European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli: overview of geographical, temporal, and methodological variations

A. Erb, T. Stürmer, R. Marre, H. Brenner

Incidence, microbiological findings, and clinical presentation of sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery with and without local gentamicin prophylaxis

Ö. Friberg, R. Svedjeholm, J. Källman, B. Söderquist

Safety and tolerability of clarithromycin administered to children at higher-than-recommended doses

D. A. Kafetzis, F. Chantzi, G. Tigani, C. L. Skevaki

Complicating infectious foci in patients with Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus species bacteraemia

M. L. H. Cuijpers, F. J. Vos, C. P. Bleeker-Rovers, P. F. M. Krabbe, P. Pickkers, A. P. J. van Dijk, G. J. A. Wanten, P. D. Sturm, W. J. G. Oyen, B. J. Kullberg

Evaluation of three rapid assays for detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A and toxin B in stool specimens

H. Rüssmann, K. Panthel, R.-C. Bader, C. Schmitt, R. Schaumann

Features discriminating SARS from other severe viral respiratory tract infections

T. H. Rainer, N. Lee, M. Ip, A. P. Galvani, G. E. Antonio, K. T. Wong, D. P. N. Chan, A. W. H. Ng, K. K. Shing, S. S. L. Chau, P. Mak, P. K. S. Chan, A. T. Ahuja, D. S. Hui, J. J. Y. Sung

Rapid detection of Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus by real-time PCR targeting the lukS-PV gene

U. Reischl, M. J. Tuohy, G. S. Hall, G. W. Procop, N. Lehn, H. Linde

Penetration of levofloxacin into the anterior chamber (aqueous humour) of the human eye after intravenous administration

E. García-Vázquez, J. Mensa, M. Sarasa, Y. López, P. D. Couchard, D. Soy, J. R. Fontenla

Lack of microbial DNA in tissue specimens of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms and positive Chlamydiales serology

B. Falkensammer, C. Duftner, R. Seiler, M. Pavlic, G. Walder, D. Wilflingseder, H. Stoiber, P. Klein-Weigel, M. Dierich, G. Fraedrich, R. Würzner, M. Schirmer

Human bocavirus DNA detected by quantitative real-time PCR in two children hospitalized for lower respiratory tract infection

T. Schenk, B. Huck, J. Forster, R. Berner, D. Neumann-Haefelin, V. Falcone

Evaluation of the GenoType MTBC assay for differentiating 120 clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates

I. K. Neonakis, Z. Gitti, E. Petinaki, S. Maraki, D. A. Spandidos

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