2015 European guidelines for the management of partners of persons with sexually transmitted infections.

Background: Partner management is the process of identifying the contacts of a person infected by a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and referral to a health care provider for appropriate management. It represents a public health activity.

Methods: This guideline is produced by the IUSTI European Guideline Editorial Board and EDF Guideline Committee.

Liver abscess associated with severe myopathy caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae serotype K1 in Romania.

Liver abscess was diagnosed in a man presenting with fever, chills and severe myopathy. The K. pneumoniae isolated from blood cultures belonged to the K1 serotype.

Successful switch to oral therapy with doxycycline in the case of an actinomycotic hepatic abscess.

A 72-year-old female was admitted with the symptoms of malaise, loss of appetite, upper right quadrant pain, fever, and sweats, which had been present for last 7 days. CT-scan of the abdomen revealed a hypodense mass in the right liver lobe; histopathological examination of the biopsy specimen yielded a diagnosis of actinomycotic abscess. Treatment with intravenous ampicillin for 8 weeks followed by a course of oral doxicycline for 28 weeks resulted in the complete resolution of the abscess.

Type-specific herpes simplex virus-1 and herpes simplex virus-2 seroprevalence in Romania: comparison of prevalence and risk factors in women and men.

Objective: To determine herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2 and HSV-1 seroprevalence in women and men in Romania.

Methods: A cross-sectional seroprevalence survey was conducted between 2004 and 2005 on a total of 1058 women and men representative of the population of Bucharest. All participants were aged 15-44 years and completed a structured questionnaire.

Acute hepatitis C virus infection: Diagnosis, pathogenesis, treatment.

Diagnosing acute hepatitis C is still difficult. The disease is frequently asymptomatic and there are no specific diagnostic tests. Most frequently, diagnosis is based on anti HCV antibodies serum conversion and, more rarely, on a double serum conversion (initially HCV-RNA undetectable by RT-PCR, subsequently positive and serum conversion for HCV antibodies determined by EIA and RIBA techniques).

Meningitis due to an unusual human pathogen: Streptococcus equi subspecies equi.

Streptococcus equi subspecies equi is involved in human infection. We present a case of meningitis in a 75-year-old patient with a favorable outcome after ceftriaxone and dexamethasone therapy. To our knowledge, it is the first case reported in an adult.

An unusual bacterium, Aerococcus viridans, and four cases of infective endocarditis.

Four cases are described of Aerococcus viridans endocarditis with favorable outcome, focusing on the clinical picture. Extracardiac findings (e.g.