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Cryptococcal prostatitis is a rare clinical disease and has never been reported in China.
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1051
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) increasingly threatens public health. Carbapenem-producing gram-negative bacteria (CPB) pose the biggest threat. The risk for CPB spread is heightened during the transfer of a CP...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1050
Diphtheria has been reported as an outbreak in some regions in Indonesia, most especially in East Java Province. Resistance to penicillin, erythromycin, and other antibiotics, single or multiple, has been repo...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1049
Success of India’s TB control program relies on rapid case detection, monitoring, care and treatment of drug resistance. Patients on multidrug resistance (MDR) treatment are monitored by follow up cultures. Di...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1048
Molecular tests can allow the rapid detection of tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). TB-SPRINT 59-Plex Beamedex® is a microbead-based assay developed for the simultaneous spoligotyping and d...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1047
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is the most common congenital infection and a leading cause of long-term neurological and sensory sequelae, the most common being sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). ...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1046
An increased number of refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) pneumonia (MPP) cases have been reported. However the duration of MP infection in lower airway and the course of anti-MP treatment remains unclear.
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1045
Scrub typhus is an important arthropod-borne disease causing significant acute febrile illness by infection with Orientia spp.
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1044
The implementation of national antiretroviral therapy (ART) and expanded ART policies results in that more and more HIV-infected patients receive ART in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. At the same time, howev...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1043
Toxoplasma gondii is an opportunistic protozoan parasite that can infect all warm-blooded animals including humans and cause serious clinical manifestations. Toxoplasmosis can be diagnosed using histological, ser...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1042
Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection is one of the most pervasive sexually transmitted infections and has high prevalence in urogenital and extra-urogenital sites among men who have sex with men (MSM). This study...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1041
European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP) antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data are used to inform gonorrhoea treatment guidelines; therefore the data need to be robust and representat...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1040
Ligands of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) are key signalling molecules in the innate immune system but their role in tuberculosis-diabetes comorbidity (TB-DM) has not been investigated.
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1039
To investigate the risk factors for brucellosis in suspected cases of the disease.
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1038
Shigella spp. and entero-invasive E. coli (EIEC) use the same invasive mechanism to cause diarrheal diseases. Public health regulations apply only to Shigella spp. infections, but are hampered by the lack of simp...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1037
The cytokine gene polymorphism is important for the genetic susceptibility of infectious diseases. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between TNF-α, IL-12, and IL-13 gene polymorp...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1036
Following publication of the original article [1], one of the authors, Dr. Sarah E. Bowden reported that at the time of the study she wasn’t working for the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1035
The incidence of Taralomyces marneffei infection in HIV-infected individuals has been decreasing, whereas its rate is rising among non-HIV immunodeficient persons, particularly patients with anti-interferon-gamma...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1034
Leprosy is an ancient infectious disease with a global annual incidence that has plateaued above 200,000 new cases since over a decade. New strategies are required to overcome this stalemate. Post-exposure pro...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1033
Anemia is a common problem in HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infected patients, and is associated with decreased functional capacity and quality of life. Ethiopia is one of the countries which has expanded...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1032
Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is the principal causative agent of bovine tuberculosis; however, it may also cause serious infection in human being. Type I IFN is a key factor in reducing viral multiplication and...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1031
Cytomegalovirus infection dramatically decreased with the introduction of antiretroviral therapy. Whether incidence, clinical characteristics and prognosis of cytomegalovirus in HIV infected patients, has chan...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1030
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) raises an urgent public health issue in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in China. The associations between weather factors and HFMD have been widely studied but with in...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1029
Pseudomonas aeruginosa-related pneumonia is an ongoing healthcare challenge. Estimating its financial burden is complicated by the time-dependent nature of the disease.
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1028
Viral hepatitis is a global public health problem affecting millions of people worldwide, causing thousands of deaths due to acute and persistent infection, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Providing updated serol...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1027
The presence of nosocomial pathogens in many intensive care units poses a threat to patients and public health worldwide. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important pathogen endemic in man...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1026
Treatment for severe malaria must be prompt with effective parenteral antimalarial drugs for at least 24 h to achieve fast parasite clearance, and when the patient can tolerate oral therapy, treatment should b...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1025
In 2018 in Ethiopia, magnitude of human immunodeficiency virus Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome treatment failure was 15.9% and currently the number of patient receiving second line antiretroviral therapy (A...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1024
Staphylococcus aureus carriage is a known risk factor for staphylococcal disease. However, the carriage rates vary by country, demographic group and profession. This study aimed to determine the S. aureus carriag...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1023
Few countries in sub-Saharan Africa know the magnitude of their HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID). This was the first study in Mozambique to measure prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV, and to asse...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1022
Currently, norovirus (NoV) is associated with one-fifth of all acute gastroenteritis (AGE) cases worldwide. The NoV GII.17_2014 variant has been associated with gastroenteritis outbreaks in several Asian count...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1021
Vitamin D deficiency, determined by blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH) D, i.e. the major vitamin D form in blood], has been shown to associate with all-cause mortalities. We recently demonstrated that...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1020
Chronic hepatitis C is a major public health burden. With new interferon-free direct-acting agents (showing sustained viral response rates of more than 98%), elimination of HCV seems feasible for the first tim...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1019
Although, India has made steady progress in reducing deaths in children younger than 5 years, the proportional mortality accounted by diarrhoeal diseases still remains high. The present hospital based cross se...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1018
Early diagnosis and treatment of neurosyphilis is of great significance for regression. There is no gold standard for the diagnosis of neurosyphilis. We did this study to explore the factors associated with th...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1017
Leprosy is a neglected disease that poses a significant challenge to public health in Uganda. The disease is endemic in Uganda, with 40% of the districts in the country affected in 2016, when 42 out of 112 dis...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1016
The present study aimed to demonstrate the applicability of a flow cytometry-based serology approach to identify spontaneous cure by the detection of immunoglobulin G, and also, the diagnosis and cure criterio...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1015
Clonorchiasis, caused by Clonorchis sinensis (C. sinensis) infection, is a serious food-borne zoonotic disease that is often asymptomatic or shows only mild symptoms, which leads to delayed treatment and chronic ...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1014
Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae. It is a polymorphic disease with a wide range of cutaneous and neural manifestations. Ulcer is not a common feature in leprosy patients...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1013
Influenza is the most frequent cause of acute upper respiratory tract infections during winter season. Although rare, neurological manifestations are known to occur during influenza infection and approximative...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1012
Antibiotics remain the cornerstone of modern medicine. Yet there exists an inherent dilemma in their use: we are able to prevent harm by administering antibiotic treatment as necessary to both humans and anima...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1011
Aseptic meningitis epidemics may pose various health care challenges.
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1010
Although Streptococcus agalactiae is the leading causative agent of neonatal sepsis and meningitis, recently it is increasingly isolated from non-pregnant adults. The relation between its presence in the genitour...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1009
Despite substantial global effort and updated clinical management guidelines, diarrhea continues to be among leading worldwide causes of morbidity and mortality in children. Infectious diarrhea, the most commo...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1008
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an important human pathogen which causes lifelong infection of > 90% people globally and is linked to infectious mononucleosis (arising from infection in the later teenage years) an...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1007
Monocytes are the predominant innate immune cells at the early stage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) infection as the host defense against intracellular pathogens. Understanding the profile of different mon...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1006
Lupoid cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL) is known as a rare but serious complication of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) resistant to conventional treatments. Sodium chlorosum, a pro-oxidative preparation ...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1005
Dengue is the most prevalent mosquito-borne disease in the world, with China affected seriously in recent years. 65.8% of dengue cases identified in mainland China since 2005 were reported from the city of Gua...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1002
Q fever has been associated with perinatal complications. We conducted a prospective follow-up study to assess both the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) associated with Coxiella burnetii infection a...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1001
Dengue fever is prevalent in the world; in recent years, several outbreaks occurred in West Africa. It affects pregnant women. We aimed to assess the consequences of dengue fever on pregnant women and their fe...
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:997
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