Germs, Volume 14, Issue 2

Introduction: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a disease that may frequently lead to significant morbidity and is associated with high mortality rates. Even though IE is classically caused by Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria may seldom ca...

Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is among the greatest threats to global healthcare. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that by 2050 ten million deaths will be attributed to AMR annually. In response, the WHO has implemented an...

Although Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) hasn’t been considered as a recognized agent of diarrhea, this organism is able to cause community-acquired diarrhea accompanied by fever and sepsis, as well as antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD). Antibiotic res...

Esophageal lesions are common findings in disorders of the digestive tract in patients living with HIV, the most typical symptoms being odynophagia and/or dysphagia. This article provides a narrative review of the spectrum of esophagitis in patients...

Introduction: Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease is an underdiagnosed condition that usually manifests as pulmonary infection. Extrapulmonary manifestations are rare and can be easily overlooked or misdiagnosed as tuberculosis or malignancy....

Introduction: Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the associated bacteria that can cause the rare but high mortality hematological pathology known as purpura fulminans (PF) in both adults and children. Pediatric patients with PF can progress quickly t...

Introduction: Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans is a commensal bacterial pathogen in the human oral cavity. It can, however, represent the source of local or systemic infections with serious evolution, in particular infective end...

Introduction: To better understand the factors which influence the spread of monkeypox (mpox) infection, the patients that tested positive for mpox virus by real-time PCR in one of the main infectious diseases centers in Bucharest were analyzed in th...

Introduction: The rise in antimicrobial resistance among bacterial pathogens is a global concern, and anti-virulence therapy may be an alternative strategy to address the issue. Multidrug resistant (MDR) hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (HvKp) is...