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Infection

Issue 3/2019

Content (26 Articles)

Latent tuberculosis infection in transplant candidates: a systematic review and meta-analysis on TST and IGRA

Mohammad Javad Nasiri, Ali Pormohammad, Hossein Goudarzi, Masoud Mardani, Samin Zamani, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Giovanni Sotgiu

AmpC β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales: what a clinician should know

Simone Meini, Carlo Tascini, Marco Cei, Emanuela Sozio, Gian Maria Rossolini

Original Paper

Inhaled corticosteroids and risk of upper respiratory tract infection in patients with asthma: a meta-analysis

Mingjin Yang, Yan Zhang, Hong Chen, Jiachen Lin, Jiatao Zeng, Zhibo Xu

Original Paper

Use of steroids for abdominal tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hariom Soni, Balaji L. Bellam, Raghavendra K. Rao, Praveen M. Kumar, Harshal S. Mandavdhare, Harjeet Singh, Usha Dutta, Vishal Sharma

Original Paper

Urinary schistosomiasis in migrant population: a case series from a single centre in southern Italy

Maurizio Milesi, Claudia Indovina, Ornella Dino, Floriana Di Bella, Francesco Di Lorenzo, Adriana Sanfilippo, Francesca Di Bernardo, Concetta Sodano, Tullio Prestileo, Abraha Yodit, Bellipanni Pierfrancesco, Dalle Nogare Ernesto Renato, D’Angelo Antonino, Floriana Di Bella, Lorenzo Di Andrea, Marco Di Lorenza, Graffeo Gabriella, Antonio Ficalora, Giammanco Anna, Infantona Maria, Indovina Claudia, Ambra La Rosa, Mandalà Cosimo, Marrone Patrizia, Milesi Maurizio, Oueslati Sonia, Orlando Giuseppina, Pasqualino Gaetano, Perricone Emma, Prestileo Federico, Scimeca Concetta, Sodano Concetta, Spadaro Filippo, Touran Zacaria, Vassallo Paleologo Fulvio

Original Paper

Correlation between Streptococcus bovis bacteremia and density of cows in Galicia, northwest of Spain

J. Corredoira, E. Miguez, L. M. Mateo, R. Fernández-Rodriguez, J. F. García-Rodriguez, A. Peréz-Gonzalez, A. Sanjurjo, M. V. Pulian, R. Rabuñal, M. Serrano, M. J. Jove, P. Alonso, E. Justo, J. C. Piñeiro, M. P. Alonso, F. García-Garrote, M. A. Coira, A. Blanco, R. Gómez-Méndez, M. J. García-Pais, R. Rabuñal, M. J. López-Álvarez, J. Corredoira, Eva Romay, V. Abel, E. Miguez, A. Cerezales, D. Vieito, M. Rodriguez-Mayo, M. J. Gude, J. F. García-Rodríguez, J. A. Agulla, L. M. Mateo, A. González-Quintela, M. Hernández, T. Manso, A. Aguilera, M. L. Pérez del Molino, L. Martínez-Braña, R. Fernández-Rodríguez, M. I. Paz, M. González-Dominguez, F. Morales, I. Soto, F. J. Vasallo, A. Pérez-Gonzalez, R. Pérez-Alvarez, J. de la Fuente, A. Sanjurjo, J. L. Lamas, J. Álvarez-Ferreiro, M. I. Rodríguez-Conde, A. Pazos, M. V. Pulian, D. M. Guzmán, M. García-Campello, J. Diz

Original Paper

Suboptimal performance of APRI and FIB-4 in ruling out significant fibrosis and confirming cirrhosis in HIV/HCV co-infected and HCV mono-infected patients

Giovanni Mazzola, Lucia Adamoli, Vincenza Calvaruso, Fabio Salvatore Macaluso, Pietro Colletti, Sergio Mazzola, Adriana Cervo, Marcello Trizzino, Francesco Di Lorenzo, Chiara Iaria, Tullio Prestileo, Ambrogio Orlando, Vito Di Marco, Antonio Cascio

Original Paper

Enterococcal bacteremia in febrile neutropenic children and adolescents with underlying malignancies, and clinical impact of vancomycin resistance

Kil-Seong Bae, Ju Ae Shin, Seong koo Kim, Seung Beom Han, Jae Wook Lee, Dong-Gun Lee, Nack-Gyun Chung, Bin Cho, Dae Chul Jeong, Jin Han Kang

Influenza Virus Original Paper

Analysis of acute respiratory infections due to influenza virus A, B and RSV during an influenza epidemic 2018

Spiridon Topoulos, Christian Giesa, Sören Gatermann, Rene Fussen, Sebastian Lemmen, Santiago Ewig

Appropriate use of antifungals: impact of an antifungal stewardship program on the clinical outcome of candidaemia in a French University Hospital

H. Benoist, S. Rodier, A. de La Blanchardière, J. Bonhomme, H. Cormier, P. Thibon, Guillaume Saint-Lorant

Cerebrospinal fluid compartmentalization of HIV-1 and correlation with plasma viral load and blood–brain barrier damage

Davide Fiore Bavaro, A. Calamo, L. Lepore, C. Fabrizio, A. Saracino, G. Angarano, L. Monno

Ultrasound Original Paper

The diagnosis and treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in Italy in a retrospective cohort of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa

Marta Tilli, Federico Gobbi, Francesca Rinaldi, Jacopo Testa, Silvio Caligaris, Paola Magro, Dora Buonfrate, Monica Degani, Andrea Minervini, Marco Carini, Agostino Tuccio, Simone Sforza, Maurizio Gulletta, Francesco Castelli, Simone Agostini, Filippo Parretti, Joachim Richter, Piero Olliaro, Zeno Bisoffi, Alessandro Bartoloni, Lorenzo Zammarchi

Correction to: The diagnosis and treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in Italy in a retrospective cohort of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa

Marta Tilli, Federico Gobbi, Francesca Rinaldi, Jacopo Testa, Silvio Caligaris, Paola Magro, Dora Buonfrate, Monica Degani, Andrea Minervini, Marco Carini, Agostino Tuccio, Simone Sforza, Maurizio Gulletta, Francesco Castelli, Simone Agostini, Filippo Parretti, Joachim Richter, Piero Olliaro, Zeno Bisoffi, Alessandro Bartoloni, Lorenzo Zammarchi

Gentamicin Original Paper

Efficacy of teicoplanin monotherapy following initial standard therapy in Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis: a retrospective cohort study

Thomas De Nadaï, Mathilde François, Agnès Sommet, Damien Dubois, David Metsu, Marion Grare, Bruno Marchou, Pierre Delobel, Guillaume Martin-Blondel

M. pneumoniae and C. pneumoniae are no relevant pathogens in critically ill patients with hospital-acquired respiratory tract infections

Stefan Hagel, Svenja Schmitt, Miriam Kesselmeier, Michael Baier, Tobias Welte, Santiago Ewig, Mathias W. Pletz

Candida Balanitis Brief Report

Vertebral osteomyelitis due to Candida species

Nathan McLeod, Melanie Fisher, P. Rocco Lasala

Case Report

Actinomyces spp. bloodstream and deep vein thrombus infections in people who inject drugs

Emma Tippett, Nupur Goyal, Stephen Guy, Jenny Wong

Case Report

Treatment of a broncho-esophageal fistula complicated by severe ARDS

E. Tautz, D. Wagner, S. Wiesemann, A. Jonaszik, C. Bode, T. Wengenmayer, D. Staudacher, P. Biever, J. Hoeppner, D. Duerschmied

Case Report

Vaccine strain Listeria monocytogenes bacteremia occurring 31 months after immunization

Elias Fares, Cindy B. McCloskey, Andres Gutierrez, Michael Princiotta, Linda J. Salinas, Douglas A. Drevets

Expectoration Case Report

Antagonistic effect between tigecycline and meropenem: successful management of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection

Sheng Bi, Xin Yao, Cheng Huang, Xia Zheng, Tianming Xuan, Jifang Sheng, Kaijin Xu, Beiwen Zheng, Qing Yang

Vitrectomy Correspondence

Response to Kato et al.: Prevalence of, and risk factors for, hematogenous fungal endophthalmitis in patients with Candida bloodstream infection

H. Russell Day Jr., Mark P. Breazzano, Karen C. Bloch, Edward F. Cherney, Sean P. Donahue, John B. Bond III

Images in Infection

18F-FDG PET/CT monitoring of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in a child with interleukin-12 receptor β-1 deficiency

Ana Mendez-Echevarria, Sonia Rodado-Marina, Monica Coronado-Poggio, Teresa Del Rosal

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.