Diagnosis and Management of Candida and Other Fungal Infections of the Head and Neck.

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant cause of chronic liver disease with substantial long-term sequelae. Until very recently, therapies to cure HCV were hindered by high nonresponse rates and severe side effects. The first-generation protease inhibitor-containing regimens provided superior cure rates for...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Moore C,Levitsky J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is still associated with a large burden and causes significant morbidity and mortality. Besides universal vaccination and antibiotic treatment, statins as adjunctive therapy may also have a beneficial role in the prevention and treatment of CAP. Our goal from thi...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Batais MA,Khan AR,Bin Abdulhak AA

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. While treatment regimens for C. difficile have been available for decades, they remain less than optimal due to the frequent recurrences that occur after therapy is completed. Moreover, the morbidity and expense associated with C. difficile have...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Ciesla WP,Bobak DA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilia in patients exposed to tropical or subtropical environments is caused most commonly by helminth (worm) infections. Besides a detailed exposure history, the diagnostic approach must consider other infections and noninfectious causes of eosinophilia, as treatments for many of these disorders differ. ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Kim YJ,Nutman TB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of vulvovaginal candidiasis, which is caused by Candida albicans, is poorly understood. Despite a strong protective role for cell-mediated immunity (CMI) against other mucosal candidal infections, numerous studies in humans and most animal models have revealed little to no role for CMI or other forms ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Fidel PL

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrhea is one of the most common health problems among travelers. Although enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli is implicated most commonly, enteroaggregative E. coli has recently been described as a major pathogen. Shigella, Campylobacter, and Salmonella organisms are less common causes of acute diarrhea, and intestina...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Cheng AC,Thielman NM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal discharge, vulvar pruritus, and dyspareunia are among the most common symptoms that prompt women to seek medical advice. They are frequently assumed to be due to vaginitis resulting from infection and are treated with anti-infective agents without further investigation. Such empirical treatment may be successf...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Dennerstein GJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) is an infamous nosocomial pathogen with a seemingly limitless capacity for antimicrobial resistance, leading to few treatment options and poor clinical outcomes. The debatably low pathogenicity and virulence of AB are juxtaposed by its exceptionally high rate of infection-...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Butler DA,Biagi M,Tan X,Qasmieh S,Bulman ZP,Wenzler E

更新日期：2019-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Modern advances in malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) technology have increased demand for low-cost, easy-to-use assays in areas endemic for malaria. Substantial developments in diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, improvements in non-falciparum RDTs, and novel biotechnological innovations are gra...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Mukkala AN,Kwan J,Lau R,Harris D,Kain D,Boggild AK

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Before the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART), CMV retinitis was a common, debilitating opportunistic infection in the HIV-infected population. ART has had such a favorable impact on the prevention and management of CMV retinitis that it can be considered in some ways to be CMV therapy. Currently available CMV dir...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Barrett L,Walmsley S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare-associated bacterial meningitis may occur after neurosurgical procedures, head trauma, and following placement of external or internal ventricular catheters. The likely microorganisms that cause meningitis in this setting (ie, staphylococci and gram-negative bacilli) are different from those that cause meni...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Laxmi S,Tunkel AR

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two million of the 15 million (13.3%) new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among persons 15 to 49 years old occur in pregnant women. Access to care and a provider's ability to assess risk, screen, and treat STIs are critical factors in preventing adverse pregnancy outcomes. Significant variations in pro...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Johnson HL,Erbelding EJ,Ghanem KG

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During much of the past century, the microbe itself stood at the heart of microbial pathogenesis. Little thought was devoted to the host per se, though it was granted that differences in susceptibility to certain infections did exist between individuals, and between different ethnic groups. During the past 20 years, e...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Beutler B,Ulevitch RJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 1% of all patients with end-stage renal disease in the United States are infected with HIV. With the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV death rates have declined 80%, and chronic diseases resulting from HIV have replaced opportunistic infections as the leading cause of death among ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Locke JE,Segev DL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) is increasing and many of these patients may be considered for orthotopic liver transplantation. As patients with ESLD are at risk of a number of infections, infectious disease physicians should be aware of the management of these infections in order to provide optimal p...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Mah A,Wright A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of syphilis continue to increase in the United States and HIV-infected patients make up a large proportion of cases. The interaction between syphilis and HIV is complex and still incompletely understood. Although diagnosis and management of HIV-infected patients with syphilis is, in general, similar to HIV-uninf...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Ghanem KG

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocarditis pathogens colonize valves with pre-existing sterile vegetations or valves with minimal endothelial lesions. Inflamed endothelia produce cytokines, integrins, and tissue factor, which in turn attract fibronectin, monocytes, and platelets. Bacteria attaching to such structures further activate the cascade, ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Widmer E,Que YA,Entenza JM,Moreillon P

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease (CHD) is an inflammatory process that takes decades to develop. In HIV-seronegative persons, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein is a biologic marker of CHD risk. HIV infection induces chronic inflammation, despite adequate suppression of HIV replication with antiretroviral therapy, resulting in...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Fichtenbaum CJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococcus is a widespread human pathogen that causes a broad spectrum of human disease. The persistent high burden and severity of illness in developing and industrialized countries speaks to the need for a safe and effective vaccine. Modern approaches to vaccine construction include M protein type-specifi...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Kotloff KL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contact precautions are routinely employed for the control of multidrug-resistant organisms. Robust measures, however, for the incremental benefit of contact precautions, gowns, gloves, and active detection and isolation strategies for the prevention of cross-transmission in endemic settings are lacking. Unintended co...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Bearman G,Stevens MP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), an infection of the lower respiratory tract which occurs in association with mechanical ventilation, is one of the most common causes of nosocomial infection in the intensive care unit (ICU). VAP causes significant morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients including incr...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Waters B,Muscedere J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first description of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in adults appeared in 1967 and was characterized by dyspnea, hypoxemia, diffuse alveolar infiltrates, and reduced respiratory system compliance. ARDS and acute lung injury (ALI) syndrome have no specific treatment, only supportive care: treating the u...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Chiumello D,Cressoni M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is a well-described phenomenon in HIV-infected patients following initiation of antiretroviral therapy and can lead to significant morbidity and mortality in some patients. Risk for IRIS is enhanced in those with low CD4 counts and preexisting opportunistic infect...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Armstrong WS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Since the treatment of acute diverticulitis has become more conservative over the last years, knowledge of conservative treatment strategies is increasingly important. RECENT FINDINGS:Several treatment strategies that previously have been imposed as routine treatment are now obsolete. Uncomplicated d...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： van Dijk ST,Rottier SJ,van Geloven AAW,Boermeester MA

更新日期：2017-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute otitis media (AOM), when associated with a bulging or full tympanic membrane, has a bacterial etiology in more than 90% of cases. Not infrequently, the organisms present express resistance mechanisms to commonly prescribed antibiotic therapy. Tympanocentesis is a procedure advocated by several national guideline...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Pichichero ME,Wright T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are a global burden to public health and are frequently caused by respiratory viruses. Advances in molecular diagnostic techniques have allowed the identification of previously undetected viral pathogens and have improved our understanding of respiratory virus infections. Her...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Ren L,Xiang Z,Guo L,Wang J

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Africa carries a disproportionate burden of the global HIV endemic, accounting for two thirds of the global 33.3 million people living with HIV. While tremendous advances have been made in addressing the HIV epidemic in Africa, considerable challenges remain. Testing for HIV increased by 86% from 2007 to 2009 but more...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Gilliam BL,Patel D,Talwani R,Temesgen Z

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial meningitis remains a feared diagnosis that may lead to significant mortality and morbidity in both the developed and developing world; case fatality rates range from 10% to 50% among all age groups. Several vaccines are available (including the Haemophilus influenzae type B polysaccharide conjugate vaccine) ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Verma R,Fisher MC

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction of microbial contamination of the hospital environment is a challenge, yet has potential impacts on infection prevention efforts. Fumigation and UV light devices for environmental cleaning have expanded into the health care setting with the goal of decontamination of difficult to clean or overlooked surfaces...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Doll M,Morgan DJ,Anderson D,Bearman G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal infection (IFI) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with hematologic malignancy, prolonged neutropenia, or after hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Antifungal prophylaxis prevents IFI in high-risk hematology patients. This article discusses recent developments in antifungal pr...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Wolf J,Slavin MA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00