Issue 1/2013
Content (20 Articles)
The European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: quality and quantity in 2013
W. van Leeuwen, A. van Belkum
State of the art diagnostic of mold diseases: a practical guide for clinicians
F. Beirão, R. Araujo
Lamivudine versus telbivudine in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: a systematic review and meta-analysis
H. Jiang, J. Wang, W. Zhao
Tungiasis (sand flea disease): a parasitic disease with particular challenges for public health
H. Feldmeier, E. Sentongo, I. Krantz
Periodontal infections and community-acquired pneumonia: a case–control study
J. P. de Melo Neto, M. S. A. E. Melo, S. A. dos Santos-Pereira, E. F. Martinez, L. S. Okajima, E. Saba-Chujfi
A correlative analysis of epidemiologic and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones from diverse geographic locations with virulence measured by a Caenorhabditis elegans host model
K. Wu, K. Zhang, J. McClure, J. Zhang, J. Schrenzel, P. Francois, S. Harbarth, J. Conly
Influence of age, social patterns and nasopharyngeal carriage on antibodies to three conserved pneumococcal surface proteins (PhtD, PcpA and PrtA) in healthy young children
A. Hagerman, K. M. Posfay-Barbe, S. Grillet, M. M. Ochs, R. H. Brookes, D. Greenberg, N. Givon-Lavi, R. Dagan, C.-A. Siegrist
Influence of procalcitonin on decision to start antibiotic treatment in patients with a lower respiratory tract infection: insight from the observational multicentric ProREAL surveillance
F. Dusemund, B. Bucher, S. Meyer, R. Thomann, F. Kühn, S. Bassetti, M. Sprenger, E. Baechli, T. Sigrist, M. Schwietert, D. Amin, P. Hausfater, E. Carre, P. Schuetz, J. Gaillat, K. Regez, R. Bossart, U. Schild, B. Müller, W. C. Albrich
Relatively high serum vitamin D levels do not impair the antibody response to encapsulated bacteria
E. Peelen, G. Rijkers, A. Meerveld-Eggink, S. Meijvis, M. Vogt, J. W. Cohen Tervaert, R. Hupperts, J. Damoiseaux
A cost-effectiveness analysis of identifying Fusobacterium necrophorum in throat swabs followed by antibiotic treatment to reduce the incidence of Lemierre’s syndrome and peritonsillar abscesses
S. Bank, K. Christensen, L. H. Kristensen, J. Prag
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Cameroonian hospitals
C. M. Lonchel, P. Melin, J. Gangoué-Piéboji, M.-C. O. Assoumou, R. Boreux, P. De Mol
Insertion sequences shared by Bordetella species and implications for the biological diagnosis of pertussis syndrome
A. Tizolova, N. Guiso, S. Guillot
Unnecessary repeat Clostridium difficile PCR testing in hospitalized adults with C. difficile-negative diarrhea
J. A. Nistico, J. E. Hage, P. E. Schoch, B. A. Cunha
Open-lung biopsy in patients with undiagnosed lung lesions referred at a tertiary cancer center is safe and reveals noncancerous, noninfectious entities as the most common diagnoses
S. P. Georgiadou, F. L. Sampsonas, D. Rice, J. M. Granger, S. Swisher, D. P. Kontoyiannis
Evolving microbiological epidemiology and high fetal mortality in 135 cases of bacteremia during pregnancy and postpartum
L. Surgers, N. Valin, B. Carbonne, E. Bingen, V. Lalande, J. Pacanowski, M.-C. Meyohas, P.-M. Girard, J.-L. Meynard
Superantigen gene complement of Streptococcus pyogenes—relationship with other typing methods and short-term stability
A. Friães, F. R. Pinto, C. Silva-Costa, M. Ramirez, J. Melo-Cristino
Consequences of treated versus untreated asymptomatic bacteriuria in the first year following kidney transplantation: retrospective observational study
H. Green, R. Rahamimov, E. Goldberg, L. Leibovici, U. Gafter, J. Bishara, E. Mor, M. Paul
Is diabetes a risk factor for central venous access port-related bloodstream infection in oncological patients?
A. Touré, P. Vanhems, C. Lombard-Bohas, J.-C. Souquet, M. Lauverjat, C. Chambrier
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia fimbrin stimulates mouse bladder innate immune response
A. K. Zgair, A. M. H. Al-Adressi