Environmental sampling of particulate matter and fungal spores during demolition of a building on a hospital area Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Single-dose cefuroxime with gentamicin reduces Clostridium difficile-associated disease in hip-fracture patients Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Is over-use of proton pump inhibitors fuelling the current epidemic of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea? Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: results of a knowledge test among European intensive care nurses Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Evaluation of contamination by blood aerosols produced during various healthcare procedures Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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A clinical risk index for Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalised patients receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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Summer influenza outbreak in a home for the elderly: application of preventive measures Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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Molecular analysis of archived blood slides reveals an atypical human Trypanosoma infection Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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Performance of the BACTEC MGIT 960 compared with solid media for detection of Mycobacterium in Bangkok, Thailand Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Evolution of the HIV-1 protease region in heavily pretreated HIV-1 infected patients receiving Atazanavir Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Enhanced severity of virus associated lower respiratory tract disease in asthma patients may not be associated with delayed viral clearance and increased viral load in the upper respiratory tract Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Clinical validation of a new real-time PCR assay for detection of enteroviruses and parechoviruses, and implications for diagnostic procedures Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Rapid detection of human parechoviruses in clinical samples by real-time PCR Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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Native hip joint septic arthritis in 20 adults: Delayed presentation beyond three weeks predicts need for excision arthroplasty Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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Haemophilus influenzae type-b and non-b-type invasive diseases in urban children (<5 years) of Bangladesh: Implications for therapy and vaccination Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Intravenous colistin sulphomethate sodium for therapy of infections due to multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Pneumococcal disease in a paediatric population in a hospital of central Italy: A clinical and microbiological case series from 1992 to 2006 Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a low-prevalence setting by polymerase chain reaction with a selective enrichment broth Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
The acquisition and outcome of ICU-acquired Clostridium difficile infection in a single centre in the UK Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Intensive care unit environmental cleaning: an evaluation in sixteen hospitals using a novel assessment tool Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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Emergence of USA300 MRSA in a tertiary medical centre: implications for epidemiological studies Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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Does stratifying surgical site infection rates by the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance risk index influence the rank order of the hospitals in a surveillance system? Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Serratia marcescens outbreak in a Bulgarian hospital Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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Transcriptional characterization of the antioxidant response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vivo and during adaptation to hypoxia in vitro Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Matrix metalloproteinase-1 polymorphism in Taiwanese patients with endobronchial tuberculosis Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Beneficial effect of anti-interleukin-4 antibody when administered in a murine model of tuberculosis infection Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Cytokine mRNA expression in cattle infected with different dosages of Mycobacterium bovis Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Vaccination of cattle with Mycobacterium bovis BCG by a combination of systemic and oral routes Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
The immunomodulatory lipoglycans, lipoarabinomannan and lipomannan, are exposed at the mycobacterial cell surface Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Paenibacillus sp. strain HC1 xylanases responsible for degradation of rice bran hemicellulose Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Dynamic changes of hepatitis B virus polymerase gene including YMDD motif in lamivudine-treated patients with chronic hepatitis B Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Characterization of bacterial isolates from industrial wastewater according to probable modes of hexadecane uptake Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Expression and characterization of aiiA gene from Bacillus subtilis BS-1 Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
SLC11A1 (formerly NRAMP1) polymorphisms associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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Species richness in soil bacterial communities: A proposed approach to overcome sample size bias Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Real-time PCR assay for the detection of species of the genus Mannheimia Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Development of an internally controlled PCR assay for broad range detection of bacteria in platelet concentrates Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Towards a universally adaptable method for quantitative extraction of high-purity nucleic acids from soil Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
An improved cell recovery method for iron oxidizing bacterial (IOB) enrichments Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
16S rDNA analysis reveals low microbial diversity in community level physiological profile assays Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Development of a multiplex single-tube nested PCR (MSTNPCR) assay for Vibrio cholerae O1 detection Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
A new chromogenic agar medium for detection of potentially virulent Yersinia enterocolitica Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Comparative time–kill study of doxycycline, tigecycline, sulbactam, and imipenem against several clones of Acinetobacter baumannii Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Clinical value of Tubex™ and Typhidot® rapid diagnostic tests for typhoid fever in an urban community clinic in Bangladesh Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
In vitro activity of cefditoren and other antimicrobial agents against 288 Streptococcus pneumoniae and 220 Haemophilus influenzae clinical strains isolated in Zaragoza, Spain Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Differentiation of mycobacteria in sputa by duplex polymerase chain reaction for mycobacterial hsp65 gene Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Histoplasmosis in HIV-infected patients in a southern regional medical center: poor prognosis in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Colorimetric detection of Helicobacter pylori DNA using isothermal helicase-dependent amplification and gold nanoparticle probes Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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Evaluation of the diagnostic utility of a whole-blood interferon-γ assay for determining the risk of exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG)-vaccinated individuals Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Susceptibilities to amphotericin B and fluconazole of Candida species in Taiwan Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance of Yeasts 2006 Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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Simple, rapid, and affordable point-of-care test for the serodiagnosis of typhoid fever Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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New approach for discrimination of Vibrio vulnificus by real-time PCR before and after γ-irradiation Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Community-associated methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus: skin and soft tissue infections in Hong Kong Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Infections Associated with War: the American Forces Experience in Iraq and Afghanistan Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
What's New and Important in College of American Pathologists Inspection for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Bericht über das 1. Dreiländer-Symposium 'Hygiene und Infektionsprävention', 06.03. bis 07.03.2008, Graf-Zeppelin-Haus Friedrichshafen Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
Bericht über den 9. Internationalen Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Krankenhaushygiene in Berlin vom 20. Bis 23. April 2008 (Teil 2) Fulltext Access 6 Pages 2008
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