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High yield of culture-based diagnosis in a TB-endemic setting
Anne-Marie Demers, Suzanne Verver, Andrew Boulle, Robin Warren, Paul van Helden, Marcel A Behr, David Coetzee BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:218 (14 September 2012)
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Alterations of leptin in the course of inflammation and severe sepsis
Michael Behnes, Martina Brueckmann, Siegfried Lang, Christian Putensen, Joachim Saur, Martin Borggrefe, Ursula Hoffmann BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:217 (14 September 2012)
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Complicated malaria and other severe febrile illness in a pediatric ward in Libreville, Gabon
Marielle Bouyou-Akotet, Denise Mawili-Mboumba, Eric Kendjo, Ariane Eyang Ekouma, Omar Abdou Raouf, Edouard Engohang Allogho, Maryvonne Kombila BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:216 (13 September 2012)
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Streptococcus gordonii septic arthritis : two cases and review of literature
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Increase in susceptibility to insecticides with aging of wild Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes from Côte d’Ivoire
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Human rotavirus vaccine Rotarix™ provides protection against diverse circulating rotavirus strains in African infants: a randomized controlled trial
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Sudden unexpected death related to enterovirus myocarditis: histopathology, immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology diagnosis at post-mortem
Imed Gaaloul, Samira Riabi, Rafik Harrath, Mark Evans, Nidhal H Salem, Souheil Mlayeh, Sally Huber, Mahjoub Aouni BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:212 (11 September 2012)
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Effect of Ascaris Lumbricoides specific IgE on tuberculin skin test responses in children in a high-burden setting: a cross-sectional community-based study
Nelda van Soelen, Anna M Mandalakas, H Kirchner, Gerhard Walzl, Harleen M S Grewal, Marc Jacobsen, Anneke C Hesseling BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:211 (11 September 2012)
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Detection of human herpesvirus 8 by quantitative polymerase chain reaction: development and standardisation of methods
David J Speicher, Newell W Johnson BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:210 (11 September 2012)
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Surveillance on secular trends of incidence and mortality for device–associated infection in the intensive care unit setting at a tertiary medical center in Taiwan, 2000–2008: A retrospective observational study
Yin-Yin Chen, Liang-Yu Chen, Seng-Yi Lin, Pesus Chou, Shu-Yuan Liao, Fu-Der Wang BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:209 (10 September 2012)
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Associated factors for treatment delay in pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected individuals: a nested case-control study
Isabella Coimbra, Magda Maruza, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão-Albuquerque, Líbia Moura, George Tadeu Diniz, Demócrito de Miranda-Filho, Heloísa Lacerda, Laura Rodrigues, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:208 (7 September 2012)
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Prevention of pneumococcal diseases in the post-seven valent vaccine era: A European perspective
Catherine Weil-Olivier, Mark van der Linden, Iris de Schutter, Ron Dagan, Lorenzo Mantovani BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:207 (7 September 2012)
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Discrepancy between effects of carbapenems and flomoxef in treating nosocomial hemodialysis access-related bacteremia secondary to extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing klebsiella pneumoniae in patients on maintenance hemodialysis
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Emergence of serogroup C meningococcal disease associated with a high mortality rate in Hefei, China
Xi-Hai Xu, Ying Ye, Li-Fen Hu, Yu-Hui Jin, Qin-Qin Jiang, Jia-Bin Li BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:205 (4 September 2012)
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Bacterial brain abscess in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma following radiotherapy: microbiology, clinical features and therapeutic outcomes
Peng-Hsiang Fang, Wei-Che Lin, Nai-Wen Tsai, Wen-Neng Chang, Chi-Ren Huang, Hsueh-Wen Chang, Tai-Lin Huang, Hsin-Ching Lin, Yu-Jun Lin, Ben-Chung Cheng, Ben Su, Chia-Te Kung, Hung-Chen Wang, Cheng-Hsien Lu BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:204 (3 September 2012)
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Appraising the performance of genotyping tools in the prediction of coreceptor tropism in HIV-1 subtype C viruses
Saleema Crous, Ram Shrestha, Simon A Travers BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:203 (2 September 2012)
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Epidemiology of serogroup B invasive meningococcal disease in Ontario, Canada, 2000 to 2010
Vica Dang, Frances B Jamieson, Sarah Wilson, Prasad Rawte, Natasha S Crowcroft, Karen Johnson, Raymond S W Tsang, Shelley L Deeks BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:202 (29 August 2012)
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Actinobaculum schaalii an emerging pediatric pathogen?
Petra Zimmermann, Livia Berlinger, Benjamin Liniger, Sebastian Grunt, Philipp Agyeman, Nicole Ritz BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:201 (28 August 2012)
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Emergence of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii complex over 10 years: Nationwide data from the Taiwan Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (TSAR) program
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Influence of HTLV-1 on the clinical, microbiologic and immunologic presentation of tuberculosis
Maria Bastos, Silvane B Santos, Anselmo Souza, Brooke Finkmoore, Ohana Bispo, Tasso Barreto, Ingrid Cardoso, Iana Bispo, Flávia Bastos, Daniele Pereira, Lee Riley, Edgar M Carvalho BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:199 (28 August 2012)
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Chagasic patients are able to respond against a viral antigen from influenza virus
Paola Lasso, Diana Mesa, Natalia Bolaños, Adriana Cuéllar, Fanny Guzmán, Zulma Cucunuba, Fernando Rosas, Víctor Velasco, Maria C Thomas, Manuel López, John González, Concepción Puerta BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:198 (24 August 2012)
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Predictors of treatment failure and time to detection and switching in HIV-infected Ethiopian children receiving first line anti-retroviral therapy
Tigist Bacha, Birkneh Tilahun, Alemayehu Worku BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:197 (24 August 2012)
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Cross-sectional assessment of prevalence and correlates of blood-borne and sexually-transmitted infections among Afghan National Army recruits
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Value of the tuberculin skin testing and of an interferon-gamma release assay in haemodialysis patients after exposure to M. tuberculosis
Luis Anibarro, Matilde Trigo, Diana Feijoó, Mónica Ríos, Luisa Palomares, Alberto Pena, Marta Núñez, Carlos Villaverde, África González-Fernández BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:195 (20 August 2012)
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Detection of IS6110 and HupB gene sequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and bovis in the aortic tissue of patients with Takayasu’s arteritis
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Campylobacter antimicrobial resistance in Peru: a ten-year observational study
Simon Pollett, Claudio Rocha, Rito Zerpa, Lilian Patiño, Augusto Valencia, Máximo Camiña, José Guevara, Martha Lopez, Nancy Chuquiray, Eduardo Salazar-Lindo, Carlos Calampa, Martín Casapia, Rina Meza, Maruja Bernal, Drake Tilley, Michael Gregory, Ryan Maves, Eric Hall, Franca Jones, C Arriola, Marieke Rosenbaum, Juan Perez, Matthew Kasper BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:193 (16 August 2012)
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Dairy calcium intake and lifestyle risk factors for bone loss in hiv-infected and uninfected mediterranean subjects
Valentina Vecchi, Maurizio Soresi, Lydia Giannitrapani, Giovanni Mazzola, Sara La Sala, Fabio Tramuto, Giuseppe Caruso, Claudia Colomba, Pasquale Mansueto, Simona Madonia, Giuseppe Montalto, Paola Di Carlo BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:192 (15 August 2012)
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Polymorphism-specific PCR enhances the diagnostic performance of American tegumentary leishmaniasis and allows the rapid identification of Leishmania species from Argentina
Jorge D Marco, Paola A Barroso, Tatsuyuki Mimori, Fabricio M Locatelli, Ayako Tomatani, María C Mora, S Cajal, Julio R Nasser, Luis A Parada, Taketoshi Taniguchi, Masataka Korenaga, Miguel A Basombrío, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:191 (15 August 2012)
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HIV testing, HIV status and outcomes of treatment for tuberculosis in a major diagnosis and treatment centre in Yaounde, Cameroon: a retrospective cohort study
Eric Pefura Yone, Christopher Kuaban, André Kengne BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:190 (15 August 2012)
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The development of a GeXP-based multiplex reverse transcription-PCR assay for simultaneous detection of sixteen human respiratory virus types/subtypes
Jin Li, Nai-Ying Mao, Chen Zhang, Meng-Jie Yang, Miao Wang, Wen-Bo Xu, Xue-Jun Ma BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:189 (14 August 2012)
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Detection of hydrogen peroxide-producing Lactobacillus species in the vagina: a comparison of culture and quantitative PCR among HIV-1 seropositive women
Jennifer E Balkus, Caroline Mitchell, Kathy Agnew, Congzhou Liu, Tina Fiedler, Susan E Cohn, Amneris Luque, Robert Coombs, David N Fredricks, Jane Hitti BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:188 (13 August 2012)
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Timing of progression from Chlamydia trachomatis infection to pelvic inflammatory disease: a mathematical modelling study
Sereina A Herzog, Christian L Althaus, Janneke CM Heijne, Pippa Oakeshott, Sally Kerry, Phillip Hay, Nicola Low BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:187 (11 August 2012)
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Doxycycline-mediated effects on persistent symptoms and systemic cytokine responses post-neuroborreliosis: a randomized, prospective, cross-over study
Johanna Sjöwall, Anna Ledel, Jan Ernerudh, Christina Ekerfelt, Pia Forsberg BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:186 (10 August 2012)
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Analyzing the spatial and temporal distribution of human brucellosis in Azerbaijan (1995 - 2009) using spatial and spatio-temporal statistics
Rakif Abdullayev, Ian Kracalik, Rita Ismayilova, Narmin Ustun, Ayden Talibzade, Jason K Blackburn BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:185 (8 August 2012)
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Utility of Procalcitonin (PCT) and Mid regional pro-Adrenomedullin (MR-proADM) in risk stratification of critically ill febrile patients in Emergency Department (ED). A comparison with APACHE II score
Francesco Travaglino, Benedetta De Berardinis, Laura Magrini, Cristina Bongiovanni, Marcello Candelli, Nicolò Silveri, Jacopo Legramante, Alberto Galante, Gerardo Salerno, Patrizia Cardelli, Salvatore Di Somma BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:184 (8 August 2012)
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Field comparison of OraQuick® ADVANCE Rapid HIV-1/2 antibody test and two blood-based rapid HIV antibody tests in Zambia
Dalila Zachary, Lawrence Mwenge, Monde Muyoyeta, Kwame Shanaube, Albertus Schaap, Virginia Bond, Barry Kosloff, Petra de Haas, Helen Ayles BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:183 (8 August 2012)
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Airport sentinel surveillance and entry quarantine for dengue infections following a fever screening program in Taiwan
Mei-Mei Kuan, Feng-Yee Chang BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:182 (6 August 2012)
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Does the adoption of EUCAST susceptibility breakpoints affect the selection of antimicrobials to treat acute community-acquired respiratory tract infections?
Anna Marchese, Susanna Esposito, Ramona Barbieri, Matteo Bassetti, Eugenio Debbia BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:181 (6 August 2012)
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Lipodystrophy defined by Fat Mass Ratio in HIV-infected patients is associated with a high prevalence of glucose disturbances and insulin resistance
Paula Freitas, Davide Carvalho, Ana Santos, Joana Mesquita, Maria Matos, Antonio Madureira, Esteban Martinez, António Sarmento, José Medina BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:180 (6 August 2012)
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Efficacy and safety of a dual boosted protease inhibitor-based regimen, atazanavir and fosamprenavir/ritonavir, against HIV: experience in a pediatric population
Stefano Rusconi, Vania Giacomet, Chiara Mameli, Alessandra Viganò, Ottavia Viganò, Fulvio Adorni, Massimo Galli, Gian Zuccotti BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:179 (6 August 2012)
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Hepatitis C prevalence in Denmark -an estimate based on multiple national registers
Peer Christensen, Gordon Hay, Peter Jepsen, Lars Omland, Søren Just, Henrik Krarup, Nina Weis, Niels Obel, Susan Cowan BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:178 (6 August 2012)
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Short hairpin RNA targeting 2B gene of coxsackievirus B3 exhibits potential antiviral effects both in vitro and in vivo
Hailan Yao, Yangde Zhang, Feng He, Caihong Wang, Zonghui Xiao, Jizhen Zou, Fang Wang, Zhewei Liu BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:177 (6 August 2012)
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Detection of P. aeruginosa harboring bla
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Milena Polotto, Tiago Casella, Maria de Lucca Oliveira, Fernando G Rúbio, Mauricio L Nogueira, Margarete TG de Almeida, Mara CL Nogueira BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:176 (3 August 2012)
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Modeling the impact of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine serotype catch-up program using United States claims data
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Use of UV-C radiation to disinfect non-critical patient care items: a laboratory assessment of the Nanoclave Cabinet
Ginny Moore, Shanom Ali, Elaine A Cloutman-Green, Christina R Bradley, Martyn AC Wilkinson, John C Hartley, Adam P Fraise, A Peter R Wilson BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:174 (3 August 2012)
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Probable late lyme disease: a variant manifestation of untreated Borrelia burgdorferi infection
John N Aucott, Ari Seifter, Alison W Rebman BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:173 (1 August 2012)
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Impact of sputum gross appearance and volume on smear positivity of pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study
Soon Yoon, Nyoung Lee, Jae Yim BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:172 (1 August 2012)
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Infection rate of Eperythrozoon spp. in Chinese population: a systematic review and meta-analysis since the first Chinese case reported in 1991
De-Sheng Huang, Peng Guan, Wei Wu, Tie-Feng Shen, He-Ling Liu, Shuang Cao, Hao Zhou BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:171 (31 July 2012)
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Perceptions of healthcare professionals regarding the main challenges and barriers to effective hospital infection control in Mongolia: a qualitative study
Bat-Erdene Ider, Jon Adams, Anthony Morton, Michael Whitby, Archie Clements BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:170 (31 July 2012)
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Contribution of Interferon gamma release assays testing to the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected patients: A comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube, T-SPOT.TB and tuberculin skin test
José M Ramos, Catalina Robledano, Mar Masiá, Sofia Belda, Sergio Padilla, Juan C Rodríguez, Félix Gutierrez BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:169 (31 July 2012)
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