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Waard J. - Epidemiology of pneumococcal carriage among Warao children in the Delta Amacuro in Venezuela
  - Study of the Th1/Th2 response and IgG/IgE isotypes in patients with tuberculosis in the Warao indigenous population, Venezuela
Wach S. - Development and validation of a new real-time PCR assay for HHV-6 detection and differentiation of HHV-6A and HHV-6B
  - Development and validation of the first open system CE marked real-time PCR kit for the detection and quantitation of hepatitis B virus
Wachter P. - Antibiotics influence release of IL-6 and IL-8 by KB cells and gingival fibroblasts
Wacke R. - Penetration kinetics of moxifloxacin in human pancreas: comparison of intravenous vs oral administration
  - Penetration of beta-lactamase inhibitors tazobactam and sulbactam in severe acute pancreatitis
Wadström T. - Helicobacter spp. in chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic adenoma and pancreas cancer
  - Multiple analyses of different regions of the 16S rRNA gene increase the diagnostic efficiency of PCR-DGGE technique for Helicobacter spp.
Wagenlehner F.M.E. - Bacterial spectrum and antibiotic resistance of uropathogens in hospitalised urological patients with urinary tract infections (1994–2004) and consequences for the empiric antibiotic therapy
Waghorn D. - Toxic shock syndrome: a diagnostic difficulty
Wagner J. - Effect of beta-lactamase-inhibitor concentrations on in vitro test results with piperacillin/tazobactam and piperacillin/sulbactam
Wagner C. - Performance of a new amplification based assay for quantification of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) RNA
Wahlund E. - In vitro activity of human intestinal anaerobic bacteria against Nisin
Wal M. - Epstein-Barr virus infection in patients with gastric carcinoma
Walch C. - Influence of subinhibitory concentrations of metronidazole, vancomycin, clindamycin and linezolid on toxin production in Clostridiumdifficile
Walder M. - In vitro activity of tigecycline and comparative agents against selected species of Enterobacteriacae in Sweden
Walder G. - Characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Walder M. - In vitro activity of tigecycline and comparative agents against Staphylococci in Sweden
Walder G. - Serologic evidence for babesiosis in the northern and eastern Tyrol (Austria) and the southern Tyrol (Italy)
Walder M. - In vitro activity of tigecycline and comparative agents against Enterococci in Sweden
Walencka E. - Staphylococcal biofilm as a target for linezolid, vancomycin, oxacillin and/or lysostaphin
Waller J. - Severe disseminated fusariosis in a leukaemic child successfully treated with posaconazole and white blood cell transfusions
Waller C. - Severe disseminated fusariosis in a leukaemic child successfully treated with posaconazole and white blood cell transfusions
Wallis S. - In vitro activity of ertapenem against cefpodoxime-resistant Gram-negative bacilli from urine
Wallis M. - In vitro activity of ertapenem against cefpodoxime-resistant Gram-negative bacilli from urine
Walmrath D. - Computerised surveillance of nosocomial infections at a university hospital
Walsh T.R. - The diverse integron structures disseminating VIM genes in Poland
  - Silencing of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa metallo-beta-lactamase gene in Enterobacteriaceae isolate: evidence of post-transcriptional modifications
  - Novel gyrB and parE mutations detected in the quinolone-resistance-determining-region of clinical quinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Walsh E. - Molecular basis of Staphylococcus aureus adherence to sqamous epithelium
Walsh T.R. - Transfer and carriage of naturally occurring Pseudomonas aeruginosa plasmids harbouring metallo-beta-lactamase to Enterobacteriaceae strains
Walsh T.J. - Deoxycholate and lipid amphotericin B formulations (AMBF) regulate cytokine and chemokine expression in human monocytes
Walsh T.R. - Diverse transposons are responsible for the dissemination of Japanese metallo-beta-lactamase alleles: Report from the SENTRY Surveillance Programme
  - Genetic characterisation of the IMP-1 metallo-beta-lactamase gene in Enterobacter cloacae strains from Turkey
  - Genetic analysis of CMY-2 beta-lactamase genes and class 1 integrons in Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae from Norway
  - A nosocomial outbreak of CTX-M-15 producing E. coli in Norway
  - Disproving the link between expression levels of tcaA and mprF and clinical isolates of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus
  - Strain-specific expression levels of pbp4 exist in isolates of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (GISA) and hGISA
Walsh T.J. - Deoxycholate amphotericin B and its lipid formulations enhance antifungal activity of human neutrophils against hyphae of Apergillus fumigatus and Fusarium solani
Walsh L. - Antibiotic prescribing on general surgical wards – room for considerable improvement
Walt D. - Multi-locus sequence typing of MNR loci for the typing of bacterial pathogens
Walter J. - Clinical characteristics of rotavirus, enteric adenovirus and astrovirus infections among hospitalised children in Hungary
Walton C. - External quality assessment for microbiology – a review of participant performance with coryneform bacteria
  - Validity of antimicrobial susceptibility results from 29 Mediterranean laboratories in the ARMed Project
Wang Z. - Retrospective analysis of electrocardiogram following oral or intravenous garenoxacin in five phase I studies
Wang C. - Evaluation of a new kinetic amplification based assay for quantification of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA
Wang Z. - Tissue and fluid penetration of garenoxacin
  - Penetration of garenoxacin into lung tissues in patients undergoing lung biopsy or resection
Wang A. - Correlation of neo-sensitabs on three media with NCCLS reference disk diffusion and broth microdilution methods for testing the susceptibility of Candida spp. and Cryptococcus neoformans to fluconazole and voriconazole
Wang C.J. - Identification of the pathogens caused the outbreak of Streptococcus suis toxic shock syndrome and meningocephalitis of swine and human
Wanger A. - Performance of a unique E-test Daptomycin gradient + calcium gradient on Isosensitest compared to NCCLS broth microdilution in Mueller Hinton
Wanmanee S. - The investigation of antimicrobial impact of Thai medicinal plant extracts against Escherichia coli strains
Wannet W.J.B. - Panton–Valentine leukocidin positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Netherlands
Wansbrough-Jones M. - Antibiotic treatment of oedematous Mycobacterium ulcerans disease reduces the need for radical surgery and enhances the inflammatory response
  - Sensitivity of PCR for IS2404 insertion sequence of Mycobacterium ulcerans in diagnosis of Buruli ulcer from punch biopsies
Ward M.E. - Molecular characterisation of plasmids from CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli strains responsible for outbreaks in the United Kingdom
Ward L. - In vivo toxin expression is increased by proton pump inhibitor (PPI) in the dominant strain of the 2003–4 Montreal Clostridiumdifficile epidemic
Ward M.E. - Carbapenem-resistant, CTX-M-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the UK
Warner M. - Carbapenem-resistant, CTX-M-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the UK
  - Susceptibility of pneumococci causing meningitis in England and Wales to recommended antimicrobials, 2001–2003
  - Characterisation of Escherichia coli producing CTX-M-9-like beta-lactamases in the UK
  - Effect of medium type, age and aeration on the MICs of tigecycline and other tetracyclines
Warner G. - A randomised controlled factorial trial of antibiotic prescribing strategies and an information leaflet about natural history for acute lower respiratory tract infection
Warner M. - CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli now the dominant cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in London and SE England
Wasek-Buko M. - A seven-year review of neonatal sepsis due to multidrug resistant Pseudomonasaeruginosa in a regional NICU
Watanabe S. - Linezolid vs vancomycin for the treatment of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Japan
Watson L. - A randomised controlled factorial trial of antibiotic prescribing strategies and an information leaflet about natural history for acute lower respiratory tract infection
Wattal C. - Setting up a surveillance system of antimicrobial resistance and use in a low-resource setting: West Delhi, India
Watters A. - Antimicrobial activity of LBM415 (NVP PDF-713) against a recent (2003) international collection of Gram-positive and respiratory tract pathogens
Watts T. - Staphylococci from the skin of patients: changes associated with treatment by isotretinoin
Wauters G. - Comparative in vitro activity of several antimicrobial agents against different Nocardia species
Weaver M.A. - Potential for a natural anticandidal combination comprising garlic, cinnamon and Lactobacillus acidophilus
Weber J. - Risk of AIDS and death at given HIV-RNA and CD4 count levels, according to specific antiretroviral drugs in the CART regimen
Weber G. - Macrolide treatment failure in pulmonary Nocardia nova infection
Weber R. - HIV and non-HIV-related deaths and their relationship to immunodeficiency; the D:A:D study
Weerasekera D. - Bactericidal and anti-adhesive properties of culinary and medicinal plants against Helicobacter pylori
Wegener C. - Antimicrobial growth promoters in food animal production
Weill F. - Exotic pets as possible reservoirs of ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonellatyphimurium infecting children
Weißmann J. - Successful treatment of ulcerating keratitis due to Acremonium recifei with voriconazole
Weinberger M. - Rise and fall of Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections: efficacy of a multifaceted intervention
Weinbreck P. - Effects of posaconazole salvage therapy in five patients with zygomycosis
Weiner M. - Identification of major pathogenic markers in shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli by the use of multiplex PCR in beef meat
Weinstock G.M. - Comparison of the genomes of pathogenic treponemes, Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum, ssp. pertenue and Treponema paraluiscuniculi
Weintraub A. - Intracellular survival of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains in environmental protozoa- Acanthamoeba castellanii may induce bacterial phenotypic alterations
  - Vibrio cholerae O1 classical strains are facultative intracellular bacteria, which survive and multiply symbiotically inside the aquatic free-living amoebae
Weist K. - A hospital-wide outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections associated with the use of bottled mineral water
Welinder-Olsson C. - Different virulence factors in pathogenic enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 and non-O157 isolated from humans compared to isolates from cattle
  - Hospital transmission of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain of increasing prevalence in the Scandinavian community
Welschen I. - Changing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections in primary care: systematic review
Welte T. - Immunogenicity and safety of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in elderly patients: comparison to the 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine
  - Penetration of ertapenem into different pulmonary compartments of patients undergoing lung surgery
  - Effects of enteral feeding on the oral bioavailability of moxifloxacin
Wenger A. - Validation and improvement of an automated surveillance system for nosocomial bacteraemia
Wenzelburger F. - Co-colonisation of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains: risk for misidentification in molecular detection assays
Wenzler-Röttele S. - Penetration of penicillin G in combination with sulbactam into nasal tissues
  - Comparison of two closed urinary catheter system bags with single and double non-return valve using a laboratory model
Werner U. - Penetration of beta-lactamase inhibitors tazobactam and sulbactam in severe acute pancreatitis
Werner G. - Band-based versus sequence-based typing: comparison of typing results for Staphylococcus aureus obtained from PFGE and spa typing
Wernik T. - Strains of Enterobacter cloacae isolated in hospital environment: ability to adherence to Hep-2 cell line and to biofilm forming
Wernisch J. - Aspects of the mode of action of the novel biocide Akacid Forte on E. coli
Wertheim P. - Real-time PCR with an internal control detecting all 51 known adenovirus serotypes
Weshnoweski B. - Activity of telithromycin and oral comparators against 20,886 Canadian respiratory tract pathogens isolated from 1997–2003
West H. - Screening for tuberculosis infection using a new blood test in a population of HIV-positive individuals
West P. - Extended spectrum b-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in a Kuwait hospital
Westh H. - G-control Charts. A novel method for monitoring contamination rates of blood cultures
  - High prevalence of aac(3)-II encoding gentamicin resistance in Escherichia coli obtained from patients with urinary tract infections in a Danish hospital
  - Genomic backgrounds of major methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemic clonal lineages present in fully susceptible isolates collected in the 1960s in Denmark
  - The effect of freezing, washing and high-speed centrifugation on the outcome of BD ProbeTec Chlamydia analysis on urine samples
  - SeqNet.org: network of laboratories for sequence based typing of microbial pathogens
  - Sequence-based typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus for real-time infection control
Weston V. - Real-time PCR screening of women with term-ruptured membranes for carriage of group B streptococcus
Westphal K. - First complete sequence of a penicillin-binding protein of the genus Aeromonas
Wet N.T.E. - Micafungin (FK463) versus fluconazole in a randomised, double-blind, multinational, oesophageal candidiasis study
Wexler D. - Garenoxacin pharmacokinetics in subjects with severe renal impairment
  - Evaluation of the drug interaction potential of posaconazole: summary of 7 clinical pharmacology studies
  - Posaconazole pharmacokinetics in elderly healthy volunteers and elderly patients
  - Retrospective analysis of electrocardiogram following oral or intravenous garenoxacin in five phase I studies
Whang D.H. - Does vancomycin resistance emerge during the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory tracts?
Wheat L.J. - Comparison of histoplasma antigen EIA performed at MiraVista Diagnostics and Statens Serum Institute shows good correlation
White T. - A rapid sequencing based prototype assay for detection of high risk HPV strains in cervical samples
White A. - Bacteriological outcomes with pharmacokinetically enhanced amoxicillin/clavulanate (2000/125 mg) in patients with community-acquired respiratory infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, including drug-resistant strains
White V. - Identification of Gram-negative bacilli in BD Phoenix™ using the new low inoculum mode
Wi Y.-M. - Usefulness of CMV antigenaemia assay after liver transplantation
Wichelhaus T.A. - Multi-resistance in E. coli– an underestimated therapeutic problem? Epidemiological results from the GENARS Project
  - Susceptibilities of isolates of Enterobacter cloacae and Citrobacter freundii to seven broad-spectrum antibacterial agents: results of the Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Study of the Paul-Ehrlich-Society for Chemotherapy, 2001
  - Multi-resistance in K. pneumoniae: epidemiological results from the GENARS Project
  - ESBL-strains of E. coli and K. pneumoniae in GENARS hospitals
  - Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants in patients with cystic fibrosis in Franfurt/Main, Germany
  - The development of antimicrobial resistance in German hospitals
  - Multi-resistance in P. aeruginosa : epidemiological results from the GENARS Project
Wichmann I. - Dynamics of antibody response to Pneumocystis jirovecii in patients with cystic fibrosis
Widmer A. - Prospective observational study on the empirical use of antibiotics and on the adjustment of antibiotic therapies in a university hospital
  - Risk factors for S. aureus carriage in health care workers
  - Foreign body infections: when can we save the implant?
Wiechula B. - Influence of chlamydial cervicitis on vaginal microbiocenosis
Wieckowska-Szakiel M. - The influence of mixed staphylococcal populations on the activity of phagocytes
Wiedemann B. - Characterisation of a multiresistant mutator strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from an ICU patient
  - Effect of the plasmid encoded quinolone resistance determinant in P. stuartii on the selection of strains with clinical resistance to ciprofloxacin
  - Evaluation of a microdilution sensitivity test which uses 384 Well plates
  - Multi-resistance in E. coli– an underestimated therapeutic problem? Epidemiological results from the GENARS Project
  - Mechanisms of quinolone resistance in P. aeruginosa strains with efflux pump overexpression
  - Multi-resistance in P. aeruginosa : epidemiological results from the GENARS Project
  - The development of antimicrobial resistance in German hospitals
  - High frequency of mutator strains in multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients from Germany
  - First complete sequence of a penicillin-binding protein of the genus Aeromonas
  - ESBL-strains of E. coli and K. pneumoniae in GENARS hospitals
  - Multi-resistance in K. pneumoniae: epidemiological results from the GENARS Project
  - An ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated from a nosocomial outbreak becomes resistant to all clinically available antibiotics by acquisition of a plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase
Wiegand I. - An ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated from a nosocomial outbreak becomes resistant to all clinically available antibiotics by acquisition of a plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase
  - First complete sequence of a penicillin-binding protein of the genus Aeromonas
  - High frequency of mutator strains in multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients from Germany
  - Mechanisms of quinolone resistance in P. aeruginosa strains with efflux pump overexpression
  - Characterisation of a multiresistant mutator strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from an ICU patient
  - Effect of the plasmid encoded quinolone resistance determinant in P. stuartii on the selection of strains with clinical resistance to ciprofloxacin
Wierzbowski A. - Telithromycin and azithromycin pharmacodynamics vs. genotypically characterised (mefA and ermB) macrolide-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae simulating free serum and free epithelial lining fluid concentrations
  - Activity of telithromycin and oral comparators against 20,886 Canadian respiratory tract pathogens isolated from 1997–2003
Wiesner J. - Determination of FR900098, a promising antimalarial agent, in human serum by capillary electrophoresis for pharmacokinetic studies
Wiethan J. - Effects of a mixture of antibiotics on a resistant bacterial strain during sewage treatment
Wig N. - Immune activation markers in HIV-1 infected patients from India
Wijck A.J.M. - Antibodies to varicella zoster virus: no role in prognosis of Herpes zoster
Wilairatana P. - Treatment of malaria: the present status and update on new antimalarials
Wilcox M. - In vitro activity of ertapenem against cefpodoxime-resistant Gram-negative bacilli from urine
  - Rectal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Gram-negative bacilli in patients admitted to intensive care units
Wildemauwe C. - Phage typing of Belgian MRSA isolates (2003): two new epidemic phage types
Wiles T. - Detection and interpretation of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin resistance among Staphylococcus with Phoenix Automated Microbiology System and BDXpert™ System
Wiliams C. - Investigation of the modulatory effect of pre- and probiotics on the gastrointestinal flora in post surgical neonates
Wilk I. - Influence of chlamydial cervicitis on vaginal microbiocenosis
Willey B.M. - Evaluation of BBL CHROMagar MRSA for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from surveillance swabs
  - Evaluation of oxoid mannitol salt agar with cefoxitin for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from surveillance specimens
  - Evaluation of a protein microarray assay for detecting antibodies to SARS-coronavirus
  - 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
Williams C. - Spread of a carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa associated with contamination of hand-washing facilities on an intensive care unit
  - Genotyping of H. pylori using DNA extracted from faeces
Williams L. - In vitro activity of AVE1330A, a novel b-lactamase inhibitor, in combination with aztreonam or ceftazidime against ceftazidime-resistant isolates of species of the Enterobacteriaceae
Williams C. - Analysis of sequential isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis patients, repeatedly treated with ciprofloxacin by mutant prevention concentration, minimal inhibitory concentration and pulsed field gel electrophoresis
  - Water infiltration and fungal contamination: an environmental and mycological investigation
Williams L. - Comparative in vitro activity of XRP 2868, a new, oral streptogramin
Williams C. - Procalcitonin measurement in post-surgical neonates: a guide to antibiotic management
  - Quantitative PCR for EBV DNA in paediatric renal transplant patients
Williams G. - Evaluation of the MicroScan Dried Overnight Panel and Instrumentation for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of mupirocin
Williams R. - Staphylococci from the skin of patients: changes associated with treatment by isotretinoin
Williams W. - Identification of Gram-negative bacilli in BD Phoenix™ using the new low inoculum mode
Williamson I. - A randomised controlled factorial trial of antibiotic prescribing strategies and an information leaflet about natural history for acute lower respiratory tract infection
Willis S.A. - Results of early performance studies of the COBAS TaqMan™ CT (TaqMan) test for detecting Chlamydiatrachomatis in male and female urine specimens on the Roche COBAS TaqMan™ 48 analyzer
Willson P. - Should doctors wear ties?
Wilske B. - uidelines for the diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis
Wilson G. - Evaluation of the combined use of Statens Serum Institut enteric agar and the LOUIS test screening protocol in a Scottish microbiology laboratory
Wilson S. - Does initial choice of antimicrobial therapy affect length of stay for patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections?
Wilson G. - Evaluation of the LOUIS test for the presumptive reporting of Salmonella from selective agars employing hydrogen sulphide as a discriminatory character and as a confirmatory test from chromogenic agars
Wilson J. - Surgical site infections in the Helics network: results from 11 European surveillance networks
Wilson G. - Evaluation of antibiotic containing agars for screening patients for ESBL carriage in an ITU unit of a Scottish hospital
Wiltfang J. - Amyloid peptide beta 1–40 enhances the action of Toll-like receptor-2 and -4 agonists but antagonizes Toll-like receptor-9 induced inflammation in primary mouse microglial cell cultures
Wiltgen D. - Hospital infections in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit
  - Accessing quality in infection control surveillance
Wimmerstedt A. - Changes in antimicrobial associated resistance, susceptibility patterns and ‘resistance load’ in 35,956 consecutive UTI Escherichiacoli 1993–2003
Winstanley C. - Subclonal variation of a cystic fibrosis epidemic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Winter C. - Effects of posaconazole salvage therapy in five patients with zygomycosis
Wintermans R. - Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene isoforms (bft 1, bft 2 and bft 3) among strains isolated in the Netherlands, France and Poland
Wirmer J. - Antimicrobial effect of pine core wood against organisms causing hospital-acquired infections
Wismar P. - Disinfection of medical equipment, using dry mist of hydrogen peroxide
Wisniewska-Ligier M. - Neutrophil oxidative metabolism in children with chronic hepatitis C
  - One year combined treatment with ribavirine and intron A in children with chronic hepatitis C
Wisplinghoff H. - Molecular characterisation of MRSA by spa-typing, MLST and PFGE in the Cologne metropolitan area from 1984 to 1998
Wisplinghoff S. - Molecular characterisation of MRSA by spa-typing, MLST and PFGE in the Cologne metropolitan area from 1984 to 1998
Wiström J. - Typing of Staphylococcus epidermidis using multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis
Witkowska E. - Effect of the efflux pump inhibitors on the MIC of quinolones for MDR strains of non-fermentative Gram-negative rods
Witkowski Z. - Therapeutical problems and effective antimicrobial therapy in post-traumatic patients with Streptococcal cellulitis and Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
Witt A. - Ureaplasma MBA size variants in woman with spontaneous preterm delivery
Witte W. - An automated DNA sequence-based early-warning system for detection of MRSA-outbreaks in hospitals
  - Band-based versus sequence-based typing: comparison of typing results for Staphylococcus aureus obtained from PFGE and spa typing
  - Characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  - SeqNet.org: network of laboratories for sequence based typing of microbial pathogens
  - Update on current community-acquired MRSA situation in Europe
Wüllenweber J. - Catheter-related bacteraemia due to Mycobacterium chelonae complex (M. Fuerth)
  - Accelerated blood culture diagnostic using the bioMérieux Vitek 2™
  - A pathogen or a contaminant: the emerging significance of Kytococcus schroeteri
Wlodarczyk K. - Evaluation of Candiselect®4 a chromogenic medium for yeasts differentiation
Wnuk-Bialas E. - Analysis of anti-flu vaccinations among patients of a family practice: four-year observation
Wobbe V. - Effects of moxifloxacin and clarithromycin on the chlamydial gene expression in treatment-refractory persistent Chlamydia pneumoniae infection
Wobeser W. - In vitro activities of gatifloxacin, moxifloxacin and linezolid versus bloodstream isolates of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a Canadian tertiary-care centre
Wodecka B. - Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with erythema migrans
Wodzinski P. - Antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonasaeruginosa strains isolated from patients in intensive care unit
Wojciech L. - Comparative analysis of virulence factors in enterococci isolated from hospitals
Wojciechowski M. - Successful use of posaconazole in a paediatric case of necrotising fasciitis caused by Rhizopus
Wojkowska-Mach J. - Results of active surveillance of nosocomial central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections in a tertiary care hospital
Wojtal I. - Effect of the efflux pump inhibitors on the MIC of quinolones for MDR strains of non-fermentative Gram-negative rods
Wolthers K. - Effectivity of influenza vaccination of employees in reducing sick leave days, a meta-analysis
Wong K. - Evaluation of BBL CHROMagar MRSA for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from surveillance swabs
  - Evaluation of oxoid mannitol salt agar with cefoxitin for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from surveillance specimens
Wong B.H.L. - A novel coronavirus, HKU1, from patients with pneumonia
Wong S.S.Y. - A novel coronavirus, HKU1, from patients with pneumonia
Woo P.C.Y. - A novel coronavirus, HKU1, from patients with pneumonia
  - Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel anaerobic Gram-positive bacillus associated with bacteraemia
Woo G.K.S. - Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel anaerobic Gram-positive bacillus associated with bacteraemia
Woo P.C.Y. - Cloning and characterisation of chromosomal class C b-lactamase and its regulatory gene in Laribacter hongkongensis
Woodford N. - In vitro selection of linezolid resistance in hypermutable and wild-type Staphylococcus aureus
  - Molecular characterisation of plasmids from CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli strains responsible for outbreaks in the United Kingdom
  - Characterisation of Escherichia coli producing CTX-M-9-like beta-lactamases in the UK
  - Elevated frequency of second-step ceftazidime resistance in hypermutable mutS negative Escherichia coli harbouring an extended spectrum beta-lactamase
  - Accelerated development of TEM-29 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase from TEM-1 in hypermutable, mutS, Escherichia coli
  - Novel class A carbapenemase, KPC-4, in an Enterobacter isolate from Scotland
  - Effect of erythromycin on the selection of linezolid resistance in hypermutable and clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
  - Development of a multiplex PCR assay for genes encoding CTX-M extended-spectrum beta-lactamases
  - Carbapenem-resistant, CTX-M-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the UK
Woodward M.J. - Mutant prevention concentrations of fluoroquinolones authorised for use in poultry against Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT 104
Woodward M.J - Development of a protein based test for multiple antibiotic-resistant Salmonellatyphimurium
Woodward M.J. - Detection of quinolone resistance mutations in gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE by denaturing high performance liquid chromatography using standard HPLC equipment
Woodward D. - Eight new E. coli O groups that include verocytotoxin-producing E. coli
Woodward M.J. - In vivo mutant prevention concentration (MPC) studies: quantification of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in chicken liver, caecal contents and serum
Woodward D. - Characterisation of Campylobacter jejuni/coli strains isolated in Serbia and Montenegro
Wootton M. - Disproving the link between expression levels of tcaA and mprF and clinical isolates of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus
  - Strain-specific expression levels of pbp4 exist in isolates of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (GISA) and hGISA
Worthington T. - Evaluation of RAPD for the epidemiological typing of coagulase-negative staphylococci implicated in catheter-related bloodstream infection on a bone marrow transplant unit
  - Comparison of random amplification of polymorphic DNA with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for the molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an infection control setting
  - Assessment of the potential infection risk associated with the Q-Syte™ needleless connector
Wouafo M. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial enteric pathogens isolated in humans from 2002 to 2004 in the Province of South-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Wouden J.C. - Cross-sectional study on antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infections: clinical determinants of under- and overtreatment in primary care
Wozniakowska-Gesicka T. - One year combined treatment with ribavirine and intron A in children with chronic hepatitis C
  - Neutrophil oxidative metabolism in children with chronic hepatitis C
Woznicova V. - Rapid detection of yeast infections in patients with febrile neutropenia by PCR-RFLP
Wretlind B. - Expression of mRNA for efflux pump proteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from cystic fibrosis patients in relation to antibiotic resistance
Wroblewska M. - Results of active surveillance of nosocomial central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections in a tertiary care hospital
  - Detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producers with four variants of the Oxoid combination disc method
  - Trends in prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in patients undergoing intensive therapy
Wronski J. - Aetiological factors of vascular grafts infection and their antimicrobial susceptibility
Würzner R. - Serologic evidence for babesiosis in the northern and eastern Tyrol (Austria) and the southern Tyrol (Italy)
Wu F. - Detection of MRSA directly from blood cultures using real-time PCR
Wu T.-L. - Identification of genes conferring cytotoxicity in Serratiamarcescens
Wu D. - Bacteriologic efficacy of intravenous piperacillin/tazobactam and ampicillin/sulbactam for infected diabetic foot ulcers
Wuerzner R. - A comparison of Listeria monocytogenes serovar 4b isolates of clinical and food origin in Austria by automated ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
Wulffen H. - Comparison of flow cytometry with urine culture and Gram stain in a routine microbiology laboratory
Wultanska D. - Laboratory diagnosis of antibiotic associated diarrhoea in hospitalised patients (Clostridiumdifficile or Clostridiumperfringens) – preliminary study in Poland
Wybo I. - Evaluation of ImmunoCard STAT! immunoassay in the detection of Giardialamblia and Cryptosporidiumparvum specific antigens