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Germs, Volume 10, Issue 2

06 2020 - 13 articles

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Utility of Smear Microscopy and GeneXpert for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Clinical Samples

Disha Arora and
Biranthabail Dhanashree

Germs2020, 10(2), 81-87;https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2020.1188

2 June 2020

Introduction: Rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), its resistance to rifampicin and differentiation of MTB from nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is necessary in the management of mycobacterial diseases. Culture, the "gold standa...

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Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus in Children with Acute Hepatitis: One Egyptian Center Study

Maysaa El Sayed Zaki,
Mona Abdel Latif Alsayed,
Hoda Ramadan Ryad Abbas,
Doaa Mabrouk Ahmed and
Amany Yusif El Ashry

Germs2020, 10(2), 88-94;https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2020.1189

2 June 2020

Introduction: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of hepatitis E virus in acute hepatitis in pediatric patients. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study including 180 children with acute hepatitis. Blood samples were o...

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Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in a Portuguese Hospital—A Five-Year Retrospective Study

Ana Gorgulho,
Ana Maria Grilo,
Manuel de Figueiredo and
Joana Selada

Germs2020, 10(2), 95-103;https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2020.1190

2 June 2020

Background: Our hospital experienced an outbreak of OXA-48-producing Enterobacteriaceae, triggering this study. We aimed to describe the population with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in our hospital from 2014 to 2018, the phenotypi...

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