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1 Jun 2020

Bacteriophage Control the Prevalence of Escherichia coli ST131 in Different Countries

Escherichia coli is the most important bacterial species in Europe, being the main cause of both urinary tract and bloodstream infections…
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1 Jun 2020

SUSANA Project: Real-World Data Coming From The Use of New Antimicrobial Drugs

Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat to global public health.1,2 In Italy, the issue of antimicrobial resistance is…
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1 Jun 2020

Beyond Contact Precautions: What Do Surveillance Cultures Tell Us About Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms in Critically Ill Patients? Data from a Public Hospital in São Paulo City, Brazil

In critically ill patients, colonisation by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria is a significant risk factor for the development of subsequent infections…
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1 Jun 2020

Evaluation of A New Commercial Disc Susceptibility Kit for Detection and Differentiation of Carbapenemases Produced by Enterobacterales

Perhaps the most significant development in clinical bacteriology over the last decade has been the global proliferation of Enterobacterales with…
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1 Jun 2020

Outcomes of People Who Inject Drugs with Infectious Endocarditis and Valve Surgery

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a common disease state observed in people who inject drugs (PWID), with a 50–100 times higher incidence in PWID than the…
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1 Jun 2020

Analysis of Escherichia Coli Phylotypes and Known Sepsis Causing Sequence Types in UK Sewage Reveals a Direct Link Between Sepsis Rates and Carriage of Pathogenic Sequence Types in the Community

UK Escherichia coli (E. coli) sepsis rates have been rising for the last 20 years, however the reason behind the consistent year on year increase is an…
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1 Jun 2020

Direct Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation (MALDI) Identification from Positive Blood Cultures: Rapid Sepsityper®

Sepsis remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with high morbidity and mortality rates.1 Early and appropriate antimicrobial therapy is…
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1 Jun 2020

Imported Schistosomiasis in Children: A Multicentre Study of Prevalence and Diagnostic Methods

Schistosomiasis is currently the second most common parasitosis in the world, following malaria, in terms of morbidity and mortality…