Ausgabe 4/2023
Inhalt (43 Artikel)
An appeal for strengthening genomic pathogen surveillance to improve pandemic preparedness and infection prevention: the German perspective
Bernd Salzberger, Alexander Mellmann, Anna Bludau, Sandra Ciesek, Victor Corman, Alexander Dilthey, Tjibbe Donker, Tim Eckmanns, Richard Egelkamp, Sören G. Gatermann, Hajo Grundmann, Georg Häcker, Martin Kaase, Berit Lange, Martin Mielke, Mathias W. Pletz, Torsten Semmler, Andrea Thürmer, Lothar H. Wieler, Thorsten Wolff, Andreas F. Widmer, Simone Scheithauer
The clinical spectrum of aspergillosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Akaninyene Otu, Chris Kosmidis, Alexander G. Mathioudakis, Chibuike Ibe, David W. Denning
Impact of a pediatric infectious disease consultation service on timely step-down to oral antibiotic treatment for bone and joint infections
Katrin Mehler, André Oberthür, Ayla Yagdiran, Sarina Butzer, Norma Jung
Work performance among healthcare workers with post COVID-19 syndrome and its relation to antibody response
Marwa Mohammed Fouad, Nermin Hamdy Zawilla, Lobna Ahmed Maged
Tocilizumab vs. baricitinib in hospitalized severe COVID-19 patients: results from a real-world cohort
Mario Karolyi, Andreas Gruebl, Sara Omid, Magdalena Saak, Erich Pawelka, Wolfgang Hoepler, Hasan Kelani, Avelino Kuran, Hermann Laferl, Clemens Ott, David Pereyra, Jonas Santol, Tamara Seitz, Marianna Traugott, Alice Assinger, Christoph Wenisch, Alexander Zoufaly
Infectious encephalitis in elderly patients: a prospective multicentre observational study in France 2016–2019
Paul Petitgas, Pierre Tattevin, Alexandra Mailles, Pierre Fillâtre, Jean-Paul Stahl, Sophie Abgrall, Laurent Argaud, Xavier Argemi, Nathalie Asseray, Guillaume Baille, Aurélie Baldolli, Julien Biberon, Charlotte Biron, Geneviève Blanchet-Fourcade, Mathieu Blot, Anne Bonnetain, Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers, Frédéric Bourdain, David Boutoille, Hélène Brasme, Cédric Bruel, Fabrice Bruneel, Rodolphe Buzele, Etienne Canouï, Philippe Casenave, Bernard Castan, Charles Cazanave, Céline Cazorla, Thibault Challan-Belval, Pascal Chavanet, Catherine Chirouze, Tomasz Chroboczek, Johan Courjon, Thomas Broucker, Arnaud Blanchardière, Etienne Montmollin, Thècle Degroote, Marine Delaroche, Eric Denes, Colin Deschanvres, Capucine Diard-Detoeuf, Aurélien Dinh, Olivier Epaulard, Pierre Fillatre, Emmanuel Forestier, Thibault Fraisse, Marie Froidure, Benjamin Gaborit, Amandine Gagneux-Brunon, Nicolas Gaillard, Arnaud Galbois, Mathieu Godement, François Goehringer, Simon Gravier, Valentin Greigert, Isabelle Gueit, Thomas Guimard, Carole Henry, Maxime Hentzien, Jean-Etienne Herbrecht, Pierre Jaquet, Fanny Jommier, Lydie Katchatourian, Solene Kerneis, Jessica Krause, Manuela Cam, Marion Maréchal, Gwenael Moal, Paul Turnier, Raphael Lecomte, Anne-Sophie Lecompte, Romain Lefaucheur, Stéphanie Lejeune, Xavier Lescure, Olivier Lesieur, Philippe Lesprit, Guillaume Louis, Christelle Lucas, Rafael Mahieu, Alain Makinson, Guillaune Marc, Alexandre Maria, Nathalie Marin, Aurélie Martin, Guillaume Martin-Blondel, Martin Martinot, Alexandre Mas, Philippe Mateu, Morgan Matt, Laurence Maulin, Frédéric Mechai, Jean-Paul Mira, Eugénie Mutez, Jérémie Orain, Anne Schieber-Pachart, Nathalie Pansu, Solene Patrat-Delon, Patricia Pavese, Hélène Pelerin, Véronique Pelonde-Erimée, Isabelle Pierre, Diane Ponscarme, Dimitri Psimaras, Mathilde Puges, Mathilde Reveillon-Istin, Sylvain Rheims, Aurélie Richard-Mornas, Agnès Riché, Vincent Roubeau, Yvon Ruch, Isabelle Runge, Hélène Savini, Romain Sonneville, Jean-Paul Stahl, Pierre Tattevin, Kelly Tiercelet, Saber Touati, Jean-Marie Turmel, Isabelle Tyvaert, Marc-Olivier Vareil, Magalie Vidal-Roux, Virginie Vitrat, Heidi Wille, Mathieu Zuber, Laurent Almoyna-Martinez, Olivier Bouchaud, Thomas Broucker, Fabrice Bruneel, Bernard Castan, Eric Denes, Olivier Epaulard, Nadine Girard, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Jérome Honnorat, Alexandra Mailles, Patrice Morand, François Raffi, France Roblot, Jean-Paul Stahl, Romain Sonneville, Pierre Tattevin
Streptococcal infective endocarditis: clinical features and outcomes according to species
Sandra Chamat-Hedemand, Anders Dahl, Christian Hassager, Magnus Arpi, Lauge Østergaard, Henning Bundgaard, Trine K. Lauridsen, Louise Bruun Oestergaard, Gunnar Gislason, Emil Fosbøl, Niels Eske Bruun
Reduction of SARS-CoV-2 viral load in exhaled air by antiseptic chewing gum: a pilot trial
F. Pfab, B. Buelow-Johansen, D. Alber, M. Kriner, O. Kornmann, M. Stuermer
Characteristics and outcomes of acute hepatitis of unknown etiology in Egypt: first report of adult adenovirus-associated hepatitis
Haidi Karam-Allah Ramadan, Ibrahim M. Sayed, Amal A. Elkhawaga, El-Zahraa M. Meghezel, Ashraf A. Askar, Abdelmajeed M. Moussa, Asmaa O. B. S. Osman, Azza Abo Elfadl, Walaa A. Khalifa, Ahmed M. Ashmawy, Mohamed A. El-Mokhtar
Long-term follow-up after introduction of a systematic sexually transmitted infection screening program for men having sex with men living with HIV in a primary care setting: uptake, STI incidence, and risk factors for infection and reinfection
Philipp J. G. Mathé, Susanne Usadel, Siegbert Rieg, Winfried V. Kern, Matthias C. Müller
Vaccine-hesitant individuals accumulate additional COVID-19 risk due to divergent perception and behaviors related to SARS-CoV-2 testing: a population-based, cross-sectional study
Paul R. Wratil, Katharina Kotter, Marie L. Bischof, Sophie Hollerbach, Elif Apak, Anna-Lena Kalteis, Tamara Nayeli-Pflantz, Lars Kaderali, Kristina Adorjan, Oliver T. Keppler
Management of Helicobacter pylori infection in paediatric patients in Europe: results from the EuroPedHp Registry
Thu Giang Le Thi, Katharina Werkstetter, Kallirroi Kotilea, Patrick Bontems, José Cabral, Maria Luz Cilleruelo Pascual, Michal Kori, Josefa Barrio, Matjaž Homan, Nicolas Kalach, Rosa Lima, Marta Tavares, Pedro Urruzuno, Zrinjka Misak, Vaidotas Urbonas, Sibylle Koletzko, Josef Sykora, Erasmo Miele, Andreas Krahl, Martina Klemenak, Alexandra Papadopoulou, Andrea Chiaro, Meltem Korkut Ugras, Jan de Laffolie, Krzysztof Matusiewics, Francesca Rea, Thomas Casswall, Eleftheria Roma, Hany Banoub, Aron Cseh, Maria Rogalidou, Ana Isabel Lopes
Molecular characterization and clinical impact of human bocavirus at a tertiary hospital in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) during the 2014–2017 seasons
Maria Piñana, Jorgina Vila, Cristina Andrés, Jordi Saura, Alejandra González-Sánchez, Anna Creus-Costa, Narcís Saubi, Juliana Esperalba, Ariadna Rando, Manuel Jesús Iglesias-Cabezas, Josep Quer, Antoni Soriano-Arandes, Pere Soler-Palacín, Tomàs Pumarola, Andrés Antón
The impact of a sepsis performance improvement program in the emergency department: a before–after intervention study
Michiel Schinkel, Frits Holleman, Richarda Vleghels, Kayla Brugman, Milan L. Ridderikhof, Mahi Dzelili, Prabath W. B. Nanayakkara, W. Joost Wiersinga
Incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in suburban Bissau, Guinea-Bissau between 2004 and 2020: a prospective cohort study
Anders Solitander Bohlbro, Antonio Matteus Mendes, Armando Sifna, Victor Gomes, Frauke Rudolf, Christian Wejse
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockade suppresses BK polyomavirus replication
Yi-Jung Li, Jiun-Wen Wang, Hsin-Hsu Wu, Hsu-Han Wang, Yang-Jen Chiang, Huang-Yu Yang, Hsiang-Hao Hsu, Chih-Wei Yang, Ya-Chung Tian
Neonatal invasive disease caused by Streptococcus agalactiae in Europe: the DEVANI multi-center study
Florens Lohrmann, Markus Hufnagel, Mirjam Kunze, Baharak Afshar, Roberta Creti, Antoaneta Detcheva, Jana Kozakova, Javier Rodriguez-Granger, Uffe B. Skov Sørensen, Immaculada Margarit, Domenico Maione, Daniela Rinaudo, Graziella Orefici, John Telford, Manuel de la Rosa Fraile, Mogens Kilian, Androulla Efstratiou, Reinhard Berner, Pierrette Melin, B. Petrunov, P. Krizova, K. Poulsen, L. Karstens, L. Baldassarri, M. Imperi, F. Rigat, A. Berardi, G. Grandi
SAPS2, APACHE2, SOFA, and Core-10-TISS upon admission as risk indicators for ICU-acquired infections: a retrospective cohort study
Katharina Ginter, Frank Schwab, Michael Behnke, Martin Wolkewitz, Petra Gastmeier, Christine Geffers, Friederike Maechler
Outcomes of octogenarians and nonagenarians with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia: a multicenter retrospective study
Alaa Atamna, Ili Margalit, Gida Ayada, Tanya Babich, Pontus Naucler, John Karlsson Valik, Christian G. Giske, Natividad Benito, Ruben Cardona, Alba Rivera, Celine Pulcini, Manal Abdel Fattah, Justine Haquin, Alasdair Macgowan, Bibiana Chazan, Anna Yanovskay, Ronen Ben Ami, Michal Landes, Lior Nesher, Adi Zaidman-Shimshovitz, Kate McCarthy, David L. Paterson, Evelina Tacconelli, Michael Buhl, Susanna Mauer, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Marina de Cueto, Antonio Oliver, Enrique Ruiz de Gopegui, Angela Cano, Isabel Machuca, Monica Gozalo-Marguello, Luis Martinez-Martinez, Eva M. Gonzalez-Barbera, Iris Gomez Alfaro, Miguel Salavert, Bojana Beovic, Andreja Saje, Manica Mueller–Premru, Leonardo Pagani, Virginie Vitrat, Diamantis Kofteridis, Maria Zacharioudaki, Sofia Maraki, Yulia Weissman, Mical Paul, Yaakov Dickstei, Dafna Yahav
Impaired T-cell response to phytohemagglutinin (PHA) in tuberculosis patients is associated with high IL-6 plasma levels and normalizes early during anti-mycobacterial treatment
Monika M. Vivekanandan, Ernest Adankwah, Wilfred Aniagyei, Isaac Acheampong, Difery Minadzi, Augustine Yeboah, Joseph F. Arthur, Millicent Lamptey, Mohammed K. Abass, Francis Kumbel, Francis Osei-Yeboah, Amidu Gawusu, Linda Batsa Debrah, Dorcas O. Owusu, Alexander Debrah, Ertan Mayatepek, Julia Seyfarth, Richard O. Phillips, Marc Jacobsen
Increase in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in Switzerland: a nationwide surveillance study (2008–2021)
Luzia Renggli, Michael Gasser, Niccolò Buetti, Andreas Kronenberg
Use and effectiveness of remdesivir for the treatment of patients with covid-19 using data from the Lean European Open Survey on SARS-CoV-2 infected patients (LEOSS): a multicentre cohort study
Lisa Pilgram, Katharina S. Appel, Maria M. Ruethrich, Carolin E. M. Koll, Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild, Susana M. Nunes de Miranda, Martin Hower, Kerstin Hellwig, Frank Hanses, Kai Wille, Martina Haselberger, Christoph D. Spinner, Juergen Vom Dahl, Bernd Hertenstein, Timm Westhoff, J. Janne Vehreschild, Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, Melanie Stecher
Non-patient-related SARS-CoV-2 exposure from colleagues and household members poses the highest infection risk for hospital employees in a German university hospital: follow-up of the prospective Co-HCW seroprevalence study
Christina Bahrs, Sebastian Weis, Miriam Kesselmeier, Juliane Ankert, Stefan Hagel, Stephanie Beier, Jens Maschmann, Andreas Stallmach, Andrea Steiner, Michael Bauer, Wilhelm Behringer, Michael Baier, Cora Richert, Florian Zepf, Martin Walter, André Scherag, Michael Kiehntopf, Bettina Löffler, Mathias W. Pletz
Incidence of bloodstream infections due to multidrug-resistant pathogens in ordinary wards and intensive care units before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a real-life, retrospective observational study
Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Pia Clara Pafundi, Carlotta Masciocchi, Barbara Fiori, Eleonora Taddei, Laura Antenucci, Giulia De Angelis, Silvia Guerriero, Roberta Pastorino, Andrea Damiani, Brunella Posteraro, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Gennaro De Pascale, Massimo Fantoni, Rita Murri
Fetal cell microchimerism and susceptibility to COVID-19 disease in women
Valentina Cirello, Marina Lugaresi, Alessandro Manzo, Eva Balla, Gerardina Fratianni, Francesca Solari, Luca Persani, Laura Fugazzola, Irene Campi
Correction: Fetal cell microchimerism and susceptibility to COVID-19 disease in women
Valentina Cirello, Marina Lugaresi, Alessandro Manzo, Eva Balla, Gerardina Fratianni, Francesca Solari, Luca Persani, Laura Fugazzola, Irene Campi
Changes in body mass index, weight, and waist-to-hip ratio over five years in HIV-positive individuals in the HIV Heart Aging Study compared to the general population
Laven Mavarani, Sarah Albayrak-Rena, Anja Potthoff, Martin Hower, Sebastian Dolff, Stefanie Sammet, Felix Maischack, Dirk Schadendorf, Börge Schmidt, Stefan Esser
Vaccine effectiveness against severe COVID-19 during the Omicron wave in Germany: results from the COViK study
Anna Stoliaroff-Pepin, Caroline Peine, Tim Herath, Johannes Lachmann, Wiebke Hellenbrand, Delphine Perriat, Achim Dörre, Andreas Nitsche, Janine Michel, Marica Grossegesse, Natalie Hofmann, Thomas Rinner, Claudia Kohl, Annika Brinkmann, Tanja Meyer, Daniel Stern, Fridolin Treindl, Brigitte G. Dorner, Sascha Hein, Laura Werel, Eberhard Hildt, Sven Gläser, Helmut Schühlen, Caroline Isner, Alexander Peric, Ammar Ghouzi, Annette Reichardt, Matthias Janneck, Guntram Lock, Dominik Huster, Thomas Grünewald, Lars Schaade, Ole Wichmann, Thomas Harder
Patient characteristics in sepsis-related deaths: prevalence of advanced frailty, comorbidity, and age in a Norwegian hospital trust
Marianne Ask Torvik, Stig Haugset Nymo, Ståle Haugset Nymo, Lars Petter Bjørnsen, Hanne Winge Kvarenes, Eirik Hugaas Ofstad
Correction: Patient characteristics in sepsis-related deaths: prevalence of advanced frailty, comorbidity, and age in a Norwegian hospital trust
Marianne Ask Torvik, Stig Haugset Nymo, Ståle Haugset Nymo, Lars Petter Bjørnsen, Hanne Winge Kvarenes, Eirik Hugaas Ofstad
Specialized palliative care for hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: an analysis of the LEOSS registry
Kirsten Schmidt-Hellerau, Claudia Raichle, Maria M. Ruethrich, Jörg J. Vehreschild, Julia Lanznaster, Susana M. Nunes de Miranda, Claudia Bausewein, Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild, Carolin E. M. Koll, Steffen T. Simon, Kerstin Hellwig, Björn-Erik O. Jensen, Norma Jung, Björn-Erik O. Jensen, Maria Madeleine Ruethrich, Julia Lanznaster, Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild, Kerstin Hellwig, Christoph Spinner, Frank Hanses, Christian Hohmann, Timm Westhoff, Stefan Borgmann, Kai Wille, Jan Rupp, Juergen vom Dahl, Christian Degenhardt, Martin Hower, Christoph Roemmele, Nora Isberner, Lukas Eberwein, Katja Rothfuss, Ingo Voigt, Maria Madeleine Ruethrich, Lorenz Walter, Philipp Markart, Janina Trauth, Secil Deniz, Norma Jung, Gernot Beutel, Milena Milovanovic, Murat Akova, Siri Göpel, Claudia Raichle, Stefani Roeseler, Lars Wojtecki, Mark Neufang, Joerg Schubert
Efficacy and safety of antiparasitic therapy for neurocysticercosis in rural Tanzania: a prospective cohort study
D. Stelzle, C. Makasi, V. Schmidt, C. Trevisan, I. Van Damme, C. Ruether, P. Dorny, P. Magnussen, G. Zulu, K. E. Mwape, E. Bottieau, C. Prazeres da Costa, U. F. Prodjinotho, H. Carabin, E. Jackson, A. Fleury, S. Gabriël, B. J. Ngowi, A. S. Winkler
Rapid point of care testing for four bacterial sexually transmitted infections using the portable isothermal loop-mediated nucleic acid amplification eazyplex platform
Ece T. Esitgen Germaner, Lars Wassill, Karl Dichtl, Julia Roider, Ulrich Seybold
COVID-19-related deaths: a 2-year inter-wave comparison of mortality data from Germany
Benedikt M. J. Lampl, Bernhard Edenharter, Michael F. Leitzmann, Bernd Salzberger
Impact of the insertion site of central venous catheters on central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients with cancer: results from a large prospective registry
Marcus Hentrich, Boris Böll, Daniel Teschner, Jens Panse, Timo Schmitt, Jan-Hendrik Naendrup, Martin Schmidt-Hieber, Julia Neitz, Eva Fiegle, Enrico Schalk
Isolation of Hafnia paralvei co-harbouring blaNDM-1 and blaVIM-1 in a woman who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Tobias Manuel Appel, Claudia Stein, Christian Brandt, Jürgen Rödel, Jochen J. Frietsch, Jenny Miethke, Andreas Hochhaus, Inken Hilgendorf
Monkeypox-induced proctitis: a case report of an emerging complication
Azeem Rathore, Cameron Kahn, Daniel Reich, Nadim Qadir, Jorge Verdecia, Jeffrey G. House
A case of occupational transmission of mpox
Pascal Migaud, Kai Hosmann, Daniela Drauz, Markus Mueller, Jonas Haumann, Hartmut Stocker
Acute lower respiratory tract infections have mainly become a secondary diagnosis in 2022 in hospitalized COVID-19 cases in Germany
Karsten Montag, Günter Kampf
Olfactory cleft infection revealed by anosmia
Maxime Fieux, Camille Kolenda, Alexis Trecourt, Stéphane Tringali
Disseminated tuberculosis during TNF-α inhibitor therapy diagnosed by positron emission tomography and mini-laparoscopy
Lennart Hermanussen, Thomas Theo Brehm, Stefan Schmiedel
Correction: Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of infective endocarditis: a single-center retrospective study in the Bronx, New York
Wasla Liaqat, Leonidas Palaiodimos, Weijia Li, Dimitrios Karamanis, Arooj Tahir, Andreas Tzoumas, Sanjana Nagraj, Nidhish Tiwari, Michael Grushko, Damianos Kokkinidis, Eleonora Gashi, Jason Leider, Christina Coyle, Robert T. Faillace