Issue 10/2020
Content (25 Articles)
Mechanism of Candida pathogenesis: revisiting the vital drivers
Ifeanyi Elibe Mba, Emeka Innocent Nweze
Virulence of Helicobacter pylori outer membrane proteins: an updated review
Chenjing Xu, Djaleel Muhammad Soyfoo, Yao Wu, Shunfu Xu
Leprosy in the twenty-first century: a microbiological, clinical, and epidemiological study in northwestern Spain
Gema Barbeito-Castiñeiras, Beatriz Mejuto, Amparo Coira Nieto, María Jesús Domínguez Santalla, Antonio Aguilera Guirao, María Luisa Pérez del Molino
Nosocomial outbreak linked to a flexible gastrointestinal endoscope contaminated with an amikacin-resistant ST17 clone of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Felipe Fernández-Cuenca, Lorena López-Cerero, Gabriel Cabot, Antonio Oliver, Julio López-Méndez, Esther Recacha, Inés Portillo, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Álvaro Pascual
Implementation of the eazyplex® CSF direct panel assay for rapid laboratory diagnosis of bacterial meningitis: 32-month experience at a tertiary care university hospital
Tiziana D’Inzeo, Giulia Menchinelli, Giulia De Angelis, Barbara Fiori, Flora Marzia Liotti, Grazia Angela Morandotti, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro, Teresa Spanu
Rapid identification of uropathogens by combining Alfred 60 system with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry technology
Abed Athamna, Albira Zbriger, Stella Avadov, Maanit Shapira, Yana Tal, Sarit Freimann
Relationships among streptococci from the mitis group, misidentified as Streptococcus pneumoniae
Ewa Sadowy, Agnieszka Bojarska, Alicja Kuch, Anna Skoczyńska, Keith A. Jolley, Martin C. J. Maiden, Andries J. van Tonder, Sven Hammerschmidt, Waleria Hryniewicz
Changing epidemiology and resistance patterns of pathogens causing neonatal bacteremia
Ayelet Mintz, Meirav Mor, Gil Klinger, Oded Scheuerman, Avinoam Pirogovsky, Nir Sokolover, Ruben Bromiker
The epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease and the utility of vaccination in Malta
David Pace, Charmaine Gauci, Christopher Barbara
Recent clinical relevance of mono-genital colonization/infection by Ureaplasma parvum
Víctor Siles-Guerrero, Inmaculada Cardona-Benavides, Carmen Liébana-Martos, Fernando Vázquez-Alonso, Manuela Expósito-Ruiz, José María Navarro-Marí, José Gutiérrez-Fernández
Evaluation of ultra-rapid susceptibility testing of ceftolozane-tazobactam by a flow cytometry assay directly from positive blood cultures
Inês Martins-Oliveira, Blanca Pérez-Viso, Sofia Quintas, Ana Silva-Dias, Rosário Gomes, Acácio G Rodrigues, Rafael Cantón, Cidalia Pina-Vaz
Influenza-associated aspergillosis in critically-ill patients—a retrospective bicentric cohort study
Frederike Waldeck, Filippo Boroli, Noémie Suh, Pedro David Wendel Garcia, Domenica Flury, Julia Notter, Anne Iten, Laurent Kaiser, Jacques Schrenzel, Katia Boggian, Marco Maggiorini, Jérôme Pugin, Gian-Reto Kleger, Werner Christian Albrich
Standardization of ELISA for anti-chikungunya-IgG antibodies and age-stratified prevalence of anti-chikungunya-IgG antibodies in Pune, India
Harshad P. Patil, Prajakta S. Rane, Mrunal Gosavi, Akhilesh C. Mishra, Vidya A. Arankalle
Analysis of C. difficile infection–related outcomes in European participants in the bezlotoxumab MODIFY I and II trials
Emilio Bouza, Oliver A. Cornely, Antonio Ramos-Martinez, Robert Plesniak, Misoo C. Ellison, Mary E. Hanson, Mary Beth Dorr
Evaluation of RIDASCREEN® and RIDA®QUICK Helicobacter kits for Helicobacter pylori detection in stools
Lucie Bénéjat, Alice Buissonnière, Astrid Ducournau, Francis Mégraud, Emilie Bessède, Philippe Lehours
A comparison of GenomEra® GBS PCR and GeneXpert ® GBS PCR assays with culture of GBS performed with and without broth pre-enrichment
S. Y. Nielsen, J. K. Møller, M. R. Khalil
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia from a biliary source
Eunmi Yang, Jeongsoo Lee, Hyeonji Seo, Hyemin Chung, Sang Hyun Ra, Heungsup Sung, Mi-Na Kim, Jiwon Jung, Min Jae Kim, Sung-Han Kim, Sang-Oh Lee, Sang-Ho Choi, Jun Hee Woo, Yang Soo Kim, Yong Pil Chong
Screening and evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis diagnostic antigens
Zhongchen Ma, Xiang Ji, Hang Yang, Jinke He, Qian Zhang, Yong Wang, Zhen Wang, Chuangfu Chen
Bacterial spectrum and antibiotic resistance of urinary tract infections in patients treated for upper urinary tract calculi: a multicenter analysis
Elisa De Lorenzis, Alberto Budia Alba, Marcos Cepeda, Juan Antonio Galan, Petrisor Geavlete, Stilianos Giannakopoulos, Iliya Saltirov, Kemal Sarica, Andreas Skolarikos, Sotir Stavridis, Emrah Yuruk, Bogdan Geavlete, García-Carbajosa, Stefan Hristoforov, M. Ali Karagoz, Nikolaos Nassos, Guzmán Ordaz Jurado, Filip Paslanmaz, Marina Poza, Skender Saidi, Lazaros Tzelves, Alberto Trinchieri
Children account for a small proportion of diagnoses of SARS-CoV-2 infection and do not exhibit greater viral loads than adults
Philippe Colson, Hervé Tissot-Dupont, Aurélie Morand, Céline Boschi, Laetitia Ninove, Vera Esteves-Vieira, Philippe Gautret, Philippe Brouqui, Philippe Parola, Jean-Christophe Lagier, Christine Zandotti, Matthieu Million, Bernard La Scola, Didier Raoult
First report of Tsukamurella endocarditis in an immunocompromised patient receiving chemotherapy
Zain Malik, Punit J. Shah, Farheen Tariq
Septic shock caused by Capnocytophaga canis after a cat scratch
Viviane Donner, Marta Buzzi, Vladimir Lazarevic, Nadia Gaïa, Myriam Girard, Francesco Renzi, Gesuele Renzi, Abdessalam Cherkaoui, Jacques Schrenzel
The Allplex 2019-nCoV (Seegene) assay: which performances are for SARS-CoV-2 infection diagnosis?
Eric Farfour, Philippe Lesprit, Benoit Visseaux, Tiffany Pascreau, Emilie Jolly, Nadira Houhou, Laurence Mazaux, Marianne Asso-Bonnet, Marc Vasse
Effect of angiotensin II blockers on the prognosis of COVID-19: a toxicological view
Farshad M. Shirazi, Shireen Banerji, Samaneh Nakhaee, Omid Mehrpour
Correction to: Evaluation of two rapid molecular test systems to establish an algorithm for fast identification of bacterial pathogens from positive blood cultures
Philipp Oberhettinger, Jan Zieger, Ingo Autenrieth, Matthias Marschal, Silke Peter