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Clostridium difficile infection in HIV-seropositive individuals and transplant recipients
12 December 2011
Summary: Immunocompromise is a commonly cited risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). We reviewed the experimental and epidemiological literature on CDI in three immunocompromised group...
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Paul J. Collini,
Martijn Bauer,
Ed Kuijper,
David H. Dockrell
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131-147
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A systematic review of bacteremias in cellulitis and erysipelas
14 November 2011
Summary: Objectives: Because of the difficulty of obtaining bacterial cultures from patients with cellulitis and erysipelas, the microbiology of these common infections remains incompletely defined. G...
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Craig G. Gunderson,
Richard A. Martinello
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148-155
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Control measures for invasive group A streptococci (iGAS) outbreaks in care homes
24 November 2011
Summary: Objectives: The incidence of invasive group A streptococcal infections (iGAS) is increasing in Europe, with a particularly high morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Control of outbreaks in...
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A. Cummins,
S. Millership,
T. Lamagni,
K. Foster
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156-161
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Characteristics of healthcare-associated and community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia in Taiwan
14 November 2011
Summary: Objectives: Klebsiella pneumoniae is the major cause of community-onset pyogenic infections in Taiwan. We investigated the clinical features and outcomes of community-acquired (CA) and health...
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Hau-Shin Wu,
Fu-Der Wang,
Chih-Peng Tseng,
Tung-Han Wu,
Yi-Tsung Lin,
Chang-Phone Fung
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162-168
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Orthopaedic-implant infections by Escherichia coli: Molecular and phenotypic analysis of the causative strains
17 November 2011
Summary: Objectives: Little is known about Escherichia coli Orthopaedic Implant Infections (OII) pathogenesis. Thus, we compared 30 clinical strains isolated in this context with 30 clinical strains o...
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Lise Crémet,
Stéphane Corvec,
Pascale Bémer,
Laurent Bret,
Cécile Lebrun,
Béatrice Lesimple,
Anne-Françoise Miegeville,
Alain Reynaud,
Didier Lepelletier,
Nathalie Caroff
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169-175
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Colonisation and infection due to Enterobacteriaceae producing plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamases
24 November 2011
Summary: Objectives: To investigate the epidemiology and clinical features of infections caused by Enterobacteria producing plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamases (pAmpC), which are emerging as a cause of...
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Jesús Rodríguez-Baño,
Elisenda Miró,
Macarena Villar,
Alicia Coelho,
Mónica Gozalo,
Nuria Borrell,
Germán Bou,
M. Carmen Conejo,
Virginia Pomar,
Belén Aracil,
Nieves Larrosa,
Jesús Agüero,
Antonio Oliver,
Ana Fernández,
Jesús Oteo,
Alvaro Pascual,
Ferran Navarro
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176-183
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Fatal Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X sepsis in immunocompromised patients in Spain. Virulence of clinical isolates
17 November 2011
Summary: Background: Neisseria meningitidis X (NmX) is a minority meningococcus serogroup for which no vaccine is available. Huge meningococcus X outbreaks occurred in West Africa but developed countr...
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Diego Vicente,
Olatz Esnal,
Emilio Pérez-Trallero
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184-187
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Questionable role of interferon-γ assays for smear-negative pulmonary TB in immunocompromised patients
21 November 2011
Summary: Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the usefulness of the TST and the interferon-γ release assays (IGRA) for diagnosing smear-negative pulmonary TB in immunocompromised patien...
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Ji Ye Jung,
Ju Eun Lim,
Hye-jeong Lee,
Young Mi Kim,
Sang-Nae Cho,
Se Kyu Kim,
Joon Chang,
Young Ae Kang
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188-196
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Improving the timeframe between blood collection and interferon gamma release assay using T-Cell Xtend®
21 November 2011
Summary: Vacutainer CPT tubes require blood samples for TSPOT.TB to be processed within 8 h. In this study we evaluated the ability of T-Cell Xtend to maintain the number and function of lymphocytes a...
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J.J.M. Bouwman,
S.F.T. Thijsen,
A.W. Bossink
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197-203
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Hepatic safety of efavirenz in HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients with advanced liver fibrosis
28 November 2011
Summary: Objective: To assess the frequency of severe liver toxicity in HIV/hepatitis C (HCV)-coinfected patients with advanced liver fibrosis receiving efavirenz (EFV)-based antiretroviral combinatio...
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Juan A. Pineda,
Karin Neukam,
Josep Mallolas,
Luis F. López-Cortés,
José A. Cartón,
Pere Domingo,
Santiago Moreno,
José A. Iribarren,
Bonaventura Clotet,
Manuel Crespo,
Ignacio de Los Santos,
Enrique Ortega,
Hernando Knobel,
María J. Jiménez-Expósito,
Juan Macías
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204-211
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Seroprevalence of and risk factors for Toscana and Sicilian virus infection in a sample population of Sicily (Italy)
21 November 2011
Summary: Objective: The present study aimed to assess seroprevalence of and risk factors for Toscana (TOSV) and Sicilian (SFSV) virus infections in a sample of Sicilian subjects. Methods: A cross-sect...
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Giuseppe Calamusa,
Rosalia Maria Valenti,
Francesco Vitale,
Caterina Mammina,
Nino Romano,
James Jerome Goedert,
Gianni Gori-Savellini,
Maria Grazia Cusi,
Emanuele Amodio
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212-217
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of diabetic patients who were hospitalised with 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 infection
28 November 2011
Summary: Objectives: To describe demographic and clinical data and outcomes of severe cases of 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 (pH1N1) infections for persons with diabetes. Methods: We selected all per...
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Marta Cortes Garcia,
Maria Jose Sierra Moros,
Patricia Santa-Olalla Peralta,
Valentin Hernandez-Barrera,
Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia,
Isabel Pachon
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218-224
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Lethal human neutropenic entercolitis caused by Clostridium chauvoei in the United States: Tip of the iceberg?
19 September 2011
Summary: The patient is a 44-year-old woman with metastatic grade 3 intra-ductal carcinoma of the breast who was started on palliative chemotherapy (docetaxel) 10 days prior to admission and presented...
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Jill E. Weatherhead,
David J. Tweardy
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225-227
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Risk factors for Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus pulmonary disease persistence and deterioration
14 November 2011
We read with interest regarding “Clinical relevance of Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus group isolation in 95 patients”, which was recently published in this journal. In this article, van Ingen J et a...
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Meng-Rui Lee,
Li-Ta Keng,
Chin-Chung Shu,
Shih-Wei Lee,
Chih-Hsin Lee,
Jann-Yuan Wang,
Li-Na Lee,
Chong-Jen Yu,
Pan-Chyr Yang
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228-230
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Isolation of Bisgaardia hudsonensis from a seal bite
14 November 2011
We read with interest the recent case report of Bisgaardia hudsonensis from a patient with an infected seal bite.
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N.J. Davison,
J.E.F. Barnett,
R.D. Ayling,
A.M. Whatmore,
G. Foster
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231-232
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Alloiococcus otitidis: An emerging pathogen in otitis media
14 November 2011
We read with interest the article published on microbiology of chronic otitis media with effusion (OME) in a Korean population which reported a high frequency of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, Pse...
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Christopher Ashhurst-Smith,
Sharron T. Hall,
John Stuart,
Christine J. Burns,
Esther Liet,
Paul J. Walker,
Robert Dorrington,
Robert Eisenberg,
Malcolm Robilliard,
C. Caroline Blackwell
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233-235
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Cerebral abscesses in patients with bacterial meningitis
21 November 2011
Cerebral abscesses have been reported as an uncommon complication of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults. We investigated the incidence, causative organisms, and outcome of cerebral absc...
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Kin K. Jim,
Matthijs C. Brouwer,
Arie van der Ende,
Diederik van de Beek
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236-238
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Severity assessment of influenza virus infection in secondary care
21 November 2011
We read the comprehensive review on pH1N1 severity assessment by Singanayagam and colleagues with interest. They highlight the limitations of severity assessment tools and factors associated with seve...
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Patrick J. Lillie,
Rohit Bazaz,
Laura Dexter,
Charles Biju,
Lucy Peart,
Leon Lewis,
Mohammad Raza,
Paul Whiting,
Anne Tunbridge
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239-241
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Enteric fever in returning travellers: Role of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy
24 November 2011
In a recent review of imported enteric fever in Leicester, UK, a shift in therapy from ciprofloxacin to ceftriaxone and azithromycin was observed between 1999 and 2009, reflecting reduced ciprofloxaci...
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B. White,
J.E. Coia,
C. Sykes,
H. Mather,
R.A. Seaton
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242-245
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