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  1. We report a fatal case of disseminated adenovirus infection in a non-transplant haematology adult patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia who had completed combination chemoimmunotherapy a few months before...

    Authors: Michael Joffe, Simon D. Wagner and Julian W. Tang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:58
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  2. The globally synchronized switch from trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (tOPV) to bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (bOPV) took place in Nigeria on April 18th 2016. The country is divided into six geopolitical zones. Thi...

    Authors: Bassey Enya Bassey, Fiona Braka, Rui Gama Vaz, William Komakech, Sylvester Toritseju Maleghemi, Richard Koko, Thompson Igbu, Faith Ireye, Sylvester Agwai, Godwin Ubong Akpan, Sisay Gashu Tegegne, Abdul-Aziz Garba Mohammed and Angela Okocha-Ejeko
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:57
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  3. The aim of this study was to identify clinical risk factors for antimicrobial resistances and multidrug resistance (MDR) in urinary tract infections (UTI) in an emergency department in order to improve empiric...

    Authors: Sebastian Bischoff, Thomas Walter, Marlis Gerigk, Matthias Ebert and Roger Vogelmann
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:56
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  4. With over 1 million HIV-related deaths annually, quality end-of-life care remains a priority. Given strong public preference for home death, place of death is an important consideration for quality care. This ...

    Authors: Richard Harding, Stefano Marchetti, Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Donna M. Wilson, Miguel Ruiz-Ramos, Maria Cardenas-Turanzas, YongJoo Rhee, Lucas Morin, Katherine Hunt, Joan Teno, Cecilia Hakanson, Dirk Houttekier, Luc Deliens and Joachim Cohen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:55
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  5. The majority of people living with HIV require antiretroviral therapy (ART) for controlling viral replication, however there are rare HIV controllers who spontaneously and durably control HIV in the absence of...

    Authors: Yumna Moosa, Ramla F. Tanko, Veron Ramsuran, Ravesh Singh, Mashudu Madzivhandila, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Melissa-Rose Abrahams, Philippe Selhorst, Kamini Gounder, Penny L. Moore, Carolyn Williamson, Salim S. Abdool Karim, Nigel J. Garrett and Wendy A. Burgers
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:54
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  6. Tuberculosis (TB) incidence is decreasing worldwide and eradication is becoming plausible. In low-incidence countries, intervention on migrant populations is considered one of the most important strategies for...

    Authors: Teresa Rito, Carlos Matos, Carlos Carvalho, Henrique Machado, Gabriela Rodrigues, Olena Oliveira, Eduarda Ferreira, Jorge Gonçalves, Lurdes Maio, Clara Morais, Helena Ramos, João Tiago Guimarães, Catarina L. Santos, Raquel Duarte and Margarida Correia-Neves
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:53
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  7. Adults aged 18–64 years with comorbid conditions are at high risk for complications of certain vaccine-preventable diseases, including influenza and pneumococcal disease. The 4 Pillarsâ„¢ Practice Transformation...

    Authors: Angela R. Wateska, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Richard K. Zimmerman, Kenneth J. Smith and Chyongchiou J. Lin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:52
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  8. S.aureus is a predominant pathogen that causes infection in critically ill patients, but little information exists regarding the characterization of S. aureus from different sources in burn patients in southeaste...

    Authors: Kaisen Chen, Shirong Lin, Peiqun Li, Qiuyue Song, Dong Luo, Tao Liu, Lingbing Zeng and Wei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:51
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  9. Hepatitis E infection is a global disorder that causes substantial morbidity. Numerous neurologic illnesses, including Guillain–Barre syndrome (GBS), have occurred in patients with hepatitis E virus (HEV) infe...

    Authors: Xiaoqin Zheng, Liang Yu, Qiaomai Xu, Silan Gu and Lingling Tang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:50
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  10. Zika virus (ZIKV) has been identified in several body fluids of infected individuals. In most cases, it remained detected in blood from few days to 1 week after the onset of symptoms, and can persist longer in ur...

    Authors: Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Edna Oliveira Kara, Silvana Pereira Giozza, Camila Helena Aguiar Bôtto-Menezes, Philippe Gaillard, Rafael Freitas de Oliveira Franca, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda, Marcia da Costa Castilho, Patrícia Brasil, Patrícia Carvalho de Sequeira, Maeve Brito de Mello, Ximena Pamela Diaz Bermudez, Kayvon Modjarrad, Robyn Meurant, Sihem Landoulsi, Adele Schwartz Benzaken…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:49
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  11. Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected mycobacterial skin infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. This disease mostly affects poor rural populations, especially in areas with low hygiene standards and sanitation co...

    Authors: Issaka Maman, Tchadjobo Tchacondo, Abiba Banla Kere, Ebekalisai Piten, Marcus Beissner, Yiragnima Kobara, Komlan Kossi, Kossi Badziklou, Franz Xaver Wiedemann, Komi Amekuse, Gisela Bretzel and Damintoti Simplice Karou
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:48
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  12. Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) cause the majority of bloodstream infections in Ghana, however the mode of transmission and source of invasive NTS in Africa are poorly understood. This study compares NTS from wate...

    Authors: Denise Dekker, Ralf Krumkamp, Daniel Eibach, Nimako Sarpong, Kennedy Gyau Boahen, Michael Frimpong, Elina Fechtner, Sven Poppert, Ralf Matthias Hagen, Norbert Georg Schwarz, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Justin Im, Florian Marks, Hagen Frickmann and Jürgen May
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:47
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  13. Schistosomiasis remains a global health problem with an estimated 250 million people in 78 countries infected, of whom 85% live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Preventive chemotherapy remains the key public health stra...

    Authors: Hlengiwe Sacolo, Moses Chimbari and Chester Kalinda
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:46
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  14. Within the frame of National Epidemiological Surveillance System, family physicians have an obligation to report infections and suspicions cases.

    Authors: Katalin Vraukó, Zoltán Jancsó, László Kalabay, Andrea Lukács, Gabriella Maráczi, Lajos Mester, Anna Nánási, József Rinfel, Tamás Sárosi, Ferenc Tamás, Albert Varga, József Vitrai and Imre Rurik
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:45
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  15. The widespread antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a serious problem for the treatment and control of gonorrhoea. Many of the previously effective therapeutic agents are no longer viable. Because...

    Authors: Susanne Buder, Sandra Dudareva, Klaus Jansen, Anna Loenenbach, Sergejs Nikisins, Andrea Sailer, Eva Guhl, Peter K. Kohl and Viviane Bremer
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:44
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  16. Brucellosis is an endemic disease in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China and Ulanqab exhibits the highest prevalence of brucellosis in this region. Due to the complex nature of Brucellosis, a cure fo...

    Authors: Zhi-guo Liu, Dong-dong Di, Miao Wang, Ri-hong Liu, Hong-yan Zhao, Dong-ri Piao, Zhong-zhi Zhao, Yong-qing Hao, Ya-nan Du, Hai Jiang, Bu-yun Cui and Xian-zhu Xia
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:43
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  17. Increasing the proportion diagnosed with and on treatment for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is key to the elimination of hepatitis C in Europe. This study contributes to secondary prevention planning in the Europe...

    Authors: A. M. Falla, A. A. Ahmad, E. Duffell, T. Noori and I. K. Veldhuijzen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:42
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  18. Genital warts are one of the most common forms of sexually-transmitted disease, but their epidemiology has yet to be thoroughly elucidated. The present study was designed to shed light on the prevalence of cli...

    Authors: Silvia Cocchio, Chiara Bertoncello, Tatjana Baldovin, Alessandra Buja, Silvia Majori and Vincenzo Baldo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:41
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  19. Transdiaphragmatic extension of pyogenic liver abscess is the rarest cause of pericarditis and pleural empyema. It is a rapidly progressive and highly lethal infection with mortality rates reaching 100% if lef...

    Authors: Eunae Cho, Sang Woo Park, Chung Hwan Jun, Sang Soo Shin, Eun Kyu Park, Kyo Seon Lee, Seon Young Park, Chang Hwan Park, Hyun Soo Kim, Sung Kyu Choi and Jong Sun Rew
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:40
    Content type: Case report Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:483

  20. Anemia is common among people living with HIV infection and is frequently associated with poor quality of life and poor prognosis. It has been well described in antiretroviral naïve individuals and those on no...

    Authors: McNeil Ngongondo, Nora E. Rosenberg, Christopher C. Stanley, Robertino Lim, Dennis Ongubo, Richard Broadhurst, Colin Speight, Robert Flick, Petros Tembo and Mina C. Hosseinpour
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:39
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  21. A large free-of-charge quadrivalent HPV (qHPV) vaccination program, covering four cohorts annually (women 11, 14, 17 and 24 years), has been implemented in Basilicata since 2007. This study evaluated vaccine a...

    Authors: Francesca Carozzi, Donella Puliti, Cristina Ocello, Pasquale Silvio Anastasio, Espedito Antonio Moliterni, Emilia Perinetti, Laurence Serradell, Elena Burroni, Massimo Confortini, Paola Mantellini, Marco Zappa and Géraldine Dominiak-Felden
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:38
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  22. Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a rodent-borne disease caused by hantaviruses. Landscape can influence the risk of hantavirus infection for humans, mainly through its effect on rodent community...

    Authors: Hong Xiao, Xin Tong, Ru Huang, Lidong Gao, Shixiong Hu, Yapin Li, Hongwei Gao, Pai Zheng, Huisuo Yang, Zheng Y. X. Huang, Hua Tan and Huaiyu Tian
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:37
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  23. As China approaches the elimination of measles, outbreaks of measles continue to occur. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are known to be at high risk of infection and transmission of measles virus. A measles outbreak...

    Authors: Haimei Jia, Chao Ma, Mengting Lu, Jianping Fu, Lance E. Rodewald, Qiru Su, Huaqin Wang and Lixin Hao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:36
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  24. Eikenella corrodens is one of the HACEK bacteria constituting part of the normal flora of the oropharynx, however, still an uncommon pathogen. We report a case of a large Eikenella corrodens liver abscess with si...

    Authors: Anne Christine Nordholm, Ruth Ottilia Birgitta Vøgg, Henrik Permin and Terese Katzenstein
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:35
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  25. Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) related morbidity and mortality can be reduced through risk group screening, linkage to care and anti-viral treatment. This study estimates the number of CHB cases among foreign-born ...

    Authors: Amena A. Ahmad, Abby M. Falla, Erika Duffell, Teymur Noori, Angela Bechini, Ralf Reintjes and Irene K. Veldhuijzen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:34
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  26. We report a rare case of Mammalian orthoreovirus (MRV) infection in a child with a primary immunodeficiency (PID). Infections with Mammalian orthoreovirus are very rare and probably of zoonotic origin. Only a few...

    Authors: Dagmara W. Lewandowska, Riccarda Capaul, Seraina Prader, Osvaldo Zagordi, Fabienne-Desirée Geissberger, Martin Kügler, Marcus Knorr, Christoph Berger, Tayfun Güngör, Janine Reichenbach, Cyril Shah, Jürg Böni, Andrea Zbinden, Alexandra Trkola, Jana Pachlopnik Schmid and Michael Huber
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:33
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  27. Combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) in HIV-infected patients has been associated with lipodystrophy, metabolic abnormalities, and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Ultrasound measures of carotid ...

    Authors: Maria Teresa Beires, André Silva-Pinto, Ana Cristina Santos, António José Madureira, Jorge Pereira, Davide Carvalho, António Sarmento and Paula Freitas
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:32
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  28. Antibodies are critical responses to protect the host from dengue virus(DENV) infection. Antibodies target DENV by two pathologic mechanisms: virus neutralization and infection enhancement. In dengue patients,...

    Authors: Minh Huong Phu Ly, Meng Ling Moi, Thi Bich Hau Vu, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Todd Saunders, Cam Nhat Nguyen, Anh Kieu Thi Nguyen, Hung Manh Nguyen, Than Huu Dao, Do Quyen Pham, Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen, Thi Quynh Mai Le, Futoshi Hasebe and Kouichi Morita
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:31
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  29. Urinary tract infection (UTI) remains to be one of the most common infectious diseases diagnosed in developing countries. And a widespread use of antibiotics against uropathogens has led to the emergence of an...

    Authors: Wubalem Desta Seifu and Alemayehu Desalegn Gebissa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:30
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  30. School closure is often considered as an option to mitigate influenza epidemics because of its potential to reduce transmission in children and then in the community. The policy is still however highly debated...

    Authors: Giancarlo De Luca, Kim Van Kerckhove, Pietro Coletti, Chiara Poletto, Nathalie Bossuyt, Niel Hens and Vittoria Colizza
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:29
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  31. Because of the high prevalence and absence of cure for infection, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been acknowledged as a pressing public health issue. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) activate the huma...

    Authors: Yong Lin, Zheng-Xiang Gao, Xu Shen, Mei-Jun Chen, Yan-Ting Li, Shu-Lian Li, Hui-Ling Lin, Qi-Feng Zhao, Fan Liu and Jian-Jun Niu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:28
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  32. A new model of care is required to meet the changing needs of people living with HIV (PLWH), particularly in low and middle-income countries, where prevalence is highest. We evaluated a palliative care interve...

    Authors: Keira Lowther, Richard Harding, Victoria Simms, Aabid Ahmed, Zipporah Ali, Nancy Gikaara, Lorraine Sherr, Hellen Kariuki, Irene J. Higginson and Lucy Ellen Selman
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:27
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  33. Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most deadly infectious diseases. One-third to one-fourth of the human population is estimated to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) without showing clinical sym...

    Authors: Leonar Arroyo, Diana Marín, Kees L. M. C. Franken, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff and Luis F. Barrera
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:26
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  34. HIV-positive patients carry an increased risk of HPV infection and associated cancers. Therefore, prevalence and patterns of HPV infection at different anatomical sites, as well as theoretical protection of no...

    Authors: Alessandra Vergori, Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Pierluca Piselli, Franca Del Nonno, Catia Sias, Federico Lupi, Daniele Lapa, Andrea Baiocchini, Claudia Cimaglia, Marco Gentile, Andrea Antinori, Maria Capobianchi and Adriana Ammassari
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:25
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  35. Opportunistic infections due to Candida species occur frequently in cancer patients because of their inherent immunosuppression. The aim of the present study was to investigate the epidemiology of yeast species f...

    Authors: Narges Aslani, Ghasem Janbabaei, Mahdi Abastabar, Jacques F. Meis, Mahasti Babaeian, Sadegh Khodavaisy, Teun Boekhout and Hamid Badali
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:24
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  36. Evidence concerning the efficacy and safety of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients with influenza A (H7N9) has been was limited to case reports. Our study is aimed to investigate the current...

    Authors: Linna Huang, Wei Zhang, Yi Yang, Wenjuan Wu, Weihua Lu, Han Xue, Hongsheng Zhao, Yunfu Wu, Jia Shang, Lihua Cai, Long Liu, Donglin Liu, Yeming Wang, Bin Cao, Qingyuan Zhan and Chen Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:23
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  37. Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Treatment of malaria in a timely manner could avert deaths. Treatment ultimately relies on the rapid and accurate diagnosis. Fluorescence in situ hybridizat...

    Authors: Regina Kandie, Rachel Ochola and Kariuki Njaanake
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:22
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  38. In April 2015, Kamwenge District, western Uganda reported a measles outbreak. We investigated the outbreak to identify potential exposures that facilitated measles transmission, assess vaccine effectiveness (V...

    Authors: Fred Nsubuga, Lilian Bulage, Immaculate Ampeire, Joseph K. B. Matovu, Simon Kasasa, Patricia Tanifum, Alex Ario Riolexus and Bao-Ping Zhu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:21
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  39. The non-tuberculous mycobacteria include those mycobacterium species that are not members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, the causative agent of pulmonary tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae. In Zamb...

    Authors: Ngula Monde, Musso Munyeme, Adrian Muwonge, John Bwalya Muma and Sydney Malama
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:20
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  40. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections continue to be a leading problem in health care facilities worldwide.

    Authors: Nori Yoshioka, Matsuo Deguchi, Hideharu Hagiya, Hisao Yoshida, Norihisa Yamamoto, Shoji Hashimoto, Yukihiro Akeda and Kazunori Tomono
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:19
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  41. The Ebola outbreak in West-Africa triggered risk communication activities to promote adequate preventive behaviour in the Netherlands. Our study investigated the level of knowledge, perceptions, and media use ...

    Authors: Lianne G. C. Schol, Madelief Mollers, Corien M. Swaan, Desirée J. M. A. Beaujean, Albert Wong and Aura Timen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:18
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  42. The defense mechanisms of the urinary tract are attributed mainly to the innate immune system and the urinary tract urothelium which represent the first line of defense against invading pathogens and maintaini...

    Authors: Ibrahim H. Babikir, Elsir A. Abugroun, Naser Eldin Bilal, Abdullah Ali Alghasham, Elmuataz Elmansi Abdalla and Ishag Adam
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:17
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  43. Checklists are increasingly used to measure quality of care. Recently we implemented an antibiotic checklist in nine Dutch hospitals and showed that use of the checklist resulted in more appropriate antibiotic...

    Authors: Frederike V. van Daalen, Marlies E. J. L. Hulscher, Cas Minderhoud, Jan M. Prins and Suzanne E. Geerlings
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:16
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  44. To determine the linear and non-linear interacting relationships between weather factors and hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in children in Gansu, China, and gain further traction as an early warning signa...

    Authors: Faxiang Gou, Xinfeng Liu, Jian He, Dongpeng Liu, Yao Cheng, Haixia Liu, Xiaoting Yang, Kongfu Wei, Yunhe Zheng, Xiaojuan Jiang, Lei Meng and Wenbiao Hu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:15
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  45. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in infants in both developed and developing countries. To our knowledge, only a few studies have been reported the clinical features, trea...

    Authors: Xiaoshan Guan, Xiaoping Mu, Wenjing Ji, Chunlei Yuan, Ping He, Lian Zhang, Yanfen Huang, Juan Li, Jianfeng Chen, Huamin Zhong, Shuyin Pang, Nan Tan, Qiulian Deng, Kankan Gao, Yu-Ping Huang, Chien-Yi Chang…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:14
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  46. Over recent years, a growing interest has developed in microbiota and in the concept of maintaining a special balance between Lactobacillus and other bacteria species in order to promote women’s well-being. The a...

    Authors: Ettore Palma, Nadia Recine, Lavinia Domenici, Margherita Giorgini, Alessandra Pierangeli and Pierluigi Benedetti Panici
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:13
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  47. Hydatid disease is a worldwide zoonosis produced by the larval stage of cestodes of the Echinococcus genus. Hydatid disease primarily involves the liver and lungs. The brain is involved in less than 2% of cases. ...

    Authors: Shu Chen, Ning Li, Feifei Yang, Jiqin Wu, Yuekai Hu, Shenglei Yu, Qi Chen, Xuan Wang, Xinyu Wang, Yuanyuan Liu and Jianming Zheng
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:12
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  48. Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) is critical for healthcare-associated infections (HAI) with significant regional differences in the resistance rate, but its risk factors and infection trends has not been well studie...

    Authors: Huiping Huang, Borong Chen, Gang Liu, Jing Ran, Xianyu Lian, Xinhua Huang, Nan Wang and Zhengjie Huang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:11
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  49. Ethiopia joined the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1996, and by the end of December 2001 circulation of indigenous Wild Polio Virus (WPV) had been interrupted. Nonetheless, the country experienc...

    Authors: Ayesheshem Ademe Tegegne, Fiona Braka, Meseret Eshetu Shebeshi, Aron Kassahun Aregay, Berhane Beyene, Amare Mengistu Mersha, Mohammed Ademe, Abdulahi Muhyadin, Dadi Jima and Abyot Bekele Wyessa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:9
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  50. Individuals lacking immune recovery during suppressive cART will still represent a clinical issue in the years to come, given the high proportion of HIV-infected subjects introducing therapy late in the course...

    Authors: Camilla Tincati, Esther Merlini, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte and Giulia Marchetti
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:8
    Content type: Case report Published on:

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