Studying bacterial infections through culture-independent approaches

The vaginal microflora in relation to gingivitis

(2009) Rutger Persson et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Rapid detection of eight causative pathogens for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis by real-time PCR

(2009) Naoko Chiba et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Studying bacteria in respiratory specimens by using conventional and molecular microbiological approaches

(2009) Geraint B Rogers et al.   BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Detection of Anaerobic Bacteria in High Numbers in Sputum from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

(2008) Michael M. Tunney et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Bacterial Quorum Sensing: Signals, Circuits, and Implications for Biofilms and Disease

(2008) Arul Jayaraman et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Advances in the use of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of 16S rRNA genes to characterize microbial communities

(2008) Ursel M. E. Schütte et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Survey of bacterial diversity in chronic wounds using Pyrosequencing, DGGE, and full ribosome shotgun sequencing

(2008) Scot E Dowd et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

A Social Life for Discerning Microbes

(2008) Sam P. Brown et al.   CELL

Identification of Bordetella spp. in respiratory specimens from individuals with cystic fibrosis

(2008) T. Spilker et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Then and now: use of 16S rDNA gene sequencing for bacterial identification and discovery of novel bacteria in clinical microbiology laboratories

(2008) P.C.Y. Woo et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Detection of Respiratory Viruses by Molecular Methods

(2008) J. B. Mahony   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Small Molecules for Interference with Cell-Cell-Communication Systems in Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2008) Joost Janssens et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

The Role of Microbiota and Probiotics in Stress-Induced Gastrointestinal Damage

(2008) Femke Lutgendorff et al.   CURRENT MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Assessing the diagnostic importance of nonviable bacterial cells in respiratory infections

(2008) Geraint B. Rogers et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

(2008) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The use of molecular techniques to characterize the microbial communities in contaminated soil and water

(2008) Seidu Malik et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Biofilm formation and interactions of bacterial strains found in wastewater treatment systems

(2008) Sofia Andersson et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

The role of quorum sensing in chronic cystic fibrosisPseudomonas aeruginosainfections

(2008) Craig Winstanley et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Recent advances in molecular techniques to study microbial communities in food-associated matrices and processes

(2008) A JUSTE et al.   FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Effect of antibiotic co-administration on young and mature biofilms of cystic fibrosis clinical isolates: the importance of the biofilm model

(2008) Marie Tré-Hardy et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

High prevalence in cystic fibrosis patients of multiresistant hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST228-SCCmecI capable of biofilm formation

(2008) A. Molina et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Development and Evaluation of a Novel Multiplex PCR Technology for Molecular Differential Detection of Bacterial Respiratory Disease Pathogens

(2008) R. Benson et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of Real-Time PCR for Detection of the tcdC Gene with Four Toxin Immunoassays and Culture in Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection

(2008) L. M. Sloan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Development of an Oligonucleotide Array for Direct Detection of Fungi in Sputum Samples from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

(2008) J.-P. Bouchara et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular detection methods and serotyping performed directly on clinical samples improve diagnostic sensitivity and reveal increased incidence of invasive disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italian children

(2008) C. Azzari et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Tolerance to the antimicrobial peptide colistin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms is linked to metabolically active cells, and depends on the pmr and mexAB-oprM genes

(2008) Sünje Johanna Pamp et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Accurate whole human genome sequencing using reversible terminator chemistry

(2008) David R. Bentley et al.   NATURE

Ibis T5000: a universal biosensor approach for microbiology

(2008) David J. Ecker et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Infection in the Pathogenesis and Course of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2008) Sanjay Sethi et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

TheStreptococcus milleri group—An unrecognized cause of disease in cystic fibrosis: A case series and literature review

(2008) Michael D. Parkins et al.   PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

Molecular Detection of Multiple Emerging Pathogens in Sputa from Cystic Fibrosis Patients

(2008) Fadi Bittar et al.   PLoS One

A polymicrobial perspective of pulmonary infections exposes an enigmatic pathogen in cystic fibrosis patients

(2008) C. D. Sibley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Clinical outcome following lung transplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis colonised with Burkholderia cepacia complex: results from two French centres

(2008) V Boussaud et al.   THORAX

Discerning the Complexity of Community Interactions Using a Drosophila Model of Polymicrobial Infections

(2008) Christopher D. Sibley et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation in the cystic fibrosis airway

(2007) Sophie Moreau-Marquis et al.   PULMONARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS