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Comparison of the E Test and Agar Dilution Method for Antimicrobial Suceptibility Testing of Helicobacter pylori
A multicentre study was carried out in order to validate the E test in comparison with the reference agar dilution method for testing the susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori to amoxicillin, clarithromycin, and ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Adjuvant Chemotherapy in High-risk Stage I Non-seminomatous Germ Cell Tumours: the Spanish Germ Cell Cancer Group Experience
Patients with clinical stage I non-seminomatous germ cell tumour (NSGCT) with pathological high-risk features have a risk of recurrence on observation of approximately 40 per cent. This study evaluated the eff...
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Comparison of Three Methods for Identification of Streptococcus milleri Group Isolates to Species Level
A collection of 180 clinical isolates of Streptococcus milleri group were identified to species level using two phenotypic methods (a commercial system and the reference method based on differential phenotypic r...
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Five-Year Analysis of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of the Streptococcus milleri Group
Susceptibility to 17 antibiotics was studied in 180 strains of the Streptococcus milleri group (88 Streptococcus anginosus, 63 Streptococcus constellatus, and 29 Streptococcus intermedius) isolated over a 5-year...
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High-Level Mupirocin Resistance among Spanish Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Twelve strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with high-level resistance to mupirocin were studied. The MIC of methicillin was 16 to 128 mg/l and the MIC of mupirocin ≥512 mg/l. All of the isolat...
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In vitro activity of mupirocin against methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus isolated from a hospital in Spain
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In vitro activity of ebrotidine, ranitidine, omeprazole, lansoprazole, and bismuth citrate against clinical isolates ofHelicobacter pylori
The aim of this study was to determine the in vitro activity of ranitidine, ebrotidine, bismuth citrate, omeprazole, and lansoprazole against 113 clinical isolates ofHelicobacter pylori cultured from gastric biop...
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Carbapenem resistance mediated by Beta-lactamases in clinical isolates ofAcinetobacter baumannii in Spain
Four patients colonized/infected with carbapenem-resistant strains ofAcinetobacter baumannii are described. The first patient had a decubitus ulcer infection and had been on intravenous imipenem for 50 days. Two ...
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In vitro activity of omeprazole in combination with several antimicrobial agents against clinical isolates ofHelicobacter pylori
An agar dilution checkerboard method was used to evaluate the in vitro activity of omeprazole combined with clarithromycin, amoxicillin, and ceftibuten, respectively, against clinical isolates ofHelicobacter pylo...
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Scedosporium apiospermum pneumonia after autologous bone marrow transplantation
Although opportunistic infections after bone marrow transplantation (BMT) are very common, only five cases ofPseudallescheria boydii infection have been reported in the literature, two of which were autopsy findi...
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Emergence of resistant isolates ofAcinetobacter calcoaceticus-A. baumannii complex in a Spanish Hospital over a five-year period
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-A. baumannii complex species have emerged as a relevant cause of nosocomial infection and colonization over the past 20 years, mainly in intensive care units. The aim of this study wa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Role of G-CSF and GM-CSF in the treatment of febrile neutropenia induced by chemotherapy ; preliminary results of a randomized trial
Febrile neutropenia (FN) is the second most frequent cause of death in patients receiving chemotherapy [1]. Mortality of FN remains about 5–10 % in spite of modern antibiotic regimens, and moreover the human a...
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High Level Quinolone Resistance among Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates
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Treatment
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Susceptibility ofHelicobacter pylori to metronidazole
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Fiberoptic bronchoscopic diagnosis of pulmonary disease in 151 HIV-infected patients with pneumonitis
In a prospective study the efficacy of fiberoptic bronchoscopy was evaluated in the diagnosis of infections with opportunistic pathogens, Kaposi's sarcoma and nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis in 171 episod...
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Isolation of fluoroquinolone-resistantEscherichia coli andKlebsiella pneumoniae from an infected hickman catheter
Escherichia coli andKlebsiella pneumoniae resistant to fluoroquinolones were isolated from an infected Hickman catheter in a 43-year-old diabetic patient who had previously been treated with a 24-day course of c...
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Ethidium bromide stain for early detection of septicemia
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Acridine orange stain in the early detection of bacteria in blood cultures
