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Title |
Journal |
Year |
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1
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Amoebal coculture of "Mycobacterium massiliense" sp. nov. from the sputum of a patient with hemoptoic pneumonia.
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J Clin Microbiol
|
2004
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4.32
|
|
2
|
Gene sequence-based criteria for identification of new rickettsia isolates and description of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis sp. nov.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2003
|
3.59
|
|
3
|
Applications of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in clinical diagnostic microbiology.
|
FEMS Microbiol Rev
|
2011
|
2.43
|
|
4
|
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for direct bacterial identification from positive blood culture pellets.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2010
|
2.18
|
|
5
|
Impact of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry on the clinical management of patients with Gram-negative bacteremia: a prospective observational study.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.83
|
|
6
|
Biodiversity of amoebae and amoeba-resisting bacteria in a hospital water network.
|
Appl Environ Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.80
|
|
7
|
High proportion of wrongly identified methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers by use of a rapid commercial PCR assay due to presence of staphylococcal cassette chromosome element lacking the mecA gene.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2010
|
1.67
|
|
8
|
Genome of Acanthamoeba castellanii highlights extensive lateral gene transfer and early evolution of tyrosine kinase signaling.
|
Genome Biol
|
2013
|
1.62
|
|
9
|
Pathogenic potential of novel Chlamydiae and diagnostic approaches to infections due to these obligate intracellular bacteria.
|
Clin Microbiol Rev
|
2006
|
1.62
|
|
10
|
Waddlia chondrophila, a potential agent of human fetal death.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.57
|
|
11
|
Lausannevirus, a giant amoebal virus encoding histone doublets.
|
Environ Microbiol
|
2011
|
1.53
|
|
12
|
Emerging role of Chlamydia and Chlamydia-like organisms in adverse pregnancy outcomes.
|
Curr Opin Infect Dis
|
2008
|
1.49
|
|
13
|
Diagnosis of Bartonella endocarditis by a real-time nested PCR assay using serum.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2003
|
1.38
|
|
14
|
Parachlamydiaceae as rare agents of pneumonia.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.35
|
|
15
|
Criblamydia sequanensis, a new intracellular Chlamydiales isolated from Seine river water using amoebal co-culture.
|
Environ Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.34
|
|
16
|
Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
|
Curr Opin Infect Dis
|
2013
|
1.33
|
|
17
|
PCR detection of bacteria on cardiac valves of patients with treated bacterial endocarditis.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2005
|
1.33
|
|
18
|
Clinical implications of Mycobacterium kansasii species heterogeneity: Swiss National Survey.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2003
|
1.33
|
|
19
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Biodiversity of amoebae and amoebae-resisting bacteria in a drinking water treatment plant.
|
Environ Microbiol
|
2008
|
1.33
|
|
20
|
Bloodstream and endovascular infections due to Abiotrophia defectiva and Granulicatella species.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.31
|
|
21
|
A novel real-time PCR to detect Chlamydia trachomatis in first-void urine or genital swabs.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.30
|
|
22
|
Amoebal pathogens as emerging causal agents of pneumonia.
|
FEMS Microbiol Rev
|
2009
|
1.28
|
|
23
|
The Waddlia genome: a window into chlamydial biology.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
1.27
|
|
24
|
Bacteremia caused by Comamonas kerstersii in a patient with diverticulosis.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2013
|
1.26
|
|
25
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Development of a new chlamydiales-specific real-time PCR and its application to respiratory clinical samples.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2011
|
1.23
|
|
26
|
In vitro susceptibility of Actinobaculum schaalii to 12 antimicrobial agents and molecular analysis of fluoroquinolone resistance.
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2010
|
1.22
|
|
27
|
Analysis of natural variants of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gag-pol frameshift stem-loop structure.
|
J Virol
|
2002
|
1.21
|
|
28
|
Amoeba-resisting bacteria and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.19
|
|
29
|
New diagnostic real-time PCR for specific detection of Parachlamydia acanthamoebae DNA in clinical samples.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2008
|
1.14
|
|
30
|
Role of Waddlia chondrophila placental infection in miscarriage.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2014
|
1.09
|
|
31
|
Novel Chlamydiales strains isolated from a water treatment plant.
|
Environ Microbiol
|
2008
|
1.09
|
|
32
|
Legionella drancourtii sp. nov., a strictly intracellular amoebal pathogen.
|
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
|
2004
|
1.09
|
|
33
|
Parachlamydia spp. and related Chlamydia-like organisms and bovine abortion.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.08
|
|
34
|
'Candidatus Rhabdochlamydia crassificans', an intracellular bacterial pathogen of the cockroach Blatta orientalis (Insecta: Blattodea).
|
Syst Appl Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.08
|
|
35
|
African tick-bite fever: a new entity in the differential diagnosis of multiple eschars in travelers. Description of five cases imported from South Africa to Switzerland.
|
Int J Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.07
|
|
36
|
Role of Chlamydia trachomatis in miscarriage.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.06
|
|
37
|
Protochlamydia naegleriophila as etiologic agent of pneumonia.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2008
|
1.04
|
|
38
|
Waddlia chondrophila: from bovine abortion to human miscarriage.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.02
|
|
39
|
Lausannevirus seroprevalence among asymptomatic young adults.
|
Intervirology
|
2013
|
1.02
|
|
40
|
Waddlia chondrophila enters and multiplies within human macrophages.
|
Microbes Infect
|
2008
|
1.02
|
|
41
|
Therapeutic approaches to Chlamydia infections.
|
Expert Opin Pharmacother
|
2005
|
1.02
|
|
42
|
Outbreak of Mycobacterium haemophilum infections after permanent makeup of the eyebrows.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2011
|
1.01
|
|
43
|
Early intracellular trafficking of Waddlia chondrophila in human macrophages.
|
Microbiology
|
2009
|
1.01
|
|
44
|
Parachlamydia acanthamoebae enters and multiplies within pneumocytes and lung fibroblasts.
|
Microbes Infect
|
2006
|
1.01
|
|
45
|
Free-living amoebae: Biological by-passes in water treatment.
|
Int J Hyg Environ Health
|
2010
|
1.00
|
|
46
|
Variations of plasmid content in Rickettsia felis.
|
PLoS One
|
2008
|
0.98
|
|
47
|
A simple blood-culture bacterial pellet preparation for faster accurate direct bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing with the VITEK 2 system.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2013
|
0.98
|
|
48
|
Serological cross-reactivity between different Chlamydia-like organisms.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2006
|
0.97
|
|
49
|
Adult native septic arthritis: a review of 10 years of experience and lessons for empirical antibiotic therapy.
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2011
|
0.97
|
|
50
|
Amoeba/amoebal symbiont genetic transfers: lessons from giant virus neighbours.
|
Intervirology
|
2010
|
0.96
|
|
51
|
Tropheryma whipplei tricuspid endocarditis: a case report and review of the literature.
|
J Med Case Rep
|
2010
|
0.95
|
|
52
|
International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the Chlamydiae: minutes of the inaugural closed meeting, 21 March 2009, Little Rock, AR, USA.
|
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
|
2010
|
0.95
|
|
53
|
Lateral gene exchanges shape the genomes of amoeba-resisting microorganisms.
|
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
|
2012
|
0.94
|
|
54
|
Resistance of different Chlamydia-like organisms to quinolones and mutations in the quinoline resistance-determining region of the DNA gyrase A- and topoisomerase-encoding genes.
|
Int J Antimicrob Agents
|
2006
|
0.93
|
|
55
|
Endosymbiotic bacteria associated with nematodes, ticks and amoebae.
|
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
|
2011
|
0.93
|
|
56
|
Genital Chlamydia trachomatis: understanding the roles of innate and adaptive immunity in vaccine research.
|
Clin Microbiol Rev
|
2014
|
0.92
|
|
57
|
Low prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in asymptomatic young Swiss men.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2008
|
0.92
|
|
58
|
Fatal case of Israeli spotted fever after Mediterranean cruise.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2008
|
0.92
|
|
59
|
First case of bacteremia and multifocal cellulitis due to Helicobacter canis in an immunocompetent patient.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2006
|
0.92
|
|
60
|
Evidence of maternal-fetal transmission of Parachlamydia acanthamoebae.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2009
|
0.92
|
|
61
|
Estrella lausannensis, a new star in the Chlamydiales order.
|
Microbes Infect
|
2011
|
0.91
|
|
62
|
Saccamoeba lacustris, sp. nov. (Amoebozoa: Lobosea: Hartmannellidae), a new lobose amoeba, parasitized by the novel chlamydia 'Candidatus Metachlamydia lacustris' (Chlamydiae: Parachlamydiaceae).
|
Eur J Protistol
|
2010
|
0.90
|
|
63
|
The Neff strain of Acanthamoeba castellanii, a tool for testing the virulence of Mycobacterium kansasii.
|
Res Microbiol
|
2007
|
0.90
|
|
64
|
Coxiella burnetii vascular graft infection.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2005
|
0.90
|
|
65
|
High prevalence of anorectal chlamydial infection in HIV-infected men who have sex with men in Switzerland.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2009
|
0.90
|
|
66
|
Fastidious intracellular bacteria as causal agents of community-acquired pneumonia.
|
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther
|
2010
|
0.90
|
|
67
|
Antibiotic susceptibility of Waddlia chondrophila in Acanthamoeba castellanii amoebae.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2009
|
0.89
|
|
68
|
New Diagnostic Real-Time PCR for Specific Detection of Mycoplasma hominis DNA.
|
Int J Microbiol
|
2010
|
0.89
|
|
69
|
Evidence for Parachlamydia in bovine abortion.
|
Vet Microbiol
|
2008
|
0.89
|
|
70
|
AA-amyloidosis caused by visceral leishmaniasis in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2009
|
0.89
|
|
71
|
Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2005
|
0.88
|
|
72
|
Mycoplasma hominis mediastinitis after acute aortic dissection repair.
|
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
|
2010
|
0.88
|
|
73
|
Permissivity of fish cell lines to three Chlamydia-related bacteria: Waddlia chondrophila, Estrella lausannensis and Parachlamydia acanthamoebae.
|
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
|
2011
|
0.87
|
|
74
|
Parachlamydia and rhabdochlamydia in premature neonates.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2009
|
0.87
|
|
75
|
Biodiversity of amoebae and amoeba-associated bacteria in water treatment plants.
|
Int J Hyg Environ Health
|
2010
|
0.87
|
|
76
|
International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the Chlamydiae: minutes of the closed meeting, 21 June 2010, Hof bei Salzburg, Austria.
|
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
|
2010
|
0.87
|
|
77
|
First detection of Waddlia chondrophila in Africa using SYBR Green real-time PCR on veterinary samples.
|
Vet Microbiol
|
2013
|
0.87
|
|
78
|
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa toxin L-2-amino-4-methoxy-trans-3-butenoic acid inhibits growth and induces encystment in Acanthamoeba castellanii.
|
Microbes Infect
|
2011
|
0.87
|
|
79
|
Tissue microarray and immunohistochemistry as tools for evaluation of antibodies against Chlamydia-like bacteria.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2009
|
0.86
|
|
80
|
A new piece added to the whipple puzzle: Tropheryma Whipplei primary infection with bacteremia and cough.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2010
|
0.86
|
|
81
|
Crescent and star shapes of members of the Chlamydiales order: impact of fixative methods.
|
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
|
2013
|
0.86
|
|
82
|
Importance of amoebae as a tool to isolate amoeba-resisting microorganisms and for their ecology and evolution: the Chlamydia paradigm.
|
Environ Microbiol Rep
|
2014
|
0.86
|
|
83
|
Insight into cross-talk between intra-amoebal pathogens.
|
BMC Genomics
|
2011
|
0.85
|
|
84
|
Development of a duplex real-time PCR for the detection of Rickettsia spp. and typhus group rickettsia in clinical samples.
|
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
|
2011
|
0.84
|
|
85
|
Does respiratory infection due to Chlamydia pneumoniae still exist?
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2011
|
0.84
|
|
86
|
New Afipia and Bosea strains isolated from various water sources by amoebal co-culture.
|
Syst Appl Microbiol
|
2007
|
0.84
|
|
87
|
Amoebal host range, host-free survival and disinfection susceptibility of environmental Chlamydiae as compared to Chlamydia trachomatis.
|
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
88
|
Correlation between placental bacterial culture results and histological chorioamnionitis: a prospective study on 376 placentas.
|
J Clin Pathol
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
89
|
Chlamydiales and the innate immune response: friend or foe?
|
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
|
2011
|
0.84
|
|
90
|
Waddlia chondrophila: from biology to pathogenicity.
|
Microbes Infect
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
91
|
Comparative genome analysis of Pseudomonas knackmussii B13, the first bacterium known to degrade chloroaromatic compounds.
|
Environ Microbiol
|
2014
|
0.83
|
|
92
|
Analyses of six homologous proteins of Protochlamydia amoebophila UWE25 encoded by large GC-rich genes (lgr): a model of evolution and concatenation of leucine-rich repeats.
|
BMC Evol Biol
|
2007
|
0.83
|
|
93
|
Automation in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
|
Clin Chem
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
94
|
Murine model of pneumonia caused by Parachlamydia acanthamoebae.
|
Microb Pathog
|
2008
|
0.82
|
|
95
|
Functional genomics of intracellular bacteria.
|
Brief Funct Genomics
|
2013
|
0.82
|
|
96
|
Chlamydia-related bacteria in respiratory samples in Finland.
|
Microbes Infect
|
2011
|
0.81
|
|
97
|
Use of MALDI-TOF for diagnosis of microbial infections.
|
Clin Chem
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
98
|
Characterization of Melan-A reactive memory CD8+ T cells in a healthy donor.
|
Int Immunol
|
2008
|
0.81
|
|
99
|
Identification of immunogenic proteins of Waddlia chondrophila.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
0.81
|
|
100
|
The detection of mycobacteria in blood cultures using the Bactec system: 6 weeks versus 12 weeks of incubation? routine terminal Ziel-Neelsen?
|
Clin Microbiol Infect
|
1998
|
0.81
|
|
101
|
Discovery of new intracellular pathogens by amoebal coculture and amoebal enrichment approaches.
|
J Vis Exp
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
102
|
Mycoplasma hominis necrotizing pleuropneumonia in a previously healthy adolescent.
|
BMC Infect Dis
|
2010
|
0.80
|
|
103
|
Parachlamydia and Rhabdochlamydia: emerging agents of community-acquired respiratory infections in children.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2011
|
0.80
|
|
104
|
Local newspaper as a diagnostic aid for psittacosis: a case report.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2008
|
0.80
|
|
105
|
Parachlamydia acanthamoebae infection and abortion in small ruminants.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2008
|
0.80
|
|
106
|
Predator or prey? Chlamydophila abortus infections of a free-living amoebae, Acanthamoeba castellani 9GU.
|
Microbes Infect
|
2008
|
0.79
|
|
107
|
Role of MyD88 and Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 in the sensing of Parachlamydia acanthamoebae.
|
Infect Immun
|
2010
|
0.79
|
|
108
|
A 48-year-old man with laryngeal mass and vocal cord palsy.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2010
|
0.79
|
|
109
|
Involvement of Parachlamydia in bovine abortions in Scotland.
|
Vet J
|
2012
|
0.79
|
|
110
|
In Chlamydia veritas.
|
Pathog Dis
|
2013
|
0.79
|
|
111
|
False-negative PCR result due to gene polymorphism: the example of Neisseria meningitidis.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2010
|
0.78
|
|
112
|
Chlamydiaceae family, Parachlamydia spp., and Waddlia spp. in porcine abortion.
|
J Vet Diagn Invest
|
2012
|
0.78
|
|
113
|
Chlamydiaceae and Chlamydia-like organisms in free-living small mammals in Europe and Afghanistan.
|
J Wildl Dis
|
2014
|
0.78
|
|
114
|
Coxiella burnetii as a possible cause of autoimmune liver disease: a case report.
|
J Med Case Rep
|
2009
|
0.77
|
|
115
|
Parachlamydia involvement in bovine abortions in a beef herd in Scotland.
|
Vet Rec
|
2010
|
0.77
|
|
116
|
Chlamydia pneumoniae: possible association with asthma in children.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2014
|
0.76
|
|
117
|
Deer as a potential wildlife reservoir for Parachlamydia species.
|
Vet J
|
2012
|
0.76
|
|
118
|
Discovery of catalases in members of the Chlamydiales order.
|
J Bacteriol
|
2013
|
0.76
|
|
119
|
Postmortem angiography using femoral cannulation and postmortem microbiology.
|
Int J Legal Med
|
2014
|
0.76
|
|
120
|
Chlamydialike organisms and atherosclerosis.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
121
|
Pasteurella multocida zoonotic ascending infection: an unusual cause of tubo-ovarian abscess.
|
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
122
|
β-Klotho deficiency protects against obesity through a crosstalk between liver, microbiota, and brown adipose tissue.
|
JCI Insight
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
123
|
Mycobacterium tuberculosis aortic graft infection with recurrent hemoptysis: a case report.
|
J Med Case Rep
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
124
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Chlamydia-Related Bacteria in Free-Living and Captive Great Apes, Gabon.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2016
|
0.75
|
|
125
|
HIV lipoatrophy and mosquito bites.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
126
|
CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS ENDOPHTHALMITIS AFTER CATARACT SURGERY LINKED TO SALIVARY DOG-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION.
|
Retin Cases Brief Rep
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
127
|
Chlamydia trachomatis and chlamydia-like bacteria: new enemies of human pregnancies.
|
Curr Opin Infect Dis
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
128
|
[Peripheral blood eosinophilia: diagnostic value and further assessment].
|
Rev Med Suisse
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
129
|
Parachlamydia acanthamoebae in domestic cats with and without corneal disease.
|
Vet Ophthalmol
|
2010
|
0.75
|
|
130
|
[Chlamydia: diagnostic and treatment].
|
Rev Med Suisse
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
131
|
No association between Parachlamydia infection and atherosclerosis.
|
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
132
|
Early expression of the type III secretion system of Parachlamydia acanthamoebae during a replicative cycle within its natural host cell Acanthamoeba castellanii.
|
Pathog Dis
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
133
|
Rickettsia and other intracellular bacteria: recent outbreaks, novel pathogens, emerging diseases, new tools, and outstanding discoveries.
|
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
134
|
[European migrant crisis and reemergence of infections in Switzerland].
|
Rev Med Suisse
|
2016
|
0.75
|