{"title":"Messenger RNA (mRNA) – A forgotten molecule; its past, present and future for therapeutics","authors":"Melin J. Khandekar, Janardan D. Khandekar","doi":"10.15761/cmid.1000190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/cmid.1000190","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92491,"journal":{"name":"Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67452339","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}
M. Mbow, Papa Alioune Badara Dieye, Ndeye Khady Ba, Marouba Cisse, G. Lô, Moctar Gningue, I. Diallo, N. Lèye, M. Diouf, Yacine Amet Dia, Oumar Diop, Agbogbenkou Tevi Dela-del Lawson, A. Padane, Aminata Mboup, Djibril Wade, Josephine Khady Badiane, Doudou George Massar Niang, A. Dia, A. Ahouidi, B. Mbengue, Maguette Deme Sylla Niang, S. Diop, Papa Alassane Diaw, Tandakha Ndiaye Dieye, B. Cissé, Elhadji Mamadou Mbaye, S. Mboup, A. Dièye
{"title":"Evaluation an immunofluorescence-based antigen test for hospital point-of-care diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection","authors":"M. Mbow, Papa Alioune Badara Dieye, Ndeye Khady Ba, Marouba Cisse, G. Lô, Moctar Gningue, I. Diallo, N. Lèye, M. Diouf, Yacine Amet Dia, Oumar Diop, Agbogbenkou Tevi Dela-del Lawson, A. Padane, Aminata Mboup, Djibril Wade, Josephine Khady Badiane, Doudou George Massar Niang, A. Dia, A. Ahouidi, B. Mbengue, Maguette Deme Sylla Niang, S. Diop, Papa Alassane Diaw, Tandakha Ndiaye Dieye, B. Cissé, Elhadji Mamadou Mbaye, S. Mboup, A. Dièye","doi":"10.15761/cmid.1000192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/cmid.1000192","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92491,"journal":{"name":"Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67452496","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}
Qiong Wu, Jun Hu, Jianqiang Wang, Yungai Li, Yu-Jiao Pan, Ronglian Chen, Jin Tang
{"title":"Genomic Differences Between Carbapenem-susceptible and Carbapenem-resistant Escherichia Coli Analyzed by Whole-genome Sequencing","authors":"Qiong Wu, Jun Hu, Jianqiang Wang, Yungai Li, Yu-Jiao Pan, Ronglian Chen, Jin Tang","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-113332/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-113332/v1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Background The widespread resistance to carbapenem via Enterobacteriaceae is a major public health concern. To investigate the reason for the change of Escherichia coli from carbapenem-susceptible to carbapenem-resistant status after antibiotic therapy, whole-genome sequencing was applied for the analysis of genetic difference between the two isolates. The genome of the two isolates of Escherichia coli with distinct resistant phenotypes recovered from one patient was sequenced and compared. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms and insertions/deletions were analyzed using software MUMmer (http://mummer.sourceforge.net/). Results The homology of chromosomes, plasmid 1, and plasmid 2 between the two isolates was very high (>99.5%). However, the coverage ratio of plasmid 3 was only 7.13%. This plasmid harbored the IMP-4 carbapenemase-coding gene. The upstream of blaIMP-4 was the plasmid mobilization relaxosome protein Mobe gene and the downstream were class 1 integrom integrase IntI1 and IS6 family transposase IS15DIV, which may be related to carbapenemase gene capture. Conclusions Single-nucleotide mutation, insertion, and deletion could not result in the development of resistance to carbapenem, whereas acquisition of the IMP-4-encoding gene may be the reason for changes in resistance to carbapenem.","PeriodicalId":92491,"journal":{"name":"Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43385301","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}
A. Coste, K. Jaton, M. Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, A. Croxatto, Gilbert GREUB
{"title":"Indication for SARS-CoV-2 serology: first month follow-up","authors":"A. Coste, K. Jaton, M. Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, A. Croxatto, Gilbert GREUB","doi":"10.1101/2020.06.30.20140715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.30.20140715","url":null,"abstract":"SARS-CoV-2 detection is mainly performed by RT-PCR but recently serological tests were made available. A first one month follow-up of the SARS-CoV-2 serology records was performed in our laboratory to precise the diversity and proportion of the SARS-CoV-2 serology test indications and to identify new valid indications (meningoencephalitis, vasculitis, etc)","PeriodicalId":92491,"journal":{"name":"Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47772579","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":"Viruses: Genetically encoded alarm messages for communication between individuals","authors":"Alejandro Sousa","doi":"10.15761/cmid.1000175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/cmid.1000175","url":null,"abstract":"According to the present alert information theory, viruses are not microorganisms external to our body, but their genetic material is already contained in the DNA/ RNA of our cells, in what we know as Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs). A virus would actually be an Exogenous Cellular Gene Secretion (ECGS) carrying alert information that would be produced by cells under stress. They are made up of DNA or RNA genes wrapped in a protein capsule and, in some cases, a protective membrane. Such coatings would allow them to withstand the conditions of displacement within the organism, or between different individuals, and possess a form of binding to transmit their information to a specific recipient cell. Finally, the Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) secreted after the entry of these ECGS in the target cells, would perform, among other functions, that of second messengers of the viral message from abroad, defining the immune response of the receptor. *Correspondence to: Alejandro Sousa, Department of Urology, Monforte Regional Hospital, Lugo, Spain, E-mail: sousa-alejandro@hotmail.com","PeriodicalId":92491,"journal":{"name":"Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67451964","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}
Balasaraswathi Seetharaman, Premila Lee, A. Zachariah, Reka R Kirubakaran
{"title":"Self-care intervention guidelines on improving knowledge on self-care","authors":"Balasaraswathi Seetharaman, Premila Lee, A. Zachariah, Reka R Kirubakaran","doi":"10.15761/cmid.1000166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/cmid.1000166","url":null,"abstract":"the of intervention and identify the relationships of scores of on self-care Abstract Background: India has the third largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS and the majority of them (88.55%) are in the age group of 15-49 years. The nature of chronicity poses greater demands on PLHIV for comprehensive self- care in order to adopt positive living. The aim of this study was to develop and assess the effectiveness of Self- Care Intervention Guidelines (SCIG) on improving the knowledge on self-care and their Quality of Life (QOL). Methods: Systematic random sampling technique was used to select the subjects. Adult PLHIV in any clinical stage, on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and above 18 years were included in the study. An experimental research design was adopted with a questionnaire to assess the knowledge on self- care and WHO Quality of Life- BREF scale to measure QOL. A total of 150 PLHIV were recruited with 75 in the control group and 75 in the experimental group using the permuted block randomization. Data collection was done at three time points at the ART clinic. Results: The mean age of subjects in both the groups was almost similar (control-40.86 ± 8.74, experimental-39.34 ± 7.38) which reflects that PLHIV are in their productive age group. The mean score difference in knowledge on self- care and QOL between experimental and control group subjects was found to be statistically significant at p<0.001. Conclusion: Based on the findings, the study concluded that the SCIG is an essential and effective intervention in improving the knowledge on self-care and QOL of PLHIV.","PeriodicalId":92491,"journal":{"name":"Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67451983","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}
M. Siguier, H. Goulet, M. Fartoukh, J. Cadranel, G. Grateau, E. Letavernier, M. Denis, G. Pialoux
{"title":"COVID-19 pandemic is a unique opportunity to reinvent the hospital","authors":"M. Siguier, H. Goulet, M. Fartoukh, J. Cadranel, G. Grateau, E. Letavernier, M. Denis, G. Pialoux","doi":"10.15761/CMID.1000176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/CMID.1000176","url":null,"abstract":"The unprecedented COVID-19 crisis has deeply modified the functioning of French society. French public hospital, in first line facing this epidemic, was in crisis for several years and healthcare before the COVID-19’ crisis. In this Short Communication, we describe, how, despite these difficulties, a middle-sized hospital adapted both structurally and humanly, in a very fast and totally new way. We emphasize many individual and collective skills that ensured quality care for all patients, without our hospital ever being overwhelmed. We show, with this is example, that COVID-19 epidemic is a unique, and not to be missed, opportunity for the French public hospital to reinvent itself. Finally, the Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) secreted after the entry of these ECGS in the target cells, would perform, among other functions, that of second messengers of the viral message from abroad, defining the immune response of the receptor.","PeriodicalId":92491,"journal":{"name":"Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67452075","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}
Cesira Giordano, A. Vecchione, M. Menichini, A. Lupetti, S. Barnini
{"title":"Rapid detection of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae directly from positive blood cultures during an outbreak in the Tuscany region in Italy","authors":"Cesira Giordano, A. Vecchione, M. Menichini, A. Lupetti, S. Barnini","doi":"10.15761/cmid.1000167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/cmid.1000167","url":null,"abstract":"collected at the Microbiology Unit and transferred to the Bactec FX Instrument (Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA), 10.405 of which became positive. Among the positive BC bottles, 965 were for K. pneumoniae. For each patient, only the first positive BC bottle was processed by the method herein described: in total, 406 K. pneumoniae were directly identified by MALDI-TOF MS in about 30’, while the molecular detection of genes involved in carbapenem resistance took 48’. Carbapenem resistance mechanisms were found in 166 (40.9%) BCs. All strains were subsequently analysed phenotypically reaching 100% agreement with the molecular method. As shown in figure 1, the proportion of KPC-Kp producer was 45% in 2016, 43% in 2017, 31% in 2018, and 25% in 2019. Both in 2016 and in 2017, two strains of K. pneumoniae harbouring carbapenemase VIM gene were detected; K. pneumoniae harbouring carbapenemase OXA-48 gene was detected","PeriodicalId":92491,"journal":{"name":"Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67451919","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}
Acosta Allan Pablo, Oh May Lin Helen, Kalyankar Vivek Baliram, Vijaya S Alalageri
{"title":"Impact of multiplex polymerase chain reaction testing for respiratory pathogens on early detection of influenza outbreak in adult patients at a Singapore hospital","authors":"Acosta Allan Pablo, Oh May Lin Helen, Kalyankar Vivek Baliram, Vijaya S Alalageri","doi":"10.15761/cmid.1000173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/cmid.1000173","url":null,"abstract":"Volume 5: 1-3 Detailed analysis of the data show that patients presented with chest x-ray with definite consolidation in the lungs (226 patients,33.6%). Positive cases for Influenza were 184 (27.4%) (Table 2). Among the influenza cases, Influenza A H3 was the highest (142 patients,77%) followed by Influenza B (24 patients, 13%) and Influenza A H1 (15 patients, 8.1%). There were 135 (73.4%) patient who were diagnosed with influenza received Oseltamivir (Tamiflu). Table 1 shows the baseline characteristics of patients diagnosed with Influenza A H3. The average length of stay of infected Influenza A H3 patients in the hospital was 10 days. Impact of multiplex polymerase chain reaction testing for respiratory pathogens on early detection of influenza outbreak in adult patients at a Singapore hospital","PeriodicalId":92491,"journal":{"name":"Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67451899","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":"Investigation of Chlamydia trachomatis IgG and Treponema pallidum IgM antibodies among undergraduate female young stars of Niger Delta Extraction","authors":"O. Azuonwu, Ossai Jennifer, Christian Serekara","doi":"10.15761/cmid.1000168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15761/cmid.1000168","url":null,"abstract":"We performed a cross sectional study which was aimed at evaluating the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis IgG and Treponema pallidum IgM antibodies in the sera of young women in Port Harcourt. Two millilitre of venous blood was drawn and was used to assay for Chlamydia trachomatis IgG and Treponema pallidum IgM antibodies from 205 female subjects, aged between 17-28 years, who was recruited into the study through convenience, random sampling research design. The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis IgG antibodies was 7.3% and Treponema pallidum IgM antibodies was 0.9%. There was a zero prevalence of co-infection. When prevalence was evaluated with stratified age groups, there was a significant difference (p < 0.0001) with Chlamydia trachomatis IgG antibodies but not with Treponema pallidum IgM antibodies (p =0.0548). Increased ages of subject were a predictive risk factor for the acquisition of Chlamydia trachomatis infection, hence, it is recommended that national multicentre study be created with varied platforms and settings, for continuous screening and monitoring of targeted sexually active young women in our communities. *Correspondence to: Obioma Azuonwu, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Tel: +234 8035519688, E-mail: bimajacobs@yahoo.co.uk","PeriodicalId":92491,"journal":{"name":"Clinical microbiology and infectious diseases","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67451938","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}