Issue 2/2021
Content (30 Articles)
Laboratory detection methods for the human coronaviruses
Ehsan Shabani, Sayeh Dowlatshahi, Mohammad J. Abdekhodaie
Clinical risk factors related to treatment failure in Mycobacterium abscessus lung disease
Keiji Fujiwara, Koji Furuuchi, Akio Aono, Fumiko Uesugi, Tatsuya Shirai, Keitaro Nakamoto, Takafumi Shimada, Fumi Mochizuki, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Hiroaki Iijima, Takashi Yoshiyama, Yuji Shiraishi, Atsuyuki Kurashima, Ken Ohta, Satoshi Mitarai, Kozo Morimoto
Treatment of community-acquired bacterial brain abscess: a survey among infectious diseases specialists in France, Sweden, Australia, and Denmark
Jacob Bodilsen, Pierre Tattevin, Steven Tong, Pontus Naucler, Henrik Nielsen
Antibody response and the clinical presentation of patients with COVID-19 in Croatia: the importance of a two-step testing approach
Oktavija Đaković Rode, Ivan-Christian Kurolt, Ivan Puljiz, Rok Čivljak, Nataša Cetinić Balent, Renata Laškaj, Mirjana Kujundžić Tiljak, Radojka Mikulić, Alemka Markotić
Evaluation of three commercial assays for SARS-CoV-2 molecular detection in upper respiratory tract samples
Flora Marzia Liotti, Giulia Menchinelli, Simona Marchetti, Grazia Angela Morandotti, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro, Paola Cattani
Outbreak of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) Shigella flexneri in northern Australia due to an endemic regional clone acquiring an IncFII plasmid
Christine J. D. Guglielmino, Asha Kakkanat, Brian M. Forde, Sally Rubenach, Lea Merone, Russell Stafford, Rikki M. A. Graham, Scott A. Beatson, Amy V. Jennison
Molecular epidemiology and antifungal susceptibilities of Cryptococcus species isolates from HIV and non-HIV patients in Southwest China
Si-Ying Wu, Mei Kang, Ya Liu, Zhi-Xing Chen, Yu-Ling Xiao, Chao He, Ying Ma
Microbiological diagnosis of suspected vertebral osteomyelitis with a focus on the yield of percutaneous needle biopsy: a 10-year cohort study
Gilles Avenel, Pauline Guyader, Elise Fiaux, Didier Alcaix, Charles Zarnitsky, Sophie Pouplin-Jardin, Marie Kozyreff-Meurice, Thierry Lequerré, Olivier Vittecoq
Clinical and molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia from an Indian tertiary hospital
Chandrabhan Rao, Benu Dhawan, Sreenivas Vishnubhatla, Arti Kapil, Bimal Das, Seema Sood
Gastrointestinal symptoms and the acquisition of enteric pathogens in Hajj pilgrims: a 3-year prospective cohort study
Van-Thuan Hoang, Thi-Loi Dao, Tran Duc Anh Ly, Doudou Sow, Khadidja Belhouchat, Kamel Larbi Chaht, Laetitia Ninove, Tassadit Drali, Saber Yezli, Badriah Alotaibi, Didier Raoult, Philippe Parola, Vincent Pommier de Santi, Philippe Gautret
Change in species distribution and antifungal susceptibility of candidemias in an intensive care unit of a university hospital (10-year experience)
Bilgul Mete, Esra Yerlikaya Zerdali, Gokhan Aygun, Nese Saltoglu, Ilker Inanc Balkan, Ridvan Karaali, Sibel Yildiz Kaya, Berna Karaismailoglu, Abdurrahman Kaya, Seval Urkmez, Gunay Can, Fehmi Tabak, Recep Ozturk
Recent outbreaks of severe hepatitis A virus infections in Vienna
David Bauer, Anna Farthofer, David Chromy, Benedikt Simbrunner, Lisa Steininger, Caroline Schmidbauer, Teresa Binter, Michael Trauner, Mattias Mandorfer, Ralf Schmidt, Florian Mayer, Heidemarie Holzmann, Robert Strassl, Thomas Reiberger
A 2-step algorithm combining glutamate dehydrogenase and nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Clostridioides difficile in stool specimens
Chengcheng Liu, Chenjie Tang, Yaping Han, Yuqiao Xu, Fang Ni, Ke Jin, Genyan Liu
Laboratory and clinical impacts of an overnight laboratory service
Paul R. Ingram, L. Barrett, E. Raby, P. Boan, G. A. Weaire-Buchanan, H. Darragh, P. Lloyd, I. Kay, J. Flexman
Evaluating the serological status of COVID-19 patients using an indirect immunofluorescent assay, France
S. Edouard, P. Colson, C. Melenotte, F. Di Pinto, L. Thomas, B. La Scola, M. Million, H. Tissot-Dupont, P. Gautret, A. Stein, P. Brouqui, P. Parola, J.-C. Lagier, D. Raoult, Michel Drancourt
Inhibitory effects of novel 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole compounds on quorum-sensing of P. aeruginosa PAO1
Shuang Li, Yumin Zhang, Kai Jiang, Huiying Wang, Feng Lin
Rapid detection of carbapenemase-producing organisms directly from blood cultures positive for Gram-negative bacilli
William Stokes, Johann Pitout, Lorraine Campbell, Deirdre Church, Daniel Gregson
Extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying blaOXA-23-like and armA in a hospital after an intervention in the intensive care unit which ended a long-standing endemicity
Carlos Rodríguez-Lucas, M. Rosario Rodicio, Xenia Vázquez, Dolores Escudero, Brígida Quindós, Miguel Alaguero, Javier Fernández
Rapid identification of fungi from respiratory samples by Bruker Biotyper matrix–assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight using ID-FUNGI plates
Emilie Cardot Martin, Claudine Renaux, Emilie Catherinot, Lucie Limousin, Louis Jean Couderc, Marc Vasse
Tedizolid: a service evaluation in a large UK teaching hospital
Joshua A. York, Kate Adams, Lorraine Cullen, Joanne Delahay, Monica Ivan, Patrick J. Lillie, Laura MacLachlan, Gavin Barlow
RETRACTED ARTICLE: A novel approach to managing COVID-19 patients; results of lopinavir plus doxycycline cohort
Yasemin Cag, Sacit Icten, Burcu Isik-Goren, Naciye Betul Baysal, Begum Bektas, Ece Selvi, Pinar Ergen, Ozlem Aydin, Ayse Canan Ucisik, Fatma Yilmaz-Karadag, Hulya Caskurlu, Tulin Akarsu-Ayazoglu, Hasan Kocoglu, Sinan Uzman, Muge Nural-Pamukcu, Ferhat Arslan, Gurhan Bas, Mahmut Tayyar Kalcioglu, Haluk Vahaboglu
Prevalence and outcomes of re-positive nucleic acid tests in discharged COVID-19 patients
Hou-wei Du, Jun-nian Chen, Xiao-bin Pan, Xiao-ling Chen, Yixian-Zhang, Shuang-fang Fang, Xiao-qing Li, Pin-cang Xia, Lei Gao, Hai-long Lin, Li-min Chen, Nan Liu
Heterogeneous approach to nebulization of antimicrobial agents in mechanically ventilated adults in a German tertiary care hospital: a cross-sectional survey
Frieder Pfäfflin, Miriam Stegemann, Norbert Suttorp, Alexander Uhrig, Stephan Achterberg
Application and clinical impact of the RESIST-4 O.K.N.V. rapid diagnostic test for carbapenemase detection in blood cultures and clinical samples
Sophie Roth, Fabian K. Berger, Andreas Link, Anna Nimmesgern, Philipp M. Lepper, Niels Murawski, Jörg T. Bittenbring, Sören L. Becker
How are rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases used in clinical practice: a global survey by the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC)
Stephen Poole, Jennifer Townsend, Heiman Wertheim, Stephen P. Kidd, Tobias Welte, Philipp Schuetz, Charles-Edouard Luyt, Albertus Beishuizen, Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen, Juan González del Castillo, Mario Plebani, Kordo Saeed
Letermovir for the compassionate therapeutic use of cytomegalovirus infection
Lorenz Schubert, Lisa Fisecker, Florian Thalhammer, Heinz Burgmann, Christoph Steininger
Sensitivity of nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal, and nasal wash specimens for SARS-CoV-2 detection in the setting of sampling device shortage
Adrien Calame, Léna Mazza, Adriana Renzoni, Laurent Kaiser, Manuel Schibler
Practical challenges to the clinical implementation of saliva for SARS-CoV-2 detection
Nancy Matic, Aleksandra Stefanovic, Victor Leung, Tanya Lawson, Gordon Ritchie, Lynne Li, Sylvie Champagne, Marc G. Romney, Christopher F. Lowe
Expression and co-expression analyses of TMPRSS2, a key element in COVID-19
Francesco Piva, Berina Sabanovic, Monia Cecati, Matteo Giulietti
COVID-19 IgG/IgM antibody testing in Los Angeles County, California
Khadije Ahmad, Vahid Rezvanizadeh, Suraj Dahal, April Kinninger, Ahmed K. Ghanem, Suvasini Lakshmanan, Sajad Hamal, Ferdinand Flores, Christopher Dailing, Sion K. Roy, Matthew J. Budoff