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Infection

Issue 4/2020

Content (24 Articles)

Non-influenza respiratory viruses in adult patients admitted with influenza-like illness: a 3-year prospective multicenter study

François Bénézit, Paul Loubet, Florence Galtier, Charlotte Pronier, Nezha Lenzi, Zineb Lesieur, Stéphane Jouneau, Gisèle Lagathu, Anne-Sophie L’Honneur, Vincent Foulongne, Christine Vallejo, Sophie Alain, Xavier Duval, Nawal Houhou, Yolande Costa, Philippe Vanhems, Sélilah Amour, Fabrice Carrat, Bruno Lina, Odile Launay, Pierre Tattevin, P. Loulergue, S. Momcilovic, J. P. Mira, N. Marin, A. Regent, Kanaan, F. Dumas, B. Doumenc, J. F. Alexandra, H. Becheur, K. Belghalem, J. Bernard, A. Bleitreu, M. Boisseau, R. Bories, O. Brugiere, F. Brunet, C. Burdet, E. Casalino, M. Caseris, Chansiaux, M. Chauchard, P. Chavance, C. Choquet, Cloppet-Fontaine, L. Colosi, B. Couset, B. Crestani, F. Crocket, A. Debit, Delanoe, V. Descamps, P. Dieude, A. Dossier, N. Douron, E. Dupeyrat, N. Emeyrat, Fernet, T. Goulenok, S. Harent, Jouenne, A. Justet, M. Lachatre, A. Leleu, I. Lerat, M. Lilamand, H. Mal, A. Marceau, A.-C. Metivier, K. Oplelatora, T. Papo, A.-L. Pelletier, L. Pereira, P. Pradere, Prommier, P. Ralainnazava, M. Ranaivoision, A. Raynaud-Simon, C. Rioux, K. Sacre, V. Verry, V. Vuong, Y. Yazdapanah, P. Géraud, V. Driss, V. Maugueret, M. Ray, F. Letois, T. Mura, C. Merle, A. Bourdin, A. Konaté, X. Capdevilla, G. Du Cailar, A. Terminet, H. Blain, M.-S. Leglise, A. Le Quellec, P. Corne, L. Landreau, K. Klouche, A. Bourgeois, M. Sebbane, G. Mourad, H. Leray, M. Maarouf, D. Postil, S. Alcolea, E. Couve Deacon, S. Rogez, L. Argaud, K. Tazarourte, R. Hernu, M. Cour, M. Simon, T. Baudry, L. Jacquin, F. Lainé, B. Laviolle, J.-S. Allain, N. Belhomme, V. Thibault, S. Rochas, S. Cochennec, E. Ouamara-Digue, C. Lepape, M. Revest, S. Simon, J. Fouchard, C. Gautier, N. Nouredine, E. Thébault

Open Access Care Original Paper

Clinical management of ageing people living with HIV in Europe: the view of the care providers

Marta Boffito, Lene Ryom, Christoph Spinner, Esteban Martinez, Georg Behrens, Jürgen Rockstroh, Johannes Hohenauer, Karine Lacombe, Mina Psichogyiou, Norbert Voith, Patrick Mallon, Teresa Branco, Veronica Svedhem, Antonella dÁrminio Monforte

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Clinical management of ageing people living with HIV in Europe: the view of the care providers

Marta Boffito, Lene Ryom, Christoph Spinner, Esteban Martinez, Georg Behrens, Jürgen Rockstroh, Johannes Hohenauer, Karine Lacombe, Mina Psichogyiou, Norbert Voith, Patrick Mallon, Teresa Branco, Veronica Svedhem, Antonella dÁrminio Monforte

Antibiotic Original Paper

Clinical and economic effects of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention in a surgical intensive care unit

Hartmut Stocker, Cornelia Mehlhorn, Kati Jordan, Leila Eckholt, Laura Jefferys, Keikawus Arastéh

Correction

Correction to: Clinical and economic effects of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention in a surgical intensive care unit

Hartmut Stocker, Cornelia Mehlhorn, Kati Jordan, Leila Eckholt, Laura Jefferys, Keikawus Arastéh

Original Paper

The Shapiro–Procalcitonin algorithm (SPA) as a decision tool for blood culture sampling: validation in a prospective cohort study

Géraldine Wyss, Silvia Berger, Sebastian Haubitz, Hans Fankhauser, Ulrich Buergi, Beat Mueller, Philipp Schuetz, Christoph A. Fux, Anna Conen

Open Access Computed Tomography Original Paper

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis of severe pneumonias caused by Chlamydia psittaci

Xiancheng Chen, Ke Cao, Yu Wei, Yajun Qian, Jing Liang, Danjiang Dong, Jian Tang, Zhanghua Zhu, Qin Gu, Wenkui Yu

Open Access Coronavirus Original Paper

Clinical characteristics of 145 patients with corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taizhou, Zhejiang, China

Qingqing Chen, Zhencang Zheng, Chao Zhang, Xijiang Zhang, Huijuan Wu, Jingdong Wang, Shuwei Wang, Cheng Zheng

HIV-1 recombinant forms in immigrants regularly residing in Milan, northern Italy

Sabrina Bagaglio, Caterina Uberti-Foppa, Caterina Sagnelli, Alessia Lai, Hamid Hasson, Stefania Salpietro, Emanuela Messina, Giulia Morsica, Chiara Zaffina, Antonello Sica, Adriano Lazzarin, Silvia Angeletti, Evangelista Sagnelli, Brian Foley, Massimo Ciccozzi

Open Access Antibiotic Original Paper

Outcome of spinal implant-associated infections treated with or without biofilm-active antibiotics: results from a 10-year cohort study

Karolin Köder, Sebastian Hardt, Max S. Gellert, Judith Haupenthal, Nora Renz, Michael Putzier, Carsten Perka, Andrej Trampuz

Original Paper

Blood culture sampling rate in hospitalised children as a quality indicator for diagnostic stewardship

André Ricardo Araujo da Silva, Elena Jaszkowski, Tilmann Schober, Ulrich von Both, Melanie Meyer-Buehn, Ariana Hübner, Johannes Hübner

Coronavirus Original Paper

A simple algorithm helps early identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection patients with severe progression tendency

Qiang Li, Jianliang Zhang, Yun Ling, Weixia Li, Xiaoyu Zhang, Hongzhou Lu, Liang Chen

Antibiotic Original Paper

New EUCAST definitions of S, I and R from 2019 – German physicians are largely not aware of the changes

Nina Wantia, Sören G. Gatermann, Kathrin Rothe, Rebekka Laufenberg

Open Access Aminoglycoside Original Paper

Management of children with fever and neutropenia: results of a survey in 51 pediatric cancer centers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Max Scheler, Thomas Lehrnbecher, Andreas H. Groll, Ruth Volland, Hans-Jürgen Laws, Roland A. Ammann, Philipp Agyeman, Andishe Attarbaschi, Margaux Lux, Arne Simon

Open Access Coronavirus Original Paper

Studying the pathophysiology of coronavirus disease 2019: a protocol for the Berlin prospective COVID-19 patient cohort (Pa-COVID-19)

Florian Kurth, Maria Roennefarth, Charlotte Thibeault, Victor M. Corman, Holger Müller-Redetzky, Mirja Mittermaier, Christoph Ruwwe-Glösenkamp, Katrin M. Heim, Alexander Krannich, Saskia Zvorc, Sein Schmidt, Lucie Kretzler, Chantip Dang-Heine, Matthias Rose, Michael Hummel, Andreas Hocke, Ralf H. Hübner, Bastian Opitz, Marcus A. Mall, Jobst Röhmel, Ulf Landmesser, Burkert Pieske, Samuel Knauss, Matthias Endres, Joachim Spranger, Frank P. Mockenhaupt, Frank Tacke, Sascha Treskatsch, Stefan Angermair, Britta Siegmund, Claudia Spies, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Dirk Schürmann, Alexander Uhrig, Miriam S. Stegemann, Thomas Zoller, Christian Drosten, Norbert Suttorp, Martin Witzenrath, Stefan Hippenstiel, Christof von Kalle, Leif Erik Sander

Coronavirus Brief Report

Will the COVID-19 pandemic slow down in the Northern hemisphere by the onset of summer? An epidemiological hypothesis

Alexander Dzien, Christine Dzien-Bischinger, Monika Lechleitner, Hannes Winner, Günter Weiss

Open Access SARS-CoV-2 Brief Report

Perceived versus proven SARS-CoV-2-specific immune responses in health-care professionals

Georg M. N. Behrens, Anne Cossmann, Metodi V. Stankov, Torsten Witte, Diana Ernst, Christine Happle, Alexandra Jablonka

Complications of retained pacemaker hardware in heart transplant recipients: case series and review of the literature

Alexander Fardman, Eilon Ram, Jacob Lavee, Anat Wieder, Roy Beinart, Eyal Nof, Yael Peled

Open Access Tuberculosis Case Report

Corticosteroid therapy for the management of paradoxical inflammatory reaction in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Macky M. Done, Onno W. Akkerman, Wud Al-Kailany, Wiel C. M. de Lange, Gonda de Jonge, Johanneke Kleinnijenhuis, Riejanne Stienstra, Tjip S. van der Werf

SARS-CoV-2 Case Report

Successful management of the first reported case in Austria of COVID-19 with ARDS

T. Seitz, W. Hoepler, L. Weseslindtner, J. H. Aberle, S. W. Aberle, E. Puchhammer-Stoeckl, S. Baumgartner, M. Traugott, M. Karolyi, E. Pawelka, I. Niculescu, E. Friese, S. Neuhold, D. Stahl, C. Madl, A. Zoufaly, C. Wenisch, H. Laferl

Correspondence

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and the skip phenomenon

Raj Palraj, M. Rizwan Sohail, Larry M. Baddour

Necrotizing Fasciitis Images in Infection

An unusual clinical presentation of necrotizing fasciitis

Athanasios Papanikolaou, Jon Brugger, Parham Sendi, Radu Olariu

Correction

Correction to: Occult HBV infection in the oncohematological setting

C. Sagnelli, M. Macera, M. Pisaturo, R. Zampino, N. Coppola, E. Sagnelli

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
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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.