{"title":"A special invitation to authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.06.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39211,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology Newsletter","volume":"44 11","pages":"Page 106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196439922000344/pdfft?md5=6524b96c7174efc5010a964921a57667&pid=1-s2.0-S0196439922000344-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136833268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Allison R. Eberly , Jamie L. Elvert , Audrey N. Schuetz
{"title":"Best Practices for the Analytic Phase of Anaerobic Bacteriology","authors":"Allison R. Eberly , Jamie L. Elvert , Audrey N. Schuetz","doi":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span><span>The analytic process for identification of anaerobic bacteria involves direct specimen </span>Gram stains<span> and workup of growth in culture. Direct Gram stains help to develop the initial differential, aiding in guiding both the extent of laboratory workup and clinician decision making for patient management. Workup of anaerobic growth should involve an aerotolerance test to assess aerobic growth and to compare growth rates in anaerobic versus aerobic environments. While matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has become a routine means of </span></span>anaerobe<span><span> identification for many clinical laboratories, spot biochemical tests, such as indole and </span>catalase<span>, should be available in every laboratory that identifies anaerobes. If MALDI-TOF MS and biochemical methods are unsuccessful at providing an identification, 16S rRNA gene PCR and/or sequencing may be performed if the information impacts clinical care. The extent of culture workup to the level of presumptive identification versus definitive identification depends upon several factors, including the specimen source, direct Gram stain results, and the presence or absence of mixed </span></span></span>microbiota<span>. In addition to discussing the current best practices for anaerobic culture workup, commonly encountered anaerobic organism Gram stains and culture growth are detailed.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":39211,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology Newsletter","volume":"44 10","pages":"Pages 91-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49199664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A special invitation to authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.05.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39211,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology Newsletter","volume":"44 10","pages":"Page 98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196439922000307/pdfft?md5=3d9b98b4f88b0cf57bfa3856438d0fe3&pid=1-s2.0-S0196439922000307-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136990327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A special invitation to authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39211,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology Newsletter","volume":"44 9","pages":"Page 90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196439922000265/pdfft?md5=5483215755bd1c2a48821f808499e67a&pid=1-s2.0-S0196439922000265-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136699118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection and Diagnostics","authors":"Susan Realegeno , Utsav Pandey","doi":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Human herpesvirus 6<span> (HHV-6) causes primary infection in early childhood and establishes lifelong latency in its host. Reactivation of HHV-6, especially in immunosuppressed patients, has been associated with a variety of clinical complications. Diagnosis of acute HHV-6 infection has been a major challenge due to high prevalence of the virus and the difficulty in distinguishing latent infections from acute. Chromosomal integration of HHV-6 also occurs further complicating the management and diagnostics of HHV-6 disease. PCR-based methods have become the mainstay of HHV-6 diagnostics, however, interpretation of results in the context of clinical disease is of utmost importance.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":39211,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology Newsletter","volume":"44 9","pages":"Pages 83-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48952660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A special invitation to authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39211,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology Newsletter","volume":"44 8","pages":"Page 82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196439922000228/pdfft?md5=f7e11a380a48fe709a30ee4b6962abd9&pid=1-s2.0-S0196439922000228-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137206785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical Microbiology in 2021: My Favorite Studies about Everything Except My Least Favorite Virus","authors":"Matthew A. Pettengill Ph.D., D(ABMM)","doi":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Maybe 2021 wasn’t so bad after all! It was like 2020, but with COVID vaccines and better access to plastic pipette tips, and clearly, 2022 is getting off to a bad start. Even better, 2021 had some exciting papers in clinical microbiology, which is what is highlighted in this 2021 year in review. None of them are about COVID-19. Of course, there were some interesting discoveries about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, but this review is completely COVID-19 free (almost).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":39211,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology Newsletter","volume":"44 8","pages":"Pages 73-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196439922000216/pdfft?md5=3a06f2b7dcd898e3c79a4f7983e50eb7&pid=1-s2.0-S0196439922000216-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47529085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Infection from Nature's Ultimate Fish Tank","authors":"Christopher D. Doern","doi":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39211,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology Newsletter","volume":"44 7","pages":"Pages 71-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42859780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Allison R. Eberly , Jamie L. Elvert , Audrey N. Schuetz
{"title":"Best Practices for the Pre-Analytic Phase of Anaerobic Bacteriology","authors":"Allison R. Eberly , Jamie L. Elvert , Audrey N. Schuetz","doi":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Anaerobic bacteria that cause infections contribute to patient morbidity and mortality, especially among patients with underlying conditions or who are immunocompromised. While once largely grouped together without specific differentiation, anaerobic bacteria, defined as organisms that utilize terminal electron acceptors other than oxygen, are of increasing importance in </span>clinical microbiology. In this review, we discuss pre-analytical-phase best practices for anaerobic recovery in the clinical microbiology laboratory. The suspected infection, and in turn the type of specimen to be cultured, helps determine which sample container, specimen collection method, transport conditions, and culture media are needed for optimal recovery of anaerobic bacteria.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":39211,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology Newsletter","volume":"44 7","pages":"Pages 63-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47499847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A special invitation to authors","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.03.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2022.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39211,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Microbiology Newsletter","volume":"44 6","pages":"Page 62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196439922000149/pdfft?md5=1a525ee1b2792b9f797694951d5a722a&pid=1-s2.0-S0196439922000149-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137142417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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