Clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion caused by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia with toxic shock syndrome: a case report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory viral diagnosis of upper respiratory tract infections has largely developed through multiplex molecular techniques. Although the sensitivity of different types of upper respiratory tract samples seems to be correlated to the number of sampled cells, this link remains largely unexplored. METHODS:...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bonnin P,Miszczak F,Kin N,Resa C,Dina J,Gouarin S,Viron F,Morello R,Vabret A

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tuberculin skin test (TST) has limitations for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) diagnosis in low-prevalence settings. Previously, all TST-positive individuals referred from the community to Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) were offered LTBI treatment, after active TB was excluded. In 2010, BCH...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Shah M,Miele K,Choi H,DiPietro D,Martins-Evora M,Marsiglia V,Dorman S

更新日期：2012-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycoplasmas are present worldwide in a large number of animal hosts. Due to their small genome and parasitic lifestyle, Mycoplasma spp. require complex isolation media. Nevertheless, already over 100 different species have been identified and characterized and their number increases as more hosts are sampled...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Stakenborg T,Vicca J,Butaye P,Maes D,De Baere T,Verhelst R,Peeters J,de Kruif A,Haesebrouck F,Vaneechoutte M

更新日期：2005-06-14 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously thought to be rabies free, Bali experienced an outbreak of animal and human rabies cases in November 2008. We describe the epidemiological and clinical data of human rabies cases occurring in the first two years of the outbreak. METHODS:We analysed the patient records of all rabies cases from the...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Susilawathi NM,Darwinata AE,Dwija IB,Budayanti NS,Wirasandhi GA,Subrata K,Susilarini NK,Sudewi RA,Wignall FS,Mahardika GN

更新日期：2012-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections that facilitate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition by over two fold or more. The development of HSV-2 control methods as a measure to control HIV epidemic in high HSV-2/HIV areas has become a priority. T...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Biswas D,Borkakoty B,Mahanta J,Walia K,Saikia L,Akoijam BS,Jampa L,Kharkongar A,Zomawia E

更新日期：2011-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A healthy 25-year-old woman developed COVID-19 disease with clinical characteristics resembling Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), a rare form of COVID-19 described primarily in children under 21 years of age. CASE PRESENTATION:The patient presented with 1 week of weakness, dyspnea, and ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kofman AD,Sizemore EK,Detelich JF,Albrecht B,Piantadosi AL

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Direct immunofluorescence assays (DFA) are a rapid and inexpensive method for the detection of respiratory viruses and may therefore be used for surveillance. Few epidemiological studies have been published based solely on DFA and none included respiratory picornaviruses and human metapneumovirus (hMPV). We ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Sadeghi CD,Aebi C,Gorgievski-Hrisoho M,Mühlemann K,Barbani MT

更新日期：2011-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk factors, microbial etiology, differentiation, and clinical features of purulent and non-purulent cellulitis are not well defined in Taiwan. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study of hospitalized adults with cellulitis in Taiwan in 2013. The demographic characteristics, underlying disease...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lee CY,Tsai HC,Kunin CM,Lee SS,Chen YS

更新日期：2015-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consumption of unwashed, raw or unhygienically prepared fruits and vegetables act as potential source for the spread of various parasitic diseases. Moreover, the level of contamination and species of contaminant parasites vary from place to place because of variations in environmental and human factors. Ther...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Alemu G,Mama M,Misker D,Haftu D

更新日期：2019-05-14 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:Antiretroviral therapy dramatically reduced HIV-related morbidity and mortality, prolonging the lifespan of HIV-infected patients. Greater duration of infection and exposure to antiretroviral therapy makes these patients susceptible to traditional cardio-metabolic risk factors and pathologies. The optimal di...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Coelho AR,Moreira FA,Santos AC,Silva-Pinto A,Sarmento A,Carvalho D,Freitas P

更新日期：2018-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In critically ill patients the incidence of invasive fungal infections caused by Candida spp. has increased remarkably. Echinocandins are recommended as initial treatment for invasive fungal infections. The safety and efficacy of micafungin compared to caspofungin is similar, but no comparison is made betwee...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： van der Geest PJ,Hunfeld NG,Ladage SE,Groeneveld AB

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pertussis causes severe disease in young unvaccinated infants, with preterms potentially at highest risk. We studied pertussis in hospitalized infants as related to gestational age (GA) and vaccination history. METHODS:Medical record data of 0-2y old patients hospitalized for pertussis during 2005-2014 were...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： van der Maas NAT,Sanders EAM,Versteegh FGA,Baauw A,Westerhof A,de Melker HE

更新日期：2019-10-29 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:Abnormal sexual behaviors presenting as manifestations of rabies have occasionally been reported in the literature, although little attention has been paid to these cases to date. This study aimed to analyze the clinical features of rabies cases with abnormal sexual behaviors as the presenting manifestations...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Tian Z,Chen Y,Yan W

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This case report emphasizes the need to recognize cryptococcus as a possible cause of meningitis in non-HIV patients in Sub-Saharan Africa and to highlight the possibility of grave outcomes due to the paradoxical immune response in diabetic patients with cryptococcus meningitis. It also highlights the need f...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Owuor OH,Chege P

更新日期：2019-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several in vitro studies suggested the microRNA-29 (miRNA-29) family is involved in regulating HIV-1 and modulating the expression of interleukin (IL)-32, an anti-HIV-1 cytokine. METHODS:To investigate the contribution of the miRNA-29 family to HIV-1 infection in vivo, we compared miRNA-29 expression in PBM...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Monteleone K,Selvaggi C,Cacciotti G,Falasca F,Mezzaroma I,D'Ettorre G,Turriziani O,Vullo V,Antonelli G,Scagnolari C

更新日期：2015-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diarrhea is the second most common cause of death among children less than 5 years of age worldwide. The etiological agents of diarrhea in the southeast coastal area of China were studied from July 2009 to December 2014. METHODS:A total of the 2318 patients were enrolled in this study and examined for the p...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zheng S,Yu F,Chen X,Cui D,Cheng Y,Xie G,Yang X,Han D,Wang Y,Zhang W,Chen Y

更新日期：2016-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death from infectious diseases worldwide. Sputum smear microscopy remains the most widely available pulmonary TB diagnostic tool particularly in resource limited settings. A highly sensitive diagnostic with minimal infrast...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Gelaw B,Shiferaw Y,Alemayehu M,Bashaw AA

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of life-threatening and invasive infections with encapsulated bacteria is increased in patients with hyposplenia or asplenia. We report a case of recurrent invasive pneumococcal meningitis in a woman with previous unknown hyposplenia. She was vaccinated after the first episode of meningitis and deve...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ballegaard VC,Schejbel L,Hoffmann S,Kantsø B,Fischer CP

更新日期：2015-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common human pathogen that causes a variety of diseases, including oral-labial, genital lesions and life-threatening encephalitis. The antiviral nucleoside analogues such as acyclovir are currently used in anti-HSV therapies; however, clinical overuse of these drugs has led to...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hou J,Zhang Z,Huang Q,Yan J,Zhang X,Yu X,Tan G,Zheng C,Xu F,He S

更新日期：2017-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), Hepatitis B virus reactivation (HBVr) can be observed in patients with previous resolved Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections. Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is the main clinical manifestation of HBsAg-positive glomerulonephritis. However, the dev...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhang JW,Zhang XZ,Sun YL,Long B,Wang XZ,Li XD

更新日期：2019-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A decline in hemoglobin (Hb) concentration during antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is a serious side effect. It may compel to dose reduction or even termination of antiviral treatment. The activation of erythropoietin (EPO) synthesis as a physiological response to anemia and its relation to a g...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Amanzada A,Goralczyk AD,Reinhardt L,Moriconi F,Cameron S,Mihm S

更新日期：2014-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The preferred regimen for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is based mainly on safety and tolerability because it is given to immunocompetent people without HIV infection for a limited time (28 days). The frequency of adverse events (AEs) may be > 60%. Although AEs are generally not severe, they can lead t...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Valin N,Fonquernie L,Daguenel A,Campa P,Anthony T,Guiguet M,Girard PM,Meyohas MC

更新日期：2016-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with contact to healthcare-system in high-prevalence countries (HPC) and refugee patients in hospital settings (REF) have previously been identified to be at risk of carrying multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO). Comparative studies addressing the epidemiology of MDRO in patients transferred from ho...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Reinheimer C,Kempf VA,Jozsa K,Wichelhaus TA,Hogardt M,O'Rourke F,Brandt C

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efficient control and management in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic needs to carefully balance economical and realizable interventions. Simulation models can play a cardinal role in forecasting possible scenarios to sustain decision support. METHODS:We present a sophisticated extension of a classical SEIR mod...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Schneider KA,Ngwa GA,Schwehm M,Eichner L,Eichner M

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reusable surface disinfectant tissue dispensers are used in hospitals in many countries because they allow immediate access to pre-soaked tissues for targeted surface decontamination. On the other hand disinfectant solutions with some active ingredients may get contaminated and cause outbreaks. We determined...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kampf G,Degenhardt S,Lackner S,Jesse K,von Baum H,Ostermeyer C

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Varicella is generally considered a mild disease. Disease burden is not well known and country-level estimation is challenging. As varicella disease is not notifiable, notification criteria and rates vary between countries. In general, existing surveillance systems do not capture cases that do not seek medic...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Riera-Montes M,Bollaerts K,Heininger U,Hens N,Gabutti G,Gil A,Nozad B,Mirinaviciute G,Flem E,Souverain A,Verstraeten T,Hartwig S

更新日期：2017-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing occurrence of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria arises at a time when there is a lack of antibiotics active against these pathogens and few new antimicrobials are in the pipelines of the pharmaceutical industry. Treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused especially by MDR Gram-...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Garnacho-Montero J,Corcia-Palomo Y,Amaya-Villar R,Martin-Villen L

更新日期：2014-11-28 00:00:00