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SARS-CoV-2 viral load in nasopharyngeal swabs is not an independent predictor of unfavorable outcome
(NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2021)
The aim was to assess the ability of nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral load at frst patient’s hospital evaluation to predict unfavorable outcomes. We conducted a prospective cohort study including 321 adult patients with ...
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Interhospital Spread of blaVIM-1- and blaCTX-M-15-Producing K. pneumoniae ST15 on an IncR Plasmid in Southern Spain
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023)
In 2014–2015, the main CTX-M-15- and OXA-48-producing clone in our region was ST15. Recently, K. pneumoniae ST15 isolates co-producing VIM-1 and CTX-M-15 were detected in several hospitals. The aim was to study the emergence ...
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Effect of Glycerol on Fosfomycin Activity against Escherichia coli
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022)
Fosfomycin is an antimicrobial that inhibits the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan by entering the bacteria through two channels (UhpT and GlpT). Glycerol is clinically used as a treatment for elevated intracranial pressure ...
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Clinical Features and Outcomes of Streptococcus anginosus Group Infective Endocarditis: A Multicenter Matched Cohort Study
(Oxford University Press, 2021-06)
Background Although Streptococcus anginosus group (SAG) endocarditis is considered a severe disease associated with abscess formation and embolic events, there is limited evidence to support this assumption. Methods We ...
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Assessing the Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Lineages and Mutations on Patient Survival
(MDPI, 2022)
Objectives: More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 still remains a global public health problem. Successive waves of infection have produced new SARS-CoV-2 variants with new mutations for which the ...
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Reporting antimicrobial susceptibilities and resistance phenotypes in Staphylococcus spp.: a nationwide proficiency study
(Oxford University Press, 2021-02-08)
Objectives To evaluate the proficiency of microbiology laboratories in Spain in antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of Staphylococcus spp. Materials and methods Eight Staphylococcus spp. with different resistance ...
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MDR Shigella sonnei in Spain: an ever-evolving emerging threat?
(Oxford University Press, 2022-09-05)
Background Seven CTX-M-27-producing Shigella sonnei strains were isolated at the University Hospital Virgen del Rocío (Seville, Spain) microbiology service from October to November 2021. Objectives To offer extensive ...
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Detection of high level of co-infection and the emergence of novel SARS CoV-2 delta-omicron and omicron-omicron recombinants in the epidemiological surveillance of Andalusia
(MDPI, 2023)
Recombination is an evolutionary strategy to quickly acquire new viral properties inherited from the parental lineages. The systematic survey of the SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences of the Andalusian genomic surveillance ...
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FlowUTI An interactive web-application for optimizing the use of flow cytometry as a screening tool in urinary tract infections
(Public Library of Science, 2022-11-08)
Due to the high prevalence of patients attending with urinary tract infection (UTI) symptoms, the use of flow-cytometry as a rapid screening tool to avoid unnecessary cultures is becoming a widely used system in clinical ...
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Penicillin-Binding Protein Occupancy Dataset for 18 b-Lactams and 4 b-Lactamase Inhibitors in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(American Society for Microbiology, 2023)
The lack of effective first-line antibiotic treatments against Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and the worldwide dissemination of resistant strains, are the main drivers of a worsening global health crisis. b-lactam antibiotics ...