Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in Asia: epidemiology and management.

abstract：:Coinfection with hepatitis C in HIV-infected patients has been reported in 15-70% of patients depending on the mode of acquisition of both viruses. As recent advances in HIV-directed antiviral therapy have markedly delayed HIV progression and mortality, the incidence of complications arising from hepatitis C-associate...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Vyas JJ,Brown RS,Gaglio PJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular pathogens present a major health risk because of their innate ability to evade clearance. Their location within host cells and ability to react to the host environment by mutation or transcriptional changes often enables survival mechanisms to resist standard therapies. Host-directed drugs do not target ...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Collier MA,Gallovic MD,Peine KJ,Duong AD,Bachelder EM,Gunn JS,Schlesinger LS,Ainslie KM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of HIV-1 integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) has been a major therapeutic breakthrough in the management of HIV-1 infection. The first HIV-1 integrase inhibitor, raltegravir, was licensed in 2007 and was subsequently approved for use in treatment-naive patients. Since then, newer members of t...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Lampiris HW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne enveloped positive-strand RNA virus that emerged in North America in 1999 in New York City. Over the past 15 years, WNV has become established throughout the USA and has spread into Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. CDC reports indicate >41,000 clinical cases, including more t...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Montgomery RR,Murray KO

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled antibiotics are not usually considered outside the setting of cystic fibrosis or Pneumocystis jiroveci prophylaxis. However, because they deliver high drug concentrations at the site of infection with negligible systemic absorption and toxicity, they are logical compliments to standard intravenous therapy for ...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Lesho E

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrobacillosis, often used synonymously with Lemierre's syndrome, is a form of abscess infection in the peritonsillar area associated with a thrombophlebitis and caused by the strict anaerobic species Fusobacterium necrophorum. The thrombosis formed affects the internal jugular vein, from which the bacteria are seede...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Dahlén G,Ebenfelt A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this article is to review the current literature examining the use of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy for management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. Procalcitonin is a serum marker that rises in response to bacterial infections, but remains low in nonbacterial infectio...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Tokman S,Schuetz P,Bent S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria drives the search for alternative antimicrobial therapies. Bacteriocins represent a potential alternative to antibiotic treatment. In contrast to antibiotics, bacteriocins are peptides or proteins that have relatively narrow spectr...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Bosák J,Hrala M,Micenková L,Šmajs D

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: In light of the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, phage (bacteriophage) therapy has been recognized as a potential alternative or addition to antibiotics in Western medicine for use in humans.Areas covered: This review assessed the scientific literature on phage therapy published between 1 Janu...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Caflisch KM,Suh GA,Patel R

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with C. difficile infection (CDI) experience intestinal microflora changes that can promote the overgrowth and subsequent translocation of gut resident pathogens into the blood. Consistently, CDI due to PCR-ribotype 027 strain, severe or relapsing CDI, and treatment with high-dosage vancomycin are...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Falcone M,Venditti M,Sanguinetti M,Posteraro B

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The nervous system is involved in 10-15% of patients infected with B. burgdorferi, B. afzelii and B. garinii. This review will address widespread misconceptions about the clinical phenomenology, diagnostic approach and response to treatment of neuroborreliosis. Areas covered: Improvements in diagnostic tes...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Halperin JJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains a major burden to the healthcare system and intubated patients in intensive care units. In fact, VAP is responsible for at least 50% of prescribed antibiotics to patients who need mechanical ventilation. One of the factors contributing to VAP pathogenesis is believed to be...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Loo CY,Lee WH,Young PM,Cavaliere R,Whitchurch CB,Rohanizadeh R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax, a disease that plagues both humans and various animal species. Effective vaccines are available, but those approved for human use are crude culture supernatants that require multiple injections and a yearly boost. Many experts agree that it is now time for the next...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Tournier JN,Ulrich RG,Quesnel-Hellmann A,Mohamadzadeh M,Stiles BG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B is a worldwide health problem. Research interests have focused on the development of potent and safe antiviral agents with low resistance rates. Among these, telbivudine is an oral nucleoside analogue with specific activity against hepatitis B virus DNA polymerase. Various prospective, randomized c...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Lui YY,Chan HL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of HIV 30 years ago, we have learned much about HIV in children and adolescents. Dramatic declines have occurred in mother-to-child transmission of HIV in resource-rich countries. Resource-poor countries struggle with improving prevention of mother-to-child transmission due to the lack of universal...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Anderson EJ,Yogev R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively-drug-resistant (XDR) Gram-negative bacteria have emerged as a major threat to human health globally. This has resulted in the 're-discovery' of some older antimicrobials and development of new agents, however resistance has also rapidly emerged to these agents. Are...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Sherry N,Howden B

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 6th World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID), which was recently held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between 18 and 22 November 2009, attracted 2401 attendees from 90 countries representing six continents. The WSPID, founded in 1994 by Professor Saldana Gonzalez of the Mexican Ped...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Falade AG

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ticks can transmit a variety of viruses, bacteria or parasites that can cause serious infections or conditions in humans and animals. While tick-borne diseases are becoming an increasing and serious problem in Europe, tick-borne diseases are also responsible for major depressions in livestock production and mortality ...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Heyman P,Cochez C,Hofhuis A,van der Giessen J,Sprong H,Porter SR,Losson B,Saegerman C,Donoso-Mantke O,Niedrig M,Papa A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis in older adults has many challenges that affect rate of septic diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring parameters. Numerous age-related changes and comorbidities contribute to increased risk of infections in older adults, but also atypical symptomatology that delays diagnosis. Due to various pharmacokinetic/pharma...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Clifford KM,Dy-Boarman EA,Haase KK,Maxvill K,Pass SE,Alvarez CA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) have received attention as an emerging public health threat, are difficult to diagnose and to treat, and are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. The standard of care in IFD management requires an early and targeted antifungal treatment, hence covers - amongs...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Knabl L,Lass-Flörl C

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A defective mucociliary clearance facilitates colonization with bacteria and fungal spores in cystic fibrosis patients. Yeasts and molds are cultured from the cystic fibrosis respiratory tract and often their clinical relevance is unknown. Candida spp. are the most commonly isolated yeasts, whereas Aspergillus spp., S...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Müller FM,Seidler M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tocilizumab, an inhibitor of the interleukin-6 receptor, may decrease the inflammatory response and control the symptoms of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but the evidence is scarce. METHODS:This retrospective study included patients with severe COVID-19 requiring oxygen therapy who received to...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Tomasiewicz K,Piekarska A,Stempkowska-Rejek J,Serafińska S,Gawkowska A,Parczewski M,Niścigorska-Olsen J,Łapiński TW,Zarębska-Michaluk D,Kowalska JD,Horban A,Flisiak R

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodent-borne hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus) cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the Americas and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Europe and Asia. The viruses are transmitted to humans mainly by inhalation of virus-contaminated aerosols of rodent excreta and secreta. Classic clinical h...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Mattar S,Guzmán C,Figueiredo LT

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:bla NDM is a major mechanism of resistance of Gram-negative bacteria to β-lactam antibiotics including the carbapenems. bla NDM has been acquired by a large range of Gram-negative bacilli, especially by the Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter spp. The combination of human factors (suboptimal antibiotic stewardship an...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Wailan AM,Paterson DL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although evidence indicates that use of procalcitonin to guide antibiotic decisions for the treatment of acute respiratory infections (ARI) decreases antibiotic consumption and improves clinical outcomes, algorithms used within studies had differences in PCT cut-off points and frequency of testing. We ther...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Schuetz P,Bolliger R,Merker M,Christ-Crain M,Stolz D,Tamm M,Luyt CE,Wolff M,Schroeder S,Nobre V,Reinhart K,Branche A,Damas P,Nijsten M,Deliberato RO,Verduri A,Beghé B,Cao B,Shehabi Y,Jensen JS,Beishuizen A,de Jo

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitazoxanide (Alinia, Romark Laboratories) was synthesized based on the structure of niclosamide. In vitro studies have demonstrated activity against a broad range of parasites as well as some bacteria. Three controlled trials demonstrated efficacy in cryptosporidiosis, however, the efficacy in advanced AIDS patients ...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： White CA Jr

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Coronavirus Disease 2019 is a contagious infection that has infected millions worldwide. The objective of this systematic review is to identify studies pertaining to antivirals, both as sole and combined therapies, in COVID-19 patients and review the clinical outcomes of these treatment methods. AREAS COV...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Hussain N,Yoganathan A,Hewage S,Alom S,Harky A

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug chemotherapy for 6-9-months is one of the primary treatments in effective control of tuberculosis, although the mechanisms underlying the persistence of its etiological agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, against antibiotics remain unclear. Ever-mounting evidence indicates that the survival of many environmen...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Islam MS,Richards JP,Ojha AK

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is currently an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplant and solid organ transplant recipients. A high index of suspicion and careful clinical and radiological examinations are the keys to identifying infected patients early. Chest computerized axial ...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Salman N,Törün SH,Budan B,Somer A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Helicobacter Pylori (H.Pylori) is a pathogen that infects about 50% of the world's population and is known to be responsible for gastroduodenal diseases such as atrophic gastritis, peptic ulcer and stomach cancer. Nowadays, there is no treatment that ensures complete eradication. In addition, resistance ...

journal_title：Expert review of anti-infective therapy

authors： Safarov T,Kiran B,Bagirova M,Allahverdiyev AM,Abamor ES

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00