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Unique case report of a chromomycosis and Listeria in soft tissue and cerebellar abscesses after kidney transplantation
Chromomycosis is a rare mycotic infection encountered in tropical and subtropical regions. The disease presents as a slowly-evolving nodule that can become infected with bacteria. Here, we describe a unique as...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:288Published on: 20 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Determinants of delayed care seeking for TB suggestive symptoms in Seru district, Oromiya region, Ethiopia: a community based unmatched case-control study
Early tuberculosis (TB) case finding and adequate chemotherapy are essential for interrupting disease transmission and preventing complications due to delayed care seeking. This study was undertaken in order t...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:292Published on: 20 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Complications of miliary tuberculosis: low mortality and predictive biomarkers from a UK cohort
Untreated, miliary tuberculosis (TB) has a mortality approaching 100%. As it is uncommon there is little specific data to guide its management. We report detailed data from a UK cohort of patients with miliary...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:295Published on: 20 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Identifying and characterizing hepatitis C virus hotspots in Massachusetts: a spatial epidemiological approach
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections have increased during the past decade but little is known about geographic clustering patterns.BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:294Published on: 20 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Association between Fcγ receptor IIA, IIIA and IIIB genetic polymorphisms and susceptibility to severe malaria anemia in children in western Kenya
Naturally-acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria develops after several episodes of infection. Fc gamma receptors (FcγRs) bind to immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and mediate phagocytosis of opsonize...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:289Published on: 20 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Cardiovascular disease risk among Chinese antiretroviral-naïve adults with advanced HIV disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an important cause of mortality among HIV-infected patients, however little is known about the burden of CVD among this population in Asia. We sought to quantify prevalence of C...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:287Published on: 20 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Haplotype of non-synonymous mutations within IL-23R is associated with susceptibility to severe malaria anemia in a P. falciparum holoendemic transmission area of Kenya
Improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in pediatric severe malarial anemia (SMA) pathogenesis is a crucial step in the design of novel therapeutics. Identification of host genetic suscepti...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:291Published on: 20 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Point of sampling detection of Zika virus within a multiplexed kit capable of detecting dengue and chikungunya
Zika, dengue, and chikungunya are three mosquito-borne viruses having overlapping transmission vectors. They cause diseases having similar symptoms in human patients, but requiring different immediate manageme...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:293Published on: 20 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
A comprehensive overview of urogenital, anorectal and oropharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing and diagnoses among different STI care providers: a cross-sectional study
Gonorrhoea, caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), can cause reproductive morbidity, is increasingly becoming resistant to antibiotics and is frequently asymptomatic, which shows the essential role of NG test prac...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:290Published on: 20 April 2017 - ERRATUMBMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:286Published on: 19 April 2017
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Trends in baseline CD4 cell counts and risk factors for late antiretroviral therapy initiation among HIV-positive patients in Shanghai, a retrospective cross-sectional study
There are few studies focus on the factors underlying the late initiation of ART in China. We analyzed the trends in the median CD4 cell counts among different patient groups over time and the risk factors for...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:285Published on: 19 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Mucormycosis in renal transplant recipients: review of 174 reported cases
Mucormycosis is a highly lethal fungal infection especially in immunocompromised individuals.BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:283Published on: 18 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Evaluation of genotype MTBDRplus VER 2.0 line probe assay for the detection of MDR-TB in smear positive and negative sputum samples
Multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) poses formidable challenges to TB control due to its complex diagnostic and treatment challenges and often associated with a high rate of mortality. Accurate and rapi...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:280Published on: 17 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Community-based survey during rabies outbreaks in Rangjung town, Trashigang, eastern Bhutan, 2016
Rabies is a highly fatal disease transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. Human deaths can be prevented by prompt administering of rabies vaccine and rabies immunoglobulin following the exposure. An ass...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:281Published on: 17 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in beef cattle at slaughter and beef carcasses at retail shops in Ethiopia
There is paucity of information regarding the epidemiology of Escherichia coli O157: H7 in developing countries. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of E. coli O157: H7 associated with beef cattle at pr...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:277Published on: 17 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Isolation of enterococci, their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and associated factors among patients attending at the University of Gondar Teaching Hospital
Enterococci become clinically important especially in immune compromised patients and important causes of nosocomial infections. Data on the prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and associated fac...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:276Published on: 17 April 2017 - TECHNICAL ADVANCE
1H-NMR analysis of feces: new possibilities in the helminthes infections research
Analysis of the stool samples is an essential part of routine diagnostics of the helminthes infections. However, the standard methods such Kato and Kato-Katz utilize only a fraction of the information availabl...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:275Published on: 17 April 2017 - CASE REPORT
Widespread subcutaneous necrosis in spotted fever group Rickettsioses from the coastal belt of Sri Lanka- a case report
Spotted fever group rickettsioses (SFGR) transmitted mostly by ticks are increasingly discovered around the World and some of them are either re-emerging or emerging in Sri Lanka. Accidental human infections c...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:278Published on: 17 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Detection of CTX-M-15 beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae causing hospital- and community-acquired urinary tract infections as early as 2004, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The spread of Extended Spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) among Enterobacteriaceae and other Gram-Negative pathogens in the community and hospitals represents a major challenge to combat infections. We conducted a stu...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:282Published on: 17 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Carbapenem resistance, inappropriate empiric treatment and outcomes among patients hospitalized with Enterobacteriaceae urinary tract infection, pneumonia and sepsis
Drug resistance among gram-negative pathogens is a risk factor for inappropriate empiric treatment (IET), which in turn increases the risk for mortality. We explored the impact of carbapenem-resistant Enteroba...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:279Published on: 17 April 2017 - CASE REPORT
Acute-phase diagnosis of murine and scrub typhus in Belgian travelers by polymerase chain reaction: a case report
Rickettsiosis is a potential life threatening infectious disease in travelers. Clinical recognition is not always straightforward, as typical manifestations such as rash and/or eschar may be absent. Definite d...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:273Published on: 13 April 2017 - CASE REPORT
Detection of high serum levels of β-D-Glucan in disseminated nocardial infection: a case report
β-D-glucan (BDG) is a helpful diagnostic marker for many invasive fungal infections, but not for nocardiosis. Here, we reported the first case of nocardial infection with high serum level of BDG.BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:272Published on: 13 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and the molecular characteristics of MRSA bacteraemia over a two-year period in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an established pathogen that causes hospital- and community-acquired infections worldwide. The prevalence rate of MRSA infections were reported to be the high...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:274Published on: 13 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Lower genetic variability of HIV-1 and antiretroviral drug resistance in pregnant women from the state of Pará, Brazil
The present study aimed to describe the genetic diversity of HIV-1, as well as the resistance profile of the viruses identified in HIV-1 infected pregnant women under antiretroviral therapy in the state of Par...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:270Published on: 12 April 2017 - RESEARCH ARTICLE
Disparities in HIV and syphilis prevalence and risk factors between older male clients with and without steady sex partners in southwestern rural China
Heterosexual intercourse accounted for 93% of reported HIV cases in Guangxi, and Guangxi had 10% of China’s total number of reported HIV cases. Older men are particularly vulnerable to STIs, for example, 46% o...BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:269Published on: 12 April 2017
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