Clinical Microbiology & Infection

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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Author: Towner, Kevin

The importance of central venous catheter removal in patients with candidaemia: time to rethink our practice?
pp. 2-4(3)
Authors: Pasqualotto, A. C.; Severo, L. C.

Limiting the attributable mortality of nosocomial infection and multidrug resistance in intensive care units
pp. 5-13(9)
Author: Blot, S.

Risk-factors and predictors of mortality in patients colonised with vancomycin-resistant enterococci
pp. 14-21(8)
Authors: Sakka, V.; Tsiodras, S.; Galani, L.; Antoniadou, A.; Souli, M.; Galani, I.; Pantelaki, M.; Siafakas, N.; Zerva, L.; Giamarellou, H.

Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical swabs using a high-throughput real-time PCR-based method
pp. 22-28(7)
Authors: Ornskov, D.; Kolmos, B.; Bendix Horn, P.; Nederby Nielsen, J.; Brandslund, I.; Schouenborg, P.

Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among veterinarians: an international study
pp. 29-34(6)
Authors: Wulf, M. W. H.; Sørum, M.; van Nes, A.; Skov, R.; Melchers, W. J. G.; Klaassen, C. H. W.; Voss, A.

Community-acquired bacterial meningitis in cirrhotic patients
pp. 35-40(6)
Authors: Cabellos, C.; Viladrich, P. F.; Ariza, J.; Maiques, J.-M.; Verdaguer, R.; Gudiol, F.

Changes in Escherichia coli resistance patterns during and after antibiotic therapy: a longitudinal study among outpatients in Germany
pp. 41-48(8)
Authors: Raum, E.; Lietzau, S.; von Baum, H.; Marre, R.; Brenner, H.

Capacity of multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii to form biofilm and adhere to epithelial cell surfaces
pp. 49-54(6)
Authors: Lee, H.-W.; Koh, Y. M.; Kim, J.; Lee, J.-C.; Lee, Y.-C.; Seol, S.-Y.; Cho, D.-T.

A first insight into the genetic diversity and population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Zonguldak, Turkey
pp. 55-59(5)
Authors: Aktaş, E.; Zozio, T.; Cömert, F. B.; Külah, C.; Aydın, O.; Rastogi, N.; Sola, C.

Patterns of genotype distribution in multiple human papillomavirus infections
pp. 60-65(6)
Authors: Oliveira, L. H. S.; Rosa, M. L. G.; Cavalcanti, S. M. B.

Characterisation of invasive group B streptococci based on investigation of surface proteins and genes encoding surface proteins
pp. 66-73(8)
Authors: Persson, E.; Berg, S.; Bevanger, L.; Bergh, K.; Valsö-Lyng, R.; Trollfors, B.

Streptococcus pneumoniae: proteomics of surface proteins for vaccine development
pp. 74-81(8)
Authors: Morsczeck, C.; Prokhorova, T.; Sigh, J.; Pfeiffer, M.; Bille-Nielsen, M.; Petersen, J.; Boysen, A.; Kofoed, T.; Frimodt-Møller, N.; Nyborg-Nielsen, P.; Schrotz-King, P.

Emergence of a serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae lineage colonising healthy children in Portugal in the seven-valent conjugate vaccination era
pp. 82-84(3)
Authors: Nunes, S.; Sá-Leão, R.; Pereira, L. C.; Lencastre, H. de

Prevalence and mechanisms of erythromycin and clindamycin resistance in clinical isolates of β-haemolytic streptococci of Lancefield groups A, B, C and G in Seville, Spain
pp. 85-87(3)
Authors: Merino Díaz, L.; Torres Sánchez, M. J.; Aznar Martín, J.

Acquisition of different carbapenem resistance mechanisms by an epidemic clonal lineage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
pp. 88-90(3)
Authors: Edalucci, E.; Spinelli, R.; Dolzani, L.; Riccio, M. Letizia; Dubois, V.; Tonin, E. Angelo; Rossolini, G. M.; Lagatolla, C.

A PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay to genotype human metapneumovirus
pp. 91-93(3)
Authors: Montes, M.; Vicente, D.; Esnal, O.; Cilla, G.; Pérez-Trallero, E.

Time-trends for Gram-negative and multidrug-resistant Gram-positive bacteria associated with nosocomial infections in German intensive care units between 2000 and 2005
pp. 93-96(4)
Authors: Kohlenberg, A.; Schwab, F.; Geffers, C.; Behnke, M.; Rüden, H.; Gastmeier, P.

Point-of-care tests for influenza virus among travellers
pp. 97-97(1)
Authors: Rashid, H.; Haworth, E.; Booy, R.

CMI Reviewers 2007
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