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  1. Cutaneous infectious granulomas (CIG) are localized and chronic skin infection caused by a variety of pathogens such as protozoans, bacteria, worms, viruses and fungi. The diagnosis of CIG is difficult because...

    Authors: Hsingmei Liu, Qiao Ran, Jianchi Ma, Jing Zhang, Ni Tan, Liyan Xi, Xiqing Li, Junmin Zhang and Sha Lu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:84
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  2. Respiratory microbiota is closely related to tuberculosis (TB) initiation and progression. However, the dynamic changes of respiratory microbiota during treatment and its association with TB progression remain...

    Authors: Yuan Lin, Zhuozhi Liang, Xingshan Cai, Yang Luo, Bitong Wu, Yongzhong Feng, Zhiqun Cai, Xiaopeng Liang and Shouyong Tan
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:83
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  3. Mucormycosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with hematological malignancies, but its characteristics are not fully understood. This study aimed to gain a better understanding of ...

    Authors: Tao Suo, Mengmeng Xu and Qixia Xu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:82
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  4. The whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is becoming an increasingly effective tool for rapid and accurate detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). This approach, however, has still bee...

    Authors: Laima Vasiliauskaitė, Zofia Bakuła, Edita Vasiliauskienė, Daiva Bakonytė, Przemysław Decewicz, Mikołaj Dziurzyński, Małgorzata Proboszcz, Edita Valerija Davidavičienė, Birutė Nakčerienė, Rafał Krenke, Tomas Kačergius, Petras Stakėnas and Tomasz Jagielski
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:81
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  5. Due to the increasing emergence of antibiotic resistance in Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis), it indicated as potentially opportunistic pathogen causing various healthcare-associated and life-threatening disea...

    Authors: Lingbo Guan, Masoumeh Beig, Lina Wang, Tahereh Navidifar, Samaneh Moradi, Faezeh Motallebi Tabaei, Zahra Teymouri, Mahya Abedi Moghadam and Mansour Sedighi
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:80
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  6. The aim of this work was to assess dynamic cytokine profiles associated with bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn) and investigate the clinical features associated with mortality.

    Authors: Wei Yu, Linyan Zeng, Xiang Lian, Lushun Jiang, Hao Xu, Wenhui Guo, Beiwen Zheng and Yonghong Xiao
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:79
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  7. Cefiderocol is a siderophore-conjugated cephalosporin increasingly used in the management of Achromobacter infections. Testing for cefiderocol susceptibility is challenging with distinct recommendations depending...

    Authors: Vincent Jean-Pierre, Pauline Sorlin, Katy Jeannot, Raphaël Chiron, Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Alix Pantel and Hélène Marchandin
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:78
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  8. Bone and joint tuberculosis (BJTB) is a distinct variant of tuberculosis in which clinical diagnosis often leads to relative misdiagnosis and missed diagnoses. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accur...

    Authors: Qiang Zhang, Yonghua Ding, Quanzhong Ren, Feng Zhang, Guoqiang Lyu, Tongxin Lu, Zhen Song, Qing Wang, Yongxiang Cheng, Jing Wang and Hongcang Gu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:77
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  9. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS)-based prediction of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis has the potential to guide clinical decisions in the design of optimal treatment regimens.

    Authors: Bugwesa Z. Katale, Sylvia Rofael, Linzy Elton, Erasto V. Mbugi, Stella G. Mpagama, Daphne Mtunga, Maryjesca G. Mafie, Peter M. Mbelele, Charlotte Williams, Happiness C. Mvungi, Rachel Williams, Gulinja A. Saku, Joanitha A. Ruta, Timothy D. McHugh and Mecky I. Matee
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:76
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  10. Blood cultures have low sensitivity for candidemia. Sensitivity can be improved by the culture-independent system T2 Magnetic Resonance (T2). SeptiCyte RAPID is a host response assay quantifying the risk of in...

    Authors: Anna Maria Peri, Kevin O’Callaghan, Nastaran Rafiei, Haakon Bergh, Alexis Tabah, Mark D Chatfield, Patrick NA Harris and David L Paterson
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:75
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  11. Tuberculosis (TB), a major cause of disease and antimicrobial resistance, is spread via aerosols. Aerosols have diagnostic potential and airborne-microbes other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) may ...

    Authors: Tinaye L. Chiyaka, Georgina R. Nyawo, Charissa C. Naidoo, Suventha Moodley, Jose C. Clemente, Stephanus T. Malherbe, Robin M. Warren, David N. Ku, Leopoldo N. Segal and Grant Theron
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:74
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  12. Klebsiella pneumoniae is the most commonly encountered pathogen in clinical practice. Widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics has led to the current global dissemination of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae

    Authors: Jing Mao, Xiaoyu Yang, Cheng Yan, Fan Wang and Rui Zheng
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:73
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  13. Alongside microbiota development, the evolution of the resistome is crucial in understanding the early-life acquisition and persistence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs). Therefore, the aim of this study i...

    Authors: Anna Samarra, Raúl Cabrera-Rubio, Cecilia Martínez-Costa and Maria Carmen Collado
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:72
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  14. Brucella spp. are facultative intracellular pathogens that cause zoonosis- brucellosis worldwide. There has been a trend of the re-emergence of brucellosis worldwide in recent years. The epidemic situation of br...

    Authors: Xiaowen Yang, Yan Liu, Na Li, Xiaowei Peng, Yinghui Zhang, Xiaoqian Zhang, Lin Liang, Zengjie Bian, Hui Jiang and Jiabo Ding
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:71
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  15. The increased resistance rate of Salmonella to third-generation cephalosporins represented by ceftriaxone (CRO) may result in the failure of the empirical use of third-generation cephalosporins for the treatment ...

    Authors: Chao Fang, Zheng Zhou, Mingming Zhou and Jianping Li
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:70
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  16. β-Lactam antibiotics are a class of antibiotics commonly used to treat bacterial infections. However, the effects of β-lactam antibiotics on term neonatal intestinal flora have not been fully elucidated. Hospi...

    Authors: Hongdan Gu, Enfu Tao, Yijia Fan, Gao Long, Xinyi Jia, Tianming Yuan, Lihua Chen, Xiaoli Shu, Wei Zheng and Mizu Jiang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:69
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  17. Disseminated non-tuberculous mycobacteria (dNTM) infections are mostly reported among individuals with an underlying congenital or acquired immunodeficiency or receiving immunosuppressive treatment, but are ra...

    Authors: Angelo Roberto Raccagni, Giovanni Mori, Valeria Poletti de Chaurand, Raffaele Dell’Acqua, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Chiara Oltolini, Benedetta Mazzi, Francesco Scomazzoni, Antonella Castagna and Monica Guffanti
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:68
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  18. The emergence of plasmid-mediated mobile colistin resistance (mcr) gene poses a great challenge to the clinical application of polymyxins. To date, mcr-1 to mcr-10 have been found in animals, humans, and the envi...

    Authors: Xiaofen Mo, Hui Zhang, Junfeng Fan, Linna Xu, Hao Fu, Junpeng Yue, Kaixuan Dong, Qixia Luo and Fen Wan
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:67
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  19. Bacillus cereus is a bacterium capable of causing late-onset neonatal sepsis. By analyzing 11 cases, this study investigates the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of Bacillus cereus infections, aiming to provid...

    Authors: Wang Zhang, Caihua Ma, Linghui Hu, Ling Wang and Falin Xu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:66
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  20. To evaluate the performance of simultaneous amplification and testing (SAT) assay for the detection of group B Streptococcus (GBS) in maternal vaginal and perianal swabs compared with real-time polymerase chai...

    Authors: Loukaiyi Lu, Yisheng Chen, Qiang Wang, Jing Gao and Chunmei Ying
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:65
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  21. Infectious keratitis, a significant contributor to blindness, with fungal keratitis accounting for nearly half of cases, poses a formidable diagnostic and therapeutic challenge due to its delayed clinical pres...

    Authors: Yongze Zhu, Peng Nan, Zhongliang Zhu, Youqi Ji, Bingqian Zhuo, Wei Xu and Yumei Ge
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:64
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  22. The wide spread of carbapenem-resistance clones of Acinetobacter baumannii has made it a global public problem. Some studies have shown that the prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii clones can change over time. ...

    Authors: Xinlin Huang, Nianzhi Ning, Deyu Li, Suming Chen, Liangyan Zhang, Huan Wang, Chunmei Bao, Xiaolan Yang, Boan Li and Hui Wang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:63
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  23. This study analyzed the genetic traits and fitness costs of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) blood isolates carrying Tn1546-type transposons harboring the vanA operon.

    Authors: Dokyun Kim, Da Young Kang, Min Hyuk Choi, Jun Sung Hong, Hyun Soo Kim, Young Ree Kim, Young Ah Kim, Young Uh, Kyeong Seob Shin, Jeong Hwan Shin, Soo Hyun Kim, Jong Hee Shin and Seok Hoon Jeong
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:62
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  24. The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella strains, especially resistant ones toward critically important antimicrobial classes such as fluoroquinolones and third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins,...

    Authors: Bassant Ashraf El-Saeed, Hend Ali Elshebrawy, Amira Ibrahim Zakaria, Adel Abdelkhalek and Khalid Ibrahim Sallam
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:61
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  25. Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) are becoming increasingly resistant to a wide variety of antibiotics. There are currently limited treatments for GNB, and the combination of antibiotics with complementary mechanis...

    Authors: Yan Wang, Jianwen Feng, Jiameng Yu, Lirong Wen, Lidan Chen, Huijie An, Weibin Xiao, Bing Zhang, Huanhuan Feng, Mou Zhou and Zhihui Jiang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:60
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  26. Cancer patients are vulnerable to infections due to immunosuppression caused by cancer itself and its treatment. The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria further complicates the treatment of infection...

    Authors: Akshay Shelke, Pallavi Priya, Shiwani Mishra, Richa Chauhan, Krishna Murti, V. Ravichandiran and Sameer Dhingra
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:59
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  27. Escherichia. coli is the most frequent host for New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) which hydrolyzes almost all β-lactams except aztreonam. The worldwide spread of blaNDM-carrying E. coli heavily threatens public...

    Authors: Changyu Xia, Ruyu Yan, Chang Liu, Junbin Zhai, Jie Zheng, Wei Chen and Xiaoli Cao
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:58
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  28. Chromoblastomycosis (CBM), a chronic fungal infection affecting the skin and subcutaneous tissues, is predominantly caused by dematiaceous fungi in tropical and subtropical areas. Characteristically, CBM prese...

    Authors: Jinjin Zheng, Shougang Liu, Zhenmou Xie, Yangxia Chen, Liyan Xi, Hongfang Liu and Yinghui Liu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:57
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  30. Necrotizing tracheobronchitis is a rare clinical entity presented as a necrotic inflammation involving the mainstem trachea and distal bronchi. We reported a case of severe necrotizing tracheobronchitis caused...

    Authors: Shu Wang, Jianhua Yang, Wenwu Sun and Yang Tao
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:55
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  31. Achromobacter spp. are opportunistic pathogens, mostly infecting immunocompromised patients and patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and considered as difficult-to-treat pathogens due to both intrinsic resistance a...

    Authors: Vincent Jean-Pierre, Pauline Sorlin, Alix Pantel, Raphaël Chiron, Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Katy Jeannot and Hélène Marchandin
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:54
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  32. The global dissemination of critical-priority carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKp) via food sources represents a significant public health concern. Epidemiological data on CR-hvKp in...

    Authors: Rahma Mohammed, Sara M. Nader, Dalia A. Hamza and Maha A. Sabry
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:53
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  33. Emerging evidence has indicated a link between the gut microbiota and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). However, the acute changes in gut microbiota during chemotherapy and the predictive value of baseline ...

    Authors: Huidi Wang, Yajie Zhang, Qianyi Zhou, Lihua Yu, Jingxiang Fu, Danna Lin, Lulu Huang, Xiaorong Lai, Li Wu, Jingxin Zhang, Juan Zi, Xu Liao, Siying Huang, Yugu Xie, Yan He and Lihua Yang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:52
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  34. In this prospective study, the diagnosis accuracy of nanopore sequencing-based Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) detection was determined through examining bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples from pulmonar...

    Authors: Xiaojing Yan, Guoli Yang, Yunfei Wang, Yuqing Wang, Jie Cheng, Peisong Xu, Xiaoli Qiu, Lei Su, Lina Liu, Ruixue Geng, Yingxia You, Hui Liu, Naihui Chu, Li Ma and Wenjuan Nie
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:51
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  35. Detection of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CR-PA) in humans is important to prevent transmission. However, the most optimal culture method to detect CR-PA is unknown. This systematic review aims to...

    Authors: Selvi N. Shahab, Anneloes van Veen, Andrea C. Büchler, Yulia R. Saharman, Anis Karuniawati, Margreet C. Vos, Anne F. Voor in ’t holt and Juliëtte A. Severin
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:50
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  36. Chronic endometritis (CE) is associated with poor reproductive outcomes, yet the role of endometrial microbiota in patients with recurrent implantation failure (RIF) and CE remains unclear. This study aims to ...

    Authors: Hong Zhang, Heng Zou, Chanyu Zhang and Shen Zhang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:49
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  37. Proteus mirabilis is a significant nosocomial pathogen that is frequently associated with a wide range of infections, necessitating heightened attention to mitigate potential health risks. Hence, this study was p...

    Authors: Mohamed A. Elhosseini, Tarek E. El-Banna, Fatma I. Sonbol and Maisra M. El-Bouseary
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:48
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  38. Aztreonam-avibactam (ATM-AVI) combination shows promising effectiveness on most carbapenemase-producing Gram-negatives, yet standardized antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) methods for evaluating the combi...

    Authors: Corentin Deckers, Florian Bélik, Olivier Denis, Pierre Bogaerts, Isabel Montesinos, Catherine Berhin, Warda Bouchahrouf, Martin Hoebeke, Stephanie Evrard, Nicolas Gilliard, Merve Okur and Te-Din Huang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:47
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  39. Proteus mirabilis is an opportunistic pathogen that has been held responsible for numerous nosocomial and community-acquired infections which are difficult to be controlled because of its diverse antimicrobial re...

    Authors: Maggi ElTaweel, Heba Shehta Said and Rasha Barwa
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:46
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  40. The population structure and the correlation between antimicrobial resistance (AMR) phenotypes and genotypes in Aeromonas species isolated from patients with gastroenteritis are not well understood. The aims of t...

    Authors: Dana Sagas, Yizhak Hershko, Katia Levitskyi, Merav Strauss, Matan Slutzkin, Bibiana Chazan and Amos Adler
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:45
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  41. Due to their resistance and difficulty in treatment, biofilm-associated infections are problematic among hospitalized patients globally and account for 60% of all bacterial infections in humans. Antibiofilm pe...

    Authors: Mathira Wongchai, Saharut Wongkaewkhiaw, Sakawrat Kanthawong, Sittiruk Roytrakul and Ratchaneewan Aunpad
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:44
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  42. Shewanella putrefaciens is a gram-negative, nonfermenting, oxidase-positive, hydrogen sulfide-producing bacillus and a halophilic bacterium, known for causing unusual infections in humans and often regarded as an...

    Authors: Nathalie Yepes Madrid, Luis Fernando Mejia and José Fernando Gomez Urrego
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:43
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  43. Klebsiella aerogenes has been reclassified from Enterobacter to Klebsiella genus due to its phenotypic and genotypic similarities with Klebsiella pneumoniae. It is unclear if clinical outcomes are also more simil...

    Authors: Mariana Guedes, David Gathara, Inmaculada López-Hernández, Pedro María Martínez Pérez-Crespo, María Teresa Pérez-Rodríguez, Adrian Sousa, Antonio Plata, Jose María Reguera-Iglesias, Lucía Boix-Palop, Beatriz Dietl, Juan Sevilla Blanco, Carlos Armiñanzas Castillo, Fátima Galán-Sánchez, Clara Natera Kindelán, Alfredo Jover-Saenz, Josune Goikoetxea Aguirre…
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:42
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  44. Infections caused by linezolid-resistant enterococci (LRE) are clinically difficult to treat and threaten patient health. However, there is a lack of studies on long time-span LRE strains in China. For this re...

    Authors: Ziran Wang, Danping Liu, Jingjia Zhang, Lingli Liu, Zeming Zhang, Chang Liu, Songnian Hu, Linhuan Wu, Zilong He and Hongli Sun
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:41
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  45. Pretomanid is a key component of new regimens for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) which are being rolled out globally. However, there is limited information on the prevalence of pre-existing ...

    Authors: Bing Zhao, Huiwen Zheng, Juliano Timm, Zexuan Song, Shaojun Pei, Ruida Xing, Yajie Guo, Ling Ma, Feina Li, Qing Li, Yan Li, Lin Huang, Chong Teng, Ni Wang, Aastha Gupta, Sandeep Juneja…
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:40
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  46. Non-surgical chronic wounds, including diabetes-related foot diseases (DRFD), pressure injuries (PIs) and venous leg ulcers (VLU), are common hard-to-heal wounds. Wound evolution partly depends on microbial co...

    Authors: Madjid Morsli, Florian Salipante, Chloé Magnan, Catherine Dunyach-Remy, Albert Sotto and Jean-Philippe Lavigne
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:39
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  48. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of invasive infections in newborns. The prevention of GBS neonatal disease relies on the administration of an intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis to GBS-colonized w...

    Authors: Rym Charfi, Cécile Guyonnet, Meiggie Untrau, Gaëlle Giacometti, Thierry Paper, Claire Poyart, Céline Plainvert and Asmaa Tazi
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:37
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  49. Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a threat to communities worldwide and remains a significant public health issue in several countries. We assessed the role of heteroresistance and efflux pumps in bedaquilin...

    Authors: Nahid Madadi-Goli, Kamal Ahmadi, Mansour Kargarpour Kamakoli, Mohsen Azizi, Sharareh Khanipour, Shahin Pourazar Dizaji, Mahshid Nasehi, Seyed Davar Siadat, Abolfazl Fateh and Farzam Vaziri
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:36
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  50. The clinical significance of negative toxin enzyme immunoassays (EIA) for Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) is unclear. Our study aimed to investigate the significance of toxin EIA-negative in the diagno...

    Authors: Dae Hyeon Cho, Si-Ho Kim, Cheon Hoo Jeon, Hyoung Tae Kim, Kyoung-Jin Park, Junyoung Kim, Jiyeong Kwak, Byung Soo Kwan, Sungmin Kong, Jung Won Lee, Kwang Min Kim and Yu Mi Wi
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2024 23:35
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