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Vacanneyt M. - Identification of lactic acid bacteria isolated from blood samples and their susceptibility to antibiotics
Vael C. - Evaluation of selective culture media for Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and Bacteroides to study the intestinal flora
Vagiakou-Voudris E. - Norovirus associated gastroenteritis at a tertiary hospital in Greece
Vagvolgyi C. - Inhibitory effect of the Penicillium chrysogenum antifungal protein on different zygomycetes
Vahaboglu H. - An outbreak of ESBL producing Klebsiellapneumoniae in neonatal intensive care unit of a university hospital: the long-term gut carriage among infection-free patients
  - Risk factors of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Central Anatolia: a case control study
Vahedi M. - Determination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance in Mazandaran province, Iran – 2002
  - Determination of drug resistance in Pseudomonasaeruginosa isolated from burn patients in Sari, Iran 2004
Vailati F. - Detection of a novel CMY-type beta-lactamase in Italian isolates of Proteus mirabilis
Vaira D. - Bactericidal and anti-adhesive properties of culinary and medicinal plants against Helicobacter pylori
Vajpayee M. - Immune activation markers in HIV-1 infected patients from India
Valderrey C. - Development of phenotypic and genotypic methods for the detection of carbapenemases in clinical isolates of A. baumannii resistant to imipenem
Valdezate S. - Antimicrobial resistance and molecular typing of Salmonella isolates from food
Valdés M. - S. aureus bacteraemia: prospective study of 238 cases (2000–2003)
Valencia M.E. - Polymerase chain reaction detection of Leishmania from blood in HIV-infected patients. What does it mean?
  - Infective endocarditis in a group of patients at risk for HIV infection: analysis of 63 episodes
Valente C. - Hepatitis C virus-specific CD8+ T cell response and their phenotypic characteristics in chronic patients treated with interferon-alpha and ribavirin
Valero B. - High diversity in the interferon sensitivity determining region of HCV genome in HCV/HIV-coinfected patients
Valinteliene R. - Antibiotic usage peculiarities in Lithuanian hospitals revealed by national prevalence study
  - Self-medication with antibiotics in Europe
  - Qualitative DNA PCR for early detection of symptomatic CMV infection after renal transplant
Vallejo G. - Human herpesvirus-6, Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus viral load in cases of sudden death in children. An approach with real-time PCR assay
Vallet Y. - Validation and improvement of an automated surveillance system for nosocomial bacteraemia
Valls M. - Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in native and immigrant population (AmBITS study) in Barcelona (Spain)
Valverde A. - High diversity of genetic elements associated with CTX-M-9-producing Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates from Spain
  - First description of bla-ctx-m-2 producing isolate in Spain and characterisation of its genetic environment
  - Molecular characterisation of isoniazid and/or rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strains isolated in Spain
Valverde J. - Evaluation of the ROBOBACT system for automatic processing of vaginal cultures for screening of Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women
  - Evaluation of the BINAX-Now urinary antigen test for establishment of pneumococcal aetiology of adult community-acquired pneumonia with bacteraemia
Valverde Romero E. - Plasmid mediated quinolone resistance gene among ESBL-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae in Spain
  - Epidemiology of CTX-M beta-lactamases in Spain
Van Autgaerden T. - Critical assessment of factors affecting adhesion properties of lactic acid bacteria to human cell lines
Van Bambeke F. - Learning appropriate use of antibiotics (PK/PD and guidelines): a CD-ROM course for healthcare professionals and students
  - Phenotypic and genotypic detection of 3 Mex efflux pumps in P. aeruginosa
  - Ciprofloxacin accumulation and intracellular activity against L. monocytogenes are reduced in ciprofloxacin-resistant macrophages due to increased efflux
  - Pharmacological comparison of antibiotics against intracellular S. aureus
Van Beers D. - Reduction of the nosocomial influenza A burden in a paediatric hospital by immunisation of the healthcare workers
van Belkum A. - Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene isoforms (bft 1, bft 2 and bft 3) among strains isolated in the Netherlands, France and Poland
Van Broeck J. - Multicentre evaluation of a new rapid Tox A+B test (Meridian ICTAB) for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea
Van Dam A.P. - Evaluation of an internally controlled real-time PCR targeting the OspA gene for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) DNA in cerebrospinal fluid
Van de Loo M. - Association of plasmid-mediated QnrA-like determinant and gene coding for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase VEB-1
van den Broek P.H. - The susceptibility of coagulase-negative staphylococci in a teaching hospital compared with a secondary care hospital
  - Acinetobacter species and strains in a university hospital during a four-year period
Van Den Hof S. - Surgical site infections in the Helics network: results from 11 European surveillance networks
van den Hof S. - Results from the minimal dataset of the European surveillance of ICU-acquired infections (HELICS-ICU), 2000–2004
van der Linden M. - Community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia in Germany: first results of the CAPNETZ study
  - Genetic characterisation of pneumococcal surface protein A
van der Meer J.W.M. - Pharmacokinetics of IV or IM ceftazidime in relation to cytokines in septic neutropenic mice
van der Reijden T. - Acinetobacter species and strains in a university hospital during a four-year period
van der Vorm E.R. - Follow up of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) after discharge from the hospital
  - Introduction of TcdA-negative, TcdB-positive Clostridiumdifficile in a general hospital in Argentina
van der Wouden J.C. - Determinants of under- and overuse of antibiotics in primary care patients with acute otitis media
van Dissel J.T. - Clincal management of relapsing Clostridium difficile diarrhoea
Van Eldere J. - Screening for cytomegalovirus infection in lung-transplant patients: viral load or virus isolation?
  - Role of Fur and transferrin binding protein in Staphylococcus epidermidis during in vitro and in vivo biofilm formation
  - Evaluation of automated extraction of RNA and DNA for high throughput ‘in-house’ quantitative real-time PCR assays
  - Role of virulence regulator genes in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation
  - Effect of iron on iron-regulated genes in biofilm-associated Staphylococcus epidermidis
Van Herck K. - Comparative impact of azithromycin and clarithromycin therapy on pharyngeal carriage of macrolide-resistant Streptococci among healthy volunteers: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, longitudinal study
  - Critical assessment of factors affecting adhesion properties of lactic acid bacteria to human cell lines
Van Kerkhoven D. - Multicentre evaluation of a new rapid Tox A+B test (Meridian ICTAB) for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea
Van Meensel B. - Multicentre evaluation of a new rapid Tox A+B test (Meridian ICTAB) for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea
Van Pelt L. - Comparison of the antimicrobial agents on the MicroScan Synergies plus Neg Combo Type 2 Panel with an NCCLS reference panel
Van Poucke S. - Successful use of posaconazole in a paediatric case of necrotising fasciitis caused by Rhizopus
van Strijen E. - The susceptibility of coagulase-negative staphylococci in a teaching hospital compared with a secondary care hospital
Van Vaerenbergh K. - Screening for cytomegalovirus infection in lung-transplant patients: viral load or virus isolation?
Van Wart S. - Exposure-response analysis of the efficacy of tigecycline in patients with complicated skin and skin-structure infections
van Weert H.C.P.M. - Bacterial pathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility in infectious conjunctivitis in general practice
Vandamme P. - Diversity, ecology and identification of Burkholderia cepacia complex and other non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli in cystic fibrosis specimens
Vandecasteele S. - Role of virulence regulator genes in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation
Vandenberg O. - Evaluation of three commercial tests for the rapid diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-mediated antibiotic-associated diarrhoea: a routine laboratory perspective
  - Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial enteric pathogens isolated in humans from 2002 to 2004 in the Province of South-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Vandenbroucke-Grauls C.M.J.E. - Shorter time to identification of pathogens in positive blood cultures by FISH in routine practice
Vandewoude K. - Prognostic indices for death in ICU patients with invasive aspergillosis
  - Predisposing risk factors and outcome in ICU patients with invasive aspergillosis
Vanditti M. - Hospital infection surveillance in a neurosurgical intensive care unit
Vaneechoutte M. - Comparison of Gram stain and culture for the characterisation of vaginal microflora
  - Identification of potential faecal contamination markers of coliforms and thermotolerant coliforms isolated from chicken feed using tRNA intergenic length polymorphism analysis (tDNA-PCR)
  - Identification of dermatophytes using partially digested ITS2-PCR
Vanholder R. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of bloodstream infections has no impact on outcome in intensive care unit patients with acute renal failure
Vanhoof R. - Phage typing of Belgian MRSA isolates (2003): two new epidemic phage types
Vankeerberghen A. - Detection and characterisation of a hepatitis B surface antigen mutant in a heart transplant patient
Vankerckhoven V. - Critical assessment of factors affecting adhesion properties of lactic acid bacteria to human cell lines
  - Temporal changes in enterococcal species in the human intestine, and persistence of Enterococcus faecium SF68 following its administration to healthy volunteers
Van'kova O. - Prediction of potential antigenic domains of HIV-1 Pol protein and evaluation their immunoreactivity
Vansantvoet M. - Appropriateness of IV antibiotic therapy: impact of counselling based on standardised decisional algorithms 72 hours after prescription
Vardakas K. - 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
  - Effect of aminoglycoside/beta-lactam combination therapy versus beta lactam monotherapy on the emergence of antimicrobial resistance: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Varela J.M. - Molecular epidemiology of Pneumocystis jirovecii carriage in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
  - Prevalence and genotypes characterisation of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation among cystic fibrosis patients in Spain
  - Distribution of Pneumocystis jirovecii genotypes in patients with different pulmonary diseases
  - Dynamics of antibody response to Pneumocystis jirovecii in patients with cystic fibrosis
Varetto S. - 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
Varga L. - Clinical characteristics of rotavirus, enteric adenovirus and astrovirus infections among hospitalised children in Hungary
Varga J. - Mitochondrial DNA variability of human pathogenic Trichoderma isolates
Vargas R. - Bioavailability and safety in healthy volunteers unaltered when crushed garenoxacin tablets are administered via a nasogastric tube with or without enteral feeding
Varnier O.E. - Parallel real-time PCR quantification of six human herpes viruses in patients with acute neurological infections
  - A LightCycler Real Time PCR protocol for accurate quantification of HCV viraemia followed by sequencing of different genotypes
Varonen H. - Use of symptomatic medication in acute otitis media
  - MIKSTRA Programme – a five-year follow-up of indication based antibiotic prescribing in primary health care
Varonou I. - M. tuberculosis drug resistance and clinical outcome in Greek and immigrant patients
Varouta A. - Helicobacter pylori infection and low IgG immunoglobulin
Varveraki S. - Study of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae as a cause reactive arthritis
Varveri M. - Nasopharyngeal colonisation in healthy children in Greece
Varzakakos I. - Colonisation of bronchial secretions in intubated patients in paediatric intensive care unit in Athens, Greece
  - The prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in hospitalised children with lower respiratory infections
Vasilaki E. - Fatal acute liver failure due to varicella zoster virus infection in a child with acute lymphoblasticleukaemia
Vasileiadou E. - Human brucellosis in Northern Greece
Vasiliadi A. - Immune response in measles-mumps-rubella of young adults aged 16--25 years vaccinated with one or two doses of MMR vaccine
Vasiliadou E. - Trends in the epidemiology of brucellosis in Northern Greece 1994–2003
Vasilikos G. - Severe complications in patients with Brucella melitensis infection
Vassilakopoulos T. - Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy associated with amphotericin B treatment
Vassiliadis J. - Oleuropein: a novel antioxidant agent for treatment of experimental sepsis induced by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Vassilopoulou S. - Role of innate immunity in the pathogenesis of meningitis
Vassos D. - Hygienic quality of some infant formula milk
Vata A. - Tuberculous meningitis in sucklings
  - Bacterial meningitis in infants under 1 year of age – our experience
Vatansever Z. - Changes in temperature and the Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Turkey
Vatcheva-Dobrevsky R. - Occurrence of meropenem-resistant Pseudomonasaeruginosa in a university hospital
Vatopoulos A.C. - Investigation of a possible nosocomial urinary tract infection outbreak due to ESBLS producing E. coli
  - Epidemiological features of nosocomial Stenotrophomonas maltophiliapseudobacteraemia
  - Diverse extended spectrum beta-lactamases in minor serotypes of foodborne Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica from Greece
Vaudaux P. - Biofilm and virulence in staphylococci
  - Whole genome expression profiling of intracellular Staphylococcus aureus in human lung epithelial cells
Vaughan H. - International external quality assessment for C. trachomatis using EIA and molecular methods
Vautrin A.C. - Evaluation of the performance of the new VIDAS C. difficile Toxin A/B test
Vay C. - Actinomyces spp.: a disregarded pathogen?
Vazquez E. - Prevalence of hepatitis B virus genotypes in chronic infected patients
Vega Mendoza D. - Inactivation of mraZ and mraW genes of dcw cluster in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium SL1344
Veillon P. - Insertion of a new V3-like domain in nonstructural 5A protein of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b
Vekemans M. - Influence of Mannan binding lectin serum levels on the risk of infection during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in adult haematological cancer patients
Velasco C. - Factors affecting resistance to quinolones mediated by plasmids containing the qnrA gene
  - Comparative in vitro activity of ertapenem against ESBL-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolated in Spain
  - Characterisation of clinical isolates of Klebsiella oxytoca susceptible to ampicillin
  - Evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria containing plasmid mediated qnrA and FOX-5 beta-lactamase by four automatic systems
Velasco M. - Evaluation of the BINAX-Now urinary antigen test for establishment of pneumococcal aetiology of adult community-acquired pneumonia with bacteraemia
Velegraki A. - Subtyping and susceptibility testing of Microsporum canis isolates from preadolescent tinea capitis to four oral antifungal agents by broth microdilution and E-test
Velinov T. - Widespread detection of VEB-1-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Bulgaria: a nationwide multicentre study
Veltman T. - TARGET Surveillance, a part of the LIBRA initiative: the effect of patient demography on the antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae from community-acquired respiratory-tract infections
  - TARGET Surveillance, a part of the LIBRA initiative: comparative activity of moxifloxacin against respiratory pathogens isolated during 2003
  - TARGET Surveillance, a part of the LIBRA initiative: the comparative activity of ciprofloxacin against urinary tract pathogens isolated during 2003
  - TARGET Surveillance, a part of the LIBRA initiative: susceptibility of Enterobacter spp. and Klebsiella spp. isolated during 2003
Venturelli C. - Retrospective study to evaluate differential time to positivity for diagnosing catheter-related bloodstream infections
Ver I. - Evaluation of antibiotic consumption and resistance patterns in a tertiary care surgical ICU and a medical ICU
Vera D. - Epidemiology and outcome of community-acquired and nosocomial bloodstream infections at a Veterans Affairs medical centre, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Verbrugh H.A. - An additional measure for quantifying antibiotic use in hospitals
  - Mupirocin prophylaxis to prevent Staphylococcus aureus wound colonisation in patients admitted to a burn centre
  - The antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in Surabaya, Indonesia
  - Dressing changes under laminar flow conditions to prevent Staphylococcus aureus wound colonisation in patients admitted to a burn centre
  - Macrolide resistance associated with chronic azithromycin use in cystic fibrosis
  - Colonisation and resistance dynamics of enterococci during and after hospitalisation
  - Colonisation and resistance dynamics of Gram-negative bacteria during and after hospitalisation
Verdaguer R. - Community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalisation in young adults: clinical features, causative organisms, and outcomes
Veremeyko T. - Comparison of two types of recombinant live-attenuated Salmonella strains expressing HBc-ag in experiments
Vergidis P. - Cure of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia with continuous intravenous infusion of colistin
  - A bibliometric analysis of worldwide trends in research productivity in microbiology
  - Worldwide trends in quantity and quality of published articles in the field of infectious diseases
  - From conference abstract to full paper: differences between data presented in conferences and journals
  - Peripheral T-cell lymphoma masquerading as cellulitis
Vergison A. - Influenza immunization of healthcare workers in a paediatric hospital: getting to 73% vaccination coverage
  - Reduction of the nosocomial influenza A burden in a paediatric hospital by immunisation of the healthcare workers
  - Polyclonal emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains harbouring PantonValentine leukocidin genes in Belgium
  - Antibiotic control in a paediatric teaching hospital
  - Attempt to rationalise antibiotic use in a paediatric intensive care unit
Verhaegen J. - Multicentre evaluation of a new rapid Tox A+B test (Meridian ICTAB) for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea
  - BIVEMOX III: results of the Belgian in vitro evaluation of moxifloxacin (winter 2003–2004)
  - Evaluation of lipovitellin-salt-mannitol-agar with an oxacillin and cefoxitin disc as primary screening medium for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Verheij T.J.M. - Antibodies to varicella zoster virus: no role in prognosis of Herpes zoster
  - Differences in incidence and prescribing antibiotics in upper respiratory tract infections in Dutch general practice between 1987–2001: did publication of national guidelines make a difference?
  - Effectiveness of revaccination against influenza in the Dutch influenza vaccination programme
  - Changing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections in primary care: systematic review
  - Determinants of under- and overuse of antibiotics in primary care patients with acute otitis media
  - Development of a prediction rule for hospitalisation or death in elderly primary care patients with a lower respiratory tract infection
  - Cross-sectional study on antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infections: clinical determinants of under- and overtreatment in primary care
Verhelst R. - Comparison of Gram stain and culture for the characterisation of vaginal microflora
Verhoef J. - Structural characterisation and susceptibility testing of epilancin 15X, a novel antibiotic
Verleden G. - Screening for cytomegalovirus infection in lung-transplant patients: viral load or virus isolation?
Verlinde A. - Characterisation of blaBEL-1, a novel integron-located extended-spectrum beta-lactamase gene from a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate in Belgium
Vermeer S. - Development of a real-time NASBA for herpes simples virus 1+2
  - Development of a real-time NASBA respiratory syncytial virus assay
Vernet G. - Evaluation of a real-time NASBA assay for the detection of influenza A and B viruses in clinical respiratory samples
Vernet-Garnier V. - Evaluation of the new ATB STAPH and rapid ATB STAPH devices for oxacillin resistance detection in Staphylococci
Veronese L. - Treatment of acute C hepatitis in HIV infected patients
Verschraegen G. - BIVEMOX III: results of the Belgian in vitro evaluation of moxifloxacin (winter 2003–2004)
  - Antimicrobial susceptibility of bloodstream infections has no impact on outcome in intensive care unit patients with acute renal failure
  - Comparison of Gram stain and culture for the characterisation of vaginal microflora
Verstraelen H. - Comparison of Gram stain and culture for the characterisation of vaginal microflora
Verstrepen W.A. - Detection of human metapneumovirus in nasopharyngeal aspirates from young children by real-time RT-PCR
  - Comparison of 2 Chlamydia trachomatis IgG ELISAs with the MIF test
  - Rapid detection of parainfluenza virus in respiratory samples: a 3-year experience
Vertkin A. - The outcome of non-hospital pneumonia depending on pre-hospital tactics during patient's first application for medical aid
Veselovsky V.V. - Anti-herpetic activity of phosphorylated derivative of plant polyprenols
Vestbo J. - Relationship between bacterial colonisation, exacerbations and current smoking in 575 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Vestergaard L.S. - Reduced antibody-mediated immunity to malaria in Zimbabwean adults co-infected with HIV-1
Vetterlein M. - Borna disease virus infection in early childhood, a potential risk for developing brains
Vettor R. - Do oestrogen receptors have a role in the pathogenesis of HIV-associated lipodystrophy?
Vágvölgyi C. - Mitochondrial DNA variability of human pathogenic Trichoderma isolates
  - Production of extracellular proteases and toxic metabolites by Trichoderma strains isolated from opportunistic infections
Viale P. - Efficacy of intralesional pentavalent antimony in combination with oral azole for treatment of old-world cutaneous leishmaniasis
  - Seroprevalence of rubella among puerperae in an area of North-Eastern Italy
  - Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic aspects of high dose oral levofloxacin therapy for bone infections
Viard J.P. - Occurrence of cholangiocarcinoma after AIDS-related cholangitis
Viñas Spanish Group of Perinatal Infection. Spanish Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases L. - Antibiotic susceptibility, mechanisms of macrolide resistance and clonal relationship in group B streptococci
Viciana I. - Variable prediction of clinical outcome of the GART interpretation system Guidelines 6.0 and Virtual Phenotype
Viciana P. - Variable prediction of clinical outcome of the GART interpretation system Guidelines 6.0 and Virtual Phenotype
Vidal L. - 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
Vidal S. - Molecular epidemiology of Pneumocystis jirovecii carriage in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
  - Distribution of Pneumocystis jirovecii genotypes in patients with different pulmonary diseases
Vidal B. - Corynebacterium urealyticum encrusted cystitis: a new case and review of literature
Vidal I. - Mycobacterium tuberculosis primary resistance during 1995–2004 in a general universitary hospital, Alicante, Spain
Vidh P. - A novel gradient technique for combination testing: configuration and applications
Vidinic I. - Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in hospitalised patients
Vieira C. - Appearance of a pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii causing nosocomial infections in a Portuguese university hospital
  - 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
Vigante D. - Two consecutive point prevalence studies on indications for antibiotic use in selected Latvian hospitals
Vignali M. - Invasive procedures and aetiological diagnosis in severe community-acquired pneumonia: a case study of 46 patients
Viksna L. - HIV-patients across Europe: regional differences in patient characteristics and AIDS diagnoses
Vila J. - Molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of resistance to several antimicrobial agents in sporadic Salmonella spp. strains causing acute gastroenteritis in Cuba
  - Role of efflux pumps in multiresistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  - Association between Manosse-binding lectin deficiency and shock in patients with acute pyelonephritis
  - Biofilm formation in uropathogenic Escherichia coli clinical isolates
  - Characterisation of the AcrAB locus in two Citrobacter freundii clinical isolates
  - Correlation between biochemical tests and 16S rRNA gene sequencing to identify bacteria
Viladrich P.F. - Experimental study of fosfomycin combined with ceftriaxone, teicoplanin or vancomycin in the treatment of cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis
Vilaplana C. - Usefulness of procalcitonin and neopterin measurement in the management of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
Viljoen L. - TARGET Surveillance, a part of the LIBRA initiative: the comparative activity of ciprofloxacin against urinary tract pathogens isolated during 2003
  - TARGET Surveillance, a part of the LIBRA initiative: comparative activity of moxifloxacin against respiratory pathogens isolated during 2003
Viljoen J.J. - Micafungin (FK463) versus fluconazole in a randomised, double-blind, multinational, oesophageal candidiasis study
Viljoen L. - TARGET Surveillance, a part of the LIBRA initiative: susceptibility of Enterobacter spp. and Klebsiella spp. isolated during 2003
  - TARGET Surveillance, a part of the LIBRA initiative: the effect of patient demography on the antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae from community-acquired respiratory-tract infections
Villa L. - Identification of plasmids by PCR-based replicon typing
  - Replicon typing of emerging plasmids conferring resistance to ceftriaxone and carbapenems
Villa M. - Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in native and immigrant population (AmBITS study) in Barcelona (Spain)
Villalobos A. - Blood culture negative endocarditis. Analysis of 59 cases
Villanueva P. - Antibiotic susceptibility, mechanisms of macrolide resistance and clonal relationship in group B streptococci
Villar Vidal M. - Supplementation of CHROMagar with Pal's medium for rapid identification of Candida dubliniensis
  - Usefulness of chromogenic agar Candida ID2 for differentiating Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans
  - Microbial colonization of laryngectomy stomas
Villemagne B. - Outbreak of glycopeptides Enterococcus faecium infection in a university teaching hospital in Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2004
Villiotou J. - Helicobacter pylori infection and low IgG immunoglobulin
Vincent J.-L. - Role of guidelines in the management of severe sepsis and septic shock
Vincenti D. - 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
Vind J. - In vitro activity of plectasin, an antimicrobial peptide from the fungus Pseudoplectania nigrella
Vindel A. - Accuracy of cefoxitin disk diffusion for the detection of oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus lugdunensis and Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Vingerhoedt S. - BIVEMOX III: results of the Belgian in vitro evaluation of moxifloxacin (winter 2003–2004)
Vinner H. - Real-time multiplex PCR for the detection of Legionella species in respiratory samples
Vinomarlini G. - Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infection in a university hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Virolainen-Julkunen A. - A prevalence study on carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Finnish nursing home
  - Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care ward and associated nursing home
Virtanen T.A. - Inhibition of ampicillin-induced resistance by targeted recombinant beta-lactamase monitored by PFGE and antibiograms of Escherichia coli
Visca M. - High prevalence of rhinovirus in lower respiratory tract specimens
Viscoli C. - Aspergillus galactomannan antigen detection in different batches of piperacillin-tazobactam
Vital 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
  - Appearance of a pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii causing nosocomial infections in a Portuguese university hospital
Vitali L.A. - Distribution of mefA-containing genetic elements in Italian isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes
  - Characterisation of biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates
Vizza C. - Human herpes virus 8 infection and pulmonary hypertension in lung transplantation candidates
Vlachou M. - Neonatal meningitis-bacteraemia from Listeria monocytogenes
Vlachou T. - Sexually transmitted infections among registered female sex workers in Athens
Vladimirova N. - Pertussis of adults and infants in Bulgarian population: role of PCR diagnosis
Vlasopoulos D. - Agrobacteriumradiobacterperitonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
  - Neisseriasiccaperitonitis in patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: a case of the ‘nonpathogenic’Neisseriae infection
  - Microbial flora of the peritoneal catheter exit site in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Vlastari H. - Survival outcome by initial antimicrobial appropriateness in severe infections of medical patients: a pilot study
Välilä J. - Use of symptomatic medication in acute otitis media
Vogels W.H.M. - Dressing changes under laminar flow conditions to prevent Staphylococcus aureus wound colonisation in patients admitted to a burn centre
  - Mupirocin prophylaxis to prevent Staphylococcus aureus wound colonisation in patients admitted to a burn centre
Vogiatzi A. - Mixed infections of the female low genital tract
  - Colonisation of bronchial secretions in intubated patients in paediatric intensive care unit in Athens, Greece
  - Nasopharyngeal colonisation in healthy children in Greece
Voidarou C. - Hygienic quality of some infant formula milk
Voila P. - Candidaemia: retrospective analysis of a seven-year experience
Voinova V. - Pertussis of adults and infants in Bulgarian population: role of PCR diagnosis
Voipio T. - Relationship between co-trimoxazole use and resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis
Vojnovic G. - Detection of Chlamydiatrachomatis using an automated PCR-based system
Volfova P. - Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) pneumonia in the era of PCP prophylaxis
Volkova T. - Immunoreactivity of predicted antigenic determinants of Toxoplasma gondii ROP 4 protein
Volkova Z.V. - Taxonomic structure and susceptibility of Candida spp. in surgical ICU of cancer hospital
Volkova T. - IgG response to herpes simplex virus type 2 gG and gD recombinant proteins among adults and children
Volleková A. - The effect of subinhibitory concentrations of antifungal agents on variation of cell surface hydrophobicity and biofilm formation with relation to genotype of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis
Volokhov D. - Atypical non-haemolytic Listeria seeligeri isolated in the USA
  - DNA microarrays for environmental, clinical microbiology, and microbial taxonomy
Volonakis K. - Mechanisms of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal isolates in Athens, Greece in 2003
von Eiff C. - Characterisation of haem-deficient mutants in Staphylococcus aureus displaying the small colony variant phenotype using a full-genome DNA-microarray
  - A pathogen or a contaminant: the emerging significance of Kytococcus schroeteri
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Voravuthikunchai S.P. - The investigation of antimicrobial impact of Thai medicinal plant extracts against Escherichia coli strains
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Vorobiev A. - Comparison of two types of recombinant live-attenuated Salmonella strains expressing HBc-ag in experiments
Vorobieva V. - Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in the Arkhangelsk region, Russia: prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant strains
Vorou R. - An epidemic with multiresistant Acinetobacter baumanii: a chain of horror?
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Voslarova S. - Monitoring of herpesvirus DNA load in children after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation – EBV and CMV may be sufficient
Voss A. - The performance of the new streptococci panel for BD Phoenix™
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Vostrikova T.Y. - Two-year experience of cephalosporins rotation in the cardiosurgery intensive care unit
Vostroknutova G.N. - Non-culturability of Mycobacterium smegmatis in stationary phase
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Vázquez-Tuñas L. - Psoas abscesses. Differences between pyogenic and tuberculous abscess