Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are especially at risk of developing infections by
multidrug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacilli (GNB), as they are frequently exposed to …

Background The present review is part of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and
Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Infections in Compromised Hosts (ESGICH) …

Introduction: Pneumocystis jirovecii (PJ) is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that can cause
severe pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts. Risk factors for Pneumocystis jirovecii …

Objective: To report 14 patients with immune-mediated relapsing symptoms post–herpes
simplex encephalitis (HSE) and to compare the clinical and immunologic features of the …

Background. It is necessary to clarify the incidence of and risk factors for tuberculosis (TB)
among solid-organ transplant (SOT) recipients as well as changes in the chronology, clinical …

We describe 3 patients with left-sided staphylococcal endocarditis (1 with methicillin-
susceptible Staphylococcus aureus [MSSA] prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis and 2 with …

Abstract EXPERIMENTAL MODELS HAVE shown that Chiari I malformation is a primary
paraaxial mesodermal insufficiency occurring after the closure of the neural folds takes …

Background. Solid-organ transplant (SOT) recipients are considered to be at increased risk
for toxoplasmosis. However, risk factors for this infection have not been assessed. The aim …

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common causative pathogens of bloodstream
infections (BSIs). In approximately one-half of patients with S. aureus BSI, no portal of entry …

Abstract Background and Aims Cirrhosis is associated with dysbiosis, but its functional
consequences are still largely unknown. Short‐chain fatty acids (SCFAs) account for …