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- 1From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13) Peer-ReviewedBackground The World Health Organization has endorsed the use of molecular methods for the detection of TB and drug-resistant TB as a rapid alternative to culture-based systems. In South Africa, the Xpert MTB/Rif assay...
- 2From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Sadao Jinno1,4 , Bryan Anker1 , Parveen Kaur1 , Claire C Bristow2 and Jeffrey D Klausner3 Background Despite a significant decrease in syphilis cases in the United States during the 1990s, syphilis...
- 3From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Yin-Jun Li1 , Xin-Lou Li1 , Song Liang2 , Li-Qun Fang1 and Wu-Chun Cao1 Background Brucellosis is a zoonosis caused by bacteria of the Brucella spp. Infections in humans can cause an allergic reaction,...
- 4From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Ethan F Kuperman1 , John W Showalter2 , Erik B Lehman3 , Amy E Leib3 and Jennifer L Kraschnewski3 Background Despite recent improvements in identification and treatment, sepsis remains a common, costly,...
- 5From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Cecilia Kathure Mbae1 , David James Nokes2 , Erastus Mulinge1 , Joyce Nyambura1 , Anthony Waruru3 and Samuel Kariuki1 Background Seventy three percent of deaths from diarrhoeal illness that occur among...
- 6From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Antoinette C van der Kuyl1 , Fokla Zorgdrager1 , Boris Hogema2 , Margreet Bakker1 , Suzanne Jurriaans3 , Nicole KT Back3 , Ben Berkhout1 , Hans L Zaaijer2,3 and Marion Cornelissen1 Background Hepatitis...
- 7From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Stine Yde Nielsen1,2 , Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen3 , Kåre Malbak4 , Niels Henrik Hjallund1,5 , Bjarn Kantsa6 , Karen Angeliki Krogfelt7 and Tine Brink Henriksen8 Background Q fever is a zoonotic infection...
- 8From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Hoa M Do1 , Michael P Dunne2 , Masaya Kato3 , Cuong V Pham1 and Kinh V Nguyen4 Background Most studies examining the prevalence and determinants of antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence have been...
- 9From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Günter Kampf1,2 , Sigunde Ruselack3 , Sven Eggerstedt3 , Nicolas Nowak4 and Muhammad Bashir5 Background Use of an alcohol-based handrub at specific times during patient care is strongly recommended by...
- 10From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Brian A Maponga1 , Daniel Chirundu2 , Notion T Gombe1 , Mufuta Tshimanga1 , Gerald Shambira1 and Lucia Takundwa1 Background Acute diarrhoea is defined as the passage of three or more loose or liquid...
- 11From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Negassie Berhe1 , Desalegn Tegabu2 and Mekuriaw Alemayehu3 Background The Human Immunodeficiency Virus [HIV] pandemic continues to have a pronounced global impact particularly among the world's resource...
- 12From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Evelien Assink-de Jong1 , Dylan W de Lange2 , Jos A van Oers3 , Maarten W Nijsten4 , Jos W Twisk5 and Albertus Beishuizen1,6 Background Resistance to antimicrobial drugs is an increasing threat to...
- 13From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Jerome A Leis1,2 , Wayne L Gold1,2 , John Ng3 , Zahir Hirji4 , Dylan R Pillai5,6,8 , George Broukhanski5,6 , Paula Raggiunti7 , Susy Hota1,2 , Allison McGeer1,2,3,5 and Susan M Poutanen1,2,3,5 Background...
- 14From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Jacobus Leen Kool1 , Boris Igor Pavlin2 , Jennie Musto1 and Akanisi Dawainavesi1 Background Historically, Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs) have been more severely affected by influenza...
- 15From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Meng You2,3 , Sisu Mo1 , W Keung Leung2 and Rory M Watt1 Background Periodontal disease encompasses a range of chronic inflammatory infections that affect the gingiva (gums) and underlying connective...
- 16From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Jacob Bodilsen1 , Henrik Carl Schanheyder2 and Henrik Nielsen1 Correction After publication of this work [1], we became aware of two errors in Table two (Table 1 here). In the column describing scanned...
- 17From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Samantha Rosas1,4 , Jaime Bravo1 , Franklin Gonzalez1 , Nora de Moreno2 , Joel Sanchez3 , Ronnie G Gavilan3 and Amador Goodridge4 Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis ) is the...
- 18From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Axel Schubert1 , Karoline Ehlert2 , Susanne Schuler-Luettmann3 , Eva Gentner1 , Thomas Mertens1 and Detlef Michel1 Background All compounds approved for systemic treatment of human cytomegalovirus...
- 19From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is difficult in infants and young children. For microbiological confirmation of PTB children, sequential gastric lavage (GL) is recommended. Induced sputum (IS)...
- 20From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Deep eosinophilic granulomatous abscesses, as distinguished from eosinophilic subcutaneous abscesses, are rare. Most reports are from the Far-East and India where the most commonly attributed cause is...