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  1. Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is a common infection associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Telavancin is a bactericidal lipoglycopeptide active against Gram-positive pathogens, including methici...

    Authors: Martin E Stryjewski, Arnold Lentnek, William O’Riordan, John Pullman, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Jose M Miró, Vance G Fowler Jr, Steven L Barriere, Michael M Kitt and G Ralph Corey
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:289
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Current recommendations for empirical antimicrobial therapy in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) are based on quite old trials. Since microbial epidemiology and the management of patients have changed, w...

    Authors: Lionel Piroth, André Pechinot, Vincent Di Martino, Yves Hansmann, Alain Putot, Isabelle Patry, Tahar Hadou, Benoit Jaulhac, Catherine Chirouze, Christian Rabaud, Alain Lozniewski, Catherine Neuwirth, Pascal Chavanet and Anne Minello
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:287
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Initial management of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropaenia (FN) comprises empirical therapy with a broad-spectrum antimicrobial. Currently, there is sufficient evidence to indicate which antibiotic regime...

    Authors: Regis G Rosa, Luciano Z Goldani and Rodrigo P dos Santos
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:286
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Although local spatiotemporal analysis can improve understanding of geographic variation of the HIV epidemic, its drivers, and the search for targeted interventions, it is limited in sub-Saharan Africa. Despit...

    Authors: Leo C Zulu, Ezekiel Kalipeni and Eliza Johannes
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:285
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Authors: AS Chantry, M Tching-Sin, C Dhiver, T Allegre, JM Ruiz, A Assi, D Botta-Fridlund, P Halfon, O Faucher-Zaegel and C Solas
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 2):P83
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 2

  8. Authors: Lydie Czernekova, Milan Raska, Zina Moldoveanu, Katerina Zachova, Stacy Hall, Dita Badalova, Alzbeta Krcmarska, Hana Synkova, Michael Hoelscher, Leonard Maboko, Rhubell Brown, Zdenek Novak, Jiri Mestecky and Jan Novak
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 2):P68
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 2

  18. Authors: Mohammad-Ali Jenabian, Ido Kema, Robert Paulino Ramirez, Sahar Saeed, Kathleen Rollet, Kishanda Vyboh, Jean-Carlos Tejada, Norbert Gilmore, Marina B Klein and Jean-Pierre Routy
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 2):O16
    Content type: Oral presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 2

  24. Authors: Martin Sanou Sobze, Jean Hubert Donfack, James-Francis Onohiol, Joseph Fokam, Ghislaine Bruna Djeunang Dongho, Patrick Stephane Nkamedjie Pete, Vittorio Colizzi and Gianluca Russo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 2):P3
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 2

  25. Mortality among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is increasingly due to non-communicable causes. This has been observed mostly in developed countries and the routine care of HIV infecte...

    Authors: Gerald S Bloomfield, Joseph W Hogan, Alfred Keter, Thomas L Holland, Edwin Sang, Sylvester Kimaiyo and Eric J Velazquez
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:284
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSIs) have become the most common cause of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in neonatal intensive care units (ICUs). Microbiological evidence implicating...

    Authors: Danilo Flávio Moraes Riboli, João César Lyra, Eliane Pessoa Silva, Luisa Leite Valadão, Maria Regina Bentlin, José Eduardo Corrente, Ligia Maria Suppo de Souza Rugolo and Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:283
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  27. It is suggested that interleukin (IL)-13 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta play a role in the pulmonary vascular changes found in animal models of schistosomiasis. The aim of this study was to assess a...

    Authors: Rita de Cassia dos Santos Ferreira, Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro, Ana Lucia Coutinho Domingues, Angela Pontes Bandeira, Carlos Antonio da Mota Silveira, Luiz Arthur Calheiros Leite, Clara de Almeida Pereira, Izolda Moura Fernandes, Alessandra Brainer Mertens and Milena Oliveira Almeida
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:282
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Uptake of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) to prevent tuberculosis has been poor, particularly in the highest risk populations. Interventions to improve IPT delivery could promote implementation. The large n...

    Authors: Lisa V Adams, Elizabeth A Talbot, Karen Odato, Heather Blunt and Karen R Steingart
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:281
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Meningococcal C (MenC) conjugate vaccines have controlled invasive diseases associated with this serogroup in countries where they are included in National Immunization Programs and also in an extensive catch-...

    Authors: Lina Pérez-Breva, Rafael J Villanueva, Javier Villanueva-Oller, Luis Acedo, Francisco Santonja, José A Moraño, Raquel Abad, Julio A Vázquez and Javier Díez-Domingo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:280
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  30. The epidemiology of infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been changing and the incidence has been increasing in some settings. The main route of transmission to humans is considered to be from...

    Authors: Michael P Chou, Archie CA Clements and Rachel M Thomson
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:279
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. In high-income settings, the spectrum of morbidity and mortality experienced by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected individuals receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has switched from pre...

    Authors: Paula Mendes Luz, Mathias Bruyand, Sayonara Ribeiro, Fabrice Bonnet, Ronaldo Ismério Moreira, Mojgan Hessamfar, Dayse Perreira Campos, Carine Greib, Charles Cazanave, Valdilea Gonçalves Veloso, François Dabis, Beatriz Grinsztejn and Geneviève Chêne
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:278
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. In the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) era, the prognosis of children perinatally infected with HIV-1 has significantly improved, so the number of perinatally-infected females entering child-beari...

    Authors: Carmelina Calitri, Clara Gabiano, Luisa Galli, Elena Chiappini, Carlo Giaquinto, Wilma Buffolano, Orazio Genovese, Susanna Esposito, Stefania Bernardi, Maurizio De Martino and Pier-Angelo Tovo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:277
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Early differential diagnosis between acute bacterial and viral meningitis is problematic. We aimed to investigate whether the detection of lipocalin 2, a protein of the acute innate immunity response, may be u...

    Authors: Tamazoust Guiddir, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Dario Giorgini and Muhamed-Kheir Taha
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:276
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Human Parainfluenza viruses are a common cause of both upper and lower respiratory tract infections, particularly in children. Of the four Parainfluenza virus serotypes, Parainfluenza 4 is least well character...

    Authors: Seweryn Bialasiewicz, Jodie McVernon, Terry Nolan, Stephen B Lambert, Guoyan Zhao, David Wang, Michael D Nissen and Theo P Sloots
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:275
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Symptom- and sexual history-based testing i.e., testing on indication, for anorectal sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in women is common. Yet, it is unknown whether this strategy is effective. Moreover, ...

    Authors: Geneviève AFS van Liere, Christian JPA Hoebe, Petra FG Wolffs and Nicole HTM Dukers-Muijrers
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:274
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  36. We undertook a 2X2 factorial, randomized controlled trial (RCT) to assess whether vitamin D3 supplementation (10,000 international units per week) versus placebo and gargling versus no gargling could prevent vira...

    Authors: Emma C Goodall, Andrea C Granados, Kathy Luinstra, Eleanor Pullenayegum, Brenda L Coleman, Mark Loeb and Marek Smieja
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:273
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Choice of empirically prescribed antimicrobials for sepsis management depends on epidemiological factors. The epidemiology of sepsis in Greece was studied in two large-periods.

    Authors: Marina Koupetori, Theodoros Retsas, Nikolaos Antonakos, Glykeria Vlachogiannis, Ioannis Perdios, Christos Nathanail, Konstantinos Makaritsis, Antonios Papadopoulos, Dimitrios Sinapidis, Evangelos J Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Ioannis Pneumatikos, Charalambos Gogos, Apostolos Armaganidis and Elisabeth Paramythiotou
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:272
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  38. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology and resistance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from long-term care facilities (LTCF) residents and to analyze the potential...

    Authors: Dorota Romaniszyn, Monika Pobiega, Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach, Agnieszka Chmielarczyk, Barbara Gryglewska, Pawel Adamski, Piotr B Heczko, Dorota Ochońska and Malgorzata Bulanda
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:271
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Erysipelas is a common infection that often recurs, but the impact of specific risk factors for reoccurrence remains elusive. In the present study we aimed at clarifying predisposing conditions for reoccurrence.

    Authors: Malin Inghammar, Magnus Rasmussen and Adam Linder
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:270
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  40. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is prevalent in Asian immigrants in the USA. California’s Inland Empire region has a population of approximately four million, including an estimated 19,000 first generation K...

    Authors: Natali Navarro, Nelson Lim, Jiah Kim, Elliot Joo, Kendrick Che, Bruce Allen Runyon and Michel Henry Mendler
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:269
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Health promotion for prevention and control of Tuberculosis (TB) is implemented worldwide because of its importance, but few reports have evaluated its impact on behavior due to a lack of standard outcome indi...

    Authors: Ying Li, John Ehiri, Daiyu Hu, Yanqi Zhang, Qingya Wang, Shun Zhang and Jia Cao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:268
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Public awareness of hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), especially related to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), has increased in Europe in recent years; accentuated in Norway by a national outbreak in 2...

    Authors: Gaute Reier Jenssen, Eirik Hovland, Anna Bjerre, Hans-Jacob Bangstad, Karin Nygard and Line Vold
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:265
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology of intestinal parasitoses during a 5-year period in patients attending a tertiary-care hospital in a non-endemic setting.

    Authors: Adriana Calderaro, Sara Montecchini, Sabina Rossi, Chiara Gorrini, Flora De Conto, Maria Cristina Medici, Carlo Chezzi and Maria Cristina Arcangeletti
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:264
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Schistosomiasis is one of the most important neglected diseases found in developing countries and affects 249 million people worldwide. The development of an efficient vaccination strategy is essential for the...

    Authors: Milena Sobral Espíndola, Fabiani Gai Frantz, Luana Silva Soares, Ana Paula Masson, Cristiane Tefé-Silva, Claudia Silva Bitencourt, Sérgio Costa Oliveira, Vanderlei Rodrigues, Simone Gusmão Ramos, Célio Lopes Silva and Lúcia Helena Faccioli
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:263
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  46. Neutrophils (PMN) are the first cells to infiltrate the lung after infection, and they play a significant protective role in the elimination of pathogen, by releasing preformed oxidants and proteolytic enzymes...

    Authors: María Mercedes Romero, Juan Ignacio Basile, Beatriz López, Viviana Ritacco, Lucía Barrera, María del Carmen Sasiain and Mercedes Alemán
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:262
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  47. Toxocariasis, which is predominantly caused by Toxocara canis (T. canis) infection, is a common zoonotic parasitosis worldwide; however, the status of toxocariasis endemicity in the Republic of the Marshall Islan...

    Authors: Chung-Jung Fu, Ting-Wu Chuang, Huei-Shan Lin, Chih-Hsiung Wu, Yung-Ching Liu, Mailynn K Langinlur, Min-Yun Lu, Wesley Wei-Wen Hsiao and Chia-Kwung Fan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:261
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  48. Shigellae have become increasingly resistant to the extended-spectrum cephalosporin (ESC) worldwide and pose a great challenge to anti-infection treatment options. The purpose of this study was to determine the ...

    Authors: Chuan-Ling Zhang, Qing-Zhong Liu, Juan Wang, Xu Chu, Li-Meng Shen and Yuan-Yu Guo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:260
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  49. Renal transplant recipients are at high risk of developing multiple infections, often concomitantly because of their immunocompromised status. Post renal transplant infections are often elusive and require ext...

    Authors: Manish Rathi, Srikant Gundlapalli, Raja Ramachandran, Sandeep Mohindra, Harsimran Kaur, Vivek Kumar, Harbir Singh Kohli, Krishan Lal Gupta and Vinay Sakhuja
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:259
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  50. Genetic factors are involved in susceptibility or protection to tuberculosis (TB). Apart from gene polymorphisms and mutations, changes in levels of gene expression, induced by non-genetic factors, may also de...

    Authors: Adane Mihret, Andre G Loxton, Yonas Bekele, Stefan HE Kaufmann, Martin Kidd, Mariëlle C Haks, Tom HM Ottenhoff, Abraham Aseffa, Rawleigh Howe and Gerhard Walzl
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:257
    Content type: Research article Published on:

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