Biphasic Zika Illness With Rash and Joint Pain.

abstract：Background:Patients with suspected tuberculosis are often overtreated with antituberculosis drugs. We evaluated the diagnostic value of the focused assessment with sonography for HIV-associated tuberculosis (FASH) in rural Tanzania. Methods:In a prospective cohort study, the frequency of FASH signs was compared betwee...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Ndege R,Weisser M,Elzi L,Diggelmann F,Bani F,Gingo W,Sikalengo G,Mapesi H,Mchomvu E,Kamwela L,Mnzava D,Battegay M,Reither K,Paris DH,Rohacek M

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of relapsing pneumococcal peritonitis. The postulated source of infection was vaginal colonization and secondary adherence of pneumococci to an intrauterine contraceptive device. After immunization with a conjugate pneumococcal vaccine, her antibody levels were observed. She remained infec...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Sendi P,Moser Schaub EM,Nirgianakis K,Hathaway LJ,Bittel P,Goldblatt D,Streit S

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial activation and dysfunction play a central role in the pathogenesis of sepsis and viral hemorrhagic fevers. Hantaviral disease is a viral hemorrhagic fever and is characterized by capillary dysfunction, although the underlying mechanisms for hantaviral disease are not fully elucidated. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Connolly-Andersen AM,Thunberg T,Ahlm C

更新日期：2014-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease accounted for more than two-thirds (56 of 81, 69.1%) of all tick-borne disease referrals to a large, academic infectious diseases clinic in a low-incidence state. Deviations from diagnostic testing guidelines and errors in test interpretation were common (23 of 35, 65.7%), suggesting that frontline provid...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Boyce RM,Speight C,Lin JT,Farel CE

更新日期：2020-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required drug manufacturers to give advance notice of impending drug shortages. A survey of infectious diseases (ID) physicians was undertaken to determine the impact of this requirement and to follow-up on prior perceptions of ID physicians on shortages of ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Gundlapalli AV,Beekmann SE,Graham DR,Polgreen PM,Members of the Emerging Infections Network.

更新日期：2018-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis constitutes a major complication associated with the procedure. PD-associated peritonitis caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria, usually as a result of an infection related to the PD catheter, has been reported in adults and is associated with significant complications a...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Imam O,Al-Zubaidi K,Janahi M,Imam A,Leghrouz B,Dobson S,Sundararaju S,Tsui KM,Hasan MR,Perez-Lopez A

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive surveillance data had signaled the possibility of gastrointestinal adverse events occurring after the administration of high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV-HD). However, in a large, prospective randomized clinical trial, rates of serious gastrointestinal events were no greater among IIV-HD recipients ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Talbot HK,Dunning AJ,Robertson CA,Landolfi VA,Greenberg DP,DiazGranados CA

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Background.  The majority of Lyme disease cases in the United States are acquired on the east coast between northern Virginia and New England. In recent years the geographic extent of Lyme disease has been expanding, raising the prospect of Lyme disease becoming endemic in the southeast. Methods.  We collected confirm...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Lantos PM,Nigrovic LE,Auwaerter PG,Fowler VG Jr,Ruffin F,Brinkerhoff RJ,Reber J,Williams C,Broyhill J,Pan WK,Gaines DN

更新日期：2015-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Elimination of a rifamycin from the treatment regimen for tuberculosis negatively impacts outcomes. Cross-reactivity between the rifamycins after drug eruptions is unclear. We report 6 consecutive human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with rifampicin-associated drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptom...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Lehloenya RJ,Dlamini S,Muloiwa R,Kakande B,Ngwanya MR,Todd G,Dheda K

更新日期：2016-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The diabetic foot infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in many patients and remains a challenging diagnosis for most clinicians. Diagnosis is largely based on clinical signs supplemented by various imaging tests. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not readily available to many clinicians, and bo...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Markanday A

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：Background:US hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) recipients have a low prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), but if latently infected they are at risk for progression to active tuberculosis. At our center, all HCT recipients underwent LTBI testing pretransplant by tuberculin skin testing (TST) until...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Sosa-Moreno A,Narita M,Spitters C,Swetky M,Podczervinski S,Lind ML,Holmberg L,Liu C,Edelstein R,Pergam SA

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hematogenous dissemination of Talaromyces marneffei can result in multiorgan involvement (skin, lung, and reticuloendothelial system involvement); however, few studies have reported intestinal T marneffei infections. We investigated clinical features, management, and patient outcomes concerning Talaromyces-r...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Pan M,Huang J,Qiu Y,Zeng W,Li Z,Tang S,Wei X,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Kindergarten-entry vaccination requirements have played an important role in controlling vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States. Forty-eight states and the District of Colombia offer nonmedical exemptions to vaccines, ranging in stringency. Methods:We analyzed state-level exemption data from 2011...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Omer SB,Porter RM,Allen K,Salmon DA,Bednarczyk RA

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:There is growing interest in the use of rapid blood culture identification (BCID) in antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). Although many studies have looked at its clinical and economic utility, its comparative utility in gram-positive and gram-negative blood stream infections (BSIs) has not been as wel...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Tseng AS,Kasule SN,Rice F,Mi L,Chan L,Seville MT,Grys TE

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Inpatient HIV care often requires specialized laboratory testing with which practitioners may not be familiar. In addition, computerized physician order entry allows for ordering tests without understanding test indications, but it can also provide a venue for education and diagnostic stewardship. Methods:A...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Bolles K,Woc-Colburn L,Hamill RJ,Hemmige V

更新日期：2019-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Coagulation activity among persons with HIV is associated with end-organ disease risk, but the pathogenesis is not well characterized. We tested a hypothesis that hypercoagulation contributes to disease risk, in part, via upregulation of inflammation. Methods:Treatment effects of edoxaban (30 mg), a direct ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Baker JV,Wolfson J,Peterson T,Mooberry M,Gissel M,Mystakelis H,Henderson MW,Garcia-Myers K,Rhame FS,Schacker TW,Brummel-Ziedins KE,Sereti I,Key NS,Tracy RP

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This study investigates the association of clinical and demographic predictors with abdominal fat gain, measured using waist circumference (WC) and self-reported abdominal size. Methods:We analyzed data from ACTG A5257, a clinical trial that randomized treatment-naïve HIV-infected participants to 1 of 3 ant...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Bhagwat P,Ofotokun I,McComsey GA,Brown TT,Moser C,Sugar CA,Currier JS

更新日期：2018-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis (ME) panel is a novel syndromic, nucleic acid amplification test for diagnosis of acute meningitis and encephalitis. Emerging data on its performance are concerning for false-positive results. We present a case of tuberculous meningitis misdiagnosed as herpes simplex virus-1 encep...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Gomez CA,Pinsky BA,Liu A,Banaei N

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis (CPH) is an uncommon manifestation of Histoplasma infection with features similar to pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). In endemic areas, it may be misdiagnosed as smear-negative pulmonary TB. Historical case series mainly from patients with presumed TB described a high frequency of cavitati...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Baker J,Kosmidis C,Rozaliyani A,Wahyuningsih R,Denning DW

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The complexity and cost of current diagnostics for hepatitis C virus (HCV) may act as a prevention to the scale-up of treatment in the developing world. Currently, ribonucleic acid (RNA)-polymerase chain reaction tests are the gold standard. However, there is potential for the use of simpler and cheaper antigen tests ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Khan H,Hill A,Main J,Brown A,Cooke G

更新日期：2017-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis has a low infectious dose and can infect laboratory staff handling clinical specimens. The risk to health care providers exposed during patient care is poorly defined. We describe 9 examples of health care providers who did not develop tularemia after significant exposures to infected patients. ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Nelson CA,Brown J,Riley L,Dennis A,Oyer R,Brown C

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In the outpatient setting, the majority of antibiotic prescriptions are for acute respiratory infections (ARIs), but most of these infections are viral and antibiotics are unnecessary. We analyzed provider-specific antibiotic prescribing in a group of outpatient clinics affiliated with an academic medical ce...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Jung S,Sexton ME,Owens S,Spell N,Fridkin S

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing, multidrug-resistant mycobacteria, commonly associated with pulmonary, skin, and soft tissue infections. We describe a rare case of M abscessus endovascular stent infection; only 3 cases of graft infections have previously been reported. ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Tejura N,Bontempo G,Chew D

更新日期：2018-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast microbiological diagnostics (MDx) are needed to ensure early targeted antimicrobial treatment in sepsis. This systematic review focuses on the impact on antimicrobial management and patient outcomes of MDx for pathogen and resistance gene identification compared with blood cultures. PubMed was searched for clinic...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： D'Onofrio V,Salimans L,Bedenić B,Cartuyvels R,Barišić I,Gyssens IC

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Few studies have investigated predictors of serological response to syphilis treatment in people living with HIV (PLWH). Methods:This was a retrospective, longitudinal study on PLWH who were diagnosed with and treated for syphilis who had an assessable serological response between January 2004 and June 2016...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Spagnuolo V,Poli A,Galli L,Nozza S,Bossolasco S,Cernuschi M,Maillard M,Hasson H,Gianotti N,Guffanti M,Lazzarin A,Castagna A

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disseminated strongyloidiasis in solid organ transplant recipients is a rare but devastating infection. In our center, we implemented a universal screening of all candidates for kidney transplantation. We assessed the seroprevalence and utility of universal screening for strongyloidiasis in our center. METH...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Al-Obaidi M,Hasbun R,Vigil KJ,Edwards AR,Chavez V,Hall DR,Dar WA,De Golovine A,Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Bynon JS,Nigo M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) syndrome in a patient with chronic HIV infection with acute illness indistinguishable from acute retroviral syndrome. The patient presented with an acute febrile mononucleosis-like illness after increasing nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy. A marke...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Choi SK,Graber CJ

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Health departments utilize HIV surveillance data to identify people with HIV (PWH) who need re-linkage to HIV care as part of an approach known as Data to Care (D2C.) The most accurate, effective, and efficient method of identifying PWH for re-linkage is unknown. Methods:We evaluated referral and care conti...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Sachdev DD,Mara E,Hughes AJ,Antunez E,Kohn R,Cohen S,Scheer S

更新日期：2020-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated health outcomes among people who inject drugs who are infected with hepatitis C virus using an artificial intelligence platform. Mean (SD) cumulative adherence (visual confirmation of administration) was 91.3% (10.5%). Most subjects (88.2%) achieved ≥80% adherence to treatment, and 88.2% (15 of 17...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Litwin AH,Shafner L,Norton B,Akiyama MJ,Agyemang L,Guzman M,Vera T,Heo M

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of native septic arthritis. Few studies have characterized this disease during the US opioid epidemic. The role of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal screening in this disease has not been elucidated. We sought to identify risk factors and ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Gobao VC,Alfishawy M,Smith C,Byers KE,Yassin M,Urish KL,Shah NB

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00