Objectives Despite the clinical relevance of exacerbations in bronchiectasis (BE), little is
known about the microbiology and outcomes of pneumonic (CAP) vs. non-pneumonic (NOCAP) …

A monkeypox (MPX) outbreak has expanded worldwide since May 2022. We tested 147
clinical samples collected at different time points from 12 patients by real-time PCR. MPX DNA …

Rationale & Objective Patients with kidney failure who are receiving maintenance dialysis
have a higher risk of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-…

Background The usefulness of sputum culture in guiding microbiological diagnosis of
community-acquired pneumonia is controversial. We evaluate and assess it using the Patients …

Cytomegalovirus infection remains a major complication of solid organ transplantation. In
2005 the Spanish Transplantation Infection Study Group (GESITRA) of the Spanish Society of …

Determining SARS-CoV-2 viral infectivity is crucial for patient clinical assessment and
isolation decisions. We assessed subgenomic RNA (sgRNA) as a surrogate marker of SARS-CoV-…

Background Herpes simplex encephalitis can trigger autoimmune encephalitis that leads to
neurological worsening. We aimed to assess the frequency, symptoms, risk factors, and …

Respiratory virus infection can cause severe illnesses capable of inducing acute respiratory
failure that can progress rapidly to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ARDS is …

Around 2·5 million deaths and more than 110 million COVID-19 cases have been reported
globally. Although it initially appeared that HIV infection was not a risk factor for COVID-19 or …

Introduction Pandemic A/H1N1/2009 influenza causes severe lower respiratory complications
in rare cases. The association between host immune responses and clinical outcome in …