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  1. More information is needed about time between sexual initiation and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and development of cervical precancer.

    Authors: Xavier Castellsagué, Jorma Paavonen, Unnop Jaisamrarn, Cosette M Wheeler, S Rachel Skinner, Matti Lehtinen, Paulo Naud, Song-Nan Chow, Maria Rowena Del Rosario-Raymundo, Julio C Teixeira, Johanna Palmroth, Newton S de Carvalho, Maria Julieta V Germar, Klaus Peters, Suzanne M Garland, Anne Szarewski…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:551
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Candida spp. are frequently cultured from the respiratory tract in critically ill patients. Most intensivists start amphotericin-B deoxycholate (ABDC) inhalation therapy to eradicate Candida spp. from the respir...

    Authors: Patrick J van der Geest, Erik I Dieters, Bart Rijnders and Johan AB Groeneveld
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:575
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  3. Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum are usually considered to be the major pathogens responsible for human cryptosporidiosis. However, there have been few studies regarding the molecular epidemiology of Crypto...

    Authors: Yanyan Jiang, Jinhua Ren, Zhongying Yuan, Aiqin Liu, Hong Zhao, Hua Liu, Lei Chu, Wei Pan, Jianping Cao, Yijin Lin and Yujuan Shen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:555
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  4. To compare epidemiological data between recurrent cases after cure (RC), distinguishing relapse from reinfection, after dropout (RD) and new cases (NC) in an ambulatory setting in a TB-endemic country.

    Authors: Gisela Unis, Andrezza Wolowski Ribeiro, Leonardo Souza Esteves, Fernanda Sá Spies, Pedro Dornelles Picon, Elis Regina Dalla Costa and Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:548
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  5. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Leptospira species and is distributed globally. Microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is the serological ‘gold standard’ for diagnosis of leptospirosis but it is time-...

    Authors: Xue Ting Tan, Fairuz Amran, Kee Chee Cheong and Norazah Ahmad
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:563
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  6. Candidiasis is commonly observed in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), but the clinical risk factors associated with its presence have not been fully investigated. In this study, we aimed to a...

    Authors: Christian Rupp, Konrad Alexander Bode, Fadi Chahoud, Andreas Wannhoff, Kilian Friedrich, Karl-Heinz Weiss, Peter Sauer, Wolfgang Stremmel and Daniel Nils Gotthardt
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:562
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  7. Schistosomiasis constitutes a major public health problem, and 200 million people are estimated to be infected with schistosomiasis worldwide. In Brazil, schistosomiasis has been reported in 19 states, showing...

    Authors: Maria Cristina Carvalho Espírito-Santo, Mónica Viviana Alvarado-Mora, Emmanuel Dias-Neto, Lívia Souza Botelho-Lima, João Paulo Moreira, Maria Amorim, Pedro Luiz Silva Pinto, Ashley R Heath, Vera Lúcia Pagliusi Castilho, Elenice Messias do Nascimento Gonçalves, Expedito José de Albuquerque Luna, Flair José Carrilho, João Renato Rebello Pinho and Ronaldo Cesar Borges Gryschek
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:558
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  8. Current estimates suggest over 218,000 individuals in Australia are chronically infected with hepatitis B virus. The majority of these people are migrants and refugees born in hepatitis B endemic countries, wh...

    Authors: Tanya FM Dahl, Benjamin C Cowie, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Karin Leder, Jennifer H MacLachlan and Caroline Marshall
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:537
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  9. CD4+ T-cell testing of blood specimens collected in standard EDTA Vacutainer tubes and transported at ambient temperature, must be completed within 48 hours with the BD FACSCountâ„¢ flow cytometer, restricting s...

    Authors: Emmanuel Fajardo, Carol Metcalf, Elton Mbofana, Charlotte van Vyve, Dhodho Munyaradzi, Sandra Simons, Misheck Kuhudzayi and Helen Bygrave
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:553
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  10. To inform the choice of an appropriate screening and diagnostic algorithm for tuberculosis (TB) screening initiatives in different epidemiological settings, we compare algorithms composed of currently availabl...

    Authors: Anna H van’t Hoog, Ikushi Onozaki and Knut Lonnroth
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:532
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  11. Live poultry traders (LPTs) have greater risk to avian influenza due to occupational exposure to poultry. This study investigated knowledge, attitudes and practices of LPTs relating to influenza A (H7N9).

    Authors: Xiaowei Ma, Qiuyan Liao, Jun Yuan, Yufei Liu, Yanhui Liu, Jiandong Chen, Jianping Liu, Wenfeng Cai, Benjamin J Cowling, Biao Di, Richard Fielding, Ming Wang, Zhicong Yang, Gabriel M Leung and Eric HY Lau
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:554
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  12. The usefulness of sputum Gram stain in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is controversial. There has been no study to evaluate the diagnostic value of this method in patients with healthcare-ass...

    Authors: Hajime Fukuyama, Shin Yamashiro, Kiyoshi Kinjo, Hitoshi Tamaki and Tomoo Kishaba
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:534
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  13. Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is systemic mycosis caused by the thermal dimorphic fungus of genus Paracoccidioides, leading to either acute/subacute (AF) or chronic (CF) clinical forms. Numerous CF patients after ...

    Authors: James Venturini, Ricardo Souza Cavalcante, Márjorie de Assis Golim, Camila Martins Marchetti, Priscila Zacarias de Azevedo, Bárbara Casella Amorim, Maria Sueli Parreira de Arruda and Rinaldo Poncio Mendes
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:552
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  14. Lyme borreliosis, a potentially severe tick-borne infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, can cause multi-system inflammatory disease. The incidence has been increasing, as has the number of patients with persi...

    Authors: Anneleen Berende, Hadewych JM ter Hofstede, A Rogier T Donders, Henriët van Middendorp, Roy PC Kessels, Eddy MM Adang, Fidel J Vos, Andrea WM Evers and Bart Jan Kullberg
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:543
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. Authors: Andrei Rogoz, Raluca Zlotea, Cleo Roşculeț, Cătălin Apostolescu, Marius Radu, Liana Gavriliu, Georgeta Ducu, Otilia Benea and Doina Iovănescu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 7):P98
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 7

  21. Authors: Mădălina Merişescu, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, Dragoş Florea, Gheorghiță Jugulete, Endis Osman, Anca Drăgănescu, Angelica Vişan, Anuța Bilaşco and Monica Luminos
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 7):P71
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 7

  24. Authors: Monica Luminos, Anca Cristina Drăgănescu, Angelica Constanța Vişan, Magdalena Vasile, Mădălina Maria Merişescu, Cristina Negulescu, Gheorghiță Jugulete, Diana Maria Slavu, Cornelia Dogaru, Endis Osman and Anuța Bilaşco
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 7):P63
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 7

  27. Authors: Adriana Hristea, Daniela Munteanu, Raluca Jipa, Raluca Mihăilescu, Eliza Manea, Raluca Hrişcă, Victoria Aramă, Viorica Poghirc, Cristina Popescu and Ruxandra Moroti
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 7):P42
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 7

  34. Authors: Cătălin Apostolescu, Loredana Benea, Valeriu Gheorghiță, Adina Ilie and Cristina Tenea
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 7):O32
    Content type: Oral presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 7

  36. Authors: Delia Vlad, Mariana Mărdărescu, Mihaela Petrea, Sorin Petrea, Florin Murgoci, Cristina Petre, Ana Maria Tudor, Ruxandra Neagu-Drăghicenoiu, Rodica Ungurianu, Alina Cibea, Dan Oțelea and Tatiana Colțan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 7):O30
    Content type: Oral presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 7

  43. Authors: Daniela-Ioana Munteanu, Raluca Mihăilescu, Mihaela Andreea Rădulescu, Anca-Ruxandra Negru, Cătălin Tilişcan, Viorica Poghirc, Victoria Aramă and Ștefan Sorin Aramă
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14(Suppl 7):O16
    Content type: Oral presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 7

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