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Germs, Volume 16, Issue 4

2026 December - 6 articles

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Articles (6)

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access

Candida auris in a Romanian Adult Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Descriptive Case Series

  • Radu Cristian Ionescu,
  • Janos Szederjesi,
  • Andrei Marian Feier,
  • Costel Dumitru and ,
  • Zoltán Ábrám,
  • Edit Szekely and
  • Lorand Iozsef Ferencz
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

9 November 2026

Candida auris (Candidozyma auris) is an emerging healthcare-associated yeast that requires rapid identification and infection prevention and control (IPC) action in intensive care units (ICUs). We retrospectively described six C. auris-positive adult...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
86 Views
10 Pages

Diploid Sequence Types (DSTs) of Candida albicans from Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh

  • Fardousi Akter Sathi,
  • Sultana Jahan Tuly,
  • Meiji Soe Aung,
  • Shyamal Kumar Paul and ,
  • Nazia Haque,
  • Sangjukta Roy and
  • Nobumichi Kobayashi
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

3 November 2026

Background: Molecular typing data for Candida albicans from Bangladesh remain limited. Materials and Methods: This single-center descriptive study characterized 46 C. albicans isolates collected at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital during three sam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
128 Views
13 Pages

22 October 2026

Background: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in liver transplant (LT) recipients often occurs during complex postoperative care. We compared clinical characteristics and total hospital length of stay (LOS) between LT-CDI and non-LT CDI r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
130 Views
23 Pages

Three Years of Epidemiological Surveillance of Candida in a Romanian Pulmonology Hospital Reveal an Increase in Fluconazole-Resistant Non-Albicans Species: A One-Centre Retrospective Study

  • Madalina (Preda) Solomon,
  • Mihaela Corina Radu,
  • Oana Popescu,
  • Lăcrămioara Sîrbu and ,
  • Daniela Voinea,
  • Daniela Trandafir,
  • Beatrice Mahler,
  • Justin Aurelian,
  • Raluca-Elena Hanu and
  • Loredana Sabina Cornelia Manolescu
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

21 October 2026

Background: Candida species are among the most frequently isolated fungi from respiratory specimens in hospitalised patients, yet the clinical significance of their presence—infection versus colonisation, treatment versus observation—rema...

  • Review
  • Open Access
179 Views
25 Pages

Brucella Immune Evasion and Translational Barriers to Human Vaccine Development: A Narrative Review

  • Ainar Kossylganova,
  • Joseph Bagi Suleiman,
  • Aigulsum Izekenova,
  • Elmira Bitanova and ,
  • Maryam Azlan,
  • Albina Atakanova,
  • Assem Mukhitdenova,
  • Maira Zhaparkulova and
  • Karlygash Zhaparkulova
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

8 October 2026

Background: Human brucellosis remains an important One Health problem, yet no vaccine is licensed for human use despite decades of antigen discovery and experimental vaccine development. This review examines why promising Brucella vaccine candidates...

  • Article
  • Open Access
386 Views
24 Pages

Exploratory Machine Learning Identification of Preoperative Laboratory Patterns Associated with Periprosthetic Joint Infection After Total Joint Arthroplasty

  • Diana-Elena Vulpe,
  • Catalin Anghel,
  • Andreea Alexandra Anghel,
  • Dana-Georgiana Nedelea and ,
  • Vasile Potop,
  • Serban Dragosloveanu,
  • Cristian Scheau and
  • Oana Săndulescu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

24 September 2026

Background: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains one of the most severe complications following total hip and knee arthroplasty. Early identification of patients at increased risk remains challenging, particularly when routine laboratory biom...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers From the Infectious Diseases and HIV Dialogues Conference 2026)
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