Published in Hum Immunol on October 15, 2010
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Chlamydial antibodies and risk of prostate cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2005) 0.92
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Young male patients are at elevated risk of developing serious central nervous system complications during acute Puumala hantavirus infection. BMC Infect Dis (2011) 0.89
Mannose-binding lectin concentrations, MBL2 polymorphisms, and susceptibility to respiratory tract infections in young men. J Infect Dis (2008) 0.89
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Procalcitonin is useful in identifying bacteraemia among children with pneumonia. Scand J Infect Dis (2010) 0.89
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Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and the risk of female early-onset lung cancer. Int J Cancer (2003) 0.88
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Chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (cLPS) is present in atherosclerotic and aneurysmal arterial wall--cLPS levels depend on disease manifestation. Cardiovasc Pathol (2009) 0.87
Effect of xylitol and other carbon sources on Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm formation and gene expression in vitro. APMIS (2010) 0.87
Biofilm formation by Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from paediatric patients. APMIS (2010) 0.87
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Effects of repeated Chlamydia pneumoniae inoculations on aortic lipid accumulation and inflammatory response in C57BL/6J mice. Infect Immun (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
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Trends and geographical variation in invasive pneumococcal infections in Finland. Scand J Infect Dis (2008) 0.85
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Diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis by identifying DNA from cerebrospinal fluid-impregnated filter paper strips. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2010) 0.84
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Nasal middle meatal specimen bacteriology as a predictor of the course of acute respiratory infection in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2006) 0.84
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