Pathogen or contaminant? Distinguishing true infection from synovial fluid culture contamination in patients with suspected septic arthritis

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Synovial C-reactive protein features high negative predictive value but is not useful as a single diagnostic parameter in suspected periprosthetic joint infection (PJI)

J Infect.

Plate A, Anagnostopoulos A, Glanzmann J, Stadler L, Weigelt L, Sutter R, Kästli M, Zinkernagel AS, Zingg PO, Achermann Y

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2019.04.003.

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Impact of baseline characteristics on future episodes of bloodstream infections: Multistate model in septic patients with bloodstream infections

Clin Infect Dis.

Vazquez Gusillamet MC, Vazquez R, Noe J, Micek ST, Fraser VJ, Kollef MH

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1206.

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HIV / AIDS

11^e Conférence de la Société internationale sur le SIDA (IAS) 2021

Bacterial Infections

Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment in patients with positive blood cultures: A patient-level meta-analysis of randomized trials

Clin Infect Dis.

Meier MA, Branche A, Neeser OL, Wirz Y, Haubitz S, Bouadma L, Wolff M, Luyt CE, Chastre J, Tubach F, Christ-Crain M, Corti C, Jensen JS, Deliberato RO, Kristoffersen KB, Damas P, Nobre V, Oliveira CF, Shehabi Y, Stolz D, Tamm M, Mueller B, Schuetz P

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy917.

Sepsis

Mortality and adverse joint outcomes following septic arthritis of the native knee: a longitudinal cohort study of patients receiving arthroscopic washout

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30419-0.

Bacterial Infections

Follow-up blood cultures are associated with improved outcome of patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections: retrospective observational cohort study

Clin Microbiol Infect.

Giannella M, Pascale R, Pancaldi L, Monari C, Ianniruberto S, Malosso P, Bussini L, Bartoletti M, Tedeschi S, Ambretti S, Lewis R, Viale P

doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.01.023.

HIV / AIDS

Comparison of Multiplex Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel and Conventional Stool Testing for Evaluation of Patients With HIV Infection

Open Forum Infect Dis.

Sobczyk J, Jain S, Sun X, Karris M, Wooten D, Stagnaro J, Reed S

doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz547.

Laboratory automation reduces time to report of positive blood cultures and improves management of patients with bloodstream infection

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis.

De Socio GV, Di Donato F, Paggi R, Gabrielli C, Belati A, Rizza G, Savoia M, Repetto A, Cenci E, Mencacci A

doi: 10.1007/s10096-018-3377-5.

Sepsis

Corporeal Compression at the Onset of Septic shock (COCOONs): a compression method to reduce fluid balance of septic shock patients

Sci Rep.

Dargent A, Large A, Soudry-Faure A, Doise JM, Abdulmalak C, Jonval L, Andreu P, Roudaut JB, Prin S, Charles PE, Payen D, Quenot JP, COCOONs study group.

doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47939-2.

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