Update on different aspects of HCV variability: focus on NS5B polymerase.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of Diabetes mellitus (DM) in the etiology and in the antimicrobial resistance of uropathogens in patients with urinary tract infection has not been well clarified. For this reason we have evaluated the spectrum of uropathogens and the profile of antibiotic resistance in both diabetic and non diabeti...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bonadio M,Costarelli S,Morelli G,Tartaglia T

更新日期：2006-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although Indonesia has high fatality rate of human A/H5N1 cases, epidemiological and clinical data on influenza virus circulation among humans has been limited. Within Indonesia, Bali province is of interest due to high population densities of humans, pigs and poultry. This study aims to characterize and com...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Adisasmito W,Budayanti S,Aisyah DN,Coker R,Andayani AR,Smith GJD,Rudge JW

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe infection is a main cause of mortality. We aim to describe risk factors for long-term mortality among inpatients with severe infection. METHODS:Prospective cohort study in a 600-bed university hospital in Portugal including all patients with severe infection admitted into intensive care, medical, sur...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Francisco J,Aragão I,Cardoso T

更新日期：2018-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumococci normally reside in the nasopharynx, and when individuals are in close contact with each other such as in a community or a family setting, it is transmitted from carriers and sometimes results in pneumonia. CASE PRESENTATION:Case 1: The patient was a 55-year-old woman who visited the hospital com...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Goda K,Kenzaka T,Chang B,Akita H

更新日期：2018-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although Candida albicans is the most common cause of fungal blood stream infections (BSIs), infections due to Candida species other than C. albicans are rising. Candida parapsilosis complex has emerged as an important fungal pathogen and became one of the main causes of fungemia in specific geographical are...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Barchiesi F,Orsetti E,Osimani P,Catassi C,Santelli F,Manso E

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gambia is the second GAVI support-eligible country to introduce the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), but a country-specific cost-effectiveness analysis of the vaccine is not available. Our objective was to assess the potential impact of PCVs of different valences in The Gambia. METHODS:We syn...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kim SY,Lee G,Goldie SJ

更新日期：2010-09-03 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:Elderly people are at increased risk for severe influenza illness and constitute therefore a major target-group for seasonal influenza vaccination in most industrialized countries. The aim of this study was to estimate influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) among individuals aged 60+ years over three seasons a...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Remschmidt C,Rieck T,Bödeker B,Wichmann O

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening household contacts of active tuberculosis (TB) patients is recommended for TB control. Due to resource constraints this rarely occurs in lower income countries. Demographic and clinical features of index cases may influence the likelihood of onwards TB transmission. It has also been proposed that a...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hector J,Anderson ST,Banda G,Kamdolozi M,Jefferys LF,Shani D,Garton NJ,Mwale A,Jobe A,Davies GR,Sloan DJ

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), a complication of antibiotic-induced injury to the gut microbiome, is a prevalent and dangerous cause of infectious diarrhea. Antimicrobial therapy for CDI is typically effective for acute symptoms, but up to one third of patients later experience recurrent CDI. Fecal-d...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hirsch BE,Saraiya N,Poeth K,Schwartz RM,Epstein ME,Honig G

更新日期：2015-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), characteristics of nasal carriage and community-onset infection methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) are less well known. No characteristics of MSSA in Taiwan have been reported previously. METHODS:We analyzed 100 nasal carriage and 34 comm...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chen FJ,Siu LK,Lin JC,Wang CH,Lu PL

更新日期：2012-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erysipelas is a common skin infection that is prone to recur. Recurrent erysipelas has a severe effect on the quality of life of patients. The present study aimed to investigate the risk factors of recurrent erysipelas in adult Chinese patients. METHODS:A total of 428 Chinese patients with erysipelas who me...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Li A,Wang N,Ge L,Xin H,Li W

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) is divided in two distinct groups, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and non-ventilator-associated HAP (nvHAP). Although nvHAP occurs more frequently than VAP and results in similar mortality and costs, prevention guidelines and prevention focus almost exclusively on VAP...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Wolfensberger A,Clack L,von Felten S,Kusejko K,Faes Hesse M,Jakob W,Saleschus D,Meier MT,Kouyos R,Held L,Sax H

更新日期：2020-08-17 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：:While true antimicrobial resistance to Chlamydia trachomatis is a rare occurrence, repeat chlamydia infections continue to be reported following treatment with a single 1 g dose of azithromycin or week long doxycycline - with considerable more concern about azithromycin treatment failure. While most repeat positive ca...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kong FY,Hocking JS

更新日期：2015-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sporulation of Clostridium difficile during infection and persistence of spores within the gut could partly explain treatment failures and recurrence. However, the influence of antibiotics on sporulation is unclear. The objective of our study was to evaluate the impact of ciprofloxacin, metronidazole, pipera...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Garneau JR,Valiquette L,Fortier LC

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The public health response to Zika outbreak has mostly focused on epidemiological surveillance, vector control, and individual level preventative measures. This qualitative study employs a social-ecological framework to examine how macro (historical, legislative, political, socio-economic factors), meso (sou...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Linde-Arias AR,Roura M,Siqueira E

更新日期：2020-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lyme disease, a bacterial infection with the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, can cause early and late manifestations. The category of probable Lyme disease was recently added to the CDC surveillance case definition to describe patients with serologic evidence of exposure and physician-diagnosed d...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Aucott JN,Seifter A,Rebman AW

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leprosy still remains an important public health problem for many parts of the world. An association of gangrene with leprosy is a rare one & can have a number of causative mechanisms. We present a case with Leprosy & gangrene with positive anti phopholipid antibody titers. CASE PRESENTATION:A 50-year-old n...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Akerkar SM,Bichile LS

更新日期：2005-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:American trypanosomiasis is a major disease and public health issue, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The prevalence of T. cruzi has not been fully documented, and there are few reports of this issue in Nuevo Leon. The aim of this study was to update the seroprevalence rate of T. cruzi inf...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Molina-Garza ZJ,Rosales-Encina JL,Mercado-Hernández R,Molina-Garza DP,Gomez-Flores R,Galaviz-Silva L

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a serious cause of morbidity among children in developed countries. The real impact of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) on pneumococcal pneumonia is difficult to assess accurately. METHODS:Children aged ≤16 years with clinical and radiological pneumonia we...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chappuy H,Keitel K,Gehri M,Tabin R,Robitaille L,Raymond F,Corbeil J,Maspoli V,Bouazza N,Alcoba G,Lacroix L,Manzano S,Galetto-Lacour A,Gervaix A

更新日期：2013-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mozambican healthcare workers have high rates of latent and active tuberculosis, but occupational screening for tuberculosis is not routine in this setting. Furthermore, the specificity of tuberculin skin testing in this population compared with interferon gamma release assay testing has not been established...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Graves SK,Augusto O,Viegas SO,Lederer P,David C,Lee K,Hassane A,Cossa A,Amade S,Peleve S,Zindoga P,Massawo L,Torriani FJ,Nunes EA

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Belgian HIV epidemic is largely concentrated among men who have sex with men and Sub-Saharan Africans. We studied the continuum of HIV care of those diagnosed with HIV living in Belgium and its associated factors. METHODS:Data on new HIV diagnoses 2007-2010 and HIV-infected patients in care in 2010-2011...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Van Beckhoven D,Florence E,Ruelle J,Deblonde J,Verhofstede C,Callens S,Vancutsem E,Lacor P,Demeester R,Goffard JC,Sasse A,BREACH Belgian Research on AIDS and HIV Consortium.

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The State of Ceará, in Northeastern Brazil, suffers from a triple burden of arboviruses (dengue, Zika and chikungunya). We measured the seroprevalence of chikungunya, dengue and Zika and its associated factors in the population of Juazeiro do Norte, Southern Ceará State, Brazil. METHODS:A cross-sectional st...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Barreto FKA,Alencar CH,Araújo FMC,Oliveira RMAB,Cavalcante JW,Lemos DRQ,Farias LABG,Boriz ILF,Medeiros LQ,Melo MNP,Miyajima F,Siqueira AM,Freitas ARR,Cavalcanti LPG

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This retrospective study evaluated the performance of a lipoarabinomannan (LAM)-based immunological method for diagnosing pleural tuberculosis (TB) from pleural effusion samples. Results were compared to those obtained using conventional culture and molecular testing methods. METHODS:Suspected pleural TB pa...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Liang Q,Pang Y,Yang Y,Li H,Guo C,Yang X,Chen X

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study is to elucidate the disinfection effect of ozone producing low-pressure Hg vapor lamps against human pathogens. Ozone producing low-pressure Hg vapor lamps emit mainly 254 nm ultraviolet light C (UVC) with about 10% power of Vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) light at 185 nm. The combination of UVC and VUV ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Szeto W,Yam WC,Huang H,Leung DYC

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an emerging global health threat. Surveillance of AMR in N. gonorrhoeae in the Western Pacific Region is important, as resistant strains have typically emerged from this region. There are sparse data regarding antibiotic susceptibility of N. gonorrho...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Adamson PC,Van Le H,Le HHL,Le GM,Nguyen TV,Klausner JD

更新日期：2020-11-05 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:Non-brucellar and non-tuberculous infectious sacroiliitis (ISI) is a rare disease, with misleading clinical signs that delay diagnosis. Most observations are based on isolated case reports or small case series. Our aim was to describe the clinical, bacteriological, and radiological characteristics of ISI, as...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hermet M,Minichiello E,Flipo RM,Dubost JJ,Allanore Y,Ziza JM,Gaudin P,Thomas T,Dernis E,Glace B,Regnier A,Soubrier M

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycobacterium tuberculosis can enter into a dormant state which has resulted in one third of the world's population being infected with latent tuberculosis making the study of latency and reactivation of utmost importance. M. tuberculosis encodes five resuscitation promoting factors (Rpfs) that bear strong s...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Biketov S,Potapov V,Ganina E,Downing K,Kana BD,Kaprelyants A

更新日期：2007-12-17 00:00:00