Comparing the efficacy of fluconazole and cryotherapy Versus cryotherapy alone on treating cutaneous leishmaniasis: a triple-blind randomized clinical trial
This study aimed t... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ahmad Reza Parhizkar, Mehdi Sharafi, Susan Mansuri, Maryam Hadibarhaghtalab, Sima Afrashteh, Hossein Fatemian and Mahsa Rostami Chijan Tags: Research Source Type: research
Possible potential spread of Anopheles stephensi, the Asian malaria vector
Anopheles stephensi is native to Southeast Asia and the Arabian Peninsula and has emerged as an effective and invasive malaria vector. Since invasion was reported in Djibouti in 2012, the global invasion range of... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Qing Liu, Ming Wang, Yu-Tong Du, Jing-Wen Xie, Zi-Ge Yin, Jing-Hong Cai, Tong-Yan Zhao and Heng-Duan Zhang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Improving dengue fever predictions in Taiwan based on feature selection and random forests
Dengue fever is a well-studied vector-borne disease in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Several methods for predicting the occurrence of dengue fever in Taiwan have been proposed. However, to the b... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Chao-Yang Kuo, Wei-Wen Yang and Emily Chia-Yu Su Tags: Research Source Type: research
Overexpression of Wnt5a promoted the protective effect of mesenchymal stem cells on Lipopolysaccharide-induced endothelial cell injury via activating PI3K/AKT signaling pathway
Lung endothelial barrier injury plays an important role in the pathophysiology of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS). Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) therapy has shown promise in AR... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Manliang Guo, Shiqi Li, Chuan Li, Xueyan Mao, Liru Tian, Xintong Yang, Caixia Xu and Mian Zeng Tags: Research Source Type: research
Immune response to the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine in people living with HIV over 50 years of age compared to non-HIV age-/gender-matched controls (SHINGR ’HIV): a multicenter, international, non-randomized clinical trial study protocol
The burden of herpes zoster (shingles) virus and associated complications, such as post-herpetic neuralgia, is higher in older adults and has a significant impact on quality of life. The incidence of herpes zo... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 19, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Maxime Hentzien, Fabrice Bonnet, Enos Bernasconi, Emmanuel Biver, Dominique L. Braun, Aline Munting, Karoline Leuzinger, Olivier Leleux, Stefano Musardo, Virginie Prendki, Patrick Schmid, Cornelia Staehelin, Marcel Stoeckle, Carla S. Walti, Linda Wittkop, Tags: Study Protocol Source Type: research
Difficult-to-treat HIV in Sweden: a cross-sectional study
Our aim was to examine the prevalence and characteristics of difficult-to-treat HIV in the current Swedish HIV cohort and to compare treatment outcomes between people with difficult and non-difficult-to-treat ... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Olof Elvstam, Viktor Dahl, Anna Weibull W ärnberg, Susanne von Stockenström and Aylin Yilmaz Tags: Research Source Type: research
Rapid detection of pathogenic fungi from coastal population with respiratory infections using microfluidic chip technology
Currently, culture methods are commonly used in clinical tests to detect pathogenic fungi including Candida spp. Nonetheless, these methods are cumbersome and time-consuming, thereby leading to considerable diffi... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Qingmei Yao, Yuan He, Liehua Deng, Dafeng Chen, Yuanli Zhang, Hui Luo and Wei Lei Tags: Research Source Type: research
Persistent bacteremia caused by Ralstonia pickettii and Microbacterium: a case report
Ralstonia pickettii is a low virulent, gram-negative bacillus that is rarely associated with human infections and may cause bacteremia. Microbacterium species are gram-positive coryneforms that are generally cons... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jinwen Wang, Yu Song, Siqin Liu, Xudong Jang and Lina Zhang Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Does HIV index testing bring patients into treatment at earlier stages of HIV disease? Results from a retrospective study in Ukraine
Over one-third of people living with HIV (PLH) in Ukraine are not on treatment. Index testing services, which link potentially exposed partners (named partners) of known PLH (index patients) with testing and t... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 18, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Andrew M. Secor, Alyona Ihnatiuk, Anna Shapoval, Misti McDowell, Larisa Hetman, Anjuli D. Wagner, Jillian Pintye, Kristin Beima-Sofie, Matthew R. Golden and Nancy Puttkammer Tags: Research Source Type: research
Association of interleukin-6, ferritin, and lactate dehydrogenase with venous thromboembolism in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is frequntly accompanied by venous thromboembolism (VTE), and its mechanism may be related to the abnormal inflammation and immune status of COVID-19 patients. It has been p... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 16, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Haiyu Liu, Ningjing Guo, Qixian Zheng, Qianyuan Zhang, Jinghan Chen, Yuanyuan Cai, Qiong Luo, Qian Xu, Xiangqi Chen, Sheng Yang and Suyun Zhang Tags: Systematic Review Source Type: research
Circulating vaccine derived polio virus type 2 outbreak and response in Yemen, 2021 –2022, a retrospective descriptive analysis
The outbreaks of circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Viruses (cVDPVs) have emerged as a m... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mutahar Ahmed Al-Qassimi, Mohammed Al Amad, Ahmed Al-Dar, Ehab Al Sakaf, Ahmed Al Hadad and Yahia Ahmed Raja ’a Tags: Research Source Type: research
Clinical presentation and management of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with covid-19: a retrospective observational descriptive study in a pediatric hospital in Syria
This study aims to review the clinical presentation, laboratory parameters, outcomes, and... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Eman Shhada, Hussein Hamdar, Ali Alakbar Nahle, Diana Mourad, Basheer Khalil and Sawssan Ali Tags: Research Source Type: research
Rare case of septic shock combined with meningitis caused by Pasteurella multocida without a history of cat and dog bites
Pasteurella multocida is a zoonotic pathogen that mainly causes local skin and soft tissue infections in the human body through cat and dog bites. It rarely causes bacteraemia (or sepsis) and meningitis. We repor... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Yijun Zhu, Fang Zhu, Xiaoyun Shan and Jingchao Shi Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Clinical spectrum and long-term outcomes of mpox: a cohort study spanning from acute infection to six-month follow-up
Cases of mpox have been reported worldwide since May 2022. Limited knowledge exists regarding the long-term course of this disease. To assess sequelae in terms of scarring and quality of life (QoL) in mpox pat... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Christoph Zeyen, Maria Kinberger, Helene Kriedemann, Frieder Pf äfflin, Pinkus Tober-Lau, Leu Huang, Victor Max Corman, Alexander Nast, Leif Erik Sander, Florian Kurth and Ricardo Niklas Werner Tags: Research Source Type: research
Prevalence of vaccine-derived hepatitis B surface antibodies in children and adolescents in Germany: results from a population-based survey, 2014 –2017
Childhood vaccination against hepatitis B has been recommended in Germany since 1995. WHO defines a primary vaccination series as successful if the initial hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs) level is ≥ 10... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - March 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ida Sperle, Sofie Gillesberg Lassen, Martin Schlaud, Achim D örre, Sandra Dudareva, Christina Poethko-Müller and Thomas Harder Tags: Research Source Type: research
