Issue 1/2006
Content (179 Articles)
Neonatal erythropoiesis and subsequent anemia in HIV-positive and HIV-negative Zimbabwean babies during the first year of life: a longitudinal study
Melissa F Miller, Jean H Humphrey, Peter J Iliff, Lucie C Malaba, Nkosinathi V Mbuya, Rebecca J Stoltzfus
Clinical characteristics and initial management of patients with tuberculous pericarditis in the HIV era: the Investigation of the Management of Pericarditis in Africa (IMPI Africa) registry
Bongani M Mayosi, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Mpiko Ntsekhe, Jimmy A Volmink, Freedom Gumedze, Gary Maartens, Akinyemi Aje, Baby M Thomas, Kandathil M Thomas, Abolade A Awotedu, Bongani Thembela, Phindile Mntla, Frans Maritz [Late], Kathleen Ngu Blackett, Duquesne C Nkouonlack, Vanessa C Burch, Kevin Rebe, Andy Parish, Karen Sliwa, Brian Z Vezi, Nowshad Alam, Basil G Brown, Trevor Gould, Tim Visser, Muki S Shey, Nombulelo P Magula, Patrick J Commerford
Microbiology of airway disease in a cohort of patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Antonietta Lambiase, Valeria Raia, Mariassunta Del Pezzo, Angela Sepe, Vincenzo Carnovale, Fabio Rossano
Comparative evidence for a link between Peyer's patch development and susceptibility to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Suzanne G St Rose, Nora Hunter, Louise Matthews, James D Foster, Margo E Chase-Topping, Loeske EB Kruuk, Darren J Shaw, Susan M Rhind, Robert G Will, Mark EJ Woolhouse
An outbreak of post-acupuncture cutaneous infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus
Joon Young Song, Jang Wook Sohn, Hye Won Jeong, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim, Min Ja Kim
Clinical features and outcome of sporadic serogroup W135 disease Taiwan
Jiun-Ling Wang, Ding-Ping Liu, Jer-Jea Yen, Chia-Jung Yu, Hsi-Chen Liu, Ching-Yuang Lin, Shan-Chwen Chang
Effect of prolonged HAART on oral colonization with Candidaand candidiasis
Yun-Liang Yang, Hsiu-Jung Lo, Chien-Ching Hung, Yichun Li
Bloodstream and endovascular infections due to Abiotrophia defectiva and Granulicatellaspecies
Laurence Senn, José M Entenza, Gilbert Greub, Katia Jaton, Aline Wenger, Jacques Bille, Thierry Calandra, Guy Prod'hom
Impact of long-term viral suppression in CD4+ recovery of HIV-children on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Salvador Resino, Rosa Resino, Juan A Leon, José M Bellon, Pablo Martin-Fontelos, Jose T Ramos, Dolores Gurbindo-Gutierrez, Maria I de Jose, Luis Ciria, Maria A Muñoz-Fernandez
Measurement of complement receptor 1 on neutrophils in bacterial and viral pneumonia
Ulla Hohenthal, Jari Nuutila, Esa-Matti Lilius, Iina Laitinen, Jukka Nikoskelainen, Pirkko Kotilainen
Synergistic effect of interleukin 1 alpha on nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae-induced up-regulation of human beta-defensin 2 in middle ear epithelial cells
Sung-Kyun Moon, Haa-Yung Lee, Huiqi Pan, Tamotsu Takeshita, Raekil Park, Kiweon Cha, Ali Andalibi, David J Lim
Enzyme-linked immunoassay for dengue virus IgM and IgG antibodies in serum and filter paper blood
Thanh Nga T Tran, Peter J de Vries, Lan Phuong Hoang, Giao T Phan, Hung Q Le, Binh Q Tran, Chi Mai T Vo, Nam V Nguyen, Piet A Kager, Nico Nagelkerke, Jan Groen
S. pneumoniaetransmission according to inclusion in conjugate vaccines: Bayesian analysis of a longitudinal follow-up in schools
Simon Cauchemez, Laura Temime, Alain-Jacques Valleron, Emmanuelle Varon, Guy Thomas, Didier Guillemot, Pierre-Yves Boëlle
Preliminary evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction associated with post-infective fatigue after acute infection with Epstein Barr Virus
Suzanne D Vernon, Toni Whistler, Barbara Cameron, Ian B Hickie, William C Reeves, Andrew Lloyd
A randomized, parallel study of the safety and efficacy of 45 mg primaquine versus 75 mg bulaquine as gametocytocidal agents in adults with blood schizonticide-responsive uncomplicated falciparum malaria [ISCRTN50134587]
NJ Gogtay, KD Kamtekar, SS Dalvi, SS Mehta, AR Chogle, U Aigal, NA Kshirsagar
Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic dipstick test for the diagnosis of cholera in a high-risk population
Xuan-Yi Wang, M Ansaruzzaman, Raul Vaz, Catarina Mondlane, Marcelino ES Lucas, Lorenz von Seidlein, Jacqueline L Deen, Sonia Ampuero, Mahesh Puri, Taesung Park, GB Nair, John D Clemens, Claire-Lise Chaignat, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Farida Nato, Jean-Michel Fournier
Massive empyema caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniaein an adult: A case report
Mony Shuvy, Moshe Rav-Acha, Uzi Izhar, Merav Ron, Ran Nir-Paz
Thrombocytopenia in the experimental leptospirosis of guinea pig is not related to disseminated intravascular coagulation
Hong-Liang Yang, Xu-Cheng Jiang, Xiang-Yan Zhang, Wen-Jun LI, Bao-Yu HU, Guo-Ping Zhao, Xiao-Kui Guo
Automated extraction protocol for quantification of SARS-Coronavirus RNA in serum: an evaluation study
Rossa WK Chiu, Yongjie Jin, Grace TY Chung, Wing-bong Lui, Anthony TC Chan, Wilina Lim, YM Dennis Lo
Epidemiological trends in nosocomial candidemia in intensive care
Matteo Bassetti, Elda Righi, Alessandro Costa, Roberta Fasce, Maria Pia Molinari, Raffaella Rosso, Franco Bobbio Pallavicini, Claudio Viscoli
Patterns of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and youth in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Guerino Chalamilla, Judica Mbwana, Fred Mhalu, Eunice Mmari, Mtebe Majigo, Andrew Swai, Willy Urassa, Eric Sandstrom
Detection of Chlamydia in the peripheral blood cells of normal donors using in vitroculture, immunofluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry techniques
Frances Cirino, Wilmore C Webley, Corrie West, Nancy L Croteau, Chester Andrzejewski Jr, Elizabeth S Stuart
Nosocomial bloodstream infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: impact of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production on clinical outcome in a hospital with high ESBL prevalence
Alexandre R Marra, Sérgio B Wey, Adauto Castelo, Ana Cristina Gales, Ruy Guilherme R Cal, José R do Carmo Filho, Michael B Edmond, Carlos Alberto P Pereira
Molecular epidemiology and emergence of worldwide epidemic clones of Neisseria meningitidis in Taiwan
Chien-Shun Chiou, Jui-Cheng Liao, Tsai-Ling Liao, Chun-Chin Li, Chen-Ying Chou, Hsiu-Li Chang, Shu-Man Yao, Yeong-Sheng Lee
Combination therapy of disseminated coccidioidomycosis with caspofungin and fluconazole
Dae Won Park, Jang Wook Sohn, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim, Min Ja Kim, Je Hyeong Kim, Chol Shin
Human papillomavirus infections in women seeking cervical Papanicolaou cytology of Durango, Mexico: prevalence and genotypes
Luis Francisco Sánchez-Anguiano, Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Miguel Arturo Reyes-Romero, Margarita Carrera-Rodríguez
A prospective study of hearing changes after beginning zidovudine or didanosine in HIV-1 treatment-naïve people
Jeffrey T Schouten, David W Lockhart, Thomas S Rees, Ann C Collier, Christina M Marra
Assessment of routine surveillance data as a tool to investigate measles outbreaks in Mozambique
Jagrati V Jani, Ilesh V Jani, Carolina Araújo, Sundeep Sahay, Jorge Barreto, Gunnar Bjune
Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Sweden 2000–2003, increasing incidence and regional differences
Mikael Stenhem, Åke Örtqvist, Håkan Ringberg, Leif Larsson, Barbro Olsson-Liljequist, Sara Hæggman, Karl Ekdahl
Clarithromycin is an effective immunomodulator when administered late in experimental pyelonephritis by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Evangelos J Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Anastasia Antonopoulou, Maria Raftogiannis, Pantelis Koutoukas, Thomas Tsaganos, Vassiliki Tziortzioti, Charalambos Panagou, Theodoros Adamis, Helen Giamarellou
Q fever endocarditis masquerading as Mixed cryoglobulinemia type II. A case report and review of the literature
Petros I Rafailidis, Spiros P Dourakis, Christos A Fourlas
Patient and health care system delays in the start of tuberculosis treatment in Norway
Mohamed Guled Farah, Jens Henning Rygh, Tore W Steen, Randi Selmer, Einar Heldal, Gunnar Bjune
Hepatitis B Virus infection in HIV-positive population in Brazil: results of a survey in the state of Mato Grosso and a comparative analysis with other regions of Brazil
Rui Alberto Roldão de Almeida Pereira, Aparecida Duarte Hg Mussi, Vergínia Correa de Azevedo e Silva, Francisco José Dutra Souto
Invasive fungal infections in neutropenic enterocolitis: A systematic analysis of pathogens, incidence, treatment and mortality in adult patients
Marcus Gorschlüter, Ulrich Mey, John Strehl, Volker Schmitz, Christian Rabe, Katharina Pauls, Carsten Ziske, Ingo GH Schmidt-Wolf, Axel Glasmacher
An outbreak of Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicusassociated with consumption of fresh goat cheese
Markku Kuusi, Elina Lahti, Anni Virolainen, Maija Hatakka, Risto Vuento, Leila Rantala, Jaana Vuopio-Varkila, Eija Seuna, Matti Karppelin, Marjaana Hakkinen, Johanna Takkinen, Veera Gindonis, Kyosti Siponen, Kaisa Huotari
Evaluation of the ICT Tuberculosis test for the routine diagnosis of tuberculosis
Gozde Ongut, Dilara Ogunc, Filiz Gunseren, Candan Ogus, Levent Donmez, Dilek Colak, Meral Gultekin
Typhoid fever as a cause of opportunistic infection: case report
Claudia Colomba, Laura Saporito, Laura Infurnari, Salvatore Tumminia, Lucina Titone
Diarrhea, CD4 counts and enteric infections in a hospital – based cohort of HIV-infected patients around Varanasi, India
Suresh VS Attili, AK Gulati, VP Singh, DV Varma, M Rai, Shyam Sundar
Specific detection of H5N1 avian influenza A virus in field specimens by a one-step RT-PCR assay
Lisa FP Ng, Ian Barr, Tung Nguyen, Suriani Mohd Noor, Rosemary Sok-Pin Tan, Lora V Agathe, Sanjay Gupta, Hassuzana Khalil, Thanh Long To, Sharifah Syed Hassan, Ee-Chee Ren
Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) prevalence and quantitative detection of DNA proviral load in individuals with indeterminate/positive serological results
Francesca Vitone, Davide Gibellini, Pasqua Schiavone, Antonietta D'Antuono, Lorenzo Gianni, Isabella Bon, Maria Carla Re
Population prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the Netherlands. should asymptomatic persons be tested during Population-based chlamydia Screening also for gonorrhoea or only if chlamydial infection is found?
Jan EAM van Bergen, Joke Spaargaren, Hannelore M Götz, Irene K Veldhuijzen, Patrick JE Bindels, Ton J Coenen, Jan Broer, Fetzen de Groot, Christian JPA Hoebe, Jan-Hendrik Richardus, Daniel van Schaik, Marije Verhooren
A retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period
Suzan Sacar, Huseyin Turgut, Semra Toprak, Bayram Cirak, Erdal Coskun, Ozlem Yilmaz, Koray Tekin
DR_SEQAN: a PC/Windows-based software to evaluate drug resistance using human immunodeficiency virus type 1 genotypes
César Garriga, Luis Menéndez-Arias
Digital clubbing in tuberculosis – relationship to HIV infection, extent of disease and hypoalbuminemia
Henry Ddungu, John L Johnson, Marek Smieja, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza
Asymptomatic bacteriuria in sickle cell disease: a cross-sectional study
Vanessa Cumming, Susanna Ali, Terrence Forrester, Karen Roye-Green, Marvin Reid
Feasibility, acceptability, and cost of tuberculosis testing by whole-blood interferon-gamma assay
Puneet Kumar Dewan, Jennifer Grinsdale, Sally Liska, Ernest Wong, Robert Fallstad, L Masae Kawamura
Active surveillance of Q fever in human and animal population of Cyprus
Fidias Loukaides, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Elpidoforos S Soteriades, Virginia Kolonia, Maria-Christina Ioannidou, Anna Psaroulaki, Yannis Tselentis
Haematogenous Staphylococcus aureus meningitis. A 10-year nationwide study of 96 consecutive cases
Michael Pedersen, Thomas L Benfield, Peter Skinhoej, Allan G Jensen
Candidaemia and cancer: patients are not all the same
Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto, Daniela Dornelles Rosa, Lidia Rosi Medeiros, Luiz Carlos Severo
Antibiotic susceptibility of Atopobium vaginae
Ellen De Backer, Rita Verhelst, Hans Verstraelen, Geert Claeys, Gerda Verschraegen, Marleen Temmerman, Mario Vaneechoutte
Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infections: risk factors and treatment outcome related to expression of the PER-1 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase
Andrea Endimiani, Francesco Luzzaro, Beatrice Pini, Gianfranco Amicosante, Gian Maria Rossolini, Antonio Q Toniolo
Analysis of Bordetella pertussis pertactin and pertussis toxin types from Queensland, Australia, 1999–2003
Shane Byrne, Andrew T Slack
The influence of diabetes mellitus on the spectrum of uropathogens and the antimicrobial resistance in elderly adult patients with urinary tract infection
Mario Bonadio, Silvia Costarelli, Giovanna Morelli, Tiziana Tartaglia
Neutropenia induced in outbred mice by a simplified low-dose cyclophosphamide regimen: characterization and applicability to diverse experimental models of infectious diseases
Andres F Zuluaga, Beatriz E Salazar, Carlos A Rodriguez, Ana X Zapata, Maria Agudelo, Omar Vesga
A bibliometric analysis of research productivity in Parasitology by different world regions during a 9-year period (1995–2003)
Matthew E Falagas, Paraskevi A Papastamataki, Ioannis A Bliziotis
Frequency of antimicrobial resistance among invasive and colonizing Group B Streptococcal isolates
Stephanie M Borchardt, Joan H DeBusscher, Patricia A Tallman, Shannon D Manning, Carl F Marrs, Terrence A Kurzynski, Betsy Foxman
Occurrence of invasive pneumococcal disease and number of excess cases due to influenza
Katarzyna Grabowska, Liselotte Högberg, Pasi Penttinen, Åke Svensson, Karl Ekdahl
CD4 cell count recovery among HIV-infected patients with very advanced immunodeficiency commencing antiretroviral treatment in sub-Saharan Africa
Stephen D Lawn, Landon Myer, Linda-Gail Bekker, Robin Wood
Mediterranean spotted fever: clinical and laboratory characteristics of 415 Sicilian children
Claudia Colomba, Laura Saporito, Valentina Frasca Polara, Raffaella Rubino, Lucina Titone
Deep neck infection complicating lymphadenitis caused by Streptococcus intermediusin an immunocompetent child
Donato Rigante, Teresa Spanu, Lorenzo Nanni, Assunta Tornesello, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Tiziana D'Inzeo, Achille Stabile, Giovanni Fadda
Evaluation of real-time PCR for diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis infection
Laina Knorr, Julie D Fox, Peter AG Tilley, Jasmine Ahmed-Bentley
Cerebrospinal fluid HIV-1 RNA, intrathecal immunoactivation, and drug concentrations after treatment with a combination of saquinavir, nelfinavir, and two nucleoside analogues: the M61022 study
Aylin Yilmaz, Dietmar Fuchs, Lars Hagberg, Ulrika Nillroth, Lars Ståhle, Jan-Olof Svensson, Magnus Gisslén
Arthritis in adults with community-acquired bacterial meningitis: a prospective cohort study
Martijn Weisfelt, Diederik van de Beek, Lodewijk Spanjaard, Jan de Gans
Immune responses in patients with HIV infection after vaccination with recombinant Hepatitis B virus vaccine
Neelam Pasricha, Usha Datta, Yogesh Chawla, Surjit Singh, Sunil K Arora, Archana Sud, Ranjana W Minz, Biman Saikia, Haqeeqat Singh, Isaac James, Shobha Sehgal
Reversion of the ELISPOT test after treatment in Gambian tuberculosis cases
Alexander M Aiken, Philip C Hill, Annette Fox, Keith PWJ McAdam, Dolly Jackson-Sillah, Moses D Lugos, Simon A Donkor, Richard A Adegbola, Roger H Brookes
La cuerda dulce – a tolerability and acceptability study of a novel approach to specimen collection for diagnosis of paediatric pulmonary tuberculosis
Felicia Chow, Nora Espiritu, Robert H Gilman, Rosmery Gutierrez, Sonia Lopez, A Roderick Escombe, Carlton AW Evans, David AJ Moore
Paediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) study of aseptic meningitis
Bonita E Lee, Rupesh Chawla, Joanne M Langley, Sarah E Forgie, Mohammed Al-Hosni, Krista Baerg, Entesar Husain, James Strong, Joan L Robinson, Upton Allen, Barbara J Law, Simon Dobson, H Dele Davies
Detection of Norovirus genogroup I and II by multiplex real-time RT- PCR using a 3'-minor groove binder-DNA probe
Marina Hoehne, Eckart Schreier
Mycobacterium haemophilum osteomyelitis: case report and review of the literature
Sameer Elsayed, Ron Read
Differential activation of inflammatory pathways in A549 type II pneumocytes by Streptococcus pneumoniae strains with different adherence properties
Rachel L Robson, Natalie A Reed, Rebecca T Horvat
Doxycycline plus streptomycin versus ciprofloxacin plus rifampicin in spinal brucellosis [ISRCTN31053647]
Emine Alp, Rahmi Kemal Koc, Ahmet Candan Durak, Orhan Yildiz, Bilgehan Aygen, Bulent Sumerkan, Mehmet Doganay
Successful treatment of Candida parapsilosis mural endocarditis with combined caspofungin and voriconazole
Víctor López-Ciudad, María J Castro-Orjales, Cristóbal León, César Sanz-Rodríguez, María J de la Torre-Fernández, Miguel A Pérez de Juan-Romero, María D Collell-Llach, María D Díaz-López
Evaluation of high-dose daptomycin for therapy of experimental Staphylococcus aureus foreign body infection
Heinz J Schaad, Manuela Bento, Daniel P Lew, Pierre Vaudaux
Differential effects of antigens from L. braziliensis isolates from disseminated and cutaneous leishmaniasis on in vitro cytokine production
Paulo TG Leopoldo, Paulo RL Machado, Roque P Almeida, Albert Schriefer, Angela Giudice, Amélia Ribeiro de Jesus, John L Ho, Luiz Henrique Guimarães, Olívia Bacellar, Edgar M Carvalho
Comparison and evaluation of experimental mediastinitis models: precolonized foreign body implants and bacterial suspension inoculation seems promising
Gulden Ersoz, Barlas Naim Aytacoglu, Nehir Sucu, Lulufer Tamer, Ismet Bayindir, Necmi Kose, Ali Kaya, Murat Dikmengil
Spatial analysis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in China
Liqun Fang, Lei Yan, Song Liang, Sake J de Vlas, Dan Feng, Xiaona Han, Wenjuan Zhao, Bing Xu, Ling Bian, Hong Yang, Peng Gong, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Wuchun Cao
Influence of the blood bacterial load on the meningeal inflammatory response in Streptococcus pneumoniaemeningitis
Christian ∅stergaard, Terence O'Reilly, Christian Brandt, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Jens D Lundgren
Time to positivity in blood cultures of adults with Streptococcus pneumoniaebacteremia
Galo Peralta, María José Rodríguez-Lera, Jose Carlos Garrido, Luis Ansorena, María Pía Roiz
Candidaemia and antifungal therapy in a French University Hospital: rough trends over a decade and possible links
Boualem Sendid, Angélique Cotteau, Nadine François, Annie D'Haveloose, Annie Standaert, Daniel Camus, Daniel Poulain
Utility of the detection of Plasmodiumparasites for the diagnosis of malaria in endemic areas
Thomas V Perneger, Thomas Szeless, André Rougemont
The interferon gamma gene polymorphism +874 A/T is associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome
Wai Po Chong, WK Eddie Ip, Gloria Hoi Wan Tso, Man Wai Ng, Wilfred Hing Sang Wong, Helen Ka Wai Law, Raymond WH Yung, Eudora Y Chow, KL Au, Eric YT Chan, Wilina Lim, JS Malik Peiris, Yu Lung Lau
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusprevalence: Current susceptibility patterns in Trinidad
Fitzroy A Orrett, Michael Land
Adherence to the screening program for HBV infection in pregnant women delivering in Greece
Vassiliki Papaevangelou, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Dimitrios Cassimos, Maria Theodoridou
Low serum albumin and the acute phase response predict low serum selenium in HIV-1 infected women
Paul K Drain, Jared M Baeten, Julie Overbaugh, Mark H Wener, Daniel D Bankson, Ludo Lavreys, Kishorchandra Mandaliya, Jeckoniah O Ndinya-Achola, R Scott McClelland
Recurrent bacteremia with Helicobacter cinaedi: case report and review of the literature
Ilker Uçkay, Jorge Garbino, Pierre-Yves Dietrich, Béatrice Ninet, Peter Rohner, Véronique Jacomo
A sensitive one-step real-time PCR for detection of avian influenza viruses using a MGB probe and an internal positive control
Livia Di Trani, Barbara Bedini, Isabella Donatelli, Laura Campitelli, Barbara Chiappini, Maria Alessandra De Marco, Mauro Delogu, Canio Buonavoglia, Gabriele Vaccari
Recall of intestinal helminthiasis by HIV-infected South Africans and avoidance of possible misinterpretation of egg excretion in worm/HIV co-infection analyses
Vera J Adams, Miles B Markus, Zilungile L Kwitshana, Muhammad A Dhansay, Lize van der Merwe, Gerhard Walzl, John E Fincham
Bartonella quintana coinfection with Mycobacterium aviumcomplex and CMV in an AIDS patient: case presentation
Clarisse Rovery, Jean Marc Rolain, Hubert Lepidi, Christine Zandotti, Jacques Moreau, Philippe Brouqui
Vaginal microbicides: detecting toxicities in vivothat paradoxically increase pathogen transmission
Richard A Cone, Timothy Hoen, XiXi Wong, Raed Abusuwwa, Deborah J Anderson, Thomas R Moench
Soluble egg antigen of Schistosoma Haematobiuminduces HCV replication in PBMC from patients with chronic HCV infection
Mostafa K El-Awady, Samar S Youssef, Moataza H Omran, Ashraf A Tabll, Wael T El Garf, Ahmed M Salem
An evaluation of indices for quantifying tuberculosis transmission using genotypes of pathogen isolates
Mark M Tanaka, Renault Phong, Andrew R Francis
Modelling the force of infection for hepatitis B and hepatitis C in injecting drug users in England and Wales
AJ Sutton, NJ Gay, WJ Edmunds, VD Hope, ON Gill, M Hickman
A new approach to treatment of resistant gram-positive infections: potential impact of targeted IV to oral switch on length of stay
Mohammed Desai, Bryony Dean Franklin, Alison H Holmes, Sarah Trust, Mike Richards, Ann Jacklin, Kathleen B Bamford
More men than women make mucosal IgA antibodies to Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) and HPV-18: a study of oral HPV and oral HPV antibodies in a normal healthy population
Dianne J Marais, Candice Sampson, Anthea Jeftha, Dherendra Dhaya, Jo-Ann S Passmore, Lynette Denny, Edward P Rybicki, Eric Van Der Walt, Lawrence XG Stephen, Anna-Lise Williamson
Immuno-epidemiology of human Schistosoma haematobiuminfection: preferential IgG3 antibody responsiveness to a recombinant antigen dependent on age and parasite burden
Francisca Mutapi, Takafira Mduluza, Natalia Gomez-Escobar, William F Gregory, Cecilia Fernandez, Nicholas Midzi, Rick M Maizels
Adherence with isoniazid for prevention of tuberculosis among HIV-infected adults in South Africa
Tom A Szakacs, Douglas Wilson, D William Cameron, Michael Clark, Paul Kocheleff, F James Muller, Anne E McCarthy
Usefulness of real time PCR for the differentiation and quantification of 652 and JP2 Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans genotypes in dental plaque and saliva
Germano Orrù, Mario Francesco Marini, Maria Laura Ciusa, Daniela Isola, Marina Cotti, Marco Baldoni, Vincenzo Piras, Elisabetta Pisano, Caterina Montaldo
Secular trends of antimicrobial resistance of blood isolates in a newly founded Greek hospital
Matthew E Falagas, Sofia K Kasiakou, Dimitra Nikita, Panayiota Morfou, George Georgoulias, Petros I Rafailidis
In vitro antimicrobial activity of natural toxins and animal venoms tested against Burkholderia pseudomallei
R Perumal Samy, A Pachiappan, P Gopalakrishnakone, Maung M Thwin, Yap E Hian, Vincent TK Chow, Ho Bow, Joseph T Weng
Hepatitis B and C: prevalence and risk factors associated with seropositivity among children in Karachi, Pakistan
Wasim Jafri, Nadim Jafri, Javed Yakoob, Muhammad Islam, Syed Farhan Ali Tirmizi, Tazeen Jafar, Saeed Akhtar, Saeed Hamid, Hasnain Ali Shah, Sheikh Qamaruddin Nizami
Prevalence and predictors of tuberculin skin positivity in Hellenic Army recruits
Vasilios German, Georgios Giannakos, Petros Kopterides, Matthew E Falagas
Nosocomial infection in a newborn intensive care unit (NICU), South Korea
Ihn Sook Jeong, Jae Sim Jeong, Eun Ok Choi
Real-Time PCR for detection of herpes simplex virus without nucleic acid extraction
Mark W Pandori, John Lei, Ernest H Wong, Jeffrey Klausner, Sally Liska
Tuberculosis associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosisBeijing and non-Beijing genotypes: a clinical and immunological comparison
Yong-Jiang Sun, TK Lim, Adrian Kheng Yeow Ong, Benjamin Choon Heng Ho, Geok Teng Seah, Nicholas I Paton
Association of SARS susceptibility with single nucleic acid polymorphisms of OAS1 and MxA genes: a case-control study
Jing He, Dan Feng, Sake J de Vlas, Hongwei Wang, Arnaud Fontanet, Panhe Zhang, Sabine Plancoulaine, Fang Tang, Lin Zhan, Hong Yang, Tianbao Wang, Jan H Richardus, J Dik F Habbema, Wuchun Cao
Effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy with nelfinavir in vertically HIV-1 infected children: 3 years of follow-up. Long-term response to nelfinavir in children
Salvador Resino, Beatriz Larrú, Jose Ma Bellón, Rosa Resino, Ma Isabel de José, Marisa Navarro, Juan Antonio Léon, José Tomás Ramos, Ma José Mellado, Ma Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández
Linking healthcare associated norovirus outbreaks: a molecular epidemiologic method for investigating transmission
Ben A Lopman, Chris Gallimore, Jim J Gray, Ian B Vipond, Nick Andrews, Joyshri Sarangi, Mark H Reacher, David W Brown
Frequent detection of bocavirus DNA in German children with respiratory tract infections
Benedikt Weissbrich, Florian Neske, Jörg Schubert, Franz Tollmann, Katharina Blath, Kerstin Blessing, Hans Wolfgang Kreth
Prevalence of soil transmitted nematodes on Nukufetau, a remote Pacific island in Tuvalu
Rick Speare, Falatea Fab Latasi, Tekaai Nelesone, Sonia Harmen, Wayne Melrose, David Durrheim, Jorg Heukelbach
Risk of surgical site infection and efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis: a cohort study of appendectomy patients in Thailand
Nongyao Kasatpibal, Mette Nørgaard, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Henrik Carl Schønheyder, Silom Jamulitrat, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong
Different profiles of immune reconstitution in children and adults with HIV-infection after highly active antiretroviral therapy
Salvador Resino, Elena Seoane, Alicia Pérez, Ezequiel Ruiz-Mateos, Manuel Leal, Maria Á Muñoz-Fernández
Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in a public hospital in northern Mexico
Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Antonio Sifuentes-Álvarez, Sergio Guadalupe Narro-Duarte, Sergio Estrada-Martínez, Juan Humberto Díaz-García, Oliver Liesenfeld, Sergio Arturo Martínez-García, Arturo Canales-Molina
Oxidative stress in hepatitis C infected end-stage renal disease subjects
Mehmet Horoz, Cengiz Bolukbas, Filiz F Bolukbas, Mehmet Aslan, Ahmet O Koylu, Sahbettin Selek, Ozcan Erel
Lemierre's syndrome and genetic polymorphisms: a case report
Jean-Michel Constantin, Jean-Paul Mira, Renaud Guerin, Sophie Cayot-Constantin, Olivier Lesens, Florence Gourdon, Jean-Pierre Romaszko, Philippe Linval, Henri Laurichesse, Jean-Etienne Bazin
The frequency of genes encoding three putative group B streptococcal virulence factors among invasive and colonizing isolates
Shannon D Manning, Moran Ki, Carl F Marrs, Kiersten J Kugeler, Stephanie M Borchardt, Carol J Baker, Betsy Foxman
Shigella sonnei biotype g carrying class 2 integrons in southern Italy: a retrospective typing study by pulsed field gel electrophoresis
Caterina Mammina, Aurora Aleo, Cristina Romani, Antonino Nastasi
Outcome of AIDS-associated cryptococcal meningitis initially treated with 200 mg/day or 400 mg/day of fluconazole
CF Schaars, GA Meintjes, C Morroni, FA Post, G Maartens
Clustering of antibiotic resistance of E. coli in couples: suggestion for a major role of conjugal transmission
Susanne Lietzau, Elke Raum, Heike von Baum, Reinhard Marre, Hermann Brenner
Clinical features and pitfalls in the laboratory diagnosis of dengue in travellers
Ole Wichmann, Klaus Stark, Pei-Yun Shu, Matthias Niedrig, Christina Frank, Jyh-Hsiung Huang, Tomas Jelinek
Lymph node hemophagocytosis in rickettsial diseases: a pathogenetic role for CD8 T lymphocytes in human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME)?
Kerry L Dierberg, J Stephen Dumler
Do host genetic traits in the bacterial sensing system play a role in the development of Chlamydia trachomatis-associated tubal pathology in subfertile women?
Janneke E den Hartog, Sander Ouburg, Jolande A Land, Joseph M Lyons, James I Ito, A Salvador Peña, Servaas A Morré
Dengue as a cause of acute undifferentiated fever in Vietnam
Hoang Lan Phuong, Peter J de Vries, Tran TT Nga, Phan T Giao, Le Q Hung, Tran Q Binh, Nguyen V Nam, Nico Nagelkerke, Piet A Kager
Multiresistant-MRSA tricuspid valve infective endocarditis with ancient osteomyelitis locus
Giuseppe Chesi, Andrea Colli, Carlos A Mestres, Gianpaolo Gambarati, Fabrizio Boni, Tiziano Gherli
Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and characterization of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
Adebayo O Shittu, Johnson Lin
Limitations of caspofungin in the treatment of obstructive pyonephrosis due to Candida glabrata infection
Silke Schelenz, Calum N Ross
Bloodstream infection following 217 consecutive systemic-enteric drained pancreas transplants
Natalie Berger, Sigmund Guggenbichler, Wolfgang Steurer, Christian Margreiter, Gert Mayer, Reinhold Kafka, Walter Mark, Alexander R Rosenkranz, Raimund Margreiter, Hugo Bonatti
Surveillance recommendations based on an exploratory analysis of respiratory syncytial virus reports derived from the European Influenza Surveillance System
Tamara J Meerhoff, Douglas Fleming, Ann Smith, Anne Mosnier, Arianne B van Gageldonk-Lafeber, W John Paget
Molecular epidemiology of C. diphtheriaestrains during different phases of the diphtheria epidemic in Belarus
Valentina Kolodkina, Leonid Titov, Tatyana Sharapa, Francine Grimont, Patrick AD Grimont, Androulla Efstratiou
How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review
Axel Kramer, Ingeborg Schwebke, Günter Kampf
Chemical resistance of the gram-negative bacteria to different sanitizers in a water purification system
Priscila G Mazzola, Alzira MS Martins, Thereza CV Penna
Comparison of severity of illness scoring systems for patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Alexandre R Marra, Gonzalo ML Bearman, Richard P Wenzel, Michael B Edmond
Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus fecal colonization among kidney transplant patients
Maria Cecília S Freitas, Alvaro Pacheco-Silva, Dulce Barbosa, Suzane Silbert, Hélio Sader, Ricardo Sesso, Luis Fernando A Camargo
Female genital schistosomiasis as an evidence of a neglected cause for reproductive ill-health: a retrospective histopathological study from Tanzania
Britta Swai, Gabriele Poggensee, Sabina Mtweve, Ingela Krantz
Steady improvement of infection control services in six community hospitals in Makkah following annual audits during Hajj for four consecutive years
Tariq A Madani, Ali M Albarrak, Mohammad A Alhazmi, Tarik A Alazraqi, Abdulahakeem O Althaqafi, Abdulrahman H Ishaq
Predictors of early death in a cohort of Ethiopian patients treated with HAART
Degu Jerene, Aschalew Endale, Yewubnesh Hailu, Bernt Lindtjørn
Clinical manifestations and outcome in Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis among injection drug users and nonaddicts: a prospective study of 74 patients
Eeva Ruotsalainen, Kari Sammalkorpi, Janne Laine, Kaisa Huotari, Seppo Sarna, Ville Valtonen, Asko Järvinen
Efficacy and clinical effectiveness of influenza vaccines in HIV-infected individuals: a meta-analysis
Julius Atashili, Linda Kalilani, Adaora A Adimora
Leishmania isoenzyme polymorphisms in Ecuador: Relationships with geographic distribution and clinical presentation
Manuel Calvopina, Rodrigo X Armijos, Jorge D Marco, Hiroshi Uezato, Hirotomo Kato, Eduardo A Gomez, Masataka Korenaga, Paola A Barroso, Tatsuyuki Mimori, Philip J Cooper, Shigeo Nonaka, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi
A fatal pseudo-tumour: disseminated basidiobolomycosis
Guido EL van den Berk, L Arnold Noorduyn, Ruud J van Ketel, Jeannouel van Leeuwen, Willem A Bemelman, Jan M Prins
Normalisation of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers parallels improvement of neurological symptoms following HAART in HIV dementia – case report
Lars-Magnus Andersson, Lars Hagberg, Lars Rosengren, Dietmar Fuchs, Kaj Blennow, Magnus Gisslén
Kinetics of progenitor hemopoetic stem cells in sepsis: Correlation with patients survival?
Thomas Tsaganos, Evangelos J Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Spyridon Kollias, Dimitrios Zervakis, Vassiliki Karagianni, Aimilia Pelekanou, Ekaterini-Christina Tampaki, Marina Kontogiorgi, Apostolos Koroneos, Nikolaos Drakoulis, Apostolos Armaganidis, Charis Roussos, Helen Giamarellou
Measles transmission following the tsunami in a population with a high one-dose vaccination coverage, Tamil Nadu, India 2004–2005
Arumugam Mohan, Manoj V Murhekar, Niteen S Wairgkar, Yvan J Hutin, Mohan D Gupte
Outcome of urogenital infection with Chlamydia muridarum in CD-14 gene knockout mice
Muhammad T Imtiaz, Justin H Schripsema, Ira M Sigar, Kyle H Ramsey
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in adult patients with nosocomial bloodstream infections due to enterococci
Katharine Bar, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, Richard P Wenzel, Gonzalo ML Bearman, Michael B Edmond
Highly active antiretroviral therapy and hospital readmission: comparison of a matched cohort
Bohdan Nosyk, Huiying Sun, Xin Li, Anita Palepu, Aslam H Anis
A super-spreading ewe infects hundreds with Q fever at a farmers' market in Germany
Klaudia Porten, Jürgen Rissland, Almira Tigges, Susanne Broll, Wilfried Hopp, Mechthild Lunemann, Ulrich van Treeck, Peter Kimmig, Stefan O Brockmann, Christiane Wagner-Wiening, Wiebke Hellenbrand, Udo Buchholz
Development of a Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (HRQL) for patients with Extremity Soft Tissue Infections (ESTI)
Aric J Storck, Kevin B Laupland, Ronald R Read, Manuel W Mah, John M Gill, Deborah Nevett, Thomas J Louie
Attenuated cerebrospinal fluid leukocyte count and sepsis in adults with pneumococcal meningitis: a prospective cohort study
Martijn Weisfelt, Diederik van de Beek, Lodewijk Spanjaard, Johannes B Reitsma, Jan de Gans
Role of seminal plasma in the anti-HIV-1 activity of candidate microbicides
A Robert Neurath, Nathan Strick, Yun-Yao Li
Clinical and epidemiological predictors of transmission in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Mark IC Chen, Angela LP Chow, Arul Earnest, Hoe Nam Leong, Yee Sin Leo
Tissue MicroArray (TMA) analysis of normal and persistent Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection
Nicole Borel, Sanghamitra Mukhopadhyay, Carmen Kaiser, Erin D Sullivan, Richard D Miller, Peter Timms, James T Summersgill, Julio A Ramirez, Andreas Pospischil
Listeriosis in Portugal: an existing but under reported infection
Gonçalo N Almeida, Paul A Gibbs, Tim A Hogg, Paula C Teixeira
Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in an immunocompetent pregnant woman
Joon Young Song, Cheong Won Park, Sae Yoon Kee, Won Seok Choi, Eun Young Kang, Jang Wook Sohn, Woo Joo Kim, Min Ja Kim, Hee Jin Cheong
Patterns of antimicrobial resistance in a surgical intensive care unit of a university hospital in Turkey
Aysen Bayram, Iclal Balci
Emergence of vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(VRSA) from a tertiary care hospital from northern part of India
Hare Krishna Tiwari, Malay Ranjan Sen
Serum neopterin levels in patients with replicative and nonreplicative HBV carriers
Ilknur Kaleli, Melek Demir, Nural Cevahir, Mustafa Yılmaz, Suleyman Demir
In vivo activity of terpinen-4-ol, the main bioactive component of Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel (tea tree) oil against azole-susceptible and -resistant human pathogenic Candida species
Francesca Mondello, Flavia De Bernardis, Antonietta Girolamo, Antonio Cassone, Giuseppe Salvatore
Epidemiological and clinical features, response to HAART, and survival in HIV-infected patients diagnosed at the age of 50 or more
MaMercedes Nogueras, Gemma Navarro, Esperança Antón, Montserrat Sala, Manel Cervantes, MaJosé Amengual, Ferran Segura
Bacteraemia among severely malnourished children infected and uninfected with the human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Kampala, Uganda
Hanifa Bachou, Thorkild Tylleskär, Deogratias H Kaddu-Mulindwa, James K Tumwine
Quantifying behavioural interactions between humans and mosquitoes: Evaluating the protective efficacy of insecticidal nets against malaria transmission in rural Tanzania
Gerry F Killeen, Japhet Kihonda, Edith Lyimo, Fred R Oketch, Maya E Kotas, Evan Mathenge, Joanna A Schellenberg, Christian Lengeler, Thomas A Smith, Chris J Drakeley
Uniform distribution of three Candida albicans microsatellite markers in two French ICU populations supports a lack of nosocomial cross-contamination
Odile Eloy, Stéphanie Marque, Françoise Botterel, François Stephan, Jean-Marc Costa, Virginie Lasserre, Stéphane Bretagne
Serologic indices of hepatitis B virus infection in military recruits in Greece (2004–2005)
Vasilios German, Georgios Giannakos, Petros Kopterides, Konstantinos Liaskonis, Matthew E Falagas
HIV-1 subtype A infection in a community of intravenous drug users in Pakistan
Saeed Khan, Mohammad A Rai, Mohammad R Khanani, Muhammad N Khan, Syed H Ali
Erratum to: Detection of Chlamydia in the peripheral blood cells of normal donors using in vitro culture, immunofluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry techniques
Frances Cirino, Wilmore C Webley, Corrie West, Nancy L Croteau, Chester Andrzejewski Jr, Elizabeth S Stuart
Molecular evidence of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum colonization in preterm infants during respiratory distress syndrome
Rosario Cultrera, Silva Seraceni, Rossella Germani, Carlo Contini
A prospective study comparing quantitative Cytomegalovirus (CMV) polymerase chain reaction in plasma and pp65 antigenemia assay in monitoring patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Giuseppe Gentile, Alessandra Picardi, Angela Capobianchi, Alessandra Spagnoli, Laura Cudillo, Teresa Dentamaro, Andrea Tendas, Luca Cupelli, Marco Ciotti, Antonio Volpi, Sergio Amadori, Pietro Martino, Paolo de Fabritiis
Antibacterial resistance and their genetic location in MRSA isolated in Kuwait hospitals, 1994-2004
Edet E Udo, Noura Al-Sweih, Eiman Mokaddas, Molly Johny, Rita Dhar, Huda H Gomaa, Inaam Al-Obaid, Vincent O Rotimi
Novel mutation of the PRNPgene of a clinical CJD case
Konstantia Kotta, Ioannis Paspaltsis, Sevasti Bostantjopoulou, Helen Latsoudis, Andreas Plaitakis, Dimitrios Kazis, John Collinge, Theodoros Sklaviadis
Methods for identifying surgical wound infection after discharge from hospital: a systematic review
Emily S Petherick, Jane E Dalton, Peter J Moore, Nicky Cullum
Surgical wound infection: epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and management
Robert H Rubin
Male circumcision, religion, and infectious diseases: an ecologic analysis of 118 developing countries
Paul K Drain, Daniel T Halperin, James P Hughes, Jeffrey D Klausner, Robert C Bailey
Fluconazole for empiric antifungal therapy in cancer patients with fever and neutropenia
Donghui T Yu, Diane L Seger, Josh F Peterson, Ritesh N Kumar, David W Bates
Cohort effects in dynamic models and their impact on vaccination programmes: an example from Hepatitis A
Arni SR Srinivasa Rao, Maggie H Chen, Ba' Z Pham, Andrea C Tricco, Vladimir Gilca, Bernard Duval, Murray D Krahn, Chris T Bauch
Whole blood gene expression in infants with respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis
Hans-Olav Fjaerli, Geir Bukholm, Anne Krog, Camilla Skjaeret, Marit Holden, Britt Nakstad
Disease burden and related medical costs of rotavirus infections in Taiwan
Chun-Yi Lu, Tsai-Ling Lauderdale, Yin-Hua Fang, Chung-Yi Wang, Yu-Huai Ho, Che-Lun Hung, Luan-Yin Chang, Chin-Yun Lee, Li-Min Huang
Leishmania infantumleishmaniasis in corticosteroid – treated patients
Silvia Pittalis, Emanuele Nicastri, Francesco Spinazzola, Piero Ghirga, Michele De Marco, Maria Grazia Paglia, Pasquale Narciso
Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondiiinfection in psychiatric inpatients in a northern Mexican city
Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Olga-Patricia Alanis-Quiñones, Miguel-Ángel Arreola-Valenzuela, Alfredo Rodríguez-Briones, Luis-Jorge Piedra-Nevarez, Ehecatl Duran-Morales, Sergio Estrada-Martínez, Sergio-Arturo Martínez-García, Oliver Liesenfeld
Case report: Infective endocarditis caused by Brevundimonas vesicularis
Mei-Li Yang, Yen-Hsu Chen, Tun-Chieh Chen, Wei-Ru Lin, Chun-Yu Lin, Po-Liang Lu