Ausgabe 1/2008
Inhalt (174 Artikel)
A population-based study to investigate host genetic factors associated with hepatitis B infection and pathogenesis in the Chinese population
Zheng Zeng, Li Guan, Ping An, Shan Sun, Stephen J O'Brien, Cheryl A Winkler
Low-level HIV-1 replication and the dynamics of the resting CD4+T cell reservoir for HIV-1 in the setting of HAART
Ahmad R Sedaghat, Robert F Siliciano, Claus O Wilke
Seasonality in pulmonary tuberculosis among migrant workers entering Kuwait
Saeed Akhtar, Hameed GHH Mohammad
Increased fluoroquinolone resistance with time in Escherichia coli from >17,000 patients at a large county hospital as a function of culture site, age, sex, and location
Lauren Becnel Boyd, Robert L Atmar, Graham L Randall, Richard J Hamill, David Steffen, Lynn Zechiedrich
Prevalence of transfusion-transmitted Chagas disease among multitransfused patients in Brazil
Erich V De Paula, Neiva SL Goncales, Serge Xueref, Marcelo Addas-Carvalho, Simone CO Gilli, Rodrigo N Angerami, Fernando L Goncales Jr
Treatment of isoniazid-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis
Yee Hyung Kim, Gee Young Suh, Man Pyo Chung, Hojoong Kim, O Jung Kwon, Seong Yong Lim, Si Young Lim, Won-Jung Koh
Aerial Dissemination of Clostridium difficilespores
Katherine Roberts, Caroline F Smith, Anna M Snelling, Kevin G Kerr, Kathleen R Banfield, P Andrew Sleigh, Clive B Beggs
Comparison of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Nepal- a hospital-based retrospective study
Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, Kishore V Panduru, Sharat C Verma, Hari S Joshi, Michael N Bates
Persistence of the immune response induced by BCG vaccination
Rosemary E Weir, Patricia Gorak-Stolinska, Sian Floyd, Maeve K Lalor, Sally Stenson, Keith Branson, Rose Blitz, Anne Ben-Smith, Paul EM Fine, Hazel M Dockrell
Response to M. tuberculosisselected RD1 peptides in Ugandan HIV-infected patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis: a pilot study
Delia Goletti, Stefania Carrara, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Joy Baseke, Michael Angel Mugerwa, Enrico Girardi, Zahra Toossi
Acute bacterial prostatitis: heterogeneity in diagnostic criteria and management. Retrospective multicentric analysis of 371 patients diagnosed with acute prostatitis
Manuel Etienne, Pascal Chavanet, Louis Sibert, Frédéric Michel, Hervé Levesque, Bernard Lorcerie, Jean Doucet, Pierre Pfitzenmeyer, François Caron
Acquisition of new infection and clearance of type-specific human papillomavirus infections in female students in Busan, South Korea: a follow-up study
Jin-Kyoung Oh, Young-Hee Ju, Silvia Franceschi, Wim Quint, Hai-Rim Shin
Epidemiology and outcomes of community-onset methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureusbacteraemia in a university hospital in Singapore
Jonathan Wei-Zhong Chia, Li-Yang Hsu, Louis Yi-Ann Chai, Paul Ananth Tambyah
Comparative efficacies of different antibiotic treatments to eradicate nontypeable Haemophilus influenzaeinfection
Yukie Sekiya, Masahiro Eguchi, Masahiko Nakamura, Kimiko Ubukata, Satoshi Omura, Hidenori Matsui
Estimates of the duration of the early and late stage of gambiense sleeping sickness
Francesco Checchi, João AN Filipe, Daniel T Haydon, Daniel Chandramohan, François Chappuis
Adjuvant interferon gamma in patients with pulmonary atypical Mycobacteriosis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
María T Milanés-Virelles, Idrian García-García, Yamilet Santos-Herrera, Magalys Valdés-Quintana, Carmen M Valenzuela-Silva, Gaspar Jiménez-Madrigal, Thelvia I Ramos-Gómez, Iraldo Bello-Rivero, Norma Fernández-Olivera, Reinaldo B Sánchez-de la Osa, Carmen Rodríguez-Acosta, Lidia González-Méndez, Gregorio Martínez-Sánchez, Pedro A López-Saura
Toward an operative diagnosis in sepsis: a latent class approach
Gisela D De La Rosa, Marta L Valencia, Clara M Arango, Carlos I Gomez, Alex Garcia, Sigifredo Ospina, Susana Osorno, Adriana Henao, Fabián A Jaimes
Immunological predictors of CD4+T cell decline in antiretroviral treatment interruptions
Elena Seoane, Salvador Resino, Santiago Moreno, Juan Carlos Lopez Bernaldo de Quiros, Ana Moreno, Rafael Rubio, Juan Gonzalez-García, José Ramón Arribas, Federico Pulido, Ma Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández
Transmitted drug resistance, selection of resistance mutations and moderate antiretroviral efficacy in HIV-2: Analysis of the HIV-2 Belgium and Luxembourg database
Jean Ruelle, François Roman, Anne-Thérèse Vandenbroucke, Christine Lambert, Katrien Fransen, Fedoua Echahidi, Denis Piérard, Chris Verhofstede, Kristel Van Laethem, Marie-Luce Delforge, Dolorès Vaira, Jean-Claude Schmit, Patrick Goubau
Endothelin-1 precursor peptides correlate with severity of disease and outcome in patients with community acquired pneumonia
Philipp Schuetz, Daiana Stolz, Beat Mueller, Nils G Morgenthaler, Joachim Struck, Christian Mueller, Roland Bingisser, Michael Tamm, Mirjam Christ-Crain
The United States and Canada as a coupled epidemiological system: An example from hepatitis A
Raluca Amariei, Allan R Willms, Chris T Bauch
Comparative radiological features of disseminated disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis vs non-tuberculosismycobacteria among AIDS patients in Brazil
Rodrigo P dos Santos, Karin L Scheid, Denise MC Willers, Luciano Z Goldani
Seroprevalence of hepatitis C and associated risk factors in urban areas of Antananarivo, Madagascar
Charles E Ramarokoto, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Vaomalala Raharimanga, Richter Razafindratsimandresy, Rindra Randremanana, Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Dominique Rousset, Voahangy Andrianaja, Vincent Richard, Jean-Louis Soares, Leon P Rabarijaona
Severe anaemia is not associated with HIV-1 env gene characteristics in Malawian children
Job CJ Calis, Hellen P Rotteveel, Antoinette C van der Kuyl, Fokla Zorgdrager, David Kachala, Michaël Boele van Hensbroek, Marion Cornelissen
Roles of TNF-α gene polymorphisms in the occurrence and progress of SARS-Cov infection: A case-control study
Shixin Wang, Maoti Wei, Yi Han, Keju Zhang, Li He, Zhen Yang, Bing Su, Zhilun Zhang, Yilan Hu, Wuli Hui
Performance of Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-8 serum levels in pediatric oncology patients with neutropenia and fever for the assessment of low-risk
Miriam Diepold, Peter Noellke, Ulrich Duffner, Udo Kontny, Reinhard Berner
Can "presumed consent" justify the duty to treat infectious diseases? An analysis
Murat Civaner, Berna Arda
Storage and stability of IgG and IgM monoclonal antibodies dried on filter paper and utility in Neisseria meningitidis serotyping by Dot-blot ELISA
Aline S Ferraz, Elza FT Belo, Ligia MCC Coutinho, Ana P Oliveira, Andréia MS Carmo, Daniele L Franco, Tatiane Ferreira, André Y Yto, Marta SF Machado, Monica CG Scola, Elizabeth De Gaspari
Computed CD4 percentage as a low-cost method for determining pediatric antiretroviral treatment eligibility
Steven FJ Callens, Faustin Kitetele, Jean Lusiama, Nicole Shabani, Samuel Edidi, Robert Colebunders, Frieda Behets, Annelies Van Rie
Basis for treatment of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients in Tanzania: the role of chest x-ray and sputum culture
Muhammad Bakari, Robert D Arbeit, Lillian Mtei, Johnson Lyimo, Richard Waddell, Mecky Matee, Bernard F Cole, Susan Tvaroha, C Robert Horsburgh, Hanna Soini, Kisali Pallangyo, C Fordham von Reyn
Correlates of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis infections among prison inmates and officers in Ghana: A national multicenter study
Andrew A Adjei, Henry B Armah, Foster Gbagbo, William K Ampofo, Isaac Boamah, Clement Adu-Gyamfi, Isaac Asare, Ian FA Hesse, George Mensah
Surgical site infections in Italian Hospitals: a prospective multicenter study
Nicola Petrosillo, Cecilia MJ Drapeau, Emanuele Nicastri, Lorena Martini, Giuseppe Ippolito, Maria Luisa Moro
Evaluation of immune responses in HIV infected patients with pleural tuberculosis by the QuantiFERON®TB-Gold interferon-gamma assay
Kamaldeen Baba, Steinar Sørnes, Anwar A Hoosen, Jacob M Lekabe, Mathew J Mpe, Nina Langeland, Anne M Dyrhol-Riise
A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards avian influenza in an adult population of Italy
Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Rossella Abbate, Luciana Albano, Paolo Marinelli, Italo F Angelillo
Spectral analysis of HIV seropositivity among migrant workers entering Kuwait
Saeed Akhtar, Hameed GHH Mohammad
Serum procalcitonin elevation in critically ill patients at the onset of bacteremia caused by either gram negative or gram positive bacteria
Pierre Emmanuel Charles, Sylvain Ladoire, Serge Aho, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Jean-Marc Doise, Sébastien Prin, Niels-Olivier Olsson, Bernard Blettery
Rectal artemisinins for malaria: a review of efficacy and safety from individual patient data in clinical studies
Melba Gomes, Isabela Ribeiro, Marian Warsame, Harin Karunajeewa, Max Petzold
High incidence of antimicrobial resistant organisms including extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusin nasopharyngeal and blood isolates of HIV-infected children from Cape Town, South Africa
Mark F Cotton, Elizabeth Wasserman, Juanita Smit, Andrew Whitelaw, Heather J Zar
Outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Norway caused by stx 2-positive Escherichia coliO103:H25 traced to cured mutton sausages
Barbara Schimmer, Karin Nygard, Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Jørgen Lassen, Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, Lin T Brandal, Georg Kapperud, Preben Aavitsland
Appropriateness of antibiotic treatment in intravenous drug users, a retrospective analysis
Dominik Mertz, Nina Viktorin, Marcel Wolbers, Gerd Laifer, Bernd Leimenstoll, Ursula Fluckiger, Manuel Battegay
Temporal trends in hepatitis B and C infection in family blood donors from interior Sindh, Pakistan
Syed Abdul Mujeeb, Mark S Pearce
Interpreting changes in measles genotype: the contribution of chance, migration and vaccine coverage
Shuko Nojiri, Emilia Vynnycky, Nigel Gay
Low prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatisinfection in asymptomatic young Swiss men
David Baud, Katia Jaton, Claire Bertelli, Jean-Pierre Kulling, Gilbert Greub
Use of cluster-graphs from spoligotyping data to study genotype similarities and a comparison of three indices to quantify recent tuberculosis transmission among culture positive cases in French Guiana during a eight year period
Vanina Guernier, Christophe Sola, Karine Brudey, Jean-François Guégan, Nalin Rastogi
Epidemiology of foodborne Norovirus outbreaks in Catalonia, Spain
Ana Martinez, Angela Dominguez, Nuria Torner, Laura Ruiz, Neus Camps, Irene Barrabeig, Cesar Arias, Josep Alvarez, Pere Godoy, Pilar Jorgina Balaña, Analia Pumares, Rosa Bartolome, Dolors Ferrer, Unai Perez, Rosa Pinto, Javier Buesa
Association between amebic liver abscess and Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection in Taiwanese subjects
Meng-Shuian Hsu, Szu-Min Hsieh, Mao-Yuan Chen, Chien-Ching Hung, Shan-Chwen Chang
Long-term outcome of infective endocarditis: A study on patients surviving over one year after the initial episode treated in a Finnish teaching hospital during 25 years
Maija Heiro, Hans Helenius, Saija Hurme, Timo Savunen, Kaj Metsärinne, Erik Engblom, Jukka Nikoskelainen, Pirkko Kotilainen
Effects of resuscitation with crystalloid fluids on cardiac function in patients with severe sepsis
Zhi Xun Fang, Yu Feng Li, Xiao Qing Zhou, Zhen Zhang, Jin Song Zhang, Hai Ming Xia, Guo Ping Xing, Wei Ping Shu, Ling Shen, Guo Qing Yin
PCR-DGGE assessment of the bacterial diversity of breast milk in women with lactational infectious mastitis
Susana Delgado, Rebeca Arroyo, Rocío Martín, Juan M Rodríguez
Predictors of mortality in HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in a rural hospital in Tanzania
Asgeir Johannessen, Ezra Naman, Bernard J Ngowi, Leiv Sandvik, Mecky I Matee, Henry E Aglen, Svein G Gundersen, Johan N Bruun
The impact and effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in Scotland for those aged 65 and over during winter 2003/2004
John D Mooney, Amanda Weir, Jim McMenamin, Lewis D Ritchie, Tatania V Macfarlane, Colin R Simpson, Syed Ahmed, Chris Robertson, Stuart C Clarke
Geographic distribution and genetic diversity of the Ehrlichia sp. from Panola Mountain in Amblyomma americanum
Amanda D Loftis, Tonya R Mixson, Ellen Y Stromdahl, Michael J Yabsley, Laurel E Garrison, Phillip C Williamson, Robert R Fitak, Paul A Fuerst, Daryl J Kelly, Keith W Blount
Differential effects of antibiotics in combination with G-CSF on survival and polymorphonuclear granulocyte cell functions in septic rats
Artur Bauhofer, Markus Huttel, Wilfried Lorenz, Daniel I Sessler, Alexander Torossian
Rapid Detection of Chlamydia trachomatisand Typing of the Lymphogranuloma venereum associated L-Serovars by TaqMan PCR
Anke Schaeffer, Birgit Henrich
MBL2and Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Injection Drug Users
Elizabeth E Brown, Mingdong Zhang, Rebecca Zarin-Pass, Toralf Bernig, Fan-Chen Tseng, Nianqing Xiao, Meredith Yeager, Brian R Edlin, Stephen J Chanock, Thomas R O'Brien
Seroprevalence of Bartonellaspp. infection in HIV patients in Catalonia, Spain
Immaculada Pons, Isabel Sanfeliu, María Mercedes Nogueras, Montserrat Sala, Manuel Cervantes, M José Amengual, Ferran Segura
Immune correlates of CD4 decline in HIV-infected patients experiencing virologic failure before undergoing treatment interruption
Kenneth H Huang, Mona R Loutfy, Christos M Tsoukas, Nicole F Bernard
Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in a high income country: A report of four unrelated cases
Stefan H Blaas, Ralf Mütterlein, Johannes Weig, Albert Neher, Bernd Salzberger, Norbert Lehn, Ludmila Naumann
Non-travel related Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 infections in the Netherlands; A case series 2004 – 2006
Katrine Borgen, Tineke Herremans, Erwin Duizer, Harry Vennema, Saskia Rutjes, Arnold Bosman, Ana Maria de Roda Husman, Marion Koopmans
Take the sex out of STI screening! Views of young women on implementing chlamydia screening in General Practice
Natasha L Pavlin, Rhian Parker, Christopher K Fairley, Jane M Gunn, Jane Hocking
Serological evidence for human cystic echinococcosis in Slovenia
Jernej Logar, Barbara Soba, Tadeja Kotar
UV-visible marker confirms that environmental persistence of Clostridium difficile spores in toilets of patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea is associated with lack of compliance with cleaning protocol.
Michelle J Alfa, Christine Dueck, Nancy Olson, Pat DeGagne, Selena Papetti, Alana Wald, Evelyn Lo, Godfrey Harding
Screening for tuberculosis infection among newly arrived asylum seekers: Comparison of QuantiFERON®TB Gold with tuberculin skin test
Brita Askeland Winje, Fredrik Oftung, Gro Ellen Korsvold, Turid Mannsåker, Anette Skistad Jeppesen, Ingunn Harstad, Berit Tafjord Heier, Einar Heldal
Potential impact of infant feeding recommendations on mortality and HIV-infection in children born to HIV-infected mothers in Africa: a simulation
Julius Atashili, Linda Kalilani, Vidyunmala Seksaria, Emily E Sickbert-Bennett
Incidence and impact on clinical outcome of infections with piperacillin/tazobactam resistant Escherichia coli in ICU: A retrospective study
Agnès Meybeck, Jean-Damien Ricard, Guilène Barnaud, Mathieu Eveillard, Guillaume Chevrel, Roman Mounier, Didier Dreyfuss
Presence of qnr gene in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant to ciprofloxacin isolated from pediatric patients in China
Aihua Wang, Yonghong Yang, Quan Lu, Yi Wang, Yuan Chen, Li Deng, Hui Ding, Qiulian Deng, Hong Zhang, Chuanqing Wang, Lan Liu, Xiwei Xu, Li Wang, Xuzhuang Shen
Frequency distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in different geographical regions of Pakistan and their possible routes of transmission
Muhammad Idrees, Sheikh Riazuddin
Healthcare-associated infections in pediatric cancer patients: results of a prospective surveillance study from university hospitals in Germany and Switzerland
Arne Simon, Roland A Ammann, Udo Bode, Gudrun Fleischhack, Hans-Martin Wenchel, Dorothee Schwamborn, Chara Gravou, Paul-Gerhardt Schlegel, Stefan Rutkowski, Claudia Dannenberg, Dieter Körholz, Hans Jürgen Laws, Michael H Kramer
Fluoroquinolone resistance during 2000–2005 : An observational study
Richard J Ryan, Chris Lindsell, Paul Sheehan
Patient and provider delay in tuberculosis suspects from communities with a high HIV prevalence in South Africa: A cross-sectional study
Graeme Meintjes, Hennie Schoeman, Chelsea Morroni, Douglas Wilson, Gary Maartens
Development and optimization of quantitative PCR for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis with bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
Prasanna D Khot, Daisy L Ko, Robert C Hackman, David N Fredricks
Geographical information system and predictive risk maps of urinary schistosomiasis in Ogun State, Nigeria
Uwem F Ekpo, Chiedu F Mafiana, Clement O Adeofun, Adewale RT Solarin, Adewumi B Idowu
HIV-1, HSV-2 and syphilis among pregnant women in a rural area of Tanzania: Prevalence and risk factors
Khadija I Yahya-Malima, Bjørg Evjen-Olsen, Mecky I Matee, Knut Fylkesnes, Lars Haarr
Estimation of the incidence of genital warts and the cost of illness in Germany: A cross-sectional study
Peter Hillemanns, J Gabrielle Breugelmans, Friederike Gieseking, Stève Bénard, Emilie Lamure, Kavi J Littlewood, Karl U Petry
HIV-1 Tat protein alter the tight junction integrity and function of retinal pigment epithelium: an in vitro study
Ling Bai, Zhenping Zhang, Hui Zhang, Xiumei Li, Qiurong Yu, Haotian Lin, Wenhui Yang
Age-specific seroprevalence of hepatitis A in Antananarivo (Madagascar)
Vaomalala Raharimanga, Jean-François Carod, Charles-Emile Ramarokoto, Jean-Baptiste Chrétien, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Antoine Talarmin, Vincent Richard
Acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care unit: A novel system to study clonal relationship among the isolates
Carla Fontana, Marco Favaro, Silvia Minelli, Maria Cristina Bossa, Gian Piero Testore, Francesca Leonardis, Silvia Natoli, Cartesio Favalli
Emergence of Carbapenem resistant Gram negative and vancomycin resistant Gram positive organisms in bacteremic isolates of febrile neutropenic patients: A descriptive study
Seema Irfan, Faiza Idrees, Vikram Mehraj, Faizah Habib, Salman Adil, Rumina Hasan
Molecular epidemiology of pneumococci obtained from Gambian children aged 2–29 months with invasive pneumococcal disease during a trial of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Martin Antonio, Hannah Dada-Adegbola, Ekow Biney, Tim Awine, John O'Callaghan, Valentin Pfluger, Godwin Enwere, Brown Okoko, Claire Oluwalana, Adeola Vaughan, Syed MA Zaman, Gerd Pluschke, Brian M Greenwood, Felicity Cutts, Richard A Adegbola
Hepatitis C virus prevalence and genetic diversity among pregnant women in Gabon, central Africa
Guy-Roger Ndong-Atome, Maria Makuwa, Richard Njouom, Michel Branger, Francoise Brun-Vézinet, Antoine Mahé, Dominique Rousset, Mirdad Kazanji
An individual-based network model to evaluate interventions for controlling pneumococcal transmission
Diana Karlsson, Andreas Jansson, Birgitta Henriques Normark, Patric Nilsson
Brain injury-associated biomarkers of TGF-beta1, S100B, GFAP, NF-L, tTG, AbetaPP, and tau were concomitantly enhanced and the UPS was impaired during acute brain injury caused by Toxocara canisin mice
Chien-Wei Liao, Chia-Kwung Fan, Ting-Chang Kao, Dar-Der Ji, Kua-Eyre Su, Yun-Ho Lin, Wen-Long Cho
Human Papillomavirus type distribution in invasive cervical cancer in Uganda
Michael Odida, Silvia de Sanjosé, Wim Quint, Xavier F Bosch, Joellen Klaustermeier, Elisabete Weiderpass
Multiplex cytokine profile from dengue patients: MIP-1beta and IFN-gamma as predictive factors for severity
Fernando A Bozza, Oswaldo G Cruz, Sonia MO Zagne, Elzinandes L Azeredo, Rita MR Nogueira, Edson F Assis, Patricia T Bozza, Claire F Kubelka
Induction of beta defensin 2 by NTHi requires TLR2 mediated MyD88 and IRAK-TRAF6-p38MAPK signaling pathway in human middle ear epithelial cells
Haa-Yung Lee, Tamotsu Takeshita, Jun Shimada, Arsen Akopyan, Jeong-Im Woo, Huiqi Pan, Sung K Moon, Ali Andalibi, Rae-Kil Park, Sung-Ho Kang, Shin-Seok Kang, Robert Gellibolian, David J Lim
Analysis of risk factors for T. brucei rhodesiensesleeping sickness within villages in south-east Uganda
Thomas Zoller, Eric M Fèvre, Susan C Welburn, Martin Odiit, Paul G Coleman
Utility of CD4 cell counts for early prediction of virological failure during antiretroviral therapy in a resource-limited setting
Motasim Badri, Stephen D Lawn, Robin Wood
Survey of childhood empyema in Asia: Implications for detecting the unmeasured burden of culture-negative bacterial disease
Batmunkh Nyambat, Paul E Kilgore, Dong Eun Yong, Dang Duc Anh, Chen-Hsun Chiu, Xuzhuang Shen, Luis Jodar, Timothy L Ng, Hans L Bock, William P Hausdorff
The Procalcitonin And Survival Study (PASS) – A Randomised multi-center investigator-initiated trial to investigate whether daily measurements biomarker Procalcitoninand pro-active diagnostic and therapeutic responses to abnormal Procalcitonin levels, can improve survival in intensive care unit patients. Calculated sample size (target population): 1000 patients
Jens-Ulrik Jensen, Bettina Lundgren, Lars Hein, Thomas Mohr, Pernille L Petersen, Lasse H Andersen, Anne Ø Lauritsen, Sine Hougaard, Teit Mantoni, Bonnie Bømler, Klaus J Thornberg, Katrin Thormar, Jesper Løken, Morten Steensen, Peder Carl, J Asger Petersen, Hamid Tousi, Peter Søe-Jensen, Morten Bestle, Søren Hestad, Mads H Andersen, Paul Fjeldborg, Kim M Larsen, Charlotte Rossau, Carsten B Thomsen, Christian Østergaard, Jesper Kjær, Jesper Grarup, Jens D Lundgren
Use of multiple methods for genotyping Fusariumduring an outbreak of contact lens associated fungal keratitis in Singapore
Roland Jureen, Tse H Koh, Grace Wang, Louis YA Chai, Ai L Tan, Tracy Chai, Yong W Wong, Yue Wang, Paul A Tambyah, Roger Beuerman, Donald Tan
Risk factors for poor virological outcome at 12 months in a workplace-based antiretroviral therapy programme in South Africa: A cohort study
Katherine L Fielding, Salome Charalambous, Amy L Stenson, Lindiwe F Pemba, Des J Martin, Robin Wood, Gavin J Churchyard, Alison D Grant
Childhood TB epidemiology and treatment outcomes in Thailand: a TB active surveillance network, 2004 to 2006
Rangsima Lolekha, Amornrat Anuwatnonthakate, Sriprapa Nateniyom, Surin Sumnapun, Norio Yamada, Wanpen Wattanaamornkiat, Wanchai Sattayawuthipong, Pricha Charusuntonsri, Natpatou Sanguanwongse, Charles D Wells, Jay K Varma
Clinical case review: A method to improve identification of true clinical and radiographic pneumonia in children meeting the World Health Organization definition for pneumonia
Taneli Puumalainen, Beatriz Quiambao, Erma Abucejo-Ladesma, Socorro Lupisan, Tarja Heiskanen-Kosma, Petri Ruutu, Marilla G Lucero, Hanna Nohynek, Eric AF Simoes, Ian Riley
Invasive pneumococcal infections among persons with and without underlying medical conditions: Implications for prevention strategies
Peter Klemets, Outi Lyytikäinen, Petri Ruutu, Jukka Ollgren, J Pekka Nuorti
Default from tuberculosis treatment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Who are these defaulters and why do they default?
Epco Hasker, Maksad Khodjikhanov, Shakhnoz Usarova, Umid Asamidinov, Umida Yuldashova, Marieke J van der Werf, Gulnoz Uzakova, Jaap Veen
Evaluation and optimization of a commercial enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for detection of Chlamydophila pneumoniaeIgA antibodies
Olfa Frikha-Gargouri, Radhouane Gdoura, Abir Znazen, Nozha Ben Arab, Jalel Gargouri, Mounir Ben Jemaa, Adnene Hammami
Estimating Chikungunya prevalence in La Réunion Island outbreak by serosurveys: Two methods for two critical times of the epidemic
Patrick Gérardin, Vanina Guernier, Joëlle Perrau, Adrian Fianu, Karin Le Roux, Philippe Grivard, Alain Michault, Xavier de Lamballerie, Antoine Flahault, François Favier
A cohort study to evaluate persistence of hepatitis B immunogenicity after administration of hexavalent vaccines
Cristina Giambi, Antonino Bella, Antonella Barale, Domenico Montù, Maria Marchisio, Maurizio Oddone, Salvatore Zito, Maria Rapicetta, Paola Chionne, Elisabetta Madonna, Marta L Ciofi degli Atti
Mycobacterium tuberculosisspoligotypes and drug susceptibility pattern of isolates from tuberculosis patients in peri-urban Kampala, Uganda
Benon B Asiimwe, Solomon Ghebremichael, Gunilla Kallenius, Tuija Koivula, Moses L Joloba
Taurolidine-citrate lock solution (TauroLock) significantly reduces CVAD-associated grampositive infections in pediatric cancer patients
Arne Simon, Roland A Ammann, Gertrud Wiszniewsky, Udo Bode, Gudrun Fleischhack, Mette M Besuden
Cost-effectiveness of introducing a rotavirus vaccine in developing countries: The case of Mexico
Atanacio Valencia-Mendoza, Stefano M Bertozzi, Juan-Pablo Gutierrez, Robbin Itzler
Early indicators of exposure to biological threat agents using host gene profiles in peripheral blood mononuclear cells
Rina Das, Rasha Hammamieh, Roger Neill, George V Ludwig, Steven Eker, Patrick Lincoln, Preveen Ramamoorthy, Apsara Dhokalia, Sachin Mani, Chanaka Mendis, Christiano Cummings, Brian Kearney, Atabak Royaee, Xiao-Zhe Huang, Chrysanthi Paranavitana, Leonard Smith, Sheila Peel, Niranjan Kanesa-Thasan, David Hoover, Luther E Lindler, David Yang, Erik Henchal, Marti Jett
Molecular epidemiology of drug-resistant malaria in western Kenya highlands
Daibin Zhong, Yaw Afrane, Andrew Githeko, Liwang Cui, David M Menge, Guiyun Yan
Uptake of HIV testing and outcomes within a Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) programme to treat Severe Acute Malnutrition in Malawi: a descriptive study
Paluku Bahwere, Ellen Piwoz, Marthias C Joshua, Kate Sadler, Caroline H Grobler-Tanner, Saul Guerrero, Steve Collins
Cytomegalovirus Infections among African-Americans
Isca R Wilms, Al M Best, Stuart P Adler
Regional differences in HIV prevalence among drug users in China: potential for future spread of HIV?
Mirjam Kretzschmar, Weidong Zhang, Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Lan Wang, Xinhua Sun, Alexander Kraemer, Fan Lv
The Recent-Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains among Iranian and Afghan Relapse Cases: a DNA-fingerprinting using RFLP and spoligotyping
Parissa-Farnia, Mohammad Reza Masjedi, Mohammad Varahram, Mehdi Mirsaeidi, Mojtaba Ahmadi, Mehdi Khazampour, Payam Tabarsi, Parvaneh Baghei, Mojtaba Marjane, Muslam Bahadori, Abolhasan Zia Zarifi, Ali Akbar Velayati
Schistosomiasis transmission at high altitude crater lakes in Western Uganda
Rubaihayo John, Moghusu Ezekiel, Clouds Philbert, Abaasa Andrew
Seroprevalence of HHV-8, CMV, and EBV among the general population in Ghana, West Africa
Andrew A Adjei, Henry B Armah, Foster Gbagbo, Isaac Boamah, Clement Adu-Gyamfi, Isaac Asare
Neonatal tetanus in Turkey; what has changed in the last decade?
Bunyamin Dikici, Hakan Uzun, Ebru Yilmaz-Keskin, Taskin Tas, Ali Gunes, Halil Kocamaz, Capan Konca, Mehmet A Tas
Rabies trend in China (1990–2007) and post-exposure prophylaxis in the Guangdong province
Han Si, Zhong-Min Guo, Yuan-Tao Hao, Yu-Ge Liu, Ding-Mei Zhang, Shao-Qi Rao, Jia-Hai Lu
Increasing the frequency of hand washing by healthcare workers does not lead to commensurate reductions in staphylococcal infection in a hospital ward
Clive B Beggs, Simon J Shepherd, Kevin G Kerr
A highly efficacious pediculicide based on dimeticone: Randomized observer blinded comparative trial
Jorg Heukelbach, Daniel Pilger, Fabíola A Oliveira, Adak Khakban, Liana Ariza, Hermann Feldmeier
Impact of Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy on Outcomes in Patients with Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia: A Cohort Study
Kerri A Thom, Marin L Schweizer, Regina B Osih, Jessina C McGregor, Jon P Furuno, Eli N Perencevich, Anthony D Harris
Pandemic influenza in Australia: Using telephone surveys to measure perceptions of threat and willingness to comply
Margo Barr, Beverley Raphael, Melanie Taylor, Garry Stevens, Louisa Jorm, Michael Giffin, Sanja Lujic
Outcome of HIV-associated Pneumocystis pneumonia in hospitalized patients from 2000 through 2003
Saba Radhi, Travis Alexander, Michelle Ukwu, Samer Saleh, Alison Morris
Seroprevalence and correlates of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C virus among intrapartum patients in Kabul, Afghanistan
Catherine S Todd, Malalay Ahmadzai, Faridullah Atiqzai, Suellen Miller, Jeffrey M Smith, Syed Alef Shah Ghazanfar, Steffanie A Strathdee
Frequency, factors and costs associated with injection site infections: Findings from a national multi-site survey of injecting drug users in England
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