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Paberza R. - Nosocomial urinary tract infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing Enterobacteriaceae in Latvia
  - Coagulase-negative staphylococci in a surgical hospital
Pacenti M. - Prospective study of viral infection and nephropathy in paediatric renal transplant recipients
  - Microarray analysis during adipogenesis identifies new genes altered by antiretroviral drugs
Pachiadakis I. - Direct detection of Salmonella spp. in faecal specimens by real-time PCR assay
  - Outbreak of PVL-producing MRSA among newborns in a Greek tertiary hospital
Pachkunov D.M. - Spreading of beta-lactamase genes among nosocomial isolates collected from Moscow clinics
Pachón J. - Clinical epidemiology of biofilm production in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates
  - Pneumonia risk factors in patients with febrile neutropenia
  - Efficacy of amoxicillin-clavulanate in an experimental murine pneumonia model caused by AmpC non-hyperproducing clinical isolates of E. coli resistant to cefoxitin
  - Rifampin induction of resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii, in vitro and in an experimental pneumonia murine model
  - Risk factors for pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with cancer and pneumonia
Pachón-Ibáñez M.E. - 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
Pacsa A. - Molecular typing of an uncommon enterovirus, coxsackievirus A7, frequently associated with certain diseases in Kuwait
  - Echovirus 9: a prominent enterovirus causing CNS disease in Kuwait
Padari H. - Penicillin + gentamicin versus ampicillin + gentamicin in the empiric treatment of early neonatal sepsis
Padilla B. - First report of infection with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Spain
Padilla E. - Usefulness of axillar swab in the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation
  - Incidence of candidaemia as an indirect marker for nosocomial infection control
Padrón E. - Risk factors for community-acquired bacteraemic Gram-negative cellulitis
Pagani L. - Second-line combination antifungal therapy with caspofungin plus low-dose amphotericin B deoxycholate in patients with invasive fungal infections failing primary treatment
  - Outbreak of neonatal candidiasis: drug susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of the isolates
  - Dissemination of acquired metallo-beta-lactamases in Gram-negative pathogens: first Italian countrywide survey
  - Outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii producing the carbapenem hydrolysing beta-lactamase OXA-58 in a general intensive care unit in Southern Italy
  - Characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis populations during chronic infection: an Italian longitudinal study
Pagano G. - Cytomegalovirus associated disease in immunocompetent patients
Pagano L. - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological malignancies in Italy: SEIFEM-2004 study (Sorveglianza Epidemiologica Infezioni Fungine nelle Emopatie Maligne)
Pagano P.J. - Antimicrobial activity of linezolid and other agents against nosocomial pneumonia Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates
Pagano L - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological stem cells transplanted patients: SEIFEM 2004 study
Page M.G.P. - Mechanism of action of ceftobiprole: structural basis for anti-MRSA activity
Pahlavan G. - Predicting factors of loss to follow-up after HIV-positive testing in a hospital in Paris, France in 2004
Painter M. - A new mandatory enhanced methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance system for England. An explanation of the new web-based surveillance system
Pajno M. - Loss of bone mass in chronically HIV-infected patients. Significant association with male gender amd protease inhibitor administration
Palù G. - Morphologic and molecular evidence of viral infection in human brainstem
  - Microarray analysis during adipogenesis identifies new genes altered by antiretroviral drugs
  - Prospective study of viral infection and nephropathy in paediatric renal transplant recipients
Palù  G. - Prevalence of HHV6 and parvovirus B19 in transplant recipients liver tissue: clinical outcomes and viral correlates
Palù G. - HCMV infects and replicates in the adrenal gland
Palacián P. - Incidence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus in a prospective study in critical patients (2002–2004)
Palacios G. - The new proposed enterovirus type 75 is causing meningitis in Spain
Palacios A. - HAART in HIV patients: analysis of first therapy regimen. MACOVI study (Málaga HIV cohort)
Palade A. - Correlation between virulence pattern, phylogenetic group and extended spectrum betalactamases genes in Escherichia coli strains isolated from blood cultures
Palafox M. - Preliminary evaluation of the Abbott ARCHITECT anti-toxoplasma IgG, IgM and IgG avidity assays
Palcevski G. - Benchmarking antimicrobial drug use in university hospitals in five European countries
Palekauskaite A. - Changes in antimicrobial use in Lithuania outpatient clinics
Palenzona A. - A new in vitro model system to study antimycotic drugs
  - Dynamic bactericidal activity of ceftazidime in combination with glycopeptides and azithromycin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Paleologou N. - Bacillus spp. bacteraemia in children on parenteral nutrition
Palepou M.F.I. - Wide geographic spread of diverse acquired AmpC beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. in the UK and Ireland
Palerm L. - Genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus over six consecutive seasons in Cuba
Palladino S. - Evaluation of automated sample processing using the MagNA Pure LC instrument for use with the COBAS AMPLICOR HCV (ver 2) test
Pallares R. - Fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: screening for first-step mutations
  - Erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in Spain: serotypes, clones and mechanisms of resistance
Palomares J. - Comparison of the Sensititre YeastOne colorimetric antifungal panel with reference M38: a method for testing susceptibility Aspergillus spp. to caspofungin
Palomares C. - Diagnostic use of two serologic tests for invasive candidiasis
Paltansing S. - National surveillance to the incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in the Netherlands
Paluch-Oles J. - Gold nanoparticle probe-based diagnostic system for rapid and sensitive detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  - Rapid identification of mycobacterial species with test INNO-LiPA mycobacteria v2 isolated from sputum samples obtained from HIV-negative patients
Palva E. - The management of sore throat by Finnish general practitioners
Palvarini L. - Reduction in the incidence of staphylococcal infections in hospital environment after the starting of the guideline of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis
Pan A. - Adherence to hand hygiene in an Italian hospital
  - Reducing the impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in an intensive care unit: a nine-year analysis
  - Treatment of invasive Pseudallescheria boydii infections with voriconazole or voriconazole plus caspofungin
Péan Y. - Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative Staphylococcus bacteraemia: epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance between 2001 and 2004 in the Ile de France microbiologists network
Pan A. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonisation in a rehabilitating / nursing home in Italy
Pana M. - Study of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains, isolated in Romania, between 2004–2005
  - Antimicrobial resistance trends in invasive strains of S. aureus, E. coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Enterococcus spp. in Romania – a 4-year participation in the EARSS
  - Oral streptococcal strains isolated from odontogenic infections and their susceptibility to antibiotics
Panagi M. - Hospital-acquired bacteraemia: occurrence of pathogens throughout a decade
Panagiotopoulou E. - Isolation of vaginal pathogens in different groups of women
Panagopoulos P. - Unilateral lipomasty in a cohort of HIV (+) individuals
  - The role of antibiotics in acute uncomplicated maxillary sinusitis in ambulatory care: a randomised controlled trial
Pancharoen C. - Diagnosis of dengue infection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction from oral specimens
Pandey P. - Animal-associated injuries and related diseases among travellers
Panesar P. - Antibiotic prescribing practices at two linked London teaching hospitals
Pangalis A. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from airway secretions from patients with cystic fibrosis
  - Bipolaris spicifera isolation from the nasal polyps of an allergic boy: a case report
  - Achromobacter xylosoxidans from the airway secretions of patients with cystic fibrosis
  - Use of the isoschizomers SmaI and XmaI to generate a common PFGE pattern database for both mef-negative and mef-positive S. pyogenes isolates
Pangalis  - Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease in childhood (2001–2004); microbiological observations from Central Greece prior to the systemic pneumococcal vaccination era
Pangalis A. - Wound infection caused by V. parahaemolyticus and V. alginolyticus
Pangon B. - Nocardiosis: a retrospective study of 41 French cases
Pani A. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonisation in a rehabilitating / nursing home in Italy
Paniara O. - VIM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains with class 1 integrons isolated from bloodstream infections
Paniara  O. - BK polyoma virus replication in de novo renal transplant recipients: Results of a prospective study
Paniara O. - Resistance to colistin and carbapenems with detection of class 1 integrons on Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates
Pannekoek Y. - Genotypes of Chlamydophila psittaci causing zoonotic infection
Panopoulou M. - Anaerobic bacteraemia due to Fusobacterium necrophorum and Clostiridium cadaveris: a case report
  - Detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Panoulis C. - Food-borne nosocomial outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis in a teaching hospital in Greece
Panousis K. - Systemic inflammation in the field of experimental multiple trauma: when does bacterial translocation and subsequent sepsis occur?
Panovski N. - Our first experiance with RT-nPCR for detection of HIV-1 RNA among seropositive persons in Republic of Macedonia
Pantazatou A. - High incidence of moxifloxacin resistance among Bacteroides spp. isolates in Greece. Results from the Hellenic Study Group on Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria
Pantazis  K. - Immunogenicity of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine in treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced chronic hepatitis C patients: The effect of pegylated interferon plus ribavirin treatment
Pantelaki M. - Molecular epidemiology of vanA-containing Enterococcusfaecium in a university general hospital in Greece
  - Identification of species and glycopeptide resistance among enterococcal isolates by BD Phoenix
Pantosti A. - Characterisation of a Streptococcus pneumoniae strain carrying erm(A) isolated in Italy
Pantucek R. - Characterisation of Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in the Czech Republic
Panzaru C. - Disseminated infection due to Candida guilliermondii in a patient with acute myelogenous leukaemia. A case study
Papadaki H. - Trends in glycopeptide antibiotics consumption over a 6-year period in a general hospital, Athens, Greece
Papadatou M. - Serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibilities of pneumococci isolated from children with acute otitis media during 2003–2004
Papadatou E. - Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease in childhood (2001–2004); microbiological observations from Central Greece prior to the systemic pneumococcal vaccination era
Papadimitriou A. - A randomized study of cefuroxime vs. ampicillin-sulbactam prophylaxis for obstetrical and gynaecological operations: an effect on Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria associated postoperative surgical site infections
Papadimitriou E. - Peritonitis due to Corynebacterium striatum in a CAPD patient
Papadomichelakis E. - Colonisation surveillance can predict microbial aetiology of infection in the critically ill
Papadopoulos A. - Successful therapy of zygomycosis with posaconazole in a patient intolerant of liposomal amphotericin B
Papadopoulos K. - In vitro antibiotic resistance of E. coli isolates in community-acquired urinary tract infections during 2001–2005
  - Incidence and in vitro antibiotic resistance of streptococci in community-acquired urinary tract infections
Papadopoulos A. - Unilateral lipomasty in a cohort of HIV (+) individuals
Papadopoulos H. - Seronegative spondyloarthritis after Chlamydia trachomatis disease
  - The correlation between infection with Helicobacterpylori and the levels of hs-CRP and lipoproteins in women patients, which appear dyslipidaemia
Papadopoulos A. - Evaluation of parameters influencing compliance of HCWs with hand hygiene in two university departments of internal medicine in a Greek tertiary hospital
Papadopoulos N. - The link between asthma and viral respiratory infections
Papadopoulos C.J. - The role of the multi-drug efflux systems of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in tea tree oil tolerance
Papadopoulos A. - No effect of vitamin B6 co-administration for the prevention of linezolid-induced myelosuppression
  - Soft tissue infections by Stenotrophomonasmaltophilia in immunocompromised rats. Implication of bacterial translocation
Papadopoulos K. - Characteristics in laboratory analysis of leptospirosis
  - The father of modern medicine: the first research of the physical factor of tetanus
Papadopoulou C. - Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis isolated in bacteraemia in a tertiary care hospital
  - Positive central venous catheter cultures and bloodstream infections
  - Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from intensive care unit in a Greek hospital
  - Overdetection of imipenem resistance by VITEK 2 in blaVIM 12 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae with E-test low level carbapenem MICs
Papaefstathiou K. - Trends in glycopeptide antibiotics consumption over a 6-year period in a general hospital, Athens, Greece
Papaefstathiou  A. - Screening of immigrants for tuberculosis in Greece: implications for health care needs
Papaefstathiou E. - Nocardia sp. in cystic fibrosis patients in a Greek tertiary hospital
Papaeliadis T. - The role of antibiotics in acute uncomplicated maxillary sinusitis in ambulatory care: a randomised controlled trial
Papafrangas E. - Incidence of Clostridium difficile infections in a tertiary Greek hospital
  - Nocardia sp. in cystic fibrosis patients in a Greek tertiary hospital
  - Susceptibility profile of Acinetobacter baumanii isolates and evaluation of three different susceptibility test methods
Papageorgiou V. - Update on Candida albicans antifungal resistance trends among hospitalised patients in a tertiary hospital in Greece
Papagheorghe R. - Study of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains, isolated in Romania, between 2004–2005
Papaioannou V. - Effect of a policy for restriction of selected classes of antibiotics on antimicrobial drug cost and resistance
Papakonstantinou K. - Intravenous, intrathecal and intraventricular administration of colistin for the treatment of multiresistant Acinetobacterbaumannii meningitis
Papalois  A. - Systemic inflammation in the field of experimental multiple trauma: when does bacterial translocation and subsequent sepsis occur?
Papamichail D. - Heterogeneity of methicilin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus at a German university hospital: a potential source of new emerging MRSA clones
Papanastasiou A. - Hepatitis B virus/hepatitis D virus co-infection in Greece
Papaparaskevas J. - Use of the isoschizomers SmaI and XmaI to generate a common PFGE pattern database for both mef-negative and mef-positive S. pyogenes isolates
  - High incidence of moxifloxacin resistance among Bacteroides spp. isolates in Greece. Results from the Hellenic Study Group on Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria
  - Epidemiological investigation of quinolone resistance in infections due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary hospital
Papassotiriou I. - Leptin as an acute-phase reactant in urinary tract infections in children
  - Predictive value of procalcitonin and serum amyloid A protein levels in early detection of pyelonephritis in childhood
  - Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1: role in the pathogenesis and progression of acute pyelonephritis in infants
Papastamataki P. - Eighteen years of research on AIDS: contribution of and collaborations between different world regions
  - The role of aminoglycosides in combination with a beta-lactam for the treatment of bacterial endocarditis: a meta-analysis of comparative trials
Papavasileiou H. - Infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome in a children's hospital in Greece
  - Antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae ocular isolates collected from outpatients in paediatric hospital
Papavasileiou D.A. - Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease in childhood (2001–2004); microbiological observations from Central Greece prior to the systemic pneumococcal vaccination era
Papavsileiou K. - Infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome in a children's hospital in Greece
Pape M. - Q fever in Northern Greece: epidemiologic and clinical data from 58 acute and chronic cases
  - Seroepidemiology of Bartonella henselae/quintana in immunocompromised patients (human immunodeficiency virus infected/ end-stage renal disease patients)
Papetti F. - Prevalence and risk factors of QTc interval prolongation in HIV-positive patients
Papoulia E. - Nasal carriage of S. aureus among hospital personnel of a secondary general hospital
  - Prevalence of HBV and HCV infection in a high-security prison
Papoulia  E. - Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus among patients and personnel of a haemodialysis unit
Papp M. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of enterococcal strains isolated from slaughter animals in Hungary from 2001 to 2004
Pappa C. - Heterogeneity of methicilin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus at a German university hospital: a potential source of new emerging MRSA clones
Pappas S. - The usefulness of the measurement of laminin in patients with bacterial infections
  - Do hyaluran levels determine the outcome of bacterial infections?
Pappas S.I. - Differences in bacteraemia due to multiresistant pathogens in medical patients: a pilot study
Pappas G. - What's new in the treatment of human brucellosis
Pappas S.I. - Physicians' attitude towards guidelines and on choice of regimen for respiratory infections
Parada C. - Imported chronic Chagas disease in Valencia, Spain: epidemiological and clinical features
Paragi  M. - Macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Slovenia 1999–2004: correlation with macrolide use
Paramythiotou E. - Nosocomial colonisation and infection of ICU patients caused by persistent and multiresistant clones of Acinetobacter baumannii
  - Intravenous, intrathecal and intraventricular administration of colistin for the treatment of multiresistant Acinetobacterbaumannii meningitis
Paraskakis A. - Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease in childhood (2001–2004); microbiological observations from Central Greece prior to the systemic pneumococcal vaccination era
Parathon H. - An intervention to reduce irrational surgical antibiotic prophylaxis by evidence-based guidelines, education and feedback
Paratiras S. - Antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus aureus: a multicentre study 2002–2005 in a paediatric general hospital, Greece
Pardini M. - Characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis populations during chronic infection: an Italian longitudinal study
Pardo F. - Microbial keratitis in health area of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain)
  - Telithromycin resistance in clinical isolates of beta-haemolytic streptococci
Pardo  F. - Tuberculosis epidemiology in a health care area of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, NW Spain) from 1996 to 2004
Pardo A. - Quality of life and adherence to treatment in HIV/HCV co-infected patients and co-treated with antiretroviral plus chronic hepatitis C therapy
Pardo F. - Incidence of serogroups and penicillin susceptibility in Neisseria meningitidis isolates (1996–2004)
Pardos M. - Incidence of faecal carriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hospital and community patients during two non-outbreak periods of time
  - Distribution of serotypes in tetracycline-resistant Streptococcus group B isolated in Zaragoza, Spain
Pareek M. - Management of meningitis and knowledge of meningitis guidelines amongst medical staff in a large teaching hospital in England
Parisi S.G. - Prevalence of HHV6 and parvovirus B19 in transplant recipients liver tissue: clinical outcomes and viral correlates
Parisi A. - Occurrence, characterisation and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Staphylococcusaureus strains isolated from dairy products in southern Italy
Parizkova R. - Anaerobic meningitis due to Peptostreptococcus anaerobius diagnosed by broad-range PCR. Case report
Park Y.S. - Risk factors for invasive aspergillosis in haematologic malignancy patients in a tertiary teaching hospital in Korea
  - Characteristics of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in adults in Korea
Park H. - Comparison of conventional antimicrobial susceptibility and oligonucleotide chip system for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates
Park Y.K. - Comparison of conventional antimicrobial susceptibility and oligonucleotide chip system for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates
Park S. - Universal role of glucan synthase subunit Fks1p in echinocandin resistance
Park J-H. - Infections in intensive care unit admitted multiple trauma patients: incidence, risk factors and mortality rate
Park K-J. - Infections in intensive care unit admitted multiple trauma patients: incidence, risk factors and mortality rate
Park J.W. - Evaluation of the VITEK 2 AST-N 041 card for detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae
Park S. - Human serum alters antifungal efficacy of echinocandin drugs
Park C.W. - Efficacy of influenza vaccination in patients with liver cirrhosis
Park S.H. - Survey of virulence factors of clinical isolates from neutropenic patients with enterococcal bacteraemia
Park W.B. - Bacteraemia is a poor prognostic factor in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Park B.J. - Chronic exposure to smoking is not a risk factor for community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly population
Park Y-J. - Dissemination of 16S rRNA methylase in AmpC producing Enterobacter cloacae, Citrobacter freundii and Serratia marcescens in Korea
Park J.W. - Hospital-based study of pneumonia and influenza hospitalisations among adults, Seoul, Korea, 1995–2004: implications for prevention through immunisation
Parker M. - Clinical evaluation of a molecular-based assay for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus aureus in positive blood cultures
Parkinson A. - The International Circumpolar Surveillance System for population-based surveillance of invasive Pneumococcal disease, 1999–2004
Parks D. - The International Circumpolar Surveillance System for population-based surveillance of invasive Pneumococcal disease, 1999–2004
Parks V. - Ecological impact of tigecycline on the normal oropharyngeal and intestinal microflora
Parneix P. - Use of glycopeptides in 47 French hospitals
Parody R. - Risk factors for pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with cancer and pneumonia
  - Pneumonia risk factors in patients with febrile neutropenia
Parola P. - Animal-associated injuries and related diseases among travellers
Parola  - First identification of Toscana virus and other phleboviruses in sandflies from southern France
Parot E. - Predictive value of oral colonisation by Candida yeasts on the onset of a nosocomial infection in elderly hospitalised patients
Parruti G. - Diagnostic relevance of screening clinical specimens from patients attending infectious diseases and haematology units for HHV6 DNA: a two-year experience
Parschalk B. - Effect of hydrogen peroxide and N-propanol on biofilms formed by clinical strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis
Parsonage M.J. - Proteinuria in tenofovir-exposed and non-exposed patients: audit of screening processes within a United Kingdom HIV cohort
Pasanen T. - Evaluation and comparison of molecular tests for identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Pascual AA. - Monitoring of voriconazole blood levels for prevention of serious neurological adverse events
Pascual A. - Resistance to cefoxitin and susceptibility to amoxicillin-clavulanate in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli not hyperproducing AmpC and lacking the OmpF porin
  - Detection of qnrS in clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae in Spain
  - Rifampin induction of resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii, in vitro and in an experimental pneumonia murine model
  - Evaluation of the Vitek-2 system using AST-N020 y AST-N041 cards for susceptibility testing of beta-lactam-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains of clinical origin
  - Analysis of the promoter/attenuator region of the ampC gene in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli with "AmpC phenotype"
Pascual Á. - ISAba1 transposition induced by ciprofloxacin produces hyperexpression of the AmpC cephalosporinase of Acinetobacterbaumannii
Pascual A. - Differences in the epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli according to the types of enzymes
Pascual  A. - Efficacy of amoxicillin-clavulanate in an experimental murine pneumonia model caused by AmpC non-hyperproducing clinical isolates of E. coli resistant to cefoxitin
Pascual M. - High-risk human papilloma virus in women with abnormal pap-smears of the uterine cervix in the northwest of Spain
Pascual A. - Clinical epidemiology of biofilm production in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates
  - Penetration and activity of linezolid and vancomycin in S. epidermidis biofilms
Pasqualotto A.C. - Susceptibility of clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii to voriconazole
Pasqualotto A. - Post-operative aspergillosis
Pasqualotto A.C. - Predictors of mortality in children with candidaemia
Passarell J. - Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model for the safety of tigecycline in patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections
Pastore D. - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological malignancies in Italy: SEIFEM-2004 study (Sorveglianza Epidemiologica Infezioni Fungine nelle Emopatie Maligne)
Pastore F. - Unusual anaerobic Gram-negative bacterium from an abscess
Pate M. - Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium avium isolates among Slovenian patients
Patel J.H. - Telavancin transmembrane clearance during in vitro continuous venovenous hemofiltration
Patel S. - Once daily outpatient quinolone monotherapy for low-risk febrile neutropenic cancer patients
Patel C. - Preliminary evaluation of the Abbott ARCHITECT anti-toxoplasma IgG, IgM and IgG avidity assays
Patel N. - Relationship between prior antibiotic exposure and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Patel R. - Diagnosis and microbiology of prosthetic shoulder infection
  - An epidemiological study regarding knowledge, attitude and source of information on HIV-AIDS among the teachers of secondary and higher secondary schools of Ahmedabad City, India
Patel N. - Risk factors for carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa among patients with respiratory tract infections
Patel J.H. - Telavancin pharmacokinetics during in vitro continuous venovenous haemodialysis
Patel A. - Meta-analyses of the impact of inappropriate antibiotic therapy on mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia and bloodstream infections
Paterson D.L. - Worldwide antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of inducible Enterobacteriaceae isolated from intraabdominal infections: results from SMART 2004
  - Worldwide antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Gram-negative bacilli isolated from intraabdominal infections: results from SMART 2004
Patili D. - Vaginal infections in women undergoing in vitro fertilization
Patino H. - Mortality in patients at high risk for invasive fungal infection: effect of Posaconazole prophylaxis
Paton J. - Use of the T tube test in the setting of a paediatric tuberculosis clinic
Patsoura A. - Outbreak of OXA-58-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a paediatric university hospital in Athens, Greece
Patzer J.A. - The high activity of meropenem against Gram-negative bacteria from a paediatric intensive care unit in Poland (1997–2005)
Paul M. - Implications of the evidence for antibiotic prophylaxis for cancer patients with neutropenia: updated meta-analysis
  - A comparison of susceptibility to antibiotics in nosocomial and non-nosocomial infections in a hospital in Israel
  - Benefit of appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment: 30-day mortality and duration of hospital stay
  - Effect of quinolone prophylaxis on resistance in afebrile neutropenic patients – systematic review
  - Extending observed susceptibilities with predicted susceptibilities based on a retrospective statistical analysis
  - Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii vs. Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections: risk factors and outcomes
  - Deep sternal wound infections following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: risk factors and implications
  - The efficacy and safety of cefepime: systematic review and meta-analysis
Paulauskas A. - Molecular characterisation and prevalence of tick-borne diseases pathogens in Lithuania
Paulsson O.B. - MR imaging in experimental meningitis –in vivo correlates for disease severity
Paun L. - Clinical manifestations and progression of mumps meningitis in children in Romania
Pavia C. - PCR and culture correlate well for measuring cure rates for short course treatment of infections with the Lyme disease spirochete
Pavicic F. - Sensitivity testing and empirical treatment of pneumonia and acute exacerbations of COPD
Pavlidou H. - Incidence and in vitro antibiotic resistance of streptococci in community-acquired urinary tract infections
  - In vitro antibiotic resistance of E. coli isolates in community-acquired urinary tract infections during 2001–2005
Pavlou K. - Three females with asymptomatic infection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, carrying genes for MDS and lymphoma detected with FISH technique
Pawinska A. - The high activity of meropenem against Gram-negative bacteria from a paediatric intensive care unit in Poland (1997–2005)
Payan C. - Intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis E in France
Peña C. - Outbreak of surgical site infections in a cardiac surgical unit caused by an epidemic methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clone
Peña A. - Comparison of molecular and serological assays in the diagnosis of HCV infection
Peña J.L. - Bacterial spondylodiscitis: an evaluation of 67 patients
Peña Garcia P. - Correlation of quantitative measurement of BK polyomavirus (BKV) DNA with the clinical course of BKV infection in renal transplant patients
Pearson A.D. - Burden of Clostridium difficile associated disease in NHS hospital trusts in England
  - A new mandatory enhanced methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance system for England. An explanation of the new web-based surveillance system
Pearson A. - An independent review of computerised systems for alert organism and alert condition surveillance
  - Statistical analysis of trends in mandatory MRSA bacteraemia in NHS acute hospital trusts
Pecherskikh E.I. - Spreading of beta-lactamase genes among nosocomial isolates collected from Moscow clinics
Pedarra C. - Occurrence, characterisation and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Staphylococcusaureus strains isolated from dairy products in southern Italy
Pedersen G. - Bacteraemia in Danish patients with haematological malignancies: coverage and impact of inappropriate empirical antibiotic treatment on 7-day and 30-day mortality
Pedersen I.S. - Epidemiology of resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary hospital
Pedersen S.S. - Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein is a marker of severity in patients with bacteraemia
Pedersen C. - Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein is a marker of severity in patients with bacteraemia
Pedicone L. - Mortality in patients at high risk for invasive fungal infection: effect of Posaconazole prophylaxis
Pedro S. - Elderly patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia. Validation and comparative evaluation of a prognostic rule
Peetermans W.E. - Fungaemia at a tertiary-care hospital: species distribution, antifungal susceptibility and antifungal therapy
  - Epidemiology and aetiology of infective endocarditis
  - Extremely elevated C-reactive protein
  - Pilot implementation of multidisciplinary antibiotic management teams in Belgian hospitals: 2-year progress report, 2003–04
  - Outcome of infective endocarditis
Peeters J.K. - Determinants of persistent nasal carriage and population structure of Staphylococcus aureus in HIV patients
Pefanis A. - An epidemic of hospital-acquired bacteraemia due to Alcaligenes denitrificans: true threat or fighting windmills?
Peighambari M. - Detection of stx genes in avian pathogenic Escherichia coli by multiplex polymerase chain reaction
Peigue-Lafeuille H. - Phylogenetic analysis in a HCV type 5 infected population in the French central district of Clermont-Ferrand
  - Genetic typing of enteroviruses for the investigation of two local outbreaks in France in 2005
Peiris M. - Stability of SARS coronavirus to high temperature and high relative humidity
Peixe L. - Carbapenem-hydrolysing oxacillinase OXA-40 in an Acinetobacter haemolyticus clinical isolate
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Peixe  L. - Distribution of class 1 and class 2 integron types among ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae recovered from Portuguese hospitals
Peixe L. - In vitro activity of colistin against pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
  - European intercountry dissemination of a glycopeptide resistant E. faecalis clone
  - Molecular characterisation of Tn1546 from enterococci isolated from Portuguese human, animal and environmental sources
Pelayo J. - The presence of extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli is a prognostic factor for patients with E. coli bacteraemia
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Pelekanou A. - Monocytes in systematic inflammatory response syndrome: differences between sepsis and acute pancreatitis
Peles F. - In vitroCandida albicans model for evaluating the inhibitory effect of known and potential antifungal agents on germ tube formation
Peláez T. - Metronidazole heteroresistant C. difficile strains: morphotypes with cell-wall thickening
  - Zygomycosis in a general hospital during a 17-year period. Is there an increase in incidence after introducing voriconazole?
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Pelk-Jongen M. - Variation in interpretation and counselling of blood exposure incidents
Pellegrini C. - Biochemical characterisation of IND-NF16 metallo-beta-lactamase
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Pellicer A. - Quality of life and adherence to treatment in HIV/HCV co-infected patients and co-treated with antiretroviral plus chronic hepatitis C therapy
Pellizzari A. - Galactomannan and mannan antigens and anti-mannan antibodies detection for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis and candidiasis in liver transplant recipients
Pelloux H. - Multicentre proficiency testing programme for molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in amniotic fluid
  - Immunodiagnosis of invasive candidiasis: prospective serological evaluation of at-risk patients in the French university hospital of Grenoble
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Pemán J. - Antifungal susceptibility of Candida guilliermondii isolated from blood cultures
  - Fungaemia in paediatric patients
Pena A. - Phenotypic and molecular detection of metallo-beta-lactamases in imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a hospital centre, Coimbra, Portugal
Pencu I. - Factors influenced treatment failure in pneumococcal pneumonia with bacteraemia
Pennelli D. - Rabbits as a human Staphylococcus aureus reservoir? Preliminary results of a field research
Penni A. - Daptomycin activity against multi-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus bloodstream isolates from severe infections
Pepeljnjak  S. - Haemolytic activity of Candida albicans and C. dubliniensis isolated from the oral cavity of immunocompromised patients
Pepin M. - Characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from dairy sheep farms (agr group, adherence, slime, resistance to antibiotics)
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Peppas T. - Do hyaluran levels determine the outcome of bacterial infections?
Peppas T.A. - Vaccination coverage and attitudes towards influenza of hospital healthcare workers, Piraeus
  - Usage and expenditure of antimicrobials in a tertiary hospital in 2003 and 2004
  - Usage and expenditure of 4f-quinolones in a tertiary hospital in 2003 and 2004
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Peralta G. - Comparison of pyogenic liver abscess caused by non-Escherichia coli and E. coli
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  - Prognostic factors in patients with pneumococcal bacteraemia in a county teaching hospital, Spain
Perbost I. - Immune-virological status and psycho-social factors concerning vertically contamined HIV-infected children at the time of transfer to adult care
Perdigão J. - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lisbon in 2003
Perea E.J. - Analysis of the promoter/attenuator region of the ampC gene in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli with "AmpC phenotype"
Pereira N. - The value of the QuantiFERON-Gold TB test in the management of patients with suspected active tuberculosis
Pereira E. - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lisbon in 2003
Pereira A.S. - Widespread dissemination of blaOXA-51-like among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. isolates in Brazil
Perello R. - Risk factors for cephalosporin-resistant (ESBL and AMPc producing) Gram-negative enteric bacilli infection in renal and kidney-pancreas transplant patients
Perepanova T. - Short-course fluoroquinolones vs single dose fosfomycin for acute uncomplicated cystitis: systematic review and meta-analysis
Peres I. - 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
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Pereyre S. - Activity of moxifloxacin against the urogenital mycoplasmas Ureaplasma spp. and Mycoplasma hominis
Perez  M. - High prevalence of IgM antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in Mexican pregnant women
Perez S. - Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii vs. Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections: risk factors and outcomes
Perez I. - HAART in HIV patients: analysis of first therapy regimen. MACOVI study (Málaga HIV cohort)
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Perez Bournissen D. - Rotavirus: a new future for an old known virus
Perfect J. - Posaconazole as prophylaxis for invasive fungal infections in high-risk patients: efficacy and safety results from 2 clinical trials
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Peri C. - Biofilm production in well characterised Candida spp. isolated in Italy during the period 2002–2005 from paediatric and adult patients
Perilli M. - Biochemical characterisation of IND-NF16 metallo-beta-lactamase
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Perimeni D. - Screening for the presence of class 1 and 2 integrons in non-fermenting isolates from a tertiary hospital: association with antibiotic resistance phenotypes
Perivolioti E. - Resistance to colistin and carbapenems with detection of class 1 integrons on Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates
Perlin D. - Universal role of glucan synthase subunit Fks1p in echinocandin resistance
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Perotti G. - Outbreak of neonatal candidiasis: drug susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of the isolates
Perovic K. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of pneumococcal isolates causing bacteraemic community-acquired pneumonia in the public and private sectors in Gauteng, South Africa
Perovic O. - Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis following antimicrobial treatment
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  - Invasive pneumococcal disease in the era of human immunodeficiency virus infection
  - Invasive pneumococcal disease in the era of human immunodeficiency virus infection
Perraud M. - Diving suit: sterile, ambulatory, personal device for protective and preventive isolation of nosocomial invasive fungal infections in neutropenic patients hospitalised in laminar air flow room who need a disruption of isolation
Perrett L.L. - The role of the veterinary laboratory agency: confirmation of brucellosis from human isolates
Perri M. - Clinical epidemiology of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  - Epidemiology and control of a cluster of USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (USA300-MRSA) skin/soft tissue infections in an inner-city haemodialysis unit
  - Clinical outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus infections in the community
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  - Molecular epidemiology of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Perroncel R. - Moxifloxacin vs clarithromycin for treatment of community-acquired pneumonia associated with common respiratory pathogens: a pooled analysis
Perrone M. - Evaluation of IgA secretory antibodies in children with Helicobacter pylori infection
Persat F. - Interest of Candida antigen and antibody ELISA for hepatosplenic candidiasis diagnosis
Persson S. - Novel multiplex-PCR method for simultaneous detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A and toxin B and the binary toxin (cdtA/cdtB) genes applied on a Danish cohort
Pertseva T. - The role of infecting agents and systemic markers of inflammation in COPD patients
  - An antibiotic sensitivity of Escherichia coli strains in nosocomial surgical site infections
Pescetto L. - Cutaneous infection by Absidia corymbifera and Syncephalastrum racemosum treated with amphotericin B and surgical debridement
  - Biofilm production in well characterised Candida spp. isolated in Italy during the period 2002–2005 from paediatric and adult patients
  - Cryptosporidium parvum infection in a child after allogeneic bone marrow transplant
Pessoa da Silva C.L. - Considerations on optimal glove use within the World Health Organization "Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care"
Pesti N. - Quantitative antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from blood of septic patients with special attention to MRSA
Peteinellis E. - Hepatitis B virus/hepatitis D virus co-infection in Greece
Peters G. - Hospital- and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Germany
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Peters J. - Determinants of persistent nasal carriage and population structure of Staphylococcus aureus in HIV patients
Petersen A. - Fitness costs of antimicrobial resistance associated with chromosomal mutations and plasmid-borne resistance genes in Escherichia coli: in vitro and in vivo studies
Petersen J. - Streptococcus pneumoniae: proteomics of surface proteins for vaccine development
Petersen H. - Evaluation of a new assay for the detection and differentiation of B. pertussis, B. parapertussis and B. bronchiseptica based on real-time PCR technology
Petersen E. - Serotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women. Predominance of type II in the Old World and type I and III in the New World
Petersson C. - Similar illness burden but different antibiotic prescription to children: a population-based study
Petignat C. - Multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak caused by multiple sources and strains
  - Is transmission of MRSA frequent between patients sharing the same hospital room?
Petinaki E. - An unusual phenotype of Enterococcus faecalis in Greece expressing low-level resistance to clindamycin and dalfopristin but susceptibility to quinupristin-dalfopristin
  - The presence of erm TR gene is responsible for the macrolide-resistance of Streptococcus agalactiae
  - Direct detection of Cardiobacterium hominis by broad-range 16S rRNA PCR and sequencing in the serum of a patient with infective endocarditis
  - Nasal carriage of S. aureus among hospital personnel of a secondary general hospital
  - Direct detection of Salmonella spp. in faecal specimens by real-time PCR assay
  - Outbreak of PVL-producing MRSA among newborns in a Greek tertiary hospital
  - Phenotypes and genotypes of slime positive - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates
  - Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus among patients and personnel of a haemodialysis unit
Petit J.C. - Impact of antimicrobial treatment on dominant faecal flora: the emergence of Clostridium difficile
Petkov T. - Immunoprophylaxis of wound and urinary tract infections in urological patients by application of immunostimulator Urostim
Peto Z. - Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis and evaluation of clinical effectiveness of nomogram based dosing regimen in critically ill patients
  - Importance of premorbid and ICU-acquired nasal colonisation
Petrariu E. - Antibiotic resistance for Streptococcuspneumoniae isolated from otitis media and invasive infections in children between 2001 and 2004 in Iasi, Romania
Petras P. - Characterisation of Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in the Czech Republic
  - The innovation of the STAPHYtest 16 identification kit produced by PLIVA-Lachema Diagnostika s.r.o
Petrescu Z. - Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the northeast Romania
Petridou E. - Serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibilities of pneumococci isolated from children with acute otitis media during 2003–2004
  - Wound infection caused by V. parahaemolyticus and V. alginolyticus
Petrikkos G.L. - High incidence of moxifloxacin resistance among Bacteroides spp. isolates in Greece. Results from the Hellenic Study Group on Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria
  - Epidemiological investigation of quinolone resistance in infections due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary hospital
Petrochilou C. - Evaluation of immunity to hepatitis A virus in patients with chronic viral hepatitis B and C
Petropoulos C. - Point prevalence of nosocomial infections in Western Greece
Petropoulou D. - In vitro antibiotic resistance of E. coli isolates in community-acquired urinary tract infections during 2001–2005
Petrosillo N. - Prevalence and risk factors of QTc interval prolongation in HIV-positive patients
  - Epidemiological types and integrons in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains from intensive care units in Rome, Italy
  - Pulmonary hypertension among HIV positive subjects: findings from the Latium Regional Registry
  - Hepatitis C virus infection in haemodialysis patients
Petrou M.A. - Fungal pathogens from haematoncology patients and their susceptibility to new and old antifungal drugs
Petrov M. - Bulgarian Surveillance Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance – BulSTAR: community-acquired pneumonia: 2004
  - Community-acquired urinary tract infections in 2004: results from BulSTAR
  - Trends in the antimicrobial resistance of some worldwide monitored pathogens during 2002–2004: data from BulSTAR
Petrovec M. - Molecular epidemiology of parvovirus B19 in Slovenia
Petrovici C. - Staphylococcal meningitis – an evaluation over 6 years
Petsaris O. - Characterisation of a clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus responsible for community-acquired staphylococcal toxic shock syndromes
Pettitt E. - Location of the enterotoxin gene in strains of Clostridium perfringens associated with gastroenteritis
Petukhova I.N. - Aetiologic structure of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in a cancer hospital
Peuchot J.C. - Rotavirus: a new future for an old known virus
Peyron F. - Serotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women. Predominance of type II in the Old World and type I and III in the New World
  - Screening for acute toxoplasma infection during pregnancy: compliance to the French programme of 41,086 pregnancies in the Rhône-Alpes region
  - Impact of health education for the primary prevention of Toxoplasma infection in pregnancy: lessons from the ERIS study
  - Multicentre proficiency testing programme for molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in amniotic fluid
Pezelj-Ribaric S. - Antifungal resistance patterns among oral Candida species from patients receiving head and neck radiotherapy
Pezzolato M. - Characterisation of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from human and ruminant clinical cases and from food products by serotyping and automated ribotyping
Pezzotti G. - Porcine caliciviruses in piglets in Italy
Pezzotti P. - Hepatitis C virus infection in haemodialysis patients
Pfeiffer M. - Streptococcus pneumoniae: proteomics of surface proteins for vaccine development
Pfister W. - Mechanisms of carbapenem resistance in multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from Germany
  - Invasive fungal infections and antimycotic resistance – a 7-year-surveillance
  - Multi-resistance in K. pneumoniae in German university hospitals, 2002–2005
  - Methicillin-resistant S. aureus in German university hospitals: changes in resistance 2002–2005
  - Difference in quinolone resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis patients
  - Laboratory identification and transmission of Burkholderia cepacia and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in an intensive care unit
Philip P. - Considerations on optimal glove use within the World Health Organization "Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care"
  - Worldwide implementation strategy of the World Health Organization "Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care"
Pähkla E. - The efficacy of non-surgical and systemic antibiotic treatment regimens in smoking and non-smoking patients
Phyroosbakhsh S. - Predictive values of diagnostic tests in patients with tuberculous pleural effusion in Iran
Pia N. - Streptococcus pneumoniae: proteomics of surface proteins for vaccine development
Piaggesi A. - 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
Pialoux  G. - Mycobacterium sherrisii: a new opportunistic agent in HIV-infected patients?
Piasecka-Pazik D. - Bacterial isolates during bacteraemia in neonatal units of a medical university hospital in Gdansk
Picao R.C. - Discrepancy in the metallo-beta-lactamase phenotypic tests results associated with diversity in the promoter region of class 1 integrons
Picard B. - Relationships between phylogenetic groups of Escherichia coli isolates and clinical characteristics in 161 patients with bacteraemia
Picardi M. - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological malignancies in Italy: SEIFEM-2004 study (Sorveglianza Epidemiologica Infezioni Fungine nelle Emopatie Maligne)
  - Epidemiology of fungal infections in haematological stem cells transplanted patients: SEIFEM 2004 study
Picazo J.J. - Prevalence of human papillomavirus genotypes in genital samples
  - Evolution of antiretroviral drug resistance and resistance mutations in multi-treated HIV-1 infected patients during the last three years
Picciani C. - Cell surface hydrophobicity, motility, and biofilm formation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical isolates
Piccinino F. - Anti-HCV IgG Avidity Index in acute hepatitis C and chronic hepatitis C
Piccoli L. - Effect of treatment on Toxoplasma-specific IgG antibodies and IgG avidity maturation
Piccolomini  R. - Cell surface hydrophobicity, motility, and biofilm formation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical isolates
Pichardo C. - Efficacy of amoxicillin-clavulanate in an experimental murine pneumonia model caused by AmpC non-hyperproducing clinical isolates of E. coli resistant to cefoxitin
Piche M. - In vitro study of interactions between bacteria and prostheses used in vaginal surgery
Piche J. - Performance evaluation of the VIDIA toxoplasmosis IGG and IGM assays
Picot S. - Serotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women. Predominance of type II in the Old World and type I and III in the New World
  - Interest of Candida antigen and antibody ELISA for hepatosplenic candidiasis diagnosis
  - Multicentre proficiency testing programme for molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in amniotic fluid
Picton S. - First report of a metallo beta-lactamase produced by a Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate in the United Kingdom
Piddock L.J.V. - Comparative analysis of Salmonella typhimurium proteomes from MAR mutants and following treatment with salicylate
  - Dose optimisation of enrofloxacin for use in chickens against Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104 to improve efficacy and minimise selection of resistance
Piddock  L.J.V. - Does reduced susceptibility to disinfectants compromise colonisation and persistence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in chickens?
Piddock L.J.V. - Selection and characterization of biocide resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
Pielmeier U. - A meta-analysis of the frequency of side effects for HAART drugs
Piemont Y. - Dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in mice: influence of the species and of the primary human isolation site
Piemont  Y. - Comparison of real-time and conventional PCR assays for diagnosis of Cat Scratch Disease in patients with lymph node enlargement
Piens M.A. - Interest of Candida antigen and antibody ELISA for hepatosplenic candidiasis diagnosis
Piera C. - Evaluation of the accumulation of 99mTc-ciprofloxacin in S. aureus and P. aeruginosa
Pierard D. - Eight years of Belgian MYSTIC surveillance: 19982005
  - Detection of mexA and mexX efflux genes in P. aeruginosa: correlation between QC-RT-PCR and real-time PCR
Pierson C.L. - Analysis of trends for susceptibility of the B. fragilis group from 1997–2004, a US survey
Pietrzyk A. - Fungaemia caused by yeasts in patients of a university hospital, Cracow: epidemiology and risk factors profile over a 9-year period
Pietzcker T. - Multi-resistance in K. pneumoniae in German university hospitals, 2002–2005
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Pignanelli S. - In vitro antichlamydial activity of moxifloxacin versus a range of antimicrobial agents
Pignatari A.C.C. - Discrepancy in the metallo-beta-lactamase phenotypic tests results associated with diversity in the promoter region of class 1 integrons
  - Widespread dissemination of blaOXA-51-like among carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. isolates in Brazil
Pignatari  A.C.C. - Metallo-beta-lactamase gene blaSPM-1: evaluation of its vicinities in unrelated Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from distinct Brazilian hospitals
Pike R. - 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
  - Differential expression of CTX-M-15 beta-lactamase between two major Escherichia coli strains in the UK
Pillay D.G. - Therapy-driven selection of carbapenem resistance in CTX-M-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
Pillonel J. - Dramatic changes in survival and death rates after AIDS through the evolution of antiretroviral therapy, Paris
Pimenov V. - Antigenic properties of new recombinant polypeptide from TBEV IgE protein
Piñón A. - Human metapneumovirus infection in Cuba: first report
  - Influenza vaccination in health workers included in high-risk group population
Pina Vaz C. - New diagnostic method for pneumocystis using flow cytometry
Pinar A. - Legionella pneumophila as an occupational risk factor for inter-city bus drivers
  - The prevalence of CDT genes in clinical Campylobacterjejuni isolates
Pina-Vaz C. - Screening for MRSA on nasal swabs at admittance at intensive care units
Pinedo A. - Clinical and epidemiologic features of extended-spectrum b-lactamases strains for a two-year period in a third level hospital
  - Cloxacillin sensitivity evolution in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemias from 2001 to 2005 and their resistant phenotypes
Pinel  C. - Immunodiagnosis of invasive candidiasis: prospective serological evaluation of at-risk patients in the French university hospital of Grenoble
Pinet C. - Human papillomavirus genotype determination using Inno-LiPA HPV genotyping assay. Is the easy detection of mixed populations of HPV useful?
Pinget R. - Dramatic changes in survival and death rates after AIDS through the evolution of antiretroviral therapy, Paris
Pini B. - Risk factors and treatment outcome of bloodstream infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates producing the PER-1 extended-spectrum b-lactamase
  - Bloodstream infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: clinical outcome associated with pathogenesis-related genes
  - Emergence of high-level fluoroquinolone-resistance in clinical isolates of group G. streptococci
Pinidiyapathirage M.J. - Appropriateness of rabies post-exposure treatment received by patients presenting to an anti-rabies treatment unit
Pink F. - Aetiology and timing of bloodstream infections in a liver intensive care unit
Pinsi G. - Treatment of invasive Pseudallescheria boydii infections with voriconazole or voriconazole plus caspofungin
Pintado V. - Neurosurgical meningitis due to Acinetobacter baumannii: comparasion between different treatments
Piper K. - Diagnosis and microbiology of prosthetic shoulder infection
Piérard D. - Third Belgian multicentre survey of antibiotic susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria
Pirayesh K. - Evaluation of Cefoxitin Disk for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Pires R. - Contrasting features of Group A streptococci from asymptomatic carriage and diverse infection sites
Pirounaki M. - Immunogenicity of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine in treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced chronic hepatitis C patients: The effect of pegylated interferon plus ribavirin treatment
Pisapia R. - Anti-HCV IgG Avidity Index in acute hepatitis C and chronic hepatitis C
  - Impact of occult HBV infection in HIV patients naïve for anti-retroviral therapy
Pisaturo  M. - Anti-HCV IgG Avidity Index in acute hepatitis C and chronic hepatitis C
Pisec A. - Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B and C among intravenous drug users on methadone maintenance treatment in Slovenia
Piskorowska-Plis A. - Infections with hepatitis B and C viruses in haemodialysed patients
Pisos E. - Different prevalence of the main tet determinants among S. sonnei and S. flexneri
Pistolas D. - BK polyoma virus replication in de novo renal transplant recipients: Results of a prospective study
Pisula A. - Infections with hepatitis B and C viruses in haemodialysed patients
Pitart C. - Incidence of faecal carriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hospital and community patients during two non-outbreak periods of time
Pitcher D. - A real-time PCR for Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Pith M. - Isolation of keratinophilic fungi from sample soils of yards farms and forest in Khorasan and Golestan provinces of Iran
Pitlik S. - Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii vs. Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections: risk factors and outcomes
Pitsitaki M. - Direct detection of Cardiobacterium hominis by broad-range 16S rRNA PCR and sequencing in the serum of a patient with infective endocarditis
Pitt T.L. - Mutators among UK CTX-M b-lactamase-producing E. coli pose a risk for the emergence of fosfomycin resistance
Pittaluga F. - Real-time polymerase chain reaction and HCV RNA quantification: comparison of Cobas Ampliprep-Cobas TaqMan and branched DNA technology
  - Comparison of HCV genotype and subtype determination using Inno-LiPA HCV II and a laboratory-developed HCV 5'UTR sequencing procedure
Pittet D. - Clean care is safer care: a WHO initiative to improve patient safety worldwide
  - Considerations on optimal glove use within the World Health Organization "Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care"
  - Worldwide implementation strategy of the World Health Organization "Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care"
  - New World Health Organization alcohol-based formulations to implement handrubbing as the gold standard for hand hygiene worldwide
Pituch H. - Prevalence and association of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance with resistance to moxifloxacin in Clostridium difficile strains isolated from symptomatic adults and children hospitalised in two university hospitals in Warsaw
  - AFLP analysis of international Clostridium difficile strains of different toxin type reveals major toxin-dependent clonal clusters
Piu S. - Infectivity of probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Lactobacillus paracasei in a rat model of experimental endocarditis
Pizzigallo E. - Diagnostic relevance of screening clinical specimens from patients attending infectious diseases and haematology units for HHV6 DNA: a two-year experience
Pizzocolo C. - Scedosporium apiospermum lung infection with fatal outcome in an immunocompetent host
Pál T. - Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli isolated from one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius)
  - Characterisation of Campylobacterjejuni strains isolated in the United Arab Emirates
Plachouras D. - Assessment of monocytic function in patients with septic syndrome induced by ventilator-associated pneumonia
  - No effect of vitamin B6 co-administration for the prevention of linezolid-induced myelosuppression
  - The pathophysiological role of blood monocytes for the release of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells – 1 (sTREM-1) in patients with sepsis
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Plagge H. - Increase of resistant Enterobacter isolates and correlation with antibiotic consumption at the ward level
Plant A.J. - Evaluation of gyrB RFLP analysis for the typing of clinical and environmental strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Planty C. - Activity of moxifloxacin against the urogenital mycoplasmas Ureaplasma spp. and Mycoplasma hominis
Plata A. - Rapid diagnosis of brucellar epididymo-orchitis by real-time PCR assay in urine samples
  - Elderly patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia. Validation and comparative evaluation of a prognostic rule
  - Prosthetic valve endocarditis in southern Spain. Study of 111 cases
  - Descriptive study of complicated pyelonephritis
  - Pyogenic liver abscess: experience over a 10-year period
Plati E. - Isolation of vaginal pathogens in different groups of women
Platsouka E. - Resistance to colistin and carbapenems with detection of class 1 integrons on Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates
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Plebani A. - Treatment of invasive Pseudallescheria boydii infections with voriconazole or voriconazole plus caspofungin
Plecko V. - VIM-2 metallo-beta-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from Zagreb, Croatia
Plettenberg A. - Value of serology in diagnosing Lymphogranuloma venereum
Pletz M.W.R. - orizontal gene transfer contributes to fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes
Pleydell E. - Prevalence of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic resistance genes among Enterococcus faecium from pigs and poultry in the United Kingdom
Pliatsika V.P. - Susceptibility patterns of Klebsiella pneumoniae to quinolones and beta-lactams
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Plokhov R. - Antigenic properties of new recombinant polypeptide from TBEV IgE protein
Plésiat P. - Occurrence of MexCD-OprJ overexpressing efflux mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospitalised patients
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Pocaterra L. - Focal epithelial hyperplasia disease in Panares Indians from Bolivar state, Venezuela
Poggi E. - Staphylococcus aureus small colony variant in patients with cystic fibrosis in Genoa, Italy
Poiata A. - In vitro antimicrobial activity of gatifloxacin against staphylococci
Poirel L. - Outbreak of OXA-58-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a paediatric university hospital in Athens, Greece
  - Emergence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance QnrS determinant in enterobacterial isolates in Europe
  - Emergence of plasmid-mediated Ambler class A beta-lactamase in association with the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance QnrS determinant in Enterobacter cloacae
Poisson D.M. - Effectiveness of hygiene measures for preventing health care workers from acquiring undesirable pathogens in an infectious diseases ward
  - A prospective multi-centre study of the value of F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography as part of a structured diagnostic protocol in patients with fever of unknown origin
Poisson D-M. - Eradication in one patient, by rifamycin-linezolid, of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin, responsible for 7 relapses over 18 months, and decolonisation of her family by mupirocin
Polache J. - Quality of life and adherence to treatment in HIV/HCV co-infected patients and co-treated with antiretroviral plus chronic hepatitis C therapy
Poland W. - Best practices in model-based HIV drug development
Polat H. - Anti-Yersinia antibodies in patients with Behçet's disease
Polat Y. - Legionella pneumophila as an occupational risk factor for inter-city bus drivers
Poletti F. - One-year infection survey in a cardiac surgery unit
  - Incidence of acquired toxoplasmosis in seronegative recipients of solid organ transplant
Poli N. - Adherence to hand hygiene in an Italian hospital
Polishchuk A.V. - The influence of UV radiation on the antibacterial activity of ciprofloxacin in aqueous solutions
Poljak M. - Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B and C among intravenous drug users on methadone maintenance treatment in Slovenia
  - Human papillomaviruses: impact of disease and vaccine intervention
Pollini S. - Real-time PCR detection of free circular intermediates of gene cassettes inserted in resistance integrons
Polydorou F. - Unusual anaerobic Gram-negative bacterium from an abscess
  - Peritonitis due to Corynebacterium striatum in a CAPD patient
Polyzogopoulou E. - Stress hyperglycaemia as a prognostic factor in patients with severe sepsis
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Polzin A. - Macrolide as long-term treatment in patients with bronchiectasis colonised by P. aeruginosa
Pomba C. - Surveillance of methicillin-resistant staphylococci among small animal isolates from otitis externa in Portugal
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Pompilio A. - Cell surface hydrophobicity, motility, and biofilm formation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical isolates
Pong W.L. - Accurate and rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing of Haemophilus influenzae by flow cytometry
Pong-Porter V. - Evaluation of four selective media for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from surveillance specimens
Pons I. - Evaluations of differents selective mediums to isolate Helicobacter pylori
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Ponte  C. - Amoxicillin early and delayed treatment of serotype 6 pneumococcal acute otitis media in previously immunised vs. non-immunised gerbils
Ponte C. - In vitro demonstration of synergy with two bacteriophage lytic enzymes (Cpl-1 and Pal), autolysin (LytA), and cefotaxime against Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pontikis K. - No effect of vitamin B6 co-administration for the prevention of linezolid-induced myelosuppression
Poon R.W.S. - Clinical features and molecular epidemiology of coronavirus HKU1 associated community-acquired pneumonia
Pop S. - A real-time PCR assay to detect human cytomegalovirus DNA in whole blood of solid organ transplant patients: optimal threshold for guiding pre-emptive therapy
Popa M. - Detection of enterotoxine B producing Staphylococcus aureus directly from milk
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Popescu C.P. - Relationships between luetic infection and acute viral hepatitis
Popescu N. - Study of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains, isolated in Romania, between 2004–2005
Popescu C.P. - Clinical manifestations, haematologic findings and clinical course in patients with infectious mononucleosis
  - Neurological manifestations in varicella
  - Clinical and epidemiological aspects of a measles epidemic, Bucharest, Romania
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Popma A. - Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027, toxinotype III in the Netherlands
Popoiu M. - The susceptibility of Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infections in an infectious diseases clinic in Romania
Popov D.A. - Perioperative monitoring of the endotoxin chemical markers and procalcitonin blood plasma concentrations in cardiosurgical patients
Popow-Kraupp T. - Primary cytomegalovirus infection in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome
Popowski J. - Poultry as a potential source of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli infections in children in Poland
Porcheret H. - Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative Staphylococcus bacteraemia: epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance between 2001 and 2004 in the Ile de France microbiologists network
Porfyridis I. - Unusual clinical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent patient
Porrero M.C. - Beta-lactam resistance in Haemophilus parasuis
Porsbo L.J. - Association between antimicrobial resistance and virulence in Escherichia coli blood and faeces isolates from humans in Denmark
Portales I. - Descriptive study of complicated pyelonephritis
Porte L. - BCG infection following BCG therapy for bladder carcinoma: results of a multicentre study, about 23 cases
Porter S. - The emergence of caspofungin resistance during treatment of recurrent Candida glabrata candidaemia
Portnoy Y. - Bacterial strain-independent pharmacodynamics of linezolid/doxycycline combinations with Staphylococcus aureus: 5-day simulations using an in vitro dynamic model
Portocarrero N. - Filariasis infection in immigrants in a Spanish hospital
Portugal I. - Molecular typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit – variable-number tandem repeat analysis in Lisbon in 2003
  - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lisbon in 2003
Porzionato A. - Morphologic and molecular evidence of viral infection in human brainstem
Posfay-Barbre K. - Adherence to hand hygiene in an Italian hospital
Pospelova T. - The antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteraemia isolates of Gram-negative pathogens in seven haematological centres in Russia
Potamitis N. - The father of modern medicine: the first research of the physical factor of tetanus
Potapova N. - Localisation of Rift Valley fever virus in different organs and blood of infected mice using developed PCR test
  - Development of tools for detection of DNA and mRNA from mycobacteria in clinical samples
Potel G. - Antibiotic resistance in the community environment: a regional epidemic survey in the Pays de la Loire region by MedQual
  - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemiological setting in the emergency ward of a large French teaching hospital
Potz N.A.C. - Efficacy of practised screening methods for selection of cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Poulakou G. - Unilateral lipomasty in a cohort of HIV (+) individuals
Poularas J. - Intravenous, intrathecal and intraventricular administration of colistin for the treatment of multiresistant Acinetobacterbaumannii meningitis
Poulou A. - Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in a northern Greek rural area
  - Investigation of an outbreak caused by multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in the ICU of a regional hospital
Poupard J.A. - Multiple drug resistance explains best the changes in S. pneumoniae resistance in a ten-year surveillance study in Belgium
  - Curbing pneumococcal resistance in orphanages: interventions on the basis of prospective surveillance of nasopharyngeal isolates
  - Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal isolates from children in selected Russian orphanages: 2003 vs. 2004
  - Risk factors associated with S. pneumoniae multiple resistance in Belgium over a 10-year period
  - Geographical and temporal analysis of the changes in S. pneumoniae multiple resistance to antibiotics in Belgium over a 10-year period
Pourbagher A. - Sternoclavicular arthritis as first manifestation of brucellosis: a case report
Pourbagher A.M. - Sternoclavicular arthritis as first manifestation of brucellosis: a case report
Pournaras S. - Overdetection of imipenem resistance by VITEK 2 in blaVIM 12 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae with E-test low level carbapenem MICs
  - Contribution of efflux pumps overexpression to carbapenem heteroresistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pourshafie M.R. - Phenotypic and genetic characterisations of enterococcal isolates in Tehran sewage, with emphasis on detection of vanA and vanB genes
Poutanen S.M. - The emergence of caspofungin resistance during treatment of recurrent Candida glabrata candidaemia
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Pouyiouka M. - Evaluation of immunity to hepatitis A virus in patients with chronic viral hepatitis B and C
Prada J.L. - HAART in HIV patients: analysis of first therapy regimen. MACOVI study (Málaga HIV cohort)
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Pradel U. - Fungaemia caused by yeasts in patients of a university hospital, Cracow: epidemiology and risk factors profile over a 9-year period
Pradhan A. - Fast, accurate, and automated workflow for multi locus sequence typing of Staphylococcus aureus
Pradier C. - Prevalence of Streptococcus viridans isolates in nasopharyngeal samples from children attending day-care centres in the Alpes Maritimes, France
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Pradier  C. - Impact of a French local community-oriented antibiotic-reducing programme on the incidence of invasive diseases
Prag J. - Fusobacterium necrophorum in young patients with tonsillitis and healthy controls examined by real-time PCR. Concomitant Group C streptococci may aggravate tonsillitis
Prandi S. - Biochemical characterisation of the plasmid-encoded class C b-lactamase FOX-7
Pratschke J - Frequencies of CMV-IE specific memory T cells are inversely correlated with alloimmune memory and serum creatinine in kidney transplant patients
Pratti A. - The presence of erm TR gene is responsible for the macrolide-resistance of Streptococcus agalactiae
Prazuck T. - Effectiveness of hygiene measures for preventing health care workers from acquiring undesirable pathogens in an infectious diseases ward
Prebianca P. - Rotavirus: a new future for an old known virus
Premru-Srsen T. - Diagnosis and management of congenital toxoplasmosis in Slovenia
Presber F - Frequencies of CMV-IE specific memory T cells are inversely correlated with alloimmune memory and serum creatinine in kidney transplant patients
Presterl E. - Effect of hydrogen peroxide and N-propanol on biofilms formed by clinical strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis
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  - Frequency of enterotoxin, toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 and panton-valentine leukocidin genes in MRSA vs. MSSA isolated from blood
  - In vitro activity of tigecycline against tetracycline-resistant Gram-positive cocci isolated from patients with bacteraemia
  - Biofilm formation of invasive GAS isolates collected in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients
Pérez F. - Neurosurgical meningitis due to Acinetobacter baumannii: comparasion between different treatments
Pérez J.L. - Influence of aetiologic diagnosis on mortality in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results of a large single-year series
  - Ability of Spanish clinical laboratories in diagnosing Candida krusei infections and in monitoring susceptibility testing. Results of the SEIMC Quality Control Program
  - Evaluation of the results of the Spanish SEIMC External Quality Control Program for the diagnosis of Enterococcus faecalis and Klebsiella pneumoniae infections
Pérez I. - Pyogenic liver abscess: experience over a 10-year period
Pérez M. - A randomised trial of a short course with isoniazid plus rifampin in front of isoniazid during six months in latent tuberculosis infection
Pérez Breña P. - Human metapneumovirus infection in Cuba: first report
Pérez de Ayala A. - In vitro activity of second line antibiotics against Helicobacter pylori infection
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Pérez del Molino M.L. - Incidence of serogroups and penicillin susceptibility in Neisseria meningitidis isolates (1996–2004)
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Pérez-Arellano J. - Single and multiple pyogenic liver abscesses: aetiology, clinical course and treatment
Prezas L. - The role of antibiotics in acute uncomplicated maxillary sinusitis in ambulatory care: a randomised controlled trial
Pérez-Bellés C. - Fungaemia in paediatric patients
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Preziosi P. - Free anonymous HIV testing sites are an opportunity to offer hepatitis B virus vaccination to high-risk non-immune patients
Pérez-Trallero E. - Activity of moxifloxacin, levofloxacin and azithromycin physiological concentrations in serum and epithelial lining fluid against in vivo selected Streptococcus pneumoniae mutants and its parental strain
  - Factors influencing length of hospital stay in a large, single-year series of community-acquired pneumonia
  - Influence of aetiologic diagnosis on mortality in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results of a large single-year series
  - Outcomes and diagnostic workups for patients with community-acquired pneumonia according to Pneumonia Severity Index categories: results of a large single-year series
Price V. - Management of meningitis and knowledge of meningitis guidelines amongst medical staff in a large teaching hospital in England
Prieto C. - Detection of enterovirus, parvovirus B19 and human herpes virus type 6 by real-time PCR in blood samples of infants with febrile syndrome
Prieto J. - Effects of levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin and azithromycin on the competitive growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae, as a model approach to selection of resistant populations
  - Levofloxacin plus rifampicin treatment of staphylococcal prosthetic-joint infections with prosthesis retention
  - Activity of moxifloxacin, levofloxacin and azithromycin physiological concentrations in serum and epithelial lining fluid against in vivo selected Streptococcus pneumoniae mutants and its parental strain
Principi N. - The year in infectious diseases medicine
Prinoth O. - Serologic evidence for Hantaviruses in the northern and eastern Tyrol (Austria) and the southern Tyrol (Italy)
Prinsloo B. - Non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae as a cause of bacterial endocarditis in children with congenital heart defects
Procaccini M. - The economic impact of linezolid in the treatment of skin and soft tissue MRSA infections in Italy
Proctor R.A. - Recognition of Staphylococcus aureus isolates as small colony variants applying Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
Prod'hom G. - Bench validation of methicillin-resistance detection by Vitek 2 AST P-536 card combined with cefoxitin disc diffusion in clinical staphylococci isolates
Prohorov V. - Identification epidemic methicillin-resistant S. aureus in Russian hospitals: multicentre study 1998–2002
Prokhorova T. - Streptococcus pneumoniae: proteomics of surface proteins for vaccine development
Pronotariou E. - Susceptibility patterns of Klebsiella pneumoniae to quinolones and beta-lactams
Prostko J. - Development of human anti-rubella IgG and IgM assays for the Abbott ARCHITECT Instrument
Protonotariou E. - Monitoring of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Greek tertiary care hospital: comparison between internal and surgical units
Protsenko D. - Antibiotics cycling in the intensive care unit: next stage – cefoperazone/sulbactam
Provis A. - Characteristics in laboratory analysis of leptospirosis
Prévost G. - Teicoplanin efficiently penetrates into the rabbit infected vitreous but may enhance expression of virulence factors at sub-inhibitory concentrations
Pryamchuk S. - Spreading of beta-lactamase genes among nosocomial isolates collected from Moscow clinics
Przondo-Mordarska  A. - Validation of PCR-RFLP analysis of the gap gene as a useful tool for the species-level identification of staphylococcal isolates
Przybylski M. - Detection of vancomycin-resistance genes and virulence factors in vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated from patients hospitalised in a large university clinical hospital during a two-year period
Psilopatis C. - Differences in bacteraemia due to multiresistant pathogens in medical patients: a pilot study
Psoma G. - Intravenous, intrathecal and intraventricular administration of colistin for the treatment of multiresistant Acinetobacterbaumannii meningitis
Pászti E. - Massive spread of the New York/Japan MRSA clone (ST5-SCCmec II) in a European country
Pászti J. - Characterization of ESBL producing Salmonellae isolated in Hungary in 2000 – 2004
  - Molecular analysis of Pneumococci isolated from invasive infections of children in Hungary
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Péter O. - Evaluation of the RIDASCREEN® Borrelia IgG and IgM for the serological diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis
Ptitcin S. - The antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteraemia isolates of Gram-negative pathogens in seven haematological centres in Russia
Puchades B. - Ambulatory treatment with telithromycin versus clarithromycin of community-acquired pneumonia in Spain
Puchhammer-Stöckl E. - Primary cytomegalovirus infection in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome
Pueyo I. - Evaluation of IFI versus real-time PCR as the gold standard for diagnosis in genital HSV
Pujate E. - Comparison of different antibiotic consumption measurement methods in large multidisciplinary hospital
Pujol  M. - Nosocomial outbreak due to an extended-spectrum betalactamase producer Enterobacter cloacae
Pujol M. - A pilot study on the efficacy of ertapenem for early-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia
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Pulian V. - High-risk human papilloma virus in women with abnormal pap-smears of the uterine cervix in the northwest of Spain
  - CTX-M extended spectrum beta-lactamases in community-acquired infections caused by Escherichia coli in the North West of Spain, Pontevedra, Galicia
Pullukcu H. - Prospective evaluation of consultations performed by infectious diseases trainees
  - Systematic review of fever of unknown origin in Turkey
Pulsrikarn C. - Nontyphoidal Salmonella invasive bloodstream infections resistant to quinolone and/or an extended spectrum cephalosporin in a country with extensive use of these antimicrobials in food animals
Punab M. - Coryneform bacteria in prostatitis patients: species composition and antibiotic susceptibility
  - The frequency of and risk factors for asymptomatic bacteriuria in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Punda-Polic V. - Results from the meropenem yearly susceptibility test information collection (MYSTIC) programme: report from two Croatian hospitals
Pupaibool J. - Diagnosis of dengue infection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction from oral specimens
Pustowoit B. - Development of human anti-rubella IgG and IgM assays for the Abbott ARCHITECT Instrument
Puzyrev V. - Epitope specific IgG response to Epstein-Barr virus capsid protein p18 among different age groups
  - Development a new enzyme immunoassay for detection anti-EBNA1 antibody to Epstein–Barr virus based on new p72 mosaic protein
  - Potential antigenic determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein modeled by overlapped recombinant proteins
  - Antigenic properties of new recombinant polypeptide from TBEV IgE protein
Pybus O.G. - Reconstructing HCV transmission history using phylogenetic and population genetic methods
Pypstra R. - Pharmacodynamic profiling of ceftobiprole for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections and nosocomial pneumonia
Pyse D. - Detection of decreased susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to vancomycin with the VITEK 2 System