{"title":"‘One-month daily and three-month weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid are comparable in completion rate and safety for latent tuberculosis infection in non-HIV Population: a randomized controlled trial’ – author's response","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10444,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology and Infection","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adriana Cabal, Anna Hörtenhuber, Milo Halabi, Heidrun Kerschner, Yarub Salaheddin, Werner Ruppitsch
{"title":"First detection of the emerging vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium vanA-ST1299-CT1903 in Austria.","authors":"Adriana Cabal, Anna Hörtenhuber, Milo Halabi, Heidrun Kerschner, Yarub Salaheddin, Werner Ruppitsch","doi":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10444,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology and Infection","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142008403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maddalena Giannella, Fanny Lanternier, Sarah Dellière, Andreas H Groll, Nicolas J Mueller, Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo, Monica A Slavin
{"title":"Invasive fungal disease in the immunocompromised host: changing epidemiology, new antifungal therapies, and management challenges.","authors":"Maddalena Giannella, Fanny Lanternier, Sarah Dellière, Andreas H Groll, Nicolas J Mueller, Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo, Monica A Slavin","doi":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Invasive fungal disease (IFD) causes morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised hosts (ICHs). Based on increasing recognition of the impact of IFD on human disease, a recent WHO priority list identified key areas of need.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This review examines changes in the epidemiology of IFD, in particular the emergence of antifungal-resistant pathogens and the current availability of rapid diagnostic tests and antifungal treatment options.</p><p><strong>Sources: </strong>Literature between 2000 and January 2024 regarding fungal epidemiology, diagnostic tests, antifungal resistance, emerging fungal pathogens, and novel antifungal agents in both adult and paediatric ICH were reviewed.</p><p><strong>Content: </strong>We describe the changing epidemiology and continued burden and mortality of IFD in ICH. Furthermore, we discuss the emergence of antifungal-resistant organisms driven by new immunosuppressed populations, climate change, and antifungal exposure in the individual and environment. We highlight novel antifungal agents and how they will address current unmet needs.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>The changing epidemiology and increased population at risk for IFD, lack of recognition or quantification of risks for IFD with new therapies, current gaps in the availability of rapid diagnostic tests, and the imminent availability of novel antifungals with distinct spectra of activity argue for improved availability of and access to rapid diagnostics, antifungal stewardship programmes, and global access to antifungal agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":10444,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology and Infection","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141981872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantifying the long-term effects of measles infection—a retrospective cohort study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To assess whether measles infection has an impact on the rate of non-measles infectious diseases over an extended period.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This retrospective matched cohort study included 532 measles-diagnosed patients who were exactly matched with 2128 individuals without a previous measles diagnosis. Adjusted OR for any all-cause infectious diagnosis and any viral infection diagnosis ≤2 years after measles diagnosis between the measles and control groups was obtained from a conditional logistic regression model. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to estimate the hazard ratio.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Previous measles virus (MeV) exposure was associated with an increased risk for all-cause non-measles infectious disease diagnosis (OR: 1.83, 95% CI: 1.26–2.64, p 0.001), with 492 diagnoses in the MeV-exposed group and 1868 diagnoses in the control group. Additionally, previous MeV exposure was linked to a higher risk of viral infection diagnosis (OR: 1.23, 95% CI: 1.01–1.59, p < 0.05), with 302 viral infection diagnoses in the MeV-exposed group and 1107 diagnoses in the control group. The hazard ratio for viral diagnosis in the MeV-exposed group compared with the control group was 1.54 (95% CI: 1.18–2.02, p < 0.001).</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Individuals diagnosed with measles had a moderately increased risk of being diagnosed with all-cause non-measles infectious disease or viral infection. This observational individual-level study supports previous ecological and individual population-level studies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10444,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology and Infection","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141981873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
María Patricia Hernández-Mitre, Susan C Morpeth, Balasubramanian Venkatesh, Thomas E Hills, Joshua Davis, Robert K Mahar, Grace McPhee, Mark Jones, James Totterdell, Steven Y C Tong, Jason A Roberts
{"title":"Erratum to 'TMPRSS2 inhibitors for the treatment of COVID-19 in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials of nafamostat and camostat mesylate' [Clin Microbiol Infect (30) (2024) 743-754].","authors":"María Patricia Hernández-Mitre, Susan C Morpeth, Balasubramanian Venkatesh, Thomas E Hills, Joshua Davis, Robert K Mahar, Grace McPhee, Mark Jones, James Totterdell, Steven Y C Tong, Jason A Roberts","doi":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10444,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology and Infection","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141912061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of armed conflict on the development and global spread of antibiotic resistance: author's response.","authors":"Guido Granata, Nicola Petrosillo, Eskild Petersen","doi":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10444,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology and Infection","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141912062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative effectiveness of vancomycin and metronidazole on event-free survival after initial infection in patients with Clostridioides difficile—a German multicentre cohort study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>The objective of this study is to examine the comparative effectiveness of vancomycin and metronidazole in a confirmatory analysis of event-free survival (EFS) after initial infection in patients with <em>Clostridioides difficile</em> from a German multicentre cohort study.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The IBIS multicentre cohort enrolled patients with an index episode of <em>C. difficile</em> infection between August 2017 and September 2020. The primary endpoint was EFS, defined as response to treatment with metronidazole or vancomycin within 10 days of initiation, absence of recurrence and death from any cause up to 90 days post-treatment. A Cox proportional hazards model with inverse probability of treatment weighting was used to investigate the comparative effectiveness of this outcome. Additionally, subgroup analyses were performed based on severe and non-severe infections.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of the 489 patients included, 118 (24%) received initial treatment with metronidazole and 371 (76%) with vancomycin. Of these, 78/118 (66.1%) and 247/371 (66.6%), respectively, responded to treatment within 10 days, neither developed a recurrence nor died within 90 days and thus achieved the outcome of EFS. In the subgroup of non-severe infections, 74/293 patients (25.3%) received metronidazole, and 219/293 (74.7%) received vancomycin. Of these, 33/74 (44.6%) metronidazole patients and 150/219 (68.5%) vancomycin patients survived event free. The Cox proportional hazards model revealed differences in EFS for the overall population and both subgroups (reference metronidazole: all severity levels: hazard ratio [HR] 0.46, [95% CI, 0.33<strong>–</strong>0.65]; non-severe: HR 0.39; [95% CI, 0.24<strong>–</strong>0.60]; severe: HR 0.52; [95% CI, 0.28<strong>–</strong>0.95]).</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Our analysis confirms current changes in guidelines, as it supports the superiority of vancomycin compared with metronidazole across all severity levels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10444,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology and Infection","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141912060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"'The efficacy of antivirals, corticosteroids, and mAbs as acute COVID treatments in reducing the incidence of long COVID' - Author's reply.","authors":"Gangqiang Sun, Ke Lin, Jingwen Ai, Wenhong Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.07.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cmi.2024.07.023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10444,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology and Infection","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141906117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}