Markus Hilty

TL;DR: The results show the bronchial tree to contain a characteristic microbiota, and suggest that this microbiota is disturbed in asthmatic airways.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the global population structure of M. tuberculosis is defined by six phylogeographical lineages, each associated with specific, sympatric human populations, and in an urban cosmopolitan environment, mycobacterial lineages were much more likely to spread in sympatrics than in allopatric patient populations.

TL;DR: The aspects related to the spread of the above MDR organisms among pigs, cattle, and poultry are described, focusing on epidemiology, molecular mechanisms of resistance, impact of antibiotic use, and strategies to contain the overall problem.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the incidence of invasive disease due to these pathogens during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and found that containment policies and public information campaigns likely reduced transmission of S pneumoniae, H influenzae, and N meningitidis, leading to a significant reduction in lifethreatening invasive diseases in many countries worldwide.

TL;DR: Transmission of extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing Enterobacteriaceae in households outweighs nosocomial dissemination in the non-outbreak setting and ESBL–Klebsiella pneumoniae might be more efficiently transmitted within the hospital than ESBL-Escherichia coli.