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Spotlight influenza: The 2019/20 influenza season and the impact of COVID-19 on influenza surveillance in the WHO European Region.
Region. A higher proportion of patients with influenza A virus infection than type B were observed. The influenza activity started in week 47/2019, and influenza positivity rate was ≥ 50% for 2 weeks ...
Identification of Molds with Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry: Performance of the Newly Developed MSI-2 Application in Comparison with the Bruker Filamentous Fungi Database and MSI-1.
cryptic species, reaching 90% correct identifications for Aspergillus species and 78% for Fusarium species compared to 69% and 43% with MSI-1. Such an improvement may have a positive impact on patient ...
Prevalence estimates of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Belgium: results from two cross-sectional studies.
harm of testing and treating asymptomatic individuals need to be taken into account. Effective case management should include appropriate treatment of symptomatic patients and partner notification, and ...
Age-dependent seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in school-aged children from areas with low and high community transmission.
extracurricular activities (RR 5.6; 95% CI 1.2-25.3), or whose caregiver is a healthcare worker who had contact with COVID-19 patients (RR 2.2; 95% CI 1.0-4.6) were at higher risk of seropositivity. If SARS-CoV2 ...
Early high antibody-titre convalescent plasma for hospitalised COVID-19 patients: DAWn-plasma.
the prospective multicentre DAWN-plasma trial, adult patients hospitalised with COVID-19 were randomised to 4 units of open-label convalescent plasma combined with standard of care (intervention group) ...
Long-Term Pollen Monitoring in the Benelux: Evaluation of Allergenic Pollen Levels and Temporal Variations of Pollen Seasons
locations. The dynamics in the observed trends can impact allergic patients by increasing the severity of symptoms, upsetting the habit of timing of the season, complicating diagnosis due to overlapping pollen ...
Impact of Q-fever fatigue syndrome on patients’ work status
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: D F M Reukers; Joris Van Loenhout; I Roof; T F Senden; S P Keijmel; C P Bleeker-Rovers; M C H van Jaarsveld; J L A Hautvast; K van der Velden Source: Occupational Medicine, Volume 70, Issue 8 (20 ...
Infective endocarditis caused by on a prosthetic pulmonary valve with false positive serology for- The first described case.
Esbroeck, Marjan; Marcella Mori Source: IDCases, Volume 24 (2021) Abstract: We present a case of infective endocarditis (IE) on a prosthetic pulmonary valve in a 36-year-old patient with tetralogy of Fallot ...
Leveraging of SARS-CoV-2 PCR Cycle Thresholds Values to Forecast COVID-19 Trends.
values were evaluated against both a phase diagram predicting the number of COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care and an age-structured model estimating COVID-19 prevalence in Belgium. Over 155,811 ...
Whole-Genome Sequencing-Based Antimicrobial Resistance Characterization and Phylogenomic Investigation of 19 Multidrug-Resistant and Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Positive Escherichia coli Strains Collected From Hospital Patients in Benin in 2019.
patients across public hospitals in Benin in 2019. Isolates were identified by MALDI- TOF mass spectrometry and phenotypically tested for susceptibility to 16 antibiotics. Core-genome multi-locus sequence ...