Issue 3/2015
Content (27 Articles)
Role of biofilm in children with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections
E. Nazzari, S. Torretta, L. Pignataro, P. Marchisio, S. Esposito
Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in solid organ transplant recipients with bacteremias
QQ. Wan, QF. Ye, H. Yuan
Solar radiation and water vapor pressure to forecast chickenpox epidemics
D. Hervás, J. Hervás-Masip, A. Nicolau, J. Reina, J. A. Hervás
Molecular characterization of the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Shigella spp. in Shanghai
J. Li, B. Li, Y. Ni, J. Sun
Bacteremia in previously healthy children in Emergency Departments: clinical and microbiological characteristics and outcome
B. Gomez, S. Hernandez-Bou, J. J. Garcia-Garcia, S. Mintegi
The potential use of microcalorimetry in rapid differentiation between septic arthritis and other causes of arthritis
E. Yusuf, T. Hügle, T. Daikeler, C. Voide, O. Borens, A. Trampuz
Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae at a tertiary care laboratory in Mumbai
M. Kazi, L. Drego, C. Nikam, K. Ajbani, R. Soman, A. Shetty, C. Rodrigues
Evaluation of Verigene Gram-positive blood culture assay performance for bacteremic patients
M. Dodémont, R. De Mendonça, C. Nonhoff, S. Roisin, O. Denis
Anti-tuberculosis treatments and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in tuberculosis patients with liver cirrhosis: a population-based case–control study
Y.-P. Lim, C.-L. Lin, D.-Z. Hung, Y.-N. Lin, C.-H. Kao
Performance evaluation of the Verigene® (Nanosphere) and FilmArray® (BioFire®) molecular assays for identification of causative organisms in bacterial bloodstream infections
C. Ward, K. Stocker, J. Begum, P. Wade, U. Ebrahimsa, S. D. Goldenberg
A comparison of virulence patterns and in vivo fitness between hospital- and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus related to the USA400 clone
M. A. Guimarães, M. S. Ramundo, M. A. Américo, M. C. de Mattos, R. R. Souza, E. S. Ramos-Júnior, L. R. Coelho, A. Morrot, P. A. Melo, S. E. L. Fracalanzza, F. A. Ferreira, A. M. S. Figueiredo
Community-acquired pneumonia: impact of empirical antibiotic therapy without respiratory fluoroquinolones nor third-generation cephalosporins
J. Pradelli, K. Risso, F. G. de Salvador, E. Cua, R. Ruimy, P.-M. Roger
Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium, chromID OXA-48, for recovery of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from patients at a university hospital in Turkey
P. Zarakolu, K. M. Day, H. E. Sidjabat, W. Kamolvit, C. V. Lanyon, S. P. Cummings, D. L. Paterson, M. Akova, J. D. Perry
Invasive Propionibacterium acnes infections in a non-selective patient cohort: clinical manifestations, management and outcome
M. Tebruegge, C. Jones, H. de Graaf, P. Sukhtankar, R. N. Allan, R. P. Howlin, D. Browning, H. Schuster, A. Pallett, S. Patel, S. N. Faust
Evaluation of a real-time multiplex PCR for the simultaneous detection of Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp./EIEC, and Yersinia enterocolitica in fecal samples
P. Van Lint, E. De Witte, H. De Henau, A. De Muynck, L. Verstraeten, B. Van Herendael, S. Weekx
Vaccination during the 2013–2014 influenza season in pregnant Japanese women
T. Yamada, K. Abe, Y. Baba, E. Inubashiri, K. Kawabata, T. Kubo, Y. Maegawa, N. Fuchi, M. Nomizo, M. Shimada, A. Shiozaki, H. Hamada, S. Matsubara, N. Akutagawa, S. Kataoka, M. Maeda, H. Masuzaki, N. Sagawa, A. Nakai, S. Saito, H. Minakami
Epidemiology, clinical history and microbiology of peritonsillar abscess
E. Mazur, E. Czerwińska, I. Korona-Głowniak, A. Grochowalska, M. Kozioł-Montewka
Automated liquid culture system misses isoniazid heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with mutations in the promoter region of the inhA gene
Z. Zhang, J. Lu, Y. Wang, Y. Pang, Y. Zhao
Complementarity between targeted real-time specific PCR and conventional broad-range 16S rDNA PCR in the syndrome-driven diagnosis of infectious diseases
A.-S. Morel, G. Dubourg, E. Prudent, S. Edouard, F. Gouriet, J.-P. Casalta, F. Fenollar, P. E. Fournier, M. Drancourt, D. Raoult
Escherichia coli antibiotic resistance in emergency departments. Do local resistance rates matter?
O. Grignon, E. Montassier, S. Corvec, D. Lepelletier, J.-B. Hardouin, J. Caillon, E. Batard
Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles, serotype distribution and virulence determinants among invasive, non-invasive and colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) from Malaysian patients
N. Eskandarian, Z. Ismail, V. Neela, A. van Belkum, M. N. M. Desa, S. Amin Nordin
Mixed infections with distinct cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B genotypes in Polish pregnant women, fetuses, and newborns
M. Rycel, W. Wujcicka, B. Zawilińska, E. Paradowska, P. Suski, Z. Gaj, J. Wilczyński, Z. Leśnikowski, D. Nowakowska
Prevalence, risk factors, and epidemiology of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus carried by adults over 60 years of age
S. T. Almeida, S. Nunes, A. C. S. Paulo, N. A. Faria, H. de Lencastre, R. Sá-Leão
The effect of conventional mechanical periodontal treatment on red complex microorganisms and clinical parameters in Down syndrome periodontitis patients: a pilot study
M. H. Tanaka, T. O. Rodrigues, L. S. Finoti, S. R. L. Teixeira, M. P. A. Mayer, R. M. Scarel-Caminaga, E. M. A. Giro
Prior statin use and 90-day mortality in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bloodstream infection: a prospective observational study
A. Mehl, S. Harthug, S. Lydersen, J. Paulsen, B. O. Åsvold, E. Solligård, J. K. Damås, T.-H. Edna
Lamivudine treatment and outcome in pregnant women with high hepatitis B viral loads
V. Jackson, W. Ferguson, T. B. Kelleher, M. Lawless, M. Eogan, U. Nusgen, S. Coughlan, J. Connell, J. S. Lambert
Tigecycline resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii mediated by frameshift mutation in plsC, encoding 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase
X. Li, L. Liu, J. Ji, Q. Chen, X. Hua, Y. Jiang, Y. Feng, Y. Yu