Keyword Index

Aspergillus terreus, R2158

Aspergillus arthritis, R2151

Aspergillus-PCR, R2159

Astrovirus, P947, P1246

Atazanavir, R2200

ATB ENTEROC 5 test, P725

ATB Expression system, P717

ATB STAPH device, P1385

ATB STREP 5 and test, P725

Atmosphere, P1639

Atopobium vaginae, P836

Atrophic gastritis, P858

AUC, P1586

Audit, P536, P1833

Australia, S327

Austria, P1026, P1134, P1306, P1728, P1873, R2184

Autochthonous histoplasmosis, P747

Autologous stem cell transplantation, P1409

Automated DNA extraction, R2178

Automated ribotyping, P1728

Automated sample preparation system, O250

Autonomic nerve involvement, R2183

Autopsy, O336

Autovaccine, R2238

AVE1330A, P1571

AVE2221A, P1562

AVE6971A, P1562

Avidity Index testing, R2116

Azalides, S79, S80, S81

Azithromycin, S79, S82, O287, P886, P906, P1206, P1212, P1347, P1437, P1784

Azoles, P1128, P1151, P1153

Aztreonam, O352, P415, P1067, P1181, P1551, P1571

B cells, P683

BabA2 genotype, P855

Babesiosis, P1134

Bacillus anthracis, P907, P935, P1229, R2095

Bacillus cereus, P1079

Bacillus fragilis, P1274

BacT/ALERT, P575, P1703, P1894, P1895, R2135

BACTEC 460TB system, P575

BACTEC LX blood culture system, R2122

Bacteraemia, O95, O157, O259, O272, O273, O291, O362, P502, P721, P739, P754, P961, P971, P1015, P1057, P1062, P1083, P1176, P1257, P1310, P1363, P1431, P1455, P1599, P1604, P1690, P1693, P1694, P1695, P1696, P1773, P1813, P1815, P1816, P1818, P1837, P1840, P1851, P1868, P1869, P1874, R1970, R2026, R2028, R2037, R2042, R2066, R2072, R2118

Bacteria, S43

Bacteria, mechanism of action, S182, S184

Bacterial antigen detection tests, P1670

Bacterial biofilms see biofilms

Bacterial colonization, P1865, R2239

Bacterial electroporation, P1759

Bacterial flora composition, P1725

Bacterial identification, P645

Bacterial infection, O96, P1724

Bacterial isolates, P645, P1694

Bacterial isolation rate, P533

Bacterial meningitis, P1668, P1669, P1671, P1677, P1687

Bacterial pathogens, K233

Bacterial pneumonia, P1332

Bacterial spectrum, P1877

Bacterial subtyping, P658

Bacterial typing, P654

Bacterial vaginosis, P836, R2009

Bactericides, P477

Bacteriocins, P1758

Bacteriology, P1344

Bacteriophage K, P1575

Bacteriuria, P1696, R2031

Bacteroides spp., P710

Bacteroides fragilis, W4b, W4a, P426, P1203, P1448, P1730, P1889

Baculovirus, R2234

Bahrain, P518

BAL4815, P1114

Balkans, R2231

Band-based typing, P1013

BarAB, P1644

Bayesian network, P508

BD Phoenix system, P714, P715, P718, P719

BD ProbeTec system, P551, P1508

BDNF, P1687

BDXpert System, P962

Beef, P660

Beijing strain, O254

Belarus, P1682, R2167

Belgium, O207, O267, P428, P429, P432, P530, P766, P870, P1006, P1090, P1199, P1570, P1632, R2212

Benign prostatic hyperplasia, P1445

Beta-haemolytic streptococci, P1043

Beta-lactam antibiotics, W4b, O97, K371, P415, P473, P520, P914, P1215, P1576, P1789, P1888

Beta-lactam inhibitors, P473

Beta-lactam resistance, P468, P1272, P1789, R2051

Beta-lactamase, O60, S101, O207, O210, O291, S317, O352, P425, P430, P454, P456, P503, P786, P790, P797, P1102, P1344, P1584, P1809, P1891 see also extended-spectrum beta-lactamase

Beta-lactamase, AmpC, P420, P451, P455, P459, P650, P1265, P1749

Beta-lactamase, chromosomal class

C, P450

Beta-lactamase, CMY-2, P443, P453, P798

Beta-lactamase, CTX-M, P429, P430, P433, P458, P464, P649

Beta-lactamase inhibitors, P913, P1448, P1571, R1972

Beta-tubulin gene, P1480

Bibliometric analysis, P874, P875, P876

Bifidobacterium spp., P710

Bifidobacterium lactis, P1774

Biliary atresia, R2185

Biliary stents, P1665, P1666

Binary markers, P1394

BINAX-Now urinary antigen test, P721

Bioassay, P1110

Bioavailability, P1094, P1096, P1097, P1105

Biocatalytic oxygen-reducing agents, P801

Biochemical tests, P711, P738

Biocides, P485, P487, P488

Biofilms, S108, S315, S317, S318, O346, O403, P496, P603, P657, P967, P1157, P1161, P1639, P1640, P1641, P1642, P1643, P1644, P1645, P1646, P1647, P1648, P1649, P1650, P1651, P1652, P1653, P1654, P1655, P1656, P1658, P1659, P1660, P1661, P1663, P1742, R1989

Biofilm formation, P1664, P1666

Biofilm reactor, P1663

Biofilm-associated bacteria, P1662

Biopsy specimens, P859, P861

Birds, P633

BIVEMOX III, P1199

BlaBEL-1, O207

Black grain mycetoma, P1477

BlaOXA-58, P425

Blastoschizomyces capitatus, R2156

BlaVIM gene, P781

BlaVIM-4, P412

Blind subculture, P1490

Blood culture, O144, P732, P735, P769, P1186, P1220, P1289, P1391, P1396, P1596, P1703, P1704, P1705, P1706, P1721, P1871, P1887, P1894, P1895, R2058, R2115, R2122

Blood phagocyte Fcg receptors, P1851

Blood products, P1618

Blood samples, R2077

Bloodstream infection, P445, P795, P820, P1056, P1473, P1598, P1600, P1697, P1702, P1710, P1711, P1713, P1817, P1909, R2055, R2067

Bloodstream isolates, P1151, P1443, P1444

Body fluids, P695

Body temperature, P1610

Bolivia, P1474

Bone infection, R1964

Bone marrow mycobacterial culture, P1937

Bone marrow transplantation, P922, P927, P1713

Bordetella pertussis, P1396

Borna disease, O110

Borrelia burgdorferi, P506, P507, P509, P511, P513, P514, P1798, R2224

Borreliosis, S16, P513

Bosnia, P495, R2186

Bottled water, O152, P1121

BPI-ANCA, P1754

Bradyrhizobium japonicum, P411

Brazil, O285, O337, P498, P679, P771, P1238, P1284, P1356, P1358, P1415, P1823, P1905, R1977, R2054

Breakthrough infection, P599

Breast, P750

Bronchial secretions, R2065, R2244

Bronchiectasis, P879

Bronchoalveolar lavage, P640, P1328

Broth microdilution, P1203, P1297, P1736, P1889, R2162

Brucella spp., P476, P587, P1146

Brucella melitensis, P582, P590, R2018

Brucellacapt, P586

Brucellar spondylitis, P581

Brucellosis, P580, P581, P582, P583, P584, P585, P586, P588, P589, P590, P591, P1255, P1612, P1721, P1857, R2021, R2046, R2225, R2226

BSAC Bacteraemia Resistance Surveillance Programme, P1793, R1999

Bulgaria, P788, P831, P1232, P1341, P1467

Burkholderia cepacia, S236, P1837, P1838

Burkholderia pseudomallei, R2037, R2229

Burkina Faso, P1672

Burns, P606, P955, P956, P1827, P1834

Bursitis, P1940

Buruli ulcer, P556

Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, P1230

C-reactive protein, P943, P1609, P1610, P1611, R2071, R2204

Caenorhabditis elegans, P1761

CAGa gene, R2093, R2096

CagA subtype, P854

CagE subtype, P854

Calcium, P1217

Camellia sinensis, R2140

Campylobacter spp., P645, P951, P1283

Campylobacter coli, P1316

Campylobacter jejuni, O278, P1297, P1316, R2112

Canada, P1017, P1441, P1443, P1500, P1802, P1870

Cancer, O93, O94, O95, S325, O336, P681, P847, P855, P856, P965, P1055, P1062, P1292, P1369, P1372, P1374, P1408, P1414, P1415, P1522, P1593, P1596, P1597, R2030, R2064, R2216, R2217

Candida spp., P610, P1112, P1154, P1157, P1161, P1414, P1481, P1660, P1661, P1732, P1736, P1737, P1739, P1743, P1745, P1805, R2145, R2146, R2148, R2154, R2155, R2164

Candida albicans, O335, O337, P608, P711, P1110, P1742, R2113, R2140, R2143

Candida dubliniensis, O149, P1742, R2113, R2146

Candida glabrata, O335, O337, O338, P1151, P1158, P1735, P1740

Candida guilliermondii, P1734, R2147

Candida krusei, R2153

Candida lipolytica, P749

Candida parapsilosis, O337, P603

Candidaemia, O360, P599, P610, P1415, P1692

Candidiasis, S138, O342, O360, P600, P607, P608, P609

Candidosis, P753, R2147

Candiduria, P607

Candiselect 4, R2157

Capillary electrophoresis, P909,

P1136

CAPNETZ study, P1777

CAPR gene, R2095

Capsular polysaccharide gene cluster, P1794

Capsular polysaccharides, P1763

Capsules, P1655

Carbapenem, O122, P656, P1572, P1573, R1977

Carbapenem resistance, W4a, P408, P409, P410, P411, P412, P413, P414, P415, P416, P417, P418, P419, P420, P423, P424, P425, P426, P427, P431, P1125, P1266, P1822, P1824, R1981, R1984

Carbapenemase, W4b, P421, P427, P1889

Carboxymethylcellulose membrane, P1803

Cardiac surgery, P521, P522, P526, P539, P892

Cardiobacterium hominis, R2037

Carriage, S375, P444

Carriers, O213, R1950

CART regimen, O221

Caspofungin, O343, P605, P749, P1110, P1661, P1734, P1743, R2143

Caspofungin resistance, P1158, P1735

Catabacter hongkongensis, P739

Catalonia, P1324

Cathelicidin, O350, O351

Catheter care, O159

Catheter-related bacteraemia, R2079

Catheter-related bloodstream infection, P1710

Catheter-related infection, O159, P489, P490, P491, P496, P800, P1433, P1649, P1654, P1656, P1711, P1712, P1713, P1714, P1766, R1969, R2039, R2063

Cattle, P931

CCR5, O219

CD4+, P668

CD4, R2087

CD4 count, O221

CD8+, O64

CD8, R2087

CD14, P571, P1854

CD27+, P683

Cefaclor, P1876

Cefadroxil, P448

Cefepime, P890, P908, P1067, P1085, P1086, P1271, R1979, R2061

Cefixime, P911

Cefotaxime, P1021, P1034, P1037, P1067

Cefoxitin, P1380, P1381, R2110

Cefoxitin resistance, P650

Cefpodoxime, P911, P1067, P1222

Ceftazidime, P890, P1067, P1206, P1271, P1434, P1571, P1804

Ceftazidime resistance, P474

Ceftobiprole, P899, P1569, P1570, R1958

Ceftriaxone, P494, P656, P1021, P1684, P1876

Cefuroxime, P521

Cell culture, P1628, R1973

Cell death see Apoptosis

Cell wall thickness, P982

Cell-mediated immunity, P576, P600

Cellulitis, R2006, R2019

Central nervous system, P745, P746, P1539

Central nervous system fungal infection, S140

Central nervous system infection, P1078, P1681

Central nervous system tuberculosis, P1944

Central venous catheter, P1599

Central venous catheter-associated

bloodstream infection, P1711

Central venous catheter-related sepsis, P1714

Cephalosporins, P437, P539, P1052, P1070, P1088

Cephalosporin resistance, O206, P448, P787, P1684, P1878

Cephalotin, P1876

Cerebellar abscess, R2138

Cerebrospinal fluid, P514, P629, P908, P943, P1609, P1632, P1670, P1671, P1678, P1679, P1947

Cervical samples, P1621, P1623

Cervical smears, P831

Cervical swabs, P1509

Cheese, R1952

Chemiluminescence immunoassay, P720

Chemokine receptor polymorphism, P707

Chemokines, P1859

Chemotaxis, P1194

Chemotherapy, P1522

Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia, O93, O96

Childhood leukaemia, P740

Children, O57, O112, O113, O281, O337, P509, P536, P615, P618, P701, P744, P947, P1020, P1023, P1029, P1033, P1038, P1053, P1231, P1232, P1235, P1236, P1237, P1240, P1244, P1245, P1246, P1248, P1250, P1254, P1255, P1256, P1257, P1260, P1284, P1294, P1332, P1335, P1352, P1412, P1413, P1440, P1458, P1462, P1494, P1515, P1522, P1537, P1601, P1634, P1670, P1671, P1673, P1678, P1745, P1860, P1880, R1951, R2020, R2041, R2067, R2161, R2214, R2215, R2222, R2241, R2245 see also paediatric

Chile, R2004

China, P1189

Chinolones, R1961

Chironomids, P944

Chitotriosidase, P1678

ChlamCAP, P1520

Chlamidiosis, P1510

Chlamydia, S379, S381

Chlamydia spp., O350

Chlamydia pneumoniae, P635, P636, P637, P638, P1326, P1331, P1349, P1752, R2085, R2172

Chlamydia trachomatis, P823, P843, P1507, P1508, P1509, P1512, P1513, P1514, P1515, P1516, P1519, P1520, P1521, R2117, R2172, R2175, R2176

Chlamydia proteomes, S380

Chlamydia vaccine, S382

Chlamydial cervicitis, P843

Chlamydial infection, P1511

Chlamydial lipopolysaccharide, P1495

Chlamydophila spp., O355

Chlamydophila psittaci, P633

Chloramine, P1118

Chloramine T trihydrate, P484

Chloramphenicol, P1067, P1450

N-Chlorotaurine, P1580

Cholangiocarcinoma, R2195

Cholangitis, P923, R2195

Cholera, O195, O196, O197, S392, P944, P945

Cholera toxin, P1321

CHROMagar, O149, P1378

Chromogenic agar, P726, P1299, R2113

Chromogenic Candida agar, P712

Chromogenic media, P1383, R2157

Chromosomal beta-lactamase, S317

Chromosomal class C beta-lactamase, P450

Chronic fatigue syndrome, P1848

Chronic hyperplastic candidosis, P753

Chronic lung disease, P1333

Chronic middle ear disease, P1781

Chronic myelogenous leukaemia, R2076

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, P1322, R2074

Chronic prostatitis syndromes, P501

Chronic renal failure, O71

Chronic sinusitis, R1965

Chryseobacterium indologenes, P1257

Chryseobacterium meningosepticum, P1714

Cidality, P1743

Cilastatin, P1164, P1317

Cinnamon, P1741

Ciprofloxacin, P1037, P1067, P1100, P1102, P1194, P1196, P1198, P1201, P1424, P1437, P1450, P1595, P1791, P1803, P1876

Ciprofloxacin resistance, O290, P1417, P1462, P1782

Citrobacter freundii, P1068, R2043

Citrofresh, P1122

Clades, O338, K374

Clarithromycin, O287, P1035, P1212, P1260, P1349, R2091

Clarithromycin resistance, P857

Clavulanic acid, P889, P1035, P1364, P1769, P1771, P1891

Cleaning, P1919

Climate, P1133

Clinafloxacin, P1037

Clindamycin, O203, O344, P1037, P1228, P1801, R2007

Clindamycin resistance, R1985

Clinical isolates, P422, P423, P430, P431, P452, P454, P463, P650, P790, P967, P975, P1002, P1047, P1068, P1152, P1162, P1195, P1197, P1210, P1211, P1221, P1228, P1264, P1265, P1353, P1362, P1435, P1657, P1728, P1809, P1822, R1970, R2003, R2094

Clinical outcome, S81, O222, P559 see also outcome

Clinical pharmacology, P1107

Clinical presentation, P1338

Clinical trials, S9, S21, S22, O203, O287, O342, O406, O407, P520, P609, P877, P883, P1052, P1580

Clonal diversity, O113, P1020, P1174, P1304

Clonal evolution, S328

Clonal stability, O344

Clostridium difficile, S19, S20, O279, P1230, P1276, P1300, P1301, P1302, P1496, P1500, P1501, P1502, P1503, P1504, P1505, P1506, P1801, P1802, P1879, R1975, R2057, R2109

Clostridium jejuni, P644

Clostridium perfringens, P1506

CMV see cytomegalovirus

CMV antigenaemia assay, P921

CMV-PCR, P926

CMY-2 beta-lactamase, P443, P453, P798

Co-trimoxazole, P1456, P1478

Coagulase-negative staphylococci, O150, P965, P966, P968, P981, P1706, P1713, R2042

Coastal seawater, P1917

COBAS TaqMan, P1514, P1523

Coccidiosis, R2169

Cohort studies, O259

Coliforms, P648

Colistin, P1073, P1074, P1075, P1076, P1078, P1819, R2026

Colistin methanesulphonate, P1439

Colistin resistance, P1077

Collagenolytic activity, P953

Colon, O218

Colonization, P1066

Colposcopy, P1623

Columbia agar, P1274

Comamonas testosteroni, P1842

Combined therapy, S140, P520

Commensal bacteria, P661

Community isolates, O266, O267

Community-acquired bacteraemia, P1690, P1783

Community-acquired bacteraemic

pneumococcal pneumonia, P1361

Community-acquired infection, S101, O290, O291, O354, O356, P495, P498, P499, P500, P721, P796, P864, P986, P1000, P1001, P1176, P1177, P1204, P1208, P1449, P1460, P1565, P1909

Community-acquired MRSA, S327, S328, S329

Community-acquired pneumococcal

pneumonia, P1777

Community-acquired respiratory

tract infection, P1364, P1776, P1792

Comorbidity, P1182

Complement, R2086

Complementary medicine, P1138

Computerized decision support, S247

Computerized surveillance, R2052

Conference abstracts, P875

Congenital heart defects, P1294

Congenital heart disease, P1245

Congenital toxoplasmosis, S14

Conjunctivitis, P1188, P1231

Contact time, P485

Contamination, P1701, P1705, P1837, R1952, R2058

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal

dialysis, P1084, P1400, P1406, P1407, R2063

Coronary angioplasty, P1186

Coronavirus, O88, O89, P937, P1626

CORPUS study, P527

Corticosteroids, P881, R2070

Corynebacterium diphtheriae, P1294

Corynebacterium urealyticum, P1226, R2013

Coryneform bacteria, P724

Cost see pharmacoeconomics

Cost-effectiveness, P873

Cotrimoxazole, P1255, P1876

Counselling, O62

Cowpox, P1143

Coxiella burnetii, P1146

Coxiellosis, P931

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, O90, O91, O92, S240, S241, P1144, P1145, P1146, P1147, P1148, P1281, P1772, R1954, R2087, R2179, R2227

Critically ill patients, P1607

Croatia, P419, P456, P517, P1234, P1546

Cross-resistance, P1229, P1737

Cryptococcaemia, P675

Cryptococcoma, P745, P746

Cryptococcosis, S140, P601

Cryptococcus neoformans, P604, P1152, P1153, P1481, P1489, P1736, R2037, R2163

Cryptosporidium, P1132

Cryptosporidium parvum, P728, P923, P1492

CS-023, P1572, P1573

CTX-M, P1266

CTX-M beta-lactamase, P429, P430, P433, P442, P458, P464, P467, P470, P473, P649

CTX-M-2 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P783

CTX-M-9 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P780

CTX-M-15 beta-lactamase, P440, P441, P471

CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P789, R1998

CTX-M-25 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P795

Cuba, P1263, P1549

Culinary plants, P477

Culture media, P549, P563, P710, P712, P713, P714, P715, P722, P726, P727, P1156, P1274

CURB-65, O357, P1361

Cutaneous and disseminated histoplasmosis, P747

Cutaneous leishmaniasis, P1129, P1130, P1131

Cystic echinococcosis, R2088

Cystic fibrosis, S236, S237, P999, P1074, P1075, P1218, P1239, P1240, P1241, P1242, P1243, P1278, P1370, P1424, P1439, P1784, P1922, R1983, R2022, R2038

Cystitis, P505, R2013

Cytokines, P584, P1804, P1856, P1859, R2088

Cytolethality, R2112

Cytomegalovirus, O142, P687, P703, P707, P1236, P1375, P1412, P1545, P1634, P1635, P1636, P1637, P1638, R2181, R2185, R2220, R2221, R2223

Cytotoxicity, P1300, P1795

Cytotoxin associated antigen, P850

Czech Republic, P625, P1009

D:A:D study, O216

DA-7218, P1583

Dairy farms, P1914

Dalbavancin, S320, P895, P896, P1578

Dalfopristin, P1035, P1216, P1219

Dalfopristin resistance, P964

Daptomycin, S320, P978, P1207, P1216, P1217, P1442, P1444, P1449, P1554, P1587, P1588, P1589, P1883

Daycare centres, O57, P618

DB289, O405

Decision support system, P508

Defilement, P685

Defined Daily Doses, P525

Dehydroepiandrosterone, P1750

Delta-mid2, P1110

Democratic Republic of Congo, P1775

Demographics, P1145, P1336, P1792, R2020

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, P730

Dengue fever, O143, O201, P1141, P1142, P1620

Denmark, S8, S9, S10, O264, O270, O334, P507, P759, P776, P824, P995, P1069, P1168, P1177, P1283, P1310, P1473, P1600, P1690, P1698, P1717, P1903

Dental caries, P1758

Dental unit waterlines, P1915

Dentate granule cells, P1687

Dentistry, P481

Deoxycholate, P1859

Deoxycholate amphotericin B, P1159

Dermatophytes, P1480, R2149, R2150, R2160

Dermatophytosis, R2144

Des-F(6)-quinolones, P1564, P1565, P1568

Desferrioxamine, P1640

Desiccation, P1662

Developing countries, S37, P851, P1670

Dexamethasone, P1101, R2078

Diabetes, P1187, P1257, P1404, R2068, R2131

Diabetic foot, O407, P912, P1180, P1468, P1849, R2084

Diagnosis, S16, O199, P1337, P1710, P1721, P1844

Diagnostic markers, P1604

Diagnostic tests, O141, O354, O355, P550, P551, P552, P553, P556, P557, P563, P570, P720, P731, P846, P1192, P1301, P1303

Dialysis, P697

Diarrhoea, S19, O279, P1133, P1300, P1301, P1302, P1506, P1879, R2010, R2109

Didanosine, P693

N, N-Dimethylbiguanide, P1557

Dioxidine, P1447

Diphtheria, S9

Direct agglutination test, P1497

Directly observed therapy, P1930

Disc diffusion, P1894

Disinfectants, P1163, P1556

Disinfection, P1116, P1117, P1118, P1119, P1122, P1124

Disk diffusion, P1384, R2110

Disseminated fusariosis, P740

Diversity, P461

DNA, O278, P629, P845, P960, P1318, P1613, P1614, P1618

DNA amplification, P1539

DNA enrichment, O276

DNA microarrays, P1622, P1715, P1764

DNA PCR, R2223

DNA recovery, O275

DNA sequencing, P1479

DNA topisomerase IV, P1562

DNA vaccination, P620

Doripenem, P1574

Dosing, P895, P899

Dot Blot assay, P1617

Dot immunoassay, P1843

Doxycycline, P1591

Drae gene, P502

Drinking water, P1121, P1914

Drug accumulation, R1974

Drug addicts, P708

Drug development, S165, S167, S168, O400, O401

Drug discovery, P1540

Drug exposure variability, P915

Drug interactions, P1107, P1747

Drug resistance, O253 see also individual drugs

Drug resistance mutations, P665

Drug sensitivity testing, P563

DTaP-IPV-HBV/Hib vaccine, P616

Duodenal ulcer, P855, P856, R2093

Dyspepsia, P849, P851, P852, P853, P854, P855, P856, P857

E-test, P566, P578, P857, P1217, P1218, R1990, R2162

EaeA gene, P502

EARSS pathogens, P1455

Earthquake victims, P1910

Echinocandin, O343, P1115

Echinococciasis, P1844

Echinococcus granulosus, P933, P1491

Economics, P1342

Ecosystems, S315

EDTA, R1974

Efficacy, O405, P437, P572, P889, P912, P1183, P1256, P1469, P1470, P1580

Efflux pumps, S43, P1277, P1278, P1417, P1423, P1731

Efflux pump inhibitors, P1213

Ehrlichiosis, P1683

Elderly, O360, O361, O362, P613, P1015, P1108, P1315, P1339, P1606

Electrocardiogram, P1091

Electroencephalography, R2114

ELISA, O143, O145, P851, P933, P1298, P1491, P1493, P1494, P1499, P1620, P1843, R2102, R2105, R2117

ELISPOT assay, P568

Emergency room, P1705

EMLA-cream, P483

EMM typing, P1044, P1726

Encephalitis, P943, P1689

End-stage renal disease, P896

Endocarditis, P587, P1287, P1288, P1289, P1290, P1291, P1292, P1293, P1294, P1295, P1296, P1760, R2060, R2143, R2190

Endocervical specimens, P841

Endocervical swabs, R2175

Endonuclease, P735

Endophthalmitis, P733, P1150

Endovascular infection, S184

Endox Endodontic System, P1759

Entamoeba dispar, R2170

Enter-net Italia, P1280

Enteral feeding, P1094, P1105

Enteric adenovirus, P1246

Enteric pathogens, S392, P1775 see also individual pathogens

Enterobacter spp., P427, P1881

Enterobacter aerogenes, P428

Enterobacter cloacae, P414, P449, P453, P785, P1653, R2043

Enterobacteria, P438, P1205

Enterobacteriaceae, O206, P408, P416, P417, P432, P448, P460, P463, P473, P495, P778, P779, P780, P781, P784, P787, P789, P790, P791, P795, P803, P804, P808, P1071, P1102, P1221, P1451, P1452, P1464, P1473, P1561, P1564, P1568, P1569, P1571, P1873

Enterobacterial isolates, P1426

Enterococcal infection, P500

Enterococcal surface protein, P769

Enterococci, O288, P755, P756, P757, P758, P760, P764, P765, P768, P770, P773, P776, P1408, P1559, P1577, P1583, P1820

Enterococcus spp., P761, P774, P777, P810, P813, P816

Enterococcus faecalis, P754, P775, P1658

Enterococcus faecium, O211, P754, P756, P759, P762, P763, P766, P767, P769, P772, P1679, R2049

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, P662

Enteropathogens, P1307

Enterotoxins, P867, P1730

Enterovirus meningitis, R2187

Env genotype, P682

Environment, S238, S315

Environmental bacterial contamination, P1919

Environmental strains, P1004

Enzyme immunoassay, P702, P853, P1512, P1547

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay see ELISA

Eosinophilic cellulitis, R2011

Epidemics, K235, P1814

Epidemiology, S17, O112, O147, S239, S240, S241, O254, O363, S376, S384, P433, P439, P458, P589, P641, P770, P884, P934, P985, P988, P994, P1009, P1046, P1060, P1145, P1148, P1178, P1190, P1233, P1263, P1288, P1368, P1501, P1549, P1597, P1668, P1682, P1695, P1786, P1809, P1825, P1831, P1839, P1874, P1875, P1879, P1909, P1924, P1927, P1932, P1933, R1955, R2036, R2097, R2152, R2156, R2164, R2184

Epilancin 15X, O401

Epizootiology, P934

Epstein-Barr virus, P1412, P1413, P1634, R2181, R2217

ERIC-PCR, P785

ErmB, P1230

ErmX, P1226

Ertapenem, O407, P903, P1222, P1581, R1971

Erysipelas, P1130

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, P1401

Erythema induratum, P1935

Erythema migrans, P511, P512

Erythema multiforme, P709

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, P1611

Erythromycin, O406, P973, P1035, P1037, P1223, P1747, P1753

Erythromycin resistance, P1043

ESBLS, R2034

Escherichia coli, O206, O214, O290, O291, O345, P429, P433, P434, P440, P441, P447, P451, P453, P455, P461, P462, P464, P466, P467, P471, P475, P478, P487, P493, P502, P503, P654, P657, P658, P660, P661, P662, P663, P664, P791, P794, P799, P800, P951, P1064, P1069, P1261, P1265, P1269, P1270, P1304, P1305, P1405, P1416, P1450, P1457, P1463, P1465, P1474, P1563, P1657, P1675, P1785, P1786, P1788, P1855, P1876, R1971, R1994, R1997, R2034

ESPAR project, P761

Essential oils, P486

ETEC, P1320

Ethmoid bone, R1960

EUREQA Project, O285

Europe, S14, S23, O53, O54, S329, P806, P808, P815, P816, P817, P1033, P1357, P1452, P1464, P1554, P1569, P1788, P1864, P1897, P1898, P1900

European Antimicrobial Resistance

Surveillance System, P1021, P1780, P1785

European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption, O54

Ewig, P1361

Exfoliative toxins, O269, P867

Exotic infections, O195, O196, O197, O198, O199, O200, O201, O202

Exotic pets, P1462

Experimental infection, P1685, P1686, P1689

Exposure-response analysis, P1184

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, S101, O206, P428, P429, P432, P433, P434, P435, P436, P437, P438, P439, P441, P442, P444, P445, P447, P448, P449, P457, P459, P460, P461, P462, P466, P467, P469, P474, P495, P659, P778, P779, P782, P784, P785, P791, P792, P794, P795, P799, P800, P1221, P1885, P1917, R1994, R2050, R2053, P438.P439

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, CTX-M, P470, P473

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, CTX-M-2, P783

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, CTX-M-9, P780

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, CTX-M-15, P471, P789, P795, R1998

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, PER-1, P793

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, SHV, P473

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, T-123, P463

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, T-124, P463

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, TEM, P473

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, TEM-29, P475

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, TEM-52, P472

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, VEB-1, P465, P788

External proficiency testing, R2107

External quality assessment, P724

Eyeworm, R2165

Facet joint steroid injection, R2032

Facial nerve palsy, P1631

Faecal contamination, P648, P1914

Faecal flora, P1774

Faecal samples, O278, P713, P845, P1318, P1408

Family practice, P518

Farm animals, O345

Farmers, P931

Faroe islands, P633

Fc receptors, R2089

Fcg receptors, P678

Febrile neutropenia, O97, P1485, P1592, P1593, P1594, P1595, P1596, P1597, P1602

Female sex workers, P839

Ferritin, R2124

Fever, S325, P1251, R2005 see also individual fevers

Fever of unknown origin, P1709, R2124

Fine score, P1336, R2014

Finland, P462, P504, P605, P984, P1049, P1354, P1360, P1726

Fire ants, P940

FISH, O144, P857, P1916

Flavivirus, P1619

Flavonoids, P1752

Floroquinolone resistance, R1995

Flow cytometry, P492, P1744

Fluconazole, O338, P609, P745, P746, P1150, P1660, P1732, P1736, P1737, P1739, P1740, R2140

Flucytosine, P1732

Fluid penetration, P1092

Fluorescent in situ hybridization see FISH

5-Fluorocytosine, P751

Fluoroquinolones, O94, P663, P885, P916, P1098, P1202, P1203, P1205, P1357, P1425, P1427, P1429, P1563, P1797

Fluoroquinolone anaphylaxis, P1770

Fluoroquinolone resistance, O347, P1418, P1563, P1788, P1866

Foley catheters, P1654

Follow-up, P586

Food animal production, K232

Food handlers, R1950

Food poisoning, P1311, P1313

Food preservatives, P1663

Food-borne infection, O289, O359, P435, P1728

Food-borne pathogens, O146

Foreign body infection, S108, S109, P1643

Foreign travel, R1957

Forestry workers, R2224

Fosfomycin, P905, P1684

Fournier's gangrene, P1404

FOX-5 beta-lactamase, P1893

FR900098, P1136

France, O57, O210, O352, P767, P1730, R2049

Francisella tularensis, P1727

French Guiana, P1285

FTA-ABS test, R2103

Fucidic acid, P1214

Fulmars, P633

Fungaemia, O334, O335, P598, P675, P749, P1490, R2152

Fungal burn infection, P606

Fungal colonization, R2239

Fungal contamination, P1913

Fungal infection, S138, S140, O153, O334, O335, O336, O338, O339, O340, O341, O342, O343, P602, P603, P604, P605, P607, P608, P609, P611, P612, P744, P750, P751, P1106, P1550, P1724, R2092, R2142

Fungal keratitis, P752

Fungi, P1163

Fungicides, P1115, P1734

Fur, P1645

Fusarium spp., P1155

Fusarium solani, P1159

Fusidic acid, P1766

Fusidic acid resistance, O212, P979

Fusobacterium necrophorium, P1438

G-control Charts, R2058

Galactomannan, O339, O340

Gardnerella vaginalis, P836, P837

Garenoxacin, P1091, P1092, P1093, P1094, P1095, P1096, P1097, P1211, P1563, P1564, P1565, P1567, P1568

Garlic, O403, P476, P1741

Gastric cancer, P855, P856

Gastric carcinoma, R2217

Gastric fluid culture, R2059

Gastric mucosa, P860, R2092

Gastric ulcer, R2092, R2096

Gastroenteritis, O145, O146, O147, O280, P947, P1263, P1303, P1312, P1319, R2012, R2112, R2186, R2230

Gastrointestinal infection, P1298

Gastrointestinal microflora, O148, P1247

Gastrointestinal tract, R2072

Gatifloxacin, P1019, P1037, P1443

Gay saunas, P690

Gemifloxacin, O121, P1019, P1037, P1197, P1204, P1212, P1357, P1769

GENARS Project, P1060, P1786, P1831

Gender, P1788

Gene amplification, P633

Gene analysis, P1030

Gene characterization, P1031

Gene coding, P465

Gene expression, O204, P1349

Gene mobilization, P468

Gene polymorphism, P571, P844, P1854, P1857

Gene sequencing, R2070

Gene silencing, P417

General practice, P518, P1188, R1993

Generic antibiotics, P548

Genetic diversity, O266, P1024

Genetic profiling, P1304

Genetics, W4a, P769, P776, P780, P783, P968, P979, P981, P1045, P1261

Genital infection, S381, P840, P1633, R2173

Genital mycoplasmas, R2111

Genital tract infection, P833

Genital virus infection, P1543

Genito-urinary tuberculosis, P1941

Genome expression profiling, P1762

Genome sequencing, S379, P1531

Genome-based amplified fragment

length polymorphism, P1727

Genomics, P829, P995

Genotoxicity, P1772

Genotypic antiretroviral resistance testing, O222

Genotyping, O198, O223, P421, P603, P632, P643, P682, P696, P702, P704, P768, P772, P797, P831, P845, P855, P863, P960, P1012, P1018, P1023, P1028, P1046, P1227, P1228, P1363, P1370, P1371, P1394, P1524, P1731, P1742, P1817, P1835, P1922, R2050, R2134, R2206, R2212, R2221

Gentamicin, P992, P1067, P1069, P1876, R2002

Gentamicin resistance, P762, P776, P1783

Geotrichum candidum, P1481

Germany, S134, O209, P792, P873, P997, P1036, P1037, P1061, P1085, P1239, P1549, P1777, P1787, P1841, R1983

GES-1, O352

GES-5, O352

Giardia spp., P1132

Giardia lamblia, O198, O199, O200, P1492, R1957

Giardiasis, O198, O199

Gingival fibroblasts, P918

GISA see glycopeptideintermediate Staphylococcus aureus

GLOBAL Surveillance, O284

Glucose, P1658

Glucose non-fermenting organisms, P811, P814, P817

Glutathione, P943

Glycopeptide heteroresistance, P1590

Glycopeptide intermediate, P1431

Glycopeptide resistance, P770, P772, P868, P870, P1432

Glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus, P975, P976

Glycopeptides, S320, P1206, P1215

Glycoprotein G, P1542

Gold-palladium, P1767

Good clinical practice, P877

Gradient techniques, P1896

Gram, Christian, S8

Gram stain, P492

Gram-negative identification card, P716

Gram-negative pathogens, O94, P437, P516, P714, P782, P805, P806, P807, P809, P821, P952, P1063, P1065, P1066, P1070, P1073, P1074, P1085, P1213, P1222, P1275, P1551, P1568, P1793, P1866, P1870, P1888, P1894, R1978, R2030

Gram-positive pathogens, P482, P715, P725, P739, P805, P806, P807, P809, P1085, P1468, P1551, P1552, P1553, P1554, P1592, R1999

Gramineae, P932

Granulocyte transfusion therapy, R2069

Granulocytic ehrlichiosis, R2224

Greece, P435, P467, P472, P479, P531, P532, P533, P540, P559, P580, P582, P583, P589, P595, P696, P705, P757, P758, P764, P777, P781, P839, P861, P964, P989, P996, P1038, P1044, P1064, P1065, P1126, P1224, P1248, P1275, P1319, P1466, P1468, P1516, P1524, P1755, P1845, P1871, P1904, P1948, R1980, R2003, R2010, R2022, R2082, R2168, R2200, R2203, R2244, R2245

Green fluorescent protein, P1395

Greenland, P928, P1458

Grepafloxacin, P1037

Group A beta-haemolytic streptococci, P1347

Group A streptococci, O358, P1166, P1175, P1659

Group B streptococci, P726, P832, P1225, R2017, R2100

GTP-binding protein gene, R2149

Guidelines, S16, O56, O263, P504, P878, P1669

Gulf of Guinea, O196

Gum decontamination, R2067

Gut monitoring, R2067

Gynaecology, R1956

GyrA gene, P1422

GyrA gene mutations, R1986

GyrB gene, P1420

HAART, O223, P601, P666, P668, P670, P672, P673, P676, P681, P688, P691, P1153, R2191

Haemagglutinins, K374

Haematological malignancy, O93, O94, O95, P602, P1397, P1599, P1600, P1603, R2066

Haematopoietic progenitor cell

transplantation, P1411

Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, R2069

Haemodialysis, O123, P897, P986

Haemofiltration, P905

Haemonchosis, R2166

Haemonchus contortus, R2166

Haemophilia, R2205

Haemophilus influenzae, P628, P901, P1204, P1238, P1284, P1353, P1356, P1358, P1437, P1456, P1461, P1466, P1566, P1789, P1891, R1951, R2025

Haemophilus parainfluenzae, R2025

Haemorrheological changes, R2128

Hamster, P1806

Hand disinfection, O159

Hand hygiene, P1124, P1125, P1126

Hansonula anomala, P1481

HBc-ag, R2237

HCMV UL44, P1540

Health precautions, R1953

Health professionals, P878

Healthcare workers, O397, O398, P568, P621, P695, P939, P958, P959, P998, P1527, P1528, R1953

Hearing loss, P591

Heart surgery, P1051

Heart transplant, P1530

Heat-labile enterotoxin, P1320

Heavy metals, R2004

Helicobacter spp., P844, P846, P847

Helicobacter pylori, P477, P845, P848, P849, P850, P851, P852, P853, P854, P855, P857, P859, P860, P861, R1955, R2093, R2096, R2108, R2148, R2228

HELICS Database Management

Software project, P1898, P1899, P1900

Hep-2 cell line, P1653

Hepatic involvement, P827

Hepatitis A virus, O359, P1533, P1534, R2210

Hepatitis B surface antigen, P1525, P1530

Hepatitis B vaccine, O70, O71, P621, P1526, P1527, R2081

Hepatitis B virus, P703, P705, P1522, P1523, P1524, P1528, P1529, P1531, P1533, P1618, R2181, R2182, R2203, R2204, R2206, R2209, R2212, R2213

Hepatitis C virus, O64, O65, O66, O67, O68, O69, S248, P695, P696, P697, P698, P699, P700, P701, P702, P703, P704, P705, P706, P708, P709, R2189, R2204, R2205, R2208, R2214, R2215

Hepatitis D virus, R2207

Hepatitis E virus, P1532

Herpes simplex, P620, P1541, P1542, P1544, P1632, P1633, R2219, R2222, R2234

Herpes zoster, P1536, P1537

Herpesvirus, O282, P1538, P1539, P1546, P1547, P1548, R2216, R2218

Herpesvirus DNA, P1412

Herpesvirus-6, P924, P925, P1634

Herzegovina, P495, R2186

Heteroduplex analysis, P567

Hexetidine, P481

HGISA, P976

Hidradenitis suppurativa, P1173

High performance liquid chromatography, P655, P797

High pressure liquid chromatography, O117, O148

High Throughput Screening, S167

Histopathology, P1937, R2108

Histoplasma antigen EIA, P1488

Histoplasma capsulatum, P747

HIV, O65, O66, S103, O216, O217, O218, O219, O220, O223, K372, P601, P668, P669, P671, P672, P673, P674, P676, P677, P678, P680, P681, P685, P688, P689, P690, P691, P692, P693, P703, P705, P707, P745, P960, P1546, P1616, P1617, P1925, P1939, R2102, R2116, R2143, R2189, R2190, R2191, R2192, R2193, R2194, R2198, R2199, R2200, R2201

HIV testing, P686

HIV-1, P667, P682, P683, P684

HIV-1 Pol protein, R2197

HIV-proviral DNA, P665, P666

HKU1 coronavirus, O89

HMR3270, P1115

Hollow-fibre system, P901

Hong Kong, P604

Horizontal gene transfer, O347

Hormone replacement therapy, R2009

Hospital admissions, P672

Hospital infection, O151, O152, O154, O155, O156, O157, O158, O159, O283, O288, P516, P754, P757, P759, P764, P768, P771, P773, P784, P795

Hospital isolation rooms, P1118

Hospital transmission, O270

Hospital-acquired infection, P540, P1120, P1126, P1903, P1905

Hospital-acquired pneumonia, P885, R2036

Hospitalization, P880, P1066, P1181, P1339, P1350

Host cells, K233

Host compromise, P1405

Host defence, S324

Host response, P1850

6HR2Z regimen, P1929

HSP70 gene, R2170

HSV-1, R2083

HSV-2, P1542

Human immunodeficiency virus see HIV

Human papillomavirus, P1621, P1622, P1623

Human polyomavirus, P1411

Humoral response, R2238

Hungary, P439, P768, P904, P990, P1000, P1165, P1246, P1287, P1493, P1501, R1998

HVISA, P978

Hybrid capture II, P1618

Hydatidosis, P1498

Hydrogen peroxide, P1116, P1117, P1119

Hydrogen sulphide, P1299

Hydrophobicity, P1742

Hydroxyproline, P953

Hygiene, P1920

Hyperbaric oxygen, P1798

Hyperlactataemia, P670

Hypermutability, P474, P475

Hypoalbuminaemia, P497

Hysterectomy, P1912

IceA1 genotype, P855

IceA2 genotype, P855

ID-32C test, P1479

Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, P1368

IgA antibody, P1494, P1495

IgG, O141, P572, P593, R2222

IgG antibody, P513, P1494, P1495, P1547

IgG avidity, P1635

IgG immunoglobulin, P848

IgG/IgE isotype, P573

IgM antibody, P1495, P1638

Ileitis, P952

Illegal use of antibiotics, O289

Imatinib, R2076

Imipenem, P760, P900, P1070, P1164, P1317, P1436, P1685, P1751, R1968

Imipenem resistance, P421, P422, P1083, P1834, R1990

Imipenem-cilastatin, R2068

Immigrants, P559, P823, P948, P1524, P1948, R2168

Immune activation markers, P684

Immune reconstitution syndrome, P669

Immune response, P619

Immunisation, P622

Immunity, P620

Immunoassay, O279, P592, P1492

ImmunoCard STAT, P1492

Immunocomplexes, P1495, R2208

Immunocompromised patients, R2062, R2065

Immunodeficiency, O216, P1367

Immunoelectrodiffusion, P1498

Immunogenicity, P613, P616

Immunoglobulin, P1245 see also Ig

Immunology, P1700, P1763, R2171

Immunomodulators, R2091

Immunoprophylaxis, P1522

Immunoreactivity, P597, R2197

Immunosuppression, R2159

IMP-1, P414

Impetigo, O212

In vitro studies, P455, P483, P803, P804, P809, P810, P811, P813, P814, P816, P817, P821, P1154, P1156, P1199, P1200, P1214, P1439, P1440, P1442, P1443, P1447, P1550, P1555, P1558, P1559, P1561, P1562, P1588, P1589, P1591, P1619, P1739, P1740, P1743, R1958, R1996

In vitro testing, P1430

Inappropriate treatment, O292, P526, P1007

Incidence, P998

India, S60, O204, P684, P884, R2000

Indication-based antibiotic use, P546

Indirect haemagglutination test, P1498

Indirect immunofluorescence test, P850

Indirect immunofluorescent antibody test, P1497

Indonesia, P447

INF NOS Project, P1902

Infant formula milk, P1920

Infants, P616, P749, P1005, P1012, P1059, P1247, P1251, P1252, P1253, P1605, P1667, P1677, P1821, P1826, R2059, R2185, R2218, R2243 see also Children

Paediatric

Infection, S238

Infection control, O116, O118, O154, O157, O158, O159, O160, K235, P439, P1116, P1117, R2047

Infectious complications, R2193

Infectious disease wards, P948

Infectious Intestinal Disease Study, P1318

Inflammation, P950, P952, P1938

Inflammatory markers, P1543

Influenza, K374, P1625, R2015

Influenza vaccine, O395, O396, O397, O398

InhA gene, P565

Inhibition controls, P1487

Innate immunity, S248, R2083, R2090

Inoculum size, P1639

Insect bites, P940, P942

Integrase, P469

Integrons, P425, P453, P653, P778, P779, P781, P1067, P1268, P1271, P1807

Intensive care unit, S43, O60, S80, O114, O155, O209, O288, O292, O341, P420, P441, P522, P539, P541, P598, P611, P688, P765, P771, P782, P792, P798, P818, P971, P994, P1011, P1056, P1058, P1072, P1125, P1267, P1414, P1610, P1691, P1813, P1815, P1823, P1829, P1833, P1841, P1863, P1868, P1869, P1871, P1882, P1900, P1904, P1905, P1908, P1934, R1976, R2027, R2036, R2042, R2044

Interferon, O66, O88, P709, P937

Interferon-alpha, O64, R2213

Interferon-gamma, P584

Interleukin-1 beta, R2084

Interleukin-1B, P856

Interleukin-1RN, P856

Interleukin-6, P570, P584, P918

Interleukin-8, P918

Interleukin-10, P1854, P1857, P1858, P571

Internally transcribed spacer see ITS

International Circumpolar Surveillance System, P1022, P1279

International normalized ratios, P1099

Intervention studies, P537, P538, P540, P542, P545

Intestinal anaerobic bacteria, P1558

Intestinal homogenate, R2166

Intestinal microflora, O218, O344, O404, P710, P763, P764, P952, P1806

Intestinal parasites, P1307, R2168

Intestinal pathogens, P1318

Intra-abdominal abscess, P1803

Intra-abdominal infection, P1050, P1317, P1451, P1452, P1830

Intra-cranial tuberculoma, P1942

Intrathecal synthesis, P1631

Intravascular infection, O362

Intravenous antibiotic therapy, P1293

Intron A, R2215

Inula pseudolimonella, P479

Invasive meningococcal disease, P1673, P1674

Invasive pneumococcal disease, P1359, P1360

Iodine, P488

Ipsat P1A, O404

Iran, O197, P562, P574, P622, P927, P929, P940, P941, P1129, P1131, P1137, P1139, P1145, P1148, P1281, P1314, P1531, P1700, P1827, P1914, P1932, R1950, R1952, R1954, R2081, R2096, R2107, R2109, R2127, R2130, R2144, R2179, R2207, R2226, R2233, R2235

Ireland, S20, P153, P682, P1048, P1454, P1455, P1457, P1780, P1793, R1999, R2002

Iron, P1646

Iron-regulated genes, P1646

IS1999, P468

Isepamicin, R2061

Isolation procedures, P1016, R1953

Isoniazid, P579, P1447

Isoniazid resistance, P564, P565, R2138

Isosensitest, P1217

Isotretinoin, P972, P1170

Italy, P410, P430, P512, P596, P747, P770, P774, P786, P790, P946, P1025, P1045, P1063, P1134, P1282, P1460, P1745, P1771, P1809, P1825, P1902, P1924, P1925, R1996, R2016, R2035

Itraconazole, P612, P1732, P1738, P1744

ITS1, P1479

ITS2, P1479

ITS2-PCR, R2160

Ixodes ricinus, P506

JAP-1, P411

Japan, P413, P872, P1789

Jordan, R2241

Journal articles, P875, P876

Kala-azar, O204, P1858, R2192

Kanamicin, P835

Kaposi sarcoma, P1547, P1549

Karyotype, P1151

Kashan, R1955

KatG gene, P565

Kazakhstan, P935, P936

KB cells, P918

Keratitis, P1150

Ketoconazole, P1738

Ketolides, S129, P1229

Killing kinetics, P1591

Kinetic amplification assay, P700

Kirby-Bauer method, P1885

KISS, P1908

Klebsiella spp., P454, P462, P1656, P1880, P1881, R1997, R2050

Klebsiella oxytoca, P452, P1059

Klebsiella pneumoniae, O283, P439, P441, P443, P444, P445, P451, P459, P466, P542, P650, P791, P798, P1060, P1266, P1270, P1416, P1655, P1721, P1749, P1750, P1794, P1878, R1971, R1998, R2091

Knee, P1401

Korea, P422, P443, P451, P466, P866, P980, R2210, R2240

Kosovo, P1254, R2027

KPC-4, P427

Kuwait, R1994

Kyrle's disease, R2007

Kytococcus schroeteri, P1708

Laboratory diagnosis, S241

Laboratory infection, P588, P799

Laboratory service, P1931

Laboratory testing, P588

Lactic acid, P1800

Lactic acid bacteria, R2077

Lactobacillus spp., P710, P836, P1773

Lactobacillus acidophilus, P1741

Lactobacillus infection, P1720

Laminar flow, P955

Lamivudine, P694, P1529, R2209

Lancefield groups, P1043

Lantibiotic peptides, O401

Laribacter hongkongensis, P450

Laryngectomy, P1345

Latex, P1850

Latin America, P963

Latvia, P528

LBM415, P1552

LC SARS-CoV Quantification assay, P1627

LCD-array, P564

Lebanon, P795

Legionella spp., O355, P635, P639, P642, R2105

Legionella pneumophila, O356, P484, P485, P640, P641, P1341

Legionella pneumonia, P885

Legionellosis, P641, P1324

Leishmania, P674

Leishmania donovani, O204

Leishmania infantum, P1127

Leishmaniasis, P1128, P1129, P1130, P1131, P1497, R2192

Leprosy, P1862

Leptospirosis, P1135, P1845, P1846

Lethal infection, P1666

Leucocyte culture, R2176

Leuconostoc infection, P1720

Leukaemia, P740, P741

Levofloxacin, P545, P760, P882, P886, P1019, P1035, P1037, P1099, P1102, P1193, P1201, P1215, P1364, P1421, P1748, R1964, R1965, R1967

LIAISON treponema screen, P720

LIBRA initiative, P1791, P1792, P1881

LightCycler PCR, O69, P594, P626

Lincosamide, S131, P1229

Lincosamide resistance, P962, P981

Linezolid, O124, S319, P871, P872, P873, P1035, P1216, P1219, P1256, P1436, P1443, P1585, P1591, P1593, P1648, P1680, P1681, P1760, P1801, P1864, R1975

Linezolid resistance, P973, P974

Lipodystrophy, P671

Lipopeptides, S320

Lipopolysaccharide, P1298

Lipovitellin-salt-mannitol-agar, P1381

Listeria spp., P654

Listeria monocytogenes, O146, P1100, P1667, P1699, P1700, P1728, R2073

Listeria seeligeri, P1716

Listeria paradigm, K233

Listeriosis, O146, P1698

Lithuania, P506, P524, R2101

Liver failure, P1601

Liver function, O201

Liver injury, P585

Liver transplantation, P919, P921, P923, P1697

LMB415, P901

Local anaesthetics, P1111

Loiasis, R2165

Long-term care facilities, P430, P993, P996, P1016, P1064, P1065

LOUIS test, P722, P1299

Löwenstein-Jensen medium, R2135

Lower respiratory tract infection, S21, S22, O354, P689, P1323, P1325, P1333, P1335, P1339

Lucilia sericata, P1054

Lumbar spine spondylitis, P1186

Lung biopsy, P1093

Lung cancer, P965, R2030

Lung disease, R2070

Lung donors, R2239

Lung epithelial cells, P1762

Lung infection, P1754

Lung surgery, P903

Lung transplantation, P1548, P1636, P1637, R2239

Lung tuberculosis, R2136

Luteolin, P1752

Luxembourg, P1533

Lyme disease, S16, P506, P508, P509, P510, P511, P512, P515

Lymphocytes, P569

Lymphoproliferative diseases, R2163

Lysin, P1575

Lysostaphin, P982, P1648

Maalox, P1097

MABUSE network, S134

Macedonia, R2225

Macrolides, S82, S129, S131, P879, P1229, P1355

Macrolide resistance, O287, O348, P906, P962, P981, P1018, P1026, P1028, P1042, P1046, P1048, P1224, P1225, P1226, P1227, P1784

Macrophages, P476, P1100

MagA, P1794

MagNa pure compact system, P629

Magnetic particle separation, P1520, P1521

Malaria, S37, S40, O203, O220, P1137, P1138, P1139, R1949

Malassezia spp., P1482

Malaysia, P541, P621, P1233

Male genital ulcers, P842

Malignant blood disorders, P1598

Maltose, P1658

Mandibular bone, R1963

Mannan binding lectin, O93

Mannose-binding lectin deficiency, P1861

Maternity hospitals, O269

Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, P723

Maxillary sinus, R2141

Maxillofacial surgery, R2141

MB/BacT system, P578

MBC, P1216

MBL E-test strip, P1889

Measles-mumps-rubella, P619

Measles-rubella, P622

Medical equipment, P1119

Medical students, P622, P623

Medicinal plants, P477, P478

Mediterranean, S392

Mediterranean spotted fever, P1260,

P1856

Mef gene, O348

Mef(A), P1031, P1045

Mef(E), P1031

Melatonin, P1805

Melioidosis, R2229

Membrane based assay, P1393

Membrane proteins, P454

Men, P501, P837, P838, P842

Menigitis-bacteraemia, P1667

Meninges excitation, R2114

Meningitis, P1039, P1073, P1609, P1668, P1669, P1671, P1675, P1676, P1677, P1678, P1680, P1684, P1685, P1686, P1687, R2090

Meningo-encephalo-mielo-polyradi***culonevritis, R2132

Meningocephalitis, R2099

Meningococcal C conjugate vaccine, P616, P624

Meningococcal disease, P625, P1682, P1854, P1860

Meningoencephalitis, P828

Meridian ICTAB, P1302

Meropenem, P1164, R1968, R1978, R2068

Meropenem resistance, P1832

Meta-analysis, O96, O97, O396, P520, P1052, P1592, P1595

Metal-containing monomers, P1149

Metallo-beta-lactamase, O205, K371, P408, P409, P410, P411, P412, P413, P414, P415, P416, P417, P418, P419, P431, R1981, R1990

Metapneumovirus, O281, P1235, R2184

Methicillin resistance, P1386

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus see MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus

epidermidis see MRSE

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus

haemolyticus see MRSH

Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus see MSSA

Metronidazole, P1274, P1276, P1801, R1975

Metronidazole resistance, W4a, P1274

MIC, P1197, P1210, P1211, P1212, P1213, P1216, P1242, P1271, P1424, P1586, P1796, P1891

Micafungin, P609, P1154, P1155, P1157

Microagglutination test, R2105

Microbiologists, S8

Microbiology, O147, O363, P492, P724, P874, P888, P1191, P1342, P1676, P1700, R2022, R2028

Microdialysis, O124

Microdilution sensitivity test, P1890

Microfilaraemia, R2165

Microorganisms, S108

Microplate hybridisation assay, P947

MicroScan panels, P1883, P1884, P1895

MicroScan Synergies plus Neg

Combo Type 2 Panel, R2120

Microscan Walkaway system, P1271

Microspheres, P886, P1347

Microsporum canis, R2162

Midges, P944

MIDI HPLC system, O252

MIF test, R2117

MIHC, O353, P482, P822, P899, P907, P1019

MIKSTRA Programme, P546, P547

Miliary tuberculosis, P1929, P1937

Milk samples, P1779

Minimum inhibitory concentration see MIC

MIRU-VNTR, O251, P554

Mitochondrial DNA, P1483

MLST, P632, P997

MMR vaccine, P619

MNR loci, P1729

Mode of action, P487

Molecular analysis, P862

Molecular characterization, P471, P756, P997, P1264, P1480, R2149, R2150

Molecular detection, P640, P1389

Molecular diagnosis, S49, P737, P1392, P1613, R2178

Molecular diversity, S126

Molecular genetics, P462

Molecular identification, P1476, P1477

Molecular markers, P644

Molecular methods, P734

Molecular typing, P1165, P1166

Mongolia, P1167

Monocytes, P1853, P1859

Monospecific antisera, R2121

Monte Carlo simulation, O122, P908, P915

Montenegro, P1316

Moraxella catarrhalis, P456, P1204, P1352, P1456, P1566

Morbidity, O94, P672, P936

Morphine, P620, R2083

Morphology, P1659, P1699

Mortality, O67, O92, O94, O95, O259, O292, O341, P607, P611, P881, P891, P1015, P1339, P1607, P1765, P1803, P1818, P1860

Mosaic protein, P1547

Motility, P1650

Moulds, O153

Mouse, P620, P638, P950, P952, P1572, P1746, P1747, P1748, P1752, P1763, P1768, P1803, P1804, R2083, R2219, R2233

MOXIAKTIV study, P1195

Moxifloxacin, O353, P760, P1019, P1035, P1037, P1103, P1104, P1105, P1193, P1194, P1195, P1198, P1199, P1200, P1349, P1436, P1437, P1443, P1748, P1790, R1963

MprF, P975

MraW gene, R2098

MraZ gene, R2098

MRNA, P1278

MRSA, S17, O115, O116, O117, O118, O119, O150, O151, S165, O264, O265, O266, O267, O268, O269, O270, O271, O272, O273, P802, P812, P815, P862, P864, P865, P866, P867, P869, P870, P871, P872, P873, P959, P977, P984, P985, P986, P987, P988, P989, P990, P992, P993, P994, P995, P996, P997, P998, P999, P1000, P1001, P1002, P1003, P1004, P1005, P1006, P1007, P1008, P1009, P1010, P1011, P1012, P1013, P1014, P1015, P1016, P1071, P1167, P1176, P1177, P1215, P1376, P1378, P1379, P1380, P1381, P1382, P1383, P1384, P1387, P1388, P1389, P1390, P1391, P1394, P1432, P1442, P1443, P1449, P1570, P1572, P1573, P1575, P1582, P1686, P1760, P1820, R1988, R2029, R2040, R2041, R2106

MRSA, community-acquired, S327, S328, S329

MRSA control, O273

MRSA ID medium, P1379, P1383

MRSE, P969

MRSH, P970

MSSA, O271

Muco-cutaneous surveillance cultures, P1379

Mucoid Enterococcus faecalis, P775

Mueller Hinton agar, P1217

Multi-locus sequence typing, P1729

Multidrug resistance, O283, O284, O349, O402, P422, P798, P963, P987, P996, P1049, P1060, P1064, P1070, P1074, P1075, P1078, P1087, P1196, P1267, P1383, P1393, P1435, P1449, P1786, P1799, P1807, P1808, P1809, P1812, P1814, P1819, P1820, P1821, P1825, P1826, P1831, P1863, P1868, R1979, R2026, R2126, R2134

Multifocal disseminated zygomycosis, P741

Multilocus sequence typing, P652

Multiple banded antigen, P834

Multiple interspersed repetitive

units, P553

Multiple myeloma, P1396

Multiple-drug resistant tuberculosis, S48

Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis, P1707

Multiplex PCR, P470, P660

Mumps antibodies, P1843

MupA gene, P980

Mupirocin, P956, P1207, P1884

Mupirocin resistance, P980, P993

MURm gene, P1030

Musculoskeletal infection, P1179

Mutant prevention concentration, P916, P1197, P1210, P1211, P1212, P1424

Mutation frequency, O346

Mutations, P561, P565, P567, P630, P655, P667, P1420, P1421, P1422, R2209

Mutator strains, O253, R1983

Mycobacteria, P1927, P1933, R2198

Mycobacteria other than tuberculosis, O252, P549, P552, P557

Mycobacterial disease, P1934

Mycobacterial skin infection, R2125

Mycobacteriological laboratories, P1921

Mycobacterium abscessus, P1922

Mycobacterium avium complex, P1939

Mycobacterium catarrhalis, P628, P1891

Mycobacterium chelonae, P1940, P1943, R2079

Mycobacterium kansasii, P575, P1923, P1926

Mycobacterium smegmatis, P1946

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, O250, O251, O253, P549, P550, P551, P553, P554, P555, P563, P564, P565, P567, P578, P579, P1928, P1935, R2126, R2127, R2129, R2132, R2134, R2135, R2137, R2138

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, multidrug resistant, P558, P559, P560, P561, P562, P566

Mycobacterium ulcerans, P556, P1938

Mycograb, O342

Mycoplasma, P1516

Mycoplasma spp., P637, P840

Mycoplasma genitalium, P1520

Mycoplasma hominis, P1517

Mycoplasma pneumoniae, O354, O355, P635, P636, P1329, P1335, P1340

Mycosis, O343 see also fungal infection

Myocardial infarction, R2085

MYSTIC Programme, P1089, P1823, P1866, R1977, R1978, R2054

Nairovirus, O90, O91, O92

Nalidixic acid resistance, P1464

Nasal carriage, P959, P960, P986, P998, P1001

Nasal mucosa, R1960

Nasal tissues, P910

NASBA, P1541, P1625, P1630

Nasogastric tube, P1094

Nasopharyngeal aspirate, O281

Nasopharyngeal colonization, P965, R2245

Nasopharyngeal isolates, P1224

Nasopharyngeal microflora, P1237

Nasopharynx, P1023, P1038, P1352, R2030

Natural products, P862

NCCLS reference disk diffusion, P1736, R2120

Neck mass, R2008

Neckties, and infection, O151

Necrotizing fasciitis, P1659, R2161

Needlestick injuries, P695, P698, P1528

Neisseria spp., P1520

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, P823, P824, P1418

Neisseria meningitidis, P624, P625, P626, P627, P629, R2065, R2232

Neisseria sicca, P1407

Neo-sensitabs, P1736

Neonatal bacteraemia, R2028

Neonatal candidiasis, S138

Neonatal intensive care unit, P443, P444, P445, P969, P970, P1005, P1675, P1694, P1821

Neonates see Infants

Neonatology unit, R2050

Neoplasia see Cancer

Neopterin, P1612, R2074

Neosensitabs, P1380

Nested PCR, P1618, P1620

Netherlands, O56, S193, O268, O395, P1132, P1730

Neuroborreliosis, P507, P509, P510

Neurobrucellosis, P591

Neuroinflammatory disorders, P953

Neurological infection, O282

Neurology intensive care unit, P1906

Neurosurgery, P540

Neurosurgical intensive care unit, P1907, R2031

Neurotropic virus, O110

Neutropenia, O93, O94, O96, O97, P1598, P1804 see also Febrile neutropenia

Neutropenic haematologic cancer, R2061

Neutrophil oxidative metabolism, R2214

Neutrophils, P1159, P1194, P1850

New antibiotics, S319, S320, S322, O400, O401, O402, O404

New Zealand, P695, P1003

Nigeria, R2128

Nisin, P1558

Nitric oxide, P1538, R2088

Nitrofuran, O289

Nitroimidazole resistance, P1275

NKT cells, P576

Nocardia, P1717, P1718

Nocardia spp., P1430, P1436

Nocardia asteroides, P1403

Nocardia nova, P1355

Nocardia otitidiscaviarum, R2070

Nocardiosis, P1373, P1402, P1718

Non-albicans Candida, P1738

Non-antibiotics, P482

Non-gonococcal urethritis, P501, R2025

Non-typhoid Salmonella, P1310

Norfloxacin, P917, P1205, P1427, P1429

Norovirus, O147, O280, P1319

Northern Ireland, P1346

Norway, P440, P453, P1046, P1376

Nosocomial aspergillosis, O153

Nosocomial bacteraemia, P1816, P1837

Nosocomial infection, O156, O157, S192, O337, P440, P459, P491, P599, P697, P767, P777, P920, P1055, P1057, P1244, P1460, P1650, P1652, P1692, P1711, P1812, P1824, P1835, P1838, P1839, P1897, P1898, P1901, P1902, P1904, P1906, P1908, P1910, R1969, R2033, R2034, R2035, R2048, R2051, R2052, R2164

Nosocomial pathogens, P1842

Nosocomial pneumonia, P902, P1075, P1208, P1330

Nosocomial primary bloodstream

infection, O155, O158

Nosocomial sepsis, P1675

NS2B/NS3 serine protease, P1619

NS5A protein, P704

Nucleic acid amplification, P635, P636, P640

Nucleic acid extraction, O275

Nucleic acids, P1318

NucliSens easyMAG system, O275

NucliSens mini MAG, P636

Nurse-to-patient ratio, O155

Nursing homes, O280, P984, P985

Nutrition, P1664

Obstetrics, R1956

Occult blood, O154

Ochrobactrum anthropi, P1719

Oedematous disease, P1938

Oesophageal candidiasis, P609

Oestrogen receptors, P671

Ofloxacin, P494

Oleuropein, O402

Oligonucleotide arrays, P864

Omeprazole, P1096

Open heart surgery, P968

Opportunistic infection, P679, P938

OprD gene, P422

OPTAMA program, P902, P904

Optochiasmatic tuberculoma, P1942

Oral cavity, R2145

Oral lactobacilli, P1757

Organ transplantation see different organs,

Oritavancin, S320

Orphanages, P527

Orthopaedic device related infections, S109

Orthopaedic infection, P1819

Orthopaedic surgeons, P703

Orthopaedic surgery, P1052, P1079

OspA gene, P514

Osteomyelitis, P1081, P1180

Otitis media, P547, P617, P1259, R1959

Outcome, P1343, P1360, P1373, P1600, P1753, P1879, P1909, R1956, R2023, R2055, R2142

Outer membrane protein, P1418

Outpatients, P517, P1172, P1307, P1308, P1692

Outpatients, intravenous antibiotic

therapy, P535

OXA beta-lactamase, P793

OXA-58, P424

Oxacillin, P1381, P1648

Oxacillin resistance, P1385, R2110

Oxacillin resistance screen agar, P1388

Oxazolidinones, S130, S319, P1583

Oxidative burst, P1194

Oxidative stress, R2153

Oxoid combination disc, P457

Oxoid mannitol salt agar, P1377

Ozonotherapy, R2174

Paediatric hospital, O397, O398, P537

Paediatric infection, S109

Paediatric intensive care unit, O114, R2244

Paediatric surgical unit, P1249

Paediatric teaching hospital, P1258

PAG gene, R2095

Pal's medium, O149

Pan-drug resistance, P1824

Pancreas, P1104

Pancreatic abnormalities, R2194

Pancreatic adenoma, P847

Pancreatic cancer, P847

Pancreatitis, P847, P913, R1992

Pancytopenia, P590

Pandemics, K372

Pandoraea apista, S237

Pandrug resistance, P1812, P1824

Panton-Valentine leukocidin, O267, O268, S329, P864, P865

Panum, Peter, S8

Pap gene, P502

Papillomavirus, P831

Para-nitrobenzoic acid, R2135

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, P750

Paracoccidioidomycosis, P612, P750

Parainfluenza virus, P1629

Parainfluenzae type B meningitis, R2183

ParC gene, P1421, P1422

ParE gene, P1420

Pasteurella multocida, R2037

Pathogenesis, P671, R2090

Pathogenic markers, P660

Pathogenicity, P1446

Pathogenicity islands, P661

Patient characteristics, O217

Pbp4, P976

PCR, O69, O142, O143, O148, O150, P555, P556, P638, P644, P646, P649, P674, P687, P728, P730, P732, P733, P841, P922, P947, P1232, P1290, P1291, P1411, P1413, P1487, P1513, P1519, P1623, P1628, P1637, P1672, P1719, P1721, P1937, R2101, R2175, R2178, R2180

PCR-based denaturing high performance liquid chromatography, P1722

PCR-DGGE, P846

PCR-ELISA, P1618

PCR-RFLP, P1481, P1482, P1485

Peg-interferon, R2189

Pegylated interferon alpha 2a, P709

Penicillin, S10, O353, P627, P1023, P1034, P1035, P1746, P1747

Penicillin G, P910

Penicillin resistance, O57, O286, P889, P1025, P1030, P1364, P1783

Penicillin-binding protein, P1273

Penicillium chrysogenum, P1733

Peptic ulcer, R2096

Peptide deformylase inhibitors, S322, P1551, P1552

PER-1 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P793

Percutaneous transluminal coronary

angioplasty, P1375

Performance feedback, P1912

Pericardial effusion, R2080

Pericarditis, P1936

Periodontal health, P1757

Periodontitis, P1200, P1756, P1757

Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, P1410

Peritoneal fluid, P1084, P1160

Peritoneal tuberculosis, R2076

Peritonitis, P1400, P1406, P1407, P1768

Peritonsillar abscess, P1346

Periurethral microflora, P917

Pertussis, O111, P1232, P1328

Peru, P1142

PGFE, O118, P643, P644, P651, P652, P988, P997, P1004, P1013, P1424, P1728

Phage typing, P1006, P1309

Phagocytes, P572, P678, P1852

Phagocytic index, P1849

Phagocytosis, P1194, P1434, R2029

Pharmaceutical industry, S167

Pharmacodynamics, S81, O121, O122, P894, P901, P902, P904, P906, P908, P911, P914, P1102, P1112, P1202, P1573, P1586, P1588, P1590, R1964

Pharmacoeconomics, O61, P504, P692

Pharmacokinetics, S81, S82, O120, O124, P894, P895, P896, P897, P898, P900, P903, P905, P908, P911, P914, P915, P1095, P1102, P1104, P1108, P1112, P1113, P1114, P1115, P1136, P1202, P1578, P1585, P1804, P1891, R1964

Pharmacophores, S322

Pharyngitis, P544, P1347

Pharyngotonsillitis, P1755

Phenotyping, P421, P627, P632, P775, P777, P863, P989, P1010, P1018, P1023, P1046, P1067, P1227, P1228, P1265, P1731

Phenoxymethylpenicillin dissolution

assay, P909

Phenytoin, P1080

Phoenix Automated Microbiology

System, P962, P1047

Phylogeny, P493, P663, P1531, R2207, R2210

Physicians, P877

Pichia anomala fungaemia, P598

Pig, R2099

Pine core wood, P1120

Piperacillin, P548, P912, R1972

Piperacillin-tazobactam, O339, O407, P548, P1436

Pivmecillinam, P917

Plague, P949

Planktonic cells, P1651

Plant polyprenols, P1688, P1689

Plasma-RNA sequencing, P665

Plasmid transfer, P1270

Plasmid-mediated QnrA, P1893

Plasmid-mediated quinolone-resistance, O209

Plasmids, P416, P451, P465, P471, P646, P650, P651, P656, P657, P1416, P1417, P1426, P1428

Plasmodium falciparum, O203

Platelets, S184, P1603, P1850

Plectasin, P1550

Pneumococcal carriage, O112

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, P613, P617, P618

Pneumococcal disease, P680, P1022, P1023

Pneumococcal meningitis, P1680, P1684

Pneumococcal resistance, P1017

Pneumococcal serotypes, P615

Pneumococcal surface antigen A, P633

Pneumococcal surface protein A, P614

Pneumococci, P631, P1038, P1039, P1040, P1223, P1365

Pneumocystis carinii, P1369, P1478, R2075

Pneumocystis jirovecii, O405, P1243, P1367, P1368, P1370, P1371, R2075, R2139

Pneumolysin, S375

Pneumonia, S50, O59, O89, P721, P892, P1323, P1329, P1331, P1332, P1342, P1367, P1372, P1374, P1375, P1746, P1747,

P1748, P1749, P1750, P1751, R2075, R2231

Pneumonia, community-acquired, S50, O59, S80, S82, O355, O356, O357, P880, P881, P882, P883, P884, P885, P886, P887, P889, P1326, P1327, P1334, P1336, P1337, P1338, P1343, P1350, P1351, P1453, P1454, P1469, P1470, P1566, P1581, R2005, R2014, R2015, R2024

Pneumonia Severity Index, P1361

Pol genotype, P682

Poland, O219, P412, P523, P703, P793, P1023, P1024, P1032, P1059, P1166, P1471, P1506, P1730, R2072, R2141, R2224

Polish National External Quality

Assessment Scheme, P460

POLMICRO, P460

Polyclonal infection, P1923

Polymerase chain reaction see PCR

Polymethylmethacrylate beads, P1585, P1587

Polymorphism, O219, P856, P866, P1858

Polymorphonuclear leucocytes, R2029, R2084

Polypropylene graft, P1767

Polyurethanes, P1660

Population studies, P908, P915, P1187, P1310

Population-based surveillance, P1022

PorA, P624

Porins, P1265, P1649, P1749

Porphyromonas gingivalis, P1200

Portugal, O113, O208, O271, O289, P409, P431, P618, P734, P755, P756, P779, P1020, P1362, P1812, P1828, P1917, R2152

Posaconazole, P740, P741, P742, P743, P744, P1106, P1107, P1108, R2161

Post-Lyme syndrome, P510

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative

diseases, R2240

Posterior spinal fusion surgery, P1053

Postoperative infection, P1053, P1245, P1943

Potency, P819, P1567

Poultry, P755, P916, P1098, P1472, R2169

Pp65-antigen test, O142

Pregnancy, P832, R2123

Pregnancy, hepatitis C virus, P699, P701

Pregnancy, toxoplasmosis, P596

Prescribing practice, O55, O56, P526, P534, P536, P538, P542, P543, P546, P548, R2023, R2024

Pressure ulcers, P1178

Preterm infants, P1774

Prevalence studies, S192, P432, P438, P461, P519, P524, P528, P696, P758, P933, P984, P993, P1001, P1020, P1046, P1049, P1071, P1087, P1127, P1250, P1307, P1330, P1335, P1362, P1370, P1535, P1755, P1863, P1902, P1903, R1950, R1956, R1970, R1991, R2009, R2053, R2144, R2241

Prevention, P1286

PREZIES network, S193

Primary care, O55, P518, P1323, P1339

Primary health care, P546

ProbeTec ET, P1509

Probetec ETTH automatic system, R2136

Probing pocket depth, P1756

Probiotics, P1247, P1773

Procalcitonin, P1245, P1399, P1602, P1604, P1605, P1606, P1607, P1609, P1671, R2074, R2104, R2118

Procalcitonin PCT, P1608

Prognosis, P611, P1144, P1310, P1348, P1361, P1536, P1597, P1671, P1693

Proinflammatory cytokines, P1855

Prokaryotic DNA, O276

Prolyliminopeptidase-negative

strains, P824

Prophylaxis, O96, P521, P892, P956, P1051, P1052, R2075

Prostheses, P1819

Prosthetic aortic valve, P1943

Prosthetic hip infection, P1611

Prosthetic knee infection, P1611

Protease, P938

Protein microarray assay, P1626

PROTEKT, O349, P1028, P1029, P1459, P1787

Proteomics, S380

Proteus spp., P1781

Proteus mirabilis, P489, P786, P795, P1654, R1997

Proton pump inhibitors, P1802

Protozoa, P945

Providencia stuartii, P1417

PRTFf1 gene, P1755

Prulifloxacin, R1996

Pseudobacteraemia, P1701, P1839

Pseudomembranous colitis, P1315

Pseudomonas spp., P1446, R1968, R1981, R1986

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, S43, O152, O207, S236, S317, O346, O352, O400, O402, O403, P409, P410, P415, P416, P417, P418, P419, P422, P423, P431, P446, P469, P542, P788, P793, P879, P904, P1125, P1196, P1206, P1241, P1242, P1267, P1271, P1278, P1420, P1423, P1424, P1434, P1439, P1563, P1568, P1574, P1650, P1731, P1754, P1796, P1797, P1820, P1821, P1822, P1823, P1824, P1825, P1826, P1827, P1828, P1829, P1830, P1831, P1832, P1833, P1834, P1835, P1836, P1882, R1958, R1974, R1977, R1983, R1984, R2038, R2044, R2054, R2094, R2233

Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms, P1649

Pseudomonas putida, P1264

Pseudoplectania nigrella, P1550

Psoas abscess, P1171

Public health, S239, O359, P1924

Puerto Rico, P1909

Pulmonary aspergillosis, R2196

Pulmonary disease, P1371

Pulmonary hydatid disease, P930

Pulmonary hypertension, P1548

Pulmonary infection, O403, R2139

Pulmonary tuberculosis, R2128, R2130, R2154

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis see PGFE

Pyelonephritis, P497, P1861

Pyogenic abscess, P1171

Pyrosequencing, P558, P659

Q-fever, R2231

Q-Syte needleless connector, P1712

QF-TB gold assay, P568

QIAamp DNA min kit, P728

Qiagen RNeasy Kit, P1627

QnrA gene, P1428

Quality control, P1632, P1704

QuantiFERON-TB GOLD test, P677

Quercetin, P1752

Quinine, O203

Quinolones, P437, P531, P1091, P1101, P1213

Quinolone resistance, O209, O210, P630, P655, P1037, P1065, P1416, P1419, P1420, P1423, P1425, P1426, P1428, R1986

Quinupristin, P1035, P1219

Quinupristin resistance, P964

Quorum sensing, O403

Rabdomyolysis, R2012

Radiobacter rhizobium, R2037

Radioimmunoassay, P1498

Randomized controlled trials, S21, O203, P520, P1579, P1592, P1595, R1962

RANTES, P1603

RapB gene, P642

RAPD typing, P1836

Rape, P685

Rapid antigen test, P544

Rapid ATB STAPH device, P1385

Rapid random amplification of

polymorphic DNA, P1713

Rapid urease test, P859

Rat, P1143, P1797, P1805, R1963, R2092

Reactive arthritis, P951, R2172

Reactogenicity, P616

Real-time multiplex PCR, P627, P639, P642

Real-time PCR, O277, O278, O279, O282, O355, P514, P551, P626, P628, P633, P925, P1388, P1390, P1391, P1478, P1614, P1633, P1634, R2095, R2100, R2181, R2182

Real-time RT-PCR, O281

Recombinant antibody, O342

Recombinant antigen haemagglutination test, P825

Recombinant antigens, P702

Rectal carriage, P782

Rectal swabs, R2175

Relapse, S19

Remote sensing, S239

Renal failure, P1526

Renal impairment, P896, P1095

Renal transplantation, P920, P1398, P1413, R2223

REP-PCR, P643

Replicon typing, P646, P656

Reporter genes, P1277, P1395

Research productivity, P874

Resistance dynamics, P1066

Respiratory bacterial pathogens, P1458

Respiratory isolates, P1440

Respiratory pathogens, P1790

Respiratory syncytial virus, P1233, P1234, P1630

Respiratory tract infection, S49, S50, O55, S79, P534, P536, P628, P977, P999, P1032, P1208, P1235, P1237, P1459, P1552, P1565, P1569, P1815

Respiratory tract pathogens, P1441, P1471

Respiratory viruses, P1624, P1628, R2241

Restriction fragment length polymorphism see RFLP

Reverse hybridization, P557

Reverse transcription-nested PCR, O143

Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy, P748

RFLP, P554, P644

RFLP-IS6110, P554

Rhabdomyolysis, R1966

Rheumatoid arthritis, R2080

Rhinosinusitis, P1348

Rhinovirus, P1325

Rhizopus spp., R2161

Ribavirin, O64, S240, P709, P1144, P1772, R2189, R2215

Ribosomal DNA sequencing, P731

Ribosome methylation, S130, S131

Ribotyping, P1808

Rifampicin, P1255, P1685, P1751

Rifampicin resistance, O253, P564, P565, P567, P579, P627

Risk factors, O290, O341, O356, P795, P958, P998, P1001, P1011, P1071, P1546, P1669, P1692, P1712, P1815, P1834, P1865, P1868, P1910, R2078, R2085, R2227

Risk score, P1350

RNA, P700, P1318, P1613, P1614

RO490-8463, P1572, P1573

ROBOBACT system, R2123

Roche MagNA Pure Total Nucleic

Acid Isolation Kit, P1627

Romania, P424, P1175, P1190, P1365

ROP 4 protein, P597

Rotavirus, P946, P947, P1246

Royal jelly, P480

RpoB gene, P565, P567

16S RRNA, P1719, R2070

RT see Reverse transcription

RT-PCR, R2179

Rubella, P1282

Rubella antibodies, R2235

Rubella virus immunoglobulin G, O141

Russia, O91, O254, P529, P534, P537, P1002, P1676, P1776, P1838, P1931, R1991, R1995, R2024, R2036, R2129, R2173

16S rDNA, P729, P730, P738, P1290, P1291, P1328

23S RNA, P844

16S RNA, P844, P846

Saccharomyces boulardii, P1806

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, P1320, P1321, P1481

Safety, O405, P613, P616, P889, P896, P1094, P1096, P1097

SAG1 antigen, P592

Saline sponges, P1701

Saliva, P942

Salivary concentrations, P1193

Salivary gland, P932

Salmonella spp., O278, O289, O362, P652, P655, P951, P1263, P1298, P1299, P1308, P1313, P1425, P1467, P1472, P1782, R1950, R2082, R2237

Salmonella enterica, P435, P651, P1427

Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis, P1309

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, P653, P655, P1098, R2098

Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow, P472

Salmonella enteritidis, R2080

Salmonella paratyphi, R1957

Salmonella typhi, R1957

Salmonella typhimurium, P1262, P1306, P1462

Salmonella antibodies, O145

Salmonella isolates, O208

Salmonellosis, P1280

Salomonsen, Carl, S8

Salvage therapy, P742, P744

Sandflies, P1129

SARI project, P792, P1008, P1058, P1841, P1908

SARS, O88, S107, P937, P1626

SARS Accelerated Vaccine Initiative, S107

SARS-CoV RNA, P1627

Saudi Arabia, P1042

Saunas, P690

Scabies, P939

SCCmec, S328, S329

SCCmec type III, P987

Scedosporium spp., P1155, P1162

Scotland, P427, P436, P1782

Scottish Early Warning System, O357

Screening, O205, P436, P1382, P1383

Screening disc, P1429

Seasonal distribution, R2186

Seasonality, P1133, P1690

Secondary care hospitals, P966

SELECT Study, P1364

Self-medication, O53, P523

Semen, P837

Seminal microflora, P838

Sensitivity, P1034, P1035, P1297, P1887

Sensitivity testing, R2119

SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, P413, P1086, P1088, P1356, P1564, P1565, P1566, P1567, P1568

Sepsis, O263, O292, O402, P1659, P1675, P1691, P1714, P1768, P1799, P1805, P1821, P1853, R2071, R2091, R2118

Septic arthritis, P1401

Septic shock, O263, P1691, R1956

Septicaemia, P1826

SeqNet.org, P983

Sequence analysis, P1719

Sequence typing, O115, O116, O117, O118

Sequence-based identification, P1475

Sequence-based typing, P983, P1013

Serbia, P438, P1316

Serious infection, R1967

Seroconversion, P593

Serodiagnosis, P1494

Seroepidemiology, P595, P1533, R1954

Serology, P705, P1844, R2108

Seroprevalence, P623, P703, P931, P1282, P1546, R1951

Serotyping, O277, P615, P617, P618, P625, P631, P946, P988, P1029, P1308, P1363, P1472, P1489, P1700, P1707, P1729, R2056, R2082

Serpulina pilosicoli, R2037

Serratia marcescens, P1795, R2031

Serum gastrin, P1253

Serum treatment, S9

Severe acute respiratory syndrome see SARS

Sewage treatment, R1987

Sewers, P1534

Sex workers, P1507

Sexual experience, P838

Sexually transmitted disease, O359, S379, S380, S381, S382, P685, P690, P823, P824, P825, P826, P827, P828, P829, P830, P839, R2101, R2175 see also individual

diseases

Sheep, P1779, R1954

Shewanella algae, P1083

Shigella spp., P951, P1314

Shigella flexneri, R2012

Shigella sonnei, R2097

Shock, P1861

SHV extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P473

SHV-12, P443

Sick leave, O396

Side-effects, P748

SIDESTEP Study, O407

SigmaB, P1642

Simkania negevensis, P1354

Simple sequence repeats, P647

Single nucleotide polymorphism, P1394

Sinusal mucosa, R1965

Sinusitis, P729, R2023

Skin infection, O122, P819, P1164, P1181, P1182, P1183, P1184, P1567, R2068, R2125

Slime production, R2039

Slovak Republic, P653, P1309, P1921

Slovakia, R1970

Slovenia, P1876

SMART, P1830

SMART 2003, P1451, P1452

Smoking, P1322

Soap, P1837

Socio-economic studies, K372

Soft tissue infection, P819, P1176, P1567, R1963

Solid organ transplantation, P924

Soluble haemoglobin scavenger receptor, P1693

Sore throat score, P544

South American blastomycosis, P612

Spa sequencing, P988

Spa typing, P997, P1013

Spain, O111, P408, P458, P560, P579, P772, P778, P780, P783, P798, P823, P830, P887, P992, P1030, P1031, P1041, P1089, P1127, P1140, P1162, P1172, P1201, P1304, P1307, P1308, P1336, P1337, P1338, P1359, P1370, P1532, P1535, P1933, R1971, R2014, R2015, R2073, R2177

Sparfloxacin, P1037

Spatial analysis, O285, P1283, P1284

Species distribution, O334, P1160, R2154

Species identification, P1717

Species-specific proteins, P863

Sperm samples, P1519

Spinal cord injury, O160, R2045

Spinal infection, P1185

Spirochetes, P506

Spoligotyping, R2134

Spondylitis, P581

Spondylodiscitis, R2032

Spontaneous preterm delivery, P834

Sporadic necrotizing encephalitis, P1544

Sputum, P1240, P1369, R2065

Squamous epithelium, S182

ST125-MRSA-IV, O265

Standardized decisional algorithms, O62

Staphylococcal bacteruria, P1696

Staphylococcal biofilms, P1648

Staphylococcal cassette chromosome, O119

Staphylococcal graft infection, P1765, P1767

Staphylococcal interspersed repeat

units, P994

Staphylococcus spp., S318, P972, P979, P980, P1062, P1207, P1228, P1386, P1431, P1433, P1560, P1583, R1985, R2029

Staphylococcus aureus, O120, O150, S182, S184, O212, P802, P812, P815, P863, P868, P955, P956, P957, P958, P959, P960, P961, P962, P963, P973, P974, P982, P986, P990, P991, P1002, P1015, P1168, P1174, P1198, P1214, P1239, P1377, P1385, P1389, P1392, P1393, P1457, P1465, P1562, P1563, P1576, P1577, P1586, P1588, P1589, P1590, P1591, P1696, P1761, P1762, P1763, P1764, P1778, R2033, R2051, R2238

Staphylococcus epidermidis, P967, P1395, P1639, P1640, P1641, P1642, P1643, P1644, P1645, P1646, P1647, P1707, P1766, P1768

Staphylococcus haemolyticus, P723, P970, P971, R2039

Staphylococcus lugdunensis, R2110

Staphylococcus saprophyticus, R2110

Staphylococcus schleiferi, P1186

Statens Serum Institut enteric agar, P722

Statins, O259, R1966

Stem-cell transplantation, O340, P926

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, S236, S237, P1240, P1272, P1374, P1836, P1839, P1840, P1841

Still's disease, R2124

Stool antigen test, P852

Strain typing, O212, O213, P554, P555, P647

Strep-EURO project, O363, P1175

Streptococcal pharyngitis, P544

Streptococcus spp., O287, P1047, P1663, R2019

Streptococcus agalactiae, P726, P1419, R2123

Streptococcus anginosus, R2089

Streptococcus bovis, P1220, P1444

Streptococcus mutans, P1758

Streptococcus pneumoniae, O57, O113, O121, O213, O284, O286, O349, O353, S375, S376, P614, P617, P618, P628, P629, P630, P632, P633, P889, P906, P1018, P1019, P1020, P1024, P1025, P1026, P1027, P1029, P1030, P1031, P1032, P1033, P1034, P1035, P1037, P1042, P1049, P1087, P1088, P1185, P1197, P1201, P1210, P1211, P1212, P1224, P1238, P1284, P1356, P1357, P1358, P1359, P1364, P1421, P1422, P1429, P1453, P1455, P1456, P1461, P1566, P1746, P1747, P1748, P1753, P1778, R1995, R2001, R2056

Streptococcus pyogenes, O347, O348, O363, P1018, P1041, P1042, P1044, P1045, P1046, P1048, P1165, P1227, P1755

Streptococcus suis, R2099

Streptogramins, S131, P1229, P1555

Streptogramin resistance, P962, P981

Structure-activity relationship, S322

Students, P878

Subdural empyema, P729

Subtyping, P624

Sucklings, R2242

Suction drainage culture, P1179

Sulbactam, P910, P912, P913, P1685, P1751, R1972, R1979

Sulphamethoxazole resistance, P1269

Sulphonamide resistance, O214, P779

Surgery, P1503

Surgical infection, P1899, R1991

Surgical site infection, S193, P1911

Surgical wards, P957

Surveillance, O111, O115, S134, O156, O157, S193, O264, O272, O283, O363, P413, P528, P568, P630, P1017, P1018, P1021, P1022, P1085, P1086, P1088, P1089, P1090, P1175, P1279, P1280, P1332, P1356, P1377, P1378, P1379, P1455, P1465, P1637, P1672, P1676, P1710, P1773, P1776, P1825, P1871, P1897, P1898, P1900, P1907, R2000, R2047, R2048, R2052, R2057

Survival, P543, P1853

Susceptibility testing, R1976, R1999,

R2003, R2038, R2039, R2043, R2054, R2056, R2077, R2140, R2152, R2154, R2155, R2156, R2162, S385, P446, P447, P448, P456, P489, P566, P575, P578, P725, P754, P760, P794, P820, P849, P868, P870, P951, P982, P992, P1014, P1021, P1027, P1039, P1040, P1047, P1056, P1082, P1090, P1150, P1151, P1152, P1153, P1154, P1160, P1161, P1162, P1163, P1188, P1201, P1203, P1220, P1225, P1249, P1296, P1304, P1356, P1402, P1414, P1427, P1431, P1438, P1442, P1445, P1451, P1452, P1458, P1460, P1461, P1463, P1472, P1517, P1568, P1598, P1651, P1694, P1706, P1732, P1735, P1744, P1775, P1781, P1792, P1793, P1808, P1828, P1830, P1847, P1855, P1857, P1864, P1872, P1873, P1881, P1882, P1883, P1884, P1886, P1888, P1890, P1891, P1892, P1893, P1894, P1895

Swab sites, P1376

Sweden, O266, O358, P426, P762, P1040, P1559, P1560, P1561

SYBR green I fluorescent dye, P626

Symbiosis, O195

Symptomatic medication, P547

Synergism, P1215, P1434, P1447, P1551

Syphilis, P720, P825, P826, P827, P828, R2103, R2104

Syringomyelia, R2138

Systemic Inflammatory Response

Syndrome, O357, P1007

T-cell leukaemia, R2180

T-cell lymphoma, R2006

T-cell receptors, P577

T28 group A streptococci, P1726

Tablet (disc) prediffusion, P868

Tacrolimus, P1113

Taiwan, P690, P869, P1235, P1363, P1824, R2221

Tap water, P1121

TARGET surveillance, P630, P1790, P1791, P1792, P1881

Taxonomy, P1715

Tazobactam, P912, P913, P1448, R1972

TcaA, P975

Tea, R2140

Tea tree oil, O406

Teaching hospitals, P966

Teicoplanin, P760, P772, P1216, P1449, P1684, P1686, P1768

Telavancin, S320, P897, P898, P1553, P1577

Telephone management, P505

Telithromycin, O349, P883, P906, P1207, P1210, P1212, P1223, P1437, P1441, P1787, P1789, R1960

Telithromycin resistance, P1036, R2001

Telomerase, R2188

TEM extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P473

TEM-29 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P475

TEM-52 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P472

TEM-123 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P463

TEM-124 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P463

Temocillin, P1221

Temperature, P1147, P1664

Temporal changes, P763

Tenocytes, P1101

Tenofovir, P693

Terrestrial environment, P1918

Tertiary care, P467, P1135, P1695, P1711, P1833, P1911, R2027, R2031, R2060, R2201

Tet gene, P1779

Tetracyclines, P822, P1037, P1170, P1260, R1974

Tetracycline resistance, P488, P1032, P1043, P1502

Th1/Th2 response, P573

Thailand, P478, P849, P1010, P1489

Therapeutic drug monitoring, O123, P538

Thermotolerant coliforms, P648

Thromboxane, P1850

Thymbra capitata, P486

Thymus, P668

Ticks, P506, P941

Tick bite, R2011

Tick-borne diseases, S16

Tick-borne encephalitis, P943, P1689

Tigecycline, P801, P802, P803, P804, P805, P806, P807, P808, P809, P812, P814, P815, P816, P817, P818, P819, P820, P821, P822, P894, P1181, P1183, P1184, P1208, P1209, P1317, P1449, P1559, P1560, P1561, P1808, R1980

Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance

Trial (TEST), P802, P803, P804, P805, P806, P807, P808, P809, P810, P811, P812, P813, P814, P815, P816, P817

Time-kill method, P1219

Time-killing studies, P1734

Tinea capitis, R2162

Tissue penetration, P898, P1092, P1093

Tn1207.3, O348

Tobramycin, P1067

Togo, P1672

Tolerability, P894, P1256, P1580

Tolevamer, P1579

Toll-like receptors, P950, P1860

Tonsillar tissue, P1103

Tonsillitis, P1347

Tonsillopharyngitis, P536

Tonsils, P1344

Topical ocular antibiotics, P1187

Topical therapy, P835

Toxic shock syndrome, P867, P954, R2019, R2099

Toxicity, P1076

Toxins, P1174, P1801, P1802

Toxocara cati, P929

Toxocariasis, P929

Toxoplasma gondii, S13, P592, P594, P595, P596, P597, P922, P952

Toxoplasmosis, S13, P592, P593, P594, P595, P597

Toxoplasmosis, congenital, S14

Toxoplasmosis, in pregnancy, P596

Tracheal aspirates, R2027

Tracheal suction, P893

Trachoma, P1189

Training, P877, P1351

Transferrin binding protein, P1645

Transition metal ions chelates, P1557

Transposons, P413, P425

Trauma, P1330

Trauma patients, P890, P891

TREAT, S247, P1702

Treatment failure, O59, P1083, P1355

Treg cells, P1862

Treponema pallidum, P825, P826

Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum, P829

Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue, P829

Treponema paraluiscuniculi, P829

Trichinella spp., P928

Trichinellosis, O202, P928

Trichinosis, R2167

Trichoderma spp., P938, P1483

Trichophyton rubrum, P1480, R2149, R2150

Trichosporon asahii, P1481

Trichosporon beigelii, P927

Trichosporon mucoides, P751, P1479

Trigeminal ganglia, R2219

Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, P663, P1398, P1436

TRNA intergenic length polymorphism analysis, P648

Tropheryma whipplei, P734

Tubercular peritonitis, P919

Tuberculin skin test, P677

Tuberculosis, O250, O253, O254, P549, P550, P551, P553, P559, P560, P561, P562, P564, P568, P569, P571, P573, P574, P576, P577, P676, P677, P678, P1285, P1612, P1924, P1925, P1930, P1931, P1932, P1948, R2131, R2199

Tuberculosis, drug resistance, S48

Tuberculous abscess, P1171

Tuberculous lymphadenitis, P1942

Tuberculous meningitis, P1945, P1947, R2133, R2242

Tuberculous pericarditis, P1936

Tuberculous pleural effusion, P570

Tularaemia, P1254

Tumour necrosis factor, S324, P584

Tunisia, P697, P991, P1070, P1878, R2126, R2228

Turkey, O90, P414, P565, P851, P852, P853, P854, P855, P856, P931, P933, P934, P998, P1144, P1146, P1147, P1288, P1426, P1537, P1709, P1817, P1846, P1910, P1911, R1951, R1985, R2021, R2048, R2056, R2093, R2103, R2135, R2137, R2201, R2227

Ukraine, P561

UL54, P1540

Ulcerating keratitis, P752

Ultrasound, P1434

Ultraviolet light, P1118

United Arab Emirates, P434

United Kingdom, P153, P784, P799, P1454, P1778, P1793, R1999

United States, O59, P804, P805, P812, P813, P814, P1569

Universal eubacterial primers, P733

Universal PCR, P735, P737

Upper respiratory tract infection, O56

Ureaplasma, P834

Ureaplasma urealyticum, P841, P1517, P1520

Urethral exudates, R2177

Urethral swabs, R2175

Urethritis, P1518

Urinary antigen testing, S50

Urinary bags, P490

Urinary isolates, P1870, P1876

Urinary pathogens, P1248, P1249, P1875

Urinary tract infection, O160, O290, P489, P490, P491, P492, P493, P494, P495, P496, P497, P498, P499, P500, P501, P502, P503, P504, P914, P917, P1069, P1398, P1463, P1515, P1606, P1796, P1877, R1982, R1993, R1996, R1997, R2016, R2020, R2034, R2045, R2243

Urinary tract pathogens, P1791

Urine, P1623

Urine culture, P492

Urine samples, P1508, P1511, P1514, P1519, P1521

Urinogenital chlamidiosis, P1510

Uro-Quick system, P1386, P1882, P1885

Urogenital chlamidiosis, R2174

Urogenital mycoplasma, R2119

Urology, O156

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli, P661, P663, P664

Uropathogenic organisms, P1657

Uropathogenicity, P1405

Uropathogens, P1872, P1877

Uterine fibroids, R2173

Uzbekistan, P1286

VACa gene, R2093

VacA subtype, P854

Vaccines, O70, O71, S107, S248, S376, S382, O395, O396, O397, O398, P613, P616, P617, P618, P619, P620, P621, P623, P680, P1238, P1353, P1425, P1526, P1527, P1528, R2233, R2236

Vacuolar-ATPase gene, R2150

Vaginal candidiasis, P608

Vaginal culture, R2123

Vaginal infection, P1484

Vaginal microbiocenosis, P843

Vaginal microflora, P836, P917

Vaginal pathogens, P1250

Vaginal swabs, P1507, P1509, P1511

VanA genotype, P772

VanB genotype, P768

Vancomycin, S17, O123, P760, P869, P871, P872, P873, P978, P1035, P1168, P1181, P1216, P1442, P1449, P1586, P1587, P1588, P1589, P1641, P1648, P1684, P1686, P1801, P1806, R1975

Vancomycin resistance, O211, P756, P758, P764, P765, P766, P767, P768, P771, P774, P977, P982, P1679, P1820

Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus see VISA Variable-number tandem repeats, P554, P555, P643

Varicella, R2062

Varicella zoster, P1536, P1601

Vascular graft infection, P1082

Vascular surgery, P1052

VDRL ViraBlot test, P826

VEB-1 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, P465, P788

Veb1 gene cassette, P469

Vegetectomy, R2143

Venezuela, O112, P573

Venous leg ulcer, P730

Ventilator-associated pneumonia, P890, P891, P893, P1072, P1853

Ventricular drainage infection, P1679

Verocytotoxins, P658, P662, P1305

Verotoxin, R1961

VersaTREK, O252, P1703

Vertical transmission, O70, P701

Veterinarians, P1146

VGA gene, P964

Vibrio cholerae, O195, O196, O197, P647, P944, P945

VIDAS C. difficile Toxin A/B test, P1496

Vidas test, P593

Vim-1, P408, P446

VIM-2, P409, P431

VIM-11, P410

Vincristine, R2078

Viraemia, O69

Viral hepatitis, R1966, R2211

Viral load, P1634, P1636

Viridans group streptococci, P1193, P1219, P1220, P1296, P1444

Virology, P705

Virtual Phenotype, O222

Virulence, S13, S318, S375, P773, P1835, P1838

Virulence factors, P662, P664

Virulence regulator genes, P1647

Virus neutralization test, P1843

Viruses, O64, O65, O66, O67, O68, O69, O110, S126, O141, O147, O201, S248, O280, O281, O282, O359, K374, P1140

VISA, P978, P1168, P1216

Visual safety, P1109

Vitamin E, P1173

VITEK-2 Compact System, P1886

VITEK-2 P523AST cards, P1387

VITEK-2 system, P442, P716, P717, P718, P727, P1205, P1207, P1886

VNTR-MIRU loci, P1928

Voriconazole, P612, P745, P746, P752, P1109, P1150, P1155, P1732, P1736, P1738, P1739, P1740, P1743, P1744

VTEC, O26, R1961

Vulvovaginal candidiasis, P600, P1484

Warts, R2188

Waste water, O200

Water coolers, P1121

Water infiltration, P1913

Water samples, P1916

Water unit contamination, P1915

Water-borne infection, O200, O359, P641

Wells' syndrome, R2011

West Nile virus, P1140

Western blot test, P512, P1494, R2103

White blood cell count, P1610

White blood cell transfusion, P740

Women, P504, P505, P595, P750, P833, P834, P840, P917, P1517, R2100, R2123, R2203

World War II, S10

Wound healing, P1080, R2084

Wound infection, P606, P955, P956, P968, P1050, P1172, P1725, P1912

X-ray, P1331

XRP 2868, P1555

Yeast infection, P1160, P1484, P1485, P1722, R2152, R2157 see also Candida; Fungal infection

Yemen, P1518

Yersinia spp., P951, P1493, P1494

Yersinia enterocolitica, P643, R2037

ZAAPS Program, P1864

Zidovudine, P694

Zimbabwe, O220

Zinc, P600, P1649

Zoonosis, P580

Zygomycetes, P1156, P1475, P1476, P1733

Zygomycosis, S140, P742, P1476