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Infection

Issue 3/2016

Content (21 Articles)

Review

Combination antibiotic therapy for the treatment of infective endocarditis due to enterococci

Sebastiano Leone, Silvana Noviello, Silvano Esposito

Review

The “Choosing Wisely”: initiative in infectious diseases

Norma Jung, Clara Lehmann, Gerd Fätkenheuer

Original Paper

Implementing an intensified antibiotic stewardship programme targeting daptomycin use in orthopaedic surgery: a cost–benefit analysis from the hospital perspective

Johannes P. Borde, Sarah Nussbaum, Stefanie Hauser, Philip Hehn, Johannes Hübner, Gabriela Sitaru, Sebastian Köller, Bruno Schweigert, Katja deWith, Winfried V. Kern, Klaus Kaier

Original Paper

Factors influencing antimicrobial resistance and outcome of Gram-negative bloodstream infections in children

Balázs Ivády, Éva Kenesei, Péter Tóth-Heyn, Gabriella Kertész, Klára Tárkányi, Csaba Kassa, Enikő Ujhelyi, Borbála Mikos, Erzsébet Sápi, Krisztina Varga-Heier, Gábor Guóth, Dóra Szabó

Original Paper

Late treatment failures in cerebrospinal fluid in patients on long-term maintenance ART with ritonavir-boosted protease PI monotherapy

C. Kahlert, A. Bregenzer, C. Gutmann, S. Otterbech, M. Hoffmann, P. Schmid, P. Vernazza

Original Paper

Herpes simplex and varicella zoster CNS infections: clinical presentations, treatments and outcomes

Quanhathai Kaewpoowat, Lucrecia Salazar, Elizabeth Aguilera, Susan H. Wootton, Rodrigo Hasbun

Brief Report

High proportion of HIV late presenters at an academic tertiary care center in northern Germany confirms the results of several cohorts in Germany: time to put better HIV screening efforts on the national agenda?

Guido Schäfer, Benno Kreuels, Stefan Schmiedel, Sandra Hertling, Anja Hüfner, Olaf Degen, Jan van Lunzen, Julian Schulze zur Wiesch

Brief Report

Transitory ventricular tachycardia associated with influenza A infection of cardiac conduction tissue

Andrea Frustaci, Nicola Petrosillo, Giuseppe Ippolito, Cristina Chimenti

Case Report

Clindamycin-induced hypersensitivity reaction

Marilyn N. Bulloch, Jonathan T. Baccas, Scott Arnold

Case Report

Possible pulmonary Rhizopus oryzae infection in a previously healthy child after a near-drowning incident

Magdalena M. Gerlach, Norman Lippmann, Louise Kobelt, Stefanie Petzold-Quinque, Lutz Ritter, Wieland Kiess, Manuela Siekmeyer

Case Report

Donor-derived tuberculosis after solid organ transplantation in two patients and a staff member

J. N. Bucher, M. B. Schoenberg, I. Freytag, U. Lange, S. Hofmann-Thiel, M. O. Guba, J. Werner, A. Eder, G. Schelling, M. Stangl

Case Report

A disseminated Mycoplasma hominis infection in a patient with an underlying defect in humoral immunity

Eric Nulens, Jens Van Praet, Dominik Selleslag, Thomas Van Landschoot, Dieter Dekeyzer, Patrick Descheemaecker, Marijke Reynders

Case Report

Documented cutaneous loxoscelism in the south of France: an unrecognized condition causing delay in diagnosis

Emma Rubenstein, Pierre Emmanuel Stoebner, Christian Herlin, Catherine Lechiche, Christine Rollard, Didier Laureillard, Albert Sotto

Correspondence

Improving soil-transmitted helminths detection in chronic kidney disease patients

George Vasquez-Rios, Angelica Terashima, Luis A. Marcos

Correspondence

Visceral leishmaniasis, hypertriglyceridemia and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Claudia Colomba, Paola Di Carlo, Francesco Scarlata, Chiara Iaria, Giuseppina Barberi, Fausto Famà, Valeria Cama, Antonio Cascio

Open Access Images in Infection

Refractory tenosynovitis with ‘rice bodies’ in the hand due to Mycobacterium intracellulare

Ho Namkoong, Keizo Fukumoto, Igen Hongo, Naoki Hasegawa

Open Access Guideline

Strategies to enhance rational use of antibiotics in hospital: a guideline by the German Society for Infectious Diseases

K. de With, F. Allerberger, S. Amann, P. Apfalter, H.-R. Brodt, T. Eckmanns, M. Fellhauer, H. K. Geiss, O. Janata, R. Krause, S. Lemmen, E. Meyer, H. Mittermayer, U. Porsche, E. Presterl, S. Reuter, B. Sinha, R. Strauß, A. Wechsler-Fördös, C. Wenisch, W. V. Kern

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.