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  1. The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution and susceptibility of aerobic and facultative Gram-negative bacilli isolated from Chinese patients with UTIs collected within 48 h (community acq...

    Authors: Qiwen Yang, Hui Zhang, Yao Wang, Zhipeng Xu, Ge Zhang, Xinxin Chen, Yingchun Xu, Bin Cao, Haishen Kong, Yuxing Ni, Yunsong Yu, Ziyong Sun, Bijie Hu, Wenxiang Huang, Yong Wang, Anhua Wu…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:192
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Diagnosis of tuberculosis is difficult among pregnant women because the signs and symptoms of the disease, such as fatigue, shortness of breath, sweating, cough, and mild fever are similar to some manifestatio...

    Authors: Edward Broughton, Samson Haumba, Marianne Calnan, Sandile Ginindsa, Rosanna Jeffries, Gugu Maphalala, Sikhathele Mazibuko, Munamato Mirara, Surbhi Modi, Pasipamire Munyaradzi, Peter Preko and Batsabile Simelane
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:191
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  3. Very little is known about the link of T. gondii infection and depression. Through an age-, gender-, and month of pregnancy-matched case-control study, we determined the association of T. gondii infection and dep...

    Authors: Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Ana Liliana Martínez-Martínez, Luis Francisco Sánchez-Anguiano, Jesús Hernández-Tinoco, Juan Manuel Castillo-Orona, Carlos Salas-Martínez, Antonio Sifuentes-Álvarez, Ada Agustina Sandoval-Carrillo, José M. Salas-Pacheco, Oliver Liesenfeld and Elizabeth Irasema Antuna-Salcido
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:190
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  4. Streptococcus Suis (S.suis) is increasingly being recognised as a potentially preventable emerging zoonotic infection in humans with a global distribution. It is a major cause of menin...

    Authors: Giri Shan Rajahram, Ahneez Abdul Hameed, Jayaram Menon, Timothy William, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah and Tsin Wen Yeo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:188
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  6. The focus of nursing home infection control procedures has been on decreasing transmission between healthcare workers and residents. Less evidence is available regarding whether decontamination of high-touch e...

    Authors: Christine R. Kovach, Yavuz Taneli, Tammy Neiman, Elaine M. Dyer, Alvin Jason A. Arzaga and Sheryl T Kelber
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:186
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  7. Sexual transmission of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in men who have sex with men (MSM) and its interaction with HIV status, sexually transmitted infections and sexual behaviour is poorly understood. We assessed the...

    Authors: Nicholas A. Medland, Eric P. F. Chow, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Timothy H. R. Read, Joseph J. Sasadeusz and Christopher K. Fairley
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:185
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  8. Identification of the types of strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) complex causing tuberculosis (TB) could contribute to TB control program of specific geographic region as well as it could ad...

    Authors: Zufan Bedewi, Adane Worku, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen, Getnet Yimer, Girmay Medhin, Gezahegne Mamo, Rembert Pieper and Gobena Ameni
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:184
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  9. Carbapenem antibiotics are considered the treatment of choice for serious extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) infections. The study objectives were to evaluate effica...

    Authors: Pinyo Rattanaumpawan, Peerawong Werarak, Anupop Jitmuang, Pattarachai Kiratisin and Visanu Thamlikitkul
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:183
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  10. Reactivation of occult or inactive Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection during immunosuppressant treatments is well known and widely described in literature. The same observation has been made in Hepatitis C (HCV...

    Authors: Gabriele Fabbri, Ilaria Mastrorosa, Alessandra Vergori, Valentina Mazzotta, Carmela Pinnetti, Susanna Grisetti, Mauro Zaccarelli, Adriana Ammassari and Andrea Antinori
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:182
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  12. Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections are recognized as one of the major threats to global health. In this study, we describe for the first time bla NDM-1 gene carrying...

    Authors: Michael Pritsch, Ahmed Zeynudin, Maxim Messerer, Simon Baumer, Gabriele Liegl, Soeren Schubert, Thomas Löscher, Michael Hoelscher, Tefara Belachew, Andrea Rachow and Andreas Wieser
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:180
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  14. HIV testing among risk groups and guided by HIV indicator conditions (IC) is widely recommended by European guidelines. In this study we investigated how these strategies are used by general practitioners (GP)...

    Authors: Ivo K. Joore, Suzanne E. Geerlings, Kees Brinkman, Jan E. A. M. van Bergen and Jan M. Prins
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:178
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  15. Clinical manifestations of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania (Viannia) range from asymptomatic infection to self-limited, or chronic (non-healing) cutaneous lesions. Given the critical role of the...

    Authors: Angélica Mera-Ramírez, Andrés Castillo, Yenifer Orobio, María Adelaida Gómez and Carolina Gallego-Marin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:177
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  16. This retrospective cohort study characterized the impact of prior antibiotic exposure on distribution and nonsusceptibility profiles of Gram-negative pathogens causing hospital-onset urinary tract infections (...

    Authors: Monique R. Bidell, Melissa Palchak Opraseuth, Min Yoon, John Mohr and Thomas P. Lodise
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:176
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Non-HIV/AIDS-related diseases are gaining prominence as important causes of morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV. The purpose of this study was to characterize and compare changes over time in ...

    Authors: Oghenowede Eyawo, Conrado Franco-Villalobos, Mark W. Hull, Adriana Nohpal, Hasina Samji, Paul Sereda, Viviane D. Lima, Jeannie Shoveller, David Moore, Julio S. G. Montaner and Robert S. Hogg
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:174
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  19. Authors: Claudia Fernanda de Lacerda Vidal, Aurora Karla de Lacerda Vidal, José Gildo de Moura Monteiro Jr., Aracele Cavalcanti, Ana Paula da Costa Henriques, Márcia Oliveira, Michele Godoy, Mirella Coutinho, Pollyanna Dutra Sobral, Claudia Ângela Vilela, Bárbara Gomes, Marta Amorim Leandro, Ulisses Montarroyos, Ricardo de Alencar Ximenes and Heloísa Ramos Lacerda
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:173
    Content type: Erratum Published on:

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  21. Although multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative bacteremia (GNB) has been recognized as an important cause of morbidity and mortality among abdominal solid organ transplant (ASOT) recipients, there are no dat...

    Authors: Bingbing Qiao, Jianzhen Wu, Qiquan Wan, Sheng zhang and Qifa Ye
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:171
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death in much of sub-Saharan Africa despite available effective treatment. Prompt initiation of TB treatment and access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) remains vita...

    Authors: Aishatu L. Adamu, Muktar A. Gadanya, Isa S. Abubakar, Abubakar M. Jibo, Musa M. Bello, Auwalu U. Gajida, Musa M. Babashani and Ibrahim Abubakar
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:170
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Recent analysis of trends of non-invasive infections with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), of trends of MRSA infections in outpatient settings and of co-resistance profiles of MRSA isolates are...

    Authors: Jan Walter, Ines Noll, Marcel Feig, Bettina Weiss, Hermann Claus, Guido Werner, Tim Eckmanns, Julia Hermes and Muna Abu Sin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:169
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  24. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important and potentially fatal neglected tropical disease. The aim of this study was to investigate hyponatremia and risk factors for death among VL patients.

    Authors: Elizabeth De Francesco Daher, Douglas de Sousa Soares, Sérgio Luiz Arruda Parente Filho, Gdayllon Cavalcante Meneses, Tainá Veras de Sandes Freitas, Tacyano Tavares Leite and Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:168
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  25. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a pandemic causing disease; more than 185 million people are infected worldwide. An HCV antibody (Ab) prevalence of 6.0% was estimated in Central African countries. The stu...

    Authors: Mwumvaneza Mutagoma, Helene Balisanga, Dieudonné Sebuhoro, Aimable Mbituyumuremyi, Eric Remera, Samuel S. Malamba, David J. Riedel and Sabin Nsanzimana
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:167
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  26. Onychomycosis is a highly prevalent disease worldwide. There is no standard test for its diagnosis, which remains costly, wasteful, and is sometimes delayed. The diagnostic tests for this disease are few and d...

    Authors: Verónica Velasquez-Agudelo and Jaiberth Antonio Cardona-Arias
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:166
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Identification of bacterial pathogens in endophthalmitis is important to inform antibiotic selection and treatment decisions. Hemoculture bottles and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis have been proposed...

    Authors: Pear Pongsachareonnont, Worawalun Honglertnapakul and Tanittha Chatsuwan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:165
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  28. Current diagnostic methods for Schistosoma japonicum infection are insensitive for low-density infections. Therefore, a new diagnostic assay based on recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) technology was esta...

    Authors: Weiwei Xing, Xinling Yu, Jingtao Feng, Kui Sun, Wenliang Fu, Yuanyuan Wang, Minji Zou, Wenrong Xia, Zhihong Luo, Hongbin He, Yuesheng Li and Donggang Xu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:164
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  29. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections are a serious concern for children admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Tracheal colonization with MDR Enterobacteriaceae predisposes to respiratory infec...

    Authors: Hanna Renk, Lenja Stoll, Felix Neunhoeffer, Florian Hölzl, Matthias Kumpf, Michael Hofbeck and Dominik Hartl
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:163
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  30. HCV transmission remains high in people who inject drugs (PWID) in Montréal. New direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), highly effective and more tolerable than previous regimens, make a “Treatment as Prevention” (T...

    Authors: Anthony Cousien, Pascale Leclerc, Carole Morissette, Julie Bruneau, Élise Roy, Viet Chi Tran, Yazdan Yazdanpanah and Joseph Cox
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:162
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  31. Extensive backflow of treated wastewater caused household water contamination in a Finnish town in 2007. The drinking water of 9 500 residents became heavily polluted with faecal microbes, resulting in a large...

    Authors: Janne Laine, Outi Laine, Jukka Lumio, Jaakko Antonen, Salla Toikkanen, Mikko J. Virtanen and Markku Kuusi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:161
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  32. Few low-income countries have virological monitoring widely available. We estimated the virological durability of first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) after five years of follow-up among adult Ugandan and Z...

    Authors: David I. Dolling, Ruth L. Goodall, Michael Chirara, James Hakim, Peter Nkurunziza, Paula Munderi, David Eram, Dinah Tumukunde, Moira J. Spyer, Charles F. Gilks, Pontiano Kaleebu, David T. Dunn and Deenan Pillay
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:160
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  33. The most optimal antifungal agent for empiric treatment of invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) in febrile neutropenia is controversial. Our objective was evaluate the relative efficacy of antifungals for all-cause...

    Authors: Ken Chen, Qi Wang, Roy A. Pleasants, Long Ge, Wei Liu, Kangning Peng and Suodi Zhai
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:159
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  34. The potential for HIV transmission between a pregnant woman and her unborn child was first recognized in 1982. Since then a complex package of measures to reduce risk has been developed. This project aims to r...

    Authors: S. Raffe, H. Curtis, P. Tookey, H. Peters, A. Freedman and Y. Gilleece
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:158
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  35. Cholera outbreaks have occurred in Tanzania since 1974. To date, the genetic epidemiology of these outbreaks has not been assessed.

    Authors: Yazid Kachwamba, A. A. Mohammed, H. Lukupulo, L. Urio, M. Majigo, F. Mosha, M. Matonya, R. Kishimba, J. Mghamba, J. Lusekelo, S. Nyanga, M. Almeida, S. Li, D. Domman, S.Y. Massele and O. C. Stine
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:157
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. The World Health Organization recommends all countries consider screening for H. pylori to prevent gastric cancer. We therefore aimed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of a H. pylori serology-based screening pro...

    Authors: Andrea M. Teng, Giorgi Kvizhinadze, Nisha Nair, Melissa McLeod, Nick Wilson and Tony Blakely
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:156
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  37. Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States (U.S.) [1] and remains a major public health problem. We determined the cos...

    Authors: Jared Ditkowsky, Khushal H. Shah, Margaret R. Hammerschlag, Stephan Kohlhoff and Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:155
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. HIV-related stigma always is major obstacles to an effective HIV response worldwide. The effect of HIV-related stigma on HIV prevention and treatment is particularly serious in China. This study was to examine...

    Authors: Xin Li, Lili Yuan, Xiaoxia Li, Jingli Shi, Liying Jiang, Chundi Zhang, Xiujing Yang, Yeli Zhang, Donghui Zhao and Yashuang Zhao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:154
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Enterovirus 71 (EV-A71) shows a potential of rapid death, but the natural history of the infection is poorly known. This study aimed to examine the natural history of EV-A71 infection.

    Authors: Si-da Yang, Pei-qing Li, Yi-min Li, Wei Li, Wen-ying Lai, Cui-ping Zhu, Jian-ping Tao, Li Deng, Hong-sheng Liu, Wen-cheng Ma, Jia-ming Lu, Yan Hong, Yu-ting Liang, Jun Shen, Dan-dan Hu, Yuan-yuan Gao…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:153
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Visceral Leishmaniasis coinfection with HIV/AIDS has emerged as a series of disease pattern. It most often results in unfavorable responses to treatment, frequent relapses, and deaths. Scarce data is available...

    Authors: Mekuriaw Alemayehu, Mamo Wubshet, Nebiyu Mesfin and Abebaw Gebayehu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:152
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. HIV+ patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with suppressed viral loads have a low incidence of HIV-associated dementia, but increased prevalence of milder forms of HIV-associated neurocognit...

    Authors: Isaac H. Solomon, Umberto De Girolami, Sukrutha Chettimada, Vikas Misra, Elyse J. Singer and Dana Gabuzda
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:151
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  42. Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) causes a serious health problem and affects millions of people worldwide. Patients with obstetric fistula usually suffer from incontinence of urine and stool, which can predispose...

    Authors: Matifan Dereje, Yimtubezinesh Woldeamanuel, Daneil Asrat and Fekade Ayenachew
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:150
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  43. Procalcitonin (PCT) has become a commonly used serum inflammatory marker. Our aim was to describe the kinetics and usefulness of serial post-operative PCT measurements to detect bacterial infection in a cohort...

    Authors: Vladimir L. Cousin, Kalinka Lambert, Shahar Trabelsi, Annick Galetto-Lacour, Klara M. Posfay-Barbe, Barbara E. Wildhaber and Valérie A. McLin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:149
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  44. Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis are readily treatable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) which continue to occur at high rates in Australia, particularly among Aboriginal Australians. This study aimed t...

    Authors: Barbara Nattabi, Veronica Matthews, Jodie Bailie, Alice Rumbold, David Scrimgeour, Gill Schierhout, James Ward, Rebecca Guy, John Kaldor, Sandra C. Thompson and Ross Bailie
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:148
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  45. Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus is a beta-hemolytic group C streptococcus mainly causing infections in domesticated animals. Here we describe the first case of zoonotic necroti...

    Authors: Bård Reiakvam Kittang, Veronika Kuchařová Pettersen, Oddvar Oppegaard, Dag Harald Skutlaberg, Håvard Dale, Harald G. Wiker and Steinar Skrede
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:147
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  46. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended a new regimen for treatment of latent tuberculosis (three months of weekly isoniazid and rifapentine) in late 2011. While completion rates ...

    Authors: Adelaide H. McClintock, McKenna Eastment, Christy M. McKinney, Caroline L. Pitney, Masahiro Narita, David R. Park, Shireesha Dhanireddy and Alexandra Molnar
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:146
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  47. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment is essential for an effective tuberculosis (TB) control program. However, significant proportion of cases remains undiagnosed and untreated. Delay in diagnosis and treatmen...

    Authors: Selamsew Bogale, Ermias Diro, Atsede Mazengia Shiferaw and Melaku Kindie Yenit
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:145
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  48. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is an emerging viral pathogen that causes severe morbidity and mortality. Up to date, there is no approved or licensed vaccine or antiviral medicines can...

    Authors: Shih-Chao Lin, Chi-Tang Ho, Wen-Ho Chuo, Shiming Li, Tony T. Wang and Chi-Chen Lin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:144
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Currently, there is no agreed standard for exploring the antimicrobial activity of wound antiseptics in a phase 2/ step 2 test protocol. In the present study, a standardised in-vitro test is proposed, which al...

    Authors: Kathrin Schedler, Ojan Assadian, Uta Brautferger, Gerald Müller, Torsten Koburger, Simon Classen and Axel Kramer
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:143
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  50. There is paucity data on the association of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and active tuberculosis (TB) in southern Africa where the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is co-endemic. We examined the association of...

    Authors: Cuthbert Musarurwa, Lynn Sodai Zijenah, Doreen Zvipo Duri, Kudzie Mateveke-Dangaiso, Kudakwashe Mhandire, Maria Mary Chipiti, Marshall Wesley Munjoma and Witmore Bayayi Mujaji
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:142
    Content type: Research article Published on:

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