Published in Microbiology on August 01, 2007
Characterization of biofilm matrix, degradation by DNase treatment and evidence of capsule downregulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates. BMC Microbiol (2008) 1.64
Capsule type of Streptococcus pneumoniae determines growth phenotype. PLoS Pathog (2012) 1.17
Interleukin-1β regulates CXCL8 release and influences disease outcome in response to Streptococcus pneumoniae, defining intercellular cooperation between pulmonary epithelial cells and macrophages. Infect Immun (2011) 1.11
A point mutation in cpsE renders Streptococcus pneumoniae nonencapsulated and enhances its growth, adherence and competence. BMC Microbiol (2014) 0.97
Global phylogenomic analysis of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals a deep-branching classic lineage that is distinct from multiple sporadic lineages. Genome Biol Evol (2014) 0.89
Transcriptional regulation of the capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis locus of streptococcus pneumoniae: a bioinformatic analysis. DNA Res (2009) 0.83
Heteroresistance to fosfomycin is predominant in Streptococcus pneumoniae and depends on the murA1 gene. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 0.83
Streptococcus pneumoniae detects and responds to foreign bacterial peptide fragments in its environment. Open Biol (2014) 0.81
A low-affinity penicillin-binding protein 2x variant is required for heteroresistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2014) 0.80
Immunomodulation of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG)-derived soluble factors on antigen-presenting cells of healthy blood donors. Sci Rep (2016) 0.80
The pneumococcal polysaccharide capsule and pneumolysin differentially affect CXCL8 and IL-6 release from cells of the upper and lower respiratory tract. PLoS One (2014) 0.78
CpsR, a GntR family regulator, transcriptionally regulates capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis and governs bacterial virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Sci Rep (2016) 0.76
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: an emerging opportunist human pathogen. Lancet Infect Dis (2009) 2.61
Mumps. Lancet (2008) 2.59
New respiratory enterovirus and recombinant rhinoviruses among circulating picornaviruses. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 2.16
Intraclonal variations among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates influence the likelihood of invasive disease in children. J Infect Dis (2013) 1.84
Transmission dynamics of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the tertiary care hospital and the household setting. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.72
Impact of intraoperative behavior on surgical site infections. Am J Surg (2009) 1.71
CCL19 and CCL21 induce a potent proinflammatory differentiation program in licensed dendritic cells. Immunity (2005) 1.63
A homologue of aliB is found in the capsule region of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.58
Multiple colonization with S. pneumoniae before and after introduction of the seven-valent conjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine. PLoS One (2010) 1.56
Characterization of genetic and phenotypic diversity of invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. Infect Immun (2005) 1.53
Distribution and invasiveness of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in Switzerland, a country with low antibiotic selection pressure, from 2001 to 2004. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.51
Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae strain cocolonization in the nasopharynx. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.50
The rise and fall of bacterial clones: Streptococcus pneumoniae. Nat Rev Microbiol (2008) 1.32
Duration of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage, according to risk factors for acquisition. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2006) 1.31
New molecular detection tools adapted to emerging rhinoviruses and enteroviruses. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.27
Heteroresistance to penicillin in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.21
Low-level resistance to rifampin in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2003) 1.20
Capsule type of Streptococcus pneumoniae determines growth phenotype. PLoS Pathog (2012) 1.17
Automated counting of bacterial colony forming units on agar plates. PLoS One (2012) 1.13
Treatment of joint prosthesis infection in accordance with current recommendations improves outcome. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.09
Potent and broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity of CXCL14 suggests an immediate role in skin infections. J Immunol (2009) 1.09
Microbial communities in the respiratory tract of patients with interstitial lung disease. Thorax (2013) 1.08
Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: results of a nation-wide survey in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly (2002) 1.08
Nasopharyngeal microbiota in infants with acute otitis media. J Infect Dis (2012) 1.08
Clinical characteristics associated with isolation of small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from respiratory secretions of patients with cystic fibrosis. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.07
Rapid screening for carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by PCR and associated costs. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.04
Characterisation and clinical features of Enterobacter cloacae bloodstream infections occurring at a tertiary care university hospital in Switzerland: is cefepime adequate therapy? Int J Antimicrob Agents (2013) 1.03
Randomized, double-blind comparative trial of subunit and virosomal influenza vaccines for immunocompromised patients. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.01
Use of the Agilent 2100 bioanalyzer for rapid and reproducible molecular typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 0.99
Serotype-specific invasiveness and colonization prevalence in Streptococcus pneumoniae correlate with the lag phase during in vitro growth. Microbes Infect (2006) 0.99
Whole-blood interferon-gamma release assay for baseline tuberculosis screening of healthcare workers at a Swiss university hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 0.98
A point mutation in cpsE renders Streptococcus pneumoniae nonencapsulated and enhances its growth, adherence and competence. BMC Microbiol (2014) 0.97
An internationally spread clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae evolves from low-level to higher-level penicillin resistance by uptake of penicillin-binding protein gene fragments from nonencapsulated pneumococci. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 0.95
High-throughput procedure for tick surveys of tick-borne encephalitis virus and its application in a national surveillance study in Switzerland. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 0.93
Detection of Haemophilus influenzae type b by real-time PCR. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 0.91
Overall burden of healthcare-associated infections among surgical patients. Results of a national study. Ann Surg (2011) 0.91
Phylogenetic analysis of clinical mumps virus isolates from vaccinated and non-vaccinated patients with mumps during an outbreak, Switzerland 1998-2000. J Med Virol (2004) 0.91
Twelve years' detection of respiratory viruses by immunofluorescence in hospitalised children: impact of the introduction of a new respiratory picornavirus assay. BMC Infect Dis (2011) 0.90
16S rRNA terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism for the characterization of the nasopharyngeal microbiota. PLoS One (2012) 0.88
Capsule genes of Streptococcus pneumoniae influence growth in vitro. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2007) 0.87
Influence of the spxB gene on competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol (2007) 0.87
Decrease in pneumococcal co-colonization following vaccination with the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. PLoS One (2012) 0.85
Colonisation with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and antibiotic resistance patterns in COPD patients. Swiss Med Wkly (2012) 0.84
Determinants of quinolone versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole use for outpatient urinary tract infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 0.84
Heteroresistance to fosfomycin is predominant in Streptococcus pneumoniae and depends on the murA1 gene. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 0.83
Dynamics of hemodialysis catheter colonization by coagulase-negative staphylococci. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2005) 0.83
Pneumococcal vaccination in splenectomised cancer patients. Eur J Cancer (2005) 0.83
Comprehensive antigen screening identifies Moraxella catarrhalis proteins that induce protection in a mouse pulmonary clearance model. PLoS One (2013) 0.83
Phylogenetic and virulence analysis of tick-borne encephalitis virus field isolates from Switzerland. J Med Virol (2011) 0.83
Reduction of urinary catheter use and prescription of antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in hospitalised patients in internal medicine: before-and-after intervention study. Swiss Med Wkly (2013) 0.82
High proportion of healthcare-associated urinary tract infection in the absence of prior exposure to urinary catheter: a cross-sectional study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control (2013) 0.82
Streptococcus pneumoniae detects and responds to foreign bacterial peptide fragments in its environment. Open Biol (2014) 0.81
Sensitive and rapid detection of ganciclovir resistance by PCR based MALDI-TOF analysis. J Clin Virol (2012) 0.80
Determinants of timely management of acute bacterial meningitis in the ED. Am J Emerg Med (2013) 0.80
Secretion of a pneumococcal type II secretion system pilus correlates with DNA uptake during transformation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2014) 0.79
Serotype/serogroup-specific antibiotic non-susceptibility of invasive and non-invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae, Switzerland, 2004 to 2014. Euro Surveill (2016) 0.78
The pneumococcal polysaccharide capsule and pneumolysin differentially affect CXCL8 and IL-6 release from cells of the upper and lower respiratory tract. PLoS One (2014) 0.78
Monocyte differentiation toward regulatory dendritic cells is not affected by respiratory syncytial virus-induced inflammatory mediators. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol (2010) 0.77
Time-kill curve analysis and pharmacodynamic modelling for in vitro evaluation of antimicrobials against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. BMC Microbiol (2016) 0.75
A new rapid resazurin-based microdilution assay for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Antimicrob Chemother (2017) 0.75
Parapharyngeal abscess by Aspergillus flavus in a neutropenic patient with myelogenous leukaemia. Mycoses (2007) 0.75
Screening for carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus shortly after exposure may lead to false-negative results. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 0.75