Issue 3/2021
Content (48 Articles)
The Role of Macrolides for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Pneumonia by the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): A Position Paper by Four Medical Societies from Greece
Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, George L. Daikos, Panagiotis Gargalianos, Charalambos Gogos, Marios Lazanas, Periklis Panagopoulos, Garyphallia Poulakou, Helen Sambatakou, Michael Samarkos
Pertussis in Individuals with Co-morbidities: A Systematic Review
Denis Macina, Keith E. Evans
Bacteriophage Proteome: Insights and Potentials of an Alternate to Antibiotics
Bilal Aslam, Muhammad Imran Arshad, Muhammad Aamir Aslam, Saima Muzammil, Abu Baker Siddique, Nafeesa Yasmeen, Mohsin Khurshid, Maria Rasool, Moeed Ahmad, Muhammad Hidayat Rasool, Mohammad Fahim, Riaz Hussain, Xueshan Xia, Zulqarnain Baloch
Systematic Review and Subgroup Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials to Determine Tocilizumab’s Place in COVID-19 Pneumonia
Timothée Klopfenstein, Vincent Gendrin, Aurélie Gerazime, Thierry Conrozier, Jean-Charles Balblanc, Pierre-Yves Royer, Anne Lohse, Chaouki Mezher, Lynda Toko, Cerise Guillochon, Julio Badie, Alix Pierron, N.’dri Juliette Kadiane-Oussou, Marc Puyraveau, Souheil Zayet
Systematic Literature Review of Real-world Evidence of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam for the Treatment of Respiratory Infections
Laura Puzniak, Ryan Dillon, Thomas Palmer, Hannah Collings, Ashley Enstone
Impact of Sexualized Substance Use and Other Risk Practices on HCV Microelimination in gbMSM Living with HIV: Urgent Need for Targeted Strategies. Results of a Retrospective Cohort Study
María Martínez-Rebollar, Lorena De La Mora, Miriam Campistol, Bruno Cabrera, Albert Bagué, Elisa De Lazzari, Berta Torres, Ana González-Cordón, Alexy Inciarte, Juan Ambrosioni, Esteban Martínez, José L. Blanco, Xavier Forns, Jordi Blanch, Josep Mallolas, Montserrat Laguno
Prevalence and Mortality due to COVID-19 in HIV Co-Infected Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Min Liang, Ning Luo, Mafeng Chen, Chunna Chen, Shivank Singh, Shantanu Singh, Shifan Tan
Comparisons of Serologic Responses of Early Syphilis to Treatment with a Single-Dose Benzathine Penicillin G Between HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Patients
Kuan-Yin Lin, Chia-Jui Yang, Hsin-Yun Sun, Yu-Chung Chuang, Lan-Hsin Chang, Wen-Chun Liu, Yi-Ching Su, Sui-Yuan Chang, Chien-Ching Hung, Shan-Chwen Chang
Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Rifampicin-Resistant MTB) and Associated Risk Actors Among Pulmonary Presumptive TB Patients in Eastern Amhara, Ethiopia: 2015–2019
Araya Gebreyesus Wasihun, Genet Gebrehiwet Hailu, Tsehaye Asmelash Dejene
Cytomegalovirus Infection and the Implications of Drug-Resistant Mutations in Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Hospital in China
Uet Yu, Xiaodong Wang, Xiaoling Zhang, Chunjing Wang, Chunlan Yang, Xiaohui Zhou, Yue Li, Xiaochan Huang, Jing Wen, Feiqiu Wen, Sixi Liu
Randomized Prospective Open Label Study Shows No Impact on Clinical Outcome of Adding Losartan to Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Mild Hypoxemia
Matthew Geriak, Fadi Haddad, Ravina Kullar, Kristina L. Greenwood, MacKenzie Habib, Cole Habib, David Willms, George Sakoulas
Meta-Analysis of Efficacy and Safety of Coformulated Bictegravir, Emtricitabine, and Tenofovir Alafenamide Among People Living with HIV
I-Wen Chen, Hsin-Yun Sun, Chien-Ching Hung
Development and Validation of a Clinical Predictive Model for Bacterial Infection in Hepatitis B Virus-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
Zhongwei Zhang, Ke Ma, Zhongyuan Yang, Qiuyu Cheng, Xue Hu, Meiqi Liu, Yunhui Liu, Tingting Liu, Meng Zhang, Xiaoping Luo, Tao Chen, Qin Ning
Screening for Cryptococcal Antigenemia and Burden of Cryptococcosis at the Time of HIV Diagnosis: A Retrospective Multicenter Study
Sung-Hsi Huang, Chun-Yuan Lee, Chin-Shiang Tsai, Mao-Song Tsai, Chun-Eng Liu, Wei-Ting Hsu, Hong-An Chen, Wang-Da Liu, Chia-Jui Yang, Hsin-Yun Sun, Wen-Chien Ko, Po-Liang Lu, Yuan-Ti Lee, Chien-Ching Hung, Hsin-Yun Sun, Yu-Shan Huang, Sui-Yuan Chang, Pei-Ying Wu, Ling-Ya Chen, Jun-Yu Zhang, Hsi-Yen Chang, Wen-Chun Liu, Yi-Ching Su, Chien-Ching Hung, Ning-Chi Wang, Te -Yu Lin, Kuan-Yin Lin, Chia-Jui Yang, Hong-An Chen, Mao-Song Tsai, Yi-Chieh Lee, Chien-Yu Cheng, Shu-Hsing Cheng, Yi-Chia Huang, Sung-Hsi Huang, Yuan-Ti Lee, Jia-Juen Lin, Shih-Ping Lin, Chia-Yin Hsieh, Hsiu-Wen Wang, Mao-Wang Ho, Chung-Eng Liu, Yu-Lin Lee, Guan-Jhou Chen, Chi-Ying Lin, Tung-Che Hung, Hung- Jen Tang, Huei-Chun Ku, Chia-Wen Li, Chin-Shiang Tsai, Nan-Yao Lee, Wen-Chien Ko, Po-Liang Lu, Chun-Yuan Lee, Yen-Hsu Chen, Chen-Hsiang Lee, Hung-Chin Tsai, Tun-Chieh Che
Dynamic Antibody Responses in Patients with Different Severity of COVID-19: A Retrospective Study
Wanrong Lu, Ping Wu, Liang He, Yifan Meng, Peng Wu, Wencheng Ding, Jia Liu
Dynamic Changes in the Immune Response Correlate with Disease Severity and Outcomes During Infection with SARS-CoV-2
Fang Zheng, Ruochan Chen, Run Yao, Yaxiong Huang, Xin Tan, Jiyang Liu, Ning Li, Yuanlin Xie
Impact of Inflammatory Response Modifiers on the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Infections in Patients with COVID-19
Fernanda Meira, Estela Moreno-García, Laura Linares, Irene Macaya, Adria Tomé, Marta Hernández-Meneses, Laia Albiach, Laura Morata, Laura Letona, Marta Bodro, Alberto Cózar-Llistó, Celia Cardozo, Mariana Chumbita, Cristina Pitart, Juan Ambrosioni, Verónica Rico, Daiana Agüero, Pedro Puerta-Alcalde, Nicole Garcia-Pouton, Francesc Marco, Carolina Garcia-Vidal, Alex Soriano, José Antonio Martínez
Exploring the Clinical Utility of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infection
Guijuan Xie, Bo Zhao, Xun Wang, Liang Bao, Yiming Xu, Xian Ren, Jiali Ji, Ting He, Hongqing Zhao
BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia Panel for Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Subgroup Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial
Evdoxia Kyriazopoulou, Athanasios Karageorgos, Lydia Liaskou-Antoniou, Panagiotis Koufargyris, Asimina Safarika, Georgia Damoraki, Vasileios Lekakis, Maria Saridaki, George Adamis, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis
The Comparative Influence of 2 and 4 Weeks Preoperative Antituberculosis Treatment on Spinal Tuberculosis Surgery: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial
Jun Fan, Tinglong Lan, Kai Tang, Guirong Wang, Weijie Dong, Dawei Li, Guangxuan Yan, Yuan Li, Guohua Lei, Jianlin Shan, Qinglei Wang, Jianhua Ma, Hairong Huang, Shibing Qin
Effectiveness of a Clinical Pathway for Hepatic Cystic Echinococcosis Surgery in Kashi Prefecture, Northwestern China: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis
Irshat Ibrahim, Abudoukeyimu Yasheng, Kahaer Tuerxun, Qi-Lin Xu, Maimaitituerxun Tuerdi, Yuan-Quan Wu
Outcomes for Patients with Urinary Tract Infection After an Initial Intravenous Antibiotics Dose Before Emergency Department Discharge
Xue-Er Poh, Kuan-Han Wu, Chien-Chih Chen, Jyun-Bin Huang, Fu-Jen Cheng, I-Min Chiu
A Novel Prediction Model of COVID-19 Progression: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Wei Xu, ChenLu Huang, Ling Fei, WeiXia Li, XuDong Xie, Qiang Li, Liang Chen
In Search of the SARS-CoV-2 Protection Correlate: Head-to-Head Comparison of Two Quantitative S1 Assays in Pre-characterized Oligo-/Asymptomatic Patients
Raquel Rubio-Acero, Noemi Castelletti, Volker Fingerle, Laura Olbrich, Abhishek Bakuli, Roman Wölfel, Philipp Girl, Katharina Müller, Simon Jochum, Matthias Strobl, Michael Hoelscher, Andreas Wieser, Emad Alamoudi, Jared Anderson, Valeria Baldassare, Maximilian Baumann, Marieke Behlen, Marc Becker, Jessica Beyerl, Rebecca Böhnlein, Isabel Brand, Anna Brauer, Vera Britz, Jan Bruger, Friedrich Caroli, Lorenzo Contento, Alina Czwienzek, Flora Deák, Emma Dech, Laura Dech, Maximillian N. Diefenbach, Jana Diekmannshemke, Anna Do, Gerhard Dobler, Ute Eberle, Juergen Durner, Ute Eberle, Judith Eckstein, Tabea Eser, Philine Falk, Jonathan Frese, Stefanie Fischer, Felix Forster, Turid Frahnow, Jonathan Frese, Günter Fröschl, Christiane Fuchs, Mercè Garí, Marius Gasser, Sonja Gauder, Otto Geisenberger, Christof Geldmacher, Kristina Gillig, Elias Golschan, Vitus Grauvogl, Jessica Michelle Guggenbuehl Noller, Celina Halfmann, Tim Haselwarter, Jan Hasenauer, Arlett Heiber, Matthias Herrmann, Stefan Hillmann, Christian Hinske, Janna Hoefflin, Tim Hofberger, Michael Höfinger, Larissa Hoffmann, Sacha Horn, Kristina Huber, Christian Janke, Ursula Kappl, Charlotte Kiani, Isabel Klugherz, Norah Kreider, Inge Kroidl, Arne Kroidl, Magdalena Lang, Clemens Lang, Silvan Lange, Ekaterina Lapteva, Michael Laxy, Ronan Le Gleut, Reiner Leidl, Felix Lindner, Alexander Maczka, Alicia Markgraf, Paula Matcau, Rebecca Mayrhofer, Anna-Maria Mekota, Hannah Müller, Dafni Metaxa, Leonie Pattard, Ivana Paunovic, Claire Pleimelding, Michel Pletschette, Michael Pritsch, Stephan Prückner, Kerstin Puchinger, Konstantin Pusl, Peter Pütz, Katja Radon, Elba Raimúndez, Julius Raschka, Jakob Reich, Friedrich Riess, Camila Rothe, Elmar Saathoff, Nicole Schäfer, Yannik Schälte, Paul Schandelmaier, Lara Schneider, Sophie Schultz, Mirjam Schunk, Lars Schwettmann, Heidi Seibold, Peter Sothmann, Paul Stapor, Jeni Tang, Fabian Theis, Verena Thiel, Sophie Thiesbrummel, Eva Thumser, Niklas Thur, Julian Ullrich, Julia Waibel, Claudia Wallrauch, Simon Winter, Julia Wolff, Pia Wullinger, Tobias Würfel, Patrick Wustrow, Houda Yaqine, Sabine Zange, Eleftheria Zeggini, Thomas Zimmermann, Lea Zuche
Effect of Additional Clostridium butyricum on the Intestinal Flora of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Treated with Entecavir
Yu-Xia Lu, Yi-Zhong Chang, Ping Liang, Chang-Qing Yang
Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Vancomycin, Linezolid, Tedizolid, and Daptomycin in Treating Patients with Suspected or Proven Complicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: An Updated Network Meta-Analysis
Jingjuan Feng, Feng Xiang, Jian Cheng, Yeli Gou, Jun Li
Cytomegalovirus Glycoprotein Polymorphisms and Increasing Viral Load in Non-Transplant Patients with Hematological Malignancies Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Prospective Observational Study
Imene Handous, Naila Hannachi, Bechir Achour, Manel Marzouk, Olfa Hazgui, Abderrahim Khelif, Jalel Boukadida
Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens Among Children Hospitalized for Pneumonia in Xiamen: A Retrospective Study
Yong-Peng Sun, Xin-Yi Zheng, Hai-Xia Zhang, Xiao-Man Zhou, Xin-Zhu Lin, Zi-Zheng Zheng, Jun Zhang, Ying-Ying Su, Yu-Lin Zhou
Long-Term Patient-Centred Follow-up in a Prospective Cohort of Patients with COVID-19
Elda Righi, Massimo Mirandola, Fulvia Mazzaferri, Elisa Razzaboni, Amina Zaffagnini, Anna Erbogasto, Ilaria Dalla Vecchia, Nina Auerbach, Federico Ivaldi, Maria Mongardi, Pietro Minuz, Michele Milella, Sara Mehrabi, Oliviero Olivieri, Domenico Girelli, Enrico Polati, Claudio Micheletto, Evelina Tacconelli
Short-Course Versus Long-Course Systemic Antibiotic Treatment for Uncomplicated Intravascular Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections due to Gram-Negative Bacteria, Enterococci or Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci: A Systematic Review
Severin Muff, Alexis Tabah, Yok-Ai Que, Jean-François Timsit, Leonard Mermel, Stephan Harbarth, Niccolò Buetti
Healthcare Resource Consumption and Cost of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in France: A Study of the National Health Insurance Database
Catherine Weil-Olivier, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Corinne Emery, Stéphane Bouée, Ekkehard Beck, Emmanuel Aris, Véronique Loncle-Provot, Gaëlle Nachbaur, Céline Pribil
The Global Trends and Regional Differences in Incidence of Dengue Infection from 1990 to 2019: An Analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Min Du, Wenzhan Jing, Min Liu, Jue Liu
A Prospective Study of Etiological Agents Among Febrile Patients in Sierra Leone
Han Wang, Jing Zhao, Na Xie, Wanxue Wang, Ruping Qi, Xiaogang Hao, Yan Liu, Stephen Sevalie, Guotao Niu, Yangli Zhang, Ge Wu, Xiaona Lv, Yuhao Chen, Yanfei Ye, Sheng Bi, Moses Moseray, Saidu Cellessy, Ksaidu Kalon, Dawud Ibrahim Baika, Qun Luo
Predictors of Mortality and Drug Resistance Among Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae-Infected Pancreatic Necrosis Patients
Di Wu, Jie Xiao, Junjie Ding, Yan Jia, Zimeng Guo, Huanmiao Liu, Jie Peng
Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab Treatment COVID-19 Patients: A Case-Control Study and Meta-Analysis
Weijun Jiang, Weiwei Li, Qiuyue Wu, Ying Han, Jing Zhang, Tao Luo, Yanju Guo, Yang Yang, Peiran Zhu, Xinyi Xia
Ceftazidime-Avibactam in Combination with In Vitro Non-susceptible Antimicrobials Versus Ceftazidime-Avibactam in Monotherapy in Critically Ill Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Guanhao Zheng, Jianxin Zhang, Bei Wang, Jiaqi Cai, Lili Wang, Kaixuan Hou, Yan Zhang, Liang Zhang, Zhitao Yang, Juan He, Xiaolan Bian
Different Trends of Distinct Time Points of AIDS Events Following HIV Diagnosis in Various At-risk Populations: A Retrospective Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan
Chun-Yuan Lee, Pei-Hua Wu, Po-Liang Lu, Fu-Wen Liang
Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for the Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Non-HIV-Infected Patients: A Retrospective Study
Juan Jiang, Lu Bai, Wei Yang, Wenzhong Peng, Jian An, Yanhao Wu, Pinhua Pan, Yuanyuan Li
Refining “Long-COVID” by a Prospective Multimodal Evaluation of Patients with Long-Term Symptoms Attributed to SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Marc Scherlinger, Renaud Felten, Floriane Gallais, Charlotte Nazon, Emmanuel Chatelus, Luc Pijnenburg, Amaury Mengin, Adrien Gras, Pierre Vidailhet, Rachel Arnould-Michel, Sabrina Bibi-Triki, Raphaël Carapito, Sophie Trouillet-Assant, Magali Perret, Alexandre Belot, Seiamak Bahram, Laurent Arnaud, Jacques-Eric Gottenberg, Samira Fafi-Kremer, Jean Sibilia
Validation of a Novel Forecasting Method for Estimating the Impact of Switching Pneumococcal Conjugate Programs: Evidence from Belgium
Michele R. Wilson, Cheryl L. McDade, Johnna E. Perdrizet, Annick Mignon, Raymond A. Farkouh, Matt D. Wasserman
Epidemiology and Incidence of COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA) in a Greek Tertiary Care Academic Reference Hospital
Elisabeth Paramythiotou, George Dimopoulos, Nikolaos Koliakos, Maria Siopi, Sophia Vourli, Spyros Pournaras, Joseph Meletiadis
Reduction in Sporadic Norovirus Infections Following the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2019–2020, Philadelphia
Irving Nachamkin, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Mei Yu, Hong Bui
Treatment of Ruptured Infected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Salmonella spp.: A Case Report
Katarzyna Napiórkowska-Baran, Tomasz Rosada, Ewa Alska, Adam Wawrzeńczyk, Zbigniew Bartuzi
Letter to the Editor Regarding Combination of Tocilizumab and Steroids to Improve Mortality in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Infection: A Spanish, Multicenter, Cohort Study
Rajesh Naidu Janapala, Jigar Patel, Omar Belfaqeeh, Abdulla Alhashmi, Ali Pourmand
A Response to: Letter to the Editor Regarding Combination of Tocilizumab and Steroids to Improve Mortality in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Infection: A Spanish, Multicenter, Cohort
Belén Ruiz-Antorán, Aránzazu Sancho-López, Ferrán Torres, Ana Fernández-Cruz