Dengue, chikungunya and Zika and mass gatherings: What happened in Brazil, 2014
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‘Bacteroides mediterraneensis’ sp. nov., a new human-associated bacterium isolated from ileum specimen
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“Collinsella vaginalis” sp. nov., a new bacterial species cultivated from human female genital tract
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Repertory of eukaryotes (eukaryome) in the human gastrointestinal tract: taxonomy and detection methods
Eukaryotes are an important component of the human gut, and their relationship with the human host varies from parasitic to commensal. Understanding the diversity of human intestinal eukaryotes has important significance for human health. In the past few decades, most of the multitudes of techniques that are involved in the diagnosis of the eukaryo...
Characterization of NDM-1-and OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from inanimate surfaces in a hospital en...
Background: Investigation of several outbreaks of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection has demonstrated that contamination of the inanimate hospital environment could be implicated in the spread of these multidrug-resistant strains. Aim: To investigate the occurrence of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii on inanimate surfaces and po...
Failure to Improve the Oxygenation Index Is a Useful Predictor of Therapy Failure in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome...
Published in Critical care medicine
Failure to meet a threshold improvement in the oxygenation index over the first 7 days of therapy can be used to identify therapies unlikely to succeed in subsequent trials powered for mortality and ventilator-free days. By reducing trial time and costs, use of the 7-day oxygenation index change as an intermediate endpoint could increase the number...
Emerging methodologies for pathogen identification in positive blood culture testing
Bloodstream infections (BSIs) represent a major cause of death in developed countries and are associated with long-term loss of functions. Blood culture remains the gold standard for BSI diagnosis, as it is easy to perform and displays a good analytical sensitivity. However, its major drawback remains the long turnaround time, which can result in i...
Gemmata species: Planctomycetes of medical interest
The Planctomycetes genus Gemmata is represented by both uncultured organisms and cultured Gemmata obscuriglobus and `Gemmata massiliana' organisms. Their plasmidless 9.2 Mb genomes encode a complex cell plan, cell signaling capacities, antibiotic and trace metal resistance and multidrug resistance efflux pumps. As they lack iron metabolism pathways...
Molecular Characterization of Nonhemolytic and Nonpigmented Group B Streptococci Responsible for Human Invasive Infectio...
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Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a common commensal bacterium in adults, but is also the leading cause of invasive bacterial infections in neonates in developed countries. The β-hemolysin/cytolysin (β-h/c), which is always associated with the production of an orange-to-red pigment, is a major virulence factor that is also used for GBS diagnosis. A co...
\guillemotleftCollinsella bouchesdurhonensis\guillemotright sp. nov., identified in human stool sample
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