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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health threat, reducing treatment options for infected patients. AMR is promoted by a lack of access to rapid antibiotic susceptibility tests (ASTs). Accelerated ASTs can identify effective antibiotics for t ...
Nature Portfolio2024Epidemicity indices and reproduction numbers from infectious disease data in connected human populations
Andrea Rinaldo, Cristiano Trevisin, Lorenzo Mari, Marino Gatto
We focus on distinctive data-driven measures of the fate of ongoing epidemics. The relevance of our pursuit is suggested by recent results proving that the short-term temporal evolution of infection spread is described by an epidemicity index related to th ...
2024CSF-contacting neurons respond to Streptococcus pneumoniae and promote host survival during central nervous system infection
Ludovic Pierre Gustave Keiser, Laura Desban
The pathogenic bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) can invade the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and cause meningitis with devastating consequences. Whether and how sensory cells in the central nervous system (CNS) become activated during bacteri ...
CELL PRESS2023Recent advances in therapeutic targets identification and development of treatment strategies towards Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections
The opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the causal agent of a wide variety of infections. This non-fermentative Gram-negative bacillus can colonize zones where the skin barrier is weakened, such as wounds or burns. It also causes infecti ...
BMC2023Community-Aware Group Testing
Pavlos Nikolopoulos, Christina Fragouli, Suhas Diggavi, Sundara Rajan Srinivasavaradhan
Group testing is a technique that can reduce the number of tests needed to identify infected members in a population, by pooling together multiple diagnostic samples. Despite the variety and importance of prior results, traditional work on group testing ha ...
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2023The combined impact of persistent infections and human genetic variation on C-reactive protein levels
Jacques Fellay, Olivier Noël Marie Naret, Flavia Aurelia Shoko Hodel, Clara Bonnet
Multiple human pathogens establish chronic, sometimes life-long infections. Even if they are often latent, these infections can trigger some degree of local or systemic immune response, resulting in chronic low-grade inflammation. There remains an incomple ...
BMC2022Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mechanosensing through label-free imaging of type IV pili
Bacteria are ubiquitously found in all sorts of environment. They're found in the ocean, soil, or even in our guts or on our skin. Independently of their niche, they can transition from a planktonic state were they freely swim in an aqueous environment to ...
EPFL2022Photodynamic treatment of multidrug-resistant bacterial infection using indium phosphide quantum dots
Francesco Stellacci, Inyoung Yonah Lee
Infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria pose an impending threat to humanity, as the evolution of MDR bacteria outpaces the development of effective antibiotics. In this work, we use indium phosphide (InP) quantum dots (QDs) to treat infect ...
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022Invasive Streptococcal Infection Can Lead to the Generation of Cross-Strain Opsonic Antibodies
The bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes is a common cause of both mild and severe human diseases resulting in substantial morbidity and mortality each year. No vaccines are available, and our understanding of the antibody response to this human pathogen is st ...
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY2022Correction of Human Forehead Temperature Variations Measured by Non-Contact Infrared Thermometer
Elevated body temperature (fever) can be a common symptom of a medical condition, such as a viral or bacterial infection, including SARS-CoV-2 or influenza. Non-contact infrared thermometers are able to measure forehead temperature in a timely manner and w ...
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022