Infective endocarditis prophylaxis: moving from dental prophylaxis to global prevention? C. ChirouzeB. HoenX. Duval Review 23 February 2012 Pages: 2089 - 2095
Prevention of group B streptococcal neonatal disease revisited. The DEVANI European project J. Rodriguez-GrangerJ. C. AlvargonzalezM. Rosa-Fraile ReviewPaper 08 February 2012 Pages: 2097 - 2104
Pediculosis capitis: new insights into epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment H. Feldmeier Review 01 March 2012 Pages: 2105 - 2110
Methods and recommendations for evaluating and reporting a new diagnostic test A. S. HessM. ShardellA. D. Harris Review 29 March 2012 Pages: 2111 - 2116
Serum pepsinogen and Helicobacter pylori infection—a Japanese population study K. ToyodaN. FurusyoJ. Hayashi Article 22 February 2012 Pages: 2117 - 2124
Listeriosis in pregnancy: a secular trend in a tertiary referral hospital in Barcelona C. SisóA. GoncéF. Figueras Article 13 February 2012 Pages: 2125 - 2132
Identification and genomovar assignation of clinical strains of Pseudomonas stutzeri C. ScottaM. MuletJ. Lalucat Article 27 January 2012 Pages: 2133 - 2139
Morbidity of foreign travelers in Attica, Greece: a retrospective study G. TheocharisK. A. PolyzosM. E. Falagas Article 02 February 2012 Pages: 2141 - 2146
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of adult patients hospitalized for erysipelas and cellulitis M.-R. Perelló-AlzamoraJ.-C. Santos-DuranP. Unamuno Article 03 February 2012 Pages: 2147 - 2152
The protective and immunomodulatory effects of hypothalamic proline-rich polypeptide galarmin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in mice A. A. DurgaryanM. B. MatevosyanA. A. Galoyan Article 11 February 2012 Pages: 2153 - 2165
Long-term trends in the epidemiology of human leptospirosis (Slovak Republic, 1954–2006) P. BakossE. MacháčováJ. Jareková Article 23 February 2012 Pages: 2167 - 2176
Microcolonies in fluoroquinolone agar proportion susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an indicator of drug resistance A. BlackmanS. MayT. R. Sterling Article 10 February 2012 Pages: 2177 - 2182
Specific protease activity indicates the degree of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in chronic infected wounds D. WildeboerK. E. HillR. G. Price Article 26 January 2012 Pages: 2183 - 2189
Time to positivity of blood culture association with clinical presentation, prognosis and ESBL-production in Escherichia coli bacteremia R. ÁlvarezL. Viñas-CastilloJ. M. Cisneros-Herreros Article 02 February 2012 Pages: 2191 - 2195
Prolonged exclusive breastfeeding, autumn birth and increased gestational age are associated with lower risk of fever in children with hand, foot, and mouth disease Q. ZhuY. LiN. Tian Article 26 January 2012 Pages: 2197 - 2202
Lipooligosaccharide locus classes are associated with certain Campylobacter jejuni multilocus sequence types J. RevezM.-L. Hänninen Article 02 February 2012 Pages: 2203 - 2209
The efficacy and safety of antiviral therapy with lamivudine to stop the vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus M. YuQ. JiangM. Wu Article 08 February 2012 Pages: 2211 - 2218
Clinical and laboratory evaluation of a real-time PCR for Clostridium difficile toxin A and B genes E. de JongA. S. de JongP. D. J. Sturm Article Open access 14 February 2012 Pages: 2219 - 2225
Pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic evaluation of daptomycin, tigecycline, and linezolid versus vancomycin for the treatment of MRSA infections in four western European countries A. CanutA. IslaA. R. Gascón Article 28 February 2012 Pages: 2227 - 2235
Evaluation of a digital microfluidic real-time PCR platform to detect DNA of Candida albicans in blood W. A. SchellJ. L. BentonT. G. Mitchell Article 11 February 2012 Pages: 2237 - 2245
A new highly discriminatory multiplex capillary-based MLVA assay as a tool for the epidemiological survey of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients D. SobralP. Mariani-KurkdjianC. Pourcel Article 11 February 2012 Pages: 2247 - 2256
Identification of clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry D. P. FedorkoS. K. DrakeP. R. Murray Article 28 February 2012 Pages: 2257 - 2262
Clostridium difficile O27 colitis: Hospital-onset but community-acquired S. Buffet-BataillonP. TattevinP. Vincent Article 08 February 2012 Pages: 2263 - 2267
Comparison of an in-house method and the commercial Sepsityper™ kit for bacterial identification directly from positive blood culture broths by matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry D. MartinyA. DedisteO. Vandenberg Article 25 February 2012 Pages: 2269 - 2281
Previous healthcare exposure is the main antecedent for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage on hospital admission in Belgium S. VandendriesscheM. HallinO. Denis Article 01 March 2012 Pages: 2283 - 2292
Impact of combination therapy with aminoglycosides on the outcome of ICU-acquired bacteraemias P.-Y. DelannoyN. BoussekeyO. Leroy Article 15 February 2012 Pages: 2293 - 2299
Molecular characterization of adult-colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae from an area-based surveillance study in Romania C.-R. UseinL. GrigoreM. Strãuţ Article 23 February 2012 Pages: 2301 - 2310
Viral and bacterial aetiologies of epithelial ovarian cancer S. ShanmughapriyaG. SenthilKumarK. Natarajaseenivasan Article 09 March 2012 Pages: 2311 - 2317
Teenagers' knowledge about HPV infection and HPV vaccination in the first year of the public vaccination programme F. SopracordevoleF. CigolotA. Ciavattini Article 02 March 2012 Pages: 2319 - 2325
Expression of toll-like receptor 2 and plasma level of interleukin-10 are associated with outcome in tuberculosis J.-Y. WangH.-C. ChangL.-N. Lee Article 17 February 2012 Pages: 2327 - 2333
The role of viruses in the pathogenesis of peritonsillar abscess M. RusanT. E. KlugT. Ovesen Article 29 February 2012 Pages: 2335 - 2343
A prospective, multi-center study: factors related to the management of diabetic foot infections B. M. ErtugrulO. OnculF. Akin Article 22 February 2012 Pages: 2345 - 2352
Identification of Francisella tularensis by both culture and real-time TaqMan PCR methods from environmental water specimens in outbreak areas where tularemia cases were not previously reported H. ŞimşekM. TanerH. Vahaboğlu Article 03 March 2012 Pages: 2353 - 2357
Prognostic significance of serum antioxidant parameters in immunocompetent patients with cryptococcal meningitis Y. LiuY. JiangX. Chen Article 06 March 2012 Pages: 2359 - 2367
Which antibiotics and breakpoints should be used for Aeromonas susceptibility testing? Considerations from a comparison of agar dilution and disk diffusion methods using Enterobacteriaceae breakpoints B. LamyF. LaurentH. Marchandin Article 27 February 2012 Pages: 2369 - 2377
Assessment of a rapid immunochromatographic test for the diagnosis of norovirus gastroenteritis K. PombubpaL. Kittigul Article 23 February 2012 Pages: 2379 - 2383
Incidence and management of presumption of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium: recent data from the sentinel network of general practitioners K. VanthommeN. BossuytV. Van Casteren Article 06 March 2012 Pages: 2385 - 2390
Severe cochlear inflammation and vestibular syndrome in an experimental model of Streptococcus suis infection in mice M. C. Domínguez-PunaroU. KoedelM. Gottschalk Article 01 March 2012 Pages: 2391 - 2400
Human papillomavirus viral load expressed as relative light units (RLU) correlates with the presence and grade of preneoplastic lesions of the uterine cervix in atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) cytology M. OrigoniG. CarminatiM. Candiani Article 01 March 2012 Pages: 2401 - 2406
Umbilical cord blood procalcitonin as a risk factor for mortality in very premature infants A. LautridouP.-Y. AncelC. Gras-Le Guen Article 01 March 2012 Pages: 2407 - 2412
Prolonged carriage of resistant E. coli by returned travellers: clonality, risk factors and bacterial characteristics B. A. RogersK. J. KennedyD. L. Paterson Article 07 March 2012 Pages: 2413 - 2420
Formal infectious diseases consultation is associated with decreased mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia J. O. RobinsonS. Pozzi - LanghiR. J. Murray Article 03 March 2012 Pages: 2421 - 2428
A Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia outbreak in a single kidney-transplant center: role of cytomegalovirus co-infection R. U. PliquettA. Asbe-VollkopfI. A. Hauser Article 09 March 2012 Pages: 2429 - 2437
Underestimation of Clostridium difficile infection among clinicians: an international survey M. N. MavrosV. G. AlexiouM. E. Falagas Article 27 March 2012 Pages: 2439 - 2444
Clinical and economic impact of rapid reporting of bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility results of the most frequently processed specimen types A. GalarJ. R. YusteJ. Leiva Article 08 March 2012 Pages: 2445 - 2452
Milleri group streptococcus—a stepchild in the viridans family Y. Siegman-IgraY. AzmonD. Schwartz Article 06 March 2012 Pages: 2453 - 2459
Quantitative PCR and in vivo efficacy of antibiotics in the treatment of Vibrio vulnificus infection in a mouse model G. P. NeupaneD.-M. KimC.-H. Choi Article 21 March 2012 Pages: 2461 - 2467
Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteremia: an emerging clinical entity F. GourietM. MillionD. Raoult Article 28 April 2012 Pages: 2469 - 2480
