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Blood culture-based diagnosis of bacteraemia: state of the art by Opota, O., Croxatto, A., Prod'hom, G., Greub, G.

“…Blood culture remains the best approach to identify the incriminating microorganisms when a bloodstream infection is suspected, and to guarantee that the…”
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Performance of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Bacterial Strains Routinely Isolated in a Clinical Microbiology Laboratory by Bizzini, A, Durussel, C, Bille, J, Greub, G, Prod'hom, G

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Laboratory automation in clinical bacteriology: what system to choose? by Croxatto, A., Prod'hom, G., Faverjon, F., Rochais, Y., Greub, G.

“…Automation was introduced many years ago in several diagnostic disciplines such as chemistry, haematology and molecular biology. The first laboratory…”
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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry as an Alternative to 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Identification of Difficult-To-Identify Bacterial Strains by Bizzini, A, Jaton, K, Romo, D, Bille, J, Prod'hom, G, Greub, G

“…Conventional methods are sometimes insufficient to identify human bacterial pathogens, and alternative techniques, often molecular, are required…”
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Nanomechanical sensor applied to blood culture pellets: a fast approach to determine the antibiotic susceptibility against agents of bloodstream infections by Stupar, P., Opota, O., Longo, G., Prod'hom, G., Dietler, G., Greub, G., Kasas, S.

“…The management of bloodstream infection, a life-threatening disease, largely relies on early detection of infecting microorganisms and accurate determination…”
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Evaluation of the BD Phoenix™ CPO Detect Test for the detection of carbapenemase producers by Croxatto, A., Coste, A.T., Pillonel, T., Bertelli, C., Greub, G., Prod'hom, G.

“…Becton-Dickinson recently developed the Phoenix™ CPO (carbapenemase-producing organism) Detect Test, a growth-based test embedded in Gram-negative (GN) panels…”
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Multiplex Blood PCR in Combination with Blood Cultures for Improvement of Microbiological Documentation of Infection in Febrile Neutropenia by Lamoth, F, Jaton, K, Prod'hom, G, Senn, L, Bille, J, Calandra, T, Marchetti, O

“…The frequent lack of microbiological documentation of infection by blood cultures (BC) has a major impact on clinical management of febrile neutropenic…”
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Screening of plasmid-mediated MCR-1 colistin-resistance from bacteremia by Nordmann, P., Assouvie, L., Prod’Hom, G., Poirel, L., Greub, G.

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Mandatory infectious diseases consultation for MRSA bacteremia is associated with reduced mortality by Tissot, F, Calandra, T, Prod'hom, G, Taffe, P, Zanetti, G, Greub, G, Senn, L

“…Summary Objectives Although infectious disease (ID) consultation has been associated with lower mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections, it…”
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Added value of molecular assay Xpert MTB/RIF compared to sputum smear microscopy to assess the risk of tuberculosis transmission in a low-prevalence country by Opota, O., Senn, L., Prod'hom, G., Mazza-Stalder, J., Tissot, F., Greub, G., Jaton, K.

“…Airborne precautions are required at hospital admission for patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis. The isolation is maintained until 3 serially…”
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Very low prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the mecC gene in western Switzerland by Basset, P., Prod'hom, G., Senn, L., Greub, G., Blanc, D.S.

“…We report the first case of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with the mecC gene in a patient in western Switzerland. After this first…”
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Effect of elastin degradation on carotid wall mechanics as assessed by a constituent-based biomechanical model by Fonck, E, Prod'hom, G, Roy, S, Augsburger, L, Rüfenacht, D A, Stergiopulos, N

“…Arteries display a nonlinear anisotropic behavior dictated by the elastic properties and structural arrangement of its main constituents, elastin, collagen,…”
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and PCR-based rapid diagnosis of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia by Clerc, O., Prod'hom, G., Senn, L., Jaton, K., Zanetti, G., Calandra, T., Greub, G.

“…Effective empirical treatment is of paramount importance to improve the outcome of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. We aimed to evaluate a…”
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Treatment of genital mycoplasma in colonized pregnant women in late pregnancy is associated with a lower rate of premature labour and neonatal complications by Vouga, M., Greub, G., Prod'hom, G., Durussel, C., Roth-Kleiner, M., Vasilevsky, S., Baud, D.

“…Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma spp. may colonize the human genital tract and have been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm labour and…”
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Common skin infection due to Panton–Valentine leucocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus strains in asylum seekers from Eritrea: a genome-based investigation of a suspected outbreak by Jaton, L., Pillonel, T., Jaton, K., Dory, E., Prod'hom, G., Blanc, D.S., Tissot, F., Bodenmann, P., Greub, G.

“…Since late 2014, multiple cases of abscesses and boils due to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) expressing the Panton–Valentine leucocidin…”
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Hand soap contamination by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a tertiary care hospital: no evidence of impact on patients by Blanc, D.S, Gomes Magalhaes, B, Abdelbary, M, Prod’hom, G, Greub, G, Wasserfallen, J.B, Genoud, P, Zanetti, G, Senn, L

“…Summary Background During an environmental investigation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care units, the liquid hand soap was found to be highly…”
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A simple, robust and rapid approach to detect carbapenemases in Gram-negative isolates by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry: validation with triple quadripole tandem mass spectrometry, microarray and PCR by Vogne, C., Prod'hom, G., Jaton, K., Decosterd, L.A., Greub, G.

“…Carbapenemases should be accurately and rapidly detected, given their possible epidemiological spread and their impact on treatment options. Here, we developed…”
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Diagnosis of Aerococcus urinae infections: Importance of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and broad-range 16S rDNA PCR by Opota, O., Prod'hom, G., Andreutti-Zaugg, C., Dessauges, M., Merz, L., Greub, G., Chave, J.-P., Jaton, K.

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Bacillus cereus bacteraemia: comparison between haematologic and nonhaematologic patients by Tusgul, S, Prod'hom, G, Senn, L, Meuli, R, Bochud, P.-Y, Giulieri, S.G

“…Abstract Bacillus cereus bacteraemia can be severe, especially among patients with haematologic malignancy. We retrospectively reviewed first episodes of true…”
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Visceral leishmaniasis in a lung transplant recipient: usefulness of highly sensitive real‐time polymerase chain reaction for preemptive diagnosis by Opota, O., Balmpouzis, Z., Berutto, C., Kaiser‐Guignard, J., Greub, G., Aubert, J.‐D., Prod'hom, G., Manuel, O., Jaton, K.

“…We report the case of a lung transplant recipient in whom the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was made by detection of parasites in a peripheral blood…”
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