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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Issue 8/2017

Content (22 Articles)

Original Article

Performance of three generations of Xpert MRSA in routine practice: approaching the aim?

H. Jacqmin, A. Schuermans, S. Desmet, J. Verhaegen, V. Saegeman

Original Article

Risk factors and outcome of levofloxacin-resistant Elizabethkingia meningoseptica bacteraemia in adult patients in Taiwan

Y.-C. Huang, Y.-W. Huang, Y.-T. Lin, F.-D. Wang, Y.-J. Chan, T.-C. Yang

Original Article

How is post-mortem microbiology appraised by pathologists? Results from a practice survey conducted by ESGFOR

V. Saegeman, M. C. Cohen, J. Alberola, N. Ziyade, C. Farina, Wafa Achour, Laurent Andréoletti, Ana Arribi, Alda Bazaj, Neval Elgormüs, Inés González, Aysel Karatas, Fernando Lázaro Perona, Stephen L. Leib, Miguel J. Martinez-Yoldi, Irene Merino, Catherine Moore, Jacob Moran-Gilad, Mario Poljak, Katja Seme, An Tamsin, Wouter Van Den Bogaert, Gülhan Yagmur, Ovidiu Mircea Zlatian, G. Cornaglia, A. Fernández-Rodríguez

Original Article

Patient satisfaction in an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) unit practising predominantly self-administration of antibiotics with elastomeric pumps

L. Saillen, L. Arensdorff, E. Moulin, R. Voumard, C. Cochet, N. Boillat-Blanco, C. Gardiol, S. de Vallière

Original Article

Clinical significance and outcome of Aeromonas spp. infections among 204 adult patients

J. Nolla-Salas, J. Codina-Calero, S. Vallés-Angulo, A. Sitges-Serra, A. Zapatero-Ferrándiz, M. C. Climent, J. Gómez, J. R. Masclans

Original Article

Involvement of methylated HBHA expressed from Mycobacterium smegmatis in an IFN-γ release assay to aid discrimination between latent infection and active tuberculosis in BCG-vaccinated populations

H.-L. Wen, C.-L. Li, G. Li, Y.-H. Lu, H.-C. Li, T. Li, H.-M. Zhao, K. Wu, D. B. Lowrie, J.-X. Lv, S.-H. Lu, X.-Y. Fan

Original Article

Increasing isolation of rapidly growing mycobacteria in a low-incidence setting of environmental mycobacteria, 1994–2015

F. Alcaide, M. J. Peña, D. Pérez-Risco, D. Camprubi, L. Gonzalez-Luquero, M. D. Grijota-Camino, J. Dorca, M. Santin

Open Access Original Article

Genetic makeup of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in relation to clinical symptoms and duration of shedding: a microarray analysis of isolates from Swedish children

A. Matussek, C. Jernberg, I.-M. Einemo, S. Monecke, R. Ehricht, I. Engelmann, S. Löfgren, S. Mernelius

Original Article

Is 5 days of oral fluoroquinolone enough for acute uncomplicated pyelonephritis? The DTP randomized trial

A. Dinh, B. Davido, M. Etienne, F. Bouchand, A. Raynaud-Lambinet, E. Aslangul-Castier, T. A. Szwebel, C. Duran, G. Der Sahakian, C. Jordy, X. Ranchoux, N. Sembach, E. Mathieu, A. Davido, J. Salomon, L. Bernard

Original Article

Tetanus in adults: results of the multicenter ID-IRI study

S. Tosun, A. Batirel, A. I. Oluk, F. Aksoy, E. Puca, F. Bénézit, S. Ural, S. Nayman-Alpat, T. Yamazhan, V. Koksaldi-Motor, R. Tekin, E. Parlak, P. Tattevin, K. Kart-Yasar, R. Guner, A. Bastug, M. Meric-Koc, S. Oncu, A. Sagmak-Tartar, A. Denk, F. Pehlivanoglu, G. Sengoz, S. M. Sørensen, G. Celebi, L. Baštáková, H. Gedik, S. Dirgen-Caylak, A. Esmaoglu, S. Erol, Y. Cag, E. Karagoz, A. Inan, H. Erdem

Original Article

Phenotypic changes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during vancomycin therapy for persistent bacteraemia and related clinical outcome

T. Kim, E. S. Kim, S. Y. Park, H. Sung, M.-N. Kim, S.-H. Kim, S.-O. Lee, S.-H. Choi, J.-Y. Jeong, J. H. Woo, Y. P. Chong, Y. S. Kim

Open Access Original Article

The presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in placenta and/or cord blood might result in Th2 polarization

H.-M. Koskimaa, A. Paaso, M. J. P. Welters, S. Grénman, K. Syrjänen, S. H. van der Burg, S. Syrjänen

Original Article

Silver-embedded screens in the intensive care unit. A new tool to control multi-drug resistant bacterial cross-transmission

J. Ruiz, P. Ramirez, E. Villarreal, M. Gordon, S. Cuesta, M. Piñol, J. Frasquet, Á. Castellanos

Original Article

Predictive score of haematological toxicity in patients treated with linezolid

J. González-Del Castillo, F. J. Candel, R. Manzano-Lorenzo, L. Arias, E. J. García-Lamberechts, F. J. Martín-Sánchez, Fahd Beddar Chaib, Flavia Chirella, Sol Hernández, Iván Larrosa-Espejo, Laura Lopez-González, Marta Gonzalvo Navarro, Maria Isabel Perea Casado, Alberto Pérez-Morales, David Redondo-Domínguez, Víctor Rodríguez-Neira, José Carlos Tallón-Martínez, May Trujillo-Fox

Original Article

Monitoring antimicrobial resistance (AMR) using CUSUM control charts

L. Righi, R. Amarsy, M.-Q. Picat, M. Thuillier, E. Cambau, L. Raskine, S. Chevret, R. Flicoteaux

Letter to the Editor

Clinical case of cfr-positive MRSA CC398 in Belgium

H. Paridaens, J. Coussement, M. A. Argudín, B. Delaere, T.-D. Huang, Y. Glupczynski, O. Denis

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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.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

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

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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.