Randomized controlled trial of piperacillin-tazobactam, cefepime and ertapenem for the treatment of urinary tract infection caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli.

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:Uganda has experienced seven Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks and four Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreaks between 2000 and 2019. We investigated the seroprevalence and risk factors for Marburg virus and ebolaviruses in gold mining communities around Kitaka gold mine in Western Uganda and compared them ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Nyakarahuka L,Schafer IJ,Balinandi S,Mulei S,Tumusiime A,Kyondo J,Knust B,Lutwama J,Rollin P,Nichol S,Shoemaker T

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlamydia trachomatis is a common sexually transmitted infection in Australia. This report aims to measure the burden of chlamydia infection by systematically reviewing reports on prevalence in Australian populations. METHODS:Electronic databases and conference websites were searched from 1997-2011 using th...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lewis D,Newton DC,Guy RJ,Ali H,Chen MY,Fairley CK,Hocking JS

更新日期：2012-05-14 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:Nutritional changes during and after tuberculosis treatment have not been well described. We therefore determined the effect of wasting on rate of mean change in lean tissue and fat mass as measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), and mean change in body mass index (BMI) during and after tuberculo...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Mupere E,Malone L,Zalwango S,Okwera A,Nsereko M,Tisch DJ,Parraga IM,Stein CM,Mugerwa R,Boom WH,Mayanja HK,Whalen CC,Tuberculosis Research Unit at Case Western Reserve University.

更新日期：2014-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is estimated that Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) ranks fifth among the seven countries most affected by TB in the WHO Western Pacific Region. However, because of late implementation of mycobacterial culture, no study on resistance to anti-TB drugs had been performed yet. The objective of this ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Iem V,Somphavong S,Buisson Y,Steenkeste N,Breysse F,Chomarat M,Sylavanh P,Nanthavong P,Rajoharison A,Berland JL,Paboriboune P

更新日期：2013-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A cost effective and efficient diagnostic tool for COVID-19 as near to the point of care (PoC) as possible would be a game changer in the current pandemic. We tested reverse transcription loop mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP), a method which can produce results in under 30 min, alongside standard ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Österdahl MF,Lee KA,Lochlainn MN,Wilson S,Douthwaite S,Horsfall R,Sheedy A,Goldenberg SD,Stanley CJ,Spector TD,Steves CJ

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Culturing has long been the gold standard for detecting aetiologic agents in bacterial infections. In some cases, however, culturing fails to detect the infection. To further investigate culture-negative samples, amplification and subsequent sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene is often applied. The aim of the pr...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Stavnsbjerg C,Frimodt-Møller N,Moser C,Bjarnsholt T

更新日期：2017-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite a resurgence in control efforts, malaria remains a serious public-health problem, causing millions of deaths each year. One factor that complicates malaria-control efforts is clinical immunity, the acquired immune response that protects individuals from symptoms despite the presence of parasites. Cli...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Keegan LT,Dushoff J

更新日期：2013-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data have shown that HTLV-1 is prevalent among HIV positive patients in Mozambique, although the impact of HTLV-1 infection on HIV disease progression remains controversial. Our aim was to determine the phenotypic profile of T lymphocytes subsets among Mozambican patients co-infected by HIV and HTLV-1...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Gudo ES,Bhatt NB,Bila DR,Abreu CM,Tanuri A,Savino W,Silva-Barbosa SD,Jani IV

更新日期：2009-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment is the most important cause of poor TB outcomes, and improving support for TB patients is a primary priority for governments, but there has been little research on the effects of family, social and national policy support factors on TB treatment adherence. The cur...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chen X,Du L,Wu R,Xu J,Ji H,Zhang Y,Zhu X,Zhou L

更新日期：2020-08-24 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:Development of tuberculosis (TB) is determined by various risk factors and the interactions of temporal and spatial distributions. The aim of this study was to identify the most salient risk factors for TB disease as well as multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) at the oblast (provincial) level in Kazakhstan. MET...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Terlikbayeva A,Hermosilla S,Galea S,Schluger N,Yegeubayeva S,Abildayev T,Muminov T,Akiyanova F,Bartkowiak L,Zhumadilov Z,Sharman A,El-Bassel N

更新日期：2012-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Self-reported antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence measures that are associated with plasma viral load (VL) are valuable to clinicians and researchers, but are rarely examined among groups vulnerable to dropping out of care. One-seventh of all those living with HIV pass through incarceration annually and c...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Cunningham WE,Nance RM,Golin CE,Flynn P,Knight K,Beckwith CG,Kuo I,Spaulding A,Taxman FS,Altice F,Delaney JA,Crane HM,Springer SA

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In spite of an alarmingly high tuberculosis (TB) burden amongst the Saharia tribe of central India, there is hardly any study to investigate the impact of DOTS implementation on the magnitude of tuberculosis disease and the changes over time. This article present the findings of TB prevalence surveys conduct...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Rao VG,Bhat J,Yadav R,Sharma RK,Muniyandi M

更新日期：2019-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Active tuberculosis (TB) is common among HIV-infected persons living in tuberculosis endemic countries, and screening for tuberculosis (TB) is recommended routinely. We sought to determine the role of chest x-ray and sputum culture in the decision to treat for presumptive TB using active case finding in a la...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bakari M,Arbeit RD,Mtei L,Lyimo J,Waddell R,Matee M,Cole BF,Tvaroha S,Horsburgh CR,Soini H,Pallangyo K,von Reyn CF

更新日期：2008-03-06 00:00:00

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:Routine culture-based diagnosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients can be hampered by the phenotypic variability of the microorganism, including its transition to a Viable But Non-Culturable (VBNC) state. The aim of this study was to validate an ecfX-targeting qPCR prot...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Mangiaterra G,Amiri M,Di Cesare A,Pasquaroli S,Manso E,Cirilli N,Citterio B,Vignaroli C,Biavasco F

更新日期：2018-12-27 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:Following infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), individuals may rapidly develop tuberculosis (TB) disease or enter a "latent" infection state with a low risk of progression to disease. Mathematical models use a variety of structures and parameterisations to represent this process. The effect of t...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Sumner T,White RG

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence indicates that Gram-negative bacterial pathogens, the most common of which are Pseudomonas spp., Enterobacteriaceae, and Acinetobacter baumannii, are frequent causes of hospital-acquired infections. This study aims to evaluate the in vitro activity of doripenem and comparator carbapenem antib...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Leblebicioglu H,Cakir N,Celen M,Kurt H,Baris H,Laeuffer J,Turkish COMPACT Study Group.

更新日期：2012-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Young people are disproportionately affected by sexually transmissible infections in Australia but face barriers to accessing sexual health services, including concerns over confidentiality and, for some, geographic remoteness. A possible innovation to increase access to services is the use of telemedicine. ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Garrett CC,Hocking J,Chen MY,Fairley CK,Kirkman M

更新日期：2011-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to research two areas, one with a resistant and the other with a susceptible profile of An. gambiae to deltamethrin in the region of Plateau (southern Benin). In each area, eight localities were sought. Both areas were needed for the assessment of the impact of malaria vector resistance to py...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Sovi A,Djègbè I,Soumanou L,Tokponnon F,Gnanguenon V,Azondékon R,Oké-Agbo F,Okè M,Adéchoubou A,Massougbodji A,Corbel V,Akogbéto M

更新日期：2014-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common herpesvirus which is estimated to infect 83% of the global population. Whilst many infections are asymptomatic, it is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly for immunocompromised people and for infants who are congenitally infected. A vaccine again...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Winter JR,Taylor GS,Thomas OG,Jackson C,Lewis JEA,Stagg HR

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A prospective study was performed to investigate the prevalence of colonization among ICU patients and to examine whether asymptomatic carriers were the source of subsequent C. difficile infection (CDI) and acquisition of toxigenic C. difficile. METHODS:Rectal swabs were collected from adult patients on adm...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhang X,Wang X,Yang J,Liu X,Cai L,Zong Z

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vibrio spp. are aquatic bacteria that are ubiquitous in warm estuarine and marine environments, of which 12 species are currently known to cause infections in humans. So far, only five human infections with V. harveyi have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION:A 26-year old patient was transferred to our center ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Brehm TT,Berneking L,Rohde H,Chistner M,Schlickewei C,Sena Martins M,Schmiedel S

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the morbidity and mortality of invasive fungal disease (IFD) at a population level. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence, trends and outcomes of IFD in all haematology-oncology patients by linking Victorian hospital data to state-based registries. METHODS:Episodes of IF...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Valentine JC,Morrissey CO,Tacey MA,Liew D,Patil S,Peleg AY,Ananda-Rajah MR

更新日期：2019-03-21 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:The ocular manifestations of HIV may lead to visual impairment or blindness. In India, patients typically initiate antiretroviral treatment (ART) with low CD4 cell counts when the risk of ocular complications may be high. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and types of HIV-associated...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Pathai S,Deshpande A,Gilbert C,Lawn SD

更新日期：2009-09-23 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