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Fabre R. - Which Mex efflux pumps are overexpressed in multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
Fabrega A. - Putative implication of YceE (transporter protein) and ompN (porin) in the resistance to quinolones in Escherichia coli
Fabretti F. - Alanine esters of enterococcal lipoteichoic acid have a role in biofilm formation and resistance to antimicrobial peptides
Fabry J. - Surgical site infections in Europe: results from HELICS surveillance 2004
Fadda M.R. - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological stem cells transplanted patients: SEIFEM 2004 study
  - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological malignancies in Italy: SEIFEM-2004 study (Sorveglianza Epidemiologica Infezioni Fungine nelle Emopatie Maligne)
Fagan E.J. - Unusual CTX-M enzyme variants in the United Kingdom
  - Wide geographic spread of diverse acquired AmpC beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in the UK and Ireland
Fagbo S. - Alkhurma haemorrhagic fever virus, an emerging tick-borne flavivirus with high fatality rate in Saudi Arabia
Fahr A.-M. - A nosocomial VRE outbreak in the context of regional changes in VRE prevalence
Faibis F. - Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative Staphylococcus bacteraemia: epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance between 2001 and 2004 in the Ile de France microbiologists network
Fainardi E. - The involvement of Chlamydia pneumoniae in multiple sclerosis
Fajardo A. - Identification of Streptococcus mutans with antagonic effect
Fakiri E. - Nocardia sp. in cystic fibrosis patients in a Greek tertiary hospital
  - Three females with asymptomatic infection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, carrying genes for MDS and lymphoma detected with FISH technique
Falagas M. - P1000Secular trends of antimicrobial resistance of blood isolates in a newly founded Greek hospital
  - Administration of antibiotics via the respiratory tract for the prevention of ICU-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis of comparative trials
  - Effect of a policy for restriction of selected classes of antibiotics on antimicrobial drug cost and resistance
  - The role of aminoglycosides in combination with a beta-lactam for the treatment of bacterial endocarditis: a meta-analysis of comparative trials
  - Eighteen years of research on AIDS: contribution of and collaborations between different world regions
  - Frequency and predictors of colonization of the respiratory tract by Gram-negative bacteria with the blaVIM gene in patients of a newly established intensive care unit
  - Rifampin and minocycline impregnated central venous catheters: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials assessing catheter colonisation and catheter-related bloodstream infection
  - Risk factors for polymyxin-only susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia
  - Exposure to fluoroquinolones is a risk factor for polymyxin-only susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia
  - Nephrotoxicity of intravenous colistin: a prospective evaluation
  - Morganella morganii infections in a general tertiary hospital
  - Needlestick and sharp injuries of health care personnel in a newly founded tertiary hospital: a prospective study
  - A comparative study on the cost of new drugs in different therapeutic categories
  - Continuous versus intermittent intravenous administration of antibiotics with time-dependent antibacterial action: a systematic review of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters
Falcucci P. - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological stem cells transplanted patients: SEIFEM 2004 study
  - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological malignancies in Italy: SEIFEM-2004 study (Sorveglianza Epidemiologica Infezioni Fungine nelle Emopatie Maligne)
Falk L. - A comparative study of three different PCR assays for detection of Mycoplasma genitalium in genital specimens from men and women
Fallah F. - The prevalence of Listeriamonocytogenes in neonetal sepsis in a Tajrish hospital, Iran during 2003–04
Fam N. - Phenotypic detection of metallo-b-lactamases and extended-spectrum b-lactamases among Gram-negative bacterial clinical isolates
Fanci R. - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological malignancies in Italy: SEIFEM-2004 study (Sorveglianza Epidemiologica Infezioni Fungine nelle Emopatie Maligne)
Fanello S. - Predictive value of oral colonisation by Candida yeasts on the onset of a nosocomial infection in elderly hospitalised patients
Fanin R. - Anaerobic bacteraemia in patients with leukaemia and lymphoma. Oropharyngeal mucositis and status of haematologic disease are the most important predisposing conditions
Fanning S. - Molecular characterisation of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Salmonella enterica isolates in Ireland
Faouzi S. - A prospective French national survey to evaluate renal function in patients treated with amphotericin B lipid formulations
Faraci M. - Cryptosporidium parvum infection in a child after allogeneic bone marrow transplant
Farahtaj F. - Molecular epidemiology and clinical features of rotavirus infection in Iranian children
Faramarzi M. - Prevalence of Streptococcuspneumonia isolated with reduced susceptibility to penicillin in northeast of Iran
Farashchuk A. - Activity of different antimicrobials against nosocomial ciprofloxacin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Farazi A. - Cigarette smoking and its association with pulmonary tuberculosis in adults
Farhan S. - The distribution of HBV genotypes, serotypes and YMDD variants among chronic HBV patients in Kuwait
Faria N.A. - Reservoirs and transmission routes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary hospital: one-year surveillance
Fariñas C. - Prognostic factors in patients with pneumococcal bacteraemia in a county teaching hospital, Spain
Fariñas M.C. - Bacterial spondylodiscitis: an evaluation of 67 patients
  - Surgical site infection and delayed sternal closure after open-heart surgery
Farneti B. - Loss of bone mass in chronically HIV-infected patients. Significant association with male gender amd protease inhibitor administration
Farnia P. - Use of 2, 3, 5- triphenyl tetrazolium chloride for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Farrell D.J. - Activity of telithromycin against Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates resistant to other antibacterials: PROTEKT Year 5
  - Trends in antibacterial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae: PROTEKT Global Years 1–5
Fassotte R. - Using the new IMMULITE 2000 toxoplasmosis IgM (m-capture) kit for the diagnosis of human toxoplasmosis
Fattom A.I. - Distribution of capsular and surface polysaccharide serotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Germany
  - Opsonophagocytic killing of S. aureus by PMNs from haemodialysis patients
Fattorini L. - Characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis populations during chronic infection: an Italian longitudinal study
Faucon G. - Epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae strains collected in 2004 in France and in vitro assessment of their susceptibility to beta-lactams
Faure O. - Immunodiagnosis of invasive candidiasis: prospective serological evaluation of at-risk patients in the French university hospital of Grenoble
  - Multicentric evaluation of Onychodiag® for diagnosis of dermatophyte onychomycosis by PCR-ELISA
Fauville-Dufaux M. - Implementation of automated mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit–variable number of tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing in a routine laboratory setting
Favalli C. - Diagnostic relevance of screening clinical specimens from patients attending infectious diseases and haematology units for HHV6 DNA: a two-year experience
Favaretto F. - Microarray analysis during adipogenesis identifies new genes altered by antiretroviral drugs
Fayaz A. - Molecular epidemiology and clinical features of rotavirus infection in Iranian children
  - Survey of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Iranian suspected patients by Elisa and RT-PCR method
Fazio C. - Increase in incidence of serogroup C invasive meningococcal disease in Italy and rise of decreased susceptibility to penicillin
Fedchuk A.S. - Anti-rabies vaccine and its application for predator rabies prevention in Ukraine
Fedchuk O.P. - Automated fractal microscope for virus-cell monitoring
Fedchuk A.O. - Automated fractal microscope for virus-cell monitoring
Fedchuk A.S. - Automated fractal microscope for virus-cell monitoring
Federico A. - Descriptive study of complicated pyelonephritis
Federli I. - Multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak caused by multiple sources and strains
Fedorin I. - Implementing DOTS in settings with high prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis
Fedtchuk A. - Molecular design of novel antimicrobial agents on the base of 4-thiazolidone derivatives
  - Computational design of the new antimicrobials based on the substituted crown ethers
Fegeler W. - Recognition of Staphylococcus aureus isolates as small colony variants applying Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
Fehérvári G. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of enterococcal strains isolated from slaughter animals in Hungary from 2001 to 2004
Feierl G. - Characterisation of streptogramin resistance genes among Enterococcus faecium isolates from Austrian animal husbandry
  - Antimicrobial activity of tigecycline against CTX-M extended-spectrum betalactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from Austrian patients
Feinberg M. - Chronic immune activation as a major determinant of AIDS pathogenesis: role of the type I interferon response
Feizabadi M.M. - Molecular typing of Shigella sonnei isolates by RAPD-PCR and ribotyping
  - Distribution of different aminoglycosides resistance genes among the Iranian population of enterococci
Feldhues R. - A risk profile for invasive aspergillosis in liver transplant recipients
Feldman C. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of pneumococcal isolates causing bacteraemic community-acquired pneumonia in the public and private sectors in Gauteng, South Africa
  - Invasive pneumococcal disease in the era of human immunodeficiency virus infection
Felmingham D. - Activity of ertapenem and tigecycline against recent isolates from community-acquired lower respiratory infections in the UK and Ireland
Felsberg J. - Changes in the distribution of hypervirulent complexes of Neisseria meningitidis in the Czech Republic
Feltracco  P. - Prevalence of HHV6 and parvovirus B19 in transplant recipients liver tissue: clinical outcomes and viral correlates
Fendri C. - Phenotypic typic and genotypic detection of virulence factors in high-level gentamicin-resistant Enterococcusfaecalis and Enterococcusfaecium strains from a Tunisian hospital
Fendukly F. - Evidence of an efflux pump mediating a mar phenotype in two ciprofloxacin-resistant marR-mutant Escherichia coli isolates
Fenelon L.E. - Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection among inpatients colonised with MRSA
  - Prevalence of CTX-M producing bacteria in Ireland
Fennell J. - Audit of sputum samples before and after a national smoking ban
Fennema J.S.A. - Use of polymorphic Treponema pallidum repeat genes to elucidate syphilis transmission networks in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fenner I. - Molecular spa and SCCmec typing of MRSA isolates from northern Germany
Fenner T. - Molecular spa and SCCmec typing of MRSA isolates from northern Germany
Fenoll A. - Effects of levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin and azithromycin on the competitive growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae, as a model approach to selection of resistant populations
  - Erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in Spain: serotypes, clones and mechanisms of resistance
Fenton A. - Incubation time for clinically significant positive neonatal blood cultures
Ferech  M. - Hospital antibiotic consumption in southern and eastern mediterranean countries: preliminary results from the ARMed project
Ferech M. - Developing valid antibiotic prescribing quality indicators for ambulatory care based on European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC)
  - Antibiotic consumption in ambulatory care in Latvia, 2004
  - Dose regimen as an explanatory factor for the variation of outpatient antibiotic use between European countries
Ferekidis E. - The role of antibiotics in acute uncomplicated maxillary sinusitis in ambulatory care: a randomised controlled trial
Ferguson R. - Comparison of methods for detection of Clostridium difficile toxins
Ferjani A. - Quantitative urine microscopy as a quick, reliable examination for bacteriuria
  - Relationship between pathogenicity, susceptibility to antibiotics and serotyping of 335 Tunisian strains of Streptococcus agalactiae
Fernandes E. - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lisbon in 2003
  - Molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit – variable-number tandem repeat analysis in Lisbon in 2003
Fernandez A. - High prevalence of IgM antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in Mexican pregnant women
Fernandez E. - High-risk human papilloma virus in women with abnormal pap-smears of the uterine cervix in the northwest of Spain
Fernandez A. - The significance, clinical presentation and evolution of recurrent E. coli bloodstream infections
Fernandez T. - Resistance patterns in Pseudomona aeruginosa
Fernandez-Gallego V. - Efficacy of linezolid in treatment of non-approved indications
Fernandez-Ramirez G.A. - Autoantibodies to cytokines in patients with mycobacterial infections
Fernandez-Sabe N. - Emergence of clindamycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes causing cellulitis
Fernandez-Sevilla A. - Nosocomial legionellosis outbreak occurring in immunosuppressed patients in a cancer centre
Fernández A. - Relationship between the presence of pathogenicity islands and serotypes, antimicrobial resistance and geographical origin in Salmonella spp.
Fernández Cuenca F. - ISAba1 transposition induced by ciprofloxacin produces hyperexpression of the AmpC cephalosporinase of Acinetobacterbaumannii
  - Resistance to cefoxitin and susceptibility to amoxicillin-clavulanate in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli not hyperproducing AmpC and lacking the OmpF porin
Fernández Vázquez M. - Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis producing a TEM-52 B-lactamase. First report in Spain
Fernández-Cuenca F. - Analysis of the promoter/attenuator region of the ampC gene in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli with "AmpC phenotype"
  - Rifampin induction of resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii, in vitro and in an experimental pneumonia murine model
  - Efficacy of amoxicillin-clavulanate in an experimental murine pneumonia model caused by AmpC non-hyperproducing clinical isolates of E. coli resistant to cefoxitin
Ferré B. - Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative Staphylococcus bacteraemia: epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance between 2001 and 2004 in the Ile de France microbiologists network
Ferrandiz J. - Serotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women. Predominance of type II in the Old World and type I and III in the New World
  - Multicentre proficiency testing programme for molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in amniotic fluid
Ferranti S. - Clinical and microbiology activity of colistin alone and in combination with rifampin or other antibiotics against MDR Gram-negative rods severe infections: four-year, single-centre experience
Ferrari L. - Reducing the impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in an intensive care unit: a nine-year analysis
Ferraris G. - Effect of treatment on Toxoplasma-specific IgG antibodies and IgG avidity maturation
Ferraro T. - Impact of occult HBV infection in HIV patients naïve for anti-retroviral therapy
Ferreira A.L.P. - A report of Staphylococcusaureus isolates presenting CA-ORSA profile in a Brazilian hospital
Ferreira T. - Spread of In58 containing blaVIM-2 among Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ferreira E. - Dominance of CTX-M beta-lactamases among Escherichia coli isolates in an Algerian hospital
Ferry T. - The current situation of community-acquired MRSA in Europe
Feskou I. - Genotypic evaluation of high-level resistant enterococci to glycopeptides isolated from blood cultures in a tertiary hospital
  - Phenotypic detection of metallo-beta-lactamases in Acinetobacter baumannii strains intermediately resistant to imipenem and susceptible to meropenem
Feyjoo J. - The significance, clinical presentation and evolution of recurrent E. coli bloodstream infections
Fianchi L. - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological stem cells transplanted patients: SEIFEM 2004 study
Fianchi L - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological malignancies in Italy: SEIFEM-2004 study (Sorveglianza Epidemiologica Infezioni Fungine nelle Emopatie Maligne)
Fiaty V. - Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal infections: evaluation of a new chromogenic medium STREPTO B ID
Fiedler-Kelly J. - Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model for the safety of tigecycline in patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections
Fiett J. - The Polish National External Quality Assessment Scheme (POLMICRO 2005) - detection of BLNAR Haemophilus influenzae
Figueiredo T. - Genetic relationship between Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates responsible for a case of meningitis and for asymptomatic carriage in children attending a day-care centre in Lisbon
Figueroa R. - High prevalence of IgM antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in Mexican pregnant women
Fijnheer R. - Lack of discriminating signs in clinical diagnosis of influenza
File T. - Clinical outcome of community-acquired pneumonia infections treated with gemifloxacin: the effect of patient risk factors
  - Real-life treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis-moxifloxacin compared to macrolides
  - Dual action of gemifloxacin in acute bacterial sinusitis in patients with allergic rhinitis: antibacterial and immunomodulatory effects?
Filimonova O.Y. - Characterisation of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Russia
  - Comparative assessment of levofloxacin and macrolides in acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis: clinical efficacy and symptom-free intervals
Filip O. - Prevalence of penicillin-resistant pneumococci in Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis
Filip R. - Antibiotic resistance for Streptococcuspneumoniae isolated from otitis media and invasive infections in children between 2001 and 2004 in Iasi, Romania
Filip I. - Staphylococcal meningitis – an evaluation over 6 years
Filip E. - Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from intensive care unit
Filippini P. - Impact of occult HBV infection in HIV patients naïve for anti-retroviral therapy
  - Anti-HCV IgG Avidity Index in acute hepatitis C and chronic hepatitis C
Fimiani C. - Study on the genotypic resistance of archived and circulating viral strains in blood of treated HIV-infected individuals
Fincati K. - Microarray analysis during adipogenesis identifies new genes altered by antiretroviral drugs
  - HCMV infects and replicates in the adrenal gland
Findik D. - Prevalence of parainfluenza and influenza viruses amongst children with upper respiratory tract infection
  - Osteoarticular complications of brucellosis: evaluation of the clinical, laboratory and radiological findings of 19 patients
  - Viral, mycoplasmal and chlamydial upper respiratory tract infections among paediatric outpatients
Finegold S.M. - Analysis of trends for susceptibility of the B. fragilis group from 1997–2004, a US survey
Finkelstein R. - Epidemiology of bloodstream infections in an Israeli general intensive care unit: a 6-year analysis
  - Clinical impact of a rapid PCR-based identification of staphylococci directly from positive blood cultures
Fiore M. - Biochemical characterisation of IND-NF16 metallo-beta-lactamase
Firsov A. - Testing the mutant selection window hypothesis with in vitro dynamic models: pros and cons
  - Bacterial strain-independent pharmacodynamics of linezolid/doxycycline combinations with Staphylococcus aureus: 5-day simulations using an in vitro dynamic model
  - Anti-staphylococcal effects of telavancin in an in vitro dynamic model: impact of different half-lives and initial concentrations
Firsova N. - A view of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae population transmitted in Arkhangelsk, Russia: phenotypic and genetic characteristics
Fischer A. - Gram-negative commensal gut bacteria aggravate small intestinal inflammation via toll-like receptor 4
Fisgin N. - Infection control practice in forensic medicine
Fisher A. - Assessment of Staphylococcus aureus colonisation post lung transplantation
Fitrou H. - Evaluation of parameters influencing compliance of HCWs with hand hygiene in two university departments of internal medicine in a Greek tertiary hospital
Fitöz S. - A series of unfortunate events after paronychia due to Staphylococcus aureus: pericarditis, pneumonia, lung abscess, empyema and osteomyelitis
  - Hydrocephalus: a rare complication of mumps meningoencephalitis
FitzGerald S.F. - Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection among inpatients colonised with MRSA
Fitzpatrick  F.M. - Cytomegalovirus infection in recipients of liver transplant in Ireland
Flückiger U. - Visceral leishmaniasis in immunocompromised patients: 2 cases and review of the literature
Fleer A. - European surveillance study on the in vitro susceptibility of clinical bacterial isolates to telavancin
Fletcher M. - Worldwide implementation strategy of the World Health Organization "Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care"
Flieger I. - Wound infection caused by V. parahaemolyticus and V. alginolyticus
Flonta M. - Antimicrobial resistance of major Gram-negative bacterial pathogens during a 7-year period
Florea D. - Fulminant hepatitis due to hepatitis B virus
Florescu S-A. - Relationships between luetic infection and acute viral hepatitis
  - Clinical manifestations, haematologic findings and clinical course in patients with infectious mononucleosis
  - Neurological manifestations in varicella
  - Clinical manifestations and progression of mumps meningitis in children in Romania
  - Clinical and epidemiological aspects of a measles epidemic, Bucharest, Romania
Flórez C. - Direct identification and methicillin susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus from blood-culture bottles using the Vitek 2 system
Fluckiger U. - Increase of resistant Enterobacter isolates and correlation with antibiotic consumption at the ward level
Fluit A.C. - Mixed whole genome microarray technology discerns a hospital-adapted subtype of Enterococcus faecium, comparable to multilocus sequence typing clonal complex (CC) 17
Flynn E. - A multi-centre comparison of nursing staff time required for the preparation and administration of liposomal amphotericin B and amphotericin B deoxycholate to voriconazole
Flynn S. - Microbiological characterisation of invasive group A streptococci in the UK during 2003–2004
Fodor D. - Molecular detection and sequence analysis of hepatitis E viruses in humans and animals in Hungary
Foerster S. - Penetration of piperacillin and tazobactam in severe acute pancreatitis
Foka A. - Phenotypes and genotypes of slime positive - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates
  - Survey of the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in Greece
Fokas Sp. - Detection of extended-spectrum b-lactamase in Enterobacteriaceae with AmpC b-lactamase type of inducible resistance
Fokas St - Detection of extended-spectrum b-lactamase in Enterobacteriaceae with AmpC b-lactamase type of inducible resistance
Fokin A.A. - Seasonal trends in antimicrobial consumption in Russia in 2004
Foley B. - Epidemiology and molecular analysis of norovirus outbreaks in Ireland
Folgueira M.D. - Comparison of cytomegalovirus viral load measured by real-time PCR with pp65 antigenemia for the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus disease in solid organ transplant recipients
  - Detection of enterovirus, parvovirus B19 and human herpes virus type 6 by real-time PCR in blood samples of infants with febrile syndrome
  - In vitro model to analyse the effect of mycobacteria infection on HIV replication
Foltan V. - Treatment of acute otitis media in primary paediatric care and the risk factors for antibiotic prescribing
Fombellida P. - The presence of extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli is a prognostic factor for patients with E. coli bacteraemia
Fonseca A.P. - Effect of different growth phases on surface properties and adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  - Morphological changes induced by subinhibitory concentrations of imipenem and piperacillin/tazobactam on surface properties and adhesion abilities of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Fontaine N. - Impact of colostomy on intestinal microflora and bacterial translocation in young rats fed heat-killed Lactobacillusacidophilus
Fontana R. - Outbreak of Burkolderia cenocepacia bacteraemia associated with disinfection napkin contamination in haemodialysis
  - VIM-2 metallo-beta-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from Zagreb, Croatia
Fontanals D. - Is it necessary to incubate the BacT/Alert blood culture bottles more than 3 days?
  - Evaluations of differents selective mediums to isolate Helicobacter pylori
Fonteyne E. - The Janus head of histoplasma
Foppen P. - Molecular MRSA screening: finding negatives a.s.a.p.
for EFISG   - EFISG survey of current practices in clinical mycology laboratory services in Europe
for the Barcelona Hospital Clinic Endocarditis Study Group  - Efficacy of telavancin in the treatment of experimental endocarditis due to glycopeptide-intermediately susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
for the European Study Group on Toxoplasmosis  - Detection and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii by real-time PCR and pyrosequencing
for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network  - Animal-associated injuries and related diseases among travellers
for the Infectious Diseases Group of the Spanish Society for Internal Medicine  - Single and multiple pyogenic liver abscesses: aetiology, clinical course and treatment
  - Comparison of pyogenic liver abscess caused by non-Escherichia coli and E. coli
for the Norwegian Febrile Neutropenia Study Group  - Tobramycin once vs. three times a day given with penicillin G to cancer patients with febrile neutropenia: a prospective randomised multicentre trial
for the Programa de Control de Calidad SEIMC, Spain  - Ability of Spanish clinical laboratories in diagnosing Candida krusei infections and in monitoring susceptibility testing. Results of the SEIMC Quality Control Program
for the Red Española de Investigación en Patología Infecciosa  - Infections related with tunelled haemodialysis catheter
for the Scandinavian Cystic Fibrosis Study Consortium  - Genetic analysis of alginate production in 140 cystic fibrosis Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Scandinavian patients
for the Surveillance of Multicenter Antimicrobial Resistance in Taiwan   - In vitro activities of various piperacillin and sulbactam combinations against bacterial pathogens isolated from intensive care units in Taiwan: SMART program 2004 data
for the Swiss HIV Cohort Study  - Agreement of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube and T Spot-TB in HIV-infected patients from Sub-Saharan Africa in Switzerland
for the Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network   - Treatment and mortality from bacteraemic pneumococccal disease in Toronto, Canada
for the VRE Task Force  - Clinical characteristics and outcome of 22 patients with invasive infection due to vancomycin-resistant E. faecium
for the Welsh Antibiotic Study Group  - Mapping antibiotic consumption and resistance in the community
Forberg J. - Activity of ertapenem and metronidazole against Bacteroides fragilis and Escherichia coli in an in vitro pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model employing pure and mixed cultures
Forestier E. - Teicoplanin efficiently penetrates into the rabbit infected vitreous but may enhance expression of virulence factors at sub-inhibitory concentrations
  - Accuracy of surveillance blood culture to identify patients with low response to treatment and high 30-days mortality risk in MRSA bacteraemia: comparison to a standard clinical and biological follow-up
Forgách P. - Molecular detection and sequence analysis of hepatitis E viruses in humans and animals in Hungary
Fornieles C. - Evaluation of a new assay for simultaneous detection of HCV core antigen and anti-HCV antibodies
  - Comparison of molecular and serological assays in the diagnosis of HCV infection
Forohesh H. - The exchange of virulence-related and drug-resistance genes among clinical isolates of enterococci
Forster D.H. - Fatal Aerococcus urinae endocarditis: a case report
Forsthuber S. - In vitro activity of tigecycline against tetracycline-resistant Gram-positive cocci isolated from patients with bacteraemia
  - Frequency of enterotoxin, toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 and panton-valentine leukocidin genes in MRSA vs. MSSA isolated from blood
Forte G. - Study on the genotypic resistance of archived and circulating viral strains in blood of treated HIV-infected individuals
Fortun J. - Antifungal prophylaxis with caspofungin in high-risk liver transplant recipients: a non-comparative, open-label prospective clinical trial
Forward K. - Evaluation of accuracy limits of countable colony-forming units on agar plates
Fosheim G. - Multiple locus variable number tandem repeat assays do not differentiate between community-associated and healthcare-associated lineages of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Fosse T. - Impact of a French local community-oriented antibiotic-reducing programme on the incidence of invasive diseases
  - PCR detection of Class B, C and D beta-lactamases in environmental and clinical Aeromonas strains
  - Prevalence and molecular characterisation of beta-lactamases in Gram-negative rods isolated from oral flora
Fossum A.E. - Molecular characterisation of MRSA in the South-Eastern part of Norway from 1991 to 2005
Foster T - Clumping factor B is essential for human Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonisation
Foster N.F. - Evaluation of gyrB RFLP analysis for the typing of clinical and environmental strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Fostira P. - Fluoroquinolone resistance among Enterobacteriaceae strains isolated from urinary tract infections
  - Susceptibility profile of Acinetobacter baumanii isolates and evaluation of three different susceptibility test methods
Fotiou A. - HBeAG negative serological status and low viral replication levels characterise chronic HBV-infected women at reproductive age in Greece. A two-year, prospective, single-centre study
Fotopoulou I. - Three females with asymptomatic infection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, carrying genes for MDS and lymphoma detected with FISH technique
Fotos N. - HBeAG negative serological status and low viral replication levels characterise chronic HBV-infected women at reproductive age in Greece. A two-year, prospective, single-centre study
Foucault C. - Prevalence of respiratory diseases in sheltered homeless in Marseille, France
Fouchier R. - H5N1 and other pandemic threats
Fouka K. - Stress hyperglycaemia as a prognostic factor in patients with severe sepsis
Foulon  W. - Incidence of primary CMV infection during pregnancy and its transmission rate to the foetus and newborn
Fournier P.E. - Tick-borne Rickettsiae in Russia
Foustoukou M. - Bacillus spp. bacteraemia in children on parenteral nutrition
  - Outbreak of OXA-58-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a paediatric university hospital in Athens, Greece
Fracass M.E. - Fluoquinolones effects on patient lymphocytes during prolonged treatments
Fragoulis K. - A comparative study on the cost of new drugs in different therapeutic categories
  - Nephrotoxicity of intravenous colistin: a prospective evaluation
  - Rifampin and minocycline impregnated central venous catheters: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials assessing catheter colonisation and catheter-related bloodstream infection
Fraile T. - Imported chronic Chagas disease in Valencia, Spain: epidemiological and clinical features
France M.N. - Severe community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit: impact of antibiotic therapy delay on hospital mortality
Franceschetti P. - Fluoquinolones effects on patient lymphocytes during prolonged treatments
Francioli P. - Multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak caused by multiple sources and strains
  - Polymorphisms in toll-like receptors influence susceptibility to HIV infection and its clinical course
  - Evaluation of four chromogenic media for surveillance cultures of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  - Therapeutic drug monitoring in adult patients receiving imipenem or cefepime therapy: one-year single-centre experience
  - Is transmission of MRSA frequent between patients sharing the same hospital room?
Frank U. - A new in vitro method for testing antimicrobial properties of volatile phytotherapeutic compounds
  - Benefit of appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment: 30-day mortality and duration of hospital stay
  - Continuous infusion versus intermittent administration of meropenem in critically ill patients
  - Determinants of human papilloma virus infections in HIV-infected women
François M. - Immunodiagnosis of invasive candidiasis: prospective serological evaluation of at-risk patients in the French university hospital of Grenoble
Frans J. - Routine use of the BacT/ALERT FAN anaerobic bottle: indicated or not?
Franzin L. - Detection of Legionella DNA in clinical samples using real-time PCR
Fraser A. - Benefit of appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment: 30-day mortality and duration of hospital stay
  - Implications of the evidence for antibiotic prophylaxis for cancer patients with neutropenia: updated meta-analysis
Fraser C. - Description of the epidemiology of multiple clusters of Streptococcus pyogenes infection in a rehabilitation hospital
Fraser A. - Effect of quinolone prophylaxis on resistance in afebrile neutropenic patients – systematic review
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Frasquet J. - Fungaemia in paediatric patients
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Friedrich A.W. - Hospital- and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Germany
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Friedrich L. - Experience with daptomycin in patients with renal insufficiency
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Friis-Møller A. - Treatment of chronic bone and joint infections with peroral linezolid
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Friman G. - Chlamydophila pneumoniae in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement
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Frizzi A. - Usefulness of Sysmex UF-100 and Coral UTI Screen in the diagnosis of urinary tract infection
Frommelt L. - Differential importance of protein and polysaccharide intercellular adhesin mediated biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis from prosthetic joint infections
Frost A. - Molecular epidemiology and phenotypic characteristics of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations in cystic fibrosis lungs
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Fry N.K. - Identification of Legionella species using DNA sequence analysis and online tools
Fuentes L. - Comparison of pyogenic liver abscess caused by non-Escherichia coli and E. coli
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Fulgaro C. - AIDS-associated Cryptococcus laurentii meningoencephalitis resistant to amphotericin B, apparently prompted by a cured Cryptococcus neoformans disease
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Fumarola L. - Microbiology of diabetic foot: our experience
Furfaro E. - Galactomannan and mannan antigens and anti-mannan antibodies detection for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis and candidiasis in liver transplant recipients
Furlini G. - Comparison between two commercial assays for HBV monitoring
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Furtado C. - Molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit – variable-number tandem repeat analysis in Lisbon in 2003
Fuster R. - Quality of life and adherence to treatment in HIV/HCV co-infected patients and co-treated with antiretroviral plus chronic hepatitis C therapy
Fux C.A. - The role of the quorum-sensing "target of RNAIII activating protein" and "RNAIII-inhibiting peptide" in staphylococcal biofilm formation and control in vitro
Fyderek K. - Evaluation of bacterial microflora in the colon of children with inflammatory bowel disease
Füzi M. - Characterization of ESBL producing Salmonellae isolated in Hungary in 2000 – 2004
Füzi Á. - Massive spread of the New York/Japan MRSA clone (ST5-SCCmec II) in a European country
Füzi M. - Molecular epidemiology of VIM-producing P. aeruginosa isolated in four European countries
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