Issue 5/2017
Content (22 Articles)
Primary subacute epiphyseal osteomyelitis caused by Mycobacterium species in young children: a modern diagnostic approach
N. El Houmami, P. Minodier, C. Bouvier, H. Seligmann, J.-L. Jouve, D. Raoult, P.-E. Fournier
Prothionamide susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using the resazurin microtitre assay and the BACTECMGIT 960 system
Y. Tan, B. Su, H. Zheng, Y. Wang, Y. Pang
Novel portable platform for molecular detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in faeces: a diagnostic accuracy study
J. J. Hirvonen, P. Matero, C. Siebert, J. Kauppila, R. Vuento, H. Tuokko, S. Boisset
Clinical and microbiological features of Actinotignum bacteremia: a retrospective observational study of 57 cases
H. Pedersen, E. Senneby, M. Rasmussen
Colonization pressure as a risk factor of ICU-acquired multidrug resistant bacteria: a prospective observational study
J. Masse, A. Elkalioubie, C. Blazejewski, G. Ledoux, F. Wallet, J. Poissy, S. Preau, S. Nseir
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for rapid identification of micro-organisms in the routine clinical microbiology laboratory
C. Wattal, J. K. Oberoi, N. Goel, R. Raveendran, S. Khanna
Gonorrhea infection increases the risk of prostate cancer in Asian population: a nationwide population-based cohort study
Y.-C. Wang, C.-H. Chung, J.-H. Chen, M.-H. Chiang, Ti-Yin, C.-H. Tsao, F.-H. Lin, W.-C. Chien, S.-T. Shang, F.-Y. Chang
Evaluation of the novel artus C. difficile QS-RGQ, VanR QS-RGQ and MRSA/SA QS-RGQ assays for the laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), and for vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening
K. A. Morris, L. R. Macfarlane-Smith, M. H. Wilcox
Demonstration of the herd effect in adults after the implementation of pneumococcal vaccination with PCV13 in children
C. Hays, Q. Vermee, A. Agathine, A. Dupuis, E. Varon, C. Poyart, M.-C. Ploy, J. Raymond
Surveillance of Gram-negative bacteria: impact of variation in current European laboratory reporting practice on apparent multidrug resistance prevalence in paediatric bloodstream isolates
J. A. Bielicki, D. A. Cromwell, A. Johnson, T. Planche, M. Sharland
Interpretation of the Elecsys Toxo IgG avidity results for very low and very high index: study on 741 sera with a determined date of toxoplasmosis
H. Fricker-Hidalgo, C. L’Ollivier, C. Bosson, S. Imbert, S. Bailly, C. Dard, R. Piarroux, L. Paris, H. Pelloux
Liver stiffness predicts the response to direct-acting antiviral-based therapy against chronic hepatitis C in cirrhotic patients
K. Neukam, L. E. Morano-Amado, A. Rivero-Juárez, J. Macías, R. Granados, A. Romero-Palacios, M. Márquez, D. Merino, E. Ortega, J. C. Alados-Arboledas, J. Cucurull, M. Omar, P. Ryan-Murua, J. A. Pineda
Baseline antibody level may help predict the risk of active human cytomegalovirus infection in a HCMV seropositive population
T.-d. Li, J.-j. Li, X. Huang, H. Wang, X.-y. Guo, S.-x. Ge, J. Zhang
Selective persistence of Propionibacterium species FMA5 following sealing of infected dentinal matrix
M. A. Nadkarni, K. Angner, N. Hunter
Rapid MRSA PCR on respiratory specimens from ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia: a tool to facilitate antimicrobial stewardship
S. E. Trevino, M. A. Pence, J. Marschall, M. H. Kollef, H. M. Babcock, C.-A. D. Burnham
Thrombocytopaenia during methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
E. Forsblom, I. Tielinen, E. Ruotsalainen, A. Järvinen
The CD4+ T-lymphocyte count is an important predictor for the prognosis of cryptococcosis
Y. Ding, P. Li, Q. He, H. Wei, T. Wu, D. Xia, M. Tan, Y. Shi, X. Su
USA300, A strain of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, crossing Belgium’s borders: outbreak of skin and soft tissue infections in a hospital in Belgium
K. Kaïret, E. Ho, D. Van Kerkhoven, J. Boes, S. Van Calenbergh, L. Pattyn, P. Lemay
Polymicrobial pneumococcal bacteraemia: a case–control study
I. Grau, C. Ardanuy, M. H. Schulze, J. Liñares, R. Pallares
In vitro blood culture bottle inoculation of whole blood with clinically relevant antibiotic concentrations: a word of caution
M. Grupper, J. L. Kuti, D. P. Nicolau