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BMC Infectious Diseases

Issue 1/2025

Content (901 Articles)

Association between latent toxoplasmosis and bipolar disorder: a case-control seroprevalence study

Abdol Sattar Pagheh, Adele Sadat Talebian, Tooran Nayeri, Ali Akbar Esmaeili, Fatemeh Rezaei, Eisa Nazar, Masood Ziaee

Dietary diversity and opportunistic infections among adults living with human immunodeficiency virus on antiretroviral therapy in Kumasi metropolis; a facility-based cross-sectional study

Charles Apprey, Hammond Yaw Addae, Monica Osei, Irene Danquah, Reginald Annan

Genomic and epidemiological analysis of SARS-CoV-2 variants isolated in Guinea: a routine sequencing implementation

Aminata Mbaye, Haby Diallo, Thibaut Armel Cherif Gnimadi, Kadio Jean Jacques Olivier Kadio, Abdoul Karim Soumah, Joel Balle Koivogui, Jean Louis Monemou, Moriba Kowa Povogui, Djiba Kaba, Castro Hounmenou, Laetitia Serrano, Christelle Butel, Nicolas Fernandez Nuñez, Nicole Vidal, Emilande Guichet, Eric Delaporte, Ahidjo Ayouba, Martine Peeters, Abdoulaye Toure, Alpha Kabinet Keita

Unusual presentation of esophageal tuberculosis: a case study

Ming Xue, Yue-Can Zeng

Impact of trachoma elimination efforts in afar regional state, Ethiopia: survey findings from 26 evaluation units

  • Open Access
  • Research

Getachew Gebreselassie, Kasahun Negash, Dawit Woga, Misrak Makonnen, Baye Deneke, Muluken Desalegn, Seada Ali, Colin L. Beckwith, Fentahun Tadesse, Fikre Seife, Genet Kiflu, Fikreab Kebede

Modified TPPA combined with western blotting facilitates syphilis diagnosis in isolated reactive treponemal chemiluminescence immunoassay sera: a prospective cohort study

Xia Luo, Hua Xiao, Yanfang Lu, Weiming Gu, Ziyong Sun, Jing Peng, Liming Cheng

Incidence and risk factors of Vancomycin-induced thrombocytopenia: a six-year real-world study

Yuanchao Zhu, Lishuang Huang, Jingjing Zhang, Liang Liang, Pengfei Jin

Clinical presentation and predictors of hospital mortality of diphtheria in Nigeria, July 2023 to April 2024: a single-center study

Abdurrazzaq Alege, Olayinka Rasheed Ibrahim, Rasheedat Mobolaji Ibraheem, Olajide Aladesua, Abubakar Sani Lugga, Yunusa Yusuf Yahaya, Abdallah Sanda, Bello Muhammed Suleiman

Modeling COVID-19 dynamics in the Basque Country: characterizing population immunity profile from 2020 to 2022

Bechir Naffeti, Zeineb Ounissi, Akhil Kumar Srivastav, Nico Stollenwerk, Joseba Bidaurrazaga Van-Dierdonck, Maíra Aguiar

Integration of metabolomics methodologies for the development of predictive models for mortality risk in elderly patients with severe COVID-19

Shanpeng Cui, Qiuyuan Han, Ran Zhang, Siyao Zeng, Ying Shao, Yue Li, Ming Li, Wenhua Liu, Junbo Zheng, Hongliang Wang

Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia - evolutionary aspects on chest CT

Na Yang, Zhengqiu Ou, Qian Sun, Junping Pan, Jing Wu, Chen Xue

Assessment of the impact of different SARS-CoV-2 inactivation operations on colistin sulfate plasma concentration results

Ying-Chao Ma, Xiu-Ling Yang, Jian-Jun Gu

Risk factors for bloodstream infection in COVID-19 patients in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jun Wang, Ting Jiang

Seroprevalence of HSV-2 in multiple subgroups of infertile men with abnormal sperm parameters and those seeking sex selection: a case-control study

Mohamad Javad Mahmodi, Somayeh Shatizadeh Malekshahi, Haleh Soltanghoraee

Effect of flood on the cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence in northeast of Iran: an interrupted time series study

Mostafa Majidnia, Atefeh Khoshkchali, Ahmad Khosravi

Bacterial isolates and drug susceptibility patterns in infected lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients at ALERT hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gizealew Ayalew, Asegedech Asmamaw, Mistire Wolde, Regasa Diriba, Biruk Zerfu

Existing problems and new advice on stage criteria of natural history for chronic hepatitis B

Tongjing Xing

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of hospitalized pediatric patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in China: a retrospective multicenter study

Yuqian Zhang, Chenglei Su, Yang Zhang, Shuo Ding, Xianliang Yan, Jianguo Zhang, Zhimin Tao

Emergence and clinical challenges of ST11-K64 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: molecular insights and implications for antimicrobial resistance and virulence in Southwest China

Linlin LI, Jiahui Liang, Huan Zhang, Jing Guo, Shan LI, Meng Li

Prevalence of intestinal parasites and Helicobacter pylori co-infection in people with gastrointestinal symptoms in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yenesew Mihret Wondmagegn, Getu Girmay, Gashaw Azanaw Amare, Muluneh Assefa, Mebratu Tamir, Zufan Yiheyis Abriham, Abebaw Setegn

Wealth-based inequalities in tuberculosis prevalence among households having children and young adults in India: insights from Indian demographic and health surveys (2015–2021)

Saurabh Singh, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Sorabh Lakhanpal, Suhas Ballal, Sanjay Kumar, Mahakshit Bhat, Shilpa Sharma, M Ravi Kumar, Yogesh Kumar Dhandh, Sarvesh Rustagi, Mohammed Alissa, Muhammad A. Halwani, Mohammed Garout, Hayam A Alrasheed, Maha F. Al-Subaie, Nawal A. Al Kaabi, Ali A. Rabaan, Sanjit Sah, Muhammed Shabil, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Prakasini Satapathy

Clinical diagnostic performance of droplet digital PCR for pathogen detection in patients with Escherichia coli bloodstream infection: a prospective observational study

Hiroki Kitagawa, Masato Kojima, Kayoko Tadera, Shuta Kogasaki, Keitaro Omori, Toshihito Nomura, Norifumi Shigemoto, Eiso Hiyama, Hiroki Ohge

The association of Helicobacter pylori infection with the risk of anemia in children: systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Anemia
  • Systematic Review

Muluken Walle, Addisu Tesfaye, Melaku Mekonnen Agidew, Muluken Semaw, Surafel Mekuria, Fasil Getu

Virtual screening assisted identification of a phytocompound as potent inhibitor against Candida lusitaniae; an in-silico study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Rimsha Timotheous, Habiba Naz, Usman Arif, Momna Toqeer Dar, Muhammad Farhan Sarwar, Mudassar Fareed Awan, Sajed Ali, Safia Obaidur Rab

Use of isavuconazole in mucormycosis: a systematic review

Shobha Sanjeewani Gunathilaka, Reshani Kaumada Keragala, Kasun Madhumal Gunathilaka, Sujanthi Wickramage, Sachithra Ravindi Bandara, Indika Sanjeewa Senevirathne, Asela Sampath Jayaweera

Feasibility and staff acceptability of implementing Xpert HIV-1 viral load point-of-care testing: a pilot study in San Francisco

Kelvin Moore Jr., Noelle Le Tourneau, Jasmin Alvarez, Santos Rodriguez, Janessa Broussard, Pierre-Cédric Crouch, Jorge Roman, Patricia Defechereux, Jason Bena, Kimberly A. Koester, Lissa Moran, Christopher Pilcher, Robert Grant, Katerina A. Christopoulos

Incidence of suspected human rabies virus exposure and associated risk factors in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Rabies
  • Systematic Review

Mengistie Kassahun Tariku, Abebe Habtamu Belete, Daniel Tarekegn Worede, Sewnet Wongiel Misikir

Dengue fever in Yemen: a five-year review, 2020–2024

  • Open Access
  • Research

Wadhah Hassan Edrees, Wadee Abdullah Al-Shehari, Ahmed Mohammed Al-Haddad, Lutf Mohammed Alrahabi, Osama Saleh Al-Haddad, Ali Ahmed Al-Halani

The impact of age on comparative diagnostic accuracy of temporal artery thermometers and non-contact infrared thermometers for fever detection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Research

Kwo-Chen Lee, Yun-Ping Lin, Ya-Ling Tzeng, Wen-Chun Liao, Chyi Lo, Pei-Yun Chen, Shu-Hua Lu

The combined manifestations of dramatically sore throat, congested and edematous mucosa, no-swelling tonsil are specific in acute Omicron pharyngitis

Lei Zhou, Lineng Zhang, Feng Xu

Disseminated nocardiosis in a patient with AIDS and B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: a case report

Delvis R. Reverón, David M. Flora-Noda, Lily M. Soto, Maribel Dolande, Juan Frey, Aleiram Chaurio, Bárbara D. Ruiz-Alayón, Jocays Caldera, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, David A. Forero-Peña

A Japanese man with community-onset carbapenem-resistant Stutzerimonas nitrititolerans bacteremia and a sacral pressure ulcer: a case report

Kohei Hasegawa, Kenya Murata, Yuki Suzuki, Yoshihiko Ogawa, Hisakazu Yano

Evaluation of bone mineral density and its influencing factors in patients infected with HIV under antiretroviral therapy

Alireza Azarboo, Mahboobeh Hemmatabadi, Noushin Fahimfar, Zahra Faghihi, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Nooshin Shirzad, Ladan Abbasian

Association between contextual factors and vaccine coverage against human papilomavirus in adolescents in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: global spatial regressions

Bianca Maria Oliveira Luvisaro, Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Josianne Dias Gusmão, Marcela Lencine Ferraz, Luciana Maiara Diogo Nascimento, Larissa Pereira Gomes, Fernanda Penido Matozinhos

Infections among adults hospitalized in intensive care after the 2023 earthquake in the southeastern part of Türkiye: a multi-center observational study

Esat Kivanc Kaya, Burcin Halacli, Goksel Guven, Mehmet Yildirim, Asir Eren Seven, Emin Gemcioglu, Meltem Simsek, Begum Erdemir Sullu, Recep Civan Yuksel, Ahmet Safa Kaynar, Aliye Esmaoglu, Banu Kilicaslan, Seda Banu Akinci, Kursat Gundogan, Ebru Ortac Ersoy, Jordi Rello, Arzu Topeli

Evaluating the risk of acute kidney injury and mortality associated with concomitant use of vancomycin with piperacillin/tazobactam or meropenem in critically ill and non-critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abdulmajeed M. Alshehri, Majed S. Al Yami, Atheer Aldairem, Lama Alfehaid, Abdulaali R. Almutairi, Omar A. Almohammed, Amal Mohammad Badawoud

Preferences for and acceptability of long-acting HIV prevention products among pregnant and lactating women accessing health services in Kenya: a mixed method cross-sectional analysis

Vallery Ogello, Paul Mwangi, Zachary Kwena, Nicholas Thuo, Catherine Makokha, Emmah Owidi, Nelson Muteti, Catherine Kiptinness, Nelly R. Mugo, Kenneth Ngure

Recommended antibiotic treatment agreement between infectious diseases specialists and ChatGPT®

Santiago Montiel-Romero, Sandra Rajme-López, Carla Marina Román-Montes, Alvaro López-Iñiguez, Héctor Orlando Rivera-Villegas, Eric Ochoa-Hein, María Fernanda González-Lara, Alfredo Ponce-de-León, Karla María Tamez-Torres, Bernardo Alfonso Martinez-Guerra

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV testing in Peru: an interrupted time series analysis from 2014 to 2022

Robinson A. Yrene-Cubas, Jesus Perez-Castilla, Daniel E. Reynaga-Cottle, Maria José Bringas, David R. Soriano-Moreno, Daniel Fernandez-Guzman, Jose A. Gonzales-Zamora

Exploring artificial intelligence for differentiating early syphilis from other skin lesions: a pilot study

Jiajun Sun, Yingping Li, Zhen Yu, Janet M. Towns, Nyi N. Soe, Phyu M. Latt, Lin Zhang, Zongyuan Ge, Christopher K. Fairley, Jason J. Ong, Lei Zhang

The association between rapid antiretroviral therapy initiation and brain structure and function based on multimodal magnetic resonance imaging in HIV-positive men who have sex with men

Yihui He, Yang Zhang, Taiyi Jiang, Miaotian Cai, Guangqiang Sun, Yundong Ma, Jiahao Ji, Bo Yang, Bin Yang, Junyi Duan, Dongxia Wu, Lijun Sun, Lili Dai, Yulin Zhang, Hao Wu, Wenhao Jiang, Tong Zhang, Lei Wang

Triple-drug antibiotic therapy for disseminated nocardial abscess in the mediastinum and brain of an immunocompetent patient: a case report

Yue Zhang, Zhongchun Qi, Hua Li, Hui Gao

Real-world evidence of remdesivir in formerly hospitalized COVID-19 patients: patient-reported and functional outcomes

Dorottya Fésü, Enikő Bárczi, Balázs Csoma, Lőrinc Polivka, Márton Boga, Gábor Horváth, János Tamás Varga, Szilvia Sebők, Veronika Müller

Investigating the effectiveness of whole-virus, protein-based, and vector-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines on the rates of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and mortality: a historical cohort study in Iran

Davoud Tanbakuchi, Nadiasadat Taghavi Razavizadeh, Maryam Salari, Ehsan Mosa Farkhani, Mohammad Taghi Shakeri, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Rasoul Raesi, Vahid Ghavami

Spatiotemporal analysis of mosquito-borne infections and mosquito vectors in mainland Portugal

Sandra Moutinho, Jorge Rocha, Alberto Gomes, Bernardo Gomes, Ana Isabel Ribeiro

Clinical characteristics, outcomes, and costs of COVID-19 patients in Thai hospitels: a comparative analysis based on chest X-ray findings

Naruemit Sayabovorn, Pochamana Phisalprapa, Weerachai Srivanichakorn, Thanet Chaisathaphol, Chaiwat Washirasaksiri, Tullaya Sitasuwan, Chonticha Auesomwang, Chayanis Kositamongkol, Pongpol Nimitpunya, Teerapat Attachitwatin, Methee Chayakulkeeree, Pakpoom Phoompoung, Cherdchai Nopmaneejumruslers, Tawatchai Taweemonkongsap, Visit Vamvanij, Rungsima Tinmanee

Dabie bandavirus and Mycoplasma pneumoniae co-infection: a case report

Yasi Tu, Miao Deng, Xueying Zhang, Tianxin Xiang, Daxian Wu

Interrupted-time-series analysis of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on blood culture utilization in Shanghai

Chenyang Jin, Qun Zhang

Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis and associated factors among adults living with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis

Amlaku Nigusie Yirsaw, Berihun Agegn Mengistie, Eyob Getachew, Gebrehiwot Berie Mekonnen, Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw, Alex Ayenew Chereka, Gemeda Wakgari Kitil, Wubet Tazeb Wondie, Gebeyehu Lakew

Chronic active Epstein‒Barr virus colitis, a rare cause of recurrent diarrhea in an immunocompetent female: a case report

Mei Liang, Junyan Qu

Seroprevalence, incidence estimates, and environmental risk factors for dengue, chikungunya, and Zika infection amongst children living in informal urban settlements in Indonesia and Fiji

Joelle I. Rosser, John J. Openshaw, Audrie Lin, Ruzka R. Taruc, Autiko Tela, Nursehang Tamodding, Nurul Pausi Emelia Abdullah, Murni Amiruddin, Esra Buyukcangaz, S. Fiona Barker, Amelia Turagabeci, Ansariadi, Karin Leder, Isra Wahid

Prevalence of Salmonella and Shigella species and their multidrug resistance patterns among pediatric populations in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mihret Tilahun, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Alemu Gedefie, Habtu Debash, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Daniel Gebretsadik Weldehana, Hussein Ebrahim, Ousman Mohammed, Bruktawit Eshetu, Saba Gebremichael Tekele, Zewudu Mulatie, Agumas Shibabaw

Expert consensus on the benefits of neuraminidase in conventional influenza vaccines: a Delphi study

John Youhanna, Joan Puig-Barberà, Matthew S. Miller, Deborah Molrine, Monica Hadi, Shweta Bapat, Ike Iheanacho, Sophie Dodman, Tsion Fikre, Paul Swinburn, Cornelis A. M. De Haan, Annette Fox, Jamey Marth, Arnold S. Monto, Raúl Ortiz de Lejarazu, Stanley Plotkin, Richard Webby

Burden of intestinal parasites among diabetic patients in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access
  • Diabetes
  • Systematic Review

Marye Nigatie Debash, Getinet Kumie, Assefa Sisay, Solomon Gedfie, Wagaw Abebe, Agenagnew Ashagre, Tadesse Misganaw, Habtu Debash, Melese Abate Reta

Efficacy of Xpert MTB/RIF assay in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in samples with different results by smear and culture in a coastal city with high incidence of tuberculosis

Gang Feng, Hongyu Jiang, Ying Chen

Leukopenia and thrombocytopenia in dengue patients presenting in the emergency department of a tertiary center in Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Bibechan Thapa, Prakriti Lamichhane, Trishna Shrestha, Saral Lamichhane, Shreyasi Karki, Sneha Pradhananga, Kabita Hada Batajoo, Prajwal Pudasaini

Awareness and infection prevention practices of hepatitis B virus among informal caregivers in public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024: a cross-sectional study

Tsehaynew Kasse, Tebibu Solomon, Abel Mesfin, Arega Abebe Lonsako, Okaso Orkaido, Yalemzer Agegnehu, Addisalem Haile

Clinical characteristics and risk factors of severe pneumonia caused by human bocavirus in children

Zhuxia Li, Wenjing Gu, Fengming Zhu, Enze Han, Yongdong Yan, Huiquan Sun, Weidong Xu, Xin Zhang, Li Huang, Shan Gao, Yuqing Wang, Chuangli Hao, Xinxing Zhang

Comparative analysis of C-Reactive protein levels among Non-comorbid, Comorbid, and Multimorbid Hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Maria Shoukat, Haseeb Khan, Moona Nazish, Abdur Rehman, Sheharyar Raashid, Saad Ahmed, Wajid Munir, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Massab Umair, Muhammad Osama Bin Abid, Nasim Akhtar, Wajid Zaman, Malik Badshah

Factors associated with multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) mortality: an analysis from the national surveillance of multidrug-resistant organism, 2018-2022

Sharifa Ezat WP, M Norhidayah, Muhammad Nur Amir AR

Vaccination status and hepatitis A immunity in children: insights from a large-scale study in Turkey

  • Open Access
  • Research

Metin Yigit, Furkan Kalayci

Herpes zoster after left nephroureterectomy for renal carcinoma: a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Yuren Zhang, Jie Li, Qing Ni

Rapid identification of bacterial select agents using loop-mediated isothermal amplification

  • Open Access
  • Research

Timothy E. Egbo, Candace D. Blancett, Jackie M. Payne, Christopher P. Stefan, Timothy D. Minogue, John H. Sellers, Jeffrey W. Koehler

Combined detection of monocyte distribution width and procalcitonin for diagnosing and prognosing neonatal sepsis

Jiaping Wang, Ming Hu, Na Wang, Tingting Huang, Huiyi Wu, Hua Li

Identifying plasma exosome antigens as a potential diagnostic biomarker for tuberculosis disease

Yan Jiang, Li Yan, Baoru Zhou, Jianming Hong, Huixing Tan, Xiaonan Li, Yong Wang

Asymptomatic lung abscess of aspergillus in a female without previous lung diseases or immunocompromise: a case report

Hanxue Xiang, Ling Zhang, Liu Yang, Miaotian Cai, Yingmin Ma, Yulin Zhang

Blood absolute lymphocyte count and trajectory are important in understanding severe COVID-19

Catharine I. Paules, Jacqueline A. Nordwall, Kathryn Shaw-Saliba, Judith A. Aberg, Edward M. Gardner, Anna L. Goodman, N. Kumarasamy, Shikha Vasudeva, David M. Vock, Crystal M. North, Jens Lundgren, Neil R. Aggarwal

Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with liver cirrhosis - a propensity-matched analysis from a multicentric Brazilian cohort

Luanna Silva Monteiro Menezes, Pedro Ferrari Sales da Cunha, Magda Carvalho Pires, Lucas Rocha Valle, Flávia Carvalho Cardoso Costa, Maria Angélica Pires Ferreira, Milton Henriques Guimarães Júnior, Saionara Cristina Francisco, Marcelo Carneiro, Daniel Vitório Silveira, Fernando Graça Aranha, Rafael Lima Rodrigues de Carvalho, Teresa Cristina de Abreu Ferrari, Milena Soriano Marcolino

Spatial analysis and associated risk factors of HIV prevalence in Botswana: insights from the 2021 Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS V)

Sethunya R. Simela, Matlhogonolo Kelepile, Thabo I. Sebobi

Safety and recommendation of voriconazole for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in severe liver disease patients: a retrospective cohort study

Xin Zhang, Caopei Zheng, Ling Zhang, Yuqing Sun, Ying Liang, Xue Chen, Lijun Pang, Yulin Zhang

Atypical conjunctival sporotrichosis secondary to Mooren’s ulcer: a case report

Qing Su, He Dong, Lin Cui, Lijun Zhang

Effect of antiretroviral therapy on the mortality of HIV-1 infection long-term non-progressors: a cohort study

Jinming Su, Jie Liu, Fengxiang Qin, Rongfeng Chen, Tongxue Qin, Xing Tao, Xiu Chen, Wen Hong, Bingyu Liang, Ping Cui, Li Ye, Junjun Jiang, Hao Liang

Detection of low frequency artemisinin resistance mutations, C469Y, P553L and A675V, and fixed antifolate resistance mutations in asymptomatic primary school children in Kenya

Victor Osoti, Kevin Wamae, Leonard Ndwiga, Paul M. Gichuki, Collins Okoyo, Stella Kepha, Kibor Keitany, Regina Kandie, Stephen Aricha, Rosebella Kiplagat, Charles Mwandawiro, Philip Bejon, Robert W. Snow, Lynette Isabella Ochola-Oyier

Genotyped cluster investigations versus standard contact tracing: comparative impact on latent tuberculosis infection cascade of care in a low-incidence region

Michael Asare-Baah, Marie Nancy Séraphin, LaTweika A.T. Salmon-Trejo, Lori Johnston, Lina Dominique, David Ashkin, Krishna Vaddiparti, Awewura Kwara, Anthony T. Maurelli, Michael Lauzardo

Risk factors for re-hospitalization within 90 days of discharge for severe influenza in children

Shuo Yang, Sukun Lu, Can Qi, Yinghui Guo, Le Wang

The CD4/CD8 ratio is associated with T lymphocyte functions in long-term virally suppressed patients with HIV

Qing Xiao, Fengting Yu, Liting Yan, Xiaojie Lao, Xuelei Liang, Hongxin Zhao, Liuyue Zhai, Zailin Yang, Xiaomei Zhang, Yao Liu, Fujie Zhang

Factors of progression to severity and death in COVID-19 patients at two health care sites in Bamako, Mali

Abdoulaye Mamadou Traore, Mamadou Karim Toure, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Modibo Keita, Bakary Diarra, Salif Sanafo, Garan Dabo, Mamoudou Kodio, Bourama Traore, Aminata Diarra, Adama Dicko, Hamar A. Traore, Ousmane Faye, Daouda K. Minta

Prevalence of asymptomatic Leishmania donovani infection and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Habtamu Belay, Adugna Abera, Esayas Aklilu, Tesfahun Bishaw, Ayinalem Alemu, Geremew Tasew, Berhanu Erko

Tracking acute flaccid paralysis in Niger: a half-decade epidemiological portrait (2016–2021)

El Khalef Ishagh, Marc Talatou Ouédraogo, Batouré Oumarou, Mutenda Sheria Kaya, Gbaguidi Aichatou Diawara, Abdoulaye Macire Camara, Seyni Moussa, Kuyangisa Bienvenu, Joseph Toko, Hamidou Harouna, Haladou Moussa, N.’Zue Kofi, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Charles S. Wiysonge, Blanche-Philomene Melanga Anya, Manengu Casimir Tshikolasoni

The incidence of radiologically verified community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalisation in adults living in southern Sweden, 2016-2018: a population-based study

Elisabeth Rünow, Frida Valeur, Gustav Torisson, Karin Hansen, Christian Theilacker, Kristian Riesbeck, Jonas Ahl

Molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases and carbapenemases-producing Shigella in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Namwin Siourimè Somda, Rabbi Nyarkoh, Abel Tankoano, Ouindgueta Juste Isidore Bonkoungou, Patience B. Tetteh-Quarcoo, Eric S. Donkor

Recurrent NTM pulmonary disease despite avoidance of hot spring exposure in a plaque psoriasis patient treated with Secukinumab: a case report

Yixiao Wei, Chunlei Wang, Lingtao Chong, Xiaojing Cui

Lung-specific CRBN knockout attenuates influenza a virus-induced acute lung injury in mice: a potential therapeutic approach

Lifang Zhang, Qingchao Zhang, Jiahui Chang, Yunyi Zhou, Wei Wang, Xiliang Wang, Chengyu Jiang, Yanli Zhang

Combatting Salmonella: a focus on antimicrobial resistance and the need for effective vaccination

Junaid Nazir, Tasaduq Manzoor, Afnan Saleem, Ubaid Gani, Sahar Saleem Bhat, Shabir Khan, Zulfqarul Haq, Priyanka Jha, Syed Mudasir Ahmad

Early onset neonatal bloodstream infections in South African hospitals

Genevieve Theron, Adrie Bekker, Larisse Bolton, Andrew Whitelaw, Arnoldus Engelbrecht, Louisa Erasmus, Aaqilah Fataar, Chandre Geldenhuys, Marlize Kunneke, Dave Le Roux, Natasha O’Connell, Kessendri Reddy, Natasha Rhoda, Lloyd Tooke, Mark Wates, Thandi Wessels, Angela Dramowski

Human infective endocarditis and septic shock caused by Streptococcus suis serotype 1

Wei Yang, Chun Yang, Xiaoxiong Lu

A prospective observational cohort study of HIV infection in Indonesia: baseline characteristics and one-year mortality

Tuti P. Merati, Evy Yunihastuti, Rudi Wisaksana, Nia Kurniati, Dona Arlinda, Muhammad Karyana, Nugroho H. Susanto, Dewi Lokida, Herman Kosasih, Aly Diana, Lois E. Bang, Melinda Setiyaningrum, Desrinawati M. Amin, Eppy Eppy, Wiwit A. S. N. Cahyawati, Emon W. Danudirgo, I Made Gede Darmaja, Nur Farhanah, Carta A. Gunawan, Usman Hadi, Kurnia F. Jamil, Sudirman Katu, Tambar Kembaren, I Gede Rai Kosa, Danang L. Norosingomurti, Asep Purnama, Ida S. Laksanawati, Adria Rusli, I Ketut Agus Somia, Yanri W. Subronto, Ivan L. Toruan, Renee Ridzon, C. Jason Liang, Aaron T. Neal, Ray Y. Chen, Agnes Rengga Indrati, Anggraini Alam, Syndi Nurmawati, Nurul Hidayah Chairunnisa, Octavia Kartika Dwi, Hofiya Djauhari, Sigit Sunarko, Tuti Parwati Merati, IKetut Agus Somia, IMade Susila Utama, Ni Made Dewi Dian Sukmawati, Anak Agung Yuli Gayatri, Ketut Dewi Kumara Wati, Anak Agung Wiradewi Lestari, Ni Nengah Dwi Fatmawati, Ni Luh Putu Ariastuti, Ni Putu Satriawati, Ni Ketut Lestari, Ni Wayan Desi Jumanti, Ni Nyoman Setiani, IGede Purinawa, Desak Putra Artini, Ni Nyoman Seri Sutarni, July Kumalawati, Fadlika Harinda, Tiara Kumala Putri, Madyaningati, Wusthi Ali Chasanah, Desrinawati Muhammad Amin, Teguh Sarry Hartono, Adria Rusli, Nisrina Fatin Mardiyah, Ayu Reskianingsih, Evi Hindawati, Fitriani, Sudirman Katu, Ninny Meutia Pelupessy, Munawir, Asvin Nurulita, Dhiny Reskita Ayu, Rizky Auliah Bakri, Muhammad Fiqhi Hardiansyah, Dewi Sriyanti, Kartini, Nasruh Nurdin, Andi Tessyoja, Nur Farhanah, Muchlis Achsan Udji Sofro, Nahwa Arkhaesi, Muji Rahayu, Rohedy Adlina, Erni, Trie Wahyuningtias, Bayu Sampurmantoro Kusumo, Ngatno, Usman Hadi, Dwiyanti Puspitasari, Munawaroh Fitriah, Muhammad Vitanata Arfijanto, Bramantono, Musofa Rusli, Myrna Evanda Adeline, Rifaa’ah Rosyiidah, Misutarno, Yuanita Bahar, Diah Wahyuni, Hera Nirwati, Ida Safitri Laksanawati, Yanri Wijayanti Subronto, Umi Solekhah Intansari, Vitia Ajeng Nur Linda, Diajeng Gayatri Kusumaningtyas, Siti Binzanah, Linda Oktabriana, Eppy Eppy, Heidy Agustin, Fauzi Mahfuzh, Dewi Yennita Sari, Titin Dani Martiwi, Putri Permata Sari, Ariesta Putra Indoin, Susetianingsih, Tri Mulyani, Tambar Kembaren, Rita Evalina, Nelly Elfrida Samosir, Cicimei Putri Siregar, Iramaya Oktariana Harahap, Junita Siahaan, Ennyke Karolina Ginting, Melpinna Fretty Marpaung, IGede Rai Kosa, Chakrawati Hayuningsih, Arif Budiman, Cintya Naya Danastri, Ivana Yulian Hendarsin, Husnul Chotimah, Evi Herawati, Suyono, Wiwit Agung Sri Nur Cahyawati, Dwiana Savitri, Rahmawati, Priyanti Kisworini, Regina Septiana, Rizka Dwi Puteri, Lutfia Rahimah, Silvia Rahmi Astuti, Irma Meilyana Fajar Utami, Setiawati, Emon Winardi Danudirgo, Elizabeth Yohmi, Deborah Theresia, Janice Tandraeliene, Cicilia Ina Prihsetyati, Lili, Danang Legowo Norosingomurti, Willy Anthony Iqnatius Wullur, Nisa Trini Asnil, Francisca Lianiwati Tanzil, Glegery Putri Hardoni, Winny Wangun Lestari Wullur, Mutamimah, Diana Sulastri, Friska Sitorus, Carta A. Gunawan, Sunarto Ang, Sri Wahyunie, Hendra, Andini Agustyana, Edwin Prasetya, Monika Lestari Palondongan, Heniastuti, Nursiah Mukano, Ady Achmaddany, Kurnia Fitri Jamil, Mulya Safri, Vivi Keumala Mutiawati, Muhammad Abrar Azhar, Ika Novita, Muslim, Nurul Husna, Ella Firbria, Arfajah, Ivan Lumban Toruan, Muchamad Budi Nugroho, Handoko Halim, Wiwi Endang Susanti, Redha Vebrina, Ike Rahmawati, Herlina, Sudaryanto, Emy Suyanti, IMade Gede Darmaja, Immaculata Purwaningsih, Justina Sembiring, Nur Yanti, Nani Emma, Widya Amalia Swastika, Sunarti, Martha Magdalena Ayer, Asep Purnama, Mario Bernardinus Realino Nara, Dwi Kurniawan Nugroho, Putri Nur Indah Sari, Ulul Azmiyah Riawan, Fransiska Mathilde, Kurniawati Handayani Koli, Stefani Marwah Tolok, Maria Yupina Yuanti, Muhammad Karyana, Dona Arlinda, Herman Kosasih, Dewi Lokida, Adhella Menur Naysilla, Aly Diana, Chandra Ilham El Anwary Junior, Deni Pepy Rentina Butarbutar, Eka Windari Rusman, IWayan Adi Pranata, Lois Eirene Bang, Meity Siahaan, Melinda Setiyaningrum, Nada Ariqa, Nugroho Harry Susanto, Nur Latifah Hanum, Nurhayati Lukman, Restu Amalia Mukti, Rizki Amalia Sari, Tiya Saraswati, Virtania Meirina Agusta, Wahyu Nawang Wulan, Ray Y. Chen, Aaron T. Neal, C. Jason Liang, Renee Ridzon, Chuen-Yen Lau, Louis Grue, Jacqueline Perodin, Katie Watkins

Effectiveness of HPV vaccination in reducing infection among young Brazilian women

Ana Carolina da Silva Santos, Nayara Nascimento Toledo Silva, Ismael Dale Cotrim Guerreiro da Silva, Mariângela Carneiro, Wendel Coura-Vital, Angélica Alves Lima

Arbovirus exposure and subclinical myocardial dysfunction in an Indigenous population in Northeast Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Jandir Mendonça Nicacio, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Ricardo Khouri, Vanessa Cardoso Pereira, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Pedro Vinícius Amorim de Medeiros Patriota, Sávio Luiz Pereira Nunes, Jeová Cordeiro de Morais Júnior, Manoel Barral-Netto, João Augusto Costa Lima, Anderson da Costa Armstrong

Genetic profiling of extended-spectrum β-Lactamase and carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 from clinical samples among diarrheal patients in Shashemene, Ethiopia

Shimelis Teshome Ayalneh, Biruk Yeshitela Beshah, Yeonji Jeon, Ashenafi Alemu Wami, Seifegebriel Teshome, Solomon Gebreselassie, Se Eun Park, Mekonnen Teferi, Woldaregay Erku Abegaz

Cardiac hydatid cyst: case series and review of the literature

Jingjie Wang, Xing Liu, Yierzhati Aizezi, Wenzhe Li, Jingnan Xu, Yi Wang, Xiangyou Yu

Combination therapy versus monotherapy: retrospective analysis of antibiotic treatment of enterococcal endocarditis

Razan Saman, Christopher P. Primus, Robert West, Simon J. Woldman, Jonathan A. T. Sandoe

Clinical characteristics of Plasmodium vivax malaria infection in children and adolescents in the Republic of Korea during the period 2000 to 2016: a retrospective study

Jung Ah Lee, Je Eun Song, Seong Yeon Park, Yoon Soo Park, Yoonseon Park, Yee Gyung Kwak, Sang-Eun Lee, Hyun-Il Shin, Joon-Sup Yeom

Maternal and neonatal outcomes of Group B Streptococcus colonization: a retrospective study

Guixiu Jin, Lanhua Liu, Xiaolong Wang, Junling Fei, Zhenling Zhu, Ziyan Jiang, Min Liu

Epidemiological and cluster characteristics of dengue fever in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China, 2013–2023

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Shu-Zhen Deng, Xiao-Yu Liu, Jian-Juan Su, Ling-hui Xiang, Li-Tao Chang, Jun-Jie Zhu, Hai-Lin Zhang

Beyond the fever: shotgun metagenomic sequencing of stool unveils pathogenic players in HIV-infected children with non-malarial febrile illness

Patricia Nabisubi, Stephen Kanyerezi, Grace Kebirungi, Ivan Sserwadda, Mike Nsubuga, Grace Kisitu, Patricia Ntege Nahirya, Bonny Mulindwa, George P. Akabwai, Sylvia Nantongo, Adeodata Kekitiinwa, Edgar Kigozi, Nsubuga Moses Luutu, Fred Ashaba Katabazi, Leymon Kalema, Andrew Katabalwa, Daudi Jjingo, Gerald Mboowa

Inherited metabolic diseases are a potent risk factor for cytomegalovirus infection in pediatric living donor liver transplantation

Kentaro Ushijima, Yukihiro Sanada, Shinya Otomo, Keiko Ogaki, Taiichi Wakiya, Noriki Okada, Yuta Hirata, Toshio Horiuchi, Takahiko Omameuda, Kiichiro Takadra, Ryosuke Akimoto, Yasuharu Onishi, Yasunaru Sakuma, Koichi Mizuta

A new pathogen pattern of acute respiratory tract infections in primary care after COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-center study in southern China

Heng Zhang, Deqi Meng, Hao Huang, Longhao Feng, Yushao Li, Yong Jiang, Ling Wang, Ruoyu Deng, Yuchun Sun, Binqin Chen, Fuzhao Liao, Yumei Wu, Huancai Zheng, Junling Ding, Maokun Chen, Cui Zeng, Wanting Zhao, Meng Hou, Yinyan Li, Zhishen Li, Haibo Xia, Kai Yang, Lingwei Wang

Diagnostic value of interferon-γ release assay in patients with COPD complicated with pulmonary tuberculosis

Yanxiao Rong, Haibin Wang, Yuanyuan Su, Qian Wang, Xuepei Sun, Wei Wang

Nationwide representative serosurvey of third-grade school children to evaluate the hepatitis B vaccination impact in Kyrgyzstan, 2022

Michael Brandl, Gulnara Zhumagulova, Gulbara Ishenapysova, Zuridin Nurmatov, Tatiana Enverovna Kuchuk, Nurzhan Zamirbekova, Gulsunai Sattarova, Saikal Temirbekova, Zhanara Bekenova, Martyna Gassowski, Liudmila Mosina, Antons Mozalevskis, Sandra Dudareva, Siddhartha Sankar Datta

Clinical and Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain characteristics of tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus in Changping District, Beijing, China

Xiaolong Cao, Zexuan Song, Ping He, Xinyue Li, Nan Lei, Qian Sun, Xue Wang, Ruida Xing, Bing Zhao, Xinyu Yang, Zhiguo Zhang, Yanlin Zhao

Association of HIV infection and hospitalization among mpox cases: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Muhammed Shabil, Shilpa Gaidhane, R. Roopashree, Mandeep Kaur, Manish Srivastava, Amit Barwal, G. V. Siva Prasad, Pranchal Rajput, Rukshar Syed, Anoop Dev, Danish Kundra, Ambanna Yappalparvi, Prakasini Satapathy, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Harish Kumar, Renu Sah, Ganesh Bushi

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic measures on hospitalizations and epidemiological patterns of twelve respiratory pathogens in children with acute respiratory infections in southern China

Wei Wang, Xiaojuan Luo, Zhenmin Ren, Xiaoying Fu, Yunsheng Chen, WenJian Wang, Yanmin Bao, Yuejie Zheng, Ke Cao, Jiehua Chen

The origin and transmission of HIV-1 CRF80_0107 among two major first-tier cities in China

Xiaorui Wang, Bo Zhu, Hanping Li, Jingwan Han, Xiaolin Wang, Lei Jia, Bohan Zhang, Jingyun Li, Linding Wang, Yongjian Liu, Hongling Wen, Lin Li

Unconventional use of injectable long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine against HIV-1 in PWH in clinical need: 52 weeks real-world data

Valentina Iannone, Roberto Rossotti, Nicholas Brian Bana, Gabriele Cavazza, Federico D’Amico, Francesca Lombardi, Pierluigi Francesco Salvo, Gianmaria Baldin, Simona Di Giambenedetto, Dario Bernacchia, Gabriele Pagani, Alberto Borghetti, Stefano Rusconi

Analysis of the correlation between the group-based trajectory modeling of serum osmolality and prognosis in patients with sepsis-associated encephalopathy at 72 h after admission

Wentao Wu, Wang Chen, Zhang Yuhua, Xie Yongpeng, Li Xiaomin

Serial cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of high mobility group box 1 in bacterial meningitis: a retrospective cohort study

Takeshi Matsushige, Hirofumi Inoue, Madoka Hoshide, Fumitaka Kohno, Hikaru Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Ichihara, Takashi Ichiyama, Shunji Hasegawa

Genetic characterization of measles virus circulating in Iran, 2021–2023

Alireza Esmaeiloghli Amiryli, Simin Abbasi, Faezeh Tarpoor, Azadeh Shadab, Azam Saboori, Nazanin-Zahra Shafiei Jandaghi, Vahid Salimi, Talat Mokhtari-Azad

Fecal carriage of carbapenemase and AmpC-β-lactamase producers among extended spectrum β-Lactamase-producing E. coli and Klebsiella spp. isolates in patients attending hospitals

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Zakaria Garba, Isidore J. O. Bonkoungou, Namwin Siourimè Somda, Magloire H. Natama, Georges Somé, Lassana Sangaré, Nicolas Barro, Halidou Tinto

Mortality-related risk factors of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infection with focus on antimicrobial regimens optimization: a real-world retrospective study in China

Sheng Deng, Jinglan Chen, Pengxiang Zhou, Qin Hu

Prevalence of dengue and leptospirosis coinfection and associated mortality rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Suraj Tiwari, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Rekha MM, Mandeep Kaur, Girish Chandra Sharma, Puneet Sudan, K. Satyam Naidu, Rajesh Singh, Teena Vishwakarma, Sonam Puri, Muhammed Shabil, Anuradha Yadav, Takveer Singh, Sahil Khurana, Rachana Mehta, Prakasini Satapathy, Renu Sah, Abhay M Gaidhane, Ganesh Bushi

A systemic review of the utility of antituberculosis therapy for presumed tuberculous uveitis

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Jemma W. Taylor, Ginevra E. L. Wright, Lyndell L. Lim, Justin T. Denholm

Time to recovery of neonatal sepsis and its predictors in public hospitals of North Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia

Befekadu Tesfaye Oyato, Teshome Ketema Sime, Tirunesh Debele, Husen Zakir Abasimel, Fikadu Tolesa Alemu, Samuel Boja Asfaw, Wuletaw Tadesse Mekonnin, Hana Israel Gesisa, Elleni Tesfaye Kebede

Comparative evaluation of antifungal susceptibility testing methods of invasive Candida species and detection of FKS genes mutations in caspofungin intermediate and resistant isolates

Dalia Saad ElFeky, Doaa Mahdy El-Wakil, Mai M. Mwafy, Mohamed M.A. Atia, Noha Mahmoud Gohar

High prevalence of multidrug resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from urinary tract infections in the West region, Cameroon

Solomon Bayaba, Raspail Carrel Founou, Flaurant Thibau Tchouangueu, Brice Davy Dimani, Lethicia Danaëlle Mafo, Omer Aurelle Nkengkana, Luria Leslie Founou, Michel Noubom

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome complicated with aspergillus endocarditis and multiple organ infarctions after glucocorticoid treatment in an immunocompetent man: a case report

Yuxi Zhao, Xiaoxin Wu, Xinyu Wang, Lanjuan Li

Evaluating the use of Uromune® autovaccine in recurrent urinary tract infections: a pilot unicenter retrospective study in Reus, Spain

Simona Iftimie, Paula Ladero-Palacio, Ana F. López-Azcona, Laia Pujol-Galarza, Antoni Pont-Salvadó, Xavier Gabaldó-Barrios, Jorge Joven, Jordi Camps, Antoni Castro, Mercè Pascual-Queralt

The influence of respiratory infections on Henoch-Schönlein purpura in children

Bili Wang, Wenqing Xiang, Zhouyue Zhu, Hongqiang Shen

The association between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and prognosis in lung cancer patients: a prospective study

Maolin Liu, Hailing Ye, Tao Lin, Zishan Chen, Xinying Xu, Jinman Zhuang, Yongsheng Yang, Xuezhen Chen, Chunting Chen, Mengxin Lin, Fei He

Intestinal obstruction caused by disseminated mycobacterium avium complex disease following solid organ transplantation: a case report

Akane Mita, Sho Nakakubo, Yusuke Nishimura, Hideki Shima, Masaaki Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Shimamura, Satoshi Konno

Development and internal validation of a metabolism-related model for predicting 30-day mortality in neonatal sepsis

Xiangwen Tu, Junkun Chen, Wen Liu

Developing a clinical prediction model to modify empirical antibiotics for non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infection in children under-five in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Bieke Tack, Daniel Vita, Jules Mbuyamba, Emmanuel Ntangu, Hornela Vuvu, Immaculée Kahindo, Japhet Ngina, Aimée Luyindula, Naomie Nama, Tito Mputu, Justin Im, Hyonjin Jeon, Florian Marks, Jaan Toelen, Octavie Lunguya, Jan Jacobs, Ben Van Calster

Neurological syndromes associated with COVID-19: a multicenter study in Brazil

Aline de Moura Brasil Matos, Andre Borges Ferreira Gomes, Fernanda Martins Maia Carvalho, Francisco Tomaz Meneses de Oliveira, Lohana Santana Almeida da Silva, Flavia Esper Dahy, Joao Victor Luisi de Moura, Marcela Vieira Freire, Jose Ernesto Vidal, Rosa Maria Nascimento Marcusso, Jerusa Smid, Victor Rebelo Procaci, Rodrigo Meireles Massaud, Felipe Von Glehn, Jorge Casseb, Camila Malta Romano, Augusto Cesar Penalva de Oliveira, Mariana Saconato, Jose Angelo L. Lindoso, Rosa PSF Ferrarese, Graziela UL Domingues, Jaques Sztanjbok, Michel EJ Haziot, Rene LM Rivero, Lucio NA Batista, Cleonisio L. Rodrigues, Isaac HM Maia, Norberto AF Frota, Daniele M. Lima, Fabricio O. Lima, Felipe A. Rocha, Tiago P. Feijo, Daniel GF Tavora, Karoline F. Mororo, Francisco Silvanei S. Gonçalves, Anderson V. Paula, Alvina Clara Félix, Caio S. Souza, Thais M. Romano, Lorena S. Viana, Gustavo Bruniera, Marcel K. Uehara, Marcos VT. Fujino, Thiago D. Correa, Alcino A. Barbosa, Fabiana Hirata, Iron Dangoni, Natalia M. Athayde

A serosurvey study of hand, foot and mouth disease in healthy children aged 6 to 71 months old in West Bandung and Bandung Region, Indonesia

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Rodman Tarigan Girsang, Kusnandi Rusmil, Eddy Fadlyana, Budi Setiabudiawan, Riyadi Adrizain, Rizky Perdana Mulyadi, Arief Budiman, Rona Kania Utami, Behesti Zahra Mardiah, Muhammad Gilang Dwi Putra, Frizka Primadewi Fulendry, Dinda Tiaraningrum Nashsyah, Hadyana Sukandar

Evaluating stakeholder coordination and partnerships for NTD elimination in Taraba state, Nigeria: a multi-level analysis

Adeola Onasanya, Oladimeji Oladepo, Gima Humphrey Forje, Eucheria Ekugeni Abua, Uche Veronica Amazigo

Correction: The impact of age on comparative diagnostic accuracy of temporal artery thermometers and non-contact infrared thermometers for fever detection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Kwo-Chen Lee, Yun-Ping Lin, Ya-Ling Tzeng, Wen-Chun Liao, Chyi Lo, Pei-Yun Chen, Shu-Hua Lu

Correction: Agent based modelling of blood borne viruses: a scoping review

Seun Ale, Elizabeth Hunter, John D. Kelleher

Correction: Prevalence of Salmonella and Shigella species and their multidrug resistance patterns among pediatric populations in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mihret Tilahun, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Alemu Gedefe, Habtu Debash, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Daniel Gebretsadik Weldehana, Hussein Ebrahim, Ousman Mohammed, Bruktawit Eshetu, Saba Gebremichael Tekele, Zewudu Mulatie, Agumas Shibabaw

Seroprevalence of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya in São Sebastião, Brazil (2020–2021): a population-based survey

Tayane Nobre, Andre Luiz Dutra Fenner, Emerson Luiz Lima Araújo, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo, Emmanuel Roux, Pascal Handschumacher, Helen Gurgel, Bruno Dallago, Mariana Hecht, Luciana Hagström, Walter Massa Ramalho, Nadjar Nitz

The evolving landscape of COVID-19: factors associated with in-hospital COVID-19 related mortality during the 2023–2024 phase of JN.1 subvariant dominance

Drieda Zaçe, Albiana Çekrezi, Christopher Jones, Ludovica Ferrari, Giuseppe De Simone, Elisabetta Teti, Vincenzo Malagnino, Marco Iannetta, Loredana Sarmati, Anna Maria Geretti

Prevalence of non-vaccine high-risk HPV cervical infections in vaccinated women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Glauciane Resende do Nascimento, Ana Carolina da Silva Santos, Nayara Nascimento Toledo Silva, Nathalia Sernizon Guilmarães, Angélica Alves Lima, Wendel Coura-Vital

Identification of patient demographic, clinical, and SARS-CoV-2 genomic factors associated with severe COVID-19 using supervised machine learning: a retrospective multicenter study

Kuganya Nirmalarajah, Patryk Aftanas, Shiva Barati, Emily Chien, Gloria Crowl, Amna Faheem, Lubna Farooqi, Alainna J. Jamal, Saman Khan, Jonathon D. Kotwa, Angel X. Li, Mohammad Mozafarihashjin, Jalees A. Nasir, Altynay Shigayeva, Winfield Yim, Lily Yip, Xi Zoe Zhong, Kevin Katz, Robert Kozak, Andrew G. McArthur, Nick Daneman, Finlay Maguire, Allison J. McGeer, Venkata R. Duvvuri, Samira Mubareka

Impact of vancomycin area under the curve in early or later phase on efficacy and nephrotoxicity in patients with enterococcal bloodstream infections: a multicenter study

Piyawadee Tangvichitrerk, Dhitiwat Changpradub, Jatapat Hemapanpairoa, Piraporn Juntanawiwat, Wichai Santimaleeworagun

Immune responses in children with secondary infection of mycoplasma pneumoniae after COVID-19: focus on eosinophils and IgE

Pingping Wang, Jin Yao, Yaqiong Li, Zhanjun Zhang, Ruiling Zhang, Shouting Lu, Meixia Sun, Xiaorong Huang

Mortality and immunological indicators of men who have sex with men living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy: a 10-year retrospective cohort study in Southern China

Huaxiang Lu, Huanhuan Chen, Shujia Liang, Yuhua Ruan, He Jiang, Jinghua Huang, Guangjie Tan, Xiuling Wu, Jianjun Li, Chen Gong, Qiuying Zhu, Guanghua Lan

Early antibiotics administration reduces mortality in sepsis patients in tertiary care hospital

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Suramath Isaranuwatchai, Jirawat Buppanharun, Thamonwan Thongbun, Kaewklao Thavornwattana, Monprach Harnphadungkit, Taweegrit Siripongboonsitti

Predictors of cytomegalovirus infection in patients with connective tissue disease treated by pulsed methylprednisolone therapy: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

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Haruka Ito, Takahiko Yoshimoto, Akatsuki Kokaze, Kuninobu Wakabayashi, Kazuteru Noguchi, Kiyoshi Matsui, Bunki Natsumoto, Keishi Fujio, Yutaro Hayashi, Yuko Kaneko, Takahisa Gono, Koh Okamoto, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya, Hirohiko Sueki

Modeling and simulation of distribution and drug resistance of major pathogens in patients with respiratory system infections

Li Yang, Ermin Liang, Yali Gao

Barriers and facilitators of integrated hepatitis B, C, and HIV screening among pregnant mothers and newborns attending maternal and newborn clinics in Koboko District, Uganda: a qualitative inquiry of providers’ perspective

John Bosco Alege, John Paul Oyore, Rose Clarke Nanyonga, Philippa Musoke, Alloys S. S. Orago

Effect of gut microbiota changes on cytokines IL-10 and IL-17 levels in liver transplantation patients

Mohamed Abdel-Raoof Fouda, Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab, Ahmed Esmail Abdelkader, Mohsen El-Sayd Ibrahim, Taher Abozeid Elsheikh, Hisham Mohammad Aldeweik, Nora Elfeky

Invasive aspergillosis in critically ill patients with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yuhua Liu, Zhaopei Zhang, Liang Zhou, Tianlai Lin, Rong Zhang, Manshu Li, Sihao Chen, Xiaoqing Liu, Xuesong Liu

The incidence of outpatient care within 24 months from SARS-CoV-2 infection in the general population: a multicenter population-based cohort study

Federico Banchelli, Carlo Gagliotti, Angela De Paoli, Rossella Buttazzi, Elena Narne, Enrico Ricchizzi, Silvia Pierobon, Ugo Fedeli, Gisella Pitter, Elisa Fabbri, Michele Tonon, Elisa Gentilotti, Maurizia Rolli, Evelina Tacconelli, Maria Luisa Moro, Francesca Russo, Elena Berti

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus and associated factors among blood donors in Hossana blood bank catchment area, Southern Ethiopia

Mesfin Menza Jaldo, Mhireteab WoldeYohannes Joffe, Eyasu Samuel Zemedkun

Impact of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 on mortality risk, ICU admission rate, and hospitalization length in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional study

Behnam Maleki, Amir M. Sadeghian, Mitra Ranjbar

Co-infection of SARS‐CoV‐2 and influenza A/B among patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Monireh Golpour, Hossein Jalali, Reza Alizadeh-Navaei, Masoumeh Rezaei Talarposhti, Tahoora Mousavi, Ali Asghar Nadi Ghara

Molecular and serological investigation of hepatitis B virus in patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness at Tha Song Yang hospital, Tak Province, Thailand

Narin Thippornchai, Anon Sae-Oueng, Akanitt Jittmittraphap, Wang Nguitragool, Pornsawan Leaungwutiwong

Risk factors for dengue mortality: a 7-year retrospective cohort in Honduras

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Dilcia Sauceda-Acosta, Sandra Paola Paz Almendares, Elsy Cárcamo, Melba Zúniga-Gutiérrez, Briana Beltrán, María Félix Rivera, Marlon Meléndez Rodríguez, Judy Enamorado

Stigma of People Affected by Leprosy and its determinants: a cross-sectional study in Sri Lanka

Udhishtran Arudchelvam, Thayaparan Pulendran, Maheshi Sirimanne, Sandali Pabasara, Indira Kahawita, Nadeeka Chandraratne

Evaluation of naturally occurring IgG anti-Vi antibody titers as predictors and correlates of typhoid fever in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Farhana Khanam, Natasha Y. Rickett, Faisal Ahmmed, Md Taufiqul Islam, Cecilia Kathure Mbae, Justin Im, Asma Binte Aziz, Beatrice Ongadi, Fahima Chowdhury, Ashraful Islam Khan, Afroza Akter, Md Golam Firoj, Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman, Kassa Haile, Se Eun Park, Martin Bundi Mwebia, Moses Mwangi, Benjamin Ngugi, Meseret Gebre Behute, Kelvin Kering, Suneth Agampodi, Suman Kanungo, Xinxue Liu, Andrew J. Pollard, K. Zaman, Deok Ryun Kim, Samuel Kariuki, Firdausi Qadri, John D. Clemens

Assessment of the impacts of public health and social measures on influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022 in Beijing, China: a modelling study

Jing Du, Lei Jia, Yanlin Gao, Jianting Su, Chao Wang, Xinghuo Pang, Gang Li

Identification of multiple complications as independent risk factors associated with 1-, 3-, and 5-year mortality in hepatitis B-associated cirrhosis patients

Duo Shen, Ling Sha, Ling Yang, Xuefeng Gu

Critical assessment of uncertainty in economic evaluations on influenza vaccines for the elderly population in Spain

Raúl Ortiz-de-Lejarazu Leonardo, Javier Díez Domingo, Ángel Gil de Miguel, Federico Martinón Torres, Esther Redondo Margüello, Juan Luis López-Belmonte Claver, Paloma I. Palomo-Jiménez, J. Manel Farré Avellà, José María Abellán Perpiñán

Pharmacogenomic profiling of variants affecting efficacy and toxicity of anti-infective medicines in a south Asian population from Sri Lanka

Priyanga Ranasinghe, Hajanthy Jeyapragasam, Nirmala Sirisena, D. P. Bhagya Hendalage, Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

Gender characteristics, social determinants, and seasonal patterns of malaria incidence, relapse, and mortality in Sistan and Baluchistan province and other province of Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Mehran Asadi-Aliabadi, Fereshteh Yazdani, Koen Ponnet

Assessing HIV/AIDS patients’ access to antiretroviral drugs using the healthcare accessibility framework: a cross-sectional study from Shandong, China

Zhixin Fan, Songlin Zheng, Weiming Cui, Chao Zheng, Qiang Sun, Jia Yin

More than meets the eye: Nocardia farcinica, Candida dubliniensis and Aspergillus spp. co-infection in a patient with multiple myeloma treated with multiple treatment regimens

Lotte Vrijders, Erwin Ho, Danielle Van der Beek, Inge Vrelust, Heleen Nailis

Malaria exposure remodels the plasma proteome of Ghanaian children

Aisha M. Mohammed, Charles Ochieng’ Olwal, Andrea Fossati, Nancy K. Nyakoe, Jacqueline M. Fabius, Martin Gordon, Benjamin J. Polacco, Danielle L. Swaney, Gordon A. Awandare, Nevan J. Krogan, Mehdi Bouhaddou, Yaw Bediako

Viral load suppression rate of third-line antiretroviral therapy and its association with gender among HIV patients after second-line treatment failure in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tilahun Degu Tsega, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Asaye Alamneh Gebeyehu, Getaneh Atikilt Yemata, Rahel Mulatie Anteneh, Almaw Genet Yeshiwas, Getasew Yirdaw, Chalachew Yenew, Anley Shiferaw Enawgaw, Amare Genetu Ejigu, Ahmed Fentaw Ahmed, Zeamanuel Anteneh Yigzaw, Berhanu Abebaw Mekonnen, Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu, Abathun Temesgen, Abebaw Molla, Habitamu Mekonen, Assefa Andargie Kassa, Gashaw Melkie Bayeh

Enhancing epidemic preparedness: a data-driven system for managing respiratory infections

Moslem Sarani, Katayoun Jahangiri, Manoochehr Karami, Mohammadreza Honarvar

Changing trends in human brucellosis in pastoral and agricultural China, 2004–2019: a Joinpoint regression analysis

Xiaojuan Ma, Zhuo Liu, Yuhui Geng, Yuan Zhao, Hua Meng, Mingbo Chen, Ting Pan, Dongfeng Pan, Peifeng Liang

Estimating the association between cigarette and e-cigarette use patterns and SARS-CoV-2 negative conversion time: retrospective online survey in China

Ying Xie, Yinghua Li, Zheng Su, Xueyan Han, Zhao Liu, Zhenxiao Huang, Anqi Cheng, Xinmei Zhou, Jinxuan Li, Rui Qin, Xiaowen Wei, Yi Liu, Xin Xia, Qingqing Song, Liang Zhao, Kian Fan Chung, Dan Xiao, Chen Wang

Predictive value of serum procalcitonin level for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections in hematological patients

Qi Sun, Qingsong Lin, Yanxia Lv, Zhiying Tian, Qiushuang Yan, Yaqing Yu, Xue Fu, Hongjing Yao, Fujun Sun, Yonghui Xia, Guoqing Zhu, Sizhou Feng

Isolation, genetic, and biological characterization of human adenovirus type 55 positive isolates from Wuhan, China

Jing Xie, Yan Wang, Huan Li, Bingxiu Tan, Zhengying Yu, Lizhong Li, Wei Zhang, Hongbin Song, Leili Jia

Complex and severe infection in a 67-year-old liver transplant recipient due to Cunninghamella elegans, Bordetella bronchiseptica, and Pneumocystis jirovecii

Muyun Wei, Kangyi Gu, Juanxiu Qin, Xinhua Lu, Junqi Feng, Shaowei Mao, Min Li, Zhilan Li, Changsheng Wang

Regional differences in triage decisions affect hospital mortality among frail COVID-19 patients in the COvid MEdicaTion study

Julia Minnema, Roos Sablerolles, Janneke van Kempen, Hugo van der Kuy, Harmke Polinder-Bos, Bob van de Loo, Jorie Versmissen, Miriam L. Haaksma, Melvin Lafeber, Miriam C. Faes, Julia Minnema, Roos Sablerolles, Janneke van Kempen, Hugo van der Kuy, Harmke Polinder-Bos, Bob van de Loo, Jorie Versmissen, Melvin Lafeber, Miriam C. Faes, Ingrid van Haelst, Louise Andrews, Marleen Kemper, Roland van den Berg, Elise Slob, Firdaouss Boutkourt, Erik van Kan, Ronald Van Etten, Mariette Kappers, Peter van Wijngaarden, Anja Vos, Linda Hendriksen, Hugo de Wit, Loes Visser, Judith Derijks, Doris Haider, Nikolaus Lindner, Monika Schwap, Jos Tournoy, Lorenz Van der Linden, Morten Baltzer Houlind, Roberto Tessari, Paola Chessa, Marco Gambera, Isabella Martignoni, Laura Agnoletto, Margarida Falcao, Helena Farinha, Dina Mendes, Ines Carmo, Joana Soares, Fatima Falcao, Mariana Solano, Erica Viegas, Marta Miarons, Maria Queralt Gorgas, Cristina García Yubero, Kim Blum, Kim Keijzers, Silke Lim

Evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis disease burden in Shenyang, China, 2023

Huijie Chen, Haiyan Bi, Peng Li, Zhixing Yang, Lihai Wen, Baijun Sun, Wei Sun

Clinical outcomes of early remdesivir administration in hospitalized patients at high risk for severe COVID-19 during the Omicron wave

Yeon Ju La, Won Sup Oh, Changhyup Kim, Myoung-nam Lim, Yong Duk Jeon

First case report of bacteremia caused by Bilophila wadsworthia in China, and literature review

Fangrong Gan, Shuang Luo, Xiaoxun Wei, Shuguang Zuo

Cupriavidus gilardii infection following heart failure: a case report and literature review

Yanwen Liu, Jianxin Gao, Jingyun Ye, Hui Han, Haiyan Zhu

Bloodstream infections at a tertiary hospital in the Gambia - a one-year retrospective study

Paul Rahden, Ebrima Barrow, Haddy Bah, Sheikh Omar Bittaye, David Nygren, Abdoulie Badjan

Detection and subtyping of Blastocystis sp. in human and animal stool samples using high-resolution melting analysis

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Ghodratollah Salehi Sangani, Ahmad Hosseini-Safa, Bibi Razieh Hosseini Farash, Pooria Salehi Sangani, Mehdi Zarean, Elham Moghaddas, Saeid Zoghdar Moghadam, Lida Jarahi, Ali Gholizadeh, Fariba Berenji

Difference of clinical characteristics in patients with reinfection and primary infection variants of SARS-CoV-2: a retrospective study in China

Chao-Chao Qiu, Xiao-Qing Lin, Qiang Zhang, Ya-Long Chen, Xiao-Qiao Su, Ming-Ying Zhang, Le-Fei Zhu, Zhi-Ruo Lin, Fang Cheng, Shang-Ren Xie, Ji-Chan Shi, Xian-Gao Jiang

Development and evaluation of a novel E7 multi-epitopic vaccine for human papillomavirus type 16: design, expression, purification, and immunological characterization

Bahareh Bahmani, Zahra Amini-bayat, Mohammad Mehdi Ranjbar, Masoud Hassanzadeh Makoui, Amir-Hassan Zarnani

Impact of invasive and noninvasive pneumococcal diseases on adult populations: risk factors and vaccination status

Hasip Kahraman, Pınar Yıldız, Şenay Yılmaz, Gül Durmaz, Muzaffer Bilgin, Derya Çağlayan

Diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii endocarditis by using nanopore targeted sequencing: a case report

Xinsheng Yan, Qimei Wei, Tingting Liu, Dong Wang, Zhenlu Zhang

A population-based study on the burden of hospitalized pediatric pneumococcal disease in Taiwan before and after the introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the childhood immunization program in 2015

Ting-An Yen, Jhong-Lin Wu, Chi-Chuan Wang, Ling-Ya Huang, See-Hwee Yeo, Dony Patel, Cindy Thiow Koon Lim, Hung-Wei Lin, Eriko Yamada, Isaya Sukarom

The impact of delay in HIV diagnosis on patient survival: analysis of HIV infection trends from 2007 to 2023

Riyaz A. Shaik, Sharan K. Holyachi, Mohammad S. Ahmad, Mohammed Miraj, Syed Yousaf Kazmi, Mohammad Rehan Asad, Ali Faraz, Mirwais Ramozi, Ritu Kumar Ahmad

The important roles of ERAP1, ERAP2 genes polymorphisms and their DNA methylation levels in pulmonary tuberculosis

Shi-Hong Su, Xue-Qian Cai, Yong-Huai Li, Ai-Hui Xu, Qian Huang, Hua Niu, Qing-Hai You, Geng-Yun Sun

Epidemiology of dengue fever in Somaliland: clinical features, and serological patterns from a retrospective study

Dek Kahin Yosef, Ahmed Saeed Ismail, Barwaqo Saleban Awil, Halima Ahmed Hassan, Mohamed Ahmed Hassan

Triglyceride-glucose index and mortality risks in Helicobacter pylori-infected patients: a national cohort study

Yue Cao, Lingxiao Li, Feipeng Qiu, Weixing Wen, Hao Zhang, Yangxin Chen, Xiaoyan Cai, Yuli Huang

Clinical manifestations, para-clinical features and outcome of Iranian adults with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection: a report from hospitalized patients

Maryam Shafaati, Abbas Shakoori Farahani, Mohammadreza Salehi, Mohammad Arabzadeh, Helya Bolouki Azari, Arman Soleimany, Maryam Edalatifard, Vahid Salimi, Alireza Abdollahi

Neuroborreliosis with encephalitis: a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations

Dominica Hudasch, Franz Felix Konen, Nora Möhn, Lea Grote-Levi, Ulrich Wurster, Gabriel Welte, Josef Conzen, Nima Mahmoudi, Thomas Skripuletz, Philipp Schwenkenbecher

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection before and after the Omicron wave in a cohort of healthcare workers in Ontario, Canada

Jorge L. Martinez-Cajas, Ann Jolly, Yanping Gong, Gerald Evans, Santiago Perez-Patrigeon, Bradley Stoner, T. Hugh Guan, Beatriz Alvarado

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) trends in Sri Lanka: insights from a hospital-based seroprevalence analysis

Narapity Pathirannehalage Sunil-Chandra, Madawala Vithanage Madusha Lakmali Jayasundara, Maththe Gama Ralalage Shobha Sanjeewani Gunathilaka, Suduwa Dewage Himal Suminda

Abundant geographical divergence of Clostridioides difficile infection in China: a prospective multicenter cross-sectional study

Lulu Bai, Telong Xu, Wenzhu Zhang, Yajun Jiang, Wenpeng Gu, Wei Zhao, Yang Luan, Yanfeng Xiong, Nianli Zou, Yalin Zhang, Ming Luo, Jinxing Lu, Bike Zhang, Yuan Wu

Regional insights on the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of carbapenem and colistin-resistant gram-negative bacteria: an observational cross-sectional study from Karachi, Pakistan

Nazia Khursheed, Fareeha Adnan, Moiz Ahmed Khan, Ramlla Hatif

Conflict-associated wounds and burns infected with GLASS pathogens in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A systematic review

Amelia Wild, Clare Shortall, Omar Dewachi, Carine Naim, Alex Green, Sarah Hussain, Aula Abbara

Evaluation of three novel antigens and costimulatory agents for improvement of M. Tuberculosis specific interferon gamma release assays

Sandra Schwarzlose-Schwarck, Mark Reinwald, Torsten Bauer, Florian Hentschel, Til Kiderlen, Dorinja Zapf, Victor Herbst, Stefan Lüth, David Krieger, Werner Dammermann

Construction of a pathogenic microorganism detection method based on third-generation nanopore sequencing data

Guoqin Mai, Jiayi Chen, Min Zhang, Wanyue Zhang, Yuting Luo, Ying Dai

Clinical diagnosis of Q fever by targeted next-generation sequencing for identification of Coxiella burnetii

Shaohua Zhan, Haoyuan Jin, Hanbin Ji, Xin Hou, Jing Li, Ye Zhang, Jiajia Zheng, Liyan Cui

The role of mNGS in the diagnosis of talaromycosis and case series

Jing Zhao, Hui-Ting Su, Dong Zhang, Xue-Tong Li, Min-Ya Lu, Juan Du, Jia-Yu Guo, Yi Gao, Xin-Fei Chen, Dong-Hua Wen, Shi-Yu Jia, Yao Wang, Qi-Wen Yang

Respiratory pathogen spectrum and epidemiological trends in Hainan Province: a retrospective analysis from 2017 to 2023

Lvying Wu, Jianan Zhang, Zhiming Wu, Hua Pei, You Zhang

Perspectives of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination among racially and ethnically diverse gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men with and without HIV in the US South: findings from qualitative individual in-depth interviews

Jake S. Waldman, Jorge Alonzo, Lilli Mann-Jackson, Sandy K. Aguilar-Palma, Manuel Garcia, Benjamin D. Smart, Scott D. Rhodes

Early COVID-19 and protection from Omicron in a highly vaccinated population in Ontario, Canada: a matched prospective cohort study

Altynay Shigayeva, Christopher Kandel, Lubna Farooqi, Zoe Zhong, Anne-Claude Gingras, Brenda L. Coleman, Lois Gilbert, Wayne L. Gold, Maria Major, Tony Mazzulli, Samira Mubareka, Jelena Vojicic, Jingyan Yang, Pingping Zhang, Catherine Martin, Moe H. Kyaw, John M. McLaughlin, Allison McGeer

Protective effect of exercise on animals with sepsis: a systematic review of the existing literature

Na Yang, Nan Jiang, Chunming Shen, Ming Gao, Qian Tong, Jian Sun

Evaluation of a modified short all oral treatment regimen for rifampicin-multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Dominican Republic

María Rodríguez, Yamile Celis Bustos, Melanea Encarnación, Elisabet Muñoz, Sandra De los Santos, Ingrid Sánchez, Lissette Portorreal, Seydou Benjamín Sombie, Fatimata Bintou Sall, Corinne Simone Merle, Freddy Perez

Association between cytokine and increased risk of death in ART- naïve and ART-non-adherence patients hospitalized with advanced HIV disease

Yury Oliveira Chaves, Wellington Mota Gama, Monique Freire dos Reis, Bárbara José Antunes Baptista, Taynná Vernalha Rocha Almeida, Antônio Alcirley da Silva Balieiro, Allyson Guimarães da Costa, Hiochelson Najibe dos Santos Ibiapina, Andrea Teixeira de Carvalho, Thaissy dos Santos Xavier, Marly Marques de Melo, Rebeca de Souza Pinheiro, Jhennyffer Mendes de Souza, Zeca Manuel Salimo, Olindo Assis Martins Filho, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda, Adele Schwartz Benzaken, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira, Paulo Afonso Nogueira

Sources and clinical characteristics of infant pertussis in China: increasing contribution of siblings

Feng Luo, Shuhan Zheng, Yang Zhou, Yao Zhu, Ying Su, Rongrong Dai, Chunzhen Hua, Hangjie Zhang, Hanqing He

Interpretable machine learning-derived nomogram model for early detection of persistent diarrhea in Salmonella typhimurium enteritis: a propensity score matching based case-control study

Longteng Jin, Yucheng Huang, Jianan Xi, Lu Zhan, Haojie Jin, Yiping Chen, Maoping Chu

First seroprevalence study of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in blood donors after the upsurge of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease (WNND) cases in southern Italy in 2023

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Francesca Centrone, Rossella Procacci, Raffaella Melilli, Valentina Annachiara Orlando, Vito Colella, Daniela Loconsole, Antonello Amendola, Giulietta Venturi, Angelo Ostuni, Maria Chironna, E. Serlenga, L. Abbruzzese, A. Sticchi Damiani, L. Lorusso, M. D’Alagni, A. M. Iannone, T. Granato, M. De Michele

The ZNF717-rs2918520 genotype contributes to COVID-19 severity: a Taiwanese cohort study

Yang-Hsiang Lin, Jen Yu, Yu-Chuan Teng, Chung-Guei Huang, Siew-Na Lim, Ming-Wei Lai, Wey-Ran Lin

Investigation of renal function in patients with long COVID in the Amazon region: a cross-sectional study

Gabriela Maria Coimbra Coelho de Assis, Ian Gonçalves da Veiga, Rita de Nazaré Rayol Reis, Daniel Carvalho de Menezes, Stanley Soares Xavier, Elem Cristina Rodrigues Chaves, Jorge Rodrigues de Sousa, Juarez Antônio Simões Quaresma, Luiz Fábio Magno Falcão, Patrícia Danielle Lima de Lima

Tissue infarction secondary to brucellosis: a systematic review of case reports and case series

Amirreza Keyvanfar, Hanieh Najafiarab, Zahra Mohammadi, Mahdi Falah Tafti, Niki Talebian, Shabnam Tehrani, Davood Yadegarynia

Prophylaxis for renal patients at risk of COVID-19 infection: results from the intranasal niclosamide randomised, double blinded, placebo controlled arm of the PROTECT-V platform trial

Toby J. L. Humphrey, Wendi Qian, Michael Chen-Xu, Francis Dowling, Katrina Gatley, Rakshya Adhikari, Tracey Hensman, Louise Stockley, Abhinav Bassi, Nikita Bathla, Indranil Dasgupta, Davinder P. S. Dosanjh, Mads Jellingsø, Per Sørensen, Morten Lind Jensen, Anne Weibel Callesen, John R. Bradley, Vivekanand Jha, Morten O. A. Sommer, Thomas F. Hiemstra, Rona M. Smith, Bassam Alchi, Abdulfattah Alejmi, Neil Basu, Charlotte Bebb, Samira Bell, Anudita Bhargava, Sunil Bhandari, Coralie Bingham, Kate Bramham, Fergus Caskey, Sourabh Chand, Dhruva Chaudhry, Arpita Ray Chaudhury, Sashidhar Chennamsetty, Nihil Chitalia, Paramit Chowdhury, Simon Curran, Simon Davies, Rachel Davison, Michael Delaney, Vishal Dey, Jonathan Dick, Mahmoud Eid, Ragada El-Damanawi, Sarah Fluck, Rouvick Gama, Christopher Goldsmith, Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Sian Griffin, Richard Hull, Avinash Ignatius, David Jayne, Colin Jones, Manivarma Kamalnathan, Nitin Kolhe, Tanguy Lafont, Mark Lambie, Sarah Lawman, Thomas Ledson, Liz Lightstone, Bethany Lucas, Viyaasan Mahalingasivam, Patrick Mark, Stephen McAdoo, Kieran McCafferty, Jean Patrick, Narayan Prasad, Nicholas Pritchard, Francesco Rainone, Raja Ramachandran, Vinay Rathore, Manisha Sahay, Alan Salama, Sanjiv Saxena, Sapna Shah, Claire Sharpe, Sebastian Spencer, Jo Taylor, Patrick Trotter, Udaya Udayaraj, Shiva Ugni, Josh Wade, Mona Wahba, James Wason, Martin Wilkie, Ian Wilkinson

Prevalence, trends, and correlates of HIV, syphilis, and HCV infections among male attendees at STD clinics in Southwest China: a 13-year cross-sectional study (2010–2022)

Chunxing Tao, Jianhua Che, Rongye Huang, Jinfeng He, Zhenxian Wu, Fengfeng Liang, Jie Cai, Yanyun Ou, Lijuan Bao, Li Ye, Hao Liang, Zhaosen Lin, Aidan Nong, Bingyu Liang

Completeness of tuberculosis case notification in Ghana: record linkage and capture-recapture analysis of three TB registries

Mavis Pearl Kwabla, John Humphrey Amuasi, Gerard Krause, William Dormechele, Wisdom Takramah, Gideon Kye-Duodu, Eric Osei, Joyce Der, Frank Baiden, Yaw Adusi-Poku, Fred Newton Binka, Stefanie Castell

Systematic review and meta-analysis of colistin heteroresistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates

Saeed Khoshnood, Mohammad Hossein Haddadi, Nourkhoda Sadeghifard, Abbas Maleki, Ebrahim Kouhsari, Hassan Valadbeigi

Genomic characterization of healthcare-associated ST5 MRSA causing severe pseudomembranous enteritis in intensive care unit

Lu Sun, Feiteng Zhu, Yiyi Chen, Yue Shi, Haiping Wang, Yunsong Yu, Zhihua Lu, Yan Chen

Inappropriate use of antibiotics in the management of diarrhoea in children under five years admitted with acute diarrhoea in four provinces of Mozambique 2014–2019

Judite Salência-Ferrão, Assucênio Chissaque, Lena Manhique-Coutinho, Andrea Ntanga Kenga, Marta Cassocera, Nilsa de Deus

Single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals the dysregulated monocyte state associated with tuberculosis progression

Rong Ma, Wanzhong Yang, Wei Guo, Honglai Zhang, Zemin Wang, Zhaohui Ge

Metabolomics assays applied to schistosomiasis studies: a scoping review

Milena Lima Rodrigues, Antonia Regina dos Santos Gois, Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues, Ricardo Oliveira Silva, Edmundo Pessoa Lopes

Sternal wound infection caused by Mycoplasma hominis in an adult patient: a case report and literature review

Shuang Li, Lili Yang, Yuanbiao Guo, Xiaoyan Feng, Ling Ye, Ke Li

Awareness, willingness, and uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men in Ghana

Amos Apreku, Chris Guure, Samuel Dery, Alhassan Yakubu, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are, Stephen Ayisi Addo, Kwasi Torpey

The impact of COVID vaccination on incidence of long COVID and healthcare resource utilisation in a primary care cohort in England, 2021–2022

Jingyan Yang, Kiran K. Rai, Tamuno Alfred, Lucy Massey, Olivia Massey, Leah McGrath, Kathleen M. Andersen, Theo Tritton, Carmen Tsang, Rebecca Butfield, Charlie Reynard, Diana Mendes, Jennifer L Nguyen

Impact of disease severity, age, sex, comorbidity, and vaccination on secondary attack rates of SARS-CoV-2: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

Dewan Md. Sumsuzzman, Yang Ye, Zhen Wang, Abhishek Pandey, Joanne M. Langley, Alison P. Galvani, Seyed M. Moghadas

Analysis of molecular resistance and associated risk factors in tuberculosis

Zhenzhen Wang, Tengfei Guo, Liyang Xu, Jinwei Liu, Long Li, Junrong Jin, Qing Zhang, Tao Jiang, Zhanqin Zhao, Yun Xue

Prevalence of post-pandemic SARS-CoV-2 in patients with respiratory syndrome in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Jordy Exaucé Demboux Lyelet, Pembe Issamou Mayengue, Félix Koukouikila-Koussounda, Ahmed Jordy Doniama Essialaba, Christ Marty Stéphane Vembe Mahounga, Aldi Fred Mandiangou, Grâce Petula Urielle Fila-Fila, Léadisaelle Hosanna Lenguiya, Novy Charel Bobouaka Bonguili, Eric Elguero, Eric M. Leroy, Pierre Becquart, Fabien Roch Niama

Neutralizing and binding antibody dynamics following primary and booster COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers

Irmak Güzel, Gamze Öztürk, Özgür Appak, Derya Çağlayan, Ahmet F. Süner, Çağlar Irmak, Neslişah Türe, Elif Işik, Muammer Çelik, Gül Ergör, Alp Ergör, Yücel Demiral, Sema Alp Çavuş, Bulent Kilic, Arzu Sayiner

A diagnostic model for sepsis using an integrated machine learning framework approach and its therapeutic drug discovery

Wuping Zhang, Hanping Shi, Jie Peng

Prevalence, perception of risk and mycobacterium tuberculosis control practices among healthcare workers in HIV care and treatment centres in North Central Nigeria

Evaezi Okpokoro, Temitayo Lawal, Oyewole Oyedele, Victoria Etuk, Stella Ijioma, Temitope Adetiba, Miriam Bathnna, Chinye Osa-Afiana, Nifarta Andrew, Alash’le Abimiku

Exploring the value and acceptability of a patient navigator program for people who inject drugs and are hospitalized for bacterial infections: patients’, community organization and healthcare workers’ perspectives

Karine Bédard, Isabelle Boisvert, Marianne Rochette, Eric Racine, Valérie Martel-Laferrière

Molecular identification of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes among klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from southwest Iran

Azar Dokht Khosravi, Hossein Meghdadi, Morteza Saki, Pejman Bakhtiyariniya, Reza Heidari, Sousan Akrami, Zahra Dargahi, Ameneh Alami, Saeed Khoshnood, Melika Moradi, Nazanin Ahmadkhosravi, Moloudsadat Motahar

Lactate-to-albumin ratio as a potential prognostic predictor in patients with cirrhosis and sepsis: a retrospective cohort study

Jianjun Wang, Xi Chen, Chuan Qin, Ruizi Shi, Yu Huang, Jianping Gong, Xintao Zeng, Decai Wang

Evolution of social contacts patterns in France over the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: results from the SocialCov survey

Flora Soussand, Armiya Youssouf Abdou, Marie Sanchez, Bich-Tram Huynh, Coralie Giese, Cécile Tran-Kiem, Guillaume Béraud, Didier Guillemot, Simon Cauchemez, Lulla Opatowski, Paolo Bosetti

High prevalence of antibiotic resistant Campylobacter among patients attending clinical settings in Kigali, Rwanda

Noel Gahamanyi, Arsene Musana Habimana, Jean Paul Harerimana, Frank Iranzi, Salomon Ntwali, Gaudence Kamaliza, Josiane Mukayisenga, Shimirwa Jean Bosco, Erick Vitus Komba, Nadine Rujeni, Raghavendra G. Amachawadi

Prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in patients with clinical symptoms in Kermanshah, western Iran: a cross-sectional study

Parnia Moradi, Abbas Farahani, Parviz Mohajeri, Babak Izadi, Ramin Abiri, Amirhooshang Alvandi, Mina Rezaei

Parasitological and microbiological assessment of contact lens storage cases: a survey of asymptomatic lens student wearers from five medical specialties in Tunisia, North Africa

Sameh Belgacem, Raja Chaâbane-Banaoues, Amira Mejri, Sawsen Ben Ifa, Maha Mastouri, Hamouda Babba

Haematological markers as predictive tools for tuberculosis in PLHIV: a retrospective cohort study in Gujarat, India

Yogesh M, Roshni Vamja, Parth Anilbhai Parmar, Naresh Makwana, R Naveen Shyam Sundar

Prediction of tuberculosis treatment outcomes using biochemical makers with machine learning

Zheyue Wang, Zhenpeng Guo, Weijia Wang, Qiang Zhang, Suya Song, Yuan Xue, Zhixin Zhang, Jianming Wang

Efficacy and safety of isavuconazole versus voriconazole for the treatment of invasive fungal infections: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

Jianzhen Weng, Xiaoman Du, Baomin Fang, Yanming Li, Lixue Huang, Yang Ju

Early cytokine signatures and clinical phenotypes discriminate persistent from resolving MRSA bacteremia

Kristina V. Bergersen, Ying Zheng, Maura Rossetti, Felicia Ruffin, Harry Pickering, Rajesh Parmar, Gemalene Sunga, Liana C. Chan, David Gjertson, Vance G. Fowler, Michael R. Yeaman, Elaine F. Reed, Alexander Hoffmann, Felix Medie, Batu Sharma, Joshua Thaden

Eikenella corrodens and Parvimonas micra purulent pericarditis following oral fish bone impaction: a case report

Birdie Huang, Jih-Kai Yeh

Brucella bloodstream infection mimicking systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a pediatric case report

Jiaji Ling, Jingjing Luo, Wenjing Wu, Xiangao Lei, Wei Zhou, Linghan Kuang, Yongmei Jiang, Xingxin Liu

A rare case of lingual mucosal leishmaniasis caused by reactivation of Leishmania infantum infection

Yannik Eggers, Martha Holtfreter, Irmela Müller-Stoever, Johannes Mischlinger, Andreas Hammacher, Bernhard Hemmerlein, Alexander Kreuter, Frank Oellig, Dennis Tappe, Tom Luedde, Torsten Feldt, Hans Martin Orth

Elevated thrombosis-related biomarkers as predictors of disease severity and mortality in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Ting Lu, Hong Yan, Jie Luo, Sen Wang, Yanyan Xia, Xuejing Xu

Measles in Canada: modelling outbreaks with variable vaccine coverage and interventions

Jennifer McNichol, Javad Valizadeh, Samara Chaudhury, Caroline Colijn

Patient preferences for long-acting HIV treatment: a preference heterogeneity assessment

Enrique M. Saldarriaga, Brett Hauber, Douglas Barthold, Aaron T. Brah, Jacinda Tran, Vincent C. Marconi, Jane M. Simoni, Susan M. Graham

First documented case of visceral leishmaniasis with rare colonic involvement in an immunocompetent adult in Slovakia

Ondrej Zahornacky, Stefan Porubcin, Alena Rovnakova, Milota Kopcova, Pavol Jarcuska, Peter Bohus, Marian Benicky

The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jiaqi Wei, Wei Hui, Yuan Fang, Han Jia, Yu Yang, Tong Zhang, Hao Wu, Bin Su, Taiyi Jiang

Possible CMV transmission via intrauterine insemination: case report

Emily Santos, Andrea Ciaranello, Irene Dimitriadis, Jill Attaman, Lisa M. Bebell

A new wave of resurgence for GII.4 Sydney in Huzhou, particularly GII.4 Sydney[P16], between 2019 and 2023

Xiaohua Zhu, Peng Zhang, Wei Yan, Fenfen Dong, Deshun Xu, Rui Yuan, Lei Ji

Key role of whole genome sequencing in resolving an international outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium linked to chocolate products

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Valeska Laisnez, Amoolya Vusirikala, Charlotte Salgaard Nielsen, Vera Cantaert, Laurence Delbrassinne, Wesley Mattheus, Bavo Verhaegen, Hugues Delamare, Nathalie Jourdan-Da Silva, Raskit Lachmann, Sandra Simon, Martin Cormican, Patricia Garvey, Paul McKeown, Roger Stephan, Derek Brown, Lynda Browning, Ann Hoban, Lesley Larkin, Christian Kornschober, Naima Hammami, Veronica Jaramillo, Roxane Audistere, Russell O. Forrest, Cynthia Misfeldt, Michaela Špačková, Ondřej Daniel, Luise Müller, Pernille Gymoese, Emily Dibba White, Gerhard Falkenhors, Beatrice Ladewig, Janna Schmid, Denise Eble, Mary Lenahan, Orla Moore, Laura Villa, Claudia Lucarelli, Gaia Scavia, Catherine Ragimbeau, Anne Vergison, Joël Mossong, Roan Pijnacker, Maaike van den Beld, Heidi Lange, Lin T. Brandal, Marija Trkov, Eva Grilc, Carmen Varela Martínez, Silvia Herrera-León, Ana Abades Martínez, Rikard Dryselius, Nadja Karamehmedovic, Stefan Börjesson, Magdalena Nüesch-Inderbinen, Jule Horlbog, Paul Cabrey, Robert Smith, Anais Painset, Marie Chattaway, Morgan Schroeder, Maria Pardos de la Gandara, Cecilia Jernberg, Johanna Takkinen, Sooria Balasegaram, Dieter Van Cauteren

Social contacts and mixing patterns in rural Gambia

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Isaac Osei, Emmanuel Mendy, Kevin van Zandvoort, Benjamin Young, Olimatou Jobe, Golam Sarwar, Nuredin I. Mohammed, Jane Bruce, Brian Greenwood, Stefan Flasche, Grant A. Mackenzie

Some zoonotic infectious diseases are prevalent among children under 15 years of age in Ardabil Province, northern Iran

Mehdi Mohebali, Behnaz Akhoundi, Shabnam Asfaram, Zabih Zarei, Seyyedeh-Negar Modares-Sadrani, Nader Noori, Abbas Hosseinzadeh, Sohrab Iranpour, Soheila Molaei

Effect of changes trajectory of serum phosphate levels on the 28-day mortality risk in patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study from the MIMIC-IV database

Rui Zhang, Dingxing Zhou

Cervical cancer screening uptake and its predictors among women aged 30–49 in Ghana: Providing evidence to support the World Health Organization’s cervical cancer elimination initiative

Leticia Akua Adzigbli, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Khadijat Adeleye, Augustus Osborne, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Assessing insecticide susceptibility of Culex pipiens linnaeus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Aras River basin: implications for disease control

Madineh Abbasi, Saideh Yousefi

A bundle-based approach on catheter-associated urinary tract infection: a multi-center study in Chinese tertiary hospitals

Huiping Huang, Lei Huang, Sihan Yan, Chuanpeng Wang, Tingting Wu, Deqin Chen, Tingting Chen, Hongbing Chen, Weimin Huang, Alin Xue, Jianzhou Yang, Houzhi Chen, Guihua Zhuang

Capnocytophaga ochracea detected in cerebrospinal fluid of a meningioma patient: a case report

Le Zhang, Jingyi Hu, Ying Xin, Han Cheng, Yan Yan, Qin Wang

Prevalence and multidrug resistance patterns of bacterial pathogens in wastewater and drinking water systems from hospital and non-hospital environments in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mihret Tilahun, Agumas Shibabaw, Metadel Adane

A rare case of macroamylasemia in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Tilan Aponso, W. M. D. A. S. Wanninayake, N. M. M. Nawarathne

Retrospective study on the epidemiological characteristics of multi-pathogen infections of hospitalized severe acute respiratory tract infection and influenza-like illness in Xinjiang from January to May 2024

Jia Huang, Xin Ma, Haiyan Wu, Hundezi Awuxi, Xuan Zhang, Yuan Chen, Nigedeli Alitengsaier, Quanxi Li

Non-Candida mycosis in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: perspective of a low-incidence region

Abdullah AlSaleh, Mohammed Shahid

A cross-sectional study evaluating the screening, diagnosis and management of advanced HIV disease at the AIDS support organization service centre in Mbarara City, Southwestern Uganda

Paddy Mutungi Tukamuhebwa, Isla Gemmell

The predictive value of fibrosis profiles for hepatitis E virus-related liver failure among hospitalized patients with acute hepatitis E: a retrospective cohort study

Rui Dong, Lili Huang, Lin Chen, Hong Xue, Jianguo Shao, Chunyan Ye, Yonglin Yang, Ke Xu, Zhenghan Luo, Jie Wang

Validation and implementation of TaqMAMA RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 variant surveillance: experience from a high-volume setting

José Nicolas Aguirre-Pineda, Mario Alberto Mújica-Sánchez, Hansel Hugo Chávez-Morales, Gabriel Cojuc-Konigsberg, Alan Braverman-Poyastro, Alberto Moscona-Nissan, Gastón Becherano-Razon, Alberto Guijosa, Damilda Duarte, Maria Del Carmen García-Colín, Martha Angella Durán-Barrón, Eduardo Becerril-Vargas

The association between the triglyceride‒glucose index and short-term mortality in ICU patients with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury

Heping Xu, Yan Xia, Ruiyong Mo, Yiqiao Liu

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for etiological diagnosis of an unexpected rabies case with unclear exposure history

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Jing Wu, Yingjie QI, Wenyan Zhang, Lixue Liu, Jiangrong Chen, Yun Yang, Xuanshun Zhang, Xinru Liu, Yuru Shi

Clinical application of targeted nanopore sequencing in pathogen detection in patients with sepsis

Mingdi Chen, Lei Bao, Yu Qian, Ye Chen, Jie Zhang, Yi Li, Xin Liu

Biomarker states and risk of death among individuals hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Tanayott Thaweethai, Caitlin A. Selvaggi, Ta-Chou Ng, David Cheng, Tingyi Cao, Lori B. Chibnik, Daniel J. Shinnick, Andrea S. Foulkes

The impact of long COVID on heart rate variability: a cross-sectional study

Minyu Qin, Kwan Lee, Seok-Ju Yoo

Sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis in women of child-bearing age in Antananarivo, Madagascar: prevalence and risk factors from a cross-sectional study

Camille Fortas, Aina Nirina Harimanana, Solange Bienvenue Rasoanandrianina, Tsinjo Fehizoro Rasoanaivo, Hobisoa Léa Razanadranaivo, Reziky Tiandraza Mangahasimbola, Dimitri Toky Rasolon, Lala Fanomezantsoa Rafetrarivony, Tsiry Tahina Rasolofomanana, Laurah Rabarisoa, Bich-Tram Huynh, Rindra Vatosoa Randremanana, Tania Crucitti

Prevalence of HPV genotypes and their association with reproductive tract inflammation and pregnancy outcomes among reproductive-age women in Ningbo, China: a retrospective cohort study (2016–2020)

Nana He, Xuejing Song, Qifa Song, Huiqing Ding

Establishment and evaluation of a predictive model for immune reconstitution in people living with HIV after antiretroviral therapy

Na Li, Rui Li, Hong-Yi Zheng, Wen-Qiang He, Ru-Fei Duan, Xia Li, Ren-Rong Tian, Hui-Qin Li, Xing-Qi Dong, Zhi-Qiang Shen, Yong-Tang Zheng

A comparison of genome-wide association analyses of persistent symptoms after Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, and myalgic encephalomyelitis – chronic fatigue syndrome

Annemarie G. Hirsch, Anne E. Justice, Amy Poissant, Cara M. Nordberg, Navya S. Josyula, John Aucott, Alison W. Rebman, Brian S. Schwartz

Bacterial profile, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and associated factors among lower respiratory tract infection patients attending at Debre Markos comprehensive specialized hospital, Northwest, Ethiopia

Osman Yimer, Abtie Abebaw, Adane Adugna, Fentahun Adane, Ahmed Esmael

Analysis of phylogroups, biofilm formation, virulence factors, antibiotic resistance and molecular typing of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from patients with recurrent and non-recurrent urinary tract infections

Parisa Mahshouri, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani, Hossein Emad Momtaz, Amin Doosti-Irani, Leili Shokoohizadeh

Clinical manifestations in patients with anti-IFN-γ autoantibodies syndrome and Talaromyces marneffei infection: a prospective cohort study

Hanlin Liang, Siqiao Liang, Siyao Wu, Ni Chen, Xuemei Huang, Qiangxiu Zeng, Yan Ning, Zengtao Luo, Xiaona Liang, Zhiyi He

Patterns of linear growth among children and adolescents living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe and Zambia

Tafadzwa Madanhire, Amy Macdougall, Lackson Kasonka, Hildah B. Mabuda, Molly Chisenga, Hilda Mujuru, Tsitsi Bandason, Nyasha V. Dzavakwa, Victoria Simms, Kate A. Ward, Rashida A. Ferrand, Nuredin Mohammed, Celia L. Gregson

The association between Clonorchis sinensis seropositivity and hepatocellular carcinoma in an endemic area: a study in Guangxi, China

Qing-Li Yang, Xi-Wei Lu, Zhong-Liao Fang, Yu-Qiu Gao, Yi-Ning He, Yan Huang, Yue Dai, Ming-Yong Liang, Carlos H. F. Chan, Zhi-Hua Jiang

Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of opportunistic infections in advanced HIV disease patients among men who have sex with men in Vietnam: A prospective cross-sectional study

Ly Trieu Vo, Dung Quoc Phan, Phi Hoang Nguyen, Araba Gyan, Nhut Minh Vuong, Tung Nhu Le Nguyen, Lan Y Vo, Giao Huynh

Comparative analysis of clinical features of brucellosis in Kashi and Guangzhou: a retrospective multicentre study

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Shufang Pan, Shuru Chen, Zhanlian Huang, Kaixiang Zhou, Guofen Zeng, Maimaitiaili Tuerxun, Jianyun Zhu, Yutian Chong

Clinical presentation and outcomes of bloodstream infection with intrinsically carbapenem-resistant non-fermenting gram-negative organisms: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Elizabethkingia spp. and Chryseobacterium spp. in Singapore, from 2012 to 2024

Matthew Chung Yi Koh, Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Ka Lip Chew, Nares Smitasin, Lionel Hon-Wai Lum, David Michael Allen

Prognostic nutritional index as an early predictor of mortality in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: multicenter retrospective study in South Korea

Hyun Ji Woo, Tae-Kyu Kwon, Sang Taek Heo, Jeong Rae Yoo, Misun Kim, Jaeseong Oh, In-Gyu Bae, Sohyun Bae, Young-Ran Yoon, Miri Hyun, Hyun ah Kim, Sook In Jung, Ki Tae Kwon, Soyoon Hwang, Uh Jin Kim, Gaeun Kang, Young Jun Kim, Jeong-Hwan Hwang, Min-Gul Kim

Real-world effectiveness and safety of oral Azvudine versus Paxlovid for COVID-19 in patients with kidney disease: a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study

Benchen Rao, Daming Wang, Mengzhao Yang, Chunyu Zhao, Ming Cheng, Silin Li, Donghua Zhang, Hong Luo, Guowu Qian, Ling Wang, Shixi Zhang, Guotao Li, Guangming Li, Zujiang Yu, Zhigang Ren

Prevalence of recurrent urinary tract infections and its associated factors in female staff of reproductive age group in a medical college in central Kerala: a cross-sectional study

Franco Johny V, V. T. Krishnadas Menon, Sneha Georgy, C. R. Saju, M. P. Jini

Evaluation of the clinical and radiological features of patients with Malignant otitis externa (MOE)

Arefeh Tabashiri, Hadi Allahverdi Nazhand, Mobin Fathy, Seyed Mohammad Mortazavi, Farid Javandoust Gharehbagh, Maryam Haghighi-Morad, Farhad Mokhtarinejad, Ilad Alavi Darazam

Prevalence and distribution of respiratory pathogens in pediatric acute respiratory infections in Putian, China

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Jinwei Zhu, Suqing Wu, Yan Chen, Liping Zheng

T-cell activation of Toxoplasma gondii positive donors by maltodextrin nanoparticles formulated with killed Toxoplasma gondii

Monica Vargas-Montes, François Fasquelle, Nestor Ivan Cardona, Jorge Enrique Gómez-Marín, Didier Betbeder

Microbiological aetiology of paediatric respiratory tract infections in Kyrgyzstan

Nargiza Osmonbaeva, Joakim Bloch, Aidai Erkinbaeva, Aigerim Tilebalieva, Raisa Tolobekova, Meerim Zhaparova, Aichatou Rogbo-Bengtsson, Elvira Isaeva, Azamat Akylbekov, Maamed Mademilov, Erkingul Baltabaeva, Gulbarchyn Esengeldieva, Christian Salgård Jensen, Alex Christian Yde Nielsen, Nikolai Søren Kirkby, Robert Skov, Anja Poulsen, Jesper Kjærgaard, Talant Sooronbaev, Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals

Can cutaneous leishmaniasis provoke a resurgence of kala-azar in the Indian subcontinent?

Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Keshav Rai, Surendra Uranw, Dhan Keshar Khadka, Basudha Khanal, Gokarna Dahal, Sushmita Pradhan, Sushil Dhakal, Pieter Monsieurs, Tanyth de Gooyer, Kristien Cloots, Epco Hasker, Gert Van der Auwera

Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 2 genetic polymorphism and multiplicity of infection in selected malarious areas of Northwest Ethiopia

Agenagnew Ashagre, Jimma Dinsa Deressa, Daniel Abebe Mekonnen, Melat Abdu, Tegegne Eshetu, Migbaru Keffale, Aberham Abere, Mulugeta Aemero Tegegne

An acute diarrheal disease outbreak in urban setting of Odisha, India

Sushmita Kerketta, Usha Kiran Rout, Jaya Singh Kshatri, Anna Salomi Kerketta, Ashok Kumar Paikaray, Arashmika Dash, Rashmita Pradhan, Ankita Padhi, Thakur Patra, Ajit Kumar Behera, Swagatika Priyadarsini Swain, Jyotirmayee Turuk, Debdutta Bhattacharya, Sanghamitra Pati

Impact of rpoB gene mutations and Rifampicin-resistance levels on treatment outcomes in Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis

Maria Jose Vadakunnel, Vijayalakshmi Jawaharlal Nehru, Usharani Brammacharry, Venkateswari Ramachandra, Suganthi Palavesam, Anbazhagi Muthukumar, Balasundaram Revathi Mani, Sriramkumar S. R, Gunavathy Pradhabane, Azger Dusthackeer VN, Sangeetha Subramani, Muthuraj Muthaiah, Govindarajan Soundappan

Evaluation of aminoglycoside- and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: phenotypic and genotypic insights from clinical specimens in Ardabil, Iran

Samira Hushyar, Hadi Peeri Doghaheh, Mohsen Arzanlou

Early diagnosis and application of hemopurification combined with antibiotic therapy and surgical debridement for successful treatment of a child with Vibrio vulnificus necrotizing fasciitis and septic shock: a case report

Zhaojun Pan, Xiaohui Guo, Pianpian Huang, Li Duan, Wei Hong, Yong Wu Xie, Shengcheng Li

High circulation of pertussis in infants and close contacts in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar in Africa, and Cambodia in Asia

Gaelle Noel, Aina Harimanana, Laurence Borand, Florence Campana, Chanthy Leng, Chhunly Botr, Lala Rafetrarivony, Mahdi Rajabizadeh, Alexandra Kerleguer, Bunnet Dim, Anny M. Randriamoramanana, Mohand Ait-Ahmed, Nicole Guiso, Jean-Marc Collard, Fabien Taieb, Annick Robinson, Mbolanirina L Rakotomahefa Narison, Moniboth Duch, Peuv Chea, Vantha Te, Sokha Pol, Ka Teng, Kimsroin Kim, Thona Sar, Tek Chheng Eap, Kong Sok, Hortensia M. Heriniaina, Mializay Ralalanombana, Solohery L. Razafimahatratra, Chanthy Keang, Kimhab Ky

Evaluation of candidemia cases in the intensive care unit of a tertiary training hospital during the period of COVID-19 pandemic

Fatma Yılmaz Karadağ, Derya Öztürk Engin, Aslıhan Ayşe Büber, Tülay Görmüş, Eyüp Arslan, Ayşe Şabablı Çetin, Selda Tekin, İsmet Sayan, Candan Bayri, Hakan Odabaşı, Nurten Bakan, Handan Ankaralı

Telemedicine virologic and immunologic outcomes in people living with HIV (PLWH) in a correctional setting during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Dimple Patel, Mahesh Patel, Scott Borgetti, Melissa E. Badowski

Lower immune senescence of T cell subsets among virologically suppressed Chinese men who have sex with men living with HIV in comparison with those ART naive

Li Li, Fengting Yu, Siyuan Yang, Hui Li, Yunxia Tang, Chengjie Ma

JN.1 variants circulating in Italy from October 2023 to April 2024: genetic diversity and immune recognition

Emanuela Giombini, Ilaria Schiavoni, Luigina Ambrosio, Alessandra Lo Presti, Angela Di Martino, Stefano Fiore, Pasqualina Leone, Francesca Fortunato, Rosa Prato, Giorgio Fedele, Anna Teresa Palamara, Paola Stefanelli, Liborio Stuppia, Federico Anaclerio, Giovanni Savini, Cesare Cammà, Luigi Possenti, Domenico Dell’Edera, Antonio Picerno, Teresa Lopizzo, Maria Teresa Fiorillo, Rosaria Oteri, Giuseppe Viglietto, Pasquale Minchella, Francesca Greco, Antonio Limone, Giovanna Fusco, Claudia Tiberio, Luigi Atripaldi, Mariagrazia Coppola, Davide Cacchiarelli, Antonio Grimaldi, Stefano Pongolini, Erika Scaltriti, Vittorio Sambri, Giorgio Dirani, Silvia Zannoli, Tiziana Lazzarotto, Giada Rossini, Federica Baldan, Sabrina Lombino, Pierlanfranco D’Agaro, Ludovica Segat, Fabio Barbone, Raffaella Koncan, Antonio Battisti, Patricia Alba, Maria Teresa Scicluna, Silvia Angeletti, Elisabetta Riva, Fulvia Pimpinelli, Maurizio Fanciulli, Alice Massacci, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Fabrizio Maggi, Martina Rueca, Cesare Ernesto Maria Gruber, Ombretta Turriziani, Carlo Federico Perno, Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein, Maria Concetta Bellocchi, Bianca Bruzzone, Giancarlo Icardi, Andrea Orsi, Rea Valaperta, Maria Oggionni, Sophie Testa, Fabio Sagradi, Arnaldo Caruso, Serena Messali, Diana Fanti, Alice Nava, Sergio Malandrin, Annalisa Cavallero, Claudio Francesco Farina, Marco Arosio, Ferruccio Ceriotti, Sara Colonia Uceda Renteria, Stefania Paganini, Anna Maria Di Blasio, Erminio Torresani, Maria Beatrice Boniotti, Cristina Bertasio, Nicola Clementi, Michela Sampaolo, Federica Novazzi, Nicasio Mancini, Maria Rita Gismondo, Valeria Micheli, Fausto Baldanti, Federica AM Giardina, Antonio Piralla, Federica Zavaglio, Francesca Rovida, Elena Pariani, Cristina Galli, Laura Pellegrinelli, Stefano Menzo, Massimiliano Scutellà, Valentina Felice, Elisabetta Pagani, Irene Bianconi, Angela Maria Di Pierro, Lucia Collini, Giovanni Lorenzin, Valeria Ghisetti, Sara Gilardi, Alice Bartolini, Daniela Cantarella, Simone Peletto, Giuseppe Ru, Pier Luigi Acutis, Elena Bozzetta, Maria Chironna, Daniela Loconsole, Antonio Parisi, Fabio Arena, Rossella De Nittis, Giuseppina Iannelli, Florigio Romano Lista, Ferdinando Coghe, Sergio Uzzau, Salvatore Rubino, Flavia Angioj, Gabriele Ibba, Caterina Serra, Giovanna Piras, Giuseppe Mameli, Rosanna Asproni, Francesca Di Gaudio, Stefano Vullo, Stefano Reale, Teresa Pollicino, Francesco Vitale, Fabio Tramuto, Stefania Stefani, Guido Scalia, Concetta Ilenia Palermo, Giuseppe Mancuso, Vincenzo Bramanti, Carmelo Fidone, Giuseppe Barrano, Mauro Pistello, Gian Maria Rossolini, Francesca Malentacchi, Maria Grazia Cusi, Antonella Mencacci, Barbara Camilloni, Calogero Terregino, Alice Fusaro, Isabella Monne, Edoardo Giussani, Davide Gibellini, Emil Tonon, Riccardo Cecchetto, Laura Squarzon, Mosè Favarato, Valeria Biscaro, Elisa Vian, Silvia Ragolia, Michela Pascarella, Fabio Buffoli, Isabella Cerbaro

Prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in healthcare and community settings in West Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

Moustapha Diop, Oumar Bassoum, Abdourahmane Ndong, Fatimata Wone, Ajuamendem Ghogomu Tamouh, Maguette Ndoye, Tracie Youbong, Sokhna Moumy Mbacké Daffé, Romziath Olouwakemi Radji, Mamadou Wagué Gueye, Ndeye Aissatou Lakhe, Bécaye Fall, Papa Samba Ba, Adama Faye

Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli in bloodstream infections from a general hospital in Ningxia, China, 2022–2023

Xinxin Hu, Jia Tao, Lixin Yan, Wei Hong, Wen Wang, Liru Wang, Gang Li, Wei Jia

Evaluating malaria burden in children under-five and intervention outcomes in Tarkwa-Nsuaem municipality

Anafo Abdulzeid, Senyefia Bosson-Amedenu, Vincent Uwumboriyhie Gmayinaam, Appiah Enock, Selasi Ocloo, Joseph Acquah

Social contact patterns in South Korea: an analysis of a survey conducted in 2023-2024

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Woo-Sik Son, Min-Kyung Chae, Dong-Uk Hwang, Kyeongah Nah, Minsoo Kim, Jong-Hoon Kim, Jonggul Lee

Antimicrobial resistance of bacterial pathogens isolated from cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Onyansaniba K. Ntim, Aaron Awere-Duodu, Abdul-Halim Osman, Eric S. Donkor

Incidence and predictors of loss to follow-up among adult HIV patients attending antiretroviral therapy at public health facilities in Agaro town, Southwest Ethiopia, 2023

Abduljebar Mohammed Ahmed, Assefa Legesse Sisay, Mamo Nigatu Gebre

Epidemiological profile and antimicrobial resistance trends of Staphylococcus aureus in Chinese pediatric intensive care units from 2016 to 2022: a multi-center retrospective study

Xiao-Lei Zhang, Jing Liu, Pan Fu, Yi-Xue Wang, Pan-Pan Fan, Jin-Lan Zhou, Xian-Qi Xiang, Hui-Li Shen, Ting-Yan Liu, Ying-Ying Zhang, Ting Zhu, Cai-Yan Zhang, Chuan-Qing Wang, Guo-Ping Lu, Gang-Feng Yan, Hong Ren, Juan-zhen Li, Yu-cai Zhang, Yi-ping Zhou, Cheng-mei Zhang, Zhen-jie Chen, Ming-ming Zhou, Zheng-jiang Bai, Sai-hu Hang, Li-li Hang, He-he Chen, Yao Zheng, Qun-ying Chen, Peng-wei Zhu, Yong Li, Yan Xu, Bi-zhen Zhu, Hui-xuan Shi, Shao-xian Hong, Yu-kun Huang, Mei-lian Huang, Dan-qun Jing, Wen-jia Tong, Cheng-Yu Zhang, Wei-guo Yang, Wei-ke Mang, Qing Meng, Yi-bing Cheng, Qun-qun Zhang, Kai-jie Gao, Hui-ming Xu, Yu-xia Li, Hang-hai Ding, Xiu-lan Lu, Jiao-tian Huang, Jian-long Liu, You-rong Zhu, Yuan-yuan Chen, Shu-fang Xiao, Juan He, Li Jiang, Jian-li Chen, Yi Lin, Jia Lei

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in men having sex with men (MSM): a systematic review

G. M. de Jong, S.C. van der Boor, C. van Bokhoven, H. Bos, E. Hoornenborg, R.E. Joosten, D.W. Notermans, S.F. de Stoppelaar

Clinical application of acute Q fever -induced systemic capillary leak syndrome in a patient by using metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report and literature review

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Junjie Zhao, Weiwen Zhang, Jian Luo, Honglong Fang, Kaiyu Wang

Completion of tuberculosis preventive treatment with 300 mg vs. 100 mg isoniazid tablets: a pragmatic randomized clinical trial

João Paulo Cola, Thiago Nascimento do Prado, Bárbara Manuella Cardoso Sodré Alves, Carolina Maia Martins Sales, Bárbara Juliana Pinheiro Borges, Keila Cristina Mascarello, Anne Caroline Barbosa Cerqueira Vieira, Silvia das Dores Rissino, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo, Noemia Urruth Leão Tavares, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel

A comparison of empiric therapy with cefazolin versus ceftriaxone for patients with complicated urinary tract infections in a tertiary care veterans affairs medical center

Paola Carcamo, Elizabeth Walter, Christopher R. Frei, Linda Yang, Jose Cadena, Teri Hopkins

Prognostic factors in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and effectiveness of prophylactic anticoagulant therapy: a single-center retrospective study

Xing He, Chun Zhang, Jiaqi Ji, Yang Liu, Wanjie Feng, Linjie Luo, Hong Fan, Lu Guo

Comparative analysis of SD biosensor standard™ M10 HPV and seegene anyplex™ II HPV HR for detecting high-risk human papillomavirus: a concordance study

Abigail Rembui Jerip, Vaenessa Noni, Vanessa Kiah Anthony, Andy Cheong Shin Bong, Jaria Adam, Cheng Siang Tan

Model-based cost-impact analysis of a diagnostic test for patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Canada

Brittany Humphries, Yuan Sun, Jeffrey Pernica, Feng Xie

Primary cutaneous mixed infection with Cryptococcus uniguttulatus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Yakun Shao, Yinggai Song, Ruoning Xue, Ruoyu Li, Jin Yu

Development of a Weighted-Incidence Syndromic Combination Antibiogram (WISCA) to guide empiric antibiotic treatment for ventilator-associated pneumonia in a Mexican tertiary care university hospital

Jaime Briseno-Ramírez, Adolfo Gómez-Quiroz, Brenda Berenice Avila-Cardenas, Judith Carolina De Arcos-Jiménez, Leonardo Perales-Guerrero, Jaime F. Andrade-Villanueva, Pedro Martínez-Ayala

Ascaris lumbricoides: prevalence and associated factors among pre-school children in Rukiga district, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

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Martine Kasiita, Stephen Businge, Agnes Napyo, James K. Tumwine

Exploring the validity of routine individuated service data for antenatal HIV surveillance in the Western Cape

Nisha Jacob, Brian Rice, Alexa Heekes, Leigh F. Johnson, Samantha Brinkmann, Tendesayi Kufa, Adrian Puren, Andrew Boulle

The origin and dissemination of HIV-1 subtype B on Hainan Island, South China, 2007–2024

Chunyun Lu, Kaokao Zhu, Nengde Zhang, Mu Li, Shanmei Zhong, Cai Qin, Tong Luo, Rongjing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Yi Ning, Hao Liang, Li Ye, Bingyu Liang, Dee Yu

A combined model based on lung CT imaging and clinical characteristics for the diagnosis of AIDS with infection of Talaromyces marneffei

Yang Lu, Xia Shi, Xiaofang Yu, Tangkai Qi, Fei Shan, Yinpeng Jin, Xuejun Ni, Feng Feng

Atypical rat bite fever associated with knee joint infection in a Chinese patient: a case report

Mengping Gao, Shaojin Zhong, Guibin Han, Duncai Kuang, Changying Yun, Cegang Fu

Pasteurella multocida infection: a differential retrospective study of 482 cases of P. multocida infection in patient of different ages

Bo Wei, Chang Liu, Jie Zhu, XinYu Zou, Zhenhua Zhang

Valacyclovir for the prevention of cytomegalovirus infection after kidney transplantation

Jin Sug Kim, Na Rae Lee, Kyun-Ik Park, Hyeon Seok Hwang, Sang Ho Lee, Byung Ha Chung, Cheol Woong Jung, Jang-Hee Cho, Woo Yeong Park, Hyo Jin Kim, Jong Cheol Jeong, Jaeseok Yang, Yu Ho Lee, Jae Berm Park, Jin Seok Jeon, Juhan Lee, Yeong Hoon Kim, Soo Jin Na Choi, Jieun Oh, Hye Eun Yoon, Deok Gie Kim, Ho Sik Shin, Tae Hyun Ban, Myoung Soo Kim, Min Jung Ko, Kyung Hwan Jeong

High nasopharyngeal and serum IL-6 levels and the − 573G > C polymorphism (rs1800796) are linked with the risk of severe COVID-19 in a Mexican population: a case‒control study

Kirvis Torres-Poveda, Margarita Bahena-Román, Carla O. Contreras-Ochoa, Alfredo Lagunas-Martínez, Víctor Hugo Bermúdez-Morales, Victoria Pando-Robles, Esmeralda Ortiz-Flores, Fabiola Cortés-Pedroza, María E. Santana-Román, Cecilia Martínez-Campos, Miguel Sánchez-Alemán, Joaquin Manzo-Merino, Ausencio Morales-Ortega, Daniel Alberto Madrid-González, Marco Antonio Cantú-Cuevas, Héctor Barón-Olivares, Vicente Madrid-Marina

Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, northwestern of Iran

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Narges Soozangar, Farhad Jeddi, Adel Spotin, Soheila Molaei, Behnam Mohammadi-Ghalehbin, Shahram Habibzadeh, Jafar Mohammadshahi, Hafez Mirzanejad-Asl, Hadi Peeri Dogaheh

Implementation of an infection prevention and control response strategy to combat the Sudan Virus Disease outbreak in an urban setting, the Kampala Metropolitan area, Uganda, 2022

S. Judith Nanyondo, Shillah Nakato, Janelle Franklin, Andrew Kwiringira, Marvin Malikisi, Maureen Kesande, Abdullah Wailagala, Rebecca Suubi, Dathan M. Byonanebye, Elizabeth Katwesigye, Paul Katongole, Juliet Kasule, Louis B. Bayo, Martin Kasendwa, Diriisa Musisi, Jennifer Hunter, Lisa P. Oakley, Cori Dennison, Linus Ndegwa, Lindsay K. Tompkins, Neil Gupta, Rony Bahatungire, Victoria Willet, Amy R. Kolwaite, Sarah Zalwango, Elizabeth Bancroft, Stacey Mearns, Mohammed Lamorde

Re-emergence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae before and after COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Frederike Waldeck, Tobias Siegfried Kramer, Sebastien Boutin, Jens Matten, Jan Kramer, Jan Rupp

Transcriptional alterations of virulence factors in Leishmania major clinical isolates harboring Leishmania RNA virus 2 (LRV2)

Sara Sabeti, Mona Koosha, Elham Kazemirad, Zahra Mirabedini, Mehdi Mohebali, Reza Saberi, Mahdi Fakhar, Homa Hajjaran

Time trend and identification of risk areas for physical disability due to leprosy in Brazil: An ecological study, 2001-2022

Thais Silva Matos, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Tania Rita Moreno de Oliveira Fernandes, Márcio Bezerra Santos, Rodrigo José Videres Cordeiro de Brito, Diogo Uester Silva Matos, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Tarcísio Fulgêncio Alves da Silva

Mycobacterium celatum encephalitis in an immunocompromised host mimicking autoimmune striatal encephalitis: the first case report

Thanapoom Taweephol, Thanakit Pongpitakmetha, Prakit Anukoolwittaya, Chayoot Marukatat, Wanakorn Rattanawong, Pasin Hemachudha, Jakapat Vanichanan, Suwatchareeporn Rotcheewaphan, Abhinbhen W. Saraya

A novel malaria mathematical model: integrating vector and non-vector transmission pathways

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Emmanuel Akowe, Queeneth Ojoma Ahman, Benedict Celestine Agbata, Solomon Onuche Joseph, Emmanuel Olorunfemi Senewo, Abdul Yusuf Danjuma, Danjuma Jibrin Yahaya

Genomic characterisation and traceability analysis of a Clostridium botulinum strain involved in a food poisoning incident

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Guiman Li, Huiwen Wang, Yan Zhang, Jun Yan, Zhongwen Duan, Lei Pang, Xianhui Xiong, Qiyan Cha, Siwen Zhao, Min Hou, Yanyan Liu

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to control influenza spread among children in primary school and kindergarten: class-suspension or symptom-based isolation?

Hui Xiang, Jie Zhang, Linlin Yang, Yan Wang, Tao Li, Xiaoqing Tang, Jing Qin, Wenwen Deng, Rui Zhang

Detection of toxoplasma tachyzoites in the cerebrospinal fluid of a COVID-19 positive SLE patient: a case study

Ling Chen, Xiangping Hou, Hao Fu, Rui Zheng, Yonghong Xiao, Lifeng Xiang, Yunhua Dong

CTSO and HLA-DQA1 as biomarkers in sepsis-associated ARDS: insights from RNA sequencing and immune infiltration analysis

Yu Zhou Shen, Yan Dong Yao, Hai Li Li, Yang Li, Ying Chun Hu

Prospective longitudinal assessment of Albumin-to-Creatinine ratio (ACR) in a clinical cohort of people living with HIV in Gaborone, Botswana

Mosepele Mosepele, Kago Kebotsamang, Ponego Ponatshego, Kesaobaka Molebatsi, Thato Moshomo, Lucky Mokgatlhe, Shahin Lockman, Robert Gross, Joseph Jarvis, Shabbar Jaffar, Duolao Wang

Effect of methylprednisolone vs hydrocortisone on 30-day mortality in critically ill adults with septic shock: an analysis of the MIMIC-IV database

Jun Xu, Hongliu Cai, Xia Zheng

Epidemiology and genetic diversity of classic human astrovirus with whole-genome sequence analysis in inpatient children under 5 years of age in Yunnan, China

Zhichao Wang, Lili Jiang, Lihua Chen, Jianping Cun, Xiaofang Zhou, Yongming Zhou, Wenpeng Gu, Yihui Cao

Clustering and modeling joint-trajectories of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis mortality rates using bayesian multi-process latent growth model: A global study from 1990 to 2021

Tofigh Mobaderi, Anoshirvan Kazemnejad, Masoud Salehi

Epidemiology and risk factors of fungal pathogens in sepsis: a prospective nationwide multicenter cohort study

Jeong Eun Lee, Da Hyun Kang, Hyekyeong Ju, Dong Kyu Oh, Su Yeon Lee, Mi Hyeon Park, Chae-Man Lim, Song I Lee, Sang-Bum Hong, Gee Young Suh, Kyeongman Jeon, Ryoung-Eun Ko, Young-Jae Cho, Yeon Joo Lee, Sung Yoon Lim, Sunghoon Park, Jeongwon Heo, Jae-myeong Lee, Kyung Chan Kim, Youjin Chang, Sang-Min Lee, Suk-Kyung Hong, Woo Hyun Cho, Sang Hyun Kwak, Heung Bum Lee, Jong-Joon Ahn, Gil Myeong Seong, Tai Sun Park, Su Hwan Lee, Eun Young Choi, Jae Young Moon, Hyung Koo Kang

Development and validation of a nomogram to assess the occurrence of liver dysfunction in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in the ICU

Zhiwei Wang, Lina Zhao, Keliang Xie

The relationship between hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, and platelet (HALP) score and 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis: a retrospective analysis of the MIMIC-IV database

Huan Li, Yiran Zhou, Xinying Zhang, Run Yao, Ning Li

Impact of left ventricular stroke work index on 30-day mortality in sepsis: a retrospective analysis based on the MIMIC-III database

Yuewei Li, Zhaolin Li, Shiyi Bu, Qiujie Wang, Qiaojun Zeng, Weifeng Lin, Linjie Huang, Shanping Jiang, Ming Chen

Risk factors for rifampicin-susceptible and isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis in adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Nanjing

Jing Guo, Xuebing Feng, Jialei Pang, Wenchao Li, Min Cai, Zhiyun Cao, Feishen Lin, Xia Zhang

Correction: Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli in bloodstream infections from a general hospital in Ningxia, China, 2022–2023

Xinxin Hu, Jia Tao, Lixin Yan, Wei Hong, Wen Wang, Liru Wang, Gang Li, Wei Jia

Correction: Regional differences in triage decisions affect hospital mortality among frail COVID-19 patients in the COvid MEdicaTion study

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Julia Minnema, Roos Sablerolles, Janneke van Kempen, Hugo van der Kuy, Harmke Polinder-Bos, Bob van de Loo, Jorie Versmissen, Miriam L. Haaksma, Melvin Lafeber, Miriam C. Faes, Julia Minnema, Roos Sablerolles, Janneke van Kempen, Hugo van der Kuy, Harmke Polinder-Bos, Bob van de Loo, Jorie Versmissen, Melvin Lafeber, Miriam C. Faes, Ingrid van Haelst, Louise Andrews, Marleen Kemper, Roland van den Berg, Elise Slob, Firdaouss Boutkourt, Erik van Kan, Ronald Van Etten, Mariette Kappers, Peter van Wijngaarden, Anja Vos, Linda Hendriksen, Hugo de Wit, Loes Visser, Judith Derijks, Doris Haider, Nikolaus Lindner, Monika Schwap, Jos Tournoy, Lorenz Van der Linden, Morten Baltzer Houlind, Roberto Tessari, Paola Chessa, Marco Gambera, Isabella Martignoni, Laura Agnoletto, Margarida Falcao, Helena Farinha, Dina Mendes, Ines Carmo, Joana Soares, Fatima Falcao, Mariana Solano, Erica Viegas, Marta Miarons, Maria Queralt Gorgas, Cristina García Yubero, Kim Blum, Kim Keijzers, Silke Lim

Comparative study of stigma and discrimination among vaccinated and non-vaccinated COVID-19 survivors in Bangladesh

Tamanna Rashid, Shamsul Arefin, Mowsume Bhattacharjee, Ashraful Islam

Correction: Clinical diagnosis of Q fever by targeted next-generation sequencing for identification of Coxiella burnetii

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Shaohua Zhan, Haoyuan Jin, Hanbin Ji, Xin Hou, Jing Li, Ye Zhang, Jiajia Zheng, Liyan Cui

Talaromyces Marneffei infections in five human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients with the history of predation on wild bamboo rats (Rhizomys spp) - a case series

Liming Cao, Yilan Sun, Ziyuan Zhou, Xiaxia Pan

Deep cutaneous fungal infection in an immunocompetent individual caused by a biological pesticide: a rare case report

Chunjiao Zheng, Wei Li, Zhiqin Gao, Qian Yu, Lianjuan Yang

Incidence of dynamic seroconversion in subjects received the first dose of the SARS-COV-2 vaccine (AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: prospective cohort study

Eric Kasongo Mukenge, Blaise Matondo-Manzambi Sumbu, Aliocha Natuhoyila Nkodila, Jeremie Masidi Muwonga, Jean-Robert Rissassi Makulo, Mamy Zita Ngole, Ben Izizag Bepouka, Murielle Mashi Longokolo, Guyguy Kamwiziku, Hippolyte Nanituma Situakibanza, Jean-Marie Ntumba Kayembe, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, George Lelo Mvumbi, Baudouin Buassa-Bu-Tsumbu, Jean Claude Makangara, Désire Kulimba Mashinda, Eric Musalu Mafuta, Donatien Sonzi Mangala, Mireille Nganga Nkanga, Gustave Ntita Ilunga, Fonce Tshibawu Nkunda, Christian Nsimba Lengo, Steve Mundeke Ahuka

Altered KEGG pathways are associated with different immunologic responses to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected men who have sex with men

Heping Zhao, Dan Luo, Anping Feng, Xinyi Zhou, Yi-Fan Lin, Yuanyi Chen, Jinqiu Yuan, Cong Liu, Linghua Li, Huachun Zou

Airway-centered invasive pulmonary aspergillosis featuring histopathologic fruiting bodies in an immunocompetent patient with a rare incidental finding of thyroid gland Schwannoma: a case report

Imad Majeed, Sundal Aziz, Zaraq Rashid khan, Forest Arnold

The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 infections were asymptomatic in a clinic-based cohort of people with and without HIV in four African countries

Rither Langat, Natalie Burns, Ibrahim Daud, Hannah Kibuuka, John Owuoth, Valentine Sing’oei, Jonah Maswai, Zahra Parker, Abdulwasiu Tiamiyu, Emmanuel Bahemana, Reginald Gervas, Nicole F. Dear, Seth Frndak, Ajay P. Parikh, Emma R. Duff, Michelle Imbach, Badryah Omar, Jaclyn Hern, Neha Shah, Julie A. Ake, Trevor A. Crowell, Matthew L. Romo, Alexus Reynolds, Brennan Cebula, Danielle Bartolanzo, Glenna Schluck, Jacob Patterson, Jillian Chambers, Kara Lombardi, Kimberly Bohince, Leigh Anne Eller, Linsey Scheibler, Mary Schmitz, Patricia Agaba, Sean Cavanaugh, Tsedal Mebrahtu, Agatha Mugagga Mukanza, Alfred Lutaaya, Anne Nakirijja, Benard Okanyakure, Betty Mwesigwa, Cate Kafeero, Christine Nabanoba, Christine Nanteza, Claire Nakazzi Bagenda, Estella Birabwa, Evelyn Najjuma, Ezra Musingye, Fred Magala, Freddie Ssentogo, Godfrey Zziwa, Grace Mirembe, Harriet Nabirye, Hellen Birungi, Hilda Mutebe, Isaac Kato Kenoly, Jacqueline Namugabo, Michael Semwogerere, Michael Waiswa, Paul Wangiri, Phiona Namulondo, Prossy Naluyima, Richard Tumusiime, Ronald Ephraim Wasswa, Sylvia Namanda, Vamsi Vasireddy, Aaron Ngeno, Aggrey Koech, Alice Airo, Bornes Ngtech, Brayan Langat, Christopher Ochieng, Deborah Langat, Edwin Langat, Francis Opiyo, Grace Engoke, Ignatius Kiptoo, Irene Metet, Isaac Tsikhutsu, Janet Ngeno, Japhet Towett, Joan Kapkiai, Joshua Rotich, Josphat Kosgei, Kennedy Labosso, Leonard Cheruiyot, Linner Rotich, Lucy Korir, Mary Leelgo, Mercy Chelimo, Michael Obonyo, Mike Bii, Raphael Langat, Salome Ndungu, Samuel Kiprotich, Susan Ontango, Triza Rono, Wilfred Kirui, Zeddy Bett Kesi, Agnes Atieno, Celine Ogari, Charles Okwaro, Doris Njoroge, Elkanah Modi, George Suja, Iddah Aoko, Janet Oyieko, Joseph Meyo, Kennedy Obambo, Lovet Nyawanda, Lucas Otieno, Michal Ohaga, Oscar Adimo, Paul Omolo, Solomon Otieno, Trizer Achieng, Winnie Rehema, Dorothy Mkondoo, Eliud Myegeta, Faraja Mbwayu, Gloria David, Goodluck Kisonga, Gwamaka Mwaisanga, Happy Laiton, Janeth Likiliwike, Jaquiline Mwamwaja, John Njegite, Johnisius Msigwa, Laban Mwandumbya, Lucas Maganga, Mtasi Mwaipopo, Naima Mkingule, Paschal Kiliba, Peter Edwin, Raphael Mkinga, Restituta Minde, Rose Bruno, Vumilia Kaduma, Willyhelmina Olomi, Aminu Suleiman, Blessing Edet Okon, Chisara Okolo, Felicia Anayochukwu Odo, Feyisayo Jegede, Helen Nwandu, Ifeanyi Okoye, Ijeoma Chigbu-Ukaegbu, Lawrence Umeji, Mfreke Asuquo, Ndubuisi Okeke, Onyinye Eze, Rosemary Akiga, Samirah Mohammed, Sunday Odeyemi, Abdulkadir Ramatu, Adewale Adelakun, Aire Commodore Edward Akinwale, Blessing Irekpitan Wilson, Chiamaka Modesta Ibeanu, Concilia Uzoamaka Agbaim, Elekwa Chinenye Elizabeth, Igiri Faith, Jacinta Elemere, Jumoke Titilayo Nwalozie, Sulaimon Awesu, Maj Christian Etim Efut, Ndubuisi Rosemary Obiageli, Nkechinyere Harrison, Nnadi Theodora Nkiru, Obende Theresa Owanza, Obilor Ifeoma Lauretta, Olutunde Ademola Adegbite, Rachael Eluwa, Uzoegwu Amaka Natalie, Victoria Idi, Yakubu Adamu

Resting habitat, blood meal source and viral infection rate of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Southern Afar Region of Ethiopia

Mohammed Seid, Esayas Aklilu, Yohannes Negash, Dawit H. Alemayehu, Kalkidan Melaku, Andargachew Mulu, Abebe Animut

Post-COVID-19 functional status in socioeconomically vulnerable neighborhoods attended in primary health care in two Brazilian cities: a cross-sectional study

Danielle Souto de Medeiros, Gabriele Amorim, Fabiane Soares, Laio Magno, Thaís Regis Aranha Rossi, Thiago Silva Torres, Valdiléa Gonçalves Veloso, Débora Castanheira, Inês Dourado

Molecular and biological characteristics of two rare bloodstream Candida isolates: Candida nonsorbophila and Candida sonorensis

Rui Li, Jiawei Chen, Yun Wu, Minya Lu, Guixue Cheng, Peiyao Jia, shuying Yu, Xiuli Xie, Ge Zhang, Yingchun Xu, Li Zhang, Yali Liu

Diagnostic-avoiding Chlamydia trachomatis variants detected in cervical and endometrial specimens from women during 16S microbiome profiling

Sangmi Jeong, Tammy Tollison, Hayden Brochu, Hsuan Chou, Tammy Yu, Priyanka Baghaie, Kacy S. Yount, Toni Darville, Harold C. Wiesenfeld, Sharon L. Hillier, Xinxia Peng, Catherine M. O’Connell

Amoebic liver abscess: diagnosis and management of a single case in Guangdong, China

Yixin He, Dana Huang, Ying Yang

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in people living with HIV and its multi-organ damage: a prospective cohort study

Jia Tang, Ling Chen, Wei Pan, Lianfeng Lu, Xiaosheng Liu, Leidan Zhang, Liyuan Zheng, Xiaojing Song, Fuping Guo, Wei Lv, Wei Cao, Evelyn Hsieh, Taisheng Li

Socio-psychological behavior on COVID-19 patients from neighbors during home isolation in Kathmandu Valley-a cross-sectional study

Sachita Barma, Mukesh K. L. Das, Puja Patel, Sanjeev Gurung

The role of digital tools in enhancing antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents and young adults with HIV: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Chinonyelum Emmanuel Agbo, Mercy Chisom Agu, Ikponmwosa Jude Ogieuhi, Uzochukwu Emmanuel Chima, Christabel Ogechukwu Okoye, Olufemi Akinmeji, Victor Oluwatomiwa Ajekiigbe, Chidera Stanley Anthony, Ifeoluwa Sandra Bakare, Kosisochukwu Emmanuel Ngwu, AbdulMuminu Isah

Cross-sectional study on the seroprevalence, reinfection, and associated factors of Chlamydia trachomatis among female sex workers in Guangdong Province, China

Peizhen Zhao, Lei Xu, Yinna Huang, He Huang, Junhe Chen, Weiming Tang, Lijun Mo, Qingqing Xu, Shujie Huang, Cheng Wang, Heping Zheng, Bin Yang, Yaohua Xue

Lack of evidence for HEV infection in Baltic sea mussels (Mytilidae)

M. Rastar-Tangeten, M. Mader, S. Schmiedel, S. Weidemann, S. Chalissery, J. Kempski, T. Staufenberger, O. Mazaheri, J. M. Brandner, M. M. Addo, C. Ackermann, A. Wolski, S. Reucher, J. Wenzel, M. Lütgehetmann, M. Schemmerer, J. Schulze Zur Wiesch, S. Pischke

Investigation of Cryptosporidium spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi in free-ranged livestock on the southeastern Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, China

Xiaoxue Peng, Xu Wang, Jinhua Jian, Qingqiu Zuo, Hua Liu, Yaxue Wang, Yaxin Su, Jianping Cao, Bin Jiang, Yujuan Shen

The application of the drug flushing covered stent grafts in endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms caused by brucellosis

Lilong Ma, Haibo Yang, Yaojie Wang, Hua Zhang, Chao Li, Fudong Jiang, Youjin Li

The efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination in cystic fibrosis patients: a systematic review

Azam Gholami Shahrebabak, Masoud Rezaei, Amirhossein Shahpar, Nazanin Zeinali Nezhad, Mohammad Sharifi Sarasyabi, Mohsen Nakhaie, Maryam Gholami Shahrebabak, Razman Arabzadeh Bahri

SARS-CoV-2 genomic evolution during a severe and long-lasting omicron infection under antiviral therapy

Matteo Bolis, Sara Uceda Renteria, Laura Alagna, Arianna Liparoti, Beatrice Zita Passerini, Andrea Pastena, Alessandra Parisi, Annapaola Callegaro, Alessandra Bandera, Antonio Muscatello, Claudia Alteri

Antimicrobial strategies of lower respiratory tract infections in immunocompromised patients based on metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a retrospective study

Beibei Meng, Haichao Liu, Qinliang Wu, Lei Qu, Congzheng Mao, Fang Yang, Tianzhou Lan, Juan Fang, Zhenhong Hu, Yao Fang

The role of high dose corticosteroid (methylperednisolone pulse therapy) in treatment of multi-organ involvement after bacterial pneumonia and pleural empyema; “case series”

Seyed Hossein Mirlohi, Sanaz Tajfirooz, Mitra Rouhi

Insights into bloodstream infections in South African paediatric burn patients: implications for antimicrobial stewardship

Michael Christie, Theunis Avenant, Masindi Nembudani, Anelisa Mnqandi, Chris Muller, Mariza de Villiers, Zeenat Bhikhoo

Antibiotic resistance and viral co-infection in children diagnosed with pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae admitted to Russian hospitals during October 2023—February 2024

Elena Korneenko, Irina Rog, Ivan Chudinov, Aleksandra Lukina-Gronskaya, Anfisa Kozyreva, Ilmira Belyaletdinova, Julia Kuzmina, Oleg Fedorov, Daria Evsyutina, Alexey Shunaev, Daria Matyushkina, Vadim Govorun, Anna Speranskaya

Traceability of septic shock caused by phocaeicola vulgatus: a rare case report

Shouping Wang, Wang Niu, Tao Lv, Kunlin Xie

Prevalence of human brucellosis in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Fikir Asrie, Mastewal Birhan, Mulat Dagnew, Nega Berhane

Optimal treatment of Imipenem and meropenem against bloodstream infections caused by the Citrobacter spp

Lushun Jiang, Jiaheng Fang, Jiajie Zhang, Kanghui Zhang, Junpeng Yue, Kaixuan Dong, Jiaying Shen, Yunqing Qiu, Wei Yu

Estimating HIV incidence in Türkiye: results from two mathematical models

Emine Yaylali, Zikriye Melisa Erdogan

Risk factors for latent tuberculosis infection clustering among the elderly: a population-based cross-sectional study in Eastern China

Zhenguo Zhu, Wei Shen, Jiajun Hu, Meng Jin, Lijie Shi, Yafang Wu, Jianliang Fan

Baseline predictors of antibiotics de-escalation from empirical therapies in an intensive care unit: a five-year retrospective study

Ann Lisa Arulappen, Amer Hayat Khan, Monica Danial, Syed Shahzad Hasan, Ting Soo Chow, Nehad Jaser Ahmed, Chiau Ming Long

Correction: Haematological markers as predictive tools for tuberculosis in PLHIV: a retrospective cohort study in Gujarat, India

Yogesh M, Roshni Vamja, Parth Anilbhai Parmar, Naresh Makwana, R Naveen Shyam Sundar

Correction: Effect of low vs. high Vancomycin trough level on the clinical outcomes of adult patients with sepsis or gram-positive bacterial infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Subhash Chander, Roopa Kumari, Hong Yu Wang, Yaqub Nadeem Mohammed, Om Parkash, Sindhu Lohana, FNU Sorath, Abhi Chand Lohana, FNU Sadarat, Sheena Shiwlani

Enhancing early diagnosis and monitoring of wound infections caused by multiple bacteria in tissues through digital PCR integration with cutaneous infection biomarkers

Zhi Wang, Cheng Feng, Guojing Chang, Hao Liu, Wenchao Zhang

Clinical characteristics, complications, and outcome of brain abscess treated by stereotactic aspiration: a retrospective analysis

Yuxiang Cai, Jian Liu, Ge jia, Yonghong Hou, Yanjin Wang

Survival and risk factor analysis in patients with septic arthritis: a retrospective study of 192 cases

Melanie Schindler, Lorenz Huber, Nike Walter, Josina Straub, Siegmund Lang, Dominik Szymski, Susanne Baertl, Dietmar Dammerer, Volker Alt, Markus Rupp

Incidence and predictors of vancomycin nephrotoxicity and mortality in patients with chronic liver disease: a two-center retrospective cohort study

Reem F. Bamogaddam, Ahmad Alamer, Shatha Alqarni, Mohammed M. Almotairi, Ali A. Almakrami, Alwaleed M. Alharbi, Raghad Alamri, Manar Altamimi, Amal Alkhulaif, Raghad Alanazi, Omar A. Almohammed, Majed S. Al Yami

Time course and determinants of the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in Costa Rica: the RESPIRA study

Rolando Herrero, Romain Fantin, Viviana Loría, Amada Aparicio, D. Rebecca Prevots, Michael Zúñiga, Roy Wong, Melvin Morera, Julia Butt, Marco Binder, Arturo Abdelnour, Alejandro Calderón, Roberto Castro, Bernal Cortes, Rebeca Ocampo, Juan Carlos Vanegas, Mitchell H. Gail, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Julia Flock, Kim Remans, Lukas Eberhardt, Soheil Rastgou, Vladimir Magalhaes, Carolina Porras, Allan Hildesheim, Tim Waterboer

The influence of extrinsic apoptosis gene expression on immunological reconstitution of male ART-treated PLHIV

Henrique Fernando Lopes-Araujo, Maria Carolina Santos Guedes, Luiz Cláudio Arraes De Alencar, Wlisses Henrique Veloso Carvalho-Silva, Lílian Maria Lapa Montenegro, Rafael Lima Guimarães

Elucidating the critical role of gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of bacterial pneumonia: insights from a Mendelian randomization analysis mediated by immune cell

Xin Gao, Changle Wang, Bingxin Pan, Yawen Liu, Shuo Yuan, Shaoru Zheng, Dongmei Yu, Lujuan Han, Zhaohua Meng

Clinico-epidemiological and immunological characteristics of rickettsioses in a Sri Lankan patient cohort 2018–2023

Nayana Gunathilaka, Nilmini Chandrasena, Hemantha Sudusinghe, Vidusha Nethsara Mudalpath, Deshaka Jayakody, Ranjan Premaratna

Spatiotemporal variation of under-5 children diarrhea incidence and associated meteorological factors in central Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia. A retrospective time series study

Gelila Yitageasu, Hailemariam Feleke, Zewudu Andualem, Kidist Asrat, Lidetu Demoze, Zemichael Gizaw

Evaluation of strongyloidiasis prevalence in immunocompromised patients referred to hospitals: a case study of Iran’s capital

Zahra Arab-Mazar, Tahereh Kanani, Mahdi Toulabi, Arian Karimi Rouzbahani, Shirzad Fallahi, Anahita Behzadi, Maysam Yousefi, Seyyed Javad seyyed tabaei

Regional difference on rotavirus vaccine coverage in children with diarrhea in Mozambique, before and during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis

Marta Cassocera, Adilson Fernando Loforte Bauhofer, Assucênio Chissaque, Benilde Munlela, Esperança Guimarães, Telma Isaías, Carolina Conjo, Braiton Maculuve, Sérgio Chicumbe, Nilsa de Deus

Assessment of infection prevention and control management in obstetrics departments in secondary and tertiary hospitals

Rui Tu, Tao Zhao, Xin Yu, Zuyan Xiao, Jiamin Zhou, Juan Tian, Guiqin Du

Assessment of the factors affecting the clinical outcomes of infection and safety of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 among Egyptian patients

Amira A. Zidan, Ahmed Yousef Jad, Nermine H. Zakaria, Hazem M. El-Hariri, Maged El-Setouhy

Liver histological study of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection in the grey zone

Weijia Lin, Rongrong Ding, Shuangshuang Sun, Wei Lu, Yanbin Wang, Xinlan Zhou, Dan Huang, Xiufen Li, Zhanqing Zhang, Liang Chen

Brain abscess due to clostridium celerecrescens: first report and literature review

Ganzhi Liu, Tiange Chen, Xiaobo Tian, Ying Ai, Ziyang Chen, Jinfang Liu, Zhongyi Sun

Treatment outcomes of patients with uncomplicated malaria and associated factors in Northwest Ethiopia: a prospective follow-up study, 2024

Tilahun Bizuayehu Demass, Mulat Addis Beshaw, Getasew Mulat Bantie, Belay Bezabih Beyene, Melaku Tadege, Agumas Alemu Alehegn, Abraham Amsalu Berneh, Mulat Yimer, Amare Alemu Melese, Wondwossen Amogne Degu

Lateral-flow device for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis: a systematic review and diagnostic meta-analysis

Yuqing Fan, Xue Shang, Yan Wang, Yinghua zhang, Xiuxia Li, Kehu Yang, Haidi Lv, Kangle Guo

Correction: Isolation, genetic, and biological characterization of human adenovirus type 55 positive isolates from Wuhan, China

Jing Xie, Yan Wang, Huan Li, Bingxiu Tan, Zhengying Yu, Lizhong Li, Wei Zhang, Hongbin Song, Leili Jia

Efficacy and safety of polymyxin B sulfate versus colistin sulfate in ICU patients with nosocomial pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: a multicenter, propensity score-matched, real-world cohort study

Wei Bu, Chengyu Wang, Yuan Wu, Peng Zhang, Nengfang Zhang, Ying Han, Xiaona Xu, Sha Li, Yan Cai

Association between the extent of intrapulmonary spread on chest CT and false-negative results of T-SPOT.TB in pulmonary tuberculosis: a retrospective study

Ryo Sato, Naoki Takasaka, Yusuke Hosaka, Taiki Fukuda, Kyota Shinfuku, Makiko Takatsuka, Tsukasa Hasegawa, Masami Yamada, Yumie Yamanaka, Kai Ryu, Takeo Ishikawa, Jun Araya

Standard versus double dosing of beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients with sepsis: The BULLSEYE study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

M. M. B. Horstink, D. R. Geel, C. A. den Uil, P. E. Deetman, H. Endeman, A. Abdulla, T. M. Bosch, W. J. R. Rietdijk, F. W. Thielen, J. J. Haringman, P. van Vliet, T. A. Rijpstra, C. Bethlehem, A. Beishuizen, A. E. Muller, B. C. P. Koch, C Boly, C.A den Uil, E Van Haren, H Buter, I Nutma, J Elderman, L Vloet, M.G.J de Boer, M van der Jagt, M Kemper, N.G.M Hunfeld, N Juffermans, R Zwinkels

A case of septic shock caused by drug-resistant Edwardsiella tarda and literature review

Yan Zhou, De Ren, Yin Li, Shuiqing Gui

Epidemiological characteristics and spatiotemporal distribution of hepatitis C in southeast coastal areas of China from 2015 to 2022

Wei Liu, Qiaoling Lian, Zongqing Li, Xiaoli Lu, Shaobin Wu, Mingya Zhang, Yunjiao Pan, Yixiang Lin, Jianfeng Xie

Empirical versus pre-emptive antifungal therapies for invasive fungal infections in critically ill patients

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Hong Tham Pham, Ronald L. Castelino, Tyree H. Kiser, Kim-Huong Truong-Nguyen, Minh-Hoang Tran

Clinical utility of the FilmArray® meningitis/encephalitis panel in children with suspected central nervous system infection in a low-resource setting – a prospective study in Southwestern Uganda

Reza Rasti, Elias Kumbakumba, Deborah Nanjebe, Phuthumani Mlotshwa, Milly Nassejje, John Mzee, Stephen Businge, Gilbert Akankwasa, Dan Nyehangane, Jesper Gantelius, Yap Boum II, Andreas Mårtensson, Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire, Tobias Alfvén, Giulia Gaudenzi

Analysis of clinical characteristics of 213 clinically diagnosed pediatric patients with paragonimiasis from Yunnan, China

Yi Huang, Xiaotao Yang, Ying Zhu, Houxi Bai, Feng Jiao, Haifeng Jin, Houyu Chen, Yan Guo, Penghao Cui, Yanchun Wang, Yonghan Luo

Early biomarkers in hospitalized patients as predictors of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a one-year cohort study

Chithira V. Nair, Malavika Krishnakumar, Georg Gutjahr, Kiran G. Kulirankal, Merlin Moni, Dipu T. Sathyapalan

Modulation of RAAS receptors and miRNAs in COVID-19: implications for disease severity, immune response, and potential therapeutic targets

Thais Freitas Barreto Fernandes, Jose Henrique Pilotto, Priscila Alves Cezar, Fernanda Heloise Côrtes, Mariza G. Morgado, Carmem Beatriz W. Giacoia-Gripp, Nathalia Beatriz Ramos De Sá, Andressa Da Silva Cazote, Agatha Freixinho Neves, Marcel De Souza Borges Quintana, Maria Pia Diniz Ribeiro, Sandra Wagner Cardoso, Valdiléa G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Dalziza Victalina De Almeida

Efficacy of monocyte distribution width in predicting critical illness in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

Chia-Hung Lai, Chun-Hung Chen, Yen-Wei Chiu, Fen-Wei Huang, Shih-Yun Wu, Hong-Mo Shih, PO-Ren Hsueh

Assessment of the diagnostic significance of pentraxin-3 in conjunction with procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) for neonatal sepsis

Yan Jin, Shuang Guo, Yanfeng Xiao, Chunyan Yin

Severe skin complications of varicella in previously healthy children in Iran: emerging concern

Hamed Tabasizadeh, Shima Mahmoudi, Mahmoud Khodabandeh, Hamid Eshaghi, Mohammad Reza Abdolsalehi, Maedeh Gooran, Hani Rostami Rad, Reihaneh Hosseinpour Sadeghi, Setareh Mamishi

Mpox-XDE: an ensemble model utilizing deep CNN and explainable AI for monkeypox detection and classification

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Dip Kumar Saha, Sadman Rafi, M. F. Mridha, Sultan Alfarhood, Mejdl Safran, Md Mohsin Kabir, Nilanjan Dey

The added value of diagnostics to characterize age-specific patterns of respiratory viral infections and coinfections and to detect emerging threats

Alessandra Pierangeli, Ombretta Turriziani, Matteo Fracella, Roberta Campagna, Federica Frasca, Alessandra D’Auria, Carolina Scagnolari, Piergiorgio Roberto, Lilia Cinti, Gabriella D’Ettorre, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Laura Petrarca, Raffaella Nenna, Fabio Midulla, Gioacchino Galardo, Guido Antonelli

Xenomonitoring as an epidemiological tool supporting post-stop surveillance of albendazole-ivermectin mass drug distribution in the Bougouni-Yanfolila evaluation unit, Sikasso, Mali, in 2023

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Lamine Soumaoro, Housseini Dolo, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Siaka Yamoussa Coulibaly, Salif Seriba Doumbia, Moussa Sangaré, Abdallah Amadou Diallo, Abdoul Fatah Diabaté, Michel Emmanuel Coulibaly, Ibrahima Dolo, Massitan Dembélé, Alpha Seydou Yaro, Thomas Nutman

A nationwide joint spatial modelling of simultaneous epidemics of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Colombia

Laís Picinini Freitas, Mabel Carabali, Alexandra M. Schmidt, Jorge Emilio Salazar Flórez, Brayan Ávila Monsalve, César García-Balaguera, Berta N. Restrepo, Gloria I. Jaramillo-Ramirez, Kate Zinszer

Diagnostic value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing combined by medical thoracoscopy surgery among infectious pleural effusion patients

Nannan Gao, Saran Feng, Xiaoxiao Yu, Jing Zhao, Yunyan Wan, Zhouhong Yao, Dezhi Li

Graph theory analysis reveals functional brain network alterations in HIV-associated asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment in virally suppressed homosexual males

Xire Aili, Shuai Han, Juming Ma, Jiaojiao Liu, Wei Wang, Chuanke Hou, Xingyuan Jiang, Haixia Luo, Fan Xu, Ruili Li, Hongjun Li

Candidate target genes in sepsis diagnosis and therapy: identifying hub genes with a spotlight on KLRB1

Wang Chen, Chen Haoran, Ding Jinqiu, Tang Xinyi, Yu Dian, Xie Yongpeng, Li Xiaomin

Effective management of pediatric septic shock: a case study utilizing continuous renal replacement therapy with cytosorb and citrate in a leukemic patient with hyper-interleukin (IL)-6-naemia and severe thrombocytopenia

Amir Saeed, Hadis Jafarian, Ali Amanati

Neurocognitive and emotional long-term effects of COVID-19 infections in children and adolescents: results from a clinical survey in Bavaria, Germany

Julia Hauke-Gleißner, Irina Jarvers, Silke Jordan, Stephan Gerling, Michael Kabesch, Romuald Brunner, Stephanie Kandsperger

Serotype distribution of invasive Pneumococcal disease in a tertiary children’s hospital in Vietnam

Hai Thien Do, Lam Van Nguyen, Nhung Trang Thi Nguyen, Ngoc Bich Thi Hoang, Dien Minh Tran, Hanh Phuong Nguyen

Measuring the disease burden of seasonal influenza in Germany 2015 - 2020 using the incidence-based disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)

Marin Stapic, Ricarda Sophia Schulz, Elena Tamayo-Cuartero, Tobias Kurth, Ralph Brinks

Association between lactate to albumin ratio and mortality among sepsis associated acute kidney injury patients

Yaotang Wang, Haixia Yu

Machine learning-based prognostic model for bloodstream infections in hematological malignancies using Th1/Th2 cytokines

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Qin Li, Nan Lin, Zuheng Wang, Yuexi Chen, Yuli Xie, Xuemei Wang, Jirui Tang, Yuling Xu, Min Xu, Na Lu, Yiqian Huang, Jiamin Luo, Zhenfang Liu, Li Jing

Mortality and clinical outcomes of colistin versus colistin-based combination therapy for infections caused by Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in critically ill patients

Marwan J. Alwazzeh, Jumanah Algazaq, Fatimah Ali Al-Salem, Fatimah Alabkari, Sara M. Alwarthan, Mashael Alhajri, Bashayer M. AlShehail, Amani Alnimr, Ahmad Wajeeh Alrefaai, Faten Hussain Alsaihati, Fahd Abdulaziz Almuhanna

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology and clinical course of tuberculosis: expected and paradoxical consequences

Yakov Schwartz, Anna Vyazovaya, Natalya Tursunova, Igor Mokrousov

Relationship between coagulopathy score and survival in critically ill patients with liver cirrhosis and sepsis: a retrospective study

Tao Wang, Decai Wang, Ruizi Shi, Xintao Zeng, Pei Yang, Xi Chen, Sirui Chen, Chuan Qin, Chidan Wan, Jianjun Wang

Explainable AI for Symptom-Based Detection of Monkeypox: a machine learning approach

Gizachew Mulu Setegn, Belayneh Endalamaw Dejene

Biological profile and risk factors of mortality in COVID-19 patients at Adlucem hospital in Banka-Bafang, Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Bertin Mamere Atangana Awundja, Boris Ronald Tonou Tchuente, Vervaine Pauline Hagbe, Leila Sandra Nnanga, Linda Kamdem, Dudric Yannick Enonguene Ekedjoum, Onana Messi Hubert Roger, Belomo Maguerrite, Dehayem Patricia, Julius Achidi Ndanji, Leonel Javeres Ntepe Mbah, Evelyn Ngwa Lumngwena, Bienvenu Bongue, Judith Laure Ngondi

Usage of post-exposure prophylaxis and its impact on risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in Qingdao, China

Rong Su, Yi Liu, Peilong Li, Lin Ge, Meizhen Liao, Yong Fu, Xin Song, Houlin Tang, Dongmin Li

Risk factors for poor outcomes in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis: a 6-year multicenter prospective study in Zhejiang, China

Xuewen Feng, Li Hong, Zhongkang Ji, Cheng Ding, Yanwan Shangguan, Wanru Guo, Songhua Chen, Zebao He, Ying Zhang, Bing Ruan, Kaijin Xu

Antibiotic-driven pathogen replacement events in a kidney transplant recipient with ADPKD: a case report

Ziyan Yan, Yuchen Wang, Wenli Zeng, Jialiang Hui, Bin Yang, Jian Xu, Yun Miao, Renfei Xia

Anesthetic choice impacts mortality and bacterial clearance in a murine experimental pneumonia model

Hunter Gage, Shawn M. Hannah, Bryan Hancock, Ingrid Cornax, Jason Munguia, Joshua Olson, Elisabet Bjånes, Raymond Zurich, Alexandria Hoffman, Fatemeh Askarian, Khang Tong, Lin Liu, Victor Nizet, Angela Meier

Infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus sinensis diagnosed with next-generation sequencing: a case report and literature review

Rong Wang, Bin Niu, Jiaolong Ren, Liaoyun Zhang

Correlation between peripheral lymphocyte subsets monitoring and COVID-19 pneumonia in kidney transplant recipients

Quan Zhuang, Jiang Zhu, Bo Peng, Yi Zhu, Ke Cheng, Yingzi Ming

Viral suppression in the context of SARS-CoV-2 among children infected with HIV-1 monitored in five health facilities in Benin

Edwige Hermione Dagba Gbessin, Michel Kiréopori Gomgnimbou, René Kpemahouton Keke, Haziz Sina, Aldric Afangnihoun, Moussa Bachabi, Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo, Lamine Baba-Moussa

Machine learning-based risk prediction model for pertussis in children: a multicenter retrospective study

Juan Xie, Run-wei Ma, Yu-jing Feng, Yuan Qiao, Hong-yan Zhu, Xing-ping Tao, Wen-juan Chen, Cong-yun Liu, Tan Li, Kai Liu, Li-ming Cheng

Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies among children attending the pediatric hospital in Bamako, Mali (BamaCoV-Kids Study)

Almoustapha Issiaka Maiga, Amadou Kodio, Salimata Alou Ouedraogo, Aliou Baldé, Penda Dembele, Fatoumata Tata Traore, Oumar Dolo, Josué Togo, Yacouba Aba Coulibaly, Mariam Sylla, Robert L. Murphy, Anne-Geneviève Marcelin, Vincent Calvez, Abdoul Aziz Diakité, Eve Todesco

Bayesian spatiotemporal modelling and mapping of malaria risk among children under five years of age in Ghana

Wisdom Kwami Takramah, Yaw Asare Afrane, Justice Moses K. Aheto

Investigating Google Trends to forecast acute febrile illness outbreaks in North India reported through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Program

Madhur Verma, Kamal Kishore, Pragyan Paramita Parija, Soumya Swaroop Sahoo, Dolly Gambhir, Usha Gupta, Rakesh Kakkar

Prevalence and risk factors of high-risk HPV and cervical abnormalities in HIV-positive women in Bali, Indonesia

I Ketut Agus Somia, Made Lady Adelaida Purwanta, Ni Wayan Winarti, Ida Bagus Nyoman Putra Dwija, Desak Made Putri Pidari, Anak Agung Sagung Sawitri, Anak Agung Ayu Yuli Gayatri, I Nyoman Gede Budiana, Komang Januartha Putra Pinatih, Ketut Tuti Parwati Merati

Association between lactate-to-albumin ratio and mortality in hepatic failure: a retrospective cohort study

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Huan Wu, Long Wu, Li Luo, Hai-yang Li, Bao-fang Zhang

Late lymphocele infection with Parvimonas micra in a kidney allograft recipient

Rihab Dkhissi, Gabriel Ouellet, Xavier Charmetant, Fanny Buron, Florent Valour, Olivier Rouviere, Xavier Matillon, Emmanuel Morelon

The prevalence trends of Trichomonas vaginalis infection among women in Jingzhou, central of China, 2019–2023

Yan Yang, Yue Qu, Bin Yan, Changzheng Wang, Shun Liu

Treatment completion and safety profile of once-weekly 3HP regimen for tuberculosis preventive treatment in children and adolescents: a systematic review

Sipang Pangprasertkul, Nida Buawangpong, Kanokporn Pinyopornpanish, Wichuda Jiraporncharoen, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon

Prevalence of colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolated from clinical samples in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Yalewayker Gashaw, Zelalem Asmare, Mitkie Tigabie, Asefa Sisay, Ermias Getatachew, Selamyhun Tadesse, Getachew Bitew, Agenagnew Ashagre, Tadesse Misganaw, Muluken Gashaw, Woldeteklehaymanot Kassahun, Zelalem Dejazimach, Abdu Jemal, Solomon Gedfie, Getinet Kumie, Marye Nigatie, Wagaw Abebe, Atitegeb Abera Kidie, Biruk Beletew Abate, Melese Abate Reta, Baye Gelaw

Capillary lactate as a prognostic marker in sepsis: correlation with venous lactate and prediction of outcomes

Philip A. Joseph, Dinul Doluweera, Amalka Chandraratne, Branavan Balasubramaniam, Varuna Abeyratne, Saman P. Hewa, Roshan Rambukwella, Kamani P. Wanigasuriya, Jegarajah Indrakumar, Nilanka Perera

Cefepime versus carbapenem for treating complicated urinary tract infection caused by cefoxitin-nonsusceptible ESCPM organisms: a multicenter, real-world study

Liang Chen, Jie Hua, Xiaopu He

Morphological variability of Escherichia coli colonizing human wounds: a case report

Xuejin Wang, Hanyu Wang, Jing Zhang, Yonglu Huang, Yongning Wu, Yang Wang, Rong Zhang

Efficacy and metabolomic analysis of the pneumonia compound formulation against community-acquired pneumonia: an observational controlled before-after clinical trial

Ying Zhou, Yi Wei, Jieqiong Wang, Leqian Wang, Meixia Zheng, Fanxuan Zhang, Wenmin Wang, Feihua Huang

Outcomes of non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19 versus seasonal influenza during the fall-winter 2022–2023 period

Wan-Hsuan Hsu, Bo-Wen Shiau, Ya-Wen Tsai, Jheng-Yan Wu, Ting-Hui Liu, Po-Yu Huang, Min-Hsiang Chuang, Chih-Cheng Lai

Low CD4 count was characterized in recent HIV CRF01_AE infection and it rapidly increased to reach a peak in the first year since ART initiation

Xue-Ying Zhang, Li Wang, Yue Jiang, Si-Miao Huang, Hong-Rui Zhu, Wei Liu, Jia-Ye Wang, Xiang-Hui WEI, Yi-Lin Zhao, Wen-Juan Wei, Teng Fei, Xiao-Hong Chen, Dan Wang, Jin-Liang Li, Hong Ling, Min Zhuang

Clinical presentation and treatment outcomes of extrapulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections with rapid and slow growth rates in Cali, Colombia

Juanita María Parra-Villamil, Natalia Ramos-Ospina, Sofia Alexandra Montes-Tello, Angie Valeria Torres-Morales, Mabel Moreno-Turriago, José Fernando García-Goez

Integrated bioinformatics and experiment validation reveal cuproptosis-related biomarkers and therapeutic targets in sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction

Xuemei Shi, Zhonghan Yan, Ruilin Ding, Fenfen Xia, Yan Du, Xiaojie Wang, Qing Peng

Vancomycin versus linezolid for treatment of staphylococcal-associated central nervous system infections

Marin Lahouati, Xavier Brousse, Léa Bientz, Grégoire Chadefaux, Véronique Dubois, Charles Cazanave, Fabien Xuereb

Evaluation of QuantiFERON TB gold plus among TB household contacts in high incidence settings

Sophie Nalukwago, Bonnie Thiel, Keith Chervenak, AnnaRitah Namuganga, LaShaunda L. Malone, Mary Nsereko, W. Henry Boom, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza

Academic and clinical perspectives of metagenome sequencing as a diagnostic tool for infectious disease: an interpretive phenomenological study

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Hannah Trivett, Alistair C. Darby, Oyinlola Oyebode

Intensive care unit-based mortality risk model construction for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome patients: a retrospective study

Puhui Liu, Fangyuan Liu, Chunhui Wang, Aimin Mu, Chuanzhen Niu, Shihong Zhu, Ji Wang

Application of type-2 heptagonal fuzzy sets with multiple operators in multi-criteria decision-making for identifying risk factors of Zika virus

M. Sheela Rani, S. Dhanasekar

Correction: Efficacy and safety of polymyxin B sulfate versus colistin sulfate in ICU patients with nosocomial pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: a multicenter, propensity score-matched, real-world cohort study

Wei Bu, Chengyu Wang, Yuan Wu, Peng Zhang, Nengfang Zhang, Ying Han, Xiaona Xu, Sha Li, Yan Cai

Sex differences in systematic screening for tuberculosis among antiretroviral therapy naïve people with HIV in Kampala, Uganda

Lelia H. Chaisson, Fred C. Semitala, Sandra Mwebe, Eileen P. Scully, Jane Katende, Lucy Asege, Martha Nakaye, Alfred O. Andama, Adithya Cattamanchi, Christina Yoon

Changes in gut microbiome following anti-tuberculosis treatment: a prospective cohort from eastern China

Simin Zhang, Zhipeng Xu, Zhan Wang, Xinru Fei, Zhongqi Li, Limei Zhu, Leonardo Martinez, Jianming Wang, Qiao Liu

Evaluation of the multiplex PCR combined with capillary electrophoresis technique for detecting pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in bone infections

Junye Liu, Yan Yu, Wei Feng, Zhihao He, Mengfei Wang, Weikun Hou, Yannan Zhao, Yi Liu, Yuzhu Yan, Heping Zhao

Economic burden of infective endocarditis in Zhejiang region from 2007 to 2016

Zhenzhu Wu, Yi Chen, Yingying Ma, Tingting Xiao, Yonghong Xiao

A patient-centered view of symptoms, functional impact, and priorities in post-COVID-19 syndrome: cross-sectional results from the Québec Action Post-COVID cohort

Nancy E. Mayo, Marie-Josée Brouillette, Emilia Liana Falcone, Lesley K. Fellows

Incidence and risk factors of surgical site infection following cesarean section: a prospective cohort study at Jimma university medical center

Etagegn Shacho, Daniel Yilma, Ayele Taye Goshu, Argaw Ambelu

Epidemiology of arboviruses in humans and livestock in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Alemu Gedefie, Habtu Debash, Altaseb Beyene Kassaw, Gossa Mankelkl, Yeshi Metaferia, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Sisay Desale, Saleamlak Sebsibe, Mihret Tilahun, Bruktawit Eshetu, Agumas Shibabaw, Yeshimebet Kassa, Hussen Ebrahim, Zewudu Mulatie, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Lebasie Woretaw, Berhanu Kebede, Minwuyelet Maru Temesgen, Natan Kassaye Msganew, Melkam Tesfaye

Correction: Comparative analysis of clinical features of brucellosis in Kashi and Guangzhou: a retrospective multicentre study

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Shufang Pan, Shuru Chen, Zhanlian Huang, Kaixiang Zhou, Guofen Zeng, Maimaitiaili Tuerxun, Jianyun Zhu, Yutian Chong

Leptin and Iinterlukin-6 relationship and influence of mortality in sepsis

Yi-Hsuan Tsai, Kai-Yin Hung, Wen-Feng Fang

Acceptability of an online peer support group as a strategy to improve antiretroviral therapy adherence among young people in Kampala district, Uganda: qualitative findings

Yerusa Kiirya, Sabrina Kitaka, Joan Kalyango, Joseph Rujumba, Gloria Adobea Odei Obeng-Amoako, Mathew Amollo, Joan Nangendo, Charles Karamagi, Philipa Musooke, Anne Katahoire

After the program ends: HIV testing behavior among men who have sex with men after the conclusion of a program providing regular home delivery of HIV self-testing kits

Tyler B. Wray, Philip A. Chan, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Lori M. Ward, Erik M. S. Ocean

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in critical care: understanding incidence, and risk factors in Palestine

Sameer Alomari, Mohammad Yahya, Nadeem Alabadlah, Khader Thiab, Walid Basha, Haneen Dhaidel, Razan Rabi, Dina Abugaber, Ahmad Enaya

Higher prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis revealed by Xpert MTB/RIF ultra among drug users in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Guillaume Bandjondo Nkisi, Doudou Malekita Yobi, Bive Bive Zono, Pius Zakayi Kabututu, Tite Minga Mikobi, Serge Fueza Bisuta

Overcoming HPV vaccine hesitancy: insights from a successful school-based vaccination campaign in the Saa health district of Cameroon

Eposi C. Haddison, Doris B. Engoung, Carole B. Bodo, Victor M. Njie

Characterization of urinary tract infections among females at a tertiary hospital in Malawi: a retrospective study

Pizga Kumwenda, Precious Semu

Clinical efficacy of linezolid in the treatment of tuberculous meningitis: a retrospective analysis and literature review

Zhen-Tao Fei, Wei Huang, Dan-Ping Zhou, Yang Yang, Ping Liu, Ning Gan, Ping-Ping He, Dan Ye, Hua-Rui Liu, Xu-Hui Liu, Lu Xia

Lung and gut microbiota profiling in intensive care unit patients: a prospective pilot study

Antonios Kritikos, Eric Bernasconi, Yangji Choi, Valentin Scherz, Jean-Luc Pagani, Gilbert Greub, Claire Bertelli, Benoit Guery

Clinical spectrum and risk factors of severe dengue infection: findings from the 2023 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh

Orindom Shing Pulock, Adnan Mannan, Abul Faisal Md. Nuruddin Chowdhury, Golam Tousif, Koushik Majumder, Sabrina Monsur, H. M. Hamidullah Mehedi, Emrul Kaiser, Afreen Sultana, Md Abdul Hamid Sagar, Silvia Naznin Etu, Nazmul Alam, A. H. M. Tharakul Mazid, M. A. Sattar

Rubella seroprevalence among women of childbearing age in Tunis, Tunisia

Mouna Louiza Ben Moussa, Manel Hamdoun, Hamza Cherni, Olfa Bahri

Serum sST2: key biomarker in COVID-19 patients with implications for coronary artery disease

Xueqin Li, Yaxin Tian, Hongyan Cao, Jinfang Cheng

A gold nanoparticle/peptide vaccine designed to induce SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8 T cells: a double-blind, randomized, phase 1 study in Switzerland

Juliette Besson, Régine Audran, Maxime Karlen, Alix Miauton, Hélène Maby-El Hajjami, Loane Warpelin-Decrausaz, Loredana Sene, Sylvain Schaufelberger, Vincent Faivre, Mohamed Faouzi, Mary-Anne Hartley, François Spertini, Blaise Genton

Correction: Standard versus double dosing of beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients with sepsis: The BULLSEYE study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

M. M. B. Horstink, D. R. Geel, C. A. den Uil, P. E. Deetman, H. Endeman, A. Abdulla, T. M. Bosch, W. J. R. Rietdijk, F. W. Thielen, J. J. Haringman, P. van Vliet, T. A. Rijpstra, C. Bethlehem, A. Beishuizen, A. E. Muller, B. C. P. Koch

Prevalence, antimicrobial sensitivity patterns and associated factors of urinary tract infection among patients attending Nekemte Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Western Ethiopia, 2024: a cross-sectional study

Abdi Diriba, Seifu Gizaw, Fedasan Alemu, Kume Tesfaye, Endalu Tesfaye, Motuma Chali, Girmaye Jobir

Age-specific relationship between HIV and TB treatment outcomes in the West Region of Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Solange Mudih Ngala, Disline Manli Tantoh, Oswald Ndi Nfor, Gamo Djouomo Francis, Adeline Fitame, Yen-Wei Chu

Bridging the gap: identifying barriers and strategies for widespread implementation of long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

Pierre Gashema, Patrick Gad Iradukunda, Eric Saramba, Tumusime Musafiri, Thérèse Umuhoza, Felix Ndahimana, Angelique Ingabire, Moise Mukire Ndoli, Gerard Mutagoma, Ivan Emil Mwikarago, Eric Nyirimigabo, Muhayimpundu Ribakare, Jean de Dieu Harelimana, Enos Moyo, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Claude Mambo Muvunyi

CT manifestations of primary esophageal tuberculosis

Zhong Huang, Shaoyong Zhang, Ruikun Liao, Zhi Wang

Invasive cerebral aspergillosis in a pregnant woman: a rare case of intracranial giant granuloma

Zhiwei Zhou, Xueqin Hu, Jingwen Wang, Nianhua Wang

The first report of pseudoaneurysm secondary to Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection in a Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipient: a case report and literature review

Zhiheng Ding, Yue Li, Xiaohui Zhou, Chunjing Wang, Yu Zhang, Xiaohui He, Jing Wen, Qihong Lin, SiXi Liu

The bactericidal efficacy of two antiseptics against common pathogens associated with catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the elderly under divergent conditions: A laboratory-based study

Li Shen, Wenwen Sun, Ke Zhou, Yunling Zhang, Yi Lei, Chunping Ni

Status of the scabies outbreak before, during and after the Covid- 19 pandemic: a single-center hospital-based retrospective evaluation

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Erhan Ayhan

Serratia marcescens and its role in Pink breast milk and upper GI bleeding in an infant: a Tanzanian case report

Rukhsar Osman, Mayila Mbuki, Hajaj Salum, Mohamedraza Ebrahim, Maria Bulimba, Nahida Walli, Jonathan A. Shogholo, Masolwa D. Ng’wanasayi, Mariam Noorani

Epidemiological trends of hepatitis C incidence and death in Mainland China between 2004 and 2018 and its predictions to 2030

Guo Tian, Yang Zheng, Yinghua He, Can Chen, Xiaobao Zhang, Yuxia Du, Shigui Yang, Tianan Jiang, Lanjuan Li

Analysis of 19,116 cases of human papillomavirus infection and subtype distribution in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China

Xuedan Lin, Yanchao Liu, Tianxing Yang

An epidemiological model of monkeypox: model prediction and control application

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Min Qian, Danyang Li, Zihan Hao, Shujuan Hu, Weide Li

The association between pan-immune-inflammation value with mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury

Yidan Zhou, Jingjing Hu

Epidemiological trends and clinical characteristics of measles in Iraq (2023–2024): a retrospective cross-sectional study

Mohammed A. Jalal, Kamil M. Halboot, Sundus A. Lami, Entidhar A. Gumar, Mortada H. Kreeb al-Delphi, Faris Lami, Taqi Mohammed Jwad Taher

Epidemiological characteristics of infectious disease outbreaks in schools in Zhejiang province, China, from 2013 to 2021

Yan Feng, Feng Ling, Jimin Sun, Shelan Liu, Jinren Pan, Zhao Yu, Zenghao Xu, Jialie Jin, Xiaopeng Shang, Jian Cai

Cardiac symptoms in patients 3–6 months after contracting COVID-19– data from the polish STOP-COVID registry

Mateusz Babicki, Joanna Kapusta, Damian Kołat, Żaneta Kałuzińska-Kołat, Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas, Piotr Jankowski, Michał Chudzik

SEIRS model for TB transmission dynamics incorporating the environment and optimal control

Francis Oketch Ochieng

Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF and acid-fast bacilli smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using bronchoalveolar lavage samples in negative or sputum-scarce adults in Colombia: a retrospective diagnostic accuracy study

Vanessa Sabella-Jiménez, Valentina L. Sabella-Jiménez, Valentina Restrepo-Espinosa, Juanita Eljadue-Flórez, Claredit Valentina Gallardo-Castro, Andrea Alexandra Silvera, Carlos Otero-Herrera, Hugo Andrés Macareno Arroyo, Jorge Acosta-Reyes, Jorge Luis Quintero Barrios

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the treatment of critical Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a child with Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a case report and literature review

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Zhuan Zou, Wanlin Zhao, Yulin Chen, Zhongqiang Liu, Guoqian He, Haiyang Zhang

Determinants of viral load suppression among adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in Eswatini: a cross-sectional study

Londiwe D. Hlophe, Constance S. Shumba, Diribsa T. Bedada, Peter S. Nyasulu

Development and validation of a self-management questionnaire for people living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries (HIV-SM LMIC tool)

Tegene Legese Dadi, Hanneke Koekebakker, Girmay Medhin, Mark Spigt

Barriers and facilitators to pediatric tuberculosis management in India: a systematic review

Matthew Willis, Joelle Van de Wetering, Heynes Brown, Ewelina Julia Barnowska, Sophie CW Stuetzle, Mohammed Nadiruzzaman, Anil Fastenau

The quality of measles outbreak investigation report, how can it bridge the gap and help to fulfill the goal of measles elimination?

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Elham Rahimi, Ebrahim Ghaderi, Ehsan Mostafavi, Manoochehr Karami

The changing landscape of nontyphoidal salmonellosis: epidemiological patterns, imported cases and serovar distribution in Germany from 2012 to 2023

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Simon Brinkwirth, Achim Dörre, Klaus Stark, Anika Meinen

Prognostic factors for death in patients hospitalised with malaria in pediatric units at the regional hospital centre in Dori, Burkina Faso

Julien Raymond Dango, Isidore Tiandiogo Traore, Ziemle Clément Meda, Cheick Ahmed Ouattara, Dénahou Mathias Kpadonou, Louis Arnaud R. Ouedraogo, Léon G. Blaise Savadogo

Clinical and radiological characteristics of parenchymal and meningeal spinal tuberculosis

Qiu-Lan Shan, Le Zhang, Xu-Wen Fu, Min Qi, Jia-Lu Wei, Wei Gan, Xiang Li, Ling-Jun Shen

Incidence of death and its predictors among TB/HIV coinfected adult patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy at Gambelia referral hospital, Southwest Ethiopia, 2022

Endeshaw Habtamu Wolelaw, Endalk Getasew Hiruy, Asiya Mohammed Abdu, Kebadnew Mulatu Mihretie

Clinical utility of oral Nemonoxacin 500 mg once daily for the treatment of acute lower urinary tract infections: a prospective open-label, multicenter study

Zhen Du, Bo Zheng, Shan Chen, Liang Cui, Huilin Wu, Zhan Gao, Jin Yang, Gang Cui, Jiajing Wang, Tiehuan Shu, Ninghan Feng, Ludong Qiao

Uncovering the obstacles: a comprehensive analysis of barriers to hand hygiene adherence among healthcare providers: a systematic review

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Abel Afework, Aiggan Tamene

Smart healthcare in mobile hospitals: enhancing response to Disease X

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Juanling He, Rongrong Ni, Sifeng Wu, Lu Dai, Yongjun Luo, Xu Luo

Demographic and regional trends of sepsis mortality in the United States, 1999–2022

Reid Morrissey, Joseph Lee, Nikita Baral, Abubakar Tauseef, Akshat Sood, Mohsin Mirza, Ali Bin Abdul Jabbar

Prevalence, antibiogram, and risk factors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) asymptomatic carriage in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ahmed Azzam, Heba Khaled, Heba Mohamed Fayed, Youssef Mansour, Mariam Eldalil, Eslam Elshennawy, Haitham Salem, Hoda A. Elkatan

Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus infection in persons with HIV: a retrospective case series study

Mingxia Fang, Mengjiao Miao, Xiaoling Lin, Weixiao Wang, Qingqiang Wang, Lanxia Liu, Cong Cheng, Yun Chi, Hongxia Wei, Wei Chen, Zhiliang Hu

The impact of a comprehensive strategy on HIV treatment continuum in a highly endemic area of China: an interrupted time series analysis

Ruiying Liang, Fangfang Chen, Houlin Tang, Ju Wang, Decai Zhao, Junjie Wang, Jiejun Yu, Jian Li, Jun Yan, Zhongfu Liu

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of disseminated intravascular coagulation in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Zhongwei Zhang, Xue Hu, Qian Du, Pingzheng Mo, Xiaoping Chen, Mingqi Luo, Qunqun Jiang, Liping Deng, Yong Xiong

Exploring the landscape of long COVID: prevalence and associated factors in patients assisted by a telehealth service

Ana Flávia Avelar Maia Seixas, Milena Soriano Marcolino, Felipe Souza Guimarães, Gustavo Machado Rocha, Aline Carrilho Menezes, Hygor Kleber Cabral Silva, Clareci Silva Cardoso

Proficiency and associated factors of laboratory professionals in sputum smear microscopy at selected peripheral public and private diagnostic laboratories in Ethiopia: cross-sectional study

Bewket Mesganaw, Mekuriaw Belayneh, Zigale Hibstu, Abebe Fenta

The prognostic role of vegetation size in pediatric infective endocarditis: a retrospective study using decision curve and dose-response analysis

Yonghan Luo, Xiaotao Yang, Feng Jiao, Yan Guo, Yanchun Wang

Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcome in candidemia: a retrospective five-year analysis from two tertiary general hospitals

Tingting Liu, Shuhong Sun, Xiaosong Zhu, Hui Wu, Zhiqing Sun, Shanxin Peng

Remdesivir associated with reduced mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: treatment effectiveness using real-world data and natural language processing

José Ramón Arribas López, María Pilar Ruiz Seco, Francisco Fanjul, Beatriz Díaz Pollán, Patricia González Ruano Pérez, Adrián Ferre Beltrán, Rosa De Miguel Buckley, Laura Portillo Horcajada, Cristina De Álvaro Pérez, Paulo Jorge Barroso Santos Carvalho, Juan Luis Valdivieso, Victor Fanjul, Eduard Sarró, Lucía Cabal-Hierro, Sebastian Menke, David Casadevall, Judith Marín-Corral, Natalia Polo, Miren Taberna, Melchor Riera Jaume

Community-based intervention to improve measles vaccination completion in marginalised community settlements in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: a cluster randomised control trial

Hazeqa Salleh, Richard Avoi, Haryati Abdul Karim

The latency time of SARS-CoV- 2 Delta variant in infection- and vaccine-naive individuals from Vietnam

Vera H. Arntzen, Manh Nguyen Duc, Marta Fiocco, Lan Truong Thi Thanh, Tam Nguyen Hoai Thao, Buu Mai Thanh, Tu-Anh Nguyen, Nhat Le Thanh Hoang, Marc Choisy, Lam Phung Khanh, Nga Le Hong, Ronald B. Geskus

A tympanitis-related brain abscess caused by Helcococcus kunzii in China: a case report and literature review

Liyan Mao, Zhongju Chen, Chao Xu, Xueman Wang, Lu Gong, Sui Gao, Ziyong Sun, Cui Jian

The characteristics of peripheral blood lymphocyte main subsets in rheumatoid arthritis patients concurrent with hepatitis b virus infection: a retrospective cohort study

Lijia Shao, Lihong Shen, Junqi Wu

Antimicrobial resistance pattern of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolate in Ethiopia. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zelalem Asmare, Ephrem Tamrat, Mulat Erkihun, Kirubel Endalamaw, Dagninet Alelign, Molla Getie, Assefa Sisay, Yalewayker Gashaw, Melese Abate Reta

Incidence and predictors of common opportunistic infections among children less than 15 years of age on antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Muluken Amare Wudu, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Selamyhun Tadesse Yosef, Aragaw Tesfaye Gelmo, Yimer Seid Ali, Tarikua Afework Birhanu

Concurrent invasive disseminated Nocardia farcinica and Candida infections in a patient undergoing long-term glucocorticoid therapy for autoimmune thrombocytopenia: a case report

Naiju Zhang, Hehe Dou, Pu Guo, Jiangtao Sun, Fan Zhang, Tianping Chen, Chunming Gao, Zhenjie Wang

Climatic variations and Yersinia pestis host-vector abundance: a case study in Ankazobe district to understand plague epidemiology in Madagascar

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Fanohinjanaharinirina Rasoamalala, Henry G. Fell, Lanto A. Maminirina, Zaina Bodoarison, Lalatiana O. Randriamiharisoa, Mamy G. Randriamanantsoa, Haingotiana R. Ramambason, Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, Mireille Harimalala, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Beza Ramasindrazana, Steve Atkinson

Correction: Model-based cost-impact analysis of a diagnostic test for patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Canada

Brittany Humphries, Yuan Sun, Jeffrey Pernica, Feng Xie

Infection control rate in two-stage exchange for chronic periprosthetic joint infection: a retrospective cohort study focusing on antibiotic-free period

Haiqi Ding, Xuhui Yuan, Yang Chen, Changyu Huang, Hongxin Hu, Yufeng Guo, Chengguo Huang, Xinyu Fang, Wenming Zhang

Development of a prediction model for antimicrobial stewardship pharmacy consultations to identify high-risk pediatric patients: a retrospective study across two centers

Xuanbao Lian, Jun Luo, Lizhi Wei, Hongliang Zhang, Yiyu Chen, Tianmin Huang, Taotao Liu, Yi Chen, Yinqiu Deng, Limin Liu, Kunxuan Wei

COVID- 19 vaccine uptake and its determinants in Cameroon: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021–2024)

Fabrice Zobel Lekeumo Cheuyem, Adidja Amani, Chabeja Achangwa, Brian Ngongheh Ajong, Claude Axel Minkandi, Myriam Mathilde Mbia Kouda Zeh, Larissa Linda Eyenga Ntsek, Jacques Philippes Essomba, Rudy Chiozem Jiogue, Olivier Ndagijimana, Ndzi Etienne Nchanji, Celestin Danwang

Impact of early infectious diseases consultation on the management of central line-associated bloodstream infection: a propensity score weighting retrospective cohort study

Jeong-Han Kim, Jiyeon Bae, Ji Yun Bae, Kang-Il Jun, Chung-Jong Kim, Hee Jung Choi

High Concordance between Vaginal Samples and Cervical Samples of Human Papillomavirus in Women Living with HIV in Rwanda

Schifra Uwamungu, Maria Andersson, Bethelehem Nigussie Zewdie, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Emile Bienvenu, Bengt Hasséus, Daniel Giglio

Repercussions of the COVID- 19 pandemic on maternal and congenital syphilis in South Brazil: a time series analysis 2010-2022

Fernando Echegaray, Christopher J. Hernandez, Kavya G. Sundar, Lanbo Z. Yang, Mary Catherine Cambou, Eddy R. Segura, Marineide Gonçalves de Melo, Breno Riegel Santos, Ivana Rosângela dos Santos Varella, Karin Nielsen-Saines

Advancing the understanding and management of Mpox: insights into epidemiology, disease pathways, prevention, and therapeutic strategies

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Rima Hajjo, Osama H. Abusara, Dima A. Sabbah, Sanaa K. Bardaweel

The relationship between admission Braden score and poor prognosis in Sepsis patients: evidence from the MIMIC-III database

Tingting Ding, Lei Zhao, Ben Hu, Xing Wei, Yongsheng Wang, Yan Wang

Association of time-to-treatment with prognosis in pneumocystis pneumonia among immunocompromised patients without HIV infection: a multi-center, retrospective observational cohort study

Haruka Fujioka, Hiroki Matsui, Yuya Homma, Tatsuya Nagai, Ayumu Otsuki, Hiroyuki Ito, Shinichiro Ohmura, Toshiaki Miyamoto, Daisuke Shichi, Watari Tomohisa, Yoshihito Otsuka, Kei Nakashima

Correction: Stably high azithromycin resistance and decreasing ceftriaxone susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 25 European countries, 2016

Michaela J. Day, Gianfranco Spiteri, Susanne Jacobsson, Neil Woodford, Andrew J. Amato-Gauci, Michelle J. Cole, Magnus Unemo, Alexander Indra, Steliana Huhlescu, Wim Vanden Berghe, Tania Crucitti, Blaženka Hunjak, Tatjana Nemeth Blažic, Jan Kubele, Hana Zákoucká, Helena Žemlicková, Lene Berthelsen, Susan Cowan, Steen Hoffmann, Jevgenia Epstein, Jelena Viktorova, Ndeindo Ndeikoundam, Agathe Goubard, Beatrice Bercot, Peter Kohl, Susanne Buder, Viviane Bremer, Klaus Jansen, Eva Tzelepi, Vasileia Konte, Eszter Balla, Mária Dudás, Guðrún Sigmundsdóttir, Guðrún Svanborg Hauksdóttir, Derval Igoe, Brendan Crowley, Barbara Suligoi, Paola Stefanelli, Gatis Pakarna, Violeta Mavcutko, Paul Reichert, Patrick Hoffmann, Christopher Barbara, Francesca Vella, Jackie Maistre Melillo, Alje Van Dam, Birgit Van Benthem, Ineke Linde, Hilde Kløvstad, Martin Steinbakk, Slawomir Majewski, Jacinta Azevedo, Maria-José Borrego, Peter Pavlik, Peter Truska, Irena Klavs, Samo Jeverica, Julio Vazquez, Asuncion Diaz, Raquel Abad, Inga Velicko, Gwenda Hughes, Kate Templeton, Neil Irvi, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Beata Młynarczyk-Bonikowska

The causes and outcomes of nosocomial meningitis by pathogens for which new antibiotics are urgently needed

Yi Ye, Yuyang Qiu, Guiyun Li, Yueyue Kong, Jiawei Ma, Siying Ren, Likun Wang, Guofeng Wu, Guangzhi Shi

Biofilm formation, methicillin resistance and SCCmec types among Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples from a tertiary care hospital, in Nepal

Sarita Manandhar, Dipesh Karn, Mahendra Raj Shrestha, Jivan Shakya, Anjana Singh

A systematic review and meta-analysis of antibiotic resistance of foodborne pathogenic bacteria

Aron Rezene Mebrahtu, Likulunga Emmanuel Likulunga, Adriace Chauwa, Mildred Zulu, Sydney Malama

Recurrent Mpox: divergent virulent clades and the urgent need for strategic measures including novel vaccine development to sustain global health security

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Samuel Onuzulike Ebede, Ibuchukwu Nkeonyenasoya Orabueze, Uzoamaka Charity Maduakor, Ifeyinwa Nkeiruka Nwafia, Martin Ekechukwu Ohanu

Unraveling relevant cross-waves pattern drifts in patient-hospital risk factors among hospitalized COVID-19 patients using explainable machine learning methods

Fernanda Cristina Barbosa Lana, Carolina Coimbra Marinho, Bruno Barbosa Miranda de Paiva, Lucas Rocha Valle, Guilherme Fonseca do Nascimento, Leonardo Chaves Dutra da Rocha, Marcelo Carneiro, Joanna d‘Arc Lyra Batista, Fernando Anschau, Pedro Gibson Paraiso, Frederico Bartolazzi, Christiane Corrêa Rodrigues Cimini, Alexandre Vargas Schwarzbold, Danyelle Romana Alves Rios, Marcos André Gonçalves, Milena Soriano Marcolino

Combined NGS and lung biopsy for refractory respiratory failure: a case of HRV and secondary bacterial pneumonia mimicking organizing pneumonia

Dandan Shi, Basang Xiao, Heyan Wang, Xian Kong, Yangjin Baima, Li Yang, Hourong Zhou, Yuntao Zhang, Heyan Wang, Hangyong He

Applying novel Plasmodium Vivax serological exposure markers to quantify residual malaria transmission in the Philippines through repeated health facility surveys: the SMaRT study protocol

Jhobert Bernal, Maria Lourdes Macalinao, Katherine Cosca, Beaulah Boncayao, Ivo Mueller, Fe Esperanza J. Espino, Gillian Stresman, Jennifer Luchavez, Rhea J. Longley

A case of corneal infection with Clonostachys rosea

Xiaona Liu, Juanjuan Zheng, Zihan Huo, Feng Wu

Development of a PCR-dipstick DNA chromatography-based tool for the detection of CTX-M- and TEM-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from patients in Kafue and Katete districts of Zambia

Misheck Shawa, Kyoko Hayashida, Naganori Nao, Atmika Paudel, Harvey Kamboyi, Herman Chambaro, Malala Mulavu, Cynthia Sipho Khumalo, Mike Nundwe, Tuvshinzaya Zorigt, Chinatsu Nakamura, Yongjin Qiu, Naoko Kawai, Maisa Kasanga, Joseph Chizimu, Lavel Moonga, Joseph Ndebe, Manyando Simbotwe, Shohei Ogata, Mulemba Samutela, Chie Nakajima, Roma Chilengi, Mable Mutengo, Masahiro Kajihara, Hirofumi Sawa, Bernard Hang’ombe, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Hideaki Higashi

Screening and prenatal diagnosis of fetal cytomegalovirus infection: experience in a western Chinese city

Han Kang, Lingxi Wang, Yifei Chen, Ting Dong, Yuchun Pan, Qingsong Liu

The burden and diagnostic challenges of subclinical Plasmodium falciparum infections in Southern Ghana

Abdul-Hakim Mutala, Stephen Opoku Afriyie, Thomas Kwame Addison, Kwasi Baako Antwi, Emma V. Troth, Claudia A. Vera-Arias, Abraham Badu-Tawiah, Matthew Glover Addo, Cristian Koepfli, Kingsley Badu

Otomycosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence and causative agents in the era of molecular diagnostics

Tina Nazari, Fatemeh Peymaeei, Romina Ghazi Mirsaid, Reihaneh Seiad Ahmadnezhad, Arsalan Bateni Shalmani, Shahram Mahmoudi

Pronounced effects of the sepsis–obesity paradox in elderly and male individuals without septic shock and the role of immune–inflammatory status: an analysis of MIMIC-IV data

Zhe Xu, Zhuojie Li, Ruguo Zhang, Guoxuan Peng, Jingzhong Ge, Shanpeng Luo, Chen Liu, Ling Zeng, Jin Deng

Clinical and molecular characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with COVID-19 in Southwest China

Siying Wu, Mei Kang, Ya Liu, Yuling Xiao, Jin Deng, Weili Zhang, Quanfeng Liao

Mycoplasma genitalium infection in Eswatini amid syndromic case management: prevalence, coinfections, diagnostic challenges and treatment gaps

Bernhard Kerschberger, Skinner Lekelem, Michelle Daka, Nombuso Ntshalintshali, Edwin Mabhena, Esther Mukooza, Mano Isaac Mafomisa, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Mpumelelo Mavimbela, Sindy Matse, Lenhle Dube, Nomvuyo Mabuza, Roberto de la Tour, Hayk Karakozian, Nelly Staderini, Melat Haile, Pablo Valladares, Alexandra Calmy, Laurence Toutous Trellu, Iza Ciglenecki

Global, regional and national burden and time trends of malaria in children and young adolescents under 15 years from 1990 to 2021: a worldwide observational study

Qiao Liu, Shimo Zhang, Yu Wu, Weijing Shang, Min Liu, Jue Liu

Clinical burden of Acinetobacter baumannii, including carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii, in hospitalized adult patients in the USA between 2018 and 2022

Thomas P. Lodise, Sean T. Nguyen, Caroline Margiotta, Bin Cai

Prevalence and risk factors of anemia among people living with HIV/AIDS in Southeast Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Vaibhavkumar Shrivastav, Yogesh M, Arya Ramachandran, Naresh Makwana, Dipesh Parmar

Low atypical lymphocyte score as a predictor of non-severe dengue

Chandramathi Samudi Raju, Mari Kono, Kah Wai Looi, Jin Xu Ong, Chin Aun Tan, Chong Siang Ang, Peter Hao Yuan Tan, Hemalatha Shamnugam, Shamala Devi K. C. Sekaran, Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar, Lucy Chai See Lum

Inflammatory burden index as a predictor of mortality in septic patients: a retrospective study using the MIMIC-IV database

Zhitao Zhong, Mingyan Fan, Lukai Lv, Qiong Long, Kefeng Li, Ping Xu

Clinical features of HAdV-55 in children with respiratory tract infections: a retrospective case series and literature review

Lifen Rao, Yueqiang Fu, Ying Lu, Jianhua Wei, Zhongying Yang, Mengling Qi, Chengjun Liu, Yushun Wan, Enmei Liu, Na Zang

Prevalence, virulence factors, and antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus aureus in seafood products

Rasool Esmaili Derke, Ebrahim Rahimi, Amir Shakerian, Faham Khamesipour

Persistent cognitive symptoms in mild COVID-19 infection: a retrospective cohort study

Lívia Paula Freire Bonfim, Clara Rodrigues Alves Oliveira, Thais Rotsen Correa, Luciane Kopittke, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Milena Soriano Marcolino

Prevalence of genes encoding carbapenem-resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae recovered from clinical samples in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

Assefa Sisay, Getinet Kumie, Yalewayker Gashaw, Marye Nigatie, Habtamu Mesele Gebray, Melese Abate Reta

A retrospective clinical evaluation of the quality of antibiotic use in treating ear, nose and throat infections in ambulatory care setting of a teaching hospital in Ghana: findings and implications

Israel Abebrese Sefah, Innocent Reality Dzonu, John Korbuvi, Thelma Alalbila Aku, Saleh Alqifari, Amanj Kurdi, Brian Godman, Varsha Bangalee

The impact of COVID-19: consequences of a 3-Year struggle in Iran

Habib Omranikhoo, Hedayat Salari, Khosro Keshavarz, Marziyeh Rajabi, Mehdi Rezaee

A rare case of cutaneous melioidosis manifesting as infective panniculitis: a case report

Tanat Yongpisarn, Pitak Santanirand, Suwichak Chairanaicharoen, Teerapong Rattananukrom

Risk factors for mortality among kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: a case-control study

Dema A. Alissa, Rawan Almasuood, Baraa Alghalyini, Hala Tamim, Mohammed Alaa Raslan, Abdul Rehman Zia Zaidi, Bader Abou Shaar, Mhd Malek Al Masri, Adnan Abdul Karim, Wejdan Aburas, Waled Aburas, Ahmed H. Al-jedai, Reem S. Almaghrabi

Genotyping and refractory risk factors of mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in Suzhou, China

Wenjing Gu, Zhuxia Li, Enze Han, Xin Kuai, Shenghao Hua, Shan Gao, Zhengrong Chen, Li Huang, Yuqing Wang, Chuangli Hao, Xinxing Zhang

Carbapenem De-escalation in urinary tract infections: prevalence and outcomes among hospitalized patients

Leedia Abuelshayeb, Rana Abu-Farha, Khawla Abu Hammour, Mohammed Zawiah

Increased risk during winter: common respiratory viruses and clinical outcomes in hospitalized children

Furkan Kalayci, Aslinur Ozkaya Parlakay, Metin Yigit, Gamze Nur Güler, Betül Demircioglu Kalayci, Aybuke Nur Cetin, Merve Dervisoglu Yurteri, Ece Karakose, Kaan Celebier, Naci Yilmaz, Orkun Tolunay

Prevalence and short-term outcomes of acute complications of tuberculosis: a cross-sectional, monocentre, Italian study

Michele Mondoni, Cristina Albrici, Silvia Terraneo, Mariangela Puci, Sara Maggioni, Giulia Ferranti, Sonia Henchi, Ottavia Viganò, Andrea Santoro, Giulia Marchetti, Stefano Centanni, Claudia C. Dobler, Giovanni Sotgiu

Alleviating penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae‑induced lung epithelial cell injury: mechanistic insights into effects of the optimized combination of main components from Yinhuapinggan granules

Jiangbo Lv, Haofang Wan, Daojun Yu, Huifen Zhou, Wenba Wang, Haitong Wan

Renal tuberculosis in a patient with horseshoe kidney: a case report

Junyi Xie, Fan Yang, Gengyan Xiong, Jun Zhu, Yixiao Liu, Peimin Zhou, Zheng Li, Zhoujie Sun, Yongyang Yun, Wei Yu, Han Hao

Prognostic and clinical indicators of sepsis outcomes in hospitalized patients: a cross-sectional study

Javad Moazen, Fatemeh Riyahi Zaniani, Aziz Kassani, Parisa Akhondshushtari, Zeynab Ahmadi

A machine learning model for predicting acute respiratory distress syndrome risk in patients with sepsis using circulating immune cell parameters: a retrospective study

Kaihuan Zhou, Lian Qin, Yin Chen, Hanming Gao, Yicong Ling, Qianqian Qin, Chenglin Mou, Tao Qin, Junyu Lu

Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) inflammatory cytokine syndrome (KICS): a case study

Ming Hong Choi, Ching See Leung, Laura Pui Yee To, Shui Wun Lai, Man Chun Chan, Thomas Shiu Hong Chik, Daphne Pui Ling Lau, Elaine Yuen Ling Au, Kwok Yung Yuen, Ivan Fan Ngai Hung, Tak Yin Tsang

A machine learning model for predicting severe mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in school-aged children

Yingying Ye, Zhenpeng Gao, Zhiling Zhang, Jianlong Chen, Chu Chu, Weifang Zhou

Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and associated factors of Salmonella and Shigella among under five children with diarrhea attending Bule Hora University Teaching Hospital, Bule Hora, West Guji, Ethiopia

Yadeta Dade, Moorthy Kannaiyan, Wako Dedecha, Derese Daka, Oliyad Husen, Tibeso Gemechu, Alqeer Aliyo, Kalicha Boru

Refractory nontuberculous mycobacterial infection and potential hidden immunodeficiency related to RAG mutation and production of anti-interferon-α autoantibodies: a case report

Xiaona Liang, Hanlin Liang, Siqiao Liang, Yan Ning, Zengtao Luo, Quanfang Chen, Zhiyi He

Association analysis of sepsis progression to sepsis-induced coagulopathy: a study based on the MIMIC-IV database

Jian-Yue Yang, Li-Li Li, Su-Zhen Fu

Ten-year review of hospital-acquired neonatal meningitis in a tertiary-level NICU: the important role of acinetobacter species

Seyyed Mohammad Hassan Aletayeb, Masoud Dehdashtian, Mohammad Reza Aramesh, Arash Malakian, Amir Kamal Hardani, Sadaf Farhadi

Clinical presentation of cytomegalovirus meningoencephalitis: a retrospective study of 12 adult patients with a variety of immunocompromised conditions

Ching-Hao Hsu, Yi-Tien Hsuan, Yu-Jiun Chan, Hsin-Pai Chen

Health risk assessment of Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella from the consumption of street foods in Ethiopia

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Mathewos Moges, Ernst Kristian Rodland, Argaw Ambelu

Viral sepsis-induced mortality of older patients infected by the Omicron subvariant BA.5 of SARS-CoV-2: a retrospective study

Yu Zhang, Jiaxin Li, Chenglei Su, Xianliang Yan, Jianguo Zhang, Zhimin Tao

Research and predictive analysis of the disease burden of bloodstream infectious diseases in China

Xiaoyu Zhang, Sufei Tian, Xifan Zhang, Feng Guo, Baiyi Chen, Deng Zhang, Zhihui Ren, Jingping Zhang, Xin Zhang

Association between the (neutrophil + monocyte)/albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in sepsis patients: a retrospective cohort study and predictive model establishment according to machine learning

Lulu Liu, Qian Ma, Guangzan Yu, Xuhou Ji, Hua He

Efficacy and safety of intrapleural administration of sodium bicarbonate in patients with acute empyema and complicated parapneumonic effusion: protocol for a prospective, single-arm, interventional study

Yuichiro Suzukawa, Shuhei Teranishi, Sachi Takakura, Ryo Nakadegawa, Shunsuke Okazaki, Anna Tanaka, Shinya Matsushita, Tatsuya Muraoka, Tomofumi Hirose, Chihiro Maeda, Kenichi Seki, Ken Tashiro, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Masaki Yamamoto, Makoto Kudo, Takeshi Kaneko

Prevalence, identification of virulence genes, and antibiotic resistance properties of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains isolated from ice cream and juice in sales centers

Elyas Shahrivar, Ebrahim Rahimi, Faham Khamesipour

Predictors of severe disease in Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis bacteremia: a population-based study

Miia Saukkosaari, Janne Aittoniemi, Reetta Huttunen, Tiina Luukkaala, Sari Rantala

Unexpected hypereosinophilia after Sinopharm vaccination: a case report

Behnam Dalfardi, Niloofar Khoshnam Rad, Tayebe Mohammad Alizade, Maryam Edalatifard, Sanaz Asadi, Besharat Rahimi

Coinfection of hepatitis B, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS in Beijing from 2016 to 2023: a surveillance data analysis

Chao Wang, Yunping Shi, Yang Liu, Ying Zhou, Jing Du, Xiao Hu, Wei Li, Jiaze Li, Yanlin Gao, Gang Li

Interpretable machine learning model for predicting delirium in patients with sepsis: a study based on the MIMIC data

Jing Fu, Aifeng He, Lulu Wang, Xia Li, Jiangquan Yu, Ruiqiang Zheng

Association of HIV low-level viremia with CD4 count recovery among persons living with HIV during antiretroviral therapy in Dehong Prefecture, Southwest China in 2008–2021: a longitudinal study

Hailiang Yu, Yuecheng Yang, Dongdong Cao, Yanfen Cao, Yun Shi, Guifang Xiao, Pinyin Li, Yanling Feng, Hua Wei, Jinting Sun, Song Duan, Runhua Ye, Cong Jin

Multicenter study in Turkiye of unsuppressed viremia in people living with human immunodeficiency virus: aegean experience

Ilkay Akbulut, Zeynep Sedef Varol, Veysel Akca, Basak Gol Serin, Emel Erogul, Ilker Odemiş, Seniha Senbayrak, Sabri Atalay

Changes in social contact patterns in Germany during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic – an analysis based on the COVIMOD study

Huynh Thi Phuong, Antonia Bartz, Andrzej K. Jarynowski, Berit Lange, Christopher I. Jarvis, Nicole Rübsamen, Rafael T. Mikolajczyk, Stefan Scholz, Tom Berger, Torben Heinsohn, Vitaly Belik, André Karch, Veronika K. Jaeger

Impact of adjustment for differential testing by age and sex on apparent epidemiology of SARS-CoV- 2 infection in Ontario, Canada

Savana Bosco, Amy Peng, Ashleigh R. Tuite, Alison Simmons, David N. Fisman

Long term bivalent mRNA vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths in Portugal: a cohort study based on electronic health records

Ausenda Machado, Irina Kislaya, Patricia Soares, Sarah Magalhães, Baltazar Nunes, Ana Paula Rodrigues, Rafael Franco, Pedro Pinto Leite, Carlos Matias Dias

Outcomes of infective endocarditis in patients with end-stage renal disease in Spain: a population-based study

Daniel Gómez-Ramírez, Carmen Olmos, Cristina Fernández-Pérez, Náyade del Prado, Nicolás Rosillo, José Luis Bernal, Pablo Zulet, Isidre Vilacosta, Francisco Javier Elola

Epidemiological characteristics and disease burden of bacterial meningitis in hospitalized children in China: a 6-year nationwide retrospective study

Linlin Liu, Xinyu Wang, Lingyun Guo, Tianming Chen, Bing Hu, Binglin Jian, Guoshuang Feng, Yueping Zeng, Gang Liu

Learn from the SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test to increase the experience of dealing with the “disease X “

Xin Yang, Jinming Li

Dynamic neutrophil-to-lymphocyte-platelet ratio trajectories predict 30-day and 1-year mortality in sepsis: a retrospective cohort study based on MIMIC-IV 2.2

Yuting Zhong, Liping Zhong, Yuanjun Zhou, Yilin Liao, Jingdan Deng

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the intensive care unit during and after the COVID- 19 pandemic

Jakub Sleziak, Marta Błażejewska, Wiesława Duszyńska

Ongoing presence of Leishmania major cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mauritania, 2016–2024

Aminetou El Moctar, Mohamed Ouldabdallahi Moukah, Abdoulaye Kassoum Koné, Mona Saout, Magalie Demar, Mamadou Dramani Fofana, Taleb Khyar Cheikh Mohamed Vadel, Mariem Kébé, Mahamadou Ali Thera, Romain Blaizot, Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary

Hospital-wide, dynamic, individualized prediction of central line-associated bloodstream infections-development and temporal evaluation of six prediction models

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Elena Albu, Shan Gao, Pieter Stijnen, Frank E. Rademakers, Christel Janssens, Veerle Cossey, Yves Debaveye, Laure Wynants, Ben Van Calster

HIV testing acceptance and its associated factors among key and priority populations in Harar town, Harari region, Eastern Ethiopia

Obsa Anbessa, Zawudu Tesema, Eyasu Amante, Tadesse Dufera, Abdi Birhanu

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and liquid-based cytologic tests among cervical screening participants in Shannan City, Tibet, China, during 2021–2022

Dilu Feng, Yuwei Yao, Xiaowu Zhu, Jun Chen, Yeshe Lhamo, Lamu Baima, Hongbo Wang, Qiyue Wang

Prevalence of protozoa in HIV/AIDS patients with Gastrointestinal symptoms in Zinder National Hospital, Niger Republic

Mahaman Moustapha Lamine, Doutchi Mahamadou, Moussa Amadou Mahamadou, Boureima Hassane, Abdoulaye Ousmane, Souleymane Adoum Fils, Chaibou Salaou, Yacouba Abdourahamane, Adehossi Eric

Disseminated talaromycosis in HIV-negative patients with lung cancer: a rare case report and literature review

Haiyang He, Liuyang Cai, Xiaochun Xue, Kangmei Zhang, Qin Huang, Anyu Qiu, Haiyin Fan, Yusong Lin, Bin Xu, Weihua Pan

How did Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands decide with regard to their COVID-19 vaccine uptake? An exploratory qualitative study

Nora Hamdiui, Marion de Vries, Mart L. Stein, Rik Crutzen, Putri Hintaran, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Aura Timen

Trajectories of persisting Covid- 19 symptoms up to 24 months after acute infection: findings from the Predi-Covid cohort study

Aurélie Fischer, Lu Zhang, Abir Elbéji, Paul Wilmes, Chantal J. Snoeck, Jérôme Larché, Pauline Oustric, Markus Ollert, Guy Fagherazzi

INSTIs-centered antiviral regimens for first-line treatment of HIV/AIDS: a network meta-analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis

Jian Yang, Xuejuan Zhao, Fan Li

Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacterial uropathogens at a private tertiary hospital in Uganda: a retrospective study

Rachael Mukisa Nakandi, Patrick Kakeeto, Raymond Bernard Kihumuro, Andrew Marvin Kanyike, Racheal Nalunkuma, Ronald Samuel Lugwana, Fred Kasozi, David Muyanja, Nakiriba Rhoda Mayega, John Kennedy Mutesasira, Ronald Kasoma Mutebi, Kiconco Patricia, Ruth Nasozi, Edith Namulema, Robinson Ssebuufu

Long-term immune response after SARS-CoV2 vaccination in solid organ transplant recipients

Cecilia Bonazzetti, Alice Toschi, Dino Gibertoni, Natascia Caroccia, Michela Di Chiara, Silvia Vituliano, Federica Lanna, Alessandro Croci, Beatrice Tazza, Armando Amicucci, Maria Cristina Morelli, Giorgia Comai, Elena Salvaterra, Luciano Potena, Pierluigi Viale, Maddalena Giannella, Tiziana Lazzarotto

First detection of HBV nucleic acid in the lung tissue of a patient with spontaneous recovery from HBV infection by tNGS: a case report

Li Zhenzhen, Dai Xiaoqing, Zhou Lan-Ting, Yang Xiaoxia, Shui Xiaochuan, Chang Ming, Cheng Zhengjiang, Huang Shaojun

Nephrotic syndrome complicated with disseminated Nocardia sepsis: a case report and literature review

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Ting Li, Haiyan Cui, Weiquan Ma, Fen Li, Hong Yang, Yuanxiong Cheng, Guoli Quan

Correlation between Escherichia coli infection during pregnancy and maternal-fetal outcomes: a retrospective analysis

Dongdong Shi, Chang Liu, Yan Cheng, Haidong Cheng, Qingying Zhang

SHRs, biomarkers for dysregulated stress response, predict prognosis in sepsis patients: a retrospective cohort study from MIMIC-IV database

Hui Lian, Guangjian Wang, Hongmin Zhang, Xiaoting Wang, Wei He

Mitigating fatigue in long COVID patients with MYPplus: a clinical observation

Yu-Jin Choi, Jin-Seok Lee, Jin-Yong Joung, Seung-Ju Hwang, Young-Yil Kim, Chang-Gue Son

Developing an element system of hospital resilience to medical run in major emerging infectious diseases: a Delphi study

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Kangyao Cheng, Rui Xie, Ziwei Xu, Yanyan Zhang, Li Gui

Phialophora americana infection in a patient with a compound heterozygous CARD9 mutation

Jie Wu, Yang Xiang, Fengming Li, Xiaodong Liu, Ningning Dang, Jing Guo

Prevalence of Anopheles stephensi in Horn of Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Wagaw Abebe, Assefa Sisay, Yenesew Mihret, Abebaw Setegn, Zelalem Asmare, Dagmawi Woldesenbet, Birhanu Kassanew, Amare Mekuanint, Sefineh Fenta Feleke

Protocol for nationwide surveillance of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in a network of tertiary care hospitals in India

Anoop Velayudhan, Harmanmeet Kaur, Rahul Dhodapkar, Labanya Mukhopadhyay, Rizwan S. Abdulkader, Sabarinathan R, Valsan Philip Verghese, Lalit Dar, Rakesh Lodha, Ravi V, Sam Joy, Pragya Yadav, Amita Jain, Ajanta Sharma, Kaveri K, Sayantan Banerjee, Anitha PM, Manjusree S, Bharti Malhotra, Baijayantimala Mishra, Mala Chhabra, Asim Sarfraz, Bashir Fomda, Mahima Mittal, Manoj Murhekar, Nivedita Gupta

Early combined therapy for COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients: a promising approach against viral persistence and drug resistance

Salvatore Rotundo, Francesca Serapide, Lavinia Berardelli, Sara Palma Gullì, Simona Mongiardi, Maria Teresa Tassone, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Alessandro Russo

Risk factors for catheter-associated urinary tract infection in an intensive care unit: a matched case-control study

Li Yajun, Zhou Xuan, Tian Juan, Tu Rui, Xiao Zuyan, Zhang Bingbing, Zhou Ruiqi, Du Guiqin, Zhao Tao

Relation between serum magnesium and outcome in patients with Escherichia coli sepsis

Yan Cao, Bangqi Hu, Wei Zhou, Zhengyu Liu, Yanfang Pei, Jiang Yu, Conglong Hu, Xin Liu, Xiaotong Han, Xiquan Yan, Liudang He, Ning Ding

Comparative evaluation of five β-Lactamase inhibitors in combination with β-Lactams against multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro

Jie Shi, Danwei Zheng, Ruyue Su, Xiaoguang Ma, Yankun Zhu, Shaohua Wang, Wenjing Chang, Dingyong Sun

Management practices and mortality predictors among Klebsiella pneumoniae infections across Lebanese hospitals: a multicenter retrospective study

Rania Itani, Hani M. J. Khojah, Hamza Raychouni, Rahaf Kibrit, Patricia Shuhaiber, Carole Dib, Mariam Hassan, Tareq L. Mukattash, Abdalla El-Lakany

Neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio: a correlation study of its effect on magnetic resonance imaging enhancement patterns in spinal parenchymal tuberculosis

Qiulan Shan, Le Zhang, Xuwen Fu, Min Qi, Jialu Wei, Wei Gan, Ying Pu, Lingjun Shen, Xiang Li

Assessment of in vitro antimicrobial activities of ceftolozane/tazobactam and ceftazidime/avibactam against carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates

Dalia Salem, Ahmed El-Shenawy, Heba Dahroug, Manar Zaiton, Doaa Gamal, Manal Diab

SPACO+: a mixed methods protocol to assessing the effectiveness of an educative intervention in patients with Long Covid

Odette Linda Kamdem, Caroline Dupre, Valdez Heugno, Amandine Baudot, Estelle Essangui, Marie Blanquet, Nina Guercon, Marie Fanget, Sasha Bayet, Marie Pierre Vericel, Pauline Oustric, Yves Mbama Biloa , Elie Shikitele Lola, Mabrouk Nekaa, Mario Debellis, François Stierlam, Ronelle Fabiola Mbia, Olivier Tatsilong, Peguy Assomo Ndemba, Williams Bell Ngan, Valérie Ndobo, Clarisse Ayina Ayina, Jerson Mekoulou, Marie Solange Ndom Ebongue, Thomas Celarier, Louise Ruiz, Veronique Regnier, Claude Bika, Françoise Ngo Sack, Judith Laure Ngondi, Nathalie Barth, Samuel Honore Mandengue, Frederic Roche, Elisabeth Botelho-nevers, Carole Else Eboumbou Moukoko, Céline Nguefeu Nkenfou, David Hupin, Bienvenu Bongue, Jessica Guyot

Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of pulmonary tuberculosis with interstitial changes

Junjie Ning, Shenglin Chi, Yuanwei Zhang, Lina Qiao

Short and long-term trajectories of the post COVID-19 condition: Results from the EuCARE POSTCOVID study

Andrea Santoro, Francesca Bai, Maria Francesca Greco, Roberta Rovito, Matteo Sala, Lidia Borghi, Kyrie Piscopo, Elena Vegni, Julia Fonseca de Morais Caporali, Carolina Coimbra Marinho, Arnaldo Santos Leite, Maria Mercedes Santoro, Francesca Ceccherini Silberstein, Marco Iannetta, Dovile Juozapaite, Edita Strumiliene, André Almeida, Cristina Toscano, Jesus Arturo Ruiz Quinones, Luca Carioti, Chiara Mommo, Iuri Fanti, Francesca Incardona, Giulia Marchetti

Analysis of clinical and microbiological characteristics of invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess syndrome

Li Gu, Yue Wang, Han Wang, Dong Xu

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sepsis incidence, etiology and hospitalization costs in France: a retrospective observational study

Marie Al Rahmoun, Alexandre Sabaté-Elabbadi, Didier Guillemot, Christian Brun-Buisson, Laurence Watier

Association between early enteral nutrition and 28-Day mortality in mechanically ventilated patients with sepsis: a retrospective analysis of the MIMIC-IV database

Fuchao Xu, Geng Lu, Hao Sun, Jun Wang

Clinical pharmacists’ interventions about drug therapy problems and its acceptability by prescribers among pediatric hospitalized patients with infectious diseases in resource-limited settings

Tilaye Arega Moges, Samuel Berihun Dagnew, Sisay Sitotaw Anberbr, Getachew Yitayew Tarekegn, Taklo Simeneh Yazie, Getu Tesfaw Addis, Teklie Mengie Ayele, Kidist Hunegn Setargew, Fisseha Nigussie Dagnew

Clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection is associated with the stage of liver cirrhosis

Fengjiao Wang, Lingxiao Zhu, Yanfei Chen, Lanjuan Li

Differences in chest imaging between Omicron and non–Omicron coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Yingying Han, Zhijia Wang, Xingzhao Li, Zhuan Zhong

Epidemiology of clinical antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacterales in Togo over three decades: a systematic review and meta-analysis, with recommendations and alternative solutions

Komla Mawunyo Dossouvi, Fábio Parra Sellera, Ephraim Ehidiamen Ibadin, Ishola Ayinla Cherif Adeshola, Kosi Agbeko Djanta, Chancelle Afi Guido Amesse, Yaovi Senam Egoh, Ayawovi Selom Ametepe, Kpalma Duga Bakpatina-Batako, Amr El Kelish, Sika Dossim

Correction: Efficacy of Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in reducing the risk of severe outcome in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a real-life full-matched case–control study (SAVALO Study)

Ivan Gentile, Agnese Giaccone, Maria Michela Scirocco, Francesco Di Brizzi, Federica Cuccurullo, Maria Silvitelli, Luigi Ametrano, Francesco Antimo Alfè, Daria Pietroluongo, Irene Irace, Mariarosaria Chiariello, Noemi De Felice, Simone Severino, Giulio Viceconte, Nicola Schiano Moriello, Alberto Enrico Maraolo, Antonio Riccardo Buonomo, Riccardo Scotto

The burden and predictors of hospital-acquired infection in intensive care units across Sub-Sahara Africa: systematic review and metanalysis

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Ousman Adal, Yeshimebet Tamir Tsehay, Birhanu Ayenew, Teshager Woldegiyorgis Abate, Gebrehiwot Berie Mekonnen, Sileshi Mulatu, Sosina Tamre Mamo, Temesgen Ayenew, Mengistu Abebe Messelu, Asnake Gashaw Belayneh

An agent-based model to assess the impact of shared staff and occupancy rate on infectious disease burden in nursing homes

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Kiel Corkran, Jose Pablo Gómez-Vázquez, Arash Arjmand, Miriam Nuño, Majid Bani-Yaghoub

Feasibility of smartphone-enabled asynchronous video directly observed therapy to improve viral suppression outcomes among HIV unsuppressed children and adolescents in Kenya

Paul Wekesa, Margaret Ndisha, Boniface Makone, Marc Bulterys, Evelyn Ngugi, Kevin Kamenwa, Abraham Katana, Kevin Owuor, Immaculate Mutisya

Evaluation of the performance of disease severity indices (SOFA, SAPS III, and MPM II) for the prediction of mortality rate in COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care units: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Reza Basiri, Hanieh Ahmadi Hekmatikar, Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh, Amir Baniasad

Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and Syphilis among blood donors in a Nigerian tertiary medical centre

Ismail Habibu, Bashir Mohammed Abubakar, Ibrahim Musa Moi, Rabiu Abdulrazaq

Food poisoning outbreak caused by Aeromonas bacteria at a funeral in Buyengo Town Council, Jinja District, Uganda, February 2024

Yasiini Nuwamanya, Innocent Ssemanda, Dorothy Aanyu, Brian Kibwika, Shem S. Mwebaza, Yunus Mbwire, Gorreti A. Olupot, Peruth Bamukisa, Joshua Kayiwa, Benon Kwesiga, Lilian Bulage, Richard Migisha, Susan Waako, Edith Namulondo, Hildah T. Nansikombi, Alex R. Ario

Immunogenicity and duration of antibodies after vaccination with a two-dose series of the nine-valent human papillomavirus vaccine among Alaska Native children: a prospective cohort study

Jonathan Steinberg, Gitika Panicker, Elizabeth R. Unger, Ian Blake, Rayleen M. Lewis, Jesse Geis, Dana Bruden, Marc Fischer, Lauri E. Markowitz, Michael G. Bruce

Symptomatic central nervous system infections in kidney transplant recipients: a 20-years multicenter observational study

Xingsong Qin, Yinsen Song, Junjie Ding, Xinglei Qin, Kun Chen, Hongyu Wang

Impact of hepatitis B virus infection in patients with plasmodium parasites in selected health facilities in Accra, Ghana

Judith Dzifa Azumah, Shekou Gibriel Koroma, Isaac Kwame Sraku, Yaw Asare Afrane, Kwamena William Coleman Sagoe, Mildred Asumamaa Adusei-Poku

Correction: Genetic characterization of measles virus circulating in Iran, 2021–2023

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Alireza Esmaeiloghli Amiryli, Simin Abbasi, Faezeh Tarpoor, Azadeh Shadab, Azam Saboori, Nazanin-Zahra Shafiei Jandaghi, Vahid Salimi, Talat Mokhtari-Azad

Comparative effectiveness of monotherapy vs. combination therapy for postoperative central nervous system infections in neurosurgical patients: a retrospective cohort study

Muyun Li, Wei Meng, Linna An, Xiaoqi Lin, Shangjie Yang, Qiang Fu, Qiuxia Shi, Dongfeng Li, Jie Wang, Jianhua Wang, Yubo Wang

Uncommon pulmonary manifestation of hepatitis B virus: a case report of secondary organizing pneumonia

Yingqing Zhang, Danfeng Sun, Yu Fang, Yan Feng, Yonglei Wu, Weifeng Shen, Wanxin Wu, Xixi Gao, Yuejiao Sun, Xiaolong Ma, Feng Gao, Chaoping Zhu, Jiaqi Zhou, Chao Gu

Performance of routine surveillance diagnostics of external ventricular drain-associated infections in a critical care setting: a retrospective cohort study

Marcus Ståhlberg, Jonas Blixt, Christer Mehle, Viveca Hambäck Hellkvist, Christian G. Giske, Eddie Weitzberg, David W. Nelson

Data-driven machine learning algorithm model for pneumonia prediction and determinant factor stratification among children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia

Addisalem Workie Demsash, Rediet Abebe, Wubishet Gezimu, Gemeda Wakgari Kitil, Michael Amera Tizazu, Abera Lambebo, Firomsa Bekele, Solomon Seyife Alemu, Mohammedamin Hajure Jarso, Geleta Nenko Dube, Lema Fikadu Wedajo, Sanju Purohit, Mulugeta Hayelom Kalayou

Diagnostic dilemma of a new endobronchial lesion in a patient on anti-tuberculosis regimen: unveiling tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

Ming Ren Toh, Sophie Seine Xuan Tan, Takano Angela, Thun How Ong

Incidence and risk factor of sepsis in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia: a Chinese, single-center, retrospective study

Xinyu Wang, Chang Wei, Dingxiu He, Dong Huang, Yuean Zhao, Longyi Ran, Xinyuan Wang, He Yu, Zongan Liang, Linjing Gong

The burden of nosocomial superinfections in a retrospective cohort study of critically ill COVID-19 patients

Anne Kathrin Lösslein, Paulina Ines Staus, Cynthia Beisert Carneiro, Martin Wolkewitz, Georg Häcker

Willingness of receiving preventive treatment and its determinants among individuals with latent tuberculosis infection in Shenzhen, China

Jin Wang, Xiaoliang Zha, Qiu Zhang, Moru Chen, He Zhang, Feng Ding, Jianfeng Zeng, Tantan Ren, Ye Chen, Shuihua Lu, Xiangxiang Liu

Prevalence of opportunistic infections in Syrian inflammatory bowel disease patients on biologic therapy: a multi-center retrospective cross-sectional study

Marouf Alhalabi, Hussam Aldeen Alshiekh, Shadi Alsaiad, Mouayad Zarzar

Validation of influenza vaccination status using health administrative databases by integrating pharmacy claims and medical billing databases in Ontario, Canada

Razan Amoud, Jeffrey C. Kwong, Colleen Maxwell, Suzanne L. Tyas, Martin Cooke, Alejandro Hernandez, Wasem Alsabbagh

Spatial variation and multilevel determinants of malaria infection among pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa: using malaria indicator surveys

Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Deresse Abebe Gebrehana, Berhan Tekeba, Tadesse Tarik Tamir

Creating a prediction model for invasive candidiasis in the intensive care unit using a case control design: a European multicentre approach

P. M. B. Benders, J. Schouten, A. Vena, J. B. Buil, E. Bronkhorst, M. Bassetti

Correction: Prolonged outpatient parenteral antimicrobial treatment: frequency and evolution over a six-year period in a Swiss university hospital

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Aline Munting, José Damas, Lyne Arensdorff, Matthias Cavassini, Serge de Vallière

Correction: After the program ends: HIV testing behavior among men who have sex with men after the conclusion of a program providing regular home delivery of HIV self-testing kits

Tyler B. Wray, Philip A. Chan, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Lori M. Ward, Erik M. S. Ocean

Point-prevalence surveys of hospital-acquired infections in 42 Chinese hospitals in Weifang, China: from 2015 to 2020

Yu Dong, Hongqing Liu

Evaluating the coverage of sexually transmitted infection prevention and control services in eight districts in Central Uganda: lot quality assurance sampling survey

Simon Peter Katongole, Semei Christopher Mukama, Jane Nakawesi, Dedrix Stephenson Bindeeba, Simons Ezajobo, Susan Nakubulwa, Andrew Mugisa, Mary Odiit, Catherine Senyimba, Eve Namitala, Robert D. D. M. Onzima Anguyo, Barbara Mukasa

Viral dynamics and factors associated with duration of COVID-19 positivity: evidence from the first-three epidemiological waves in Cameroon

Joseph Fokam, Aurelie Minelle Kengni Ngueko, Alex Durand Nka, Collins Ambe Chenwi, Ezechiel Ngoufack Jagni Semengue, Yagai Bouba, Désiré Takou, Nadine Fainguem, Michel Carlos Tommo Tchouaket, Aude Christelle Ka’e, Grace Angong Beloumou, Sandrine Claire Djupsa Ndjeyep, Willy Leroi Togna Pabo, Davy-Hyacinthe Gouissi Anguechia, Naomi-Karell Etame, Evariste Molimbou, Rachel Audrey Nayang Mundo, Aissatou Abba, Samuel Martin Sosso, John Otshudiema Otokoye, Christian Ngongang Ouankou, Claudia Alteri, Luna Colagrossi, Maria-Mercedes Santoro, Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein, Yap Boum II, Edie Gregory Halle Ekane, Alfred K. Njamnshi, Vittorio Colizzi, Nicaise Ndembi, Alexis Ndjolo, Carlo-Federico Perno

Genomic insights into the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus involved in ear infections

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Zhewei Sun, Jinhong Chen, Chunhong Liu, Yueru Tian, Fuqi Ai, Jiaying Du, Wangxiao Zhou, Wenjun Cao, Ming Guan, Baixing Ding

Epidemiological characteristics of RSV in pediatric inpatients with lower respiratory tract infections in Suzhou and their correlation with meteorology and atmospheric pollutants

Heting Dong, Yanxia Zou, Mengyao Yan, Huiming Sun, Jiawei Chen, Yongdong Yan, Canhong Zhu, Chuangli Hao, Zhengrong Chen

Bloodstream infections with emphasis on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized and Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Minichil Worku, Solomon Belay, Tigist Molla, Azanaw Amare, Mitkie Tigabie, Wesam Taher Almagharbeh, Muluneh Assefa

Correction: Clinical features of HAdV-55 in children with respiratory tract infections: a retrospective case series and literature review

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Lifen Rao, Yueqiang Fu, Ying Lu, Jianhua Wei, Zhongying Yang, Mengling Qi, Chengjun Liu, Yushun Wan, Enmei Liu, Na Zang

Correction: Unexpected hypereosinophilia after sinopharm vaccination: a case report

Behnam Dalfardi, Niloofar Khoshnam Rad, Tayebe Mohammad Alizade, Maryam Edalatifard, Sanaz Asadi, Besharat Rahimi

Association between gut microbiota in HIV-infected patients and immune reconstitution following antiretroviral therapy (ART)

Yuru Shi, Miaomiao Hu, Jing Wu, Ting Liu, Yingjie Qi, Ang Li

Risk factors and prognostic predictors of recurrent bacterial empyema in patients after surgical treatment

Chia-Chi Liu, Yi-Ling Chen, Ching-Yuan Cheng, Chang-Lun Huang, Wei-Heng Hung, Bing-Yen Wang

Atypical causes of respiratory virus infections in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2013– 2023: a systematic review and meta-analysis

George Agyei, Philip El-Duah, Jonathan Mawutor Gmanyami, Oscar Lambert, Brice Armel Nembot Fogang, Sherihane Aryeetey, Augustina Sylverken, Rexford Mawunyo Dumevi, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Richard Odame Phillips, Christian Drosten, Michael Owusu

Prevalence and predictors of unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcomes among persons with TB/HIV co-infection in Ghana: a 10-year retrospective study

Alhaji Ibrahim Cobbinah, Jacob Solomon Idan, Kingsley Boakye, Anthony Enimil, Nicholas Karikari Mensah, Ebenezer Adangabe, Sulemana Baba Abdulai, Charles Martyn-Dickens, Aliyu Mohammed

Chlorhexidine and benzalkonium chloride: promising adjuncts in combating multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in healthcare settings

Amal F. Makled, Azza Z. Labeeb, Heba M. Moaz, Asmaa S. Sleem

Detection of septic metastases in catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia using 18FFDG-PET/CT: a before-and-after study

Miguel Ángel Verdejo, Andrés Perissinotti, Daniela Malano-Barletta, Cristina Pitart, Guillermo Cuervo, Marta Hernández-Meneses, Marta Bodro, Sabina Herrera, Carolina García-Vidal, Pedro Puerta-Alcalde, José Antonio Martínez, Ana del Río, Mateu Espasa, David Fuster, Laura Morata, Alex Soriano

Prevalence trends of transfusion-transmitted infections at a tertiary private hospital blood bank in Uganda: a retrospective 6-year review (2017–2022)

Andrew Marvin Kanyike, Frank Kakuba, Posiano Mayambala, Racheal Nalunkuma, Rachael Mukisa Nakandi, Yusuf Mulumba, Edith Namulema, Simon Peter Nsingo, Robinson Ssebuufu

Predictive nomogram for early detection of invasive fungal disease deterioration --- a 10-year retrospective cohort study

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Wei Wang, Yan Li, Hua Wang, Yumeng Du, Mengyuan Cheng, Jinyan Tang, Mingliang Wu, Chaomin Chen, Qingwen Lv, Weibin Cheng

Non-inferiority stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial on all-oral shorter regimens for rifampicin resistant/multidrug-resistant TB in Pakistan – a study protocol

Nida Khan, Muhammad Ahmar Khan, Naila Muzaffar, Ahmad Ismail, Abdul Ghafoor, Jonathon R. Campbell, Gwenaelle Le Coroller, Zia Un Nisa, Corinne Simone Merle, Muhammad Amir Khan

Targeted next-generation sequencing characterization of respiratory pathogens in children with acute respiratory infection

Chunhong Li, Xinghong Zhang, Panyan Liu, Manping Lu, Lin Xiao, Fengyu Ou, Hailan Deng, Wenjian Zhang, Zhenfeng Deng, Shengqiang Luo

Influence of anti-Spike protein antibody levels on tocilizumab efficacy in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a post-hoc analysis of the COVACTA trial

José Aguareles, Carles Forné, Ana García-Casas, Guillermo Santamaría-Corral, Daniel Carnevali-Ruiz, Gabriel Sotres-Fernández, Javier T Solera, Pablo Guisado-Vasco

Peripheral blood cytokine profiles predict the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection: an EPIC3 study analysis

Xumin Li, Vivek Pakanati, Cindy Liu, Tracy Wang, Daniel Morelli, Anna Korpak, Aaron Baraff, Stuart N. Isaacs, Amy Vittor, Kyong-Mi Chang, Elizabeth Le, Nicholas L. Smith, Jennifer S. Lee, Jennifer M. Ross, Javeed A. Shah, Mihaela Aslan, Kelly Cho, J. Michael Gaziano, Mark Holodniy, Christine M. Hunt, Anna M. Korpak, Dawn T. Provenzale, Christina Williams, Mary-Claire Roghmann, Karen KC Coffey, Leslie Les Katzel, Michelle Newman, Gwen L. Robinson, Eric Garshick, Emily Wan, Emma Busenkell, Selena Chom, Christina Collins, Colleen Hynes, Demerise Johnston, Erin McHugh, Peter Rivoira, Olivia Sterns, John Jack Sweeney, Caroline Truland, Makaila Wall, Cathy Zhang, Federico Perez, Robin L.P. Jump, Robert Bonomo, David Canaday, Margaret Tiktin, Sara Abdelrahim, Taissa A. Bej, Janet Briggs, Elizabeth Delancey-Niksa, Oteshia Hicks, Corinne Kowal, Alexandria Alex Nguyen, Lisa Padro, Roger Bedimo, Rohit Manaktala, Erik Guajardo, Antoinette Hamilton, Lisa Jones, Marcia Keller-Ray, Angela Dela Llana, Jacob Mathew, Jennifer Jen McClure, Erick Meermans, Erin Messick, Dindi Moore-Matthews, Van Nguyen, Abeer Zein, Lindsay Nicholson, Mary Bessesen, Rosa Cunningham, Teresa Derian, Theresa Dunn, Camila Hanson, Kelsey Moore, Kimberly Owens, Cameron Rogowski, Janel Vigil, Anna Wyrwa, Micah McClain, Ephraim Tsalik, Christopher Woods, James Everhart, Christopher Hostler, Maria Joyce, Jack Anderson, Marline Marlena Brown, Lynette Gehlhausen, Amanda Hittinger, Sara Hoffman, Tyffany Evans Locklear, Maria Miggs, Deborah Murray, Bradly Brad Nicholson, Ashlyn Press, Jaspreet Reen, Delisa Robinson, Gary Wang, Asmita Gupte, Alaina Ritter, Leslie Brown, Tempa Curry, Laura Dixon, Jennifer Gollwitzer, Rebecca Kokot, Debra Robertson

Case report: Cervical suppurative lymphadenitis caused by burkholderia multivorans in a healthy child

Bei-bei Niu, Jing-jing Xu, Ji-an Li, Ling-dong Zhu

Operational evaluation of the deployment of Malaria/CRP Duo and Dengue Duo rapid diagnostic tests for the management of febrile illness by village malaria workers in rural Cambodia

Marc T. Visser, Dysoley Lek, Bipin Adhikari, Arjun Chandna, Moul Vanna, Sam Ol, Voeurng Bunreth, Chan Davoeung, Yok Sovann, Dafne Umans, Yoel Lubell, Rusheng Chew, Richard J. Maude, Rob W. van der Pluijm, Rupam Tripura, Naomi Waithira, Siv Sovannaroth, Michèle van Vugt, Lorenz von Seidlein, Mavuto Mukaka, Arjen Dondorp, Thomas J. Peto, James J. Callery

Diagnostic yield of induced sputum and Bronchoalveolar lavage in suspected pulmonary tuberculosis

Maria Musso, Gina Gualano, Paola Mencarini, Annelisa Mastrobattista, Maria Angela Licata, Carlo Pareo, Carlotta Cerva, Silvia Mosti, Virginia Di Bari, Raffaella Libertone, Carla Nisii, Angela Cannas, Assunta Navarra, Delia Goletti, Fabrizio Palmieri

Rotavirus prevalence and genotypes in the Central African Republic, 2011–2021

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Joël W. Dote, Virginie Banga Mingo, Jean Fandema, Jean C. Gody, Jason M. Mwenda, Mathew D. Esona, Michael D. Bowen, Narcisse Patrice J. Komas, Ionela Gouandjika-Vasilache, Diane Waku-Kouomou

Facet joint arthritis as the presenting symptom for culture-negative Aggregatibacter aphrophilus native valve endocarditis in a patient without known cardiac disease: a case report

Yurika Okuyama, Koki Kikuchi, Samuel David Stephenson, Naritomo Nishioka, Takahiro Doi, Junya Yamagishi, Satoshi Yuda

Development and validation of a risk prediction model for tigecycline-induced hypofibrinogenemia in septic patients: a retrospective cohort study

Hongling Ma, Zhaotang Gong, Jia Sun, LiNa Chen, GuLeng SiRi

The impact of COVID-19-related anxiety on obstetric complications and mental health in quarantined pregnant women

Solmaz Heidarifard, Niloofar Khoshnam Rad, Mahsa Khoshnam Rad

Association between neutrophil-platelet ratio and 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis: a retrospective analysis based on MIMIC-IV database

Jin Zhu, Chaorong Zhang, Zhexuan Deng, Lifen Ouyang

Community-acquired pneumonia associated with influenza co-infection caused by fusobacterium necrophorum: a case report and literature review

Min Cao, Lin Huang, Rong Zhang

Challenges of integrating HIV prevention and treatment in China's border mountain regions: a grounded theory study

Sixian Du, Haoran Niu, Feng Jiang, Liwen Gong, Shan Zheng, Qi Cui, Xu Yang, Jiayan He, Rongcai Dai, Qilian Luo, Yiqing Yang

Designing a multi-epitope universal vaccine for concurrent infections of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses using an immunoinformatics approach

Shirin Mohammadipour, Hadi Tavakkoli, Seyedeh Narges Fatemi, Aram Sharifi, Peyman Mahmoudi

Prevalence of bedaquiline resistance in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xinyang Hu, Zhiwei Wu, Jing Lei, Yanqin Zhu, Jingtao Gao

Strain-dependent effects of Toxoplasma gondii on ovarian health and inflammation in a rat model

Reyhaneh Moghaddami, Kimia Moradi, Mahdi Mahdipour, Abdol Sattar Pagheh, Jafar Razeghi, Nahideh Nazdikbin Yamchi, Monir Khordadmehr, Ahmad Nematollahi, Behzad Ghorbanzadeh, Ehsan Ahmadpour

Effectiveness of Ivermectin treatment among adult patients infected with Strongyloides stercoralis in East Gojam zone, Northwest Ethiopia

Gashaw Azanaw Amare, Yenesew Mihret Wondmagegn, Abebaw Setegn, Mekuriaw Belayneh, Yalew Muche, Abateneh Melkamu, Kassahun Misgana, Agenagnew Ashagre, Temesgen Baylie, Mohammed Jemal, Mamaru Getinet, Abebe Fenta, Habtamu Belew, Adane Adugna

Utilizing Nanopore direct RNA sequencing of blood from patients with sepsis for discovery of co- and post-transcriptional disease biomarkers

Jingni He, Devika Ganesamoorthy, Jessie J.-Y. Chang, Jianshu Zhang, Sharon L. Trevor, Kristen S. Gibbons, Stephen J. McPherson, Jessica C. Kling, Luregn J. Schlapbach, Antje Blumenthal, Lachlan J. M. Coin, Sainath Raman, Natalie Sharp, Natalie Phillips, Adam Irwin, Ross Balch, Amanda Harley, Kerry Johnson, Zoe Server, Shane George, Keith Grimwood, Peter J. Snelling, Arjun Chavan, Eleanor Kitkatt, Luke Lawton, Allison Hempenstall, Pelista Pilot, Kristen S. Gibbons, Renate Le Marsney, Carolyn Pardo, Jessica Kling, Stephen J. McPherson, Anna D. McDonald, Seweryn Bialasiewicz, Trang Pham, Lachlan J. M. Coin

Chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia followed by acute hepatitis E virus infection in rectal cancer patient with synchronous liver and lung metastasis: a case report

Dongdong Zhang, Zhihong Chen, Jixiang Wu, Ning Ning, Lin Chen, Xiaodong Tian

A rare case of multiple brain abscesses caused by Nocardia abscessus co-infection with tuberculous meningitis in an immunocompetent patient

Xiuri Wang, Lingyan Liang, Yunxiao Liang, Liuyang Hu

Tuberculosis disease characteristics associated with mortality, severe morbidity and unsuccessful treatment in people living with HIV treated for tuberculosis – a secondary analysis of the ANRS 12300 Reflate TB2 trial

Robert Akpata, Jean-Baptiste Ntakpe, Eugène Messou, Nathalie De Castro, Corine Chazallon, Isabel Timana, Rodrigo Escada, Sandra Wagner Cardoso, Nilesh Bhatt, Celso Khosa, Didier Laureillard, Giang Do Chau, Frédéric Ello Nogbou, Donald Diomande Glao, Valdilea Veloso, Jean-Michel Molina, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Marcel Zannou, Serge Eholie, Olivier Marcy, Marie De Solere, Alice Montoyo, Claire Rekacewicz, Alpha Diallo, Xavier Anglaret, Jérôme Le Carrou, Aurélie Beuscart, Gemma Guylène Habiyambere, Sophie Karcher, Rodrigo Otávio da Silva Escada, Tânia Krsitic, Thiago Silva Torres, Ronaldo Ismerio Moreira, Flávia Lessa, Ana Cláudia Alves, Daniel de moura Rebelo, Luiz Ricardo Siqueira Camacho, Sandro Nazer, Soraia Santana de Moura, Luana Marins, Maura Lassance Gonzales, Robson Pierre Nascimento da Silva, Tatiane Gomes, Valéria Rita Teixeira Ribeiro, Ana Cristina Garcia FerreIira, Brenda Hoagland, Débora Faber Marra Barreto, Desiree Vieira Gomes dos Santos, Isabel Cristina Ferreira Tavares, Lara Esteves Coelho, Lucimar Santos Salgado, Donald G. Diomandé, Amani Anzian, Joachim Gnokoro, Etienne Etilé, Jacqueline Amani, Georgette Labibi, Cecile A. Tchehy, MC Kassy, Antoine Toho BI, Lambert Konan, E. Messou, Cyprien Rabe, Frederick Ello, Fulgence Eboumou, Salimata Fanny, Bonzou Amoakon, Samuel Kan, Robert Gbey, Martin Y. Kouamé, Yamissa Siloue, Lehi Dano, Florence Kouakou, Kakou Aka, Serge P. Eholié, Jean-Baptiste N’takpé, Suzanne Kouadio, Irmine Ahyi, Bertine Siloue, Marcelin Irié, Romuald Konan, Arlette Emieme, Thomas-d’Aquin Toni, Fatoumata Koné, Jean-Claude Kacou, Hervé Menan, Diane Ponscarme, Miresta Previllon, Constance Delaugerre, Dilário Nhumaio, Emelva Manhiça, Arlindo Vilanculo, Khalide Azam, Adolfo Vubil, Nádia Sitoe, Alcina Zitha, Jorge Ribeiro, Lectícia Matsinhe, Do Chau Giang, Nguyen Duc Bang, Nguyen Ngoc Lan, Nguyen Huu Lân, Dang Thi Minh Há, Nguyen Thi Hong, Nguyen Nhu Viet, Bui Thi Kim Nhung, Tran Pham Phuong Thao, Pham Thu Hang, Mai Thi Thu Huyen, Tran Huu Loc, Tran Thi Kim Quy, Do Ha Thanh Trang, Nguyen Thi Cao Van, Mai Nguyet Thu Huyen, Nguyen Thi Nuoi, Cao Khanh Tung, Tran Thi Thuy Tien, Huynh Phuong Anh, Pham Thi Quynh Anh, Long Duong Van, Le Thi Ngoc Bich, Cong Thi Mai Luong, TRAN Ton, Vu Xuan Thinh, Huynh Hoang Khanh Thu, Luong Que Anh, Do Ha Thanh Trang, Delphine Rapoud, Anaïs Domergue, Le Quoc Khanh, Dong Quynh Nhu, Bui Vu Hoang Trang, Dinh Phuong Thanh, Tran Thi Hieu Nhi, Tran Thi-Hai Ly, Frederique Guiroy

Risk stratification and conservative management of women aged 25–40 years with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2(CIN2)

Huanhua Wang, Ping Jin

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of bacterial co-detection in respiratory syncytial virus-positive children in Wenzhou, China, 2021 to 2023

Xiaoxiao Qu, Xuanmei Ye, Jian Yu, Feifei Zheng, Yatian Tang, Fangling Yuan, Qipeng Xie

Crowdsourcing strategies to improve access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and China

Warittha Tieosapjaroen, Arturo M. Ongkeko Jr., Zhuoheng Yin, Krittaporn Termvanich, Artit Wongsa, Joseph D. Tucker, Weiming Tang, Chunyan Li, Ying Zhang, Nina T. Castillo-Carandang, Jason J. Ong

In-depth analysis of the risk factors for persistent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and construction of predictive models: an exploratory research study

Jia Zhang, Weihua Zhu, Piping Jiang, Feng Ma, Yulin Li, Yuwei Cao, Jiaxin Li, Zhe Zhang, Xin Zhang, Wailong Zou, Jichao Chen

Case report of brain death in a child due to COVID-19 and literature review

Tiantian Xu, Tian Liang, Jiamin Zhang, Yuqing Yan, Lianwei Lu, Lu Kuang, Changbing Wang, Misi Xiao, Yi Chen, Bing Zhu

Effectiveness and safety of azvudine versus nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Jin Yang, Jiao Min, Ling Ding, Rong Liu, Ya Yang, Jian-feng Zhang, Wei Lei

Mapping the role of vaccines in combating AMR in the WHO African region: a scoping review and implications for research and policy

Chinwe Iwu-Jaja, Laetitia Gahimbare, Akhona V. Mazingisa, Walter Fuller, Degefaw Y. Mazengiya, Joseph Okeibunor, Olushayo O. Olu, Patrick de Marie C. Katoto, Ali A. Yahaya, Kwasi Nyarko, Charles S. Wiysonge

Advancing schistosomiasis surveillance: standardization and application of an environmental DNA (eDNA)-based approach for detecting Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil

Sandra Grossi Gava, Isadora Rodrigues de Carvalho, Marcello Otake Sato, Megumi Sato, Natália de Melo Nasser Fava, Patrícia Martins Parreiras, Aureo Almeida de Oliveira, Sueleny Silva Ferreira Teixeira, Adelina Junia Lourenço, Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Lângia Colli Montresor, Marina Moraes Mourão, Roberta Lima Caldeira

Lactobacillus plantarum liver abscess following ERCP: a case report and review

Wenjing Ren, Yuran Wei, Guanping Lian, Chuwei Yang, Yufei Liu

Prevalence of bacterial eye infections and multidrug resistance patterns among eye infection suspected patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mihret Tilahun, Alemu Gedefie, Bekele Sharew, Habtu Debash, Agumas Shibabaw

Impact of hepatitis C virus genotype on the efficacy of the direct-acting antivirals in chronic kidney disease patients in West Bengal, India

Sagnik Bakshi, Supradip Dutta, Aritra Biswas, Raina Das, Shreyasi Nath, Anwesha Ghosh, Upasana Baskey, Provash Chandra Sadhukhan

Prevalence, microbiology, and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of bacterial skin and soft tissue infections in pediatric patients with malignancies at a referral teaching hospital in Shiraz, Iran

Seyed Reza Abdipour Mehrian, Fatemeh Noushadi, Yaser Pourasghar, Armina Farkarian, Elahe Meftah, Fatemeh Homayounifar, Ali Amanati

Associations of Atopobium, Garderella, Megasphaera, Prevotella, Sneathia, and Streptococcus with human papillomavirus infection, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, and cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yan Peng, Qin Tang, Shiming Wu, Chengzhi Zhao

Awareness, access to and uptake of HIV prevention interventions among youth in Zimbabwe: a population-based survey

Sophie H. Kelly, Steven Azizi, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Mandikudza Tembo, Tsitsi Bandason, Ethel Dauya, Constancia V. Mavodza, Tsitsi Apollo, Owen Mugurungi, Rashida A. Ferrand, Victoria Simms

Clinical and CT characteristics of abdominal tuberculous lymphadenopathy: a comparative analysis of hematogenous and non-hematogenous dissemination

Xiao-ling Zhu, Xue-yan Liu, Li Wen, Ran Li, Sheng-xiu Lv, Guang-xian Wang

Persistent self-reported health complaints in Norwegians who attribute their symptoms to tick bites or tick-borne disease– a cross-sectional controlled study

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  • Tick
  • Research

Audun Olav Dahlberg, Audun Aase, Harald Reiso, Erik Thortveit, Randi Eikeland, Morten Engstrøm, Rune Midgard

Antifilarial treatment strategies: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Muayad Saud Albadrani, Amr Molla, Hossein M. Elbadawy, Heba M Eltahir, Shyamkumar Sriram, Mekky M Abouzied, Eman Mohamed Sharaf Elsayed

Epidemiology and genetic diversity of respiratory syncytial virus in adults 50 years and older with acute respiratory infections in Accra, Ghana

Comfort Nuamah Antwi, Bartholomew Dzudzor, James Odame Aboagye, Vishnu Nene Limon Abayateye, Joseph Ahia Quarcoo, Asantewa Sisi Yaa Anang, Gloria Gifty Whyte, John Kofi Odoom, Evangeline Obodai

Antibiotic adherence and treatment completion associated with partial oral therapy versus all intravenous therapy in patients with serious Staphylococcus aureus infections

Alexandra Craig, Katherine C. Shihadeh, Bryan C. Knepper, Whitney Miller, Heather L. Young, Deborah Aragon, Timothy C. Jenkins

A retrospective analysis of the correlation between the glucose-to-albumin ratio and 28-day mortality in sepsis patients

Zhengting Liu, Xianchun Chen, Liqin Zhang

Tuberculosis mortality and drug resistance among patients under TB treatment before and during COVID-19 in Burundi: a case–control study

Arnaud Iradukunda, Fentabil Getnet, Emmanuel Nene Odjidja

Psittacosis pneumonia with the reversed halo sign: a case report and literature review

Shumeng Zhang, Yiqi Fu, Liangjie Fang, Qiaomai Xu, Silan Gu, Hua Zhou, Jianying Zhou

A novel pan-Leishmania loop-mediated isothermal amplification (Loopamp) assay for diagnosis of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Behailu Taye, Habtamu Gebrie, Alayu Bogale, Eyob Getu, Gemechu Churiso

Type 2 diabetes mellitus as a predictor of severe outcomes in COVID-19 — a systematic review and meta-analyses

Babatunde Fatoke, Amrit Lal Hui, Muhammad Saqib, Mrinal Vashisth, Stephen Olaide Aremu, Dorcas Oluwakemi Aremu, Deborah Bukola Aremu

Norwegian scabies seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State: a case report

Chibuzo Obiora Ndiokwelu, Chinonso Bismark Okoro, Paul Tochukwu Nwachukwu, Chioma Laura Odimegwu, Samuel Nkachukwu Uwaezuoke

Emerging antibiotic resistance in bacterial bloodstream infections: a clinical study at the Holy Family Hospital, Nkawkaw, Ghana

John Gameli Deku, Israel Bedzina, Prince Kwadade Amankwah, Lilian Kekeli Antor, Kenneth Ablordey, Madrid Alhassan, Akatwum Emmanuel Salifu, Robert Awupoli, Arnold Togiwe Luuse, Enoch Aninagyei, Innocent Afeke, Kwabena Obeng Duedu

Disseminated chickenpox with multi-organ failure in an immunocompetent adult. a case report and literature review

Jaweria Akram, Abdul Qadir, Hadeel Alfar, Theresa Paul, Mamunul Islam, Ali Rahil

The association of sepsis bundle compliance with mortality in patients with ICU-acquired sepsis: a cohort study

Adam Green, Sharad Patel, Pamela Crabtree, Divyesha Patel, Andrew Hoke, Ricardo Jaime Orozco, George Sangah, Alvin Mercado, Nicole Melchiorre, Mariane Charron, Abhimanyu Chandel, Nitin Puri

Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus infections among Jordanians: seroprevalence and associated factors

Hassan M. Kofahi, Samer F. Swedan, Maen Aljezawi

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bloodstream infections related to death in two Brazilian tertiary hospitals

Lorena Galvão de Araujo, Kehvyn Cedeño, Adriele Pinheiro Bomfim, Marcio de Oliveira Silva, Ana Verena Mendes, Maria Goreth Barberino, Edilane Lins Gouveia, Fabianna Márcia M. Bahia, Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis, Joice Neves Reis

Epidemiological characteristics, antifungal susceptibility, and mortality factors of candidemia in adults at a tertiary teaching hospital in Zunyi, China (2016–2023)

Xianghao Chen, Meijing Shen, Qun Feng, Guangwu Yang, Rengui Tian, Shifei Yao, He Zha

Diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive SARS-CoV-2 screening tests: a national prospective analysis

Thomas Althaus, Alexandre Blake, Alizée Costantini, Christian Lavagna, Eva Jacquesson, Guillaume Groshenry, Alexa Troel, Bertrand Vanzo, Olivier Dejoux, Hervé Raps, Patrick Rampal, Eric J. Voiglio

Development of a risk prediction model for secondary infection in severe/critical COVID-19 patients

Yinmei Zhang, Mingmei Lin, Zhenchao Wu, Zhongyu Han, Liyan Cui, Jiajia Zheng

Mortality due to schistosomiasis in an endemic area of Brazil: a population-based ecological study

Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Rafael Pedro de Souza Nascimento, Rodrigo José Videres Cordeiro de Brito, Márcio Bezerra-Santos, Allan Dantas dos Santos, Anderson da Costa Armstrong, Orlando Vieira Gomes, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo

Correction: The spatial-temporal distribution of hepatitis B virus infection in China,2006–2018

Liping Jiao, Tuo Shen, Yingzi Han, Wen Liu, Wei Liu, Lin Dang, Mingmin Wei, Yunyun Yang, Jingjing Guo, Meirong Miao, Xiangming Xu

Therapeutic options for the treatment of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19: a scoping review

Yu Bin Seo, Yu Jung Choi, Jun-Won Seo, Eun Jung Kim, Jacob Lee, Joon Young Song

HPV-associated squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma in distinct cervical sites: a case report

Huihui Chen, Qingyi Wang, Min Kang, Wei Huang, Hao Zhang, Jiaxin Li, Donghan Xu, Lin Zhao, Bowen Wu, Xin Lin, Liqi Li, Yuhong Zheng, Yihao Niu, Jiaqi Zhou, Donghui Huang, Peiyu Yan

Predicting myocardial damage in children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia: a retrospective case-control study

Tong Ni, Fei Zhao

Healthcare-Seeking behavior for sexually transmitted infections among women who initiated sexual intercourse at an early age in 22 Sub-Saharan African Countries: a multilevel analysis of 2018–2024 demographic and health survey data

Getachew Teshale, Melak Jejaw, Kaleb Assegid Demissie, Nebebe Demis Baykemagn, Tirualem Zeleke Yehuala, Jenberu Mekurianew Kelkay

Factors affecting the severity of respiratory infections: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Yunshao Xu, Li Qi, Jule Yang, Yuping Duan, Mingyue Jiang, Yanxia Sun, Yanlin Cao, Zeni Wu, Wenge Tang, Luzhao Feng

Rapid and cost-effective identification of microorganisms from positive blood cultures using MALDI-TOF MS

Maryam Mostafa Ashmawy, Sahar Mohamed Khairat, Nashwa Mohamed Reda, Mona Moheyeldin Abdelhalim

Prevalence of phenotypic drug resistance profiles and multi-drug-resistant Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species recovered from clinical specimens in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Genome diversity of SARS-CoV-2 lineages associated with vaccination breakthrough infections in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abebe M. Aga, Demise Mulugeta, Atsbeha Gebreegziabxier, Girum Taye Zeleke, Aderajew Mekonnen Girmay, Gutema Bulti Tura, Abaysew Ayele, Ahmed Mohammed, Tigist Belete, Tefera Taddele, Rajiha Abubeker, Fanos Tadesse Woldemariyam, Tesfaye Gelanew, Yeweynshet Tesera, Bedasa Gidisa, Jaleta Bulti Tura, Gemechu Tadesse Leta, Abraham Ali, Senait Alemayehu Beshah, Bedasa Wagari Likasa, Jemal Mohammed, Dereje Nigussie

Examining socioeconomic differences in sepsis risk and mediation by modifiable factors: a Mendelian randomization study

Vilde Hatlevoll Stensrud, Tormod Rogne, Helene Marie Flatby, Randi Marie Mohus, Lise Tuset Gustad, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen

Lumbar spine infection caused by Gardnerella vaginalis: a case report and literature review

Qikun Liu, Yanchun Zhong, Jianhua Xiao, Fandao Kong, Tao Huang, Yongjun Ye

Did the periodic intensification of routine immunisation strategy (Intensified mission Indradhanush) reduce the demand for pediatric antibiotic formulations in India?

Habib Hasan Farooqui, Anup Karan, Aashna Mehta, Giridhara Rathnaiah Babu, Onno C. P. van Schayck

Trends of Coverage of Mass Drug Administration, Population at Risk and Reported Cases of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminths, Uganda, 2013–2023

Benigna G. Namara, Benon Kwesiga, Richard Migisha, Lilian Bulage, Benjamin Tinkitina, Alex Riolexus Ario, Alfred Mubangizi

The wartime prevalence of HIV, HBV, and reported STI-related syndromes among tested individuals in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia

Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin Shfare, Araya Gebreyesus Wasihun, Kibriti Mehari Kidane, Tsega Kahsay Gebremeskel, Mahmud Abdulkader Mahmud, Tsehaye Asmelash Degene

Predictive value of an early comprehensive assessment model for refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and internal validation

Xiangtao Wu, Weihong Lu, Weiqing Liu, Yishuai Ren, Shuangshuang Fan, Yali Xu, Ruigui Zhang, Xue Liu, Mengzhu Wang, Tuanjie Wang, Xingliang Zhang, Shaoru He, Shujun Li

Multi-omics driven biomarker discovery and pathological insights into Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia

Zhiwei Lin, Mingshan Xue, Mingqing Lu, Shuang Liu, Yueting Jiang, Qianyue Yang, Honghui Cui, Xia Huang, Zeguang Zheng, Baoqing Sun

Predictors of virological outcomes in patients with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Osogbo, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Funso Abidemi Olagunju, Samuel Olorunyomi Oninla, Sunday Charles Adeyemo, Kayode Phillip Fadahunsi, Abimbola Ololade Odeyemi, Eniola Dorcas Olabode, Ayodele Raphael Ajayi, James Ebun Atolagbe, Emmanuel Teju Jolayemi

Association between advanced lung cancer inflammation index and mortality in critically ill septic patients: analysis of the MIMIC-IV database

ChongZhe Pei, Yuxin Dong, Ningning Song

Sero-prevalence of hepatitis B virus and associated risk factors among pregnant women attending Demartino hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia

Osman Mohamed Mohamud, Abdiweli Mohamed Abdi, Walid Abdulkadir Osman, Abdinor Hussein Ahmed, Nor Haji Osman, Abdullahi Ahmed Tahlil

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a recent systematic review and meta-analysis

Senait Tadesse, Abaineh Munshea, Baye Gelaw, Norbert Peshu, Endalamaw Tesfa, Feleke Mekonnen, Mulugeta Mihrete Tefera, Getachew Kahsu, Demeke Endalamaw, Anna Kramvis, Meseret Adugna, Steve Wandiga

Immunogenicity and safety of a booster dose of the COVID-19 DNA vaccine in healthy adults aged 18 years and above: a single-center, randomized, observer-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial

Aihua Yao, Siyue Jia, Xin Cheng, Hongxing Pan, Zhijian Wang, Haitao Yang, Yu Xia, Jianfang Xu, Xuefen Huai, Danjing Leng, Ming Xu, Jiarong Wang, Gan Zhao, Bin Wang, Jingxin Li

Racial/ethnic disparities in tuberculosis incidence linked to PM2.5 constituents and their sources in the United States, 2000 − 2019: a population-based study

Pan-Pan Zhu, Zi-Yang Gong, Jinhui Li, Xiaofeng Ma, Yu-Xiang Long, Jia-Dong Ning, Chun-Quan Ou, Li Li

Stress hyperglycemia ratio as a mortality predictor in non-diabetic septic patients: a retrospective cohort analysis

Siyu Feng, Rui Zou, Yue Wang, Yuqin Huang, Quan Zhou, Qiang Huang, Huaqiang Xu

Leukopenia and thrombocytopenia in dengue patients: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary hospitals in Koshi Province, Nepal

Birendra Prasad Gupta, Surendra Uranw, Vivek Prasad Gupta, Elisha Deuba, Ajay Kumar Sah, Santosh Chaudhary, Chandramani Wagle

When public health emergencies hit the front line: a qualitative study of the patient experience in the emergency department and outpatient infectious disease clinic during the 2022 Mpox clade IIb outbreak

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Molly Brick, David Rudolph, Gaby Dashler, Amanda Varnauskas, Luxi Qiao, Matthew M. Hamill, Joyce L. Jones, William Garneau, Mustapha Saheed, Gabor Kelen, Kelly Gebo, Bhakti Hansoti

Coinfection with SARS-CoV-2 among patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae in Casablanca

Mostafa Katfy, Assiya El Kettani, Khalid Katfy, Idrissa Diawara, Nehemie Nzoyikorera, Soufiane Boussetta, Maha Soussi Abdallaoui, Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha

Long-term prognosis following cytomegalovirus respiratory infection in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients: a retrospective single-centre study

Yanting Cao, Lijuan Li

Perceived usability, acceptability, and feasibility of stool-based qPCR TB diagnostics: perspectives from healthcare providers in Manhiça District, southern Mozambique

Agostinho Viana Lima, Sozinho Acácio, Hermínio Cossa, Sabine Hermans, Alexander Kay, Willy Ssengooba, Anna Mandalakas, Christoph Lange, Alberto Garcia-Basteiro, Khátia Munguambe, Helder Djive, Otilia Cossa, Benilde Violeta Mudumane, Edson Mambuque, Farida Cebola, Jorcelina Rungo, Alberto Bila Junior, Neide Gomes, Miguel Cumbe, Shilzia Munguambe, Lee Joao Fonseca, Justina Bramugy, Katia Magul, Sujan Katuwal, Matthew Ang, Abigail Seeger, Anca Vasiliu, Andrew DiNardo, Rojelio Mejía, Jason Bacha, Debrah Vambe, Maria Nassolo, Joachim Nsubuga, George Kasule, Moorine Sekkadde, Patricia Mwachan, Collins Musia, Irina Kontsevaya, Olivier Gillet, Elisa López-Varela, Belén Saavedra-Cervera, Lucía Caratalá-Castro, Sergi Sanz, Joanna Ehrlich, Carlos Fernandez, Faith Dlamini, Fortunate Shabalala, Makhosazana Dlamini, Gcinile Dlamini, Nomathemba Dlamini, Nkulungwane Mthethwa, Babongile Nkala, Clement Gascua, Durbbin Mulengwa, Nokwanda Kota, Maia Madison, Busizwe Sibandze, Nontobeko Maphalala, Nosisa Shiba, Mbongeni Dude, Mangaliso Ziyane, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Gugu Maphalala, Lindiwe Dlamini, Sisi Dude, Mtafya Bariki, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Lilian Komba, Lwijisyo Minga, Lumumba Mwita

Evaluation of physiological severity scores for predicting COVID-19 disease progression: a retrospective study

Sujaree Poopipatpab, Ratchaya Weerayutwattana, Pruchwilai Nuchpramool, Piyarat Phairatwet, Tospon Lertwattanachai, Konlawij Trongtrakul

Environmental monitoring and spatiotemporal trend analysis of avian influenza virus in Xinjiang, 2021-2023

Zhe Yin, Fuerhati Wushouer, Jia Huang, Yan Dong, Qi Wang, Xiapikatijiang Aihaiti, Xiayidanmu Abudusaimaiti, Yuanyuan Ma, Zihan Chen, Ruiying Qiu, Quanxi Li, Zhenguo Gao

HPV genotype distribution and cervical lesions in Chongqing: a comprehensive analysis of 229,770 females (2015‒2023)

Hongli Ding, Hao Jin, Yishu Tang

Multivariate forecasting of dengue infection in Bangladesh: evaluating the influence of data downscaling on machine learning predictive accuracy

Mahadee Al Mobin

Changing trends in Streptococcus pyogenes bacteraemia in adults in the post-COVID era

Olga Džupová, Hynek Bartoš, Blanka Sýkorová, Jiří Beneš

Neuropsychiatric adverse events in people with HIV initiating a new integrase strand transfer inhibitor-based regimen in Italy: findings from the NEURO-INSTI study

Nicola Squillace, Elena Delfina Ricci, Giancarlo Orofino, Gabriele Forcina, Laura Albini, Barbara Menzaghi, Giuseppe Vittorio De Socio, Stefania Piconi, Paolo Maggi, Giordano Madeddu, Giovanni Francesco Pellicanò, Eleonora Sarchi, Benedetto Maurizio Celesia, Filippo Lagi, Elena Salomoni, Antonio Di Biagio, Paolo Bonfanti

Escherichia coli causing bloodstream infections in Mexican paediatric patients: molecular typing, antimicrobial resistance, virulence factors, and clinical features

Laura Belmont-Monroy, Jocelin Merida-Vieyra, Ruben Bautista-Hernandez, Josúe Adonis Mateo-Arreola, Agustín de Colsa-Ranero, Isabel Medina-Vera, Erik Emmanuel Jandete-Martinez, Alejandra Aquino-Andrade

Serum sPD-1 as a marker of T cell exhaustion in ART-naïve, ART-experienced, and intestinal parasite co-infected HIV-positive adults at the university of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2024

Tadelo Wondmagegn, Wubet Birhan, Eseye Derb, Mulualem Lemma, Hana Yohannes, Degsew Ewunetie Anteneh, Alembante Bazezew, Kebebe Tadesse, Bewuketu Belete Alemu

Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori, gastric precancerous lesions and gastric cancer: a multicenter, population-based cross-sectional study in Nanjing

Chunyan Niu, Yongqiang Song, Yue Chen, Yongqiang Shi, Hui Wang, Xinguo Wu, Xiaoping Wang, Xiangyang Zhao, Yongdan Bu, Jijin Li, Tao Tao, Jinhua Wu, Changlin Xue, Fuyu Zhang, Chunrong Han, Juan Yuan, Qiang Zhang

Characterization of antimicrobial resistance among Proteus mirabilis isolates from catheter-associated urinary tract infections and non-catheter-associated urinary tract infections in Egypt

Noha A. Hassuna, Dalia N. Kotb, Marina Lami, Soha S. Abdelrahim

DRTB-HDT: a randomized controlled trial of two adjunctive host-directed therapies in rifampin-resistant tuberculosis

Nestani Tukvadze, Sehlomola Mashatole, Anne Jacobs, Tlhago Ngwanto, Norbert Heinrich, Annelies Van Rie, Valeriu Crudu, Elena Tudor, Leila Goginashvili, Elmira Ibraim, Celso Khosa, Pauline Howell, Shakira Rajaram, Kinita Naidoo, Stefan Niemann, Klaus Reither, Robert S. Wallis

A tale of missed opportunities– study on referred versus non-referred adult cases with acute and subacute central nervous system (CNS) infections at a tertiary centre from India

Yash khatod, Gopal Krishana Bohra, Deepak Kumar, Durga Shankar Meena, Neetha Thayil Ramankutty, Ravisekhar Gadepalli, Samhita Panda, Navneet Kaur, Tejasvi Kanagiri

Did COVID-19 surveillance system sensitivity change after Omicron? a retrospective observational study in England

Julii Brainard, Iain R. Lake, Roger A. Morbey, Alex J. Elliot, Paul R. Hunter

Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance pattern, and associated factors of Salmonella serovars among human-animal interfaces in the Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia

Getachew Mengistu, Anwar Nuru, Baye Gelaw, Feleke Moges

Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus from blood samples obtained from persons in Enugu and Nasarawa States, Nigeria

Kingsley Andrew Egbe, Anthony C. Ike, Olusola Anuoluwapo Akanbi, Richard Olulowo Ojedele, Khadijah Isa Imam, Chimaobi Chukwu, Friday Egbe, Edith Silas Ekwom, Nse F. Unam, Ikeata Kenneth Chukwuemeka

Analysis of rectal carbapenem-resistant Enterobactericeae colonization results first report in Istanbul/Turkiye: Klebsiella pneumoniae co-producing blaKPC + blaNDM + blaOXA-48 in a single strain

Kamuran Şanlı, Beyza Öncel

Seroprevalence of CMV infection in patients with active ulcerative colitis and underlying factors of pathogenicity

Farahnaz Joukar, Mohammad Almasi, Narges Eslami, Niloofar Faraji, Kurosh Askari, Ghazale Ghorbani, Navid Yusefi, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei

Comparison of clinical efficacy and secondary infections between conventional-dose and high-dose glucocorticoid in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: a dual-center retrospective cohort study

Denghui Yu, Jiayi Zhan, Hong Du, Pingping Zhu, Haifeng Hu, Hongkai Xu, Ludan Zhang, Fei Hu, Zhanhu Bi, Xiaofei Yang, Yanping Li, Jianqi Lian

Construction and validation of a prediction model for short-term mortality risk in elderly patients with sepsis: a retrospective study

Qingqing Li, Xueqiang Zhang, Li Wu, Guiping Xu

Prevalence, bacterial profile, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and associated risk factors of bacterial UTI among diabetic patients at Jigjiga University Sheik Hasan Yabare Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Jigjiga, Eastern Ethiopia

Bawlah Tahir, Niman Tayib, Abdi Hassen Ahmed, Daniel Tolossa, Surafel Mekuria, Shamil Barsenga, Kader Muse, Sara Tesfaye, Addisu Tesfaye, Fasil Getu, Abdurahman Kedir Roble, Abdirizak Mahdi, Mahad Osman

Evaluation of methylation changes in blood cells of COVID-19 patients as a biomarker of severity of the infection

Patrycja K Przybylowicz, Tomasz Klepinowski, Olga Taryma-Leśniak, Jan Bińkowski, Tomasz K Wojdacz

Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on cancer care: a comprehensive analysis of treatment modifications, risk factors, and patient outcomes

Xuquan Jing, Min Wang, Shuangqing Lu, Jiling Niu, Feihu Chen, Hanjing Yin, Haoyu Liu, Dongmei Sun, Hui Zhu

Epidemiological assessment of onchocerciasis in previously unmapped villages for ivermectin distribution in Fer-Fer District, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia

Dek Kahin Yosef, Barwaqo Saleban Awil, Ahmed Saeed Ismail, Mohamed Ahmed Hassan

Navigating converging pathways of co-infection: an integrated epidemiological insight into hepatitis B and malaria among pregnant women in the middle belt of Ghana

Dennis Bardoe, Daniel Hayford, Robert Bagngmen Bio, Denis Dekugmen Yar

Safety evaluation of remdesivir administration in patients with severe renal impairment and coronavirus disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Takumi Umemura, Hideo Kato, Yoshikazu Mutoh, Mao Hagihara, Yoshiaki Ikeda, Hiroshige Mikamo

Variation of healthcare associated infections at a tertiary hospital in Southwest China over a 5-year period (2019–2023): a retrospective observational study

Danyan Liang, Wei Liu, Yao Zhong, Jun yang, Lulin Chen

The association between disclosure and antiretroviral therapy among adults living with HIV in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Li-Ping Fei, He-He Zhao, Zhong-Nian Yang, Shi Wang, Hou-Lin Tang, Fang-Fang Chen, Fan Lv

Characteristics and predictors of mortality among infants and toddlers hospitalized with tuberculosis: a ten-year case series study in Sichuan, China

Li Liang, Qingqing Xiong, Zhengxiao Wei, Fanghui Xie, Hongmei Li, Guihui Wu

Carbapenem-resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: prevalence, antibiotic resistance profile and carbapenemase genes in clinical and hospital environmental strains

Folasade Muibat Adeyemi, Esther Abiodun Akinlade, Nana Aishat Yusuf-Omoloye, Olaoniye Habeebat Ajigbewu, Alabi Peter Dare, Abideen Akinkunmi Wahab, Omotayo Opemipo Oyedara, Habeeb Salman Isiaka, Alimat Olamide Usamat

Differences found in patient characteristics of migrant tuberculosis sub-populations within low TB incidence European countries, 2014–2020

Sarah Jackson, Barbara Hauer, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Mary O´Meara, Vinciane Sizaire, Karine Nordstrand, Anders Koch, Brit Häcker, Gerard de Vries, Jerker Jonsson, Kristina Langholz Kristensen, Wouter Arrazola de Oñate, Hanna Soini, Teresa Domaszewska

HIV-1 diagnostic, prognostic and ART-resistance detection potential of selected MiRNAs

Karen Pomeyie, Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney, Benjamin Amoani, Roland Osei Saahene, Nicholas Ekow Thomford, Wishwell Pomeyie, Francis Abrokwah, Helena Quayson, Salisu Kalaamullah Musah, Selina Appiah, Deborah Pratt, Magdalene Sarah Ofori, Alexander Owusu-Ansah, Prince Amoah Barnie

Desulfovibrio desulfuricans bacteraemia associated with intracardiac thrombus: a case report

Aude Garin, Florent Bavozet

Convergence of multidrug resistance and efflux-mediated biocide tolerance in klebsiella pneumoniae ST307: implications for nosocomial infection control in Iranian hospitals

Rezvan Goodarzi, Sima Kazemi, Mohammad Hossein Nasershariati, Babak Asghari

Investigation of potential relationship betweenmazEF3, relJK, and vapBC3 genes and antimicrobial resistance inMycobacterium bovis

Maryam Shafipour, Abdolmajid Mohammadzadeh, Ezzat Allah Ghaemi, Pezhman Mahmoodi, Nader Mosavari

SLE complicated with Nocardia farcinica bloodstream infection and disseminated nocardiosis: a case report

Haizhen Su, QianYing Zhu, Yi Zhang, Fei Xia, Mengchu Zhu, Lei Jiang, Qing Zhang

A case of cirrhosis concurrent with NK/T-Cell lymphoma and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a clinical report and literature review

Delei Li, Xu Xiang

Time series modelling and forecasting of mpox incidence and mortality in Nigeria

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Emmanuel Afolabi Bakare, Oluwaseun Akinlo Mogbojuri, Dolapo Oluwaseun Oniyelu, Afeez Abidemi, Deborah Oluwatobi Daniel, Idowu Isaac Olasupo, Samuel Abidemi Osikoya, Aaron Onyebuchi Nwana, Ronke Dorcas Olorunfemi, Samson Oluwafemi Olagbami

Analysis of the clinical characteristics of 100 patients who developed tuberculosis after renal transplantation

Qian Su, Jie Xiao, Zhou Peng, Liang Zhou, Juan Wang, Yingfeng Qiu

Socio-demographic determinants of COVID-19 vaccination status among people living with HIV; a cross-sectional study in selected regions in Tanzania

Kunda John Stephen, Johnson Mshiu, Felix Christopher, Victor Wiketye, Omari Kimbute, Anelisa Martin, Charles Makasi, Nyangosya Range, Melkizedeck Majaha, Erick Mgina, Aloisia Shemdoe, Werner Maokola, Anath Rwebembera, Bernard Ngowi, Andrew Martin Kilale

Prevalence of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its associated factors among tuberculosis patients attending Dilla university referral hospital, Ethiopia

Melat Hatiya, Yared Merid, Addis Mola, Fanuel Belayneh, Musa Mohammed Ali

A case of hepatic-splenic abscess in a non-endemic area of brucellosis: insights from complex infection with brucellosis

Shufang Pan, Yuankai Wu, Kaixiang Zhou, Jie Gao, Jiaoling Li, Chengyuan Liu, Yutian Chong, Jianyun Zhu

Anthropogenic influences on Rhodnius ecuadoriensis populations and nesting behaviors in sylvatic areas of southern Ecuador

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Jazive Esparza-Carate, Soledad Santillán-Guayasamín, César A. Yumiseva, Juan José Bustillos, Mario J. Grijalva, Sereno Denis, Anita G. Villacís

Two cases of Talaromyces marneffei tracheobronchial infection in HIV-negative patients

Xingbing Lu, Juan Chen, Shiqi Miao, Yi Xie

Post-treatment time to symptom resolution and associated factors in a cohort of Ugandan men with urethral discharge syndrome

Courtney Pasco, Yisi Liu, Junyi Zhou, Ethan Gough, Annet Onzia, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi, Johan H. Melendez, Peter Kyambadde, Yukari C. Manabe, Matthew M. Hamill

Integrating machine learning and spatial clustering for malaria case prediction in Brazil’s Legal Amazon

Kayo Henrique de Carvalho Monteiro, Élisson da Silva Rocha, Luis Augusto Morais, Elton Gino Santos, Sebastião Rogerio da S. Neto, Vanderson Sampaio, Patricia Takako Endo

Comparative genomics of Acinetobacter baumannii from Egyptian healthcare settings reveals high-risk clones and resistance gene mobilization

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Salma Salem, Dina Osama, Nehal Adel Abdelsalam, Ahmed H. Shata, Shaimaa F. Mouftah, Mohamed Elhadidy

Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in immunocompromised cancer patients: epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence factors

Asmaa Abdulhak, Hamdallah H. Zedan, Hadir A. El-Mahallawy, Ahmed A. Sayed, Hend O. Mohamed, Mai M. Zafer

STI point-of care tests: a call for quality-assured evaluation, implementation, innovation, and investment in future technologies

David A. Lewis, Maria M. Lleo, Francis Ndowa, Tariq Sadiq, Teodora Wi

Drug resistance profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolated from pulmonary tuberculosis patients and their household contacts in central Ethiopia

Getachew Seid, Ayinalem Alemu, Getu Diriba, Betselot Zerihun, Gemechu Tadesse, Solomon H. Mariam, Balako Gumi

Prevalence of foodborne parasitic infections in market-sold aquatic products and high-risk populations in Shanghai, China: surveillance between 2022 and 2024

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Simin Dai, Jun Feng, Min Chen, Huanyu Wu, Yujuan Shen, Qing Yu, Jian Chen

Correction: Data-driven machine learning algorithm model for pneumonia prediction and determinant factor stratification among children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia

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Addisalem Workie Demsash, Rediet Abebe, Wubishet Gezimu, Gemeda Wakgari Kitil, Michael Amera Tizazu, Abera Lambebo, Firomsa Bekele, Solomon Seyife Alemu, Mohammedamin Hajure Jarso, Geleta Nenko Dube, Lema Fikadu Wedajo, Sanju Purohit, Mulugeta Hayelom Kalayou

Correction: Two cases of Talaromyces Marneffei tracheobronchial infection in HIV-negative patients

Xingbing Lu, Juan Chen, Shiqi Miao, Yi Xie

Correction: Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus infections among Jordanians: seroprevalence and associated factors

Hassan M. Kofahi, Jordan F. Swedan, Maen Aljezawi

Drug resistance mutations and phylogenetic analysis of HIV-1 subtypes B and F from mothers and children with vertical transmission

Aldicléya Lima Luz, Kledoaldo Lima, Élcio Leal, Fabrício Silva Pessôa, Geovani de Oliveira Ribeiro, Cláudia Regina de Andrade Arrais Rosa, Marcos Davi Gomes de Sousa, Pablo Cantalice Santos Farias, Heloisa Ramos Lacerda

Clinical diagnostic accuracy of the HIV rapid test ACCU-TELL anti-HIV 1 + 2 in sub-Saharan African region

Veronique M´pirah, Steeve Mbomo, Armel Mintsa, Amel Alame Emane, Ngondziga Ongala Djeff Chirack, Ndong Mebaley Telstar Ghestin, Quenard Edwina Lorine, Saidou Mahmoudou, Joel Fleury Djoba Siawaya, Paulin N. Essone

High genetic diversity of HIV-1 pol region and molecular transmission networks among people living with HIV-1 in Haikou, South China, 2005–2022

Dee Yu, Mu Li, Liangjia Wei, Kaokao Zhu, Rongjing Zhang, Tong Luo, Yi Ning, Hao Liang, Jing Zhang, Li Ye, Bingyu Liang

Helicobacter pylori infection increases the risk of dyslipidemia in Chinese non-obese and non-diabetic population from the perspective of age category: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Huihui Shang, Jiawei Wang, Xinya Zhang, Dingli Zhang, Kai Yue, Song Xu

Global prevalence of intestinal parasites in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Yenesew Mihret Wondmagegn, Abebaw Setegn, Getu Girmay, Wagaw Abebe, Nega Dessie, Agenagnew Ashagre, Adane Derso, Adane Adugna, Mebratu Tamir, Tena Cherkos, Birhanu Malede, Banchayehu Getnet, Azanaw Amare, Muluneh Assefa, Gashaw Azanaw Amare

Provider cost estimation of leptospirosis at district general hospital Monaragala, Sri Lanka

A. M. U. P. Kumari, J. Vidanapathirana, J. Amarasekara, L. Karunanayake

Clinical courses and outcomes of cerebral toxoplasmosis in HIV-positive patients in Shiraz, Southern Iran: a retrospective study

Fatemeh Javvi, Keivan Sahebi, Qasem Asgari, Fattaneh Mikaeili, Aref Teimouri

A prospective cluster randomized trial of an interventions bundle to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use for upper respiratory tract infections in the outpatient setting

Adeel A. Butt, Sherin Shams, Atika Jabeen, Asma Ali Al-Nuaimi, Jeyaram Illiayaraja Krishnan, Aimon B. Malik, Samah Saleem, Maryam Hassan Abdulaziz, Naheel Ismail Seyam, Kamran Aziz, Dalia Kandil, Anil G. Thomas, Hanaa Nafady-Hego, Muzna I. Lone, Jameela Al Ajmi, Zain A. Bhutta, Noora AlSulaiti, Wael E. Said Hussein, Sandy Semaan, Samya Ahmad Al-Abdulla, Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari, Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra

Efficacy of phage therapy in Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs): a systematic review

Amir Hossein Esfandiari, Zahra Mobarezi, Samaneh Abolbashari, Zahra Meshkat

Impact of imported COVID-19 cases on South Korea’s response: variant transitions and regional patterns (2020–2023)

Haram Seo, Minchan Choi, Gerardo Chowell, Hyosun Lee, Byul Nim Kim, Sunmi Lee

Delayed culture conversion predicts poor outcomes for isoniazid mono-resistant TB in Uganda: a retrospective cross-sectional study from 2017– 2022

Joel Kabugo, Obondo James Sande, Jupiter Marina Kabahita, Joanita Namutebi, Dennis Mujuni, Hellen Rosette Oundo, Daniel Kisakye, Dorothy Nassozi Batte, Moses Joloba, Gerald Mboowa

Lassa fever survivors: long-term health effects and chronic sequelae – a scoping review

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Sulymon A. Saka, Qudus O. Lawal, Osahon Otaigbe, Faustina F. Blackie, Osazuwa Ighodaro, Perpetua I. Odafen, Sylvanus Okogbenin

Urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women revisited (UTIr): a prospective observational cohort study to explore the urobiomes of postmenopausal women with and without recurrent urinary tract infections

Marleen D. Hekker, Tamara N. Platteel, Roderick P. Venekamp, Janetta Top, Suzanne E. Geerlings, Constance Schultsz, Marjon G.J. de Vos, Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert

Prevalence of common respiratory viruses in children: insights from post-pandemic surveillance

Constance Adu-Gyamfi, Jesse Addo Asamoah, James Opoku Frimpong, Richard Larbi, Richard Owusu Ansah, Sherihane Naa Ayeley Aryeetey, Richmond Gorman, Henry Kyeremateng Acheampong, Emmanuella Nyarko-Afriyie, Manuella Hayford, Henrietta Dede Tetteh, Kwadwo Boampong, Veronica Barnor, Peter K. Brenya, Frederick Ayensu, Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, Philip El-Duah, Christian Drosten, Richard Odame Phillips, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Michael Owusu

Distribution of carbapenemase-producing and colistin resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in Batna hospitals, Algeria

Asma Bouali, Esma Bendjama, Zineb Cherak, Meriem Mennaai, Ahmed Kassah-Laouar, Jean-Marc Rolain, Lotfi Loucif

Community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized adults: long-term morbidities and their risk factors

Jin H. Han, J. Jackson Resser, Adrienne Baughman, Carlos G. Grijalva, Jakea Johnson, Karen F. Miller, Craig S. Roberts, Kelly D. Johnson, Thomas Weiss, Wesley H. Self

Analysis of disease burden and trends in non-COVID-19 respiratory infections in China (1990–2021)

Shumin Niu, Tianru Ben, Shitong Cheng, Linlin Gao, Jingya Zhang, Qihui Wang, Nan Xia

Is eosinophilia a reliable diagnostic clue for chronic strongyloidiasis? a case series from Khuzestan Province, Iran

Alireza Ashiri, Abdollah Rafiei, Bijan Ansari, Molouk Beiromvand

Analysis of nosocomial infection characteristics in cancer patients after interventional therapy of 10 years: a retrospective study from 2013 to 2022

Zhigang Zheng, Mingmei Du, Hongwu Yao, Yunxi Liu, Yanling Bai

Efficacy and safety of inhaled ambroxol hydrochloride solution in patients with lower respiratory tract infectious diseases: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre clinical trial

Di Wu, Xiuhua Fu, Faguang Jin, Hui Li, Zhiqiang Qin, Haoyan Wang, Hongmei Yue, Jie Zhang, Zhaolong Cao

Exploring ENPP5 as a diagnostic biomarker for sepsis: a comprehensive bioinformatics analysis

Jiamin Gao, Yanjun Li, Jinping Huang, Cailing Wei, Jieling Chen, Aichun Huang, Ningmei Liu, Yibo Lu, Shixiong Yang

Demographic profile, unplanned status and intraoperative situations increase surgical site infection in cesarean delivery: conclusions from a prospective study in central India

Razia Sultana, Ranu Rekha Mirdha, Megha Shakya, Kalpana Mahadik

Epidemiological aspects and inflammatory cytokine profiles associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection in suicide attempters in Iran

Alireza Poursalar, Peyman Astaraki, Amal Khudair Khalaf, Parastoo Baharvand, Asghar Sepahvand, Shirzad Fallahi, Hossein Mahmoudvand

Changes in the epidemic patterns of respiratory pathogens of children in guangzhou, China during the COVID-19 pandemic

De-Feng Liang, Wen-Lin Guo, Dan-Ping Zhu, Su-Yun Li, Wei-Dong Zhu, Ying Li, Li Huang, Jun Shen, Pei-Qing Li

Frequency of pediatric HIV infection among high-risk children admitted to a tertiary care hospital at Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan

Waqar Ahmed, Israr Ahmed, Fareeda Bhanbhro, Asghar Kerio, Arbab Ali, Sajid Ali, Parveen Wassan

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence and types of health care associated infections in Nigeria

Chinemerem Daniel Onwuliri, Ifeanyichukwu Uzoma Ezebialu, Adebayo Adebisi, George Uchenna Eleje, Babatunde Akinola, Chinenye Uzoamaka Ezebialu, Kabir Abdullahi, Benedict Okoro, Chinedu Okoroafor, Obed John, Muzzamil Gadanya, Fozo Alombah, Emeka Okechukwu, Homsuk Swomen, Tochi Joy Okwor

Prevalence, associated factors, and viral load dynamics of hepatitis B virus infection among HIV patients in three healthcare facilities of South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Parvine Basimane Bisimwa, Jean Paulin Mbo Mukonkole, Giscard Wilfried Koyaweda, Cadeau Mugisho Matabishi, Théophile Mitima Kashosi, Omari Mukanga, Denis Mukwege Mukengere, Jean Bisimwa Nachega, Narcisse Patrice Joseph Komas

K. pneumoniae-induced septic embolism and prostatic abscesses in a treatment-naive type 2 diabetic patient: a case report

Ye Tian, Yan Chen, Rui Zhai, Jie Gao, Zhongxing Dong, Liulin Wu, Yu He, Mei Hu

Trends and factors influencing over-the-counter cold and cough medication sales in Guangzhou, China: 2011–2017

Jian Chen, Daoze Wang, Jialu Zheng, Bing Zhang, Yilin Chen, Haoyu Long, Jinfeng Zeng, Zicheng Cao, Wenjie Han, Gang Wang, Xue Zhang, Jianyun Lu, Zhoubin Zhang, Xiangjun Du

Real-world effectiveness of simnotrelvir-ritonavir versus nirmatrelvir-ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 during the omicron wave in China: a retrospective cohort study

Chuntao Li, Qingzhao Cheng, Ying Chen, Ling Liu, Dajin Liu, Jiaqiang Zhang, Zehua Liao, Yaling Xiang, Jinbiao Zhou, Keke Liao, Yandi Su, Xuemei Zhang, Jiashu Li, Yuping Zhao, Yue Yang, Jianqing Zhang, Long Yang

Study on the characteristics and influencing factors on non-marital non-commercial heterosexual transmission of HIV/AIDS in Anhui Province, China, 2015–2022

Jin Zhang, Ziwei Wang, Yangguang Wang, Yongsheng Ye, Jinling Song, Liping Gong, Seying Dai, Yinguang Fan

Investigation of chronic limb ulcers in Northern Cameroon: a socio-anthropological and clinical perspective

Theodore Alex Tonye, Armelle Viviane Ngomba, Linda Esso, Chanceline Bilounga, Nadia Mandeng, Ingrid Kenko, Patricia Mendjime, Telesphore Guiswe, Loic Kongne Choupo, Sebastien Douka, Armand Zra, Hoche BlackBoye, Grâce Anita Nkoro, Hamza Gaya, Etienne Guenou, Donald Adegono, Leonel Keptchuime, Hermann Landry Munshili Njifon, Chevalier Nyat, Ronald Perraut, Zakari Yaou Alhadji, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa

Extended-spectrum beta-lactam-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis from a One Health perspective

Morufat Oluwatosin Olaitan, Oluwatosin Qawiyy Orababa, Rukayya Bushola Shittu, Adams Alabi Oyediran, Gift Maureen Obunukwu, Margaret Toluwalayo Arowolo, Ayomikun Emmanuel Kade, Khalid Ibrahim Yahaya, Rildwan Alaba Yusuff

A single-center retrospective analysis of serological and molecular findings in patients infected with Epstein-Barr virus

Hongwei Gao, Weiguo Wang, Xin Ma, Anan Zhang, Yunyan Pan

Analysis of common respiratory pathogens and epidemiological trends during peak influenza seasons in Tengzhou

Huiping Ma, Jinghai Hou, Jing Wang, Zhaolin Yuan, Sijin Man

An outbreak of scabies in a fishing community in Hoima District, Uganda, February − June, 2022

Rebecca Akunzirwe, Brian Agaba, Saudah Namubiru Kizito, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Richard Migisha, Robert Kaos Majwala, Peter Chris Kawungezi, Jane Frances Zalwango, Daniel Kadobera, Alex Riolexus Ario

Construction and validation of HBV-ACLF bacterial infection diagnosis model based on machine learning

Neng Wang, Shuai Tao, Liang Chen

Cholera outbreak associated with drinking contaminated river water in Kayunga District, Uganda, June - August 2023

Adams Kamukama, Yasiini Nuwamanya, Edith Namulondo, Leah Naluwagga Baliruno, Irene Byakatonda Kyamwine, Hildah Tendo Nansikombi, Lilian Bulage, Richard Migisha, Benon Kwesiga, Alex Riolexus Ario

Molecular epidemiology, diversity, and antifungal susceptibility profiles of clinical and environmental mucorales: a five-year multicenter study in Iran (2018–2023)

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Abbas Raeisabadi, Mohsen Nosratabadi, Zahra Abtahian, Sadegh Khodavaisy, Neda Kiasat, Ali Rezaei-Matehkolaei, Rasoul Mohammadi, Javad Javidnia, Leila Faeli, Iman Haghani, Hossein Zarrinfar, Raheleh Alhashemi, Mojtaba Taghizadeh Armaki, Seyed Reza Aghili, Maryam Moazeni, Mahdi Abastabar, Hamid Badali

Prevalence of chronic kidney diseases among people living with HIV in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bruktawit Eshetu, Alemu Gedefie, Zewudu Mulatie, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Saba Gebremichael Tekele, Daniel Gebretsadik Weldehanna, Hussen Ebrahim, Mihret Tilahun, Habtu Debash , Agumas Shibabew, Ousman Mohammed

Diagnostic accuracy of non-culture methods for the diagnosis of melioidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Chuizhe Chen, Junde Fang, Xuemiao Li, Mamy Jayne Nelly Rajaofera, Nan Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Qianfeng Xia

Retrospective cohort study of predictors of loss to follow up among adolescents and young adults living with HIV on ART in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2015–2019

Magreth Thadei Mwakilasa, Maryam Amour, Suleiman Chombo, Joan Rugemalila, Emmanuel Balandya, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Lameck Machumi, Angelica Rugarabamu, Michael Johnson Mahande, David Sando, Bruno F. Sunguya

Recurrent knee septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to Candida viswanathii: a case report and literature review

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Narmadha Morvil, Hei Man Wong

Clinical features associated with macrolides resistance of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children: a single-center analysis

Shuzhen Han, Qiaoxin Fang, Xia Wu, Yingzi Ye, Lijing Ye, Jun Xu, Hui Yu

Understanding barriers and facilitators to doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis adherence among young women in western kenya: a qualitative study

Benn Kwach, Zachary Kwena, Lauren R. Violette, Bernard Rono, Josephine B. Odoyo, Kevin Oware, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Jared M. Baeten, Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, Jenell Stewart, Alfred Odira, Perez Ochwal, Lydia Adiema, Marion Hewa, Elizabeth Koyo Akumu, Linda Aswani, Lawrence Juma, Violet Kwach, Felix Mogaka, Vincent Momanyi, Alfred Obiero, Loice Okumu, Victor Omollo, Christine Otieno, Greshon Rota, Jacqueline M. Amira, Justice Quame-Amaglo, Ruanne Barnabas, Jennifer Baugh, Jade Boyer, Connie Celum, Kristin Cicciarella, Deborah Donnell, Daphne Hamilton, Harald Haugen, Rachel E. Johnson, Toni M. Maddox, R. Scott McClelland, Susan A. Morrison, Colin S. Pappajohn, Elena Rechkina, Caitlin Scoville, Tina Sesay, Olusegun O. Soge, Kathy Thomas, Jane Simoni, Vianey Vazquez Venegas

Time to a tuberculosis treatment cure and its predictors among tuberculosis patients at public health facilities in Arba minch town, South Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study

Dereje Dana Zeruma, Mesfin Kote, Eshetu Zerihun, Getahun Gedabo, Biruk Wogayehu

Prevalence of Salmonella, Shigella, and parasites in food handlers at Bahir Dar university, Ethiopia

Tarik Yenew Tessema, Tewachew Awoke, Zewdu Bishaw Aynalem, Bazezew Asfaw Guadie, Biruk Legese, Rima D. Shrestha, Daniel Mekonnen

Relationship between antibiotic use and short-term risk of mortality in patients with sepsis-associated encephalopathy: a study based on the medical information mart for intensive care database

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Shuwen Xiao, Jinqin Li, Qin Zhu, Yan Pu, Junjie Hao, Hanming Gong

Detection and diagnostic process of liver abscess secondary to chemotherapy by mucor indicus in a patient with acute leukemic disease: case report

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Hong Liu, Junjie Xia, Ming Guan

Prolonged antiretroviral therapy use and hypertension in a retrospective cross-sectional study-Rakai, Uganda

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Grace Mongo Bua, Victor Ssempijja, Anthony Ndyanabo, Dorean Nabukalu, Jesca Basiima, Edward Nelson Kankaka, Fred Nalugoda, Gertrude Nakigozi, Joseph Kagaayi, Larry W. Chang, Wendy S. Post, Thomas C. Quinn, Ron Gray, Maria Wawer, Godfrey Kigozi, Steven J. Reynolds

Nanopore-based targeted sequencing (NTS) for drug-resistant tuberculosis: an integrated tool for personalized treatment strategies and guidance for new drug development

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Chen Yang, Guangchuan Dai, Yicheng Guo, Tianzhen Wang, Weiwei Gao, Yi Zeng

Subacute thyroiditis as a post-COVID-19 complication: a systematic review

Kiana Ghafourian, Fatemeh Salehian, Hosna Shakeri, Aidin Saadati, Sara Hatami, Mehdi Goudarzi, Rosella Centis, Lia D’Ambrosio, Giovanni Sotgiu, Mohammad Javad Nasiri, Giovanni Battista Migliori

Molecular characteristics of hepatitis B virus among students and pregnant women in Chad

Nalda Debsikréo, Nafissatou Leye, Gora Lo, Maire Dehainsala, Odan Debsikréo, Ndeye Aminata Diaw, Diao Ba, Diabou Diagne, Abdoulaye Souare, Ndeye Dieynaba Diouf, N’da Kouamé Nazaire Kouadio, Isaac Darko Otchere, Ali Mahamat Moussa, Ndèye Coumba Toure-Kane, Françoise Lunel-Fabiani

Respiratory bacterial and viral pathogen spectrum among influenza-positive and influenza-negative patients

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Jing Shi, Shi Han, Yating Zhang, Xiaohua Lu, Yunxia Gan, Narenqimuge Tong, Lu Ma, Hang Zhuan, Ying Dai, Yaqi Ji, Guoming Li, Dan Chen, Lu Yang

Dyskalaemia as a predictor of mortality in sepsis: a retrospective cohort study

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Neslihan Ergün Süzer, Mehmet Özel

Distribution of Anopheles gambiae s.l siblings, insecticide resistance and prevalence of markers of resistance (Kdr & Ace-1) in Edea and Buea: forest region of Cameroon

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Pilate N. Kwi, Jubilatio E. Dze, Raymond N. Tabue, Jude D. Bigoga, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Tobias O. Apinjoh

Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection among patients with beta-thalassemia major: a case-control study in Southeastern Iran

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Mehdi Baloochi, Mohammad-Reza Amini Fard, Ramin Ordoni, Atefeh Pendar, Aida Vafae Eslahi, Milad Badri, Asiyeh Dezhkam, Marziyeh Kalkali, Hossein-Ali Rahdar, Mola Mohammadi, Zarineh Sepasi, Moslem Javidan, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Kareem Hatam-Nahavandi

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of bacteria isolated from wound infections in Al-Bayda Governorate -Yemen

Kamal Saleh Hussien, Gamil Taher Abdulmughni, Arwa Mohammed Othman, Huda Zaid Al‑Shami, Naif Mohammed Al-Haidary, Rowa Mohammed Assayaghi, Kamal Hamoud Jahzer

Risk factors and prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Syphilis, among prisoners in Duhok city, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Masood Abdulkareem Abdulrahman, Farhad Ismail Shahab, Ibrahim Mohammed Abdullah, Arazoo Issa Tahir, Bland Bayar Khaleel, Nazik Abdulraheem Abdulkarim

Forecasting tuberculosis in Ethiopia using deep learning: progress toward sustainable development goal evidence from global burden of disease 1990–2021

Zinabu Bekele Tadese, Fetlework Gubena Arage, Tigist Kifle Tsegaw, Eyob Akalewold Alemu, Tsegasilassie Gebremariam Abate, Eliyas Addisu Taye

Molecular detection of Leishmania major human infections in the Zinder area, Niger

Romain Blaizot, Mahaman Moustapha Lamine, Mona Saout, Kadidia Issa, Ibrahim Maman Laminou, Alexandre Duvignaud, Magalie Demar, Mahamadou Doutchi

Efficacy of cefoperazone-sulbactam as a component of combination therapy for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infection in intensive care units: a multicenter retrospective propensity score-matched study

Sheng-Huei Wang, Yu-Chao Lin, Ming-Cheng Chan, Kuang-Yao Yang, Chau-Chyun Sheu, Biing-Ru Wu, Wei-Hsuan Huang, Jia-Yih Feng, Chia-Min Chen, Zi-Xeng Weng, Chung-Kan Peng, Shih-En Tang

A scoping review of human papillomavirus related data system in China

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Yongqiu Li, Ruixuan Wang, Jun Zhang, Ya-Ting Chen, Siyan Zhan, Yi Guo, Wei Wang

Differentiation of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia from colonization: a clinical decision framework incorporating risk stratification and next-generation sequencing thresholds

Xiaoyan Sun, Peng Zhang, Kaiyu Zhang

Placental transfer of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in mother-neonate pairs: a prospective nested cohort study

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Alex G. Mugo, Angela Koech, Liberty Cantrell, Moses Mukhanya, Isaac Mwaniki, Joseph Mutunga, Merryn Voysey, Rachel Craik, Peter von Dadelszen, Kirsty Le Doare, Marleen Temmerman, Geoffrey Omuse, Bridget Freyne, Kondwani Kawaza, Samantha Lissauer, Kalvor Sommerfelt, Melani Etti, Robert Mboizi, Stephen Cose, Victoria Nankabirwa, Lauren Hookham, Joseph Ouma, Gordon Rukondo, Madeleine Cochet, Patricia Okiro, Onesmus Wanje, Consolata Juma, Charlotte Ndana, Douglas Nyankira, Tindi Otieno, Rose Chebet, Winfred Muithi, Washingtone Owino, Quinter Okello, Michael Ochieng, Margaret Wachira, Kelvin Mbote, Mercy Osele, John Kibwanga, Happy Mdigo, Claire Ngure, Joy Wanja, Claire Kiti, Winnie Nzoka, Grace Anyange, Robin Okello, David Mwadziwe, Ruth Mambo, Sarah Maitha, Juma Gumbo, Jamal Salim, Mary Kalido, Salim Mwakanyenze, Anne Mutua, Asha Tunje, Noveline Khatievi, Nathan Barreh, Belinder Orero, Mwanajuma Khamisi, Eric Mataza, Said Lele, Olivia Kasuu, Susan Sidi, Hassan Kopa, Faith Pola, Umberto D’Alessandro, Anna Roca, Hawanatu Jah, Andrew Prentice, Melisa Martinez-Alvarez, Brahima Diallo, Abdul Sesay, Sambou Suso, Yahaya Idris, Baboucarr Njie, Fatima Touray, Fatoumata Kongira, Modou F. S. Ndure, Gibril Gabbidon, Lawrence Gibba, Abdoulie Bah, Yorro Bah, Esperança Sevene, Anifa Vala, Sonia Maculuve, Corssino Tchavana, Helena Boene, Lazaro Quimice, Salesio Macuacua, Carla Carrilho, Laura A. Magee, Marie-Laure Volvert, Thomas Mendy, Donna Russell, Prestige Tatenda Makanga, Liberty Makacha, Reason Mlambo, Lucilla Poston, Rachel Tribe, Sophie Moore, Tatiana Salisbury, Aris Papageorghiou, Alison Noble, Hannah Blencowe, Veronique Filippi, Joy Lawn, Matt Silver, Joseph Akuze, Ursula Gazeley, Judith Cartwright, Guy Whitley, Sanjeev Krishna, Marianne Vidler, Jing Larry Li, Jeff Bone, Mai-Lei Maggie Woo Kinshella, Domena Tu, Ash Sandhu, Kelly Pickerill, Carla Carillho, Benjamin Barratt

A novel scoring system for evaluating mortality risk of patients with sepsis during early hospitalization

Ivan Aranza, Miro Vuković, Valentina Biloš, Alen Juginović

Optimizing quarantine in pandemic control: a multi-stage SEIQR modeling approach to COVID-19 transmission dynamics

Nawal H. Siddig, Laila A. Al-Essa

The delivery of new tuberculosis vaccines to people living with HIV – when to vaccinate?

Tom Sumner, Rebecca A. Clark, Tomos O. Prys-Jones, Roel Bakker, Gavin Churchyard, Richard G. White

Emerging antibiotic resistance in Vibrio cholerae: a study of cholera prevalence and resistance patterns in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province

David Chisompola, John Nzobokela, Roy Moono, Elijah Chinyante, Allen Chipipa, Nancy Chapuswike, Moses Chakopo, Nswana Mukuma, Martin Chakulya

Emergence of ST11-KL64 carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella Pneumoniae isolates harboring blaKPC−2 and iucA from a tertiary teaching hospital in Western China

Haojun Chen, Tingting Li, Xiaoxue Huang, Qiurong He

Disease progression & treatment need in sub-genotype C4 hepatitis B infection: a retrospective cohort study in the Northern Territory, Australia

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Genevieve E. Martin, Kelly Hosking, Kelly Banz, Catherine Gargan, Geoff Stewart, Belinda Greenwood-Smith, Penelope Ramsay, Jaclyn Tate-Baker, Christine Connors, Paula Binks, Melita McKinnon, Prashanti Manchikanti, George Garambaka Gurruwiwi, Nicole Allard, Ashleigh Qama, Jessica Michaels, Emily Vintour-Cesar, Robert Batey, Catherine Marshall, Peter Nihill, Tammy-Allyn Fernandes, Karen Fuller, Steven Y. C. Tong, David Boettiger, Benjamin Cowie, Joshua S. Davis, Sarah Mariyalawuy Bukulatjpi, Jane Davies, Anna Ralph, Adrian Miller, Roslyn Dhurrkay, Manoji Gunthilake, Vicki Krause, Lou Sanderson, Phillip Merrdi Wilson, Genevieve Dally, Kerrie Jordan, John Boffa, Alexis Apostolellis, Amanda Dhagapan, Anna Deng, Anngie Everitt, Barbara De Graaff, Brianna Summers, Carrie Fowler, Catherine Blacker, Catherine Stoddart, Charles Pain, Cheryl Ross, David McGuinness, David Reeve, Diane Hampton, Eddie Mulholland, Ella Meumann, Elizabeth Coombes, Emma Childs, Hayden Jose, Hilary Bloomfield, Hugh Heggie, Isabelle Purcell, Jayne Porter, Jyoti Jadeja, Katherine McNamara, Katie McGuire, Keith Forrest, Kelly-Anne Stuart-Carter, Khim Tan, Leanne O’Connor, Lesley Scott, Letisha Murray, Levinia Crooks^, Linda Bunn, Lorraine Johns, Lucie Perrisel, Marco Briceno, Margaret Littlejohn, Maria Scarlett, Marilou Capati, Matthew Maddison, Mikaela Mobsby, Molly Shorthouse, Natasha Tatipata, Nicole Romero, Peter Markey, Phoebe Schroder, Rebecca Katiforis, Robyn Liddle, Rosalind Webby, Richard Sullivan, Sami Stewart, Sandra Nelson, Sean Heffernan, Sean Taylor, Shiraline Wurrawilya, Sinon Cooney, Sonja Hill, Stephen Locarnini, Steven Skov, Su Govindasamy, Sudharsan Venkatesan, Tanya Plavins, Teresa De Santis, Terese Ngurruwuthun, Tiana Alley, Timothy Nabegeyo, Vanessa Towell, Wendy Page

Klebsiella predominance in peripancreatic microbial spectrum is associated with the severity of infected pancreatic necrosis

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Xiaolan Guo, Yao Xu, Kaiwei Li, Jingzhu Zhang, Zhihui Tong, Weiqin Li, Donghuang Hong

Toxoplasmosis landscape: a systematic review and meta-analysis of seroprevalence in healthy and non-healthy individuals in Sudan (1990–2025)

Abdullah Mohammed, Nasir Ibrahim, Musa Ahmed

Virulence and biological characteristics of Talaromyces wortmannii isolated from deep-seated dermatomycosis by in vitro and in vivo evaluation

Yong Zhang, Fangfang Bao, Feifan Dong, Gongqi Yu, Hongqing Tian

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV in pregnant women attending a tertiary care hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, 2017–2021

Mohamed Abdulkadir Hassan-Kadle, Esra Keles, Mosab Ahmed Nor, Mohamed Abdulahi Hassan, Şeyma Karaketir, Ahmed Isak Hussein, Hasan Huseyin Eker, Shafie Abdulkadir Hassan

Epidemiological trends of hand, foot, and mouth disease in children under age 10, Jiangning District, Jiangsu, China (2009–2023)

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Baiqun Wu, Xiangnan Zhang, Minhui Fu, Xiaoming Ji

A clinico-epidemiological study, assessing possible predictors of mortality and health-related quality of life for people living with visceral leishmaniasis – human immune virus (VL-HIV) co-infection in a high burden kala-azar endemic state of India: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Dhruv Kumar Pandey, Ashish Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Mohd. Zahid Ansari, Rishikesh Kumar, Biplab Pal, Vidya Nand Rabi Das, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Saurabh Jain, Krishna Pandey

Rapid laboratory confirmation of the 2025 Sudan Virus Disease (Svd) index case in Uganda

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Andrew Nsawotebba, Susan Nabadda, Valeria Nakintu, Isaac Ssewanyana, Misaki Wayengera, Jonathan Kabazzi, Stephen Balinandi, Godfrey Pimundu, Tonny Muyigi, Alisen Ayitewala, Samuel Gidudu, Morgan Otita, Ibrahim Mugerwa, Moses Rubangakene, Sulaiman Ikoba, Sam Kalungi, Rhoda Wanyenze, Kevin K. Ariën, Eunice Namboozo, Benedict Kanamwanji, Steven Ssekyondwa, Ronald Kasujja, Derrick Kitwe, Catherine Dambya, Innocent Morunyanga, Reginald Rony Bahatungire, Francis Kakooza, Moses Joloba, Atek Kagirita, Allan Muruta, Pontiano Kaleebu, Henry Kyobe, Charles Olaro, Diana Atwine, Jane Ruth Aceng

A systematic review of the effectiveness and utility of Lyme disease prevention measures in Canada, the United States, and Europe

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Katarina Ost, Michala Norman, Ariane Dumas, Tricia Corrin, Lisa Waddell, Renee Schryer, Claudia Duguay, Olivia Facchin, Kate Zinszer, Jean-Phillipe Rocheleau, Catherine Bouchard, Cécile Aenishaenslin, Alison Krentel, Cindy Feng, Manisha A. Kulkarni

Longitudinal serum chloride trajectories and their correlation with all-cause mortality in critically Ill sepsis patients: a retrospective cohort analysis

Min Lei, Mingyue Ma, Yaping Zhang, Nianqiang Hu, Junran Xie

Genotyping and transmission analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a pediatric population in Czech Republic and Slovakia

Simona Mäsiarová, Věra Dvořáková, Michaela Hromádková, Anders Norman, Peter Kunč, Jaroslav Fábry, Jarmila Hnilicová, Igor Porvazník, Ivan Solovič, Erik M. Rasmussen, Juraj Mokrý, Karolína Doležalová, Matúš Dohál

Correction: Creation of a pandemic memory by tracing COVID-19 infections and immunity in Luxembourg (CON-VINCE)

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Olena Tsurkalenko, Dmitry Bulaev, Marc Paul O’Sullivan, Chantal Snoeck, Soumyabrata Ghosh, Alexey Kolodkin, Basile Rommes, Piotr Gawron, Carlos Vega Moreno, Clarissa P. C. Gomes, Anne Kaysen, Jochen Ohnmacht, Valerie E. Schröder, Lukas Pavelka, Guilherme Ramos Meyers, Laure Pauly, Claire Pauly, Anne-Marie Hanff, Max Meyrath, Anja Leist, Estelle Sandt, Gloria A. Aguayo, Magali Perquin, Manon Gantenbein, Tamir Abdelrahman, Jochen Klucken, Venkata Satagopam, Christiane Hilger, Jonathan Turner, Michel Vaillant, Joëlle V. Fritz, Markus Ollert, Rejko Krüger, Geeta Acharya, Pinar Alper, Wim Ammerlaan, François Ancien, Ariane Assele-Kama, Christelle Bahlawane, Katy Beaumont, Nadia Beaupain, Lucrèce Beckers, Camille Bellora, Fay Betsou, Luc Biver, Sandie Boly, Dirk Brenner, Henry-Michel Cauchie, Eleftheria Charalambous, Emilie Charpentier, Estelle Coibion, Sylvie Coito, Delphine Collart, Manuel Counson, Brian De Witt, Antonelle Di Pasquale, Olivia Domingues, Claire Dording, Jean-Luc Dourson, Bianca Dragomir, Tessy Fautsch, Jean-Yves Ferrand, Thibault Ferrandon, Ana Festas Lopes, Guillaume Fournier, Laura Georges, Stéphane Gidenne, Enrico Glaab, Borja Gomez Ramos, Vyron Gorgogietas, Jérôme Graas, Valentin Groues, Wei Gu, Gael Hamot, Maxime Hansen, Linda Hansen, Lisa Hefele, Laurent Heirendt, Ahmed Hemedan, Estelle Henry, Margaux Henry, Eve Herkenne, Sascha Herzinger, Laetitia Huiart, Alexander Hundt, Judith Hübschen, Gilles Iserentant, Philipp Jägi, Piyapong Khurmin, Fédéric Klein, Tommy Klein, Stéphanie Kler, Pauline Lambert, Jacek Jaroslaw Lebioda, Sabine Lehmann, Marie Leick, Morgane Lemaire, Andrew Lumley, Annika Lutz, João Manuel Loureiro, Monica Marchese, Tainà Marques, François Massart, Patrick May, Maura Minelli, Alessandra Mousel, Maeva Munsch, Sophie Mériaux, Friedrich Mühlschlegel, Mareike Neumann, Trang Nguyen, Beatrice Nicolai, Leslie Ogorzaly, Christiane Olesky, Christian Penny, Achilleas Pexaras, Palma di Pinto, Marie France Pirard, Jean-Marc Plesseria, Armin Rauschenberger, Lucie Remark, Antonio Rodriguez, Kirsten Rump, Bruno Santos, Aurélie Sausy, Margaux Schmitt, Christiane Schmitt, Reinhard Schneider, Serge Schumacher, Alexandra Schweicher, Sneeha Seal, Jean-Yves Servais, Florian Simon, Amna Skrozic, Kate Sokolowska, Lara Stute, Hermann Thien, Stéphane Toll, Noua Toukourou, Christophe Trefois, Johanna Trouet, Nguyen Trung, Daniela Valoura Esteves, Charlène Verschueren, Maharshi Vyas, Claus Vögele, Cécile Walczak, Xinhui Wang, Femke Wauters, Bernard Weber, Emilie Weibel, Tania Zamboni

Investigation of the effect of serum gasdermin d levels on clinical course and mortality in patients with covid-19

Merve Turker Isik, Kubra Demir Onder, Yesim Cekin

Immunoinformatics-Based development of a Multi-Epitope vaccine candidate targeting coinfection by Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii

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Gul Afshan, Namrah Yaseen, Syed H Ali, Asad U. Khan

Effects of postoperative antifungal therapy on the recurrence of Aspergillus infection after pulmonary aspergilloma resection: a prospective, randomized, controlled, single-center, 24-month, open-label, parallel group trial

Jian Yang, Chan Liu, Jianxiong Li, Xianqiu Chen, Beibei Wang, Jing Zhang, Haifeng Wang, Deping Zhao, Yiming Zhou, Haomin Cai, Jin-fu Xu, Shuo Liang

Prevalence of invasive fungal infection in critically Ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mauricio Trelles, José Murillo, Luis Fuenmayor-González, Yunqi Yu-Liu, Harold Alexander-León, Joanna Acebo, Diego Cuicapuza, Marco Morales, Christopher Peña, María Fernanda García-Aguilera

Immunogenicity and safety of the domestic and imported live-attenuated varicella vaccine in healthy Chinese populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yemin Yuan, Tong Wang, Yiqi Xia, Zhenyu Shi, Ping He

Safety comparison of mRNA, viral vector, and inactivated Covid-19 vaccines: incidence of adverse events following primary and booster doses among medical professionals in Malaysia

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Rekha Prabhu, Girish Prabhu, Mila Nu Nu Htay, Ashwathy Varadarajan Thundakattil, Soe Moe, Sabyasachi Das

Factors associated with viral load non-suppression among adults with HIV in Sughd region, Tajikistan: a retrospective cohort study

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Emomali Qurbonov, Dilyara Nabirova, Aisuluu Kubatova, Salomudin Yusufi, Edmond F. Maes, Roberta Horth

Dynamics of respiratory virus transmission in children during and after COVID-19 outbreak control in Baiyin, China

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Biao Wang, Hui Zhang, Shu Liang, Huan Wei, Miao Wang, Huimin Zhang, Xiaoshu Zhang, Maoxing Dong

Factors associated with cross infections in COVID-19 patients in a Tunisian intensive care unit: a longitudinal study

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Rim Chehaibi, Farah Azouzi, Hela Ghali, Sameh Boughattas, Soumaya Ketata, Lamia Tilouche, Houyem Said Latiri, Abdelhalim Trabelsi, Walid Naija, Olfa Bouallegue

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