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BMC Infectious Diseases

Ausgabe 1/2024

Inhalt (440 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Changes in the intrinsic severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 according to the emerging variant: a nationwide study from February 2020 to June 2022, including comparison with vaccinated populations

Boyeong Ryu, Eunjeong Shin, Dong Hwi Kim, HyunJu Lee, So Young Choi, Seong-Sun Kim, Il-Hwan Kim, Eun-Jin Kim, Sangwon Lee, Jaehyun Jeon, Donghyok Kwon, Sungil Cho

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Hospitalization, case fatality, comorbidities, and isolated pathogens of adult inpatients with pneumonia from 2013 to 2022: a real-world study in Guangzhou, China

Yun Li, Zhufeng Wang, Lunfang Tan, Lina Liang, Shuyi Liu, Jinhai Huang, Junfeng Lin, Kang Peng, Zihui Wang, Qiasheng Li, Wenhua Jian, Baosong Xie, Yi Gao, Jinping Zheng

Open Access Research

Propensity score matched analysis for the safety and effectiveness of remdesivir in COVID-19 patients with renal impairment

Eunmi Yang, Han Zo Choi, Subin Kim, Dong Hyun Oh, Mi Young Ahn, Sinyoung Ham, Eunyoung Lee, Jaehyun Jeon, Min-Kyung Kim, Hee-Chang Jang, Sang-Won Park, Jae-Phil Choi

Open Access Research

Analysis of HIV drug prophylaxis services cascade in healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in China

Jingkun Hu, Wenting Kang, Jiahuan Guo, Jie Xu, Fan Lyu, Guang Zhang

Open Access Case Report

Ventilator-associated pneumonia by Weeksella virosa: case report

Luis Alberto de la Fuente García Peña, Alan Ulises Mendoza García, Josué Eli Villegas-Dominguez, Félix Guillermo Márquez Celedonio, Hugo Arana Vidal, Karime Azuara Díaz

Open Access Research

Treatment outcomes of retreated patients with isoniazid/rifampicin resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

Lijie Zhang, Xiqin Han, Qiping Ge, Wei Shu, Yuxian Sun, Jingtao Gao, Shiheng Xie, Jingping Wang, Weiwei Gao

Open Access Research

Incidence of low-level viremia and its impact on virologic failure among people living with HIV who started an integrase strand transfer inhibitors: a longitudinal cohort study

Xiaojie Lao, Hanxi Zhang, Meiju Deng, Qun Li, Qing Xiao, Lin He, Liying Ma, Aqian Song, Xuelei Liang, Fengting Yu, Hongxin Zhao, Fujie Zhang

Open Access Research

Platelet distribution width as an useful indicator of influenza severity in children

Seyin Zou, Siti Hasmah Mohtar, Roshani Othman, Rodiah Mohd Hassan, Kun Liang, Da Lei, Bangming Xu

Open Access Case Report

The co-infection of pulmonary hydatid cyst, lophomoniasis and tuberculosis in a patient with resistant respiratory symptoms; a case report study

Mohammad Hadi Tajik Jalayeri, Rahmat Allah Sharifi far, Narges Lashkarbolouk, Mahdi Mazandarani

Open Access Research

Reconstructing the COVID-19 incidence in India using airport screening data in Japan

Shiqi Liu, Asami Anzai, Hiroshi Nishiura

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Application of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the diagnosis of tuberous vas deferens tuberculosis

Wenzhi Zhang, Jie Chu, Jianping Xu, Wei Tang, Gaoyi Yang

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Bacterial contamination on clinical surfaces and oxygen device accessories in the emergency unit of a tertiary health facility in Ghana

Evans Thompson, Akua Tutuwaa Badu, Emmanuella Abban, Evelyn Baawa Eyeson, Leslie Larry Afutu, Bless Amankwaah, Suzzana Dickson Buabeng, Abigail Agyen Frimpong, Alberta Serwah Anning, George Ghartey-Kwansah

Open Access Research

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B, C, and D and associated factors in the semi-isolated Yanomami Amazonian indigenous community

Mariana Pinheiro Alves Vasconcelos, Juan Camilo Sánchez-Arcila, Luciana Peres, Paulo Sérgio Fonseca de Sousa, Júlio Castro-Alves, Hermano Gomes Albuquerque, Maria Cássia Mendes-Correa, Marilza Maia-Herzog, Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez, Lívia Melo Villar, Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira

Open Access Research

Time series analysis and short-term forecasting of monkeypox outbreak trends in the 10 major affected countries

Tahir Munir, Maaz Khan, Salman Arif Cheema, Fiza Khan, Ayesha Usmani, Mohsin Nazir

Open Access Research

A stronger antibody response in increased disease severity of SARS-CoV-2

Marta Iglis de Oliveira, Melayne Rocha Aciole, Patrícia Areias Feitosa Neves, Vitor Palmares Oliveira e Silva, Marcelo Palmares Oliveira e Silva, Virginia Maria Barros de Lorena, Paulo Sérgio Ramos de Araújo

Open Access Research

Factors affecting subsequent dose of COVID-19 vaccine uptake based on BASNEF model among older adults

Majid Barati, Hanieh Jormand, Salman Khazaei, Saeed Bashirian, Mohadeseh Sadri, Maryam Afshari

Open Access Research

Associations of MMP9 polymorphism with the risk of severe pneumonia in a Southern Chinese children population

Li Cai, Xiaoyu Zuo, Liuheyi Ma, Yuxia Zhang, Falin Xu, Bingtai Lu

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Association between serum carotenoids and bacterial vaginosis infection among American women

Ming-Zhi Tan, Yu-Xue Feng, De-Yao Hong, Xu-Guang Guo

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The impact of spatial connectivity on NPIs effectiveness

Chiara E. Sabbatini, Giulia Pullano, Laura Di Domenico, Stefania Rubrichi, Shweta Bansal, Vittoria Colizza

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Determinants and prevalence of symptomatic dengue fever among adults in the Central Region of Burkina Faso: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Jean Claude Romaric Pingdwindé Ouédraogo, Sylvain Ilboudo, Tegwindé Rebeca Compaoré, Prosper Bado, Mathieu Nitiéma, Wendlasida Thomas Ouédraogo, Salfo Ouédraogo, Mohamadi Zeba, Alix Tougma, Geoffroy Gueswindé Ouédraogo, Noufou Ouédraogo, Sylvin Ouédraogo, Léon Gueswendé Blaise Savadogo

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Social and individual vulnerability factors associated with syphilis among populations living on islands in the Brazilian Amazon

Ellen Christiane Correa Pinho, José Jorge da Silva Galvão, Aline Maria Pereira Cruz Ramos, Cintia Yolette Urbano Pauxis Aben-Athar, Richardson Augusto Rosendo da Silva, Carlos Leonardo Figueiredo Cunha, Eliã Pinheiro Botelho, Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira

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Transmission chains of the first local outbreak cause by Delta VariantB.1.617.2 COVID-19 in Guangzhou, Southern China

Chun Chen, Ke Li, Yong Huang, Chaojun Xie, Zongqiu Chen, Wenhui Liu, Hang Dong, Shujun Fan, Lirui Fan, Zhoubin Zhang, Lei Luo

Open Access Research

Effects of antivirals on patients with COVID-19 breakthrough

Hong Tham Pham, Tuong-Anh Mai-Phan, Kim-Huong Truong-Nguyen, Minh-Hoang Tran

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Dyslipidemia among HIV-infected patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ousman Mohammed, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Habtu Debash, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Alemu Gedefie, Mihret Tilahun, Hussen Ebrahim, Daniel Gebretsadik Weldehanna

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Multiple cytokine analysis based on QuantiFERON-TB gold plus in different tuberculosis infection status: an exploratory study

Lifan Zhang, Zhengrong Yang, Fengying Wu, Qiping Ge, Yueqiu Zhang, Dongyu Li, Mengqiu Gao, Xiaoqing Liu

Open Access Research

Prevalence of acquired and transmitted HIV drug resistance in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hossein Mirzaei, Sana Eybpoosh, Fatemeh Mehrabi, Mohammad Reza Shojaei, Ali Mirzazadeh, Mehrdad Khezri, Naser Nasiri, Hamid Sharifi

Open Access Case Report

Severe pneumonia with co-infection of H5N1 and SARS-CoV-2: a case report

Ke Jin, Zixing Dai, Ping Shi, Yuwen Li, Chuanlong Zhu

Open Access Research

Exploring the biomarkers and potential therapeutic drugs for sepsis via integrated bioinformatic analysis

Pingping Liang, Yongjian Wu, Siying Qu, Muhammad Younis, Wei Wang, Zhilong Wu, Xi Huang

Open Access Research

Weight loss and mortality in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sarah Almeida Cordeiro, Tainá Costa Pereira Lopes, Antonio Luiz Boechat, Roberta Lins Gonçalves

Open Access Case Report

First report of Acinetobacter pittii acute community-acquired pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient in France following a heat wave

Bérénice Souhail, Maxime Danjean, Mélanie Mercier-Darty, Giuliana Amaddeo, Anna Sessa, Vincent Fihman, Adrien Galy, Paul Louis Woerther, Raphaël Lepeule

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Analysis of influencing factors on long COVID in COVID-19 patients infected with omicron variant three months after discharge: a cross-sectional study

Hang Shang, Tianying Chang, Wei Yang, Li Shi, Shaodan Hu, Lin Tian, Jixiang Ren, Tan Wang, Jian Wang, Jiajuan Guo, Yingzi Cui

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Clinical evolution and mortality of critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia treated with remdesivir in an adult intensive care unit of Paraguay

Jessica Figueredo, Lorena Fontclara Lopez, Belinda Figueredo Leguizamon, Margarita Samudio, Marcelo Pederzani, Federico Fretes Apelt, Patricia Añazco, Ricardo Caballero, Hugo Bianco

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Epidemiological trends of respiratory tract pathogens detected via mPCR in Australian adult patients before COVID-19

Audrey K. Grech, Chuan T. Foo, Eldho Paul, Ar K. Aung, Christiaan Yu

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The importance of the bacterial spectrum in the clinical diagnostics and management of patients with spontaneous pyogenic spondylodiscitis and isolated spinal epidural empyema: a 20-year cohort study at a single spine center

Mido Max Hijazi, Timo Siepmann, Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Percy Schröttner, Dino Podlesek, Gabriele Schackert, Tareq A Juratli, Ilker Y Eyüpoglu, Andreas Filis

Open Access Correction

Correction: Antimicrobial resistance profiles of bacterial isolates from clinical specimens referred to ethiopian public health institute: analysis of 5-year data

Belay Tafa Regassa, Wagi Tosisa, Daniel Eshetu, Degefu Beyene, Abera Abdeta, Abebe Aseffa Negeri, Dejene Shiferaw Teklu, Geremew Tasew, Begna Tulu, Tadesse Awoke

Open Access Case Report

An imported malaria case with repeated episodes of neurological syndromes resulting from different Plasmodium species

Zheng Xiang, Longcan Zhou, Maohua Pan, Yucheng Qin, Yao Bai, Pien Qin, Weilin Zeng, Xiaosheng Wei, Yuxin Lu, Charurut Somboonwit, Lynette Menezes, Yaming Huang, Liwang Cui, Zhaoqing Yang

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Genetic diversity and seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in COVID‑19 patients; a first case-control study in Iran

Mehdi Hasanzadeh, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Mahmoud Mahami-Oskouei, Saeed Musavi, Mahdi Parsaei, Nazila Sarafraz, Adel Spotin

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Viability predictive factors of the daughter vesicles in hepatic cystic echinococcosis

Aymen Trigui, Nahed Khmekhem, Sami Fendri, Rahma Daoud, Amira Akrout, Jihene Trabelsi, Rafik Mzali, Fatma Cheikhrouhou, Ali Ayadi, Chadli Dziri, Mohamed Ben Amar, Saleh Boujelbene

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Azvudine versus paxlovid for oral treatment of COVID-19 in Chinese patients

Peng Su, Cong-xian Yang, Xing-guang Wang

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Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as diagnostic biomarkers in COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 sepsis patients: a comparative study

Jing Shi, Ying Zhuo, Ting-Qiang Wang, Chun-E Lv, Ling-Hui Yao, Shi-Yan Zhang

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Spatial distribution and temporal trends of tuberculosis case notifications, Uganda: a ten-year retrospective analysis (2013–2022)

Freda Loy Aceng, Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Alex Riolexus Ario, Alfred Etwom, Stavia Turyahabwe, Frank Rwabinumi Mugabe

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Effectiveness and safety of azvudine in older adults with mild and moderate COVID-19: a retrospective observational study

Zhiguo Zhou, He Zheng, Gui’e Xiao, Xiangping Xie, Jiaxi Rang, Danhong Peng

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Impact of the 4th of August Beirut explosion mass casualty incident on a university hospital microbial Flora

Zeinab Roumieh, Hanine Mansour, Rawad Abi Assaad, Hani Dimassi, Rola Husni, Sanaa Zoghby, Jacques E. Mokhbat

Open Access Research

Differential distribution of linezolid in diseased and nondiseased bones in patients with spinal tuberculosis

Yuan Li, Guohua Lei, Weijie Dong, Tinglong Lan, Jun Fan, Shibing Qin

Open Access Case Report

Scalp myiasis associated with soft tissue sarcoma lesion: a case report and review of relevant literature

Sahar Azarmi, Kamran Akbarzadeh, Ali Ekrami, Zahra Sheikh, Omid Dehghan

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Prevalence of HIV in slums area: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Meysam Behzadifar, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Banafshe Darvishi Teli, Samad Azari, Ahad Bakhtiari, Masoud Behzadifar

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Dyslipidemia among adult people living with HIV on dolutegravir – based antiretroviral therapy at a private tertiary hospital in Kampala, Uganda: burden and determinants

Vianney John Kigongo, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Ronald Ssenyonga, Ronald Kasoma Mutebi, Andrew Kazibwe, Ronald Kiguba, Andrew D. Kambugu, Barbara Castelnuovo

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Characteristics, outcome, duration of hospitalization, and cycle threshold of patients with COVID-19 referred to four hospitals in Babol City: a multicenter retrospective observational study on the fourth, fifth, and sixth waves

Farzin Sadeghi, Mehrdad Halaji, Hoda Shirafkan, Abazar Pournajaf, Hossein Ghorbani, Sara Babazadeh, Nafiseh Ezami, Kobra Fallhpour, Fatemeh Fakhraie, Shahrbano Gorjinejad, Saghar Saber Amoli, Fatemeh Hejazi Amiri, Mahnaz Baghershiroodi, Zahra Ahmadnia, Maryam Salehi, Mehdi Tourani, Jalal Jafarzadeh, Farzane Shanehbandpour Tabari, Seyed Raheleh Ahmadian, Rouzbeh Mohammadi Abandansari, Farzaneh Jafarian, Samaneh Rouhi, Arezoo Zabihollahi, Sarina Mostafanezhad, Fatemeh Saeedi, Arefeh Ebrahimian, Zeinab Deldar, Mahmoud Sadeghi Haddad Zavareh, Masoumeh Bayani, Mana Bazi Broun, Moein Shirzad, Siamak Sabbaghi, Mohsen Mohammadi, Rabeae Rahmani, Yousef Yahyapour

Open Access Study Protocol

Feasibility, safety and effectiveness of prednisolone and vitamin B1, B6, and B12 in patients with post-COVID-19-syndrome (PreVitaCOV) – protocol of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicentre trial in primary care (phase IIIb)

Caroline Tengelmann, Stefanie Joos, Yvonne Kaußner, Uwe Malzahn, Laura Lunden, Andreas Klug, Karl Georg Häusler, Catharina Escales, Walter Maetzler, Klemens Hügen, Oliver Zolk, Peter U. Heuschmann, Christian Förster, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Ildikó Gágyor

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Real-world effectiveness of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir versus azvudine in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 during the omicron wave in Beijing: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Xiaobo Han, Darui Gao, Chenglong Li, Xin Yuan, Junchang Cui, Weiguo Zhao, Fei Xie, Kaifei Wang, Yuhong Liu, Guoxin Muo, Na Xi, Mengli Zheng, Rentao Wang, Kun Xiao, Dahui Zhao, Xinxin Zhang, Xinjie Han, Bo Wang, Tiantian Zhang, Wuxiang Xie, Lixin Xie

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Baseline NT-proBNP levels as a predictor of short-and long-term prognosis in COVID-19 patients: a prospective observational study

Diana Mojón-Álvarez, Teresa Giralt, José Carreras-Mora, Alicia Calvo-Fernández, Andrea Izquierdo, Cristina Soler, Paula Cabero, Silvia Pérez-Fernández, Beatriz Vaquerizo, Núria Ribas Barquet

Open Access Case Report

Thyroid abscess associated with thyrotoxicosis caused by Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica in a patient with follicular adenoma of the thyroid gland

Takehiro Hashimoto, Takaaki Yahiro, Sonoka Takakura, Sakirul Khan, Kazunori Kimitsuki, Kazufumi Hiramatsu, Akira Nishizono

Open Access Research

Modelling the risk of Japanese encephalitis virus in Victoria, Australia, using an expert-systems approach

Mariel Flores Lima, Jacqueline Cotton, Monique Marais, Robert Faggian

Open Access Case Report

Rare post-operative intracranial abscess due to Serratia marcescens: what we can learn from it?

Wenzheng Liu, Ridong Feng, Xiaolin Song, Hai Zhao

Open Access Research

Efficacy of single antibiotic therapy versus antibiotic combination in implant-free staphylococcal post-surgical spinal infections: a retrospective observational study

Amélie Lombès, Marie-Paule Fernandez-Gerlinger, Marc Khalifé, Najiby Kassis-Chikhani, Amira Jomli, Jean-Luc Mainardi, David Lebeaux, Marie Dubert

Open Access Case Report

Disseminated Talaromyces marneffei infection associated with haemophagocytic syndrome in an HIV-negative patient in northern China: a case report

Hui Yang, Ming Liu, Nannan Xu, Lulu Yang, Sai Wen, Shanshan Wang, Chunmei Qu, Ke Xu, Enhua Sun, Wen Cui, Hui Liu, Gang Wang

Open Access Research

Association between lactate-to-albumin ratio and 28-days all-cause mortality in patients with sepsis-associated liver injury: a retrospective cohort study

Xiaona Yi, Dongcai Jin, Shanshan Huang, Zhenye Xie, Meixia Zheng, Fen Zhou, Yuhong Jin

Open Access Research

Identification of associated risk factors for serological distribution of hepatitis B virus via machine learning models

Ning Yao, Yang Liu, Jiawei Xu, Qing Wang, Quanhua Zhou, Yue Wang, Dong Yi, Yazhou Wu

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Serum MicroRNA profiles in chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patients before and after combined sofosbuvir and daclatasvir treatment

Wafaa M. Ezzat, Khalda S. Amr, Salwa Tawfeek, Hassan Elbatae, Eman A. Bayomi, Ahmed Heiba, Yasser Elhosary

Open Access Research

Prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in under-five children with diarrhoea in Blantyre, Malawi

Joseph E. V. Bitilinyu-Bangoh, Samra Riesebosch, Marije Rebel, Paul Chiwaya, Sjoerd P. Verschoor, Wieger P. Voskuijl, Henk D. F. H. Schallig

Open Access Research

Effect of mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on rapid molecular diagnostics among patients starting MDR-TB treatment in Uganda

Kevin Komakech, Lydia Nakiyingi, Ashab Fred, Beatrice Achan, Moses Joloba, Bruce J. Kirenga, Willy Ssengooba

Open Access Research

Episodic disability questionnaire (EDQ) measurement properties among adults living with HIV in Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, and United States

Kelly K. O’Brien, Kristine M. Erlandson, Darren A. Brown, Soo Chan Carusone, Jaime H. Vera, Colm Bergin, Lisa Avery, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Steven E. Hanna, Richard Harding, Patricia Solomon, Natalie St. Clair-Sullivan, Noreen O’Shea, Carolann Murray, Marta Boffito, George Da Silva, Brittany Torres, Kiera McDuff, Aileen M. Davis

Open Access Research

Sustained virologic response improved the long-term health-related quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a prospective national study in China

Rui Huang, Jia Shang, Hong Chen, Jun Li, Qing Xie, Jiajun Feng, Lai Wei, Huiying Rao

Open Access Research

Infectious complications following major heart surgery from the day of the surgery to hospital discharge

Maria Jesús Pérez-Granda, José María Barrio, Gregorio Cuerpo, Maricela Valerio, Patricia Muñoz, Javier Hortal, Angel González Pinto, Emilio Bouza, Begoña Quintana, Alejandro Garrido Sánchez, Mónica Barranco, Eduardo Sánchez Perez, Francisco Moraga, Alba López, Patricia Bono, Ignacio Fernández López, Guillermo Rodríguez Bernal, Enma Novoa, Roberto Hugo Rodríguez Abella, Manolo Ruiz, Alvaro Pedraz, Diego Monzón Diaz, Ramón Fortuny, Javier Rodríguez Lega, Maria Yolanda Villa Gallardo, Laura Diaz Calvo, Sara Solís Gallego, Carmen Garcia Mere, Alvaro Alvarez Tomás

Open Access Research

Trends and factors associated with recent HIV testing among women in Haiti: a cross-sectional study using data from nationally representative surveys

Fanor Joseph, David Jean Simon, Vénunyé Claude Kondo Tokpovi, Ann Kiragu, Marie-Reine Ayawavi Sitsope Toudeka, Roodjmie Nazaire

Open Access Research

Levels of peripheral blood routine, biochemical and coagulation parameters in patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and their relationship with prognosis: an observational cohort study

Wen-jing Chen, Hong Du, Hai-feng Hu, Jian-qi Lian, Hong Jiang, Jing Li, Yan-ping Chen, Ying Zhang, Ping-zhong Wang

Open Access Research

Spatiotemporal dynamics and influencing factors of human brucellosis in Mainland China from 2005–2021

Meng Zhang, Xinrui Chen, Qingqing Bu, Bo Tan, Tong Yang, Liyuan Qing, Yunna Wang, Dan Deng

Open Access Research

Retrospective database analysis for clinical diagnoses commonly associated with pneumococcal diseases in the Malaysian healthcare system over a 3-year period (2013–2015)

Saravanan S. R. Sundaramurthy, Kristen E. Allen, Mark A. Fletcher, Kok Fui Liew, Boekhtiar Borhanuddin, Mohammad Ali, Graciela Morales, Bradford Gessner, Jerusha Naidoo, Jo Southern

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Relationship between human papillomavirus and serum vitamin D levels: a systematic review

Seyedeh Maryam Khalili, Elnaz Haji Rafiei, Marjan Havaei, Leila Alizadeh, Fereshte Ghahremani, Zohreh Keshavarz, Ali Montazeri, Hedyeh Riazi

Open Access Research

Development and clinical application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with lateral flow assay for rapid diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2

Jin Tang, Jie Zhu, Jie Wang, Haiyong Qian, Zengxin Liu, Ru Wang, Qingqing Cai, Yuan Fang, Weifeng Huang

Open Access Research

Characterisation, symptom pattern and symptom clusters from a retrospective cohort of Long COVID patients in primary care in Catalonia

Gemma Torrell, Diana Puente, Constanza Jacques-Aviñó, Lucia A. Carrasco-Ribelles, Concepció Violán, Tomás López-Jiménez, Veronica Royano, Alba Molina Cantón, Laura Medina-Perucha, Israel Rodríguez-Giralt, Anna Berenguera

Open Access Publisher Correction

Publisher Correction: Psittacosis caused severe community-acquired pneumonia accompanied by acute hypoxic respiratory failure: a multicenter retrospective cohort study from China

Xiao Tang, Na Wang, Gang Liu, Hai Tan, Ai-Min Li, Yan-Qiu Gao, Meng-Ying Yao, Na Wang, Hui-Dan Jing, Qing-Guo Di, Liang Chen, Rui Wang, Xu-Yan Li, Ying Li, Xue Yuan, Yu Zhao, Qi Li, Zhao-Hui Tong, Bing Sun

Open Access Correction

Correction: Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized patients with seasonal coronavirus Infection and COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

Guillermo Rodriguez-Nava, Goar Egoryan, Tianyu Dong, Qishuo Zhang, Elise Hyser, Bidhya Poudel, Maria Adriana Yanez-Bello, Daniela Patricia Trelles-Garcia, Chul Won Chung, Bimatshu Pyakuryal, Taraz Imani-Ramos, Valeria Patricia Trelles-Garcia, Daniel Sebastian Bustamante-Soliz, Jonathan J. Stake

Open Access Correction

Correction: ABO, Lewis blood group systems and secretory status with H. pylori infection in yemeni dyspeptic patients: a cross-sectional study

Mohammed Abdulwahid Almorish, Boshra Al-absi, Ahmed M. E. Elkhalifa, Elham Elamin, Abozer Y. Elderdery, Abdulaziz H. Alhamidi

Open Access Case Report

Shorter antitubercular therapy for extrapulmonary tuberculosis - a case report

Diviya Bharathi Ravikumar, Barath Prashanth Sivasubramanian, Ankur Singla, Rakshaya Venu, Saketh Palasamudram Shekar

Open Access Research

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study in Caracas, Venezuela

David A. Forero-Peña, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, José L. Forero-Peña, Natasha A. Camejo-Ávila, Daniela L. Mendoza-Millán, Óscar D. Omaña-Ávila, Andrea L. Maricuto, Viledy L. Velásquez, Mario D. Mejía-Bernard, Carlis M. Rodriguez-Saavedra, María V. Marcano-Rojas, Yoesmir Contreras, Luis J. Guerra, María F. Alvarado, Martín Carballo, Jocays Caldera, Rafael N. Guevara, María C. Redondo, María E. Landaeta

Open Access Research

Poor nutritional status is associated with the severity of omicron infection in the older adults

Xiaohan Gu, Yongchao Guo, Yongmei Shi, Yaxiong Lu, Shihan Yang, Yongmei Jiang, Qianwen Jin, Qing Yun Li

Open Access Research

Clinical antiviral efficacy of favipiravir in early COVID-19 (PLATCOV): an open-label, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial

Viravarn Luvira, William H. K. Schilling, Podjanee Jittamala, James A. Watson, Simon Boyd, Tanaya Siripoon, Thundon Ngamprasertchai, Pedro J. Almeida, Maneerat Ekkapongpisit, Cintia Cruz, James J. Callery, Shivani Singh, Runch Tuntipaiboontana, Varaporn Kruabkontho, Thatsanun Ngernseng, Jaruwan Tubprasert, Mohammad Yazid Abdad, Srisuda Keayarsa, Wanassanan Madmanee, Renato S. Aguiar, Franciele M. Santos, Pongtorn Hanboonkunupakarn, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn, Kittiyod Poovorawan, Mallika Imwong, Walter R. J. Taylor, Vasin Chotivanich, Kesinee Chotivanich, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Arjen M. Dondorp, Nicholas P. J. Day, Mauro M. Teixeira, Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Weerapong Phumratanaprapin, Nicholas J. White

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Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in unvaccinated children and young adults

Sarah L. Silverberg, Hennady P. Shulha, Brynn McMillan, Guanyuhui He, Amy Lee, Ana Citlali Márquez, Sofia R. Bartlett, Vivek Gill, Bahaa Abu-Raya, Julie A. Bettinger, Adriana Cabrera, Daniel Coombs, Soren Gantt, David M. Goldfarb, Laura Sauvé, Mel Krajden, Muhammad Morshed, Inna Sekirov, Agatha N. Jassem, Manish Sadarangani

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Pulmonary cryptococcosis complicated with pulmonary aspergillosis: a series of studies and a literature review

Xidong Wang, Shaoqiang Li, Mangui Zhu, Ye Qiu, Yilei Hui, Yongming Li, Yangqing Zhan, Yan Wang, Feng Ye, Zhengtu Li

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Socioeconomic impacts of airborne and droplet-borne infectious diseases on industries: a systematic review

Ely Zarina Samsudin, Siti Munira Yasin, Nur-Hasanah Ruslan, Nik Nairan Abdullah, Ahmad Faiz Azhari Noor, Ahmad Fitri Abdullah Hair

Open Access Case Report

Monkeypox virus-associated meningoencephalitis diagnosed by detection of intrathecal antibody production

Hansen Karin, Båtshake Ylva, Söderholm Sandra, Pettke Aleksandra, Björkman Per, Sondén Klara

Open Access Case Report

Finger nodules with a papulovesicular hands and feet eruption: a complicated human Orf virus infection

Martina Salvi, Giorgio Tiecco, Luca Rossi, Marina Venturini, Simonetta Battocchio, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan

Open Access Research

Impaired humoral immunity following COVID-19 vaccination in HTLV-1 carriers

Takuro Kameda, Atae Utsunomiya, Nobuaki Otsuka, Yoko Kubuki, Taisuke Uchida, Kotaro Shide, Ayako Kamiunten, Nobuaki Nakano, Masahito Tokunaga, Takayoshi Miyazono, Yoshikiyo Ito, Kentaro Yonekura, Toshiro Kawakita, Keiichi Akizuki, Yuki Tahira, Masayoshi Karasawa, Tomonori Hidaka, Ayaka Konagata, Norifumi Taniguchi, Yuma Nagatomo, Fumiko Kogo, Koichiro Shimizu, Hiroaki Ueno, Junzo Ishizaki, Naoya Takahashi, Yoshihiko Ikei, Michihiro Hidaka, Hideki Yamaguchi, Kazuya Shimoda

Open Access Research

Role of thymosin α1 in restoring immune response in immunological nonresponders living with HIV

Chaoyu Chen, Jiangrong Wang, Jingna Xun, Xinyu Zhang, Li Liu, Zichen Song, Renfang Zhang, Jun Chen, Hongzhou Lu

Open Access Research

Cost-effectiveness of linezolid to ventilator-associated pneumonia in Colombia

Jefferson Antonio Buendía, Diana Guerrero Patiño, Andrés Felipe Zuluaga Salazar

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Evaluation of antibody-based preventive alternatives for respiratory syncytial virus: a novel multi-criteria decision analysis framework and assessment of nirsevimab in Spain

Jorge Mestre-Ferrándiz, Agustín Rivero, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Álvaro Hidalgo, Fernando Abdalla, Isabel Martín, Javier Álvarez, Manuel García-Cenoz, Maria del Carmen Pacheco, María Garcés-Sánchez, Néboa Zozaya, Raúl Ortiz-de-Lejarazu

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Uncovering the burden of Influenza in children in Portugal, 2008–2018

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Ewa Anna Burian, Peter J. Franks, Pinar Borman, Isabelle Quéré, Tonny Karlsmark, Vaughan Keeley, Junko Sugama, Marina Cestari, Christine J. Moffatt

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Does a simplified algorithm and integrated HCV care model improve linkage to care, retention, and cure among people who inject drugs? A pragmatic quality improvement randomized controlled trial protocol

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Bacterial infections in patients with COVID-19: the impact of procalcitonin testing on antibiotics prescription in the real world

Grace CY Lui, Catherine SK Cheung, Terry CF Yip, Mandy SM Lai, Timothy CM Li, Grace LH Wong

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Study protocol: a pragmatic, cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of implementation of the Truenat platform/MTB assays at primary health care clinics in Mozambique and Tanzania (TB-CAPT CORE)

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State transitions across the Strep A disease spectrum: scoping review and evidence gaps

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Brain abscess caused by Actinomyces turicensis in a non-immunocompromised adult patient: a case report and systematic review of the literature

Alessandra Imeneo, Lorenzo Vittorio Rindi, Andrea Di Lorenzo, Rosario Alessandro Cavasio, Pietro Vitale, Ilaria Spalliera, Mario Dauri, Daniele Guerino Biasucci, Ilaria Giuliano, Cartesio D’Agostini, Silvia Minelli, Maria Cristina Bossa, Anna Altieri, Massimo Andreoni, Vincenzo Malagnino, Marco Iannetta, Loredana Sarmati

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Effect of COVID-19 on infections associated with medical devices in critical care

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Epidemiology of group A rotavirus in children under five years of age with gastroenteritis in N’Djamena, Chad

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Evaluation of relationship between TMPRSS2 p.(Val197Met) variant and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity

Nora Ahmed Saleh Bashar, Nadida Mohammed Abdel-Hamid Gohar, Ahmed A. Tantawy, Mai Hamed Mohamed Kamel

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Zhende Wang, Yongbin Wang, Shengkui Zhang, Suzhen Wang, Zhen Xu, ZiJian Feng

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Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis infection in a pediatric patient presenting skin rash and abdominal pain: a case report from Southeast Iran

Ali Hosseininasab, Safoura MoradKasani, Ehsan Mostafavi, Neda Baseri, Maryam Sadeghi, Saber Esmaeili

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The clinical significance of plasma sCD25 as valuable biomarker for progression and prognosis of tuberculosis

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An analysis of differences in Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in different regions: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Bo Guo, Peili Li, Bingyu Qin, Shanmei Wang, Wenxiao Zhang, Yuan Shi, Jianxu Yang, Jingjing Niu, Shifeng Chen, Xiao Chen, Lin Cui, Qizhi Fu, Lin Guo, Zhe Hou, Hua Li, Xiaohui Li, Ruifang Liu, Xiaojun Liu, Zhengrong Mao, Xingguo Niu, Chao Qin, Xianrong Song, Rongqing Sun, Tongwen Sun, Daoxie Wang, Yong Wang, Lanjuan Xu, Xin Xu, Yuejie Yang, Baoquan Zhang, Dongmin Zhou, Zhaozhen Li, Yinyin Chen, Yue Jin, Juan Du, Huanzhang Shao

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Yixuan Wang, Yan Yao, Qingfeng Zhang, Hao Chen, Yang He, Ke Hu

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In vitro susceptibility of nontuberculous mycobacteria in China

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Long-term symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a cohort of hospital employees: duration and predictive factors

Rosalie Gruber, María Verónica Montilva Ludewig, Christina Weßels, Gerlinde Schlang, Svenja Jedhoff, Swetlana Herbrandt, Frauke Mattner

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Risk factors for transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in outbreak situations: results of a case-control study

Beate Schlosser, Beate Weikert, Giovanni-Battista Fucini, Britta Kohlmorgen, Axel Kola, Anna Weber, Norbert Thoma, Michael Behnke, Frank Schwab, Petra Gastmeier, Christine Geffers, Seven Johannes Sam Aghdassi

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Associations between air pollutants and acute exacerbation of drug-resistant tuberculosis: evidence from a prospective cohort study

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Pooling sputum samples for the Xpert MTB/RIF assay: a practical screening strategy for highly infectious tuberculosis cases

Jianfeng Zeng, Huan Huang, Xuhui Liu, Zhen Huang, Weijian Liu, Houming Liu, Shuihua Lu

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Study protocol: infectious diseases consortium (I3D) for study on integrated and innovative approaches for management of respiratory infections: respiratory infections research and outcome study (RESPIRO)

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Gene expression profiling of host lipid metabolism in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients: a systematic review and integrated bioinformatics analysis

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Enhancing detection of SARS-CoV-2 re-infections using longitudinal sero-monitoring: demonstration of a methodology in a cohort of people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada

Lucie Richard, Rosane Nisenbaum, Karen Colwill, Sharmistha Mishra, Roya M. Dayam, Michael Liu, Cheryl Pedersen, Anne-Claude Gingras, Stephen W. Hwang

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Interventions to de-implement unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for ear infections (DISAPEAR Trial): protocol for a cluster-randomized trial

Timothy C. Jenkins, Amy Keith, Amy B. Stein, Adam L. Hersh, Rashmi Narayan, Alice Eggleston, Deborah J. Rinehart, Payal K. Patel, Eve Walter, Ian G. Hargraves, Holly M. Frost, Leisha Andersen, Shaun Cosgrove, Aiden Gilbert, Hannah Jensen, Theresa Morin, Barbora Nelson, Allan M. Seibert, Valoree Stanfield, Park Willis

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Oritavancin as sequential therapy for Gram-positive bloodstream infections

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A case of bacteremia caused by Dialister micraerophilus with Enterocloster clostridioformis and Eggerthella lenta in a patient with pyometra

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Mitochondrial disturbance related to increased caspase-1 of CD4+T cells in HIV-1 infection

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Plantar pressure distribution and altered postural control in multibacillary leprosy patients

Alex Tadeu Viana Da Cruz Junior, Beatriz Helena Baldez Vasconcelos, Tatiana Generoso Campos Pinho Barroso, Givago Silva Souza, Luis Carlos Pereira Monteiro, Marília Brasil Xavier, Bianca Callegari

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Cross-border differences in the prevalence and risk factors for carriage of antimicrobial resistance in children attending daycare centers: a point prevalence study in the Netherlands and Belgium

Sara Dequeker, Mitch van Hensbergen, Casper D. J. den Heijer, Wouter Dhaeze, Stijn F. H. Raven, Helen Ewalts-Hakkoer, Paulien Tolsma, Ina Willemsen, Karine J. van Drunen-Kamp, Krista van der Slikke-Verstraten, Herman Goossens, Marjolein F. Q. Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe, Lieke van Alphen, Nicole van den Braak, Caroline Broucke, Anton Buiting, Liselotte Coorevits, Jeroen Dewulf, Bram Diederen, Inge Gyssens, Casper Jamin, Patricia Jansingh, Jan Kluytmans, Stefanie van Koeveringe, Sien De Koster, Christine Lammens, Isabel Leroux-Roels, Hanna Masson, Ellen Nieuwkoop, Anita van Oosten, Natascha Perales Selva, Merel Postma, Veroniek Saegeman, Paul Savelkoul, Annette Schuermans, Nathalie Sleeckx, Tijs Tobias, Jacobien Veenemans, Dewi van der Vegt, Martine Verelst, Carlo Verhulst, Pascal De Waegemaeker, Veronica Weterings, Clementine Wijkmans, Patricia Willemse Smits

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A retrospective analysis of 20,178 adult neurological infection admissions to United Kingdom critical care units from 2001 to 2020

Joseph Donovan, Abena Glover, John Gregson, Andrew W. Hitchings, Emma C. Wall, Robert S. Heyderman

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Clothianidin-resistant Anopheles gambiae adult mosquitoes from Yaoundé, Cameroon, display reduced susceptibility to SumiShield® 50WG, a neonicotinoid formulation for indoor residual spraying

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Unraveling IL-17 and IL-22 role in occult hepatitis C versus chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Sherif Elbaz, Nasser Mousa, Alaa Elmetwalli, Ahmed Abdel-Razik, Mohamed Salah, Amr ElHammady, Mostafa Abdelsalam, Eman Abdelkader, Niveen El-wakeel, Waleed Eldars, Ola El-Emam, Ahmed Elbeltagy, Mohamed Shaheen, Hossam El-Zamek, Eman Mousa, Ahmed Deiab, Ayman Elgamal, Alaa Habib

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Bivalent mRNA vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 among older adults in Japan: a test-negative study from the VENUS study

Yudai Tamada, Kenji Takeuchi, Taro Kusama, Megumi Maeda, Fumiko Murata, Ken Osaka, Haruhisa Fukuda

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Testing, diagnosis, and treatment following the implementation of a program to provide dried blood spot testing for HIV and hepatitis C infections: the NSW DBS Pilot

Nigel Carrington, Anna Conway, Jason Grebely, Mitchell Starr, Beth Catlett, Annabelle Stevens, Bianca Prain, Colette McGrath, Louise Causer, Rebecca Guy, Joanne Holden, Phillip Keen, Melanie Kingsland, Heng Lu, Cherie Power, Phillip Read, Carolyn Murray, Anna McNulty, Philip Cunningham

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Factors associated with immunological non-response after ART initiation: a retrospective observational cohort study

Heping Zhao, Anping Feng, Dan Luo, Tanwei Yuan, Yi-Fan Lin, Xuemei Ling, Huolin Zhong, Junbin Li, Linghua Li, Huachun Zou

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Emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in Canada: a retrospective analysis from clinical and wastewater data

David Champredon, Devan Becker, Shelley W. Peterson, Edgard Mejia, Nikho Hizon, Andrea Schertzer, Mohamed Djebli, Femi F. Oloye, Yuwei Xie, Mohsen Asadi, Jenna Cantin, Xia Pu, Charles A. Osunla, Markus Brinkmann, Kerry N. McPhedran, Mark R. Servos, John P. Giesy, Chand Mangat

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Distinct transcriptomic signatures define febrile malaria depending on initial infective states, asymptomatic or uninfected

Kelvin M. Kimenyi, Mercy Y. Akinyi, Kioko Mwikali, Tegan Gilmore, Shaban Mwangi, Elisha Omer, Bonface Gichuki, Juliana Wambua, James Njunge, George Obiero, Philip Bejon, Jean Langhorne, Abdirahman Abdi, Lynette Isabella Ochola-Oyier

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Assessment of BlaTEM, BlaSHV, and BlaCTX-M genes of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacilli causing urinary tract infections in Khartoum State: a cross-sectional study

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Clinical profile and outcomes of tetanus patients in a tertiary hospital in the Philippines: a ten-year retrospective study

Pamela Danielle T. Lanuza, Jao Jarro B. Garcia, Christian Wilson R. Turalde, Mario Jr. B. Prado

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The effect of educational intervention on efficacy of 1% permethrin shampoo and 4% dimeticone lotion to treat head lice infestation using propensity score matching (PSM)

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Radiographic characteristics of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in the STREAM stage 1 trial and their influence on time to culture conversion in the short regimen

Chen-Yuan Chiang, Henry Bern, Ruth Goodall, Shun-Tien Chien, I. D. Rusen, Andrew Nunn, Oumer Ali, Mekonnen Teferi, Muziwandile Ndlovu, Nosipho Ngubane, Rachel Bennet, Stella Fabiane, Sarah Meredith, Naranbat Nyamda, Bazarragchaa Tsogt, Phan-Thuong Dat, Pauline Howell, Meseret Hailu, Daniel Meressa, Samantha Aucock, Ronelle Moodliar

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Novel compound heterozygous mutations of the NPC1 gene associated with Niemann-pick disease type C: a case report and review of the literature

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Cryptosporidium species and subtypes identified in human domestic cases through the national microbiological surveillance programme in Sweden from 2018 to 2022

Ioana Bujila, Karin Troell, Jessica Ögren, Anette Hansen, Gustav Killander, Lady Agudelo, Marianne Lebbad, Jessica Beser

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Clinical features and outcomes of influenza and RSV coinfections: a report from Canadian immunization research network serious outcomes surveillance network

Henrique Pott, Jason J. LeBlanc, May S. ElSherif, Todd F. Hatchette, Shelly A. McNeil, Melissa K. Andrew

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Factors associated with an unsuppressed viral load among HIV-positive individuals attending STI services in South Africa, 2019

Marceline Mapiye, Khuliso Ravhuhali, Alex de Voux, Tendesayi Kufa

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Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: prevalence, characteristics, and impact on prognosis

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The diagnostic utility of heparin-binding protein among patients with bacterial infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Amira Mohamed Taha, Khaled Abouelmagd, Mohamed Mosad Omar, Qasi Najah, Mohammed Ali, Mohammed Tarek Hasan, Sahar A. Allam, Roua Arian, Omar El Sayed Rageh, Mohamed Abd-ElGawad

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A regimen based on the combination of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole with caspofungin and corticosteroids as a first-line therapy for patients with severe non-HIV-related pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: a retrospective study in a tertiary hospital

Hao Li, Yihe Lu, Guoxin Tian, Yongxing Wu, Tianjun Chen, Jiangwei Zhang, Nan Hu, Xiaoning Wang, Yang Wang, Lan Gao, Jinqi Yan, Linjing Zhou, Qindong Shi

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Urine biomarkers individually and as a consensus model show high sensitivity and specificity for detecting UTIs

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Disseminated Nocardia nova in a child with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report

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Analysis of ART effects and drug resistance in adult HIV/AIDS patients in Meigu County, Liangshan Prefecture, China

Li Yuan, Kaiyou Chen, Yuanfang Cai, Zhonghui Zhou, Ju Yang, Wuti Jiqu, Qirong Zhu, Hong Zhang, Shaowei Niu, Hui Sun

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Clinical and immunological outcomes of HIV-exposed uninfected and HIV-unexposed uninfected children in the first 24 months of life in Western Kenya

Jessica E. Ray, Katherine R. Dobbs, Sidney O. Ogolla, Ibrahim I. Daud, David Midem, Maxwel M. Omenda, Amy S. Nowacki, James G. Beeson, Katherine R. Sabourin, Rosemary Rochford, Arlene E. Dent

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Empyema necessitans caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a case report and literature review

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Prevalence, risk factors, and antimicrobial resistance of endemic healthcare-associated infections in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Gabriel Kambale Bunduki, Effita Masoamphambe, Tilly Fox, Janelisa Musaya, Patrick Musicha, Nicholas Feasey

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Risk factors for diagnosis and treatment delay among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Hunan Province, China

Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Archie C. A. Clements, Eyob Alemayehu Gebreyohannes, Zuhui Xu, Liqiong Bai, Kefyalew Addis Alene

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High-sensitivity C-reactive protein among people living with HIV on highly active antiretroviral therapy: a systemic review and meta-analysis

Sihle E. Mabhida, Zandile J. Mchiza, Kabelo Mokgalaboni, Sidney Hanser, Joel Choshi, Haskly Mokoena, Khanyisani Ziqubu, Charity Masilela, Bongani B. Nkambule, Duduzile E. Ndwandwe, André P. Kengne, Phiwayinkosi V. Dludla

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Cryptococcosis with pulmonary cavitation in an immunocompetent child: a case report and literature review

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A novel diagnostic model for tuberculous meningitis using Bayesian latent class analysis

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Development and validation of multiplex real-time PCR for simultaneous detection of six bacterial pathogens causing lower respiratory tract infections and antimicrobial resistance genes

Tran Thi Ngoc Dung, Voong Vinh Phat, Chau Vinh, Nguyen Phu Huong Lan, Nguyen Luong Nha Phuong, Le Thi Quynh Ngan, Guy Thwaites, Louise Thwaites, Maia Rabaa, Anh T. K. Nguyen, Pham Thanh Duy

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Diagnosis of human leptospirosis: systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of the Leptospira microscopic agglutination test, PCR targeting Lfb1, and IgM ELISA to Leptospira fainei serovar Hurstbridge

Marta Valente, Justina Bramugy, Suzanne H. Keddie, Heidi Hopkins, Quique Bassat, Oliver Baerenbold, John Bradley, Jane Falconer, Ruth H. Keogh, Paul N. Newton, Mathieu Picardeau, John A. Crump

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Time to sputum culture conversion and its associated factors among drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Maternal sepsis and factors associated with poor maternal outcomes in a tertiary hospital in Tigray, Ethiopia: a retrospective chart review

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Enhancing enteric pathogen detection: implementation and impact of multiplex PCR for improved diagnosis and surveillance

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Molecular examination for Coxiella burnetii and Brucella spp. infections in Iranian women experiencing spontaneous miscarriage

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Bisphosphoglycerate mutase predicts myocardial dysfunction and adverse outcome in sepsis: an observational cohort study

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Risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on international flights, a retrospective cohort study using national surveillance data in England

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Determinants of intention to conceal tuberculosis status among family members: an analysis of seven Sub-Saharan African countries

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Development of a novel multi‑epitope vaccine against the pathogenic human polyomavirus V6/7 using reverse vaccinology

Reza Salahlou, Safar Farajnia, Nasrin Bargahi, Nasim Bakhtiyari, Faranak Elmi, Mehdi Shahgolzari, Steven Fiering, Srividhya Venkataraman

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Diagnostic accuracy of Lipoarabinomannan detection by lateral flow assay in pleural tuberculosis

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Olena Tsurkalenko, Dmitry Bulaev, Marc Paul O’Sullivan, Chantal Snoeck, Soumyabrata Ghosh, Alexey Kolodkin, Basile Rommes, Piotr Gawron, Carlos Vega Moreno, Clarissa P. C. Gomes, Anne Kaysen, Jochen Ohnmacht, Valerie E. Schröder, Lukas Pavelka, Guilherme Ramos Meyers, Laure Pauly, Claire Pauly, Anne-Marie Hanff, Max Meyrath, Anja Leist, Estelle Sandt, Gloria A. Aguayo, Magali Perquin, Manon Gantenbein, Tamir Abdelrahman, Jochen Klucken, Venkata Satagopam, Christiane Hilger, Jonathan Turner, Michel Vaillant, Joëlle V. Fritz, Markus Ollert, Rejko Krüger, Geeta Acharya, Pinar Alper, Wim Ammerlaan, François Ancien, Ariane Assele-Kama, Christelle Bahlawane, Katy Beaumont, Nadia Beaupain, Lucrèce Beckers, Camille Bellora, Fay Betsou, Luc Biver, Sandie Boly, Dirk Brenner, Henry-Michel Cauchie, Eleftheria Charalambous, Emilie Charpentier, Estelle Coibion, Sylvie Coito, Delphine Collart, Manuel Counson, Brian De Witt, Antonelle Di Pasquale, Olivia Domingues, Claire Dording, Jean-Luc Dourson, Bianca Dragomir, Tessy Fautsch, Jean-Yves Ferrand, Thibault Ferrandon, Ana Festas Lopes, Guillaume Fournier, Laura Georges, Stéphane Gidenne, Enrico Glaab, Borja Gomez Ramos, Vyron Gorgogietas, Jérôme Graas, Valentin Groues, Wei Gu, Gael Hamot, Maxime Hansen, Linda Hansen, Lisa Hefele, Laurent Heirendt, Ahmed Hemedan, Estelle Henry, Margaux Henry, Eve Herkenne, Sascha Herzinger, Laetitia Huiart, Alexander Hundt, Judith Hübschen, Gilles Iserentant, Philipp Jägi, Piyapong Khurmin, Fédéric Klein, Tommy Klein, Stéphanie Kler, Pauline Lambert, Jacek Jaroslaw Lebioda, Sabine Lehmann, Marie Leick, Morgane Lemaire, Andrew Lumley, Annika Lutz, João Manuel Loureiro, Monica Marchese, Tainà Marques, François Massart, Patrick May, Maura Minelli, Alessandra Mousel, Maeva Munsch, Sophie Mériaux, Friedrich Mühlschlegel, Mareike Neumann, Trang Nguyen, Beatrice Nicolai, Leslie Ogorzaly, Christiane Olesky, Christian Penny, Achilleas Pexaras, Palma di Pinto, Marie France Pirard, Jean-Marc Plesseria, Armin Rauschenberger, Lucie Remark, Antonio Rodriguez, Kirsten Rump, Bruno Santos, Aurélie Sausy, Margaux Schmitt, Christiane Schmitt, Reinhard Schneider, Serge Schumacher, Alexandra Schweicher, Sneeha Seal, Jean-Yves Servais, Florian Simon, Amna Skrozic, Kate Sokolowska, Lara Stute, Hermann Thien, Stéphane Toll, Noua Toukourou, Christophe Trefois, Johanna Trouet, Nguyen Trung, Daniela Valoura Esteves, Charlène Verschueren, Maharshi Vyas, Claus Vögele, Cécile Walczak, Xinhui Wang, Femke Wauters, Bernard Weber, Emilie Weibel, Tania Zamboni

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Association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and select symptoms and conditions 31 to 150 days after testing among children and adults

Yongkang Zhang, Alfonso Romieu-Hernandez, Tegan K. Boehmer, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Thomas W. Carton, Adi V. Gundlapalli, Julia Fearrington, Kshema Nagavedu, Katherine Dea, Erick Moyneur, Lindsay G. Cowell, Rainu Kaushal, Kenneth H. Mayer, Jon Puro, Sonja A. Rasmussen, Deepika Thacker, Mark G. Weiner, Sharon Saydah, Jason P. Block, Faraz S. Ahmad, H. Timothy Bunnell, Olveen Carrasquillo, Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, Dimitri A. Christakis, Bernard P. Chang, Janis L. Curtis, Soledad A. Fernandez, Christopher B. Forrest, Daniel Fort, David A. Hanauer, Rachel Hess, Benjamin D. Horne, Philip Giordano, William Hogan, Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa, James C. McClay, Samyuktha Nandhakumar, Bridget Nolan, Jihad S. Obeid, Brian Ostasiewski, Anuradha Paranjape, Lav Patel, Suchitra Rao, Patricia S. Robinson, William E. Trick, Jonathan C. Silverstein

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Hsa-miR-194-5p and hsa-miR-195-5p are down-regulated expressed in high dysplasia HPV-positive Pap smear samples compared to normal cytology HPV-positive Pap smear samples

Ali Dehghani, Fardin Khajepour, Mohammad Dehghani, Ehsan Razmara, Mohammadreza Zangouey, Maryam Fekri Soofi Abadi, Reza Bahram Abadi Nezhad, Shahriar Dabiri, Masoud Garshasbi

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Prevalence and outcomes of chronic comorbid conditions in patients with sepsis in Korea: a nationwide cohort study from 2011 to 2016

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Six dilemmas for stakeholders inherently affecting data sharing during a zoonotic (re-)emerging infectious disease outbreak response

Martine Y. van Roode, Carolina dos S. Ribeiro, Elmoubasher Farag, Mohamed Nour, Aya Moustafa, Minahil Ahmed, George Haringhuizen, Marion P.G. Koopmans, Linda H.M. van de Burgwal

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Patterns of antibiotic administration in Chinese neonates: results from a multi-center, point prevalence survey

Jiaosheng Zhang, Li Lin, Gen Lu, Keye Wu, Daiyin Tian, Lanfang Tang, Xiang Ma, Yajuan Wang, Gang Liu, Yanqi Li, Jing Qian, Ping Wang, Qing Cao, Wenshuang Zhang, Lijuan Wu, Ligang Si, Yue Wu, Yuejie Zheng, Kunling Shen, Jikui Deng, Defa Li, Yonghong Yang

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Correction: COVID-19 and its effects on endothelium in HIV-positive patients in sub-saharan Africa: cardiometabolic risk, thrombosis and vascular function (ENDOCOVID STUDY)

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The prevalence of hepatitis B in Chinese general population from 2018 to 2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Effectiveness of Umonium38 against Burkholderia pseudomallei, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Soiratchaneekorn Ruanchaiman, Premjit Amornchai, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Sayan Langla, Peerapol Maroongruang, Khanh Kim Le, Stuart D. Blacksell

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The prehospital NEW score to assess septic shock in-hospital, 30-day and 90-day mortality

Romain Jouffroy, Florian Négrello, Jean Limery, Basile Gilbert, Stéphane Travers, Emmanuel Bloch-Laine, Patrick Ecollan, Josiane Boularan, Vincent Bounes, Benoit Vivien, Papa Gueye

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Development of a novel dynamic nosocomial infection risk management method for COVID-19 in outpatient settings

Yuncong Wang, Lihong Wang, Wenhui Ma, Huijie Zhao, Xu Han, Xia Zhao

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Marina Prisca de Marguerite Nombot-Yazenguet, Joël Wilfried Doté, Giscard Wilfried Koyaweda, Philippe Armand Zemingui-Bembete, Benjamin Selekon, Ulrich Vickos, Alexandre Manirakiza, Emmanuel Nakoune, Ionela Gouandjika-Vasilache, Narcisse Patrice Joseph Komas

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Clinical and genomic evaluations of a persistent fatal SARS-CoV-2 infection in a goods syndrome patient: a case report

Payam Tabarsi, Ali Maleki, Zahra Abtahian, Alieh khabbaz, Zahra Fereydouni, Jahangir Rezaie, Mahsa Tavakoli, Parastoo Yektay Sanati, Mostafa Salehi-Vaziri

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Vitamin D deficiency and oral candidiasis in patients with HIV infection: A case‒control study

Shabnam Tehrani, Ladan Abbasian, Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi, Malihe Hasannezhad, Sara Ghaderkhani, Amirreza Keyvanfar, Azar Darvishi, AmirHossein Aghdaee

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The first case report: diagnosis and management of necrotizing fusobacterium lung abscess via BALF next-generation sequencing

Yang Liu, Ziye Li, Handan Fu, Weiliang Ruan, Hua Wang, Yuhong Ding, Miao Zhang

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Age difference of patients with and without invasive aspergillosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Elena Shekhova, Fabián Salazar, Alessandra Da Silva Dantas, Tanmoy Chakraborty, Eva L. Wooding, P. Lewis White, Adilia Warris

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The effect of a treatment switch to integrase Strand transfer inhibitor–based regimens on weight gain and other metabolic syndrome-related conditions

Omer Maman, Wiessam Abu Ahmad, Ofer Perzon, Keren Mahlab-Guri, Daniel Elbirt, Hila Elinav

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Follow-up for 3 years of a pediatric population diagnosed in 2018 with mother-to-child transmission of HIV in 8 Latin American countries in the PLANTAIDS cohort

Beatriz Álvarez Vallejo, Alicia Hernanz Lobo, Itzíar Carrasco García, Tomás Bruno Pérez, Greta Mino-Leon, Judith Rosabel Soffe Pazmiño, Julio Werner Juarez Lorenzana, Tatiana Drummond, Noris Marlene del Socorro Pavía Ruz, María del Rocío Muñoz Hernández, Dulce María Morales Pérez, Dora Estripeaut, Kathia Luciani, Karen Sobeida Erazo Martínez, Luis Guillermo Castaneda Villatoro, Oscar Porras Madrigal, Gabriela Ivankovich-Escoto, Luis Manuel Prieto Tato, María Luisa Navarro Gómez, Dora Matus Obregón, Pablo Rojo Conejo, José Tomás Ramos Amador, Magda Chavez, María de los Ángeles Pérez Delgadillo, Fanny Barrios, Osbaldo Efraín Obando Urbina, Greta Muñoz, Wendy Paola Serrano Bueno, Dolores Freire, Nelly Chavez, Yasmin Sanchez, Marianella Layana, Alexandra Compagnucci, Yacine Saïdi, Yoann Riault, Guido Castelli Gattinara, Tchidjou Kuekou Hyppolite, Raúl Esquivel, Ruth Batista, Ximena Norero, Jacqueline Aguilar, Ilia Yanira González, Gustavo Quiñonez, Ana Lucía Gómez, Nancy Judith Gálvez Rafael

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Evaluation of characteristics and prognosis of COVID-19 patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation during dominance of nonvariant, alpha, delta, and omicron variants in tertiary hospitals of Japan

Kazuhito Sakuramoto, Daiki Wada, Shuhei Maruyama, Takashi Muroya, Fukuki Saito, Yasushi Nakamori, Yasuyuki Kuwagata

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Fusobacterium nucleatum bacteremia complicated with intracranial Porphyromonas gingivalis and HSV-1 infection: a case report and literature review

Sumei Wang, Yaqiong Tian, Yujing Wu, Zhen Yu, Jinjuan Zhang, Jiandong Zhang, Shuye Liu

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The PEP++ study protocol: a cluster-randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of an enhanced regimen of post-exposure prophylaxis for close contacts of persons affected by leprosy to prevent disease transmission

Duane C. Hinders, Anneke T. Taal, Suchitra Lisam, Aymée M. da Rocha, Nand Lal Banstola, Prativa Bhandari, Abhijit Saha, Jugal Kishore, Virginia O. Fernandes, Abu Sufian Chowdhury, Anna T. van ‘t Noordende, Liesbeth Mieras, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Wim H. van Brakel

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Chlamydia trachomatis enhances HPV persistence through immune modulation

Yingying Lu, Qi Wu, Li Wang, Lingting Ji

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The pathogenicity of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis to colon cancer cells

Li Zhang, Mingxia Deng, Jing Liu, Jiajie Zhang, Fangyu Wang, Wei Yu

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A stool based qPCR for the diagnosis of TB in children and people living with HIV in Uganda, Eswatini and Mozambique (Stool4TB): a protocol for a multicenter diagnostic evaluation

Lucia Carratala-Castro, Willy Ssengooba, Alex Kay, Sozinho Acácio, Joanna Ehrlich, Andrew R DiNardo, Nosisa Shiba, Joachim K Nsubuga, Shilzia Munguambe, Belén Saavedra-Cervera, Patricia Manjate, Durbbin Mulengwa, Busizwe Sibandze, Mangaliso Ziyane, George Kasule, Edson Mambuque, Moorine Penninah Sekadde, Eric Wobudeya, Moses L Joloba, Jan Heyckendorf, Christoph Lange, Sabine Hermans, Anna Mandalakas, Alberto L. García-Basteiro, Elisa Lopez-Varela, Sergi Sanz, Makhosazana Dlamini, Gcinile Dlamini, Nomathemba Dlamini, Nkulungwane Mthethwa, Nokwanda Kota, Mbongeni Dube, Nontobeko Maphalala, Babongile Nkala, Faith Dlamini, Fortunate Shabalala, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Gugu Maphalala, Lindiwe Dlamini, Sisi Dube, Lee Joao Fonseca, Nércio Machele, Miguel Cumbe, Agostinho Lima, Katia Magul, Gustavo Tembe, Benilde Violeta Mudumane, Farida Cebola, Jorcelina Rungo, Alberto Bila Junior, Neide Gomes, Patricia Mwachan, Maria Nassolo, Sujan Katuwal, Matthew Ang, Anca Vasiliu, Rojelio Mejía, Jason Bacha, Debrah Vambe, Abigail Seeger, Irina Kontsevaya, Collins Musia, Lilian Komba, Lwijisyo Minga, Lumumba Mwita, Mtafya Bariki, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya

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Comparative efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in phase III trials: a network meta-analysis

Xiaodi Wu, Ke Xu, Ping Zhan, Hongbing Liu, Fang Zhang, Yong Song, Tangfeng Lv

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Trends of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rifampicin resistance in Northwest Ethiopia: Xpert® MTB/RIF assay results from 2015 to 2021

Sirak Biset, Milto Teferi, Haylemesikel Alamirew, Biniyam Birhanu, Awoke Dessie, Abebe Aschale, Anmaw Haymanot, Selamu Dejenie, Teshager Gebremedhin, Wondwossen Abebe, Gashaw Adane

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Mortality and associated factors among people living with HIV admitted at a tertiary-care hospital in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Darius Owachi, Praise Akatukunda, Diana Sarah Nanyanzi, Rogers Katwesigye, Shardrack Wanyina, Martin Muddu, Samuel Kawuma, Nelson Kalema, Charles Kabugo, Fred C. Semitala

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Clinical characteristics and influencing factors of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome complicated by viral myocarditis: a retrospective study

Qian Du, Jin Yu, Qianhui Chen, Xiaoping Chen, Qunqun Jiang, Liping Deng, Anling Li, Yong Xiong

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Signs and symptoms of covid − 19 in patients with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Yasaman Rezvani Emamzadehashemi, Khashayar Rezvani Emamzadehashemi, Atefeh Ghanbari Khanghah, Ezzat Paryad, Marzieh Jahani Sayad Noveiri

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Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus comorbidity in an adult Ugandan population

Davis Kibirige, Irene Andia-Biraro, Ronald Olum, Susan Adakun, Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Ivan Kimuli

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Global prevalence and burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from 1990 to 2019

Hengliang Lv, Xin Zhang, Xueli Zhang, Junzhu Bai, Shumeng You, Xuan Li, Shenlong Li, Yong Wang, Wenyi Zhang, Yuanyong Xu

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Kaposi varicelliform eruption: an unusual presentation caused by varicella zoster virus in a healthy adult patient - a case report

Hassan El-Masry, Safia Essam, Hamed Gaber, Nour Shaheen, Ahmed Abdelbary, Naglaa Mohamed Sayed, Salma Samir Omar

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The risk factors associated with post-transplantation BKPyV nephropathy and BKPyV DNAemia: a prospective study in kidney transplant recipients

Camilla Lorant, Justina Zigmantaviciute, Naima Ali, Ursa Bonnevier, Mattias Tejde, Bengt von Zur-Mühlen, Britt-Marie Eriksson, Anders Bergqvist, Gabriel Westman

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Prevalence of hepatitis B and C infection and linkage to care among patients with Non-Communicable Diseases in three rural Rwandan districts: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Tumusime Musafiri, Innocent Kamali, Casmille Kayihura, Jean de la Paix Gakuru, Francoise Nyirahabihirwe, Esdras Nizeyimana, Pilar Kandamage, Placide Habinshuti, Raymond Sekagarura, Jean Damascene Makuza, Nadine Karema, Janvier Serumondo, Theoneste Ntakirutimana, Jean d’Amour Ndahimana, Dale A. Barnhart

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Investigating sources of non-response bias in a population-based seroprevalence study of vaccine-preventable diseases in the Netherlands

Abigail Postema, José A. Ferreira, Fiona van der Klis, Hester de Melker, Liesbeth Mollema

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Mechanism of action, resistance, interaction, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and safety of fostemsavir

Mohsen Heidary, Saeedeh Shariati, Shima Nourigheimasi, Mona Khorami, Melika Moradi, Moloudsadat Motahar, Parisa Bahrami, Sousan Akrami, Vahab Hassan Kaviar

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Overreporting of adherence to hepatitis C direct-acting antiviral therapy and sustained virologic response among people who inject drugs in the HERO study

Snehal S. Lopes, Irene Pericot-Valverde, Paula J. Lum, Lynn E. Taylor, Shruti H. Mehta, Judith I. Tsui, Judith Feinberg, Arthur Y. Kim, Brianna L. Norton, Kimberly Page, Cristina Murray-Krezan, Jessica Anderson, Alison Karasz, Julia Arnsten, Phillip Moschella, Moonseong Heo, Alain H. Litwin

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Marjan Tariverdi, Hossein Mohammadi, Farideh Hassanzadeh, Mohammad Tamaddondar

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Impact of vaccination status on clinical outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Mohsen Gholinataj Jelodar, Samaneh Mirzaei, Fatemeh Saghafi, Shahab Rafieian, Soheil Rezaei, Alireza Saatchi, Ziba Dehghani Avare, Mahdie Dehghan Niri

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Identification of key potential infection processes and risk factors in the computed tomography examination process by FMEA method under COVID-19

Lingzhi Jin, Meiting Ye, Wenhua Lin, Yong Ye, Yen-Ching Chuang, Jin-Yan Luo, Fuqin Tang

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Urokinase in the treatment of tuberculous pleurisy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Wenyao Jing, Ruolan Weng, Ping Lin, Miao Luo

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Patterns of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in different anatomical sites among Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) users in Brazil

Marcela Antonini, Mario Vianna Vettore, Anita Øgård-Repål, Daniel de Macêdo Rocha, Karyanna Alves de Alencar Rocha, Henrique Ciabotti Elias, Felipe Barufaldi, Rodrigo Carvalho Santana, Elucir Gir, Bruno Spire, Renata Karina Reis

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Vagococcus fluvialis isolation from the urine of a bladder cancer patient: a case report

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Nasopharyngeal angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) expression as a risk-factor for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in concurrent hospital associated outbreaks

Aidan M. Nikiforuk, Kevin S. Kuchinski, Katy Short, Susan Roman, Mike A. Irvine, Natalie Prystajecky, Agatha N. Jassem, David M. Patrick, Inna Sekirov

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Shuo Yang, Sukun Lu, Yakun Wang, Yinghui Guo, Zhuang Zhang, Weijian Wang, Le Wang

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Predicting the incidence of infectious diarrhea with symptom surveillance data using a stacking-based ensembled model

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Outbreak investigation of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infection in an obstetric ward for high-risk pregnant women

Seulki Kim, Sunah Jung, Dong Hyung Lee, Chulhun L. Chang, Moonsuk Bae, A Reum Kim, Su Jin Lee, Seungjin Lim

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Imaging patterns of Lophomonas blattarum infection in the respiratory tract: a registry-based analysis

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Gaps and inconsistencies in the current knowledge and implementation of biosafety and biosecurity practices for rickettsial pathogens

Stuart D. Blacksell, Khanh Kim Le, Artharee Rungrojn, Jantana Wongsantichon, John Stenos, Stephen R. Graves, Nicholas P.J. Day

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The origin, dissemination, and molecular networks of HIV-1 CRF65_cpx strain in Hainan Island, China

Dee Yu, Kaokao Zhu, Mu Li, Fei Zhang, Yuan Yang, Chunyun Lu, Shanmei Zhong, Cai Qin, Yanan Lan, Jipeng Yu, Jindong Ding Petersen, Junjun Jiang, Hao Liang, Li Ye, Bingyu Liang

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Efficacy of povidone-iodine nasal rinse and mouth wash in COVID-19 management: a prospective, randomized pilot clinical trial (povidone-iodine in COVID-19 management)

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Jan Olsson, Sema Nourmohammadi, Emma Honkala, Anders Johansson, Göran Hallmans, Bodil Weidung, Hugo Lövheim, Fredrik Elgh

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Fatou Thiam, Gora Diop, Cedric Coulonges, Celine Derbois, Alassane Thiam, Abou Abdallah Malick Diouara, Mame Ndew Mbaye, Mamadou Diop, Cheikh Momar Nguer, Yakhya Dieye, Babacar Mbengue, Jean-Francois Zagury, Jean-Francois Deleuze, Alioune Dieye

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Comparison of therapeutic effects between big-bubble deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty for medically unresponsive Acanthamoeba keratitis

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Yi-Chih Lee, Hsin-Tzu Yeh, Sz-Wei Lu, Yi-Chun Tsai, Yu-Chen Tsai, Chieh-Ching Yen

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Application of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in the clinical diagnosis of infectious diseases after allo-HSCT: a single-center analysis

Hailong Yuan, Xiaolu Ma, Jianli Xu, Peng Han, Guanhua Rao, Gang Chen, Kaile Zhang, Ruixue Yang, Chuixia Han, Ming Jiang

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The RdRp genotyping of SARS-CoV-2 isolated from patients with different clinical spectrum of COVID-19

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Masoumeh Tavakoli-Yaraki, Aida Abbasi, Fatemeh Nejat Pishkenari, Saeed Baranipour, Alireza Jahangirifard, Seyed Bashir Mirtajani, Zahra Noorani Mejareh, Mohammad Amin Vaezi, Jila Yavarian, Bahare Abdollahi, Talat Mokhtari-Azad, Vahid Salimi

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Monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells as an immune indicator of early diagnosis and prognosis in patients with sepsis

Juanjuan Cui, Wen Cai, Jing Lin, Li Zhang, Youhan Miao, Ying Xu, Weifeng Zhao

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Correction to: Etiologies of fever of unknown origin in HIV/AIDS patients, Hanoi, Vietnam

Thu Kim Nguyen, Yen Hai Nguyen, Hao Thi Nguyen, Quang Minh Khong, Ngoc Kim Tran

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Increased tuberculosis case detection in Tanzanian children and adults using African giant pouched rats

Tefera B. Agizew, Joseph Soka, Cynthia D. Fast, Stephen Mwimanzi, Gilbert Mwesiga, Nashon Edward, Marygiven Stephen, Reheme Kondo, Robert Burny, Christophe Cox, Negussie Beyene

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of circulating serum and plasma microRNAs in TB diagnosis

Harinisri Gunasekaran, Pavithra Sampath, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Muniyandi Malaisamy, Rathinasabapati Ramasamy, Uma Devi Ranganathan, Ramalingam Bethunaickan

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The global patent landscape of emerging infectious disease monkeypox

Yuanqi Cai, Xiaoming Zhang, Kuixing Zhang, Jingbo Liang, Pingping Wang, Jinyu Cong, Xin Xu, Mengyao li, Kunmeng Liu, Benzheng Wei

Open Access Case Report

Unexpected severe malaria in a postoperative patient, New York, USA

Alan Bulbin, Julia Shen, Carol Liotta-Bono, Tahir Ahmad

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Characterization of genital chlamydia trachomatis infection among women attending infertility and gynecology clinics in Hunan, China

Qianting Zhou, Jiayan Li, Lipei Luo, Shuling Min, Li Wang, Lixiu Peng, Yinglan Hou, Ping He, Song He, Shixing Tang, Hongliang Chen

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Implementation of a rapid diagnostic assay package for cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis and tuberculosis in people living with HIV in Paraguay

Gloria Aguilar, Gladys Lopez, Omar Sued, Narda Medina, Diego H. Caceres, Jose Pereira, Alexander Jordan, Virgilio Lezcano, Cristina Vicenti, Gustavo Benitez, Tania Samudio, Freddy Perez

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Modelling the impact of hybrid immunity on future COVID-19 epidemic waves

Thao P. Le, Isobel Abell, Eamon Conway, Patricia T. Campbell, Alexandra B. Hogan, Michael J. Lydeamore, Jodie McVernon, Ivo Mueller, Camelia R. Walker, Christopher M. Baker

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Effect of concurrent infection of Helicobacter pylori with Toxoplasma gondii infection on gastric pathology

Marwa A. Gouda, Sara A. Saied, Ahmed Edrees, Rasha Galal Mostafa, Ashraf Elfert, Aya Abdallah seleem, Asmaa Shams, Sameh Afify

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Utility of paired plasma and drainage fluid mNGS in diagnosing acute intra-abdominal infections with sepsis

Jia-yu Mao, Dong-kai Li, Dong Zhang, Qi-wen Yang, Yun Long, Na Cui

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Virulence, antibiotic resistance phenotypes and molecular characterisation of Vibrio furnissii isolates from patients with diarrhoea

Yanyan Zhou, Li Yu, Ming Liu, Weili Liang, Zhenpeng Li, Zheng Nan, Biao Kan

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Immunogenicity and safety of a recombinant COVID-19 vaccine (ZF2001) as heterologous booster after priming with inactivated vaccine in healthy children and adolescents aged 3-17 years: an open-labeled, single-arm clinical trial

Tao Huang, Qianqian Hu, Xiang Zhou, Huaiyu Yang, Wei Xia, Feng Cao, Minglu Deng, Xiaoxue Teng, Fan Ding, Zaixin Zhong, Lidong Gao, Jiufeng Sun, Lihui Gong

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Early predictors of delayed radiographic resolution of lobar pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children: a retrospective study in China

Yu Zheng, Guoshun Mao, Hongchen Dai, Guitao Li, Liying Liu, Xiaying Chen, Ying Zhu

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Key informant views on potential acceptability and feasibility of long-acting antiretroviral treatment for HIV in Kenya

Anne Kaggiah, Catherine N. Maina, John Kinuthia, Douglas Barthold, Brett Hauber, Jacinda Tran, Jane M. Simoni, Susan M. Graham

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Prevalence and factors associated with HIV testing among young women in Ghana

Mainprice Akuoko Essuman, Hidaya Mohammed, Martha Suntah Kebir, Comfort Obiribea, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Open Access Systematic Review

Comparison of safety and effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy regimens among pregnant women living with HIV at preconception or during pregnancy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized trials

Fatemeh Mehrabi, Mohammad Karamouzian, Behnam Farhoudi, Shahryar Moradi Falah Langeroodi, Soheil Mehmandoost, Samaneh Abbaszadeh, Shahrzad Motaghi, Ali Mirzazadeh, Behnam Sadeghirad, Hamid Sharifi

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Comparison of outcomes and characteristics of patients admitted to the ICU with COVID-19 and other community-acquired pneumonia based on propensity score matching

Hongli Zhao, Xiulin Yan, Ziru Guo, Kaiyu Li, Zhaopeng Wang, Jun Wang, Dong Lv, Jianling Zhu, Ye Chen

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Exploring variations in IPC competencies: a cross-sectional study among healthcare professionals in Northwest China

Qinglan Zhao, Xiaoqing Cui, Ting Liu, Hanxue Li, Miaoyue Shi, Li Wang

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Predictors of mortality and poor outcome for patients with severe infectious encephalitis in the intensive care unit: a cross-sectional study

WenYan Zhao, YuLiang Zhou, YingYing Hu, WenJing Luo, Jing Wang, Hong Zhu, ZhiPeng Xu

Open Access Case Report

Post-COVID reactivation of latent Bartonella henselae infection: a case report and literature review

Yanzhao Dong, Ahmad Alhaskawi, Xiaodi Zou, Haiying Zhou, Sohaib Hasan Abdullah Ezzi, Vishnu Goutham Kota, Mohamed Hasan Abdulla Hasan Abdulla, Alenikova Olga, Sahar Ahmed Abdalbary, Hui Lu

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Stigma and mental health among people living with HIV across the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Francesco Di Gennaro, Roberta Papagni, Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Carmen Pellegrino, Gianfranco Giorgio Panico, Luisa Frallonardo, Lucia Diella, Alessandra Belati, Carmen Rita Santoro, Gaetano Brindicci, Flavia Balena, Davide Fiore Bavaro, Domenico Montalbò, Giacomo Guido, Lina Calluso, Marilisa Di Tullio, Margherita Sgambati, Deborah Fiordelisi, Nicolò De Gennaro, Annalisa Saracino

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Outcomes in orthopedic device infections due to Streptococcus agalactiae: a retrospective cohort study

Ava Diarra, Benoit Gachet, Eric Beltrand, Julien Dartus, Caroline Loiez, Elise Fiaux, Pierre Patoz, Olivier Robineau, Eric Senneville

Open Access Case Report

Necrotising fasciitis with extensive necrosis caused by Lactobacillus: a case report

Jun Nagayama, Takeo Sato, Ishida Takanori, Koga Kouji, Nakamura Mitsunobu

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Epidemiological and etiological characteristics of 1266 patients with severe acute respiratory infection in central China, 2018–2020: a retrospective survey

Jin-Zhu Wang, Ding Yuan, Xiang-Hong Yang, Chang-Hua Sun, Lin-lin Hou, Yan Zhang, Hong-Xiang Xie, Yan-Xia Gao

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COVID-19 increases extracorporeal coagulation during hemodialysis associated with upregulation of vWF/FBLN5 signaling in patients with severe/critical symptoms

Guang Yang, Hui Shan, Dibin Wu, Sanmu Li, Zhiwei Lai, Fengping Zheng, Zibo Xiong, Zuying Xiong, Yuhan Diao, Ying Shan, Yun Chen, Aihong Wang, Wei Liang, Yuxin Yin

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Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients presumed to be treated with sotrovimab in NHS hospitals in England

Vishal Patel, Bethany Levick, Stephen Boult, Daniel C. Gibbons, Myriam Drysdale, Emily J. Lloyd, Moushmi Singh, Helen J. Birch

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Evaluation of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), angiotensin II (Ang II), miR-141-3p, and miR-421 levels in SARS-CoV-2 patients: a case-control study

Ehsan Kakavandi, Kaveh Sadeghi, Mohammad Shayestehpour, Hossein Mirhendi, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Talat Mokhtari-Azad, Nazanin Zahra Shafiei Jandaghi, Jila Yavarian

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Liver injury and prolonged hospitalization as indicators of severity in patients with adenovirus infections

Shi Tang, Ru Qin, Dayong Zhang, Xiaoyan He, Chaowen Yu, Dapeng Chen, Xiaoqiang Li, Shan Liu

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Gut microbial features may influence antiviral IgG levels after vaccination against viral respiratory infectious diseases: the evidence from two-sample bidirectional mendelian randomization

Junlan Tu, Yidi Wang, Xiangyu Ye, Yifan Wang, Yixin Zou, Linna Jia, Sheng Yang, Rongbin Yu, Wei Liu, Peng Huang

Open Access Case Report

A challenging case of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae-related pyogenic liver abscess with capsular polysaccharide hyperproduction: a case report

Maryam Sohrabi, Neda Pirbonyeh, Mahvash Alizade Naini, Alireza Rasekhi, Abbas Ayoub, Zahra Hashemizadeh, Fereshteh Shahcheraghi

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Antimicrobial activity of cefepime-tazobactam combination against extended spectrum beta-lactamase and/or AmpC beta-lactamase- producing gram-negative bacilli

Basma Ahmed Elawady, Noha Refaat Mahmoud, Hala El-Sayed Badawi, Azza Essam Eldin Badr, Noha Mahmoud Gohar

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Follow-up SARS-CoV-2 serological study of a health care worker cohort following COVID-19 booster vaccination

Alexander Hönning, Sara Tomczyk, Julia Hermes, Marica Grossegesse, Natalie Hofmann, Janine Michel, Markus Neumann, Andreas Nitsche, Berthold Hoppe, Tim Eckmanns, Hajo Schmidt-Traub, Kristina Zappel

Open Access Case Report

Disseminated mycobacterium genavense infection with central nervous system involvement in an HIV patient: a case report and literature review

Ali Hassanzadeh, Malihe Hasannezhad, Ladan Abbasian, Sara Ghaderkhani, Fereshteh Ameli, Mehdi Allahdadi

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Herpes zoster (HZ) vaccine coverage and confidence in Italy: a Nationwide cross-sectional study, the OBVIOUS project

Aurelia Salussolia, Angelo Capodici, Francesca Scognamiglio, Giusy La Fauci, Giorgia Soldà, Marco Montalti, Zeno Di Valerio, Maria Pia Fantini, Anna Odone, Claudio Costantino, Heidi J. Larson, Julie Leask, Jacopo Lenzi, Davide Gori, Angelo Capodici, Michele Conversano, Claudio Costantino, Mirko Degli Esposti, Zeno Di Valerio, Maria Pia Fantini, Davide Gori, Andrea Grignolio, Giusy La Fauci, Heidi J. Larson, Julie Leask, Jacopo Lenzi, Marco Montalti, Anna Odone, Daniel Remondini, Francesca Scognamiglio, Aurelia Salussolia, Giorgia Soldà, Federico Toth, Francesco Vitale

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Chronic meningitis in adults: a comparison between neurotuberculosis and neurobrucellosis

Matin Shirazinia, Fereshte Sheybani, HamidReza Naderi, Mahboubeh Haddad, Pouria Hajipour, Farzaneh Khoroushi

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Nomogram predictive model for in-hospital mortality risk in elderly ICU patients with urosepsis

Jian Wei, Ruiyuan Liang, Siying Liu, Wanguo Dong, Jian Gao, Tianfeng Hua, Wenyan Xiao, Hui Li, Huaqing Zhu, Juanjuan Hu, Shuang Cao, Yu Liu, Jun Lyu, Min Yang

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Adequate antiviral treatment lowers overall complications of cytomegalovirus colitis among inpatients with inflammatory bowel diseases

Ching-Reigh Hsieh, Ren-Chin Wu, Chia-Jung Kuo, Pai-Jui Yeh, Yuan-Ming Yeh, Chyi-Liang Chen, Cheng-Tang Chiu, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Yu-Bin Pan, Yung-Kuan Tsou, Puo-Hsien Le

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A practical approach to screening for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales– views of a group of multidisciplinary experts from English hospitals

DR. Jenkins, C. Auckland, C. Chadwick, AR. Dodgson, DA. Enoch, SD. Goldenberg, A. Hussain, J. Martin, E. Spooner, T. Whalley

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Antibiotic use and resistance patterns at Rumphi District Hospital in Malawi: a cross-sectional study

Brany Mithi, Mosen Luhanga, Felix Kaminyoghe, Francis Chiumia, Daniel L. Banda, Lottie Nyama

Open Access Case Report

Acute multiple brain infarctions associated with Streptococcus suis infection: a case report

Wenxin Wei, Zhenhu Qiao, Donghua Qin, Yu Lan

Open Access Research

Risk factors for bacteremic pneumonia and mortality (28-day mortality) in patients with Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia

Meng Lan, Kang Dongmei, Shen Guodong, Yao Haifeng, Cui Guofeng, Chen Mengting, Fan Xiaoyun

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A comparative study of general and severe mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

Shuo Yang, Sukun Lu, Yinghui Guo, Wenjun Luan, Jianhua Liu, Le Wang

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