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Athanassios Tsakris

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Joseph Papaparaskevas; George Petrikkos; Dimitra P Houhoula; Victoria Mela; Angeliki Pantazatou; Athanassios Tsakris
Comparative Evaluation of Conventional and Real-Time PCR Assays for Detecting Bacteroides fragilis in Clinical Samples.
Ioulia Kristo; Vassiliki Pitiriga; Aggeliki Poulou; Spyros Pournaras; Maria Kimouli; Olympia Zarkotou; Athanassios Tsakris
Susceptibility patterns to extended-spectrum cephalosporins among Enterobacteriaceae harbouring extended-spectrum β-lactamases using the updated Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute interpretive criteria.
Costas Tsiamis; Evangelia Theophano Piperaki; Athanassios Tsakris
The history of the Greek Anti-Malaria League and the influence of the Italian School of Malariology.

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2013: Joseph Papaparaskevas; George Petrikkos; Dimitra P Houhoula; Victoria Mela; Angeliki Pantazatou; Athanassios Tsakris
Comparative Evaluation of Conventional and Real-Time PCR Assays for Detecting Bacteroides fragilis in Clinical Samples.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2013;51(5):1593-5.
2013: Ioulia Kristo; Vassiliki Pitiriga; Aggeliki Poulou; Spyros Pournaras; Maria Kimouli; Olympia Zarkotou; Athanassios Tsakris
Susceptibility patterns to extended-spectrum cephalosporins among Enterobacteriaceae harbouring extended-spectrum β-lactamases using the updated Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute interpretive criteria.
International journal of antimicrobial agents 2013;41(4):383-7.
2013: Costas Tsiamis; Evangelia Theophano Piperaki; Athanassios Tsakris
The history of the Greek Anti-Malaria League and the influence of the Italian School of Malariology.
Le infezioni in medicina : rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie infettive 2013;21(1):60-75.
2013: Evangelia Dimitroulia; Evangelia-Theophano Piperaki; Vassiliki Pitiriga; Nicholas Spanakis; Athanassios Tsakris
Inflammatory bowel disease exacerbation associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection.
Diseases of the colon and rectum 2013;56(3):322-7.
2013: Konstantina Papagiannaki; Angelina Tseleni-Kotsovili; John G Routsias; Christina Antoniou; George Arsenis; Aglaia Dimitrakopoulou; Sotirios Kotsovilis; Athanassios Tsakris
The efficacy of narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy in the treatment of patients with active chronic plaque psoriasis and its effect on peripheral blood levels of various T-lymphocyte subpopulations: a clinical and flow cytometric immunophenotypical study.
European journal of dermatology : EJD 2013;23(1):99-100.
2013: Spyros Pournaras; Kyriaki Ranellou; Constantinos Stathopoulos; Katerina Themeli-Digalaki; Eleni Ntokou; Olympia Zarkotou; Athanassios Tsakris
Linezolid dependence in Staphylococcus epidermidis bloodstream isolates.
Emerging infectious diseases 2013;19(1):129-32.
2013: Evangelia Voulgari; Vasiliki Koumaki; Aggeliki Poulou; Athanassios Tsakris
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: now that the storm is finally here, how will timely detection help us fight back?
Future microbiology 2013;8():27-39.
2013: Raffaele Zarrilli; MARIA GIANNOULI; Spyros Pournaras; Athanassios Tsakris
Global evolution of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clonal lineages.
International journal of antimicrobial agents 2013;41(1):11-9.
2013: Evangelia Voulgari; Georgia Vrioni; Olympia Zarkotou; Drosos E Karageorgopoulos; Vasiliki Mamali; Kyriaki Ranellou; Katerina Themeli-Digalaki; Athanassios Tsakris
Outbreak of OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Greece involving an ST11 clone.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2013;68(1):84-8.
2012: Olympia Zarkotou; Maria Tziraki; George Altouvas; Vassiliki Mamali; Vassiliki Pitiriga; Spyros Pournaras; Katerina Themeli-Digalaki; Athanassios Tsakris
Comparative evaluation of tigecycline susceptibility testing methods for expanded-spectrum cephalosporin- and carbapenem-resistant gram-negative pathogens.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2012;50(11):3747-50.
2012: Zoe E Athanassa; Eleni Boutzouka; Marina-Zoe F Fousteri; Sophia L Markantonis; Pavlos Makarios Myrianthefs; Athanassios Tsakris; George Baltopoulos
Pharmacokinetics of inhaled colistimethate sodium (CMS) in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients.
Intensive care medicine 2012;38(11):1779-86.
2012: Dimitra P Houhoula; Dimosthenis Kizis; Spyros J Konteles; Stamatis Koussissis; Michael Bratacos; Ekaterina Charvalos; Dimitra Peirasmaki; Nikolaos Poggas; Athanassios Tsakris; Joseph Papaparaskevas
High level of heterogeneity among Listeria monocytogenes isolates from clinical and food origin specimens in Greece.
Foodborne pathogens and disease 2012;9(9):848-52.
2012: Aggeliki Poulou; Vassiliki Chatzipantazi; Fani Markou; Aris Pliagkos; Evangelia Voulgari; Georgia Vrioni; Grigorios Xidopoulos; Athanassios Tsakris
Imported Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae clones in a Greek hospital: impact of infection control measures for restraining their dissemination.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2012;50(8):2618-23.
2012: Georgia Vrioni; Ioannis Daniil; Miranda Drogari-Apiranthitou; Maria Kimouli; Magdalini Papadopoulou; Athanassios Tsakris
Molecular diagnosis of polymicrobial newborn sepsis by multiplex real-time PCR using a small volume of blood sample.
Journal of medical microbiology 2012;61(Pt 8):1177-8.
2012: Maria Drogari-Apiranthitou; Maria Grammatikou; Lambrini Kanioura; Foteini-Despina Mantopoulou; Aggeliki Mitroussia-Ziouva; ANNA SKIADA; Athanassios Tsakris; Georgia Vrioni; George Petrikkos
In vitro antifungal susceptibility of filamentous fungi causing rare infections: synergy testing of amphotericin B, posaconazole and anidulafungin in pairs.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2012;67(8):1937-40.
2012: Eleni Ntokou; Evangelia Dimitroulia; Ioulia Kristo; Maria Labrou; Demosthenes Makris; Constantinos Stathopoulos; Athanassios Tsakris; Afroditi Vasdeki; Epaminondas Zakynthinos; Spyros Pournaras
Intensive care unit dissemination of multiple clones of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2012;67(8):1819-23.
2012: Afroditi Kourti; Leda Politi; Nicholas Spanakis; Gregory Spanakos; Anastasia Stavropoulou; Athanassios Tsakris
Oseltamivir-resistant influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus in Greece during the post-pandemic 2010-2011 season.
International journal of antimicrobial agents 2012;40(1):72-4.
2012: Georgia Vrioni; Gilles Zambardi; Evangelia Voulgari; Ioannis Daniil; Sandrine Ghirardi; Maria Kimouli; Vasiliki Koumaki; Kyriaki Ranellou; Athanassios Tsakris
Comparative evaluation of a prototype chromogenic medium (ChromID CARBA) for detecting carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in surveillance rectal swabs.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2012;50(6):1841-6.
2012: Giorgos Tsikrikonis; Constantinos Stathopoulos; Athanassios Tsakris; Alexandros Daponte; Maria Labrou; Antonios N Maniatis; Giorgos Michail; Eleni Ntokou; Spyros Pournaras
Differences in biofilm formation and virulence factors between clinical and fecal enterococcal isolates of human and animal origin.
Microbial pathogenesis 2012;52(6):336-43.
2012: Maria Labrou; George Michail; Eleni Ntokou; Theodore E Pittaras; Spyros Pournaras; Athanassios Tsakris
Activity of oxacillin versus that of vancomycin against oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates evaluated by population analyses, time-kill assays, and a murine thigh infection model.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2012;56(6):3388-91.
2012: Rodrigo E Mendes; Helio S Sader; Athanassios Tsakris; Pamela McGhee; Peter C Appelbaum; Donald Biek; Ronald N Jones; Klaudia Kosowska-Shick
Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus displaying increased MICs of ceftaroline.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2012;67(6):1321-4.
2012: Maria Kimouli; Vasiliki Koumaki; Magdalini Papadopoulou; Dimitra Petropoulou; Alexander W Friedrich; Antonios Gounaris; Georgia Vrioni; Athanassios Tsakris
Two cases of severe sepsis caused by Bacillus pumilus in neonatal infants.
Journal of medical microbiology 2012;61(Pt 4):596-9.
2011: Vasiliki Gogou; Evangelia-Theophano Piperaki; Spyros Pournaras; Evangelia Voulgari; Raffaele Zarrilli; MARIA GIANNOULI; Athanassios Tsakris
Evolution of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clonal lineages: a 10 year study in Greece (2000-09).
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2011;66(12):2767-72.
2011: O Zarkotou; P Tselioti; V Dragoumanos; Vassiliki Pitiriga; Spyros Pournaras; A Prekates; K Ranellou; K Themeli-Digalaki; Athanassios Tsakris
Predictors of mortality in patients with bloodstream infections caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and impact of appropriate antimicrobial treatment.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2011;17(12):1798-803.
2011: Antonella Agodi; Martina Barchitta; Loredana Giaquinta; Vasiliki Koumaki; Leda Politi; Maria Antonietta Romeo; Nicholas Spanakis; Giovanna Valenti; Evangelia Voulgari; Athanassios Tsakris
Containment of an outbreak of KPC-3-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Italy.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2011;49(11):3986-9.
2011: Helena C Maltezou; Athanassios Tsakris
Vaccination of health-care workers against influenza: our obligation to protect patients.
Influenza and other respiratory viruses 2011;5(6):382-8.
2011: Pavlos Makarios Myrianthefs; George Baltopoulos; Konstantinos Ioannidis; Athanassios Tsakris
Treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia.
The Lancet infectious diseases 2011;11(10):729-30.
2011: Helena Maltezou; Stefanos Mantagos; Antonios Maragos; Maria Mavrouli; Simeon Metallidis; Pavlos Nikolaidis; Emmanuel Roilides; John G Routsias; Nicholas Spanakis; Anastasia Tedoma; Maria Theodoridou; Yiannis Bassiakos; Panagiotis Katerelos; Aspasia Katragkou; George Koratzanis; Athanasia Lourida; Athanassios Tsakris
Seroepidemiological study of pandemic influenza H1N1 following the 2009-2010 wave in Greece.
Vaccine 2011;29(38):6664-9.
2011: Athanassios Tsakris; Evangelia Voulgari; Georgia Vrioni; Katerina Themeli-Digalaki; Antonella Agodi; Vasiliki Koumaki; Aggeliki Poulou; Spyros Pournaras; Danai Sofianou
Comparative evaluation of combined-disk tests using different boronic acid compounds for detection of klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2011;49(8):2804-9.
2011: Spiros Miyakis; ANGELOS PEFANIS; Athanassios Tsakris
The challenges of antimicrobial drug resistance in Greece.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011;53(2):177-84.
2011: Athanassios Tsakris; Ioulia Kristo; Fani Markou; Evangelia-Theophano Piperaki; Vassiliki Pitiriga; Aggeliki Poulou; Spyros Pournaras
Dissemination of clinical isolates of Klebsiella oxytoca harboring CMY-31, VIM-1, and a New OXY-2-type variant in the community.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2011;55(7):3164-8.
2011: Maria D Mavrouli; John G Routsias; Nicholas Spanakis; Helena C Maltezou; Athanassios Tsakris
Estimation of seroprevalence of the pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus using a novel virus-free ELISA assay for the detection of specific antibodies.
Viral immunology 2011;24(3):221-6.
2011: Joseph Papaparaskevas; Ioanna Stefanou; Athina Avlamis; Anastasia Katsandri; Nicholas J Legakis; Angeliki Pantazatou; Athanassios Tsakris
Epidemiological characteristics of infections caused by Bacteroides, Prevotella and Fusobacterium species: a prospective observational study.
Anaerobe 2011;17(3):113-7.
2011: Evangelia-Theophano Piperaki; Gregory Spanakos; Giannoula Patsantara; Evdokia Vassalou; Nikolaos Vakalis; Athanassios Tsakris
Characterization of Enterobius vermicularis in a human population, employing a molecular-based method from adhesive tape samples.
Molecular and cellular probes 2011;25(2-3):121-5.
2011: Argyrios Siatelis; Dimitra P Houhoula; Joseph Papaparaskevas; Dimitrios Delakas; Athanassios Tsakris
Detection of bacillus Galmette-Guérin (Mycobacterium bovis BCG) DNA in urine and blood specimens after intravesical immunotherapy for bladder carcinoma.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2011;49(4):1206-8.
2011: Spyros Pournaras; Georgia Vrioni; Evangelia Neou; John Dendrinos; Evangelia Dimitroulia; Aggeliki Poulou; Athanassios Tsakris
Activity of tigecycline alone and in combination with colistin and meropenem against Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae strains by time-kill assay.
International journal of antimicrobial agents 2011;37(3):244-7.
2011: Maria Papadimitriou; Evangelia Voulgari; Kyriaki Ranellou; Evangelia Koemtzidou; Evangelia Lebessi; Athanassios Tsakris
Emergence of VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in a neonatal intensive care unit.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 2011;17(1):105-8.
2011: Chrysanthi L Skevaki; Ioanna E Galani; Michail V Pararas; Konstantina P Giannopoulou; Athanassios Tsakris
Treatment of viral conjunctivitis with antiviral drugs.
Drugs 2011;71(3):331-47.
2011: K Danis; G Dougas; Athina Kansouzidou; Violeta Kapsimali; Anna Papa; E Papanikolaou; I Terzaki; Athanassios Tsakris; Sotirios Tsiodras; Nikolaos Vakalis; Georgia Vrioni; Agoritsa Baka; Stefanos Bonovas; Jenny Kremastinou
Ongoing outbreak of West Nile virus infection in humans, Greece, July to August 2011.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 2011;16(34):.
2010: Aggeliki Poulou; Nicholas Spanakis; Spyros Pournaras; Vassiliki Pitiriga; Kyriaki Ranellou; Fani Markou; Athanassios Tsakris
Recurrent healthcare-associated community-onset infections due to Klebsiella pneumoniae producing VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2010;65(12):2538-42.
2010: K Mellou; Panayota Sourtzi; Athanassios Tsakris; George Saroglou; Emmanuel Velonakis
Risk factors for sporadic Campylobacter jejuni infections in children in a Greek region.
Epidemiology and infection 2010;138(12):1719-25.
2010: John G Routsias; Panagiotis Karagounis; Georgeta Parvulesku; Nicholas J Legakis; Athanassios Tsakris
In vitro bactericidal activity of human beta-defensin 2 against nosocomial strains.
Peptides 2010;31(9):1654-60.
2010: Effrossine A Tsekoura; Anastasia E Konstantinidou; Sofia Papadopoulou; Stavros Athanasiou; Nicholas Spanakis; Dimitris A Kafetzis; Aris Antsaklis; Athanassios Tsakris
Adenovirus genome in the placenta: association with histological chorioamnionitis and preterm birth.
Journal of medical virology 2010;82(8):1379-83.
2010: Athanassios Tsakris; Aggeliki Poulou; Spyros Pournaras; Evangelia Voulgari; Georgia Vrioni; Katerina Themeli-Digalaki; Dimitra Petropoulou; Danai Sofianou
A simple phenotypic method for the differentiation of metallo-beta-lactamases and class A KPC carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2010;65(8):1664-71.
2010: Spyros Pournaras; Aggeliki Poulou; Evangelia Voulgari; Georgia Vrioni; Ioulia Kristo; Athanassios Tsakris
Detection of the new metallo-beta-lactamase VIM-19 along with KPC-2, CMY-2 and CTX-M-15 in Klebsiella pneumoniae.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2010;65(8):1604-7.
2010: Spyros Pournaras; Ioulia Kristo; Georgia Vrioni; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Aggeliki Poulou; Dimitra Petropoulou; Athanassios Tsakris
Characteristics of meropenem heteroresistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing clinical isolates of K. pneumoniae.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2010;48(7):2601-4.
2010: Athanassios Tsakris; Evangelia Voulgari; Aggeliki Poulou; Maria Kimouli; Spyros Pournaras; Kyriaki Ranellou; Olga Kosmopoulou; Dimitra Petropoulou
In vivo acquisition of a plasmid-mediated bla(KPC-2) gene among clonal isolates of Serratia marcescens.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2010;48(7):2546-9.
2010: Spyros Pournaras; Aggeliki Poulou; Athanassios Tsakris
Inhibitor-based methods for the detection of KPC carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in clinical practice by using boronic acid compounds.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2010;65(7):1319-21.
2010: E Protonotariou; E Dimitroulia; Spyros Pournaras; V Pitiriga; Danai Sofianou; Athanassios Tsakris
Trends in antimicrobial resistance of clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in Greece between 2002 and 2007.
The Journal of hospital infection 2010;75(3):225-7.
2010: Olympia Zarkotou; Spyros Pournaras; Evangelia Voulgari; Georgios Chrysos; Athanassios Prekates; Dionysios Voutsinas; Katerina Themeli-Digalaki; Athanassios Tsakris
Risk factors and outcomes associated with acquisition of colistin-resistant KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: a matched case-control study.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2010;48(6):2271-4.
2010: Helen Papadogeorgakis; Theodore E Pittaras; Joseph Papaparaskevas; Vassiliki Pitiriga; andreas katsabas; Athanassios Tsakris
Chlamydia trachomatis serovar distribution and Neisseria gonorrhoeae coinfection in male patients with urethritis in Greece.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2010;48(6):2231-4.
2010: Stamatina Giannouli; Maria Labrou; Athanassios Kyritsis; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Spyros Pournaras; Constantinos Stathopoulos; Athanassios Tsakris
Detection of mutations in the FemXAB protein family in oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2010;65(4):626-33.
2010: Evangelia-Theophano Piperaki; Marianna Theodora; Michael Mendris; Louisa Barbitsa; Vassiliki Pitiriga; Aris Antsaklis; Athanassios Tsakris
Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection in women attending a major gynaecological hospital in Greece: a cross-sectional study.
Journal of clinical pathology 2010;63(3):249-53.
2010: Vivi Miriagou; G Cornaglia; M Edelstein; I Galani; C G Giske; M Gniadkowski; E Malamou-Lada; L Martinez-Martinez; Ferran Navarro; P Nordmann; L Peixe; S Pournaras; G M Rossolini; Athanassios Tsakris; Alkiviadis Vatopoulos; R Cantón
Acquired carbapenemases in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens: detection and surveillance issues.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2010;16(2):112-22.
2010: Joseph Papaparaskevas; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Athanassios Tsakris; Theodore E Pittaras; Nicholas J Legakis
In vitro activity of tigecycline against 2423 clinical isolates and comparison of the available interpretation breakpoints.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2010;66(2):187-94.
2009: Alexandros Ikonomidis; Evangelia Neou; Vassiliki Gogou; Georgia Vrioni; Athanassios Tsakris; Spyros Pournaras
Heteroresistance to meropenem in carbapenem-susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(12):4055-9.
2009: Alexandros Ikonomidis; Afroditi Vasdeki; Ioulia Kristo; Antonios N Maniatis; Athanassios Tsakris; Konstantinos N Malizos; Spyros Pournaras
Association of biofilm formation and methicillin-resistance with accessory gene regulator (agr) loci in Greek Staphylococcus aureus clones.
Microbial pathogenesis 2009;47(6):341-4.
2009: Athanassios Tsakris; Aggeliki Poulou; Ioulia Kristo; Theodore Pittaras; Nicholas Spanakis; Spyros Pournaras; Fani Markou
Large dissemination of VIM-2-metallo-{beta}-lactamase-producing pseudomonas aeruginosa strains causing health care-associated community-onset infections.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(11):3524-9.
2009: Athanassios Tsakris; Aggeliki Poulou; Katerina Themeli-Digalaki; Evangelia Voulgari; Theodore Pittaras; Danai Sofianou; Spyros Pournaras; Dimitra Petropoulou
Use of boronic acid disk tests to detect extended- spectrum beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of KPC carbapenemase-possessing enterobacteriaceae.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(11):3420-6.
2009: Spyros Pournaras; Efthimia Protonotariou; Evangelia Voulgari; Ioulia Kristo; Evangelia Dimitroulia; Danai Vitti; Maria Tsalidou; Antonios N Maniatis; Athanassios Tsakris; Danai Sofianou
Clonal spread of KPC-2 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Greece.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2009;64(2):348-52.
2009: MARIA GIANNOULI; Federica Tomasone; Antonella Agodi; Haluk Vahaboglu; Ziad Daoud; Maria Triassi; Athanassios Tsakris; Raffaele Zarrilli
Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains in intensive care units of multiple Mediterranean hospitals.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2009;63(4):828-30.
2009: C G Anastassopoulou; G Kafatos; A Nardone; N Andrews; R G Pebody; J Mossong; I Davidkin; D Gelb; F DE Ory; W Thierfelder; V Nemecek; B Bruzzone; D Butur; C Barbara; Z Sobotová; L Jones; A Griskevicius; L M Hesketh; D Cohen; R Vranckx; Athanassios Tsakris; Elizabeth Miller; Angelos Hatzakis
The European Sero-Epidemiology Network 2 (ESEN2): standardization of assay results for hepatitis A virus (HAV) to enable comparisons of seroprevalence data across 15 countries.
Epidemiology and infection 2009;137(4):485-94.
2009: Athanassios Tsakris; Ioulia Kristo; Aggeliki Poulou; Katerina Themeli-Digalaki; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Dimitra Petropoulou; Spyros Pournaras; Danai Sofianou
Evaluation of boronic acid disk tests for differentiating KPC-possessing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in the clinical laboratory.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2009;47(2):362-7.
2009: Raffaele Zarrilli; MARIA GIANNOULI; Federica Tomasone; Maria Triassi; Athanassios Tsakris
Carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: the molecular epidemic features of an emerging problem in health care facilities.
Journal of infection in developing countries 2009;3(5):335-41.
2008: Athanassios Tsakris; Ioulia Kristo; Aggeliki Poulou; Fani Markou; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Spyros Pournaras
First occurrence of KPC-2-possessing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Greek hospital and recommendation for detection with boronic acid disc tests.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2008;62(6):1257-60.
2008: Theodore E Pittaras; Joseph Papaparaskevas; Dimitra P Houhoula; Nicholas J Legakis; Efi Frangouli; andreas katsabas; Athanassios Tsakris; Helen Papadogeorgakis
Comparison of penile skin swab with intra-urethral swab and first void urine for polymerase chain reaction-based diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis urethritis in male patients.
Sexually transmitted diseases 2008;35(12):999-1001.
2008: Aggeliki Poulou; Evangelia Dimitroulia; Fani Markou; Athanassios Tsakris
Escherichia hermannii as the sole isolate from a patient with purulent conjunctivitis.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2008;46(11):3848-9.
2008: Alexandros Ikonomidis; Athanassios Tsakris; M Kanellopoulou; Antonios N Maniatis; Spyros Pournaras
Effect of the proton motive force inhibitor carbonyl cyanide-m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development.
Letters in applied microbiology 2008;47(4):298-302.
2008: Garyfallia Syridou; Nicholas Spanakis; Anastasia E Konstantinidou; Evangelia-Theophano Piperaki; Dimitris A Kafetzis; Efstratios Patsouris; Aris Antsaklis; Athanassios Tsakris
Detection of cytomegalovirus, parvovirus B19 and herpes simplex viruses in cases of intrauterine fetal death: association with pathological findings.
Journal of medical virology 2008;80(10):1776-82.
2008: Joseph Papaparaskevas; Dimitra P Houhoula; Argirios Siatelis; Athanassios Tsakris
Molecular-beacon-based real-time PCR for detection and quantification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in clinical samples.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2008;46(9):3177-8.
2008: Anna Giammanco; Antony Nardone; Richard Pebody; George Kafatos; Nick Andrews; A Chiarini; Susanna Taormina; Fernando de Ory; Katarina Prosenc; Bohumir Krize; Hans Hallander; Margaretha Ljungman; Esther Marva; Athanassios Tsakris; Darina O'Flanagan; François Schneider; Algirdas Griskevicius; Robert Vranckx; Ildiko Karacs
European Sero-Epidemiology Network 2: standardisation of immunoassay results for pertussis requires homogeneity in the antigenic preparations.
Vaccine 2008;26(35):4486-93.
2008: Joseph Papaparaskevas; Angeliki Pantazatou; Anastasia Katsandri; Dimitra P Houhoula; Nicholas J Legakis; Athanassios Tsakris; Athina Avlamis
Moxifloxacin resistance is prevalent among Bacteroides and Prevotella species in Greece.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2008;62(1):137-41.
2008: Penelope Evagelopoulou; Pavlos Makarios Myrianthefs; Antonios Markogiannakis; George Baltopoulos; Athanassios Tsakris
Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae mediastinitis safely and effectively treated with prolonged administration of tigecycline.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008;46(12):1932-3.
2008: Evangelos N Manolis; Dimitrios K Filippou; Vassilios P Papadopoulos; Ioannis Kaklamanos; Theophanis Katostaras; Efstratios Christianakis; GN Bonatsos; Athanassios Tsakris
The culture site of the gallbladder affects recovery of bacteria in symptomatic cholelithiasis.
Journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases : JGLD 2008;17(2):179-82.
2008: Athanassios Tsakris; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Aggeliki Poulou; Nicholas Spanakis; D Vrizas; M Diomidous; Spyros Pournaras; Fani Markou
Clusters of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clones producing different carbapenemases in an intensive care unit.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2008;14(6):588-94.
2008: Antonios Markogiannakis; George Fildisis; Sofia Tsiplakou; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Alexandra Koutsoukou; Spyros Pournaras; Evangelos N Manolis; George Baltopoulos; Athanassios Tsakris
Cross-transmission of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clonal strains causing episodes of sepsis in a trauma intensive care unit.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2008;29(5):410-7.
2008: Despina Tokatlidou; Maria Tsivitanidou; Spyros Pournaras; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Athanassios Tsakris; Danai Sofianou
Outbreak caused by a multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clone carrying blaVIM-12 in a university hospital.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2008;46(3):1005-8.
2008: Spyros Pournaras; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Evangelia Neou; Maria Kantzanou; Antonios N Maniatis; Athanassios Tsakris
Piperacillin/tazobactam-heteroresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from urinary infection, successfully treated by piperacillin/tazobactam.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2008;61(3):757-8.
2008: Alexandros Ikonomidis; Athanassios Tsakris; Maria Kantzanou; Nicholas Spanakis; Antonios N Maniatis; Spyros Pournaras
Efflux system overexpression and decreased OprD contribute to the carbapenem heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
FEMS microbiology letters 2008;279(1):36-9.
2008: Alexandros Ikonomidis; Eleni Ntokou; Antonios N Maniatis; Athanassios Tsakris; Spyros Pournaras
Hidden VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase phenotypes among Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2008;46(1):346-9.
2008: Katerina Katsibardi; Maria Moschovi; Maria Theodoridou; Nicholas Spanakis; Panagiotis Kalabalikis; Athanassios Tsakris; Fotini Tzortzatou-Stathopoulou
Enterovirus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome in children with malignancy: report of three cases and review of the literature.
European journal of pediatrics 2008;167(1):97-102.
2007: Athanassios Tsakris; Satish K Pillai; Howard S Gold; Claudie Thauvin-Eliopoulos; Lata Venkataraman; Christine Wennersten; Robert C Moellering; George Miltiades Eliopoulos
Persistence of rRNA operon mutated copies and rapid re-emergence of linezolid resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2007;60(3):649-51.
2007: Alexandros Ikonomidis; Maria Labrou; Zoe Afkou; Antonios N Maniatis; Danai Sofianou; Athanassios Tsakris; Spyros Pournaras
First occurrence of an Escherichia coli clinical isolate producing the VIM-1/VIM-2 hybrid metallo-beta-lactamase VIM-12.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2007;51(8):3038-9.
2007: Athanassios Tsakris; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Aggeliki Poulou; Nicholas Spanakis; Spyros Pournaras; Fani Markou
Transmission in the community of clonal Proteus mirabilis carrying VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2007;60(1):136-9.
2007: Annedore Tischer; Nick Andrews; George Kafatos; Anthony Nardone; Guy Berbers; Irja Davidkin; Y Aboudy; J Backhouse; C Barbara; K Bartha; B Bruckova; A Duks; A Griskevicius; Louise M Hesketh; K Johansen; L Jones; O Kuersteiner; E Lupulescu; Z Mihneva; M Mrazova; Fernando de Ory; K Prosenc; F Schneider; Athanassios Tsakris; M Smelhausova; Robert Vranckx; M Zarvou; Elizabeth Miller
Standardization of measles, mumps and rubella assays to enable comparisons of seroprevalence data across 21 European countries and Australia.
Epidemiology and infection 2007;135(5):787-97.
2007: Alexandros Ikonomidis; Spyros Pournaras; Antonios Markogiannakis; Antonios N Maniatis; Evangelos N Manolis; Athanassios Tsakris
Low genetic diversity of the intrinsic OXA-51-like class D carbapenemases among Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in Greece.
Epidemiology and infection 2007;135(5):877-81.
2007: Anastasia E Konstantinidou; Hector Anninos; Nicholas Spanakis; Xenophon Kotsiakis; Garyfallia Syridou; Athanassios Tsakris; Efstratios Patsouris
Transplacental infection of Coxsackievirus B3 pathological findings in the fetus.
Journal of medical virology 2007;79(6):754-7.
2007: Athanassios Tsakris; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Nicholas Spanakis; Aggeliki Poulou; Spyros Pournaras
Characterization of In3Mor, a new integron carrying VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase and sat1 gene, from Morganella morganii.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2007;59(4):739-41.
2007: Maria Moschovi; Katerina Katsibardi; Maria Theodoridou; Athanasios G Michos; Athanassios Tsakris; Nicholas Spanakis; Fotini Tzortzatou-Stathopoulou
Enteroviral infections in children with malignant disease: a 5-year study in a single institution.
The Journal of infection 2007;54(4):387-92.
2007: Athanassios Tsakris; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Nicholas Spanakis; Spyros Pournaras; K Bethimouti
Identification of a novel bla(OXA-51) variant, bla(OXA-92), from a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2007;13(3):348-9.
2007: Evangelos N Manolis; Ioannis G Kaklamanos; Nicholas Spanakis; Dimitrios K Filippou; Theophanis Panagiotaropoulos; Athanassios Tsakris; Konstadinos Siomos
Tissue concentration of transforming growth factor beta1 and basic fibroblast growth factor in skin wounds created with a CO2 laser and scalpel: a comparative experimental study, using an animal model of skin resurfacing.
Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society 2007;15(2):252-7.
2007: Konstantinos P Letsas; Gerasimos Filippatos; Sossana Delimpasi; Nicholas Spanakis; Stavros P Kounas; Michalis Efremidis; Athanassios Tsakris; Fotios Kardaras
Enterovirus-induced fulminant myocarditis and hemophagocytic syndrome.
The Journal of infection 2007;54(2):e75-7.
2007: Alexandros Ikonomidis; Nicholas Spanakis; Aggeliki Poulou; Spyros Pournaras; Fani Markou; Athanassios Tsakris
Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae carrying VIM-4 metallo-beta-lactamase and SHV-2a extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in a conjugative plasmid.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 2007;13(4):221-6.
2007: M D Mavrouli; Nicholas Spanakis; S Levidiotou; C Politi; S Alexiou; Parthenopi M Tseliou; M Hatzitaki; K Foundouli; Athanassios Tsakris; Nicholas J Legakis; John G Routsias
Serologic prevalence of coxsackievirus group B in Greece.
Viral immunology 2007;20(1):11-8.
2007: Spyros Pournaras; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Antonios Markogiannakis; Nicholas Spanakis; Antonios N Maniatis; Athanassios Tsakris
Characterization of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa heterogeneously resistant to carbapenems.
Journal of medical microbiology 2007;56(Pt 1):66-70.
2007: Anastasia E Konstantinidou; Garyfallia Syridou; Nicholas Spanakis; Athanassios Tsakris; George Agrogiannis; Efstratios Patsouris
Association of hypospadias and cardiac defect in a Parvovirus B19-infected stillborn: a causality relation?
The Journal of infection 2007;54(1):e41-5.
2006: Athanassios Tsakris; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Spyros Pournaras; Nicholas Spanakis; Antonios Markogiannakis
Carriage of OXA-58 but not of OXA-51 beta-lactamase gene correlates with carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2006;58(5):1097-9.
2006: Maria Horianopoulou; Nicholas J Legakis; Maria Kanellopoulou; Sotiris Lambropoulos; Athanassios Tsakris; Matthew E Falagas
Frequency and predictors of colonization of the respiratory tract by VIM-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients of a newly established intensive care unit.
Journal of medical microbiology 2006;55(Pt 10):1435-9.
2006: Alexandros Ikonomidis; Spyros Pournaras; Antonios N Maniatis; Nicholas J Legakis; Athanassios Tsakris
Discordance of meropenem versus imipenem activity against Acinetobacter baumannii.
International journal of antimicrobial agents 2006;28(4):376-7.
2006: Evangelia Dimitroulia; Nicholas Spanakis; Anastasia E Konstantinidou; Nicholas J Legakis; Athanassios Tsakris
Frequent detection of cytomegalovirus in the intestine of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases 2006;12(9):879-84.
2006: Parthenopi M Tseliou; Nicholas Spanakis; Anna Spiliotakara; Antonios Markogiannakis; Nicholas J Legakis; Athanassios Tsakris
Prevalence of infection by HTLV-I/II among pregnant women and high-risk groups in the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece.
International journal of STD & AIDS 2006;17(8):543-6.
2006: Athanassios Tsakris; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Spyros Pournaras; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Danai Sofianou; Nicholas J Legakis; Antonios N Maniatis
VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase in Acinetobacter baumannii.
Emerging infectious diseases 2006;12(6):981-3.
2006: Fernando de Ory; José M Echevarría; George Kafatos; Cleo G Anastassopoulou; Nick Andrews; Josephine Backhouse; Guy Berbers; Blazena Bruckova; Daniel I Cohen; Hester E de Melker; Irja Davidkin; Giovanni Gabutti; Louise M Hesketh; Kari Johansen; Sari Jokinen; Lindsay Jones; Anika Linde; Elizabeth Miller; Joël Mossong; Anthony Nardone; Maria Cristina Rota; Andreas Sauerbrei; François Schneider; Zahava Smetana; Annedore Tischer; Athanassios Tsakris; Robert Vranckx
European seroepidemiology network 2: Standardisation of assays for seroepidemiology of varicella zoster virus.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology 2006;36(2):111-8.
2006: Evangelos N Manolis; Athanassios Tsakris; Ioannis Kaklamanos; Antonios Markogiannakis; Konstadinos Siomos
In vivo effect of carbon dioxide laser-skin resurfacing and mechanical abrasion on the skin's microbial flora in an animal model.
Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.] 2006;32(3):359-64.
2006: Spyros Pournaras; Antonios Markogiannakis; Alexandros Ikonomidis; L Kondyli; K Bethimouti; Antonios N Maniatis; Nicholas J Legakis; Athanassios Tsakris
Outbreak of multiple clones of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates expressing OXA-58 carbapenemase in an intensive care unit.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2006;57(3):557-61.
2006: Spyros Pournaras; Athanassios Tsakris; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Antonios Markogiannakis; Ioulia Kristo; Antonios N Maniatis
Detection of a novel variant bla(CTX-M-3) extended spectrum beta-lactamase gene in a community-acquired Escherichia coli isolate.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 2006;38(3):213-6.
2006: Evgenia Metzidie; Evangelos N Manolis; Spyros Pournaras; Danai Sofianou; Athanassios Tsakris
Spread of an unusual penicillin- and imipenem-resistant but ampicillin-susceptible phenotype among Enterococcus faecalis clinical isolates.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2006;57(1):158-60.
2005: Danai Sofianou; Antonios Markogiannakis; E Metzidie; Spyros Pournaras; Athanassios Tsakris
VIM-2 metallo-beta-lactamase in Achromobacter xylosoxidans in Europe.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2005;24(12):854-5.
2005: Spyros Pournaras; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Despoina Tokatlidou; Nicholas Spanakis; Antonios N Maniatis; Nicholas J Legakis; Athanassios Tsakris
VIM-12, a novel plasmid-mediated metallo-beta-lactamase from Klebsiella pneumoniae that resembles a VIM-1/VIM-2 hybrid.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2005;49(12):5153-6.
2005: Malamatenia Arvanitidou; E Katikaridou; John Douboyas; Athanassios Tsakris
Prognostic factors for nosocomial bacteraemia outcome: a prospective study in a Greek teaching hospital.
The Journal of hospital infection 2005;61(3):219-24.
2005: Alexandros Ikonomidis; Despina Tokatlidou; Ioulia Kristo; Danai Sofianou; Athanassios Tsakris; Paraskevi Mantzana; Spyros Pournaras; Antonios N Maniatis
Outbreaks in distinct regions due to a single Klebsiella pneumoniae clone carrying a bla VIM-1 metallo-{beta}-lactamase gene.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2005;43(10):5344-7.
2005: Spyros Pournaras; Maria Maniati; Nicholas Spanakis; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Panayotis Tassios; Athanassios Tsakris; Nicholas J Legakis; Antonios N Maniatis
Spread of efflux pump-overexpressing, non-metallo-beta-lactamase-producing, meropenem-resistant but ceftazidime-susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a region with blaVIM endemicity.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2005;56(4):761-4.
2005: Spyros Pournaras; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Antonios Markogiannakis; Antonios N Maniatis; Athanassios Tsakris
Heteroresistance to carbapenems in Acinetobacter baumannii.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2005;55(6):1055-6.
2005: Dionisios Loukeris; John Serelis; Kyriaki Aroni; Athanassios Tsakris; Michael Voulgarelis
Simultaneous occurrence of pure red cell aplasia and papular-purpuric 'gloves and socks' syndrome in parvovirus B-19 infection.
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV 2005;19(3):373-6.
2005: Nicholas Spanakis; Evangelos N Manolis; Athanassios Tsakris; S Tsiodras; T Panagiotopoulos; George Saroglou; Nicholas J Legakis
Coxsackievirus B3 sequences in the myocardium of fatal cases in a cluster of acute myocarditis in Greece.
Journal of clinical pathology 2005;58(4):357-60.
2005: Paraskevi Karapavlidou; Danai Sofianou; Evangelos N Manolis; Spyros Pournaras; Athanassios Tsakris
CTX-M-1 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Proteus mirabilis in Greece.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) 2005;11(4):351-4.
2005: Danai Sofianou; Maria Peftoulidou; Evangelos N Manolis; Efthimios Sofianos; Athanassios Tsakris
A fatal case of Ludwig's angina and mediastinitis caused by an unusual microorganism, Gemella morbillorum.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 2005;37(5):367-9.
2005: Malamatenia Arvanitidou; E Katikaridou; John Douboyas; Athanassios Tsakris
Epidemiological characteristics of nosocomial bacteraemias among ICU and non-ICU patients in a tertiary-care hospital in Greece.
The Journal of hospital infection 2005;59(1):70-2.
2004: Spyros Pournaras; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Ioulia Kristo; Athanassios Tsakris; Antonios N Maniatis
CTX-M enzymes are the most common extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among Escherichia coli in a tertiary Greek hospital.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2004;54(2):574-5.
2004: Danai Sofianou; Spyros Pournaras; M Giosi; A Polyzou; Antonios N Maniatis; Athanassios Tsakris
Substantially increased faecal carriage of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a tertiary Greek hospital after a 4 year time interval.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2004;54(1):251-4.
2004: Spyros Pournaras; Alexandros Ikonomidis; Danai Sofianou; Athanassios Tsakris; Antonios N Maniatis
CTX-M-type beta-lactamases affect community Escherichia coli treatment, Greece.
Emerging infectious diseases 2004;10(6):1163-4.
2004: Parthenopi M Tseliou; Anna Spiliotakara; C Politis; Nicholas Spanakis; Nicholas J Legakis; Athanassios Tsakris
Prevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus-I/II-indeterminate reactivities in a Greek blood bank population.
Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) 2004;14(3):253-4.
2004: Styliani Kokoris; Marina P Siakantaris; Flora N Kontopidou; Marie-Christine Kyrtsonis; Athanassios Tsakris; Nicholas Spanakis; Konstantinos Anargyrou; Theodoros P Vassilakopoulos; Nora Viniou; Penelope Korkolopoulou; Aglaia D Dimitrakopoulou; Nikolaos Legakis; Gerassimos A Pangalis
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL): report of two fully documented Hellenic patients.
Leukemia & lymphoma 2004;45(4):715-21.
2004: Danai Sofianou; E Avgoustinakis; A Dilopoulou; Spyros Pournaras; G Tsirakidis; Athanassios Tsakris
Soft-tissue abscess involving Actinomyces odontolyticus and two Prevotella species in an intravenous drug abuser.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases 2004;27(2):75-9.
2004: A Polyzou; Spyros Pournaras; U Dafni; Danai Sofianou; E Christeli; S Patrinos; Athanassios Tsakris
Sero epidemiology of Bordetella pertussis immune responses in a healthy population in northern Greece.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis 2004;18(3):211-4.
2004: Spyros Pournaras; Helen Malamou-Lada; Maria Maniati; Dimitra Mylona-Petropoulou; Helen Vagiakou-Voudris; Athanassios Tsakris; Antonios N Maniatis
Persistence of a clone of glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecalis among patients in an intensive care unit of a Greek hospital.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2004;53(1):109-12.
2003: Parthenopi M Tseliou; Nicholas Spanakis; Anna Spiliotakara; Constantina Politis; Nicholas J Legakis; Athanassios Tsakris
HTLV-I and -II in southwestern Greece.
Transfusion 2003;43(11):1641-2.
2003: Athanassios Tsakris; Panayotis Tassios; F Polydorou; Anna Papa; E Malaka; Antonis Antoniadis; Nicholas J Legakis
Infrequent detection of acquired metallo-beta-lactamases among carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas isolates in a Greek hospital.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2003;9(8):846-51.
2003: Spyros Pournaras; Maria Maniati; Efi Petinaki; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Athanassios Tsakris; Nicholas J Legakis; Antonios N Maniatis
Hospital outbreak of multiple clones of Pseudomonas aeruginosa carrying the unrelated metallo-beta-lactamase gene variants blaVIM-2 and blaVIM-4.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2003;51(6):1409-14.
2003: Malamatenia Arvanitidou; Argiri Vayona; Nicholas Spanakis; Athanassios Tsakris
Occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Gram-negative bacteria isolated in haemodialysis water and dialysate of renal units: results of a Greek multicentre study.
Journal of applied microbiology 2003;95(1):180-5.
2002: Malamatenia Arvanitidou; K Kanellou; V Katsouyannopoulos; Athanassios Tsakris
Occurrence and densities of fungi from northern Greek coastal bathing waters and their relation with faecal pollution indicators.
Water research 2002;36(20):5127-31.
2002: Spyros Pournaras; Athanassios Tsakris; Maria Maniati; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Antonios N Maniatis
Novel variant (bla(VIM-4)) of the metallo-beta-lactamase gene bla(VIM-1) in a clinical strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2002;46(12):4026-8.
2002: Maria Theodoridou; Talia Kakourou; Ioanna Laina; Glykeria Mostrou; Athanassios Tsakris
Vesiculopapular rash as a single presentation in intrauterine coxsackie virus infection.
European journal of pediatrics 2002;161(7):412-3.
2002: Athanassios Tsakris; Ekaterini Papadimitriou; John Douboyas; Fotini Stylianopoulou; Evangelos Manolis
Emergence of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus and S. sciuri, Greece.
Emerging infectious diseases 2002;8(5):536-7.
2002: Georgia Kartali; Eva Tzelepi; Spyros Pournaras; Constantina Kontopoulou; Fanourios Kontos; Danai Sofianou; Antonios N Maniatis; Athanassios Tsakris
Outbreak of infections caused by Enterobacter cloacae producing the integron-associated beta-lactamase IBC-1 in a neonatal intensive care unit of a Greek hospital.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2002;46(5):1577-80.
2002: Athanassios Tsakris; Helen (or Eleni) Hassapopoulou; Lemonia Skoura; Spyros Pournaras; John Douboyas
Leg ulcer due to Pseudomanas luteola in a patient with sickle cell disease.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2002;42(2):141-3.
2001: Antonios N Maniatis; Spyros Pournaras; Maria Kanellopoulou; Fanourios Kontos; E Dimitroulia; Evangelos Papafrangas; Athanassios Tsakris
Dissemination of clonally unrelated erythromycin- and glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates in a tertiary Greek hospital.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2001;39(12):4571-4.
2001: Malamatenia Arvanitidou; V Katsouyannopoulos; Athanassios Tsakris
Antibiotic resistance patterns of enterococci isolated from coastal bathing waters.
Journal of medical microbiology 2001;50(11):1001-5.
2001: Angeliki Mavroidi; Eva Tzelepi; Athanassios Tsakris; Vivi Miriagou; Danai Sofianou; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis
An integron-associated beta-lactamase (IBC-2) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a variant of the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase IBC-1.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2001;48(5):627-30.
2001: Athanassios Tsakris; C Trakatelli; Efimia Souliou; D Sofianou; K Ntoutsou; Antonis Antoniadis
Failures of rifampicin and ciprofloxacin to eradicate a susceptible meningococcal isolate from a close contact of a fatal case.
Infection 2001;29(5):293-4.
2001: A Polyzou; A Slavakis; Spyros Pournaras; Antonios N Maniatis; Danai Sofianou; Athanassios Tsakris
Predominance of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone susceptible to erythromycin and several other non-beta-lactam antibiotics in a Greek hospital.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2001;48(2):231-4.
2001: Athanassios Tsakris; Spyros Pournaras; Antonios N Maniatis; John Douboyas; Antonis Antoniadis
Increasing prevalence of high-level gentamicin resistance among Enterococci isolated in Greece.
Chemotherapy 2001;47(2):86-9.
2001: Spyros Pournaras; A Slavakis; A Polyzou; Danai Sofianou; Antonios N Maniatis; Athanassios Tsakris
Nosocomial spread of an unusual methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone that is sensitive to all non-beta-lactam antibiotics, including tobramycin.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2001;39(2):779-81.
2000: Spyros Pournaras; Athanassios Tsakris; Mary E Kaufmann; John Douboyas; Antonis Antoniadis
Outbreak of infections in a Greek university hospital involving a single clone of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant Enterococcus faecalis.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2000;21(12):786-9.
2000: Angeliki Mavroidi; Athanassios Tsakris; Eva Tzelepi; Spyros Pournaras; V Loukova; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis
Carbapenem-hydrolysing VIM-2 metallo- beta-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Greece.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2000;46(6):1041-2.
2000: Athanassios Tsakris; E Papadimitriou; John Douboyas; Antonis Antoniadis
Emergence of teicoplanin-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus clinical isolates in Greece.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2000;46(6):1040-1.
2000: Spyros Pournaras; Athanassios Tsakris; Marie-France I Palepou; A Papa; John Douboyas; Antonis Antoniadis; Neil Woodford
Pheromone responses and high-level aminoglycoside resistance of conjugative plasmids of Enterococcus faecalis from Greece.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2000;46(6):1013-6.
2000: Spyros Pournaras; A Efstratiou; John Douboyas; R C George; Athanassios Tsakris
Genetic relatedness of group A streptococci of the newly designated serotype M90 causing a food-borne outbreak and sporadic infections.
Epidemiology and infection 2000;125(2):299-301.
2000: Eva Tzelepi; Malamatenia Arvanitidou; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Angeliki Mavroidi; Athanassios Tsakris
The isoelectric focusing patterns of beta-lactamases of Yersinia intermedia isolates from aquatic environments.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2000;46(3):513-5.
2000: Athanassios Tsakris; A Pantazi; Spyros Pournaras; A Maniatis; A Polyzou; Danai Sofianou
Pseudo-outbreak of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii resulting from false susceptibility testing by a rapid automated system.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2000;38(9):3505-7.
2000: Panagiota Giakkoupi; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Athanassios Tsakris; V Loukova; Danai Sofianou; Eva Tzelepi
IBC-1, a novel integron-associated class A beta-lactamase with extended-spectrum properties produced by an Enterobacter cloacae clinical strain.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2000;44(9):2247-53.
2000: A Polyzou; Danai Sofianou; Spyros Pournaras; Athanassios Tsakris
RAPD-fingerprinting of Serratia marcescens after formaldehyde inactivation of DNase activity.
Letters in applied microbiology 2000;30(5):419-21.
2000: Athanassios Tsakris; Spyros Pournaras; Neil Woodford; Marie-France I Palepou; GS Babini; John Douboyas; David M Livermore
Outbreak of infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing VIM-1 carbapenemase in Greece.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2000;38(3):1290-2.
2000: Eva Tzelepi; Panagiota Giakkoupi; Danai Sofianou; V Loukova; A Kemeroglou; Athanassios Tsakris
Detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae and Enterobacter aerogenes.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2000;38(2):542-6.
1999: Spyros Pournaras; Athanassios Tsakris; Christos Hadjichristodoulou; Lemonia Skoura; Efimia Souliou; Antonis Antoniadis; John Douboyas
Diphtheria immunity of Albanian and other eastern European immigrants in Greece compared with the local population--the risk of reemergence in Greece.
Infection 1999;27(6):361-4.
1999: Athanassios Tsakris; Stella Alexiou-Daniel; Efimia Souliou; Antonis Antoniadis
In-vitro activity of antibiotics against Legionella pneumophila isolates from water systems.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1999;44(5):693-5.
1999: Malamatenia Arvanitidou; Argiri Vayona; A Pigadas; Athanassios Tsakris
Recovery of high-level streptomycin-resistant enterococci from hemodialysis water and dialysate in 85 Greek renal units.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 1999;20(10):686-9.
1999: Spyros Pournaras; Athanassios Tsakris; Kalliopi Mandraveli; A Faitatzidou; John Douboyas; Achilleas Tourkantonis
Reported needlestick and sharp injuries among health care workers in a Greek general hospital.
Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) 1999;49(7):423-6.
1999: Lemonia Skoura; A Efstratiou; Athanassios Tsakris; Spyros Pournaras; R C George; John Douboyas
Study on the use of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in determining human antibodies to diphtheria toxin as compared with a reference toxin neutralization assay.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases 1999;22(3):181-6.
1999: Eva Tzelepi; Malamatenia Arvanitidou; Angeliki Mavroidi; Athanassios Tsakris
Antibiotic susceptibilities of Yersinia enterocolitica and Y. intermedia isolates from aquatic environments.
Journal of medical microbiology 1999;48(2):157-60.
1998: Athanassios Tsakris; Neil Woodford; Spyros Pournaras; Mary E Kaufmann; John Douboyas
Apparent increased prevalence of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant Enterococcus durans resulting from false identification by a semiautomated software system.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1998;36(5):1419-21.
1998: Malamatenia Arvanitidou; Athanassios Tsakris; D Sofianou; V Katsouyannopoulos
Antimicrobial resistance and R-factor transfer of salmonellae isolated from chicken carcasses in Greek hospitals.
International journal of food microbiology 1998;40(3):197-201.
1997: D Sofianou; Athanassios Tsakris; Lemonia Skoura; John Douboyas
Extended high-level cross-resistance to antipseudomonal antibiotics amongst Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in a university hospital.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1997;40(5):740-2.
1997: Athanassios Tsakris; Spyros Pournaras; John Douboyas
Changes in antimicrobial resistance of enterococci isolated in Greece.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1997;40(5):735-7.
1997: Athanassios Tsakris; John Douboyas; L S Tzouvelekis
High rates of resistance to piperacillin/tazobactam among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated in a Greek hospital.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 1997;29(1):39-41.
1997: Athanassios Tsakris; A Papa; John Douboyas; Antonis Antoniadis
Neonatal meningitis due to multi-resistant Listeria monocytogenes.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1997;39(4):553-4.
1997: Athanassios Tsakris; L S Tzouvelekis; John Douboyas; T Panagea; E Tzelepi
Diversity of beta-lactamases among Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated in a university hospital in Greece.
European journal of epidemiology 1997;13(1):103-7.
1996: D Sofianou; Athanassios Tsakris; P Nikolaidis; E Kotis; A Tourkantonis
The activity of cefetamet against enterobacterial isolates from community-acquired urinary tract infections.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1996;38(2):320-2.
1996: Athanassios Tsakris; John Douboyas; Kyriakos P Kyriakis
Multidrug resistance among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Greece.
Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) 1996;8(4):251-3.
1996: D Sofianou; P Selviarides; E Sofianos; Athanassios Tsakris; G Foroglou
Etiological agents and predisposing factors of intracranial abscesses in a Greek university hospital.
Infection 1996;24(2):144-6.
1995: Athanassios Tsakris; A Psifidis; John Douboyas
Complicated suppurative otitis media in a Greek diver due to a marine halophilic Vibrio sp.
The Journal of laryngology and otology 1995;109(11):1082-4.
1995: John Douboyas; Athanassios Tsakris
Prevalence of antibiotic resistance among enterococci isolated in Greece.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1995;35(1):237-8.
1994: D Sofianou; F Frantzidou; Athanassios Tsakris
Comparative in-vitro activity of fleroxacin against 480 nosocomial isolates.
Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) 1994;6(6):399-403.
1994: Evangelos N Manolis; Athanassios Tsakris; Dimitrios Kandiloros; M Kanellopoulou; E Malamou-Lada; Eleftherios Ferekidis; George Adamopoulos; Nicholas J Legakis
Alterations to the oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal microbial flora of children after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.
The Journal of laryngology and otology 1994;108(9):763-7.
1994: John Douboyas; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Athanassios Tsakris
In-vitro activity of ampicillin/sulbactam against multiresistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus clinical isolates.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1994;34(2):298-300.
1993: Nicholas J Legakis; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Athanassios Tsakris; J N Legakis; Alkiviadis Vatopoulos
On the incidence of antibiotic resistance among aerobic gram-negative rods isolated in Greek hospitals.
The Journal of hospital infection 1993;24(3):233-7.
1993: Athanassios Tsakris; A P Johnson; Nicholas J Legakis; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis
Prevalence of the type I and type II DHFR genes in trimethoprim-resistant urinary isolates of Escherichia coli from Greece.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1993;31(5):665-71.
1993: Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Eva Tzelepi; A F Mentis; Athanassios Tsakris
Identification of a novel plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase with chromosomal cephalosporinase characteristics from Klebsiella pneumoniae.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1993;31(5):645-54.
1992: Athanassios Tsakris; Alkiviadis Vatopoulos; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Nicholas J Legakis
Diversity of resistance phenotypes and plasmid analysis in multi-resistant 0:12 Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
European journal of epidemiology 1992;8(6):865-70.
1992: Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Eva Tzelepi; A F Mentis; Alkiviadis Vatopoulos; Athanassios Tsakris
Imipenem resistance in Enterobacter aerogenes is associated with derepression of chromosomal cephalosporinases and impaired permeability.
FEMS microbiology letters 1992;74(2-3):195-9.
1992: Eva Tzelepi; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Alkiviadis Vatopoulos; A F Mentis; Athanassios Tsakris; Nicholas J Legakis
High prevalence of stably derepressed class-I beta-lactamase expression in multiresistant clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae from Greek hospitals.
Journal of medical microbiology 1992;37(2):91-5.
1992: Athanassios Tsakris; Alkiviadis Vatopoulos; A P Johnson; Tyrone L Pitt; Nicholas J Legakis; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis
Prevalence of a plasmid-mediated type II dihydrofolate reductase gene among trimethoprim-resistant urinary pathogens in Greek hospitals.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1992;29(4):405-13.
1992: Alkiviadis Vatopoulos; Athanassios Tsakris; Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; Nicholas J Legakis; Tyrone L Pitt; G H Miller; K J Shaw; M Antreou; M Nikolopoulou; Z Komninou
Diversity of aminoglycoside resistance in Enterobacter cloacae in Greece.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 1992;11(2):131-8.
1992: Leonidas S Tzouvelekis; A F Mentis; E Tzelpi; Athanassios Tsakris; Kyriakos P Kyriakis; Nicholas J Legakis
Exposure effects of netilmicin on Enterobacter cloacae clinical isolates.
Chemotherapy 1992;38(6):405-9.
1991: S Mehtar; Athanassios Tsakris; Tyrone L Pitt
Imipenem resistance in Proteus mirabilis.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1991;28(4):612-5.
1991: S Mehtar; Athanassios Tsakris; D Castro; F Mayet
The effect of disinfectants on perforated gloves.
The Journal of hospital infection 1991;18(3):191-200.
1991: Athanassios Tsakris; A P Johnson; R C George; S Mehtar; Alkiviadis Vatopoulos
Distribution and transferability of plasmids encoding trimethoprim resistance in urinary pathogens from Greece.
Journal of medical microbiology 1991;34(3):153-7.