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Prospective hospital-based case-control study to assess the
effectiveness of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09
vaccination and risk factors for hospitalization in 2009-
2010 using matched hospital and test-negative controls
Wiebke Hellenbrand, Pernille Jorgensen, Brunhilde Schweiger, Gerhard Falkenhorst, Matthias Nachtnebel, Benedikt Greutélaers, Christian Traeder, Ole Wichmann BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:127 (31 May 2012)
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Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in
adolescents with community-acquired pneumonia
Naoyuki Miyashita, Yasuhiro Kawai, Hiroto Akaike, Kazunobu Ouchi, Toshikiyo Hayashi, Takeyuki Kurihara, Niro Okimoto BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:126 (31 May 2012)
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Chandipura Virus infection in mice: the role of toll
like receptor 4 in pathogenesis
Balakrishnan Anukumar, Prajakta Shahir BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:125 (29 May 2012)
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Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A in Latin
America and the Caribbean: a systematic review
and meta-analysis, 1990-2010
Elizabeth Castañeda, Clara Inés Agudelo, Rodrigo De Antonio, Diego Rosselli, Claudia Calderón, Eduardo Ortega-Barria, Rómulo E Colindres BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:124 (28 May 2012)
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Blood leukocytes from benznidazole-treated
indeterminate chagas disease patients display an
overall type-1-modulated cytokine profile upon
short-term in vitro stimulation with trypanosoma
cruzi antigens
Renato Sathler-Avelar, Danielle Marquete Vitelli-Avelar, Silvana Maria Elói-Santos, Eliane Dias Gontijo, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:123 (24 May 2012)
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Characterization of Shigella sonnei in Malaysia, an increasingly prevalent etiologic agent of local shigellosis cases
Xiu Pei Koh, Chien Shun Chiou, Noni Ajam, Haruo Watanabe, Norazah Ahmad, Kwai Lin Thong BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:122 (20 May 2012)
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Predictors and outcome of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by miliary tuberculosis: a retrospective study in Chongqing, China
Wang Deng, Min Yu, Hilary Ma, Liang An Hu, Gang Chen, Yong Wang, Jia Deng, ChangYi Li, Jin Tong, Dao Xin Wang BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:121 (20 May 2012)
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Evaluation of a hand-held far-ultraviolet radiation
device for decontamination of Clostridium difficile
and other healthcare-associated pathogens
Michelle M Nerandzic, Jennifer L Cadnum, Kevin E Eckart, Curtis J Donskey BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:120 (16 May 2012)
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Prevalence and clinical features of respiratory
syncytial virus in children hospitalized for
community-acquired pneumonia in northern
Brazil
Letícia Martins Lamarao, Francisco Luzio Ramos, Wyller Alencar de Mello, Mirleide Cordeiro Santos, Luana Soares Barbagelata, Maria Cleonice Aguiar Justino, Alexandre Ferreira da Silva, Ana Judith Pires Garcia Quaresma, Veronilce Borges da Silva, Rommel Rodríguez Burbano, Alexandre da Costa Linhares BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:119 (16 May 2012)
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"Blind periods" in screening for toxoplasmosis in
pregnancy in Austria - a debate
Ulrich Sagel, Alexander Krämer, Rafael T Mikolajczyk BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:118 (16 May 2012)
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Clinical and Temporal Patterns of Severe
Pneumonia Causing Critical Illness during Hajj
Yasser Mandourah, Assim Al-Radi, Ali Harold Ocheltree, Sara Rashid Ocheltree, Robert A Fowler BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:117 (16 May 2012)
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Increasing prevalence of ESBL production among
Irish clinical Enterobacteriaceae from 2004 to 2008:
an observational study
Jérôme Fennell, Akke Vellinga, Belinda Hanahoe, Dearbhaile Morris, Fiona Boyle, Francis Higgins, Maura Lyons, Karina O'Connell, Deirbhile Keady, Martin Cormican BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:116 (15 May 2012)
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Prevention and treatment of surgical site infection in
HIV-infected patients
Lei Zhang, Bao-Chi Liu, Xiao-Yan Zhang, Lei Li, Xian-Jun Xia, Rui-Zhang Guo BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:115 (14 May 2012)
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Current practices of partner notification among
MSM with HIV, gonorrhoea and syphilis in the
Netherlands: an urgent need for improvement
Fleur van Aar, Imke Schreuder, Yolanda van Weert, Ralph Spijker, Hannelore Götz, Eline Op de Coul, For the partner notification group BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:114 (14 May 2012)
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The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in
Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dyani Lewis, Danielle C Newton, Rebecca J Guy, Hammad Ali, Marcus Y Chen, Christopher K Fairley, Jane S Hocking BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:113 (14 May 2012)
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Toll-like receptor 9 polymorphisms are associated
with severity variables in a cohort of meningococcal
meningitis survivors
Marieke S Sanders, Gijs TJ van Well, Sander Ouburg, Servaas A Morré, A Marceline van Furth BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:112 (11 May 2012)
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Efficacy of sodium butyrate adjunct therapy in
shigellosis: a randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled
clinical trial
Rubhana Raqib, Protim Sarker, Akhirunnesa Mily, Nur Haque Alam, Abu Saleh Mohammed Arifuzzaman, Rokeya Sultana Rekha, Jan Andersson, Gudmundur H Gudmundsson, Alejandro Cravioto, Birgitta Agerberth BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:111 (10 May 2012)
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Epidemiological characteristics and societal burden
of varicella zoster virus in the Netherlands
Jorien GJ Pierik, Pearl D Gumbs, Sander AC Fortanier, Pauline CE Van Steenwijk, Maarten J Postma BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:110 (10 May 2012)
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Clinical and microbiologic characteristics of tcdA-negative
variant clostridium difficile infections
Jieun Kim, Hyunjoo Pai, Mi-ran Seo, Jung Oak Kang BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:109 (9 May 2012)
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A multicentre randomised controlled trial
evaluating lactobacilli and bifidobacteria in the
prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in
older people admitted to hospital: the PLACIDE
study protocol
Stephen J Allen, Kathie Wareham, Caroline Bradley, Wyn Harris, Anjan Dhar, Helga Brown, Alwyn Foden, Way Yee Cheung, Michael B Gravenor, Sue Plummer, Ceri J Phillips, Dietrich Mack BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:108 (6 May 2012)
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Latent and subclinical tuberculosis in HIV infected patients: a cross-sectional study
Meaghan M Kall, Katherine M Coyne, Nigel J Garrett, Aileen E Boyd, Anthony T Ashcroft, Iain Reeves, Jane Anderson, Graham H Bothamley BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:107 (4 May 2012)
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The status of invasive pneumococcal disease among
children younger than 5 years of age in north-west
Lombardy, Italy
Enrica Riva, Filippo Salvini, Maria Laura Garlaschi, Giovanni Radaelli, Marcello Giovannini BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:106 (3 May 2012)
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Recurrent 6th nerve palsy in a child following
different live attenuated vaccines: case report
Daryl R Cheng, Nigel W Crawford, Michael Hayman, Christopher Buckley, Jim P Buttery BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:105 (30 April 2012)
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Empiric guideline-recommended weight-based
vancomycin dosing and mortality in methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a retrospective cohort
study
Ronald G Hall, Christopher A Giuliano, Krystal K Haase, Kathleen A Hazlewood, Christopher R Frei, Nicolas A Forcade, Sara D Brouse, Todd Bell, Roger J Bedimo, Carlos A Alvarez BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:104 (27 April 2012)
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Point-of-care detection of lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in
urine for diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculosis: a state
of the art review
Stephen D Lawn BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:103 (26 April 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Stephen Lawn reviews recent advances in lipoarabinomannan (LAM) detection in urine for rapid point-of-care diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB), which would enable immediate initiation of TB treatment in patients with the highest mortality risk.
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