Secondary infections in COVID-19: Antemortem and postmortem culture study by Vandana V. Kiro, Meenakshi Sharma, Sharad Srivastava, Parin Lalwani, Richa Aggarwal, Kapil D. Soni, Rajesh Malhotra, Sanjeev Lalwani, Purva Mathur, Anjan Trikha

“…Conclusions: In our study, bacterial profiles in antemortem and postmortem samples were found to be similar, suggesting that resistant pathogens may be the cause of mortality in COVID-19 infected hospitalised patients.…”
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Lessons from SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2 Infections: What We Know So Far by Radi Taha Alsafi

“…Within past decades, human infections with emerging and reemerging zoonotic viral pathogens have raised the eminent public health concern. …”
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Quorum sensing-mediated inter-specific conidial anastomosis tube fusion between Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. siamense by Nikita Mehta, Abhishek Baghela

“…Abstract Many plant pathogenic filamentous fungi undergo fusion of conidia through conidial anastomosis tubes (CATs), which is believed to facilitate horizontal gene transfer between species. …”
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Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella, Escherichia coli, and Enterococcus faecium NRRL B-2354 in Pasta Matrices by Kristi S. Gowans, Bradley J. Taylor, Brad D. Geary, Richard A. Robison, Gene J. Ahlborn

“…Limited data are currently available characterizing the thermal resistance of foodborne pathogens in semolina flour and intermediate pasta matrices representative of commercial conditions during processing. …”
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Influence of bovine blood serum on growth properties of nutrient media for <i>Mycoplasma gallisepticum</i> and <i>Mycoplasma synoviae</i> cultivation by D. A. Kozlov, M. S. Volkov, T. Yu. Chernyayeva, M. I. Sorokina, V. N. Irza

“…The growth properties of the nutrient medium for the cultivation of pathogenic mycoplasmas depend on the type of blood serum it is supplemented with. …”
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Assessing the Roles of Molecular Markers of Antimalarial Drug Resistance and the Host Pharmacogenetics in Drug-Resistant Malaria by Peter Hodoameda, Nancy Odurowah Duah-Quashie, Neils Ben Quashie

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Mutational Profile and Retinal Phenotypes of PCARE-Related Cone-Rod Dystrophies in a Mexican Cohort by Víctor R. López-Rodríguez, Rocío Arce-González, Alan Martínez-Aguilar, Carlos E. Rodríguez-López, Sergio Groman-Lupa, M. Isabel Neria-González, Genaro Rodríguez-Uribe, Juan C. Zenteno

“…Six different PCARE pathogenic alleles were identified in our cohort, including three novel mutations: c.3048_3049del (p.Tyr1016∗), c.3314_3315del (p.Ser1105∗), and c.551A > G (p.His184Arg). …”
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Genome-wide identification of novel flagellar motility genes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 by Zichu Yang, Tyler Helmann, Maël Baudin, Maël Baudin, Maël Baudin, Karl J. Schreiber, Karl J. Schreiber, Zhongmeng Bao, Paul Stodghill, Paul Stodghill, Adam Deutschbauer, Adam Deutschbauer, Jennifer D. Lewis, Jennifer D. Lewis, Bryan Swingle, Bryan Swingle

“…Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (Pst DC3000) is a plant pathogenic bacterium that possesses complicated motility regulation pathways including a typical chemotaxis system. …”
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Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Intensive Care... by George G Zhanel, Mel DeCorby, Kim A Nichol, Patricia J Baudry, James A Karlowsky, Philippe RS Lagace-Wiens, Melissa McCracken, Michael R Mulvey, Daryl J Hoban, The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA)

“…BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are important hospital pathogens in Canada and worldwide.…”
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Geosmithia Species in Florida: Common Fungal Symbionts of Wood-Boring Bark Beetles by Yin-Tse Huang, Jiri Hulcr

“…These native species look similar to the pathogenic fungus but are harmless to their plant hosts. …”
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Biofilm architecture and dynamics of the oral ecosystem by Rina Rani Ray

“…Noteworthy pathogenic bacteria, such as Porphyromonas gingivalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Streptococcus mutans , often initiate biofilm formation. …”
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The Contribution of the Airway Epithelial Cell to Host Defense by Frauke Stanke

“…This review describes how the epithelial cell senses the presence of pathogens and inflammatory conditions, which, in turn, facilitates the activation of CFTR and thus directly promotes pathogens clearance and innate immune defense on the surface of the epithelial cell. …”
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Complex and severe infection in a 67-year-old liver transplant recipient due to Cunninghamella elegans, Bordetella bronchiseptica, and Pneumocystis jirovecii by Muyun Wei, Kangyi Gu, Juanxiu Qin, Xinhua Lu, Junqi Feng, Shaowei Mao, Min Li, Zhilan Li, Changsheng Wang

“…They are all clinically uncommon pathogens and no reports of co-infections have been reported. …”
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Evidence of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, multidrug-resistant S. aureus, and Enterococcus faecium-causing mastitis in Thailand and Cambodia by Sambo Na, Montira Intanon, Anyaphat Srithanasuwan, Wasana Chaisri, Witaya Suriyasathaporn

“…Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to mastitis-causing pathogens poses a significant threat to dairy operations in Thailand and Cambodia. …”
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Loss-of-function variant in MAGT1 leading to XMEN disease in a Colombian patient with a common variable immunodeficiency by Sebastián Gutiérrez-Hincapié, Julio César Orrego, José Luis Franco, Claudia M. Trujillo-Vargas

“…The mother also carried the pathogenic variant in a heterozygous state. Conclusions. …”
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Modeling dynamic changes in type 1 diabetes progression:Quantifying $\beta$-cell variation after the appearance ofislet-specific autoimmune responses by Patrick Nelson, Noah Smith, Stanca Ciupe, Weiping Zou, Gilbert S. Omenn, Massimo Pietropaolo

“…Our model is able to describe changes in the ratio of pathogenic T cells and regulatory T cells after the appearance of islet antibodies in the pancreas. …”
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Evaluation for Retinal Therapy for RPE65 Variation Assessed in hiPSC Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells by Benjamin M. Nash, To Ha Loi, Milan Fernando, Amin Sabri, James Robinson, Anson Cheng, Steven S. Eamegdool, Elizabeth Farnsworth, Bruce Bennetts, John R. Grigg, Seo-Kyung Chung, Anai Gonzalez-Cordero, Robyn V. Jamieson

“…Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) generated from patients and the derivative retinal cells enable the investigation of pathological and novel variants in relevant cell populations. Biallelic pathogenic variants in RPE65 cause early-onset severe retinal dystrophy (EOSRD) or Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). …”
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Diagnostic efficiency of exome-based sequencing in pediatric patients with epilepsy by Huafang Zou, Huafang Zou, Qian Zhang, Jianxiang Liao, Jianxiang Liao, Dongfang Zou, Zhanqi Hu, Bing Li, Li Chen, Jialun Wen, Xia Zhao, Victor Wei Zhang, Dezhi Cao, Dezhi Cao

“…We identified 82 cases with pathogenic or likely pathogenic SNVs and 4 cases with pathogenic CNVs, of which one case with both SNV and CNV. …”
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Current Views of Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Pathways by Masahiro Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Takeda

“…Recent studies have demonstrated that Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play crucial roles in innate responses that lead not only to the clearance of pathogens but also to the efficient establishment of acquired immunity by directly detecting molecules from microbes. …”
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Neurosyphilis with Concomitant Cryptococcal and Tuberculous Meningitis in a Patient with AIDS: Report of a Unique Case by Jose Armando Gonzales Zamora, Luis Alberto Espinoza, Rita N. Nwanyanwu

“…Meningitis in individuals living with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is most frequently infectious in origin and usually due to opportunistic infections. The most common pathogens are Cryptococcus neoformans and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. …”
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