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  1. During fulminant meningococcal septicaemia, meningococci are often observed in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) although the patients have frequently no meningeal symptoms. Meningococcal meningitis, by contrast, ...

    Authors: Mehdi Hage-Sleiman, Nicolas Derre, Charlotte Verdet, Gilles Pialoux, Olivier Gaudin, Patricia Senet, Muriel Fartoukh, Mathieu Boissan and Marc Garnier
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:252
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  2. The WHO recommends single low-dose primaquine (SLDPQ, 0.25 mg/kg body weight) in falciparum-infected patients to block malaria transmission and contribute to eliminating multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum ...

    Authors: Lek Dysoley, Saorin Kim, Sergio Lopes, Nimol Khim, Steven Bjorges, Samphornarann Top, Chea Huch, Huy Rekol, Nelli Westercamp, Mark M. Fukuda, Jimee Hwang, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, Mavuto Mukaka, Didier Menard and Walter R. Taylor
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:250
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. With the phase-out of stavudine (d4T), change to first-line regimens with zidovudine (AZT) or tenofovir (TDF) in resource-limited settings (RLS) might increase risks of cross-resistance to nucleos(t) ide rever...

    Authors: Desire Takou, Joseph Fokam, Georges Teto, Maria-Mercedes Santoro, Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein, Aubin Joseph Nanfack, Samuel Martin Sosso, Béatrice Dambaya, Romina Salpini, Serge Clotaire Billong, Caterina Gori, Charles Ntungwen Fokunang, Giulia Cappelli, Vittorio Colizzi, Carlo-Federico Perno and Alexis Ndjolo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:246
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  4. Increased resistance to third-generation cephalosporin (3GC) is a serious concern for community-onset Escherichia coli infection because this resistance easily delays effective treatment. This study surveyed the ...

    Authors: Wu-Pu Lin, Yu-Shan Huang, Jann-Tay Wang, Yee-Chun Chen and Shan-Chwen Chang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:245
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  5. In current epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB), heterogeneity in infectiousness among TB patients is a challenge, which is not well studied. We aimed to quantify this heterogeneity and the presence of “super-spr...

    Authors: Yayehirad A. Melsew, Manoj Gambhir, Allen C. Cheng, Emma S. McBryde, Justin T. Denholm, Ee Laine Tay and James M. Trauer
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:244
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Despite the high number of chikungunya cases in Indonesia in recent years, comprehensive epidemiological data are lacking. The systematic review was undertaken to provide data on incidence, the seroprevalence ...

    Authors: Harapan Harapan, Alice Michie, Mudatsir Mudatsir, Roy Nusa, Benediktus Yohan, Abram Luther Wagner, R. Tedjo Sasmono and Allison Imrie
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:243
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  7. Diarrheal disease kills over half a million people each year in sub-Saharan Africa; the majority are children under 5 years. About 58% of diarrhea cases are associated with poor water, sanitation, and hygiene—...

    Authors: Samantha Winter, Millicent Ningoma Dzombo and Francis Barchi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:242
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Understanding the relationship between serotype epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae is essential for the effective introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) and ...

    Authors: Hien Anh Thi Nguyen, Hiroshi Fujii, Huong Thi Thu Vu, Christopher M. Parry, Anh Duc Dang, Koya Ariyoshi and Lay-Myint Yoshida
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:241
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  9. Brucella is high-consequence pathogen and one of the most common seen laboratory- acquired infection pathogens. Quick and accurate detection of the pathogen will be of great important to reducing laboratory- acqu...

    Authors: Junfei Guo, Weiming Lai, Biting Li, Lingling Tang, Yongbing Wu, Yasha Luo, Chengyi Liu, Weiming Lu and Xiaoping Mu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:240
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  10. Malaria and leishmaniasis are the two largest parasitic killers in the world. Due togeographical overlap of these diseases, malaria-visceral leishmaniasis co-infections occur in large populations and exist in ...

    Authors: Yibeltal Aschale, Animen Ayehu, Ligabaw Worku, Habtie Tesfa, Meseret Birhanie and Wossenseged Lemma
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:239
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  11. Tularemia is a rare zoonotic infection caused by bacterium Francisella tularensis. It has been well described in immunocompetent patients but poorly described in immunocompromised patients notably in solid organ ...

    Authors: Olivier Bahuaud, Cécile Le Brun, Thomas Chalopin, Marion Lacasse, Julien Le Marec, Clémence Pantaleon, Charlotte Nicolas, Louise Barbier, Louis Bernard and Adrien Lemaignen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:238
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  12. The clinical course of Campylobacter infection varies in symptoms and severity depending on host factors, virulence of the pathogen and initiated therapy. The type VI secretion system (T6SS) has been identified a...

    Authors: Jessica Agnetti, Helena M. B. Seth-Smith, Sebastian Ursich, Josiane Reist, Marek Basler, Christian Nickel, Stefano Bassetti, Nicole Ritz, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter and Adrian Egli
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:237
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  13. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a serious global health challenge. The widespread distribution of HBV is highlighted by multiple HBV genotypes associated with different geographical origin and transm...

    Authors: John H.-O. Pettersson, Solveig Myking, Hilde Elshaug, Kirsten Irene Ege Bygdås and Kathrine Stene-Johansen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:236
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  14. With a growing access to free ART, switching of ART to second line regimen has also become common following failure of first line ART regimens. Patients failing on first line ART regimens have been shown to st...

    Authors: Daniel W. Gunda, Semvua B. Kilonzo, Tarcisius Mtaki, Desderius M. Bernard, Samwel E. Kalluvya and Elichilia R. Shao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:235
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  15. The study of stool microbiota has taken great relevance in the last years, given its role in the maintenance of the intestinal metabolic, physiological, and immunological homeostasis, as well as, its effect ov...

    Authors: Luz A. González-Hernández, Mariana del Rocio Ruiz-Briseño, Karina Sánchez-Reyes, Monserrat Alvarez-Zavala, Natali Vega-Magaña, Alvaro López-Iñiguez, Julio A. Díaz-Ramos, Pedro Martínez-Ayala, RA Soria-Rodriguez, Moises Ramos-Solano and Jaime F. Andrade-Villanueva
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:234
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:764

  16. Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) in the elderly is insufficiently elucidated. A few studies attempted to investigate the role of age in PLA have yielded controversial results. The purpose of this study was to expl...

    Authors: Jia Zhang, Zhaoqing Du, Jianbin Bi, Zheng Wu, Yi Lv, Xufeng Zhang and Rongqian Wu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:233
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  17. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is an emerging healthcare problem in the world. The purpose of this study was to perform a systematic epidemiological research of CDI in Tongji hospital, the central of China...

    Authors: Yu Zhou, Liyan Mao, Jing Yu, Qun Lin, Ying Luo, Xuhui Zhu and Ziyong Sun
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:232
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Although Indonesia has high fatality rate of human A/H5N1 cases, epidemiological and clinical data on influenza virus circulation among humans has been limited. Within Indonesia, Bali province is of interest d...

    Authors: Wiku Adisasmito, Sri Budayanti, Dewi Nur Aisyah, Richard Coker, Ayu Rai Andayani, Gavin J. D. Smith and James W. Rudge
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:231
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Following publication of the original article [1],

    Authors: Irene Galani, Konstantina Nafplioti, Panagiota Adamou, Ilias Karaiskos, Helen Giamarellou and Maria Souli
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:230
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:167

  21. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the major public health problem worldwide. In clinical practice, serological and molecular assays are the most commonly used diagnostic methods to detect HBV infection in c...

    Authors: Xin-xin Shen, Fang-zhou Qiu, Li-Ping Shen, Ten-fei Yan, Meng-chuan Zhao, Ju-Ju Qi, Chen Chen, Li Zhao, Le Wang, Zhi-shan Feng and Xue-jun Ma
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:229
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  22. The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection increases with age. However, the relationship between H. pylori infection and anemia in the elderly population remains to be identified. The aim of this...

    Authors: Baicun Hou, Meifang Zhang, Miao Liu, Wei Dai, Yunjuan Lin, Yuan Li, Meiliang Gong and Gangshi Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:228
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  23. There is great interest in the use of reduced dosing schedules for pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, a strategy premised on maintaining an acceptable level of protection against disease and carriage of the orga...

    Authors: Alan Yang, Francisco Cai and Marc Lipsitch
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:227
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  24. Access to HIV services among men who have sex with men (MSM) and female sex workers (FSWs) remains suboptimal globally. While the reasons for this dismal performance have been documented, limited evidence exis...

    Authors: Joseph K. B. Matovu, Geofrey Musinguzi, Juliet Kiguli, Fred Nuwaha, Geoffrey Mujisha, Joshua Musinguzi, Jim Arinaitwe and Rhoda K. Wanyenze
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:214
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  25. Latent class analyses (LCA) are increasingly being used to target specialized HIV interventions, but generalizability of emergent population structures across settings has yet to be considered. We compare LCA ...

    Authors: M. Kumi Smith, Gabriella Stein, Weibin Cheng, William C. Miller and Joseph D. Tucker
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:213
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:284

  26. Across diverse regions globally, sex workers continue to face a disproportionate burden of HIV and other sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBIs). Evidence suggests that behavioural and biomedi...

    Authors: Elena Argento, Shira Goldenberg and Kate Shannon
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:212
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  27. Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women in Sub-Saharan Africa are subjected to high levels of sexual behavior-related stigma, which may affect mental health and sexual risk behaviors. MSM and tra...

    Authors: Carrie Lyons, Shauna Stahlman, Claire Holland, Sosthenes Ketende, Lynn Van Lith, Duncan Kochelani, Mpumelelo Mavimbela, Bhekie Sithole, Libet Maloney, Sibusiso Maziya and Stefan Baral
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:211
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  28. Internalized HIV stigma is a public health concern as it can compromise HIV prevention, care and treatment. This paper has two aims. First, it highlights the urgent need for research evidence on internalized H...

    Authors: Marija Pantelic, Laurel Sprague and Anne L. Stangl
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:210
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  29. Repressive legal environments and widespread human rights violations act as structural impediments to efforts to engage key populations at risk of HIV infection in HIV prevention, care, and treatment efforts. ...

    Authors: Anne L. Stangl, Devaki Singh, Michael Windle, Kirsty Sievwright, Katherine Footer, Alexandrina Iovita, Stella Mukasa and Stefan Baral
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:209
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  30. Stigma is a multifaceted concept that potentiates Human Immunodeficiency Virus and sexually transmitted infection acquisition and transmission risks among key populations, including men who have sex with men (...

    Authors: Ashley L. Grosso, Sosthenes C. Ketende, Shauna Stahlman, Odette Ky-Zerbo, Henri Gautier Ouedraogo, Seni Kouanda, Cesaire Samadoulougou, Marcel Lougue, Jules Tchalla, Simplice Anato, Sodji Dometo, Felicity D. Nadedjo, Vincent Pitche and Stefan D. Baral
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:208
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  32. Total four influenza pandemics have happened since twentieth century, and currently influenza is in the seasonal epidemic around the world, with a sharp increase in its incidence each year. As an effective tre...

    Authors: Ruochan Chen, Zhixiong Fang and Yan Huang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:224
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  33. Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a key enzyme in the degradation of tryptophan (Trp) to kynurenine (Kyn). We measured IDO activity as the Kyn to Trp ratio, and investigated whether IDO could be used to as...

    Authors: Mengyan Wang, Xiaotian Dong, Ying Huang, Junwei Su, Xiahong Dai, Yongzheng Guo, Caiqin Hu, Qihui Zhou and Biao Zhu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:223
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  34. HIV and other sexually transmitted infections remain a burden on men who have sex with men in the era of effective combination antiretroviral therapy. New prevention efforts are therefore needed. One of these ...

    Authors: Reinier J. M. Bom, Kalja van der Linden, Amy Matser, Nicolas Poulin, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Bouko H. W. Bakker and Theodoor F. van Boven
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:222
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  35. Self-protective behaviors of social distancing and vaccination uptake vary by demographics and affect the transmission dynamics of influenza in the United States. By incorporating the socio-behavioral differen...

    Authors: Meghendra Singh, Prasenjit Sarkhel, Gloria J. Kang, Achla Marathe, Kevin Boyle, Pamela Murray-Tuite, Kaja M. Abbas and Samarth Swarup
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:221
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  36. Cryptococcosis is a common opportunistic infection in patients infected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and is the second leading cause of mortality in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients ...

    Authors: Hareton Teixeira Vechi, Raquel Cordeiro Theodoro, Andrea Lima de Oliveira, Ronald Muryellison Oliveira da Silva Gomes, Rodolfo Daniel de Almeida Soares, Munya Gandour Freire and Mônica Baumgardt Bay
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:220
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  37. Schistosomiasis is a devastating parasitic disease. The mainstay of schistosomiasis control is by praziquantel treatment. The study aimed to determine benefits of annual chemotherapy of schistosomiasis on deve...

    Authors: Tawanda J. Chisango, Bongiwe Ndlovu, Arthur Vengesai, Agness Farai Nhidza, Edson P. Sibanda, Danai Zhou, Francisca Mutapi and Takafira Mduluza
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:219
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women continue to be a major public health concern due to their high prevalence and consequent reproductive morbidities. While antibiotics are usually efficient to clear the Ch...

    Authors: Noa Ziklo, Wilhelmina M. Huston, Kuong Taing and Peter Timms
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:218
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replicates non-cytopathically in the hepatocytes and HBV-related diseases are caused by immune-mediated inflammatory events. This study aimed to identify the relationship between clinic...

    Authors: Yurong Gu, Yifan Lian, Lin Gu, Lubiao Chen, Xiaoyan Li, Liang Zhou, Yanlin Huang, Jialiang Wang and Yuehua Huang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:216
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Central Line-Associated BloodStream Infections (CLABSIs) are emerging challenge in Respiratory semi-Intensive Care Units (RICUs). We evaluated efficacy of educational interventions on rate of CLABSIs and effec...

    Authors: Riccardo Inchingolo, Giuliana Pasciuto, Daniele Magnini, Manuela Cavalletti, Giancarlo Scoppettuolo, Giuliano Montemurro, Andrea Smargiassi, Riccardo Torelli, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Teresa Spanu, Giuseppe Maria Corbo and Luca Richeldi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:215
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. The objective was to analyze the effectiveness and safety of dual therapy with rilpivirine plus boosted-darunavir (RPV + bDRV) in real-life patients.

    Authors: Juan Pasquau, Samantha E. de Jesus, Piedad Arazo, María J. Crusells, María J. Ríos, Fernando Lozano, Javier de la Torre, María J. Galindo, Jorge Carmena, Jesús Santos, Carlos Tornero, Guillermo Verdejo, Gloria Samperiz, Zaira Palacios and Carmen Hidalgo-Tenorio
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:207
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. We compared AIDS-related mortality rates in people living with HIV (PLHIV) starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Brazil during 2006–2015 and examined associated risk factors .

    Authors: Tara D. Mangal, Mariana Veloso Meireles, Ana Roberta Pati Pascom, Ronaldo de Almeida Coelho, Adele Schwartz Benzaken and Timothy B. Hallett
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:206
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) represent a major problem in the management of nosocomial infections. However, ESBL-PE are not systematically monitored in African countries. T...

    Authors: Oumar Ouchar Mahamat, Manon Lounnas, Mallorie Hide, Yann Dumont, Abelsalam Tidjani, Kadidja Kamougam, Madina Abderrahmane, Julio Benavides, Jérôme Solassol, Anne-Laure Bañuls, Hélène jean-Pierre, Christian Carrière and Sylvain Godreuil
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:205
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  45. Until now, the prevalence of macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) infection among adult patients has been low, and severe MP pneumonia due to a macrolide-resistant strain has seldom been reported. Here,...

    Authors: Munehiro Matsumoto, Kentaro Nagaoka, Masaru Suzuki, Satoshi Konno, Kei Takahashi, Taichi Takashina, Nobuhisa Ishiguro and Masaharu Nishimura
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:204
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  46. Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease is commonly an opportunistic infection frequently found in immunocompromised individuals, but sometimes can also be found in the immunocompetent hosts, especially in ...

    Authors: Xianli Xu, Xiaojie Lao, Chunlan Zhang, Cunwei Cao, Huarong Ding, Yu Pang, Qiuyue Ning, Jun Zou, Ning Zang, Diefei Hu and Maowei Chen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:203
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  47. Accurate diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection remains elusive and requires a comprehensive assessment through laboratory and clinical investigation. In this study, a diagnostic algorithm based on ...

    Authors: Padmaloseni Thangarajah, Khalid Hajissa, Weng Kin Wong, Muhammad Amiruddin Abdullah, Nabilah Ismail and Zeehaida Mohamed
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:202
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Korean surveillance program for bovine brucellosis was improved by extending it to beef slaughterhouses and by pre-movement testing of bulls on May 2005 (Intervention 1). The bovine brucellosis surveillance pr...

    Authors: Sukhyun Ryu, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães and Byung Chul Chun
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:201
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Infestations with scabies mites are a global burden affecting individuals of all ages, classes and ethnicities. As poor sanitation and overcrowding favor the transmission of this highly contagious disease, epi...

    Authors: Simon M. Mueller, Stefan Gysin, Michael Schweitzer, Simon Schwegler, Peter Haeusermann, Peter Itin, Thomas Bart, Ruth Spieler Denz, Thomas Steffen, Richard Kuehl, Andreas F. Widmer and Oliver Brandt
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:200
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Bacillus cereus is a gram-positive rod bacterium that is responsible for food poisoning. It is naturally widely distributed, and thus often contaminates cultures. Although it is rarely considered responsible, it ...

    Authors: Ryosuke Ishida, Kazunori Ueda, Tadashi Kitano, Tomohiko Yamamoto, Yasuyoshi Mizutani, Yutaka Tsutsumi, Koji Imoto and Yuji Yamamori
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:197
    Content type: Case report Published on:

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