Chronic Candida infection, bronchiectasis, immunoglobulin abnormalities, and stunting: a case report of a natural mutation of STAT1 (c.986C>G) in an adolescent male.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can progress to cirrhosis and end-stage liver disease in a substantial proportion of patients. The infection is frequently asymptomatic, leaving many infected individuals unaware of the diagnosis until complications occur. This advocates the screening of healthy indi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kileng H,Gutteberg T,Goll R,Paulssen EJ

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Telithromycin (a new ketolide) has shown good in vitro activity against the key causative pathogens of CAP, including S pneumoniae resistant to penicillin and/or macrolides. METHODS:The efficacy and saf...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Fogarty CM,Patel TC,Dunbar LM,Leroy BP

更新日期：2005-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormal sexual behaviors presenting as manifestations of rabies have occasionally been reported in the literature, although little attention has been paid to these cases to date. This study aimed to analyze the clinical features of rabies cases with abnormal sexual behaviors as the presenting manifestations...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Tian Z,Chen Y,Yan W

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Klebsiella pneumoniae is a frequent nosocomial pathogen causing difficult-to-treat infections worldwide. The prevalence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-KP) is increasing in China. The aim of this study was to investigate the molecular epidemiology of KPC-KP i...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Liang Y,Yin X,Zeng L,Chen S

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP) has been used for several decades in the pharmaceutical industry for enteric film coating of oral tablets and capsules. Micronized CAP, available commercially as "Aquateric" and containing additional ingredients required for micronization, used for tablet coating from water ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Neurath AR,Strick N,Li YY

更新日期：2003-11-14 00:00:00

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:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an important public health problem in Brazil and in several tropical regions of the world. In the Americas, Brazil is the country with the highest number of registered cases. In Brazil, the state of Minas Gerais has the highest number of cases in the southeastern region. In th...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Cardoso DT,de Souza DC,de Castro VN,Geiger SM,Barbosa DS

更新日期：2019-04-11 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:Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a natural epidemic disease caused by various types of viruses of the genus Hantavirus, which are mainly transmitted by contact with the infected rodents and their droppings. Pregnancy complicated with HFRS is rare; however, adverse maternal and foetal outcomes...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ying X,Lai X,Jin X,Cai L,Li X

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data for predicting which patients with pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infection are likely to run a complicated course are sparse. We retrospectively studied whether the admission serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels can serve as a predictor of illness severity. METHODS:Included were all consecutive adult pa...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zimmerman O,Rogowski O,Aviram G,Mizrahi M,Zeltser D,Justo D,Dahan E,Arad R,Touvia O,Tau L,Tarabeia J,Berliner S,Paran Y

更新日期：2010-10-04 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:Febrile jaundice results clinically in generalized yellow coloration of the teguments and mucous membranes due to excess plasma bilirubin, accompanied by fever. Two types are found: conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin jaundice. Jaundice is a sign in several diseases due to viruses (viral hepatitis and arbo...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Gadia CLB,Manirakiza A,Tekpa G,Konamna X,Vickos U,Nakoune E

更新日期：2017-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After the onset of HAART, some HIV-infected individuals under treatment present a exacerbated inflammation in response to a latent or a previously treated opportunistic pathogen termed immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). Few reports of tegumentary leishmaniasis have been described in associat...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Gois L,Badaró R,Schooley R,Grassi MF

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), a complication of antibiotic-induced injury to the gut microbiome, is a prevalent and dangerous cause of infectious diarrhea. Antimicrobial therapy for CDI is typically effective for acute symptoms, but up to one third of patients later experience recurrent CDI. Fecal-d...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hirsch BE,Saraiya N,Poeth K,Schwartz RM,Epstein ME,Honig G

更新日期：2015-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of vancomycin and daptomycin MICs among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood isolates, the prevalence of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (hVISA) and the relationship between hVISA and vancomycin MIC values. METHODS:A...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Sancak B,Yagci S,Gür D,Gülay Z,Ogunc D,Söyletir G,Yalcin AN,Dündar DO,Topçu AW,Aksit F,Usluer G,Ozakin C,Akalin H,Hayran M,Korten V

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer and sepsis comorbidity is a major public health problem in most parts of the world including Zimbabwe. The microbial aetiologies of sepsis and their antibiograms vary with time and locations. Knowledge on local microbial aetiologies of sepsis and their susceptibility patterns is critical in guiding em...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chinowaita F,Chaka W,Nyazika TK,Maboreke TC,Tizauone E,Mapondera P,Chitsike I,Cakana AZ,Mavenyengwa RT

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:H7N9 posed potentially serious health challenges for Chinese society. The previous SARS outbreak in this country was accompanied by contradictory information, while worries about wide-spread influenza led to discrimination worldwide. Early understanding of public threat perceptions is therefore important for...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Goodwin R,Sun S

更新日期：2014-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There currently is a severe Zika Virus (ZIKV) epidemic in Brazil and other South American countries. Due to international travel, this poses severe public health risk of ZIKV importation to other countries. We estimate the prevalence of ZIKV in an import region by the time a microcephaly case is detected, si...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Saad-Roy CM,van den Driessche P,Ma J

更新日期：2016-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients asking for a free anonymous HIV test may have contracted other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as Chlamydia trachomatis, yet Chlamydia prevalence in that population is unknown. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with Chlamydia infection in patients seeking H...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lallemand A,Bremer V,Jansen K,Nielsen S,Münstermann D,Lucht A,Tiemann C

更新日期：2016-10-26 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:Libya is one of the largest countries in Africa and has the longest coast in the Mediterranean basin facing southern Europe. High rates of prevalence of viral hepatitis have been observed in various regions in Africa, but the prevalence in Libya is not well documented. We report on a large-scale nationwide s...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Daw MA,El-Bouzedi A,In association with Libyan Study Group of Hepatitis & HIV.

更新日期：2014-01-09 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:Extended use of oseltamivir in an immunocompromised host could reportedly induce neuraminidase gene mutation possibly leading to oseltamivir-resistant influenza A/H3N2 virus. To our knowledge, no report is available on the clinical course of a severely immunocompromised patient with a dual E119D/R292K neuram...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Harada N,Shibata W,Koh H,Takashita E,Fujisaki S,Okamura H,Nanno S,Yamada K,Nakamae H,Hino M,Kakeya H

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reusable surface disinfectant tissue dispensers are used in hospitals in many countries because they allow immediate access to pre-soaked tissues for targeted surface decontamination. On the other hand disinfectant solutions with some active ingredients may get contaminated and cause outbreaks. We determined...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kampf G,Degenhardt S,Lackner S,Jesse K,von Baum H,Ostermeyer C

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, we evaluated the genetic relatedness of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-KPN) isolates from an outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in August 2017, We implemented an active countermeasure to control this outbreak successfully. METHODS:The inc...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Baek EH,Kim SE,Kim S,Lee S,Cho OH,In Hong S,Shin JH,Hwang I

更新日期：2020-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in the basic core promoter (BCP) and its adjacent precore (preC) region in HBV genome are common in chronic hepatitis B patients. However, the patterns of mutation combinations in these two regions during chronic infection are less understood. This study focused on single base mutations in BCP and ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhang D,Ma S,Zhang X,Zhao H,Ding H,Zeng C

更新日期：2010-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important pathogen that can cause severe illness in infants and young children. In this study, we assessed whether data on RSV collected by the European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS) could be used to build an RSV surveillance system in Europe. METHODS:Influenza...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Meerhoff TJ,Fleming D,Smith A,Mosnier A,van Gageldonk-Lafeber AB,Paget WJ,EISS RSV Task Group.

更新日期：2006-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:BCG immunogenicity in infants differs between populations and these differences have been attributed to various factors. In this study, the influence of geographical location, season of birth, timing of vaccination, micronutrient status (zinc) and inflammatory status (C-reactive protein, CRP) were assessed. ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hur YG,Gorak-Stolinska P,Lalor MK,Mvula H,Floyd S,Raynes J,Ben-Smith A,Fitchett JR,Flanagan KL,Burl S,Ota MO,Crampin AC,Smith SG,Dockrell HM

更新日期：2014-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study is to elucidate the disinfection effect of ozone producing low-pressure Hg vapor lamps against human pathogens. Ozone producing low-pressure Hg vapor lamps emit mainly 254 nm ultraviolet light C (UVC) with about 10% power of Vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) light at 185 nm. The combination of UVC and VUV ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Szeto W,Yam WC,Huang H,Leung DYC

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The seasonality, clinical and radiographic features and outcome of aseptic meningitis have been described for regional outbreaks but data from a wider geographic area is necessary to delineate the epidemiology of this condition. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was completed of children presenting with ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lee BE,Chawla R,Langley JM,Forgie SE,Al-Hosni M,Baerg K,Husain E,Strong J,Robinson JL,Allen U,Law BJ,Dobson S,Davies HD

更新日期：2006-04-10 00:00:00