Published in Thorax on August 01, 2010
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A widespread outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O:3 infection from iceberg lettuce. J Infect Dis (2004) 2.09
Increasing incidence of empyema complicating childhood community-acquired pneumonia in the United States. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 2.09
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National impact of universal childhood immunization with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on outpatient medical care visits in the United States. Pediatrics (2006) 2.01
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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
Changing epidemiology of pneumococcal meningitis after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the United States. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 1.80
Trends in acute otitis media-related health care utilization by privately insured young children in the United States, 1997-2004. Pediatrics (2008) 1.78
Genetic diversity of the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) viruses in Finland. PLoS One (2010) 1.74
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Emergence of parapneumonic empyema in the USA. Thorax (2011) 1.67
Pneumonic vs nonpneumonic acute exacerbations of COPD. Chest (2002) 1.66
Ribosomal mutations in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 1.63
Reduction of frequent otitis media and pressure-equalizing tube insertions in children after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Pediatrics (2007) 1.61
The 2000 tularemia outbreak: a case-control study of risk factors in disease-endemic and emergent areas, Sweden. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 1.58
Lactobacillus bacteremia during a rapid increase in probiotic use of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in Finland. Clin Infect Dis (2002) 1.57
Candidemia in Finland, 1995-1999. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.55
An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness and erythema nodosum from grated carrots contaminated with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. J Infect Dis (2006) 1.55
Serum chlamydial lipopolysaccharide as a prognostic factor for a new cardiovascular event. Heart Lung (2008) 1.47
Health care utilization for pneumonia in young children after routine pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use in the United States. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2007) 1.46
Mediastinitis after more than 10,000 cardiac surgical procedures. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.45
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Emergence of fluconazole resistance in a Candida parapsilosis strain that caused infections in a neonatal intensive care unit. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.37
International Circumpolar Surveillance System for invasive pneumococcal disease, 1999-2005. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 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
Internet use and epidemiologic investigation of gastroenteritis outbreak. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 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
Secular trend in candidemia and the use of fluconazole in Finland, 2004-2007. BMC Infect Dis (2010) 1.18
Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci and their SCCmec types in a long-term-care facility. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.15
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
Longitudinal study on pneumococcal carriage during the first year of life in Bangladesh. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2007) 1.11
Epidemiological evidence for serotype-independent acquired immunity to pneumococcal carriage. J Infect Dis (2009) 1.11
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
Pneumococcal carriage and invasive disease in children before introduction of the 13-valent conjugate vaccine: comparison with the era before 7-valent conjugate vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2013) 1.10
Impact of postdischarge surveillance on the rate of surgical site infection after orthopedic surgery. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2006) 1.10
Characterization of Finnish Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates by spoligotyping. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.06
Salmonella enterica bacteraemia: a multi-national population-based cohort study. BMC Infect Dis (2010) 1.04
Synergistic effect of persistent Chlamydia pneumoniae infection, autoimmunity, and inflammation on coronary risk. Circulation (2003) 1.04
Invasive group B streptococcal infections in Finland: a population-based study. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.03
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
Nationwide trends in molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Finland, 1997-2004. BMC Infect Dis (2007) 1.01
Hospitalizations and deaths associated with Clostridium difficile infection, Finland, 1996-2004. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.00
Hand washing with soap and water together with behavioural recommendations prevents infections in common work environment: an open cluster-randomized trial. Trials (2012) 1.00
Antibodies to pneumococcal proteins PhtD, CbpA, and LytC in Filipino pregnant women and their infants in relation to pneumococcal carriage. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2009) 0.99
Low-grade, systemic inflammation in adolescents: association with early-life factors, gender, and lifestyle. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 0.99
Invasive pneumococcal infections among persons with and without underlying medical conditions: implications for prevention strategies. BMC Infect Dis (2008) 0.98
Imported malaria in Finland 1995 to 2008: an overview of surveillance, travel trends, and antimalarial drug sales. J Travel Med (2010) 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
Does the presence of pneumococcal DNA in middle-ear fluid indicate pneumococcal etiology in acute otitis media? J Infect Dis (2004) 0.98
Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a health care ward and associated nursing home. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 0.97
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 vaccine shortages on timeliness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination: results from the 2001-2005 National Immunization Survey. Pediatrics (2007) 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
Domestically acquired Campylobacter infections in Finland. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 0.97
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
Effect of simvastatin, an established lipid-lowering drug, on pulmonary Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 0.96
Clinical case review: a method to improve identification of true clinical and radiographic pneumonia in children meeting the World Health Organization definition for pneumonia. BMC Infect Dis (2008) 0.96
Pneumococcal carriage is more common in asthmatic than in non-asthmatic young men. Clin Respir J (2010) 0.96
Human cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398, Finland. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 0.96
Simkania negevensis infection among Brazilian children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. J Infect (2009) 0.94
First year experience of rotavirus immunisation programme in Finland. Vaccine (2012) 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
Serotype-related variation in susceptibility to complement deposition and opsonophagocytosis among clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infect Immun (2010) 0.93
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Chlamydial antibodies and risk of prostate cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2005) 0.92
Imported human rabies, the Philippines and Finland, 2007. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 0.92
Nosocomial infections after pediatric cardiac surgery. Am J Infect Control (2008) 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