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Kaasch A. - Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections Cohort (INSTINCT)
Kaase M. - Predominantly clonal transmission of CTX-M-1 harbouring K. pneumoniae in two wards
  - First description of Staphylococcus lugdunensis internalisation into epithelial cells
Kabasele T. - Presence of extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the faecal flora of patients from general practice
Kabatova J. - Helicobacter heilmanii (Gastrospirilum hominis) in gastric biopsies of humans – A fifteen-year analysis
Kabieszova L. - Long-term follow-up of new-borns of HBsAg positive mothers vaccinated against hepatitis B
Kadanali A. - Colonisation with meticillin-resistant staphylococci and multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in hospitalised patients: prevalence and risk factors
Kadlubowski M. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of the bacteria causing community-acquired respiratory tract infections in Poland, 2005–2006 (continuation of the Alexander Project)
Kadribasic R. - Prevalence and efflux mechanism of macrolide resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from different sources
Kaffarnik M.F. - Impact of Enterococcus ssp. on mortality and morbidity of patients with perforation of the small and large bowel. Retrospective analysis on 473 patients
Kaftantzi A. - Laboratory diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in population in northern Greece
Kahlmeter G. - Low prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in Norwegian and Swedish clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.
  - The biological cost of antibiotic resistance in urinary isolates of Escherichia coli
  - Mecillinam susceptibility in Escherichia coli with and without ESBL: a comparison of disk diffusion and Etest on Mueller-Hinton agar and Iso-Sensitest agar
  - Implementation of European breakpoints and the future of EUCAST
  - Differences in the distribution of common trimethoprim resistance dfr-genes in E. coli and K. pneumoniae
  - Performance evaluation of M.I.C.Evaluator™ strip (Oxoid) and comparison with the BSAC reference method
Kaijalainen T. - Trends in incidence of and serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in Finland during 1995–2007: implications for introduction of conjugate vaccine
  - Biofilm formation of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from nasopharynx and middle-ear effusion
Kaiser S. - A multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Kakavoulis T. - Risk factors and surgical site infection in a tertiary care hospital in Greece
Kalavska A. - Reversibility of antimicrobial resistance in respiratory isolates in HIV-positive Cambodian children after 42 months of HAART
  - High proportion of microscopically confirmed highlands malaria in Eldoret, Kenya (2450 metres)
  - HIV infection presenting in older children: experience from Cambodia
Kalavsky E. - HIV infection presenting in older children: experience from Cambodia
  - High proportion of microscopically confirmed highlands malaria in Eldoret, Kenya (2450 metres)
  - Previous exposure to prophylactic co-trimoxazole and resistance in bacteria from HIV-positive children: absence of resistance selection pressure of co-trimoxazole
  - Reversibility of antimicrobial resistance in respiratory isolates in HIV-positive Cambodian children after 42 months of HAART
Kalenic S. - CARE-ICU – Controlling Antibiotic REsistance in Intensive Care Units – First report from a web-based programme for improved infection control in European ICUs
  - Evaluation of PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage specimens for diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia
Kaliamurthy J. - First case series of post-operative ocular infection due to Streptococcus dysgalactiae ssp. equisimilis in humans
Kalicinski P. - Epstein-Barr virus genotypes and LMP-1 gene variants in paediatric liver transplant recipients
Kalikantzaros D. - Prevalence of meticillin-sensitive and resistant S. aureus nasal colonisation in healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital
  - Evaluation of tigecycline resistance in a tertiary hospital
Kalikatzaros D. - Bronchial asthma and Chlamydia pneumoniae
Kalima P. - Clostridium difficile in the paediatric population
Kalimeratzi K. - Evaluation of VITEK 2 ID NH for identification of fastidious organisms in a paediatric hospital
  - Prevalence of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with community-acquired pneumonia
Kalinowska-Nowak A. - Effectiveness of vaccination against HBV infection in HIV-infected persons
  - Influence of anti-retroviral treatment on gastric secretion, Helicobacter pylori colonisation of gastric mucosa and fungal colonisation of upper gastrointestinal tract in HIV-infected patients
Kalkan Y. - Macroscopic and light microscopic manifestations of the cyst of Coenurus cerebralis in sheep brain
Kalkani M. - Bacterial vaginosis and vaginal leukorrhoea: an association with concomitant vaginal and cervical infections
Kallergi K. - Laboratory-confirmed meningococcal disease in children over a 10-year period in Athens, Greece
  - Bacteraemia due to enteropathogenic bacteria in a paediatric hospital in Athens, Greece
Kallipolitis B.H. - Reversal of meticillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus by thioridazine
Kallitsi G. - Primary bloodstream infections and catheter-related bloodstream infections in critically ill patients: impact on length of stay and mortality
Kalmusova J. - Clonal complexes causing invasive meningococcal disease in the Czech Republic in 2005–2007
Kalpadaki C. - Infections in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes
Kalpakci Y. - Evaluation of serum TNF-alpha, IL-10, leptin, CRP levels as prognostic markers in patients with sepsis and septic shock
Kalpini D. - Distribution of virulence factors in E. coli strains isolated from women with urinary tract infection by PCR
Kamali S. - Serum bactericidal antibody response to polysaccharide meningococcal vaccination in common variable immunodeficiency and its clinical implications
Kamali F. - Polymorphism of merozoite surface protein-3a gene of Plasmodium vivax in isolates in Iran
Kamata K. - Evaluation of a new immunochromatography test for the detection of Norovirus
Kamauf-Balabanic B. - Evaluation of PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage specimens for diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia
Kamena F. - Synthetic Plasmodium falciparum GPI: TLR recognition and structural requirements
Kamouh W. - Chloroquine susceptibility phenotype and virulence of Plasmodium falciparum
Kamysz W. - In vitro activity of a cecropin A-melittin antimicrobial peptide hybrid vs. multidrug-resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii prevalent in the UK
Kanavaki S. - Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB gold assay in tuberculosis diagnosis
  - Evaluation of tigecycline resistance in a tertiary hospital
  - Prevalence of meticillin-sensitive and resistant S. aureus nasal colonisation in healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital
Kanellakopoulou K. - Microbiological documentation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bone and joint infections: analysis of 79 cases from a reference centre on a myoskeletal infections in Greece
  - Administartion of probiotics decrease the risk of sepsis by bloodstream infections in patients with multiple injuries
  - In vitro adsorption and release of antibiotics from cancellous bone
  - Enterobacter cloacae in bone and joint infections: analysis of 22 cases from a university referral centre in Greece
Kanellopoulou M. - Emergence of a linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus cohnii after exposure to this drug
Kanerva M. - Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Finland: ten-year perspective
  - Estimating disease burden of healthcare-associated infections in Finnish acute care hospitals
  - Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in horses and horse personnel at the Finnish veterinary teaching hospital, 2006–2007
Kang C.Y. - Treatment failure of cefepime therapy for febrile neutropenic patients with bacteraemia caused by cefepime susceptible ESBL-producing organisms
Kang T. - New osteotropic prodrugs prevent bone infection in a rat model of osteomyelitis
  - A new approach towards the prevention and treatment of osteomyelitis: synthesis and in vitro studies of bisphosphonated rifamycin prodrugs
Kang C.I. - Clinical significance of nosocomial spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in liver cirrhosis patients and impact of the 3rd generation cephalosporin resistance of Gram-negative bacilli on the outcome
Kang M.W. - Incidence and risk factors of infection in a single cohort of 110 adults with systemic lupus erythematosus
  - Low body mass index is associated with tuberculosis infection in patients starting continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Kaniga K. - Efficacy of doripenem against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in nosocomial pneumonia, including ventilator-associated pneumonia
Kanoun F. - Malaria in Tunisia: epidemiology, clinical aspects and management
  - Neurological complications of Mediterranean spotted fever
Kansouzidou A. - Laboratory diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in population in northern Greece
Kantardjiev T. - National software system for microbiology laboratory management in Bulgaria: "Clinical Microbiology and Nosocomial Infections"
  - Molecular diversity of VEB-1 extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Bulgarian hospitals
  - A nosocomial outbreak of CTX-M producing Serratia marcescens in a Bulgarian neonatal hospital unit
  - Antifungal susceptibility testing of yeast isolates from nine hospitals in Bulgaria and their species distribution – a two-year study
  - Molecular diversity among Bulgarian Bacillus anthracis strains: the emergence of novel genotypes
  - A common F. tularensis outbreak MLVA genotype in the Balkans
  - Whole genome typing strategy for phylogenetic assignment of species
Kao Y-Y. - Cph1p negatively regulating MDR1 involved in drug resistance in Candida albicans
Kapaskelis A. - Effectiveness and safety of short versus long duration of antibiotic therapy for group A streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Kaplan S. - Skin infections by community-acquired MRSA
Kaplan N.M. - Molecular epidemiology and disease severity of respiratory syncytial virus in relation to other potential pathogens in children hospitalised with acute respiratory infection in Jordan
Kapon E. - Hepatitis C virus infection in patients from the haemodialysis clinic of a medical university, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Karabasi V. - The natriuretic peptide (BNP) as a marker of sepsis
Karabela S. - Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB gold assay in tuberculosis diagnosis
Karabetsos D. - Infections in patients with head injury: a 6-year retrospective study
Karabinis A. - Persistence of pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains recovered from blood cultures in an intensive care unit
Karabogia P. - Surveillance of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci in faecal samples from hospitalised patients during two years in a tertiary hospital
Karademir S. - Fungal infections in liver transplant recipients
Karadenizli A. - A case of pneumonia caused by Bacillus anthracis secondary to gastro-intestinal anthrax
Karaferi A. - The natriuretic peptide (BNP) as a marker of sepsis
Karageorgopoulos D. - Ertapenem for complicated intra-abdominal infections: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  - Fluoroquinolones versus b-lactam antibiotics for the treatment of acute bacterial sinusitis: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  - Effectiveness and safety of short versus long duration of antibiotic therapy for acute bacterial sinusitis: a meta-analysis of randomised trials
  - Comparison of antibiotics with placebo for the treatment of presumed acute bacterial sinusitis: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
  - Risk factors associated with the isolation of colistin-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: a matched case-control study
  - Effectiveness and safety of short versus long duration of antibiotic therapy for group A streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Karagianakos P. - Efficacy of tigecyclin vs. vancomycin in ampicillin- and gentamicin-resistant E. faecium experimental endocarditis
  - Comparison of quinupristin-dalfopristin and vancomycin in the treatment of experimental endocarditis due to ampicillin- and gentamicin-resistant E. faecium
Karagianni V. - Alterations of innate and adaptive immune responses of patients with septic syndrome due to ventilator-associated pneumonia
Karagiannis I. - Outbreak investigation of a Q fever outbreak in a rural setting in the Netherlands
Karagöz B. - The changes of neutrophil activation markers (CD11A, CD11B, CD62L, CD66B), serum neutrophil elastase levels after the operation period, and its relationship with pre-operative metabolic control parameters in type 2 diabetic patients
Karah N. - Low prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in Norwegian and Swedish clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.
Karahan Z.C. - 25S intron-restriction endonuclease genotyping of Candida albicans isolates
  - Influence of PCR parameters on the prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin positivity in Staphylococcus aureus isolates
  - Genotyping of Trichosporon asahii strains isolated from urinary tract infections in a Turkish university hospital
Karaiskos K. - Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Greek hospitals by PFGE and MLST
Karaiskos E. - Prevalence of and risk factors for colonisation with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the time of hospital admission
Karakoc E. - Risk factors of hospital-acquired infections in a neurology-neurosurgery intensive care unit, in a tertiary care hospital, in Turkey
Karakoc A.E. - Evaluation of phenotypic methods for detection of extended-spectrum b-lactamases in a clinical microbiology laboratory
Karakoc E. - Do HBV-DNA levels affect liver histology in patients with chronic hepatitis B?
Karakoç E. - Evaluation of the in vitro susceptibility of meticillin-reistant staphylococcus strains isolated from nosocomial infection to vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid and tigecycline by E-test method
Karakoc E. - Clinical analysis and mortality risk factors with proved Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemias
  - Risk factors for hospital-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia
Karakoida C. - Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among diabetic and non-diabetic volunteers
Karamanis E. - Fluoroquinolones versus b-lactam-based regimens for the treatment of osteomyelitis: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Karambaxoglou D. - Laboratory diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in population in northern Greece
Karamercan G. - Risk factors and molecular typing of community-acquired urinary tract infections with ESBL (+) Escherichia coli
Karampekiou E. - Procalcitonin as a diagnostic and prognostic marker in chronically-critically ill patients
Karanika M. - Isolation from blood cultures and susceptibility testing of Candida sp. strains during three years in a tertiary hospital in Greece
  - Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Greek hospitals by PFGE and MLST
  - Biofilm-production is strongly correlated with the presence of accumulation associated protein
Karatuna O. - Quorum sensing-deficient respiratory isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  - Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of group B streptococci in 2006–2007, including one unusual penicillin non-susceptible strain
Karauzum H. - The two predominant HA-MRSA clones in France exhibit specific adhesive and virulence properties in vitro and in vivo in a mice sepsis model in comparison with MSSA isolates
Karbach J. - Lower saliva flow rates are associated with oral affection of Candida sp. after radiation therapy
Karbasian M. - The application of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B outer membrane vesicle as an adjuvant to induce specific antibody against the LPS of Brucella abortus S-99 in animal model
  - Immunological evaluation of vi-vapsular polysaccharide of Salmonella typhi vaccine by serum bactericidal assay
Karch H. - Evaluation of the RIDA®QUICK Verotoxin/O157 for the detection of Shiga toxin and Escherichia coli O157 in stool enrichment cultures
Karchava M. - Efficacy and safety of filgrastim in HIV/AIDS patients with bacterial infections
  - Prevalence of CCR5, CCR2 and SDF1 genotypes in general population and HIV seropositive individuals in Georgia
Karcher H. - Uncommon nosocomial transmission of TBC in an outpatient clinic in 2005: possible route of pathogen
Kardén-Lilja M. - Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Finland: ten-year perspective
Kardjeva V. - Hepatitis C virus infection in patients from the haemodialysis clinic of a medical university, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Kardos G. - Farm to fork tracing of broiler-derived salmonellae and thermotolerant campylobacters in a Hungarian county using molecular epidemiology methods
Karimi M. - Electrophoretic RNA genomic profiles of rotavirus strains prevailing among hospitalised children with acute gastroenteritis in Tehran, Iran
Karimi Z. - CagA variants in Iranian Helicobacter pylori isolates recovered from patients with different gastroduodenal diseases
Karisik E. - Complete nucleotide sequences of plasmids pEK204 and pEK516, encoding CTX-M enzymes in two major UK Escherichia coli strains
Karki T. - Natural polymorphisms associated with integrase inhibitor drug resistance in Estonian HIV-1 CRF06cpx strains
Karmali R. - Unexpected impact of infectious diseases division interventions on antibiotic use in two intensive care units
Karmaniolas K. - Association of platelet parameters and Gram-negative bacteraemias: a case control study
Karpinski T. - Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis and cytokine response in inflammatory bowel diseases
Karppelin M. - Risk factors for acute erysipelas: a case-control study
Kartali S. - Distribution of virulence factors in E. coli strains isolated from women with urinary tract infection by PCR
  - Detection of pathogenic genes pap, hlyA and cnf1 IN E. coli strains isolated from adult patients with urinary tract infection
Kartsonis N. - Prospective, multicentre study of caspofungin for treatment of documented fungal infections in paediatric patients
Kasprzykowska U. - Frequency of occurrence of Mycoplasma genitalium in women with unexplained (idiopathic) infertility
Kastrin T. - Pneumococcal invasive diseases in Slovenia, 2004–2007
Kasztelewicz B. - Epstein-Barr virus genotypes and LMP-1 gene variants in paediatric liver transplant recipients
Katila M. - XF-73, a novel anti-staphylococcal antimicrobial with very rapid bactericidal activity
Kato D. - Evaluation of a new immunochromatography test for the detection of Norovirus
Katragkou A. - Correlation between antifungal drug susceptibility and morphological changes of Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosis biofilms
  - Biofilm-forming capacity and biofilm antifungal drug resistance of Candida bloodstream isolates
Katsikogianni M. - The coupled effects of physicochemical and flow conditions on Staphylococcus epidermidis adhesion and ica genes expression
Katsimpoulas M. - Comparison of quinupristin-dalfopristin and vancomycin in the treatment of experimental endocarditis due to ampicillin- and gentamicin-resistant E. faecium
  - Efficacy of tigecyclin vs. vancomycin in ampicillin- and gentamicin-resistant E. faecium experimental endocarditis
Kauppila J.H. - Comparison of Neo-Sensitabs™ with paper discs in the routine disc diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Kavakeb P. - Comparison of the invasiveness properties of Iranian Shigella flexneri wild type vs. mutants by cell culture and electron microscopy
Kavatha D. - Procalcitonin as a diagnostic and prognostic marker in chronically-critically ill patients
Kaya S. - In vitro effect of fusidic acid on staphylococcus strains with macrolide-lincosamid-streptogramin B resistance
Kazakos E.I. - Evaluation of real-time PCR assay for early detection of Cytomegalovirus infection in solid-organ transplant recipients
  - Efficacy of vaccination against hepatitis B in HIV-infected patients in northern Greece
Kazemi B. - Prevalence of oral trichomoniasis in patients with periodontitis and gingivitis using PCR and Direct Smear
Kazennova E. - Structural analysis of the RNA region preceding Gag start codon in HIV-1 type A variants circulating in Russia
  - Prevalence of Giardia intestinalis lamblia among children with allergies from Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Kearney P. - Factors influencing the success or failure of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus decolonisation protocols
  - Prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus amongst residents and staff of nursing homes
Kearns A.M. - EARRS-SEQNET surveillance of S. aureus associated with bacteraemia in the UK during 2006
Kearns A. - Molecular characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus dialysis associated bacteraemia isolates. Developing microarray analysis towards future rapid typing applications
Kearns A.M. - Staphylococcus aureus encoding both TSST-1 and PVL in the UK
Kearns A. - An audit of the effectiveness of measures to prevent the transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus within a teaching hospital in the United Kingdom
Kearns A.M. - Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with exofiative toxin A in England and Wales during 2006–2007
  - Dissemination of a new CA-MRSA strain in the UK
Kearns A. - Absence of MRSA in clinical mastitis samples recovered from dairy cattle across England and Wales
Keating D. - Hypoxia induces antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Kechrid A. - Detection of Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in cerebrospinal fluid in children using PCR
Kee S. - Multilocus sequence typing for Candida albicans strains from patients with candidaemia
Kee S.J. - CgCDR1, CgCDR2, and CgERG11 gene expression in Candida glabrata biofilms formed by bloodstream isolates
Keegan H. - Oncogenic HPV subtypes in HIV-positive women
Keeling P.W.N. - Increasing use of immunosuppression and biological therapies: the establishment of a designated clinic to prevent infectious complications
Keen A. - Ecology of antimicrobial resistance and virulence in Escherichia coli in a rural watershed
Kees F. - Population pharmacokinetic analysis of moxifloxacin in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
  - Penetration of moxifloxacin into the tissue of heart and aortic root of patients
Keinänen M. - Evolution of nasopharyngeal bacterial populations during acute and convalescent phase of otitis media
Kekulé A.S. - Identification rate and susceptiblity of Candida isolates from blood cultures
Kelen K. - Neonatal sepsis caused by Streptococcus bovis biotype II/2
Keles G. - Risk factors for nosocomial Acinetobacter bacteraemia: a case-control study of intensive care unit patients
Keller J. - Mini state-of-the-art lecture: Recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated disease: an emerging problem requiring novel treatment strategies
Keller J.J. - Efficacy of faecal therapy for recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea
Kelly M. - Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to fusidic acid in five Canadian laboratories
Kemp M. - Evaluation of PCR for identifying Brucella species isolated from blood from patients living in a non-endemic area
Kempel A. - The epidemiology of hospitalised cases of skin and soft tissue infection in Europe
Kenesei E. - Neonatal sepsis caused by Streptococcus bovis biotype II/2
Kentouche K. - Detection of Aspergillus DNA by a nested PCR assay with high sensitivity and specificity rates is able to improve the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in paediatric patients
Kere J. - Risk factors for acute erysipelas: a case-control study
Kern W. - Antimicrobial prophylaxis in neutropenic patients undergoing peripheral blood stemcell or bone marrow transplantation
  - Intrinsic drug resistance of M. avium–M. intracellulare complex: the role played by efflux pumps
Kern W.V. - Oral moxifloxacin versus ciprofloxacin plus amoxicillin/clavulanic acid for low-risk febrile neutropenia – A prospective, double-blind, randomised, multicentre EORTC-Infectious Diseases Group (IDG) Trial (protocol 46001, IDG trial XV)
Kern W. - Consensus development of quality indicators for hospital antibiotic use: the ABS International Quality Indicators Sub-Project
Kern W.V. - Mutagenesis of putative substrate binding residues in the Escherichia coli RND type multidrug efflux pump AcrB
  - Risk factors for indeterminate results of a tuberculosis-specific gamma interferon release assay in immunocompromised patients
Kern W. - Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections Cohort (INSTINCT)
Kerr K.G. - Gastro-intestinal carriage of MRSA in patients with community-acquired diarrhoea
  - Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas and Burkholderia – are they in your hospital's water and does it matter if they are?
Kett D. - An evaluation of hospital length of stay in intensive care patients with invasive candidiasis treated with anidulafungin versus fluconazole
Ketwong K. - Streptococcus suis infection and risk factors for death in northern Thailand
Keuleyan E. - Prophylaxis of surgical site infections – Institutional Project Phase II
Keuter M. - Pharmaceutical quality and supply route of antibiotics obtained with or without prescription (over the counter) in Indonesia
Khadem F. - Evaluation of pro/anti inflammatory responses after rectal administration of Mycobacterium bovis BCG
  - Antimycobacterial activity of two Berberis species used as traditional medicine in Iran
Khaki P. - Inhibitory effect of hyperimmune LPS antiserum in attachment of E. coli O157:H7 to HEP-2 cell and murine model
  - Comparison of two disc diffusion methods with minimum inhibitory concentration for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates
Khalvati B. - Seroepidemilogical study of HTLV and its clinical impacts in thalassaemia, haemophilia and haemodialysis patients in Hormozgan
Khan Z. - Development of a nested PCR assay for the detection of Fusarium solani DNA and its evaluation in the diagnosis of invasive fusariosis using an experimental mouse model
Khan S. - Neonatal bacteraemia: bacteriological profile and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern
Khan Z. - Nucleotide differences in internal transcribed spacer regions of rDNA and 5-flucytosine resistance among clinical Candida dubliniensis isolates in Kuwait
Khan M.A. - Differentiation between BRO-1 and BRO-2 b-lactamases in clinical isolates of Moraxella catarrhalis collected 2002–2003
Khanahmad Shahreza H. - Evaluation of pro/anti inflammatory responses after rectal administration of Mycobacterium bovis BCG
Khani Juy Abad F. - Antibiofilm activity of bismuth ethandithiol, bismuth dimercaprol, silver nitrate and EDTA on biofilm producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Khanna P. - In vitro activity of temocillin vs. extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from the UK
  - In vitro activity of a cecropin A-melittin antimicrobial peptide hybrid vs. multidrug-resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii prevalent in the UK
  - In vitro susceptibility patterns to 13 antimicrobials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis patients in the UK
  - In vitro activity of fosfomycin vs. extended-spectrum b-lactamase
Kharitonova A. - New tests for syphilis: rational design of a PCR method for detection of Treponema pallidum in clinical specimens
Kharrat P. - Fitness cost of linezolid resistance in Enterococcus faecalis
Khatami S. - Immuno-biochemical comparison of susceptible BALB/c and resistant C57BL/6 mice responses to Leishmania major infection
Kheirandish M. - The evaluation of three pro-inflammatory cytokines
  - The application of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B outer membrane vesicle as an adjuvant to induce specific antibody against the LPS of Brucella abortus S-99 in animal model
Khoorvash F. - Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonisation in gastro-intestinal tract of hospitalised patients in a hospital, Esfahan Province, Iran
Khosravi A. - Assessment of parasitic and microbial infections in vegetables using different washing methods
Khryanin A. - Seroprevalence of HIV in Russia (1987–2006)
  - Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in low-risk and high-risk female population in Novosibirsk, Russia
Ki H.K. - Relationship between antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae blood isolates at 5 tertiary hospitals in Korea
Ki C.S. - Rapid detection and identification of 12 respiratory viruses by dual priming oligonucleotide system-based multiplex PCR assay
Ki M. - Serotyping and antimicrobial resistance of group B Streptococcus in Korea
Kibar F. - Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Adana, Turkey
  - Antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria causing nosocomial infections from 2003–2005 in a university hospital in Turkey
Kibatala P. - Benefit of a single preoperative dose of antibiotics in a Sub-Saharan district hospital: minimal input, massive impact
Kibbler C. - Evaluation of an acromopeptidase based extraction method and use of the Rotor-Gene to improve the BD GeneOhm IDI MRSA assay
Kicheva M. - Hepatitis C virus infection in patients from the haemodialysis clinic of a medical university, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Kidson P. - Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to fusidic acid in five Canadian laboratories
Kiehl M. - Pharmaco-economic analyis of posaconazole versus standard azole prophylaxis in high-risk neutropenic AML/MDS patients in Germany
Kiertiburanakul S. - Safety and efficacy of a fixed-dose combination of zidovudine, lamivudine, and nevirapine in antiretroviral-naive and -experienced HIV-1 infected patients
Kiffer C.R. - Spatial correlation among antimicrobial usage density and resistance in Escherichia coli community urinary tract infections: EUREQA Project report
Kilani B. - Neurological complications of Mediterranean spotted fever
  - Malaria in Tunisia: epidemiology, clinical aspects and management
Kilgour E. - Detection of clindamycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: a comparison of agar diffusion tests, VITEK 2 and real-time PCR
  - A comparative evaluation of chromogenic culture media for the detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens
Kilic E. - Bactericidal effect of disinfectants on Chryseobacterium meningosepticum
Kilic Y. - First case of MRSA spondylodiscitis treated successfully with linezolid
Kilpi T. - Trends in incidence of and serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in Finland during 1995–2007: implications for introduction of conjugate vaccine
Kim E.S. - Efficacy of tigecycline versus colistin in a mouse model of pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Kim J.M. - Serotyping and antimicrobial resistance of group B Streptococcus in Korea
Kim M.Y. - Serotyping and antimicrobial resistance of group B Streptococcus in Korea
Kim M.N. - Evaluation of MicroScan Neg Combo Panel Type 44 for detecting extended spectrum b-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae
Kim E.S. - Changing molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in Korea over a ten-year period
Kim H.B. - Changing molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in Korea over a ten-year period
Kim N.J. - Changing molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in Korea over a ten-year period
Kim E.C. - Changing molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in Korea over a ten-year period
Kim H.Y. - Effect of vaccination for haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: analysis of 5-year experience
Kim J.W. - Prevalence of the blaIMP-1 gene in epidemiologically unrelated Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Korea
Kim J. - Prevalence of the blaIMP-1 gene in epidemiologically unrelated Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Korea
Kim S. - CgCDR1, CgCDR2, and CgERG11 gene expression in Candida glabrata biofilms formed by bloodstream isolates
Kim J.S. - Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec profiles of Staphylococcus aureus isolated in 13 Korean hospitals
Kim H.S. - Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec profiles of Staphylococcus aureus isolated in 13 Korean hospitals
Kim W.J. - Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: prospective surveillance of prevalence and clinico-epidemiologic feature among patients with otorrhoea in primary Korean otolaryngology clinic
Kim H. - Comparison of toxigenic status and PCR ribotype of Clostridium difficile in three university teaching hospitals in Korea
Kim M. - Comparison of toxigenic status and PCR ribotype of Clostridium difficile in three university teaching hospitals in Korea
Kim C-K. - Comparison of toxigenic status and PCR ribotype of Clostridium difficile in three university teaching hospitals in Korea
Kim D-M. - Risk factors for human infection with scrub typhus
Kim C.K. - Isolation of carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas otitidis from a patient with chronic otitis media
Kim H.R. - High rates of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance QnrB variants among ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from urinary tract infections in Korea
Kim J.S. - Wide occurrence of plasmid-mediated AmpC b-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., Proteus mirabilis, and Salmonella spp. isolates in Korea: results of a multicentre survey in 2007
Kim C.K. - Effect of Oxgall on the imipenem-disc Hodge test in screening metallo-b-lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacilli
Kim J.W. - Acinetobacter baumannii outer membrane protein A targets voltage-dependent anion channel and induces early-onset apoptosis and delayed-onset necrosis in dendritic cells
Kim J.Y. - Analysis on the transition of change in antimicrobical use following preventive intervention in the perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis in a hospital
Kim Y.M. - Analysis on the transition of change in antimicrobical use following preventive intervention in the perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis in a hospital
Kim M.J. - Analysis on the transition of change in antimicrobical use following preventive intervention in the perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis in a hospital
Kim M.S. - Incidence and risk factors of infection in a single cohort of 110 adults with systemic lupus erythematosus
Kim C.O. - Incidence and risk factors of infection in a single cohort of 110 adults with systemic lupus erythematosus
Kim J.M. - Incidence and risk factors of infection in a single cohort of 110 adults with systemic lupus erythematosus
Kim D-M. - Scrub typhus central nervous system complications
Kim J.S. - Risk factors and clinical outcome for extended-spectrum b-lactamase producing Escherichia coli blood stream infection
Kim D.Y. - Effect of intensive education on compliance of tuberculosis patients in low socio-economic status in Bangladesh
Kim M.S. - Low body mass index is associated with tuberculosis infection in patients starting continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Kim C.O. - Low body mass index is associated with tuberculosis infection in patients starting continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Kim J.M. - Low body mass index is associated with tuberculosis infection in patients starting continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Kim E.S. - Clinical significance of nosocomial spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in liver cirrhosis patients and impact of the 3rd generation cephalosporin resistance of Gram-negative bacilli on the outcome
Kim S-W. - Relationship between antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae blood isolates at 5 tertiary hospitals in Korea
Kim Y.S. - Relationship between antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae blood isolates at 5 tertiary hospitals in Korea
Kim W.J. - The effect of 3rd generation cephalosporin use restriction on antimicrobial resistance and clinical outcomes among intensive care unit patients
Kim S. - Multilocus sequence typing for Candida albicans strains from patients with candidaemia
Kim S.R. - Rapid detection and identification of 12 respiratory viruses by dual priming oligonucleotide system-based multiplex PCR assay
Kim S.Y. - Prevalence and genetic environment of aac(6')-Ib-cr in AmpC-producing Enterobacter cloacae, Citrobacter freundii and Serratia marcescens: a multicentre study from Korea
Kimiran-Erdem A. - Efficacy of a mixture of colloidal silver-hydrogen peroxide and 2-bromo-2-nitropropan, 1,3-diol compounds against different Legionella pneumophila strains
Kimura S. - Acid tolerance of Streptococcus anginosus
Kingston B. - Epidemiology of Fusobacterium necrophorum in university students
Kinikli S. - Evaluation of the in vitro susceptibility of meticillin-reistant staphylococcus strains isolated from nosocomial infection to vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid and tigecycline by E-test method
  - Serum TNF-alpha and interleukin-4 (IL-4) levels in patients with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
Kinikli G. - Serum TNF-alpha and interleukin-4 (IL-4) levels in patients with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
Kinikli S. - Do HBV-DNA levels affect liver histology in patients with chronic hepatitis B?
  - Evaluation of serum TNF-alpha, IL-10, leptin, CRP levels as prognostic markers in patients with sepsis and septic shock
Kioshima E.S. - Identification of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis highly virulent isolate ligands peptides by phage display with fungicidal activity in vitro
Kipp F. - Prevalence of pig-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus spa types in the German EUREGIO Twente/Münsterland
Kirchner M. - Development and validation of a novel media (CHROMagar ECC CTX-M) for isolation of CTX-M producing Enterobacteriacae whilst inhibiting ampC producing organisms
Kiriakidou K. - Candidaemia: incidence, risk factors, characteristics, and outcomes in immunocompetent critically ill patients
Kirikou H. - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of group A Streptococcus clinical isolates: antimicrobial resistance patterns, macrolide-resistance genes and emm typing
  - An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii colonisation and infection in a neonatal intensive care unit of a major paediatric university hospital in Athens, Greece
Kirk A. - The epidemiology of the second phase of a hospital outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea, Stoke Mandeville, UK
Kirov G. - Prophylaxis of surgical site infections – Institutional Project Phase II
Kirpach P. - Outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in Luxembourg
Kirs K. - Campylobacter infections in a central hospital, West-Tallinn, Estonia in 2000–2005
Kisac P. - Efficacy of clindamycin in bacterial vaginosis and risk factors
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Kiseleva N. - Approach to identify novel antimicrobials against staphylococci
Kiss Z. - Relevance of human beta defensin-1 in Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis
Kiss I. - Farm to fork tracing of broiler-derived salmonellae and thermotolerant campylobacters in a Hungarian county using molecular epidemiology methods
Kiss Z. - Polymorphisms in the NOD1 and IL-8 gene, but not in the TLR4 gene are associated with Helicobacter pylori-induced duodenal ulcer and gastritis
Kist M. - An outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in a university hospital in Germany
Kitt M.M. - Activity of telavancin against isolates from recently completed Phase 3 studies of complicated skin and skin structure infections
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Kittitrakul C. - Early diagnosis of dengue infection using blood and non-blood specimens: a pilot study
Kizilkilic E. - Four cases of sickle cell anaemia accompanied by brucellosis causing pain crisis
Kjellin E. - Comparison of PFGE and spa for routine epidemiological typing to monitor and track spread of MRSA over time at a regional level
Kjerulf A. - The prevalence of carriers of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Copenhagen
Klaassen C.H. - Trichomonas vaginalis: a point prevalence study in a high-risk population in Havana, Cuba
Klaassen C. - Application of MLVA to study the spread of Clostridium difficile toxin A-negative strains of PCR ribotype 017 in a general hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Klaassen C.H. - Point prevalence study of HPV in a high-risk population in Havana, Cuba
Klaassen C.H.W. - First outbreak of MRSA ST398 in a Dutch hospital
Klaassen C.H. - Chlamydia and gonorrhoea in high-risk areas in Havana, Cuba: a point prevalence study
Klanke U. - Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the identification of clinical yeast isolates
Klapsa D. - Distribution of Nocardia species in clinical specimens in Greece
  - Emergence of a linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus cohnii after exposure to this drug
  - Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Greek hospitals by PFGE and MLST
Klare I. - E. faecalis and P. aeruginosa are useful epidemiological markers for the analysis of transmission events on intensive care units
  - German Enterococcus faecium bacteraemia isolates from 1991 to 2007 show a complex clonal structure and multiple acquisitions of virulence genes and vancomycin resistance gene clusters
  - Horizontal transfer of the E. faecalis pathogenicity island between E. faecalis and E. faecium
Klarowicz A. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of the bacteria causing community-acquired respiratory tract infections in Poland, 2005–2006 (continuation of the Alexander Project)
Klatser P. - In vitro selected mutants of M. tuberculosis do not reflect the in vivo mechanism of isoniazid resistance
Klein N. - Mannose-binding lectin genetics as an example of single gene influences on host susceptibility towards infection
Kleine B. - First description of Staphylococcus lugdunensis internalisation into epithelial cells
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Kleinkauf N. - Detection of infections due to Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 and implementation of a surveillance system for severe cases of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in Rhineland-Palatine, Germany, 2007
  - Risk factors for Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 infection in Germany: preliminary results of a retrospective case-control study
Klemets P. - Trends in incidence of and serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in Finland during 1995–2007: implications for introduction of conjugate vaccine
Klemm P. - The ferric yersiniabactin uptake receptor FyuA is required for efficient biofilm formation by urinary tract infectious Escherichia coli in human urine
Kliasova G. - Evaluation of virulence and resistance genes structure in vancomycin-resistant E. faecium
Kliegrová S. - Shifts in the altitudinal distribution of the tick-borne encephalitis virus and the incidence of disease influenced by the warming climate in the Czech Republic
Klimko N. - Trends in susceptibility to fluconazole of yeasts isolated from patients in Saint Petersburg, Russia, during a 3-year period, 2004–2007
Klingström J. - Passive immunisation protects cynomolgus macaques against Puumala hantavirus challenge
Kloudova A. - Long-term follow-up of new-borns of HBsAg positive mothers vaccinated against hepatitis B
Klug T.E. - Fusobacterium necrophorum in acute severe ear, nose and throat infections
Klugman K.P. - Molecular analysis of fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in Turkey
  - Molecular epidemiology of clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae at a children's hospital in Turkey
  - Molecular characterisation of penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in Turkey
  - Implications of bacterial-viral interactions to present day pandemic preparedness – the Spanish flu revisited
Kluytmans J. - MRSA carriage in healthcare personnel in contact with farm animals
Kluytmans J.A.J.W. - Multicentre in vitro evaluation of Gram-positive micro-organisms in the Netherlands for daptomycin compared with other antibiotics
  - Cost-efficacy of a chromogenic agar for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening in a low-endemic setting
  - Opinions of intensivists and nurses towards use of selective decontamination of the digestive tract and selective oropharyngeal decontamination
  - Reduced transmission of animal-related ST398 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch hospitals
  - Discrepancy analysis of conventional culture and PCR for screening of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  - External quality control of the GeneXpert® system for identifying meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  - Prevalence of ST398 and other genotypes of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch hospitals
  - Cost-efficacy of rapid diagnostic testing of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a low-endemic setting
Knabbe C. - Rapid extended-spectrum b-lactamases detection using DNA chips
Knapp S. - TREM-1 improves the inflammatory response and outcome to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection by reducing levels of negative regulators in the lung
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Kne[zcaron]evic A. - Clinical features of spondylodiscitis: a four-year survey
Kne[zcaron]evic I. - In vivo efficacy of moxifloxacin monotherapy against clinical isolates of B. fragilis with intermediate susceptibility
Knips L. - Spread of tetracycline resistance genes among German isolates of Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, and Klebsiella pneumoniae and susceptibility to tigecycline
Knobel H. - Bacteraemia after transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy in the era of multidrug resistance: impact of a new preventive protocol
  - Emergence of Enterobacteriaceae producing VIM-1 metallo-b-lactamases in a tertiary hospital in Spain: clinical and epidemiological characteristics
Knockaert D. - Is the emergency department the place to be for optimum Clostridium difficile-associated disease control?
Knoke M. - Influence of anidulafungin on different Candida species in a continuous flow culture system
Knop C. - Aqueous humor concentration of topically administered voriconazole in rabbits
Knoth H. - Pharmaco-economic analyis of posaconazole versus standard azole prophylaxis in high-risk neutropenic AML/MDS patients in Germany
Knottnerus B. - Fosfomycine tromethamine as second agent for the treatment of acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections in all age groups in the Netherlands?
Knowles S.J. - Diagnosing congenital cytomegalovirus infection: will the universal Guthrie card (dried blood spot) testing hinder more than help?
  - Low incidence of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in a large maternity hospital in Ireland
Knudsen J.D. - Factors associated with mortality in patients with fungaemia
  - Diagnosing fungaemia faster
Knudsen M. - The search and destroy strategy does prevent spread and long-term carriage of MRSA; results from household screening following a ST22 (E-MRSA 15) outbreak
Knysz B. - Detection of active polyomaviruses JC and BK in HIV-1-infected patients
  - CCR and HERV polymorphism in HIV-1 infection: Polish population analysis
Ko K.S. - Relationship between antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae blood isolates at 5 tertiary hospitals in Korea
Ko W-C. - Characterisation of carbapenem-nonsusceptible Escherichia coli isolates from a university hospital in Taiwan
Ko N.Y. - Detection of amebiasis among men who have sex with men, with or without human immunodeficiency virus infection
Ko W-C. - Identification of species in the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–A. baumannii complex isolated from blood cultures by an oligonucleotide assay
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Ko K.S. - Efficacy of tigecycline versus colistin in a mouse model of pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Kobayashi N. - Molecular epidemiology and antibiotic-resistant genes of Enterococcus faecalis causing paediatric infection in Cuba
Kobayashi K. - Efficacy of combination therapy of antifungal agents against Aspergillus: in vitro evaluation with electron microscope
Kobayashi M. - Efficacy of combination therapy of antifungal agents against Aspergillus: in vitro evaluation with electron microscope
Kocagöz S. - Spread of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in intubated patients
Koch A. - The spectrum of invasive bacterial disease in Arctic areas – A population-based study in Greenland
Koch C. - Evaluation of qualitative agreement and quantitative correlation between the new ARCHITECT Toxo IgG assay and 4 commercially available Toxo IgG assays
Koch M. - Comparative effects of faropenem-medoxomil and amoxicillin-clavulanate on the normal oral and intestinal micro flora and the selection of penem-resistance
Koch G. - Checklist for an optimal early switch to oral antibiotics in hospitalised patients
Kochowska-Bronk M. - Blood culture statistic study in febrile neutropenic haematology patients
Köck R. - Evaluation of multi-locus VNTR sequence typing for clustering of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates
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Kocmanova I. - Confirmation of positive galactomannan results in serum by detection of 1,3-beta-D-glucan could eliminate false positive results of the test
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Kocsis B. - In vivo bactericidal effect of a new proline-rich peptide A3-APO on an ESBL-producing Escherichia coli strain
Kocsis E. - Comparison of Austrian, Hungarian and Macedonian meticillin-resistant and meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus strains in relation to accessory gene regulator type
Kocsis K.A. - Relevance of human beta defensin-1 in Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis
Kodama Y. - Acid tolerance of Streptococcus anginosus
Kodjo A. - Comparative evaluation of five Aeromonas phenotypic identification systems
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Koeth L.M. - Comparison of daptomycin Etest MICs on Mueller-Hinton, Iso-Sensitest and brain-heart infusion agars with and without calcium supplementation to broth micro-dilution MICs against 20 Staphylococcus aureus isolates
Koeze J. - Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as markers for infection and mortality in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock
  - Searching the Surviving Sepsis Campaign database for avoidable deaths
Kofoed K. - Performance of the TREAT decision support system in an environment with low prevalence of resistant pathogens
Kofteridis D.P. - Infections in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes
Kofteridis D. - Prevalence of antibodies to Bartonella henselae in patients with suspected cat scratch disease in Crete, Greece
Kofteridis D.P. - Peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis: clinical features and predictors of outcome
Koh T.H. - Characterisation of resistance genes among Acinetobacter spp. isolates in Singapore hospitals
Kohberger R.C. - The serotype-specific efficacy and immunogenicity of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine determined during an efficacy trial in The Gambia, West Africa
Kohlenberg A. - Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying the carbapenemase OXA-23 in a German university medical centre
  - Characterisation of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying different OXA-type carbapenemases from two hospital outbreaks in Berlin, Germany
Koike S. - Epidemiological analysis of fluoroquinolone-resistant group B streptococci
  - Efficacy of combination therapy of antifungal agents against Aspergillus: in vitro evaluation with electron microscope
Kojuharov B. - National software system for microbiology laboratory management in Bulgaria: "Clinical Microbiology and Nosocomial Infections"
Kokkini S. - Seropevalence study of cat scratch disease in Crete, Greece
Kola A. - Risk factor analysis of deep sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery
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  - An outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in a university hospital in Germany
Kolar M. - Antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from humans and poultry in the Czech Republic
Kolb G. - Clinical comparison fo the molecular-based BD GeneOhm Cdiff assay to the cytotoxicity tissue culture assay for the direct detection of toxin B gene from toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains in faecal specimens
Kolcic I. - Real-time PCR in diagnostics of Trichomonas vaginalis infection
Kolenova A. - High proportion of microscopically confirmed highlands malaria in Eldoret, Kenya (2450 metres)
Kõljalg S. - The association between mucosal colonisation with opportunistic pathogens and bloodstream infections in the two neonatal intensive care units in Estonia
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  - Persistence of Escherichia coli clones and resistance genes in recurrent urinary tract infections in children
  - An outbreak of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (spa type t008) in the paediatric intensive care unit of a university hospital, Tartu
Kollaras P. - Efficacy of vaccination against hepatitis B in HIV-infected patients in northern Greece
Koller M. - Checklist for an optimal early switch to oral antibiotics in hospitalised patients
Kolman J. - Pneumococcal invasive diseases in Slovenia, 2004–2007
Kolmos H.J. - Reversal of meticillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus by thioridazine
Kolonitsiou F. - Toxin production by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains is related to differences in cytokine levels by peripheral blood mononuclear cells
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Kolopaking E. - Pharmaceutical quality and supply route of antibiotics obtained with or without prescription (over the counter) in Indonesia
Kolsto A. - Bacterial membrane drug efflux and receptor proteins
Koltsida M. - Laboratory diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in population in northern Greece
Koltsov A. - The prevention of microbial biofilm formation on net prosthetic appliance for hernioplasty
Komarnicka J. - Blood culture statistic study in febrile neutropenic haematology patients
Komitova R. - Aetiology of paediatric viral gastroenteritis in Bulgaria
Komninou G. - Significant presence of adenoviruses in raw and treated sewage derived from biological treatment plants in Greece
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Kompoti M. - Primary bloodstream infections and catheter-related bloodstream infections in critically ill patients: impact on length of stay and mortality
Koncan R. - Viability of live-attenuated vaccine strains in a pharmaceutical dump
Kondarev M. - Prophylaxis of surgical site infections – Institutional Project Phase II
Kondrusik M. - Apoptosis of T lymphocytes in the culture of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with late Lyme arthritis
Kondyli L. - A rare case of Nocardia puris postoperative endophthalmitis
Kong F. - Rapid identification and differentiation of Trichophyton species, based on sequence polymorphisms of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions, using rolling circle amplification
Konovalova L. - Unlicensed and off-label antibiotic use in a paediatric city hospital in Russia
Konstantinidis T. - Distribution of virulence factors in E. coli strains isolated from women with urinary tract infection by PCR
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Konstantinidou E. - Detection of pathogenic genes pap, hlyA and cnf1 IN E. coli strains isolated from adult patients with urinary tract infection
  - Distribution of virulence factors in E. coli strains isolated from women with urinary tract infection by PCR
  - Are carbapenems effective against carbapenem-susceptible, metallo-b-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae? Results from an animal model
  - Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB gold assay in tuberculosis diagnosis
Konstantinou K. - Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB gold assay in tuberculosis diagnosis
Kontopidou F. - Rapid surveillance of multidrug resistance in ICU patients, by use of antibiotic-containing agar plates
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Kontopidou F.V. - A new fear for intensive care unit patients: colistin-resistant MDR Gram-negatives
Kontopoulou K. - Determination of the impact of pneumoperitoneum on sepsis severity in an animal model of peritonitis through C-reactive protein and procalcitonin serum levels assessment
Kontothanasis D. - Community-acquired methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of pyonephrosis necessitating emergent nephrectomy. A new clinical entity
Kontou CHA. - Fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterobacteriaceae strains isolated from community-acquired urinary tract infections
Kontoyiannis D.P. - Candidiasis in patients with haematological malignancies, in a tertiary care cancer centre (2001–2007): stable incidence but changing epidemiology of a still frequently lethal infection
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Konttinen Y. - Differential expression of Toll-like receptors in chronic hyperplastic candidosis
Konya J. - Molecular analysis of vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated in Debrecen, Hungary
Koo S.H. - Detection of ambler class A, B, and D in multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa from central regions of Korea
Kooistra M. - A new approach in the diagnosis of intestinal parasites
Kooistra-Smid A.M.D. - Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli carrying stx2f as an emerging cause of diarrhoea in the Netherlands
  - Development and validation of a real-time PCR assay for detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile, as part of a Dutch study on the epidemiology of gastro-enteritis
  - Development and validation of a rapid molecular screening panel for the detection of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027
  - Development and validation of an automated 16S rDNA assay for the detection of bacterial DNA in clinical samples
  - Comparison of PCR-reverse line blot and real-time PCR for the detection of dermatophytes in clinical samples
Kool L. - Epidemiology and molecular screening of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Dutch hospital
Koopman R. - Cutaneous myiasis in two Dutch patients with and without a history of recent travel
Koopmans M. - Clostridium species found in Norovirus outbreaks in the Netherlands
Kootstra G.J. - Searching the Surviving Sepsis Campaign database for avoidable deaths
Kop J. - A rapid, fully-automated PCR system for sample processing, diagnosis, and rifampin resistance detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Kopsari K. - In vitro activity of tigecycline against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative clinical isolates
Kopylov P. - Approach to identify novel antimicrobials against staphylococci
Koratzanis E. - Microbiological documentation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bone and joint infections: analysis of 79 cases from a reference centre on a myoskeletal infections in Greece
  - Enterobacter cloacae in bone and joint infections: analysis of 22 cases from a university referral centre in Greece
  - A new fear for intensive care unit patients: colistin-resistant MDR Gram-negatives
Körber-Irrgang B. - Resistance among isolates of Haemophilus influenzae to orally administered b-lactams and fluoroquinolones: results of a nationwide surveillance study in Germany, winter 2007
Korbila I. - Penicillins vs. trimethoprim-based regimens for acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Kornum J.B. - Diabetes, glycaemic control and risk of hospitalisation with pneumonia: a population-based case-control study
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Korobova O.V. - Variability of Inc group of conjugative plasmids and CTX-M gene environments in Enterobacteriaceae nosocomial strains isolated from Russia
Korobova O. - Approach to identify novel antimicrobials against staphylococci
Korolev S. - Single-dose azithromycin vs 7 days doxycycline for Chlamydia trachomatis urethritis in men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
Korom J. - Monitoring, epidemiology and molecular analysis of extended-spectrum b-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated at a large hospital in Budapest during a four-month period
Korona-Glowniak I. - Distribution of mefE and ermB in macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from nasopharynx of healthy children
Korou E. - In vitro activity of tigecycline against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative clinical isolates
Korsgaard J. - Detection of bacterial pneumonia by quantitative PCR, with special reference to Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae
Korsun N. - Rotavirus diversity in Bulgaria during 2007
  - Aetiology of paediatric viral gastroenteritis in Bulgaria
Koseli D. - Publication rate of Turkish infectious diseases and clinical microbiology and microbiology and clinical microbiology specialisation theses and microbiology doctorate theses, in international peer-review journals
Koseoglu Eser O. - Is screening for colonisation of extended-spectrum b-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in intensive care unit necessary in the absence of an outbreak?
  - Molecular analysis of fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in Turkey
  - Molecular epidemiology of clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae at a children's hospital in Turkey
  - Molecular characterisation of penicillin non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in Turkey
Koskela V.M. - Comparison of Neo-Sensitabs™ with paper discs in the routine disc diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Koskela M. - Comparison of Neo-Sensitabs™ with paper discs in the routine disc diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Kosmidis C. - Comparison of class 1 integrons from human and avian E. coli
Kosova I. - Experimental models of upper urinary tract infections caused by sexually transmitted diseases isolated or in conjunction with non-specific agents
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Kossenko I.M. - A controlled intervention study to improve antibiotic use in a Russian paediatric hospital
Kostadinova T. - Hepatitis C virus infection in patients from the haemodialysis clinic of a medical university, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Kostin V. - Modern information technologies in physicians' education in the field of socially most important diseases in Russia and beyond
Kostkova P. - Information overload or under load! How national knowledge weeks can help busy professionals
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  - Designing online, educational games about microbes, hand and respiratory hygiene and prudent antibiotics use for junior pupils across Europe
Kostomitsopoulos N. - Efficacy of tigecyclin vs. vancomycin in ampicillin- and gentamicin-resistant E. faecium experimental endocarditis
  - Comparison of quinupristin-dalfopristin and vancomycin in the treatment of experimental endocarditis due to ampicillin- and gentamicin-resistant E. faecium
Kostrzewa M. - A mass spectrometry-based approach for Neisseria gonorrhoeae species identification
  - Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the identification of clinical yeast isolates
Kotilainen P. - Mechanisms of resistance in non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica exhibiting a novel quinolone resistance phenotype
  - Epidemiology of a new population of quinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica
Kotowski M. - Detection of staphylococcal ability for biofilm formation in otitis media in children. An evaluation of three different detection methods
Kotsaki A. - The pathophysiological importance of apoptosis for the septic patient
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Kott I. - Influence of climatic factors on tick-borne encephalitis incidence in the Czech Republic
Kottmann V. - Factors associated with the severity of Clostridium difficile-associated disease: a one-year prospective study in a Lyon university hospital, France
Kotzampasi K. - Administartion of probiotics decrease the risk of sepsis by bloodstream infections in patients with multiple injuries
Koukalova D. - Antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from humans and poultry in the Czech Republic
Koukila-Kähkölä P. - Epidemiology of nosocomial Candidaemia in a Finnish tertiary care hospital, 1987–2004
Koukou E. - Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among diabetic and non-diabetic volunteers
Koukoulaki M. - Community-acquired methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of pyonephrosis necessitating emergent nephrectomy. A new clinical entity
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Koulourida V. - Nosocomial dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. isolates in a general hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece
Koumare A. - The carriage population of Staphylococcus aureus from Mali is composed of a combination of pandemic clones and the divergent genotype ST 152
Koumare S. - The carriage population of Staphylococcus aureus from Mali is composed of a combination of pandemic clones and the divergent genotype ST 152
Kouppari G. - Time changes in microbiology of diabetic foot ulcers in a diabetes clinic, Athens, Greece
  - Study of community-acquired bacteraemias managed in a medical department
Kouraki K. - Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Greek hospitals by PFGE and MLST
Kourbeti I. - Infections in patients with head injury: a 6-year retrospective study
Kourí V. - Myocarditis outbreak with fatal cases associated to Adenovirus subgenera C among children, Havana City, 2005
Kourtidou G. - Detection of metallo-b-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates
  - Resistance to carbapenems and phenotypic detection of metallo-b-lactamases in P. aeruginosa clinical isolates
Kouskouni E. - Genital candidiasis in prepubertal and pubertal girls
Koutouzi F. - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of group A Streptococcus clinical isolates: antimicrobial resistance patterns, macrolide-resistance genes and emm typing
Koutsia-Carouzou C. - Distribution of Nocardia species in clinical specimens in Greece
  - Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Greek hospitals by PFGE and MLST
  - Biofilm-production is strongly correlated with the presence of accumulation associated protein
Koutsikou A. - Primary bloodstream infections and catheter-related bloodstream infections in critically ill patients: impact on length of stay and mortality
Koutsoukou A. - Pan-resistance to commonly used antibiotics and nonsusceptible to tigecycline Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates
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  - Daptomycin susceptibility testing of linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus cohnii isolates
Kouvelas K. - Microbiological documentation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bone and joint infections: analysis of 79 cases from a reference centre on a myoskeletal infections in Greece
  - Prevalence of and risk factors for colonisation with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the time of hospital admission
Kouza A. - Conversion of intravenous echinocandins to oral azoles for invasive candidiasis: impact on outcomes and resource utilisation
Kouzmanov A. - Antifungal susceptibility testing of yeast isolates from nine hospitals in Bulgaria and their species distribution – a two-year study
Kovaleva G. - Listeriosis infection in Kazakhstan
Kovanda L.L. - Multivariate logistic regression modelling of variables associated with treatment outcomes from two large, prospective micafungin registrational trials
Kowalewska-Grochowska K. - Ciprofloxacin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: a 12-year experience in a major Canadian health centre
Kowalsky S. - Justification for non-inferiority margin in community-acquired pneumonia
Kowlasky S. - Assessment of tolerability of 300 and 600 mg doses of faropenem medoxomil
Koyuncu E. - Genotyping of Trichosporon asahii strains isolated from urinary tract infections in a Turkish university hospital
Kozinska M. - N-acetyltranserase 2 gene mutations and bioavailability of isoniazid in tuberculosis patients
Koziol-Montewka M. - Intestinal Oxalobacter formigenes colonisation in children with calcium oxalate urolithiasis. A study from southeastern Poland.
  - Seroprevalence of Borrelia infection among tick-bitten asymptomatic teenagers in risk region of southern Podlasie, Poland
  - Detection of staphylococcal ability for biofilm formation in otitis media in children. An evaluation of three different detection methods
Kozlov R. - Analytical study of infection control measures in Russian ICUs: lessons from real life
  - Assessment of capacity of Russian microbiological laboratories to detect ESBL production in Gram-negative bacteria by phenotypic methods
  - Assessment of carbapenem resistance and presence of acquired carbapenemases in Russian nosocomial isolates of Acinetobacter spp.
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Kozovska Z. - Drug resistance modulation in yeast
Kozyreva V. - Independent emergence of quinolone resistance in CTX-M-5 b-lactamase-producing isolates of Salmonella typhimurium from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan
Krajiw S. - Early diagnosis of dengue infection using blood and non-blood specimens: a pilot study
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Kralovcova D. - Detection of Mycoplasma hominis in amniotic fluid of pregnant women by real-time PCR
Kramar A. - Prevalence and efflux mechanism of macrolide resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from different sources
Kramer M.R. - Pulmonary Mycobacterium simiae infection. Comparison with pulmonary tuberculosis
Kranc R. - Relationships between urinary IL-18, MMP-9 and BMP-7 concentration and renal lesion in HIV-1 infected patients
Kranidioti H. - Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREM-1) gene expression in critically ill patients
  - The pathophysiological importance of apoptosis for the septic patient
  - Alterations of innate and adaptive immune responses of patients with septic syndrome due to ventilator-associated pneumonia
Kraniotaki E. - Detection of ESBL production by the Hyplex® ESBL ID multiplex PCR-ELISA system
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Kratzer C. - Invasive candidiasis, Candida colonisation and antifungal treatment in intensive care patients after cardiothoracic surgery
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Krause K.M. - Efficacy of telavancin against vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in the neutropenic mouse bacteraemia model
Krause L. - Erythromycin resistance plasmids isolated from the bacterial community of a municipal wastewater treatment plant encode an interesting spectrum of macrolide resistance determinants
Krause T. - A comparison between QuantiFERON and tuberculin skin test during screening for tuberculosis infection in a contact investigation among students
Krause K.M. - Activity of telavancin against isolates from recently completed Phase 3 studies of complicated skin and skin structure infections
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Krcmery V. - Reversibility of antimicrobial resistance in respiratory isolates in HIV-positive Cambodian children after 42 months of HAART
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Kreiswirth N. - A novel chromogenic formulation for detecting meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in surveillance specimens: comparison to Oxoid Canada's Demin Blue agar
Kremastinou J. - Prevalence of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with community-acquired pneumonia
  - Laboratory-confirmed meningococcal disease in children over a 10-year period in Athens, Greece
  - Acute bacterial meningitis in an Athens childrens hospital over an 8-year period (2000–2007)
Kresken M. - German surveillance study on the in vitro activity of daptomycin against Gram-positive cocci
  - Resistance among isolates of Haemophilus influenzae to orally administered b-lactams and fluoroquinolones: results of a nationwide surveillance study in Germany, winter 2007
  - Spread of MRSA clones in German hospitals and in vitro activity of tigecycline
  - Spread of tetracycline resistance genes among German isolates of Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, and Klebsiella pneumoniae and susceptibility to tigecycline
Kretchikova O. - Assessment of capacity of Russian microbiological laboratories to detect ESBL production in Gram-negative bacteria by phenotypic methods
Krevata M. - Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm modulates cytokine production
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Krikou D. - Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Greek hospitals by PFGE and MLST
Krishna G. - The pharmacokinetics of posaconazole administered orally versus via a nasogastric tube in healthy subjects
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Krispin T. - Natural polymorphisms associated with integrase inhibitor drug resistance in Estonian HIV-1 CRF06cpx strains
Kristensen B. - Co-infection with zoonotic Campylobacter and Salmonella
Kristensen L. - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci: validation of susceptibility testing and in vitro activity of novel antibiotics
Kristiansen B.E. - Ribotyping in molecular epidemiological studies of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. A critical assessment
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Kristóf K. - Comparison of Austrian, Hungarian and Macedonian meticillin-resistant and meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus strains in relation to accessory gene regulator type
Krisztalovics K. - Ten-years surveillance of norovirus in outbreaks of gastroenteritis in Hungary: molecular epidemiology, genetic diversity and evolution
Kriz B. - Shifts in the altitudinal distribution of the tick-borne encephalitis virus and the incidence of disease influenced by the warming climate in the Czech Republic
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Kriz P. - Clonal complexes causing invasive meningococcal disease in the Czech Republic in 2005–2007
Kriz B. - A natural focus of hantavirus infection in the [Scaron]umava region (Czech Republic)
Krizova L. - The recent increase in Acinetobacter baumannii resistance to carbapenems in the Czech Republic is associated with the spread of genotypically highly related strains of European clone II
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Kroeger J. - A global evaluation of voriconazole activity against recent clinical isolates of Candida
Krogfelt K.A. - Prevention of false-positive reactions in whooping cough ELISA
Krolak-Olejnik B. - TCRalfabeta and TCRgammadelta T lymphocytes in severe infected premature neonates
Kronenberg A. - Regional variation and temporal trends of Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using the Sentinel Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance in Switzerland (SEARCH)
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Krooshof T. - Evaluation of a chromogenic medium (chromID™ ESBL, BioMérieux) for the screening of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli
Kroupa T. - PCR assay for detection of Streptococcus dysgalactiae ssp. equisimilis
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Krt B. - A case of cutaneous listeriosis in a man
Krueger A. - A comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility and MIC-distributions in Enterococcus isolates originating from humans, animals and retail meat
Kruglov A.N. - Variability of Inc group of conjugative plasmids and CTX-M gene environments in Enterobacteriaceae nosocomial strains isolated from Russia
Kruhlak M. - Correlation between antifungal drug susceptibility and morphological changes of Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosis biofilms
Krziwanek K. - MRSA of clonal lineage ST398 in clinical isolates in Austria
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Ksiadzyna D. - Fungal colonisation of gastro-intestinal tract, anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies and anti-mannan Candida antibodies in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome
Ktenidoy Kartali S. - Four-year survey of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin in northern Greece
Kuak E-Y. - Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Clostridium difficile in a tertiary hospital in Korea from 2004 to 2005
Kubanova A. - A mass spectrometry-based approach for Neisseria gonorrhoeae species identification
Kubar O.I. - A controlled intervention study to improve antibiotic use in a Russian paediatric hospital
Kuch A. - Clonal analysis of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium by MLVA and PFGE typing
Kudumula R. - Daptomycin therapy is associated with less demonecrosis compared with vancomycin therapy in a murine soft tissue infection model caused by community-associated isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
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Kuhn G. - Double locus sequence typing: a high through-put molecular typing method for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  - Investigation of epidemiological links between patients harbouring identical, non-predominant MRSA genotypes as defined by double-locus sequence typing
  - Close links between nosocomial MRSA and carriage MSSA isolates from the same location in Switzerland
Kuijper E.J. - Community-onset Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea: is it truly community-acquired?
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Kuijper E. - The spread of Clostridium difficile PCR-ribotype 027 in the Netherlands since 2005 and the rise of other types
  - Rapid detection of pathogenic Clostridium difficile strains and recognition of PCR ribotypes 017 and 027
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  - Emerging disease due to Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 078 in the Netherlands
Kuijper E.J. - Outbreak with Clostridium difficile PCR-ribotypes 027 and 017 simultaneously in a Dutch hospital
  - Efficacy of faecal therapy for recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea
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Kuijper E. - Clostridium species found in Norovirus outbreaks in the Netherlands
Kuijper E.J. - First cluster of clindamycin-resistant Clostridium difficile PCR-ribotype 027 associated disease in Switzerland
Kuijper E. - Emergence of reduced susceptibility to metronidazole in Clostridium difficile
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Kuijpers J. - Azole resistant clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates are genetically clustered
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Kukreja S. - Safety of liposomal amphotericin as a once-weekly antifungal prophylactic regimen in very low birth-weight premature infants
Kulah C. - Comparison of three automated systems (BD Phoenix, MicroScan WalkAway and VITEK 2) for detecting imipenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii
Kulikowski M.L. - Accuracy of SensiTitre microdilution panels in detecting oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci
Kullberg B.J. - Recognising patients with sepsis in the emergency department before and after protocol implementation
Kullisaar T. - Factors involved in combined treatment with probiotic and fluorokinolone in Salmonella typhimurium murine infection
Kulwichit W. - Weissella spp.: lactic acid bacteria emerging as a human pathogen
  - Differentiating Pseudomonas aeruginosa from common enteric bacteria by digital tinctorial properties
  - Early diagnosis of dengue infection using blood and non-blood specimens: a pilot study
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Kumar A. - Epidemiology and clinical impact of cefotaxime resistant E. coli, Klebsiella spp. and Enterobacter spp. causing bloodstream infection, skin and soft tissue including surgical site infection and closed space infection
Kumbasar Ö. - Atypical mycobacterial infection in an allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant patient with bronchiolitis obliterans
Kundi M. - Near-patient diagnosis of influenza virus infection in adult patients
Kunkel M. - Efficacy and safety of linezolid versus vancomycin for the treatment of complicated skin and soft-tissue infections proven to be due to meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Kuo A-J. - Impact of the new CLSI non-meningitis penicillin breakpoints on the reporting of antimicrobial susceptibility in pneumococcal infections
Kuo S-F. - Comparison of neutrophil volume distribution width with C-reactive protein and procalcitonin for diagnosis of culture-proven sepsis
Kupcinskas L. - Comparison of the Etest and the Neo-Sensitabs method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Helicobacter pylori
Kupfahl C. - Gliotoxin is an important virulence factor in cerebral aspergillosis
Kupfer C. - Evaluation of the AcroMetrix® OptiChallenge Inhibition Panel in different QIAGEN® sample preparation protocols automated on the QIAcube
Kurcik Trajkovska B. - Bacterial vaginosis and associated microflora in women of reproductive age
Kurincic M. - Prevalence and efflux mechanism of macrolide resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from different sources
Kurisu K. - Cerebrospinal fluid penetration and pharmacodynamic exposure of meropenem prophylactically administered to neurosurgical patients
Kursun E. - Bloodstream infections after solid-organ transplantation
Kursun S. - Evaluation of clinical and laboratory parameters for establishing the diagnosis of bacteraemia caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci
Kurt Ö. - Subtyping Blastocystis hominis: is subtype 2 responsible for asymptomatic infections?
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Kurt Azap O. - Bloodstream infections after solid-organ transplantation
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  - Molecular types of extended-spectrum b-lactamases in Escherichia coli strains isolated from community-acquired urinary tract infections in Turkey
Kurtaran B. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria causing nosocomial infections from 2003–2005 in a university hospital in Turkey
Kurt-Azap Ö. - Two cases of Lactococcus endocarditis
Kurtoglu D. - Levels of anti-Haemophilus influenzae type B antibody in Turkey before routine vaccination
Kurtoglu Y. - Evaluation of serum TNF-alpha, IL-10, leptin, CRP levels as prognostic markers in patients with sepsis and septic shock
Kurup A. - The value of active surveillance for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in orthopaedic patients
Kurutepe S. - Antimicrobial resistance and extended-spectrum b-lactamase production of Enterobacteriaceae from inpatients and outpatients with urinary tract infection
Kusachi S. - Enterotoxic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: prevention and control
Kuse V. - Diphtheria in Latvia – Still important healthcare problem
Kushnaryova M. - Comparison of procalcitonin with interleukin 8, leucocyte count and rate of immature to total neutrophils for the early diagnosis of severe bacterial pneumonia and sepsis in pre-term infants
Kutlu G. - Brucellosis: a cause of peripheral neuropathy
Kutlu H. - Two cases of Lactococcus endocarditis
Kuusela P. - Epidemiology of nosocomial Candidaemia in a Finnish tertiary care hospital, 1987–2004
Kuusi M. - Clinical features and possible sources of sporadic Yersinia enterocolitica infections in Finland
Kuypers K. - Induction of apoptosis by the triterpene saponin PX-6518 in promastigotes and amastigotes of Leishmania infantum
Kuzmin A. - MIRU-VNTR genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from central region of Russia
Kwon K.T. - Efficacy of tigecycline versus colistin in a mouse model of pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Kwon O. - Effect of vaccination for haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: analysis of 5-year experience
Kydona C. - Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a tertiary hospital's polyvalent intensive care unit: a sixteen-month study
Kyncl J. - Excess death attributable to influenza in the Czech Republic in 1986–2006
Kyratsa A. - Frequency of isolation of anaerobic bacteria from surgical infections and their antimicrobial resistance pattern
Kyriakidou K. - Short versus long course antibiotic therapy for acute pyelonephritis in adults: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Kyriazopoulou-Dalaina V. - Contribution of RSV and hMPV to patients with influenza-like infections during 2006–2007 season in northern Greece