Issue 5/2021
Content (26 Articles)
COVID-19: angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) expression and tissue susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection
Stephany Beyerstedt, Expedito Barbosa Casaro, Érika Bevilaqua Rangel
Development and evaluation of a serological test for diagnosis of COVID-19 with selected recombinant spike proteins
Pingping Zhang, Qi Gao, Tang Wang, Yuehua Ke, Fei Mo, Ruizhong Jia, Wanbing Liu, Lei Liu, Shangen Zheng, Yuzhen Liu, Luping Li, Yao Wang, Lei Xu, Kun Hao, Wei Min, Xiaoli Liu, Ruifu Yang, Shiyue Li, Changqing Lin, Yong Zhao
Epidemiological characteristics of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Hefei of Anhui Province: a population-based surveillance study from 2011 to 2018
Enqing You, Ling Wang, Lei Zhang, Jinju Wu, Kefu Zhao, Fen Huang
Characteristics of gram-negative bacteremia during febrile neutropenia among allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients on levofloxacin prophylaxis
Sho Ogura, Muneyoshi Kimura, Shinsuke Takagi, Takashi Mitsuki, Mitsuhiro Yuasa, Kosei Kageyama, Daisuke Kaji, Aya Nishida, Yuki Taya, Kazuya Ishiwata, Hisashi Yamamoto, Yuki Asano-Mori, Go Yamamoto, Naoyuki Uchida, Atsushi Wake, Shuichi Taniguchi, Hideki Araoka
Clinical study on empirical and diagnostic-driven (pre-emptive) therapy of voriconazole in severe aplastic anaemia patients with invasive fungal disease after intensive immunosuppressive therapy
Yuhong Wu, Li Yan, Huaquan Wang, Hong Liu, Limin Xing, Rong Fu, Zonghong Shao
Evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of 10 serological assays for detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
Ainhoa Gutiérrez-Cobos, Sara Gómez de Frutos, Diego Domingo García, Eva Navarro Lara, Ayla Yarci Carrión, Leticia Fontán García-Rodrigo, Arturo Manuel Fraile Torres, Laura Cardeñoso Domingo
Comparison of various serological assays for novel SARS-COV-2
María Simón Sacristan, Ana Collazos-Blanco, Maria Isabel Zamora Cintas, Alicia Serrano García, Carmen Ybarra de Villavicencio, María Mateo Maestre
Comparison of the diagnostic efficacy of the CapitalBio Mycobacterium real-time polymerase chain reaction detection test and Xpert MTB/RIF in smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis
Hong Zheng, Fangming Zhong, Guocan Yu, Yanqin Shen
Performance of the BD Phoenix CPO detect assay for detection and classification of carbapenemase-producing organisms
Laura Berneking, Anna Both, Benjamin Berinson, Armin Hoffmann, Marc Lütgehetmann, Martin Aepfelbacher, Holger Rohde
Differentiating influenza from COVID-19 in patients presenting with suspected sepsis
Valentino D’Onofrio, Eveline Van Steenkiste, Agnes Meersman, Luc Waumans, Reinoud Cartuyvels, Karlijn Van Halem, Peter Messiaen, Inge C. Gyssens
Comparison of blood cultures versus T2 Candida Panel in management of candidemia at a large community hospital
Taylor D. Steuber, Lauren Butler, Adam Sawyer, Rachel Chappell, Jonathan Edwards
Lyme neuroborreliosis in Swedish children—PCR as a complementary diagnostic method for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in cerebrospinal fluid
Barbro H. Skogman, Peter Wilhelmsson, Stephanie Atallah, Ann-Cathrine Petersson, Katarina Ornstein, Per-Eric Lindgren
Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis from invasive and non-invasive infections in Spain: combining epidemiology, molecular characterization, and genetic diversity
Beatriz Rojo-Bezares, Laura Toca, José Manuel Azcona-Gutiérrez, Nerea Ortega-Unanue, Paula Toledano, Yolanda Sáenz
Clinical performance of the H. PYLORI QUIK CHEK™ and H. PYLORI CHEK™ assays, novel stool antigen tests for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori
Magnus Halland, Rashidul Haque, Jost Langhorst, James H. Boone, William A. Petri
Antibiotic resistance profile and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in hospitals in Kabul, Afghanistan
Haji Mohammad Naimi, Camille André, Michèle Bes, Anne Tristan, Claude-Alexandre Gustave, François Vandenesch, Qand Agha Nazari, Frédéric Laurent, Céline Dupieux
Stewardship program on carbapenem prescriptions in a tertiary hospital for adults and children in France: a cohort study
Julie Poline, Martine Postaire, Perrine Parize, Benoit Pilmis, Emmanuelle Bille, Jean Ralph Zahar, Pierre Frange, Jérémie F. Cohen, Olivier Lortholary, Julie Toubiana
Deep learning model for prediction of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) production in community-onset Enterobacteriaceae bacteraemia from a high ESBL prevalence multi-centre cohort
Alfred Lok Hang Lee, Curtis Chun Kit To, Angus Lang Sun Lee, Ronald Cheong Kin Chan, Janus Siu Him Wong, Chun Wai Wong, Viola Chi Ying Chow, Raymond Wai Man Lai
Sensitivity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 serological assays in a high-prevalence setting
Lisa Müller, Philipp Niklas Ostermann, Andreas Walker, Tobias Wienemann, Alexander Mertens, Ortwin Adams, Marcel Andree, Sandra Hauka, Nadine Lübke, Verena Keitel, Ingo Drexler, Veronica Di Cristanziano, Derik Franz Hermsen, Rolf Kaiser, Friedrich Boege, Florian Klein, Heiner Schaal, Jörg Timm, Tina Senff
Whole genome sequencing to decipher the virulence phenotype of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae responsible for liver abscess, Marseille, France
Sophie Alexandra Baron, Léa-Marie Pascale, Matthieu Million, Antoine Briantais, Jean-Marc Durand, Linda Hadjadj, Jean-Marc Rolain
Whole genome sequencing analysis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Singapore, 2006–2018
Cynthia B. E. Chee, Leo K. Y. Lim, Rick T. H. Ong, Li Hwei Sng, Li Yang Hsu, Vernon J. M. Lee, Yee Tang Wang
Acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in closed and semi-closed facilities during 2017 in Catalonia, Spain
Nuria Torner, Conchita Izquierdo, Lorena Coronas, Ana Martínez, Ariadna Rovira, Cristina Rius, Maria Sabater, Ignasi Parron, Mònica Carol, Ma Rosa Sala, Sofia Minguell, Pere Godoy, Mireia Jané, Ángela Domínguez
Primary resistance to antiretroviral drugs of HIV strains in Chad: a retrospective investigation by analysis of frozen dried blood spot samples
A. Keita, N. Djimera, O. Djarma, Y. N’Guyen, T. Bourlet, L. Andreoletti
Unexpected Mycoplasma hominis infection in two renal transplant recipients traced back to the same donor by whole-genome sequencing
V. Hinić, H. M. B. Seth-Smith, S. Damm, P. Amico, N. Khanna, A. Egli, V. Bättig
Endocarditis due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis—a retrospective national registry–based study
Malin Hagstrand Aldman, Magnus Rasmussen, Lars Olaison, Lisa I. Påhlman
Follow-up blood cultures in E. coli and Klebsiella spp. bacteremia—opportunities for diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship
Jeannie D. Chan, Ashley Ta, John B. Lynch, Chloe Bryson-Cahn
Quantitative real-time PCR in Borrelia persica tick-borne relapsing fever demonstrates correlation with the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
Adin Breuer, Orli Megged, Livnat Kashat, Marc Victor Assous