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Aabenhus R. - Enterococcus bacteraemia: striking high mortality
Aarestrup F.M. - First cases of infection with Escherichia coli containing plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistance (qnrA and qnrS) in Scandinavia
Aasnæs B. - Carbapenem resistance mechanisms in Norwegian clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Aasnaes B. - Genotypic characterisation of Norwegian Escherichia coli clinical isolates with an AmpC-resistance profile
Aasnæs B. - The first metallo-b-lactamase producing clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Norway
  - Phenotypic detection of AmpC in E. coli: comparison of cloxacillin, boronic acid and EDTA disk synergy assays
Abaev I. - Comparative study for conjugative plasmids carrying CTX-M genes in Escherichia coli nosocomial isolates
Abalikumwe F. - Enrollment of women in HIV clinical trials in Rwanda
Abb J. - Susceptibility of glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium to tigecycline, dapto-mycin, linezolid, and quinupristin-dalfopristin
Abbate I. - Evaluation of an automated sample preparation system (MDx) in combination with affigene CMV trender
Abd H. - Amoebae as a second host for Vibrio cholerae
  - Acanthamoeba castellanii is a model for eukaryote-prokaryote interaction and a human pathogen
  - Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilises its type III secretion system to kill the free-living amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii
Abd-Allah S. - Investigation of erythromycin-resistant staphylococci from the skin of Egyptian acne patients
  - Antibiotic resistance amongst cutaneous propionibacteria from Egyptian acne patients
Abd-Elaziz M.M. - Antibiotic resistance amongst cutaneous propionibacteria from Egyptian acne patients
  - Investigation of erythromycin-resistant staphylococci from the skin of Egyptian acne patients
Abdi-Ali A. - Use of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis to examine genetic relationships among isolates of Klebsiellapneumoniae
Abdollahi Nami M. - Transfusion-transmitted virus, injection drug users, hepatitis
Abdul Rani B. - Epidemiology of human leptospirosis in Malaysia
Abdulla A. - Genotype of hepatitis C virus in Libya
Abdullah N.B. - Looking for evidence of Chlamydia pneumoniae presence in atherosclerotic and non-atherosclerotic segments of arteries obtained from autopsies at a forensic unit in a Kuala Lumpur hospital, by both rtPCR to detect omp A VD4 base sequences and immunohistoch
Abdulsalam A. - Analysis of antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence factors in Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates in the United Arab Emirates
Abdul-Tehrani H. - Molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by tHDA-ELISA DIG detection system
  - Thermophilic helicase-dependent isothermal DNA amplification for molecular detection of Helicobacter pylori
Abe M. - Prevalence and genetic background of fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical isolates of Proteus mirabilis
Abedi A. - Clinical significance and frequency of Blastocystis hominis infection in primary school children in Ardabil, Iran (2003)
Abel R. - Low specificity of GenoType® MRSA Direct test when result interpretation is restricted to hybridisation of PCR products
Abele-Horn M. - Evaluation of the new VITEK 2 NH identification card
  - Validation of VITEK 2 GN Cards and VITEK 2 Version 4.02 Software for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of nonfermenting Gram-negative bacilli from cystic fibrosis patients
Abelson-Storby K. - A planned dramatic drop in trimethoprim consumption in a 180,000 population did not result in a related decrease in trimethoprim resistance in Escherichia coli
Abiteboul D. - Surveillance of occupational blood and body fluids exposures
Abouzari M. - Fine-needle aspiration has a very low sensitivity in the diagnosis of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis in Iran
Abramenko L.P. - Main trends of outpatient antimicrobial consumption in Russia, 2000–2005
Abramson M. - Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of inducible Enterobacteriaceae isolated from intraabdominal infections in Europe: results from SMART 2005
  - ICU antimicrobial susceptibility rates among Gram-negative bacilli isolated from infections in the USA: results from ICU surveillance study 2005
  - A pharmacodynamic analysis of resistance trends in pathogens from patients with infection in intensive care units in the USA between 1993 and 2004
  - Affect of length of hospitalisation on susceptibility patterns of Gram-negative bacilli isolated from intra-abdominal infections: SMART 2005
  - Worldwide antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among E. coli isolated from intra-abdominal infections (IAI): results from SMART 2005
Abravaya K. - Performance evaluation of the QIAGEN EZ1 DSP virus kit with Abbott RealTime HIV-1, HCV and HBV assays
Abrutyn E. - Comparison of clinical outcomes in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and endocarditis presenting with or without systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Accardo S. - Comparison between Enzygnost® Lyme link VlsE/IgG and LIAISON® Borrelia IgG for the laboratory diagnosis of Lyme disease
Acharya M. - A quantitative analysis of clincal nasal swab samples testing positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Achilleos C. - Three-year study of hepatitis A, B and C infection prevalence in a major Greek hospital
Acikgoz Z. - Increasing ciprofloxacine resistance in the bacteria isolated from urine samples: 1999–2004
Ackermann G. - Clostridium difficile in Europe: results of the 2005 European-wide survey
Ackerson L. - Enrollment of women in HIV clinical trials in Rwanda
Acosta B. - Myocarditis heart failure associated with Adenovirus infection
Acquaviva V. - PCR with universal primers targeting the small ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene of bacteria as a diagnostic tool in 15 hospitalised patients with infectious diseases
Acquaviva R. - Effect of Berberis aetnensis C. Presl extract on tissue transglutaminase expression in primary astroglial cell cultures exposed to glutamate
Acuner I.C. - Rethinking the applicability of Tenover criteria: a model algorithm and a new dendrogram approach for the direct and wider application
Adachi J. - Tigecycline usage in cancer patients with refractory pneumonia: a report on 38 cases. A single-institution study
Adam R. - Streptococcus agalactiae invasion of human brain microvascular endothelial cells is promoted by the laminin-binding protein
Adames H. - Differences in biofilm development by non-pigmented rapidly growing mycobacteria using different culture media
Adamis T. - Clarithromycin enhances the effect of piperacillin/tazobactam in an experimental model of empyema by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Adamis G. - The panhellenic study on the antimicrobial susceptibility of community-acquired uropathogens: preliminary data report
Adamou D. - Broth microdilution, Etest and disk diffusion methods for Trichosporon asahii susceptibility testing against established and new antifungal agents
  - Trichosporon asahii in hospitalised patients
Adams T. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the lower respiratory tract: a cause for concern?
Adams K. - CURB65 may predict 30-day mortality in patients with bacteraemia
Adamski A. - Management of pegylated interferon alpha and ribavirin induced neutropenia and thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic hepatitis C
Adamski R. - Bacterial biofilms in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis
Adamson V. - A nosocomial outbreak due to Serratia marcescens in a West-Tallinn hospital
Adegbola R. - Using ELISPOT to expose false positive skin test conversion in tuberculosis contacts
Adeli A. - Clustered epitopes within the Gag-env HIV-1 fusion proteins DNA vaccine enhance immune responses in mice
Adhikari M. - Impact of pneumonia in pregnancy on maternal and neonatal outcomes in Durban, South Africa
Adibi Motlagh B. - Comparison among opsonic activity and serum bactericidal activity against Meningococci in rabbit sera from vaccines after immunisation with the Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide-serogroup B outer membrane vesicle conjugate vaccine
  - Comparative studies of conjugated capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A with outer membrane vesicle of N. meningitidis serogroup B
  - Evaluation of serum bactericidal activity specific for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A and B: effect of immunisation with N. meningitidis serogroup A polysaccharide and serogroup B outer membrane vesicle conjugate as a bivalent vaccine candidate
Adjei S. - Spatiotemporal variations of malaria incidence and protective efficacy of intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment of infants
  - Effects of intermittent preventive anti-malarial treatment of infants in a holoendemic area
Adjei O. - Effects of intermittent preventive anti-malarial treatment of infants in a holoendemic area
Adjei S. - Sociodemographic and spatial influences on the malaria incidence of infants in the Ashanti Region/Ghana
Adjei on behalf of the Agona IPTi Trial Team O. - Sociodemographic and spatial influences on the malaria incidence of infants in the Ashanti Region/Ghana
  - Spatiotemporal variations of malaria incidence and protective efficacy of intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment of infants
Adkin R. - The activity of NXL101 against community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Adler A. - Phenotypic versus genotypic identification of bacteria in the clinical microbiology laboratory: the possible impact on patient care
Adler D. - Carbapenem resistance of Escherichia coli strains
Adler A. - Comparative study of group B Streptococcus differential agar versus LIM broth for detection and identification of Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women
Adler H. - Plasmid-mediated AmpC b-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae lacking a chromosomal ampC gene and E. coli: prevalence at a Swiss university hospital and distribution of the different molecular types in the northern part of Switzerland
Adu F. - Evaluation of seroconversion to measles vaccine in vaccinated infants in Ibadan, Nigeria
Advinsson B. - Acanthamoeba castellanii is a model for eukaryote-prokaryote interaction and a human pathogen
Aerts P.C. - Modification of a haemolytic assay for the measurement of functional human mannose-binding lectin by classical pathway inhibition
Afanas'ev M.V. - Molecular epidemiology of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Russia
Afhami S. - Study of epidemiological determinants of occupational exposure to HIV, HBV, HCV in healthcare workers in Iran
  - Clinical and paraclinical manifestations of thyroid dysfunction among patients with HIV/AIDS Tehran, Iran (2004–2005)
Afif C. - Epidemiology and mechanism of resistance of an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii at in a Lebanese hospital
Afinogenov G. - Antimicrobial biodegradable composition based on high-molecular weight polyvinylpyrrolidone for the prophylaxis of experimental osteomyelitis
Afinogenova A. - Antimicrobial biodegradable composition based on high-molecular weight polyvinylpyrrolidone for the prophylaxis of experimental osteomyelitis
Afkou Z. - Detection of low-level resistance to carbapenems using the VITEK 2 and the advanced expert system
Afsar A. - Characterisation of SCCmec type of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from hospitalised patients admitted in Belgian hospitals
Afzali N. - The situation of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the last years in Iran
Agelatou A. - Enterovirus meningitis in south west Greece: clinical manifestations and CSF laboratory findings
Aghaei S. - Clonality among high-level gentamicin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolated from clinical samples
Aghakhani A. - Risk factors for human brucellosis in Iran: a case–control study
  - Frequency of proteinuria among HIV-infected patients
Aghasadeghi M. - Immunisation of mice with HCV core protein formulated in montanide-ISA720 and CpG primes CD+8 CTLs and elicits Th1-Th2 responses
  - High expression of HCV core protein: a comparative study on effect of 6xHis-tag location (N- versus C-terminal) and purification method for various properties
Agnez-Lima L.F. - Assessment of tryptophan metabolism and cytokine profile in cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with bacterial meningitis
Agodi A. - Epidemiologic surveillance of nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit: role of risk factors, emerging pathogens and cross-transmission
  - Role of exposure to HPV infection and genetic susceptibility for cervical neoplasia in Italy
Agrati C. - Cross-subtype immunity against avian influenza in humans recently vaccinated for the influenza season
Agudo S. - Candida kefyr: a new emerging pathogen?
  - Non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a Spanish teaching hospital during a five-year period
Agüero J. - Arcanobacterium haemolyticum as a cause of pharyngotonsillitis in Santander (Spain): incidence, clinical features and antimicrobial susceptibility
  - Microbiological aspects of a Streptococcus pyogenes outbreak causing invasive disease in children attending a day care centre in Cantabria, Spain
  - Accuracy of the VITEK 2 system to identify coagulase-negative staphylococci
  - Enterobacter aerogenes strains misidentified as Klebsiella pneumoniae and correct identification by sequencing of the QRDR region of the gyrA gene
Aguiar S. - Emergence of optochin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae in Portugal
Aguiar F. - HPV lesions in both genitalia and mouth of HIV sero-positive male patients
Aguilar J. - Joint implant infections in a general hospital
Aguilar L. - Bactericidal activity of simulated serum concentrations of bid regimens of 400 mg cefditoren and 2000/125 mg amoxicillin/clavunanic acid against ampicillin susceptible and resistant H. influenzae: an in vitro pharmacodynamic model
  - Initial hospital management at emergency departments of community-acquired pneumonia in Spain
Aguilar J. - Diarrhoea by Clostridium difficile toxin
Aguilar L. - Effects of cefditoren, cefuroxime, cefaclor and cefixime on the competitive growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae, as a model approach to selection of populations
  - Activity of cefditoren versus seven other antimicrobials against amoxicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae
  - Effect of human albumin physiological concentrations on the in vitro bactericidal activity of daptomycin vs. vancomycin Cmax concentrations against Gram-positive isolates exhibiting the main resistance phenotypes
Aguilera-Guirao A. - Septicaemia secondary to Vibrio vulnificus
  - Candidaemia in an intensive care unit
Aguinaga A. - Venous access ports. Prospective study to analyse use-related complications
Agusti C. - Human immunodeficiency virus infected patients with community-acquired pneumonia: implication of respiratory viruses
Ahmad S. - Detection of Fusarium oxysporum DNA and (1-3)-b-D-glucan in serum specimens of experimentally infected mice
  - An outbreak of fungaemia in a neonatal intensive care unit in Kuwait caused by Candida haemulonii resistant to amphotericin B, itraconazole and fluconazole
Ahmad F. - Assessing the biological efficacy and rate of recontamination following hydrogen peroxide vapour decontamination
Ahmad S. - Comparative evaluation of Aspergillus terreus DNA and galactomannan in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage of intravenously infected mice
  - Direct identification of mycobacteria from BacTec MGIT 960 system tubes: comparative evaluation of INNO-LiPA Mycobacteria v2 and DNA AccuProbe assays
Ahmadi M. - Primary tuberculosis of the breast mimicking breast cancer
Ahmadi H. - Comparison among opsonic activity and serum bactericidal activity against Meningococci in rabbit sera from vaccines after immunisation with the Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide-serogroup B outer membrane vesicle conjugate vaccine
Ahmadi A. - Antimicrobial susceptibility and AP-PCR typing of Acinetobacter spp. strains isolated from three teaching hospitals, Tehran, Iran
Ahmadi H. - Immunological evaluation of Vi-CPS-BSA conjugate of Salmonella typhi
  - Comparative studies of conjugated capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A with outer membrane vesicle of N. meningitidis serogroup B
Ahmadi M. - Can we use erythromycin or clindamycin in penicillin-allergic patients with vaginal and anorectal carriage of Streptococcus agalactiae in late pregnancy?
Ahmadi H. - Evaluation of serum bactericidal activity specific for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A and B: effect of immunisation with N. meningitidis serogroup A polysaccharide and serogroup B outer membrane vesicle conjugate as a bivalent vaccine candidate
Ahmadi Pour M. - Studying the association between X gene mutations with hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis in HBsAg-positive patients referring to medical centres in Tehran
Ahmadnejad F. - The situation of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in the last years in Iran
Ahmed S. - Rapid detection of rifampin resistance mutations in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Dot-Blot hybridisation assay
Ahmed A. - Report of multicentre outbreak of Buffalopox virus infection in burn units, Karachi, Pakistan
Ahmed H. - Bladder carcinogenesis via viral infection
Aidara Kane A. - Characterisation of virulence factors in Vibrio cholerae isolates from the recent cholera outbreak in Senegal (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Aikimbayev A. - Molecular diversity of Bacillus anthracis in Kazakhstan
  - Antibiotic susceptibility of Yersinia strains in Kazakhstan
Ainsalu K. - The coexistence of secondary PR mutations M36I, K20I and L63H predominates in CRF06-cpx and its next generation recombinant viruses circulating in Estonian treatment-naïve patients
Ajami A. - Association of FCgamma RIIA polymorphism with brucellosis
Ajana F. - Incidence, reasons, and risk factors for hospital admissions in patients starting their clinical management in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy
Akan H. - Antifungal utilisation in a haematology unit in Turkey: a part of the FUNGOBASE Study
  - Serum levels of IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10 at fever onset in neutropenic patients: a rapid test for the prediction of Gram-negative bacteraemia? Results of an EORTC Infectious Disease Group multicentre study
  - European survey on the use of antibacterial prophylaxis in neutropenic cancer patients: a joint project of the EORTC and the EBMT
Akcam F. - In vitro activity of tigecycline and linezolid against nosocomial MRSA strains
Akcay M.N. - Reducing hospital infection rates in burn unit thanks to compliance with infection control measures
Akcelik M. - Isolation and characterisation of Salmonella from Turkish avian food samples
  - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of antimicrobial resistance in Turkish Salmonella infantis isolates from chicken and minced meat
Akgedik R. - An unusual presentation of acute brucellosis with thrombocytopenia and maculopapular rash
Akgündüz S. - Malaria cases in Turkey: do climatic changes play any role?
Akimoto S. - Detection and characterisation of enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A isolates in Japanese retail meats
Akinbowale O. - Class 1 integron mediates antibiotic resistance in Aeromonas spp. from rainbow trout farms in Australia
Akinci E. - Enteric fever due to Brucella melitensis: a case report
  - Clinical and laboratory features of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever: predictors of fatality
Akinloye O.M. - Evaluation of seroconversion to measles vaccine in vaccinated infants in Ibadan, Nigeria
Akinloye O. - Evaluation of seroconversion to measles vaccine in vaccinated infants in Ibadan, Nigeria
Akira S. - Leishmania major induces secretion of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines by keratinocytes via a TLR2 pathway
Akkuzu B. - Mycological and pathological findings of sinus material from patients with chronic sinusitis
Akoglu H. - Molecular characterisation of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Turkish university hospital
Aksaray S. - Diagnostic value of neopterin in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis and relation with CRP
Aksenoka K. - Clonal spread of Staphylococcus aureus among soldiers in Latvian contingent in Iraq
Aksu B. - Slime production in blood isolates of Staphylococcus aureus under various growth conditions
Aksu H.S.Z. - The relationship between serum fibrosis markers and fibrosis in liver tissue in patients with chronic viral hepatitis
Aksu H. - One-year follow-up of adefovir dipivoxil treatment in chronic hepatitis B patients
Aktas Z. - Molecular characterisation of Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella enteritidis by plasmid analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
Aktepe O. - Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibody in 15–40 year-old Turkish women
Al Aidaroos A. - Candida blood stream infection in paediatric haematology oncology patients at a Saudi Arabian hospital and research centre
Al Akhrass F. - Safety of high-dose caspofungin in 80 cancer patients and haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with invasive fungal infections
Al Zoubi H. - Amplification and sequencing of a 190bp segment containing nucleotide 6240 from prototype human papillomavirus16 L1 gene and 10 clinical isolates from the UK
Alaei R. - Investigation on efficacy of garlic extract (Allium sativa) against burn wound infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in burned animal model
Alaghehbandan R. - Comparison of cefuroxime and amoxicillin/clavulanate in the treatment of acute sinusitis in a sample of Iranian population
Al-Ahmad A. - Prevalence and diversity of bacteria in root-filled teeth associated with periradicular lesions
Al-Akeel R. - Mycograb increases Candida sensitivity to fluconazole in vitro
  - Identification of hsp90 in Cryptococcus neoformans and examination of the effect of Mycograb® on hsp90 gene expression in cells exposed to various stress factors
Alamari A. - Genotype of hepatitis C virus in Libya
Alarcon T. - Candida kefyr: a new emerging pathogen?
Alarcon A. - Differences between early and late prosthetic valve endocarditis in a series of 169 cases
Alarcon T. - Primary and secondary resistance to metronidazole and clarithromycin in Spanish Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates obtained from children
  - Inhibitory effect of probiotic and non-probiotic micro-organisms against Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates
  - Non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a Spanish teaching hospital during a five-year period
Alastruey-Izquierdo A. - In vitro susceptibility of clinical isolates of Cryptococcus gattii
Alava J.A. - Utility and clinical impact on the reported aetiology of a urinary antigen-detection test for Streptococcus pneumoniae in community-acquired pneumonia at the emergency department
Alava J. - Epidemiology of Haemophylus influenzae and meningococcal invasive diseases in a Spanish hospital (1987–2006)
  - Is there any relation between time to positivity in blood cultures and source of infection in patients with Enterococcus spp. bacteraemia?
  - Genotype MTBDR assay for rapid detection of rifampin and isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates
Alava J.A. - Time to positivity in blood cultures of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: possible correlation with the source of infection
Alavian S. - Phylogenetic, clinical and virological features of hepatitis B virus among Iranian HBsAg carriers
  - Studying the association between X gene mutations with hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis in HBsAg-positive patients referring to medical centres in Tehran
Albagar S. - Genotype of hepatitis C virus in Libya
Al-Barrak A. - Antibiotic usage and resistance patterns in a Saudi tertiary hospital
Alberini I. - Hepatitis A infection in central Tuscany in children and youths
Albert J. - EpiScanGIS: a geographical information system for laboratory surveillance of meningococcal disease in Germany
Albert M.J. - Emergence of Salmonella spp. isolates with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates
Albertí S. - Membrane cofactor protein (CD46) binding to clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes: binding to M type 18 strains is independent of Emm or Enn proteins
  - EF-Tu, a novel phosphorylcholine-containing protein involved in the interaction of chronic infectious Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates with the airway epithelial cells
Albonetti V. - Evaluation of Rubella IgG and IgM assays on the new Vidia® instrument
Albri P. - A nosocomial outbreak due to Serratia marcescens in a West-Tallinn hospital
Albrich W.C. - Healthcare workers – Source, vector or victim of MRSA?
Alcala B. - A real-time PCR protocol to detect Neisseria meningitidis in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues
Alcalá L. - Empirical treatment of Candidaemia in intensive care units: fluconazole or broad-spectrum antifungal agents?
Alcalá J. - Risk factors for ciprofloxacin resistance among ESBL-producing Escherichia coli isolated from non-hospitalised patients in Spain
Alcalá L. - Candida dubliniensis in a general hospital over an 8-year period
Alcántar-Curiel M. - Description of blaTEM-48 ESBL gene carried in addition to blaSHV-5 gene within the same megaplasmid of nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae strains
Alcaraz D. - Prospective, randomised trial of three antiseptic solutions for prevention of central venous or arterial catheter colonisation in intensive care unit patients
al-Dhaheri K. - Characterisation of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in a tertiary care hospital in the United Arab Emirates
Alegakis D. - Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV-negative patients
Alencar Nobre V. - Epidemiology trends of candidaemia in an adult intensive care unit in a teaching hospital
Alepopoulou E. - Isolation of E. coli O157:H7 and non-O157 in the region of Thrace, Greece
  - Isolation EPEC strains in the region of Thrace, Greece
Alert the National Nosocomial Infection - Surveillance of occupational blood and body fluids exposures
Alevizos A. - Patient demand for antibiotic prescription. An often-neglected cause of antibiotic resistance in the community
  - Carbapenemase producing clinical isolates among non-fermenting bacteria from a tertiary hospital
Alexandre J. - Human metapneumovirus in paediatric viral respiratory infections
Alexandropoulos N. - Tuberculosis among immigrants: our experience
Alexandrou-Athanasoulis H. - High occurrence of staphylococcal toxins among S. aureus isolated from children with cystic fibrosis
  - Antibiotic resistance of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in children with cystic fibrosis to the currently used antibiotics
  - Risk factors for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolation from patients with cystic fibrosis
Alexeev Y. - A single-tube real-time PCR and melting-curve analysis for detection and characterisation of TEM-type extended-spectrum b-lactamases
Alexiev I. - First cases of infections caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Bulgaria
Alexiou Z. - Fatal case of antritis caused by mucormycosis in patient with diabetes mellitus
Alexiou V.G. - Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli urinary isolates from primary care patients in Greece
  - Matching criteria in case-control studies in the field of antimicrobial resistance
  - A meta-analysis of risk factors for mortality in patients with emphysematous pyelonephritis
Alexiou-Daniel S. - Antimicrobial activity of tigecycline and daptomycin against Gram-positive cocci: a multicentre study in Greek hospitals
  - Activity of human b-defensin 3 against metallo-b-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains
  - Identification of a Pseudomonas putida isolate harbouring blaVIM metallo-beta lactamase gene on the hands of an intensive care unit healthcare worker
  - Hepatitis C virus kinetics during the acute phase of infection after occupational exposure in healthcare workers
  - Surveillance of azole resistance among Candida non-albicans clinical isolates from patients with invasive fungal infections
  - Chlamydophila pneumoniae antibodies in Greek patients with neurological disorders
  - Evidence of Epstein-Barr and cytomegalovirus co-infection in ulcerative colitis
Alexopoulos E. - Broth microdilution, Etest and disk diffusion methods for Trichosporon asahii susceptibility testing against established and new antifungal agents
Alfandari S. - Liposomal amphotericin B standard dose in combination with caspofungin versus liposomal amphotericin B high dose regimen for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients: randomised pilot study (Combistrat Trial)
Alfaresi M. - Analysis of antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence factors in Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates in the United Arab Emirates
Alfonsi V. - Micronet: an Italian automatised laboratory based surveillance and early warning system for infectious diseases
Alguacil R. - Predictive risk factors for amputation in diabetic fetid foot infections
Alhan E. - Endemic serogroup W135 meningococcal meningitis possibly originated from 2000 and 2001 Hajj epidemics: a prospective study for the aetiology of childhood acute bacterial meningitis in Turkey
Alici O. - An unusual presentation of acute brucellosis with thrombocytopenia and maculopapular rash
  - Correlation of C-reactive protein to complications and outcome during the intensive care unit course of sepsis patients
  - Increasing ciprofloxacine resistance in the bacteria isolated from urine samples: 1999–2004
Alikhani M.Y. - The role of typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in diarrhoea
  - Prevalence of enteropathogenic and shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli among children with and without diarrhoea in Iran
Alimohammadi H. - Clinical significance and frequency of Blastocystis hominis infection in primary school children in Ardabil, Iran (2003)
Alimohammadi asl H. - Study of urinary tract infection in diabetic and non-diabetic patients and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of isolated organisms
Alinejad F. - Comparison of cefuroxime and amoxicillin/clavulanate in the treatment of acute sinusitis in a sample of Iranian population
Alipiah N. - Analysis of essential gene changes in MRSA and non-MRSA strains inhibited by methanolic extract correlated to membrane permeabilising peptide
Aliyev Q. - HIV prevalence and risk behaviours among international truck drivers in Azerbaijan
Al-Jamal M. - Antibiotic usage and resistance patterns in a Saudi tertiary hospital
Alkan R. - An unusual presentation of acute brucellosis with thrombocytopenia and maculopapular rash
Al-Kazemi N. - An outbreak of fungaemia in a neonatal intensive care unit in Kuwait caused by Candida haemulonii resistant to amphotericin B, itraconazole and fluconazole
Alkhalaf M.A. - Fluconazole resistance in C. parapsilosis, no evidence for ERG11 mutation
Al-Lahham A. - Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated from laboratory animals and pets
  - Characterisation of fluoroquinolone non-susceptible clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Germany: 1992–2005
Allameh A. - Eradication of induced mouse fibrosarcoma with combination of verotoxin1 and monophosphoryl lipid A
Allaouchiche B. - Usefulness of analysis of the Vbeta repertoire of T cells for the early diagnosis of staphylococcal and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
Allegranzi B. - WHO first Global Patient Safety Challenge: current achievements
Allemeersch D. - Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides in Belgian hospitals: results of a multicentre survey
Allen U. - Invasive mould infections in paediatric cancer and transplant patients
Aller A. - Detection and identification of Aspergillus spp. and Candida spp. by real-time PCR in clinical samples
Aller A.I. - In vitro activity of three echinocandins (caspofungin, micafungin and anidulafungin) against Aspergillus spp.
  - Comparison of Etest and microdilution method for antifungal susceptibility testing of C. neoformans to four azoles
Allerberger F. - Comparative molecular analysis of veterinary, dairy, and clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates by spa typing and amplification of the mecA and the PVL genes
Allice T. - Whole blood real-time PCR for cytomegalovirus DNA quantification: analysis of PCR data and pp65 antigen test in a cohort of solid-organ transplant recipients
Allik K. - A nosocomial outbreak due to Serratia marcescens in a West-Tallinn hospital
Allinson K. - Liposomal amphotericin B followed by voriconazole for secondary antifungal prophylaxis in paediatric allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell recipients
Almanasreh N. - Beta-lactam alone compared to b-lactam-macrolide combination therapy for community-acquired pneumonia: prospective, observational study using a propensity score
Almas A. - Resistance dynamics and multidrug resistance among Klebsiella spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in severe sepsis
Almási I. - A comparative study on the antibiotic consumption of two Hungarian county hospitals
Almeida J.S. - Correspondence between typing methods results: a web-based quantitative analysis tool
Almela M. - Prevalence of the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants qnrA, qnrB and qnrS in Enterobacteriaceae isolates causing bacteraemia
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Almirante B. - Susceptibility of extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli strains causing nosocomially- and community-acquired bacteraemia
Al-Nawas B. - Antimicrobial effect of antibacterial essential oils and three common antiseptic products
Alobwede I. - The ability of a rapid PCR-based method to identify surgical patients colonised with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Aloj D. - Antibiotic diffusion in pseudoarthrosic infected bone: glycopeptides, fluoroquinolones and carbapenems
Alonso R. - Is the determination of galactomannan in non-haematological patients helpful for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis? The value of determination in serum of patients with clinical isolation of aspergillus
Alonso M. - Venous access ports. Prospective study to analyse use-related complications
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Alonso P. - Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium DT104 as a cause of infantile bacteraemia in Southern Mozambique
Alós J.I. - Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of extended-spectrum b-lactamases-producing Escherichia coli isolates from community-acquired urinary tract infections in Madrid, Spain
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Alou L. - Bactericidal activity of simulated serum concentrations of bid regimens of 400 mg cefditoren and 2000/125 mg amoxicillin/clavunanic acid against ampicillin susceptible and resistant H. influenzae: an in vitro pharmacodynamic model
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Alp E. - Repeated prevalence surveys of surgical site infections in a Turkish university hospital
Alpat S.N. - Risk of occupational infections due to occupational exposures in healthcare workers
Alpuche-Aranda C. - Description of blaTEM-48 ESBL gene carried in addition to blaSHV-5 gene within the same megaplasmid of nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae strains
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Al-Qorashi A.M. - Susceptibility of streptococci to antibiotics and biocides isolated from Saudi Arabia and UK
Al-Rezqi A. - Invasive mould infections in paediatric cancer and transplant patients
AlShami I. - Mycograb increases Candida sensitivity to fluconazole in vitro
Alsina M. - Systemic inflammatory response and time from onset to hospital admission in severe pneumococcal pneumonia
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Al-Sweih N. - Genetic analysis of high- and low-level Mupirocin-resistant MRSA isolated in Kuwaiti hospitals
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Alteri C. - Relationship between virological evolution and acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis C (A-E-CHC) and during the natural history of infection
Altet N. - Utility of the IFN-g assays using Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigens for the diagnosis of latent infection in contacts of people with sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis
Altintas A. - The role of Chlamydophila pneumoniae and human herpes virus 6 in aetiopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and the relation of multiple sclerosis with apolipoprotein E genotypes
Altouvas G. - Time-to-positivity of aerobic blood cultures by using BacTec 9120 blood culture system
Altun B. - Molecular characterisation of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Turkish university hospital
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Altwegg M. - Specimen pooling for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urogenital specimens
Alvandi A. - Thermophilic helicase-dependent isothermal DNA amplification for molecular detection of Helicobacter pylori
Álvarez H. - A prospective study of bloodstream infection in HIV-positive patients during a 15-year period
Alvarez M. - Hepatitis C virus genotypes distribution in infected patients
Alvarez C. - Antiretrovirals adverse reactions from a prospective HIV/AIDS cohort study in Bogotá, Colombia
Alvarez A. - Repeated lumbar puncture in patients with pneumococcal meningitis: practical or anxiolytic relevance?
Alvarez M.J. - Oncogenic human papillomavirus type distribution by L1 and E6/E7 sequencing
Alvarez M. - Antifungal drug susceptibility testing of Candida sp. by two methods: CLSI(M27-A2) broth microdilution and the image analyser method Wider-I
Alvarez-Lafuente R. - A real-time PCR protocol to detect Neisseria meningitidis in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues
Alvarez-Rodriguez V. - Initial hospital management at emergency departments of community-acquired pneumonia in Spain
Alver Alkaya F. - Succesful treatment of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis with colistin and rifampicin
Alves M. - Human metapneumovirus in paediatric viral respiratory infections
Alzubaidy A.K. - Effectiveness of the antibiotic policy by bed-side consultation
Amaya-Villar R. - Community-acquired Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in adults
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Ambalkar S. - Does a preliminary surveillance study enhance formulation of a comrehensive MRSA containment action plan? Study from a large district hospital in northwest England
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Amblar G. - Mutators are not responsible for the association between b-lactam and quinolone resistance in Escherichia coli with AmpC hyperproduction phenotype
Ambler J. - QRDR mutations and efflux activity of 87 clinical S. pneumoniae isolates collected during the MOTIV Study (2004–2005)
Ambrasiene D. - Detection and genotyping of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Lithuania
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Ambrosini L. - Adherence to surgical site infection guidelines in Italian heart surgery units
Ambrozic Avgustin J. - Virulence genes and pathogenicity islands in an extended-spectrum b-lactamase producing Escherichia coli strain collection from Slovenia
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Amel jamehdar S. - Evaluation of a competitive quantitative RT-PCR-ELISA system for quantification of HIV-1 RNA in plasma: comparison with COBAS Amplicor HIV-1 monitor test
Amendola A. - Biological risk stemming from the long-term burial of NDV vaccinal strains
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Amerigo M.A. - Microorganisms prevalence in urethritis in primary attendance
Amezua B. - Epidemiology of Haemophylus influenzae and meningococcal invasive diseases in a Spanish hospital (1987–2006)
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Amicosante G. - A new metallo-b-lactamase gene (blaIMP-22) harboured in class 1 integron from Pseudomonas fluorescens
Amini M. - Antibiotic resistance of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from gastric biopsy specimens in Iran
Amini S. - Studying the association between X gene mutations with hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis in HBsAg-positive patients referring to medical centres in Tehran
Amini-Bavil-Olyaee S. - Phylogenetic, clinical and virological features of hepatitis B virus among Iranian HBsAg carriers
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Amir Mozaffari N. - Incidence of cmaA2 gene in Beijing and non-Beijing strains of Mycobacteriumtuberculosis strains isolated from clinical specimens
Amiri M. - Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Iran
Ammari H. - Antibiotic resistance conferred by a class 1 integron and SXT element in different Vibrio cholerae O-serotype isolated in Algeria
Ammerlaan H.S.M. - Trends in nosocomial bacteraemias: results from a university hospital in the Netherlands
Amrine-Madsen H. - Streptococcus pneumoniae clonal relationships over time in isolates from Belgian provinces bordering countries with low and high levels of antibiotic resistance
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Amselem L. - Meningitis caused by Candida spp. in a tertiary-care hospital: a 14-year review
Amsler K. - Characteristics of complicated skin and skin structure infections due to staphylococci and the presence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin
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Amyes S. - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci still persist in slaughtered poultry in Hungary 8 years after the ban on avoparcin
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Amyes S.G.B. - A two-year study of antibiotic resistance in Enterococci isolated from food, abattoirs and farms in Scotland and its link to hospital-acquired infections
Anagnostou S. - Extrapulmonary mycobacteria isolations
Anastasakoy E.A. - Frequency of haematogenic contagious infections to blood donors in a general hospital of thoracic diseases in Athens, Greece, 2001–2005
Anastasopoulos T. - Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV-negative patients
Anastassiou E.D. - Clonal analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strains isolated from bloodstream infections in Greece
Andalibi Mahmoudabadi S. - Studying the association between X gene mutations with hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis in HBsAg-positive patients referring to medical centres in Tehran
Anders A. - Biofilm formation may be an independent virulence factor in wild-type Staphylococcus saprophyticus strain 7108 in contrast to wild-type strain CCM 883
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Andersen L.P. - Use of nested PCR for evaluation of Helicobacter pylori transmission by endoscopies
Andersen L. - Enterococcus bacteraemia: striking high mortality
Anderson G. - Duration of exposure to a case of smear positive tuberculosis and rates of positive whole-blood interferon gamma test and tuberculin skin testing
Andersson D.I. - A planned dramatic drop in trimethoprim consumption in a 180,000 population did not result in a related decrease in trimethoprim resistance in Escherichia coli
Andersson U.G. - Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli from pigs in relation to incidence of post-weaning diarrhoea and antimicrobial use
Andia-Merlin R. - Oral manifestations of lichen planus in patients with hepatitis C virus and HIV/AIDS
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Andic F. - The effect of endocannabinoids on apoptosis in ''experimental sepsis model'' on mice
Andlovic A. - Epidemiology of hospital-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae producing CTX-M b-lactamases in Slovenia
Andrade S. - New antiprotozoal drugs refered as antimicrotubular haloacetamidobenzoates
Andrajati R. - Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge concerning antibiotic use and self-medication: a comparative European study
Andrassy K. - Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in severe infection – a neglected association
André M. - Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides in Belgian hospitals: results of a multicentre survey
Andre C. - A novel method for the detection of extended-spectrum b-lactamases, metallo-b-lactamases and AmpC producing Gram-negative bacilli in a single test: the CICA beta-test
Andreassen S. - Time trends in odds ratios of antimicrobial susceptibility in nosocomial and non-nosocomial Gram-negative infections in Israel
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Andrei M. - Beta-lactamase production and antibiotic susceptibility testing of anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli isolated from oral and maxillofacial infections
Andremont A. - Antibiotic resistance conferred by a class 1 integron and SXT element in different Vibrio cholerae O-serotype isolated in Algeria
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Andreotti G. - Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: distribution of uropathogens and patterns of antimicrobial resistance in an Italian hospital (2000–2006)
Andrew P. - The importance of signal recognition particle for viability of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Andrews N. - Serum bactericidal antibody titres against serogroup C meningococci in Turkish children: serological basis of the need for conjugated meningococcal vaccine
Andrianopoulou I. - Evolution of antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from hospitalised children in Athens, Greece
Andriesse G. - Uniformity of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical procedures is associated with improvement of timing
Andrzejewska E. - Antagonistic activity of Lactobacillus acidophilus toward clinical strains of Helicobacter pylori
Angelescu E. - Granulomatous hepatitis due to intravesical therapy by BCG for superficial bladder cancer
Angeletti C. - Comparison of real-time PCR with conventional bDNA based assay for quantification of HBV, HCV and HIV-1: possible clinical implications
Angelopoulos E. - Risk factors and outcome of critical ill patients with candidaemia
Angelov P. - Touchdown PCR as a tool for improved detection of invasive candidosis
Angkananukool K. - Evaluation of various carbon sources on conidia production among clinical isolated moulds
Anglès d'Auriac M. - A new fast automated magnetic bead based nucleic acid sample preparation for STI diagnostics combined with BD ProbeTecTM ET
Anisimova L. - Antimicrobial biodegradable composition based on high-molecular weight polyvinylpyrrolidone for the prophylaxis of experimental osteomyelitis
Anitsakis C. - Trends in antibiotic consumption in 5 Hellenic hospitals over a three-year period: results of the Hellenic Network for Nosocomial Antibiotic Consumption for the years 2003–2004–2005
Anlar Y. - Endemic serogroup W135 meningococcal meningitis possibly originated from 2000 and 2001 Hajj epidemics: a prospective study for the aetiology of childhood acute bacterial meningitis in Turkey
Anliker M. - Flow-cytometric assay to detect group B streptococci in vaginal swabs
Anoro E. - Risk factors for inadequate antimicrobial treatment in patients with bloodstream infection
Anpilogova A. - Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among female university students in Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Ansari F. - ESAC II hospital care subproject 2005–2007: improving quality indicators of hospital antibiotic prescribing within standardised data, longitudinal study
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Anson J. - Community-acquired pneumonia: doctors do not follow guidelines
Ansorena L. - Time to positivity of blood cultures in patients Escherichia coli bacteraemia
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Antal Z. - Aspergillus keratomycosis at an eye hospital in south India: a retrospective study
Antelme D. - Comparison of antifungal susceptibility test methods for yeasts using broth microdilution, EtestTM and Fungitest
Antheaume J. - Microcalorimetry – a novel method for rapid diagnosis of bloodstream infections
Anthony R.M. - Development of a low-cost and robust assay for the screening of multiple genetic loci in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Antinori S. - PCR with universal primers targeting the small ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene of bacteria as a diagnostic tool in 15 hospitalised patients with infectious diseases
Antmann K. - Controlling an outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus in a vascular and cardiac surgery ward
Antolovic-Pozgain A. - Escherichia coli virulence factors in chronic bacterial prostatitis
Anton A. - HHV-7 primary infection in solid organ transplant recipients
Antonaki G. - Epidemiologic study of paediatric bacterial meningitis in Greece (1998–2006)
Antonelli M. - Monitoring severe sepsis and therapy
Antonelli G. - Study of the genotypic-resistant pattern in plasma of a group of HIV-infected Cameroonian pregnant women and children
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Antoniadis A. - Molecular differentiation of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains in a Greek hospital
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Antoniadou A. - Sensitivity to colistin: evaluation of available interpretive criteria of disc diffusion test
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Antonio-Nkondjio C. - Trend in malaria vector resistance or susceptibility to insecticides in Cameroon
Antoniou M. - Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV-negative patients
Antonopoulou H. - In vitro interaction of imipenem, sulbactam, colistin and rifampin on 18 imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates
Antonopoulou S. - Isolation of Cryptococcus humicolus from an immunocompromised HIV-negative patient
Antunes F. - Role of an interferon-gamma based assay (T-SPOT®.TB) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in routine clinical practice
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Antunes P. - Dissemination of antibiotic multi-resistant Salmonella isolates in Portuguese piggeries
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Antypa A. - Tuberculosis among immigrants: our experience
Anyfantis J. - Pharmacokinetic study of ertapenem in the biliary tract
Anzueto A. - An epidemiological analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in outpatient acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis
Aoki N. - The first nationwide surveillance of bacterial respiratory pathogens conducted by the Japanese Society of Chemotherapy
Aoki Y. - Effects of education on the importance of blood cultures by an infection control team: experience in two community hospitals, Kyoto, Japan
Aoun M. - Efficacy and safety of voriconazole in real-life setting in Belgium: results from the Voribel-1 trial
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Apostolaki T. - Anaerobic microbiology of peritoneal cavity specimens in childhood
Apostolidou I. - Epidemiology of urinary pathogens in adults during 2005–2006
Apostolou F. - Alterations of serum lipoproteins in patients with acute brucellosis
Appelbaum P. - Activity of ceftobiprole against US clinical S. pneumoniae isolates that are ceftriaxone non-susceptible
Appelberg R. - Beta-2-microglobulin-deficient mice: increased susceptibility to Mycobacterium avium infection
Aprato A. - Antibiotic diffusion in pseudoarthrosic infected bone: glycopeptides, fluoroquinolones and carbapenems
Aquili V. - Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli mutants selected with diazepam or lomefloxacin overexpressing soxS, sdiA, acrAB, TolC and PBP3
Arab R. - Investigation on efficacy of garlic extract (Allium sativa) against burn wound infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in burned animal model
Aragón C. - Prospective, multicentre study of caspofungin for prophylaxis in high-risk liver transplantation
Aragon L. - Evaluation of the BacT/Alert PZA test for susceptibility testing of Mycobacteriumtuberculosis to pyrazinamide in comparison with BacTec 460TB
Arama V. - Granulomatous hepatitis due to intravesical therapy by BCG for superficial bladder cancer
Aramaki Y. - The role of interleukin-1 during Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia in compromised host
Aramendi M. - Microorganisms prevalence in urethritis in primary attendance
Aranciabia J. - Immmune recovery in treatment-naïve patients under HAART according to baseline CD4 count: the Chilean AIDS Cohort (ChiAC) experience
Aranza M.K. - Profile of ceftobiprole activity against S. aureus, S. pneumoniae, Enterobacteriaceae, and P. aeruginosa: results of the 2005–2006 Surveillance Program
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Aras A. - Reducing hospital infection rates in burn unit thanks to compliance with infection control measures
Araujo R. - Comparative incidence of fungal and bacterial infections in haematological patients occurring before, during and after the installation of HEPA filters in individual patient rooms
Arauzo V. - Risk factors for polymicrobial blood stream infections of biliary origin
Archibald J. - Who's carrying MRSA? Prevalence of MRSA amongst staff at a district general hospital and associated risk factors
Archontoulis N. - Bloodstream infections due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in an intensive care unit in Greece: susceptibility patterns and clinical characteristics
Arda B. - Moxifloxacin versus ampicillin+gentamicin in the therapy of experimental Listeria monocytogenes meningitis
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Ardanuy C. - Pneumococcal meningitis: is disease severity related to capsular or clonal types?
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Ardehalli S. - Genomic diversity of Leishmania parasites isolated by RAPD-PCR
Arena G. - Microbiological epidemiology of infections related to pace-makers and indwelling cardiac defibrillator
Arendrup M. - Ongoing semi-national surveillance of fungaemia in Denmark: species distribution and antifungal susceptibility
Arendrup M.C. - Diagnostics of fungal infections in the Nordic countries: we still need to improve!
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Arends J. - Prevalence of ESBL in the Netherlands: the ONE study
Arenz D. - Prospective, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial on voriconazole as primary antifungal prophylaxis during induction chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukaemia
Argentini C. - Relationship between virological evolution and acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis C (A-E-CHC) and during the natural history of infection
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Argyropoulou A. - Molecular study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a tertiary care hospital
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Arhin F.F. - Influence of polysorbate 80 on susceptibility of Gram-positive bacteria to oritavancin
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Aridogan B. - The effects of probiotics on allergy
Arikan S. - Challenges and progressions in antifungal susceptibility testing
Arista S. - Isolation of a canine-like human rotavirus strain G3P[3] from a child with acute gastroenteritis hospitalised in Palermo, Italy
Ariza J. - Standarisation of a rabbit model of methicillin-susceptible, methicillin-resistant and glycopeptide intermediate Staphylococcus aureus meningitis
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Arlet G. - ECL-1, a novel plasmid-mediated class A b-lactamase with carbenicillinase characteristics from Escherichia coli
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Armaganidis A. - Emerging colimycin resistance in Gram-negative strains isolated from intensive care unit patients
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Armbrecht I. - Increased proliferation of dentate granule cells in human bacterial meningitis
Armijo J.A. - Relationship between the C3435T and G2677A/T single nucleotide polymorphisms of the P-glycoprotein in the mdr-1 gene and efavirenz plasma concentration in patients with HIV infection
Armonia P. - Oral manifestations of lichen planus in patients with hepatitis C virus and HIV/AIDS
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Armstrong K. - Infection control investigations and treatment of discharged patients following exposure to scabies in a tertiary hospital
Arnaud I. - Are recommendations for antibiotic use related to antibiotic consumption in hospital? Results from a French surveillance network
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Arnold C. - An IS6110-targeting fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism DNA fingerprinting alternative to IS6110 RFLP: a pilot study
Arnold L. - Micafungin versus caspofungin in patients with invasive candidiasis or candidaemia: a Phase III, randomised, double-blind, parallel group, non-inferiority study
Arpin C. - A novel method for the detection of extended-spectrum b-lactamases, metallo-b-lactamases and AmpC producing Gram-negative bacilli in a single test: the CICA beta-test
Arribas J.R. - Immunological reconstitution in severely immunosuppressed antiretroviral-naïve patients (<100 CD4+ T cells/mm3) using a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based or boosted protease inhibitor-based ART regimen: 3-year results
Arrieta A. - Micafungin versus liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome®) in paediatric patients with invasive candidiasis or candidaemia
Arrizabalaga J. - Immunological reconstitution in severely immunosuppressed antiretroviral-naïve patients (<100 CD4+ T cells/mm3) using a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based or boosted protease inhibitor-based ART regimen: 3-year results
Arroyo L. - A real-time PCR assay for typing emerging pneumococcal serotypes
Arsen'eva I. - First molecular detection of Rickettsia sibirica ssp. sibirica in skin biopsies from patients with north Asian tick typhus
Arsenis G. - Broth microdilution, Etest and disk diffusion methods for Trichosporon asahii susceptibility testing against established and new antifungal agents
Arshad A. - Analysis of essential gene changes in MRSA and non-MRSA strains inhibited by methanolic extract correlated to membrane permeabilising peptide
Arslan H. - Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in a Turkish university hospital
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Arslan U. - Antibiotic resistance of enterococci isolated from blood cultures during 2003–2006
Arslan H. - Mycological and pathological findings of sinus material from patients with chronic sinusitis
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Artero A. - Influence of doxycycline resistance on outcome in Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia in an intensive care unit
Artinyan E. - Investigation of Toxocara canis antibodies in patients with eosinophilia and comparison of two methods: ELISA and Western Blot
Artus A. - Multi-centre evaluation of a new hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) assay on the family of Access® immunoassay systems
Arunyingmongkol K. - Survival of dengue virus in the urine of acutely-infected patients – implications for pathogenesis and for a possible unrecognized mode of transmission for an arthropod-borne virus
Arvieux C. - Adverse events and b-lactam trough plasma concentrations during the treatment of endocarditis
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Arvis P. - QRDR mutations and efflux activity of 87 clinical S. pneumoniae isolates collected during the MOTIV Study (2004–2005)
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Asadi S. - Use of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis to examine genetic relationships among isolates of Klebsiellapneumoniae
Asadollahi M. - Fine-needle aspiration has a very low sensitivity in the diagnosis of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis in Iran
Asbroek M. - Evaluation of a rapid test panel, the API Strep 20, the BD Phoenix and VITEK 2 automated instruments, and Raman spectroscopy for species identification of Enterococci
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Asci Z. - Cardiomyopathy in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus
Ascioglu S. - Effectiveness of linezolid in nosocomial and severe community-acquired pneumonia: meta-analysis
Ascione T. - Brucella as a rare cause of cirrhosis in a southern Italy endemic area
Asencio C. - HIV-related morbidity in the HAART era
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Asensi V. - Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii prosthetic joint infection treated with colistin
Asensi Álvarez V. - Cysticercosis: correlation between serological and radiological diagnosis
Asjø B. - Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis by real-time PCR
Aslan M. - The role of Chlamydophila pneumoniae and human herpes virus 6 in aetiopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and the relation of multiple sclerosis with apolipoprotein E genotypes
Aslan O. - Slime production in blood isolates of Staphylococcus aureus under various growth conditions
Aslan S. - Antimicrobial and antioxidant actions of the clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum L.
Aslani M. - Distribution of Ure C, cagA and vacA genes in Helicobacter pylori isolated from patients with gastroduodenal disease in Tehran, Iran
Aslani M.M. - The role of typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in diarrhoea
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Aslanov B. - Genotypic structure and susceptibility to antimicrobial agents of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Russian burn intensive care units
Assaous F. - Antibiotic resistance conferred by a class 1 integron and SXT element in different Vibrio cholerae O-serotype isolated in Algeria
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Assefzadeh M. - Tuberculosis case finding and treatment in the central prison of Qazvin province
Asseva G. - Occurrence of CTX-M-3 extended-spectrum b-lactamase producing Salmonella Brandenburg in Bulgaria
Astagneau P. - Multidrug-resistant bacteria surveillance, France, 2002–2005
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Ataei B. - The assessment of knowledge about AIDS and its prevention on Isfahan high school students
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Ataker F. - Characterisation of Escherichia coli isolates producing extended-spectrum b-lactamases from a hospital and its surrounding healthcare centres in Stockholm
Ataman Hatipoglu C. - Risk factors of hospital-acquired infections in a neurology-neurosurgery intensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital, Turkey
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Ates Arica N. - The investigation of correlation between serum cytokine levels, C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in acute brucellosis
Athamna A. - Carriage of quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli among healthy Israeli Arab children attending daycare centres in northern Israel
Athamna M. - Carriage of quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli among healthy Israeli Arab children attending daycare centres in northern Israel
Athamneh N. - The ability of a rapid PCR-based method to identify surgical patients colonised with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Athanasia S. - The panhellenic study on the antimicrobial susceptibility of community-acquired uropathogens: preliminary data report
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Athanasiou T. - High prevalence and persistence of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Taiwan19F-14 clone among children in Greece
Atkinson A. - Mannan-binding lectin in neonates
Atkinson B. - Candida lusitaniae fungaemia in cancer patients: risk factors, amphotericin B-mutational frequency and killing and outcome
Atmatzidis G. - Study of immunity level to measles and mumps in women of reproductive age in Northern Greece
Atroshkina M. - A new mass-spectrometric approach to antibacterial susceptibility testing
Atshabar B. - The analysis Y. pestis strains from Kazakhstan and USA by PFGE method
Attal M. - Liposomal amphotericin B standard dose in combination with caspofungin versus liposomal amphotericin B high dose regimen for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients: randomised pilot study (Combistrat Trial)
Attanasio V. - Pneumococcal meningitis is a cause of death in patients with severe liver cirrhosis
Atutxa I. - Is there any relation between time to positivity in blood cultures and source of infection in patients with Enterococcus spp. bacteraemia?
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Aubert G. - Value of early serum assay for dosage adjustment of vancomycin in continuous infusion
Auboyer C. - Value of early serum assay for dosage adjustment of vancomycin in continuous infusion
Aubry A. - Emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in the murine model of tuberculosis
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Auckenthaler R. - Evaluation of the new Vidia® toxoplasmosis IgG and IgM assays in women of childbearing age
Audebert F.X. - 10-year epidemiology of operated endocarditis patients at a tertiary university hospital in Germany – a preliminary analysis
Audebert F. - Perception of adverse-effect risks and receipt of influenza vaccination among hospital personnel
Audet A. - Alveolar macrophage phagocytosis and respiratory burst activity is regulated by Lyn–PI3Kinase–Akt pathway
Augustinova A. - Reversibility of antimicrobial resistance in respiratory isolates in HIV-positive Cambodian children after 36 months of HAART
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Augustynowicz-Kopec E. - Molecular analysis of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates collected from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in central Poland
Aunpad R. - A novel antimicrobial peptide with anti-MRSA activity
Ausina V. - Utility of the IFN-g assays using Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigens for the diagnosis of latent infection in contacts of people with sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis
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Avci N. - Evaluation of reported percutaneous/mucocutaneous injuries in a tertiary care hospital
Avgerinou H. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of gonococci isolated in Greece in 2005. Dramatic increase in quinolone resistance rate due to a single serovar
Avi R. - The coexistence of secondary PR mutations M36I, K20I and L63H predominates in CRF06-cpx and its next generation recombinant viruses circulating in Estonian treatment-naïve patients
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Avlamis A. - Epidemiological investigation of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea in a tertiary care hospital
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Avraamides G. - The activity of five commonly used topical antiseptic agents on epidemic and sporadic strains of Acinetobacter baumannii
Avramioti V. - Antifungal susceptibility patterns of Candida isolates recovered from bloodstream infections: a 3-year study
Avsaroglu D. - Isolation and characterisation of Salmonella from Turkish avian food samples
Avsaroglu M.D. - Detection and characterisation of ESBLs in German Escherichia coli, isolated from animal, foods, and human origin between 2001–2006
Avsaroglu D. - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of antimicrobial resistance in Turkish Salmonella infantis isolates from chicken and minced meat
Avsic-Zupanc T. - Borrelia burgdorferi species isolated from different natural sources in Slovenia
Awad S. - Mycograb increases Candida sensitivity to fluconazole in vitro
Awono-Ambene P. - Trend in malaria vector resistance or susceptibility to insecticides in Cameroon
Ayala G. - Trends in bacteraemia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: comparison between oncohaematologic and non-oncohaematologic patients
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Ayan M. - Dose-dependent effects of octreotide on oxidant-antioxidant imbalance during experimental sepsis in rat
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Ayaz C. - Serum copper and zinc levels in patients with brucellosis
Aydemir S. - In vitro activity of fosfomycin tromethamine and linezolid against clinical vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates
Aydemir A. - Seroprevalence of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in humans at risk group in an endemic area
Aydemir S. - Changes in antibacterial resistance patterns in Staphylococcus aureus strains which are related to microbiologically confirmed nosocomial bacteraemia in a tertiary care educational hospital in Turkey
Aydin E. - Mycological and pathological findings of sinus material from patients with chronic sinusitis
Aydin K. - Comparison of oral ribavirin treatment in Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever: a historical cohort study in Turkey
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Aydin N. - Endemic serogroup W135 meningococcal meningitis possibly originated from 2000 and 2001 Hajj epidemics: a prospective study for the aetiology of childhood acute bacterial meningitis in Turkey
Aydogan A. - Endemic serogroup W135 meningococcal meningitis possibly originated from 2000 and 2001 Hajj epidemics: a prospective study for the aetiology of childhood acute bacterial meningitis in Turkey
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Aydogan H. - Nosocomial outbreak of Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteraemia in an oncology and haematology unit
Aydos T.R. - The effect of endocannabinoids on apoptosis in ''experimental sepsis model'' on mice
Aygen B. - Repeated prevalence surveys of surgical site infections in a Turkish university hospital
Aygün Z. - The eradication of MRSA nasal carrier status by mupirocin pomadeand the effect of eradication on the prevelance of MRSA infection
Ayu M. - Epidemiology of human leptospirosis in Malaysia
Ayzac L. - Changes in healthcare-associated infection rates in French maternity units from 1997 to 2003
Azadian B. - The activity of five commonly used topical antiseptic agents on epidemic and sporadic strains of Acinetobacter baumannii
Azap A. - Malaria cases in Turkey: do climatic changes play any role?
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Azap O. - In vitro antibacterial activity of tigecycline in comparison with doxycycline, ciprofloxacin and rifampin against Brucella species
Azap A. - Hypercalcaemia associated with chronic viral hepatitis C
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Azcona J.M. - Prevalence of intestinal parasitism in an urban public hospital of Madrid
Azizzadeh M. - Seroprevalence of blood-borne infections among blood donors in Boushehr, Iran
Aznar J. - Detection and identification of Aspergillus spp. and Candida spp. by real-time PCR in clinical samples