Published in APMIS on December 01, 2010
Biofilm formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Microb Biotechnol (2011) 0.98
Metabolic activity of Streptococcus mutans biofilms and gene expression during exposure to xylitol and sucrose. Int J Oral Sci (2014) 0.90
Use of xylitol to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of polymethylmethacrylate-based antibiotic therapy in treatment of chronic osteomyelitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 0.85
Innate immunity and the role of defensins in otitis media. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep (2011) 0.78
Antibiotic activity against naive and induced Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms in an in vitro pharmacodynamic model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 0.77
Diet as a risk factor for pneumococcal carriage and otitis media: a cross-sectional study among children in day care centers. PLoS One (2014) 0.75
Cardiovascular risk factors in childhood and carotid artery intima-media thickness in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. JAMA (2003) 6.60
Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized children. Pediatrics (2004) 4.74
Antipyretic agents for preventing recurrences of febrile seizures: randomized controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2009) 2.15
Practice guidelines for imaging studies in children after the first urinary tract infection. J Urol (2010) 2.02
Are anticapsular antibodies the primary mechanism of protection against invasive pneumococcal disease? PLoS Med (2005) 1.97
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
Vesicoureteral reflux, a benign condition. Pediatr Nephrol (2008) 1.78
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
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
Encephalitis, myelitis, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM): case definitions and guidelines for collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data. Vaccine (2007) 1.44
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
Pneumococcemia in children--a retrospective study before universal pneumococcal vaccinations. Acta Paediatr (2013) 1.38
Adenoidectomy versus chemoprophylaxis and placebo for recurrent acute otitis media in children aged under 2 years: randomised controlled trial. BMJ (2004) 1.36
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
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
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
Low-grade, systemic inflammation in adolescents: association with early-life factors, gender, and lifestyle. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 0.99
Cranberry juice for the prevention of recurrences of urinary tract infections in children: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 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
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
Temporal trends of antimicrobial resistance and clonality of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Finland, 2002 to 2006. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 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
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
Pneumococcal carriage is more common in asthmatic than in non-asthmatic young men. Clin Respir J (2010) 0.96
Recent advances in otitis media. 1. Epidemiology, natural history, and risk factors. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl (2005) 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
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
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
Influenza C virus infection in military recruits--symptoms and clinical manifestation. J Med Virol (2013) 0.92
Aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia: serological results of a paediatric survey. Scand J Infect Dis (2005) 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
Thrombocytopenia: case definition and guidelines for collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data. Vaccine (2007) 0.90
Disappearance of middle ear effusion in acute otitis media monitored daily with tympanometry. Acta Paediatr (2006) 0.90
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
Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and the risk of female early-onset lung cancer. Int J Cancer (2003) 0.88
Decline in temperature and humidity increases the occurrence of influenza in cold climate. Environ Health (2014) 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
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
Xylitol administered only during respiratory infections failed to prevent acute otitis media. Pediatrics (2002) 0.87
Rapid increase in macrolide resistance among penicillin non-susceptible pneumococci in Finland, 1996-2000. J Antimicrob Chemother (2002) 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
Proteomic analysis of Chlamydia pneumoniae-infected HL cells reveals extensive degradation of cytoskeletal proteins. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2008) 0.86
Effects of repeated Chlamydia pneumoniae inoculations on aortic lipid accumulation and inflammatory response in C57BL/6J mice. Infect Immun (2005) 0.86
Xylitol-supplemented nutrition enhances bacterial killing and prolongs survival of rats in experimental pneumococcal sepsis. BMC Microbiol (2008) 0.85