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14.05.2008

1 Am J Clin Pathol
2 Am J Public Health
4 Am J Respir Crit Care Med
5 Ann Intern Med
12 Antimicrob Agents Chemother
1 Biochemistry
1 Biochemistry (Mosc)
1 BMJ
4 Clin Infect Dis
1 Dtsch Med Wochenschr
2 Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
22 Infect Immun
2 J Antimicrob Chemother
2 J Biol Chem
6 J Clin Microbiol
2 J Immunol
3 J Infect Dis
6 J Neurosurg Pediatrics
2 JAMA
1 Nature


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    Am J Clin Pathol

  1. WHEAT LJ
    Invalid comparison of the IMMY Histoplasma antigen assay with the "gold standard".
    Am J Clin Pathol. 2008;129:661-3.
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    Am J Public Health

  2. KRITZ S , Brown LS Jr, Goldsmith RJ, Bini EJ, et al
    States and substance abuse treatment programs: funding and guidelines for infection-related services.
    Am J Public Health. 2008;98:824-6.
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  3. SEMENZA JC , Giesecke J
    Intervening to reduce inequalities in infections in Europe.
    Am J Public Health. 2008;98:787-92.
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    Am J Respir Crit Care Med

  4. STOUT JE , Menzies D
    Predicting tuberculosis: does the IGRA tell the tale?
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008;177:1055-7.
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  5. ABUSRIWIL H , Stockley RA
    Bacterial load and exacerbations of COPD.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008;177:1048-9.
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  6. FAHY RJ , Exline MC, Gavrilin MA, Bhatt NY, et al
    Inflammasome mRNA expression in human monocytes during early septic shock.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008;177:983-8.
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  7. TUNNEY MM , Field TR, Moriarty TF, Patrick S, et al
    Detection of anaerobic bacteria in high numbers in sputum from patients with cystic fibrosis.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008;177:995-1001.
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    Ann Intern Med

  8. YOU DM , Franzos MA, Holman RP
    Successful treatment of fulminant Clostridium difficile infection with fecal bacteriotherapy.
    Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:632-3.
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  9. MORTENSEN EM , Restrepo MI, Anzueto A
    When to switch therapy in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia.
    Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:625.
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  10. CALVET X , Villoria A, Vergara M
    Could increasing the duration of triple therapy be a clinically useful strategy?
    Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:624.
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  11. WORKOWSKI KA , Berman SM, Douglas JM Jr
    Emerging antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: urgent need to strengthen prevention strategies.
    Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:606-13.
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  12. JAMES MT , Conley J, Tonelli M, Manns BJ, et al
    Meta-analysis: antibiotics for prophylaxis against hemodialysis catheter-related infections.
    Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:596-605.
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    Antimicrob Agents Chemother

  13. RUAN SY , Chu CC, Hsueh PR
    In Vitro Susceptibility of Invasive Isolates of Candida Species: Rapid Increase in Rates of Fluconazole Susceptible-Dose Dependent Candida glabrata.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;.
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  14. BOYD DA , Willey BM, Fawcett D, Gillani N, et al
    Molecular characterization of low level vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecalis N06-0364 harboring a novel D-Ala-D-Ser gene cluster, vanL.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;.
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  15. DANILCHANKA O , Mailaender C, Niederweis M
    Identification of a novel multidrug efflux pump of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;.
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  16. BOYD DA , Shi X, Hu QH, Ng LK, et al
    Salmonella genomic island 1 (SGI1), variant SGI1-I, and new variant SGI1-O in proteus mirabilis clinical and food isolates from China.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:340-4.
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  17. LYNNE AM , Rhodes-Clark BS, Bliven K, Zhao S, et al
    Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Associated with Salmonella enterica serovar Newport Isolates from Food Animals.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007;.
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  18. OLSON JA , Adler-Moore JP, Jensen GM, Schwartz J, et al
    Comparison of the physicochemical, antifungal, and toxic properties of two liposomal amphotericin B products.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:259-68.
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  19. MANGONI ML , Maisetta G, Di Luca M, Gaddi LM, et al
    Comparative analysis of the bactericidal activities of amphibian peptide analogues against multidrug-resistant nosocomial bacterial strains.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:85-91.
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  20. HAWLEY JS , Murray CK, Jorgensen JH
    Colistin heteroresistance in acinetobacter and its association with previous colistin therapy.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:351-2.
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  21. NOEL GJ , Strauss RS, Amsler K, Heep M, et al
    Results of a double-blind, randomized trial of ceftobiprole treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections caused by gram-positive bacteria.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:37-44.
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  22. PASSARELL JA , Meagher AK, Liolios K, Cirincione BB, et al
    Exposure-response analyses of tigecycline efficacy in patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:204-10.
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  23. MOROZUMI M , Iwata S, Hasegawa K, Chiba N, et al
    Increased Macrolide Resistance of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Pediatric Patients with Community-acquired Pneumonia.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007;.
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  24. HOSHINO K , Inoue K, Murakami Y, Kurosaka Y, et al
    In vitro and in vivo antibacterial activities of DC-159a, a new fluoroquinolone.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:65-76.
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    Biochemistry

  25. HATZIOS SK , Iavarone AT, Bertozzi CR
    Rv2131c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is a CysQ 3'-Phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphatase.
    Biochemistry. 2008;.
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    Biochemistry (Mosc)

  26. SIDORENKO VS , Rot MA, Filipenko ML, Nevinsky GA, et al
    Novel DNA Glycosylases from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    Biochemistry (Mosc). 2008;73:442-50.
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    BMJ

  27. LEWIS JJ , Chihota VN
    Increasing drug resistant tuberculosis in the UK.
    BMJ. 2008;.
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    Clin Infect Dis

  28. TONG SY , McDonald MI, Holt DC, Currie BJ, et al
    Global Implications of the Emergence of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Indigenous Populations.
    Clin Infect Dis. 2008;.
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  29. MANNING SD , Lewis MA, Springman AC, Lehotzky E, et al
    Genotypic Diversity and Serotype Distribution of Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Women Before and After Delivery.
    Clin Infect Dis. 2008;.
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  30. MILSTONE AM , Perl TM
    Fact, fiction, or no data: what does surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevent in the intensive care unit?
    Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46:1726-8.
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  31. FRANKE MF , Appleton SC, Bayona J, Arteaga F, et al
    Risk Factors and Mortality Associated with Default from Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment.
    Clin Infect Dis. 2008;.
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    Dtsch Med Wochenschr

  32. SCHULDES M , Weickert U
    [Sigmoid colon diverticular empyema]
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2008;133:1007-8.
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    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis

  33. EYANGOH SI , Torrea G, Tejiokem MC, Kamdem Y, et al
    HIV-related incremental yield of bleach sputum concentration and fluorescence technique for the microscopic detection of tuberculosis.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008;.
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  34. VANHEE LM , Symoens F, Bouchara JP, Nelis HJ, et al
    High-resolution genotyping of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates recovered from chronically colonised patients with cystic fibrosis.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008;.
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    Infect Immun

  35. CHONG P , Drake L, Biswas I
    LiaS regulates virulence factor expression in Streptococcus mutans.
    Infect Immun. 2008;.
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  36. QUENEE LE , Cornelius CA, Ciletti NA, Elli D, et al
    Yersinia pestis caf1 (F1) Variants and the Limits of Plague Vaccine Protection.
    Infect Immun. 2008;.
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  37. GODINEZ I , Haneda T, Raffatellu M, George MD, et al
    T cells help to amplify inflammatory responses induced by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in the intestinal mucosa.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:2008-17.
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  38. PANG B , Winn D, Johnson R, Hong W, et al
    Lipooligosaccharides containing phosphorylcholine delay pulmonary clearance of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:2037-43.
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  39. KAPARAKIS M , Walduck AK, Price JD, Pedersen JS, et al
    Macrophages are mediators of gastritis in acute Helicobacter pylori infection in C57BL/6 mice.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:2235-9.
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  40. BRINKMAN MB , McGill MA, Petterson J, Rogers A, et al
    A novel Treponema pallidum antigen, TP0136, is an outer membrane protein that binds human fibronectin.
    Infect Immun. 2008;.
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  41. STEWART PE , Bestor A, Cullen JN, Rosa PA, et al
    A tightly regulated surface protein of Borrelia burgdorferi is not essential to the mouse-tick infectious cycle.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:1970-8.
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  42. SCRIBA TJ , Sierro S, Brown EL, Phillips RE, et al
    The Staphyloccous aureus Eap protein activates expression of proinflammatory cytokines.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:2164-8.
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  43. HUNT DM , Saldanha JW, Brennan JF, Benjamin P, et al
    Single nucleotide polymorphisms causing structural changes in the CRP transcriptional regulator of the TB vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG alter global gene expression without attenuating growth.
    Infect Immun. 2008;.
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  44. RUAN S , McKinley L, Zheng M, Rudner X, et al
    Interleukin-12 and host defense against murine Pneumocystis pneumonia.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:2130-7.
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  45. NOH SM , Brayton KA, Brown WC, Norimine J, et al
    Composition of the surface proteome of Anaplasma marginale and its role in protective immunity induced by outer membrane immunization.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:2219-26.
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  46. EN J , Goto M, Nakanaga K, Higashi M, et al
    Mycolactone is responsible for the painlessness of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (buruli ulcer) in a murine study.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:2002-7.
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  47. BRIGGS HL , Pul N, Seshadri R, Wilson MJ, et al
    Limited role for iron regulation in Coxiella burnetii pathogenesis.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:2189-201.
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  48. HO TD , Davis BM, Ritchie JM, Waldor MK, et al
    Type 2 secretion promotes enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli adherence and intestinal colonization.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:1858-65.
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  49. HOVIS KM , Freedman JC, Zhang H, Forbes JL, et al
    Identification of an antiparallel coiled-coil/loop domain required for ligand binding by the Borrelia hermsii FhbA protein: additional evidence for the role of FhbA in the host-pathogen interaction.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:2113-22.
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  50. THIRUMALAPURA NR , Stevenson HL, Walker DH, Ismail N, et al
    Protective heterologous immunity against fatal ehrlichiosis and lack of protection following homologous challenge.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:1920-30.
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  51. LUTTER EI , Faria MM, Rabin HR, Storey DG, et al
    Pseudomonas aeruginosa cystic fibrosis isolates from individual patients demonstrate a range of levels of lethality in two Drosophila melanogaster infection models.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:1877-88.
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  52. PARK YS , Lee JH, Hung CF, Wu TC, et al
    Enhancement of antibody responses to Bacillus anthracis protective antigen domain IV by use of calreticulin as a chimeric molecular adjuvant.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:1952-9.
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  53. ROY K , Hamilton D, Allen KP, Randolph MP, et al
    The EtpA exoprotein of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli promotes intestinal colonization and is a protective antigen in an experimental model of murine infection.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:2106-12.
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  54. ROUPIE V , Rosseels V, Piersoel V, Zinniel DK, et al
    Genetic resistance of mice to Mycobacterium paratuberculosis is influenced by Slc11a1 at the early but not at the late stage of infection.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:2099-105.
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  55. ZHAO Z , Xue Y, Wu B, Tang X, et al
    Subcutaneous vaccination with attenuated Salmonella choleraesuis C500 expressing recombinant filamentous haemagglutinin and pertactin antigens protects mice against fatal infections with both Salmonella choleraesuis and Bordetella bronchiseptica.
    Infect Immun. 2008;.
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  56. LI B , Yang R
    Interaction between Yersinia pestis and the host immune system.
    Infect Immun. 2008;76:1804-11.
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    J Antimicrob Chemother

  57. KISHII K , Ito T, Watanabe S, Okuzumi K, et al
    Recurrence of heterogeneous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among the MRSA clinical isolates in a Japanese university hospital.
    J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008;.
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  58. ALDEYAB MA , Monnet DL, Lopez-Lozano JM, Hughes CM, et al
    Modelling the impact of antibiotic use and infection control practices on the incidence of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a time-series analysis.
    J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008;.
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    J Biol Chem

  59. ZHU H , Xie G, Liu M, Olson JS, et al
    Pathway for heme uptake from human methemoglobin by the iron-regulated surface determinants (Isd) system of staphylococcus aureus.
    J Biol Chem. 2008;.
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  60. YAMAMOTO M , Unzai S, Saijo S, Ito K, et al
    Interaction and stoichiometry of the peripheral stalk subunits, NtpE, NtpF and the N-terminal hydrophilic domain of NtpI, of enterococcus hirae V-ATPase.
    J Biol Chem. 2008;.
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    J Clin Microbiol

  61. CARVER PL , Lin SW, Depestel DD, Newton DW, et al
    The Impact of mecA Gene Testing and Infectious Diseases Pharmacists' Intervention on the Time to Optimal Antimicrobial Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia at a University Hospital.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2008;.
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  62. LAZZARINI LC , Spindola SM, Bang H, Gibson AL, et al
    RDRio Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Is Associated With A Higher Frequency of Cavitary Pulmonary Disease.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2008;.
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  63. NULENS E , Stobberingh EE, van Dessel H, Sebastian S, et al
    Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates in a Dutch University Hospital between 1999 and 2006.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2008;.
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  64. CUZON G , Naas T, Fortineau N, Nordmann P, et al
    A Novel Chromogenic Medium for Detection of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2008;.
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  65. LAMAGNI TL , Darenberg J, Luca-Harari B, Siljander T, et al
    The epidemiology of severe Streptococcus pyogenes disease in Europe.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2008;.
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  66. FUKUSHIMA KY , Yanagihara K, Hirakata Y, Sugahara K, et al
    Rapid Identification of Penicillin and Macrolide Resistance Genes and Simultaneous Quantification of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Purulent Sputum Samples Using a Novel Real-time Multiplex PCR Assay.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2008;.
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    J Immunol

  67. CORNISH EJ , Hurtgen BJ, McInnerney K, Burritt NL, et al
    Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Oxidase-Independent Resistance to Aspergillus fumigatus in Alveolar Macrophages.
    J Immunol. 2008;180:6854-67.
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  68. KIN NW , Crawford DM, Liu J, Behrens TW, et al
    DNA Microarray Gene Expression Profile of Marginal Zone versus Follicular B Cells and Idiotype Positive Marginal Zone B Cells before and after Immunization with Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    J Immunol. 2008;180:6663-74.
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    J Infect Dis

  69. NALLAPAREDDY SR , Murray BE
    Role Played by Serum, a Biological Cue, in the Adherence of Enterococcus faecalis to Extracellular Matrix Proteins, Collagen, Fibrinogen, and Fibronectin.
    J Infect Dis. 2008;.
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  70. SPELLBERG B , Ibrahim AS, Lin L, Avanesian V, et al
    Antibody titer threshold predicts anti-candidal vaccine efficacy even though the mechanism of protection is induction of cell-mediated immunity.
    J Infect Dis. 2008;197:967-71.
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  71. GALGIANI JN
    Vaccines to prevent systemic mycoses: holy grails meet translational realities.
    J Infect Dis. 2008;197:938-40.
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    J Neurosurg Pediatrics

  72. ROSEN DS , Shafizadeh S, Baroody FM, Yamini B, et al
    Epidural abscess treated with a medial supraorbital craniotomy through an incision in the eyebrow. Case report.
    J Neurosurg Pediatrics. 2008;1:145-7.
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  73. JALLO GI
    Eyebrow surgery.
    J Neurosurg Pediatrics. 2008;1:144.
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  74. NEJAT F , Tajik P, Ghodsi SM, Golestan B, et al
    Breastfeeding: a potential protective factor against ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in young infants.
    J Neurosurg Pediatrics. 2008;1:138-41.
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  75. SIMON TD , Riva-Cambrin J, Srivastava R, Bratton SL, et al
    Hospital care for children with hydrocephalus in the United States: utilization, charges, comorbidities, and deaths.
    J Neurosurg Pediatrics. 2008;1:131-7.
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  76. NEJAT F , Radmanesh F, Ansari S, Tajik P, et al
    Spina bifida occulta: is it a predictor of underlying spinal cord abnormality in patients with lower urinary tract dysfunction?
    J Neurosurg Pediatrics. 2008;1:114-7.
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  77. JAMES HE , Bradley JS
    Management of complicated shunt infections: a clinical report.
    J Neurosurg Pediatrics. 2008;1:223-8.
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    JAMA

  78. PHARES CR , Lynfield R, Farley MM, Mohle-Boetani J, et al
    Epidemiology of invasive group B streptococcal disease in the United States, 1999-2005.
    JAMA. 2008;299:2056-65.
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  79. MONGELLUZZO J , Mohamad Z, Ten Have TR, Shah SS, et al
    Corticosteroids and mortality in children with bacterial meningitis.
    JAMA. 2008;299:2048-55.
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    Nature

  80. NIESSEN F , Schaffner F, Furlan-Freguia C, Pawlinski R, et al
    Dendritic cell PAR1-S1P3 signalling couples coagulation and inflammation.
    Nature. 2008;452:654-8.
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