Recommendation for the use of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines by Ping-Ing Lee, Yhu-Chering Huang, Ching-Chuan Liu, Shee-Uan Chen, Po-Ren Hsueh, Shih-Chi Ku, Po-Yen Chen, Chih-Jung Chen, Yi-Tsung Lin, Chun-Yi Lu, Nan-Chang Chiu, Hsin Chi, Yee-Chun Chen, Feng-Yee Chang, Muh-Yong Yen, Chin-Te Lu, Kuang-Yao Yang, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Kao-Pin Hwang, Wen-Sen Lee, Ting-Yu Yen, Jen-Fu Hsu, Ying-Chin Lin, Ya-Li Hu, Tzou-Yien Lin

“…Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common pathogen for young children hospitalized with bronchiolitis and pneumonia. Most infections occur below 1 year of age. …”
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Application of indigenous zinc-solubilizing bacteria in biofertilizers to enhance zinc nutrition of rice grains in inceptisols paddy fields by E. Pratiwi, P. Lestari, Y. Nugraha, W. Hartatik, Z. Susanti, I.G.M. Subiksa, A. Kasno, T.A. Adriany, Y.S. Fatma, A.F. Nababan, A.A. Rivaie

“…They also have higher rates of morbidity from pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria. Inadequate zinc intake has been correlated with a heightened risk of mortality in children due to specific diseases. …”
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CoviWall, a whole-virion-inactivated B.1.617.2 vaccine candidate, induces potent humoral and Th1 cell response in mice and protects against B.1.617.2 strain challenge in Syrian ham... by Jyotsna Dandotiya, Neeta Adhikari, Manas Ranjan Tripathy, Manas Ranjan Tripathy, Kamini Jakhar, Sudipta Sonar, Dibya Ranjan Pati, Vibhu Kanchan, Varsha S. Prasad, Jitendra Kumar, Nitesh K. Senapati, Arti Bharmoria, Neeraj Rani, Monika Lakhanpal, CS. Patil, Nishan Singh, Lovely Khan, Lavit Jambu, Naveen K. Jain, Syed Khalid Ali, Priyanka Priyadarsiny, Amulya K. Panda, Rajesh Jain, Shailendra Mani, Sweety Samal, Amit Awasthi, Amit Awasthi, Zaigham Abbas Rizvi, Zaigham Abbas Rizvi

“…Moreover, assessment of pulmonary histopathology revealed lower cellular injury, inflammation, and pneumonia in the vaccinated hamsters as compared to the unvaccinated animals. …”
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Inter-rater reliability and prognostic value of baseline Radiographic Assessment of Lung Edema (RALE) scores in observational cohort studies of inpatients with COVID-19 by Andrew I Kim, William Bain, Alison Morris, Barbara Methe, Bryan J McVerry, Georgios D Kitsios, Daniel Kotok, Janet S Lee, Nameer Al-Yousif, Christine E Girard, Jana J Jacobs, Konstantin Golubykh, Hafiz Qurashi, Michael Lu, Saketram Komanduri, Anatoliy Korzhuk, Halimat O Lawal, Nicholas Abourizk, Caitlin Schaefer, Kevin J Mitchell, Catherine M Dietz, Ellen K Hughes, Clara S Brandt, Georgia M Fitzgerald, Robin Joyce, Asmaa S Chaudhry, Jose D Rivera, Shruti Shettigar, Allen Lavina, Samantha R Gillenwater, Anas Hadeh, Faraaz A Shah, Matthew Bittner, Niall Prendergast, John Evankovich, Navitha Ramesh, Cathy Kessinger

“…Objectives To reliably quantify the radiographic severity of COVID-19 pneumonia with the Radiographic Assessment of Lung Edema (RALE) score on clinical chest X-rays among inpatients and examine the prognostic value of baseline RALE scores on COVID-19 clinical outcomes.Setting Hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in dedicated wards and intensive care units from two different hospital systems.Participants 425 patients with COVID-19 in a discovery data set and 415 patients in a validation data set.Primary and secondary outcomes We measured inter-rater reliability for RALE score annotations by different reviewers and examined for associations of consensus RALE scores with the level of respiratory support, demographics, physiologic variables, applied therapies, plasma host–response biomarkers, SARS-CoV-2 RNA load and clinical outcomes.Results Inter-rater agreement for RALE scores improved from fair to excellent following reviewer training and feedback (intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.85 vs 0.93, respectively). …”
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Invasive fungal diseases in patients with autoimmune diseases: a case series from the French RESSIF network by Vincent Poindron, Benjamin Terrier, François Maillot, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Nassim Kamar, Valéry Salle, Lilia Hasseine, François Danion, Lilia Merabet, Guillaume Desoubeaux, Éric Bailly, Milène Sasso, Antoine Néel, Simon Galmiche, Benjamin Thoreau, Stéphane Bretagne, Alexandre Alanio, André Paugam, Valérie Letscher-Bru, Sophie Cassaing, Hélène Guegan, Loïc Favennec, Alida Minoza, Florent Morio, Julie Bonhomme, Odile Eloy, Laurence Millon, Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Philippe Poirier, Maxime Moniot, Taieb Chouaki, Antoine Huguenin, Frédéric Dalle, Bernard Bouteille, Muriel Nicolas, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Karine Boukris-Sitbon, Fanny Lanternier, Caroline Mahinc, Marc Pihet, Magalie Demar, Céline Damiani, Marie-Fleur Durieux, Elena Charpentier, Cécile Nourrisson, Benoit Suzon

“…We analysed total lymphocyte and CD4-T cell counts in patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP).Results From 2012 to 2018, 549 individuals with IFD and AID were included, mainly with PCP (n=227, 41.3%), fungemia (n=167, 30.4%) and invasive aspergillosis (n=84, 15.5%). …”
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Pneumococcal Meningitis Complicated by Cerebral Vasculitis, Abscess, Hydrocephalus, and Hearing Loss by Abdul Razzakh Poil, Adila Shaukat, Devendra Kumar

“…Intracranial abscesses, postinfectious vasculitis, and hydrocephalus are rare complications of Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) meningitis, and to our knowledge, there have been no case reports where all these 3 complications occurred in a single patient with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis. …”
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Chlamydial bacteriophage: No Role in Acute Coronary Events? by David M Patrick, Karuna Karunakaran, Adrian R Levy, Kenneth Gin, Valencia Remple, Mei Chong, Heather Abbey, Laura Tarry, Caixia Shen, Robert C Brunham

“…BACKGROUND: A relationship between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and acute coronary syndromes has not been consistently found in published studies. …”
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Evidence of Acute Mycoplasma Infection in a Patient with Incomplete and Atypical Kawasaki Disease: A Case Report by M. Ebrahim, M. Gabay, R. F. Rivas-Chacon

“…This is a case report where a patient with incomplete Kawasaki disease was found to have evidence compatible with acute Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. This is one of the several case reports linking Mycoplasma pneumoniae to Kawasaki disease as a possible trigger. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE APPLICABILITY OF THE O.K.N.V.I. RESIST-5 AND THE KPC&MBL&0XA-48 DISK TESTS IN A ROUTINE MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY by Stefana Sabtcheva, Sylvia Georgieva

“…RESIST-5 correctly detected all 56 carbapenemases, including KPC-2 in Klebsiella pneumoniae; OX-48 in Serratia marcescens, Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter hormaechei and K. pneumoniae; NDM-1 in Escherichia coli, Morganella morganii, E. hormaechei, C. freundii, S. marcescens and K. pneumoniae; VIM-1 in Proteus mirabilis; VIM-4 in C. freundii and S. marcescens; VIM-86 with and without NDM-1 in Providencia stuartii, and NDM-5 with and without OXA-232 in K. pneumoniae. …”
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Prevalence and Characterization of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolated in Canadian Hospitals: Results from CANWARD 2007 by Patricia J Baudry, Melissa McCracken, Philippe Lagacé-Wiens, Michael R Mulvey, George G Zhanel, Daryl J Hoban

“…Similar patient demographics were observed among both ESBL-producing E coli and K pneumoniae. CONCLUSION: CTX-M has become the most common enzyme among both ESBL-producing E coli and K pneumoniae. …”
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Study on Antibacterial Activities of Croton macrostachyus and Pycnostachys abyssinica Leaf Extracts Against Some Human Pathogens by Getahun Yemata, Endalamaw Yihune, Yewulsew Kebede

“…Similarly, compound 1 of P. abyssinica leaf extract produced the lowest MIC (25 mg/mL) against K. pneumoniae and Staphylococcus epidermidis and compound 3 of the same species against E. coli and K. pneumoniae. …”
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Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Mycoplasma Infection by Sandal Saleem, Brian Berman

“…Thirteen-year-old female twins presented one week apart with documented Mycoplasma pneumoniae respiratory infection. Each developed venous thrombosis and pulmonary emboli in association with transient self-limited para-infectious anti-phospholipid antibodies. …”
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Characterization of Enterobacterales growing on selective CPE screening plates with a focus on non-carbapenemase-producing strains by Reut Efrati Epchtien, Elizabeth Temkin, Mor N. Lurie-Weinberger, Ophir Kastel, Alona Keren-Paz, David Schwartz, Yehuda Carmeli

“…The most common non-CP isolates were K. pneumoniae (65.6%) followed by E. coli (20.4%). Of the non-CP K. pneumoniae and E. coli isolates, 78.2% were susceptible to meropenem. …”
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In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity Evaluation of a Novel Fitostimoline® Plus Spray Formulation by Maria Domenica Falciglia, Roberta Palladino, Barbara Maglione, Giulia Schiavo

“…This study aims to investigate the in vitro antibacterial activity of a novel topical spray (Fitostimoline® Plus spray) based on 0.1% polyhexanide and Rigenase® against S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, K. pneumoniae, and the combination of S. aureus and K. pneumoniae. …”
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Identification of Common Bacterial Pathogens Causing Meningitis in Culture-Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction by Walaa Shawky Khater, Safia Hamed Elabd

“…It is an endemic disease in Egypt caused mainly by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Haemophilus influenzae. …”
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Pyelonephritis and Bacteremia Caused by Klebsiella variicola following Renal Transplantation by Cody Lo, Shazia Masud, Gregory D. Deans

“…Klebsiella variicola (K. variicola) is a Gram-negative organism genetically similar to Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) that can cause a variety of diseases in humans. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Associated with Mass Gatherings: A Systematic Review by Linda Tong Pao, Mohamed Tashani, Catherine King, Harunor Rashid, Ameneh Khatami

“…Carriage of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> isolates non-susceptible to one or more antibiotics was also shown to increase from pre-Hajj to post-Hajj. …”
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Resultados de la realización del hemocultivo al ingreso hospitalario en pacientes con neumonía adquirida en la comunidad by Iris González Morales, María Caridad Fragoso Marchante, Luís Alberto Corona Martínez

“…<br /><strong>Resultados:</strong> en solo cinco pacientes el examen arrojó un resultado positivo (9,6 % de los casos); en un solo caso con cultivo positivo se aisló Streptococcus pneumoniae; en el resto fueron aislados Staphylococcus aureus y Klebsiella pneumoniae. …”
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Clinical Features and Outcomes of Serotype 19A Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Calgary, Alberta by Leah J Ricketson, Otto G Vanderkooi, Melissa L Wood, Jenine Leal, James D Kellner

“…BACKGROUND: Streptoccocus pneumoniae serotype 19A (ST19A) became an important cause of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) after the introduction of the conjugate vaccine.…”
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Prevalence, Characterization, and Proteomic Relatedness Among β-Lactam-Resistant Bacteria Throughout the Poultry Production Chain in Greece by Anestis Tsitsos, Alexandros Damianos, Konstantinos Kiskinis, Vasilios Tsiouris, Ilias Tirodimos, Nikolaos Soultos, Anna Papa, Vangelis Economou

“…Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemase-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> and <i>Acinetobacter</i> spp. are associated with hospital-acquired infections and are commonly isolated across the poultry food production chain. …”
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