Le, Thuy-Hong Kumar, Vikas Gondal, Khubaib Barnes, Martin Siddique, Haseeb Buttar, Barjinder Kaell, Alan
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BackgroundIn patients at high risk of opportunistic infections who present with isolated.neurological symptoms, it is lifesaving to consider Central Nervous System Aspergillosis (CNS-A). Ibrutinib use in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has previously been associated with CNS-A. We provide a case report of a patient that presented with primary CN...
Dubert, Marie Visseaux, Benoit Birgy, André Mordant, Pierre Metivier, Anne-Cécile Dauriat, Gaelle Fidouh, Nadhira Yazdanpanah, Yazdan Grall, Nathalie Castier, Yves
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BackgroundRespiratory infections are a major threat for lung recipients. We aimed to compare with a monocentric study the impact of late viral and bacterial respiratory infections on the graft function.MethodsPatients, who survived 6 months or more following lung transplantation that took place between 2009 and 2014, were classified into three grou...
MacCarthy, Sarah Wagner, Zachary Mendoza-Graf, Alexandra Gutierrez, Carlos Ignacio Samba, Clare Birungi, Josephine Okoboi, Stephen Linnemayr, Sebastian
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BackgroundStudies report serious adherence problems among youth (individuals age 15–24 years of age) in Uganda. Recent growth in mobile phone ownership has highlighted the potential of using text-based interventions to improve antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence among Ugandan youth. We piloted a randomized controlled trial of a text-based inte...
Shine, Sisay Muhamud, Sindew Adanew, Solomon Demelash, Alebachew Abate, Makda
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BackgroundDiarrhea is responsible for 525,000 children under-five deaths and 1.7 billion cases globally and is the second leading cause of death among children under-five every year. It is a major public health problem in low income countries like Ethiopia. The main aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of diarrhea and associated risk fact...
Tan, Jingwen Liu, Xiaoping Gao, Zhiqin Yang, Hong Yang, Lianjuan Wen, Hai
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BackgroundTrichophyton benhamiae is a zoophilic dermatophyte that can cause tinea in humans and animals. Lesions caused by T. benhamiae tend to be highly inflammatory, and patients are often infected by animals or other patients infected with T. benhamiae. In this paper, we report the first case of tinea faciei caused by T. benhamiae in a Chinese g...
Pinto, Mariana Olímpia Köhler Marra de Oliveira, Tiago Mendonça de Assis Aguiar, Andreza Nayla Pinto, Paulo Eustáquio Marra Barbosa, David Soeiro de Araújo Diniz, Soraia Silva, Marcos Xavier
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BackgroundAmerican tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is a widespread anthropozoonosis caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania and is considered a serious public health problem. The aim of this study was to provide a descriptive analysis of confirmed ATL cases and evaluate the spatial distribution of ATL in high-risk transmission areas from the sta...
Van, Le Hong Phu, Phan Trieu Vinh, Dao Nguyen Son, Vo Thanh Hanh, Nguyen Thi Nhat, Le Thanh Hoang Lan, Nguyen Huu Vinh, Truong Van Trang, Nguyen Thi Mai Ha, Dang Thi Minh
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BackgroundMultidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remains a serious public health problem with poor treatment outcomes. Predictors of poor outcomes vary in different regions. Vietnam is among the top 30 high burden of MDR-TB countries. We describe demographic characteristics and identify risk factors for poor outcome among patients with MDR-TB in...
Li, Fengqin Wang, Yonglan Sun, Linlin Wang, Xiaoxia
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BackgroundEven though enterococci can cause serious infections in multiple sites, they are a rare cause of pneumonia. We reported a uremic patient with vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VRE-fm) pneumonia, possibly related to epileptic seizures.Case presentationA 57-year old man with uremia on hemodialysis was admitted to the hospital with complaint ...
Ma, Zhan-Ying Deng, Hua Hua, Li-Dong Lei, Wen Zhang, Chang-Bin Dai, Qi-Qiang Tao, Wei-Jing Zhang, Liang
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BackgroundRespiratory tract infection (RTI) in young children is a leading cause of morbidity and hospitalization worldwide. There are few studies assessing the performance for bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) versus oropharyngeal swab (OPS) specimens in microbiological findings for children with RTI. The primary purpose of this study was to com...
Goldstein, Edward Lipsitch, Marc
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BackgroundAntibiotic use contributes to the rates of sepsis and the associated mortality, particularly through lack of clearance of resistant infections following antibiotic treatment. At the same time, there is limited information on the effects of prescribing of some antibiotics vs. others on subsequent sepsis and sepsis-related mortality.Methods...
