Preparedness for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Pandemic in Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases  Oct  2007  Vol.13  N.10 

Perspective

Robert F. Breiman,*  Abdulsalami Nasidi,† Mark A. Katz,* M. Kariuki Njenga,* and John Vertefeuille‡

*US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya; †Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria; and ‡US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Abuja, Nigeria

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Nitazoxanide: A New Thiazolide Antiparasitic Agent

Clinical Infectious Diseases 15 Apr 2005 Vol.40  N.8  p.1173-1180

LeAnne M. Fox1,2 and Louis D. Saravolatz3

1Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; 2Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; and 3Department of Medicine, St. John Hospital and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan

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Voriconazole for Invasive Bone Aspergillosis: A Worldwide Experience of 20 Cases

Clinical Infectious Diseases 15 Apr 2005 Vol.40  N.8  p.1141-1147

Houria Mouas,1,4 Irja Lutsar,6 Bertrand Dupont,1 Olivier Fain,4 Raoul Herbrecht,5 Francois-Xavier Lescure,2 and Olivier Lortholary,1,3 for The Voriconazole/Bone Invasive Aspergillosis Study Group

1Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Necker, 2Fédération de Médecine Interne, Pathologie Infectieuse et Tropicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d’Amiens, Amiens, 3Centre National de Référence Mycologie et Antifongiques, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 4Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Jean-Verdier, Bondy, and 5Département d’Hématologie et d’Oncologie, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France; and 6Pfizer Global Research and Development, Sandwich, United Kingdom

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A Prospective, Randomized, and Comparative Study of 3 Different Methods for the Diagnosis of Intravascular Catheter Colonization

Clinical Infectious Diseases 15 Apr 2005 Vol.40  N.8  p.1096-1100

Emilio Bouza,1 Neisa Alvarado,1 Luis Alcalá,1 Matilde Sánchez-Conde,1 María Jesús Pérez,2 Patricia Muñoz,1 Pablo Martín-Rabadán,1 and Marta Rodríguez-Créixems1

1Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department and 2Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

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Role of superantigenic strains in the prognosis of community-acquired methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection  Nov 2007 Vol.13  N.11  p.1131–1133

A. Desachy11Dupuytren Teaching Hospital, Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Limoges, G. Lina22INSERM, U851 and Université Lyon 1, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Faculté Laennec, Lyon, P. Vignon11Dupuytren Teaching Hospital, Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Limoges, A. Hashemzadeh11Dupuytren Teaching Hospital, Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Limoges, F. Denis33Dupuytren Teaching Hospital, Department of Microbiology, Limoges, France, J. Etienne22INSERM, U851 and Université Lyon 1, Centre National de Référence des Staphylocoques, Faculté Laennec, Lyon, B. Francois11Dupuytren Teaching Hospital, Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Limoges and M. C. Ploy33Dupuytren Teaching Hospital, Department of Microbiology, Limoges, France

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Prevention measures for ventilator-associated pneumonia: a new focus on the endotracheal tube.

CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE  Apr 2007  Vol.20  N.2  p.190-197

Ramirez, Paula a; Ferrer, Miquel b; Torres, Antoni b

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Can Routine Laboratory Tests Discriminate between Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Other Causes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia?

Clinical Infectious Diseases 15 Apr 2005 Vol.40  N.8  p.1079-1086

Matthew P. Muller,1,2,4 George Tomlinson,1,2,4,5 Thomas J. Marrie,7 Patrick Tang,3 Allison McGeer,3,4 Donald E. Low,1,3,6 Allan S. Detsky,1,2,3,4 and Wayne L. Gold1,5

Departments of 1Medicine, 2Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, and 3Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, 4Mount Sinai Hospital, 5University Health Network, and 6Toronto Medical Laboratories and Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Microbiology, Toronto, Ontario, and 7Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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Effect of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Genotype on HCV and HIV-1 Disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases 1 Jan 2005 Vol.191  N.1  p.4-10

Thomas W. Yoo,1 Sharyne Donfield,2 Alice Lail,2 Henry S. Lynn,3 and Eric S. Daar,1 for the Hemophilia Growth and Development Studya

1Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at HarborUniversity of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Divisions of HIV Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles; 2Rho, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; 3The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Hong Kong, China

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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Genotypes and Disease Progression in HIV/HCV-Coinfected Patients

Journal of Infectious Diseases 1 Jan 2005 Vol.191  N.1  p.1-3

EDITORIAL COMMENTARY

Marina Núñez and Vincent Soriano

Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

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