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Ma J.X. - Long-term effects of occult hepatitisB virus infection in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients
Ma X. - Long-term trends in the occurrence of adult blood stream infection
Ma L. - Skin concentrations and pharmacokinetics of posaconazole after oral administration
Maaroos H.I. - Diagnosis of H.pylori in a high and low prevalence population
Maayan S. - Differential risk of lipoathrophy and mitochondrial toxicity among non-Caucasian patients treated at an AIDS centre, Jerusalem
  - Soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor levels predict mortality in HIV+ patients
  - Response to anti-retroviral treatment at an AIDS centre, Jerusalem: comparison between Ethiopian and non-Ethiopian HIV+ patients
Macchi B. - Effects of azidothymidine on apoptotic cell death: role of nuclear factor kB
Macchia C. - Investigation of Toxoplasma gondii in shellfish from Adriatic Sea, Italy
Macedo R. - Characterisation of gidB gene in streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Lisbon health region
  - Mutations associated with resistance to second-line drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Lisbon, Portugal
MacGowan A.P. - In vitro activity of co-trimoxazole and comparators against Gram-positive and negative blood stream pathogens
  - In vitro activity of a new siderophore monobactam BAL 30072 against ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae and clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae
  - Early intravenous to oral antibiotic switch therapy is effective in the treatment of infected total hip replacement
  - The anti-staphylococcal activity of telavancin in comparison to teicoplanin studied in an in vitro pharmacokinetic model of infection
  - Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial resistance genes among Escherichia coli from healthy volunteers and patients with urinary tract infection
  - Vancomycin protein binding in a general hospital population with S.aureus sepsis
Machado M. - Entomological survey of plebotomine sand flies in a focus of visceral leishmaniasis in a regional centre of Portugal (Coimbra municipality)
Machado I. - Differences between Pseudomonas aeruginosa non-adapted and adapted to benzalkonium chloride: comparison of adhesion capacity, and susceptibility of biofilms to removal and surfactant attack
Machado E. - Diversity of Tn402 defective variants associated with class 1 integrons
Machado J.C. - The number of Helicobacter pylori CagA EPIYAC tyrosine phosphorylation motifs is associated with histological features of chronic gastritis
Machado E. - Shift in ESBL-types produced by Enterobacteriaceae in a Portuguese hospital
Macheras A. - Pre-treatment with low-dose endotoxin prolongs survival from experimental lethal endotoxic shock
Machova I. - MALDI-TOF MS based identification of Staphylococcus hominis using the BioTyperTM software
Macias A. - Characterisation of human herpes viruses and enteroviruses using a microarray technology: CLART Entherpex
Macias N.N. - Risk factors for and prognosis of sepsis secondary to severe or complicated pyelonephritis
Mack D. - Detection of extended-spectrum lactamase among Enterobacteriaceae using automated microbiology systems
MacKay W.G. - Performance of monoplex and multiplex nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of a range of respiratory pathogens
Mackay W. - External quality assessment for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in clinical biology labs using molecular techniques
MacKay W.G. - Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae EQA Pilot Study
Mackensen F. - Comparison of molecular biology-based methods and culture methods in diagnosing infectious endophthalmitis
Mackenzie D. - Improving patient safety in Europe. Standards and performance indicators in healthcare-associated infection and antimicrobial stewardship
MacKenzie C.R. - Detection of mutations of the tcdC gene of Clostridium difficile in stool specimens using a TaqMan-based real-time PCR and melt curve analysis
Madikane V.E. - Molecular characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Cape Town hospitals
Madle G. - Evaluating the impact of the National Resource of Infection Control
  - Evaluating the user experience of the Sealife Semantic Web browsers
Mæland J.A. - Search for surface-anchored and strain-variable Streptococcus agalactiae proteins in clinical Streptococcus pyogenes isolates
Maeng Y.H. - Characterisation of pncA mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from South Korea
Maes L. - In vitro profiling of pramiconazole against a panel of moulds and yeasts and in vivo activity against Microsporumcanis and Candidaalbicans
  - In vitro effect of different classes of antibiotics on viable mass and matrix of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
Maestre J.R. - In vitro interference of cefditoren on slime production by Streptococcus pneumoniae
Magerman K. - Comparison of Copan eSwab with Copan Venturi Transystem for the quantative survival of Escherichia coli, Streptococcus agalactiae and Candida albicans
  - Evaluation of the Copan flocked swab with UTM-RT medium for antigen detection of HSV, direct immunofluorescence of RSV and viral culture of HSV
  - Evaluation of the Vitek 2 YST and AST-YS01 card for the identification and antifungal susceptibility testing of Candidaspp.
Maggiolo F. - HIV1 pol evolution under lamivudine pressure
Maghakian D. - Multicentre evaluation of the Versant HIV1 RNA 1.0 Assay (kPCR) with the Versant kPCR molecular system
Magrys A. - Distribution of Legionella in hot water systems of hospitals and health resorts in Poland
  - The effectiveness of different methods eradicating Legionella spp. from water distribution systems in selected hospitals of Lublin region
Mahfouz A. - Sero-prevalence of Rift Valley fever in south-western Saudi Arabia and study of risk factors
Mahlke A. - Direct detection of Bordetella pertussis and B.parapertussis in clinical specimens by a rapid molecular dipstick assay
Mahmood I. - Comparison of the effects of ciprofloxacin, cotrimoxazole, amoxicillin, and chloramphenicol in patients with typhoid fever
Mahmoodi S. - Relationship between prevalence of peptic ulcer and cagA/iceA genotypes of Helicobacter pylori
Mahmoudabadi A.Z. - Evaluation of bacterial contamination of patients using ocular drops
Mahmoudnia F. - Comparison of alpha-amylase enzyme production between immobilised and submerged cells by native Bacillus licheniformisG
Mähönen S-M. - Central nervous system involvement is common in acute Puumala virus infection
Maiahi S. - Rapid identification of Candida species from clinical specimens by RFLP-PCR method
Maida P. - Study on the genotypic resistance of HIV1 in blood monocytes, CD4Tcells and plasma of HIVinfected individuals
Maier T. - Application of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for Helicobacter pylori study
Maier S. - Analysis of immune competent cells following major and minor visceral surgery provides insight into origin of postoperative sepsis
Maier T. - Identification of clinical isolates of Bacteroides by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry
  - Bacterial species identification directly from urine samples by MALDI-TOF MS fingerprinting
  - Development of an analytical method based on protein profiling for the rapid identification of Aspergillus spp. from clinical samples by MALDI-TOF-MS Biotyper
Maieron A. - Ten years of antibiotic consumption in ambulatory care: trends in prescribing practice and antibiotic resistance in Austria
Maimets M. - Post-discharge surveillance of surgical site infections after total hip and knee arthroplasty
Mainardi J.L. - Pacemaker infections with multiresistant pathogens
Mainiero M. - Biocide exposure activates sae promoter activity in Staphylococcus aureus strain Newman and increases cellular invasion
Mair S. - The haemochromatosis-associated Hfe mutation protects mice from Salmonella typhimurium infection via induction of lipocalin2
Maixnerova M. - Resistance genomic islands related to AbaR1 are common in Acinetobacter baumannii strains belonging to European clone I
  - Multiresistant epidemic clones of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Czech Republic
Maiz L. - MLST reveals a polyclonal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from initial and early colonisation stages in cystic fibrosis patients
Máiz L. - Metagenomic assessment of sputum microbiota from patients with chronic pulmonary diseases
Majewski S. - Formation of stomathopathies in correlation with presence of Candida and Lactobacillus strains
Majic I. - Activity of vancomycin and daptomycin alone and in combination with gentamycin against Enterococcus faecalis: interaction studies using a calorimetry assay
Majtán V. - Distribution of integrons and SGI 1 among antibiotic-resistant human isolates of Salmonella typhimurium phage types DT104 and U302
Majtán T. - Distribution of integrons and SGI 1 among antibiotic-resistant human isolates of Salmonella typhimurium phage types DT104 and U302
Majtánová L. - Distribution of integrons and SGI 1 among antibiotic-resistant human isolates of Salmonella typhimurium phage types DT104 and U302
Makar Ausperger K. - 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
Makarona M. - Investigation of N.cyriacigeorgica and N.abscessus infections: a recent experience of 6 cases in Greece
  - Emergence of KPC(+) K.pneumoniae strains in Greece: evaluation of detection methods
  - Molecular detection of mecA and pvl genes in clinical setting
  - Usefulness and reproducibility of sputum Gram stain in LRTIs
Mäkelä S.M. - Toll-like receptor ligand induced synergistic interferon gene expression in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells
Mäki 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
Mäkisalo H. - Current status of CMV reactivations in adult liver transplant patients monitored by frequent quantitative PCR testing
Makri A. - Epidemiology of Moraxella catarrhalis infections in children and resistance phenotypes
  - Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility among Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated in a paediatric hospital
  - Anaerobic bacteriology and antibiotic susceptibility of intra-abdominal community-acquired infections in children
Makris D. - Outbreak of multiple clones of linezolid and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in the intensive care unit of a Greek university hospital
Makushkin B. - Optimisation of systemic antimicrobials usage in multi-profile hospitals in Russian Federation
Malacain E. - MUT056399: a novel antibacterial against methicillin-resistant staphylococci
Malamou-Lada H. - Isolation of glycopeptides-resistant enterococci from stool and blood samples of hospitalised patients during a three-year period
  - Toxigenicity and resistance to antibiotics of Clostridium difficile strains isolated from patients of a tertiary hospital in Greece during a six-year period
Malamou-Lada E. - Catheter exit site infections in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Malamou-Lada H. - Seroepidemiology of Varicella zoster virus infections in Greek adults during a two-year period
Malaquias A. - Mutations associated with resistance to second-line drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Lisbon, Portugal
Malásková L. - Voriconazole plasma levels monitoring in haemato-oncological patients
Malathum K. - Use of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and monitoring of renal function among HIV1 infected patients in a resource-limited setting
  - The prevalences and risk factors of nosocomial infections caused by extended-spectrum lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Thailand
Malekan M. - Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in presistance patients who referred to a paediatric hospital, Tehran, Iran
Maleknejad P. - Helicobacter pylori genotypes in different ethnic groups resident in Tehran, Iran
Malekzadeh R. - Development of a low-cost approach for quantitation and genotyping of hepatitisC virus
Malev I. - Randomised clinical trial of short-course norfloxacin vs single dose fosfomycin for uncomplicated UTI in region with 10 resistance level of uropathogenic E.coli to fluoroquinolone
Malgarinou A. - Anti-aspergillus antibodies and galactomannan antigen detection for serodiagnosis of aspergillosis
Malhotra-Kumar S. - 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
  - Comparison of the impact of direct plating versus a short or overnight pre-enrichment on detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical specimens
  - Evaluation of culture-based approaches for rapid detection of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci: a randomised, investigator-blinded study
Malik S. - Epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from India and Pakistan
Malisiovas N. - Primary resistance among HIV1 positive patients naive to antiretroviral therapy
  - Molecular epidemiology of hepatitisB virus infection among chronic carriers in Greece, 20002007
Malizos K. - Association of accessory gene regulator locus with biofilm formation and methicillin-resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
Malomanova N. - Dominance of Beijing family strains in XDR tuberculosis in Samara Oblast, Russian Federation
Malouin M. - Efficacy of oritavancin in the rat haematogenous pneumonia model
Maltezou H. - Emerging infections due to KPC2 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in hospitals in Greece
Mamali V. - Rapidly rising prevalence of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Greek tertiary-care hospital
  - Community-onset urinary tract infections caused by ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae
  - Increasing prevalence of extended spectrum lactamases producers among common uropathogens in a Greek tertiary-care hospital: a 3year comparative study
Mammen M. - Telavancin disrupts bacterial membrane function by targeted interaction with the cell wall precursor Lipid II
Manageiro V. - Biochemical study of a new lactamase inhibitor enzyme (SHV-84) produced by a clinical Escherichia coli strain
Manaka A. - Febrile neutropenia in patients with haematological malignancies
Manalili S. - Development of PCR Electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry for identification of clinically relevant fungi and yeast
Mancinelli L. - Development of an analytical method based on protein profiling for the rapid identification of Aspergillus spp. from clinical samples by MALDI-TOF-MS Biotyper
  - Phylogenomic and subproteomic approaches to gain new insights into the mitochondrion features of the Cryptosporidium parvum parasite
Mancini G. - Emergence of antimicrobial resistance among Viridans group streptococci: a six-year surveillance in children attending day care centres
Manciuc C. - Atypical serological pattern in chronic hepatitisB virus infection: a real problem or a sensitivity default of the analytical kit?
Mandalia R. - English voluntary surveillance scheme for Clostridium difficile infections: seasonal variation by age group (January2000 December2008)
  - Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection: an analysis of cases reported to the English NHS mandatory surveillance system from April 2007 to September 2008
  - Update on mandatory bacteraemia surveillance in English national health service acute trusts: trends and sources of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Mandel J. - Individual dose impact on resistance selection in the community: a mathematical model of Streptococcus pneumoniae dynamics and lactams
Mandraveli K. - Evaluation of real-time PCR in the detection and management of herpes viruses infections in ulcerative colitis and oesophagitis
  - Lymphadenopathy due to uncommon infectious agents: Coxiella burnettii, Rickettsia typhi/conorii, and Bartonella henselae/quintana
Manfredi R. - Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the hospital: antimicrobial susceptibility trends over a four-year observation period
  - Modified epidemiology of hepatitisA in Italy. Prophylactic measures targeted on potential sexual transmission
  - A four-year trend of in vitro sensitivity profile of Staphylococcus aureus strains cultured at a teaching hospital, northern Italy
  - A prospective serological and virological prevalence study of influenza infection and immunisation at a metropolitan centre, northern Italy. Abasis to re-evaluate immunoprophylaxis strategies for influenza in the childhood
  - Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in patients recently immigrated from Eastern Europe. Microbiological, therapeutic, and public health features
  - A mini-cluster of chronic bone-joint-prosthetic-soft tissue infection due to multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains in orthopaedics setting. Effective treatment with tigecycline plus colistin
  - Microbiological features of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium assessed according to a hospital-based prospective surveillance programme: in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility profile, and temporal trend
  - A novel, reliable laboratory technique to assess hypersensitivity to all available antiretroviral compounds: the cellular antigen stimulation test
  - Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in patients immigrated from Eastern Europe. Microbiological, therapeutic, and public health issues
  - Symptomatic Parvovirus B19 infection in immunocompetent adults. Epidemiological, diagnostic, and clinical issues
  - Syphilis has no virological-immunological interference with the course of HIV disease
  - Non-AIDS defining malignancies in the era of combined antiretroviral therapy
  - In vitro antimicrobial sensitivity trends of enterococci isolated at an Italian teaching hospital. A20042007 prospective report including over 2,700 examined microbial strains
  - The challenge of multiresistant Gram-positive cocci: novel, effective therapeutic options
  - A significantly different dysmetabolic profile of the two available non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors: nevirapine versus efavirenz
  - Switch from lopinavir-ritonavir towards atazanavir-based combinations in patients with sustained virological-immunological control, and predominant dysmetabolic abnormalities
  - HIV disease and management and pancreatic damage. Epidemiology, clinical issues, pathogenetic correlates, and therapeutic indications
  - The phenomenon of AIDS Presenters. Opportunistic infections associated to a late, first diagnosis of AIDS, after a decade of HAART availability
  - Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae. Antimicrobial susceptibility trends in a four-year prospective surveillance hospital monitoring
  - Increased rate of methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates at a major general hospital located in northern Italy
  - Vascular catheter infection pattern. Atemporal surveillance study of 581 consecutive episodes in a tertiary-care hospital
  - Significant re-emerging of tuberculosis in Italy. Relationship with potential risk factors, and comparison between native residents and foreign immigrants
  - Non-bacillary Mycobacterium tuberculosis pneumonia preceding Cryptococcus neoformans co-infection in an otherwise healthy young girl
  - HIV infection, HAART, and gynaecomastia. Epidemiological, clinical, and pathogenetic relationship
  - Atypical appearance and course of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy as the first clue of a missed HIV infection. Advanced MRI-spectroscopy functional-metabolic imaging
  - AIDS-associated atypical mycobacteriosis other than Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare: a 14-year survey of Mycobacterium xenopi and Mycobacterium kansasii
Manfrin V. - Drug resistance mutations and sub-type circulation in newly diagnosed HIVinfected subjects
Maniatis A. - Association of accessory gene regulator locus with biofilm formation and methicillin-resistance in Staphylococcus aureus
  - Outbreak of multiple clones of linezolid and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in the intensive care unit of a Greek university hospital
  - Investigation of carbapenem heteroresistance among susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii
Maniez-Montreuil M. - Performance evaluation of VIDIA HIV DUO, a new automated immunoassay test for qualitative HIV antigen/antibodies detection
Mani-Saada J. - Evaluating the user experience of the Sealife Semantic Web browsers
Manjarrez-Tellez B. - APRI Index, HCV genotype and HCV RNA as predictors of early viral response in hepatitisC patients
Manjón N. - Characterisation of human herpes viruses and enteroviruses using a microarray technology: CLART Entherpex
Manna A. - Incidence of post-herpetic neuralgia in treated and untreated patients with herpes zoster followed for 1 year in an Italian prospective cohort: preliminary results
Mannermaa L. - Immunity to pertussis 10years after acellular booster vaccine in adolescence and response to a second dTpa booster in young adults
Manniën J. - Results of the first national prevalence study on hospital-acquired infections in the Netherlands
  - Appropriateness of antimicrobial use in 11 Dutch hospitals
Mannocci L. - Survey through questionnaires in Madagascar: preliminary study on possible risk-cofactors during childhood in the transmission route of human herpes virus-8 with promoter blood sucking arthropods
Mannonen L. - 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
Manolescu L. - HIV and HBV mutations in co-infected patients treated with lamivudine
Manolopoulos K. - Antifungal activity of human beta-defensins 1, 2 and 3 against filamentous fungi
Manos P. - Results of a phase 2 study comparing two doses of delafloxacin to tigecycline in adults with complicated skin and skin-structure infections
Manso E. - Horizontal transmission of groupB streptococci in a neonatal intensive care unit
  - Multifocal emergence of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone with differential non-carbapenemase-mediated resistance to carbapenems in Italian hospitals
Mansoor I. - 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
Mansourian Tabaee I. - Antibacterial effects of marbofloxacin on bacteria isolated from mastitis in cattle
Mansur A. - Detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase typePER1 in Acinetobacter baumannii species isolated from bloodstream infections and investigation of clonal relationship
Mantagos S. - Clones and toxin genes' carriage of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from bacteraemic infants hospitalised in an intensive care unit
Mantella A. - Dissemination of a small ColE1-like plasmid harbouring qnrB19 among commensal Escherichia coli, Bolivia
Mantengoli E. - Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: recent evolution and clinical impact in a large tertiary-care Italian hospital
Manti C. - Quantitative determination of neutrophil volume distribution width as a new automated haematologic parameter for acute infection
  - Mean neutrophil volume: a new automated haematologic parameter for acute infection
Mantri S. - Increasing the sensitivity of acid-fast bacilli detection by using concentration technique: anIndian study
Manzoli L. - Incidence of post-herpetic neuralgia in treated and untreated patients with herpes zoster followed for 1 year in an Italian prospective cohort: preliminary results
Maple P.A.C. - Performance characteristics of an anti-Varicella zoster glycoprotein IgG ELISA
Maquelin K. - The use of Raman spectroscopy in epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  - Optical typing in bacterial epidemiology using Raman spectroscopy
Maragkos A. - A survey on current antibiotic prescribing attitude of primary care physicians in Greece
Maraki S. - In vitro activity of tigecycline against pathogens from Crete, Greece T.E.S.TProgram2006
  - Community-acquired pneumonia in elderly patients with and without type2 diabetes mellitus
  - BacT/Alert automated blood culture system for culturing sterile body fluids and deep site abscesses
  - In vitro activity of tigecycline against multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates
  - In vitro activities of tigecycline and other 22 antimicrobial agents against Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated in a tertiary care hospital
  - Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and serotype epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Crete, Greece
  - Skin and soft-tissue infection in patients with solid tumours
  - Clinical spectrum and microbiological features of nocardial infection in Crete, Greece: asevenyear experience
  - Associations between operative site microbial counts and procedure classification in neurosurgery
Marangoni A. - Automated Enzygnost Rubella portfolio (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics) as an important aid during 2008 rubella outbreak in Italy
  - Small-animal positron emission tomography in the mouse model of genital Chlamydia infection
  - Evaluation of enzygnost IgA conjugate in combination with the kit Enzygnost Toxoplasmosis IgG (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics) for the detection of IgA anti-Toxoplasma gondii in human serum samples
Marasinghe T. - Effectiveness of an antimicrobial stewardship program on broad-spectrum antimicrobials in a Hong Kong tertiary-care hospital
Marcelis J. - First results of the new Dutch Infectious Diseases Surveillance Information System-Antimicrobial Resistance (ISIS-AR). Epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in the Netherlands
Marcellin P. - Decline in HBsAg level during treatment with PEGASYS is significantly associated with post-treatment response in patients with HBeAg-negative disease
Marcenaro C. - Performance of the BioPlex 2200 Syphilis IgM automated bead immunoassay system
Marchandin H. - Comparative evaluation of four commercial methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of a collection of 96 Aeromonas clinical isolates
Marchese G. - Three major A.baumannii clones account for all carbapenem-resistant strains
Marchetti D. - Efficient antibody panel for the correct diagnosis of Epstein-Barr virus
Marchetti O. - Increased glomerular filtration rate associated with low imipenem blood concentrations in febrile neutropenic cancer patients
Marco F. - Prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains and susceptibility patterns
Marcos M.A. - Inflammatory systemic response and aetiology in community-acquired pneumonia
Marcos P. - Updated epidemiology of severe infections as a cause of admission in an intensive care unit in patients with haematological malignances. Preliminary report of a Spanish multicentre study
Marcos M.A. - Novel mutation (A427S) in the CMV UL97 gene associated with resistance to ganciclovir
Marcos-Arias C. - Prevalence of Candida metapsilosis and Candida orthopsilosis isolates in a Spanish yeast stock collection
Mardani M. - Accuracy of QuantiFERON-TB Gold test versus Tuberculin Skin test to detect latent tuberculosis infection in HIVpositive individuals in Iran
  - Comparison of molecular and susceptibility characteristics of CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA among hospital-admitted patients in two main cities of Iran: 1year study
Marekovic I. - Prevalence of CTX-M producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in hospitals versus community
Maresova V. - Invasive pneumococcal disease in adults: clinical forms and spectrum of serotypes
Margalho R. - Seroepidemiological survey of viral hepatitis, HIV, syphilis and herpes simplex virus in a Portuguese correctional facility
Margani M. - Resistance to antibiotics of Helicobacter pylori strains from patients after treatment failure
Margariti V. - Anti-aspergillus antibodies and galactomannan antigen detection for serodiagnosis of aspergillosis
Marié J.L. - HepatitisE virus detection in wild boar liver samples from south-eastern France
  - High transmission of hepatitisE virus among piglets in farms from south-eastern France
Marigliano A. - Horizontal transmission of groupB streptococci in a neonatal intensive care unit
Marijan T. - Low virulence associated with fluoroquinolone resistance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains
Marijt E. - Treatment failure and antiviral resistance in cytomegalovirus infections in stem cell transplant recipients
Marin M. - Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in skin/soft tissue samples using a commercial PCR method
  - Evaluation of direct Etest on lower respiratory tract samples using a chromogenic agar medium: a rapid procedure for antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Marin A. - The CURB-65 criteria in bacteraemic community-acquired pneumonia patients
Marín M. - Genotypic characterisation of binary-toxin-producing Clostridium difficile strains
  - Rapid molecular diagnosis of severe sepsis in patients with SIRS
Marin M. - Present prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidine-positive methicillin-resistant and susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in Spain
Marín Arriaza M. - Evaluation of an oligochromatographic test for identification of mycobacteria most frequently isolated in human from liquid and solid culture media
Marín Gil F.J. - Biotyping of Brucella melitensis using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Marinacci G. - Symptomatic Parvovirus B19 infection in immunocompetent adults. Epidemiological, diagnostic, and clinical issues
Marincu I. - A Romanian winter outbreak of trichinellosis due to consumption of pork contaminated with Trichinella spiralis
  - Evolutive pattern of trichinellosis in patients of a Roma community
  - The campaign for malaria eradication in Romania, 19231963
Marinopoulou E. - Seroepidemiology of Varicella zoster virus infections in Greek adults during a two-year period
Marion H. - Antimicrobial susceptibility of food-borne bacteria (Salmonella, Campylobacter) from cattle, pigs and chickens (20022004) recovered from 8EU countries (EASSA programme)
  - Antimicrobial susceptibility of commensal bacteria (Escherichia coli, Enterococcus) from cattle, pigs and chickens (20022004) recovered from 8EU countries (EASSA programme)
Mariscal F. - Updated epidemiology of severe infections as a cause of admission in an intensive care unit in patients with haematological malignances. Preliminary report of a Spanish multicentre study
  - Efficacy and safety of liposomal amphotericinB in intensive care unit patients with confirmed invasive fungal infection: aretrospective, multi-centre study
Marjani M. - Impact of XDR-TB on treatment outcome of patients with MDR-TB
Markou F. - Recurrent urinary tract infections due to metallo-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the community setting
  - Evaluation of measles-specific immunity among healthcare workers in a northern Greek hospital
Markoyannakis A. - Serum bactericidal activity of three different dosing regimens of colistin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Marone P. - Characterisation of Panton-Valentine leukocidine positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Italy
Marounek M. - A note on the effect of medium-chain fatty acids on arcobacters
  - In vitro susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni to organic acids and monoacylglycerols
Marques T. - Standardisation of cytomegalovirus antigenaemia assay by in vitro generation of peripheral blood leukocytes positive controls and comparison of two commercial monoclonal antibody pools and immunostaining techniques
Marques N. - Seroepidemiological survey of viral hepatitis, HIV, syphilis and herpes simplex virus in a Portuguese correctional facility
Márquez C.M. - Regional study of the genetic context of class 1 integron harbouring blaCTX-M2 linked to ISCR1 in nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Uruguay, Argentina and Chile
Marquez B. - Competition between ciprofloxacin and antiviral agents (adefovir, saquinavir, ritonavir) for efflux transporters in J774 macrophages
Marquez-Rivas J. - Clinical, biological and radiological differences between P.aeruginosa and other Gram-negative bacilli vertebral osteomyelitis
  - Vertebral osteomyelitis by Streptococcus spp.
  - Vertebral osteomyelitis post-vertebral surgery. Adescriptive and comparative study of 100cases
Marranconi F. - Bone biopsy in guiding appropriate antimicrobial usage in chronic osteomyelitis and improving microbiological surveillance of chronic bone infection in orthopaedic surgery
Marsden G. - Determining hypervirulent markers for Clostridium difficile by array comparative genomic hybridisation
Marshall B. - Experience with tigecycline in infections due to Mycobacterium abscessus complex and Mycobacterium chelonae
Marszalek N. - First methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of ST398 isolated in Poland from nasal carriers
  - Molecular characteristic of Staphylococcus aureus associated with bacteraemia in Poland during 2005
Marszalkowska J. - Influence of probiotics application on occurrence of common colds and flu: results from the Epidemiology of Allergic Disorders in Poland (ECAP) study
Martella V. - Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Bari, Italy
Martens K. - Evaluation of eSwab for surveillance of MRSA by Xpert MRSA and culture on pooled samples
Marth E. - Emergence and differentiation of pig-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in Austria
  - Rapid and effective analysis of nosocomial outbreaks using the DiversiLab semi-automated repetitive sequence-based PCR test system
Marti S. - Proteomic analysis of the secretome of Acinetobacter baumannii
Martí B. - Cost-effectiveness of anidulafungin in confirmed candidaemia and other invasive Candida infections in Spain
Marti S. - In vitro activity of five antimicrobial peptides against colistin-susceptible and resistant Acinetobacterspp.
Marti V. - Utility of alveolar and ascitic sTREM-1 to diagnose aetiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Martin Y. - Clinical and epidemiological aspects of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes during one year
Martin R. - Lower respiratory viral infections in hospitalised adults
Martín A. - Genotypic characterisation of binary-toxin-producing Clostridium difficile strains
Martin Y. - S.aureus bloodstream infection and time-to-positivity
Martín A. - Nosocomial, community and healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in Spain
Martin M. - Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia in two German university hospitals caused by contaminated prefabricated washcloths
Martín P. - A retrospective, multi-centre study of 25 cases of proven zygomycosis: risk factors associated with mortality
Martin M. - Molecular epidemiology of human papillomavirus in Madrid, Spain
Martín R. - Phenotypes and genotypes of erythromycin-resistant groupA streptococci in Barcelona
Martin R. - Trends in invasive groupA streptococci in adult patients in Barcelona
Martin D. - Seasonal patterns of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes disease in the Northern hemisphere
Martín Y. - The Sysmex UF-1000i flow cytometer as a means of reducing urine cultures
Martín M.D. - Evaluation of Robobact system for isolation of Salmonella sp. in faecal samples
Martín Rodrigo M.D. - Invasive pneumococal disease after systematic use of 7valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine. Multi-centre study with seven hospitals in Madrid, Spain
Martín-Carbonero L. - Transversal study in a group of Spanish HIV/HCV co-infected patients with non-treated chronic hepatitisC: epidemiological study, prevalence and grade of hepatic fibrosis
Martín-de-Hijas N.Z. - Evaluation of a sonication protocol for the detection of bacteria in retrieved osteosynthesis implants
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Martín-Díaz A. - Biological cost of resistance to carbapenems in a Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate
Martínez J.L. - Complementation in hypermutable Escherichia coli strains shows that mismatch repair and 8oxoG pathway genes are not always responsible for mutator phenotype
Martínez M.C. - Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance in a Spanish teaching hospital during a six-year period
Martinez M.C. - Corynebacterium macginleyi: susceptibility to 7 usual ophthalmic antibiotics
Martinez R. - Utility of alveolar and ascitic sTREM-1 to diagnose aetiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome
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Martínez J.A. - Prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains and susceptibility patterns
Martinez J. - Relationship between piperacillin-tazobactam consumption and bacterial resistance in Colombian hospitals. Atime-series analysis,20042007
Martinez C. - Clinical presentation and outcome of septic arthritis diagnosed in a community hospital
Martinez R. - Outbreak of KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a university hospital, Ribeiro Preto City, Brazil
Martínez E. - Increasing survival in HIV patients with HLA-B57 allele: report and analysis of a Spanish series
Martínez M.C. - Micro-organisms isolated from male urethral exudates during an 8year period in a Spanish teaching hospital
Martínez García P. - A retrospective, multi-centre study of 25 cases of proven zygomycosis: risk factors associated with mortality
Martínez-Lirola M.J. - Evaluation of an oligochromatographic test for identification of mycobacteria most frequently isolated in human from liquid and solid culture media
Martínez-Marcos F. - 120 blood cultures negatives endocarditis in southern Spain
Martínez-Martínez L. - Diversity of extended-spectrum lactamases in Escherichia coli: second nationwide study in Spain (GEIH-BLEE 2006)
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Martinez-Martinez L. - Heterogeneous population structure by MLST of extended spectrum lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates
Martínez-Martínez L. - Plasmid profile of multiresistant enterobacteria other than Escherichia coli in Cantabria, Spain
Martinez-Toldos C. - Emergence of a clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A in children in Murcia, Spain
Martin-Garrido I. - High rate of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation in patients treated with infliximab
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Martín-Garrido I. - High rate of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation among inpatients and hospital healthcare workers
Martinho M. - Skin concentrations and pharmacokinetics of posaconazole after oral administration
Martin-Mazuelos E. - Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in skin/soft tissue samples using a commercial PCR method
Martín-Mazuelos E. - Patterns of resistance mutations in patients with chronic infection by hepatitisB virus treated with lamivudine and/or adefovir-dipivoxil
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Martino B. - Invasive aspergillosis in acute myeloid leukaemia: report of Seifem-2008 multi-centre survey
Martinov S. - Aetiological and epidemiological studies on Qfever and Mediterranean spotted fever in animals
Martinovich A. - Ten-year resistance trends of nosocomial Acinetobacter spp. in Russia
Martín-Peña A. - Long-term evaluation of pre-emptive treatment after solid organ transplant in patients at high risk for cytomegalovirus infection
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Martin-Rabadan P. - Evaluation of direct Etest on lower respiratory tract samples using a chromogenic agar medium: a rapid procedure for antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Martins E.R. - Pili are a clonal property of Streptococcus agalactiae
Martins A.F. - Outbreak of OXA-23-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii/calcoaceticus in an intensive care unit in Brazil
Martos A. - Rapid molecular diagnosis of severe sepsis in patients with SIRS
Märtson A. - Post-discharge surveillance of surgical site infections after total hip and knee arthroplasty
Martsoukou M. - In vitro susceptibilities of toxigenic clostridium difficile strains to 10 antimicrobial agents
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Marttila H. - Emergence of CTXM typeESBLs among urinary tract Escherichia coli in south-western Finland
Marty P. - Frequent heart disease in dogs, emerging cutaneous disease in humans: dirofilariasis
Martynova A. - Bacterial respiratory tract infections as the sequelae of tuberculosis
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Marutescu L. - The influence of some probiotic cultures supernatants on the growth rate and virulence expression of several selected enteroaggregative E.coli clinical strains
Marutescu L.G. - Antimicrobial and anti-pathogenic features of some new oxepins
Marwick C. - Cohort study of adult patients with complicated skin and soft-tissue infections
Marzagalli R. - Epidemiology of healthcare-associated Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections in CF and in ICU patients: role of biofilm formation
Marzouk M. - Prospective study of Corynebacteria other than Corynebacterium diphtheriae in clinical specimens: identification, clinical relevance and antibiotic susceptibility
Masake B. - Antimicrobial prescribing awareness campaign in the emergency department
Mascellino M.T. - Resistance to antibiotics of Helicobacter pylori strains from patients after treatment failure
Maschio M. - Economic evaluation of anidulafungin (Eraxis) versus intravenous fluconazole in the treatment of hospital inpatients diagnosed with candidaemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis
Masgala A. - Leptospirosis: an emerging disease in rural areas in Greece
Mashiach T. - Reducing surgical site infection rates in cardiac surgery: results of 10-year infection control programme
Mashkova Y. - Dominance of Beijing family strains in XDR tuberculosis in Samara Oblast, Russian Federation
Masiuk H. - Prevalence of genes encoding pyrogenic toxin superantigens, the Panton-Valentine leukocidin and exfoliative toxins in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from furunculosis association with agrgroup
Masjedi M.R. - Accuracy of QuantiFERON-TB Gold test versus Tuberculin Skin test to detect latent tuberculosis infection in HIVpositive individuals in Iran
Masjedi M. - Impact of XDR-TB on treatment outcome of patients with MDR-TB
Masoud L. - Rapid and effective analysis of nosocomial outbreaks using the DiversiLab semi-automated repetitive sequence-based PCR test system
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Masserey E. - Resident and institution-related factors associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in nursing homes in western Switzerland
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Mas-Serrano P. - Use of drotrecogin alpha in a surgical septic cohort of patients
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Masset F. - Evaluation of fully automated assays for the detection of anti-rubella IgM and IgG antibodies on the Elecsys immunoassays system
Massire C. - Rapid detection and characterisation of pathogens causing healthcare-associated infections using PCR/ESI-MS
Mastino A. - Effects of azidothymidine on apoptotic cell death: role of nuclear factor kB
Mastrantonio P. - Meningococcal disease in Italy in the era of conjugate menC vaccination
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Mastrogiannidou E. - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci infection outbreak in the intensive care unit
Mastroroberto P. - Relevance of procalcitonin level on the serum lipopolysaccharide concentrations in intensive care unit bacteraemic and non-bacteraemic patients
Mata-Marin J. - APRI Index, HCV genotype and HCV RNA as predictors of early viral response in hepatitisC patients
Mataras G. - Value of procalcitonin, Creactive protein and leukocyte cell count for the diagnosis and antibiotic management of intensive care unit-acquired infections
Matejková P. - Screening of macrolide resistance locus in Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum in the Czech Republic
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Matenova M. - A note on the effect of medium-chain fatty acids on arcobacters
Mateo M. - In vitro interference of cefditoren on slime production by Streptococcus pneumoniae
Mateos F. - Increasing survival in HIV patients with HLA-B57 allele: report and analysis of a Spanish series
Mateos M.L. - Failure to treat HBV with adefovir due to early selection of rtA181T mutation
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Mateos Lindemann M.L. - Prevalence of human papillomavirus types in women with normal citology, atypical squamous cells of unknown significance and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia1 in Madrid, Spain
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Matera G. - Relevance of procalcitonin level on the serum lipopolysaccharide concentrations in intensive care unit bacteraemic and non-bacteraemic patients
Mateu-de Antonio J. - Survival predictors in patients treated with tygecicline in clinical practice
Mathai E. - Production of the WHO-recommended alcohol-based handrub formulations in 11 different sites worldwide
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Matheeussen A. - In vitro profiling of pramiconazole against a panel of moulds and yeasts and in vivo activity against Microsporumcanis and Candidaalbicans
Mather H. - Clindamycin resistance among Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Scotland
Matheson M. - Comparison of Gene Xpert real-time PCR and various culture methods for the detection of groupB Streptococcus in rectovaginal samples from ante-natal women
Mathoera R.B. - Lymphocytopenia and neutrophil/lymphocyte count ratio predict bacteraemia better than conventional parameters in an emergency care unit
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Matlow A. - Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in Canada: results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, 19992007
Mato R. - Oropharyngeal colonisation by groupA streptococci in Portugal: an eight-year surveillance study (20002007)
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Matsas M. - Staphylococcus aureus colonisation/infection in a neonatal intensive care unit: a four-year study
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Mattheou C. - Epidemiology, clinical and microbiological features of infectious endocarditis: a review of 54 cases
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Matthews H. - Molecular identification of viral pathogens using PCR/ESI-MS
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Matti C. - Molecular epidemiology of VIM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Italy
Mattila E. - Resource use and costs associated with Clostridium difficile diarrhoea in a university hospital
Mattner F. - Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia in two German university hospitals caused by contaminated prefabricated washcloths
Mattsson E.E. - The incidence of sepsis in a large Dutch University hospital: CRP and the SIRS criteria
Matuschek E. - A new European standard method for disc diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility testing on MuellerHinton agar: a preliminary report
Matussek A. - Direct detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in broth-enriched clinical samples using a real-time multiplexPCR
Maubon D. - Drug inhibition of HDAC activity: effect on the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and chemotherapy perspectives
Maura D. - A gut colonisation model to study bacteriophages/bacteria relationships in vivo
Maurea S. - Anti-aspergillus antibodies and galactomannan antigen detection for serodiagnosis of aspergillosis
Mavridou E. - Efficacy of voriconazole against three clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates with mutations in the cyp51A gene
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Maxyoma I. - Seoul hantavirus infection in the far east of Russia
Mayer J. - Voriconazole plasma levels monitoring in haemato-oncological patients
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Mayo M. - The habitat of the melioidosis bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei in endemic tropical Australia
Mayo I. - Clinical features and epidemiology of leptospirosis in Spain
Mayor J.M. - Toscana virus: serosurvey study in domestic animals within Granada province (southern Spain)
Mazic N. - Detection of metallo-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates at a university hospital
Mazina D. - Trends in mortality due to Clostridium difficile enterocolitis in Brussels and Flanders, 19982006
Mazuelas P. - Septic arthritis caused by anaerobic bacteria
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Mbasianou H. - A survey on current antibiotic prescribing attitude of primary care physicians in Greece
M'Bemba J. - Percutaneous bedside bone biopsy coupled with gallium SPECT-CT in suspected diabetic foot osteitis: a pilot study
McArthur M. - Developing DNA-based therapies to tackle antibiotic resistance
McAteer J. - 20,000 hand-hygiene observations on 60 wards in 16 acute trusts: dispelling hand-hygiene myths? Or reporting a national change in practice?
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McCarthy D. - Evaluation of the VITEK 2 system for the susceptibility testing of Candida species and Stephanoascus ciferii with caspofungin, micafungin and posaconazole
McClure T. - Efficacy of oritavancin at single or infrequent doses for the treatment of complicated skin and skin-structure infections
McConnell S. - Safety of daptomycin in the treatment of osteomyelitis: results from a registry
McCormick A. - AmphotericinB as antifungal prophylaxis in liver transplantation
McCowan C. - Cohort study of adult patients with complicated skin and soft-tissue infections
McDermott S. - AmphotericinB as antifungal prophylaxis in liver transplantation
McDowell E.J. - Restoration of the wild-type phenotypes in Streptococcus pyogenes rgg mutant strains depends on the expression level of Rgg transcriptional regulator
McGeer A. - Trends in antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Canada, 19932008
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McGhee P. - Activity of linopristin/flopristin (NXL 103) against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Staphylococcus aureus
McKay G.A. - Evaluation of oritavancin activity in vitro in the presence of human and mouse serum
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McKeown P. - Clostridium difficile-associated disease: a newly notifiable disease in Ireland
McMahon D. - Assessment of the treatment and outcomes associated with severe and mild-to-moderate Clostridium difficile infection
McMahon G. - An anonymous survey to determine the nasal colonisation rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in patients attending the emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Dublin, Ireland
McMenamin J. - Penicillin resistance in Scottish invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates, between 1999 and 2007
McMillan B. - Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampin-resistance from sputum samples with an easy-to-use PCR test system with near-patient capability
McMurray C. - A prospective cross-over study demonstrating that rapid MRSA screening leads to a reduction in the rate of MRSA acquisition
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McNally C. - The impact of structured vaccine programme of care on vaccine uptake in the HIV population attending an urban clinic a 5year review
McNulty K. - Longitudinal local immune analysis in HIV+ persons with oropharyngeal candidiasis
McNulty C.A.M. - e-Bug: evaluation of the eBug educational pack in England, France and the Czech Republic
McNulty C. - e-Bug: using games to teach young children about microbes, hygiene and appropriate antibiotic use
McRitchie D. - Epidemiology of influenza illness requiring intensive care unit admission in Toronto, Canada
Meaney H. - Evaluation of StrepB Select medium for the detection of groupB Streptococcus
Mechtler R. - Validation of quality indicators for hospital antibiotic use by the ABS International Quality Indicators (QI) Project
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Meddeb B. - Biomarkers of infection and septic shock in neutropenic patients
Medina A. - Relationship between Guillain-Barr syndrome and Coxiella burnettii infection
Medrano F.J. - High rate of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation in patients treated with infliximab
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Medrano A. - Prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation in the general population of southern Spain: a preliminary study
Medrano F.J. - Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase gene mutations and sulfa resistance
Medrano F. - High rate of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation among inpatients and hospital healthcare workers
Mees S.T. - Tigecycline by Lc-Ms/Ms in seven human intestinal tissues and comparison with rat and porcine tissue
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Meessen N.E.L. - An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography
Mégraud F. - In vitro study of dendritic cells maturation induced by Helicobacter pylori strains: evaluation of the inflammatory response and immunological consequences
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Megraud F. - Development of a new test, GenoType HelicoDR, for molecular detection of antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori
Mehdinejad M. - Evaluation of bacterial contamination of patients using ocular drops
Mehra P. - Results of a phase 2 study comparing two doses of delafloxacin to tigecycline in adults with complicated skin and skin-structure infections
Mehragan H. - Reversal of oxacillin resistance in MRSA with phenothiazines
Meijers S. - Resistance and resistance mechanisms in S.pneumoniae in the Netherlands the Duem3 study
Meijvis S. - Anti-pneumococcal polysaccharide antibody profiles during community-acquired pneumonia
Meijvis S.C.A. - Unexpectedly high prevalence of Chlamydophila psittaci in patients with CAP
Meis J. - Outbreak of invasive aspergillosis in an intensive care unit for major heart surgery. The case for abnormally high levels of airborne Aspergillus conidia: presence of similar genotypes in air and clinical samples
Meis J.F. - Dermafinder: a new approach for fast and sensitive detection of dermatophyte skin infections
Meisal R. - Invasive and pharyngeal emm3 Streptococcus pyogenes infections in Norway: a molecular genetic analysis
Mejuto P. - Distribution of genotypes of human papilloma virus in women from different countries
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Meka-Mechenko T. - Antibiotic susceptibilities of 90 isolates of Yersinia pestis to 14 antimicrobial agents
Mekki A. - Sero-prevalence of Rift Valley fever in south-western Saudi Arabia and study of risk factors
Melander E. - A national point prevalence measurement of healthcare-associated infections in somatic care in Sweden,2008
Melano R. - Lack of emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance and gyrA mutatios in S.pneumoniae despite increased fluoroquinolone use
Melchers W.J.G. - PK-PD of posaconazole in a murine model of disseminated aspergillosis
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Melchers W. - Development of azole resistance in a clinical A.fumigatus isolate with no mutations in the cyp51A gene
Melen K. - Prevalence and outcome of pregnancy in chronic hepatitisC virus infection
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Meletiadis J. - Evaluation of commercial phenotypic identification systems for the characterisation of common and rare yeast pathogens
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Melhus Å. - A nationwide outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Sweden, 20072008
Melica G. - Emergence of antimicrobial resistance among Viridans group streptococci: a six-year surveillance in children attending day care centres
Meliço-Silvestre A. - Seroepidemiological survey of viral hepatitis, HIV, syphilis and herpes simplex virus in a Portuguese correctional facility
Melidou A. - Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of human parvovirusB19 infections during 20062008 in northern Greece
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Melillo L. - Invasive aspergillosis in acute myeloid leukaemia: report of Seifem-2008 multi-centre survey
Melin S. - Direct detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in broth-enriched clinical samples using a real-time multiplexPCR
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Melinte V. - Enteric pathotypes of Escherichia coli involved in infectious diarrhoeal syndrome
Mellado E. - Efficacy of voriconazole against three clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates with mutations in the cyp51A gene
Mellmann A. - Protein pattern matching identification of microorganisms using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry
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Melo A.S.A. - Mutilocus sequence typing of sequential Candida albicans isolates from patients with persistent or recurrent fungaemia
Melo M.J. - Seroepidemiological survey of viral hepatitis, HIV, syphilis and herpes simplex virus in a Portuguese correctional facility
Melo Cristino J. - Replicon typing of plasmids from Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli clinical isolates producing CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum Blactamase
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Melo-Cristino J. - In vitro susceptibility to tigecycline and to an extended panel of antimicrobials of Gram-positive and Gram-negative isolates in Portugal
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Melon S. - Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes in a group of male patients coming from a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in a city in northern Spain
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Meltola N. - The combination of antibody bridging and avidity index methodology for reliable and simple determination of infection phase
Melton R. - Molecular identification of viral pathogens using PCR/ESI-MS
Memish Z. - Approaching zero rates bloodstream infections in a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit: a multifaceted approach
Menan H. - Performance evaluation of VIDIA HIV DUO, a new automated immunoassay test for qualitative HIV antigen/antibodies detection
Menbari S. - Identification, cloning and characterisation of ScaD, a novel antigen from Staphylococcus aureus
Mendes R. - First description of KPC2 in Raoultella planticola: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program
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Mendes A.C. - Evaluation of MTB Q Alert kit for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly on patient samples
Mendes R. - Detection of cfr-carrying Staphylococcus spp. Isolates in Blood Cultures from a Spanish site during a phase 3 clinical trial of topical administration of omiganan1gel
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Mendez M.L. - In vitro interference of cefditoren on slime production by Streptococcus pneumoniae
Méndez-Ávarez S. - Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis in a setting of polyclonal endemicity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Mendo S. - Occurrence and characterisation of class 1 integrons from isolates collected in a hospital's sanitary facility in Aveiro, Portugal
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Mendoza M.C. - Virulence and resistance determinants in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 isolates
Mendoza J. - Rapid oligochromatographic assay for the detection of groupB Streptococcus in vaginal samples
Mendoza M.C. - Molecular characterisation of pUO-StVR2 variants belonging to a family of virulence-resistance hybrid plasmids of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium originated from pSLT
Mendoza C. - Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella strains implicated in 38 community outbreaks in northern Spain
Menegazzi P. - Presence of oncogenic human papillomavirus infections in female population from southern Italy, correlation with cyto-histological abnormalities and implications in vaccine campaign
Menegotto F. - Biotyping of Brucella melitensis using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
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Menendez R. - Inflammatory systemic response and aetiology in community-acquired pneumonia
Meneses A. - Temporary changes in the frequency of extended espectrum beta lactamase producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Colombia,20022008
Meneses A.F. - Relationship between piperacillin-tazobactam consumption and bacterial resistance in Colombian hospitals. Atime-series analysis,20042007
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Meng Y. - A prospective cross-over study demonstrating that rapid MRSA screening leads to a reduction in the rate of MRSA acquisition
Meng S. - Rapid detection and identification of tick-borne pathogens directly from clinical samples using PCR and electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry
Mengeloglu Z. - The efficacy of dry-mist-generated hydrogen peroxide system against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii
Mengoli C. - Human papillomavirus prevalence and type distribution in women before the introduction of vaccination in Italy
Menichella D. - Phylogenomic and subproteomic approaches to gain new insights into the mitochondrion features of the Cryptosporidium parvum parasite
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Menichetti F. - Quinolone monotherapy in diabetic foot infections: rate of failure and selection for resistant strains
Menor E. - Comparison of an interferon-gamma release assay with tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in a contact investigation
Menotti J. - Molecular typing of a new variant of Encephalitozoon cuniculi responsible for disseminated microsporidiosis in a renal transplant recipient
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Mensa J. - Prevalence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains and susceptibility patterns
Mensa L. - Molecular mechanisms of resistance to rifaximin in in vitro selected enterotoxigenic and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli mutants
Mera R.M. - Long-term effects of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on antimicrobial resistance in children
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Mera S. - Survivin: any potential implication in early sepsis?
Mera R.M. - Klebsiella pneumoniae 20022007: multi-class resistance and changing patterns of resistance to carbapenems and third-generation cephalosporins
Merad N. - Identification of TEM-type extended-spectrum lactamases genes based on real-time PCR and pyrosequencing
Merat S. - Development of a low-cost approach for quantitation and genotyping of hepatitisC virus
Meraviglia P. - HIV1 pol evolution under lamivudine pressure
Mercat A. - Evaluation of the impact of screening and signalling carriers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on hand hygiene compliance and MRSA cross-transmission in 4 intensive care units
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Merchant S. - Cohort study of adult patients with complicated skin and soft-tissue infections
Merckx R. - Sterilisation of staphylococcal biofilms with delta-toxin plus rifampin in a rat model
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Mercuri P.S. - lactamase activity evolution of Aeromonas hydrophila CphA metallo-lactamase by design of a chimeric CphA-VIM1 enzyme
Merdjan H. - Use of the hollow fibre infection model in the pharmacodynamic evaluation of the lactamase inhibitor NXL104
Mérens A. - Resistance and epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from cystic fibrosis patients: a French multi-centre study
Merentes A. - MRSA in Venezuela, 20years of history
Merfort K. - Efficacy of quinolones, mono versus combination therapy, in difficult-to-treat mixed infections caused by Escherichia coli and Bacteroides fragilis
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Meri S. - Interaction with complement factorH and C4b-binding protein contributes to the serum resistance of an anaerobic pathogen, Fusobacterium necrophorum
Meric H. - Evaluation of the risk factors, mortality and cost of nosocomial infections in intensive care units of a university hospital
Meringova L. - SspB1 streptococcal surface protein as possible component of recombinant streptococcal vaccine
Merino P. - Systemic infection by multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, VIM1, TEM1 and SHV-12 lactamase producer in a kidney transplant recipient patient: study of 5 isolates
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Meritet J. - Immunogenicity of hepatitis AandB vaccines among liver transplant candidates
Merkier A.K. - Regional study of the genetic context of class 1 integron harbouring blaCTX-M2 linked to ISCR1 in nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Uruguay, Argentina and Chile
Merkler C. - A Romanian winter outbreak of trichinellosis due to consumption of pork contaminated with Trichinella spiralis
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Mermans I. - Correlation of Sedimax (Menarini) versus reverse light microscopy for the examination of urine sediment
Mermut G. - Management of candiduria: an interview schedule
Mero 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
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Meroni V. - Need for a screening with antitoxoplasma IgG and IgM in transplantation
Mert Dinc B. - Outcomes of pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections treated with tigecycline
Mertens R. - Staphylococcus aureus from blood stream infections
Mertens P. - A MLPA-oligochromatographic multiplex assay for identification of the toxin genotype and the hypervirulent ribotype 027 of Clostridium difficile
Mertens R. - Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Mertens P. - Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in Indonesian children: comparison of Helicobacter pylori stool antigen with enzyme-immunoassay and a new rapid test
Mertsola J. - Immunity to pertussis 10years after acellular booster vaccine in adolescence and response to a second dTpa booster in young adults
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Mertz D. - Eradication of an epidemic methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus from a geriatric university hospital. Evidence from a >10year follow-up
Mesalles E. - Accuracy of clinical presentation in predicting the aetiology of acute bacterial meningitis
Mesko Meglic K. - Diversity of conjugative blaCTX-M-carrying plasmids from Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Slovenian hospitals
Messaritaki A. - Region-wide surveillance of surgical site infections after orthopaedic surgery in Crete, Greece
Messinger D. - Decline in HBsAg level during treatment with PEGASYS is significantly associated with post-treatment response in patients with HBeAg-negative disease
Messinis I. - Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, herpes simplex virus type1,2 and papilloma virus in pregnant women in central Greece
Metallidis G. - Common pathogens isolated in diabetic foot infection in a rural hospital
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Metcalf D.S. - Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in retail pork
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Mete B. - In vitro activity of ertapenem in comparison with imipenem against Enterobacteriaceae in Turkey
Metsvaht T. - Molecular typing of Klebsiella pneumoniae in neonatal intensive care units using amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis
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Metz-Gercek S. - Ten years of antibiotic consumption in ambulatory care: trends in prescribing practice and antibiotic resistance in Austria
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Meugnier H. - Molecular characterisation of S.aureus involved in varicella superinfections in France
Meurant F. - Procalcitonine in abdominal surgery: is there an economical interest?
Meurman O. - Emergence of CTXM typeESBLs among urinary tract Escherichia coli in south-western Finland
Mevius D. - A novel DNA micro-array system for rapid detection of TEM, SHV and CTXM extended-spectrum -lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae
Meyer E. - Resistant Escherichia coli on the rise? Data from the project Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in Intensive Care Units (SARI); 20012007
Meyer C.N. - Models of predicting the risk of brain herniation in bacterial meningitis
Meyer E. - Macrolide use in intensive care units
Meyer C.N. - Brain herniation and the use of CT-scanning in acute bacterial meningitis
Meyer E. - Seven years of SARI (Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in Intensive Care Units; 20012007
Meyer W. - Filamentous fungi in cystic fibrosis: occult Scedosporium colonisation detected by selective media
Meyer E. - Seasonal variation in the incidence of Gram-negative bacteria in intensive care units
Meylan P. - Parvovirus B19 and Erythrovirus type 2 and 3 infections are infrequent in HIVinfected patients with CD4<500cells/mm3 and chronic anaemia
Mezzaroma I. - Study on the genotypic resistance of HIV1 in blood monocytes, CD4Tcells and plasma of HIVinfected individuals
Mezzatesta M.L. - Three major A.baumannii clones account for all carbapenem-resistant strains
Mhalla S. - Prospective study of Corynebacteria other than Corynebacterium diphtheriae in clinical specimens: identification, clinical relevance and antibiotic susceptibility
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Mian P. - Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship programme on antimicrobial consumption and cost in an Italian hospital
Micallef C. - An epidemiological study of detection rates of Clostridium difficile toxins AandB at a hospital in King'sLynn, England from 2000 to 2008
Miccolupo A. - Amplified fragment length polymorphism for high-resolution typing of Listeria monocytogenes from foods and the environment
Miceli G. - Information technology and infection control: a project for an active computer-assisted microbiology surveillance
Michailidou A. - Prevalence of syphilis in volunteer blood donors in a defined area of northern Greece: a retrospective study (19982008)
Michalacopoulou K. - Tigecycline resistance of Acinetobacter bloodstream isolates in a teaching hospital
Michalia M. - Infections and mortality of obese patients in the intensive care unit
Michalopoulos A. - Intravenous fosfomycin for the treatment of nosocomial infections due to carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in critically ill patients. Aprospective evaluation
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Michaud S. - Influenza in adults admitted to Canadian hospitals: data from two seasons
Michaud-Nerard A. - Calculation and validation of a discriminating disc content for colistin
Michel U. - Pro-inflammatory effect of activinA on microglial cells
Michelazzo M. - Pharmacokinetics of caspofungin in patients with candidaemia
Michelet C. - Risk factors for methicillin resistance and factors associated with in-hospital mortality during Staphylococcus aureus blood stream infection: an observational study
Micheli V. - HIV1 pol evolution under lamivudine pressure
Michelim L. - Tigecycline use in nosocomial osteomyelitis
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Michie S. - The success and effectiveness of the world's first national cleanyourhands campaign in England and Wales 20042008: a prospective observational interrupted time-series
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Michot M. - Nosocomial outbreak of an extended-spectrum lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain on a medical intensive care unit
Middendorf B. - Geographic dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus spa-types in hospitals and rehabilitation clinics in the Dutch-German EUREGIO MRSA-net
Middleton P.G. - Filamentous fungi in cystic fibrosis: occult Scedosporium colonisation detected by selective media
Midgaard C. - Molecular profile of rotavirus in children hospitalised with acute gastroenteritis in Norway, 20062008
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Midilli K. - Molecular analysis of a determinant region of the Sgene of HBV from healthy subjects with occult HBV infection in Istanbul
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Mielech A. - A new method PCR MP for Candida albicans strains genotyping
Miettinen M. - Potentially probiotic bacteria induce inflammasome activation and cytokine production in human monocyte-derived macrophages
Miettinen I.T. - Contamination of a public tap water distribution system and possible water-borne transmission of Clostridium difficile
Mifsud A.J. - Emergence and persistence of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa serogroups O11 and O12
Miftode E. - Failure of antirabic postexposure prophylaxis
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Migliavacca R. - Three major A.baumannii clones account for all carbapenem-resistant strains
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Miguel Gómez M.A. - Biotyping of Brucella melitensis using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Mihai C.M. - Therapeutical approach in hydatic cyst disease with multiple location
Mihai L. - Therapeutical approach in hydatic cyst disease with multiple location
Mihalache D. - Invasive meningococcal disease in children
Mihaylov N. - Efflux increases QRDR (quinolone resistance determining region) mutation frequency in fluoroquinolone-susceptible pneumococci
Mihu C. - Escherichia coli resistance to fluoroquinolones at a comprehensive cancer centre
Mikamo H. - A study on bacteria isolated from intra-abdominal infections in Japan and their antimicrobial susceptibility
Mikelsaar M. - Risk factors predicting recurrent urinary tract infection in childhood
Mikelsaar R.H. - In vitro and in vivo comparison of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 and non 027 strains
Mikelsaar M. - In vitro and in vivo comparison of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 and non 027 strains
Mikiciuk E. - Whether tablets for mouth disinfection possess antibacterial activity required by European Standard EN 1040:2006
Miklaievics E. - Identification and typing of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Latvian hospitals
Miksa M. - Evaluation of a novel small molecule caspase inhibitor, VX-166, as a potential therapy for sepsis
Mikula I. - Inactivation of DNA-binding response regulator Sak189 abrogates antigen expression and affects virulence of Streptococcus agalactiae
Mikulska M. - Outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii bacteraemia in patients with haematological malignancies and haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
Milata J. - Efficacy of oritavancin at single or infrequent doses for the treatment of complicated skin and skin-structure infections
Milburn S. - Susceptibility of coagulase-negative staphylococci to telavancin, a new lipoglycopeptide antibiotic and comparison with vancomycin
Mildvan D. - Impact of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance culture results on subsequent antibiotic prescribing patterns
Miletich F. - Clinical significance of (1.3)-b-d-glucan detection in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
Mileto E. - Holo and apo-transferrins interfere with adherence to abiotic surfaces and with adhesion/invasion to HeLa cells in staphylococci
Mileva S. - Changes in the activated Tlymphocytes in patients with Mediterranean spotted fever and Lyme borreliosis aged 60+ years
Milho C. - Characterisation of gidB gene in streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Lisbon health region
Miliani K.Y. - Non-compliance with guidelines for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis and the risk of surgical site infection: results from the INCISO Surveillance Network
Militello V. - Human papillomavirus prevalence and type distribution in women before the introduction of vaccination in Italy
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Millán A.B. - Community-onset versus nosocomial bloodstream infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Spain
Miller G. - Quantitative comparison of aminoglycoside nephrotoxicity in rats for effective screening and evaluation of new derivatives, and dosing rationales that minimise toxicity
Miller L.A. - Acinetobacter baumannii 20022007: mathematical model insights on imipenem non-susceptibility and multi-class resistance
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Miller G. - Ten-year trend in aminoglycoside resistance from a worldwide collection of Gram-negative pathogens (19982007)
Miller M.A. - A randomised, double-blind clinical trial of OPT-80 versus vancomycin in Clostridium difficile infection
Miller L.A. - Klebsiella pneumoniae 20022007: multi-class resistance and changing patterns of resistance to carbapenems and third-generation cephalosporins
Miller G. - Surveying aminoglycoside resistance mechanisms: a tool for the development of neoglycosides
Miller K. - Comparison of bacterial membrane active novel porphyrin and metalloporphyrin antimicrobials
Milo S. - Reducing surgical site infection rates in cardiac surgery: results of 10-year infection control programme
Mingeot-Leclercq M.P. - Competition between ciprofloxacin and antiviral agents (adefovir, saquinavir, ritonavir) for efflux transporters in J774 macrophages
Minigo H. - Incidence, timing and aetiology of bloodstream infections following orthotopic liver transplantation or haematopoietic stem cell transplantation a single-centre experience
Minoli L. - Need for a screening with antitoxoplasma IgG and IgM in transplantation
Minton N. - Determining hypervirulent markers for Clostridium difficile by array comparative genomic hybridisation
Minutolo A. - Effects of azidothymidine on apoptotic cell death: role of nuclear factor kB
Mioc V. - Macrolide resistance of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in Slovenia, 1998 2007
Mioljevic V. - Detection of metallo-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates at a university hospital
Mir N. - Effect of protein binding in the activity of voriconazole and anidulafungin alone or combined against Aspergillus sp. using a time-kill methodology
Mir O. - Accidental blood exposures among medical residents in Paris, France
Mir N. - Cost-effectiveness of anidulafungin in confirmed candidaemia and other invasive Candida infections in Spain
Mirab-Samiee S. - Development of a low-cost approach for quantitation and genotyping of hepatitisC virus
Mirada A. - Strategies for the sequence study of the exposure to pulmonary tuberculosis in a neonatal unit
Mirahmadi R. - Fulminant deaths caused by Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Iran
Miranda L. - Multiplex PCR for rapid detection of genes encoding Oxa and metallo-lactamases in Acinetobacter spp.
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Miranda C. - Septic arthritis caused by anaerobic bacteria
Miranda N. - 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
Miranda-Zapico I. - Prevalence of Candida metapsilosis and Candida orthopsilosis isolates in a Spanish yeast stock collection
Mirlohi M. - Reduction in serum lipid parameters by incorporation of Lactobacillus plantarum A7, native strain in mice diet
Mironova A. - Spread of epidemic vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clonal complex 17 in haematological patients in Russia
Mironova S. - Dominance of Beijing family strains in XDR tuberculosis in Samara Oblast, Russian Federation
Mirovic V. - Detection of metallo-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates at a university hospital
Mirsalehian A. - Helicobacter pylori genotypes in different ethnic groups resident in Tehran, Iran
Mischenko V. - Optimisation of systemic antimicrobials usage in multi-profile hospitals in Russian Federation
Missir A.V. - Antimicrobial and anti-pathogenic features of some new oxepins
Missirlis Y.F. - Relative reverse-transcription real-time PCR and microscopy for studying slime production by Staphylococcus epidermidis under various physicochemical and flow conditions
Mistry H. - Multicentre evaluation of the Versant HIV1 RNA 1.0 Assay (kPCR) with the Versant kPCR molecular system
Mitache M. - Phenotypic and genetic investigation of virulence and antibioresistance hallmarks in Escherichia coli strains isolated from Black Sea water on Romanian coast
Mitchell N. - Prevalence of qnr genes in nalidixic acid resistant, ciprofloxacin sensitive Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from a university general hospital, Athens, Greece
Mitchell T. - Penicillin resistance in Scottish invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates, between 1999 and 2007
Mitchell N. - An outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing KPC2 carbapenemase in a Greek universtity hospital
Mitra M.E. - Invasive aspergillosis in acute myeloid leukaemia: report of Seifem-2008 multi-centre survey
Mitsevich E.V. - Antimicrobial activities of bacteriocins E5052 and B602 against MRSA and other nosocomial infections
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Mitsouli X. - Febrile neutropenia in patients with haematological malignancies
Mitsuyama J. - Efficacy of garenoxacin in a skin infection model caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in diabetic mice
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Mitt P. - Post-discharge surveillance of surgical site infections after total hip and knee arthroplasty
Mittermayer H. - Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 in Europe
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Miu C. - Particularities of tuberculosis in teenagers horizontally infected with HIV1 during infancy
Miyazaki Y. - The influence of some probiotic cultures supernatants on the growth rate and virulence expression of several selected enteroaggregative E.coli clinical strains
Mlinaric-Dzepina A. - Low virulence associated with fluoroquinolone resistance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains
Mlynarczyk A. - The regulatory mechanisms of macrolide-lincosamide-streptograminB resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Mlynarczyk G. - The regulatory mechanisms of macrolide-lincosamide-streptograminB resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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Mnatsakanyan E. - Genetic heterogeneity of emm12 genotype Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated in St. Petersburg, Russia
Mobasherizadeh S. - Frequency of mecA gene and borderline oxacillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nosocomial acquired methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus infections
Mocilnik T. - Routine twenty-four mini-pool HCV RNA screening for the diagnosis of early hepatitisC virus infection in non-transfusion setting
Mocktar C. - Rampant resistance to lactam antibiotics in previously susceptible Enterobacteriaceae: the Kwazulu-Natal experience
Modol J. - Accuracy of clinical presentation in predicting the aetiology of acute bacterial meningitis
Moeck G. - A multi-centre evaluation of in vitro activity of oritavancin and comparators against staphylococci, enterococci, and streptococci theORIONStudy
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Moeini L. - Predictive value of purified protein derivative in pulmonary tuberculosis in a high BCG-vaccinated population
Moens C. - Comparison of 6 rapid assays for detection of Helicobacter pylori antigen in stool in children with recurrent abdominal pain preliminary data
Moericke A. - Environmental contamination in the rooms of ESBL-colonised patients
Moet G. - Activity of CEM-101 tested against emerging telithromycin-resistant haemolytic streptococci
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Moger R. - Increasing the sensitivity of acid-fast bacilli detection by using concentration technique: anIndian study
Moghadami M. - Comparison of molecular and susceptibility characteristics of CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA among hospital-admitted patients in two main cities of Iran: 1year study
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Mohajeri P. - Study of vacA genotypes of H.pylori isolated from patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases by PCR
Mohamadtaheri Z. - Accuracy of QuantiFERON-TB Gold test versus Tuberculin Skin test to detect latent tuberculosis infection in HIVpositive individuals in Iran
Mohammad Jonaidi M. - Evaluation of anti-measles IgG antibody level in medical students 4years after mass vaccination
Mohammad Zadeh M. - Epidemiology and drug resistance pattern of cholera outbreak in summer 2008 in Iran
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Mohareb E. - Evidence for tick-borne encephalitis virus infections in Bulgaria
Mohd Sidik S. - Caenorhabditis elegans-based analysis for the host-pathogen interaction of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovars isolated from indigenous vegetables and poultry meat in Malaysia
Mohr C. - Nosocomial outbreak of an extended-spectrum lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain on a medical intensive care unit
Mohraz M. - Predictive value of purified protein derivative in pulmonary tuberculosis in a high BCG-vaccinated population
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Mohsenipour I. - Immune evasion of Aspergillus fumigatus by secreted proteases can be undermined by application of amino acids
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Mokhtari-Azad T. - Serologic response to influenza vaccine in coronary artery disease patients: FLUVAC study
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Molatova Z. - A note on the effect of medium-chain fatty acids on arcobacters
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Moldovan R. - A Romanian winter outbreak of trichinellosis due to consumption of pork contaminated with Trichinella spiralis
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Molenberghs G. - Activation of Toll-like receptor 2 and Toll-like receptor 2/6 by lactobacilli
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Molera C. - Strategies for the sequence study of the exposure to pulmonary tuberculosis in a neonatal unit
Moles B. - Identification of Nocardia from respiratory specimens by using 16SrRNA gene sequencing in Zaragoza, Spain between 1998 and 2003
Molin Y. - Viral RNA replication is associated with changes in selenium in target organs of Coxsackie virus B3 infection
Molina L. - Evaluation of Robobact system for isolation of Salmonella sp. in faecal samples
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Molina J.M. - High rate of breakthrough invasive aspergillosis among patients with persistent fever and neutropenia receiving empirical caspofungin therapy
Molina L. - Molecular epidemiology of human papillomavirus in Madrid, Spain
Molina Esteban L. - Invasive pneumococal disease after systematic use of 7valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine. Multi-centre study with seven hospitals in Madrid, Spain
Molinari M.P. - Outbreak of Ralstonia pickettii bacteraemia in patients with haematological malignancies and haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
Molinari L. - Knowledge on sexually transmitted infections of HIVinfected patients
Molinos S. - Accuracy of clinical presentation in predicting the aetiology of acute bacterial meningitis
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Moll H.A. - Population dynamics and geographical diversity of Moraxella catarrhalis in the Generation R study
Møller J.K. - Association between the amount of hand antiseptics used and hospital-acquired infections in a Danish hospital
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Mölling P. - Direct detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in broth-enriched clinical samples using a real-time multiplexPCR
Mols P. - Utility of unique procalcitonin dosage in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in emergency wards
Momynaliev K. - Application of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for Helicobacter pylori study
Monaco M. - Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus from bloodstream infections in Italy
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Monecke S. - Heterogeneity among porcine MRSA ST398 isolates
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Monen J. - Decreasing trends in MRSA in Europe
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Monfort L. - A new real-time PCR assay for the direct detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Mycoplasma genitalium
Monforte M.L. - Outbreak of Klebsiella oxytoca strains harbouring blaCTX-M-15, blaOXA-1, qnrS1 and two copies of aac(6)-Ib-cr genes in a paediatric intensive care unit
Monge B. - Clinical and epidemiological study of imported Chagas disease in Madrid, Spain
Mongelli G. - Non-mutational cfr-mediated linezolid resistance Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates
Monistrol O. - Food-borne nosocomial outbreak due to ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (SHV-38). Epidemiology and successful control
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Monneret G. - Low-monocyte human leucocyte antigen-DR expression is independently associated with nosocomial infections after septic shock
Monnet D. - Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 in Europe
Monnet D.L. - First results of the European Clostridium difficile infection survey (ECDIS)
  - Review of methods of national prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections in 17European countries
Monno R. - Molecular typing of human isolates of Listeria monocytogenes
Monroy E. - Frequency of vacA, cagA and babA2 virulence markers in Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from Mexican patients with chronic gastritis
Monstein H.J. - Molecular fingerprinting of faecal isolates of E.coli with and without ESBL-phenotype in patients with intra-abdominal infections
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Montagnani F. - A complex outbreak of multiresistant Enterobacteriaceae producing the acquired AmpC-type lactamase FOX-7 in a neonatal intensive care unit setting
Monteiro L. - Outcome of acute childhood bacterial meningitis in Luanda, Angola
Montejo M. - Ortotopic liver transplantation in HIVinfected patients. Outcome of a single-centre cohort of 21 patients
Montero M. - Clinical features and epidemiology of leptospirosis in Spain
Monterosso M. - Catheter-associated urinary tract infections in a geriatric ward
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Montes-Cano M.A. - Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase gene mutations and sulfa resistance
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Montes-Cano M. - High rate of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation among inpatients and hospital healthcare workers
Montes-Cano M.A. - Usefulness of real-time PCR at mt LSU rRNA for the identification of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation
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Montesinos I. - Evolution of the MRSA clones at a university hospital in the Canary Islands
Montiel Quezel-Guerraz N. - Evaluation of an oligochromatographic test for identification of mycobacteria most frequently isolated in human from liquid and solid culture media
Montoya G.M. - Outcome of empiric versus targeted antibiotic therapy in infective endocarditis, Medellin, Colombia. Study of 120 cases over a 20-year period
Montrucchio E. - EUCAST breakpoints in automated susceptibility testing of Gram-positive bacteria BDPhoenix validated
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Moon S.M. - Emergence of community-onset extended-spectrum -lactamases-producing Escherichia coli in acute pyelonephritis in Korean hospitals
Moon D.C. - Genetic basis of resistance to aminoglycosides in Acinetobacter species and spread of armA in Acinetobacter baumannii sequence group 1 in Korean hospitals
Moore G. - Does targeted and quantified control of the microbiological environment within the intensive care unit reduce colonisation and healthcare-acquired infection?
Moore C. - A unique way to predict vancomycin failure in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia early in therapy: a classification and regression tree analysis
Moore J. - The impact of rapid PCR screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on patient isolation
Moore C. - Susceptibility trends for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates over a 2.5 year period
Moore C.L. - Do laboratory characteristics predict outcome in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia?
Moore C. - How does persistent bacteraemia affect outcome in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia?
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Moore D. - Influenza in adults admitted to Canadian hospitals: data from two seasons
Moore J. - Developing DNA-based therapies to tackle antibiotic resistance
Mora A. - Emergence of CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli isolates in Seville, Spain
Mora L. - Prevalence of hepatitisB genotypes and resistance mutations in patients with chronic hepatitisB infection
Moradi E. - Frequency of tuberculosis in Qeshm, the biggest island in the Persian Gulf
Moradi M. - Fulminant deaths caused by Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Iran
Morais A. - Diverse populations of fluoroquinolone nonsusceptible groupA streptococci recovered from colonisation and infections in Portugal (19992006)
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Moraitou H. - Molecular detection of mecA and pvl genes in clinical setting
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Morales G. - Clonal study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates of nosocomial origin in a Spanish hospital
Morata P. - Development and application of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for rapid differential diagnosis between extrapulmonary tuberculosis and focal complications of brucellosis
Morazzoni P. - Evaluation of natural compounds derived from plants on planktonic and sessile form of staphylococci
Mordmüller B. - Real-time characterisation of cytoadhesion of Plasmodium falciparum by using a novel biosensor technology (thickness shear mode)
More R. - A most unusual case of Candida parapsilosis endocarditis in intravenous drug user
Moreau J.F. - In vitro study of dendritic cells maturation induced by Helicobacter pylori strains: evaluation of the inflammatory response and immunological consequences
Moreau J. - Chronic hepatitisE in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients living in south-eastern France
Moreau F. - MUT056399: a novel antibacterial against methicillin-resistant staphylococci
Moreira V. - Failure to treat HBV with adefovir due to early selection of rtA181T mutation
Moreno V. - A new approach to tuberculous meningitis in Spain
Moreno Y. - Molecular typing of Listeria monocytogenes virulent serotypes
Moreno M.J. - Micro-organisms isolated from male urethral exudates during an 8year period in a Spanish teaching hospital
Moreno V. - Transversal study in a group of Spanish HIV/HCV co-infected patients with non-treated chronic hepatitisC: epidemiological study, prevalence and grade of hepatic fibrosis
Moreno A. - Novel mutation (A427S) in the CMV UL97 gene associated with resistance to ganciclovir
Moreno M.J. - Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance in a Spanish teaching hospital during a six-year period
Moreno M.A. - Escherichia coli clones and plasmid-mediated later transfer disseminate CTX-M1 and CTX-M-32 among animals and humans
Morgan R.F.S. - How widespread are antibodies to Acinetobacter baumannii and Haemophilus influenzae lipopolysaccharides in a healthy population in Scotland?
Morgan M. - Comparative susceptibility of European Gram-negative rods to doripenem, imipenem and meropenem
Moriarty S.R. - Oritavancin in the treatment of diabetic patients with complicated skin and skin-structure infections
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Morilla R. - Prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation in the general population of southern Spain: a preliminary study
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Morini J.P. - Immunological and virological outcome of a double-boosted HIV protease inhibitor salvage regimen
Morla A. - Antimicrobial susceptibility in PVL positives S.aureus strains. 20052008 study
Moro M. - ST22 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a major epidemic clone circulating inhSR
Moroni A. - Automated Enzygnost Rubella portfolio (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics) as an important aid during 2008 rubella outbreak in Italy
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Morosini M.I. - Heteroresistance contributes to variable carbapenem susceptibility levels in VIM1producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains belonging to the same clone: consequences for routine susceptibility testing
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Moroti R. - Aminoglycosides: acoustic toxicity screening
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Morozova O. - Bacterial species identification directly from urine samples by MALDI-TOF MS fingerprinting
Morré S. - Polymorphisms in the promoter region of TANK-binding kinase1 are associated with Gram-positive bloodstream infections
Morris D. - Novel plasmid mediated quinolone resistance determinant (Qnr-B21) identified in E.coli isolated from hospital effluent
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Morrissey I. - Antibacterial activity of NXL103 (linopristine-flopristine), in vitro post-antibiotic effect, and spontaneous frequency of resistance
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Morsch F. - Tigecycline use in nosocomial osteomyelitis
Mortazavi H. - Determination of the accuracy and optimal cut-off point for ELISA test in the diagnosis of brucellosis in Iran
Mortensen A. - Comparisons of healthcare-associated and community-associated MRSA strains using SCCmec EVIGENE and routine susceptibility testing
Mortensen K.L. - Development of azole resistance in a clinical A.fumigatus isolate with no mutations in the cyp51A gene
Moshiri A. - Evaluation of antibody response to group 2 outer membrane proteins of Brucella abortus S99 in animal model
Moshtaghian J. - Reduction in serum lipid parameters by incorporation of Lactobacillus plantarum A7, native strain in mice diet
Mosko M. - One platform and multiple assay formats: mass spectrometry for molecular typing of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Mosquera H. - 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
Mostachio A. - Multiplex PCR for rapid detection of genes encoding Oxa and metallo-lactamases in Acinetobacter spp.
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Mostachio A.K. - Study of metallo-lactamase production in clinical isolates of pan-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Mostafavizadeh K. - Frequency of mecA gene and borderline oxacillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nosocomial acquired methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus infections
Motakefi A. - Multiplex real-time PCR detection of plasmid-mediated AmpC
Motlova J. - The prevalence of pneumococcal pilus among invasive isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes covered by 7valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
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Motte A. - Misquantifications of HIV RNA level in plasma from a cohort of 100 HIV1 newly-diagnosed individuals in Marseilles, south-eastern France, as assessed by an alternative PCR assay
Möttönen T. - First results of hospital-based surveillance of Clostridium difficile-associated infections in Finnish acute care hospitals
Mouktaroudi M. - A circulating factor of patients with septic shock stimulates release of angiopoietin-2 by human monocytes
Mountokalakis T.D. - Fever of unknown origin: differential diagnosis between infectious and non-infectious causes
Moussaoui W. - Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the identification of bacteria under routine conditions in a clinical laboratory
Moustakas G. - Catheter exit site infections in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
Mouton J. - High prevalence of extended-spectrum -lactamase production in Enterobacter spp. bloodculture isolates in the Netherlands
Mouton J.W. - Efficacy of voriconazole against three clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates with mutations in the cyp51A gene
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Mouton J. - Cefuroxime prophylaxis for elective orthopaedic surgery and limits for use of standard dosing
Moutte L. - Clinical evaluation of a new commercial PCR-DNA microarray system for simultaneous detection of 17 respiratory viruses in French infants hospitalised for acute bronchiolitis
Mouzaki A. - The effect of bacteraemia on the immune response and outcome of patients with severe sepsis
Moya R. - Nosocomial, community and healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in Spain
Mozes E. - Enteric pathotypes of Escherichia coli involved in infectious diarrhoeal syndrome
Mporgi L. - Asymptomatic bacteriouria in women with diabetes mellitus in our area
Mpriola E. - First-line anti-tuberculosis drug susceptibility rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates over a 6year period
Mrazek J. - Long-term protection against carriage of hepatitisB virus after newborn vaccination
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Mrowiec P. - Molecular analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii strains, isolated from intensive care unit patients of with hospital-acquired pneumonia
Mrzljak A. - Incidence, timing and aetiology of bloodstream infections following orthotopic liver transplantation or haematopoietic stem cell transplantation a single-centre experience
Muchtar E. - Appropriate vs. inappropriate empirical antibiotic treatment: systematic review and meta-analysis of effects and modifiers
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Mudrik L. - HIV/AIDS epidemics development of pregnant woman in Ukraine
Mueller C. - Multiplex PCR (SeptiFast) for diagnosis of sepsis in patients presenting to the emergency room
Mueller-Premru M. - Diversity of conjugative blaCTX-M-carrying plasmids from Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Slovenian hospitals
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Mugerwa R. - Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampin-resistance from sputum samples with an easy-to-use PCR test system with near-patient capability
Mugnier P. - Worldwide dissemination of the blaOXA-23 carbapenemase gene associated to different genetic structures in Acinetobacter baumannii
Mühlbacher A. - Evaluation of fully automated assays for the detection of Cytomegalovirus IgM and IgG antibodies on the Elecsys immunoassays system
Mühlemann K. - Transmission rate of Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum lactamase to hospital contacts and household members in a Swiss university hospital
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Muilwijk J. - First results of the new Dutch Infectious Diseases Surveillance Information System-Antimicrobial Resistance (ISIS-AR). Epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in the Netherlands
Mula G. - Antibiotic resistance in the food chain: characterisation of S.aureus isolated from milk and cheese in Italy
Mularoni A. - Clinical significance of (1.3)-b-d-glucan detection in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
Mulders M. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 398 does not spread from farms into the community
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Mulders B. - Real-time PCR assays for the detection of Clostridium difficile ribotype 017 and 027 strains
Mullane K.M. - A randomised, double-blind clinical trial of OPT-80 versus vancomycin in Clostridium difficile infection
Müller B. - Biomarkers improve the ability of clinical scores to predict intensive care unit admission in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Muller A. - European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): outpatient antimycotic use in Europe
Müller R. - Clinical applicability of a diagnostic DNA-microarray for the simultaneous detection of herpesviruses and adenovirus co-infections in patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Müller C. - Fungiscope: a global database for rare fungal infections
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Muller A. - The ESAC Point Prevalence Survey of patterns of antibiotic use in 50 European hospitals in 2008
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Müller C. - Bactericidal effect of the novel siderophore monobactam BAL30072
Müller W. - Factors associated with colonisation with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteria in newborns hospitalised at the neonatal intensive care unit
Mullins C.D. - Linezolid versus vancomycin health and economic outcomes: a retrospective database study of 11,018 infection-related hospitalisation treatment episodes
Mulvey M. - Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in Canada: results from the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, 19992007
Muñiz G. - Updated epidemiology of severe infections as a cause of admission in an intensive care unit in patients with haematological malignances. Preliminary report of a Spanish multicentre study
Munoz K.A. - The safety of single ascending oral doses of TR-701, a novel oxazolidinone prodrug antibiotic
Munoz G. - Activity of vancomycin and daptomycin alone and in combination with gentamycin against Enterococcus faecalis: interaction studies using a calorimetry assay
Munoz K.A. - The safety of multiple ascending oral doses of TR-701, a novel oxazolidinone prodrug antibiotic
Muñoz P. - Antifungal therapy with voriconazole improves outcome in patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Munoz K.A. - Effects of food on the pharmacokinetics of TR-701, a novel oxazolidinone prodrug antibiotic, in healthy adult subjects
Muñoz A. - Nosocomial, community and healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in Spain
Munteanu M. - Correlation between serum levels of ceruloplasmin and acute phase proteins and oxidative stress markers in patients with sepsis
Murillo F. - Do splenectomized patients for trauma suffer from more early postoperative infections?
Murk J.L.A.N. - Evaluation of the Roche Cobas HCV immunoassay
Murphy G. - Performance of the BED-CEIA in population infected with HIV1 recombinant viruses CRF06cpx and CRF06A
Murphy T.M. - Efficacy and pharmacodynamic evaluation of CEM-101, a novel macrolide, in murine infection models
Murray R. - Formal infectious disease consultation is associated with decreased mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
Murray M. - English voluntary surveillance scheme for Clostridium difficile infections: seasonal variation by age group (January2000 December2008)
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Murthy A. - Cost-effectiveness analysis of universal rapid screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission
Mushtaq S. - Activity of PZ-601 (SMP-601) against Enterobacteriaceae with AmpC, ESBLs and carbapenemases
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Music E. - The CURB-65 criteria in bacteraemic community-acquired pneumonia patients
Musilek M. - Molecular epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in the Czech Republic
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Musmul A. - Evaluation of the risk factors, mortality and cost of nosocomial infections in intensive care units of a university hospital
Mussap M. - Multifocal emergence of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone with differential non-carbapenemase-mediated resistance to carbapenems in Italian hospitals
Musser J.M. - New understanding of groupA Streptococcus pathogenesis provided by integrated systems biology studies
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Mustafa S. - Adhesion and adhesion inhibition properties of Bifidobacterium strains B.longum BB536 and B.pseudocatenulatumG4 on HT29 epithelium cellline
Muszbek N. - Cost-effectiveness of daptomycin in hospitalised patients with cSSTI caused by Gram-positive organisms
Muts R. - Characterisation of extended-spectrum lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates causing an outbreak in an intensive care unit
Mütsch M. - Irritable bowel syndrome among a cohort of European travellers to low income destinations
Mutters R. - Comparative susceptibility of European Gram-negative rods to doripenem, imipenem and meropenem
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Muzslay M. - Results of a 6month in-use efficacy trial of AzoMaxActive cleaning products compared to hypochlorite
Myllyniemi A.L. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in humans and animals, Finland
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Myrvang B. - European cluster of imported falciparum malaria from Gambia
Mytas S. - Emergence of KPC(+) K.pneumoniae strains in Greece: evaluation of detection methods
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  - Usefulness and reproducibility of sputum Gram stain in LRTIs
Mzali F. - Evaluation of the in vitro activity of tigecycline alone and in combination with rifampicin against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli