Published in Intensive Care Med on February 11, 2009
Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2009: I. Pneumonia and infections, sepsis, outcome, acute renal failure and acid base, nutrition and glycaemic control. Intensive Care Med (2010) 0.89
On track to limit antifungal overuse! Intensive Care Med (2009) 0.77
The risk of catheter-related bloodstream infection after withdrawal of colonized catheters is low. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2013) 0.75
Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 11.12
Liposomal amphotericin B as initial therapy for invasive mold infection: a randomized trial comparing a high-loading dose regimen with standard dosing (AmBiLoad trial). Clin Infect Dis (2007) 5.15
In-hospital and 1-year mortality in patients undergoing early surgery for prosthetic valve endocarditis. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 3.72
Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungemia: an emerging infectious disease. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 3.14
Contemporary clinical profile and outcome of prosthetic valve endocarditis. JAMA (2007) 3.03
Aorto-cavitary fistulous tract formation in infective endocarditis: clinical and echocardiographic features of 76 cases and risk factors for mortality. Eur Heart J (2004) 2.85
Continuous aspiration of subglottic secretions in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the postoperative period of major heart surgery. Chest (2008) 2.78
Nocardiosis at the turn of the century. Medicine (Baltimore) (2009) 2.55
Complicated skin and skin-structure infections and catheter-related bloodstream infections: noninferiority of linezolid in a phase 3 study. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 2.54
A randomized and prospective study of 3 procedures for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection without catheter withdrawal. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 2.47
Direct E-test (AB Biodisk) of respiratory samples improves antimicrobial use in ventilator-associated pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 2.33
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in recipients of solid organ transplants. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 2.27
In vitro antifungal activities of isavuconazole (BAL4815), voriconazole, and fluconazole against 1,007 isolates of zygomycete, Candida, Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Scedosporium species. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 2.11
Is the volume of blood cultured still a significant factor in the diagnosis of bloodstream infections? J Clin Microbiol (2007) 2.01
Combination of voriconazole and caspofungin as primary therapy for invasive aspergillosis in solid organ transplant recipients: a prospective, multicenter, observational study. Transplantation (2006) 1.94
Bloodstream infections: a trial of the impact of different methods of reporting positive blood culture results. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 1.93
Ventilator-associated pneumonia after heart surgery: a prospective analysis and the value of surveillance. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.88
In vitro activities of linezolid against clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that are susceptible or resistant to first-line antituberculous drugs. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2003) 1.85
Tuberculosis after solid-organ transplant: incidence, risk factors, and clinical characteristics in the RESITRA (Spanish Network of Infection in Transplantation) cohort. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.83
Infections due to Scedosporium apiospermum and Scedosporium prolificans in transplant recipients: clinical characteristics and impact of antifungal agent therapy on outcome. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 1.81
Brief communication: treatment of Enterococcus faecalis endocarditis with ampicillin plus ceftriaxone. Ann Intern Med (2007) 1.69
Prevalence of BK virus replication among recipients of solid organ transplants. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.66
Zygomycosis in solid organ transplant recipients: a prospective, matched case-control study to assess risks for disease and outcome. J Infect Dis (2009) 1.62
Whole genome sequencing analysis of intrapatient microevolution in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: potential impact on the inference of tuberculosis transmission. J Infect Dis (2013) 1.61
Valganciclovir as treatment for cytomegalovirus disease in solid organ transplant recipients. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.58
Pre-emptive broad-spectrum treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia in high-risk patients. Intensive Care Med (2013) 1.56
Non-HACEK gram-negative bacillus endocarditis. Ann Intern Med (2007) 1.56
Polyclonal and compartmentalized infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with both respiratory and extrarespiratory involvement. J Infect Dis (2003) 1.54
A multicenter multinational study of abdominal candidiasis: epidemiology, outcomes and predictors of mortality. Intensive Care Med (2015) 1.54
Impact of current transplantation management on the development of cytomegalovirus disease after renal transplantation. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.51
New real-time PCR able to detect in a single tube multiple rifampin resistance mutations and high-level isoniazid resistance mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.50
Epidemiology of candidemia in intensive care units. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2008) 1.50
Invasive aspergillosis in the recipients of liver retransplantation. Liver Transpl (2006) 1.49
Laboratory-acquired clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction ribotype 027: a new risk for laboratory workers? Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.48
[Guidelines for the treatment of Invasive Candidiasis and other yeasts. Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC). 2010 Update]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (2011) 1.46
Characterization of clonal complexity in tuberculosis by mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable-number tandem repeat typing. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.45
Molecular diagnosis of infective endocarditis by real-time broad-range polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing directly from heart valve tissue. Medicine (Baltimore) (2007) 1.41
Campylobacter bacteremia: clinical characteristics, incidence, and outcome over 23 years. Medicine (Baltimore) (2010) 1.39
Etherification of biodiesel-derived glycerol with ethanol for fuel formulation over sulfonic modified catalysts. Bioresour Technol (2011) 1.39
Tuberculosis in solid-organ transplant recipients: consensus statement of the group for the study of infection in transplant recipients (GESITRA) of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.37
Rapid direct detection of multiple rifampin and isoniazid resistance mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory samples by real-time PCR. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 1.34
Epidemiology, species distribution and in vitro antifungal susceptibility of fungaemia in a Spanish multicentre prospective survey. J Antimicrob Chemother (2012) 1.31
Analysis of changes in recent tuberculosis transmission patterns after a sharp increase in immigration. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.29
Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with a silent mutation in rpoB leading to potential misassignment of resistance category. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.28
Bloodstream infections: evolution and trends in the microbiology workload, incidence, and etiology, 1985-2006. Medicine (Baltimore) (2008) 1.27
Advanced survey of tuberculosis transmission in a complex socioepidemiologic scenario with a high proportion of cases in immigrants. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.26
The relationship between the initiation of antimicrobial therapy and the incidence of stroke in infective endocarditis: an analysis from the ICE Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS). Am Heart J (2007) 1.26
DMT1, a physiologically relevant apical Cu1+ transporter of intestinal cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol (2003) 1.24
Incidence and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia after major heart surgery. Intensive Care Med (2009) 1.19
Evaluation of the new advanced 15-loci MIRU-VNTR genotyping tool in Mycobacterium tuberculosis molecular epidemiology studies. BMC Microbiol (2008) 1.19
Protective and toxic roles of dopamine in Parkinson's disease. J Neurochem (2014) 1.17
Analysis of clonal composition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in primary infections in children. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.16
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Spain: molecular epidemiology and utility of different typing methods. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.16
Current features of infective endocarditis in elderly patients: results of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study. Arch Intern Med (2008) 1.16
Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Madrid and identification of two new families specific to Spain-related settings. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.16
Ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients undergoing major heart surgery: an incidence study in Europe. Crit Care (2009) 1.16
Characterization of several Psychrobacter strains isolated from Antarctic environments and description of Psychrobacter luti sp. nov. and Psychrobacter fozii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2003) 1.16
Should lower respiratory tract secretions from intensive care patients be systematically screened for influenza virus during the influenza season? Crit Care (2012) 1.14
HACEK infective endocarditis: characteristics and outcomes from a large, multi-national cohort. PLoS One (2013) 1.13
The clonal composition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical specimens could be modified by culture. Tuberculosis (Edinb) (2010) 1.13
Tuberculosis recurrences: reinfection plays a role in a population whose clinical/epidemiological characteristics do not favor reinfection. Arch Intern Med (2002) 1.12
In vitro activities of tigecycline and eight other antimicrobials against different Nocardia species identified by molecular methods. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2006) 1.12
Evolution of the antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus spp. in Spain: five nationwide prevalence studies, 1986 to 2002. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 1.11
Periannular complications in infective endocarditis involving prosthetic aortic valves. Am J Cardiol (2006) 1.11
Candida krusei fungaemia: antifungal susceptibility and clinical presentation of an uncommon entity during 15 years in a single general hospital. J Antimicrob Chemother (2005) 1.10
Paenibacillus antarcticus sp. nov., a novel psychrotolerant organism from the Antarctic environment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2004) 1.10
Cutaneous cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients. Med Mycol (2010) 1.09
Extra-abdominal infections due to Gemella species. Int J Infect Dis (2002) 1.09
Is azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus a problem in Spain? Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 1.08
PCR for detection of herpes simplex virus in cerebrospinal fluid: alternative acceptance criteria for diagnostic workup. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.08
Rapid clonal analysis of recurrent tuberculosis by direct MIRU-VNTR typing on stored isolates. BMC Microbiol (2007) 1.07
Association between the infectivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and their efficiency for extrarespiratory infection. J Infect Dis (2005) 1.06
A prospective, randomized, and comparative study of 3 different methods for the diagnosis of intravascular catheter colonization. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.05
Prospective universal application of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat genotyping to characterize Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates for fast identification of clustered and orphan cases. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.05
Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in diarrhoeic and non-diarrhoeic piglets. Vet Microbiol (2009) 1.05
BK virus in heart transplant recipients: a prospective study. J Heart Lung Transplant (2010) 1.05
Risk factors, clinical features, and outcomes of toxoplasmosis in solid-organ transplant recipients: a matched case-control study. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.04
Isavuconazole: a new and promising antifungal triazole for the treatment of invasive fungal infections. Future Microbiol (2008) 1.03
Clinical isolates of Aspergillus species remain fully susceptible to voriconazole in the post-voriconazole era. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 1.03
Antifungal management practices and evolution of infection in organ transplant recipients with cryptococcus neoformans infection. Transplantation (2005) 1.02
The challenge of anticipating catheter tip colonization in major heart surgery patients in the intensive care unit: are surface cultures useful? Crit Care Med (2005) 1.02
Systematic survey of clonal complexity in tuberculosis at a populational level and detailed characterization of the isolates involved. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.02
Complex clonal features in an mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a two-year-old child. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2006) 1.01
Periannular complications in infective endocarditis involving native aortic valves. Am J Cardiol (2006) 0.99