Rickettsial infections represent a major cause of non-malarial febrile illnesses among the
residents of Southeast Asia and returned travelers from that region. There are several …

From the* Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA;†
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, …

Objectives Nocardia bacteremia is a rare but severe disease associated with high mortality.
This systematic review is the largest and most comprehensive review performed over the …

Background. Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen and leading cause of
hospital-associated infections. Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly at risk. …

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a major cause of opportunistic healthcare-associated infections,
which are increasingly complicated by the presence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (…

Background . The clinical utility of carbapenems is under threat because of the emergence
of acquired metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) genes. We describe the first outbreak in Australia of …

Objective: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an important nosocomial pathogen and a
therapeutic challenge. A ten-year review of episodes of bacteraemia due to S. maltophilia was …

Background Klebsiella pneumoniae is a leading cause of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)–producing
hospital-associated infections, for which elderly patients are at increased …

Background. Klebsiella pneumoniae causes serious, life-threatening infections in humans
in endemic and epidemic settings. The objective of this study was to determine whether the …

One hundred and eleven cases of Q fever which were referred over a 20‐year period are
described, including description of the clinical illness, epidemiology, serological findings and …