A systematic review and meta-analysis of vertical transmission route of HIV in Ethiopia.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody directed against CD20, is approved for the treatment of CD20-positive B-cell Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatologic disorders. Due to its potent activity in depleting CD20-positive lymphocytes, the influence on opportunistic infections is still under discussion. Thus, we an...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Nissen JC,Hummel M,Brade J,Kruth J,Hofmann WK,Buchheidt D,Reinwald M

更新日期：2014-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate influenza activity forecasting helps public health officials prepare and allocate resources for unusual influenza activity. Traditional flu surveillance systems, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) influenza-like illnesses reports, lag behind real-time by one to 2 weeks, w...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Yang S,Santillana M,Brownstein JS,Gray J,Richardson S,Kou SC

更新日期：2017-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evaluating the completeness of tuberculosis (TB) notification data is important for monitoring of TB surveillance systems. We conducted an inventory study to calculate TB underreporting in Germany in 2013-2017. METHODS:Acquisition of two pseudonymized case-based data sources (national TB notification data a...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Domaszewska T,Karo B,Preuss U,Kollan C,Reuss A,Blank HP,Brodhun B,Hauer B,Altmann D,Fiebig L,Haas W,Perumal N

更新日期：2020-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Device-associated health care-associated infections (DA-HAIs) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients constitute a major therapeutic issue complicating the regular hospitalisation process and having influence on patients' condition, length of hospitalisation, mortality and therapy cost. METHODS:The study invo...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Duszynska W,Rosenthal VD,Szczesny A,Zajaczkowska K,Fulek M,Tomaszewski J

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COVID-19 is novel infectious disease with an evolving understanding of its epidemiology and clinical manifestations. Severe cases developed life-threatening complications, such as respiratory failure, shock, and multiple organs dysfunction. Immunocompromised patients often present atypical presentations of v...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhang JC,Yu XH,Ding XH,Ma HY,Cai XQ,Kang SC,Xiang DW

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This multicenter study describes the type-specific prevalence of HPV infection in the general population from central and southern Italy, comparing the data with previously published Italian studies. METHODS:Women aged from 25 to 65 who attended cervical cancer screening in five different Italian regions we...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Giorgi Rossi P,Bisanzi S,Paganini I,Di Iasi A,Angeloni C,Scalisi A,Macis R,Pini MT,Chini F,Carozzi FM,HPV Prevalence Italian Working Group.

更新日期：2010-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A more stringent QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT) conversion (from negative to positive) definition has been proposed to allow more definite detection of recent tuberculosis (TB) infection. We explored alternative conversion definitions to assist the interpretation of serial QFT results and estimate inciden...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Sloot R,Shanaube K,Claassens M,Telisinghe L,Schaap A,Godfrey-Faussett P,Ayles H,Floyd S

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growing evidence suggests respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of respiratory disease in adults. However, the adult burden remains largely uncharacterized as most RSV studies focus on children, and population-based studies with laboratory-confirmation of infection are difficult to implemen...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Fleming DM,Taylor RJ,Lustig RL,Schuck-Paim C,Haguinet F,Webb DJ,Logie J,Matias G,Taylor S

更新日期：2015-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue infection is an endemic illness in the tropics and it is associated with a wide variety of post infectious complications. With the increasing prevalence of dengue infection in endemic regions, post-infectious neurological complications following dengue infection are now been reported more frequently. ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Higgoda R,Perera D,Thirumavalavan K

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial resistance is an increasing concern in ICUs worldwide. Infection with an antibiotic resistant (ABR) strain of an organism is associated with greater mortality than infection with the non-resistant strain, but there are few data assessing whether being admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) wi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hanberger H,Antonelli M,Holmbom M,Lipman J,Pickkers P,Leone M,Rello J,Sakr Y,Walther SM,Vanhems P,Vincent JL,EPIC II Group of Investigators.

更新日期：2014-09-22 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:Maintaining the quality of clinical specimens for tuberculosis (TB) testing is a major challenge in many high TB burden-limited resources countries. Sample referral systems in low and middle income countries are often weak and the maintenance of the cold-chain challenging and very costly for TB programs. The...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Tagliani E,Alagna R,Tafaj S,Hafizi H,Cirillo DM

更新日期：2017-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is one of the most common causes of community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Establishing an early diagnosis of M. pneumoniae pneumonia in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) may have important therapeutic implications. METHODS:We describe diagnosis and ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ding L,Zhao Y,Li X,Wang R,Li Y,Tang X,Sun B,He H

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacterial vaginosis (BV) - a syndrome characterised by a shift in vaginal flora - appears to be particularly common in sub-Saharan Africa, but little is known of the pattern of vaginal flora associated with BV in Africa. We conducted a study aimed at determining the prevalence of BV and patterns of BV-associ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Demba E,Morison L,van der Loeff MS,Awasana AA,Gooding E,Bailey R,Mayaud P,West B

更新日期：2005-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Raoultella planticola(R.planticola) is a very rare opportunistic pathogen and sometimes even associated with fatal infection in pediatric cases. Recently,the emergence of carbapenem resistance strains are constantly being reported and a growing source of concern for pediatricians. CASE PRESENTATION:We repor...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chen X,Guo S,Liu D,Zhong M

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria to lung cells is a first step in the progression from asymptomatic carriage to pneumonia. Adherence abilities vary widely among S. pneumoniae patient isolates. In this study, the binding properties of S. pneumoniae isolates and the effects of binding on activati...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Robson RL,Reed NA,Horvat RT

更新日期：2006-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a main cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in humans. Several studies have been performed to reveal the prevalence rate of C. difficile in cats and dogs. However, little is known about the epidemiology of C. difficile in healthy pets in China. This study aimed to ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Wei Y,Sun M,Zhang Y,Gao J,Kong F,Liu D,Yu H,Du J,Tang R

更新日期：2019-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accumulated evidence from epidemiological studies and more recently from randomized controlled trials suggests that male circumcision (MC) may substantially protect against genital HPV infection in men. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between MC and genital HPV infection in men in a l...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Albero G,Villa LL,Lazcano-Ponce E,Fulp W,Papenfuss MR,Nyitray AG,Lu B,Castellsagué X,Abrahamsen M,Smith D,Bosch FX,Salmerón J,Quiterio M,Giuliano AR

更新日期：2013-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of life-threatening complications, such as visceral disseminated varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection, is greater in immunosuppressed individuals, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. CASE PRESENTATION:Here, a case is reported of a Caucasian woman diagnosed with lupus nephritis an...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Vassia V,Croce A,Ravanini P,Leutner M,Saglietti C,Fangazio S,Quaglia M,Smirne C

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retention in care and adherence to the treatment is very important for the success of the program while access for treatment is being scaled up. Without more precise data about the rate of loss to follow up as well the characteristics of those who disengage from the treatment appropriate interventions to inc...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Seifu W,Ali W,Meresa B

更新日期：2018-06-18 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: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:To evaluate nasal carriage, antibiotic susceptibility and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), as well as the risk factors of MRSA colonization, in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients in northern Taiwan. METHODS:From September 2014 to November 201...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hsu YY,Wu D,Hung CC,Huang SS,Yuan FH,Lee MH,Huang CT,Shie SS,Huang PY,Yang CC,Cheng CW,Leu HS,Wu TS,Huang YC

更新日期：2020-03-30 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: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:Screening of curable sexually transmitted infections is frequently oriented towards the diagnosis of chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomoniasis, whereas other pathogens, sometimes associated with similar urogenital syndromes, remain undiagnosed and/or untreated. Some of these pathogens are associated ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Masha SC,Cools P,Descheemaeker P,Reynders M,Sanders EJ,Vaneechoutte M

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the serious consequences of rubella infection during early pregnancy, very little is known about the rubella seroprevalence in a number of African countries including Burkina Faso. METHODS:Between December 2007 and March 2008 serum samples were collected from 341 pregnant women in Bobo (n = 132, urb...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Tahita MC,Hübschen JM,Tarnagda Z,Ernest D,Charpentier E,Kremer JR,Muller CP,Ouedraogo JB

更新日期：2013-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis has a varied clinical presentation with complications like myocarditis and acute renal failure. There are many predictors of severity and mortality including clinical and laboratory parameters. Early detection and treatment can reduce complications. Therefore recognizing the early predictors of...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Dassanayake DL,Wimalaratna H,Nandadewa D,Nugaliyadda A,Ratnatunga CN,Agampodi SB

更新日期：2012-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly decreased HIV/AIDS-related morbidity and mortality. However, globally, many people living with HIV die from non-AIDS related illnesses including liver diseases which occur partly due to co-infection with HBV and or HCV. The aim of this study was to determine the...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Pappoe F,Hagan CKO,Obiri-Yeboah D,Nsiah P

更新日期：2019-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The major infectious diseases of hepatitis B has constituted an acute public health challenge in China. An effective and affordable HBV control model is urgently needed. A national project of Community-based Collaborative Innovation HBV (CCI-HBV) demonstration areas has optimized the existing community healt...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ruan B,Yu Z,Yang S,Xu K,Ren J,Yao J,Wu N,Yu C,Deng M,Xie T,Chen P,Wang C,Li Y,Zhao Y,Sheng J,Hou Y,Wu Z,Jin S,Chen Y,Li M,Zhu F,Tang H,Hao Y,Pang X,Lu L,Yang W,Yuan Z,Xu A,Li Z,Ni M,Yan Y,Zho

更新日期：2019-07-12 00:00:00