Published in Clin Infect Dis on June 15, 2006
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Comparison of quality of internet pages on human papillomavirus immunization in Italian and in English. J Adolesc Health (2009) 1.28
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Surface layer proteins from Clostridium difficile induce inflammatory and regulatory cytokines in human monocytes and dendritic cells. Microbes Infect (2006) 1.26
Multidrug resistance in European Clostridium difficile clinical isolates. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 1.24
Trends for influenza-related deaths during pandemic and epidemic seasons, Italy, 1969-2001. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.22
Bordetella pertussis-infected human monocyte-derived dendritic cells undergo maturation and induce Th1 polarization and interleukin-23 expression. Infect Immun (2005) 1.15
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Diagnosis and management of pertussis. CMAJ (2005) 1.11
First report of capsule replacement among electrophoretic type 37 Neisseria meningitidis strains in Italy. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.11
Ten years of Hib vaccination in Italy: prevalence of non-encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae among invasive isolates and the possible impact on antibiotic resistance. Vaccine (2011) 1.06
Biofilm-growing intestinal anaerobic bacteria. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2012) 1.05
Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of two penicillin-susceptible serotype 6B Streptococcus pneumoniae clones circulating in Italy. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.04
A natural pertactin deficient strain of Bordetella pertussis shows improved entry in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells. New Microbiol (2009) 1.03
Binding of Clostridium difficile to Caco-2 epithelial cell line and to extracellular matrix proteins. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2002) 1.03
Evolution of erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italy. J Antimicrob Chemother (2005) 1.01
Bordetella pertussis inhibition of interleukin-12 (IL-12) p70 in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells blocks IL-12 p35 through adenylate cyclase toxin-dependent cyclic AMP induction. Infect Immun (2006) 1.01
Microbial biofilms associated with biliary stent clogging. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2010) 1.00
First report of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinant qnrS1 in an Escherichia coli strain of animal origin in Italy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.00
Conservation and diversity of HMW1 and HMW2 adhesin binding domains among invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates. Infect Immun (2006) 0.99
Knowledge, attitude and practice in primary and secondary cervical cancer prevention among young adult Italian women. Vaccine (2012) 0.98
Pneumococcal carriage in young children one year after introduction of the 13-valent conjugate vaccine in Italy. PLoS One (2013) 0.97
Inferring the potential success of pneumococcal vaccination in Italy: serotypes and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from invasive diseases. Microb Drug Resist (2003) 0.97
Measles serological survey in the Italian population: interpretation of results using mixture model. Vaccine (2008) 0.97
Increase of pneumococcal serotype 19A in Italy is due to expansion of the piliated clone ST416/CC199. J Med Microbiol (2013) 0.97
Polymorphism in ftsI gene and {beta}-lactam susceptibility in Portuguese Haemophilus influenzae strains: clonal dissemination of beta-lactamase-positive isolates with decreased susceptibility to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 0.96
Antibiotic-resistant invasive pneumococcal clones in Italy. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 0.96
Aetiology of bacterial meningitis and resistance to antibiotics of causative pathogens in Europe and in the Mediterranean region. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2007) 0.96
Evaluation of repetitive element sequence-based PCR as a molecular typing method for Clostridium difficile. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 0.95
Prediction of decreased susceptibility to penicillin of Neisseria meningitidis strains by real-time PCR. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 0.95
A proposed nomenclature for cell wall proteins of Clostridium difficile. J Med Microbiol (2011) 0.94
Serotype distribution, antibiotic susceptibility, and genetic relatedness of Neisseria meningitidis strains recently isolated in Italy. Clin Infect Dis (2003) 0.94
New variants of the tet(M) gene in Clostridium difficile clinical isolates harbouring Tn916-like elements. J Antimicrob Chemother (2006) 0.94
How increased pertussis vaccination coverage is changing the epidemiology of pertussis in Italy. Vaccine (2005) 0.93
Invasive type e Haemophilus influenzae disease in Italy. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 0.91
Molecular analysis of the gyrA and gyrB quinolone resistance-determining regions of fluoroquinolone-resistant Clostridium difficile mutants selected in vitro. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 0.91
Divergent rifamycin susceptibilities of Clostridium difficile strains in Canada and Italy and predictive accuracy of rifampin Etest for rifamycin resistance. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 0.91
ErmB determinants and Tn916-Like elements in clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 0.91
First characterization of heterogeneous resistance to imipenem in invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 0.90
Variation in expression of HMW1 and HMW2 adhesins in invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates. BMC Microbiol (2008) 0.90
Serotype and clonal evolution of penicillin-nonsusceptible invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era in Italy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 0.90
Emergence in Italy of a Neisseria meningitidis clone with decreased susceptibility to penicillin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 0.90
Role of immune sera in the in-vitro phagocytosis of Bordetella pertussis strains. Microb Pathog (2002) 0.90
Genotypes of invasive pneumococcal isolates recently recovered from Italian patients. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 0.89
Analysis of macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLS(B)) resistance determinant in strains of Clostridium difficile. Microb Drug Resist (2002) 0.89
Haemophilus parainfluenzae meningitis in an adult associated with acute otitis media. New Microbiol (2009) 0.89
Surface-layer (S-layer) of human and animal Clostridium difficile strains and their behaviour in adherence to epithelial cells and intestinal colonization. J Med Microbiol (2013) 0.89
Detection of gyrA and gyrB mutations in Clostridium difficile isolates by real-time PCR. Mol Cell Probes (2009) 0.88
Immunomodulatory activities of surface-layer proteins obtained from epidemic and hypervirulent Clostridium difficile strains. J Med Microbiol (2011) 0.88
Clostridium difficile TxAC314 and SLP-36kDa enhance the immune response toward a co-administered antigen. J Med Microbiol (2008) 0.87
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in children: phenotypic and genotypic characterization of isolates. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2007) 0.86
Presence of multiple copies of the capsulation b locus in invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) strains isolated from children with Hib conjugate vaccine failure. J Infect Dis (2005) 0.86
Inter- and intraspecies transfer of a Clostridium difficile conjugative transposon conferring resistance to MLSB. Microb Drug Resist (2014) 0.85
Clostridium difficile erm(B)-containing elements and the burden on the in vitro fitness. J Med Microbiol (2013) 0.85
Susceptibility to varicella in childbearing age women, Central Italy: is there a need for vaccinating this population group? Vaccine (2007) 0.84
Detection of a genetic linkage between genes coding for resistance to tetracycline and erythromycin in Clostridium difficile. Microb Drug Resist (2007) 0.84
Haemophilus influenzae serotype e meningitis in an infant. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 0.83
Analysis of metronidazole susceptibility in different Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes. J Antimicrob Chemother (2012) 0.83
Horizontal transfer of erythromycin resistance from Clostridium difficile to Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 0.83
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae strains isolated from invasive disease in Italy. J Antimicrob Chemother (2004) 0.83
Identification of Haemophilus influenzae clones associated with invasive disease a decade after introduction of H. influenzae serotype b vaccination in Italy. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2013) 0.83
Haemophilus influenzae in children with cystic fibrosis: antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular epidemiology, distribution of adhesins and biofilm formation. Int J Med Microbiol (2011) 0.82
Detection of six copies of the capsulation b locus in a Haemophilus influenzae type b strain isolated from a splenectomized patient with fulminant septic shock. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 0.81
Performance of the pediatric index of mortality 2 (PIM-2) in cardiac and mixed intensive care units in a tertiary children's referral hospital in Italy. BMC Pediatr (2013) 0.81
The LMW surface-layer proteins of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes 027 and 001 share common immunogenic properties. J Med Microbiol (2011) 0.80
Tetracycline resistance gene tet(W) in the pathogenic bacterium Clostridium difficile. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 0.80
[Survey on vaccination strategies used in different Italian Regions, for the 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal, meningococcal C and varicella vaccines]. Ig Sanita Pubbl (2007) 0.80
Characterization of invasive serogroup Y meningococci in Italy: prevalence of ST-23 Complex/Cluster A3. New Microbiol (2008) 0.80
Genetic characterization of the capsulation locus of Haemophilus influenzae serotype e. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 0.79
Serogroup C meningococci in Italy in the era of conjugate menC vaccination. BMC Infect Dis (2009) 0.79
Detection of resistance to rifampicin and decreased susceptibility to penicillin in Neisseria meningitidis by real-time multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2007) 0.78
Food reservoir for Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infections. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 0.78
Differential in vitro expression of the brkA gene in Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis clinical isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 0.78