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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Issue 4/2021

Content (30 Articles)

Open Access Public Health Original Article

Prediction of antimicrobial resistance in clinical Campylobacter jejuni isolates from whole-genome sequencing data

Louise Gade Dahl, Katrine Grimstrup Joensen, Mark Thomas Østerlund, Kristoffer Kiil, Eva Møller Nielsen

Antibiotic Original Article

Clinical and microbiological characteristics of adults with hospital-acquired pneumonia: a 10-year prospective observational study in China

Yuyao Yin, Chunjiang Zhao, Henan Li, Longyang Jin, Qi Wang, Ruobing Wang, Yawei Zhang, Jiangang Zhang, Hui Wang, Chunxia Yang, Bin Cao, Yingmei Liu, Yanping Luo, Hongli Sun, Hui Wang, Yongzhong Ning, Wenen Liu, Kang Liao, Chao Zhuo, Rong Zhang, Yan Jin, Bijie Hu, Yunzhuo Chu, Zhidong Hu, Ji Zeng, Xiuli Xu

SARS-CoV-2 Original Article

Prevalence of hyposmia and hypogeusia in 390 COVID-19 hospitalized patients and outpatients: a cross-sectional study

Agathe Nouchi, Julie Chastang, Makoto Miyara, Julie Lejeune, André Soares, Gladys Ibanez, David Saadoun, Capucine Morélot-Panzini, Thomas Similowski, Zahir Amoura, Jacques Boddaert, Eric Caumes, Alexandre Bleibtreu, Alain Lorenzo, Florence Tubach, Valérie Pourcher

Septicemia Original Article

Effect of delayed entry on performance of the BACT/ALERT FAN PLUS bottles in the BACT/ALERT VIRTUO blood culture system

Mary Adamik, Anne Hutchins, Jasmin Mangilit, Betsy Katzin, Heather Totty, Parampal Deol

Levofloxacin Original Article

Study on risk factors, bacterial species, and drug resistance of acute pyelonephritis associated with ureteral stent after percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Guo Jiang, Jiang Li, He Long, Chen Qiulin, Ren Jin, Yang Yaodong, Dong Xingyou, Zhao Jiang, Zhang Zhenyang

Coronavirus Original Article

Drug screening and development from the affinity of S protein of new coronavirus with ACE2

Yue-Peng Jiang, Xiao-Xuan Zhao, Hui-Qing Lv, Cheng-Ping Wen

Tick Original Article

The clinical presentation, treatment and outcome of serologically confirmed paediatric Lyme disease in the Republic of Ireland over a 5-year period: a retrospective cohort study

Karina M. Forde, Joanne O’Gorman, Patrick J. Gavin, Matthew S. Dryden, Deirbhile Keady, Belinda Hanahoe, Colm McDonnell, Lorraine Power, Bartley Cryan, James Sweeney, Karl F. Conyard, Michael J. O’Grady

Escherichia Coli Original Article

Microbiological profiles and antimicrobial resistance patterns of pediatric bloodstream pathogens in China, 2016–2018

Yue Qiu, Junwen Yang, Yiping Chen, Jinhong Yang, Qingxiong Zhu, Chunhui Zhu, Shuangjie Li, Jing Liu, Chaomin Wan, Yu Zhu, Minxia Chen, Yi Xu, Jianning Tong, Rui Li, Qingwen Shan, Daojiong Lin, Shouye Wu, Zhiqiang Zhuo, Caihong Wang, Shiyong Zhao, Zhenghong Qi, Xiaofeng Sun, Bieerding Maihebuba, Chunmei Jia, Huiling Gao, Yibing Cheng, Mei Zeng

Coronavirus Original Article

Rapid response flow cytometric assay for the detection of antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2

Dennis Lapuente, Clara Maier, Pascal Irrgang, Julian Hübner, Antonia Sophia Peter, Markus Hoffmann, Armin Ensser, Katharina Ziegler, Thomas H. Winkler, Torsten Birkholz, Andreas E. Kremer, Philipp Steininger, Klaus Korn, Frank Neipel, Klaus Überla, Matthias Tenbusch

SARS-CoV-2 Original Article

High versus standard doses of corticosteroids in severe COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

Enric Monreal, Susana Sainz de la Maza, Elena Natera-Villalba, Álvaro Beltrán-Corbellini, Fernando Rodríguez-Jorge, Jose Ignacio Fernández-Velasco, Paulette Walo-Delgado, Alfonso Muriel, Javier Zamora, Araceli Alonso-Canovas, Jesús Fortún, Luis Manzano, Beatriz Montero-Errasquín, Lucienne Costa-Frossard, Jaime Masjuan, Luisa María Villar, L. Máiz-Carro, E. M. Sánchez-García, F. Hidalgo, A. R. Domínguez, J. A. Pérez-Molina, O. Sánchez-Sánchez, B. Comeche, B. Monge-Maillo, E. Barbero, I. Barbolla-Díaz, L. Aranzábal Orgaz, J. Cobo, I. Rayo, C. Fernández-Golfín, E. González, L. M. Rincón-Díaz, R. Ron, B. Mateos-Muñoz, E. Navas, J. Moreno, J. Norman, S. Serrano, C. Quereda Rodríguez-Navarro, A. Vallés, S. Herrera, J. Mateos del Nozal, M. A. Moreno-Cobo, F. Gioia, M. C. Concejo-Badorrey, E. Y. Ortiz Barraza, A. Moreno, S. Chamorro, J. L. Casado, C. Almonacid, R. Nieto, S. Diz, E. Moreno, M. Conde, J. M. Hermida, M. López, J. L. Chico-García, Á. Beltrán-Corbellini, E. Rodríguez de Santiago, C. G. Rita, I. Iturrieta-Zuazo, A. De Andrés, M. Espiño, M. Vázquez, M. Fernández Lucas, J. Martínez-Sanz, N. García-Barragán, J. Buisán, R. Toledano, P. Pérez-Torre, M. C. Matute-Lozano, J. L. López-Sendón, G. García-Ribas, Í. Corral, L. M. Villar

Liver Transplantation Original Article

Poor outcomes of early recurrent post-transplant bloodstream infection in living-donor liver transplant recipients

Si-Ho Kim, Seok Jun Mun, Jae-Hoon Ko, Kyungmin Huh, Sun Young Cho, Cheol-In Kang, Doo Ryeon Chung, Gyu-Seong Choi, Jong Man Kim, Jae-Won Joh, Kyong Ran Peck

Antibiotic Original Article

Bloodstream infection due to Herbaspirillum sp.: case series and review of literature

I. Bloise, G. V. Guedez-López, M. Tejedor-Rodríguez, M. P. Romero-Gómez, J. García-Rodríguez, J. Mingorance, E. Cendejas-Bueno

Tuberculosis Original Article

The prevalence and risks of major comorbidities among inpatients with pulmonary tuberculosis in China from a gender and age perspective: a large-scale multicenter observational study

Wanli Kang, Jian Du, Song Yang, Jiajia Yu, Hongyan Chen, Jianxiong Liu, Jinshan Ma, Mingwu Li, Jingmin Qin, Wei Shu, Peilan Zong, Yi Zhang, Yongkang Dong, Zhiyi Yang, Zaoxian Mei, Qunyi Deng, Pu Wang, Wenge Han, Meiying Wu, Ling Chen, Xinguo Zhao, Lei Tan, Fujian Li, Chao Zheng, Hongwei Liu, Xinjie Li, A. Ertai, Yingrong Du, Fenglin Liu, Wenyu Cui, Quanhong Wang, Xiaohong Chen, Junfeng Han, Qingyao Xie, Yanmei Feng, Wenyu Liu, Peijun Tang, Jianyong Zhang, Jian Zheng, Dawei Chen, Xiangyang Yao, Tong Ren, Yang Li, Yuanyuan Li, Lei Wu, Qiang Song, Mei Yang, Jian Zhang, Yuanyuan Liu, Shuliang Guo, Kun Yan, Xinghua Shen, Dan Lei, Yangli Zhang, Xiaofeng Yan, Liang Li, Shenjie Tang

Open Access SARS-CoV-2 Original Article

Sensitive detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 by multiplex droplet digital RT-PCR

Remco de Kock, Mieke Baselmans, Volkher Scharnhorst, Birgit Deiman

Imipenem Original Article

Prevalence and mechanisms of linezolid resistance among staphylococcal clinical isolates from Egypt

Lina Maarouf, Hoda Omar, Moustafa El-Nakeeb, Alaa Abouelfetouh

Septicemia Original Article

Predicting in-hospital mortality for sepsis: a comparison between qSOFA and modified qSOFA in a 2-year single-centre retrospective analysis

Matteo Guarino, Edoardo Gambuti, Franco Alfano, Alfredo De Giorgi, Elisa Maietti, Andrea Strada, Francesco Ursini, Stefano Volpato, Giacomo Caio, Carlo Contini, Roberto De Giorgio

SARS-CoV-2 Original Article

Delayed hospital admission and high-dose corticosteroids potentially prolong SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection duration of patients with COVID-19

Zhigang Hu, Sijia Li, Ailan Yang, Wenxin Li, Xiaoqi Xiong, Jianwu Hu, Jun Jiang, Xinyu Song

Original Article

Epidemiological of cat scratch disease among inpatients in the Spanish health system (1997–2015)

Beatriz Rodríguez Alonso, Montserrat Alonso-Sardón, Hugo Miguel Rodrigues Almeida, Ángela Romero-Alegria, Javier Pardo-Lledias, Virgínia Velasco-Tirado, Amparo López-Bernus, José Luis Pérez Arellano, Moncef Belhassen-García

Open Access Aspergillus Fumigatus Original Article

Rates of bacterial co-infections and antimicrobial use in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study in light of antibiotic stewardship

Kathrin Rothe, Susanne Feihl, Jochen Schneider, Fabian Wallnöfer, Milena Wurst, Marina Lukas, Matthias Treiber, Tobias Lahmer, Markus Heim, Michael Dommasch, Birgit Waschulzik, Alexander Zink, Christiane Querbach, Dirk H. Busch, Roland M. Schmid, Gerhard Schneider, Christoph D. Spinner

Pneumococcus Original Article

Concomitant emphysema might increase the false-negative rate of urinary antigen tests in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia: results from a retrospective study

Erika Kobayashi, Kakuhiro Yamaguchi, Rie Nagaoka, Shinjiro Sakamoto, Yasushi Horimasu, Takeshi Masuda, Shintaro Miyamoto, Taku Nakashima, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Kazunori Fujitaka, Michiya Yokozaki, Hiroki Ohge, Hironobu Hamada, Noboru Hattori

Influenza Brief Report

Description of an influenza outbreak in a French university hospital and risk factors of nosocomial influenza

Alexis Bocquet, Claire Wintenberger, Julien Lupo, Patrice Morand, Patricia Pavese, Meghann Gallouche, Bruno Lina, Laurence Bouillet, Jean-Luc Bosson, Marie-Reine Mallaret, Caroline Landelle

Prevalence of genital HPV infection in STI and healthy populations and risk factors for viral persistence

Giulia Ciccarese, Astrid Herzum, Angela Pastorino, Marih Dezzana, Stefania Casazza, Maria Gabriella Mavilia, Francesco Copello, Aurora Parodi, Francesco Drago

SARS-CoV-2 Brief Report

Pooling of samples to optimize SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis by RT-qPCR: comparative analysis of two protocols

Fabiana Volpato, Daiana Lima-Morales, Priscila Lamb Wink, Julia Willig, Fernanda de-Paris, Patricia Ashton-Prolla, Afonso Luís Barth

Multi-year prevalence and macrolide resistance of Mycoplasma genitalium in clinical samples from a southern Italian hospital

Abbasciano Angela, Del Prete Raffaele, Romanelli Federica, Mosca Adriana, Santacroce Luigi, Ronga Luigi

SARS-CoV-2 Brief Report

Evaluation of three immunochromatographic tests in COVID-19 serologic diagnosis and their clinical usefulness

Manuela Pegoraro, Valentina Militello, Gian Luca Salvagno, Stefania Gaino, Antonella Bassi, Cecilia Caloi, Angelo Peretti, Silvia Bizzego, Laura Poletto, Chiara Bovo, Giuseppe Lippi, Giuliana Lo Cascio

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.