Evaluation of antibody-based preventive alternatives for respiratory syncytial virus: a novel multi-criteria decision analysis framework and assessment of nirsevimab in Spain
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a highly infectious disease that poses a significant clinical and medical burden, as well as social disruption and economic costs, recognized by the World Health Organizati... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jorge Mestre-Ferr ándiz, Agustín Rivero, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Álvaro Hidalgo, Fernando Abdalla, Isabel Martín, Javier Álvarez, Manuel García-Cenoz, Maria del Carmen Pacheco, María Garcés-Sánchez, Néboa Zozaya and Raúl Ortiz-de-Lejarazu Tags: Research Source Type: research

Multisite spontaneous hematomas and bleeding in critically ill Chinese patients with COVID-19: two case reports and a literature review
Anticoagulation is recommended as a standardized therapy for COVID-19 patients according to the WHO guidelines. However, bleeding events have also been reported. Hemorrhage or hematoma was observed in sites in... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sha Sha, Sun Qi and Shi Qindong Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Diagnostic performance of metagenomic next-generation sequencing for the detection of pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid in pediatric patients with central nervous system infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Detecting pathogens in pediatric central nervous system infection (CNSI) is still a major challenge in medicine. In addition to conventional diagnostic patterns, metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) s... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sike He, Ying Xiong, Teng Tu, Jiaming Feng, Yu Fu, Xu Hu, Neng Wang and Dapeng Li Tags: Research Source Type: research

Evaluating the efficacy of different antibiotics against Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis using Monte Carlo simulation
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy changes of seven antibiotics in the treatment of N.... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jiaojiao Zhong, Wenjing Le, Xuechun Li and Xiaohong Su Tags: Research Source Type: research

Impaired humoral immunity following COVID-19 vaccination in HTLV-1 carriers
Whether human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) carriers can develop sufficient humoral immunity after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination is unknown. (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 17, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Takuro Kameda, Atae Utsunomiya, Nobuaki Otsuka, Yoko Kubuki, Taisuke Uchida, Kotaro Shide, Ayako Kamiunten, Nobuaki Nakano, Masahito Tokunaga, Takayoshi Miyazono, Yoshikiyo Ito, Kentaro Yonekura, Toshiro Kawakita, Keiichi Akizuki, Yuki Tahira, Masayoshi K Tags: Research Source Type: research

Role of thymosin α1 in restoring immune response in immunological nonresponders living with HIV
This study ... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 17, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Chaoyu Chen, Jiangrong Wang, Jingna Xun, Xinyu Zhang, Li Liu, Zichen Song, Renfang Zhang, Jun Chen and Hongzhou Lu Tags: Research Source Type: research

Finger nodules with a papulovesicular hands and feet eruption: a complicated human Orf virus infection
Orf virus (ORFV) is the pathogen responsible for Orf, a zoonotic viral infection that can be spread to humans from sheep and goats. Here, we present a case of human Orf complicated by an immune-related reactio... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 17, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Martina Salvi, Giorgio Tiecco, Luca Rossi, Marina Venturini, Simonetta Battocchio, Francesco Castelli and Eugenia Quiros-Roldan Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Pulmonary cryptococcosis complicated with pulmonary aspergillosis: a series of studies and a literature review
With the development of society, pulmonary fungal diseases, represented by pulmonary aspergillosis and pulmonary cryptococcosis, have become increasingly common. However, there is a lack of clear understanding... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 16, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Xidong Wang, Shaoqiang Li, Mangui Zhu, Ye Qiu, Yilei Hui, Yongming Li, Yangqing Zhan, Yan Wang, Feng Ye and Zhengtu Li Tags: Research Source Type: research

Socioeconomic impacts of airborne and droplet-borne infectious diseases on industries: a systematic review
Recent pandemics have had far-reaching effects on the world ’s largest economies and amplified the need to estimate the full extent and range of socioeconomic impacts of infectious diseases outbreaks on multi-s... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 16, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ely Zarina Samsudin, Siti Munira Yasin, Nur-Hasanah Ruslan, Nik Nairan Abdullah, Ahmad Faiz Azhari Noor and Ahmad Fitri Abdullah Hair Tags: Research Source Type: research

Monkeypox virus-associated meningoencephalitis diagnosed by detection of intrathecal antibody production
In the 2022 mpox-outbreak most patients presented with mild symptoms. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement has previously been described as a rare and severe complication of mpox; however, diagnostic findi... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 16, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hansen Karin, B åtshake Ylva, Söderholm Sandra, Pettke Aleksandra, Björkman Per and Sondén Klara Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Development and clinical application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with lateral flow assay for rapid diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2
The diagnostic assay leveraging multiple reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) could meet the requirements for rapid nucleic acid detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jin Tang, Jie Zhu, Jie Wang, Haiyong Qian, Zengxin Liu, Ru Wang, Qingqing Cai, Yuan Fang and Weifeng Huang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Publisher Correction: Psittacosis caused severe community-acquired pneumonia accompanied by acute hypoxic respiratory failure: a multicenter retrospective cohort study from China
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Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Xiao Tang, Na Wang, Gang Liu, Hai Tan, Ai-Min Li, Yan-Qiu Gao, Meng-Ying Yao, Na Wang, Hui-Dan Jing, Qing-Guo Di, Liang Chen, Rui Wang, Xu-Yan Li, Ying Li, Xue Yuan, Yu Zhao & hellip; Tags: Publisher Correction Source Type: research

Correction: Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized patients with seasonal coronavirus Infection and COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study
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Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Guillermo Rodriguez-Nava, Goar Egoryan, Tianyu Dong, Qishuo Zhang, Elise Hyser, Bidhya Poudel, Maria Adriana Yanez-Bello, Daniela Patricia Trelles-Garcia, Chul Won Chung, Bimatshu Pyakuryal, Taraz Imani-Ramos, Valeria Patricia Trelles-Garcia, Daniel Sebas Tags: Correction Source Type: research

Correction: ABO, Lewis blood group systems and secretory status with H. pylori infection in yemeni dyspeptic patients: a cross-sectional study
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Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mohammed Abdulwahid Almorish, Boshra Al-absi, Ahmed M. E. Elkhalifa, Elham Elamin, Abozer Y. Elderdery and Abdulaziz H. Alhamidi Tags: Correction Source Type: research

Shorter antitubercular therapy for extrapulmonary tuberculosis - a case report
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) adds to India ’s significant economic burden, with pericardial effusion being a potentially fatal complication. This case report highlights the need for early diagnosis and th... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - January 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Diviya Bharathi Ravikumar, Barath Prashanth Sivasubramanian, Ankur Singla, Rakshaya Venu and Saketh Palasamudram Shekar Tags: Case Report Source Type: research