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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening by Online Immunometric Monitoring of Bacterial Growth under Selective Pressure.

Stenholm T, Hakanen AJ, Vaarno J, Pihlasalo S, Terho P, Hänninen PE, Vuopio-Varkila J, Huovinen P, Kotilainen P.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Dec;53(12):5088-94. Epub 2009 Sep 14.PMID: 19752281 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Parental experiences and attitudes regarding the management of acute otitis media--a comparative questionnaire between Finland and The Netherlands.

Tähtinen PA, Boonacker CW, Rovers MM, Schilder AG, Huovinen P, Liuksila PR, Ruuskanen O, Ruohola A.

Fam Pract. 2009 Dec;26(6):488-492. Epub 2009 Sep 3.PMID: 19729400 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Hidden qnrB12 gene in a Finnish faecal microbiota isolate from 1994.

Gunell M, Hakanen AJ, Jalava J, Huovinen P, Osterblad M.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2009 Oct;64(4):861-2. Epub 2009 Aug 19. No abstract available. PMID: 19692413 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Mechanisms of resistance in nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica strains exhibiting a nonclassical quinolone resistance phenotype.

Gunell M, Webber MA, Kotilainen P, Lilly AJ, Caddick JM, Jalava J, Huovinen P, Siitonen A, Hakanen AJ, Piddock LJ.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Sep;53(9):3832-6. Epub 2009 Jul 13.PMID: 19596880 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reduced fluoroquinolone susceptibility in Salmonella enterica isolates from travelers, Finland.

Lindgren MM, Kotilainen P, Huovinen P, Hurme S, Lukinmaa S, Webber MA, Piddock LJ, Siitonen A, Hakanen AJ.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 May;15(5):809-12.PMID: 19402977 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Temporal trends of antimicrobial resistance and clonality of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Finland, 2002 to 2006.

Siira L, Rantala M, Jalava J, Hakanen AJ, Huovinen P, Kaijalainen T, Lyytikäinen O, Virolainen A.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 May;53(5):2066-73. Epub 2009 Mar 9.PMID: 19273677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prolonged impact of a one-week course of clindamycin on Enterococcus spp. in human normal microbiota.

Lindgren M, Lofmark S, Edlund C, Huovinen P, Jalava J.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2009;41(3):215-9.PMID: 19107676 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association between antimicrobial consumption and resistance in Escherichia coli.

Bergman M, Nyberg ST, Huovinen P, Paakkari P, Hakanen AJ; Finnish Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Mar;53(3):912-7. Epub 2008 Dec 22.PMID: 19104012 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antibiotic use predicts an increased risk of cancer.

Kilkkinen A, Rissanen H, Klaukka T, Pukkala E, Heliövaara M, Huovinen P, Männistö S, Aromaa A, Knekt P.

Int J Cancer. 2008 Nov 1;123(9):2152-5.PMID: 18704945 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infection control measures to limit the spread of Clostridium difficile. Introduction.

Riley TV, Huovinen P.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2008 May;14 Suppl 5:1. No abstract available. PMID: 18412709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Typing of SHV extended-spectrum beta-lactamases by pyrosequencing in Klebsiella pneumoniae strains with chromosomal SHV beta-lactamase.

Haanperä M, Forssten SD, Huovinen P, Jalava J.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Jul;52(7):2632-5. Epub 2008 May 5.PMID: 18458132 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Connection between trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole use and resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis.

Kärpänoja P, Nyberg ST, Bergman M, Voipio T, Paakkari P, Huovinen P, Sarkkinen H; Finnish Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (FiRe Network).

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Jul;52(7):2480-5. Epub 2008 Apr 28.PMID: 18443116 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Recommended and prescribed symptomatic treatment for acute maxillary sinusitis in Finnish primary care.

Pulkki J, Rautakorpi UM, Huikko S, Honkanen P, Klaukkas T, Mäkelä M, Palva E, Roine R, Sarkkinen H, Huovinen P, Varonen H; MIKSTRA Collaborative Study Group.

Rhinology. 2007 Sep;45(3):197-201.PMID: 17956017 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Long-term antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli from human intestinal microbiota after administration of clindamycin.

Nyberg SD, Osterblad M, Hakanen AJ, Löfmark S, Edlund C, Huovinen P, Jalava J.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2007;39(6-7):514-20.PMID: 17577812 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection and molecular genetics of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among cefuroxime-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. isolates from Finland, 2002-2004.

Nyberg SD, Osterblad M, Hakanen AJ, Huovinen P, Jalava J, Resistance TF.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2007;39(5):417-24.PMID: 17464864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Customer-oriented counseling for physical activity in older people: study protocol and selected baseline results of a randomized-controlled trial (ISRCTN 07330512).

Leinonen R, Heikkinen E, Hirvensalo M, Lintunen T, Rasinaho M, Sakari-Rantala R, Kallinen M, Koski J, Möttönen S, Kannas S, Huovinen P, Rantanen T.

Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2007 Apr;17(2):156-64.PMID: 17394477 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Molecular epidemiology of telithromycin-resistant pneumococci in Finland.

Rantala M, Nyberg S, Lindgren M, Huovinen P, Jalava J, Skyttä R, Teirilä L, Vainio A, Virolainen-Julkunen A, Kaijalainen T.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 May;51(5):1885-7. Epub 2007 Feb 26. No abstract available. PMID: 17325224 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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Suonpää J, Alho OP, Ertama L, Huovinen P, Korppi M, Mattila K, Penttilä M, Pitkäranta A, Savolainen S, Varonen H.

Duodecim. 2006;122(22):2757-8. Finnish. No abstract available. PMID: 17240901 [PubMed]Related articles

Implementing guidelines on acute maxillary sinusitis in general practice--a randomized controlled trial.

Varonen H, Rautakorpi UM, Nyberg S, Honkanen PO, Klaukka T, Palva E, Roine R, Sarkkinen H, Mäkelä M, Huovinen P; MIKSTRA Collaborative Study Group.

Fam Pract. 2007 Apr;24(2):201-6. Epub 2007 Jan 20.PMID: 17237494 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Identification of alpha-hemolytic streptococci by pyrosequencing the 16S rRNA gene and by use of VITEK 2.

Haanperä M, Jalava J, Huovinen P, Meurman O, Rantakokko-Jalava K.

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Mar;45(3):762-70. Epub 2007 Jan 10.PMID: 17215341 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cost-effectiveness of implementing national guidelines in the treatment of acute otitis media in children.

Koskinen H, Rautakorpi UM, Sintonen H, Honkanen P, Huikko S, Huovinen P, Klaukka T, Palva E, Roine RP, Sarkkinen H, Varonen H, Mäkelä M; MIKSTRA Collaborative Study Group.

Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2006 Fall;22(4):454-9.PMID: 16984678 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Macrolide and azithromycin use are linked to increased macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Bergman M, Huikko S, Huovinen P, Paakkari P, Seppälä H; Finnish Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (FiRe Network).

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Nov;50(11):3646-50. Epub 2006 Aug 28.PMID: 16940064 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Management of pain in acute otitis media in Finnish primary care.

Pulkki J, Huikko S, Rautakorpi UM, Honkanen P, Klaukka T, Mäkelä M, Palva E, Roine R, Sarkkinen H, Varonen H, Huovinen P; MIKSTRA Collaborative Study Group.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(4):265-7.PMID: 16709526 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates resistant to telithromycin.

Rantala M, Haanperä-Heikkinen M, Lindgren M, Seppälä H, Huovinen P, Jalava J.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 May;50(5):1855-8.PMID: 16641460 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A five-year study of solar ultraviolet radiation in southern Chile (39 degrees S): potential impact on physiology of coastal marine algae?

Huovinen P, Gómez I, Lovengreen C.

Photochem Photobiol. 2006 Mar-Apr;82(2):515-22.PMID: 16613507 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Antimicrobial Treatment Strategies (MIKSTRA) program: a 5-year follow-up of infection-specific antibiotic use in primary health care and the effect of implementation of treatment guidelines.

Rautakorpi UM, Huikko S, Honkanen P, Klaukka T, Makela M, Palva E, Roine R, Sarkkinen H, Varonen H, Huovinen P; MIKSTRA Collaborative Study Group.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 May 1;42(9):1221-30. Epub 2006 Mar 30.PMID: 16586379 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reduction in fluoroquinolone susceptibility among non-typhoidal strains of Salmonella enterica isolated from Finnish patients.

Hakanen AJ, Kotilainen P, Pitkänen S, Huikko S, Siitonen A, Huovinen P.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006 Mar;57(3):569-72. Epub 2006 Jan 25.PMID: 16436543 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Relatedness of Escherichia coli strains with different susceptibility patterns isolated from beagle dogs during ampicillin treatment.

Mentula S, Virtanen T, Kanervo-Nordström A, Harmoinen J, Westermarck E, Rautio M, Huovinen P, Könönen E.

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2006 Jan;27(1):46-50.PMID: 16324827 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

New quinolone resistance phenomenon in Salmonella enterica: nalidixic acid-susceptible isolates with reduced fluoroquinolone susceptibility.

Hakanen AJ, Lindgren M, Huovinen P, Jalava J, Siitonen A, Kotilainen P.

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Nov;43(11):5775-8.PMID: 16272517 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

In vitro activities of 11 fluoroquinolones against 226 Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from Finnish patients, with special reference to ciprofloxacin resistance.

Lehtopolku M, Hakanen AJ, Siitonen A, Huovinen P, Kotilainen P.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005 Dec;56(6):1134-8. Epub 2005 Oct 13.PMID: 16223936 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence and molecular genetics of macrolide resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected in Finland in 2002.

Rantala M, Huikko S, Huovinen P, Jalava J.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Oct;49(10):4180-4.PMID: 16189096 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

In vitro activities of 11 fluoroquinolones against 816 non-typhoidal strains of Salmonella enterica isolated from Finnish patients with special reference to reduced ciprofloxacin susceptibility.

Kotilainen P, Pitkänen S, Siitonen A, Huovinen P, Hakanen AJ.

Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2005 Sep 5;4:12.PMID: 16143044 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prescribing antimicrobial agents for dogs and cats via university pharmacies in Finland--patterns and quality of information.

Hölsö K, Rantala M, Lillas A, Eerikäinen S, Huovinen P, Kaartinen L.

Acta Vet Scand. 2005;46(1-2):87-93.PMID: 16108216 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prescription rates and diagnostic patterns are stable: a comparison of high-, medium- and low-prescribing primary care physicians treating community-acquired respiratory tract infections.

Lesitevuo J, Huikko S, Rautakorpi UM, Leistevuo T, Honkanen PO, Klaukka T, Mäkelä M, Palva E, Roine R, Sarkkinen H, Varonen H, Huovinen P; Mikstra Collaborative Study Group.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37(6-7):465-70.PMID: 16086530 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison between cultured small-intestinal and fecal microbiotas in beagle dogs.

Mentula S, Harmoinen J, Heikkilä M, Westermarck E, Rautio M, Huovinen P, Könönen E.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Aug;71(8):4169-75.PMID: 16085799 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Mathematical model--tell us the future!

Huovinen P.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005 Aug;56(2):257-8; discussion 431. Epub 2005 Jun 21.PMID: 15972307 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Acute sinusitis: Finnish clinical practice guidelines.

Blomgren K, Alho OP, Ertama L, Huovinen P, Korppi M, Mäkelä M, Penttilä M, Pitkäranta A, Savolainen S, Varonen H, Suonpää J; Finnish Society of Otorhinolaryngology committee.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37(4):245-50.PMID: 15871161 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dissipation and elliptic flow at relativistic energies.

Molnár D, Huovinen P.

Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Jan 14;94(1):012302. Epub 2005 Jan 12.PMID: 15698074 [PubMed]Related articles

Detection and quantification of macrolide resistance mutations at positions 2058 and 2059 of the 23S rRNA gene by pyrosequencing.

Haanperä M, Huovinen P, Jalava J.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Jan;49(1):457-60.PMID: 15616336 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Inhibition of ampicillin-induced emergence of resistance in intestinal coliforms by targeted recombinant beta-lactamase.

Mentula S, Harmoinen J, Koski P, Westermarck E, Rautio M, Huovinen P, Könönen E.

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2004 Dec;24(6):555-61.PMID: 15555877 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Survey of condition-based prescribing of antimicrobial drugs for dogs at a veterinary teaching hospital.

Rantala M, Hölsö K, Lillas A, Huovinen P, Kaartinen L.

Vet Rec. 2004 Aug 28;155(9):259-62.PMID: 15461362 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Management of acute maxillary sinusitis in Finnish primary care. Results from the nationwide MIKSTRA study.

Varonen H, Rautakorpi UM, Huikko S, Honkanen PO, Klaukka T, Laippala P, Palva E, Roine R, Sarkkinen H, Mäkelä M, Huovinen P; MIKSTRA Collaborative Study Group.

Scand J Prim Health Care. 2004 Jun;22(2):122-7.PMID: 15255494 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mutation at the position 2058 of the 23S rRNA as a cause of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes.

Jalava J, Vaara M, Huovinen P.

Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2004 May 6;3:5.PMID: 15128458 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

Effect of macrolide consumption on erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes in Finland in 1997-2001.

Bergman M, Huikko S, Pihlajamäki M, Laippala P, Palva E, Huovinen P, Seppälä H; Finnish Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (FiRe Network).

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 May 1;38(9):1251-6. Epub 2004 Apr 14.PMID: 15127336 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[A casual link between shaking hands and risk of infection]

Suominen A, Huovinen P.

Duodecim. 2004;120(3):305-10. Review. Finnish. No abstract available. PMID: 15061008 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of prophylactic antibiotics on antimicrobial resistance of viridans streptococci in the normal flora of cataract surgery patients.

Seppälä H, Al-Juhaish M, Järvinen H, Laitinen R, Huovinen P.

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2004 Feb;30(2):307-15.PMID: 15030817 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Disc diffusion susceptibility testing of Haemophilus influenzae by NCCLS methodology using low-strength ampicillin and co-amoxiclav discs.

Kärpänoja P, Nissinen A, Huovinen P, Sarkkinen H.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2004 Apr;53(4):660-3. Epub 2004 Feb 18.PMID: 14973151 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Semihard scattering unraveled from collective dynamics by two-pion azimuthal correlations in 158A GeV/c Pb+Au collisions.

Agakichiev G, Appelshäuser H, Baur R, Bielcikova J, Braun-Munzinger P, Cherlin A, Drees A, Esumi SI, Filimonov K, Fraenkel Z, Fuchs Ch, Glässel P, Hering G, Huovinen P, Lenkeit B, Marín A, Messer F, Messer M, Milosevic J, Miśkowiec D, Nix O, Panebrattsev Y, Petrácek V, Pfeiffer A, Rak J, Ravinovich I, Razin S, Rehak P, Sako H, Saveljic N, Schmitz W, Shimansky S, Socol E, Specht HJ, Stachel J, Tilsner H, Tserruya I, Voigt C, Voloshin S, Weber C, Wessels JP, Wurm JP, Yurevich V; CERES Collaboration.

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Jan 23;92(3):032301. Epub 2004 Jan 23.PMID: 14753865 [PubMed]Related articles

Multidrug resistance in Campylobacter jejuni strains collected from Finnish patients during 1995-2000.

Hakanen AJ, Lehtopolku M, Siitonen A, Huovinen P, Kotilainen P.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2003 Dec;52(6):1035-9. Epub 2003 Nov 12.PMID: 14613954 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and macrolide resistance genes of viridans group streptococci from normal flora.

Seppälä H, Haanperä M, Al-Juhaish M, Järvinen H, Jalava J, Huovinen P.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2003 Oct;52(4):636-44. Epub 2003 Sep 12.PMID: 12972451 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article