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Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:26
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Evaluation of GeneXpert EV assay for the rapid diagnosis of enteroviral meningitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
GeneXpert enterovirus Assay is a PCR-based assay for Enterovirus meningitis diagnosis. However, there is currently no research about the performance of GeneXpert enterovirus assay in the diagnosis of enterovir...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:25 -
BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia Panel enhances detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in lower respiratory tract specimens
This study investigated the diagnostic utility of the BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia Panel (PN panel), an automated and multiplexed nucleic acid detection system that rapidly detects 26 pathogens (18 bacteria and...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:24 -
Comparative in silico characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae hypervirulent plasmids and their antimicrobial resistance genes
The hypervirulent pathotype of Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) is mainly mediated by large virulent plasmids. It seems that these hypervirulent plasmids (HVPs) are accumulating antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:23 -
The effect of fluoroquinolones and antioxidans on biofilm formation by Proteus mirabilis strains
Fluoroquinolones are a group of antibiotics used in urinary tract infections. Unfortunately, resistance to this group of drugs is currently growing. The combined action of fluoroquinolones and other antibacter...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:22 -
Antibiofilm and staphyloxanthin inhibitory potential of terbinafine against Staphylococcus aureus: in vitro and in vivo studies
Antimicrobial resistance is growing substantially, which necessitates the search for novel therapeutic options. Terbinafine, an allylamine antifungal agent that exhibits a broad spectrum of activity and is use...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:21 -
Cefixime and cefixime-clavulanate for screening and confirmation of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Escherichia coli
Detection of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBLs) depends on screening for resistance to certain cephalosporins, confirmation with selective ESBL inhibitors, and ESBL genes detection. New tests are requir...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:20 -
Heteroresistance to clarithromycin and metronidazole in patients with a Helicobacter pylori infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Antimicrobial resistance of H. pylori can lead to treatment failure. Importantly, several studies have reported on heteroresistance, i.e. the presence of resistant and susceptible H. pylori populations in the sam...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:19 -
Detection of carbapenemases blaOXA48-blaKPC-blaNDM-blaVIM and extended-spectrum-β-lactamase blaOXA1-blaSHV-blaTEM genes in Gram-negative bacterial isolates from ICU burns patients
Burn patients are highly susceptible to invasion by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) through post-burn damage. The prevalence of MDR-GNB isolated from burns patients has increased dramatica...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:18 -
A fatal case of disseminated nocardiosis due to Nocardia otitidiscaviarum resistant to trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole: case report and literature review
Disseminated nocardiosis still causes significant morbidity and mortality and is often caused by Nocardia asteroides, N. basiliensis, and N. farcinica and are often treated with trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole (TMP...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:17 -
Successful use of dalbavancin in the treatment of gram positive blood stream infections: a case series
Dalbavancin is a semisynthetic antibiotic used as an alternative to vancomycin for skin infections and osteomyelitis. Its long half-life decreases length of hospitalizations. This study analyzes the effectiven...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:16 -
An unexpected case of Borrelia garinii liver infection
Lyme borreliosis is the most prevalent arthropod-borne infection in the Northern Hemisphere. In Europe, Borrelia afzelii is predominantly involved in cutaneous manifestations, Borrelia garinii and Borrelia bavari...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:15 -
Vaccination of children against COVID-19: the experience in Latin America
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:14 -
Antimicrobial activity of ceftazidime-avibactam and comparators against levofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli collected from four geographic regions, 2012–2018
Increases in resistance to fluoroquinolones have been correlated with the use of levofloxacin in the treatment of infections caused by Escherichia coli. The analysis presents the in vitro activity of ceftazidime-...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:13 -
Detection performance of PCR for Legionella pneumophila in environmental samples: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Legionellosis remains a public health problem. The most common diagnostic method to detect Legionella pneumophila (L. pneumophila) is culture. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a fast and accurate method for thi...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:12 -
Diagnostic performance of RT-PCR-based sample pooling strategy for the detection of SARS-CoV-2
The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 has created a shortage of supplies of reagents for its detection throughout the world, especially in Latin America. The pooling of samples consists of combining individual patien...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:11 -
VIM-encoding IncpSTY plasmids and chromosome-borne integrative and mobilizable elements (IMEs) and integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) in Pseudomonas
The carbapenem-resistance genes blaVIM are widely disseminated in Pseudomonas, and frequently harbored within class 1 integrons that reside within various mobile genetic elements (MGEs). However, there are few re...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:10 -
Olsenella uli-induced pneumonia: a case report
Olsenella uli is anaerobic or microaerophilic bacteria, commonly found in oral cavity or gastrointestinal tract, which has not been reported to be associated with lower respiratory tract infection. Herein, we re...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:9 -
Effective anti-mycobacterial treatment for BCG disease in patients with Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Disease (MSMD): a case series
Post-vaccination BCG disease typically attests to underlying inborn errors of immunity (IEIs), with the highest rates of complications in patients with Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD)....
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:8 -
Correlation of clinical sepsis definitions with microbiological characteristics in patients admitted through a sepsis alert system; a prospective cohort study
Sepsis was recently redefined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. With this redefinition (Sepsis-3), clinical and microbiological characteristics of pat...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:7 -
Three-year evaluation of the nosocomial infections in pediatrics: bacterial and fungal profile and antimicrobial resistance pattern
Nosocomial infections (NIs) could lead to considerably higher mortality rates, length of the hospital stays and costs, and represent a serious public health concern worldwide. Besides, the unreasonable use of ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:6 -
Protothecosis in the mucosa of the pharynx mimicking pharyngeal cancer in an immunocompetent individual: a case report
Protothecosis is a rare infection in humans and animals caused by the achlorophyllic algae Prototheca species. More than half of the protothecosis cases are cutaneous infections, and most cases are observed in im...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:5 -
Facklamia hominis pyelonephritis in a pediatric patient: first case report and review of the literature
Pyelonephritis is one of the most serious bacterial illnesses during childhood. Gram-negative organisms account for up to 90% of the cases. Gram-positive bacteria are uncommon causes of urinary tract infection...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:4 -
Population snapshot of the extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli invasive strains isolated from a Hungarian hospital
This study was carried out to determine the prevalence and the genetic background of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli invasive isolates obtained from a tertiary-care hospital in Budapest, ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:3 -
Genomic insights into virulence factors affecting tissue-invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae infection
The key virulence factors responsible for hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) infection remains elusive.
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:2 -
The characteristic and potential therapeutic effect of isolated multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii lytic phage
Widespread misuse of antibiotics caused bacterial resistance increasingly become a serious threat. Bacteriophage therapy promises alternative treatment strategies for combatting drug-resistant bacterial infect...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2022 21:1 -
Severe polymicrobial and fungal periprosthetic osteomyelitis persisting after hip disarticulations treated with caspofungin in risk patients: a case series
Periprosthetic fungal infections are considered rare and opportunistic infections. Treatment is difficult, and established standards do not yet exist. The choice of the appropriate antifungal drug might affect...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:86 -
Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with secondary antibody deficiency: successful clearance following combination casirivimab and imdevimab (REGN-COV2) monoclonal antibody therapy
There is growing evidence that antibody responses play a role in the resolution of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients with primary or secondary antibody deficiency are at increased risk of persistent infection. Th...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:85 -
Epidemiological profile of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among Congolese patients
There is paucity of data on the prevalence and distribution of multidrug- Resistant-Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the Republic of Congo. Among the challenges resides the implementation of a robust TB resistance dia...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:84 -
Successful treatment of a kidney transplant patient with COVID-19 and late-onset Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
Solid transplant patients are susceptible to Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). While the vast majority of PJP cases occur within the first 6 months after transplantation, very few PJP cases are seen beyond ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:83 -
Correction to: Molecular characterization of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from hospitalized patients in Iran
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:82 -
The molecular mechanisms of fluoroquinolone resistance found in rectal swab isolates of Enterobacterales from men undergoing a transrectal prostate biopsy: the rationale for targeted prophylaxis
Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy (TRUS-Bx) is considered an essential urological procedure for the histological diagnosis of prostate cancer. It is, however, considered a “contaminated” procedure ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:81 -
Rapid detection of a novel B1-β-lactamase gene, blaAFM-1 using a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay
BlaAFM-1 (GenBank Accession No. 143105.1) is a new B1 subclass metallo-β-lactamase gene discovered by our group, and isolated from an Alcaligenes faecalis plasmid that renders carbapenem antibiotics ineffective. ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:80 -
Antibiotic resistance modifying ability of phytoextracts in anthrax biological agent Bacillus anthracis and emerging superbugs: a review of synergistic mechanisms
The chemotherapeutic management of infections has become challenging due to the global emergence of antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria. The recent expansion of studies on plant-derived natural products h...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:79 -
Epidemiology, mortality and effectiveness of prophylaxis for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia among rheumatic patients: a territory-wide study
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) is an opportunistic infection affecting immunocompromised individuals. However, evidence regarding the burden and effectiveness of prophylaxis among rheumatic patients remain...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:78 -
Differences of virulence factors, and antimicrobial susceptibility according to phylogenetic group in uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from Korean patients
Escherichia coli is among the most common uropathogens. Increased antibiotic resistance in Gram negative bacilli is global concern. Alternative therapeutic options including vaccines against uropathogenic E. coli
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:77 -
Molecular characterization of NDM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from hospitalized patients in Iran
The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most important challenges in a healthcare setting. The aim of this study is double-locus sequence typing (DLST) typing of blaNDM-1 positi...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:76 -
Prevalence of β-lactamase-encoding genes and molecular typing of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates carrying carbapenemase OXA-24 in children
β-Lactam antibiotics have been broadly used for the treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii infections, resulting in development of β-lactam inactivating β-lactamases. Here, we described antibiotic resistance rate, ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:75 -
Comparative genome analysis of colistin-resistant OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strains isolated from two Iranian hospitals
Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CP-KP) is becoming extensively disseminated in Iranian medical centers. Colistin is among the few agents that retains its activity against CP-KP. However, the admini...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:74 -
Antibiotic heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is responsible for tuberculosis; that continues to be a public health threat across the globe. Furthermore, increasing heteroresistance (HR)-the presence of resistant and suscepti...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:73 -
Francisella philomiragia bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient: a rare case report
Francisella philomiragia is a very rare opportunistic pathogen of humans which causes protean diseases such as pneumonia and other systemic infections. Subsequent failure of prompt treatment may result in poor pr...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:72 -
Wide spread and diversity of mutation in the gyrA gene of quinolone-resistant Corynebacterium striatum strains isolated from three tertiary hospitals in China
Corynebacterium striatum was confirmed to be an important opportunistic pathogen, which could lead to multiple-site infections and presented high prevalence of multidrug resistance, particularly to quinolone anti...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:71 -
High frequency of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae harboring several β-lactamase and integron genes collected from several hospitals in the north of Iran
Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the leading causes of hospital outbreaks worldwide. Also, antibiotic-resistant K. pneumoniae is progressively being involved in invasive infections with high morbidity and mortalit...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:70 -
Bacterial and fungal growth in sputum cultures from 165 COVID-19 pneumonia patients requiring intubation: evidence for antimicrobial resistance development and analysis of risk factors
Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19 illness which can progress to severe pneumonia. Empiric antibacterials are often employed though frequency of bacterial coinfection superinfection is debated and concerns...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:69 -
First human case of catheter-related blood stream infection caused by Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies coagulans: a case report and literature review
Staphylococcus schleiferi is a gram-positive pathogenic coccus which causes canine skin and ear infections. Only four cases of human infection caused by Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies coagulans have been re...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:68 -
Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of Cu(II) Schiff base complexes against methicillin-susceptible and resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-resistance S. aureus (MRSA) possesses the ability to resist multiple antibiotics and form biofilm. Currently, vancomycin remains the last drug of choice for treatment of MRSA infection. The emergence ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:67 -
Clinical outcome of patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia treated with corticosteroids and colchicine in Colombia
To date, there is no specific antiviral therapy for severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Since there is no specific therapy against SARS...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:66 -
Molecular epidemiology of blaCTX-M gene-producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli among Iranian kidney transplant patients: clonal dissemination of CC131 and CC10
This study aimed to investigate the phylogenetic characterization and virulence traits of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) isolated from kidney transplant patients (KTPs) as well as non-KTPs and analyze the ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:65 -
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of respiratory Gram-negative bacterial isolates from COVID-19 patients in Switzerland
Bacterial superinfections associated with COVID-19 are common in ventilated ICU patients and impact morbidity and lethality. However, the contribution of antimicrobial resistance to the manifestation of bacter...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:64 -
Evaluation of Xpert GBS assay and Xpert GBS LB assay for detection of Streptococcus agalactiae
Group B Streptococcal (GBS) infection is the primary agent of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Rapid and simple methods to detect GBS are Xpert GBS and GBS LB assays based on real-time polymerase chain reaction ...
Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:62