Issue 9/2012
Content (48 Articles)
Infective endocarditis prophylaxis: moving from dental prophylaxis to global prevention?
C. Chirouze, B. Hoen, X. Duval
Prevention of group B streptococcal neonatal disease revisited. The DEVANI European project
J. Rodriguez-Granger, J. C. Alvargonzalez, A. Berardi, R. Berner, M. Kunze, M. Hufnagel, P. Melin, A. Decheva, G. Orefici, C. Poyart, J. Telford, A. Efstratiou, M. Killian, P. Krizova, L. Baldassarri, B. Spellerberg, A. Puertas, M. Rosa-Fraile
Methods and recommendations for evaluating and reporting a new diagnostic test
A. S. Hess, M. Shardell, J. K. Johnson, K. A. Thom, P. Strassle, G. Netzer, A. D. Harris
Serum pepsinogen and Helicobacter pylori infection—a Japanese population study
K. Toyoda, N. Furusyo, T. Ihara, H. Ikezaki, Y. Urita, J. Hayashi
Listeriosis in pregnancy: a secular trend in a tertiary referral hospital in Barcelona
C. Sisó, A. Goncé, J. Bosch, M. D. Salvia, S. Hernández, F. Figueras
Identification and genomovar assignation of clinical strains of Pseudomonas stutzeri
C. Scotta, M. Mulet, D. Sánchez, M. Gomila, A. Ramírez, A. Bennasar, E. García-Valdés, B. Holmes, J. Lalucat
Morbidity of foreign travelers in Attica, Greece: a retrospective study
G. Theocharis, K. A. Polyzos, E. K. Vouloumanou, G. Peppas, T. Spiropoulos, S. G. Barbas, M. E. Falagas
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of adult patients hospitalized for erysipelas and cellulitis
M.-R. Perelló-Alzamora, J.-C. Santos-Duran, M. Sánchez-Barba, J. Cañueto, M. Marcos, P. Unamuno
The protective and immunomodulatory effects of hypothalamic proline-rich polypeptide galarmin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in mice
A. A. Durgaryan, M. B. Matevosyan, T. Ye. Seferyan, M. A. Sargsyan, S. L. Grigoryan, K. A. Galoian, A. A. Galoyan
Long-term trends in the epidemiology of human leptospirosis (Slovak Republic, 1954–2006)
P. Bakoss, E. Macháčová, J. Jareková
Microcolonies in fluoroquinolone agar proportion susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an indicator of drug resistance
A. Blackman, S. May, R. A. Devasia, F. Maruri, C. Stratton, T. R. Sterling
Specific protease activity indicates the degree of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in chronic infected wounds
D. Wildeboer, K. E. Hill, F. Jeganathan, D. W. Williams, A. D. Riddell, P. E. Price, D. W. Thomas, P. Stephens, R. A. Abuknesha, R. G. Price
Time to positivity of blood culture association with clinical presentation, prognosis and ESBL-production in Escherichia coli bacteremia
R. Álvarez, L. Viñas-Castillo, J. A. Lepe-Jiménez, E. García-Cabrera, J. M. Cisneros-Herreros
Prolonged exclusive breastfeeding, autumn birth and increased gestational age are associated with lower risk of fever in children with hand, foot, and mouth disease
Q. Zhu, Y. Li, N. Li, Q. Han, Z. Liu, Z. Li, J. Qiu, G. Zhang, F. Li, N. Tian
Lipooligosaccharide locus classes are associated with certain Campylobacter jejuni multilocus sequence types
J. Revez, M.-L. Hänninen
The efficacy and safety of antiviral therapy with lamivudine to stop the vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus
M. Yu, Q. Jiang, Y. Ji, H. Jiang, K. Wu, L. Ju, X. Tang, M. Wu
Clinical and laboratory evaluation of a real-time PCR for Clostridium difficile toxin A and B genes
E. de Jong, A. S. de Jong, C. J. M. Bartels, C. van der Rijt-van den Biggelaar, W. J. G. Melchers, P. D. J. Sturm
Pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic evaluation of daptomycin, tigecycline, and linezolid versus vancomycin for the treatment of MRSA infections in four western European countries
A. Canut, A. Isla, C. Betriu, A. R. Gascón
Evaluation of a digital microfluidic real-time PCR platform to detect DNA of Candida albicans in blood
W. A. Schell, J. L. Benton, P. B. Smith, M. Poore, J. L. Rouse, D. J. Boles, M. D. Johnson, B. D. Alexander, V. K. Pamula, A. E. Eckhardt, M. G. Pollack, D. K. Benjamin Jr, J. R. Perfect, T. G. Mitchell
A new highly discriminatory multiplex capillary-based MLVA assay as a tool for the epidemiological survey of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients
D. Sobral, P. Mariani-Kurkdjian, E. Bingen, H. Vu-Thien, K. Hormigos, B. Lebeau, F. Loisy-Hamon, A. Munck, G. Vergnaud, C. Pourcel
Identification of clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry
D. P. Fedorko, S. K. Drake, F. Stock, P. R. Murray
Clostridium difficile O27 colitis: Hospital-onset but community-acquired
S. Buffet-Bataillon, P. Tattevin, H. Sénéchal, M. Cormier, P. Vincent
Previous healthcare exposure is the main antecedent for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage on hospital admission in Belgium
S. Vandendriessche, M. Hallin, B. Catry, B. Jans, A. Deplano, C. Nonhoff, S. Roisin, R. De Mendonça, M. J. Struelens, O. Denis
Impact of combination therapy with aminoglycosides on the outcome of ICU-acquired bacteraemias
P.-Y. Delannoy, N. Boussekey, P. Devos, S. Alfandari, C. Turbelin, A. Chiche, A. Meybeck, H. Georges, O. Leroy
Molecular characterization of adult-colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae from an area-based surveillance study in Romania
C.-R. Usein, L. Grigore, R. Georgescu, V. Cristea, M. Bãltoiu, M. Strãuţ
Viral and bacterial aetiologies of epithelial ovarian cancer
S. Shanmughapriya, G. SenthilKumar, K. Vinodhini, B. C. Das, N. Vasanthi, K. Natarajaseenivasan
Teenagers' knowledge about HPV infection and HPV vaccination in the first year of the public vaccination programme
F. Sopracordevole, F. Cigolot, V. Gardonio, J. Di Giuseppe, F. Boselli, A. Ciavattini
Expression of toll-like receptor 2 and plasma level of interleukin-10 are associated with outcome in tuberculosis
J.-Y. Wang, H.-C. Chang, J.-L. Liu, C.-C. Shu, C.-H. Lee, J.-T. Wang, L.-N. Lee
The role of viruses in the pathogenesis of peritonsillar abscess
M. Rusan, T. E. Klug, J. J. Henriksen, S. Ellermann-Eriksen, K. Fuursted, T. Ovesen
A prospective, multi-center study: factors related to the management of diabetic foot infections
B. M. Ertugrul, O. Oncul, N. Tulek, A. Willke, S. Sacar, O. G. Tunccan, E. Yilmaz, O. Kaya, B. Ozturk, O. Turhan, N. Yapar, M. Ture, F. Akin
Identification of Francisella tularensis by both culture and real-time TaqMan PCR methods from environmental water specimens in outbreak areas where tularemia cases were not previously reported
H. Şimşek, M. Taner, A. Karadenizli, M. Ertek, H. Vahaboğlu
Prognostic significance of serum antioxidant parameters in immunocompetent patients with cryptococcal meningitis
Y. Liu, Y. Jiang, A. Wu, S. Chen, Y. Zhang, M. Liu, X. Ma, L. Ma, X. Chen
Which antibiotics and breakpoints should be used for Aeromonas susceptibility testing? Considerations from a comparison of agar dilution and disk diffusion methods using Enterobacteriaceae breakpoints
B. Lamy, F. Laurent, A. Kodjo, F. Roger, E. Jumas-Bilak, H. Marchandin
Assessment of a rapid immunochromatographic test for the diagnosis of norovirus gastroenteritis
K. Pombubpa, L. Kittigul
Incidence and management of presumption of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium: recent data from the sentinel network of general practitioners
K. Vanthomme, N. Bossuyt, N. Boffin, V. Van Casteren
Severe cochlear inflammation and vestibular syndrome in an experimental model of Streptococcus suis infection in mice
M. C. Domínguez-Punaro, U. Koedel, T. Hoegen, C. Demel, M. Klein, M. Gottschalk
Human papillomavirus viral load expressed as relative light units (RLU) correlates with the presence and grade of preneoplastic lesions of the uterine cervix in atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) cytology
M. Origoni, G. Carminati, S. Rolla, M. Clementi, M. Sideri, M. T. Sandri, M. Candiani
Umbilical cord blood procalcitonin as a risk factor for mortality in very premature infants
A. Lautridou, P.-Y. Ancel, E. Launay, S. Denizot, J.-L. Orsonneau, J. C. Roze, C. Gras-Le Guen
Prolonged carriage of resistant E. coli by returned travellers: clonality, risk factors and bacterial characteristics
B. A. Rogers, K. J. Kennedy, H. E. Sidjabat, M. Jones, P. Collignon, D. L. Paterson
Formal infectious diseases consultation is associated with decreased mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
J. O. Robinson, S. Pozzi - Langhi, M. Phillips, J. C. Pearson, K. J. Christiansen, G. W. Coombs, R. J. Murray
A Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia outbreak in a single kidney-transplant center: role of cytomegalovirus co-infection
R. U. Pliquett, A. Asbe-Vollkopf, P. M. Hauser, L. L. Presti, K. P. Hunfeld, A. Berger, E. H. Scheuermann, O. Jung, H. Geiger, I. A. Hauser
Underestimation of Clostridium difficile infection among clinicians: an international survey
M. N. Mavros, V. G. Alexiou, K. Z. Vardakas, K. Tsokali, T. A. Sardi, M. E. Falagas
Clinical and economic impact of rapid reporting of bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility results of the most frequently processed specimen types
A. Galar, J. R. Yuste, M. Espinosa, F. Guillén-Grima, S. Hernáez-Crespo, J. Leiva
Milleri group streptococcus—a stepchild in the viridans family
Y. Siegman-Igra, Y. Azmon, D. Schwartz
Quantitative PCR and in vivo efficacy of antibiotics in the treatment of Vibrio vulnificus infection in a mouse model
G. P. Neupane, D.-M. Kim, N. R. Yun, S.-H. Shin, S.-C. Lim, C.-H. Choi
Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteremia: an emerging clinical entity
F. Gouriet, M. Million, M. Henri, P.-E. Fournier, D. Raoult