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Medicine & Public Health
Infectious Diseases
Adrian Egli
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Open AccessCase report: when two and ½ men go cam**…
In patients, rapid identification of bacterial species may help to guide treatment at early stages. New protocols for the identification directly from positive blood culture flasks significantly helped in the ...
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Open AccessClinical impact of the type VI secretion system on virulence of Campylobacter species during infection
The clinical course of Campylobacter infection varies in symptoms and severity depending on host factors, virulence of the pathogen and initiated therapy. The type VI secretion system (T6SS) has been identified a...
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Open AccessProsthetic valve endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa with variable antibacterial resistance profiles: a diagnostic challenge
Infective endocarditis (IE) caused by gram-negative bacilli is rare. However, the incidence of this severe infection is rising because of the increasing number of persons at risk, such as patients with immunos...
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Open AccessPredictors of infectious meningitis or encephalitis: the yield of cerebrospinal fluid in a cross-sectional study
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analyses are recommended in patients with meningitis and/or encephalitis, but evidence regarding its diagnostic yield is low. We aimed to determine predictors of infectious pathogens ...
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Open AccessAccuracy of urine flow cytometry and urine test strip in predicting relevant bacteriuria in different patient populations
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is diagnosed combining urinary symptoms with demonstration of urine culture growth above a given threshold. Our aim was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of Urine Flow Cytometry ...
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Open AccessBilateral acute renal cortical necrosis after a dog bite: case report
Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a Gram-negative capnophilic rod and part of dogs/cats’ normal oral flora. It can be transmitted by bites, scratches, or even by contact of saliva with injured skin. Asplenic patients ...
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Open AccessLegionnaires’ disease in Switzerland: rationale and study protocol of a prospective national case–control and molecular source attribution study (SwissLEGIO)
Switzerland has one of the highest annual Legionnaires’ disease (LD) notification rates in Europe (7.8 cases/100,000 population in 2021). The main sources of infection and the cause for this high rate remain l...
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Open AccessIdentification of microorganisms by a rapid PCR panel from positive blood cultures leads to faster optimal antimicrobial therapy – a before-after study
The BioFire® FilmArray® Blood Culture Identification Panel 1 (BF-FA-BCIP) detects microorganisms with high accuracy in positive blood cultures (BC) – a key step in the management of patients with suspected bac...
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Open AccessEvaluation of the clinical relevance of the Biofire© FilmArray pneumonia panel among hospitalized patients
Panel PCR tests provide rapid pathogen identification. However, their diagnostic performance is unclear. We assessed the performance of the Biofire© FilmArray pneumonia (PN)-panel against standard culture in bron...
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Open AccessTularemia on the rise in Switzerland? A one health approach is needed!
In the last 10 years, an increase in tularemia cases has been observed in both humans and animals in Switzerland. In these, infection with Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of the zoonotic disease tular...
