.B. - Hospital infection surveillance in a neurosurgical intensive care unit
Ortega M. - DNA microarray format for detection of human papillomavirus: discrepancies between techniques applied to detect HPV DNA
  - Prospective evaluation of procalcitonin in adults with febrile episodes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Ortenberg E. - Antimicrobials prescription patterns in outpatient adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Russia: 2003 vs 1998
Orth D. - Characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ortiz A. - Epidemiology of non-pigmented rapidly growing Mycobacteria in a university hospital
Ortiz N. - Rapid identification of human T-cell leukaemia virus type I using a PCR method
Ortiz A. - Detection of the ermX determinant of macrolide resistance in clinical strains of Corynebacterium urealyticum
Ortiz de la Tabla V. - Impact of an antibiotic restriction policy on antibiotic usage and cost
Ortiz de Lajarazu Leonardo R. - DNA microarray format for detection of human papillomavirus: discrepancies between techniques applied to detect HPV DNA
Ortiz de Lejarazu Leonardo R. - Significance of rapid detection methods versus serological tests in human respiratory viruses isolation
Ortiz-Leyba C. - Effect of dehydroepiandrosterone in an experimental pneumonia model caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae
Ortiz-Moyano J. - Effect of dehydroepiandrosterone in an experimental pneumonia model caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae
Ory F. - Evidence of infection in humans with West Nile virus in Delta de l'Ebre (a wetland in the south of Catalonia), Spain
Osei-Sarpong F. - Sensitivity of PCR for IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in diagnosis of Buruli ulcer from punch biopsies
Osek J. - Identification of major pathogenic markers in shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli by the use of multiplex PCR in beef meat
Oskam L. - Mutator strains may contribute to the acquisition of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Osmon D.R. - Kinetics of linezolid release from polymethylmethacrylate beads
  - Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein are useful preoperative predictors of the absence of prosthetic hip and knee infection
Ossi M.C. - Antifungal resistance and production of virulence factors in Candida spp. isolated in Italy during the period 2002–2004 from paediatric and adult patients
Otero I. - Characterisation of gentamicin-susceptible strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in two Spanish hospitals
Otero J. - Effect of levofloxacin coadministration on the international normalised ratios during acenocumarol therapy
Ott A. - Macrolide resistance associated with chronic azithromycin use in cystic fibrosis
  - Colonisation and resistance dynamics of Gram-negative bacteria during and after hospitalisation
  - Colonisation and resistance dynamics of enterococci during and after hospitalisation
Otte F. - Attempt to rationalise antibiotic use in a paediatric intensive care unit
Ou J.T. - Identification of genes conferring cytotoxicity in Serratiamarcescens
Ouédraogo M. - PCR-based surveillance in five districts in Burkina Faso and Togo during the 2003–04 epidemic season
Ouis I.-S. - Multiple analyses of different regions of the 16S rRNA gene increase the diagnostic efficiency of PCR-DGGE technique for Helicobacter spp.
Overdijk M. - 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 the NucliSens mini MAG RNA extraction and real-time NASBA applications for the detection of M. pneumoniae and C. pneumoniae in throat swabs
Oviedo M. - Evidence of infection in humans with West Nile virus in Delta de l'Ebre (a wetland in the south of Catalonia), Spain
Owens M. - A rapid sequencing based prototype assay for detection of high risk HPV strains in cervical samples
Oyakhirome S. - Artesunate-clindamycin versus quinine-clindamycin in the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a randomised controlled trial
Oz V. - Procalcitonin and the diagnosis of early syphilis
  - The comparison of Western blot test with FTA-ABS test as confirmatory tests in syphilis cases: a cross-sectional study in Turkish population
Oza A. - Enhanced bacteraemia surveillance of EARSS pathogens in Ireland 2004
Ozbek E. - Helicobacter pylori in gastric mucosa: an ultrastructural study
Ozbek A. - Helicobacter pylori in gastric mucosa: an ultrastructural study
Ozcan I. - Comparison the bacteriology and beta-lactamase production of the tonsils and adenoids surface and core flora
Ozden M. - Brucellar spondylitis: review of 24 cases and compared to inpatients without spondylitis
Ozden K. - CD4 and CD8 levels in Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, and relation to the outcome
  - Comparison of cerebrospinal fluid procalcitonin levels with serum C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of meningitis
Ozden M. - 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
  - Cytokine levels in patients with brucellosis and their relations with the treatment
Ozen D. - Drug resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a technical university medical faculty in Turkey, 2000–2004
Ozeren A. - Nosocomial infections in neurology intensive care unit of a university hospital
Ozgiray E. - Vancomycin versus teicoplanin in the therapy of experimental methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus meningitis
Ozgunes I. - Erythema multiforme related to pegylated interferon alpha 2a plus ribavirin treatment for chronic hepatitis C
  - Detection of extended spectrum beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli strains isolated from clinical specimens and their antimicrobial susceptibility
  - Nosocomial infections survey in a university hospital: results of the last 5 years
Ozherelkov S. - Antiviral activity of phosphorylated derivatives of plant polyprenyls in different tick-born encephalitis models
Ozkul A. - Effects of acyclovir on nitric oxide and cell death in herpesvirus type 1 and 2 infected HEp-2 cells
Ozkurt Z. - The genotoxic effect of ribavirin in the patients with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
  - Epizootiology and epidemiology of anthrax in Eastern Turkey between 1992–2004
  - The risk factors for imipenem-resistant Pseudomonasaeruginosa in the burn unit
  - Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Eastern Turkey: clinical features, risk factors, prognostic factors and efficacy of ribavirin therapy
  - CD4 and CD8 levels in Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, and relation to the outcome
  - Comparison of cerebrospinal fluid procalcitonin levels with serum C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of meningitis
  - The seroprevalence of coxiellosis in farmers and cattle in north-eastern Turkey
Ozmutlu A. - Pre- and post-operative changes in complement C3, complement C4 levels in acute appendicitis
Ozsvár Z. - Epidemiology and infection control of ESBL-producing Klebsiellapneumoniae strains caused 5 outbreaks in a Hungarian neonatal intensive care unit during the years 2001–2004
Ozturk E. - Ciprofloxacin impregnated carboxymethylcellulose membrane reduces adherence and intra-abdominal abscess formation and mortality rate in a lethal intra-abdominal sepsis model in mouse
  - Fusidic acid impregnation inhibits adherence of S. epidermidis to peripheric venous catheters
  - Mutations in the rpoB, katG and inhA genes leading to rifampicin and isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Turkey
  - Effect of melatonin on Candida sepsis in experimental rat models
Ozyurek S.F. - Epizootiology and epidemiology of anthrax in Eastern Turkey between 1992–2004