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Paakkari P. - Relationship between co-trimoxazole use and resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis
Paberza R. - Phagocytic activity of human peripheral blood polymorphnuclear leucocytes to methicillin-sensitive and resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci
Pace J. - Surveillance of probably bacterial pneumonia in children less than 5 years old in two geographical areas in Argentina
Pacenti M. - Do oestrogen receptors have a role in the pathogenesis of HIV-associated lipodystrophy?
Pachón J. - Efficacy of imipenem, sulbactam and rifampin in an experimental meningitis model caused by multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii
  - Effect of dehydroepiandrosterone in an experimental pneumonia model caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae
  - Efficacy of rifampin, imipenem, and sulbactam in monotherapy and combination, in the experimental pneumonia caused by panresistant Acinetobacter baumannii
  - Pneumonia in cancer patients
  - Blood culture negative endocarditis. Analysis of 59 cases
  - Epidemiological, clinical and prognostic features of febrile neutropenia in cancer patients
Pachón-Ibáñez M.E. - Efficacy of rifampin, imipenem, and sulbactam in monotherapy and combination, in the experimental pneumonia caused by panresistant Acinetobacter baumannii
  - Effect of dehydroepiandrosterone in an experimental pneumonia model caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae
  - Efficacy of imipenem, sulbactam and rifampin in an experimental meningitis model caused by multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Padeshki P. - Genome-based amplified fragment length polymorphism for typing of Francisella tularensis strains
Padilla B. - Empirical treatment of serious infections due to health care-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Padilla E. - Effect of porins and AmpC betalactamases in the treatment of experimental pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
Padmanabhan R. - Severe soft tissue infection and secondary bacteraemia due to community-acquired MRSA in a traveller returning from the Congo
Padoveze M.C. - Understanding the Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonisation of HIV outpatients based on DNA genotyping
Padrones S. - Community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalisation in young adults: clinical features, causative organisms, and outcomes
Paesmans M. - Influence of Mannan binding lectin serum levels on the risk of infection during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in adult haematological cancer patients
Pagalou M. - Mechanisms of nosocomial S. aureus resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics
Pagani L. - Dissemination of CTX-M-type beta-lactamases among clinical isolates of E. coli from geriatric long-term care and rehabilitation facilities in northern Italy
  - Detection of a novel CMY-type beta-lactamase in Italian isolates of Proteus mirabilis
  - Molecular epidemiology and beta-lactamase production of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Italian hospitals
Pagano L. - Combined therapy for central nervous system invasive fungal infections
Pages M.P. - Blood stream infections in children with acute myeloid leukaemia: contribution of microbiological gum and gut monitoring
Pagkalou M. - Acute CMV infection in paediatric population
  - The contribution of IgG avidity in the diagnosis of CMV infection
Paglia M.F. - Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis during highly active anti-retroviral therapy in an HIV-infected patient. Case report
Pagliano P. - Linezolid in patients with pneumococcal meningitis
Pagnier I. - Co-colonisation of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains: risk for misidentification in molecular detection assays
Pagnotti P. - Study on the effect of prolonged treatment with zidovudine, lamivudine and abacavir on a T-lymphoblastoid cell line
Pais B. - Hepatitis C virus-specific CD8+ T cell response and their phenotypic characteristics in chronic patients treated with interferon-alpha and ribavirin
Paiva A. - Hepatitis C virus-specific CD8+ T cell response and their phenotypic characteristics in chronic patients treated with interferon-alpha and ribavirin
Pajchel G. - Application of microbiological and capillary electrophoresis methods to phenoxymethylpenicillin dissolution assay
Pakarinen J. - Production of extracellular proteases and toxic metabolites by Trichoderma strains isolated from opportunistic infections
Palù G. - Characterisation of a hospital outbreak of multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and prevalence of class 1 integrons
  - Do oestrogen receptors have a role in the pathogenesis of HIV-associated lipodystrophy?
  - HIV-proviral DNA and plasma-RNA sequencing for detection of drug resistance mutations in antiretroviral naive patients
  - HIV-1 DNA load in naive and successful antiretroviral treated patients
  - The crystal structure of HCMV UL44 and analysis of its interaction with UL54: new targets for drug discovery
Palacián P. - Loiasis with eyeworm and microfilaremia
  - Isolation of Gardnerella vaginalis from semen
Palatnick L.P. - Activity of telithromycin and oral comparators against 20,886 Canadian respiratory tract pathogens isolated from 1997–2003
Paldanius M. - Chlamydia-like micro-organism, Simkania negevensis, as a possible emerging pathogen in Finland?
Palepou M.-F.I. - Carbapenem-resistant, CTX-M-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the UK
  - Novel class A carbapenemase, KPC-4, in an Enterobacter isolate from Scotland
Pallarés R. - Streptococcus pneumoniae spinal infection
Pallecchi L. - 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
Pallesen L.V. - Ten-year of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST80-IV clone in Denmark
Palm S. - Quantitation of CMV, EBV and HBV using new sensitive real-time PCR assays
Palmgren A.-C. - The ecological effects of norfloxacin and pivmecillinam (PIV) on the periurethral and vaginal flora in women with recurrent urinary tract infection
Palmieri F. - Outcome of HIV-associated tuberculosis in the early- and late-HAART era
Palomar M. - Results from the minimal dataset of the European surveillance of ICU-acquired infections (HELICS-ICU), 2000–2004
Palomares J.C. - Comparison of a LightCycler real-time PCR method and the BDProbeTec ET system for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens
Palomares J.C - Variable prediction of clinical outcome of the GART interpretation system Guidelines 6.0 and Virtual Phenotype
Palombarani S. - Actinomyces spp.: a disregarded pathogen?
Palva E. - MIKSTRA Programme – a five-year follow-up of indication based antibiotic prescribing in primary health care
  - Use of symptomatic medication in acute otitis media
Palvarini L. - Epidemiology and surveillance of MDR P. aeruginosa in an Italian hospital
Pan A. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia trends after control programme
Pan X.Z. - Identification of the pathogens caused the outbreak of Streptococcus suis toxic shock syndrome and meningocephalitis of swine and human
Pana M. - Study of antibiotic resistant commensal and invasive Pneumococci isolated in Romania between 1996–2003
Panagea S. - Subclonal variation of a cystic fibrosis epidemic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Panagi M. - Increasing incidence of S. maltophilia in bacteraemic patients
Panagiotakis A. - Unusual bacteraemia-associated pathogens: a 12-year experience
Panagiotidou E. - Resistance phenotypes of methicillin resistant S. aureus in a Greek hospital during 1998–2003
Panagiotou P. - Resistance phenotypes of methicillin resistant S. aureus in a Greek hospital during 1998–2003
Panagopoulos P. - In vitro activity of telithromycin against erythromycin-susceptible and resistant pneumococci
Panagou C. - High rates of genital Mycoplasma infection in female of reproductive age
  - Mixed infections of the female low genital tract
Panahandeh M.J. - An attempt to detect the trace of faecal materials in drinking water of dairy farms around Tehran, Iran
Panaiotov S. - Pertussis of adults and infants in Bulgarian population: role of PCR diagnosis
  - Characterisation of Legionella pneumophila isolates from geographically different Bulgarian regions
  - Genome-based amplified fragment length polymorphism for typing of Francisella tularensis strains
Pancer K.W. - The microagglutination test as a complement to ELISA examination in serological diagnosis of Legionella infections
  - Strains of Enterobacter cloacae isolated in hospital environment: ability to adherence to Hep-2 cell line and to biofilm forming
Pancharoen C. - Diagnosis of dengue infection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction from dried urine spots on filter paper
  - Diagnosis of dengue infection by reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using whole blood stored on filter paper
Pancholi P. - Detection of MRSA directly from blood cultures using real-time PCR
Pangalis A. - Children's urinary pathogens: one-year survey in a Greek hospital
  - In vitro activity of telithromycin against erythromycin-susceptible and resistant pneumococci
  - Patterns of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp. and Proteus mirabilis isolates from urinary tract infection: one-year study
  - Epidemiological features of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolation from the sputum of children with cystic fibrosis
  - Predominance of three emm-types among Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from invasive diseases in Greece
Pangalis G. - Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy associated with amphotericin B treatment
Paniara O. - Characterisation of a hospital outbreak of multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and prevalence of class 1 integrons
  - Gram-positive bacteria from diabetic foot ulcers and resistance to currently used antibiotics in a Greek general hospital
  - The incidence and risk factors for Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia in ICU patients with A. baumannii respiratory tract colonisation
  - Micro-organisms from peritoneal fluid of patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Panopoulou H. - Quantification of serum HBV-DNA with Cobas Taqman for the diagnosis, monitoring and prognosis of chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Panopoulou M. - Value of antigen detection in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis
Panoutsopoulos G. - Antimicrobial activity of chemical constituents from Inula pseudolimonella (Asteraceae) growing in Greece
Pantazatou A. - Dissemination of nitroimidazole resistance determinants among Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria in Greece
  - Evaluation of the in vitro activity of tigecycline against Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria
Pantazis K.D. - Prevalence of serum HBV markers among 13,581 women of child-bearing age in Greece
  - Serological profile and virological evaluation of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected patients in Greece
Pantosti A. - Incidence and antibiotic susceptibility of pathogens causing severe community-acquired and nosocomial infections in Italy
Papadaki A. - Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage: prevalence and risk factors
Papadaki H. - Trends in antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance of major bacterial pathogens over a 5-year period in a general hospital in Athens, Greece
Papadopoulos K. - High rates of tuberculosis infection in recent immigrants from high prevalence regions in Greece
  - Gastric fluid cultures of neonates
  - The serum/pleural IL-6 ratio in the differential diagnosis of the tuberculous pleural effusion
Papadopoulou D. - Cytomegalovirus infection and biliary atresia in a newborn infant
Papadopoulou C. - Antibiotic resistance of bacterial strains isolated from water samples and fish
Papadopoulou D. - Identification of mutations in hepatitis B virus under lamivudine therapy
Papadoyianni M. - Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of pathogens isolated from patients with bacteraemia in an intensive care unit
Papaefstathiou C. - Rabdomyolysis complicating Shigella flexneri acute gastroenteritis
  - Neisseriasiccaperitonitis in patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case of the ‘nonpathogenic’Neisseriae infection
  - Bacterial causes of community-acquired pneumonia and antibiotic resistance on adult patients hospitalised during 2002–2003
Papaefstathiou K. - Trends in antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance of major bacterial pathogens over a 5-year period in a general hospital in Athens, Greece
  - Helicobacter pylori infection and low IgG immunoglobulin
Papaefstathiou C. - Microbial flora of the peritoneal catheter exit site in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Papafrangas E. - Helicobacter pylori infection and low IgG immunoglobulin
  - Investigation of a possible nosocomial urinary tract infection outbreak due to ESBLS producing E. coli
  - blaVIM-2 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in a newly established intensive care unit
  - Isolation of Neisseria meningitidis from sputum/bronchial secretions from immunocompromised patients
Papagelopoulos P. - Perioperative anti-infective prophylaxis with teicoplanin or second generation cephalosporins in vascular and orthopaedic surgery involving prosthetic material: a meta-analysis of randomised control trials
  - Spondylodiscitis after facet joint steroid injection
Papagheorghe R. - Study of antibiotic resistant commensal and invasive Pneumococci isolated in Romania between 1996–2003
Papalexi F. - Human brucellosis in Northern Greece
Papamichael D. - Evaluation of procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker of bacteraemia
Papamichael K. - Ertapenem as initial antimicrobial monotherapy for patients with typical community-acquired pneumonia
Papanastasiou A. - Hepatitis B virus genotype distribution in Greek population and economic immigrants and association with HBeAg status
Papantoniou E. - Evaluation of procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker of bacteraemia
  - Use of treponema + VDRL ViraBlot test as a useful ‘all in one’ confirmatory assay for Treponema pallidum antibodies
Papaparaskevas J. - Predominance of three emm-types among Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from invasive diseases in Greece
  - Evaluation of the in vitro activity of tigecycline against Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria
  - The impact of prescription intervention on antibiotic resistance patterns of K. pneumonia and P. aeruginosa in a tertiary care hospital
  - Dissemination of nitroimidazole resistance determinants among Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria in Greece
Paparizos V. - Serological profile and virological evaluation of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected patients in Greece
Papasava P. - Ertapenem as initial antimicrobial monotherapy for patients with typical community-acquired pneumonia
Papassotiriou I. - Serum amyloid A and brucellosis
Papastamataki P. - Peripheral T-cell lymphoma masquerading as cellulitis
  - A bibliometric analysis of worldwide trends in research productivity in microbiology
Papatolis V. - Detection of rotavirus, adenoviruses and astrovirus in gastroenteritis cases among young children, first experience with adenovirus identification by PCR and microplate hybridisation assay
  - In vitro activity of telithromycin against erythromycin-susceptible and resistant pneumococci
  - 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
Papavasileiou H. - The prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in hospitalised children with lower respiratory infections
  - Postoperative infection in posterior spinal fusion surgery in children
  - Acute bacterial conjuctivitis in children
  - Colonisation of bronchial secretions in intubated patients in paediatric intensive care unit in Athens, Greece
Papavasileiou L. - Colonisation of bronchial secretions in intubated patients in paediatric intensive care unit in Athens, Greece
Papavasileiou H. - Nasopharyngeal colonisation in healthy children in Greece
Papavasileiou L. - Nasopharyngeal colonisation in healthy children in Greece
Papavassiliou A. - A progressive study of mycobacterium isolations in HIV+ patients (1991–2004)
  - M. tuberculosis drug resistance and clinical outcome in Greek and immigrant patients
Papavntsis D. - Detection and identification of Ochrobactrum anthropi strains from environmental samples using 16S rRNA-specific PCR and sequence analysis
Pape-Chrisafi M. - Identification of mutations in hepatitis B virus under lamivudine therapy
  - Cytomegalovirus infection and biliary atresia in a newborn infant
Papp T. - Inhibitory effect of the Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein on different zygomycetes
Pappa C. - Bloodstream infections in adult patients with malignant blood disorders and neutropenia: microbial spectrum and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern
Pappas S. - Survival outcome by initial antimicrobial appropriateness in severe infections of medical patients: a pilot study
  - Epidemiology and resistance pattern of urinary pathogens in medical patients over a 6-year period
  - Epidemiology and resistance pattern of bacteraemia pathogens in medical patients over an 8-year period
  - Parenteral human albumin leads to quicker recovery in patients with acute pyelonephritis and hypoalbuminaemia
Parada C. - The effect of performance feedback on wound infection rate in abdominal hysterectomy
Paradisi F. - 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
  - Antimicrobial resistance in an intensive care unit before adopting an antibiotic rotation programme for empiric therapy of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Paramythiotou E. - Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of pathogens isolated from patients with bacteraemia in an intensive care unit
Paranhos-Baccalà G. - Evaluation of a real-time NASBA assay for the detection of influenza A and B viruses in clinical respiratory samples
Paraschakis K. - From conference abstract to full paper: differences between data presented in conferences and journals
  - 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
Paraskakis I. - Antimicrobial resistance of pneumococci isolated from the nasopharynx of healthy children and clinical isolates in Greece in 2004
Paratiras S. - Neonatal meningitis-bacteraemia from Listeria monocytogenes
Parisi S.G. - HIV-proviral DNA and plasma-RNA sequencing for detection of drug resistance mutations in antiretroviral naive patients
  - HIV-1 DNA load in naive and successful antiretroviral treated patients
  - Molecular epidemiology of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci isolated in a university hospital, Italy (2003–2004)
Park S.H. - Does the granulocyte transfusion therapy have the potential to adversely affect the clinical outcome of subsequent haematopoietic stem cell transplantation?
  - PTLD following allogeneic HSCT: a single-centre experience in Korea
Park S.-N. - Hepatitis B virus DNA testing by nested-PCR, PCR-ELISA and hybrid capture II from a blood and blood products
Park Y.J. - Prevalence of Ambler class A extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Korean hospitals
Park D.-Y. - Prevalence and characteristics of plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in a Korean hospital
Park S.K. - A study of HBV vaccination among anti-HBs negative hospital health care workers
Park S.-K. - Epidemiologic analysis and antibiotic resistance of Shigella sonnei isolated from patients in Seoul
Park S.-G. - Epidemiologic analysis and antibiotic resistance of Shigella sonnei isolated from patients in Seoul
Park S. - Genotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from neonates: the same genotypes of well-known CA-MRSA strains
Park S.K. - A study of HBV viral marker with HBV vaccination histories in healthcare workers in case of needle stick injury
Park D.-Y. - Outbreak of Klebsiellapneumoniae producing SHV-12 and CMY-2 in NICU of a Korean tertiary care hospital
Park S. - Penetration kinetics of moxifloxacin in human pancreas: comparison of intravenous vs oral administration
Parker D. - Pharmacodynamic profiling of cefepime in the cerebrospinal fluid of hospitalised patients through the use of population pharmacokinetic modelling and Monte Carlo simulation
Parkinson A.J. - The International Circumpolar Surveillance System for population-based surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease 1999–2003
  - International Circumpolar Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases, 2000–2004
Parks D. - International Circumpolar Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases, 2000–2004
  - The International Circumpolar Surveillance System for population-based surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease 1999–2003
Parlak M. - Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Eastern Turkey: clinical features, risk factors, prognostic factors and efficacy of ribavirin therapy
  - Epizootiology and epidemiology of anthrax in Eastern Turkey between 1992–2004
  - CD4 and CD8 levels in Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, and relation to the outcome
Parody R. - Epidemiological, clinical and prognostic features of febrile neutropenia in cancer patients
  - Pneumonia in cancer patients
Parra A. - Bacterial and fungical colonisation of the bronchial tree in outpatient lung donors. An advance in lung transplantation
  - Importance of the infecting organism in antibiotic penetration into the middle ear in experimental otitis media
Parra-Ruiz J. - High diversity in the interferon sensitivity determining region of HCV genome in HCV/HIV-coinfected patients
  - Clinical usefulness of the tonsillar HIV genotyping-guided change of therapy in HIV-1 infected patients with immune discordant response to HAART
Parras Padilla T. - Epidemiology of CTX-M beta-lactamases in Spain
  - Plasmid mediated quinolone resistance gene among ESBL-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae in Spain
Parschalk B. - Foreign body infection and ‘wild type’Staphylococcus epidermidis– Potential of biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance
Partal M. - 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
Parveen A. - Temperature mediated heteroduplex analysis of rpoB mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA: direct detection of rifampicin resistance in clinical specimens
Parzybut B. - Epidemiology and management of pressure ulcers in an acute care hospital
Pascual A. - Norfloxacin as an alternative marker of decreased susceptibility to fluorquinolones in Salmonella enterica
  - Caspofungin bioassay using the hypersusceptible C. albicans cell wall sensor mutant delta-mid2
  - Effect of inoculum size on the activity of betalactams and betalactam-inhibitors against SHV-, TEM- and CTX-M-producing Enterobacteriaceae
  - Community-acquired bacteraemia due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli: an emerging clinical challenge
  - Porin expression among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli showing AmpC-hyperproduction phenotype
  - Evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria containing plasmid mediated qnrA and FOX-5 beta-lactamase by four automatic systems
Pascual V. - Corticosteroids in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia: impact on mortality
Pascual A. - In vitro activity of beta-lactams against clinical isolates of Escherichia coli with AmpC-hyperproduction phenotype
  - Norfloxacin as a marker of decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones in enterobacteria using the Vitek 2 system
  - Comparative in vitro activity of ertapenem against ESBL-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolated in Spain
  - Antibiotic resistance surveillance over a 5-year period in Spain: results of the MYSTIC Programme
  - Characterisation of clinical isolates of Klebsiella oxytoca susceptible to ampicillin
Pascual Á. - Zinc concentration and porin profile of P. aeruginosa forming biofilms on siliconized latex urinary catheters
Pascual A. - Factors affecting resistance to quinolones mediated by plasmids containing the qnrA gene
Pascual Duran M. - Chronic bursitis by Mycobacterium chelonae
Pasemann B. - Band-based versus sequence-based typing: comparison of typing results for Staphylococcus aureus obtained from PFGE and spa typing
Pasiotou M. - Diverse extended spectrum beta-lactamases in minor serotypes of foodborne Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica from Greece
Pasqualotto A.C. - Nosocomial candidemia in patients using antifungals (breakthrough): comparison to non-breakthrough episodes
  - Paracoccidioidomycosis in the breast: case report in a fertile female patient
  - An outbreak of Pichia anomala fungaemia
  - Candidemia in Brazilian cancer patients
  - A comparative study of risk factors and outcome among outpatient-acquired and nosocomial-acquired candidemia
  - Accessing quality in infection control surveillance
  - Cryptococcaemia: aetiological agent and clinical outcome
  - Nosocomial candidaemia in a Brazilian paediatric population: a 9-year study comparing risk factors and the outcome of paediatric and adult candidaemia
  - High prevalence of admission for AIDS-associated opportunistic infections in a Brazilian teaching hospital
  - Hospital infections in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit
  - Candidosis due to Candida guilliermondii: an analysis of eleven cases
Pasquantonio M.S. - Distribution of mefA-containing genetic elements in Italian isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes
  - Characterisation of biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates
Passali D. - Moxifloxacin concentrations in plasma and tonsillar tissue in adult patients
Passarell J. - Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model for the tolerability of tigecycline in healthy volunteers
  - Exposure-response analysis of the efficacy of tigecycline in patients with complicated skin and skin-structure infections
  - A novel approach for evaluating the microbiological efficacy of tigecycline in patients with complicated skin and skin-structure infections
Passerini Tosi C. - HCV infection and pregnancy. Prospective series of 29,260 consecutive cases
Pastorino B. - An in vitro assay for flavivirus NS2B/NS3 serine protease
Patel R. - Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein are useful preoperative predictors of the absence of prosthetic hip and knee infection
  - In vitro and in vivo release of daptomycin or vancomycin from polymethacrylate beads
Patel C. - Genetic engineering of Toxoplasma gondii P30 (SAG1) antigen for improved antibody detection in immunoassays
Patel A. - Performance of BD Phoenix™ in low inoculum mode for the identification of frequently isolated Gram-positive cocci
Patel R. - Kinetics of linezolid release from polymethylmethacrylate beads
Patel P. - International external quality assessment for C. trachomatis using EIA and molecular methods
Patier J.L. - Autochthonous sporadic acute hepatitis E cases in Madrid, Spain
Patili D. - Sexually transmitted infections among registered female sex workers in Athens
  - Mixed infections of the female low genital tract
  - High rates of genital Mycoplasma infection in female of reproductive age
Patiny S. - Seroepidemiology of hepatitis A and hepatitis B virus in Luxembourg
Patsouris E. - Micro-organisms from peritoneal fluid of patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Patthey R. - Validation and improvement of an automated surveillance system for nosocomial bacteraemia
Patti A.M. - Borna disease virus infection in early childhood, a potential risk for developing brains
Patty R.N. - Rapid detection of Salmonella and Campylobacter jejuni DNA in faeces by real-time PCR without prior culture enrichment
Patzer J.A. - The diverse integron structures disseminating VIM genes in Poland
  - Activity of meropenem against Gram-negative isolates from the intensive care unit – Part of the MYSTIC (Meropenem Yearly Susceptibility Test Information Collection) Programme, 1997–2004
Paul M. - Prediction of bloodstream infections using TREAT. A causal probabilistic network for diagnosis and treatment of infections
  - Empirical antibiotics against Gram-positive infections for febrile neutropenia. Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  - Antibiotic monotherapy for the empirical treatment of febrile neutropenia. Systematic review and meta-analysis
  - Building TREAT – computerised decision support for antibiotic treatment
Paul N. - Changing epidemiology, clinical features, and outcome of acute community-acquired pneumonia among adults in India
Paul M. - Antibiotic prophylaxis of bacterial infections in afebrile neutropenic patients following chemotherapy. Systematic review and meta-analysis
Paul N. - Factors associated with death in candiduria
Paul M. - Rise and fall of Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections: efficacy of a multifaceted intervention
Paulauskas A. - The prevalence of Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks (Ixodes ricinus) collected in Lithuania
Pavan F. - Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic aspects of high dose oral levofloxacin therapy for bone infections
  - Penetration of levofloxacin in sinusal mucosa of patients with chronic sinusitis following oral administration of a single 500 mg dose
Pavia C. - The effect of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on the in vitro and in vivo activity of Borreliaburgdorferi
Pavlik P. - Aerococcus urinae– a rarely detected pathogen of infective endocarditis
Pavlou K. - Helicobacter pylori infection and low IgG immunoglobulin
Pavlovska D. - Two consecutive point prevalence studies on indications for antibiotic use in selected Latvian hospitals
Pawinska A. - Activity of meropenem against Gram-negative isolates from the intensive care unit – Part of the MYSTIC (Meropenem Yearly Susceptibility Test Information Collection) Programme, 1997–2004
Payan C. - Insertion of a new V3-like domain in nonstructural 5A protein of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b
Payeras M. - Effect of levofloxacin coadministration on the international normalised ratios during acenocumarol therapy
Payne D. - A comparative in vitro analysis of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and seven comparative agents in 15,521 paediatric respiratory isolates
  - Targets: hits and misses
Pazylov Y. - Microbiological characteristics of anthrax strains
  - Structure of anthrax morbidity in Kazakhstan
Peña A. - High diversity in the interferon sensitivity determining region of HCV genome in HCV/HIV-coinfected patients
Pea F. - Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic aspects of high dose oral levofloxacin therapy for bone infections
  - Penetration of levofloxacin in sinusal mucosa of patients with chronic sinusitis following oral administration of a single 500 mg dose
Pearce C.L. - Investigation of divergent piperacillin and piperacillin/tazobactam activities to support appropriate formulary decisions
Pearman J.W. - The evolution of community MRSA in Australia – lessons for Europe?
Pearson A.D. - Ascertainment of ESBL-producing E. coli infections in 2002 and 2003 – survey of English microbiology laboratories
Pebody R. - Susceptibility of pneumococci causing meningitis in England and Wales to recommended antimicrobials, 2001–2003
Pecile P. - Antimicrobial resistance in an intensive care unit before adopting an antibiotic rotation programme for empiric therapy of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Peck K.R. - In vitro evaluation of effective antibiotic lock therapy for treatment of catheter-related infections caused by Staphylococcus species
  - Genotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from neonates: the same genotypes of well-known CA-MRSA strains
  - Adequacy of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for prevention of urinary tract infection in renal transplant recipients
  - Usefulness of CMV antigenaemia assay after liver transplantation
Pecking M. - Trends in penicillin-resistance rates among pneumococcal carriage strains in children's day-care centres in France: 1999–2004
Pedersen S.S. - Predictors of pneumonia in patients with lower respiratory tract infection in primary care
Pedersen C. - Predictors of pneumonia in patients with lower respiratory tract infection in primary care
Pedersen S.S. - Soluble haemoglobin scavenger receptor is a prognostic marker in patients with bacteraemia
Pedersen G. - Incidence of bacteraemia in patients with haematological and other malignancies after placement of central venous catheter
Pedersen L. - Non-typhoid Salmonella bacteraemia in a Danish county: a population-based prognostic follow-up study
Pedersen G. - Haematological malignancies and bacteraemia. The impact of malignancy type and microbial agent on 30-day mortality
Pedersen C. - Relationship between bacterial colonisation, exacerbations and current smoking in 575 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Pedersen S.S. - Relationship between bacterial colonisation, exacerbations and current smoking in 575 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Pedersen T. - Identification of potential faecal contamination markers of coliforms and thermotolerant coliforms isolated from chicken feed using tRNA intergenic length polymorphism analysis (tDNA-PCR)
Pediaditis J. - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Greece: a multicentre prevalence study on intestinal colonisation
Pedicone L. - Posaconazole pharmacokinetics in elderly healthy volunteers and elderly patients
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Pedneault L. - 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
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  - Resistance patterns of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae isolated from children with upper respiratory tract infection in Southern Brazil – 2003 and 2004
Pedro R. - Understanding the Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonisation of HIV outpatients based on DNA genotyping
Pedro-Botet M.L. - Comparative study of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia according to sporadic and outbreak presentation
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Peftidis G. - Clinico-evolutive aspects of tuberculosis in horizontally HIV-infected patients
Pehlivanli F. - An animal model of staphylococcal graft infection without mortality
Peiris J.S.M. - A novel coronavirus, HKU1, from patients with pneumonia
Peixe L.V. - Persistence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates belonging to C1 lineage in a healthy human volunteer during a 4 year period
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  - Wide dissemination of enterococci highly resistant to aminoglicosides among poultry and healthy humans from Portugal
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Pejakov L. - Pseudomonasaeruginosa resistance: audit in a tertiary intensive care unit
Pelerito A. - Detection of Tropheryma whipplei in Portuguese patients by molecular methods
Peláez T. - Species distribution and antifungal susceptibility in yeast isolated from peritoneal fluid over a period of 17 years
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Pelichet G. - Management of lower respiratory tract infections in HIV-infected adults
Pellegrini C. - Distribution of beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of enterobacteriaceae and nonfermenters from a region of central Italy
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Pelloux H. - Avidity of toxoplasma specific immunoglobulin G: results of a new Vidas test on 603 sera
Peltola H. - Impact of conjugate vaccine on the epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pemán J. - Fungicidal activity of caspofungin and amphotericin B against Candida guilliermondii determined by time-killing studies
Pena A. - Antimicrobial susceptibility among Pseudomonasaeruginosa isolates in Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra, central Portugal
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Penka M. - Treatment of chronic hepatitis C in haemophiliac patients
Pentea S. - Unusual bacteraemia-associated pathogens: a 12-year experience
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Pepeljnjak S. - Confirmation of C. dubliniensis from other Candida spp.
Peppas T. - Epidemiology and resistance pattern of urinary pathogens in medical patients over a 6-year period
Peppas G. - Regression of skin lesions of Kyrle's disease with clindamycin: implications for an infectious component in the aetiology of the disease
Peppas T. - Survival outcome by initial antimicrobial appropriateness in severe infections of medical patients: a pilot study
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Peppas G. - Peripheral T-cell lymphoma masquerading as cellulitis
Peppas A. - Parenteral human albumin leads to quicker recovery in patients with acute pyelonephritis and hypoalbuminaemia
Peppe J. - A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-design trial of multiple doses of tolevamer in healthy male volunteers
Perakis A. - Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy associated with amphotericin B treatment
Perboni G. - Epidemiology and surveillance of MDR P. aeruginosa in an Italian hospital
Perdiki M. - Group B streptococcal arthritis in an immunocompetent adult
Perdreau-Remington F. - Molecular characterisation of MRSA by spa-typing, MLST and PFGE in the Cologne metropolitan area from 1984 to 1998
Perea E.J. - Porin expression among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli showing AmpC-hyperproduction phenotype
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Perea E. - ICU admission in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus over ten years
Perea E.J. - Antibiotic resistance surveillance over a 5-year period in Spain: results of the MYSTIC Programme
Perejaslov A. - Prolonged regional arterial antibiotics infusion in the management of severe acute pancreatitis
Perez L. - Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a sexually transmitted disease clinic using polymerase chain reaction in endocervical, urethral and rectal swab
Perez J. - Dengue 3 outbreak in Peru
Perez-Olaso O. - Accuracy of cefoxitin disk diffusion for the detection of oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus lugdunensis and Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Perez-Ramos S. - Reverse hybridisation as tool for the identification of mycobacteria other than tuberculosis from clinical respiratory samples
Peri C. - Antifungal resistance and production of virulence factors in Candida spp. isolated in Italy during the period 2002–2004 from paediatric and adult patients
Perilli M. - Molecular epidemiology and beta-lactamase production of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Italian hospitals
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Perivolioti E. - Gram-positive bacteria from diabetic foot ulcers and resistance to currently used antibiotics in a Greek general hospital
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Perret M. - Evaluation of a real-time NASBA assay for the detection of influenza A and B viruses in clinical respiratory samples
Perronne C.M. - Impact of long-term antibiotic therapy on symptoms evocative of chronic lyme disease
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Perry J.D. - Evaluation of a new chromogenic agar medium for isolation and identification of group B streptococci from clinical samples
Person M. - Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST) – Global in vitro antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens
  - Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST) – Global in vitro antibacterial activity against selected species of glucose non-fermenting organisms
  - Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST) – United States in vitro antibacterial activity against selected species of glucose non-fermenting organisms
  - Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST) – In vitro antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens in the United States
  - United States in vitro antibacterial activity of tigecycline against methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST)
  - Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST) – European in vitro antibacterial activity against selected species of glucose non-fermenting organisms
  - Global in vitro antibacterial activity of tigecycline against methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST)
  - Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST) – European in vitro antibacterial activity against selected species of Enterococcus spp.
  - Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST) – Global in vitro antibacterial activity against selected species of Enterococcus spp.
  - Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST) – United States in vitro antibacterial activity against selected species of Enterococcus spp.
  - European in vitro antibacterial activity of tigecycline against methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST)
  - Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST) – in vitro antibacterial activity against selected species of Enterobacteriaceae in the United States
  - Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST) – In vitro antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens in Europe
Persson H. - Chlamydophila psittaci in fulmars on the Faroe islands – a disease risk to humans?
Persson S. - Subtyping of Esherichia coli verocytotoxin 1: first report of VT1d subtype in humans
Peréz-Pascual M. - Antibiotic susceptibility, mechanisms of macrolide resistance and clonal relationship in group B streptococci
Pescetto L. - Antifungal resistance and production of virulence factors in Candida spp. isolated in Italy during the period 2002–2004 from paediatric and adult patients
Peters G. - Co-colonisation of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains: risk for misidentification in molecular detection assays
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  - A pathogen or a contaminant: the emerging significance of Kytococcus schroeteri
  - Characterisation of haem-deficient mutants in Staphylococcus aureus displaying the small colony variant phenotype using a full-genome DNA-microarray
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Peters R.P.H. - Shorter time to identification of pathogens in positive blood cultures by FISH in routine practice
Petersen E. - Congenital toxoplasmosis in Europe
Petersen K. - Influence of Mannan binding lectin serum levels on the risk of infection during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in adult haematological cancer patients
Petersen A.M. - Invasive listeriosis in Denmark
Petersen E. - Trichinella infection in Greenland
Peterson L. - A simulation model of the cost of treatment failure in patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia in the US
Petersson A.C. - Epidemiological typing of MRSA using spa sequencing and PFGE
Petignat C. - Failure to control MRSA in LTCF by restricting admissions or implementing strict isolation procedures
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Petinaki E. - Prevalence of the internalisation-associated PRTFf1gene in a bacterial population of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from patients with acute pharyngotonsillitis in Greece before and after antibiotic therapy
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Petinelli I. - Hepatitis B virus genotype distribution in Greek population and economic immigrants and association with HBeAg status
Petit M. - Regional-scale synchrony of cholera epidemics in the Equatorial Atlantic Coast (Gulf of Guinea)
Petit L. - Corynebacterium urealyticum encrusted cystitis: a new case and review of literature
Petit S. - Horizontal gene transfer as a cause of fluoroquinolone resistance in an invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolate
Petkovic L. - Enzymatic profile of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from patients with AIDS and lymphoproliferative diseases
Peto Z. - Evaluation of antibiotic consumption and resistance patterns in a tertiary care surgical ICU and a medical ICU
Petrelli D. - Characterisation of biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates
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Petricevic L. - Ureaplasma MBA size variants in woman with spontaneous preterm delivery
Petridou E. - Children's urinary pathogens: one-year survey in a Greek hospital
Petrikkos G.L. - Dissemination of nitroimidazole resistance determinants among Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria in Greece
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Petrocheilou V. - Effects of oral Biffidobacteriumlactis on the faecal flora and the growth of preterm infants
Petrochenkova N.A. - Antimicrobials usage in orphanages: results of the unique prospective multicentre study CORPUS
Petrochilou C. - A comparative study of C-reactive protein serum values in chronic hepatitis Band C and correlation with the progression of the disease
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Petrogiannopoulos C. - Risk factors for bacterial infections in multiple myeloma treated with vincristine–adriamycin–dexamethasone schedule
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Petropoulos C. - Helicobacter pylori and association with histological findings in endoscopic biopsies in western Greece
Petropoulou D. - Gastric fluid cultures of neonates
Petrosillo  - Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis during highly active anti-retroviral therapy in an HIV-infected patient. Case report
Petrosillo N. - Human herpes virus 8 infection and pulmonary hypertension in lung transplantation candidates
Petrou A. - Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy associated with amphotericin B treatment
Petrov V. - Complete L segment coding-region sequence determination of a Russian Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
Petrov P. - Resistance to antimicrobial agents in human Salmonella isolated in Bulgaria, 1999–2004
Petrov M. - Widespread detection of VEB-1-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Bulgaria: a nationwide multicentre study
Petrzalka A. - Audit of antibiotic prescribing in primary paediatric care for acute tonsillopharyngitis and its progress
Petukhova I. - Taxonomic structure and susceptibility of Candida spp. in surgical ICU of cancer hospital
Petzer A. - Clinical evaluation of Aspergillus-PCR for detection of invasive aspergillosis in immunosuppressed patients
Petzold S. - Metronidazole resistance in nim-positive and nim-negative B. fragilis strains after several passages on metronidazole containing Columbia agar plates
Peyrefitte C.N. - An in vitro assay for flavivirus NS2B/NS3 serine protease
Páez M. - Listeria monocytogenes infection. A clinical and epidemiological report from a Spanish general community-based hospital
Pezelj-Ribaric S. - Colonisation of oral cavity by Candida species
Pfaller A. - The epidemiology of antifungal resistance
Pfaller M.A. - Fluconazole susceptibility in Candida glabrata varies with clade
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Pfister W. - The development of antimicrobial resistance in German hospitals
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  - Antibiotics influence release of IL-6 and IL-8 by KB cells and gingival fibroblasts
  - ESBL-strains of E. coli and K. pneumoniae in GENARS hospitals
  - Multi-resistance in K. pneumoniae: epidemiological results from the GENARS Project
  - Moxifloxacin as an alternative antibiotic in treatment of Porphyromonas gingivalis associated periodontitis – conclusions from in vitro studies
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Phaff S.J. - Macrolide resistance associated with chronic azithromycin use in cystic fibrosis
Philippe-Taine G. - Effect of Saccharomycesboulardii on the re-establishment of hamster gut microflora perturbed by vancomycin treatment
Phillips R. - Antibiotic treatment of oedematous Mycobacterium ulcerans disease reduces the need for radical surgery and enhances the inflammatory response
Phillips A.N. - Risk of AIDS and death at given HIV-RNA and CD4 count levels, according to specific antiretroviral drugs in the CART regimen
Phillips I. - The antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteraemia isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium in a London hospital, 1990–2002
Phillips R. - Sensitivity of PCR for IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in diagnosis of Buruli ulcer from punch biopsies
Phillips A.N. - HIV and non-HIV-related deaths and their relationship to immunodeficiency; the D:A:D study
Phipps R.K. - Development of novel antipathogenic drugs
Piacentini M. - Persistence of chronic premature priming for apoptosisin HIV-infected individuals during HAART and short structured interruption
Piasecki E. - CCR5 polymorphism as potent factor affecting susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in Polish population
Piazak N. - A survey on the geographical distribution of soft and hand ticks in Buyer Ahmad and Dena cities, Kohgilouye and Boyer Ahmad province, Iran
Picabea L. - Zinc concentration and porin profile of P. aeruginosa forming biofilms on siliconized latex urinary catheters
Picazo J.J. - Resistance to carbapenems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates
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Picazo J.J - Comparative antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in different groups of species of viridans group streptococci and Streptococcus bovis isolated fom blood cultures
Picazo J.J. - Prevalence of hepatitis B virus genotypes in chronic infected patients
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Piccolella E. - Immunocomplexes in HCV-infected patients
Picha D. - Herpes simplex virus – causative agent, or innocent bystander?
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Pichardo C. - Efficacy of rifampin, imipenem, and sulbactam in monotherapy and combination, in the experimental pneumonia caused by panresistant Acinetobacter baumannii
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Piche J. - A novel and rapid method for determination of rubella virus immunoglobulin G avidity
Pichler A.M. - Ongoing cluster of Salmonella typhimurium PT U291 infections in Austria, starting September 2003
Piddock L.J.V. - Development of a protein based test for multiple antibiotic-resistant Salmonellatyphimurium
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Pierangeli A. - Study on the effect of prolonged treatment with zidovudine, lamivudine and abacavir on a T-lymphoblastoid cell line
Piessens J. - Comparative impact of azithromycin and clarithromycin therapy on pharyngeal carriage of macrolide-resistant Streptococci among healthy volunteers: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, longitudinal study
Pietras-Trzpiel M. - Detection of bacterial pathogens by polymerase chain reaction in case of endophthalmitis, by using universal eubacterial primers
Pietzcker T. - Multi-resistance in K. pneumoniae: epidemiological results from the GENARS Project
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  - Multi-resistance in E. coli– an underestimated therapeutic problem? Epidemiological results from the GENARS Project
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  - Multi-resistance in P. aeruginosa : epidemiological results from the GENARS Project
Piglione L. - Adult community-acquired pneumonia. Evaluation of the antibiotherapy proposed in an emergency department and analysis of the impact of training
Pignatari A.C. - Three-year resistance trend among P. aeruginosa isolated from Brazilian intensive care units: results from the MYSTIC Program
Pike R. - Carbapenem-resistant, CTX-M-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the UK
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Pillai A. - Bacillus cereus– the forgotten pathogen. An unusual infection in an orthopaedic patient
Pilucchi S. - Moxifloxacin concentrations in plasma and tonsillar tissue in adult patients
Pimenov V. - Prediction of potential antigenic domains of HIV-1 Pol protein and evaluation their immunoreactivity
Pimkin M. - Improved PCR detection and subtyping of CTX-M-beta-lactamase-encoding genes
Pina-Vaz C. - Susceptibility of itraconazole and voriconazole using flow cytometry
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Pinedo A. - Variable prediction of clinical outcome of the GART interpretation system Guidelines 6.0 and Virtual Phenotype
Pini D. - Is it justifiable to withhold treatment for HCV-chronic hepatitis from drug addicts?
Pini B. - Evaluation of the Phoenix Automated Microbiology System in identification and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates of Streptococci
Pinon J.-M. - Genetic engineering of Toxoplasma gondii P30 (SAG1) antigen for improved antibody detection in immunoassays
Pintens V. - Role of virulence regulator genes in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation
Pinto E. - Effect of Thymbra capitata on Aspergillus: a cytometric approach
Piozzi A. - Inhibition of Candida growth and biofilm formation on polyurethanes by fluconazole adsorption
Piper K.E. - Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein are useful preoperative predictors of the absence of prosthetic hip and knee infection
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Pipia G. - The identification of mycobacteria from solid media and directly from VersaTREK myco bottles using the MIDI HPLC system
Piqueres P. - Identification system for Helicobacter species based on 16S and 23S rRNA gene polymorphisms
Piérard D. - Evaluation of ImmunoCard STAT! immunoassay in the detection of Giardialamblia and Cryptosporidiumparvum specific antigens
Pisano M. - Virulence factors and antibiotic resistance in uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Pitart C. - Evaluation of the total hepatitis C virus core antigen in children born to HCV positive mothers
Pitlik S.D. - Rise and fall of Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections: efficacy of a multifaceted intervention
Pitre M. - Antibiotic use and resistance in Gram-negative hospital pathogens
Pitt T.L. - Elevated frequency of second-step ceftazidime resistance in hypermutable mutS negative Escherichia coli harbouring an extended spectrum beta-lactamase
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Pittaluga F. - Quantitation of cytomegalovirus DNA by real-time polymerase chain reaction in the blood of solid organ transplanted patients: comparison with end-point PCR and pp65-antigen assay
Pittet D. - Postoperative infection of a prosthetic aortic valve by Mycobacterium chelonae
Pituch H. - 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
Pizzuto M. - Group B streptococci carriage in pregnant women
Pál T. - Yersinia outer membrane protein- and cell wall-specific antibodies in sera of healthy adult Hungarians
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Plachouras D. - Increased monocyte apoptosis correlates with improved survival in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia and sepsis
  - Differences in induction of ex-vivo pro-inflammatory cytokine release between susceptible and resistant isolates of Escherichia coli
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Planas C. - Pertussis cases detected by active surveillance in Catalonia, Spain
Planells I. - Phylogenetic origin of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli resistant and susceptible to fluoroquinolone and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
Planes A.M. - Phylogenetic origin of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli resistant and susceptible to fluoroquinolone and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
Plata A. - Blood culture negative endocarditis. Analysis of 59 cases
Platsouka E. - Gram-positive bacteria from diabetic foot ulcers and resistance to currently used antibiotics in a Greek general hospital
  - Micro-organisms from peritoneal fluid of patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
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  - Characterisation of a hospital outbreak of multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and prevalence of class 1 integrons
Platzer U. - Penetration of moxifloxacin into rat mandibular bone and soft tissue
Plazas J. - Mycobacterium tuberculosis primary resistance during 1995–2004 in a general universitary hospital, Alicante, Spain
Plecko V. - Metallo-beta-lactamase production and susceptibility to antibiotics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Zagreb, Croatia
Pletz M.W.R. - Horizontal gene transfer as a cause of fluoroquinolone resistance in an invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolate
Plock N. - Pharmacokinetics of linezolid in bone tissue investigated by in situ microdialysis
Ploton C. - Blood stream infections in children with acute myeloid leukaemia: contribution of microbiological gum and gut monitoring
Pluister G.N. - Panton–Valentine leukocidin positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Netherlands
Plummer S. - Potential for a natural anticandidal combination comprising garlic, cinnamon and Lactobacillus acidophilus
Pneumatikos I. - Antimicrobial resistance of pneumococci isolated from the nasopharynx of healthy children and clinical isolates in Greece in 2004
Pocaterra D. - The great imitator: syphilis with predominant meningoencephalitic features
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Poccia F. - Persistence of chronic premature priming for apoptosisin HIV-infected individuals during HAART and short structured interruption
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Pocsi I. - Inhibitory effect of the Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein on different zygomycetes
Podat A. - Some ecological aspects of Anopheles stephensi liston, the main malaria vector in an endemic focus of malaria in Bandar Abbas district, south of Iran
Podbielski A. - A pathogen or a contaminant: the emerging significance of Kytococcus schroeteri
Podlekareva D. - HIV-patients across Europe: regional differences in patient characteristics and AIDS diagnoses
Podolcev A. - Clinical and economical efficacy of microbiology investigations in hospitalised patients with pneumonia
Poehlsgaard J. - Distinctive ketolide interaction and resistance mechanisms
Poirel L. - Association of plasmid-mediated QnrA-like determinant and gene coding for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase VEB-1
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  - Characterisation of blaBEL-1, a novel integron-located extended-spectrum beta-lactamase gene from a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate in Belgium
  - Functional characterisation of IS1999, an IS4-family member involved in beta-lactam resistance gene mobilisation
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Poirier L. - Characterisation of Clostridium difficile associated disease recently observed in a Canadian tertiary care hospital
Polimeni G. - Amoxicillin and Co-amoxiclav (amoxicillin + clavulanic acid): differences in adverse drug reactions type and seriousness extrapolated from an Italian inter-regional database
Politi L. - Diverse extended spectrum beta-lactamases in minor serotypes of foodborne Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica from Greece
Pollack R. - Bacteriologic efficacy of intravenous piperacillin/tazobactam and ampicillin/sulbactam for infected diabetic foot ulcers
Pollini S. - Clonal diversity and toxin genes of Staphylococcus aureus causing infections in a clinical ward over a 12-year period (1992–2003)
Pollitt J. - Detection and interpretation of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin resistance among Staphylococcus with Phoenix Automated Microbiology System and BDXpert™ System
Polovinkina N. - Efficacy of acute HCV treatment with peg-interferon and ribavirin in HIV infected patients
Polzin A. - The efficacy of the long-term treatment with macrolides in patients with bronchiectasis colonised by P. aeruginosa
Pondarre C. - Blood stream infections in children with acute myeloid leukaemia: contribution of microbiological gum and gut monitoring
Pong-Porter S. - Pneumococcal resistance surveillance in Canada, 1993–2004
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Ponte C. - Effect of the delay of antibiotic treatment on the therapeutic outcome of an experimental acute otitis media (AOM) caused by an erythromycin-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Pontes C. - Appearance of a pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii causing nosocomial infections in a Portuguese university hospital
Pontillo A. - Evolution of the primate cathelicidin: effect of structural variations on modulating antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities
Pontón J. - Usefulness of chromogenic agar Candida ID2 for differentiating Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans
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Poon R.W.S. - A novel coronavirus, HKU1, from patients with pneumonia
Poon L.L.M. - A novel coronavirus, HKU1, from patients with pneumonia
Poon B.H. - Epidemiological and microbiological investigation of a gastroenteritis outbreak caused by norovirus group II in a military unit
Pop Andonova E. - Liver injury at brucellosis acuta
Popa M. - Clinical-evolutive aspects of varicella in immunocompromised patients
Popescu G.A. - The antibiotic susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Popescu C. - The antibiotic susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Popescu N. - Study of antibiotic resistant commensal and invasive Pneumococci isolated in Romania between 1996–2003
Popivanova N. - Cytokine profile in Mediterranean spotted fever
Popoiu M. - The antibiotic susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Popov B. - Genome-based amplified fragment length polymorphism for typing of Francisella tularensis strains
Popov D.A. - Procalcitonin controlled administration of IgM-enriched immunoglobulins in early post-op can prevent postoperative infectious complications in high-risk children with congenital heart diseases
  - Two-year experience of cephalosporins rotation in the cardiosurgery intensive care unit
Porazilova I. - Acute gastroenteritis caused by Aeromonas jandaei– importance of identification to the species level
  - Usefulness of selective media for isolation of Aeromonas spp. from stool samples
Pormirzagholi F. - Immunological evaluation of OMP-F vesicle of native Iranian Pseudomonas aeruginosa CSBPI: 16-190 as a protective vaccine in mice model
Portnoy Y. - Killing kinetics of Staphylococcus aureus exposed to linezolid, alone and in combination with doxycycline, in an in vitro dynamic model
  - 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
Portocarrero N. - Application of complementary techniques to diagnosis of malaria
  - Isolation of Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus parainfluenzae in non-gonococcal urethritis
Portugal I. - Comparison of RFLP-IS6110 and MIRU-VNTR typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains
Porzio A. - A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-design trial of multiple doses of tolevamer in healthy male volunteers
Posacioglu H. - Evaluation of surgical prophylaxis in heart surgery
Poscia R. - Human herpes virus 8 infection and pulmonary hypertension in lung transplantation candidates
Posselt H.-G. - Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants in patients with cystic fibrosis in Franfurt/Main, Germany
Potel G. - There is no correlation between the minimal inhibitory concentration of teicoplanin against Staphylococcus epidermidis and efficacy in the mouse sepsis/peritonitis model
Potel C. - Characterisation of gentamicin-susceptible strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in two Spanish hospitals
Pottumarthy S. - Comparative activity of oral and parenteral cephalosporins against multi-drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997–2003)
Potz N. - CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli now the dominant cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in London and SE England
  - Susceptibility of pneumococci causing meningitis in England and Wales to recommended antimicrobials, 2001–2003
Poukoulidou T. - Role of innate immunity in the pathogenesis of meningitis
  - Monocyte apoptosis in experimental sepsis by multidrug-resistant species
Poulakou G. - An epidemic with multiresistant Acinetobacter baumanii: a chain of horror?
  - Antimicrobial resistance of pneumococci isolated from the nasopharynx of healthy children and clinical isolates in Greece in 2004
  - Comparative in vitro activity of tigecycline and 14 other antimicrobial agents against 205 clinical isolates from a university general hospital in Athens, Greece
  - In vitro activity of telithromycin against erythromycin-susceptible and resistant pneumococci
Pouliou E. - Microbiology facts in cystic fibrosis patients in Greece
Poulou A. - Distribution of enterococci infections and antibiotic resistance patterns in a Greek hospital
  - Serotypes of Salmonella isolated strains in northern Greece and antimicrobial resistance rates
  - Severe complications in patients with Brucella melitensis infection
Poupard J.A. - Antimicrobials usage in orphanages: results of the unique prospective multicentre study CORPUS
Pourabbas B. - Determination of the quantity of Aflatoxin M1 contamination in traditional and UF cheese in Shiraz, Iran
Pourmalek F. - Knowledge and attitude of Iranian healthcare worker about Crimean Congo haemorraghic fever
Pournaras S. - An unusual resistance phenotype in nosocomial strains of Enterococcus species in a Greek hospital
  - Evaluation of human papillomavirus PCR detection in urine and cervical swabs of patients attending a colposcopy unit: a viable screening alternative?
  - Spread of highly carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in an intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital: the role of AmpC overproduction in this resistance
Poutanen S. - 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
  - Evaluation of oxoid mannitol salt agar with cefoxitin for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from surveillance specimens
  - Evaluation of BBL CHROMagar MRSA for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from surveillance swabs
Poutilina L. - Evaluation of the antigenaemia assay in early diagnosis of active cytomegalovirus infection in hospitalised patients
Pouyiouka M. - A comparative study of C-reactive protein serum values in chronic hepatitis Band C and correlation with the progression of the disease
Pouyouka M. - C.R.P. and P.C.T. in septic patients
Poznyak A. - Diagnostics of urinogenitalchlamidiosis common forms in young people
Pozzetto B. - Optimisation and evaluation of the detection of Chlamydiatrachomatis from sperm and urine specimens by combining an automated extraction protocol and a commercial real-time PCR assay
  - Automated extraction of RNA and DNA from different specimen types feeding the detection of several markers in the field of molecular diagnostics
Pozzi G. - Evidence of allelic variants of MEF carried on Tn1207.3-like genetic elements in Streptococcus pyogenes
Pépin J. - Characterisation of Clostridium difficile associated disease recently observed in a Canadian tertiary care hospital
Prada J.L. - Sexually transmitted diseases in an area of Spain
  - An intervention programme to optimise the levofloxacin use
  - ICU admission in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus over ten years
  - Early diagnosis of lung tuberculosis by automatic system probetec ETTH (Becton-Dickinson)
  - Immune reconstitution syndrome in HIV patients
Pradier C. - Trends in penicillin-resistance rates among pneumococcal carriage strains in children's day-care centres in France: 1999–2004
  - HIV and non-HIV-related deaths and their relationship to immunodeficiency; the D:A:D study
Prado G. - Importance of the infecting organism in antibiotic penetration into the middle ear in experimental otitis media
Prag J. - Actinobaculum schaalii infections: clinical relevance, identification and antibiotic susceptibility
Prat C. - Usefulness of procalcitonin and neopterin measurement in the management of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
  - Usefulness of procalcitonin measurement in the diagnosis of febrile neutropenia
Pratikaki M. - The incidence and risk factors for Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia in ICU patients with A. baumannii respiratory tract colonisation
Prats G. - First isolated of Vim-1 in Enterobacteriaceae in Spain
  - Commensal and uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains: do they have differences in the presence of pathogenicity islands?
  - Phylogenetic origin of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli resistant and susceptible to fluoroquinolone and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
  - Relationship between uropathogenicity of Escherichiacoli and host compromise status
Predeina N. - Efficacy of hepatitis B immunoprophylaxis in children with malignant diseases at the time of chemotherapy
Preisler A. - Detection of a quinolone resistance-mediating gyrA mutation in a fluoroquinolone susceptible Salmonella live vaccine strain
Prenna M. - Characterisation of biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates
  - Distribution of mefA-containing genetic elements in Italian isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes
Presterl E. - Biofilm formation and morphology of group A streptococci isolates of patients with sepsis or necrotising fasciitis
  - Foreign body infection and ‘wild type’Staphylococcus epidermidis– Potential of biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance
Prestes M. - High prevalence of admission for AIDS-associated opportunistic infections in a Brazilian teaching hospital
Pérez T. - Commensal and uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains: do they have differences in the presence of pathogenicity islands?
Pérez N. - Trends in antimicrobial susceptibilities of viridans group streptococci isolated in patients with infective endocarditis from 1990 to 2003
Pérez J.L. - Effect of porins and AmpC betalactamases in the treatment of experimental pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
  - Clinical presentation of community-acquired pneumonia in adults admitted to hospital in Spain
  - Hospital differences in the diagnostic microbiological workup in patients admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia in Spain
Pérez T. - Relationship between uropathogenicity of Escherichiacoli and host compromise status
PérezAyala E. - Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonisation in adult patients with cystic fibrosis: antimicrobial susceptibility pattern
Pérez A. - Prevalence of micro-organisms isolated from wounds of inpatients versus outpatients in a Spanish teaching hospital
Pérez de Ayala A - Micro-organisms isolated from urethral exudates from males in a Spanish teaching hospital
Pérez Grande R. - Epidemiology of CTX-M beta-lactamases in Spain
Pérez-Fernández S. - Psoas abscesses. Differences between pyogenic and tuberculous abscess
Pérez-Olaso O. - Second-line antituberculous drugs: usefulness of the E-test for susceptibility testing of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Pérez-Trallero E. - Streptococcus pneumoniae spinal infection
  - Demography and Fine score of community-acquired pneumonia in adults admitted to hospital in Spain
  - Hospital differences in the diagnostic microbiological workup in patients admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia in Spain
Priavali E. - Detection of rotavirus, adenoviruses and astrovirus in gastroenteritis cases among young children, first experience with adenovirus identification by PCR and microplate hybridisation assay
Prica M - Prevalence of extend-spectrum beta-lactamase producing enterobacteria in different samples of patients hospitalised in a Serbian clinical centre
Price L. - Characterisation of Campylobacter jejuni/coli strains isolated in Serbia and Montenegro
Price E.P. - Efficient genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using a combination of binary markers and single nucleotide polymorphisms
Prieto J. - Population structure and MURm gene analysis of early and contemporary high penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Spain
Prifti H. - Effects of oral Biffidobacteriumlactis on the faecal flora and the growth of preterm infants
Prinsloo B. - Non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae as a cause of bacterial endocarditis in children with congenital heart defects
Prinz G. - Epidemiology of infective endocarditis in Hungary
Privitera G. - Prevalence of nosocomial infections in Italy: results of the INF NOS Project in 2003
Procop G. - A multicentre correlation study of VITEK 2 with reference methods for telithromycin, mupirocin, and daptomycin against Staphylococcus spp.
Procopio A. - Acute bacterial meningitis: epidemiological pattern in a paediatric hospital
Proia L. - Efficacy of posaconazole for chronic refractory Alternaria infection
Proietti N. - Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis during highly active anti-retroviral therapy in an HIV-infected patient. Case report
Prommalikit O. - Diagnosis of dengue infection by reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using whole blood stored on filter paper
  - Diagnosis of dengue infection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction from dried urine spots on filter paper
Pronin A.V. - Anti-herpetic activity of phosphorylated derivative of plant polyprenols
  - Antiviral activity of phosphorylated derivatives of plant polyprenyls in different tick-born encephalitis models
Protsenko D. - Comparison of cefepime and ceftazidime in treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia in severe trauma patients
  - Influence of antibacterial protocol in multiple trauma patients on incidence and mortality of VAP
Provis A. - Study of quinolone consumption in Greek hospitals: results of a Hospital Network
Pruzzo C. - The environment as a reservoir for non-culturable but infectious, antibiotic-resistant bacteria: a new risk for human health?
Przondo-Mordarska A.P.M. - Adhesion to catheters and slime production of Staphylococcus haemolyticus isolated from hospitalised patient occurrence of antibiotic susceptibility
  - The biofilm formation by Klebsiella strains isolated from various infections on chemically different catheters
  - Evaluation of Candiselect®4 a chromogenic medium for yeasts differentiation
Psyrouki M. - Prevalence of serum HBV markers among 13,581 women of child-bearing age in Greece
Pászti J. - Klebsiella pneumoniae harbouring CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum b-lactamase in Hungary
  - Epidemiology and infection control of ESBL-producing Klebsiellapneumoniae strains caused 5 outbreaks in a Hungarian neonatal intensive care unit during the years 2001–2004
  - Molecular typing of Hungarian Streptococcus pyogenes isolates
  - The first recorded outbreak of VRE in Hungary involving vanB carrying E. faecium isolates from clinical samples and from the hospital environment
  - Emergence of community-acquired MRSA in Hungary
Puerto J.L. - Monitoring the efficacy of anti-tuberculous treatment by the expression of phagocyte Fcg receptors
  - Neoplasia associated with HIV infection in the HAART era
Pueyo I. - Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a sexually transmitted disease clinic using polymerase chain reaction in endocervical, urethral and rectal swab
  - Rapid diagnosis herpes simplex genital infection using real-time PCR after automated extraction nucleic acid
Pugacova N. - Molecular characterisation of MRSA outbreaks in a children's clinical university hospital
Puglisi S. - Virulence factors and antibiotic resistance in uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Puig M. - Global trends in infectious diseases in HIV-infected patients in HAART era
Puig J. - Prospective evaluation of procalcitonin in adults with febrile episodes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Puig M. - Pneumococcal disease in HIV-infected patients: vaccination an unresolved issue
  - Temporal pattern of infectious complications in HIV-infected patients
Pujate E. - Two consecutive point prevalence studies on indications for antibiotic use in selected Latvian hospitals
Pujol C. - Caspofungin resistant C. glabrata
  - Fluconazole susceptibility in Candida glabrata varies with clade
Pujol M. - Empirical treatment of serious infections due to health care-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Pulian Morais V. - Chronic bursitis by Mycobacterium chelonae
Pullukcu H. - Evaluation of Echinococcus granulosus prevalence using ELISA and abdominal ultrasonography in a group of students staying in a state hostel in Turkey
Pumarola T. - Risk of human herpesvirus 6 infection in seronegative solid organ transplant recipients
Punab M. - Seminal microflora of healthy young men in relation to sexual experience
Pupaibool J. - Diagnosis of dengue infection by reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay using whole blood stored on filter paper
  - Diagnosis of dengue infection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction from dried urine spots on filter paper
Puppo M. - Epidemiology and clinical features of bacteraemia in a tertiary care hospital over a twelve-year study period
Puro V. - High prevalence of rhinovirus in lower respiratory tract specimens
Puro E. - Comparison of an ELISPOT assay based on the RD1 selected peptides and intact proteins with QF-TB gold assay in the surveillance of health care workers
Purwanta M. - The antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in Surabaya, Indonesia
Puthucheary S.D. - Impact of scheduled antibiotic change in the intensive care unit of a tertiary referral hospital in Malaysia
Putz L. - Seroepidemiology of hepatitis A and hepatitis B virus in Luxembourg
Puzyrev V. - Immunoreactivity of predicted antigenic determinants of Toxoplasma gondii ROP 4 protein
  - IgG response to herpes simplex virus type 2 gG and gD recombinant proteins among adults and children
  - Prediction of potential antigenic domains of HIV-1 Pol protein and evaluation their immunoreactivity
  - A new anti-HCV EIA based on recombinant antigens derived from different sequence variants of hepatitis C virus
  - A new recombinant antigen haemagglutination test for the serological diagnosis of syphilis
  - Enzyme immunoassay for the detection of anti-Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus IgG antibodies based on new mosaic protein
Pyasetskaya M. - A controlled intervention study to improve antibiotic use in a Russian paediatric hospital
Pypstra R. - Influence of dose and infusion duration on the time above MIC of ceftobiprole in healthy volunteers