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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, Clinical Microbiology Reviews and the European Journal of Clinical Mircobiology and Infectious Diseases

(1) A. Kedzierska, P. Kochan, A. Pietrzyk, J. Kedzierska. Current status of fungal cell wall components in the immunodiagnostics of invasive fungal infections in humans: galactomannan, mannan and (1?3)-ß-D-glucan antigens. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases .

(2) Abbo A, Carmeli Y, Navon-Venezia S, Siegman-Igra Y, Schwaber M. Impact of multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii on clinical outcomes. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):793-800.

(3) Al-Anazi KA, Al-Jasser AM, Evans, David Alan Price. Infections caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with hematological disorders and in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplant, a twelve year retrospective study. Annuls of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007;6(16).

(4) Allegaert K, van den Anker, J. Predictability of vancomycin pharmacokinetics in neonates. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):847-848.

(5) Barbut F, Mastrantonio P, Delmee M, Brazier J, Kuijper E, Poxton I, et al. Prospective study of Clostridium difficile infections in Europe with phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of the isolates. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1048-1057.

(6) Beaumont M, Duggal H, Mahmood H, Olowokure B. A survey of the preparedness for an influenza pandemic of general practitioners in the West Midlands, UK. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):819-823.

(7) Becker S, Ejlertsen T, Kristensen B, Nørgaard M, Nielsen H. Is the incidence of perimyocarditis increased following Campylobacter jejuni infection? European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):927-929.

(8) Bentur HN, Dalzell AM, Riordan FAI. Central venous catheter infection with Bacillus pumilus in an immunocompentent child: a case report. Annuls of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007;6(12).

(9) Bergman A, Fernandez V, Holmström K, Claesson B, Enroth H. Rapid identification of pathogenic yeast isolates by real-time PCR and two-dimensional melting-point analysis. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):813-818.

(10) Bisiklis A, Papageorgiou F, Frantzidou F, AlexiouDaniel S. Specific detection of blaVIM and blaIMP metallo-[beta]-lactamase genes in a single real-time PCR. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1201-1203.

(11) Bliziotis I, Ntziora F, Lawrence K, Falagas M. Rifampin as adjuvant treatment of Gram-positive bacterial infections: a systematic review of comparative clinical trials. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):849-856.

(12) Borchardt J, Helbig J, Lack P. Occurrence and distribution of sequence types among Legionella pneumophila strains isolated from patients in Germany: common features and differences to other regions of the world. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2008 01/29;27(1):29-36.

(13) Burd EM. Human papillomavirus detection and utility of testing. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, 2007 11/1;29(21):159-167.

(14) Burken MI. A medicare contractor's approach to developing local coverage determinations for infectious-disease molecular diagnostics. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, 2007 11/15;29(22):169-173.

(15) Burteau S, Bogaerts P, de Mendonça R, Irenge L, Berhin C, Hiffe J, et al. Design and validation of a low density array (Nosochip) for the detection and identification of the main pathogenic bacteria and fungi responsible for nosocomial pneumonia. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2008 01/29;27(1):17-27.

(16) CatalanoPons C, Giraud C, Rozenberg F, Meritet JF, Lebon P, Gendrel D. Detection of human bocavirus in children with Kawasaki disease. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1220-1222.

(17) Cheng VC, Lau SKP, Woo PCY, YuenKY. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus as a agent of emerging and reemerging infection. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2007;20(4):660.

(18) Cimolai N, Cimolai T. The cranberry and the urinary tract. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):767-776.

(19) Coburn B, Sekirov I, Finlay BB. Type III Secretion Systems and Disease. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2007;20(4):535.

(20) Collins WE, Jeffery GM. Plasmodium malariae: parasite and disease. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2007;20(4):579.

(21) de Miranda OP, SilvaCarvalho MC, Ribeiro A, Portela F, Cordeiro RP, Caetano N, et al. Emergence in Brazil of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying SCCmecIV that are related genetically to the USA800 clone. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1165-1172.

(22) Desachy A, Lina G, Vignon P, Hashemzadeh A, Denis F, Etienne J, et al. Role of superantigenic strains in the prognosis of community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1131-1133.

(23) Descloux E, Perpoint T, Ferry T, Lina G, Bes M, Vandenesch F, et al. One in five mortality in non-menstrual toxic shock syndrome versus no mortality in menstrual cases in a balanced French series of 55 cases. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2008 01/29;27(1):37-43.

(24) Drobniewski F, RuschGerdes S, Hoffner S. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (EUCAST document E.DEF 8.1) - Report of the Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1144-1156.

(25) Druzhinina IS, LaFe K, Willinger B, Komoń-Zelazowska M, Ammirati J, Kubicek CP, et al. An Unknown Hypocreaceae species isolated from human lung tissue of a patient with non-fatal pulmonary fibrosis. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, 2007 12/1;29(23):180-184.

(26) Dykes C, Demeter LM. Clinical significance of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 replication fitness. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2007;20(4):550.

(27) Eagye KJ, Nicolau DP, Lockhart SR, Quinn JP, Doern GV, Gallagher G, et al. A pharmacodynamic analysis or resistence trends in pathogens from patients with infection in intensive care units in the United States between 1993 and 2004. Annuls of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007;6(11).

(28) Elwin K, Chalmers RM, Hadfield SJ, Hughes S, Hesketh LM, Rothburn MM, et al. Serological responses to Cryptosporidium in human populations living in areas reporting high and low incidences of symptomatic cryptosporidiosis. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1179-1185.

(29) Ethelberg S, Olsen KEP, GernerSmidt P, Molbak K. The significance of the number of submitted samples and patient-related factors for faecal bacterial diagnostics. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1095-1099.

(30) Evans BA, Brown S, Hamouda A, Findlay J, Amyes SGB. Eleven novel OXA-51-like enzymes from clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1137-1138.

(31) Falagas M, Karveli E, Kelesidis I, Kelesidis T. Community-acquired Acinetobacter infections. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):857-868.

(32) Fenoll A, Giménez M, Robledo O, Aguilar L, Tarragó D, Granizo J, et al. Influence of penicillin/amoxicillin non-susceptibility on the activity of third-generation cephalosporins against Streptococcus pneumoniae. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2008 01/29;27(1):75-80.

(33) Figueiredo Soares T, Aguiar Rocha G, Camargos Rocha AM, CorreaOliveira R, MartinsFilho OA, Teles Carvalho AS, et al. Differences in peripheral blood lymphocyte phenotypes between Helicobacter pylori-positive children and adults with duodenal ulcer. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1083-1088.

(34) Friedrich N, Kramer A, Mentel R, Gürtler L, John U, Völzke H. No influence of atopic diseases on antibody titres following tetanus, diphtheria and hepatitis B immunisation among adults. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):887-894.

(35) Fry NK, Afshar B, Bellamy W, Underwood AP, Ratcliff RM, Harrison TG, et al. 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. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1119-1124.

(36) Garzoni C, Nobre V, Garbino J. Candida parapsilosis endocarditis: a comparative review of the literature. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):915-926.

(37) Glupczynski Y, Huang T-, Berhin C, Claeys G, Delmée M, Ide L, et al. In vitro activity of temocillin against prevalent extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing Enterobacteriaceae from Belgian intensive care units. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):777-783.

(38) Grape M, Motakefi A, Pavuluri S, Kahlmeter G. Standard and real-time multiplex PCR methods for detection of trimethoprim resistance dfr genes in large collections of bacteria. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1112-1118.

(39) Grynberg P, Fernandes Fontes CJ, Martins Braga E. Association between particular polymorphic residues on apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA-1) and platelet levels in patients with vivax malaria. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1089-1094.

(40) Gudiol C, Verdaguer R, Angeles Dominguez M, FernandezSevilla A, Carratala J. Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in immunosuppressed patients at a cancer centre: usefulness of universal urine antigen testing and early levofloxacin therapy. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1125-1128.

(41) Higgins PG, Wisplinghoff H, Krut O, Seifert H. A PCR-based method to differentiate between Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter genomic species 13TU. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1199-1201.

(42) Horn D, Neofytos D, Fishman J, Steinbach W, Anaisie E, Marr K, et al. Use of the PATH Alliance database to measure adherence to IDSA guidelines for the therapy of candidemia. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):907-914.

(43) Houdouin V, Bonacorsi S, Bidet P, Bingen E. Antimicrobial susceptibility of 136 Escherichia coli isolates from cases of neonatal meningitis and relationship with virulence. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1207-1210.

(44) Imran H, Tleyjeh I, Arndt C, Baddour L, Erwin P, Tsigrelis C, et al. Fluoroquinolone prophylaxis in patients with neutropenia: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2008 01/29;27(1):53-63.

(45) Iversen M, Burton C, Vand S, Skovfoged L, Carlsen J, Milman N, et al. Aspergillus infection in lung transplant patients: incidence and prognosis. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):879-886.

(46) Jenkins C, Chart H, Willshaw G, Cheasty T, Tompkins D. Association of putative pathogenicity genes with adherence characteristics and fimbrial genotypes in typical enteroaggregative Escherichia coli from patients with and without diarrhoea in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):901-906.

(47) Johny, Shajahan: Merisko, Amber, Whitman DW. Efficacy of eleven anitmicrobials against a gregarine parasite (Apicomplexa: Protozoa). Annuls of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007;6(15).

(48) K. Allegaert, van den J. Predictability of vancomycin pharmacokinetics in neonates. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/11;26(11):847-848.

(49) Kang C-, Cheong H, Chung D, Peck K, Song J-, Oh M-, et al. Clinical features and outcome of community-onset bloodstream infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2008 01/29;27(1):85-88.

(50) Kannangara S, Shindler D, Kunimoto D, Sell B, DeSimone J. Candidemia complicated by endophthalmitis: a prospective analysis. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):839-841.

(51) Karakus R, Caglar K, Aybay C. Evaluation of human antibody responses to diphtheria toxin subunits A and B in various age groups. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1065-1071.

(52) KÄdzierska A, Kochan P, Pietrzyk A, KÄdzierska J. Current status of fungal cell wall components in the immunodiagnostics of invasive fungal infections in humans: galactomannan, mannan and (1→3)-β-D-glucan antigens. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):755-766.

(53) Kim J, Jeong JH, Cha HY, Jin JS, Lee JC, Lee YC, et al. Detection of diverse SCCmec variants in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and comparison of SCCmec typing methods. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1128-1130.

(54) Klingenberg C, Ronnestad A, Anderson AS, Abrahamsen TG, Zorman J, Villaruz A, et al. Persistent strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci in a neonatal intensive care unit: virulence factors and invasiveness. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1100-1111.

(55) Krucsó B, Gacs M, Libisch B, Hunyadi Z, Molnár K, FÃzi M, et al. Molecular characterisation of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from Hungary obtained in 2004 and 2005. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):807-811.

(56) Krziwanek K, Luger C, Sammer B, Stumvoll S, Stammler M, Metz-Gercek S, et al. PVL-positive MRSA in Austria. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):931-935.

(57) Kuo Y-, Shieh S-, Chiu H-, Lee J-. Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus : epidemiology, clinical findings, treatment and prevention. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):785-792.

(58) Lakshmi V, Sudha T, Bhanurekha M, Dandona L. Evaluation of the Murex HIV Ag/Ab Combination assay when used with dried blood spots. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1134-1136.

(59) Lentino J, Narita M, Yu V. New antimicrobial agents as therapy for resistant gram-positive cocci. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2008 01/29;27(1):3-15.

(60) Lestari E, Severin J, Filius P, Kuntaman K, Duerink D, Hadi U, et al. Antimicrobial resistance among commensal isolates of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in the Indonesian population inside and outside hospitals. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2008 01/29;27(1):45-51.

(61) Locke B, Lowy F. Use of colony morphology to characterize carriage profiles of coagulase negative staphylococci. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):895-899.

(62) Martin A, Chaves F, Inigo J, Alonso M, Sola C, Rastogi N, et al. Molecular, epidemiological and infectivity characterisation of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain prevalent in Madrid. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1210-1213.

(63) Mavroidi A, Paraskakis I, Pangalis A, Kirikou E, Charisiadou A, Athanasiou T, et al. Spread of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Taiwan19F-14 clone among children in Greece. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1213-1216.

(64) Miller NS, Dobre MC, Liebschutz JM, Williams TC, Orr BL, Farber HW. Micrococcus bacteremia in a patient with pulmonary hypertension and a long-term central venous catheter: Opportunity knocks, and an unexpected pathogen enters. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, 2007 11/15;29(22):173-175.

(65) Monecke S, Slickers P, Ellington MJ, Kearns AM, Ehricht R. High diversity of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive, methicillin-susceptible isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and implications for the evolution of community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1157-1164.

(66) Morelli P, Bestetti G, Longhi E, Parravicini C, Corbellino M, Meroni L. Persistent parvovirus B19-induced anemia in an HIV-infected patient under HAART. Case report and review of literature. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):833-837.

(67) Mullen T, Markey K, Murphy P, McClean S, Callaghan M. Role of lipase in Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) invasion of lung epithelial cells. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):869-877.

(68) Neoh H, Hori S, Komatsu M, Oguri T, Takeuchi F, Cui L, et al. Impact of reduced vancomycin susceptibility on the therapeutic outcome of MRSA bloodstream infections. Annuls of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007;6(13).

(69) Niyogi SK. Increasing antimicrobial resistance-an emerging problem in the treatment of shigellosis. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1141-1143.

(70) Nucci M, Anaissie E. Fusarium infections in immunocompromised patients. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2007;20(4):695.

(71) Paltansing S, van den Berg RJ, Guseinova RA, Visser CE, van der Vorm ER, Kuijper EJ. Characteristics and incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in The Netherlands, 2005. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1058-1064.

(72) Paul M, Gafter-Gvili A, Fraser A, Leibovici L. The anti-cancer effects of quinolone antibiotics? European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):825-831.

(73) Peralta G, Roiz MP, Sanchez MB, Garrido JC, Ceballos B, RodriguezLera MJ, et al. Time-to-positivity in patients with Escherichia coli bacteraemia. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1077-1082.

(74) Presterl E, Daxbock F, Graninger W, Willinger B. Changing pattern of candidaemia 2001-2006 and use of antifungal therapy at the University Hospital of Vienna, Austria. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1072-1076.

(75) Ranque S, Pelletier R, Michel-Nguyen A, Dromer F. Platelia Aspergillus assay for diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):941-943.

(76) Rautemaa R, Lauhio A, Cullinan MP, Seymour GJ. Oral infections and systemic disease-an emerging problem in medicine. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1041-1047.

(77) Rieger C, Geiger S, Herold T, Nickenig C, Ostermann H. Breakthrough infection of Trichosporon asahii during posaconazole treatment in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):843-845.

(78) Riordan T. Human infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum (Necrobacillosis), with a focus on Lemierre's Syndrome. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2007;20(4):622.

(79) Ruiz M, Marti S, FernandezCuenca F, Pascual A, Vila J. High prevalence of carbapenem-hydrolysing oxacillinases in epidemiologically related and unrelated Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in Spain. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1192-1198.

(80) Ruzek D, Piskunova N, Zampachova E. High variability in viral load in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with herpes simplex and varicella-zoster infections of the central nervous system. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1217-1219.

(81) S. Kannangara, D. Shindler, D. Kunimoto, B. Sell, J. DeSimone. Candidemia complicated by endophthalmitis: a prospective analysis. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/11;26(11):839-841.

(82) Sahagún J, Clavel A, GoÃi P, Seral C, Llorente M, Castillo F, et al. Correlation between the presence of symptoms and the Giardia duodenalis genotype. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2008 01/29;27(1):81-83.

(83) Saito R, Okugawa S, Kumita W, Sato K, Chida T, Okamura N, et al. Clinical epidemiology of ciprofloxacin-resistant Proteus mirabilis isolated from urine samples of hospitalised patients. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1204-1206.

(84) Santin M, Mestre M, Shaw E, Barbera M, Casanova A, Niubo J, et al. Impact of hepatitis C virus coinfection on immune restoration during successful antiretroviral therapy in chronic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 disease. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2008 01/29;27(1):65-73.

(85) Schmid D, Holzmann H, PopowKraupp TH, Wallenko H, Allerberger F. Mumps vaccine failure or vaccination scheme failure? Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1138-1139.

(86) Schuurman T, Lankamp P, van Belkum A, KooistraSmid M, van Zwet A. Comparison of microscopy, real-time PCR and a rapid immunoassay for the detection of Giardia lamblia in human stool specimens. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1186-1191.

(87) Simon A, Lehrnbecher T, Bode U, Groll A, Tramsen L, Wieland R, et al. Piperacillin-tazobactam in pediatric cancer patients younger than 25Âmonths: a retrospective multicenter survey. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/12;26(11):801-806.

(88) Somoskovi A, Carlyn C, Dormandy J, Salfinger M. Mediastinal mass mimicking a tumor in a patient with bladder cancer after bacillus Calmette-Guerin treatment. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 12/08;26(12):937-940.

(89) Struelens MJ. The ORION guidelines: raising research standards for the control of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens and healthcare-associated infection. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 November;13(11):1039-1040.

(90) Trevino EA, WeissfeldAS. The Case for point-of-care testing in infectious-disease diagnosis. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, 2007 12/1;29(23):177-179.

(91) van Belkum A. A sad farewell and a new start. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2008 01/29;27(1):1-2.

(92) Wahl RU, Lutticken R, Stanzel S, van der Linden M, Reinert RR. Epidemiology of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections in Germany, 1996-2002: results from a voluntary laboratory surveillance system. Clinical Microbiology & Infection 2007 December;13(12):1173-1178.

(93) Wei G, Campagna AN, Bobek LA. Factors affecting antimicrobial activity of MUC7 12-mer, a human salivary mucin-derivced peptide. Annuls of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007;6(14).

(94) Wexler HM. Bacteroides: the Good, the Bad and Nitty-Gritty. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2007;20(4):593.

(95) Y. Glupczynski, T.-D. Huang, C. Berhin, G. Claeys, M. Delmée, L. Ide, et al. In vitro activity of temocillin against prevalent extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing Enterobacteriaceae from Belgian intensive care units. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2007 11/11;26(11):777-783.