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La Rotta J. - In vitro activity of tigecycline and other broad spectrum antibiotics against micro-organisms isolated from infected patients in Colombia
La Salandra G. - Amplified fragment length polymorphism for high-resolution typing of Listeria monocytogenes from foods and the environment
  - Antibiotic resistance in the food chain: characterisation of S.aureus isolated from milk and cheese in Italy
  - Molecular typing of enterotoxigenic strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from different foods of animal origin
Laakso S. - The Mobidiag Prove-it sepsis PCR and microarray platform: a 2centre study designed to validate a system for speciating blood culture bacterial isolates within 3hours
Labbe A.C. - Prospective evaluation of clinical utility and pronostic value of broncho-alveolar lavage galactomannan assay in haematology-oncology patients
LaBombardi V. - Evaluation of VersaTREK system for isolation and susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Labonia M.T. - Molecular epidemiology of VIM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Italy
Labora A. - Pharmacodynamic comparison of daptomycin and vancomycin against clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in three European countries
Labrune V. - Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in Indonesian children: comparison of Helicobacter pylori stool antigen with enzyme-immunoassay and a new rapid test
Labugger R. - Characterisation of bacterial isolates in cheese production surveillance in an organic farming site
Lachaud L. - Antifungal susceptibility of 205 Candida yeast isolated during systemic candidiasis. Comparison of the Vitek 2 system with ETest and CLSI broth microdilution methods
Lacki M. - Formation of stomathopathies in correlation with presence of Candida and Lactobacillus strains
Laconi S. - Anti-picornaviral activity of novel pirodavir derivatives
Lacroix C. - High rate of breakthrough invasive aspergillosis among patients with persistent fever and neutropenia receiving empirical caspofungin therapy
  - Cumulative sums test for monitoring the incidence of invasive nosocomial aspergillosis
Laekeman G. - Theory of planned behaviour and its use in antibiotic prescribing in a hospital setting
Laeuffer J. - Comparative susceptibility of European Gram-negative pathogens to ceftobiprole, ceftazidime and cefepime
  - Efficacy and safety of doripenem versus comparators in subjects with Acinetobacter baumannii: integrated analysis of six phase III clinical studies
  - Comparative susceptibility of European Gram-positive pathogens to ceftobiprole, vancomycin, teicoplanin and linezolid
Laeuffer J.M. - Comparative susceptibility of European Gram-negative rods to doripenem, imipenem and meropenem
Lafaurie M. - High rate of breakthrough invasive aspergillosis among patients with persistent fever and neutropenia receiving empirical caspofungin therapy
  - Sustained favourable impact of an antibiotic management programme on the prescription of fluoroquinolones in a tertiary hospital after 4years
Laffer R. - Nosocomial outbreak of an extended-spectrum lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain on a medical intensive care unit
  - Skin colonisation with extended-spectrum lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae
Lagrou K. - Evaluation of two line immunoassays for the detection of Borrelia antibodies
Lai H.C. - In vitro susceptibilities of Mycobacterium marinum isolates in Taiwan
Lai R. - Effectiveness of an antimicrobial stewardship program on broad-spectrum antimicrobials in a Hong Kong tertiary-care hospital
Laitinen I. - CRP/CD11b RATIO: a novel parameter for detecting Gram-positive sepsis
Laitinen T. - NeuropeptideS receptor1 variation is associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae seropositivity in Finnish military conscripts
Lajunen T. - NeuropeptideS receptor1 variation is associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae seropositivity in Finnish military conscripts
  - Smoking status interacts in the association between mannose-binding lectin serum levels and carriage of respiratory bacteria
  - The association of mannose-binding lectin with elevated body mass index
Lal P. - Two years after introduction of ertapenem in the antibiotic formulary of an intensive therapy unit in a large teaching hospital: effect on antibiotic resistance patterns of Pseudomonas species and Enterobacteriaceae
Lalle E. - Activation of interferon response in human PBMC by avian influenza H5N1 virus
Lam W.H. - Antibiotic susceptibilities of genital mycoplasmas in male patients with urethritis
Lam L.W. - Virtual microbiology laboratory teaching and learning experience in the modern era
Lam T.T. - Biocide exposure activates sae promoter activity in Staphylococcus aureus strain Newman and increases cellular invasion
Lamagni T. - Seasonal patterns of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes disease in the Northern hemisphere
Lamas A. - MLST reveals a polyclonal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from initial and early colonisation stages in cystic fibrosis patients
Lamb K. - Penicillin resistance in Scottish invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates, between 1999 and 2007
Lamb J. - Measuring the effect of enhanced cleaning in a UK hospital: a prospective cross-over study
Lambert P.A. - Germinate to exterminate: Susceptibility of germinating spores of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 to desiccation and aerobic conditions
  - Antimicrobial activity of crude eucalyptus oil against Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans grown in planktonic and biofilm cultures
  - An optimised RAPD protocol for rapid genotyping and local epidemiological mapping of Clostridium difficile
Lambert P. - Epidemiology of MRSA bacteraemia and clinical relevance of reduced susceptibility to vancomycin
Lambert M.L. - Trends in mortality due to Clostridium difficile enterocolitis in Brussels and Flanders, 19982006
Lambert M-L. - Clinical characteristics of infections with Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 versus other ribotypes: data from prospective surveillance in Belgium
Lamberti A.G. - Relevance of procalcitonin level on the serum lipopolysaccharide concentrations in intensive care unit bacteraemic and non-bacteraemic patients
Lambertsen L. - Effectiveness of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease one year after the introduction in the Danish childhood vaccination programme
Lambri N. - Multiresistant urinary tract isolates of Escherichia coli: is it an issue in the empiric management of acute uncomplicated cystitis?
  - Killing kinetics of cefditoren pivoxil against Escherichia coli clinical isolates
  - Killing kinetics of cefditoren against recent isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Greece
Lammas D.A. - Comparison of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains prevalent in the Indian Sub-continent and the UK
Lammens C. - Rapid detection of extended-spectrum lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: arandomised, investigator-blinded evaluation of culture-based approaches
  - Evaluation of commercially available molecular and culture-based assays for rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  - Assessment of sputum Gram stain and culture for S.pneumoniae and Haemophilus spp. in the aetiologic diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections in the European GRACE study
  - Analysis of the gut microbiota of irritable bowel syndrome patients and healthy volunteers using selective media and Real-Time PCR
  - The role of respiratory viruses and M.pneumoniae in lower respiratory tract infections in primary care
  - Evaluation of culture-based approaches for rapid detection of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci: a randomised, investigator-blinded study
  - Comparison of the impact of direct plating versus a short or overnight pre-enrichment on detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens
Lamminaho K. - HCV core, NS3, NS4B and NS5A are the major immunogenic proteins in humoral immunity in chronic HCV infection
Lamoth F. - Parachlamydia and Rhabdochlamydia in respiratory secretions of premature newborns: prevalence and clinical impact
  - Increased glomerular filtration rate associated with low imipenem blood concentrations in febrile neutropenic cancer patients
  - Comparison between hospital cumulative and specific antibiograms according to sampling time and type of unit
Lamp K. - Safety and clinical outcomes of high-dose daptomycin (>6mg/kg)
  - Safety of daptomycin in the treatment of osteomyelitis: results from a registry
  - Patient factors impacting the transition from inpatient to outpatient daptomycin treatment
  - Clinical outcomes with daptomycin used as first-line therapy and after administration of other antibiotics for Staphylococcus aureus infection
Lamy B. - Comparative evaluation of four commercial methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of a collection of 96 Aeromonas clinical isolates
Lan N. - Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampin-resistance from sputum samples with an easy-to-use PCR test system with near-patient capability
Lanasa G. - Invasive aspergillosis in acute myeloid leukaemia: report of Seifem-2008 multi-centre survey
Landelle C. - Low-monocyte human leucocyte antigen-DR expression is independently associated with nosocomial infections after septic shock
Landersdorfer C. - A new semi-physiological absorption model to assess the pharmacodynamic profile of cefuroxime axetil using non-parametric and parametric population pharmacokinetics
  - New insights into the most commonly studied drug interaction with antibiotics: pharmacokinetic interaction between ciprofloxacin, gemifloxacin and probenecid at renal and non-renal sites
Lang A.B. - Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety profile of a fully human IgM anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotypeO11 monoclonal antibody KBPA 101 in healthy volunteers
Langner C. - 24-nor-ursodeoxycholic acid as novel therapeutic strategy for inflammation-induced liver fibrosis in a murine model of Schistosoma mansoni infection
Langosch J. - MRSA on a closed psychiatric ward
Lanjouw E. - Characteristics of patients infected with Mycoplasma genitalium in an STI outpatient clinic, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Lannehoa Y. - Prospective study assessing the tetanus immunisation status and its determinants among patients consulting for wound care at the emergency department of a non-universitary hospital
Lannigan R. - Susceptibility of coagulase-negative staphylococci to telavancin, a new lipoglycopeptide antibiotic and comparison with vancomycin
Lanternier F. - Therapeutic drug monitoring of posaconazole in 54 adult patients
Lantero M. - Bacteraemia by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli as a complication after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Lanzafame P. - Assessment of Microscan rapid ID-AST versus conventional panels for Gram-negative bacteria
  - Catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a geriatric ward
  - Surveillance of vascular catheter and total parenteral nutrition-related infections
  - Information technology and infection control: a project for an active computer-assisted microbiology surveillance
Laosakul C. - Prolonged survival of dengue virus in blood and excretion in urine after clinical recovery
Lapa P. - Widespread subcutaneous nodules as a manifestation of breakthrough invasive aspergillosis in a bone marrow transplant patient: assessment of disease extension by positron emission tomography scan imaging
Lapalu J. - High rate of breakthrough invasive aspergillosis among patients with persistent fever and neutropenia receiving empirical caspofungin therapy
Lapinsky S. - Epidemiology of influenza illness requiring intensive care unit admission in Toronto, Canada
Lappalainen M. - HepatitisB nucleic acid testing of healthy blood donors in Finland
  - The combination of antibody bridging and avidity index methodology for reliable and simple determination of infection phase
  - Development of a quantitative real-time HHV-6-PCR: comparison of the results to qualitative in-house PCR and commercial quantitative PCR Argene CMV, HHV6,7,8 RgeneTM kit
  - HCV core, NS3, NS4B and NS5A are the major immunogenic proteins in humoral immunity in chronic HCV infection
Larcher C. - Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship programme on antimicrobial consumption and cost in an Italian hospital
Larionova E. - Genetic characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, isolated among Moscow residents
Larioza J. - Management of infective endocarditis: clinical experience with outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy
Larrison A. - Efficacy of oritavancin at single or infrequent doses for the treatment of complicated skin and skin-structure infections
Larsen T. - The prevalence of carriers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Copenhagen
Larsen J. - Clonal spread of penicillin-resistant ampicillin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis among bloodstream infections in Denmark
Larsen G. - Nasal and throat swab cultures for the assessment of S.aureus colonisation and carriage in the Troms Staph and Skin Study. Avalidation study including standard screening methods and molecular typing
Larsen P. - Persistence of Escherichia coli clones in recurrent urinary tract infections
Larsen C.S. - European cluster of imported falciparum malaria from Gambia
Larsson L. - Detection of candidaemia in patients with and without underlying haematological disease
Larsson E. - Impact of genetic surroundings on the function of integrons
Lasarte J.J. - Skin lesion caused by ST398 and ST1 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a young girl in Spain and MRSA nasal colonisation study in their family members
Lass-Floerl C. - Usefulness of Creactive protein and procalcitonin determination for the differential diagnosis and guidance of the clinical management in pneumococcal and Legionella pneumonia
Lass-Flörl C. - Fungiscope: a global database for rare fungal infections
  - Airborne fungus exposure prior hospitalisation as risk factor for mould infections in immunocompromised patients
  - Immune evasion of Aspergillus fumigatus by secreted proteases can be undermined by application of amino acids
  - In vitro antifungal activity of isavuconazole against 345 mucorales isolates, collected at eight study centres worldwide
  - Fungal metabolites can fuel an underlying HIV infection
Lassnigg A. - Comparison of different methods for quantification of Candida spp. biofilm grown in different glucose concentration
  - The effect of an antimycotic restriction programme on mortality rate and incidence of candidaemia at a cardiothoracic intensive care unit
Latifi Y. - Can multiplex PCR (SeptiFast) detect DNAemia before occurrence of sepsis in neutropenic patients?
Latino M.A. - Rapid diagnosis by antigen detection for groupB Streptococcus carriage in pregnant women
Latorre L. - Amplified fragment length polymorphism for high-resolution typing of Listeria monocytogenes from foods and the environment
Latronico F. - Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Bari, Italy
Latvala S. - Potentially probiotic bacteria induce inflammasome activation and cytokine production in human monocyte-derived macrophages
Lau S. - A surveillance study of parvoviruses from animals in Hong Kong discovered two novel parvoviruses closely related to human parvovirus4
Laudy A.E. - The role of the MDR efflux pumps of Gram-negative rods in removing non-antibiotic drugs
Launay O. - Immunogenicity of hepatitis AandB vaccines among liver transplant candidates
  - Immunological and virological outcome of a double-boosted HIV protease inhibitor salvage regimen
Laundy M. - Travel-associated enteric fever: a review of demographics, clinical features, laboratory findings, treatment and outcomes in a UK district general hospital
Laupland K. - Incidence of zoonotic Salmonella species bacteraemia: a multi-national population-based study
Laurans C. - Emergence of antimicrobial resistance among Viridans group streptococci: a six-year surveillance in children attending day care centres
Laurent F. - Use of a new and simple microarray assay (Prove-it Sepsis) for rapid identification of bacteria involved in bone and joint infections directly from clinical samples
  - Comparative evaluation of four commercial methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of a collection of 96 Aeromonas clinical isolates
Laurent T. - A MLPA-oligochromatographic multiplex assay for identification of the toxin genotype and the hypervirulent ribotype 027 of Clostridium difficile
Laurent F. - Molecular characterisation of S.aureus involved in varicella superinfections in France
Laustsen S. - Association between the amount of hand antiseptics used and hospital-acquired infections in a Danish hospital
Lautenbach D. - Seroreactivity of dense granule recombinant antigens in toxoplasmosis
Lautenschlager I. - Current status of CMV reactivations in adult liver transplant patients monitored by frequent quantitative PCR testing
  - Development of a quantitative real-time HHV-6-PCR: comparison of the results to qualitative in-house PCR and commercial quantitative PCR Argene CMV, HHV6,7,8 RgeneTM kit
  - Viral antigen expression in individuals with chromosomal integrated HHV6
Lauwers S. - Evaluation of the performance of RSV Respi-Strip in comparison with cell culture and reverse transcriptase PCR
Lavadinovic L. - Visceral leishmaniasis in Serbia treatment problems
Lavallade L. - Antibacterial activity of NXL103 (linopristine-flopristine), in vitro post-antibiotic effect, and spontaneous frequency of resistance
  - Antibacterial activity of NXL103 (linopristine-flopristine) against intracellular Staphylococcus aureus and efficacy following per oral administration in murine models of systemic infection
  - Use of the hollow fibre infection model in the pharmacodynamic evaluation of the lactamase inhibitor NXL104
Laverdiere M. - Prospective evaluation of clinical utility and pronostic value of broncho-alveolar lavage galactomannan assay in haematology-oncology patients
Lawrence L. - In vitro activity of delafloxacin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the United States, Europe and Asia
Laxman Singh M. - Cloning and characterisation of EngA, a GTP-binding protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
Laxman Singh R. - Cloning and characterisation of EngA, a GTP-binding protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
Lazar H. - Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety profile of a fully human IgM anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotypeO11 monoclonal antibody KBPA 101 in healthy volunteers
Lazar V. - Antimicrobial and anti-pathogenic features of some new oxepins
  - The influence of some probiotic cultures supernatants on the growth rate and virulence expression of several selected enteroaggregative E.coli clinical strains
  - Phenotypic and genetic investigation of virulence and antibioresistance hallmarks in Escherichia coli strains isolated from Black Sea water on Romanian coast
  - The investigation of the correlations between antibiotics and host immune effectors on virulence and antibiotic resistance of some Escherichia coli strains
Lazaridou A. - Monitoring the evolution of brucellosis by using four common serological tests
Lazzarotto T. - Evaluation of fully automated assays for the detection of Cytomegalovirus IgM and IgG antibodies on the Elecsys immunoassays system
Le T.T.N. - The incidence of sepsis in a large Dutch University hospital: CRP and the SIRS criteria
Le Bouguénec C. - A gut colonisation model to study bacteriophages/bacteria relationships in vivo
Le Bouguenec C. - A high-level fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium strain shows decreased invasion ability. Is there any regulatory link?
  - Decreased cell invasion by a high-level ciprofloxacin-resistant mutant of Yersinia enterocolitica
Le Floch R. - Incidence of infections in burn centres in France
Le Goff L. - Limitations of tpi and bg sub-genotypings for characterisation of human Giardia duodenalis isolates
Le Guillou-Guillemette H. - Quantification and typing of herpes simplex virus type1 and2 in cerebrospinal fluid by Taqman and Sybergreen real-time PCR assays for HSV encephalitis diagnosis
Le Jeunne C. - Percutaneous bedside bone biopsy coupled with gallium SPECT-CT in suspected diabetic foot osteitis: a pilot study
Le Tulzo Y. - Risk factors for methicillin resistance and factors associated with in-hospital mortality during Staphylococcus aureus blood stream infection: an observational study
Leach A. - Clinical presentation and outcome of septic arthritis diagnosed in a community hospital
Leal A.L. - Relationship between piperacillin-tazobactam consumption and bacterial resistance in Colombian hospitals. Atime-series analysis,20042007
  - Surveillance of antimicrobial consumption patterns in high complexity hospitals in Colombia,20022007
Leal A. - Temporary changes in the frequency of extended espectrum beta lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Colombia,20022008
Leal A.L. - In vitro activity of tigecycline and other broad spectrum antibiotics against micro-organisms isolated from infected patients in Colombia
  - Presence of the KPC carbapapenemase in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from 6 hospitals in Colombia
Lebeau B. - Prospective surveillance of invasive aspergillosis in 4 French regions: 20052007
Lebeaux D. - Therapeutic drug monitoring of posaconazole in 54 adult patients
Lebessi E. - Emergence of metallo-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in a neonatal intensive care unit
  - Staphylococcus aureus colonisation/infection in a neonatal intensive care unit: a four-year study
  - Epidemiology of bacterial hand infections in a paediatric population
Leblebicioglu H. - Oxidative stress and antioxidant defence in patients with chronic hepatitisBandC
Leca D. - Neurosurgery-related bacterial meningitis a10year review
  - Whole-blood and cerebrospinal fluid interferon-gamma release assay for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis
Lecaillon E. - Comparative evaluation of four commercial methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of a collection of 96 Aeromonas clinical isolates
Lechner A. - Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection management indicators as quality indicators for hospital antibiotic stewardship: feasibility study by the ABS International Quality Indicators (ABS QI) team
  - Validation of quality indicators for hospital antibiotic use by the ABS International Quality Indicators (QI) Project
Lecky D.M. - e-Bug: evaluation of the eBug educational pack in England, France and the Czech Republic
Lecky D. - e-Bug: using games to teach young children about microbes, hygiene and appropriate antibiotic use
Leclercq A. - High incidence of Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in a north-eastern Italian area
Leclipteux T. - A MLPA-oligochromatographic multiplex assay for identification of the toxin genotype and the hypervirulent ribotype 027 of Clostridium difficile
  - Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in Indonesian children: comparison of Helicobacter pylori stool antigen with enzyme-immunoassay and a new rapid test
Lecuit M. - Mycobacterium genavense infections: a French national multi-centre retrospective study from 1996 to 2007
  - Therapeutic drug monitoring of posaconazole in 54 adult patients
Lecuona M. - Evolution of the MRSA clones at a university hospital in the Canary Islands
Ledesma K. - Combination therapy for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a neutropenic murine pneumonia model
Lee D.G. - The production of ESBLs does not affect the early and late clinical outcome of E.coli or K.pneumoniae bacteraemia in febrile neutropenia
Lee S. - Comparative distribution of phylogenetic groups, virulence genes and antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from blood, urine and faeces
Lee H.S. - Clinical features of acute hepatitisA outbreak in Korea
Lee J. - Outpatient-based pneumococcal vaccine campaign and survey on perceptions about pneumococcal vaccination in patients and doctors
Lee J.H. - Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibilities of genital mycoplasmas in outpatients with clinical urogenital infections in Korea
Lee N.Y. - Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibilities of genital mycoplasmas in outpatients with clinical urogenital infections in Korea
Lee S.H. - Evaluation of drug-drug interaction study of zabofloxacin in vivo
  - Characterisation of pncA mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from South Korea
Lee K.H. - Characterisation of pncA mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from South Korea
Lee S.O. - Risk factors of paradoxical response in HIVnegative patients with peripheral lymph node tuberculosis
Lee K. - Investigation of nosocomial outbreak of multiresistant Acinetobacter spp. at a Korean hospital
Lee M.S. - Emergence of community-onset extended-spectrum -lactamases-producing Escherichia coli in acute pyelonephritis in Korean hospitals
Lee Y.C. - Genetic basis of resistance to aminoglycosides in Acinetobacter species and spread of armA in Acinetobacter baumannii sequence group 1 in Korean hospitals
Lee J.C. - Genetic basis of resistance to aminoglycosides in Acinetobacter species and spread of armA in Acinetobacter baumannii sequence group 1 in Korean hospitals
Lee C.S. - Seroprevalence of and occupational risk for hepatitisA among healthcare workers in Korean hospitals
Lee P. - Performance of the Focus Diagnostics second-generation Parvovirus IgG and IgM ELISA kits utilising parvovirusV9 viral protein2 antigen
Lee H.Y. - Mechanisms of resistance to ciprofloxacin, ampicillin/sulbactam and imipenem in Acinetobacter baumannii in Taiwan
Lee H.S. - Cryptococcal meningitis: 12-year experience in a single tertiary-care centre
Lee P.S. - Appropriate Muller-Hinton agar is crucial for the performance of metallo-lactamase Etest
Lee L.H. - Caenorhabditis elegans-based analysis for the host-pathogen interaction of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovars isolated from indigenous vegetables and poultry meat in Malaysia
Lee C.S. - Comparative analysis of serum proteomes to discover biomarker for scrub typhus
Lee K. - The burden of healthcare-associated infection: the patient experience
Lee H.C. - A multi-centre prospective study of risk factors for Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions after penicillin therapy among persons with syphilis
Lee W. - In vitro activity of antimicrobials in combination against clinical strains of extreme drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii resistant to all antibiotics including polymyxinB in Singapore
  - Effective antimicrobials in combination against extreme drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with decreasing susceptibilities to polymyxinB in Singapore
Lee M. - Doripenem clinical and microbiologic outcomes by baseline susceptibility for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii from 5 phase 3 clinical trials
Lee C.C. - Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of extended-spectrum lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from Macau, China
Lee A. - Comparison of the impact of direct plating versus a short or overnight pre-enrichment on detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens
Lee W. - In vitro activity of polymyxinB and rifampicin in combination against pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp.
Lee E.Y. - High-resolution melting analysis for rapid detection of rifampin and isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates
Lee S.Y. - Clonal dissemination of vancomycin-intermediate and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Taiwan
Lee K.W. - Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Korea in 2007: increasing prevalence of vancomycin-resistant E.faecium, cefotaxime and cefoxitin-resistant K.pneumoniae, and imipenem-resistant P.aeruginosa and Acinetobacterspp.
Lee M. - Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Korea in 2007: increasing prevalence of vancomycin-resistant E.faecium, cefotaxime and cefoxitin-resistant K.pneumoniae, and imipenem-resistant P.aeruginosa and Acinetobacterspp.
Lee J. - Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Korea in 2007: increasing prevalence of vancomycin-resistant E.faecium, cefotaxime and cefoxitin-resistant K.pneumoniae, and imipenem-resistant P.aeruginosa and Acinetobacterspp.
Lee C.H. - Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Korea in 2007: increasing prevalence of vancomycin-resistant E.faecium, cefotaxime and cefoxitin-resistant K.pneumoniae, and imipenem-resistant P.aeruginosa and Acinetobacterspp.
Lee N. - Effectiveness of an antimicrobial stewardship program on broad-spectrum antimicrobials in a Hong Kong tertiary-care hospital
Lee B. - Effectiveness of an antimicrobial stewardship program on broad-spectrum antimicrobials in a Hong Kong tertiary-care hospital
Lee M.K. - Comparative analysis of simulated candidaemia by using 2 different blood culture systems and rapid identification of Candida albicans
Lee K.D. - Usefulness of chromoID VRE agar for the detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in faecal specimen
Lee H.S. - Usefulness of chromoID VRE agar for the detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in faecal specimen
Lee J. - Long-term immunogenicity of influenza vaccine among the elderly adults
Lee J.Y. - Prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance and its association with extended-spectrum lactamase in clinical isolates from Korea
Lee J.N. - Prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance and its association with extended-spectrum lactamase in clinical isolates from Korea
Lee J.H. - Comparison of multiple and single liver abscess
Lefeuvre S. - Posaconazole therapeutic drug monitoring in cystic fibrosis lung transplant patients
  - Valganciclovir prophylaxis for CMV infection in thoracic transplant patients
Leflon-Guibout V. - Cross-contamination does not explain the increase in ESBL-producing isolates in intensive care units in a French university hospital
Lefort A. - Animal-associated ST398 MRSA strains lack human-associated virulence and adhesion genes
Legakis N.J. - Emergence and persistence of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa serogroups O11 and O12
Lehmkuhl H. - Clinical experience with daptomycin in Europe
Lehner A. - Towards a comprehensive proteome mapping of the opportunistic pathogen Cronobacter turicensis3032
Lehours P. - In vitro study of dendritic cells maturation induced by Helicobacter pylori strains: evaluation of the inflammatory response and immunological consequences
Lehoux D. - Efficacy of oritavancin in the rat haematogenous pneumonia model
  - Evaluation of oritavancin activity in vitro in the presence of human and mouse serum
Lehtopolku M. - In vitro activities of 22 antimicrobial agents against macrolide-resistant Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates
Lei J. - Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of extended-spectrum lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from Macau, China
Leib S. - Attenuation of bacteraemia by treatment with serotype-specific antibodies diminishes hippocampal neural apoptosis during experimental pneumococcal meningitis
Leib S.L. - Cell replacement therapy for brain damage after bacterial meningitis: neuronal stem/progenitor cells migrate, differentiate and integrate in organotypic hippocampal slices injured after challenge with Streptococcus pneumoniae
Leib S. - Mapping the host response to cerebral aspergillosis by integrative transcriptome analysis
Leib S.L. - In infant rat pneumococcal meningitis, ceftriaxone plus daptomycin versus ceftriaxone attenuates brain damage and hearing loss while ceftriaxone plus rifampicin versus ceftriaxone does not
  - Anti-inflammatory effect of adjuvant glycerol in experimental pneumococcal meningitis
  - Beneficial effects of erythropoietin in experimental pneumococcal meningitis
Leibner-Ciszak J. - A new method PCR MP for Candida albicans strains genotyping
Leibovici L. - Appropriate vs. inappropriate empirical antibiotic treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis of effects and modifiers
  - Antiviral prophylaxis in haematological patients: systematic review and meta-analysis
  - Computerised antibiotic susceptibility prediction: accounting for prior knowledge and cross-resistance
  - A decision support system for diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal tract infections in solid-organ transplant recipients
Leidinger H. - RIDAQUICK Norovirus: a new dimension for norovirus detection
Leigh J. - Longitudinal local immune analysis in HIV+ persons with oropharyngeal candidiasis
Leinonen M. - Rapamycin, used in the prevention of in-stent restenosis, has antichlamydia-activity
  - Smoking status interacts in the association between mannose-binding lectin serum levels and carriage of respiratory bacteria
  - NeuropeptideS receptor1 variation is associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae seropositivity in Finnish military conscripts
  - Mixed biofilms formed by Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae and expression of certain biofilm-related genes
  - The association of mannose-binding lectin with elevated body mass index
Leister H. - Efficacy of tigecycline versus ceftriaxone and metronidazole for complicated intra-abdominal infections: Americas study400
Leitão A. - Antimicrobial resistance and in vitro biofilm-forming ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from veterinary origin
Leite Cruzeiro M. - Outcome of acute childhood bacterial meningitis in Luanda, Angola
Leitner E. - Increase of antimicrobial resistance among major Enterobacteriaceae species in Germany
  - Trends of antimicrobial resistance among staphylococci and enterococci in Germany
  - Emergence and differentiation of pig-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in Austria
  - Comparative in vitro activity of tigecycline against pathogens obtained from intensive care patients in Germany
  - Rapid and effective analysis of nosocomial outbreaks using the DiversiLab semi-automated repetitive sequence-based PCR test system
Leiva J. - Risk factors for catheter-related colonisation and catheter-related bloodstream infection in chronic haemodialysis patients with cuffed tunneled central venous catheters
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Lelekis M. - Failure of a restriction list-based antibiotic policy to reduce the consumption of two antibiotics recently added to this list
Lelieur Pierard M. - Emergence of antimicrobial resistance among Viridans group streptococci: a six-year surveillance in children attending day care centres
Lemaire S. - Role of rsbU and Staphyloxanthin in intracellular growth of Staphylococcus aureus in human phagocytic cells (THP-1 macrophages)
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Lemee V. - Performance evaluation of VIDIA HIV DUO, a new automated immunoassay test for qualitative HIV antigen/antibodies detection
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Lemeni D. - The epidemiology of botulism in Romania
Lemmen S. - In vitro activity of tigecycline versus imipenem and versus vancomycin and linezolid against clinical isolates of ESBL-producing E.coli, Klebsiella spp. and methicillin-resistant S.aureus
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Lemmens-den Toom N. - Clonal enrichment of integrated resistance plasmid-containing Staphylococcus aureus in a burn centre associated with persistent carriage among healthcare workers
Lemos da Silva J. - Seroepidemiological survey of viral hepatitis, HIV, syphilis and herpes simplex virus in a Portuguese correctional facility
Lenez A. - National investigation into the infection control practices in surgery in Belgium
Lengeler C. - Aetiology of fever in children from urban and rural Tanzania
Lengerova M. - Rapid detection and identification of zygomycetes in clinical samples using high-resolution melt analysis
Lengerová M. - Voriconazole plasma levels monitoring in haemato-oncological patients
Lentini G. - Dissemination of a small ColE1-like plasmid harbouring qnrB19 among commensal Escherichia coli, Bolivia
Lentnek A. - A randomised, double-blind clinical trial of OPT-80 versus vancomycin in Clostridium difficile infection
León L. - Nosocomial, community and healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in Spain
Leonard S. - Validation of a high-trough vancomycin nomogram to achieve trough concentrations of 15 to 20mg/L
Leoncini F. - Acute hepatitisC and nosocomial transmission of hepatitisC virus: an emergent threat in the hospital setting?
Leone G. - Invasive aspergillosis in acute myeloid leukaemia: report of Seifem-2008 multi-centre survey
Leonidou L. - The effect of bacteraemia on the immune response and outcome of patients with severe sepsis
Leonildi A. - Quinolone monotherapy in diabetic foot infections: rate of failure and selection for resistant strains
Leonova G. - The infection of macrophages by enveloped virus
Leontieva G. - SspB1 streptococcal surface protein as possible component of recombinant streptococcal vaccine
Lepape A. - Low-monocyte human leucocyte antigen-DR expression is independently associated with nosocomial infections after septic shock
Lepe J.A. - Modified sequential multiplex PCR for determining capsular serotypes of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates
Lepsanovic Z. - Detection of metallo-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates at a university hospital
Leput E. - Serotypes evolution in Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated from respiratory tract infections in adults in France from 2001/02 to 2006/07
Leroy C. - Evaluation of three media (BD Granada, Chrom ID and Strepto B) for screening of recto-vaginal colonisation by groupB Streptococcus in pregnant women and determination of the prevalence of non-haemolytic groupB Streptococcus
Leskovar V. - Low virulence associated with fluoroquinolone resistance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains
Lester C.H. - Persistence of Escherichia coli clones in recurrent urinary tract infections
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Lestner J.M. - Toxicodynamics of itraconazole
Leth R.A. - Increased risk of postpartum infections after caserean section compared with vaginal birth
Leti W. - Study on the genotypic resistance of HIV1 in blood monocytes, CD4Tcells and plasma of HIVinfected individuals
Letley D. - Helicobacter pylori vacA intermediate region i1 strains are associated with more severe histological features of chronic gastritis and increased gastric carcinoma risk in Portugal
Leuci A. - Liquid-based microbiology and automation: a new frontier in the management of bacteriology laboratory
Leunig M. - Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection using multiplex PCR in sonication fluid of removed implants
Levasseur P. - Antibacterial activity of NXL103 (linopristine-flopristine) against intracellular Staphylococcus aureus and efficacy following per oral administration in murine models of systemic infection
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Levchuk V.P. - Antimicrobial activities of bacteriocins E5052 and B602 against MRSA and other nosocomial infections
Leveque N. - Clinical evaluation of a new commercial PCR-DNA microarray system for simultaneous detection of 17 respiratory viruses in French infants hospitalised for acute bronchiolitis
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Levêque D. - Inhibition effects of four antifungal triazoles (itraconazole, fluconazole, voriconazole and posaconazole) on specific activities of CYP3A4 in human liver microsomes
Leverstein-van Hall M.A. - The siderophore yersiniabactin produced by the high-pathogenicity island of Enterobacteriaceae reduces the oxidative stress response of polymorphonuclear leukocytes
Leverstein-van Hall M. - First results of the new Dutch Infectious Diseases Surveillance Information System-Antimicrobial Resistance (ISIS-AR). Epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in the Netherlands
Leverstein-van Hall M.A. - A recombination hotspot with several genomic islands and a high number of putative pili operons in the chromosome of an epidemic Enterobacterhormaechei
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Leverstein-van Hall M. - The effects of closed endotracheal suction systems on cross transmission with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care unit patients
Leverstein-van Hall M.A. - Dynamics of extended-spectrum -lactamases in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: a mathematical model
Leverstein-van Hall M. - High prevalence of extended-spectrum -lactamase production in Enterobacter spp. bloodculture isolates in the Netherlands
Levi M. - Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampin-resistance from sputum samples with an easy-to-use PCR test system with near-patient capability
Levidiotou S. - Molecular epidemiology of Brucella melitensis in Greece assessed by multilocus variable-number tandem repeat markers
  - Viral, bacterial and parasitic aetiology of acute gastroenteritis in hospitalised children in north-western Greece
Levin A.S. - Study of metallo-lactamase production in clinical isolates of pan-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Levin A. - Multiplex PCR for rapid detection of genes encoding Oxa and metallo-lactamases in Acinetobacter spp.
Levin B. - Antibiotic treatment failure in the absence of resistance: the contributions of bacterial density and physiology
Levine D. - High-dose daptomycin for complicated Gram-positive infections
Levterova V. - cDNA-AFLP strategy applied in the search of drug resistance markers in medically important fungi
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Lévy-Bruhl D. - Why did France introduce the anti-HPV vaccine?
Lewis R. - Caspofungin non-susceptible Candida spp. isolates in cancer patients
Lewis T. - Epidemiology of MRSA bacteraemia and clinical relevance of reduced susceptibility to vancomycin
L'Hériteau F. - Non-compliance with guidelines for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis and the risk of surgical site infection: results from the INCISO Surveillance Network
Li F. - Molecular identification of viral pathogens using PCR/ESI-MS
Li H. - Rapid detection and identification of tick-borne pathogens directly from clinical samples using PCR and electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry
Li J. - In vitro antibacterial and anti-pathogenic activity of colistin, azithromycin and their combinations against colistin-susceptible and resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Li K. - A surveillance study of parvoviruses from animals in Hong Kong discovered two novel parvoviruses closely related to human parvovirus4
Li H.L. - Two novel OXA-type extended-spectrum -lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Hunan province, China: blaOXA-128 and blaOXA-129
Li Bergoli M. - Multifocal emergence of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone with differential non-carbapenemase-mediated resistance to carbapenems in Italian hospitals
Liakopoulos A. - Prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Legionella pneumophila among patients with atypical pneumonia in central Greece
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Liang X.H. - Two novel OXA-type extended-spectrum -lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Hunan province, China: blaOXA-128 and blaOXA-129
Liao J.Z. - Two novel OXA-type extended-spectrum -lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Hunan province, China: blaOXA-128 and blaOXA-129
Liao C.H. - Evaluation of serum Aspergillus galactomannan antigen in the diagnosis of penicilliosis
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Liapis V. - In vitro susceptibilities of toxigenic clostridium difficile strains to 10 antimicrobial agents
Liapis A. - Incidence of Ureaplasma urealyticum in women with chronic urinary symptoms
Libanore M. - High incidence of Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in a north-eastern Italian area
Libeer J.C. - External quality assessment for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in clinical biology labs using molecular techniques
Liberto M.C. - Relevance of procalcitonin level on the serum lipopolysaccharide concentrations in intensive care unit bacteraemic and non-bacteraemic patients
Lichtenfeld I. - Pigs as a source for toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans in diphtheria-like disease
Lickiss J. - Exploring the fourth dimension: the clinico-economic impact of a distinct model of MRSA screening by PCR in United Kingdom
Liebowitz L. - An epidemiological study of detection rates of Clostridium difficile toxins AandB at a hospital in King'sLynn, England from 2000 to 2008
Liendo P. - Rising rates of syphilis in Bilbao health area between 2001 and2007
Lignell A. - Varying interactions between voriconazole and amphotericinB against Candidaspp. in an invitro kinetic model
Likic R. - Resistance to carbapenems and ciprofloxacin of intensive care unit Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in relationship to the ICU antimicrobials use at a university hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Lilius E.M. - CRP/CD11b RATIO: a novel parameter for detecting Gram-positive sepsis
Lillie P. - Factors affecting the duration of intravenous antibiotic therapy for cellulitis in an outpatient setting
Lilly E. - Longitudinal local immune analysis in HIV+ persons with oropharyngeal candidiasis
Lim T.P. - In vitro activity of polymyxinB and rifampicin in combination against pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp.
Lim C.H. - Activity of zabofloxacin, a new fluoroquinolone, against common respiratory pathogens, compared with five other fluoroquinolones
Lim T.P. - In vitro activity of antimicrobials in combination against clinical strains of extreme drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii resistant to all antibiotics including polymyxinB in Singapore
Lim C.S. - Clarithromycin and amikacin versus clarithromycin and moxifloxacin as the treatment for post-acupuncture cutaneous infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus: prospective observation study
Lim T.P. - Effective antimicrobials in combination against extreme drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with decreasing susceptibilities to polymyxinB in Singapore
Lima S. - Identification of a chromosomal classA lactamase from Serratia rubidaea
Limansky A. - Comparison of phenotypic techniques for the detection of metallo-lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from respiratory isolates
Limban C. - Antimicrobial and anti-pathogenic features of some new oxepins
Limongi D. - Gram-stain by a new specimen collection system: ESwab
Lin J.H. - Clinical and genetic analysis of human bocavirus in children with lower respiratory tract infection in Taiwan
Lin Y.C. - Clinical and genetic analysis of human bocavirus in children with lower respiratory tract infection in Taiwan
Lin K.H. - Clinical and genetic analysis of human bocavirus in children with lower respiratory tract infection in Taiwan
Lin G. - Activity of linopristin/flopristin (NXL 103) against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Staphylococcus aureus
Lin Y.C. - Efficacy of chlorhexidine gluconate against Staphylococcus aureus in a respiratory epithelial infection model
Lin Y.S. - Molecular epidemiological analysis of groupA streptococci with covR expression at different phases of growth
Lin M.T. - Molecular epidemiological analysis of groupA streptococci with covR expression at different phases of growth
Lin J.S. - Test performance of the amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis Direct Test in early diagnosis of Chinese pulmonary tuberculosis
Lin C.Y. - Test performance of the amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis Direct Test in early diagnosis of Chinese pulmonary tuberculosis
Lin C.H. - Test performance of the amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis Direct Test in early diagnosis of Chinese pulmonary tuberculosis
Lina G. - Beta-lactams targeting septum formation increase Panton-Valentine leukocidin expression by Staphylococcus aureus
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Liñares J. - Pneumococcal pneumonia presenting with septic shock: characteristics, outcomes, serotypes and genotypes
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Linares L. - Novel mutation (A427S) in the CMV UL97 gene associated with resistance to ganciclovir
Liñares J. - Diverse populations of fluoroquinolone nonsusceptible groupA streptococci recovered from colonisation and infections in Portugal (19992006)
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Lindfield K. - Clinical outcomes with daptomycin used as first-line therapy and after administration of other antibiotics for Staphylococcus aureus infection
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Lindfors M. - The Mobidiag Prove-it sepsis PCR and microarray platform: a 2centre study designed to validate a system for speciating blood culture bacterial isolates within 3hours
Lindgren M. - Emergence of CTXM typeESBLs among urinary tract Escherichia coli in south-western Finland
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Lindholm L. - Nasopharyngeal microbiota of children with acute otitis media (AOM) versus children with upper respiratory infection without AOM
Lindholm C. - Faecal colonisation with extended-spectrum -lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae among patients in nine Swedish nursing homes
Ling C. - The molecular epidemiology of the ESBL enzyme, CTX-M in Enterobacteriaceae surveyed in north London
Ling J. - Faecal carriage of carbapenem resistance in Hong Kong
Ling T. - Faecal carriage of carbapenem resistance in Hong Kong
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Ling M.L. - Mutation induction characteristics and parameters of antibiotic stress
Linkevicius M. - Emergence of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spieces isolates in Lithuania
Linko-Parvinen A. - Immunity to pertussis 10years after acellular booster vaccine in adolescence and response to a second dTpa booster in young adults
Linros J. - Isolation of Helicobacter bizzozeronii from a Finnish patient with severe dyspeptic symptoms and chronic active gastritis
Linssen L. - Clinical evaluation of four molecular methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus tests: Becton Dickinson GeneOhm, Hain GenoTypeMRSA Direct and two in-house assays
Lipsky B.A. - Risk factors for lower extremity amputation among diabetic patients hospitalised for a foot infection
Lismond A. - MIC distribution and efflux of 4 respiratory fluoroquinolones (GEM, GRN, MXF, LVX) towards S.pneumoniae isolated from patients with confirmed CAP in a country with large fluoroquinolone use (Belgium)
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Lito L. - Endemic clone Escherichia coli harbouring ECP common pillus versus an outbreak clone in a patient from a hospital, Lisbon
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Little S. - Efficacy and pharmacodynamic evaluation of CEM-101, a novel macrolide, in murine infection models
Little P. - The role of respiratory viruses and M.pneumoniae in lower respiratory tract infections in primary care
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Liu W. - Pharmacodynamically-linked variable for the combination of ceftaroline plus Novexel104
Liu W.C. - Serologic responses to revaccination with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine among patients with HIV infection who received highly active antiretroviral therapy
Liu H.F. - Clinical and genetic analysis of human bocavirus in children with lower respiratory tract infection in Taiwan
Liu W. - In vivo pharmacodynamics of TR-701, a new oxazolidinone antibiotic, against methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains
Liu W.E. - Two novel OXA-type extended-spectrum -lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Hunan province, China: blaOXA-128 and blaOXA-129
Liu X.Y. - Two novel OXA-type extended-spectrum -lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Hunan province, China: blaOXA-128 and blaOXA-129
Liu W.C. - Effectiveness of hepatitisB virus (HBV) vaccination among persons at high risk for HIV transmission two decades after implementation of nationwide HBV vaccination programme in Taiwan
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Liu C.C. - Molecular epidemiological analysis of groupA streptococci with covR expression at different phases of growth
Liu S.Y. - Mechanisms of resistance to ciprofloxacin, ampicillin/sulbactam and imipenem in Acinetobacter baumannii in Taiwan
Liu W.C. - A multi-centre prospective study of risk factors for Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions after penicillin therapy among persons with syphilis
Livermore D.M. - Diversity of conjugative blaCTX-M-carrying plasmids from Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Slovenian hospitals
Livermore D. - A novel antibacterial protein which shows rapid bactericidal activity against MRSA in the presence of other antibiotics
Livermore D.M. - Activity of PZ-601 (SMP-601) against Enterobacteriaceae with AmpC, ESBLs and carbapenemases
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Livermore D. - RT-PCR to investigate the roles of efflux, porins and lactamases in multi-resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis
Ljubin Sternak S. - Chlamydia trachomatis detected in a Croatian national public health institute between 20042008
Lladó L. - Clinical features and outcome of tuberculosis in solid-organ transplant recipients
Llanes C. - Drug efflux in intrinsic and acquired resistance in P.aeruginosa
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Llorente A. - A retrospective, multi-centre study of 25 cases of proven zygomycosis: risk factors associated with mortality
Lo K.K. - Antibiotic susceptibilities of genital mycoplasmas in male patients with urethritis
Lo W.U. - Faecal carriage and household transmission of CTX-M producing Escherichia coli
Lo Y.C. - A multi-centre prospective study of risk factors for Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions after penicillin therapy among persons with syphilis
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Lo H. - Tackling Clostridium difficile at Kingston hospital a case study
Lo Cascio G. - Epidemiology of candidaemia and antifungal susceptibility patterns in an Italian medical-surgical intensive care unit between July 2003 and June 2008
Löbermann M. - 24-nor-ursodeoxycholic acid as novel therapeutic strategy for inflammation-induced liver fibrosis in a murine model of Schistosoma mansoni infection
Lobo Vilela C. - Antimicrobial resistance and in vitro biofilm-forming ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from veterinary origin
Lochman I. - Long-term protection against carriage of hepatitisB virus after newborn vaccination
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Locke J. - Characterisation of resistance following serial passage of Staphylococcus aureus in the presence of the novel oxazolidinone TR-700 and linezolid
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Lockhart D. - Quality control for diagnostic oral microbiology laboratories
Löckinger A. - First experiences with Nchlorotaurine in a swine bronchopulmonary infection model
Lodise T. - Epithelial lining fluid concentrations of antibiotics methodological artifacts?
Loeffel U. - Can multiplex PCR (SeptiFast) detect DNAemia before occurrence of sepsis in neutropenic patients?
Loeffelholz M. - Novel PER-variant lactamase identified in Providencia rettgeri strain from the United States: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program
Loens K. - Application of an expanded gold standard and latent class analysis to decide on the strategy for the diagnosis of M.pneumoniae infections
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Lofgren S. - Molecular typing is a cornerstone for infection control in neonatology: a case with extended-spectrum lactamase Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus
Loginov R. - Current status of CMV reactivations in adult liver transplant patients monitored by frequent quantitative PCR testing
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Logothetis E. - Diabetic foot ulcers: a bacteriologic study of 193 patients
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Loman N.J. - Genome sequence of a virulent, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolate that encodes the Panton-Valentine leukocidin toxin
Lomas J.M. - 120 blood cultures negatives endocarditis in southern Spain
Lopes S.P. - Differences between Pseudomonas aeruginosa non-adapted and adapted to benzalkonium chloride: comparison of adhesion capacity, and susceptibility of biofilms to removal and surfactant attack
Lopes A. - Oropharyngeal colonisation by groupA streptococci in Portugal: an eight-year surveillance study (20002007)
Lopes F.S. - Outbreak of OXA-23-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii/calcoaceticus in an intensive care unit in Brazil
Lopes G. - Impact of reduction of environmental and equipments positive cultures for VRE on the rates of infection due to VRE in an intensive care unit at a teaching hospital in Brazil
López J. - A retrospective, multi-centre study of 25 cases of proven zygomycosis: risk factors associated with mortality
Lopez M. - Impact of HLA and related polymorphisms in the control of HIV infection in long-term non-progressors and Elite controllers
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López M.I. - Comparison of an interferon-gamma release assay with tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in a contact investigation
Lopez N. - Outcome of empiric versus targeted antibiotic therapy in infective endocarditis, Medellin, Colombia. Study of 120 cases over a 20-year period
Lopez Aldeguer J. - Trypanosoma cruzi infection diagnosis in a Spanish health department during 2008
Lopez Aldeguer P. - Clinical features and epidemiology of leptospirosis in Spain
López Fabal F. - Are erythromycin and ciprofloxacin broth microdilution breakpoints for Campylobacter sp. suitable to categorise minimum inhibitory concentrations obtained by Epsilon test?
Lopez Jaramillo J.P. - Double-blind, randomised controlled trial, to evaluate the effectiveness of a controlled nitric oxide releasing patch versus meglumine antimoniate in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis
López-Brea M. - Actinobaculum schaalii: a new cause of mastitis
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Lopéz-Brea M. - Corynebacterium macginleyi: susceptibility to 7 usual ophthalmic antibiotics
López-Brea M. - Evaluation of a monoclonal-based antigen in stool enzyme immunoassay for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in Spanish children
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Lopez-Brea M. - Micro-organisms isolated from male urethral exudates during an 8year period in a Spanish teaching hospital
López-Cerero L. - Emergence of Escherichia coli producing CTX-M-15 in Seville: epidemiological and clinical features
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López-Fabal F. - Performance of three methods for determining the susceptibility to daptomycin and three other antimicrobials of Enterococcusspp.
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López-Prieto M.D. - Comparison of an interferon-gamma release assay with tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in a contact investigation
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López-Rojas R. - Efficacy of a new quinolone (UB-8902) in an experimental murine pneumonia model caused by Acinetobacter baumannii resistant to ciprofloxacin
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López-Vélez R. - Clinical and epidemiological study of imported Chagas disease in Madrid, Spain
López-Yeste L. - Impact of a campaign to improve hand hygiene in healthcare workers
Lopman B. - The cost-effectiveness of hospital closure to control norovirus outbreaks
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Lorenzo M. - Impact of rapid enterovirus molecular diagnosis in the management of aseptic meningitis in children
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Lortholary O. - Micafungin versus liposomal amphotericinB for the treatment of serious Candida infections in intensive care unit and non-ICU patients: results of post-hoc analyses
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Lorusso V. - Molecular typing of enterotoxigenic strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from different foods of animal origin
Losensky K. - Identification of members of the Bacteroides fragilis group by mass-spectrometric discrimination
Lössner H. - Biofilm formation during tumour colonisation by Salmonella typhimurium
Lott T.J. - Mutilocus sequence typing of sequential Candida albicans isolates from patients with persistent or recurrent fungaemia
Louca L. - Ventricular assist device-related infections
Loudon K.W. - Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in urinary coliforms in Greater Lincolnshire, U.K. and the potential for temocillin, ertapenem and mecillinam usage
Louie L. - Evaluation of StrepB Select medium for the detection of groupB Streptococcus
Louie T.J. - A randomised, double-blind clinical trial of OPT-80 versus vancomycin in Clostridium difficile infection
Louie A. - In vivo pharmacodynamics of TR-701, a new oxazolidinone antibiotic, against methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains
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Louis K. - Allogeneic transplantation of mononuclear cells as successful immunotherapy in experimental sepsis by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Loulergue P. - Accidental blood exposures among medical residents in Paris, France
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Loupa C. - Failure of a restriction list-based antibiotic policy to reduce the consumption of two antibiotics recently added to this list
Lovari R. - Molecular identification of viral pathogens using PCR/ESI-MS
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Love W. - Comparison of bacterial membrane active novel porphyrin and metalloporphyrin antimicrobials
Lovering A. - Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial resistance genes among Escherichia coli from healthy volunteers and patients with urinary tract infection
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Lovgren M. - Comparison of invasive pneumococcal disease rates in Alaska and northern Canada following PCV7 introduction
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