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Use of plasma procalcitonin levels as an adjunct to clinical microbiology.

Embryonated eggs as an alternative infection model to investigate Aspergillus fumigatus virulence.

National audit of asymptomatic screening in UK genitourinary medicine clinics: clinic policies audit.

Diversity and antifungal susceptibility of yeasts isolated by multiple-tube fermentation from three freshwater lakes in Brazil.

Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of cellulase producing Streptomyces noboritoensis SPKC1.

Detection of Helicobacter pylori by phenotypic and genotypic methods.

Comparative in vitro antimicrobial activities of torezolid (TR-700), the active moiety of a new oxazolidinone, torezolid phosphate (TR-701), determination of tentative disk diffusion interpretive criteria, and quality control ranges.

Strain improvement of the pentose-fermenting yeast Pichia stipitis by genome shuffling

Evaluating the policy of setting up microscopy centres at township hospitals in Shandong China: experience from patients and providers.

Identification of katG mutations associated with high-level isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

A five-minute DNA extraction method for expedited detection of Phytophthora ramorum following prescreening using Phytophthora spp. lateral flow devices

In vitro fungicidal activities of echinocandins against Candida metapsilosis, C. orthopsilosis, and C. parapsilosis evaluated by time-kill studies.

Contribution of bacteriology and virology in sudden unexpected death in infancy.

Real-time identification of bacteria and Candida species in positive blood culture broths by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.

Faster test for detecting contamination of recreational waters.

Systematic approach to optimizing specifically targeted antimicrobial peptides against Streptococcus mutans.

Diary of the mad med-lab techs.

Esmond E. Snell--the pathfinder of B vitamins and cofactors.

Abstracts of the 20th ECCMID (European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases). Vienna, Austria. April 10-13, 2010.

Survival of yeasts stored after freeze-drying or liquid-drying.