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  1. Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) place a significant burden on healthcare systems globally. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the prevalence, risk factors, and aetiologic age...

    Authors: Gabriel Kambale Bunduki, Effita Masoamphambe, Tilly Fox, Janelisa Musaya, Patrick Musicha and Nicholas Feasey
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:158
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  2. Accurate estimation of SARS-CoV-2 re-infection is crucial to understanding the connection between infection burden and adverse outcomes. However, relying solely on PCR testing results in underreporting. We pre...

    Authors: Lucie Richard, Rosane Nisenbaum, Karen Colwill, Sharmistha Mishra, Roya M. Dayam, Michael Liu, Cheryl Pedersen, Anne-Claude Gingras and Stephen W. Hwang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:125
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  3. Empyema necessitans (EN) is a rare condition characterized by pleural infection with pus spreading into adjacent soft tissues. Although Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Actinomyces israelii are common causative age...

    Authors: Tomoaki Nakamura, Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Naoki Murata, Kuniko Sato, Atsushi Kitamura, Nobuyoshi Mori and Torahiko Jinta
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:157
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  4. Previous studies show increased morbidity in children who are HIV-exposed but uninfected (HEU) compared to children who are HIV-unexposed uninfected (HUU). We sought to evaluate the effects of prenatal HIV exp...

    Authors: Jessica E. Ray, Katherine R. Dobbs, Sidney O. Ogolla, Ibrahim I. Daud, David Midem, Maxwel M. Omenda, Amy S. Nowacki, James G. Beeson, Katherine R. Sabourin, Rosemary Rochford and Arlene E. Dent
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:156
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  5. This study aimed to understand the basic situation of adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Meigu County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. The information ...

    Authors: Li Yuan, Kaiyou Chen, Yuanfang Cai, Zhonghui Zhou, Ju Yang, Wuti Jiqu, Qirong Zhu, Hong Zhang, Shaowei Niu and Hui Sun
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:155
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  6. Nocardiosis is a rare infection that typically results from inhalation of or inoculation with Nocardia organisms. It may cause invasive disease in immunocompromised patients. This case describes nocardiosis with ...

    Authors: Victor Arahirwa, Sahal Thahir, Lauren Hernandez and Zachary Inskeep Willis
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:154
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  7. Current diagnoses of urinary tract infection (UTI) by standard urine culture (SUC) has significant limitations in sensitivity, especially for fastidious organisms, and the ability to identify organisms in poly...

    Authors: Marzieh Akhlaghpour, Emery Haley, Laura Parnell, Natalie Luke, Mohit Mathur, Richard A. Festa, Michael Percaccio, Jesus Magallon, Mariana Remedios-Chan, Alain Rosas, Jimin Wang, Yan Jiang, Lori Anderson and David Baunoch
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:153
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  8. Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is a life-threatening and severe disease in immunocompromised hosts. A synergistic regimen based on the combination of sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (SMX-TMP) with caspof...

    Authors: Hao Li, Yihe Lu, Guoxin Tian, Yongxing Wu, Tianjun Chen, Jiangwei Zhang, Nan Hu, Xiaoning Wang, Yang Wang, Lan Gao, Jinqi Yan, Linjing Zhou and Qindong Shi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:152
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  9. Northern Italy was the first European country affected by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2, with the epicenter in the province of Bergamo.

    Authors: Bianca Maria Donida, Flavia Simonetta Pirola, Roberto Opizzi and Peter Assembergs
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:151
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  10. Bacterial infections are considered a leading cause of hospitalization and death globally. There is still a need for a rapid and feasible biomarker for bacterial infections. Heparin-binding protein (HBP) was s...

    Authors: Amira Mohamed Taha, Khaled Abouelmagd, Mohamed Mosad Omar, Qasi Najah, Mohammed Ali, Mohammed Tarek Hasan, Sahar A. Allam, Roua Arian, Omar El Sayed Rageh and Mohamed Abd-ElGawad
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:150
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  11. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging zoonosis with a high fatality rate in China. Previous studies have reported that dysregulated inflammatory response is associated with disease ...

    Authors: Zhongwei Zhang, Xue Hu, Qunqun Jiang, Fangzhou Jiao, Qian Du, Jie Liu, Mingqi Luo, Anling Li, Liping Deng and Yong Xiong
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:149
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  12. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), particularly in the absence of viral suppression, increase the risk of HIV transmission to uninfected partners. We determined factors associated with having an unsuppres...

    Authors: Marceline Mapiye, Khuliso Ravhuhali, Alex de Voux and Tendesayi Kufa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:148
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  13. Influenza and RSV coinfections are not commonly seen but are concerning as they can lead to serious illness and adverse clinical outcomes among vulnerable populations. Here we describe the clinical features an...

    Authors: Henrique Pott, Jason J. LeBlanc, May S. ElSherif, Todd F. Hatchette, Shelly A. McNeil and Melissa K. Andrew
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:147
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  14. The intestinal protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium is an important cause of diarrheal disease worldwide. A national microbiological surveillance programme was implemented in Sweden in 2018 in order to increase kno...

    Authors: Ioana Bujila, Karin Troell, Jessica Ögren, Anette Hansen, Gustav Killander, Lady Agudelo, Marianne Lebbad and Jessica Beser
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:146
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  15. Niemann-Pick Disease type C is a fatal autosomal recessive lipid storage disorder caused by NPC1 or NPC2 gene mutations and characterized by progressive, disabling neurological deterioration and hepatosplenomegal...

    Authors: Chaoxin Tao, Min Zhao, Xiaohui Zhang, Jihong Hao, Qiuyue Huo, Jie Sun, Jiangtao Xing, Yuna Zhang, Jianhong Zhao and Huaipeng Huang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:145
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  16. Stage 1 of the STREAM trial demonstrated that the 9 month (Short) regimen developed in Bangladesh was non-inferior to the 20 month (Long) 2011 World Health Organization recommended regimen. We assess the assoc...

    Authors: Chen-Yuan Chiang, Henry Bern, Ruth Goodall, Shun-Tien Chien, I. D. Rusen and Andrew Nunn
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:144
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  17. Head lice are a main public health problem and the most important human ectoparasites and the use of pediculicides is the most common way to control it. One of the possible causes of treatment failure is the l...

    Authors: Eslam Moradi-Asl, Abedin Saghafipour, Amir Hamta, Zahra Taheri-Kharameh, Malek Abazari and Shabnam Asghari Jajin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:143
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  18. Tetanus is a life-threatening but preventable neurologic disorder characterized by trismus and muscle spasms. Despite its decreasing global incidence, it remains to be endemic in resource-limited settings such...

    Authors: Pamela Danielle T. Lanuza, Jao Jarro B. Garcia, Christian Wilson R. Turalde and Mario Jr. B. Prado
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:142
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  19. Gram-negative bacilli are the most common etiological agents responsible for urinary tract infections. The prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacilli is increasing at a rapid pace globally, w...

    Authors: Manal Ismail Abdalla Mohammedkheir, Elsheikh Mahgoub Gaafar and Eltayeb GareebAlla Eltayeb AbdAlla
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:141
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  20. Cumulative malaria parasite exposure in endemic regions often results in the acquisition of partial immunity and asymptomatic infections. There is limited information on how host-parasite interactions mediate ...

    Authors: Kelvin M. Kimenyi, Mercy Y. Akinyi, Kioko Mwikali, Tegan Gilmore, Shaban Mwangi, Elisha Omer, Bonface Gichuki, Juliana Wambua, James Njunge, George Obiero, Philip Bejon, Jean Langhorne, Abdirahman Abdi and Lynette Isabella Ochola-Oyier
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:140
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  21. The spread of SARS-CoV-2 has been studied at unprecedented levels worldwide. In jurisdictions where molecular analysis was performed on large scales, the emergence and competition of numerous SARS-CoV-2lineage...

    Authors: David Champredon, Devan Becker, Shelley W. Peterson, Edgard Mejia, Nikho Hizon, Andrea Schertzer, Mohamed Djebli, Femi F. Oloye, Yuwei Xie, Mohsen Asadi, Jenna Cantin, Xia Pu, Charles A. Osunla, Markus Brinkmann, Kerry N. McPhedran, Mark R. Servos…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:139
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  22. Among people living with HIV (PLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy (ART), the mortality of immunological non-responders (INRs) is higher than that of immunological responders (IRs). However, factors associated wit...

    Authors: Heping Zhao, Anping Feng, Dan Luo, Tanwei Yuan, Yi-Fan Lin, Xuemei Ling, Huolin Zhong, Junbin Li, Linghua Li and Huachun Zou
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:138
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  23. Dried blood spot (DBS) testing provides an alternative to phlebotomy and addresses barriers to accessing healthcare experienced by some key populations. Large-scale evaluations of DBS testing programs are need...

    Authors: Nigel Carrington, Anna Conway, Jason Grebely, Mitchell Starr, Beth Catlett, Annabelle Stevens, Bianca Prain, Colette McGrath, Louise Causer, Rebecca Guy, Joanne Holden, Phillip Keen, Melanie Kingsland, Heng Lu, Cherie Power, Phillip Read…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:137
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  25. Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines have been implemented worldwide since the booster vaccination campaigns of autumn of 2022, but little is known about their effectiveness. Thus, this study holistically evaluated the ...

    Authors: Yudai Tamada, Kenji Takeuchi, Taro Kusama, Megumi Maeda, Fumiko Murata, Ken Osaka and Haruhisa Fukuda
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:135
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  26. Cytokines play a crucial role in regulating the function of the immune system by controlling the production, differentiation, and activity of immune cells. Occult hepatitis C virus (OHCV) infection can lead to...

    Authors: Sherif Elbaz, Nasser Mousa, Alaa Elmetwalli, Ahmed Abdel-Razik, Mohamed Salah, Amr ElHammady, Mostafa Abdelsalam, Eman Abdelkader, Niveen El-wakeel, Waleed Eldars, Ola El-Emam, Ahmed Elbeltagy, Mohamed Shaheen, Hossam El-Zamek, Eman Mousa, Ahmed Deiab…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:134
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  27. Chronic exposure of mosquito larvae to pesticide residues and cross-resistance mechanisms are major drivers of tolerance to insecticides used for vector control. This presents a concern for the efficacy of clo...

    Authors: Caroline Fouet, Fred A. Ashu, Marilene M. Ambadiang, Williams Tchapga, Charles S. Wondji and Colince Kamdem
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:133
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  28. Neurological infection is an important cause of critical illness, yet little is known on the epidemiology of neurological infections requiring critical care.

    Authors: Joseph Donovan, Abena Glover, John Gregson, Andrew W. Hitchings, Emma C. Wall and Robert S. Heyderman
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:132
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  29. Day care centres (DCCs) are ideal settings for drug-resistant bacteria to emerge. Prevalence numbers of faecal carriage of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in these settings are rare. We aimed to determine the...

    Authors: Sara Dequeker, Mitch van Hensbergen, Casper D. J. den Heijer, Wouter Dhaeze, Stijn F. H. Raven, Helen Ewalts-Hakkoer, Paulien Tolsma, Ina Willemsen, Karine J. van Drunen-Kamp, Krista van der Slikke-Verstraten, Herman Goossens, Marjolein F. Q. Kluytmans-van den Bergh and Christian J. P. A. Hoebe
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:131
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  30. Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, predominantly affecting the peripheral nerves, resulting in sensory and motor deficits in the feet. Foot ulcers and imbalances are frequent ...

    Authors: Alex Tadeu Viana Da Cruz Junior, Beatriz Helena Baldez Vasconcelos, Tatiana Generoso Campos Pinho Barroso, Givago Silva Souza, Luis Carlos Pereira Monteiro, Marília Brasil Xavier and Bianca Callegari
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:130
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  31. In HIV-1 infection, more than 95% of CD4+T cells die of caspase-1 mediated pyroptosis. What governs the increased susceptibility of CD4+T cells to pyroptosis is poorly understood.

    Authors: Fengting Yu, Chengjie Ma, Xia Jin, Hongxin Zhao, Jiang Xiao, Li Li, Shujing Song, Xiaohui Xie, Siyuan Yang, Yunxia Tang, Linghang Wang and Fujie Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:129
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  32. Infection by Dialister micraerophilus, an obligate anaerobic gram-negative bacillus, has rarely been described, and its clinical characteristics remain unclear.

    Authors: Hiroki Kitagawa, Kayoko Tadera, Keitaro Omori, Toshihito Nomura, Norifumi Shigemoto and Hiroki Ohge
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:128
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  33. Oritavancin, a long-acting lipoglycopeptide approved for use in acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, has limited data evaluating use in serious infections due to Gram-positive organisms. We aime...

    Authors: Williams Monier Texidor, Matthew A. Miller, Kyle C. Molina, Martin Krsak, Barbara Calvert, Caitlin Hart, Marie Storer and Douglas N. Fish
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:127
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  34. Watchful waiting management for acute otitis media (AOM), where an antibiotic is used only if the child’s symptoms worsen or do not improve over the subsequent 2–3 days, is an effective approach to reduce ant...

    Authors: Timothy C. Jenkins, Amy Keith, Amy B. Stein, Adam L. Hersh, Rashmi Narayan, Alice Eggleston, Deborah J. Rinehart, Payal K. Patel, Eve Walter, Ian G. Hargraves and Holly M. Frost
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:126
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  35. The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic occurred due to the dispersion of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Severe symptoms can be observed in COVID-19 patients with lipid-...

    Authors: Wan Amirul Syazwan Wan Ahmad Munawar, Marjanu Hikmah Elias, Faizul Helmi Addnan, Pouya Hassandarvish, Sazaly AbuBakar and Nuruliza Roslan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:124
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  36. Community-acquired respiratory infections are a leading cause of illness and death globally. The aetiologies of community-acquired pneumonia remain poorly defined. The RESPIRO study is an ongoing prospective o...

    Authors: Dorothy Hui Lin Ng, Travis Ren Teen Chia, Barnaby Edward Young, Sapna Sadarangani, Ser Hon Puah, Jenny Guek Hong Low, Gabriel Zherong Yan, Yin Mo, Nicholas Jinghao Ngiam, Samuel Sherng Young Wang, Yan Tong Loo, Faith Evangeline Jie Qi Ong, Andrew Yunkai Li, Sharlene Ho, Lisa Ng, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:123
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  37. The Xpert MTB/RIF test (Xpert) can help in the accurate screening of tuberculosis, however, its widespread use is limited by its high cost and lack of accessibility. Pooling of sputum samples for testing is a ...

    Authors: Jianfeng Zeng, Huan Huang, Xuhui Liu, Zhen Huang, Weijian Liu, Houming Liu and Shuihua Lu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:122
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  38. Short-term exposure to air pollution may trigger symptoms of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) through stimulating lung tissue, damaging tracheobronchial mucosa, the key anti-mycobacterium T cell immune func...

    Authors: Chan-Na Zhao, Zhiwei Xu, Peng Wang, Jie Liu, Rong Wang, Hai-Feng Pan and Fangjin Bao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:121
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  39. An increase in patients with multidrug-resistant organisms and associated outbreaks during the COVID-19 pandemic have been reported in various settings, including low-endemic settings. Here, we report three di...

    Authors: Beate Schlosser, Beate Weikert, Giovanni-Battista Fucini, Britta Kohlmorgen, Axel Kola, Anna Weber, Norbert Thoma, Michael Behnke, Frank Schwab, Petra Gastmeier, Christine Geffers and Seven Johannes Sam Aghdassi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:120
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  40. To evaluate the frequency, duration and patterns of long-term coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms and to analyse risk factors for long-lasting COVID-19 sequelae among a cohort of hospital employees (H...

    Authors: Rosalie Gruber, María Verónica Montilva Ludewig, Christina Weßels, Gerlinde Schlang, Svenja Jedhoff, Swetlana Herbrandt and Frauke Mattner
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:119
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  41. This study aimed to measure the prevalence of resistance to antimicrobial agents, and explore the risk factors associated with drug resistance by using nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) isolates from China.

    Authors: Weicong Ren, Yaoju Tan, Zichun Ma, Yuanyuan Shang, Shanshan Li, Xuxia Zhang, Wei Wang, Cong Yao, Jinfeng Yuan, Liang Li and Yu Pang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:118
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  42. We aimed to analyze the clinical features of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant pandemic and to reveal the risk factors for CAPA and death.

    Authors: Yixuan Wang, Yan Yao, Qingfeng Zhang, Hao Chen, Yang He and Ke Hu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:117
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  43. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) in different regions of Henan Province to provide evidence for the targeted...

    Authors: Bo Guo, Peili Li, Bingyu Qin, Shanmei Wang, Wenxiao Zhang, Yuan Shi, Jianxu Yang, Jingjing Niu, Shifeng Chen, Xiao Chen, Lin Cui, Qizhi Fu, Lin Guo, Zhe Hou, Hua Li, Xiaohui Li…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:116
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  44. sCD25 is an important immune molecule for T cell regulation. Tracking the detection of plasma sCD25 plays an important role in the evaluation of immune function, progression, and prognosis of tuberculosis (TB)...

    Authors: Xin Yu, Yayan Niu, Junchi Xu, Xiaolong Zhang, Haiyan Wu, Yuhan Wang, Jianping Zhang and Meiying Wu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:115
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  45. The healthcare system in Iran appears to overlook Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) as an endemic disease, particularly in pediatric cases, indicating the need for greater attention and awareness.

    Authors: Ali Hosseininasab, Safoura MoradKasani, Ehsan Mostafavi, Neda Baseri, Maryam Sadeghi and Saber Esmaeili
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:114
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  46. Gonorrhea has long been a serious public health problem in mainland China that requires attention, modeling to describe and predict its prevalence patterns can help the government to develop more scientific in...

    Authors: Zhende Wang, Yongbin Wang, Shengkui Zhang, Suzhen Wang, Zhen Xu and ZiJian Feng
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:113
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  47. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has killed millions ...

    Authors: Nora Ahmed Saleh Bashar, Nadida Mohammed Abdel-Hamid Gohar, Ahmed A. Tantawy and Mai Hamed Mohamed Kamel
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:112
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  48. Group A Rotaviruses (RVA) is one of the most common causes of severe diarrhoea in infants and children under 5 years of age. Unlike many countries in the world where RVA surveillance/control is active, in Chad...

    Authors: Bertrand Djikoloum, Mahamat Fayiz Abakar, Valentine Ngum Ndze, Rahinatou Ghapoutsa Nkandi, Carine Ngah Enjeh, Pidou Kimala, Jean Paul Assam Assam and Maurice BODA
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:111
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  49. This study explores the hypothesis that COVID-19 patients are at a heightened risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) associated with medical device usage compared to non-COVID-19 patients. Our primary...

    Authors: Fredy Leonardo Carreño Hernández, Juanita Valencia Virguez, Juan Felipe González Vesga, María Lucía Castellanos, Gabriela Ruiz Beltrán, Laura Daniela Lorza Toquica, Carol Natalia Sánchez Gomez, Maria Valentina Stozitzky Ríos, Yenny Rocío Cárdenas Bolívar and Jorge Iván Alvarado Sanchez
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:110
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  50. Actinomyces turicensis is rarely responsible of clinically relevant infections in human. Infection is often misdiagnosed as malignancy, tuberculosis, or nocardiosis, therefore delaying the correct identification...

    Authors: Alessandra Imeneo, Lorenzo Vittorio Rindi, Andrea Di Lorenzo, Rosario Alessandro Cavasio, Pietro Vitale, Ilaria Spalliera, Mario Dauri, Daniele Guerino Biasucci, Ilaria Giuliano, Cartesio D’Agostini, Silvia Minelli, Maria Cristina Bossa, Anna Altieri, Massimo Andreoni, Vincenzo Malagnino, Marco Iannetta…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:109
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

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