Issue 3/2020
Content (21 Articles)
Update on the “Choosing Wisely” initiative in infectious diseases in Germany
Rika Draenert, Norma Jung, Marylyn M. Addo, Reinhard Berner, Markus Bickel, Johannes Bogner, Oliver Cornely, Katja de With, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Stefan Hagel, Frank Hanses, Thomas Harrer, Pia Hartmann, Susanne Herold, Stefan Hippenstiel, Winfried Kern, Stephan Klauke, Hartwig Klinker, Clara Lehmann, Sebastian Lemmen, Christoph Lübbert, Mathias W. R. Pletz, Siegbert Rieg, Bernhard R. Ruf, Jan Rupp, Bernd Salzberger, Hortense Slevogt, Hans-Jürgen Stellbrink, Christoph Stephan, Norbert Suttorp, Andrew Ullmann, Martin Witzenrath, Oliver Witzke
Infections causing stroke or stroke-like syndromes
Pasquale Pagliano, Anna M. Spera, Tiziana Ascione, Silvano Esposito
Treatment of fracture-related infection of the lower extremity with antibiotic-eluting ceramic bone substitutes: case series of 35 patients and literature review
Sebastian Pesch, Marc Hanschen, Frederik Greve, Michael Zyskowski, Fritz Seidl, Chlodwig Kirchhoff, Peter Biberthaler, Stefan Huber-Wagner
Clinical evaluation of an in-house panfungal real-time PCR assay for the detection of fungal pathogens
Iris Camp, Gabriele Manhart, Claudia Schabereiter-Gurtner, Kathrin Spettel, Brigitte Selitsch, Birgit Willinger
Efficacy and safety of a Belgian tertiary care outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program
Charlotte Quintens, Ester Steffens, Karel Jacobs, Annette Schuermans, Johan Van Eldere, Katrien Lagrou, Paul De Munter, Inge Derdelinckx, Willy E. Peetermans, Isabel Spriet
Plasma parasitemia as assessed by quantitative PCR in relation to clinical disease severity in African adults with falciparum malaria with and without HIV co-infection
Aase Berg, Sam Patel, Marit G. Tellevik, Christel G. Haanshuus, Ingvild Dalen, Kari Otterdal, Thor Ueland, Sabrina J. Moyo, Pål Aukrust, Nina Langeland
Left-sided infective endocarditis in persons who inject drugs
Glen Huang, Kyle A. Davis, S. Allan Petty, Walter A. Tan, Erin W. Barnes, James E. Peacock Jr.
Pre-engraftment infectious complications and patient outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: a single-center experience from Lebanon
Rima Moghnieh, Hani Tamim, Amin Abyad, Marwa Jadayel, Lyn Awad, Dania Abdallah, Nicholas Haddad, Jessica Berberi, Rawya Alwazir, Rida Taher, Tamima Jisr, Rawad Lakkis, Kamal Zahran, Ahmad Ibrahim
Respiratory tract infection-related healthcare utilisation in children with Down’s syndrome
Logan Manikam, Anne G. M. Schilder, Monica Lakhanpaul, Peter Littlejohns, Emma C. Alexander, Andrew Hayward
Correction to: Respiratory tract infection-related healthcare utilisation in children with Down’s syndrome
Logan Manikam, Anne G. M. Schilder, Monica Lakhanpaul, Peter Littlejohns, Emma C. Alexander, Andrew Hayward
Clinical relevance and impact of Corynebacterium isolation in lower respiratory tract of critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation
Simon Clariot, Ophélie Constant, Raphaël Lepeule, Vincent Fihman, Keyvan Razazi, Fabrice Cook, Arié Attias, Jean-Claude Merle, François Hemery, Eric Levesque, Jean-Winoc Decousser, Olivier Langeron, Nicolas Mongardon
Clostridioides difficile infections in the intensive care unit: a monocentric cohort study
Rebeca Cruz Aguilar, Jon Salmanton-García, Jonathan Carney, Boris Böll, Matthias Kochanek, Nathalie Jazmati, Oliver A. Cornely, Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild
Unusual dermatomycoses caused by Nannizzia nana: the geophilic origin of human infections
Sebastian Gnat, Dominik Łagowski, Aneta Nowakiewicz, Mariusz Dyląg
Diabetes mellitus increases mortality in acute pyelonephritis patients: a population study based on the National Health Insurance Claim Data of South Korea for 2010–2014
Bongyoung Kim, Rangmi Myung, Gheun-Ho Kim, Myoung-jae Lee, Jieun Kim, Hyunjoo Pai
Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in children compared with adults in Shandong Province, China
Wenjun Du, Jinhong Yu, Hui Wang, Xiaoguo Zhang, Shouwei Zhang, Qiang Li, Zhongfa Zhang
High effectiveness of recommended first-line antiretroviral therapies in Germany: a nationwide, prospective cohort study
Markus Bickel, Christian Hoffmann, Eva Wolf, Axel Baumgarten, Christoph Wyen, Christoph D. Spinner, Hans Jäger, Nils Postel, Stefan Esser, Markus Mueller, Albrecht Stoehr, Stefan Preis, Stephan Klauke, Knud Schewe, Practice Kreuzberg, Hubert Schulbin, Axel Baumgarten, Christoph Mayr, Wolfgang Schmidt, Jürgen Rockstroh, Christoph Wyen, Esther Voigt, Tim Kümmerle, Stefan Scholten, Stephan Schneeweiss, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Stefan Mauss, Stefan Esser, Markus Bickel, Stephan Klauke, Thomas Lutz, Frank Ackermann, Albrecht Stoehr, Andreas Plettenberg, Christian Hoffmann, Hans-Jürgen Stellbrink, Michael Sabranski, Carl Knud Schewe, Matthias Stoll, Hans Heiken, Hans Jäger, Ramona Pauli, Werner Becker, Johannes Bogner, Christoph D. Spinner, Stefan Christensen, Markus Mueller, Albrecht Ulmer, Jürgen Wasem, Anja Neumann
Controversies in the therapeutic approach to congenital cytomegalovirus infection
María Garrido-Barbero, Juan Arnaez, Alfredo Garcia-Alix
A horse and a zebra: an atypical clinical picture including Guillain-Barré syndrome, recurrent fever and mesenteric lymphadenopathy caused by two concomitant infections
Felix Amereller, Christian Lottspeich, Grete Buchholz, Karl Dichtl
Disseminated cytomegalovirus infection with bilateral adrenal pseudotumors masquerading as recurrent hematologic malignancy
Nicolo L. Cabrera, Alexandre E. Malek, Samuel Shelburne, Mahnaz Taremi, Hesham Awadh, Denise Francisco, Alison Robins, Elias Jabbour, Roy F. Chemaly
SARS-CoV-2 and Europe: timing of containment measures for outbreak control
Chenyu Li, Paola Romagnani, Albrecht von Brunn, Hans-Joachim Anders
Disseminated Nocardia farcinica infection in immunocompromised patient
Alexandre E. Malek, George M. Viola, Garret T. Seiler, Ariel D. Szvalb