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Section edited by Ivan FN Hung, Jorge Garbino and Kelvin To
This section aims to publish studies looking at all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of bacterial and fungal diseases in humans, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology. This section includes studies relating to antibiotic resistance and healthcare-associated infections.
Research article
The purpose of this study was to determine the shifting trends in bacteriology and antimicrobial resistance of infectious specimens isolated from gastrointestinal (GI) fistula patients over eight years in China.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:637
Published on: 21 September 2017
Research article
Current knowledge of the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Asia, and in particular the Greater Mekong Subregion, is very limited. Only a few studies from Thailand and Vietnam have been reported f...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:635
Published on: 21 September 2017
Technical advance
Infectious disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, and diagnosis of polymicrobial and fungal infections is increasingly challenging in the clinical setting. Conventionally, molecular detection is stil...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:631
Published on: 19 September 2017
Research article
Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic strains of bacteria belonging to genus Leptospira whose symptoms can range from mild clinical manifestations to a severe life threatening illne...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:628
Published on: 18 September 2017
Research article
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is widely acknowledged as a global problem, yet in many parts of the world its magnitude is still not well understood. This review, using a public health focused approach, aimed ...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:616
Published on: 11 September 2017
Research article
Bacterial pathogens are a major cause of childhood community acquired lower respiratory tract infections (CA-LRTIs), and few data described the impact of antimicrobial resistance on children with CA-LRTIs. Thi...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:614
Published on: 11 September 2017
Case report
Kerstersia gyiorum is an extremely rare pathogen of human infection. It can cause chronic infection in patients with underlying conditions. It can easily be misdiagnosed if proper diag...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:608
Published on: 6 September 2017
Research article
The majority of antibiotics consumed in developed countries are prescribed in primary care. However, little is known about resistance levels in the primary care population.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:603
Published on: 4 September 2017
Research article
Information is limited about the effect of restricted carbapenem use on clearance of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB). We sought to determine the time effect of antibiotic exposure on multi-dr...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:598
Published on: 30 August 2017
Research article
A marked increase in the incidence rate of scarlet fever imposed a considerable burden on the health of children aged 5 to 15 years. The main purpose of this study was to depict the spatiotemporal epidemiologi...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:596
Published on: 30 August 2017
Research article
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is the leading cause of infective endocarditis in several countries. Since socioeconomic status (SES) is known to influence the risk of infectiou...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:589
Published on: 25 August 2017
Research article
A combination of laboratory, histopathological and microbiological tests for diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) have been strongly recommended. This study aims to characterize the accuracy of indivi...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:592
Published on: 25 August 2017
Case report
It has been suggested that more than 100 bacterial species can be identified using only seven universal bacterial primer sets in the melting temperature (Tm) mapping method and that these findings can be obtai...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:584
Published on: 23 August 2017
Case report
The presence of more than one bacterial agent is relatively rare in infective endocarditis, although more common in prosthetic cases. Molecular diagnosis from a removed heart tissue is considered a quick and e...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:563
Published on: 14 August 2017
Research article
In the aftermath of the largest Q fever outbreak in the world, diagnosing the potentially lethal complication chronic Q fever remains challenging. PCR, Coxiella burnetii IgG phase I antibodies, CRP and 18F–FDG-PE...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:556
Published on: 9 August 2017
Research article
Pentraxin-3 (PTX-3) is an acute-phase protein involved in inflammatory and infectious processes. This study assesses its diagnostic and prognostic value in patients with sepsis or septic shock in a medical int...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:554
Published on: 9 August 2017
Database
Biosurveillance, a relatively young field, has recently increased in importance because of increasing emphasis on global health. Databases and tools describing particular subsets of disease are becoming increa...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:549
Published on: 7 August 2017
Research article
Salmonella enterica serovar Dublin is a zoonotic infection that can be transmitted from cattle to humans through consumption of contaminated milk and milk products. Outbreaks of human ...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:544
Published on: 4 August 2017
Research article
Candidemia is the worldwide life-threaten disease, especially in cancer patients. This study was aimed to identify and evaluate the risk factors of candidemia in cancer patients, which will prompt the improvem...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:536
Published on: 3 August 2017
Research article
In vitro data suggests that suboptimal initial vancomycin exposure may select for heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) infections. However, no clinical studies have evaluated the re...
BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:534
Published on: 2 August 2017
