Issue 12/2020
Content (31 Articles)
Update on recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children
Hongjun Miao, Han Li, Yinying Yao, Mingfu Wu, Chao Lu, Jun Wang, Man Tian, Ying Li, Peiliang Luo, Jianhui Gu, Bin Yuan, Shouchuan Wang, Xia Zhao, Weihua Gan, Deyu Zhao
A systematic review on the health outcomes associated with non-endocarditis manifestations of chronic Q fever
Naveen Manchal, Oyelola A. Adegboye, Damon P Eisen
Virulence factors and clonal diversity of Staphylococcus aureus in colonization and wound infection with emphasis on diabetic foot infection
Kavitha Shettigar, Thokur Sreepathy Murali
Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other Mitis streptococci: importance of molecular methods
Ewa Sadowy, Waleria Hryniewicz
Serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae among healthy carriers and clinical patients: a systematic review from Iran
Maryam Alizadeh Chamkhaleh, Abdoulreza Esteghamati, Shirin Sayyahfar, Alireza Gandomi-Mohammadabadi, Javad Balasi, Hossein Abdiaei, Yousef Moradi, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Correction to: Serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae among healthy carriers and clinical patients: a systematic review from Iran
Maryam Alizadeh Chamkhaleh, Abdoulreza Esteghamati, Shirin Sayyahfar, Alireza Gandomi-Mohammadabadi, Javad Balasi, Hossein Abdiaei, Yousef Moradi, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Evaluations of the serological test in the diagnosis of 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infections during the COVID-19 outbreak
Dachuan Lin, Lei Liu, Mingxia Zhang, Yunlong Hu, Qianting Yang, Jiubiao Guo, Youchao Dai, Yuzhong Xu, Yi Cai, Xinchun Chen, Kaisong Huang, Zheng Zhang
Clinical features in 52 patients with COVID-19 who have increased leukocyte count: a retrospective analysis
Kaochang Zhao, Ruiyun Li, Xiaojun Wu, Yang Zhao, Tao Wang, Zhishui Zheng, Shaolin Zeng, Xuhong Ding, Hanxiang Nie
Evaluation of three immunochromatographic tests for rapid detection of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2
Gladys Virginia Guedez-López, Marina Alguacil-Guillén, Patricia González-Donapetry, Ivan Bloise, Carolina Tornero-Marin, Juan González-García, Jesus Mingorance, Julio García-Rodríguez, María Dolores Montero-Vega, María Pilar Romero, Silvia García-Bujalance, Emilio Cendejas-Bueno, Guillermo Ruiz-Carrascoso, Fernando Lázaro-Perona, Iker Falces-Romero, Almudena Gutiérrez-Arroyo, Patricia Girón de Velasco-Sada, Alicia Rico Nieto, Belén Loeches, Mario Ruiz-Bastián, Bartolomé Gómez-Arroyo, Paloma García-Clemente, María Gracia Liras-Hernández, Consuelo García-Sánchez, Miguel Sánchez-Castellano, Sol San José-Villar, Ester Tato, Cristina Romero Huertas, Elena Molina Muñoz
Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a low endemicity area—new challenges for MRSA control
Jenna Junnila, Tiina Hirvioja, Esa Rintala, Kari Auranen, Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava, Jaakko Silvola, Laura Lindholm, Kirsi Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, Harri Marttila, Jaana Vuopio
Epidemiological and clinical course of 483 patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a single-center, retrospective study from the mobile cabin hospital
Bo Wang, Zhixian Wang, Jianping Zhao, Xiaoyong Zeng, Mingfu Wu, Shixuan Wang, Tiejun Wang
Moraxella keratitis: epidemiology and outcomes
Gautier Hoarau, Lilia Merabet, Françoise Brignole-Baudouin, Assaf Mizrahi, Vincent Borderie, Nacim Bouheraoua
Lung abscess due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X—unexpected virulence of a commensal resulting from putative serogroup B capsular switching
Célia Bettencourt, Alexandra Nunes, Ana Maria Correia, João Paulo Gomes, Maria João Simões
Epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae in the Republic of Ireland, 2010–2018
Martha McElligott, Kenneth Meyler, Désirée Bennett, Robert Mulhall, Richard J. Drew, Robert Cunney
Leprosy surveillance study in a highly endemic Brazilian area using leprosy specific serologic tests and IFNγ whole blood assay
Aline do Carmo Gonçalves, Emerith Mayra Hungria, Aline Araújo Freitas, Samira Sékula-Bührer, Cassia Maria Gomes, Ana Cecília Coelho, Laura Branquinho Nascimento, Mariane Martins de Araújo Stefani
Epidemiological analysis of Group A Streptococcus infections in a hospital in Beijing, China
Hongxin Li, Lin Zhou, Yong Zhao, Lijuan Ma, Jing Xu, Yan Liu, Qin Qin, Jin Hu, Xiaoyan Liu
Variplex™ test system fails to reliably detect SARS-CoV-2 directly from respiratory samples without RNA extraction
Florian Eckel, Franziska Küsters, Bernhard Drossel, Markus Konert, Hans Mattes, Stefan Schopf
Impact of cerebrospinal fluid syndromic testing in the management of children with suspected central nervous system infection
Lamprini Posnakoglou, Tania Siahanidou, Vasiliki Syriopoulou, Athanasios Michos
Streptococcus agalactiae in pregnant women: serotype and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns over five years in Eastern Sicily (Italy)
Carlo Genovese, Floriana D’Angeli, Valentina Di Salvatore, Gianna Tempera, Daria Nicolosi
Impact of formulary interventions on the minimum inhibitory concentration of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to mupirocin, chlorhexidine, and octenidine in a Singapore tertiary institution
Shuwei Zheng, S. J. Chung, H. C. J. Sim, T. M. Chlebicka, Y. H. Chan, T. P. Lim, L. H. A. Kwa, M. P. Chlebicki
Identification of progranulin as a novel diagnostic biomarker for early-onset sepsis in neonates
Kai-Di Yang, Yu He, Sa Xiao, Qing Ai, Jia-Lin Yu
Comparison of the etiologic, microbiologic, clinical and outcome characteristics of febrile vs. non-febrile neutropenia in hospitalized immunocompetent children
Eugene Leibovitz, Joseph Kapelushnik, Sabrin Alsanaa, Dov Tschernin, Ruslan Sergienko, Ron Leibovitz, Julia Mazar, Yariv Fruchtman
MYCO WELL D-ONE detection of Ureaplasma spp. and Mycoplasma hominis in sexual health patients in Wales
Daniel J. Morris, Lucy C. Jones, Rebecca L. Davies, Kirsty Sands, Edward Portal, Owen B. Spiller
Vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection and preterm birth
Bianca Pulinx, Davy Kieffer, Ian Michiels, Stéphanie Petermans, David Strybol, Sigrun Delvaux, Marcella Baldewijns, Marijke Raymaekers, Reinoud Cartuyvels, Wim Maurissen
Characteristics of laboratory indexes in COVID-19 patients with non-severe symptoms in Hefei City, China: diagnostic value in organ injuries
Tao Li, Lianzi Wang, Huihui Wang, Yufeng Gao, Xianwei Hu, Xuemei Li, Shubing Zhang, Yuanhong Xu, Wei Wei
Infection caused by Sporothrix schenckii: an autochthonous case in Bari, Southern Italy
Rosa Monno, Gaetano Brindicci, Orazio Romeo, Elena De Carolis, Giuseppe Criseo, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Luciana Fumarola, Giuseppe Ingravallo, Michele Mariani, Laura Monno
Human infections caused by Staphylococcus argenteus in Germany: genetic characterisation and clinical implications of novel species designation
Farah Alhussein, Judith Fürstenberg, Rosmarie Gaupp, Janina Eisenbeis, Katharina Last, Sören L. Becker, Cihan Papan
First report of meningococcal ciprofloxacin resistance in Greece due to invasive isolates of the sequence type ST-3129
Georgina Tzanakaki, Theano Georgakopoulou, Athanasia Xirogianni, Anastasia Papandreou, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Ioanna Magaziotou, Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy typing: a real-time analysis of an outbreak by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
Liliana Silva, Carla Rodrigues, Agostinho Lira, Mariana Leão, Margarida Mota, Paulo Lopes, Ângela Novais, Luísa Peixe
First report of a new corneal pathogen: Phaeoacremonium parasiticum
Horace Massa, Arnaud Riat, Georgios D. Panos
Correction to: Molecular revolution in the diagnosis of microbial brain abscesses
Ajay K. Mishra, Henry Dufour, Pierre-Hugues Roche, Mouhamad Al Masalma, Michel Lonjon, Didier Raoult, Pierre-Edouard Fournier