Case report  

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome from Penicillium marneffei in an HIV-infected child: a case report and review of literature

Tavitiya Sudjaritruk, Thira Sirisanthana, Virat Sirisanthana BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:28 (31 January 2012)

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Infection control management of patients with suspected highly infectious diseases in emergency departments: data from a survey in 41 facilities in 14 European countries

Francesco M Fusco, Stefan Schilling, Giuseppina De Iaco, Hans-Reinhard Brodt, Philippe Brouqui, Helena C Maltezou, Barbara Bannister, René Gottschalk, Gail Thomson, Vincenzo Puro, Giuseppe Ippolito, EuroNHID Working Group BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:27 (28 January 2012)

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The role of facemasks and hand hygiene in the prevention of influenza transmission in households: results from a cluster randomised trial; Berlin, Germany, 2009-2011

Thorsten Suess, Cornelius Remschmidt, Susanne B Schink, Brunhilde Schweiger, Andreas Nitsche, Kati Schroeder, Joerg Doellinger, Jeanette Milde, Walter Haas, Irina Koehler, Gérard Krause, Udo Buchholz BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:26 (26 January 2012)

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Prediction of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2+ (CIN2+) using HPV DNA testing after a diagnosis of atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance (ASC-US) in Catalonia, Spain

Raquel Ibáñez, Judit Moreno-Crespi, Montserrat Sardà, Josefina Autonell, Montserrat Fibla, Cristina Gutiérrez, Belen Lloveras, María Alejo, Isabel Català, Francesc Alameda, Miquel Casas, F Xavier Bosch, Silvia de Sanjosé BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:25 (26 January 2012)

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Deficiency of immunity to poliovirus type 3: a lurking danger?

Claudia Reinheimer, Imke Friedrichs, Holger F Rabenau, Hans W Doerr BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:24 (26 January 2012)

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TNF-α promoter polymorphism: a factor contributing to the different immunological and clinical phenotypes in Japanese encephalitis

Sujit Pujhari, Radha Ratho, Sudesh Prabhakar, Baijayantimala Mishra, Manish Modi BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:23 (26 January 2012)

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Physician experience and rates of plasma HIV-1 RNA suppression among illicit drug users: an observational study

Sassan Sangsari, M-J Milloy, Amir Ibrahim, Thomas Kerr, Ruth Zhang, Julio Montaner, Evan Wood BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:22 (25 January 2012)

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Treatment outcomes in HIV-infected adolescents attending a community-based antiretroviral therapy clinic in South Africa

Mweete D Nglazi, Katharina Kranzer, Pearl Holele, Richard Kaplan, Daniella Mark, Heather Jaspan, Stephen D Lawn, Robin Wood, Linda-Gail Bekker BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:21 (25 January 2012)

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Establishment of a leptospirosis model in guinea pigs using an epicutaneous inoculations route

Yan Zhang, Xiao-Li Lou, Hong-Liang Yang, Xiao-Kui Guo, Xiang-Yan Zhang, Ping He, Xu-Cheng Jiang BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:20 (25 January 2012)

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Emergence of new leptospiral serovars in American Samoa - ascertainment or ecological change?

Colleen L Lau, Chris Skelly, Lee D Smythe, Scott B Craig, Philip Weinstein BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:19 (25 January 2012)

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Renal function in HIV-infected children and adolescents treated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and protease inhibitors

Giuseppe Pontrelli, Nicola Cotugno, Donato Amodio, Paola Zangari, Hyppolite K Tchidjou, Stefania Baldassari, Paolo Palma, Stefania Bernardi BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:18 (23 January 2012)

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Case report  

Granulomatous hepatitis due to Bartonella henselae infection in an immunocompetent patient

Thomas R VanderHeyden, Sherri L Yong, Edward B Breitschwerdt, Ricardo G Maggi, Amanda R Mihalik, Jorge P Parada, Claus J Fimmel BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:17 (23 January 2012)

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Mass drug administration significantly reduces infection of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm in school children in the national control program in Sierra Leone

Mary H Hodges, Nsa Dada, Anna Warmsley, Jusufu Paye, Momodu M Bangura, Emanuel Nyorkor, Mustapha Sonnie, Yaobi Zhang BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:16 (22 January 2012)

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Soluble RAGE as a severity marker in community acquired pneumonia associated sepsis

Rodrigo M Narvaez-Rivera, Adrian Rendon, Mario C Salinas-Carmona, Adrian G Rosas-Taraco BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:15 (20 January 2012)

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HIV patients treated with low-dose prednisolone exhibit lower immune activation than untreated patients

Christa Kasang, Albrecht Ulmer, Norbert Donhauser, Barbara Schmidt, August Stich, Hartwig Klinker, Samuel Kalluvya, Eleni Koutsilieri, Axel Rethwilm, Carsten Scheller BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:14 (20 January 2012)

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Effects of adenosine A_2A receptor activation and alanyl-glutamine in Clostridium difficile toxin-induced ileitis in rabbits and cecitis in mice

Cirle Warren, Gina M Calabrese, Yuesheng Li, Sean W Pawlowski, Robert A Figler, Jayson Rieger, Peter B Ernst, Joel Linden, Richard L Guerrant BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:13 (20 January 2012)

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Differing clinical characteristics between influenza strains among young healthy adults in the tropics

Jonathan Yap, Chi Tan, Alex R Cook, Jin Loh, Paul A Tambyah, Boon Tan, Vernon J Lee BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:12 (20 January 2012)

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Hepatitis a among men who have sex with men in Barcelona, 1989-2010: insufficient control and need for new approaches

Cecilia Tortajada, Patricia G de Olalla, Elia Diez, Rosa M Pinto, Albert Bosch, Unai Perez, Milagros Sanz, Joan A Caylà, Saunas Working Group BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:11 (20 January 2012)

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Potential of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection phase-dependent antigens in the diagnosis of TB disease in a high burden setting

Novel N Chegou, Gillian F Black, Andre G Loxton, Kim Stanley, Paulin N Essone, Michel R Klein, Shreemanta K Parida, Stefan HE Kaufmann, T Mark Doherty, Annemieke H Friggen, Kees L Franken, Tom H Ottenhoff, Gerhard Walzl BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:10 (20 January 2012)

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Drug resistance mutations and heteroresistance detected using the GenoType MTBDRplus assay and their implication for treatment outcomes in patients from Mumbai, India

Monica Tolani, Desiree D'souza, Nerges Mistry BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:9 (20 January 2012)

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A quick and cost effective method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

Dziedzom K de Souza, Charles Quaye, Lydia Mosi, Phyllis Addo, Daniel A Boakye BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:8 (18 January 2012)

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Epidemiology of respiratory viral infections in two long-term refugee camps in Kenya, 2007-2010

Jamal A Ahmed, Mark A Katz, Eric Auko, M Kariuki Njenga, Michelle Weinberg, Bryan K Kapella, Heather Burke, Raymond Nyoka, Anthony Gichangi, Lilian W Waiboci, Abdirahman Mahamud, Mohamed Qassim, Babu Swai, Burton Wagacha, David Mutonga, Margaret Nguhi, Robert F Breiman, Rachel B Eidex BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:7 (17 January 2012)

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Placental malaria is associated with attenuated CD4 T-cell responses to tuberculin PPD 12 months after BCG vaccination

Brigitte Walther, David JC Miles, Pauline Waight, Melba S Palmero, Olubukola Ojuola, Ebrima S Touray, Hilton Whittle, Marianne van der Sande, Sarah Crozier, Katie L Flanagan BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:6 (14 January 2012)

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R-848 triggers the expression of TLR7/8 and suppresses HIV replication in monocytes

Hua Nian, Wen-Qing Geng, Hua-Lu Cui, Ming-jia Bao, Zi-ning Zhang, Min Zhang, Ying Pan, Qing-Hai Hu, Hong Shang BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:5 (14 January 2012)

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Predictors of the development of myocarditis or acute renal failure in patients with leptospirosis: An observational study

Dinesh LB Dassanayake, Harith Wimalaratna, Damith Nandadewa, Asanka Nugaliyadda, Champa N Ratnatunga, Suneth B Agampodi BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:4 (13 January 2012)

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Klebsiella pneumoniae related community-acquired acute lower respiratory infections in Cambodia: Clinical characteristics and treatment

Blandine Rammaert, Sophie Goyet, Julien Beauté, Sopheak Hem, Vantha Te, Patrich Try, Charles Mayaud, Laurence Borand, Philippe Buchy, Bertrand Guillard, Sirenda Vong BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:3 (10 January 2012)

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Definition and characterization of localised meningitis epidemics in Burkina Faso: a longitudinal retrospective study

Haoua Tall, Stéphane Hugonnet, Philippe Donnen, Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet, Ludovic Kambou, Frank Drabo, Judith E Mueller BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:2 (5 January 2012)

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High content live cell imaging for the discovery of new antimalarial marine natural products

Serena Cervantes, Paige E Stout, Jacques Prudhomme, Sebastian Engel, Matthew Bruton, Michael Cervantes, David Carter, Young Tae-Chang, Mark E Hay, William Aalbersberg, Julia Kubanek, Karine G Le Roch BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:1 (3 January 2012)

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