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Infection

Issue 6/2014

Content (19 Articles)

Review

Intestinal barrier dysfunction in HIV infection: pathophysiology, clinical implications and potential therapies

S. F. Assimakopoulos, D. Dimitropoulou, M. Marangos, C. A. Gogos

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Diagnostic performance of serum high-sensitivity procalcitonin and serum C-reactive protein tests for detecting bacterial infection in febrile neutropenia

Mizuki Aimoto, Hideo Koh, Takako Katayama, Hiroshi Okamura, Takuro Yoshimura, Shiro Koh, Satoru Nanno, Mitsutaka Nishimoto, Asao Hirose, Mika Nakamae, Takahiko Nakane, Hirohisa Nakamae, Hiroshi Kakeya, Masayuki Hino

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Clindamycin–primaquine for pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in renal transplant patients

P. Nickel, M. Schürmann, H. Albrecht, R. Schindler, K. Budde, T. Westhoff, J. Millward, N. Suttorp, P. Reinke, D. Schürmann

Original Paper

Bloodstream infection due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-positive K. pneumoniae and E. coli: an analysis of the disease burden in a large cohort

R. Leistner, S. Gürntke, C. Sakellariou, L. A. Denkel, A. Bloch, P. Gastmeier, F. Schwab

Open Access Original Paper

Risk factors for linezolid-associated thrombocytopenia in adult patients

B. Natsumoto, K. Yokota, F. Omata, K. Furukawa

Original Paper

Risk factors for enterococcal infection and colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci in critically ill patients

M. Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, E. Drougka, F. Fligou, F. Kolonitsiou, A. Liakopoulos, V. Dodou, E. D. Anastassiou, E. Petinaki, M. Marangos, K. S. Filos, I. Spiliopoulou

Original Paper

Risk factor for death in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: are biomarkers useful to foresee the prognosis in this population of patients?

K. S. R. Massaro, R. Macedo, B. S. de Castro, F. Dulley, M. S. Oliveira, M. A. S. Yasuda, A. S. Levin, S. F. Costa

Brief Report

Detection and quantification of EBV, HHV-6 and CMV DNA in the gastrointestinal tract of HIV-positive patients

F. Falasca, P. Maida, A. Gaeta, S. Verzaro, I. Mezzaroma, A. Fantauzzi, G. Donato, E. Bonci, C. Castilletti, G. Antonelli, O. Turriziani

Case Report

Fatal Strongyloides hyper-infection in a patient with myasthenia gravis

M. Saraei, B. Hosseinbigi, M. Shahnazi, B. Bijani

Case Report

Emerging pathogen: a case and review of Raoultella planticola

A. Ershadi, E. Weiss, E. Verduzco, D. Chia, M. Sadigh

Open Access Case Report

Acinetobacter junii as an aetiological agent of corneal ulcer

G. Broniek, E. Langwińska-Wośko, J. Szaflik, M. Wróblewska

Case Report

Systemic Listeria monocytogenes infection in a 2-year-old immunocompetent child

D. Lobotková, E. Dická, V. Rolný, I. Stankovič, P. Čižnár

Case Report

Placental Schistosoma haematobium infection in a German returnee from Malawi

B. T. Schleenvoigt, M. Gajda, M. Baier, T. Groten, H. Oppel-Heuchel, M. O. Grimm, W. Pfister, J. Richter, M. W. Pletz

Correspondence

No reactivation of JCV in bone marrow of follicular lymphoma patients treated front-line with rituximab plus 90y-ibritumomab tiuxetan

D. Focosi, L. Macera, E. Ciabatti, S. Galimberti, M. Petrini, A. M. Carella, M. Pistello, L. Ceccherini-Nelli, F. Maggi

Correspondence

So, if I travel to “Venezuela”, can I get coccidioidomycosis?

A. J. Rodriguez-Morales, C. E. Jiménez-Canizales, A. Mondragón-Cardona, A. Taype-Rondán, J. A. Vargas-Gandica

Images in Infection

Oral manifestation of lepromatous leprosy: diagnosis and management

J. P. S. Servato, L. F. Barbosa De Paulo, P. R. De Faria, S. V. Cardoso, A. M. Loyola

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 discuss last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.