Short intravenous amphotericin B followed by oral posaconazole using a simple, stratified treatment approach for diabetes or COVID-19 associated rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: A prospective cohort study

Publication date: Available online 20 June 2023Source: Clinical Microbiology and InfectionAuthor(s): Abi Manesh, Emily Devasagayam, Kundakarla Bhanuprasad, Lalee Varghese, Regi Kurien, Lisa M. Cherian, Divya Dayanand, Mithun M. George, Selwyn S. Kumar,…

Risk of congenital malformation following first trimester mRNA COVID-19 vaccine exposure in pregnancy: the COVI-PREG prospective cohort

Publication date: Available online 19 June 2023Source: Clinical Microbiology and InfectionAuthor(s): Guillaume Favre, Emeline Maisonneuve, Léo Pomar, Charlotte Daire, Cécile Monod, Begoña Martinez de Tejada, Thibaud Quibel, Monya Todesco Bernasconi, Lo…

Real-world effectiveness of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir against COVID-19 hospitalisations and severe COVID-19 in community-dwelling elderly Singaporeans during Omicron BA.2, BA.4/5 and XBB transmission

Publication date: Available online 17 June 2023Source: Clinical Microbiology and InfectionAuthor(s): Liang En Wee, An Ting Tay, Calvin Chiew, Barnaby Edward Young, Betty Wong, Ruth Lim, Ching Li Lee, Joyce Tan, Shawn Vasoo, David Chien Lye, Kelvin Brya…

Rapid diagnostic testing for syphilis in Arctic communities (the STAR study): A multisite prospective field diagnostic accuracy study in an intended-use setting

Publication date: Available online 15 June 2023Source: Clinical Microbiology and InfectionAuthor(s): Chelsea Caya, Ameeta E. Singh, Bouchra Serhir, Veronique Morin, Michael D. Libman, Rachel Corsini, David M. Goldfarb, Tom Wong, Yiqing Xia, Mathieu Mah…

Appeal from the European tuberculosis reference laboratory network (ERLTB-net) for improving the diagnosis of infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)

Publication date: Available online 14 June 2023Source: Clinical Microbiology and InfectionAuthor(s): Elisa Tagliani, Thomas A. Kohl, Arash Ghodousi, Ramona Groenheit, Yen Holicka, Stefan Niemann, Florian P. Maurer, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Emmanuelle Cambau