Ausgabe 1/2019
Inhalt (1075 Artikel)
Laboratory evaluation of four HIV/syphilis rapid diagnostic tests
Annelies Van Den Heuvel, Hilde Smet, Irena Prat, Anita Sands, Willy Urassa, Katrien Fransen, Tania Crucitti
Revisiting area risk classification of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil
Gustavo Machado, Julio Alvarez, Haakon Christopher Bakka, Andres Perez, Lucas Edel Donato, Francisco Edilson de Ferreira Lima Júnior, Renato Vieira Alves, Victor Javier Del Rio Vilas
Occurrence of disputed rpoB mutations among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates phenotypically susceptible to rifampicin in a country with a low incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Noura M. Al-Mutairi, Suhail Ahmad, Eiman Mokaddas, Hanaa S. Eldeen, Susan Joseph
Epidemiological description of a protracted cholera outbreak in Tonj East and Tonj North counties, former Warrap State, South Sudan, May-Oct 2017
Fred Nsubuga, Stephen Chol Garang, Mathew Tut, David Oguttu, Robert Lubajo, Dennis Lodiongo, Michael Lasuba, Allan Mpairwe
CRYPTOCOCCAL meningitis in a HIV negative newly diagnosed diabetic patient: a CASE report
Odhiambo Henry Owuor, Patrick Chege
Comparison of an in-house real-time duplex PCR assay with commercial HOLOGIC® APTIMA assays for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in urine and extra-genital specimens
Johanna M. E. Venter, Precious M. Mahlangu, Etienne E. Müller, David A. Lewis, Kevin Rebe, Helen Struthers, James McIntyre, Ranmini S. Kularatne
Is a positive Christie-Atkinson-Munch-Peterson (CAMP) test sensitive enough for the identification of Streptococcus agalactiae?
Dacheng Guo, Yu Xi, Shanmei Wang, Zeyu Wang
Viral load detection and management on first line ART in rural Rwanda
Jean de Dieu Ndagijimana Ntwali, Tom Decroo, Muhayimpundu Ribakare, Athanase Kiromera, Placidie Mugwaneza, Sabin Nsanzimana, Lutgarde Lynen
Mortality in hospitalized patients with tuberculous meningitis
Jaime Soria, Tatiana Metcalf, Nicanor Mori, Renee E. Newby, Silvia M. Montano, Luz Huaroto, Eduardo Ticona, Joseph R. Zunt
Development and validation of a risk score to predict mortality during TB treatment in patients with TB-diabetes comorbidity
Duc T. Nguyen, Edward A. Graviss
Clinical characteristics of HIV-1-infected patients with high levels of plasma interferon-γ: a multicenter observational study
Dai Watanabe, Tomoko Uehira, Sachiko Suzuki, Erina Matsumoto, Takashi Ueji, Kazuyuki Hirota, Rumi Minami, Soichiro Takahama, Kimikazu Hayashi, Morio Sawamura, Masahiro Yamamoto, Takuma Shirasaka
Estimating the burden of care home gastroenteritis outbreaks in England, 2014–2016
Thomas Inns, Helen E. Clough, John P. Harris, Roberto Vivancos, Natalie Adams, Sarah J. O’Brien
Epidemiology survey of infectious diseases in North Korean travelers, 2015–2017
Pengyu Han, Yanxia Teng, Xiuxin Bi, Jinge Li, Dianxing Sun
Subclinical tuberculosis among adults with HIV: clinical features and outcomes in a South African cohort
Kristina L. Bajema, Ingrid V. Bassett, Sharon M. Coleman, Douglas Ross, Kenneth A. Freedberg, Anna Wald, Paul K. Drain
Young patient with hantavirus-induced myocarditis detected by comprehensive cardiac magnetic resonance assessment
Patrick Krumm, Tanja Zitzelsberger, Meinrad Gawaz, Simon Greulich
Focus of infection and microbiological etiology in community-acquired infections in hospitalized adult patients in the Faroe Islands
Marija Todorovic Markovic, Court Pedersen, Magnús Gottfredsson, Mirjana Todorovic Mitic, Shahin Gaini
Cardiac events after macrolides or fluoroquinolones in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia: post-hoc analysis of a cluster-randomized trial
Douwe F. Postma, Cristian Spitoni, Cornelis H. van Werkhoven, Leontine J. R. van Elden, Jan Jelrik Oosterheert, Marc J. M. Bonten
Time delay and associated mortality from negative smear to positive Xpert MTB/RIF test among TB/HIV patients: a retrospective study
Miguelhete Lisboa, Inês Fronteira, Estefano Colove, Marques Nhamonga, Maria do Rosário O. Martins
Epidemic pattern of hand-foot-and-mouth disease in Xi’an, China from 2008 through 2015
JiFeng Liu, XiaoMei Xiang, ZhongShu Pu, Yong Long, Dan Xiao, WeiLu Zhang, Qian Li, XiTong Li, SiYao Li, ZhongJun Shao, XiaoLi Yang, YongMin Xiong
Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 isolated from a Japanese patient without a history of foreign travel - a new public health concern in Japan: a case report
Yusuke Ainoda, Kotaro Aoki, Yoshikazu Ishii, Kentaro Okuda, Hitomi Furukawa, Ryo Manabe, Toshinori Sahara, Fukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama, Hitomi Kurosu, Yukiko Ando, Maki Fujisawa, Hitomi Hoshino, Hideki Arima, Kenji Ohnishi
Routine HIV testing program in the University Infectious Diseases Centre in Lithuania: a four-year analysis
Raimonda Matulionytė, Kęstutis Žagminas, Eglė Balčiūnaitė, Elžbieta Matulytė, Rasutė Paulauskienė, Almina Bajoriūnienė, Arvydas Ambrozaitis
Performance of serological tests PGL1 and NDO-LID in the diagnosis of leprosy in a reference Center in Brazil
André Luiz Leturiondo, Ariani Batista Noronha, Monik Oney Oliveira do Nascimento, Cynthia de Oliveira Ferreira, Fabíola da Costa Rodrigues, Milton Ozório Moraes, Carolina Talhari
Prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis IS 900 DNA in biopsy tissues from patients with Crohn’s disease: histopathological and molecular comparison with Johne’s disease in Fars province of Iran
Forough Zarei-Kordshouli, Bita Geramizadeh, Azizollah Khodakaram-Tafti
Diversity of upper respiratory tract infections and prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization among patients with fever and flu-like symptoms
Jialiang Tang, Jinkun Chen, Tingting He, Zhuojing Jiang, Jiale Zhou, Bin Hu, Shangxin Yang
Evaluation of point of care tests for the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Suriname
Henk D. F. H. Schallig, Ricardo V. P. Hu, Alida D. Kent, Merlin van Loenen, Sandra Menting, Albert Picado, Zippora Oosterling, Israel Cruz
Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in an ethnically-diverse high incidence region in England, 2007–11
Emilia Vynnycky, Adrienne R. Keen, Jason T. Evans, Shaina Khanom, Peter M. Hawkey, Richard G. White, Ibrahim Abubakar
Prevalence and incidence of genital warts and cervical Human Papillomavirus infections in Nigerian women
Eileen O. Dareng, Sally N. Adebamowo, Ayotunde Famooto, Oluwatoyosi Olawande, Michael K. Odutola, Yinka Olaniyan, Richard A. Offiong, Paul P. Pharoah, Clement A. Adebamowo
Healthcare-associated infections: bacteriological characterization of the hospital surfaces in the University Hospital of Abomey-Calavi/so-ava in South Benin (West Africa)
F. Cyr Doscoph Afle, Alidéhou Jerrold Agbankpe, Roch Christian Johnson, Olivia Houngbégnon, Sègbè Christophe Houssou, Honoré Sourou Bankole
Carriage rates and risk factors during an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C ST-11 (cc11) in Tuscany, Italy: a cross-sectional study
Alessandro Miglietta, Francesco Innocenti, Patrizio Pezzotti, Eleonora Riccobono, Maria Moriondo, Patrizia Pecile, Francesco Nieddu, Gian Maria Rossolini, Chiara Azzari, Alessandra Bagnoli, Giuseppe Boncompagni, Francesco Cirpiani, Paolo Filidei, Giorgio Garofalo, Marinella Chiti, Gabriele Mazzoni, Astrid Mercone, Giovanna Mereu, Sabrina Novelli, Maria Grazia Santini, Maurizio Spagnesi, Emanuela Balocchini, Giovanni Rezza, Fabio Voller, Paola Stefanelli
Helicobacter pylori infection among patients presenting with dyspepsia at a primary care setting in Cameroon: seroprevalence, five-year trend and predictors
Jeannine A. Aminde, Guisilla A. Dedino, Calypse A. Ngwasiri, Kingsley S. Ombaku, Cedric A. Mahop Makon, Leopold Ndemnge Aminde
Chlamydia trachomatis screening in urine among asymptomatic men attending an STI clinic in Paris: a cross-sectional study
Paul Rondeau, Nadia Valin, Dominique Decré, Pierre-Marie Girard, Karine Lacombe, Laure Surgers
Clinical characteristics and viral etiologies of outpatients with acute respiratory infections in Huzhou of China: a retrospective study
Xiaohong Wen, Qiuling Huang, Hong Tao, Weihua Zou, Min Gao, Huihui Guo, Xing Yao, Dawei Cui, Xiang Wang
Clonorchiasis sinensis detected by laparoscopic exploration of biliary tracts in two patients with obstructive jaundice
Xialei Liu, Genglong Zhu, Chaonong Cai, Zhiyue Lv, Jian Li
Severe systemic cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent patient outside the intensive care unit: a case report
Giovanni Carpani, Sergio Foresti, Raffaella Dell’Oro, Guido Grassi, Michele Bombelli
Regional outbreak of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST834 in Japanese children
Yuki Uehara, Takashi Sasaki, Tadashi Baba, Yujie Lu, Eri Imajo, Yuka Sato, Shigeru Tanno, Munehiro Furuichi, Miki Kawada, Keiichi Hiramatsu
Human adenovirus type 7 infection causes a more severe disease than type 3
Yangxi Fu, Zhengzhen Tang, Zhixu Ye, Shi Mo, Xingui Tian, Ke Ni, Luo Ren, Enmei Liu, Na Zang
Severe chest allodynia as an unusual first presentation of hydatid disease: a case report
Flaminia Coluzzi, Roberto Luca Meniconi, Damiano Caruso, Flaminia Rivosecchi, Linda Petrone, Delia Goletti, Giuseppe Maria Ettorre
Effect of laminar air flow and building construction on aspergillosis in acute leukemia patients: a retrospective cohort study
Makoto Iwasaki, Junya Kanda, Masakatsu Hishizawa, Toshiyuki Kitano, Tadakazu Kondo, Kouhei Yamashita, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo
Bovine tuberculosis in eastern Ethiopia: prevalence, risk factors and its public health importance
Jelalu Kemal, Berhanu Sibhat, Aklilu Abraham, Yitagele Terefe, Ketema Tafess Tulu, Kiros Welay, Nejib Getahun
Influenza B virus infection complicated by life-threatening pericarditis: a unique case-report and literature review
Silvia Spoto, Emanuele Valeriani, Luciana Locorriere, Giuseppina Beretta Anguissola, Angelo Lauria Pantano, Francesca Terracciani, Elisabetta Riva, Massimo Ciccozzi, Sebastiano Costantino, Silvia Angeletti
Cost of three models of care for drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Nigeria
Florence O. Bada, Evaezi Okpokoro, Nick Blok, Emmanuel Meribole, Saswata Dutt, Patrick Dakum, Alash’le Abimiku, Alice Zwerling, Sandra V. Kik
Influenza infections in Australia 2009–2015: is there a combined effect of age and sex on susceptibility to virus subtypes?
Kam Cheong Wong, Georgina M. Luscombe, Catherine Hawke
Common uropathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern among diabetic patients
Hiwot Ketema Woldemariam, Dereje Assefa Geleta, Kassu Desta Tulu, Negga Asamene Aber, Melese Hailu Legese, Genet Molla Fenta, Ibrahim Ali
Biofilm production by Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from the nasopharynx of children with acute otitis media
Quentin Vermee, Robert Cohen, Constantin Hays, Emmanuelle Varon, Stephane Bonacorsi, Stephane Bechet, Franck Thollot, François Corrard, Claire Poyart, Corinne Levy, Josette Raymond
Using clinical practice guidelines to manage dengue: a qualitative study in a Malaysian hospital
Alexandra Wharton-Smith, Judith Green, Ee Chin Loh, Alexander Gorrie, Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar, Loraine Bacchus, Lucy Chai See Lum
Prevalence, genotype and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridium difficile isolates from healthy pets in Eastern China
Yanxia Wei, Mingchuang Sun, Yuhan Zhang, Jing Gao, Fanyun Kong, Dianbin Liu, Hao Yu, Jinxin Du, Renxian Tang
Rates of hospitalization and death for all-cause and rotavirus acute gastroenteritis before rotavirus vaccine introduction in Kenya, 2010–2013
Richard Omore, Sammy Khagayi, Billy Ogwel, Reuben Onkoba, John B. Ochieng, Jane Juma, Stephen Munga, Collins Tabu, Sergon Kibet, J. Pekka Nuorti, Frank Odhiambo, Jason M. Mwenda, Robert F. Breiman, Umesh D. Parashar, Jacqueline E. Tate
Clostridium difficile infections in teaching hospital in northern Finland
M. Marttila-Vaara, P. Ylipalosaari, H. Kauma
Multimodal therapy and twenty years of valid management of a patient with chronic hepatitis B in a less developed Western Region in China---case report and review of the literature
Yue-Rong Zhang, De-Ming Wu, Xiong-Chang Liu, Ning Zhou, Chang-Chun Cao, Wu-Hua Liu, Chun-Xia Wang, Hui Wang
Infection due to Mycoplasma hominis after left hip replacement: case report and literature review
Lili Xiang, Binghuai Lu
Prolonged oral vancomycin for secondary prophylaxis of relapsing Clostridium difficile infection
Kevin Zhang, Patricia Beckett, Salaheddin Abouanaser, Vida Stankus, Christine Lee, Marek Smieja
Transcription factors STAT-4, STAT-6 and CREB regulate Th1/Th2 response in leprosy patients: effect of M. leprae antigens
Rajni Upadhyay, Bhavyata Dua, Bhawna Sharma, Mohan Natrajan, Ajai Kumar Jain, Balaji Kithiganahalli Narayanaswamy, Beenu Joshi
Viral species richness and composition in young children with loose or watery stool in Ethiopia
Kristen Aiemjoy, Eda Altan, Solomon Aragie, Dionna M. Fry, Tung G. Phan, Xutao Deng, Melsew Chanyalew, Zerihun Tadesse, E. Kelly Callahan, Eric Delwart, Jeremy D. Keenan
Influence of subinhibitory antifungal concentrations on extracellular hydrolases and biofilm production by Candida albicans recovered from Egyptian patients
Houdaii H. El-Houssaini, Omnia M. Elnabawy, Hebatallah A. Nasser, Walid F. Elkhatib
Pleural IFN-γ release assay combined with biomarkers distinguished effectively tuberculosis from malignant pleural effusion
Yimin Tang, Juanjuan Zhang, Huarong Huang, Xing He, Jiaohong Zhang, Min Ou, Guobao Li, Changchun Zeng, Taosheng Ye, Lili Ren, Yingxia Liu, Guoliang Zhang
TLR9 polymorphism correlates with immune activation, CD4 decline and plasma IP10 levels in HIV patients
Anjali Joshi, Erin B. Punke, Tugba Mehmetoglu-Gurbuz, Diego P. Peralta, Himanshu Garg
Reactivation of resolved hepatitis B virus infection combined with nephrotic syndrome in a patient after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Jing-Wen Zhang, Xiang-Zhong Zhang, Yan-Ling Sun, Bing Long, Xiao-Zhen Wang, Xu-Dong Li
A case report of an atypical presentation of pyogenic iliopsoas abscess
Bang Yu Xu, Farhad Fakhrudin Vasanwala, Sher Guan Low
Efficacy and tolerability of lamivudine plus dolutegravir compared with lamivudine plus boosted PIs in HIV-1 positive individuals with virologic suppression: a retrospective study from the clinical practice
Alberto Borghetti, Francesca Lombardi, Roberta Gagliardini, Gianmaria Baldin, Arturo Ciccullo, Davide Moschese, Arianna Emiliozzi, Simone Belmonti, Silvia Lamonica, Francesca Montagnani, Elena Visconti, Andrea De Luca, Simona Di Giambenedetto
Missed pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross sectional study in the general medical inpatient wards of a large referral hospital in Ethiopia
Dawit Assefa, Feleke Belachew, Getachew Wondimagegn, Eveline Klinkenberg
Prevalence and associated factors of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among female commercial sex workers in Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia
Alelign Tadele, Siraj Hussen, Techalew Shimelis
Effect of isoniazid preventive therapy on tuberculosis incidence and associated risk factors among HIV infected adults in Tanzania: a retrospective cohort study
Amon Sabasaba, Henry Mwambi, Geoffrey Somi, Angella Ramadhani, Michael J. Mahande
Molecular mechanisms of azole resistance in Candida bloodstream isolates
Jocelyn Qi-Min Teo, Shannon Jing-Yi Lee, Ai-Ling Tan, Robyn Su-May Lim, Yiying Cai, Tze-Peng Lim, Andrea Lay-Hoon Kwa
Programmes for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV infection transmission have made progress in Yunnan Province, China, from 2006 to 2015: a cost effective and cost-benefit evaluation
Xiaowen Wang, Guangping Guo, Jiarui Zheng, Lin Lu
Unusual manifestation of disseminated herpes simplex virus type 2 infection associated with pharyngotonsilitis, esophagitis, and hemophagocytic lymphohisitocytosis without genital involvement
Shuhei Kurosawa, Noritaka Sekiya, Kazuaki Fukushima, Kazuhiko Ikeuchi, Akito Fukuda, Hideyuki Takahashi, Fangyi Chen, Hideki Hasegawa, Harutaka Katano, Tsunekazu Hishima, Keigo Setoguchi
Pneumocystis jirovecii-related spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema in a liver transplant recipient: a case report
Wong Hoi She, Kenneth S. H. Chok, Iris W. S. Li, Ka Wing Ma, Sui Ling Sin, Wing Chiu Dai, James Y. Y. Fung, Chung Mau Lo
Microwave detection and quantification of water hidden in and on building materials: implications for healthy buildings and microbiome studies
Andrew Horsley, David S. Thaler
Cold type autoimmune hemolytic anemia- a rare manifestation of infectious mononucleosis; serum ferritin as an important biomarker
Chinthana Dematapitiya, Chiara Perera, Wajira Chinthaka, Solith Senanayaka, Deshani Tennakoon, Anfas Ameer, Dinesh Ranasinghe, Ushani Warriyapperuma, Suneth Weerarathna, Ravindra Satharasinghe
Characterizing the molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus across and within fitness facility types
Mark Dalman, Sabana Bhatta, Nagashreyaa Nagajothi, Dipendra Thapaliya, Hailee Olson, Haji Mohammad Naimi, Tara C. Smith
Unusual manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis in children: a case series and its spatial dispersion in the western region of São Paulo state, Brazil
Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro, Patricia Rodrigues Naufal Spir, Mateus Fontanesi, Karen Gabriella Pereira Garcia, Francisco Assis da Silva, Edilson Ferreira Flores, Dewton de Moraes Vasconcelos
Prevalence and genotype distribution of human papillomavirus among 9945 women from the Nanhai area of Foshan
Xiao-wen Yuan, Yi-Jian Li, Quan Qiu, Zi-yuan Luo, Xue-feng Zhao
Cheap and rapid in-house method for direct identification of positive blood cultures by MALDI-TOF MS technology
Maya Azrad, Yoram Keness, Orna Nitzan, Nina Pastukh, Linda Tkhawkho, Victoria Freidus, Avi Peretz
RETRACTED ARTICLE: The epidemiology and chemotherapeutic approaches to the control of urinary schistosomiasis in school-age children (SAC): a systematic review
Tolulope Ebenezer Atalabi, Taiwo Oluwakemi Adubi
Septic pulmonary embolism associated with periodontal disease: a case report and literature review
Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Masamichi Yokoe, Yoshinori Noguchi
Identfication of viral and bacterial etiologic agents of the pertussis-like syndrome in children under 5 years old hospitalized
Stephanie Saiki-Macedo, Jorge Valverde-Ezeta, Angela Cornejo-Tapia, Maria Esther Castillo, Verónica Petrozzi-Helasvuo, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Luis J. del Valle, Erico Cieza-Mora, Carlos Bada, Olguita del Aguila, Wilmer Silva-Caso, Johanna Martins-Luna, Fernando Vasquez-Achaya, Juana del Valle-Mendoza
Investigating the virulence genes and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Vibrio cholerae O1 in environmental and clinical isolates in Accra, Ghana
David Abana, Elizabeth Gyamfi, Magdalene Dogbe, Grace Opoku, David Opare, Gifty Boateng, Lydia Mosi
A decade of antiretroviral therapy in Uganda: what are the emerging causes of death?
Agnes N. Kiragga, Frank Mubiru, Andrew D. Kambugu, Moses R. Kamya, Barbara Castelnuovo
A survey of fungal microbiota in airways of healthy volunteer subjects from Puglia (Apulia), Italy
Giovanna Elisiana Carpagnano, Antonia Susca, Giulia Scioscia, Donato Lacedonia, Grazia Cotugno, Piera Soccio, Sonia Santamaria, Onofrio Resta, Giuseppe Logrieco, Maria Pia Foschino Barbaro
Surveillance for severe hand, foot, and mouth disease from 2009 to 2015 in Jiangsu province: epidemiology, etiology, and disease burden
Hong Ji, Huan Fan, Peng-xiao Lu, Xue-Feng Zhang, Jing Ai, Chao Shi, Xiang Huo, Chang-jun Bao, Jun Shan, Yu Jin
To what extent can clinical characteristics be used to distinguish encephalitis from encephalopathy of other causes? Results from a prospective observational study
Else Quist-Paulsen, Anne-Marte Bakken Kran, Elisabeth S. Lindland, Katrine Ellefsen, Leiv Sandvik, Oona Dunlop, Vidar Ormaasen
Epidemiological characteristics, clinical manifestations, and treatment outcome of 139 paediatric Ebola patients treated at a Sierra Leone Ebola treatment center
Jia Bainga Kangbai, Christian Heumann, Michael Hoelscher, Foday Sahr, Guenter Froeschl
A prospective study of socio-demographic, clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of children with tuberculosis in Sindh, Pakistan
Madeeha Laghari, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Amer Hayat Khan, Naheed Memon
Sub-clinical abnormalities detected by PET/MRI in household tuberculosis contacts
James S. Molton, Benjamin A. Thomas, Yan Pang, Lih Kin Khor, James Hallinan, Claire M. Naftalin, John J. Totman, David W. Townsend, Tow Keang Lim, Cynthia Bin Eng Chee, Yee Tang Wang, Nicholas I. Paton
Consecutive antibiotic use in the outpatient setting: an extensive, longitudinal descriptive analysis of antibiotic dispensing data in the Netherlands
Loek A. W. de Jong, Paul D. van der Linden, Monique M. B. Roukens, Ewoudt M. W. van de Garde, Alike W. van der Velden, Stephanie Natsch
Hairy cell leukemia presenting with Ecthyma Gangrenosum- a case report
R. Sluga, M. Tersmette, M. Sohne
Effect of ABO blood group on asymptomatic, uncomplicated and placental Plasmodium falciparum infection: systematic review and meta-analysis
Abraham Degarege, Merhawi T. Gebrezgi, Consuelo M. Beck-Sague, Mats Wahlgren, Luiz Carlos de Mattos, Purnima Madhivanan
Norovirus strain types found within the second infectious intestinal diseases (IID2) study an analysis of norovirus circulating in the community
John P. Harris, Miren Iturriza-Gomara, David J. Allen, Susan Kelly, Sarah J. O’Brien
Improving natural ventilation in hospital waiting and consulting rooms to reduce nosocomial tuberculosis transmission risk in a low resource setting
A. Roderick Escombe, Eduardo Ticona, Víctor Chávez-Pérez, Manuel Espinoza, David A. J. Moore
Temporal patterns of influenza A subtypes and B lineages across age in a subtropical city, during pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic seasons
Linlin Zhou, Huiping Yang, Yu Kuang, Tianshu Li, Jianan Xu, Shuang Li, Ting Huang, Chuan Wang, Wanyi Li, Mingyuan Li, Shusen He, Ming Pan
Epidemiology and molecular characterization of the re-emerging measles virus among children and adults in the Haut-Ogooue, Gabon
Sonia Etenna Lekana-Douki, Pater Noster Sir-Ondo-Enguier, Octavie Banga-Mve-Ella, Romeo Karl Imboumy-Limoukou, Gael D. Maganga, Jean-Bernard Lekana-Douki, Nicolas Berthet
Coinfections and differential diagnosis in immunocompetent patients with uveitis of infectious origin
Alejandra de-la-Torre, Juanita Valdés-Camacho, Clara López de Mesa, Andrés Uauy-Nazal, Juan David Zuluaga, Lina María Ramírez-Páez, Felipe Durán, Elizabeth Torres-Morales, Jessica Triviño, Mateo Murillo, Alba Cristina Peñaranda, Juan Carlos Sepúlveda-Arias, Jorge Enrique Gómez-Marín
The respiratory microbiota: new insights into pulmonary tuberculosis
Setegn Eshetie, Dick van Soolingen
Modelling the impact of chest X-ray and alternative triage approaches prior to seeking a tuberculosis diagnosis
Abu A. M. Shazzadur Rahman, Ivor Langley, Rafael Galliez, Afrânio Kritski, Ewan Tomeny, S. Bertel Squire
Few eligible for the newly recommended short course MDR-TB regimen at a large Mumbai private clinic
Zarir F. Udwadia, Jeffrey A. Tornheim, Shashank Ganatra, Andrea DeLuca, Camilla S. Rodrigues, Amita Gupta
Safety of live attenuated varicella-zoster vaccine in patients with underlying illnesses compared with healthy adults: a prospective cohort study
Satoko Ohfuji, Kazuya Ito, Megumi Inoue, Motoki Ishibashi, Hiroko Kumashiro, Yoshio Hirota, Eiji Kayano, Naoshi Ota
Knowledge, attitude and associated factors towards tuberculosis in Lesotho: a population based study
Tegene Regassa Luba, Shangfeng Tang, Qiaoyan Liu, Simon Afewerki Gebremedhin, Matiko D. Kisasi, Zhanchun Feng
Program-wide review and follow-up of erythema Induratum of Bazin and tuberculosis-associated ocular inflammation management in a TB low-incidence setting: need for improved treatment candidate selection, therapy standardization, and care collaboration
William J. Connors, Dina A. Fisher, Dennis Y. Kunimoto, Julie M. Jarand
Leishmania cytochrome b gene sequence polymorphisms in southern Iran: relationships with different cutaneous clinical manifestations
Iraj Mohammadpour, Gholam Reza Hatam, Farhad Handjani, Farzaneh Bozorg-Ghalati, Daniel PourKamal, Mohammad Hossein Motazedian
Herpes zoster incidence in Germany - an indirect validation study for self-reported disease data from pretest studies of the population-based German National Cohort
Mahrrouz Caputo, Johannes Horn, André Karch, Manas K. Akmatov, Heiko Becher, Bettina Braun, Hermann Brenner, Stefanie Castell, Beate Fischer, Guido Giani, Kathrin Günther, Barbara Hoffmann, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Thomas Keil, Birgit Klüppelholz, Lilian Krist, Michael F. Leitzmann, Wolfgang Lieb, Jakob Linseisen, Christa Meisinger, Susanne Moebus, Nadia Obi, Tobias Pischon, Sabine Schipf, Börge Schmidt, Claudia Sievers, Astrid Steinbrecher, Henry Völzke, Rafael Mikolajczyk
Trend in risk of delay in diagnosis of new pulmonary tuberculosis in Northwest China from 2008 to 2017
Hongguang Chen, Tingwei Wang, Lin Liu, Donglin Wang, Qingxue Cheng
Recognition of aerosol transmission of infectious agents: a commentary
Raymond Tellier, Yuguo Li, Benjamin J. Cowling, Julian W. Tang
Group A streptococcus endocarditis in children: 2 cases and a review of the literature
Nao Ogura, Kouki Tomari, Tomotada Takayama, Naoya Tonegawa, Teppei Okawa, Takashi Matsuoka, Mami Nakayashiro, Tsutomu Matsumora
Post-traumatic osteomyelitis in Middle East war-wounded civilians: resistance to first-line antibiotics in selected bacteria over the decade 2006–2016
Fabien Fily, Jean-Baptiste Ronat, Nada Malou, Rupa Kanapathipillai, Caroline Seguin, Nagham Hussein, Rasheed M. Fakhri, Céline Langendorf
Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever serosurvey in humans for identifying high-risk populations and high-risk areas in the endemic state of Gujarat, India
Devendra T. Mourya, Pragya D. Yadav, Yogesh K. Gurav, Prachi G. Pardeshi, Anita M. Shete, Rajlaxmi Jain, Dinkar D. Raval, Kamlesh J. Upadhyay, Deepak Y. Patil
The impact of homocysteine, B12, and D vitamins levels on functional neurocognitive performance in HIV-positive subjects
Katia Falasca, Marta Di Nicola, Giuseppe Di Martino, Claudio Ucciferri, Francesca Vignale, Alessandro Occhionero, Jacopo Vecchiet
APACHE-II score for anti-tuberculosis tolerance in critically ill patients: a retrospective study
Junke Qiu, Caihong Wang, Xiaohong Pan, Lei Pan, Xiaoqing Huang, Jiekun Xu, Xiaobo Ji, Minjie Mao
Incidence and predictors of LTFU among adults with TB/HIV co-infection in two governmental hospitals, Mekelle, Ethiopia, 2009–2016: survival model approach
Kebede Embaye Gezae, Haftom Temesgen Abebe, Letekirstos Gebreegziabher Gebretsadik
Development of a lateral flow recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid and visual detection of Cryptococcus neoformans/C. gattii in cerebral spinal fluid
Qinglin Ma, Jilong Yao, Shixin Yuan, Houming Liu, Ning Wei, Jianming Zhang, Wanshui Shan
The proportion, origin and pro-inflammation roles of low density neutrophils in SFTS disease
Yajiao Li, Huiyu Li, Hua Wang, Hong Pan, Huixia Zhao, Honglin Jin, Shenghua Jie
Test and Treat TB: a pilot trial of GeneXpert MTB/RIF screening on a mobile HIV testing unit in South Africa
Ingrid V. Bassett, Leah S. Forman, Sabina Govere, Hilary Thulare, Simone C. Frank, Bright Mhlongo, Elena Losina
Tuberculosis of acromioclavicular joint: a case report
Jian Cheng, Shiming Feng, Huining Lei, Weiling Huo, Huanhuan Feng
Quantitative evaluation of an innovation contest to enhance a sexual health campaign in China
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Oral-genital human papillomavirus infection in Polish couples: frequent detection of HPV 42
Katarzyna Kiwerska, Agata Jozefiak, Janina Markowska, Witold Kedzia, Joanna Jackowska, Malgorzata Wierzbicka
Burden and risk factors of invasive group B Streptococcus disease among neonates in a Chinese maternity hospital
Qunhua Ying, Shutan Wang, Xiuming Lou, Jinlong Ding, Jiefeng Ding
Perspectives on male partner notification and treatment for syphilis among antenatal women and their partners in Kampala and Wakiso districts, Uganda
Edith Nakku-Joloba, Juliet Kiguli, Christine Nalwadda Kayemba, Adeline Twimukye, Joshua Kimeze Mbazira, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi, Monica Birungi, Joshua Kyenkya, Josaphat Byamugisha, Charlotte Gaydos, Yukari C. Manabe
Seroprevalence and factors associated with hepatitis B virus infection among the hill tribe youths, northern Thailand
Tawatchai Apidechkul
The impact of childhood varicella vaccination on the incidence of herpes zoster in the general population: modelling the effect of exogenous and endogenous varicella-zoster virus immunity boosting
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A case report of severe recurrent varicella in an ankylosing spondylitis patient treated with adalimumab – a new side effect after 15 years of usage
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‘HepCheck Dublin’: an intensified hepatitis C screening programme in a homeless population demonstrates the need for alternative models of care
John S. Lambert, Ross Murtagh, Dee Menezes, Austin O’Carroll, Carol Murphy, Walter Cullen, Tina McHugh, Gordana Avramovic, Willard Tinago, Marie Claire Van Hout
Underestimated pyrazinamide resistance may compromise outcomes of pyrazinamide containing regimens for treatment of drug susceptible and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in Tanzania
Saumu Pazia Juma, Athanasia Maro, Suporn Pholwat, Stellah G. Mpagama, Jean Gratz, Alphonse Liyoyo, Eric R. Houpt, Gibson S. Kibiki, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Scott K. Heysell
A case report of community-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia complicated with MODS in a previously healthy patient and related literature review
Tao Wang, Yijun Hou, Ruilan Wang
Predictors of discordant latent tuberculosis infection test results amongst South African health care workers
Shahieda Adams, Rodney Ehrlich, Roslynn Baatjies, Nandini Dendukuri, Zhuoyu Wang, Keertan Dheda
Mortality in the first six months among HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients empirically treated for tuberculosis
Helena Huerga, Gabriella Ferlazzo, Stephen Wanjala, Mathieu Bastard, Paolo Bevilacqua, Elisa Ardizzoni, Joseph Sitienei, Maryline Bonnet
Risk factors for contagious gastroenteritis in adult patients with diarrhoea in the emergency department - a prospective observational multicentre study
Florence Skyum, Court Pedersen, Vibeke Andersen, Ming Chen, Andreas Franke, Detlev Petersen, Wolfgang Ries, Christian Backer Mogensen
Cost-effectiveness analysis of isavuconazole versus voriconazole for the treatment of patients with possible invasive aspergillosis in Sweden
Lefteris Floros, Daniel Kuessner, Jan Posthumus, Emma Bagshaw, Jan Sjölin
Immune signatures for HIV-1 and HIV-2 induced CD4+T cell dysregulation in an Indian cohort
Sukeshani Salwe, Amitkumar Singh, Varsha Padwal, Shilpa Velhal, Vidya Nagar, Priya Patil, Alaka Deshpande, Vainav Patel
Pooled PCR testing of dried blood spots for infant HIV diagnosis is cost efficient and accurate
Cari van Schalkwyk, Jean Maritz, Gert U. van Zyl, Wolfgang Preiser, Alex Welte
Whole-genome sequences of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in South-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo: characterization of phylogenomic changes, virulence and resistance genes
Leonid M. Irenge, Jerome Ambroise, Bertrand Bearzatto, Jean-François Durant, Raphaël B. Chirimwami, Jean-Luc Gala
One health insights to prevent the next HxNy viral outbreak: learning from the epidemiology of H7N9
Zhe Zheng, Yi Lu, Kirsty R. Short, Jiahai Lu
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in Sepsis-3: a retrospective study
Wei Zhang, Yan Zheng, Xiaoting Feng, Miao Chen, Yan Kang
Roseomonas mucosa infective endocarditis in patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: case report and review of literature
Shayuan Shao, Xin Guo, Penghao Guo, Yingpeng Cui, Yili Chen
Epidemiology and risk factors for multi-drug resistant hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in patients with liver cirrhosis: single center experience in Serbia
Tamara Milovanovic, Igor Dumic, Jelena Veličkovic, Milica Stojkovic Lalosevic, Vladimir Nikolic, Ivan Palibrk
Significance of serum antibodies against HPV E7, Hsp27, Hsp20 and Hp91 in Iranian HPV-exposed women
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Melioidosis with a subdural collection – a case report
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Megan M. Nelson, Christopher L. Waldron, John R. Bracht
Epidemiology and risk factors for nosocomial infection in the respiratory intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in China: A prospective surveillance during 2013 and 2015
Linchuan Wang, Kai-Ha Zhou, Wei Chen, Yan Yu, Si-Fang Feng
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Aude E. Mogoung-Wafo, Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, André Domche, Floribert Fossuo-Thotchum, Jean Bopda, Steve Mbickmen-Tchana, Honoré Djomo-Kamga, Joseph Kamgno
Maternal hepatitis B surface antigen carrier status increased the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus
Songxu Peng, Zhihua Wan, Xiaofang Lin, Xiu Li, Yukai Du
Macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance-associated mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007–2014
Etienne E. Muller, Mahlape P. Mahlangu, David A. Lewis, Ranmini S. Kularatne
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Emi Minejima, Vanessa Delayo, Mimi Lou, Pamela Ny, Paul Nieberg, Rosemary C. She, Annie Wong-Beringer
Is Interleukin-6 a better predictor of successful antibiotic therapy than procalcitonin and C-reactive protein? A single center study in critically ill adults
Lorenz Weidhase, Daniel Wellhöfer, Gero Schulze, Thorsten Kaiser, Tim Drogies, Ulrike Wurst, Sirak Petros
Levels of vitamin D-associated cytokines distinguish between active and latent tuberculosis following a tuberculosis outbreak
Yoonki Hong, Youngmi Kim, Jae Jun Lee, Myung Goo Lee, Chang Youl Lee, Youlim Kim, Jeongwon Heo, Seon-Sook Han, Seung-Joon Lee, Woo Jin Kim, Ji Young Hong
Zika virus infection in Malaysia: an epidemiological, clinical and virological analysis
Yuan Liang Woon, Mei Fong Lim, Tg Rogayah Tg Abd Rashid, Ravindran Thayan, Suresh Kumar Chidambaram, Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim, Rose Nani Mudin, Sheamini Sivasampu
Epidemiologic study on changes in occurrence of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Republic of Korea for 17 years according to age group: 2001–2017
Yohan Park
Social network analysis and whole genome sequencing in a cohort study to investigate TB transmission in an educational setting
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Uncomplicated urinary tract infections in Swedish primary care; etiology, resistance and treatment
Helena Kornfält Isberg, Eva Melander, Katarina Hedin, Sigvard Mölstad, Anders Beckman
Cognitive screening in treatment-naïve HIV-infected individuals in Hong Kong – a single center study
Fiona C.C. Chan, Phillip Chan, Iris Chan, Andrew Chan, Tommy H. C. Tang, Wilson Lam, W. C. Fong, M. P. Lee, Patrick Li, Germaine H. F. Chan
Helicobacter pylori infection as a risk factor for serum bilirubin change and less favourable lipid profiles: a hospital-based health examination survey
Miao-Miao Zhao, Jeremy Krebs, Xi Cao, Jing Cui, Dong-Ning Chen, Yu Li, Lin Hua, Jim Mann, Jin-Kui Yang
Taxonomy, virulence genes and antimicrobial resistance of Aeromonas isolated from extra-intestinal and intestinal infections
Yanyan Zhou, Li Yu, Zheng Nan, Pingping Zhang, Biao Kan, Donghui Yan, Jianrong Su
Evidence of sustained reductions in the relative risk of acute hepatitis B and C virus infections, and the increasing burden of hepatitis a virus infection in Egypt: comparison of sentinel acute viral hepatitis surveillance results, 2001–17
Maha Talaat, Salma Afifi, Erik J. Reaves, Hanaa Abu Elsood, Amany El-Gohary, Samir Refaey, Radi Hammad, Mostafa Abdel Fadeel, Amr Kandeel
Circulation of influenza A and B in the Czech Republic from 2000-2001 to 2015-2016
Martina Havlickova, Sophie Druelles, Helena Jirincova, Radomira Limberkova, Alexander Nagy, Anvar Rasuli, Jan Kyncl
Procalcitonin, mid-regional proadrenomedullin and C-reactive protein in predicting treatment outcome in community-acquired febrile urinary tract infection
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Comparison of influenza disease burden in older populations of Hong Kong and Brisbane: the impact of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination
Lin Yang, King Pan Chan, Chit Ming Wong, Susan Shui Seng Chiu, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Thuan Quoc Thach, Joseph Syrial Malik Peiris, Archie C. A. Clements, Wenbiao Hu
The role of extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistance in recurrent community-onset Enterobacteriaceae urinary tract infections: a retrospective cohort study
Judith A. Anesi, Ebbing Lautenbach, Irving Nachamkin, Charles Garrigan, Warren B. Bilker, Jacqueline Omorogbe, Lois Dankwa, Mary Wheeler, Pam Tolomeo, Jennifer H. Han
Urea dilution of serum for reproducible anti-HSV1 IgG avidity index
Jan Olsson, Jörgen Johansson, Emma Honkala, Bert Blomqvist, Eloise Kok, Bodil Weidung, Hugo Lövheim, Fredrik Elgh
Schistosomiasis infection in pre-school aged children in Uganda: a qualitative descriptive study to identify routes of exposure
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First case report of thyroid abscess caused by Helicobacter cinaedi presenting with thyroid storm
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Nationwide epidemiology of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Greek hospitals, with regards to plazomicin and aminoglycoside resistance
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A superiority of viral load over CD4 cell count when predicting mortality in HIV patients on therapy
Claris Shoko, Delson Chikobvu
Geographic surveillance of community associated MRSA infections in children using electronic health record data
Lilly Cheng Immergluck, Traci Leong, Khusdeep Malhotra, Trisha Chan Parker, Fatima Ali, Robert C. Jerris, George S. Rust
Establishment of an analysis model based on measurement of hepatitis B viral infection serum markers
Yang Guang, Li Yuzhong, Liu Hui
Evaluation of the impact of shigellosis exclusion policies in childcare settings upon detection of a shigellosis outbreak
Cristina Carias, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Jacqueline Hurd, Emily B. Kahn, Martin I. Meltzer, Anna Bowen
Diagnosis of mycoplasma pneumoniae by loop-mediated isothermal amplification: systematic review and meta-analysis
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Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: comparison with scrub typhus and clinical diagnostic prediction
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Staphylococcus aureus with an erm-mediated constitutive macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance phenotype has reduced susceptibility to the new ketolide, solithromycin
Weiming Yao, Guangjian Xu, Duoyun Li, Bing Bai, Hongyan Wang, Hang Cheng, Jinxin Zheng, Xiang Sun, Zhiwei Lin, Qiwen Deng, Zhijian Yu
Melioidosis: misdiagnosed in Nepal
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Changes in norovirus genotype diversity in gastroenteritis outbreaks in Alberta, Canada: 2012–2018
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Prevalence and capsular type distribution of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from pregnant women in Namibia and South Africa
Munyaradzi Mukesi, Benson C. Iweriebor, Larry C. Obi, Uchechukwu U. Nwodo, Sylvester R. Moyo, Anthony I. Okoh
Declining tuberculosis prevalence in Saharia, a particularly vulnerable tribal community in Central India: evidences for action
V. G. Rao, J. Bhat, R. Yadav, R. K. Sharma, M. Muniyandi
A maximum curvature method for estimating epidemic onset of seasonal influenza in Japan
Jun Cai, Bing Zhang, Bo Xu, Karen Kie Yan Chan, Gerardo Chowell, Huaiyu Tian, Bing Xu
Stepwise approach for the control and eventual elimination of Taenia solium as a public health problem
Uffe Christian Braae, Sarah Gabriël, Chiara Trevisan, Lian F. Thomas, Pascal Magnussen, Bernadette Abela-Ridder, Helena Ngowi, Maria Vang Johansen
Use of Ceftaroline Fosamil in Osteomyelitis: CAPTURE Study Experience
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Severe facial necrosis in a type 1 diabetic patient secondary to mucormycosis masquerading as an internal maxillary artery occlusion: a case report
Farheen Manji, John C. Lam, Bonnie L. Meatherall, Deirdre Church, Bayan Missaghi
Rapid and complicated HIV genotype expansion among high-risk groups in Guangdong Province, China
Ping-Ping Zhou, Guolong Yu, Yi-Qun Kuang, Xu-He Huang, Yan Li, Xiaobing Fu, Peng Lin, Jin Yan, Xiang He
Effects of the rotavirus vaccine program across age groups in the United States: analysis of national claims data, 2001–2016
Julia M. Baker, Rebecca M. Dahl, Justin Cubilo, Umesh D. Parashar, Benjamin A. Lopman
Correction to: Association of HIV-infection, antiretroviral treatment and metabolic syndrome with large artery stiffness: a cross-sectional study
Titus F. Msoka, Gary P. Van Guilder, Yvo M. Smulders, Marceline van Furth, John A. Bartlett, Michiel A. van Agtmael
Determinants of delayed or incomplete diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination in parallel urban and rural birth cohorts of 30,956 infants in Tanzania
Pranay Nadella, Emily R. Smith, Alfa Muhihi, Ramadhani A. Noor, Honorati Masanja, Wafaie W. Fawzi, Christopher R. Sudfeld
Screening for hepatitis C in a general adult population in a low-prevalence area: the Tromsø study
H. Kileng, T. Gutteberg, R. Goll, E. J. Paulssen
Molecular and descriptive epidemiology of intestinal protozoan parasites of children and their pets in Cauca, Colombia: a cross-sectional study
Ximena Villamizar, Adriana Higuera, Giovanny Herrera, Luis Reinel Vasquez-A, Lorena Buitron, Lina Maria Muñoz, Fabiola E. Gonzalez-C, Myriam Consuelo Lopez, Julio Cesar Giraldo, Juan David Ramírez
Identifying the mechanism underlying treatment failure for Salmonella Paratyphi A infection using next-generation sequencing – a case report
Hye-Ran Park, Dong-Min Kim, Na-Ra Yun, Choon-Mee Kim
Prevalence of human papillomavirus and subtype distribution in male partners of women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN): a systematic review
Anargyros Skoulakis, Serafim Fountas, Myrto Mantzana-Peteinelli, Kleoniki Pantelidi, Efthymia Petinaki
Diagnosis and Management of Group a Streptococcal Pharyngitis in the United States, 2011–2015
Robert Luo, Joanna Sickler, Farnaz Vahidnia, Yuan-Chi Lee, Bianca Frogner, Matthew Thompson
Rate of viral load change and adherence of HIV adult patients treated with Efavirenz or Nevirapine antiretroviral regimens at 24 and 48 weeks in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a longitudinal cohort study
Bih Hycenta Chendi, Marie Claire Okomo Assoumou, Graeme Brendon Jacobs, Elsie Laban Yekwa, Emilia Lyonga, Martha Mesembe, Agnes Eyoh, George Mondinde Ikomey
Early improvement in severely ill patients with pneumonia treated with ceftobiprole: a retrospective analysis of two major trials
Thomas W. L. Scheeren, Tobias Welte, Mikael Saulay, Marc Engelhardt, Anne Santerre-Henriksen, Kamal Hamed
No chikungunya virus infections among Dutch long-term travellers to (sub)tropical countries: a prospective study 2008–2011
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Fatal community-acquired Bacillus cereus pneumonia in an immunocompetent adult man: a case report
Ryosuke Ishida, Kazunori Ueda, Tadashi Kitano, Tomohiko Yamamoto, Yasuyoshi Mizutani, Yutaka Tsutsumi, Koji Imoto, Yuji Yamamori
Clinical features and outcomes of patients with fever of unknown origin: a retrospective study
Yuting Tan, Xiaoqing Liu, Xiaochun Shi
Decreased susceptibility to chlorhexidine and distribution of qacA/B genes among coagulase-negative Staphylococcus clinical samples
Bruna Costa Moura do Vale, Acácia Gentil Nogueira, Thiago André Cidral, Maria Carolina Soares Lopes, Maria Celeste Nunes de Melo
Implementation and evaluation of an algorithm for the management of scabies outbreaks
Simon M. Mueller, Stefan Gysin, Michael Schweitzer, Simon Schwegler, Peter Haeusermann, Peter Itin, Thomas Bart, Ruth Spieler Denz, Thomas Steffen, Richard Kuehl, Andreas F. Widmer, Oliver Brandt
The impact of expanded brucellosis surveillance in beef cattle on human brucellosis in Korea: an interrupted time-series analysis
Sukhyun Ryu, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães, Byung Chul Chun
Usefulness of paired samples for the Serodiagnosis of toxoplasmosis infection in a tertiary teaching Hospital in Malaysia
Padmaloseni Thangarajah, Khalid Hajissa, Weng Kin Wong, Muhammad Amiruddin Abdullah, Nabilah Ismail, Zeehaida Mohamed
Chronic Mycobacterium avium skin and soft tissue infection complicated with scalp osteomyelitis possibly secondary to anti-interferon-γ autoantibody formation
Xianli Xu, Xiaojie Lao, Chunlan Zhang, Cunwei Cao, Huarong Ding, Yu Pang, Qiuyue Ning, Jun Zou, Ning Zang, Diefei Hu, Maowei Chen
An adult case of severe life-threatening Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia due to a macrolide-resistant strain, Japan: a case report
Munehiro Matsumoto, Kentaro Nagaoka, Masaru Suzuki, Satoshi Konno, Kei Takahashi, Taichi Takashina, Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Masaharu Nishimura
High prevalence and characterization of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae in Chadian hospitals
Oumar Ouchar Mahamat, Manon Lounnas, Mallorie Hide, Yann Dumont, Abelsalam Tidjani, Kadidja Kamougam, Madina Abderrahmane, Julio Benavides, Jérôme Solassol, Anne-Laure Bañuls, Hélène jean-Pierre, Christian Carrière, Sylvain Godreuil
Determinants of survival of people living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy in Brazil 2006–2015
Tara D. Mangal, Mariana Veloso Meireles, Ana Roberta Pati Pascom, Ronaldo de Almeida Coelho, Adele Schwartz Benzaken, Timothy B. Hallett
Effectiveness and safety of dual therapy with rilpivirine and boosted darunavir in treatment-experienced patients with advanced HIV infection: a preliminary 24 week analysis (RIDAR study)
Juan Pasquau, Samantha E. de Jesus, Piedad Arazo, María J. Crusells, María J. Ríos, Fernando Lozano, Javier de la Torre, María J. Galindo, Jorge Carmena, Jesús Santos, Carlos Tornero, Guillermo Verdejo, Gloria Samperiz, Zaira Palacios, Carmen Hidalgo-Tenorio, Juan Pasquau, Samantha E. de Jesus, Piedad Arazo, María J. Crusells, María J. Ríos, Fernando Lozano, Javier de la Torre, María J. Galindo, Jorge Carmena, Jesús Santos, Carlos Tornero, Guillermo Verdejo, Gloria Samperiz, Zaira Palacios, Carmen Hidalgo-Tenorio, Carlos Dueñas, Jose A. Terron, Miguel García-Deltoro, María T. Rubio, Miguel A. Cárdenes
Development and reliability of metrics to characterize types and sources of stigma among men who have sex with men and female sex workers in Togo and Burkina Faso
Ashley L. Grosso, Sosthenes C. Ketende, Shauna Stahlman, Odette Ky-Zerbo, Henri Gautier Ouedraogo, Seni Kouanda, Cesaire Samadoulougou, Marcel Lougue, Jules Tchalla, Simplice Anato, Sodji Dometo, Felicity D. Nadedjo, Vincent Pitche, Stefan D. Baral
A systematic review of selected human rights programs to improve HIV-related outcomes from 2003 to 2015: what do we know?
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It’s not “all in your head”: critical knowledge gaps on internalized HIV stigma and a call for integrating social and structural conceptualizations
Marija Pantelic, Laurel Sprague, Anne L. Stangl
Stigma and outness about sexual behaviors among cisgender men who have sex with men and transgender women in Eswatini: a latent class analysis
Carrie Lyons, Shauna Stahlman, Claire Holland, Sosthenes Ketende, Lynn Van Lith, Duncan Kochelani, Mpumelelo Mavimbela, Bhekie Sithole, Libet Maloney, Sibusiso Maziya, Stefan Baral
Preventing sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBIs) among sex workers: a critical review of the evidence on determinants and interventions in high-income countries
Elena Argento, Shira Goldenberg, Kate Shannon
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M. Kumi Smith, Gabriella Stein, Weibin Cheng, William C. Miller, Joseph D. Tucker
Health providers’ experiences, perceptions and readiness to provide HIV services to men who have sex with men and female sex workers in Uganda – a qualitative study
Joseph K. B. Matovu, Geofrey Musinguzi, Juliet Kiguli, Fred Nuwaha, Geoffrey Mujisha, Joshua Musinguzi, Jim Arinaitwe, Rhoda K. Wanyenze
Educational interventions alone and combined with port protector reduce the rate of central venous catheter infection and colonization in respiratory semi-intensive care unit
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Correlations between cytokines produced by T cells and clinical-virological characteristics in untreated chronic hepatitis B patients
Yurong Gu, Yifan Lian, Lin Gu, Lubiao Chen, Xiaoyan Li, Liang Zhou, Yanlin Huang, Jialiang Wang, Yuehua Huang
Hepatic hilar mass in an adolescent: a rare case of hepatobiliary tuberculosis
Liwei Pang, Shuodong Wu, Jing Kong
High expression of IDO1 and TGF-β1 during recurrence and post infection clearance with Chlamydia trachomatis, are independent of host IFN-γ response
Noa Ziklo, Wilhelmina M. Huston, Kuong Taing, Peter Timms
Benefits of annual chemotherapeutic control of schistosomiasis on the development of protective immunity
Tawanda J. Chisango, Bongiwe Ndlovu, Arthur Vengesai, Agness Farai Nhidza, Edson P. Sibanda, Danai Zhou, Francisca Mutapi, Takafira Mduluza
Invasive fungal infection by Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii with bone marrow and meningeal involvement in a HIV-infected patient: a case report
Hareton Teixeira Vechi, Raquel Cordeiro Theodoro, Andrea Lima de Oliveira, Ronald Muryellison Oliveira da Silva Gomes, Rodolfo Daniel de Almeida Soares, Munya Gandour Freire, Mônica Baumgardt Bay
Impact of demographic disparities in social distancing and vaccination on influenza epidemics in urban and rural regions of the United States
Meghendra Singh, Prasenjit Sarkhel, Gloria J. Kang, Achla Marathe, Kevin Boyle, Pamela Murray-Tuite, Kaja M. Abbas, Samarth Swarup
The effects of free condom distribution on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men
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Activation of the kynurenine pathway is associated with poor outcome in Pneumocystis pneumonia patients infected with HIV: results of 2 months cohort study
Mengyan Wang, Xiaotian Dong, Ying Huang, Junwei Su, Xiahong Dai, Yongzheng Guo, Caiqin Hu, Qihui Zhou, Biao Zhu
Neuropsychiatric events in an adult patient with influenza a (H3N2) treated with oseltamivir (Tamiflu): a case report
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Correction to: Seasonal dynamics of influenza in Brazil: the latitude effect
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Prevalence and detection of drug resistant mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis among drug naïve patients in Nairobi, Kenya
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An observational study in an urban Ugandan clinic comparing virological outcomes of patients switched from first-line antiretroviral regimens to second-line regimens containing ritonavir-boosted atazanavir or ritonavir-boosted lopinavir
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Correction to: Identifying high risk subgroups of MSM: a latent class analysis using two samples
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A case report of disseminated histoplasmosis and concurrent cryptococcal meningitis in a patient treated with ruxolitinib
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A cross-sectional study of enteric fever among febrile patients at Ambo hospital: prevalence, risk factors, comparison of Widal test and stool culture and antimicrobials susceptibility pattern of isolates
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Correction to: Temporal patterns of influenza A subtypes and B lineages across age in a subtropical city, during pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic seasons
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The epidemiology of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in African, Caribbean and Black men in Toronto, Canada
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Paul Oboth, Yahaya Gavamukulya, Banson John Barugahare
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Susceptibility for varicella and factors associated with immunity among pregnant women in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka- a cross-sectional study
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Overcrowding in a neonatal intermediate care unit: impact on the incidence of multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms
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Effects of physical exercises on inflammatory biomarkers and cardiopulmonary function in patients living with HIV: a systematic review with meta-analysis
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Factors associated with syphilis infection: a cross-sectional survey among outpatients in Asikuma Odoben Brakwa District, Ghana
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Clostridium difficile isolated from faecal samples in patients with ulcerative colitis
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Acute ischemic stroke in young adults with tuberculous meningitis
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Is HBV viral load at admission associated with development of acute-on-chronic liver failure in patients with acute decompensation of chronic hepatitis B related cirrhosis?
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Understanding the spatial distribution of trichiasis and its association with trachomatous inflammation—follicular
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Spatiotemporal epidemiology of, and factors associated with, the tuberculosis prevalence in northern China, 2010–2014
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Construction and analysis of a comprehensive protein interaction network of HCV with its host Homo sapiens
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Molecular characterization of enterovirus-A71 in children with acute flaccid paralysis in the Philippines
Lea Necitas Apostol, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Akira Suzuki, Rifqiyah Nur Umami, Maria Melissa Ann Jiao, Amado Tandoc III, Mariko Saito, Socorro Lupisan, Hitoshi Oshitani
Rapid detection of invasive Mycobacterium chimaera disease via a novel plasma-based next-generation sequencing test
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Hepatitis B vaccination uptake in hard-to-reach populations in London: a cross-sectional study
Josephine E. B. Taylor, Julian Surey, Jennifer MacLellan, Marie Francis, Ibrahim Abubakar, Helen R. Stagg
Predictive effects of body mass index on immune reconstitution among HIV-infected HAART users in China
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Impact of renal function-based anti-tuberculosis drug dosage adjustment on efficacy and safety outcomes in pulmonary tuberculosis complicated with chronic kidney disease
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Association of HPV genotypes with external anogenital warts: a cross sectional study
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Anti-Ebola therapy for patients with Ebola virus disease: a systematic review
James S. Lee, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Henry Y. Kwon, Koren Teo, Reed Siemieniuk, François Lamontagne, Adrienne Chan, Sharmistha Mishra, Srinivas Murthy, Peter Kiiza, Jan Hajek, Elhadj I. Bah, Marie-Claire Lamah, Raymond Kao, Robert A. Fowler
“Sickenin’ in the rain” – increased risk of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections after urban pluvial flooding in a population-based cross-sectional study in the Netherlands
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Contemporary HCV pangenotypic DAA treatment protocols are exclusionary to real world HIV-HCV co-infected patients
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Spatial distribution of tuberculosis and its association with meteorological factors in mainland China
Yingjie Zhang, Mengyang Liu, Samuel S. Wu, Hui Jiang, Junjie Zhang, Songwang Wang, Wei Ma, Qihuan Li, Yuan Ma, Yue Liu, Wei Feng, Endawoke Amsalu, Xia Li, Wei Wang, Weimin Li, Xiuhua Guo
Sero-prevalence of hepatitis B and C viral infections in Ghanaian HIV positive cohort: a consideration for their health care
Faustina Pappoe, Charles Kofi Oheneba Hagan, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Paul Nsiah
Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positivity and its associated factors in Rwanda
Jean Damascene Makuza, Jean Olivier Twahirwa Rwema, Corneille Killy Ntihabose, Donatha Dushimiyimana, Justine Umutesi, Marie Paul Nisingizwe, Janvier Serumondo, Muhamed Semakula, David J. Riedel, Sabin Nsanzimana
Seroprevalence and associated factors of HSV-2 infection among general population in Shandong Province, China
Pengcheng Huai, Furong Li, Zhen Li, Lele Sun, Xi’an Fu, Qing Pan, Gongqi Yu, Zemin Chai, Tongsheng Chu, Zihao Mi, Fangfang Bao, Honglei Wang, Bingni Zhou, Chuan Wang, Yonghu Sun, Guiye Niu, Yuan Zhang, Fanghui Fu, Xiaoqiao Lang, Xiaoling Wang, Hui Zhao, Daina Liu, Hong Liu, Dianchang Liu, Jian Liu, Aiqiang Xu, Furen Zhang
Seroprevalence and trend of human immunodeficiency virus among blood donors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Henok Mulugeta, Getenet Dessie, Fasil Wagnew, Dube Jara, Cheru Tesema Leshargie, Ayenew Negesse
Clinical spectrum and factors impacting outcome of Candida auris: a single center study from Pakistan
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A case report of dengue haemorrhagic fever complicated with psoas haematoma requiring blood transfusion
Anne Thushara Matthias, Sanduni Apsara, Apsara Epa
What is the role of Ewingella americana in humans? A case report in a healthy 4-year-old girl
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak associated with poor treatment adherence and delayed treatment: Arua District, Uganda, 2013–2017
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Fast breakthrough of resistant cytomegalovirus during secondary letermovir prophylaxis in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient
Susanne Jung, Manuela Michel, Thomas Stamminger, Detlef Michel
Prevalence and genetic diversity of HCV among HIV-1 infected individuals living in Ahvaz, Iran
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Distribution of high-risk HPV types among women in Sichuan province, China: a cross-sectional study
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High prevalence of multi drug resistant tuberculosis in people living with HIV in Western India
Neil Saldanha, Kiran Runwal, Charulata Ghanekar, Sunil Gaikwad, Shrivallabh Sane, Sanjay Pujari
Varicella zoster and fever rash surveillance in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
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Contamination by respiratory viruses on outer surface of medical masks used by hospital healthcare workers
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Spatiotemporal analysis of the dengue outbreak in Guangdong Province, China
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Mycoplasma Genitalium and Mycoplasma Hominis are prevalent and correlated with HIV risk in MSM: a cross-sectional study in Shenyang, China
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The diagnostic value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing for identifying Streptococcus pneumoniae in paediatric bacterial meningitis
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Mapping evidence of intervention strategies to improving men’s uptake to HIV testing services in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic scoping review
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Adverse drug reactions in South African patients receiving bedaquiline-containing tuberculosis treatment: an evaluation of spontaneously reported cases
Jackie Jones, Vanessa Mudaly, Jacqueline Voget, Tracey Naledi, Gary Maartens, Karen Cohen
Chinese health literacy scale for tuberculosis patients: a study on development and psychometric testing
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The pharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae among healthy population in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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An improved algorithm for rapid diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis from pleural effusion by combined testing with GeneXpert MTB/RIF and an anti-LAM antibody-based assay
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Intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among mentally disabled and non-disabled primary school students, Bahir Dar, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, 2018: a comparative cross-sectional study
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Phylogenetic analysis highlights the role of older people in the transmission of HIV-1 in Fuyang, Anhui Province, China
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Towards tailored regimens in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective study in two Italian reference Centres
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Assessment of a newly developed immunochromatographic assay for NDM-type metallo-β-lactamase producing Gram-negative pathogens in Myanmar
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The inference of HIV-1 transmission direction between HIV-1 positive couples based on the sequences of HIV-1 quasi-species
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A nationwide study of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Portugal 2014–2017 using epidemiological and molecular clustering analyses
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Aerosol immunization by alginate coated mycobacterium (BCG/MIP) particles provide enhanced immune response and protective efficacy than aerosol of plain mycobacterium against M.tb. H37Rv infection in mice
Puja S. Nagpal, Ashwani Kesarwani, Parul Sahu, Pramod Upadhyay
A viral genome wide association study and genotypic resistance testing in patients failing first line antiretroviral therapy in the first large countrywide Ethiopian HIV cohort
Nigus Fikrie Telele, Amare Worku Kalu, Solomon Gebre-Selassie, Daniel Fekade, Gaetano Marrone, Sebastian Grossmann, Ujjwal Neogi, Belete Tegbaru, Anders Sönnerborg
A case report of fungemia due to Kodamaea ohmeri
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Dengue, chikungunya, and scrub typhus are important etiologies of non-malarial febrile illness in Rourkela, Odisha, India
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Nearly half of Ultrio plus NAT non-discriminated reactive blood donors were identified as occult HBV infection in South China
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Efficacy of pulsed-xenon ultraviolet light for disinfection of high-touch surfaces in an Ecuadorian hospital
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Jinlin Wang, Weizhan Luo, Panxiao Shen, Jianxing He, Yunxiang Zeng
Diversity of infectious aetiologies of acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses in south and Southeast Asia: a systematic review
Kinley Wangdi, Kaushalya Kasturiaratchi, Susana Vaz Nery, Colleen L. Lau, Darren J. Gray, Archie C. A. Clements
Low concordance of oral and genital HPV infection among male patients with sexually transmitted infections in Vietnam
Hai Ha Long Le, Xiuqiong Bi, Azumi Ishizaki, Hung Van Le, Trung Vu Nguyen, Hiroshi Ichimura
Decline in reported AIDS cases in Brazil after implementation of the test and treat initiative
Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira, Meritxell Sabidó, Alessandro Caruso, Adele Schwartz Benzaken
Using genetic variation in Aedes aegypti to identify candidate anti-dengue virus genes
Gerard Terradas, Elizabeth A. McGraw
Sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and associated risk factors among psychiatric outpatients attending University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Barnabas Achaw, Habtie Tesfa, Ayalew Jejaw Zeleke, Ligabaw Worku, Ayenew Addisu, Niguse Yigzaw, Yalewayker Tegegne
Nosocomial transmission of chickenpox and varicella zoster virus seroprevalence rate amongst healthcare workers in a teaching hospital in China
Jin Yang, Jieling Liu, Fanfan Xing, Haiyan Ye, Guijian Dai, Meiyuan Liu, Simon Kam-Fai Lo, Ricky Wing-Tong Lau, Kelvin Hei-Yeung Chiu, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen
Associations between human leukocyte antigen polymorphisms and hypersensitivity to antiretroviral therapy in patients with human immunodeficiency virus: a meta-analysis
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Clinical and microbiological characteristics and outcomes of community-acquired sepsis among adults: a single center, 1-year retrospective observational cohort study from Hungary
Balint Gergely Szabo, Rebeka Kiss, Katalin Szidonia Lenart, Bence Marosi, Eszter Vad, Botond Lakatos, Eszter Ostorhazi
The burden of antimicrobial resistance at tertiary care hospital, southern Ethiopia: a three years’ retrospective study
Tsegaye Alemayehu, Mulubrahan Ali, Enkosilassie Mitiku, Mengistu Hailemariam
Influenza vaccination effectiveness for people aged under 65 years in Japan, 2013/2014 season: application of a doubly robust method to a large-scale, real-world dataset
Natsumi Shibata, Shinya Kimura, Takahiro Hoshino, Hisashi Urushihara
Seroprevalence of Transplacentally acquired Measles antibodies in unvaccinated infants at nine months of age and its relation to the feeding practices
Najma Javed, Muhammad Arif Nadeem Saqib, Mir. Muhammad Hassan Bullo, Rana Jawad Asghar
A case report of HIV-1 superinfection in an HIV controller leading to loss of viremia control: a retrospective of 10 years of follow-up
Diogo Gama Caetano, Fernanda Heloise Côrtes, Gonzalo Bello, Suwellen Sardinha Dias de Azevedo, Brenda Hoagland, Larissa Melo Villela, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Valdiléa Gonçalves Veloso, Monick Lindenmeyer Guimarães, Mariza Gonçalves Morgado
Critical role of molecular test in early diagnosis of gastric tuberculosis: a rare case report and review of literature
Jun Ma, Hongyun Yin, Huikang Xie
Prevalence of Zika virus in blood donations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Rongfei Liu, Xuanzhuo Wang, Yu Ma, Jianyong Wu, Chen Mao, Lihong Yuan, Jiahai Lu
Meningitis and epididymitis caused by Toscana virus infection imported to Switzerland diagnosed by metagenomic sequencing: a case report
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Norovirus shedding among symptomatic and asymptomatic employees in outbreak settings in Shanghai, China
Qiang-song Wu, Ze-liang Xuan, Jing-yi Liu, Xue-tao Zhao, Yuan-fang Chen, Chen-xi Wang, Xiao-ting Shen, Ya-xin Wang, Lan Wang, Yi Hu
Susceptibility testing of Leishmania spp. against amphotericin B and fluconazole using the Sensititre™ YeastOne™ YO9 platform
Ruwandi Kariyawasam, Priyanka Challa, Rachel Lau, Andrea K. Boggild
Characterizing the disability experience among adults living with HIV: a structural equation model using the HIV disability questionnaire (HDQ) within the HIV, health and rehabilitation survey
Kelly K. O’Brien, Steven Hanna, Patricia Solomon, Catherine Worthington, Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco, Soo Chan Carusone, Stephanie Nixon, Brenda Merritt, Jacqueline Gahagan, Larry Baxter, Patriic Gayle, Greg Robinson, Rosalind Baltzer Turje, Stephen Tattle, Tammy Yates
Prevalence of noroviruses in children hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis in Hohhot, China, 2012-2017
Hui-ying Li, Yu-geng Zhang, Xia Lei, Jian Song, Zhao-jun Duan
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in East Africa: red alert or red herring?
Frederick K. Wangai, Moses M. Masika, Marybeth C. Maritim, R. Andrew Seaton
Clinical parameters and outcomes of necrotizing soft tissue infections secondary to gastrointestinal fistulas
Kun Guo, Wenbin Gong, Tao Zheng, Zhiwu Hong, Xiuwen Wu, Huajian Ren, Gefei Wang, Guosheng Gu, Peter Nthumba, Jianan Ren, Jieshou Li
A lung abscess caused by secondary syphilis – the utility of polymerase chain reaction techniques in transbronchial biopsy: a case report
Shinji Futami, Takayuki Takimoto, Futoshi Nakagami, Shingo Satoh, Masanari Hamaguchi, Muneyoshi Kuroyama, Kotaro Miyake, Shohei Koyama, Kota Iwahori, Haruhiko Hirata, Izumi Nagatomo, Yoshito Takeda, Hiroshi Kida, Atsushi Kumanogoh
Incidence and predictors of second-line antiretroviral treatment failure among adults living with HIV in Amhara region: a multi-centered retrospective follow-up study
Muluneh Alene, Tadesse Awoke, Melaku Kindie Yenit, Adino Tesfahun Tsegaye
Severe oxidative stress in sickle cell disease patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kampala, Uganda
Saad Mahjub Atiku, Nabukeera Louise, Dennis M. Kasozi
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Elise K. Van Obberghen, Delphine Viard, Alain Lafeuillade, Alexandre Civiletti, Fanny Rocher, Milou-Daniel Drici
Sero-prevalence of hepatitis B virus and associated factors among pregnant women in Gambella hospital, South Western Ethiopia: facility based cross-sectional study
Abayneh Tunje Tanga, Misanew Andargie Teshome, Desta Hiko, Chaltu Fikru, Gemechu Kejela Jilo
Pathogens distribution and drug resistance in patients with acute cerebral infarction complicated with diabetes and nosocomial pulmonary infection
Yu-Xin Liu, Qiu-Mei Cao, Bing-Chen Ma
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An outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis caused by human adenovirus type 8 in primary school, southwest China
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Chronic disseminated candidiasis manifesting as hepatosplenic abscesses among patients with hematological malignancies
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Rat bite fever caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis infection in a Chinese patient
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Long term outcome of a community-based hepatitis B awareness campaign: eight-year follow-up on linkage to care (LTC) in HBV infected individuals
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Utilization of systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria in predicting mortality among geriatric patients with influenza in the emergency department
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Elevated expression of serum soluble ST2 in clinical relapse after stopping long-term Nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy for chronic hepatitis B
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Cervicofacial necrotizing fasciitis among patients attending the Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Arnold A. Mtenga, Boniphace M. Kalyanyama, Sira S. Owibingire, Karpal S. Sohal, Elison N.M. Simon
Seroprevalence and molecular characteristics of varicella-zoster virus infection in Chinese children
Lin Luan, Xiaochen Shen, Jing Qiu, Yang Jing, Jingqi Zhang, Jie Wang, Jun Zhang, Chen Dong
Online HIV prevention intervention on condomless sex among men who have sex with men: a web-based randomized controlled trial
Weibin Cheng, Huifang Xu, Weiming Tang, Fei Zhong, Gang Meng, Zhigang Han, Jinkou Zhao
Long-term follow-up of HCV infected kidney transplant recipients receiving direct-acting antiviral agents: a single-center experience in China
Jian Zhang, Wen Sun, Jun Lin, Ye Tian, Linlin Ma, Lei Zhang, Yichen Zhu, Wei Qiu
Evaluation of the complexity of indoor air in hospital wards based on PM2.5, real-time PCR, adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence assay, microbial culture and mass spectrometry
Shao Ling, Liu Hui
Sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests for Lassa fever: a systematic review
Noah Fongwen Takah, Polina Brangel, Priyanka Shrestha, Rosanna Peeling
Cervical anaerobic vertebral osteomyelitis following surgical tracheotomy: a case report
Romaric Larcher, Camille Maury, Jonathan Charbit, Helene Jean-Pierre, Vincent Le Moing, Kada Klouche, Xavier Capdevila
Characterization of clinical patterns of dengue patients using an unsupervised machine learning approach
Gleicy Macedo Hair, Flávio Fonseca Nobre, Patrícia Brasil
Intravenous-to-oral antibiotic switch therapy: a cross-sectional study in critical care units
Juliano Gasparetto, Felipe Francisco Tuon, Dayana dos Santos Oliveira, Tiago Zequinao, Gabriel Rammert Pipolo, Gabriel Velloso Ribeiro, Paola Delai Benincá, June Alisson Westarb Cruz, Thyago Proenca Moraes
A systematic review of the epidemiology of hepatitis A in Africa
Jenna Patterson, Leila Abdullahi, Gregory D. Hussey, Rudzani Muloiwa, Benjamin M. Kagina
Diagnosis of congenital CMV infection via DBS samples testing and neonatal hearing screening: an observational study in Italy
Laura Pellegrinelli, Cristina Galli, Valeria Primache, Mirko Alde’, Enrico Fagnani, Federica Di Berardino, Diego Zanetti, Elena Pariani, Umberto Ambrosetti, Sandro Binda
Fever of unknown origin (FUO): which are the factors influencing the final diagnosis? A 2005–2015 systematic review
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Retention in care and adherence to HIV and AIDS treatment in Anambra State Nigeria
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Prevalence of hepatitis C infection among the general population and high-risk groups in the EU/EEA: a systematic review update
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Self-reported diabetes and herpes zoster are associated with a weak humoral response to the seasonal influenza A H1N1 vaccine antigen among the elderly
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Severe purulent pericarditis caused by invasive Eikenella corrodens: case report and literature review
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Comorbidity of intestinal helminthiases among malaria outpatients of Wondo Genet health centers, southern Ethiopia: implications for integrated control
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A rare case of the simultaneous location of Echinococcus multilocularis in the liver and the head of the pancreas: case report analysis and review of literature
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Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of early antiretroviral therapy and partners’ pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in Shenyang, China: a prospective cohort and costing study
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Oral candidiasis is a significant predictor of subsequent severe infections during immunosuppressive therapy in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis
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Risk factors for acquisition of scrub typhus in children admitted to a tertiary centre and its surrounding districts in South India: a case control study
Winsley Rose, Gagandeep Kang, Valsan Philip Verghese, Sadanandane Candassamy, Prasanna Samuel, John Jude Antony Prakash, Jayaprakash Muliyil
A case report on mother-to-child transmission of Brucella in human, China
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Predicting the risk of pulmonary tuberculosis based on the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio at TB screening in HIV-infected individuals
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes during a severe influenza season in China during 2017–2018
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Spatial clusters of HIV-1 genotypes in a recently infected population in Yunnan, China
Min Chen, Yanling Ma, Huichao Chen, Jie Dai, Hongbing Luo, Chaojun Yang, Lijuan Dong, Xiaomei Jin, Min Yang, Li Yang, Lijun Song, Zhizhong Song, Manhong Jia
Characteristics of women infected with human papillomavirus in a tertiary hospital in Beijing China, 2014–2018
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Successful management of refractory respiratory failure caused by avian influenza H7N9 and secondary organizing pneumonia: a case report and literature review
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Bloodstream and catheter-related infections due to different clones of multidrug-resistant and biofilm producer Corynebacterium striatum
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Quantitative investigation of factors relevant to the T cell spot test for tuberculosis infection in active tuberculosis
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A cluster randomized controlled trial of extending ART refill intervals to six-monthly for anti-retroviral adherence clubs
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Chronic hepatitis E after kidney transplantation with an antibody response suggestive of reinfection: a case report
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Rapid and simple colorimetric detection of multiple influenza viruses infecting humans using a reverse transcriptional loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) diagnostic platform
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Association between the vaginal microbiome and high-risk human papillomavirus infection in pregnant Chinese women
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Fecal carriage and molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from outpatient children in Shanghai
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Clinical features of rabies patients with abnormal sexual behaviors as the presenting manifestations: a case report and literature review
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Risk prediction for severe disease and better diagnostic accuracy in early dengue infection; the Colombo dengue study
Ponsuge Chathurani Sigera, Ranmalee Amarasekara, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Senaka Rajapakse, Praveen Weeratunga, Nipun Lakshita De Silva, Chun Hong Huang, Malaya K. Sahoo, Benjamin A. Pinsky, Dylan R. Pillai, Hasitha A. Tissera, Saroj Jayasinghe, Shiroma Handunnetti, Sumadhya D. Fernando
Comparative study of clinical and epidemiological characteristics of major pediatric adenovirus epidemics in southern Taiwan
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Estimating the annual risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis among adolescents in Western Kenya in preparation for TB vaccine trials
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Pregnancy as a risk factor for severe influenza infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis
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A case report of pulmonary Botrytis sp. infection in an apparently healthy individual
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Effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination against invasive pneumococcal disease among children with and those without HIV infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Links between transactional sex and HIV/STI-risk and substance use among a large sample of European men who have sex with men
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Correspondence: Guillain-Barré syndrome and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
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Risk factors for viral hepatitis C infection in Rwanda: results from a nationwide screening program
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Change in prevalence and molecular characteristics of isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis over a 10-year period in China
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Laboratory confirmed puerperal sepsis in a national referral hospital in Tanzania: etiological agents and their susceptibility to commonly prescribed antibiotics
Raymond Kiponza, Belinda Balandya, Mtebe V. Majigo, Mecky Matee
Treatment outcomes and risk factors of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with co-morbidities
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A systematic review of cases of meningitis in the absence of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis on lumbar puncture
Michelle Troendle, Alexis Pettigrew
Knowledge and attitude towards pregnancy-related issues of Zika virus infection among general practitioners in Indonesia
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Prospective study of the serum Aspergillus-specific IgG, IgA and IgM assays for chronic pulmonary aspergillosis diagnosis
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Presepsin and fetuin-A dyad for the diagnosis of proven sepsis in preterm neonates
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The resurgence of the norovirus GII.4 variant associated with sporadic gastroenteritis in the post-GII.17 period in South China, 2015 to 2017
Liang Xue, Weicheng Cai, Junshan Gao, Le Zhang, Ruimin Dong, Yonglai Li, Haoming Wu, Moutong Chen, Jumei Zhang, Juan Wang, Qingping Wu
Prevalence and clinical impact of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage in solid organ transplant recipients
Cristina Roca-Oporto, Tania Cebrero-Cangueiro, María Luisa Gil-Marqués, Gema Labrador-Herrera, Younes Smani, Francisco Manuel González-Roncero, Luis Miguel Marín, Jerónimo Pachón, María Eugenia Pachón-Ibáñez, Elisa Cordero
Identification of early biomarkers in a rabbit model of primary Candida pneumonia
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Pilot phase of an internet-based RCT of HIVST targeting MSM and transgender people in England and Wales: advertising strategies and acceptability of the intervention
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Inpatient hospital fatality related to coding (ICD-9-CM) of the influenza diagnosis in Spain (2009–2015)
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Diagnostic accuracy of in-house real-time PCR assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Hepatitis C virus infection in Irish drug users and prisoners – a scoping review
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Long-lasting alterations in adipose tissue density and adiponectin production in people living with HIV after thymidine analogues exposure
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Incidence of tuberculosis among HIV infected individuals on long term antiretroviral therapy in private healthcare sector in Pune, Western India
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Gynecomastia in HIV-positive adult men receiving efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy at Newlands clinic, Harare, Zimbabwe
Sandra Shawarira-Bote, Tinei Shamu, Cleophas Chimbetete
The diagnostic value of (1,3)-β-D-glucan alone or combined with traditional inflammatory markers in neonatal invasive candidiasis
Junfei Guo, Yongbing Wu, Weiming Lai, Weiming Lu, Xiaoping Mu
Linezolid resistant coagulase negative staphylococci (LRCoNS) with novel mutations causing blood stream infections (BSI) in India
Gajanand Mittal, Vasundhra Bhandari, Rajni Gaind, Vandana Rani, Shimpi Chopra, Reetika Dawar, Raman Sardana, P. K. Verma
Development of a bedside tool to predict the probability of drug-resistant pathogens among hospitalized adult patients with gram-negative infections
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Type A fulminant Clostridium perfringens sepsis indicated RBC/Hb discrepancy; a case report
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A case of pleural effusion caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium mageritense coinfection
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Protocol for a multicenter, real-world study of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in China (CROPrEP)
Hongyi Wang, Yonghui Zhang, Zhu Mei, Yueru Jia, Sequoia I. Leuba, Jing Zhang, Zhenxing Chu, Haibo Ding, Yongjun Jiang, Wenqing Geng, Hong Shang, Junjie Xu
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Raynell Lang, William Stokes, Jane Lemaire, Andrew Johnson, John Conly
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A dynamic model and some strategies on how to prevent and control hepatitis c in mainland China
Wanru Jia, Jie Weng, Cong Fang, Yong Li
Factors associated with vaccination completion and retention among HIV negative female sex workers enrolled in a simulated vaccine efficacy trial in Kampala, Uganda
Yunia Mayanja, Andrew Abaasa, Gertrude Namale, Gershim Asiki, Matthew A. Price, Anatoli Kamali
Impact of nucleic acid amplification test on pulmonary tuberculosis notifications and treatments in Taiwan: a 7-year single-center cohort study
Chih-Wei Wu, Yao-Kuang Wu, Chou-Chin Lan, Mei-Chen Yang, Ting-Qian Dong, I-Shiang Tzeng, Shu-Shien Hsiao
Early syphilis: risk factors and clinical manifestations focusing on HIV-positive patients
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Comparison of viral and epidemiological profiles of hospitalized children with severe acute respiratory infection in Beijing and Shanghai, China
Yanjie Zhao, Roujian Lu, Jun Shen, Zhengde Xie, Gaoshan Liu, Wenjie Tan
First case report of bacteremia caused by Solobacterium moorei in China, and literature review
Wen-Jing Liu, Meng Xiao, Jie Yi, Ying Li, Timothy Kudinha, Ying-Chun Xu
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Nonhlanhla Christinah Dlamini, Dar-Der Ji, Li-Yin Chien
Validation of cellular tests for Lyme borreliosis (VICTORY) study
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The endTB observational study protocol: treatment of MDR-TB with bedaquiline or delamanid containing regimens
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Genetic diversity and epidemiology of Genogroup II noroviruses in children with acute sporadic gastroenteritis in Shanghai, China, 2012–2017
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Severe hypercalcemia preceding a diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a liver transplant recipient
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Persistence of cervical high-risk human papillomavirus in women living with HIV in Denmark – the SHADE
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Trend of HIV transmitted drug resistance before and after implementation of HAART regimen restriction in the treatment of HIV-1 infected patients in southern Taiwan
Ya-Wei Weng, I-Tzu Chen, Hung-Chin Tsai, Kuan-Sheng Wu, Yu-Ting Tseng, Cheng-Len Sy, Jui-Kuang Chen, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Yao-Shen Chen
Trends in resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter species in hospitalized patients in the United States: 2013–2017
Vikas Gupta, Gang Ye, Melanie Olesky, Kenneth Lawrence, John Murray, Kalvin Yu
Spatial and temporal patterns of dengue incidence in northeastern Thailand 2006–2016
Thipruethai Phanitchat, Bingxin Zhao, Ubydul Haque, Chamsai Pientong, Tipaya Ekalaksananan, Sirinart Aromseree, Kesorn Thaewnongiew, Benedicte Fustec, Michael J. Bangs, Neal Alexander, Hans J. Overgaard
High incidence of virulence determinants, aminoglycoside and vancomycin resistance in enterococci isolated from hospitalized patients in Northwest Iran
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Comparison of pleural effusion features and biomarkers between talaromycosis and tuberculosis in non-human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients
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Trends in antimicrobial resistance of bacterial pathogens in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012–2017: a secondary dataset analysis
Marvellous Mhondoro, Nqobile Ndlovu, Bangure Donewell, Tsitsi Juru, Gombe Notion Tafara, Shambira Gerald, Nsubuga Peter, Tshimanga Mufuta
Evaluation of four rapid diagnostic tests for canine and human visceral Leishmaniasis in Colombia
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Cerebral sparganosis presenting with atypical postcontrast magnetic resonance imaging findings: a case report and literature review
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Childhood tuberculosis and treatment outcomes in Accra: a retrospective analysis
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Systematic review of dengue vaccine efficacy
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Assessing rates and contextual predictors of 5-year mortality among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals following HIV testing in Durban, South Africa
Ingrid V. Bassett, Ai Xu, Janet Giddy, Laura M. Bogart, Andrew Boulle, Lucia Millham, Elena Losina, Robert A. Parker
Surgical site infections after cesarean sections at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo: rates, microbiological profile and risk factors
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Development of a combined RLEP/16S rRNA (RT) qPCR assay for the detection of viable M. leprae from nasal swab samples
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Editorial: the airborne microbiome - implications for aerosol transmission and infection control – special issue
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Human metapneumovirus prevalence and patterns of subgroup persistence identified through surveillance of pediatric pneumonia hospital admissions in coastal Kenya, 2007–2016
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Association of TGF-ß1 polymorphisms and chronic hepatitis C infection: a Meta-analysis
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Changing face of Candida colonization pattern in pediatric patients with hematological malignancy during repeated hospitalizations, results of a prospective observational study (2016–2017) in shiraz, Iran
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A study of the relationship between human infection with avian influenza a (H5N6) and environmental avian influenza viruses in Fujian, China
Ping Chen, Jian-Feng Xie, Qi Lin, Lin Zhao, Yan-Hua Zhang, Hong-Bin Chen, Yu-Wei Weng, Zheng Huang, Kui-Cheng Zheng
Intracranial actinomycosis of odontogenic origin masquerading as auto-immune orbital myositis: a fatal case and review of the literature
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Characterization of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in Nanjing district of China
Chunmei Hu, Lili Huang, Min Cai, Weixiao Wang, Xudong Shi, Wei Chen
Long-term retrospective observation reveals stabilities and variations of hantavirus infection in Hebei, China
Shiyou Liu, Yamei Wei, Xu Han, Yanan Cai, Zhanying Han, Yanbo Zhang, Yonggang Xu, Shunxiang Qi, Qi Li
A descriptive analysis of the Spatio-temporal distribution of intestinal infectious diseases in China
Ying Mao, Ning Zhang, Bin Zhu, Jinlin Liu, Rongxin He
Human immunodeficiency virus-associated tuberculosis care in Botswana: evidence from a real-world setting
Ley Muyaya Muyaya, Esperance Manwana Musanda, Jacques Lukenze Tamuzi
Antibacterial resistance in ophthalmic infections: a multi-centre analysis across UK care settings
Alice E. Lee, Kanchana Niruttan, Timothy M. Rawson, Luke S. P. Moore
Performance of prediction rules and guidelines in detecting serious bacterial infections among Tanzanian febrile children
Kristina Keitel, Mary Kilowoko, Esther Kyungu, Blaise Genton, Valérie D’Acremont
Lessons from an active surveillance pilot to assess the pneumonia of unknown etiology surveillance system in China, 2016: the need to increase clinician participation in the detection and reporting of emerging respiratory infectious diseases
Nijuan Xiang, Ying Song, Yu Wang, Jiabing Wu, Alexander J. Millman, Carolyn M. Greene, Zhentao Ding, Jie Sun, Wei Yang, Guoxia Guo, Ruirui Wang, Ping Guo, Zhixing Ren, Lei Gong, Pengpeng Xu, Suizan Zhou, Dan Lin, Daxin Ni, Zijian Feng, Qun Li
Measles outbreak in an office building in the crowded Metropolis of Beijing, China
Zhen Li, Zheng Zhang, Fang Wang, Rui Wei, Jianhong Zhao, Fang Liu
Efficacy of ceftazidime-avibactam in the treatment of infections due to Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Basem M. Alraddadi, Mohammed Saeedi, Mohammed Qutub, Abeer Alshukairi, Ashraf Hassanien, Ghassan Wali
Multiplex qPCR facilitates identification of betaherpesviruses in patients with acute liver failure of unknown etiology
Jéssica Vasques Raposo, Arthur Daniel Rocha Alves, Alexandre dos Santos da Silva, Damião Carlos dos Santos, Juliana Gil Melgaço, Otacílio C. Moreira, Marcelo Alves Pinto, Vanessa Salete de Paula
DOES IT WORK? -a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of HCV and HIV-related education on drug users in MMT, China
Jing Ying Zhang, Zhi Bin Li, Lei Zhang, Jun Wang, Le Ping Huang, Gui Lai Zhan, Zhu Li, Jiang Du, Min Zhao
Long-term adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a South African adult patient cohort: a retrospective study
Atika Moosa, Tanuja N. Gengiah, Lara Lewis, Kogieleum Naidoo
Molecular characterization of human isolates of Strongyloides stercoralis and Rhabditis spp. based on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1)
Mandana Fadaei Tehrani, Meysam Sharifdini, Farzaneh Zahabiun, Robabeh Latifi, Eshrat Beigom Kia
Gangrenous gas necrosis of the spleen: a case report
Jeremy Meyer, Arnaud Dupuis, Benedikt D. Huttner, Matthieu Tihy, Léo Bühler
Development of a multiplex PCR to detect and discriminate porcine circoviruses in clinical specimens
Keli Yang, Zuwu Jiao, Danna Zhou, Rui Guo, Zhengying Duan, Yongxiang Tian
Prevalence and factors associated with multidrug/rifampicin resistant tuberculosis among suspected drug resistant tuberculosis patients in Botswana
Blackson Pitolo Tembo, Ntambwe Gustav Malangu
The effect of recombinant human thrombopoietin (rhTPO) on sepsis patients with acute severe thrombocytopenia: a study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RESCUE trial)
Zhigang Zhou, Tienan Feng, Yun Xie, Peijie Huang, Hui Xie, Rui Tian, Biyun Qian, Ruilan Wang
Genetic variants in Forkhead box O1 associated with predisposition to sepsis in a Chinese Han population
Huijuan Wang, Zhaohui Tong, Jia Li, Kun Xiao, Feifei Ren, Lixin Xie
Microbiological and clinical characteristics of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus infection in China
Yi Li, Xingchun Chen, Zhijun Zhang, Lijun Wang, Junrui Wang, Ji Zeng, Junwen Yang, Binghuai Lu
Echinococcus multilocularis inoculation induces NK cell functional decrease through high expression of NKG2A in C57BL/6 mice
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HLA-B*57:01 allele prevalence in treatment-Naïve HIV-infected patients from Colombia
Ernesto Martínez Buitrago, José Millán Oñate, José Fernando García-Goez, Jorge Álvarez, William Lenis, Luz Marina Sañudo, Luisa Consuelo Rubiano
Estimating the impact of a novel drug regimen for treatment of tuberculosis: a modeling analysis of projected patient outcomes and epidemiological considerations
Emily A. Kendall, Shelly Malhotra, Sarah Cook-Scalise, Claudia M. Denkinger, David W. Dowdy
Achromobacter spp. healthcare associated infections in the French West Indies: a longitudinal study from 2006 to 2016
Karine Marion-Sanchez, Karine Pailla, Claude Olive, Xavier Le Coutour, Christian Derancourt
A case with neurological abnormalities caused by Rickettsia raoultii in northwestern China
Zhihui Dong, Yicheng Yang, Qian Wang, Songsong Xie, Shanshan Zhao, Wenbo Tan, Wumei Yuan, Yuanzhi Wang
High-volume workflow and performance comparisons for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing using automated molecular platforms
André Frontzek, Gudrun Aretzweiler, Daniela Winkens, Dana Duncan, Elizabeth M. Marlowe
Pooled analysis of T2 Candida for rapid diagnosis of candidiasis
Dong-Lan Tang, Xiao Chen, Chang-Guo Zhu, Zhong-wei Li, Yong Xia, Xu-Guang Guo
High prevalence and heterogeneity of Dysglycemia in patients with tuberculosis from Peru: a prospective cohort study
Roger I. Calderon, Maria B. Arriaga, Kattya Lopez, Nadia N. Barreda, Oswaldo M. Sanabria, José F. Fróes Neto, Davi Neri Araújo, Leonid Lecca, Bruno B. Andrade
Testing a pyriproxyfen auto-dissemination station attractive to gravid Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto for the development of a novel attract-release -and-kill strategy for malaria vector control
Oscar Mbare, Steven W. Lindsay, Ulrike Fillinger
Changing epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance in Vibrio cholerae: AMR surveillance findings (2006–2016) from Nepal
Nisha Rijal, Jyoti Acharya, Shailaja Adhikari, Bishnu Psd Upadhaya, Geeta Shakya, Palpasa Kansakar, Piyush Rajbhandari
Inhibition of replication of hepatitis B virus using transcriptional repressors that target the viral DNA
Kristie Bloom, Haajira Kaldine, Toni Cathomen, Claudio Mussolino, Abdullah Ely, Patrick Arbuthnot
Prevalence of scabies and impetigo in the Solomon Islands: a school survey
Millicent H. Osti, Oliver Sokana, Sophie Phelan, Michael Marks, Margot J. Whitfeld, Christina Gorae, John M. Kaldor, Andrew C. Steer, Daniel Engelman
Environmental factors affecting childhood diarrheal disease among under-five children in Jamma district, South Wello zone, Northeast Ethiopia
Getachew Yismaw Workie, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Adhanom Gebreegziabher Baraki
Vaccination uptake among Australian early childhood education staff: assessing perceptions, behaviours and workplace practices
Holly Seale, Stephanie Dwyer, Alamgir Kabir, Rajneesh Kaur
A rare case of Colistin-resistant Salmonella Enteritidis meningitis in an HIV-seropositive patient
Roxanne Rule, Nontombi Mbelle, John Osei Sekyere, Marleen Kock, Anwar Hoosen, Mohamed Said
What happens after HIV self-testing? Results from a longitudinal cohort of Chinese men who have sex with men
Weiming Tang, Wenting Huang, Haidong Lu, Bolin Cao, Dan Wu, Jason Ong, Hongyun Fu, Ye Zhang, Bin Yang, Cheng Wang, Wei Ma, Chongyi Wei, Joseph D. Tucker
“Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Cryptosporidium: a cross-sectional study conducted throughout Thailand”
Rapeepun Prasertbun, Hirotake Mori, Yaowalark Sukthana, Supaluk Popruk, Teera Kusolsuk, Katsuro Hagiwara, Aongart Mahittikorn
Characterization of the hepatitis C virus epidemic in Pakistan
Sarwat Mahmud, Zaina Al Kanaani, Laith J. Abu-Raddad
Use of a mobile application for Ebola contact tracing and monitoring in northern Sierra Leone: a proof-of-concept study
Lisa O. Danquah, Nadia Hasham, Matthew MacFarlane, Fatu E. Conteh, Fatoma Momoh, Andrew A. Tedesco, Amara Jambai, David A. Ross, Helen A. Weiss
Hepatitis B infection in the general population of China: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Huai Wang, Peixuan Men, Yufeng Xiao, Pei Gao, Min Lv, Qianli Yuan, Weixin Chen, Shuang Bai, Jiang Wu
Molecular characteristics of group B Streptococcus isolates from infants in southern mainland China
Juan Li, Wenjing Ji, Kankan Gao, Haijian Zhou, Lihua Zhang, Xiaoping Mu, Chunlei Yuan, Xiaoshan Guan, Qiulian Deng, Lian Zhang, Huamin Zhong, Xiurong Gao, Fei Gao, Yan Long, Chien-Yi Chang, David J. McIver, Haiying Liu
Rubella transmission and the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in Liberia: a need to introduce rubella-containing vaccine in the routine immunization program
Abyot Bekele Woyessa, Mohammed Seid Ali, Tiala K. Korkpor, Roland Tuopileyi II, Henry T. Kohar, John Dogba, April Baller, Julius Monday, Suleman Abdullahi, Thomas Nagbe, Gertrude Mulbah, Mohammed Kromah, Jeremy Sesay, Kwuakuan Yealue, Tolbert Nyenswah, Mesfin Zbelo Gebrekidan
Community-led delivery of HIV self-testing to improve HIV testing, ART initiation and broader social outcomes in rural Malawi: study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial
Pitchaya P. Indravudh, Katherine Fielding, Moses K. Kumwenda, Rebecca Nzawa, Richard Chilongosi, Nicola Desmond, Rose Nyirenda, Cheryl C. Johnson, Rachel C. Baggaley, Karin Hatzold, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Elizabeth L. Corbett
Rapid development of HIV elite control in a patient with acute infection
Deirdre Morley, John S. Lambert, Louise E. Hogan, Cillian De Gascun, Niamh Redmond, Rachel L. Rutishauser, Cassandra Thanh, Erica A. Gibson, Kristen Hobbs, Sonia Bakkour, Michael P. Busch, Jeremy Farrell, Padraig McGetrick, Timothy J. Henrich
Infections due to Cellulosimicrobium species: case report and literature review
María Rivero, Javier Alonso, María Fernanda Ramón, Nancy Gonzales, Ana Pozo, Itxaso Marín, Ana Navascués, Regina Juanbeltz
Incidence and predictors of lost to follow-up among drug-resistant tuberculosis patients at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study
Getahun Molla Kassa, Alemayehu Shimeka Teferra, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Atalay Goshu Muluneh, Mehari Woldemariam Merid
Intensive phase treatment outcome and associated factors among patients treated for multi drug resistant tuberculosis in Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study
Teklu Molie, Zelalem Teklemariam, Eveline Klinkenberg, Yadeta Dessie, Andargachew Kumsa, Hussen Mohammed, Adisalem Debebe, Dawit Assefa, Abebe Habte, Ahmed Bedru, Daniel Fiseha, Berhanu Seyoum
Nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from specimens of pulmonary tuberculosis suspects, Northern Tunisia: 2002–2016
Reem Gharbi, Besma Mhenni, Saloua Ben Fraj, Helmi Mardassi
Association between lipodystrophy and length of exposure to ARTs in adult HIV-1 infected patients in Montreal
Ahmad Alikhani, Helene Morin, Stephanie Matte, Pouriya Alikhani, Cécile Tremblay, Madeleine Durand
Screening HIV-positive men who have sex with men for hepatitis C re-infection risk: is a single question on condom-use enough? A sensitivity analysis
Patrizia Künzler-Heule, Sandra Engberg, Manuel Battegay, Axel J. Schmidt, Katharina Fierz, Huyen Nguyen, Agnes Kocher, Christiana Nöstlinger, Benjamin Hampel, Marcel Stöckle, Charles Béguelin, Julie Delaloye, Patrick Schmid, Markus Flepp, Mathieu Rougement, Dominique Laurent Braun, Jan Fehr, Dunja Nicca, A. Anagnostopoulos, M. Battegay, E. Bernasconi, J. Böni, D. L. Braun, H. C. Bucher, A. Calmy, M. Cavassini, A. Ciuffi, G. Dollenmaier, M. Egger, L. Elzi, J. Fehr, J. Fellay, H. Furrer, C. A. Fux, H. F. Günthard, D. Haerry, B. Hasse, H. H. Hirsch, M. Hoffmann, I. Hösli, M. Huber, C. R. Kahlert, L. Kaiser, O. Keiser, T. Klimkait, R. D. Kouyos, H. Kovari, B. Ledergerber, G. Martinetti, B. Martinez de Tejada, C. Marzolini, K. J. Metzner, N. Müller, D. Nicca, P. Paioni, G. Pantaleo, M. Perreau, A. Rauch, C. Rudin, A. U. Scherrer, P. Schmit, R. Speck, M. Stöckle, P. Tarr, A. Trkola, P. Vernazza, G. Wandeler, R. Weber, S. Yerly
A cluster-randomised controlled trial comparing school and community-based deworming for soil transmitted helminth control in school-age children: the CoDe-STH trial protocol
Naomi E. Clarke, Dinh Ng-Nguyen, Rebecca J. Traub, Archie C. A. Clements, Kate Halton, Roy M. Anderson, Darren J. Gray, Luc E. Coffeng, John M. Kaldor, Susana Vaz Nery
Bacterial resistance trends among intraoperative bone culture of chronic osteomyelitis in an affiliated hospital of South China for twelve years
Xianghong Zhang, Qiong Lu, Tang Liu, Zhihong Li, Weiliang Cai
An exploratory pilot study evaluating the supplementation of standard antibiotic therapy with probiotic lactobacilli in south African women with bacterial vaginosis
Harold Marcotte, Per Göran Larsson, Kasper Krogh Andersen, Fanglei Zuo, Lasse Sommer Mikkelsen, Erik Brandsborg, Glenda Gray, Fatima Laher, Kennedy Otwombe
Detecting influenza and emerging avian influenza virus by influenza and pneumonia surveillance systems in a large city in China, 2005 to 2016
Xiaorong Guo, Dong Yang, Ruchun Liu, Yaman Li, Qingqing Hu, Xinrui Ma, Yelan Li, Heng Zhang, Xixing Zhang, Benhua Zhao, Tianmu Chen
Association between Toxoplasma gondii infection and thyroid dysfunction: a case-control seroprevalence study
Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Agar Ramos-Nevarez, Carlos Alberto Guido-Arreola, Sandra Margarita Cerrillo-Soto, Alma Rosa Pérez-Álamos, Sergio Estrada-Martínez, Verónica Dayali Gutierrez-Martinez, Antonio Sifuentes-Alvarez, Eda Guadalupe Ramírez-Valles, Edith Contreras-Cisneros
Four-color multiplex real-time PCR assay prototype targeting azithromycin resistance mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium
Olivier Thellin, Benaïssa Elmoualij, Willy Zorzi, Jorgen S. Jensen, Renaud Close, Valerie Deregowski, Muriel Le Guern Fellous, Pascale Quatresooz
Forecasting incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease using BP neural networks in Jiangsu province, China
Wendong Liu, Changjun Bao, Yuping Zhou, Hong Ji, Ying Wu, Yingying Shi, Wenqi Shen, Jing Bao, Juan Li, Jianli Hu, Xiang Huo
Multiple sequence types responsible for healthcare-associated Acinetobacter baumannii dissemination in a single centre in Egypt
Leena Al-Hassan, Mai M. Zafer, Hadir El-Mahallawy
Risk factors and survival of patients infected with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a KPC endemic setting: a case-control and cohort study
Astrid V. Cienfuegos-Gallet, Ana M. Ocampo de Los Ríos, Patricia Sierra Viana, Faiver Ramirez Brinez, Carlos Restrepo Castro, Gustavo Roncancio Villamil, Helena del Corral Londoño, J. Natalia Jiménez
Past history of stage I/II solid tumor malignancy impacts considerably on sepsis mortality: a propensity score matching analysis from the hellenic sepsis study group
George Dimοpoulos, Nikoletta Rovina, Maria Patrani, Eleni Antoniadou, Dimitrios Konstantonis, Konstantina Vryza, Glykeria Vlachogianni, Miltiades Kyprianou, Christina Routsi, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis
Intestinal schistosomiasis of Ijinga Island, north-western Tanzania: prevalence, intensity of infection, hepatosplenic morbidities and their associated factors
Andreas Mueller, Antje Fuss, Uwe Ziegler, Godfrey M. Kaatano, Humphrey D. Mazigo
Cognitive impairments in patients with persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme disease
Anneleen Berende, Joost Agelink van Rentergem, Andrea W. M. Evers, Hadewych J. M. ter Hofstede, Fidel J. Vos, Bart Jan Kullberg, Roy P. C. Kessels
Rates and predictors of switching to tenofovir alafenamide-containing ART in a nationwide cohort
Bernard Surial, Matthias Cavassini, Alexandra Calmy, Jan Fehr, Marcel Stöckle, Enos Bernasconi, Bianca Roth, Christoph A. Fux, Helen Kovari, Hansjakob Furrer, Andri Rauch, Gilles Wandeler, A. Anagnostopoulos, M. Battegay, E. Bernasconi, J. Böni, D. L. Braun, H. C. Bucher, A. Calmy, M. Cavassini, A. Ciuffi, G. Dollenmaier, M. Egger, L. Elzi, J. Fehr, J. Fellay, H. Furrer, C. A. Fux, H. F. Günthard, D. Haerry, B. Hasse, H. H. Hirsch, M. Hoffmann, I. Hösli, M. Huber, C. R. Kahlert, L. Kaiser, O. Keiser, T. Klimkait, R. D. Kouyos, H. Kovari, B. Ledergerber, G. Martinetti, B. Martinez de Tejada, C. Marzolini, K. J. Metzner, N. Müller, D. Nicca, P. Paioni, G. Pantaleo, M. Perreau, A. Rauch, C. Rudin, A. U. Scherrer, P. Schmid, R. Speck, M. Stöckle, P. Tarr, A. Trkola, P. Vernazza, G. Wandeler, R. Weber, S. Yerly
Impact and clinical profiles of Mycoplasma pneumoniae co-detection in childhood community-acquired pneumonia
Meng-chuan Zhao, Le Wang, Fang-zhou Qiu, Li Zhao, Wei-wei Guo, Shuo Yang, Zhi-shan Feng, Gui-xia Li
Moraxella nonliquefaciens bloodstream infection and sepsis in a pediatric cancer patient: case report and literature review
Carlos L. Correa-Martínez, Kerstin K. Rauwolf, Franziska Schuler, Miriam Füller, Stefanie Kampmeier, Andreas H. Groll
Knowledge of tuberculosis among female sex workers in Rajshahi city, Bangladesh: a cross sectional study
Md. Masud Rana, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Sheikh MoinUddin, Md. Abdul Wadood, Md. Golam Hossain
A prevalence survey of enteral parasites in preschool children in the Mangochi District of Malawi
Timothy P. W. Jones, John D. Hart, Khumbo Kalua, Robin L. Bailey
Intensified household contact tracing, prevention and treatment support versus enhanced standard of care for contacts of tuberculosis cases in South Africa: study protocol for a household cluster-randomised trial
Peter MacPherson, Emily L. Webb, Ebrahim Variava, Sanjay G. Lala, Minja Milovanovic, Andrew Ratsela, Limakatso Lebina, Anthony Kinghorn, Neil A. Martinson
CD40 polymorphisms were associated with HCV infection susceptibility among Chinese population
Ting Tian, Peng Huang, Jingjing Wu, Chunhui Wang, Haozhi Fan, Yun Zhang, Rongbin Yu, Chao Wu, Xueshan Xia, Zuqiang Fu, Jun Li, Ming Yue
Blood stream infections associated with central and peripheral venous catheters
Jose Manuel Ruiz-Giardin, Iciar Ochoa Chamorro, Laura Velázquez Ríos, Jeronimo Jaqueti Aroca, Maria Isabel García Arata, Juan Víctor SanMartín López, Marta Guerrero Santillán
Assessment of a new low-cost, PCR-based strategy for high-risk human papillomavirus DNA detection for cervical cancer prevention
Pedro Surriabre, Andrea Torrico, Tania Vargas, Fuantina Ugarte, Patricia Rodriguez, Véronique Fontaine
The first case of Acrophialophora levis-induced severe pneumonia: a case report and literature review
Junyun Huang, Zhiping Liu
Using electronic medication monitoring to guide differential management of tuberculosis patients at the community level in China
Ni Wang, Hui Zhang, Yang Zhou, Hui Jiang, Bing Dai, Miaomiao Sun, Ying Li, Amelia Kinter, Fei Huang
Simultaneous 18F-FDG PET/MRI in tuberculous spondylitis: an independent method for assessing therapeutic response - case series
Ikchan Jeon, Eunjung Kong, Sang Woo Kim
Case report: chronic relapsing cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with low mannose-binding lectin and a low naïve CD4 cell count
Alex Wagemakers, Cornelis Willem Ang, Ferry Hagen, Joost Cornelis Johannes Bot, Marije Kristianne Bomers, Marieke Christine Visser, Karin van Dijk
An outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul in a Scottish childcare facility: the influence of parental under-reporting
Rachel M. Thomson, Hazel J. Henderson, Alison Smith-Palmer
Histological evidence for the cardiac safety of high-dose pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in a patient with HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma: a case report and literature review
Ayaka Ishihara, Shuji Hatakeyama, Jun Suzuki, Yusuke Amano, Teppei Sasahara, Masaki Toshima, Yuji Morisawa
A case report of visceral leishmaniasis and malaria co-infection with pancytopenia and splenomegaly - a diagnostic challenge
Pragya Gautam Ghimire, Prasanna Ghimire, Jyoti Adhikari, Anurag Chapagain
Microorganisms involved in deep neck infection (DNIs) in Greece: detection, identification and susceptibility to antimicrobials
Despoina Beka, Vasileios A. Lachanas, Stergios Doumas, Stelios Xytsas, Anastasios Kanatas, Efi Petinaki, Charalampos Skoulakis
First insights into the genetic characteristics and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis population collected during the first national tuberculosis prevalence survey of Lao PDR (2010–2011)
Silaphet Somphavong, Jean-Luc Berland, Marie Gauthier, Thi Thuong Vu, Quang Huy Nguyen, Vibol Iem, Phouvang Vongvichit, Donekham Inthavong, Vanthala Akkhavong, Phetsavanh Chanthavilay, Sengaloun Soundala, Inthalaphone Keovichit, Glaucia Paranhos-Baccalà, Phimpha Paboriboune, Thi Van Anh Nguyen, Anne-Laure Bañuls
Comparison of GeneXpert and line probe assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampicin-mono resistance at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Kenya
S. A. Aricha, L. Kingwara, N. W. Mwirigi, L. Chaba, T. Kiptai, J. Wahogo, J. S. Otwabe, P. O. Onyango, M. Karanja, C. Ayieko, S. W. Matu
blaVIM- and blaOXA-mediated carbapenem resistance among Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from the Mulago hospital intensive care unit in Kampala, Uganda
Dickson Aruhomukama, Christine F. Najjuka, Henry Kajumbula, Moses Okee, Gerald Mboowa, Ivan Sserwadda, Richard Mayanja, Moses L. Joloba, David P. Kateete
A multiplex PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of Taenia hydatigena, T. multiceps, T. pisiformis, and Dipylidium caninum infections
Guo-Qiang Zhu, Li Li, John Asekhaen Ohiolei, Yan-Tao Wu, Wen-Hui Li, Nian-Zhang Zhang, Bao-Quan Fu, Hong-Bin Yan, Wan-Zhong Jia
Cutaneous leishmaniasis a neglected tropical disease: community knowledge, attitude and practices in an endemic area, Northwest Ethiopia
Helina Fikre Tamiru, Yohana James Mashalla, Rezika Mohammed, Gloria Thupayagale Tshweneagae
Correction to: Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pediatric stool samples using TruTip technology
Annelies W. Mesman, Martin Soto, Julia Coit, Roger Calderon, Juan Aliaga, Nira R. Pollock, Milagros Mendoza, Francisco M. Mestanza, Carlos J. Mendoza, Megan B. Murray, Leonid Lecca, Rebecca Holmberg, Molly F. Franke
Effect of ultrasound-guided central venous catheter insertion on the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infections and mechanical complications
Osamu Imataki, Mami Shimatani, Yukiko Ohue, Makiko Uemura
Clinical outcomes of patients treated with intravenous zanamivir for severe influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection: a case report series
Carlo Torti, Maria Mazzitelli, Federico Longhini, Eugenio Garofalo, Andrea Bruni, Aida Giancotti, Giorgio Settimo Barreca, Angela Quirino, Maria Carla Liberto, Francesca Serapide, Giovanni Matera, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Paolo Navalesi, Vincenzo Pisani, Chiara Costa, Giuseppe Greco, Vincenzo Scaglione, Rosaria Lionello, Valentina La Gamba, Eugenio Biamonte, Ovidia La Valle, Giuseppina Cimino, Paola La Torre, Abdalla Karim, Antonio Gemelli
Impact of metformin on the risk and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in diabetics: a systematic review
Xinyu Yu, Ling Li, Liangtao Xia, Xin Feng, Fan Chen, Shiyi Cao, Xiang Wei
Evaluation of the surveillance system for invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in the Netherlands, 2004–2016
Diederik A. H. Brandwagt, Arie van der Ende, Wilhelmina L. M. Ruijs, Hester E. de Melker, Mirjam J. Knol
Systematic review and meta-analysis of tick-borne disease risk factors in residential yards, neighborhoods, and beyond
Ilya R. Fischhoff, Sarah E. Bowden, Felicia Keesing, Richard S. Ostfeld
Pulmonary Cryptococcus infections as a manifestation of idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia: case report and literature review
Christina S. Thornton, Oscar Larios, Jennifer Grossman, Thomas P. Griener, Steven Vaughan
A case report of multiple cerebral abscess formation complicating serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis meningitis
Ciara O’Connor, Aedin Collins, Eilish Twomey, Conor Hensey, John Caird, Patrick J. Gavin
The clinical presentation of Legionella arthritis reveals the mode of infection and the bacterial species: case report and literature review
Marine Ibranosyan, Laetitia Beraud, Hélène Lemaire, Anne-Gaëlle Ranc, Christophe Ginevra, Sophie Jarraud, Ghislaine Descours
Survival analysis of patients with tuberculosis in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region
Salah Tofik Jalal Balaky, Ahang Hasan Mawlood, Nazar P. Shabila
Continuous hemodiafiltration as a rescue therapy for patients with cardiopulmonary failure caused by enterovirus-71: a retrospective observational study in a PICU
Chunxia Wang, Yun Cui, Yan Zhu, Fei Wang, Qunfang Rong, Yucai Zhang
Characteristics of residual lymph nodes after six months of antituberculous therapy in HIV-negative individuals with cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis
Hyeri Seok, Ji Hoon Jeon, Kyung Ho Oh, Hee Kyoung Choi, Won Suk Choi, Young Hen Lee, Hyung Suk Seo, Soon Young Kwon, Dae Won Park
Atypical presentation of Lemierre’s syndrome: case report and literature review
Marie-Eva Laurencet, Sarah Rosset--Zufferey, Jacques Schrenzel
Pneumonia due to Pandoraea Apista after evacuation of traumatic intracranial hematomas:a case report and literature review
Chuanzhong Lin, Ning Luo, Qiang Xu, Jianjun Zhang, Mengting Cai, Guanhao Zheng, Ping Yang
Clinical outcomes among hospital patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection
Abdulrahman Mohammed G. Habib, Mohamed Abd Elghafour Ali, Baha R. Zouaoui, Mustafa Ahmed H. Taha, Bassem Sahsah Mohammed, Nazmus Saquib
Outbreak of macrolide-resistant mycoplasma pneumoniae in a primary school in Beijing, China in 2018
Wen-Zeng Zhang, Song-Jian Zhang, Quan-Yi Wang, Yin-Dong Li, Hong-Bo Jing, Guang-Yi Hu, Dan Wu
The changing landscape of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Molly Deutsch-Feldman, Ozkan Aydemir, Margaret Carrel, Nicholas F. Brazeau, Samir Bhatt, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Melchior Kashamuka, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Steve M. Taylor, Jonathan J. Juliano, Steven R. Meshnick, Robert Verity
Molecular characteristics and virulence gene profiles of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Hainan, China
Xuehan Li, Tao Huang, Kai Xu, Chenglin Li, Yirong Li
Acute liver failure due to visceral leishmaniasis in Barcelona: a case report
Iratxe Martinez de Narvajas, Alba Díaz, Octavio Bassegoda, Adriá Carpio, Carla Fuster, María Eugenia Valls, Miriam J. Alvarez-Martínez, Carolina García-Vidal, Alejandro Soriano, José Antonio Martínez, Juan Ambrosioni
Molecular characterization of hepatitis C virus in liver disease patients in Botswana: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Lynnette Bhebhe, Motswedi Anderson, Sajini Souda, Wonderful T. Choga, Edward Zumbika, Zachary M. Shaver, Tshepiso Mbangiwa, Bonolo B. Phinius, Chabeni C. Banda, Pinkie Melamu, Rosemary M. Musonda, Max Essex, Jason T. Blackard, Sikhulile Moyo, Simani Gaseitsiwe
Molecular characterization of Blastocystis subtypes in HIV-positive patients and evaluation of risk factors for colonization
Lucia Fontanelli Sulekova, Simona Gabrielli, Federica Furzi, Giovanni Luigi Milardi, Elisa Biliotti, Maurizio De Angelis, Giancarlo Iaiani, Caterina Fimiani, Myriam Maiorano, Simonetta Mattiucci, Gloria Taliani
Correction to: Rapid development of HIV elite control in a patient with acute infection
Deirdre Morley, John S. Lambert, Louise E. Hogan, Cillian De Gascun, Niamh Redmond, Rachel L. Rutishauser, Cassandra Thanh, Erica A. Gibson, Kristen Hobbs, Sonia Bakkour, Michael P. Busch, Jeremy Farrell, Padraig McGetrick, Timothy J. Henrich
The liver fibrosis index is superior to the APRI and FIB-4 for predicting liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B patients in China
Dedong Huang, Taofa Lin, Shaoyang Wang, Lieyun Cheng, Liping Xie, Youguang Lu, Muxing Chen, Lingling Zhu, Jie Shi
Bacterial vaginosis, vulvovaginal candidiasis and trichomonal vaginitis among reproductive-aged women seeking primary healthcare in Sana’a city, Yemen
Maha Abdul-Aziz, Mohammed A. K. Mahdy, Rashad Abdul-Ghani, Nuha A. Alhilali, Leena K. A. Al-Mujahed, Salma A. Alabsi, Fatima A. M. Al-Shawish, Noura J. M. Alsarari, Wala Bamashmos, Shahad J. H. Abdulwali, Mahdi Al Karawani, Abdullah A. Almikhlafy
Broad spectrum resistance in Helicobacter pylori isolated from gastric biopsies of patients with dyspepsia in Cameroon and efflux-mediated multiresistance detection in MDR isolates
Laure Brigitte Kouitcheu Mabeku, Bertrand Eyoum Bille, Cromwell Tepap Zemnou, Lionel Danny Tali Nguefack, Hubert Leundji
Disseminated cytomegalovirus disease after bendamustine: a case report and analysis of circulating B- and T-cell subsets
Andrea Cona, Daniele Tesoro, Margherita Chiamenti, Esther Merlini, Daris Ferrari, Antonio Marti, Carla Codecà, Giuseppe Ancona, Camilla Tincati, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte, Giulia Marchetti
Hepatitis C virus infection: a challenge in the complex management of two cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Maria Musso, Silvia Mosti, Gina Gualano, Paola Mencarini, Rocco Urso, Piero Ghirga, Alessia Rianda, Franca Del Nonno, Delia Goletti, Fabrizio Palmieri
Tolerability of IM penicillin G benzathine diluted or not with local anesthetics, or different gauge needles for syphilis treatment: a randomized clinical trial
Vicente Estrada, Eva Santiago, Inmaculada Cabezas, Juan Luis Cotano, Juan Carlos Carrió, Manuel Fuentes-Ferrer, Mar Vera, Oskar Ayerdi, Carmen Rodríguez, Laura López, Noemí Cabello, María José Núñez, Teresa Puerta, Iñigo Sagastagoitia, Jorge Del Romero
Low seroprevalence of Zika virus infection among adults in Southern Taiwan
Yu-Wen Chien, Tzu-Chuan Ho, Pei-Wen Huang, Nai-Ying Ko, Wen-Chien Ko, Guey Chuen Perng
Severe rhabdomyolysis associated with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in a married couple: a case report
Osamu Imataki, Makiko Uemura, Hisashi Masugata
Prevalence of active trachoma and associated factors among children aged 1 to 9 years in rural communities of Lemo district, southern Ethiopia: community based cross sectional study
Endale WoldeKidan, Deresse Daka, Deresse Legesse, Tariku Laelago, Bealu Betebo
Knee septic arthritis caused by α-hemolytic Streptococcus in a patient with a recent history of knee arthroscopy: a case report
Giovanni Balato, Tiziana Ascione, Paolino Iorio, Cristiano De Franco, Vincenzo De Matteo, Alessio D’Addona, Nicola Tammaro, Achille Pellegrino
Identifying high risk areas of Zika virus infection by meteorological factors in Colombia
Lung-Chang Chien, Francisco Sy, Adriana Pérez
Correction to: HCV-infected individuals have higher prevalence of comorbidity and multimorbidity: a retrospective cohort study
Curtis L. Cooper, Chrissi Galanakis, Jessy Donelle, Jeffery C. Kwong, Rob Boyd, Lisa Boucher, Claire E. Kendall
The latent tuberculosis infection cascade of care in Iqaluit, Nunavut, 2012–2016
Christopher Pease, Alice Zwerling, Ranjeeta Mallick, Mike Patterson, Patricia Demaio, Sandy Finn, Jean Allen, Deborah Van Dyk, Gonzalo G. Alvarez
Native-valve Enterococcus hirae endocarditis: a case report and review of the literature
Mary E. Pinkes, Catherine White, Cynthia S. Wong
Interventions to treat methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: many methodological concerns
Herney Andrés García-Perdomo, Jessica Fernanda Toro Maldonado
Case report: whole genome sequencing based investigation of maternal-neonatal listeriosis in Sichuan, China
Lijuan Luo, Xi Chen, Michael Payne, Xiaolong Cao, Yan Wang, Jie Zhang, Jianping Deng, Hong Wang, Zhengdong Zhang, Qun Li, Ruiting Lan, Changyun Ye
Interpreting HIV diagnostic histories into infection time estimates: analytical framework and online tool
Eduard Grebe, Shelley N. Facente, Jeremy Bingham, Christopher D. Pilcher, Andrew Powrie, Jarryd Gerber, Gareth Priede, Trust Chibawara, Michael P. Busch, Gary Murphy, Reshma Kassanjee, Alex Welte, Alex Welte, Joseph Sempa, David Matten, Hilmarié Brand, Trust Chibawara, Gary Murphy, Jake Hall, Elaine Mckinney, Michael P. Busch, Eduard Grebe, Shelley Facente, Dylan Hampton, Sheila Keating, Mila Lebedeva, Christopher D. Pilcher, Kara Marson, Reshma Kassanjee, Oliver Laeyendecker, Thomas Quinn, David Burns, Susan Little, Anita Sands, Tim Hallett, Sherry Michele Owen, Bharat Parekh, Connie Sexton, Matthew Price, Anatoli Kamali, Lisa Loeb, Jeffrey Martin, Steven G. Deeks, Rebecca Hoh, Zelinda Bartolomei, Natalia Cerqueira, Breno Santos, Kellin Zabtoski, Rita de Cassia Alves Lira, Rosa Dea Sperhacke, Leonardo R. Motta, Machline Paganella, Esper Kallas, Helena Tomiyama, Claudia Tomiyama, Priscilla Costa, Maria A. Nunes, Gisele Reis, Mariana M. Sauer, Natalia Cerqueira, Zelinda Nakagawa, Lilian Ferrari, Ana P. Amaral, Karine Milani, Salim S. Abdool Karim, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Thumbi Ndungu, Nelisile Majola, Natasha Samsunder, Denise Naniche, Inácio Mandomando, Eusebio V. Macete, Jorge Sanchez, Javier Lama, Ann Duerr, Maria R. Capobianchi, Barbara Suligoi, Susan Stramer, Phillip Williamson, Marion Vermeulen, Ester Sabino
Exploring Leishmania infantum cathepsin as a new molecular marker for phylogenetic relationships and visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis
Ryan Emiliano da Silva, Bruna Matarucco Sampaio, Renata Tonhosolo, Andrea Perei ra da Costa, Luiz Eduardo da Silva Costa, Fernanda Ap. Nieri-Bastos, Márcia Aparecida Sperança, Arlei Marcili
HCV and HBV prevalence based on home blood self-sampling and screening history in the general population in 2016: contribution to the new French screening strategy
Cécile Brouard, Leïla Saboni, Arnaud Gautier, Stéphane Chevaliez, Delphine Rahib, Jean-Baptiste Richard, Francis Barin, Christine Larsen, Cécile Sommen, Josiane Pillonel, Elisabeth Delarocque-Astagneau, Nathalie Lydié, Florence Lot
Assessment of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBLs) – producing Escherichia coli from minced meat of cattle and swab samples and hygienic status of meat retailer shops in Jimma town, Southwest Ethiopia
Mengistu Abayneh, Getnet Tesfaw, Kifle Woldemichael, Moti Yohannis, Alemseged Abdissa
Chromosomal and plasmid-mediated fluoroquinolone resistance in human Salmonella enterica infection in Ghana
Godfred Acheampong, Michael Owusu, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Isaac Osei, Nimako Sarpong, Augustina Sylverken, Hung-Jui Kung, Shu-Ting Cho, Chih-Horng Kuo, Se Eun Park, Florian Marks, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Ellis Owusu-Dabo
Prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in the West of Iran: a population-based cross-sectional study
Elham Ahmadi, Mohammad Khojasteh, Seyed Mohammad Mortazavi, Fatemeh Khan-Mohammadi, Ali Kazemnia, Javad Beheshtipour, Mahdieh Raeeszadeh
Molecular characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. from clinical infection samples and fecal survey samples in Southern China
Si Li, Xiaonv Duan, Yuan Peng, Yongyu Rui
Active immunoprophyilaxis with uromune® decreases the recurrence of urinary tract infections at three and six months after treatment without relevant secondary effects
Cristóbal Ramírez Sevilla, Esther Gómez Lanza, Juan Llopis Manzanera, Jose Antonio Romero Martín, Miguel Ángel Barranco Sanz
Bayesian modeling of spatiotemporal patterns of TB-HIV co-infection risk in Kenya
Verrah Otiende, Thomas Achia, Henry Mwambi
Clinical characteristics of acute Q fever patients in South Korea and time from symptom onset to serologic diagnosis
Jung Yeon Heo, Young Wha Choi, Eun Jin Kim, Seung Hun Lee, Seung Kwan Lim, Seon Do Hwang, Ju Young Lee, Hye Won Jeong
Correction to: Public health impact and cost effectiveness of routine childhood vaccination for hepatitis a in Jordan: a dynamic model approach
Wail A. Hayajneh, Vincent J. Daniels, Cerise K. James, Muhammet Nabi Kanıbir, Matthew Pilsbury, Morgan Marks, Michelle G. Goveia, Elamin H. Elbasha, Erik Dasbach, Camilo J. Acosta
Direct-from-blood RNA sequencing identifies the cause of post-bronchoscopy fever
Emily R. Ko, Casandra W. Philipson, Thomas W. Burke, Regina Z. Cer, Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly, Logan J. Voegtly, Ephraim L. Tsalik, Christopher W. Woods, Danielle V. Clark, Kevin L. Schully
Disparities in access to and use of HIV-related health services in the Netherlands by migrant status and sexual orientation: a cross-sectional study among people recently diagnosed with HIV infection
Janneke P. Bil, Freke R. Zuure, Debora Alvarez-del Arco, Jan M. Prins, Kees Brinkman, Eliane Leyten, Ard van Sighem, Fiona Burns, Maria Prins
Nutritional intakes and associated factors among tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional study in China
Zhewen Ren, Fei Zhao, Hui Chen, Dongmei Hu, Wentao Yu, Xiaoli Xu, Dingwen Lin, Fuyi Luo, Yueling Fan, Haijun Wang, Jun Cheng, Liyun Zhao
Population structure of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Central Asia
Anna Engström, Uladzimir Antonenka, Abdylat Kadyrov, Gulmira Kalmambetova, Katharina Kranzer, Matthias Merker, Olim Kabirov, Nargiza Parpieva, Asliddin Rajabov, Evgeni Sahalchyk, Zayniddin Sayfudtinov, Stefan Niemann, Harald Hoffmann
Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection mimicking malignancy in a patient with anti-IFN-γ autoantibodies: a case report
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Infected aneurysm of the thoracic aorta probably caused by Bacillus cereus: a case report
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Prior cervical cytology and high-risk HPV testing results for 311 patients with invasive cervical adenocarcinoma: a multicenter retrospective study from China’s largest independent operator of pathology laboratories
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Genomic epidemiology supports multiple introductions and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Colombia
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SIV infection aggravates malaria in a Chinese rhesus monkey coinfection model
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Estimating extra length of stay and risk factors of mortality attributable to healthcare-associated infection at a Chinese university hospital: a multi-state model
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Impact of co-existence of PMQR genes and QRDR mutations on fluoroquinolones resistance in Enterobacteriaceae strains isolated from community and hospital acquired UTIs
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Intra-abdominal infections: the role of different classifications on the selection of the best antibiotic treatment
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Assessment of a health facility based active case finding system for Ebola virus disease in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June–July 2018
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Characteristics and outcomes of antiretroviral-treated HIV-HBV co-infected patients in Canada
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Simultaneous dermatophytosis and keratomycosis caused by Trichophyton interdigitale infection: a case report and literature review
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Fatal deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism secondary to melioidosis in China: case report and literature review
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Deep sequencing of hepatitis B surface antigen gene in the preserved umbilical cords in immunoprophylaxis failure against mother-to-child HBV transmission
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Occurrence of fatal infective endocarditis: a population-based study in Finland
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Malaria parasite prevalence and Haematological parameters in HIV seropositive patients attending the regional hospital Limbe, Cameroon: a hospital-based cross-sectional study
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Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing on positive blood cultures through an innovative light scattering technology: performances and turnaround time evaluation
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Co-circulation of the two influenza B lineages during 13 consecutive influenza surveillance seasons in Italy, 2004–2017
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Men at risk of gonococcal urethritis: a case-control study in a Darwin sexual health clinic
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Disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent individual diagnosed with gastrointestinal endoscopy: a case report
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Clinical effect of T-SPOT.TB test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
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Mycobacterium arosiense, an unexpected cause of osteomyelitis in a patient with sarcoidosis: a case report
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Dengue infection during pregnancy in Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional study
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Rotavirus symptomatic infection among unvaccinated and vaccinated children in Valencia, Spain
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Changes of CD103-expressing pulmonary CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in S. japonicum infected C57BL/6 mice
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The prevalence of HIV among MSM in China: a large-scale systematic analysis
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Pregnancy outcomes of Q fever: prospective follow-up study on Reunion island
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The increasing menace of dengue in Guangzhou, 2001–2016: the most important epicenter in mainland China
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Clinical diversity of invasive cryptococcosis in AIDS patients from central China: report of two cases with review of literature
Yongxi Zhang, Brian Cooper, Xi’en Gui, Renslow Sherer, Qian Cao
Imported cases of Chikungunya virus in Iran
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Salvage therapy with Sodium chlorosum (formerly DAC N-055) for cases of refractory lupoid cutaneous leishmaniasis: results from a compassionate use study with 0.09% Sodium chlorosum in amphiphilic basic cream
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Differential expression and predictive value of monocyte scavenger receptor CD163 in populations with different tuberculosis infection statuses
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Predictors of Epstein-Barr virus serostatus in young people in England
Joanne R. Winter, Graham S. Taylor, Olivia G. Thomas, Charlotte Jackson, Joanna E. A. Lewis, Helen R. Stagg
Etiologies of diarrhea and drug susceptibility patterns of bacterial isolates among under-five year children in refugee camps in Gambella Region, Ethiopia: a case control study
Getachew Kabew Mekonnen, Bezatu Mengistie, Geremew Sahilu, Helmut Kloos, Worku Mulat
High prevalence of group B streptococcus ST17 hypervirulent clone among non-pregnant patients from a Hungarian venereology clinic
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Meningitis gone viral: description of the echovirus wave 2013 in Germany
Jonas Graf, Christian J. Hartmann, Helmar C. Lehmann, Carolin Otto, Ortwin Adams, Michael Karenfort, Christian Schneider, Klemens Ruprecht, Hans Martin Bosse, Sabine Diedrich, Sindy Böttcher, Alfons Schnitzler, Hans-Peter Hartung, Orhan Aktas, Philipp Albrecht
Mathematical modelling for antibiotic resistance control policy: do we know enough?
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Characteristics and outcome of influenza-associated encephalopathy/encephalitis among children in a tertiary pediatric hospital in Italy, 2017–2019
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Elimination of hepatitis C virus in Germany: modelling the cost-effectiveness of HCV screening strategies
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Larissa Cristina Prado das Neves Costa, Dielle Monteiro Teixeira, Ana Caroline Rodrigues Portela, Ian Carlos Gomes de Lima, Renato da Silva Bandeira, Edivaldo Costa Sousa Júnior, Jones Anderson Monteiro Siqueira, Hugo Reis Resque, Luciana Damascena da Silva, Yvone Benchimol Gabbay
High prevalence of HIV, HBsAg and anti-HCV positivity among people who injected drugs: results of the first bio-behavioral survey using respondent-driven sampling in two urban areas in Mozambique
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Nasopharyngeal carriage, spa types and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of Staphylococcus aureus from healthy children less than 5 years in Eastern Uganda
David Patrick Kateete, Benon B. Asiimwe, Raymond Mayanja, Brian Mujuni, Freddie Bwanga, Christine F. Najjuka, Karin Källander, Elizeus Rutebemberwa
Determinants of first line antiretroviral therapy treatment failure among adult patients on ART at central Ethiopia: un-matched case control study
Diriba Mulisa, Mulugeta Tesfa, Getachew Mullu Kassa, Tadesse Tolossa
Piperaquine concentration and malaria treatment outcomes in Ugandan children treated for severe malaria with intravenous Artesunate or quinine plus Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine
Pauline Byakika-Kibwika, Ronald Ssenyonga, Mohammed Lamorde, Daniel Blessborn, Joel Tarning
Effects of the proportion of high-risk patients and control strategies on the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an intensive care unit
Farida Chamchod, Prasit Palittapongarnpim
Seroprevalence of viral hepatitis A, B, C, D and E viruses in the Hormozgan province southern Iran
Mohammad Amin Behzadi, Victor Hugo Leyva-Grado, Mandana Namayandeh, Atoosa Ziyaeyan, Roya Feyznezhad, Hedayat Dorzaban, Marzieh Jamalidoust, Mazyar Ziyaeyan
Measuring the in-hospital costs of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia: methodology and results from a German teaching hospital
Klaus Kaier, Thomas Heister, Tim Götting, Martin Wolkewitz, Nico T. Mutters
Weather effects on hand, foot, and mouth disease at individual level: a case-crossover study
Zhicheng Du, Shao Lin, Tia Marks, Wangjian Zhang, Te Deng, Shicheng Yu, Yuantao Hao
Cytomegalovirus infection in HIV-infected patients in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy
R. Perello, A. Vergara, E. Monclus, S. Jimenez, M. Montero, N. Saubi, A. Moreno, Y. Eto, A. Inciarte, J. Mallolas, E. Martínez, M. A. Marcos
Inhibition of type I interferon signaling abrogates early Mycobacterium bovis infection
Jie Wang, Tariq Hussain, Kai Zhang, Yi Liao, Jiao Yao, Yinjuan Song, Naveed Sabir, Guangyu Cheng, Haodi Dong, Miaoxuan Li, Jiamin Ni, Mazhar Hussain Mangi, Deming Zhao, Xiangmei Zhou
Burden of anemia and its association with HAART in HIV infected children in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Fasil Wagnew, Setegn Eshetie, Animut Alebel, Cheru Tesema, Getiye Dejenu Kibret, Alemu Gebrie, Getenet Dessie, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir
Protocol, rationale and design of PEOPLE (Post ExpOsure Prophylaxis for LEprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar): a cluster randomized trial on effectiveness of different modalities of implementation of post-exposure prophylaxis of leprosy contacts
Nimer Ortuno-Gutierrez, Assoumani Younoussa, Andriamira Randrianantoandro, Sofie Braet, Bertrand Cauchoix, Stéphanie Ramboarina, Abdallah Baco, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Zahara Salim, Mohamed Amidy, Saverio Grillone, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Bouke C. de Jong, Epco Hasker
A case report of Talaromyces marneffei Oro-pharyngo-laryngitis: a rare manifestation of Talaromycosis
Thanyarak Wongkamhla, Piriyaporn Chongtrakool, Anupop Jitmuang
Correction to: Systematic review and meta-analysis of tick-borne disease risk factors in residential yards, neighborhoods, and beyond
Ilya R. Fischhoff, Sarah E. Bowden, Felicia Keesing, Richard S. Ostfeld
Evaluation of the relationship between IL-12, IL-13 and TNF-α gene polymorphisms with the susceptibility to brucellosis: a case control study
Sima Kazemi, Asad Vaisi-Raygani, Fariba Keramat, Massoud Saidijam, Ali Reza Soltanian, Mahdi Alahgholi-Hajibehzad, Seyed Hamid Hashemi, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani
Incidence, clinical implications and impact on public health of infections with Shigella spp. and entero-invasive Escherichia coli (EIEC): results of a multicenter cross-sectional study in the Netherlands during 2016–2017
Maaike J. C. van den Beld, Esther Warmelink, Alexander W. Friedrich, Frans A. G. Reubsaet, Maarten Schipper, Richard F. de Boer, Daan W. Notermans, Mariska W. F. Petrignani, Evert van Zanten, John W. A. Rossen, Ingrid H. M. Friesema, A. M. D. ( Mirjam) Kooistra-Smid, A. P. van Dam, S. Svraka-Latifovic, A. M. D. Kooistra-Smid, J. J. Verweij, L. E. S. Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet, K. Waar, M. Hermans, D. L. J. Hess, L. J. M. van Mook, A. M. C. Bergmans, R. R. Jansen, J. H. B. van de Bovenkamp, A. A. Demeulemeester, E. Reinders, C. F. M. Linssen
Associated factors in distinguishing patients with brucellosis from suspected cases
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Systemic RAGE ligands are upregulated in tuberculosis individuals with diabetes co-morbidity and modulated by anti-tuberculosis treatment and metformin therapy
Nathella Pavan Kumar, Kadar Moideen, Arul Nancy, Vijay Viswanathan, Basavaradhya S. Shruthi, Shanmugam Sivakumar, Syed Hissar, Hardy Kornfeld, Subash Babu
The European gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance programme (Euro-GASP) appropriately reflects the antimicrobial resistance situation for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the European Union/European Economic Area
Michelle J. Cole, Chantal Quinten, Susanne Jacobsson, Michaela Day, Andrew J. Amato-Gauci, Neil Woodford, Gianfranco Spiteri, Magnus Unemo, Angelika Stary, Maria Haller, Ruth Verbrugge, Tania Crucitti, Soteroulla Soteriou, Despo Pieridou, Susan Cowan, Steen Hoffmann, Jevgenia Epstein, Jelena Viktorova, Ndeindo Ndeikoundam, Agathe Goubard, Peter Kohl, Susanne Buder, Viviane Bremer, Eva Tzelepi, Vasileia Konte, Eszter Balla, Mária Dudás, Guðrún Sigmundsdóttir, Guðrún Svanborg Hauksdóttir, Derval Igoe, Brendan Crowley, Barbara Suligoi, Paola Stefanelli, Gatis Pakarna, Violeta Mavcutko, Christopher Barbara, Jackie Maistre Melillo, Alje Van Dam, Birgit Van Benthem, Ineke Linde, Hilde Kløvstad, Thea Bergheim, Slawomir Majewski, Beata Mlynarczyk-Bonikowska, Jacinta Azevedo, Maria José Borrego, Peter Pavlik, Peter Truska, Irena Klavs, Samo Jeverica, Julio Vazquez, Mercedes Diez, Inga Velicko, Magnus Unemo, Gwenda Hughes, Kirstine Eastick
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Ying Zhou, Yu-Mao Cai, Shi-Liang Li, Ning-Xiao Cao, Xiao-Feng Zhu, Feng Wang, Yan Han, Yue-Ping Yin, Xiang-Sheng Chen
Comparison of an in house and a commercial real-time polymerase chain reaction targeting Toxoplasma gondii RE gene using various samples collected from patients in Turkey
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Analysis of factors associated with dropping-out from HIV antiretroviral therapy in Kunming City, China
Bin Liao, Xiao-Wen Zhang, Jing-Ying Wang, Jun Liu, Jun Liang, Wen-Jie He, Biao Hong, Yi Li
Biosafety and biosecurity requirements for Orientia spp. diagnosis and research: recommendations for risk-based biocontainment, work practices and the case for reclassification to risk group 2
Stuart D. Blacksell, Matthew T. Robinson, Paul N. Newton, Soiratchaneekorn Ruanchaimun, Jeanne Salje, Tri Wangrangsimakul, Matthew D. Wegner, Mohammad Yazid Abdad, Allan M. Bennett, Allen L. Richards, John Stenos, Nicholas P. J. Day
High Mycoplasma pneumoniae loads and persistent long-term Mycoplasma pneumoniae DNA in lower airway associated with severity of pediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
Jinrong Liu, Fei Zhao, Jie Lu, Hui Xu, Hui Liu, Xiaolei Tang, Haiming Yang, Jianzhong Zhang, Shunying Zhao
Association of CMV genomic mutations with symptomatic infection and hearing loss in congenital CMV infection
G. Clement Dobbins, Amit Patki, Dongquan Chen, Hemant K. Tiwari, Curtis Hendrickson, William J. Britt, Karen Fowler, Jake Y. Chen, Suresh B. Boppana, Shannon A. Ross
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Regina Bones Barcellos, Isabela Neves de Almeida, Elisangela Costa da Silva, Harrison Magdinier Gomes, Lida Jouca de Assis Figueredo, Maria Laura Halon, Elis Regina Dalla Costa, Ícaro Rodrigues dos Santos, Maria Cláudia Vater, Suely Alves, Wânia da Silva Carvalho, Philip Suffys, Christophe Sola, Silvana Spíndola de Miranda, Maria Lucia Rossetti, Afrânio Kritski
Mutation in MPT64 gene influencing diagnostic accuracy of SD Bioline assay (capilia)
Kamal Singh, Richa Kumari, Rajneesh Tripathi, Ankush Gupta, Shampa Anupurba
First-line antibiotic susceptibility pattern of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in Indonesia
Dominicus Husada, Sugi Deny Pranoto Soegianto, Indra Suwarin Kurniawati, Adi Pramono Hendrata, Eveline Irawan, Leny Kartina, Dwiyanti Puspitasari, Parwati Setiono Basuki, Ismoedijanto
Perceived barriers and enablers for preventing the spread of carbapenem producing gram-negative bacteria during patient transfers: a mixed methods study among healthcare providers
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An AIDS patient with urine retention
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Associations between echocardiographic manifestations and bacterial species in patients with infective endocarditis: a cohort study
A. Damlin, K. Westling, E. Maret, C. Stålsby Lundborg, K. Caidahl, M. J. Eriksson
FcγRIIIa receptor polymorphism influences NK cell mediated ADCC activity against HIV
Sneha Pramod Talathi, Nawaj Najir Shaikh, Sudhanshu Shekhar Pandey, Vandana Ashish Saxena, Megha Sunil Mamulwar, Madhuri Rajeev Thakar
Low serum estradiol levels are related to Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease: a cross-sectional study
Yoshifumi Uwamino, Tomoyasu Nishimura, Yasunori Sato, Eiko Tamizu, Takanori Asakura, Shunsuke Uno, Masaaki Mori, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Makoto Ishii, Hiroshi Kawabe, Mitsuru Murata, Naoki Hasegawa
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at Hawassa University comprehensive specialized and Yirgalem General Hospitals, in Southern Ethiopia
Demissie Assegu Fenta
Prepared for PrEP: preferences for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Chinese men who have sex with men in an online national survey
Wenting Huang, Dan Wu, Jason J. Ong, M. Kumi Smith, Fan Yang, Hongyun Fu, Weiming Tang, Joseph D. Tucker
Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among people living with HIV diagnosed using Xpert MTB/RIF versus sputum-smear microscopy in Botswana: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial
Tefera Agizew, Violet Chihota, Sambayawo Nyirenda, Zegabriel Tedla, Andrew F. Auld, Unami Mathebula, Anikie Mathoma, Rosanna Boyd, Anand Date, Sherri L. Pals, Phenyo Lekone, Alyssa Finlay
Intratracheal myiasis followed by tracheal-esophageal fistula: report of a rare case and literature review
Huang Wendi, Chao Zeng, Weidong Song, Ping Xu
Clinical relevance of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial isolates in three reference centres in Belgium: a multicentre retrospective analysis
Yannick Vande Weygaerde, Nina Cardinaels, Peter Bomans, Taeyang Chin, Jerina Boelens, Emmanuel André, Eva Van Braeckel, Natalie Lorent
The Safe Start trial to assess the effect of an infant hygiene intervention on enteric infections and diarrhoea in low-income informal neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya: a study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Jane Mumma, Sheillah Simiyu, Evalyne Aseyo, John Anderson, Alexandra Czerniewska, Elizabeth Allen, Robert Dreibelbis, Kelly K. Baker, Oliver Cumming
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Thiago S. Torres, Luana M. S. Marins, Valdilea G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Paula M. Luz
Human papillomavirus genotypes and P16INK4A expression in squamous penile carcinoma in Mexican patients
Cecilia Martínez-Bailón, Alejandra Mantilla-Morales, Galo Méndez-Matías, Isabel Alvarado-Cabrero, Rogelio Maldonado-Rodríguez, Joel Quintero-Becerra, Rafael Arias-Flores, Patricia Piña-Sánchez
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Huijie Chen, Ye Chen, Baijun Sun, Lihai Wen, Xiangdong An
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Factors affecting HIV counselling and testing among Ethiopian women aged 15–49
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Correction to: Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in critically ill adults: a meta-analysis
Tao Zhang, Yan Wang, Qianting Yang, Yalin Dong
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Guido Werner, Carola Fleige, Ingo Klare, Robert E. Weber, Jennifer K. Bender
1g versus 2 g daily intravenous ceftriaxone in the treatment of community onset pneumonia – a propensity score analysis of data from a Japanese multicenter registry
Shinya Hasegawa, Ryuichi Sada, Makito Yaegashi, Konosuke Morimoto, Takahiro Mori, Masahiko Abe, Takao Wakabayashi, Masahiro Aoshima, Naoto Hosokawa, Norihiro Kaneko, Naoko Katsurada, Kei Nakashima, Yoshihito Otsuka, Eiichiro Sando, Kaori Shibui, Daisuke Suzuki, Kenzo Tanaka, Kentaro Tochitani, Makito Yaegashi, Masayuki Chikamori, Naohisa Hamashige, Masayuki Ishida, Hiroshi Nakaoka, Norichika Aso, Hiroyuki Ito, Kei Matsuki, Yoshiko Tsuchihashi, Koya Ariyoshi, Bhim G. Dhoubhadel, Akitsugu Furumoto, Sugihiro Hamaguchi, Tomoko Ishifuji, Shungo Katoh, Satoshi Kakiuchi, Emi Kitashoji, Takaharu Shimazaki, Motoi Suzuki, Masahiro Takaki, Konosuke Morimoto, Kiwao Watanabe, Lay-Myint Yoshida
Severe acute respiratory infection risk following glucocorticosteroid treatment in uncomplicated influenza-like illness resulting from pH1N1 influenza infection: a case control study
Xuesen Xing, Shixiong Hu, Meihua Chen, Faxian Zhan, Huihui Liu, Zhang Chen, Hengjiao Zhang, Ge Zeng, Qiaohua Xu, Hong Zhang, Man Liu, Honghui Liu, Lidong Gao, Lijie Zhang
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Septic pulmonary embolism in China: clinical features and analysis of prognostic factors for mortality in 98 cases
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Enterococcal periprosthetic joint infection: clinical and microbiological findings from an 8-year retrospective cohort study
Nora Renz, Rihard Trebse, Doruk Akgün, Carsten Perka, Andrej Trampuz
Time to viral load suppression and its associated factors in cohort of patients taking antiretroviral treatment in East Shewa zone, Oromiya, Ethiopia, 2018
Jemal Hassen Ali, Tewodros Getinet Yirtaw
Where have all the susceptible gonococci gone? A historical review of changes in MIC distribution over the past 75 years
Chris Kenyon, Jolein Laumen, Dorien Van Den Bossche, Christophe Van Dijck
Intestinal parasite infections and associated factors among inmates of Arba Minch prison, southern Ethiopia: cross sectional study
Gemechu Ameya, Zerihun Zerdo, Mihret Tesfaye, Chimdo Jabesa, Abayneh Awaje, Kaleb Dejene, Petros Shika, Mohammed Eshetu
Identification and characterization of microglia/macrophages in the granuloma microenvironment of encephalic schistosomiasis japonicum
Zhoubin Tan, Zhuowei Lei, Zhuo Zhang, Huaqiu Zhang, Kai Shu, Feng Hu, Ting Lei
Prevalence and predictors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women from Dhamar, Yemen
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Antimicrobial resistance of bacteraemia in the emergency department of a German university hospital (2013–2018): potential carbapenem-sparing empiric treatment options in light of the new EUCAST recommendations
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A co-infection of varicella-zoster virus and Pneumocystis jirovecii in a non-HIV immunocompromised patient: a case report
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Determinants of AIDS and non-AIDS related mortality among people living with HIV in Shiraz, southern Iran: a 20-year retrospective follow-up study
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Genital Kaposi sarcoma in a HIV and syphilis co-infected patient: case presentation
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