Microdistribution of the resistance of malaria vectors to deltamethrin in the region of Plateau (southeastern Benin) in preparation for an assessment of the impact of resistance on the effectiveness of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs).

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress plays a vital role in the pathogenesis of both Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and Plasmodium falciparum malaria. However, there are limited studies on the effect of P. falciparum malaria infection on oxidative stress in SCD patients. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was undertaken to compare leve...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Atiku SM,Louise N,Kasozi DM

更新日期：2019-07-09 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:In the pre-vaccine era, invasive disease with Haemophilus influenzae, type b (Hib) commonly presented with osteoarticular involvement. Haemophilus influenzae, type a (Hia) sepsis is a rare but emerging problem in recent years. Here, we report a case of sepsis with concomitant osteoarthritis due to Hia that w...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Albrecht T,Poss K,Issaranggoon Na Ayuthaya S,Triden L,Schleiss KL,Schleiss MR

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Ethiopia, measles case-based surveillance was introduced in 2004 as one strategy for measles control by laboratory confirmation of suspected cases. In this article, epidemiological distribution of laboratory-confirmed measles cases were reported from the Southern Nation Nationalities and Peoples Region (S...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Getahun M,Beyene B,Ademe A,Teshome B,Tefera M,Afework A,HaileMariam Y,Assefa E,Hailegiorgis Y,Asha A

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In West and Central Africa areas of endemic Loa loa infections overlap with regions of high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infections. Because individuals in this region are exposed to filarial parasites from birth, most HIV-1 infected individuals invariably also have a history of ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Njambe Priso GD,Lissom A,Ngu LN,Nji NN,Tchadji JC,Tchouangueu TF,Ambada GE,Ngane CSS,Dafeu BL,Djukouo L,Nyebe I,Magagoum S,Ngoh AA,Herve OF,Garcia R,Gutiérrez A,Okoli AS,Esimone CO,Njiokou F,Park CG,Waffo AB,Nch

更新日期：2018-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A Q-fever outbreak occurred in an urban area in the south of the Netherlands in May 2008. The distribution and timing of cases suggested a common source. We studied the spatial relationship between the residence locations of human cases and nearby small ruminant farms, of which one dairy goat farm had experi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Schimmer B,Ter Schegget R,Wegdam M,Züchner L,de Bruin A,Schneeberger PM,Veenstra T,Vellema P,van der Hoek W

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Syndromic management of STIs has been advocated as simplified and cheap approach. Youth have been reported to be at increased risk of acquiring STIs which can facilitate HIV transmission. We have investigated the relationship between the syndromic management and specific aetiology diagnosis and its relations...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chalamilla G,Mbwana J,Mhalu F,Mmari E,Majigo M,Swai A,Urassa W,Sandstrom E

更新日期：2006-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitric oxide (NO*) plays a pivotal role as a leishmanicidal agent in mouse macrophages. NO* resistant Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been associated with a severe outcome of these diseases. METHODS:In this study we evaluated the in vitro toxicity of nitric oxide for the promastigote st...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Giudice A,Camada I,Leopoldo PT,Pereira JM,Riley LW,Wilson ME,Ho JL,de Jesus AR,Carvalho EM,Almeida RP

更新日期：2007-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:How HIV-1 enter into the eyes remains obscure. We postulated that HIV-1 Tat protein can alter the expression of specific tight-junction proteins and disturb the blood retinal barrier, and contributes to HIV trafficking into the eyes. This study is to determine the effects of HIV-1 Tat proteins on the barrier...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bai L,Zhang Z,Zhang H,Li X,Yu Q,Lin H,Yang W

更新日期：2008-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Injecting drug use is a key risk factor, for several infections of public health importance, especially hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV). In England and Wales, where less than 1% of the population are likely to be injecting drug users (IDUs), approximately 38% of laboratory reports of HBV, and 95% of ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Sutton AJ,Gay NJ,Edmunds WJ,Hope VD,Gill ON,Hickman M

更新日期：2006-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Yeasts, mostly Candida, are important causes of bloodstream infections (BSI), responsible for significant mortality and morbidity among hospitalized patients. The epidemiology and species distribution vary from different regions. The goals of this study were to report the current epidemiology of Candida BSI ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Yang ZT,Wu L,Liu XY,Zhou M,Li J,Wu JY,Cai Y,Mao EQ,Chen EZ,Lortholary O

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiretroviral therapy (ART) markedly reduces HIV transmission, and testing and treatment programs have been advocated as a method for decreasing transmission at the population level. Little is known, however, about the extent to which sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which increase the HIV infectious...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Champredon D,Bellan SE,Delva W,Hunt S,Shi CF,Smieja M,Dushoff J

更新日期：2015-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 50% of cases of penile carcinoma (PeCa), a rare neoplasm worldwide, are associated with human papillomavirus (HPV). However, the detection of HPV-DNA is not sufficient to consider it the etiological factor in the development of this type of cancer. Currently, the overexpression of P16INK4A is u...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Martínez-Bailón C,Mantilla-Morales A,Méndez-Matías G,Alvarado-Cabrero I,Maldonado-Rodríguez R,Quintero-Becerra J,Arias-Flores R,Piña-Sánchez P

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the clinical features and CT findings of clinically cured coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with viral RNA positive anal swab results after discharge. METHODS:Forty-two patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to Yongzhou Central Hospital, Hunan, China, between January 20, 2020, and Ma...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhou H,Zhu L,Leng Y,Wang D,Bai HX,Xiong Z,Shi L,Liao W

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The existence of a bi-directional relationship between tuberculosis (TB) and insulin resistance (IR)/diabetes has been alluded to in literature. Although diabetes has been linked to increased tuberculosis risk, the relationship between tuberculosis as a causative factor for IR remains unclear. The study aime...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Philips L,Visser J,Nel D,Blaauw R

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacterial infections in the genital tract frequently result in morbidity through a variety of inflammation based symptoms. One component of the bacteria that may trigger host inflammatory response is their DNA. CpG motifs in this DNA are known targets for Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9), which is a pathogen-reco...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Singer M,de Waaij DJ,Morré SA,Ouburg S

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At the time of the influenza A(H1N1)pmd09 pandemic it was not known if concurrent or sequential administration of seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV) with pandemic vaccine was preferred. METHODS:Immunogenicity and safety were assessed in 871 healthy subjects aged 19-40 years who were randomised into ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Langley JM,Frenette L,Chu L,McNeil S,Halperin S,Li P,Vaughn D

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) can be challenging to diagnose, often requiring bronchoscopy. Since most patients suspected of PJP undergo imaging, we hypothesized that the findings of these studies could help estimate the probability of disease prior to invasive testing. METHODS:We created a cohort ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hsu JM,Hass A,Gingras MA,Chong J,Costiniuk C,Ezer N,Fraser RS,McDonald EG,Lee TC

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In chronic hepatitis C, the fibrosis progression rates are extremely variable and can be influenced by factors associated with the host, virus and environment. Among the associated metabolic factors, hepatic steatosis is characterized by an accumulation of triglycerides in hepatocytes. In the host, genetic d...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Magri MC,Prata TV,Manchiero C,Dantas BP,Mazza CC,Tengan FM

更新日期：2017-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibiotic resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii have been responsible for an increasing number of nosocomial infections including bacteremia and ventilator-associated pneumonia. In this study, we analyzed 38 isolates of A. baumannii obtained from two hospital outbreaks in Los Angeles County for the m...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Warner WA,Kuang SN,Hernandez R,Chong MC,Ewing PJ,Fleischer J,Meng J,Chu S,Terashita D,English L,Chen W,Xu HH

更新日期：2016-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We describe a case of severe Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) associated with chronic active hepatitis C and mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC). To our knowledge, this association between GBS and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been rarely reported. CASE PRESENTATION:A 56-year-old man developed symmetrical musc...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chlilek A,Roger C,Muller L,Carles MJ,Stephan R,Laureillard D,Lavigne JP,Lefrant JY,Sotto A

更新日期：2019-07-17 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:The major factors contributing for nerve damage and permanent disabilities in leprosy are type 1 or reversal reactions (RR) and type 2 or erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL). Gene profiling of leprosy reactions have shown that different pathways are activated during the course of reactions, which is consistent w...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Rêgo JL,de Lima Santana N,Machado PRL,Ribeiro-Alves M,de Toledo-Pinto TG,Castellucci LC,Moraes MO

更新日期：2018-08-24 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 real burden of smear-positive (PTB+) and bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis (BCTB) in Ethiopia is not known. Thus, the aim of this community-based study was to measure the prevalence and incidence of tuberculosis in the Hetosa District of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. METHODS:First, a population-based ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hamusse S,Demissie M,Teshome D,Hassen MS,Lindtjørn B

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several researches have reported the connection between the transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) gene polymorphisms and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the conclusions of these studies were not always consistent. Here, this paper proposed a meta-analysis to evaluate whether the TGF-...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Guo P,Liu S,Sun X,Xu L

更新日期：2019-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing antimalarial drug resistance is a significant hindrance to malaria control and elimination programs. For the last six decades, chloroquine (CQ) plus pyrimethamine remains the first-line treatment for P. vivax malaria. Regions where both P. falciparum and P. vivax co-exist, P. vivax is exposed ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kaur H,Sehgal R,Kumar A,Bharti PK,Bansal D,Mohapatra PK,Mahanta J,Sultan AA

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Influenza vaccination is recognized as a primary public health intervention which prevents the illness of patients and relieves the societal burdens of influenza for medical community as well as the economy. To date, no effectiveness study of influenza vaccination has been conducted including a large populat...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Shibata N,Kimura S,Hoshino T,Urushihara H

更新日期：2019-07-05 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:An increased number of refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) pneumonia (MPP) cases have been reported. However the duration of MP infection in lower airway and the course of anti-MP treatment remains unclear. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 94 MPP children. Patients were classifie...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Liu J,Zhao F,Lu J,Xu H,Liu H,Tang X,Yang H,Zhang J,Zhao S

更新日期：2019-12-10 00:00:00