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Saaka M. - The serotype-specific efficacy and immunogenicity of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine determined during an efficacy trial in The Gambia, West Africa
Saavedra S. - Molecular characterisation of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from intensive care unit in a hospital, Bogota, Columbia
Saavedra C. - Molecular characterisation of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from intensive care unit in a hospital, Bogota, Columbia
Saavedra G. - vanB2-Tn5382 typing in enterococcal clones disseminated around 16 hospitals in Chile
Sabahi F. - Genetic variability of hepatitis B virus "a" determinant in Iranian isolates
Sabater F.J. - Cost-effectiveness of posaconazole versus standard azole treatment (fluconazole or itraconazole) in the prevention of invasive fungal infections among high-risk neutropenic patients in Spain
  - Cost-effectiveness of posaconazole vs. fluconazole in the prevention of invasive fungal infections among patients with graft-versus-host disease in Spain
Sabatinelli G. - Sustained mumps transmission in a highly vaccinated population
Sabbe L.J.M. - Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli carrying stx2f as an emerging cause of diarrhoea in the Netherlands
Saberi Kashani S. - Relationship between Helicobacter pylori babA and babB status with other virulence factors and their correlation with disease outcome in Iran
  - Clustering of antibiotic resistant and susceptible Iranian Helicobacter pylori strains using RAPD-PCR profiling
Sabrià M. - Should Legionella urinary antigen test be applied in any case of community-acquired pneumonia?
Sabria M. - Trends in listeriosis in a university hospital (1983–2007)
Sabriá M. - Prospective study on chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in patients with solid neoplasm in the era of risk stratification
Sacarlal J. - Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Shigella spp. and Salmonella spp. isolated from children <5 years of age with diarrhoea in southern Mozambique
Sacarneiro S. - A Trichuris vulpis parasitosis: an unexpected discovery
Sacchi A. - Avian influenza H5N1 virus is able to disregulate interferon response activation in human PBMC
Sachanas S. - Features of tuberculous lymphadenitis – Experience of a single tertiary centre in Greece
Sachse S. - Relevance of testing for microbial DNA in critically ill patients
Sadam M. - Natural polymorphisms associated with integrase inhibitor drug resistance in Estonian HIV-1 CRF06cpx strains
Sadeghifard N. - Genetic relatedness among isolates of Shigella sonnei carrying class 2 integrons in Tehran, Iran, 2002–2003
  - Prevalence of virulence genes (ctxA, tcpA, zot and ace) among Vibrio cholerae isolated from outbreaks during 2005 in Iran by multiplex PCR method
Sader H. - Daptomycin activity and spectrum when tested against Gram-positive species responsible for bloodstream infections in European medical centres
  - Antimicrobial activity of telavancin and comparator agents tested against recently isolated (2007) European Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci
  - Tigecycline activity tested against bacterial isolates causing bloodstream infections in European medical centres
  - Antimicrobial activity of telavancin against Enterococcus faecalis, E. faecium and E. avium: results from a European surveillance programme (2007)
  - Escalating resistance among non-fermentative Gram-negative bacilli: Report from the North American SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997–2006)
  - In vitro activity of tigecycline tested against pneumonia pathogens from patients hospitalised in European medical centres, including multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp.
  - Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from Latin America: a report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997–2006)
  - Characterisation of baseline meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a phase IV clinical trial of complicated skin and soft tissue infections
  - Critical evaluations of generic piperacillin/tazobactam compared to the branded product: a worldwide sampling of 26 intravenous formulations
  - Increased antimicrobial susceptibility profiles among polymyxin-B-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates
  - Activity of telavancin tested against viridans group and beta-haemolytic streptococci, and multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
  - Enhanced activity of daptomycin and vancomycin combined with imipenem or oxacillin against community-acquired MRSA isolates
  - Resistance surveillance of bacterial pathogens from North American patients hospitalised with pneumonia: a 10-year report from the SENTRY Program (1997–2006)
  - Trends in prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibilities among skin and skin structure infection pathogens in North America: Report from the SENTRY Program (1997–2005)
  - Acinetobacter spp. infections: the Latin American scenario in the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997–2006)
  - Analysis of resistance and vancomycin "reverse creep" in Latin American Staphylococcus aureus: ten-year report of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997–2006)
  - Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. and associated resistance patterns among isolates collected over a decade of SENTRY Program surveillance in North America
  - Activity of tigecycline tested against vancomycin-resistant enterococci, including clonal complex-17 E. faecium strains, isolated in Europe
  - Genetic characterisation of the new blaVIM-18 and comparative antimicrobial susceptibility profile of VIM-18 with highest homologous VIM-variant, VIM-2: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program
  - blaVIM-2-carrying integron among Enterobacteriaceae isolates in Mexico: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program
  - Antimicrobial activity of ceftobiprole tested against leading European bacterial pathogens: results from an international surveillance programme (2005–2006)
  - Potency and spectrum of tigecycline tested against bacterial pathogens producing skin and skin structure infections in European medical centres, including community-acquired meticillin-resistant S. aureus
Sadowy E. - Clonal analysis of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium by MLVA and PFGE typing
Saeed A. - Prevalence of Entamoebae infection in Sudan
  - Vibrio cholerae O139 requires neither capsule nor lipopolysaccharide O side chain to grow inside Acanthamoeba castellanii
Sáenz Y. - Characterisation of an unusual class 1 integron in Escherichia coli isolates of animal origin
  - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of antimicrobial resistance in faecal enterococci of healthy humans and animals
  - High prevalence and diversity of extended-spectrum b-lactamases in faecal Escherichia coli isolates of healthy humans
  - Characterisation of extended-spectrum b-lactamases in clinical Escherichia coli isolates in a Spanish hospital
Safavi naeini P. - Changes in serum lipid profile during and after pegylated IFN and ribavirin therapy in chronic hepatitis C
Safdar A. - Polymicrobial bacteraemia in cancer patients
  - Generation of influenza recombinant haemagglutinin-specific lymphocytes from cordblood-derived dendritic cells: immunotherapy model from an unprimed source
Safi H. - A rapid, fully-automated PCR system for sample processing, diagnosis, and rifampin resistance detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sagel U. - Seasonal trends in acute toxoplasmosis in pregnancy in Upper Austria
Saguer A. - Detection of Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in cerebrospinal fluid in children using PCR
Sahba G. - Detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococci isolated from nasal specimens using PCR
Sahebekhtiyari N. - CagA and other key genes in the cag pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori isolated from dyspepsia patients
Sahinides T. - In vitro adsorption and release of antibiotics from cancellous bone
Sahl H.G. - Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the identification of clinical yeast isolates
Sahli F. - Urinary tract infection pathogens and their susceptibility to antimicrobials at a university hospital, Setif, Algeria: a 7-year study (2000–2006)
  - Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection and antimicrobial susceptibility in hospital patients, Setif, Algeria
Sahli R. - Performance of an automated platform
Sahm D. - Analysis of tigecycline activity against Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter spp. based on patient location and clinical specimen source in Europe
  - Tigecycline activity against geographically diverse Acinetobacter spp. displaying multidrug-resistant phenotypes across Europe
  - Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus among skin and wound specimen sources in the United States: laboratory-based surveillance study 2005–2007
  - In vitro activity of ceftobiprole against select Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens isolated from Europe in 2006–2007
  - Anti-enterococcal and anti-sreptococcal activity profile of oritavancin in Europe
  - In vitro activity profile of oritavancin against resistant staphylococcal populations from a recent surveillance initiative in Europe
  - Epidemiology of elevated fluoroquinolone MICs of S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, and M. catarrhalis from the GLOBAL Study (1999–2005)
  - In vitro activity of doripenem relative to meropenem and imipenem against Enterobacteriaceae and P. aeruginosa isolates from Europe (2006–2007)
  - Tigecycline activity against geographically diverse Enterobacteriaceae displaying multidrug-resistant phenotypes across Europe
  - Current susceptibility patterns for H. influenzae and M. catarrahlis isolates from Europe: findings of the 2007 GLOBAL surveillance program
  - Tigecycline activity against Staphylococcus aureus exhibiting multidrug-resistant phenotypes in Europe
  - Analysis of tigecycline activity against Staphylococcus aureus based on patient location and clinical specimen source in Europe
  - A longitudinal perspective on Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis resistance trends in Europe: from GLOBAL surveillance studies
Saida Y. - Enterotoxic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: prevention and control
Sáinz de Baranda C. - Clostridium difficile-associated diseases: a 2-year study
Saito T. - Epidemiology and outcome of candidaemia at an acute-phase community hospital
  - Enterotoxic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: prevention and control
Sakarya M. - Risk factors for nosocomial Acinetobacter bacteraemia: a case-control study of intensive care unit patients
Sakinc T. - First description of Staphylococcus lugdunensis internalisation into epithelial cells
  - Predominantly clonal transmission of CTX-M-1 harbouring K. pneumoniae in two wards
Sakka C. - Outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in Luxembourg
Sakka V. - Genetics and expression of the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase genes blaOXA-51 and blaOXA-58 in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from blood cultures in a university hospital in Athens, Greece
  - Enterobacter cloacae in bone and joint infections: analysis of 22 cases from a university referral centre in Greece
  - Microbiological documentation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bone and joint infections: analysis of 79 cases from a reference centre on a myoskeletal infections in Greece
Saksornchai S. - Streptococcus suis infection and risk factors for death in northern Thailand
Sakwinska O. - Close links between nosocomial MRSA and carriage MSSA isolates from the same location in Switzerland
Sala R.M. - Immigration and tuberculosis evolution in Catalonia central region. 10 years (1996–2005)
Sala M.R. - Outbreak of measles in Catalonia (Spain): importance of laboratory confirmation
Sala Farré M.R. - Measles and mumps epidemic outbreaks in two geographic areas of Catalonia, 2007
  - Salmonella typhimurium and norovirus food-borne outbreak in a restaurant
  - Pertussis surveillance in one geographic area of Catalonia, 2003–2007
Salama M.I. - Role of tigecycline in the control of outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections in an intensive care unit, Kuwait
Salcedo C. - Application of molecular techniques for the diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in nine Spanish hospitals
Saldanha J. - A 1-year longitudinal study on the colonisation of five upper respiratory tract pathogens within a daycare centre
Sá-Leão R. - A 1-year longitudinal study on the colonisation of five upper respiratory tract pathogens within a daycare centre
Saleem M. - Biodiversity of UTI pathogens in diabetics
Salehi H. - Demographic, clinical and laboratory data in 232 typhoid fever cases
Salem Z. - Frequency of isolation of anaerobic bacteria from surgical infections and their antimicrobial resistance pattern
Saletinger R. - Resistance trends of E. coli from urinary tract infections in hospitalised patients and consumption of antimicrobials, 1998–2006
Salfa M.C. - Prevalence and determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among young women (14–24 years) in Turin, Italy
Salgado M. - Plasmid-mediated CMY-2 AmpC b-lactamase and CTX-M-14 extended-spectrum b-lactamase in Proteus mirabilis clinical isolate
Salgueiro L. - Effects of phenolic-rich essential oils on the morphology and adherence of Giardia lamblia trophozoites
  - Anti-giardial activity of carvacrol, thymol and eugenol
Saliba G. - Chloroquine susceptibility phenotype and virulence of Plasmodium falciparum
Salimi 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
  - Antimycobacterial activity of two Berberis species used as traditional medicine in Iran
Salinas J.C. - Presence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the stools of outpatients with intra-abdominal infections requiring surgery
Salles M.J.C. - Influenza virus vaccination in kidney transplant patients: serum antibody response to different immunosuppressive drugs
Salman Yazdi R. - Association of Ureaplasma urealyticum infection with varicocele-related infertility
Salmenlinna S. - Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Finland: ten-year perspective
Salmon D. - How to treat HBV mono-infected patients?
Salo M. - Comparison of Klebsiella pneumoniae virulence in mammalian and non-mammalian animal models
Salo H. - Trends in incidence of and serotypes causing invasive pneumococcal disease in Finland during 1995–2007: implications for introduction of conjugate vaccine
Salomidou P. - Genital candidiasis in prepubertal and pubertal girls
Salomon J. - Antibiotics for nasopharyngitis are associated with a lower risk of office-based physician visits for acute otitis media within 14 days for 3- to 6-year-old children
Salord H. - Performance of five commercial immunoblots for serological confirmation of syphilis
  - Mechanisms of resistance to oxyimino-cephalosporins in clinical Escherichia coli isolates recovered from food-producing animals in France
  - Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains DNA typing by semi-automated repetitive-sequence-based PCR
Saltoglu N. - Piperacillin/tazobactam versus imipenem/cilastatin for severe diabetic foot infections: a prospective, randomised clinical trial in a university hospital
Saludes V. - First complete genome of a hepatitis C virus genotype 1g isolate
Salvadó M. - Pseudomonas aeruginosa in sputum at admission in hospitalised patients for acute COPD exacerbation: prognostic implications
  - A retrospective study of the isolates of Nocardia spp. from 1997 to 2006
Salvado M. - Healthcare-associated bacteraemic pneumonia: aetiology, severity of disease and outcomes
Salvadó M. - 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
  - VIM-1 and CTX-M-9 in E. cloacae, K. pneumoniae and K. oxytoca clinical strains
Salvador G. - Comparison of an interferon-gamma assay with tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection prior to anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy
Salvaras P. - Molecular epidemiology of VIM-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Greek hospital
Salzberger B. - Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia – An AIDS defining illness?
  - Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections Cohort (INSTINCT)
Samain E. - Emergence of azole cross-resistance in Candida glabrata following exposure to azole antifungals in a surgical intensive care unit
Samaras E. - Post-operative bacterial meningitis: a 2-year study in a neurosurgery department
Samarkos 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
Sambri V. - Phylogenetic analysis of autochthonous and imported Italian Chikungunya virus strains
  - Preliminary evaluation of a commercially available rapid immunochromatographic method for the detection of IgM antibody response to chikungunya and dengue viruses
Samet A. - Alert patogeny among patients in a medical university hospital, Gdansk
  - ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae among neonates in an academic clinical centre, Gdansk, Poland
  - Comparison of VITEK 2 generated extended spectrum b-lactamase phenotypes to double-disc test results in Enterobacteriaceae
  - Blood culture statistic study in febrile neutropenic haematology patients
Sami Pelitli T. - 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
Samimi R. - Cloning and expression of HpaA protein of Helicobacter pylori
Samir I. - Increasing incidence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis but stable rates of resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to first-line anti-tubercular drugs in Kuwait, 1996–2005
Samonis G. - Peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis: clinical features and predictors of outcome
  - Risk factors associated with the isolation of colistin-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: a matched case-control study
  - Infections in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes
  - Candidaemia: incidence, risk factors, characteristics, and outcomes in immunocompetent critically ill patients
Sampaio D. - Intrinsic drug resistance of M. avium–M. intracellulare complex: the role played by efflux pumps
Sampere A. - Leptospirosis: prognostic factors associated with mortality
Samra Z. - Pulmonary Mycobacterium simiae infection. Comparison with pulmonary tuberculosis
Samson M. - Role of invariant NKT lymphocytes in the hepatic granulomatous response to Leishmania donovani infection
Samu O. - Serological and molecular diagnosis of measles using oral fluid samples
Samuelsen Ø. - Low prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in Norwegian and Swedish clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.
  - Emergence of metallo-b-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Scandinavia
San Millan A. - Multiresistance in Pasteurella multocida is due to cohabitance of small replicons
San Millán A. - Identification of SmrA, a novel efflux pump involved in fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus suis
Sanchez F. - Evolution of the incidence of early-onset and late-onset group B Streptococcal disease before and after prevention policies – Barcelona 1994–2007
Sánchez F. - Is vancomicin necessary in empirical treatment of community-acquired meningitis?
Sánchez E. - A single planned interruption of treatment in perinatally-HIV-infected children: effect on HAART-related toxicities
Sanchez P. - Quantitative CMV PCR in stem cell transplant patients: DNA manual extraction versus automatic extraction
Sanchez M.B. - Time-to-positivity of blood cultures in patients with Klebsiella spp. bacteraemia
Sánchez E. - Chronic in utero exposition to nevirapine does not cause hepatotoxicity in HIV-uninfected healthy infants
Sánchez L. - Epidemiology of imported malaria to Catalonia (Spain): 2001–2006
Sánchez R. - Healthcare professional preferences in educational strategies against antimicrobial resistance in a developing country
Sanchez P. - Comparison of quantitative PCR after automatic DNA extraction and pp65 antigen detection for diagnosis of CMV infection in stem cell transplant recipients
Sanchez M. - Evaluation of the cytomegalovirus reactivation after solid organ transplant
Sanchez M.B. - Risk factors for hospital admission in patients with occult Escherichia coli bacteraemia discharged from the emergency department
Sánchez F. - Clinical evolution of patients with hepatic abscesses in a period of 6 years (2000–2005)
  - Evaluation of the new VITEK-2 Neisseria haemophilus card for the identification of fastidious organisms
Sanchez Pedraza R. - Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – Community-acquired phenotype spread in hospitals in Bogotá, Colombia
Sanchez Wong M. - Hepatitis E in Cuba: the case report of an infected pregnant woman
Sánchez-Calvo J.M. - Qualitative and quantitative composition of gut microbiota from cystic fibrosis patients
Sánchez-Carrillo C. - Rapid determination of the antifungal susceptibility of Candida isolates using direct samples of blood from patients with fungaemia: the role of the Etest
Sanchez-Cespedes J. - Presence of the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase Oxa-58 in an Acinetobacter phenon 6/ct13TU clinical isolate
  - First description of a plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinant qnrS2 in an Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria clinical isolate
Sánchez-Céspedes J. - Pre-clinical studies of a new quinolone (UB-8902) against Acinetobacter baumannii resistant to ciprofloxacin
Sánchez-Céspedez J. - Intracellular penetration and activity of the new fluoroquinolone UB-8902 in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes
Sanchez-Herrero C. - Importance of molecular detection for diagnosis and monitoring mumps-virus infection
Sánchez-Rubio J. - Evolution of glycopeptide MICs in MRSA and MSSA isolates in a Spanish hospital between 2002 and 2006
Sanchez-Sousa A. - Candidaemia in a tertiary hospital: analysis of trends and mortality
  - Aspergillus galactomannan antigen in liver transplant recipients: a high false-positive rate in serum samples obtained during the first week post-transplantation
Sancho L. - Identification of the transmission vectors of Staphylococcus aureus circulating in a neonatal intensive care unit
Sand C. - Caspofungin Etest endpoint for Aspergillus shows poor essential agreement with the reference minimum effective concentration
Sandberg A. - Intra- and extracellular activity of dicloxacillin and linezolid against small colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus in vivo
Sanden A.K. - Change from oral antidiabetic therapy to insulin and risk of urinary tract infections in type 2 diabetic patients: a population-based prescription study
Sander G. - Microbiological evaluation of a new growth-based approach designated for rapid detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from specimens
Sander P. - Evaluation of the RIDA®QUICK Verotoxin/O157 for the detection of Shiga toxin and Escherichia coli O157 in stool enrichment cultures
Sanderson F. - The Going Home project: implementing a frontline pharmacist-led team approach towards appropriate IV to oral antibiotic switch for patients with antibiotic resistant infections and subsequent discharge to outpatient management
Sandoe J. - A prospective survey of intravascular-catheter related infection in patients being treated for infective endocarditis
Sandri M. - Impact of a new perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis policy on the antimicrobial resistance: experience in a comprehensive cancer centre
Sandström G. - Ability of Acanthamoeba polyphaga to host cholera toxin producing Vibrio cholerae O1 classical strains
Sandstrom G. - Prevalence of Entamoebae infection in Sudan
Sandström G. - Vibrio cholerae O139 requires neither capsule nor lipopolysaccharide O side chain to grow inside Acanthamoeba castellanii
Sandven P. - 3rd Nordic distribution of external quality assessment samples in medical mycology: do we still need to improve?
Sanfeliu I. - Rapid identification of pneumococci and enterococci in blood culture bottles using Latex Agglutination
  - In vitro susceptibility of group B Streptococcus strains isolated from genital tract of pregnant women
  - Evolution of the incidence of early-onset and late-onset group B Streptococcal disease before and after prevention policies – Barcelona 1994–2007
Sanglard D. - Comparison between Isavuconazole and other azoles against characterised clinical isolates and yeast model systems
Sanguinetti M. - The use of caspofungin in neutropenic patients with haematological malignancies and concomitant candidaemia
Sanli-Yurudu N.O. - Efficacy of a mixture of colloidal silver-hydrogen peroxide and 2-bromo-2-nitropropan, 1,3-diol compounds against different Legionella pneumophila strains
Sanllorente M. - Paediatric Chagas' disease in a non-endemic area
Santi S. - Management of bacteraemia due to carbapenem resistant non-carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
Santiago K. - Frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from Latin America: a report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997–2006)
Santiago I. - Incidence of candidaemia: 5-year results from emerging infections in patients from the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital
  - Risk factors associated to mortality in intensive care unit patients with candidaemia
Santín M. - Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected patients: an interferon-gamma assay versus tuberculin skin test
  - Pulmonary aspergillosis following Mycobacterium kansasii lung disease
  - Comparison of an interferon-gamma assay with tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection prior to anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy
  - Routine use of molecular methods for identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria species in the clinical laboratory
Santone T. - Novel methods for the diagnosis of HPV infection
Santoro F. - Conjugative transposon Tn5253 of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Santos J. - Serotype distribution of Haemophilus influenzae isolates from post-vaccinated Mexican children: comparison between antisera and PCR-based typing methods
  - Leptospirosis: overview of the 2004–2007 cases in a Portuguese population
Santos J.I. - Metallo-b-lactamases type IMP associated with loss expression of OprD porins in nosocomial isolates of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  - Cross-transmission of a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clone produced endemic nosocomial bacteraemia and one outbreak in a Mexican Hospital
Santos M.D. - www.ccrbtyping.net – a web-based typing tool for staphylococci
Santos P. - Different response to anti-HCV treatment may be related to immunological gene expression profile in chronically HCV-infected patients
Santos-Sanches I. - Comparison of macrolide-resistant and macrolide-susceptible populations of group A streptococci from asymptomatic oropharyngeal colonisation in Portugal
  - A 1-year longitudinal study on the colonisation of five upper respiratory tract pathogens within a daycare centre
  - Molecular epidemiology and macrolide resistance traits of Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus uberis from bovine mastitis
Sanyal B. - Identification of the pre-mRNA splicing protein U2AF35 in the opportunistic fungus Pneumocystis carinii
Sanz E. - Parasitaemia with Plasmodium falciparum in a patient after cardiac surgery and blood transfusion in a non-endemic country
Sanz F. - Incidence and risk factors of recurrent bacteraemia due to Escherichia coli
Sanz J.C. - Importance of molecular detection for diagnosis and monitoring mumps-virus infection
Sanz R. - Chagas' disease in Latin American immigrants in Valencia, Spain
Sanz J.C. - Phylogenetic analysis of a rubella outbreak in Madrid, Spain in 2004/2005
Sanz F. - Heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus is associated to recurrent bacteraemia with the same strain
Sanz S. - Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Shigella spp. and Salmonella spp. isolated from children <5 years of age with diarrhoea in southern Mozambique
Sanz M. - Cost-effectiveness of posaconazole versus standard azole treatment (fluconazole or itraconazole) in the prevention of invasive fungal infections among high-risk neutropenic patients in Spain
Sanz M.A. - Cost-effectiveness of posaconazole vs. fluconazole in the prevention of invasive fungal infections among patients with graft-versus-host disease in Spain
Sanz F. - Clonal spread of linezolid and teicoplanin-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus in intensive care unit patients in a tertiary hospital
Sarabia A. - Use of quality indicators by clinical bacteriology laboratories in Ontario, Canada – External quality assessment survey by Quality Management Program–Laboratory Services
Saran B. - 25S intron-restriction endonuclease genotyping of Candida albicans isolates
Sardiniari S. - In vitro activity of daptomycin against various VanA VRE species derived from clinical specimens
Sargentini V. - Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD4 and CD8 IFN-gamma and/or IL-2 secreting cells by a novel method contributes to defining the different stages of tuberculosis
Sari T. - Prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis due to Salmonella paratyphi B
Saridakis V. - Does the use of probiotics/synbiotics in patients undergoing abdominal surgery prevent postoperative infections? A systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Saridze E. - Indigenous amebiasis in hypoendemic area: myth or reality?
Sariego Frometa S. - Hepatitis E in Cuba: the case report of an infected pregnant woman
Sarmiento I. - Activity of oritavancin against Staphylococcus aureus isolates that show heterogeneous resistance to vancomycin
  - A new approach towards the prevention and treatment of osteomyelitis: synthesis and in vitro studies of bisphosphonated rifamycin prodrugs
Sarmiento L. - Myocarditis outbreak with fatal cases associated to Adenovirus subgenera C among children, Havana City, 2005
Sarti M. - Antimicrobial resistance and co-resistance in Escherichia coli isolates from blood cultures. Data from the Regional Surveillance System of Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Sarvikivi E. - Maternal and neonatal bloodstream infections: data from the Finnish Hospital Infection Program, 1999–2006
Sasaki M. - Acid tolerance of Streptococcus anginosus
Sasaki A.A. - Molecular karyotype of Sporothrix schenckii: analysis of chromosomal polymorphism among different isolates
Sasse J. - Comparison of antifungal therapy in intensive care unit and oncological patients
Satitthummanid S. - Incidence and predictors of nevirapine-associated rash in experienced HIV patients who switched from other antiretroviral regimens to nevirapine-based regimen
Sato J. - Enterotoxic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: prevention and control
Sattari M. - Inhibitory effect of hyperimmune LPS antiserum in attachment of E. coli O157:H7 to HEP-2 cell and murine model
Saubolle M. - Comparison between rep-PCR-based DNA fingerprint and sequence analyses of clinically relevant Nocardia species
Sauca G. - Incidence of central venous catheter-related infection in a community hospital
Saude N. - Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and leptospirosis in Champagne-Ardenne: comparison of clinical, biological and epidemiological pictures
Sauerbrei A. - Analysis of VZV and HSV in different matrices by the use of affigene kits
Sauermann R. - Efficacy of antibiotics in cerebrospinal fluid
Saukkoriipi A. - Biofilm formation of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from nasopharynx and middle-ear effusion
Saumoy M. - Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected patients: an interferon-gamma assay versus tuberculin skin test
Saungweme D. - A water filtration method using river sand and activated carbons for the removal of intestinal protozoan parasites in contaminated drinking water at a point-of-use treatment
Sauvanet E. - Intrapartum screening of group B Streptococcus using GeneXpert real-time PCR versus late antenatal screening by culture
Sava I. - Deletion of a glycosyltransferase in Enterococcus faecalis leads to abolishment of glycolipid synthesis and increased susceptibility to opsonophagocytic killing
Savelkoul P.H.M. - Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism as a diagnostic tool in gastrointestinal disease: a preliminary study
  - First detection of transferable metallo-b-lactamases in the Netherlands
Savelkoul P. - Diversilab typing for management of Enterobacter cloacae outbreaks at a neonatal ICU
  - Rapid screening of the human microbiome by bacterial profiling
Savelkoul P.H.M. - A practical aid for detection of extended-spectrum b-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae
  - Extended-spectrum b-lactamases screening agar with AmpC inhibition
Saviane D. - Spread of CTX-M extended-spectrum b-lactamases among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Italian long-term care facilities: results of the first nationwide prevalence study
Savino O. - Materno-foetal toxoplasmosis: staging of infection and newborn follow-up
Savoia D. - Regional trends in telithromycin and azithromycin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates
Savón C. - Myocarditis outbreak with fatal cases associated to Adenovirus subgenera C among children, Havana City, 2005
Savov E. - OXA-23 and OXA-58 b-lactamase producing Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Bulgarian hospitals
Sawicka-Grzelak A. - Biofilm production by clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from patients hospitalised in two tertiary care hospitals
Sax H. - Engaging more than 300 healthcare facilities from Europe to participate in the testing of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy
  - Temporal effects of antibiotic use and hand-rub consumption on incidence of MRSA and Clostridium difficile
Saxen H. - Activity of echinocandins against Candida albicans strains with decreased susceptibility to fluconazole isolated from APECED patients
Saxer F. - Benefit of a single preoperative dose of antibiotics in a Sub-Saharan district hospital: minimal input, massive impact
Saxton K. - Comparison of oritavancin versus vancomycin as treatment for clindamycin-induced C. difficile ribotype 027 infection in a human gut model
Sayadi S. - Genetic characterisation of vancomycin resistant isolates of Enterococcus faecium isolated from patients in Tehran
Sayiner H. - Investigation of vancomycin-resistant enterococci faecal carriage in intensive care units of a Turkish teaching hospital in a two-year period
Scaggiante R. - CXCR4-using HIV-1 in antiretroviral-naive patients with primary or chronic infection
Scaglione F. - Identification of mutations in HERG and KCNE2 genes associated with arrhythmia in patients treated with macrolides
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Scagnolari C. - Bocavirus in hospitalised children in Italy
Scalas D. - Regional trends in telithromycin and azithromycin resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates
Scangarella N. - Molecular characterisation of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal isolates from patients with uncomplicated skin infections
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Scangarella N.E. - Molecular characterisation of meticillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from global clinical trials
Scelza G. - Molecular characterisation of community- and hospital-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Schaer D.J. - Eleven-year postmortem analysis of filamentous fungal infections in intensive care unit patients in a tertiary care hospital
Schaffer K. - Hypoxia induces antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Schaible B. - Hypoxia induces antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Schaufele R. - Analysis of pharmacodynamic interactions between antifungal drugs against Aspergillus fumigatus using the fractional inhibitory concentration index
Schaumann R. - Differentiation of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens by MALDI-TOF-MS
Scheers I. - Cerebrospinal fluid compartmental pharmacokinetics of amikacin in neonates
  - Contributors to between-individual variability of amikacin clearance in neonates
Scheiblauer H. - Sensitivity and mutant recognition of the DiaSorin liaison HBsAg assay
Scheutz F. - Evaluation of a modified octaplex PCR assay for the detection of major diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli
Schieren G. - Predominantly clonal transmission of CTX-M-1 harbouring K. pneumoniae in two wards
Schilling A.N. - In vivo selection of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa following sub-optimal dosing
Schimmer B. - Outbreak investigation of a Q fever outbreak in a rural setting in the Netherlands
Schirm S. - Tifacogin, a recombinant tissue factor pathway inhibitor eliminates serum-resistant Escherichia coli from blood cultures
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Schizas V. - Risk factors and surgical site infection in a tertiary care hospital in Greece
Schlamm H. - An evaluation of hospital length of stay in intensive care patients with invasive candidiasis treated with anidulafungin versus fluconazole
Schlegel M. - Sentinel Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance in Switzerland (SEARCH)
Schlüter A. - Erythromycin resistance plasmids isolated from the bacterial community of a municipal wastewater treatment plant encode an interesting spectrum of macrolide resistance determinants
Schmid R. - Rapid extended-spectrum b-lactamases detection using DNA chips
Schmid F.X. - Population pharmacokinetic analysis of moxifloxacin in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
  - Penetration of moxifloxacin into the tissue of heart and aortic root of patients
Schmid D. - Clinical-epidemiological characterisation of Clostridium difficile – ribotype 053
  - Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by Staphylococcal enterotoxins affecting an Austrian school centre
Schmidt H. - The Toll-like receptor 2 agonist Pam3CSK4 induces microglia-mediated neuronal cell death in vitro
Schmidt J. - Natural polymorphisms associated with integrase inhibitor drug resistance in Estonian HIV-1 CRF06cpx strains
Schmidt K. - TREM-1 improves the inflammatory response and outcome to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection by reducing levels of negative regulators in the lung
Schmit J. - Outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in Luxembourg
Schmitt-Hoffmann A. - In vivo effectiveness and dose response of BAL30376 in murine peritonitis sepsis model caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa or by extended-spectrum b-lactamase producing Escherichia coli
Schmitz I. - First description of Staphylococcus lugdunensis internalisation into epithelial cells
Schmoldt S. - Molecular evidence of a nosocomial Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission among 16 patients after kidney transplantation
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Schmoor C. - Analysis of risk factors for central venous catheter insertion site and catheter tip colonisation and for CVC-associated bloodstream infection in a randomised clinical trial
Schneeberger P. - The culture and antifungal sensitivity testing of pathogenic fungi on a highly porous ceramic
Schneeberger P.M. - Outbreak investigation of a Q fever outbreak in a rural setting in the Netherlands
Schneemann M. - Eleven-year postmortem analysis of filamentous fungal infections in intensive care unit patients in a tertiary care hospital
Schneider F. - Microbiological surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections in Luxembourg, 2006–2007
  - Outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in Luxembourg
Schneider T. - Uncommon nosocomial transmission of TBC in an outpatient clinic in 2005: possible route of pathogen
Schneiders T. - Prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants QnrA, QnrB, and QnrS among clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Scotland
Schnitzler N. - Influence of linezolid on phagocytosis and killing of Gram-negative bacteria by polymorphonuclear neutrophils
Schoedon G. - Eleven-year postmortem analysis of filamentous fungal infections in intensive care unit patients in a tertiary care hospital
Schoeman O. - Economic analysis of micafungin versus liposomal amphotericin B for treatment of candidaemia and invasive candidiasis in the UK
Schoevaerdts D. - Determination of a simple clinical score for screening of elderly patients at risk for MRSA carriage upon hospital admission in acute geriatric wards
Schofield A. - Caspofungin Etest endpoint for Aspergillus shows poor essential agreement with the reference minimum effective concentration
Scholl-Bürgi S. - Tolerability of N-chlorotaurine, a new endogenous antiseptic, in the bronchopulmonary system
Schölmerich J. - Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia – An AIDS defining illness?
Scholtes M.J. - Epidemiological surveillance of MRSA using Raman spectroscopy
Schønheyder H.C. - Diabetes, glycaemic control and risk of hospitalisation with pneumonia: a population-based case-control study
  - Change from oral antidiabetic therapy to insulin and risk of urinary tract infections in type 2 diabetic patients: a population-based prescription study
  - Severity of non-typhoid salmonellosis as a predictor of 0–30 and 31–365 day mortality
  - Co-infection with zoonotic Campylobacter and Salmonella
  - Clonality of Enterococcus faecalis isolates from infective endocarditis patients at a Danish hospital
  - Chicken model of Enterococcus faecalis native-valve endocarditis
  - Meterological effects on the incidence of pneumococcal bacteraemia in Denmark
Schønning K. - Evaluation of a modified octaplex PCR assay for the detection of major diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli
Schouenborg P. - 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
Schrenzel J. - Temporal effects of antibiotic use and hand-rub consumption on incidence of MRSA and Clostridium difficile
Schrijvers D. - Induction of apoptosis by the triterpene saponin PX-6518 in promastigotes and amastigotes of Leishmania infantum
Schroeder A. - Performance of the APTIMA HPV assay as compared to Hybrid Capture-II on cytologically and histologically defined specimens
Schroeppel K. - Rapid extended-spectrum b-lactamases detection using DNA chips
Schroeter A. - Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates from animal origin encoding blaCTX-M1 and harbouring a non-common integron profile related to a Salmonella Genomic Island 1 variant
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Schroll A. - Interferon-gamma limits the availability of iron for intramacrophage Salmonella typhimurium
Schubert S. - Do blood cultures from E. coli overestimate the rate of antimicrobial resistance?
  - Novel multiple epitopes containing vaccine against extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli
  - Novel MALDI-TOF MS based differentiation of bacteria from clinical samples: alternative to biochemical test systems ?
Schuermans A. - Needleless positive-pressure mechanical valve connectors: are they safe?
Schuermans A.M.R.F.R. - Prediction of pre-operative nasal carriage of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an outpatient evaluation clinic by using a simple questionnaire
Schuermans A. - Is the emergency department the place to be for optimum Clostridium difficile-associated disease control?
Schuhegger R. - Molecular evidence of a nosocomial Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission among 16 patients after kidney transplantation
Schuitema A. - In vitro selected mutants of M. tuberculosis do not reflect the in vivo mechanism of isoniazid resistance
Schuler U. - Pharmaco-economic analyis of posaconazole versus standard azole prophylaxis in high-risk neutropenic AML/MDS patients in Germany
Schulte G. - Evaluation of the AcroMetrix® OptiChallenge Inhibition Panel in different QIAGEN® sample preparation protocols automated on the QIAcube
Schulte-Spechtel U. - Evaluation of a CLIA test for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi specific IgM-antibody production in cerebrospinal fluid
Schultess J. - Evaluation of qualitative agreement and quantitative correlation between the new ARCHITECT Toxo IgG assay and 4 commercially available Toxo IgG assays
Schumacher M. - How to analyse and interpret infectious disease data: statistical insights into the epidemic nature
Schumacher H. - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci: validation of susceptibility testing and in vitro activity of novel antibiotics
Schuren F.H. - Tn916-like element EfaB5 genes are highly conserved in invasive Enterococcus faecalis and CC17 Enterococcus faecium
Schuster R. - Detection of the causative pathogen in infective endocarditis by means of the LightCycler SeptiFAST® test
Schuster S. - Mutagenesis of putative substrate binding residues in the Escherichia coli RND type multidrug efflux pump AcrB
Schuurman T. - Development and validation of an automated 16S rDNA assay for the detection of bacterial DNA in clinical samples
  - Rapid and efficient detection of viral gastroenteritis by an automated multiplex real-time PCR approach
  - A new approach in the diagnosis of intestinal parasites
  - 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
Schwab F. - Costs of nosocomial Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea
  - Multidrug-resistant bacteria in German intensive care units, 2001–2007
  - E. faecalis and P. aeruginosa are useful epidemiological markers for the analysis of transmission events on intensive care units
  - Restriction of cephalosporins do not alter the burden of cephalosporin resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in a surgical ICU
  - Impact of routine surgical and intensive care units admission surveillance cultures on hospital-wide nosocomial MRSA infections in a university hospital
Schwameis R. - Efficacy of antibiotics in cerebrospinal fluid
Schwarzkopf G. - Restriction of cephalosporins do not alter the burden of cephalosporin resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in a surgical ICU
Schweickert B. - Pyrimethamine/sulfadiazine and atovaquone impact maturation of antibodies and avidity against Toxoplasma gondii in a murine model of acute infection
Schwesinger G. - Influence of anidulafungin on different Candida species in a continuous flow culture system
Sciarra F. - Use of a molecular panel in acute viral respiratory infections
Scicluna E. - CARE-ICU – Controlling Antibiotic REsistance in Intensive Care Units – First report from a web-based programme for improved infection control in European ICUs
Scotton P.G. - CXCR4-using HIV-1 in antiretroviral-naive patients with primary or chronic infection
Scragg S. - Evaluation of four nucleic acid amplification tests for Chlamydia trachomatis in urine specimens
Scuteri D. - Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Italian cystic fibrosis patients
  - P. aeruginosa with hypermutable phenotype in cystic fibrosis patients
Seah C. - Interactions between serotype and mutations in quinolone-resistance determining regions of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Sebastian S. - Molecular characterisation of meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates in a Dutch university hospital between 1999 and 2006
Sebastiani A. - Molecular evidence of Chlamydia trachomatis in a female patient with ocular lymphoma and chronic hepatitis B
Sedgwick J. - Healthcare-associated infection in acute hospitals: what makes a difference? Exploration of national English data
Sedlacek I. - Identification of staphylococci by using commercial kits STAPHYtest 24 and API Staph
Seeberger P.H. - Synthetic Plasmodium falciparum GPI: TLR recognition and structural requirements
Seersholm N. - A comparison between QuantiFERON and tuberculin skin test during screening for tuberculosis infection in a contact investigation among students
Segal H. - Investigation of role of IS elements in conversion to hypermutability and emergence of drug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from CF patients in Cape Town, South Africa
  - Evaluation of rapid genotypic assays for the detection of MDR-TB strains from a Cape Town hospital
Segantini R. - Management of bacteraemia due to carbapenem resistant non-carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
Segarra P. - Chagas' disease in Latin American immigrants in Valencia, Spain
Segarra Perez P. - Seroprevalence of Chagas' disease in a general university hosiptal in Valencia, Spain
Segovia Y. - Tuberculin response in indigenous Warao children in Venezuela; BCG vaccination doesn't affect the positive rates
Segovia M. - Evaluation of three immunochromatographic assays for detection of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen in urine
Segura C. - VIM-1 and CTX-M-9 in E. cloacae, K. pneumoniae and K. oxytoca clinical strains
Segura J.C. - Quantification of Brucella melitensis DNA in patients with brucellosis
Segura C. - Emergence of Enterobacteriaceae producing VIM-1 metallo-b-lactamases in a tertiary hospital in Spain: clinical and epidemiological characteristics
Segura J.C. - Brucella melitensis DNA persistence in patients with chronic brucellosis
Segura F. - Neurolisteriosis. Review of 22 cases
Segura C. - A retrospective study of the isolates of Nocardia spp. from 1997 to 2006
Segura F. - Listeria monocytogenes bacteraemia. Review of 19 cases
Seibel N. - Prospective, multicentre study of caspofungin for treatment of documented fungal infections in paediatric patients
Seidel T. - Optimal diagnostic approach in a Q fever outbreak situation
Seier-Petersen M. - Prevention of false-positive reactions in whooping cough ELISA
Seifert H. - Characterisation of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying different OXA-type carbapenemases from two hospital outbreaks in Berlin, Germany
  - Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections Cohort (INSTINCT)
  - Comparative in vitro activities of tigecycline and 11 other antimicrobial agents against 217 epidemiologically defined Acinetobacter bloodstream isolates
  - OXA-23 and OXA-58 b-lactamase producing Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Bulgarian hospitals
  - Clonal spread of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii possessing blaOXA-23 in a Bulgarian hospital
  - Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying the carbapenemase OXA-23 in a German university medical centre
Sein T. - Analysis of pharmacodynamic interactions between antifungal drugs against Aspergillus fumigatus using the fractional inhibitory concentration index
Sekine S. - Evaluation of a new immunochromatography test for the detection of Norovirus
Selek Aysul N. - A survey of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in tick populations and wild-life animals in Turkey
Selenic K. - Crucial role of IFN-gamma receptor in murine Legionella longbeachae infection
Selleri M. - Use of a molecular panel in acute viral respiratory infections
Seman M. - Analysis of factors of virulence and LPSs from Vibrio cholerae serotypes isolated from Slovak rivers
Seme K. - Under-reporting of occupational blood and infectious fluid exposure in a teaching hospital
Semianów-Wejchert J. - 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
Sener B. - Detection of plasmid mediated AmpC b-lactamase in clinical isolates by three different methods
  - Photodynamic therapy against resistant bacteria from cystic fibrosis patients
Seng Duong L. - Previous exposure to prophylactic co-trimoxazole and resistance in bacteria from HIV-positive children: absence of resistance selection pressure of co-trimoxazole
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Sengul A. - Evaluation of serum TNF-alpha, IL-10, leptin, CRP levels as prognostic markers in patients with sepsis and septic shock
Senn L. - Clinical utility of Septifast PCR in neutropenic cancer patients with persistent fever despite antibacterial therapy
  - Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum b-lactamase: duration of carriage and implication for surveillance
  - SeptiFast PCR combined with blood cultures for the microbiological documentation of fever in neutropenic cancer patients
  - Investigation of an outbreak of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteraemia in an haemato-oncology unit: unexpected genetic diversity of isolates
  - Investigation of epidemiological links between patients harbouring identical, non-predominant MRSA genotypes as defined by double-locus sequence typing
Senneville E. - Comparison of vancomycin and teicoplanin trough serum levels in patients treated for orthopaedic device infections
  - Tolerability of prolonged linezolid-rifampicin combination in bone joint infection: a retrospective study
Senok A. - Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus in Bahrain: evidence of MRS transmission and co-carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci
  - Trends in antibiotic susceptibility profile and assessment of tet(O)-mediated tetracycline resistance in Campylobacter jejuni isolates from human and poultry sources
Sens Y.A.S. - Influenza virus vaccination in kidney transplant patients: serum antibody response to different immunosuppressive drugs
Sentandreu V. - Recombination analyses in intrapatient populations of hepatitis C virus
Seo Y.B. - The effect of 3rd generation cephalosporin use restriction on antimicrobial resistance and clinical outcomes among intensive care unit patients
Seo J.H. - Effect of intensive education on compliance of tuberculosis patients in low socio-economic status in Bangladesh
Seo Y.B. - Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: prospective surveillance of prevalence and clinico-epidemiologic feature among patients with otorrhoea in primary Korean otolaryngology clinic
Seo Y.S. - Serotyping and antimicrobial resistance of group B Streptococcus in Korea
Seol S.Y. - Prevalence of the blaIMP-1 gene in epidemiologically unrelated Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Korea
Sepp E. - An outbreak of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (spa type t008) in the paediatric intensive care unit of a university hospital, Tartu
  - The association between mucosal colonisation with opportunistic pathogens and bloodstream infections in the two neonatal intensive care units in Estonia
  - Antibiotic susceptibility pattern and tetracycline resistance of Lactobacillus strains of different origin
  - Persistence of Escherichia coli clones and resistance genes in recurrent urinary tract infections in children
Seppänen J. - Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in horses and horse personnel at the Finnish veterinary teaching hospital, 2006–2007
Seppänen L. - C-reactive protein in predicting the need for reoperation in odontogenic maxillofacial infections requiring hospital care
Seraceni S. - Molecular evidence of Chlamydia trachomatis in a female patient with ocular lymphoma and chronic hepatitis B
Seral C. - Presence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the stools of outpatients with intra-abdominal infections requiring surgery
  - Molecular characterisation of quinolone-resistance in erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae clinical isolates
  - Analysis of structural alterations in the regulatory region of the erm(TR) gene of Streptococcus agalactiae with constitutively expressed MLSB resistance
  - Salmonella enterica producing extended-spectrum b-lactamases in Zaragoza, Spain, 2001 to 2005
Serban R. - Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive, t008 spa-type meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Romanian western county hospital
Seremet M. - Usefulness of immunocytochemical p16ink4a expression in routine screening of a tested female population
  - Correlation of antibodies to antigens of Epstain-Barr virus with systemic lupus
Sereti S. - Registration of frequency of isolated Candida strains in immunocompromised and cancer patients and determination of their tolerance in the usual antimycotic treatment
Sergi C. - Tolerability of N-chlorotaurine, a new endogenous antiseptic, in the bronchopulmonary system
Sergounioti A. - Rothia dentocariosa bacteraemia in cardiosurgery patients in a children's hospital: report of two cases
Sergouniotis P. - Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among diabetic and non-diabetic volunteers
Sergouniotis F. - Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among diabetic and non-diabetic volunteers
Serin Senger S. - Bloodstream infections after solid-organ transplantation
  - Comparison of the risk factors for Candida albicans versus other Candida spp. bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients
  - Molecular types of extended-spectrum b-lactamases in Escherichia coli strains isolated from community-acquired urinary tract infections in Turkey
Serrano I. - Pili distribution among Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with invasive disease in Portugal
Serrano N. - Association of Helicobacter pylori and chronic idiopathic urticaria
Serrano C. - Usefulness of urinary Streptococcus pneumoniae test for early aetiologic diagnostic of community-acquired pneumonia admitted to a regional hospital (ATHENAS Study)
Serrano N. - Antibiotic susceptibility in Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from symptomatic Venezuelan patients
Serra-Prat M. - Inhaled corticosteroids increase the risk of pneumonia? A further step in a population-based study
Serra-Vich J. - Risk factors and prognosis of external ventricular drainage-related infection
Serrera A. - Intra-catheter leukocyte stain and culture as a diagnostic tool in an experimental animal model of port-related bloodstream infection
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  - Is venous access port inner surface colonisation related with port obstruction?
Sert M. - Piperacillin/tazobactam versus imipenem/cilastatin for severe diabetic foot infections: a prospective, randomised clinical trial in a university hospital
Sertoz O. - Comparison of quality of life in inactive hepatitis B virus carriers versus chronic hepatitis B patients versus normal Turkish population
Sertznig M. - Microbiological surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections in Luxembourg, 2006–2007
Servettaz A. - Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and leptospirosis in Champagne-Ardenne: comparison of clinical, biological and epidemiological pictures
Sesli Cetin E. - In vitro effect of fusidic acid on staphylococcus strains with macrolide-lincosamid-streptogramin B resistance
Sessa R. - Pulmonary multiple colonisation of distinct genotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a patient admitted to an intensive care cardiology unit: use of a combined fingerprinting approach by rep-PCR and f-AFLP
Setareh S. - Detection and genotyping of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains contain multiple blaOXA-like genes in two burn hospitals, Tehran, Iran
Setchanova L. - Antimicrobial susceptibility and macrolide-resistance mechanisms among clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Bulgaria, 2006–2007
Sevander J. - Biofilm formation of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from nasopharynx and middle-ear effusion
Sevic S. - Clinical features of spondylodiscitis: a four-year survey
Sevillano D. - Bactericidal activity of simulated serum concentrations of daptomycin vs. vancomycin against vancomycin-susceptible and resistant Enterococcus faecium: a pharmacodynamic model
  - Effects of b-lactams on mixed cultures of common respiratory isolates as an approach to treatment effects on nasopharyngeal carriage
  - Cidal activity of oral third generation cephalosporins against Streptococcus pneumoniae in relation to cefotaxime intrinsic activity
Sevillano E. - Molecular investigation of sequential isolates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clones producing the OXA-40 carbapenemase
Sezak N. - Comparison of Two Acid-Fast Microscopy Methods for the Detection of Acid-Fast Bacilli in Sputum Specimen
Shabir S. - Outbreak of CTX-M extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a large general hospital Trust in the UK
Shah H. - MALDI-TOF MS as a universal tool for the characterisation of pathogenic bacteria – A comparative analysis of MALDI-TOF MS spectral fingerprints over a six-year period
Shahbazi F. - Identification of Leishmania species isolated from human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Gonbad-e Qabus using a PCR method
Shahbazi A. - Polymorphism of merozoite surface protein-3a gene of Plasmodium vivax in isolates in Iran
Shahrooei M. - The possible role of the LPXTG protein SesC in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation
Shahum A. - Reversibility of antimicrobial resistance in respiratory isolates in HIV-positive Cambodian children after 42 months of HAART
Shaikh F. - The Acinetobacter baumannii ATPase gene in diverse strains is frequently occupied by integrated genomic islands
Shaked H. - Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) for distinguishing bacterial (Empyema) from non-bacterial pleural effusion
Shamoon H.E. - Molecular epidemiology and disease severity of respiratory syncytial virus in relation to other potential pathogens in children hospitalised with acute respiratory infection in Jordan
Shamsuddin F. - Serotype distributions and molecular characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates in Malaysia
Shang W. - Genetic relatedness among European meticillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from ceftobiprole clinical trials
  - Genotyping of Gram-negative uropathogens isolated pre and post-treatment from subjects in a doripenem clinical trial for complicated urinary tract infections
  - Hydrolysis parameters for doripenem, meropenem and imipenem tested with b-lactamases of molecular classes A to D
Shangyou Y. - Molecular epidemiology of plasmid-mediated AmpC b-lactamase and extended-spectrum-b-lactamase from clinical isolates of children in Wuhan area, China
Sharaf E. - Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus in Bahrain: evidence of MRS transmission and co-carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Sharif M. - Evaluation of anti-leishmanial efficacy by in vivo administration of herbal extract Artemisia auckery on Leishmania major in Balb/c mice
Sharif O. - TREM-1 improves the inflammatory response and outcome to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection by reducing levels of negative regulators in the lung
Sharifat Salmani A. - 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
  - The evaluation of three pro-inflammatory cytokines
  - Immunological evaluation of vi-vapsular polysaccharide of Salmonella typhi vaccine by serum bactericidal assay
Sharifi Z. - TSA gene of Leishmania major cloned in eukaryotic expression vector could stimulated immune system in mice
Sharifi M. - Antimycobacterial activity of two Berberis species used as traditional medicine in Iran
Sharifi Mood B. - The efficacy of oral ribavirin in children with Crimean-Congo haemorrahgic fever in Iran
Sharifi-Mood B. - Isolated renal hydatid cyst in a child: case report and review on renal hydatidosis
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Sharma R. - First patient-centred, multidisciplinary clinical audit in hospital/community, study of risk factors, clinical outcomes and patient perspectives of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea
Sharma M. - Absence of MRSA in clinical mastitis samples recovered from dairy cattle across England and Wales
Sharma P. - Comparison of two disc diffusion methods with minimum inhibitory concentration for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates
Sharp A. - Efficacy of isavuconazole, voriconazole and fluconazole in neutropenic murine models of disseminated Candida tropicalis and Candida krusei
  - Correlation of in vitro MIC and MFC against isavuconazole, voriconazole and amphotericin B of Aspergillus with in vivo outcome in mice with disseminated aspergillosis
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Sharvadze L. - Efficacy and safety of filgrastim in HIV/AIDS patients with bacterial infections
Shawar R. - Molecular characterisation of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal isolates from patients with uncomplicated skin infections
Shawar R.M. - Molecular characterisation of meticillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from global clinical trials
Shawar R. - Comparative antibacterial activity of retapamulin, cephalothin, gentamicin and erythromycin against Staphylococcus aureus, including molecularly characterised isolates of MRSA recovered from uncomplicated skin infections
Shea K. - Safety of liposomal amphotericin as a once-weekly antifungal prophylactic regimen in very low birth-weight premature infants
Shehi E. - Development of two combined real-time quantitative OCEANII PCR assays to detect Toxoplasma gondii in amniotic fluids and sera
Sheils O. - Oncogenic HPV subtypes in HIV-positive women
Shemko M. - Audit of laboratory diagnostic methods for syphilis in England and Wales
Shen X.Z. - Constraction of polyvalent anti-streptococcal vaccines and analysis of their polyvalent features
Shen E. - Molecular epidemiology of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in fourteen cities in China from 2005 to 2006
Shenagari M. - Construction of a recombinant bacmid containing papillomavirus type16-L1 gene
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Shevchenko O. - Assessment of carbapenem resistance and presence of acquired carbapenemases in Russian nosocomial isolates of Acinetobacter spp.
Shibukawa M. - Cerebrospinal fluid penetration and pharmacodynamic exposure of meropenem prophylactically administered to neurosurgical patients
Shim K.N. - The gastric involvement of Orientia tsutsugamushi in patients with scrub typhus
Shimada J. - Molecular identification and clonal dissemination of Haemophilus haemolyticus in acute pharyngotonsillitis
Shimoyama Y. - Acid tolerance of Streptococcus anginosus
Shin J.H. - Multilocus sequence typing for Candida albicans strains from patients with candidaemia
Shin M. - Multilocus sequence typing for Candida albicans strains from patients with candidaemia
Shin B-M. - Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Clostridium difficile in a tertiary hospital in Korea from 2004 to 2005
Shin W. - Caspofungin use in daily clinical practice for treatment of invasive aspergillosis: results of a prospective observational registry
Shin J.H. - CgCDR1, CgCDR2, and CgERG11 gene expression in Candida glabrata biofilms formed by bloodstream isolates
Shin M. - CgCDR1, CgCDR2, and CgERG11 gene expression in Candida glabrata biofilms formed by bloodstream isolates
Shin D.H. - Changing molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in Korea over a ten-year period
Shin J-H. - Serotyping and antimicrobial resistance of group B Streptococcus in Korea
Shin J.H. - High rates of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance QnrB variants among ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from urinary tract infections in Korea
Shishkova N.A. - Variability of Inc group of conjugative plasmids and CTX-M gene environments in Enterobacteriaceae nosocomial strains isolated from Russia
Shitrit D. - Pulmonary Mycobacterium simiae infection. Comparison with pulmonary tuberculosis
Shivaprakash M. - Caspofungin as first-line therapy of invasive aspergillosis in haematological patients: impact of baseline characteristics on response rate at end of treatment and survival
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Shkibzade A. - Seroepidemilogical study of HTLV and its clinical impacts in thalassaemia, haemophilia and haemodialysis patients in Hormozgan
Shmelev E. - Long-term course of clarithromycin for the treatment of stage II COPD patients with frequent exacerbations
Shokohi S. - 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
Shokoples S. - Pyrosequencing for Plasmodium falciparum resistance in returning travellers, refugees and immigrants to Alberta, Canada
Shokouhi S. - The incidence of SIADH in acute meningitis patients admitted to a hospital in Tehran, Iran, during a 2-year period
Shokrzadeh L. - CagA and other key genes in the cag pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori isolated from dyspepsia patients
Shorr A. - An evaluation of hospital length of stay in intensive care patients with invasive candidiasis treated with anidulafungin versus fluconazole
Short G. - Results of a phase III trial comparing tolevamer, vancomycin and metronidazole in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea
Short B. - Determining evolutionary lineages of Staphylococcus aureus using variable number tandem repeats
Shortt J. - Streptococcus pneumoniae septicaemia associated with red cell transfusion
Shoukair A. - Healthcare workers' exposure to blood-borne pathogens in Lebanon
Shpall E. - Generation of influenza recombinant haemagglutinin-specific lymphocytes from cordblood-derived dendritic cells: immunotherapy model from an unprimed source
Shpynov S. - Tick-borne rickettsiosis in the Altai region of Russia
Shriner K. - PVL(+) MRSA causing infections in hospitalised patients
Shute K. - The intravenous route in hospital patients – Is this being misused?
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Siadat S.D. - Immunological evaluation of vi-vapsular polysaccharide of Salmonella typhi vaccine by serum bactericidal assay
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Siadat S. - Serum bactericidal antibody response to polysaccharide meningococcal vaccination in common variable immunodeficiency and its clinical implications
Siadat S.D. - 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
Siadat S.S. - 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
Siadat S.D. - The evaluation of three pro-inflammatory cytokines
Siafakas N. - Identification and susceptibility testing of Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus gallinarum by Phoenix 100 system (Becton Dickinson)
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Siah S.P. - Specific detection of hepatitis C virus in clinical samples using a novel simplification strategy
Siakantaris M. - Features of tuberculous lymphadenitis – Experience of a single tertiary centre in Greece
Siampli E. - Candidaemia: incidence, risk factors, characteristics, and outcomes in immunocompetent critically ill patients
Sibanc B. - Sympathetic skin response in patients with purulent meningoencephalitis
Sicheritz-Ponten T. - Whole genome pyrosequencing of the epidemic multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii European clone II
Sickinger E. - Evaluation of qualitative agreement and quantitative correlation between the new ARCHITECT Toxo IgG assay and 4 commercially available Toxo IgG assays
Sidarous E. - Assessment of safety and tolerability profiles after iclaprim administration in complicated skin and skin structure infection from the ASSIST-2 clinical trial (Arpida's Skin and Skin Structure Infection Study-2)
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Sidhu M. - Economic analysis of micafungin versus liposomal amphotericin B for treatment of candidaemia and invasive candidiasis in the UK
Sidi D. - Infective endocarditis in children: a single cohort study of 51 cases in a French university hospital
Sidorenko S. - Evaluation of virulence and resistance genes structure in vancomycin-resistant E. faecium
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Sidorova M. - Drug resistance modulation in yeast
Siebenrock K.A. - Treatment of joint prosthesis infection according to current recommendations improves outcome
Siebig S. - Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia – An AIDS defining illness?
Siegrist H.H. - Rapid culture based detection of Streptococcus agalactiae on vaginal/rectal swabs
Siegrist C-A. - Neonatal immunisation – needs and reality
Siempos I. - Closed tracheal suction systems for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia
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Sieniawski M. - Efficacy of caspofungin compared to itraconazole as secondary antifungal prophylaxis: a multinational case registry
Sierra M. - Evolution of the incidence of early-onset and late-onset group B Streptococcal disease before and after prevention policies – Barcelona 1994–2007
Sierra-Madero J. - Tuberculosis and HIV in Mexico City: a single-centre cohort
Sifuentes-Osornio J. - Tuberculosis and HIV in Mexico City: a single-centre cohort
Sigauque B. - Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Shigella spp. and Salmonella spp. isolated from children <5 years of age with diarrhoea in southern Mozambique
Sigge A. - First description of Enterococcus faecalis small colony variant in a patient with aortic valve endocarditis
Signore F. - Development of two combined real-time quantitative OCEANII PCR assays to detect Toxoplasma gondii in amniotic fluids and sera
Signorini S. - PTX3 and C-reactive protein in severe meningococcal disease
Sihvonen L.M. - Clinical features and possible sources of sporadic Yersinia enterocolitica infections in Finland
Siikala E. - Activity of echinocandins against Candida albicans strains with decreased susceptibility to fluconazole isolated from APECED patients
Siitonen A. - Epidemiology of a new population of quinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica
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Sikora P. - Intestinal Oxalobacter formigenes colonisation in children with calcium oxalate urolithiasis. A study from southeastern Poland.
Silderhuis V.M. - Searching the Surviving Sepsis Campaign database for avoidable deaths
Siljander T. - Risk factors for acute erysipelas: a case-control study
Silling G. - Efficacy of caspofungin compared to itraconazole as secondary antifungal prophylaxis: a multinational case registry
Silva S. - Comparison of biofilms formed by clinical oral isolates of non-Candida albicansCandida species
Silva J. - vanB2-Tn5382 typing in enterococcal clones disseminated around 16 hospitals in Chile
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Silva V. - Heart rate variability in AIDS-patients co-infected with T. cruzi
Silva R. - Contribution of drinking water for the dissemination of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria harbouring antibiotic resistance genes in Portugal
Silva-Costa C. - Decrease in macrolide resistance and clonal instability among Streptococcus pyogenes in spite of increased macrolide consumption
Silveira L. - Toxoplasma gondii infection in centre of Portugal: seroprevalence during 2000–2006
Silvestri A. - Detection of VISA/hVISA in routine clinical isolates: Microscan® modified procedure vs. Etest®
Simitsopoulou M. - Biofilm-forming capacity and biofilm antifungal drug resistance of Candida bloodstream isolates
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Simnacher U. - Identification and characterisation of new immunoreactive proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis
Simó M. - Bacteraemia complicating pressure ulcers
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Simões S. - Clonality and presence of fimbrial adhesin genes of Escherichia coli isolated in recurrent cystitis from a 48-year-old female
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Simon A. - Evaluation of the automated urine culture system Alfred60 for the screening of significant bacteriuria
  - Epidemiological survey of resistance to b-lactams (AMX, CFX, CRO), macrolides (CLR, TEL), and fluoroquinolones (LVX, MXF) in a Belgian collection of community-acquired pneumonia isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Simons G. - Rapid detection of pathogenic Clostridium difficile strains and recognition of PCR ribotypes 017 and 027
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Simons K.S. - Evaluation of F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission combined with computer tomography (FDG-PET-CT-scan) in critically ill patients suspected of Infection
Simonsen GS. - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage strains from paediatric population in Arkhangelsk region, Russia
Simonsen G.S. - Emergence of metallo-b-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Scandinavia
Simonsen S. - Epidemiology of Puumula virus infections in Denmark, 1996–2007
Simsek F. - Investigation of vancomycin-resistant enterococci faecal carriage in intensive care units of a Turkish teaching hospital in a two-year period
Sing A. - Molecular evidence of a nosocomial Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission among 16 patients after kidney transplantation
  - Seasonal variation of Pneumocystis jirovecii infection: analysis of underlying climatic factors
Singer R. - Ecology of antimicrobial resistance and virulence in Escherichia coli in a rural watershed
  - Quantifying factors associated with changes in antibiotic susceptibility patterns of enterococci isolated from dairy cattle
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Singh J. - Safety of liposomal amphotericin as a once-weekly antifungal prophylactic regimen in very low birth-weight premature infants
Sinha B. - Specific identification of Staphylococcus aureus using the extracellular adherence protein gene as a novel target
Sinha S. - Emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella flexneri type 2a from diarrhoea patients in Kolkata, India
Sinigaglia A. - MicroRNA deregulation in HCV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma
Sintchenko V. - Are the days of PFGE numbered? A comparison of PCR-based typing methods with PFGE for identification of nosocomial transmission of MRSA
Sinyakova L. - Quality of life in patients with recurrent urinary tract infections associated with sexually transmitted diseases – A healthcare problem
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Sion C. - Five years of Belgian MIST (meropenem information on bacterial susceptibility testing) surveillance: 2001–2005
Sioumala M. - Prevalence of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with community-acquired pneumonia
Sipahi O. - Comparison of quality of life in inactive hepatitis B virus carriers versus chronic hepatitis B patients versus normal Turkish population
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Sipsas N.V. - Efficacy and safety of caspofungin monotherapy in cancer patients with candidaemia
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Sirna V. - The role of media fill in the evaluation of radiopharmaceutical manufacturing process at the European Institute of Oncology
Sirvent J.M. - New insights in determining the aetiology of severe community-acquired pneumonia and its implications
Sisco M.C. - Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in healthy Venezuelan children
Sisirak M. - Correlation of antibodies to antigens of Epstain-Barr virus with systemic lupus
Sismanis D. - An outbreak of hepatitis A in northeastern Greece
  - Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in healthcare workers in a general hospital in Komotini, Greece
Sivan A. - Biofilm production by clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from patients hospitalised in two tertiary care hospitals
Siwak E. - Relationships between urinary IL-18, MMP-9 and BMP-7 concentration and renal lesion in HIV-1 infected patients
Sjölund M. - A comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility and MIC-distributions in Enterococcus isolates originating from humans, animals and retail meat
  - The biological cost of antibiotic resistance in urinary isolates of Escherichia coli
Sjöström K. - Evaluation of a new Etest strip for detection of plasmidic AmpC
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Skandami-Epitropaki V. - In vitro activity of daptomycin against vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in patients with bacteraemia
Skandami-Epitropaki B. - In vitro-activity of tigecycline and daptomycin against vancomycin-resistant enterococci and meticillin-resistant staphylococci
Skandami-Epitropaki V. - Frequency and antibiotic susceptibility of extended-spectrum b-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from urinary tract infections in a two-year period
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Skapova T. - Identification of staphylococci by using commercial kits STAPHYtest 24 and API Staph
Skärlund K. - Changes in patterns of antimicrobial use in Swedish hospitals from 2003 to 2006 following the introduction of large-scale nationwide point prevalence studies
Skarphedinsson S. - Epidemiology of Puumula virus infections in Denmark, 1996–2007
Skenders G. - A rapid, fully-automated PCR system for sample processing, diagnosis, and rifampin resistance detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Skiada A. - Survey of candidaemia in a tertiary care hospital in Greece.
Skidmore S. - The prevalence and distribution of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli
Skinner R. - Efficacy of telavancin against vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in the neutropenic mouse bacteraemia model
Skjøt-Rasmussen L. - Comparison of phylogroups and virulence genes of Escherichia coli obtained from healthy humans and patients with urinary tract infection in Denmark
Skoczynska A. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of the bacteria causing community-acquired respiratory tract infections in Poland, 2005–2006 (continuation of the Alexander Project)
Skoog G. - Changes in patterns of antimicrobial use in Swedish hospitals from 2003 to 2006 following the introduction of large-scale nationwide point prevalence studies
Skorupka J. - Empirical first-line antibiotic-therapy in adult patients with acute upper respiratory tract infections in eastern part of Poland
Skouteli H. - Evolution of the antimicrobial resistance of A. baumannii strains isolated at an intensive care unit
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Skoutelis A. - Efficacy of tigecyclin vs. vancomycin in ampicillin- and gentamicin-resistant E. faecium experimental endocarditis
  - Significance of positive urine cultures during the immediate post-trasnplant period in renal transplant recipients. A retrospective study
  - An outbreak of Streptococcus agalactiae catheter-related bacteraemia in a haemodialysis unit
  - Comparison of quinupristin-dalfopristin and vancomycin in the treatment of experimental endocarditis due to ampicillin- and gentamicin-resistant E. faecium
  - Community-acquired methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of pyonephrosis necessitating emergent nephrectomy. A new clinical entity
Skov R.L. - The prevalence of carriers of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Copenhagen
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Skov M.N. - Catheter-related bacteraemia with Methylobacterium species
Skov R. - Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to fusidic acid in five Canadian laboratories
Skov M.N. - Reversal of meticillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus by thioridazine
Skov R.L. - Intra- and extracellular activity of dicloxacillin and linezolid against small colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus in vivo
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Skov Simonsen G. - Expression analysis of the native ampC gene in Norwegian clinical isolates of Escherichia coli with defined ampC promoter mutations and an AmpC-resistance profile
Skrypnyk V. - Study of Chernobyl catastrophe influence on bovine TB epizootic process intensity in radioactive polluted and ``clean'' territories of Ukraine in 1983–2007
Skrypnyk A. - Study of Chernobyl catastrophe influence on bovine TB epizootic process intensity in radioactive polluted and ``clean'' territories of Ukraine in 1983–2007
Skwara P. - Relationship between gastric secretion, bacterial and fungal colonisation and histological changes in gastric mucosa in HIV-infected patients
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  - 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
Sladeckova V. - HIV infection presenting in older children: experience from Cambodia
Slakovic M. - Usefulness of immunocytochemical p16ink4a expression in routine screening of a tested female population
Slavcovici A. - Clinical epidemiology and microbiological spectrum of nosocomial endocarditis
  - Bacteriological assessment of intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections versus colonisations
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Sleator R. - Engineered Bifidobacterium breve with improved clinical efficacy
Sledzinska A. - Blood culture statistic study in febrile neutropenic haematology patients
Slizen V. - Molecular heterogeneity of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in hospitals of Belarus
Sloan D. - 10 years of cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment in Liverpool. Outcomes and complications with sodium stibogluconate
Sloan D.J. - Tuberculosis management and drug resistance in Hlabisa sub-district, KwaZulu Natal
Sluijter M. - The Mycoplasma pneumoniae MPN229 gene encodes a protein that selectively binds single-stranded DNA and promotes Escherichia coli RecA-promoted homologous DNA recombination
Smajs D. - Sequencing and molecular typing of hypervariable loci in the Treponema pallidum genomes: characterisations of type strains and clinical isolates
Small S. - Factors influencing the success or failure of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus decolonisation protocols
Smaoui H. - Detection of Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae in cerebrospinal fluid in children using PCR
Smeesters P.R. - Genetic diversity and evolution of group A Streptococcus M protein
Smeesters P. - Group A Streptococcus virulence and host factors in two toddlers with rheumatic fever following toxic shock syndrome
Smeets L. - The prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium in the Netherlands
Smieja M. - A comparison of self-collected nasal flocked swabs with staff-collected nasopharyngeal or nasal swabs for respiratory tract sampling in volunteers
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  - Epidemiology of respiratory virus infections using xTAG RVP test
Smirnova T. - MIRU-VNTR genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from central region of Russia
Smirnova O. - Detection of ESAT-6-specific T-cell responses induced by vaccination mice with the preparation KpONE6
Smirnova M. - Selection of daptomycin (DAP)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus mutants with DAP alone and in combination with rifampicin at subtherapeutic concentrations: simulations using an in vitro dynamic model
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Smith D. - Performance of the Abbott ARCHITECT Toxo IgM assay
Smith T. - Benefit of a single preoperative dose of antibiotics in a Sub-Saharan district hospital: minimal input, massive impact
Smith E.G. - Genotypic detection of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: analysis of mutations from high- and low-incidence areas using denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography
Smith C. - Establishing a rep-PCR DNA fingerprinting library for moulds
Smith S. - Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Smith R. - VIDAS C. difficile toxin A&B assay performance evaluation and epidemiological analysis of samples collected in UK and US
Smith D. - Evaluation of qualitative agreement and quantitative correlation between the new ARCHITECT Toxo IgG assay and 4 commercially available Toxo IgG assays
Smith A. - The epidemiology of the second phase of a hospital outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea, Stoke Mandeville, UK
Smith E.G. - DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in the UK: analysis of strains originating from the Indian sub-continent
Smith R. - Evaluation of an acromopeptidase based extraction method and use of the Rotor-Gene to improve the BD GeneOhm IDI MRSA assay
Smith S. - Molecular characterisation of antimicrobial resistant bacteraemic Escherichia coli isolates from an Irish hospital
Smith C. - Comparison between rep-PCR-based DNA fingerprint and sequence analyses of clinically relevant Nocardia species
Smith-Moland E. - Investigative use only test card using the VITEK 2 system as compared to broth microdilution
Smithson A. - Polymorphisms in the mannose-binding lectin and in the MBL-associated serine protease genes in intensive care unit patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Smole Mozina S. - Prevalence and efflux mechanism of macrolide resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from different sources
Smullen J. - Gastro-intestinal carriage of MRSA in patients with community-acquired diarrhoea
Smyth R.W. - Performance evaluation of M.I.C.Evaluator™ strip (Oxoid) and comparison with the BSAC reference method
Smyth E. - Assessing the role of a fungal blood culture vial in the diagnosis of Candida spp. bloodstream infection in an Irish tertiary referral centre
Snelders E. - Azole resistant clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates are genetically clustered
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Snelling A.M. - Investigation of the genetic basis of erythromycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus, including MRSA, from Pakistan
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Snoeck R. - Anti-orthopoxviral potency of small interfering RNA targeting two genes of the vaccinia virus replication complex
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Snounou G. - Molecular methods for accurate diagnosis and epidemiological picture of imported malaria
Snydman D.R. - US survey on resistance among the Bacteroides species for 2005–2007
So G. - A comparison of self-collected nasal flocked swabs with staff-collected nasopharyngeal or nasal swabs for respiratory tract sampling in volunteers
Sobczyk-Krupiarz I. - 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
  - Relationship between gastric secretion, bacterial and fungal colonisation and histological changes in gastric mucosa in HIV-infected patients
Søborg B. - A comparison between QuantiFERON and tuberculin skin test during screening for tuberculosis infection in a contact investigation among students
Sobottka I. - Efficacy and tolerability of moxifloxacin versus clindamycin in the treatment of odontogenic abscesses and inflammatory infiltrates (MOCLI Study)
Söderblom T. - Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum b-lactamase: report on the first nine months notifications according to the Swedish Communicable Disease Act
Söderquist B. - Comparison of PFGE and spa for routine epidemiological typing to monitor and track spread of MRSA over time at a regional level
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Soegaard S. - Highly prevalent protistan intestinal parasites not detected by use of the formol ethyl acetate concentration technique is revealed by the routine use of PCR- and culture-based detection
Soeltan-Kaersenhout D. - Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism as a diagnostic tool in gastrointestinal disease: a preliminary study
Soenksen U.W. - Evaluation of the VITEK® 2 NH card for identification of fastidious Gram-negative bacteria
Soentjens P. - Acinetobacter baumannii infections in thermally injured: a multidrug-resistant blaOXA-23 outbreak in a burn wound centre, Brussels
Soetens O. - Carbapenem (cfiA) resistance gene in Bacteroides fragilis group strains in Belgium
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Sofia T. - Analysis of variations in the target gene penA among Neisseria meningitidis with decreased susceptibility to penicillin of serogroups other than C: an additional tool to improve typing of meningococcal isolates
Sofianou D. - Hospital infections caused by community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains
Soghandi L. - Prevalence of oral trichomoniasis in patients with periodontitis and gingivitis using PCR and Direct Smear
Soghrati M. - Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonisation in gastro-intestinal tract of hospitalised patients in a hospital, Esfahan Province, Iran
Sohn J.S. - Epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical outcome of candidaemia in a tertiary care hospital in Korea
Sohr D. - Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying the carbapenemase OXA-23 in a German university medical centre
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Sohrabi T. - Evaluation of pro/anti inflammatory responses after rectal administration of Mycobacterium bovis BCG
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Sohrabi A. - Electrophoretic RNA genomic profiles of rotavirus strains prevailing among hospitalised children with acute gastroenteritis in Tehran, Iran
Soki J. - Two cases of fatal bacteraemia caused by unusual pathogens in patients with haematologic malignancy
Solano P. - Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation in young people with HIV infection
Solbiati M. - Spontaneous vertebral osteomyelitis: comparison of cases without a microbiological diagnosis to definite pyogenic and tuberculous cases
Solé E. - Is vancomicin necessary in empirical treatment of community-acquired meningitis?
Soleimani Amiri M.J. - Clinical manifestations and outcomes of therapy in 44 cases of brucellar spondylitis
Soleimanian S. - Glycopetide-dependent enterococcal bacteraemia following treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea
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Soleimanjahi H. - Administration of DNA and protein vaccines containing gD genes of HSV1 and 2
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Soler R. - Is multiple-stool-specimen ova and parasite examination necessary?
Solera J. - Quantification of Brucella melitensis DNA in patients with brucellosis
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Solís F. - In vitro susceptibilities of clinical isolates of filamentous fungi to new antifungal agents
Sollet J.P. - Epidemiology, management and risk factors for death of invasive Candida infections in critical care units: a multicentre, prospective, observational study in France (2005–2006)
Söllner H. - Molecular evidence of a nosocomial Pneumocystis jirovecii transmission among 16 patients after kidney transplantation
Solmone M. - HBV lamivudine resistance mutations in a cohort of mono-infected and HIV-co-infected patients
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Solomkin J. - Critical success factors for the management of complicated skin infections
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Soltan Dallal M.M. - Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibilities of Yersinia enterocolitica and other Yersinia species recovered from meat and chicken in Tehran, Iran
  - Carriage of group B streptococcus in pregnant women from Tehran, Iran
Soltan-Dallal M.M. - Genetic relatedness among isolates of Shigella sonnei carrying class 2 integrons in Tehran, Iran, 2002–2003
Somalo S. - Characterisation of an unusual class 1 integron in Escherichia coli isolates of animal origin
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Sommet A. - Antibiotics for nasopharyngitis are associated with a lower risk of office-based physician visits for acute otitis media within 14 days for 3- to 6-year-old children
Somodevilla A. - Susceptibility patterns of Ureaplasma urealyticum isolates, obtained form urogenital samples
Somogyvári F. - Relevance of human beta defensin-1 in Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis
Song Y.G. - Incidence and risk factors of infection in a single cohort of 110 adults with systemic lupus erythematosus
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Song W. - Comparison of performance of MacConkey agar and Mueller-Hinton agar in imipenem-Hodge test
Song J. - Procalcitonin in the diagnosis of acute bacterial otitis media
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Song J-H. - Relationship between antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae blood isolates at 5 tertiary hospitals in Korea
Song J.Y. - The effect of 3rd generation cephalosporin use restriction on antimicrobial resistance and clinical outcomes among intensive care unit patients
Song J-H. - 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
Song W.K. - Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec profiles of Staphylococcus aureus isolated in 13 Korean hospitals
Song S. - First report of clinical and epidemiologic characterisation of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from mainland China
Song J.H. - Treatment failure of cefepime therapy for febrile neutropenic patients with bacteraemia caused by cefepime susceptible ESBL-producing organisms
Song A.J. - Evaluation of MicroScan Neg Combo Panel Type 44 for detecting extended spectrum b-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae
Song Y.R. - Serotyping and antimicrobial resistance of group B Streptococcus in Korea
Song J.H. - Efficacy of tigecycline versus colistin in a mouse model of pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Song W. - 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
Song J.Y. - Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: prospective surveillance of prevalence and clinico-epidemiologic feature among patients with otorrhoea in primary Korean otolaryngology clinic
Songisepp E. - Antibiotic susceptibility pattern and tetracycline resistance of Lactobacillus strains of different origin
Sonmez C. - Levels of anti-Haemophilus influenzae type B antibody in Turkey before routine vaccination
Soo S. - Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile (CD) isolated from faecal CD toxin-positive patients in a UK teaching hospital
Sood S. - Comparison of prevalence and clinical features of paediatric respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus
Sooka I. - Benefit of a single preoperative dose of antibiotics in a Sub-Saharan district hospital: minimal input, massive impact
Soos G. - Antibiotic prescriptions at the central pharmacy of a Hungarian town
Sopena N. - Should Legionella urinary antigen test be applied in any case of community-acquired pneumonia?
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Sørensen B. - Fusobacterium necrophorum from sore throats and healthy controls
Sørensen H.T. - Body mass index at age 50 to 64 and risk of subsequent hospitalisation with pneumonia
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Soria T. - Prevalence of low-level and high-level resistance to fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae in Getafe, Spain
Soriano A. - Bloodstream infections among human HIV-infected adult patients: epidemiology and risk factors for mortality
Soriano À. - Family recurrent episodes of skin and soft-tissue infections by meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin
Sorli L. - VIM-1 and CTX-M-9 in E. cloacae, K. pneumoniae and K. oxytoca clinical strains
Sorlí L. - Bacteraemia after transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy in the era of multidrug resistance: impact of a new preventive protocol
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Sorm Z. - Multiplex PCR for specific detection of meticillin-resistant staphylococci in a group of patients with infective endocarditis
Sorrell T. - Rapid identification and differentiation of Trichophyton species, based on sequence polymorphisms of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions, using rolling circle amplification
[Scaron]ostar Z. - Outpatient utilisation of antibiotics in Zagreb, 2006
Sotiropoulou P. - Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB gold assay in tuberculosis diagnosis
Soto G. - Combination antifungal therapy for invasive aspergillosis in solid organ transplant recipients
Soto S. - Virulence traits of Escherichia coli clinical isolates neonatal sepsis. Comparison between strains causing early and late neonatal sepsis
Soubeyrand B. - REPEVAX® can be safely administered as a booster one month after tetanus, diphtheria and poliomyelitis vaccination: an option for managing increasing incidence of Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough) infection
Soudbakhsh A. - A reassessment of in the diagnosis of brucellosis in Iran: ELISA or PCR?
Soufflet C. - Comparative activity of meropenem, imipenem and piperacillin / tazobactam against 1118 bacteria involved in hospital infections: a French multicentre study
Sougakoff W. - Role in quinolone resistance of the new DNA gyrase mutations, T73A+A83E in GyrA and R411H in GyrB, found in clinical MDR and XDR strains of M. tuberculosis
Soukara P. - Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB gold assay in tuberculosis diagnosis
Souli M. - Are carbapenems effective against carbapenem-susceptible, metallo-b-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae? Results from an animal model
  - Genetics and expression of the carbapenem-hydrolyzing oxacillinase genes blaOXA-51 and blaOXA-58 in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from blood cultures in a university hospital in Athens, Greece
  - Expression of blaCMY-14 promoted by insertion sequence ISEcp1 in P. mirabilis isolates in Greece
Sousa M.C. - High Prevalence of Giardia in dogs from Portugal: genetic characterisation of isolates by sequencing analysis of beta-giardin gene locus
Sousa J. - Aquatic environment contamination with an epidemic Escherichia coli clone harbouring blaCTX-M-15, blaOXA-1, blaTEM-1, and aac(6')-Ib-cr in Portugal
Sousa M.C. - Effects of phenolic-rich essential oils on the morphology and adherence of Giardia lamblia trophozoites
Sousa D. - Community-acquired pneumonia occurring in immunocompromised older patients: incidence, causative organisms, and outcome
Sousa C. - Simple procedures to reduce Staphylococcus epidermidis adhesion to indwelling medical devices
Sousa J. - Contribution of drinking water for the dissemination of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria harbouring antibiotic resistance genes in Portugal
Sousa M.C. - Toxoplasma gondii infection in centre of Portugal: seroprevalence during 2000–2006
Sousa J. - Environmental emergence of multiresistant Enterobacteriaceae harbouring blaCTX-M-15, and aac(6')-Ib-cr in Portugal
Sousa M.C. - Anti-giardial activity of carvacrol, thymol and eugenol
Soussy C. - ISEcp1-mediated transposition of qnrB5 gene in Escherichia coli
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Soussy C.J. - First detection of the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in extended-spectrum b-lactamases producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from in-and out-patients in Switzerland
Soutschek E. - Identification and characterisation of new immunoreactive proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis
Soutter W.P. - A comparison of predictors for high-grade CIN in the triage of women with abnormal smears
Soyletir G. - Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of group B streptococci in 2006–2007, including one unusual penicillin non-susceptible strain
Spalburg E. - Molecular epidemiology of PFGE non-typeable meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Netherlands
Spalla M. - Spread of CTX-M extended-spectrum b-lactamases among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Italian long-term care facilities: results of the first nationwide prevalence study
  - Mechanisms of environmental persistence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates responsible for outbreaks in three Italian hospitals
Spanakis N. - Dissemination of VIM-1- and VIM-4-producing Acinetobacter baumannii clones in an intensive care unit
Spangholm D.J. - Comparison of phylogroups and virulence genes of Escherichia coli obtained from healthy humans and patients with urinary tract infection in Denmark
Spanjaard L. - Diversilab typing for management of Enterobacter cloacae outbreaks at a neonatal ICU
Spanu T. - Usage of carbapenems significantly increase the rate of new colonisation due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitalised patients
  - Infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria diagnosed at hospital admission. Incidence and risk factors
Sparrius M. - First detection of transferable metallo-b-lactamases in the Netherlands
Spataro N. - Preliminary evaluation of a commercially available rapid immunochromatographic method for the detection of IgM antibody response to chikungunya and dengue viruses
Speekenbrink A. - Problems with real-time PCR for MRSA: why culture is still required
Speelman P. - Efficacy of faecal therapy for recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea
Spelman D. - Streptococcus pneumoniae septicaemia associated with red cell transfusion
Spence R.P. - The Acinetobacter baumannii ATPase gene in diverse strains is frequently occupied by integrated genomic islands
Spencer J. - Biochemical characterisation of the subclass B2 metallo-b-lactamase SfhI
Spengler G. - Response of regulatory, efflux pump transporter and Omp genes during prolonged antibiotic stress and development of MDR in Gram-negative bacteria
Speranskaya L. - Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance of enterococcus species isolated from blood patients with haematological malignancies in Russia
Speth C. - Complement evasion by Candida is dependent on glucose concentration
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  - Gliotoxin is an important virulence factor in cerebral aspergillosis
Spicq C. - Waterborne infection caused by a carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter asburiae isolate producing the class A carbapenemase IMI-2 in France
Spiess B. - 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
Spigaglia P. - Characterisation of moxifloxacin-resistant Clostridium difficile mutants selected in vitro
Spiliopoulou A. - Toxin production by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains is related to differences in cytokine levels by peripheral blood mononuclear cells
Spiliopoulou I. - Toxin production by meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains is related to differences in cytokine levels by peripheral blood mononuclear cells
Spiliopoulou A. - Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm modulates cytokine production
Spiliopoulou I. - Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm modulates cytokine production
  - The coupled effects of physicochemical and flow conditions on Staphylococcus epidermidis adhesion and ica genes expression
  - Epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Greek hospitals by PFGE and MLST
  - Evaluation of MLST for Staphylococcus aureus typing using labelled-primers chemistry
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Spranzi E. - Sensitivity and mutant recognition of the DiaSorin liaison HBsAg assay
Spreer A. - Quantification of the synthesis of antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi-specific antigens within the central nervous system by chemiluminescent and enzyme immunoassay
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Sprenger-Haussels M. - Evaluation of the AcroMetrix® OptiChallenge Inhibition Panel in different QIAGEN® sample preparation protocols automated on the QIAcube
Sprong T. - PTX3 and C-reactive protein in severe meningococcal disease
Spyridaki E. - Alterations of innate and adaptive immune responses of patients with septic syndrome due to ventilator-associated pneumonia
Spyropoulos V. - 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
  - Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB gold assay in tuberculosis diagnosis
Squarzon L. - Transmission of viruses through the kidney graft: a study in paediatric transplant recipients
Sramka M. - National 14-year survey of nosocomial meningitis in children and comparison of two periods, 1993–1998 to 1999–2006
Sratogno P. - Isolation of late-stage Plasmodium falciparum infected red blood cells using a new cost- and time-saving magnetic cell separation kit
Sredkova M. - Antimicrobial susceptibility and macrolide-resistance mechanisms among clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Bulgaria, 2006–2007
Sreenivasan P. - 15-year survey of triclosan efficacy on supragingival plaque
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Stadler M. - In vitro activity of mecillinam in combination with aminopenicillin/b-lactamase-inhibitor – Combinations against ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae
Stagas M. - Bronchial asthma and Chlamydia pneumoniae
Stájer A. - Effect of fluoride content of the oral biofilm on the surface structure of titanium
Stam J. - Role of respiratory synctial virus compared to rhinovirus in acute respiratory illnesses in childhood
Starcic Erjavec M. - Virulence potential of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from skin, wound and soft tissue infections
Stark A. - A comparative evaluation of chromogenic culture media for the detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens
Starnino S. - Analysis of variations in the target gene penA among Neisseria meningitidis with decreased susceptibility to penicillin of serogroups other than C: an additional tool to improve typing of meningococcal isolates
  - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from HIV positive and negative patients in Italy: emergence of ST 661 clone
Stas M. - Needleless positive-pressure mechanical valve connectors: are they safe?
Stass H. - Population pharmacokinetic analysis of moxifloxacin in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Staub T. - Outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in Luxembourg
  - Finding respiratory viruses in nasopharyngeal aspirates: comparison between direct immunofluorescence and a new multiplex PCR method
Stavroulaki A. - Infections in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes
Stavrum R. - The use of MIRU-VNTR for the detection of mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Stead M. - Evaluation of rapid genotypic assays for the detection of MDR-TB strains from a Cape Town hospital
Steenberger P. - Q fever outbreak in southeastern Netherlands
Stefanelli P. - Analysis of variations in the target gene penA among Neisseria meningitidis with decreased susceptibility to penicillin of serogroups other than C: an additional tool to improve typing of meningococcal isolates
  - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from HIV positive and negative patients in Italy: emergence of ST 661 clone
Stefani S. - Looking back, current status, and future trends of MRSA clones in Italy
Stefanik D. - Comparative in vitro activities of tigecycline and 11 other antimicrobial agents against 217 epidemiologically defined Acinetobacter bloodstream isolates
Stefaniuk E. - Detection of ESBLs in various Enterobacter cloacae isolates in the Polish External Assurance National Quality Control Scheme POLMICRO 2007
Stefanou I. - Evaluation of the Hyplex®MBL ID multiplex PCR-ELISA system for direct detection of blaVIM and blaIMP genes in blood and other clinical material
  - Survey of candidaemia in a tertiary care hospital in Greece.
Steffen R. - Travellers' diarrhoea: vaccination, chemoprophylaxis or treatment
Stegniy B. - Study of Chernobyl catastrophe influence on bovine TB epizootic process intensity in radioactive polluted and ``clean'' territories of Ukraine in 1983–2007
Steigerwalt A. - Isolation of Asaia sp. in two bacteraemia cases in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy awaiting heart transplants
Steinbach W. - Prospective, multicentre study of caspofungin for treatment of documented fungal infections in paediatric patients
Steinbakk M. - MRSA screening – Comparison of chromogenic agar and enrichment broths
Steinhauer K. - Development of a electrical biochip-based detection system for rapid detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Steinhuber A. - In vitro activity of gallium against meticillin-susceptible and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis
Steininger C. - Near-patient diagnosis of influenza virus infection in adult patients
Stek M. - Caspofungin use in daily clinical practice for treatment of invasive aspergillosis: results of a prospective observational registry
Stellrecht K. - Relationship between hVISA and outcomes among patients with MRSA bloodstream infections treated with vancomycin
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Stengele E. - Lack of effect of the novel antibiotic iclaprim on the anticoagulant activity and the pharmacokinetics of warfarin in healthy subjects
Stensvold R. - Highly prevalent protistan intestinal parasites not detected by use of the formol ethyl acetate concentration technique is revealed by the routine use of PCR- and culture-based detection
Stenz F. - International Circumpolar Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases, 2000–2006
Stenzel I. - Evaluation of qualitative agreement and quantitative correlation between the new ARCHITECT Toxo IgG assay and 4 commercially available Toxo IgG assays
Stepanovic S. - Occurrence of fluoroquinolone resistance in members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group
Stephanazi J. - Altered pharmacokinetics of linezolid in patients with severe burn injuries
Stergiopoulou T. - Analysis of pharmacodynamic interactions between antifungal drugs against Aspergillus fumigatus using the fractional inhibitory concentration index
Stergiou I. - Determination of the impact of pneumoperitoneum on sepsis severity in an animal model of peritonitis through C-reactive protein and procalcitonin serum levels assessment
  - Post-operative bacterial meningitis: a 2-year study in a neurosurgery department
Stetsiouk O. - Modern information technologies in physicians' education in the field of socially most important diseases in Russia and beyond
Stevanovic G. - Can non-specific biochemical tests improve the diagnosis and contribute to prognosis in imported malaria?
Stevens D. - 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
Stevens T. - In vitro evaluation of tigecycline against drug-resistant Enterococci and S. aureus in the United States
Stewart J. - An investigation into antibiotic susceptibility and ribotype profiles among community-acquired and hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile strains isolated in a university teaching hospital laboratory
Stich K. - TREM-1 improves the inflammatory response and outcome to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection by reducing levels of negative regulators in the lung
  - Comparison of Austrian, Hungarian and Macedonian meticillin-resistant and meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus strains in relation to accessory gene regulator type
  - Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by Staphylococcal enterotoxins affecting an Austrian school centre
Stickler D.J. - Are silver-coated Foley catheters resistant to encrustation by crystalline bacterial biofilms?
Stijlemans B. - The possible role of the LPXTG protein SesC in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation
Stilwell M. - Escalating resistance among non-fermentative Gram-negative bacilli: Report from the North American SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997–2006)
[Scaron]timac D. - Outpatient utilisation of antibiotics in Zagreb, 2006
Stingu C.S. - Differentiation of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens by MALDI-TOF-MS
Stivala A. - Antiviral activity of isoxazolecarbonitriles against Coxsackievirus A9
  - Bacteriological and serological aspects of Chlamydophila pneumoniae pharyngotonsillitis in adults
Stobberingh E.E. - The population structure of Staphylococcus aureus isolates of ICU patients in the Netherlands between 1996 and 2006
Stobberingh E. - Fosfomycine tromethamine as second agent for the treatment of acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections in all age groups in the Netherlands?
Stobberingh E.E. - Molecular characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus from Dutch general practice patients
  - Nasal carriership of Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae in children visiting daycare centres
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Stobberingh E. - Trends in antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolates from urology services of 14 hospitals in the Netherlands (1998–2005)
Stobberingh E.E. - Molecular characterisation of meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates in a Dutch university hospital between 1999 and 2006
Stoeva T. - OXA-23 and OXA-58 b-lactamase producing Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Bulgarian hospitals
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Stöger A. - High resolution melting curve analysis and strain-specific SNPs: a new method for differentiation of the Ames strain from other Bacillus anthracis strains
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Stoia C. - Analytical performances of the new Access®Toxo IgG assay
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Stoicescu R. - Re-emergence of infectious syphilis in Constanta county, Romania
  - Resistance to antifungal drugs of yeasts isolated from genital specimens
Stojewska M. - TCRalfabeta and TCRgammadelta T lymphocytes in severe infected premature neonates
Stoll-Keller F. - Routine use of Tm Biosciences respiratory viral test in a hospital virology laboratory
Stoltefaut V. - Sequential combination of rifampicin and ceftriaxone for bacterial meningitis treatment reduced the release of bacterial compounds by Streptococcus pneumoniae in vitro and attenuated inflammation and neuronal damage in vivo
Stoltz M. - Passive immunisation protects cynomolgus macaques against Puumala hantavirus challenge
Stone M. - Molecular characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus dialysis associated bacteraemia isolates. Developing microarray analysis towards future rapid typing applications
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Stone J. - Outbreak of CTX-M extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a large general hospital Trust in the UK
Storozenko J. - Diphtheria in Latvia – Still important healthcare problem
Storr J. - Engaging more than 300 healthcare facilities from Europe to participate in the testing of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy
Storti S. - The use of caspofungin in neutropenic patients with haematological malignancies and concomitant candidaemia
Story E. - A rapid, fully-automated PCR system for sample processing, diagnosis, and rifampin resistance detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Stovall S. - Isolation of Asaia sp. in two bacteraemia cases in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy awaiting heart transplants
Stoyanov T. - Hepatitis C virus infection in patients from the haemodialysis clinic of a medical university, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Strady C. - Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and leptospirosis in Champagne-Ardenne: comparison of clinical, biological and epidemiological pictures
Strålin K. - Importance of pneumococcal bacteraemia for severity scoring in community-acquired pneumonia
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Strand L. - Ribotyping in molecular epidemiological studies of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. A critical assessment
Strateva T. - Prevalence of virulence genes among nosocomial and cystic fibrosis isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Bulgaria
Straube E. - Optimal diagnostic approach in a Q fever outbreak situation
  - Relevance of testing for microbial DNA in critically ill patients
Straut M. - Molecular characterisation of PER-1 extended-spectrum b-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from Romania
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Streichert T. - Efficacy and tolerability of moxifloxacin versus clindamycin in the treatment of odontogenic abscesses and inflammatory infiltrates (MOCLI Study)
Streinu-Cercel A. - In vitro susceptibility of respiratory isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes in a twelve-month period
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Streit F. - Aqueous humor concentration of topically administered voriconazole in rabbits
Stringer K. - Public knowledge and perceptions of MRSA: results of the Tayside Survey
Strle F. - Protein expression of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains during long-term in vitro cultivation
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Strohmeyer M. - Chagas' disease: evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic assay for the detection of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies
Strom H. - Analysis of VZV and HSV in different matrices by the use of affigene kits
Strommenger B. - Spread of MRSA clones in German hospitals and in vitro activity of tigecycline
Stronati M. - Earliest possible diagnosis of seroconversion for toxoplasmosis in pregnancy
Strouhal M. - Sequencing and molecular typing of hypervariable loci in the Treponema pallidum genomes: characterisations of type strains and clinical isolates
Strub C. - Scabies outbreak in an acute care setting involving 1,075 individuals
Struelens M.J. - International external quality assessment programme for the molecular detection of Legionella pneumophila in respiratory samples: results from 2006 and 2007
  - Epidemiological survey of resistance to b-lactams (AMX, CFX, CRO), macrolides (CLR, TEL), and fluoroquinolones (LVX, MXF) in a Belgian collection of community-acquired pneumonia isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae
  - Consensus development of quality indicators for hospital antibiotic use: the ABS International Quality Indicators Sub-Project
  - Activity of antibiotic combinations towards intracellular small colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus in a model of THP-1 macrophages
  - Comparison of 4 commercial methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of temocillin
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Struelens M. - A case of oto-mastoiditis caused by MRSA of porcine origin
Struelens M.J. - Intracellular activity of antibiotics against a stable small colony variant of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a CF patient in model Calu-3 human airway epithelial cells
Struelens M. - Screening practices for detection of MRSA-carriers in Belgian acute care hospitals and nursing homes, 2006
Struelens M.J. - High prevalence of "livestock-associated" meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in swine and pig farmers in Belgium
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Strukova E. - Heterogeneity of the mutant selection window: selection of resistant Staphylococcus aureus at ciprofloxacin constant concentrations simulated close to the MIC or the mutant prevention concentration
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Struwe J. - Changes in patterns of antimicrobial use in Swedish hospitals from 2003 to 2006 following the introduction of large-scale nationwide point prevalence studies
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Stryjewski M.E. - Telavancin for hospital-acquired pneumonia, including ventilator-associated pneumonia: the ATTAIN studies
Stsepetova J. - Persistence of Escherichia coli clones and resistance genes in recurrent urinary tract infections in children
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Stucki A. - Ceftobiprole is superior to cefepime against a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain in experimental meningitis
Studnicska D. - Bacteriological assessment of intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections versus colonisations
Stylianakis A. - Pan-resistance to commonly used antibiotics and nonsusceptible to tigecycline Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates
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Stylianou K. - Peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis: clinical features and predictors of outcome
Su S-C. - Identification of species in the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–A. baumannii complex isolated from blood cultures by an oligonucleotide assay
Su L-H. - Impact of the new CLSI non-meningitis penicillin breakpoints on the reporting of antimicrobial susceptibility in pneumococcal infections
Su S-C. - Factors associated with presence of isolated anti-HBc antibody in HIV-infected persons in Taiwan
Suankratay C. - Nosocomial multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections: epidemiology, clinical features, treatment, and outcome, Bangkok, Thailand
Suarez B. - Polymorphisms in the mannose-binding lectin and in the MBL-associated serine protease genes in intensive care unit patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Suárez D. - Epidemiology, clinical presentation and prognostic factors for death of bacterial brain abscess: a twelve-year review
Suárez L. - Qualitative and quantitative composition of gut microbiota from cystic fibrosis patients
Subik J. - Drug resistance modulation in yeast
Suciu M. - Risk factors for meticillin-resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus sepsis
Suerbaum S. - Impact of routine surgical and intensive care units admission surveillance cultures on hospital-wide nosocomial MRSA infections in a university hospital
Suetens C. - High prevalence of "livestock-associated" meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in swine and pig farmers in Belgium
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  - Screening practices for detection of MRSA-carriers in Belgian acute care hospitals and nursing homes, 2006
  - Underreporting of accidental blood exposure in Belgian hospitals
  - CARE-ICU – Controlling Antibiotic REsistance in Intensive Care Units – First report from a web-based programme for improved infection control in European ICUs
Sugita R. - Molecular biological study of infectious mechanisms in conjunctivitis, otitis media, and rhinosinusitis in young children
Sugita G. - Molecular biological study of infectious mechanisms in conjunctivitis, otitis media, and rhinosinusitis in young children
Sugita R. - Tissue penetration and clinical efficacy of gatifloxacin, a respiratory quinolone, in adult patients with penicillin-intermediate Streptococcus pneumoniae and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae sinusitis
Sugita G. - Tissue penetration and clinical efficacy of gatifloxacin, a respiratory quinolone, in adult patients with penicillin-intermediate Streptococcus pneumoniae and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae sinusitis
Suh S. - Multilocus sequence typing for Candida albicans strains from patients with candidaemia
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Suh J.Y. - Efficacy of tigecycline versus colistin in a mouse model of pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Sule J. - An audit of the effectiveness of measures to prevent the transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus within a teaching hospital in the United Kingdom
Suligoi B. - Prevalence and determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among young women (14–24 years) in Turin, Italy
Sulim S. - Factors associated with mortality in patients with fungaemia
Sulleiro E. - Clinical features and prognosis factors of community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis in Spain
  - Community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis in older people in Spain
  - Application of molecular techniques for the diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in nine Spanish hospitals
Sultan N. - M serotyping of group A beta haemolytic streptococci isolated from throat infection by emm-gene sequence analysis from Turkey
Sultana C. - Human papillomavirus genotyping before the introduction of quadrivalent vaccine against HPV on the Romanian population
Sumerkan B. - Neurobrucellosis: the evalution of a rare presentation of brucellosis from a tertiary care centre at Central Anatolia
Sumiyama Y. - Enterotoxic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: prevention and control
Sun W. - Characterisation of cloning and in vitro expression of enolase from Streptococcus suis 2
Sun H.Y. - Detection of amebiasis among men who have sex with men, with or without human immunodeficiency virus infection
Sun H. - The high prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance gene (qnr) and aac(6')-Ib-cr in clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae from nine teaching hospitals in China
Sun J-R. - Establishment of molecular typing scheme for determination of recurrence and reinfection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sun Y. - The benign nature of dengue in the elderly in Singapore, 2004
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Sun Z. - Occurrence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates in the Asia-Pacific nations
Sun X. - REP3123, a novel inhibitor of methionyl tRNA synthetase from C. difficile
Sun C-F. - Impact of the new CLSI non-meningitis penicillin breakpoints on the reporting of antimicrobial susceptibility in pneumococcal infections
Sun H. - Molecular epidemiology of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in fourteen cities in China from 2005 to 2006
Sundquist M. - Low prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in Norwegian and Swedish clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.
Sundqvist M. - The biological cost of antibiotic resistance in urinary isolates of Escherichia coli
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Sundsfjord A. - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage strains from paediatric population in Arkhangelsk region, Russia
  - Emergence of metallo-b-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Scandinavia
  - Expression analysis of the native ampC gene in Norwegian clinical isolates of Escherichia coli with defined ampC promoter mutations and an AmpC-resistance profile
  - Low prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in Norwegian and Swedish clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp.
Sung H. - Evaluation of MicroScan Neg Combo Panel Type 44 for detecting extended spectrum b-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae
Sungkanuparph S. - Safety and efficacy of a fixed-dose combination of zidovudine, lamivudine, and nevirapine in antiretroviral-naive and -experienced HIV-1 infected patients
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  - Long-term efficacy of nevirapine-based anti-retroviral therapy among HIV-1 infected patients with/without previous rifampicin, and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis: a 144-week prospective study
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Surdeanu M. - Molecular characterisation of PER-1 extended-spectrum b-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from Romania
Surís X. - Comparison of an interferon-gamma assay with tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection prior to anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy
Surucuoglu S. - Comparison of Two Acid-Fast Microscopy Methods for the Detection of Acid-Fast Bacilli in Sputum Specimen
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Susa M. - Crucial role of IFN-gamma receptor in murine Legionella longbeachae infection
Suski J. - Development of a real-time PCR assay for the specific detection of Arcobacter spp.
Sussland D. - Comparison between rep-PCR-based DNA fingerprint and sequence analyses of clinically relevant Nocardia species
Sutherland A.D. - An investigation into antibiotic susceptibility and ribotype profiles among community-acquired and hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile strains isolated in a university teaching hospital laboratory
Sutton H. - MALDI-TOF MS as a universal tool for the characterisation of pathogenic bacteria – A comparative analysis of MALDI-TOF MS spectral fingerprints over a six-year period
Suttorp N. - CAPNETZ: Data on clinical efficacy of antibiotic therapy and mortality of CAP in Germany
Suvajdzic L. - Oral infection with Prototheca zopfii (first human isolates in the Balkans)
Suvorov A. - Bacteriophage genes distribution among GAS belonging to different M serotypes
Suvorov A.N. - Constraction of polyvalent anti-streptococcal vaccines and analysis of their polyvalent features
Suvorova M. - Prevalence of Giardia intestinalis lamblia among children with allergies from Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Suwanpimolkul G. - Early diagnosis of dengue infection using blood and non-blood specimens: a pilot study
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Suzuki Y. - Tissue penetration and clinical efficacy of gatifloxacin, a respiratory quinolone, in adult patients with penicillin-intermediate Streptococcus pneumoniae and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae sinusitis
Svabic Vlahovic M. - Association between biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance by Salmonella enteritidis
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Svec P. - Application of the (GTG)5-PCR fingerprinting for rapid identification of staphylococcal species occurring in humans
Svetina Sorli P. - Control of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a higly endemic setting: a 6-year experience in a teaching hospital in Slovenia
Sviben M. - Real-time PCR in diagnostics of Trichomonas vaginalis infection
Svircev Z. - Oral infection with Prototheca zopfii (first human isolates in the Balkans)
Svraka S. - Clostridium species found in Norovirus outbreaks in the Netherlands
Swanson R. - Effect of voriconazole on the pharmacokinetics of reduced doses of sirolimus
Swarnkar K. - Peripheral venous cannulation in surgical patients: could we improve?
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Swayne R. - An audit of the effectiveness of measures to prevent the transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus within a teaching hospital in the United Kingdom
Sweet D. - Distribution of Candida species in a neonatal intensive care unit before and after the introduction of fluconazole prophylaxis for very low birth-weight babies
Swierzbinska R. - Apoptosis of T lymphocytes in the culture of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with late Lyme arthritis
Swine C. - Determination of a simple clinical score for screening of elderly patients at risk for MRSA carriage upon hospital admission in acute geriatric wards
Swingler E. - Clostridium difficile at a teaching hospital in Western Australia: providing insight into community acquisition
Symoens F. - Use of mass spectrometry to identify clinical Fusarium isolates
Synodinou E. - Prevalence of gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus and adenovirus in a paediatric population in Athens, Greece
Syrioupoulou V.P. - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of group A Streptococcus clinical isolates: antimicrobial resistance patterns, macrolide-resistance genes and emm typing
Syrjänen J. - Group G streptococcal bacteraemia and emm types
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Sysenko G.S. - A controlled intervention study to improve antibiotic use in a Russian paediatric hospital
Szabados F. - Predominantly clonal transmission of CTX-M-1 harbouring K. pneumoniae in two wards
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Szabó J. - Epidemiological survey of invasive pneumococci in Hungary
Szabo J. - Molecular analysis of vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated in Debrecen, Hungary
Szabó D. - In vivo bactericidal effect of a new proline-rich peptide A3-APO on an ESBL-producing Escherichia coli strain
Szabo G. - Molecular typing indicates an important role of two international clonal complexes in the dissemination of VIM-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates in Hungary
Szabo M. - Results after the introduction of a pharmacist-managed surgical antibiotic use policy
Szakonyi G. - Bacterial membrane drug efflux and receptor proteins
Szalayova Z. - Efficacy of clindamycin in bacterial vaginosis and risk factors
Szarewski A. - A comparison of predictors for high-grade CIN in the triage of women with abnormal smears
Szczepanowski R. - Erythromycin resistance plasmids isolated from the bacterial community of a municipal wastewater treatment plant encode an interesting spectrum of macrolide resistance determinants
Szczepanska B. - Multiple antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter spp. isolated from hospitalised children in Poland during 2002–2007
Szilágyi E. - 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
Szkaradkiewicz A. - Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis and cytokine response in inflammatory bowel diseases
Szmal C. - Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Romania
  - Molecular characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus isolates belonging to two most prevalent spa types recovered from Romanian hospitals during 2006–2007
  - Panton-Valentine leukocidin positive, t008 spa-type meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Romanian western county hospital
Szoke D. - Relevance of human beta defensin-1 in Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis
Szpinda I. - Are mycobacteria present in colon biopsies from patients with early inflammatory bowel disease?
Szucs G. - Ten-years surveillance of norovirus in outbreaks of gastroenteritis in Hungary: molecular epidemiology, genetic diversity and evolution