Issue 1/2016
Content (757 Articles)
Development of the Flu-PRO: a patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument to evaluate symptoms of influenza
John H. Powers, M. Lourdes Guerrero, Nancy Kline Leidy, Mary P. Fairchok, Alice Rosenberg, Andrés Hernández, Sonja Stringer, Christina Schofield, Patricia Rodríguez-Zulueta, Katherine Kim, Patrick J. Danaher, Hilda Ortega-Gallegos, Elizabeth Dansie Bacci, Nathaniel Stepp, Arturo Galindo-Fraga, Kristina St. Clair, Michael Rajnik, Erin A. McDonough, Michelande Ridoré, John C. Arnold, Eugene V. Millar, Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios
Sustained high prevalence of viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections among female sex workers in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Shu Su, Eric P. F. Chow, Kathryn E. Muessig, Lei Yuan, Joseph D. Tucker, Xiaohu Zhang, Jiehui Ren, Christopher K. Fairley, Jun Jing, Lei Zhang
A systematic review of reported reassortant viral lineages of influenza A
Amy Pinsent, Christophe Fraser, Neil M. Ferguson, Steven Riley
Drug resistance characteristics and cluster analysis of M. tuberculosis in Chinese patients with multiple episodes of anti-tuberculosis treatment
Yi Hu, Qi Zhao, Jim Werngren, Sven Hoffner, Vinod K. Diwan, Biao Xu
Rapid diagnosis of Propionibacterium acnes infection in patient with hyperpyrexia after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by next-generation sequencing: a case report
Mingzhi Ye, Wei Wei, Zhikai Yang, Yingzhen Li, Shaomin Cheng, Kang Wang, Tianliangwen Zhou, Jingmeng Sun, Sha Liu, Na Ni, Hui Jiang, Hua Jiang
Clinical features of children hospitalized with influenza A and B infections during the 2012–2013 influenza season in Italy
Livia Mancinelli, Manuela Onori, Carlo Concato, Roberto Sorge, Stefano Chiavelli, Luana Coltella, Umberto Raucci, Antonio Reale, Donato Menichella, Cristina Russo
Physicians’ attitudes and knowledge concerning antibiotic prescription and resistance: questionnaire development and reliability
António Teixeira Rodrigues, Mónica Ferreira, Fátima Roque, Amílcar Falcão, Elmano Ramalheira, Adolfo Figueiras, Maria Teresa Herdeiro
Microsphere-based antibody assays for human parvovirus B19V, CMV and T. gondii
Yilin Wang, Lea Hedman, Maria F. Perdomo, Amal Elfaitouri, Agnes Bölin-Wiener, Arun Kumar, Maija Lappalainen, Maria Söderlund-Venermo, Jonas Blomberg, Klaus Hedman
Intestinal parasitic infections in relation to CD4+ T cell counts and diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients with or without antiretroviral therapy in Cameroon
Dickson Shey Nsagha, Anna Longdoh Njunda, Nguedia Jules Clement Assob, Charlotte Wenze Ayima, Elvis Asangbeng Tanue, Odette Dzemo kibu, Tebit Emmanuel Kwenti
Simeprevir with pegylated interferon alfa 2a plus ribavirin for treatment of hepatitis C virus genotype 1 in patients with HIV: a meta-analysis and historical comparison
Frank Andersohn, Anne-Kathrin Claes, Werner Kulp, Jörg Mahlich, Jürgen Kurt Rockstroh
Estimating mother-to-child HIV transmission rates in Cameroon in 2011: a computer simulation approach
Hermine L. Nguena Nguefack, Henri Gwet, Sophie Desmonde, Odile Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer, Céline Nkenfou, Mathurin Téjiokem, Patrice Tchendjou, Irénée Domkam, Valériane Leroy, Ahmadou Alioum
Streptococcus pneumoniae colonisation in children and adolescents with asthma: impact of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and evaluation of potential effect of thirteen-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Susanna Esposito, Leonardo Terranova, Maria Francesca Patria, Gian Luigi Marseglia, Michele Miraglia del Giudice, Alessandro Bodini, Alberto Martelli, Eugenio Baraldi, Oscar Mazzina, Claudia Tagliabue, Amelia Licari, Valentina Ierardi, Mara Lelii, Nicola Principi
A double blind community-based randomized trial of amoxicillin versus placebo for fast breathing pneumonia in children aged 2-59 months in Karachi, Pakistan (RETAPP)
Fyezah Jehan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Salima Kerai, Nick Brown, Benazir Balouch, Zulfiqar Hyder, Gwen Ambler, Amy Sarah Ginsburg, Anita K. M. Zaidi
Proportion and factors associated with Hepatitis B viremia in antiretroviral treatment naïve and experienced HIV co-infected Ghanaian patients
Timothy N. A. Archampong, Margaret Lartey, Kwamena W. Sagoe, Adjoa Obo-Akwa, Ernest Kenu, Fizza S. Gillani, Hongmei Yang, Isaac Boamah, Timothy Flanigan, Awewura Kwara
HPV Vaccine utilization, Alberta 2008/09 – 2013/14 School year
Xianfang C. Liu, Christopher A. Bell, Kimberley A. Simmonds, Margaret L. Russell, Lawrence W. Svenson
Epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of cutaneous sporotrichosis, Northern Territory, Australia
Sarah L. McGuinness, Rowena Boyd, Sarah Kidd, Charlie McLeod, Vicki L. Krause, Anna P. Ralph
A Public Health initiative on hepatitis E virus epidemiology, safety and control in Portugal – study protocol
João R. Mesquita, Mette Myrmel, Kathrine Stene-Johansen, Joakim Øverbø, Maria S. J. Nascimento
High Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization prevalence among HIV-infected Kenyan parents in the year before pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction
Laura M. Conklin, Godfrey Bigogo, Geofrey Jagero, Lee Hampton, Muthoni Junghae, Maria da Gloria Carvalho, Fabiana Pimenta, Bernard Beall, Thomas Taylor, Brian Plikaytis, Kayla F. Laserson, John Vulule, Chris Van Beneden, Cynthia G. Whitney, Robert F. Breiman, Daniel R. Feikin
Case report: severe cytomegalovirus primary infection in an immunocompetent adult with disseminated intravascular coagulation treated with valganciclovir
Niklas F. Müller, Matthias Schampera, Gerhard Jahn, Nisar P. Malek, Christoph P. Berg, Klaus Hamprecht
Comparative performance characteristics of the urine lipoarabinomannan strip test and sputum smear microscopy in hospitalized HIV-infected patients with suspected tuberculosis in Harare, Zimbabwe
Lynn Sodai Zijenah, Gerard Kadzirange, Tsitsi Bandason, Maria Mary Chipiti, Bevel Gwambiwa, Forget Makoga, Pauline Chungu, Philip Kaguru, Keertan Dheda
Characterization of Sarcoptes scabiei cofilin gene and assessment of recombinant cofilin protein as an antigen in indirect-ELISA for diagnosis
Yu Zheng, Ran He, Manli He, Xiaobin Gu, Tao Wang, Weimin Lai, Xuerong Peng, Guangyou Yang
Gender-specific contributing risk factors and outcome of female cryptococcal meningoencephalitis patients
Hui Zheng, Mingyue Li, Dongmei Wang, Jia ling Yang, Qiong Chen, Xiaomei Zhang, Yang Man, Junying Lao, Ningfen Chen, Suyue Pan
Association between human leukocyte antigen class II and pulmonary tuberculosis due to mycobacterium tuberculosis in Uganda
Dan Wamala, Helen Koyokoyo Buteme, Samuel Kirimunda, Gunilla Kallenius, Moses Joloba
Genital Epstein Barr Virus is associated with higher prevalence and persistence of anal human papillomavirus in HIV-infected men on antiretroviral therapy
Sara Gianella, Christine C. Ginocchio, Eric S. Daar, Michael P. Dube, Sheldon R. Morris
Adult pertussis is unrecognized public health problem in Thailand
Nirada Siriyakorn, Pornvimol Leethong, Terapong Tantawichien, Saowalak Sripakdee, Anusak Kerdsin, Surang Dejsirilert, Leilani Paitoonpong
Does provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling lead to higher HIV testing rate and HIV case finding in Rwandan clinics?
Felix R. Kayigamba, Daniëla Van Santen, Mirjam I. Bakker, Judith Lammers, Veronicah Mugisha, Emmanuel Bagiruwigize, Ludwig De Naeyer, Anita Asiimwe, Maarten F. Schim Van Der Loeff
Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor (KIR) gene profiles modify HIV disease course, not HIV acquisition in South African women
V. Naranbhai, D. de Assis Rosa, L. Werner, R. Moodley, H. Hong, A. Kharsany, K. Mlisana, S. Sibeko, N. Garrett, D. Chopera, W. H. Carr, Q. Abdool Karim, A. V. S. Hill, S. S. Abdool Karim, M. Altfeld, C. M. Gray, T. Ndung’u
Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in mother-child Pairs in Ile-Ife, South Western Nigeria
Babatunde W. Odetoyin, Jennifer Hofmann, Aaron O. Aboderin, Iruka N. Okeke
Complex interaction between dengue virus replication and expression of miRNA-133a
Jorge Andrés Castillo, Juan Camilo Castrillón, Mayra Diosa-Toro, Juan Guillermo Betancur, Georges St Laurent III, Jolanda M. Smit, Silvio Urcuqui-Inchima
The interaction between artemether-lumefantrine and lopinavir/ritonavir-based antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infected patients
T. Kredo, K. Mauff, L. Workman, J. S. Van der Walt, L. Wiesner, P. J. Smith, G. Maartens, K. Cohen, K. I. Barnes
Analysis of drug treatment outcome in clarithromycin-resistant Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease
Tsukasa Kadota, Hirotoshi Matsui, Takashi Hirose, Junko Suzuki, Minako Saito, Tomohiro Akaba, Kouichi Kobayashi, Shunsuke Akashi, Masahiro Kawashima, Atsuhisa Tamura, Hideaki Nagai, Shinobu Akagawa, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Ken Ohta
Diarrheagenic pathogens in adults attending a hospital in Singapore
Man Ling Chau, Sri Harminda Pahm Hartantyo, Min Yap, Joanne Su Lin Kang, Kyaw Thu Aung, Ramona Alikiiteaga Gutiérrez, Lee Ching Ng, Clarence C. Tam, Timothy Barkham
Population structure, epidemiology and antibiotic resistance patterns of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 5: prior to PCV-13 vaccine introduction in Eastern Gambia
Eta E. Ashu, Sheikh Jarju, Michel Dione, Grant Mackenzie, Usman N. Ikumapayi, Ahmed Manjang, Romuladus Azuine, Martin Antonio
Multifocal musculoskeletal tuberculosis mimicking multiple bone metastases: a case report
Meiping Ye, Jinwei Huang, Jie Wang, Jianmin Ren, Jianfei Tu, Weibo You, Taohui Zhu
Revisiting typhoid fever surveillance in low and middle income countries: lessons from systematic literature review of population-based longitudinal studies
Vittal Mogasale, Vijayalaxmi V. Mogasale, Enusa Ramani, Jung Seok Lee, Ju Yeon Park, Kang Sung Lee, Thomas F. Wierzba
Lomentospora prolificans endocarditis - case report and literature review
Melissa Kelly, Robert Stevens, Pamela Konecny
Accuracy of clinical criteria and an immunochromatographic strip test for dengue diagnosis in a DENV-4 epidemic
Sibelle Nogueira Buonora, Sonia Regina Lambert Passos, Cleber Nascimento do Carmo, Fernanda Moisés Quintela, Diana Neves Rodrigues de Oliveira, Flavia Barreto dos Santos, Yara Hahr Marques Hökerberg, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, Regina Paiva Daumas
Construction of the influenza A virus transmission tree in a college-based population: co-transmission and interactions between influenza A viruses
Xu-Sheng Zhang, Daniela De Angelis
Design of the PROUD study: PCR faeces testing in outpatients with diarrhoea
Alwin Schierenberg, Martine D. Nipshagen, Berna D. L. Broekhuizen, Alma C. van de Pol, Patricia C. J. Bruijning-Verhagen, Johannes G. Kusters, Rob Schuurman, Sanne van Delft, Marie-Josée J. Mangen, Niek J. de Wit, Marc J. M. Bonten
Risk factors for intensive care unit admission in patients with severe leptospirosis: a comparative study according to patients’ severity
Elizabeth De Francesco Daher, Douglas Sousa Soares, Anna Tereza Bezerra de Menezes Fernandes, Marília Maria Vasconcelos Girão, Pedro Randal Sidrim, Eanes Delgado Barros Pereira, Natalia Albuquerque Rocha, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Jr
Hepatitis B and C prevalence among hemodialysis patients in the West Bank hospitals, Palestine
Hamzeh Al Zabadi, Hani Rahal, Rasha Fuqaha
A case report of Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda, Anisakidae) identified from archival paraffin sections of a Croatian patient
Ivona Mladineo, Marijana Popović, Irena Drmić-Hofman, Vedran Poljak
Episodic fevers and vasodilatory shock mimicking urosepsis in a patient with HIV-associated multicentric Castleman’s Disease: a case report
Stephanie Anderson, Sarah C. Sasson, Frederick J. Lee, Wendy Cooper, Stephen Larsen, Roger Garsia
Diagnostic accuracy of peripheral venous lactate and the 2009 WHO warning signs for identifying severe dengue in Thai adults: a prospective observational study
Vipa Thanachartwet, Anan Wattanathum, Nittha Oer-areemitr, Akanitt Jittmittraphap, Duangjai Sahassananda, Chalida Monpassorn, Manoon Surabotsophon, Varunee Desakorn
Traceability, reproducibility and clinical evaluation of Sansure Realtime HCV RNA assay
Xiangbo Huang, Zhongping Deng, Lu Long, Jinjun Chen, Deming Tan, Liyan Zhu, Xueying Fan, Tao Shen, Fengmin Lu
Assessing Chikungunya risk in a metropolitan area of Argentina through satellite images and mathematical models
Diego Ruiz-Moreno
Impact of HIV on mortality among patients treated for tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a prospective cohort study
Gustavo E. Velásquez, J. Peter Cegielski, Megan B. Murray, Martin J. A. Yagui, Luis L. Asencios, Jaime N. Bayona, César A. Bonilla, Hector O. Jave, Gloria Yale, Carmen Z. Suárez, Eduardo Sanchez, Christian Rojas, Sidney S. Atwood, Carmen C. Contreras, Janeth Santa Cruz, Sonya S. Shin
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal periprosthetic joint infections can be effectively controlled by systemic and local daptomycin
Feng-Chih Kuo, Shih-Hsiang Yen, Kuo-Ti Peng, Jun-Wen Wang, Mel S. Lee
Predictors of dropout from care among HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy at a public sector HIV treatment clinic in sub-Saharan Africa
Stephen B. Asiimwe, Michael Kanyesigye, Bosco Bwana, Samson Okello, Winnie Muyindike
Hepatitis C and not Hepatitis B virus is a risk factor for anti-tuberculosis drug induced liver injury
Wan Soo Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Chang Min Lee, Hong Jun Kim, Chang Yoon Ha, Hyun Jin Kim, Tae Hyo Kim, Woon Tae Jung, Ok Jae Lee, Jeong Woo Hong, Hyun Seon You, Hyun Chin Cho
Increase in non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from humans in Tuscany, Italy, from 2004 to 2014
Laura Rindi, Carlo Garzelli
Trends in genital warts by socioeconomic status after the introduction of the national HPV vaccination program in Australia: analysis of national hospital data
Megan A. Smith, Bette Liu, Peter McIntyre, Robert Menzies, Aditi Dey, Karen Canfell
The impact of nurse-driven targeted HIV screening in 8 emergency departments: study protocol for the DICI-VIH cluster-randomized two-period crossover trial
Judith Leblanc, Alexandra Rousseau, Gilles Hejblum, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, Pierre de Truchis, France Lert, Dominique Costagliola, Tabassome Simon, Anne-Claude Crémieux
A phase 1 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial of DAS181 (Fludase®) in adult subjects with well-controlled asthma
Rhonda E. Colombo, Charles Fiorentino, Lori E. Dodd, Sally Hunsberger, Carissa Haney, Kevin Barrett, Linda Nabha, Richard T. Davey Jr., Kenneth N. Olivier
Lessons from a French collaborative case–control study in cystic fibrosis patients during the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemy
Julie Bucher, Pierre-Yves Boelle, Dominique Hubert, Muriel Lebourgeois, Nathalie Stremler, Isabelle Durieu, François Bremont, Eric Deneuville, Bertrand Delaisi, Harriet Corvol, Laurence Bassinet, Dominique Grenet, Natacha Remus, Marie Véronique Vodoff, Véronique Boussaud, Françoise Troussier, Marianne Leruez-Ville, Jean-Marc Treluyer, Odile Launay, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus
Case report: Severe central nervous system manifestations associated with aberrant efavirenz metabolism in children: the role of CYP2B6 genetic variation
Francoise Pinillos, Collet Dandara, Marelize Swart, Renate Strehlau, Louise Kuhn, Faeezah Patel, Ashraf Coovadia, Elaine Abrams
Schistosoma haematobium and soil-transmitted Helminths in Tana Delta District of Kenya: infection and morbidity patterns in primary schoolchildren from two isolated villages
Kariuki H. Njaanake, Birgitte J. Vennervald, Paul E. Simonsen, Henry Madsen, Dunstan A. Mukoko, Gachuhi Kimani, Walter G. Jaoko, Benson B. Estambale
Viral load monitoring and antiretroviral treatment outcomes in a pediatric HIV cohort in Ghana
Omobolawa Kukoyi, Lorna Renner, Jonathan Powell, Oliver Barry, Meghan Prin, Jonas Kusah, Xiangyu Cong, Elijah Paintsil
Monitoring patient care through health facility exit interviews: an assessment of the Hawthorne effect in a trial of adherence to malaria treatment guidelines in Tanzania
Baptiste Leurent, Hugh Reyburn, Florida Muro, Hilda Mbakilwa, David Schellenberg
Inverse relationship between microRNA-155 and -184 expression with increasing conjunctival inflammation during ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection
Tamsyn Derrick, Anna R. Last, Sarah E. Burr, Chrissy h. Roberts, Meno Nabicassa, Eunice Cassama, Robin L. Bailey, David C. W. Mabey, Matthew J. Burton, Martin J. Holland
Accuracy of commercially available c-reactive protein rapid tests in the context of undifferentiated fevers in rural Laos
Koukeo Phommasone, Thomas Althaus, Phonesavanh Souvanthong, Khansoudaphone Phakhounthong, Laxoy Soyvienvong, Phatthaphone Malapheth, Mayfong Mayxay, Rebecca L. Pavlicek, Daniel H. Paris, David Dance, Paul Newton, Yoel Lubell
Pattern of animal bites and post exposure prophylaxis in rabies: A five year study in a tertiary care unit in Sri Lanka
Senanayake Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage Kularatne, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Priyantha Udaya Kumara Ralapanawa, Koasala Weerakoon, Usha Kumari Bokalamulla, Nanada Abagaspitiya
Young male sex workers are at high risk for sexually transmitted infections, a cross-sectional study from Dutch STI clinics, the Netherlands, 2006–2012
N. Fournet, F. D. H. Koedijk, A. P. van Leeuwen, M. S. van Rooijen, M. A. B. van der Sande, M. G. van Veen
Chronological, geographical, and seasonal trends of human cases of avian influenza A (H5N1) in Vietnam, 2003–2014: a spatial analysis
Toshie Manabe, Kazue Yamaoka, Toshiro Tango, Nguyen Gia Binh, Dao Xuan Co, Nguyen Dang Tuan, Shinyu Izumi, Jin Takasaki, Ngo Quy Chau, Koichiro Kudo
Maternal and foetal outcomes among 4118 women with HIV infection treated with lopinavir/ritonavir during pregnancy: analysis of population-based surveillance data from the national study of HIV in pregnancy and childhood in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Pat A. Tookey, Claire Thorne, Jean van Wyk, Michael Norton
Marked seasonality of Cyclospora cayetanensis infections: ten-year observation of hospital cases, Honduras
Rina Girard Kaminsky, Javier Lagos, Gabriela Raudales Santos, Samuel Urrutia
Role of oral Minocycline in acute encephalitis syndrome in India – a randomized controlled trial
Rashmi Kumar, Anirban Basu, Subrata Sinha, Manoj Das, Piyush Tripathi, Amita Jain, Chandrakanta Kumar, Virendra Atam, Saima Khan, Amit Shanker Singh
Abdominal tuberculosis manifested as tuberculosis of the urachal sinus in an adolescent and the role of laparoscopy in the management: a rare case report
Sze Li Siow, Hon Leong Sha, Chee Ming Wong
Prevalence of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Yiyuan County, China, 2005–2014
Tao Wang, Jie Liu, Yunping Zhou, Feng Cui, Zhenshui Huang, Ling Wang, Shenyong Zhai
Measuring the potential of individual airports for pandemic spread over the world airline network
Glenn Lawyer
Comparison of indoor contact time data in Zambia and Western Cape, South Africa suggests targeting of interventions to reduce Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission should be informed by local data
Nicky McCreesh, Clare Looker, Peter J. Dodd, Ian D. Plumb, Kwame Shanaube, Monde Muyoyeta, Peter Godfrey-Faussett, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Helen Ayles, Richard G. White
A 20-year retrospective cohort study of TB infection among the Hill-tribe HIV/AIDS populations, Thailand
Tawatchai Apidechkul
Clinical characteristics of the patients with bacteremia due to Moraxella catarrhalis in children: a case–control study
Takanori Funaki, Eisuke Inoue, Isao Miyairi
High recurrence rate supports need for secondary prophylaxis in non-HIV patients with disseminated mycobacterium avium complex infection: a multi-center observational study
Siddharth Sridhar, Kitty S. C. Fung, Jasper F. W. Chan, Jimmy Y. W. Lam, Eric K. T. Yip, Ivan F.N. Hung, Alan K. L. Wu, Tak-Lun Que, Susanna K. P. Lau, Patrick C. Y. Woo
Complex clinical and microbiological effects on Legionnaires’ disease outcome; A retrospective cohort study
Ariela Levcovich, Tsilia Lazarovitch, Jacob Moran-Gilad, Chava Peretz, Eugenia Yakunin, Lea Valinsky, Miriam Weinberger
Efficacy of oseltamivir-peramivir combination therapy compared to oseltamivir monotherapy for Influenza A (H7N9) infection: a retrospective study
Yan Zhang, Hainv Gao, Weifeng Liang, Lingling Tang, Yida Yang, Xiaoxin Wu, Liang Yu, Ping Chen, Shufa Zheng, Huilin Ou, Lanjuan Li
Development and virucidal activity of a novel alcohol-based hand disinfectant supplemented with urea and citric acid
Georgios Ionidis, Judith Hübscher, Thomas Jack, Britta Becker, Birte Bischoff, Daniel Todt, Veronika Hodasa, Florian H. H. Brill, Eike Steinmann, Jochen Steinmann
Prevalence of parasitic infections and associations with pregnancy complications and outcomes in northern Tanzania: a registry-based cross-sectional study
Aneth Mkunde Mahande, Michael Johnson Mahande
Fusarium ramigenum, a novel human opportunist in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency and cellular immune defects: case report
Ruxandra V. Moroti, Valeriu Gheorghita, Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi, G. Sybren de Hoog, Jacques F. Meis, Mihai G. Netea
Characterization of hepatitis E virus infection in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis)
Wenhai Yu, Chenchen Yang, Yanhong Bi, Feiyan Long, Yunlong Li, Jue Wang, Fen Huang
Sexually transmitted infections and use of contraceptives in women living with HIV in Denmark – the SHADE cohort
Kristina Thorsteinsson, Steen Ladelund, Merete Storgaard, Frederikke Falkencrone Rønsholt, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Gitte Pedersen, Lars Nørregård Nielsen, Jesper Bonde, Henrik Westh, Niels Obel, Terese L. Katzenstein, Anne-Mette Lebech
Prevalence and mortality of cancer among HIV-infected inpatients in Beijing, China
Jun Yang, Shu Su, Hongxin Zhao, Dennis Wang, Jiali Wang, Fujie Zhang, Yan Zhao
Daptomycin > 6 mg/kg/day as salvage therapy in patients with complex bone and joint infection: cohort study in a regional reference center
Sandrine Roux, Florent Valour, Judith Karsenty, Marie-Claude Gagnieu, Thomas Perpoint, Sébastien Lustig, Florence Ader, Benoit Martha, Frédéric Laurent, Christian Chidiac, Tristan Ferry
Co-distribution and co-infection of chikungunya and dengue viruses
Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Shaohong Liang, Gabriel Milinovich, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Archie C. A. Clements, Wenbiao Hu, Patricia Brasil, Francesca D. Frentiu, Rebecca Dunning, Laith Yakob
Plague in China 2014—All sporadic case report of pneumonic plague
Yun-fang Li, De-biao Li, Hong-sheng Shao, Hong-jun Li, Yue-dong Han
Isolation and identification of Candida species in patients with orogastric cancer: susceptibility to antifungal drugs, attributes of virulence in vitro and immune response phenotype
Lourimar Viana Nascimento F. de Sousa, Vera Lúcia Santos, Andrea de Souza Monteiro, Marcus Vinicíus Dias-Souza, Sirlei Garcia Marques, Elaine Speziali de Faria, Elaine Alves de Oliveira Assunção, Simone Gonçalves dos Santos, Juan Moises Zonis, Daniel Gomes de Alvarenga, Rodrigo Assunção de Holanda, Jaqueline Gontijo de Sousa, Kênia Valéria dos Santos, Maria Aparecida de Resende Stoianoff
Validation of western blot for Histoplasma capsulatum antibody detection assay
Marcos de Abreu Almeida, Cláudia Vera Pizzini, Lisandra Serra Damasceno, Mauro de Medeiros Muniz, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Regina Helena Saramago Peralta, José Mauro Peralta, Raquel de Vasconcelos Carvalhaes Oliveira, Alexandre Gomes Vizzoni, Carla Lourenço Tavares de Andrade, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira
Comparison of age-specific hospitalization during pandemic and seasonal influenza periods from 2009 to 2012 in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based study
Shew-Meei Sheu, Ching-Fang Tsai, Hsin-Yi Yang, Hui-Wen Pai, Solomon Chih-Cheng Chen
Early detection of novel Leishmania species DNA in the saliva of two HIV-infected patients
Padet Siriyasatien, Sarunyou Chusri, Kanyarat Kraivichian, Narissara Jariyapan, Thanaporn Hortiwakul, Khachornsakdi Silpapojakul, Adam M. Pym, Atchara Phumee
The impact of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole as Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxis on the occurrence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and urinary tract infections among renal allograft recipients: a retrospective before-after study
Ramandeep Singh, Frederike J. Bemelman, Caspar J. Hodiamont, Mirza M. Idu, Ineke J. M. ten Berge, Suzanne E. Geerlings
An audit and feedback intervention study increased adherence to antibiotic prescribing guidelines at a Norwegian hospital
June Utnes Høgli, Beate Hennie Garcia, Frode Skjold, Vegard Skogen, Lars Småbrekke
Is Zimbabwe ready to transition from anonymous unlinked sero-surveillance to using prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program data for HIV surveillance?: results of PMTCT utility study, 2012
E. Gonese, A. Mushavi, M. Mungati, M. Mhangara, J. Dzangare, O. Mugurungi, J. Dee, P. H. Kilmarx, G. Shambira, M. T. Tshimanga, J. Hargrove
Unsuspected Strongyloides stercoralis infection in hospital patients with comorbidity in need of proper management
Rina Lisette Girard Kaminsky, Selvin Zacarías Reyes-García, Lysien Ivania Zambrano
Hospital-based herpes zoster diagnoses in Denmark: rate, patient characteristics, and all-cause mortality
Sigrun A. J. Schmidt, Johnny Kahlert, Mogens Vestergaard, Henrik C. Schønheyder, Henrik T. Sørensen
Inflammatory arthritis in HIV positive patients: A practical guide
T. Adizie, R. J. Moots, B. Hodkinson, N. French, A. O. Adebajo
Hepatitis B infection is highly prevalent among patients presenting with jaundice in Kenya
Missiani Ochwoto, James H. Kimotho, Julius Oyugi, Fredrick Okoth, Henry Kioko, Simeon Mining, Nancy L. M. Budambula, Elizabeth Giles, Anton Andonov, Elijah Songok, Carla Osiowy
Clinical and epidemiological features of the 2014 large-scale dengue outbreak in Guangzhou city, China
Yong Ping Lin, Yasha Luo, Yuan Chen, Mart Matthias Lamers, Qiang Zhou, Xiao Han Yang, Sumana Sanyal, Chris Ka Pun Mok, Zhong Min Liu
SaMpling Antibiotics in Renal Replacement Therapy (SMARRT): an observational pharmacokinetic study in critically ill patients
Jason A. Roberts, Gordon Y. S. Choi, Gavin M. Joynt, Sanjoy K. Paul, Renae Deans, Sandra Peake, Louise Cole, Dianne Stephens, Rinaldo Bellomo, John Turnidge, Steven C. Wallis, Michael S. Roberts, Darren M. Roberts, Melissa Lassig-Smith, Therese Starr, Jeffrey Lipman
Erratum to: ‘The correlation between pretreatment cytokine expression patterns in peripheral blood mononuclear cells with chronic hepatitis c outcome’
Joanna Jabłońska, Tomasz Pawłowski, Tomasz Laskus, Małgorzata Zalewska, Małgorzata Inglot, Sylwia Osowska, Karol Perlejewski, Iwona Bukowska-Ośko, Kamila Caraballo Cortes, Agnieszka Pawełczyk, Piotr Ząbek, Marek Radkowski
Impact of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS‐CoV) on pregnancy and perinatal outcome
Haleema Alserehi, Ghassan Wali, Abeer Alshukairi, Basem Alraddadi
Choice of first-line antiretroviral therapy regimen and treatment outcomes for HIV in a middle income compared to a high income country: a cohort study
Gordana Dragovic, Colette J. Smith, Djordje Jevtovic, Bozana Dimitrijevic, Jovana Kusic, Mike Youle, Margaret A. Johnson
Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Hebei, China: genotypes and drug susceptibility phenotypes
Yanan Li, Xinrui Cao, Shiming Li, Hao Wang, Jianlin Wei, Peng Liu, Jing Wang, Zhi Zhang, Huixia Gao, Machao Li, Kanglin Wan, Erhei Dai
Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in China: a meta-analysis
Yawen Chen, Yanhong Gong, Tingting Yang, Xingyue Song, Jing Li, Yong Gan, Xiaoxv Yin, Zuxun Lu
Implications of prioritizing HIV cure: new momentum to overcome old challenges in HIV
Joseph D. Tucker, Adam Gilbertson, Ying-Ru Lo, Marco Vitória
Are current case-finding methods under-diagnosing tuberculosis among women in Myanmar? An analysis of operational data from Yangon and the nationwide prevalence survey
MS. Khan, TM. Khine, C. Hutchison, RJ. Coker, KM. Hane, AL. Innes, S. Aung
The prevalence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a nursing home setting compared with elderly living at home: a cross-sectional comparison
Andreas Blom, Jonas Ahl, Fredrik Månsson, Fredrik Resman, Johan Tham
A vaccine consisting of Schistosoma mansoni cathepsin B formulated in Montanide ISA 720 VG induces high level protection against murine schistosomiasis
Alessandra Ricciardi, Kittipos Visitsunthorn, John P. Dalton, Momar Ndao
Evaluation of Kenya’s readiness to transition from sentinel surveillance to routine HIV testing for antenatal clinic-based HIV surveillance
Martin Sirengo, George W. Rutherford, Boaz Otieno-Nyunya, Timothy A. Kellogg, Davies Kimanga, Nicholas Muraguri, Mamo Umuro, Joy Mirjahangir, Ellen Stein, Margaret Ndisha, Andrea A. Kim
HealthMap: a cluster randomised trial of interactive health plans and self-management support to prevent coronary heart disease in people with HIV
Sarity Dodson, Karen M. Klassen, Karalyn McDonald, Tanya Millard, Richard H. Osborne, Malcolm W. Battersby, Christopher K. Fairley, Julie A. Simpson, Paula Lorgelly, Andrew Tonkin, Janine Roney, Sean Slavin, Jasminka Sterjovski, Margot Brereton, Sharon R. Lewin, Levinia Crooks, Jo Watson, Michael R. Kidd, Irith Williams, Julian H. Elliott
C-reactive protein, Neopterin and Beta2 microglobulin levels pre and post TB treatment in The Gambia
Joseph Mendy, Toyin Togun, Olumuyiwa Owolabi, Simon Donkor, Martin O. C. Ota, Jayne S. Sutherland
Reproductive and genital health and risk of cervical human papillomavirus infection: results from the Ludwig-McGill cohort study
Eileen Shaw, Agnihotram V. Ramanakumar, Mariam El-Zein, Flavia R. Silva, Lenice Galan, Maria L. Baggio, Luisa L. Villa, Eduardo L. Franco
BMC Infectious Diseases reviewer acknowledgement 2015
Hilary Logan
Erratum to: ‘Identification and characterization of the bacterial etiology of clinically problematic acute otitis media after tympanocentesis or spontaneous otorrhea in German children’
Gerhard Grevers, Susanne Wiedemann, Jan-Christof Bohn, Rolf-Werner Blasius, Thomas Harder, Werner Kroeniger, Volker Vetter, Jean-Yves Pirçon, Cinzia Marano
Does tuberculosis threaten our ageing populations?
Rachel Byng-Maddick, Mahdad Noursadeghi
Clinical evaluation of dengue and identification of risk factors for severe disease: protocol for a multicentre study in 8 countries
Thomas Jaenisch, Dong Thi Hoai Tam, Nguyen Tan Thanh Kieu, Tran Van Ngoc, Nguyen Tran Nam, Nguyen Van Kinh, Sophie Yacoub, Ngoun Chanpheaktra, Varun Kumar, Lucy Lum Chai See, Jameela Sathar, Ernesto Pleités Sandoval, Gabriela Maria Marón Alfaro, Ida Safitri Laksono, Yodi Mahendradhata, Malabika Sarker, Firoz Ahmed, Andrea Caprara, Bruno Souza Benevides, Ernesto T. A. Marques, Tereza Magalhaes, Patricia Brasil, Marco Netto, Adriana Tami, Sarah E. Bethencourt, Maria Guzman, Cameron Simmons, Nguyen Thanh Ha Quyen, Laura Merson, Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung, Dorothea Beck, Marius Wirths, Marcel Wolbers, Phung Khanh Lam, Kerstin Rosenberger, Bridget Wills
Primary nasopharyngeal tuberculosis: a case report
Yoshio Nakao, Rei Shibata, Toyoaki Murohara, Tohru Tanigawa
Impact of chronic hepatitis C on mortality in cirrhotic patients admitted to intensive-care unit
Alejandro Álvaro-Meca, María A. Jiménez-Sousa, Alexandre Boyer, José Medrano, Holger Reulen, Thomas Kneib, Salvador Resino
Differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from non-tubercular mycobacteria by nested multiplex PCR targeting IS6110, MTP40 and 32kD alpha antigen encoding gene fragments
Pallavi Sinha, Anamika Gupta, Pradyot Prakash, Shampa Anupurba, Rajneesh Tripathi, G. N. Srivastava
Characterisation of a household norovirus outbreak occurred in Valencia (Spain)
Noelia Carmona-Vicente, Manuel Fernández-Jiménez, Susana Vila-Vicent, Jesús Rodríguez-Díaz, Javier Buesa
Influenza-like illness in an urban community of Salvador, Brazil: incidence, seasonality and risk factors
Carlos R. Oliveira, Gisela S. R. Costa, Igor A. D. Paploski, Mariana Kikuti, Amelia M. Kasper, Monaise M. O. Silva, Aline S. Tavares, Jaqueline S. Cruz, Tássia L. Queiroz, Helena C. A. V. Lima, Juan Calcagno, Mitermayer G. Reis, Daniel M. Weinberger, Eugene D. Shapiro, Albert I. Ko, Guilherme S. Ribeiro
Tuberculosis infection control measures in health care facilities offering tb services in Ikeja local government area, Lagos, South West, Nigeria
Y. A. Kuyinu, A. S. Mohammed, O. O. Adeyeye, B. A. Odugbemi, O. O. Goodman, O. O. Odusanya
Negative attitude and low intention to vaccinate universally against varicella among public health professionals and parents in the Netherlands: two internet surveys
Alies van Lier, Alma Tostmann, Irene A. Harmsen, Hester E. de Melker, Jeannine L. A. Hautvast, Wilhelmina L. M. Ruijs
Enterovirus-related diarrhoea in Guangdong, China: clinical features and implications in hand, foot and mouth disease and herpangina
Hong-Tao Zhou, Hai-Su Yi, Yong-Hui Guo, Yu-Xian Pan, Shao-Hua Tao, Bin Wang, Man-Jun Chen, Mei Yang, Nan Yu
High pneumococcal density correlates with more mucosal inflammation and reduced respiratory syncytial virus disease severity in infants
Marloes Vissers, Inge M. Ahout, Corné H. van den Kieboom, Christa E. van der Gaast de Jongh, Laszlo Groh, Amelieke J. Cremers, Ronald de Groot, Marien I. de Jonge, Gerben Ferwerda
Hepatitis B in Ghana: a systematic review & meta-analysis of prevalence studies (1995-2015)
Richard Ofori-Asenso, Akosua Adom Agyeman
Performance of interferon-γ release assays in the diagnosis of confirmed active tuberculosis in immunocompetent children: a new systematic review and meta-analysis
Patrizia Laurenti, Matteo Raponi, Chiara de Waure, Marta Marino, Walter Ricciardi, Gianfranco Damiani
End TB strategy: the need to reduce risk inequalities
M. Gabriela M. Gomes, Maurício L. Barreto, Philippe Glaziou, Graham F. Medley, Laura C. Rodrigues, Jacco Wallinga, S. Bertel Squire
Epidemiology of laboratory confirmed measles virus cases in Amhara Regional State of Ethiopia, 2004–2014
Mekonen Getahun, Berhane Beyene, Ayesheshem Ademe, Birke Teshome, Mesfin Tefera, Anjelo Asha, Aklog Afework, Yoseph HaileMariyam, Esete Assefa, Kathleen Gallagher
Predictors of opportunistic illnesses incidence in post combination antiretroviral therapy era in an urban cohort from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lara E. Coelho, Sandra W. Cardoso, Rodrigo T. Amancio, Ronaldo I. Moreira, Sayonara R. Ribeiro, Alessandra B. Coelho, Dayse P. Campos, Valdiléa G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Paula M. Luz
Molecular Characterization of Giardia duodenalis in Children in Kenya
C. Mbae, E. Mulinge, F. Guleid, J. Wainaina, A. Waruru, Z. K. Njiru, S. Kariuki
Chest radiograph reading and recording system: evaluation in frontline clinicians in Zambia
German Henostroza, Jennifer B. Harris, Nzali Kancheya, Venerandah Nhandu, Stable Besa, Robert Musopole, Annika Krüüner, Chisela Chileshe, Ian J. Dunn, Stewart E. Reid
Characterization of outbreak response strategies and potential vaccine stockpile needs for the polio endgame
Radboud J. Duintjer Tebbens, Mark A. Pallansch, Steven G. F. Wassilak, Stephen L. Cochi, Kimberly M. Thompson
Protein biomarkers discriminate Leishmania major-infected and non-infected individuals in areas endemic for cutaneous leishmaniasis
Wafa Kammoun-Rebai, Ikbel Naouar, Valentina Libri, Matthew Albert, Hechmi Louzir, Amel Meddeb-Garnaoui, Darragh Duffy
Trends of reported foodborne diseases at the Ridge Hospital, Accra, Ghana: a retrospective review of routine data from 2009-2013
Benjamin Osei-Tutu, Francis Anto
The diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for Lyme borreliosis in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis
M. M. G. Leeflang, C. W. Ang, J. Berkhout, H. A. Bijlmer, W. Van Bortel, A. H. Brandenburg, N. D. Van Burgel, A. P. Van Dam, R. B. Dessau, V. Fingerle, J. W. R. Hovius, B. Jaulhac, B. Meijer, W. Van Pelt, J. F. P. Schellekens, R. Spijker, F. F. Stelma, G. Stanek, F. Verduyn-Lunel, H. Zeller, H. Sprong
Polymicrobial vertebral osteomyelitis after oesophageal biopsy: a case report
Aude Giger, Erlangga Yusuf, Oriol Manuel, Olivier Clerc, Andrej Trampuz
Diagnosis of mycobacterial infections based on acid-fast bacilli test and bacterial growth time and implications on treatment and disease outcome
Fabiane N. Riello, Rebecca T. S. Brígido, Sergio Araújo, Tomaz A. Moreira, Luiz Ricardo Goulart, Isabela M. B. Goulart
Modelling the risk of transfusion transmission from travelling donors
Tonderai Mapako, Welling Oei, Marinus van Hulst, Mirjam E. Kretzschmar, Mart P. Janssen
Naïve-pooled pharmacokinetic analysis of pyrazinamide, isoniazid and rifampicin in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of Vietnamese children with tuberculous meningitis
Thomas Pouplin, Nguyen Duc Bang, Pham Van Toi, Pham Nguyen Phuong, Nguyen Huy Dung, Tran Ngoc Duong, Maxine Caws, Guy E. Thwaites, Joel Tarning, Jeremy N. Day
DotMapper: an open source tool for creating interactive disease point maps
Catherine M. Smith, Andrew C. Hayward
Development and evaluation of a novel fast broad-range 16S ribosomal DNA PCR and sequencing assay for diagnosis of bacterial infective endocarditis: multi-year experience in a large Canadian healthcare zone and a literature review
Robert J. H. Miller, Barbara Chow, Dylan Pillai, Deirdre Church
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase − producing enterobacteriaceae in the intensive care unit: acquisition does not mean cross-transmission
Mikael Alves, Astrid Lemire, Dominique Decré, Dimitri Margetis, Naïke Bigé, Claire Pichereau, Hafid Ait-Oufella, Jean-Luc Baudel, Georges Offenstadt, Bertrand Guidet, Frédéric Barbut, Eric Maury
Emerging pan-resistance in Trichosporon species: a case report
Claudy Oliveira dos Santos, Jan G. Zijlstra, Robert J. Porte, Greetje A. Kampinga, Anne D. van Diepeningen, Bhanu Sinha, Erik Bathoorn
Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage in Chinese children aged 12–18 months in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study
Jiayu Hu, Xiaodong Sun, Zhuoying Huang, Abram L. Wagner, Bradley Carlson, Jianping Yang, Suwen Tang, Yunyi Li, Matthew L. Boulton, Zhengan Yuan
Application of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of gastrointestinal pathogens in a rural African setting
Daniel Eibach, Ralf Krumkamp, Andreas Hahn, Nimako Sarpong, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Amelie Leva, Julia Käsmaier, Marcus Panning, Jürgen May, Egbert Tannich
Malaria Parasitaemia and the use of insecticide-treated nets (INTs) for malaria control amongst under-5 year old children in Calabar, Nigeria
Anthony Achizie Iwuafor, Chukwudi Charles Egwuatu, Agwu Ulu Nnachi, Ita Okokon Ita, Godwin Ibitham Ogban, Comfort Nneka Akujobi, Tenny Obiageli Egwuatu
Azithromycin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Guangzhou, China (2009–2013): coevolution with decreased susceptibilities to ceftriaxone and genetic characteristics
Jing-Yao Liang, Wen-Ling Cao, Xiao-Dong Li, Chao Bi, Ri-Dong Yang, Yan-Hua Liang, Ping Li, Xing-Dong Ye, Xiao-Xiao Chen, Xi-Bao Zhang
Estimating the cost-effectiveness profile of a universal vaccination programme with a nine-valent HPV vaccine in Austria
L. Boiron, E. Joura, N. Largeron, B. Prager, M. Uhart
Examining Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax clearance subsequent to antimalarial drug treatment in the Myanmar-China border area based on quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction
Eugenia Lo, Jennifer Nguyen, Winny Oo, Elizabeth Hemming-Schroeder, Guofa Zhou, Zhaoqing Yang, Liwang Cui, Guiyun Yan
Clinical impact of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus on bacterial pneumonia: cultivation and 16S ribosomal RNA gene analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
Toshinori Kawanami, Kazuhiro Yatera, Kei Yamasaki, Shingo Noguchi, Kazumasa Fukuda, Kentarou Akata, Keisuke Naito, Takashi Kido, Hiroshi Ishimoto, Hatsumi Taniguchi, Hiroshi Mukae
Management of febrile urinary tract infection among spinal cord injured patients
Aurélien Dinh, Adnène Toumi, Constance Blanc, Alexis Descatha, Frédérique Bouchand, Jérôme Salomon, Thomas Hanslik, Benjamin Bernuz, Pierre Denys, Louis Bernard
Molecular diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in Libya
Aisha Gashout, Ahmad Amro, Mabruk Erhuma, Hamida Al-Dwibe, Eanas Elmaihub, Hamouda Babba, Nabil Nattah, Abdalhafid Abudher
Influenza in long-term Dutch travelers in the tropics: symptoms and infections
Jane Whelan, Guus F. Rimmelzwaan, Anneke van den Hoek, Sanne-Meike Belderok, Gerard J. B. Sonder
Do piperacillin/tazobactam and other antibiotics with inhibitory activity against Clostridium difficile reduce the risk for acquisition of C. difficile colonization?
Sirisha Kundrapu, Venkata C. K. Sunkesula, Lucy A. Jury, Jennifer L. Cadnum, Michelle M. Nerandzic, Jackson S. Musuuza, Ajay K. Sethi, Curtis J. Donskey
Clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion caused by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia with toxic shock syndrome: a case report
Koki Kosami, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Yuka Sagara, Kensuke Minami, Masami Matsumura
Annual surveys for point-prevalence of healthcare-associated infection in a tertiary hospital in Beijing, China, 2012-2014
Yaowen Zhang, Jing Zhang, Dong Wei, Zhirong Yang, Yanyan Wang, Zhiyuan Yao
Does typing of Chlamydia trachomatis using housekeeping multilocus sequence typing reveal different sexual networks among heterosexuals and men who have sex with men?
Bart Versteeg, Sylvia M. Bruisten, Arie van der Ende, Yvonne Pannekoek
Molecular characterization of Hepatitis C virus 3a in Peshawar
Amina Gul, Nabeela Zahid, Jawad Ahmed, Fazli Zahir, Imtiaz Ali Khan, Ijaz Ali
Treatment outcomes of reduced-dose intravitreal ganciclovir for cytomegalovirus retinitis
Pitipol Choopong, Kamolporn Vivittaworn, Duanphen Konlakij, Somanus Thoongsuwan, Auengporn Pituksung, Nattaporn Tesavibul
Coxiella burnetii dormancy in a fatal ten-year multisystem dysfunctional illness: case report
Olga A. Sukocheva, Jim Manavis, Tuck-Weng Kok, Mark Turra, Angelo Izzo, Peter Blumbergs, Barrie P. Marmion
A cross-sectional study of blood cultures and antibiotic use in patients admitted from the Emergency Department: missed opportunities for antimicrobial stewardship
Laura J. Shallcross, Nick Freemantle, Shasta Nisar, Daniel Ray
High prevalence of multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolated from outpatient urine samples but not the hospital environment in Bo, Sierra Leone
Tomasz A. Leski, Chris R. Taitt, Umaru Bangura, Michael G. Stockelman, Rashid Ansumana, William H. Cooper III, David A. Stenger, Gary J. Vora
Vaccination with Toxoplasma gondii calcium-dependent protein kinase 6 and rhoptry protein 18 encapsulated in poly(lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres induces long-term protective immunity in mice
Nian-Zhang Zhang, Ying Xu, Meng Wang, Jia Chen, Si-Yang Huang, Qi Gao, Xing-Quan Zhu
Advanced HIV disease at presentation to care in Nairobi, Kenya: late diagnosis or delayed linkage to care?—a cross-sectional study
Mia Liisa van der Kop, Lehana Thabane, Patricia Opondo Awiti, Samuel Muhula, Lennie Bazira Kyomuhangi, Richard Todd Lester, Anna Mia Ekström
Antibiotic prescribing patterns in the pediatric emergency department at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation: a retrospective chart review
Suparna Sharma, Clive Bowman, Bibi Alladin-Karan, Narendra Singh
Dirofilaria repens: emergence of autochthonous human infections in the Czech Republic (case reports)
Jana Matějů, Marta Chanová, David Modrý, Barbora Mitková, Kristýna Hrazdilová, Víta Žampachová, Libuše Kolářová
Association between nutritional status and dengue infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang, Nguyen Phuoc Long, Tran Thi Minh Hue, Le Phi Hung, Tran Dinh Trung, Doan Ngoc Dinh, Nguyen Thien Luan, Nguyen Tien Huy, Kenji Hirayama
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Uganda II is more susceptible to rifampicin and isoniazid compared to Beijing and Delhi/CAS families
George W. Kasule, David P. Kateete, Moses L. Joloba
Treatment outcomes for patients with Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS CoV) infection at a coronavirus referral center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Al Ghamdi, Khalid M. Alghamdi, Yasmeen Ghandoora, Ameera Alzahrani, Fatmah Salah, Abdulmoatani Alsulami, Mayada F. Bawayan, Dhananjay Vaidya, Trish M. Perl, Geeta Sood
Sero-epidemiological assessment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and sub-fertility in Samoan women
S. Menon, S. H. Stansfield, M. Walsh, E. Hope, L. Isaia, A. A. Righarts, T. Niupulusu, S. V. A. Temese, L. Iosefa-Siitia, L. Auvaa, S. A. Tapelu, M. F. Motu, T. Suaalii-Sauni, P. Timms, P. C. Hill, W. M. Huston
Soluble CD14 in cerebrospinal fluid is associated with markers of inflammation and axonal damage in untreated HIV-infected patients: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Sofie Jespersen, Karin Kæreby Pedersen, Birgitta Anesten, Henrik Zetterberg, Dietmar Fuchs, Magnus Gisslén, Lars Hagberg, Marius Trøseid, Susanne Dam Nielsen
The burden of clostridium difficile infection: estimates of the incidence of CDI from U.S. Administrative databases
Margaret A. Olsen, Yinong Young-Xu, Dustin Stwalley, Ciarán P. Kelly, Dale N. Gerding, Mohammed J. Saeed, Cedric Mahé, Erik R. Dubberke
Outcomes analysis of new entrant screening for active tuberculosis in Heathrow and Gatwick airports, United Kingdom 2009/2010
Ettore Severi, Helen Maguire, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Graham Bickler, Ibrahim Abubakar
Association between the incidence of varicella and meteorological conditions in Jinan, Eastern China, 2012–2014
Yunqing Yang, Xingyi Geng, Xiaoxue Liu, Weiru Wang, Ji Zhang
Molecular assessment of bacterial vaginosis by Lactobacillus abundance and species diversity
Joke A. M. Dols, Douwe Molenaar, Jannie J. van der Helm, Martien P. M. Caspers, Alie de Kat Angelino-Bart, Frank H. J. Schuren, Adrianus G. C. L. Speksnijder, Hans V. Westerhoff, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Mathilde E. Boon, Gregor Reid, Henry J. C. de Vries, Remco Kort
Erratum to: The estimated incidence of pertussis in people aged 50 years old or older in the United States, 2006–2010
Cristina Masseria, Girishanthy Krishnarajah
Effectiveness of aerobic exercise for adults living with HIV: systematic review and meta-analysis using the Cochrane Collaboration protocol
Kelly K. O’Brien, Anne-Marie Tynan, Stephanie A. Nixon, Richard H. Glazier
Prevalence of dengue and chikungunya virus infections in north-eastern Tanzania: a cross sectional study among participants presenting with malaria-like symptoms
Debora C. Kajeguka, Robert D. Kaaya, Steven Mwakalinga, Rogathe Ndossi, Arnold Ndaro, Jaffu O. Chilongola, Franklin W. Mosha, Karin L. Schiøler, Reginald A. Kavishe, Michael Alifrangis
Care for MRSA carriers in the outpatient sector: a survey among MRSA carriers and physicians in two regions in Germany
Heike Raupach-Rosin, Nicole Rübsamen, Sebastian Szkopek, Oliver Schmalz, André Karch, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Stefanie Castell
Quantification of the antibody response to Propionibacterium acnes in a patient with prosthetic valve endocarditis: – a case report
T. Herren, M. A. Middendorp, R. Zbinden
The risk of dengue for non-immune foreign visitors to the 2016 summer olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Raphael Ximenes, Marcos Amaku, Luis Fernandez Lopez, Francisco Antonio Bezerra Coutinho, Marcelo Nascimento Burattini, David Greenhalgh, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Claudio José Struchiner, Eduardo Massad
Predictors of blaCTX-M-15 in varieties of Escherichia coli genotypes from humans in community settings in Mwanza, Tanzania
Stephen E. Mshana, Linda Falgenhauer, Mariam M. Mirambo, Martha F. Mushi, Nyambura Moremi, Rechel Julius, Jeremiah Seni, Can Imirzalioglu, Mecky Matee, Trinad Chakraborty
Erratum to: Co-distribution and co-infection of chikungunya and dengue viruses
Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Shaohong Liang, Gabriel Milinovich, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Archie C. A. Clements, Wenbiao Hu, Patricia Brasil, Francesca D. Frentiu, Rebecca Dunning, Laith Yakob
Potential impact of multiple interventions on HIV incidence in a hyperendemic region in Western Kenya: a modelling study
Stéphanie Blaizot, David Maman, Benjamin Riche, Irene Mukui, Beatrice Kirubi, René Ecochard, Jean-François Etard
Seroprevalence of antibodies to measles, mumps, and rubella, and serologic responses after vaccination among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infected adults in Northern Thailand
Romanee Chaiwarith, Jutarat Praparattanapan, Khanuengnit Nuket, Wilai Kotarathitithum, Khuanchai Supparatpinyo
Immunoregulatory mechanisms in Chagas disease: modulation of apoptosis in T-cell mediated immune responses
Ana Thereza Chaves, Juliana de Assis Silva Gomes Estanislau, Jacqueline Araújo Fiuza, Andréa Teixeira Carvalho, Karine Silvestre Ferreira, Rafaelle Christine Gomes Fares, Pedro Henrique Gazzinelli Guimarães, Elaine Maria de Souza Fagundes, Maria José Morato, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira
Factors effecting influenza vaccination uptake among health care workers: a multi-center cross-sectional study
Süheyl Asma, Hülya Akan, Yücel Uysal, A. Gürhan Poçan, Mustafa Haki Sucaklı, Erhan Yengil, Çiğdem Gereklioğlu, Aslı Korur, İbrahim Başhan, A. Ferit Erdogan, A. Kürşat Özşahin, Altuğ Kut
The effect of early versus late treatment initiation after diagnosis on the outcomes of patients treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review
Rebecca C. Harris, Louis Grandjean, Laura J. Martin, Alexander J. P. Miller, Joseph-Egre N. Nkang, Victoria Allen, Mishal S. Khan, Katherine Fielding, David A. J. Moore
Molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates obtained from two hospital outbreaks in Los Angeles County, California, USA
Wayne A. Warner, Shan N. Kuang, Rina Hernandez, Melissa C. Chong, Peter J. Ewing, Jen Fleischer, Jia Meng, Sheena Chu, Dawn Terashita, L’Tanya English, Wangxue Chen, H. Howard Xu
Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is the main driver of the rise in non-tuberculous mycobacteria incidence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2007–2012
Neeraj M. Shah, Jennifer A. Davidson, Laura F. Anderson, Maeve K. Lalor, Jusang Kim, H. Lucy Thomas, Marc Lipman, Ibrahim Abubakar
Impact of changing from staining to culture techniques on detection rates of Campylobacter spp. in routine stool samples in Chile
Lorena Porte, Carmen Varela, Thomas Haecker, Sara Morales, Thomas Weitzel
Usefulness of Integrase resistance testing in proviral HIV-1 DNA in patients with Raltegravir prior failure
Jose Ángel Fernández-Caballero, Natalia Chueca, Marta Álvarez, María Dolores Mérida, Josefa López, José Antonio Sánchez, David Vinuesa, María Ángeles Martínez, José Hernández, Federico García
Clinical and epidemiological analysis of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus infections in humans and comparative genetic analysis with strains isolated from cattle
Robert Escher, Colette Brunner, Niklaus von Steiger, Isabelle Brodard, Sara Droz, Carlos Abril, Peter Kuhnert
Association of Panton Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) genes with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Western Nepal: a matter of concern for community infections (a hospital based prospective study)
Dharm R. Bhatta, Lina M. Cavaco, Gopal Nath, Kush Kumar, Abhishek Gaur, Shishir Gokhale, Dwij R. Bhatta
Relevance of serum interleukin-33 and ST2 levels and the natural course of chronic hepatitis B virus infection
Shu-Ling Huan, Ji-Guang Zhao, Zhen-Li Wang, Shuai Gao, Kai Wang
Evaluation of the performances of six commercial kits designed for dengue NS1 and anti-dengue IgM, IgG and IgA detection in urine and saliva clinical specimens
Anne-Claire Andries, Veasna Duong, Sivuth Ong, Sopheaktra Ros, Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Paul Horwood, Philippe Dussart, Philippe Buchy
A systematic review of community based hepatitis C treatment
Amanda J. Wade, Vanessa Veronese, Margaret E. Hellard, Joseph S. Doyle
Impact of sink location on hand hygiene compliance after care of patients with Clostridium difficile infection: a cross-sectional study
Alexander Deyneko, Fernanda Cordeiro, Laurie Berlin, Debby Ben-David, Silvana Perna, Yves Longtin
Initiation and completion rates for latent tuberculosis infection treatment: a systematic review
Andreas Sandgren, Marije Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten, Femke van Kessel, Anke Stuurman, Anouk Oordt-Speets, Marieke J. van der Werf
The effect of growth rate on pyrazinamide activity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis - insights for early bactericidal activity?
Steven T. Pullan, Jon C. Allnutt, Rebecca Devine, Kim A. Hatch, Rose E. Jeeves, Charlotte L. Hendon-Dunn, Philip D. Marsh, Joanna Bacon
Detecting spatial-temporal cluster of hand foot and mouth disease in Beijing, China, 2009-2014
Haikun Qian, Da Huo, Xiaoli Wang, Lei Jia, Xitai Li, Jie Li, Zhiyong Gao, Baiwei Liu, Yi Tian, Xiaona Wu, Quanyi Wang
Successful antibiotic treatment of pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus with C-to-T mutation at position 19 in erm(41) gene: case report
Su-Young Kim, Sung Jae Shin, Byeong-Ho Jeong, Won-Jung Koh
Antibiotic prescribing in public and private practice: a cross-sectional study in primary care clinics in Malaysia
Norazida Ab Rahman, Cheong Lieng Teng, Sheamini Sivasampu
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection promotes thymic disarrangement and premature egress of mature lymphocytes expressing prohibitive TCRs
Rosaria Di Gangi, Thiago Alves da Costa, Rodolfo Thomé, Gabriela Peron, Eva Burger, Liana Verinaud
Louse-borne relapsing fever – report of four cases in Switzerland, June-December 2015
Michael Osthoff, Adrian Schibli, Davide Fadini, Pietro Lardelli, Daniel Goldenberger
Fast and accurate prediction of positive and negative urine cultures by flow cytometry
Bijan Moshaver, Foppie de Boer, Heidi van Egmond-Kreileman, Ellen Kramer, Coen Stegeman, Paul Groeneveld
Increased concentrations of soluble B7-H3 and interleukin 36 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of Children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
Zhengrong Chen, Xin Zhao, Xinxing Zhang, Guangbo Zhang, Huiming Sun, Wujun Jiang, Yuqing Wang, Canhong Zhu, Wei Ji, Yongdong Yan
Improving the uptake of pre-travel health advice amongst migrant Australians: exploring the attitudes of primary care providers and migrant community groups
Holly Seale, Rajneesh Kaur, Abela Mahimbo, C. Raina MacIntyre, Nicholas Zwar, Mitchell Smith, Heather Worth, Anita E Heywood
Poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Southern Mozambique (2011–2012)
Alberto L. García-Basteiro, Durval Respeito, Orvalho J. Augusto, Elisa López-Varela, Charfudin Sacoor, Victor G. Sequera, Aina Casellas, Quique Bassat, Ivan Manhiça, Eusebio Macete, Frank Cobelens, Pedro L. Alonso
Working conditions and tuberculosis mortality in England and Wales, 1890–1912: a retrospective analysis of routinely collected data
Charlotte Jackson, Joanna H. Mostowy, Helen R. Stagg, Ibrahim Abubakar, Nick Andrews, Tom A. Yates
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Comparison of outcomes in patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia who are treated with β-lactam vs vancomycin empiric therapy: a retrospective cohort study
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Human papillomavirus infection in Rwanda at the moment of implementation of a national HPV vaccination programme
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Chronic heart failure and mortality in patients with community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a population-based cohort study
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Epidemiologic characterization of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in various regions of Yunnan Province of China
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Implementation of coordinated global serotype 2 oral poliovirus vaccine cessation: risks of potential non-synchronous cessation
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Fecal microbiota transplantation for severe clostridium difficile infection after left ventricular assist device implantation: a case control study and concise review on the local and regional therapies
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Clinical characterisation and phylogeny of respiratory syncytial virus infection in hospitalised children at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town
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Implementation of coordinated global serotype 2 oral poliovirus vaccine cessation: risks of inadvertent trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine use
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HIV infection is associated with higher levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and eotaxin among people with recent hepatitis C virus infection
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Urine colorimetry to detect Low rifampin exposure during tuberculosis therapy: a proof-of-concept study
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The Respiratory Protection Effectiveness Clinical Trial (ResPECT): a cluster-randomized comparison of respirator and medical mask effectiveness against respiratory infections in healthcare personnel
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Febrile patients admitted to remote hospitals in Northeastern Kenya: seroprevalence, risk factors and a clinical prediction tool for Q-Fever
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Clinical manifestations and cerebrospinal fluid status in ocular syphilis in HIV-Negative patients
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Evaluation of Xpert® MTB/RIF and Ustar EasyNAT™ TB IAD for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis of children in Tanzania: a prospective descriptive study
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The effect of using blood culture bottle of bronchoalveolar larvage fluid in pneumonia
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Dirofilaria repens microfilariae from a human node fine-needle aspirate: a case report
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HIV infection, viral hepatitis and liver fibrosis among prison inmates in West Africa
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A novel point-of-care testing strategy for sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in high-burden settings: results of a feasibility study in Papua New Guinea
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Cerebrospinal fluid in tuberculous meningitis exhibits only the L-enantiomer of lactic acid
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis caused by Enterobacter species versus Escherichia coli: a matched case-control study
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Characteristics of bacterial pathogens associated with acute diarrhea in children under 5 years of age: a hospital-based cross-sectional study
Lei Tian, Xuhui Zhu, Zhongju Chen, Weiyong Liu, Song Li, Weiting Yu, Wenqian Zhang, Xu Xiang, Ziyong Sun
Varicella-zoster virus susceptibility and primary healthcare consultations in Norway
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Global research trends of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: a bibliometric analysis
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Interventions for improving adherence to treatment for latent tuberculosis infection: a systematic review
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections and leprosy: a cross-sectional study of the association between two major neglected tropical diseases in Indonesia
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A prospective longitudinal study of tuberculosis among household contacts of smear-positive tuberculosis cases in Lima, Peru
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High-resolution melting analysis for molecular detection of multidrug resistance tuberculosis in Peruvian isolates
Marco Galarza, Manuel Fasabi, Kelly S. Levano, Edith Castillo, Nadia Barreda, Mitzi Rodriguez, Heinner Guio
MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a potential tool for Trichomonas vaginalis identification
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The effect of surgery on the outcome of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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High prevalence of IgG antibodies to Ebola virus in the Efé pygmy population in the Watsa region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Risk and outcome of pyelonephritis among renal transplant recipients
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Variation in C - reactive protein response according to host and mycobacterial characteristics in active tuberculosis
James Brown, Kristina Clark, Colette Smith, Jennifer Hopwood, Oliver Lynard, Michael Toolan, Dean Creer, Jack Barker, Ronan Breen, Tim Brown, Ian Cropley, Marc Lipman
The incidence of tuberculosis among hiv-positive individuals with high CD4 counts: implications for policy
Tendesayi Kufa, Violet Chihota, Victor Mngomezulu, Salome Charalambous, Suzanne Verver, Gavin Churchyard, Martien Borgdorff
Influenza-associated outpatient visits among children less than 5 years of age in eastern China, 2011–2014
Tao Zhang, Jun Zhang, Jun Hua, Dan Wang, Liling Chen, Yunfang Ding, Shanshan Zeng, Jing Wu, Yanwei Jiang, Qian Geng, Suizan Zhou, Ying Song, A. Danielle Iuliano, Carolyn M. Greene, Jeffrey McFarland, Genming Zhao
Widespread hepatitis B virus genotype G (HBV-G) infection during the early years of the HIV epidemic in the Netherlands among men who have sex with men
Marion Cornelissen, Fokla Zorgdrager, Sylvia M. Bruisten, Margreet Bakker, Ben Berkhout, Antoinette C. van der Kuyl
A survey of tuberculosis infection control practices at the NIH/NIAID/DAIDS-supported clinical trial sites in low and middle income countries
Catherine Godfrey, Gail Tauscher, Sally Hunsberger, Melissa Austin, Lesley Scott, Jeffrey T. Schouten, Anne F. Luetkemeyer, Constance Benson, Robert Coombs, Susan Swindells, Debra Benator, Constance Benson, Robert Coombs, Peggy Coulter, Janice Darden, Anne Marie Demers, Joan Dragavon, Constance Ducar, Kathleen Eisenach, Carrie Frye, Morgan Gapara, Catherine Godfrey, Amy James Loftis, Vandana Kulkarni, Christopher Lane, Daniella Livnat, Annie Luetkemeyer, Peter Meewes, Beverly Metchock, Kurt Michael, Mark Nicol, Savita Pahwa, Anne Purfield, Jeffrey Schouten, Lesley Scott, Dave Shugarts, Donna Smith, Wendy Stevens, Susan Swindells, Gail Tauscher, Nicole Tobin, Frances Whalen, Sharon Williams, Carolyn Yanovich
Six-month survival of critically ill patients with HIV-related disease and tuberculosis: a retrospective study
Ana Carla Pecego, Rodrigo T. Amancio, Camila Ribeiro, Emersom C. Mesquita, Denise M. Medeiros, José Cerbino, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Fernando A. Bozza, Andre M. Japiassu
Microbiological, clinical and molecular findings of non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infections associated with malaria, Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dadi Falay, Laura Maria Francisca Kuijpers, Marie-France Phoba, Hilde De Boeck, Octavie Lunguya, Emmanuel Vakaniaki, Sophie Bertrand, Wesley Mattheus, Pieter-Jan Ceyssens, Raymond Vanhoof, Hugo Devlieger, Chris Van Geet, Erik Verheyen, Dauly Ngbonda, Jan Jacobs
Social self-value intervention for empowerment of HIV infected people using antiretroviral treatment: a randomized controlled trial
Dharma Nand Bhatta, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul
Human leptospirosis in Tanzania: sequencing and phylogenetic analysis confirm that pathogenic Leptospira species circulate among agro-pastoralists living in Katavi-Rukwa ecosystem
Shabani K. Muller, Justine A. Assenga, Lucas E. Matemba, Gerald Misinzo, Rudovick R. Kazwala
Hospital-acquired infections at an oncological intensive care cancer unit: differences between solid and hematological cancer patients
Patricia Cornejo-Juárez, Diana Vilar-Compte, Alejandro García-Horton, Marco López-Velázquez, Silvio Ñamendys-Silva, Patricia Volkow-Fernández
Neonatal infections with multidrug-resistant ESBL-producing E. cloacae and K. pneumoniae in Neonatal Units of two different Hospitals in Antananarivo, Madagascar
T. Naas, G. Cuzon, A. L. Robinson, Z. Andrianirina, P. Imbert, E. Ratsima, Z. N. Ranosiarisoa, P. Nordmann, J. Raymond
Antibiotic susceptibility and genomic variations in Staphylococcus aureus associated with Skin and Soft Tissue Infection (SSTI) disease groups
Chih-Hsuan Changchien, Shu-Wun Chen, Ying-Ying Chen, Chishih Chu
Nucleotide variation in Sabin type 3 poliovirus from an Albanian infant with agammaglobulinemia and vaccine associated poliomyelitis
Thomas Foiadelli, Salvatore Savasta, Andrea Battistone, Majlinda Kota, Carolina Passera, Stefano Fiore, Silvia Bino, Concetta Amato, Alessandro Lozza, Gian Luigi Marseglia, Lucia Fiore
The clinical characteristics of pleural effusion in scrub typhus
Hyung Ho Kim, Jong-Hoon Chung, Dong-Min Kim, Na Ra Yun, Jun Lee, Yong Eun Kwon, Sung Ho Yoon, Seung Il Lee, Mi Ah Han
Erratum to: ‘Emerging pan-resistance in Trichosporon species: a case report’
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Predicting resistance as indicator for need to switch from first-line antiretroviral therapy among patients with elevated viral loads: development of a risk score algorithm
Sarah E. Rutstein, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Morris Weinberger, Stephanie B. Wheeler, Andrea K. Biddle, Carole L. Wallis, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, John W. Mellors, Mariza Morgado, Shanmugam Saravanan, Srikanth Tripathy, Saran Vardhanabhuti, Joseph J. Eron, William C. Miller
Underreporting of hepatitis A in non-endemic countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Smear positivity in paediatric and adult tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis
Amber Kunkel, Pia Abel zur Wiesch, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Florian M. Marx, Helen E. Jenkins, Ted Cohen
A Synthesis of Hepatitis C prevalence estimates in Sub-Saharan Africa: 2000–2013
Nallely Mora, William H. Adams, Stephanie Kliethermes, Lara Dugas, Neelam Balasubramanian, Jasmin Sandhu, Helen Nde, Christina Small, Joanne Jose, Steven Scaglione, Jennifer E. Layden
Disseminated tuberculosis after pregnancy progressed to paradoxical response to the treatment: report of two cases
Tsutomu Shinohara, Kozo Kagawa, Yoshio Okano, Toru Sawada, Tooru Kobayashi, Masaya Takikawa, Yoshihito Iwahara, Fumitaka Ogushi
Clinical features, therapeutic interventions and long-term aspects of hemolytic-uremic syndrome in Norwegian children: a nationwide retrospective study from 1999–2008
Gaute Reier Jenssen, Line Vold, Eirik Hovland, Hans-Jacob Bangstad, Karin Nygård, Anna Bjerre
Sending repeat cultures: is there a role in the management of bacteremic episodes? (SCRIBE study)
J. Brad Wiggers, Wei Xiong, Nick Daneman
Changing distribution of age, clinical severity, and genotypes of rotavirus gastroenteritis in hospitalized children after the introduction of vaccination: a single center study in Seoul between 2011 and 2014
Jung Ok Shim, Ju Young Chang, Sue Shin, Jin Soo Moon, Jae Sung Ko
Does online dating lead to higher sexual risk behaviour? A cross-sectional study among MSM in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Titia Heijman, Ineke Stolte, Ronald Geskus, Amy Matser, Udi Davidovich, Maria Xiridou, Maarten Schim van der Loeff
Campylobacter jejuni-associated perimyocarditis: two case reports and review of the literature
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Slow resolution of inflammation in severe adult dengue patients
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Association of HLA class I and II genes with cutaneous leishmaniasis: a case control study from Sri Lanka and a systematic review
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The incidence, clearance and persistence of non-cervical human papillomavirus infections: a systematic review of the literature
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Mortality trends in U.S. adults with septic shock, 2005-2011: a serial cross-sectional analysis of nationally-representative data
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HBV-associated intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with high serum alpha-fetoprotein: a case report with review of literature
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Tuberculous meningitis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in adults with central nervous system infections in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: an observational study
Heng Gee Lee, Timothy William, Jayaram Menon, Anna P. Ralph, Eng Eong Ooi, Yan’an Hou, October Sessions, Tsin Wen Yeo
PU.1 is involved in the immune response to Aspergillus fumigatus through upregulating Dectin-1 expression
Min Wang, Zhicheng Liu, Chenyang Liu, Ting Wu, Feng Cai, Quan Wang, Xin Su, Yi Shi
Dermatophyte abscesses caused by Trichophyton rubrum in a patient without pre-existing superficial dermatophytosis: a case report
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Atypical aetiology in patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia is associated with age, gender and season; a data-analysis on four Dutch cohorts
Vivian M. Raeven, Simone M. C. Spoorenberg, Wim G. Boersma, Ewoudt M. W. van de Garde, Suzanne C. Cannegieter, G. P. Paul Voorn, Willem Jan W. Bos, Jim E. van Steenbergen, Wim G. Boersma, Menno M. van der Eerden, Dominic Snijders, Douwe H. Biesma, Willem Jan W. Bos, Henrik Endeman, Ewoudt M. W. van de Garde, Jan C. Grutters, Hans Hardeman, Rik Heijligenberg, Sabine C. A. Meijvis, Hilde H. Remmelts, Ger T. Rijkers, Heleen van Velzen-Blad, G. P. Paul Voorn
Epidemic resurgence of dengue fever in Singapore in 2013-2014: A virological and entomological perspective
Hapuarachchige Chanditha Hapuarachchi, Carmen Koo, Jayanthi Rajarethinam, Chee-Seng Chong, Cui Lin, Grace Yap, Lilac Liu, Yee-Ling Lai, Peng Lim Ooi, Jeffery Cutter, Lee-Ching Ng
Human metapneumovirus epidemiological and evolutionary patterns in Coastal Kenya, 2007-11
Betty E. Owor, Geoffrey N. Masankwa, Lilian C. Mwango, Regina W. Njeru, Charles N. Agoti, D. James Nokes
Dual rapid lateral flow immunoassay fingerstick wholeblood testing for syphilis and HIV infections is acceptable and accurate, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Claire C. Bristow, Linda Severe, Jean William Pape, Marjan Javanbakht, Sung-Jae Lee, Warren Scott Comulada, Jeffrey D. Klausner
Epidemiological and economic burden of Clostridium difficile in the United States: estimates from a modeling approach
Kamal Desai, Swati B. Gupta, Erik R. Dubberke, Vimalanand S. Prabhu, Chantelle Browne, T. Christopher Mast
Relationship of influenza virus infection to associated infections in children who present with influenza-like symptoms
Yitzchok M. Norowitz, Stephan Kohlhoff, Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz
Viral blips during suppressive antiretroviral treatment are associated with high baseline HIV-1 RNA levels
Erik Sörstedt, Staffan Nilsson, Anders Blaxhult, Magnus Gisslén, Leo Flamholc, Anders Sönnerborg, Aylin Yilmaz
Paradoxical reaction in tuberculous meningitis: presentation, predictors and impact on prognosis
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Towards cash transfer interventions for tuberculosis prevention, care and control: key operational challenges and research priorities
Delia Boccia, Debora Pedrazzoli, Tom Wingfield, Ernesto Jaramillo, Knut Lönnroth, James Lewis, James Hargreaves, Carlton A. Evans
Clinical features of suspected Ebola cases referred to the Moyamba ETC, Sierra Leone: challenges in the later stages of the 2014 outbreak
Javier Arranz, Karen Marie Lundeby, Shoaib Hassan, Luis Matías Zabala Fuentes, Pedro San José Garcés, Yngvar Lunde Haaskjold, Håkon Angell Bolkan, Kurt Østhuus Krogh, James Jongopi, Sindre Mellesmo, Ola Jøsendal, Åsmund Øpstad, Erling Svensen, Alfred Sandy Kamara, David P. Roberts, Paul D. Stamper, Paula Austin, Alfredo J. Moosa, Dennis Marke, Åse Berg, Bjørn Blomberg, Melcior Riera
Correlation between fecal calprotectin levels, disease severity and the hypervirulent ribotype 027 strain in patients with Clostridium difficile infection
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A retrospective study of outcomes of device-associated osteomyelitis treated with daptomycin
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Factors influencing the time between onset of illness and specimen collection in the diagnosis of non-pregnancy associated listeriosis in England and Wales
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Duration and intensity of fluconazole for prophylaxis in preterm neonates: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Datian Che, Hua Zhou, Te Li, Bin Wu
Erratum to: ‘Effectiveness of a training program in compliance with recommendations for venous lines care’
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A prospective multicenter evaluation of direct molecular detection of blood stream infection from a clinical perspective
A. E. Nieman, P. H. M. Savelkoul, A. Beishuizen, B. Henrich, B. Lamik, C. R. MacKenzie, D. Kindgen-Milles, A. Helmers, C. Diaz, S. G. Sakka, R. P. Schade
The efficacy of intracolonic vancomycin for severe Clostridium difficile colitis: a case series
Christine M. Akamine, Michael B. Ing, Christian S. Jackson, Lawrence K. Loo
Association of sputum microbiota profiles with severity of community-acquired pneumonia in children
Melinda M. Pettigrew, Janneane F. Gent, Yong Kong, Martina Wade, Shane Gansebom, Anna M. Bramley, Seema Jain, Sandra L. R. Arnold, Jonathan A. McCullers
Competitive advantage of a dengue 4 virus when co-infecting the mosquito Aedes aegypti with a dengue 1 virus
Marie Vazeille, Pascal Gaborit, Laurence Mousson, Romain Girod, Anna-Bella Failloux
Patterns and causes of liver involvement in acute dengue infection
Samitha Fernando, Ananda Wijewickrama, Laksiri Gomes, Chameera T. Punchihewa, S. D. P. Madusanka, Harsha Dissanayake, Chandima Jeewandara, Hemantha Peiris, Graham S. Ogg, Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige
Serotype influences on dengue severity: a cross-sectional study on 485 confirmed dengue cases in Vitória, Brazil
Creuza Rachel Vicente, Karl-Heinz Herbinger, Günter Fröschl, Camila Malta Romano, Aline de Souza Areias Cabidelle, Crispim Cerutti Junior
Ventricular assist devices as bridge to heart transplantation: impact on post-transplant infections
Delphine Héquet, Georg Kralidis, Thierry Carrel, Alexia Cusini, Christian Garzoni, Roger Hullin, Pascal R. Meylan, Paul Mohacsi, Nicolas J. Mueller, Frank Ruschitzka, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Christian van Delden, Maja Weisser, Markus J. Wilhelm, Manuel Pascual, Oriol Manuel, Rita Achermann, Patrizia Amico, John-David Aubert, Philippe Baumann, Guido Beldi, Christian Benden, Christoph Berger, Isabelle Binet, Pierre-Yves Bochud, Elsa Boely, Heiner Bucher, Leo Bühler, Thierry Carell, Emmanuelle Catana, Yves Chalandon, Sabina de Geest, Olivier de Rougemont, Michael Dickenmann, Michel Duchosal, Laure Elkrief, Thomas Fehr, Sylvie Ferrari-Lacraz, Christian Garzoni, Paola Gasche Soccal, Christophe Gaudet, Emiliano Giostra, Déla Golshayan, Karine Hadaya, Jörg Halter, Dominik Heim, Christoph Hess, Sven Hillinger, Hans H. Hirsch, Günther Hofbauer, Uyen Huynh-Do, Franz Immer, Richard Klaghofer, Michael Koller, Bettina Laesser, Roger Lehmann, Christian Lovis, Oriol Manuel, Hans-Peter Marti, Pierre Yves Martin, Luca Martinolli, Pascal Meylan, Paul Mohacsi, Philippe Morel, Ulrike Mueller, Nicolas J Mueller, Helen Mueller-McKenna, Antonia Müller, Thomas Müller, Beat Müllhaupt, David Nadal, Manuel Pascual, Jakob Passweg, Chantal Piot Ziegler, Juliane Rick, Eddy Roosnek, Anne Rosselet, Silvia Rothlin, Frank Ruschitzka, Urs Schanz, Stefan Schaub, Aurelia Schnyder, Christian Seiler, Susanne Stampf, Jürg Steiger, Guido Stirnimann, Christian Toso, Christian Van Delden, Jean-Pierre Venetz, Jean Villard, Madeleine Wick, Markus Wilhelm, Patrick Yerly
Dengue score: a proposed diagnostic predictor for pleural effusion and/or ascites in adults with dengue infection
Suhendro Suwarto, Leonard Nainggolan, Robert Sinto, Bonita Effendi, Eppy Ibrahim, Maulana Suryamin, R. Tedjo Sasmono
Epidemiological risk factors for adult dengue in Singapore: an 8-year nested test negative case control study
Chee Fu Yung, Siew Pang Chan, Tun Linn Thein, Siaw Ching Chai, Yee Sin Leo
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in livestock ticks and animal handler seroprevalence at an abattoir in Ghana
R. Akuffo, J. A. M. Brandful, A. Zayed, A. Adjei, N. Watany, N. T. Fahmy, R. Hughes, B. Doman, S. V. Voegborlo, D. Aziati, D. Pratt, J. A. Awuni, N. Adams, E. Dueger
Efficacy of delayed treatment of China-made Peramivir with repeated intravenous injections in a mouse influenza model: from clinical experience to basal experiment
Zhengtu Li, Runfeng Li, Jing Li, Hui Xie, Yanbing Hao, Qiuling Du, Tingting Chen, Yimin Li, Rongchang Chen, Zifeng Yang, Nanshan Zhong
High prevalence of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase producing enterobacteriaceae among clinical isolates in Burkina Faso
Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo, Mahamadou Sanou, Aimée Kissou, Soufiane Sanou, Hermann Solaré, Firmin Kaboré, Armel Poda, Salim Aberkane, Nicolas Bouzinbi, Idrissa Sano, Boubacar Nacro, Lassana Sangaré, Christian Carrière, Dominique Decré, Rasmata Ouégraogo, Hélène Jean-Pierre, Sylvain Godreuil
Non-malaria fevers in a high malaria endemic area of Ghana
Kwaku Poku Asante, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Matthew Cairns, Ellen Boamah, Grace Manu, Mieks Twumasi, Richard Gyasi, George Adjei, Kingsley Kayan, Emmanuel Mahama, David Kwame Dosoo, Kwadwo Koram, Brian Greenwood, Daniel Chandramohan
Travelers’ health problems and behavior: prospective study with post-travel follow-up
Katri Vilkman, Sari H. Pakkanen, Tinja Lääveri, Heli Siikamäki, Anu Kantele
Combination with antimicrobial peptide lyses improves loop-mediated isothermal amplification based method for Chlamydia trachomatis detection directly in urine sample
Jekaterina Jevtuševskaja, Julia Uusna, Liis Andresen, Katrin Krõlov, Made Laanpere, Tiia Grellier, Indrek Tulp, Ülo Langel
Growing burden of sepsis-related mortality in northeastern Italy: a multiple causes of death analysis
Ugo Fedeli, Pasquale Piccinni, Elena Schievano, Mario Saugo, Giampietro Pellizzer
Effects of inappropriate empirical antibiotic therapy on mortality in patients with healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a propensity-matched analysis
Young Kyung Yoon, Dae Won Park, Jang Wook Sohn, Hyo Youl Kim, Yeon-Sook Kim, Chang-Seop Lee, Mi Suk Lee, Seong-Yeol Ryu, Hee-Chang Jang, Young Ju Choi, Cheol-In Kang, Hee Jung Choi, Seung Soon Lee, Shin Woo Kim, Sang Il Kim, Eu Suk Kim, Jeong Yeon Kim, Kyung Sook Yang, Kyong Ran Peck, Min Ja Kim
Listeria monocytogenes endophthalmitis – case report and review of risk factors and treatment outcomes
Anna Bajor, Anke Luhr, Dorothee Brockmann, Sebastian Suerbaum, Carsten Framme, Ludwig Sedlacek
The epidemiology and clinical spectrum of melioidosis in a teaching hospital in a North-Eastern state of Malaysia: a fifteen-year review
AbdelRahman Zueter, Chan Yean Yean, Mahmoud Abumarzouq, Zaidah Abdul Rahman, Zakuan Z. Deris, Azian Harun
Twin epidemics of new and prevalent hepatitis C infections in Canada: BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort
Naveed Zafar Janjua, Amanda Yu, Margot Kuo, Maria Alvarez, Darrel Cook, Jason Wong, Mark W. Tyndall, Mel Krajden
Disparities in HIV clinic care across Europe: findings from the EuroSIDA clinic survey
Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Kamilla Grønborg Laut, Kelly Safreed-Harmon, Lars Peters, Margaret Johnson, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Irina Khromova, Linos Vandekerckhove, Katarzyna Maciejewska, Roxana Radoi, Anna Lisa Ridolfo, Amanda Mocroft
HBV/HIV co-infection and APOBEC3G polymorphisms in a population from Burkina Faso
Tegwinde Rebeca Compaore, Birama Diarra, Maleki Assih, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Serge Theophile Soubeiga, Abdoul Karim Ouattara, Damehan Tchelougou, Cyrille Bisseye, Didier Romuald Bakouan, Issaka Pierre Compaore, Augustine Dembele, Wendkuuni Florencia Djigma, Jacques Simpore
Disseminated mucormycosis (DM) after pneumonectomy: a case report
Qian Wang, Bo Liu, Youde Yan
The use of PCR/Electrospray Ionization-Time-of-Flight-Mass Spectrometry (PCR/ESI-TOF-MS) to detect bacterial and fungal colonization in healthy military service members
Ryan Vetor, Clinton K. Murray, Katrin Mende, Rachel Melton-Kreft, Kevin S. Akers, Joseph Wenke, Tracy Spirk, Charles Guymon, Wendy Zera, Miriam L. Beckius, Elizabeth R. Schnaubelt, Garth Ehrlich, Todd J. Vento
Molecular epidemiology and characteristic of virulence gene of community-acquired and hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Sun Yat-sen Memorial hospital, Guangzhou, Southern China
Xiaoying Xie, Yunwen Bao, Nengyong Ouyang, Xinlu Dai, Kunyi Pan, Baiji Chen, Yawen Deng, Xiquan Wu, Fengqin Xu, Hongyu Li, Songyin Huang
Incidence of and temporal relationships between HIV, herpes simplex II virus, and syphilis among men who have sex with men in Bangkok, Thailand: an observational cohort
Warunee Thienkrua, Catherine S. Todd, Wannee Chonwattana, Wipas Wimonsate, Supaporn Chaikummao, Anchalee Varangrat, Anupong Chitwarakorn, Frits van Griensven, Timothy H. Holtz
Contact diaries versus wearable proximity sensors in measuring contact patterns at a conference: method comparison and participants’ attitudes
Timo Smieszek, Stefanie Castell, Alain Barrat, Ciro Cattuto, Peter J. White, Gérard Krause
Optimal use of plasma and urine BK viral loads for screening and predicting BK nephropathy
Peter Boan, Christopher Hewison, Ramyasuda Swaminathan, Ashley Irish, Kevin Warr, Rajalingam Sinniah, Todd M. Pryce, James Flexman
Mapping risk of leptospirosis in China using environmental and socioeconomic data
Jian Zhao, Jishan Liao, Xu Huang, Jing Zhao, Yeping Wang, Jinghuan Ren, Xiaoye Wang, Fan Ding
Association between different anti-Tat antibody isotypes and HIV disease progression: data from an African cohort
Francesco Nicoli, Mkunde Chachage, Petra Clowes, Asli Bauer, Dickens Kowour, Barbara Ensoli, Aurelio Cafaro, Leonard Maboko, Michael Hoelscher, Riccardo Gavioli, Elmar Saathoff, Christof Geldmacher
Hepatitis C treatment initiation in HIV-HCV coinfected patients
Laurent Cotte, Pascal Pugliese, Marc-Antoine Valantin, Lise Cuzin, Eric Billaud, Claudine Duvivier, Alissa Naqvi, Antoine Cheret, David Rey, Pierre Pradat, Isabelle Poizot-Martin
Characteristics of invasive Acinetobacter species isolates recovered in a pediatric academic center
Avish L. Jain, Christian M. Harding, Kaivon Assani, Chandra L. Shrestha, Mercedees Haga, Amy Leber, Robert S. Munson Jr., Benjamin T. Kopp
No clinically significant pharmacokinetic interactions between dolutegravir and daclatasvir in healthy adult subjects
Lisa L. Ross, Ivy H. Song, Niki Arya, Mike Choukour, Jian Zong, Shu-Pang Huang, Timothy Eley, Brian Wynne, Ann M. Buchanan
Breast abscess due to Salmonella Typhimurium in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: a case report
Irmak Baran, Neriman Aksu, Altan Aksoy
Management of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units: a mixed methods study assessing barriers and facilitators to guideline adherence
Nasia Safdar, Jackson S Musuuza, Anping Xie, Ann Schoofs Hundt, Matthew Hall, Kenneth Wood, Pascale Carayon
Accuracy of the interferon-γ release assay for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis among HIV-seropositive individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhen-yu Huo, Li Peng
Factors associated with 10 years of continuous viral load suppression on HAART
Kathryn J. Bello, Octavio Mesner, Thomas A. O’Bryan, Seung Hyun Won, Tahaniyat Lalani, Anuradha Ganesan, Brian K. Agan, Jason F. Okulicz
Development of a prospective cohort of HIV Exposed Sero-Negative (HESN) individuals in Jos Nigeria
Sophia Osawe, Evaezi Okpokoro, Ruth Datiri, Grace Choji, Felicia Okolo, Pam Datong, Alash’le Abimiku
Antimicrobial resistance and Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing (NG-MAST) genotypes in N. gonorrhoeae during 2012–2014 in Karachi, Pakistan
Kauser Jabeen, Pushpa Bhawan Mal, Erum Khan, Saeeda Chandio, Susanne Jacobsson, Magnus Unemo
Association between community socioeconomic factors, animal feeding operations, and campylobacteriosis incidence rates: Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 2004–2010
Rachel E. Rosenberg Goldstein, Raul Cruz-Cano, Chengsheng Jiang, Amanda Palmer, David Blythe, Patricia Ryan, Brenna Hogan, Benjamin White, John R. Dunn, Tanya Libby, Melissa Tobin-D’Angelo, Jennifer Y. Huang, Suzanne McGuire, Karen Scherzinger, Mei-Ling Ting Lee, Amy R. Sapkota
Reducing co-administration of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics using a computerized order entry alert and prospective audit and feedback
Christopher E. Kandel, Suzanne Gill, Janine McCready, John Matelski, Jeff E. Powis
Predicting the international spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
Kyeongah Nah, Shiori Otsuki, Gerardo Chowell, Hiroshi Nishiura
Results from the centers for disease control and prevention’s predict the 2013–2014 Influenza Season Challenge
Matthew Biggerstaff, David Alper, Mark Dredze, Spencer Fox, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Kyle S. Hickmann, Bryan Lewis, Roni Rosenfeld, Jeffrey Shaman, Ming-Hsiang Tsou, Paola Velardi, Alessandro Vespignani, Lyn Finelli
Abolishing HIV-1 infectivity using a polypurine tract-specific G-quadruplex-forming oligonucleotide
Maike Voges, Carola Schneider, Malte Sinn, Jörg S. Hartig, Rudolph Reimer, Joachim Hauber, Karin Moelling
Faecal carriage of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli in asymptomatic children and associations with primary care antibiotic prescribing: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ashley Bryce, Céire Costelloe, Claire Hawcroft, Mandy Wootton, Alastair D. Hay
Efficacy of cryotherapy for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis: meta-analyses of clinical trials
Liliana López-Carvajal, Jaiberth Antonio Cardona-Arias, María Isabel Zapata-Cardona, Vanesa Sánchez-Giraldo, Iván Darío Vélez
Convergence of a diabetes mellitus, protein energy malnutrition, and TB epidemic: the neglected elderly population
Sonia Menon, Rodolfo Rossi, Leon Nshimyumukiza, Aibibula Wusiman, Natasha Zdraveska, Manal Shams Eldin
Where there is hope: a qualitative study examining patients’ adherence to multi-drug resistant tuberculosis treatment in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Shona Horter, Beverley Stringer, Jane Greig, Akhmet Amangeldiev, Mirzagaleb N. Tillashaikhov, Nargiza Parpieva, Zinaida Tigay, Philipp du Cros
Ruling out nosocomial transmission of Cryptosporidium in a renal transplantation unit: case report
J. Brunet, J. P. Lemoine, B. Pesson, S. Valot, M. Sautour, F. Dalle, C. Muller, C. Borni-Duval, S. Caillard, B. Moulin, A. W. Pfaff, R. Razakandrainibe, A. Abou-Bacar, L. Favennec, E. Candolfi
Herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 in the Netherlands: seroprevalence, risk factors and changes during a 12-year period
Petra J. Woestenberg, Jeroen H. T. Tjhie, Hester E. de Melker, Fiona R. M. van der Klis, Jan E. A. M van Bergen, Marianne A. B. van der Sande, Birgit H. B. van Benthem
Risk factors for tuberculosis smear non-conversion in Eden district, Western Cape, South Africa, 2007–2013: a retrospective cohort study
Mandla Mlotshwa, Natasha Abraham, Moira Beery, Seymour Williams, Sandra Smit, Margot Uys, Carl Reddy, Andrew Medina-Marino
The use of digital PCR to improve the application of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods for tuberculosis
Alison S. Devonshire, Denise M. O’Sullivan, Isobella Honeyborne, Gerwyn Jones, Maria Karczmarczyk, Jernej Pavšič, Alice Gutteridge, Mojca Milavec, Pablo Mendoza, Heinz Schimmel, Fran Van Heuverswyn, Rebecca Gorton, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Emanuele Borroni, Kathryn Harris, Marinus Barnard, Anthenette Heydenrych, Norah Ndusilo, Carole L. Wallis, Keshree Pillay, Thomas Barry, Kate Reddington, Elvira Richter, Erkan Mozioğlu, Sema Akyürek, Burhanettin Yalçınkaya, Muslum Akgoz, Jana Žel, Carole A. Foy, Timothy D. McHugh, Jim F. Huggett
Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal infections: manifestations, incidence and case fatality rate correlated to age, gender and risk factors
Erik Backhaus, Stefan Berg, Rune Andersson, Gunilla Ockborn, Petter Malmström, Mats Dahl, Salmir Nasic, Birger Trollfors
Associations between systemic inflammation, mycobacterial loads in sputum and radiological improvement after treatment initiation in pulmonary TB patients from Brazil: a prospective cohort study
Eliene D. D. Mesquita, Leonardo Gil-Santana, Daniela Ramalho, Elise Tonomura, Elisangela C. Silva, Martha M. Oliveira, Bruno B. Andrade, Afrânio Kritski
A randomized controlled trial of smoking cessation methods in patients newly-diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis
Mahshid Aryanpur, Mostafa Hosseini, Mohammad Reza Masjedi, Esmaeil Mortaz, Payam Tabarsi, Hamid Soori, Habib Emami, Gholamreza Heidari, Mehdi Kazempour Dizagie, Masoud Baikpour
A decade of intestinal protozoan epidemiology among settled immigrants in Qatar
Marawan A. Abu-Madi, Jerzy M. Behnke, Sonia Boughattas, Asma Al-Thani, Sanjay H. Doiphode
Whole genome sequencing reveals mycobacterial microevolution among concurrent isolates from sputum and blood in HIV infected TB patients
Willy Ssengooba, Bouke C. de Jong, Moses L. Joloba, Frank G. Cobelens, Conor J. Meehan
Breakthrough viridans streptococcal bacteremia in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients receiving levofloxacin prophylaxis in a Japanese hospital
Muneyoshi Kimura, Hideki Araoka, Atsushi Yoshida, Hisashi Yamamoto, Masahiro Abe, Yuki Okamoto, Mitsuhiro Yuasa, Daisuke Kaji, Kosei Kageyama, Aya Nishida, Kazuya Ishiwata, Shinsuke Takagi, Go Yamamoto, Yuki Asano-Mori, Naoyuki Uchida, Akira Hishinuma, Koji Izutsu, Atsushi Wake, Shuichi Taniguchi, Akiko Yoneyama
Behavioral interventions to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing: a randomized pilot trial
Stephen D. Persell, Jason N. Doctor, Mark W. Friedberg, Daniella Meeker, Elisha Friesema, Andrew Cooper, Ajay Haryani, Dyanna L. Gregory, Craig R. Fox, Noah J. Goldstein, Jeffrey A. Linder
Tigecycline-based versus sulbactam-based treatment for pneumonia involving multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex
Jung-Jr Ye, Huang-Shen Lin, Chun-Fu Yeh, Yen-Mu Wu, Po-Yen Huang, Chien-Chang Yang, Ching-Tai Huang, Ming-Hsun Lee
Effusive-constrictive pericarditis, hepatitis, and pancreatitis in a patient with possible coxsackievirus B infection: a case report
Jon Persichino, Roger Garrison, Rajagopal Krishnan, Made Sutjita
Traditional and HIV-specific risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected adults in Brazil: a retrospective cohort study
Chanelle M. Diaz, Eddy R. Segura, Paula M. Luz, Jesse L. Clark, Sayonara R. Ribeiro, Raquel De Boni, Leonardo Eksterman, Rodrigo Moreira, Judith S. Currier, Valdiléa G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Jordan E. Lake
Risk factors to predict drug-resistant pathogens in hemodialysis-associated pneumonia
Ping-huai Wang, Hao-chien Wang
Prospective evaluation of SeptiFast Multiplex PCR in children with systemic inflammatory response syndrome under antibiotic treatment
Franziska Gies, Eva Tschiedel, Ursula Felderhoff-Müser, Peter-Michael Rath, Joerg Steinmann, Christian Dohna-Schwake
Evaluation of a demand-creation intervention for couples’ HIV testing services among married or cohabiting individuals in Rakai, Uganda: a cluster-randomized intervention trial
Joseph K. B. Matovu, Jim Todd, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Robert Kairania, David Serwadda, Fred Wabwire-Mangen
Re-emergence of H3N2 strains carrying potential neutralizing mutations at the N-linked glycosylation site at the hemagglutinin head, post the 2009 H1N1 pandemic
Hiroshi Ushirogawa, Tadasuke Naito, Hirotoshi Tokunaga, Toshihiro Tanaka, Takashi Nakano, Kihei Terada, Masanobu Ohuchi, Mineki Saito
Design of the FemCure study: prospective multicentre study on the transmission of genital and extra-genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women receiving routine care
Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers, Petra F. G. Wolffs, Lisanne Eppings, Hannelore M. Götz, Sylvia M. Bruisten, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Kevin Janssen, Mayk Lucchesi, Titia Heijman, Birgit H. van Benthem, Jan E. van Bergen, Servaas A. Morre, Jos Herbergs, Gerjo Kok, Mieke Steenbakkers, Arjan A. Hogewoning, Henry J. de Vries, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe
The Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus and Panton-Valentine Leucocidin (pvl) in Central Australia, 2006-2010
S. Hewagama, T. Spelman, M. Woolley, J. McLeod, D. Gordon, L. Einsiedel
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) among clients visiting ‘Tefera Hailu’ memorial hospital, Sekota, Northern Ethiopia
Daniel Gebreegziabher, Gebrekidan Gebregzabher Asfeha, Hagos Amare Gebreyesus
Study and interest of cellular load in respiratory samples for the optimization of molecular virological diagnosis in clinical practice
Paul Bonnin, Fabien Miszczak, Nathalie Kin, Cecile Resa, Julia Dina, Stephanie Gouarin, Florent Viron, Remy Morello, Astrid Vabret
Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium africanum in Ghana
Adwoa Asante-Poku, Isaac Darko Otchere, Stephen Osei-Wusu, Esther Sarpong, Akosua Baddoo, Audrey Forson, Clement Laryea, Sonia Borrell, Frank Bonsu, Jan Hattendorf, Collins Ahorlu, Kwadwo A. Koram, Sebastien Gagneux, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu
Acinetobacter spp. are associated with a higher mortality in intensive care patients with bacteremia: a survival analysis
Aline C. Q. Leão, Paulo R. Menezes, Maura S. Oliveira, Anna S. Levin
Factors related to outcome of bloodstream infections due to Candida parapsilosis complex
Francesco Barchiesi, Elena Orsetti, Patrizia Osimani, Carlo Catassi, Fabio Santelli, Esther Manso
Guillaine-barre syndrome; a rare complication of melioidosis. a case report
P. W. M. C. S. B. Wijekoon, K. A. S. Bandara, A. Kailainathan, N. S. Chandrasiri, C. T. Hapuarachchi
Molecular epidemiology of drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Russia (Current Status, 2015)
Alexey Kubanov, Denis Vorobyev, Aleksandr Chestkov, Arvo Leinsoo, Boris Shaskolskiy, Ekaterina Dementieva, Viktoria Solomka, Xenia Plakhova, Dmitry Gryadunov, Dmitriy Deryabin
Pneumonia hospitalisations in Scotland following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in young children
Harish Nair, Arun Thor Watts, Linda J. Williams, Saad B. Omer, Colin R. Simpson, Lorna J. Willocks, J. Claire Cameron, Harry Campbell
Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Ghana: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Akosua Adom Agyeman, Richard Ofori-Asenso, Andy Mprah, George Ashiagbor
Time to antibiotic therapy and outcome in bacterial meningitis: a Danish population-based cohort study
Jacob Bodilsen, Michael Dalager-Pedersen, Henrik Carl Schønheyder, Henrik Nielsen
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus: a phase III, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized clinical trial to assess the efficacy and safety of a short course of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in women with hepatitis B virus e-antigen
Gonzague Jourdain, Nicole Ngo-Giang-Huong, Tim R. Cressey, Lei Hua, Linda Harrison, Camlin Tierney, Nicolas Salvadori, Luc Decker, Patrinee Traisathit, Wasna Sirirungsi, Woottichai Khamduang, Chureeratana Bowonwatanuwong, Thanyawee Puthanakit, George K. Siberry, Diane Heather Watts, Trudy V. Murphy, Jullapong Achalapong, Suchat Hongsiriwon, Virat Klinbuayaem, Satawat Thongsawat, Raymond T. Chung, Stanislas Pol, Nantasak Chotivanich
Infection control in healthcare settings: perspectives for mfDNA analysis in monitoring sanitation procedures
Federica Valeriani, Carmela Protano, Gianluca Gianfranceschi, Paola Cozza, Vincenzo Campanella, Giorgio Liguori, Matteo Vitali, Maurizio Divizia, Vincenzo Romano Spica
The role of hand hygiene in controlling norovirus spread in nursing homes
Rania Assab, Laura Temime
Clinical efficacy and safety of multidrug therapy including thrice weekly intravenous amikacin administration for Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary disease in outpatient settings: a case series
Ho Namkoong, Kozo Morimoto, Tomoyasu Nishimura, Hiromu Tanaka, Hiroaki Sugiura, Yoshitake Yamada, Atsuko Kurosaki, Takanori Asakura, Shoji Suzuki, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Kazuma Yagi, Makoto Ishii, Sadatomo Tasaka, Tomoko Betsuyaku, Yoshihiko Hoshino, Atsuyuki Kurashima, Naoki Hasegawa
Colonization of toxigenic Clostridium difficile among ICU patients: a prospective study
Xiaoxia Zhang, Xiaohui Wang, Jingyu Yang, Xiaohua Liu, Lin Cai, Zhiyong Zong
Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tebelay Dilnessa, Adane Bitew
Changes in enterovirus serotype constituent ratios altered the clinical features of infected children in Guangdong Province, China, from 2010 to 2013
Hong-Tao Zhou, Yong-Hui Guo, Man-Jun Chen, Yu-Xian Pan, Lin Xue, Bin Wang, Shao-Hua Tao, Nan Yu
Parental attitudes towards measles vaccination in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland: a latent class analysis
Carine Weiss, Daniel Schröpfer, Sonja Merten
Switching to boosted protease inhibitor plus a second antiretroviral drug (dual therapy) for treatment simplification: a multicenter observational study
Alessandra Latini, Massimiliano Fabbiani, Vanni Borghi, Gaetana Sterrantino, Alberto Giannetti, Patrizia Lorenzini, Laura Loiacono, Adriana Ammassari, Rita Bellagamba, Manuela Colafigli, Gabriella D’Ettorre, Simona Di Giambenedetto, Andrea Antinori, Mauro Zaccarelli
Use of laboratory and administrative data to understand the potential impact of human parainfluenza virus 4 on cases of bronchiolitis, croup, and pneumonia in Alberta, Canada
Sumana Fathima, Kimberley Simmonds, Jesse Invik, Allison N. Scott, Steven Drews
Multiple systemic embolism in infective endocarditis underlying in Barlow’s disease
Ziqing Yu, Bing Fan, Hongyi Wu, Xiangfei Wang, Chenguang Li, Rende Xu, Yangang Su, Junbo Ge
Development and validation of an Onchocerca ochengi microfilarial hamster model for onchocerciasis drug screens
Glory Enjong Mbah, Rene Bilingwe Ayiseh, Fidelis Cho-Ngwa
Mortality and transmissibility patterns of the 1957 influenza pandemic in Maricopa County, Arizona
April J. Cobos, Clinton G. Nelson, Megan Jehn, Cécile Viboud, Gerardo Chowell
Impact of dengue virus (DENV) co-infection on clinical manifestations, disease severity and laboratory parameters
Amreeta Dhanoa, Sharifah Syed Hassan, Chin Fang Ngim, Chun Fatt Lau, Teik Seng Chan, Nur Amelia Azreen Adnan, Wilhelm Wei Han Eng, Han Ming Gan, Ganeswrie Rajasekaram
Reduction of Streptococcus pneumoniae in upper respiratory tract cultures and a decreased incidence of related acute otitis media following introduction of childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in a Swedish county
Nils Littorin, Jonas Ahl, Fabian Uddén, Fredrik Resman, Kristian Riesbeck
Serological positive markers of hepatitis B virus in femoral venous blood or umbilical cord blood should not be evidence of in-utero infection among neonates
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Clostridium difficile infection health disparities by race among hospitalized adults in the United States, 2001 to 2010
Jacqueline R. Argamany, Andrew Delgado, Kelly R. Reveles
Factors associated with optimal pharmacy refill adherence for antiretroviral medications and plasma HIV RNA non-detectability among HIV-positive crack cocaine users: a prospective cohort study
Kanna Hayashi, Evan Wood, Thomas Kerr, Huiru Dong, Paul Nguyen, Cathy M. Puskas, Silvia Guillemi, Julio S. G. Montaner, Michael-John Milloy
A needs assessment study for optimising prescribing practice in secondary care junior doctors: the Antibiotic Prescribing Education among Doctors (APED)
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Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem resistant gram-negative bacilli from infected pediatric population in tertiary - care hospitals in Medellín, Colombia: an increasing problem
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Erratum To: Accounting for Behavioral Responses during a Flu Epidemic Using Home Television Viewing
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The effect of diabetes mellitus on outcomes of patients with nosocomial pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: data from a prospective double-blind clinical trial comparing treatment with linezolid versus vancomycin
Ozlem Equils, Christopher da Costa, Michele Wible, Benjamin A. Lipsky
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Rosemin Kassam, Richard Sekiwunga, John B. Collins, Juliet Tembe, Eric Liow
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Colin Stewart Brown, Colette Joanne Smith, Ronan Angus MacCormick Breen, Lawrence Peter Ormerod, Rahul Mittal, Marie Fisk, Heather June Milburn, Nicholas Martin Price, Graham Henry Bothamley, Marc Caeroos Isaac Lipman
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Burden of pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sean Wasserman, Mark E. Engel, Rulan Griesel, Marc Mendelson
The diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid lactate for post-neurosurgical bacterial meningitis: a meta-analysis
Xiong Xiao, Yang Zhang, Liwei Zhang, Peng Kang, Nan Ji
A randomized controlled study of 5 and 10 days treatment with phenoxymethylpenicillin for pharyngotonsillitis caused by streptococcus group A – a protocol study
Gunilla Skoog, Charlotta Edlund, Christian G. Giske, Sigvard Mölstad, Christer Norman, Pär-Daniel Sundvall, Katarina Hedin
Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar infection in Mexican school children: genotyping and phylogenetic relationship
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Factors associated with smoking among tuberculosis patients in Spain
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No evidence of firstly acquired acute hepatitis C virus infection outbreak among HIV-infected patients from Southern Spain: a multicentric retrospective study from 2000-2014
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Micafungin versus anidulafungin in critically ill patients with invasive candidiasis: a retrospective study
Patrick J. van der Geest, Nicole G. M. Hunfeld, Sophie E. Ladage, A. B. Johan Groeneveld
Tuberculosis incidence in a cohort of individuals infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in Salvador, Brazil
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Risk of cardiovascular events among patients with HIV treated with atazanavir-containing regimens: a retrospective cohort study
Lisa Rosenblatt, Amanda M. Farr, Ella T. Nkhoma, James K. Nelson, Corey Ritchings, Stephen S. Johnston
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Risk factors for differential outcome following directly observed treatment (DOT) of slum and non-slum tuberculosis patients: a retrospective cohort study
Robert E. Snyder, Mariel A. Marlow, Melissa E. Phuphanich, Lee W. Riley, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with dermatophytoses in two HIV-1 positive patients in rural Tanzania: a case report
Herry Mapesi, Adrià Ramírez, Marcel Tanner, Christoph Hatz, Emilio Letang, Aschola Asantiel, Manuel Battegay, Adolphina Chale, Diana Faini, Ingrid Felger, Gideon Francis, Hansjakob Furrer, Anna Gamell, Tracy Glass, Christoph Hatz, Specioza Hwaya, Bryson Kasuga, Namvua Kimera, Yassin Kisunga, Thomas Klimkait, Emilio Letang, Antonia Luhombero, Lameck B. Luwanda, Herry Mapesi, Leticia Mbwile, Mengi Mkulila, Julius Mkumbo, Margareth Mkusa, Dorcus K. Mnzava, Germana Mossad, Dolores Mpundunga, Athumani Mtandanguo, Kim D. Mwamelo, Selerine Myeya, Sanula Nahota, Regina Ndaki, Agatha Ngulukila, Alex John Ntamatungiro, Leila Samson, George Sikalengo, Marcel Tanner, Fiona Vanobberghen, Aneth V. Kalinjuma, Maja Weisser
Vancomycin in infusion during vitrectomy in surgical treatment of acute postoperative and posttraumatic endophthalmitis
Robert Rejdak, Tomasz Choragiewicz, Agnieszka Kalinowska, Michael J. Koss, Piotr Ksiazek, Joanna Moneta-Wielgos, Ryszard Maciejewski, Anselm G. Jünemann, Katarzyna Nowomiejska
Test site predicts HIV care linkage and antiretroviral therapy initiation: a prospective 3.5 year cohort study of HIV-positive testers in northern Tanzania
Elizabeth A. Reddy, Chris Bernard Agala, Venance P. Maro, Jan Ostermann, Brian W. Pence, Dafrosa K. Itemba, Donna Safley, Jia Yao, Nathan M. Thielman, Kathryn Whetten
Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in a blood donor population born prior to and after implementation of universal HBV vaccination in Shenzhen, China
Zhen Wang, Jinfeng Zeng, Tingting Li, Xin Zheng, Xiaoxuan Xu, Xianlin Ye, Liang Lu, Weigang Zhu, Baocheng Yang, Jean-Pierre Allain, Chengyao Li
Healthcare seeking behavior of patients with influenza like illness: comparison of the summer and winter influenza epidemics
Huaiqing Meng, Qiuyan Liao, Lorna Kwai Ping Suen, Margaret O’Donoghue, Chit Ming Wong, Lin Yang
Identification potential biomarkers in pulmonary tuberculosis and latent infection based on bioinformatics analysis
Xue-Bing Qin, Wei-Jue Zhang, Lin Zou, Pei-Jia Huang, Bao-Jun Sun
Rapid urine-based screening for tuberculosis to reduce AIDS-related mortality in hospitalized patients in Africa (the STAMP trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Ankur Gupta-Wright, Katherine L. Fielding, Joep J. van Oosterhout, Douglas K. Wilson, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Clare Flach, Krishna P. Reddy, Rochelle P. Walensky, Jurgens A. Peters, Melanie Alufandika-Moyo, Stephen D. Lawn
A cross-sectional study on the concordance between vaginal HPV DNA detection and type-specific antibodies in a multi-ethnic cohort of women from Amsterdam, the Netherlands – the HELIUS study
Alexandra Kovaleva, Catharina J. Alberts, Tim Waterboer, Angelika Michel, Marieke B. Snijder, Wilma Vermeulen, Liza Coyer, Maria Prins, Maarten Schim van der Loeff
Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis to predict influenza in primary care patients
Richard K. Zimmerman, G. K. Balasubramani, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Heather Eng, Leonard Urbanski, Michael L. Jackson, Lisa A. Jackson, Huong Q. McLean, Edward A. Belongia, Arnold S. Monto, Ryan E. Malosh, Manjusha Gaglani, Lydia Clipper, Brendan Flannery, Stephen R. Wisniewski
Human leukocyte antigen class 1 genotype distribution and analysis in persons with active tuberculosis and household contacts from Central Uganda
Helen K. Buteme, Rebecca Axelsson-Robertson, Lina Benson, Moses L. Joloba, W. Henry Boom, Gunilla Kallenius, Markus Maeurer
Epidemiology of primary rubella infection in the Central African Republic: data from measles surveillance, 2007–2014
Alain Farra, Marilou Pagonendji, Alexandre Manikariza, Dieubéni Rawago, Rock Ouambita-Mabo, Gilbert Guifara, Ionela Gouandjika-Vasilache
Detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in prostate tissue and serostatus in patients with asymptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia
Jamshaid Iqbal, Jumanah Al-Rashed, Elijah O. Kehinde
Association of vitamin D deficiency with hepatitis B virus - related liver diseases
Nghiem Xuan Hoan, Nguyen Khuyen, Mai Thanh Binh, Dao Phuong Giang, Hoang Van Tong, Phan Quoc Hoan, Ngo Tat Trung, Do Tuan Anh, Nguyen Linh Toan, Christian G. Meyer, Peter G. Kremsner, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan, Le Huu Song
Epidemiological aspects of rotavirus and adenovirus in hospitalized children with diarrhea: a 5-year survey in Beijing
Liying Liu, Yuan Qian, You Zhang, Linqing Zhao, Liping Jia, Huijing Dong
Development and validation of a novel single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) panel for genetic analysis of Blastomyces spp. and association analysis
Holly M. Frost, Jennifer L. Anderson, Lynn Ivacic, Brian L. Sloss, John Embil, Jennifer K. Meece
Throat culture positivity rate and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of beta-hemolytic streptococci in children on secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease
Nigus Zegeye, Daniel Asrat, Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel, Abebe Habte, Etsegenet Gedlu, Tone Tønjum, Abraham Aseffa
Emergence of human caliciviruses among diarrhea cases in southwest China
Shun-Xian Zhang, Li Li, Jian-Wen Yin, Miao Jin, Xiang-Yu Kong, Li-Li Pang, Yong-Kang Zhou, Li-Guang Tian, Jia-Xu Chen, Xiao-Nong Zhou
Early diagnosis of dengue disease severity in a resource-limited Asian country
Philippe Cavailler, Arnaud Tarantola, Yee Sin Leo, Andrew A. Lover, Anne Rachline, Moniboth Duch, Rekol Huy, Ai Li Quake, Yuvatha Kdan, Veasna Duong, Jeremy L. Brett, Philippe Buchy
What people know about congenital CMV: an analysis of a large heterogeneous population through a web-based survey
Sandro Binda, Laura Pellegrinelli, Marco Terraneo, Alessandra Caserini, Valeria Primache, Laura Bubba, Maria Barbi
Tuberculous spondylitis diagnosed through Xpert MTB/RIF assay in urine: a case report
George Sikalengo, Adria Ramirez, Diana Faini, Kim Mwamelo, Manuel Battegay, Levan Jugheli, Christoph Hatz, Klaus Reither, Emilio Letang
Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in Australian adults: a systematic review of coverage and factors associated with uptake
Amalie Dyda, Surendra Karki, Andrew Hayen, C. Raina MacIntyre, Robert Menzies, Emily Banks, John M. Kaldor, Bette Liu
Persistently high prevalence of primary resistance and multidrug resistance of tuberculosis in Heilongjiang Province, China
Di Li, Jing-Li Wang, Bin-Ying Ji, Jia-Yi Cui, Xin-Ling Pan, Chang-Long Fan, Chang-Xia Shao, Li-Na Zhao, Yuan-Ping Ma, Liu-Zhuo Zhang, Chun-Lei Zhang, Cai-Bo Dong, Toshio Hattori, Hong Ling
Development and evaluation of an in-house single step loop-mediated isothermal amplification (SS-LAMP) assay for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in sputum samples from Moroccan patients
El Mehdi Bentaleb, Mohammed Abid, My Driss El Messaoudi, Brahim Lakssir, El Mostafa Ressami, Saaïd Amzazi, Hassan Sefrioui, Hassan Ait Benhassou
Prolonged tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: characteristics and risk factors
Tasnim M. Bana, Maia Lesosky, Dominique J. Pepper, Helen van der Plas, Charlotte Schutz, Rene Goliath, Chelsea Morroni, Marc Mendelson, Gary Maartens, Robert J. Wilkinson, Graeme Meintjes
Erratum to: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis caused by Enterobacter species versus Escherichia coli: a matched case-control study
Seongman Bae, Taeeun Kim, Min-Chul Kim, Yong Pil Chong, Sung-Han Kim, Heungsup Sung, Young-Suk Lim, Sang-Oh Lee, Mi-Na Kim, Yang Soo Kim, Jun Hee Woo, Sang-Ho Choi
Molecular evidence of high rates of asymptomatic P. vivax infection and very low P. falciparum malaria in Botswana
Thato Motshoge, Grace K. Ababio, Larysa Aleksenko, John Read, Elias Peloewetse, Mazhani Loeto, Tjantilili Mosweunyane, Kentse Moakofhi, Davies S. Ntebele, Simon Chihanga, Mpho Motlaleng, Anderson Chinorumba, Moses Vurayai, Jeffrey M. Pernica, Giacomo M. Paganotti, Isaac K. Quaye
A spatial model of Wild Poliovirus Type 1 in Kano State, Nigeria: calibration and assessment of elimination probability
Kevin A. McCarthy, Guillaume Chabot-Couture, Faisal Shuaib
The impact of healthcare visit timing on reported pertussis cough duration: Selection bias and disease pattern from reported cases in Michigan, USA, 2000–2010
Jennifer K. Knapp, Mark L. Wilson, Susan Murray, Matthew L. Boulton
Malaria infection and anaemia in HIV-infected children in Mutengene, Southwest Cameroon: a cross sectional study
Ayukenchengamba Bate, Helen K. Kimbi, Emmaculate Lum, Leopold G. Lehman, Elias F. Onyoh, Lucy M. Ndip, Conica M. Njabi, Calvin Tonga, Godlove B.Wempnje, Roland N. Ndip, Pascal O. Bessong
Short-term effects of meteorological factors on pediatric hand, foot, and mouth disease in Guangdong, China: a multi-city time-series analysis
Cui Guo, Jun Yang, Yuming Guo, Qiao-Qun Ou, Shuang-Quan Shen, Chun-Quan Ou, Qi-Yong Liu
Is Hepatitis Delta infections important in Brazil?
Maira Ferreira Cicero, Nathalia Mantovani Pena, Luiz Claudio Santana, Rafael Arnold, Rafael Gonçalves Azevedo, Élcio de Souza Leal, Ricardo Sobhie Diaz, Shirley Vasconcelos Komninakis
Loss to follow-up and HIV incidence in female sex workers in Kaiyuan, Yunnan Province China: a nine year longitudinal study
Yingying Su, Guowei Ding, Kathleen H. Reilly, Jessie L. Norris, Huixin Liu, Zheng Li, Guixiang Wang, Ganggang Fang, Ning Wang
An extremely rare case of tubo-ovarian abscesses involving corynebacterium striatum as causative agent
Tetsuya Yamamoto, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Shimpei Mizuki, Yuki Nakashima, Houu Kou, Motoyoshi Maruo, Hozuka Akita
Prognostic factors for severe Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia of non-HIV patients in intensive care unit: a bicentric retrospective study
Li Weng, Xu Huang, Lie Chen, Li-Qin Feng, Wei Jiang, Xiao-Yun Hu, Jin-Min Peng, Chun-Yao Wang, Qing-Yuan Zhan, Bin Du
A case report of a deep surgical site infection with Terrisporobacter glycolicus/T. Mayombei and review of the literature
Matthew P. Cheng, Marc-Christian Domingo, Simon Lévesque, Cedric P. Yansouni
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated risk factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care center at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, northwest Ethiopia
Adane Derso, Endalkachew Nibret, Abaineh Munshea
Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and C viruses, and Treponema pallidum infections among blood donors at Shiyan, Central China
Shuguo Yang, Danmei Jiao, Changjun Liu, Ming Lv, Shan Li, Zongyun Chen, Yao Deng, Yanqing Zhao, Jian Li
Effectiveness and safety of generic version of abacavir/lamivudine and efavirenz in treatment naïve HIV-infected patients: a nonrandomized, open-label, phase IV study in Cali-Colombia, 2011–2012
Jaime Galindo, Pedro Amariles, Héctor F. Mueses-Marín, Jaime A. Hincapié, Sebastián González-Avendaño, Ximena Galindo-Orrego
Impact of mass-screening on tuberculosis incidence in a prospective cohort of Brazilian prisoners
Dayse Sanchez Guimarães Paião, Everton Ferreira Lemos, Andrea da Silva Santos Carbone, Renata Viebrantz Enne Sgarbi, Alexandre Laranjeira Junior, Fellipe Matos da Silva, Letícia Marques Brandão, Luciana Squarizi dos Santos, Vaneli Silva Martins, Simone Simionatto, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro, Maurício Antônio Pompílio, Juliana Urrego, Albert Icksang Ko, Jason Randolph Andrews, Julio Croda
Factors associated with clinical outcome in 25 patients with avian influenza A (H7N9) infection in Guangzhou, China
Hui Wang, XinCai Xiao, Jianyun Lu, Zongqiu Chen, Kuibiao Li, Hui Liu, Lei Luo, Ming Wang, ZhiCong Yang
Temporal trends of β-haemolytic streptococcal osteoarticular infections in western Norway
Oddvar Oppegaard, Steinar Skrede, Haima Mylvaganam, Bård Reiakvam Kittang
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing in predicting the presence of carbapenemase genes in Enterobacteriaceae in South Africa
Ashika Singh-Moodley, Olga Perovic
Does directly observed therapy improve tuberculosis treatment? More evidence is needed to guide tuberculosis policy
Zoë M. McLaren, Amanda A. Milliken, Amanda J. Meyer, Alana R. Sharp
Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae influences the outcome of early infections in liver transplant recipients
Francesco Barchiesi, Roberto Montalti, Pamela Castelli, Daniele Nicolini, Silvia Staffolani, Federico Mocchegiani, Alessandro Fiorentini, Esther Manso, Marco Vivarelli
Entomological efficacy of durable wall lining with reduced wall surface coverage for strengthening visceral leishmaniasis vector control in Bangladesh, India and Nepal
M. Mamun Huda, Vijay Kumar, Murari Lal Das, Debashis Ghosh, Jyoti Priyanka, Pradeep Das, Abdul Alim, Greg Matlashewski, Axel Kroeger, Eduardo Alfonso-Sierra, Dinesh Mondal
Relation between BCG vaccine scar and an interferon-gamma release assay in immigrant children with “positive” tuberculin skin test (≥10 mm)
Margret Johansson Gudjónsdóttir, Karsten Kötz, Ruth Stangebye Nielsen, Philip Wilmar, Sofia Olausson, Daniel Wallmyr, Birger Trollfors
Absence of convincing evidence of Coxiella burnetii infection in Chile: a cross-sectional serosurvey among healthy adults in four different regions
Thomas Weitzel, Javier López, Gerardo Acosta-Jamett, Sophie Edouard, Philippe Parola, Katia Abarca
Nationwide distribution of varicella-zoster virus clades in China
Songtao Xu, Mukai Chen, Huanying Zheng, Haiyan Wang, Meng Chen, Jianhui Zhou, Wang Shuang, Pengbo Yu, Chaofeng Ma, Jilan He, Daxing Feng, Zhu Zhen, Zhang Yan, Mao Naiying, Aili Cui, Qiuhua Wu, Mengyuan Qi, Chongshan Li, Xiaoguang Xu, Wenbo Xu
A household-based survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards dengue fever among local urban communities in Taiz Governorate, Yemen
Thaker A. A. Alyousefi, Rashad Abdul-Ghani, Mohammed A. K. Mahdy, Samira M. A. Al-Eryani, Abdulsalam M. Al-Mekhlafi, Yahia A. Raja, Shamusul Azhar Shah, John C. Beier
Recombinant domains III of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus envelope protein in combination with dextran and CpGs induce immune response and partial protectiveness against TBE virus infection in mice
Anna S. Ershova, Olga A. Gra, Alexander M. Lyaschuk, Tatyana M. Grunina, Artem P. Tkachuk, Mikhail S. Bartov, Darya M. Savina, Olga V. Sergienko, Zoya M. Galushkina, Vladimir P. Gudov, Liubov I. Kozlovskaya, Ivan S. Kholodilov, Larissa V. Gmyl, Galina G. Karganova, Vladimir G. Lunin, Anna S. Karyagina, Alexander L. Gintsburg
QuantiFERON conversion following tuberculin administration is common in HIV infection and relates to baseline response
Hanif Esmail, Friedrich Thienemann, Tolu Oni, Rene Goliath, Katalin A. Wilkinson, Robert J. Wilkinson
High frequency of pre-existing neutralizing antibody responses in patients with dengue during an outbreak in Central Brazil
Angela Ferreira Lopes de Teive e Argolo, Valéria Christina de Rezende Féres, Marli Tenório Cordeiro, Lucimeire Antonelli da Silveira, Adriana Oliveira Guilarde, Ernesto Torres de Azevedo Marques Jr., Wayner Vieira de Souza, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli
Erratum to: Risk of cardiovascular events among patients with HIV treated with atazanavircontaining regimens: a retrospective cohort study
Lisa Rosenblatt, Amanda M. Farr, Ella T. Nkhoma, James K. Nelson, Corey Ritchings, Stephen S. Johnston
Safety and efficacy of liposomal amphotericin B for treatment of complicated visceral leishmaniasis in patients without HIV, North-West Ethiopia
Aschalew Tamiru, Bethlehem Tigabu, Sisay Yifru, Ermias Diro, Asrat Hailu
Multicenter prospective study on the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children less than 3 years of age in Spain
J. Arístegui, J. Ferrer, I. Salamanca, E. Garrote, A. Partidas, M. San-Martin, B. San-Jose
The habitat of Coccidioides spp. and the role of animals as reservoirs and disseminators in nature
María del Rocío Reyes-Montes, María Ameyali Pérez-Huitrón, Jorge Luis Ocaña-Monroy, María Guadalupe Frías-De-León, Erick Martínez-Herrera, Roberto Arenas, Esperanza Duarte-Escalante
Multi-complexity measures of heart rate variability and the effect of vasopressor titration: a prospective cohort study of patients with septic shock
Samuel M. Brown, Jeffrey Sorensen, Michael J. Lanspa, Matthew T. Rondina, Colin K. Grissom, Sajid Shahul, V. J. Mathews
Reducing disease burden in an influenza pandemic by targeted delivery of neuraminidase inhibitors: mathematical models in the Australian context
Robert Moss, James M. McCaw, Allen C. Cheng, Aeron C. Hurt, Jodie McVernon
Does cemented or cementless single-stage exchange arthroplasty of chronic periprosthetic hip infections provide similar infection rates to a two-stage? A systematic review
D. A. George, N. Logoluso, G. Castellini, S. Gianola, S. Scarponi, F. S. Haddad, L. Drago, C. L. Romano
Time to clearance of Chlamydia trachomatis RNA and DNA after treatment in patients coinfected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae – a prospective cohort study
Carolien M. Wind, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Magnus Unemo, Rob Schuurman, Alje P. van Dam, Henry J. C. de Vries
Survival outcomes for first-line antiretroviral therapy in India’s ART program
Rakhi Dandona, Bharat B. Rewari, G. Anil Kumar, Sukarma Tanwar, S. G. Prem Kumar, Venkata S. Vishnumolakala, Herbert C. Duber, Emmanuela Gakidou, Lalit Dandona
Oral fosfomycin for treatment of urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study
Philippa C. Matthews, Lucinda K. Barrett, Stephanie Warren, Nicole Stoesser, Mel Snelling, Matthew Scarborough, Nicola Jones
Meningitis in a Chinese adult patient caused by Mycoplasma hominis: a rare infection and literature review
Menglan Zhou, Peng Wang, Sharon Chen, Bin Du, Jinlong Du, Fengdan Wang, Meng Xiao, Fanrong Kong, Yingchun Xu
Human brucellosis in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2010–2015
Nawal Al Shehhi, Faisal Aziz, Farida Al Hosani, Bashir Aden, Iain Blair
Significance of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 elevation in patients admitted to the intensive care unit with sepsis
P. E. Charles, R. Noel, F. Massin, J. Guy, P. E. Bollaert, J. P. Quenot, S. Gibot
Comparison of characteristics of culture-negative pyogenic spondylitis and tuberculous spondylitis: a retrospective study
Chung-Jong Kim, Eun Jung Kim, Kyoung-Ho Song, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Wan Beom Park, Ji Hwan Bang, Eu Suk Kim, Sang Won Park, Hong-Bin Kim, Myoung-don Oh, Nam Joong Kim
Comparative M-protein analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes from pharyngitis and skin infections in New Zealand: Implications for vaccine development
Deborah A Williamson, Pierre R Smeesters, Andrew C Steer, Julie Morgan, Mark Davies, Philip Carter, Arlo Upton, Stephen Y.C. Tong, John Fraser, Nicole J Moreland
Risk factors for mortality among malnourished HIV-infected adults eligible for antiretroviral therapy
Susannah L Woodd, Paul Kelly, John R. Koethe, George Praygod, Andrea M. Rehman, Molly Chisenga, Joshua Siame, Douglas C. Heimburger, Henrik Friis, Suzanne Filteau
Nosocomial outbreak of KPC-2- and NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal ward: a retrospective study
Jing Yu, Kun Tan, Zhihui Rong, Yue Wang, Zhongju Chen, Xuhui Zhu, Li Wu, Li Tan, Wei Xiong, Ziyong Sun, Ling Chen
Cost analysis of tuberculin skin test and the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube test for tuberculosis screening in a correctional setting in Dallas, Texas, USA
Ank E. Nijhawan, Princess A. Iroh, Larry S. Brown, Daniel Winetsky, Esmaeil Porsa
A multidimensional education program at substance dependence treatment centers improves patient knowledge and hepatitis C care
Rui Tato Marinho, António Costa, Teodomiro Pires, Helena Raposo, Carlos Vasconcelos, Cristina Polónia, Joaquim Borges, Mariana Soares, Graça Vilar, Ana Maria Nogueira, Rosa Mateus, Alcides Rodrigues, João Domingues, Paula Coelho, Paula Santos, Manuel Seoane, Mariana Coelho, José Correia, Luísa Teixeira, Miguel Vasconcelos, Hélder Costa, Luís Nascimento, Marta Andrade, Rosário Vasconcelos, Carla Proença, Marta Cadete, Rita Carvalho, Carla Gonçalves, Denise Rocha, Alexandra Camilo, Elsa Costa, Douteiro Sá, Cristina Recalde, Isabel Vila Nova, Lisete Feijó, Sara Passos, Silvia Ribeiro, Sandra Peixoto, Armando Melo, Diana Pacheco, Ana Teles, Anabela Almeida, Patrícia Abreu, Sónia Antunes, Sónia Paiva, Ana Gabriela Silva, José Fernandes, Célia Carvalho, Nídia Rosa, Stela Camarneiro, Nélia Capêto, Fernanda Rodrigues, Ana Luísa Góis, Carmen Fernandes, Lina Correia, Paula Carrinho, Paula Boal, Margarida Gil, Cristina Fonseca, Ana Nunes, Luís Tavares, Ana Paula Tavares, Ana Horta, Fátima Augusto, Cláudia Cardoso, Abílio Gonçalves, Pilar Fernandez, Rita Herculano
Human Puumala hantavirus infection in northern Sweden; increased seroprevalence and association to risk and health factors
Kristina Bergstedt Oscarsson, Alette Brorstad, Maria Baudin, Anne Lindberg, Annika Forssén, Magnus Evander, Marie Eriksson, Clas Ahlm
A prospective study of the importance of enteric fever as a cause of non-malarial febrile illness in patients admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh
Rapeephan R. Maude, Aniruddha Ghose, Rasheda Samad, Hanna K. de Jong, Masako Fukushima, Lalith Wijedoru, Mahtab Uddin Hassan, Md Amir Hossain, Md Rezaul Karim, Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Stannie van den Ende, Sujat Pal, A. S. M. Zahed, Wahid Rahman, Rifat Karnain, Rezina Islam, Dung Thi Ngoc Tran, Tuyen Thanh Ha, Anh Hong Pham, James I. Campbell, H. Rogier van Doorn, Richard J. Maude, Tom van der Poll, W. Joost Wiersinga, Nicholas P. J. Day, Stephen Baker, Arjen M. Dondorp, Christopher M. Parry, Md Abul Faiz
Outcome of patients with streptococcal prosthetic joint infections with special reference to rifampicin combinations
E. Fiaux, M. Titecat, O. Robineau, J. Lora-Tamayo, Y. El Samad, M. Etienne, N. Frebourg, N. Blondiaux, B. Brunschweiler, F. Dujardin, E. Beltrand, C. Loiez, V. Cattoir, J. P. Canarelli, C. Hulet, M. Valette, S. Nguyen, F. Caron, H. Migaud, E. Senneville
Hemoglobin levels and blood transfusion in patients with sepsis in Internal Medicine Departments
Gassan Fuad Muady, Haim Bitterman, Arie Laor, Moshe Vardi, Vitally Urin, Nesrin Ghanem-Zoubi
Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections at a South African children’s hospital 2006–2011, a cross-sectional study
Heloise Buys, Rudzani Muloiwa, Colleen Bamford, Brian Eley
Use of a risk scoring tool to identify higher-risk HIV-1 serodiscordant couples for an antiretroviral-based HIV-1 prevention intervention
Elizabeth M. Irungu, Renee Heffron, Nelly Mugo, Kenneth Ngure, Elly Katabira, Nulu Bulya, Elizabeth Bukusi, Josephine Odoyo, Stephen Asiimwe, Edna Tindimwebwa, Connie Celum, Jared M. Baeten, Jared Baeten, Connie Celum, Renee Heffron, Deborah Donnell, Ruanne Barnabas, Jessica Haberer, Harald Haugen, Craig Hendrix, Lara Kidoguchi, Mark Marzinke, Susan Morrison, Jennifer Morton, Norma Ware, Monique Wyatt, Elly Katabira, Nulu Bulya, Elizabeth Bukusi, Josephine Odoyo, Nelly Mugo, Kenneth Ngure
Antiretroviral therapy improves survival among TB-HIV co-infected patients who have CD4+ T-cell count above 350cells/mm3
Simon Mutembo, Jane N. Mutanga, Kebby Musokotwane, Lutangu Alisheke, Christopher C. Whalen
Clinical presentations, diagnosis, mortality and prognostic markers of tuberculous meningitis in Vietnamese children: a prospective descriptive study
Nguyen Duc Bang, Maxine Caws, Thai Thanh Truc, Tran Ngoc Duong, Nguyen Huy Dung, Dang Thi Minh Ha, Guy E. Thwaites, Doortje Heemskerk, Joel Tarning, Laura Merson, Pham Van Toi, Jeremy J. Farrar, Marcel Wolbers, Thomas Pouplin, Jeremy N. Day
Bartholinitis due to Aggregatibacter aphrophilus: a case report
Morgane Choquet, Emilie Pluquet, Sandrine Castelain, Raphaël Guihéneuf, Véronique Decroix
An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among older children (≥5 years) and adults after the implementation of an infant vaccination programme with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Ghana
Brenda Anna Kwambana-Adams, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Badu Sarkodie, Osei Kuffour Afreh, George Khumalo Kuma, Godfred Owusu-Okyere, Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Sally-Ann Ohene, Charles Okot, Archibald Kwame Worwui, Catherine Okoi, Madikay Senghore, Jacob Kweku Otu, Chinelo Ebruke, Richard Bannerman, Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, David Opare, Gemma Kay, Timothy Letsa, Owen Kaluwa, Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira, Victor Bampoe, Syed M. A. Zaman, Mark J. Pallen, Umberto D’Alessandro, Jason M. Mwenda, Martin Antonio
School closure policies at municipality level for mitigating influenza spread: a model-based evaluation
Constanze Ciavarella, Laura Fumanelli, Stefano Merler, Ciro Cattuto, Marco Ajelli
World-wide variation in incidence of Acinetobacter associated ventilator associated pneumonia: a meta-regression
James C. Hurley
Japanese encephalitis vaccine-facilitated dengue virus infection-enhancement antibody in adults
Yuka Saito, Meng Ling Moi, Nozomi Takeshita, Chang-Kweng Lim, Hajime Shiba, Kuniaki Hosono, Masayuki Saijo, Ichiro Kurane, Tomohiko Takasaki
Acute transverse myelitis of the cervical spine secondary to psoas abscess
Hongyu He, Lirong Jin, Minjie Ju, Guowei Tu, Zhe Luo
Circulating granulysin levels in healthcare workers and latent tuberculosis infection estimated using interferon-gamma release assays
Pham Huu Thuong, Do Bang Tam, Shinsaku Sakurada, Nguyen Thi Le Hang, Minako Hijikata, Le Thi Hong, Phan Thi Minh Ngoc, Pham Thu Anh, Vu Cao Cuong, Ikumi Matsushita, Luu Thi Lien, Naoto Keicho
Development of a prediction model for bacteremia in hospitalized adults with cellulitis to aid in the efficient use of blood cultures: a retrospective cohort study
Chun-Yuan Lee, Calvin M. Kunin, Chung Chang, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Yao-Shen Chen, Hung-Chin Tsai
Acute vision loss in post-partum period as presenting symptom of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis–an unusual case report
Aniruddha More, Ravindra Kumar Garg, Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Neeraj Kumar, Ravi Uniyal
Drug susceptibility profiles of pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in informal urban settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Glennah Kerubo, Evans Amukoye, Stefan Niemann, Samuel Kariuki
Pseudobacteremia outbreak of biofilm-forming Achromobacter xylosoxidans – environmental transmission
Frank Günther, Uta Merle, Uwe Frank, Matthias M. Gaida, Nico T. Mutters
N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels associated with severe hand, foot and mouth disease
Hui-Ling Deng, Yu-Feng Zhang, Ya-Ping Li, Yu Zhang, Yan Xie, Jun Wang, Xiao-Yan Wang, Shuang-Suo Dang
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia with iliac artery endarteritis in a patient receiving ustekinumab
Insa Joost, Johannes Steinfurt, Philipp T. Meyer, Winfried V. Kern, Siegbert Rieg
High third-generation cephalosporin resistant Enterobacteriaceae prevalence rate among neonatal infections in Dakar, Senegal
Sebastien Breurec, Coralie Bouchiat, Jean-Marie Sire, Olivier Moquet, Raymond Bercion, Moussa Fafa Cisse, Philippe Glaser, Ousmane Ndiaye, Sidy Ka, Helene Salord, Abdoulaye Seck, Haby Signate Sy, Remy Michel, Benoit Garin
HIV epidemiology and responses among men who have sex with men and transgender individuals in China: a scoping review
Songyuan Tang, Weiming Tang, Kathrine Meyers, Polin Chan, Zhongdan Chen, Joseph D. Tucker
Increasing incidence associated with herpes zoster infection in British Columbia, Canada
Fawziah Marra, Mei Chong, Mehdi Najafzadeh
Predictors of viral suppression and rebound among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in a large multi-site Canadian cohort
Zachary Tanner, Nathan Lachowsky, Erin Ding, Hasina Samji, Mark Hull, Angela Cescon, Sophie Patterson, Jason Chia, Alia Leslie, Janet Raboud, Mona Loutfy, Curtis Cooper, Marina Klein, Nima Machouf, Christos Tsoukas, Julio Montaner, Robert S. Hogg, Robert Hogg, Ann N. Burchell, Curtis Cooper, Deborah Kelly, Marina Klein, Mona Loutfy, Nima Machouf, Julio Montaner, Janet Raboud, Chris Tsoukas, Stephen Sanche, Alexander Wong, Tony Antoniou, Ahmed Bayoumi, Mark Hull, Bohdan Nosyk, Angela Cescon, Charlie Goldsmith, Silvia Guillemi, P. Richard Harrigan, Marianne Harris, Sean Hosein, Sharon Johnston, Claire Kendall, Clare Liddy, Viviane Lima, David Marsh, David Moore, Alexis Palmer, Sophie Patterson, Peter Phillips, Anita Rachlis, Sean B. Rourke, Hasina Samji, Marek Smieja, Benoit Trottier, Mark Wainberg, Sharon Walmsley, Chris Archibald, Ken Clement, Fred Crouzat, Monique Doolittle-Romas, Laurie Edmiston, Sandra Gardner, Brian Huskins, Jerry Lawless, Douglas Lee, Renee Masching, Stephen Tattle, Alireza Zahirieh, Claire Allen, Guillaume Colley, Jason Chia, Daniel Corsi, Louise Gilbert, Alia Leslie, Lucia Light, David Mackie, Costas Pexos, Susan Shurgold, Leah Szadkowski, Chrissi Galanakis, Ina Sandler, Benita Yip, Jaime Younger, Julia Zhu
Immune recovery in acute and chronic HIV infection and the impact of thymic stromal lymphopoietin
Marco Gelpi, Hans J. Hartling, Kristina Thorsteinsson, Jan Gerstoft, Henrik Ullum, Susanne D. Nielsen
Performance of point-of-care CD4 testing technologies in resource-constrained settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Minh D. Pham, Paul A. Agius, Lorena Romero, Peter McGlynn, David Anderson, Suzanne M. Crowe, Stanley Luchters
Severe adverse events during second-line tuberculosis treatment in the context of high HIV Co-infection in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study
Kathryn Schnippel, Rebecca H. Berhanu, Andrew Black, Cynthia Firnhaber, Norah Maitisa, Denise Evans, Edina Sinanovic
Validation of genotype cluster investigations for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: application results for 44 clusters from four heterogeneous United States jurisdictions
Larry D. Teeter, Padmaja Vempaty, Duc T. M. Nguyen, Jane Tapia, Sharon Sharnprapai, Smita Ghosh, J. Steven Kammerer, Roque Miramontes, Wendy A. Cronin, Edward A. Graviss
A cluster of KPC-2 and VIM-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST833 isolates from the pediatric service of a Venezuelan Hospital
Aura Falco, Yusibeska Ramos, Esther Franco, Alegría Guzmán, Howard Takiff
A DNA vaccine targeting TcdA and TcdB induces protective immunity against Clostridium difficile
Bao-Zhong Zhang, Jianpiao Cai, Bin Yu, Yanhong Hua, Candy Choiyi Lau, Richard Yi-Tsun Tsun Kao, Kong-Hung Sze, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Jian-Dong Huang
Respiratory microbes present in the nasopharynx of children hospitalised with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa
Felix S. Dube, Mamadou Kaba, F. J. Lourens Robberts, Lemese Ah Tow, Sugnet Lubbe, Heather J. Zar, Mark P. Nicol
Neonatal bloodstream infections in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital: Are the current antibiotic recommendations adequate?
Appiah-Korang Labi, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, Stephanie Bjerrum, Christabel Enweronu-Laryea, Mercy Jemima Newman
The COX- inhibitor indomethacin reduces Th1 effector and T regulatory cells in vitro in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Kristian Tonby, Ida Wergeland, Nora V. Lieske, Dag Kvale, Kjetil Tasken, Anne M. Dyrhol-Riise
The complexity of human infected AIV H5N6 isolated from China
Zhijie Zhang, Rui Li, Lufang Jiang, Chenglong Xiong, Yue Chen, Genming Zhao, Qingwu Jiang
A case report of a cystic fibrosis patient with repeated isolation of Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans identified by a novel short-extraction method
Daniel Goldenberger, Vladimira Hinić, Spasenija Savic Prince, Michael Tamm, Anna-Maria Balestra, Doris Hohler, Reno Frei
Erratum to: Poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Southern Mozambique (2011-2012)
Alberto L. García-Basteiro, Durval Respeito, Orvalho J. Augusto, Elisa López-Varela, Charfudin Sacoor, Victor G. Sequera, Aina Casellas, Quique Bassat, Ivan Manhiça, Eusebio Macete, Frank Cobelens, Pedro L. Alonso
Erratum to: Rapid urine-based screening for tuberculosis to reduce AIDS-related mortality in hospitalized patients in Africa (the STAMP trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Ankur Gupta-Wright, Katherine L. Fielding, Joep J. van Oosterhout, Douglas K. Wilson, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Clare Flach, Krishna P. Reddy, Rochelle P. Walensky, Jurgens A. Peters, Melanie Alufandika-Moyo, Stephen D. Lawn
The prevalence of drug resistance among treatment-naïve HIV-1-infected individuals in China during pre- and post- 2004
Hanping Li, Shuai Chang, Yang Han, Daomin Zhuang, Lin Li, Yongjian Liu, Siyang Liu, Zuoyi Bao, Wenfu Zhang, Hongbin Song, Taisheng Li, Jingyun Li
Implementation of a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to evaluate impact of Botswana’s Xpert MTB/RIF diagnostic algorithm on TB diagnostic sensitivity and early antiretroviral therapy mortality
Andrew F. Auld, Tefera Agizew, Sherri Pals, Alyssa Finlay, Ndwapi Ndwapi, Rosanna Boyd, Heather Alexander, Anikie Mathoma, Joyce Basotli, Sambayawo Gwebe-Nyirenda, James Shepherd, Tedd V. Ellerbrock, Anand Date
Real time PCR for the rapid identification and drug susceptibility of Mycobacteria present in Bronchial washings
Thilini Piushani Keerthirathne, Dhammika Nayoma Magana-Arachchi, Dushantha Madegedara, Suneth Sithumini Sooriyapathirana
Clinical and molecular characteristics of Klebsiella pneumoniae ventilator-associated pneumonia in mainland China
Si Guo, JingJing Xu, YanShuan Wei, JunHong Xu, Yi Li, Rui Xue
Mechanisms of first-line antimicrobial resistance in multi-drug and extensively drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Navisha Dookie, A. Willem Sturm, Prashini Moodley
Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women, heterosexual men and MSM visiting HIV counselling institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - should Chlamydia testing be scaled up?
Anne Lallemand, Viviane Bremer, Klaus Jansen, Stine Nielsen, Dieter Münstermann, Andreas Lucht, Carsten Tiemann
The impact of active surveillance and health education on an Ebola virus disease cluster — Kono District, Sierra Leone, 2014–2015
Tasha Stehling-Ariza, Alexander Rosewell, Sahr A. Moiba, Brima Berthalomew Yorpie, Kai David Ndomaina, Kai Samuel Jimissa, Eva Leidman, Dingeman J. Rijken, Colin Basler, James Wood, Dumbuya Manso
Characteristics of acute febrile illness and determinants of illness recovery among adults presenting to Singapore primary care clinics
Zaw Myo Tun, Mahesh Moorthy, Martin Linster, Yvonne CF Su, Richard James Coker, Eng Eong Ooi, Jenny Guek-Hong Low, Gavin J. D. Smith, Clarence C. Tam
Effect of anthelminthic treatment on helminth infection and related anaemia among school-age children in northwestern Ethiopia
Yonas Yimam, Abraham Degarege, Berhanu Erko
Virological failure reduced with HIV-serostatus disclosure, extra baseline weight and rising CD4 cells among HIV-positive adults in Northwestern Uganda
Jonathan Izudi, Sunday Alioni, Emmanuel Kerukadho, David Ndungutse
Predictors of influenza among older adults in the emergency department
Po-Po Lam, Brenda L. Coleman, Karen Green, Jeff Powis, David Richardson, Kevin Katz, Bjug Borgundvaag, Telisha Smith-Gorvie, Jeffrey C. Kwong, Susan J. Bondy, Allison McGeer
Seroprevalence and correlates of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection among young adults in Arkhangelsk, Northwest Russia: a population-based cross-sectional study
Tatiana Balaeva, Andrej M. Grjibovski, Oleg Sidorenkov, Olga Samodova, Natalia Firsova, Anatoly Sannikov, Elise Klouman
Defining cognitive impairment in people-living-with-HIV: the POPPY study
Davide De Francesco, Jonathan Underwood, Frank A. Post, Jaime H. Vera, Ian Williams, Marta Boffito, Memory Sachikonye, Jane Anderson, Patrick W. G. Mallon, Alan Winston, Caroline A. Sabin
Deep, multi-stage transcriptome of the schistosomiasis vector Biomphalaria glabrata provides platform for understanding molluscan disease-related pathways
Nathan J Kenny, Marta Truchado-García, Cristina Grande
Acute HIV infection presenting as hemophagocytic syndrome with an unusual serological and virological response to ART
Rita Veiga Ferraz, Ana Cláudia Carvalho, Fernando Araújo, Carmo Koch, Cândida Abreu, António Sarmento
Characteristics of gram-negative urinary tract infections caused by extended spectrum beta lactamases: pivmecillinam as a treatment option within South Dublin, Ireland
Fardod O’Kelly, Siobhan Kavanagh, Rustom Manecksha, John Thornhill, Jérôme P. Fennell
Alternative pre-approved and novel therapies for the treatment of anthrax
Breanne M. Head, Ethan Rubinstein, Adrienne F. A. Meyers
Teicoplanin-based antimicrobial therapy in Staphylococcus aureus bone and joint infection: tolerance, efficacy and experience with subcutaneous administration
Olivier Peeters, Tristan Ferry, Florence Ader, André Boibieux, Evelyne Braun, Anissa Bouaziz, Judith Karsenty, Emmanuel Forestier, Frédéric Laurent, Sébastien Lustig, Christian Chidiac, Florent Valour, Tristan Ferry, Florent Valour, Thomas Perpoint, André Boibieux, François Biron, Patrick Miailhes, Florence Ader, Julien Saison, Sandrine Roux, Claire Philit, Fatiha Daoud, Johanna Lippman, Evelyne Braun, Christian Chidiac, Yves Gillet, Laure Hees, Sébastien Lustig, Philippe Neyret, Olivier Reynaud, Adrien Peltier, Olivier Cantin, Michel-Henry Fessy, Anthony Viste, Philippe Chaudier, Romain Desmarchelier, Thibault Vermersch, Sébastien Martres, Franck Trouillet, Cédric Barrey, Francesco Signorelli, Emmanuel Jouanneau, Timothée Jacquesson, Ali Mojallal, Fabien Boucher, Hristo Shipkov, Mehdi Ismail, Joseph Chateau, Frederic Laurent, François Vandenesch, Jean-Philippe Rasigade, Céline Dupieux, Isabelle Morelec, Marc Janier, Francesco Giammarile, Michel Tod, Marie-Claude Gagnieu, Sylvain Goutelle, Eugénie Mabrut
Using the 4 pillars™ practice transformation program to increase adult influenza vaccination and reduce missed opportunities in a randomized cluster trial
Chyongchiou J. Lin, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Valory N. Pavlik, Anthony E. Brown, Song Zhang, Jonathan M. Raviotta, Krissy K. Moehling, Mary Hawk, Edmund M. Ricci, Donald B. Middleton, Suchita Patel, Jeannette E. South-Paul, Richard K. Zimmerman
Nosocomial infection of CCHF among health care workers in Rajasthan, India
Pragya D. Yadav, Deepak Y. Patil, Anita M. Shete, Prasad Kokate, Pulkit Goyal, Santosh Jadhav, Sanjeev Sinha, Divya Zawar, Surendra K. Sharma, Arti Kapil, D. K. Sharma, Kamlesh J. Upadhyay, Devendra T. Mourya
Leucocyte esterase dip-stick test as a point-of-care diagnostic for urogenital chlamydia in male patients: A multi-center evaluation in two STI outpatient clinics in Paramaribo and Amsterdam
Menne Bartelsman, Henry J. C. de Vries, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Leslie O. A. Sabajo, Jannie J. van der Helm
Association between tuberculosis, diabetes and 25 hydroxyvitamin D in Tanzania: a longitudinal case control study
Noémie Boillat-Blanco, Pascal Bovet, Kaushik L. Ramaiya, Maliwasa Mganga, Lilian T. Minja, Lanja Saleh, Medea Imboden, Christian Schindler, Sebastien Gagneux, Claudia Daubenberger, Klaus Reither, Nicole Probst-Hensch
Low sensitivity of the tourniquet test for differential diagnosis of dengue: an analysis of 28,000 trials in patients
Nathália Barbosa Furlan, Caroline Tukasan, Cássia Fernanda Estofolete, Maurício Lacerda Nogueira, Natal Santos da Silva
Prevalence of testosterone deficiency in HIV-infected men under antiretroviral therapy
Ana Rita Gomes, Pedro Souteiro, Carolina Germana Silva, Bernardo Sousa-Pinto, Francisco Almeida, António Sarmento, Davide Carvalho, Paula Freitas
A prospective study of treatment of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections and risk factors associated with outcome
Claudia M. D. de Maio Carrilho, Larissa Marques de Oliveira, Juliana Gaudereto, Jamile S. Perozin, Mariana Ragassi Urbano, Carlos H. Camargo, Cintia M. C. Grion, Anna Sara S. Levin, Silvia F. Costa
Detection of latent tuberculosis infection among migrant farmworkers along the US-Mexico border
E. Oren, M. H. Fiero, E. Barrett, B. Anderson, M. Nuῆez, F. Gonzalez-Salazar
Environmental contamination and risk factors for transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) to humans, Cambodia, 2006-2010
Sowath Ly, Sirenda Vong, Philippe Cavailler, Elizabeth Mumford, Channa Mey, Sareth Rith, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, San Sorn, Touch Sok, Arnaud Tarantola, Philippe Buchy
Population seroprevalence of antibody to influenza A(H7N9) virus, Guangzhou, China
Yong Ping Lin, Zi Feng Yang, Ying Liang, Zheng Tu Li, Helen S. Bond, Huiying Chua, Ya Sha Luo, Yuan Chen, Ting Ting Chen, Wen Da Guan, Jimmy Chun Cheong Lai, Yu Lam Siu, Si Hua Pan, J. S. Malik Peiris, Benjamin J. Cowling, Chris Ka PunMok
Factors associated with good TB infection control practices among primary healthcare workers in the Free State Province, South Africa
Michelle Engelbrecht, André Janse van Rensburg, Gladys Kigozi, HCJ (Dingie) van Rensburg
Remote transient Lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection: a case report
R. Somayaji, T. Lynch, J. N. Powell, D. Gregson
Characteristics and outcomes of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV seronegative children in Beijing, China, 2002–2013
Ling-yun Guo, Lin-lin Liu, Yue Liu, Tian-ming Chen, Shao-ying Li, Yong-hong Yang, Gang Liu
Infected cephalhaematoma in a five-week-old infant - case report and review of the literature
Petra Zimmermann, Andrea Duppenthaler
Viral respiratory infections in a nursing home: a six-month prospective study
Tina Uršič, Nina Gorišek Miksić, Lara Lusa, Franc Strle, Miroslav Petrovec
A single center observational study on emergency department clinician non-adherence to clinical practice guidelines for treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections
Catherine Zatorski, Mark Zocchi, Sara E. Cosgrove, Cynthia Rand, Gillian Brooks, Larissa May
Prevalence and epidemiology of meningococcal carriage in Southern Ethiopia prior to implementation of MenAfriVac, a conjugate vaccine
Guro K. Bårnes, Paul A. Kristiansen, Demissew Beyene, Bereket Workalemahu, Paulos Fissiha, Behailu Merdekios, Jon Bohlin, Marie-Pierre Préziosi, Abraham Aseffa, Dominique A. Caugant
Outcomes of TB treatment in HIV co-infected TB patients in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional analytic study
Solomon Ahmed Ali, Thandisizwe R. Mavundla, Ribka Fantu, Tadesse Awoke
Model estimates of the burden of outpatient visits attributable to influenza in the United States
Gonçalo Matias, François Haguinet, Roger L. Lustig, Laurel Edelman, Gerardo Chowell, Robert J. Taylor
Comparison of DNA testing strategies in monitoring human papillomavirus infection prevalence through simulation
Carol Y. Lin, Ling Li
Norovirus genotype distribution in outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis among children and older people: an 8-year study
Makoto Kumazaki, Shuzo Usuku
Severe leptospirosis and pancreatitis; A case series from a leptospirosis outbreak in Anuradhapura district, Sri Lanka
N. J. Herath, C. J. Kamburapola, S. B. Agampodi
Incidence and risk factor prevalence of community-acquired pneumonia in adults in primary care in Spain (NEUMO-ES-RISK project)
I. Rivero-Calle, J. Pardo-Seco, P. Aldaz, D. A. Vargas, E. Mascarós, E. Redondo, J. L. Díaz-Maroto, M. Linares-Rufo, M. J. Fierro-Alacio, A. Gil, J. Molina, D. Ocaña, Federico Martinón-Torres, F. Martinón-Torres, D. Vargas, E. Mascarós, E. Redondo, J. L. Díaz- Maroto, M. Linares-Rufo, A. Gil, J. Molina, D. Ocaña, I. Rivero-Calle
Influence of social contact patterns and demographic factors on influenza simulation results
Ruprecht Schmidt-Ott, Markus Schwehm, Martin Eichner
A prominent role of Hepatitis D Virus in liver cancers documented in Central Africa
Marie Atsama Amougou, Dominique Noah Noah, Paul Fewou Moundipa, Pascal Pineau, Richard Njouom
Inosine pranobex is safe and effective for the treatment of subjects with confirmed acute respiratory viral infections: analysis and subgroup analysis from a Phase 4, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind study
Jiří Beran, Eva Šalapová, Marian Špajdel
Understanding pneumococcal serotype 1 biology through population genomic analysis
Chrispin Chaguza, Jennifer E. Cornick, Simon R. Harris, Cheryl P. Andam, Laura Bricio-Moreno, Marie Yang, Feyruz Yalcin, Sani Ousmane, Shanil Govindpersad, Madikay Senghore, Chinelo Ebruke, Mignon Du Plessis, Anmol M. Kiran, Gerd Pluschke, Betuel Sigauque, Lesley McGee, Keith P. Klugman, Paul Turner, Jukka Corander, Julian Parkhill, Jean-Marc Collard, Martin Antonio, Anne von Gottberg, Robert S. Heyderman, Neil French, Aras Kadioglu, William P. Hanage, Dean B. Everett, Stephen D. Bentley
Comparative epidemiology of influenza A and B viral infection in a subtropical region: a 7-year surveillance in Okinawa, Japan
Yoshikazu Iha, Takeshi Kinjo, Gretchen Parrott, Futoshi Higa, Hideaki Mori, Jiro Fujita
Human meningitis due to Streptococcus suis in Lomé, Togo: a case report
Mireille Prince-David, Mounerou Salou, Corinne Marois-Créhan, Komi Assogba, Céline Plainvert, Koffi A. Balogou, Claire Poyart, Asmaa Tazi
Comparing culture and molecular methods for the identification of microorganisms involved in necrotizing soft tissue infections
Vibeke Børsholt Rudkjøbing, Trine Rolighed Thomsen, Yijuan Xu, Rachael Melton-Kreft, Azad Ahmed, Steffen Eickhardt, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Steen Seier Poulsen, Per Halkjær Nielsen, Joshua P. Earl, Garth D. Ehrlich, Claus Moser
Tuberculosis treatment outcomes of six and eight month treatment regimens in districts of Southwestern Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study
Abyot Asres, Degu Jerene, Wakgari Deressa
Prevalence and effect of pre-treatment drug resistance on the virological response to antiretroviral treatment initiated in HIV-infected children – a EuroCoord-CHAIN-EPPICC joint project
Nicole Ngo-Giang-Huong, Linda Wittkop, Ali Judd, Peter Reiss, Tessa Goetghebuer, Dan Duiculescu, Antoni Noguera-Julian, Magdalena Marczynska, Carlo Giacquinto, Luminita Ene, Jose T. Ramos, Cristina Cellerai, Thomas Klimkait, Benedicte Brichard, Niels Valerius, Caroline Sabin, Ramon Teira, Niels Obel, Christoph Stephan, Stéphane de Wit, Claire Thorne, Diana Gibb, Christine Schwimmer, Maria Athena Campbell, Deenan Pillay, Marc Lallemant
The hidden societal cost of antibiotic resistance per antibiotic prescribed in the United States: an exploratory analysis
Constantinos I. Michaelidis, Michael J. Fine, Chyongchiou Jeng Lin, Jeffrey A. Linder, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Ryan K. Shields, Richard K. Zimmerman, Kenneth J. Smith
Epidemiology and outcome of Clostridium difficile infections in patients hospitalized in Internal Medicine: findings from the nationwide FADOI-PRACTICE study
Giorgio Cioni, Pierluigi Viale, Stefania Frasson, Francesco Cipollini, Francesco Menichetti, Nicola Petrosillo, Sergio Brunati, Patrizia Spigaglia, Chiara Vismara, Alessandra Bielli, Fabrizio Barbanti, Giancarlo Landini, Grazia Panigada, Gualberto Gussoni, Erminio Bonizzoni, Giovanni Pietro Gesu, A. Costantino, R. Masciari, G. Amato, A. Fontanella, F. Gallucci, L. Improta, M. R. Poggiano, P. Rabitti, G. Uomo, G. Civardi, M. Confalonieri, M. Grandi, C. Sacchetti, T. Baldini, G. Cioni, S. Miglioli, M. Sarti, M. P. Landini, D. Panuccio, E. Romboli, C. Vocale, F. Berti, L. Bonito, M. L. Gozzo, D. Manfellotto, S. Natili, A. Patti, P. Piccolo, E. Pistella, C. Santini, R. Pastorelli, M. Pellegrinotti, C. P. Quaratino, R. Bona, P. Gnerre, F. Lillo, L. Parodi, A. Bovero, L. Santoriello, F. Agnelli, F. Colombo, G. Gesu, G. Lombardi, V. Lanzetti, S. Biagiotti, P. Clerici, A. Mazzone, G. Brusco, L. Magnani, S. Tirella, C. Terulla, E. Manso, C. Nitti, A. Salvi, T. Ciarambino, C. Pepe, C. Politi, R. Frediani, A. Moschella, L. Lodolo, G. Barasolo, M. C. Bertoncelli, F. Milano, M. Campanini, G. L. Molinari, S. Pittau, A. De Bernochi, M. Giusti, G. Montegrosso, M. Errico, F. Mastroianni, L. Tauro, A. Caddori, C. G. Prasciolu, C. Di Naso, M. Romano, A. D’Angelo, L. Genco, G. Mangano, F. Arena, C. Biagioni, B. Cimolato, G. Landini, C. Nozzoli, A. Poli, G. Rossolini, F. Burzigotti, S. Francioni, S. Lenti, I. A. Galanti, C. Belcari, B. Longo, D. Salamone, I. Chiti, P. Lencioni, G. Panigada, L. Teghini, M. Gambacorta, U. Perrotta, G. Battaglia, E. Pizzato, A. Vian, E. De Menis, G. Bordignon, P. Tramontin, C. Doroldi, P. Ravagnan, P. Sartore, M. Leoni, P. Pauletto, R. Rigoli, C. Callegari, A. Sacchetta, A. Vendrame
Human tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis: a retrospective comparison with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Mexican tertiary care centre, 2000–2015
Pedro Torres-Gonzalez, Miguel E. Cervera-Hernandez, Areli Martinez-Gamboa, Lourdes Garcia-Garcia, Luis P. Cruz-Hervert, Miriam Bobadilla-del Valle, Alfredo Ponce-de Leon, Jose Sifuentes-Osornio
Prevalence of malaria, typhoid, toxoplasmosis and rubella among febrile children in Cameroon
Olivia A. Achonduh-Atijegbe, Kenji O. Mfuh, Aristid H. E. Mbange, Jean P. Chedjou, Diane W. Taylor, Vivek R. Nerurkar, Wilfred F. Mbacham, Rose Leke
Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus differs in Dutch and first generation migrant populations in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study
S. Sadik, G. G. C. van Rijckevorsel, M. S. van Rooijen, G. J. B. Sonder, S. M. Bruisten
Diagnostic performance of smear microscopy and incremental yield of Xpert in detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in Rwanda
Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Willy Ssengooba, Florence Mutua, Gabriela Torrea, Augustin Dushime, Michel Gasana, Emmanuel Andre, Schifra Uwamungu, Alaine Umubyeyi Nyaruhirira, Dufton Mwaengo, Claude Mambo Muvunyi
Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and predictive factors in an urban informal settlement in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross-sectional study
Jabulani R. Ncayiyana, Jean Bassett, Nora West, Daniel Westreich, Eustasius Musenge, Michael Emch, Audrey Pettifor, Colleen F. Hanrahan, Sheree R. Schwartz, Ian Sanne, Annelies van Rie
Role of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) in local dengue epidemics in Taiwan
Pui-Jen Tsai, Hwa-Jen Teng
Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus among people living with HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review
Fatima Mitiko Tengan, Karim Yakub Ibrahim, Bianca Peixoto Dantas, Caroline Manchiero, Mariana Cavalheiro Magri, Wanderley Marques Bernardo
Infection control and tuberculosis among health care workers in Viet Nam, 2009-2013: a cross-sectional survey
Edine W. Tiemersma, Nguyen Thien Huong, Pham Hoang Yen, Bui Thi Tinh, Tran Thi Bich Thuy, Nguyen Van Hung, Nguyen Thanh Mai, Suzanne Verver, Agnes Gebhard, Nguyen Viet Nhung
‘People say that we are already dead much as we can still walk’: a qualitative investigation of community and couples’ understanding of HIV serodiscordance in rural Uganda
Jiho Kim, Mastula Nanfuka, David Moore, Murisho Shafic, Maureen Nyonyitono, Josephine Birungi, Florence Galenda, Rachel King
The burden of chickenpox disease in Sweden
Katarina Widgren, Johan Giesecke, Lars Lindquist, Anders Tegnell
Invasive mucormycosis in children: an epidemiologic study in European and non-European countries based on two registries
Zoi Dorothea Pana, Danila Seidel, Anna Skiada, Andreas H. Groll, Georgios Petrikkos, Oliver A. Cornely, Emmanuel Roilides, Anupma Kindo, Alberto Arencibia Núñez, Fabianne Carlesse, Jagdish Chander, Cornelia Lass-Flörl, Bertrand Dupont, Werner Heinz, Nikolay Klimko, Sofya Khostelidi, Katrien Lagrou, Livio Pagano, Zdenek Racil, Monika Rolencova, Petr Sedlacek, Vanda Chrenkova, Julia Horakova, Peter Mudry, Maria JGT Vehreschild, Stefan Zimmerli
Effectiveness of hepatoprotective drugs for anti-tuberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity: a retrospective analysis
Zenya Saito, Yugo Kaneko, Akira Kinoshita, Yusuke Kurita, Kyuto Odashima, Tsugumi Horikiri, Yutaka Yoshii, Aya Seki, Yoshitaka Seki, Hiroshi Takeda, Kazuyoshi Kuwano
Three cases of Zika virus imported in Italy: need for a clinical awareness and evidence-based knowledge
Emanuele Nicastri, Raffaella Pisapia, Angela Corpolongo, Francesco Maria Fusco, Stefania Cicalini, Paola Scognamiglio, Concetta Castilletti, Licia Bordi, Antonino Di Caro, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Vincenzo Puro, Giuseppe Ippolito
Detrimental role for CCAAT/enhancer binding protein δ in blood-borne brain infection
JanWillem Duitman, Mercedes Valls Serón, JooYeon Engelen-Lee, Matthijs C. Brouwer, C. Arnold Spek, Diederik van de Beek
Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion: report of two pediatric cases and a comprehensive literature review
Norishi Ueda, Satoshi Minami, Manabu Akimoto
Study-based evaluation of the Abbott RealTime High Risk HPV test in comparison to the HC2 HR HPV test in women aged ≥30 years using residual LBC ThinPrep specimens
Thomas Iftner, Lisa Wang, Angelika Iftner, Barbara Holz, Juliane Haedicke-Jarboui, Nathalie Iftner, Reinhard von Wasielewski, Peter Martus, Gerd Boehmer
Patients’ and health system’s delays in the diagnosis and treatment of new pulmonary tuberculosis patients in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Senedu Bekele Gebreegziabher, Gunnar Aksel Bjune, Solomon Abebe Yimer
Local variations in the timing of RSV epidemics
Douglas B. Noveroske, Joshua L. Warren, Virginia E. Pitzer, Daniel M. Weinberger
Clinical characterization of two severe cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) caused by hantaviruses Puumala and Dobrava-Belgrade genotype Sochi
Ellen Krautkrämer, Christian Nusshag, Alexandra Baumann, Julia Schäfer, Jörg Hofmann, Paul Schnitzler, Boris Klempa, Peter T. Witkowski, Detlev H. Krüger, Martin Zeier
Recalibrating disease parameters for increasing realism in modeling epidemics in closed settings
Livio Bioglio, Mathieu Génois, Christian L. Vestergaard, Chiara Poletto, Alain Barrat, Vittoria Colizza
Cost-effectiveness analysis of rotavirus vaccination in China: Projected possibility of scale-up from the current domestic option
Shuhui Cui, Ruoyan Gai Tobe, Xiuting Mo, Xiaoyan Liu, Lingzhong Xu, Shixue Li
Predictors of poor retention on antiretroviral therapy as a major HIV drug resistance early warning indicator in Cameroon: results from a nationwide systematic random sampling
Serge Clotaire Billong, Joseph Fokam, Calixte Ida Penda, Salmon Amadou, David Same Kob, Edson-Joan Billong, Vittorio Colizzi, Alexis Ndjolo, Anne-Cecile Zoung-Kani Bisseck, Jean-Bosco Nfetam Elat
Predictors of hospitalization of tuberculosis patients in Montreal, Canada: a retrospective cohort study
Lisa A. Ronald, J. Mark FitzGerald, Andrea Benedetti, Jean-François Boivin, Kevin Schwartzman, Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant, Dick Menzies
Two unusual cases of successful treatment of hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae invasive syndrome
Hiroki Namikawa, Koichi Yamada, Hiroki Fujimoto, Ken-Ichi Oinuma, Yoshihiro Tochino, Yasuhiko Takemoto, Yukihiro Kaneko, Taichi Shuto, Hiroshi Kakeya
A case series of atypical presentation of Zika Virus infection in Singapore
Bang Yu Xu, Sher Guan Low, Richard Tiong Heng Tan, Farhad Fakhrudin Vasanwala
National age group trends in Clostridium difficile infection incidence and health outcomes in United States Community Hospitals
Ashley Pechal, Kevin Lin, Stefan Allen, Kelly Reveles
Febrile illness diagnostics and the malaria-industrial complex: a socio-environmental perspective
Justin Stoler, Gordon A. Awandare
Performance of an electronic health record-based phenotype algorithm to identify community associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cases and controls for genetic association studies
Kathryn L. Jackson, Michael Mbagwu, Jennifer A. Pacheco, Abigail S. Baldridge, Daniel J. Viox, James G. Linneman, Sanjay K. Shukla, Peggy L. Peissig, Kenneth M. Borthwick, David A. Carrell, Suzette J. Bielinski, Jacqueline C. Kirby, Joshua C. Denny, Frank D. Mentch, Lyam M. Vazquez, Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik, Abel N. Kho
The changing epidemiology of bacillary dysentery and characteristics of antimicrobial resistance of Shigella isolated in China from 2004–2014
Zhaorui Chang, Jing Zhang, Lu Ran, Junling Sun, Fengfeng Liu, Li Luo, Lingjia Zeng, Liping Wang, Zhongjie Li, Hongjie Yu, Qiaohong Liao
Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and associated risk factors of Shigella and Salmonella among food handlers in Arba Minch University, South Ethiopia
Mohammedaman Mama, Getaneh Alemu
Drug resistance and population structure of M.tuberculosis isolates from prisons and communities in Ethiopia
Solomon Ali, Patrick Beckert, Abraham Haileamlak, Andreas Wieser, Michael Pritsch, Norbert Heinrich, Thomas Löscher, Michael Hoelscher, Stefan Niemann, Andrea Rachow
A retrospective analysis of melioidosis in Cambodian children, 2009–2013
Paul Turner, Sabine Kloprogge, Thyl Miliya, Sona Soeng, Pisey Tan, Poda Sar, Pagnarith Yos, Catrin E. Moore, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Claudia Turner, Nicholas P. J. Day, David A. B. Dance
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ethiopia: a meta-analysis
Setegn Eshetie, Fentahun Tarekegn, Feleke Moges, Anteneh Amsalu, Wubet Birhan, Kahsay Huruy
“The Cango Lyec Project - Healing the Elephant”: HIV related vulnerabilities of post-conflict affected populations aged 13–49 years living in three Mid-Northern Uganda districts
Samuel S. Malamba, Herbert Muyinda, Patricia M. Spittal, John P. Ekwaru, Noah Kiwanuka, Martin D. Ogwang, Patrick Odong, Paul K. Kitandwe, Achilles Katamba, Kate Jongbloed, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Eugene Kinyanda, Alden Blair, Martin T. Schechter
Age patterns and transmission characteristics of hand, foot and mouth disease in China
Jijun Zhao, Fachun Jiang, Lianfa Zhong, Jianping Sun, Junhang Ding
Epidemiology and RAPD-PCR typing of thermophilic campylobacters from children under five years and chickens in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania
Idrissa S. Chuma, Hezron E. Nonga, Robinson H. Mdegela, Rudovick. R. Kazwala
Identification of the transcripts associated with spontaneous HCV clearance in individuals co-infected with HIV and HCV
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