Inhalt

Ausgabe 2012/6

Editorial
Infections are a global issue: Infection addresses global issues weiter

M. P. Grobusch, G. Calleri, J. R. Bogner

Review
Review of intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy trials for primary humoral immunodeficiency patients weiter

H. W. Schroeder, C. J. Dougherty



Clinical and Epidemiological Study
Intestinal colonisation and blood stream infections due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBLE) in patients with haematological and oncological malignancies weiter

B. J. Liss, J. J. Vehreschild, O. A. Cornely, M. Hallek, G. Fätkenheuer, H. Wisplinghoff, H. Seifert, M. J. G. T. Vehreschild

Clinical and Epidemiological Study
Hepatitis delta: on soft paws across Germany weiter

C. Reinheimer, H. W. Doerr, A. Berger

Clinical and Epidemiological Study
Causes of death among Danish HIV patients compared with population controls in the period 1995–2008 weiter

M. Helleberg, G. Kronborg, C. S. Larsen, G. Pedersen, C. Pedersen, J. Gerstoft, N. Obel

Clinical and Epidemiological Study
Lack of benefit of preoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis in children with acute appendicitis: a prospective cohort study weiter

V. Bansal, S. Altermatt, D. Nadal, C. Berger

Clinical and Epidemiological Study
Colonoscopic versus nasogastric fecal transplantation for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection: a review and pooled analysis weiter

R. Postigo, J. H. Kim

Clinical and Epidemiological Study
Impact of surgical site infections after open and laparoscopic colon and rectal surgeries on postoperative resource consumption weiter

H. Fukuda, K. Morikane, M. Kuroki, S. Kawai, K. Hayashi, Y. Ieiri, H. Matsukawa, K. Okada, F. Sakamoto, T. Shinzato, S. Taniguchi

Clinical and Epidemiological Study
Efficacy and safety of voriconazole in the treatment of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: experience in Japan weiter

T. Saito, S. Fujiuchi, Y. Tao, Y. Sasaki, K. Ogawa, K. Suzuki, A. Tada, M. Kuba, T. Kato, M. Kawabata, A. Kurashima, M. Sakatani

Clinical and Epidemiological Study
A stringent preemptive protocol reduces cytomegalovirus disease in the first 6 months after kidney transplantation weiter

M. Greiner, A. Cusini, M. Ruesch, M. Schiesser, B. Ledergerber, T. Fehr, N. J. Mueller

Brief Report
Human metapneumovirus infection after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation weiter

A. Egli, C. Bucher, A. Dumoulin, M. Stern, A. Buser, L. Bubendorf, M. Gregor, P. Servida, G. Sommer, J. Bremerich, A. Gratwohl, N. Khanna, A. F. Widmer, M. Battegay, M. Tamm, H. H. Hirsch, J. P. Halter

Brief Report
Pet animals and foreign travel are risk factors for colonisation with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli weiter

E. Meyer, P. Gastmeier, A. Kola, F. Schwab

Case Report
Dengue virus identification by transmission electron microscopy and molecular methods in fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever weiter

D. Limonta, V. Falcón, G. Torres, V. Capó, I. Menéndez, D. Rosario, Y. Castellanos, M. Alvarez, R. Rodríguez-Roche, M. C. Rosa, A. Pavón, L. López, K. González, G. Guillén, J. Diaz, M. G. Guzmán

Case Report
Aseptic meningitis and adult respiratory distress syndrome caused by Borrelia persica weiter

O. Yossepowitch, T. Gottesman, O. Schwartz-Harari, A. Soroksky, M. Dan

Case Report
Pulmonary coccidiomycosis in New Delhi, India weiter

J. K. Oberoi, C. Wattal, P. K. Aggarwal, S. Khanna, A. K. Basu, K. Verma

Case Report
Rare pediatric rhino-orbital infection caused by Saksenaea vasiformis weiter

S. J. Taj-Aldeen, A. Falamarzi, A. AlMuzrkchi, J. Guarro

Case Report
Four cases of possible human infections with Delftia lacustris weiter

S. Y. Shin, J. Y. Choi, K. S. Ko

Correspondence
Should procalcitonin be used as a routine biomarker of bacterial infection? weiter

R. R. Das

Correspondence
Reply to Dr. Rashmi Ranjan Das on the question, “Should procalcitonin be used as a routine biomarker of bacterial infection?” weiter

M. Holub, P. Chalupa

Images in Infection
Purpura fulminans in a child due to Neisseria meningitidis weiter

H. Özdemir, T. Kendirli, E. Çiftçi, E. İnce

Review

Turicella otitidis and Corynebacterium auris: 20 years on

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A. Graevenitz, G. Funke

online first publiziert am 18. June 2013

Review

Adrenal hypofunction from histoplasmosis: a literature review from 1971 to 2012

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R. J. Koene, J. Catanese, G. A. Sarosi

online first publiziert am 15. June 2013

Case Report

Peliosis hepatis due to disseminated tuberculosis in a patient with AIDS

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L. Sanz-Canalejas, E. Gómez-Mampaso, R. Cantón-Moreno, C. Varona-Crespo, J. Fortún, F. Dronda

online first publiziert am 14. June 2013

Case Report

Human infection by a “fish tapeworm”, Diphyllobothrium latum, in a non-endemic country

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J. G. Esteban, C. Muñoz-Antoli, M. Borras, J. Colomina, R. Toledo

online first publiziert am 14. June 2013

Brief Report

Shift of the 2009–2011 measles outbreak from children to adults: an observational review at the University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, France

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V. Corbin, J. Beytout, C. Auclair, M. Chambon, D. Mouly, A. Chamoux, H. Laurichesse

online first publiziert am 14. June 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Asthma and antibodies to pneumococcal virulence proteins

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H. Zhao, J. A. Jung, D. E. Briles, H. Kita, C. Tsigrelis, Y. J. Juhn

online first publiziert am 08. June 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Toxicity and adherence to treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in patients with hematologic malignancies

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E. M. Sánchez-García, R. Gamallo, A. Blanco-Moure, M. A. Viejo, L. Amador, L. Anibarro

online first publiziert am 05. June 2013

Brief Report

Isolated mediastinal necrotizing granulomatous lymphadenopathy due to cat-scratch disease

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A. Lovis, O. Clerc, R. Lazor, K. Jaton, G. Greub

online first publiziert am 01. June 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Analysis of risk factors for late presentation in a cohort of HIV-infected patients in Dresden: positive serology for syphilis in MSM is a determinant for earlier HIV diagnosis

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P. Spornraft-Ragaller, U. Boashie, V. Stephan, J. Schmitt

online first publiziert am 01. June 2013

Images in Infection

Triple worm infestation in an HIV-infected patient

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S. Sammet, A. Wieser, S. Müller, M. Huber, S. Schubert, U. Seybold

online first publiziert am 31. May 2013

Case Report

Guillain–Barré syndrome and ulceroglandular tularemia

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P. Ylipalosaari, T. I. Ala-Kokko, H. Tuominen, H. Syrjälä

online first publiziert am 28. May 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

The impact of pseudomembrane formation on the outcome of Clostridium difficile-associated disease

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T. Berdichevski, N. Keller, G. Rahav, S. Bar-Meir, R. Eliakim, S. Ben-Horin

online first publiziert am 26. May 2013

Case Report

Chryseobacterium indologenes central nervous system infection in infancy: an emergent pathogen?

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P. Olbrich, M. Rivero-Garvía, M. D. Falcón-Neyra, J. A. Lepe, J. M. Cisneros, J. Marquez-Rivas, O. Neth

online first publiziert am 25. May 2013

Case Report

FDG-PET/CT findings during immune reconstitution in an HIV-1 patient infected with visceral leishmaniasis

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P. G. Kyrtatos, A. Debard, G. Martin-Blondel, M. Alvarez, P. Delobel, B. Marchou, P. Massip, T. Wagner

online first publiziert am 25. May 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Risk factors and clinical significance of invasive infections caused by levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

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M. C. Isea-Peña, J. C. Sanz-Moreno, J. Esteban, R. Fernández-Roblas, M. L. Fernández-Guerrero

online first publiziert am 25. May 2013

Brief Report

Changing characteristics and risk factors of patients with and without incident HCV infection among HIV-infected individuals

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E. Orsetti, S. Staffolani, R. Gesuita, G. Iaco, E. Marchionni, L. Brescini, P. Castelli, F. Barchiesi

online first publiziert am 24. May 2013

Brief Report

30-day mortality in UK patients with bacteraemic community-acquired pneumonia

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M. Melzer, C. Welch

online first publiziert am 24. May 2013

Case Report

Aortic thrombus and multiple embolisms during a Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

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C. Flateau, I. Asfalou, A.-L. Deman, C. Ficko, D. Andriamanantena, E. Fontan, E. Viant, L. Bonnevie, C. Rapp

online first publiziert am 22. May 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus: a comparison of cefazolin and ceftriaxone

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S. A. Winans, A. M. Luce, R. Hasbun

online first publiziert am 19. May 2013

Brief Report

Comparison of a novel Aspergillus lateral-flow device and the Platelia® galactomannan assay for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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J. Held, T. Schmidt, C. R. Thornton, E. Kotter, H. Bertz

online first publiziert am 10. May 2013

Brief Report

Colistin is relatively safe in hematological malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients

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D. Averbuch, E. Horwitz, J. Strahilevitz, P. Stepensky, N. Goldschmidt, M. E. Gatt, M. Y. Shapira, I. B. Resnick, D. Engelhard

online first publiziert am 08. May 2013

Images in Infection

Recurrent infection in the left thumb

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E. Pintor, P. Montilla, P. Catalán, A. Burillo, P. Gargantilla, B. Herreros

online first publiziert am 07. May 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Bloodstream infections in patients with or without cancer in a large community hospital

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M. M. E. M. Bos, L. S. Smeets, I. Dumay, E. Jonge

online first publiziert am 05. May 2013

Brief Report

Measuring synovial fluid procalcitonin levels in distinguishing cases of septic arthritis, including prosthetic joints, from other causes of arthritis and aseptic loosening

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K. Saeed, M. Dryden, A. Sitjar, G. White

online first publiziert am 04. May 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Clinical characteristics and antibiotic susceptibility of viridans streptococcal bacteremia in children with febrile neutropenia

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S. B. Han, E. Y. Bae, J. W. Lee, D. G. Lee, N. G. Chung, D. C. Jeong, B. Cho, J. H. Kang, H. K. Kim

online first publiziert am 03. May 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Bacterial infection in elderly nursing home and community-based patients: a prospective cohort study

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J. Videcnik Zorman, L. Lusa, F. Strle, V. Maraspin

online first publiziert am 30. April 2013

Brief Report

Aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis in immunocompetent subjects: case report and review of the literature

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A. Nicolle, A. Blanchardière, J. Bonhomme, M. Hamon, R. Leclercq, M. Hitier

online first publiziert am 28. April 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Natural polymorphisms of HIV-1 subtype-C integrase coding region in a large group of ARV-naïve infected individuals

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S. Dimonte, M. Babakir-Mina, S. Aquaro, C.-F. Perno

online first publiziert am 26. April 2013

Case Report

Cytokines and neutrophils responses in influenza pneumonia

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J. M. Bordon, S. Uriarte, F. W. Arnold, R. Fernandez-Botran, M. Rane, P. Peyrani, R. Cavallazzi, M. Saad, J. Ramirez

online first publiziert am 16. April 2013

Brief Report

Contact investigation based on serial interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) in children from the hematology-oncology ward after exposure to a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis

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A. C. C. Carvalho, R. F. Schumacher, S. Bigoni, E. Soncini, L. Notarangelo, A. Apostoli, C. Bonfanti, D. Cirillo, P. Mantegani, F. Porta, M. Comelli, A. Matteelli

online first publiziert am 11. April 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Development of acute kidney injury during continuous infusion of vancomycin in septic patients

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S. Cianferoni, A. Devigili, E. Ocampos-Martinez, L. Penaccini, S. Scolletta, A. Abdelhadii, D. De Backer, M. Beumier, F. Jacobs, J.-L. Vincent, F. S. Taccone

online first publiziert am 10. April 2013

Review

Tularemia during pregnancy

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N. Ata, S. Kılıç, G. Övet, N. Alataş, B. Çelebi

online first publiziert am 05. April 2013

Case Report

Haemolytic anaemia after oral artemether–lumefantrine treatment in a patient affected by severe imported falciparum malaria

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P. De Nardo, A. Oliva, M. L. Giancola, P. Ghirga, P. Mencarini, M. Bibas, E. Nicastri, A. Antinori, A. Corpolongo

online first publiziert am 04. April 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Acute acalculous cholecystitis in malaria: a review of seven cases from an adult cohort

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C. Abreu, L. Santos, R. Poínhos, A. Sarmento

online first publiziert am 02. April 2013

Case Report

Successful ganciclovir treatment of primary cytomegalovirus infection containing the UL97 mutation N510S in an intestinal graft recipient

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R. Bachmann, K. Hamprecht, J. Lange, R. Ladurner, S. Nadalin, G. Jahn, A. Königsrainer, A. Heininger

online first publiziert am 02. April 2013

Case Report

Severe polymyositis due to Toxoplasma gondii in an adult immunocompetent patient: a case report and review of the literature

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G. Cuomo, V. D’Abrosca, V. Rizzo, S. Nardiello, G. Montagna, G. B. Gaeta, G. Valentini

online first publiziert am 01. April 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

A survey of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus control strategies in Italy

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A. Pan, E. Bombana, G. Tura, C. Curti, S. Lorenzotti, P. Mondello, A. Patroni, E. Tacconelli, V. Rigobello, L. Signorini, M. Vizio, A. Goglio

online first publiziert am 01. April 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Delay in the administration of appropriate antimicrobial therapy in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: a prospective multicenter hospital-based cohort study

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A. J. Kaasch, S. Rieg, J. Kuetscher, H.-R. Brodt, T. Widmann, M. Herrmann, C. Meyer, T. Welte, P. Kern, U. Haars, S. Reuter, I. Hübner, R. Strauss, B. Sinha, F. M. Brunkhorst, M. Hellmich, G. Fätkenheuer, W. V. Kern, H. Seifert

online first publiziert am 29. March 2013

Case Report

Actinomyces meyeri: from “lumpy jaw” to empyema

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A. Attaway, T. Flynn

online first publiziert am 27. March 2013

Case Report

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis by Pasteurella multocida under treatment with rifaximin

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P. Lutz, M. Parcina, I. Bekeredjian-Ding, A. Hoerauf, C. P. Strassburg, U. Spengler

online first publiziert am 25. March 2013

Images in Infection

Metastatic abscess formation in a preexisting chest wall tumor: a rare initial presentation of Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess

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Y.-C. Chen, S.-K. Chiu, T.-Y. Lin, Y. Yang, K.-M. Yeh

online first publiziert am 23. March 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Polymorphisms in toll-like receptors 2, 4 and 5 are associated with Legionella pneumophila infection

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F. Zhang, X.-D. Gao, W.-W. Wu, Y. Gao, Y.-W. Zhang, S.-P. Wang

online first publiziert am 23. March 2013

Case Report

Guillain–Barré syndrome associated with autochthonous infection by hepatitis E virus subgenotype 3c

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N. Scharn, T. Ganzenmueller, J. J. Wenzel, R. Dengler, A. Heim, F. Wegner

online first publiziert am 20. March 2013

Correspondence

Mycotic aneurysm caused by hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype K54 with sequence type 29: an emerging threat

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Y.-C. Chuang, M.-F. Lee, W.-L. Yu

online first publiziert am 19. March 2013

Case Report

Clostridial abdominal gas gangrene masquerading as a bowel perforation in an advanced-stage ovarian cancer patient

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L. N. Abaid, R. H. Thomas, H. D. Epstein, B. H. Goldstein

online first publiziert am 15. March 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Dynamics of childhood invasive meningococcal disease in Israel during a 22-year period (1989–2010)

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S. Ben-Shimol, R. Dagan, Y. Schonmann, N. Givon-Lavi, N. Keller, C. Block, I. Kassis, M. Ephros, D. Greenberg

online first publiziert am 10. March 2013

Correspondence

Intestinal colonisation and blood stream infections due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae (ESBLE) in patients with haematological and oncological malignancies

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K. V. Rolston, L. Nesher, V. Mulanovich, R. Chemaly

online first publiziert am 09. March 2013

Correspondence

Accuracy and applicability of the revised WHO classification (2009) of dengue

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V. Wiwanitkit

online first publiziert am 09. March 2013

Case Report

Testicular mass: do not forget filariasis

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C. C. K. Ho, N. Ideris

online first publiziert am 08. March 2013

Obituary

Farewell to the founder of Infection, Walter Marget

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J. R. Bogner

online first publiziert am 07. March 2013

Brief Report

Primary inoculation tuberculosis after an accidental scalpel injury

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D. Huang, H. Yin

online first publiziert am 07. March 2013

Correspondence

Intestinal colonisation and blood stream infections due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBLE) in patients with haematological and oncological malignancies

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M. J. G. T. Vehreschild, B. J. Liss, O. A. Cornely

online first publiziert am 05. March 2013

Case Report

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus foot infection after fish pedicure

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K. Sugimoto, R. Frei, P. Graber

online first publiziert am 05. March 2013

Case Report

The first case report of non-nosocomial healthcare-associated infective endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA400 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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P. V. Damasco, F. S. Cavalcante, R. C. Chamon, D. C. Ferreira, S. S. Rioja, M. V. Potsch, M. P. Pastura, V. D. Marques, M. B. Castier, E. A. Marques, K. R. N. Santos

online first publiziert am 02. March 2013

Correspondence

Presence of Epstein–Barr virus in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with aseptic meningitis appears to be common

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T. Kimiya, T. Yagihashi, M. Shinjoh, A. Kai, Y. Sato

online first publiziert am 24. February 2013

Correspondence

Is the HDV seroprevalence in patients admitted to a university hospital representative for all HBV carriers in Germany?

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A. L. Bissinger, C. P. Berg

online first publiziert am 24. February 2013

Case Report

A rare case of Lemierre`s syndrome caused by Porphyromonas asaccharolytica

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K. Takeda, T. Kenzaka, Y. Morita, S. Kuroki, E. Kajii

online first publiziert am 24. February 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

The potential impact of biomarker-guided triage decisions for patients with urinary tract infections

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A. Litke, R. Bossart, K. Regez, U. Schild, M. Guglielmetti, A. Conca, P. Schäfer, B. Reutlinger, B. Mueller, W. C. Albrich

online first publiziert am 24. February 2013

Correspondence

Differences in bile microbiology according to region and hospital: response to correspondence on “bile microbiology at a hospital in southern Taiwan”

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W. Kwon, S.-W. Kim, J.-Y. Jang

online first publiziert am 10. February 2013

Case Report

Descending thoracic aortitis due to Haemophilus influenzae: a case report and literature review

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S. Ranganath, N. Stratton, A. Narasimhan, J. K. Midturi

online first publiziert am 07. February 2013

Correspondence

Ischaemic intestinal perforation complicated by Clostridium perfringens sepsis in a diabetic patient

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N. T. Mutters, S. Stoffels, C. Eisenbach, S. Zimmermann

online first publiziert am 07. February 2013

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Accuracy and applicability of the revised WHO classification (2009) of dengue in children seen at a tertiary healthcare facility in northern India

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D. Prasad, Chandrakanta Kumar, A. Jain, R. Kumar

online first publiziert am 05. February 2013

Correspondence

Bile microbiology at a hospital in southern Taiwan

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C.-C. Kuo, C.-C. Lai, C.-M. Chao

online first publiziert am 05. February 2013

Correspondence

Early Lactococcus lactis endocarditis after mitral valve repair: a case report and literature review

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C. Rostagno, P. Pecile, P. L. Stefàno

online first publiziert am 06. December 2012

Clinical and Epidemiological Study

Duration of treatment for candidemia and risk for late-onset ocular candidiasis

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O. Blennow, L. Tallstedt, B. Hedquist, B. Gårdlund

online first publiziert am 02. December 2012