Reyes-Corral, Cesar A Cooper, W Rodney Karasev, Alexander V Delgado-Luna, Carolina Sanchez-Peña, Sergio R
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Plant disease
The potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc) (Hemiptera: Triozidae) is a pest of solanaceous crops (order Solanales), including potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and tomato (S. lycopersicum L.). Feeding by high populations of nymphs causes psyllid yellows while adults and nymphs are vectors of the plant pathogen 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearu...
Sayfullin, Ruslan F. Perekopskaya, Nadezhda E. Karan, Ludmila S. Zvereva, Nadezhda N. Sayfullin, Muhammad A.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
We describe an autochthonous case of Rickettsia slovaca infection in a man 35 years of age from Russia who had tickborne lymphadenopathy. We used ELISA and quantitative PCR testing to further identify DNA and confirm diagnosis. Physicians in Russia should consider similar diseases in differential diagnoses after tick bites.
Puing, Alfredo G. Epstein, David J. Banaei, Niaz Subramanian, Aruna K. Liu, Anne Y.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Prophylactic trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) prevents Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and nocardiosis in immunocompromised patients but sometimes is avoided because of purported allergies or side effects. Of 25 immunocompromised patients receiving alternative prophylaxis in whom nocardiosis developed, 16 subsequently tolerated TMP/SMX trea...
Kontula, Keiju S.K. Skogberg, Kirsi Ollgren, Jukka Järvinen, Asko Lyytikäinen, Outi
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
We evaluated the incidence, outcomes, and causative agents of bloodstream infections (BSI) in Finland during 2004–2018 by using data from the national registries. We identified a total of 173,715 BSIs; annual incidence increased from 150 to 309 cases/100,000 population. BSI incidence rose most sharply among persons > 80 years of age. The 1-month ca...
Xu, Nannan Gai, Wei Zhang, Yan Wang, Wei Wang, Gang Dasch, Gregory A. Eremeeva, Marina E.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
We describe 3 similar cases of rickettsial disease that occurred after tick bites in a mountainous rural area of Shandong Province, China. Next-generation sequencing indicated the etiologic agent of 1 patient was Rickettsia conorii subspecies indica . This agent may be more widely distributed across China than previously thought.
Sawada, Shoichi Matsubara, Shigenori
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The Laryngoscope
Acute rhinosinusitis is a frequent common cold-related complication in children. Despite the need for appropriate treatment, its underlying microbiology remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the microbiology of acute rhinosinusitis in children. Prospective non controlled study. Thirty-one pediatric acute maxillary sinusitis patients with...
Pereira-Silva, Miguel Chauhan, Gaurav Shin, Matthew D Hoskins, Clare Madou, Marc J Martinez-Chapa, Sergio O Steinmetz, Nicole F Veiga, Francisco Paiva-Santos, Ana Cláudia
Introduction: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a particular coronavirus strain responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), accounting for more than 3.1 million deaths worldwide. Several health-related strategies have been successfully developed to contain the rapidly-spreading virus across the globe, towa...
Martel, An Boyen, Filip Rau, Jörg Eisenberg, Tobias Sing, Andreas Berger, Anja Chiers, Koen Van Praet, Sarah Verbanck, Serge Vervaeke, Muriel
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Toxin-producing Corynebacterium ulcerans , a causative agent of diphtheria in humans, was isolated from 53 hedgehogs in Belgium during the spring of 2020. Isolates showed low levels of acquired antimicrobial drug resistance. Strain diversity suggests emergence from an endemic situation. These findings stress the need for raising public awareness an...
Findlay, Jacqueline Poirel, Laurent Kessler, Julie Kronenberg, Andreas Nordmann, Patrice
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) bacteria are a critical global health concern; New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) enzymes account for >25% of all CPE found in Switzerland. We characterized NDM-positive CPE submitted to the Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance during a 2-year period (January 2019–Decembe...
Wojnarski, Charles M Elgudin, Yakov Rubelowsky, Joseph J Wilson, Brigid M Donskey, Curtis J Cmolik, Brian L
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The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Perioperative bacterial decolonization and prophylactic antibiotic therapy at the Veterans Affairs Health Care System have changed over the past decade. Our objectives were to identify associated changes in the microbiology of mediastinitis and to perform a contemporary survival analysis in patients with mediastinitis after isolated coronary artery...
