Germs, Volume 11, Issue 2

Mobile touch screen devices (MTSDs), including smartphones and tablets, are commonly used in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) [...]

Introduction: Pseudomonads constitute critical agents of opportunistic infections in hospital settings particularly in immunocompromised patients and Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major flagship member of these infectious agents. This study assessed th...

Introduction: Culture is the only laboratory method that provides live gonococcal isolates for monitoring antimicrobial resistance. Many clinical settings do not have direct access to laboratories for the immediate processing of biological samples. V...

Introduction: To date, the total number of COVID-19 deaths is still increasing, including in Central Java, with the third-highest total number of deaths in Indonesia. There are still limited studies related to the cases of COVID-19. Thus, this study’...

The link between periodontal disease (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been hypothesized to lie in the anti-cyclic citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) molecules present in seropositive RA. This review aimed to discuss how RA and specifically A...

The current epidemic of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is raising awareness of the need to act faster when dealing with new pathogens. Exposure to an emerging pathogen generates an antibody response that can be used...

Introduction: Hafnia alvei is an enterobacteria that is a common inhabitant of the gastrointestinal flora of bees, birds, fish, and mammals. In humans this enterobacteria has been recovered from the oropharynx and the gastrointestinal tract but it ha...

Introduction: Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is an important form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis but liver involvement is uncommon. Hepatic tuberculosis can manifest in variable manners including as a space occupying lesion, diffuse infiltration by gr...

Introduction: Lemierre’s syndrome refers to the septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein, secondary to a pharyngeal infection. Although it mainly affects the internal jugular vein, isolated cases have been described of involvement of the...

Introduction: Thrombocytopenia is common in SARS-COV-2 infection, and about a quarter of cases have moderate thrombocytopenia. Severe thrombocytopenia is less common and is associated with severe forms of COVID-19. The pathogenesis of this thrombocyt...

Healthcare workers (HCWs) are critical to the healthcare system and are at an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection [...]

The history of HIV infection started more than 40 years ago [...]

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease common worldwide. Influencing factors in TB outcomes include socio-demographics, as well as disease-related and treatment-related factors. This study aimed to analyze the prevalence trends of...

Introduction: Presentation of febrile illness with nonspecific features, overlapping manifestations of dengue and leptospirosis, limited laboratory diagnostic tests, make the clinical diagnosis of pyrexia a challenge. The present study aimed to deter...

Introduction: Recently, a marked increase in the rate of colistin resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae was observed in Croatian hospitals and the outpatient setting. This prompted us to analyze the molecular epidemiology of these isolates and the mechanis...

Introduction: The ongoing coronavirus-disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic had a variable history with differences in its various stages. This study evaluates the status of knowledge, perception, and confidence about COVID-19 preventive measures during the...

Introduction: Escherichia coli is the most commonly isolated species in both community and healthcare-associated infections. Our study's purpose was to determine the rates of antibiotic resistance of E. coli isolates in hospital and community populat...

Introduction: Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is an emerging healthcare-associated pathogen with dynamic molecular epidemiology. This study presents a retrospective analysis of the distribution and antibiotic resistance patterns of ertapen...

Introduction: Enterobacteriaceae are often reported as a typical bacterial population in raw milk from any mammalian origin. The frequent concern with bacteria, especially those related to this group of microorganisms, is their increasing resistance...

Introduction: The objective of this cross-sectional study was to describe the main symptoms associated with COVID-19, and their diagnostic characteristics, to aid in the clinical diagnosis. Methods: An analysis of all patients diagnosed by RT-PCR for...