December 2021

Editorial Board
Published in issue: December 2021
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Original Articles

Infectious Disease Practice


Environmental dynamics of hospital microbiome upon transfer from a major hospital to a new facility
• Anushia Ashokan,
• Jocelyn M. Choo,
• Steven L. Taylor,
• ...
• Morgyn S. Warner,
• Steve L. Wesselingh,
• Geraint B. Rogers
Published online: October 01, 2021
p637-643
Clinical predictors of outcome in patients with infective endocarditis receiving outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT)
• Oyewole Chris Durojaiye,
• Robin Morgan,
• Naziha Chelaghma,
• Evangelos I Kritsotakis
Published online: October 02, 2021
p644-649

Impact of a 24/7 multiplex-PCR on the management of patients with confirmed viral meningitis
• Gauthier Péan de Ponfilly,
• Anthony Chauvin,
• Maud Salmona,
• ...
• Jérôme LeGoff,
• Emmanuelle Cambau,
• Hervé Jacquier
Published online: October 05, 2021
p650-655

Bacteria and Bacterial Diseases


Mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia remains high despite adherence to quality indicators: secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study
• Rein Willekens,
• Mireia Puig-Asensio,
• Paula Suanzes,
• ...
• Dolors Rodríguez-Pardo,
• Carles Pigrau,
• Benito Almirante
Published online: October 06, 2021
p656-663

Decreasing proportion of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase among E. coli infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in France
• Olivier Lemenand,
• Thomas Coeffic,
• Sonia Thibaut,
• ...
• Jocelyne Caillon,
• Gabriel Birgand
• Clinical Laboratories of PRIMO Network. Nantes, France.
Published online: September 29, 2021
p664-670

Viruses and Viral Diseases


Characterization of key amino acid substitutions and dynamics of the influenza virus H3N2 hemagglutinin
• Maggie Haitian Wang,
• Jingzhi Lou,
• Lirong Cao,
• ...
• Haoyang Zhang,
• Benny CY Zee,
• Eng-Kiong Yeoh
Published online: October 07, 2021
p671-677

A prolonged, nationwide measles outbreak despite very high vaccination coverage in Israel, 2018-19
• Emilia Anis,
• Eric J Haas,
• Viki Indenbaum,
• ...
• Itamar Grotto,
• Ehud Kaliner,
• Siegal Sadetzki
Published online: October 06, 2021
p678-685

Host inflammatory response is the major marker of severe respiratory syncytial virus infection in older adults
• G Lui,
• CK Wong,
• M Chan,
• ...
• DSC Hui,
• N Lee,
• PKS Chan
Published online: October 02, 2021
p686-692

The Alpha variant was not associated with excess nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection in a multi-centre UK hospital study
• Florencia A.T. Boshier,
• Cristina Venturini,
• Oliver Stirrup,
• ...
• Adam A. Witney,
• Judith Breuer
• COG-UK HOCI Variant Substudy consortium*, The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium
Published online: October 02, 2021
p693-700
Open Access

Fungi and Fungal Diseases


A novel droplet digital polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)-a clinical performance study and survey of sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim resistant mutations
• Anupop Jitmuang,
• Anapat Nititammaluk,
• Thitaya Boonsong,
• Patsharaporn Techasintana Sarasombath,
• Suree Sompradeekul,
• Methee Chayakulkeeree
Published online: September 22, 2021
p701-708
Open Access

Letters to the Editor

Chemokine profiling in children and adults with symptomatic and asymptomatic respiratory viral infections
• G. Den Hartog,
• T.H.A. Ederveen,
• P.B. Venkatasubramanian,
• ...
• N. Rots,
• J. Rahamat-Langendoen,
• M.I. de Jonge
Published online: October 26, 2021
p709-737

Re‐emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) virus in domestic Goose, China
• Jinyue Guo,
• Hai Yu,
• Congying Wang,
• ...
• Quan Liu,
• Shujian Huang,
• Feng Wen
Published online: October 17, 2021
p709-737

War-torn Afghanistan - potential risk to the polio eradication efforts: A call for global concern!
• Usman Ayub Awan,
• Muhammad Wasif Malik,
• Haroon Ahmed,
• ...
• Abdul Sami Khan,
• Shaarif Bashir,
• Muhammad Sohail Afzal
Published online: October 06, 2021
p709-737
Genomic analysis of maternal carriage of group B Streptococcus and transmission routes of neonatal sepsis
• Chien-Chung Lee,
• Ye Feng,
• Chyi-Liang Chen,
• ...
• Ying-Li Zhou,
• Petrus Tang,
• Cheng-Hsun Chiu
Published online: October 07, 2021
p709-737

Real-time whole genome sequencing direct diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis: A case report
• M. Morsli,
• Q. Kerharo,
• S. Amrane,
• P. Parola,
• P.E. Fournier,
• M. Drancourt
Published online: October 07, 2021
p709-737

Multicentric evaluation of a 3D‐printed simulator for COVID- 19 nasopharyngeal swab collection in testing centers
• Lise Lecointre,
• Aïna Venkatasamy,
• Mégane Wehr,
• ...
• Christian Debry,
• Massimo Lodi,
• Nicolas Sananes
Published online: September 23, 2021
p709-737

Self-collected mid-nasal swabs and saliva specimens, compared with nasopharyngeal swabs, for SARS-CoV-2 detection in mild COVID-19 patients
• Andrea Alemany,
• Pere Millat-Martinez,
• Dan Ouchi,
• ...
• Ignacio Blanco,
• Bàrbara Baro,
• Oriol Mitjà
Published online: September 16, 2021
p709-737
Letter in response to article in journal of infection: “The microbiology of chronic osteomyelitis: Changes over ten years”
• Nike Walter,
• Susanne Baertl,
• Ulrike Engelstaedter,
• ...
• Florian Hitzenbichler,
• Volker Alt,
• Markus Rupp
Published online: September 15, 2021
p709-737

The high expression of SARS-CoV-2 cell receptors might lead to higher COVID-19 infection rates in cancer patients
• Shizheng Qiu,
• Yu Zhang,
• Donghua Wang,
• Yang Hu
Published online: September 02, 2021
p709-737

Dengue and Chikungunya seroprevalence in waste pickers from the largest Latin American open-air dump
• Évelin Mota Cassemiro,
• Daiani Cristina Cilião-Alves,
• Drielly Rodrigues Moura,
• ...
• Wildo Navegantes de Araújo,
• Vanessa Resende Nogueira Cruvinel,
• Rodrigo Haddad
Published online: August 30, 2021
p709-737

Why do clinicians treat, or not treat, a patient for sepsis? Using the theoretical domains framework to elicit barriers and enablers to performing the Sepsis Six in UK hospitals
• Dr Guy Hooper,
• Dr Neil Roberts,
• Dr Fabiana Lorencatto,
• ...
• Samantha Rowe,
• Kate Adams,
• Donna Gotts
Published online: August 26, 2021
p709-737
Antibiotic resistance genes in Bacillus cereus isolated from wild Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus)
• Ying Li,
• Khalid Mehmood,
• Yung-Fu Chang,
• Rui Guo,
• Peng Shang,
• Hui Zhang
Published online: August 23, 2021
p709-737

Letters to the Editor Online Only

Fungal biomarker testing turn-around-times at the UK National Mycology Reference Laboratory: Setting the record straight
• Andrew M. Borman,
• Mark Fraser,
• Zoe Patterson,
• ...
• Lydia Zapata,
• Paul North,
• Elizabeth M. Johnson
Published online: October 20, 2021
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