Fernando Salvador, Xavier Serres, Lidia Goterris, Joan Martínez-Campreciós, Juan Espinosa-Pereiro, Esperanza Esteban, Israel Molina
{"title":"Acute fascioliasis in a returning traveller from Ethiopia.","authors":"Fernando Salvador, Xavier Serres, Lidia Goterris, Joan Martínez-Campreciós, Juan Espinosa-Pereiro, Esperanza Esteban, Israel Molina","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae132","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae132","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142468711","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}
Maricla Marrone, Elisa Paladini, Fortunato Pititto, Giuseppe Pulin, Francesco Vinci, Andrea Marzullo
{"title":"Histopathological analysis of fuel burns in deceased migrants.","authors":"Maricla Marrone, Elisa Paladini, Fortunato Pititto, Giuseppe Pulin, Francesco Vinci, Andrea Marzullo","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae104","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae104","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141897712","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}
Sarah L McGuinness, Stephen Muhi, Maya L Nadimpalli, Ahmed Babiker, Caroline Theunissen, Giacomo Stroffolini, Leonardo Motta, Federico Gobbi, Ralph Huits, Michael Libman, Karin Leder
{"title":"Patient characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in international travellers: a GeoSentinel analysis.","authors":"Sarah L McGuinness, Stephen Muhi, Maya L Nadimpalli, Ahmed Babiker, Caroline Theunissen, Giacomo Stroffolini, Leonardo Motta, Federico Gobbi, Ralph Huits, Michael Libman, Karin Leder","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae090","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis, with Enterobacterales, including Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, playing significant roles. While international travel to low- and middle-income countries is linked to colonization with AMR Enterobacterales, the clinical implications, particularly the risk of subsequent infection, remain unclear due to limited data. We aimed to characterize E. coli and K. pneumoniae infections in travellers and the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of their isolates.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analysed data on E. coli and K. pneumoniae infections in travellers collected at GeoSentinel sites between 2015 and 2022, focusing on epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics. We defined multi-drug resistance (MDR) as non-susceptibility to agents from at least three drug classes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over the 8-year period, we included 655 patients (median age 41 years; 74% female) from 57 sites in 27 countries, with 584 E. coli and 72 K. pneumoniae infections. Common travel regions included sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and South-Central Asia. Urinary tract infections predominated. Almost half (45%) were hospitalized. Among infections with antimicrobial susceptibility data across three or more drug classes, 203/544 (37%) E. coli and 19/67 (28%) K. pneumoniae demonstrated MDR. Over one-third of E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolates were non-susceptible to third-generation cephalosporins and cotrimoxazole, with 38% and 28% non-susceptible to fluoroquinolones, respectively. Travellers to South-Central Asia most frequently had isolates non-susceptible to third-generation cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones and carbapenems. We observed increasing frequencies of phenotypic extended spectrum beta-lactamase and carbapenem resistance over time.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>E. coli and K. pneumoniae infections in travellers, particularly those to Asia, may be challenging to empirically treat. Our analysis highlights the significant health risks these infections pose to travellers and emphasizes the escalating global threat of AMR. Enhanced, systematic AMR surveillance in travellers is needed, along with prospective data on infection risk post travel-related AMR organism acquisition.</p>","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11789195/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141476863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexander Tenorio, Carson P McCann, Janine Young, Linda L Hill, Jay J Doucet, Michael Levy
{"title":"The association of the US-Mexico border wall extension on deaths from harsh land conditions.","authors":"Alexander Tenorio, Carson P McCann, Janine Young, Linda L Hill, Jay J Doucet, Michael Levy","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae102","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae102","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141878958","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}
Ludovic Karkowski, Sylvie Gondoin, François Durupt, Tiphaine Gaillard, Meja Rabodonirina, François Le Moigne, Olivier Aoun
{"title":"Disseminated histoplasmosis in a Congolese migrant under long-term steroid hormone replacement therapy.","authors":"Ludovic Karkowski, Sylvie Gondoin, François Durupt, Tiphaine Gaillard, Meja Rabodonirina, François Le Moigne, Olivier Aoun","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae134","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae134","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142468714","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}
Shira Dor, Ronit Cohen-Poradosu, David Hochstein, Tamar Grossman, Inger Mathiesen, Rashed Saed, Hefziba Green, Michal Amitai, Eli Schwartz, Eyal Leshem
{"title":"Challenges in diagnosis and treatment of fascioliasis in a non-endemic country.","authors":"Shira Dor, Ronit Cohen-Poradosu, David Hochstein, Tamar Grossman, Inger Mathiesen, Rashed Saed, Hefziba Green, Michal Amitai, Eli Schwartz, Eyal Leshem","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae152","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae152","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142950604","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}
Agnese Comelli, Andrea Angheben, Marco Albonico, Guido Calleri, Lorenzo Zammarchi, Christian Napoli, Rosalia Marrone
{"title":"Schistosomiasis in migrants: bridging the gap in Italy's treatment guidelines and access.","authors":"Agnese Comelli, Andrea Angheben, Marco Albonico, Guido Calleri, Lorenzo Zammarchi, Christian Napoli, Rosalia Marrone","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae107","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11789194/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141913097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The health of internally displaced people (IDPs), between conflicts and the increasing role of climate change.","authors":"Saverio Bellizzi","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae151","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807446","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}
Saverio Bellizzi, Mohammad Darwish, Shatha Elnakib
{"title":"Impact of displacement due to climate change on female genital mutilations.","authors":"Saverio Bellizzi, Mohammad Darwish, Shatha Elnakib","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae154","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae154","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142846936","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":"Entirely extracted Tunga penetrans in a traveller to Guinea-Bissau.","authors":"Marlene Thielecke, Andreas K Lindner","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae110","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141992313","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}