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Paasch F. - Multicentre laboratory validation of the colorimetric redox indicator assay for the rapid detection of extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Pablos C. - Prevalence and persistence of anal infection by oncogenic human papillomavirus virus and co-infection with Chlamydia trachomatis among HIV-infected homosexual males
Pace S. - Usefulness of therapeutic drug monitoring of posaconazole in haematological adult patients
  - Caspofungin: is standard dosing optimal or inadequate? Pharmacokinetic description in a cohort of patients
  - Anidulafungin pharmacokinetic evaluation in a cohort of patients
Pachl J. - A prospective, open-label, non-comparative study of anidulafungin for treatment of documented candidaemiainvasive candidiasis in selected intensive care unit patients in Europe and Canada (ICEStudy) Focus on microbiologic efficacy
Pacho C. - IL28B-gen polymorphic variants as pharmacogenetic markers of HCV treatment response in HIV-infected patients
Pachón J. - Efficacy of amphotericinB and caspofungin in a murine model of disseminated candidiasis caused by Candida albicans and Candida glabrata pre-exposed in vitro and in vivo to fluconazole
  - Immunogenicity, efficacy, and safety of the pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients
  - In vitro and in vivo reduced fitness and virulence in ciprofloxacin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
  - Efficacy of daptomycin versus vancomycin in an experimental model of foreign body infection by biofilm producer Staphylococcus epidermidis
  - Clinical and molecular features of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing bacteraemia in Andaluca, Spain
  - Cost-effectiveness analysis of two recommendations for antifungal therapy indication in patients with persistent febrile neutropenia
  - Correlation between rifampicin consumption and resistance among Acinetobacter baumannii causing infections at a university hospital
Pack T. - Development of novel multiplexed molecular assays for detection of respiratory viruses using room temperature stable reagents, the AmpliVue influenza A/B and AmpliVue hMPV/RSV assays
  - Development of a rapid and simple isothermal molecular assay for the qualitative detection of Clostridium difficile from faecal specimens in a non-instrumented platform with room temperature stable reagents
  - Development of a novel multiplexed molecular assay for detection of the tcdA and tcdB genes in pathogenic Clostridium difficile using room temperature stable reagents
  - Development of a rapid and simple isothermal molecular assay for the qualitative detection of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from blood culture on a non-instrumented platform
Pada S. - A prospective study on predictors for early death from bacteraemia
Padalko E. - Laboratory diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in haematological patients: comparison between galactomannan, 1,3-D-glucan and Aspergillus IgG test
Padilla B. - Paediatric and neonatal intensive care healthcare workers: knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for preventing central venous catheter-related infection
Padilla C. - Clinical validation of a marketed real-time PCR assay for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in patients without haematological cancer
Padilla B. - Clinical validation of a marketed real-time PCR assay for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in patients without haematological cancer
Padovan A.C. - Candida mesorugosa sp. nov., a novel yeast species similar to Candida rugosa, isolated from clinical samples in Brazil
  - A quick and low-cost PCR-based assay for detection of Candida DNA from blood culture bottles: a pilot study
Pádua E. - Characterisation of HIV1 genetic diversity in established and recent infections among intravenous drug users from Lisbon, Portugal
Paesmans M. - Severe infection is associated with lower Mficolin concentration in patients with haematological cancer undergoing chemotherapy
  - Therapeutic drug monitoring of posaconazole in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia or myelodysplastic syndrome: a bi-centre study
Pagani C. - Anti-HIV low-avidity persistence in recently infected patients, treated and not treated with early antiretroviral therapy (HAART)
Pagani L. - Usefulness of Microscan System panels with EUCAST clinical breakpoints to evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility of lactamase producing Gram-negative isolates
Pagano L. - Survey of antifungal combination therapy for treatment of proven or probable invasive fungal diseases in Italian haematological centres. The Seifem-Combo Study (NCT 00906633)
  - Prophylaxis of invasive fungal diseases with posaconazole in acute myeloid leukaemia: a real-life experience
  - Comparison of MycAssayAspergillus test with galactomannan detection in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples of haematological and ICU patients
Pagano F. - Different rates of spontaneous clearance of HPV infections in anal and cervical lesions
Paganotti G.M. - Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus saliva shedding in children and mothers in Uganda
Page M. - In vitro activity of the siderophore sulfactam BAL30072 against meropenem non-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii
  - Activity of the novel sulfactam BAL30072, alone and in combination with meropenem, against Enterobacteriaceae harbouring the NDM1 lactamase
Pagenstert G. - Increase of polymicrobial infections and multi-resistant pathogens causing prosthetic joint infections
Pagliuca A. - Mannose-binding lectin concentrations and infections in haemato-oncology patients: preliminary results
  - Cytokine profile of patients with invasive aspergillosis: initial results from the first 100 patients recruited into the Aspergillosis Study
  - The use of galactomannan detection in urine samples from haemato-oncology patients at high risk of invasive aspergillosis
  - Video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy is feasible and safe in adult haemato-oncology patients undergoing stem cell transplantation or high-dose chemotherapy
Pagoni S. - BNP, PCT and CRP as diagnostic and prognostic markers in patients with sepsis
Pagotto A. - Two cases of visceral leishmaniasis treated with a single-dose of liposomal amphotericinB
Pai S. - MALDI-TOF identification from BacTAlert blood cultures in Cambridge, UK
Pai I.G. - A comparison of severity scores for identifying adult patients with severe 2009 pandemic influenzaA/H1N1 pneumonia
Paik I.-H. - Three completely novel antibiotic scaffolds for treating multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections
Paiva J. - A prospective, open-label, non-comparative study of anidulafungin for treatment of documented candidaemiainvasive candidiasis in selected intensive care unit patients in Europe and Canada (ICEStudy) Focus on microbiologic efficacy
Paiva N.S. - Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteria in a Brazilian university hospital
Paixão P. - High prevalence of hospital-associated Staphylococcus aureus epidemic clones in the community in Portugal: evidence for blurring of communityhospital boundaries
Paixão E. - Characterisation of HIV1 genetic diversity in established and recent infections among intravenous drug users from Lisbon, Portugal
Pajoro M. - Coinfection of ticks with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Rickettsia spp. in densely populated areas of the Po River valley
Pakasticali N. - Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii blood isolates: evaluation of susceptible antibiotics, metallo-lactamase production and distribution of oxacillinase genes
Pakosz K. - Susceptibility profiles of most common Polish probiotics to daptomycin and tigecycline
Pal T. - Nosocomial transmission of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary care hospital, United Arab Emirates
Pal E. - Use of modified PCR ribotyping for detection of Clostridium difficile ribotypes directly in stool samples
Pal T. - Aminoglycoside resistance and distribution of resistance genes in sporadic and outbreak strains of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated in Abu Dhabi
Palacian M. - Efficacy of fosfomycin in the extended-spectrum lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae infections
  - Fast and sensitive detection of the mycotoxin gliotoxin and related compounds during human aspergillosis
  - Comparison of mortality-associated bacteraemia due to methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
  - Frequency of extended-spectrum lactamase in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. and Proteus spp. over a five-year period in a university hospital, Spain
Palaiologou N. - Epidemiologic study of bacterial gastroenteritis in Greek children (20032009)
Palamara G. - Cefixime resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from 2006 to 2010: correlation of MIC values with target gene alterations, the Italian experience
Palardy J.E. - Inter inhibitor proteins exhibit antiviral activity against influenza virus strains in vitro
Palermo C.I. - Molecular diagnosis for human herpesvirus in critical patients affected by pneumonia
  - Multiparametric serological diagnosis in congenital toxoplasmosis
Paliogianni F. - Quantitative real-time PCR with automated viral DNA extraction for diagnosis and monitoring of cytomegalovirus in allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients
Pallarés A. - Congenital toxoplasmosis in the health area of Pontevedra, Spain
Pallavicini L. - Assessment of a new Liaison XL automated immunoassay for the quantitative and highly specific detection of HBsAg in human serumplasma
Palmeiro A. - Quantification of CMV DNA in plasma by real-time PCR for monitoring allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients
  - Performance of a multiplex PCR to identify diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli: experience from a tropical medicine hospital
Palmer R. - Turning foe into friend: an innovative multidisciplinary Clostridium difficile performance management meeting to spearhead trust CDI programme
  - Extending rapid PCR screening to all Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA and MRSA): an innovative project at Blackpool Victoria Teaching Hospital, UK
Palomar M. - The concordance of European (HELICS/IPSE) and US (CDC/NHSN) definitions for healthcare-associated infections
Palomares J.C. - Prevalence and persistence of anal infection by oncogenic human papillomavirus virus and co-infection with Chlamydia trachomatis among HIV-infected homosexual males
Palomino J.C. - Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance by nitrate reductase assay
  - Molecular confirmation of resistance to first and second-line antituberculosis drugs using GenoType MTBDRplus and GenoType MTBDRsl assays
  - Multicentre laboratory validation of the colorimetric redox indicator assay for the rapid detection of extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Palomo J. - Optimal duration of selective antifungal prophylaxis in heart transplant recipients
Palop-Borrás B. - Evaluation of a new molecular oligochromatographic assay for direct mycobacterial detection in human respiratory clinical specimens
Paluchowska P. - Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in burn unit from hospital in Krakow, Poland
Pan A. - Healthcare-associated and hospital-acquired infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum lactamases in hospitalised patients: are there any significant differences?
  - BASALOMB: the Lombardy regional Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia surveillance system, Italy
  - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus control in Italy: the ProSA study, a questionnaire-based survey
Panagea T. - Is colistin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae associated with mutations in the BasRS two component regulatory system?
  - Fungemia in the intensive care unit: a five-year study in two centres
Panagiotopoulos T. - Respiratory viruses involved in acute respiratory infections in a Greek paediatric population during the winter period of the years 20052008
Panagopoulos P. - Mal/TIRAP S180L variant polymorphism is associated with decreased infection risk in patients with advanced HIV1 infection
  - Patients with chronic foot osteomyelitis: 10-year evaluation (19992009) in a Greek reference clinic of a tertiary university hospital
Panagopoulou A. - A 3year study of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical isolates in a tertiary hospital. Emergence of sulfamethoxazoletrimethoprim resistance
Panahi Y. - Clinical efficacy of interferon (Immunox) in chronic granulomatous disease
Panaiotov S. - A seven-year survey of pertussis incidence in the capital city of Sofia, Bulgaria
Panascia E. - Molecular diagnosis for human herpesvirus in critical patients affected by pneumonia
Panassié L. - Acute and fulminant hepatitisB in public hospitals of Marseille, southeastern France
Panatto D. - HPV prevalence in adolescent population at the beginning of immunisation policy in northern Italy
Panayea T. - Activity of ACHN-490 against MDR clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter spp. from Athens, Greece
  - Antimicrobial resistance and vancomycin heteroresistance of MRSA strains from a tertiary hospital in Greece
  - Evaluation of the antimicrobial properties of copper against clinical isolates of carbapenamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
Panayotou G. - RNase-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of gene ompA seems to be the major mechanism of carbapenem heteroresistance in A.baumannii
Pandrup Duer-Jensen M. - Phenotypic method for the detection of metallo-lactamases and KPC carbapenemases in the same isolate of Enterobacteriaceae
Pang I. - Emerging Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia associated with environmental change
Pangalis A. - Penicillin and erythromycin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in a Greek paediatric population, 20052009: replacement of 19F by 19A and 6A
  - Molecular characterisation of group B streptococci isolated from invasive neonatal infections and colonised pregnant women in Greece
Pangercic A. - Liver damage in pandemic influenza A/H1N1
Panneerselvam K. - Molecular investigation of Fusarium isolates from keratomycosis
Panoi A. - Cerebral human pythiosis: the first case report of Pythium insidiosum infection presented with brain abscess
Panopoulou A. - A bacteriologic study of diabetic foot ulcers
Panopoulou M. - Molecular characterisation of group B streptococci isolated from invasive neonatal infections and colonised pregnant women in Greece
  - The vancomycin-resistant enterococci in drinking water
Panopoulou A. - Pathogens isolated from central vascular catheters in patients with positive blood cultures
  - Inflammation on the cervical Papanikolaou smear: evidence for infection in asymptomatic women?
Panopoulou M. - RNase-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of gene ompA seems to be the major mechanism of carbapenem heteroresistance in A.baumannii
  - A pilot study of serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of nasopharyngeal isolates of S.pneumoniae from healthy toddlers in Evros, Greece
Pantosti A. - Livestock-associated MRSA responsible for human colonisation and infection in a northern region of Italy
  - High diversity of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive MSSA clones circulating in Italy
Panus E. - Expression of virulence hallmarks in Escherichia coli aquatic strains submitted to different stress conditions
Paocharern P. - Cerebral human pythiosis: the first case report of Pythium insidiosum infection presented with brain abscess
Paolucci S. - HIV integrase variability and genetic barrier in antiretroviral nave and experienced patients
Papadakis J. - Infections in patients with traumatic brain injury: a 7year retrospective study
  - Evaluation of tigecycline activity in clinical isolates
Papadakos K. - Laboratory investigation of the Greek measles 2010 outbreak
Papadimitriou M. - Colonisation with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit in Greece
  - Outbreak of Enterobacter cloacae ESBL(+) colonisation in a neonatal intensive care unit in Greece
  - Colonisation and infection with multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a neonatal intensive care unit: a surveillance study
  - Epidemiologic study of bacterial gastroenteritis in Greek children (20032009)
Papadopoulos A.I. - Mal/TIRAP S180L variant polymorphism is associated with decreased infection risk in patients with advanced HIV1 infection
Papadopoulos A. - Patients with chronic foot osteomyelitis: 10-year evaluation (19992009) in a Greek reference clinic of a tertiary university hospital
Papadopoulos N.G. - Rhinovirus-induced basic fibroblast growth factor release from bronchial epithelial cells mediates airway remodelling features
Papadopoulos C. - A novel, automated DNA extraction method from cervical SurePath specimens
Papadopoulos S. - Colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary hospital: epidemiology and investigation of resistance mechanisms
Papadopoulou D. - Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient on haemodialysis
  - Ruptured hydatid cyst following minor head trauma and few signs on presentation
Papadopoulou M. - Candida albicans isolated from cerebrospinal fluid in two premature neonates hospitalised in neonatal unit in a tertiary Greek hospital
Papadopoulou C. - Tick invasion in the blood transfusion unit of a general hospital, following unusual weather conditions
  - Yersinia enterocolitica detection in drinking and recreational waters
  - Antimicrobial resistance of Citrobacter spp., Enterobacter spp. and Klebsiella spp. strains isolated from meat samples
  - Detection of antibiotic residues in pork and chicken meat using the STAR test
Papaioannou V. - Resistance rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates in a tertiary hospital
  - In vitro activity of tigecycline against multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates
Papaioannou A. - Outbreak of Enterobacter cloacae ESBL(+) colonisation in a neonatal intensive care unit in Greece
Papaioannou V. - A 3year study of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical isolates in a tertiary hospital. Emergence of sulfamethoxazoletrimethoprim resistance
Papajová I. - The occurrence of selected intestinal helminthoses in marginalised group of Roma living in settlements
Papa-Konidari A. - Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever: modern approaches to diagnostics, epidemiology, prevention, therapy and preparedness
Papamichail D. - Quantitative PCR for detection and monitoring of active CMV infection in routine diagnostics
  - Real-time Epstein-Barr virus PCR for the diagnosis of primary EBV infection
Papanagiotou A. - Rubella susceptibility among women of childbearing age
  - Susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii infection in women of childbearing age: a two-year study (20092010)
Papanastasiou S. - Pacemaker-related endocarditis: clinical features and microbiological spectrum of 43 consecutive cases
  - Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient on haemodialysis
  - Ruptured hydatid cyst following minor head trauma and few signs on presentation
Papanikolaou K. - Susac's syndrome in a HIV-infected patient
Papaparaskevas J. - Penicillin and erythromycin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in a Greek paediatric population, 20052009: replacement of 19F by 19A and 6A
Papapetrou E. - Real-time Epstein-Barr virus PCR for the diagnosis of primary EBV infection
  - Quantitative PCR for detection and monitoring of active CMV infection in routine diagnostics
  - Epidemiology of dermatophytoses in western Greece, 20032010
Papastamopoulos V. - Susac's syndrome in a HIV-infected patient
Papazacharia I. - Colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary hospital: epidemiology and investigation of resistance mechanisms
Papazafiropoulou A. - Prevalence and aetiological pathogens of asymptomatic bacteriuria in type 2 diabetic patients with and without microalbuminuria
Papazoglou L. - Visceral leishmaniasis in a patient on haemodialysis
  - Pacemaker-related endocarditis: clinical features and microbiological spectrum of 43 consecutive cases
  - Ruptured hydatid cyst following minor head trauma and few signs on presentation
Papetti A. - Fruit and vegetable extracts as source for anti-adhesion agents against oral bacteria
Papic N. - Liver damage in pandemic influenza A/H1N1
Papineni P. - Evaluation of an induced sputum service for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis
  - Clinical and epidemiological features of Chikungunya fever in returning travellers
Papoff P. - Virological diagnosis of paediatric severe respiratory infections during circulation of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 in Rome
Papoutsidou E. - Molecular characterisation of group B streptococci isolated from invasive neonatal infections and colonised pregnant women in Greece
Pappa O. - Outbreak of Pseudomonas (Flavimonas) oryzihabitans bacteraemia in a neonatal intensive care unit
Pappas P. - A phase IV, open-label study evaluating efficacy and safety of intravenous anidulafungin followed by oral azole for the treatment of candidaemiainvasive candidiasis in US/Korean patients
Pappas S. - Prevalence and aetiological pathogens of asymptomatic bacteriuria in type 2 diabetic patients with and without microalbuminuria
Papst L. - Colonisation sites of extended-spectrum lactamase-producing enterobacteria
  - Treatment of chronic wounds with maggot excretionsecretion: early clinical experience
Paradela A. - Detection of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae during 20082010, in Aveiro, Portugal
  - Evaluation of daptomycin activity in Staphylococcus aureus isolates with decreased susceptibility to vancomycin
  - Comparison of automated and phenotypic methods for detection of extended-spectrum lactamases in a clinical microbiology laboratory
Parakh R. - Results from the European Cubicin outcomes registry and experience: daptomycin is effective and safe in patients with neutropenia and Gram-positive infections
Paramythiotou E. - Patients with chronic foot osteomyelitis: 10-year evaluation (19992009) in a Greek reference clinic of a tertiary university hospital
  - Tuberculosis revisited: a 10-year experience from a tertiary hospital outpatient infectious diseases clinic
  - Fungemia in the intensive care unit: a five-year study in two centres
Paraschiv S. - Newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients in Romania latepresentation
Paraskakis I. - Evaluation of a rapid detection kit using immunochromatography for adenovirus infection
  - Penicillin and erythromycin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in a Greek paediatric population, 20052009: replacement of 19F by 19A and 6A
  - Detection of specific IgA antibodies in the serum of children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection
Paraskevaidis S. - Evaluation of colonisation of pacemakers and defibrillators from strains that produce biofilm and their study with atomic force microscopy
Pardal J.M. - Clinical usefulness of a PCRQ assay in a case of chronic brucellosis with multifocal motor neuropathy
Pardini M. - Mycobacterium tuberculosis replicates in human fibroblasts and interferes with their antigen presentation capacity
  - Drug-resistant tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in Italy
Pardo J. - Fast and sensitive detection of the mycotoxin gliotoxin and related compounds during human aspergillosis
Parejo N.A. - Inter inhibitor proteins exhibit antiviral activity against influenza virus strains in vitro
Pariani E. - Immunogenicity and evaluation of antibodies persistence of a single-shot of 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected subjects living in a residential drug-rehabilitation community
Parish T. - Essentiality of dUTPase mediated by its Mycobacterium-specific structural motif identifies a novel TB drug target
Park Y.J. - Molecular epidemiology of clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a Korean hospital
Park Y.H. - Factors influencing the duration of illness in pandemic H1N1/2009
Park Y. - Further increase in carbapenem, amikacin, and fluoroquinolone-resistant isolates of Acinetobacter spp. and P.aeruginosa in Korea: KONSAR study 2009
Park Y.H. - Infectivity and pathogenicity of hepatitisA virus during an outbreak in a communal living setting
Park K.H. - 2009 H1N1 influenza infection in Korean healthcare personnel
Park S.W. - A comparison of severity scores for identifying adult patients with severe 2009 pandemic influenzaA/H1N1 pneumonia
Park Y.S. - A comparison of severity scores for identifying adult patients with severe 2009 pandemic influenzaA/H1N1 pneumonia
Park G. - Improved antibiotic activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms using a novel surface active lamellar body mimetic LMS-611
Park S.D. - Evaluation of the MicroScan MICroSTREP plus antimicrobial panel for testing haemolytic streptococci and viridans group streptococci
Park S.Y. - Clinical outcomes and risk factors for mortality in patients with invasive infection caused by ST72-MRSA-SCCmec type IV strains in South Korea
Park C.W. - Detection of drug-resistant hepatitisB virus mutant strains using ultradeep pyrosequencing in patients with chronic hepatitis B
Park S.H. - Emergence and epidemiology of New Delhi metallo-lactamase1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Korean tertiary care hospital
Park S.J. - Increased level of interleukin-10 and tumour necrosis factora associated with severe scrub typhus
Park K. - Comparison of Advansure MDR-TB Genoblot assay kit with Genotype HMDRTBplus and conventional drug susceptibility test
Park Y.J. - Comparison of Advansure MDR-TB Genoblot assay kit with Genotype HMDRTBplus and conventional drug susceptibility test
Park Y.S. - Risk factors for recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection: impact of stool vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonisation
Park Y.H. - Viral shedding duration of 2009 influenza A (H1N1) in young adults
Park S.Y. - Risk factors for development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in non-neutropenic cancer patients with Gram-negative bacteraemia: a case-control study
  - Tuberculosis in solid organ transplant recipients: risk factors and treatment outcome
Park S. - EUCAST susceptibility testing of Candida species to echinocandins: improved separation between wild type isolates and fks mutants by supplementation of BSA to the test medium
Park D. - Emerging Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia associated with environmental change
Parlak M. - Evaluation of cutaneous anthrax patients in eastern Anatolia, Turkey
  - Transient bradycardia in patients with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever infection
Parlato C. - Outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit
Paroni M. - Activity of POL7001 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients
Parra J.A. - H1N1 virus infection: review of chest radiographic findings
  - Hospitalised patients with pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus infection had similar outcomes independently of hospital characteristics
Parra D. - Comparison of various antimicrobial agents as catheter lock solutions in an in vitro model of coagulase-negative staphylococcal biofilm
Parra M. - Prevalence and persistence of anal infection by oncogenic human papillomavirus virus and co-infection with Chlamydia trachomatis among HIV-infected homosexual males
Parra-Ruiz J. - Comparison of various antimicrobial agents as catheter lock solutions in an in vitro model of coagulase-negative staphylococcal biofilm
  - Prevalence of primary resistance mutations and influence of integrase polymorphism on virological outcome of Raltegravir-containing anti-retroviral regimens
  - Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients admitted with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Parreira R. - Mitochondrial phylogenetic analysis of Portuguese samples of Echinococcus granulosus
Parry M. - Objectively improving operating theatre disinfection cleaning in 12hospitals
Partheni A. - Carbapenem-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in a Greek hospital
Partridge S. - The ecology of major resistance plasmids in E.coli
  - The Repository of Antibiotic-resistance Cassettes an online database of gene cassettes found in mobile resistance integrons and a web-based application for annotation of DNA sequences containing these cassettes
Pascual Á. - Genetic characterisation of an extended-spectrum AmpC-cephalosporinase with hydrolysing activity against fourth-generation cephalosporins in a clinical isolate of Enterobacter aerogenes selected in vivo
Pascual V. - Aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia in the adult and the H1N1 influenza pandemic
Pascual Á. - Evaluation of the extractor of nucleic acids incorporated in the Versant kPCR molecular system to use with the Trugene HIV1 genotyping kit in plasma samples with viral loads <1000 copies/ml
Pascual A. - Long-term maintenance of very low incidence of nosocomial multidrug-resistant pathogens in a tertiary hospital in Spain
Pascual Á. - Effect of Sub-MIC concentrations of biocides on the expression of genes coding for efflux pumps and porins in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606
  - Clinical and molecular features of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing bacteraemia in Andaluca, Spain
  - Comparative activity of doripenem, ertapenem and imipenem against clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing extended-spectrum lactamases, plasmid-mediated AmpC-type lactamases or both, associated or not with porin deficiency
Pascual M. - Prevalence and clinical characteristics of mycobacterial infection in a cohort of solid organ transplant recipients over a 13-year period
Pascual V. - Multifocal tuberculous vertebral osteomyelitis: areemerging infection
Pascual Garcia J.C. - Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteria in a Brazilian university hospital
Pasero D. - Anidulafungin pharmacokinetic evaluation in a cohort of patients
  - Caspofungin: is standard dosing optimal or inadequate? Pharmacokinetic description in a cohort of patients
Pasic E. - The culturability and virulence of Legionella cells during desiccation
Pasinato A. - Tick-borne encephalitis: variability presentation in children
Pasini B. - Faster diagnosis by antigen detection for groupB Streptococcus carriage in pregnant women
Pasquarella C. - Epidemiological trends of emerging organisms and antimicrobial resistance in Italian ICUs: risk-adjusted rates from the SPIN-UTI project
  - Risk factors for surgical site infections in hip and knee arthroprosthesis: role of microbial air contamination and adherence to guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis
Pasquau J. - Prevalence of primary resistance mutations and influence of integrase polymorphism on virological outcome of Raltegravir-containing anti-retroviral regimens
Passadore L.F. - Temporal analysis of invasive pneumococcal serotypes from patients attending a university hospital in Brazil
Passera M. - Evaluation of the PNA FISH technology for yeast identification directly from positive blood cultures. An Italian experience
  - Multicentre evaluation of PNA-FISH test for species identification of selected Gram-negative bacilli, Gram-positive cocci and yeasts from blood cultures
  - Trends in candidaemia in one Italian region, Lombardia
Passerini S. - Experience of an infectious disease ward with prosthetic joint infections: clinical outcome and economical impact
Passerini R. - Trends in candidaemia in one Italian region, Lombardia
Passerini Tosi C. - A case of Alkhurma haemorrhagic fever virus infection in an Italian traveller returning from Egypt
Passiotou M. - Salmonella monophasic serotype 4,[5],12:i: in Greece
Pastagia M. - A novel chimeric lysin shows superiority to mupirocin for skin decolonisation of antibiotic-resistant (MRSA) and sensitive (MSSA) Staphylococcus aureus
Pasteran F. - Clinical and epidemiological study of an outbreak of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  - Advantages and limitations of tigecycline and fosfomycin disk diffusion method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing in multidrug-resistant strains, including KPC producers
Pataki M. - Screening of gastrointestinal carriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in neonates
Patbandha T. - Differentiating between mastitis through Acute phase proteins in different dairy animals in sub-tropical agro-climate
Patel B. - Success of a national service, Clostridium difficile Ribotyping Network for England& N.Ireland (CDRN), to help control epidemic strains and incidence of C.difficile infection
Patel S. - Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase in Ontario, Canada: continuous surveillance of a worldwide disseminated lactamase
Patel A. - Lack of impact of strain type on detection of Clostridium difficile using PCR and glutamate dehydrogenase
Paterson D.L. - Emergence and evolution of heteroresistant vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in a single hospital over a 12-year period
Patibandla S. - Multicentre trial of the new Siemens HBsAgII assays for qualitative detection of HBs antigen on the ADVIA Centaur systems
Patikas I. - Bloodstream infections: is there a seasonal variation?
  - Inflammation on the cervical Papanikolaou smear: evidence for infection in asymptomatic women?
  - Antimicrobial activity of copper alloys compared to aminoglycosides against multidrug-resistant bacteria
  - Pathogens isolated from central vascular catheters in patients with positive blood cultures
Patterson T.F. - The effect of antifungal treatments on laboratory diagnostic assays for invasive fungal infections
Patterson C. - Nosocomial Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: lessons learned from a case cluster in kidney transplant recipients
Patterson T.F. - A phase IV, open-label study evaluating efficacy and safety of intravenous anidulafungin followed by oral azole for the treatment of candidaemiainvasive candidiasis in US/Korean patients
  - Efficacy of the novel metallo-enzyme inhibitor VT-1129 in combination with amphotericinB for cryptococcal meningitis
Patti R. - Role of caspofungin in enhancing chronic haemodialysed and kidney transplant patient PMN response against Candida glabrata
Patton A. - Development of national prescribing indicators for antimicrobials to support reduction in Clostridium difficile infection
Pauksens K. - Immunogenicity and safety of a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in adults 70 years of age and older previously vaccinated with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
Paul R. - H1N1 influenza pandemic from June 2010 to November 2010 at a single nodal centre in Hyderabad, India
Pauskar M. - Drug resistance mutations in HIV1 CRF06_cpx viruses from anti-retroviral-treated patients in Estonia
Pavan A. - Distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype isolates from invasive disease in Lombardy, northern Italy
Pavlides M. - HIV testing in patients with hepatitisB and C infection in the United Kingdom
Pavlik I. - Cutaneous infections of Mycobacterium marinum in human aquarists and tracing of its possible sources
Pavlovic M. - Unusual case of early stage Lyme borreliosis presenting as acute anicteric hepatitis with splenomegaly
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Pawar V. - A novel glycolipid biosurfactant from marine Serratia marcescens disrupts pathogenic Candida albicans BH and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilms
Pawlowska J. - Emergence of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 176, highly related to type 027 in Poland
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Payet C. - Prospective surveillance of 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1 at a university hospital: characteristics and factors associated with severe disease
Paz E. - Monitoring of cell-mediated immune parameters identifies kidney transplant recipients at high risk of severe infection
Paz-Cristobal P. - Fungicidal effect on yeasts of photodynamic therapy with 1,9-dimethylmethylene blue
Pazhani G.P. - Vibrio fluvialis-stimulated secretion of interleukin8 by INT407 cells
Pazos C. - Epidemiology of fungaemia in Spain: preliminary results of 1,177 episodes from a multicentre study (FUNGEMYCA) in 2009
Pazzani C. - Genetics basis of antimicrobial resistance in clinical multidrug-resistant strains of Salmonella typhimurium, southern Italy
Pearlman E. - Anti-Wolbachia antibodies and acute lymphadenopathy in lymphatic filariasis
Pearson J. - The emergence of novel and composite SCCmec element types into Western Australian community S.aureus
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Peccatori J. - Survey of antifungal combination therapy for treatment of proven or probable invasive fungal diseases in Italian haematological centres. The Seifem-Combo Study (NCT 00906633)
Pecile P. - Epidemiologic survey of nosocomial infections with molecular typing methods in haematologic patients
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Peck K.R. - Persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: risk factors analysis and clinical outcomes
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Pecori D. - Two cases of visceral leishmaniasis treated with a single-dose of liposomal amphotericinB
Pecqueur D. - Diversity of proteome profiles in neutropenic patients developing versus not developing invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
Pecsi I. - Essentiality of dUTPase mediated by its Mycobacterium-specific structural motif identifies a novel TB drug target
Pedersen T. - Increased prevalence of high-level gentamycin resistance in invasive Enterococcus faecium strains in Norway is associated with hospital-adapted genetic lineages carrying virulence determinants and aac(6)-Ie-aph(2)-Ia containing transferable megaplasmids
Pedroni M. - Livestock-associated MRSA responsible for human colonisation and infection in a northern region of Italy
Pedroni P. - Trends in candidaemia in one Italian region, Lombardia
Pedroso Y. - Detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin by real-time polymerase chain reaction in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producers isolated in clinical samples
Peetermans W. - Pneumococcal serotype distribution in invasive pneumococcal disease among adults >50 years old in Belgium in 2009
Peeters M. - Comparison of the performance of IFA, CFA, and ELISA assays for the serodiagnosis of Q fever by quality assessment
Peigne V. - Imported AIDS-related histoplasmosis in metropolitan France: a comparison of pre-HAART and HAART eras
Peixe L. - High incidence of horizontal transfer of ampicillin resistance (pbp5) among CC17 Enterococcus faecium
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  - Molecular characterisation of blaVIM-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from Portugal
  - Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in food: from farm to fork
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Peksen Dogan C. - The role of silver ion coated external fixators in preventing bacterial colonisation: in vitro microbiological study
Pelaez T. - Trends in species distribution and antifungal susceptibility in yeasts isolated from peritoneal fluid in a general hospital: an overview of a 16-year period
Peláez T. - In vitro secondary azole resistance in A.fumigatus isolates does not necessarily involve mutations in the cyp51A gene
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Pelaez T. - Surveillance of Aspergillus section Nigri in a general hospital during two decades
Peláez T. - Clinical validation of a marketed real-time PCR assay for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in patients without haematological cancer
Peleg A.Y. - A novel mechanism of reduced susceptibility to vancomycin in Staphylococcus aureus
Pelemis M. - Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in fever of unknown origin
Pelisson M. - Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteria in a Brazilian university hospital
Pellin D. - Novel small RNAs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: experimental genome-wide discovery and computational target prediction
Pelloux H. - Are community-acquired invasive aspergilloses preceded by an increase of outdoor filamentous fungal load?
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Peltola V. - Toll-like receptor 4 polymorphism Asp299Gly and its association with nasopharyngeal colonisation of Moraxella catarrhalis in Finnish infants
Pemán J. - Flow cytometry: a faster method to assess the in vitro activity of amphotericinB against Candidaspp.
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Peña A. - Prevalence of primary resistance mutations and influence of integrase polymorphism on virological outcome of Raltegravir-containing anti-retroviral regimens
Pena I. - Comparison of Etest, Vitek2, and Wider for detection of VIM-producing Enterobacteriaceae with the updated CLSI and EUCAST breakpoint systems
Peña A. - Use of MALDI-TOF technology for the rapid microbiological diagnosis from blood samples
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Peña C. - Characterisation of OprD in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains showing high and intermediate levels of resistance to imipenem and meropenem
Peña A. - K103N minor variants in untreated and treated patients from southern Spain
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Peña-Monje A. - Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients admitted with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Penasse C. - Quantitation of human herpesvirus6 and7 DNAs in different blood fractions from blood donors
Penterman R. - Development of a rapid, fully automated method for selective isolation of bacterial and fungal DNA from large volumes of whole blood
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Pepi N. - Sero-prevalence study of HBsAg among pregnant women in Albania
Peradotto F. - Clinical presentation and management of deep neck infections in an Italian cohort of children and adolescents
Peral J. - Stewardship in antifungals. How much do prescribing physicians know?
Peraldi M.-N. - Primary toxoplasmosis after kidney transplantation: a rare and potentially fatal complication, with very useful tools to improve diagnosis and the outcome
Percivalle E. - Imported symptomatic Hantavirus infection in three family members travelling from Cuba
Perdigão J. - Six-year laboratory data report on drug-resistant tuberculosis in Lisbon health region, Portugal
Perdreau-Remington F. - Multicentre trial of the LightCycler MRSA advanced test, Xpert MRSA assay, and MRSASelect directly plated culture for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nasal swabs
Pereira S.G. - Surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from a central hospital in central Portugal: 7 years of evolution or involution?
Pereira C. - Novel gene cassettes and integrons in environmental antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Pereira E.P. - Characterisation of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from wounds
Pereira R. - Two cases of Toscana virus meningitis in Algarve, Portugal
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Perez M. - A new reliable screening method for the evaluation of VISA and hVISA strains by Vancomycin-Teicoplanin MIC Test Strip (Liofilchem Srl, Italy)
Perez F. - Travel: health risk perception, knowledge and prophylaxis practices among immigrants who travel to visit friends and relatives
Pérez F. - Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of imported infectious diseases in immigrants
Perez J.L. - Analysis of the results of the SEIMC external quality control programme in the detection of gastrointestinal viruses
Perez L. - Prevalence and persistence of anal infection by oncogenic human papillomavirus virus and co-infection with Chlamydia trachomatis among HIV-infected homosexual males
Perez J. - Aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia in the adult and the H1N1 influenza pandemic
Pérez del Molino M.L. - Molecular-epidemiological analysis of nososcomial carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella spp. by automated rep-PCR and MALDI-TOF
Pérez del Molino I. - Resistance to macrolides in Corynebacterium striatum
Perez del Molino Bernal I.C. - Detection of galactomannan in serum and isolates of Fusarium species from patients with proven invasive Fusarium infection
Perez Escolano E. - Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube with tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection among drug users
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Perez Saenz J.L. - An in vitro multisite study of vancomycin and daptomycin MIC results and tolerance of contemporary Staphylococcus aureus from Spain
Perez-Blazquez E. - Could conjunctival swabs be useful to diagnose herpetic keratitis?
Perez-Castro S. - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from swine and farm workers in Spain
Pérez-Cortés T. - Clinical and molecular features of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing bacteraemia in Andaluca, Spain
Perez-Lopez J.A. - Use of MALDI-TOF technology for the rapid microbiological diagnosis from blood samples
Perez-Ordoñez A. - Immunogenicity, efficacy, and safety of the pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients
Pérez-Parra A. - Paediatric and neonatal intensive care healthcare workers: knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for preventing central venous catheter-related infection
Pérez-Pascual P. - Change in first-line anti-tuberculosis drug susceptibility trends of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates over a period (30 years)
Pérez-Rivilla A. - Human herpesvirus 8 prevalence among HIV1 infected patients during 20072010
Pérez-Romero P. - Descriptive analysis of infections produced by respiratory viruses in solid organ transplant recipients
Perez-Romero P. - Immunogenicity, efficacy, and safety of the pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients
Pérez-Ruiz M. - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection within the same geographical area (southern Spain) during a three-year period
Perez-Trallero E. - An in vitro multisite study of vancomycin and daptomycin MIC results and tolerance of contemporary Staphylococcus aureus from Spain
Perilli M. - Genetic characterisation of CTXM producing Proteus mirabilis and Morganella morganii clinical strains with association of resistance genes in Tunisia
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Perin S. - Evaluation of the PNA FISH technology for yeast identification directly from positive blood cultures. An Italian experience
Perlin D.S. - Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of micafungin, anidulafungin and caspofungin for disseminated candidiasis due to Candida glabrata
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Perotin J. - RT-PCR microarray detection of viral respiratory pathogens in acute exacerbations of COPD in France
Perpiñán H. - ESBL-Escherichia coli fading away
Perraud M. - Invasive aspergillosis in haematologic patients: description of 127 cases enrolled in a single-centre prospective surveillance system, 20042009
Perreten V. - Characterisation of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates causing infections in animals
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Perry M. - A novel clinical diagnostic assay for the identification of multiple human fungal pathogens in a single sample
Persic R. - Oral candidal colonisation and oral candidiasis in the institutionalised and non-institutionalised elderly
Persijn L. - Laboratory diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in haematological patients: comparison between galactomannan, 1,3-D-glucan and Aspergillus IgG test
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Person C. - Chronic Aspergillus fumigatus colonisation of respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis: diagnosis, management and antifungal resistance in a French cohort of cystic fibrosis patients
Persy B. - Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis in both a paediatric and an adult population: a four-year retrospective analysis
Peslova K. - Metabolomics of Scedosporium and Aspergillus by mass spectrometry
Pestana N. - Are ready-to-eat salads an important vehicle of pathogenic and commensal bacteria resistant to antibiotics?
Pestova N.E. - Identification of bacteria by sequencing in routine laboratory practice
Pestre V. - Therapeutic drug monitoring of clindamycine in osteo articular infections: influence of body-weight on the pharmacokinetic variability
Peters G. - Antibacterial activity of the investigational fluoroquinolone finafloxacin under different pH conditions against Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variants
Peters R.P.H. - Correlation between bacterial DNA load and severity of disease in S.aureus bacteraemia
Petersdorf S. - Increase of polymicrobial infections and multi-resistant pathogens causing prosthetic joint infections
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Petersen A. - EUCAST MIC breakpoints and inhibition zone diameter correlates for staphylococci
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Petersen H. - Evaluation of three real-time PCR-methods for the detection of C.difficile in stool specimens
Petinaki E. - Molecular characterisation of group B streptococci isolated from invasive neonatal infections and colonised pregnant women in Greece
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Petit C. - State-wide admission prevalence screening in Saarland, Germany (MRSAarNetz)
Petitto V. - Secondary metabolites from lichens: drug interaction of usnic acid, lobaric acid and protolichesterinic acid with antibiotics against MRSA clinical isolates
Peto Z. - Risk factors for and consequences of nosocomial infections caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens
Petrelli D. - Variability and inducibility of the mef(A)-msr(D) region in erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes
Petrikkos G. - Activity of ACHN-490 against MDR clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter spp. from Athens, Greece
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Petrochenkova N. - Herpes genitalis in women under the guise of recurrent lower urinary tract infection
Petropoulos P. - Cytomegalovirus immunity and infection in first trimester pregnant women in Greece
Petropoulou D. - Prevalence and aetiological pathogens of asymptomatic bacteriuria in type 2 diabetic patients with and without microalbuminuria
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Petrosillo N. - Continuous versus intermittent infusion of vancomycin: the eternal diatribe
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Petrou M. - Rapid identification of yeast species by the PCR and microarray-based Prove-it sepsis assay
Petrov A. - Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with measles for the period February-June 2010
Petrova T.M. - Monitoring of antibiotic resistance of S.aureus in patients with knee or hip joint replacement in 20072009
Petrovic M. - Epidemiological characteristics of Qfever in Vojvodina Province, Serbia, from 1985 to 2009
Petruzziello M. - Assessment of a new Liaison XL automated immunoassay for the quantitative and highly specific detection of HBsAg in human serumplasma
Petti M. - Phase IV, open-label study of intravenous anidulafungin followed optionally by oral voriconazole for treatment of candidaemiainvasive candidiasis in critically ill patients
Petukhova I. - Prevalence study of clinically significant Gram-negative pathogens depending on the consumption of antibiotics in two large cancer hospitals in Moscow, Russia
Peverelli P. - Tick-borne encephalitis: variability presentation in children
Peyman-Fard N. - Fast and sensitive detection of the mycotoxin gliotoxin and related compounds during human aspergillosis
Peyron F. - Use of PCR on urine samples for the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Pezelj-Ribaric S. - Oral candidal colonisation and oral candidiasis in the institutionalised and non-institutionalised elderly
Pezeshky Z. - Evaluation of hand-hygiene compliance rate among healthcare workers in Isfahan hospitals, 2010
Pfeifer Y. - Complete DNA sequence of blaNDM1 gene cassette integrated into the chromosome of Acinetobacter baumannii
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Pfister W. - In vitro efficacy of antibiotic supplementation in PMMA-bone cements against staphylococci
Pham J.K. - Performance of Gen-Probe's Aptima Assays for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae on the Panther system
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Pham J. - Integration of affordable molecular detection of lactamase genes with the CDS disc diffusion method of antibiotic susceptibility testing
Phan T. - Multi-resistant bacterial colonisation of reusable hospital tourniquets
Phee L. - Use of the MicroScan Walkaway system for the detection of extended-spectrum lactamase production by Enterobacteriaceae
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Phelan E. - Phenotypic characterisation of gonococci isolates in an Irish university teaching hospital
Phiboonbanakit D. - Comparative in vitro activity of sitafloxacin and other fluoroquinolones against bacteria isolated from patients with urinary tract infections and lower respiratory tract infections
Phipps L. - Nosocomial Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: lessons learned from a case cluster in kidney transplant recipients
Piatkowska E. - The occurrence of Demodex spp. in blepharitis patients and healthy people a 3year observational study
Piazza A. - Prevalence of the newly described human enterovirus 109 in infants with acute respiratory disease in Italy
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Piazza R. - Characterisation and clonal analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258 KPC2 positive isolates responsible for a nosocomial outbreak in northern Italy
Picazo J. - Diagnostic utility of BinaxNow for detection of S.pneumoniae among children with suspectedIPD
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Piccaro G. - Drug-resistant tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in Italy
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Piccoli L. - Long-term sonographic follow-up of inactive echinococcal cysts of the liver
Piccoli F. - Visualisation of microbial biofilm on explanted central venous catheters by two-photon laser scanning microscopy
Piccoli L. - Miniaturised IFN assay for diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis
Piccolin G. - Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Rickettsia spp. and Babesia spp. in ticks removed from humans in the area of Belluno, Italy
Piccolo G. - Molecular versus conventional diagnosis of intestinal parasitoses
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Pichardo C. - Efficacy of daptomycin versus vancomycin in an experimental model of foreign body infection by biofilm producer Staphylococcus epidermidis
Pichon B. - Changing trends in the epidemiology of PVL-MRSA in England
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Piddock L.J. - Total genome sequencing of multidrug and efflux pump inhibitor resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals new roles for genes in PatAB-mediated antibiotic resistance
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Piens M. - Invasive aspergillosis in haematologic patients: description of 127 cases enrolled in a single-centre prospective surveillance system, 20042009
Pierangeli A. - Virological diagnosis of paediatric severe respiratory infections during circulation of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 in Rome
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Pierard D. - Prediction of carbapenem resistance in Bacteroides fragilis by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analysis
Piérard D. - Intracellular activity of fusidic acid against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus of increasing MIC
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Pierce J. - Efficacy of levofloxacin and gentamycin against a uropathogenic strain of Escherichia coli in a mouse urinary tract infection model
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Pierce K. - Development of a multiplexed LATE-PCR assay for Clostridium difficile identification and characterisation
Pietrosi G. - Primary HHV8 infection with systemic inflammatory syndrome and visceral Kaposi sarcoma after OLTx, successfully treated with cidofovir, low-dose of steroids and liposomal-doxorubicin: case report
Pietrzyk A. - Changes in biostructure of the microflora in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease
Piette A. - Diagnostic value of the 1,3-D-glucan test for detecting candidaemia
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Pievaroli L. - First global survey on hand-hygiene compliance before patient contact Results from 47countries
Pike R. - Multi-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a private hospital in London: mechanisms of resistance and epidemiology
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Pilalas D. - Late presentation of HIV infection in northern Greece: prevalence and correlates, 20002010
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Pillar C. - The effects of varying susceptibility test parameters on TP-434 activity in vitro
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Pilz M. - Clinical and epidemiological changes in candidaemia acomparison of periods 19851990 and 20012005
Pimkina E. - Performance of the GenoType MTBDRplus assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance in routine settings: a multicentre study
Pina P. - Performance of a new MicroScan WalkAway panel for detection of oxacillin resistance in a French nationwide set of staphylococci isolated from bacteraemia
Pina-Vaz C. - A novel flow cytometric method for rapid detection of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria
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Pinel C. - Chronic Aspergillus fumigatus colonisation of respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis: diagnosis, management and antifungal resistance in a French cohort of cystic fibrosis patients
Pinelli Ortiz E. - Echinococcus multilocularis in the Netherlands: what about humans?
Piñero J.A. - A etiology of bronchiolitis in hospitalised children in south eastern Spain
Pinho M. - The streptokinase gene as a candidate target for differentiation between Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis causing infections in humans and horses
Pinholt M. - Focus and outcome for community-acquired Enterococcus faecalis bacteraemia
Pini B. - Evolving molecular epidemiology of Enterobacteriaceae resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins in Italy: one-year results of a large, multicentre, observational study
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Pinilla B. - Stewardship in antifungals. How much do prescribing physicians know?
Pinto C. - Six-year laboratory data report on drug-resistant tuberculosis in Lisbon health region, Portugal
Pinto A. - Molecular analysis applied to mitochondrial DNA from the family Planorbidae (Pulmonata: Basommatophora) snails, potential intermediate hosts of trematode
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Pinto F.R. - Lysogenic phages promote pneumococcal biofilm development
Pinto M. - High prevalence of hospital-associated Staphylococcus aureus epidemic clones in the community in Portugal: evidence for blurring of communityhospital boundaries
Piralla A. - HIV integrase variability and genetic barrier in antiretroviral nave and experienced patients
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Pires J. - Are ready-to-eat salads an important vehicle of pathogenic and commensal bacteria resistant to antibiotics?
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Pirnay J. - Exposure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to sub-MIC concentrations of chlorhexidine leads to increased resistance, marked phenotypic changes, overexpression of MexG, and cross-resistance to antipseudomonal antibiotics
Pirs M. - Prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii in routine ESBL surveillance samples
Pishmisheva M. - Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with measles for the period February-June 2010
Piskin N. - The diagnostic and prognostic value of procalcitonin in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome and septic shock symptoms
Piso R.J. - Low environmental contamination of rooms in ESBL-positive patients
Pissarra F. - An unusual presentation of neuroborreliosis
Pistone D. - Coinfection of ticks with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Rickettsia spp. in densely populated areas of the Po River valley
Pi-Sunyer P. - Predictive models of adherence to seasonal and pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine between health care professionals
Pitart C. - Evaluation of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry to identify Corynebacteriumspp.
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Pitman R. - Incidence and case fatality of invasive pneumococcal disease among adults in the United Kingdom: a systematic review
Pittet D. - First global survey on hand-hygiene compliance before patient contact Results from 47countries
Pituch H. - Emergence of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 176, highly related to type 027 in Poland
Pizzichemi G. - Determination of drug resistance from HIV1 RNA stabilised at room temperature on solid matrix
Pizzolitto E.L. - Characterisation of bacterial cells recovered from biofilms formed on orthopaedic metal components used in surgical implants
Pizzolitto A.C. - Characterisation of bacterial cells recovered from biofilms formed on orthopaedic metal components used in surgical implants
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Plahouras D. - Fungemia in the intensive care unit: a five-year study in two centres
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Planche T. - Evaluation of culture methods for isolation of Clostridium difficile and comparison of phenotypic identification with identification by 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry
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Platteel T.N. - Molecular survey of lactamases conferring third-generation cephalosporin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae from the Netherlands
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Platzer U. - Microbiological analysis of a prospective, randomised, double-blind trial comparing moxifloxacin and clindamycin in the treatment of infiltrates and abscesses
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Plochev K. - Hepatitis E virus infection in Bulgaria
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Plongla R. - Streptococcus bovis infection: a comparative study of epidemiology and clinical manifestations between biotypes I and II
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Ploy M.C. - Decrease in antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae between 2003 and 2009 in France and changes in serotype distribution: ongoing survey of the French Pneumococcus Network
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Plum G. - Susceptibility patterns of S.aureus as predictors of Panton-Valentine leukocidin positivity
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Plumelle M. - Hepatitis delta in Marseille, southeastern France
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Poggensee G. - German Investigation of Lyme Borreliosis: Evaluation of Therapeutic and Diagnostic Cost (GILEAD)
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Pogodina V. - Molecular-genetic heterogeneity of tick-borne encephalitis virus in Transbaikalie region
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Pomplun S. - Video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy is feasible and safe in adult haemato-oncology patients undergoing stem cell transplantation or high-dose chemotherapy
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Popescu C. - Inflammatory markers and metabolic syndrome in HIV-positive adults undergoing highly active anti-retroviral therapy
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Popova M.O. - Chronic invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: diagnosis and treatment
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Prag J. - Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae ESBL genotype distribution in Denmark: CTX-M15 prevails countrywide, also in hospital epidemics
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Prata L. - Epidemiological survey of diabetic foot infections in Lisbon
Prati F. - Inhibiting the lactamase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) with novel Boronate-Transitional-State-Analogs (BATSAs)
Pratlong F. - Cutaneous and visceral tropisms of Leishmania tropica strains isolated in Turkey in murine model
Prats E. - Nebulised antibiotics for the treatment of patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonisation
Prats J. - Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy. Antibiotic prophylaxis of post-biopsy bacteraemia
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Prenger-Berninghoff E. - Endemic multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from animal specimens in German veterinary clinics
Prenna M. - Variability and inducibility of the mef(A)-msr(D) region in erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes
Prentice A. - Antifungal management strategy for high-risk neutropenic patients based on itraconazole levels
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Presterl E. - Improved clinical diagnosis of invasive Candida infections in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
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Preziuso S. - The streptokinase gene as a candidate target for differentiation between Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis causing infections in humans and horses
Priavali E. - Real-time Epstein-Barr virus PCR for the diagnosis of primary EBV infection
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Probst A. - Positive impact of a nurse intervention on hepatitisB immunity in a HIV clinic
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Proenca A. - Two cases of Toscana virus meningitis in Algarve, Portugal
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Pruzzo C. - Fruit and vegetable extracts as source for anti-adhesion agents against oral bacteria
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Przybylo M. - Are surgeons the only common denominator between Clostridium difficile infections, surgical site infections and poor compliance to antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery guidance?
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Psarras S. - Rhinovirus-induced basic fibroblast growth factor release from bronchial epithelial cells mediates airway remodelling features
Psichogiou M. - Activity of ACHN-490 against MDR clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter spp. from Athens, Greece
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Puchades F. - Risk factors for developing reduced vancomycin susceptibility and methicillin resistance among episodes of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) in an intensive care unit
Pugni L. - Outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit
Puig L. - Linezolid plasma levels in long-term treatment of osteoarticular infections: relationship with haematologic toxicity
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Pulián V. - Congenital toxoplasmosis in the health area of Pontevedra, Spain
Pullukçu H. - The comparison of microscopy, antigen detection and real-time polymerase chain reaction tests for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: evaluation of clinical parameters
Pullukcu H. - Evaluation of zygomycosis patients: a retrospective multicentre study
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Pulse M. - Efficacy of ertapenem, zosyn and tygacil in a mixed infection rat intra-abdominal abscess model with ESBL E.coli
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Pulvirenti F.R. - Comparison of the Abbott real-time high-risk HPV with Genomica HPV clinical array for the detection of human papillomavirus genotypes
Punab M. - Influence of sexual intercourse on vaginal lactoflora
Punda-Polic V. - Molecular characterisation and antimicrobial susceptibility in clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile in a university hospital, Split, Croatia
Punin A. - Antimicrobial resistance of H.pylori in Smolensk, Russia
Punt N. - Automating selection of epidemiological cut-off values using a dedicated software tool: MicDat
Pupillo A. - Genetics basis of antimicrobial resistance in clinical multidrug-resistant strains of Salmonella typhimurium, southern Italy
Purdell J. - Investigation of outcome in cases of Clostridium difficile infection due to isolates with reduced susceptibility to metronidazole
Puro V. - Clinical performance of a rapid antigen detection test for pandemic influenza A/H1N1
Purrello S. - Reduced delta-haemolysin activity and agr-expression correlate with an hVISA/VISA phenotype
Putignani L. - Rapid identification of bacteria and fungi from positive blood cultures by MALDI-TOF proteome profiling
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Puy A. - Diagnosis of a case of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Aragn, Northern Spain. This is the first autochthonous case since its eradication in 1964
Puzniak L. - Antifungal use at a tertiary care centre using only electronic data
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Puzyrev V. - The serological profile of the samples with HBsAg concentration below detection limit of best currently available EIA kits
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Pyrenkova I. - The serological profile of the samples with HBsAg concentration below detection limit of best currently available EIA kits