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(18)F-FDG-PET/CT angiography in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis and cardiac device infection in adult patients with congenital heart disease and prosthetic material

scientific article published on 09 August 2017

(18)F-FDG-PET/CTA of Prosthetic Cardiac Valves and Valve-Tube Grafts: Infective Versus Inflammatory Patterns

scientific article published on 7 September 2016

0,869: Primer factor de impacto de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica

2004: un año trascendental para Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica

A Multinational, Preregistered Cohort Study of β-Lactam/β-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations for Treatment of Bloodstream Infections Due to Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae

scientific article published on 02 May 2016

A Predictive Model of Mortality in Patients With Bloodstream Infections due to Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae

scientific article published on October 2016

A bedside scoring system ("Candida score") for early antifungal treatment in nonneutropenic critically ill patients with Candida colonization

scientific article published in March 2006

A multicenter multinational study of abdominal candidiasis: epidemiology, outcomes and predictors of mortality.

scientific article

A pragmatic approach for mortality prediction after surgery in infective endocarditis: Optimizing and refining EuroSCORE.

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

A simple prediction score for estimating the risk of candidaemia caused by fluconazole non-susceptible strains

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of yeast infections: role of the new antifungal agents

scientific article

Ampicillin Plus Ceftriaxone Is as Effective as Ampicillin Plus Gentamicin for TreatingEnterococcus faecalisInfective Endocarditis

scientific article published in 2013

An update on surgical and antimicrobial therapy for acute periprosthetic joint infection: new challenges for the present and the future

scientific article published on February 2015

Antibiotic-lock therapy for long-term intravascular catheter-related bacteraemia: results of an open, non-comparative study

scientific article published on 5 April 2006

Antibiotic-lock therapy: a clinical viewpoint

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Antibioticoterapia intravenosa domiciliaria en el tratamiento de las infecciones causadas por microorganismos multirresistentes

scientific article published on 28 May 2011

Aorto-cavitary fistulous tract formation in infective endocarditis: clinical and echocardiographic features of 76 cases and risk factors for mortality

Autoimmune neutropenia and thrombocytopenia associated with development of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus.

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Bilateral mammary abscess and uveitis caused by brucella melitensis — Report of a case

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Candida guilliermondii Complex Is Characterized by High Antifungal Resistance but Low Mortality in 22 Cases of Candidemia.

scientific article published on 24 April 2017

Candida tropicalis bloodstream infection: Incidence, risk factors and outcome in a population-based surveillance

scientific article published on 30 May 2015

Candidemia and invasive candidiasis approach in critically ill patients: role of the echinocandins

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Candidemia in neonatal intensive care units: Barcelona, Spain

scientific article published in March 2006

Candidemia: impacto de los estudios epidemiológicos en la terapéutica y en el pronóstico de una infección grave

Clinical and molecular epidemiology of community-acquired, healthcare-associated and nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococus aureus in Spain

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Clinical characteristics, treatment and outcomes of MRSA bacteraemia in the elderly

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Colangitis aguda

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Comment on: Changing epidemiology of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections: increasing prevalence of Gram-negative pathogens

scientific article published in 2012

Community-onset bacteremia due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli: risk factors and prognosis.

scientific article

Comparison of Predictors and Mortality Between Bloodstream Infections Caused by ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli and ESBL-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Consensus document for the treatment of bacteremia and endocarditis caused by methicillin-resistent Staphylococcus aureus. Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica

scientific article published on 11 February 2009

Contemporary Epidemiology and Prognosis of Health Care–Associated Infective Endocarditis

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Contemporary clinical profile and outcome of prosthetic valve endocarditis

scientific article published in March 2007

Correlation of the MIC and dose/MIC ratio of fluconazole to the therapeutic response of patients with mucosal candidiasis and candidemia

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Current Understanding and Management of Chronic Hepatosplenic Suppurative Brucellosis

article by J. Ariza et al published 1 April 2001 in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Current status of infectious endocarditis: New populations at risk, new diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Daptomycin is effective as antibiotic-lock therapy in a model of Staphylococcus aureus catheter-related infection

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Daptomycin: a new therapeutic option for infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. Introduction

scientific article published on December 2010

Data mining validation of fluconazole breakpoints established by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

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Determination of neutrophil CD64 expression as a prognostic biomarker in patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

scientific article published on 30 May 2016

Development and validation of the INCREMENT-ESBL predictive score for mortality in patients with bloodstream infections due to extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae.

scientific article published on 6 January 2017

Diagnosis and treatment of bacteremia and endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus. A clinical guideline from the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (SEIMC).

scientific article published on 30 April 2015

Diagnosis, treatment of bacteremia associated with the use of, vascular catheters: That provides a new clinical practice guide

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Echinocandins Compared to Fluconazole for Candidemia of a Urinary Tract Source: A Propensity Score Analysis

scientific article published in 2017

Effect of adequate single-drug vs combination antimicrobial therapy on mortality in Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections: a post Hoc analysis of a prospective cohort.

scientific article published on 11 April 2013

Effect of appropriate combination therapy on mortality of patients with bloodstream infections due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (INCREMENT): a retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

Effect of penicillin resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae on the presentation, prognosis, and treatment of pneumococcal endocarditis in adults

scientific article published on 24 June 2002

Effectiveness of a Double-Carbapenem Regimen in a KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient.

scientific article published on 14 July 2017

Effectiveness of antibiotic-lock therapy for long-term catheter-related bacteremia due to Gram-negative bacilli: a prospective observational study

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Effectiveness of sequential intravenous-to-oral antibiotic switch therapy in hospitalized patients with gram-positive infection: the SEQUENCE cohort study

scientific article published on 14 May 2016

Efficacy of anidulafungin in the treatment of experimental Candida parapsilosis catheter infection using an antifungal-lock technique.

scientific article published on 4 July 2016

Efficacy of ceftriaxone and gentamicin given once a day by using human-like pharmacokinetics in treatment of experimental staphylococcal endocarditis

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Efficacy of high doses of liposomal amphotericin B in the treatment of experimental aspergillosis

scientific article published on 12 November 2003

Efficacy of teicoplanin-gentamicin given once a day on the basis of pharmacokinetics in humans for treatment of enterococcal experimental endocarditis

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Emergence of resistance to daptomycin in a cohort of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus persistent bacteraemia treated with daptomycin

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Empiric Therapy With Carbapenem-Sparing Regimens for Bloodstream Infections due to Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae: Results From the INCREMENT Cohort

scientific article published on 19 August 2017

Empirical and targeted therapy of candidemia with fluconazole versus echinocandins: a propensity score-derived analysis of a population-based, multicentre prospective cohort

scientific article published on 14 May 2016

Empirical treatment of acute purulent meningitis

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica: actividad editorial 2002-2005

Epidemiology and long-term survival in HIV-infected patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in the HAART era: experience in a university hospital and review of the literature

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Epidemiology and outcome of candidaemia in patients with oncological and haematological malignancies: results from a population-based surveillance in Spain

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Epidemiology and predictive factors for early and late mortality in Candida bloodstream infections: a population-based surveillance in Spain.

scientific article published on 11 October 2013

Epidemiology and predictors of mortality in cases of Candida bloodstream infection: results from population-based surveillance, barcelona, Spain, from 2002 to 2003.

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Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection and risk factors for unfavorable clinical outcomes: results of a hospital-based study in Barcelona, Spain

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Epidemiology of infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: reservoirs and transmission mechanisms

scientific article published on December 2014

Epidemiology, risk factors, and prognosis of Candida parapsilosis bloodstream infections: case-control population-based surveillance study of patients in Barcelona, Spain, from 2002 to 2003.

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Ertapenem for the treatment of bloodstream infections due to ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae: a multinational pre-registered cohort study

scientific article published on 22 February 2016

Evaluation of linezolid, vancomycin, gentamicin and ciprofloxacin in a rabbit model of antibiotic-lock technique for Staphylococcus aureus catheter-related infection

scientific article published on 18 January 2010

Evaluation of the possible influence of trailing and paradoxical effects on the clinical outcome of patients with candidemia

scientific article published on 24 September 2016

Evaluation of the usefulness of a quantitative blood culture in the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection: Comparative analysis of two periods (2002 and 2012).

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

Evolving mortality and clinical outcomes of hospitalized subjects during successive COVID-19 waves in Catalonia, Spain

scientific article published on 07 January 2022

Executive summary of the diagnosis and treatment of bacteremia and endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus. A clinical guideline from the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (SEIMC).

scientific article published on 30 April 2015

First recurrence of Clostridium difficile infection: clinical relevance, risk factors, and prognosis.

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Fungemia due to rare opportunistic yeasts: data from a population-based surveillance in Spain

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Geographical variation in therapy for bloodstream infections due to multidrug-resistant enterobacteriaceae: a post hoc analysis of the INCREMENT study.

scientific article published on 03 August 2017

Guidelines for the prevention of invasive mould diseases caused by filamentous fungi by the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC).

scientific article published in April 2011

Guidelines for the treatment of Invasive Candidiasis and other yeasts. Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC). 2010 Update

scientific article published on 2 April 2011

HACEK infective endocarditis: characteristics and outcomes from a large, multi-national cohort

scientific article published in 2013

Hand hygiene: a priority for the safety of hospitalized patients

scientific article published in June 2007

Health care associated hematogenous pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis: a severe and potentially preventable infectious disease

scientific article

High vancomycin MICs predict the development of infective endocarditis in patients with catheter-related bacteraemia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

High-Dose Daptomycin Is Effective as an Antibiotic Lock Therapy in a Rabbit Model of Staphylococcus epidermidis Catheter-Related Infection.

scientific article published on 20 November 2017

Immediate and long-term outcome of left-sided infective endocarditis. A 12-year prospective study from a contemporary cohort in a referral hospital

scientific article published on 18 October 2012

Impact of De-escalation on Prognosis of Patients With Bacteremia due to Enterobacteriaceae: A Post Hoc Analysis From a Multicenter Prospective Cohort

scientific article published in August 2019

Impact of Staphylococcus aureus phenotype and genotype on the clinical characteristics and outcome of infective endocarditis. A multicentre, longitudinal, prospective, observational study.

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

Impact of a multimodal intervention to reduce bloodstream infections related to vascular catheters in non-ICU wards: a multicentre study.

scientific article published on 6 November 2012

Impact of early central venous catheter removal on outcome in patients with candidaemia

scientific article published in 2007

Impact of fluconazole susceptibility on the outcome of patients with candidaemia: data from a population-based surveillance

scientific article

Impact of inappropriate empirical therapy for sepsis due to health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Impact of prompt catheter withdrawal and adequate antimicrobial therapy on the prognosis of hospital-acquired parenteral nutrition catheter-related bacteraemia

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

Impact of the MIC of piperacillin/tazobactam on the outcome for patients with bacteraemia due to Enterobacteriaceae: the Bacteraemia-MIC project.

scientific article published on 3 November 2015

Impact of therapeutic strategies on the prognosis of candidemia in the ICU.

scientific article published on June 2014

Improving the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis in Prosthetic Valves and Intracardiac Devices With 18F-Fluordeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Angiography: Initial Results at an Infective Endocarditis Referral Center.

scientific article published on 14 August 2015

In vitro susceptibilities of bloodstream isolates of Candida species to six antifungal agents: results from a population-based active surveillance programme, Barcelona, Spain, 2002-2003.

scientific article published on 23 December 2004

Infecciones relacionadas con el uso de los catéteres vasculares

Infectious encephalitis: utility of a rational approach to aetiological diagnosis in daily clinical practice.

scientific article published on 25 November 2016

Infective Endocarditis Due to Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Infective endocarditis in adult patients with congenital heart disease. Experience from a reference centre

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Influence of penicillin resistance on outcome in adult patients with invasive pneumococcal pneumonia: is penicillin useful against intermediately resistant strains?

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Influence of virulence genotype and resistance profile in the mortality of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections

scientific article published on 6 November 2014

Influenza A virus infection is associated with systemic capillary leak syndrome: case report and systematic review of the literature

scientific article published on 02 September 2015

Informe del Equipo Editorial

Initial use of echinocandins does not negatively influence outcome in Candida parapsilosis bloodstream infection: a propensity score analysis

scientific article published on 18 March 2014

Internal and external validation of a model to predict adverse outcomes in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis

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Invasive pneumococcal disease in patients infected with HIV: still a threat in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy

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Investigational drugs in phase I and phase II clincial trials for the treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia.

scientific article published on 21 March 2016

La asistencia infectológica actual en España

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La endocarditis infecciosa en el siglo xxi: cambios epidemiológicos, terapéuticos y pronósticos

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Laboratory-based surveillance of hospital-acquired catheter-related bloodstream infections in Catalonia. Results of the VINCat Program (2007-2010).

scientific article published in June 2012

Lack of association between genotypes and haematogenous seeding infections in a large cohort of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia from 21 Spanish hospitals

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

Left-sided infective endocarditis in patients with liver cirrhosis.

scientific article published on 22 September 2015

Liver alterations in acute pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 October 1990

Long-Term Fosfomycin-Tromethamine Oral Therapy for Difficult-To-Treat Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis

scientific article published on 14 December 2015

Long-term follow-up of jaw osteomyelitis associated with bisphosphonate use in a tertiary-care center.

scientific article published on 06 March 2013

MIC of amoxicillin/clavulanate according to CLSI and EUCAST: discrepancies and clinical impact in patients with bloodstream infections due to Enterobacteriaceae.

scientific article published on 15 January 2017

Management of catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: when may sonographic study be unnecessary?

scientific article published on 6 November 2003

Management of infections related to totally implantable venous-access ports: challenges and perspectives

scientific article published on 05 December 2013

Management of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacilli infections in solid organ transplant recipients: SET/GESITRA-SEIMC/REIPI recommendations

scientific article published on 26 July 2017

Medidas de control de Staphylococcus aureus resistente a meticilina en hospitales españoles. Encuesta del proyecto SARM 2003 GEIH/GEMARA/REIPI

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Meningitis estreptocócicas no neumocócicas: características clínicas y microbiológicas de 13 casos

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) catheter-related bacteraemia in haemodialysis patients

scientific article published on 30 October 2015

Neurological complications of infective endocarditis: risk factors, outcome, and impact of cardiac surgery: a multicenter observational study

scientific article published on 6 May 2013

New trends in infective endocarditis

scientific article published on March 2011

Osteomielitis vertebral por Candida spp

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Osteomyelitis of the jaw: resistance to clindamycin in patients with prior antibiotics exposure.

scientific article published on 17 September 2008

Oxazolidinones, glycopeptides and cyclic lipopeptides

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Papel de la ceftarolina fosamil en el tratamiento de la bacteriemia y la endocarditis infecciosa

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

Pathogenic Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus Endovascular Infection Isolates from Different Clonal Complexes.

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Patient characteristics and health care burden during the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic in the university Hospital Vall d'Hebron of Barcelona

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Periannular Complications in Infective Endocarditis Involving Native Aortic Valves

Periannular Complications in Infective Endocarditis Involving Prosthetic Aortic Valves

Por quién doblan las campanas

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Potential Use of Fosfomycin-Tromethamine for Treatment of Recurrent Campylobacter Species Enteritis

scientific article published on 9 May 2016

Predictive factors for early mortality among patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia ⬇️

scientific article published on February 12, 2013

Predictive factors for mortality in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: impact on outcome of host, microorganism and therapy ⬇️

scientific article published on January 17, 2013

Predictors of candidaemia caused by non-albicans Candida species: results of a population-based surveillance in Barcelona, Spain

scientific article published in November 2010

Predictors of mortality and impact of aminoglycosides on outcome in listeriosis in a retrospective cohort study--authors' response

scientific article published in 2010

Predictors of mortality and impact of aminoglycosides on outcome in listeriosis in a retrospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 25 May 2009

Prevalence and susceptibility profile of Candida metapsilosis and Candida orthopsilosis: results from population-based surveillance of candidemia in Spain

scientific article published on 19 February 2008

Prevalence of Candida bracarensis and Candida nivariensis in a Spanish collection of yeasts: comparison of results from a reference centre and from a population-based surveillance study of candidemia

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Prognosis of left-sided infective endocarditis in patients transferred to a tertiary-care hospital--prospective analysis of referral bias and influence of inadequate antimicrobial treatment.

scientific article published in May 2011

Propensity Score Analysis of the Role of Initial Antifungal Therapy in the Outcome of Candida glabrata Bloodstream Infections.

scientific article published on 14 March 2016

Prospective multicenter study of the impact of carbapenem resistance on mortality in Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

Prudent use of antimicrobials: Have we done the best we can? The SEIMC and REIPI statement

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Rationale, design, and methods for the early surgery in infective endocarditis study (ENDOVAL 1): a multicenter, prospective, randomized trial comparing the state-of-the-art therapeutic strategy versus early surgery strategy in infective endocarditi

scientific article published on 2 July 2008

Re: Bacteremia in patients suffering from cirrhosis. Almdal et al., Infection 14 (1986) 68

scientific article published on 01 July 1987

Recommendations of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) on the prevention of invasive fungal infection due to filamentous fungi

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Recurrent bacteremia in a university hospital

scientific article published in February 1989

Reply to "Activity of Fosfomycin on Clinical Isolates of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli of Enteric Origin"

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Reply to Gelfand et al and Solla.

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

Reply to Lomas et al

scientific article published in 2009

Retos en el tratamiento antimicrobiano de la endocarditis infecciosa. Papel de la daptomicina

scientific article published on 01 February 2012

Risk factors and prognosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection in critically ill patients: a multicenter study

scientific article published on 12 July 2008

Risk factors and prognosis of nosocomial bloodstream infections caused by extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli

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Risk factors that influence the empirical treatment of patients with acute pyelonephritis: a cohort study

scientific article published on 2 October 2017

Scientific evidence and research in antimicrobial stewardship

scientific article published in September 2013

Sex Differences in Native-Valve Infective Endocarditis in a Single Tertiary-Care Hospital

Spontaneous pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis and endocarditis: incidence, risk factors, and outcome.

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Sternotomy infection due toMycoplasma hominis andUreaplasma urealyticum

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

Streptococcus agalactiae infective endocarditis: analysis of 30 cases and review of the literature, 1962-1998.

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Surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in acute care hospitals. Results of the VINCat Program (2008-2010).

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Teicoplanin - An old new treatment for enterococcal prosthetic joint infections

scientific article published on 11 March 2016

Terminología del sida. Una aproximación

The authors reply

The changing epidemiology of spinal tuberculosis: the influence of international immigration in Catalonia, 1993-2014.

scientific article published on 18 May 2017

The development and successful implementation of the VINCat Program

scientific article published on June 2012

The problem of early mortality in pneumococcal pneumonia: a study of risk factors: TABLE 1

scientific article published on 28 May 2015

Toxic Profile of Benznidazole in Patients with Chronic Chagas Disease: Risk Factors and Comparison of the Product from Two Different Manufacturers

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Tratamiento empírico de la neumonía adquirida en la comunidad

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

Tuberculous Trochanteric Bursitis: Report of 5 Cases and Literature Review

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Update on bacterial pathogens: virulence and resistance

Value of differential quantitative blood cultures in the diagnosis of catheter-related sepsis

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Zika virus dynamics in body fluids and risk of sexual transmission in a non-endemic area

scientific article published in December 2017

[Community-onset and nosocomial bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Spanish hospitals].

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[Current treatment of candidemia. Role of anidulafungin].

scientific article published in December 2008

[Treatment for Legionnaires' disease. Macrolides or quinolones?].

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