Feasibility and acceptability of home-based HIV testing among refugees: a pilot study in Nakivale refugee settlement in southwestern Uganda.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Confirmed H1N1 cases during late spring and summer 2009 in various countries showed a substantial age shift between importations and local transmission cases, with adults mainly responsible for seeding unaffected regions and children most frequently driving community outbreaks. METHODS:We introduce a multi-...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Apolloni A,Poletto C,Colizza V

更新日期：2013-04-15 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:Intestinal parasitic infections are still one of the major health concerns in developing countries. Monitoring of intestinal parasitic infection and associated risk factors are essential for intervention strategies. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infecti...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hailegebriel T

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2009 revised World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for dengue describe fever as the core symptom. Accordingly, the diagnosis of non-febrile patients is complicated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of fever in patients with dengue according to the 2009 revised WHO classification....

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Tukasan C,Furlan NB,Estofolete CF,Nogueira ML,da Silva NS

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The standard of care for HCV Hepatitis is the combination of interferon (IFN) plus Ribavirin. In HIV patients the use of this combination therapy may induce drug interactions, and reduces the adherence to HAART. The aim of this study is to evaluate safety and efficacy of a 48 weeks daily dose IFN schedule. ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bruno R,Sacchi P,Puoti M,Ciappina V,Zocchetti C,Brunetti E,Maffezzini E,Capelli A,Patruno SF,Malfitano A,Filice G

更新日期：2002-08-28 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:Group A Streptococcal (GAS) infections cause the autoimmune disease acute rheumatic fever (ARF), which can progress to chronic rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Treating pharyngitis caused by GAS with antibiotics is important in preventing ARF. However, it is difficult to distinguish these infections from GAS c...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bennett J,Moreland NJ,Oliver J,Crane J,Williamson DA,Sika-Paotonu D,Harwood M,Upton A,Smith S,Carapetis J,Baker MG

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the adoption of the provider-initiated HIV testing strategy, the rate of HIV testing is still very low in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to assess the factors associated with HIV testing among sexually active women and men in Senegal. Knowledge of HIV status is the gateway to antiretro...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lakhe NA,Diallo Mbaye K,Sylla K,Ndour CT

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PCRctic is an innovative assay based on 16S rDNA PCR technology that has been designed to detect a single intact bacterium in a specimen of cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF). The assay's potential for accurate, fast and inexpensive discrimination of bacteria-free CSF makes it an ideal adjunct for confident exclusio...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Abelian A,Mund T,Curran MD,Savill SA,Mitra N,Charan C,Ogilvy-Stuart AL,Pelham HRB,Dear PH

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Septic shock is a common and often devastating syndrome marked by severe cardiovascular dysfunction commonly managed with vasopressors. Whether markers of heart rate complexity before vasopressor up-titration could be used to predict success of the up-titration is not known. METHODS:We studied patients with...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Brown SM,Sorensen J,Lanspa MJ,Rondina MT,Grissom CK,Shahul S,Mathews VJ

更新日期：2016-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:one of the World Health Organization Millennium Development Goal is to reduce tuberculosis incidence by 2015. However, more of 8.5 million tuberculosis cases have been reported in 2011, with an increase of multidrug-resistant strains. Therefore, the World Health Organization target cannot be reach without th...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Montagnani C,Chiappini E,Galli L,de Martino M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tigecycline, a first-in-class broad-spectrum glycylcycline antibiotic, has broad-spectrum in vitro activity against bacteria commonly encountered in complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs), including aerobic and facultative Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and anaerobic bacteria. In the curren...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chen Z,Wu J,Zhang Y,Wei J,Leng X,Bi J,Li R,Yan L,Quan Z,Chen X,Yu Y,Wu Z,Liu D,Ma X,Maroko R,Cooper A

更新日期：2010-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human papillomavirus (HPV) associated malignancies are the leading cause of cancer death in Botswana. We sought to determine causative HPV types in patients with anogenital malignancies in Botswana to inform vaccine strategy. METHODS:We used formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks from pat...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Rantshabeng PS,Moyo S,Moraka NO,Ndlovu A,MacLeod IJ,Gaseitsiwe S,Kasvosve I

更新日期：2017-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to investigate the epidemiology, molecular characteristics, and distribution of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)- and AmpC-producing Escherichia coli from community-onset infections in Chinese county hospitals. METHODS:E. coli isolates were collected from patients with community-onset infection...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhang J,Zheng B,Zhao L,Wei Z,Ji J,Li L,Xiao Y

更新日期：2014-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease, including end-stage renal disease, has been identified as a possible risk factor for primary septicemia and wound infection by Vibrio vulnificus. However, cases of severe septicemia, necrotizing fasciitis, and peritonitis caused by V. vulnificus in patients undergoing continuous ambul...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kim CS,Bae EH,Ma SK,Kim SW

更新日期：2015-10-14 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:Diagnosing pneumonia can be challenging in general practice but is essential to distinguish from other respiratory tract infections because of treatment choice and outcome prediction. We determined predictive signs, symptoms and biomarkers for the presence of pneumonia in patients with acute respiratory trac...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Groeneveld GH,van 't Wout JW,Aarts NJ,van Rooden CJ,Verheij TJM,Cobbaert CM,Kuijper EJ,de Vries JJC,van Dissel JT

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brucella abortus is a highly pathogenic zoonotic agent, tempting for the development of a rapid diagnostic method to enable adequate treatment and prevent further spread. Enrichment of the bacteria is often used as a first step in diagnostics to increase the bacterial number above the detection limit of the ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kaden R,Ferrari S,Jinnerot T,Lindberg M,Wahab T,Lavander M

更新日期：2018-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preliminary results suggest that pertussis infection might be considered in infants during a seasonal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outbreak. METHODS:In order to analyze clinical features and laboratory findings in infants with pertussis hospitalized for acute respiratory symptoms during a seasonal RSV ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Nicolai A,Nenna R,Stefanelli P,Carannante A,Schiavariello C,Pierangeli A,Scagnolari C,Moretti C,Papoff P,Bonci E,Ferrara M,Papasso S,Midulla F

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Models of infectious disease are increasingly utilising empirical contact data to quantify the number of potentially infectious contacts between age groups. While a growing body of data is being collected on contact patterns across many populations, less attention has been paid to the social contacts of youn...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Campbell PT,McVernon J,Shrestha N,Nathan PM,Geard N

更新日期：2017-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and other related transmissible spongiform encephalopathies it is critical to understand the various pathways by which the infectious agent spreads to different organs. METHODS:We injected a CJD agent into mice, either intracerebrally (ic) or intraperitoneally (ip) and mon...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Radebold K,Chernyak M,Martin D,Manuelidis L

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

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:During weeks 32-33, 2013, 24 cases of cryptosporidiosis were notified in the city of Halle (annual mean 2008-2012: 9 cases). We investigated the outbreak to identify the source and recommend control measures, considering that between weeks 23-25 the river Saale which flows through the city centre overflowed ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Gertler M,Dürr M,Renner P,Poppert S,Askar M,Breidenbach J,Frank C,Preußel K,Schielke A,Werber D,Chalmers R,Robinson G,Feuerpfeil I,Tannich E,Gröger C,Stark K,Wilking H

更新日期：2015-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:world has not faced a severe pandemic for decades, except the rather mild H1N1 one in 2009, pandemic influenza models are inherently hypothetical and validation is, thus, difficult. We aim at reconstructing a recent seasonal influenza epidemic that occurred in Switzerland and deem this to be a promising vali...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Smieszek T,Balmer M,Hattendorf J,Axhausen KW,Zinsstag J,Scholz RW

更新日期：2011-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High blood levels of soluble urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor (suPAR) are associated with poor outcomes in human immunodeficiency-1 (HIV-1) infected individuals. Research on the clinical value of suPAR in HIV-1 infection led to the development of the suPARnostic(R) assay for commercial use in 2006. T...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Schneider UV,Nielsen RL,Pedersen C,Eugen-Olsen J

更新日期：2007-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification and differentiation of strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by DNA fingerprinting has provided a better understanding of the epidemiology and tracing the transmission of tuberculosis. We set out to determine if there was a relationship between the risk of belonging to a group of tuberculo...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Asiimwe BB,Joloba ML,Ghebremichael S,Koivula T,Kateete DP,Katabazi FA,Pennhag A,Petersson R,Kallenius G

更新日期：2009-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amphotericin-induced phlebitis is a common infusion-related reaction in patients managed for cryptococcal meningitis. High-quality nursing care is critical component to successful cryptococcosis treatment. We highlight the magnitude and main approaches in the management of amphotericin-induced phlebitis and ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ahimbisibwe C,Kwizera R,Ndyetukira JF,Kugonza F,Sadiq A,Hullsiek KH,Williams DA,Rhein J,Boulware DR,Meya DB

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have recovered one bla(NDM-1)-harboring bacterial strain, designated as XM1570, from a sputum sample obtained from a fatal case of pneumonia in China. METHODS:Biochemical profiling, 16S rRNA sequencing and antimicrobial susceptibility testing were performed. Conjugation experiments were conducted to dete...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Li P,Yang C,Xie J,Liu N,Wang H,Zhang L,Wang X,Wang Y,Qiu S,Song H

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the clinical significance of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). METHODS:In this retrospective study, a total of 136 consecutive patients with confirmed COVID-19 were recruited. Demographic and clinical data were recorded. The serum ACE activ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhu Z,Cai T,Fan L,Lou K,Hua X,Huang Z,Gao G

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Within the genus Aspergillus, A. flavus is the second most important species of clinical significance. It is predominantly associated with infections involving sinuses, eye and skin, mostly in geographic regions with hot and arid climate, including the Middle East. Recent reports on emergence of resistance t...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Al-Wathiqi F,Ahmad S,Khan Z

更新日期：2013-03-06 00:00:00