Correlation between polymorphisms in toll-like receptor genes and the activity of hepatitis B virus among treatment-naïve patients: a case-control study in a Han Chinese population.

abstract：BACKGROUND:High prevalence of risky sexual behaviors and lack of information, skills and preventive support mean that, adolescents face high risks of HIV/AIDS. This study applied the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model to examine the predictors of consistent condom use among senior high school students...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Cai Y,Ye X,Shi R,Xu G,Shen L,Ren J,Huang H

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue is the most widespread mosquito-borne viral disease of public health concern. In some patients, endothelial cell and platelet dysfunction lead to life-threatening hemorrhagic dengue fever or dengue shock syndrome. Prognostication of disease severity is urgently required to improve patient management. ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Fragnoud R,Flamand M,Reynier F,Buchy P,Duong V,Pachot A,Paranhos-Baccala G,Bedin F

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease caused by brucella. It has been an increasing trend in recent years (Wang H, Xu WM, Zhu KJ, Zhu SJ, Zhang HF, Wang J, Yang Y, Shao FY, Jiang NM, Tao ZY, Jin HY, Tang Y, Huo LL, Dong F, Li ZJ, Ding H, Liu ZG, Emerg Microbes Infect 9:889-99, 2020). Brucellosis is capable to in...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Geng L,Feng Y,Li D,Nan N,Ma K,Tang X,Li X

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human Rhinovirus (HRV) is responsible for the majority of common colds and is frequently accompanied by secondary bacterial infections through poorly understood mechanisms. We investigated the effects of experimental human HRV serotype 16 infection on the upper respiratory tract microbiota. METHODS:Six heal...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hofstra JJ,Matamoros S,van de Pol MA,de Wever B,Tanck MW,Wendt-Knol H,Deijs M,van der Hoek L,Wolthers KC,Molenkamp R,Visser CE,Sterk PJ,Lutter R,de Jong MD

更新日期：2015-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amoebic liver abscess is the most common extra intestinal manifestation of amoebiasis in tropical countries. It usually presents with right hypochondrial pain, fever and anorexia. Amoebic liver abscess has gained clinical significance due to the wide variety of clinical presentations which can cause diagnost...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ratnasamy V,Thirunavukarasu K,Selvam K,Arumugam M

更新日期：2016-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually-transmitted pathogens. A number of studies in the literature have estimated the burden of HPV-related diseases by collecting data at primary care level, while a comprehensive assessment of the global burden of HPV-related diseases on hospital reso...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Baldo V,Cocchio S,Buja A,Baldovin T,Furlan P,Bertoncello C,Saia M

更新日期：2013-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In general, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) population has begun to experience the benefits of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART); unfortunately, these benefits have not extended equally to Blacks in the United States, possibly due to differences in pa...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Oramasionwu CU,Hunter JM,Skinner J,Ryan L,Lawson KA,Brown CM,Makos BR,Frei CR

更新日期：2009-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A nationwide investigation on the carriage proportion of H. influenzae among healthy populations is lacking in China. The purpose of the study was to review the prevalence of pharyngeal carriage of H. influenzae among healthy populations in China, and explore its influencing factors. The serotypes distributi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Yang P,Zhang J,Peng A

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The technique most frequently used to genotype HCV is quantitative RT-PCR. This technique is unable to provide an accurate genotype/subtype for many samples; we decided to develop an in-house method with the goal of accurately identifying the genotype of all samples. As a Belgium National Centre of reference...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Goletti S,Zuyten S,Goeminne L,Verhofstede C,Rodriguez-Villalobos H,Bodeus M,Stärkel P,Horsmans Y,Kabamba-Mukadi B

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin D enhances host protective immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis by suppressing Interferon-gamma (IFN-g) and reducing disease associated inflammation in the host. The objectives of this study were to determine whether vitamin D supplementation to patients with tuberculosis (TB) could influen...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Salahuddin N,Ali F,Hasan Z,Rao N,Aqeel M,Mahmood F

更新日期：2013-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels are crucial for managing chronic hepatitis B (CHB). It was unclear whether Daan real-time polymerase chain reaction test (Daan test) or COBAS TaqMan HBV DNA Test (Cobas TaqMan) was superior in measuring different HBV DNA levels in clinical specimens. METHODS:We enrolled 67...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Cai SH,Lv FF,Zhang YH,Jiang YG,Peng J

更新日期：2014-02-14 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:Even though remarkable progress for diagnostics of pulmonary TB has been made, it is still a challenge to establish a definitive diagnosis for extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) in clinical practice. Among all the presentations of EPTB, cold abscesses are unusual and deceptive, which are often reported in the chest wa...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Gao W,Zeng Y,Chen W

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) represents a diagnostic and management challenge to clinicians. The "Thwaites' system" and "Lancet consensus scoring system" are utilized to differentiate TBM from bacterial meningitis but their utility in subacute and chronic meningitis where TBM is an important consideration is...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Sulaiman T,Medi S,Erdem H,Senbayrak S,Ozturk-Engin D,Inan A,Civljak R,Nechifor M,Akbulut A,Crisan A,Ozguler M,Namiduru M,Savic B,Dulovic O,Pehlivanoglu F,Sengoz G,Yasar K,Inal AS,Parlak E,Johansen IS,Kursun E,Pa

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myopericarditis and exertional rhabdomyolysis, two uncommon but well-described diseases with potentially life-threatening effects, are generally considered as independent clinical entities. However, they may in fact be pathophysiologically related under certain circumstances. This is the first ever rep...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Tseng GS,Hsieh CY,Hsu CT,Lin JC,Chan JS

更新日期：2013-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been no reports regarding clinical features and molecular characteristics of childhood methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infections in Taiwan. METHODS:We prospectively collected clinical S. aureus isolates from patients aged < 18 years in a university-affiliated hospital in 201...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chen YJ,Chen PA,Chen CJ,Huang YC

更新日期：2019-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with HIV/AIDS on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) suffer from physical, psychological and spiritual problems. Despite international policy explicitly stating that a multidimensional approach such as palliative care should be delivered throughout the disease trajectory and alongside treatment, the effect...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lowther K,Simms V,Selman L,Sherr L,Gwyther L,Kariuki H,Ahmed A,Ali Z,Jenkins R,Higginson IJ,Harding R

更新日期：2012-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A birth cohort dedicated to studying infections in early childhood may be assisted by parental recording of symptoms on a daily basis and a collection of biomaterials. We aimed at testing the feasibility of this approach for use in a long-term study focusing on infections in children in Germany. METHODS:Par...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zoch B,Karch A,Dreesman J,Monazahian M,Baillot A,Mikolajczyk RT

更新日期：2015-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has an increasing pediatric prevalence worldwide. However, molecular characteristics of C. difficile in Chinese children with acute gastroenteritis have not been reported. METHODS:A five-year cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary children's hospital in Zheji...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Shuai H,Bian Q,Luo Y,Zhou X,Song X,Ye J,Huang Q,Peng Z,Wu J,Jiang J,Jin D

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the prevalence of HIV or HCV in injecting drug users (IDUs) in Serbia and Montenegro. We measured prevalence of antibodies to HIV (anti-HIV) and hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV), and risk factors for anti-HCV, in community-recruited IDUs in Belgrade and Podgorica, and determined the perform...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Judd A,Rhodes T,Johnston LG,Platt L,Andjelkovic V,Simić D,Mugosa B,Simić M,Zerjav S,Parry RP,Parry JV

更新日期：2009-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate a possible role of Cefditoren, a recently marketed in Greece third-generation oral cephalosporin in urinary infections of outpatients. METHODS:During a multicenter survey of Enterobacteriaceae causing UTIs in outpatients during 2005-2007, Cefditoren MICs were determined by agar dilution metho...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hatzaki D,Poulakou G,Katsarolis I,Lambri N,Souli M,Deliolanis I,Nikolopoulos GK,Lebessi E,Giamarellou H

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of helminth co-infection on malaria in humans remain uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the nature of association of intestinal helminths with prevalence and clinical outcomes of Plasmodium infection. METHODS:A cross-sectional study involving 1,065 malaria suspected febrile patients was con...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Degarege A,Legesse M,Medhin G,Animut A,Erko B

更新日期：2012-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue virus (DENV) infection is an emerging arboviral infection in tropical and sub-tropical countries in South-East Asia, the Western Pacific and South and Central America. Secondary DENV infection is the most widely accepted risk factor for the development of severe forms. Methods to discriminate primary ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Cucunawangsih,Lugito NP,Kurniawan A

更新日期：2015-07-21 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:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health burden in China although it has steadily declined over the last two decades. A valid updated prevalence of HBV infection in China relies on a large sample size. Hence this study aimed to estimate HBV seroprevalence using a large inpatient population ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Meng J,Xu H,Sui D,Jiang J,Li J,Gao Y,Niu J

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few reports in the literature of invasive infection caused by Brevundimonas vesicularis in patients without immunosuppression or other predisposing factors. The choice of antimicrobial therapy for bacteremia caused by the pathogen requires more case experience to be determined. CASE PRESENTATION:T...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Yang ML,Chen YH,Chen TC,Lin WR,Lin CY,Lu PL

更新日期：2006-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial overuse and misuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics increases the risk for antimicrobial resistance. Investigating unwarranted variation in antibiotic prescription has therefore gained global priority. METHODS:We examined recent time trends in the utilization of narrow- and broad-spectrum antibio...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kristensen PK,Johnsen SP,Thomsen RW

更新日期：2019-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Group B Streptococcus (GBS) serotype (Ia, Ib, II-IX) correlates with pathogen virulence and clinical prognosis. Epidemiological studies of seroprevalence are an important metric for determining the proportion of serotypes in a given population. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of indi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ippolito DL,James WA,Tinnemore D,Huang RR,Dehart MJ,Williams J,Wingerd MA,Demons ST

更新日期：2010-11-24 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: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