Issue 4/2024
Content (48 Articles)
Guarding the gatekeepers: a comprehensive approach to control nosocomial measles
- Open Access
- Vaccination
- Review
Andrew Limavady, I.-Ting Tu, Helen Bedford
Post COVID-19 vaccination medium vessel vasculitis: a systematic review of case reports
- Vasculitis
- Review
Vivek Sanker, Maneeth Mylavarapu, Prakash Gupta, Naureen Syed, Maitri Shah, Venkata Vamshi Krishna Dondapati
Incipient tuberculosis: a comprehensive overview
- Open Access
- Tuberculosis
- Review
Salvatore Rotundo, Maria Teresa Tassone, Francesca Serapide, Alessandro Russo, Enrico Maria Trecarichi
Estimates of global and regional prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection among individuals with obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Review
Alireza Sadeghi, Fatemeh Nouri, Ehsan Taherifard, Mohammad Amin Shahlaee, Niloofar Dehdari Ebrahimi
Impact of multidrug resistance on the virulence and fitness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a microbiological and clinical perspective
- Open Access
- Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
- Review
Elena Sendra, Almudena Fernández-Muñoz, Laura Zamorano, Antonio Oliver, Juan Pablo Horcajada, Carlos Juan, Silvia Gómez-Zorrilla
Endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular risk in post-COVID-19 patients after 6- and 12-months SARS-CoV-2 infection
- Open Access
- Post-COVID Syndrome
- Research
Paula Poyatos, Neus Luque, Gladis Sabater, Saioa Eizaguirre, Marc Bonnin, Ramon Orriols, Olga Tura-Ceide
Influenza vaccination patterns among at-risk patients during the Covid-19 pandemic—a retrospective cross-sectional study based on claims data
- Open Access
- Vaccination
- Research
Andreas Plate, Christophe Bagnoud, Thomas Rosemann, Oliver Senn, Stefania Di Gangi
In-label, off-label prescription, efficacy and tolerability of dalbavancin: report from a National Registry
- Open Access
- Osteomyelitis
- Research
Silvano Esposito, Pasquale Pagliano, Giuseppe De Simone, Amedeo Guarino, Angelo Pan, Paola Brambilla, Claudio Mastroianni, Miriam Lichtner, Pierluigi Brugnaro, Anna Carretta, Teresa Santantonio, Gaetano Brindicci, Giuliana Carrega, Francesca Montagnani, Giuseppe Lapadula, Anna Spolti, Roberto Luzzati, Elisabetta Schiaroli, Vittoria Scaglione, Carlo Pallotto, Danilo Tacconi, Francesco Quintieri, Enrico Trecarichi
Epidemiology and treatment of invasive Bartonella spp. infections in the United States
- Endocarditis
- Research
Morgan Pizzuti, Pamela Bailey, Caroline Derrick, Benjamin Albrecht, Amy L. Carr, Elizabeth W. Covington, Connor R. Deri, Sarah B. Green, Jillian Hayes, Athena L. V. Hobbs, Krutika Mediwala Hornback, Elizabeth Keil, Jack G. Lukas, Megan Seddon, Alex D. Taylor, Joseph Torrisi, P. Brandon Bookstaver
Portable smartphone-based molecular test for rapid detection of Leishmania spp.
- Open Access
- Leishmania
- Research
Rea Maja Kobialka, Arianna Ceruti, Madhurima Roy, Sutopa Roy, Rajashree Chowdhury, Prakash Ghosh, Faria Hossain, Manfred Weidmann, Elena Graf, Jesus Bueno Alvarez, Javier Moreno, Uwe Truyen, Dinesh Mondal, Mitali Chatterjee, Ahmed Abd El Wahed
Sepsis incidence, suspicion, prediction and mortality in emergency medical services: a cohort study related to the current international sepsis guideline
- Open Access
- Septicemia
- Research
Silke Piedmont, Ludwig Goldhahn, Enno Swart, Bernt-Peter Robra, Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek, Rajan Somasundaram, Wolfgang Bauer
Factors associated with severe infection in rheumatoid arthritis patients: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
- Open Access
- COVID-19
- Research
Aya Embaby, Lobna A. Maged, Hoda M. Abdel-Hamid, Khaled T. El Hadidi
Protective role of SARS-CoV-2 anti-S IgG against breakthrough infections among European healthcare workers during pre and post-Omicron surge—ORCHESTRA project
- Open Access
- SARS-CoV-2
- Research
Gianluca Spiteri, Marika D’Agostini, Mahsa Abedini, Giorgia Ditano, Giulia Collatuzzo, Paolo Boffetta, Luigi Vimercati, Emanuele Sansone, Giuseppe De Palma, Alberto Modenese, Fabriziomaria Gobba, Filippo Liviero, Angelo Moretto, Marco dell’Omo, Tiziana Fiordi, Francesca Larese Filon, Marcella Mauro, Concepción Violán, Dana Mates, Jana Oravec Bérešová, Maria Grazia Lourdes Monaco, Angela Carta, Giuseppe Verlato, Stefano Porru
Canonical notch activation in patients with scrub typhus: association with organ dysfunction and poor outcome
- Open Access
- Typhoid Fever
- Research
Jan K. Damås, Kari Otterdal, Elisabeth Astrup, Tove Lekva, Jeshina Janardhanan, Annika Michelsen, Pål Aukrust, George M. Varghese, Thor Ueland
Improving antimicrobial treatment in terms of antimicrobial stewardship and health costs by an OPAT service
- Open Access
- Research
Andrea R. Burch, Bruno Ledergerber, Martin Ringer, Maria Padrutt, Claudine Reiber, Fabienne Mayer, Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Nadia Eberhard, Marisa B. Kaelin, Barbara Hasse
How common is otogenic meningitis? A retrospective study in southern Sweden over 18 years
- Open Access
- Meningitis
- Research
Nora Bjar, Ann Hermansson, Marie Gisselsson-Solen
Deficits in blood culture collection in the emergency department if sepsis is suspected: results of a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Septicemia
- Research
Charlotte Berninghausen, Frank Schwab, Alexander Gropmann, Bernd A. Leidel, Rajan Somasundaram, Lydia Hottenbacher, Petra Gastmeier, Sonja Hansen
Preadmission course and management of severe pediatric group A streptococcal infections during the 2022–2023 outbreak: a single-center experience
- Open Access
- Pharyngitis
- Research
Nina Schöbi, Andrea Duppenthaler, Matthias Horn, Andreas Bartenstein, Kristina Keitel, Matthias V. Kopp, Philipp Agyeman, Christoph Aebi
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) in Germany: insights and clinical outcomes from the K-APAT cohort study
- Open Access
- Antibiotic
- Research
Kirsten Schmidt-Hellerau, Nina Baade, Marina Günther, Nadine Scholten, Christoph Heinrich Lindemann, Charlotte Leisse, Charlotte Oberröhrmann, Sophie Peter, Norma Jung, Isabelle Suarez, Carola Horn, Peter Ihle, Jutta Küpper-Nybelen, Anna Hagemeier, Martin Hellmich, Clara Lehmann
Granulocytes in cerebrospinal fluid of adults suspected of a central nervous system infection: a prospective study of diagnostic accuracy
- Open Access
- Meningitis
- Research
Steven L. Staal, Sabine E. Olie, Liora ter Horst, Ingeborg E. van Zeggeren, Diederik van de Beek, Matthijs C. Brouwer
Dietary habits, traveling and the living situation potentially influence the susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection: results from healthcare workers participating in the RisCoin Study
- Open Access
- COVID-19
- Research
Paul R. Wratil, Thu Giang Le Thi, Andreas Osterman, Irina Badell, Melanie Huber, Ana Zhelyazkova, Sven P. Wichert, Anna Litwin, Stefan Hörmansdorfer, Frances Strobl, Veit Grote, Tarek Jebrini, Helga P. Török, Veit Hornung, Alexander Choukér, Berthold Koletzko, Kristina Adorjan, Sibylle Koletzko, Oliver T. Keppler
Incidence and risk factors for HIV-tuberculosis coinfection in the Cologne–Bonn region: a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Tuberculosis
- Research
Isabelle Suárez, Dominic Rauschning, Cora Schüller, Anna Hagemeier, Melanie Stecher, Clara Lehmann, Philipp Schommers, Stefan Schlabe, Jörg-Janne Vehreschild, Carolin Koll, Carolynne Schwarze-Zander, Jan-Christian Wasmuth, Angela Klingmüller, Jürgen Kurt Rockstroh, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Christoph Boesecke, Jan Rybniker
Natural and hybrid immunity after SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents
- Open Access
- SARS-CoV-2
- Research
T. Rothoeft, C. Maier, A. Talarico, A. Hoffmann, A. Schlegtendal, B. Lange, A. Petersmann, R. Denz, N. Timmesfeld, N. Toepfner, E. Vidal-Blanco, S. Pfaender, T. Lücke, F. Brinkmann
Use of nebulized liposomal amphotericin B and posaconazole as antifungal prophylaxis in patients with severe SARS-CoV2 infection in intensive care unit
- Open Access
- Amphotericin B
- Research
Benedetta Fumarola, Liana Signorini, Silvia Lorenzotti, Paola Lanza, Barbara Saccani, Evelyn Van Hauwermeiren, Alice Mulè, Simone Piva, Matteo Rota, Francesco Zuccalà, Francesco Antonio Rasulo, Matteo Filippini, Alberto Bertazzoli, Giovanni Del Fabro, Alberto Matteelli
Sepsis and case fatality rates and associations with deprivation, ethnicity, and clinical characteristics: population-based case–control study with linked primary care and hospital data in England
- Open Access
- Septicemia
- Research
Tjeerd Pieter van Staa, Alexander Pate, Glen P. Martin, Anita Sharma, Paul Dark, Tim Felton, Xiaomin Zhong, Sian Bladon, Neil Cunningham, Ellie L. Gilham, Colin S. Brown, Mariyam Mirfenderesky, Victoria Palin, Diane Ashiru-Oredope
The agreement between bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchial wash and sputum culture: a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Expectoration
- Research
Anne-Eva Post, Erik Bathoorn, Douwe F. Postma, Dirk-Jan Slebos, Onno W. Akkerman
The projected increase of vertebral osteomyelitis in Germany implies a demanding challenge for future healthcare management of aging populations
- Open Access
- Osteomyelitis
- Research
Vincent Johann Heck, Tobias Prasse, Kristina Klug, Juan Manuel Vinas-Rios, Stavros Oikonomidis, Alexander Klug, Nikolaus Kernich, Maximilian Weber, Nicolas von der Höh, Maximilian Lenz, Sebastian Gottfried Walter, Bastian Himpe, Peer Eysel, Max Joseph Scheyerer
Anti-spike antibody level is associated with the risk of clinical progression among subjects hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia: results from a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- COVID-19
- Research
Giuseppe Lapadula, Luca Mezzadri, Giustina Lo Cascio, Laura Antolini, Sergio Malandrin, Alice Ranzani, Silvia Limonta, Annalisa Cavallero, Paolo Bonfanti
Assessment of a novel BLOOMY score for predicting mortality in hospitalised adults with bloodstream infection
- Open Access
- Septicemia
- Research
Johanna Tietäväinen, Tapio Seiskari, Janne Aittoniemi, Heini Huhtala, Jukka Mustonen, Reetta Huttunen, Jaana Syrjänen, Juha Rannikko
Real-world application of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with onset of symptoms beyond 5 days: a comparative study
- Ritonavir
- Research
Wen Luo, Ke-Yi Li, Chunmei Dai, Wenliang Zhu, Juan Lin, Fang Lu, Qiujuan Chen, Wanyu Wang, Qihong Zhuang, Yihua Lin
Adherence to and clinical utility of “quality indicators” for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a retrospective, multicenter study
- Open Access
- Antibiotic
- Research
Shinnosuke Fukushima, Hideharu Hagiya, Naoki Kuninaga, Yuto Haruki, Haruto Yamada, Yoshitaka Iwamoto, Masayo Yoshida, Kota Sato, Yoshihisa Hanayama, Shuichi Tanaka, Tomoko Miyoshi, Yuki Otsuka, Keigo Ueda, Fumio Otsuka
Prediction of new-onset atrial fibrillation with the C2HEST score in patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia
- Open Access
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Research
Daniele Pastori, Danilo Menichelli, Giulio Francesco Romiti, Angela Pia Speziale, Pasquale Pignatelli, Stefania Basili, Francesco Violi, Roberto Cangemi
The prevalence of human papillomavirus in ocular surface squamous neoplasia in HIV positive and negative patients in a South African population
- Open Access
- Human Papillomavirus
- Research
Loren N. Odendaal, Corinna Andreae, Micheline Sanderson-November, Dan Zaharie, Derrick P. Smit
Association of common maternal infections with birth outcomes: a multinational cohort study
- Premature Birth
- Research
Jian-Rong He, Gabriella Tikellis, Ora Paltiel, Mark Klebanoff, Per Magnus, Kate Northstone, Jean Golding, Mary H. Ward, Martha S. Linet, Sjurdur F. Olsen, Gary S. Phillips, Stanley Lemeshow, Xiu Qiu, Jane E. Hirst, Terence Dwyer
Challenges in assessing the immunization status of adults in Germany—lessons from a population-based VACCELERATE survey on polio vaccination
- Open Access
- Vaccination
- Research
Julia A. Nacov, Jannik Stemler, Jon Salmanton-García, Louise M. Cremer, Markus Zeitlinger, Patrick W. G. Mallon, Zoi Dorothea Pana, Heinz-Josef Schmitt, Oliver A. Cornely
Evaluation of the practice of reprocessing ORs in German hospitals from an infection prevention and control perspective
- Open Access
- Research
C Grimm, S Scheithauer, T Artelt, A Stieber, J Erlenwein, M Schuster, M Bauer, Reiner M. Waeschle
Use of oxazolidinones (linezolid or tedizolid) for the treatment of breast infections. A case series from a tertiary referral hospital
- Linezolid
- Brief Report
Cristina Kirkegaard, Carlos Javier Parramón-Teixidó, Clara Morales-Comas, Susana Clemente Bautista, Joaquín Rivero Deniz, Nuria Fernández-Hidalgo
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing as a diagnostic tool in the clinical routine of an infectious diseases department: a retrospective cohort study
- Open Access
- Immunodeficiency
- Brief Report
Sven Kalbitz, Jörg Ermisch, Nils Kellner, Olaf Nickel, Stephan Borte, Kathrin Marx, Christoph Lübbert
Gentamicin combination treatment is associated with lower mortality in patients with invasive listeriosis: a retrospective analysis
- Open Access
- Gentamicin
- Brief Report
Jan P. Sutter, Lorenz Kocheise, Jan Kempski, Martin Christner, Dominic Wichmann, Hans Pinnschmidt, Stefan Schmiedel, Ansgar W. Lohse, Samuel Huber, Thomas Theo Brehm
Thoracic manifestations of tularaemia: a case series
- Francisella Tularensis
- Case Report
M. Vacca, B. Wilhelms, S. Zange, K. Avsar, W. Gesierich, M. Heiß-Neumann
Recurrent, ICD-associated L. monocytogenes bacteraemia with multiple septic pulmonary embolisms over a 2-year period
- Open Access
- Listeria Monocytogenes
- Case Report
Astrid Füszl, Stefanie Schindler, Florian Heger, Mateusz Markowicz, Alexander Indra, Ariane Pietzka, Patrick Hyden, Adriana Cabal, René R. Wenzel
Haemophilus influenzae endocarditis: a case report and literature review
- Endocarditis
- Case Report
Nadim Jaafar, Akshay Duddu, Siddartha Guru, Ibukunolupo Oni
Hypercalcemia as a rare manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in a person living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) with disseminated nontuberculous mycobacteriosis
- Open Access
- Hypercalcemia
- Case Report
Maximilian Webendoerfer, Margarethe Konik, Markus Zettler, Johannes Wienker, Josefine Rawitzer, Stefan Esser, Jan Kehrmann, Ken Herrmann, Hans Christian Reinhardt, Oliver Witzke, Sebastian Dolff
First imported case of Candida auris infection in Milan, Italy: genomic characterisation
- Open Access
- Flucytosine
- Case Report
Sara Giordana Rimoldi, Riccardo Nodari, Alberto Rizzo, Alessandro Tamoni, Concetta Longobardi, Cristina Pagani, Silvia Grosso, Federica Salari, Laura Galimberti, Pietro Olivieri, Giuliano Rizzardini, Emanuele Catena, Spinello Antinori, Francesco Comandatore, Antonio Castelli, Maria Rita Gismondo
No increased rates of COVID-19 breakthrough infections in Altötting, a Bavarian district with a history of environmental PFOA contamination—results from a retrospective observational study
- Open Access
- COVID-19
- Correspondence
Andreas Beyerlein, Stefanie Heinze, Caroline Quartucci, Katharina Katz
Differential diagnosis between kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus cytokine syndrome and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
- Open Access
- Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
- Correspondence
Mario Luppi, Andrea Cona, Patrizia Barozzi, Giovanni Riva, Alessandra Mularoni
Connecting the dots: spots on the skin, weakness within
- Open Access
- Chickenpox
- Image
Luisa Freyer, John Michael Hoppe, Inas Saleh, Stefan Brunner, Judith Spiro, Julius Steffen, Eleni Pappa
