Bazié, Wilfried Wenceslas Somé, Diane Yirgnur Traoré, Isidore Tiandiogo Sanon, Anselme Konaté, Issouf Tassembedo, Souleymane Taofiki, Ajani Ousmane Kania, Dramane Ouédraogo, Abdoulaye Vuylsteke, Bea
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BackgroundIn people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) leads to sustained effective suppression of viral replication and increasing CD4 + T cell count. However, a fraction of ART-treated patients still fail to reach adequate CD4 + T cell number despite a suppressed viral load (VL), and this phenomenon is define...
Can, Hüseyin Aksoy Gökmen, Ayşegül Döşkaya, Mert Erkunt Alak, Sedef Değirmenci Döşkaya, Aysu Karakavuk, Muhammet Köseoğlu, Ahmet Efe Karakavuk, Tuğba Gül, Ceren Güvendi, Mervenur
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BackgroundDiscovery of new Toxoplasma gondii serotyping epitopes is important due to reports showing the influence of genotype on the severity of toxoplasmosis. In Turkey, genotypes belonging to type II, type III and Africa 1 lineages were mainly detected. The present study focused on to find out epitopes with high discriminative capacity to seroty...
Petitgas, Paul Lesouhaitier, Mathieu Boukthir, Sarrah Cattoir, Vincent Tattevin, Pierre Bénézit, François
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Background Checkpoints inhibitors (CPIs) are increasingly used for the treatment of several malignancies. The most common side effects are Immune Related Adverse Events, while infectious complications are rare, especially cerebral nocardiosis. Case presentation Here, we report the first clinical case of a cerebral nocardiosis revealed after seizure...
Du, Min Yan, Wenxin Jing, Wenzhan Qin, Chenyuan Liu, Qiao Liu, Min Liu, Jue
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Background World Health Organization announced its goal of ending sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemics by 2030. To provide a reference for tailored prevention strategies, we analyzed trends and differences in STIs by geographical regions and age groups from 1990 to 2019. Methods Annual number of new infections and age-standardized inciden...
Karbalaei, Mohsen Talebi Bezmin Abadi, Amin Keikha, Masoud
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Background The role of Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) virulence factors of such as vacA s1m1 and cagA in designating clinical outcomes and eradication rate has been deeply challenged in the last decade. The goal of this analysis was to identify the potential relevance between cagA and vacA genotypes with reported antibiotic resistance observed i...
Maeda, Yuichi Motooka, Daisuke Kawasaki, Takahiro Oki, Hiroya Noda, Yoshimi Adachi, Yuichi Niitsu, Takayuki Okamoto, Shota Tanaka, Kentaro Fukushima, Kiyoharu
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Background The impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the gut fungal (mycobiota) and bacterial (microbiota) communities has been elucidated individually. This study analyzed both gut mycobiota and microbiota and their correlation in the COVID-19 patients with severe and mild conditions and follow-up to monitor their alterations after recovery. Methods W...
Jia, Yue Zhang, Jingjing Mo, Lingfei Ju, Bomiao Hu, Nan Wang, Yanhua Wang, Pei Zheng, Jie He, Lan Wang, Jing
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Background The rates of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are controversial when considering the reported outcomes. It was speculated that HBV infection status was altered after RA, and variations inn HBV infection rates became apparent. Methods To compare the positive proportions of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeA...
Tocut, Milena Zohar, Iris Schwartz, Orna Yossepowitch, Orit Maor, Yasmin
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Background The aim of this study was to compare short- and long-term mortality among patients with urosepsis caused by Escherichia coli susceptibile (EC-SC) and resistant (EC-RC) to 3rd generation cephalosporins. Methods A retrospective cohort study that included all patients with E. coli urosepsis admitted to a 700-bed hospital from January 2014 u...
Atalell, Kendalem Asmare Alemayehu, Mulat Asrade Teshager, Nahom Worku Belay, Getaneh Mulualem Alemu, Tewodros Getaneh Anlay, Degefaye Zelalem Wondim, Amare Alene, Kefyalew Addis
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Introduction The Bacille-Calmette–Guerin (BCG) vaccination remains the primary strategy to prevent severe disseminated TB in young children, particularly in high TB-burden countries such as Ethiopia. Accurate knowledge of vaccination coverage in small geographical areas is critically important to developing targeted immunization campaigns. Thus, th...
Li, Hao Ge, Miao Zhang, Mingxin
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Background Although the World Health Organization reports that the incidence of tuberculosis in China is decreasing every year, the burden of tuberculosis in China is still very heavy. Understanding the spatial and temporal distribution pattern of tuberculosis in China and its influencing environmental factors will provide effective reference for t...
