Issue 8/2019
Content (24 Articles)
Diagnostic accuracy studies need more informative abstracts
Jérémie F. Cohen, Daniël A. Korevaar, Patrick M. Bossuyt
Rat models of colistin nephrotoxicity: previous experimental researches and future perspectives
Cihan Heybeli, Mehmet Ası Oktan, Zahide Çavdar
A review of melioidosis cases imported into Europe
Sarah Le Tohic, Marc Montana, Lionel Koch, Christophe Curti, Patrice Vanelle
Targeting gut microbiota as a possible therapy for mastitis
Xiaoyu Hu, Shumin Li, Yunhe Fu, Naisheng Zhang
Plasma concentrations of secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) differ depending on etiology and severity in community-onset bloodstream infection
Anna Lange, Sara Cajander, Anders Magnuson, Jonas Sundén-Cullberg, Kristoffer Strålin, Olof Hultgren
Performance of a new combination of blood culture vials in sepsis detection: a 2-year retrospective comparison
Paolo Bottino, Fabio Rapallo, Elisa Gamalero, Andrea Rocchetti
Enteroviral meningitis reduces CSF concentration of Aβ42, but does not affect markers of parenchymal damage
Kacper Toczylowski, Malgorzata Wojtkowska, Artur Sulik
Staphylococcus lugdunensis: antimicrobial susceptibility and optimal treatment options
Lana Taha, Marc Stegger, Bo Söderquist
Continuous infusion of ceftolozane/tazobactam is associated with a higher probability of target attainment in patients infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Benoît Pilmis, Grégoire Petitjean, Philippe Lesprit, Matthieu Lafaurie, Najoua El Helali, Alban Le Monnier, Aurelien Dinh, Marine de Laroche, François Parquin, Dominique Grenet, Eric Farfour, Antoine Roux, Sandra de Miranda, Gauthier Péan de Ponfilly, Matthieu Legrand, François Dépret, Mourad Benyamina
The use of a poster to reduce expectations to receive antibiotics for a common cold
Stephen R. Ritchie, Lizzie Rakhmanova, Eilish Out-O’Reilly, Stephen Reay, Mark G. Thomas, Laszlo Sajtos
Evaluation of rapid polymerase chain reaction-based organism identification of gram-positive cocci for patients with a single positive blood culture
Shawn H. MacVane, Brian R. Raux, Tiffeny T. Smith
Validation of microbiological testing in cardiovascular tissue establishments: results of a second international quality-round trial
Sharon Zahra, George Galea, Ramadan Jashari, Pieter Petit, Theo M. M. H. de By
Significant variation in heart valve banking practice
Sharon Zahra, George Galea, Ramadan Jashari, Pieter Petit, Theo M. M. H. de By
Central venous catheter unrelated candidemia influences the outcome of infection in patients with solid tumors
Elena Orsetti, Lucia Brescini, Sara Mazzanti, Francesca Trave, Gianluca Morroni, Antonella Pocognoli, Rossana Berardi, Francesco Barchiesi
Epidemiology and clinical impact of viral, atypical, and fungal respiratory pathogens in symptomatic immunocompromised patients: a two-center study using a multi-parameter customized respiratory Taqman® array card
Deborah Steensels, Marijke Reynders, Patrick Descheemaeker, Martin D. Curran, Maya Hites, Isabelle Etienne, Isabel Montesinos
Clinical- vs. model-based selection of patients suspected of sepsis for direct-from-blood rapid diagnostics in the emergency department: a retrospective study
Logan Ward, Steen Andreassen, Jesper Johnsen Astrup, Zakia Rahmani, Michela Fantini, Vittorio Sambri
White blood cell count and eosinopenia as valuable tools for the diagnosis of bacterial infections in the ED
Charles-Eric Lavoignet, Pierrick Le Borgne, Sylvie Chabrier, Joffrey Bidoire, Hakim Slimani, Julia Chevrolet-Lavoignet, François Lefebvre, Rania Jebri, Luc Sengler, Pascal Bilbault
Cefazolin versus fluoroquinolones for the treatment of community-acquired urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients
Amulya Uppala, Esther A. King, Dimple Patel
Low level of hemoglobin A1c and the increased incidence of herpes zoster: longitudinal study
Daiki Kobayashi, Takuro Shimbo, Hiroshi Noto, Hikaru Eto, Osamu Takahashi, Takakazu Higuchi
Distribution of carbapenem resistance mechanisms in clinical isolates of XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Annalisa De Rosa, Nico T. Mutters, Claudio M. Mastroianni, Stefan J. Kaiser, Frank Günther
In-hospital metabolite changes in infective endocarditis—a longitudinal 1H NMR-based study
Christine Falk Klein, Sarah Louise Kjølhede Holle, Malene Højgaard Andersen, Anders Pedersen, Henning Bundgaard, Kasper Karmark Iversen, Anders Malmendal
Respiratory illness and respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization in infants with a tracheostomy following prophylaxis with palivizumab
Bosco Paes, Mahwesh Saleem, Doyoung Kim, Krista L. Lanctôt, Ian Mitchell
Early transthoracic echocardiography has useful prognostic value in left-sided native valve endocarditis despite limited diagnostic performance
George S. Heriot, Andrew Newcomb, Jonathan Darby, Andrew Wilson, Steven Y. C. Tong, Allen C. Cheng, Danny Liew
What is the time-to-positivity of blood cultures in infective endocarditis?
Olivia Peuchant, Nahéma Issa, Irène Machelart, Carine Greib, Gaetane Wirth, Fabrice Camou