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Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for prolonged SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding in lower respiratory tract samples of critically ill patients

Buetti, Niccolò ; Trimboli, Pierpaolo ; Mazzuchelli, Timothy ; Lo Priore, Elia ; Balmelli, Carlo ; Trkola, Alexandra ; Conti, Marco ; Martinetti, Gladys ; Elzi, Luigia ; Ceschi, Alessandro ; Consonni, Vera ; Ogna, Adam ; Forni-Ogna, Valentina ; Bernasconi, Enos

In: Endocrine, 2020, p. 7 p

The length of time a critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient remains infectious and should therefore be isolated remains unknown. This prospective study was undertaken in critically ill patients to evaluate the reliability of single negative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in lower tracheal aspirates (LTA) in predicting a second negative test and to analyze...

Epidemiology of subsequent bloodstream infections in the ICU

Buetti, Niccolò ; Priore, Elia Lo ; Sommerstein, Rami ; Atkinson, Andrew ; Kronenberg, Andreas ; Marschall, Jonas ; Swiss Centre for Antibiotic resistance (ANRESIS)

In: Critical Care, 2018, vol. 22, no. 1, p. 259

Catheter-related infections: does the spectrum of microbial causes change over time? A nationwide surveillance study

Buetti, Niccolò ; Priore, Elia Lo ; Atkinson, Andrew ; Widmer, Andreas F ; Kronenberg, Andreas ; Marschall, Jonas ; Swiss Centre for Antibiotic Resistance (ANRESIS)

In: BMJ Open, 2018, vol. 8, no. 12, p. e023824

Objectives To estimate the incidence and epidemiology of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) on a national scale by using prospective epidemiological data from the Swiss Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance System (ANRESIS). Design Observational study. Setting National surveillance from 2008 to 2015 of acute hospitals in Switzerland. Participants We included acute Swiss hospitals...