Mazamay, Serge Guégan, Jean-François Diallo, Neby Bompangue, Didier Bokabo, Eric Muyembe, Jean-Jacques Taty, Nadège Vita, Tonton Paul Broutin, Hélène
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Background Bacterial meningitis occurs worldwide but Africa remains the most affected continent, especially in the "Meningitis belt" that extends from Senegal to Ethiopia. Three main bacteria are responsible for causing bacterial meningitis, i.e., N. meningitidis (Nm), S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae type b. Among Nm, serogroup A used to be respons...
de Laval, Franck Grosset-Janin, Anaïs Delon, François Allonneau, Alexandre Tong, Christelle Letois, Flavie Couderc, Anne Sanchez, Marc-Antoine Destanque, César Biot, Fabrice
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BackgroundThis study presents the methods and results of the investigation into a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a professional community. Due to the limited testing capacity available in France at the time, we elaborated a testing strategy according to pre-test probability.MethodsThe investigation design combined active case finding and contact tracing ar...
Zhao, Shi Lou, Jingzhi Cao, Lirong Zheng, Hong Chong, Marc K. C. Chen, Zigui Chan, Renee W. Y. Zee, Benny C. Y. Chan, Paul K. S. Wang, Maggie H.
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Background The COVID-19 pandemic poses serious threats to global health, and the emerging mutation in SARS-CoV-2 genomes, e.g., the D614G substitution, is one of the major challenges of disease control. Characterizing the role of the mutation activities is of importance to understand how the evolution of pathogen shapes the epidemiological outcomes...
Kraef, Christian Bentzon, Adrian Panteleev, Alexander Skrahina, Alena Bolokadze, Natalie Tetradov, Simona Podlasin, Regina Karpov, Igor Borodulina, Elena Denisova, Elena
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Background Early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is important to reduce transmission, morbidity and mortality in people living with HIV (PLWH). Methods PLWH with a diagnosis of TB were enrolled from HIV and TB clinics in Eastern Europe and followed until 24 months. Delayed diagnosis was defined as duration of TB symptoms (cough, weight-loss or fever...
Rivoarilala, Lalainasoa Odile Victor, Jeannoda Crucitti, Tania Collard, Jean Marc
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Background Timely and accurate identification of uropathogens and determination of their antimicrobial susceptibility is paramount to the management of urinary tract infections (UTIs). The main objective of this study was to develop an assay using LAMP (Loop mediated isothermal amplification) technology for simple, rapid and sensitive detection of ...
Vlachaki, Ioanna Vacchelli, Matteo Zinzi, Daniela Falla, Edel Jiang, Yilin Mantopoulos, Theo Nathwani, Dilip
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Background Delafloxacin is a novel fluoroquinolone with broad antibacterial activity against pathogens causing acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI). This network meta-analysis (NMA) was conducted to evaluate the relative efficacy of delafloxacin versus other comparators used for managing patients with ABSSSI. Methods A system...
Shah, Anita A. Bodewes, Rogier Reijnen, Linda Boelsums, Timo Weller, Claudia M. Fanoy, Ewout B. Veldhuijzen, Irene K.
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Background From October 2019–March 2020, several clusters of mumps cases were identified in the Netherlands. Our objective was to describe cluster-associated mumps virus transmission using epidemiological and molecular information in order to help future mumps outbreak investigation and control efforts. Methods An epidemiological cluster includes ≥...
Xia, G. L. Jiang, R. L.
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Objective To investigate how to use polymyxin B rationally in order to produce the best efficacy and safety in patients with carbapenem-resistant gram-negative organisms (CRO) infection. Methods The clinical characteristics and microbiological results of 181 patients caused by CRO infection treated with polymyxin B in the First Affiliated Hospital ...
Zhang, Yao Zhang, Mengyuan Kang, Dianju Sun, Wei Yang, Changhong Wei, Rongjie
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Background Bacillary dysentery (BD) is a common infectious disease in China and causes enormous economic burdens. The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of BD and to identify its possible hot spots and potentially high-risk areas in Sichuan province of China. Methods In this study, we collected monthly BD inci...
Abdullahi, Suleiman Bello Ibrahim, Olayinka Rasheed Okeji, Abdulkadir Baba Yandoma, Rabilu Iliyasu Bashir, Ibrahim Haladu, Suleiman Idris, Suleiman Ahmad Oseni, T. I. A. Suleiman, Bello Muhammad Yahaya, Mohammed
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Background Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) remains one of the world’s significant public health challenges. Viral suppression is the key indicator for treatment success in People living with HIV (PLHIV). We determined the level of viral suppression, and its associated factors among PLHIV attending Federal Medical Centre Katsina (FMC Katsina), N...
