Low and declining attack rates of imported typhoid fever in the Netherlands 1997-2014, in spite of a restricted vaccination policy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Melioidosis has become an emerging infection in Sri Lanka; a country which is considered non endemic for it. Paraplegia due to Burkholderia pseudomallei is a very rare entity encountered even in countries where the disease is endemic. There are no reported cases of transverse myelitis due to melioidosis in S...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Nandasiri S,Wimalaratna H,Manjula M,Corea E

更新日期：2012-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of mother-to-child transmission rate of HIV is high and risk factors are common in Ethiopia. This systematic review and meta-analysis intended to provide the pooled estimation of mother-to-child transmission rate and its risk factors in Ethiopia. METHODS:We searched PubMed, Google Scholar, EMBASE...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Endalamaw A,Demsie A,Eshetie S,Habtewold TD

更新日期：2018-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although live-attenuated varicella-zoster virus (VZV) vaccines have been proven to be safe and effective in preventing varicella and real-word evidence shows routine childhood immunization programs are effective in dramatically reducing varicella associated morbidity and mortality, varicella vaccine is not i...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Meszner Z,Molnar Z,Rampakakis E,Yang HK,Kuter BJ,Wolfson LJ

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contact tracing of tuberculosis (TB) patients is rarely performed in low-income countries. Our objective was to assess the outcome of and compliance with directly observed treatment (DOTS) of TB patients over a 3 year period in rural Lao PDR. METHODS:We performed a retrospective cohort study in which we enr...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Barennes H,Keophithoun T,Nguyen TH,Strobel M,Odermatt P

更新日期：2010-09-10 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 prevalence of diabetes mellitus continues to inexorably rise in the United States and throughout the world. Lower limb amputations are a devastating comorbid complication of diabetes mellitus. Osteomyelitis increases the risk of amputation fourfold and commonly presages death. Antimicrobial therapy for d...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bessesen MT,Doros G,Henrie AM,Harrington KM,Hermos JA,Bonomo RA,Ferguson RE,Huang GD,Brown ST

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The C - reactive protein (CRP) response is often measured in patients with active tuberculosis (TB) yet little is known about its relationship to clinical features in TB, or whether responses differ between ethnic groups or with different Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) strain types. We report the relation...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Brown J,Clark K,Smith C,Hopwood J,Lynard O,Toolan M,Creer D,Barker J,Breen R,Brown T,Cropley I,Lipman M

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acinetobacter species are associated with increasing mortality due to emerging drug-resistance. Pediatric Acinetobacter infections are largely undefined in developed countries and clinical laboratory identification methods do not reliably differentiate between members of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-bauma...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Jain AL,Harding CM,Assani K,Shrestha CL,Haga M,Leber A,Munson RS Jr,Kopp BT

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed the next-generation Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) cartridge, and Uganda is currently transitioning from the older generation Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) cartridge to Ultra as the initial diagnostic test for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). We assessed the diagnostic accur...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Andama A,Jaganath D,Crowder R,Asege L,Nakaye M,Katumba D,Mukwatamundu J,Mwebe S,Semitala CF,Worodria W,Joloba M,Mohanty S,Somoskovi A,Cattamanchi A

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia remains a leading cause of child death in developing countries. The viruses in severe pneumonia remain poorly defined. METHODS:The study was conducted at the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center in Tacloban City, Philippines from May 2008 to May 2009. Patients aged 8 days to 13 years old who we...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Suzuki A,Lupisan S,Furuse Y,Fuji N,Saito M,Tamaki R,Galang H,Sombrero L,Mondoy M,Aniceto R,Olveda R,Oshitani H

更新日期：2012-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The occurrence of antibiotic resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates is a serious public health problem in different corners of the globe. The objective of this study was to analyze the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of N. gonorrhoeae in Northwest Ethiopia. METHODS:This was a retrospective study of N...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Tibebu M,Shibabaw A,Medhin G,Kassu A

更新日期：2013-09-05 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:The differential expression of virulence genes is often used by microbial pathogens in adapting to the environment of their host. The differential expression of such sets of genes can be regulated by RNA polymerase sigma factors. Some sigma factors are differentially expressed, which can provide a means to i...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： McLendon MM,Shinnick TM

更新日期：2003-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, diarrhea is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among less than 5 years old children and it contributes to the deaths of approximately one million children every year. In Ethiopia, diarrhea is the second cause of under-five mortality and morbidity. However, in the study area, studies were ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Workie GY,Akalu TY,Baraki AG

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is proposed to be a zoonotic disease. Dromedary camels have been implicated due to reports that some confirmed cases were exposed to camels. Risk factors for MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in humans are incompletely understood. This study aimed to describe ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Aleanizy FS,Mohmed N,Alqahtani FY,El Hadi Mohamed RA

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The new HIV treatment guidelines in China recommend antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all people living with HIV, but significant gaps in implementation still exist. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can effectively reduce the risk of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM). This study assessed t...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Li J,Peng L,Gilmour S,Gu J,Ruan Y,Zou H,Hao C,Hao Y,Lau JT

更新日期：2018-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several symptoms are classically thought to be suggestive of pertussis in children, but the diagnostic value of these symptoms in adolescent and adult patients is unclear. We evaluated the accuracy of the clinical findings for the early presumptive diagnosis of pertussis in adolescent and adult patients. Fur...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Miyashita N,Akaike H,Teranishi H,Kawai Y,Ouchi K,Kato T,Hayashi T,Okimoto N

更新日期：2013-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypervariable region 1 (HVR1) contained within envelope protein 2 (E2) gene is the most variable part of HCV genome and its translation product is a major target for the host immune response. Variability within HVR1 may facilitate evasion of the immune response and could affect treatment outcome. The aim of ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Cortés KC,Zagordi O,Perlejewski K,Laskus T,Maroszek K,Bukowska-Ośko I,Pawełczyk A,Płoski R,Berak H,Horban A,Radkowski M

更新日期：2014-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early insights into the timing of the start, peak, and intensity of the influenza season could be useful in planning influenza prevention and control activities. To encourage development and innovation in influenza forecasting, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) organized a challenge to pre...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Biggerstaff M,Alper D,Dredze M,Fox S,Fung IC,Hickmann KS,Lewis B,Rosenfeld R,Shaman J,Tsou MH,Velardi P,Vespignani A,Finelli L,Influenza Forecasting Contest Working Group.

更新日期：2016-07-22 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: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:Efficient and effective strategies for identifying cases of active tuberculosis (TB) in rural sub-Saharan Africa are lacking. Household contact tracing offers a potential approach to diagnose more TB cases, and to do so earlier in the disease course. METHODS:Adults newly diagnosed with active TB were recrui...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Little KM,Msandiwa R,Martinson N,Golub J,Chaisson R,Dowdy D

更新日期：2018-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A rare phenotype of clinical non-progressors to AIDS is not well understood and the new protocol for universal treatment, may block the understanding of viral control thus it is crucial to define this controversial group. METHODS:A cohort of 30 persons followed a criteria for viremia control groups 1 (VC1; ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Gomes STM,Gomes ÉR,Dos Santos MB,Lima SS,Queiroz MAF,Machado LFA,Cayres-Vallinoto IMV,Vallinoto ACR,de O Guimarães Ishak M,Ishak R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mayaro virus is endemic in South America and sporadic outbreaks have been described. It causes a dengue-like febrile illness accompanied by severe and long-lasting polyarthralgias. Outside endemic regions, however, the disease is not well known and can be misdiagnosed as dengue. International travellers are ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Theilacker C,Held J,Allering L,Emmerich P,Schmidt-Chanasit J,Kern WV,Panning M

更新日期：2013-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fusobacterium species (spp.) bacteremia is uncommon and has been associated with a variety of clinical presentations. We conducted a retrospective, population based study to determine the relative proportion of species in this genus causing bacteremia and the risk factors for infection and adverse clinical o...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Afra K,Laupland K,Leal J,Lloyd T,Gregson D

更新日期：2013-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In high-income settings, the spectrum of morbidity and mortality experienced by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected individuals receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has switched from predominantly AIDS-related to non-AIDS-related conditions. In the context of universal access to care, ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Luz PM,Bruyand M,Ribeiro S,Bonnet F,Moreira RI,Hessamfar M,Campos DP,Greib C,Cazanave C,Veloso VG,Dabis F,Grinsztejn B,Chêne G,IPEC\/FIOCRUZ Cohort and the Aquitaine ANRS C03 Study Group.

更新日期：2014-05-21 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:Children in developing country suffer the highest burden of pneumonia. However, few studies have evaluated associations between poverty and pneumonia. METHODS:A prospective population-based study on pneumonia was carried out as part of the Latin America Epidemiological Assessment of Pneumococcus (LEAP study...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Thörn LK,Minamisava R,Nouer SS,Ribeiro LH,Andrade AL

更新日期：2011-06-22 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:Staphylococcus aureus is associated with human skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs); however, the involvement of virulence factors in different clinical presentations is unclear. METHODS:We analyzed methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) strains from Taiwan to d...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Changchien CH,Chen SW,Chen YY,Chu C

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00