An Update on Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests.

abstract：:Oral triazole therapy is well established for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis (IPA), allergic aspergillosis (ABPA), and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA), and is often long-term. Resistance to triazole azole antifungal drugs in Aspergillus fumigatus is now a major clinical problem in a number of European l...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Bowyer P,Moore CB,Rautemaa R,Denning DW,Richardson MD

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of antigen-capture assays are commercially available for the detection of influenza. In addition, real-time multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been used to detect influenza A and B in clinical specimens. The commercial assays can be completed in less than 30 minutes and have a sensitivity of at le...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Pachucki CT

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:Heavily pretreated HIV-infected patients with multidrug-resistant virus remain a clinical challenge to the treating physician. While the goal of therapy in such patients is still controversial, sustained immunologic and clinical benefit have only been demonstrated with complete suppression of plasma viral load below d...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Montaner JS,Harris M

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：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：:Starting from 2010, the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) was introduced in several countries. This paper discusses some of the problems recently emerged after PCV13 use and their clinical impact. The impact of PCV13 has been relevant and has saved millions of children and adults by severe infectious di...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Principi N,Di Cara G,Bizzarri I,Isidori C,Borgia P,Mignini C,Saponara M,Argentiero A,Esposito S

更新日期：2018-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common clinical syndrome in women. Most UTIs are caused by Escherichia coli. UTI has become a productive and accessible model system for studying the molecular details of how bacteria interact with mucosal surfaces and the nature of the host response. Important advances in the past y...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Stapleton AE

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the cause of a considerable burden of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected patients. The purpose of this study was to review recent literature for epidemiological trends and management of CAP in HIV patients. RECENT FINDINGS:While the specific infectious et...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Almeida A,Boattini M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization against the most common meningeal pathogens is the leading factor associated with decreased incidence of bacterial meningitis in countries where routine vaccination is available. This is most dramatically illustrated by the reduction in the incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis. The incide...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Dery MA,Hasbun R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal endocarditis (FE) is an increasingly prevalent and devastating disease in today's highly advancing medical practice. With more patients receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics or invasive interventions including long-term central venous catheters or prosthetic heart valve placements, FE is increasingly reported. R...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Varghese GM,Sobel JD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is a devastating disease, inflicting epidemic morbidity and mortality with an estimated 500 million cases and 2.5 million deaths annually. Children suffer the most severe morbidity; one child dies of malaria every 30 seconds, accounting for over 1 million of the deaths annually. There continues to be a tremend...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Stauffer WM,Kamat D

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：: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：:In most high-income countries, fewer children now acquire meningitis, and many of those who do will survive. Globally, however, meningitis still remains a significant cause of child morbidity and mortality. In this article, the authors review recent evidence on the morbidity faced by childhood survivors of bacterial m...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Hudson LD,Viner RM,Christie D

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensive care unit (ICU) patients present several unusual pharmacokinetic (PK) characteristics compared with less seriously ill patients, including increased distribution volume and variable clearance. Interpatient PK variability is often considerable and can produce a wide range of values for PK parameters and major...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Dufour G,Montravers P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an era of cost-consciousness in the delivery of medical care, the economics of healthcare delivery for HIV-infected persons has been an area of active interest. Interested parties include the payors of HIV care, particularly public insurers, who are paying for an increasing amount of the overall cost of HIV care in...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Moore RD

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:Carbapenems are the broadest spectrum antimicrobials utilized in the treatment of serious infections since the 1980s. Soon after their introduction, the discovery of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) was reported in the 1990s. Invasive CRE infections are associated with high mortality and limited treatment...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Bowers DR,Huang V

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States each year, influenza accounts for an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 deaths, nearly 300,000 hospitalizations, and millions of days lost from work. In the past few years, there has been an explosion of information in the medical literature related to influenza. This paper reviews these latest developmen...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Neuzil KM

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this paper is to review therapies with new mechanisms of action for the treatment of HIV that are at least in phase 2 clinical trials. RECENT FINDINGS:There are several new mechanisms of action being represented within clinical development, including histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibito...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Gravatt LAH,Leibrand CR,Patel S,McRae M

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin and soft tissue infections vary widely in their nature and severity, and their nomenclature is complex. Most are readily recognized and easily treated, but more severe infections may masquerade in forms similar to those of more innocent infections, causing delay in diagnosis and treatment that may result in loss ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Alam MR,Hershberger E,Zervos MJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi are common inhabitants of the oral and nasal mucosa, and therefore the differentiation between colonization and pathogenicity in the setting of upper respiratory tract infection symptoms can be difficult. Fungal head and neck infections occur in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised persons, and patients wi...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Miller DJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract infection (UTI) is common in postmenopausal women; the estimated incidence ranges from 4% to 15%. The clinical presentation of UTI is somewhat different in postmenopausal older women than it is in younger women: postmenopausal women are less likely to report frequency, dysuria, hematuria, and fever, but ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Foxman B

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common cause of vaginal discharge in women of childbearing age. In some individuals, it recurs frequently after treatment, frustrating both the patient and the physician. Standard BV treatment--metronidazole or clindamycin, administered either intravaginally or orally--is followed by rela...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Hay P

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic failure due to hepatitis C is the leading indicator for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in the United States. Unfortunately, recurrent hepatitis C virus infection is essentially universal following orthotopic liver transplantation. Although significant advances have been made in the past decade for the ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： A Bobak D,Yadavalli G

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a common cause of genitourinary sexually transmitted infections. N. gonorrhoeae is an obligate human pathogen that has evidence of tissue-specific host interactions and diverse extragenital manifestations of infection both in adult and pediatric populations. The clinical presentation of extrag...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Spencer SE,Bash MC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral therapy (ART) does not eliminate HIV-1 from latently infected reservoirs, and this remains the critical obstacle to the eradication of infection. Although ART is effective in suppressing viral load, life-long ART is burdensome in many respects. Given expanding numbers of HIV-infected individuals on ART ...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Margolis DM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in elderly and children. Vitamin C is known as a physiological antioxidant, regulating innate immune system in the lung. Vitamin C has been used to prevent and treat CAP. However, the use of vitamin C for preventing and trea...

journal_title：Current infectious disease reports

authors： Li Y,Li G

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00