Issue 3/2019
Content (24 Articles)
Alternative switching strategies based on regimens with a low genetic barrier: do clinicians have a choice nowadays?
Jesús Troya, Pablo Ryan, Rocío Montejano, Alfonso Cabello, Guillermo Cuevas, Mariano Matarranz, Irene Cañamares, Javier Solís, Luis Álvarez-Sala Walther
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: unlocking fundamentals and prospects for bacterial strain typing
Ângela Novais, Ana R. Freitas, Carla Rodrigues, Luísa Peixe
Opposite effects of Vaccinia and modified Vaccinia Ankara on trained immunity
Bastiaan A. Blok, Kristoffer J. Jensen, Peter Aaby, Anders Fomsgaard, Reinout van Crevel, Christine S. Benn, Mihai G. Netea
Prognostic roles of time to positivity of blood culture in children with Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia
Qinyuan Li, Yuanyuan Li, Qian Yi, Fengtao Suo, Yuan Tang, Siying Luo, Xiaoyin Tian, Guangli Zhang, Dapeng Chen, Zhengxiu Luo
Comparison between Vitek MS, Bruker Biotyper, Vitek2, and API20E for differentiation of species of the genus Raoultella
Carlos Ruiz de Alegría Puig, Marina Fernández Torres, Eduardo Marfil-Pérez, María Isabel Rodríguez Ferández, Manuel Causse Del Río, Jesús Agüero Balbín, Luis Martínez-Martínez
Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing in blood culture diagnostics performed by direct inoculation using the VITEK®-2 and BD Phoenix™ platforms
Steffen Höring, Alain Sami Massarani, Bettina Löffler, Jürgen Rödel
Assessment of the tau protein concentration in patients with tick-borne encephalitis
Piotr Czupryna, Barbara Mroczko, Sławomir Pancewicz, Paweł Muszynski, Sambor Grygorczuk, Justyna Dunaj, Karol Borawski, Magdalena Róg-Makal, Renata Świerzbińska, Joanna Zajkowska, Maciej Kondrusik, Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska
Impact of erythrocytes on bacterial growth and antimicrobial activity of selected antibiotics
Alina Karoline Nussbaumer-Pröll, Sophie Knotzer, Sabine Eberl, Birgit Reiter, Thomas Stimpfl, Walter Jäger, Stefan Poschner, Markus Zeitlinger
Impact of pre-operative antimicrobial treatment on microbiological findings from endocardial specimens in infective endocarditis
Mika Halavaara, Timi Martelius, Asko Järvinen, Jenni Antikainen, Pentti Kuusela, Ulla-Stina Salminen, Veli-Jukka Anttila
Antibiotic misuse in respiratory tract infections in children and adults—a prospective, multicentre study (TAILORED Treatment)
Chantal B. van Houten, Asi Cohen, Dan Engelhard, John P. Hays, Roger Karlsson, Edward Moore, David Fernández, Racheli Kreisberg, Laurence V. Collins, Wouter de Waal, Karin M. de Winter-de Groot, Tom F. W. Wolfs, Pieter Meijers, Bart Luijk, Jan Jelrik Oosterheert, Rik Heijligenberg, Sanjay U. C. Sankatsing, Aik W. J. Bossink, Andrew Stubbs, Michal Stein, Sharon Reisfeld, Adi Klein, Ronit Rachmilevitch, Jalal Ashkar, Itzhak Braverman, Valery Kartun, Irena Chistyakov, Ellen Bamberger, Isaac Srugo, Majed Odeh, Elad Schiff, Yaniv Dotan, Olga Boico, Roy Navon, Tom Friedman, Liat Etshtein, Meital Paz, Tanya M. Gottlieb, Ester Pri-Or, Gali Kronenfeld, Einav Simon, Kfir Oved, Eran Eden, Louis J. Bont
Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for detection of dengue infection using a single-tag hybridization chromatographic-printed array strip format
Veni R. Liles, Lady-Anne S. Pangilinan, Maria Luisa G. Daroy, Maria Terrese A. Dimamay, Rachel S. Reyes, Mick Kelvin Bulusan, Mark Pierre S. Dimamay, Paolo Antonio S. Luna, Abigail Mercado, Gaowa Bai, Haorile Chagan-Yasutan, Yutaka Takarada, Mitsuo Kawase, Toshio Hattori
An outbreak of leptospirosis among reserve military recruits, Hulu Perdik, Malaysia
Vasantha Kumari Neela, Nurul Natasya Azhari, Narcisse Joseph, Noraini Philip Mimie, Siti Nur Alia Ramli, Nooreen Farzana Mustapha, Siti Nabilah Ishak, Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Muhammad Afif Yusof, Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa, Garba Bashiru, Zamberi Sekawi
O-antigen serotyping and MALDI-TOF, potentially useful tools for optimizing semi-empiric antipseudomonal treatments through the early detection of high-risk clones
Xavier Mulet, Rafaela García, María Gayá, Antonio Oliver
Impact of health care–associated community-onset cellulitis in Korea: a multicenter study
Seong Yeon Park, Tark Kim, Seong-Ho Choi, Jiwon Jung, Shi Nae Yu, Hyo-Lim Hong, Yong Kyun Kim, Se Yoon Park, Eun Hee Song, Ki-Ho Park, Oh-Hyun Cho, Sang Ho Choi, Yee Gyung Kwak
Population-based estimates of the burden of pneumonia hospitalizations in Hong Kong, 2011–2015
Xue Li, Joseph E. Blais, Ian C. K. Wong, Anthony W. Y. Tam, Benjamin J. Cowling, Ivan F. N. Hung, Esther W. Y. Chan
Whole-genome sequencing data-based modeling for the investigation of an outbreak of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit in Hong Kong
Vincent C. C. Cheng, Shuk-Ching Wong, Huiluo Cao, Jonathan H. K. Chen, Simon Y. C. So, Sally C. Y. Wong, Siddharth Sridhar, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Pak-Leung Ho
Outcomes of patients with a history of injecting drug use and receipt of outpatient antimicrobial therapy
Kevin O’Callaghan, S. Tapp, K. Hajkowicz, A. Legg, K. L. McCarthy
Use of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry to detect nosocomial outbreaks of Serratia marcescens and Citrobacter freundii
Jürgen Rödel, Alexander Mellmann, Claudia Stein, Monika Alexi, Frank Kipp, Birgit Edel, Kristin Dawczynski, Christian Brandt, Lothar Seidel, Wolfgang Pfister, Bettina Löffler, Eberhard Straube
Clinical outcome of pharmacist-led prospective audit with intervention and feedback after expansion from patients using specific antibiotics to those using whole injectable antibiotics
Kengo Ohashi, Tomoko Matsuoka, Yasutaka Shinoda, Takayuki Mori, Shinya Yoshida, Tomoaki Yoshimura, Tadashi Sugiyama
Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra performance for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis on smear-negative respiratory samples in a French centre
Elisabeth Hodille, Audey Maisson, Laurine Charlet, Clyde Bauduin, Charlotte Genestet, Isabelle Fredenucci, Jean-Philippe Rasigade, Gérard Lina, Oana Dumitrescu
Persistent Candidemia in adults: underlying causes and clinical significance in the antifungal stewardship era
Caroline Agnelli, Maricela Valerio, Emilio Bouza, Antonio Vena, Jesús Guinea, María del Carmen Martínez-Jiménez, Laura Judith Marcos-Zambrano, Pilar Escribano, Patricia Muñoz
Activity of temocillin and comparators against clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae from Iran
Mohammad Rahbar, Rogieh Saboorian, Sebastien Van de Velde, Marjan Rahnamaye Farzami, Masoud Mardani