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Open Access 21.05.2024 | Correction

Correction: Need for ICU and outcome of critically ill patients with COVID-19 and haematological malignancies: results from the EPICOVIDEHA survey

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Tobias Lahmer, Jon Salmanton-García, Francesco Marchesi, Shaimaa El-Ashwah, Marcio Nucci, Caroline Besson, Federico Itri, Ozren Jaksic, Natasha Čolović, Barbora Weinbergerová, Guldane Cengiz Seval, Tatjana Adžić-Vukičević, Tomáš Szotkowski, Uluhan Sili, Michelina Dargenio, Jens van Praet, Jaap van Doesum, Martin Schönlein, Zdeněk Ráčil, Pavel Žák, Christian Bjørn Poulsen, Gabriele Magliano, Moraima Jiménez, Valentina Bonuomo, Klára Piukovics, Giulia Dragonetti, Fatih Demirkan, Ola Blennow, Toni Valković, Maria Gomes Da Silva, Johan Maertens, Andreas Glenthøj, Noemí Fernández, Rui Bergantim, Luisa Verga, Verena Petzer, Ali S. Omrani, Gustavo-Adolfo Méndez, Marina Machado, Marie-Pierre Ledoux, Rebeca Bailén, Rafael F. Duarte, Maria Ilaria Del Principe, Francesca Farina, Sonia Martín-Pérez, Julio Dávila-Valls, Monia Marchetti, Yavuz M. Bilgin, Nicola S. Fracchiolla, Chiara Cattaneo, Ildefonso Espigado, Raul Cordoba, Graham P. Collins, Jorge Labrador, Iker Falces-Romero, Lucia Prezioso, Stef Meers, Francesco Passamonti, Caterina Buquicchio, Alberto López-García, Austin Kulasekararaj, Irati Ormazabal-Vélez, Annarosa Cuccaro, Carolina Garcia-Vidal, Alessandro Busca, Milan Navrátil, Nick de Jonge, Monika M. Biernat, Anna Guidetti, Ghaith Abu-Zeinah, Michail Samarkos, Amalia Anastasopoulou, Cristina de Ramón, Tomás José González-López, Martin Hoenigl, Olimpia Finizio, László Imre Pinczés, Natasha Ali, Antonio Vena, Carlo Tascini, Zlate Stojanoski, Maria Merelli, Ziad Emarah, Milena Kohn, Aleksandra Barać, Miloš Mladenović, Bojana Mišković, Osman Ilhan, Gökçe Melis Çolak, Martin Čerňan, Stefanie K. Gräfe, Emanuele Ammatuna, Michaela Hanakova, Benjamín Víšek, Alba Cabirta, Anna Nordlander, Raquel Nunes Rodrigues, Ditte Stampe Hersby, Giovanni Paolo Maria Zambrotta, Dominik Wolf, Lucía Núñez-Martín-Buitrago, Elena Arellano, Tommaso Francesco Aiello, Ramón García-Sanz, Juergen Prattes, Matthias Egger, Alessandro Limongelli, Martina Bavastro, Milche Cvetanoski, Miriam Dibos, Sebastian Rasch, Laman Rahimli, Oliver A. Cornely, Livio Pagano, the EPICOVIDEHA registry

20.05.2024 | Research

Clinical phenotype of anaerobic bacteremia unaccompanied by detectable abscess lesion: a 10-year retrospective, multicenter, observational-cohort study

Obligate anaerobes are symbiotic microorganisms that inhabit the human microbiota, predominantly found on epithelial or mucosal surfaces across various anatomical regions. They can also be characterized as opportunistic pathogens that cause …

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Kentaro Nagaoka, Naoki Iwanaga, Yushi Murai, Hitoshi Kawasuji, Masayoshi Miura, Yukihiro Sato, Hiroyuki Ito, Yasushi Terasaki, Takahiro Takazono, Kosuke Kosai, Aki Sugano, Yoshitomo Morinaga, Katsunori Yanagihara, Hiroshi Mukae, Yoshihiro Yamamoto

Open Access 18.05.2024 | Research

Comparison of clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 or non-COVID-19 community-acquired pneumonia in a prospective observational cohort study

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is among the most frequent causes of hospitalization worldwide and the associated mortality remains high [ 1 , 2 ]. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

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Hans-Jakob Meyer, Lukas Mödl, Olesya Unruh, Weiwei Xiang, Sarah Berger, Moritz Müller-Plathe, Gernot Rohde, Mathias W. Pletz, Jan Rupp, Norbert Suttorp, Martin Witzenrath, Thomas Zoller, Mirja Mittermaier, Fridolin Steinbeis, CAPNETZ study group

Open Access 17.05.2024 | Correction

Correction: Comprehensive risk factor predictions for 3-year survival among HIV-associated and disseminated cryptococcosis involving lungs and central nervous system

Unfortunately, there are some mistakes with the affiliations of the following authors, including Renfang Zhang, Li Liu, Wei Song, Yueming Shao, Zhihang Zheng, Jingna Xun, Yinzhong Shen, and Jun Chen, which should be affiliated with the “2.

verfasst von:
Luling Wu, Xuemin Fu, Benno Pütz, Renfang Zhang, Li Liu, Wei Song, Ling Weng, Yueming Shao, Zhihang Zheng, Jingna Xun, Ximei Han, Ting Wang, Yinzhong Shen, Hongzhou Lu, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Jun Chen

Open Access 15.05.2024 | Case Report

Compassionate use of cefiderocol in a complex case of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii fracture-related infection: a comprehensive approach and multidisciplinary management

Fracture-related infection (FRI) is a severe complication following bone injury that requires multiple operations or even amputation to save the patient’s life, causing a major problem for orthopedic surgeons as well as a serious social and …

verfasst von:
Petrucci Flavia, Perciballi Beatrice, Rivano Capparuccia Marco, Iaiani Giancarlo, Lo Torto Federico, Ribuffo Diego, Gumina Stefano, De Meo Daniele

13.05.2024 | Review

Ceftazidime-avibactam combination therapy versus monotherapy for treating carbapenem-resistant gram-negative infection: a systemic review and meta-analysis

Multidrug-resistant organisms pose a significant and widespread public health threat globally [ 1 ]. Among these, carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli are of particular concern. This category encompasses carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales …

verfasst von:
Wei Hsu, Min-Hsiang Chuang, Wen-Wen Tsai, Chih-Cheng Lai, Hsin-Yu Lai, Hung-Jen Tang

11.05.2024 | Research

Association of common maternal infections with birth outcomes: a multinational cohort study

Infections are common among pregnant women. Nearly half of pregnant women experience some type of infection during their pregnancy [ 1 ]. Due to physiological changes such as altered immune tolerance for the fetus, urinary stasis, and respiratory …

verfasst von:
Jian-Rong He, Gabriella Tikellis, Ora Paltiel, Mark Klebanoff, Per Magnus, Kate Northstone, Jean Golding, Mary H. Ward, Martha S. Linet, Sjurdur F. Olsen, Gary S. Phillips, Stanley Lemeshow, Xiu Qiu, Jane E. Hirst, Terence Dwyer

10.05.2024 | Research

Results of a monocentric field study: value of histology compared to sonication method and conventional tissue culture in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI)

Due to demographic changes and longer life expectancy, the number of joint replacements is increasing rapidly. Currently, more than 1 million arthroplasties per year are performed in the USA. A significant increase to up to four million operations …

verfasst von:
Alexander Röhrl, Frank Klawonn, Bernd Füchtmeier, Christian Wulbrand, Andre Gessner, Jozef Zustin, Andreas Ambrosch

Open Access 10.05.2024 | Research

Adherence to and clinical utility of “quality indicators” for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a retrospective, multicenter study

Staphylococcus aureu s is a common human pathogen that potentially causes fatal diseases [ 1 , 2 ], including bacteremia ( S. aureu s bacteremia, SAB). Patients with SAB frequently experience systemic complications, including abscess formation …

verfasst von:
Shinnosuke Fukushima, Hideharu Hagiya, Naoki Kuninaga, Yuto Haruki, Haruto Yamada, Yoshitaka Iwamoto, Masayo Yoshida, Kota Sato, Yoshihisa Hanayama, Shuichi Tanaka, Tomoko Miyoshi, Yuki Otsuka, Keigo Ueda, Fumio Otsuka

Open Access 09.05.2024 | Research

The prevalence of human papillomavirus in ocular surface squamous neoplasia in HIV positive and negative patients in a South African population

Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is an umbrella term that describes a spectrum of pre-malignant and malignant epithelial lesions of the conjunctiva and cornea [ 1 – 4 ]. It encompasses a continuum of histological findings, namely dysplasia …

verfasst von:
Loren N. Odendaal, Corinna Andreae, Micheline Sanderson-November, Dan Zaharie, Derrick P. Smit

Open Access 09.05.2024 | Research

Occult hepatitis B infection in children born to HBeAg-positive women confers a low long-term risk for HBsAg-positive infection

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection affects more than 250 million individuals worldwide and is a major cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) [ 1 ]. Vertical transmission from mother-to-child during delivery (MTCT) has …

verfasst von:
Anders Eilard, Maria E. Andersson, Rune Wejstål, Gunnar Norkrans, Magnus Lindh

08.05.2024 | Review

Advances in contezolid: novel oxazolidinone antibacterial in Gram-positive treatment

The emergence of antimicrobial resistance has been identified as one of the world’s most serious public health challenges, with drug-resistant Gram-positive bacterial infections associated with an augmented risk of mortality and morbidity.

verfasst von:
Guan-Xuan-Zi Zhang, Ting-Ting Liu, Ai-Xia Ren, Wen-Xin Liang, Hong Yin, Yun Cai

06.05.2024 | Research

Xpert MTB/XDR assay: rapid TB drug resistance detection

Tuberculosis (TB) presents a significant health challenge, particularly in developing nations like India. This challenge is compounded by the emergence of multiple drug-resistant (MDR) strains, which are resistant to both rifampicin and isoniazid …

verfasst von:
Sunil Sethi, Shelly Sharma, Ashutosh N. Aggarwal, Sunil Kumar Dhatwalia, Rajesh Rana, Rakesh Yadav

Open Access 06.05.2024 | Research

Interleukin-6 as a critical inflammatory marker for early diagnosis of surgical site infection after spine surgery

Surgical site infection (SSI) is a serious complication of dorsal spondylodesis, with significant short- and long-term consequences for patients and considerable socioeconomic burden [ 1 , 2 ]. Despite attempts to develop SSI risk stratification …

verfasst von:
Paul Jonathan Roch, Carolin Ecker, Katharina Jäckle, Marc-Pascal Meier, Maximilian Reinhold, Friederike Sophie Klockner, Wolfgang Lehmann, Lukas Weiser

Open Access 04.05.2024 | Research

FURIN, IFNL4, and TLR2 gene polymorphisms in relation to COVID-19 severity: a case–control study in Egyptian patients

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious pneumonia-like illness caused by the coronavirus 2 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2). The first outbreak was identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and it rapidly spread …

verfasst von:
Gamalat A. Elgedawy, Naglaa S. Elabd, Radwa H. Salem, Samah M. Awad, Amany A. Amer, Mohammad M. Torayah, Amal A. El-Koa, Mai Abozeid, Belal A. Montaser, Hind S. Aboshabaan, Mervat Abdelkreem, Marwa L. Helal

Open Access 04.05.2024 | Research

Epidemiological and clinical characterization of community, healthcare-associated and nosocomial colonization and infection due to carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in Spain

Over the past decades, the spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) has become a worldwide public health threat [ 1 ]. The spread of carbapenemase-encoding genes is associated both to horizontal transmission of mobile genetic …

verfasst von:
Elena Salamanca-Rivera, Zaira R. Palacios-Baena, Javier E. Cañada, Zaira Moure, María Pérez-Vázquez, Jorge Calvo-Montes, Luis Martínez-Martínez, Rafael Cantón, Guillermo Ruiz Carrascoso, Cristina Pitart, Ferran Navarro, Germán Bou, Xavier Mulet, Juan José González-López, Fran Sivianes, Mercedes Delgado-Valverde, Álvaro Pascual, Jesús Oteo-Iglesias, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, The GEMARA/GEIRAS-SEIMC/REIPI CARB–ES–19 Group

Open Access 03.05.2024 | Research

A case–control study of the clinical and economic impact of infections caused by Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)

The emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections has become a major public health concern, as these bacteria are prone to human-to-human transmission and are difficult to treat [ 1 ]. They have traditionally been linked to …

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Inmaculada López Montesinos, Aina Carot-Coll, Maria Milagro Montero, Luisa Sorli Redó, Ana Siverio-Parès, Sandra Esteban-Cucó, Xavier Durán, Silvia Gomez-Zorrilla, Juan Pablo Horcajada

Open Access 03.05.2024 | Research

Comparison of post-COVID-19 symptoms in patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 variants delta and omicron—results of the Cross-Sectoral Platform of the German National Pandemic Cohort Network (NAPKON-SUEP)

The emergence of new Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants poses constant new challenges for clinicians and scientists, after the wild-type variant initially predominated. The first SARS-CoV-2 variant of …

verfasst von:
Sina M. Hopff, Katharina S. Appel, Olga Miljukov, Johannes Schneider, Marylyn M. Addo, Robert Bals, Sven Bercker, Sabine Blaschke, Isabel Bröhl, Nikolaus Büchner, Hiwa Dashti, Johanna Erber, Anette Friedrichs, Ramsia Geisler, Siri Göpel, Marina Hagen, Frank Hanses, Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, Maria Keul, Adalbert Krawczyk, Bettina Lorenz-Depiereux, Patrick Meybohm, Milena Milovanovic, Lazar Mitrov, Carolin Nürnberger, Wilfried Obst, Christoph Römmele, Christian Schäfer, Christian Scheer, Margarete Scherer, Julia Schmidt, Kristina Seibel, Shimita Sikdar, Johannes Josef Tebbe, Phil-Robin Tepasse, Philipp Thelen, Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild, Christina Weismantel, J. Janne Vehreschild

Open Access 03.05.2024 | Research

Prediction of new-onset atrial fibrillation with the C2HEST score in patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common infectious disease with an incidence estimated between 1 and 25 cases per 1000 inhabitants per year [ 1 ] The incidence of CAP is higher in males, in patients with immunodeficiency and/or with …

verfasst von:
Daniele Pastori, Danilo Menichelli, Giulio Francesco Romiti, Angela Pia Speziale, Pasquale Pignatelli, Stefania Basili, Francesco Violi, Roberto Cangemi

Open Access 03.05.2024 | Research

Long-term symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a cohort of people living with HIV

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was responsible for the coronavirus disease of the 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and for a new clinical entity called “long-COVID”, “post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2” (PASCs) or …

verfasst von:
Melania Degli Antoni, Giovanni Maifredi, Samuele Storti, Giorgio Tiecco, Marco Di Gregorio, Benedetta Rossi, Cinzia Gasparotti, Emanuele Focà, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan