Tiled Amplicon Sequencing Enables Culture-free Whole-Genome Sequencing of Pathogenic Bacteria From Clinical Specimens.

Pathogen sequencing is an important tool for disease surveillance and demonstrated its high value during the COVID-19 pandemic. Viral sequencing during the pandemic allowed us to track disease spread, quickly identify new variants, and guide the development of vaccines. Tiled amplicon sequencing, in which a panel of primers is used for multiplex amplification of fragments across an entire genome, was the cornerstone of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing.

Antimicrobial resistance-attributable mortality: a patient-level analysis.

Background: The impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on death at the patient level is challenging to estimate. We aimed to characterize AMR-attributable deaths in a large UK teaching hospital.

Methods: This retrospective study investigated all deceased patients in 2022.

Emotional processing as mechanism of change in brief good psychiatric management for borderline personality disorder: results of a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most frequent, severe, mental conditions and is associated with a serious burden of disease. Treatment for patients with BPD involves structured psychotherapy. In addition and in order to improve access to care, psychiatric treatments are available.

Quantitative MODS-Wayne assay for rapid detection of pyrazinamide resistance in from sputum samples.

Unlabelled: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health challenge, exacerbated by the emergence of drug-resistant strains, such as those resistant to pyrazinamide (PZA). The current scarcity of affordable and precise quantitative diagnostic tests for PZA resistance underscores the urgent need for more accessible diagnostic tools. We evaluated PZA susceptibility in 264 TB-positive samples by quantifying pyrazinoic acid (POA) production, using both the MODS-Wayne qualitative assay and our newly developed quantitative approach (MODS-WQ).

Carbapenem-Resistant Infections in Neonates and Children in Latin America: A Literature Review.

Carbapenems are broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotics that are increasingly being used worldwide to treat multidrug-resistant infections, but since their introduction, carbapenem resistance has emerged. This phenomenon has been well documented in the adult population, but there is a paucity of evidence from the neonatal and pediatric populations. A literature search of carbapenem-resistant infections in Latin American neonates and children was conducted via PubMed/Medline and SCOPUS: 551 titles were screened, and 17 articles were included in the review.