Issue 1/2021
Content (1272 Articles)
Effects of undernutrition on mortality and morbidity among adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Animut Alebel, Daniel Demant, Pammla Petrucka, David Sibbritt
Variation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure in Iran: a systemic review and meta-analysis
Shima Hadifar, Abolfazl Fateh, Vahid Pourbarkhordar, Seyed Davar Siadat, Shayan Mostafaei, Farzam Vaziri
Epidemiologic characteristics of orthopedic surgical site infections and under-reporting estimation of registries using capture-recapture analysis
Niloufar Taherpour, Yadollah Mehrabi, Arash Seifi, Babak Eshrati, Seyed Saeed Hashemi Nazari
Use of T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of unconventional pleural tuberculosis is superior to ADA in high prevalence areas: a prospective analysis of 601 cases
Xinting Yang, Jing Zhang, Qingtao Liang, Liping Pan, Hongfei Duan, Yang Yang, Hua Li, Chao Guo, Qi Sun, Hongyan Jia, Boping Du, Rongrong Wei, Aiying Xing, Zongde Zhang, Xiaoyou Chen
ODYSSEY clinical trial design: a randomised global study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive children, with nested pharmacokinetic sub-studies to evaluate pragmatic WHO-weight-band based dolutegravir dosing
Cecilia L. Moore, Anna Turkova, Hilda Mujuru, Adeodata Kekitiinwa, Abbas Lugemwa, Cissy M. Kityo, Linda N. Barlow-Mosha, Tim R. Cressey, Avy Violari, Ebrahim Variava, Mark F. Cotton, Moherndran Archary, Alexandra Compagnucci, Thanyawee Puthanakit, Osee Behuhuma, Yacine Saϊdi, James Hakim, Pauline Amuge, Lorna Atwine, Victor Musiime, David M. Burger, Clare Shakeshaft, Carlo Giaquinto, Pablo Rojo, Diana M. Gibb, Deborah Ford, Shabinah Ali, Abdel Babiker, Chiara Borg, Anne-Marie Borges Da Silva, Joanna Calvert, Deborah Ford, Joshua Gasa, Diana M. Gibb, Nasir Jamil, Sarah Lensen, Emma Little, Fatima Mohamed, Samuel Montero, Cecilia L. Moore, Rachel Oguntimehin, Anna Parker, Reena Patel, Tasmin Phillips, Tatiana Sarfati, Karen Scott, Clare Shakeshaft, Moira Spyer, Margaret Thomason, Anna Turkova, Rebecca Turner, Nadine Van Looy, Ellen White, Kaya Widuch, Helen Wilkes, Ben Wynne, Carlo Giaquinto, Tiziana Grossele, Daniel Gomez-Pena, Davide Bilardi, Giulio Vecchia, Alexandra Compagnucci, Yacine Saidi, Yoann Riault, Alexandra Coelho, Laura Picault, Christelle Kouakam, Tim R. Cressey, Suwalai Chalermpantmetagul, Dujrudee Chinwong, Gonzague Jourdain, Rukchanok Peongjakta, Pra-ornsuda Sukrakanchana, Wasna Sirirungsi, Janet Seeley, Sarah Bernays, Magda Conway, Nigel Klein, Eleni Nastouli, Anita De Rossi, Maria Angeles Munoz Fernandez, David Burger, Pauline Bollen, Angela Colbers, Hylke Waalewijn, Cissy M. Kityo, Victor Musiime, Elizabeth Kaudha, Annet Nanduudu, Emmanuel Mujyambere, Paul Ocitti Labeja, Charity Nankunda, Juliet Ategeka, Peter Erim, Collin Makanga, Esther Nambi, Abbas Lugemwa, Lorna Atwine, Edridah Keminyeto, Deogratiuos Tukwasibwe, Shafic Makumbi, Emily Ninsiima, Mercy Tukamushaba, Rogers Ankunda, Ian Natuhurira, Miriam Kasozi, Baker Rubinga, Adeodata R. Kekitiinwa, Pauline Amuge, Dickson Bbuye, Justine Nalubwama, Winnie Akobye, Muzamil Nsibuka Kisekka, Anthony Kirabira, Gloria Ninsiima, Sylvia Namanda, Gerald Agaba, Immaculate Nagawa, Annet Nalugo, Florence Namuli, Rose Kadhuba, Rachael Namuddu, Lameck Kiyimba, Angella Baita, Eunice Atim, Olivia Kobusingye, Clementine Namajja, Africanus Byaruhanga, Rogers Besigye, Herbert Murungi, Geoffrey Onen, Philippa Musoke, Linda Barlow-Mosha, Grace Ahimbisibwe, Rose Namwanje, Monica Etima, Mark Ssenyonga, Robert Serunjogi, Hajira Kataike, Richard Isabirye, David Balamusani, Monica Nolan, Mark F. Cotton, Anita Janese van Rensburg, Marlize Smuts, Catherine Andrea, Sumaya Dadan Sonja Pieterse, Vinesh Jaeven, Candice Makola, George Fourie, Kurt Smith, Els Dobbels, Peter Zuidewind, Hesti Van Huyssteen, Mornay Isaacs, Georgina Nentsa, Thabis Ncgaba, Candice MacDonald, Mandisa Mtshagi, Maria Bester, Wilma Orange, Ronelle Arendze, Mark Mulder, George Fourie, Avy Violari, Nastassja Ramsagar, Afaaf Liberty, Ruth Mathiba, Lindiwe Maseko, Nakata Kekane, Busi Khumlo, Mirriam Khunene, Noshalaza Sbisi, Jackie Brown, Ryphina Madonsela, Nokuthula Mbadaliga, Zaakirah Essack, Reshma Lakha, Aasia Vadee, Derusha Frank, Nazim Akoojee, Maletsatsi Monametsi, Gladness Machache, Yolandie Fourie, Anusha Nanan-kanjee, Juan Erasmus, Angelous Mamiane, Tseleng Daniel, Fatima Mayat, Nomfundo Maduna, Patsy Baliram, Chaiwat Ngampiyasakul, Pisut Greetanukroh, Wanna Chamjamrat, Praechadaporn Khannak, Pornchai Techakunakorn, Thitiwat Thapwai, Patcharee Puangmalai, Ampai Maneekaew, Pradthana Ounchanum, Yupawan Thaweesombat, Areerat Kongponoi, Jutarat Thewsoongnoen, Suparat Kanjanavanit, Pacharaporn Yingyong, Thida Namwong, Rangwit Junkaew, Ussanee Srirompotong, Patamawadee Sudsaard, Siripun Nuanbuddee, Sookpanee Wimonklang, Sathaporn Na-Rajsima, Suchart Thongpaen, Pattira Runarassamee, Watchara Meethaisong, Arttasid Udomvised, Ebrahim Variava, Modiehi Rakgokong, Dihedile Scheppers, Tumelo Moloantoa, Abdul Hamid Kaka, Tshepiso Masienyane, Akshmi Ori, Kgosimang Mmolawa, Pattamukkil Abraham, Moherndran Archary, Rejoice Mosia, Sajeeda Mawlana, Rosie Mngqibisa, Rashina Nundlal, Elishka Singh, Penelope Madlala, Allemah Naidoo, Sphiwee Cebekhulu, Petronelle Casey, Collin Pillay, Subashinie Sidhoo, Minenhle Chikowore, Lungile Nyantsa, Melisha Nunkoo, Terence Nair, Enbavani Pillay, Sheleika Singh, Sheroma Rajkumar, Osee Behuhuma, Olivier Koole, Kristien Bird, Nomzamo Buthelezi, Mumsy Mthethwa, James Hakim, Hilda Mujuru, Kusum Nathoo, Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi, Ennie Chidziva, Shepherd Mudzingwa, Themelihle Bafana, Colin Warambwa, Godfrey Musoro, Gloria Tinago, Shirley Mutsai, Columbus Moyo, Ruth Nhema, Misheck Nkalo Phiri, Stuart Chitongo, Joshua Choga, Joyline Bhiri, Wilber Ishemunyoro, Makhosonke Ndlovu, Thanyawee Puthanakit, Naruporn Kasipong, Sararut Chanthaburanun, Kesdao Nanthapisal, Thidarat Jupimai, Thornthun Noppakaorattanamanee, Torsak Bunupuradah, Wipaporn Natalie Songtaweesin, Chutima Saisaengjan, Stephan Schultze-Straber, Christoph Konigs, Robin Kobbe, Felicia Mantkowski, Steve Welch, Jacqui Daglish, Laura Thrasyvoulou, Delane Singadia, Sophie Foxall, Judith Acero, Gosia Pasko-Szcech, Jacquie Flynn, Gareth Tudor-Williams, Farhana Abdulla, Srini Bandi, Jin Li, Sean O’Riordan, Dominique Barker, Richard Vowden, Colin Ball Eniola Nsirim, Kathleen McClughlin, India Garcia, Pablo Rojo Conejo, Cristina Epalza, Luis Prieto Tato, Maite Fernandez, Luis Escosa Garcia, Maria José Mellado Peña, Talia Sainz Costa, Claudia Fortuny Guasch, Antoni Noguera Julian, Carolina Estepa, Elena Bruno, Alba Murciano Cabeza, Maria Angeles Muñoz Fernandez, Paula Palau, Laura Marques, Carla Teixeira, Alexandre Fernandes, Rosita Nunes, Helena Nascimento, Andreia Padrao, Joana Tuna, Helena Ramos, Ana Constança Mendes, Helena Pinheiro, Ana Cristina Matos, Flavia Kyomuhendo, Sarah Nakalanzi, Cynthia Mukisa Williams, Ntombenhle Ngcobo, Deborah Pako, Jacky Crisp, Benedictor Dube, Precious Chandiwana, Winnie Gozhora, Ian Weller, Elaine Abrams, Tsitsi Apollo, Polly Clayden, Valériane Leroy, Anton Pozniak, Jane Crawley, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Helen McIlleron, Alasdair Bamford, Hermione Lyall, Andrew Prendergast, Felicity Fitzgerald, Anna Goodman
Etiology of diarrhea by multiplex polymerase chain reaction among young children in the United Arab Emirates: a case-control study
Ahmed R. Alsuwaidi, Klaithem Al Dhaheri, Sania Al Hamad, Junu George, Judy Ibrahim, Ghassan Ghatasheh, Mohammed Issa, Suleiman Al-Hammadi, Hassib Narchi
Pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with pemphigus foliaceus: case report and literature review
Ning Luo, Shifan Tan, Xiaocai Li, Si Liu, Shivank Singh, Mafeng Chen, Weiye Yang, Yanhong He, Chunna Chen, Min Liang
Enteric pathogen infection and consequences for child growth in young Aboriginal Australian children: a cross-sectional study
Sarah Hanieh, Siddhartha Mahanty, George Gurruwiwi, Therese Kearns, Roslyn Dhurrkay, Veronica Gondarra, Jenny Shield, Norbert Ryan, Francesca Azzato, Susan A. Ballard, Nicole Orlando, Sullen Nicholson, Katherine Gibney, Julie Brimblecombe, Wendy Page, Leonard C. Harrison, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Yalurr Dhamarandji, David Djilimara, Elizabeth Bungawara, Lloyd Dhamarandji, Janice Djiliri, Jess Gatti, Jannie Kraayenhof, Noella Goveas
Campylobacter-associated hospitalisations in an Australian provincial setting
Cameron R. M. Moffatt, Karina J. Kennedy, Linda Selvey, Martyn D. Kirk
Acceptance of universal varicella vaccination among Swiss pediatricians and general practitioners who treat pediatric patients
Florian Lienert, Olivia Weiss, Kathrin Schmitt, Ulrich Heininger, Patrik Guggisberg
Public health impact and cost effectiveness of routine and catch-up vaccination of girls and women with a nine-valent HPV vaccine in Japan: a model-based study
Palmer Cody, Keisuke Tobe, Machiko Abe, Elamin H. Elbasha
Clinical significance of D-dimer levels in refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
Xia Huang, Dan Li, Feng Liu, Deyu Zhao, Yifan Zhu, Heng Tang
Klebsiella pneumoniae-related invasive liver abscess syndrome complicated by purulent meningitis: a review of the literature and description of three cases
Ruixue Sun, Hui Zhang, Yingchun Xu, Huadong Zhu, Xuezhong Yu, Jun Xu
Enterobacter cloacae infection of the shoulder in a 52-year-old woman without apparent predisposing risk factor: a case report and literature review
Jingjie Huang, Qiliang Xu, Fuyifei Liu, Hao Xiong, Junxing Yang
High prevalence of multidrug resistant ESBL- and plasmid mediated AmpC-producing clinical isolates of Escherichia coli at Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique
Calvina E. L. Estaleva, Tomas F. Zimba, John Osei Sekyere, Usha Govinden, Hafizah Y. Chenia, Gunnar S. Simonsen, Bjørg Haldorsen, Sabiha Y. Essack, Arnfinn Sundsfjord
Hydroa Vacciniforme-like Lymphoproliferative disorder in an adult invades the liver and bone marrow with clear pathological evidence: a case report and literature review
Xiankun Wang, Peng Wang, Aibin Wang, Yanli Xu, Lin Wang, Zhihai Chen
Rotavirus A infection in children under five years old with a double health problem: undernutrition and diarrhoea – a cross-sectional study in four provinces of Mozambique
Assucênio Chissaque, Marta Cassocera, Carolina Gasparinho, Jéronimo Souzinho Langa, Adilson Fernando Loforte Bauhofer, Jorfélia José Chilaúle, Eva Dora João, Benilde António Munlela, Júlia Assiat Monteiro Sambo, Simone Salvador Boene, Marlene Bernardo Djedje, Elda Muianga Anapakala, Esperança Lourenço Guimarães, Diocreciano Matias Bero, Lena Vânia Manhique-Coutinho, Idalécia Cossa-Moiane, Timothy A. Kellogg, Luzia Augusta Pires Gonçalves, Nilsa de Deus
Toxic shock syndrome with a cytokine storm caused by Staphylococcus simulans: a case report
Ken Goda, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Masahiko Hoshijima, Akihiro Yachie, Hozuka Akita
Association of urogenital and intestinal parasitic infections with type 2 diabetes individuals: a comparative study
Babiker Saad Almugadam, Mihad Khaleil Ibrahim, Yinhui Liu, Shen-min Chen, Chun-hao Wang, Chen-yi Shao, Bao-wei Ren, Li Tang
Direct detection of Corynebacterium striatum, Corynebacterium propinquum, and Corynebacterium simulans in sputum samples by high-resolution melt curve analysis
Shuai Xu, Xiaotong Qiu, Xuexin Hou, Haijian Zhou, Dongke Chen, Xuebing Wang, Lichao Han, Dan Li, Lina Sun, Xingzhao Ji, Minghui Li, Jingshan Zhang, Mengtong Li, Zhenjun Li
Antimicrobial resistance awareness and antibiotic prescribing behavior among healthcare workers in Nigeria: a national survey
Emelda E. Chukwu, David A. Oladele, Christian A. Enwuru, Peter L. Gogwan, Dennis Abuh, Rosemary A. Audu, Folasade T. Ogunsola
Prognostic value of pro-adrenomedullin and copeptin in acute infective endocarditis
Rosa Zampino, Domenico Iossa, Maria Paola Ursi, Lorenzo Bertolino, Roberto Andini, Rosa Molaro, Oriana Fabrazzo, Silvia Leonardi, Luigi Atripaldi, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni
Serological diagnosis and prevalence of HIV-1 infection in Russian metropolitan areas
D. E. Kireev, V. P. Chulanov, G. A. Shipulin, A. V. Semenov, E. V. Tivanova, N. M. Kolyasnikova, E. B. Zueva, V. V. Pokrovskiy, C. Galli
A case of SFTS coinfected with E. coli bacteremia
Hyungdon Lee, Woo Young Choi, Choon Mee Kim, Na-Ra Yun, Dong-Min Kim, Sang-Hyun Pyun, Byung Jun Yu, You Mi Lee
Risk factors of recurrent erysipelas in adult Chinese patients: a prospective cohort study
Ang Li, Ni Wang, Lingzhi Ge, Hongyan Xin, Wenfei Li
Cryptococcal fungemia and Mycobacterium haemophilum cellulitis in a patient receiving ruxolitinib: a case report and literature review
Naruemit Sayabovorn, Piriyaporn Chongtrakool, Methee Chayakulkeeree
Increased mRNA expression of key cytokines among suspected cases of Pneumocystis jirovecii infection
Mohammad Y. Alshahrani, Mohammed Alfaifi, Mesfer Al Shahrani, Abdulaziz S. Alshahrani, Ali G. Alkhathami, Ayed A. Dera, Irfan Ahmad, Shadma Wahab, Mirza M. A. Beg, Ali Hakamy, Mohamed E. Hamid
Continuous elevation of procalcitonin in cirrhosis combined with hepatic carcinoma: a case report
Juan Lu, Chun-lei Chen, Jian-di Jin, Jun Chen, Cheng-bo Yu
Prevalence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi infection, its associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among febrile patients at Adare general hospital, Hawassa, southern Ethiopia
Roza Nasir Awol, Dawit Yihdego Reda, Deresse Daka Gidebo
Performance of case definitions and clinical predictors for influenza surveillance among patients followed in a rural cohort in Senegal
Mamadou Aliou Barry, Florent Arinal, Cheikh Talla, Boris Gildas Hedible, Fatoumata Diene Sarr, Ibrahim Oumar Ba, Boly Diop, Ndongo Dia, Muriel Vray
Legionnaire’s disease presenting as bilateral central scotomata: a case report
Sho Yamada, Takamasa Kitajima, Satoshi Marumo, Motonari Fukui
Syphilis-associated septic cardiomyopathy: case report and review of the literature
Shiqi Guo, Qiang Guo
Prevalence, distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacterial isolates from a tertiary Hospital in Malawi
Pizga Kumwenda, Emmanuel C. Adukwu, Ebot S. Tabe, Victor. C. Ujor, Pocha S. Kamudumuli, Maono Ngwira, Joseph Tsung Shu Wu, Master R. O. Chisale
Knowledge, attitude and perceptions about Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) among occupationally high-risk healthcare professionals of Pakistan
Ali Ahmed, Muhammad Saqlain, Maria Tanveer, Azhar Hussain Tahir, Fakhar Ud-Din, Maryum Ibrar Shinwari, Gul Majid Khan, Naveed Anwer
Septic shock due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection in an adult immunocompetent patient: a case report and literature review
Takehiro Hashimoto, Ryuichi Takenaka, Haruka Fukuda, Kazuhiko Hashinaga, Shin-ichi Nureki, Hideki Hayashidani, Teruo Sakamoto, Osamu Shigemitsu
Non-surgical treatment of tetanus infection associated with breast cancer skin ulcer: a case report and literature review
Kazuhito Nomura, Eiji Sakawaki, Sonoko Sakawaki, Ayumu Yamaoka, Wakiko Aisaka, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Yoshihiro Takeyama, Shuji Uemura, Eichi Narimatsu
First wave of COVID-19 hospital admissions in Denmark: a Nationwide population-based cohort study
Jon Gitz Holler, Robert Eriksson, Tomas Østergaard Jensen, Maarten van Wijhe, Thea Kølsen Fischer, Ole Schmeltz Søgaard, Simone Bastrup Israelsen, Rajesh Mohey, Thilde Fabricius, Frederik Jøhnk, Lothar Wiese, Stine Johnsen, Christian Søborg, Henrik Nielsen, Ole Kirk, Birgitte Lindegaard Madsen, Zitta Barrella Harboe
Relationship of socio-demographics, comorbidities, symptoms and healthcare access with early COVID-19 presentation and disease severity
Laura Vaughan, Darlene Veruttipong, Jonathan G. Shaw, Noemie Levy, Lauren Edwards, Marcy Winget
Pre-transplant donor HBV DNA+ and male recipient are independent risk factors for treatment failure in HBsAg+ donors to HBsAg- kidney transplant recipients
Xian-ding Wang, Shi-jian Feng, Jin-peng Liu, Tu-run Song, Zhong-li Huang, Yu Fan, Yun-ying Shi, Li-yu Chen, Yuan-hang Lv, Zi-lin Xu, Xiao-hong Li, Li Wang, Tao Lin
Trend and treatment outcomes of latent tuberculosis infection among migrant persons in Japan: retrospective analysis of Japan tuberculosis surveillance data
Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Akihiro Ohkado
Epidemiology of viral respiratory infections in a pediatric reference hospital in Central Panama
Virginia Núñez-Samudio, Iván Landires
Increased investment in gametocytes in asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections in the wet season
Colins O. Oduma, Sidney Ogolla, Harrysone Atieli, Bartholomew N. Ondigo, Ming-Chieh Lee, Andrew K. Githeko, Arlene E. Dent, James W. Kazura, Guiyun Yan, Cristian Koepfli
Application of the screening and indirect cohort methods to evaluate the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination program in adults 75 years and older in Taiwan
Wei-Ju Su, Pei-Hung Chuang, Luan-Yin Chang, Hsiu-Yun Lo, Chuen-Sheue Chiang, Ez-Tzu Wang, Chin-Hui Yang
JAK-inhibitor and type I interferon ability to produce favorable clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lucas Walz, Avi J. Cohen, Andre P. Rebaza, James Vanchieri, Martin D. Slade, Charles S. Dela Cruz, Lokesh Sharma
Missed opportunities for HIV testing in patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Morocco
Latifa Marih, Victoire Sawras, Juliette Pavie, Mustapha Sodqi, Mourad Malmoussi, Noura Tassi, Rajaa Bensghir, Samira Nani, Ahd Oulad Lahsen, Didier Laureillard, Kamal Marhoum El Filali, Karen Champenois, Laurence Weiss
The transition to Xpert MTB/RIF ultra: diagnostic accuracy for pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda
A. Andama, D. Jaganath, R. Crowder, L. Asege, M. Nakaye, D. Katumba, J. Mukwatamundu, S. Mwebe, C. F. Semitala, W. Worodria, M. Joloba, S. Mohanty, A. Somoskovi, A. Cattamanchi
Comparison of two electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems in promoting hand hygiene of healthcare workers in the intensive care unit
Xiao Zhong, Dong-Li Wang, Li-Hua Xiao, Lan-Fang Mo, Qing-Fei Wu, Yan-Wei Chen, Xiao-Feng Luo
HIV infection and multidrug resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Farhana Ul Hoque, Joseph Beyene, Md. Akhlak-Ul-Islam, Md Hasinur Rahman Khan, Shakil Ahmed, Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Ahmed Hossain
Monitoring sick leave data for early detection of influenza outbreaks
Tom Duchemin, Jonathan Bastard, Pearl Anne Ante-Testard, Rania Assab, Oumou Salama Daouda, Audrey Duval, Jérôme-Philippe Garsi, Radowan Lounissi, Narimane Nekkab, Helene Neynaud, David R. M. Smith, William Dab, Kevin Jean, Laura Temime, Mounia N. Hocine
A case of recurrent sterile abscesses following tetanus-diphtheria vaccination treated with corticosteroids
Abdurrahman Kaya, Sibel Yıldız Kaya
An acute gastroenteritis outbreak associated with breakfast contaminated with norovirus by asymptotic food handler at a kindergarten in Shenzhen, China
Yuan Li, Xiangbo Fan, Guangqing Yu, Peinan Wei, Yong Wang, Hongxiong Guo
Foodborne botulism presenting as small bowel obstruction: a case report
Alberto Friziero, Cosimo Sperti, Gianfranco Da Dalt, Nicola Baldan, Gianpietro Zanchettin, Pasquale Auricchio, Laura Gavagna, Andrea Grego, Giulia Capelli, Stefano Merigliano
Amygdalin promotes the activity of T cells to suppress the progression of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma via the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway
Ruoyu Wang, Dong Zhang, Kewei Sun, Jianping Peng, Wenfang Zhu, Sihan Yin, Dan Tang, Yunan Wu
Clinical characteristics and predictive value of lower CD4+T cell level in patients with moderate and severe COVID-19: a multicenter retrospective study
Xue-song Wen, Dan Jiang, Lei Gao, Jian-zhong Zhou, Jun Xiao, Xiao-cheng Cheng, Bin He, Yue Chen, Peng Lei, Xiao-wei Tan, Shu Qin, Dong-ying Zhang
A network-based model to explore the role of testing in the epidemiological control of the COVID-19 pandemic
Yapeng Cui, Shunjiang Ni, Shifei Shen
Trends and correlates of sexually transmitted infections among sexually active Ugandan female youths: evidence from three demographic and health surveys, 2006–2016
Veronicah Masanja, Solomon Tsebeni Wafula, Tonny Ssekamatte, John Bosco Isunju, Richard K. Mugambe, Guido Van Hal
The HIV care cascade for adolescents initiated on antiretroviral therapy in a health district of South Africa: a retrospective cohort study
Roxanna Haghighat, Elona Toska, Nontuthuzelo Bungane, Lucie Cluver
Socio-demographic associations of HIV among women attending antenatal care in selected rural primary care facilities in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province
Sikhumbuzo A. Mabunda, Khuthala Sigovana, Wezile Chitha, Teke Apalata, Sibusiso Nomatshila
The diagnostic value of metagenomic next⁃generation sequencing in infectious diseases
Hongxia Duan, Xuan Li, Aihong Mei, Ping Li, Yang Liu, Xiaofeng Li, Weiwei Li, Changhui Wang, Shuanshuan Xie
Chest X-ray interpretation does not complement Xpert MTB/RIF in diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis among TB-HIV co-infected adults in a resource-limited setting
Lydia Nakiyingi, John Mark Bwanika, Willy Ssengooba, Frank Mubiru, Damalie Nakanjako, Moses L. Joloba, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Yukari C. Manabe
Congenital syphilis in East Baton Rouge parish, Louisiana: providers’ and women’s perspectives
Emily W. Harville, Gloria P. Giarratano, Pierre Buekens, Eurydice Lang, Jennifer Wagman
Identifying risks for severity of neurological symptoms in Hungarian West Nile virus patients
Márton Koch, Éva Pozsgai, Viktor Soós, Anna Nagy, János Girán, Norbert Nyisztor, Tibor Martyin, Zsófia Müller, Melánia Fehér, Edit Hajdú, Csaba Varga
Clinical physiological parameters for the prediction of gram-negative bacterial infection in the emergency department
Chan-Peng Hsu, Hsin-Yu Chen, Wei-Lung Chen, Jiann-Hwa Chen, Chien-Cheng Huang, Po-Han Wu, Jui-Yuan Chung
Prediction of risk factors of bronchial mucus plugs in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
Jiahui Zhang, Ting Wang, Rongrong Li, Wei Ji, Yongdong Yan, Zhichao Sun, Jiahong Tan, Jinfeng Wu, Li Huang, Zhengrong Chen
Co-infection of COVID-19 and influenza A in a hemodialysis patient: a case report
Ran Jing, Rama Rao Vunnam, Elizabeth Schnaubelt, Chad Vokoun, Allison Cushman-Vokoun, David Goldner, Srinivas Rao Vunnam
Follow-up investigation of antibody titers and diagnostic antibody cutoff values in patients with scrub typhus in South Korea
Choon-Mee Kim, Dong-Min Kim, Na Ra Yun
Evaluation of undetected cases during the COVID-19 epidemic in Austria
C. Rippinger, M. Bicher, C. Urach, D. Brunmeir, N. Weibrecht, G. Zauner, G. Sroczynski, B. Jahn, N. Mühlberger, U. Siebert, N. Popper
Demographic features of identified PLWHA infected through commercial and nonmarital noncommercial heterosexual contact in China from 2015 to 2018: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Zhilong Dong, Liying Ma, Chang Cai, George Fu Gao, Fan Lyu
Hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of outpatients with mildly symptomatic COVID-19: a multi-center observational study
Andrew Ip, Jaeil Ahn, Yizhao Zhou, Andre H. Goy, Eric Hansen, Andrew L. Pecora, Brittany A. Sinclaire, Urszula Bednarz, Michael Marafelias, Ihor S. Sawczuk, Joseph P. Underwood III, David M. Walker, Rajiv Prasad, Robert L. Sweeney, Marie G. Ponce, Samuel La Capra, Frank J. Cunningham, Arthur G. Calise, Bradley L. Pulver, Dominic Ruocco, Greggory E. Mojares, Michael P. Eagan, Kristy L. Ziontz, Paul Mastrokyriakos, Stuart L. Goldberg
Prevalence, serotypes and virulence genes of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from pregnant women with 35–37 weeks of gestation
Fernando J. Bobadilla, Marina G. Novosak, Iliana J. Cortese, Osvaldo D. Delgado, Margarita E. Laczeski
Prevalence, predictors, and mortality of bloodstream infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in patients with malignancy: systemic review and meta-analysis
Zhouqi Li, Hemu Zhuang, Guannan Wang, Hui Wang, Ying Dong
Observational study of compliance with infection control practices among healthcare workers in subsidized and private residential care homes
Jessie Kit Ling Au, Lorna Kwai Ping Suen, Simon Ching Lam
A predictive nomogram for mortality of cancer patients with invasive candidiasis: a 10-year study in a cancer center of North China
Ding Li, Tianjiao Li, Changsen Bai, Qing Zhang, Zheng Li, Xichuan Li
Combination of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) could predict the severity and prognosis of candidemia more accurately than the Acute Physiology, Age, Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score
Nobuhiro Asai, Wataru Ohashi, Daisuke Sakanashi, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Hideo Kato, Mao Hagihara, Hiroki Watanabe, Arufumi Shiota, Yusuke Koizumi, Yuka Yamagishi, Hiroshige Mikamo
Higher comorbidities and early death in hospitalized African-American patients with Covid-19
Raavi Gupta, Raag Agrawal, Zaheer Bukhari, Absia Jabbar, Donghai Wang, John Diks, Mohamed Alshal, Dokpe Yvonne Emechebe, F. Charles Brunicardi, Jason M. Lazar, Robert Chamberlain, Aaliya Burza, M. A. Haseeb
Dynamic changes in lymphocyte subsets and parallel cytokine levels in patients with severe and critical COVID-19
Yangli Liu, Weiping Tan, Haihong Chen, Ying Zhu, Li Wan, Ke Jiang, Yubiao Guo, Kejing Tang, Canmao Xie, Hui Yi, Yukun Kuang, Yifeng Luo
Predictive value of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio for disease deterioration and serious adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study
Zhi-Yong Zeng, Shao-Dan Feng, Gong-Ping Chen, Jiang-Nan Wu
Correction to: Differential susceptibility of Onchocerca volvulus microfilaria to ivermectin in two areas of contrasting history of mass drug administration in Cameroon: relevance of microscopy and molecular techniques for the monitoring of skin microfilarial repopulation within six months of direct observed treatment
Raphael Awah Abong, Glory N. Amambo, Patrick W. Chounna Ndongmo, Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Manuel Ritter, Amuam Andrew Beng, Mathias Eyong Esum, Kebede Deribe, Jerome Fru-Cho, Fanny F. Fombad, Theobald Mue Nji, Peter Ivo Enyong, Catherine B. Poole, Kenneth Pfarr, Achim Hoerauf, Clotilde K. S. Carlow, Samuel Wanji
Identification and molecular characterization of Subramaniula asteroides causing human fungal keratitis: a case report
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Molecular characteristics of HBV infection among blood donors tested HBsAg reactive in a single ELISA test in southern China
Xianlin Ye, Tong Li, Ran Li, Heng Liu, Junpeng Zhao, Jinfeng Zeng
Critically ill patients with diabetes and Middle East respiratory syndrome: a multi-center observational study
Jesna Jose, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Awad Al-Omari, Yasser Mandourah, Fahad Al-Hameed, Musharaf Sadat, Eman Al Qasim, Basem Alraddadi, Abdulrahman Al Harthy, Ghaleb A. Al Mekhlafi, Abdullah Almotairi, Kasim Al Khatib, Ahmed Abdulmomen, Ismael Qushmaq, Anees A. Sindi, Ahmed Mady, Othman Solaiman, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Khalid Maghrabi, Ahmed Ragab, Ayman Kharaba, Sarah Shalhoub, Abdulsalam M. Al-Aithan, Gajendra K. Vishwakarma, Atanu Bhattacharjee, Yaseen M. Arabi
Phenotype, molecular characterisation and risk factors for postoperative meningitis caused by ESBL-producing-Enterobacteriaceae: a six years multi-Centre comparative cohort study
Guanghui Zheng, Yanfei Cao, Chunhong Liu, Lingye Qian, Yumeng Cai, Miaomiao Cui, Huiting Sun, Lv Hong, Jun Yuan, Lina Zhang, Guojun Zhang
Correction to: HIV infection and multidrug resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Farhana Ul Hoque, Joseph Beyene, Md. Akhlak-Ul-Islam, Md Hasinur Rahman Khan, Shakil Ahmed, Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Ahmed Hossain
The different manifestations of COVID-19 in adults and children: a cohort study in an intensive care unit
Mònica Girona-Alarcon, Sara Bobillo-Perez, Anna Sole-Ribalta, Lluisa Hernandez, Carmina Guitart, Ricardo Suarez, Mònica Balaguer, Francisco-Jose Cambra, Iolanda Jordan
Clinical characteristics of 14 COVID-19 deaths in Tianmen, China: a single-center retrospective study
Jijia Hu, Yingang Zhang, Wei Wang, Zhihe Tao, Juan Tian, Ning Shao, Nian Liu, Hui Wei, Hao Huang
Clinical course and challenging management of early COVID-19 infection after heart transplantation: case report of two patients
Vincent Tchana-Sato, Arnaud Ancion, Julien Tridetti, Natzi Sakalihasan, Marie Pierre Hayette, Olivier Detry, Philippe Delvenne, Philippe Amabili, Marc Senard, Olivier Hougrand, Delphine Szecel, Jean-Paul Lavigne, Elie Minga Lowampa, Charlotte Ponte, Isabelle Maquoi, Philippe Morimont, Melissa Van Den Bulck, Marie Helene Delbouille, Jean Olivier Defraigne, Patrizio Lancellotti
An open label, randomised controlled trial of rifapentine versus rifampicin based short course regimens for the treatment of latent tuberculosis in England: the HALT LTBI pilot study
J. Surey, H. R. Stagg, T. A. Yates, M. Lipman, P. J. White, A. Charlett, L. Muñoz, L. Gosce, M. X. Rangaka, M. Francis, V. Hack, H. Kunst, I. Abubakar
Past eight-year malaria data in Gedeo zone, southern Ethiopia: trend, reporting-quality, spatiotemporal distribution, and association with socio-demographic and meteorological variables
Eshetu Molla, Sinknesh Wolde Behaksra, Fitsum G. Tadesse, Sisay Dugassa, Endalamaw Gadisa, Hassen Mamo
An appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for the appropriate use of echocardiography for adult infective endocarditis—the timing and mode of assessment (TTE or TEE)
Peihan Xie, Xiaodong Zhuang, Menghui Liu, Shaozhao Zhang, Jia Liu, Donghong Liu, Xinxue Liao
Increase in HIV-1-transmitted drug resistance among ART-naïve youths at the China-Myanmar border during 2009 ~ 2017
Yibo Ding, Min Chen, Jibao Wang, Yuecheng Yang, Yi Feng, Lijie Wang, Song Duan, Qianru Lin, Hui Xing, Yanling Ma, Mengjie Han, Liying Ma
Prevalence and genotype distribution of group A rotavirus circulating in Shanxi Province, China during 2015–2019
Lifeng Zhao, Xiaohong Shi, Dequan Meng, Jiane Guo, Yiping Li, Lirong Liang, Xiaofang Guo, Ran Tao, Xiaohua Zhang, Ruihong Gao, Li Gao, Jitao Wang
Prevalence of urogenital, anal, and pharyngeal infections with Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Mycoplasma genitalium: a cross-sectional study in Reunion island
A. Calas, N. Zemali, G. Camuset, J. Jaubert, R. Manaquin, C. Saint-Pastou, Y. Koumar, P. Poubeau, P. Gerardin, A. Bertolotti
Retrospective Seroepidemiology study of dengue virus infection in Taiwan
Ying-Hsuan Lee, Yu-Chia Hsieh, Chih-Jung Chen, Tzou-Yien Lin, Yhu-Chering Huang
Point-prevalence survey of outpatient antibiotic prescription at a tertiary medical center in Sri Lanka: opportunities to improve prescribing practices for respiratory illnesses
Helen L. Zhang, Champica Bodinayake, Gaya B. Wijayaratne, Pasangi Jayatissa, D. L. Bhagya Piyasiri, Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, Tianchen Sheng, Ajith Nagahawatte, Christopher Woods, L. Gayani Tillekeratne
Using Baidu search values to monitor and predict the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in China: – evidence from Baidu index
Bizhi Tu, Laifu Wei, Yaya Jia, Jun Qian
Diagnostic accuracy of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay in small hair samples for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis drug concentrations in a routine care setting
John Metcalfe, Peter Bacchetti, Ali Esmail, Andrew Reckers, David Aguilar, Anita Wen, Shu Huo, Winnie R. Muyindike, Judith A. Hahn, Keertan Dheda, Monica Gandhi, Roy Gerona
Antifungal stewardship in a tertiary care paediatric hospital: the PROAFUNGI study
Natalia Mendoza-Palomar, Beatriz Garcia-Palop, Susana Melendo, Maria Teresa Martín, Berta Renedo-Miró, Pere Soler-Palacin, Aurora Fernández-Polo
Association between echinococcosis-specific health literacy and behavioural intention to prevent echinococcosis among herdsmen on the Tibet Plateau in China: a cross-sectional study
Jie Zhao, Yangzong Dawa, Kezhong A, Dejicuo, Lengbao, Zengyue Li, Wanli Chen, Jingya Wang, Yuxin Zhang, Dengbentai, Jiwei Wang, Lizheng Shi, Qingwu Jiang
Polymorphism rs368234815 of interferon lambda 4 gene and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus in haemodialysis patients: a case-control study
Alicja E. Grzegorzewska, Adrianna Mostowska, Monika K. Świderska, Wojciech Marcinkowski, Ireneusz Stolarek, Marek Figlerowicz, Paweł P. Jagodziński
Scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy by Rickettsia slovaca after Dermacentor marginatus tick bite case report: multidisciplinary approach to a tick-borne disease
Giulia Barlozzari, Federico Romiti, Maurizio Zini, Adele Magliano, Claudio De Liberato, Franco Corrias, Guglielmo Capponi, Luisa Galli, Manuela Scarpulla, Carlotta Montagnani
Epidemiological survey and screening strategy for dengue virus in blood donors from Yunnan Province
Ling Li, Ying Li, Shaofang Lu, Jing Dong, Haixia Xu, Qian Zhang, Rong Weng, Yundi Yin, Rui He, Peng Fang, Hua Shi, Yinghan Yu, Ji Wu, Zhong Liu, John R. Hess
Incidence, healthcare-seeking behaviours, antibiotic use and natural history of common infection syndromes in England: results from the Bug Watch community cohort study
Catherine M. Smith, Laura J. Shallcross, Peter Dutey-Magni, Anne Conolly, Christopher Fuller, Suzanne Hill, Arnoupe Jhass, Franziska Marcheselli, Susan Michie, Jennifer S. Mindell, Matthew J. Ridd, Georgios Tsakos, Andrew C. Hayward, Ellen B. Fragaszy, Niall Anderson, Lou Atkins, Anne Conolly, Elise Crayton, Spiros Denaxas, Peter Dutey-Magni, Nadia Elsay, Gillian Forbes, Ellen Fragaszy, Nick Freemantle, Christopher Fuller, Martin Gill, Andrew C. Hayward, Rob Horne, Arnoupe Jhass, Patty Kostkova, Fabiana Lorencatto, Susan Michie, Jennifer S. Mindell, Michelle Richardson, John Robson, Patrick Rockenschaub, Claire Royston, Laura J. Shallcross, Catherine M. Smith, Elizabeth Sutton, James Thomas, Carolyn Tarrant, Rosanna Traina, Emma Richardson, Jonathan West, Haydn Williams
Comparing tuberculosis gene signatures in malnourished individuals using the TBSignatureProfiler
W. Evan Johnson, Aubrey Odom, Chelsie Cintron, Mutharaj Muthaiah, Selby Knudsen, Noyal Joseph, Senbagavalli Babu, Subitha Lakshminarayanan, David F. Jenkins, Yue Zhao, Ethel Nankya, C. Robert Horsburgh, Gautam Roy, Jerrold Ellner, Sonali Sarkar, Padmini Salgame, Natasha S. Hochberg
Genetic characterization of G12P[6] and G12P[8] rotavirus strains collected in six African countries between 2010 and 2014
Kebareng G. Rakau, Martin M. Nyaga, Maemu P. Gededzha, Jason M. Mwenda, M. Jeffrey Mphahlele, L. Mapaseka Seheri, A. Duncan Steele
High prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni CC21 and CC257 clonal complexes in children with gastroenteritis in Tehran, Iran
Mahnaz Sarhangi, Bita Bakhshi, Shahin Najar Peeraeyeh
Multiple drug resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Shigella isolated from diarrhoeic children at Kapsabet County referral hospital, Kenya
Ongwae H. Zachariah, Mwamburi A. Lizzy, Kakai Rose, Mutuku M. Angela
A rare case of adult herpes simplex encephalitis complicated with rhabdomyolysis
Qinwei Yu, Chao Han, Lei Pei, Jinsha Huang, Yan Xu, Tao Wang
Restricted TcR β chain CDR3 clonotype is associated with resolved acute hepatitis B subjects
Dangsheng Xiao, Ju Wang, Zhitao Chen, Xiuyuan Jin, Yirui Xie, Dong Yan, Jiezuan Yang
Pharmacodynamics of efavirenz 400 mg in treatment-naïve Chinese HIV-infected patients in a prospective cohort study
Ling Xu, Wenxiu Peng, Xiaojing Song, Yanling Li, Yang Han, Ting Zhu, Qiang Fu, Xiaoli Du, Wei Cao, Taisheng Li
Identification of risk factors for in-hospital death of COVID - 19 pneumonia -- lessions from the early outbreak
Zhigang Wang, Zhiqiang Wang
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may be safe for COVID-19 patients
Wenjun Wang, Xiaohui Zhao, Wei Wei, Weiwang Fan, Kai Gao, Shengxiu He, Xijing Zhuang
Correction to: Implementation and evaluation of a care bundle for prevention of non-ventilator associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (nvHAP) – a mixed-methods study protocol for a hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial
Aline Wolfensberger, Lauren Clack, Stefanie von Felten, Katharina Kusejko, Mirjam Faes Hesse, Werner Jakob, Dirk Saleschus, Marie-Theres Meier, Roger Kouyos, Leonhard Held, Hugo Sax
Acute cardiovascular events in patients with community acquired pneumonia: results from the observational prospective FADOI-ICECAP study
Filippo Pieralli, Vieri Vannucchi, Carlo Nozzoli, Giuseppe Augello, Francesco Dentali, Giulia De Marzi, Generoso Uomo, Filippo Risaliti, Laura Morbidoni, Antonino Mazzone, Claudio Santini, Daniela Tirotta, Francesco Corradi, Riccardo Gerloni, Paola Gnerre, Gualberto Gussoni, Antonella Valerio, Mauro Campanini, Dario Manfellotto, Andrea Fontanella, T. Attardo, G. Augello, F. Dentali, L. Tavecchia, V. Gessi, F. Pieralli, G. De Marzi, A. Torrigiani, L. Corbo, G. Uomo, F. Gallucci, C. Mastrobuoni, F. Risaliti, A. Giani, L. Morbidoni, Consalvo Teodora, A. Mazzone, E. Ricchiuti, C. Santini, A. Rosato, D. Tirotta, L. Giampaolo, F. Corradi, A. Torrigiani, S. Di Gregorio, R. Gerloni, L. Parodi, P. Gnerre, V. Vannucchi, F. Pallini, G. Landini, P. Giuri, G. Prampolini, D. Arioli, M. C. Leone, C. Canale, F. Condemi, R. Lupica, F. Manzola, R. Mascianà, G. Agnelli, C. Becattini, E. D’Agostini, M. G. Mosconi, G. Bogliari, A. Rossi, M. Campanini, G. Iannantuoni, L. Bartolino, A. Montagnani, V. Verdiani, M. Gambacorta, S. Lenti, S. Francioni, M. Giorgi-Pierfranceschi, C. Cattabiani, F. Orlandini, L. Scuotri, M. La Regina, F. Corsini, L. Anastasio, N. Mumoli, V. Mazzi, A. Camaiti, G. Balbi, F. Ragazzo, M. Pengo
Immunogenicity and safety of a live herpes zoster vaccine in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
June Young Chun, Kichun Kim, Min Kyeong Lee, Chang Kyung Kang, Youngil Koh, Dong-Yeop Shin, Junshik Hong, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Nam Joong Kim, Sung-Soo Yoon, Wan Beom Park, Inho Kim, Myoung-don Oh
Point-of-care p24 antigen detection for early infant diagnosis of HIV infection: cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in Zambia
Catherine G. Sutcliffe, Jane Mutanga, Nkumbula Moyo, Abhishek K. Agarwal, Jessica L. Schue, Mutinta Hamahuwa, Kara M. Palamountain, Mark J. Fisher, Robert Elghanian, Philip E. Thuma, William J. Moss
Correction to: Clinical characteristics of 14 COVID-19 deaths in Tianmen, China: a single-center retrospective study
Jijia Hu, Yingang Zhang, Wei Wang, Zhihe Tao, Juan Tian, Ning Shao, Nian Liu, Hui Wei, Hao Huang
Examining Australian public perceptions and behaviors towards a future COVID-19 vaccine
Holly Seale, Anita E. Heywood, Julie Leask, Meru Sheel, David N. Durrheim, Katarzyna Bolsewicz, Rajneesh Kaur
Severe Candida glabrata pancolitis and fatal Aspergillus fumigatus pulmonary infection in the setting of bone marrow aplasia after CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy – a case report
Kai Rejeski, Wolfgang G. Kunz, Martina Rudelius, Veit Bücklein, Viktoria Blumenberg, Christian Schmidt, Philipp Karschnia, Florian Schöberl, Konstantin Dimitriadis, Louisa von Baumgarten, Joachim Stemmler, Oliver Weigert, Martin Dreyling, Michael von Bergwelt-Baildon, Marion Subklewe
Pure SARS-CoV-2 related AVDS (Acute Vascular Distress Syndrome)
Vincent Jounieaux, Damien Basille, Osama Abou-Arab, Marie-Pierre Guillaumont, Claire Andrejak, Yazine Mahjoub, Daniel Oscar Rodenstein
Integrating Xpert MTB/RIF for TB diagnosis in the private sector: evidence from large-scale pilots in Patna and Mumbai, India
Sarang Deo, Pankaj Jindal, Sirisha Papineni
Continuous hypergammaglobulinemia and proteinuria after the recovery of the visceral Leishmaniasis: a case report
Linfeng Zou, Gang Chen, Yangzhong Zhou, Wei Ye, Yubin Wen, Limeng Chen, Xuemei Li
Analysis of virulence factors and antibiotic resistance genes in group B streptococcus from clinical samples
Raymond Mudzana, Rooyen T. Mavenyengwa, Muchaneta Gudza-Mugabe
Clinical characteristics of refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children treated with glucocorticoid pulse therapy
Zhenli Zhu, Tongqiang Zhang, Wei Guo, Yaoyao Ling, Jiao Tian, Yongsheng Xu
Atypical presentations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from onset to readmission
Zhiqi Yang, Xiaofeng Chen, Ruibin Huang, Shengkai Li, Daiying Lin, Zhijian Yang, Hongfu Sun, Guorui Liu, Jinming Qiu, Yanyan Tang, Jianning Xiao, Yuting Liao, Xianheng Wu, Renhua Wu, Xiangguang Chen, Zhuozhi Dai
Population-based HIV prevalence, stigma and HIV risk among trans women in Nepal
Erin C. Wilson, Manisha Dhakal, Sanjay Sharma, Anuj Rai, Rajesh Lama, Sirish Chettri, Caitlin M. Turner, Hui Xie, Sean Arayasirikul, Jess Lin, Swagata Banik
Self-rated health among people living with HIV in Spain in 2019: a cross-sectional study
Marta Ruiz-Algueró, Victoria Hernando, Henar Marcos, Gonzalo Gutiérrez, Maria Jesus Pérez-Elías, Juan Carlos López-Bernaldo de Quirós, Federico Pulido, Miguel Górgolas, Jesus Sanz, Ines Suarez-García, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Juan Emilio Losa, Jose Luis Pérez, Maria Oliva Ladrero, Miguel Ángel Prieto, Gustavo González, Ana Izquierdo, Luis Javier Viloria, Irene López, Eva Martínez, Daniel Castrillejo, Rosa Aranguren, Maria Antonia Belmonte, I V Aranda-García, Antonio Arraiza, Asuncion Diaz, M. Egido, S. Letona, M. C. Royo, V. Asensi, E. García, J. Lobo, M. A. Meana, M. de Zárraga, P. Abad, M. Alvarez, R. Suárez del Villar, M. G. Jaume Amengual, A. Rey, A. Payeras, M. Riera, L. Vilaplana, E. Rodríguez de Castro, R. Canet, E. Colino, M. A. Cárdenas, J. L. Gómez, J. Gómez, J. F. Lluch, M. C. Fariñas, E. Martinez, M. I. García, H. Portillo, J. R. Barbera, C. Pereda, G. López, M. P. Geijo, F. Cuadra, M. Torralba, J. M. Yzusqui, M. A. Garcinuño, M. Sánchez, P. Cancelo, J. Locutura, J. A. Carro, A. Bahamonde, Y. Morán, J. Sánchez, A. Iglesias, E. M. Ferreira, M. del Valle, C. Hinojosa, P. Bachiller, A. Chocarro, D. Navarro, L. Mitjans, J. Portilla, M. J. Esteban, M. Masiá, A. Belso, J. Llenas, F. Pasquau, J. Uro, V. Chabrera, M. García, M. J. Galindo, M. Salavert, J. M. Querol, T. Labrador, C. Belenguer, J. Argente, M. J. Garcia, M. Fernández, M. N. Nogales, M. Galán, M. Medina, S. Trejo, C. Martín, C. García, I. Montes, J. A. Oteo, F. Pulido, M. Górgolas, A. Cabello, J. C. López Bernaldo de Quirós, J. Sanz, M. J. Pérez, I. Suárez-García, M. T. Fernández, J. L. Pérez, J. E. Losa, A. Fernández, C. Galera, H. Albendín, G. Alonso, D. Piñar, O. J. Martínez, A. Cano, J. Bravo, A. Arrillaga, J. A. Iribarren, J. J. Portu
Knowledge among the rural parents about the vaccinations and vaccination coverage of children in the first year of life in Papua New Guinea – analysis of data provided by Christian health services
Ewelina Gowin, Jerzy Kuzma, Danuta Januszkiewicz-Lewandowska
Seroprevalence of hepatitis c virus infection among blood donors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Eyasu Alem Lake, Robera Olana Fite, Lielt Gebreselassie Gebrekirstos, Meron Hadis Gebremedhin, Mohammed Suleiman Obsa, Kelemu Abebe Gelaw
Determinants of self-reported correct knowledge about tuberculosis transmission among men and women in Malawi: evidence from a nationwide household survey
Peter A. M. Ntenda, Razak Mussa, Steve Gowelo, Alick Sixpence, Andy Bauleni, Atusayi Simbeye, Alfred Matengeni, Ernest Matola, Godfrey Banda, Christopher C. Stanley, Susan Banda, Owen Nkoka
A case series of children and young people admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Germany with COVID-19
Jonathan Remppis, Tina Ganzenmueller, Malte Kohns Vasconcelos, Oliver Heinzel, Rupert Handgretinger, Hanna Renk
Clinical characteristics, management and health related quality of life in young to middle age adults with COVID-19
Chiara Temperoni, Stefania Grieco, Zeno Pasquini, Benedetta Canovari, Antonio Polenta, Umberto Gnudi, Roberto Montalti, Francesco Barchiesi
Etiology, clinical characteristics and coinfection status of bronchiolitis in Suzhou
Jiahong Tan, Jinfeng Wu, Wujun Jiang, Li Huang, Wei Ji, Yongdong Yan, Meijuan Wang, Xuejun Shao
Is age and not antiretroviral therapy the strongest risk factor for chronic pain in HIV-infected population?
Marcin Kowalski, Andrzej Horban, Bartosz Slomka, Karen Shahnazaryan, Witold Rongies
The use of eculizumab in Capnocytophaga canimorsus associated thrombotic microangiopathy: a case report
Magnus Holter Bjørkto, Andreas Barratt-Due, Ingvild Nordøy, Christina Dörje, Eivind Galteland, Andreas Lind, Abdulkarim Hilli, Pål Aukrust, Geir Mjøen
A health worker knowledge, attitudes and practices survey of SARS-CoV-2 infection prevention and control in South Africa
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Tuberculosis (TB) in the refugee camps in Ethiopia: trends of case notification, profile, and treatment outcomes, 2014 to 2017
Tsegay Legesse, Goitom Admenur, Selemawit Gebregzabher, Eyob Woldegebriel, Bexabeh Fantahun, Yemane Tsegay, Abeyot Bayssa, Berihu Darge, Yidnekachew Denbu, Hayelom Michalel, Kibebew Abera, Abraham Alemayeh, Dejene Kebede, Desta Kasa
Characteristics and prognostic factors of COVID-19 among infected cases: a nationwide Tunisian analysis
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Clinical characteristics of hospitalized mild/moderate COVID-19 patients with a prolonged negative conversion time of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection
Ya Yang, Xiaogang Hu, Lirong Xiong, Peishu Fu, Wei Feng, Wei Li, Liwen Zhang, Fengjun Sun
Genomic and clinical characterisation of multidrug-resistant carbapenemase-producing ST231 and ST16 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates colonising patients at Siriraj hospital, Bangkok, Thailand from 2015 to 2017
Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Elita Jauneikaite, Lauren M. Brinkac, Chris Greco, Kanokorn Lerdlamyong, Teerawit Tangkoskul, Kevin Nguyen, Visanu Thamlikitkul, Derrick E. Fouts
Factors associated with delayed presentation to healthcare facilities for Lassa fever cases, Nigeria 2019: a retrospective cohort study
Nastassya L. Chandra, Hikaru Bolt, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Oladipupo Ipadeola, Elsie Ilori, Geoffrey Namara, Adebola T. Olayinka, Winifred Ukponu, Akanimo Iniobong, Michael Amedu, Adejoke Akano, Kachikwulu O. Akabike, Uwaifiokun Okhuarobo, Stephen Fagbemi, Emeka Sampson, Sophie Newitt, Neville Q. Verlander, Daniel G. Bausch, Olivier le Polain de Waroux, Chikwe Ihekweazu
Seroepidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infection in rural and semi-rural areas of the Littoral region of Cameroon
Henshaw Mandi, Bekolo Cavin Epie, Agnes Eyoh, Sindhiya Jan, Sue Ann Costa Clemens, Ralf Clemens, Solomon Yimer
Low practice of malaria prevention among migrants and seasonal farmworkers in Metema and west Armacheho districts, Northwest Ethiopia
Getu Debalkie Demissie, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Sintayehu Daba Wami, Malede Mequanent Sisay, Destaw Fetene, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye
A cross-sectional study of the epidemic situation on COVID-19 in Gansu Province, China – a big data analysis of the national health information platform
Xuanchen Yan, Jianjian Wang, Jingwen Yao, Janne Estill, Shouyuan Wu, Jie Lu, Baoping Liang, Hongmin Li, Shengxin Tao, Huanli Bai, Hongliang Liu, Yaolong Chen
High body mass index is a significant risk factor for the progression and prognosis of imported COVID-19: a multicenter, retrospective cohort study
Huan Cai, Lisha Yang, Yingfeng Lu, Shanyan Zhang, Chanyuan Ye, Xiaoli Zhang, Guodong Yu, Jueqing Gu, Jiangshan Lian, Shaorui Hao, Jianhua Hu, Yimin Zhang, Ciliang Jin, Jifang Sheng, Yida Yang, Hongyu Jia
An easy-to-use nomogram for predicting in-hospital mortality risk in COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study in a university hospital
Hazal Cansu Acar, Günay Can, Rıdvan Karaali, Şermin Börekçi, İlker İnanç Balkan, Bilun Gemicioğlu, Dildar Konukoğlu, Ethem Erginöz, Mehmet Sarper Erdoğan, Fehmi Tabak
Infection pattern, case fatality rate and spread of Lassa virus in Nigeria
Clement Ameh Yaro, Ezekiel Kogi, Kenneth Nnamdi Opara, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Roua S. Baty, Ashraf Albrakati, Farag M. A. Altalbawy, Innocent Utenwojo Etuh, James Paul Oni
Consistent use of lipid lowering therapy in HIV infection is associated with low mortality
Henning Drechsler, Colby Ayers, James Cutrell, Reuben Arasaratnam, Roger Bedimo
Prosthetic hip joint infection by Bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy following intravesical instillation for bladder cancer identified using whole-genome sequencing: a case report
Michael Riste, Pretin Davda, E. Grace Smith, David H. Wyllie, Martin Dedicoat, Simantini Jog, Steven Laird, Gerald Langman, Neil Jenkins, Jonathan Stevenson, Matthew K. O’Shea
Broad range detection of viral and bacterial pathogens in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of children to identify the cause of lower respiratory tract infections
Heping Wang, Jiali Gu, Xiaonan Li, Christa E. van der Gaast-de Jongh, Wenjian Wang, Xuehui He, Zhi Xu, Yonghong Yang, Ronald de Groot, Marien I. de Jonge, Yuejie Zheng
The monitoring of vancomycin: a systematic review and meta-analyses of area under the concentration-time curve-guided dosing and trough-guided dosing
Moeko Tsutsuura, Hiromu Moriyama, Nana Kojima, Yuki Mizukami, Sho Tashiro, Sumika Osa, Yuki Enoki, Kazuaki Taguchi, Kazutaka Oda, Satoshi Fujii, Yoshiko Takahashi, Yukihiro Hamada, Toshimi Kimura, Yoshio Takesue, Kazuaki Matsumoto
A case report of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus mitis in a healthy adult
Xiang Chen, Ying Ying Gong, Li Zhang
Clinical characteristics of inpatients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Sichuan province
Wen Wang, Lei Chen, Qiao He, Mingqi Wang, Mei Liu, Taibing Deng, Xiaoju Deng, Jianrong Yang, Ou Jiang, Rongmei Li, Bo Long, Gang Mai, Wenhui Huan, Wenquan Li, Xin Jiang, Zeqiang Wen, Yongjun Chen, Wanzhi Fu, Zhiling Long, Fanxin Zeng, Yan Chen, Yihua Du, Juan Tang, Xin Sun, Weimin Li
Differences of blood cells, lymphocyte subsets and cytokines in COVID-19 patients with different clinical stages: a network meta-analysis
Wu Yan, Danrong Chen, Francis Manyori Bigambo, Hongcheng Wei, Xu Wang, Yankai Xia
The association between clinical laboratory data and chest CT findings explains disease severity in a large Italian cohort of COVID-19 patients
Simone Canovi, Giulia Besutti, Efrem Bonelli, Valentina Iotti, Marta Ottone, Laura Albertazzi, Alessandro Zerbini, Pierpaolo Pattacini, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Rossana Colla, Tommaso Fasano, Massimo Costantini, Roberto Grilli, Massimiliano Marino, Giulio Formoso, Debora Formisano, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Emanuela Bedeschi, Cinzia Perilli, Elisabetta La Rosa, Eufemia Bisaccia, Ivano Venturi, Massimo Vicentini, Cinzia Campari, Francesco Gioia, Serena Broccoli, Marta Ottone, Pierpaolo Pattacini, Giulia Besutti, Valentina Iotti, Lucia Spaggiari, Pamela Mancuso, Andrea Nitrosi, Marco Foracchia, Rossana Colla, Alessandro Zerbini, Marco Massari, Anna Maria Ferrari, Mirco Pinotti, Nicola Facciolongo, Ivana Lattuada, Laura Trabucco, Stefano De Pietri, Giorgio Francesco Danelli, Laura Albertazzi, Enrica Bellesia, Simone Canovi, Mattia Corradini, Tommaso Fasano, Elena Magnani, Annalisa Pilia, Alessandra Polese, Silvia Storchi Incerti, Piera Zaldini, Efrem Bonelli, Bonanno Orsola, Matteo Revelli, Carlo Salvarani, Carmine Pinto, Francesco Venturelli
Renal dysfunction and prognosis of COVID-19 patients: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study
Hui-Xian Xiang, Jun Fei, Ying Xiang, Zheng Xu, Ling Zheng, Xiu-Yong Li, Lin Fu, Hui Zhao
Multiple antimicrobial resistance and outcomes among hospitalized patients with complicated urinary tract infections in the US, 2013–2018: a retrospective cohort study
Marya D. Zilberberg, Brian H. Nathanson, Kate Sulham, Andrew F. Shorr
HIV drug resistance and HIV transmission risk factors among newly diagnosed individuals in Southwest China
Xianwu Pang, Kailing Tang, Qin He, Jinghua Huang, Ningye Fang, Xinjuan Zhou, Qiuying Zhu, Xiuling Wu, Zhiyong Shen, Shujia Liang
Clinical impact of respiratory syncytial virus infection on children hospitalized for pertussis
Ruimu Zhang, Jikui Deng
Detection of Nipah virus in Pteropus medius in 2019 outbreak from Ernakulam district, Kerala, India
A. B. Sudeep, Pragya D. Yadav, Mangesh D. Gokhale, R. Balasubramanian, Nivedita Gupta, Anita Shete, Rajlaxmi Jain, Savita Patil, Rima R. Sahay, Dimpal A. Nyayanit, Sanjay Gopale, Prachi G. Pardeshi, Triparna D. Majumdar, Dilip R. Patil, A. P. Sugunan, Devendra T. Mourya
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients in Tokyo: a single-center observational study from the first wave
Aya Banno, Toru Hifumi, Hiroshi Okamoto, Minori Masaki, Koichiro Seki, Shutaro Isokawa, Norio Otani, Kuniyoshi Hayashi, Shinichi Ishimatsu
Spatial transmission network construction of influenza-like illness using dynamic Bayesian network and vector-autoregressive moving average model
Jianqing Qiu, Huimin Wang, Lin Hu, Changhong Yang, Tao Zhang
A comparative study of multimodal magnetic resonance in the differential diagnosis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome related primary central nervous system lymphoma and infection
Jingjing Li, Ming Xue, Shuo Yan, Chunshuang Guan, Ruming Xie, Budong Chen
Molecular characterization of the viral structural protein genes in the first outbreak of dengue virus type 2 in Hunan Province, inland China in 2018
Jiaoqiong Guan, Zhanlong He, Meng Qin, Xialin Deng, Jun Chen, Suqin Duan, Xiaojun Gao, Yue Pan, Junying Chen, Yaping Yang, Shijun Feng, Qiangming Sun
Evaluation of patients with respiratory infections during the first pandemic wave in Germany: characteristics of COVID-19 versus non-COVID-19 patients
Nicola Fink, Johannes Rueckel, Sophia Kaestle, Vincent Schwarze, Eva Gresser, Boj Hoppe, Jan Rudolph, Sophia Goller, Wolfgang G. Kunz, Jens Ricke, Bastian O. Sabel
Emerging human alveolar echinococcosis in Hungary (2003–2018): a retrospective case series analysis from a multi-centre study
Balázs Dezsényi, Zsolt Dubóczki, Tamás Strausz, Eszter Csulak, Veronika Czoma, Zsolt Káposztás, Mária Fehérvári, Áron Somorácz, András Csilek, Attila Oláh, Kálmán Almási, Attila Patonai, Dénes Görög, Zoltán Széll, Zoltán Tolnai, Tamás Sréter, József Danka, Herbert Auer, Beate Grüner, Thomas F. E. Barth, Adriano Casulli
Incidence and risk factors of COVID-19-like symptoms in the French general population during the lockdown period: a multi-cohort study
Fabrice Carrat, Mathilde Touvier, Gianluca Severi, Laurence Meyer, Florence Jusot, Nathanael Lapidus, Delphine Rahib, Nathalie Lydié, Marie-Aline Charles, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Alexandra Rouquette, Xavier de Lamballerie, Marie Zins, Nathalie Bajos, Nathalie Bajos, Fabrice Carrat, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Marie-Aline Charles, Florence Jusot, Claude Martin, Laurence Meyer, Ariane Pailhé, Gianluca Severi, Alexis Spire, Mathilde Touvier, Marie Zins
Anemia predicts poor outcomes of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients: a prospective study in Iran
Masood Faghih Dinevari, Mohammad Hossein Somi, Elham Sadeghi Majd, Mahdieh Abbasalizad Farhangi, Zeinab Nikniaz
Maximal diameter of liver abscess independently predicts prolonged hospitalization and poor prognosis in patients with pyogenic liver abscess
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How aware are swingers about their swing sex partners’ risk behaviours, and sexually transmitted infection status?
Anne-Marie Niekamp, Laura W. L. Spauwen, Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe
Impact of delays to incubation and storage temperature on blood culture results: a multi-centre study
Clare L. Ling, Tamalee Roberts, Sona Soeng, Tomas-Paul Cusack, David A. B. Dance, Sue J. Lee, Thomas A. N. Reed, Pattaraporn Hinfonthong, Somsavanh Sihalath, Amphone Sengduangphachanh, Wanitda Watthanaworawit, Tri Wangrangsimakul, Paul N. Newton, Francois H. Nosten, Paul Turner, Elizabeth A. Ashley
Impact of rifampicin dose in bone and joint prosthetic device infections due to Staphylococcus spp: a retrospective single-center study in France
M. Tonnelier, A. Bouras, C. Joseph, Y. El Samad, B. Brunschweiler, J.-L. Schmit, C. Mabille, J-P Lanoix
Renin-angiotensin system modulators and other risk factors in COVID-19 patients with hypertension: a Korean perspective
Hee-Sung Kim, Minseok Kang, Gilwon Kang
Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 complicated with pleural effusion
Na Zhan, Yingyun Guo, Shan Tian, Binglu Huang, Xiaoli Tian, Jinjing Zou, Qiutang Xiong, Dongling Tang, Liang Zhang, Weiguo Dong
Tuberculosis diagnosis cascade in Blantyre, Malawi: a prospective cohort study
Helena R. A. Feasey, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Marriott Nliwasa, Luke Mair, Titus H. Divala, Wala Kamchedzera, Mc Ewen Khundi, Helen E. D. Burchett, Emily L. Webb, Hendramoorthy Maheswaran, S. Bertel Squire, Peter MacPherson
Neurologic sequelae of severe chikungunya infection in the first 6 months of life: a prospective cohort study 24-months post-infection
Roelof van Ewijk, Minke H. W. Huibers, Meindert E. Manshande, Ginette M. Ecury-Goossen, Ashley J. Duits, Job C. Calis, Aleid G. van Wassenaer-Leemhuis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa device associated – healthcare associated infections and its multidrug resistance at intensive care unit of University Hospital: polish, 8.5-year, prospective, single-centre study
Agnieszka Litwin, Stanislaw Rojek, Waldemar Gozdzik, Wieslawa Duszynska
A comparison of two multiplex-PCR assays for the diagnosis of traveller’s diarrhoea
Frieder Schaumburg, Neele Froböse, Robin Köck
Comparing mortality between positive and negative blood culture results: an inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis of a multicenter cohort
Aibo Liu, Chia-Hung Yo, Lu Nie, Hua Yu, Kuihai Wu, Hoi Sin Tong, Tzu-Chun Hsu, Wan-Ting Hsu, Chien-Chang Lee
Refining MDR-TB treatment regimens for ultra short therapy (TB-TRUST): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Taoping Weng, Feng Sun, Yang Li, Jiazhen Chen, Xinchang Chen, Rong Li, Shijia Ge, Yanlin Zhao, Wenhong Zhang
SARS-CoV-2 RNA in plasma samples of COVID-19 affected individuals: a cross-sectional proof-of-concept study
Luna Colagrossi, Maria Antonello, Silvia Renica, Marco Merli, Elisa Matarazzo, Giovanna Travi, Marta Vecchi, Jacopo Colombo, Antonio Muscatello, Giacomo Grasselli, Silvia Nerini Molteni, Vittorio Scaravilli, Emanuele Cattaneo, Diana Fanti, Chiara Vismara, Alessandra Bandera, Andrea Gori, Massimo Puoti, Valeria Cento, Claudia Alteri, Carlo Federico Perno
Correction to: Pharmacodynamics of efavirenz 400 mg in treatment-naïve Chinese HIV-infected patients in a prospective cohort study
Ling Xu, Wenxiu Peng, Xiaojing Song, Yanling Li, Yang Han, Ting Zhu, Qiang Fu, Xiaoli Du, Wei Cao, Taisheng Li
Endemic chikungunya fever in Kenyan children: a prospective cohort study
Doris K. Nyamwaya, Mark Otiende, Donwilliams O. Omuoyo, George Githinji, Henry K. Karanja, John N. Gitonga, Zaydah R. de Laurent, James R. Otieno, Rosemary Sang, Everlyn Kamau, Stanley Cheruiyot, Edward Otieno, Charles N. Agoti, Philip Bejon, Samuel M. Thumbi, George M. Warimwe
Stringent thresholds in SARS-CoV-2 IgG assays lead to under-detection of mild infections
David W. Eyre, Sheila F. Lumley, Denise O’Donnell, Nicole E. Stoesser, Philippa C. Matthews, Alison Howarth, Stephanie B. Hatch, Brian D. Marsden, Stuart Cox, Tim James, Richard J. Cornall, David I. Stuart, Gavin Screaton, Daniel Ebner, Derrick W. Crook, Christopher P. Conlon, Katie Jeffery, Timothy M. Walker, Timothy E. A. Peto
Latent Toxoplasma gondii infections are associated with elevated biomarkers of inflammation and vascular injury
Andrey I. Egorov, Reagan R. Converse, Shannon M. Griffin, Jennifer N. Styles, Elizabeth Sams, Edward Hudgens, Timothy J. Wade
Clinical manifestations, laboratory markers, and renal ultrasonographic examinations in 1-month to 12-year-old Iranian children with pyelonephritis: a six-year cross-sectional retrospective study
Daryoosh Fahimi, Leila Khedmat, Azadeh Afshin, Zahra Noparast, Maryam Jafaripor, Effat Hosseinali Beigi, Maryam Ghodsi, Anahita Izadi, Sayed Yousef Mojtahedi
Impact of 16S rDNA sequencing on clinical treatment decisions: a single center retrospective study
Axel Ursenbach, Frédéric Schramm, François Séverac, Yves Hansmann, Nicolas Lefebvre, Yvon Ruch, Xavier Argemi
Spatial clustering of livestock Anthrax events associated with agro-ecological zones in Kenya, 1957–2017
Leonard M. Nderitu, John Gachohi, Frederick Otieno, Eddy G. Mogoa, Mathew Muturi, Athman Mwatondo, Eric M. Osoro, Isaac Ngere, Peninah M. Munyua, Harry Oyas, Obadiah Njagi, Eric Lofgren, Thomas Marsh, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Bernard Bett, M. Kariuki Njenga
Correlation between lung infection severity and clinical laboratory indicators in patients with COVID-19: a cross-sectional study based on machine learning
Xingrui Wang, Qinglin Che, Xiaoxiao Ji, Xinyi Meng, Lang Zhang, Rongrong Jia, Hairong Lyu, Weixian Bai, Lingjie Tan, Yanjun Gao
An outbreak investigation of scrub typhus in Nepal: confirmation of local transmission
Meghnath Dhimal, Shyam Prakash Dumre, Guna Nidhi Sharma, Pratik Khanal, Kamal Ranabhat, Lalan Prasad Shah, Bibek Kumar Lal, Runa Jha, Bishnu Prasad Upadhyaya, Bhim Acharya, Sanjaya Kumar Shrestha, Silas A. Davidson, Piyada Charoensinphon, Khem B. Karki
Assessing the efficacy of two dual-active ingredients long-lasting insecticidal nets for the control of malaria transmitted by pyrethroid-resistant vectors in Benin: study protocol for a three-arm, single-blinded, parallel, cluster-randomized controlled trial
Manfred Accrombessi, Jackie Cook, Corine Ngufor, Arthur Sovi, Edouard Dangbenon, Boulais Yovogan, Hilaire Akpovi, Aurore Hounto, Charles Thickstun, Gil G. Padonou, Filemon Tokponnon, Louisa A. Messenger, Immo Kleinschmidt, Mark Rowland, Martin C. Akogbeto, Natacha Protopopoff
Correction to: Acute cardiovascular events in patients with community acquired pneumonia: results from the observational prospective FADOI-ICECAP study
Filippo Pieralli, Vieri Vannucchi, Carlo Nozzoli, Giuseppe Augello, Francesco Dentali, Giulia De Marzi, Generoso Uomo, Filippo Risaliti, Laura Morbidoni, Antonino Mazzone, Claudio Santini, Daniela Tirotta, Francesco Corradi, Riccardo Gerloni, Paola Gnerre, Gualberto Gussoni, Antonella Valerio, Mauro Campanini, Dario Manfellotto, Andrea Fontanella
Chest wall pseudotumor: a case of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection
Yutaka Shishido, Hiroshi Hamakawa, Kazuhiro Minami, Shigeo Hara, Yutaka Takahashi
Correction to: Risk conditions in children hospitalized with influenza in Norway, 2017–2019
Siri Helene Hauge, Inger Johanne Bakken, Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio, Siri Eldevik Håberg
High impact of COVID-19 outbreak in a nursing home in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France, March to April 2020
A. Bernadou, S. Bouges, M. Catroux, J. C. Rigaux, C. Laland, N. Levêque, U. Noury, S. Larrieu, S. Acef, D. Habold, F. Cazenave-Roblot, L. Filleul
Community-acquired bacteraemia in COVID-19 in comparison to influenza A and influenza B: a retrospective cohort study
Julinha M. Thelen, A. G. ( Noud) Buenen, Marjan van Apeldoorn, Heiman F. Wertheim, Mirjam H. A. Hermans, Peter C. Wever
Prevalence of comorbidity in Chinese patients with COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors
Tingxuan Yin, Yuanjun Li, Ying Ying, Zhijun Luo
Intestinal protozoa in hospitalized under-five children with diarrhoea in Nampula – a cross-sectional analysis in a low-income setting in northern Mozambique
Adilson Fernando Loforte Bauhofer, Idalécia Laurinda Carlos Cossa-Moiane, Selma Domingos Amadeu Marques, Esperança Lourenço Alberto Mabandane Guimarães, Benilde António Munlela, Elda Muianga Anapakala, Jorfélia José Chiláule, Marta Cassocera, Jerónimo Souzinho Langa, Assucênio Chissaque, Júlia Assiat Monteiro Sambo, Lena Vânia Manhique-Coutinho, Diocreciano Matias Bero, Timothy Allen Kellogg, Luzia Augusta Pires Gonçalves, Nilsa de Deus
Geospatial analysis of cholera patterns in Nigeria: findings from a cross-sectional study
Eunice Adeoti Salubi, Susan J. Elliott
Quality of life of HIV-infected individuals: insights from a study of patients in Kermanshah, Iran
Nahid Khademi, Alireza Zanganeh, Shahram Saeidi, Raziyeh Teimouri, Mehdi Khezeli, Babak Jamshidi, Tan Yigitcanlar, Yahya Salimi, Ali Almasi, Kobra Gholami Kiaee
Description of two fatal cases of melioidosis in Mexican children with acute pneumonia: case report
Gerardo Alvarez-Hernandez, Denica Cruz-Loustaunau, J. Antonio Ibarra, Adela Rascon-Alcantar, Jesús Contreras-Soto, Georgina Meza-Radilla, Alfredo G. Torres, Paulina Estrada-de los Santos
Drug susceptibility patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from adults with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and implications for a household contact preventive therapy trial
Anne-Marie Demers, Soyeon Kim, Sara McCallum, Kathleen Eisenach, Michael Hughes, Linda Naini, Alberto Mendoza-Ticona, Neeta Pradhan, Kim Narunsky, Selvamuthu Poongulali, Sharlaa Badal-Faesen, Caryn Upton, Elizabeth Smith, N. Sarita Shah, Gavin Churchyard, Amita Gupta, Anneke Hesseling, Susan Swindells
Differences in the clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in the epicenter and peripheral areas of the pandemic from China: a retrospective, large-sample, comparative analysis
Gang Wang, Feng Ming Luo, Dan Liu, Jia Sheng Liu, Ye Wang, Hong Chen, Pan Wen Tian, Tao Fan, Li Tang, He Yu, Lan Wang, Mei Feng, Zhong Ni, Bo Wang, Zhi Fang Song, Xiao Ling Wu, Hong Jun Wang, Xiang Tong, Miao Xue, Xian Ying Lei, Bo Long, Chao Jia, Jun Xiao, Juan Shang, Nian Xiong, Jian Fei Luo, Zong An Liang, Wei Min Li
Clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients out of Wuhan from China: a case control study
Hua Zhang, Feng Du, Xiao-jun Cao, Xia-long Feng, He-ping Zhang, Zheng-xia Wu, Bao-Feng Wang, Hong-juan Zhang, Rui Liu, Jian-jun Yang, Bo Ning, Kai Chen, Zhen-peng Huang
The fluid management and hemodynamic characteristics of PiCCO employed on young children with severe hand, foot, and mouth disease—a retrospective study
Fengyun Wang, Xinhua Qiang, Suhua Jiang, Jingsong Shao, Bin Fang, Lixin Zhou
Accuracy of urine flow cytometry and urine test strip in predicting relevant bacteriuria in different patient populations
Christian Gehringer, Axel Regeniter, Katharina Rentsch, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, Stefano Bassetti, Adrian Egli
The relationship between seasonality, latitude and tuberculosis notifications in Pakistan
Mohsin F. Butt, Sidra Younis, Zhenqiang Wu, Syed H. Hadi, Abdullah Latif, Adrian R. Martineau
A two-component intervention to improve hand hygiene practices and promote alcohol-based hand rub use among people who inject drugs: a mixed-methods evaluation
Salim Mezaache, Laélia Briand-Madrid, Linda Rahni, Julien Poireau, Fiona Branchu, Khafil Moudachirou, Yourine Wendzinski, Patrizia Carrieri, Perrine Roux
Partnership among hospitals to reduce healthcare associated infections: a quasi-experimental study in Brazilian ICUs
Ladjane Santos Wolmer de Melo, Maria Verônica Monteiro de Abreu, Bernuarda Roberta de Oliveira Santos, Maria das Graças Washington Casimiro Carreteiro, Maria Fernanda Aparecida Moura de Souza, Maria Carolina Andrade Lins de Albuquerque, Claudia Fernanda de Lacerda Vidal, Heloisa Ramos Lacerda
Adenovirus viremia may predict adenovirus pneumonia severity in immunocompetent children
Ruimu Zhang, Hongmei Wang, Shufeng Tian, Jikui Deng
Increased acquired protease inhibitor drug resistance mutations in minor HIV-1 quasispecies from infected patients suspected of failing on national second-line therapy in South Africa
Adetayo Emmanuel Obasa, Anoop T. Ambikan, Soham Gupta, Ujjwal Neogi, Graeme Brendon Jacobs
Monitoring HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis information seeking by combining digital and traditional data
Derek C. Johnson, Alicia L. Nobles, Theodore L. Caputi, Michael Liu, Eric C. Leas, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Davey M. Smith, John W. Ayers
Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of respiratory microbial flora in African children with HIV-associated chronic lung disease
Regina E. Abotsi, Mark P. Nicol, Grace McHugh, Victoria Simms, Andrea M. Rehman, Charmaine Barthus, Slindile Mbhele, Brewster W. Moyo, Lucky G. Ngwira, Hilda Mujuru, Beauty Makamure, Justin Mayini, Jon Ø. Odland, Rashida A. Ferrand, Felix S. Dube
Case series of acute appendicitis association with SARS-CoV-2 infection
Charlsea Prichard, Matthew Canning, Kindra McWilliam-Ross, John Birbari, William Parker, Lori Wasson, John W. Hollingsworth
Pulmonary tuberculosis screening in anti-retroviral treated adults living with HIV in Kenya
Jill K. Gersh, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Daniel Matemo, John Kinuthia, Zachary Feldman, Sylvia M. Lacourse, Jerphason Mecha, Alex J. Warr, Maureen Kamene, David J. Horne
Low Annexin A1 level in HTLV-1 infected patients is a potential biomarker for the clinical progression and diagnosis of HAM/TSP
Bárbara Brasil Santana, Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz, Rodrigo Arcoverde Cerveira, Claudia Mendonça Rodrigues, Ednelza da Silva Graça Amoras, Carlos Araújo da Costa, Maisa Silva de Sousa, Ricardo Ishak, Luiz Ricardo Goulart, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto
Initiation of hepatitis C treatment in two rural Rwandan districts: a mobile clinic approach
Innocent Kamali, Dale A. Barnhart, Françoise Nyirahabihirwe, Jean de la Paix Gakuru, Mariam Uwase, Esdras Nizeyumuremyi, Stephen Walker, Christian Mazimpaka, Jean de Dieu Gatete, Jean Damascene Makuza, Janvier Serumondo, Fredrick Kateera, Jean d’Amour Ndahimana
Distorted chemosensory perception and female sex associate with persistent smell and/or taste loss in people with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: a community based cohort study investigating clinical course and resolution of acute smell and/or taste loss in people with and without SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in London, UK
Janine Makaronidis, Chloe Firman, Cormac G. Magee, Jessica Mok, Nyaladzi Balogun, Matt Lechner, Alisia Carnemolla, Rachel L. Batterham
Comparative efficacy, safety and durability of dolutegravir relative to common core agents in treatment-naïve patients infected with HIV-1: an update on a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Katharina Nickel, Nicholas J. A. Halfpenny, Sonya J. Snedecor, Yogesh Suresh Punekar
Hepatitis C viraemic and seroprevalence and risk factors for positivity in Northwest Cambodia: a household cross-sectional serosurvey
Emily Lynch, Gregoire Falq, Chhorvy Sun, Pharm D Tek Bunchhoeung, Helena Huerga, Anne Loarec, Jean-Phillipe Dousset, Tonia Marquardt, Mickael Le Paih, David Maman
The clinical profiles and outcomes of HIV-negative cryptococcal meningitis patients in type II diabetes mellitus
Hang Li, Xiaojing Li, Lei Zhang, Wenjie Fang, Keming Zhang, Amir Arastehfar, Macit Ilkit, Dongying Hu, Xianzhen Chen, Huiwei Wang, Liyan Ling, Jianjun Lin, Bin Xu, Wanqing Liao, Weihua Pan, Qilong Zhang
Neonatal sepsis in a tertiary unit in South Africa
Dharshni Pillay, Lerusha Naidoo, Khine Swe Swe-Han, Yesholata Mahabeer
The lab-confirmed interval of COVID-19 clusters and its application in the strength evaluation of prevention and control measures
Lihong Huang, Liangmin Wei, Yue Jiang, Lijuan Lin
A multicenter analysis of the clinical microbiology and antimicrobial usage in hospitalized patients in the US with or without COVID-19
Laura Puzniak, Lyn Finelli, Kalvin C. Yu, Karri A. Bauer, Pamela Moise, Carisa De Anda, Latha Vankeepuram, Aryana Sepassi, Vikas Gupta
Effect of oxidative stress and calcium deregulation on FAM26F (CALHM6) expression during hepatitis B virus infection
Kehkshan Jabeen, Uzma Malik, Sajid Mansoor, Shaheen Shahzad, Saadia Zahid, Aneela Javed
The role of smart monitoring digital health care system based on smartphone application and personal health record platform for patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019
Jong Hun Kim, Won Suk Choi, Joon Young Song, Young Kyung Yoon, Min Ja Kim, Jang Wook Sohn
The clinical application of Filmarray respiratory panel in children especially with severe respiratory tract infections
Fen Pan, Bingjie Wang, Hong Zhang, Yingying Shi, Qi Xu
Bilateral acute renal cortical necrosis after a dog bite: case report
Simon A. Amacher, Kirstine K. Søgaard, Coralie Nkoulou, Raoul Sutter, Maja Weisser, Sandra S. Zingg, Adrian Egli, Alexa Hollinger, Martin Siegemund
Sudden neck swelling with rash as late manifestation of COVID-19: a case report
Caterina Giannitto, Cristiana Bonifacio, Susanna Esposito, Angela Ammirabile, Giuseppe Mercante, Armando De Virgilio, Giuseppe Spriano, Enrico Heffler, Ludovica Lofino, Letterio Salvatore Politi, Luca Balzarini
Hepatitis B virus infection and its associated factors among medical waste collectors at public health facilities in eastern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study
Degu Abate Mengiste, Abebe Tolera Dirbsa, Behailu Hawulte Ayele, Tewodros Tesfa Hailegiyorgis
Nationwide multicenter questionnaire surveys on countermeasures against antimicrobial resistance and infections in hospitals
Jung-ho Shin, Seiko Mizuno, Takuya Okuno, Hisashi Itoshima, Noriko Sasaki, Susumu Kunisawa, Mitsuo Kaku, Makiko Yoshida, Yoshiaki Gu, Daiichi Morii, Keigo Shibayama, Norio Ohmagari, Yuichi Imanaka
Molecular investigation of an outbreak associated with total parenteral nutrition contaminated with NDM-producing Leclercia adecarboxylata
Elvira Garza-González, Paola Bocanegra-Ibarias, Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega, Esteban González-Díaz, Jesús Silva-Sanchez, Ulises Garza-Ramos, Iván Fernando Contreras-Coronado-Tovar, José Ecil Santos-Hernández, David Gutiérrez-Bañuelos, Juan Pablo Mena-Ramirez, Saúl Ramírez-De-los-Santos, Adrián Camacho-Ortiz, Rayo Morfín-Otero
Patients with infective endocarditis and history of injection drug use in a Swedish referral hospital during 10 years
Anna Damlin, Katarina Westling
Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards Zika virus among healthcare workers in St. Kitts
Donya L. Francis, Utoomporn Wongsin, Shuo-Chen Chien, Yi-Hsin ( Elsa) Hsu, Franziska Michaela Lohmeyer, Wen-Shan Jian, Li-Fong Lin, Usman Iqbal
Sputum smear grading and associated factors among bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia
Getahun Molla Kassa, Mehari Woldemariam Merid, Atalay Goshu Muluneh, Dawit Tefera Fentie
Exploring and understanding HCV patient journeys- HEPCARE Europe project
Shannon Glaspy, Gordana Avramovic, Tina McHugh, Cristiana Oprea, Julian Surey, Irina Ianache, Juan Macías, Alistair Story, Walter Cullen, John S. Lambert
Clinical utility of cerebrospinal fluid vitamin D-binding protein as a novel biomarker for the diagnosis of viral and bacterial CNS infections
Young Jin Kim, Hương Giang Lê, Byoung-Kuk Na, Bo Gyu Kim, Youn-Kwan Jung, Mutbyul Kim, Heeyoung Kang, Min-Chul Cho
Tocilizumab improves survival in severe COVID-19 pneumonia with persistent hypoxia: a retrospective cohort study with follow-up from Mumbai, India
Yojana Gokhale, Rakshita Mehta, Uday Kulkarni, Nitin Karnik, Sushant Gokhale, Uma Sundar, Swati Chavan, Akshay Kor, Sonal Thakur, Trupti Trivedi, Naveen Kumar, Sujata Baveja, Aniket Wadal, Shaonak Kolte, Aukshan Deolankar, Sangeeta Pednekar, Lalana Kalekar, Rupal Padiyar, Charulata Londhe, Pramod Darole, Sujata Pol, Seema Bansode Gokhe, Namita Padwal, Dharmendra Pandey, Dhirendra Yadav, Anagha Joshi, Harshal Badgujar, Mayuri Trivedi, Priyanshu Shah, Prerna Bhavsar
Spatiotemporal heterogeneity and its determinants of COVID-19 transmission in typical labor export provinces of China
Li Wang, Chengdong Xu, Jinfeng Wang, Jiajun Qiao, Mingtao Yan, Qiankun Zhu
Sniffer dogs as a screening/diagnostic tool for COVID-19: a proof of concept study
Esmaeil Eskandari, Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh, Hassan Roudgari, Ramin Hamidi Farahani, Amir Nezami-Asl, Reza Laripour, Helen Aliyazdi, Arasb Dabbagh Moghaddam, Ramin Zibaseresht, Hossein Akbarialiabad, Mojtaba Yousefi Zoshk, Hamidreza Shiri, Mahdi Shiri
Antibiotic resistance in Pakistan: a systematic review of past decade
Hazrat Bilal, Muhammad Nadeem Khan, Tayyab Rehman, Muhammad Fazal Hameed, Xingyuan Yang
Evaluating the effectiveness of measures to control the novel coronavirus disease 2019 in Jilin Province, China
Qinglong Zhao, Yao Wang, Meng Yang, Meina Li, Zeyu Zhao, Xinrong Lu, Bo Shen, Bo Luan, Yifei Zhao, Bonan Cao, Laishun Yao, Benhua Zhao, Yanhua Su, Tianmu Chen
microRNA-125b-5p is a promising novel plasma biomarker for alveolar echinococcosis in patients from the southern province of Qinghai
Cao Deping, Jiang Bofan, Zhang Yaogang, Pang Mingquan
Clinical outcomes and healthcare costs of inpatients with tetanus in Korea, 2011–2019
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Risk factors for recurrent wheezing after bronchiolitis in infants: 2-year follow up in China
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Serial interval and incubation period of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Epidemiological risk factors and the geographical distribution of eight Mycobacterium species
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Preliminary review on the prevalence, proportion, geographical distribution, and characteristics of naturally acquired Plasmodium cynomolgi infection in mosquitoes, macaques, and humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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A spatiotemporal simulation study on the transmission of harmful microorganisms through connected healthcare workers in a hospital ward setting
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Phenotypic and genotypic drug sensitivity profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and associated factors in northeastern Ethiopia
Fikru Gashaw, Berhanu Erko, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen, Bazezew Yenew, Misikir Amare, Balako Gumi, Gobena Ameni
Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors and susceptibility to COVID-19 in patients with hypertension: a propensity score-matched cohort study in primary care
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Genetic testing and serological screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection in a COVID-19 outbreak in a nursing facility in Japan
Yong Chong, Naoki Tani, Hideyuki Ikematsu, Nobuto Terazawa, Hitoshi Nakashima, Nobuyuki Shimono, Koichi Akashi, Yosuke Tanaka
PCR-reverse blot hybridization assay in respiratory specimens for rapid detection and differentiation of mycobacteria in HIV-negative population
Qing Zhang, Heping Xiao, Liping Yan
Surveillance of the major pathogenic arboviruses of public health concern in Gabon, Central Africa: increased risk of West Nile virus and dengue virus infections
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Combination inhibition activity of chlorhexidine and antibiotics on multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in vitro
Fei Lin, Bin Yu, Qinghui Wang, Mingyong Yuan, Baodong Ling
Acute pancreatitis associated with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: a cohort study of 346 patients
Qinyue Guo, Jing Xu, Qindong Shi, Bin Du
Neonatal Ureaplasma parvum meningitis complicated with subdural hematoma: a case report and literature review
Canyang Zhan, Lihua Chen, Lingling Hu
Knowledge and attitude towards cutaneous leishmaniasis among rural endemic communities in Shara’b district, Taiz, southwestern Yemen
Talal H. Alharazi, Najoua Haouas, Hesham M. Al-Mekhlafi
Neonatal prophylaxis with antibiotic containing ointments does not reduce incidence of chlamydial conjunctivitis in newborns
Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz, Crystal Ukaegbu, Stephan Kohlhoff, Margaret R. Hammerschlag
Characteristics of patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and seasonal influenza at time of hospital admission: a single center comparative study
Pablo Sieber, Domenica Flury, Sabine Güsewell, Werner C. Albrich, Katia Boggian, Céline Gardiol, Matthias Schlegel, Robert Sieber, Pietro Vernazza, Philipp Kohler
Delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients with diabetes mellitus co-morbidity and its associated factors in Zhejiang Province, China
Wenhui Xiao, Dajiang Huang, Saiqiong Li, Shangcheng Zhou, Xiaolin Wei, Bin Chen, Guanyang Zou
Associations between antimicrobial susceptibility/resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in European Union/European Economic Area and patients’ gender, sexual orientation and anatomical site of infection, 2009–2016
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Close contact infection dynamics over time: insights from a second large-scale social contact survey in Flanders, Belgium, in 2010-2011
Thang Van Hoang, Pietro Coletti, Yimer Wasihun Kifle, Kim Van Kerckhove, Sarah Vercruysse, Lander Willem, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens
Community transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is associated with activity space overlap in Lima, Peru
David P. Bui, Shruthi S. Chandran, Eyal Oren, Heidi E. Brown, Robin B. Harris, Gwenan M. Knight, Louis Grandjean
Correction to: Impact of 16S rDNA sequencing on clinical treatment decisions: a single center retrospective study
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Thalamic abscess in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia successfully treated with an empiric antibiotic regime: case report and review of the literature
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Molecular characterization of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) in women in Lomé, Togo
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Risk factors for measles deaths among children during a Nationwide measles outbreak – Romania, 2016–2018
Morgane Donadel, Aurora Stanescu, Adriana Pistol, Brock Stewart, Cassandra Butu, Dragan Jankovic, Bogdan Paunescu, Laura Zimmerman
Research on the predictive effect of a combined model of ARIMA and neural networks on human brucellosis in Shanxi Province, China: a time series predictive analysis
Mengmeng Zhai, Wenhan Li, Ping Tie, Xuchun Wang, Tao Xie, Hao Ren, Zhuang Zhang, Weimei Song, Dichen Quan, Meichen Li, Limin Chen, Lixia Qiu
The utility of point-of-care urinary lipoarabinomannan testing for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study
Kim de Vasconcellos, Praksha Ramjathan, Dhivendra Singh
Improving treatment outcomes for leprosy in Pernambuco, Brazil: a qualitative study exploring the experiences and perceptions of retreatment patients and their carers
Divya Khanna, Gilles de Wildt, Luiz Antonio Miranda de Souza Duarte Filho, Mitali Bajaj, Jo Freda Lai, Esme Gardiner, Andrea Maia Fernandes de Araújo Fonseca, Antje Lindenmeyer, Patrícia Sammarco Rosa
Divergences on expected pneumonia cases during the COVID-19 epidemic in Catalonia: a time-series analysis of primary care electronic health records covering about 6 million people
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Bittersweet: infective complications of drug-induced glycosuria in patients with diabetes mellitus on SGLT2-inhibitors: two case reports
Caroline Bartolo, Victoria Hall, N. Deborah Friedman, Chloe Lanyon, Andrew Fuller, C. Orla Morrissey, Eugene Athan
Systematic review: the bioavailability of orally administered antibiotics during the initial phase of a systemic infection in non-ICU patients
Annemieke K. van den Broek, Jan M. Prins, Caroline E. Visser, Reinier M. van Hest
Fluid requirement in adult dengue haemorrhagic fever patients during the critical phase of the illness: an observational study
PMW Madanayake, AEU Jayawardena, S L Wijekoon, N Perera, JKP Wanigasuriya
Peripheral immune profile of children with Talaromyces marneffei infections: a retrospective analysis of 21 cases
Qiang Zeng, Yingkang Jin, Genquan Yin, Diyuan Yang, Wenyan Li, Tingting Shi, Gen Lu, Li Huang, Huifeng Fan
Clinical false positives resulting from recent intravenous immunoglobulin therapy: case report
Janarthanee Suresh, Barry D. Kyle
Institutional outbreak involving multiple clades of IMP-producing Enterobacter cloacae complex sequence type 78 at a cancer center in Tokyo, Japan
Sohei Harada, Kotaro Aoki, Daisuke Ohkushi, Koh Okamoto, Kazumi Takehana, Tomomi Akatsuchi, Keito Ida, Daigo Shoji, Yoshikazu Ishii, Yohei Doi, Kyoji Moriya, Brian Hayama
Physical disabilities caused by leprosy in 100 million cohort in Brazil
Mauro Niskier Sanchez, Joilda Silva Nery, Júlia Moreira Pescarini, André Alves Mendes, Maria Yury Ichihara, Camila Silveira Silva Teixeira, Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna, Liam Smeeth, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, Maurício Lima Barreto, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Gerson Oliveira Penna
Influenza and other respiratory viral infections associated with absence from school among schoolchildren in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: a cohort study
Jonathan M. Read, Shanta Zimmer, Charles Vukotich Jr, Mary Lou Schweizer, David Galloway, Carrie Lingle, Gaby Yearwood, Patti Calderone, Eva Noble, Talia Quadelacy, Kyra Grantz, Charles Rinaldo, Hongjiang Gao, Jeanette Rainey, Amra Uzicanin, Derek A. T. Cummings
Risk factors for mortality among patients diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Uganda- a case-control study
Enock Kizito, Joseph Musaazi, Kenneth Mutesasira, Fred Twinomugisha, Helen Namwanje, Timothy Kiyemba, Debora B. Freitas Lopez, Nicholas Sebuliba Nicholas, Abel Nkolo, Estella Birabwa, Seyoum Dejene, Stella Zawedde-Muyanja
Relationship between neighborhood census-tract level socioeconomic status and respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations in U.S. adults, 2015–2017
Jenna E. Holmen, Lindsay Kim, Bryanna Cikesh, Pam Daily Kirley, Shua J. Chai, Nancy M. Bennett, Christina B. Felsen, Patricia Ryan, Maya Monroe, Evan J. Anderson, Kyle P. Openo, Kathryn Como-Sabetti, Erica Bye, H. Keipp Talbot, William Schaffner, Alison Muse, Grant R. Barney, Michael Whitaker, Jennifer Ahern, Christopher Rowe, Gayle Langley, Art Reingold
Hepatic expression of cholesterol regulating genes favour increased circulating low-density lipoprotein in HIV infected patients with gallstone disease: a preliminary study
Suman Mewa Kinoo, Anil A. Chuturgoon, Bugwan Singh, Savania Nagiah
Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive Escherichia coli infection in neonates from 2012 to 2019 in Xiamen, China
Jidong Lai, Yao Zhu, Lixia Tang, Xinzhu Lin
Invasive aspergillosis in solid organ transplant patients: diagnosis, prophylaxis, treatment, and assessment of response
Dionysios Neofytos, Carolina Garcia-Vidal, Frédéric Lamoth, Christoph Lichtenstern, Alessandro Perrella, Jörg Janne Vehreschild
Efficacy and safety of Levamisole treatment in clinical presentations of non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial
Amirreza Roostaei Firozabad, Zohreh Akhoundi Meybodi, Seyed Ruhollah Mousavinasab, Adeleh Sahebnasagh, Mohsen Gholinataj Jelodar, Iman Karimzadeh, Solomon Habtemariam, Fatemeh Saghafi
Subacute cerebellar ataxia following respiratory symptoms of COVID-19: a case report
Jana Werner, Ina Reichen, Michael Huber, Irene A. Abela, Michael Weller, Ilijas Jelcic
Follow-up study on serum cholesterol profiles and potential sequelae in recovered COVID-19 patients
Guiling Li, Li Du, Xiaoling Cao, Xiuqi Wei, Yao Jiang, Yuqi Lin, Vi Nguyen, Wenbin Tan, Hui Wang
Isolation and characterizations of a novel recombinant scFv antibody against exotoxin A of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Zahra Shadman, Safar Farajnia, Mohammad Pazhang, Mohammadreza Tohidkia, Leila Rahbarnia, Saeed Najavand, Sayna Toraby
Impact of acute kidney injury on survival in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a retrospective cohort study
Hankyu Jeon, Jae Heon Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Hee Jin Kim, Ra Ri Cha, Hyun Chin Cho, Jae Min Lee, Chang Yoon Ha, Hyun Jin Kim, Tae Hyo Kim, Woon Tae Jung, Ok-Jae Lee
Population aging and trends of pulmonary tuberculosis incidence in the elderly
Shi-jin Li, Yi-fan Li, Wan-mei Song, Qian-yun Zhang, Si-qi Liu, Ting-ting Xu, Qi-qi An, Jin-yue Liu, Huai-chen Li
Improved detection of microbiological pathogens: role of partner and non-governmental organizations
Michael Owusu, Bernard Nkrumah, Godfred Acheampong, Ebenezer Kofi Mensah, Abass Abdul-Karim Komei, Festus Kofi Sroda, Sambian David, Shannon Emery, Lucy Maryogo Robinson, Kwame Asante, David Opare
‘Long COVID’: persistent COVID-19 symptoms in survivors managed in Lagos State, Nigeria
Bodunrin Osikomaiya, Olufemi Erinoso, Kikelomo Ololade Wright, Aina Olufemi Odusola, Babafemi Thomas, Oluwatosin Adeyemi, Abimbola Bowale, Olusola Adejumo, Ayodeji Falana, Ismail Abdus-salam, Olusegun Ogboye, Akin Osibogun, Akin Abayomi
Measles and rubella serosusceptibity among population vaccinated with different schedules: the potential impact on measles-rubella elimination in Iran
Hana Saffar, Maryam Khalifeloo, Mohammad-Jafar Saffar, Alireza Abdollahi, Mohammad-Reza Parsaei, Gholam-Reza Ghorbani, Samaneh Salarvand, Mohsen Aarabi
Viral etiology and epidemiology of pediatric patients hospitalized for acute respiratory tract infections in Macao: a retrospective study from 2014 to 2017
Cheng Lei, Lisong Yang, Cheong Tat Lou, Fan Yang, Kin Ian SiTou, Hao Hu, King Io, Kun Tat Cheok, Baoquan Pan, Carolina Oi Lam Ung
Optimal empiric treatment for KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in critically ill patients with normal or decreased renal function using Monte Carlo simulation
Guoan Wang, Wei Yu, Yushan Cui, Qingyi Shi, Chen Huang, Yonghong Xiao
Role of interleukin 6 as a predictive factor for a severe course of Covid-19: retrospective data analysis of patients from a long-term care facility during Covid-19 outbreak
P. Sabaka, A. Koščálová, I. Straka, J. Hodosy, R. Lipták, B. Kmotorková, M. Kachlíková, A. Kušnírová
Excluded versus included patients in a randomized controlled trial of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: relevance to external validity
Vered Daitch, Mical Paul, George L. Daikos, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, Dafna Yahav, Yehuda Carmeli, Yael Dishon Benattar, Anna Skiada, Roberto Andini, Noa Eliakim-Raz, Amir Nutman, Oren Zusman, Anastasia Antoniadou, Giusi Cavezza, Amos Adler, Yaakov Dickstein, Ioannis Pavleas, Rosa Zampino, Roni Bitterman, Hiba Zayyad, Fidi Koppel, Yael Zak-Doron, Inbar Levi, Tanya Babich, Adi Turjeman, Haim Ben-Zvi, Lena E. Friberg, Johan W. Mouton, Ursula Theuretzbacher, Leonard Leibovici
Francisella tularensis human infections in a village of northwest Iran
Saber Esmaeili, Mahdi Rohani, Ahmad Ghasemi, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Simin Khayatzadeh, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Hossein Ahangari Cohan, Anders Johansson, Max Maurin, Ehsan Mostafavi
Systemic dengue infection associated with a new dengue virus type 2 introduction in Brazil – a case report
Marielton dos Passos Cunha, Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto, Shahab Zaki Pour, Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar, Fernando Pereira Frassetto, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Paulo Hilario do Nascimento Saldiva, Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto
C-reactive protein predicts complications in community-associated S. aureus bacteraemia: a cohort study
Carly L. Botheras, Steven J. Bowe, Raquel Cowan, Eugene Athan
Nutritional risk screening score as an independent predictor of nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia: a cohort study of 67,280 patients
Zhihui Chen, Hongmei Wu, Jiehong Jiang, Kun Xu, Shengchun Gao, Le Chen, Haihong Wang, Xiuyang Li
Activity of daily living upon admission is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in older patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Yu Kang, Xiang-Yang Fang, Dong Wang, Xiao-Juan Wang
Independent predictors for 90-day readmission of emergency department patients admitted with sepsis: a prospective cohort study
Peer Oscar Overgaard Stenholt, S. M. Osama Bin Abdullah, Rune Husås Sørensen, Finn Erland Nielsen
Early prediction of blood stream infection in a prospectively collected cohort
David Nestor, Hanna Andersson, Pernilla Kihlberg, Sara Olson, Ingrid Ziegler, Gunlög Rasmussen, Jan Källman, Sara Cajander, Paula Mölling, Martin Sundqvist
Cytokine measurements add value to clinical variables in predicting outcomes for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
Karen Tan, Emi Minejima, Mimi Lou, Wendy J. Mack, Paul Nieberg, Annie Wong-Beringer
Diagnostic performance of the combined nasal and throat swab in patients admitted to hospital with suspected COVID-19
Kuan Ken Lee, Dimitrios Doudesis, Daniella A. Ross, Anda Bularga, Claire L. MacKintosh, Oliver Koch, Ingolfur Johannessen, Kate Templeton, Sara Jenks, Andrew R. Chapman, Anoop S. V. Shah, Atul Anand, Meghan R. Perry, Nicholas L. Mills, Atul Anand, Kathy Harrison, Catherine Stables, Ally Hume, David Homan, Catriona Waugh, Jilly McKay, Chris Duncan, Ronnie Harkess, Michael Gray, Colan Mahaffey, Pamela Linksted, Anoop S. V. Shah, Rob Baxter, Peter Cairns, Nicola Rigglesford, Martin Egan, Nicholas L. Mills, Daniella A. Ross, Claire L. Mackintosh, Oliver Koch, Kate Templeton, Meghan R. Perry, Anda Bularga, Hannah M. M. Preston, Thomas J. McCormick, Arjuna A. Sivakumaran, Kathryn A. W. Knight, Rosie Callender, Anna K. Jamieson, Jonathan Wubetu, John P. Kelly, Zaina Sharif, Ha Bao Trung Le, Jason Yang, Arun Parajuli, Ed Whittaker, Oscar C. N. Maltby, Sarah H. Goodwin, Louisa R. Cary, Emma K. Watson, Thomas H. Clouston, Julia Guerrero Enriquez, Xin Yi Ng, Kuan Ken Lee, Andrew R. Chapman, Yvonne K. McFarlane, Kate H. Regan, Richard P. Biggers, Anoop S. V. Shah, Alistair Stewart, Alastair Thomson, Daniella Ene, Hazel Neilson, Juergen Caris, Maria McMenemy, Nazir Lone, Paul Schofield, Sophie McCall, Stephen Young, Tracey McKinley, Tracey Rapson
Response to a sexual risk reduction intervention provided in combination with hepatitis C treatment by HIV/HCV co-infected men who have sex with men: a reflexive thematic analysis
Patrizia Künzler-Heule, Katharina Fierz, Axel Jeremias Schmidt, Manuela Rasi, Jasmina Bogdanovic, Agnes Kocher, Sandra Engberg, Manuel Battegay, Christiana Nöstlinger, Andreas Lehner, Roger Kouyos, Patrick Schmid, Dominique Laurent Braun, Jan Fehr, Dunja Nicca
Respiratory microbes detected in hospitalized adults with acute respiratory infections: associations between influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus and intensive care unit admission or fatal outcome in Vietnam (2015–2017)
Phuong Thai Truong, Shinji Saito, Ikuyo Takayama, Hiroyuki Furuya, Binh Gia Nguyen, Thanh Van Do, Phuong Thu Phan, Cuong Duy Do, Co Xuan Dao, Thach The Pham, Tuan Quoc Dang, Chau Quy Ngo, Ngan Thi Le, Vuong Minh Bui, Dung Trung Le, Van Thi Tuong Vu, Thuy Thi Phuong Pham, Takeshi Arashiro, Tsutomu Kageyama, Noriko Nakajima
Differences in antibiotic and antiviral use in people with confirmed influenza: a retrospective comparison of rapid influenza PCR and multiplex respiratory virus PCR tests
Victor Au Yeung, Kiran Thapa, William Rawlinson, Andrew Georgiou, Jeffrey J. Post, Kristen Overton
Chorea as the presenting feature of acute rheumatic fever in childhood; case reports from a low-prevalence European setting
Marta Illán Ramos, Belén Sagastizabal Cardelús, Adrián García Ron, Sara Guillén Martín, Arantxa Berzosa Sánchez, José Tomás Ramos Amador
Clinical features of parainfluenza infections among young children hospitalized for acute respiratory illness in Amman, Jordan
Leigh M. Howard, Danielle A. Rankin, Andrew J. Spieker, Wenying Gu, Zaid Haddadin, Varvara Probst, Herdi Rahman, Rendie McHenry, Claudia Guevara Pulido, John V. Williams, Samir Faouri, Asem Shehabi, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, Natasha B. Halasa
Assessing the determinants of Ebola virus disease transmission in Baka Community of the Tropical Rainforest of Cameroon
Frankline Sevidzem Wirsiy, Alphonse Um Boock, Jane-Francis Tatah Kihla Akoachere
IgG and IgM antibody formation to spike and nucleocapsid proteins in COVID-19 characterized by multiplex immunoblot assays
Jyotsna Shah, Song Liu, Hari-Hara Potula, Prerna Bhargava, Iris Cruz, Denise Force, Ammar Bazerbashi, Ranjan Ramasamy
Efficacy and safety of artemisinin-based combination therapies for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in pediatrics: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Workineh Shibeshi, Getachew Alemkere, Assefa Mulu, Ephrem Engidawork
The associations of serum S100A9 with the severity and prognosis in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective cohort study
Hong-Yan Liu, Hui-Xian Xiang, Ying Xiang, Zheng Xu, Chun-Mei Feng, Jun Fei, Lin Fu, Hui Zhao
Prevalence and genotype distribution of HPV infection among 214,715 women from Southern China, 2012–2018: baseline measures prior to mass HPV vaccination
Li-pei Luo, Ping He, Qiao-tu Liu, Yang-hua Jiang, Yang-nan Zhang, Qing-zhao Li, Qiu Li, Sheng-tao Li, Fan Yang, Hua Ling, Xin-gui Dai, Zhong-yu Li, Hong-liang Chen
Haematological abnormalities in children with sickle cell disease and non-severe malaria infection in western Kenya
Paul Kosiyo, Walter Otieno, Jesse Gitaka, Elly O. Munde, Collins Ouma
Molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis against levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, bedaquiline, linezolid, clofazimine, and delamanid in southwest of China
Huiwen Zheng, Wencong He, Weiwei Jiao, Hui Xia, Lin Sun, Shengfen Wang, Jing Xiao, Xichao Ou, Yanlin Zhao, Adong Shen
Co-infection of HIV in patients with Buruli ulcer disease in Central Ghana
Yaw Ampem Amoako, Aloysius Dzigbordi Loglo, Michael Frimpong, Bernadette Agbavor, Mohammed Kabiru Abass, George Amofa, Elizabeth Ofori, Edwin Ampadu, Kingsley Asiedu, Ymkje Stienstra, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Tjip van der Werf, Richard Odame Phillips
Effect of hookworm infection and anthelmintic treatment on naturally acquired antibody responses against the GMZ2 malaria vaccine candidate and constituent antigens
Benjamin Amoani, Ben Gyan, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Emmanuel Kwasi Abu, Samuel Victor Nuvor, Precious Barnes, Tracy Sarkodie-Addo, Benjamin Ahenkorah, Christian Sewor, Duah Dwomoh, Michael Theisen, Michael Cappello, Michael D. Wilson, Bright Adu
Clinical and CT features of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 cases after two sequential negative nucleic acid testing results: a retrospective analysis
Yan Rong, Fei Wang, Jinfei Tian, Xinhua Liang, Jing Wang, Xiaoli Li, Dandan Zhang, Jing Liu, Huadong Zeng, Yang Zhou, Yi Shi
HIV voluntary counseling and testing uptake and associated factors among Ethiopian youths: evidence from the 2016 EDHS using multilevel modeling
Mamo Nigatu, Teshome Kabeta, Abonesh Taye, Merga Belina
Effects of weather-related social distancing on city-scale transmission of respiratory viruses: a retrospective cohort study
Michael L. Jackson, Gregory R. Hart, Denise J. McCulloch, Amanda Adler, Elisabeth Brandstetter, Kairsten Fay, Peter Han, Kirsten Lacombe, Jover Lee, Thomas R. Sibley, Deborah A. Nickerson, Mark J. Rieder, Lea Starita, Janet A. Englund, Trevor Bedford, Helen Chu, Michael Famulare, Helen Y. Chu, Michael Boeckh, Janet A. Englund, Michael Famulare, Barry R. Lutz, Deborah A. Nickerson, Mark J. Rieder, Lea M. Starita, Matthew Thompson, Jay Shendure, Trevor Bedford, Amanda Adler, Elisabeth Brandstetter, Jeris Bosua, Shari Cho, Chris D. Frazar, Peter D. Han, James Hadfield, Shichu Huang, Michael L. Jackson, Anahita Kiavand, Louise E. Kimball, Kirsten Lacombe, Jennifer Logue, Victoria Lyon, Kira L. Newman, Matthew Richardson, Thomas R. Sibley, Monica L. Zigman Suchsland, Caitlin Wolf
MPT64 assays for the rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Methylprednisolone or dexamethasone, which one is superior corticosteroid in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a triple-blinded randomized controlled trial
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Predictors of willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S
Bridget J. Kelly, Brian G. Southwell, Lauren A. McCormack, Carla M. Bann, Pia D. M. MacDonald, Alicia M. Frasier, Christine A. Bevc, Noel T. Brewer, Linda B. Squiers
Antibiotic prescriptions for children younger than 5 years with acute upper respiratory infections in China: a retrospective nationwide claims database study
Fengxia Xue, Baoping Xu, Adong Shen, Kunling Shen
Correction to: Comparative efficacy, safety and durability of dolutegravir relative to common core agents in treatment-naïve patients infected with HIV-1: an update on a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Katharina Nickel, Nicholas J. A. Halfpenny, Sonya J. Snedecor, Yogesh Suresh Punekar
Clinical characteristics and outcome of influenza virus infection among adults hospitalized with severe COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study from Wuhan, China
Xunliang Tong, Xiaomao Xu, Guoyue Lv, He Wang, Anqi Cheng, Dingyi Wang, Guohui Fan, Yue Zhang, Yanming Li
Informing the public health response to COVID-19: a systematic review of risk factors for disease, severity, and mortality
M. Flook, C. Jackson, E. Vasileiou, C. R. Simpson, M. D. Muckian, U. Agrawal, C. McCowan, Y. Jia, J. L. K. Murray, L. D. Ritchie, C. Robertson, S. J. Stock, X. Wang, M. E. J. Woolhouse, A. Sheikh, H. R. Stagg
Impact of COVID-19 infection on life expectancy, premature mortality, and DALY in Maharashtra, India
Guru Vasishtha, Sanjay K. Mohanty, Udaya S. Mishra, Manisha Dubey, Umakanta Sahoo
An Eschar-like souvenir from a journey to Colombia: Ecthyma gangrenosum as a differential diagnosis of tropical diseases in immunocompromised patients – a case report
Gabriela M. Wiedemann, Jochen Schneider, Mareike Verbeek, Björn Konukiewitz, Christoph D. Spinner, Henrik Einwächter, Roland M. Schmid, Kathrin Rothe
European data sources for computing burden of (potential) vaccine-preventable diseases in ageing adults
Estelle Méroc, Janeri Fröberg, Timea Almasi, Brita Askeland Winje, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Anneke Steens, Scott A. McDonald, Kaatje Bollaerts, Mirjam J. Knol
Is deployement of diagnostic test alone enough? Comprehensive package of interventions to strengthen TB laboratory network: three years of experience in Burkina Faso
Riccardo Alagna, Adjima Combary, Elisa Tagliani, Léon Tinnoga Sawadogo, Tandaogo Saouadogo, Souba Diandé, Francis Ouedraogo, Daniela Maria Cirillo
Leprosy detection rate in patients under immunosuppression for the treatment of dermatological, rheumatological, and gastroenterological diseases: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis
Daniel Holanda Barroso, Jurema Guerrieri Brandão, Elaine Silva Nascimento Andrade, Ana Clara Banhatto Correia, Danielle Costa Aquino, Ana Carolina Rios Chen, Sebastian Vernal, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo, Lícia Maria Henrique da Mota, Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro Sampaio, Patrícia Shu Kurizky, Ciro Martins Gomes
Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in African children from rural and urban communities with atopic dermatitis
Gillian O. N. Ndhlovu, Regina E. Abotsi, Adebayo O. Shittu, Shima M. Abdulgader, Dorota Jamrozy, Christopher L. Dupont, Avumile Mankahla, Mark P. Nicol, Carol Hlela, Michael E. Levin, Nonhlanhla Lunjani, Felix S. Dube
Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis among children with diarrhoea under five years admitted to Kosti teaching hospital, Kosti City, Sudan
Abdelhakam G. Tamomh, AbdElhadi M. Agena, Elham Elamin, Mohammed A. Suliman, Mohammed Elmadani, Asmaa B. Omara, Sahar A. Musa
Estimating asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in a geographic area of low disease incidence
Valeria Caturano, Barbara Manti, Fortunata Carbone, Vito Alessandro Lasorsa, Roberta Colicchio, Mario Capasso, Antonio Leonardi, Giuseppe Matarese, Tommaso Russo, Paola Salvatore
Clinical characteristics, risk factors and outcome of severe Norovirus infection in kidney transplant patients: a case-control study
Julien Gras, Moustafa Abdel-Nabey, Axelle Dupont, Jérôme Le Goff, Jean-Michel Molina, Marie Noëlle Peraldi
Clinical metagenomics assessments improve diagnosis and outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia
Fei Xie, Zhimei Duan, Weiqi Zeng, Shumei Xie, Mingzhou Xie, Han Fu, Qing Ye, Teng Xu, Lixin Xie
Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid characteristics and outcomes of invasively mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Genoa, Italy
Chiara Dentone, Antonio Vena, Maurizio Loconte, Federica Grillo, Iole Brunetti, Emanuela Barisione, Elisabetta Tedone, Sara Mora, Antonio Di Biagio, Andrea Orsi, Andrea De Maria, Laura Nicolini, Lorenzo Ball, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Laura Magnasco, Emanuele Delfino, Luca Mastracci, Rosa Mangerini, Lucia Taramasso, Chiara Sepulcri, Rachele Pincino, Martina Bavastro, Matteo Cerchiaro, Malgorzata Mikulska, Bianca Bruzzone, Giancarlo Icardi, Paolo Frisoni, Angelo Gratarola, Nicolò Patroniti, Paolo Pelosi, Matteo Bassetti
Carbon dioxide increases with face masks but remains below short-term NIOSH limits
Michelle S. M. Rhee, Carin D. Lindquist, Matthew T. Silvestrini, Amanda C. Chan, Jonathan J. Y. Ong, Vijay K. Sharma
Nationwide cross-sectional study of antimicrobial stewardship and antifungal stewardship programs in inpatient settings in Japan
Yuki Moriyama , Masahiro Ishikane, Yoshiki Kusama, Nobuaki Matsunaga, Taichi Tajima, Kayoko Hayakawa, Norio Ohmagari
Development and validation of a simple-to-use nomogram to predict the deterioration and survival of patients with COVID-19
Zhiyong Zeng, Chaohui Wu, Zhenlv Lin, Yong Ye, Shaodan Feng, Yingying Fang, Yanmei Huang, Minhua Li, Debing Du, Gongping Chen, Dezhi Kang
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Methylene blue photochemical treatment as a reliable SARS-CoV-2 plasma virus inactivation method for blood safety and convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19
Changzhong Jin, Bin Yu, Jie Zhang, Hao Wu, Xipeng Zhou, Hangping Yao, Fumin Liu, Xiangyun Lu, Linfang Cheng, Miao Jiang, Nanping Wu
Online respondent-driven detection for enhanced contact tracing of close-contact infectious diseases: benefits and barriers for public health practice
Yannick B. Helms, Nora Hamdiui, Renske Eilers, Christian Hoebe, Nicole Dukers-Muijrers, Hans van den Kerkhof, Aura Timen, Mart L. Stein
High frequency of Taenia solium antigen positivity in patients admitted for neurological disorders in the Rural Hospital of Mosango, Democratic Republic of Congo
Deby Mukendi, Jean-Roger Lilo Kalo, Pascal Lutumba, Barbara Barbé, Jan Jacobs, Cedric P. Yansouni, Sarah Gabriël, Pierre Dorny, François Chappuis, Marleen Boelaert, Andrea S. Winkler, Kristien Verdonck, Emmanuel Bottieau
Evaluation of pooling of samples for testing SARS-CoV- 2 for mass screening of COVID-19
Sally A. Mahmoud, Esra Ibrahim, Bhagyashree Thakre, Juliet G. Teddy, Preety Raheja, Subhashini Ganesan, Walid A. Zaher
Virulence genes and phylogenetic groups of uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from patients with urinary tract infection and uninfected control subjects: a case-control study
Seyedeh Elham Rezatofighi, Mahsa Mirzarazi, Mansour Salehi
Viral load and high prevalence of HR-HPV52 and 58 types in black women from rural communities
Lays Paula Bondi Volpini, Jerusa Araújo Dias, Luciana Bueno de Freitas, Maria Carmen Lopes Ferreira Silva, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, Liliana Cruz Spano
Association between the frequency of surgeries for video-assisted thoracic surgery and the incidence of consequent surgical site infections: a retrospective observational study based on national surveillance data
Toshiki Kajihara, Koji Yahara, Aki Hirabayashi, Hitomi Kurosu, Motoyuki Sugai, Keigo Shibayama
Severe pneumonia caused by Parvimonas micra: a case report
Qing Yu, Lingling Sun, Zuqing Xu, Lumei Fan, Yunbo Du
Comparison of clinical features on admission between coronavirus disease 2019 and influenza a among children: a retrospective study in China
Feng Liang, Xianfeng Wang, Jianbo Shao, Jun Chen, Lei Liu, Hui Li, Yi Xu, Liya He, Huiying Liang, Kuanrong Li, Sitang Gong, Huimin Xia
Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia in patients with rheumatic autoimmune diseases: clinical characteristics, antimicrobial resistance and factors associated with extended-spectrum β-lactamase production
Yang Liu, Yecheng Liu, Jiayuan Dai, Anlei Liu, Yi Li, Jun Xu, Xuezhong Yu, Jihai Liu, Huadong Zhu
COVID-19 in Northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina and patient’s length of hospitalization
Alma Trnacevic, Amer Mujkanovic, Noura Al-Salloum, Amra Sakusic, Emir Trnacevic, Emir Jusufovic, Fatima Hukic, Rahima Jahic, Richard Stratton
A 10-year cross-sectional retrospective study on Kawasaki disease in Iranian children: incidence, clinical manifestations, complications, and treatment patterns
Payman Sadeghi, Anahita Izadi, Sayed Yousef Mojtahedi, Leila Khedmat, Mohsen Jafari, Azadeh Afshin, Pourya Yarahmadi, Effat Hosseinali Beigi
High levels of anti-Leishmania IgG3 and low CD4+ T cells count were associated with relapses in visceral leishmaniasis
Renata Caetano Kuschnir, Leonardo Soares Pereira, Maria Rita Teixeira Dutra, Ludmila de Paula, Maria Luciana Silva-Freitas, Gabriela Corrêa-Castro, Simone da Costa Cruz Silva, Glaucia Cota, Joanna Reis Santos-Oliveira, Alda Maria Da-Cruz
The causal relationship between O2:K7:H6 extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) and native valve endocarditis: a case report
Marie-Françoise Leonard, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Nadia Boisen, Flemming Scheutz, Pierre-François Laterre, Philippe Hantson
The characteristics of laboratory tests at admission and the risk factors for adverse clinical outcomes of severe and critical COVID-19 patients
Liulin Wang, Xiaobin Cheng, Qiufen Dong, Chenliang Zhou, Yeming Wang, Bin Song, Weinan Li, Min Wang, Rui Qin, Qi Long, Juan Liu, Jing Li, Dan Li, Gang Li, Yuanming Ba
Clonal diversity and genomic characterization of Panton-valentine Leukocidin (PVL)-positive Staphylococcus aureus in Tehran, Iran
Zahra Najafi olya, Shahin Najar-Peerayeh, Abbas Yadegar, Bita Bakhshi
HPV infection and bacterial microbiota in the semen from healthy men
Heidi Tuominen, Jaana Rautava, Katja Kero, Stina Syrjänen, Maria Carmen Collado, Samuli Rautava
Antibiotic stewardship program in Pakistan: a multicenter qualitative study exploring medical doctors’ knowledge, perception and practices
Muhammad Atif, Beenish Ihsan, Iram Malik, Nafees Ahmad, Zikria Saleem, Azka Sehar, Zaheer-ud-Din Babar
Ambulatory induction phase treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV integrated primary care clinics, Yangon, Myanmar
Clare E. Warrell, Catriona Macrae, Alistair R. D. McLean, Edmund Wilkins, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Frank Smithuis, Ni Ni Tun
Changes in health-related quality of life and the associated factors among Myanmar migrants with tuberculosis: a cohort study
Myo Minn Oo, Naris Boonathapat, Htet Ko Ko Aung, Petchawan Pungrassami, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul
Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among cervical cancer suspected women at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, North-west Ethiopia
Milkias Abebe, Setegn Eshetie, Belay Tessema
Interaction analysis of statistically enriched mutations identified in Cameroon recombinant subtype CRF02_AG that can influence the development of Dolutegravir drug resistance mutations
Sello Given Mikasi, Darren Isaacs, Rumbidzai Chitongo, George Mondide Ikomey, Graeme Brendon Jacobs, Ruben Cloete
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura with brain abscess caused by Nocardia farcinica diagnosed using metagenomics next-generation sequencing of the cerebrospinal fluid: a case report
Chaojun Zhou, Kai Wang, Hanrong Li, Xiaobo Zhang
Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among tuberculosis patients, a study from a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan
Asifa Karamat, Atiqa Ambreen, Aamira Ishtiaq, Sabira Tahseen, Muhammad Aqeelur Rahman, Tehmina Mustafa
Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and treatment outcomes of patients with COVID-19 at Thailand’s university-based referral hospital
Rujipas Sirijatuphat, Yupin Suputtamongkol, Nasikarn Angkasekwinai, Navin Horthongkham, Methee Chayakulkeeree, Pinyo Rattanaumpawan, Pornpan Koomanachai, Susan Assanasen, Yong Rongrungruang, Nitipatana Chierakul, Ranistha Ratanarat, Anupop Jitmuang, Walaiporn Wangchinda, Wannee Kantakamalakul
Correction to: Predictors of willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S
Bridget J. Kelly, Brian G. Southwell, Lauren A. McCormack, Carla M. Bann, Pia D. M. MacDonald, Alicia M. Frasier, Christine A. Bevc, Noel T. Brewer, Linda B. Squiers
Diagnostic value of neutrophil CD64, procalcitonin, and interleukin-6 in sepsis: a meta-analysis
Shan Cong, Tiangang Ma, Xin Di, Chang Tian, Min Zhao, Ke Wang
Antibiotic resistance among the Lahu hill tribe people, northern Thailand: a cross-sectional study
Sophaphan Intahphuak, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Patita Kuipiaphum
The frequency of cytomegalovirus non-ELR UL146 genotypes in neonates with congenital CMV disease is comparable to strains in the background population
Christian Berg, Mette M. Rosenkilde, Thomas Benfield, Lene Nielsen, Thomas Sundelin, Hans R. Lüttichau
Resistance-associated substitutions and response to treatment in a chronic hepatitis C virus infected-patient: an unusual virological response case report
Fabián Aldunate, Natalia Echeverría, Daniela Chiodi, Pablo López, Adriana Sánchez-Cicerón, Martín Soñora, Juan Cristina, Gonzalo Moratorio, Nelia Hernández, Pilar Moreno
Asymptomatic urinary tract infections and associated risk factors in Pakistani Muslim type 2 diabetic patients
Azizul Hasan Aamir, Umar Yousuf Raja, Ali Asghar, Saeed Ahmed Mahar, Tahir Ghaffar, Ibrar Ahmed, Faisal Masood Qureshi, Jamal Zafar, Mohammad Imtiaz Hasan, Amna Riaz, Syed Abbas Raza, Irshad Ahmed Khosa, Jahanzeb Khan, Mahwish Raza, Jaffer Bin Baqar
Successful treatment by on-demand glecaprevir and pibrentasvir for hepatitis C flare during R-CHOP in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a case report
Machiko Umemura, Goki Suda, Shihori Tsukamoto, Ko Ebata, Shinjiro Takahash, Takashi Sasaki, Sae Nakajima, Koji Hirata, Mariko Ozasa, Masatoshi Takano, Masaki Katagiri, Naoya Sakamoto
Identifying risk factors for late HIV diagnosis and survival analysis of people living with HIV/AIDS in Iran (1987–2016)
Younes Mohammadi, Mohammad Mirzaei, Nasrin Shirmohammadi-Khorram, Maryam Farhadian
Projecting COVID-19 disease severity in cancer patients using purposefully-designed machine learning
Saket Navlakha, Sejal Morjaria, Rocio Perez-Johnston, Allen Zhang, Ying Taur
Developing and validating a risk algorithm to diagnose Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in symptomatic Rwandan women
Kristin M. Wall, Julien Nyombayire, Rachel Parker, Rosine Ingabire, Jean Bizimana, Jeannine Mukamuyango, Amelia Mazzei, Matt A. Price, Marie Aimee Unyuzimana, Amanda Tichacek, Susan Allen, Etienne Karita
Timeliness of contact tracing among flight passengers during the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam
Thai Quang Pham, Ngoc-Anh Hoang, Ha-Linh Quach, Khanh Cong Nguyen, Samantha Colquhoun, Stephen Lambert, Luong Huy Duong, Quang Dai Tran, Duc Anh Ha, Dinh Cong Phung, Nghia Duy Ngu, Tu Anh Tran, Quang Ngoc La, Tai Trong Nguyen, Quynh Mai Thi Le, Duong Nhu Tran, Florian Vogt, Duc-Anh Dang
Five-year microevolution of a multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain within a patient with inadequate compliance to treatment
Darío A. Fernandez Do Porto, Johana Monteserin, Josefina Campos, Ezequiel J. Sosa, Mario Matteo, Federico Serral, Noemí Yokobori, Andrés Fernández Benevento, Tomás Poklepovich, Agustín Pardo, Ingrid Wainmayer, Norberto Simboli, Florencia Castello, Roxana Paul, Marcelo Martí, Beatriz López, Adrián Turjanski, Viviana Ritacco
Causes of hospitalisation among a cohort of people with HIV from a London centre followed from 2011 to 2018
Sophia M. Rein, Fiona C. Lampe, Clinton Chaloner, Adam Stafford, Alison J. Rodger, Margaret A. Johnson, Jeffrey McDonnell, Fiona Burns, Sara Madge, Alec Miners, Lorraine Sherr, Simon Collins, Andrew Speakman, Andrew N. Phillips, Colette J. Smith
The Selvester QRS score as an estimative of myocardial injury in acute chagasic patients from the Brazilian Amazon
Katia do Nascimento Couceiro, Jessica Vanina Ortiz, Michael do Nascimento Correia, Mônica Regina Hosannah da Silva e Silva, Alba Regina Brandão, Paula Rita Leite da Silva, Susan Smith Doria, Reinaldo Bulgarelli Bestetti, Débora Raysa Teixeira de Sousa, Rubens Celso Andrade da Silva Junior, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra, João Marcos Bemfica Barbosa Ferreira, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra
Recovery of new-onset kidney disease in COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital
Nan-Hui Zhang, Yi-Chun Cheng, Ran Luo, Chun-Xiu Zhang, Shu-Wang Ge, Gang Xu
Risk factors for secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in severe coronavirus disease 2019 adult patients
Mei Meng, Limin Chen, Sheng Zhang, Xuan Dong, Wenzhe Li, Ranran Li, Yunxin Deng, Tao Wang, Yan Xu, Jiao Liu, Yanxia Huang, Yizhu Chen, Sisi Huang, Zhenliang Wen, Lidi Zhang, Hangxiang Du, Yongan Liu, Djillali Annane, Jieming Qu, Dechang Chen
Change in hepatitis C virus positivity among needle-stick injury source patients: a 10-year experience in a Japanese tertiary hospital
Kazuya Okushin, Rie Suzuki, Takeya Tsutsumi, Koh Okamoto, Kazuhiko Ikeuchi, Akira Kado, Chihiro Minatsuki, Yuka Minami-Kobayashi, Nobuhiko Satoh, Mahoko Ikeda, Sohei Harada, Kenichiro Enooku, Hidetaka Fujinaga, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Kazuhiko Koike, Kyoji Moriya
Triaging HPV-positive, cytology-negative cervical cancer screening results with extended HPV genotyping and p16INK4a immunostaining in China
Fangbin Song, Peisha Yan, Xia Huang, Chun Wang, Xinfeng Qu, Hui Du, Ruifang Wu
Management of prosthetic joint infections in France: a national audit to identify key situations requiring innovation and homogenization
Marion Le Maréchal, Zoé Cavalli, Cécile Batailler, Jean-François Gonzalez, André Ferreira, Sébastien Lustig, Tristan Ferry, Johan Courjon
The association between extreme temperature and pulmonary tuberculosis in Shandong Province, China, 2005–2016: a mixed method evaluation
Dongzhen Chen, Hua Lu, Shengyang Zhang, Jia Yin, Xuena Liu, Yixin Zhang, Bingqin Dai, Xiaomei Li, Guoyong Ding
Carnobacterium inhibens isolated in blood culture of an immunocompromised, metastatic cancer patient: a case report and literature review
Carson Ka-Lok Lo, Prameet M. Sheth
The healthcare costs of antimicrobial resistance in Lebanon: a multi-centre prospective cohort study from the payer perspective
Katia Iskandar, Christine Roques, Souheil Hallit, Rola Husni-Samaha, Natalia Dirani, Rana Rizk, Rachel Abdo, Yasmina Yared, Matta Matta, Inas Mostafa, Roula Matta, Pascale Salameh, Laurent Molinier
Analysis of enterovirus genotypes in the cerebrospinal fluid of children associated with aseptic meningitis in Liaocheng, China, from 2018 to 2019
Jing Wang, Min Meng, Huan Xu, Ting Wang, Ying Liu, Han Yan, Peiman Liu, Daogang Qin, Qiaozhi Yang
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of imported cases of COVID-19: a multicenter study
Jinjun Zhang, Shixiong Yang, Yi Xu, Xinyan Qin, Jialiang Liu, Jinjun Guo, Sijia Tian, Shaoping Wang, Kai Liao, Ying Zhang, Yu Ma, Yuguo Chen
Infant rhesus macaques as a non-human primate model of Bordetella pertussis infection
Wenwen Jiang, Chen Wei, Dachao Mou, Weilun Zuo, Jiangli Liang, Xiao Ma, Lichan Wang, Na Gao, Qin Gu, Peng Luo, Yan Ma, Jingyan Li, Shuyuan Liu, Li Shi, Mingbo Sun
Group B streptococcal colonization in elderly women
Rossella Baldan, Sara Droz, Carlo Casanova, Laura Knabben, Dorothy J. Huang, Christine Brülisauer, André B. Kind, Elke Krause, Stefanie Mauerer, Barbara Spellerberg, Parham Sendi
A 17 year experience of attrition from care among HIV infected children in Nnewi South-East Nigeria
Chinyere Ukamaka Onubogu, Ebelechuku Francesca Ugochukwu
Salivary testing of COVID-19: evaluation of serological testing following positive salivary results
Lisa Caulley, Julie Shaw, Martin Corsten, Nadia Hua, Jonathan B. Angel, Guillaume Poliquin, Jonathan Whelan, Kym Antonation, Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki
Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of adding ivermectin to treatment in severe COVID-19 patients
Nurullah Okumuş, Neşe Demirtürk, Rıza Aytaç Çetinkaya, Rahmet Güner, İsmail Yaşar Avcı, Semiha Orhan, Petek Konya, Bengü Şaylan, Ayşegül Karalezli, Levent Yamanel, Bircan Kayaaslan, Gülden Yılmaz, Ümit Savaşçı, Fatma Eser, Gürhan Taşkın
Comparative study of hospitalized children with acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus
Xinghua Liu, Wei Li, Bo Zhang, Yan Guo, Zhao Hu, Cao Peng, Xiao Lei, Qunying Luo, Qiong Zhang, Wei Deng, Juanjuan Wang, Jianqiao Tang, Yunqiao Li, Jianying Chen
Liver function following hepatitis C virus eradication by direct acting antivirals in patients with liver cirrhosis: data from the PITER cohort
Maria Giovanna Quaranta, Luigina Ferrigno, Xhimi Tata, Franca D’Angelo, Carmine Coppola, Alessia Ciancio, Serena Rita Bruno, Martina Loi, Alessia Giorgini, Marzia Margotti, Valentina Cossiga, Giuseppina Brancaccio, Marcello Dallio, Martina De Siena, Marco Cannizzaro, Luisa Cavalletto, Marco Massari, Maria Mazzitelli, Pasqualina De Leo, Diletta Laccabue, Leonardo Baiocchi, Loreta A. Kondili
Impact of antiviral treatment on long-term prognosis in non-immunocompromised patients with CMV reactivation
Ga Eun Park, Hyun Kyun Ki, Jae-Hoon Ko
A case report of atypical Kawasaki disease presented with severe elevated transaminases and literature review
Yifan Ren, Chuanxin Zhang, Xiaoqin Xu, Yu Yin
A spacer infection by Candida albicans secondary to a Staphylococcus capitis prosthetic joint infection: a case report
Marta Bottagisio, Alessandro Bidossi, Nicola Logoluso, Antonio Pellegrini, Elena De Vecchi
SARS-CoV-2 transmission in educational settings during an early summer epidemic wave in Luxembourg, 2020
Joël Mossong, Laurent Mombaerts, Lisa Veiber, Jessica Pastore, Gwenaëlle Le Coroller, Michael Schnell, Silvana Masi, Laetitia Huiart, Paul Wilmes
COVID-19: first long-term care facility outbreak in the Netherlands following cross-border introduction from Germany, March 2020
Mitch van Hensbergen, Casper D. J. den Heijer, Petra Wolffs, Volker Hackert, Henriëtte L. G. ter Waarbeek, Bas B. Oude Munnink, Reina S. Sikkema, Edou R. Heddema, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe
HLA-G polymorphism impacts the outcome of oral HPV infections in women
Anna Jaakola, Michel Roger, Marie-Claude Faucher, Kari Syrjänen, Seija Grénman, Stina Syrjänen, Karolina Louvanto
Healthcare professionals’ experiences of being observed regarding hygiene routines: the Hawthorne effect in vascular surgery
Francis Rezk, Margaretha Stenmarker, Stefan Acosta, Karoline Johansson, Malin Bengnér, Håkan Åstrand, Ann-Christine Andersson
Molecular characterization and epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 8 in Denmark
Camilla Bülow Hansen, Kurt Fuursted, Palle Valentiner-Branth, Tine Dalby, Charlotte Sværke Jørgensen, H-C Slotved
Human papillomavirus and Chlamydia trachomatis in oral and genital mucosa of women with normal and abnormal cervical cytology
J. P. Mosmann, S. Zayas, A. X. Kiguen, R. F. Venezuela, O. Rosato, C. G. Cuffini
The feasibility of modified HIV and antiretroviral drug testing using self-collected dried blood spots from men who have sex with men
Wei Luo, Vickie Sullivan, Pollyanna R. Chavez, Sarah E. Wiatrek, Maria Zlotorzynska, Amy Martin, Rebecca Rossetti, Travis Sanchez, Patrick Sullivan, Robin J. MacGowan, S. Michele Owen, Silvina Masciotra
Estimating effects of intervention measures on COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan taking account of improving diagnostic capabilities using a modelling approach
Jingbo Liang, Hsiang-Yu Yuan, Lindsey Wu, Dirk Udo Pfeiffer
Evaluating the measures taken to contain a Candida auris outbreak in a tertiary care hospital in South India: an outbreak investigational study
Dipu Thareparambil Sathyapalan, Remya Antony, Vrinda Nampoothiri, Anil Kumar, Nandita Shashindran, Jini James, Jisha Thomas, Preetha Prasanna, Akkulath Sangita Sudhir, Jeslyn Mary Philip, Fabia Edathadathil, Binny Prabhu, Sanjeev Singh, Merlin Moni
Rotavirus gastroenteritis in Pakistan, 2018: updated disease burden
Nosheen Basharat, Asma Sadiq, Muhammad Dawood, Shahid Ali, Alam Khan, Rooh Ullah, Hayat Khan, Aamir Aziz, Hamid Ali, Aamer Ali Shah, Ijaz Ali, Jadoon Khan
Impact of high dose of baricitinib in severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a prospective cohort study in Bangladesh
Md. Jahidul Hasan, Raihan Rabbani, Ahmad Mursel Anam, Shihan Mahmud Redwanul Huq, Mohammad Mufizul Islam Polash, Shahzadi Sayeeda Tun Nessa, Sitesh C. Bachar
The effect of sociodemographic factors on COVID-19 incidence of 342 cities in China: a geographically weighted regression model analysis
Huihui Zhang, Yini Liu, Fangyao Chen, Baibing Mi, Lingxia Zeng, Leilei Pei
Prevalence of cystic echinococcosis in slaughtered livestock in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Aliakbar Vaisi-Raygani, Masoud Mohammadi, Rostam Jalali, Nader Salari, Melika Hosseinian-Far
A spatial analysis of the epidemiology of HIV-infected students in Zhejiang province, China
Wanjun Chen, Jiezhe Yang, Jun Jiang, Lin He, Yun Xu, Jinlei Zheng, Jianmin Jiang, Xiaohong Pan
Self-management interventions for adolescents living with HIV: a systematic review
Talitha Crowley, Anke Rohwer
Characterizing all-cause excess mortality patterns during COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
Sushma Dahal, Juan M. Banda, Ana I. Bento, Kenji Mizumoto, Gerardo Chowell
A case of endobronchial actinomycosis as a challenging cause of lung atelectasis
Nicoletta Golfi, Roberta Mastriforti, Luca Guidelli, Raffaele Scala
Intestinal schistosomiasis masquerading as intestinal polyps
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Epidemiological characteristics of the COVID-19 spring outbreak in Quebec, Canada: a population-based study
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Association between fatality rate of COVID-19 and selenium deficiency in China
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Burden of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) - a systematic review of the epidemiology of primary and recurrent CDI
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SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive and PCR-negative cases of pneumonia admitted to the hospital during the peak of COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of in-hospital and post-hospital mortality
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A case report of endocarditis and spondylitis caused by Brucella melitensis biovar 3
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Mean platelet volume (MPV): new diagnostic indices for co-morbidity of tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus
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First case of periprosthetic joint infection due to Clostridioides difficile in China
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An emm-type specific qPCR to track bacterial load during experimental human Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis
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Genetic diversity analysis of Chinese Leishmania isolates and development of L. donovani complex-specific markers by RAPD
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Symptomatic sinus bradycardia due to electrolyte imbalances in syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) related covid-19: a case report
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Edith E. Machowski, Matebogo Letutu, Limakatso Lebina, Ziyaad Waja, Reginah Msandiwa, Minja Milovanovic, Bhavna G. Gordhan, Kennedy Otwombe, Sven O. Friedrich, Richard Chaisson, Andreas H. Diacon, Bavesh Kana, Neil Martinson
Interferon-gamma release assay levels and risk of progression to active tuberculosis: a systematic review and dose-response meta-regression analysis
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Management of insecticides for use in disease vector control: a global survey
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AIDS fighter health defense: protocol for a randomized controlled trial to test a game-based intervention to improve adolescents’ AIDS prevention ability
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Development of a bedside score to predict dengue severity
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Silent existence of eosinopenia in sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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A qualitative assessment in acceptability and barriers to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men: implications for service delivery in Vietnam
Long Hoang Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Bach Xuan Tran, Mattias Larsson, Luis E. C. Rocha, Anna Thorson, Susanne Strömdahl
Factors associated with negative pleural adenosine deaminase results in the diagnosis of childhood pleural tuberculosis
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Sociodemographic determinants and clinical risk factors associated with COVID-19 severity: a cross-sectional analysis of over 200,000 patients in Tehran, Iran
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Long -term persistence of antibodies against varicella in fully immunized healthcare workers: an Italian retrospective cohort study
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Estimating asymptomatic, undetected and total cases for the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan: a mathematical modeling study
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Confounding influences of malnutrition and Plasmodium falciparum and Schistosoma haematobium infections on haematological parameters in school children in Muyuka, Cameroon
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Longitudinal assessment of SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroconversionamong front-line healthcare workers during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic at a tertiary-care hospital in Chile
Mirentxu Iruretagoyena, Macarena R. Vial, Maria Spencer-Sandino, Pablo Gaete, Anne Peters, Iris Delgado, Inia Perez, Claudia Calderon, Lorena Porte, Paulette Legarraga, Alicia Anderson, Ximena Aguilera, Pablo Vial, Thomas Weitzel, Jose M. Munita
Rat bite fever with osteomyelitis and discitis: case report and literature review
Steven H. Adams, Rahul Mahapatra
Association of serum antibodies against the Mycobacterium avium complex and hemoptysis: a cross-sectional study
Hiroaki Ogata, Atsushi Moriwaki, Taisuke Nakagawa, Soichiro Sakoda, Akiko Ishimatsu, Kazuhito Taguchi, Hiroshi Aso, Hiroko Nogami, Masako Kadowaki, Yuko Tateshi, Makoto Yoshida
The differential demographic pattern of coronavirus disease 2019 fatality outside Hubei and from six hospitals in Hubei, China: a descriptive analysis
Qing-Bin Lu, Hai-Yang Zhang, Tian-Le Che, Han Zhao, Xi Chen, Rui Li, Wan-Li Jiang, Hao-Long Zeng, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Hui Long, Qiang Wang, Ming-Qing Wu, Michael P. Ward, Yue Chen, Zhi-Jie Zhang, Yang Yang, Li-Qun Fang, Wei Liu
Prevalence and risk factors of Mycoplasma genitalium infection in patients attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Reunion Island: a cross-sectional study (2017–2018)
Roxane Begnis, Nicolas Bouscaren, Loic Raffray, Cécile Saint Pastou Terrier, Fanny Andry, Malik Boukerrou, Yatrika Koumar, Marie-Pierre Moiton, Patrick Gerardin, Antoine Bertolotti
Effectiveness of sepsis bundle application and outcomes predictors to cirrhotic patients with septic shock
Yong-Ye Yang, Yin-Chou Hsu
Successful treatment of a patient with recurrent infection of Chromobacterium violaceum
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Transmission dynamics and control of two epidemic waves of SARS-CoV-2 in South Korea
Sukhyun Ryu, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Eunbi Noh, Dasom Kim, Eric H. Y. Lau, Benjamin J. Cowling
Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding tuberculosis amongst healthcare workers in Moyen-Ogooué Province, Gabon
Anja Vigenschow, Jean Ronald Edoa, Bayode Romeo Adegbite, Pacome Achimi Agbo, Ayola A. Adegnika, Abraham Alabi, Marguerite Massinga-Loembe, Martin P. Grobusch
Diagnostic performance evaluation of hepatitis B e antigen rapid diagnostic tests in Malawi
Alexander J. Stockdale, Niza M. Silungwe, Isaac Thom Shawa, Benno Kreuels, Melita A. Gordon, Anna Maria Geretti
Aseptic meningitis as the initial presentation of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Tarassovi: two case reports and a literature review
A. G. N. M. K. Bandara, G. Kalaivarny, Nilanka Perera, J. Indrakumar
Favipiravir for the treatment of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Toshie Manabe, Dan Kambayashi, Hiroyasu Akatsu, Koichiro Kudo
COVID – 19 related knowledge and preventive practices early in the outbreak among health care workers in selected public health facilities of Illu aba Bor and Buno Bedelle zones, Southwest Ethiopia
Dereje Tsegaye, Muluneh Shuremu, Dereje Oljira, Sileshi Dubale, Getachew Befekadu, Kebebe Bidira
Social network distribution of syphilis self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: study protocol for a cluster randomized control trial
Yajie Wang, Wei Zhang, Dongping Bao, Jason J. Ong, Joseph D. Tucker, Rouxuan Ye, Heping Zheng, Bin Yang, Cheng Wang
Prevalence of group B streptococcus colonization in pregnant women in Jiangsu, East China
Yanmei Ge, Fei Pan, Rui Bai, Yuan Mao, Wenli Ji, Fenfang Wang, Huacheng Tong
First case report of acute cholangitis secondary to Cronobacter sakazakii
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Shedding of infectious SARS-CoV-2 by hospitalized COVID-19 patients in relation to serum antibody responses
Hedvig Glans, Sara Gredmark-Russ, Mikaela Olausson, Sara Falck-Jones, Renata Varnaite, Wanda Christ, Kimia T. Maleki, Maria Lind Karlberg, Sandra Broddesson, Ryan Falck-Jones, Max Bell, Niclas Johansson, Anna Färnert, Anna Smed-Sörensen, Jonas Klingström, Andreas Bråve
Motivating healthcare professionals (nurses, nurse assistants, physicians) to integrate new practices for preventing healthcare-associated infections into the care continuum: turning Positive Deviance into positive norms
Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Ricky Cohen, Adva Mir Halavi, Mina Zemach
Modes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and evidence for preventive behavioral interventions
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Application value of tissue tuberculosis antigen combined with Xpert MTB/RIF detection in differential diagnoses of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn’s disease
Baoying Fei, Lin Zhou, Yu Zhang, Linhe Luo, Yuanyuan Chen
Primary meningococcal arthritis in a COVID-19 18-year-old man: a case report and review of the literature
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A preliminary study on the characteristics of Th1/Th2 immune response in cerebrospinal fluid of AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis
Aixin Li, Wenjiao Zhu, Jiming Yin, Xiaojie Huang, Lijun Sun, Wei Hua, Wen Wang, Tong Zhang, Lili Dai, Hao Wu
Ticking on Pandora’s box: a prospective case-control study into ‘other’ tick-borne diseases
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Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacteriosis and fungemia after second delivery in a patient with MonoMAC syndrome/GATA2 mutation: a case report
Mizuki Haraguchi, Norihiro Harada, Junko Watanabe, Hitomi Yoshikawa, Yukina Shirai, Moegi Komura, Mika Koyama, Jun Ito, Yutaka Tsukune, Yoshiya Horimoto, Takuo Hayashi, Tetsutaro Nagaoka, Toshimasa Uekusa, Kazuhisa Takahashi
A data-driven metapopulation model for the Belgian COVID-19 epidemic: assessing the impact of lockdown and exit strategies
Pietro Coletti, Pieter Libin, Oana Petrof, Lander Willem, Steven Abrams, Sereina A. Herzog, Christel Faes, Elise Kuylen, James Wambua, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens
Self-collected versus clinician-collected cervical samples for the detection of HPV infections by 14-type DNA and 7-type mRNA tests
C. E. Aranda Flores, G. Gomez Gutierrez, J. M. Ortiz Leon, D. Cruz Rodriguez, S. W. Sørbye
A designathon to co-create community-driven HIV self-testing services for Nigerian youth: findings from a participatory event
Kadija M. Tahlil, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Titi Gbajabiamila, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, David Oladele, Adesola Z. Musa, Ifeoma Idigbe, Jane Okwuzu, Agatha N. David, Tajudeen A. Bamidele, Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, Nora E. Rosenberg, Weiming Tang, Jason J. Ong, Donaldson F. Conserve, Juliet Iwelunmor, Oliver Ezechi, Joseph D. Tucker
Effects of early corticosteroid use in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019
Jong Hoon Hyun, Moo Hyun Kim, Yujin Sohn, Yunsuk Cho, Yae Jee Baek, Jung Ho Kim, Jin Young Ahn, Jun Yong Choi, Joon Sup Yeom, Mi Young Ahn, Eun Jin Kim, Ji-Hyeon Baek, Young Keun Kim, Heun Choi, Su Jin Jeong
Hematological indices and abnormalities among patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Kosti city of the White Nile state, Sudan: a comparative study
Ahmed M. E. Elkhalifa, Rashad Abdul-Ghani, Abdelhakam G. Tamomh, Nur Eldin Eltaher, Nada Y. Ali, Moataz M. Ali, Elsharif A. Bazie, Aboagla KhirAlla, Fatin A. DfaAlla, Omnia A. M. Alhasan
Changing trends in seroprevalence rates of transfusion-transmitted diseases among blood donors in Jordan
Lina Souan, Mahmoud Siag, Hala Al-Salahat, Tareq Al-Atrash, Maher A. Sughayer
Assessment of nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization does not permit discrimination between Canadian children with viral and bacterial respiratory infection: a matched-cohort cross-sectional study
Jeffrey M. Pernica, Kristin Inch, Haifa Alfaraidi, Ania Van Meer, Redjana Carciumaru, Kathy Luinstra, Marek Smieja
Prevalence of latent tuberculosis in patients with hematological neoplasms in a cancer referral hospital in Mexico City
Erick Antonio Osorio-López, Diana Vilar-Compte, Jaquelyn García-Tirado, Alexandra Martin-Onraet
Discontinuation of tuberculosis treatment among children in the Kampala Capital City Authority health facilities: a mixed-methods study
Leonard Kibirige, Jonathan Izudi, Stephen Okoboi
Factors associated with latent tuberculosis among international migrants in Brazil: a cross-sectional study (2020)
Sonia Vivian de Jezus, Thiago Nascimento do Prado, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Keila Cristina Mascarello, Carolina Maia Martins Sales, Maysa Mabel Fauth, Nahari de Faria Marcos Terena, Raphael Florindo Amorim, Vania Maria Silva Araujo, Miguel Angel López Aragón, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel
Baseline Xpert MTB/RIF ct values predict sputum conversion during the intensive phase of anti-TB treatment in HIV infected patients in Kampala, Uganda: a retrospective study
Juliet Namugenyi, Joseph Musaazi, Achilles Katamba, Joan Kalyango, Emmanuel Sendaula, Andrew Kambugu, Jan Fehr, Barbara Castelnouvo, Yukari C. Manabe, Willy Ssengooba, Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire
Clinical characteristics and risk factors for poor prognosis among HIV patients with Talaromyces marneffei bloodstream infection
Jianjun Sun, Weiwei Sun, Yang Tang, Renfang Zhang, Li Liu, Yinzhong Shen, Jiangrong Wang, Jun Chen, Tangkai Qi, Zhenyan Wang, Wei Song, Yixiao Lin, Shuibao Xu, Hongzhou Lu
Central and peripheral nervous system involvement by COVID-19: a systematic review of the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, neuropathology, neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and cerebrospinal fluid findings
Juan I. Guerrero, Luis A. Barragán, Juan D. Martínez, Juan P. Montoya, Alejandra Peña, Fidel E. Sobrino, Zulma Tovar-Spinoza, Kemel A. Ghotme
Reducing the use of empiric antibiotic therapy in COVID-19 on hospital admission
Natasha N. Pettit, Cynthia T. Nguyen, Alison K. Lew, Palak H. Bhagat, Allison Nelson, Gregory Olson, Jessica P. Ridgway, Mai T. Pho, Jade Pagkas-Bather
A case of infective colitis due to Yersinia enterocolitica complicated by microliver abscesses mimicking multiple liver occult metastases: a case report
Rosario Luca Norrito, Chiara Pintus, Marco Cataldi, Alessandro Del Cuore, Mario Daidone, Valerio Vassallo, Maria Grazia Puleo, Tiziana Di Chiara, Salvatore Miceli, Giuseppina Maria Pizzo, Giuseppe Brancatelli, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Antonio Pinto
Lactobacillus gasseri liver abscess and bacteremia: a case report
David Ramos-Coria, Jorge Canto-Losa, Daniel Carrillo-Vázquez, Leonardo Carbajal-Morelos, Rodrigo Estrada-León, Eduardo Corona-Rodarte
Promoting HIV indicator condition-guided testing in hospital settings (PROTEST 2.0): study protocol for a multicentre interventional study
Saskia J. Bogers, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Udi Davidovich, Anders Boyd, Marc van der Valk, Kees Brinkman, Godelieve J. de Bree, Peter Reiss, Jan E. A. M. van Bergen, Suzanne E. Geerlings, J. E. A. M. van Bergen, P. Brokx, F. Deug, M. Heidenrijk, M. Prins, P. Reiss, M. van der Valk, G. J. de Bree, P. Brokx, U. Davidovich, S. E. Geerlings, E. Hoornenborg, A. Oomen, A. van Sighem, W. Zuilhof, N. Schat, R. C. A. Achterbergh, M. van Agtmael, J. Ananworanich, D. Van de Beek, G. E. L. van den Berk, D. Bezemer, A. van Bijnen, W. L. Blok, S. Bogers, M. Bomers, C. A. B. Boucher, W. Brokking, D. Burger, K. Brinkman, N. Brinkman, M. de Bruin, S. Bruisten, L. Coyer, R. van Crevel, C. G. Daans, L. Dellemann, M. Dijkstra, Y. T. van Duijnhoven, A. van Eeden, L. Elsenburg, M. A. M. van den Elshout, C. Ester, E. Ersan, P. E. V. Felipa, P. H. J. Frissen, T. B. H. Geijtenbeek, M. H. Godfried, J. van Gool, A. Goorhuis, M. Groot, C. A. Hankins, A. Heijnen, M. M. J. Hillebregt, A. Hogewoning, M. Hommenga, J. W. Hovius, Y. Janssen, K. de Jong, V. Jongen, N. A. Kootstra, R. A. Koup, F. P. Kroon, T. J. W. van de Laar, F. Lauw, M. M. van Leeuwen, K. Lettinga, I. Linde, D. S. E. Loomans, J. T. van der Meer, T. Mouhebati, B. J. Mulder, J. Mulder, F. J. Nellen, A. Nijsters, H. Nobel, P. Oostvogel, E. L. M. Op de Coul, E. Peters, I. S. Peters, T. van der Poll, O. Ratmann, C. Rokx, M. S. van Rooijen, M. F. Schim van der Loeff, W. E. M. Schouten, G. J. Sonder, J. Veenstra, A. Verbon, F. Verdult, J. de Vocht, H. J. de Vries, S. Vrouenraets, M. van Vugt, W. J. Wiersinga, F. W. Wit, L. R. Woittiez, S. Zaheri, P. Zantkuijl, M. C. van Zelm, A. Żakowicz, H. M. L. Zimmermann
Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates and gonorrhoea treatment in the Republic of Belarus, Eastern Europe, 2009–2019
Aliaksandra Aniskevich, Iryna Shimanskaya, Iryna Boiko, Tatyana Golubovskaya, Daniel Golparian, Iryna Stanislavova, Susanne Jacobsson, Aliaksandr Adaskevich, Magnus Unemo
Unusual clinical manifestation and challenging serological interpretation of syphilis: insights from a case report
F. Magri, M. G. Donà, C. Panetta, M. Pontone, F. Pimpinelli, N. Cameli, A. Cristaudo, M. Zaccarelli, A. Latini
A rare case of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a patient with severe leptospirosis complicated with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury; a case report
Jayawardane Pathiranage Roneesha Lakmali, Kanapathipillei Thirumavalavan, Danapala Dissanayake
Prevalence, species distribution and antifungal susceptibility of Candida albicans causing vaginal discharge among symptomatic non-pregnant women of reproductive age at a tertiary care hospital, Vietnam
Do Ngoc Anh, Dao Nguyen Hung, Tran Viet Tien, Vu Nhat Dinh, Vu Tung Son, Nguyen Viet Luong, Nguyen Thi Van, Nguyen Thi Nhu Quynh, Nguyen Van Tuan, Le Quoc Tuan, Nguyen Duy Bac, Nguyen Khac Luc, Le Tran Anh, Do Minh Trung
A severe case of human coronavirus 229E pneumonia in an elderly man with diabetes mellitus: a case report
Wen Sun, Ji-Ping Liao, Kun-Yao Yu, Jian-Xing Qiu, Chen-Li Que, Guang-Fa Wang, Jing Ma
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: an overview of systematic reviews
Israel Júnior Borges do Nascimento, Dónal P. O’Mathúna, Thilo Caspar von Groote, Hebatullah Mohamed Abdulazeem, Ishanka Weerasekara, Ana Marusic, Livia Puljak, Vinicius Tassoni Civile, Irena Zakarija-Grkovic, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Alvaro Nagib Atallah, Santino Filoso, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Milena Soriano Marcolino
Klebsiella spp. cause severe and fatal disease in Mozambican children: antimicrobial resistance profile and molecular characterization
Arsénia J. Massinga, Marcelino Garrine, Augusto Messa Jr, Nélio A. Nobela, Nadia Boisen, Sergio Massora, Anélsio Cossa, Rosauro Varo, António Sitoe, Juan Carlos Hurtado, Jaume Ordi, Hélio Mucavele, Tacilta Nhampossa, Robert F. Breiman, Cynthia G. Whitney, Dianna M. Blau, Quique Bassat, Inácio Mandomando
Comparison of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors with other antihypertensives in association with coronavirus disease-19 clinical outcomes
Yihienew M. Bezabih, Alemayehu Bezabih, Endalkachew Alamneh, Gregory M. Peterson, Woldesellassie Bezabhe
Unusual erythematous plaque with white scales, a case of acquired syphilis in a child and literature review
Wen-Jia Yang, Hong-Hao Hu, Yang Yang, Jiu-Hong Li, Hao Guo
Geographical distribution of risk factors for invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella at the subnational boundary level in sub-Saharan Africa
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Multiple thrombosis associated with Cytomegalovirus enterocolitis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report
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Pediatric sepsis cases diagnosed with group B streptococcal meningitis using next-generation sequencing: a report of two cases
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Legionnaires’ disease arising with hirsutism: case report of an extremely confusing event
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A comparison of five epidemiological models for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in India
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Infection related catheter complications in patients undergoing prone positioning for acute respiratory distress syndrome: an exposed/unexposed study
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Web-based, rapid and contactless management of ambulatory patients for SARS-CoV-2-testing
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Pathogenesis-based preexposure prophylaxis associated with a low risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers at a designated COVID-19 hospital: a pilot study
Michael V. Dubina, Veronika V. Gomonova, Anastasia E. Taraskina, Natalia V. Vasilyeva, Sergey A. Sayganov
An unexpected intracerebral lesion – case report of a superinfected aspergillosis mimicking a brain metastasis
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Correction to: The health-related quality of life in Iranian patients with COVID-19
Cyrus Alinia, Safura Yaghmaei, Farman Zahir Abdullah, Asad Ahmadi, Nasrin Samadi, Sima Pourteimour, Hossein Safari, Hassan Mahmoodi, Ghobad Moradi, Bakhtiar Piroozi
The African Network for Improved Diagnostics, Epidemiology and Management of common infectious Agents
Grit Schubert, Vincent Achi, Steve Ahuka, Essia Belarbi, Ouattara Bourhaima, Tim Eckmanns, Siobhan Johnstone, Firmin Kabore, Ouffoue Kra, Adriano Mendes, Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo, Armel Poda, Arsène Satouro Some, Sara Tomczyk, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Jean-Marie Kayembe, Nicolas Meda, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Soumeya Ouangraoua, Nicola Page, Marietjie Venter, Fabian H. Leendertz, Chantal Akoua-Koffi, Vincent Assé Kouadio, Aude Aka-Tano, Adoulaye Diarrassouba, Etilé Anoh, Adjaratou Traoré, Fidèle Touré Sounan, Safiatou Karidioula, Gabriel Mbunsu Kizito, Benilde Bepouka Izizag, Nicole Mpwekela, Benoit Kabengele, Nicole Alama, Olivier Tshiani, Eddy Kinganda Lusamaki, Baby Muyembe, Naomie Mitongo, John Manienga, Franck Lionzo, Alliance Mbandu, Sheila Makiala, Muna Abu Sin, Karin Gröschner, Susanne Köhler, Sandra Niendorf, Kathrin Nowak, Paul Pitzinger, Andreas Sachse, Ann Christin Vietor, Juno Thomas, Sibongile Walaza, Linda de Gouvea, Claire von Mollendorf, Vanessa Quan, Karen Keddy, Anthony Smith, Ntsieni Ramalwa, Theunis Avenant, Nicolette du Plessis, Kgothatso Menu, Marthi Pretorius, Caitlyn McIntyre, Elise Bonnet, Rebecca Jeal
Challenging diagnosis of leprosy in a psychotic homeless patient with atypical clinical manifestations: an interesting case report
Hendra Gunawan, Reyshiani Johan, Pati Aji Achdiat, Oki Suwarsa
Bacterial and fungal bloodstream infections in pediatric liver and kidney transplant recipients
Dina Leth Møller, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Neval Ete Wareham, Omid Rezahosseini, Andreas Dehlbæk Knudsen, Jenny Dahl Knudsen, Allan Rasmussen, Susanne Dam Nielsen
Increased risk factors associated with lower BMD in antiretroviral-therapy–naïve HIV-infected adult male
Patricia Atencio, Alfonso Cabello, Francisco M. Conesa-Buendía, Ramón Pérez-Tanoira, Laura Prieto-Pérez, Irene Carrillo, Beatriz Álvarez, Rosa Arboiro-Pinel, Manuel Díaz-Curiel, Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont, Aránzazu Mediero, Miguel Górgolas
Two-dose varicella vaccine effectiveness in China: a meta-analysis and evidence quality assessment
Zhujiazi Zhang, Luodan Suo, Jingbin Pan, Dan Zhao, Li Lu
Prospective Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Seroconversion (PASS) study: an observational cohort study of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in healthcare workers
Belinda M. Jackson-Thompson, Emilie Goguet, Eric D. Laing, Cara H. Olsen, Simon Pollett, K. Monique Hollis-Perry, Santina E. Maiolatesi, Luca Illinik, Kathleen F. Ramsey, Anatalio E. Reyes, Yolanda Alcorta, Mimi A. Wong, Julian Davies, Orlando Ortega, Edward Parmelee, Alyssa R. Lindrose, Matthew Moser, Elizabeth Graydon, Andrew G. Letizia, Christopher A. Duplessis, Anuradha Ganesan, Kathleen P. Pratt, Allison M. Malloy, David W. Scott, Stephen K. Anderson, Andrew L. Snow, Clifton L. Dalgard, John H. Powers III, David Tribble, Timothy H. Burgess, Christopher C. Broder, Edward Mitre
The role of combination therapy in the treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem resistant gram-negatives: a systematic review of clinical studies
Alessia Savoldi, Elena Carrara, Laura J. V. Piddock, Francois Franceschi, Sally Ellis, Margherita Chiamenti, Damiano Bragantini, Elda Righi, Evelina Tacconelli
Risk factors for the development of neonatal sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital of Nepal
Sulochana Manandhar, Puja Amatya, Imran Ansari, Niva Joshi, Nhukesh Maharjan, Sabina Dongol, Buddha Basnyat, Sameer M. Dixit, Stephen Baker, Abhilasha Karkey
Prevalence and risk factors associated with multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) carriage among pediatric patients at the time of admission in a tertiary care hospital of a developing country. A cross-sectional study
Sonia Qureshi, Noshi Maria, Mohammad Zeeshan, Seema Irfan, Farah Naz Qamar
Containing pandemics through targeted testing of households
André Voigt, Nikolay Martyushenko, Emil Karlsen, Martina Hall, Kristen Nyhamar, Stig William Omholt, Eivind Almaas
Associated risk factors with disease severity and antiviral drug therapy in patients with COVID-19
Xiaowei Gong, Shiwei Kang, Xianfeng Guo, Yan Li, Haixiang Gao, Yadong Yuan
What is the burden of osteomyelitis in Germany? An analysis of inpatient data from 2008 through 2018
Nike Walter, Susanne Baertl, Volker Alt, Markus Rupp
Risk factors for measles outbreak in Ataq and Habban districts, Shabwah governorate, Yemen, February to May 2018
Abdulkareem Ali Hussein Nassar, Mohammed Abdullah Al Amad, Mohammed Qasim, Fekri Dureab
Clinical application of cell-free next-generation sequencing for infectious diseases at a tertiary children’s hospital
Julianne Wilke, Nanda Ramchandar, Christopher Cannavino, Alice Pong, Adriana Tremoulet, Leidy Tovar Padua, Helen Harvey, Jennifer Foley, Lauge Farnaes, Nicole G. Coufal
Inequities in childhood immunisation coverage associated with socioeconomic, geographic, maternal, child, and place of birth characteristics in Kenya
Simon Allan, Ifedayo M. O. Adetifa, Kaja Abbas
Human papillomavirus genotypes and the risk factors associated with multicentric intraepithelial lesions of the lower genital tract: a retrospective study
Jing Zhang, Guangcong Liu, Xiaoli Cui, Huihui Yu, Danbo Wang
COVID-19 and gastrointestinal symptoms in Mexico, a systematic review: does location matter?
Antonio Pizuorno, Nora A. Fierro, Edgar D. Copado-Villagrana, María E. Herrera-Solís, Gholamreza Oskrochi, Hassan Brim, Hassan Ashktorab
Bacteraemia variation during the COVID-19 pandemic; a multi-centre UK secondary care ecological analysis
Sarah Denny, Timothy M. Rawson, Peter Hart, Giovanni Satta, Ahmed Abdulaal, Stephen Hughes, Mark Gilchrist, Nabeela Mughal, Luke S. P. Moore
Inflammation and microbial translocation measured prior to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) and long-term probability of clinical progression in people living with HIV
Esther Merlini, Alessandro Cozzi-lepri, Antonella Castagna, Andrea Costantini, Sergio Lo Caputo, Stefania Carrara, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Maria A. Ursitti, Andrea Antinori, Antonella D’Arminio Monforte, Giulia Marchetti
Comparison between RT-qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 and expanded triage in sputum of symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 subjects in Ecuador
Ariel Torres, Martha Fors, Tamaris Rivero, Karina Pantoja, Santiago Ballaz
Antimicrobial resistance and molecular epidemiological typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, 2012 and 2017
Saliya Karymbaeva, Iryna Boiko, Susanne Jacobsson, Galina Mamaeva, Ainagul Ibraeva, Dilara Usupova, Daniel Golparian, Magnus Unemo
Clinical, laboratory, and chest CT features of severe versus non-severe pediatric patients with COVID-19 infection among different age groups
Meisam Hoseinyazdi, Saeid Esmaeilian, Reza Jahankhah, Arash Teimouri, Farzaneh Ghazi Sherbaf, Faranak Rafiee, Reza Jalli, Sedighe Hooshmandi
Immunological and virological discordance among people living with HIV on highly active antiretroviral therapy in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
Genet Gebrehiwet Hailu, Araya Gebreyesus Wasihun
Import and transmission of Mycobacterium orygis and Mycobacterium africanum, Norway
Vegard Eldholm, Janne O. Rønning, Anne Torunn Mengshoel, Trude Arnesen
Prevalence and associated factors of psychological distress in tuberculosis patients in Northeast China: a cross-sectional study
Xu Chen, Ruiheng Wu, Jia Xu, Jiawei Wang, Mingcheng Gao, Yunting Chen, Yuanping Pan, Haoqiang Ji, Yuxin Duan, Meng Sun, Liang Du, Ling Zhou
Isolation and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes among women attending Jimma University medical center, Southwest Ethiopia
Lencho Girma, Alene Geteneh, Demisew Amenu, Tesfaye Kassa
A case of peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis caused by Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii
Yi Kang, Yuxin Chen, Zhifeng Zhang, Han Shen, Wanqing Zhou, Chao Wu
Vitamin D and COVID-19 severity and related mortality: a prospective study in Italy
Irene Campi, Luigi Gennari, Daniela Merlotti, Christian Mingiano, Alessandro Frosali, Luca Giovanelli, Camilla Torlasco, Martino F. Pengo, Francesca Heilbron, Davide Soranna, Antonella Zambon, Marta Di Stefano, Carmen Aresta, Marco Bonomi, Biagio Cangiano, Vittoria Favero, Letizia Fatti, Giovanni Battista Perego, Iacopo Chiodini, Gianfranco Parati, Luca Persani
Short-term and long-term safety and efficacy of tenofovir alafenamide, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and entecavir treatment of acute-on-chronic liver failure associated with hepatitis B
Juan Li, Chunhua Hu, Yi Chen, Rou Zhang, Shan Fu, Mimi Zhou, Zhijie Gao, Mengjun Fu, Taotao Yan, Yuan Yang, Jianzhou Li, Jinfeng Liu, Tianyan Chen, Yingren Zhao, Yingli He
Diagnostic tools for neurosyphilis: a systematic review
Gustavo Henrique Pereira Boog, João Vitor Ziroldo Lopes, João Vitor Mahler, Marina Solti, Lucas Tokio Kawahara, Andre Kakinoki Teng, João Victor Taba Munhoz, Anna S. Levin
Evaluation of Geenius HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay for the confirmatory and differential diagnosis of HIV-1/HIV-2 in Japan and reliability of the Geenius Reader in the diagnosis of HIV-2
Shigeru Kusagawa, Ai Kawana-Tachikawa, Keiji Matsubayashi, Yuji Hoshi, Ken Ishimaru, Isao Hamaguchi
Three transmission events of Vibrio cholerae O1 into Lusaka, Zambia
John Mwaba, Amanda K. Debes, Kelsey N. Murt, Patrick Shea, Michelo Simuyandi, Natasha Laban, Katayi Kazimbaya, Caroline Chisenga, Shan Li, Mathieu Almeida, Jacquelyn S. Meisel, Aaron Shibemba, Timothy Kantenga, Victor Mukonka, Geoffrey Kwenda, David A. Sack, Roma Chilengi, O. Colin Stine
Antibiotic prescriptions and risk factors for antimicrobial resistance in patients hospitalized with urinary tract infection: a matched case-control study using the French health insurance database (SNDS)
Marion Opatowski, Christian Brun-Buisson, Mehdi Touat, Jérôme Salomon, Didier Guillemot, Philippe Tuppin, Laurence Watier
Burden of illness in US hospitals due to carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative urinary tract infections in patients with or without bacteraemia
Ryan K. Shields, Yun Zhou, Hemanth Kanakamedala, Bin Cai
Correlation between white blood cell count at admission and mortality in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective study
Bin Zhu, Xiaokai Feng, Chunguo Jiang, Song Mi, Liya Yang, Zhigang Zhao, Yong Zhang, Liming Zhang
Clinical and experimental phenotype of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus with a HapE splice site mutation: a case report
Yuya Ito, Takahiro Takazono, Satoru Koga, Yuichiro Nakano, Nobuyuki Ashizawa, Tatsuro Hirayama, Masato Tashiro, Tomomi Saijo, Kazuko Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Imamura, Taiga Miyazaki, Katsunori Yanagihara, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Mukae
Adenosine deaminase negative pleural tuberculosis: a case report
Zachary H. Boggs, Scott Heysell, Joshua Eby, Christopher Arnold
Protective population behavior change in outbreaks of emerging infectious disease
Evans K. Lodge, Annakate M. Schatz, John M. Drake
Colonization with selected antibiotic resistant bacteria among a cohort of Sri Lankan university students
Thilini Munasinghe, Gihani Vidanapathirana, Shahlina Kuthubdeen, Asela Ekanayake, Sacheera Angulmaduwa, Kunchana De Silva, Susan Subhasinghe, Ruwani Kalupahana, Veranja Liyanapathirana, Margaret Ip
Case report: first symptomatic Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis infection in Slovenia
Mitja Lenart, Miha Simoniti, Katja Strašek-Smrdel, Vesna Cvitković Špik, Tanja Selič-Kurinčič, Tatjana Avšič-Županc
Evaluation of serological lateral flow assays for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
Bianca A. Trombetta, Savannah E. Kandigian, Robert R. Kitchen, Korneel Grauwet, Pia Kivisäkk Webb, Glenn A. Miller, Charles G. Jennings, Sejal Jain, Samara Miller, Yikai Kuo, Thadryan Sweeney, Tal Gilboa, Maia Norman, Daimon P. Simmons, Christopher E. Ramirez, Melissa Bedard, Catherine Fink, Jina Ko, Esmarline J. De León Peralta, Gerald Watts, Emma Gomez-Rivas, Vannessa Davis, Rocky M. Barilla, Jianing Wang, Pierre Cunin, Samuel Bates, Chevaun Morrison-Smith, Benjamin Nicholson, Edmond Wong, Leena El-Mufti, Michael Kann, Anna Bolling, Brooke Fortin, Hayden Ventresca, Wen Zhou, Santiago Pardo, Megan Kwock, Aditi Hazra, Leo Cheng, Q. Rushdy Ahmad, James A. Toombs, Rebecca Larson, Haley Pleskow, Nell Meosky Luo, Christina Samaha, Unnati M. Pandya, Pushpamali De Silva, Sally Zhou, Zakary Ganhadeiro, Sara Yohannes, Rakiesha Gay, Jacqueline Slavik, Shibani S. Mukerji, Petr Jarolim, David R. Walt, Becky C. Carlyle, Lauren L. Ritterhouse, Sara Suliman
Seroprevalence of diphtheria toxoid IgG antibodies in the Malaysian population
Ahmad Faudzi Yusoff, Zatil Zahidah Mohd Sharani, Kee Chee Cheong, Nuur Hafizah Md Iderus, Ahmed Syahmi Syafiq Md Zamri, Tharmarajah Nagalingam, Mohd Safrin Mohamad Bashaabidin, Wan Abdul Hannan Wan Ibadullah, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Ainur Yusniza Yusof, Yee Ming Ching, Nurhanani Mohamed Nor, Balqis Kamarudin, Norazah Ahmad, Masita Arip
Vaccine completion and infectious diseases screening in a cohort of adult refugees following resettlement in the U.S.: 2013–2015
Amir M. Mohareb, Bryan Brown, Kevin S. Ikuta, Emily P. Hyle, Aniyizhai Annamalai
Therapeutic potential of an intestinotrophic hormone, glucagon-like peptide 2, for treatment of type 2 short bowel syndrome rats with intestinal bacterial and fungal dysbiosis
Xiuting Hu, Wei Cheng, Shengxian Fan, Yuhua Huang, Xi Chen, Zhiwei Jiang, Jian Wang
Viral hepatitis in correctional facilities in the Northern Territory of Australia 2003–2017
Richard P. Sullivan, Rob Baird, Kevin Freeman, Hugh Heggie, Joshua S. Davis, Catherine S. Marshall, Jane Davies
Seroprevalence of human coronaviruses among patients visiting hospital-based sentinel sites in Uganda
Elijah Nicholas Mulabbi, Robert Tweyongyere, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Edison Mworozi, Jeff Koehlerb, Hannah Kibuuka, Monica Millard, Bernard Erima, Titus Tugume, Ukuli Qouilazoni Aquino, Denis K. Byarugaba
Hospital-based prospective study of pertussis in infants and close contacts in Tehran, Iran
Gaelle Noel, Masoumeh Nakhost Lotfi, Sajedeh Mirshahvalad, Sedaghatpour Mahdi, David Tavel, Seyed M. Zahraei, Roxana Mansour Ghanaie, Tahereh Heidary, Aliahmad Goudarzi, Azardokht Kazemi, Abdollah Karimi, Alireza Nateghian, Mohand Ait-Ahmed, Nicole Guiso, Fereshteh Shahcheraghi, Fabien Taieb
Clinical findings of Talaromyces marneffei infection among patients with anti-interferon-γ immunodeficiency: a prospective cohort study
Zhao-Ming Chen, Zheng-Tu Li, Shao-Qiang Li, Wei-Jie Guan, Ye Qiu, Zi-Ying Lei, Yang-Qing Zhan, Hua Zhou, Sheng Lin, Xinni Wang, Zhun Li, Feng Yang, Wen Zeng, Ye Lin, Jing Liu, Jian-Quan Zhang, Feng Ye
Evaluation of expression of VDR-associated lncRNAs in COVID-19 patients
Mohammad Taheri, Lina Moallemi Rad, Bashdar Mahmud Hussen, Fwad Nicknafs, Arezou Sayad, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard
Genomic epidemiology of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from bloodstream infections
Joshua T. Smith, Elissa M. Eckhardt, Nicole B. Hansel, Tahmineh Rahmani Eliato, Isabella W. Martin, Cheryl P. Andam
Genetic association of TOLLIP gene polymorphisms and HIV infection: a case-control study
Ming-Gui Wang, Jing Wang, Jian-Qing He
Correction to: Factors associated with latent tuberculosis among international migrants in Brazil: a cross-sectional study (2020)
Sonia Vivian de Jezus, Thiago Nascimento do Prado, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Keila Cristina Mascarello, Carolina Maia Martins Sales, Maysa Mabel Fauth, Nahari de Faria Marcos Terena, Raphael Florindo Amorim, Vania Maria Silva Araujo, Miguel Angel López Aragón, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel
Therapeutic prediction of HIV-1 DNA decay: a multicenter longitudinal cohort study
Yongsong Yue, Yijia Li, Yizhi Cui, Nidan Wang, Yunda Huang, Wei Cao, Yang Han, Ting Zhu, Wei Lyu, Jing Xie, Xiaojing Song, Yanling Li, Tong Wang, Tuofu Zhu, Taisheng Li
The effects of intimate relationship characteristics on unprotected anal intercourse among same-sex male couples in China: a dyadic analysis using the actor-partner interdependence model
Sha Chen, Qingling Yang, Juan He, Xiongzhi Fan, Zhongqi Liu, Jialing Qiu, Zhiwei Zheng, Jing Gu, Weibin Cheng, Yuantao Hao, Jinghua Li, Chun Hao
Ultraviolet C lamps for disinfection of surfaces potentially contaminated with SARS-CoV-2 in critical hospital settings: examples of their use and some practical advice
Manuela Lualdi, Adalberto Cavalleri, Andrea Bianco, Mara Biasin, Claudia Cavatorta, Mario Clerici, Paola Galli, Giovanni Pareschi, Emanuele Pignoli
Impact of switching to TAF/FTC/RPV, TAF/FTC/EVG/cobi and ABC/3TC/DTG on cardiovascular risk and lipid profile in people living with HIV: a retrospective cohort study
Andrea Giacomelli, Federico Conti, Laura Pezzati, Letizia Oreni, Anna Lisa Ridolfo, Valentina Morena, Cecilia Bonazzetti, Gabriele Pagani, Tiziana Formenti, Massimo Galli, Stefano Rusconi
Measles outbreak in Western Uganda: a case-control study
Abel Wilson Walekhwa, Moses Ntaro, Peter Chris Kawungezi, Chiara Achangwa, Rabbison Muhindo, Emmanuel Baguma, Michael Matte, Richard Migisha, Raquel Reyes, Peyton Thompson, Ross M. Boyce, Edgar M. Mulogo
Clinical features and development of Sepsis in Klebsiella pneumoniae infected liver abscess patients: a retrospective analysis of 135 cases
Shixiao Li, Sufei Yu, Minfei Peng, Jiajia Qin, Chunyan Xu, Jiao Qian, Minmin He, Peng Zhou
Evaluation of different DNA extraction methods and loop-mediated isothermal amplification primers for the detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical specimens
Anthony Ablordey, Evans Ahotor, Charles A. Narh, Sandra A. King, Isra Cruz, Joseph M. Ndung’u, Dziedzom K. de Souza
Predictors of aetiology and outcomes of acute gastrointestinal illness in returning travellers: a retrospective cohort analysis
Robert A. Lever, Louis Tapper, Sophie Skarbek, Peter L. Chiodini, Margaret Armstrong, Robin L. Bailey
Archiving time series sewage samples as biological records of built environments
David S. Thaler, Thomas P. Sakmar
Risk factors for mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a multicenter retrospective case-control study
Jinghua Gao, Li Zhong, Ming Wu, Jingjing Ji, Zheying Liu, Conglin Wang, Qifeng Xie, Zhifeng Liu
Correction to: Inflammation and microbial translocation measured prior to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) and long-term probability of clinical progression in people living with HIV
Esther Merlini, Alessandro Cozzi-lepri, Antonella Castagna, Andrea Costantini, Sergio Lo Caputo, Stefania Carrara, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Maria A. Ursitti, Andrea Antinori, Antonella D’Arminio Monforte, Giulia Marchetti
Correction to: The prevalence of cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) and benefits of pre-emptive antifungal treatment among HIV-infected persons with CD4+ T-cell counts < 200 cells/μL: evidence based on a meta-analysis
Yao Li, Xiaojie Huang, Hui Chen, Yuanyuan Qin, Jianhua Hou, Aixin Li, Hao Wu, Xiaofeng Yan, Yaokai Chen
Phenotypic and molecular characterization of pyrazinamide resistance among multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Ningbo, China
Yang Che, Dingyi Bo, Xiang Lin, Tong Chen, Tianfeng He, Yi Lin
Mortality in Escherichia coli bloodstream infections: a multinational population-based cohort study
Melissa C. MacKinnon, Scott A. McEwen, David L. Pearl, Outi Lyytikäinen, Gunnar Jacobsson, Peter Collignon, Daniel B. Gregson, Louis Valiquette, Kevin B. Laupland
Operational characteristics of an antibody detecting point of care test for Taenia solium infections in a community and hospital setting
Chishimba Mubanga, Kabemba E. Mwape, Isaac K. Phiri, Chiara Trevisan, Mwemezi Kabululu, Gideon Zulu, Inge Van Damme, Veronika Schmidt, Pierre Dorny, Sarah Gabriël
A novel CT-based radiomics in the distinction of severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia
Zongyu Xie, Haitao Sun, Jian Wang, He Xu, Shuhua Li, Cancan Zhao, Yuqing Gao, Xiaolei Wang, Tongtong Zhao, Shaofeng Duan, Chunhong Hu, Weiqun Ao
Values and preferences for hepatitis C self-testing among people who inject drugs in Kyrgyzstan
Guillermo Z. Martínez-Pérez, Danil S. Nikitin, Alla Bessonova, Emmanuel Fajardo, Sergei Bessonov, Sonjelle Shilton
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) viral load, liver and renal function in adults treated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) vs. untreated: a retrospective longitudinal UK cohort study
Tingyan Wang, David A. Smith, Cori Campbell, Jolynne Mokaya, Oliver Freeman, Hizni Salih, Anna L. McNaughton, Sarah Cripps, Kinga A. Várnai, Theresa Noble, Kerrie Woods, Jane Collier, Katie Jeffery, Jim Davies, Eleanor Barnes, Philippa C. Matthews
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae complex in a tertiary Hospital in Northeast China, 2010–2019
Jingjing Chen, Sufei Tian, Hua Nian, Ruixuan Wang, Fushun Li, Ning Jiang, Yunzhuo Chu
Presence of gustatory and olfactory dysfunction in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
Alexander Kusnik, Christel Weiss, Melanie Neubauer, Bianca Huber, Marlis Gerigk, Thomas Miethke, Nicole Hunter, Nicole Rotter, Sonja Ludwig, Angela Schell, Matthias P. Ebert, Andreas Teufel
Frosted branch angiitis due to cytomegalovirus-associated unmasking immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a case report and literature review
Shi Tang, Ning Zhao, Li Yang Wang, Ying Wen
Detection of diarrhoea associated rotavirus and co-infection with diarrhoeagenic pathogens in the Littoral region of Cameroon using ELISA, RT-PCR and Luminex xTAG GPP assays
Rahinatou N. Ghapoutsa, Maurice Boda, Rashi Gautam, Valantine Ngum Ndze, Akongnwi E. Mugyia, Francois-Xavier Etoa, Michael D. Bowen, Mathew D. Esona
Correction to: Antibiotic prescriptions and risk factors for antimicrobial resistance in patients hospitalized with urinary tract infection: a matched case-control study using the French health insurance database (SNDS)
Marion Opatowski, Christian Brun-Buisson, Mehdi Touat, Jérôme Salomon, Didier Guillemot, Philippe Tuppin, Laurence Watier
Effect of Vitamin C on mortality of critically ill patients with severe pneumonia in intensive care unit: a preliminary study
Ata Mahmoodpoor, Kamran Shadvar, Sarvin Sanaie, Mir Reza Hadipoor, Mohammad Ata Pourmoghaddam, Seied Hadi Saghaleini
Evaluating an app-guided self-test for influenza: lessons learned for improving the feasibility of study designs to evaluate self-tests for respiratory viruses
Monica L. Zigman Suchsland, Ivan Rahmatullah, Barry Lutz, Victoria Lyon, Shichu Huang, Enos Kline, Chelsey Graham, Shawna Cooper, Philip Su, Sam Smedinghoff, Helen Y. Chu, Kara Sewalk, John S. Brownstein, Matthew J. Thompson
Nutritional risk and nutritional status in hospitalized older adults living with HIV in Shenzhen, China: a cross-sectional study
Xiaoning Liu, Jing Cao, Zheng Zhu, Xia Zhao, Jing Zhou, Qiuxia Deng, Liyuan Zhang, Hui Wang
Symptomatic treatment (using NSAIDS) versus antibiotics in uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection: a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Albert Macaire C. Ong Lopez, Charles Jeffrey L. Tan, Antonio S. Yabon II, Armin N. Masbang
Risk factors and biofilm formation analyses of hospital-acquired infection of Candida pelliculosa in a neonatal intensive care unit
Zhijie Zhang, Yu Cao, Yanjian Li, Xufang Chen, Chen Ding, Yong Liu
A case of chlamydia psittaci caused severe pneumonia and meningitis diagnosed by metagenome next-generation sequencing and clinical analysis: a case report and literature review
Yunfeng Shi, Junxian Chen, Xiaohan Shi, Jiajia Hu, Hongtao Li, Xiaojie Li, Yanhong Wang, Benquan Wu
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Pakistan: a neglected disease needing one health strategy
Behzad Kayani, Shakera Sadiq, Hamad Bin Rashid, Naseer Ahmed, Altaf Mahmood, Muhammad Shakeel Khaliq, Rubab Maqsood, Haroon Rashid, Saima Hasan, Muhammad Hassan Mushtaq, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Zia, Mamoona Chaudhry
Comparative evaluation of the Thermo fisher TaqPath™ COVID-19 combo kit with the Cepheid Xpert® Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal specimens
Paul A. Granato, Simon R. Kimball, Brenda R. Alkins, Deirdre C. Cross, Melissa M. Unz
Repeat exit site infection in peritoneal dialysis patient with polycythemia vera – a case report
Edyta Gołembiewska, Kazimierz Ciechanowski
First case of an invasive Bacteroides dorei infection detected in a patient with a mycotic aortic aneurysm—raising a rebellion of major indigenous bacteria in humans: a case report and review
Takayuki Matsuoka, Takuya Shimizu, Tadanori Minagawa, Wakiko Hiranuma, Miki Takeda, Risako Kakuta, Shunsuke Kawamoto
Quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of joint measures led by Fangcang shelter hospitals in response to COVID-19 epidemic in Wuhan, China
Hui Jiang, Pengfei Song, Siyi Wang, Shuangshuang Yin, Jinfeng Yin, Chendi Zhu, Chao Cai, Wangli Xu, Weimin Li
Antibiotic susceptibility of human-associated Staphylococcus aureus and its relation to agr typing, virulence genes, and biofilm formation
Safoura Derakhshan, Masoumeh Navidinia, Fakhri Haghi
Correction to: Evaluation of serological lateral flow assays for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
Bianca A. Trombetta, Savannah E. Kandigian, Robert R. Kitchen, Korneel Grauwet, Pia Kivisäkk Webb, Glenn A. Miller, Charles G. Jennings, Sejal Jain, Samara Miller, Yikai Kuo, Thadryan Sweeney, Tal Gilboa, Maia Norman, Daimon P. Simmons, Christopher E. Ramirez, Melissa Bedard, Catherine Fink, Jina Ko, Esmarline J. De León Peralta, Gerald Watts, Emma Gomez-Rivas, Vannessa Davis, Rocky M. Barilla, Jianing Wang, Pierre Cunin, Samuel Bates, Chevaun Morrison-Smith, Benjamin Nicholson, Edmond Wong, Leena El-Mufti, Michael Kann, Anna Bolling, Brooke Fortin, Hayden Ventresca, Wen Zhou, Santiago Pardo, Megan Kwock, Aditi Hazra, Leo Cheng, Q. Rushdy Ahmad, James A. Toombs, Rebecca Larson, Haley Pleskow, Nell Meosky Luo, Christina Samaha, Unnati M. Pandya, Pushpamali De Silva, Sally Zhou, Zakary Ganhadeiro, Sara Yohannes, Rakiesha Gay, Jacqueline Slavik, Shibani S. Mukerji, Petr Jarolim, David R. Walt, Becky C. Carlyle, Lauren L. Ritterhouse, Sara Suliman
The first report of co-existence of pulmonary tuberculosis and lung malignancy in a kidney transplant recipient: a case report and literature review
Gang Fang, Ning-Chang Cheng, Li-Li Huang, Wei-Ping Xie, Chun-Mei Hu, Wei Chen
Hyperimmune plasma in three immuno-deficient patients affected by non-severe, prolonged COVID-19: a single-center experience
Maria Grazia Cusi, Edoardo Conticini, Claudia Gandolfo, Gabriele Anichini, Gianni Gori Savellini, Serafina Valente, Federico Franchi, Sabino Scolletta, Elena Percivalle, Bruno Frediani
Lymphocyte subset alterations with disease severity, imaging manifestation, and delayed hospitalization in COVID-19 patients
Daxian Wu, Xiaoping Wu, Jiansheng Huang, Qunfang Rao, Qi Zhang, Wenfeng Zhang
Characterization of Salmonella serotypes prevalent in asymptomatic people and patients
Haiyan Xu, Weibing Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yue Zhang, Zhenyu Wang, Wei Zhang, Yang Li, Qiuchun Li
Campylobacter insulaenigrae bacteremia with meningitis: a case report
Moe Kyotani, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Hozuka Akita, Soichi Arakawa
Significant decline of HPV 6 infection and genital warts despite low HPV vaccination coverage in young women in Germany: a long-term prospective, cohort data analysis
Agnieszka Denecke, Thomas Iftner, Angelika Iftner, Sebastian Riedle, Marion Ocak, Alexander Luyten, Isak Üye, Kübra Tunc, Karl Ulrich Petry
Ivermectin to prevent hospitalizations in patients with COVID-19 (IVERCOR-COVID19) a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Julio Vallejos, Rodrigo Zoni, María Bangher, Silvina Villamandos, Angelina Bobadilla, Fabian Plano, Claudia Campias, Evangelina Chaparro Campias, Maria Fernanda Medina, Fernando Achinelli, Hector Andres Guglielmone, Jorge Ojeda, Diego Farizano Salazar, Gerardo Andino, Pablo Kawerin, Silvana Dellamea, Antonia Cristina Aquino, Victor Flores, Carolina N. Martemucci, Silvina Maria Martinez, Juan Emanuel Segovia, Paola Itati Reynoso, Noelia Carolina Sosa, Mariana Elizabeth Robledo, Joaquina Maria Guarrochena, Maria Mercedes Vernengo, Natalia Ruiz Diaz, Elba Meza, María Gabriela Aguirre
Bloodstream infections in adult patients with malignancy, epidemiology, microbiology, and risk factors associated with mortality and multi-drug resistance
Ali Amanati, Sarvin Sajedianfard, Somayeh Khajeh, Shabnam Ghasempour, Salma Mehrangiz, Samane Nematolahi, Zahra Shahhosein
Urinary tract infection by a rare pathogen Cedecea neteri in a pregnant female with Polyhydramnios: rare case report from UAE
Hafiz Ahmad, Talat Masroor, Satyam A. Parmar, Debadatta Panigrahi
Bacterial characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) colonized strains and their correlation with subsequent infection
Qun Lin, Yue Wang, Jing Yu, Shusheng Li, Yicheng Zhang, Hui Wang, Xiaoquan Lai, Dong Liu, Liyan Mao, Ying Luo, Guoxing Tang, Zhongju Chen, Ziyong Sun
Comparative cytokine profiling identifies common and unique serum cytokine responses in acute chikungunya and dengue virus infection
Rama Dhenni, Benediktus Yohan, Bachti Alisjahbana, Anton Lucanus, Silvita Fitri Riswari, Dewi Megawati, Sotianingsih Haryanto, Dekrit Gampamole, Rahma F. Hayati, Kartika Sari, Ni Putu Diah Witari, Khin Saw Aye Myint, R. Tedjo Sasmono
Estimating regional prevalence of chronic hepatitis C with a capture-recapture analysis
Patricia A. M. Kracht, Joop E. Arends, Andy I. M. Hoepelman, Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar
Community drivers of tuberculosis diagnostic delay in Kampala, Uganda: a retrospective cohort study
Rachel Mercaldo, Christopher Whalen, Robert Kakaire, Damalie Nakkonde, Andreas Handel, Juliet N. Sekandi
Efficacy of two-week therapy with doxycycline-based quadruple regimen versus levofloxacin concomitant regimen for helicobacter pylori infection: a prospective single-center randomized controlled trial
Marouf Alhalabi, Mohammed Waleed Alassi, Kamal Alaa Eddin, Khaled Cheha
Management of enterococcal central line-associated bloodstream infections in patients with cancer
Hesham Awadh, Anne-Marie Chaftari, Melissa Khalil, Johny Fares, Ying Jiang, Rita Deeba, Shahnoor Ali, Ray Hachem, Issam I. Raad
Influenza in Malaysian adult patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma: a multicenter, active surveillance study
Yong Kek Pang, Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail, Yoke Fun Chan, Adelina Cheong, Yoong Min Chong, Paras Doshi, Joanne Zhi Han Lau, Jean Khor, Lilian Phei Lian Wang, Chee Loon Leong, Aisya Natasya Musa, Kee Sing Ng, Mau Ern Poh, I-Ching Sam, Jiunn Liang Tan, Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Anne-Frieda Taurel
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV2 in Qatar’s primary care population aged 10 years and above
Mohamed Ahmed Syed, Ahmed Sameer Al Nuaimi, Hamda Abdulla A/Qotba, Gheyath K. Nasrallah, Asmaa A. Althani, Hadi M. Yassine, Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel, Hanan Khudadad, Tamara Marji, Shajitha Thekke Veettil, Hadeel T. Al-Jighefee, Salma Younes, Farah Shurrab, Duaa W. Al-Sadeq, Al Anoud Saleh AlFehaidi, Ameena Ibrahim Yfakhroo, Meshal Abdulla AlMesaifri, Hanan Al Mujalli, Samya Ahmad Al Abdulla, Mohamed Ghaith Al Kuwari, Faruk Mohammed Azad, Badria Ali Mohamed Al Malki, Mariam Ali Abdulmalik
Immune cell profiling and antibody responses in patients with COVID-19
Mitra Rezaei, Shima Mahmoudi, Esmaeil Mortaz, Majid Marjani
Sex-based clinical and immunological differences in COVID-19
Bin Huang, Yun Cai, Ning Li, Kening Li, Zhihua Wang, Lu Li, Lingxiang Wu, Mengyan Zhu, Jie Li, Ziyu Wang, Min Wu, Wanlin Li, Wei Wu, Lishen Zhang, Xinyi Xia, Shukui Wang, Hongshan Chen, Qianghu Wang
Comparison of saliva with healthcare workers- and patient-collected swabs in the diagnosis of COVID-19 in a large cohort
Mitnala Sasikala, Yelamanchili Sadhana, Ketavarapu Vijayasarathy, Anand Gupta, Sarala Kumari Daram, Naveen Chander Reddy Podduturi, Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy
Prevalence and correlates of Mycoplasma genitalium infection among patients attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Guangdong, China: a cross-sectional study
Xiao-Hui Zhang, Pei-Zhen Zhao, Wu-Jian Ke, Liu-Yuan Wang, Lai Sze Tso, Zheng-Yu Chen, Yu-Ying Liao, Chun-Mei Liang, Hui-Ru Chen, Xu-Qi Ren, Jin-Mei Huang, Jason J. Ong, Fan Yang, Li-Gang Yang
The burden of hand, foot, and mouth disease among children under different vaccination scenarios in China: a dynamic modelling study
Zhixi Liu, Jie Tian, Yue Wang, Yixuan Li, Jing Liu-Helmersson, Sharmistha Mishra, Abram L. Wagner, Yihan Lu, Weibing Wang
Utility of interferon gamma/tumor necrosis factor alpha FluoroSpot assay in differentiation between active tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection: a pilot study
Lifan Zhang, Shijun Wan, Ziyue Zhou, Yueqiu Zhang, Xiaoqing Liu
Palmo-plantar hyperkeratosis associated with HTLV-1 infection: a case report
Elías Quintero-Muñoz, Daniel Martin Arsanios, María Fernanda Estupiñán Beltrán, Juan David Vera, Catalina Palacio Giraldo, Omar Velandia, Carlos Mauricio Calderon
Correction to: Containing pandemics through targeted testing of households
André Voigt, Nikolay Martyushenko, Emil Karlsen, Martina Hall, Kristen Nyhamar, Stig William Omholt, Eivind Almaas
Hepatitis B virus infection among men who have sex with men and transgender women living with or at risk for HIV: a cross sectional study in Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria
Olusegun A. Adeyemi, Andrew Mitchell, Ashley Shutt, Trevor A. Crowell, Nicaise Ndembi, Afoke Kokogho, Habib O. Ramadhani, Merlin L. Robb, Stefan D. Baral, Julie A. Ake, Manhattan E. Charurat, Sheila Peel, Rebecca G. Nowak, Manhattan Charurat, Julie Ake, Aka Abayomi, Sylvia Adebajo, Stefan Baral, Trevor Crowell, George Eluwa, Charlotte Gaydos, Afoke Kokogho, Jennifer Malia, Olumide Makanjuela, Nelson Michael, Nicaise Ndembi, Rebecca Nowak, Oluwasolape Olawore, Zahra Parker, Sheila Peel, Habib Ramadhani, Merlin Robb, Cristina Rodriguez-Hart, Eric Sanders-Buell, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Sandhya Vasan
Identification of novel genes involved in apoptosis of HIV-infected macrophages using unbiased genome-wide screening
Simon X. M. Dong, Frederick S. Vizeacoumar, Kalpana K. Bhanumathy, Nezeka Alli, Cristina Gonzalez-Lopez, Niranjala Gajanayaka, Ramon Caballero, Hamza Ali, Andrew Freywald, Edana Cassol, Jonathan B. Angel, Franco J. Vizeacoumar, Ashok Kumar
Demographic and clinical characteristics of severe Covid-19 infections: a cross-sectional study from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Ladan Goshayeshi, Mina Akbari Rad, Robert Bergquist, Abolghasem Allahyari, Kamila Hashemzadeh, Nasrin Milani, Mahdi Gholian-Aval, Fariba Rezaeitalab, Mohammad Jafar Sadeghi Quchani, Zahra Nahbandani, Mandana Khodashahi, Zahra Javid, Mahnaz Mozdourian, Mohammad Ali Yaghoubi, Zahra Mozaheb, Mohsen Seddigh-Shamsi, Mohammad Moeini Nodeh, Shima Nabavi, Hooman Mosannen Mozaffari, Mohammadreza Farzanehfar, Zahra Lotfi, Alireza Shariati, Shekoofe Bonakdaran, Zahra Rezaieyazdi, Zahra Mirfeizi, Maryam Miri, Reza Bassiri, Sajjad Ataei Azimi, Benyamin Hoseini
The 12-month period prevalence and cardiac manifestations of HIV in patients with acute coronary syndrome at a tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Camilla Pennefather, Tonya Esterhuizen, Anton Doubell, Eric H. Decloedt
Estimation of the reproduction number of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in South Korea using heterogeneous models
Yunjeong Lee, Dong Han Lee, Hee-Dae Kwon, Changsoo Kim, Jeehyun Lee
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of immunocompromised patients infected with Pneumocystis jirovecii in a twelve-year retrospective study from Norway
Stine Grønseth, Tormod Rogne, Raisa Hannula, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Jan Egil Afset, Jan Kristian Damås
Correction to: Transmission dynamics and control of two epidemic waves of SARS-CoV-2 in South Korea
Sukhyun Ryu, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Eunbi Noh, Dasom Kim, Eric H. Y. Lau, Benjamin J. Cowling
Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among healthy children in Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana
Deborah K. Narwortey, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Hans-Christian Slotved, Eric S. Donkor, Patrick O. Ansah, Paul Welaga, Godfred Agongo, Abraham R. Oduro
Lung abscess secondary to lung cancer with a coinfection of Granulicatellaadiacens and other bacteria: a case report
Shuo Yang, Liangliang Wu, Lili Xu, Xiang Huang, Xiaofeng Sun, Lan Yang, Ling Xu
Predictors of mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Changcheng Shi, Limin Wang, Jian Ye, Zhichun Gu, Shuying Wang, Junbo Xia, Yaping Xie, Qingyu Li, Renjie Xu, Nengming Lin
Safety and efficacy evaluation of low-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for prophylaxis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV uninfected patients undergoing hemodialysis: a retrospective observational study
Kanae Yamashita, Yoshimitsu Shimomura, Hiroaki Ikesue, Nobuyuki Muroi, Akihiro Yoshimoto, Tohru Hashida
Pooled sputum to optimise the efficiency and utility of rapid, point-of-care molecular SARS-CoV-2 testing
Alison Burdett, Christofer Toumazou, Rashmita Sahoo, Adam Mujan, Tsz-Kin Hon, Judith Bedzo-Nutakor, Nicola Casali, Maria Karvela, Mohammadreza Sohbati, Graham S. Cooke, Gary W. Davies, Luke S. P. Moore
Clinical features and predictors for patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia at the start of the pandemic: a retrospective multicenter cohort study
Chao Cao, Li He, Jingping Ma, Meiping Chen, Yiting Li, Qingwen Jiang, Shiyu Wu, Lili Yu, Weina Huang, Guoqing Qian, Chuanbing Zhu, Jinguo Chu, Xiaomin Chen
Hepatitis C virus infection and risk of liver-related and non-liver-related deaths: a population-based cohort study in Naples, southern Italy
Pierluca Piselli, Diego Serraino, Mario Fusco, Enrico Girardi, Angelo Pirozzi, Federica Toffolutti, Claudia Cimaglia, Martina Taborelli, Mariarosaria Capobianchi, Fabrizio Carletti, Anna R. Garbuglia, Giuseppe Ippolito, Paola Scognamiglio, Pietro Di Cicco, Letizia Gigli, Silvana Russospena, Raffaele Palombino, Chiara Panato, Veronica Mattioli, Luigino Dal Maso
Transmitted drug resistance to Tenofovir/Emtricitabine among persons with newly diagnosed HIV infection in Shenyang city, Northeast China from 2016 to 2018
Zhen Wang, Bin Zhao, Minghui An, Wei Song, Xue Dong, Xin Li, Lu Wang, Lin Wang, Wen Tian, Haibo Ding, Xiaoxu Han
Knowledge, perceptions and effects of Ebola virus disease outbreak on the pig value chain in the agro-pastoralist district of Luwero, Central Uganda
Doreen Birungi, Gabriel Tumwine, Charles Drago Kato, Tonny Ssekamatte, Michael Ocaido, Samuel Majalija
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) for aortic vascular graft infection; a five-year retrospective evaluation
Niamh Allen, Mohamed Adam, Grace O’Regan, Aoife Seery, Cora McNally, Samuel McConkey, Aisling Brown, Eoghan de Barra
The impact of infectious diseases consultation on the management and outcomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia in adults: a retrospective cohort study
Fabian Chiong, Mohammed S. Wasef, Kwee Chin Liew, Raquel Cowan, Danny Tsai, Yin Peng Lee, Larry Croft, Owen Harris, Stella May Gwini, Eugene Athan
Retraction Note to: Methylene blue photochemical treatment as a reliable SARS-CoV-2 plasma virus inactivation method for blood safety and convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19
Changzhong Jin, Bin Yu, Jie Zhang, Hao Wu, Xipeng Zhou, Hangping Yao, Fumin Liu, Xiangyun Lu, Linfang Cheng, Miao Jiang, Nanping Wu
Continuous Blood purification on Influenza-Associated Neurological Disease in children: a retrospective cohort study
Jingwen Ni, Kenan Fang, Zhe Zhao, Zhiyuan Wang, Qian Huang, Lele Li, Guiying Yang, Huizi Guo, Xiaoyang Hong, Shujun Li
History of anemia and long-term mortality due to infection: a cohort study with 12 years follow-up in South Korea
Tak Kyu Oh, Kyung-Ho Song, In-Ae Song
Prevalence of oral human papillomavirus infection among Indian HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study
Alexandra L. Hernandez, Rajiv Karthik, Murugesan Sivasubramanian, Anantharam Raghavendran, Shelly Lensing, Jeannette Y. Lee, Priya Abraham, Dilip Mathai, Joel M. Palefsky
Does ganciclovir exert retinal toxicity after multiple continuous intravitreal injections?
Feng Hu, Ya Ma, Xiaoyan Peng
A longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 biorepository for COVID-19 survivors with and without post-acute sequelae
Stephanie M. LaVergne, Sophia Stromberg, Bridget A. Baxter, Tracy L. Webb, Taru S. Dutt, Kailey Berry, Madison Tipton, Jared Haberman, Benjamin R. Massey, Kim McFann, Omar Alnachoukati, Linda Zier, Thomas Heacock, Gregory D. Ebel, Marcela Henao-Tamayo, Julie Dunn, Elizabeth P. Ryan
Mortality of a postpartum woman presented with massive vulvar edema in association with Covid-19: a case report with clinical and radiological findings
Somayeh Alirezaei, Atiye Vatanchi, Leila Pourali, Behzad Aminzadeh, Robab Latifnejad Roudsari
Predicting Oral Beta-lactam susceptibilities against Streptococcus pneumoniae
Mark E. Murphy, Eleanor Powell, Joshua Courter, Joel E. Mortensen
Campylobacter fetus bacteremia and meningitis in an acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient undergoing maintenance therapy: a case report
Ryo Nakatani, Koki Shimizu, Takahiro Matsuo, Ryosuke Koyamada, Nobuyoshi Mori, Takuya Yamashita, Shinichiro Mori
Prevalence of bacterial contamination of touchscreens and posterior surfaces of smartphones owned by healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study
Akira Kuriyama, Hiroyuki Fujii, Aki Hotta, Rina Asanuma, Hiromasa Irie
Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of norovirus among hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis in Tianjin, China, 2018–2020
Yulian Fang, Zhaoying Dong, Yan Liu, Wei Wang, Mengzhu Hou, Jinying Wu, Lu Wang, Yu Zhao
Genomic surveillance of antimicrobial resistant bacterial colonisation and infection in intensive care patients
Kelly L. Wyres, Jane Hawkey, Mirianne Mirčeta, Louise M. Judd, Ryan R. Wick, Claire L. Gorrie, Nigel F. Pratt, Jill S. Garlick, Kerrie M. Watson, David V. Pilcher, Steve A. McGloughlin, Iain J. Abbott, Nenad Macesic, Denis W. Spelman, Adam W. J. Jenney, Kathryn E. Holt
The effect of ventilator-associated pneumonia on the prognosis of intensive care unit patients within 90 days and 180 days
Wenjuan Luo, Rui Xing, Canmin Wang
High risk groups for severe COVID-19 in a whole of population cohort in Australia
Bette Liu, Paula Spokes, Wenqiang He, John Kaldor
Time-varying associations between COVID-19 case incidence and community-level sociodemographic, occupational, environmental, and mobility risk factors in Massachusetts
Koen F. Tieskens, Prasad Patil, Jonathan I. Levy, Paige Brochu, Kevin J. Lane, M. Patricia Fabian, Fei Carnes, Beth M. Haley, Keith R. Spangler, Jessica H. Leibler
Factors associated with death in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Marcella Cini Oliveira, Tatiana de Araujo Eleuterio, Allan Bruno de Andrade Corrêa, Lucas Dalsenter Romano da Silva, Renata Coelho Rodrigues, Bruna Andrade de Oliveira, Marlos Melo Martins, Carlos Eduardo Raymundo, Roberto de Andrade Medronho
COVID-19 viral load not associated with disease severity: findings from a retrospective cohort study
Abdulkarim Abdulrahman, Saad I. Mallah, Manaf Alqahtani
Proposal for the use of echocardiography in bloodstream infections due to different streptococcal species
Sandra Chamat-Hedemand, Niels Eske Bruun, Lauge Østergaard, Magnus Arpi, Emil Fosbøl, Jonas Boel, Louise Bruun Oestergaard, Trine K. Lauridsen, Gunnar Gislason, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Anders Dahl
Association between cervical dysplasia and female genital schistosomiasis diagnosed by genital PCR in Zambian women
H. Rafferty, A. S. Sturt, C. R. Phiri, E. L. Webb, M. Mudenda, J. Mapani, P. L. A. M. Corstjens, G. J. van Dam, A. Schaap, H. Ayles, R. J. Hayes, L. van Lieshout, I. Hansingo, A. L. Bustinduy
Correction to: SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive and PCR-negative cases of pneumonia admitted to the hospital during the peak of COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of in-hospital and posthospital mortality
Abduzhappar Gaipov, Arnur Gusmanov, Anara Abbay, Yesbolat Sakko, Alpamys Issanov, Kainar Kadyrzhanuly, Zhanar Yermakhanova, Lazzat Aliyeva, Ardak Kashkynbayev, Iklas Moldaliyev, Byron Crape, Antonio Sarria-Santamera
Changes in prevalence of nosocomial infection pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic from a tertiary Hospital in China
Chunmei Su, Zhiqin Zhang, Xu Zhao, Hanlin Peng, Yi Hong, Lili Huang, Jie Huang, Xiangming Yan, Shuiyan Wu, Zhenjiang Bai
Assessing the impact of HIV support groups on antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression in the African cohort study
Prudence Mbah, Michael Iroezindu, Allahna L. Esber, Nicole Dear, Domonique Reed, Yakubu Adamu, Abdulwasiu Bolaji Tiamiyu, Samirah Sani Mohammed, Hannah Kibuuka, Jonah Maswai, John Owuoth, Emmanuel Bahemana, Julie A. Ake, Christina S. Polyak, Trevor A. Crowell, Danielle Bartolanzo, Alexus Reynolds, Katherine Song, Mark Milazzo, Leilani Francisco, Steven Schech, Badryah Omar, Tsedal Mebrahtu, Elizabeth Lee, Kimberly Bohince, Ajay Parikh, Jaclyn Hern, Emma Duff, Kara Lombardi, Michelle Imbach, Leigh Anne Elle, Michael Semwogerere, Prossy Naluyima, Godfrey Zziwa, Allan Tindikahwa, Claire Nakazzi Bagenda, Hilda Mutebe, Cate Kafeero, Enos Baghendaghe, William Lwebuge, Freddie Ssentogo, Hellen Birungi, Josephine Tegamanyi, Paul Wangiri, Christine Nabanoba, Phiona Namulondo, Richard Tumusiime, Ezra Musingye, Christina Nanteza, Joseph Wandege, Michael Waiswa, Evelyn Najjuma, Olive Maggaga, Isaac Kato Kenoly, Barbara Mukanza, Monica Millard, Rither Langat, Aaron Ngeno, Lucy Korir, Raphael Langat, Francis Opiyo, Alex Kasembeli, Christopher Ochieng, Japhet Towett, Jane Kimetto, Brighton Omondi, Mary Leelgo, Michael Obonyo, Linner Rotich, Enock Tonui, Ella Chelangat, Joan Kapkiai, Salome Wangare, Zeddy Bett Kesi, Janet Ngeno, Edwin Langat, Kennedy Labosso, Joshua Rotich, Leonard Cheruiyot, Enock Changwony, Mike Bii, Ezekiel Chumba, Susan Ontango, Danson Gitonga, Samuel Kiprotich, Bornes Ngtech, Grace Engoke, Irene Metet, Alice Airo, Ignatius Kiptoo, Valentine Sing’oei, Winnie Rehema, Solomon Otieno, Celine Ogari, Elkanah Modi, Oscar Adimo, Charles Okwaro, Christine Lando, Margaret Onyango, Iddah Aoko, Kennedy Obambo, Joseph Meyo, George Suja, Laura Chittenden, Nnamdi Azuakola, Mfreke Asuquo, Afoke Kokogho, Samirah Sani Mohammed, Ifeanyi Okoye, Sunday Odeyemi, Aminu Suleiman, Lawrence C. Umeji, Onome Enas, Miriam Ayogu, Ijeoma Chigbu-Ukaegbu, Wilson Adai, Felicia Anayochukwu Odo, Rabi Abdu, Roseline Akiga, Helen Nwandu, Chisara Sylvestina Okolo, Ogundele Taiwo, Otene Oche Ben, Nicholas Innocent Eigege, Tony Ibrahim Musa, Juliet Chibuzor Joseph, Ndubuisi C. Okeke, Zahra Parker, Nkechinyere Elizabeth Harrison, Uzoamaka Concilia Agbaim, Olutunde Ademola Adegbite, Ugochukwu Linus Asogwa, Adewale Adelakun, Chioma Ekeocha, Victoria Idi, Rachel Eluwa, Jumoke Titilayo Nwalozie, Igiri Faith, Blessing Irekpitan Wilson, Jacinta Elemere, Nkiru Nnadi, Francis Falaju Idowu, Ndubuisi Rosemary, Amaka Natalie Uzoegwu, Theresa Owanza Obende, Ifeoma Lauretta Obilor, Doris Emekaili, Edward Akinwale, Inalegwu Ochai, Lucas Maganga, Samoel Khamadi, John Njegite, Connie Lueer, Abisai Kisinda, Jaquiline Mwamwaja, Faraja Mbwayu, Gloria David, Mtasi Mwaipopo, Reginald Gervas, Dorothy Mkondoo, Nancy Somi, Paschal Kiliba, Ephrasia Mwalongo, Gwamaka Mwaisanga, Johnisius Msigwa, Hawa Mfumbulwa, Peter Edwin, Willyhelmina Olomi
First Chinese case report of Helcococcus kunzii in a patient with diabetic foot
Ruiying Li, Lei Xiang, Jinghui Lu, Linzhen Chen, Xiangsheng Cai
The effectiveness of syndromic surveillance for the early detection of waterborne outbreaks: a systematic review
Susanne Hyllestad, Ettore Amato, Karin Nygård, Line Vold, Preben Aavitsland
First report of Kingella kingae diagnosed in pediatric bone and joint infections in Morocco
Kaoutar Moutaouakkil, Bouchra Oumokhtar, Hicham Abdellaoui, Samira El Fakir, Btissam Arhoune, Mustapha Mahmoud, Karima Atarraf, Moulay Abderrahmane Afifi
Factors affecting in-hospital mortality of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease
Goh Tanaka, Taisuke Jo, Hiroyuki Tamiya, Yukiyo Sakamoto, Wakae Hasegawa, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo Yasunaga, Takahide Nagase
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection, anti-HCV antibodies and HIV and knowledge among people who use drugs attending methadone therapy clinic in Tanzania; a cross-sectional study
Semvua B. Kilonzo, Daniel W. Gunda, David C. Majinge, Hyasinta Jaka, Paulina M. Manyiri, Fredrick Kalokola, Grahame Mtui, Elichilia R. Shao, Fatma A. Bakshi, Alex Stephano
Hospital length of stay for COVID-19 patients: Data-driven methods for forward planning
Bindu Vekaria, Christopher Overton, Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, Shazaad Ahmad, Andrea Aparicio-Castro, Jacob Curran-Sebastian, Jane Eddleston, Neil A Hanley, Thomas House, Jihye Kim, Wendy Olsen, Maria Pampaka, Lorenzo Pellis, Diego Perez Ruiz, John Schofield, Nick Shryane, Mark J. Elliot
Determination of nasal carriage and skin colonization, antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic relatedness of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with atopic dermatitis in Szczecin, Poland
Helena Masiuk, Aleksandra Wcisłek, Joanna Jursa-Kulesza
Quantitative evaluation of range and metabolic activity of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis lesion microenvironment using PET/CT and multi-site sampling method
Abudusalamu Aini, Maiweilidan Yimingjiang, Aimaiti Yasen, Bo Ran, Tiemin Jiang, Xiaohong Li, Jian Wang, Abuduaini Abulizi, Zhide Li, Yingmei Shao, Tuerganaili Aji, Hao Wen
A prospective observational study of community acquired pneumonia in Kenya: the role of viral pathogens
Jamila Nambafu, Mary Achakolong, Fridah Mwendwa, Jumaa Bwika, Felix Riunga, Samuel Gitau, Hanika Patel, Rodney D. Adam
Serological and molecular epidemiology of the Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya viruses in a risk area in Brazil
Magaly Lima Mota, Robson dos Santos Souza Marinho, Rodrigo Lopes Sanz Duro, James Hunter, Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes, João Marcos Ferreira de Lima Silva, Glaubervânio Leite Tavares Pereira, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Anete Grumach, Ricardo Sobhie Diaz, Maria do Socorro Lucena, Shirley Vasconcelos Komninakis
Evaluation of a standardised protocol to measure the disease burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in young children in primary care
J. J. G. T. van Summeren, C. Rizzo, M. Hooiveld, J. C. Korevaar, J. M. T. Hendriksen, M. L. A. Dückers, D. Loconsole, M. Chironna, M. Bangert, C. Demont, A. Meijer, S. Caini, E. Pandolfi, J. Paget
Lower urinary tract signs and symptoms in patients with COVID-19
Aida Javan Balegh Marand, Christian Bach, Dick Janssen, John Heesakkers, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Thomas Alexander Vögeli, Hanieh Salehi-Pourmehr, Hadi Mostafae, Sakineh Hajebrahimi, Mohammad Sajjad Rahnama’i
Scent dog identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections in different body fluids
Paula Jendrny, Friederike Twele, Sebastian Meller, Claudia Schulz, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Albertus Dominicus Marcellinus Eras Osterhaus, Hans Ebbers, Janek Ebbers, Veronika Pilchová, Isabell Pink, Tobias Welte, Michael Peter Manns, Anahita Fathi, Marylyn Martina Addo, Christiane Ernst, Wencke Schäfer, Michael Engels, Anja Petrov, Katharina Marquart, Ulrich Schotte, Esther Schalke, Holger Andreas Volk
A multicentre interventional study to assess blood-borne viral infections in Belgian prisons
Dana Busschots, Cécile Kremer, Rob Bielen, Özgür M. Koc, Leen Heyens, Christian Brixko, Pierre Laukens, Hans Orlent, Pascal Bilaey, Francis De Smet, Geert Hellemans, Gaetan Muyldermans, Luk Van Baelen, Niel Hens, Hans Van Vlierberghe, Geert Robaeys
COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask wearing, and reinfection
Kevin Escandón, Angela L. Rasmussen, Isaac I. Bogoch, Eleanor J. Murray, Karina Escandón, Saskia V. Popescu, Jason Kindrachuk
Heme oxygenase-1 and neopterin plasma/serum levels and their role in diagnosing active and latent TB among HIV/TB co-infected patients: a cross sectional study
Esther Uwimaana, Bernard S. Bagaya, Barbara Castelnuovo, David P. Kateete, Anguzu Godwin, Noah Kiwanuka, Christopher C. Whalen, Moses L. Joloba
Assessing the filtration efficiency and regulatory status of N95s and nontraditional filtering face-piece respirators available during the COVID-19 pandemic
Deborah Plana, Enze Tian, Avilash K. Cramer, Helen Yang, Mary M. Carmack, Michael S. Sinha, Florence T. Bourgeois, Sherry H. Yu, Peter Masse, Jon Boyer, Minjune Kim, Jinhan Mo, Nicole R. LeBoeuf, Ju Li, Peter K. Sorger
Molecular and epidemiological characterization of human adenovirus and classic human astrovirus in children with acute diarrhea in Shanghai, 2017–2018
Lijuan Lu, Huaqing Zhong, Menghua Xu, Liyun Su, Lingfeng Cao, Ran Jia, Jin Xu
Characteristic of HBV nucleic acid amplification testing yields from blood donors in China
Danxiao Wu, Xiaojuan Wang, Fangjun Feng, Dairong Wang, Yiqin Hu, Yang Yu, Jihong Huang, Min Wang, Jie Dong, Yaling Wu, Hong Zhu, Faming Zhu
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) seroprevalence in France: impact of vaccination schedules
Eva Hong, Aude Terrade, Mélanie Denizon, Myriam Aouiti-Trabelsi, Michaël Falguières, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Ala-Eddine Deghmane
Risk of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus after fetal blood sampling: a report of six cases
Zhenyan Han, Yuan Zhang, Jin Zhou, Qingqing Wang, Yonghua Huang, Hongying Hou
Obesity, chronic disease, age, and in-hospital mortality in patients with covid-19: analysis of ISARIC clinical characterisation protocol UK cohort
Thomas Yates, Francesco Zaccardi, Nazrul Islam, Cameron Razieh, Clare L. Gillies, Claire A. Lawson, Yogini Chudasama, Alex Rowlands, Melanie J. Davies, Annemarie B. Docherty, Peter J. M. Openshaw, J. Kenneth Baillie, Malcolm G. Semple, Kamlesh Khunti
COVID-19 and its effects on endothelium in HIV-positive patients in sub-Saharan Africa: Cardiometabolic risk, thrombosis and vascular function (ENDOCOVID STUDY)
Nandu Goswami, Per Morten Fredriksen, Knut E. A. Lundin, Chidozie Agu, Simiat Olanike Elias, Keolebogile Shirley Motaung, Bianca Brix, Gerhard Cvirn, Harald Sourij, Evelyn Stelzl, Harald H. Kessler, Adam Saloň, Benedicta Nkeh-Chungag
Subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to Brucella-induced cerebral aneurysm: a case report
Yanyan Guan, Nannan Xu, Yongyuan Yao, Feng Zheng, Fengzhe Chen, Wei Wang, Xiaomeng Dong, Gang Wang
Mucosal eosinophilic infiltration may be a characteristic of human intestinal spirochetosis
Sho Ogata, Ken Shimizu, Susumu Tominaga, Susumu Matsukuma
A clinical scoring system for pediatric hand-foot-mouth disease
Hui Huang, Li Deng, Liping Jia, Runan Zhu
Fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia in patients with hematologic diseases and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia: a retrospective study
Lixia Zhu, Lulu Wang, Yuping Zhang, Rongrong Chen, Xueying Li, Jianai Sun, De Zhou, Mingyu Zhu, Xiaolong Zheng, Li Li, Jingjing Zhu, Mixue Xie, Xiudi Yang, Wenjuan Yu, Hongyan Tong, Honghu Zhu, Wanzhuo Xie, Jie Jin, Xiujin Ye
Neurological deterioration in a patient with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis initially improving on antifungal treatment: a case report of coincidental racemose neurocysticercosis
Newton Kalata, Jayne Ellis, Laura Benjamin, Samuel Kampondeni, Peter Chiodini, Thomas Harrison, David G. Lalloo, Robert S. Heyderman
Adherence to TB treatment remains low during continuation phase among adult patients in Northwest Ethiopia
Kassahun Dessie Gashu, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye, Binyam Tilahun
Low socioeconomic status is associated with self-reported HIV positive status among young MSM in Brazil and Peru
Thiago S. Torres, Lara E. Coelho, Kelika A. Konda, E. Hamid Vega-Ramirez, Oliver A. Elorreaga, Dulce Diaz-Sosa, Brenda Hoagland, Cristina Pimenta, Marcos Benedetti, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Carlos F. Caceres, Valdilea G. Veloso
SARS-CoV-2/DENV co-infection: a series of cases from the Federal District, Midwestern Brazil
Heidi Luise Schulte, José Diego Brito-Sousa, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães Lacerda, Luciana Ansaneli Naves, Eliana Teles de Gois, Mariana Sirimarco Fernandes, Valéria Paes Lima, Carlos Henrique Reis Esselin Rassi, Clara Correia de Siracusa, Lizandra Moura Paravidine Sasaki, Selma Regina Penha Silva Cerqueira, Cleandro Pires de Albuquerque, Ana Paula Monteiro Gomides Reis, Ciro Martins Gomes, Patricia Shu Kurizky, Licia Maria Henrique da Mota, Laila Salmen Espindola
Correction to: Factors associated with death in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Marcella Cini Oliveira, Tatiana de Araujo Eleuterio, Allan Bruno de Andrade Corrêa, Lucas Dalsenter Romano da Silva, Renata Coelho Rodrigues, Bruna Andrade de Oliveira, Marlos Melo Martins, Carlos Eduardo Raymundo, Roberto de Andrade Medronho
Clinical features and outcomes of COVID-19 and dengue co-infection: a systematic review
Tsheten Tsheten, Archie C. A. Clements, Darren J. Gray, Ripon K. Adhikary, Kinley Wangdi
Economic and disease burden of RSV-associated hospitalizations in young children in France, from 2010 through 2018
C. Demont, N. Petrica, I. Bardoulat, S. Duret, L. Watier, A. Chosidow, M. Lorrot, A. Kieffer, M. Lemaitre
HIV virological non-suppression and its associated factors in children on antiretroviral therapy at a major treatment centre in Southern Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Adwoa K. A. Afrane, Bamenla Q. Goka, Lorna Renner, Alfred E. Yawson, Yakubu Alhassan, Seth N. Owiafe, Seth Agyeman, Kwamena W. C. Sagoe, Awewura Kwara
Comparison of the clinical features and outcome of children with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) secondary to visceral leishmaniasis and primary HLH: a single-center study
Hadi Mottaghipisheh, Kurosh Kalantar, Ali Amanati, Mansoureh Shokripour, Mahdi Shahriari, Omid Reza Zekavat, Soheila Zareifar, Mehran Karimi, Sezaneh Haghpanah, Mohammadreza Bordbar
Regional variation in the potentially inappropriate first-line use of fluoroquinolones in Canada as a key to antibiotic stewardship? A drug utilization review study
Audray St-Jean, Dan Chateau, Matthew Dahl, Pierre Ernst, Nick Daneman, Ingrid S. Sketris, Jianguo Zhang, Fawziah Marra, Jacqueline Quail, Shawn Bugden
Decreased human respiratory syncytial virus activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: an ecological time-series analysis
Keita Wagatsuma, Iain S. Koolhof, Yugo Shobugawa, Reiko Saito
Dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ireland under mitigation
Bernard Cazelles, Benjamin Nguyen-Van-Yen, Clara Champagne, Catherine Comiskey
Fatal septic shock due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteremia masquerading as COVID-19 pneumonia - a case report
Eva Christina Meyer, Sabine Alt-Epping, Onnen Moerer, Benedikt Büttner
Serum surfactant protein D in COVID-19 is elevated and correlated with disease severity
Ming Tong, Ying Xiong, Chen Zhu, Hong Xu, Qing Zheng, Yu Jiang, Lianhong Zou, Xiaolin Xiao, Fang Chen, Xiquan Yan, Changping Hu, Yimin Zhu
Associations of immunological features with COVID-19 severity: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhicheng Zhang, Guo Ai, Liping Chen, Shunfang Liu, Chen Gong, Xiaodong Zhu, Chunli Zhang, Hua Qin, Junhui Hu, Jinjin Huang
COVID-19 inpatients with gastrointestinal onset: sex and care needs’ differences in the district of Ferrara, Italy
Salvatore Greco, Nicolò Fabbri, Alessandro Bella, Beatrice Bonsi, Stefano Parini, Cindy Rocchi, Sara Giaccari, Manuel Gavioli, Angelina Passaro, Carlo V. Feo
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease presenting in a patient with SARS-CoV-2: a case report
Samuel D. Racette, Borislav A. Alexiev, Michael P. Angarone, Ajay Bhasin, Kaitlin Lima, Lawrence J. Jennings, Senthil Balasubramanian, Akihiro J. Matsuoka
Interleukin 6 as a marker of severe bacterial infection in children with sickle cell disease and fever: a case–control study
Elena María Rincón-López, María Luisa Navarro Gómez, Teresa Hernández-Sampelayo Matos, David Aguilera-Alonso, Eva Dueñas Moreno, Jesús Saavedra-Lozano, Begoña Santiago García, María del Mar Santos Sebastián, Marina García Morín, Cristina Beléndez Bieler, Jorge Lorente Romero, Elena Cela de Julián, Alicia Hernanz Lobo, Carmen Garrido Colino, Jorge Huerta Aragonés, Cristina Mata Fernández, Eduardo Bardón Cancho, Concepción Míguez Navarro, Andrea Mora Capín, Rafael Marañón Pardillo, Arístides Rivas García, Paula Vázquez López, José Luis Jiménez Fuentes, Maria Ángeles Muñoz Fernández, Rosario Zamarro Arranz
Association between CD4+ T cell counts and gut microbiota and serum cytokines levels in HIV-infected immunological non-responders
Danfeng Lu, Jian-Bo Zhang, Yue-Xin Wang, Shi-Tao Geng, Zunyue Zhang, Yu Xu, Shao-You Li, Kun-Hua Wang, Yi-Qun Kuang
Prolonged viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in two immunocompromised patients, a case report
Melissa Niyonkuru, Rune Micha Pedersen, Kristian Assing, Thomas Emil Andersen, Marianne Nielsine Skov, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Lone Wulff Madsen
School-based surveillance of acute infectious disease in children: a systematic review
A. L. Donaldson, J. L. Hardstaff, J. P. Harris, R. Vivancos, S. J. O’Brien
Empyema necessitans with osteomyelitis of fifth rib due to Nocardia farcinica: a case report
Swapnil Tripathi, Durga Shankar Meena, Amit Kumar Rohila, Neetha T.R., Vidhi Jain, Deepak Kumar, Taruna Yadav, Mahendra Kumar Garg
Case report: aseptic meningitis secondary to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) without an exanthem post MMR vaccination
Syeda Sahra, Abdullah Jahangir, Allison Glaser, Neville Mobarakai, Ahmad Jahangir
Erythema induratum of Bazin as an indicative manifestation of cavitary tuberculosis in an adolescent: a case report
Kun Yang, Tingying Li, Xiaomei Zhu, Yun Zou, Dongxian Liu
Molecular typing of human adenoviruses among hospitalized patients with respiratory tract infections in a tertiary Hospital in Guangzhou, China between 2017 and 2019
Xinye Wang, Dawei Wang, Sajid Umar, Sheng Qin, Qiong Ling, Gregory C. Gray, Yuntao Liu
A fatal case report of antibody-dependent enhancement of dengue virus type 1 following remote Zika virus infection
Ashley N. Bonheur, Sarah Thomas, Sara H. Soshnick, Emily McGibbon, Alan P. Dupuis II, Rene Hull, Sally Slavinski, Paula E. Del Rosso, Don Weiss, Danielle T. Hunt, Megan E. McCabe, Amy B. Dean, Rebecca Folkerth, Anne M. Laib, Susan J. Wong
A mass in the upper abdomen derived from Talaromyces marneffei infected lymphadenopathy: a case report
Xue Chen, Lin Jia, Yongfeng Wu, Jing Chang, Tong Zhang, Yingmin Ma, Yulin Zhang
Epidemiological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Yunnan Province, China, 2008–2019
Li Jiang, Hongchao Jiang, Xin Tian, Xueshan Xia, Tian Huang
Factors affecting implementation and pass rates of surgical instrument moistening
Yongdeng Huang, Yan Huang, Yanhua Chen, Wei Pan, Juan Hu, Liangying Yi
Virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) isolated from urinary tract infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Gabriel Kambale Bunduki, Eva Heinz, Vincent Samuel Phiri, Patrick Noah, Nicholas Feasey, Janelisa Musaya
Misdiagnosed tuberculosis being corrected as Nocardia farcinica infection by metagenomic sequencing: a case report
Lei Pan, Xiao-hong Pan, Jie-kun Xu, Xiao-qing Huang, Jun-ke Qiu, Cai-hong Wang, Xiao-bo Ji, Yang Zhou, Min-jie Mao
Prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Peru: systematic review and meta-analysis
Sonia Ortiz-Martínez, José-Manuel Ramos-Rincón, María-Esteyner Vásquez-Chasnamote, Olga-Nohelia Gamboa-Paredes, Katty-Madeleine Arista-Flores, Luis-Alfredo Espinoza-Venegas, Eva de-Miguel-Balsa, Viviana-Vanessa Pinedo-Cancino, Miguel Górgolas-Hernández-Mora, Martín Casapía-Morales
Invasive pneumococcal disease in persons with predisposing factors is dominated by non-vaccine serotypes in Southwest Sweden
Karin Bergman, Tor Härnqvist, Erik Backhaus, Birger Trollfors, Mats S. Dahl, Helena Kolberg, Gunilla Ockborn, Rune Andersson, Johanna Karlsson, Åsa Mellgren, Susann Skovbjerg
Model estimates of hospitalization discharge rates for norovirus gastroenteritis in Europe, 2004–2015
Elsa Negro Calduch, Tom Cattaert, Thomas Verstraeten
Dynamic profile of SARS-CoV-2 infection among hospitalized patients in Kuwait: a descriptive study
Nada Madi, Ebaa’ Al-Awadhi, Fajer Al-Assaf
Factors associated with development of symptomatic disease in Ethiopian COVID-19 patients: a case-control study
Tigist W. Leulseged, Degu G. Alemahu, Ishmael S. Hassen, Endalkachew H. Maru, Wuletaw C. Zewde, Negat W. Chamiso, Kalkidan T. Yegele, Daniel S. Abebe, Firaol M. Abdi, Etsegenet Y. Minyelshewa, Tegenu G. Gerbi, Helen T. Hagos
Clinical features and death risk factors in COVID-19 patients with cancer: a retrospective study
Yi Zhou, Qiao Yang, Jun Ye, Xiaocheng Wu, Xianhua Hou, Yimei Feng, Bangyu Luo, Jixi Li, Guangrong Yang, Lingchen Li, Xiu Yang, Bin Wang, Songtao Zhao, Li Li, Qi Li, Zhi Xu, Hao Wu, Jianguo Sun
The associations between fasting blood glucose levels and mortality of SFTS in patients
Yin Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yuanhong Xu, Ying Huang
Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Egyptian healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study
Rehab H. El-Sokkary, Omnia S. El Seifi, Hebatallah M. Hassan, Eman M. Mortada, Maiada K. Hashem, Mohamed Rabie Mohamed Ali Gadelrab, Rehab M. Elsaid Tash
Community-based model for the delivery of antiretroviral therapy in Cambodia: a quasi-experimental study protocol
Sovannary Tuot, Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Kiesha Prem, Pheak Chhoun, Chamroen Pall, Mengieng Ung, Penh Sun Ly, Masamine Jimba, Siyan Yi
Increasing the HIV testing among MSM through HIV test result exchange mechanism: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Yuning Shi, Jialing Qiu, Qingling Yang, Tailin Chen, Yongheng Lu, Sha Chen, Xiaoru Fan, Zhiye Lin, Zhigang Han, Jie Lu, Haobing Qian, Jing Gu, Dong Roman Xu, Yuzhou Gu, Chun Hao
Cerebral epidural empyema due to Bartonella henselae: a case report
Stéphanie Matta, Audrey Rousseau, Rachel Chenouard, Carole Lemarié, Matthieu Eveillard, Marie Kempf, Rafaël Mahieu, Hélène Pailhoriès
Increase in consumption of alcohol-based hand rub in German acute care hospitals over a 12 year period
Tobias Siegfried Kramer, Janine Walter, Christin Schröder, Michael Behnke, Jörg Clausmeyer, Christiane Reichardt, Petra Gastmeier, Karin Bunte
Characteristics of viral pneumonia in non-HIV immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients: a retrospective cohort study
Lijuan Li, Steven H. Hsu, Chunlei Wang, Binbin Li, Lingxiao Sun, Jinying Shi, Yali Ren, Jinxiang Wang, Xiaoqi Zhang, Jiangbo Liu
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on HIV care continuum in Jiangsu, China
Lingen Shi, Weiming Tang, Haiyang Hu, Tao Qiu, Gifty Marley, Xiaoyan Liu, Yuheng Chen, Yunting Chen, Gengfeng Fu
Revisiting the dengue epidemic of 2011 in Paraguay: molecular epidemiology of dengue virus in the Asuncion metropolitan area
Alejandra Rojas, Adriana Moreira Soares, Laura Patricia Mendoza, María Eugenia Acosta, Laura Aria, Malvina Páez, Lilian Herebia, María Asunción Vallejos, Yvalena de Guillén, Victor Hugo Aquino
The microbiology of diabetic foot infections: a meta-analysis
Katherine E. Macdonald, Sophie Boeckh, Helen J. Stacey, Joshua D. Jones
Bacteriology and mortality of necrotizing fasciitis in a tertiary coastal hospital with comparing risk indicators of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio vulnificus infections: a prospective study
Yao-Hung Tsai, Tsung-Yu Huang, Jiun-Liang Chen, Cheng-Ting Hsiao, Liang-Tseng Kuo, Kuo-Chin Huang
“OPTIONS-DC”, a feasible discharge planning conference to expand infection treatment options for people with substance use disorder
Monica K. Sikka, Sara Gore, Taylor Vega, Luke Strnad, Jessica Gregg, Honora Englander
A study to design minimum data set of COVID-19 registry system
Javad Zarei, Mohammad Badavi, Majid Karandish, Maryam Haddadzadeh Shoushtari, Maryam Dastoorpoor, Farid Yousefi, Hanieh Raji, Maria Cheraghi
Severity-associated markers and assessment model for predicting the severity of COVID-19: a retrospective study in Hangzhou, China
Jianjiang Qi, Di He, Dagan Yang, Mengyan Wang, Wenjun Ma, Huaizhong Cui, Fei Ye, Fei Wang, Jinjian Xu, Zhijian Li, Chuntao Liu, Jing Wu, Kexin Qi, Rui Wu, Jinsong Huang, Shourong Liu, Yimin Zhu
Prevalence and factors associated with trichomonas vaginalis infection among female sex workers in Togo, 2017
Martin Kouame TCHANKONI, Alexandra Marie Bitty-Anderson, Arnold Junior SADIO, Fifonsi Adjidossi GBEASOR-KOMLANVI, Valentine Marie FERRÉ, Wendpouiré Ida Carine ZIDA-COMPAORE, Ameyo Monique DORKENOO, Bayaki SAKA, Anoumou Claver DAGNRA, Charlotte CHARPENTIER, Didier Koumavi EKOUEVI
Case report: pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia exalbida in an immunocompetent patient
Seitaro Abe, Yoshinari Tanabe, Takeshi Ota, Fumio Fujimori, Akira Youkou, Masato Makino
Clinical and virological outcomes with baloxavir compared with oseltamivir in pediatric patients aged 6 to < 12 years with influenza: an open-label, randomized, active-controlled trial protocol
Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Ichiro Morioka, Takashi Nakano, Masashi Furukawa, Shintaro Tanaka, Masahiro Kinoshita, Atsushi Manabe
Sero-epidemiology and associated factors of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis among blood donors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mulugeta Melku, Sintayehu Ambachew, Bamlaku Enawgaw, Molla Abebe, Zegeye Abebe, Tekalign Deressa, Debasu Damtie, Belete Biadgo, Belay Tessema, Demeke Geremew, Asemarie Kebede, Berhanu Woldu, Takele Teklu, Elias Shiferaw
Association between bacterial finding, antibiotic treatment and clinical course in patients with pharyngotonsillitis: a registry-based study in primary healthcare in Sweden
Jon Pallon, Martin Sundqvist, Mattias Rööst, Katarina Hedin
Circulating lymphocyte subsets as promising biomarkers to identify septic patients at higher risk of unfavorable outcome
Ennio Polilli, Jessica Elisabetta Esposito, Antonella Frattari, Francesca Trave, Federica Sozio, Giovanna Ferrandu, Giancarlo Di Iorio, Giustino Parruti
Age and sex distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and rifampicin resistance in Myanmar as detected by Xpert MTB/RIF
Marva Seifert, Hlaing Thazin Aung, Nicole Besler, Victoria Harris, Tin Tin Mar, Rebecca E. Colman, Timothy C. Rodwell, Si Thu Aung
Molecular study of metallo-β-lactamases and integrons in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from burn patients
Mahnaz Nikibakhsh, Farzaneh Firoozeh, Farzad Badmasti, Kourosh Kabir, Mohammad Zibaei
Clinical characteristics and a decision tree model to predict death outcome in severe COVID-19 patients
Qiao Yang, Jixi Li, Zhijia Zhang, Xiaocheng Wu, Tongquan Liao, Shiyong Yu, Zaichun You, Xianhua Hou, Jun Ye, Gang Liu, Siyuan Ma, Ganfeng Xie, Yi Zhou, Mengxia Li, Meihui Wu, Yimei Feng, Weili Wang, Lufeng Li, Dongjing Xie, Yunhui Hu, Xi Liu, Bin Wang, Songtao Zhao, Li Li, Chunmei Luo, Tang Tang, Hongmei Wu, Tianyu Hu, Guangrong Yang, Bangyu Luo, Lingchen Li, Xiu Yang, Qi Li, Zhi Xu, Hao Wu, Jianguo Sun
Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 faecal shedding in the community: a prospective household cohort study (COVID-LIV) in the UK
Natasha Marcella Vaselli, Wega Setiabudi, Krishanthi Subramaniam, Emily R. Adams, Lance Turtle, Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Tom Solomon, Nigel A. Cunliffe, Neil French, Daniel Hungerford, Lance Turtle, Daniel Hungerford, Krishanthi Subramaniam, Roberto Vivancos, Mark Gabbay, Iain Buchan, Enitan D. Carrol, Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Tom Solomon, Nigel A. Cunliffe, Emily R. Adams, Carrol Gamble, Lynnette Crossley, Neil Joseph, Wega Setiabudi, Natasha Marcella Vaselli, Moon Wilton, Lee D. Troughton, Samantha Kilada, Katharine Abba, Victoria Simpson, John S. P. Tulloch, Lynsey Goodwin, Rachael Daws, Shiva Seyed Forootan, Susan Dobson, Rachel Press, Vida Spaine, Lesley Hands, Kate Bradfield, Carol McNally, Tracy Moitt, Silviya Balabanova, Chloe Donohue, Lynsey Finnetty, Laura Marsh, William Greenhalf, Dean J. Naisbitt, Victoria E. Shaw, Stephen Aston, Gareth Platt, Christopher Dunn, Paul J. Thomson, Monday Ogese, Sean Hammond, Kareena Adair, Liam Farrell, Joshua Gardner, Kanoot Jaruthamsophon, Serat-E Ali, Adam Lister, Laura Booth, Milton Ashworth, Katie Bullock, Benjamin W. A. Catterall, Terry Foster, Lara Lavelle-Langham, Joanna Middleton, William Reynolds, Emily Cass, Alejandra Doce Carracedo, Lianne Davies, Lisa Flaherty, Melanie Oates, Nicole Maziere, Jennifer Lloyd, Christopher Jones, Hannah Massey, Anthony Holmes, Nicola Carlucci, Vanessa Brammah, Yasmyn Ramos, Daniel Allen, Jane Armstrong, Debbie Howarth, Eve Wilcock, Jenna Lowe, Jayne Jones, Paula Wright, Iain Slack, Simone McLaughlin, Jessica Mason, Thomas Edwards, Claudia McKeown, Elysse Hendrick, Chris Williams, Rachel Byrne, Kate Buist, Gala Garrod, Sophie Owen, Ashley P. Jones, Efstathia Gkioni
Evaluation of the added value of viral genomic information for predicting severity of influenza infection
Nina Van Goethem, Annie Robert, Nathalie Bossuyt, Laura A. E. Van Poelvoorde, Sophie Quoilin, Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Isabelle Thomas, Kevin Vanneste, Nancy H. C. Roosens, Herman Van Oyen
Establishment of a novel scoring model for mortality risk prediction in HIV-infected patients with cryptococcal meningitis
Ting Zhao, Xiao-Lei Xu, Jing-Min Nie, Xiao-Hong Chen, Zhong-Sheng Jiang, Shui-Qing Liu, Tong-Tong Yang, Xuan Yang, Feng Sun, Yan-Qiu Lu, Vijay Harypursat, Yao-Kai Chen
Investigation of fatal human Borna disease virus 1 encephalitis outside the previously known area for human cases, Brandenburg, Germany – a case report
Dennis Tappe, Kirsten Pörtner, Christina Frank, Hendrik Wilking, Arnt Ebinger, Christiane Herden, Christoph Schulze, Birgit Muntau, Petra Eggert, Petra Allartz, Gerlind Schuldt, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Martin Beer, Dennis Rubbenstroth
A case-control study on correlation between the single nucleotide polymorphism of CLEC4E and the susceptibility to tuberculosis among Han people in Western China
Wenjing Zhou, Lijuan Wu, Jiajia Song, Lin Jiao, Yi Zhou, Juan Zhou, Nian Wang, Tangyuheng Liu, Zhenzhen Zhao, Hao Bai, Tao Wu, Binwu Ying
Clinic-based diabetes screening at the time of HIV testing and associations with poor clinical outcomes in South Africa: a cohort study
Rachel W. Kubiak, Mario Kratz, Ayesha A. Motala, Sean Galagan, Sabina Govere, Elisabeth R. Brown, Mahomed-Yunus S. Moosa, Paul K. Drain
Construction of an index system of core competence assessment for infectious disease specialist nurse in China: a Delphi study
Chao Wu, Ping Wu, Pei Li, Feixia Cheng, Yanling Du, Shizhe He, Hongjuan Lang
Dynamics of hepatitis C epidemic among people living with HIV in Estonia based on Estonian HIV cohort study
Kerstin Kase, Radko Avi, Karolin Toompere, Heli Rajasaar, Merit Pauskar, Pilleriin Soodla, Ene-Ly Jõgeda, Kai Zilmer, Irja Lutsar, Kristi Huik
Transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in a mid-size city of China
Hongjun Zhao, Xiaoxiao Lu, Wenhui Lun, Tiegang Li, Boqi Rao, Dedong Wang, Di Wu, Fuman Qiu, Zhicong Yang, Jiachun Lu
Differences of clinical features and prognosis between Mycoplasma pneumoniae necrotizing pneumonia and non-Mycoplasma pneumoniae necrotizing pneumonia in children
Beilei Yang, Weili Zhang, Wenjing Gu, Xinxing Zhang, Meijuan Wang, Li Huang, Canhong Zhu, Yongdong Yan, Wei Ji, Huiping Ni, Zhengrong Chen
Performance of antigen testing for diagnosis of COVID-19: a direct comparison of a lateral flow device to nucleic acid amplification based tests
Maria Kahn, Lukas Schuierer, Christina Bartenschlager, Stephan Zellmer, Ramona Frey, Marie Freitag, Christine Dhillon, Margit Heier, Alanna Ebigbo, Christian Denzel, Selin Temizel, Helmut Messmann, Markus Wehler, Reinhard Hoffmann, Elisabeth Kling, Christoph Römmele
Impact of travel ban implementation on COVID-19 spread in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea during the early phase of the pandemic: a comparative study
Sylvia Xiao Wei Gwee, Pearleen Ee Yong Chua, Min Xian Wang, Junxiong Pang
The role of surgical management of BCG vaccine-induced regional suppurative lymphadenitis in children: a 7 years' experience from one medical center
Chen Liu, Minxiang Huang, Fang Liu, Xiaoliang Xu, Wenyu Feng, Guoxiu Han, Xijie Liu, Bufeng Zheng, Lei Geng, Tingliang Fu
A retrospective analysis of incident pregnancy in phase 1 and 2a HIV-1 vaccine study participants does not support concern for adverse pregnancy or birth outcomes
Lynda Stranix-Chibanda, Chenchen Yu, Margaret Brewinski Isaacs, Mary Allen, Jessica Andriesen, Stephen R. Walsh
Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome with fulminant myocarditis: a case report
Uh. Jin Kim, Hyukjin Park, Kye Hun Kim, Dong Min Kim, Seung Eun Kim, Seung Ji Kang, Kyung-Hwa Park, Sook In Jung
Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) for the detection and quantification of Ureaplasma spp.
Yanfang Huang, Huifen Pan, Xiaoqin Xu, Panpan Lv, Xinxin Wang, Zhen Zhao
Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine in patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study
Zhe Chen, Aihua Liu, Yongjing Cheng, Xutao Wang, Xiaomao Xu, Jia Huang, Yuqing Ma, Ming Gao, Cibo Huang
Non-fermentative gram-negative bloodstream infection in northern Italy: a multicenter cohort study
Renato Pascale, Silvia Corcione, Linda Bussini, Livia Pancaldi, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Simone Ambretti, Tommaso Lupia, Cristina Costa, Anna Marchese, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Matteo Bassetti, Claudio Viscoli, Michele Bartoletti, Maddalena Giannella, Pierluigi Viale
Mid-term follow-up results after implementing a new strategy for the diagnosis and management of periprosthetic joint infections
Rares Mircea Birlutiu, Manuela Mihalache, Patricia Mihalache, Razvan Silviu Cismasiu, Victoria Birlutiu
The accumulation of plasma acylcarnitines are associated with poor immune recovery in HIV-infected individuals
Shi Qian, Xi Chen, Tong Wu, Yu Sun, Xiaolin Li, Yajing Fu, Zining Zhang, Junjie Xu, Xiaoxu Han, Haibo Ding, Yongjun Jiang
A case report of COVID-19 in a patient with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Owrang Eilami, Max Igor Banks Ferreira Lopes, Ronaldo Cesar Borges Gryschek, Kaveh Taghipour
Use of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase amplicon-based high-throughput sequencing with variant analysis to detect co-infection and resolve identical consensus sequences of seasonal influenza in a university setting
Temitope O. C. Faleye, Deborah Adams, Sangeet Adhikari, Helen Sandrolini, Rolf U. Halden, Arvind Varsani, Matthew Scotch
Hemophagocytic syndrome secondary to SARS-Cov-2 infection: a case report
Marco Meazza Prina, Francesca Martini, Federico Bracchi, Daniela Di Mauro, Anna Fargnoli, Marco Motta, Cristina Giussani, Giovanni Gobbin, Monica Taverna, Andrea D’Alessio
Sociodemographic characteristics and transmission risk factors in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 before and during the lockdown in France
Mayda Rahi, Diane Le Pluart, Alexandra Beaudet, Sophie Ismaël, Marion Parisey, Nora Poey, Hassan Tarhini, François-Xavier Lescure, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Laurène Deconinck
Comparison of yield and relative costs of different screening algorithms for tuberculosis in active case-finding: a cross-section study
Fei Zhao, Canyou Zhang, Chongguang Yang, Yinyin Xia, Jin Xing, Guolong Zhang, Lin Xu, Xiaomeng Wang, Wei Lu, Jianwei Li, Feiying Liu, Dingwen Lin, Jianlin Wu, Xin Shen, Shuangyi Hou, Yanling Yu, Dongmei Hu, Chunyi Fu, Lixia Wang, Jun Cheng, Hui Zhang
A cluster randomized trial of interferon ß-1a for the reduction of transmission of SARS-Cov-2: protocol for the Containing Coronavirus Disease 19 trial (ConCorD-19)
Carolina Iturriaga, Nat Eiffler, Rad Aniba, Rym Ben-Othman, Guillermo Perez-Mateluna, Jessica K. V. Meyer, Eleanor N. Fish, Tobias R. Kollmann, Nicolas Severino, Stephen Stick, Arturo Borzutzky, Cecilia Perret, José A. Castro-Rodriguez, Diego Garcia-Huidobro
Tuberculosis infection screening in children with close contact: a hospital-based study
Lin Sun, Xue Qi, Yajie Guo, Hui Qi, Jieqiong Li, Xirong Wu, Qingqin Yin, Yan Guo, Baoping Xu, Yacui Wang, Qi Jin, Lei Gao, Adong Shen
Spatio-temporal distribution characteristics of COVID-19 in China: a city-level modeling study
Qianqian Ma, Jinghong Gao, Wenjie Zhang, Linlin Wang, Mingyuan Li, Jinming Shi, Yunkai Zhai, Dongxu Sun, Lin Wang, Baozhan Chen, Shuai Jiang, Jie Zhao
Hepatitis B vaccination coverage in Germany: systematic review
Gyde Steffen, Ida Sperle, Thomas Harder, Navina Sarma, Sandra Beermann, Roma Thamm, Viviane Bremer, Ruth Zimmermann, Sandra Dudareva
Dynamic changes in liver function parameters in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a multicentre, retrospective study
Qing-Lei Zeng, Zu-Jiang Yu, Fanpu Ji, Guang-Ming Li, Guo-Fan Zhang, Jiang-Hai Xu, Wan-Bao Lin, Guo-Qiang Zhang, Guo-Tao Li, Guang-Lin Cui, Fu-Sheng Wang
Estimating case fatality risk of severe Yellow Fever cases: systematic literature review and meta-analysis
Joseph L. Servadio, Claudia Muñoz-Zanzi, Matteo Convertino
Evaluation of China’s Hubei control strategy for COVID-19 epidemic: an observational study
Yu Liu, Fangfang Zheng, Zhicheng Du, Jinghua Li, Jing Gu, Mei Jiang, Daisuke Yoneoka, Stuart Gilmour, Yuantao Hao
Risk factors for mortality in patients over 70 years old with COVID-19 in Wuhan at the early break: retrospective case series
Xu Zhu, Wenzheng Yuan, Junwei Shao, Kesheng Huang, Qingbo Wang, Shuang Yao, Wei Lu, Li Liu, Tao Fu
Adoption of evidence-informed guidelines in prescribing protease inhibitors for HIV-Tuberculosis co-infected patients on rifampicin and effects on HIV treatment outcomes in Uganda
Frank Mulindwa, Barbara Castelnuovo, Bruce Kirenga, Dennis Kalibbala, Priscilla Haguma, Martin Muddu, Fred C. Semitala
Retrospective assessment of antimicrobial stewardship initiative in outpatient use of ertapenem for uncomplicated extended spectrum beta lactamase Enterobacteriaceae urinary tract infections
Carrie P. Wong, Thomas Delate, Elizabeth Hudson, Julia K. Nguyen, Su-Jau Yang, Mariana Abraham
Nosocomial sepsis and drug susceptibility pattern among patients admitted to adult intensive care unit of Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia
Tsega Cherkos Dawit, Reiye Esayas Mengesha, Mohamedawel Mohamedniguss Ebrahim, Mengistu Hagazi Tequare, Hiluf Ebuy Abraha
Comparative study of Amsel’s criteria and Nugent scoring for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in a tertiary care hospital, Nepal
Rajshree Bhujel, Shyam Kumar Mishra, Santosh Kumar Yadav, Kesang Diki Bista, Keshab Parajuli
Epidemiology of patients with central nervous system infections, mainly neurosurgical patients: a retrospective study from 2012 to 2019 in a teaching hospital in China
Zheng Zhang, Yan Song, Jianbang Kang, Surong Duan, Qi Li, Fuqiang Feng, Jinju Duan
Use of monitoring indicators in hospital management of antimicrobials
Ravena Melo Ribeiro da Silva, Simonize Cunha B. de Mendonça, Ingrid Novaes Leão, Quesia Nery dos Santos, Alessandra Macedo Batista, Matheus Santos Melo, Milena da Motta Xavier, Lucindo José Quintans Júnior, Wellington Barros da Silva, Iza Maria Fraga Lobo
A systematic review of the sensitivity and specificity of lateral flow devices in the detection of SARS-CoV-2
Dylan A. Mistry, Jenny Y. Wang, Mika-Erik Moeser, Thomas Starkey, Lennard Y. W. Lee
Mononucleosis-like illnesses due to co-infection with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus and spotted fever group rickettsia:a case report
Bin Zhao, Haohua Hou, Ran Gao, Bing Tian, Baocheng Deng
Autoimmune neutropenia associated with influenza virus infection in childhood: a case report
Ignacio Callejas Caballero, Marta Illán Ramos, Arantxa Berzosa Sánchez, Eduardo Anguita, José Tomás Ramos Amador
Isolation of Brucella abortus biovar 1 from human lumbar disc bulging: a case report of brucellar discitis
Saeed Alamian, Afshar Etemadi, Mohammad Reza Samiee, Maryam Dadar
A case report of Nocardia spp. infective endocarditis in an injection drug user
Chukwunyelu Enwezor, Courtney L. Russ-Friedman, Zachary P. Gruss, Adam Murphy, Elizabeth L. Palavecino, Niyati Jakharia
Bordetella avium-associated endophthalmitis: case report
Rui Zhang, Liping Hu, Chong Xu, Jianhua Wu, Changzhong Xu, Chao Feng
A highly effective and inexpensive standardized treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a multicenter prospective study in China
Wenwen Sun, Zheyuan Wu, Ying Zhou, Fan Xia, Qin Tang, Jie Wang, Jinghui Yang, Fangyou Yu, Hua Yang, Heping Xiao, Lin Fan
Prevalence and associated characteristics of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Mexico 5 months after pandemic arrival
Cristina Díaz-Salazar, Adriana Sánchez-García, René Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Adrián Camacho-Ortiz, Donato Saldívar-Rodríguez, José Gerardo González-González
Quantitative CT for detecting COVID‑19 pneumonia in suspected cases
Weiping Lu, Jianguo Wei, Tingting Xu, Miao Ding, Xiaoyan Li, Mengxue He, Kai Chen, Xiaodan Yang, Huiyuan She, Bingcang Huang
Bacteria and viruses in the upper respiratory tract of Congolese children with radiologically confirmed pneumonia
Archippe M. Birindwa, Jerry K. Kasereka, Lucia Gonzales-Siles, Shadi Geravandi, Mambo Mwilo, Léonard K. Tudiakwile, Néné L. Mwinja, Balthazar Muhigirwa, Théophile Kashosi, Jeanière T. Manegabe, Elie B. Bugashane, Stay M. Saili, Clement Mungo, Rickard Nordén, Rune Andersson, Susann Skovbjerg
Canine olfactory detection and its relevance to medical detection
Paula Jendrny, Friederike Twele, Sebastian Meller, Albertus Dominicus Marcellinus Erasmus Osterhaus, Esther Schalke, Holger Andreas Volk
Time series analysis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in mainland China by using an XGBoost forecasting model
Cai-Xia Lv, Shu-Yi An, Bao-Jun Qiao, Wei Wu
A genome epidemiological study of mycobacterium tuberculosis in subpopulations with high and low incidence rate in Guangxi, South China
Dingwen Lin, Junning Wang, Zhezhe Cui, Jing Ou, Liwen Huang, Ya Wang
Comparative analysis of carbapenemases, RND family efflux pumps and biofilm formation potential among Acinetobacter baumannii strains with different carbapenem susceptibility
Yanpeng Zhang, Bing Fan, Yong Luo, Zhiyuan Tao, Yongbo Nie, Yongtao Wang, Fanglin Ding, Yanwu Li, Dayong Gu
Pyopneumothorax from coinfection by Trichomonas tenax and Geotrichum capitatum in a child from China: a case report
Yuhui Wu, Yuanzhen Ye, Yanlan Yang, Weiguo Yang, Jiayin Lin, Ke Cao
Action for better brain health among people living with HIV: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Adria Quigley, Marie-Josée Brouillette, Lesley K. Fellows, Nancy Mayo
A novel approach to modeling epidemic vulnerability, applied to Aedes aegypti-vectored diseases in Perú
Julianne Meisner, Lauren A. Frisbie, César V. Munayco, Patricia J. García, César P. Cárcamo, Cory W. Morin, David M. Pigott, Peter M. Rabinowitz
Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta: case report of a donor-derived Pseudomonas infection in a heart transplant recipient
Szilvia Kugler, Miklós Pólos, Ákos Király, Ákos Pataki, Ádám Koppányi, Tamás Varga, Zsófia Szakál-Tóth, Nóra Parázs, Tímea Teszák, Zoltán Tarjányi, Gyula Prinz, István Hartyánszky, Zoltán Szabolcs, Béla Merkely, Balázs Sax
Bacteraemia, antimicrobial susceptibility and treatment among Campylobacter-associated hospitalisations in the Australian Capital Territory: a review
Cameron R. M. Moffatt, Karina J. Kennedy, Ben O’Neill, Linda Selvey, Martyn D. Kirk
Modeling analysis reveals the transmission trend of COVID-19 and control efficiency of human intervention
Chaoyuan Cheng, Xinru Wan, Zhibin Zhang
Risk factors for disease progression in Japanese patients with COVID-19 with no or mild symptoms on admission
Toshifumi Ninomiya, Kohei Otsubo, Teppei Hoshino, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Megumi Nakazawa, Yoriko Sato, Hironori Mikumo, Satoru Kawakami, Shun Mizusaki, Yusuke Mori, Hidenobu Arimura, Yuko Tsuchiya-Kawano, Koji Inoue, Yujiro Uchida, Yoichi Nakanishi
Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of inconclusive results in SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assays
Yong Kwan Lim, Oh Joo Kweon, Hye Ryoun Kim, Tae-Hyoung Kim, Mi-Kyung Lee
Limited polymorphism in k13 gene of Plasmodium falciparum and k12 of Plasmodium vivax isolates imported from African and Asian countries between 2014 and 2019 in Hangzhou city, China
Xingyi Jin, Sujuan Zhu, Weimin Xu, Junfang Chen, Wei Ruan, Xiaoxiao Wang
Deficient DNA mismatch repair and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA shedding: a case report of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer with COVID-19 infection
Farzana Haque, Patrick Lillie, Farhana Haque, Anthony Maraveyas
Mortality-related risk factors of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 42 studies and 423,117 patients
Zelalem G. Dessie, Temesgen Zewotir
Children with Plasmodium vivax infection previously observed in Namibia, were Duffy negative and carried a c.136G > A mutation
Daniel Hosea Haiyambo, Larysa Aleksenko, Davies Mumbengegwi, Ronnie Bock, Petrina Uusiku, Benoit Malleret, Laurent Rénia, Isaac Kweku Quaye
Describing global pediatric RSV disease at intensive care units in GAVI-eligible countries using molecular point-of-care diagnostics: the RSV GOLD-III study protocol
Yvette N. Löwensteyn, Natalie I. Mazur, Harish Nair, Joukje E. Willemsen, Ghislaine van Thiel, Louis Bont, Maria Ahuoiza Garba, Fatima Jumai Giwa, Mohammad Hafiz Rasooly, Aminullah Shirpoor, Merwais Azizyar, Lamin Makalo, Ousman Nyan, Ali Mohamed, Khalid Osman, Ram Hari Chapagain, Krishna Prasad Bista, Arun Kumar Sharma, Prabina Shrestha, Bamenla Goka, Kwabena Osman, Evangeline Obodai, Henshaw Mandi, Lucas Esuh Esong, Charlotte Ekoube Eposse, Valéria Muando, Tufária Mussá, Yasser Habresh Said, Aika Abia Shoo, Vanessa Jaelle Dor, Jacqueline Gautier, Lynda Abicher
Clinical prediction rules for the diagnosis of neuritis in leprosy
Louise Mara Giesel, Yara Hahr Marques Hökerberg, Izabela Jardim Rodrigues Pitta, Lígia Rocha Andrade, Debora Bartzen Moraes, José Augusto da Costa Nery, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Marcia Rodrigues Jardim
Effectiveness of mobile text reminder in improving adherence to medication, physical exercise, and quality of life in patients living with HIV: a systematic review
Sam Chidi Ibeneme, Sandra C. Ndukwu, Hellen Myezwa, Franklin Onyedinma Irem, Fortune Elochukwu Ezenwankwo, Adedayo Tunde Ajidahun, Amarachi D. Ezuma, Amaka Nnamani, Obinna Onodugo, Gerhard Fortwengel, Victor C. Uwakwe
Development and clinical evaluation of a rapid antibody lateral flow assay for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Kesheng Li, Chongxiang Tong, Xiaoqin Ha, Chaoning Zeng, Xia Chen, Feifei Xu, Jinhong Yang, Huifen Du, Yuxin Chen, Jing Cai, Zengwei Yang, Zhongyi Jiang, Dandan Chai, Xueliang Zhang, Xun Li, Junfeng Li, Liqiong Yao
Diagnostic value of combined pleural interleukin-33, adenosine deaminase and peripheral blood tuberculosis T cell spot detection TB for tuberculous pleurisy
Jin Fenhua, Wang Daohui, Lin Hui, Xia Xiaodong, Huang Wen
Febrile infants without respiratory symptoms or sick contacts: are chest radiographs or RSV/influenza testing indicated?
Ali Ozcan, Evelyn Laskowski, Shashi Sahai, Kelly Levasseur
The development and validation of a diagnostic scoring system to differentiate pulmonary tuberculosis from non-tuberculosis pulmonary infections in HIV-infected patients with severe immune suppression
Jing Ouyang, Jing Yuan, Yaling Chen, Yanming Zeng, Vijay Harypursat, Yanqiu Lu, Hui Chen, Yaokai Chen
A comparison of predictors for mortality and bacteraemia in patients suspected of infection
Steen Andreassen, Jens Kjølseth Møller, Noa Eliakim-Raz, Gorm Lisby, Logan Ward
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for the early diagnosis of talaromycosis in HIV-uninfected patients: five cases report
Qiuhua Chen, Ye Qiu, Wen Zeng, Xuan Wei, Jianquan Zhang
Multifoci and multiserotypes circulation of dengue virus in Senegal between 2017 and 2018
Idrissa Dieng, Marie Henriette Dior Ndione, Cheikh Fall, Moussa Moïse Diagne, Mamadou Diop, Aboubacry Gaye, Mamadou Aliou Barry, Boly Diop, Mamadou Ndiaye, Abdoulaye Bousso, Gamou Fall, Cheikh Loucoubar, Oumar Faye, Amadou Alpha Sall, Ousmane Faye
Pseudomonas otitidis bacteraemia in a patient with COPD and recurrent pneumonia: case report and literature review
Adriana L. Caixinha, Alexandros N. Valsamidis, Ming Chen, Mats Lindberg
Evaluation of asymptomatic bacteruria management before and after antimicrobial stewardship program implementation: retrospective study
Ahlam Alghamdi, Majid Almajid, Raneem Alalawi, Amjad Alganame, Shorooq Alanazi, Ghaida Alghamdi, Salman Alharthi, Isra Alghamdi
Development and application of a method to detect 27 respiratory pathogens using multiplex RT-PCR combined with MassARRAY technology
Huan Zhao, Yichao Yang, Jiangfeng Lyu, Xuyi Ren, Wei Cheng
Low Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Rhode Island blood donors during may 2020 as determined using multiple serological assay formats
Daniel J. Nesbitt, Daniel P. Jin, Joseph W. Hogan, Jenny Yang, Haidee Chen, Philip A. Chan, Melissa J. Simon, Matthew Vargas, Ewa King, Richard C. Huard, Utpala Bandy, Christopher D. Hillyer, Larry L. Luchsinger
Reducing burden from respiratory infections in refugees and immigrants: a systematic review of interventions in OECD, EU, EEA and EU-applicant countries
Jan-Frederic Lambert, Katarina Stete, James Balmford, Annabelle Bockey, Winfried Kern, Siegbert Rieg, Martin Boeker, Berit Lange
Characterizing social-ecological context and success factors of antimicrobial resistance interventions across the One Health spectrum: analysis of 42 interventions targeting E. coli
Anaïs Léger, Irene Lambraki, Tiscar Graells, Melanie Cousins, Patrik J. G. Henriksson, Stephan Harbarth, Carolee A. Carson, Shannon E. Majowicz, Max Troell, E. Jane Parmley, Peter S. Jørgensen, Didier Wernli
Paraoxonase 1 gene (PON1) variants concerning hepatitis C virus (HCV) spontaneous clearance in hemodialysis individuals: a case–control study
Alicja E. Grzegorzewska, Adrianna Mostowska, Wojciech Warchoł, Paweł P. Jagodziński
Immunologic biomarkers, morbidity and mortality among HIV patients hospitalised in a Tertiary Care Hospital in the Brazilian Amazon
Wellington Mota Gama, Carlos Henrique Michiles Frank, Taynná Vernalha Rocha Almeida, Daniel Silva dos Santos, Yury Oliveira Chaves, Danielle Furtado da Silva, Patrícia Puccinelli Orlandi, Flávio Ribeiro Pereira, Gleicienne Feliz Magalhães, Bárbara Jóse Baptista, Viviane Lago de Oliveira Silva, Antônio Alcirley da Silva Balieiro, Monique Freire Santana, Roberta Lins Gonçalves, Allyson Guimarães da Costa, Marcelo Cordeiro dos Santos, Luís Carlos de Lima Ferreira, Marcus Vinicius Guimaraes Lacerda, Paulo Afonso Nogueira
Antibiotic prescribing for acute, non-complicated infections in primary care in Germany: baseline assessment in the cluster randomized trial ARena
Regina Poss-Doering, Dorothea Kronsteiner, Martina Kamradt, Edith Andres, Petra Kaufmann-Kolle, Michel Wensing, Joachim Szecsenyi, Michel Wensing, Martina Kamradt, Regina Poß-Doering, Dorothea Kronsteiner, Petra Kaufmann-Kolle, Edith Andres, Veit Wambach, Joerg Lindenthal, Julian Bleek, Alexander Günter, Lutz Bader, Joachim Szecsenyi
A case–control study of factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers in Colombia
Merida Rodriguez-Lopez, Beatriz Parra, Enrique Vergara, Laura Rey, Mercedes Salcedo, Gabriela Arturo, Liliana Alarcon, Jorge Holguin, Lyda Osorio
Vaccine preferences driving vaccine-decision making of different target groups: a systematic review of choice-based experiments
Marilyn Emma Diks, Mickael Hiligsmann, Ingeborg Maria van der Putten
Spatiotemporal epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in the Republic of Ireland, 2008–2017: development of a space–time “cluster recurrence” index
M. Boudou, E. Cleary, C. ÓhAiseadha, P. Garvey, P. McKeown, J. O’Dwyer, Paul Hynds
Different epidemiological profiles in patients with Zika and dengue infection in Tapachula, Chiapas in Mexico (2016–2018): an observational, prospective cohort study
Pablo F. Belaunzarán-Zamudio, Héctor Armando Rincón León, Sandra Caballero Sosa, Emilia Ruiz, José Gabriel Nájera Cancino, Paul Rodriguez de La Rosa, María de Lourdes Guerrero Almeida, John H. Powers III, John H. Beigel, Sally Hunsberger, Karina Trujillo, Pilar Ramos, Fernando J. Arteaga-Cabello, Alexander López-Roblero, Raydel Valdés-Salgado, Hugo Arroyo-Figueroa, Eli Becerril, Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios, Justino Regalado Pineda, Héctor Armando Rincón-León, Karla R. Navarro-Fuentes, Sandra Caballero-Sosa, Francisco Camas-Durán, Zoyla Priego-Smith, Emilia Ruiz, José Gabriel Nájera-Cancino, Paul Rodriguez De la Rosa, Jesús Sepúlveda-Delgado, Alfredo Vera Maloof, Karina Trujillo, Alexander López-Roblero, Raydel Valdés-Salgado, Yolanda Bertucci, Isabel Trejos, Luis Diego Villalobos, Pablo F. Belaunzarán-Zamudio, Pilar Ramos, Fernando J. Arteaga-Cabello, Lourdes Guerrero, Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios, Paola del Carmen Guerra Blas, Luis Mendoza-Garcés, Samira Toledo Roy, Hugo Arroyo-Figueroa, Peter Quidgley, Laura Macedo, Eli Becerril, Abelardo Montenegro Liendo, John H. Powers, John H. Beigel, Sally Hunsberger
Malaria vector dynamics and utilization of insecticide-treated nets in low-transmission setting in Southwest Ethiopia: implications for residual transmission
Endalew Zemene, Denekew Bitew Belay, Abebaw Tiruneh, Ming-Chieh Lee, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Guiyun Yan
Assessment of COVID-19 progression on day 5 from symptoms onset
Elisa Gentilotti, Alessia Savoldi, Monica Compri, Anna Górska, Pasquale De Nardo, Alessandro Visentin, Giorgia Be, Elisa Razzaboni, Nicola Soriolo, Dario Meneghin, Domenico Girelli, Claudio Micheletto, Sara Mehrabi, Elda Righi, Evelina Tacconelli
Streptococcus oralis MitraClip endocarditis following a dental procedure: a case report
Aikaterini Papamanoli, Tahmid Rahman, Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, Zeena Lobo, Paul Diggs, Anne Hamik, George Psevdos
Comparative therapeutic efficacy of interferon alfa-2b and combination lopinavir/ritonavir plus interferon alfa-2b against SARS-CoV-2
Jingyuan Liu, Chunjing Du, Lin Pu, Pan Xiang, Haofeng Xiong, Wen Xie, Zhihai Chen, Ang Li
Estimating the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 on mumps incidence in Sichuan, China
Wenqiang Zhang, Rongsheng Luan
Three-day regimen of oseltamivir for post-exposure prophylaxis of influenza in hospital wards: a study protocol for a prospective, multi-center, single-arm trial
Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Yoichi M. Ito, Sumio Iwasaki, Miki Nagao, Hideki Kawamura, Shinichiro Kanai, Yoko Nukui, Koichi Tokuda, Takayuki Miyara, Hidetoshi Igari, Koichi Yamada, Hiroki Chikumi, Chiaki Sano, Ryuji Koike, Tetsuya Yagi, Nobuo Murakami
Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal protozoan infection among symptomatic and asymptomatic populations in rural and urban areas of southern Algeria
Soumia Sebaa, Jerzy M. Behnke, Djamel Baroudi, Ahcene Hakem, Marawan A. Abu-Madi
Duration of SARS-CoV-2 sero-positivity in a large longitudinal sero-surveillance cohort: the COVID-19 Community Research Partnership
David M. Herrington, John W. Sanders, Thomas F. Wierzba, Martha Alexander-Miller, Mark Espeland, Alain G. Bertoni, Allison Mathews, Austin L. Seals, Iqra Munawar, Michael S. Runyon, Lewis H. McCurdy, Michael A. Gibbs, Karen Kotloff, DeAnna Friedman-Klabanoff, William Weintraub, Adolfo Correa, Diane Uschner, Sharon Edelstein, Michele Santacatterina
Clinical characteristics of acute liver failure associated with hepatitis A infection in children in Mogadishu, Somalia: a hospital-based retrospective study
Esra Keles, Mohamed A. Hassan-Kadle, Marian Muse Osman, Hasan Huseyin Eker, Zeynep Abusoglu, Kursad Nuri Baydili, Aamir Muse Osman
Transmission patterns of rifampicin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains in Cameroon: a genomic epidemiological study
Matthias Merker, Nkongho F. Egbe, Yannick R. Ngangue, Comfort Vuchas, Thomas A. Kohl, Viola Dreyer, Christopher Kuaban, Jürgen Noeske, Stefan Niemann, Melissa S. Sander
Understanding the determinants of COVID-19 vaccination intention and willingness to pay: findings from a population-based survey in Bangladesh
Rajon Banik, Md. Saiful Islam, Mamun Ur Rashid Pranta, Quazi Maksudur Rahman, Mahmudur Rahman, Shahina Pardhan, Robin Driscoll, Sahadat Hossain, Md. Tajuddin Sikder
Development and validation of a structured survey questionnaire on knowledge, attitude, preventive practice, and treatment-seeking behaviour regarding dengue among the resident population of Sabah, Malaysia: an exploratory factor analysis
Rhanye Mac Guad, Ernest Mangantig, Wah Yun Low, Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson, Meram Azzani, Shamala Devi Sekaran, Maw Shin Sim, Nornazirah Azizan
Primary care clinical provider knowledge and experiences in the diagnosis and treatment of tick-borne illness: a qualitative assessment from a Lyme disease endemic community
Stephanie Mattoon, Caitlin Baumhart, Ana C. Barsallo Cochez, Douglas MacQueen, Jeffrey Snedeker, Caroline B. Yancey, Melissa Gatch, Emily M. Mader
Moderating effect of self-efficacy on the association of intimate partner violence with risky sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men in China
Yang Zhu, Fengsu Hou, Chun Chen, Dannuo Wei, Liping Peng, Xinyi You, Jing Gu, Chun Hao, Yuantao Hao, Jinghua Li
COVID-19 epidemiological, sociological and anthropological investigation: study protocol for a multidisciplinary mixed methods research in Burkina Faso
Isidore Tiandiogo Traoré, Samiratou Ouedraogo, Dramane Kania, Firmin Nongodo Kaboré, Blahima Konaté, Rachel Médah, Hermann Badolo, Nathalie de Rekeneire, Ariane Mamguem Kamga, Armel Poda, Arnaud Eric Diendere, Boukary Ouédraogo, Esperance Ouédraogo, Oumar Billa, Halidou Tinto, Tienhan Sandrine Dabakuyo-Yonli
Study protocol of the PIMPI-project, a cohort study on acceptance, tolerability and immunogenicity of second trimester maternal pertussis immunization in relation to term and preterm infants
Maarten M. Immink, Mireille N. Bekker, Hester E. de Melker, Nynke Y. Rots, Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, Nicoline A. T. van der Maas
The correlation between serum selenium, zinc, and COVID-19 severity: an observational study
Soodeh Razeghi Jahromi , Hedieh Moradi Tabriz , Mansoureh Togha, Shadi Ariyanfar, Zeinab Ghorbani, Sima Naeeni, Samaneh Haghighi, Aboozar Jazayeri, Mahnaz Montazeri, Mohammad Talebpour, Haleh Ashraf, Mehdi Ebrahimi, Azita Hekmatdoost, Elham Jafari
A review of clinical profile, complications and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi isolates in children in Karachi
Saba Shahid, Marvi Mahesar, Nida Ghouri, Saba Noreen
COVID-19: a fatal case of acute liver failure associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in pre-existing liver cirrhosis
Jana Ihlow, Alexander Seelhoff, Victor M. Corman, Achim D. Gruber, Simon Dökel, Jenny Meinhardt, Helena Radbruch, Ernst Späth-Schwalbe, Sefer Elezkurtaj, David Horst, Hermann Herbst
Clinical characteristics of children with airway malacia complicated by pneumonia
Ting Wang, Qiuyan Xu, Ge Dai, Yu Hong, Zhengrong Chen, Min Lu, Yongdong Yan, Wujun Jiang
Outcome evaluation of COVID-19 infected patients by disease symptoms: a cross-sectional study in Ilam Province, Iran
Jamil Sadeghifar, Habib Jalilian, Khalil Momeni, Hamed Delam, Tadesse Sheleme, Ayoub Rashidi, Fariba Hemmati, Shahab Falahi, Morteza Arab-Zozani
Clinical feature of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy: a retrospective study
Ying Xu, Mingran Shao, Ning Liu, Danjiang Dong, Jian Tang, Qin Gu
Detection of aerobe–anaerobe mixed infection by metagenomic next-generation sequencing in an adult suffering from descending necrotizing mediastinitis
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A case report of rhino-facial mucormycosis in a non-diabetic patient with COVID-19: a systematic review of literature and current update
Faezeh Mohammadi, Milad Badri, Shapoor Safari, Nima Hemmat
Prevalence of undetectable and suppressed viral load in HIV-infected pregnant women initiating Option B+ in Uganda: an observational study nested within a randomized controlled trial
Grace Gabagaya, Gordon Rukundo, Alexander Amone, Priscilla Wavamunno, Joyce Namale-Matovu, Irene Lubega, Clemensia Nakabiito, Zikulah Namukwaya, Monica Nolan, Samuel S. Malamba, Rachel King, Jaco Homsy, Mary Glenn Fowler, Philippa Musoke
Patterns of multimorbidity and risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection: an observational study in the U.K.
Yogini V. Chudasama, Francesco Zaccardi, Clare L. Gillies, Cameron Razieh, Thomas Yates, David E. Kloecker, Alex V. Rowlands, Melanie J. Davies, Nazrul Islam, Samuel Seidu, Nita G. Forouhi, Kamlesh Khunti
Serum CXCL10/IP-10 may be a potential biomarker for severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children
Mengyao Li, Ying Chen, Huihan Li, Dehua Yang, Yunlian Zhou, Zhimin Chen, Yuanyuan Zhang
Impact of switch from tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-based regimens to tenofovir alafenamide-based regimens on lipid profile, weight gain and cardiovascular risk score in people living with HIV
Pierre-Emmanuel Plum, Nathalie Maes, Anne-Sophie Sauvage, Frédéric Frippiat, Christelle Meuris, Françoise Uurlings, Marianne Lecomte, Philippe Léonard, Nicolas Paquot, Karine Fombellida, Dolores Vaira, Michel Moutschen, Gilles Darcis
Seroprevalence of Dengue and Chikungunya antibodies among blood donors in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
Haliya S. Shauri, Esther Ngadaya, Mbazi Senkoro, Joram J. Buza, Sayoki Mfinanga
Efficacy of different nucleoside analog rescue therapies for entecavir-resistant chronic hepatitis B patients
Jin Shang, Juan Zhou, Huan Liu, Rili M. Ise, You Tu, Jinqiu Ran, Lang Bai, Hong Tang
Acute miliary tuberculosis in pregnancy after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: a report of seven cases
Xiaoyan Gai, Hongbin Chi, Wenli Cao, Lin Zeng, Lixue Chen, Weixia Zhang, Donghong Song, Ying Wang, Ping Liu, Rong Li, Yongchang Sun
Crowdsourcing to develop open-access learning resources on antimicrobial resistance
Eneyi E. Kpokiri, Randall John, Dan Wu, Noah Fongwen, Jehan Z. Budak, Christina C. Chang, Jason J. Ong, Joseph D. Tucker
Antibody seroprevalence and rate of asymptomatic infections with SARS-CoV-2 in Austrian hospital personnel
Iris Leister, Elisabeth Ponocny-Seliger, Herwig Kollaritsch, Peter Dungel, Barbara Holzer, Johannes Grillari, Heinz Redl, Ivo Ponocny, Claudia Wilfing, Ludwig Aigner, Markus Exner, Michaela Stainer, Matthias Hackl, Thomas Hausner, Rainer Mittermayr, Wolfgang Schaden
Perception of cure among leprosy patients post completion of multi-drug therapy
Aleksandra Rosendo dos Santos, Pãmela Rodrigues de Souza Silva, Letícia Gomes Costa, Peter Steinmann, Eliane Ignotti
Regional disparity of HIV incidence and prevalence among men who have sex with men
D. N. Vergara-Ortega, H. López-Gatell, S. Bautista-Arredondo, A. Colchero, S. G. Sosa-Rubí, M. Morales-Vazquez, A. Herrera-Ortiz, M. Olamendi-Portugal, S. García-Cisneros, E. E. Sevilla-Reyes, M. Hernández-Avila, M. A. Sánchez-Alemán
Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in tear and conjunctival secretions of hospitalized patients with clinically-confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia
Yunus Karabela, Semsi Nur Karabela, Mehmet Ozbas, Havva Kasikci, Kadriye Kart Yasar
The potential value of plasma receptor interacting protein 3 in neonates with culture-positive late-onset sepsis
Chuchu Gao, Zongtai Feng, Lixia Wang, Xingxing Zhao, Kai Fu, Shurong Ma, Zuming Yang, Sannan Wang, Shenglin Yu
One severe case of congenital toxoplasmosis in China with good response to azithromycin
Jiao Li, Jing Zhao, Xiaoyan Yang, Yang Wen, Liang Huang, Dan Ma, Jing Shi
Clinical value of blood markers to assess the severity of coronavirus disease 2019
Liu-Niu Xiao, Xiao Ran, Yan-Xia Zhong, Shu-Sheng Li
Characterization of T cell immunity in chronic hepatitis B virus-infected mothers with postpartum alanine transaminase flare
Meiting Huang, Yunfei Gao, Xueru Yin, Xuelian Zhang, Yaohua Hao, Jing Hu, Zhihua Liu
Symptomatic SARS-COV-2 reinfection: healthcare workers and immunosuppressed individuals at high risk
Efrén Murillo-Zamora, Xóchitl Trujillo, Miguel Huerta, Mónica Ríos-Silva, Felipe Aguilar-Sollano, Oliver Mendoza-Cano
The impact of childhood RSV infection on children's and parents' quality of life: a prospective multicenter study in Spain
Eva Díez-Gandía, Carla Gómez-Álvarez, Mónica López-Lacort, Cintia Muñoz-Quiles, Isabel Úbeda-Sansano, Javier Díez-Domingo, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Fernando Calvo Rigual, Eva Suarez Vicent, Carmen Mañes, Elena Martí, Teresa Cerdán, Antonio Soriano Arandes, Lucia Losada Pavón, Airam Álvarez Sánchez, Gemma Ricós Furió, Tomás Pérez Porcuna, Noemí Magro Benito, Javier Martínez Díaz, Jessica Ortiz, Ana Mangas, Mónica García, Patricia Rovira, Marta Urgellés, Marta Pozuelo
From first to second wave: follow-up of the prospective COVID-19 cohort (KoCo19) in Munich (Germany)
Katja Radon, Abhishek Bakuli, Peter Pütz, Ronan Le Gleut, Jessica Michelle Guggenbuehl Noller, Laura Olbrich, Elmar Saathoff, Mercè Garí, Yannik Schälte, Turid Frahnow, Roman Wölfel, Michael Pritsch, Camilla Rothe, Michel Pletschette, Raquel Rubio-Acero, Jessica Beyerl, Dafni Metaxa, Felix Forster, Verena Thiel, Noemi Castelletti, Friedrich Rieß, Maximilian N. Diefenbach, Günter Fröschl, Jan Bruger, Simon Winter, Jonathan Frese, Kerstin Puchinger, Isabel Brand, Inge Kroidl, Andreas Wieser, Michael Hoelscher, Jan Hasenauer, Christiane Fuchs, Nikolaus Ackermann, Emad Alamoudi, Jared Anderson, Maxilmilian Baumann, Marc Becker, Franziska Bednarzki, Olimbek Bemirayev, Patrick Bitzer, Rebecca Böhnlein, Friedrich Caroli, Josephine Coleman, Lorenzo Contento, Alina Czwienzek, Flora Deák, Jana Diekmannshemke, Gerhard Dobler, Jürgen Durner, Ute Eberle, Judith Eckstein, Tabea Eser, Philine Falk, Manuela Feyereisen, Volker Fingerle, Otto Geisenberger, Christof Geldmacher, Leonard Gilberg, Kristina Gillig, Philipp Girl, Elias Golschan, Elena Maria Guglielmini, Pablo Gutierrez, Anslem Haderer, Marlene Hannes, Lena Hartinger, Alejandra Hernandez, Leah Hillari, Christian Hinske, Tim Hofberger, Sacha Horn, Kristina Huber, Christian Janke, Ursula Kappl, Antonia Keßler, Zohaib Khan, Johanna Kresin, Arne Kroidl, Magdalena Lang, Clemens Lang, Silvan Lange, Michael Laxy, Reiner Leidl, Leopold Liedl, Xhovana Lucaj, Fabian Luppa, Alexandra Sophie Nafziger, Petra Mang, Alisa Markgraf, Rebecca Mayrhofer, Hannah Müller, Katharina Müller, Ivana Paunovic, Michael Plank, Claire Pleimelding, Stephan Prückner, Elba Raimúndez, Jakob Reich, Viktoria Ruci, Nicole Schäfer, Benedikt Schluse, Lara Schneider, Mirjam Schunk, Lars Schwettmann, Andreas Sing, Alba Soler, Peter Sothmann, Kathrin Strobl, Jeni Tang, Fabian Theis, Sophie Thiesbrummel, Vincent Vollmayr, Emilia von Lovenberg, Jonathan von Lovenberg, Julia Waibel, Claudia Wallrauch, Julia Wolff, Tobias Würfel, Houda Yaqine, Sabine Zange, Eleftheria Zeggini, Anna Zielke, Thorbjörn Zimmer
Rapid diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia on lower respiratory tract specimens
Vanessa De Pace, Patrizia Caligiuri, Valentina Ricucci, Nicola Nigro, Barbara Galano, Valeria Visconti, Giorgio Da Rin, Bianca Bruzzone
Co-infection of ST2IP carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii with SARS-CoV-2 in the patients admitted to a Tehran tertiary referral hospital
Alireza Abdollahi, Amir Aliramezani, Mohammadreza Salehi, Mahsa Norouzi Shadehi, Sedighe Ghourchian, Masoumeh Douraghi
Impact of the Covid-19 epidemic and related social distancing regulations on social contact and SARS-CoV-2 transmission potential in rural South Africa: analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys
Nicky McCreesh, Vuyiswa Dlamini, Anita Edwards, Stephen Olivier, Njabulo Dayi, Keabetswe Dikgale, Siyabonga Nxumalo, Jaco Dreyer, Kathy Baisley, Mark J. Siedner, Richard G. White, Kobus Herbst, Alison D. Grant, Guy Harling
Modelling testing and response strategies for COVID-19 outbreaks in remote Australian Aboriginal communities
Ben B. Hui, Damien Brown, Rebecca H. Chisholm, Nicholas Geard, Jodie McVernon, David G. Regan
Understanding issues around use of oral pre exposure prophylaxis among female sex workers in India
Seema Sahay, Archana Verma, Suhas Shewale, Sampada Bangar, Athokpam Bijeshkumar, Mubashir Angolkar, Thilakavathi Subramanian, Nomita Chandhiok
Machine learning-based CT radiomics model distinguishes COVID-19 from non-COVID-19 pneumonia
Hui Juan Chen, Li Mao, Yang Chen, Li Yuan, Fei Wang, Xiuli Li, Qinlei Cai, Jie Qiu, Feng Chen
Informing antimicrobial management in the context of COVID-19: understanding the longitudinal dynamics of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin
Damien K. Ming, Ashleigh C. Myall, Bernard Hernandez, Andrea Y. Weiße, Robert L. Peach, Mauricio Barahona, Timothy M. Rawson, Alison H. Holmes
Clinical profile of bloodstream infections in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study
Naveenraj Palanisamy, Nakka Vihari, Durga Shankar Meena, Deepak Kumar, Naresh Midha, Vibhor Tak, Ankur Sharma, Gopal Krishana Bohra, Nikhil Kothari, Naveen Dutt, Pradeep Kumar Bhatia, Mahendra Kumar Garg, Sanjeev Misra
Tuberculosis amongst foreign-born and nationals: different delays, different risk factors
Marta Moniz, Patrícia Soares, Andreia Leite, Carla Nunes
Tuberculosis screening costs and cost-effectiveness in high-risk groups: a systematic review
H. Alsdurf, B. Empringham, C. Miller, A. Zwerling
Fewer losses in the cascade of care for latent tuberculosis with solo interferon-gamma release assay screening compared to sequential screening
R. K. Lim, R. Talavlikar, O. Chiazor, J. Bietz, H. Gardiner, D. Fisher
Epidemiological and clinical implications of asymptomatic malaria and schistosomiasis co-infections in a rural community in western Kenya
Edwin Kamau, Adam Yates, Risper Maisiba, Valentine Singoei, Benjamin Opot, Rose Adeny, Cornel O. Arima, Victor Otieno, Catherine S. Sumbi, Raphael O. Okoth, Farid Abdi, Maurine Mwalo, Jew Ochola, June Otieno, Julie Ake, Michelle Imbach, Hannah A. Turley, Dennis Juma, Hoseah M. Akala, John Owuoth, Ben Andagalu, Trevor A. Crowell, Chiaka Nwoga, Jessica Cowden, Christina S. Polyak, Rachel Adongo, Rachel Aguttu, Michael Bondo, Erica Broach, Christine Busisa, Nate Copeland, Mark de Souza, Leigh Anne Eller, Milicent Gogo, Zebiba Hassen, Dale Hu, Anne Juma, Oscar Kasera, Qun Li, Margaret Mbuchi, Mark Milazzo, Kayvon Modjarrad, Eric Ngonda, Jacob Nyariro, Roseline Ohore, Thomas Okumu, Mary Omondi, Cephas A. Oyieke, Everlyne E. Omondi, Vincent L. Akolo, Agneta A. Ogolo, Michael O. Ayaya, Timothy Omondi, Linnah Ooro, Beatrice Orando, Victorine Owira, Roselyn Oyugi, Merlin Robb, Eric Rono, Chi Tran
COVID-19 hospitalizations in five California hospitals: a retrospective cohort study
Miriam Nuño, Yury García, Ganesh Rajasekar, Diego Pinheiro, Alec J. Schmidt
Epidemiology and risk factors for pyogenic liver abscess in the Calgary Health Zone revisited: a population-based study
Jennifer A. Losie, John C. Lam, Daniel B. Gregson, Michael D. Parkins
Cardiac evaluation in adults with dengue virus infection by serial echocardiography
Chayasin Mansanguan, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn, Sant Muangnoicharoen, Arun Huntrup, Akkapon Poolcharoen, Suyanee Mansanguan, Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Weerapong Phumratanaprapin
Detection and treatment of cerebral toxoplasmosis in an aplastic pediatric post-allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant patient: a case report
Danielle Brewer, Margaret L. MacMillan, Mark R. Schleiss, Satja Issaranggoon Na Ayuthaya, Jo-Anne Young, Christen L. Ebens
Measuring the uptake of continuous care among people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy and social determinants of the uptake of continuous care in the southwest of China: a cross-sectional study
Yongmei Jin, Sawitri Assanangkornchai, Meiqin Fang, Wei Guan, Bo Tian, Min Yu, Yingrong Du
Prevalence and risk factors for exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in slaughterhouse workers in western Kenya
Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook, Nduhiu Gitahi, William Anson de Glanville, Lian F. Thomas, Samuel Kariuki, Erastus Kang’ethe, Eric Maurice Fèvre
Simple demographic characteristics and laboratory findings on admission may predict in-hospital mortality in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: development and validation of the covid-19 score
Marta Obremska, Monika Pazgan-Simon, Katarzyna Budrewicz, Lukasz Bilaszewski, Joanna Wizowska, Dariusz Jagielski, Beata Jankowska-Polanska, Klaudiusz Nadolny, Jarosław Madowicz, Jolanta Zuwala-Jagiello, Dorota Zysko, Waldemar Banasiak, Krzysztof Simon
High diagnostic yield of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in the diagnosis of adolescent pulmonary tuberculosis
Anne Geweniger, Ales Janda, Kristin Eder, Roland Fressle, Cecil Varna Kannan, Hubert Fahnenstich, Mirjam Elze, Christoph Müller, Philipp Henneke, Markus Hufnagel, Roland Elling
Prevalence estimates of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Belgium: results from two cross-sectional studies
Natalie Fischer, Ilse Peeters, Sofieke Klamer, Marion Montourcy, Vicky Cuylaerts, Dominique Van Beckhoven, Irith De Baetselier, Johan Van der Heyden, Wim Vanden Berghe
A rare case of coexistence of Wegener’s granulomatosis and pulmonary tuberculosis with subsequent development of thrombosis of the cerebral veins
Zohreh Rostami, Luca Cegolon, Nematollah Jonaidi Jafari, Nasrin Gholami, Seyed Vahid Mousavi, Fakhri Allahyari, Atena Azami, Mohammad Javanbakht
The impact of comorbidities and their stacking on short- and long-term prognosis of patients over 50 with community-acquired pneumonia
E. Blanc, G. Chaize, S. Fievez, C. Féger, E. Herquelot, A. Vainchtock, J. F. Timsit, J. Gaillat
The burden of drug resistant tuberculosis in a predominantly nomadic population in Uganda: a mixed methods study
Brenda Nakafeero Simbwa, Achilles Katamba, Elizabeth B. Katana, Eva A. O. Laker, Sandra Nabatanzi, Emmanuel Sendaula, Denis Opio, Jerry Ictho, Peter Lochoro, Charles A. Karamagi, Joan N. Kalyango, William Worodria
Clinical characteristics and risk factors of fatal patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study in Wuhan, China
Meng Jin, Zequn Lu, Xu Zhang, Yanan Wang, Jing Wang, Yimin Cai, Kunming Tian, Zezhong Xiong, Qiang Zhong, Xiao Ran, Chunguang Yang, Xing Zeng, Lu Wang, Yao Li, Shanshan Zhang, Tianyi Dong, Xinying Yue, Heng Li, Bo Liu, Xin Chen, Hongyuan Cui, Jirong Qi, Haining Fan, Haixia Li, Xiang-Ping Yang, Zhiquan Hu, Shaogang Wang, Jun Xiao, Ying Wang, Jianbo Tian, Zhihua Wang
Pneumonia-targeted lopinavir/ritonavir-based treatment for patients with COVID-19: an early-period retrospective single center observational study
Jongkyu Kim, Jiwoong Jung, Tae Ho Kim, Naree Kang, Hanzo Choi, Dong Hyun Oh, Mi Young Ahn, Su hyun Kim, Chorom Hahm, Young Kyong Lee, Keunhong Park, Kiho Hong, Jae-phil Choi
Imported leishmaniasis in travelers: a 7-year retrospective from a Parisian hospital in France
Nesrine Aissaoui, Samia Hamane, Maud Gits-Muselli, Antoine Petit, Mazouz Benderdouche, Blandine Denis, Alexandre Alanio, Sarah Dellière, Martine Bagot, Stéphane Bretagne
Influenza in patients with respiratory failure admitted to intensive care units in Poland and the use of extracorporeal respiratory support: a survey-based multicenter study
Jakub Smiechowicz, Barbara Barteczko-Grajek, Barbara Adamik, Jozef Bojko, Waldemar Gozdzik, Malgorzata Lipinska-Gediga
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill patients with acute COVID-19 with Epstein-Barr virus reactivation
Yun Xie, Song Cao, Hui Dong, Hui Lv, Xiaolei Teng, Jiaxiang Zhang, Tao Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yun Qin, Yujing Chai, Luyu Yang, Jun Liu, Ruilan Wang
Prognostic factors and outcomes of COVID-19 cases in Ethiopia: multi-center cohort study protocol
Saro Abdella, Masresha Tessema, Geremew Tasew, Atkure Defar, Asefa Deressa, Feyisa Regasa, Frehiwot Teka, Eyasu Tigabu, Dereje Nigussie, Tefera Belachew, Million Molla, Amare Deribew, Workeabeba Abebe, Tegbar Yigzaw, Tsinuel Nigatu, Getnet Mitike, Tewodros Haile, Haftom Taame, Muhammed Ahmed, Frehiwot Nigatu, Tola Tolesa, Eskinder Wolka, Wondwossen Amogne, Arnaud Laillou, Misker Amare, Yaregal Fufa, Alemayehu Argaw, Woldesenbet Waganew, Akilili Azazh, Aschalew Worku, Berhane Redae, Menbeu Sultan, Miraf Walelegn, Muluwork Tefera, Sisay Yifru, Rahel Argaw, Natinael Brehau, Sisay Teklu, Getachew Demoz, Yakob Seman, Mihretab Salasibew, Eshetu Ejeta, Susan J. Whiting, Dawit Wolday, Getachew Tollera, Ebba Abate, Dereje Duguma
Clostridium septicum-induced gangrene in the right lower extremity complicating pneumatosis in the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery and occlusion of right femoral artery: a case report
Hui-Dan Jing, Lei Li, Jun-Ying Tian, Dong-Po Jiang
First description of immune complex vasculitis after COVID-19 vaccination with BNT162b2: a case report
Victoria Therese Mücke, Viola Knop, Marcus Maximilian Mücke, Falk Ochsendorf, Stefan Zeuzem
Case report: change of dominant strain during dual SARS-CoV-2 infection
Andrei E. Samoilov, Valeriia V. Kaptelova, Anna Y. Bukharina, Olga Y. Shipulina, Elena V. Korneenko, Stepan S. Saenko, Alexander V. Lukyanov, Antonina A. Grishaeva, Antonina A. Ploskireva, Anna S. Speranskaya, Vasiliy G. Akimkin
Use of PCR in the diagnosis of pericardial amebiasis: a case report and systematic review of the literature
Takahiro Matsuo, Akira Saito, Fujimi Kawai, Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Ryo Hasegawa, Takahiro Suzuki, Takahisa Fujino, Katsuhito Kinoshita, Taku Asano, Atsushi Mizuno, Kenji Yagita, Nobuyuki Komiyama, Yuki Uehara, Nobuyoshi Mori
Correction to: Clinical and experimental phenotype of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus with a HapE splice site mutation: a case report
Yuya Ito, Takahiro Takazono, Satoru Koga, Yuichiro Nakano, Nobuyuki Ashizawa, Tatsuro Hirayama, Masato Tashiro, Tomomi Saijo, Kazuko Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Imamura, Taiga Miyazaki, Katsunori Yanagihara, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Mukae
Correction to: Describing global pediatric RSV disease at intensive care units in GAVI-eligible countries using molecular point-of-care diagnostics: the RSV GOLD-III study protocol
Yvette N. Löwensteyn, Natalie I. Mazur, Harish Nair, Joukje E. Willemsen, Ghislaine van Thiel, Louis Bont, Maria Ahuoiza Garba, Fatima Jumai Giwa, Mohammad Hafiz Rasooly, Aminullah Shirpoor, Merwais Azizyar, Lamin Makalo, Ousman Nyan, Ali Mohamed, Khalid Osman, Ram Hari Chapagain, Krishna Prasad Bista, Arun Kumar Sharma, Prabina Shrestha, Bamenla Goka, Kwabena Osman, Evangeline Obodai, Henshaw Mandi, Lucas Esuh Esong, Charlotte Ekoube Eposse, Valéria Muando, Tufária Mussá, Yasser Habresh Said, Aika Abia Shoo, Vanessa Jaelle Dor, Jacqueline Gautier, Lynda Abicher
A case of paraplegia due to asymptomatic varicella-zoster virus infection in AIDS patient unexpectedly diagnosed by CSF metagenomic next-generation sequencing
Zhiman Xie, Jingzhen Lai, Chuanyi Ning, Guangjing Ruan, Hao Liang
Rare incidence of non-secretory myeloma with talaromycosis: a case report
Haiting Qin, Ye Qiu, Yanmei Huang, Mianluan Pan, Dong Lan, Wen Zeng, Jianquan Zhang
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of neonates with polymicrobial ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit
Hsiao-Chin Wang, Ming-Horng Tsai, Shih-Ming Chu, Chen-Chu Liao, Mei-Yin Lai, Hsuan-Rong Huang, Ming-Chou Chiang, Ren-Huei Fu, Jen-Fu Hsu
Severe bilateral pleuropneumonia caused by Legionella sainthelensi: a case report
Laure Kamus, Bénédicte Roquebert, Jérôme Allyn, Nicolas Allou, Dorothée Valance, Charles Simon, Marie-Christine Jaffar-Bandjee, Ghislaine Descours, Sophie Jarraud, Guillaume Miltgen
Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) transmission in residential aged care using ultraviolet light (PETRA): a two-arm crossover randomised controlled trial protocol
Amanda Brass, Andrew P. Shoubridge, Maria Crotty, Lidia Morawska, Scott C. Bell, Ming Qiao, Richard J. Woodman, Craig Whitehead, Maria C. Inacio, Caroline Miller, Megan Corlis, Nicolas Larby, Levi Elms, Sarah K. Sims, Steven L. Taylor, Erin Flynn, Lito E. Papanicolas, Geraint B. Rogers
Detection of Coccidioides posadasii in a patient with meningitis using metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report
Yuqiao Mao, Xia Li, Haibo Lou, Xiaoyu Shang, Yanjun Mai, Lan Yang, Fuhua Peng, Xihua Fu
What about the others: differential diagnosis of COVID-19 in a German emergency department
David Fistera, Annalena Härtl, Dirk Pabst, Randi Manegold, Carola Holzner, Christian Taube, Sebastian Dolff, Benedikt Michael Schaarschmidt, Lale Umutlu, Clemens Kill, Joachim Risse
Efficacy of bedaquiline in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ming-Gui Wang, Shou-Quan Wu, Jian-Qing He
The aetiology of pharyngotonsillitis in primary health care: a prospective observational study
Jon Pallon, Mattias Rööst, Martin Sundqvist, Katarina Hedin
Impact of a hospital-wide computerised approach to optimise the quality of antimicrobial prescriptions in patients with severe obesity: a quasi-experimental study
Stéphanie Sirard, Vincent Nault, Marie-France Langlois, Julie Perron, Louis Valiquette
Vaginal cytokine profile and microbiota before and after lubricant use compared with condomless vaginal sex: a preliminary observational study
Susan Tuddenham, Christina A. Stennett, Richard A. Cone, Jacques Ravel, Andrew N. Macintyre, Khalil G. Ghanem, Xin He, Rebecca M. Brotman
The distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in Shanghai, China: a time-spatial study
Ling-Xiao Qu, Yang Shi, Kai-Yun Chen, Yi-Han Lu, Hong Ren
The association between malaria prevalence and COVID-19 mortality
Michael U. Anyanwu
Effect of perceived HIV risk on initiation of antiretroviral therapy during the universal test and treat era in South Africa
Sabina M. Govere, Sean Galagan, Boikhutso Tlou, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson, Ingrid V. Bassett, Paul K. Drain
Predictors of mortality in acute pancreatitis complicated with multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection
Di Wu, Junjie Ding, Yan Jia, Huanmiao Liu, Jie Xiao, Jie Peng
Use of intravenous N-acetylcysteine in acute severe hepatitis due to severe dengue infection: a case series
D. M. D. I. B. Dissanayake, W. M. S. N. Gunaratne, K. W. M. P. P. Kumarihamy, S. A. M. Kularatne, P. V. R. Kumarasiri
Spot specimen testing with GeneXpert MTB/RIF results compared to morning specimen in a programmatic setting in Cotonou, Benin
Faridath Massou, Merlin Fandohan, Ablo Prudence Wachinou, Schadrac Christin Agbla, Gildas Agodokpessi, Leen Rigouts, Bouke Catherine de Jong, Dissou Affolabi
COVID-19 may exacerbate the clinical, structural and psychological barriers to retention in care among women living with HIV in rural and peri-urban settings in Uganda
Sylivia Nalubega, Joshua Kyenkya, Irene Bagaya, Sylvia Nabukenya, Nelson Ssewankambo, Damalie Nakanjako, Agnes N. Kiragga
A study on knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding dengue fever, its prevention and management among dengue patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka
K. P. Jayawickreme, D. K. Jayaweera, S. Weerasinghe, D. Warapitiya, S. Subasinghe
Exploring the attitudes of men who have sex with men on anal self-examination for early detection of primary anorectal syphilis: a qualitative study
Ei T. Aung, Christopher K. Fairley, Jason J. Ong, Jade E. Bilardi, Marcus Y. Chen, Eric P. F. Chow, Tiffany R. Phillips
Trends in healthcare visits and antimicrobial prescriptions for acute infectious diarrhea in individuals aged 65 years or younger in Japan from 2013 to 2018 based on administrative claims database: a retrospective observational study
Akane Ono, Kensuke Aoyagi, Yuichi Muraki, Yusuke Asai, Shinya Tsuzuki, Ryuji Koizumi, Toshiaki Azuma, Yoshiki Kusama, Norio Ohmagari
Effect of sofosbuvir-based DAAs on changes in lower-density lipoprotein in HCV patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ying-Wen Wang, Wei-Ping Lee, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Ming-Chih Hou, Keng-Hsin Lan
Clinical outcomes in patients co-infected with COVID-19 and Staphylococcus aureus: a scoping review
Jenna R. Adalbert, Karan Varshney, Rachel Tobin, Rafael Pajaro
Facility-based surveillance for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in rural Zambia
Gideon Loevinsohn, Mutinta Hamahuwa, Pamela Sinywimaanzi, Katherine Z. J. Fenstermacher, Kathryn Shaw-Saliba, Andrew Pekosz, Mwaka Monze, Richard E. Rothman, Edgar Simulundu, Philip E. Thuma, Catherine G. Sutcliffe
The association between ambient air pollution and scarlet fever in Qingdao, China, 2014–2018: a quantitative analysis
Fachun Jiang, Tao Wei, Xiaowen Hu, Yalin Han, Jing Jia, Bei Pan, Wei Ni
Correction to: Informing antimicrobial management in the context of COVID-19: understanding the longitudinal dynamics of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin
Damien K. Ming, Ashleigh C. Myall, Bernard Hernandez, Andrea Y. Weiße, Robert L. Peach, Mauricio Barahona, Timothy M. Rawson, Alison H. Holmes
High resolution melting assay as a reliable method for diagnosing drug-resistant TB cases: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Masoud Keikha, Mohsen Karbalaei
REDuction of Antibiotic RESistance (REDARES) in urinary tract infections using treatments according to national clinical guidelines: study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial with a multimodal intervention in primary care
Ildikó Gágyor, Alexandra Greser, Peter Heuschmann, Viktoria Rücker, Andy Maun, Jutta Bleidorn, Christoph Heintze, Felix Jede, Tim Eckmanns, Anja Klingeberg, Anja Mentzel, Guido Schmiemann
The host immune response of a discharged COVID-19 patient with twice reemergence of SARS-CoV-2: a case report
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Re-emergence of syphilis in women of reproductive age and its association with the increase in congenital syphilis in Mexico during 2010–2019: an ecological study
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Prevalence and risk factors of human Balantidium coli infection and its association with haematological and biochemical parameters in Ga West Municipality, Ghana
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Hospitalization for urinary tract infections in Japan, 2010–2015: a retrospective study using a national inpatient database
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Brazilian cohort study of risk factors associated with unsuccessful outcomes of drug resistant tuberculosis
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Analysis of the myeloid-derived suppressor cells and annexin A1 in multibacillary leprosy and reactional episodes
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A Schizophyllum commune fungus ball in a lung cancer cavity: a case report
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Calculating the serial interval of SARS-CoV-2 in Lebanon using 2020 contact-tracing data
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The resurgence of yellow fever outbreaks in Nigeria: a 2-year review 2017–2019
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Molecular characterization of rpoB gene mutations in isolates from tuberculosis patients in Cubal, Republic of Angola
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Mortality risk factors among hospitalized children with severe pertussis
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Tuberculosis—Learning the Impact of Nutrition (TB LION): protocol for an interventional study to decrease TB risk in household contacts
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High rates of culture conversion and low loss to follow-up in MDR-TB patients managed at Regional Referral Hospitals in Uganda
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Intestinal microbiota has important effect on severity of hand foot and mouth disease in children
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Association between glucocorticoids treatment and viral clearance delay in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Values and preferences for hepatitis C self-testing among the general population and healthcare workers in Rwanda
Janvier Serumondo, Sonjelle Shilton, Ladislas Nshimiyimana, Prosper Karame, Donatha Dushimiyimana, Emmanuel Fajardo, Eric Remera, Gallican N. Rwibasira, Guillermo Z. Martínez-Pérez
Gender minority stress and access to health care services among transgender women and transfeminine people: results from a cross-sectional study in China
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“That same stigma...that same hatred and negativity:” a qualitative study to understand stigma and medical mistrust experienced by people living with HIV diagnosed with COVID-19
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Neonatal oral myiasis caused by the larvae of Sarcophaga ruficornis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): a case report
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Surgical management of tuberculous epididymo-orchitis: a retrospective study of 81 cases with long-term follow-up
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Fine-needle aspiration to improve diagnosis of melioidosis of the head and neck in children: a study from Sarawak, Malaysia
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Association between risk of brucellosis and genetic variations in MicroRNA-146a
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Performance of SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing in symptomatic and asymptomatic adults: a single-center evaluation
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A case of coinfection of a pediatric patient with acute SARS-COV-2 with MIS-C and severe DENV-2 in Mexico: a case report
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IL-18 and IL-18 binding protein are related to disease severity and parasitemia during falciparum malaria
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The global burden and trends of maternal sepsis and other maternal infections in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019
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Implementation of an automated cluster alert system into the routine work of infection control and hospital epidemiology: experiences from a tertiary care university hospital
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Recurrent SARS-CoV-2 RNA positivity and prolonged viral shedding in a patient with COVID-19: a case report
Chun-Hua Xiao, Lin-Fa Chen, You Li
Neurocysticercosis in a Japanese woman with lung cancer who repeatedly visited endemic countries
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Global dengue importation: a systematic review
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Effect of mobile-phone messaging on patient and health-worker knowledge and adherence to the isoniazid preventive therapy guideline in HIV clinics in Southeast, Nigeria
Ifeyinwa Chizoba Akamike, Ijeoma Nkem Okedo-Alex, Chihurumnanya Alo, Adaoha Pearl Agu, Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Lawrence Ulu Ogbonnaya
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Plasma leakage in dengue: a systematic review of prospective observational studies
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Amoebic liver abscess in a COVID-19 patient: a case report
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Rotavirus gastroenteritis hospitalizations in provinces with different vaccination coverage rates in Spain, 2013–2018
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Occurrence and multidrug resistance of Campylobacter spp. at duck farms and associated environmental and anthropogenic risk factors in Bangladesh
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Residual malaria among migrant workers in Myanmar: why still persistent and how to eliminate it?
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Experience with a triplex arbovirus nucleic acid test (NAT) at a Canadian Public Health Laboratory
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Assessing the use of antibiotics and the burden of varicella in Belgium using a retrospective GP database analysis
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The effect of dobutamine in sepsis: a propensity score matched analysis
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Gonorrhoea: a systematic review of prevalence reporting globally
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Survey of pretreatment HIV drug resistance and the genetic transmission networks among HIV-positive individuals in southwestern China, 2014–2020
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Patient experiences of switching from Efavirenz- to Dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy: a qualitative study in Uganda
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Altered cytokine profiles in relapsed paucibacillary leprosy: a case report
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Antibiotics prescription for targeted therapy of pediatric invasive pneumococcal diseases in China: a multicenter retrospective study
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Comparison of clinical and biological characteristics of HIV-infected patients presenting Cryptococcus neoformans versus C. curvatus/C. laurentii meningitis
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Clinical characteristics of single human papillomavirus 53 infection: a retrospective study of 419 cases
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Molecular detection, not extended culture incubation, contributes to diagnosis of fungal infection
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Correction to: Systematic review of invasive meningococcal disease epidemiology in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa region
Alp Giray Dogu, Anouk M. Oordt-Speets, Femke van Kessel-de Bruijn, Mehmet Ceyhan, Amine Amiche
Decreased annual risk of tuberculosis infection in South Korean healthcare workers using interferon-gamma release assay between 1986 and 2005
Eun Hye Lee, Nak-Hoon Son, Se Hyun Kwak, Ji Soo Choi, Min Chul Kim, Chang Hwan Seol, Sung-Ryeol Kim, Byung Hoon Park, Young Ae Kang
Two extraction-free reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification assays for detection of SARS-CoV-2
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Human papillomavirus-associated anal squamous intraepithelial lesions in men who have sex with men and transgender women living with and without HIV in Karachi Pakistan: implications for screening and prevention
Muslima Ejaz, Muhammad Mubarak, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Sören Andersson, Anna Mia Ekström
Application of BASNEF model in students training regarding cutaneous leishmaniasis prevention behaviors: a school-based quasi experimental study
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Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary diseases in France: an 8 years nationwide study
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Performance of rapid rk39 tests for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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A fatal case of acute encephalopathy in a child due to coxsackievirus A2 infection: a case report
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Effect and implementation experience of intensive adherence counseling in a public HIV care center in Uganda: a mixed-methods study
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Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 infection on personal protective equipment (PPE)
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Multi-center prospective study on central line-associated bloodstream infections in 79 ICUs of China
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The seasonality, steroid use, and lower ratio of neutrophil to lymphocyte associated with bacteremia of Listeria monocytogenes in Japan from 2010 to 2019: a case–control study
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in people with migratory backgrounds: a cross-sectional study among Turkish- and German-speaking citizens in Munich
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Clinical characteristics of patients with bronchiectasis with nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in Mainland China: a single center cross-sectional study
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Incidence and mortality of necrotizing fasciitis in The Netherlands: the impact of group A Streptococcus
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Safety and efficacy of hydroxychloroquine for treatment of non-severe COVID-19 among adults in Uganda: a randomized open label phase II clinical trial
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mNGS helped diagnose scrub typhus presenting as a urinary tract infection with high D-dimer levels: a case report
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Musculoskeletal actinomycosis in children: a case report
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Serotype distribution and incidence of invasive early onset and late onset group B streptococcal disease amongst infants in Singapore
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Provider perspectives on the acceptability and tolerability of dolutegravir-based anti-retroviral therapy after national roll-out in Uganda: a qualitative study
Henry Zakumumpa, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Helen Byomire Ndagije, Nakitto-Kesi Diana, Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu, Ronald Kiguba
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 resistance mutations in a patient who received anti-SARS-COV2 spike protein monoclonal antibodies: a case report
Honorine Fenaux, Romain Gueneau, Amal Chaghouri, Benoît Henry, Lina Mouna, Anne-Marie Roque-Afonso, Christelle Vauloup-Fellous
Disseminated Nocardia farcinica involves the spinal cord: a case report and review of the literature
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Identification of bio-climatic determinants and potential risk areas for Kyasanur forest disease in Southern India using MaxEnt modelling approach
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Amputation of a type II diabetic patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major
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Two cases of multi-inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in adults in 2020
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Complicated Trichosporon asahii mastoiditis in immunocompetent child
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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis of leptospirosis presenting as severe diffuse alveolar hemorrhage: a case report and literature review
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Antimicrobial resistance among GLASS priority pathogens from Pakistan: 2006–2018
Dania Khalid Saeed, Joveria Farooqi, Sadia Shakoor, Rumina Hasan
Clinical impact of multidrug-resistant bacteria in older hospitalized patients with community-acquired urinary tract infection
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Observational study of clinico-radiological follow-up of COVID-19 pneumonia: a district general hospital experience in the UK
C. A. Musat, M. Hadzhiivanov, V. Durkowski, A. Banerjee, A. Chiphang, M. Diwan, M. S. Mahmood, M. N. Shami, A. Nune
Identifying youth at high risk for sexually transmitted infections in community-based settings using a risk prediction tool: a validation study
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The association between Fc gamma RIIb expression levels and chronic hepatitis B virus infection progression
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Characteristics of peripheral white blood cells in COVID-19 patients revealed by a retrospective cohort study
Xunliang Tong, Anqi Cheng, Xueting Yuan, Xuefeng Zhong, He Wang, Wei Zhou, Xiaomao Xu, Yanming Li
Number of doses of Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine applied in Brazil before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Propagation of a hospital-associated cluster of COVID-19 in Malaysia
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Feasibility of using infant testing during immunization to estimate HIV mother-to-child-transmission rates in Zambia
Joseph Simbaya, Patricia Funjika, Arthur Moonga, John Mwale, Chipepo Kankasa
Impact of visceral fat on the prognosis of coronavirus disease 2019: an observational cohort study
Hiroaki Ogata, Masahiro Mori, Yujiro Jingushi, Hiroshi Matsuzaki, Katsuyuki Katahira, Akiko Ishimatsu, Aimi Enokizu-Ogawa, Kazuhito Taguchi, Atsushi Moriwaki, Makoto Yoshida
Monitoring for COVID-19 by universal testing in a homeless shelter in Germany: a prospective feasibility cohort study
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Toxocariasis affecting brain stem and skull base
Manuel Gomez Serrano, Rafael Jimenez Rodriguez-Madridejos, Salome Merino Menendez, Diana Maria Hernanperez Hidalgo, Jesus Gimeno Hernández, Maria Cruz Iglesias Moreno
Changing socio-economic and ethnic disparities in influenza/A/H1N1 infection early in the 2009 UK epidemic: a descriptive analysis
James D. Munday, Richard Pebody, Katherine E. Atkins, Albert Jan van Hoek
A re-assessment of 4CMenB vaccine effectiveness against serogroup B invasive meningococcal disease in England based on an incidence model
Lorenzo Argante, Victoria Abbing-Karahagopian, Kumaran Vadivelu, Rino Rappuoli, Duccio Medini
Clinical characteristics and outcome of primary brain abscess: a retrospective analysis
Junying Huang, Haining Wu, Honghong Huang, Weiqi Wu, Bowen Wu, Lingxing Wang
Effectiveness of joint 3 + 1 malaria strategy along China–Myanmar cross border areas
Zu-rui Lin, Shi-gang Li, Xiao-dong Sun, Xiang-rui Guo, Zhi Zheng, Jie Yang, Hong-ru Pian, Peng Tian, Qi-yan Chen, Xiao-ying Sun, Chun-li Ding, Kai-xia Duan, Hong-wei Chen, Dakhidam Yaw Bee, Hong-ning Zhou
Eczema herpeticum subsequent to septic shock in early pregnancy: a first case report
Kiichiro Furuya, Yuki Takemoto, Hiroki Kurahashi, Harue Hayashida, Sho Fujiwara, Saya Yamashita, Yangsil Chang, Hiroaki Tsubouchi, Kayoko Shikado, Kazuhide Ogita
Impact of malaria control interventions on malaria infection and anaemia in areas with irrigated schemes: a cross-sectional population-based study in Sudan
Khalid Abdelmutalab Elmardi, Ishag Adam, Elfatih Mohammed Malik, Hmooda Toto Kafy, Mogahid Sheikheldien Abdin, Immo Kleinschmidt, Stef Kremers
Biphasic pattern in the effect of severe measles infection; the difference between additive and multiplicative scale
Nhat Thanh Hoang Le, Nhan Thi Ho, Bryan Grenfell, Stephen Baker, Ronald B. Geskus
A pediatric case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri diagnosed by next-generation sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid and blood samples
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Rare case of Proteus mirabilis native mitral valve endocarditis in an immunocompromised patient
Lindsay G. Grossman, Joseph M. Sharkey, David S. Grossman, Alan Hartman, Mina Makaryus, Kaushal B. Shah
The first case of Ochrobactrum intermedium bacteremia in a pediatric patient with malignant tumor
Wenjing Wu, Yongmei Jiang, Wei Zhou, Xingxin Liu, Linghan Kuang
Clinical features of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome and analysis of risk factors for mortality
Feng He, Xinxin Zheng, Zhaoru Zhang
Predisposing factors to acquisition of acute respiratory tract infections in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ashley Hammond, Alice Halliday, Hannah V. Thornton, Alastair D. Hay
Trends and predictive factors for treatment failure following artemisinin-based combination therapy among children with uncomplicated malaria in Ghana: 2005–2018
Benjamin Abuaku, Nancy Odurowah Duah-Quashie, Neils Quashie, Akosua Gyasi, Patricia Opoku Afriyie, Felicia Owusu-Antwi, Anita Ghansah, Keziah Laurencia Malm, Constance Bart-Plange, Kwadwo Ansah Koram
Nosocomial infections in an Iranian educational hospital: an evaluation study of the Iranian nosocomial infection surveillance system
Bagheri Pezhman, Rezaei Fatemeh, Roodgari Amir, Rokhsari Mahboobeh, Fararouei Mohammad
The microbiological diagnostic performance of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in patients with sepsis
Di Ren, Chao Ren, Renqi Yao, Lin Zhang, Xiaomin Liang, Guiyun Li, Jiaze Wang, Xinke Meng, Jia Liu, Yu Ye, Haoli Li, Sha Wen, Yanhong Chen, Dan Zhou, Xisi He, Xiaohong Li, Kai Lai, Ying Li, Shuiqing Gui
Immature granulocyte percentage for prediction of sepsis in severe burn patients: a machine leaning-based approach
Kibum Jeon, Nuri Lee, Seri Jeong, Min-Jeong Park, Wonkeun Song
Infection of Plasmodium falciparum and helminths among school children in communities in Southern and Northern Ghana
G. Akosah-Brempong, S. K. Attah, I. A. Hinne, A. Abdulai, K. Addo-Osafo, E. L. Appiah, M.-M. Osei, Y. A. Afrane
Tuberculosis forecasting and temporal trends by sex and age in a high endemic city in northeastern Brazil: where were we before the Covid-19 pandemic?
Hamilton Leandro Pinto de Andrade, Dulce Gomes, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Marcelino Santos-Neto, Pedro Fredemir Palha, Regina Célia Fiorati, Inês Fronteira, Aline Aparecida Monroe, Márcio Souza dos Santos, Miguel Fuentealba-Torres, Mellina Yamamura, Juliane de Almeida Crispim, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio
The spread of cholera in western Democratic Republic of the Congo is not unidirectional from East–West: a spatiotemporal analysis, 1973–2018
Harry César Ntumba Kayembe, Catherine Linard, Didier Bompangue, Jérémie Muwonga, Michel Moutschen, Hippolyte Situakibanza, Pierre Ozer
Household quarantine of second degree contacts is an effective non-pharmaceutical intervention to prevent tertiary cases in the current SARS-CoV pandemic
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