Antimicrobial Resistance among Gram-Negative Bacilli Causing Infections in Intensive Care Unit Patients in the United States between 1993 and 2004

Journal of Clinical Microbiology  1 Oct  2007  Vol.45  N.10  p.3352-3359

Shawn R. Lockhart,1* Murray A. Abramson,2 Susan E. Beekmann,1 Gale Gallagher,2 Stefan Riedel,1 Daniel J. Diekema,1 John P. Quinn,3 and Gary V. Doern1

University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Iowa City, Iowa,1 Merck and Co., Inc., Merck Research Laboratories, Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania,2 Cook County Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Chicago, Illinois3

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http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/10/3352

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis in Sweden, 1990–2001: Incidence, Morbidity, and Mortality

Clinical Infectious Diseases   2007 Vol.45 p.875-880

Anders Hjalmarsson,1 Paul Blomqvist,2 and Birgit Sköldenberg1

1Infectious Diseases Unit and 2Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

abstract
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v45n7/50641/brief/50641.abstract.html

West Nile Encephalitis: An Emerging Disease in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases  2001 Vol.33 p.1713-1719

Anthony A. Marfin and Duane J. Gubler

Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Outcome of and Prognostic Factors for Herpes Simplex Encephalitis in Adult Patients: Results of a Multicenter Study

Clinical Infectious Diseases  2002  Vol.35  p.254-260

Franck Raschilas,1,2 Michel Wolff,2 Frédérique Delatour,3 Cendrine Chaffaut,4 Thomas De Broucker,5 Sylvie Chevret,4 Pierre Lebon,1 Philippe Canton,6 and Flore Rozenberg,1 for the French Herpes Simplex Encephalitis Study Groupa

1Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, 2Service de Réanimation des Maladies Infectieuses and 3INSERM U13, Hôpital BichatClaude Bernard, and 4Département de Biostatistiques et Informatique Médicale, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris; 5Service de Neurologie, Hopital Delafontaine, Saint-Denis; and 6Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brabois, Nancy, France

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Differences in Laboratory Findings for Cerebrospinal Fluid Specimens Obtained from Patients with Meningitis or Encephalitis Due to Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Documented by Detection of HSV DNA

Clinical Infectious Diseases   2002 Vol.35  p.414-419

Jeffry P. Simko,1,2 Angela M. Caliendo,4 Kay Hogle,3 and James Versalovic2,3

1Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, and 3Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and 4Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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In Search of Encephalitis Etiologies: Diagnostic Challenges in the California Encephalitis Project, 19982000

Clinical Infectious Diseases  2003 Vol.36  p.731-742

Carol A. Glaser,1 Sabrina Gilliam,1 David Schnurr,1 Bagher Forghani,1 Somayeh Honarmand,1 Nino Khetsuriani,2 Marc Fischer,3 Cynthia K. Cossen,1 and Larry J. Anderson2

1Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, Richmond, California; and 2Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch and 3Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

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Investigation of Reduced Susceptibility to Glycopeptides among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Patients in Ireland and Evaluation of Agar Screening Methods for Detection of Heterogeneously Glycopeptide-Intermediate S. aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology  1 Oct  2007  Vol.45  N.10  p.3263-3269

Margaret M. Fitzgibbon, Angela S. Rossney,* and Brian O’Connell

National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St James’s Hospital, James’s St., Dublin 8, Ireland, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 1, Ireland

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http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/10/3263

A Longitudinal Study of Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection in a Cohort of Closely Followed Adolescent Women

Journal of Infectious Diseases 15 Jan 2005 Vol.191 N.2  p.182-192

Darron R. Brown,1,3 Marcia L. Shew,4 Brahim Qadadri,1 Nicole Neptune,1 Maria Vargas,5 Wanzhu Tu,2,6 Beth E. Juliar,2 Timothy E. Breen,2 and J. Dennis Fortenberry4

Divisions of 1Infectious Diseases and 2Biostatistics, Department of Medicine, 3Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 4Department of Pediatrics, 5Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and 6Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis

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Use of Long-Acting Tetracyclines for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Case Series and Review of the Literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases 15 May 2005 Vol.40  N.10  p.1429-1434

Jörg J. Ruhe, Thomas Monson, Robert W. Bradsher, and Anupama Menon

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas

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