Leave entitlements, time off work and the household financial impacts of quarantine compliance during an H1N1 outbreak.

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:Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is one of the most common causes of community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Establishing an early diagnosis of M. pneumoniae pneumonia in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) may have important therapeutic implications. METHODS:We describe diagnosis and ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ding L,Zhao Y,Li X,Wang R,Li Y,Tang X,Sun B,He H

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diseases caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) among adult patients with hematological malignancies have rarely been investigated. METHODS:Adult patients with hematological malignancies at National Taiwan University Hospital between 1996 and 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with positive ser...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chen CY,Sheng WH,Cheng A,Tsay W,Huang SY,Tang JL,Chen YC,Wang JY,Tien HF,Chang SC

更新日期：2011-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At the end of the 1970s, in Italy more than 2% of the general population was HBsAg carrier. In the late '70s and late '80s, two remarkable events might have impacted on HBV strains transmitted in North-East Italy: (a) the increased HBV incidence due to parenteral drugs between 1978 and 1982; (b) the preventi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bruni R,Villano U,Taffon S,Equestre M,Madonna E,Chionne P,Candido A,Dettori S,Pisani G,Rapicetta M,Bortolotti F,Ciccaglione AR

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis (TB)-associated Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is an aberrant inflammatory response in TB patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus coinfection, after antiretroviral therapy commencement. CASE PRESENTATION:We present a rare case of a 51-year-old woman living wit...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Narendran G,Oliveira-de-Souza D,Vinhaes CL,Akrami K,Fukutani KF,Banu K,Chandrasekaran P,Ravichandran N,Sereti I,Swaminathan S,Andrade BB

更新日期：2019-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital-based surveillance for pneumococcal meningitis has been conducted since January 1996 in the city of Salvador, Brazil. The purpose of this study was to describe the temporal evolution of Penicillin Non-Susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae (PNSSP) in regards to serotype distributions and clonal divers...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： dos Santos MS,Azevedo J,Menezes AP,Cordeiro SM,Escobar EC,Lima JB,Campos LC,Carvalho Mda G,Reis MG,Ko AI,Reis JN

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most common cause of implant failure is aseptic loosening (AL), followed by prosthetic joint infection (PJI). This study evaluates the incidence of PJI among patients operated with suspected AL and whether the diagnosis of PJI was predictive of subsequent implant failure including re-infection, at 2 year...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Fernandez-Sampedro M,Salas-Venero C,Fariñas-Álvarez C,Sumillera M,Pérez-Carro L,Fakkas-Fernandez M,Gómez-Román J,Martínez-Martínez L,Fariñas MC

更新日期：2015-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV-related stigma always is major obstacles to an effective HIV response worldwide. The effect of HIV-related stigma on HIV prevention and treatment is particularly serious in China. This study was to examine stigma attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) among general individuals in Heilongjia...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Li X,Yuan L,Li X,Shi J,Jiang L,Zhang C,Yang X,Zhang Y,Zhao D,Zhao Y

更新日期：2017-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lassa fever has been a public health concern in the West African sub-region where it is endemic and a latent threat to the world at large. We investigated the trend in Lassa fever research using bibliometric approach. METHODS:We used the SCOPUS database employing "Lassa fever" as search descriptor. The most...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Okoroiwu HU,López-Muñoz F,Povedano-Montero FJ

更新日期：2018-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Beijing genotype strains are the most predominant strains in China. The aim of this study was to explore risk factors and clinical phenotypes associated with infection with Beijing genotype strains among tuberculosis patients in China. METHODS:Using data and strains derived from the first Chinese national d...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Pang Y,Song Y,Xia H,Zhou Y,Zhao B,Zhao Y

更新日期：2012-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest HIV-1 inter-subtype differences in co-receptor usage. We examined the correlation between HIV-1 subtype and co-receptor usage among treatment-naïve HIV-1 subjects in Singapore. Additionally, we investigated whether the subtype co-receptor association was influenced by stage of infectio...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ng KY,Chew KK,Kaur P,Kwan JY,Khong WX,Lin L,Chua A,Tan MT,Quinn TC,Laeyendecker O,Leo YS,Ng OT

更新日期：2013-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:West Nile virus (WNV) has emerged as one of the most common causes of epidemic meningoencephalitis worldwide. Most human infections are asymptomatic. However, neuroinvasive disease characterized by meningitis, encephalitis and/or acute flaccid paralysis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality....

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lohitharajah J,Malavige GN,Chua AJ,Ng ML,Arambepola C,Chang T

更新日期：2015-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2017, an outbreak of onychomadesis occurred in kindergarten H, Hubei province, China. We investigated the field to learn about the magnitude and reason of the outbreak. METHODS:The case definition was that a child with onychomadesis or transverse ridging (Beau's line) in fingernails and toenails without ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Li D,Wu Y,Xing X,Huang J,Mao A,Liu T,Rao P,Qin W,Zhang L,Feng L,Gao S,Guan X

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Legionnaire's disease is one of the major causes of community-acquired pneumonia and is occasionally complicated by neurological symptoms. However, reports of ocular lesions due to Legionnaire's disease are limited. CASE PRESENTATION:We report the case of a patient with Legionnaire's disease presenting as b...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Yamada S,Kitajima T,Marumo S,Fukui M

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:After publication of the original article [1], we were notified that two of the author names were incorrectly displayed in the pdf version of the paper, while one other name was incorrectly tagged in the XML version. ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Schröder A,Gerin A,Firth GB,Hoffmann KS,Grieve A,Oetzmann von Sochaczewski C

更新日期：2019-05-27 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: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:In 2007, Park et al. identified a novel serotype among Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroup 6 which they named serotype 6C. The aim of this study was to evaluate with the Neufeld test a novel S. pneumoniae serotype 6C type specific polyclonal antiserum. In addition, serotype 6C isolates found in Denmark in 200...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lambertsen L,Kerrn MB

更新日期：2010-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intracranial infection after puncture of cerebral hematoma in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage is very common in the department of neurosurgery, yet the relevant risks remain unknown. We attempted to analyze the risk factors of intracranial infection after puncture of cerebral hematoma, to provide insi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Han H,Li Y,Liu L,Liu N,Wang Y,Zhang M

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Saksenaea species (spp.) are uncommon causes of mucormycosis but are emerging pathogens mostly associated with trauma and soil contamination often in immunocompetent hosts. Due to lack of sporulation in the laboratory, diagnosis and susceptibility testing is difficult so optimal treatment regimens are unknow...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Davidson N,Campbell K,Foroughi F,Tayal V,Lynar S,Crawford LC,Kidd SE,Baird R,Davies J,Meumann EM

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-organ-specific autoantibodies are found in a considerable number of anti-HCV positive patients. Previous studies investigated the clinical relevance of these antibodies in patients treated with interferon monotherapy, but not combination therapies. METHODS:Anti-nuclear, anti-smooth muscle, anti-mitochon...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Wasmuth HE,Stolte C,Geier A,Dietrich CG,Gartung C,Lorenzen J,Matern S,Lammert F

更新日期：2004-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a commensal of the human upper respiratory tract and a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This paper presents the distribution of serotypes and antimicrobial resistance in commensal S. pneumoniae strains cultured from healthy carriers older than four years of age in...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Yahiaoui RY,Bootsma HJ,den Heijer CDJ,Pluister GN,John Paget W,Spreeuwenberg P,Trzcinski K,Stobberingh EE

更新日期：2018-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The parasite Entamoeba histolytica is the causal agent of amoebiasis, a worldwide emerging disease. Amebic brain abscess is a form of invasive amebiasis that is both rare and frequently lethal. This condition always begins with the infection of the colon by E. histolytica trophozoites, which subsequently tra...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Victoria-Hernández JA,Ventura-Saucedo A,López-Morones A,Martínez-Hernández SL,Medina-Rosales MN,Muñoz-Ortega M,Ávila-Blanco ME,Cervantes-García D,Barba-Gallardo LF,Ventura-Juárez J

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To verify whether a daily service of Infectious Diseases consultation (ID-cons) is more effective than a weekly service in reducing antibiotic (ATB) consumption without worsening of clinical outcomes. METHODS:Two-year observational analysis of the ID-cons provided in a hospital setting in Milan, Italy. ID-c...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Cona A,Gazzola L,Viganò O,Bini T,Marchetti GC,d'Arminio Monforte A

更新日期：2020-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Colonization by S. aureus increases the risk of infection. Little is known about decolonization strategies for S. aureus beyond antibiotics, however probiotics represent a promising alternative. A randomized controlle...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Eggers S,Barker AK,Valentine S,Hess T,Duster M,Safdar N

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate nasal carriage, antibiotic susceptibility and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), as well as the risk factors of MRSA colonization, in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients in northern Taiwan. METHODS:From September 2014 to November 201...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hsu YY,Wu D,Hung CC,Huang SS,Yuan FH,Lee MH,Huang CT,Shie SS,Huang PY,Yang CC,Cheng CW,Leu HS,Wu TS,Huang YC

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Demographic characteristic surveillance of transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) among blood donors is crucial to formulating control strategies and preventing TTIs. This study aimed to investigate the demographic characteristics and social factors associated with TTIs among blood donors from 14 differen...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chang L,Zhao J,Guo F,Ji H,Zhang L,Jiang X,Wang L

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cupriavidus gilardii is an aerobic, Gram-negative, glucose-nonfermenting rod that was first identified in 1999. Because of the difficulty in accurate species identification of C. gilardii, there are few case reports of infection caused by this organism. In previous reports, C. gilardii has been characterized...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kobayashi T,Nakamura I,Fujita H,Tsukimori A,Sato A,Fukushima S,Ohkusu K,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The seasonality, clinical and radiographic features and outcome of aseptic meningitis have been described for regional outbreaks but data from a wider geographic area is necessary to delineate the epidemiology of this condition. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was completed of children presenting with ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lee BE,Chawla R,Langley JM,Forgie SE,Al-Hosni M,Baerg K,Husain E,Strong J,Robinson JL,Allen U,Law BJ,Dobson S,Davies HD

更新日期：2006-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Saudi Arabia (SA) and other Islamic countries are limited. This study describes the results of a five-year surveillance for STIs in SA. METHODS:This is a case series descriptive study of all confirmed STIs diagnosed in SA from January, 1995 through December,...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Madani TA

更新日期：2006-01-10 00:00:00