Corrigendum: Disseminated tuberculosis and diagnosis delay during the COVID-19 era in a Western European country: a case series analysis.

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Disseminated tuberculosis and diagnosis delay during the COVID-19 era in a Western European country: a case series analysis.

Background: Disseminated tuberculosis is frequently associated with delayed diagnosis and a poorer prognosis.

Objectives: To describe case series of disseminated TB and diagnosis delay in a low TB burden country during the COVID-19 period.

Methodology: We consecutively included all patients with of disseminated TB reported from 2019 to 2021 in the reference hospital of the Northern Crown of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.

A simple new screening tool for diagnosing imported schistosomiasis.

Objectives: We sought to test the sensitivity and feasibility of a infection screening process consisting of a scored patient consultation questionnaire and a serological diagnostic test.

Study Design: Prospective cross-sectional study.

Methods: We collected from Schistosoma-exposed individuals a 14-point check list of clinical and laboratory data related to infection, alongside a serological test to detect spp infection.

Characterization of unrelated clinical Legionella pneumophila isolates in Catalonia by monoclonal subgrouping and sequence-based typing.

Aim: To characterize the genetic diversity of unrelated Legionella pneumophila clinical isolates in Catalonia and compare with other European regions.

Methods: 95 unrelated isolates were analyzed using monoclonal antibodies and sequence-based typing, 1989-2013.

Results: The isolates showed a high diversity (IOD 0.

Comparative molecular and antibody typing during the investigation of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease with 113 confirmed cases was reported in the town of Mataró, Spain, in August 2002. In this study, we compared three different typing methods and characterized the clinical isolates by comparing them with other clinical isolates with the same ST from our own database to further characterize the outbreak. In the outbreak, a total of 16 clinical (nine patients) and 32 environmental (from four environmental sources) Legionella pneumophila isolates were analyzed by pulsed-field electrophoresis (PFGE), sequence-based typing (SBT), and monoclonal antibody typing (MAb).