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  1. The number of Salmonella strains with reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolones has increased during recent years in many countries, threatening the value of this antimicrobial group in the treatment of severe s...

    Authors: Pirkko Kotilainen, Susa Pitkänen, Anja Siitonen, Pentti Huovinen and Antti J Hakanen
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2005 4:12
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  2. CMV-induced vasculopathy and thrombosis have been reported, but they are rare conditions usually encountered in immunocompromised patients. However more and more complications of CMV infections are recognized ...

    Authors: Clarisse Rovery, Brigitte Granel, Philippe Parola, Cédric Foucault and Philippe Brouqui
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2005 4:11
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  3. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the genus, Leptospira. Leptospira interrogans is the most common genomospecies implicated in the disease. Epidemiological investigations are needed to distinguish out...

    Authors: Andrew T Slack, Michael F Dohnt, Meegan L Symonds and Lee D Smythe
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2005 4:10
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  4. Mutations in a small region of the rpoB gene are responsible for most rifamycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this study we have sequentially generated resistant strains to first rifampicin and the...

    Authors: Richard M Anthony, Anja RJ Schuitema, Indra L Bergval, Tim J Brown, Linda Oskam and Paul R Klatser
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2005 4:9
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  5. Toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae are well known agent of diphtheria. Nontoxigenic strains can cause atypical course of the disease. Invasive diseases caused by C. diphtheriae occur very rare.

    Authors: Aleksandra Anna Zasada, Maria Zaleska, Regina Beata Podlasin and Ilona Seferyńska
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2005 4:8
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  6. Changes in morphology and growth curve of Candida albicans in response to treatment by Cisplatin has been studied using fluorescence staining with ethidium bromide. Treatment with Cisplatin was found to markedly ...

    Authors: Chandrasekhar Kesavan, Malathi Raghunathan and Natarajan Ganesan
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2005 4:7
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  7. Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is affecting one-third of the world population, and activation of LTBI is a substantial source of new cases of tuberculosis. LTBI is caused by tubercle bacilli in a state o...

    Authors: Leonid Heifets, Julie Simon and Van Pham
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2005 4:6
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  8. Antimicrobial therapy is considered an important component in the medical management of most patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (AECB). The three predominant bacterial species isolated are ...

    Authors: Sanjay Sethi, Antonio Anzueto and David J Farrell
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2005 4:5
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  9. Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare disorder of phagocytes in which absence of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide production in phagocytes predisposes patients to bacterial and fungal infections. The m...

    Authors: Setareh Mamishi, Kamiar Zomorodian, Farshid Saadat, Mohsen Gerami-Shoar, Bita Tarazooie and Seyad Ahmad Siadati
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2005 4:4
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  10. In a retrospective study of HIV-infected patients, we investigated the influence of the MDR1 genotype (G2677T/A and C3435T) on the virological and immunological response of treatment naïve patients.

    Authors: Ralf Winzer, Peter Langmann, Michael Zilly, Franz Tollmann, Jörg Schubert, Hartwig Klinker and Benedikt Weissbrich
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2005 4:3
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  11. Shed cells or disrupted parts of the biofilm may enter the circulation causing serious and very hard to treat biofilm-associated infections. The activity of antimicrobial agents against the shed cells/disrupte...

    Authors: Mohamed El-Azizi, Suma Rao, Termkiat Kanchanapoom and Nancy Khardori
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2005 4:2
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  13. Amoebiasis is a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries. Although a number of antiamoebic agents are used for its treatment, yet the susceptibility data on clinical isolates of Entamoeba...

    Authors: Devendra Bansal, Rakesh Sehgal, Yogesh Chawla, Ramesh Chander Mahajan and Nancy Malla
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:27
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  14. Patients with cystic fibrosis [CF] have frequent pulmonary exacerbations associated with the isolation of bacterial organisms from sputum samples. It is not clear however, if there are differences in the types...

    Authors: Terence E McManus, Andrew McDowell, John E Moore and Stuart J Elborn
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:26
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  15. Helicobacter pylori diagnosis and susceptibility profile directs the applicability of recommended treatment regimens in our setting. To our knowledge, there is no published data on the culture and local susceptib...

    Authors: Raul V Destura, Eternity D Labio, Leah J Barrett, Cirle S Alcantara, Venancio I Gloria, Ma Lourdes O Daez and Richard L Guerrant
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:25
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  17. Ampicillin was selected to further study the effect of this antibiotic on the colonization capability of S. pneumoniae and L. fermentum intranasally inoculated in a mice experimental model. The sensitivity of S. ...

    Authors: Rosa Cangemi de Gutiérrez, Viviana Santos, Marta Cecilia, Clara Silva and María Elena Nader-Macías
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:23
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  18. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAS) are rapidly becoming popular tools in the assistance of managing hospitalized patients, but little is known about how often expert recommendations are available for the treat...

    Authors: Steven D Burdette, Thomas E Herchline and W Scott Richardson
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:22
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  19. Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is the most important bacterial pathogen in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Currently, routine bacteriological culture on selective/non- selective culture media is the cor...

    Authors: Jiru Xu, John E Moore, Philip G Murphy, B Cherie Millar and J Stuart Elborn
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:21
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  20. Emphysematous cystitis is a rare disease entity caused by gas fermenting bacterial and fungal pathogens. Clinical symptoms are nonspecific and diagnostic clues often arise from the unanticipated imaging findin...

    Authors: Ravi K Bobba, Edward L Arsura, Pawanjit S Sarna and Amar K Sawh
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:20
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  21. Tuberculosis continues to be an important health problem in the world. Besides pulmonary involvement extrapulmonary involvement becomes an affair in developing countries, even in developed countries.

    Authors: Garip Sahin, Nuri Kiraz, Ilknur Sahin, Mehmet Soydan and Yurdanur Akgün
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:19
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  22. Mycobacterium avium are ubiquitous environmental organisms and a cause of disseminated infection in patients with end-stage AIDS. The glycopeptidolipids (GPL) of M. avium are proposed to participate in the pathog...

    Authors: Vida R Irani, Sun-Hwa Lee, Torsten M Eckstein, Julia M Inamine, John T Belisle and Joel N Maslow
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:18
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  23. To determine the frequency, risk factors and mortality of nosocomial pneumonia a prospective study was conducted in the intensive care units. In the study period, 2402 patients were included. The nosocomial pn...

    Authors: Emine Alp, Muhammet Güven, Orhan Yıldız, Bilgehan Aygen, Andreas Voss and Mehmet Doganay
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:17
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  24. Although various hematologic abnormalities are seen in tuberculosis, immune thrombocytopenic purpura is a rare event.

    Authors: Fahir Ozkalemkas, Ridvan Ali, Atilla Ozkan, Tulay Ozcelik, Vildan Ozkocaman, Esra Kunt-Uzaslan, Beril Bahadir-Erdogan and Halis Akalin
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:16
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  25. Increasing antimicrobial resistance among the key pathogens responsible for community-acquired respiratory tract infections has the potential to limit the effectiveness of antibiotics available to treat these ...

    Authors: Joseph Dohar, Rafael Cantón, Robert Cohen, David John Farrell and David Felmingham
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:15
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  26. Globally ICUs are encountering emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens and for some pathogens there are few therapeutic options available.

    Authors: Mark E Jones, Deborah C Draghi, Clyde Thornsberry, James A Karlowsky, Daniel F Sahm and Richard P Wenzel
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:14
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  27. Resistance to β-lactam antibiotics in enteric Gram-negative bacilli may be difficult to detect using standard methods of either Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion (KBDD) or broth dilution for minimal inhibitory concentra...

    Authors: Xuan Qin, Scott J Weissman, Mary Frances Chesnut, Bei Zhang and Lisong Shen
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:13
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  28. Class 1 integrons contain genetic elements for site-specific recombination, capture and mobilization of resistance genes. Studies investigating the prevalence, distribution and types of integron located resist...

    Authors: Even Heir, Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, Truls M Leegaard, Elisabet Gjernes and Georg Kapperud
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:12
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  29. Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) are among the most frequent reasons for physician office visits in paediatrics. Despite their predominant viral aetiology, URTIs continue to be treated with antimicro...

    Authors: Shaun Mohan, Kavita Dharamraj, Ria Dindial, Deepti Mathur, Vishala Parmasad, Joseph Ramdhanie, Jason Matthew and Lexley M Pinto Pereira
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:11
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  30. Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine significantly reduces the risk of tuberculosis by 50% and continues to be used to prevent tuberculosis around the world. However, it has been shown to be ineffective in some geogra...

    Authors: Mauricio Castañón-Arreola and Yolanda López-Vidal
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:10
    Content type: Review Published on:

  31. Aim of the study was to determine the clinical efficacy of a new antiseptic liquid soap (Stellisept® scrub), based on the combination of undecylenamidopropyltrimonium methosulphate (4%) and phenoxyethanol (2%), f...

    Authors: Günter Kampf and Axel Kramer
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:9
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  32. There is limited data available on the environmental and public health impact of the microbiological hazards associated with sputa from patients with cystic fibrosis [CF]. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia cen...

    Authors: John E Moore, Adrienne Shaw, Jennifer L Howard, James SG Dooley and J Stuart Elborn
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:8
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  33. Bloodstream infections are associated with significant patient morbidity and mortality. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns should guide the choice of empiric antimicrobial regimens for patients with bactere...

    Authors: James A Karlowsky, Mark E Jones, Deborah C Draghi, Clyde Thornsberry, Daniel F Sahm and Gregory A Volturo
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:7
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  34. One controversial source of infection for hepatitis C virus (HCV) involves the sharing of contaminated implements, such as straws or spoons, used to nasally inhale cocaine and other powdered drugs. An essentia...

    Authors: James M McMahon, Malgorzata Simm, Danielle Milano and Michael Clatts
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:6
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  35. In streptococci, three macrolide resistance determinants (erm(B), erm(TR) and mef(A)) have been found. In addition, certain mutations at the ribosomal 23S RNA can cause resistance to macrolides. Mutation at the p...

    Authors: Jari Jalava, Martti Vaara and Pentti Huovinen
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:5
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  36. The aim of this study was to determine whether prior antimicrobial therapy is an important risk factor for extended antimicrobial therapy among critically ill children. To evaluate other predisposing factors i...

    Authors: George Briassoulis, Labrini Natsi, Athina Tsorva and Tassos Hatzis
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:4
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  37. Bacterial infections of the central nervous system, especially acute infections such as bacterial meningitis require immediate, invariably empiric antibiotic therapy. The widespread emergence of resistance amo...

    Authors: Mark E Jones, Deborah C Draghi, James A Karlowsky, Daniel F Sahm and John S Bradley
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:3
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  38. We compared imipenem, meropenem and cefoperazone-sulbactam against hospital originated A. baumannii strains in terms of bactericidal efficacy and selection of resistant mutants during treatment in a rat thigh abs...

    Authors: Kolayli Fetiye, Aynur Karadenizli, Erdem Okay, Sarpkaya Oz, Fatma Budak, Sibel Gundes and Haluk Vahaboglu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:2
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  39. The Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, Twelfth Informational Supplement, M100-S12, published by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) in January 2002 int...

    Authors: Ronald N Master, Deborah C Draghi, Mark E Jones, Clyde Thornsberry, Daniel F Sahm and James A Karlowsky
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2004 3:1
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  40. The ability to react early to possible outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and to trace possible sources relies on the availability of highly discriminatory and reliable techniques. The development of methods t...

    Authors: Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, Even Heir, Elisabet Gjernes, Traute Vardund and Georg Kapperud
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2003 2:12
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  41. Resistance of Helicobacter pylori to clarithromycin has been associated with A2142G and A2143G point mutations in the 23S rRNA gene. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of each ...

    Authors: Marcelo L Ribeiro, Lea Vitiello, Maira CB Miranda, Yune HB Benvengo, Anita PO Godoy, Sergio Mendonca and José Pedrazzoli Jr
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2003 2:11
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  42. Hepatitis B virus infection although preventable by vaccination remains an important health issue throughout the world due to its morbidity, mortality and economical losses. Early seroprotection is desirable f...

    Authors: Nese SaltoÄŸlu, A Seza Inal, Yesim Tasova and Ozlem Kandemir
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2003 2:10
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  43. Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of human disease, especially in pre-school children and elderly people, as well as in special risk groups such as asplenic, antibody deficient patients, or presenting dis...

    Authors: Philippe C Morand, Veronique Veuillez, Claire Poyart, Eric Abachin, Gilles Quesne, Bertrand Dupont, Patrick Berche and Jean-Paul Viard
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2003 2:9
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  45. Information about antibiotic use and resistance patterns of common microorganisms are lacking in hospitals in Western Nepal. Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics contributes to the development of bac...

    Authors: Ravi Pathiyil Shankar, Praveen Partha, Nagesh Kumar Shenoy, Joshy Maducolil Easow and Kottallur Narayanan Brahmadathan
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2003 2:7
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  47. Lower respiratory tract infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa have a high mortality rate. Antibacterial activity of various antibiotics against P. aeruginosa isolated from each hospital depends on the varie...

    Authors: Ugur Gonlugur, Mustafa Zahir Bakici, Levent Ozdemir, Ibrahim Akkurt, Serhat Icagasioglu and Fusun Gultekin
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2003 2:5
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  48. The prices of reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors in Thailand have been reduced since December 1, 2001. It is expected that reduction in the price of these inhibitors may influence the drug resistance mutati...

    Authors: Ekachai Jenwitheesuk, Chotip Watitpun, Asda Vibhagool and Wasun Chantratita
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2003 2:4
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  49. We undertook a prospective study of all new central venous catheters inserted into patients in the intensive care units, in order to identify the risk factors and to determine the effect of glycopeptide antibi...

    Authors: Serkan Öncü, Halit Özsüt, Ayşe Yildirim, Pinar Ay, Nahit Çakar, Haluk Eraksoy and Semra Çalangu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2003 2:3
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  50. Invasive Aspergillus infections are frequently seen in immunocompromised patients but arthritis is a rare complication of Aspergillus infections in the absence of immune suppressive therapy, trauma or surgical in...

    Authors: Hurrem Bodur, Kursat Ozoran, Aylin Colpan, Neriman Balaban, Yalcın Tabak and Sezer Kulacoglu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2003 2:2
    Content type: Case report Published on:
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