Published in APMIS on April 01, 2010
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Practice guidelines for imaging studies in children after the first urinary tract infection. J Urol (2010) 2.02
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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
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Childhood urinary tract infections as a cause of chronic kidney disease. Pediatrics (2011) 1.69
Otitis media and its consequences: beyond the earache. Lancet Infect Dis (2010) 1.68
Pneumonic vs nonpneumonic acute exacerbations of COPD. Chest (2002) 1.66
Adolescents with asthma or atopic eczema have more febrile days in early childhood: a possible explanation for the connection between paracetamol and asthma? J Allergy Clin Immunol (2010) 1.66
Ribosomal mutations in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 1.63
Long-term follow-up of patients after childhood urinary tract infection. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2012) 1.56
Differentially expressed genes in nonsmall cell lung cancer: expression profiling of cancer-related genes in squamous cell lung cancer. Cancer Genet Cytogenet (2004) 1.54
Surfactant protein D gene polymorphism associated with severe respiratory syncytial virus infection. Pediatr Res (2002) 1.53
Noninvasive imaging for evaluation of the systemic delivery of capsid-modified adenoviruses in an orthotopic model of advanced lung cancer. Cancer (2006) 1.53
Experiences of using an interactive audience response system in lectures. BMC Med Educ (2003) 1.50
Chest imaging findings in hospitalized patients with H1N1 influenza. Acta Radiol (2011) 1.49
Serum chlamydial lipopolysaccharide as a prognostic factor for a new cardiovascular event. Heart Lung (2008) 1.47
Dietary factors affecting susceptibility to urinary tract infection. Pediatr Nephrol (2004) 1.46
A population-based prospective study of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and cervical carcinoma. Int J Cancer (2002) 1.43
Failure of xylitol given three times a day for preventing acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2007) 1.43
Timing of rhinosinusitis complications in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2009) 1.42
Regional differences in postneonatal childhood mortality in Finland, 1985-2004. Acta Paediatr (2014) 1.40
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Adenoidectomy versus chemoprophylaxis and placebo for recurrent acute otitis media in children aged under 2 years: randomised controlled trial. BMJ (2004) 1.36
Association between surfactant protein A gene locus and severe respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.34
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
From Quellung to multiplex PCR, and back when needed, in pneumococcal serotyping. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 1.30
Comparison of five genotypic techniques for identification of optochin-resistant pneumococcus-like isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.30
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
Meta-analysis of the significance of asymptomatic bacteriuria in diabetes. Diabetes Care (2010) 1.14
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
Medical theses as part of the scientific training in basic medical and dental education: experiences from Finland. BMC Med Educ (2007) 1.10
Peer consultation as a method for promoting problem-based learning during a paediatrics course. Med Teach (2002) 1.07
Risk of invasive pneumococcal infections among working age adults with asthma. Thorax (2010) 1.05
Management of cervical stab wounds in low volume trauma centres: systematic physical examination and low threshold for adjunctive studies, or surgical exploration. Injury (2006) 1.04
Respiratory viral infections in children with leukemia. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2008) 1.04
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
Cytokine responses in cord blood predict the severity of later respiratory syncytial virus infection. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2009) 0.99
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Cranberry juice for the prevention of recurrences of urinary tract infections in children: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 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
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
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
Temporal trends of antimicrobial resistance and clonality of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Finland, 2002 to 2006. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 0.97
Effect of simvastatin, an established lipid-lowering drug, on pulmonary Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 0.96
The development of a 16S rRNA gene based PCR for the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and comparison with four other species specific PCR assays. BMC Infect Dis (2010) 0.96
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Pneumococcal carriage is more common in asthmatic than in non-asthmatic young men. Clin Respir J (2010) 0.96
Impact and effectiveness of RotaTeq® vaccine based on 3 years of surveillance following introduction of a rotavirus immunization program in Finland. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2013) 0.96
Effect of surgical volume and hospital type on outcome in non-small cell lung cancer surgery: a Finnish population-based study. Lung Cancer (2007) 0.95
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Treatment of acute otitis media with probiotics in otitis-prone children-a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised study. Clin Nutr (2007) 0.94
Serotype-related variation in susceptibility to complement deposition and opsonophagocytosis among clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infect Immun (2010) 0.93
Chlamydial antibodies and risk of prostate cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2005) 0.92
Caveolins as tumour markers in lung cancer detected by combined use of cDNA and tissue microarrays. J Pathol (2004) 0.92
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Influenza C virus infection in military recruits--symptoms and clinical manifestation. J Med Virol (2013) 0.92
Distribution of pneumococcal surface protein A families 1 and 2 among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from children in finland who had acute otitis media or were nasopharyngeal carriers. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2008) 0.91
Toll-like receptor 4 Asp299Gly polymorphism in respiratory syncytial virus epidemics. Pediatr Pulmonol (2010) 0.91
Disappearance of middle ear effusion in acute otitis media monitored daily with tympanometry. Acta Paediatr (2006) 0.90
Association of IL-6 and IL-6R gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to respiratory tract infections in young Finnish men. Hum Immunol (2010) 0.89
Mannose-binding lectin concentrations, MBL2 polymorphisms, and susceptibility to respiratory tract infections in young men. J Infect Dis (2008) 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
Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and the risk of female early-onset lung cancer. Int J Cancer (2003) 0.88
Dietary factors protecting women from urinary tract infection. Am J Clin Nutr (2003) 0.88
Tympanostomy with and without adenoidectomy for the prevention of recurrences of acute otitis media: a randomized controlled trial. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2012) 0.87
Relative frequency of Haemophilus influenzae type b pneumonia in Chinese children as evidenced by serology. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2002) 0.87