The genus Enterococcus comprises a ubiquitous group of Gram-positive bacteria that are of
great relevance to human health for their role as major causative agents of health care …

Background Treating severe infections due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria
(MDR-GNB) is one of the most important challenges for clinicians worldwide, partly because …

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Background Sepsis is a major healthcare challenge globally. However, epidemiologic data
based on population studies are scarce. Methods During a 9-month prospective, population …

Bloodstream infections (BSIs) represent a major cause of death in developed countries and
are associated with long-term loss of functions. Blood culture remains the gold standard for …

Sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock are stages of increasing severity of the systemic
host response to bloodstream infections. 1, 2 Since the 1980s, the epidemiologic burden of …

Sepsis is a serious health condition worldwide, affecting more than 30 million people
globally each year. Blood culture (BC) is generally used to diagnose sepsis because of the …

The present review is intended to describe bloodstream infections (BSIs), the major
pathogens responsible for BSIs, conventional tests and their limitations, commercially …

The Magicplex Sepsis Real-time Test (MST) is a commercial multiplex PCR that can detect
more than 90 different pathogens in blood, with an analysis time of six hours. The aim of the …

Klebsiella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria known to be opportunistic pathogens that
may cause a variety of infections in humans. Highly drug-resistant Klebsiella species …