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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among companion and food-chain animals: impact of human contacts by Petinaki, E., Spiliopoulou, I.

“…Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the major pathogens in humans, is a cause of infection and colonization among animals. The…”
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Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection in critically ill patients: risk factors and predictors of mortality by Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, M., Fligou, F., Bartzavali, C., Zotou, A., Spyropoulou, A., Koutsileou, K., Vamvakopoulou, S., Sioulas, N., Karamouzos, V., Anastassiou, E. D., Spiliopoulou, I., Christofidou, M., Marangos, M.

“…A significant increase in carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CP-Kp) bacteraemias has been observed worldwide. The objective of the present work was…”
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Risk factors for enterococcal infection and colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci in critically ill patients by Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, M., Drougka, E., Fligou, F., Kolonitsiou, F., Liakopoulos, A., Dodou, V., Anastassiou, E. D., Petinaki, E., Marangos, M., Filos, K. S., Spiliopoulou, I.

“…Purpose Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) are important causes of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) infections. Our goal was to identify the prevalence and risk…”
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MRSA infections among patients in the emergency department: a European multicentre study by Bouchiat, C, Curtis, S, Spiliopoulou, I, Bes, M, Cocuzza, C, Codita, I, Dupieux, C, Giormezis, N, Kearns, A, Laurent, F, Molinos, S, Musumeci, R, Prat, C, Saadatian-Elahi, M, Tacconelli, E, Tristan, A, Schulte, B, Vandenesch, F

“…MRSA is a therapeutic concern worldwide, and a major agent of community-acquired skin and soft tissue infections (CA-SSTIs). While the US epidemiology of MRSA…”
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Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in four nursing home residents in Crete, Greece by Moschou, A., Maraki, S., Giormezis, N., Moraitaki, H., Stafylaki, D., Militsopoulou, M., Spiliopoulou, I., Papadakis, J.A., Samonis, G., Kofteridis, D.P.

“…Nursing homes are considered as reservoirs for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The present study investigated the point prevalence and…”
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Community-associated Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia among Greek children: epidemiology, molecular characteristics, treatment, and outcome by Doudoulakakis, A. G., Bouras, D., Drougka, E., Kazantzi, M., Michos, A., Charisiadou, A., Spiliopoulou, I., Lebessi, E., Tsolia, M.

“…Staphylococcus aureus is an infrequent cause of community-associated (CA-SA) pneumonia in children. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical,…”
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A 12-year survey of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in Greece: ST80-IV epidemic? by Drougka, E., Foka, A., Liakopoulos, A., Doudoulakakis, A., Jelastopulu, E., Chini, V., Spiliopoulou, A., Levidiotou, S., Panagea, T., Vogiatzi, A., Lebessi, E., Petinaki, E., Spiliopoulou, I.

“…Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important cause of both healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) and community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA)…”
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Emergence and dissemination of a linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus capitis clone in Europe by Butin, M, Martins-Simões, P, Pichon, B, Leyssene, D, Bordes-Couecou, S, Meugnier, H, Rouard, C, Lemaitre, N, Schramm, F, Kearns, A, Spiliopoulou, I, Hyyryläinen, H-L, Dumitrescu, O, Vandenesch, F, Dupieux, C, Laurent, F

“…We investigated the epidemiological, clinical, microbiological and genetic characteristics of linezolid-resistant (LZR) Staphylococcus capitis isolates from…”
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A patient with respiratory toxigenic diphtheria in Greece after more than 30 years by Georgakopoulou, T., Tryfinopoulou, K., Doudoulakakis, A., Nikolaou, F., Magaziotou, I., Flountzi, A., Fry, N. K., Litt, D. J, Damala, M., Spiliopoulou, I., Liatsi-Douvitsa, E., Lebessi, E., Panayiotakopoulos, G., Tsolia, M., Saroglou, G., Theodoridou, M., Tsiodras, S., Efstratiou, A.

“…The introduction of treatment and systematic vaccination has significantly reduced diphtheria mortality; however, toxigenic strains continue to circulate…”
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Performance of chromID® CARBA medium for carbapenemases-producing enterobacteriaceae detection during rectal screening by Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, M., Bartzavali, C., Christofidou, M., Bereksi, N., Hey, J., Zambardi, G., Spiliopoulou, I.

“…Chromogenic chromID® CARBA medium was compared with CDC method and MacConkey agar with imipenem for its performance in detecting carbapenemase-producing…”
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Virulence factors among Staphylococcus lugdunensis are associated with infection sites and clonal spread by Giormezis, N., Kolonitsiou, F., Makri, A., Vogiatzi, A., Christofidou, M., Anastassiou, E. D., Spiliopoulou, I.

“…Staphylococcus lugdunensis has emerged as a significant human pathogen, with distinct clinical and microbiological characteristics. Our goal was to identify…”
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Co-colonization by multidrug-resistant bacteria in two Greek intensive care units by Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, M., Spiliopoulou, I., Christofidou, M., Logothetis, D., Manolopoulou, P., Dodou, V., Fligou, F., Marangos, M., Anastassiou, E. D.

“…Our goal was to identify the risk factors for co-colonization by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-Kp), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and…”
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Spread of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates carrying Panton–Valentine leukocidin genes during a 3-year period in Greece by Chini, V., Petinaki, E., Foka, A., Paratiras, S., Dimitracopoulos, G., Spiliopoulou, I.

“…Three collections of Staphylococcus aureus isolates (n = 1058) were investigated to assess the spread of Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-producing strains in…”
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An extracellular Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide: relation to Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin and its implication in phagocytosis by Spiliopoulou, Anastasia I, Krevvata, Maria I, Kolonitsiou, Fevronia, Harris, Llinos G, Wilkinson, Thomas S, Davies, Angharad P, Dimitracopoulos, Georgios O, Karamanos, Nikos K, Mack, Dietrich, Anastassiou, Evangelos D

“…The skin commensal and opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus epidermidis is a leading cause of hospital-acquired and biomaterial-associated infections. The…”
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Postpartum bacteraemia outbreak due to Bacillus cereus in the delivery room by Xaplanteri, P, Chondroleou, A, Kolonitsiou, F, Skintzi, A, Anastassiou, E.D, Marangos, M, Spiliopoulou, I

“…AbstractWe report an outbreak Bacillus cereus causing postpartum bacteraemia in the maternity ward and delivery room. Spores transferred by the hands and…”
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Number of positive blood cultures, biofilm formation, and adhesin genes in differentiating true coagulase-negative staphylococci bacteremia from contamination by Papadimitriou-Olivgeri, I., Giormezis, N., Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, M., Zotou, A., Kolonitsiou, F., Koutsileou, K., Fligou, F., Marangos, M., Anastassiou, E. D., Spiliopoulou, I.

“…The significance of the number of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS)-positive blood cultures remains obscure in regards to determining true bacteremia…”
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Comment on: Intensive care unit dissemination of multiple clones of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium by Spiliopoulou, I, Anastassiou, E D, Petinaki, E

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Community-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections and nasal carriage among children: molecular microbial data and clinical characteristics by Sdougkos, G., Chini, V., Papanastasiou, D.A., Christodoulou, G., Stamatakis, E., Vris, A., Christodoulidi, I., Protopapadakis, G., Spiliopoulou, I.

“…An increasing number of infections caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) carrying the Panton–Valentine…”
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Pitfalls in the identification of Enterococcus species and the detection of vanA and vanB genes by Papadimitriou‐Olivgeris, M., Filippidou, S., Kolonitsiou, F., Drougka, E., Koutsileou, K., Fligou, F., Dodou, V., Sarrou, S., Marangos, M., Vantarakis, A., Anastassiou, E.D., Petinaki, E., Spiliopoulou, I.

“…The aims were to assess the performance of Vitek 2 in identifying enterococcal species and the implementation of GeneXpert® vanA/vanB PCR for the detection of…”
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Clinical and microbiological profile of persistent coagulase-negative staphylococcal bacteraemia in neonates by Dimitriou, G., Fouzas, S., Giormezis, N., Giannakopoulos, I., Tzifas, S., Foka, A., Anastassiou, D.E., Spiliopoulou, I., Mantagos, S.

“…An atypical pattern of coagulase-negative staphylococcal (CoNS) sepsis, characterized by persistence despite aggressive antibiotic therapy, has been described…”
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