Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on December 01, 2006
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Evaluation of four whole-cell Leptospira-based serological tests for diagnosis of urban leptospirosis. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2007) 1.16
A comparative study of leptospirosis and dengue in Thai children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2007) 1.15
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Urban leptospirosis in Africa: a cross-sectional survey of Leptospira infection in rodents in the Kibera urban settlement, Nairobi, Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2013) 0.95
Cross-species surveillance of Leptospira in domestic and peri-domestic animals in Mahalla City, Gharbeya Governorate, Egypt. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2011) 0.89
Commonly used severity scores are not good predictors of mortality in sepsis from severe leptospirosis: a series of ten patients. Crit Care Res Pract (2012) 0.83
Burden of disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b in children younger than 5 years: global estimates. Lancet (2009) 4.81
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nares colonization at hospital admission and its effect on subsequent MRSA infection. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 4.17
Guidelines for preventing health-care--associated pneumonia, 2003: recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. MMWR Recomm Rep (2004) 3.84
Natural history of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection in soldiers. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 3.47
Estimating the incidence of typhoid fever and other febrile illnesses in developing countries. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 2.43
Causes of fever in adults on the Thai-Myanmar border. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 2.17
Myopericarditis following smallpox vaccination among vaccinia-naive US military personnel. JAMA (2003) 2.15
Devices for rapid diagnosis of Malaria: evaluation of prototype assays that detect Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 and a Plasmodium vivax-specific antigen. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 2.08
Characterization of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae from Haiti, 2010-2011. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 2.08
Incidence of systemic fungal infection and related mortality following severe burns. Burns (2008) 2.07
Colistin heteroresistance in acinetobacter and its association with previous colistin therapy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.96
Effects of hand hygiene campaigns on incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza and absenteeism in schoolchildren, Cairo, Egypt. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.91
Susceptibility of acinetobacter strains isolated from deployed U.S. military personnel. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2006) 1.85
Multidrug-resistant organisms in military wounds from Iraq and Afghanistan. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2008) 1.83
Serogroup W-135 meningococcal disease during the Hajj, 2000. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.81
Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus blood and skin and soft tissue infections in the US military health system, 2005-2010. JAMA (2012) 1.81
Infection-associated clinical outcomes in hospitalized medical evacuees after traumatic injury: trauma infectious disease outcome study. J Trauma (2011) 1.77
Treatment of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter. Curr Opin Infect Dis (2005) 1.72
Zoonotic transmission of avian influenza virus (H5N1), Egypt, 2006-2009. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.67
Direct comparison of the BACTEC 9240 and BacT/ALERT 3D automated blood culture systems for candida growth detection. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.63
Microbiology and injury characteristics in severe open tibia fractures from combat. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2012) 1.63
The role of antifungal susceptibility testing in the therapy of candidiasis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2004) 1.58
Infectious complications of open type III tibial fractures among combat casualties. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 1.58
Acinetobacter skin colonization of US Army Soldiers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2006) 1.57
Invasive mold infections following combat-related injuries. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.55
Risk Factors for Primary Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Illness in Humans, Saudi Arabia, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis (2016) 1.48
The remote diagnosis of malaria using telemedicine or e-mailed images. Mil Med (2006) 1.44
Vaccines to prevent pneumonia and improve child survival. Bull World Health Organ (2008) 1.44
Co-infection with malaria and leptospirosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2003) 1.43
Blue light for infectious diseases: Propionibacterium acnes, Helicobacter pylori, and beyond? Drug Resist Updat (2012) 1.42
Acinetobacter infection: what was the true impact during the Vietnam conflict? Clin Infect Dis (2006) 1.42
Determination of the internal medicine service's role in emergency department length of stay at a military medical center. Mil Med (2009) 1.39
High incidence of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria recovered from Afghan patients at a deployed US military hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2011) 1.35
Impact of Acinetobacter infection on the mortality of burn patients. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.33
A plan for community event-based surveillance to reduce Ebola transmission - Sierra Leone, 2014-2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (2015) 1.30
Priorities for research on meningococcal disease and the impact of serogroup A vaccination in the African meningitis belt. Vaccine (2012) 1.30
Targeted intranasal mupirocin to prevent colonization and infection by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in soldiers: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.30
Biofilm formation by clinical isolates and the implications in chronic infections. BMC Infect Dis (2013) 1.30
Differences in histoplasmosis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the United States and Brazil. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.30
Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae clinical isolates from 1962 to the present: a retrospective study. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 1.30
Contribution of bacterial and viral infections to attributable mortality in patients with severe burns: an autopsy series. Burns (2010) 1.28
Prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms recovered at a military burn center. Burns (2010) 1.28
The substantial hospitalization burden of influenza in central China: surveillance for severe, acute respiratory infection, and influenza viruses, 2010-2012. Influenza Other Respir Viruses (2013) 1.28
Detection of simulated candidemia by the BACTEC 9240 system with plus aerobic/F and anaerobic/F blood culture bottles. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.26
Osteomyelitis in military personnel wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. J Trauma (2008) 1.26
Case-control study of armadillo contact and Hansen's disease. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2008) 1.26
Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in U.S. Army personnel. Mil Med (2006) 1.26
Bacteriology of war wounds at the time of injury. Mil Med (2006) 1.25
Broth microdilution susceptibility testing for Leptospira spp. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 1.24
Microevolution of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses isolated from humans, Egypt, 2007-2011. Emerg Infect Dis (2013) 1.24
Aminoglycoside resistance and susceptibility testing errors in Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.23
Aeromonas-associated infections in developing countries. J Infect Dev Ctries (2008) 1.21
Fungal wound infection (not colonization) is independently associated with mortality in burn patients. Ann Surg (2007) 1.21
Determination of susceptibilities of 26 Leptospira sp. serovars to 24 antimicrobial agents by a broth microdilution technique. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 1.20
Brucellosis as a cause of acute febrile illness in Egypt. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.20
Nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a blinded study to establish baseline acquisition rates. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2003) 1.20
Antigenic and genetic diversity of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses isolated in Egypt. Avian Dis (2010) 1.19
Comparison of two multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis methods for molecular strain typing of human Brucella melitensis isolates from the Middle East. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.19
Direct isolation of Candida spp. from blood cultures on the chromogenic medium CHROMagar Candida. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.17
Changes in the incidences of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant organisms isolated in a military medical center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2010) 1.17
Incidence and bacteriology of burn infections at a military burn center. Burns (2009) 1.17
Antimicrobial susceptibilities of geographically diverse clinical human isolates of Leptospira. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 1.16
Carbapenem susceptibility testing errors using three automated systems, disk diffusion, Etest, and broth microdilution and carbapenem resistance genes in isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.16
Evaluation of a newly developed ELISA against Widal, TUBEX-TF and Typhidot for typhoid fever surveillance. J Infect Dev Ctries (2011) 1.16
Infections complicating the care of combat casualties during operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. J Trauma (2011) 1.16
Causes of mortality by autopsy findings of combat casualties and civilian patients admitted to a burn unit. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 1.16
Prognostic Indicators for Ebola Patient Survival. Emerg Infect Dis (2016) 1.15
A comparative study of leptospirosis and dengue in Thai children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2007) 1.15
Effect of various concentrations of antibiotics on osteogenic cell viability and activity. J Orthop Res (2011) 1.15
Evolution of infection control in Egypt: achievements and challenges. Am J Infect Control (2006) 1.15
Concurrent infections in acute febrile illness patients in Egypt. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.14