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  1. Several studies have shown different effects of telehealth interventions on adherence to Antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV. This study conducted a meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled...

    Authors: Elham Davtalab Esmaeili, Hosein Azizi, Saeed Dastgiri and Leila R. Kalankesh
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:169
  2. Brucellosis is highly contagious zoonotic bacterial disease caused by gram-negative genus. It has a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and due to variety and nonspecificity of clinical signs the diagnost...

    Authors: Yulia Dinikina, Uliana Tsoy, Andrey Dyachkov, Roman Grozov, Aleksandr Mushkin, Vyacheslav Zorin, Irina Nikitina and Elena Grineva
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:166
  3. Ureaplasma urealyticum is the most prevalent genital mycoplasma isolated from the urogenital tract of females, but there is no unified treatment plan. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of azithromycin in...

    Authors: Weibin Fan, Qisheng Wang, Zuyu Liang, Jinyu Wang and Lin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:163
  4. Diabetes mellitus (DM) and drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) are serious global public health problems. This study aimed to explore the differences in drug resistance between DR-TB patients with and without ...

    Authors: Yuanping Pan, Yingying Yu, Yaohui Yi, Xiaofeng Dou, Jiachen Lu and Ling Zhou
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:162
  5. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. We qualitatively evaluated the implementation of an Evidence-Based Multiple Focus Integrated Intensified TB...

    Authors: Kahabi Isangula, Doreen Philbert, Florence Ngari, Tigest Ajeme, Godfather Kimaro, Getnet Yimer, Nicholaus P. Mnyambwa, Winters Muttamba, Irene Najjingo, Aman Wilfred, Johnson Mshiu, Bruce Kirenga, Steve Wandiga, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga, Francis Donard, Douglas Okelloh…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:161
  6. The HIV epidemic is still expanding among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China, but HIV testing rates remain suboptimal. Network-based interventions, such as secondary distribution, have shown promise to e...

    Authors: Siyue Hu, Ying Lu, Xi He, Yi Zhou, Dan Wu, Joseph D. Tucker, Bin Yang and Weiming Tang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:160
  7. Some studies have reported the possible role of vitamin D3 in ameliorating disease outcomes in childhood infectious diarrhea. However, findings about its effectiveness and the association of serum vitamin D level...

    Authors: Samuel N Uwaezuoke, Chioma L Odimegwu, Ngozi R Mbanefo, Chizoma I Eneh, Ijeoma O Arodiwe, Uzoamaka V Muoneke, Francis N Ogbuka, Chibuzo O Ndiokwelu and Anthony T Akwue
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:159
  8. Globally, it has been reported that different social determinants of health -structural, sociodemographic, economic, living conditions and cultural factors- may affect opportunities to adhere to prevention mea...

    Authors: Alexandra Obach, Báltica Cabieses, Francisca Vezzani, Consuelo Robledo, Alice Blukacz and Pablo Vial
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:158
  9. The life-threatening pathogen Leptospira interrogans is the most common agent of leptospirosis, an emerging zoonotic disease. However, little is known about the strains that are currently circulating worldwide du...

    Authors: Linda Grillova, Thomas Cokelaer, Jean-François Mariet, Juliana Pipoli da Fonseca and Mathieu Picardeau
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:157
  10. In preparation of future pandemics, it is important to recognise population-level determinants associated with development of severe illness before efficient vaccines and evidence-based therapeutic measures ar...

    Authors: Dennis Nordvall, Dan Drobin, Toomas Timpka and Robert G. Hahn
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:156
  11. People experiencing homelessness (PEH) have been identified as being increasingly susceptible to Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with policies enacted to test, isolate, increase hygiene practices and prioritis...

    Authors: Tharanika Ahillan, Matthew Emmerson, Bethan Swift, Hadiya Golamgouse, Kaiyang Song, Angela Roxas, Sakina Bano Mendha, Elena Avramović, Jatin Rastogi and Binta Sultan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:155
  12. Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotyping has been crucial to determining the distribution and impact of different families on disease clinical presentation. The aim of the study was to evaluate the associations amon...

    Authors: Anabel Ordaz-Vázquez, Pedro Torres-González, Leticia Ferreyra-Reyes, Sergio Canizales-Quintero, Guadalupe Delgado-Sánchez, Lourdes García-García, Alfredo Ponce-De-León, José Sifuentes-Osornio and Miriam Bobadilla-Del-Valle
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:154
  13. Pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) is a fungal infection that can have a variable prognosis depending on several factors. The objective of this study was to analyse the characteristics of pulmonary lesions and iden...

    Authors: Yu Yan, Yuxiao Wu, Qin Wang, Xiaodan Zhu, Huayin Li and Hongni Jiang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:153
  14. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) may be involved in the natural history of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. In our study, we aimed to investigate the association of TLR4 (rs10116253, rs1927911, rs10759931) and TLR...

    Authors: Chunlin Zhang, Zhiping Yang, Ping Luo, Ting Li, Sutong Wang, Fenglan Sun, Ping Gong and Bing Mei
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:152
  15. Hepatitis B infection seriously threatens global public health, especially in developing nations. Despite several investigations on HBV incidence, the national pooled prevalence remains unknown, particularly i...

    Authors: Ahmed Azzam, Heba Khaled, Ola A. Elbohy, Shueb Abdirahman Mohamed, Sana Mostafa Hussein Mohamed, Ahmed H. Abdelkader, Ahmad Ashraf Ezzat, Amora Omar Ibrahim Elmowafy, Ola Ali El-Emam, Mona Awadalla, Neveen Refaey and Shimaa Mohamed Abdou Rizk
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:151
  16. This study aimed to evaluate the reactogenicity effects of COVID-19 vaccines, used in Iran.

    Authors: Mostafa Enayatrad, Sepideh Mahdavi, Roqayeh Aliyari, Sajad Sahab-Negah, Sairan Nili, Mohammad Fereidouni, Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Abtin Heidarzadeh, Fariba Shahraki-Sanavi, Mansooreh Fateh, Hamidreza Khajeha, Zahra Emamian, Elahe Behmanesh, Hossein Sheibani, Maryam Abbaszadeh…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:150
  17. Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment involves toxic drugs that cause adverse events (AEs), which are life-threatening and may lead to death if not well managed. In Uganda, the prevalence of MDR...

    Authors: Paul Mukama Ategyeka, Michael Muhoozi, Racheal Naturinda, Peter Kageni, Carol Namugenyi, Amos Kasolo, Stevens Kisaka and Noah Kiwanuka
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:149
  18. Diagnostics for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) are usually inaccurate, expensive, or complicated. The breathomics-based method may be an attractive option for fast and noninvasive PTB detection.

    Authors: Liang Fu, Lei Wang, Haibo Wang, Min Yang, Qianting Yang, Yi Lin, Shanyi Guan, Yongcong Deng, Lei Liu, Qingyun Li, Mengqi He, Peize Zhang, Haibin Chen and Guofang Deng
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:148
  19. Pregnancy increases a woman’s risk of severe dengue. To the best of our knowledge, the moderation effect of the dengue serotype among pregnant women has not been studied in Mexico. This study explores how preg...

    Authors: Esther Annan, Uyen-Sa D. T. Nguyen, Jesús Treviño, Wan Fairos Wan Yaacob, Sherry Mangla, Ashok Kumar Pathak, Rajesh Nandy and Ubydul Haque
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:147
  20. Our study survey assessed HIV risk profile and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among HIV-negative individuals seeking mpox vaccination, elucidating HIV prevention gaps and opportunities.

    Authors: Onyema Ogbuagu, Manas Sharma, Grace Igiraneza, Laurie Andrews, Jessica Tuan and Lydia A. Barakat
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:146

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  21. Typical Lemierre’s syndrome is usually secondary to an oropharyngeal infection. Recently, several cases following a primary infection site other than the oropharynx have been reported as atypical Lemierre’s sy...

    Authors: Koji Mishima, Kazunobu Aoki, Yusuke Shirai, Hiroshi Aritomo, Maiko Iwasaka, Masakazu Katsura, Tomofumi Tatsutani, Hiroko Ikeuchi, Kensuke Oryoji and Shinichi Mizuki
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:145
  22. To understand the factors influencing clinical outcomes of severe hand, foot, and mouth diseases (HFMD), and to provide scientific evidence for reducing the mortality risk of severe HFMD.

    Authors: Yuanjun Peng, Weitao He, Zhigang Zheng, Peijiang Pan, Yu Ju, Zhenwei Lu, Yanyan Liao, Hailong Wang, Chao Zhang, Jing Wang, Lina Jiang, Hao Liang, Minmei Chen and Li Ye
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:144
  23. Several prolonged typhoid fever epidemics have been reported since 2010 throughout eastern and southern Africa, including Malawi, caused by multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhi. The World Health Organization reco...

    Authors: Maile T. Phillips, Marina Antillon, Joke Bilcke, Naor Bar-Zeev, Fumbani Limani, Frédéric Debellut, Clint Pecenka, Kathleen M. Neuzil, Melita A. Gordon, Deus Thindwa, A. David Paltiel, Reza Yaesoubi and Virginia E. Pitzer
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:143
  24. Bartonella quintana is an important cause of culture-negative endocarditis. Although humans have been considered as its only reservoir, recent studies showed that macaque species are also reservoirs of B. quintan...

    Authors: Shingo Sato, Lev Shapira, Diana Tasher, Soichi Maruyama and Michael Giladi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:142
  25. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an endemic parasitic disease in Latin America, and its clinical picture is aggravated in coinfections with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The objective of this study was...

    Authors: Larissa D. L. N. Costa, Uiara S. Lima, Vandilson Rodrigues, Mayara I. S. Lima, Lucilene A. Silva, Jorim Ithamar and Conceição M. P. S. Azevedo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:141
  26. Mycobacterium haemophilum is a slow-growing non-chromogenic nontuberculous Mycobacterium species that can cause skin infection or arthritis in an immunocompromised population or in children. Primary infection of...

    Authors: Yu-Qiang Zhang, Ting-Ting Xu, Fu-Yan Wang, Shuang Wang and Jun Cheng
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:140
  27. Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), a viral infectious disease affecting the central nervous system, potentially resulting in prolonged neurological symptoms and other long-term sequelae. Case identification can be...

    Authors: Katharina Schley, Josephine Friedrich, Andreas Pilz, Liping Huang, Bridget L. Balkaran, Martine C. Maculaitis and Claudius Malerczyk
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:139
  28. The commitment of multidisciplinary teams in antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) is often inadequately considered, especially in surgical wards. We wanted to evaluate clinical, microbiological, and pharm...

    Authors: Marco Vecchia, Marta Colaneri, Paolo Sacchi, Lea Nadia Marvulli, Andrea Salvaderi, Jessica Lanza, Stefano Boschini, Franco Ragni, Piero Marone, Sara Cutti, Alba Muzzi, Carlo Marena, Monica Calvi, Luigia Scudeller, Enrico Maria Marone and Raffaele Bruno
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:138
  29. During the novel coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic, a considerable number of pneumothorax (PNX)/pneumomediastinum (PNM) associated with COVID-19 have been reported, and the incidence is higher in critically il...

    Authors: Se Ju Lee, Jinnam Kim, Ki Hyun Lee, Jung Ah Lee, Chang Hyup Kim, Su Hwan Lee, Byung Jo Park, Jung Ho Kim, Jin Young Ahn, Su Jin Jeong, Nam Su Ku, Joon-Sup Yeom and Jun Yong Choi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:137
  30. Rhinovirus (RV) is one of the most common etiologic agents of acute respiratory infection (ARI), which is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in young children. The clinical significance of RV co-detect...

    Authors: Justin Z. Amarin, Molly Potter, Jyotsna Thota, Danielle A. Rankin, Varvara Probst, Zaid Haddadin, Laura S. Stewart, Ahmad Yanis, Rana Talj, Herdi Rahman, Tiffanie M. Markus, James Chappell, Mary Lou Lindegren, William Schaffner, Andrew J. Spieker and Natasha B. Halasa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:136
  31. Fluoroquinolones have been, and continue to be, routinely used for treatment of many bacterial infections. In recent years, most parts of the world have reported an increasing trend of fluoroquinolone resistan...

    Authors: Upendo O. Kibwana, Joel Manyahi, Helene Heitmann Sandnes, Bjørn Blomberg, Stephen E. Mshana, Nina Langeland, Adam P. Roberts and Sabrina J. Moyo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:135
  32. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of acute respiratory infections worldwide. While historically RSV research has been focused on children, data on RSV infection in adults are limited. The go...

    Authors: Donatella Panatto, Alexander Domnich, Piero Luigi Lai, Matilde Ogliastro, Bianca Bruzzone, Cristina Galli, Federica Stefanelli, Elena Pariani, Andrea Orsi and Giancarlo Icardi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:134
  33. Since its emergence in November 2021, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron clade has quickly become dominant, due to its increased transmissibility and immune evasion. Different sublineages are currently circulating, which diff...

    Authors: Rossana Scutari, Valeria Fox, Maria Antonietta De Ioris, Vanessa Fini, Annarita Granaglia, Valentino Costabile, Luna Colagrossi, Cristina Russo, Angela Mastronuzzi, Franco Locatelli, Carlo Federico Perno and Claudia Alteri
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:133
  34. Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) affects approximately 500,000 patients annually in the United States, of these around 30,000 will die. CDI carries significant burdens including clinical, social and econ...

    Authors: Paul Feuerstadt, Nicolette Theriault and Glenn Tillotson
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:132
  35. Time to diagnosis and treatment is a major factor in determining the likelihood of tuberculosis (TB) transmission and is an important area of intervention to reduce the reservoir of TB infection and prevent di...

    Authors: Marie Varughese, Courtney Heffernan, Michael Y. Li and Richard Long
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:131
  36. COVID-19 vaccines are effective against infections and outcomes; however, breakthrough infections (VBT) are increasingly reported, possibly due to waning of vaccine-induced immunity or emerging variants. Most ...

    Authors: Amr Kandeel, Manal Fahim, Ola Deghedy, Walaa Alim, Mohammad Abdel Fattah, Salma Afifi, Amira Mohsen and Khaled Abdelghaffar
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:130
  37. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae related urinary tract infections (UTI) in adult cancer patients.

    Authors: Guojing Wang, Yu Zhu, Shana Feng, Baojun Wei, Yujuan Zhang, Jingzhi Wang, Shengkai Huang, Shengling Qin, Xuan Liu, Bing Chen and Wei Cui
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:129
  38. To date, estimating the burden of seasonal influenza on the hospital system in France has been restricted to influenza diagnoses in patients (estimated hospitalization rate of 35/100,000 on average from 2012 t...

    Authors: Anne Bernadou, C. Sommen, M. Pivette and B. Hubert
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:128
  39. Scrub typhus is a mite-borne infectious rickettsial disease that can occur in rural and urban areas, with an especially high prevalence in older populations. This disease causes systemic vasculitis that can in...

    Authors: Jooyun Kim, Hyeri Seok, Ji Hoon Jeon, Won Suk Choi, Gi Hyeon Seo and Dae Won Park
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:127
  40. The surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in Germany is usually conducted via manual chart review; this, however, proves resource intensive and is prone to a certain degree of subjectivity. Documentatio...

    Authors: Tiffany Schaumburg, Norbert Köhler, Yasmine Breitenstein, Susanne Kolbe-Busch, Dirk Hasenclever and Iris F. Chaberny
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:126
  41. The etiopathogenesis of idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (INCPH) is so far poorly understood. Altered immunity, blood diseases, infections, congenital defects and drug exposure have been documented...

    Authors: Xiuling Ye, Xin Quan, Xu Guo, Zhidong Wang and Hao Wu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:125
  42. Lawsonella clevelandensis is one recently documented anaerobic, which is partially acid-fast. Nevertheless, it is rarely found to be associated with human infections, especially in scope of plastic and cosmetic s...

    Authors: Feng Zhou, Jun Zhang, Lunli Gong, Guobao Wang, Aawrish Khan and Haiyan Cui
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:124
  43. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to evolve. Globally, COVID-19 continues to strain even the most resilient healthcare systems, with Omicron being the latest variant. We made a thoroug...

    Authors: Ayanda Trevor Mnguni, Denzil Schietekat, Nabilah Ebrahim, Nawhaal Sonday, Nicholas Boliter, Neshaad Schrueder, Shiraaz Gabriels, Lovemore N. Sigwadhi, Annalise E. Zemlin, Zivanai C. Chapanduka, Veranyuy Ngah, Anteneh Yalew, Thumeka Jalavu, Ibtisam Abdullah, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Yamanya Tembo…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:123
  44. Trueperella bernardiae is a coryneform, gram-positive bacterium that is a commensal of the skin and upper respiratory tract. It is treated as a contaminant and rarely causes infections. Blood, urine, and abscesse...

    Authors: Yuki Matsuhisa, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Shinichiro Kobayashi, Jun Taguchi, Hideo Hirose and Tadao Gotoh
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:121
  45. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death worldwide, with 98% of cases occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The only vaccine licenced for the prevention of TB has limited protection ...

    Authors: Lydia Wilson, Lara Gracie, Farah Kidy, G. Neil Thomas, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Sheila Greenfield, Semira Manaseki-Holland, Derek J. Ward and Tiffany E. Gooden
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:120
  46. Mpox is an emerging infectious disease that is now a global hazard. The strategies for preventing and controlling mpox should be further investigated in terms of transmission characteristics, infection risk am...

    Authors: Shiting Yang, Xiaohao Guo, Zeyu Zhao, Buasiyamu Abudunaibi, Yunkang Zhao, Jia Rui, Yao Wang, Wentao Song, Hongjie Wei and Tianmu Chen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:119
  47. The FAKHRAVAC®, an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, was assessed for safety and immunogenicity in a phase II trial.

    Authors: Fatemeh Gholami, Ramin Hamidi Farahani, Ahmad Karimi Rahjerdi, Mohammadreza Ahi, Ali Sheidaei, Kimiya Gohari, Zahra Rahimi, Akram Ansarifar, Pouria Basiri, Milad Moradi, Arash Jahangiri, Kosar Naderi, Soheil Ghasemi, Pezhman Khatami, Mohsen Honari, Samane Khodaverdloo…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:118
  48. Excessive use of antibiotics has been reported during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. We evaluated trends in antibiotic use and culture positive Gram-negative (GN)/Gram-positive (GP) pathogens in US hospitalized pati...

    Authors: Laura A. Puzniak, Karri A. Bauer, Kalvin C. Yu, Janet A. Watts, ChinEn Ai and Vikas Gupta
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:117
  49. Statin use prior to hospitalization for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is hypothesized to improve inpatient outcomes including mortality, but prior findings from large observational studies have been inco...

    Authors: Adovich S. Rivera, Omar Al-Heeti, Lucia C. Petito, Mathew J. Feinstein, Chad J. Achenbach, Janna Williams and Babafemi Taiwo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:115

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