Published in Pediatr Infect Dis J on February 01, 2010
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The use of dried cerebrospinal fluid filter paper spots as a substrate for PCR diagnosis of the aetiology of bacterial meningitis in the Lao PDR. Clin Microbiol Infect (2013) 0.86
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Pre-cut Filter Paper for Detecting Anti-Japanese Encephalitis Virus IgM from Dried Cerebrospinal Fluid Spots. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.77
Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized children. Pediatrics (2004) 4.74
Adjuvant glycerol and/or dexamethasone to improve the outcomes of childhood bacterial meningitis: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 3.11
Slow initial β-lactam infusion and oral paracetamol to treat childhood bacterial meningitis: a randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 2.90
Adjunctive dexamethasone in bacterial meningitis: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. Lancet Neurol (2010) 2.74
Invasiveness of serotypes and clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae among children in Finland. Infect Immun (2005) 1.96
Using multilocus sequence data to define the pneumococcus. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.82
Etiological diagnosis of childhood pneumonia by use of transthoracic needle aspiration and modern microbiological methods. Clin Infect Dis (2002) 1.81
Pneumonic vs nonpneumonic acute exacerbations of COPD. Chest (2002) 1.66
Ribosomal mutations in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 1.63
Hearing impairment in childhood bacterial meningitis is little relieved by dexamethasone or glycerol. Pediatrics (2009) 1.51
Serum chlamydial lipopolysaccharide as a prognostic factor for a new cardiovascular event. Heart Lung (2008) 1.47
Prognostic accuracy of five simple scales in childhood bacterial meningitis. Scand J Infect Dis (2012) 1.44
Atypical pathogen infection in adults with acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2002) 1.33
Risk of cervical cancer associated with Chlamydia trachomatis antibodies by histology, HPV type and HPV cofactors. Int J Cancer (2007) 1.32
Size at birth, weight gain over the life course, and low-grade inflammation in young adulthood: northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort study. Eur Heart J (2008) 1.32
Cold temperature and low humidity are associated with increased occurrence of respiratory tract infections. Respir Med (2008) 1.31
Diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae lower respiratory infection in hospitalized children by culture, polymerase chain reaction, serological testing, and urinary antigen detection. Clin Infect Dis (2001) 1.25
A comparative study of the etiology of adult upper and lower respiratory tract infections in the community. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2002) 1.23
The association between C-reactive protein levels and depression: Results from the northern Finland 1966 birth cohort study. Biol Psychiatry (2006) 1.13
C-reactive protein levels and sleep disturbances: observations based on the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort study. Psychosom Med (2007) 1.12
Comparison of metabolic and inflammatory outcomes in women who used oral contraceptives and the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device in a general population. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2008) 1.10
Risk of invasive pneumococcal infections among working age adults with asthma. Thorax (2010) 1.05
Synergistic effect of persistent Chlamydia pneumoniae infection, autoimmunity, and inflammation on coronary risk. Circulation (2003) 1.04
Seasonal patterns of viral and bacterial infections among children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia in a tropical region. Scand J Infect Dis (2010) 1.02
Risk factors for death and severe neurological sequelae in childhood bacterial meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.02
Low-grade, systemic inflammation in adolescents: association with early-life factors, gender, and lifestyle. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 0.99
Real-time quantitative PCR for the detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the middle ear fluid of children with acute otitis media. Mol Cell Probes (2002) 0.98
Does the presence of pneumococcal DNA in middle-ear fluid indicate pneumococcal etiology in acute otitis media? J Infect Dis (2004) 0.98
Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and pneumococcal urine antigen test in healthy elderly subjects. Scand J Infect Dis (2012) 0.97
Autoimmunity to human heat shock protein 60, Chlamydia pneumoniae infection, and inflammation in predicting coronary risk. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2002) 0.97
The role of respiratory viral infections among children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in a developing country. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2008) 0.97
Effect of simvastatin, an established lipid-lowering drug, on pulmonary Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 0.96
Influence of admission findings on death and neurological outcome from childhood bacterial meningitis. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 0.96
Efficacy of single-dose azithromycin in treatment of acute otitis media in children after a baseline tympanocentesis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2003) 0.96
Pneumococcal carriage is more common in asthmatic than in non-asthmatic young men. Clin Respir J (2010) 0.96
Otorhinolaryngological findings and hearing in HIV-positive and HIV-negative children in a developing country. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol (2011) 0.94
Simkania negevensis infection among Brazilian children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. J Infect (2009) 0.94
Treatment of acute otitis media with probiotics in otitis-prone children-a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised study. Clin Nutr (2007) 0.94
Chlamydial antibodies and risk of prostate cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2005) 0.92
Influenza C virus infection in military recruits--symptoms and clinical manifestation. J Med Virol (2013) 0.92
Randomized comparison of azithromycin versus cefixime for treatment of shigellosis in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2003) 0.92
Aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia: serological results of a paediatric survey. Scand J Infect Dis (2005) 0.92
Mannose-binding lectin concentrations, MBL2 polymorphisms, and susceptibility to respiratory tract infections in young men. J Infect Dis (2008) 0.89
Association of IL-6 and IL-6R gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to respiratory tract infections in young Finnish men. Hum Immunol (2010) 0.89
Procalcitonin is useful in identifying bacteraemia among children with pneumonia. Scand J Infect Dis (2010) 0.89
Decline in temperature and humidity increases the occurrence of influenza in cold climate. Environ Health (2014) 0.88
Soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sCD25) and interleukin-10 plasma concentrations are associated with severity of primary respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Eur Cytokine Netw (2005) 0.88
Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and the risk of female early-onset lung cancer. Int J Cancer (2003) 0.88
Chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (cLPS) is present in atherosclerotic and aneurysmal arterial wall--cLPS levels depend on disease manifestation. Cardiovasc Pathol (2009) 0.87
Biofilm formation by Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from paediatric patients. APMIS (2010) 0.87
Effect of xylitol and other carbon sources on Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm formation and gene expression in vitro. APMIS (2010) 0.87
Relative frequency of Haemophilus influenzae type b pneumonia in Chinese children as evidenced by serology. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2002) 0.87
Presence of viral and bacterial pathogens in the nasopharynx of otitis-prone children. A prospective study. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol (2005) 0.86
Improving the outcomes in children with bacterial meningitis. Curr Opin Infect Dis (2009) 0.86
Effects of repeated Chlamydia pneumoniae inoculations on aortic lipid accumulation and inflammatory response in C57BL/6J mice. Infect Immun (2005) 0.86
Risk factors for mortality in Paraguayan children with pneumococcal bacterial meningitis. Trop Med Int Health (2005) 0.86
Proteomic analysis of Chlamydia pneumoniae-infected HL cells reveals extensive degradation of cytoskeletal proteins. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2008) 0.86
Xylitol-supplemented nutrition enhances bacterial killing and prolongs survival of rats in experimental pneumococcal sepsis. BMC Microbiol (2008) 0.85
Antibodies to human heat shock protein 60, hypertension and dyslipidemia. A study of joint effects on coronary risk. Atherosclerosis (2003) 0.85
Trends and geographical variation in invasive pneumococcal infections in Finland. Scand J Infect Dis (2008) 0.85
In vivo treatment of acute Chlamydia pneumoniae infection with the flavonoids quercetin and luteolin and an alkyl gallate, octyl gallate, in a mouse model. Biochem Pharmacol (2005) 0.84
Nasal middle meatal specimen bacteriology as a predictor of the course of acute respiratory infection in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2006) 0.84
Clinical response to antibiotic therapy for community-acquired pneumonia. Eur J Pediatr (2004) 0.84
Microarray analysis of a Chlamydia pneumoniae-infected human epithelial cell line by use of gene ontology hierarchy. J Infect Dis (2008) 0.84
Prevalence and persistence of Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies in healthy laboratory personnel in Finland. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2005) 0.84
Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of carriage and invasive disease isolates of Neisseria meningitidis in Finland. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 0.84
Risk factors for acute respiratory tract illness in military conscripts. Respirology (2008) 0.83
Microbial genome count in cerebrospinal fluid compared with clinical characteristics in pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in children. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2008) 0.83
Acute childhood bacterial meningitis in Luanda, Angola. Scand J Infect Dis (2008) 0.82
Corn mint (Mentha arvensis) extract diminishes acute Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in vitro and in vivo. J Agric Food Chem (2011) 0.82
The effect of proatherogenic microbes on macrophage cholesterol homeostasis in apoE-deficient mice. Microb Pathog (2011) 0.82
Chlamydial and periodontal pathogens induce hepatic inflammation and fatty acid imbalance in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Infect Immun (2009) 0.81
Chlamydial lipopolysaccharide is present in serum during acute coronary syndrome and correlates with CRP levels. Atherosclerosis (2006) 0.81
Telithromycin treatment of chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in C57BL/6J mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 0.81
All known human rhinovirus species are present in sputum specimens of military recruits during respiratory infection. Viruses (2009) 0.81
Picornaviruses in cerebrospinal fluid of children with meningitis in Luanda, Angola. J Med Virol (2012) 0.81
Effect of pravastatin treatment on Chlamydia pneumoniae infection, inflammation and serum lipids in NIH/S mice. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2007) 0.81
Incidence and etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly in a prospective population-based study. Scand J Infect Dis (2014) 0.80
Maternal serum Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies and CRP levels in women with preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Hypertens Pregnancy (2008) 0.80
Comparison of polymerase chain reaction methods, in situ hybridization, and enzyme immunoassay for detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerotic carotid plaques. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2008) 0.80
Asthmatic persons are prone to the persistence of Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2007) 0.79
Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA is present in peripheral blood mononuclear cells during acute coronary syndrome and correlates with chlamydial lipopolysaccharide levels in serum. Scand J Infect Dis (2009) 0.79
Chlamydial LPS and high-sensitivity CRP levels in serum are associated with an elevated body mass index in patients with cardiovascular disease. Innate Immun (2008) 0.79