Nosocomial endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium amycolatum and other nondiphtheriae corynebacteria.

abstract：:We report the first genetic characterization of wildtype measles viruses from Uganda. Thirty-six virus isolates from outbreaks in 6 districts were analyzed from 2000 to 2002. Analyses of sequences of the nucleoprotein (N) and hemagglutinin (H) genes showed that the Ugandan isolates were all closely related, and phylog...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Muwonge A,Nanyunja M,Rota PA,Bwogi J,Lowe L,Liffick SL,Bellini WJ,Sylvester S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In July 2000, an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred at a tourist resort in the Gulf of Taranto in southern Italy. Illness in 344 people, 69 of whom were staff members, met the case definition. Norwalk-like virus (NLV) was found in 22 of 28 stool specimens tested. The source of illness was likely contaminated drinkin...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Boccia D,Tozzi AE,Cotter B,Rizzo C,Russo T,Buttinelli G,Caprioli A,Marziano ML,Ruggeri FM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the presence of Clostridium difficile, we sampled cooked and uncooked meat products sold in Tucson, Arizona. Forty-two percent contained toxigenic C. difficile strains (either ribotype 078/toxinotype V [73%] or 027/toxinotype III [NAP1 or NAP1-related; 27%]). These findings indicate that food products may...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Songer JG,Trinh HT,Killgore GE,Thompson AD,McDonald LC,Limbago BM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a serosurvey of 155 healthcare workers and 124 household and community members who had close contact with 18 patients who had laboratory-confirmed Nipah virus infections in Kerala, India. We detected 3 subclinical infections; 2 persons had IgM and IgG and 1 only IgM against Nipah virus. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Kumar CPG,Sugunan AP,Yadav P,Kurup KK,Aarathee R,Manickam P,Bhatnagar T,Radhakrishnan C,Thomas B,Kumar A 5th,Jayasree J,Philomina B,Kumar KGS,Thulaseedharan NK,Gupta N 5th,Rajendran R,Saritha RL,Mourya DT,Gangakhedkar

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a health hazard evaluation, we investigated 29 cases of laboratory-diagnosed Campylobacter infection among workers at a poultry-processing plant. Most infected employees worked at the plant <1 month, worked as live hangers, and lived at a state-operated center. To lessen the infection risk, we recommended impro...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： de Perio MA,Niemeier RT,Levine SJ,Gruszynski K,Gibbins JD

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After increasing from 1995 to 1999, invasive erythromycin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae rates per 100,000 decreased 53.6% in children from Baltimore, Maryland (US), from 1999 to 2001, which was partially attributed to strains related to the mefE-carrying England14-9 clone. The decline in infection rates was ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： McEllistrem MC,Adams JM,Shutt K,Sanza LT,Facklam RR,Whitney CG,Jorgensen JH,Harrison LH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure of sulfa or sulfone prophylaxis is associated with mutations in Pneumocystis carinii gene coding for dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS). The DHPS genotype was analyzed in AIDS patients who had two separate episodes of P. carinii pneumonia. The results suggest that DHPS mutations can be selected de novo within pat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Nahimana A,Rabodonirina M,Helweg-Larsen J,Meneau I,Francioli P,Bille J,Hauser PM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After severe neurocognitive decline developed in an otherwise healthy 63-year-old man, brain magnetic resonance imaging showed eosinophilic meningoencephalitis and enhancing lesions. The patient tested positive for antibodies to Baylisascaris spp. roundworms, was treated with albendazole and dexamethasone, and showed ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Langelier C,Reid MJ,Halabi C,Witek N,LaRiviere A,Shah M,Wilson MR,Chin-Hong P,Douglas V,Kazacos KR,Babik JM

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of body lice among 2,288 sheltered homeless persons in the city of Marseille during 2000-2017 was 12.2% and significantly decreased over time. We report a positive association between body lice infestations and older age, duration of stays in France for migrants, frequent consumption of alcohol, and tob...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ly TDA,Touré Y,Calloix C,Badiaga S,Raoult D,Tissot-Dupont H,Brouqui P,Gautret P

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1996 to 2000, 23 Maryland and Washington, D.C., tuberculosis cases were identified in one six-band DNA cluster. Cases were clustered on the basis of their Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Medical record reviews and interviews were conducted to identify epidemiologic linkages. Eighteen (78%) of the 23 case-pat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lathan M,Mukasa LN,Hooper N,Golub J,Baruch N,Mulcahy D,Benjamin W,Cronin WA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated an indirect immunofluorescence assay based on virus-infected cells for detecting anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibody. All confirmed SARS cases demonstrated seroconversion or fourfold rise in IgG antibody titer; no control was positive. Se...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chan PK,Ng KC,Chan RC,Lam RK,Chow VC,Hui M,Wu A,Lee N,Yap FH,Cheng FW,Sung JJ,Tam JS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the association of colonization by Staphylococcus aureus and general population mortality, we followed 10,598 adults for 8.5 years on average. Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus colonization was not associated with death. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus carriage predicted death in a crude analysis but not af...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Mendy A,Vieira ER,Albatineh AN,Gasana J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior immunization of hamsters with three heterologous flaviviruses (Japanese encephalitis virus [JEV] SA14-2-8 vaccine, wild-type St. Louis encephalitis virus [SLEV], and Yellow fever virus [YFV] 17D vaccine) reduces the severity of subsequent West Nile virus (WNV) infection. Groups of adult hamsters were immunized w...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Tesh RB,Travassos da Rosa AP,Guzman H,Araujo TP,Xiao SY

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African swine fever virus p72 genotype IX, associated with outbreaks in eastern Africa, is cocirculating in the Republic of the Congo with West African genotype I. Data suggest that viruses from eastern Africa are moving into western Africa, increasing the threat of outbreaks caused by novel viruses in this region. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gallardo C,Anchuelo R,Pelayo V,Poudevigne F,Leon T,Nzoussi J,Bishop R,Pérez C,Soler A,Nieto R,Martín H,Arias M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, bed bugs have been considered uncommon in the industrialized world. This study determined the extent of reemerging bed bug infestations in homeless shelters and other locations in Toronto, Canada. Toronto Public Health documented complaints of bed bug infestations from 46 locations in 2003, most common...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hwang SW,Svoboda TJ,De Jong IJ,Kabasele KJ,Gogosis E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To monitor the incidence of Plasmodium knowlesi infections and determine whether other simian malaria parasites are being transmitted to humans, we examined 1,047 blood samples from patients with malaria at Kapit Hospital in Kapit, Malaysia, during June 24, 2013-December 31, 2017. Using nested PCR assays, we found 845...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Raja TN,Hu TH,Kadir KA,Mohamad DSA,Rosli N,Wong LL,Hii KC,Simon Divis PC,Singh B

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred specimens were collected from pediatric patients hospitalized in Singapore; 21 of these specimens tested positive for human metapneumovirus (HMPV), with the A2 genotype predominating. A 5% infection rate was estimated, suggesting that HMPV is a significant cause of morbidity among the pediatric population...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Loo LH,Tan BH,Ng LM,Tee NW,Lin RT,Sugrue RJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent autochthonous transmission of Plasmodium vivax malaria in previously malaria-free temperate regions has generated renewed interest in the epidemiology of this disease. Accurate estimates of the incubation period and time to relapse are required for effective malaria surveillance; however, this information is cu...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lover AA,Coker RJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the detection and decline over time of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibodies in infants born to women with coronavirus disease. Among 11 infants tested at birth, all had detectable IgG and 5 had detectable IgM. IgG titers with positive IgM declined more slowly than those without. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gao J,Li W,Hu X,Wei Y,Wu J,Luo X,Chen S,Chen L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During November 2008-July 2009, we investigated the origin of unknown fever in Senegalese patients with a negative malaria test result, focusing on potential rickettsial infection. Using molecular tools, we found evidence for Rickettsia felis-associated illness in the initial days of infection in febrile Senegalese pa...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Socolovschi C,Mediannikov O,Sokhna C,Tall A,Diatta G,Bassene H,Trape JF,Raoult D

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus infection during pregnancy increased the risk for any neurologic congenital anomaly in the infant by roughly 50% and for other congenital malformations of brain 4-fold. Our results show an association between dengue during pregnancy and congenital anomalies of the brain, suggesting that flaviviruses other...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Paixão ES,Teixeira MG,Costa MDCN,Barreto ML,Rodrigues LC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 affected Chile during the winter of 2009. The hospitalization rate was 0.56% overall and 3.47% for persons >60 years of age at risk for severe disease and death independent of concurrent conditions. Age >60 years was the major risk factor for death from pandemic (H1N1) 2009. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Dabanch J,Perret C,Najera M,Gonzalez C,Guerrero A,Olea A,Fasce R,Morales C,Advisory Committee of the Chilean Ministry of Health.

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rodent trapping and drag sampling in Van Cortlandt Park, New York City, yielded all stages of Ixodes scapularis, the deer tick vector of Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE). Polymerase chain reaction analyses of the ticks showed Borrelia burgdorferi and the Ehrlichia sp. that causes HGE. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Daniels TJ,Falco RC,Schwartz I,Varde S,Robbins RG

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory-confirmed cases of subclinical infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in humans are rare, and the true number of these cases is unknown. We describe the identification of a laboratory-confirmed subclinical case in a woman during an influenza A(H5N1) contact investigation in northern Vietnam. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Le MQ,Horby P,Fox A,Nguyen HT,Le Nguyen HK,Hoang PM,Nguyen KC,de Jong MD,Jeeninga RE,Rogier van Doorn H,Farrar J,Wertheim HF

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to describe the basic epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections for Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of North America. We summarized published and unpublished rates of chlamydial infection and gonorrhea reported from 2003 through 2006 for Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. In 2006, Alaska reported hig...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Gesink Law D,Rink E,Mulvad G,Koch A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic analysis of a collection of 103 E1 gene sequences from rubella viruses isolated from 17 countries from 1961 to 2000 confirmed the existence of at least two genotypes. Rubella genotype I (RGI) isolates, predominant in Europe, Japan, and the Western Hemisphere, segregated into discrete subgenotypes; interna...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Zheng DP,Frey TK,Icenogle J,Katow S,Abernathy ES,Song KJ,Xu WB,Yarulin V,Desjatskova RG,Aboudy Y,Enders G,Croxson M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial infection is a well-known complication of breast implant surgery. We identified Mycobacterium senegalense, the principal pathogen of bovine farcy of cattle, in a woman after implant-based breast reconstruction. This finding indicates that unusual pathogens should be considered as an etiology of infected brea...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Carretero O,Reyes C,San-Juan R,Chaves F,López-Roa P

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown a high prevalence of toxoplasmosis and the frequent occurrence of ocular disease in Brazil. To identify the genotypes of parasite strains associated with ocular disease, we compared 25 clinical and animal isolates of Toxoplasma gondii from Brazil to previously characterized clonal lineages ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Khan A,Jordan C,Muccioli C,Vallochi AL,Rizzo LV,Belfort R Jr,Vitor RW,Silveira C,Sibley LD

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed 1,093 Vibrio cholerae isolates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo during 1997-2012 and found increasing antimicrobial drug resistance over time. Our study also demonstrated that the 2011-2012 epidemic was caused by an El Tor variant clonal complex with a single antimicrobial drug susceptibility prof...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Miwanda B,Moore S,Muyembe JJ,Nguefack-Tsague G,Kabangwa IK,Ndjakani DY,Mutreja A,Thomson N,Thefenne H,Garnotel E,Tshapenda G,Kakongo DK,Kalambayi G,Piarroux R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) resistance remains a serious threat in the treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections. We analyzed an international collection of 55 S. maltophilia TMP/SMX-sensitive (S) (n=30) and -resistant (R) (n=25) strains for integrons; sul1, sul2 and dhfr genes; and insertion el...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Toleman MA,Bennett PM,Bennett DM,Jones RN,Walsh TR

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00