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Infection

Issue 2/2014

Content (26 Articles)

Review

An Italian consensus for invasive candidiasis management (ITALIC)

L. Scudeller, C. Viscoli, F. Menichetti, V. del Bono, F. Cristini, C. Tascini, M. Bassetti, P. Viale

Review

TB and HIV in the Central African region: current knowledge and knowledge gaps

S. Janssen, M. A. M. Huson, S. Bélard, S. Stolp, N. Kapata, M. Bates, M. van Vugt, M. P. Grobusch

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Efficacy of raltegravir switching strategies in HIV-infected patients with suppressed viraemia according to the genotypic sensitivity score

F. Caby, L. Schneider, C. Blanc, C. Soulié, M. Tindel, G. Peytavin, R. Agher, M. A. Valantin, R. Tubiana, M. Wirden, V. Calvez, A. G. Marcelin, C. Katlama

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

The 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) coincides with changes in the epidemiology of other viral pathogens causing acute respiratory tract infections in children

B. Gröndahl, T. Ankermann, P. von Bismarck, S. Rockahr, F. Kowalzik, S. Gehring, C. Meyer, M. Knuf, W. Puppe

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Colonization of liver transplant recipients with KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae is associated with high infection rates and excess mortality: a case–control analysis

C. Lübbert, D. Becker-Rux, A. C. Rodloff, S. Laudi, T. Busch, M. Bartels, U. X. Kaisers

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Comparison of clinical presentation and laboratory values at admission between PCR-confirmed influenza A H1N1 infection and influenza-like disease, South-East Austria

M. Hoenigl, J. Prattes, M. Drescher, K. Tovilo, K. Seeber, H. H. Kessler, K. Vander, M. Palfner, M. Meilinger, A. Avian, T. Valentin, I. Zollner-Schwetz, V. Strenger, R. Krause, H. Flick

Open Access Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Incidence of herpes zoster in patients with altered immune function

S.-Y. Chen, J. A. Suaya, Q. Li, C. M. Galindo, D. Misurski, S. Burstin, M. J. Levin

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Tuberculosis of the eye in Italy: a forgotten extrapulmonary localization

M. S. Tognon, M. Fiscon, P. Mirabelli, G. Graziani, M. Peracchi, A. Sattin, S. Marinello, F. Vianello, D. Sgarabotto

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Epidemiology and risk factors for severe respiratory syncytial virus infections requiring pediatric intensive care admission in Hong Kong children

T. F. Leung, D. S. Y. Lam, T. Y. Miu, K. L. Hon, C. S. K. Chau, S. W. Ku, R. S. Y. Lee, P. Y. Chow, W. K. Chiu, D. K. K. Ng

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Selection of hospital antimicrobial prescribing quality indicators: a consensus among German antibiotic stewardship (ABS) networkers

J. Thern, K. de With, R. Strauss, M. Steib-Bauert, N. Weber, W. V. Kern

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Fusobacterium species infections: clinical spectrum and outcomes at a district general hospital

E. Pett, K. Saeed, M. Dryden

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Validation of the CORB75 (confusion, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and age ≥75 years) as a simpler pneumonia severity rule

O. Ochoa-Gondar, A. Vila-Corcoles, T. Rodriguez-Blanco, I. Hospital, E. Salsench, X. Ansa, N. Saun

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Antimicrobial management of septic arthritis of the hand and wrist

T. J. Kowalski, L. A. Thompson, J. D. Gundrum

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Septic arthritis: patients with or without isolated infectious agents have similar characteristics

J. Madruga Dias, M. M. Costa, J. A. Pereira da Silva, M. Viana de Queiroz

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Epidemiology of candidemia in Qatar, the Middle East: performance of MALDI-TOF MS for the identification of Candida species, species distribution, outcome, and susceptibility pattern

S. J. Taj-Aldeen, A. Kolecka, R. Boesten, A. Alolaqi, M. Almaslamani, P. Chandra, J. F. Meis, T. Boekhout

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Treatment outcomes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Gauteng, South Africa

E. Marais, C. K. Mlambo, J. J. Lewis, N. Rastogi, T. Zozio, M. P. Grobusch, A. Duse, T. Victor, R. W. Warren

Case Report

Gonococcal endocarditis: a case report and review of the literature

Antonio Ramos, Pablo García-Pavía, Beatriz Orden, Marta Cobo, Margarita Sánchez-Castilla, Isabel Sánchez-Romero, Elena Múñez, Mercedes Marín, Carlos García-Montero

Case Report

Successful isavuconazole salvage therapy in a patient with invasive mucormycosis

J. Ervens, M. Ghannoum, B. Graf, S. Schwartz

Case Report

Synovitis of the wrist caused by Mycobacterium florentinum

Y. Nukui, H. Nakamura, H. Ishioka, H. Miyamoto, A. Okamoto, Y. Kazumi, H. Yotsuyanagi, K. Moriya, S. Hatakeyama

Case Report

Diarrheagenic enteroaggregative Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infection and bacteremia leading to sepsis

K. Herzog, J. Engeler Dusel, M. Hugentobler, L. Beutin, G. Sägesser, R. Stephan, H. Hächler, M. Nüesch-Inderbinen

Images in Infection

Breast ulceration in a teenager

A. Merlet, F.-A. Dauchy, H. Creux, M. Dupon

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.