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  1. The spread of Extended Spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) among Enterobacteriaceae and other Gram-Negative pathogens in the community and hospitals represents a major challenge to combat infections. We conducted a stu...

    Authors: Joel Manyahi, Sabrina J. Moyo, Marit Gjerde Tellevik, Faustine Ndugulile, Willy Urassa, Bjørn Blomberg and Nina Langeland
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:282
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  2. Drug resistance among gram-negative pathogens is a risk factor for inappropriate empiric treatment (IET), which in turn increases the risk for mortality. We explored the impact of carbapenem-resistant Enteroba...

    Authors: Marya D. Zilberberg, Brian H. Nathanson, Kate Sulham, Weihong Fan and Andrew F. Shorr
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:279
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  3. Enterococci become clinically important especially in immune compromised patients and important causes of nosocomial infections. Data on the prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and associated fac...

    Authors: Amelework Yilema, Feleke Moges, Sisay Tadele, Mengistu Endris, Afework Kassu, Wondwossen Abebe and Getnet Ayalew
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:276
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  4. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an established pathogen that causes hospital- and community-acquired infections worldwide. The prevalence rate of MRSA infections were reported to be the high...

    Authors: Pik San Sit, Cindy Shuan Ju Teh, Nuryana Idris, I-Ching Sam, Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar, Helmi Sulaiman, Kwai Lin Thong, Adeeba Kamarulzaman and Sasheela Ponnampalavanar
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:274
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  5. Rickettsiosis is a potential life threatening infectious disease in travelers. Clinical recognition is not always straightforward, as typical manifestations such as rash and/or eschar may be absent. Definite d...

    Authors: Caroline Theunissen, Lieselotte Cnops, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Ralph Huits and Emmanuel Bottieau
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:273
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  6. β-D-glucan (BDG) is a helpful diagnostic marker for many invasive fungal infections, but not for nocardiosis. Here, we reported the first case of nocardial infection with high serum level of BDG.

    Authors: Toyomitsu Sawai, Takumi Nakao, Shota Yamaguchi, Sumako Yoshioka, Nobuko Matsuo, Naofumi Suyama, Katsunori Yanagihara and Hiroshi Mukae
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:272
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  7. Bergeyella zoohelcum is an aerobic, Gram-negative bacterium that is frequently isolated from the upper respiratory tract of dogs, cats and other mammals. Clinically, B. zoohelcum has b...

    Authors: Yili Chen, Kang Liao, Lu Ai, Penghao Guo, Han Huang, Zhongwen Wu and Min Liu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:271
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  8. The present study aimed to describe the genetic diversity of HIV-1, as well as the resistance profile of the viruses identified in HIV-1 infected pregnant women under antiretroviral therapy in the state of Par...

    Authors: Luiz Fernando Almeida Machado, Iran Barros Costa, Maria Nazaré Folha, Anderson Levy Bessa da Luz, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto, Ricardo Ishak and Marluisa Oliveira Guimarães Ishak
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:270
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  9. Heterosexual intercourse accounted for 93% of reported HIV cases in Guangxi, and Guangxi had 10% of China’s total number of reported HIV cases. Older men are particularly vulnerable to STIs, for example, 46% o...

    Authors: Li Chen, Jenny H. His, Xinghua Wu, Zhiyong Shen, Huaxiang Lu, Huanhuan Chen, Hui Huang, Heng Zhang, Yuhua Ruan, Yiming Shao and Zhenzhu Tang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:269
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  10. HIV is increasingly considered a chronic illness. More individuals are living longer and aging with the health-related consequences associated with HIV and multi-morbidity. Exercise is a self-management approa...

    Authors: Kelly K. O’Brien, Anne-Marie Tynan, Stephanie A. Nixon and Richard H. Glazier
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:268
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  11. Rotavirus vaccines are available in Spain from 2007. They are recommended by the Spanish Pediatric Association, but not funded by the National Health System (NHS) and its coverage rate reached 40-50%. The hosp...

    Authors: Alejandro Orrico-Sanchez, Mónica López-Lacort, Silvia Pérez-Vilar and Javier Díez-Domingo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:267
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  12. Atazanavir/ritonavir and darunavir/ritonavir are common protease inhibitor-based regimens for treating patients with HIV. Studies comparing these drugs in clinical practice are lacking.

    Authors: Tony Antoniou, Leah Szadkowski, Sharon Walmsley, Curtis Cooper, Ann N. Burchell, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Julio S. G. Montaner, Mona Loutfy, Marina B. Klein, Nima Machouf, Christos Tsoukas, Alexander Wong, Robert S. Hogg and Janet Raboud
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:266
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  13. We conducted a systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) to examine the efficacy and completion rates of treatments for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). While a previous review found newer, short-...

    Authors: Christopher Pease, Brian Hutton, Fatemeh Yazdi, Dianna Wolfe, Candyce Hamel, Pauline Quach, Becky Skidmore, David Moher and Gonzalo G. Alvarez
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:265
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  14. Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) among young women, can result in serious sequelae. Although the course of infection is often ...

    Authors: B. M. Hoenderboom, A. A. M. van Oeffelen, B. H. B. van Benthem, J. E. A. M. van Bergen, N. H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers, H. M. Götz, C. J. P. A. Hoebe, A. A. Hogewoning, F. R. M. van der Klis, D. van Baarle, J. A. Land, M. A. B. van der Sande, M. G. van Veen, F. de Vries, S. A. Morré and I. V. F. van den Broek
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:264
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  15. Alcohol abuse is an important public health problem, frequently unrecognized among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), and requires investigation and intervention. It is usually associated with lower adherenc...

    Authors: Cláudio Moss da Silva, Raúl Andrés Mendoza-Sassi, Luisa Dias da Mota, Maíba Mikhael Nader and Ana Maria Barral de Martinez
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:263
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  16. By assessing the changes in concentration of soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor κ B ligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegrin (OPG) after initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in treatment-...

    Authors: Inger Hee Mathiesen, Mohammad Salem, Jan Gerstoft, Julie Christine Gaardbo, Niels Obel, Court Pedersen, Henrik Ullum, Susanne Dam Nielsen and Ann-Brit Eg Hansen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:262
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  17. Whether the non-inferior efficacy and safety results of switching virologically suppressed HIV-1-infected patients from nevirapine immediate-release (NVP-IR) to NVP extended-release (NVP-XR) demonstrated in th...

    Authors: Chun-Yuan Lee, Hui-Min Chang, Calvin M Kunin, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Yao-Shen Chen and Hung-Chin Tsai
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:261
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  18. Hepatitis C infection is a major public health concern in low- and middle-income countries where an estimated 71.1 million individuals are living with chronic infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) has...

    Authors: Alessandra Berto, Jeremy Day, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Guy E. Thwaites, Ngoc Nghiem My, Stephen Baker and Thomas C. Darton
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:260
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  19. Screening household contacts of active tuberculosis (TB) patients is recommended for TB control. Due to resource constraints this rarely occurs in lower income countries. Demographic and clinical features of i...

    Authors: Jonas Hector, Suzanne T. Anderson, Gertrude Banda, Mercy Kamdolozi, Laura F. Jefferys, Doris Shani, Natalie J. Garton, Agnes Mwale, Annie Jobe, Geraint R. Davies and Derek J Sloan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:259
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  20. To reduce the burden of severe influenza, most industrialized countries target specific risk-groups with influenza vaccines, e.g. the elderly or individuals with comorbidities. Since children are the main spre...

    Authors: Felix Weidemann, Cornelius Remschmidt, Silke Buda, Udo Buchholz, Bernhard Ultsch and Ole Wichmann
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:258
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  21. In Côte d’Ivoire, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a serious public health problem with a prevalence estimated at 2.5% in 2006. Zinc and copper are essential Trace element needed to strengthen the ...

    Authors: Gnogbo Alexis Bahi, Lydie Boyvin, Souleymane Méité, Gervais Melaine M’Boh, Kadjowely Yeo, Kouassi Raymond N’Guessan, Alain Dit Philippe Bidié and Allico Joseph Djaman
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:257
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  22. The presence of the HLA-B*57:01 allele in HIV-infected subjects is associated with a higher risk of abacavir-associated hypersensitivity reaction (ABC HSR). HLA-B*57:01 allele prevalence varies in different po...

    Authors: Catherine Butkus Small, David A. Margolis, Mark S. Shaefer and Lisa L. Ross
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:256
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  23. Men who have sex with men (MSM) and male-to-female transgender women (transwomen) are disproportionately at risk of syphilis infection in Peru.

    Authors: Noah Kojima, Hayoung Park, Kelika A. Konda, Dvora L. Joseph Davey, Claire C. Bristow, Brandon Brown, Segundo R. Leon, Silver K. Vargas, Gino M. Calvo, Carlos F. Caceres and Jeffrey D. Klausner
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:255
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  24. Low-dose primaquine is a key candidate for use in malaria transmission reduction and elimination campaigns such as mass drug administration (MDA). Uncertainty about the therapeutic dose range (TDR) required fo...

    Authors: Daniel Joseph Hayes, Clifford George Banda, Alexandra Chipasula-Teleka and Dianne Janette Terlouw
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:254
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  25. While the macrophage polarization is well characterized in helminth infections, the natural heterogeneity of monocytes with multiple cell phenotypes might influence the outcome of neglected diseases, such hook...

    Authors: Lívia Silva Araújo Passos, Pedro Henrique Gazzinelli-Guimarães, Tiago Antônio de Oliveira Mendes, Ana Clara Gazzinelli Guimarães, Denise da Silveira Lemos, Natasha Delaqua Ricci, Ricardo Gonçalves, Daniella Castanheira Bartholomeu, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara and Lilian Lacerda Bueno
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:253
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  26. While Candida pneumonia is life-threatening, biomarker measurements to early detect suspected Candida pneumonia are lacking. This study compared the diagnostic values of measuring levels of (1, 3)-β-D-glucan in e...

    Authors: Kang-Cheng Su, Kun-Ta Chou, Yi-Han Hsiao, Ching-Min Tseng, Vincent Yi-Fong Su, Yu-Chin Lee, Diahn-Warng Perng and Yu Ru Kou
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:252
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  27. Death under care is a major challenge for tuberculosis (TB) treatment programs. We derived and validated a simple score to predict mortality during tuberculosis treatment in high endemicity areas.

    Authors: Eric Walter Pefura-Yone, Adamou Dodo Balkissou, Virginie Poka-Mayap, Hadja Koté Fatime-Abaicho, Patrick Thierry Enono-Edende and André Pascal Kengne
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:251
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  28. Rubella is an acute infectious disease caused by Rubella virus (RUBV). RUBV remains an important pathogen worldwide, causing approximately 100 000 cases of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) every year; and the...

    Authors: Josue Zanga, Makola Kennedy Mbanzulu, Arnold-Freddy Kabasele, Nlandu Roger Ngatu and Dimosi Roger Wumba
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:250
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  29. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted pathogens. This observational study was conducted to estimate the trend of hospitalization for genital warts (GWs) in the Veneto region...

    Authors: Silvia Cocchio, Tatjana Baldovin, Chiara Bertoncello, Alessandra Buja, Patrizia Furlan, Mario Saia and Vincenzo Baldo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:249
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  30. Beta-hemolytic streptococci carrier rates in children living in low-income countries are high ranging from 10 to 50%. Although most of these children are asymptomatic, they are a reservoir and pose a risk of t...

    Authors: Irene Nayiga, Emmy Okello, Peter Lwabi and Grace Ndeezi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:248
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  31. Tetanus-reduced dose diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination during adolescence was introduced in response to the resurgence of pertussis in various countries. A new Tdap vaccine was manufactured in ...

    Authors: Hyo Jin Kwon, Seung Beom Han, Bo Ram Kim, Kyu Ri Kang, Dong Ho Huh, Gi Sub Choi, Dong Ho Ahn and Jin Han Kang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:247
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  32. Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has reduced mortality from AIDS-related illnesses and chronic comorbidities have become prevalent among HIV-infected patients. We examined the association between hepa...

    Authors: Carmine Rossi, Janet Raboud, Sharon Walmsley, Curtis Cooper, Tony Antoniou, Ann N. Burchell, Mark Hull, Jason Chia, Robert S. Hogg, Erica E.M. Moodie and Marina B. Klein
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:246
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  33. Respiratory morbidity in Australian Indigenous children is higher than their non-Indigenous counterparts, irrespective of urban or remote residence. There are limited studies addressing acute respiratory illne...

    Authors: Kerry-Ann F. O’Grady, Kerry K. Hall, Theo P. Sloots, Jennie Anderson and Anne B. Chang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:245
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  34. Schistosomiasis, one of the neglected tropical diseases, is endemic in more than 70 countries. However, the clinical diagnosis of patients with a low degree of infection is an unsolved...

    Authors: Kongzhen Gu, Yuesheng Li, Patrick Driguez, Qingren Zeng, Xinlin Yu, Hui Sun, Liting Cai, Yongkang He, Wenyang Wang and Donald P. McManus
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:244
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  35. Outbreaks of measles re-emerged in Guangxi province during 2013–2014, where measles again became a major public health concern. A better understanding of the patterns of measles cases would help in identifying...

    Authors: Xianyan Tang, Alan Geater, Edward McNeil, Qiuyun Deng, Aihu Dong and Ge Zhong
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:243
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  36. Pertussis (whooping cough) is well known to be underreported, particularly among adults, who can act as an infectious reservoir, potentially putting susceptible newborns at risk of serious illness. The purpose...

    Authors: Péter Torzsa, Raghavendra Devadiga and Monica Tafalla
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:242
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  37. Current influenza vaccines, based on antibodies against surface antigens, are unable to provide protection against newly emerging virus strains which differ from the vaccine strains. Therefore the population h...

    Authors: Eva van Doorn, Olga Pleguezuelos, Heng Liu, Ana Fernandez, Robin Bannister, Gregory Stoloff, Fredrik Oftung, Stephen Norley, Anke Huckriede, Henderik W. Frijlink and Eelko Hak
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:241
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  38. Acute focal bacterial nephritis (AFBN) is a rare disease currently described only in case reports and small case series. In this study we summarize the clinical features of AFBN as has been documented in the l...

    Authors: Nadine Sieger, Iason Kyriazis, Alexander Schaudinn, Panagiotis Kallidonis, Jochen Neuhaus, Evangelos N. Liatsikos, Roman Ganzer and Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:240
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  39. Two lineages of Zika virus (ZIKV) have been classified according to the phylogenetic analysis: African and Asian lineages. It is unclear whether differences exist between the two strains in host cell permissiv...

    Authors: Wangheng Hou, Najealicka Armstrong, Lilian Akello Obwolo, Michael Thomas, Xiaowu Pang, Kevin S. Jones and Qiyi Tang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:239
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  40. Seasonal influenza epidemics place considerable strain on health services. Robust systems of surveillance are therefore required to ensure preparedness. Sentinel surveillance does not accurately capture the co...

    Authors: Maria Peppa, W. John Edmunds and Sebastian Funk
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:238
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  41. Children with cardiac defects need many hospitalizations and repetitive antibiotic therapies, with an increasing risk of colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) such as extended-spectrum β-lactam...

    Authors: Amine Cheikh, Bouchra Belefquih, Younes Chajai, Younes Cheikhaoui, Amine El Hassani and Amina Benouda
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:237
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  42. Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection is one of the main drivers of poor outcome for both diseases in Zambia. HIV infection has been found to predict TB infection/disease and TB has been reported as a major cause ...

    Authors: Pascalina Chanda-Kapata, Nathan Kapata, Eveline Klinkenberg, Martin P. Grobusch and Frank Cobelens
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:236
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  43. In chronic hepatitis C, the fibrosis progression rates are extremely variable and can be influenced by factors associated with the host, virus and environment. Among the associated metabolic factors, hepatic s...

    Authors: Mariana Cavalheiro Magri, Thamiris Vaz Gago Prata, Caroline Manchiero, Bianca Peixoto Dantas, Celso Carmo Mazza and Fátima Mitiko Tengan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:235
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  44. Increased incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in both HIV infection and type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared to the general population has been described. Little is known about the combined effect of HIV infe...

    Authors: Malene Hove-Skovsgaard, Julie Christine Gaardbo, Lilian Kolte, Kamilla Winding, Ingebjørg Seljeflot, Asbjørn Svardal, Rolf Kristian Berge, Jan Gerstoft, Henrik Ullum, Marius Trøseid and Susanne Dam Nielsen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:234
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  45. Culturing has long been the gold standard for detecting aetiologic agents in bacterial infections. In some cases, however, culturing fails to detect the infection. To further investigate culture-negative sampl...

    Authors: Camilla Stavnsbjerg, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Claus Moser and Thomas Bjarnsholt
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:233
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  46. Vaccination against seasonal influenza strains is recommended for “high risk” patient groups such as infants, elderly and those with respiratory or circulatory diseases. However, efficacy of the trivalent infl...

    Authors: M. D Heath, N. J. Swan, A. C. Marriott, N. J. Silman, B. Hallis, C. Prevosto, K. E. Gooch and M. A. Skinner
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:232
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  47. We describe drug-induced liver injury (DILI) secondary to antituberculous treatment (ATT) in a large tuberculosis (TB) centre in London; we identify the proportion who had risk factors for DILI and the timing ...

    Authors: Aula Abbara, Sarah Chitty, Jennifer K. Roe, Rohma Ghani, Simon M. Collin, Andrew Ritchie, Onn Min Kon, John Dzvova, Harriet Davidson, Thomas E. Edwards, Charlotte Hateley, Matthew Routledge, Jim Buckley, Robert N. Davidson and Laurence John
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:231
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  49. Identification of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in faecal specimens is challenging. This fact is particularly critical because low-level carbapenem-resistant organisms such as IMP-producing CPE...

    Authors: Norihisa Yamamoto, Ryuji Kawahara, Yukihiro Akeda, Rathina Kumar Shanmugakani, Hisao Yoshida, Hideharu Hagiya, Naohiro Hara, Isao Nishi, Satomi Yukawa, Rumiko Asada, Yumi Sasaki, Kazuhiro Maeda, Noriko Sakamoto, Shigeyuki Hamada and Kazunori Tomono
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:229
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  50. Levels of non-neutralising antibodies (AB) to the C5 domain of HIV Env gp120 are inversely related to progression of HIV infection. In this phase I/II clinical study we investigated safety of Vacc-C5, a peptid...

    Authors: Kristin Brekke, Maja Sommerfelt, Mats Ökvist, Anne Margarita Dyrhol-Riise and Dag Kvale
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:228
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