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  1. Located in southwestern Indian Ocean, Mayotte is a French territory, with a very specific demographic, social and health context. To date, epidemiological data on infections by hepatitis B (HBV), C (HCV), and ...

    Authors: Cécile Brouard, Fanny Parenton, Hassani Youssouf, Stéphane Chevaliez, Emmanuel Gordien, Maxime Jean, Mathias Bruyand, Sophie Vaux, Florence Lot and Marc Ruello
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:716
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  2. Refractory rifampicin-resistant/multidrug resistant/extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (RR/MDR/XDR-TB) were defined as patients infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) resistant to rifampicin(RR-TB), ...

    Authors: Shao-Jun Zhang, Yan Yang, Wen-Wen Sun, Zhong-Shun Zhang, He-Ping Xiao, Yu-Ping Li, Zhe-Min Zhang and Lin Fan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:715
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  3. The effect of coupled plasma filtration adsorption (CPFA) for the treatment of sepsis or septic shock is controversial. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the impact of CPFA on all...

    Authors: Yuting Li, Hongxiang Li, Jianxing Guo, Youquan Wang and Dong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:714
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  4. Variant of concern (VOC) SARS-CoV-2 alpha variant (B.1.1.7) was the dominant strain in the Netherlands between March 2021–June 2021. We describe three primary school outbreaks due to the alpha variant using wh...

    Authors: Koen M. F. Gorgels, Lieke B. van Alphen, Brian M. J. W. van der Veer, Volker H. Hackert, Audrey Y. J. Hensels, Casper D. J. den Heijer, Jozef Dingemans, Paul H. M. Savelkoul and Christian J. P. A. Hoebe
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:713
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  5. HIV-1 is endemic in Botswana. The country’s primary challenge is identifying people living with HIV who are unaware of their status. We evaluated factors associated with undiagnosed HIV infection using HIV-1 p...

    Authors: Lynnette Bhebhe, Sikhulile Moyo, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Molly Pretorius-Holme, Etienne K. Yankinda, Kutlo Manyake, Coulson Kgathi, Mompati Mmalane, Refeletswe Lebelonyane, Tendani Gaolathe, Pamela Bachanas, Faith Ussery, Mpho Letebele, Joseph Makhema, Kathleen E. Wirth, Shahin Lockman…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:710
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  6. We aimed to compare the changes in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein antibody titres based on age group and sex using paired blood sampling after vaccination in association with the presence of nucleocapsid protein ant...

    Authors: Shiro Hoshida, Nobuyuki Koeda, Hideki Hattori, Masahiro Tanaka, Ichiro Tanaka, Hiroyuki Fukui, Junya Fujita, Yo Sasaki and Shigeyuki Tamura
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:709
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  7. Authors: Pyae Linn Aung, Myat Thu Soe, Thit Lwin Oo, Kyaw Thu Aung, Kyaw Kyaw Lin, Aung Thi, Lynette Menezes, Daniel M. Parker, Liwang Cui and Myat Phone Kyaw
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:708
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    The original article was published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:653

  8. Tuberculosis (TB) had been the leading lethal infectious disease worldwide for a long time (2014–2019) until the COVID-19 global pandemic, and it is still one of the top 10 death causes worldwide. One importan...

    Authors: Xin Hu, Jie Wang, Yingjiao Ju, Xiuli Zhang, Wushou’er Qimanguli, Cuidan Li, Liya Yue, Bahetibieke Tuohetaerbaike, Ying Li, Hao Wen, Wenbao Zhang, Changbin Chen, Yefeng Yang, Jing Wang and Fei Chen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:707
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  9. In 2016 Rwanda adopted “treat all” where all patients with HIV are immediately eligible for ART regardless of disease progression. Despite widespread availability of treatment, it is unknown whether presentati...

    Authors: Gentille Musengimana, Jean Paul Umugisha, Placide Habinshuti, Todd Anderson, Geraldine Mukesharurema, Eric Remera, Jean D’Amour Ndahimana and Dale A. Barnhart
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:706
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  10. Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable, preventable and curable disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Peru is amongst the 30 countries with the highest burden of multidrug-resistant tuber...

    Authors: Zully M. Puyén, David Santos-Lázaro, Aiko N. Vigo, Jorge Coronel, Miriam J. Alarcón, Vidia V. Cotrina and David A. J. Moore
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:705
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  11. Infections caused by Klebsiella oxytoca are the second most common cause of Klebsiella infections in humans. Most studies have focused on K. oxytoca outbreaks and few have examined the broader clinical context of...

    Authors: James Stewart, Louise M. Judd, Adam Jenney, Kathryn E. Holt, Kelly L. Wyres and Jane Hawkey
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:704
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  12. It seems that acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination is the most effective way to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic now. Health care workers (HCWs) are one of the most important groups who are at risk for COVID-19 infe...

    Authors: Koorosh Kamali, Zarrintaj Hoseinzade, Khadijeh Hajimiri, Soodabeh Hoveidamanesh, Seyed Mohsen Zahraei, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Sousan Mahmoudi Bavandpouri, Tahereh Mohamadi, Soraya Mohamadi, Zohre Bigdeli, Azam Maleki, Mahboubeh Shirzad, Zahra Heidari, Mahya Farsadegi and Alireza Shoghli
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:703
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  13. COVID-19 outcomes among hospitalized patients may have changed due to new variants, therapies and vaccine availability. We assessed outcomes of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 from March 2020–February 2022.

    Authors: Maria Stepanova, Brian Lam, Elena Younossi, Sean Felix, Mariam Ziayee, Jillian Price, Huong Pham, Leyla de Avila, Kathy Terra, Patrick Austin, Thomas Jeffers, Carey Escheik, Pegah Golabi, Rebecca Cable, Manirath Srishord, Chapy Venkatesan…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:702
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  14. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are of great global health concern. Currently, there are limited epidemiological data characterizing STIs in the general population in Rwanda. We assessed the national an...

    Authors: Jean Damascene Makuza, Phyumar Soe, Dahn Jeong, Marie Paul Nisingizwe, Donatha Dushimiyimana, Justine Umutesi, Ladislas Nshimiyimana, Clarisse Maliza, Janvier Serumondo, Eric Remera, Gallican Nshogoza Rwibasira, Albert Tuyishime and David J. Riedel
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:701
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  15. Campylobacter jejuni is a common cause of acute gastroenteritis, but central nervous system infections are rare manifestations of Campylobacter infection. Therefore, C. jejuni trauma-related subdural hygroma infe...

    Authors: Ivana Valenčak-Ignjatić, Nina Krajcar, Diana Didović, Srđan Roglić, Iva Butić, Marko Jelić, Hrvoje Jednačak and Goran Tešović
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:700
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  16. Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis is caused by infection with the bacteria Ehrlichia chaffeensis through the bite of an infected lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). Patients infected with Human Monocytic Ehrlichios...

    Authors: Haley Abernathy, Aidin Alejo, Victor Arahirwa, Odai Mansour, Amanda Brown-Marusiak, Dana Giandomenico and Ross M. Boyce
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:699
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  17. Orientia tsutsugamushi (O. tsutsugamushi), an obligate intracellular bacterium, is transmitted to humans through infected larval trombiculid mite bites, causing scrub typhus. Mixed genotypes of O. tsutsugamushi i...

    Authors: Chuanning Tang, Liyuan Zhang, Yi Huang, Wenhui Mai, Liying Xue, Gaoyu Wang, Shu Wen, Ruoyan Peng, Kunliang Wu, Xiuying Tian, Hua Pei, Jiang Du, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Yongguo Du and Feifei Yin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:698
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  18. High cost of commercial RNA extraction kits limits the testing efficiency of SARS-CoV-2. Here, we developed a simple nucleic acid extraction method for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 directly from nasopharyngeal ...

    Authors: Meng Yee Lai, Fatma Diyana Mohd Bukhari, Nur Zulaikha Zulkefli, Ilyiana Ismail, Nur Izati Mustapa, Tuan Suhaila Tuan Soh, Afifah Haji Hassan, Kalaiarasu M. Peariasamy, Yee Leng Lee, Jeyanthi Suppiah, Ravindran Thayan, Mohd Khairi Mat Isa, Nur Zafirah Abdul Wahid and Yee Ling Lau
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:697
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  19. Capnocytophaga canimorsus, a Gram-negative rod, belongs to the Flavobacteriaceae family and colonizes the oropharynx of dogs and cats. Infections with C. canimorsus are rare and can induce a systemic infection w...

    Authors: Franziska Schuler, Jan-Sören Padberg, Carsten Hullermann, Philipp Kümpers, Johannes Lepper, Miriam Schulte, Andreas Uekötter, Frieder Schaumburg and Barbara C. Kahl
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:696
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  20. ESKAPEE pathogens Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter spp. and Escherichia coli are multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteri...

    Authors: Sirigade Ruekit, Apichai Srijan, Oralak Serichantalergs, Katie R. Margulieux, Patrick Mc Gann, Emma G. Mills, William C. Stribling, Theerasak Pimsawat, Rosarin Kormanee, Suthisak Nakornchai, Chaiwat Sakdinava, Prawet Sukhchat, Mariusz Wojnarski, Samandra T. Demons, John M. Crawford, Paphavee Lertsethtakarn…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:695
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  21. COVID-19 has had a substantial impact globally. It spreads readily, particularly in enclosed and crowded spaces, such as public transport carriages, yet there are limited studies on how this risk can be reduce...

    Authors: Hanna Grzybowska, R. I. Hickson, Bishal Bhandari, Chen Cai, Michael Towke, Benjamin Itzstein, Raja Jurdak, Jessica Liebig, Kamran Najeebullah, Adrian Plani, Ahmad El Shoghri and Dean Paini
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:694
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  22. Because the clinical patterns and symptoms that persist after a COVID-19 infection are diverse, a diagnosis of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS) is difficult to implement. The current research project theref...

    Authors: Alina Dahmen, Franziska M. Keller, Christina Derksen, Robin Rinn, Petra Becker and Sonia Lippke
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:693
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  23. The literature on dolutegravir (DTG)-based HIV treatment has focused on assessing therapeutic efficacy particularly with regard to viral load suppression. However, little empirical attention has been devoted t...

    Authors: Henry Zakumumpa, Ronald Kiguba, Helen Byomire Ndagije, Gilbert Ategeka, Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu and Freddy Eric Kitutu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:692
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  25. Cisgender gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in Mexico experience disparities in sexual health outcomes, perhaps most notably in HIV prevalence, HIV testing and status awareness, and cond...

    Authors: John Mark Wiginton, Sarah M. Murray, Angel B. Algarin, Stefan D. Baral, Travis H. Sanchez and Laramie R. Smith
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:690
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  26. Inappropriate use of antibiotics could have a profound negative impact on individual and community. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of inappropriate use behaviors of antibiotics in Chinese antibiotic...

    Authors: Xiaoxv Yin, Yanhong Gong, Na Sun, Dandan Li, Jianxiong Wu, Jing Wang, Lei Qiu and Hui Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:689
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  27. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the causative agent for sexually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhoea, has emerged with a significant public health impact on acquiring resistance to antimicrobials available for treatme...

    Authors: Kelvin L. Sarenje, Owen Ngalamika, Margaret C. Maimbolwa, Amon Siame, Sody M. Munsaka and Geoffrey Kwenda
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:688
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  28. The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (SWAB) in collaboration with relevant professional societies, has updated their evidence-based guidelines on empiric antibacterial therapy of sepsis in adults.

    Authors: Elske Sieswerda, Hannelore I. Bax, Jacobien J. Hoogerwerf, Mark G. J. de Boer, Marja Boermeester, Marc J. M. Bonten, Douwe Dekker, Roy Gerth van Wijk, Nicole P. Juffermans, Marnix Kuindersma, Paul D. van der Linden, Damian C. Melles, Peter Pickkers, Jeroen A. Schouten, Jasper R. Rebel, Arthur R. H. van Zanten…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:687
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  29. To find pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic parameters of vancomycin associated with the optimal outcome of severe infection due to Enterococcus species.

    Authors: Eliel Nham, Kyungmin Huh, You Min Sohn, Hyo Jung Park, Hyemee Kim, Sook Young Woo, Jae-Hoon Ko, Sun Young Cho, Cheol-In Kang, Doo Ryeon Chung, Hee Jae Huh, Hyung-Doo Park, Nam Yong Lee and Kyong Ran Peck
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:686
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  30. To investigate the epidemiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) inducing pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) in east China and the role of hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (Hv-CRKP).

    Authors: Hongchao Chen, Lanfang Fang, Wenjie Chen, Qing Yang, Dan Li, Dakang Hu and Jin Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:685
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  31. Papiliotrema flavescens is a rare environmental yeast, which has been isolated from air, trees, kernels of wheat and corn, fermenting soya sauce, and cerebrospinal fluid of patient with AIDS. Additionally, it is ...

    Authors: Siang Zhang, Liangzhe Wang, Qianyu Han, An Sun, Xiaogang Liu and Lei Xue
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:684
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  32. Despite the development of safe and effective vaccines, effective treatments for COVID-19 disease are still urgently needed. Several antiviral drugs have shown to be effective in reducing progression of COVID-...

    Authors: Laura Matrajt, Elizabeth R. Brown, Myron S. Cohen, Dobromir Dimitrov and Holly Janes
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:683
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  33. Immunization against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) began in January 2021 in Iran; nonetheless, due to a lack of vaccination among children under 12, this age group is still at risk of SARS-CoV-2 infe...

    Authors: Ali Amanati, Seyyed Bozorgmehr Hedayati, Mazyar Ziyaeyan, Alireza Honar, Reyhaneh Dashtianeh, Negin Rabiei, Nasrin Saki and Leila Karami
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:682
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  34. RSV-incidence estimates obtained from routinely-collected healthcare data (e.g., MarketScan) are commonly adjusted for under-reporting using test positivity reported in national Surveillance Systems (NREVSS). ...

    Authors: Phuong T. Tran, Sabina O. Nduaguba, Vakaramoko Diaby, Yoonyoung Choi and Almut G. Winterstein
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:681
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  35. People living with HIV need to take lifelong, combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), but there have been only limited explorations of how factors affecting adherence can change over the course of an indivi...

    Authors: Marian Loveday, Jennifer Furin, Sindisiwe Hlangu and Tasneem Naidoo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:680
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  36. Interventions aimed at reducing risky sexual behavior are considered an important strategy for averting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection among youth (15–24 years) who continue to be at risk of the ...

    Authors: Fungai Mbengo, Esther Adama, Amanda Towell-Barnard, Arvin Bhana and Maggie Zgambo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:679
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  37. Vulvovaginal candidiasis is an important cause of morbidity among women due to Candida species. In the last decades, resistance to azoles, first-line antifungals has increased. One molecular mechanism of azole re...

    Authors: Essi Etonam Dovo, Théodora Mahoukèdè Zohoncon, Sessi Frida Tovo, Serge Théophile Soubeiga, Isabelle Touwendpoulimdé Kiendrebeogo, Albert Théophane Yonli, Rogomenona Alice Ouedraogo, Amana Mètuor Dabire, Florencia Wendkuuni Djigma, Christelle Wendyam Nadembega, Marius Belemgnegre, Paul Ouedraogo, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah and Jacques Simpore
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:678
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  38. The most appropriate alternative to induction therapy for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis (CM) remains unclear when standard treatment is unavailable, inaccessible, intolerable, or ineffective.

    Authors: Ting Zhao, Xiaolei Xu, Yushan Wu, Wei Zhang, Qin Zeng, Yanqiu Lu, Tongtong Yang, Guoqiang Zhou, Jianhua Yu, Ke Lan, Vijay Harypursat and Yaokai Chen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:677
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  39. The incidence of high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV)-driven head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, in particular oropharyngeal cancers (OPC), is increasing in high-resource countries. Patients with HPV-indu...

    Authors: Cindy Simoens, Tarik Gheit, Ruediger Ridder, Ivana Gorbaslieva, Dana Holzinger, Eric Lucas, Susanne Rehm, Peter Vermeulen, Martin Lammens, Olivier M. Vanderveken, Rekha Vijay Kumar, Nitin Gangane, Alessandro Caniglia, Fausto Maffini, Maria Belén Lloveras Rubio, Devasena Anantharaman…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:676
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  40. Infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is a life-threatening complication of acute pancreatitis (AP). Timely diagnosis of IPN could facilitate appropriate treatment, but there is a lack of reliable non-invasive sc...

    Authors: Donghuang Hong, Peng Wang, Jingzhu Zhang, Kaiwei Li, Bo Ye, Gang Li, Jing Zhou, Zhihui Tong, Lu Ke, Songjing Shi and Weiqin Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:675
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  41. To quantitatively assess the impact of the onset-to-diagnosis interval (ODI) on severity and death for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

    Authors: Qing-Bin Lu, Tian-Le Che, Li-Ping Wang, An-Ran Zhang, Xiang Ren, Tao Wang, Meng-Jie Geng, Yi-Fei Wang, Meng-Yang Liu, Hai-Yang Zhang, Li-Qun Fang, Wei Liu and Zhong-Jie Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:674
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  42. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can significantly reduce HIV acquisition especially among communities with high HIV prevalence, including men who have sex with men (MSM). Much research has been finding subopti...

    Authors: Brooke G. Rogers, C. Sosnowy, A. Zanowick-Marr, P. A. Chan, L. A. Mena, R. R. Patel, W. C. Goedel, T. Arnold, C. Chu, D. Galipeau, M. C. Montgomery, K. Curoe, A. Underwood, J. Villalobos, C. Gomillia and A. S. Nunn
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:673
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  43. Factors that lead to successful SARS-CoV-2 transmission are still not well described. We investigated the association between a case’s viral load and the risk of transmission to contacts in the context of othe...

    Authors: Darlene Bhavnani, Emily R. James, Kaitlyn E. Johnson, Sylvie Beaudenon-Huibregtse, Patrick Chang, Paul J. Rathouz, Minda Weldon, Andreas Matouschek and Amy E. Young
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:672
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  44. Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common child infectious disease caused by more than 20 enterovirus (EV) serotypes. In recent years, enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) has been replaced by Coxsackievirus A6 (CV-A6...

    Authors: Wei Guo, Danhan Xu, Shanri Cong, Zengqing Du, Li Li, Ming Zhang, Changzeng Feng, Guohong Bao, Hao Sun, Zhaoqing Yang and Shaohui Ma
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:671
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  45. Vibrio vulnificus infections develop rapidly and are associated with a high mortality rate. The rates of diagnosis and treatment are directly associated with mortality.

    Authors: Weihua Di, Jing Cui, Hui Yu, Xiao Cui, Huanlan Sa, Zhong Fu, Bingjin Fu, Guofeng Guan, Rui Du, Cuijie Shao and Yong Gao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:670
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  46. At present, no single efficacious therapeutic exists for acute COVID-19 management and a multimodal approach may be necessary. 2-deoxy-d-glucose (2-DG) is a metabolic inhibitor that has been shown to limit multip...

    Authors: Anant Narayan Bhatt, Srinivas Shenoy, Sagar Munjal, Vijayakumar Chinnadurai, Apurva Agarwal, A. Vinoth Kumar, A. Shanavas, Ratnesh Kanwar and Sudhir Chandna
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:669
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  47. Uganda accounts for 5% of all malaria cases and deaths reported globally and, in endemic countries, pregnancy is a risk factor for both acquisition of P. falciparum infection and development of severe malaria. In...

    Authors: Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Francesco Di Gennaro, Jerry Ictho, Mariangela L’Episcopia, Emmanuel Onapa, Claudia Marotta, Elda De Vita, James Amone, Valentina Iacobelli, Joseph Ogwang, Giovanni Dall’Oglio, Benedict Ngole, Rita Murri, Lameck Olal, Massimo Fantoni, Samuel Okori…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:668
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  48. A prospective interventional study comparing outcomes in critically ill patients receiving intermittent infusion (II) or continuous infusion (CI) of vancomycin during continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH...

    Authors: Jinhui Xu, Lufen Duan, Jiahui Li, Fang Chen, Xiaowen Xu, Jian Lu, Zhiwei Zhuang, Yifei Cao, Yunlong Yuan, Xin Liu, Jiantong Sun, Qin Zhou, Lu Shi and Lian Tang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:667
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  49. Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) affects the quality of life of many people worldwide and can cause comorbidities. Our previous research proved that Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) is a predisposing factor for CRS, with a...

    Authors: Pei-Rung Yang, Wei-Tai Shih, Yao-Hsu Yang, Chia-Yen Liu, Ming-Shao Tsai, Yao-Te Tsai, Cheng-Ming Hsu, Ching-Yuan Wu, Pey-Jium Chang and Geng-He Chang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:666
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  50. Patients with adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome due to anti-interferon-γ autoantibodies (AIGAs) are susceptible to disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections. M. chimaera, a newly identified MA...

    Authors: Yi-Fu Lin, Tai-Fen Lee, Un-In Wu, Chun-Fu Huang, Aristine Cheng, Kuan-Yin Lin and Chien-Ching Hung
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:665
    Content type: Case report Published on:

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