InfectionPub Date : 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1007/s15010-025-02515-x
Andreas Sing, Alexandra Dangel, Regina Konrad, Dominik M Meinel, Ingo Schwabe, Reinhard Sting, Jörg Rau, Anja Berger
{"title":"Corynebacterium rouxii in a free-roaming red fox: case report and historical review on diphtheria in animals.","authors":"Andreas Sing, Alexandra Dangel, Regina Konrad, Dominik M Meinel, Ingo Schwabe, Reinhard Sting, Jörg Rau, Anja Berger","doi":"10.1007/s15010-025-02515-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02515-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We reported previously the finding of a non-toxigenic C. diphtheriae biovar belfanti strain in a free-roaming red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Recently, mainly based on Whole Genome Sequencing data the C. diphtheriae species complex was broadened, i.e. in the C. diphtheriae branch by the two novel species C. belfantii and C. rouxii. According to novel sequence data the reported isolate from the fox has to be re-classified as C. rouxii. An updated review on both C. diphtheriae and C. rouxii in animals is given.</p>","PeriodicalId":13600,"journal":{"name":"Infection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143709768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InfectionPub Date : 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02464-x
Yan Xu, Chunyou Wang, Lian Zhang, Zhifang Zhai, Huan Wang
{"title":"Periorbital primary cutaneous mucormycosis: a case report and literature review.","authors":"Yan Xu, Chunyou Wang, Lian Zhang, Zhifang Zhai, Huan Wang","doi":"10.1007/s15010-024-02464-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-024-02464-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mucormycosis is a rare subcutaneous fungal disease caused by mucormycoides, which can affect the skin, nose, brain, lung, gastrointestinal tract and other system. Cutaneous mucormycosis accounts for 10-19% of mucormycosis and is one of the most common types only second to the lung and naso-brain mucormycosis. Here we report a case of periorbital primary cutaneous mucormycosis in a latent immunocompromised male with a suspected history of herpes zoster on the right head and face. He was successfully treated with local injection and oral antifungal drugs combined with debridement, and without recurrence after more than one-year follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":13600,"journal":{"name":"Infection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143709770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InfectionPub Date : 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1007/s15010-025-02508-w
Herbert Hof, K A Bode, H Weisser
{"title":"Trichomonas vaginalis in neonates.","authors":"Herbert Hof, K A Bode, H Weisser","doi":"10.1007/s15010-025-02508-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02508-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Trichomonas vaginalis is one of the most prevalent pathogens responsible for non-viral sexually transmitted infections. The infection mainly affects women of childbearing age, with the potential for complications during and after pregnancy. Although perinatal transmission is rare, it carries the risk of resulting in neonatal infections. To date, only a dozen documented cases have been reported in the scientific literature. Since modern PCR techniques is more sensitive than conventional methods, it can be anticipated that this microbe will be detected more frequently, even in newborns.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>The present report describes the clinical courses of two neonates contaminated with T. vaginalis documented by multiplex PCR. The pathogens were detected in newborns without obvious clinical suspicion of sexually transmitted infections.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>T.vaginalis can be transmitted from an infected mother to her child during vaginal delivery resulting either in transient colonization or in manifest disease. It is likely that in the future, when multiplex PCR becomes more widely apllied, sexually transmitted infections will be detected more frequently in neonates.</p>","PeriodicalId":13600,"journal":{"name":"Infection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143709772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InfectionPub Date : 2025-03-22DOI: 10.1007/s15010-025-02505-z
Myriam Drysdale, Rose Chang, Tracy Guo, Mei Sheng Duh, Jennifer Han, Helen Birch, Catherine Sharpe, Daisy Liu, Sarah Kalia, Melissa Van Dyke, Maral DerSarkissian, Iain A Gillespie
{"title":"Impact of treatment of COVID-19 with sotrovimab on post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): an analysis of National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) data.","authors":"Myriam Drysdale, Rose Chang, Tracy Guo, Mei Sheng Duh, Jennifer Han, Helen Birch, Catherine Sharpe, Daisy Liu, Sarah Kalia, Melissa Van Dyke, Maral DerSarkissian, Iain A Gillespie","doi":"10.1007/s15010-025-02505-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02505-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To assess the impact of early sotrovimab treatment versus no treatment on the risk of developing post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC; long COVID) in patients (age ≥ 12 years) with COVID-19 at high risk for progression to severe disease.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective cohort study using the US National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) data. Phase 1 identified and assessed multiple definitions of PASC; Phase 2 evaluated the effectiveness of sotrovimab for reducing the risk of PASC, utilizing definitions from Phase 1. Average treatment effect in the treated (ATT)-weighted Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to compare time to event for PASC between high-risk patients who received sotrovimab treatment between May 26, 2021 and April 5, 2022, and high-risk patients with COVID-19 diagnosed between May 26, 2021 and March 26, 2022 who did not receive any treatment for COVID-19 during the acute phase or any pre-exposure prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 9,504 sotrovimab-treated and 619,668 untreated patients were included in the main analysis. Most baseline characteristics were balanced between the two cohorts after ATT weighting. The doubly robust ATT-weighted hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) was 0.92 (0.89-0.96) (p < 0.001), indicating that sotrovimab use was associated with a significantly lower risk of PASC. Results remained consistent in sensitivity analyses.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In patients at high risk for severe COVID-19, the benefits of early sotrovimab treatment may extend beyond the acute phase of COVID-19 and contribute to the prevention of PASC symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":13600,"journal":{"name":"Infection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143692159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kidney involvement in leptospirosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Astha Sethi, Tirlangi Praveen Kumar, Kutty Sharada Vinod, Carl Boodman, Rachana Bhat, Prithvishree Ravindra, Souvik Chaudhuri, Seema Shetty, V Shashidhar, Attur Ravindra Prabhu, Nitin Gupta","doi":"10.1007/s15010-025-02492-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02492-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>From a public health perspective, it is essential to understand the burden of kidney involvement in leptospirosis. We aimed to assess the frequency of acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with leptospirosis.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>This systematic review and meta-analysis included all articles up to 14.08.2024 from three databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science) using search terms related to leptospirosis and kidney involvement. After de-duplication, two independent reviewers independently checked the articles in two phases (title-abstract and full-text), and a third reviewer adjudicated any conflicts. Patient demographics, diagnostic procedures, and details of kidney involvement were extracted from the included studies. Risk of bias analysis was done using the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tool. A random effects model estimated the pooled rates for AKI, oliguria, and the need for dialysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 5913 retrieved articles, 48 met the eligibility criteria. The pooled incidence of AKI, reduced urine output, and dialysis requirement was 49.2% (95%CI: 38.2-60.2%, I<sup>2</sup> of 99.4%), 31.5% (95%CI: 24.2-38.7%, I<sup>2</sup>-96.1%) and 14.4% (95%CI: 10.3-18.4%, I<sup>2</sup>-97%) respectively. The pooled mean serum creatinine and urea levels at admission were 3.6 mg/dl (95% CI: 2.9-4.2, I<sup>2</sup>-99.1%) and 131.8 mg/dl (95% CI: 98.7-164.9, I<sup>2</sup>-98.6%), respectively. In four studies, the incidence of new-onset CKD after leptospirosis infection varied from 13 to 62%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>AKI reduced urine output and the requirement for dialysis are frequent complications in patients with leptospirosis. Increased resources for their management in endemic areas are essential to mitigate the burden.</p>","PeriodicalId":13600,"journal":{"name":"Infection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143669816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InfectionPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1007/s15010-025-02514-y
Sergio Villanueva Baselga, Ruben Mora, Luis Villegas
{"title":"Correction: A practice already in use: a snapshot survey on the use of doxycycline as a preventive strategy (Doxy-PEP and Doxy-PrEP) in the GBMSM population in Spain.","authors":"Sergio Villanueva Baselga, Ruben Mora, Luis Villegas","doi":"10.1007/s15010-025-02514-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02514-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13600,"journal":{"name":"Infection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143663220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InfectionPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1007/s15010-025-02499-8
Marina López-Olivencia, Raúl de Pablo, Noemí Paredes de Dios, Susana García-Plaza, Sergio Sáez-Noguero, Javier Sáez de la Fuente, Jesús Fortún, María Cruz Soriano Cuesta
{"title":"The adverse impact of cytomegalovirus infection on intensive care units outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a single-center prospective observational study.","authors":"Marina López-Olivencia, Raúl de Pablo, Noemí Paredes de Dios, Susana García-Plaza, Sergio Sáez-Noguero, Javier Sáez de la Fuente, Jesús Fortún, María Cruz Soriano Cuesta","doi":"10.1007/s15010-025-02499-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02499-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To assess the incidence and clinical impact of CMV infection in critically ill COVID-19 patients, examining ICU and hospital mortality, and length of hospital stay.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this single-center, prospective observational study (March 2020 - September 2022), 431 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and moderate to severe ARDS were included. An active CMV surveillance protocol was implemented, analyzing CMV DNA in plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Clinical characteristics and outcomes were compared between CMV-COVID co-infected patients and those without CMV reactivation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CMV-COVID co-infection was detected in 14.8% (64/431) of the cohort. Patients with CMV-COVID co-infection exhibited significantly higher ICU mortality (43.8% vs. 13.6%; p < 0.001) and hospital mortality (48.4% vs. 13.6%; p < 0.001) compared to patients without CMV. CMV infection was an independent predictor of hospital mortality (OR 4.91; 95% CI 2.76-8.75; p = 0.019). Earlier CMV reactivation was associated with an increased risk of hospital mortality (HR = 0.94; 95% CI: 0.90-0.98; p = 0.003). Additionally, CMV-COVID patients had a higher incidence of ICU-acquired infections and a prolonged hospital stay.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, CMV infection was frequently observed, and associated with increased ICU and hospital mortality. CMV co-infection correlated with a higher incidence of ICU-acquired bacterial and fungal infections and prolonged hospital stays. This emphasizes the importance of early CMV monitoring upon ICU admission, as timely detection and intervention could potentially mitigate its impact on patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":13600,"journal":{"name":"Infection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143663248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InfectionPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1007/s15010-024-02434-3
Kristin Heenemann, Sarah Kotsias-Konopelska, Jutta Pikalo, Sophie Schneitler, Viktoria Schneitler, Anna Schwabe
{"title":"Creative illustration for choosing-wisely recommendations on asymptomatic bacteriuria of the Network Young Infection Medicine e.V. - jUNITE.","authors":"Kristin Heenemann, Sarah Kotsias-Konopelska, Jutta Pikalo, Sophie Schneitler, Viktoria Schneitler, Anna Schwabe","doi":"10.1007/s15010-024-02434-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-024-02434-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13600,"journal":{"name":"Infection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143663244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
InfectionPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1007/s15010-025-02511-1
Henning Guthoff, Valerie Lohner, Ute Mons, Julia Götz, Hendrik Wienemann, Jan Wrobel, Stephan Nienaber, Sascha Macherey-Meyer, Philipp von Stein, Stephan Baldus, Matti Adam, Maria Isabel Körber, Norma Jung, Victor Mauri
{"title":"Publisher Correction: Evaluation of systemic inflammatory response following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a pathway to rational antibiotic use.","authors":"Henning Guthoff, Valerie Lohner, Ute Mons, Julia Götz, Hendrik Wienemann, Jan Wrobel, Stephan Nienaber, Sascha Macherey-Meyer, Philipp von Stein, Stephan Baldus, Matti Adam, Maria Isabel Körber, Norma Jung, Victor Mauri","doi":"10.1007/s15010-025-02511-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02511-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13600,"journal":{"name":"Infection","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143663247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}