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Selected articles

Several new articles are included in this section that we considered interesting among those published in the literature or suggested by colleagues interacting with the website. All selected articles are free access online.

Urinary tract infections (17)

Skin and soft tissues infections (19)

Respiratory tract infections (12)

Intraabdominal infections (13)

HIV infections (14)

Hepatitis (19)

Fungal infections (14)

Bone and joints infections (12)

Bacterial resistance (16)

Antibacterial therapy (16)

Presentation, pattern, and natural course of severe symptoms, and role of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance among patients presenting with suspected uncomplicated urinary tract infection in primary care: observational study

Little P, Merriman R, Turner S, Rumsby K, Warner G, Lowes JA, Smith H, Hawke C, Leydon G, Mullee M, Moore MV.

Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole or Clindamycin for Community-Associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) Skin Infections

Frei CR, Miller ML, Lewis JS 2nd, Lawson KA, Hunter JM, Oramasionwu CU, Talbert RL.

Impact of rapid antigen detection testing on antibiotic prescription in acute pharyngitis in adults. FARINGOCAT STUDY: a multicentric randomized controlled trial

Madurell J, Balagué M, Gómez M, Cots JM, Llor C.

Can procalcitonin measurement help the diagnosis of osteomyelitis and septic arthritis? A prospective tria

Faesch S, Cojocaru B, Hennequin C, Pannier S, Glorion C, Lacour B, Chéron G.

Economic evaluation of posaconazole versus fluconazole prophylaxis in patients with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in the Netherlands.

Efficacy of 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine in preventing pneumonia and improving survival in nursing home residents: double blind, randomised and placebo controlled trial

Maruyama T, Taguchi O, Niederman MS, Morser J, Kobayashi H, Kobayashi T, D'Alessandro-Gabazza C, Nakayama S, Nishikubo K, Noguchi T, Takei Y, Gabazza EC

PCR-based diagnosis of human fungal infections.

P. Khot, D. Erait

nteraction of staphylococci with bone

Wright JA, Nair SP.

A new insight into hepatitis C vaccine developmen

Yu CI, Chiang BL.

Dramatic increase of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant E. coli in German intensive care units: secular trends in antibiotic drug use and bacterial resistance, 2001 to 2008

Meyer E, Schwab F, Schroeren-Boersch B, Gastmeier P.

HIV vaccine development

Watkins DI.

High concentration of raltegravir in semen of HIV-infected men: results from a substudy of the EASIER-ANRS 138 trial

Barau C, Delaugerre C, Braun J, de Castro N, Furlan V, Charreau I, Gérard L, Lascoux-Combe C, Molina JM, Taburet AM.

Clinical management of hepatitis B virus infection correlated with liver transplantation

Zhang J, Zhou L, Zheng SS.

Fungal infections in immunocompromised patients

Silva RF.

Fluoroquinolone resistance and Clostridium difficile, Germany

Zaiss NH, Witte W, Nübel U.

A focus on intra-abdominal infections

Sartelli M.

Early viral kinetics of telbivudine and entecavir: results of a 12-week randomized exploratory study with patients with HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B.

Suh DJ, Um SH, Herrmann E, Kim JH, Lee YS, Lee HJ, Lee MS, Lee YJ, Bao W, Lopez P, Lee HC, Avila C, Zeuzem S.

Impact of different factors on the probability of clinical response in tigecycline-treated patients with intra-abdominal infections

Bhavnani SM, Rubino CM, Ambrose PG, Babinchak TJ, Korth-Bradley JM, Drusano GL.

A potential role for daptomycin in enterococcal infections: what is the evidence?

Cantòn R, Ruiz-Garbajosa P, Chaves RL, Johnson AP.

Cost effectiveness of management strategies for urinary tract infections: results from randomised controlled trial

Turner D, Little P, Raftery J, Turner S, Smith H, Rumsby K, Mullee M; UTIS group.

Complications of HIV disease and antiretroviral treatment

Luetkemeyer AF, Havlir DV, Currier JS.

Complications of HIV disease and antiretroviral treatment

Luetkemeyer AF, Havlir DV, Currier JS.

Summary of CDC consultation to address social determinants of health for prevention of disparities in HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis. December 9-10, 2008

Sharpe TT, Harrison KM, Dean HD.

Summary of CDC consultation to address social determinants of health for prevention of disparities in HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis. December 9-10, 2008

Sharpe TT, Harrison KM, Dean HD.

Aspergillosis: from diagnosis to treatment

Sales Mda P.

Effect of antibiotic prescribing in primary care on antimicrobial resistance in individual patients: systematic review and meta-analysis

Costelloe C, Metcalfe C, Lovering A, Mant D, Hay AD.

Advances in antiretroviral therapy

Wilkin TJ, Shalev N, Tieu HV, Hammer SM.

The influence of abacavir and other antiretroviral agents on virological response to HCV therapy among antiretroviral-treated HIV-infected patients

Amorosa VK, Slim J, Mounzer K, Bruno C, Hoffman-Terry M, Dorey-Stein Z, Ferrara T, Kostman JR, Lo Re V

Impact of inappropriate empirical therapy for sepsis due to health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

J. Rodrıguez-Bana, A. B. Millana, M. A. Domınguez, C. Borraz, M. P. Gonzalez, B. Almirante, E. Cercenado, B. Padilla, M. Pujol, on behalf of GEIH/GEMARA/REIPI

Nitazoxanide versus Vancomycin in Clostridium difficile Infection: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study

D. M. Musher, N. Logan, A. M. Bressler, D. P. Johnson, J.F. Rossigno