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Subtly Impaired Humoral Immunity Predisposes to Frequently Recurring Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection and Herpetic Neuralgia by Seppänen, Mikko, Meri, Seppo, Notkola, Irma-Leena, Seppälä, Ilkka J. T., Hiltunen-Back, Eija, Sarvas, Heikki, Lappalainen, Maija, Välimaa, Hannamari, Palikhe, Anil, Valtonen, Ville V., Lokki, Marja-Liisa

“…BackgroundImmunogenetic factors predisposing to recurrent genital herpes remain poorly characterized MethodsIn a prospective case-control study, 52 consecutive…”
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Dental infections and coronary atherosclerosis by Mattila, K J, Valle, M S, Nieminen, M S, Valtonen, V V, Hietaniemi, K L

“…An association between dental and other bacterial infections and coronary heart disease has recently been observed in both cross-sectional and longitudinal…”
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Overgrowth of Enterococcus faecium in the Feces of Patients with Hematologic Malignancies by Suppola, Juhana P., Volin, Liisa, Valtonen, Ville V., Vaara, Martti

“…The objective of this study was to characterize the overgrowth and susceptibility of Enterococcus faecium, compared with that of other enterococci, in the…”
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Occurrence of HLA-B27 tissue antigen in patients with purulent arthritis caused by Staphylococcus aureus or beta-haemolytic streptococci by Valtonen, J M, Sivonen, A, Valtonen, V V

“…The HLA-B27 tissue antigen is associated with reactive arthritis caused by different bacterial infections but its occurrence in purulent arthritis has not been…”
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Preceding infection as an important risk factor for ischaemic brain infarction in young and middle aged patients by Syrjänen, Jaana, Valtonen, Ville V, Iivanainen, Matti, Kaste, Markku, Huttunen, Jussi K

“…The role of preceding infection as a risk factor for ischaemic stroke was investigated in a case-control study of 54 consecutive patients under 50 years of age…”
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Lipoproteins and acute phase response during acute infection. Interrelationships between C-reactive protein and serum amyloid-A protein and lipoproteins by Sammalkorpi, K T, Valtonen, V V, Maury, C P

“…To study the interrelations between the changes of acute phase proteins and those of serum lipoproteins in acute infections we measured the concentrations of…”
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Role of infections in atherosclerosis by Valtonen, Ville V.

“…A growing amount of epidemiologic, experimental, and clinical evidence has linked infection as a risk factor to variousatherosclerotic diseases including acute…”
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Long-term treatment of ulcerative colitis with ciprofloxacin: A prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled study by Turunen, Ulla M., Färkkilä, Martti A., Hakala, Kalle, Seppälä, Kari, Sivonen, Aulikki, Ögren, Mats, Vuoristo, Matti, Valtonen, Ville V., Miettinen, Tatu A.

“…Background & Aims: Although bacterial bowel flora may be one of the contributing factors in the pathogenesis of chronic mucosal inflammation, antibiotic…”
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Association between dental health and acute myocardial infarction by Mattila, K. J., Nieminen, M. S., Valtonen, V. V., Rasi, V. P., Kesäniemi, Y. A., Syrjälä, S. L., Jungell, P. S., Isoluoma, M., Hietaniemi, K., Jokinen, M. J.

“…Known risk factors for coronary heart disease do not explain all of the clinical and epidemiological features of the disease. To examine the role of chronic…”
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Comparison of Risk Factors and Outcome in Patients with Enterococcus faecalis vs Enterococcus faecium Bacteraemia by SUPPOLA, J. P, KUIKKA, A, VAARA, M, VALTONEN, V. V

“…The purpose of our study was to determine retrospectively the risk factors for the acquisition of Enterococcus faecalis vs E. faecium bacteraemia, as well as…”
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Infection as a risk factor for infarction and atherosclerosis by Valtonen, V V

“…A growing amount of clinical and experimental evidence suggests a link between infection and atherosclerotic diseases including both myocardial and cerebral…”
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Ceftriaxone versus vancomycin prophylaxis in cardiovascular surgery by SALMINEN, U.-S, VILJANEN, T. U. T, VALTONEN, V. V, IKONEN, T. E. H, SAHLMAN, A. E, HARJULA, A. L. J

“…The efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery was compared between 97 patients receiving a single 2 g dosage of ceftriaxone and 103 receiving 500…”
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Teichoic acid antibody test: its use in patients with coagulase-positive staphylococcal bacteremia by Larinkari, U M, Valtonen, M V, Sarvas, M, Valtonen, V V

“…We have studied the occurrence and specificity of teichoic acid antibodies (TAAs), measured by double diffusion in agar, in 114 patients with bacteremia of…”
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Pneumococcal bacteraemia during a recent decade by Kuikka, A, Syrjänen, J, Renkonen, O V, Valtonen, V V

“…We retrospectively reviewed 159 episodes of bacteraemic pneumococcal infection in 157 adult patients at the Helsinki University Central Hospital during two…”
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Leucopenia associated with beta-lactam antibiotic therapy by Kaaja, R, Valtonen, V V

“…Two cases of penicillin-induced and one case of cephalosporin-induced leucopenia are described. This unusual complication of widely used beta-lactam…”
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Beta-haemolytic group A, B, C and G streptococcal septicaemia: a clinical study by Skogberg, K, Simonen, H, Renkonen, O V, Valtonen, V V

“…87 beta-haemolytic streptococcal septicaemias in adult patients during 1979-86 in a university hospital were reviewed. 25% were caused by group A…”
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False aneurysm of the right ventricle due to endocarditis after heart surgery by Pellinen, T J, Verkkala, K A, Partanen, J H, Maamies, T J, Valtonen, V V

“…Right ventricular aneurysm is a rare complication of heart surgery. A case is described in which false aneurysm developed secondary to bacterial endocarditis…”
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Occurrence and specificity of antibodies against group-specific polysaccharides in beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections by Seppälä, I J, Larinkari, U, Räsänen, T, Valtonen, V V

“…We studied the possibility of detecting beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections by determining antibodies against the group specific polysaccharides from…”
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The Smooth Lipopolysaccharide Character of 1,4,(5),12 and 1,9,12 Transductants Formed as Hybrids between Groups B and D of Salmonella by Nurminen, Marjatta, Hellerqvist, Carl G., Valtonen, Ville V., Mäkelä, P. Helena

“…The structure of the cell wall lipopolysaccharide (or O antigen) in hybrids between Salmonella O groups B and D was studied. We compared transductants of S…”
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