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BMC Infectious Diseases

Issue 1/2023

Content (902 Articles)

European Cohorts of patients and schools to Advance Response to Epidemics (EuCARE): a cluster randomised interventional and observational study protocol to investigate the relationship between schools and SARS-CoV-2 infection

Sara Raimondi, Sara Gandini, Gibran Horemheb Rubio Quintanares, Ana Abecasis, Pier Luigi Lopalco, Oriana D’Ecclesiis, Susanna Chiocca, Elisa Tomezzoli, Ilaria Cutica, Davide Mazzoni, Nuno Amparo, Marta Pingarilho, Daniela Carmagnola, Claudia Dellavia, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Chiara Ronchini, Federica Bellerba, Felix Dewald, Rolf Kaiser, Francesca Incardona

Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis in Chinese female with lower reproductive tract infection: a multicenter epidemiological survey

Zhan Zhang, Xiaonan Zong, Huihui Bai, Linyuan Fan, Ting Li, Zhaohui Liu

Changes in vaginal microbiome after focused ultrasound treatment of high-risk human papillomavirus infection-related low-grade cervical lesions

Wenping Wang, Yujuan Liu, Yamei Yang, Jiaojiao Ren, Honggui Zhou

Epidemiology of tuberculosis and susceptibility to antituberculosis drugs in Reunion Island

Moreea Loukman, Belmonte Olivier, Boulay Vincent, Dekkak Rachid, Ferdynus Cyril, Verduyn Morgane, Coolen-Allou Nathalie

Side effects of Pfizer/BioNTech (BNT162b2) COVID-19 vaccine reported by the Birzeit University community

Abdallah Damin Abukhalil, Sireen Sultan Shatat, Raya Riyad Abushehadeh, Ni’meh Al-Shami, Hani A. Naseef, Abdullah Rabba

Spinal infection caused by Coxiella burnetii

Sumin Yang, Bai Xue, Xiaowen Hu, Weidong Zhou, Minglei Zhang, Mingwei Zhao

COVID arm as a common cutaneous manifestation after mRNA-1273 vaccination: a systematic review

Maulidina Agustin, Monica Trifitriana, Retno Danarti

  • Open Access
  • Research

The outcomes of thoracoscopic decortication between fungal empyema and bacterial empyema

Ya-Fu Cheng, Chun-Min Chen, Yi-Ling Chen, Ching-Yuan Cheng, Chang-Lun Huang, Wei-Heng Hung, Bing-Yen Wang

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

Temporal discrepancies in “rapid” HIV testing: explaining misdiagnoses at the point-of-care in Zimbabwe

Morten Skovdal, Frederik Jacob Brainin Jensen, Rufurwokuda Maswera, Nadine Beckmann, Constance Nyamukapa, Simon Gregson

Effects of contact tracing and nucleic acid testing on the COVID-19 outbreak in Zunyi, China: data-driven study using a branching process model

Jun Feng, Wenlong Zhu, Xingui Ye, Zhixi Liu, Yue Zhu, Qinyi Wu, Guanghong Yang, Weibing Wang

Unintended impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the rate of catheter related nosocomial infections and incidence of multiple drug resistance pathogens in three intensive care units not allocated to COVID-19 patients in a large teaching hospital

Farid Zand, Hedayatollah Vakili, Naeimehossadat Asmarian, Mansoor Masjedi, Golnar Sabetian, Reza Nikandish, Elham Shafiee, Azita Tabatabaei Esfehani, Fatemeh Azadi, Anahita Sanaei Dashti

Impact of multimodal strategies including a pay for performance strategy in the improvement of infection prevention and control practices in healthcare facilities during an Ebola virus disease outbreak

Landry Kabego, Mamadou Kourouma, Kevin Ousman, April Baller, Jean-Paul Milambo, John Kombe, Bienvenu Houndjo, Franck Eric Boni, Castro Musafiri, Siya Molembo, Stéphanie Kalumuna, Moise Tshongo, John Ndizihiwe Biringiro, Nancy Moke, Clarisse Kumutima, Justin Nkita, Polydor Ngoma, Chedly Azzouz, Raphaël Okum, Michel Yao, Dick Chamla, Abdou Salam Gueye, Ibrahima Soce Fall

  • Open Access
  • Correction

Correction to: Information about the natural history of acute infections commonly seen in primary care: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines

Kwame Peprah Boaitey, Mina Bakhit, Natalia Krzyzaniak, Tammy C. Hofmann

Bacterial co-infection and antibiotic stewardship in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Maria Calderon, Grace Gysin, Akash Gujjar, Ashleigh McMaster, Lisa King, Daniel Comandé, Ewan Hunter, Brendan Payne

A prospective patient registry to monitor safety, effectiveness, and utilisation of bedaquiline in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Korea

Tae Sun Shim, Helen Pai, JeongHa Mok, Seung Heon Lee, Yong-Soo Kwon, Jae Chol Choi, JaeSeok Park, Eileen Birmingham, Gary Mao, Lori Alquier, Kourtney Davis, Florence Thoret-Bauchet, Ji Hyun Kim, Hyeongyeong Kim, Nyasha Bakare

Tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, and illicit drug use and their association with CD4/CD8 cell count ratio in people with controlled HIV: a cross-sectional study (ANRS CO3 AQUIVIH-NA-QuAliV)

Sophie Devos, Fabrice Bonnet, Mojgan Hessamfar, Didier Neau, Marc-Olivier Vareil, Olivier Leleux, Charles Cazanave, Nicolas Rouanes, Pierre Duffau, Estibaliz Lazaro, François Dabis, Linda Wittkop, Diana Barger, P. Bellecave, P. Blanco, S. Bouchet, D. Breilh, S. Desjardin, V. Gaborieau, A. Gimbert, L. Lacaze-Buzy, D. Lacoste, M. E. Lafon, S. Lawson-Ayayi, F. Le Marec, G. Le Moal, D. Malvy, L. Marchand, P. Mercié, I. Pellegrin, A. Perrier, V. Petrov-Sanchez, N. Bernard, D. Bronnimann, H. Chaussade, D. Dondia, I. Faure, P. Morlat, E. Mériglier, F. Paccalin, E. Riebero, C. Rivoisy, M. A. Vandenhende, L. Barthod, F. A. Dauchy, A. Desclaux, M. Ducours, H. Dutronc, A. Duvignaud, J. Leitao, M. Lescure, D. Nguyen, T. Pistone, M. Puges, G. Wirth, C. Courtault, F. Camou, C. Greib, J. L. Pellegrin, E. Rivière, J. F. Viallard, Y. Imbert, M. Thierry-Mieg, P. Rispal, O. Caubet, H. Ferrand, S. Tchamgoué, S. Farbos, H. Wille, K. Andre, L. Caunegre, Y. Gerard, F. Osorio-Perez, I. Chossat, G. Iles, M. Labasse-Depis, F. Lacassin, A. Barret, B. Castan, J. Koffi, A. Saunier, J. B. Zabbe, G. Dumondin, G. Beraud, M. Catroux, M. Garcia, V. Giraud, JP. Martellosio, F. Roblot, T. Pasdeloup, A. Riché, M. Grosset, S. Males, C. Ngo Bell, C. Carpentier, C. Tumiotto, G. Miremeont-Salamé, D. Arma, G. Arnou, M. J. Blaizeau, P. Camps, M. Decoin, S. Delveaux, F. Diarra, L. Gabrea, W. H. Lai, E. Lenaud, D. Plainchamps, A. Pougetoux, B. Uwamaliya, K. Zara, V. Conte, M. Gapillout

Predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis in HIV

Julia Fernández Soto, Manuel J. Romero-Jiménez, José Carlos Alarcón García, Elena Bonet Estruch, José Luís Sánchez Ramos, Miguel Ángel Castaño López

Lethality risk markers by sex and age-group for COVID-19 in Mexico: a cross-sectional study based on machine learning approach

Mariano Rojas-García, Blanca Vázquez, Kirvis Torres-Poveda, Vicente Madrid-Marina

Predictive markers related to local and systemic inflammation in severe COVID-19-associated ARDS: a prospective single-center analysis

Jan Nikolaus Lieberum, Sandra Kaiser, Johannes Kalbhenn, Hartmut Bürkle, Nils Schallner

Epidemiology of TB in prisoners: a metanalysis of the prevalence of active and latent TB

Aline Ferreira Placeres, Débora de Almeida Soares, Felipe Mendes Delpino, Heriederson Sávio Dias Moura, Alessandro Rolim Scholze, Márcio Souza dos Santos, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Inês Fronteira

First publication of endemic channels as part of a pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program: when to turn on the alarms? Recommendations of a pediatric ASP program

Juan Pablo Londoño-Ruiz, Ivan Felipe Gutierrez-Tobar, Naddya Lheidy Bermúdez-Bohórquez, Andrea Esperanza Rodríguez

Efficacy and safety of antibiotic therapy for post-Lyme disease? A systematic review and network meta-analysis

Xiaoqian Zhang, Yuwei Jiang, Yihan Chen, Jiaru Yang, Xiaoqi Zhang, Lu Xing, Aihua Liu, Fukai Bao

Correction: Human brucellosis and fever of unknown origin

Zhi-guo Wu, Zhi-ying Song, Wei-xin Wang, Wen-na Xi, Di Jin, Mao-xing Ai, Yu-chan Wu, Yu Lan, Shu-fen Song, Gong-chang Zhang, Xue-bing Yao, Zhen Gao, Cui-yun Liu, Ke Sun, Dong-shan Yu, Bao-gang Xie, Shui-lin Sun

Serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates among adult and elderly population before and after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Casablanca, Morocco

Néhémie Nzoyikorera, Idrissa Diawara, Mostafa Katfy, Khalid Katfy, Fakhreddine Maaloum, Joseph Nyandwi, Houria Belabbes, Naima Elmdaghri, Khalid Zerouali

Twice evasions of Omicron variants explain the temporal patterns in six Asian and Oceanic countries

Boqiang Chen, Yanji Zhao, Zhen Jin, Daihai He, Huaichen Li

A case of novel, rapidly-growing Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis infection in a patient with severe pulmonary disease treated in New York City

Maxwell D. Weidmann, Yuexiu Wu, Fann Wu, Dhrupa D. Hapani, Daniel A. Green, Justin G. Aaron, Gregory J. Berry

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  • Research

Perceptions of ophthalmologists on the impact of trachoma in Egypt: a mixed-methods, nationwide survey

Yassin Nayel, Matilda Taylor, Ahmed S. Montasser, Mohamed Elsherif, Mostafa M. Diab

Real-time analysis of hospital length of stay in a mixed SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta epidemic in New South Wales, Australia

Ruarai J. Tobin, James G. Wood, Duleepa Jayasundara, Grant Sara, Camelia R. Walker, Genevieve E. Martin, James M. McCaw, Freya M. Shearer, David J. Price

Causes and trends of adult mortality in southern Ethiopia: an eight-year follow up database study

Gebrekiros Gebremichael Meles, Gistane Ayele, Befikadu Tariku Gutema, Mekides Kondale, Zerihun Zerdo, Behailu Merdekios, Tsegaye Tsalla, Mesfin Kote, Alazar Baharu, Alemayehu Bekele, Feleke Gebremeskel, Mulugeta Shegaze, Teklemariam Gultie

Impact of adherence to procalcitonin antibiotic prescribing guideline recommendations for low procalcitonin levels on antibiotic use

Brian E. Malley, Jonathan G. Yabes, Elizabeth Gimbel, Chung-Chou H. Chang, Donald M. Yealy, Michael J. Fine, Derek C. Angus, David T. Huang, Yohei Doi, Tammy L. Eaton, Michael J. Fine, Elizabeth A. Gimbel, Octavia M. Peck Palmer, Francis Pike, Ashley M. Ryman, Lisa A. Weissfeld, Kourtney A. Wofford, Tianyuan Xu, Jonathan G. Yabes, Michael W. Donnino, Imoigele P. Aisiku, Peter C. Hou, Raghu R. Seethala, Robert L. Sherwin, John M. Holst, Michelle A. Fischer, Colleen M. Rafferty, William D. Dachman, Frank LoVecchio, Michael R. Filbin, Michael K. Mansour, Jonathan M. Fine, Jean M. Hammel, Matthew J. Exline, Lauren T. Southerland, Thomas E. Terndrup, Michael C. Kurz, David L. McCullum, Henry E. Wang, Alpesh N. Amin, Shahram Lotfipour, Feras H. Khan, R. Gentry Wilkerson, Heather A. Prunty, Brian Suffoletto, Aaron M. Brown, Franziska F. Jovin

Correlation of cytomegalovirus viral load between whole blood and plasma of congenital cytomegalovirus infection under valganciclovir treatment

Yuka Torii, Ichiro Morioka, Yasumasa Kakei, Kazumichi Fujioka, Yu Kakimoto, Naoto Takahashi, Tetsushi Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Akira Oka, Yoshinori Ito

Distinguishing nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung disease on X-ray images using deep transfer learning

Minwoo Park, Youjin Lee, Sangil Kim, Young-Jin Kim, Shin Young Kim, Yeongsic Kim, Hyun-Min Kim

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for long COVID (HOT-LoCO), an interim safety report from a randomised controlled trial

Anders Kjellberg, Adrian Hassler, Emil Boström, Sara El Gharbi, Sarah Al-Ezerjawi, Jan Kowalski, Kenny A. Rodriguez-Wallberg, Judith Bruchfeld, Marcus Ståhlberg, Malin Nygren-Bonnier, Michael Runold, Peter Lindholm

Humoral immune response to inactivated COVID-19 vaccination at the 3rd month among people living with HIV

Songjie Wu, Shi Zou, Fangzhao Ming, Mengmeng Wu, Wei Guo, Zhongyuan Xing, Zhiyue Zhang, Jinli Liu, Weiming Tang, Ke Liang

The first case of Escherichia fergusonii with biofilm in China and literature review

Yi-Ming Zang, Jun-Feng Liu, Gang Li, Mei Zhao, Guo-min Yin, Zheng-ping Zhang, Wei Jia

Helicobacter pylori eradication rates using clarithromycin and levofloxacin-based regimens in patients with previous COVID-19 treatment: a randomized clinical trial

Ahmed Kamal, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy, Dalia Sherief, Aliaa Ismail, Walid Ismail Ellakany

The risk of acute and early HIV (AEH) infection among MSM with different behaviour trajectories: an open cohort study in Tianjin, China, 2011–2019

Xiaomeng Wang, Tiantian Zhang, Qinxue Chang, Chun Wang, Keyun Wang, Zeyang Yu, Honglu Zhang, Huijie Huang, Desheng Song, Elissa Peixoto, Jie Yang, Changping Li, Zhuang Cui, Yuanyuan Liu, Jun Ma

Factors associated with refusal of preventive therapy after initial willingness to accept treatment among college students with latent tuberculosis infection in Shandong, China

Yemin Yuan, Jin Jin, Xiuli Bi, Hong Geng, Shixue Li, Chengchao Zhou

Benchmarking of two bioinformatic workflows for the analysis of whole-genome sequenced Staphylococcus aureus collected from patients with suspected sepsis

Mahnaz Irani Shemirani, Diana Tilevik, Andreas Tilevik, Sanja Jurcevic, Dimitrios Arnellos, Helena Enroth, Anna-Karin Pernestig

Comparing the diagnostic performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus with QFT-GIT, T-SPOT.TB and TST: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yu Zhang, Guozhong Zhou, Wei Shi, Weili Shi, Meijun Hu, Defu Kong, Rong Long, Jian He, Nan Chen

Trending prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in a tertiary hospital in China during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rong Rong, Lanxi Lin, Yongjie Yang, Shumin Zhao, Ruiling Guo, Junpeng Ye, Xinghua Zhu, Qiong Wen, Dayue Liu

Understanding metabolic alterations after SARS-CoV-2 infection: insights from the patients’ oral microenvironmental metabolites

Shengli Ma, Lijun Yang, Hui Li, Xinghe Chen, Xiaoyu Lin, Wenyu Ge, Yindong Wang, Liping Sun, Guiping Zhao, Bing Wang, Zheng Wang, Meng Wu, Xin Lu, Muhammad Luqman Akhtar, Depeng Yang, Yan Bai, Yu Li, Huan Nie

Major risk factors for Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis bacteremia: a population-based study

Viivi Nevanlinna, Reetta Huttunen, Janne Aittoniemi, Tiina Luukkaala, Sari Rantala

Correction: Gender differences among patients with drug resistant tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in Uganda: a countrywide retrospective cohort study

Joseph Baruch Baluku, David Mukasa, Felix Bongomin, Anna M. Stadelman, Edwin Nuwagira, Sabine Haller, Kauthrah Ntabadde, Stavia Turyahabwe

Bacterial meningitis in adults: a retrospective study among 148 patients in an 8-year period in a university hospital, Finland

Sakke Niemelä, Laura Lempinen, Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Jarmo Oksi, Jussi Jero

Discrimination of serum metabolomics profiles in infants with sepsis, based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometer

Li Wang, Xinyi Cha, Zhongxiao Zhang, Jihong Qian

  • Open Access
  • Care
  • Research

The use and impact of digital COVID-19 tracking in adult social care: a prospective cohort study of care homes in Greater Manchester

Akbar Ullah, William Whittaker, Fay Bradley, Pauline A. Nelson, Dawn Dowding, Marcello Morciano, Nicky Cullum

Association between red blood cell folate and Trichomonas vaginalis infection among women

Wan-Zhe Liao, Zhi-Yi Zhou, Jun-Hao Mao, Zi-Xun Wang, Yi-Ming Hu, Yong-Fu Lou, Qiao-Rui Zheng, Xu-Guang Guo

Spatial distribution and machine learning prediction of sexually transmitted infections and associated factors among sexually active men and women in Ethiopia, evidence from EDHS 2016

Abdul-Aziz Kebede Kassaw, Tesfahun Melese Yilma, Yakub Sebastian, Abraham Yeneneh Birhanu, Mequannent Sharew Melaku, Sebwedin Surur Jemal

Breast abscess due to Nannizziopsis obscura in an immunocompromised renal transplant patient after travel to Nigeria: case report and review

Nicolás Jiménez-García, Fernando Fernández Sánchez, Celeste María Guillén Rodríguez, María del Mar Castilla Castellano, Alfonso Del Arco Jiménez

RETRACTED ARTICLE: The role of social circle COVID-19 illness and vaccination experiences in COVID-19 vaccination decisions: an online survey of the United States population

Mark Skidmore

Circulating levels of endotrophin and cross-linked type III collagen reflect liver fibrosis in people with HIV

Leona Dold, Mette J. Nielsen, Michael Praktiknjo, Carolynne Schwarze-Zander, Christoph Boesecke, Jan-Christian Wasmuth, Jenny Bischoff, Jürgen Kurt Rockstroh, Morten A. Karsdal, Ulrich Spengler, Jonel Trebicka, Christian P. Strassburg, Diana J. Leeming, Bettina Langhans

Effect of continuing the use of renin–angiotensin system inhibitors on mortality in patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression analysis

Qi Liu, Wei Fu, Chang-ju Zhu, Zi-heng Ding, Bin-bin Dong, Bao-qing Sun, Rong-chang Chen

A multidisciplinary approach to screen the post-COVID-19 conditions

Nicola Squillace, Viola Cogliandro, Emanuela Rossi, Giuseppe Bellelli, Matteo Pozzi, Fabrizio Luppi, Maddalena Lettino, Maria Grazia Strepparava, Carlo Ferrarese, Ester Pollastri, Elena Ricci, Paolo Bonfanti, Giacomo Bellani, Andrea Biondi, Marina Elena Cazzaniga, Giuseppe Citerio, Ernesto Contro, Giuseppe Foti, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, Alban Rugova, Eleonora Maria Beretta, Marta Iannace, Anna Spolti, Valentina Orsini, Cristina Malafronte, Laura Valagussa, Daniela Ferlicca, Francesca Bettini, Valeria Bellin, Valeria Meroni, Mariangela Calabria, Stefano Gatti, Alfio Bronco, Claudio Ripa, Simone Sosio, Paola Faverio, Anna Monzani, Maria Cristina Ferrara, Cristina Zarcone, Carlo Ferrarese, Simone Beretta, Valerio Salvarani, Ornella Mauri, Carolina Da Re, Andrea Carrer

Neurological sequelae after encephalitis associated with herpes simplex virus in children: systematic review and meta-analysis

Natalie Duran Rocha, Sara Kvitko de Moura, Gabriel Aude Bueno da Silva, Rita Mattiello, Douglas Kazutoshi Sato

Invasiveness potential of pneumococcal serotypes in children after introduction of PCV13 in Blantyre, Malawi

Amir Kirolos, Todd D. Swarthout, Andrew A. Mataya, Farouck Bonomali, Comfort Brown, Jacquline Msefula, Naor Bar-Zeev, Pui-Ying Iroh Tam, Maaike Alaerts, Sithembile Bilima, Robert S. Heyderman, Neil French

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  • Research

A survey with interventional components delivered on tablet devices versus usual care to increase pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among cisgender Black women: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Mandy J. Hill, Angela M. Heads, Robert Suchting, Angela L. Stotts

Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia and IFN-γ neutralizing antibodies: a case report

Ryo Goto, Seiji Shiota, Ryo Kaimori, Noboru Horinouchi, Rie Utsunomiya Nishimizu, Kyoko Yamamoto, Eishi Miyazaki

Seroprevalence and risk factors for Kaposi’s Sarcoma associated herpesvirus among men who have sex with men in Shanghai, China

Yi Li, Xingcan Zhang, Yue Zhang, Minqi Wei, Sijie Tao, Ying Yang

Knowledge, attitude and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among residents in rural communities in Ghana: a multi-regional study

Seth Amponsah-Tabi, Rex Djokoto, Stephen Opoku, Ebenezer Senu, Derrick Kyei Boakye, Wisdom Klutse Azanu, Frank Ankobea-Kokroe, Gerald Owusu-Asubonteng, Richard Owusu Ansah, Emmanuel Owusu, Emmanuel Ackah-Avoh, Afia Agyapomaa Kwayie, Eric Appiah Boateng, Richard Pul Azavil, Frederick Ennin

  • Open Access
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Correction: The unmet need for COVID-19 treatment in immunocompromised patients

Alessandra D’Abramo, Serena Vita, Emanuele Nicastri

Low detection rate of RT-PCR-confirmed COVID-19 using IgM/IgG rapid antibody tests in a large community sample in Lima, Peru

Stephanie Law, Marco A. Tovar, Molly F. Franke, Roger Calderon, Santiago Palomino, Gissella Valderrama, Fernando Llanos, Gustavo E. Velásquez, Carole D. Mitnick, Leonid Lecca

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Clearance of blood stream infections in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a retrospective single-center cohort study

Stone A. Frankford, Michal J. Sobieszczyk, Ana E. Markelz, Joseph E. Marcus

Monocyte count is associated with the severity of human adenovirus pneumonia in hospitalized children aged less than 6 years

Rong Hu, Xiaorong Luo, Guilan Tang, Yiyi Ding

Mendelian randomisation identifies priority groups for prophylactic EBV vaccination

Marisa D. Muckian, James F. Wilson, Graham S. Taylor, Helen R. Stagg, Nicola Pirastu

Malaria and the incidence of COVID-19 in Africa: an ecological study

Farrokh Habibzadeh

Candida bloodstream infection among children hospitalised in three public-sector hospitals in the Metro West region of Cape Town, South Africa

Mulugeta Naizgi Gebremicael, James J. C. Nuttall, Hafsah D. Tootla, Amanda Khumalo, Lloyd Tooke, Shamiel Salie, Rudzani Muloiwa, Natasha Rhoda, Wisdom Basera, Brian S. Eley

Association between epidemiologic case definition categories and adverse clinical outcome in patients with Clostridiodes difficile infection in San Francisco County, California: a five-year retrospective cohort study

Bekure B. Siraw, Arthur L. Reingold, Didien Meyahnwi

The factors associated with the trend in incidence of Bacteraemia and associated mortality over 30 years

J. F. García-Rodríguez, A. Mariño-Callejo

Clinical significance of dynamic variation of low cholesterol and its prognostic value in patients with pyogenic liver abscesses: a retrospective study

Tiantong Feng, Wen Zhang, Xiaoxue Hou, Hui Yuan, Jinyuan Cai, Zhengyi Jiang, Pingping Hu, Ming Yue, Wenting Li, Chuanlong Zhu, Yuwen Li

Study on the prediction effect of a combined model of SARIMA and LSTM based on SSA for influenza in Shanxi Province, China

Zhiyang Zhao, Mengmeng Zhai, Guohua Li, Xuefen Gao, Wenzhu Song, Xuchun Wang, Hao Ren, Yu Cui, Yuchao Qiao, Jiahui Ren, Limin Chen, Lixia Qiu

Impact of population based indoor residual spraying with and without mass drug administration with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine on malaria prevalence in a high transmission setting: a quasi-experimental controlled before-and-after trial in northeastern Uganda

Dorothy C. Echodu, Adoke Yeka, Thomas Eganyu, Wycliff Odude, Fred Bukenya, Benjamin Amoah, Humphrey Wanzira, Kathryn Colborn, Richard C. Elliott, Suzanne E. Powell, Maxwell Kilama, Ronald Mulebeke, Joaniter Nankabirwa, Emanuele Giorgi, Mellisa Roskosky, Osborn Omoding, Samuel Gonahasa, Jimmy Opigo

Estimating the economic burden of respiratory syncytial virus infections in infants in Vietnam: a cohort study

Lien Anh Ha Do, Elisabeth Vodicka, An Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Kim Le, Thi Thanh Hai Nguyen, Quang Tung Thai, Van Quang Pham, Thanh Uyen Pham, Thu Ngoc Nguyen, Kim Mulholland, Minh Thang Cao, Nguyen Thanh Nhan Le, Anh Tuan Tran, Clinton Pecenka

Characteristics, risk factors and outcome of BKV nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients: a case–control study

Julien Gras, Arnaud Le Flécher, Axelle Dupont, Jérôme Vérine, Ali Amara, Constance Delaugerre, Jean Michel Molina, Marie Noëlle Peraldi

The clinical outcomes of COVID-19 critically ill patients co-infected with other respiratory viruses: a multicenter, cohort study

Khalid Al Sulaiman, Ohoud Aljuhani, Hisham A. Badreldin, Ghazwa B. Korayem, Abeer A. Alenazi, Ahlam H. Alharbi, Albandari Alghamdi, Alaa Alhubaishi, Ali F. Altebainawi, Mohammad Bosaeed, Rand Alotaibi, Ahad Alawad, Nirvana Alnajjar, Khalid Bin Saleh, Walaa A. Sait, Samiah Alsohimi, Meshari M. Alanizy, Sarah A. Almuqbil, Ibrahim Al Sulaihim, Ramesh Vishwakarma, Mai Alalawi, Fatimah Alhassan, Suliman Alghnam

Evaluate prognostic accuracy of SOFA component score for mortality among adults with sepsis by machine learning method

Xiaobin Pan, Jinbao Xie, Lihui Zhang, Xincai Wang, Shujuan Zhang, Yingfeng Zhuang, Xingsheng Lin, Songjing Shi, Songchang Shi, Wei Lin

Pleural effusion caused by Trichinella spiralis infection: two case reports

Zhen-zhen Pan, Miao-juan Zhu, Yu-qiong Rong, Jiong Yang

Effect of invasive aspergillosis on risk for different causes of death in older patients with acute myeloid leukaemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome

Rebecca van Grootveld, Valentina Masarotto, Peter A. von dem Borne, Nicole M. A. Blijlevens, Dana A. Chitu, Martha T. van der Beek, Marta Fiocco, Mark G. J. de Boer

A comparison of four epidemic waves of COVID-19 in Malawi; an observational cohort study

Catherine Anscombe, Samantha Lissauer, Herbert Thole, Jamie Rylance, Dingase Dula, Mavis Menyere, Belson Kutambe, Charlotte van der Veer, Tamara Phiri, Ndaziona P. Banda, Kwazizira S. Mndolo, Kelvin Mponda, Chimota Phiri, Jane Mallewa, Mulinda Nyirenda, Grace Katha, Henry Mwandumba, Stephen B. Gordon, Kondwani C. Jambo, Jennifer Cornick, Nicholas Feasey, Kayla G. Barnes, Ben Morton, Philip M. Ashton, Wezzie Kalua, Peter Mandala, Barbara Katutula, Rosaleen Ng’oma, Steven Lanken, Jacob Phulusa, Mercy Mkandawire, Sylvester Kaimba, Sharon Nthala, Edna Nsomba, Lucy Keyala, Beatrice Chinoko, Markus Gmeiner, Vella Kaudzu, Bridget Freyne, Todd D. Swarthout, Pui-Ying Iroh Tam, Simon Sichone, Ajisa Ahmadu, Grace Stima, Mazuba Masina, Oscar Kanjewa, Vita Nyasulu, End Chinyama, Allan Zuza, Brigitte Denis, Evance Storey, Nedson Bondera, Danford Matchado, Adams Chande, Arthur Chingota, Chimenya Ntwea, Langford Mkandawire, Chimwemwe Mhango, Agness Lakudzala, Mphatso Chaponda, Percy Mwenechanya, Leonard Mvaya, Dumizulu Tembo, Marc Y. R. Henrion, James Chirombo, Paul Kambiya, Clemens Masesa, Joel Gondwe

Barriers to childhood tuberculosis case detection and management in Cambodia: the perspectives of healthcare providers and caregivers

Yom An, Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Chan Yuda Huot, Sivanna Tieng, Kim Eam Khun, Sok Heng Pheng, Chhenglay Leng, Serongkea Deng, Ngak Song, Daisuke Nonaka, Siyan Yi

A mouth watering case of Mycoplasma salivarium native mitral valve endocarditis: ‘case report’

Marc Scheen, Adrian Attinger, Tibor Huwyler, Mario Togni, Serban Puricel

Prognostic significance of early platelet dynamics in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Rachid Douglas-Louis, Mimi Lou, Brian Lee, Emi Minejima, Juliane Bubeck-Wardenburg, Annie Wong-Beringer

A case report about a child with drug-resistant tuberculous meningitis

Jing Tong, Mengqiu Gao, Yu Chen, Jie Wang

A case of ascetic fluid Mycobacterium aubagnense infection in a patient with severe peritoneal effusion

Yuanqin Du, Jingjing Huang, Yaobin Nong, Ruixi Zhong, Ronghuo Zhu, Wenxuan Song, Hongna Huang, Qinwen Tan, Jian Xu, Xiyu Xiao, Juhong Jia

Severe wound infection by MRCNS following bilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy

Yao Du, Song Han, Yue Zhou, Hai Feng Chen, Yao Liang Lu, Zhi Yuan Kong, Wei Ping Li

Excess hospitalizations and mortality associated with seasonal influenza in Spain, 2008–2018

T. Pumarola, J. Díez-Domingo, F. Martinón-Torres, E. Redondo Margüello, R. Ortiz de Lejarazu Leonardo, M. Carmo, G. Bizouard, G. Drago, J. L. López-Belmonte, H. Bricout, C. de Courville, A. Gil-de-Miguel

A comparison of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing with realtime RT-PCR among symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals

Jyotsnamayee Sabat, Subhra Subhadra, Sonalika Rath, Lal Mohan Ho, Tanushree Satpathy, Dipankar Pattnaik, Sanghamitra Pati, Jyotirmayee Turuk

Life-threatening pulmonary coinfection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Aspergillus lentulus in a diabetic patient diagnosed by metagenome next-generation sequencing

Hua Zhang, Guangming Liu, Lin He, Yun Zhu, Haobo Tu, Shifang Zhuang

Disease severity in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: comparing routine surveillance with cohort data from the LEOSS study in 2020 in Germany

Uwe Koppe, Julia Schilling, Melanie Stecher, Maria Madeleine Rüthrich, Adine Marquis, Michaela Diercke, Martina Haselberger, Carolin E. M. Koll, Michaela Niebank, Bettina Ruehe, Stefan Borgmann, Linus Grabenhenrich, Kerstin Hellwig, Lisa Pilgram, Christoph D. Spinner, Thomas Paerisch, Christoph D. Spinner, Maria Madeleine Rüthrich, Julia Lanznaster, Stefan Borgmann, Kerstin Hellwig, Maria Vehreschild, Christian Hohmann, Frank Hanses, Kai Wille, Bjoern-Erik Jensen, Martin Hower, Siegbert Rieg, Juergen vom Dahl, Jan Rupp, Christoph Roemmele, Nora Isberner, Katja Rothfuss, Lukas Eberwein, Norma Jung, Timm Westhoff, Sebastian Dolff, Richard Strauss, Ingo Voigt, Michael von Bergwelt-Baildon, Uta Merle, Christian Degenhardt, Gernot Beutel, Lorenz Walter, Siri Göpel, Beate Gruener, Dominic Rauschning, Janina Trauth, Milena Milovanovic, Katja de With, Philipp Markart, Jessica Rueddel, Anette Friedrichs, Jan Kielstein, Lukas Tometten, David Heigener, Lars Wojtecki, Joerg Schubert, Wolfgang Guggemos, Stefani Roeseler, Mark Neufang

Influence of systolic blood pressure trajectory on in-hospital mortality in patients with sepsis

Jia-Liang Zhu, Shi-Qi Yuan, Tao Huang, Lu-Ming Zhang, Xiao-Mei Xu, Hai-Yan Yin, Jian-Rui Wei, Jun Lyu

Heavily treatment-experienced people living with HIV in the OPERA® cohort: population characteristics and clinical outcomes

Ricky K. Hsu, Jennifer S. Fusco, Cassidy E. Henegar, Vani Vannappagari, Andrew Clark, Laurence Brunet, Philip C. Lackey, Gerald Pierone Jr., Gregory P. Fusco

Predictors of the observed high prevalence of loss to follow-up in ART-experienced adult PLHIV: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study in the Tanga Region, Tanzania

Stella E. Mushy, Expeditho Mtisi, Eric Mboggo, Simon Mkawe, Khadija I. Yahya-Malima, John Ndega, Frida Ngalesoni, Aisa Muya

Results from a systematic programme of evaluating COVID-19 reinfection cases in the early phase of the pandemic, Singapore

Glorijoy Shi En Tan, Christine Qiuhan Gao, Jievanda Shu Ying Ow, Thuan Thong Tan, Say Tat Ooi, Cui Lin, Raymond Tzer Pin Lin, Vernon Jian Ming Lee, Monica Chan, Yee Sin Leo, Shawn Vasoo

Reducing urinary catheter use in geriatric patients - results of a single-center champion-led intervention

L Mrziglod, S Saydan, F Schwab, D Zohlnhöfer-Momm, P Gastmeier, S Hansen

Nosocomial meningitis caused by Staphylococcus haemolyticus in a child with neutropenia in the absence of intracranial devices: a case report

Shinsuke Mizuno, Tomoko Fujikawa, Suguru Uemura, Daiichiro Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Kosaka, Masashi Kasai

Correction: European Cohorts of patients and schools to Advance Response to Epidemics (EuCARE): a cluster randomised interventional and observational study protocol to investigate the relationship between schools and SARS-CoV-2 infection

Sara Raimondi, Sara Gandini, Gibran Horemheb Rubio Quintanares, Ana Abecasis, Pier Luigi Lopalco, Oriana D’Ecclesiis, Susanna Chiocca, Elisa Tomezzoli, Ilaria Cutica, Davide Mazzoni, Nuno Amparo, Marta Pingarilho, Daniela Carmagnola, Claudia Dellavia, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Chiara Ronchini, Federica Bellerba, Felix Dewald, Rolf Kaiser, Francesca Incardona

Serological response to vaccination in post-acute sequelae of COVID

Sandy Joung, Brittany Weber, Min Wu, Yunxian Liu, Amber B. Tang, Matthew Driver, Sarah Sternbach, Timothy Wynter, Amy Hoang, Denisse Barajas, Yu Hung Kao, Briana Khuu, Michelle Bravo, Hibah Masoom, Teresa Tran, Nancy Sun, Patrick G. Botting, Brian L. Claggett, John C. Prostko, Edwin C. Frias, James L. Stewart, Jackie Robertson, Alan C. Kwan, Mariam Torossian, Isabel Pedraza, Carina Sterling, Caroline Goldzweig, Jillian Oft, Rachel Zabner, Justyna Fert-Bober, Joseph E. Ebinger, Kimia Sobhani, Susan Cheng, Catherine N. Le

Injectable long acting antiretroviral for HIV treatment and prevention: perspectives of potential users

Laurence Slama, Raphael Porcher, Françoise Linard, Catherine Chakvetadze, Agnès Cros, Séverine Carillon, Lucille Gallardo, Jean-Paul Viard, Jean-Michel Molina

Prevalence of extended spectrum beta lactamase and molecular detection of blaTEM, blaSHV and blaCTX-M genotypes among Gram negative bacilli isolates from pediatric patient population in Gaza strip

Nabil Abdullah El Aila, Nahed Ali Al Laham, Basim Mohammed Ayesh

Incidence, susceptibility and outcomes of candidemia in adults living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (2010–2018)

Samuel Bourassa-Blanchette, Marit M. Biesheuvel, John C. Lam, Alexander Kipp, Deirdre Church, Julie Carson, Bruce Dalton, Michael D. Parkins, Herman W. Barkema, Daniel B. Gregson

A clinical indicator-based prognostic model predicting treatment outcomes of pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study

Mengyao Zhan, Hao Xue, Yuting Wang, Zhuchao Wu, Qin Wen, Xinling Shi, Jianming Wang

Technology-enabled virtual ward for COVID management of the elderly and immunocompromised in Singapore: a descriptive cohort

Stephanie Q. Ko, Shoban Krishna Kumar, Jonathan Jacob, Benjamin M. Y. Hooi, Michelle Soo, Norshima Nashi, Maria Teresa D. Cruz, Yeo Ai Wah, Wong Zhi Xin, Nares Smitasin, Lionel Lum, Sophia Archuleta

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Correction: The clinical outcomes of COVID-19 critically ill patients co-infected with other respiratory viruses: a multicenter, cohort study

Khalid Al Sulaiman, Ohoud Aljuhani, Hisham A. Badreldin, Ghazwa B. Korayem, Abeer A. Alenazi, Ahlam H. Alharbi, Albandari Alghamdi, Alaa Alhubaishi, Ali F. Altebainawi, Mohammad Bosaeed, Rand Alotaibi, Ahad Alawad, Nirvana Alnajjar, Khalid Bin Saleh, Walaa A. Sait, Samiah Alsohimi, Meshari M. Alanizy, Sarah A. Almuqbil, Ibrahim Al Sulaihim, Ramesh Vishwakarma, Mai Alalawi, Fatimah Alhassan, Suliman Alghnam

Comparison of paediatric infectious disease deaths in public sector health facilities using different data sources in the Western Cape, South Africa (2007–2021)

K. Kehoe, E. Morden, T. Jacobs, N. Zinyakatira, M. Smith, A. Heekes, J. Murray, D. M. le Roux, T. Wessels, M. Richards, B. Eley, H. E. Jones, M. T. Redaniel, M. A. Davies

COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment impact on symptoms and post-COVID conditions among high-risk patients at a Federally Qualified Health Center

Natalie L. Vawter, Job G. Godino, Sydney V. Lewis, Adam W. Northrup, Jane C. Samaniego, Jacqueline Y. Poblete, Jesus A. Guereca, Sydney P. Sharp, Eva Matthews, Noe C. Crespo, Pauline G. Lucatero, Monica M. Vidaurrazaga, Christian B. Ramers

Epidemiology and source of infection in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia: an experience from a developing country

Nagham Joudeh, Elana Sawafta, Adham Abu Taha, Majd Hamed Allah, Riad Amer, Razan Y. Odeh, Husam Salameh, Ali Sabateen, Banan M. Aiesh, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

The diagnostic performance of endobronchial ultrasound with Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

Lan Yao, Shanhao Chen, Wei Sha, Ye Gu

Evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 in people coinfected with HIV and/or tuberculosis in low-income countries: study protocol for mixed methods research in Burkina Faso

Cheick Ahmed Ouattara, Armel G Poda, Ziemlé Clément Méda, Yacouba Sawadogo, Odilon Kabore, Emile Birba, Adama Sourabié, Jacques Zoungrana, Isidore Tiandiogo Traore, Ibrahim Sangaré, Awa Ymba, Sylvain Godreuil, Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo

Mutations in immunodeficiency-related genes may increase the risk of infection after CAR-T-cell therapy: a report of two cases

Di Wang, Li He, Chunhui Li, Menglei Xu, Qiuxia Yu, Varlene Daniela Fernandes Almeida, Yimei Que, Yanjie Xu, Yi Xiao, Chunrui Li

Evaluation of eight lateral flow tests for the detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a vaccinated population

Caitlin Greenland-Bews, Rachel L. Byrne, Sophie I. Owen, Rachel L. Watkins, Daisy Bengey, Kate Buist, Karina Clerkin, Camille Escadafal, Lorna S. Finch, Susan Gould, Emanuele Giorgi, Andy Hodgkinson, Larysa Mashenko, Darren Powell, Helen R. Savage, Caitlin R. Thompson, Lance Turtle, Jahanara Wardale, Dominic Wooding, Thomas Edwards, Ana Cubas Atienzar, Emily R. Adams

Patient characteristics and testing over COVID-19 waves 1 and 2 from the first German COVID-19 testing unit in Munich, Germany

Harinee Srinivasan, Hannah Tuulikki Hohl, Christian Heumann, Guenter Froeschl

Meningitis and spondylodiscitis due to Nocardia nova in an immunocompetent patient

F. Lestin-Bernstein, M. Tietke, S. Schmiedel, M. Dreimann, O. Heese

Applying mathematical modelling to estimate the impact of COVID-19-related VMMC service disruptions on new HIV infections in Zimbabwe

Newton Chagoma, Tiwonge Kanyenda, Bothwell Pindiwe, Howard Nyika, Lawrence Nyazema, John Stover, Danielle Resar, Natsai Shoko, Sarah Jenkins, Yemurai Katanda, Sinokuthemba Xaba, Owen Mugurungi

Different responses of Japanese encephalitis to weather variables among eight climate subtypes in Gansu, China, 2005–2019

Ruifen Li, Xiaohong Zhao, Yu Tian, Yanjun Shi, Xueyan Gu, Shuang Wang, Rui Zhang, Jing An, Li Su, Xuxia Wang

Association of statin use with outcomes of patients admitted with COVID-19: an analysis of electronic health records using superlearner

Adovich S. Rivera, Omar Al-Heeti, Lucia C. Petito, Mathew J. Feinstein, Chad J. Achenbach, Janna Williams, Babafemi Taiwo

Isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the sacrum in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and literature review

Yanchun Zhong, Yuxi Huang, Di Zhang, Zhaoyuan Chen, Zhenxing Liu, Yongjun Ye

A multicenter evaluation of antibacterial use in hospitalized patients through the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic waves

Laura A. Puzniak, Karri A. Bauer, Kalvin C. Yu, Janet A. Watts, ChinEn Ai, Vikas Gupta

Phase II randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, clinical trial of safety and immunogenicity of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine FAKHRAVAC in adults aged 18–70 years

Fatemeh Gholami, Ramin Hamidi Farahani, Ahmad Karimi Rahjerdi, Mohammadreza Ahi, Ali Sheidaei, Kimiya Gohari, Zahra Rahimi, Akram Ansarifar, Pouria Basiri, Milad Moradi, Arash Jahangiri, Kosar Naderi, Soheil Ghasemi, Pezhman Khatami, Mohsen Honari, Samane Khodaverdloo, Mohammad Shooshtari, Hajar Mehr Azin, Sohrab Moradi, Batool Shafaghi, Hossein Allahyari, Arina Monazah, Ali Khodaei Poor, Zahra Taghva, Hooman Bakhshande, Mohammad Karimi Nia, Masoud Solaymani Dodaran, Mohsen Forooghizade

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Possibility of mpox viral transmission and control from high-risk to the general population: a modeling study

Shiting Yang, Xiaohao Guo, Zeyu Zhao, Buasiyamu Abudunaibi, Yunkang Zhao, Jia Rui, Yao Wang, Wentao Song, Hongjie Wei, Tianmu Chen

Safety and efficacy of tuberculosis vaccine candidates in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of randomised controlled clinical trials

Lydia Wilson, Lara Gracie, Farah Kidy, G. Neil Thomas, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Sheila Greenfield, Semira Manaseki-Holland, Derek J. Ward, Tiffany E. Gooden

Sepsis following acute pyelonephritis caused by Trueperella bernardiae: a case report and literature review

Yuki Matsuhisa, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Shinichiro Kobayashi, Jun Taguchi, Hideo Hirose, Tadao Gotoh

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Correction: Economic and disease burden of RSV-associated hospitalizations in young children in France, from 2010 through 2018

C. Demont, N. Petrica, I. Bardoulat, S. Duret, L. Watier, A. Chosidow, M. Lorrot, A. Kieffer, M. Lemaitre

The clinical and epidemiological characteristics of a series of patients living with HIV admitted for COVID-19 in a district hospital

Ayanda Trevor Mnguni, Denzil Schietekat, Nabilah Ebrahim, Nawhaal Sonday, Nicholas Boliter, Neshaad Schrueder, Shiraaz Gabriels, Lovemore N. Sigwadhi, Annalise E. Zemlin, Zivanai C. Chapanduka, Veranyuy Ngah, Anteneh Yalew, Thumeka Jalavu, Ibtisam Abdullah, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Yamanya Tembo, Mary-Ann Davies, Rene English, Peter S. Nyasulu

Infection caused by Lawsonella clevelandensis after breast augmentation with autologous fat grafting: a case report

Feng Zhou, Jun Zhang, Lunli Gong, Guobao Wang, Aawrish Khan, Haiyan Cui

Idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension in a patient with Talaromyces marneffei infection: a case report

Xiuling Ye, Xin Quan, Xu Guo, Zhidong Wang, Hao Wu

ICU infection surveillance can be based on electronic routine data: results of a case study

Tiffany Schaumburg, Norbert Köhler, Yasmine Breitenstein, Susanne Kolbe-Busch, Dirk Hasenclever, Iris F. Chaberny

Association of scrub typhus with incidence of dementia: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Korea

Jooyun Kim, Hyeri Seok, Ji Hoon Jeon, Won Suk Choi, Gi Hyeon Seo, Dae Won Park

Estimating the burden of influenza-attributable severe acute respiratory infections on the hospital system in Metropolitan France, 2012–2018

Anne Bernadou, C. Sommen, M. Pivette, B. Hubert

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae related urinary tract infection in adult cancer patients: a multicenter retrospective study, 2015–2019

Guojing Wang, Yu Zhu, Shana Feng, Baojun Wei, Yujuan Zhang, Jingzhi Wang, Shengkai Huang, Shengling Qin, Xuan Liu, Bing Chen, Wei Cui

Clinical features and severe outcome predictors of COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infection among hospitalized patients: results from Egypt severe acute respiratory infections sentinel surveillance, 2021–2022

Amr Kandeel, Manal Fahim, Ola Deghedy, Walaa Alim, Mohammad Abdel Fattah, Salma Afifi, Amira Mohsen, Khaled Abdelghaffar

Time to diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in indigenous peoples: a systematic review

Marie Varughese, Courtney Heffernan, Michael Y. Li, Richard Long

The burden of CDI in the United States: a multifactorial challenge

Paul Feuerstadt, Nicolette Theriault, Glenn Tillotson

A case of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron reinfection resulting in a significant immunity boost in a paediatric patient affected by B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Rossana Scutari, Valeria Fox, Maria Antonietta De Ioris, Vanessa Fini, Annarita Granaglia, Valentino Costabile, Luna Colagrossi, Cristina Russo, Angela Mastronuzzi, Franco Locatelli, Carlo Federico Perno, Claudia Alteri

Epidemiology and molecular characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among italian community-dwelling adults, 2021/22 season

Donatella Panatto, Alexander Domnich, Piero Luigi Lai, Matilde Ogliastro, Bianca Bruzzone, Cristina Galli, Federica Stefanelli, Elena Pariani, Andrea Orsi, Giancarlo Icardi

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Fluoroquinolone resistance among fecal extended spectrum βeta lactamases positive Enterobacterales isolates from children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Upendo O. Kibwana, Joel Manyahi, Helene Heitmann Sandnes, Bjørn Blomberg, Stephen E. Mshana, Nina Langeland, Adam P. Roberts, Sabrina J. Moyo

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with single or co-detected rhinovirus-associated acute respiratory infection in Middle Tennessee

Justin Z. Amarin, Molly Potter, Jyotsna Thota, Danielle A. Rankin, Varvara Probst, Zaid Haddadin, Laura S. Stewart, Ahmad Yanis, Rana Talj, Herdi Rahman, Tiffanie M. Markus, James Chappell, Mary Lou Lindegren, William Schaffner, Andrew J. Spieker, Natasha B. Halasa

Risk factors of pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum in COVID-19: a matched case–control study

Se Ju Lee, Jinnam Kim, Ki Hyun Lee, Jung Ah Lee, Chang Hyup Kim, Su Hwan Lee, Byung Jo Park, Jung Ho Kim, Jin Young Ahn, Su Jin Jeong, Nam Su Ku, Joon-Sup Yeom, Jun Yong Choi

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Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program in the Vascular Surgery ward of a university tertiary care hospital in Pavia, Northern Italy

Marco Vecchia, Marta Colaneri, Paolo Sacchi, Lea Nadia Marvulli, Andrea Salvaderi, Jessica Lanza, Stefano Boschini, Franco Ragni, Piero Marone, Sara Cutti, Alba Muzzi, Carlo Marena, Monica Calvi, Luigia Scudeller, Enrico Maria Marone, Raffaele Bruno

Evaluation of under-testing and under-diagnosis of tick-borne encephalitis in Germany

Katharina Schley, Josephine Friedrich, Andreas Pilz, Liping Huang, Bridget L. Balkaran, Martine C. Maculaitis, Claudius Malerczyk

Ocular Mycobacterium haemophilum infection originating in the cornea: a case report

Yu-Qiang Zhang, Ting-Ting Xu, Fu-Yan Wang, Shuang Wang, Jun Cheng

Factors associated with relapse and hospital death in patients coinfected with visceral leishmaniasis and HIV: a longitudinal study

Larissa D. L. N. Costa, Uiara S. Lima, Vandilson Rodrigues, Mayara I. S. Lima, Lucilene A. Silva, Jorim Ithamar, Conceição M. P. S. Azevedo

Molecular epidemiology of Bartonella quintana endocarditis in patients from Israel and Eastern Africa

Shingo Sato, Lev Shapira, Diana Tasher, Soichi Maruyama, Michael Giladi

Cost-effectiveness analysis of typhoid conjugate vaccines in an outbreak setting: a modeling study

Maile T. Phillips, Marina Antillon, Joke Bilcke, Naor Bar-Zeev, Fumbani Limani, Frédéric Debellut, Clint Pecenka, Kathleen M. Neuzil, Melita A. Gordon, Deus Thindwa, A. David Paltiel, Reza Yaesoubi, Virginia E. Pitzer

Factors related to the mortality risk of severe hand, foot, and mouth diseases (HFMD): a 5-year hospital-based survey in Guangxi, Southern China

Yuanjun Peng, Weitao He, Zhigang Zheng, Peijiang Pan, Yu Ju, Zhenwei Lu, Yanyan Liao, Hailong Wang, Chao Zhang, Jing Wang, Lina Jiang, Hao Liang, Minmei Chen, Li Ye

Elderly onset atypical Lemierre’s syndrome concurrent with a rheumatoid vasculitis sacral ulcer infection: a case report

Koji Mishima, Kazunobu Aoki, Yusuke Shirai, Hiroshi Aritomo, Maiko Iwasaka, Masakazu Katsura, Tomofumi Tatsutani, Hiroko Ikeuchi, Kensuke Oryoji, Shinichi Mizuki

HIV risk profile and prevention needs of individuals seeking monkeypox (mpox) vaccination in an urban clinic in the U.S.: a brief report

Onyema Ogbuagu, Manas Sharma, Grace Igiraneza, Laurie Andrews, Jessica Tuan, Lydia A. Barakat

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Moderation effects of serotype on dengue severity across pregnancy status in Mexico

Esther Annan, Uyen-Sa D. T. Nguyen, Jesús Treviño, Wan Fairos Wan Yaacob, Sherry Mangla, Ashok Kumar Pathak, Rajesh Nandy, Ubydul Haque

A cross-sectional study: a breathomics based pulmonary tuberculosis detection method

Liang Fu, Lei Wang, Haibo Wang, Min Yang, Qianting Yang, Yi Lin, Shanyi Guan, Yongcong Deng, Lei Liu, Qingyun Li, Mengqi He, Peize Zhang, Haibin Chen, Guofang Deng

Prevalence and factors associated with reported adverse-events among patients on multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in two referral hospitals in Uganda

Paul Mukama Ategyeka, Michael Muhoozi, Racheal Naturinda, Peter Kageni, Carol Namugenyi, Amos Kasolo, Stevens Kisaka, Noah Kiwanuka

Reactogenicity within the first week after Sinopharm, Sputnik V, AZD1222, and COVIran Barekat vaccines: findings from the Iranian active vaccine surveillance system

Mostafa Enayatrad, Sepideh Mahdavi, Roqayeh Aliyari, Sajad Sahab-Negah, Sairan Nili, Mohammad Fereidouni, Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Abtin Heidarzadeh, Fariba Shahraki-Sanavi, Mansooreh Fateh, Hamidreza Khajeha, Zahra Emamian, Elahe Behmanesh, Hossein Sheibani, Maryam Abbaszadeh, Reza Jafari, Maryam Valikhani, Ehsan Binesh, Hamid Vahedi, Reza Chaman, Hamid Sharifi, Mohammad Hassan Emamian

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) in Egypt (2000–2022): a systematic review with meta-analysis

Ahmed Azzam, Heba Khaled, Ola A. Elbohy, Shueb Abdirahman Mohamed, Sana Mostafa Hussein Mohamed, Ahmed H. Abdelkader, Ahmad Ashraf Ezzat, Amora Omar Ibrahim Elmowafy, Ola Ali El-Emam, Mona Awadalla, Neveen Refaey, Shimaa Mohamed Abdou Rizk

Association of TLR4 and TLR9 gene polymorphisms with cervical HR-HPV infection status in Chinese Han population

Chunlin Zhang, Zhiping Yang, Ping Luo, Ting Li, Sutong Wang, Fenglan Sun, Ping Gong, Bing Mei

Lesion size as a prognostic factor in the antifungal treatment of pulmonary cryptococcosis: a retrospective study with chest CT pictorial review of 2-year follow up

Yu Yan, Yuxiao Wu, Qin Wang, Xiaodan Zhu, Huayin Li, Hongni Jiang

Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 associated with cavitations and treatment failure

Anabel Ordaz-Vázquez, Pedro Torres-González, Leticia Ferreyra-Reyes, Sergio Canizales-Quintero, Guadalupe Delgado-Sánchez, Lourdes García-García, Alfredo Ponce-De-León, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Miriam Bobadilla-Del-Valle

COVID-19 in the homeless population: a scoping review and meta-analysis examining differences in prevalence, presentation, vaccine hesitancy and government response in the first year of the pandemic

Tharanika Ahillan, Matthew Emmerson, Bethan Swift, Hadiya Golamgouse, Kaiyang Song, Angela Roxas, Sakina Bano Mendha, Elena Avramović, Jatin Rastogi, Binta Sultan

Co-morbidity associated with development of severe COVID-19 before vaccine availability: a retrospective cohort study in the first pandemic year among the middle-aged and elderly in Jönköping county, Sweden

Dennis Nordvall, Dan Drobin, Toomas Timpka, Robert G. Hahn

Core genome sequencing and genotyping of Leptospira interrogans in clinical samples by target capture sequencing

Linda Grillova, Thomas Cokelaer, Jean-François Mariet, Juliana Pipoli da Fonseca, Mathieu Picardeau

Perceived barriers and facilitators for adhering to COVID-19 preventive measures in Chile: a qualitative study in three large cities

Alexandra Obach, Báltica Cabieses, Francisca Vezzani, Consuelo Robledo, Alice Blukacz, Pablo Vial

Vitamin D3 supplementation as an adjunct in the management of childhood infectious diarrhea: a systematic review

Samuel N Uwaezuoke, Chioma L Odimegwu, Ngozi R Mbanefo, Chizoma I Eneh, Ijeoma O Arodiwe, Uzoamaka V Muoneke, Francis N Ogbuka, Chibuzo O Ndiokwelu, Anthony T Akwue

Effectiveness of the secondary distribution of HIV self-testing with and without monetary incentives among men who have sex with men living with HIV in China: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Siyue Hu, Ying Lu, Xi He, Yi Zhou, Dan Wu, Joseph D. Tucker, Bin Yang, Weiming Tang

Implementation of evidence-based multiple focus integrated intensified TB screening to end TB (EXIT-TB) package in East Africa: a qualitative study

Kahabi Isangula, Doreen Philbert, Florence Ngari, Tigest Ajeme, Godfather Kimaro, Getnet Yimer, Nicholaus P. Mnyambwa, Winters Muttamba, Irene Najjingo, Aman Wilfred, Johnson Mshiu, Bruce Kirenga, Steve Wandiga, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga, Francis Donard, Douglas Okelloh, Benson Mtesha, Hussen Mohammed, Hadija Semvua, James Ngocho, Sayoki Mfinanga, Esther Ngadaya

The differences in drug resistance between drug-resistant tuberculosis patients with and without diabetes mellitus in northeast China: a retrospective study

Yuanping Pan, Yingying Yu, Yaohui Yi, Xiaofeng Dou, Jiachen Lu, Ling Zhou

Efficacy of azithromycin in treating Ureaplasma urealyticum: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Weibin Fan, Qisheng Wang, Zuyu Liang, Jinyu Wang, Lin Zhang

HIV-1 Tat amino acid residues that influence Tat-TAR binding affinity: a scoping review

Piwai Terry Gotora, Rencia van der Sluis, Monray Edward Williams

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Immune response to co-administration of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), and yellow fever vaccines: a randomized non-inferiority trial among one-year-old children in Argentina

Carla Vizzotti, Jennifer B. Harris, Analía Aquino, Carolina Rancaño, Cristian Biscayart, Romina Bonaventura, Andrea Pontoriero, Elsa Baumeister, Maria Cecilia Freire, Mirta Magariños, Blanca Duarte, Gavin Grant, Susan Reef, Janeen Laven, Kathleen A. Wannemuehler, Alba Maria Ropero Alvarez, J. Erin Staples

Presentation of severe brucellosis in 5-year-old boy - challenges and results

Yulia Dinikina, Uliana Tsoy, Andrey Dyachkov, Roman Grozov, Aleksandr Mushkin, Vyacheslav Zorin, Irina Nikitina, Elena Grineva

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Case-control study of human anthrax outbreak investigation in farta woreda, South Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Taddie Wondmnew, Biset Asrade

Serum mAST/ALT ratio had high predictive value for adverse outcome of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome with severe condition

Li Wang, Youde Liu, Renliang Qu, Zhiqiang Zou

Does telehealth affect the adherence to ART among patients with HIV? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Elham Davtalab Esmaeili, Hosein Azizi, Saeed Dastgiri, Leila R. Kalankesh

Concordance in pathogen identification at the upper and lower respiratory tract of children with severe pneumonia

Heping Wang, Xiaonan Li, Yuejie Zheng, Lilly M. Verhagen, Jiali Gu, Li Li, Zhi Xu, Wenjian Wang, Marien I. de Jonge

Incidence, accuracy, and barriers of diagnosing healthcare-associated infections: a case study in southeast Iran

Naser Nasiri, Ali Sharifi, Iman Ghasemzadeh, Malahat Khalili, Ali Karamoozian, Ali Khalooei, Amin Beigzadeh, AliAkbar Haghdoost, Hamid Sharifi

Esophageal anthracosis occurred after treatment of esophageal tuberculosis secondary to mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis: a rare case report

Weixin Cheng, Xinxin Zhou, Miaomiao Lu, Xi Jin, Feng Ji

Modelling the impact of combining HIV prevention interventions on HIV dynamics in fishing communities in Uganda

Cécile Kremer, Anatoli Kamali, Monica Kuteesa, Janet Seeley, Niel Hens, Rebecca N Nsubuga

Comparisons of lymphocytes profiles and inflammatory cytokines levels in blood of patients with differed severity of infection by human adenovirus type 7

Junping Sun, Xidong Ma, Mingyue Zhang, Mei Xie, Xingang Zhang, Xinjie Han, Xinfu Li, Enlu Zhou, Junyu Wang, Jianxin Wang

A survival analysis of socio-demographic and clinical predictors among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Southern Iran

Atefeh Esfandiari, Jamileh Kiani, Batool Amiri, Marzieh Mahmoodi, Fatemeh Abbasi, Erfan Javanmardi, Ahmad Yazdanpanah, Allahkarm Akhlaghi, Hedayat Salari

Severe CMV pneumonitis and the resulting ARDS in a 28-year-old pregnant woman: a case report

Sotirios Kalogeropoulos, Evgenia Zarogianni, Georgios Adonakis, Apostolos Kaponis

Epidemiological profile of arboviruses in two different scenarios: dengue circulation vs. dengue, chikungunya and Zika co-circulation

Pablo Cantalice Santos Farias, André Filipe Pastor, Juliana Prado Gonçales, Iasmyn Dayanne Santos do Nascimento, Ellida Suellen de Souza Ferraz, Thaísa Regina Rocha Lopes, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Maria Rosângela Cunha Duarte Côelho, José Valter Joaquim Silva Júnior

Complete excision of giant clavicular hydatid cyst: a case report

Xin Wang, Jinyong Huang, Liping Su, Qian Ma, Chao Ma, Zengru Xie

Polypharmacy and health related quality of life among older adults on antiretroviral therapy in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Antimon Tibursi Massawe, Grace Ambrose Shayo, Sabina Ferdinand Mugusi

An unusual presentation of a rare disease: acute upper limb ischemia as the presenting symptom of Whipple’s Endocarditis, a case report

York Chen, Rattanaporn Mahatanan, Isabella W. Martin, David de Gijsel

Response to COVID-19 recommended preventive behavioral messages among Guraghe zone communities, South Ethiopia: using constructs of the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM)

Abdurezak Kemal, Kenzudin Assfa, Bisrat Zeleke, Mohammed Jemal, Musa Jemal, Shemsu Kedir, Amare Zewdie, Samuel Dessu, Fedila Yassin, Adane Habtie

The distribution characteristics of global blaOXA-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae

Lingning Meng, Ziyao Liu, Chang Liu, Chuchu Li, Han Shen, Xiaoli Cao

Spatiotemporal overlapping of dengue, chikungunya, and malaria infections in children in Kenya

Aslam Khan, Donal Bisanzio, Francis Mutuku, Bryson Ndenga, Elysse N. Grossi-Soyster, Zainab Jembe, Priscilla W. Maina, Philip K. Chebii, Charles O. Ronga, Victoria Okuta, A. Desiree LaBeaud

A case report of fatal COVID-19 complicated by rapidly progressive sepsis caused by Klebsiella variicola

Rimi Tanii, Sohei Harada, Hiroki Saito, Koh Okamoto, Yohei Doi, Masahiro Suzuki

Extrapulmonary Pneumocystis jirovecii infection in an advanced HIV-infected patient: A case report and literature review

Lalita Tancharoen, Soranart Muangsomboon, Patsharaporn T. Sarasombath, Nasikarn Angkasekwinai

Excess mortality and associated factors among people living with HIV initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy in Luzhou, China 2006–2020

Dandan Niu, Ticheng Xiao, Yuanyi Chen, Houlin Tang, Fangfang Chen, Chang Cai, Qianqian Qin, Decai Zhao, Yichen Jin, Shi Wang, Yushan Hou, Zhen Lu, Luoyao Yang, Hong Liu, Dongqin Xie, Huachun Zou, Fan Lyu

Spread and seasonality of COVID-19 pandemic confirmed cases in sub-Saharan Africa: experience from Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda

Ayo S. Adebowale, Rotimi F. Afolabi, Segun Bello, Mobolaji M. Salawu, Eniola A. Bamgboye, Ikeola Adeoye, Magbagbeola D. Dairo, Betty Kivumbi, Irene Wanyana, Ibrahima Seck, Issakha Diallo, Mamadou M. M. Leye, Oumar Bassoum, Mane Fall, Rawlance Ndejjo, Steven N. Kabwama, Mala Ali Mapatano, Marc Bosonkie, Landry Egbende, Alice Namale, Susan Kizito, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Olufunmilayo I. Fawole

Factors associated with viral RNA shedding and evaluation of potential viral infectivity at returning to school in influenza outpatients after treatment with baloxavir marboxil and neuraminidase inhibitors during 2013/2014–2019/2020 seasons in Japan: an observational study

Jiaming Li, Keita Wagatsuma, Yuyang Sun, Isamu Sato, Takashi Kawashima, Tadashi Saito, Yasushi Shimada, Yasuhiko Ono, Fujio Kakuya, Nobuo Nagata, Michiyoshi Minato, Naoki Kodo, Eitaro Suzuki, Akito Kitano, Toshihiro Tanaka, Satoshi Aoki, Irina Chon, Wint Wint Phyu, Hisami Watanabe, Reiko Saito

60-year-old male with rapidly progressive pneumocephalus caused by Clostridium septicum in the setting of an occult colonic adenocarcinoma

Austin J. Helmink, Taylor A. Wahlig, Paul D. Fey, Jie Chen, Kirk W. Foster

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions, weather, vaccination, and variants on COVID-19 transmission across departments in France

Juliette Paireau, Marie-Laure Charpignon, Sophie Larrieu, Clémentine Calba, Nathanaël Hozé, Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Rodolphe Thiebaut, Mélanie Prague, Simon Cauchemez

Genetic diversity of the human immunodeficiency virus of type 1 in Gabonese transfusional settings

Christian Mangala, Joseph Fokam, Denis Maulot-Bangola, Olivier Rebienot-Pellegrin, Thérèse Nkoa

Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae presents with progressive weakness in limbs: a case report and literature review

Chen-Hong He, Shu-Fan Feng, Shu-Xin Chen, Deng-Ke Han, Tian-Rong He, Jian-Wei Cao, Hui-Qiang Mai

Association between any underlying health condition and COVID-19-associated hospitalization by age group, Washington State, 2020–2021: a retrospective cohort study

Kate H. McConnell, Anjum Hajat, Coralynn Sack, Stephen J. Mooney, Christine M. Khosropour

The impact of ethnic background on ICU care and outcome in sepsis and septic shock – A retrospective multicenter analysis on 17,949 patients

Andreas Koköfer, Behrooz Mamandipoor, Maria Flamm, Richard Rezar, Sarah Wernly, Christian Datz, Christian Jung, Venet Osmani, Bernhard Wernly, Raphael Romano Bruno

The value of lung ultrasound in COVID-19 pneumonia, verified by high resolution computed tomography assessed by artificial intelligence

Robert Chrzan, Kamil Polok, Jakub Antczak, Andżelika Siwiec-Koźlik, Wojciech Jagiełło, Tadeusz Popiela

Is low dose of liposomal amphotericin B effective in management of acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis? Our conclusions from Al-Mowassat University Hospital, Syria: a prospective observational study

Muhammad Nour Alabdullah, Abdulmajeed Yousfan

Effect of fluvoxamine on preventing neuropsychiatric symptoms of post COVID syndrome in mild to moderate patients, a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial

Ramin Hamidi Farahani, Ali Ajam, Alireza Ranjbar Naeini

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The effect of an infection control guideline on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients admitted to the intensive care units

Ali Safavi, Shahram Molavynejad, Mahboobeh Rashidi, Marziyeh Asadizaker, Elham Maraghi

Timing of vasopressin initiation and mortality in patients with septic shock: analysis of the MIMIC-III and MIMIC-IV databases

Jun Xu, Hongliu Cai, Xia Zheng

High SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among street adolescents in Lomé, Togo, 2021

Arnold Junior Sadio, Valentine Marie Ferré, Rodion Yao Konu, Anoumou Claver Dagnra, Diane Descamps, Didier Koumavi Ekouevi, Charlotte Charpentier

Post-COVID-19 condition and persisting symptoms in English schoolchildren: repeated surveys to March 2022

Charlotte Warren-Gash, Andrea Lacey, Sarah Cook, Dylan Stocker, Samantha Toon, Ffion Lelii, Ben Ford, Georgina Ireland, Shamez N. Ladhani, Terence Stephenson, Patrick Nguipdop-Djomo, Punam Mangtani, Elliot McClenahan, Gillian McKay, Jody Phelan, Liang-Yu Lin, Alex Lewin, Alison Judd, Byron Davies, Anisah Saib, James McCrae, Joe Kelly, Ian Diamond, Emma Rourke, Fiona Dawe, Pete Jones

Trends in Neisseria meningitidis serogroups amongst patients with suspected cerebrospinal meningitis in the meningitis belt of Ghana: a 5-year retrospective study

Stebleson Azure, Abass Abdul-Karim, Braimah Baba Abubakari, John B. Eleeza, Daron Davies A. Agboyie, Enoch Weikem Weyori, Jun Yong Choi

Coexistence of COVID-19, Pseudomonas, and thoracic actinomycosis in a cystic bronchiectasis case

Emine Afsin, Furkan Kucuk, Hüsna Ozcelik, Muhammed Yavuz Haktanır

Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of 60 patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome combined with Cryptococcus neoformans

Saiduo Liu, Wei Chen, Fang Cheng, Xinchun Ye, Ning Pan, Hongzhou Lu

Effect of risk status for severe COVID-19 on individual contact behaviour during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in 2020/2021—an analysis based on the German COVIMOD study

Jasmin Walde, Madhav Chaturvedi, Tom Berger, Antonia Bartz, Robin Killewald, Damilola Victoria Tomori, Nicole Rübsamen, Berit Lange, Stefan Scholz, Marina Treskova, Karolin Bucksch, Christopher I. Jarvis, Rafael Mikolajczyk, André Karch, Veronika K. Jaeger

Effects of temperature, rainfall, and El Niño Southern Oscillations on dengue-like-illness incidence in Solomon Islands

Gerry Andhikaputra, Yu-Han Lin, Yu-Chun Wang

Severe malaria in children and adolescents in Southeast Gabon

Judicaël Boris Lendongo Wombo, Euloge Ibinga, Sandrine Lydie Oyegue-Liabagui, Roméo Karl Imboumy Limoukou, Alain Prince Okouga, Franck Mounioko, Sydney Maghendji-Nzondo, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki, Edgard Brice Ngoungou

Association between bacterial vaginosis and 25-Hydroxy vitamin D: a case-control study

Seyede Faezeh Mojtahedi, Alireza Mohammadzadeh, Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh, Jelveh Jalili Shahri, Narjes Bahri

Diagnostic performance of the IMMY cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay on serum and cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of cryptococcosis in HIV-negative patients: a systematic review

Catriona Macrae, Jayne Ellis, Suzanne H. Keddie, Jane Falconer, John Bradley, Ruth Keogh, Oliver Baerenbold, Heidi Hopkins, Joseph N. Jarvis

Screening for maternal cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy and pregnancy outcome in patients with liver disease: an observational study

Rasha Eletreby, Rasha Abdelaziz, Hend Ibrahim Shousha, Zeinab Hammam, Ayman Hany, Dina Sabry, Basma Elawady, Naglaa Zayed, Ayman Yosry, Shereen Abdel Alem

Factors affecting the immunogenicity of influenza vaccines in human

Qiuyi Xu, Hejiang Wei, Simin Wen, Jiamin Chen, Yuxuan Lei, Yanhui Cheng, Weijuan Huang, Dayan Wang, Yuelong Shu

Multiple rib and vertebral fractures associated with Bordetella pertussis infection: a case report

Jingqiao Wang, Junxiang Gao, Hongwei Fan, Haonan Guo, Zundong Yin, Mei Dong, Xiaoming Huang

Survival of community-acquired Bacillus cereus sepsis with venous sinus thrombosis in an immunocompetent adult man – a case report and literature review

Zengrong Wang, Han Xia, Fangfang Fan, Jin Zhang, Hong Liu, Jing Cao

Herpesvirus immunology in solid organ transplant recipients – liver transplant study (HISTORY): a retrospective and prospective observational cohort study

Moises Alberto Suarez-Zdunek, Sunil Kumar Saini, Christian Ross Pedersen, Sebastian Rask Hamm, Annemette Hald, Allan Rasmussen, Jens Georg Hillingsø, Sine Reker Hadrup, Susanne Dam Nielsen

Repeated spontaneous remission of acute myeloid leukemia in response to various infections: a case report

Osamu Imataki, Tomoya Ishida, Jun-ichiro Kida, Makiko Uemura, Haruyuki Fujita, Norimitsu Kadowaki

The impact of HIV infection on clinical presentation and mortality among persons with hepatocellular carcinoma in Kampala, Uganda

Sara K. Nsibirwa, Jim Aizire, Julie Nabweteme Mugerwa, David L. Thomas, Ponsiano Ocama, Gregory D. Kirk

Disseminated cryptococcosis with gastrointestinal involvement and false-negative cryptococcal antigen testing due to postzone phenomenon: a case report and review of the literature

Alex N. Zimmet, Grace D. Cullen, Leah Mische, Michael Deftos, Yael Bogler, Nang L. Nguyen, Manoj Ray

Nocardia caishijiensis infection: a case report and review of the literature

Fabricio Malaguez Webber, Arun Nachiappan, Freddy Duarte Lau, Christie Costello, Saul Zane

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Mycoplasma infection mimicking a malignancy in a waldenstrom macroglobulinemia patient

Junqing Wu, Donghua He, Fang Yu, Yue Huang, Meiru Bian, Chengxuan Yu, Jiao Liu, Zhen Cai, Yi Zhao

Application value of antibody titres and RNA detection in the early prediction of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children: a retrospective study

Wenbin Tuo, Xia Guo, Mo Wu, Si Xie, Xin Shen, Jun Wang, Qinzhen Cai, Chunhui Yuan, Cong Yao, Yun Xiang

Norepinephrine combined with phenylephrine versus norepinephrine in patients with septic shock: a retrospective cohort study

Dan He, Hai Hu, Liang Hong, Luming Zhang, Xuehao Lu, Wan-jie Gu, Jun Lyu, Haiyan Yin

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Decentralization of viral load testing to improve HIV care and treatment cascade in rural Tanzania: observational study from the Kilombero and Ulanga Antiretroviral Cohort

Dorcas Mnzava, James Okuma, Robert Ndege, Namvua Kimera, Alex Ntamatungiro, Amina Nyuri, Theonestina Byakuzana, Faraji Abilahi, Paul Mayeka, Emmy Temba, Teddy Fanuel, Tracy Renée Glass, Thomas Klimkait, Fiona Vanobberghen, Maja Weisser, Aschola Asantiel, Farida Bani, Manuel Battegay, Theonestina Byakuzana, Adolphina Chale, Anna Eichenberger, Gideon Francis, Hansjakob Furrer, Tracy Renée Glass, Speciosa Hwaya, Aneth V. Kalinjuma, Bryson Kasuga, Andrew Katende, Namvua Kimera, Yassin Kisunga, Olivia Kitau, Thomas Klimkait, Ezekiel Luoga, Herry Mapesi, Mengi Mkulila, Margareth Mkusa, Slyakus Mlembe, Dorcas Mnzava, Gertrud J. Mollel, Lilian Moshi, Germana Mossad, Dolores Mpundunga, Athumani Mtandanguo, Selerine Myeya, Sanula Nahota, Regina Ndaki, Robert Ndege, Agatha Ngulukila, Alex Ntamatungiro, Amina Nyuri, James Okuma, Daniel H. Paris, Leila Samson, Elizabeth Senkoro, Jenifa Tarimo, Yvan Temba, Juerg Utzinger, Fiona Vanobberghen, Maja Weisser, John Wigayi, Herieth Wilson, Bernard Kivuma, George Sigalla, Ivana Di Salvo, Michael Kasmiri, Suzan Ngahyoma, Victor Urio, Aloyce Sambuta, Francisca Chuwa, Swalehe Masoud, Yvonne R. Haridas, Jacqueline Nkouabi

Retraction Note: The role of social circle COVID-19 illness and vaccination experiences in COVID-19 vaccination decisions: an online survey of the United States population

Mark Skidmore

Correction: HIV risk profile and prevention needs of individuals seeking monkeypox (mpox) vaccination in an urban clinic in the U.S.: a brief report

Onyema Ogbuagu, Manas Sharma, Grace Igiraneza, Laurie Andrews, Jessica Tuan, Lydia A. Barakat

Influenza vaccine uptake among children and older adults in China: a secondary analysis of a quasi-experimental study

Yumeng Du, Chenqi Jin, Mark Jit, Tracey Chantler, Leesa Lin, Heidi J. Larson, Jing Li, Wenfeng Gong, Fan Yang, Nina Ren, Weibin Cheng, Yi Zhou, Weiming Tang, Joseph D. Tucker, Dan Wu

Clinical and microbiological profiles in post-chemotherapy neutropenic fever in hematological malignancy: exploration of clinical phenotype patterns by two-step cluster analysis

Choi Wan Chan, Alex Molassiotis, Harold K. K. Lee

Lipids and transaminase elevations in ARV-experienced PLWH switching to a doravirine-based regimen from rilpivirine or other regimens

Paolo Maggi, Elena Delfina Ricci, Stefania Cicalini, Giovanni Francesco Pellicanò, Benedetto Maurizio Celesia, Francesca Vichi, Antonio Cascio, Eleonora Sarchi, Giancarlo Orofino, Nicola Squillace, Giordano Madeddu, Giuseppe Vittorio De Socio, Olivia Bargiacchi, Chiara Molteni, Addolorata Masiello, Annalisa Saracino, Barbara Menzaghi, Katia Falasca, Lucia Taramasso, Antonio Di Biagio, Paolo Bonfanti

Antibody response, associated symptoms and profile of patients presumably infected by SARS-CoV-2 with taste or smell disorders in the SAPRIS multicohort study

Julien Ramillon, Xavier de Lamballerie, Olivier Robineau, Hélène Blanché, Gianluca Severi, Mathilde Touvier, Marie Zins, Fabrice Carrat, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Marie-Aline Charles, Sofiane Kab, Adeline Renuy, Stéphane Le-Got, Céline Ribet, Emmanuel Wiernik, Marcel Goldberg, Fanny Artaud, Pascale Gerbouin-Rérolle, Melody Enguix, Camille Laplanche, Roselyn Gomes-Rima, Lyan Hoang, Emmanuelle Correia, Alpha Amadou Barry, Nadège Senina, Fabien Szabo de Edelenyi, Nathalie Druesne-Pecollo, Younes Esseddik, Serge Hercberg, Valérie Benhammou, Anass Ritmi, Laetitia Marchand, Cécile Zaros, Elodie Lordmi, Adriana Candea, Sophie de Visme, Thierry Simeon, Xavier Thierry, Bertrand Geay, Marie-Noëlle Dufourg, Karen Milcent, Clovis Lusivika-Nzinga, Gregory Pannetier, Nathanael Lapidus, Isabelle Goderel, Céline Dorival, Jérôme Nicol, Cindy Lai, Hélène Esperou, Sandrine Couffin-Cadiergues, Jean-Marie Gagliolo, Jean-Marc Sebaoun, Jean-Christophe Beaudoin, Laetitia Gressin, Valérie Morel, Ouissam Ouili, Jean-Francois Deleuze, Stephane Priet, Paola Mariela Saba Villarroel, Toscane Fourié, Souand Mohamed Ali, Abdenour Amroun, Morgan Seston, Nazli Ayhan, Boris Pastorino, Mireille Pellicer, Julien Allegre, Mélanie Deschasaux, Delphine Rahib, Nathalie Lydie, Olivier Robineau, Liza Belhadji, Laetitia Ninove, Nathalie Bajos, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Marie-Aline Charles, Florence Jusot, Claude Martin, Laurence Meyer, Ariane Pailhe, Alexis Spire, Alexandra Rouquette, Nathanaël Lapidus

Chylothorax due to hepatic alveolar echinococcosis with infiltration of diaphragm and left pleura: a case report

Anne Schneider, Steffen Klengel, Christoph Lübbert, Henning Trawinski

Evidence gaps on weight gain in people living with HIV: a scoping review to define a research agenda

Giovanni Guaraldi, Paolo Bonfanti, Antonio Di Biagio, Andrea Gori, Jovana Milić, Paola Saltini, Francesco V. Segala, Nicola Squillace, Lucia Taramasso, Antonella Cingolani

Identification of priority pathogens for aetiological diagnosis in adults with community-acquired pneumonia in China: a multicentre prospective study

Lulu Zhang, Yan Xiao, Guoliang Zhang, Hongru Li, Jianping Zhao, Mingwei Chen, Fuhui Chen, Ling Liu, Yalun Li, Liping Peng, Feng Zhao, Donghong Yang, Zhongmei Wen, Lei Wu, Shuo Wu, Yajiao Sun, Ying Wang, Lan Chen, Xinming Wang, Lihui Wang, Weimin Li, Haibo Qiu, Yusheng Chen, Zhancheng Gao, Lili Ren, Jianwei Wang

Omadacycline for treatment of acute bacterial infections: a meta-analysis of phase II/III trials

Fei Lin, Rong He, Bin Yu, Bowen Deng, Baodong Ling, Mingyong Yuan

Challenges with the use of Xpert HPV as a screening tool for oral HPV among people living with HIV (PLHIV): experiences from Pune, India

Abigail Admase, Samir Joshi, Rohidas Borse, Prasad Deshpande, Vandana Kulkarni, Samir Khaire, Rahul Thakur, Amol Chavan, Smita Nimkar, Vidya Mave, Ivan Marbaniang

HIV matters when diagnosing TB in young children: an ancillary analysis in children enrolled in the INPUT stepped wedge cluster randomized study

L Powell, L Denoeud-Ndam, N Herrera, R Masaba, B Tchounga, S Siamba, M Ouma, SJ Petnga, R Machekano, B Pamen, G Okomo, L Simo, M Casenghi, N Rakhmanina, A Tiam

A case report of brainstem hemorrhage due to Rhizopus delemar-induced encephalitis diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS)

Shuhua Xie, Zhaohui Lai, Han Xia, Mingze Tang, Jinxing Lai, Qing Liu, Zhijuan Lu, Dehai He, Jiangli Qi, Xianghong Liu

Bidirectional screening and testing for TB and COVID-19 among outpatient department attendees: outcome of an initial intervention in Ghana

Yaw Adusi-Poku, Zeleke Alebachew Wagaw, Rita Patricia Frimpong-Mansoh, Isaac Opoku Asamoah, Felix Sorvor, Felix Kwami Afutu, Charity Sarpong, Luiz Octaviano Amoussou-Gohoungo, Farida Ngelba Abdulai, Sevim Ahmedov

Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients during the BA.5 omicron wave in Tehran, Iran: a prospective observational study

Mohammadreza Salehi, Arezoo Salami Khaneshan, Abbas Shakoori Farahani, Mahsa Doomanlou, Mohammad Arabzadeh, Abolfazl Sobati, Kousha Farhadi, Reza Fattahi, Esmaeil Mohammadnejad, Asghar Abdoli, Jayran Zebardast

Survival and predictors of mortality after completion of TB treatment among people living with HIV: a 5-year analytical cohort

Ivan Lumu, Joseph Musaazi, Aggrey Semeere, Ian Handel, Barbara Castelnuovo

Zoster Sine Herpete: two unusual cases of varicella-zoster reactivation with atypical complaints of acute chest pain and severe headache

Yilin Yang, Talha Mahmood, Afsheen H. Siddiqui, Muhammad A. Aziz

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Strategies to increase HIV testing among men who have sex with men and transgender women: an integrative review

Gustavo Machado Rocha, Raissa Carolina Fonseca Cândido, Nathália Pacífico de Carvalho, Emilly Gabrielly Araujo Carvalho, Alícia Amanda Moreira Costa, Ives Vieira Machado, Marcos Paulo da Cruz Pimenta, José Anastácio de Paula Júnior, Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães, Cristiane Aparecida Menezes de Pádua

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Evaluation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia: Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes in the older patients in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia

Kejal Hasmukharay, Soo Tein Ngoi, Nor Izzati Saedon, Kit Mun Tan, Hui Min Khor, Ai Vyrn Chin, Maw Pin Tan, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Nuryana binti Idris, Wen Kiong Niek, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh, Shahrul Bahyah binti Kamaruzzaman, Sasheela Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar

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Assessing the transmissibility of epidemics involving epidemic zoning

Baoyin Yuan, Rui Liu, Sanyi Tang

Should rapid antigen tests be first-line for COVID-19 testing? Results of a prospective urban cohort study

Mohamad Rani Hassoun, Nathan T. Kudlapur, Grace M. Chen, Jenna Green-Ross, Ashlesha Patel

Prevalence of Mollicutes among men who have sex with men and transgender women aged 15 to 19 years in Salvador, North-eastern Brazil

Valdiele de Jesus Salgado, Caio Marcellus Pereira de Abreu Oliveira, Ágatha Morgana Bertoti da Silva, Henrique Inácio Lima de Brito, Danielle Souto de Medeiros, Fabiane Soares, Laio Magno, Inês Dourado, Guilherme Barreto Campos, Lucas Miranda Marques

A clinical case report of Balamuthia granulomatous amoebic encephalitis in a non-immunocompromised patient and literature review

Jun Liu, Wenjun Zhang, Shanlian Wu, Tianxiang Zeng, Fei Luo, Qiuhua Jiang, Ruijin Yang

Fungal infection profile in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a prospective study at a large teaching hospital in a middle-income country

Essamedin M. Negm, Mohamed Sorour Mohamed, Rehab A. Rabie, Walaa S. Fouad, Ahmed Beniamen, Ahmed Mosallem, Ahmed E. Tawfik, Hussein M. Salama

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Clinical outcomes of antimicrobial resistance in cancer patients: a systematic review of multivariable models

Anders Skyrud Danielsen, Léa Franconeri, Samantha Page, Anders Eivind Myhre, Ragnhild Agathe Tornes, Oliver Kacelnik, Jørgen Vildershøj Bjørnholt

Evaluation of the interaction between tumor growth factor-β and interferon type I pathways in patients with COVID-19: focusing on ages 1 to 90 years

Mitra Abbasifard, Ali Hasani Fakhrabadi, Fatemeh Bahremand, Hossein Khorramdelazad

Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting severe respiratory syncytial virus-associated bronchiolitis

Jisi Yan, LiHua Zhao, Tongqiang Zhang, Yupeng Wei, Detong Guo, Wei Guo, Jun Zheng, Yongsheng Xu

Network analysis of polymicrobial chronic wound infections in Masanga, Sierra Leone

Sarah Sandmann, Jonathan Vas Nunes, Martin P. Grobusch, Maxwell Sesay, Martin A. Kriegel, Julian Varghese, Frieder Schaumburg

Impaired pulmonary function and associated factors in the elderly with tuberculosis on admission: a preliminary report

Meiyan He, Xiaoming Yang, Zunjing Zhang, Zhongda Liu

Projecting the development of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae from antimicrobial surveillance data: a mathematical modelling study

Julien Riou, Christian L. Althaus, Hester Allen, Michelle J. Cole, Yonatan H. Grad, Janneke C. M. Heijne, Magnus Unemo, Nicola Low

An overview of tuberculosis outbreaks reported in the years 2011–2020

Lidia Żukowska, Daria Zygała-Pytlos, Katarzyna Struś, Anna Zabost, Monika Kozińska, Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć, Jarosław Dziadek, Alina Minias

Predicting norovirus and rotavirus resurgence in the United States following the COVID-19 pandemic: a mathematical modelling study

Brooke L. Lappe, Mary E. Wikswo, Anita K. Kambhampati, Sara A. Mirza, Jacqueline E. Tate, Alicia N. M. Kraay, Ben A. Lopman

Susceptibility antibiotic screening reveals high rates of multidrug resistance of Salmonella, Shigella and Campylobacter in HIV infected and uninfected patients from Mozambique

Delfina F Hlashwayo, Emília V Noormahomed, Leonilde Bahule, Constance A Benson, Robert T Schooley, Betuel Sigaúque, Kim E Barrett, Custódio G Bila

Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of antimicrobial agents for complicated intra-abdominal infection: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Wenqiang Kong, Ting Deng, Shiqin Li, Yunfeng Shu, Yanyan Wu

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The effects of revised peer-counselor support on the PMTCT cascade of care: results from a cluster-randomized trial in Kenya (the EMMA study)

Bruce A. Larson, Isaac Tsikhutsu, Margaret Bii, Nafisa Halim, Patricia Agaba, William Sugut, Jane Muli, Fredrick Sawe

Outcomes of pregnant women exposed to Sotrovimab for the treatment of COVID-19 in the BA.1 Omicron predominant era (PRESTO)

Jessica J. Tuan, Manas Sharma, Jehanzeb Kayani, Matthew W. Davis, Dayna McManus, Jeffrey E. Topal, Onyema Ogbuagu

Viral reactivations and co-infections in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review

Jenny Yeon Hee Kim, Martin Ragusa, Fernando Tortosa, Ana Torres, Lionel Gresh, Jairo Andres Méndez-Rico, Carlos Arturo Alvarez-Moreno, Thiago Costa Lisboa, Sandra Liliana Valderrama-Beltrán, Sylvain Aldighieri, Ludovic Reveiz

A case of septic shock due to delayed diagnosis of Cryptosporidium infection after liver transplantation

Xin Tie, Zhongwei Zhang, Ran Zhou, Yi Li, Jinmei Xu, Wanhong Yin

Residual risk of mother-to-child transmission of HBV despite timely Hepatitis B vaccination: a major challenge to eliminate hepatitis B infection in Cambodia

Bunthen E, Ko Ko, Rattana Kim, Shintaro Nagashima, Serge Ouoba, Md Razeen Ashraf Hussain, Tomoki Sato, Channarena Chuon, Kanon Abe, Aya Sugiyama, Kazuaki Takahashi, Tomoyuki Akita, Rathavy Tung, Vichit Ork, Md. Shafiqul Hossain, Vonthanak Saphonn, Junko Tanaka

Delivery of index-linked HIV testing for children: learnings from a qualitative process evaluation of the B-GAP study in Zimbabwe

Stefanie Dringus, Katherine Davis, Victoria Simms, Sarah Bernays, Nicol Redzo, Tsitsi Bandason, Rudo Chikodzore, Edwin Sibanda, Karen Webb, Getrude Ncube, Katharina Kranzer, Rashida A. Ferrand, Chido Dziva Chikwari

Epidemiology of clinically isolated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and its susceptibility to linezolid and vancomycin in Egypt: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Ahmed Azzam, Heba Khaled, Maha Mosa, Neveen Refaey, Mohammed AlSaifi, Sarah Elsisi, Fatma Khaled Elagezy, May Mohsen

Factors associated with negative conversion of viral RNA in hospitalized children infected with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Shanghai, China: a retrospective analysis

Yan Yang, Yannan You, Yazun Liu, Lina Geng, Lirong Huang, Huan Zhou, Xiang Piao, Xiao Liu, Mingyun Wu, Yajuan Wang, Lili Zhou, Peng Wang, Shiping Shen, Mingge Hu, Zhaopeng Han, Zheng Xue

Influence of herd immunity on norovirus: a long-term field study of repeated viral gastroenteritis outbreaks at the same facilities

Makoto Kumazaki, Shuzo Usuku

Cutaneous Mycobacterium szulgai infection in a patient with Cushing's syndrome: a case report and literature review

Haiyan Ye, Vanessa C. Harris, Kelvin Hei-Yeung Chiu, Shuang Chen, Fanfan Xing, Linlin Sun, Chaowen Deng, Jin Yang, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen

Ceftriaxone resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A identified in a case of enteric fever: first case report from Pakistan

Seema Irfan, Zahra Hasan, Farah Qamar, Najia Ghanchi, Javaria Ashraf, Akbar Kanji, Safina Abdul Razzak, David Greig, Satheesh Nair, Rumina Hasan

Social contact patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in 21 European countries – evidence from a two-year study

Kerry L. M. Wong, Amy Gimma, Pietro Coletti, Daniela Paolotti, Michele Tizzani, Ciro Cattuto, Andrea Schmidt, Gerald Gredinger, Sophie Stumpfl, Joaquin Baruch, Tanya Melillo, Henrieta Hudeckova, Jana Zibolenova, Zuzana Chladna, Magdalena Rosinska, Marta Niedzwiedzka-Stadnik, Krista Fischer, Sigrid Vorobjov, Hanna Sõnajalg, Christian Althaus, Nicola Low, Martina Reichmuth, Kari Auranen, Markku Nurhonen, Goranka Petrović, Zvjezdana Lovric Makaric, Sónia Namorado, Constantino Caetano, Ana João Santos, Gergely Röst, Beatrix Oroszi, Márton Karsai, Mario Fafangel, Petra Klepac, Natalija Kranjec, Cristina Vilaplana, Jordi Casabona, Christel Faes, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens, Veronika K. Jaeger, Andre Karch, Helen Johnson, WJohn Edmunds, Christopher I. Jarvis

Characteristics and outcomes in adult patients with Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia compared to patients with Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a retrospective study in a 16-year period at the university hospital, Japan

Satomi Yukawa, Taro Noguchi, Koh Shinohara, Yasuhiro Tsuchido, Masaki Yamamoto, Yasufumi Matsumura, Miki Nagao

Spatio-temporal distribution and influencing factors of norovirus outbreaks in Beijing, China from 2016 to 2020

Yanwei Chen, Baiwei Liu, Yu Wang, Yewu Zhang, Hanqiu Yan, Weihong Li, Lingyu Shen, Yi Tian, Lei Jia, Daitao Zhang, Peng Yang, Zhiyong Gao, Quanyi Wang

Acute septic thrombophlebitis of the lower extremities due to foreign body injury and infection: a case report

Guofu Zheng, Daoxiong Xiao, Hailiang Xie, Minggui Lai, Bo Ye, Xiaochun Liu

Coexistence of cryoglobulinemia and ANCA-associated vasculitis in a chronic brucellosis patient -a case report and literature review

Xu Yang, Congcong Jiao, Xiaomei Liu, Yongzhe Zhang, Hua Zhou, Yanqiu Wang

Incidence and trends of 17 notifiable bacterial infectious diseases in China, 2004–2019

Yuliang Zhu, Shenghong Lin, Shuaibing Dong, Cuihong Zhang, Lusha Shi, Xiang Ren, Zhongjie Li, Liping Wang, Liqun Fang

Previous antibiotic therapy as independent risk factor for the presence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in surgical inpatients. Results from a matched case-control study

Philip MacKenzie, Jacqueline Färber, Marius Post, Torben Esser, Lukas Bechmann, Siegfried Kropf, Roland Croner, Gernot Geginat

Molecular investigation of Toxocara infection from the serum of people living with HIV in Alborz, Iran

Mohammad Zibaei, Zahra Hatami, Farzaneh Firoozeh, Fatemeh Bakhshipour, Abolfazl Miahipour, Alireza Soleimani, Elham Shokri

Use of C-reactive protein to guide the antibiotic therapy in hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Raphael Figuiredo Dias, Ana Clara Rivetti Bitencourt de Paula, Ursula Gramiscelli Hasparyk, Marcos de Oliveira Rabelo Bassalo Coutinho, João Rafael Assis Alderete, Júlia Chihondo Kanjongo, Renata Aguiar Menezes Silva, Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães, Ana Cristina Simões e Silva, Vandack Nobre

Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from human clinical samples in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ermiyas Alemayehu, Temesgen Fiseha, Alemu Gedefie, Nuhamin Alemayehu Tesfaye, Hussen Ebrahim, Endris Ebrahim, Mesfin Fiseha, Habtye Bisetegn, Ousman Mohammed, Mihret Tilahun, Daniel Gebretsadik, Habtu Debash, Mengistie Yirsaw Gobezie

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Assessment of home storage of antimicrobials and its predictors in Mecha demographic surveillance and field research center: a cross-sectional study

Endalew Gebeyehu, Misgan Ararsie

SARS-CoV-2 testing, infection and places of contamination in France, a national cross-sectional study, December 2021

Sophie Vaux, Arnaud Gautier, Noemie Soullier, Daniel Levy-Bruhl

Modelling the pulse population-wide nucleic acid screening in mitigating and stopping COVID-19 outbreaks in China

Qian Li, Yao Bai, Biao Tang

Unmet needs in uncomplicated urinary tract infection in the United States and Germany: a physician survey

Megan O’Brien, Alen Marijam, Fanny S. Mitrani-Gold, Laura Terry, Gavin Taylor-Stokes, Ashish V. Joshi

Omicron BA.1 neutralizing antibody response following Delta breakthrough infection compared with booster vaccination of BNT162b2

Shohei Yamamoto, Kouki Matsuda, Kenji Maeda, Yusuke Oshiro, Natsumi Inamura, Tetsuya Mizoue, Maki Konishi, Junko S. Takeuchi, Kumi Horii, Mitsuru Ozeki, Haruhito Sugiyama, Hiroaki Mitsuya, Wataru Sugiura, Norio Ohmagari

A case report of unilateral cerebral vasculitis in adults: keep in mind Lyme neuroborreliosis

Stanislas Riescher, Amélie Dos Santos, Raphaël Lecomte, Cédric Lenoble, Benoit Guillon

Machine learning models for prediction of invasion Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess syndrome in diabetes mellitus: a singled centered retrospective study

Chengyi Feng, Jia Di, Shufang Jiang, Xuemei Li, Fei Hua

Vogesella urethralis-induced aspiration pneumonia and bacteremia in an elderly man: a first case report and literature review

Hironari Matsuda, Isana Katayama, Takayasu Watanabe, Arisa Komatsu, Naoko Iwakami, Yukiko Goto, Misako Suzuki, Shin-ichiro Iwakami, Kazuhisa Takahashi

Time from symptoms onset to remdesivir is associated with the risk of ICU admission: a multicentric analyses

Rodrigo Alonso-Navarro, Margarita Ramírez, Mar Masiá, Roger Paredes, Rocío Montejano, Marina Povar-Echeverria, Jordi Carratalà, Miguel Salavert, Enrique Bernal, Carlos Dueñas, Juan Flores, Francisco Fanjul, Isabel Gutiérrez, Verónica Rico, Lourdes Mateu, Julen Cadiñanos, Juan Berenguer, Alex Soriano

Design of effective outpatient sentinel surveillance for COVID-19 decision-making: a modeling study

Kok Ben Toh, Manuela Runge, Reese AK Richardson, Thomas J Hladish, Jaline Gerardin

Comparison of presepsin and Mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin in the diagnosis of sepsis or septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jun Liang, Yingli Cai, Yiming Shao

Development and validation of a prediction model for unsuccessful treatment outcomes in patients with multi-drug resistance tuberculosis

J-B Ma, L-C Zeng, F Ren, L-Y Dang, H Luo, Y-Q Wu, X-J Yang, R Li, H Yang, Y Xu

A systematic review and meta-analysis of glucocorticoids treatment in severe COVID-19: methylprednisolone versus dexamethasone

Shukun Hong, Hongye Wang, Shuyuan Li, Jian Liu, Lujun Qiao

Profile of partners who completed HIV testing and received a new HIV diagnosis in Ukraine’s HIV index testing program: a retrospective cohort study to inform program improvement

Nancy Puttkammer, Alyona Ihnatiuk, Anna Shapoval, Anna Kazanzhy, Andrew Secor, Solmaz Shotorbani, Misti McDowell, Matthew Golden

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Accessibility of the three-year comprehensive prevention and control of brucellosis in Ningxia: a mathematical modeling study

Wei Gong, Peng Sun, Changsheng Zhai, Jing Yuan, Yaogeng Chen, Qun Chen, Yu Zhao

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Spatial patterns and spatially-varying factors associated with childhood acute respiratory infection: data from Ethiopian demographic and health surveys (2005, 2011, and 2016)

Solomon Hailemariam Tesfaye, Binyam Tariku Seboka, Daniel Sisay

Genetic characterization of dengue virus serotype 1 circulating in Reunion Island, 2019–2021, and the Seychelles, 2015–2016

Sarah Hafsia, Tatiana Barbar, David A Wilkinson, Célestine Atyame, Leon Biscornet, Jastin Bibi, Meggy Louange, Jude Gedeon, Olga De Santis, Antoine Flahault, André Cabie, Antoine Bertolotti, Patrick Mavingui

Accuracy of saliva for SARS-CoV-2 detection in outpatients and their household contacts during the circulation of the Omicron variant of concern

Guilherme Calvet, Maria Ogrzewalska, Wagner Tassinari, Lusiele Guaraldo, Paola Resende, Trevon Fuller, Stephanie Penetra, Michele Borges, Anielle Pina-Costa, Ezequias Martins, Isabella Moraes, Heloisa Santos, Luana Damasceno, Fernando Medeiros-Filho, Otavio Espindola, Fernando Mota, Valéria Nacife, Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa, Jimmy Whitworth, Chris Smith, Marilda Siqueira, Patrícia Brasil

Barriers to access to antiretroviral therapy by people living with HIV in an indonesian remote district during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Hailay Abrha Gesesew, Alfonsa Liquory Seran, Paul Russell Ward

Clinical utility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal PCR to streamline antimicrobial use in treatment of diabetic foot infection with or without osteomyelitis

Gaielle Harb, Teri Hopkins, Linda Yang, Kathleen Morneau, Jose Cadena-Zuluaga, Elizabeth Walter, Christopher Frei

Epidemiological characteristics of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the Fourth hospital of Hebei Medical University

Mengsi Zhao, Jing He, Ran Zhang, Junhua Feng, Yanli Deng, Jinyan Zhang

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Study of the influence of meteorological factors on HFMD and prediction based on the LSTM algorithm in Fuzhou, China

Hansong Zhu, Si Chen, Rui Liang, Yulin Feng, Aynur Joldosh, Zhonghang Xie, Guangmin Chen, Lingfang Li, Kaizhi Chen, Yuanyuan Fang, Jianming Ou

Optimizing (O) rifapentine-based (RI) regimen and shortening (EN) the treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis (T) (ORIENT) using an adaptive seamless design: study protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Zhen Feng, Yan Miao, Ying Peng, Feng Sun, Yilin Zhang, Rong Li, Shijia Ge, Xinchang Chen, Lingyun Song, Yang Li, Xiaomeng Wang, Wenhong Zhang

Comparing the performance of dengue virus IgG and IgG-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays in seroprevalence study

Jih-Jin Tsai, Ching-Yi Tsai, Ping-Chang Lin, Chun-Hong Chen, Wen-Yang Tsai, Yu-Ching Dai, Yen-Chia Lin, Celia Pedroso, Carlos Brites, Wei-Kung Wang

Whipple’s disease presenting as weight gain and constipation in a Chinese woman

Haiyan Ye, Xiao Hu, Tommy Richard Sun-Wing Tong, Shuang Chen, Tao Li, Fanfan Xing, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Kelvin Hei-Yeung Chiu

SABRes: in silico detection of drug resistance conferring mutations in subpopulations of SARS-CoV-2 genomes

Winkie Fong, Rebecca J. Rockett, Jessica E. Agius, Shona Chandra, Jessica Johnson-Mckinnon, Eby Sim, Connie Lam, Alicia Arnott, Mailie Gall, Jenny Draper, Susan Maddocks, Sharon Chen, Jen Kok, Dominic Dwyer, Matthew O’Sullivan, Vitali Sintchenko

Pharmacological options for Candida albicans Endocarditis at the roadblock with irrecoverable prosthetics and drug interactions: a case report and review of literature

Syeda Sahra, Aneeqa Javed, Abdullah Jahangir, Sharanjeet K. Thind

Circulating mid-regional proadrenomedullin is a predictor of mortality in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Na Wang, Lushan Liu, Wei He, Na Shang, Junyu Li, Zhou Qin, Xiaoxia Du

Understanding public perceptions in social media responses to posts about acute severe hepatitis of unknown etiology in Indonesia: a qualitative study

Gregorius Abanit Asa, Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Hailay Abrha Gesesew, Kristen Marie Foley, Belinda Lunnay, Paul Russell Ward

Effectiveness of oral cephalexin in antibiotic-course completion for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus-induced bacteremic vertebral osteomyelitis

Nobumasa Okumura, Kayoko Hayakawa, Kei Yamamoto, Gen Yamada, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Norio Ohmagari

Addressing influenza’s underestimated burden – Iberian experts call to action

Ángel Gil-de-Miguel, Javier Díez-Domingo, Federico Martinón-Torres, Esther Redondo Margüello, Raúl Ortiz de Lejarazu Leonardo, Tomàs Pumarola, Jaime Correia de Sousa, Carlos Rabaçal, João Raposo, Carlos Robalo Cordeiro, Filipe Froes

Endocarditis due to Aggregatibacter Segnis: a rare case report

Xiaoxiao Guo, Xinyun Zhang, Yanli Qin, Hong Liu, Xinyu Wang

Protocol, rationale and design of BE-PEOPLE (Bedaquiline enhanced exposure prophylaxis for LEprosy in the Comoros): a cluster randomized trial on effectiveness of rifampicin and bedaquiline as post-exposure prophylaxis of leprosy contacts

Assoumani Younoussa, Said Nourdine Samidine, Auke T. Bergeman, Alberto Piubello, Nissad Attoumani, Silahi Halifa Grillone, Sofie Marijke Braet, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Abdallah Baco, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Zahara Salim, Mohamed Amidy, Saverio Grillone, Rian Snijders, Paul Corstjens, Nimer Ortuno-Gutierrez, Carolien Hoof, Annemieke Geluk, Bouke C. de Jong, Epco Hasker

Elevated interleukin (IL)-6 as a predictor of disease severity among Covid-19 patients: a prospective cohort study

Bahram Nikkhoo, Matin Mohammadi, Sabah Hasani, Naseh Sigari, Aryan Borhani, Chia Ramezani, Arian Charajoo, Shaho Badri, Farzin Rostami, Mashala Etemadi, Khaled Rahmani

Clinical characteristics of adult inpatients with Measles in Beijing from 2010 to 2021: a retrospective analysis

Lixue Zhao, Yu Wang, Xue Chen, Liu Yang, Miaotian Cai, Zhili Zhang, Yulin Zhang, Yingmin Ma

Efficacy and safety of bifidobacterium quadruple viable tablets in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori-infected peptic ulcer or gastritis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xueliang Jiang, Chunjin Xu, Bo Liu, Ping Chen, Qinchang Xu, Lu Zhang

Artificial intelligence guided HRCT assessment predicts the severity of COVID-19 pneumonia based on clinical parameters

Robert Chrzan, Barbara Wizner, Wojciech Sydor, Wiktoria Wojciechowska, Tadeusz Popiela, Monika Bociąga-Jasik, Agnieszka Olszanecka, Magdalena Strach

HIV rapid test performance among health facilities enrolled in HIV rapid test quality improvement initiative (RTQII) in Ethiopia

Dereje Yenealem, Shemsu Kedir, Asmare MekonnenWubie, Daniel Melese, Tamirat Molalign, Nebiyou Yemanebirhan, Awad Mohammed, Negash Nurahmed, Wondimeneh Liknaw, Abrham Kerealeme Lakew, Habtamu Asrat, Getnet Hailu, Addisu Kebede, Abay Sisay, Kassu Desta, Aster Tsegaye

Pericarditis due to Campylobacter coli infection: a case report

Shohei Katsuno, Chieko Itamoto, Isano Hase

Influence of the sickle cell trait on Plasmodium falciparum infectivity from naturally infected gametocyte carriers

Christelle M. Ngou, Albert N. Bayibéki, Luc Abate, Olesula S. Makinde, Lionel B. Feufack-Donfack, Elangwe M. Sarah-Matio, Aline G. Bouopda-Tuedom, Paul Taconet, Nicolas Moiroux, Parfait H. Awono-Ambéné, Arthur Talman, Lawrence S. Ayong, Antoine Berry, Sandrine E. Nsango, Isabelle Morlais

Incidence of HIV disclosure among HIV affected heterosexual partners using a community health worker led mechanism in rural Uganda; a quasi-experimental study

Zubair Lukyamuzi, Bashir Ssuna, Ruth Nabisere Mirembe, Denis Mawanda, Joel Maena, Rita Nakalega, Patience Atuhaire, Philippa Musoke, Lisa M. Butler

Causes and risk factors of death among people who inject drugs in Indonesia, Ukraine and Vietnam: findings from HPTN 074 randomized trial

Kostyantyn Dumchev, Xu Guo, Tran Viet Ha, Zubairi Djoerban, Oleksandr Zeziulin, Vivian F. Go, Riza Sarasvita, David S. Metzger, Carl A. Latkin, Scott M. Rose, Estelle Piwowar-Manning, Paul Richardson, Brett Hanscom, Kathryn E. Lancaster, William C. Miller, Irving F. Hoffman

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) proposed vaccines: a systematic review of preclinical and clinical studies

Niloofar Seighali, Arman Shafiee, Mohammad Ali Rafiee, Dlnya Aminzade, Sayed-Hamidreza Mozhgani

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and social contact patterns in Pakistan: results from a national cross-sectional survey

Matthew Quaife, Sergio Torres-Rueda, Zlatina Dobreva, Kevin van Zandvoort, Christopher I. Jarvis, Amy Gimma, Wahaj Zulfiqar, Muhammad Khalid, Anna Vassall

Collateral circulation caused by end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis

Tiemin Jiang, Tuerganaili Aji, Bo Ran, Qiang Guo, Ruiqing Zhang, Ayifuhan Ahan, Abuduaini Abulizi, Talaiti Tuergan, Yingmei Shao, Hao Wen

Assessing secular trends in HIV rapid diagnostic test uptake and positivity in Northeast Iran, a country in MENA region; ingredients for target-specific prevention policies

Zahra Yousefli, Najmeh Maharlouei, Maliheh Dadgar Moghaddam, Ali Mohammad Hosseinpour, Roohollah Ghiami

Quantifying social contact patterns in Minnesota during stay-at-home social distancing order

Audrey M. Dorélien, Narmada Venkateswaran, Jiuchen Deng, Kelly Searle, Eva Enns, Giovann Alarcon Espinoza, Shalini Kulasingam

Clinically stable covid-19 patients presenting to acute unscheduled episodic care venues have increased risk of hospitalization: secondary analysis of a randomized control trial

Joseph Bledsoe, Scott C. Woller, Maria Brooks, Frank C. Sciurba, Jerry A. Krishnan, Deborah Martin, Peter Hou, Janet Y. Lin, Andrei Kindzelski, Eileen Handberg, Bridget-Anne Kirwan, Elaine Zaharris, Lauren Castro, Nancy L. Shapiro, Carl J. Pepine, Sarah Majercik, Zhuxuan Fu, Yongqi Zhong, Vidya Venugopal, Yu-Hsuan Lai, Paul M. Ridker, Jean M. Connors

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Phase 2 randomised placebo-controlled trial of spironolactone and dexamethasone versus dexamethasone in COVID-19 hospitalised patients in Delhi

Bharti Wadhwa, Vikas Malhotra, Sukhyanti Kerai, Farah Husain, Nalini Bala Pandey, Kirti N. Saxena, Vinay Singh, Tom M. Quinn, Feng Li, Erin Gaughan, Manu Shankar-Hari, Bethany Mills, Jean Antonelli, Annya Bruce, Keith Finlayson, Anne Moore, Kevin Dhaliwal, Christopher Edwards

Frequency of pleural effusion in dengue patients by severity, age and imaging modality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Molly D. Kaagaard, Luan Oliveira Matos, Marliton V. P. Evangelista, Alma Wegener, Anna Engell Holm, Lasse S. Vestergaard, Suiane C. N. Do Valle, Odilson M. Silvestre, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, Rodrigo Medeiros de Souza, Flavia Barreto dos Santos, Tor Biering-Sørensen, Philip Brainin

Complicated pyelonephritis caused by Proteus alimentorum in a woman with peritoneal cancer: a case report

Nobuaki Mori, Jun Hirai, Daisuke Sakanashi, Mina Takayama, Akiko Nakamura, Hirotoshi Ohta, Nobuhiro Asai, Hiroshige Mikamo

A case of bloodstream co-infection of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida glabrata while using micafungin

Kento Furuya, Kenta Ito, Kyohei Sugiyama, Satoshi Tokuda, Hideyuki Kanemoto, Katsuhiko Kamei, Toshio Shimada

Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in a health care worker population during the early pandemic

Sebastian D. Schubl, Cesar Figueroa, Anton M. Palma, Rafael R. de Assis, Aarti Jain, Rie Nakajima, Algimantas Jasinskas, Danielle Brabender, Sina Hosseinian, Ariana Naaseh, Oscar Hernandez Dominguez, Ava Runge, Shannon Skochko, Justine Chinn, Adam J. Kelsey, Kieu T. Lai, Weian Zhao, Peter Horvath, Delia Tifrea, Areg Grigorian, Abran Gonzales, Suzanne Adelsohn, Frank Zaldivar, Robert Edwards, Alpesh N. Amin, Michael J. Stamos, Philip S. Barie, Philip L. Felgner, Saahir Khan

Lessons drawn from Shanghai for controlling highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants: insights from a modelling study

Hao Wang, Tangjuan Li, Huan Gao, Chenxi Huang, Biao Tang, Sanyi Tang, Robert A. Cheke, Weike Zhou

Primary SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: long-term humoral immune responses and effects on disease activity

Koos P. J. van Dam, Adriaan G. Volkers, Luuk Wieske, Eileen W. Stalman, Laura Y. L. Kummer, Zoé L. E. van Kempen, Joep Killestein, Sander W. Tas, Laura Boekel, Gerrit J. Wolbink, Anneke J. van der Kooi, Joost Raaphorst, R. Bart Takkenberg, Geert R. A. M. D’Haens, Phyllis I. Spuls, Marcel W. Bekkenk, Annelie H. Musters, Nicoline F. Post, Angela L. Bosma, Marc L. Hilhorst, Yosta Vegting, Frederike J. Bemelman, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, Bo Broens, Agner Parra Sanchez, Cécile A. C. M. van Els, Jelle de Wit, Abraham Rutgers, Karina de Leeuw, Barbara Horváth, Jan J. G. M. Verschuuren, Annabel M. Ruiter, Lotte van Ouwerkerk, Diane van der Woude, Renée C. F. Allaart, Y. K. Onno Teng, Pieter van Paassen, Matthias H. Busch, Papay B. P. Jallah, Esther Brusse, Pieter A. van Doorn, Adája E. Baars, Dirk Jan Hijnen, Corine R. G. Schreurs, W. Ludo van der Pol, H. Stephan Goedee, Maurice Steenhuis, Sofie Keijzer, Jim B. D. Keijser, Olvi Cristianawati, Anja ten Brinke, Niels J. M. Verstegen, S. Marieke van Ham, Theo Rispens, Taco W. Kuijpers, Mark Löwenberg, Filip Eftimov

Bartholin’s gland cyst caused by Sneathia amnii: a case report

Ranran Zhang, Zhezhong Zhang, Minjing Xu, Wenjie Li, Yanwen Sun, Yuliang Dai, Xuejing Yang, Shaohua Lin

Time to development of surgical site infection and its predictors among general surgery patients admitted at specialized hospitals in Amhara region, northwest Ethiopia: a prospective follow-up study

Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu, Abebaw Gedef Azene, Kebadnew Mulatu Mihretie

Challenges and opportunities for improved contact tracing in Ghana: experiences from Coronavirus disease-2019-related contact tracing in the Bono region

Isaac Tachie Asare, Mbuyiselo Douglas, Gideon Kye-Duodu, Emmanuel Manu

Fascioliasis associated with chronic cholecystitis in a woman from Sistan and Baluchestan province, a non-endemic region in Southeastern Iran

Mohammad Shafiee, Saeid Nasibi, Mohammad Reza Lashkarizadeh, Majid Fasihi Harandi

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Healthcare utilization and adverse outcomes stratified by sex, age and long-term care residency using the Alberta COVID-19 Analytics and Research Database (ACARD): a population-based descriptive study

Elissa Rennert-May, Alysha Crocker, Adam G. D’Souza, Zuying Zhang, Derek Chew, Reed Beall, David M. Vickers, Jenine Leal

Salmonella Durban meningitis: case report and genomics study

Christelle Nanga Diasi, Pieter-Jan Ceyssens, Alexandra Vodolazkaia, Marina Mukovnikova, Sarah Dorval, Olivia Bauraind, Wesley Mattheus

Serum cystatin C and inflammatory factors related to COVID-19 consequences

Azadeh Mottaghi, Farzaneh Alipour, Nazanin Alibeik, Ali Kabir, Shokoufeh Savaj, Ramin Bozorgmehr, Mehdi Nikkhah, Neda Rahimian

The impact of multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections on acute pancreatitis patients

Di Wu, Wenjun Lu, Yilin Huang, Ge Qin, Huanmiao liu, Jie Xiao, Jie Peng

Pooling sputum testing to diagnose tuberculosis using xpert MTB/RIF and xpert ultra: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Vibol Iem, John S. Bimba, Victor S. Santos, Jose Dominguez, Jacob Creswell, Silaphet Somphavong, Tom Wingfield, Jahangir A. M. Khan, Luis E. Cuevas

Factors associated with the unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes in the northern regions of Namibia: a mixed methods study

Mondjila Amkongo, Honoré K. Mitonga, Anna Alfeus, Loide Ndelimona Ndapandula Shipingana, Tuwilika Keendjele, Hilja Eelu, Tunelago Nashihanga

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Implementation fidelity of infection prevention practices at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Endalkachew Mesfin Gebeyehu, Ayal Debie, Lake Yazachew, Samrawit Mihret Fetene, Kefyalew Amogne Azanaw

Effect of appropriate empirical antimicrobial therapy on mortality of patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infections: a retrospective cohort study

Shanshan Xu, Zhihui Song, Furong Han, Chao Zhang

Phase 1 trial to model primary, secondary, and tertiary dengue using a monovalent vaccine

Camila D. Odio, Kelsey E. Lowman, Melissa Law, Rosemary A. Aogo, Sally Hunsberger, Brad J. Wood, Michael Kassin, Elliot Levy, Viviane Callier, Saba Firdous, Chloe M. Hasund, Charlie Voirin, Robbie Kattappuram, Christina Yek, Jessica Manning, Anna Durbin, Stephen S. Whitehead, Leah C. Katzelnick

Correction: Ceftriaxone resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A identified in a case of enteric fever: first case report from Pakistan

Seema Irfan, Zahra Hasan, Farah N Qamar, Najia Ghanchi, Javaria Ashraf, Akbar Kanji, Safina Abdul Razzak, David Greig, Satheesh Nair, Rumina Hasan

Dolutegravir-associated resistance mutations after first-line treatment failure in Brazil

Ricardo Sobhie Diaz, James R. Hunter, Michelle Camargo, Danilo Dias, Juliana Galinskas, Isabela Nassar, Isaac Barbosa de Lima, Debora Bellini Caldeira, Maria Cecilia Sucupira, Mauro Schechter

Changes in the epidemiology of invasive fungal disease in a Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit: the relevance of breakthrough infections

Laura Calle-Miguel, Carmen Garrido-Colino, Begoña Santiago-García, Martha Patricia Moreno Santos, Henar Gonzalo Pascual, Beatriz Ponce Salas, Cristina Beléndez Bieler, Marisa Navarro Gómez, Jesús Guinea Ortega, Elena María Rincón-López

Microbiological study of sternal osteomyelitis after median thoracotomy – a retrospective cohort study

Olimpiu Bota, Feras Taqatqeh, Florian Bönke, Klaus Matschke, Adrian Dragu, Stefan Rasche, Kevin Bienger, Maxime Mülhausen

Cerebral sparganosis in a child with corpus callosum invasion: a case report

Xiwen Chen, Huiying Wu, Lianwei Lu, Ning Zhou, Zhen Chen, Xiaochun Zhang

Comparative study of polymyxin B and colistin sulfate in the treatment of severe comorbid patients infected with CR-GNB

Jiale Wang, Binay Kumar Shah, Jian Zhao, Jie Xiong, Changhui Wang, Shuanshuan Xie

The clinic-based predictive modeling for prognosis of patients with cryptococcal meningitis

Chen Zhang, Zixian He, Zheren Tan, Fafa Tian

Scedosporium infection disseminated “from toe to head” in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipient: a case report

Debra A. Marinovic, Eric Bhaimia, Graeme N. Forrest, Rebecca LaRue, Sunita Nathan, Celalettin Ustun, Anna Ward

Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in an ethnically diverse area with millions of pilgrims and thousands of immigrants

Mostafa Naseri-Nezhad, Mahla Asadian, Mohammad Khalifeh Gholi, Mehdi Yaseri, Masoumeh Douraghi

First case of bloodstream infection caused by NDM-positive Escherichia hermannii

Bin Lu, Bin Wang, Xinling Pan, Chenxin Liu, Chenyuan Jin, Yunzhen Shi, Yangxiao Zhou

Experiences of visiting female sex workers, social interaction, support and HIV infection among elderly men from rural China

Yi Yang, Shu Liang, ShuangFeng Fan, Yang Liu, Yuan Li, Jing Xi, Dan Yuan, Jie Xiao

Correction: Network analysis of polymicrobial chronic wound infections in Masanga, Sierra Leone

Sarah Sandmann, Jonathan Vas Nunes, Martin P. Grobusch, Maxwell Sesay, Martin A. Kriegel, Julian Varghese, Frieder Schaumburg

Development and clinical validation of a one-step pentaplex real-time reverse transcription PCR assay for detection of hepatitis virus B, C, E, Treponema pallidum, and a human housekeeping gene

Miaomiao Li, Yan Lv, Dawei Cui, Yushan Xu, Mengjiao Lin, Xiaojun Zhang, Yongjun Wang, Cuifen Shen, Jue Xie

Use of artesunate in the treatment of severe imported malaria in France: review of the effectiveness and real-life safety in two French university hospitals

M. Bonsergent, M. Tching-Sin, S. Honoré, P. Bertault-Peres, A. Lepelletier, L. Flet, T. Perez

The association between HIV self-test awareness and recent HIV testing uptake in the male population in Gambia: data analysis from 2019–2020 demographic and health survey

Phyumar Soe, Lisa G. Johnston, Jean Damascene Makuza, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim

A time-series analysis of morbidity and mortality of viral hepatitis in Venezuela, 1990–2016

Alejandro Rísquez, Luis Echezuría, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, David A. Forero-Peña

Burden of HIV and treatment outcomes among TB patients in rural Kenya: a 9-year longitudinal study

Moses M. Ngari, Mohammed A. Rashid, Deche Sanga, Hiram Mathenge, Oscar Agoro, Jane K. Mberia, Geoffrey G. Katana, Michel Vaillant, Osman A. Abdullahi

Liver failure as the initial presentation in cancer of unknown primary: a case report

Lisha Qin, Shan Tian, Lian Yang, Jun Fan, Jianchu Zhang

Interferon-γ release assay and mantoux response in infants with tuberculous meningitis in low and intermediate burden countries

Yan-Hua Yang, Jie Hou, Yu He, Yan-An Zhang, Mao-Shui Wang

Utility of urinary presepsin in the diagnosis of pyelonephritis: a cross-sectional study

Ryo Yamashita, Yusuke Izumi, Koji Nakada, Jun Hiramoto

Modelling of Hepatitis B Virus vertical transmission dynamics in Ethiopia: a compartmental modelling approach

Denekew Tenaw Anley, Mequanente Dagnaw, Daniel Gashaneh Belay, Dawit Tefera, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Ayenew Molla, Sebwedin Surur Jemal, Edget Abebe Zewde, Melkalem Mamuye Azanaw, Getachew Aragie, Yayehirad Alemu Melsew

Comparison of measles IgG enzyme immunoassays (EIA) versus plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) for measuring measles serostatus: a systematic review of head-to-head analyses of measles IgG EIA and PRNT

Chelsea S. Lutz, Alvira Z. Hasan, Shelly Bolotin, Natasha S. Crowcroft, Felicity T. Cutts, Eugene Joh, Stacie Loisate, William J. Moss, Selma Osman, Kyla Hayford

Effect of an antimicrobial stewardship program in the prevention of antibiotic misuse in patients with spinal cord injury undergoing minor urologic procedures: a single-group, quasi-experiment study

Lina I. Alnajjar, Nourah S. Alrashidi, Njoud Almutairi, Noura Alshamrani, Omar S. Khan, Sajjad Ali, Amira M Youssef, Reem Binsuwaidan

Epidemiology, antifungal susceptibility, risk factors, and mortality of persistent candidemia in adult patients in China: a 6-year multicenter retrospective study

Yanping Li, Chenghong Gu, Yuling Yang, Yinhuan Ding, Caihong Ye, Min Tang, Jinbo Liu, Zhangrui Zeng

Migration experiences and reported commercial and non-commercial sexual behaviors among newly diagnosed HIV infections in China: a cross-sectional study

Yuyin Zhou, Yan Luo, Feng Cheng, Huatang Zeng, Liqun Wu, Liangmin Gao, Junfang Xu

Accuracy of Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika diagnoses by primary healthcare physicians in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

María Fernanda Ávila Mejía, Pei-Yun Shu, Dar-Der Ji

Resolution of an insidious and migratory Mycobacterium tuberculosis-associated secondary organizing pneumonia: a case report and literature review

Li-Li Huang, Chun Wang, Ying Liu, Xiao-Yan Gu, Wei-Xiao Wang, Wei Chen, Chun-Mei Hu

Declining incidence rate of tuberculosis among close contacts in five years post-exposure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ying Du, Yijun He, Haoran Zhang, Fei Shen, Ling Guan, Henan Xin, Yongpeng He, Xuefang Cao, Boxuan Feng, Zhusheng Quan, Jianmin Liu, Lei Gao

Assessment of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels among university students vaccinated with different COVID-19 primary and booster doses — fall 2021, Wisconsin

Peter M. DeJonge, Anastasia S. Lambrou, Hannah E. Segaloff, Allen Bateman, Alana Sterkel, Carol Griggs, Jake Baggott, Patrick Kelly, Natalie Thornburg, Monica Epperson, Rodel Desamu-Thorpe, Glen Abedi, Christopher H. Hsu, Jasmine Y. Nakayama, Jasmine Ruffin, Darlene Turner-Harper, Almea Matanock, Olivia Almendares, Melissa Whaley, Ayan Chakrabarti, Kyle DeGruy, Michele Daly, Ryan Westergaard, Jacqueline E. Tate, Hannah L. Kirking

Interrupted time series analysis using the ARIMA model of the impact of COVID-19 on the incidence rate of notifiable communicable diseases in China

Qin Zhou, Junxian Hu, Wensui Hu, Hailin Li, Guo-zhen Lin

Cerebrovascular complications in patients with community-acquired bacterial meningitis: occurrence and associated factors in the COMBAT multicenter prospective cohort

Amine Benadji, Thomas Debroucker, Guillaume Martin-Blondel, Laurent Argaud, Virginie Vitrat, Charlotte Biron, Michel Wolff, Bruno Hoen, Xavier Duval, Sarah Tubiana

Association of plasma aflatoxin with persistent detection of oncogenic human papillomaviruses in cervical samples from Kenyan women enrolled in a longitudinal study

Yan Tong, Philip Tonui, Omenge Orang’o, Jianjun Zhang, Titus Maina, Kapten Muthoka, John Groopman, Joshua Smith, Erin Madeen, Aaron Ermel, Patrick Loehrer, Darron R. Brown

The role of blood groups, vaccine type and gender in predicting the severity of side effects among university students receiving COVID-19 vaccines

Ohoud S. Almalki, Eman Y. Santali, Abdulaziz A. Alhothali, Ashraf A. Ewis, Abeer Shady, Ahmed Ibrahim Fathelrahman, Sayed F. Abdelwahab

Association between ambient air pollutants and upper respiratory tract infection and pneumonia disease burden in Thailand from 2000 to 2022: a high frequency ecological analysis

Esther Li Wen Choo, A. Janhavi, Joel Ruihan Koo, Steve H. L. Yim, Borame L Dickens, Jue Tao Lim

Acceptance of diagnosis and management satisfaction of patients with “suspected Lyme borreliosis” after 12 months in a multidisciplinary reference center: a prospective cohort study

Alice Raffetin, Amal Chahour, Julien Schemoul, Giulia Paoletti, Zhuoruo He, Elisabeth Baux, Solène Patrat-Delon, Steve Nguala, Pauline Caraux-Paz, Costanza Puppo, Pauline Arias, Yoann Madec, Sébastien Gallien, Julie Rivière

Acute pancreatitis associated with diabetic ketoacidosis in a child with COVID-19 infection

Xiaoyan Liu, Qingle Yu, Lanying Li, Songqing Wei, Jin Zeng, Jie Jiang

Comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS and associated factors among adolescent girls in Rwanda: a nationwide cross-sectional study

Joseph Kawuki, Ghislaine Gatasi, Quraish Sserwanja, David Mukunya, Milton W. Musaba

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Guidance to best tools and practices for systematic reviews

Kat Kolaski, Lynne Romeiser Logan, John P. A. Ioannidis

Hepatitis C virus screening in community pharmacies: results on feasibility from a Swiss pilot

Dominik Stämpfli, Tamara Leila Imfeld-Isenegger, Kurt E. Hersberger, Markus Messerli

Clinical and economic hospital burden of acute respiratory infection (BARI) due to respiratory syncytial virus in Spanish children, 2015–2018

F. Martinón-Torres, M. Carmo, L. Platero, G. Drago, JL. López-Belmonte, M. Bangert, J. Díez-Domingo

Correlation analysis of norepinephrine dose on enteral nutrition tolerance and prognosis in patients with septic shock

Fan Qi, Guangqing Huang, Hunian Li, Xu Zhao, Jie Liu

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Diagnostic stewardship to limit repeat plasma cytomegalovirus viral load testing

Akeatit Trirattanapikul, Ekawat Pasomsub, Sukanya Siriyotha, Oraluck Pattanaprateep, Angsana Phuphuakrat

Frequency of HIV serodifferent couples within TB-affected households in a setting with a high burden of HIV-associated TB

Godwin Anguzu, Amanda J Gupta, Emmanuel Ochom, Ashley S. Tseng, Meixin Zhang, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Abraham D. Flaxman, Achilles Katamba, J. Lucian Davis, Jennifer M. Ross

Comparison of endotracheal aspirate and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid metagenomic next-generation sequencing in severe pneumonia: a nested, matched case–control study

Renren Bao, Qing Mei, Tianjun Yang, Lei Zhang, Chunyan Zhu, Xiaoqin Fan, Yinzhong Wang, Fei Tong, Yuxi He, Xiaowei Fang, Shike Geng, Yu Yang, Ximei Sheng, Aijun Pan

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Feasible intervention combinations for achieving a safe exit of the Zero-COVID policy in China and its determinants: an individual-based model study

Qu Cheng, Xingjie Hao, Degang Wu, Qi Wang, Robert C. Spear, Sheng Wei

Factors associated with pediatric febrile illnesses in 27 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa

Paddy Ssentongo, Vernon M. Chinchilli, Khush Shah, Thaddeus Harbaugh, Djibril M. Ba

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Bacterial DNA metabolism analysis by metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) after treatment of bloodstream infection

Zhuo Li, Shiying Zhang, Mengting Liu, Hongguang Ding, Yin Wen, Huishan Zhu, Hongke Zeng

Memory B-cells are enriched in the blood of patients with acute Buruli ulcer disease: a prospective observational study

Jonathan Kofi Adjei, Wilfred Aniagyei, Ernest Adankwah, Julia Seyfarth, Ertan Mayatepek, Daniel Antwi Berko, Nancy Ackam, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Yaw Ampem Amoako, Dorcas Owusu, Marc Jacobsen, Richard Odame Phillips

Incidence rate and predictors of COVID-19 in the two largest cities of Burkina Faso - prospective cohort study in 2021 (ANRS-COV13)

Nongodo Firmin Kaboré, Samiratou Ouédraogo, Ariane Kamga Mamguem, Isidore Tiandiogo Traoré, Dramane Kania, Hermann Badolo, Guillaume Sanou, Amariane Koné, Mimbouré Yara, Thérèse Kagoné, Esperance Ouédraogo, Blahima Konaté, Rachel Médah, Nathalie de Rekeneire, Armel Poda, Arnaud Eric Diendéré, Boukary Ouédraogo, Oumar Billa, Gilles Paradis, Tienhan Sandrine Dabakuyo-Yonli, Halidou Tinto

Leishmania species and clinical characteristics of Pacific and Amazon cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ecuador and determinants of health-seeking delay: a cross-sectional study

Jacob M. Bezemer, Byron P. Freire-Paspuel, Henk D. F. H. Schallig, Henry J.C. de Vries, Manuel Calvopiña

Treatment persistence of bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide and efavirenz + lamivudine + tenofovir disoproxil among HIV-1 patients newly starting treatment in Hunan Province in China

Cao Jing, Tang Wei, Wang Ning, Zheng Fang, Xiao Gang, Wang Xingzhi, Zhou Guoqiang, Wang Min

Klebsiella pneumoniae invasive syndrome with liver abscess and purulent meningitis presenting as acute hemiplegia: a case report

Yu Chang, Jiann-Hwa Chen, Wei-Lung Chen, Jui-Yuan Chung

Risk factors for disease severity among children with Covid-19: a clinical prediction model

David Chun-Ern Ng, Chuin-Hen Liew, Kah Kee Tan, Ling Chin, Grace Sieng Sing Ting, Nur Fadzreena Fadzilah, Hui Yi Lim, Nur Emylia Zailanalhuddin, Shir Fong Tan, Muhamad Akmal Affan, Fatin Farihah Wan Ahmad Nasir, Thayasheri Subramaniam, Marlindawati Mohd Ali, Mohammad Faid Abd Rashid, Song-Quan Ong, Chin Chin Ch’ng

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Clonal diversity of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in clinical specimens from selected health facilities in Ethiopia

Rajiha Abubeker. Ibrahim, Zelalem Mekuria, Shu-Hua Wang, Jose R. Mediavilla, Barry Kreiswirth, Eyasu T. Seyoum, Solomon H. Mariam, Wondwossen A. Gebreyes, Tesfa Addis Kefale, Geremew Tasew Guma, Nega Berhe

Quality indicators for appropriate antibiotic prescribing in urinary tract infections in children

Konstantinos Vazouras, Charlotte Jackson, Laura Folgori, Anastasia Anastasiou-Katsiardani, Yingfen Hsia, Romain Basmaci

Correction to: Comparing the performance of dengue virus IgG and IgG-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays in seroprevalence study

Jih-Jin Tsai, Ching-Yi Tsai, Ping-Chang Lin, Chun-Hong Chen, Wen-Yang Tsai, Yu-Ching Dai, Yen-Chia Lin, Celia Pedroso, Carlos Brites, Wei-Kung Wang

Sociodemographic and clinical predictors for COVID-19 preventive measures compliance among pregnant women in Saudi Arabia: a multicenter study

Ranya A. Ghamri, Kholoud A. Ghamri

The spatio-temporal distribution of acute encephalitis syndrome and its association with climate and landcover in Vietnam

Hannah E. Brindle, Leonardo S. Bastos, Robert Christley, Lucie Contamin, Le Hai Dang, Dang Duc Anh, Neil French, Michael Griffiths, Behzad Nadjm, H. Rogier van Doorn, Pham Quang Thai, Tran Nhu Duong, Marc Choisy

Sero-prevalence of hepatitis viral infections among sanitary workers across worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sina Tolera, Dechasa Adare Mengistu, Fekade Ketema Alemu, Abraham Geremew, Yohannes Mulugeta, Gebisa Dirirsa, Liku Muche Temesgen, Wegene Diriba, Gutema Mulatu, Tamagnu Sintie, Kefelegn Bayu, Ashenafi Berhanu

Ethiopian Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites formation dynamics and their susceptibility to reference antimalarial drugs

Laurent Dembele, Ousmaila Diakite, Fanta Sogore, Soriya Kedir, Fatalmoudou Tandina, Mohamed Maiga, Andargie Abate, Lemu Golassa, Abdoulaye A. Djimde

Disease burden of tuberculosis and post-tuberculosis in Inner Mongolia, China, 2016–2018 — based on the disease burden of post-TB caused by COPD

Caimei Jing, Huiqiu Zheng, Xuemei Wang, Yanling Wang, Yifan Zhao, Sijia Liu, Jing Zhao, Qianqian Du

Persistent neurological symptoms and elevated intracranial pressures in a previously healthy host with cryptococcal meningitis

Mohammad El-Atoum, Jessica C. Hargarten, Yoon-Dong Park, Kenneth Ssebambulidde, Li Ding, Prashant Chittiboina, Dima A. Hammoud, Seher H. Anjum, Seth R. Glassman, Shehzad Merchant, Peter R. Williamson, John C. Hu

Prevalence and factors associated with sputum smear non-conversion after two months of tuberculosis treatment among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study

Gaetan Gatete, Kato J Njunwa, Patrick Migambi, Joseph Ntaganira, Albert Ndagijimana

Efficacy of initial caspofungin plus trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for severe PCP in patients without human immunodeficiency virus infection

Hui Qi, Danjiang Dong, Ning Liu, Ying Xu, Mengzhi Qi, Qin Gu

How contact patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic are related to pre-pandemic contact patterns and mobility trends

Adrien Lajot, James Wambua, Pietro Coletti, Nicolas Franco, Ruben Brondeel, Christel Faes, Niel Hens

Investigating the etiology of acute febrile illness: a prospective clinic-based study in Uganda

Brian K. Kigozi, Grishma A. Kharod, Henry Bukenya, Sean V. Shadomy, Dana L. Haberling, Robyn A. Stoddard, Renee L. Galloway, Phionah Tushabe, Annet Nankya, Thomas Nsibambi, Edward Katongole Mbidde, Julius J. Lutwama, Jamie L. Perniciaro, William L. Nicholson, William A. Bower, Josephine Bwogi, David D. Blaney

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Closing the gap in our understanding of infectious diseases

Chester Kalinda, Elvis Temfack

Comparing the broth enrichment-multiplex lateral flow immunochromatographic assay with real time quantitative PCR for the rapid detection of carbapenemase-producing organisms in rectal swabs

Yue Wang, Huijuan Song, Min Xu, Dengju Li, Xiao Ran, Ziyong Sun, Zhongju Chen

Unravelling patient pathways in the context of antibacterial resistance in East Africa

Katherine Keenan, Kathryn J. Fredricks, Mary Abed Al Ahad, Stella Neema, Joseph R. Mwanga, Mike Kesby, Martha F. Mushi, Annette Aduda, Dominique L. Green, Andy G. Lynch, Sarah I. Huque, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Hannah Worthington, Catherine Kansiime, Emmanuel Olamijuwon, Nyanda E. Ntinginya, Olga Loza, Joel Bazira, Antonio Maldonado-Barragán, VAnne Smith, Arun Gonzales Decano, John Mwaniki Njeru, Alison Sandeman, John Stelling, Alison Elliott, David Aanensen, Stephen H. Gillespie, Gibson Kibiki, Wilber Sabiiti, Derek J. Sloan, Benon B. Asiimwe, John Kiiru, Stephen E. Mshana, Matthew T. G. Holden, Benjamin Sunday, Pendo Ndaki, Fernando Benitez-Paez, Madeleine Clarkson, Xuejia Ke, Eveline T. Konje

Awake prone positioning for non-intubated patients with COVID-19-related acute hypoxic respiratory failure: a systematic review based on eight high-quality randomized controlled trials

Wen Cao, Nannan He, Yannian Luo, Zhiming Zhang

Bacterial shedding and serologic responses following an outbreak of Salmonella Typhi in an endemic cohort

Peter I. Johnston, Patrick Bogue, Angeziwa Chunga Chirambo, Maurice Mbewe, Reenesh Prakash, Vanessa Kandoole-Kabwere, Rebecca Lester, Thomas Darton, Stephen Baker, Melita A. Gordon, James E. Meiring

The correlation of hemoglobin and 28-day mortality in septic patients: secondary data mining using the MIMIC-IV database

Yu Chen, Lu Chen, Zengping Meng, Yi Li, Juan Tang, Shaowen Liu, Li Li, Peisheng Zhang, Qian Chen, Yongmei Liu

Evaluation of human T-cell leukemia virus in vitro diagnostics using plasma specimens collected in Japan

Shigeru Kusagawa, Ai Kawana-Tachikawa, Keiji Matsubayashi, Rieko Sobata, Isao Hamaguchi

Clinical effectiveness of rehabilitation in ambulatory care for patients with persisting symptoms after COVID-19: a systematic review

Hannelore Dillen, Geertruida Bekkering, Sofie Gijsbers, Yannick Vande Weygaerde, Maarten Van Herck, Sarah Haesevoets, David A G Bos, Ann Li, Wim Janssens, Rik Gosselink, Thierry Troosters, Jan Y Verbakel

Surveillance of diphtheria in the Netherlands between 2000–2021: cutaneous diphtheria supersedes the respiratory form

Jelte Elsinga, Dimphey van Meijeren, Frans Reubsaet

Free drug provision for tuberculosis increases patient follow-ups and successful treatment outcomes in the Indian private sector: a quasi experimental study using propensity score matching

Ridhima Sodhi, Michael J. Penkunas, Arnab Pal

Post-infection functional gastrointestinal disorders following coronavirus disease-19: a prospective follow-up cohort study

Daya Zhang, Chen Chen, Yunqian Xie, Fan Zeng, Shiju Chen, Runxiang Chen, Xiaodong Zhang, Shimei Huang, Da Li, Feihu Bai

Characterization of periprosthetic environment microbiome in patients after total joint arthroplasty and its potential correlation with inflammation

Hao Li, Jun Fu, Niu Erlong, Rui LI, Chi Xu, Libo Hao, Jiying Chen, Wei Chai

Emergence of microbial infections in some hospitals of Cairo, Egypt: studying their corresponding antimicrobial resistance profiles

Asmaa K. Helmy, Nagwa M. Sidkey, Ramy E. El-Badawy, Ahmed G. Hegazi

Demographic and clinical characteristics of human bocavirus-1 infection in patients with acute respiratory tract infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Central Province of Sri Lanka

Shiyamalee Arunasalam, Thulani Pattiyakumbura, Sibra RM Shihab, Rohitha Muthugala, Faseeha Noordeen

Insight into pathogenomics and phylogeography of hypervirulent and highly-lethal Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain cluster

Igor Mokrousov, Anna Vyazovaya, Egor Shitikov, Maria Badleeva, Olesya Belopolskaya, Dmitry Bespiatykh, Alena Gerasimova, Panayotis Ioannidis, Weiwei Jiao, Polina Khromova, Aleksey Masharsky, Dinara Naizabayeva, Dimitrios Papaventsis, Oksana Pasechnik, João Perdigão, Nalin Rastogi, Adong Shen, Viacheslav Sinkov, Yuriy Skiba, Natalia Solovieva, Silva Tafaj, Violeta Valcheva, Irina Kostyukova, Svetlana Zhdanova, Viacheslav Zhuravlev, Oleg Ogarkov

Comparison of guideline concordant antibiotic prophylaxis in Veterans Affairs and non-Veterans Affairs dental settings among those with cardiac conditions or prosthetic joints

Swetha Ramanathan, Charlesnika T. Evans, Ronald C. Hershow, Gregory S. Calip, Susan Rowan, Colin Hubbard, Katie J. Suda

The impact of national and international travel on spatio-temporal transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Belgium in 2021

Minh Hanh Nguyen, Thi Huyen Trang Nguyen, Geert Molenberghs, Steven Abrams, Niel Hens, Christel Faes

Rapid review and meta-analysis of serial intervals for SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants

Zachary J. Madewell, Yang Yang, Ira M. Longini Jr, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Alessandro Vespignani, Natalie E. Dean

Fatal septic shock due to disseminated coccidioidomycosis: a case series and review of the literature

Piotr Wisniewski, Isaac McCool, John C. Walsh, Chelsea Ausman, Jenifer Edmondson, Alexandra Perry, Evan C. Ewers, Ryan C. Maves

Organism type of infection is associated with prognosis in sepsis: an analysis from the MIMIC-IV database

Qiuping Guo, Peng Qu, Wanfu Cui, Mingrong Liu, Huiling Zhu, Weixin Chen, Nan Sun, Shiyu Geng, Weihua Song, Xu Li, Anni Lou

Role of previous infection with SARS-CoV-2 in protecting against omicron reinfections and severe complications of COVID-19 compared to pre-omicron variants: a systematic review

Maryam Arabi, Yousef Al-Najjar, Omna Sharma, Ibtihal Kamal, Aimen Javed, Harsh S. Gohil, Pradipta Paul, Aljazi M. Al-Khalifa, Sa’ad Laws, Dalia Zakaria

Dengue hemorrhagic fever with bleeding and fluid overload in a patient with active lupus nephritis: a case report of diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

Manudi Vidanapathirana, Inoshi Atukorala

Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis with Actinomyces odontolyticus sepsis: a case report and literature review

Qingyu Huang, Zhuquan Hong, Quanlong Hong

Molecular characterisation of human adenoviruses associated with respiratory infections in Uganda

Qouilazoni A. Ukuli, Bernard Erima, Andrew Mubiru, Gladys Atim, Titus Tugume, Hannah Kibuuka, Edison Mworozi, Mariette F. Ducatez, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Denis K. Byarugaba

Computed tomography findings in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes at an infectious disease hospital in China: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Qianwen Yang, Rongping Zhang, Yan Gao, Chaoxin Zhou, Weifang Kong, Wang Tao, Guojin Zhang, Lan Shang

Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of JMB2002–an antibody against COVID-19: a phase 1 clinical trial in healthy Chinese adults

Guiling Chen, Ying Zhang, Kaiqi Wu, Tinghan Jin, Conggao Peng, Qi Jiang, Wenjuan Tian, Zhong Chen, Zhenwei Shen, Guoping Sheng

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Monkeypox detection using deep neural networks

Amir Sorayaie Azar, Amin Naemi, Samin Babaei Rikan, Jamshid Bagherzadeh Mohasefi, Habibollah Pirnejad, Uffe Kock Wiil

Bacterial findings in patients referred to hospital for the treatment of acute tonsillitis with or without peritonsillar phlegmon

Camilla Andersen, Thomas Greve, Kasper Basse Reinholdt, Ann Marlene Gram Kjaerulff, Nichlas Udholm, Vesal Khalid, Adnan Madzak, Christophe Duez, Henrik Münch, Søren Pauli, Christian Sander Danstrup, Niels Krintel Petersen, Tejs Ehlers Klug

Effect of hydrogen/oxygen therapy for ordinary COVID-19 patients: a propensity-score matched case-control study

Yingying Zeng, Weijie Guan, Kai Wang, Zhijun Jie, Xu Zou, Xiaoping Tan, Xinyu Li, Xiaohua Chen, Xiaoting Ren, Junhong Jiang, Zeguang Zheng, Jindong Shi, Nanshan Zhong

Machine learning applications on neonatal sepsis treatment: a scoping review

Colleen O’Sullivan, Daniel Hsiang-Te Tsai, Ian Chang-Yen Wu, Emanuela Boselli, Carmel Hughes, Deepak Padmanabhan, Yingfen Hsia

SARS-CoV-2 infection and pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents: a case-control study

Jeremi Swanepoel, Marieke M. van der Zalm, Wolfgang Preiser, Gert van Zyl, Elizabeth Whittaker, Anneke C. Hesseling, David A. J. Moore, James A. Seddon

Effect of inactivated COVID-19 vaccine on the negative conversion of nucleic acid in asymptomatic or mild patients with COVID-19

Yifeng Luo, Qian Zhou, Xinyan Huang, Yuqi Ding, Xiangrong Ye, Jie Ding, Yukun Kuang, Yihao Liu, Sui Peng, Qingtang Zhu, Haibo Wang, Haipeng Xiao

Long-term evaluation of the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG and IgM antibodies in recovered patients: a meta-analysis

Qiu Li, Lu Chen, Fen Li, An He

Disseminated nocardiosis in a patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis: a case report

Rewaa Alqurashi, Husam Alobida, Abdullah Albathi, Moneera Aldraihem

Hepatitis C Virus in people with experience of injection drug use following their displacement to Southern Ukraine before 2020

Anna Yakovleva, Ganna Kovalenko, Matthew Redlinger, Pavlo Smyrnov, Olga Tymets, Anna Korobchuk, Lyudmyla Kotlyk, Anna Kolodiazieva, Anna Podolina, Svitlana Cherniavska, Petro Antonenko, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Samuel R. Friedman, Ian Goodfellow, Joel O. Wertheim, Eric Bortz, Luke Meredith, Tetyana I. Vasylyeva

Field evaluation of a point-of-care triage test for active tuberculosis (TriageTB)

Tracy R. Richardson, Bronwyn Smith, Stephanus T. Malherbe, Jane Alexandra Shaw, Firdows Noor, Candice MacDonald, Gian D. van der Spuy, Kim Stanley, Alida Carstens, Tarryn-Lee Fisher, Ilana van Rensburg, Marika Flinn, Candice Snyders, Isaac Johnson, Bernadine Fransman, Hazel Dockrell, Guy Thwaites, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Claudia Schacht, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Mary Nsereko, Elisa M. Tjon Kon Fat, Paul L.A.M. Corstjens, Annemieke Geluk, Morton Ruhwald, Adam Penn-Nicholson, Novel N. Chegou, Jayne Sutherland, Gerhard Walzl, Andriëtte Hiemstra, Susanne Tonsing, Gerard Tromp, Muyiwa Owolabi, Joseph Mendy, Awa Gindeh, Amadou Barry, Georgetta Mbayo, Julia Buech, Malte Streitz, Sophie Nalukwago, Ann Ritah Namuganga, Dorcas Lamunu, Michael Odie, Louise Pierneef, Anouk van Hooij, Morten Ruhwald, John Belisle, Karen Dobos, Mark Hatherill, Thomas Scriba, Jill Winter

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Blood culture contamination in a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective three-year study

Banan M. Aiesh, Duha Daraghmeh, Nasreen Abu-Shamleh, Abdalmenem Joudallah, Ali Sabateen, Rowa’ Al Ramahi

Association of blood neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio with short-term prognosis and severity of tuberculosis meningitis patients without HIV infection

Zhihan Gu, Bofu Liu, Xiaomin Yu, Tao Cheng, Tianyong Han, Le Tong, Yu Cao

Intramedullary disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient: case report and review of the literature

Jennifer L. Perrault, Levi A. Endelman, Mark R. Kraemer, Derrick Chen, Wendell B. Lake, M. Shahriar Salamat

Unilateral Osler nodes, Janeway lesions and splinter haemorrhages associated with surgical arterio-venous fistula infection: a case report

Pramith Ruwanpathirana, Harindri Athukorala, Praveen Weeratunga, Panduka Karunanayake

Structured diagnostic scheme clinical experience sharing: a prospective study of 320 cases of fever of unknown origin in a tertiary hospital in North China

Lin Jiang, Han Wu, Sen Zhao, Yu Zhang, Ning Song

Epstein–Barr virus-associated B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder meeting the definition of CAEBV B cell disease: a case report

Yaxian Ma, Yuhan Bao, Miao Zheng

Real-world use of remdesivir for the treatment of patients admitted to Italian hospitals with COVID-19: the nationwide retrospective FADOI-RECOVER study

Filippo Pieralli, Fulvio Pomero, Francesco Dentali, Claudio Norbiato, Tiziana Attardo, Susanna Vicari, Elena Magnani, Maria Antonietta Marzilli, Paola Piccolo, Antonella Valerio, Dario Manfellotto, Elena Brugiotti, Vincenzo Carella, Martina Coppo, Francesca Ferrando, Marta. Lauritano, Bruno Marchetti, Francesco Vitale, Daniela Dalla Gasperina, Elena Baroni, Andrea Boccatonda, Enrico Giorgini, Teresa Milite, Luca Montaguti, Elisa Cagnoni, Giulia Mogavero, Giovanni Capoccetta, Raffaella De Giovanni, Francesca Martelli, Giulia Guazzini, Alberto Grassi, Laura Romani, Paola Gnerre, Franco Mastroianni, Fabiana D’Onofrio, Sergio Berra, Simona Pozzoli, Flavio Bobbio, Sara Bianco, Azzurra Re, Nicola Liberato, Sara Job, Giancarlo Antonucci, Ombretta Para, Gino Ferrara, Antonietta Giordano, Olga Falco, Roberto Manetti, Carolina Bologna, Sandra Buscaglia, Cristina Oliviero, Maria Amitrano, Valeria Iorio, Loredana Tibullo, Giovanni Ferrari, Micaela Brandolini, Giovanna Leone, Carlo Usai, Noemi Elisabetta Manzoni, Rita Di Stefano, Eusapia Renna

Diagnostic performance of metagenomic next-generation sequencing for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Xuefang Li, Zhijun Li, Jian Ye, Wu Ye

Establishment of a multi-parameter prediction model for the functional cure of HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients treated with pegylated interferonα and decision process based on response-guided therapy strategy

Qianqian Tang, Jun Ye, Yafei Zhang, Peixin Zhang, Guomei Xia, Jie Zhu, Shaofeng Wei, Xu Li, Zhenhua Zhang

Estimating hepatitis B virus prevalence among key population groups for European Union and European Economic Area countries and the United Kingdom: a modelling study

Adam Trickey, Sandra Bivegete, Erika Duffell, Anna L. McNaughton, Lina Nerlander, Josephine G. Walker, Hannah Fraser, Matthew Hickman, Peter Vickerman, Ellen Brooks-Pollock, Hannah Christensen

Whānau Māori and Pacific peoples’ knowledge, perceptions, expectations and solutions regarding antibiotic treatment of upper respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study

S Thaggard, S Reid, AHY Chan, C White, L Fraser, BA Arroll, E Best, R Whittaker, S Wells, MG Thomas, SR Ritchie

Research to develop a diagnostic ultrasound nomogram to predict benign or malignant lymph nodes in HIV-infected patients

Chen Huang, Xia Shi, Xin Ma, Jianjian Liu, Jingjing Huang, Li Deng, Ye Cao, Mingkun Zhao

Perceptions of the roles, impact, challenges and needs of community drug distributors in the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases in difficult-to-access communities in Ghana

Akua Obeng Forson, Raphael Baffour Awuah, Abdul Rahim Mohammed, Christopher Mfum Owusu-Asenso, Sefa Bonsu Atakora, Gabriel Akosah-Brempong, Anisa Abdulai, Isaac Kwame Sraku, Shittu B. Dhikrullahi, Simon K. Attah, Yaw Asare Afrane

Treatment of Urticaria caused by severe cryptosporidiosis in a 17-month-old child – a case report

Mehdi Azami, Saeid Amini Rarani, Fatemeh Kiani

Clinical significance of B7-H3 expression in circulating CD4+CD25high T cells, CD14+ monocytes, and plasma for the progression of HIV infection

Jun-Chi Xu, Hui Chen, Ping Xu, Xin-Ran You, Geng-chao Zhu, Fei Gao

Antimicrobial stewardship programs in seven Latin American countries: facing the challenges

Christian José Pallares, Jessica Porras, Elsa De La Cadena, Juan Carlos García-Betancur, Natalia Restrepo-Arbeláez, Sara María Cobo Viveros, Wanda Cornistein, Paulo Castañeda-Méndez, Luis Cuellar, Diogo Boldim-Ferreira, Jorge Chaverri-Murillo, Jaime A. Labarca, María Virginia Villegas

Booster vaccinations and Omicron: the effects on SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Dutch blood donors

F. A. Quee, B. M. Hogema, E. Slot, S. Kruijer, M. Molier, K. van den Hurk, H. L. Zaaijer

Herpes simplex virus dissemination with necrotizing hepatitis following Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty

Ahad Azeem, Brandon Baartman, Christopher D. Conrady, Jeffery L. Meier, Rima El-Herte

The representative COVID-19 cohort Munich (KoCo19): from the beginning of the pandemic to the Delta virus variant

Ronan Le Gleut, Michael Plank, Peter Pütz, Katja Radon, Abhishek Bakuli, Raquel Rubio-Acero, Ivana Paunovic, Friedrich Rieß, Simon Winter, Christina Reinkemeyer, Yannik Schälte, Laura Olbrich, Marlene Hannes, Inge Kroidl, Ivan Noreña, Christian Janke, Andreas Wieser, Michael Hoelscher, Christiane Fuchs, Noemi Castelletti, Mohamed Ibraheem Mohamed Ahmed, Emad Alamoudi, Jared Anderson, Valeria Baldassarre, Maximilian Baumann, Marc Becker, Franziska Bednarski, Marieke Behlen, Olimbek Bemirayev, Jessica Beyerl, Patrick Bitzer, Rebecca Böhnlein, Isabel Brand, Anna Brauer, Vera Britz, Jan Bruger, Franziska Bünz, Friedrich Caroli, Josephine Coleman, Lorenzo Contento, Alina Czwienzek, Flora Deák, Maximilian N. Diefenbach, Paulina Diepers, Anna Do, Gerhard Dobler, Jürgen Durner, Tabea Eser, Ute Eberle, Judith Eckstein, Philine Falk, Manuela Feyereisen, Volker Fingerle, Stefanie Fischer, Jonathan Frese, Felix Forster, Günter Fröschl, Otto Geisenberger, Mercè Garí, Marius Gasser, Sonja Gauder, Raffaela Geier, Kristina Gillig, Christof Geldmacher, Keisha Gezgin, Leonard Gilberg, Kristina Gillig, Philipp Girl, Elias Golschan, Vitus Grauvogl, Jessica Michelle Guggenbuehl Noller, Elena Maria Guglielmini, Pablo Gutierrez, Anselm Haderer, Celina Halfmann, Lena Hartinger, Timm Haselwarter, Jan Hasenauer, Alejandra Hernandez, Luca Heller, Arlett Heiber, Matthias Herrmann, Leah Hillari, Stefan Hillmann, Christian Hinske, Janna Hoefflin, Tim Hofberger, Michael Höfinger, Larissa Hofmann, Sacha Horn, Kristina Huber, Christian Janke, Lilian Karger, Ursula Kappl, Antonia Keßler, Zohaib Khan, Charlotte Kiani, Isabel Klugherz, Norah Kreider, Johanna Kresin, Arne Kroidl, Pratik Kunder, Magdalena Lang, Clemens Lang, Silvan Lange, Ekaterina Lapteva, Michael Laxy, Reiner Leidl, Leopold Liedl, Felix Lindner, Xhovana Lucaj, Elisabeth Lucke, Fabian Luppa, Alexandra Sophie Nafziger, Alexander Maczka, Petra Mang, Alisa Markgraf, Paula Matcau, Rebecca Mayrhofer, Anna-Maria Mekota, Dafni Metaxa, Emily Mohr, Hannah Müller, Katharina Müller, Nathalia Nascimento, Kasimir Niermeyer, Sophia Nikolaides, Leonie Pattard, Claire Pleimelding, Michel Pletschette, Viona Poll, Stephan Prückner, Kerstin Puchinger, Konstantin Pusl, Elba Raimúndez, Julius Raschka, Jakob Reich, Christina Reinkemeyer, Camilla Rothe, Viktoria Ruci, Elmar Saathoff, Nicole Schäfer, Paul Schandelmaier, Benedikt Schluse, Annika Schneider, Lara Schneider, Sophie Schultz, Mirjam Schunk, Lars Schwettmann, Josefin Sedlmeier, Linda Sintu-Sempta, Alba Soler, Peter Sothmann, Katharina Strobl, Aida Strüber, Laura Strüber, Jeni Tang, Fabian Theis, Verena Thiel, Eva Thumser, Niklas Thur, Julian Ullrich, Vincent Vollmayr, Emilia Von Lovenberg, Jonathan Von Lovenberg, Carsten Vos, Julia Waibel, Claudia Wallrauch, Nikolas Weigl, Roman Wölfl, Julia Wolff, Pia Wullinger, Tobias Würfel, Patrick Wustrow, Sabine Zange, Eleftheria Zeggini, Anna Zielke, Thorbjörn Zimmer, Thomas Zimmermann, Anna Zielke, Lea Zuche

Influence of COVID-19 pandemic on the virus spectrum in children with respiratory infection in Xuzhou, China: a long-term active surveillance study from 2015 to 2021

Rundong Cao, Yangguang Du, Jing Tong, Dong Xia, Qinqin Song, Zhiqiang Xia, Mi Liu, Haijun Du, Jun Han, Chen Gao

Retrieval of HCV patients lost to follow-up as a strategy for Hepatitis C Microelimination: results of a Brazilian multicentre study

Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz, Antonio Ricardo Cardia Ferraz de Andrade, Gustavo Henrique Santos Pereira, Liana Codes, Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt

Outpatient sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment patterns in the United States: a real-world database study

Rebecca Lillis, Louis Kuritzky, Zune Huynh, Rodney Arcenas, Avneet Hansra, Roma Shah, Baiyu Yang, Stephanie N. Taylor

Diabetes in a hospital cohort of persons living with HIV: a descriptive and comparative study in French Guiana

Mathieu Nacher, Sebastien Rabier, Aude Lucarelli, Louise Hureau, Antoine Adenis, Nezha Hafsi, Nadia Sabbah

Prevalence of five treatable sexually transmitted infections among women in Lower River region of The Gambia

Robert Butcher, Sheikh Jarju, Dolapo Obayemi, Adedapo Olufemi Bashorun, Hristina Vasileva, Hannah Bransbury-Hare, Orighomisan Agboghoroma, Lamin Drammeh, Martin Holland, Emma Harding-Esch, Ed Clarke

Establishment of a risk classifier to predict the in-hospital death risk of nosocomial fungal infections in cancer patients

Ruoxuan Wang, Aimin Jiang, Rui Zhang, Chuchu Shi, Qianqian Ding, Shihan Liu, Fumei Zhao, Yuyan Ma, Junhui Liu, Xiao Fu, Xuan Liang, Zhiping Ruan, Yu Yao, Tao Tian

An ecological assessment of the potential pandemic threat of Dengue Virus in Zhejiang province of China

Yaxing Zhang, Lei Wang, Guozhen Wang, Jiabao Xu, Tianxing Zhang

What clinic closure reveals about care for drug-resistant TB: a qualitative study

Thiloshini Govender, Jennifer J. Furin, Alex Edwards, Selvan Pillay, Richard A. Murphy

High incidence of fosfomycin-resistant uropathogenic E. coli among children

Wedad M. Abdelraheem, W. K.M Mahdi, Ibtehal S. Abuelela, Noha Anwar Hassuna

Hospitalization burden and epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain (2020–2021)

Rafael Garcia-Carretero, Oscar Vazquez-Gomez, Ruth Gil-Prieto, Angel Gil-de-Miguel

Hyperinflammatory syndrome in a paediatric patient with a recent diagnosis of HIV/AIDS infection: hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis or immune reconstitution syndrome?

Fabrizio Leone, Nicola Cotugno, Chiara Casamento Tumeo, Paola Zangari, Patrizia Palomba, Rachele Adorisio, Fabrizio De Benedetti, Claudia Bracaglia, Paola Papoff, Camilla Ajassa, Paolo Palma, Stefania Bernardi

Early application of metagenomics next-generation sequencing may significantly reduce unnecessary consumption of antibiotics in patients with fever of unknown origin

Hongmei Chen, Mingze Tang, Lemeng Yao, Di Zhang, Yubin Zhang, Yingren Zhao, Han Xia, Tianyan Chen, Jie Zheng

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of scrub typhus in northern Fujian, China, from 2015 to 2019

Jin Huang, Kaixiang Deng, Jiawei Chen, Meiquan Zhang

Sociodemographic and environmental factors associated with diarrhoeal illness in children under 5 years in Uganda, 2016: a cross-sectional study

Nathan Ssekandi, Nonhlanhla Tlotleng, Nisha Naicker

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Neutralizing activity of intravenous immune globulin products against enterovirus D68 strains isolated in Japan

Kazuhiro Yoshida, Masamichi Muramatsu, Hiroyuki Shimizu

Use of unsupervised machine learning to characterise HIV predictors in sub-Saharan Africa

Charles K. Mutai, Patrick E. McSharry, Innocent Ngaruye, Edouard Musabanganji

Negative associations between folate and bacterial vaginosis in the NHANES 2001 to 2004

Ting-Ting Cui, Jing Luo, Rui-Lan Deng, Yun-Ting Yang, Ya-Wen Yin, Xing-Fei Chen, Hao-Kai Chen, Wan-Zhe Liao, Ze-Min Huang, Xiao-Yan Deng, Xu-Guang Guo

Epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic features and predictors of death among COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Parakou: a cross-sectional study in Northern Benin

Attinsounon Cossi Angelo, Yamongbè Clodel, Codjo Léopold, Adé Serge, Mama Cissé Ibrahim, Attinon Julien, Klikpezo Roger, Savi de Tovè Kofi-Mensa

The Associations between Helicobacter Pylori immunoglobulin G seropositivity and body mass index in adults

Jinke Huang, Kunli Zhang, Fengyun Wang, Xudong Tang

Effect of malaria prevention education on bed net utilization, incidence of malaria and treatment seeking among school-aged children in Southern Ethiopia; cluster randomized controlled trial

Zerihun Zerdo, Hilde Bastiaens, Sibyl Anthierens, Fekadu Massebo, Matewos Masne, Gelila Biresaw, Misgun Shewangizaw, Abayneh Tunje, Yilma Chisha, Tsegaye Yohannes, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden

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Cholera and COVID-19 pandemic prevention in multiple hotspot districts of Uganda: vaccine coverage, adverse events following immunization and WASH conditions survey

Godfrey Bwire, Annet Kisakye, Esther Amulen, John Baptist Bwanika, Joan Badebye, Christine Aanyu, Brenda Doreen Nakirya, Alfred Okello, Stephen Acellam Okello, Justine N. Bukenya, Christopher Garimoi Orach

The epidemiological characteristics and infection risk factors for extrapulmonary tuberculosis in patients hospitalized with pulmonary tuberculosis infection in China from 2017 to 2021

Tianshui Niu, Fei He, Jianshe Yang, Chengxi Ma, Jingyi Xu, Tianzhi Sun, Xin Zhang, Shuyi Chen, Chuhui Ru

Incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria infections among persons with cystic fibrosis in the United States (2010–2019)

Julia E. Marshall, Rachel A. Mercaldo, Ettie M. Lipner, D. Rebecca. Prevots

Association of SARS-CoV-2 status and antibiotic-resistant bacteria with inadequate empiric therapy in hospitalized patients: a US multicenter cohort evaluation (July 2019 - October 2021)

Karri A. Bauer, Laura A. Puzniak, Kalvin C. Yu, Kenneth P. Klinker, Janet A. Watts, Pamela A. Moise, Lyn Finelli, Vikas Gupta

Systematic review and meta-analysis of knowledge on PMTCT of HIV/AIDS and Association factors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia, 2022

Sisay Yitayih Kassie, Alex Ayenew Chereka, Yitayish Damtie

Correction: Antibody response, associated symptoms and profile of patients presumably infected by SARS-CoV-2 with taste or smell disorders in the SAPRIS multicohort study

Julien Ramillon, Xavier de Lamballerie, Olivier Robineau, Hélène Blanché, Gianluca Severi, Mathilde Touvier, Marie Zins, Fabrice Carrat, Fabrice Carrat, Gianluca Severi, Mathilde Touvier, Marie Zins, Hélène Blanché, Xavier de Lamballerie, Alexandra Rouquette, Fabrice Carrat, Gianluca Severi, Mathilde Touvier, Marie Zins, Mireille Pellicer, Julien Allegre, Mélanie Deschasaux, Delphine Rahib, Nathalie Lydie, Olivier Robineau, Liza Belhadji, Laetitia Ninove, Nathanaël Lapidus

Multiple refractory intracellular pathogen infections in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient with anti-interferon-γ autoantibodies: a case report

Hongxia Wang, Rong Lei, Yang Ji, Wei Xu, Keke Zhang, Xiang Guo

Impact of randomized blinded rechecking program on the performance of the AFB Microscopy Laboratory Network in Uganda: a decadal retrospective study

Andrew Nsawotebba, Ivan Ibanda, Dennis Mujuni, Susan Nabadda, Diana Nadunga, Joel Kabugo, Isa Adam, Enock Wekiya, Abdunoor Nyombi, Richard Nsubuga, Patrick Ademun, Kenneth Musisi, Fredrick Kangave, Moses Joloba

Alternative boronic acids in the detection of Mycolactone A/B using the thin layer chromatography (f-TLC) method for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer

Gideon A. Akolgo, Benjamin M. Partridge, Timothy D. Craggs, Richard K. Amewu

Analysis on epidemiological characters and HIV care continuum of HIV-infected students: a retrospective cohort study in Shandong province, China

Xingguang Yang, Ling Li, Na Zhang, Lianzheng Hao, Xiaoyan Zhu, Haiying Yu, Guoyong Wang, Dianmin Kang

Influence of COVID-19 on the notification of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis cases

Nathalia Halax Orfão, Rubia Laine de Paula Andrade, Antônio Ruffino-Netto, Leila Wiedmann Florentino da Silva, Tereza Cristina Scatena Villa, Marva Lynn Seifert, Adriana Zilly, Marcos Augusto Moraes Arcoverde, Ismael Hoare, Ricardo Izurieta, Reinaldo Antônio da Silva-Sobrinho

Prevalence of tuberculosis and associated factors among presumptive TB refugees residing in refugee camps in Ethiopia

Abyot Meaza, Bazezew Yenew, Miskir Amare, Ayinalem Alemu, Michael Hailu, Dinka Fikadu Gamtesa, Mirgissa Kaba, Girmay Medhin, Gobena Ameni, Balako Gumi

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Multicenter study of the natural history and therapeutic responses of patients with chikungunya, focusing on acute and chronic musculoskeletal manifestations – a study protocol from the clinical and applied research in Chikungunya (REPLICK network)

Giselle da Silva Duarte, Alexandra D. Jones, Luciano Pamplona de Goes Cavalcanti, Moacyr Jesus Barreto de Melo Rêgo, Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Rosemary J. Boyton, Dhelio Batista Pereira, Julio Henrique Rosa Croda, Fabio Trindade Maranhão Costa, Angela Pinto Duarte, Marcia Edilaine Lopes Consolaro, Rodrigo Guerino Stabeli, Fábio Juliano Negrão, Jose Luiz Proenca-Modena, Juan Miguel Villalobos-Salcedo, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, Amanda Pinheiro de Barros Albuquerque, Francisca Kalline de Almeida Barreto, Jose Moreira, Idalina Cristina Ferrari, Patricia Martinez Évora, Vânia Ramos Sela da Silva, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães Lacerda, Daniel M. Altmann, Thyago Henrique Pereira dos Santos, Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho Araujo, Luis Arthur Brazil Gadelha Farias, Lara Moreira Teles de Vasconcelos, Brena Ferreira dos Santos, Shamyr Sulyvan de Castro, Marina Carvalho Arruda Barreto, Ileana Pitombeira Gomes, Jobson Lopes de Oliveira, Thayanne Vitoria Nunes Pinheiro, Samara Bezerra Guedes das Neves, Carla Cristiana Judice, Gabriela Fabiano de Souza, Matheus Cavalheiro Martini, Deusilene Souza Vieira Dall’Acqua, Marcela Macedo de Oliveira, Eduardo Garbin, Alexia Martines, Maira Galdino da Rocha Pitta, Luiz Demarchi, Caroline Santos Soares, Patricia Brasil, Karen Trinta, Claudia Pereira, André M. Siqueira

An agent-based model of binge drinking, inequitable gender norms and their contribution to HIV transmission, with application to South Africa

Leigh F. Johnson, Mmamapudi Kubjane, Alex de Voux, Julius Ohrnberger, Mpho Tlali

Fever and health-seeking behaviour among migrants living along the Thai-Myanmar border: a mixed-methods study

Napat Khirikoekkong, Supa-at Asarath, Mayreerat Munruchaitrakun, Naw Blay, Naomi Waithira, Phaik Yeong Cheah, François Nosten, Yoel Lubell, Jordi Landier, Thomas Althaus

Obesity as a clinical predictor for severe manifestation of dengue: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chao-Ying Chen, Yu-Yao Chiu, Yu-Cheng Chen, Chung-Hao Huang, Wen-Hung Wang, Yen-Hsu Chen, Chun-Yu Lin

A rare case of severe leptospirosis infection presenting as septic shock in a non-endemic area: a case report and literature review

Junjie Dai, Can Yao, Huaxiang Ling, Binbin Li, Rongchang Chen, Fei Shi

Impact of the 99DOTS digital adherence technology on tuberculosis treatment outcomes in North India: a pre-post study

Amy Z. Chen, Ravinder Kumar, R. K. Baria, Pramod Kumar Shridhar, Ramnath Subbaraman, William Thies

Concordance between culture, Molecular Culture and Illumina 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of bone and ulcer bed biopsies in people with diabetic foot osteomyelitis

Meryl Cinzía Tila Tamara Gramberg, Carmen Knippers, Rimke Sabine Lagrand, Jarne Marijn van Hattem, Marcus Christofoor de Goffau, Andries Edward Budding Budding, Mark Davids, Sebastien Matamoros, Max Nieuwdorp, Vincent de Groot, Martin den Heijer, Louise Willy Elizabeth Sabelis, Edgar Josephus Gerardus Peters

Ophthalmic complications during the dengue epidemic in Reunion Island in 2020: a case series and review of the literature

Digé Mbu-Nyamsi, Muriel Vincent, Mariane Perez-Fontana, Anne-Laurence Best, Charles Mesnard, Fréderic Villeroy, Aurélie Foucher, Loic Raffray, Cécile Saint-Pastou Terrier, Antoine Bertolotti

Indwelling catheter vs intermittent catheterization: is there a difference in UTI susceptibility?

Vera Neumeier, Fabian P. Stangl, Joëlle Borer, Collene E. Anderson, Veronika Birkhäuser, Oksana Chemych, Oliver Gross, Miriam Koschorke, Jonas Marschall, Shawna McCallin, Ulrich Mehnert, Helen Sadri, Lara Stächele, Thomas M. Kessler, Lorenz Leitner

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Effect of antimicrobial de-escalation strategy on 14-day mortality among intensive care unit patients: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study with inverse probability-of-treatment weighting

Kai zhao, Zhengliang zhang, Ying liang, Yan wang, Yan cai

A novel internet sampling for HIV surveillance: feasibility of self-sampling and preparation of DBS for delivery detection of HIV total nucleic acid and complementarity to sentinel surveillance

Xueli Su, Dongyan Xia, Yanming Sun, Yinxiao Hao, Guowu Liu, Chun Huang, Hongyan Lu

The utility of syndecan-1 circulating levels as a biomarker in patients with previous or active COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Elina Ghondaghsaz, Amirmohammad Khalaji, Mitra Norouzi, Douglas D. Fraser, Sanam Alilou, Amir Hossein Behnoush

Determinants of influenza and COVID-19 vaccine intent or uptake in Lebanon: a scoping review of the literature

Mahmoud Salam, Gladys Honein-AbouHaidar

Viral protein R (Vpr)-induced neuroinflammation and its potential contribution to neuronal dysfunction: a scoping review

Monray Edward Williams, Aurelia A. Williams, Petrus J.W. Naudé

Candida auris Blood stream infection- a descriptive study from Qatar

Junais Koleri, Hawabibee Mahir Petkar, Hussam Abdel Rahman S. Al Soub, Muna A. Rahman S. AlMaslamani

Antibiotic choices among healthcare professionals for enterococcal bacteremia with patterns of resistance and risk factors of mortality, in settings of poor antibiotic stewardship program — a five-year retrospective cohort study

Jamil Muqtadir Bhatti, Syed Ali Raza, Ayesha Farooq Alam, Yameena Noman Khan, Ali Mala, Irshad Batool, FNU Sameeullah

Facilitators and barriers to tuberculosis active case findings in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of qualitative research

Melkie Dagnaw Fenta, Oluwaseun Adeolu Ogundijo, Ahmed Abi Abdi Warsame, Abebaw Getachew Belay

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Correction to: Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients during the BA.5 omicron wave in Tehran, Iran: a prospective observational study

Mohammadreza Salehi, Arezoo Salami Khaneshan, Abbas Shakoori Farahani, Mahsa Doomanlou, Mohammad Arabzadeh, Abolfazl Sobati, Kousha Farhadi, Reza Fattahi, Esmaeil Mohammadnejad, Asghar Abdoli, Jayran Zebardast

Disseminated non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium obuense in an immunocompromised patient: a case report

Maiko Naito, Kentaro Fukushima, Shinsuke Kusakabe, Takaya Endo, Takayuki Shiroyama, Kika Ohira, Koji Azuma, Satoshi Tanizaki, Yumiko Yamamoto, Yuki Hosono, Yujiro Naito, Shinji Futami, Kotaro Miyake, Haruhiko Hirata, Yoshito Takeda, Atsushi Kumanogoh

Assessment of non-tuberculosis abnormalities on digital chest x-rays with high CAD4TB scores from a tuberculosis prevalence survey in Zambia and South Africa

Dennis Ngosa, Given Moonga, Kwame Shanaube, Choolwe Jacobs, Maria Ruperez, Nkatya Kasese, Eveline Klinkenberg, Ab Schaap, Linda Mureithi, Sian Floyd, Sarah Fidler, Veronica Sichizya, Adrian Maleya, Helen Ayles

Incidence of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) among healthcare workers during the first and second wave in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a descriptive study

Jean Paul Muambangu Milambo, James Ndirangu, Samuel Mangala, Hannah Simba, Landry Kabego

ABO, Lewis blood group systems and secretory status with H.pylori infection in yemeni dyspeptic patients: a cross- sectional study

Mohammed Abdulwahid Almorish, Boshra Al-absi, Ahmed M. E. Elkhalifa, Elham Elamin, Abozer Y. Elderdery, Abdulaziz H. Alhamidi

Altered intrinsic brain activity and functional connectivity in COVID-19 hospitalized patients at 6-month follow-up

Ruili Li, Guangxue Liu, Xiaodong Zhang, Miao Zhang, Jie Lu, Hongjun Li

A rare ocular complication of septicemia: a case series report and literature review

Tang Xu-yuan, Li Hui-yan

Skin lesions by Scedosporium apiospermum and Nocardia pulmonary infection in an oncologic patient: a case report

M. Gavalda, A. Lorenzo, H. Vilchez, S. Gimenez, C. Calvo, L. Martin, M. Riera

Diagnostic accuracy of the BioFire® FilmArray® pneumonia panel in COVID-19 patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

Gabriel Cojuc-Konigsberg, Alberto Moscona-Nissan, Alberto Guijosa, Christian D. Mireles Dávalos, María E. Jiménez Martínez, Mario A. Mújica Sánchez, Víctor F. Hernández Huizar, Martha A. Durán Barrón, Karen Villarreal Gómez, Regina Andrade-Galindo, Montserrat Ordóñez-Oviedo, Grecia Deloya Brito, Eduardo Becerril Vargas

Evaluation of the features of cystic echinococcosis with concurrent super-infection: a retrospective study in Southern Iran

Reza Shahriarirad, Ramin Shekouhi, Amirhossein Erfani, Mohammad Rastegarian, Mehrdad Eskandarisani, Marjan Motamedi, Bahador Sarkari

Burden of influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 infection among tuberculosis patients: a prospective cohort study

Gulshan Umbreen, Abdul Rehman, Muhammad Avais, Chanda Jabeen, Shakera Sadiq, Rubab Maqsood, Hamad Bin Rashid, Saira Afzal, Mamoona Chaudhry

Change of sexual behavior among men who have sex with men before, during and after COVID-19 pandemic in China: a cross-sectional study

Shi Wang, Jie Yang, Dandan Niu, Yushan Hou, Liping Fei, Hehe Zhao, Fangfang Chen, Fan Lv

Characteristics and treatment outcomes of co-infected tuberculosis patients with human immunodeficiency virus in Southeast China, 2012–2021

Yinfa Zhou, Tao Li, Shufang Lin, Daiquan Chen, Yongcheng Du, Jiangfeng Chen, Kun Chen, Zhisong Dai

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Genotype diversity of brucellosis agents isolated from humans and animals in Greece based on whole-genome sequencing

Hanka Brangsch, Vassilios Sandalakis, Maria Babetsa, Evridiki Boukouvala, Artemisia Ntoula, Eirini Makridaki, Athanasia Christidou, Anna Psaroulaki, Kadir Akar, Sevil Erdenlig Gürbilek, Tariq Jamil, Falk Melzer, Heinrich Neubauer, Gamal Wareth

The association between Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and the risk of Invasive Candidiasis in critically ill older adults

Yongqiang Dong, Heqing Tao, Ligang Liu, Ziyan Ni, Zhandong Yang, Kequan Chen, Shuying He, Liang Peng, Xueqing Chen

Prevalence of hepatitis B and C viral co-infection and associated factors with HIV infection in children in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Serge Ahuka Miyanga, Tony Akilimali Shindano, Etienne Mwamba Shindano, Célestin Bisangamo Kyambikwa, Jeff Maotela Kabinda

Psittacosis caused severe community-acquired pneumonia accompanied by acute hypoxic respiratory failure: a multicenter retrospective cohort study from China

Xiao Tang, Na Wang, Gang Liu, Hai Tan, Ai-Min Li, Yan-Qiu Gao, Meng-Ying Yao, Na Wang, Hui-Dan Jing, Qing-Guo Di, Liang Chen, Rui Wang, Xu-Yan Li, Ying Li, Xue Yuan, Yu Zhao, Qi Li, Zhao-Hui Tong, Bing Sun

Prevalence and genotypes distribution of virus hepatitis B and hepatitis delta virus in chronic liver diseases in Kazakhstan

Bibigul S. Ilyassova, Balzhan Abzhaparova, Dariga S. Smailova, Aidos Bolatov, Bolatbek Baymakhanov, Vyacheslav Beloussov, Maxim Solomadin, Kunsulu Shamsivaliyeva, Gulnara Alpysbayava, Gaukhar Issakova, Joanna Granica, Dina Mukushkina, Inkar Y. Sagatov, Shokan Kaniyev

Prevalence of gram-negative bacteria and their antibiotic resistance in neonatal sepsis in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nazila Moftian, Peyman Rezaei-hachesu, Morteza Arab-Zozani, Taha Samad-soltani, Atefeh Esfandiari, Mohammad Saleh Tabib, Kayvan Mirnia

Physical therapy rehabilitation after hospital discharge in patients affected by COVID-19: a systematic review

Perez A. M. C., Silva M. B. C, Macêdo L. P. G., Chaves Filho A. C., Dutra R. A. F, Rodrigues M. A. B.

The metabolic consequences of HIV/TB co-infection

Chandré Herbert, Laneke Luies, Du Toit Loots, Aurelia A. Williams

Temporal changes in fecal microbiota of patients infected with COVID-19: a longitudinal cohort

Tatiana Galperine, Yangji Choi, Jean-Luc Pagani, Antonios Kritikos, Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, Marie Méan, Valentin Scherz, Onya Opota, Gilbert Greub, Benoit Guery, Claire Bertelli, Pierre-Yves Bochud, Florian Desgranges, Paraskevas Filippidis, David Haefliger, Eleftheria-Evdokia Kampouri, Oriol Manuel, Aline Munting, Jean Regina, Laurence Rochat-Stettler, Veronique Suttels, Eliana Tadini, Jonathan Tschopp, Mathias Van Singer, Benjamin Viala, Peter Vollenweider

Molecular surveillance of arboviruses in Nigeria

Joseph Ojonugwa Shaibu, Kabiru Olusegun Akinyemi, Oshilonyah Henry Uzor, Rosemary Ajuma Audu, Akeeb Bola Oriowo Oyefolu

SARS CoV-2 IgG seropositivity post-vaccination among dental professionals: a prospective study

Irena Duś-Ilnicka, Marta Mazur, Anna Rybińska, Małgorzata Radwan-Oczko, Kamil Jurczyszyn, Anna Paradowska-Stolarz

Self-reported musculoskeletal disorders and associated factors among HIV/AIDS patients following ART at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia, 2021: Aa cross-sectional study design

Alemu Kassaw Kibret, Melisew Mekie Yitayal, Getachew Azeze Eriku, Moges Gashaw, Ermias Solomon Yalew, Fkrte Kebede Weldetsadik

Factors associated with diagnostic delay of pulmonary tuberculosis among children and adolescents in Quzhou, China: results from the surveillance data 2011–2021

Yating Zhang, Bingdong Zhan, Xiaogang Hao, Wei Wang, Xing Zhang, Chunfu Fang, Min Wang

Comparison of SARS-Cov-2 omicron variant with the previously identified SARS-Cov-2 variants in Egypt, 2020–2022: insight into SARS-Cov-2 genome evolution and its impact on epidemiology, clinical picture, disease severity, and mortality

Amr Kandeel, Yassmin Moatasim, Manal Fahim, Hala Bahaaeldin, Rabeh El-Shesheny, Wael H. Roshdy, Mina N. Kamel, Shaymaa Shawky, Mokhtar Gomaa, Amel Naguib, Nancy El Guindy, Ola Deghedy, Reham Kamel, Mohamed Khalifa, Ramy Galal, Mohamed Hassany, Galal Mahmoud, Ahmed Kandeil, Salma Afifi, Amira Mohsen, Mohammad Abdel Fattah, Ghazi Kayali, Mohamed A. Ali, Khaled Abdelghaffar

The global prevalence of gastric cancer in Helicobacter pylori-infected individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Maryam Shirani, Reza Pakzad, Mohammad Hossein Haddadi, Sousan Akrami, Arezoo Asadi, Hossein Kazemian, Melika Moradi, Vahab Hassan Kaviar, Abolfazl Rafati Zomorodi, Saeed Khoshnood, Mahnaz Shafieian, Ronia Tavasolian, Mohsen Heidary, Morteza Saki

Rural-urban disparities in nutritional status among women in Ethiopia based on HIV serostatus: a cross-sectional study using demographic and health survey data

Hirut Abebe, Anette Agardh, Malachi Ochieng Arunda

Clinical characteristics of severe influenza virus-associated pneumonia complicated with bacterial infection in children: a retrospective analysis

Qiong-yu Wang, Lin Yuan, Jia-yi Lin, Zhi-qiang Zhuo, Yong-mei Wang, Si-si Li, Min Zhang, Xing-dong Wu

Laboratory indices of hospitalized sickle cell disease patients, prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogenic bacterial isolates at MRCG ward in the Gambia

Mustapha Dibbasey, Mamudou Dahaba, Francess Sarfo, Ida Jallow-Manneh, Buntung Ceesay, Solomon Umukoro, Mouhamadou Fadel Diop, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa

Evaluation and optimization of the syndromic management of female genital tract infections in Nairobi, Kenya

Gloria S. Omosa-Manyonyi, Marloes de Kam, Alma Tostmann, Mwasi A. Masido, Nyawira Nyagah, Moses M. Obimbo, Andre J.A.M. van der Ven, Jaap ten Oever

A case of meningitis caused by Ralstonia insidiosa, a rare opportunistic pathogen

Lindan Liao, Dan Lin, Zhiqiang Liu, Yan Gao, Kezhang Hu

Prevalence and trends of advanced HIV disease among antiretroviral therapy-naïve and antiretroviral therapy-experienced patients in South Africa between 2010-2021: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Marcel K. Kitenge, Geoffrey Fatti, Ingrid Eshun-Wilson, Omololu Aluko, Peter Nyasulu

Clinical burden of invasive Escherichia coli disease among older adult patients treated in hospitals in the United States

Luis Hernandez-Pastor, Jeroen Geurtsen, Bryan Baugh, Antoine C. El Khoury, Nnanya Kalu, Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle, Rebecca Bungay, Martin Cloutier, Michal Sarnecki, Elie Saade

Point-of-care testing in private pharmacy and drug retail settings: a narrative review

Justine Tin Nok Chan, Van Nguyen, Thuy Ngan Tran, Nam Vinh Nguyen, Nga Thi Thuy Do, H. Rogier van Doorn, Sonia Lewycka

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Machine learning pipeline for blood culture outcome prediction using Sysmex XN-2000 blood sample results in Western Australia

Benjamin R. McFadden, Timothy J. J. Inglis, Mark Reynolds

The impact of integrase inhibitors on steatosis and fibrosis biomarkers in persons with HIV naïve to antiretroviral therapy

Sara Rodrigues Fernandes, Ana Rita Leite, Rita Lino, André Rodrigues Guimarães, Carmela Pineiro, Rosário Serrão, Paula Freitas

Prognostic models for estimating severity of disease and predicting 30-day mortality of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: a bicentric retrospective study

Jieen Huang, Yanzhu Chen, Ming Li, Shujin Xie, Huasheng Tong, Zhusheng Guo, Yi Chen

Measuring leprosy case detection delay and associated factors in Indonesia: a community-based study

Yudhy Dharmawan, Ida J. Korfage, Ulfah Abqari, Bagoes Widjanarko, Jan Hendrik Richardus

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Characteristics and genomic epidemiology of colistin-resistant Enterobacterales from farmers, swine, and hospitalized patients in Thailand, 2014–2017

Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Lauren M. Brinkac, Elita Jauneikaite, Richard C. White, Chris Greco, Chakkraphong Seenama, Teerawit Tangkoskul, Kevin Nguyen, Derrick E. Fouts, Visanu Thamlikitkul

Norfloxacin versus alternative antibiotics for prophylaxis of spontaneous bacteria peritonitis in cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Shuailing Song, Yi Yang, Chong Geng, Zeya Tang, Chunhui Wang, Xiao Li

Attrition one year after starting antiretroviral therapy before and after the programmatic implementation of HIV “Treat All” in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Richard Makurumidze, Tom Decroo, Bart K. M. Jacobs, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Wim Van Damme, Lutgarde Lynen, Tinne Gils

Case report: a case report and literature analysis on intestinal tuberculosis intestinal perforation complicated by umbilical intestinal fistula and bladder ileal fistula

Guobin Liu, Tianyan Chen, Xiaofeng Song, Bolin Chen, Quan Kang

Osteoarticular infection caused by Talaromyces Marneffei and Salmonella in a person living with HIV: a case report

Lele Yu, Binhai Zhang, Jinchuan Shi, Mengyan Wang, Hu Wan

Effect of interesting respiratory rehabilitation training for the treatment of refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

Wenqing Li, Ting Liu, Min Yao, Ru Yu, Meiyan Shu, Maorong Zhang, Jing Huang

Associations of water, sanitation, and hygiene with typhoid fever in case–control studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chaelin Kim, Gerard R. Goucher, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Woojoo Lee, Kaja Abbas, Jong-Hoon Kim

Immunogenicity and safety of inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine compared with the trivalent vaccine for influenza infection: an overview of systematic reviews

Rodrigo Luiz Carregaro, Alessandra N. C. P. Roscani, Augusto Cesar Sousa Raimundo, Larissa Ferreira, Tazio Vanni, Maria da Graça Salomão, Livia Fernandes Probst, Juliana Yukari K. Viscondi

The effect of follow-up blood cultures on mortality and antibiotic use in gram-negative bloodstream infections

Mehmet Yildiz, Hamid Habibi, Fatma Betul Altin, Seref Kerem Corbacioglu, Hasan Selcuk Ozger

Comparative study of diagnostic efficacy of sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid specimens in community-acquired pneumonia children treated with fiberoptic bronchoscopy

Le Wang, Sukun Lu, Yinghui Guo, Jianhua Liu, Peng Wu, Shuo Yang

Molecular investigations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes among baseline and follow-up strains circulating in four regions of Eswatini

Talent C. Dlamini, Brenda T. Mkhize, Clive Sydney, Nontuthuko E. Maningi, Lesibana A. Malinga

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Trends in microbiological epidemiology of orthopedic infections: a large retrospective study from 2008 to 2021

Boyong Wang, Qiaojie Wang, Musha Hamushan, Jinlong Yu, Feng Jiang, Mingzhang Li, Geyong Guo, Jin Tang, Pei Han, Hao Shen

Association between cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2B antisense RNA 1 and zinc finger homeobox 3 gene polymorphisms and COVID-19 severity

Eman A. Badr, Nesreen G. Elhelbawy, Alaa Osama Nagy, Amany A. Sultan, Shereen S. Elnaidany

Dyspareunia, signs of epithelial disruption, sexual abstinence, and HIV status in female sex workers in Nairobi: a cross-sectional study

Bastian Fischer, Walter Jaoko, Elvis Kirui, Bernard Muture, Isaac Madegwa, Lisbeth Kageni

Evaluating the impact of point-of-care HIV viral load assessment on linkage to care in Baltimore, MD: a randomized controlled trial

Mohammad Harris Bayan, Travis Smalls, Alec Boudreau, Agha W. Mirza, Courtney Pasco, Zoe O Demko, Richard E. Rothman, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Susan H. Eshleman, Heba H. Mostafa, Nathalie Gonzalez-Jimenez, Pollyanna R. Chavez, Brian Emerson, Kevin P. Delaney, Debra Daugherty, Robin J. MacGowan, Yukari C. Manabe, Matthew M. Hamill

Isolated collagenoma in an HIV-positive patient on ART: a case report

Kevin K. Wu, Masoud Movassaghi, Brittney DeClerck, Maggie Chow

Seasonality of cholera in Kolkata and the influence of climate

Debbie Shackleton, Theo Economou, Fayyaz Ali Memon, Albert Chen, Shanta Dutta, Suman Kanungo, Alok Deb

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria lung disease due to Mycobacterium chimaera in a 67-year-old man treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors for lung adenocarcinoma: infection due to dysregulated immunity?

Cecilia Azzarà, Andrea Lombardi, Andrea Gramegna, Margherita Ori, Andrea Gori, Francesco Blasi, Alessandra Bandera

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Enhanced detection rate of Mycoplasma genitalium in urine overtime by transcription-mediated amplification in comparison to real-time PCR

Nikki Adriaens, Anne-Marije Pennekamp, Alje P. van Dam, Sylvia M. Bruisten

Trends and associated factors of HIV, HCV and syphilis infection among different drug users in the China–Vietnam border area: an 11-year cross-sectional study (2010–2020)

Tong Luo, Zhaosen Lin, Zhenxian Wu, Ping Cen, Aidan Nong, Rongye Huang, Jianhua Che, Fengfeng Liang, Yuan Yang, Jie Liu, Li Huang, Jie Cai, Yanyun Ou, Li Ye, Lijuan Bao, Bingyu Liang, Hao Liang

Pulmonary fat embolism: a potentially new fatal complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection. A case report

Jiangwei Kong, Tengfei Yang, Fu Zhang, XinBiao Liao, Sihao Du, Xingan Yang, Dongri Li

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infection in the older adults: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Xiaohui Jing, Menglin Han, Xiaoxuan Wang, Li Zhou

Prophylaxis by doravirine-lamivudine-tenofovir disoproxil fumarate or elvitegravir-cobicistat-emtricitabine-tenofovir alafenamide after sexual exposure to HIV

Inès Devred, Kick Kayembe, Nadia Valin, Hayette Rougier, Bruce Wuembulua Shinga, Sidonie Lambert-Niclot, Thibault Chiarabini, Marie-Caroline Meyohas, Karine Lacombe

Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia epidemiology: resistance profiles and clinical outcome of King Fahad Medical City isolates, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Taghreed A. Hafiz, Sarah Alanazi, Shahad S. Alghamdi, Murad A. Mubaraki, Waleed Aljabr, Nouf Madkhali, Sarah R. Alharbi, Khalifa Binkhamis, Fawzia Alotaibi

Empirical antibiotic treatment for community-acquired pneumonia and accuracy for Legionella pneumophila, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Clamydophila pneumoniae: a descriptive cross-sectional study of adult patients in the emergency department

Morten Hjarnø Lorentzen, Flemming Schønning Rosenvinge, Annmarie Touborg Lassen, Ole Graumann, Christian B. Laursen, Christian Backer Mogensen, Helene Skjøt-Arkil

Immune responses of patients on maintenance hemodialysis after infection by SARS-CoV-2: a prospective observational cohort study

Dimitra Bacharaki, Minas Karagiannis, Panagiotis Giannakopoulos, Evangelos Papachristou, Dimitrios Divanis, Aggeliki Sardeli, Dimitra Petrou, Petros Nikolopoulos, Adamantia Bratsiakou, Vassiliki Zoi, Nikitas Piliouras, Georgia Damoraki, Vassilios Liakopoulos, Dimitrios Goumenos, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacterial uropathogens among adult patients in Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Yahya A. Almutawif, Hamza M. A. Eid

Staphylococcus epidermidis induced toxic shock syndrome (TSS) secondary to influenza infection

Charis Armeftis, Andreas Ioannou, Theodorakis Lazarou, Achilleas Giannopoulos, Efrosyni Dimitriadou, Kostantinos Makrides, Zoi Dorothea Pana

Prevalence and risk factors of tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cong-Cong Qi, Li-Ran Xu, Chang-Jia Zhao, Hai-Yan Zhang, Qing-Ya Li, Mei-Jun Liu, Ye-Xuan Zhang, Zhou Tang, Xiu-Xia Ma

Multicenter, randomized controlled, open label evaluation of the efficacy and safety of arbidol hydrochloride tablets in the treatment of influenza-like cases

Xinfeng Bai, Suya Xi, Guiyan Chen, Xiaoying Fan, Kaiwei Wang, Yong Li, Yang Zhao, Weizhan Wang, Yingping Tian

Comorbidity and drug resistance of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the yi autonomous prefecture of China: a cross-sectional study

Tao Wang, Chaoxin Zhou, Lan Shang, Xiyuan Zhou

Unraveling virulence determinants in extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from East Africa using whole-genome sequencing

Ivan Sserwadda, Benson R. Kidenya, Stephen Kanyerezi, Inyasi Lawrence Akaro, Baraka Mkinze, Stephen E. Mshana, Suhaila O. Hashim, Everlyne Isoe, Jeremiah Seni, Moses L. Joloba, Gerald Mboowa

Etiology and clinical features of infection-associated plastic bronchitis in children

Feng Huang, Wenjing Gu, Jianfeng Diwu, Xinxing Zhang, Yanyu He, Youjian Zhang, Zhengrong Chen, Li Huang, Meijuan Wang, Heting Dong, Shanshan Wang, Yuqing Wang, Canhong Zhu, Chuangli Hao

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A “safety cap” for improving hospital sanitation and reducing potential disease transmission

Lilong Liu, Yan Deng, Shouli Xia, Zengpeng Sun, Zhipeng Zhu, Weiyi Chen, Dongdong Xiao, Weiyong Sheng, Ke Chen

Can vitamin B6 alleviate the adverse reactions of quadruple anti-Helicobacter pylori regimen? : randomized controlled trial

Meng-Yan Cui, Meng-Jie Zhang, Qiao-Li Jiang, Zhong-Mei Pei, Zhen-Yu Cui, Mei Kang, Lun-Gen Lu, Ying-Ying Lu

Impact of COVID-19 on the changing pattern of human orthopneumovirus (respiratory syncytial virus) infection in Iran

Jila Yavarian, Somayeh Shatizadeh Malekshahi, Marziyeh Faraji-Zonouz, Shirin Kalantari, Sevrin Zadheidar, Sara Saghafi, Faezeh Tarpour, Arash Letafati, Akram sadat Ahmadi, Nazanin-Zahra Shafiei-Jandaghi, Talat Mokhtari-Azad

Fatal BK polyomavirus-associated pneumonia: report of two cases with literature review

Yuchen Wang, Yiling Fang, Ziyan Yan, Renfei Xia, Wenli Zeng, Wenfeng Deng, Jian Xu, Xiaoqin Feng, Jie Peng, Yun Miao

Strengthening antimicrobial resistance surveillance systems: a scoping review

Phu Cong Do, Yibeltal Alemu Assefa, Suliasi Mekerusa Batikawai, Simon Andrew Reid

COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy: the impact of multimorbidity and smoking status on vaccine hesitancy, a cohort study of 25,111 women in Wales, UK

Mohamed Mhereeg, Hope Jones, Jonathan Kennedy, Mike Seaborne, Michael Parker, Natasha Kennedy, Ashley Akbari, Luisa Zuccolo, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Alisha Davies, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Sinead Brophy

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Global prevalence of asymptomatic norovirus infection in outbreaks: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jun Wang, Zhao Gao, Zu-rong Yang, Kun Liu, Hui Zhang

Genomic classification and antimicrobial resistance profiling of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae isolates associated with paediatric otitis media and upper respiratory infection

Briallen Lobb, Matthew C. Lee, Christi L. McElheny, Yohei Doi, Kristin Yahner, Alejandro Hoberman, Judith M. Martin, Jeremy A. Hirota, Andrew C. Doxey, Nader Shaikh

HIV/STD prevalence and test uptake among african in Guangzhou, China: an analysis of data from hospital-based surveillance

Mingzhou Xiong, Menglan Yang, Peizhen Zhao, Shujie Huang, Cheng Wang

Risk factors and longitudinal changes of dyslipidemia among Chinese people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy

Xiuxia Li, Xiaojing Song, Yang Han, Zhifeng Qiu, Wei Cao, Taisheng Li

HCV knowledge and attitudes among HIV-negative MSM and MSM living with HIV in China: results from a cross-sectional online survey

Wenqian Xu, Peizhen Zhao, Haiyi Li, Cheng Wang

Cardiac hydatid disease; a systematic review

Erfan Banisefid, Kosar Baghernezhad, Rasa Beheshti, Sina Hamzehzadeh, Soheil Nemati, Zahra Samadifar, Hamid Owaysee Osquee, Elnaz Javanshir, Amirreza Naseri

Extra-urogenital infection by Mycoplasma hominis in transplant patients: two case reports and literature review

Afrinash Ahamad, Fainareti N. Zervou, Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld

Differential expression of biomarkers in saliva related to SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with mild, moderate and severe COVID-19

Lázaro Verdiguel-Fernández, Rene Arredondo-Hernández, Jesús Andrés Mejía-Estrada, Adolfo Ortiz, Antonio Verdugo-Rodríguez, Patricia Orduña, Samuel Ponce de León-Rosales, Juan José Calva, Yolanda López-Vidal

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Risk factors of peripheral venous catheter-related complication and infection in children with bronchopneumonia

Hong-mei Li, Li-li Wan, Cai-xiang Jin, Guo-ying Zhang, Hui Yang, Xiao-yu Zhang

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Correction: Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infections among food handlers working at higher public University student’s cafeterias and public food establishments in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Birhan Alemnew, Getnet Gedefaw, Gedefaw Diress Alen, Asmamaw Demis Bizuneh

Predictive models for short-term mortality and length of hospital stay among adults with community-onset bacteraemia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: application of early data dynamics

Ching-Chi Lee, Yuan-Pin Hung, Chih-Chia Hsieh, Ching-Yu Ho, Chiao-Ya Hsu, Cheng-Te Li, Wen-Chien Ko

Clinical characteristics and prognostic nomograms of 12555 non-severe COVID-19 cases with Omicron infection in Shanghai

Chun Yin, Bo Hu, Kunyan Li, Xian Liu, Shuili Wang, Rulin He, Haibing Ding, Mingpeng Jin, Cheng Chen

Tracking the geographical origin of Plasmodium falciparum causing a rare severe case of malaria imported into Palestine, a zero-indigenous case area

Anas Al-Jawabreh, Suheir Ereqat, Amer Al-Jawabreh, Ahmed Al-Jawabreh, Hanan Al-Jawabreh, Abedelmajeed Nasereddin

Outpatient management of urinary tract infections by medical officers in Nairobi, Kenya: lack of benefit from audit and feedback on adherence to treatment guidelines

Florence Njeri Mbatia, James Orwa, Mary B. Adam, Gulnaz Mahomoud, Rodney D. Adam

BK viraemia as a cause of anaemia in after ABO-incompatible liver transplant: a case report

Lucy McMullen, Liane Khoo, Lyndal Anderson, Simone Strasser, David M Gracey

Comparison of the risk of hospital admission, need for ventilation, sepsis, pneumonitis and death among the recent monkeypox outbreak and historical outbreaks

Florian Gaertner, Saskia Preissner, William Arthur Petri Jr., Olubunmi Atolani, Max Heiland, Susanne Nahles, Robert Preissner, Moritz Hertel

Early discontinuation of combination antibiotic therapy in severe community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

Pauline Guillot, Flora Delamaire, Arnaud Gacouin, Benoit Painvin, Caroline Piau, Florian Reizine, Mathieu Lesouhaitier, Jean-Marc Tadié, Adel Maamar

Updated beliefs and shaken confidence: evidence from vaccine hesitancy caused by experiencing “COVID arm”

Taiyo Fukai, Keisuke Kawata, Masaki Nakabayashi

The incidence rate of tuberculosis and its associated factors among HIV-positive persons in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Temesgen Gebeyehu Wondmeneh, Ayal Tsegaye Mekonnen

Analysis of the dynamic changes in gut microbiota in patients with different severity in sepsis

Yanli Liu, Yanan Guo, Su Hu, Yujun Wang, Lijuan Zhang, Li Yu, Feng Geng

Association between contextual factors and coverage of the Acwy meningococcal vaccine, after three years of its overdue, in the vaccination calendar of adolescents in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: global space regressions

Josianne Dias Gusmão, Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez, Larissa Loures Mendes, Milene Cristine Pessoa, Sheila Aparecida Ferreira Lachtim, Mariana Santos Felisbino-Mendes, Luana Carolina Santos, Gilmar José Coelho Rodrigues, Aline Mendes Vimieiro, Ed Wilson Rodrigues Vieira, Fernanda Penido Matozinhos

Intestinal parasitic infections and their potential risk factors among prison inmates in Valencia, Spain

Carla Muñoz-Antoli, María José Irisarri-Gutiérrez, Lucrecia Acosta, María José Bonet, J. Guillermo Esteban, Rafael Toledo

Dialister pneumosintes and aortic graft infection – a case report

Rachel Patel, Debra S. T. Chong, Alison J. Guy, Matthew Kennedy

Sexually transmitted infections and associated risk factors among the transgender population of Pakistan

Hasnain Javed, Abida Bano, Warda Fatima, Rimsha Khan, Asma Akhtar

Newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient with antiretroviral therapy-induced immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a case report

Min-ChunYeh, Han-Chuan Chuang, Shuen-Fu Weng, Chung-Huei Hsu, Chen-Ling Huang, Yu-Pei Lin, Yan-Yu Lin, Yu-Shan Hsieh

Immune and cytokine alterations and RNA-sequencing analysis in gestational tissues from pregnant women after recovery from COVID-19

Xing Xin, Weiqi Yao, Zijing Zhang, Xin Yang, Shufang Li, Ying Zhu, Cong Zhang, Long Zhang, Hailong Huang, Tengyun Dong, Haibo Dong, Ling Feng, Shaoshuai Wang

The long-term efficacy of tick-borne encephalitis vaccines available in Europe - a systematic review

Wojciech Miazga, Katarzyna Wnuk, Tomasz Tatara, Jakub Świtalski, Adrian Matera, Urszula Religioni, Mariusz Gujski

Reconstructing the cytokine view for the multi-view prediction of COVID-19 mortality

Yueying Wang, Zhao Wang, Yaqing Liu, Qiong Yu, Yujia Liu, Changfan Luo, Siyang Wang, Hongmei Liu, Mingyou Liu, Gongyou Zhang, Yusi Fan, Kewei Li, Lan Huang, Meiyu Duan, Fengfeng Zhou

Norovirus infection among HIV-infected patients in Abuja, Nigeria: impact of combination antiretroviral therapy status

Favour Osazuwa, William Olayemi Johnson, Hailey Seth Grobler

Facilitators and barriers for tuberculosis preventive treatment among patients with latent tuberculosis infection: a qualitative study

Anusha Manoharan, H. Siti Nur Farhana, K. Manimaran, Ee Ming Khoo, Wen Ming Koh

Clinical and microbiological characterization of Salmonella spp. isolates from patients treated in a university hospital in South America between 2012–2021: a cohort study

Fernando Rosso, David E. Rebellón-Sánchez, Julio Llanos-Torres, Leidy Johanna Hurtado-Bermudez, Laura Ayerbe, John Harold Suárez, Nicolás Orozco-Echeverri, Cristhian Camilo Rojas-Perdomo, Isabel Lucia Zapata-Vasquez, Jaime Patiño-Niño, Luis Gabriel Parra-Lara

Antibiotic prescribing practices for acute respiratory illness in children less than 24 months of age in Kenema, Sierra Leone: is it time to move beyond algorithm driven decision making?

Troy D. Moon, Ibrahim Sumah, Gustavo Amorim, Foday Alhasan, Leigh M. Howard, Harriett Myers, Ann F. Green, Donald S. Grant, John S. Schieffelin, Robert J. Samuels

Highly sensitive and rapid point-of-care testing for HIV-1 infection based on CRISPR-Cas13a system

Xiaohui Li, Bin Su, Lan Yang, Zhihua Kou, Hao Wu, Tong Zhang, Lifeng Liu, Yao Han, Mengwei Niu, Yansong Sun, Hao Li, Taiyi Jiang

Exploring causal mechanisms and essential factors in the prevention and control of chlamydia in Guangdong, Southern China: a study protocol

Wenjun He, Peizhen Zhao, Tao Yang, Yuting Wan, Dadong Wu, Xiaoshan Chen, Zizhen Huang, Huanyuan Luo, Dong (Roman) Xu, Shujie Huang, Cheng Wang

A scoping review of media campaign strategies used to reach populations living with or at high risk for Hepatitis C in high income countries to inform future national campaigns in the United Kingdom

David Etoori, Monica Desai, Sema Mandal, William Rosenberg, Caroline A Sabin

Validation of sTREM-1 and IL-6 based algorithms for outcome prediction of COVID-19

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A case of pulmonary tuberculosis patient complicated with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and scrub typhus in Yunnan, China: a case report

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A case report of a brain abscess due to prevotella oris and a review of the literature

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The prevalence of Carbapenem Resistance Gram negative pathogens in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Jordan

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Predicting sepsis onset in ICU using machine learning models: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Herpes zoster associated with stroke incidence in people living with human immunodeficiency virus: a nested case–control study

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Genotypic and phenotypic comparison of drug resistance profiles of clinical multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates using whole genome sequencing in Latvia

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Antimicrobial resistance pattern of Klebsiella isolated from various clinical samples in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Comparison between available early antiviral treatments in outpatients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a real-life study

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Correction: SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infection in the older adults: a meta-analysis and systematic review

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Leptospirosis in humans and selected animals in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2014–2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection of diabetic foot ulcers in an eastern diabetic foot center in a tertiary hospital in China: a retrospective study

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Validity of claims-based diagnoses for infectious diseases common among immunocompromised patients in Japan

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Reviewing the journey to the clinical application of bacteriophages to treat multi-drug-resistant bacteria

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Identification of the potential association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and acute kidney injury based on the shared gene signatures and regulatory network

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Modeling homophily in dynamic networks with application to HIV molecular surveillance

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Uncoupling of the center-to-periphery arterial stiffness gradient and pulse pressure amplification in viral pneumonia infection

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Unregulated medication use and complications: a case study of prolonged self-treated tuberculosis in Nepal

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Prevalence of urinary tract infection and antimicrobial resistance patterns of uropathogens with biofilm forming capacity among outpatients in morogoro, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

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Optimization strategy for the early timing of bronchoalveolar lavage treatment for children with severe mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

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Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections among patients on maintenance haemodialysis: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital in Ghana

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A hybrid model for tuberculosis forecasting based on empirical mode decomposition in China

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Physical activity and survival in chronic comorbidity among adult HIV patients in Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study

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Epidemiologic characteristics of high-risk HPV and the correlation between multiple infections and cervical lesions

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One-year mortality prediction for patients with sepsis: a nomogram integrating lactic dehydrogenase and clinical characteristics

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Epidemiological characteristics and spatio-temporal analysis of brucellosis in Shandong province, 2015–2021

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Characterization and predictive risk scoring of long COVID in a south indian cohort after breakthrough COVID infection; a prospective single centre study

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A retrospective study of Aeromonas hydrophila infections at a university tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia

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The efficacy and safety of remdesivir alone and in combination with other drugs for the treatment of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Transmitted drug resistance and subtype patterns of viruses from reported new HIV diagnoses in Germany, 2017–2020

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Risk factors for clinical stages of COVID-19 amongst employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worldwide over a period of 12 months

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Machine learning model for the prediction of gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infection based on routine laboratory parameters

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Risk factors and titers of COVID-19 infection in a longitudinal statewide seroepidemiology cohort

Elizabeth T. Rogawski McQuade, Lea Becker, Suzanne E. Stroup, Fauzia Khan, Bhruga Shah, John Brush, Gay Goldsmith, Rebecca Mullin, Danielle Guilliams, Christopher deFilippi, Kathleen Barackman, Andrea B. Mohr, Francis Farrell, Gonzalo Bearman, Lilian Peake, Eric R. Houpt

A nomogram based on the expression level of angiopoietin-like 4 to predict the severity of community-acquired pneumonia

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Efficacy of mouthwash on reducing salivary SARS-CoV-2 viral load and clinical symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Reconstructing COVID-19 incidences from positive RT-PCR tests by deconvolution

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A new method for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis based on the CRISPR/Cas system

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Correction: Can HIV self-testing reach first-time testers? A telephone survey among self-test end users in Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal

Arsène Kouassi Kra, Arlette Simo Fotso, Kouassi Noël N’guessan, Olivier Geoffroy, Sidibé Younoussa, Odé Kanku Kabemba, Papa Alioune Gueye, Pauline Dama Ndeye, Nicolas Rouveau, Marie-Claude Boily, Romain Silhol, Marc d’Elbée, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Anthony Vautier, Joseph Larmarange

Joint modeling of longitudinal changes of pulse rate and body temperature with time to recovery of pneumonia patients under treatment: a prospective cohort study

Getu Dessie Biru, Muluwerk Ayele Derebe, Demeke Lakew Workie

The application value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in community-acquired purulent meningitis after antibiotic intervention

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EuCARE-POSTCOVID Study: a multicentre cohort study on long-term post-COVID-19 manifestations

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Fosfomycin-induced agranulocytosis: a case report and review of the literature

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Nosocomial infections in the surgical intensive care unit: an observational retrospective study from a large tertiary hospital in Palestine

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Herpes Virus Infections in Kidney Transplant Patients (HINT) – a prospective observational cohort study

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Comparison of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) incidence data from the novel LeCellPHIA participatory surveillance system with COVID-19 case count data, Lesotho, July 2020 – July 2021

Sarah D. Francis, Gerald Mwima, Molibeli Lethoko, Christiana Chang, Shannon M. Farley, Fred Asiimwe, Qixuan Chen, Christine West, Abigail R. Greenleaf

A case of Vagococcus fluvialis isolated from the bile of a patient with calculous cholecystitis

Dan Zhang, Xiaosu Wang, Jingdan Yu, Zheng Dai, Qichao Li, Litao Zhang

EuCARE-hospitalised study protocol: a cohort study of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in the EuCARE project

Pontus Hedberg, Benedetta Varisco, Francesca Bai, Anders Sönnerborg, Pontus Naucler, Nico Pfeifer, Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri, Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein, Daniel Naumovas, Francis Drobniewski, Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, Cristina Toscano, Miłosz Parczewski, Gibran Horemheb Rubio Quintanares, Matilu Mwau, Jorge A. Pinto, Francesca Incardona, Chiara Mommo, Giulia Marchetti

Impact of COVID-19 on epidemic trend of hepatitis C in Henan Province assessed by interrupted time series analysis

Yanyan Li, Xinxiao Li, Xianxiang Lan, Chenlu Xue, Bingjie Zhang, YongBin Wang

Association between gut microbiota and influenza: a bidirectional two-sample mendelian randomization study

Fan Xu, Xiuyuan Gan, Yang Tao, Dongling Li, Puguang Xie, Fangying Liu, Fan Yang, Yu Ma

The effect of COVID-19 on the frequency of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: a monocentric, retrospective, and observational study

Valentina Del Prete, Giovangiacinto Paterno, Oreste Cennamo, Federica Berrilli, David Di Cave

Aortic endograft infection by Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense with acquired clarithromycin resistance: a case report

Yutaro Akiyama, Noriko Iwamoto, Keisuke Kamada, Atsushi Yoshida, Asami Osugi, Satoshi Mitarai, Tetsuya Suzuki, Kei Yamamoto, Maki Nagashima, Tetsuya Horai, Norio Ohmagari

Evaluation of different diagnostic methods for spinal tuberculosis infection

Zhaoxin Li, Jin Wang, Xin Xiu, Zhenpeng Shi, Qiang Zhang, Deqiang Chen

Relation between red blood cell distribution width and 30-day in-hospital mortality of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

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Association between ICU admission (neutrophil + monocyte)/lymphocyte ratio and 30-day mortality in patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study

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In-hospital adverse outcomes and risk factors among chronic kidney disease patients infected with the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2: a single-center retrospective study

Yue Guo, Yifei Guo, Huajian Ying, Weien Yu, Shiqi Chen, Yao Zhang, Shenyan Zhang, Yanxue Lin, Feng Sun, Yongmei Zhang, Jie Yu, Ke Ma, Lunxiu Qin, Feng Long, Haoxiang Zhu, Richeng Mao, Jun Xue, Jiming Zhang

Clinical characteristics of tuberculous meningitis in older patients compared with younger and middle-aged patients: a retrospective analysis

Xiaolin Zhu, Na He, Le Tong, Zhi Han Gu, Hong Li

A score to predict Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in older patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Kingkarn Wijit, Paveena Sonthisombat, Jaruwan Diewsurin

Online commercial sex-seeking among female sex workers in south China: a cross-sectional study

Peizhen Zhao, Wenqian Xu, Rouxuan Ye, Yijia Shi, Cheng Wang

Genetic clues to COVID-19 severity: exploring the stromal cell-derived factor-1/CXCL12 rs2839693 polymorphism in adult Egyptians

Osama H. Korayem, Amr E. Ahmed, Mohamed H. Meabed, Doaa M. Magdy, Wafaa M. Abdelghany

An epidemiological surveillance study (2021–2022): detection of a high diversity of Clostridioides difficile isolates in one tertiary hospital in Chongqing, Southwest China

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The burden of anemia among Chinese HIV-infected patients following the initiation of antiretroviral therapy in the treat-all era: a nationwide cohort study

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Hepatitis C virus prevalence among men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study in 12 Brazilian cities

Vanessa C. M. Silva, Lígia R. F. S. Kerr, Carl Kendall, Rosa S. Mota, Mark Drew C. Guimarães, Andréa F. Leal, Edgar Merchan-Hamann, Inês Dourado, Maria Amélia Veras, Ana Maria de Brito, Alexandre K. Pontes, Raimunda H. M. Macena, Daniela Knauth, Luana N. G. C. Lima, Socorro Cavalcante, Ana Cláudia Camillo, Ximena P. Díaz-Bermudez, Lisangela C. Oliveira, Laio Magno, Marcílio F. Lemos, Adriana P. Compri, Ana Rita C. Motta-Castro, Regina C. Moreira

Ototoxicity associated with extended dalbavancin treatment for a shoulder prosthetic joint infection

Anna Lange, Ulrica Thunberg, Bo Söderquist

Severe anemia, severe leukopenia, and severe thrombocytopenia of amphotericin B deoxycholate-based induction therapy in patients with HIV-associated talaromycosis: a subgroup analysis of a prospective multicenter cohort study

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A systematic review of the data, methods and environmental covariates used to map Aedes-borne arbovirus transmission risk

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Ceftazidime/avibactam combined with colistin: a novel attempt to treat carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli infection

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Pathogens in PICU before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in China: a multicenter retrospective study

Jingwen Ni, Zhe Zhao, Chun Wang, Youpeng Jin, Yi Wang, Zhenhua Liang, Shujun Li, Jie Chen, Yanqiang Du, Yipei Li, Hanwu Huang, Yuxiong Guo, Yujie Zhong, Zhichun Feng, Kenan Fang, Xiaoyang Hong

Profiling risk factors for separation of infection complications in patients with gastrointestinal and nodal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

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Awareness of and willingness to use oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among sexually active adults in Malawi: results from the 2020 Malawi population-based HIV impact assessment

Alinune Nathanael Kabaghe, Victor Singano, Danielle Payne, Alice Maida, Rose Nyirenda, Kelsey Mirkovic, Andreas Jahn, Pragna Patel, Kristin Brown, Mansoor Farahani, Felix Kayigamba, Lyson Tenthani, Francis Ogollah, Andrew Auld, Fatima Zulu, Wezi Msungama, Nellie Wadonda-Kabondo

Rapid prototyping of models for COVID-19 outbreak detection in workplaces

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Nucleocapsid single point-mutation associated with drop-out on RT-PCR assay for SARS-CoV-2 detection

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