The potential role of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme in coronavirus disease 2019.

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) is one of the most pressing health emergencies in the world with a global prevalence of about 170 million people chronically infected worldwide. In Europe, Italy has the highest HCV prevalence (3 - 4.4%) with peaks of 12.6 - 26% in Southern regions and the major islands. In Italy HCV ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ciccozzi M,Lo Presti A,Ciccaglione AR,Zehender G,Ciotti M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The swine influenza H1N1 first identified in Mexico, spread rapidly across the globe and is considered the fastest moving pandemic in history. The early phase of an outbreak, in which data is relatively scarce, presents scientific challenges on key issues such as: scale, severity and immunity which are funda...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Roll U,Yaari R,Katriel G,Barnea O,Stone L,Mendelson E,Mandelboim M,Huppert A

更新日期：2011-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blastocystis sp. are among the most commonly observed intestinal parasites in routine clinical parasitology. Blastocystis in humans consists of at least 9 genetic subtypes. Different subtypes of Blastocystis may be associated with differences in pathogenicity and symptomatology. METHODS:Advanced microscopy ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bart A,Wentink-Bonnema EM,Gilis H,Verhaar N,Wassenaar CJ,van Vugt M,Goorhuis A,van Gool T

更新日期：2013-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bedaquiline was recently introduced into World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended regimens for treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis. There is limited data on the long-term safety of bedaquiline. Because bedaquiline prolongs the QT interval, there are concerns regarding cardiovascular safety. The Weste...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Jones J,Mudaly V,Voget J,Naledi T,Maartens G,Cohen K

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pentraxin-3 (PTX-3) is an acute-phase protein involved in inflammatory and infectious processes. This study assesses its diagnostic and prognostic value in patients with sepsis or septic shock in a medical intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS:The study includes 213 ICU patients with clinical criteria of sepsi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hamed S,Behnes M,Pauly D,Lepiorz D,Barre M,Becher T,Lang S,Akin I,Borggrefe M,Bertsch T,Hoffmann U

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the high prevalence and absence of cure for infection, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been acknowledged as a pressing public health issue. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) activate the human innate immune system and the polymorphisms in TLRs may alter their function. The present study aim...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lin Y,Gao ZX,Shen X,Chen MJ,Li YT,Li SL,Lin HL,Zhao QF,Liu F,Niu JJ

更新日期：2018-01-10 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:Cupriavidus gilardii is an aerobic, Gram-negative, glucose-nonfermenting rod that was first identified in 1999. Because of the difficulty in accurate species identification of C. gilardii, there are few case reports of infection caused by this organism. In previous reports, C. gilardii has been characterized...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kobayashi T,Nakamura I,Fujita H,Tsukimori A,Sato A,Fukushima S,Ohkusu K,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2016-09-19 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: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:High seroprevalence of parvovirus B19 (B19V) coinfection with Plasmodium falciparum has been previously reported. However, the impact of B19V-infection on the clinical course of malaria is still elusive. In this study, we investigated the prevalence and clinical significance of B19V co-infection in Gabonese ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Toan NL,Sy BT,Song le H,Luong HV,Binh NT,Binh VQ,Kandolf R,Velavan TP,Kremsner PG,Bock CT

更新日期：2013-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A previous study explored factors discriminating colonization and true infection among non-transplant, non-neutropenic patients with repeated Aspergillus spp. isolation from lower respiratory samples. The present study explored the evolution of patients with Aspergillus colonization in that study to determin...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Barberán J,García-Pérez FJ,Villena V,Fernández-Villar A,Malmierca E,Salas C,Giménez MJ,Granizo JJ,Aguilar L,working group on Infectious Diseases from the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine.

更新日期：2017-01-06 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:Imported loiasis is a rare cause of consultation at the return of stay in central Africa, which often poses difficult diagnostic and therapeutic questions to practitioners especially those who are unaccustomed to tropical medicine. These difficulties can lead to risks for the patients especially if inappropr...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bouchaud O,Matheron S,Loarec A,Dupouy Camet J,Bourée P,Godineau N,Poilane I,Cailhol J,Caumes E

更新日期：2020-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The inflammasome responses in Treponema pallidum infection have been poorly understood to date. This study aimed to investigate the expression of the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome in the development of tissue inflammation in rabbits infected with T. pallidum. METHOD...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lin LR,Xiao Y,Liu W,Chen YY,Zhu XZ,Gao ZX,Gao K,Tong ML,Zhang HL,Li SL,Lin HL,Li WD,Liang XM,Lin Y,Liu LL,Yang TC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Influenza vaccination is recognized as a primary public health intervention which prevents the illness of patients and relieves the societal burdens of influenza for medical community as well as the economy. To date, no effectiveness study of influenza vaccination has been conducted including a large populat...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Shibata N,Kimura S,Hoshino T,Urushihara H

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Miliary tuberculosis (TB) is an uncommon cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with a high mortality. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics, predictors and outcome of patients with ARDS caused by miliary TB. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted among ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Deng W,Yu M,Ma H,Hu LA,Chen G,Wang Y,Deng J,Li C,Tong J,Wang DX

更新日期：2012-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Airborne fungi play an important role in causing allergy and infections in susceptible people. Identification of these fungi, based on morphological characteristics, is time-consuming, expertise-demanding, and could be inaccurate. METHODS:We developed an oligonucleotide array that could accurately identify ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hung WT,Su SL,Shiu LY,Chang TC

更新日期：2011-04-13 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:Carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) have emerged as antibiotic-resistant bacteria of global concern. Here we assessed the performance of the Carba (beta) assay, a multiplex real-time PCR assay developed by SpeeDx for the detection of key carbapenemase-encoding genes: KPC, NDM, OXA-48-like, IMP-4-like, a...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bordin A,Trembizki E,Windsor M,Wee R,Tan LY,Buckley C,Syrmis M,Bergh H,Cottrell K,Zowawi HM,Sidjabat HE,Harris PNA,Nimmo GR,Paterson DL,Whiley DM

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Tanzania, routine individual-level testing for HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) using laboratory genotyping and phenotyping is not feasible due to resource constraints. To monitor the prevention or emergence of HIVDR at a population level, WHO developed generic strategies to be adapted by countries, which incl...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Juma JM,Tiberio JK,Abuya MI,Kilama BK,Somi GR,Sambu V,Banda R,Jullu BS,Ramadhani AA

更新日期：2014-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contact surveys and diaries have conventionally been used to measure contact networks in different settings for elucidating infectious disease transmission dynamics of respiratory infections. More recently, technological advances have permitted the use of wireless sensor devices, which can be worn by individ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Smieszek T,Barclay VC,Seeni I,Rainey JJ,Gao H,Uzicanin A,Salathé M

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Annual influenza vaccination of healthcare workers (HCWs) is recommended in Australia, but uptake in healthcare facilities has historically been low (approximately 50%). The objective of this study was to develop and implement a dedicated campaign to improve uptake of staff influenza annual vaccination at a ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Heinrich-Morrison K,McLellan S,McGinnes U,Carroll B,Watson K,Bass P,Worth LJ,Cheng AC

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV controllers (HICs) are a rare group of HIV-1-infected individuals able to naturally control viral replication. Several studies have identified the occurrence of HIV dual infections in seropositive individuals leading to disease progression. In HICs, however, dual infections with divergent outcomes in pat...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Caetano DG,Côrtes FH,Bello G,de Azevedo SSD,Hoagland B,Villela LM,Grinsztejn B,Veloso VG,Guimarães ML,Morgado MG

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a serious cause of morbidity among children in developed countries. The real impact of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) on pneumococcal pneumonia is difficult to assess accurately. METHODS:Children aged ≤16 years with clinical and radiological pneumonia we...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chappuy H,Keitel K,Gehri M,Tabin R,Robitaille L,Raymond F,Corbeil J,Maspoli V,Bouazza N,Alcoba G,Lacroix L,Manzano S,Galetto-Lacour A,Gervaix A

更新日期：2013-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cryptococcus neoformans causes meningitis and disseminated infection in healthy individuals, but more commonly in hosts with defective immune responses. Cell-mediated immunity is an important component of the immune response to a great variety of infections, including yeast infections. We aimed to evaluate a...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Rocha KC,Pinhal C,Cavalcanti S,Vidal MS,Toscano M,Moraes-Vasconcelos D,Duarte AJ,Fonseca FL,de Abreu LC,Valenti VE,Grumach AS

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to characterize the spread of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CPKP) in a tertiary level hospital using ongoing active surveillance with rectal swab cultures. Furthermore, this study analyzed the presence of CPKP in the clinical samples (CS) of a single patient as well...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Parisi SG,Bartolini A,Santacatterina E,Castellani E,Ghirardo R,Berto A,Franchin E,Menegotto N,De Canale E,Tommasini T,Rinaldi R,Basso M,Stefani S,Palù G

更新日期：2015-06-27 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:HIV-uninfected infants born to HIV-infected mothers (HIV-exposed uninfected, HEU) have been described to have immune alterations as compared to unexposed infants. This study sought to characterize T-cell populations after birth in HEU infants and unexposed infants living in a semirural area in southern Mozam...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： de Deus N,Moraleda C,Serna-Bolea C,Renom M,Menendez C,Naniche D

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over 80% of morbidity due to soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) occurs in low-income countries. Children under 5 account for 20-30% of the burden in endemic areas. This study assessed the prevalence, intensity and factors associated with STH infections among preschool-age children (PSAC) in Hoima district,...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ojja S,Kisaka S,Ediau M,Tuhebwe D,Kisakye AN,Halage AA,Mugambe RK,Mutyoba JN

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00