Clinical Microbiology & Infection

The ORION guidelines: raising research standards for the control of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens and healthcare-associated infection
pp. 1039-1040(2)
Author: Struelens, M. J.

Oral infections and systemic disease—an emerging problem in medicine
pp. 1041-1047(7)
Authors: Rautemaa, R.; Lauhio, A.; Cullinan, M. P.; Seymour, G. J.

Prospective study of Clostridium difficile infections in Europe with phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of the isolates
pp. 1048-1057(10)
Authors: Barbut, F.; Mastrantonio, P.; Delmée, M.; Brazier, J.; Kuijper, E.; Poxton, I.

Characteristics and incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in The Netherlands, 2005
pp. 1058-1064(7)
Authors: Paltansing, S.; van den Berg, R. J.; Guseinova, R. A.; Visser, C. E.; van der Vorm, E. R.; Kuijper, E. J.

Evaluation of human antibody responses to diphtheria toxin subunits A and B in various age groups
pp. 1065-1071(7)
Authors: Karakus, R.; Caglar, K.; Aybay, C.

Changing pattern of candidaemia 2001-2006 and use of antifungal therapy at the University Hospital of Vienna, Austria
pp. 1072-1076(5)
Authors: Presterl, E.; Daxböck, F.; Graninger, W.; Willinger, B.

Time-to-positivity in patients with Escherichia coli bacteraemia
pp. 1077-1082(6)
Authors: Peralta, G.; Roiz, M. P.; Sánchez, M. B.; Garrido, J. C.; Ceballos, B.; Rodríguez-Lera, M. J.; Mateos, F.; De Benito, I.

Differences in peripheral blood lymphocyte phenotypes between Helicobacter pylori-positive children and adults with duodenal ulcer
pp. 1083-1088(6)
Authors: Figueiredo Soares, T.; Aguiar Rocha, G.; Camargos Rocha, A. M.; Corrêa-Oliveira, R.; Martins-Filho, O. A.; Teles Carvalho, A. S.; Souto Bittencourt, P. F.; Afonso Oliveira, C.; Ferreira Nogueira, A. M. M.; Álvares Cabral, M. M. D.; Caetano Faria, A. M.; Queiroz, D. M. M.

Association between particular polymorphic residues on apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA-1) and platelet levels in patients with vivax malaria
pp. 1089-1094(6)
Authors: Grynberg, P.; Fernandes Fontes, C. J.; Martins Braga, É.

The significance of the number of submitted samples and patient-related factors for faecal bacterial diagnostics
pp. 1095-1099(5)
Authors: Ethelberg, S.; Olsen, K. E. P.; Gerner-Smidt, P.; Mølbak, K.

Persistent strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci in a neonatal intensive care unit: virulence factors and invasiveness
pp. 1100-1111(12)
Authors: Klingenberg, C.; Rønnestad, A.; Anderson, A. S.; Abrahamsen, T. G.; Zorman, J.; Villaruz, A.; Flægstad, T.; Otto, M.; Sollid, J. Ericson

Standard and real-time multiplex PCR methods for detection of trimethoprim resistance dfr genes in large collections of bacteria
pp. 1112-1118(7)
Authors: Grape, M.; Motakefi, A.; Pavuluri, S.; Kahlmeter, G.

Identification of Legionella spp. by 19 European reference laboratories: results of the European Working Group for Legionella Infections External Quality Assessment Scheme using DNA sequencing of the macrophage infectivity potentiator gene and dedicated online tools
pp. 1119-1124(6)
Authors: Fry, N. K.; Afshar, B.; Bellamy, W.; Underwood, A. P.; Ratcliff, R. M.; Harrison, T. G.

Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in immunosuppressed patients at a cancer centre: usefulness of universal urine antigen testing and early levofloxacin therapy
pp. 1125-1128(4)
Authors: Gudiol, C.; Verdaguer, R.; Angeles Domínguez, M.; Fernández-Sevilla, A.; Carratalà, J.

Detection of diverse SCCmec variants in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and comparison of SCCmec typing methods
pp. 1128-1130(3)
Authors: Kim, J.; Jeong, J. H.; Cha, H. Y.; Jin, J. S.; Lee, J. C.; Lee, Y. C.; Seol, S. Y.; Cho, D. T.

Role of superantigenic strains in the prognosis of community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
pp. 1131-1133(3)
Authors: Desachy, A.; Lina, G.; Vignon, P.; Hashemzadeh, A.; Denis, F.; Etienne, J.; Francois, B.; Ploy, M. C.

Evaluation of the Murex HIV Ag/Ab Combination assay when used with dried blood spots
pp. 1134-1136(3)
Authors: Lakshmi, V.; Sudha, T.; Bhanurekha, M.; Dandona, L.

Eleven novel OXA-51-like enzymes from clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii
pp. 1137-1138(2)
Authors: Evans, B. A.; Brown, S.; Hamouda, A.; Findlay, J.; Amyes, S. G. B.

Mumps vaccine failure or vaccination scheme failure?
pp. 1138-1139(2)
Authors: Schmid, D.; Holzmann, H.; Popow-Kraupp, TH.; Wallenko, H.; Allerberger, F.