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COVID-19 and Respiratory Virus Co-Infections: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Maltezou, Helena C, Papanikolopoulou, Amalia, Vassiliu, Sofia, Theodoridou, Kalliopi, Nikolopoulou, Georgia, Sipsas, Nikolaos V

“…Τhe COVID-19 pandemic highly impacted the circulation, seasonality, and morbidity burden of several respiratory viruses. We reviewed published cases of…”
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Therapy of Mucormycosis by Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Gamaletsou, Maria N, Anastasopoulou, Amalia, Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P

“…Despite the recent introduction of mold-active agents (posaconazole and isavuconazole), in addition to amphotericin B products, to our armamentarium against…”
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Comparison of morbidity and absenteeism due to COVID-19 and seasonal influenza in a large cohort of health care personnel in the 2022 to 2023 season by Maltezou, Helena C., Gamaletsou, Maria N., Lourida, Athanasia, Panagopoulos, Periklis, Giannouchos, Theodoros V., Sourri, Flora, Koukou, Dimitra-Maria, Karapanou, Amalia, Lemonakis, Nikolaos, Souliotis, Kyriakos, Hatzigeorgiou, Dimitrios, Sipsas, Nikolaos V.

“…To compare the morbidity and work absenteeism associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and influenza among health care personnel (HCP) in 2022 to…”
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Low pre-ART CD4 count is associated with increased risk of clinical progression or death even after reaching 500 CD4 cells/μL on ART by Pantazis, Nikos, Paparizos, Vasilios, Papastamopoulos, Vasilios, Metallidis, Simeon, Antoniadou, Anastasia, Adamis, Georgios, Psichgiou, Mina, Chini, Maria, Sambatakou, Helen, Chrysos, Georgios, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Gogos, Charalambos, Barbunakis, Emmanouil, Panagopoulos, Periklis, Katsarou, Olga, Touloumi, Giota

“…Clinical disadvantages of initiating ART at low CD4 counts have been clearly demonstrated but whether any excess risk remains even after reaching relatively…”
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Evaluation of the efficacy of six nutritional screening tools to predict malnutrition in the elderly by Poulia, Kalliopi-Anna, Yannakoulia, Mary, Karageorgou, Dimitra, Gamaletsou, Maria, Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Zampelas, Antonis

“…Summary Background & aims Malnutrition in the elderly is a multifactorial problem, more prevalent in hospitals and care homes. The absence of a gold standard…”
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Investigating the Role of Anti-TPO Antibodies in HIV-Associated Thrombocytopenia before and after Initiation of HAART: A Case-Control Longitudinal Study by Tsiakalos, Aristotelis, Routsias, John G, Schinas, Georgios, Georgiadou, Sarah, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Akinosoglou, Karolina

“…This longitudinal, case-control study aimed to investigate the role of thrombopoietin (TPO) and anti-TPO antibodies in HIV-associated thrombocytopenia,…”
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Cardiovascular risk factors in HIV infected individuals: Comparison with general adult control population in Greece by Touloumi, Giota, Kalpourtzi, Natasa, Papastamopoulos, Vasileios, Paparizos, Vasilios, Adamis, Georgios, Antoniadou, Anastasia, Chini, Maria, Karakosta, Argiro, Makrilakis, Konstantinos, Gavana, Magda, Vantarakis, Apostolos, Psichogiou, Mina, Metallidis, Simeon, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Sambatakou, Helen, Hadjichristodoulou, Christos, Voulgari, Paraskevi V, Chrysos, George, Gogos, Charalambos, Chlouverakis, Grigoris, Tripsianis, Grigoris, Alamanos, Yannis, Stergiou, George

“…Although combined antiretroviral therapy has substantially improved the prognosis of people living with HIV (PLHIV), mortality remains higher compared to the…”
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Efficacy of Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis against Infection from SARS-CoV-2 and Severe COVID-19 among Heavily Immunocompromised Patients: A Single-Center, Prospective, Real-World Study by Basoulis, Dimitrios, Mastrogianni, Elpida, Karamanakos, Georgios, Gkoufa, Aikaterini, Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki E, Makrodimitri, Sotiria, Gamaletsou, Maria N, Markogiannakis, Antonios, Sipsas, Nikolaos V

“…COVID-19 continues to pose a threat to immunocompromised individuals, even with vaccination. The monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) tixagevimab/cilgavimab (TXG/CIL)…”
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Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients with Hematological Malignancies: Emergence of Resistant Pathogens and New Antifungal Therapies by Gamaletsou, Maria N, Walsh, Thomas J, Sipsas, Nikolaos V

“…Invasive fungal infections caused by drug-resistant organisms are an emerging threat to heavily immunosuppressed patients with hematological malignancies…”
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Effectiveness of Oral Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir vs. Intravenous Three-Day Remdesivir in Preventing Progression to Severe COVID-19: A Single-Center, Prospective, Comparative, Real-Life Study by Basoulis, Dimitrios, Tsakanikas, Aristeidis, Gkoufa, Aikaterini, Bitsani, Aikaterini, Karamanakos, Georgios, Mastrogianni, Elpida, Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki E, Makrodimitri, Sotiria, Voutsinas, Pantazis-Michail, Lamprou, Panagiota, Kontos, Athanasios, Tsiakas, Stathis, Gamaletsou, Maria N, Marinaki, Smaragdi, Sipsas, Nikolaos V

“…Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (NMV/r) and three-day course remdesivir (3RDV) have been approved as early treatments for COVID-19 outpatients not requiring…”
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Perspectives for the treatment of brucellosis in the 21st century: the Ioannina recommendations by Ariza, Javier, Bosilkovski, Mile, Cascio, Antonio, Colmenero, Juan D, Corbel, Michael J, Falagas, Matthew E, Memish, Ziad A, Roushan, Mohammad Reza Hasanjani, Rubinstein, Ethan, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Solera, Javier, Young, Edward J, Pappas, Georgios

“…Brucellosis is probably the commonest anthropozoonotic infection worldwide [1-3], but remains in various aspects an enigma in the 21st century [4]. Brucella…”
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Absenteeism of Healthcare Personnel in the COVID-19 Era: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Implications for the Post-Pandemic Seasons by Maltezou, Helena C, Ledda, Caterina, Sipsas, Nikolaos V

“…This systematic review aimed to assess COVID-19-associated absenteeism among healthcare personnel (HCP). PubMed was searched on 4 February 2023. Inclusion…”
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Validation of Sequential ROX-Index Score Beyond 12 Hours in Predicting Treatment Failure and Mortality in COVID-19 Patients Receiving Oxygen via High-Flow Nasal Cannula by Basoulis, Dimitris, Avramopoulos, Pantelis, Aggelara, Maria, Karamanakos, Georgios, Voutsinas, Pantazis-Michail, Karapanou, Amalia, Psichogiou, Mina, Samarkos, Michalis, Ntziora, Foteini, Sipsas, Nikolaos V.

“…Background. High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) is an oxygen delivery method shown to reduce the risk of intubation and mortality in patients with type 1…”
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Changes in Body Mass Index after Initiation of Antiretroviral Treatment: Differences by Class of Core Drug by Pantazis, Nikos, Papastamopoulos, Vasilios, Antoniadou, Anastasia, Adamis, Georgios, Paparizos, Vasilios, Metallidis, Simeon, Sambatakou, Helen, Psichogiou, Mina, Chini, Maria, Chrysos, Georgios, Panagopoulos, Periklis, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Barbunakis, Emmanouil, Gogos, Charalambos, Touloumi, Giota

“…Recent research on antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV suggests that integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) cause faster weight gain compared to…”
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Vaccination Hesitancy among Health-Care-Workers in Academic Hospitals Is Associated with a 12-Fold Increase in the Risk of COVID-19 Infection: A Nine-Month Greek Cohort Study by Ntziora, Fotinie, Kostaki, Evangelia Georgia, Grigoropoulos, Ioannis, Karapanou, Amalia, Kliani, Ismini, Mylona, Maria, Thomollari, Alexa, Tsiodras, Sotirios, Zaoutis, Theoklis, Paraskevis, Dimitrios, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Antoniadou, Anastasia, Sfikakis, Petros P

“…Health-Care-Workers (HCWs) are considered at high risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. We sought to compare rates and severity of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…”
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Evolution of epidemiological characteristics of infective endocarditis in Greece by Giannitsioti, Efthymia, Pefanis, Angelos, Gogos, Charalampos, Lekkou, Alexandra, Dalekos, Georgios N., Gatselis, Nikolaos, Georgiadou, Sara, Nikou, Paraskevas, Vrettou, Agathi, Rigopoulos, Angelos, Tryfonopoulos, Christos, Tsaganos, Thomas, Karofilakis, Emmanouil, Psarrakis, Christos, Argyriou, Michail, Gargalianos-Kakolyris, Panagiotis, Adamis, Georgios, Lourida, Panagiota, Kofteridis, Diamantis, Andrianaki, Aggeliki, Loupa, Chariclia, Kostis, Evangelos, Sinapidis, Dimitris, Sympardi, Styliani, Alexiou, Nikolaos, Karaiskos, Ilias, Masgala, Aikaterini, Maltezos, Efstratios, Panagopoulos, Periklis, Sachpekidis, Vasileios, Evdoridis, Constantinos, Sipsas, Nikolaos V., Daikos, Georgios, Giamarellou, Helen, Pontikis, Konstantinos, Lioris, Ioannis, Lelekis, Moysis, Trikkas, Athanasios, Aggouras, Dimitrios, Kolias, Vasilios, Rokkas, Chris, Nana-Anastasiou, Maria, Miyakis, Spiros

“…•IVDA and HIV patients with IE emerged during the era of economic crisis.•S. aureus and MRSA predominated in the youth and Enterococci in the elderly.•Compared…”
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HIV cascade of care in Greece: Useful insights from additional stages by Vourli, Georgia, Nikolopoulos, Georgios, Paparizos, Vasilios, Skoutelis, Athanasios, Metallidis, Symeon, Gargalianos, Panagiotis, Papadopoulos, Antonios, Chini, Maria, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Psychogiou, Mina, Chrysos, Georgios, Sambatakou, Helen, Gogos, Charalambos, Katsarou, Olga, Paraskeva, Dimitra, Dedes, Nikos, Touloumi, Giota

“…Aiming to eliminate HIV infection, UNAIDS has set a global "90-90-90" target by 2020. We sought to construct a 6-stages HIV Cascade of Care (CoC) in Greece,…”
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Hematological Abnormalities in COVID-19 Disease: Association With Type I Interferon Pathway Activation and Disease Outcomes by Georgakopoulou, Vasiliki E, Lembessis, Panagiotis, Skarlis, Charalampos, Gkoufa, Aikaterini, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Mavragani, Clio P

“…Increased expression of interferon (IFN)-stimulated genes (ISGs) in peripheral blood, has been previously reported in viral infections, as well as in…”
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Bone and joint infections caused by mucormycetes: A challenging osteoarticular mycosis of the twenty-first century by Taj-Aldeen, Saad J., Gamaletsou, Maria N., Rammaert, Blandine, Sipsas, Nikolaos V., Zeller, Valerie, Roilides, Emmanuel, Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P., Henry, Michael, Petraitis, Vidmantas, Moriyama, Brad, Denning, David W., Lortholary, Olivier, Walsh, Thomas J.

“…Abstract Osteomyelitis and arthritis caused by mucormycetes are rare diseases that rank among the most challenging complications in orthopedic and trauma…”
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When rheumatology and infectious disease come together by Fragoulis, George E, Sipsas, Nikolaos V

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