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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Issue 3/2024

Content (25 Articles)

Clindamycin Original Article

Clinical characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility of Fusobacterium species isolated over 10 years at a Japanese university hospital

Nobuaki Mori, Akiko Nakamura, Jun Hirai, Nobuhiro Asai, Yuichi Shibata, Mina Takayama, Yuzuka Kawamoto, Narimi Miyazaki, Daisuke Sakanashi, Tomoko Ohno, Atsuko Yamada, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Isao Koita, Sumie Chida, Toshiaki Ohta, Hiroshige Mikamo

Open Access Imipenem Original Article

Activity of imipenem/relebactam and comparators against KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Mercedes Delgado-Valverde, Inés Portillo-Calderón, Manuel Alcalde-Rico, M. Carmen Conejo, Carmen Hidalgo, Carlos del Toro Esperón, Álvaro Pascual

Original Article

Mortality risk factors and fulminant sub-phenotype in anaerobic bacteremia: a 10-year retrospective, multicenter, observational cohort study

Kentaro Nagaoka, N. Iwanaga, Y. Takegoshi, Y. Murai, H. Kawasuji, M. Miura, Y. Sato, Y. Hatakeyama, H. Ito, Y. Kato, N. Shibayama, Y. Terasaki, T. Fujimura, T. Takazono, K. Kosai, A. Sugano, Y. Morinaga, K. Yanagihara, H. Mukae, Y. Yamamoto

Open Access Human Papillomavirus Original Article

HPV positivity status in males is related to the acquisition of HPV infection in females in heterosexual couples

Yuxuan Huang, Yafang Kang, Ye Li, Liangzhi Cai, Qibin Wu, Dabin Liu, Xiaodan Mao, Leyi Huang, Kelvin Stefan Osafo, Yan Zhang, Shuxia Xu, Binhua Dong, Pengming Sun

Osteomyelitis Original Article

Clinical outcomes and complications of S53P4 bioactive glass in chronic osteomyelitis and septic non-unions: a retrospective single-center study

Simone Daniel Gatti, Diego Gaddi, Marco Turati, Giulio Leone, Jacobus J. Arts, Fabio Pessina, Mattia Carminati, Giovanni Zatti, Laura De Rosa, Marco Bigoni

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Original Article

Population-based genomic surveillance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing bloodstream infections in a large Canadian health region

Gisele Peirano, Yasufumi Matsumara, Diego Nobrega, Deirdre Church, Johann D. D. Pitout

Open Access Meningitis Original Article

A multicenter evaluation of the QIAstat-Dx meningitis-encephalitis syndromic test kit as compared to the conventional diagnostic microbiology workflow

Stefan A. Boers, Robin van Houdt, Nina M. van Sorge, Jelle Groot, Yvette van Aarle, Mario J. A. W. M. van Bussel, Louise F. E. Smit, Els Wessels, Eric C. J. Claas

Nitrofurantoin Original Article

Preliminary reading of antibiogram by microdilution for clinical isolates in urine culture

Enrique Rodríguez-Guerrero, José Moya-López, Manuela Expósito-Ruiz, José María Navarro-Marí, José Gutiérrez-Fernández

Bezlotoxumab during the first episode of Clostridioides difficile infection in patients at high risk of recurrence

Rosa Escudero-Sanchez, Antonio Ramos-Martínez, Antonio F. Caballero-Bermejo, Beatriz Díaz-Pollán, Guillermo Ruiz-Carrascoso, María Olmedo Samperio, Patricia Muñoz García, Paloma Merino Amador, Fernando González Romo, Oriol Martín Segarra, Gema Navarro Jiménez, Laura del Campo Albendea, Alfonso Muriel García, Javier Cobo

Open Access Urinary Tract Infection Original Article

Feasibility of tracking invasive Escherichia coli disease among older adults in a community setting: A prospective observational study

Joachim Doua, Miquel Ekkelenkamp, Theo Verheij, Oscar Go, Stephen Ruhmel, Kimberly Leathers, Bart Spiessens, Sanne van Rooij, Vance G. Fowler Jr., Jeroen Geurtsen, Rowena Dolor, Michal Sarnecki, Ranee Chatterjee, Jan Poolman, Marc Bonten

Open Access Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Original Article

Molecular analysis of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Switzerland 2022–2023

Jacqueline Findlay, Otavio Hallal Ferreira Raro, Laurent Poirel, Patrice Nordmann, R. Lienhard, L. Vonallmen, C. Schilt, A. Scherler, K. Lucke, M. Jutzi, M. Reichmuth, U. Schibli, C. Fricker, S. Pranghofer, G. Greub, D. Blanc, A. Vitale, B. Lemaire, M. Fatoux, M. Tritten, L. Rumebe, N. Liassine, G. Jost, N. Wohlwend, D. Schultze, K. Burren, A. Westers, M. Imperiali, L. Pozzi, D. Balzari, G. Vaninetti, C. Cirillo, V. Gaia, E. Pianezzi, G. Martinetti Lucchini, F. Baggi Menozzi, A. Jayol, C. Guyon, D. Hyden, M. Maitrejean, V. Deggi-Messmer, D. Bandeira, C. Fournier, S. Pfister, C. Nusbaumer, L. Bertaiola Monnerat, J. Schrenzel, G. Renzi, A. Cherkaoui, D. Andrey, S. Emonet, M. Eyer, R. Maret, A. Belo, D. Mabillard, M. Moraz, K. Herzog, V. Gisler, E. Hitz, M. Oberle, C. Castelberg, H. Fankhauser, S. Graf, N. Dubey, C. Guler, M. Schoenenberger, U. Karrer, F. Piran, C. Andreutti, M. Dessauges, T. Schmid, B. Suterbuser, I. Mitrovic, E. Gruner, V. Bruderer, P. Staehli, B. Schnell, C. O. Marti, I. Steffen, A. Imhof, B. Preiswerk, V. Dilorenzo, C. Payen, D. Boschung, L. Comte, M. Schacher, M. Brandenberger, C. Zowa, C. Zehnder, B. Mathis, L. Basilico, G. Togni, P. Minkova, Y. Born, M. Kuegler, V. Povolo, S. Droz, M. Elzi, C. Casanova, D. Goldenberger, P. Keller, C. Lang, A. Blaich, S. Schmid, B. Ivan, A. Egli, S. Mancini, O. Dubois, K. Narr, S. Schoch, S. Ellenberger, S. Seiffert

Influenza Original Article

Analysis of clinical characteristics and risk factors for death due to severe influenza in children

Ruiyang Sun, Xue Zhang, Wanyu Jia, Peng Li, Chunlan Song

Open Access COVID-19 Original Article

Risk factors, outcomes, and epidemiological and etiological study of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with bacterial co-infection and secondary infections

Yishan Duan, Jing Wang, Suyan Wang, Rui Zhang, Jinrui Hu, Weimin Li, Bojiang Chen

Open Access Eosinophilia Original Article

Migratory pattern of zoonotic Toxocara cati and T. canis in experimentally infected pigs

Casper Sahl Poulsen, Ayako Yoshida, Tinna Thordardottir Wellbrant, Pall Skuli Leifsson, Per Skallerup, Stig Milan Thamsborg, Peter Nejsum

Amphotericin B Brief Report

The first report of Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans isolation from human cerebrospinal fluid

Xiuyun Li, Dong Wang, Mingju Hao, Zheng Li, Chunyan Zhang, Shulong Feng, Shifu Wang

Open Access Brief Report

An improved protocol for bacteria identification by MALDI-TOF MS directly from positive blood cultures

Sara Cruz, David Abreu, Rosário Gomes, Inês Martins-Oliveira, Ana Silva-Dias, Blanca Perez-Viso, Rafael Cantón, Cidália Pina-Vaz

Open Access Tuberculosis Brief Report

Differences in PPD- and mitogen-induced T-cell activation marker expression characterize immunopathology in acute tuberculosis patients

Isaac Acheampong, Difery Minadzi, Edwin F. Laing, Michael Frimpong, Monika M. Vivekanandan, Augustine Yeboah, Ernest Adankwah, Wilfred Aniagyei, Joseph F. Arthur, Millicent Lamptey, Mohammed K. Abass, Francis Kumbel, Francis Osei-Yeboah, Amidu Gawusu, Linda Batsa Debrah, Dorcas O. Owusu, Alexander Debrah, Ertan Mayatepek, Julia Seyfarth, Richard O. Phillips, Marc Jacobsen

Tetracyclines Brief Report

Emergence of an ST1934:KL121 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying a novel virulence-resistance hybrid plasmid with chromosomal integration of ICEKp1

Yunbing Li, Yuanyuan Li, Chunli Li, Jingyu Wang, Jiayi Tang, Ruichao Li, Guangfen Zhang, Lili Huang, Mi Zhou, Chen Xu, Ning Dong

Endoprosthesis Brief Report

An unusual case of endotipsitis: persistent infection and migration to the right atrium of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)

Silvia Calpena-Martínez, Nerea Carrasco-Antón, Catalina Cleary-Martín, Rafael Hernández-Estefanía, Jaime Esteban, Alfonso Cabello-Úbeda, Elizabet Petkova-Saiz

Live Webinar | 27-06-2024 | 18:00 (CEST)

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Live: Thursday 27th June 2024, 18:00-19:30 (CEST)

WHO estimates that half of all patients worldwide are non-adherent to their prescribed medication. The consequences of poor adherence can be catastrophic, on both the individual and population level.

Join our expert panel to discover why you need to understand the drivers of non-adherence in your patients, and how you can optimize medication adherence in your clinics to drastically improve patient outcomes.

Prof. Kevin Dolgin
Prof. Florian Limbourg
Prof. Anoop Chauhan
Developed by: Springer Medicine
Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.