Published in J Microbiol Methods on September 03, 2011
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Four variants of the Citrobacter freundii AmpC-Type cephalosporinases, including novel enzymes CMY-14 and CMY-15, in a Proteus mirabilis clone widespread in Poland. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 1.07
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MalE of group A Streptococcus participates in the rapid transport of maltotriose and longer maltodextrins. J Bacteriol (2007) 0.93
Group A streptococci from invasive-disease episodes in Poland are remarkably divergent at the molecular level. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 0.92
Typing of Streptococcus pyogenes strains using the phage profiling method. Virulence (2012) 0.91
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The new strategy for allele identification of the genes coding for pertussis toxin subunit S1 (ptx S1) and pertactin (prn) in Bordetella pertussis. J Microbiol Methods (2003) 0.81
The first Staphylococcus aureus isolates with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin in Poland. J Antimicrob Chemother (2002) 0.81
Automated peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis due to Haemophilus influenzae showing the BLNAR phenotype. Int J Infect Dis (2009) 0.80
High genetic diversity of ciprofloxacin-nonsusceptible isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Poland. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 0.79
The effect of an antibiotic policy on the control of vancomycin-resistant enterococci outbreak and on the resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from the blood of patients in a hematology unit. Pol Arch Med Wewn (2009) 0.79
Prevalence and serotype distribution of encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae isolates from patients with lower respiratory tract infections in Poland. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 0.79
Polymorphism, genetic exchange and intragenic recombination of the aureolysin gene among Staphylococcus aureus strains. BMC Microbiol (2008) 0.79
Complex nature of enterococcal pheromone-responsive plasmids. Pol J Microbiol (2010) 0.78
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Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in Poland in 1996 to 2004 that were deficient in species-specific proteins. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 0.77
Invasive meningococcal disease associated with a very high case fatality rate in the North-West of Poland. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol (2006) 0.77