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Infection

Issue 1/2021

Content (25 Articles)

Risk factors for Covid-19 severity and fatality: a structured literature review

Dominik Wolff, Sarah Nee, Natalie Sandy Hickey, Michael Marschollek

SARS-CoV-2 Original Paper

Absent immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in a 3-month recurrence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case

Guosheng Gao, Zhe Zhu, Lingyan Fan, Shuyuan Ye, Zuoan Huang, Qiaoyun Shi, Yedan Sun, Qifa Song

SARS-CoV-2 Original Paper

First results of the “Lean European Open Survey on SARS-CoV-2-Infected Patients (LEOSS)”

Carolin E. M. Jakob, Stefan Borgmann, Fazilet Duygu, Uta Behrends, Martin Hower, Uta Merle, Anette Friedrichs, Lukas Tometten, Frank Hanses, Norma Jung, Siegbert Rieg, Kai Wille, Beate Grüner, Hartwig Klinker, Nicole Gersbacher-Runge, Kerstin Hellwig, Lukas Eberwein, Sebastian Dolff, Dominic Rauschning, Michael von Bergwelt-Baildon, Julia Lanznaster, Richard Strauß, Janina Trauth, Katja de With, Maria Ruethrich, Catherina Lueck, Jacob Nattermann, Lene Tscharntke, Lisa Pilgram, Sandra Fuhrmann, Annika Classen, Melanie Stecher, Maximilian Schons, Christoph Spinner, Jörg Janne Vehreschild

Open Access Coronavirus Original Paper

A highly specific and sensitive serological assay detects SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels in COVID-19 patients that correlate with neutralization

David Peterhoff, Vivian Glück, Matthias Vogel, Philipp Schuster, Anja Schütz, Philip Neubert, Veruschka Albert, Stefanie Frisch, Mara Kiessling, Philip Pervan, Maren Werner, Nicole Ritter, Leon Babl, Maria Deichner, Frank Hanses, Matthias Lubnow, Thomas Müller, Dirk Lunz, Florian Hitzenbichler, Franz Audebert, Viola Hähnel, Robert Offner, Martina Müller, Stephan Schmid, Ralph Burkhardt, Thomas Glück, Michael Koller, Hans Helmut Niller, Bernhard Graf, Bernd Salzberger, Jürgen J. Wenzel, Jonathan Jantsch, André Gessner, Barbara Schmidt, Ralf Wagner

Septicemia Original Paper

Serum citrullinated histone H3 concentrations differentiate patients with septic verses non-septic shock and correlate with disease severity

Yuzi Tian, Rachel M. Russo, Yongqing Li, Monita Karmakar, Baoling Liu, Michael A. Puskarich, Alan E. Jones, Kathleen A. Stringer, Theodore J. Standiford, Hasan B. Alam

SARS-CoV-2 Original Paper

An approach to lifting self-isolation for health care workers with prolonged shedding of SARS-CoV-2 RNA

H. Laferl, H. Kelani, T. Seitz, B. Holzer, I. Zimpernik, A. Steinrigl, F. Schmoll, C. Wenisch, F. Allerberger

Influenza Original Paper

Gender differences and influenza-associated mortality in hospitalized influenza A patients during the 2018/19 season

Mario Karolyi, E. Pawelka, H. Kelani, G. C. Funk, B. Lindner, C. Porpaczy, S. Publig, T. Seitz, M. Traugott, M. Unterweger, A. Zoufaly, C. Wenisch

SARS-CoV-2 Original Paper

Higher viral loads in asymptomatic COVID-19 patients might be the invisible part of the iceberg

Imran Hasanoglu, Gulay Korukluoglu, Dilek Asilturk, Yasemin Cosgun, Ayse Kaya Kalem, Ayşe Basak Altas, Bircan Kayaaslan, Fatma Eser, Esra Akkan Kuzucu, Rahmet Guner

Rifampicin Original Paper

Use of rifampicin and graft removal are associated with better outcomes in prosthetic vascular graft infection

Anne Coste, Mélanie Poinot, Sophie Panaget, Bénédicte Albert, Adrien Kaladji, Hervé Le Bars, Nasr Bahaa, Badra Ali, Caroline Piau, Vincent Cattoir, Claire de Moreuil, Matthieu Revest, Rozenn Le Berre

Different types of bullae of limbs with necrotizing fasciitis predict different outcome: a prospective study

Tsung-Yu Huang, Yao-Hung Tsai, Liang-Tseng Kuo, Wei-Hsiu Hsu, Cheng-Ting Hsiao, Chien-Hui Hung, Wan-Yu Huang, Han-Ru Wu, Hui-Ju Chuang, Yen-Yao Li, Kuo-Ti Peng

Adenovirus Brief Report

Comparison of four commercial SARS-CoV-2 IgG immuno-assays in RT-PCR negative patients with suspect CT findings

Jens T. Van Praet, Ann-Sofie Coene, Kris Van De Moortele, Patrick Descheemaeker, Marijke Reynders

Open Access Influenza Brief Report

Influenza-associated in-hospital mortality during the 2017/2018 influenza season: a retrospective multicentre cohort study in central Germany

Steve Rößler, Juliane Ankert, Michael Baier, Mathias W. Pletz, Stefan Hagel

Pulmonary function in patients surviving to COVID-19 pneumonia

Alessia Fumagalli, Clementina Misuraca, Achille Bianchi, Noemi Borsa, Simone Limonta, Sveva Maggiolini, Daniela Rita Bonardi, Andrea Corsonello, Mirko Di Rosa, Luca Soraci, Fabrizia Lattanzio, Daniele Colombo

Open Access Amphotericin B Case Report

Aspergillus fumigatus cholangitis in a patient with cholangiocarcinoma: case report and review of the literature

Kathrin Rothe, Sebastian Rasch, Nina Wantia, Alexander Poszler, Joerg Ulrich, Christoph Schlag, Wolfgang Huber, Roland M. Schmid, Dirk H. Busch, Tobias Lahmer

Amphotericin B Case Report

Survival case of rhinocerebral and pulmonary mucormycosis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae during chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia: a case report

Kei Yamamoto, Momoko Mawatari, Yoshihiro Fujiya, Satoshi Kutsuna, Nozomi Takeshita, Kayoko Hayakawa, Miki Nakamura, Yusuke Takanabe, Yutaka Maruoka, Masato Inoue, Tetsuo Hara, Satoshi Nagasaka, Niro Tayama, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Takashi Umeyama, Norio Ohmagari

Open Access Coronavirus Case Report

Diagnosis of COVID-19 using multiple antibody assays in two cases with negative PCR results from nasopharyngeal swabs

Marianna Theresia Traugott, Wolfgang Hoepler, Tamara Seitz, Sebastian Baumgartner, Mario Karolyi, Erich Pawelka, Emanuela Friese, Stephanie Neuhold, Hasan Kelani, Florian Thalhammer, Alexander Zoufaly, Hermann Laferl, Judith Helene Aberle, Christoph Wenisch, Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stöckl, Karin Stiasny, Stephan Walter Aberle, Lukas Weseslindtner

Amphotericin B Case Report

A case report of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a misleading clinical presentation

Corentine Vanlier, Liliane Marot, Eva Laranaga, Philippe D’abadie, Jean-Cyr Yombi, Halil Yildiz, Marie Baeck

Dalbavancin as long-term suppressive therapy for patients with Gram-positive bacteremia due to an intravascular source—a series of four cases

Florian Hitzenbichler, Arno Mohr, Daniele Camboni, Michaela Simon, Bernd Salzberger, Frank Hanses

Tocilizumab Images in Infection

Rapid radiological improvement of COVID-19 pneumonia after treatment with tocilizumab

Andrea Claudio Comel, Walter Mosaner, Damiano Bragantini, Massimiliano Lanzafame

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.