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  1. Pediatric diarrhea caused by a range of pathogens, including intestinal parasites, is one of main causes of death among children under 5 years of age. The distribution of these parasitic infections overlaps in...

    Authors: Sandrine Lydie Oyegue-Liabagui, Nal Kennedy Ndjangangoye, Lady Charlene Kouna, Gwladys Mirlande Lekolo, Franck Mounioko, Sylvie Kwedi Nolna and Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:350
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  2. Patients with clinically suspected tuberculosis are often treated empirically, as diagnosis - especially of extrapulmonary tuberculosis - remains challenging. This leads to an overtreatment of tuberculosis and...

    Authors: Robert Ndege, Omary Ngome, Farida Bani, Yvan Temba, Herieth Wilson, Fiona Vanobberghen, Jerry Hella, Winfrid Gingo, Mohamed Sasamalo, Dorcas Mnzava, Namvua Kimera, Helen Hiza, John Wigayi, Herry Mapesi, Irene B. Kato, Francis Mhimbira…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:349
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  3. Dengue is endemic in over 100 countries and is an important public health problem worldwide. Dengue fever is not endemic in Taiwan; the importation of dengue viruses from neighboring countries via close commer...

    Authors: Chao-Ying Pan, Wei-Liang Liu, Matthew-P. Su, Te-Pin Chang, Hui-Pin Ho, Pei-Yun Shu, Joh-Jong Huang, Li-Jen Lin and Chun-Hong Chen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:347
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  4. To analyze and discuss the transmission route of a cluster of cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus (SFTSV).

    Authors: Lingling Mao, Baocheng Deng, Yuhong Liang, Yun Liu, Zijiang Wang, Jie Zhang, Wei Wu, Lei Yu and Wenqing Yao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:346
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  5. The prevalence of HIV/HCV/HBV/ Treponema pallidum is an essential health issue in China. However, there are few studies focused on foreigners living in China. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and socio-d...

    Authors: Benard Chimungu, Muqing Fu, Jian Wu, Jiali Wu, Liping Huang, Yingchun Dai, Shixing Tang, Jianming Zhang and Chengsong Wan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:345
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  6. The burden of drug resistant tuberculosis in Africa is largely driven by the emergence and spread of multidrug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. MDR-TB is de...

    Authors: Namaunga Kasumu Chisompola, Elizabeth Maria Streicher, Chishala Miriam Kapambwe Muchemwa, Robin Mark Warren and Samantha Leigh Sampson
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:344
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  7. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has an increasing pediatric prevalence worldwide. However, molecular characteristics of C. difficile in Chinese children with acute gastroenteritis have not been reported.

    Authors: Huiqun Shuai, Qiao Bian, Yun Luo, Xiaohong Zhou, Xiaojun Song, Julian Ye, Qinghong Huang, Zhaoyang Peng, Jun Wu, Jianmin Jiang and Dazhi Jin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:343
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  8. Purulent pericarditis is an infectious disease, frequently caused by gram-positive bacteria, that is rarely observed in healthy individuals, and is often associated with predisposing conditions.

    Authors: Ilenia Magnani, Alberto Spadotto, Pasquale Paolisso, Alberto Foà, Carlo Savini, Davide Pacini, Carmine Pizzi and Nazzareno Galiè
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:342
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  9. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of patient body mass index (BMI) and estimated creatinine clearance (CrCl) on serum vancomycin concentrations to define a possible optimal dosage regimen in ...

    Authors: Yuyan Pan, Xiaomei He, Xinyu Yao, Xiaofeng Yang, Fengjiao Wang, Xinyuan Ding and Wenjuan Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:341
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  10. Antibiotic resistance is an emerging problem caused due to antibiotic use. In countries with high rates of infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance is a frequent cause of mortality. The aim was to analyse an...

    Authors: Anna Damlin, Megha Sharma, Gaetano Marrone and Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:340
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  11. Influenza is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Following the 2009 pandemic, there was widened interest in studying influenza burden in all regions. However, since data from the World Health O...

    Authors: Aia Assaf-Casals, Zeina Saleh, Sarah Khafaja, Danielle Fayad, Hady Ezzeddine, Mohammad Saleh, Sarah Chamseddine, Rouba Sayegh, Sima L. Sharara, Ahmad Chmaisse, Souha S. Kanj, Zeina Kanafani, Rima Hanna-Wakim, George F. Araj, Rami Mahfouz, Reiko Saito…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:339
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  12. Peer education has become a strategy for health promotion among high-risk groups for HIV infection worldwide. However, the extent to which peer education could have an impact on HIV prevention or the long-term...

    Authors: Jiayu He, Ying Wang, Zhicheng Du, Jing Liao, Na He and Yuantao Hao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:338
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  13. Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent a serious burden to individual safety and healthcare sustainability. Identifying which patients, procedures and settings are most at risk would offer a signifi...

    Authors: Luca Pirisi, Federico Pennestrì, Marco Viganò and Giuseppe Banfi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:337
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  14. Enterobius vermicularis is an intestinal helminthic parasite that causes a gastrointestinal infection called enterobiasis. Children are more susceptible to infection than adults. The current study aimed to explor...

    Authors: Ahmed Akil Khudhair Al-Daoody and Eman Najdy Haydar Al-Bazzaz
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:336
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  15. Dengue fever is a hemorrhagic fever caused by flaviviruses. Hemorrhagic manifestations are well known to be associated with dengue fever, though the thrombotic events are only seldom reported. Underlying patho...

    Authors: K. M. I. U. Ranasinghe, D. Dissanayaka, K. Thirumavalavan and M. Seneviratne
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:335
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  16. Although C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) are widely used inflammatory markers for infectious diseases, their role and potential application for rickettsioses were rarely studied.

    Authors: I-Fan Lin, Jiun-Nong Lin, Chia-Ta Tsai, Yu-Ying Wu, Yen-Hsu Chen and Chung-Hsu Lai
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:334
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  17. Malaria is a life threating vector borne disease caused by different Plasmodium parasites. Metema and Armachiho are two of the top five malaria endemic areas among the districts of Amhara region in Ethiopia. Tran...

    Authors: Yibeltal Aschale, Animen Ayehu, Ligabaw Worku, Ayenew Addisu, Ayalew Jejaw Zeleke, Abebe Genetu Bayih and Wossenseged Lemma
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:333
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  18. Between 2016 and 2019, 265 cases of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection were reported in Vietnam, predominantly in southern Vietnam. In 2016, a case of ZIKV-associated microcephaly was confirmed in the Central Highlan...

    Authors: Co Thach Nguyen, Meng Ling Moi, Thi Quynh Mai Le, Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen, Thi Bich Hau Vu, Hai Tuan Nguyen, Thi Thu Hang Pham, Thi Hien Thu Le, Le Manh Hung Nguyen, Minh Huong Phu Ly, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Taichiro Takemura, Kouichi Morita and Futoshi Hasebe
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:332
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  20. Dynamically changed levels of serum cytokines might predict the development of active TB from latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and monitor preventive treatment effectiveness. The aim of the study was to id...

    Authors: Haoran Zhang, Xuefang Cao, Henan Xin, Jianmin Liu, Shouguo Pan, Ling Guan, Fei Shen, Zisen Liu, Dakuan Wang, Xueling Guan, Jiaoxia Yan, Boxuan Feng, Na Li, Qi Jin and Lei Gao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:330
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  21. Although people of all ages are susceptible to the novel coronavirus infection, which is presently named “Coronavirus Disease 2019” (COVID-19), there has been relatively few cases reported among children. Ther...

    Authors: Li-juan Mao, Jian Xu, Zhi-hao Xu, Xiao-ping Xia, Bin Li, Jian-guo He, Peng Zhao, Jian-wei Pan, Dan Zhang, Yue Su, Yue-hong Wang and Zhe-feng Yuan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:329
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  22. Brain abscess due to the Nocardia genus is rare and usually found in immunocompromised patients. The most common subtype implicated is Nocardia farcinica while brain abscess due to Nocardia brasiliensis is compar...

    Authors: Jian-Wei Zhu, Hui Zhou, Wei-Qiang Jia, Jian You and Ru-Xiang Xu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:328
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  23. Tularemia, a re-emerging, potential life threatening infectious disease, can present itself with nonspecific clinical symptoms including fever, chills and malaise. Taking a detailed history of exposure and a h...

    Authors: Lukas Antonitsch, Gerhard Weidinger, Gerold Stanek and Mateusz Markowicz
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:327
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  24. T2Bacteria assay uses T2 magnetic resonance (T2MR) technology for the rapid diagnosis of bacterial bloodstream infections (BSIs). This FDA cleared technology can detect 5 of the most prevalent pathogens causin...

    Authors: Markos Kalligeros, Ioannis M. Zacharioudakis, Giannoula S. Tansarli, Katerina Tori, Fadi Shehadeh and Eleftherios Mylonakis
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:326
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  25. Tuberculosis (TB) and HV have been intertwined and makeup a deadly human syndemic worldwide, especially in developing countries like Ethiopia. Previous studies have reported different TB incidences and its ass...

    Authors: Demeke Geremew, Mulugeta Melku, Aklilu Endalamaw, Berhanu Woldu, Alebachew Fasil, Markos Negash, Habtamu Wondifraw Baynes, Habtamu Geremew, Takele Teklu, Tekalign Deressa, Belay Tessema and Ulrich Sack
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:325
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  26. Praziquantel (PZQ) is the standard treatment for Schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is evidence suggesting praziquantel treatment failure in Schistosome infections with associated potential ...

    Authors: Samuel Nkansah Darko, Henry Hanson, Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah, Sandra Baffour-Awuah, Priscilla Adjei-Kusi, Denis Yar and Ellis Owusu-Dabo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:323
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  27. Scrub typhus can present with atypical signs and symptoms such as those of acute kidney injury, gastroenteritis, pneumonitis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Meningitis, encephalitis, and hepatic dysf...

    Authors: Tulsi Bhattarai, Sujan Chandra Poudel, Nishma Pokharel and Suraj Bhattarai
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:322
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  28. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare and potentially life-threatening disorder characterized by an exacerbated but ineffective inflammatory response, which can be classified as primary and second...

    Authors: Yan-Hong Wang, Jun-Hui Ba, Xiao-Wei Shi and Ben-Quan Wu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:321
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  29. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are a cornerstone of HIV diagnosis and rely on good quality processing and interpretation, particularly in the era of test and treat. The Deki Reader (Fio Corporation®, Toronto, O...

    Authors: Lara Noble, Lesley Scott, Lynsey Stewart-Isherwood, Seponono John Molifi, Ian Sanne, Pedro Da Silva and Wendy Stevens
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:320
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  30. Trichomoniasis resulting from Trichomonas vaginalis (T. vaginalis) has been considered as a commonly seen disease with the transmission way of sex. At present, the detection methods of T. vaginalis mainly include...

    Authors: Yuhua Li, Shuai Wang, Haoran Li, Xiaoxiao Song, Hao Zhang, Yujuan Duan, Chengyang Luo, Bingli Wang, Sifan Ji, Qing Xie and Zhenchao Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:319
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  31. Sichuan is a province located in southwestern China, which have a higher incidence of tuberculosis (TB). This study aimed to analyze the epidemiological and clinical characteristics, as well as drug resistance...

    Authors: Dong-Mei Wang, Qing-Feng Li, Ma Zhu, Gui-Hui Wu, Xi Li, Yuan-Hong Xu, Jing Zhong, Jia Luo, Ying-Jie Li, Bin-Wu Ying and Chuan-Min Tao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:318
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  32. The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak started in Wuhan, Hubei, China since Dec 2019 and cases of infection have been continuously reported in various countries. It is now clear that the SARS-C...

    Authors: Peiyan Zhang, Zhao Cai, Weibo Wu, Ling Peng, Yinfeng Li, Chuming Chen, Li Chen, Jianming Li, Mengli Cao, Shiyan Feng, Xiao Jiang, Jing Yuan, Yingxia Liu, Liang Yang and Fuxiang Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:317
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  33. The study aimed to investigate the predictive value of the quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) for clinical outcomes in emergency patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

    Authors: Xiangqun Zhang, Bo Liu, Yugeng Liu, Lijuan Ma and Hong Zeng
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:316
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  34. Since December 2019, the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has expanded to cause a worldwide outbreak that more than 600,000 people infected and tens of thousands died. To date, the clinical characteristics ...

    Authors: Xin-Ying Zhao, Xuan-Xuan Xu, Hai-Sen Yin, Qin-Ming Hu, Tao Xiong, Yuan-Yan Tang, Ai-Ying Yang, Bao-Ping Yu and Zhi-Ping Huang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:311
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  35. Despite the predictive role of body weight variation in treatment outcome in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), few corroborating data are available. We studied weight variation in patients with MDR-TB...

    Authors: Alhassane Diallo, Boubacar Djelo Diallo, Lansana Mady Camara, Lucrèce Ahouéfa Nadège Kounoudji, Boubacar Bah, Fulgence N’Zabintawali, Miguel Carlos-Bolumbu, Mamadou Hassimiou Diallo and Oumou Younoussa Sow
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:315
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  36. Mycoplasma genitalium is an emerging sexually transmitted infection, with increasing rates of resistance to fluroquinolones and macrolides, the recommended treatments. Despite this, M. genitalium is not part of r...

    Authors: Tim Hart, Wen Ying Tang, Siti Aminah bte Mansoor, Martin T. W. Chio and Timothy Barkham
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:314
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  37. There is increasing evidence that HIV-1 genetic diversity can have an impact on drug resistance. The aim of this study is to investigate the epidemiological situation of CRF65_cpx and the impact of natural pol...

    Authors: Yongjian Liu, Yu Zhang, Hanping Li, Xiaolin Wang, Lei Jia, Jingwan Han, Tianyi Li, Jingyun Li and Lin Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:313
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  38. While there is increasing knowledge about the gut microbiome, the factors influencing and the significance of the gut resistome are still not well understood. Infant gut commensals risk transferring multidrug-...

    Authors: Evelyn Xiu Ling Loo, Amanda Zain, Gaik Chin Yap, Rikky W. Purbojati, Daniela I. Drautz-Moses, Yan Qing Koh, Yap Seng Chong, Kok Hian Tan, Peter D. Gluckman, Fabian Yap, Johan Gunnar Eriksson, Elizabeth Tham, Lynette Pei-chi Shek, Staffan Kjelleberg, Stephan C. Schuster, Ritu Banerjee…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:312
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Investigating distinct individual- and household-level risk factors for acquiring Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection can inform disease prevention efforts and implicate possible routes of transmission. Thi...

    Authors: Kayla Schacher, Hannah Spotts, Caroline Correia, Sosina Walelign, Mehret Tesfaye, Kassu Desta, Aster Tsegaye and Bineyam Taye
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:310
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  40. Clinical manifestations of extraneural infection with the pork tapeworm Taenia solium typically affect the muscles, eyes, alimentary canal, and/or subcutaneous tissues. Children living with HIV are at increased r...

    Authors: David W. McCormick, Jason M. Bacha, Nader K. El-Mallawany, Carrie L. Kovarik, J. S. Slone and Liane R. Campbell
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:309
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  41. Diphtheria outbreaks occurred in endemic areas and imported and indigenous cases are reported in UE/EEA. Because of the high infectiveness and severity of the disease, early and accurate diagnosis of each susp...

    Authors: Aleksandra A. Zasada, Aldona Wiatrzyk, Urszula Czajka, Klaudia Brodzik, Kamila Formińska, Ewa Mosiej, Marta Prygiel, Katarzyna Krysztopa-Grzybowska and Karol Wdowiak
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:308
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Plasmodium vivax is the most widely distributed malaria parasite, and its drug resistance poses unique challenges to malaria elimination. The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is known as the global epicenter of mul...

    Authors: Xiaoxiao Wang, Wei Ruan, Shuisen Zhou, Xinyu Feng, He Yan and Fang Huang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:307
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  43. It is commonly recommended that microbiological assessment should accompany the use of antibiotics prone to resistance. We sought to estimate the rate of microbiology testing and compare this to dispensing of ...

    Authors: Zhuoxin Peng, Andrew Hayen, Martyn D. Kirk, Sallie Pearson, Allen C. Cheng and Bette Liu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:306
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  44. This study aimed to detect Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences and their variants as of nationwide scale using dried blood spot (DBS) samples and to provide up-to-date reference data for infection control...

    Authors: Ko Ko, Kazuaki Takahashi, Shintaro Nagashima, Chikako Yamamoto, Vichit Ork, Aya Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Akita, Masayuki Ohisa, Channarena Chuon, Md. Shafiqul Hossain, Bunsoth Mao and Junko Tanaka
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:305
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  45. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analyses are recommended in patients with meningitis and/or encephalitis, but evidence regarding its diagnostic yield is low. We aimed to determine predictors of infectious pathogens ...

    Authors: Tolga Dittrich, Stephan Marsch, Adrian Egli, Stephan Rüegg, Gian Marco De Marchis, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter and Raoul Sutter
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:304
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  46. This study aimed to establish and evaluate a simultaneous amplification and testing method for detection of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB).

    Authors: Tongxin Li, Tao Shi, Ying Sun, Kan Zhou, Zhenggu Huang, Pengsen Wang, Ming Luo, Xiaoping Nie, Guoqiang Yang, Yu Chen and Yaokai Chen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:303
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Estimates of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease burden, antimicrobial susceptibility, and serotypes in pregnant women are limited for many resource-limited countries including Kenya. These data are required to i...

    Authors: Salano Clayton Jisuvei, Alfred Osoti and Maina Anne Njeri
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:302
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  48. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious public health problem with substantial financial burden in China. The incidence of TB in Guangxi province is much higher than that in the national level, however, there is n...

    Authors: Yanling Zheng, Liping Zhang, Lei Wang and Ramziya Rifhat
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:300
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  49. There are unique challenges in the diagnosis and management of multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in children. It is difficult to obtain confirmatory microbiological diagnosis in TB pericarditis. It is...

    Authors: Aravind Swaminathan, Philipp du Cros, Jay Achar, Jarmila Kliescikova, Shamsiya Mirgayosieva and Bobojon Pirmahmadzoda
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:298
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  50. Most individuals are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) at least once in their lifetime. Infections with low-risk types can cause genital warts, whereas high-risk types can cause malignant tumors. The ai...

    Authors: Miriam Reuschenbach, Sarah Mihm, Regine Wölle, Kim Maren Schneider, Christian Jacob, Sebastian Braun, Wolfgang Greiner and Monika Hampl
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:297
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