abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria remains a major tropical vector-borne disease of immense public health concern owing to its debilitating effects in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past 30 years, the high altitude areas in Eastern Africa have been reported to experience increased cases of malaria. Governments including that of the Repu...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Siya A,Kalule BJ,Ssentongo B,Lukwa AT,Egeru A

更新日期：2020-06-17 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:The prevalence of healthcare-acquired infections (HAI) and rising levels of antimicrobial resistance places significant economic and public health burdens on modern healthcare systems. A group of highly drug resistant pathogens known as the ESKAPE pathogens, along with C. difficile, are the leading causes of...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Weber KL,LeSassier DS,Kappell AD,Schulte KQ,Westfall N,Albright NC,Godbold GD,Palsikar V,Acevedo CA,Ternus KL,Hewitt FC

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measles is a highly infectious viral disease. In August 2017, Lyantonde District, Uganda reported a measles outbreak to Uganda Ministry of Health. We investigated the outbreak to assess the scope, factors facilitating transmission, and recommend control measures. METHODS:We defined a probable case as sudden...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Biribawa C,Atuhairwe JA,Bulage L,Okethwangu DO,Kwesiga B,Ario AR,Zhu BP

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fluoroquinolones are broad-spectrum antibiotics that are recommended, and increasingly important, for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Resistance to fluoroquinolones is caused by mutations in the Quinolone Resistance Determining Region (QRDR) of gyrA and gyrB genes of Mycobacterium...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Sayadi M,Zare H,Jamedar SA,Hashemy SI,Meshkat Z,Soleimanpour S,Hoffner S,Ghazvini K

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV affects the central nervous system resulting in HIV associated neurocognitive impairment (NCI) in approximately 50% of people living with HIV. It typically affects memory, learning, working memory, fine motor skills, speed of information processing, verbal fluency and executive functioning cognitive doma...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Nyamayaro P,Gouse H,Hakim J,Robbins RN,Chibanda D

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scabies is an infectious disease that affects the skin caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei and it transmitted through close personal contact. Even though it is easily treatable disease, its prevalence is high and continuous as neglected tropical disease of resource-poor settings, and particularly affects yo...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Azene AG,Aragaw AM,Wassie GT

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brain abscesses, a severe infectious disease of the CNS, are usually caused by a variety of different pathogens, which include Streptococcus intermedius (S. intermedius). Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas (PAVFs), characterized by abnormal direct communication between pulmonary artery and vein, are a rare und...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Gao LY,Xu GR,Dai TJ

更新日期：2020-05-24 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:Substantial numbers of patients are now receiving either immunosuppressive therapies or chemotherapy. There are significant risks in such patients of developing opportunistic infections or re-activation of latent infections, with higher associated morbidity and mortality. The aim of this quality improvement ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Chadwick DR,Sayeed L,Rose M,Budd E,Mohammed M,Harrison S,Azad J,Maddox J

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microscopic examination of peripheral blood smear produces reliable results both about the malaria infection status and level of parasitemia. However, test results are affected by skill of the laboratory personnel, workload, condition of microscopes and quality of laboratory supplies. Therefore, continuous m...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Tegegne B,Ejigu K,Alemu G,Fetene Y,Endaylalu K,Melese M

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue is endemic in over 100 countries and is an important public health problem worldwide. Dengue fever is not endemic in Taiwan; the importation of dengue viruses from neighboring countries via close commercial links and air travel is considered to be the cause of local outbreaks. Therefore, efforts towar...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Pan CY,Liu WL,Su MP,Chang TP,Ho HP,Shu PY,Huang JJ,Lin LJ,Chen CH

更新日期：2020-05-15 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:Soft tissue or skin infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been reported frequently and are mostly associated with trauma or cosmetic interventions like plastic surgery. However, infection with NTM as a result of a dental procedure have rarely been described and the lack of clinical suspici...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Pérez-Alfonzo R,Poleo Brito LE,Vergara MS,Ruiz Damasco A,Meneses Rodríguez PL,Kannee Quintero CE,Carrera Martinez C,Rivera-Oliver IA,Da Mata Jardin OJ,Rodríguez-Castillo BA,de Waard JH

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International contact-tracing (CT) following exposure during long-distance air travel is resource-intensive, whereas evidence for risk of tuberculosis (TB) transmission during international travel is weak. In this study, we systematically analyzed the information from international requests for CT received a...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Glasauer S,Kröger S,Haas W,Perumal N

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The public health response to Zika outbreak has mostly focused on epidemiological surveillance, vector control, and individual level preventative measures. This qualitative study employs a social-ecological framework to examine how macro (historical, legislative, political, socio-economic factors), meso (sou...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Linde-Arias AR,Roura M,Siqueira E

更新日期：2020-04-03 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:Despite the considerable efforts made to address the issue of brucellosis worldwide, its prevalence in dairy products continues to be difficult to estimate and represents a key public health issue around the world today. The aim of the present study was to better understand the epidemiology of this disease i...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Liang P,Zhao Y,Zhao J,Pan D,Guo Z

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of disseminated cysticercosis is unclear and largely considered hazardous. The role of albendazole remains controversial in such patients. METHODS:A tertiary care, University hospital-based prospective intervention study was conducted from December 2015 to December 2017. Patients with dissemi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Pandey S,Malhotra HS,Garg RK,Malhotra KP,Kumar N,Rizvi I,Jain A,Kohli N,Verma R,Sharma P,Uniyal R,Pandey S

更新日期：2020-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cellulitis, a frequent cause of admission of adult patients to medical wards, occasionally evolves to sepsis. In this study we analyze the factors related to sepsis development. METHODS:Prospective and observational study of 606 adult patients with cellulitis admitted to several Spanish hospitals. Comorbidi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Collazos J,de la Fuente B,de la Fuente J,García A,Gómez H,Menéndez C,Enríquez H,Sánchez P,Alonso M,López-Cruz I,Martín-Regidor M,Martínez-Alonso A,Guerra J,Artero A,Blanes M,Asensi V

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin D deficiency has been related to the risk of sepsis. However, previous studies showed inconsistent results regarding the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) and mortality risk in septic patients. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between serum 25 (OH) D at admission and mort...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Li Y,Ding S

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:After publication of the original article [1], the authors would like to add a co-author, Dr. Stephen Pan, who contributed sufficiently to this manuscript. ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Huang W,Wu D,Ong JJ,Smith MK,Pan S,Yang F,Fu H,Tang W,Tucker JD

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impacts of genetic polymorphisms on drug resistance mutations (DRMs) among various HIV-1 subtypes have long been debated. In this study, we aimed to analyze the natural polymorphisms and acquired DRM profile in HIV-1 CRF01_AE-infected patients in a large first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) cohort in ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Sun Z,Ouyang J,Zhao B,An M,Wang L,Ding H,Han X

更新日期：2020-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies report serious adherence problems among youth (individuals age 15-24 years of age) in Uganda. Recent growth in mobile phone ownership has highlighted the potential of using text-based interventions to improve antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence among Ugandan youth. We piloted a randomized contro...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： MacCarthy S,Wagner Z,Mendoza-Graf A,Gutierrez CI,Samba C,Birungi J,Okoboi S,Linnemayr S

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying immunogens that induce HIV-1-specific immune responses is a lengthy process that can benefit from computational methods, which predict T-cell epitopes for various HLA types. METHODS:We tested the performance of the NetMHCpan4.0 computational neural network in re-identifying 93 T-cell epitopes th...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bugembe DL,Ekii AO,Ndembi N,Serwanga J,Kaleebu P,Pala P

更新日期：2020-02-22 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: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:Sepsis is a life-threatening situation, and it can be rendered more severe by coagulopathy. We here examine a novel plasma biomarker for sepsis-induced coagulopathy. METHODS:A total of 116 patients diagnosed with sepsis were recruited and divided into two groups by whether they also had coagulopathy. Plasma...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Wang Y,Wang H,Zhang C,Zhang C,Yang H,Gao R,Tong Z

更新日期：2020-02-19 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:While several studies have assessed the associations between biological factors and tuberculosis (TB) transmission, our understanding of the associations between TB transmission and social and economic factors remains incomplete. We aimed to explore associations between community TB transmission and socio-ec...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Tadokera R,Bekker LG,Kreiswirth BN,Mathema B,Middelkoop K

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We analyzed the results of a 3-year surveillance study on the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of healthcare associated-infections (HAIs) in elderly inpatients in a large tertiary hospital in China. METHODS:Real-time surveillance was performed from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2017. All HAIs ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhao X,Wang L,Wei N,Zhang J,Ma W,Zhao H,Han X

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vibrio spp. are aquatic bacteria that are ubiquitous in warm estuarine and marine environments, of which 12 species are currently known to cause infections in humans. So far, only five human infections with V. harveyi have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION:A 26-year old patient was transferred to our center ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Brehm TT,Berneking L,Rohde H,Chistner M,Schlickewei C,Sena Martins M,Schmiedel S

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No-touch environmental disinfection using ultraviolet devices has been highlighted in the past several years to control the transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). However, its effectiveness in non-US healthcare settings is yet to be examined. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Morikane K,Suzuki S,Yoshioka J,Yakuwa J,Nakane M,Nemoto K

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is one of the most common causative pathogens of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), accounting for as many as 30-50% of CAP during peak years. An early and rapid diagnostic method is key for guiding clinicians in their choice of antibiotics. METHODS:The recombinase-aided amplification...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Xue G,Li S,Zhao H,Yan C,Feng Y,Cui J,Jiang T,Yuan J

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At the end of the 1970s, in Italy more than 2% of the general population was HBsAg carrier. In the late '70s and late '80s, two remarkable events might have impacted on HBV strains transmitted in North-East Italy: (a) the increased HBV incidence due to parenteral drugs between 1978 and 1982; (b) the preventi...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bruni R,Villano U,Taffon S,Equestre M,Madonna E,Chionne P,Candido A,Dettori S,Pisani G,Rapicetta M,Bortolotti F,Ciccaglione AR

更新日期：2020-01-28 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:Varicella is normally a self-limited childhood disease caused by varicella-zoster virus infection. However, it sometimes causes severe diseases, especially in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of severe varicella in a young woman. CASE PRESENTATION:A 19-year-old woman presented to the emergenc...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhang W,Ruan QL,Yan F,Hu YK

更新日期：2020-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ureaplasma urealyticum is a fastidious bacteria which lacks a cell wall. Extragenital infections are rare in immunocompetent adults. There are few literature reports of perinephric abscess. We present a case of non-resolving multifocal "culture-negative" abscesses in a hypogammaglobulinemic adult female due ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Diaz Pallares C,Griener T,Vaughan S

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is believed that the current prevalence of malaria in endemic areas reflects selection for the carrier form of sickle cell trait through a survival advantage. Malaria has been incriminated as a great cause of mortality in people with sickle cell disease (SCD). However, people with SCD, a high-risk group, ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Eleonore NLE,Cumber SN,Charlotte EE,Lucas EE,Edgar MML,Nkfusai CN,Geh MM,Ngenge BM,Bede F,Fomukong NH,Kamga HLF,Mbanya D

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compliance to anti-TB treatment is crucial in achieving cure and avoiding the emergence of drug resistance. Electronic health (eHealth) interventions are included in the strategy to end the global Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic by 2035. Evidences showed that mobile messaging systems could improve patient adheren...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Gashu KD,Gelaye KA,Mekonnen ZA,Lester R,Tilahun B

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00