Treatment of isoniazid-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fusobacterium species (spp.) bacteremia is uncommon and has been associated with a variety of clinical presentations. We conducted a retrospective, population based study to determine the relative proportion of species in this genus causing bacteremia and the risk factors for infection and adverse clinical o...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Afra K,Laupland K,Leal J,Lloyd T,Gregson D

更新日期：2013-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening for benign or malignant process of pelvis in young females is a challenge for a physician in a limited resource country. Tuberculosis should be always considered in the differential diagnosis of a pelvic mass in countries with high prevalence of tuberculosis. Negative results of analysis of periton...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Namani S,Qehaja-Buçaj E,Namani D

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association of Chlamydia pneumoniae with atherosclerosis is controversial. We investigated the presence of C. pneumoniae and other Chlamydia spp. in atheromatous carotid artery tissue. METHODS:Forty elective carotid endarterectomy patients were recruited (27 males, mean age 65 and 13 females mean age 68...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ong GM,Coyle PV,Barros D'Sa AA,McCluggage WG,Duprex WP,O'Neill HJ,Wyatt DE,Bamford KB,O'Loughlin B,McCaughey C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine is recommended for use in HIV-infected adults in Brazil but there is uncertainty about its effectiveness in this patient population. The main objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine against invasive pneum...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Veras MA,Enanoria WT,Castilho EA,Reingold AL

更新日期：2007-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of interleukin (IL)-28B in predicting therapeutic response of pegylated interferon (peg-IFN) plus ribavirin (PR) for genotype 1 infected chronic hepatitis C patients with advanced fibrosis (AF) is limited. The aim of this study is to assess its role in predi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hu CC,Lin CL,Chang LC,Chien CH,Chen LW,Liu CJ,Chien RN

更新日期：2015-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rilpivirine is safe and effective in HIV-naïve patients with low baseline HIV-RNA or in switch strategy. It offers the advantages of few drug-drug interactions and a favourable toxicity profile. We aimed to determine the reasons for prescribing the rilpivirine (RPV)/tenofovir disoproxil (TDF)/emtricitabine (...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Sculier D,Gayet-Ageron A,Battegay M,Cavassini M,Fehr J,Hirzel C,Schmid P,Bernasconi E,Calmy A,Swiss HIV Cohort Study.

更新日期：2017-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anthrax had become extremely rare in Europe, but in 2010 an outbreak of anthrax among heroin users in Scotland increased awareness of contaminated heroin as a source of anthrax. We present the first two Danish cases of injectional anthrax and discuss the clinical presentations, which included both typical an...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Russell L,Pedersen M,Jensen AV,Søes LM,Hansen AB

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Tanzania, routine individual-level testing for HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) using laboratory genotyping and phenotyping is not feasible due to resource constraints. To monitor the prevention or emergence of HIVDR at a population level, WHO developed generic strategies to be adapted by countries, which incl...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Juma JM,Tiberio JK,Abuya MI,Kilama BK,Somi GR,Sambu V,Banda R,Jullu BS,Ramadhani AA

更新日期：2014-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Giardia duodenalis is a flagellate parasite which has been considered the most common protozoa infecting human worldwide. Molecular characterization of G. duodenalis isolates have revealed the existence of eight groups (Assemblage A to H) which differ in their host distribution. Assemblages A and B are found...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Anuar TS,Azreen SN,Salleh FM,Moktar N

更新日期：2014-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunization policymakers at global and local levels need to establish priorities among new vaccines competing for limited resources. However, comparison of the potential impact of single vaccination programs is challenging, primarily due to the limited number of vaccine analyses as well as their differing a...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kim SY,Sweet S,Chang J,Goldie SJ

更新日期：2011-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV infection has been modifying both the epidemiology and outcome of parasitic infections. Hence, this study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection among people with and without HIV infection and its association with diarrhea and CD4 T-cell count. METHODS:A cross-secti...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Assefa S,Erko B,Medhin G,Assefa Z,Shimelis T

更新日期：2009-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungal infections are diagnosed increasingly often in patients affected by hematological diseases and their mortality has remained high. The recent development of new antifungal drugs gives the clinician the possibility to assess the combination of antifungal drugs with in-vitro or in animal-model synergisti...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Cesaro S,Giacchino M,Locatelli F,Spiller M,Buldini B,Castellini C,Caselli D,Giraldi E,Tucci F,Tridello G,Rossi MR,Castagnola E

更新日期：2007-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to establish 1) the performance of chest X-ray (CXR) in all suspects of tuberculosis (TB), as well as smear-negative TB suspects and 2) to compare the cost-effectiveness of the routine diagnostic pathway using Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) sputum microscopy followed by CXR if case of neg...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： van Cleeff MR,Kivihya-Ndugga LE,Meme H,Odhiambo JA,Klatser PR

更新日期：2005-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is estimated that Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) ranks fifth among the seven countries most affected by TB in the WHO Western Pacific Region. However, because of late implementation of mycobacterial culture, no study on resistance to anti-TB drugs had been performed yet. The objective of this ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Iem V,Somphavong S,Buisson Y,Steenkeste N,Breysse F,Chomarat M,Sylavanh P,Nanthavong P,Rajoharison A,Berland JL,Paboriboune P

更新日期：2013-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis (TB) control is a primary global health priority but the goal to eliminate TB is being threatened by the increase in incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). With this series of seven MDR-TB cases in migrant patients with identical Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains we aim to illu...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Joean O,Thiele T,Schütz K,Schwerk N,Sedlacek L,Kalsdorf B,Baumann U,Stoll M

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Influenza disease burden varies by age and this has important public health implications. We compared the proportional distribution of different influenza virus types within age strata using surveillance data from twenty-nine countries during 1999-2014 (N=358,796 influenza cases). METHODS:For each virus, we...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Caini S,Spreeuwenberg P,Kusznierz GF,Rudi JM,Owen R,Pennington K,Wangchuk S,Gyeltshen S,Ferreira de Almeida WA,Pessanha Henriques CM,Njouom R,Vernet MA,Fasce RA,Andrade W,Yu H,Feng L,Yang J,Peng Z,Lara J,Bruno A,d

更新日期：2018-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little knowledge regarding the prevalence and nature of renal impairment in African populations initiating antiretroviral treatment, nor evidence to inform the most cost effective methods of screening for renal impairment. With the increasing availability of the potentially nephrotixic drug, tenofov...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Franey C,Knott D,Barnighausen T,Dedicoat M,Adam A,Lessells RJ,Newell ML,Cooke GS

更新日期：2009-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pentraxin-3 (PTX-3) is an acute-phase protein involved in inflammatory and infectious processes. This study assesses its diagnostic and prognostic value in patients with sepsis or septic shock in a medical intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS:The study includes 213 ICU patients with clinical criteria of sepsi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hamed S,Behnes M,Pauly D,Lepiorz D,Barre M,Becher T,Lang S,Akin I,Borggrefe M,Bertsch T,Hoffmann U

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia has traditionally been classified into two subtypes: community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and nosocomial pneumonia (NP). Recently, a new entity has been defined, called healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP). Few studies have investigated the potential of population-based, electronic, healthcare data...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Cascini S,Agabiti N,Incalzi RA,Pinnarelli L,Mayer F,Arcà M,Fusco D,Davoli M

更新日期：2013-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate influenza activity forecasting helps public health officials prepare and allocate resources for unusual influenza activity. Traditional flu surveillance systems, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) influenza-like illnesses reports, lag behind real-time by one to 2 weeks, w...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Yang S,Santillana M,Brownstein JS,Gray J,Richardson S,Kou SC

更新日期：2017-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major challenge for global health care. Pharmacists play a key role in the health care setting to help support the quality use of medicines. The education, training, and experiences of pharmacy students have the potential to impact on patterns of antibiotic use in communit...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Sakeena MHF,Bennett AA,Jamshed S,Mohamed F,Herath DR,Gawarammana I,McLachlan AJ

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interferon alpha (IFNα) therapy has been widely used in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) for decades. Nucleos(t)ide analogues are also increasingly used to treat CHB recently. More and more studies are being carried out concerning the clearance or seroconversion of HBsAg, which is recognized as an ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Li WC,Wang MR,Kong LB,Ren WG,Zhang YG,Nan YM

更新日期：2011-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lamivudine inhibits replication of both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) and is commonly used as part of antiretroviral therapy. The main limitation in the use of lamivudine is resistant mutation selection. Most of these mutations affect the YMDD motif of the HBV DNA polymerase....

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Santos EA,Sucupira MV,Arabe J,Gomes SA

更新日期：2004-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nutritional changes during and after tuberculosis treatment have not been well described. We therefore determined the effect of wasting on rate of mean change in lean tissue and fat mass as measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), and mean change in body mass index (BMI) during and after tuberculo...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Mupere E,Malone L,Zalwango S,Okwera A,Nsereko M,Tisch DJ,Parraga IM,Stein CM,Mugerwa R,Boom WH,Mayanja HK,Whalen CC,Tuberculosis Research Unit at Case Western Reserve University.

更新日期：2014-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Raw seafood consumption was identified as the major risk factor for hepatitis A during the large epidemic of 1996 and 1997 in Puglia (South Italy). In Puglia, vaccination for toddlers and preadolescents has been recommended since 1998.The aim of the study was to evaluate the incidence, seroprevalence, molecu...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chironna M,Prato R,Sallustio A,Martinelli D,Tafuri S,Quarto M,Germinario C

更新日期：2012-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an important public health problem in Brazil and in several tropical regions of the world. In the Americas, Brazil is the country with the highest number of registered cases. In Brazil, the state of Minas Gerais has the highest number of cases in the southeastern region. In th...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Cardoso DT,de Souza DC,de Castro VN,Geiger SM,Barbosa DS

更新日期：2019-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate a possible role of Cefditoren, a recently marketed in Greece third-generation oral cephalosporin in urinary infections of outpatients. METHODS:During a multicenter survey of Enterobacteriaceae causing UTIs in outpatients during 2005-2007, Cefditoren MICs were determined by agar dilution metho...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hatzaki D,Poulakou G,Katsarolis I,Lambri N,Souli M,Deliolanis I,Nikolopoulos GK,Lebessi E,Giamarellou H

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toxoplasmosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii. However, no effective vaccine is yet available. Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) polymers can reduce protein degradation and sustain the release of antigens over a long period, which could generate a long-lasting immune r...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhang NZ,Xu Y,Wang M,Chen J,Huang SY,Gao Q,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2016-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prenatal exposure to influenza or fever is associated with risk of congenital malformations. Oseltamivir is used to treat influenza and to provide post-exposure prophylaxis. We examined the association between oseltamivir use during pregnancy and birth outcomes. METHODS:This was a nationwide registry-based ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ehrenstein V,Kristensen NR,Monz BU,Clinch B,Kenwright A,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Lao PDR, the epidemiology of varicella infection is uncertain, since it is not a notifiable disease and VZV outbreaks are rarely reported as fever/rash (F/R) diseases. METHODS:We estimated the seroprevalence of VZV (IgG ELISA) in different age cohorts (9 months to 46 years; N = 3139) and investigated VZV...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Nouanthong P,Hübschen JM,Billamay S,Mongkhoune S,Vilivong K,Khounvisith V,Sinner R,Grandadam M,Phonekeo D,Black AP,Muller CP

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00