Morbillivirus and coronavirus survey in stranded cetaceans, Brazil. by Samira Costa-Silva, Carlos Sacristán, Arícia Duarte-Benvenuto, Ana Carolina Ewbank, Rodrigo M Soares, Vitor L Carvalho, Pedro V Castilho, Marta J Cremer, Jenyffer V Vieira, Giulia G Lemos, Jéssica R Moreira, Gladys D Rogge Renner, Cristiane K M Kolesnikovas, Natalia S Peres, Thalita Faita, Larissa Pavaneli, Joana Ikeda, Adriana C Colosio, Milton C C Marcondes, Angélica M Sánchez-Sarmiento, Carla B Barbosa, Raquel B Ferioli, Vanessa L Ribeiro, Carolina P Bertozzi, Caroline F Pessi, Henrique Chupill, José L Catão-Dias, Lara B Keid

“…The goal of this study was to molecularly screen the presence of morbillivirus and coronavirus infections in cetaceans stranded in several regions of the Brazilian coast in order to determine their occurrence rates, pathogenicity, and range of potentially susceptible cetacean species. …”
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Infectiological Outcome of Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty in Post-Traumatic and Primary Osteoarthritis by Maximilian Gresch, Nikolaus von Dercks, Nadine Dietze-Jergus, Andreas Roth, Christina Pempe

“…<b>Background</b>: The objective of this study was to compare infection rates, pathogen species detection and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in patients with total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) following post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) and primary osteoarthritis (POA). …”
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Bacteraemia in a Nigerian hospital: Implementing antimicrobial resistance surveillance by Adewale A. Amupitan, Adeyemi T. Adeyemo, Adefunke O. Amupitan, Temitope O. Obadare, Aaron O. Aboderin

“…Results: Aerobic blood cultures were conducted in a third of clinical sepsis cases (n = 601/1851), of which 114 (19.0%) were true positives, with a 2.2% contamination rate. Pathogens recovered included six priority blood pathogens reportable to WHO GLASS. …”
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Development of a Bloodstream Infection Surveillance Programme at a Resource-Limited South African Neonatal Unit by Frances Ashton, Adrie Bekker, Magdalena Aucamp, Kessendri Reddy, Andrew Whitelaw, Angela Dramowski

“…<b>Methods</b>: Prospective clinical and laboratory surveillance of incident BSI episodes was conducted among in-patients at the 132-bed neonatal service at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (2017–2021), describing patient demographics, BSI rates, pathogen profiles, and empiric antibiotic concordance rates. …”
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