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  1. Campylobacter resistance to antimicrobial agents is regarded as a major concern worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of the CmeABC efflux pump and the RAPD-PCR pattern in drug-resist...

    Authors: Saeed Sharifi, Bita Bakhshi and Shahin Najar-peerayeh
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:36
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  2. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the second pandemic of the twenty-first century, with over one-hundred million infections and over two million deaths to date. It is a novel strain from the Coronaviridae fa...

    Authors: Saad I. Mallah, Omar K. Ghorab, Sabrina Al-Salmi, Omar S. Abdellatif, Tharmegan Tharmaratnam, Mina Amin Iskandar, Jessica Atef Nassef Sefen, Pardeep Sidhu, Bassam Atallah, Rania El-Lababidi and Manaf Al-Qahtani
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:35
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  3. The incidence of Candida bloodstream infections (BSIs), has increased over time. In this study, we aimed to describe the current epidemiology of Candida BSI in a large tertiary care hospital in Shanghai and to de...

    Authors: Yan-Jun Zheng, Ting Xie, Lin Wu, Xiao-Ying Liu, Ling Zhu, Ying Chen, En-Qiang Mao, Li-Zhong Han, Er-Zhen Chen and Zhi-Tao Yang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:34
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  4. Globally, surgical site infections are the most reported healthcare-associated infection and common surgical complication. In developing countries such as Ethiopia, there is a paucity of published reports on t...

    Authors: Gemedo Misha, Legese Chelkeba and Tsegaye Melaku
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:33
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  5. We evaluated the distribution of carbapenem and colistin resistance mechanisms of clinical E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolates from Iran.

    Authors: Javad Yasbolaghi Sharahi, Ali Hashemi, Abdollah Ardebili and Sara Davoudabadi
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:32
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  6. This study aimed to investigate the specific risk factors for the transmission of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) among healthcare workers in different campuses of a university hospital and to reveal the risk f...

    Authors: Aziz Ogutlu, Oguz Karabay, Unal Erkorkmaz, Ertugrul Guclu, Seher Sen, Abdulkadir Aydin and Mehmet Koroglu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:31
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  7. Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) uropathogenic bacteria have increased in number in recent years and the development of new treatment options for the corresponding infections has become a major challenge in the fiel...

    Authors: Zahra Chegini, Amin Khoshbayan, Soheil Vesal, Alireza Moradabadi, Ali Hashemi and Aref Shariati
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:30
    Content type: Review Published on:

  8. Lassa fever (LF), a zoonotic illness, represents a public health burden in West African countries where the Lassa virus (LASV) circulates among rodents. Human exposure hinges significantly on LASV ecology, whi...

    Authors: Liã Bárbara Arruda, Najmul Haider, Ayodeji Olayemi, David Simons, Deborah Ehichioya, Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye, Rashid Ansumana, Margaret J. Thomason, Danny Asogun, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet and Richard A. Kock
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:29
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  9. Resistance, prolonged therapy, and more adverse reactions made amoxicillin less preferred for treating otitis media. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of azithromycin and amoxicillin/clavulan...

    Authors: Gabriel Dawit, Solomon Mequanent and Eyasu Makonnen
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:28
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  10. Bacteroides fragilis is a part of the normal gastrointestinal flora, but it is also the most common anaerobic bacteria causing the infection. It is highly resistant to antibiotics and contains abundant antibiotic...

    Authors: Seyedesomaye Jasemi, Mohammad Emaneini, Zahra Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Sadegh Fazeli, Leonardo A. Sechi, Fatemah Sadeghpour Heravi and Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:27
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  11. Antimicrobial-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae have become one of the greatest challenges to global public health today and inappropriate use of antibiotics and high level of antibiotic use is probab...

    Authors: Bekele Sharew, Feleke Moges, Gizachew Yismaw, Wondwossen Abebe, Surafal Fentaw, Didrik Vestrheim and Belay Tessema
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:26
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  12. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains are prevalent in healthcare services. Medical students are at risk for MRSA carriage, subsequent infection and potential transmission of nosocomial infec...

    Authors: Kamile Arıkan, Eda Karadag-Oncel, Emre Aycan, Banu Sancak and Mehmet Ceyhan
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:25
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  13. Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are among common foodborne bacterial pathogens and healthy livestock are the main source of this bacterium. Severe diseases attribute to two types of cytotoxin Stx1 a...

    Authors: Erfaneh Jafari, Mana Oloomi and Saeid Bouzari
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:24
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  14. Inflammation and infection are causative factors of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Urine is not sterile, and urine microbiota identified by DNA sequencing can play an important role in the development of ...

    Authors: Hsiang-Ying Lee, Jiunn‐Wei Wang, Yung-Shun Juan, Ching-Chia Li, Chung-Jung Liu, Sung Yong Cho, Hsin-Chih Yeh, Kuang-Shun Chueh, Wen-Jeng Wu and Deng‐Chyang Wu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:23
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  15. Non-Helicobacter pylori species (NHPS) are newly emerging bacteria that naturally inhabit birds and mammals apart from humans and rarely cause diseases in humans. In recent years, a rise in the number of cases as...

    Authors: Matic Mihevc, Metka Koren Krajnc, Maja Bombek Ihan and Iztok Holc
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:22
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  16. Although most bloodstream yeast infections are caused by Candida spp., infections by rare or less common species have increased in recent years. Diagnosis of infections caused by these species is difficult due to...

    Authors: Carmen Alicia Garcia-Gutiérrez, María Soledad Cuétara-García, María Dolores Moragues, Jorge Ligero, Sara María Quevedo and María José Buitrago
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:21
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  17. This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12941-018-0279-4

    Authors: Jayaweera Arachchige Asela Sampath Jayaweera and Mohommed Reyes
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:20
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    The original article was published in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2018 17:27

  18. Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as one of the common multidrug resistance pathogens causing hospital-acquired infections. This study was conducted to elucidate the distribution of antimicrobial resistance gen...

    Authors: Piyatip Khuntayaporn, Pohnvipa Kanathum, Jantana Houngsaitong, Preecha Montakantikul, Krit Thirapanmethee and Mullika Traidej Chomnawang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:19
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  19. The screening for intestinal carriage of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. (VRE) among high risk patients in the Balkan region and molecular epidemiology of VRE is insufficiently investigated, yet it could b...

    Authors: Ana Janjusevic, Ljiljana Markovic Denic, Rajna Minic, Anita Grgurevic and Ivana Cirkovic
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:18
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  20. Abnormal laboratory findings are common in patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the effect of the level of s...

    Authors: Erfan Kazemi, Reihane Soldoozi Nejat, Fatemeh Ashkan and Hossein Sheibani
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:17
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  21. Multidrug resistance (MDR), extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) has become a public health threat worldwide. This threat is worse in developing coun...

    Authors: Feleke Moges, Mucheye Gizachew, Mulat Dagnew, Azanaw Amare, Bekele Sharew, Setegn Eshetie, Wondwossen Abebe, Yihenew Million, Tigist Feleke and Moges Tiruneh
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:16
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  22. The objective of this study was to investigate whether unreasonable empirical antibiotic treatment (UEAT) had an impact on 30-day mortality and duration of hospitalization in bacterial pneumonia caused by carb...

    Authors: Rongrong Li, Hao Tang, Huaming Xu, Kunwei Cui, Shujin Li and Jilu Shen
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:15
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  23. HACEK (Haemophilus spp., Aggregatibacter spp., Cardiobacterium spp., Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella spp.) group organisms are responsible for 0.8% to 6% of all infective endocarditis cases, with Cardiobacteriu...

    Authors: Eric G. Hauser, Imran Nizamuddin, Brett B. Yarusi and Karen M. Krueger
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:14
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  24. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common cause of nosocomial infections. Antibiotic resistance and ability to form biofilm, as two key virulence factors of K. pneumoniae, are involved in the persistence of infections. T...

    Authors: Shadi Shadkam, Hamid Reza Goli, Bahman Mirzaei, Mehrdad Gholami and Mohammad Ahanjan
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:13
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  25. People with diabetes mellitus, especially insulin-dependent diabetic patients, are a risk group for staphylococcal infections. Asymptomatic infection with Staphylococcus aureus is common and favors dissemination ...

    Authors: Nathalia Bibiana Teixeira, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza, Matheus Cristovam de Souza, Thais Aline Monteiro Pereira, Bibiana Prada de Camargo Colenci and Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:12
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  26. Pseudomonas aeruginosa an opportunistic pathogen, is widely associated with nosocomial infections and exhibits resistance to multiple classes of antibiotics. The aim of this study was to determine the antibiotic ...

    Authors: Florence Chijindu Ugwuanyi, Abraham Ajayi, David Ajiboye Ojo, Adeyemi Isaac Adeleye and Stella Ifeanyi Smith
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:11
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  27. The genera Williamsia and Segniliparus are of aerobic actinomycetes and at the time of writing, they have 12 and 2 species, respectively. These genera cause various infections in humans. In this review, we survey...

    Authors: Mehdi Fatahi-Bafghi
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:10
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  28. Cystic fibrosis (CF) acute pulmonary exacerbations are often caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including multi-drug resistant strains. Optimal antibiotic therapy is required to return lung function and should be ...

    Authors: Maxwell J. Lasko, Holly K. Huse, David P. Nicolau and Joseph L. Kuti
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:9
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  29. The Severe Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has gained research attention worldwide, given the current pandemic. Nevertheless, a previous zoonotic and highly pathogenic coronavirus, the Middle E...

    Authors: Ali A. Rabaan, Shamsah H. Al-Ahmed, Ranjit Sah, Mohammed A. Alqumber, Shafiul Haque, Shailesh Kumar Patel, Mamta Pathak, Ruchi Tiwari, Mohd. Iqbal Yatoo, Abrar Ul Haq, Muhammad Bilal, Kuldeep Dhama and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:8
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  31. Burkholderia cepacia, an opportunistic pathogen mainly affecting patients with cystic fibrosis or immunocompromised, has rarely been documented as a cause of corneal infection. The clinical and microbiological pr...

    Authors: Ming-Chih Ho, Eugene Yu-Chuan Kang, Lung-Kun Yeh, David H. K. Ma, Hsin-Chiung Lin, Hsin-Yuan Tan, Hung-Chi Chen and Ching-Hsi Hsiao
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:6
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  32. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is considered a top priority pathogen by the World Health Organization for combatting increasing antibiotic resistance and development of new drugs. Since it was origi...

    Authors: Carine Yehouenou, Bert Bogaerts, Kevin Vanneste, Nancy H. C. Roosens, Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker, Kathleen Marchal, Dissou Affolabi, Reza Soleimani, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Françoise Van Bambeke, Olivia Dalleur and Anne Simon
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:5
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  33. Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is one of the most common pathogens which can cause morbidity and mortality in pediatric infections worldwide. This study aimed to describe the phenotypic and molecular ch...

    Authors: Zhuoxin Liang, Jinjian Fu, Ling Li, Rongsong Yi, Shaolin Xu, Jichang Chen, Xiaohua Ye and Eric McGrath
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:4
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  34. Little is yet known whether pathogenesis of COVID-19 is different between young and elder patients. Our study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and provide predictors of mortality for young adu...

    Authors: Yanjiao Lu, Zhenli Huang, Meijia Wang, Kun Tang, Shanshan Wang, Pengfei Gao, Jungang Xie, Tao Wang and Jianping Zhao
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:3
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  35. Urinary retention (UR) is a common urinary system disease can be caused by urinary tract obstruction with numerous reasons, however, the role of urine microbes in these disorders is still poorly understood. Th...

    Authors: Shan Jiang, Saisai Lu, Xiaomin Chen, Fengxia Li, Chengwei Zhu, Yuancai Zheng, Xiaobing Wang and Shihao Xu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:2
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  36. In recent years, Candida parapsilosis is recognized as a species complex and is composed of Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto, Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis. Candida parapsilosis complex prosthe...

    Authors: Penghao Guo, Yuting He, Rui Fan, Zhongwen Wu, Yili Chen, Yuli Huang, Kang Liao and Peisong Chen
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2021 20:1
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  37. Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are the most common complication found in the hospital environment. The aim of the study was to examine whether the use of an antimicrobial coating in high-touch areas in an ...

    Authors: Lars Ejerhed, Leyla Roshani and Annette Erichsen Andersson
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:62
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  38. Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli accounts for most cases of human gastrointestinal infections. The infection occurs through ingestion of contaminated food or water, and direct contact with feces of inf...

    Authors: Tizazu Zenebe, Niguse Zegeye and Tadesse Eguale
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:61
    Content type: Review Published on:

  39. During bloodstream infections, rapid adaptation of empirical treatment according to the microorganism identified is essential to decrease mortality. The aim of the present study was to assess the microbiologic...

    Authors: Léa Ponderand, Patricia Pavese, Danièle Maubon, Emmanuelle Giraudon, Thomas Girard, Caroline Landelle, Max Maurin and Yvan Caspar
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:60
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  40. Gram stain of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is widely used in the diagnosis of acute meningitis, however, it is often conducted in the laboratory, as only some hospitals have access to point-of-care Gram stain (PC...

    Authors: Tomohiro Taniguchi, Sanefumi Tsuha, Soichi Shiiki and Masashi Narita
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:59
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  41. Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging viral pandemic disease. In the last 6 months, SARS-CoV-2 has caused millions of reported cases and hundreds of thousands of deaths. A...

    Authors: Salim Mattar, Caty Martinez-Bravo, Ricardo Rivero, Héctor Contreras, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Camilo Guzman-Teran, Ketty Galeano, Nelson Alvis-Guzman, Verónica Contreras, German Arrieta, Marco Gonzalez-Tous, Jorge Miranda, Martha Ospina, Francisco Camargo-Assis, Marcela Mercado-Reyes, Evelyn Garay…
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:58
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  42. Cefiderocol, ceftazidime-avibactam, ceftolozane-tazobactam, intravenous fosfomycin and plazomicin represent potential carbapenem sparing agents for extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase or AmpC beta-lactamase produ...

    Authors: Ouli Xie, Kathryn Cisera, Lucy Taylor, Carly Hughes and Benjamin Rogers
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:57
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  43. At the time of writing, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has infected more than 49 million people causing more than 1.2 million deaths worldwide since its emergence from Wuhan, China in December 2019. Vaccine development ...

    Authors: Hussain A. Safar, Abu Salim Mustafa and Timothy D. McHugh
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:56
    Content type: Review Published on:

  44. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infections caused by Streptococcus agalactiae is a leading cause of meningitis and sepsis in neonates, with early-onset GBS symptoms emerging during the first week of life and late-ons...

    Authors: Edward P. C. Ager, Eric D. Steele, Lindsey E. Nielsen, Matthew A. Nestander, Katrin Mende and Steven E. Spencer
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:55
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  45. Surgical site infections are related to high morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Because the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in hospitals is becoming a worldwide challenge for surgeons who tre...

    Authors: Carine Laurence Yehouenou, Arsène A. Kpangon, Dissou Affolabi, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Françoise Van Bambeke, Olivia Dalleur and Anne Simon
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:54
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  46. The colonization of Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) in bloodstream infections (BSIs) has been increased dramatically worldwide, and it was associated with worse clinical ou...

    Authors: Ai-Min Jiang, Na Liu, Rui Zhao, Hao-Ran Zheng, Xue Chen, Chao-Xin Fan, Rui Zhang, Xiao-Qiang Zheng, Xiao Fu, Yu Yao and Tao Tian
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:53
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  47. Multidrug-resistant infections due to Mycobacterium abscessus often require complex and prolonged regimens for treatment. Here, we report the evaluation of a new ex vivo antimicrobial susceptibility testing model...

    Authors: Carmen Amelia Molina-Torres, Oscar Noé Flores-Castillo, Irma Edith Carranza-Torres, Nancy Elena Guzmán-Delgado, Ezequiel Viveros-Valdez, Lucio Vera-Cabrera, Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, Julia Verde-Star, Jorge Castro-Garza and Pilar Carranza-Rosales
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:52
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  48. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Davie Wong, Titus Wong, Marc Romney and Victor Leung
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:51
    Content type: Editorial Expression of Concern Published on:

  49. Persistent bacteremia occurs in at least 30% of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SAB) and may be attributable to a dysregulated host immune response. Neutrophils interact with a variety ...

    Authors: Marquerita Algorri and Annie Wong-Beringer
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:50
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  50. Plasmodium vivax, once considered benign species, is recently being recognised to be causing severe malaria like Plasmodium falciparum. In the present study, the authors report the trends in malaria severity in P...

    Authors: Monika Matlani, Loick P. Kojom, Neelangi Mishra, Vinita Dogra and Vineeta Singh
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:49
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