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Erratum for Williams et al., "Investigation of the Plasma Virome from Cases of Unexplained Febrile Illness in Tanzania from 2013 to 2014: a Comparative Analysis between Unbiased and VirCapSeq-VERT High-Throughput Sequencing Approaches" by Williams, Simon H, Cordey, Samuel, Bhuva, Nishit, Laubscher, Florian, Hartley, Mary-Anne, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie, Mbarack, Zainab, Samaka, Josephine, Mlaganile, Tarsis, Jain, Komal, d'Acremont, Valerie, Kaiser, Laurent, Lipkin, W Ian

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Retrospective study on the usefulness of pulse oximetry for the identification of young children with severe illnesses and severe pneumonia in a rural outpatient clinic of Papua New Guinea by Blanc, Julien, Locatelli, Isabella, Rarau, Patricia, Mueller, Ivo, Genton, Blaise, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie, Gehri, Mario, Senn, Nicolas

“…This secondary analysis of data of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) retrospectively investigated the performance of pulse oximetry in identifying children…”
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Brief Report: Switching From TDF to TAF in HIV/HBV-Coinfected Individuals With Renal Dysfunction—A Prospective Cohort Study by Surial, Bernard, Béguelin, Charles, Chave, Jean-Philippe, Stöckle, Marcel, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie, Doco-Lecompte, Thanh, Bernasconi, Enos, Fehr, Jan, Günthard, Huldrych F., Schmid, Patrick, Walti, Laura N., Furrer, Hansjakob, Rauch, Andri, Wandeler, Gilles

“…Whereas tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) can lead to renal adverse events, tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) has a more favorable renal safety profile. However,…”
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Decrease of condom use in heterosexual couples and its impact on pregnancy rates: the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS) by Hachfeld, Anna, Atkinson, Andrew, Calmy, Alexandra, Tejada, Begoña Martinez, Hasse, Barbara, Paioni, Paolo, Kahlert, Christian R., Boillat‐Blanco, Noémie, Stoeckle, Marcel, Aebi‐Popp, Karoline

“…Introduction Following the ‘Swiss statement’ in 2008 it became an option to omit the use of condoms in serodiscordant couples and to conceive naturally. We…”
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Diagnostic Performance of Conventional and Ultrasensitive Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria in Febrile Outpatients in Tanzania by Hofmann, Natalie E, Antunes Moniz, Clara, Holzschuh, Aurel, Keitel, Kristina, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie, Kagoro, Frank, Samaka, Josephine, Mbarack, Zainab, Ding, Xavier C, González, Iveth J, Genton, Blaise, D’Acremont, Valérie, Felger, Ingrid

“…Abstract Background A novel ultrasensitive malaria rapid diagnostic test (us-RDT) has been developed for improved active Plasmodium falciparum infection…”
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Pancreatic stone protein for early mortality prediction in COVID-19 patients by Van Singer, Mathias, Brahier, Thomas, Brochu Vez, Marie-Josée, Gerhard Donnet, Hélène, Hugli, Olivier, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie

“…A meta-analysis showed that PSP performed better than C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin for detecting infection among hospitalized patients, and that…”
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Prognostic value of quickSOFA as a predictor of 28-day mortality among febrile adult patients presenting to emergency departments in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Boillat-Blanco, Noémie, Mbarack, Zainab, Samaka, Josephine, Mlaganile, Tarsis, Mamin, Aline, Genton, Blaise, Kaiser, Laurent, Calandra, Thierry, D'Acremont, Valérie

“…Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) is a three-item clinical instrument for bedside identification of sepsis patients at risk of poor outcome…”
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Web-based objective and structured assessment of point-of-care lung ultrasound skills in resource-limited settings by Suttels, Veronique, Chichignoud, Ines, Wachinou, Prudence Ablo, Du Toit, Jacques Daniel, Mans, Pierre-André, Blanco, Juan Manuel, Agodokpessi, Gildas, Brahier, Thomas, Hartley, Mary-Anne, Garcia, Elena, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie

“…Objective assessment of skills after training is essential for safe implementation of lung point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). In low-and middle-income countries…”
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Smartphone App and Carbon Monoxide Self-Monitoring Support for Smoking Cessation: A Randomized Controlled Trial Nested into the Swiss HIV Cohort Study by Gryaznov, Dmitry, Chammartin, Frédérique, Stoeckle, Marcel, Anagnostopoulos, Alexia, Braun, Dominique Laurent, Furrer, Hansjakob, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie, Bernasconi, Enos, Schmid, Patrick, Nordmann, Alain, Bucher, Heiner C.

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Barriers and facilitators to implementation of point-of-care lung ultrasonography in a tertiary centre in Benin: a qualitative study among general physicians and pneumologists by Suttels, Veronique, Guedes Da Costa, Sofia, Garcia, Elena, Brahier, Thomas, Hartley, Mary-Anne, Agodokpessi, Gildas, Wachinou, Prudence, Fasseur, Fabienne, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie

“…ObjectivesOwing to its ease-of-use and excellent diagnostic performance for the assessment of respiratory symptoms, point-of-care lung ultrasound (POC-LUS) has…”
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Point prevalence study of antibiotic appropriateness and possibility of early discharge from hospital among patients treated with antibiotics in a Swiss University Hospital by Moulin, Estelle, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie, Zanetti, Giorgio, Plüss-Suard, Catherine, de Vallière, Serge, Senn, Laurence

“…The growing threat of multidrug resistant organisms have led to increasingly promote prudent and rational use of antimicrobials as well as early hospital…”
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Epidemiology and outcomes of bone and joint infections in solid organ transplant recipients by Pham, Truong‐Thanh, Andrey, Diego O., Stampf, Susanne, Burkhard, Sara H., Hirzel, Cédric, Tschopp, Johnathan, Ullrich, Kathrin, Strahm, Carol, Schreiber, Peter W., Boillat‐Blanco, Noémie, Garzoni, Christian, Khanna, Nina, Manuel, Oriol, Mueller, Nicolas J., Suva, Domizio, Delden, Christian, Uçkay, Ilker, Neofytos, Dionysios, Amico, Patrizia, Axel, Andres, Aubert, John‐David, Banz, Vanessa, Beckmann, Sonja, Beldi, Guido, Berger, Christoph, Berishvili, Ekaterine, Berzigotti, Annalisa, Binet, Isabelle, Bochud, Pierre‐Yves, Branca, Sanda, Bucher, Heiner, Catana, Emmanuelle, Cairoli, Anne, Chalandon, Yves, De Geest, Sabina, De Rougemont, Olivier, De Seigneux, Sophie, Dickenmann, Michael, Dreifuss, Joëlle Lynn, Duchosal, Michel, Fehr, Thomas, Ferrari‐Lacraz, Sylvie, Golshayan, Déla, Goossens, Nicolas, Halter, Jörg, Heim, Dominik, Hess, Christoph, Hillinger, Sven, Hirsch, Hans H., Hirt, Patricia, Hofbauer, Günther, Huynh‐Do, Uyen, Immer, Franz, Koller, Michael, Laager, Mirjam, Laesser, Bettina, Lamoth, Frédéric, Lehmann, Roger, Leichtle, Alexander, Marti, Hans‐Peter, Martinelli, Michele, McLin, Valérie, Mellac, Katell, Merçay, Aurélia, Mettler, Karin, Müller, Antonia, Müller‐Arndt, Ulrike, Müllhaupt, Beat, Nägeli, Mirjam, Oldani, Graziano, Pascual, Manuel, Passweg, Jakob, Pazeller, Rosemarie, Posfay‐Barbe, Klara, Rick, Juliane, Rosselet, Anne, Rossi, Simona, Rothlin, Silvia, Ruschitzka, Frank, Schachtner, Thomas, Schanz, Urs, Schaub, Stefan, Scherrer, Alexandra, Schnyder, Aurelia, Schuurmans, Macé, Schwab, Simon, Sengstag, Thierry, Simonetta, Federico, Steiger, Jürg, Stirnimann, Guido, Stürzinger, Ueli, Venetz, Jean‐Pierre, Villard, Jean, Vionnet, Julien, Wick, Madeleine, Wilhelm, Markus, Yerly, Patrick

“…Bone and joint infection (BJI) epidemiology and outcomes in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTr) remain largely unknown. We aim to describe BJI in a…”
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Exploration of the Acceptance of the Use of Procalcitonin Point-of-Care Testing and Lung Ultrasonography by General Practitioners to Decide on Antibiotic Prescriptions for Lower Respiratory Infections: A Qualitative Study by Geis, Daniel, Canova, Nina, Lhopitallier, Loïc, Kronenberg, Andreas, Meuwly, Jean-Yves, Senn, Nicolas, Mueller, Yolanda, Fasseur, Fabienne, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie

“…ObjectivesWe aimed to explore the acceptance and opinions of general practitioners (GPs) on the use of procalcitonin point-of-care and lung ultrasonography for…”
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Validation of sTREM-1 and IL-6 based algorithms for outcome prediction of COVID-19 by Van Singer, Mathias, Brahier, Thomas, Koch, Jana, Hugli, Pr. Olivier, Weckman, Andrea M, Zhong, Kathleen, Kain, Taylor J, Leligdowicz, Aleksandra, Bernasconi, Enos, Ceschi, Alessandro, Parolari, Sara, Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle, Kain, Kevin C, Albrich, Werner C, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie

“…A prospective observational cohort study of COVID-19 patients in a single Emergency Department (ED) showed that sTREM-1- and IL-6-based algorithms were highly…”
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Point-of-care ultrasound for tuberculosis management in Sub-Saharan Africa—a balanced SWOT analysis by Suttels, Véronique, Du Toit, Jacques Daniel, Fiogbé, Arnauld Attannon, Wachinou, Ablo Prudence, Guendehou, Brice, Alovokpinhou, Frédéric, Toukoui, Péricles, Hada, Aboudou Rassisou, Sefou, Fadyl, Vinasse, Prudence, Makpemikpa, Ginette, Capo-chichi, Diane, Garcia, Elena, Brahier, Thomas, Keitel, Kristina, Ouattara, Khadidia, Cissoko, Yacouba, Beye, Seydina Alioune, Mans, Pierre-André, Agodokpessi, Gildas, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie, Hartley, Mary Anne

“…•Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a promising triage tool for tuberculosis (TB).•To date, there are limited data supporting its use for pulmonary TB.•There…”
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Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction in Nasopharyngeal Swabs for Identifying Respiratory Bacteria Causing Community-Acquired Pneumonia by Demars, Yoris, Brahier, Thomas, Rotzinger, David C, Brouillet, René, Jaton, Katia, Opota, Onya, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie

“…Timely identification of a pathogen in lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) can support appropriate antibiotics use. The difficulty of obtaining lower…”
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Clinical sign and biomarker-based algorithm to identify bacterial pneumonia among outpatients with lower respiratory tract infection in Tanzania by Hogendoorn, Sarika K L, Lhopitallier, Loïc, Richard-Greenblatt, Melissa, Tenisch, Estelle, Mbarack, Zainab, Samaka, Josephine, Mlaganile, Tarsis, Mamin, Aline, Genton, Blaise, Kaiser, Laurent, D'Acremont, Valérie, Kain, Kevin C, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie

“…Inappropriate antibiotics use in lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) is a major contributor to resistance. We aimed to design an algorithm based on…”
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Dengue fever in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: clinical features and outcome in populations of black and non-black racial category by Boillat-Blanco, Noémie, Klaassen, Belia, Mbarack, Zainab, Samaka, Josephine, Mlaganile, Tarsis, Masimba, John, Franco Narvaez, Leticia, Mamin, Aline, Genton, Blaise, Kaiser, Laurent, D'Acremont, Valérie

“…Although the incidence of dengue across Africa is high, severe dengue is reported infrequently. We describe the clinical features and the outcome of dengue…”
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Prosthetic Joint Infections in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia: A 7-Year Retrospective Study by Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Matthaios, Senn, Laurence, Bertelli, Claire, Grandbastien, Bruno, Steinmetz, Sylvain, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie

“…Background: Staphylococcus aureus is the main cause of haematogenous prosthetic joint infections (PJI). We aimed to describe the prevalence and factors…”
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Prevalence of Infective Endocarditis among Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia and Bone and Joint Infections by Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Matthaios, Guery, Benoit, Monney, Pierre, Senn, Laurence, Steinmetz, Sylvain, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie

“…We aimed to evaluate the occurrence of infective endocarditis (IE) among patients with bone and joint infections (BJIs) and bacteraemia. This observational…”
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