Miller, Ruth R. Walker, A. Sarah Godwin, Heather Fung, Rowena Votintseva, Antonina Bowden, Rory Mant, David Peto, Timothy E.A. Crook, Derrick W. Knox, Kyle
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Journal of Infection
BackgroundStaphylococcus aureus nasal carriage increases infection risk. However, few studies have investigated S. aureus acquisition/loss over >1 year, and fewer still used molecular typing. Methods1123 adults attending five Oxfordshire general practices had nasal swabs taken. 571 were re-swabbed after one month then every two months for median tw...
Liu, Zhen Zhou, Guoyong Deng, Xiangdong Yu, Qi Hu, Yongliang Sun, Huijie Wang, Zhongyuan Chen, Hongbing Jia, Chiyu Wang, Di
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Journal of Infection
ObjectivesThe regulatory mechanism of microRNA (miRNA) within macrophage innative response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is not clear yet. MethodsThe expression profile of cellular miRNAs during Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection was analyzed by using microarray. The expression of miR-146a was evaluated in alveolar macrophages (AMs) of bro...
Watanabe, Tokiko Kiso, Maki Fukuyama, Satoshi Nakajima, Noriko Imai, Masaki Yamada, Shinya Murakami, Shin Yamayoshi, Seiya Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Kiyoko Sakoda, Yoshihiro
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Nature
Avian influenza A viruses rarely infect humans; however, when human infection and subsequent human-to-human transmission occurs, worldwide outbreaks (pandemics) can result. The recent sporadic infections of humans in China with a previously unrecognized avian influenza A virus of the H7N9 subtype (A(H7N9)) have caused concern owing to the appreciab...
Broor, Shobha Dawood, Fatimah S. Pandey, Bharti G. Saha, Siddhartha Gupta, Vivek Krishnan, Anand Rai, Sanjay Singh, Pratibha Erdman, Dean Lal, Renu B.
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Journal of Infection
ObjectivesThough respiratory viruses are thought to cause substantial morbidity globally in children aged
Cebrián Parra, Juan Luis Saez-Arenillas Martín, Alvaro Urda Martínez-Aedo, Antonio L. Soler Ivañez, Isabel Agreda, Emilio Lopez-Duran Stern, Luis
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International Orthopaedics
PurposeThe optimal management of pyogenic discitis is not agreed on. We conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study in which all patients with discitis who attended Hospital San Carlos Madrid from January 1999 to January 2009 were included.MethodsWe identified 108 consecutive adult patients with infectious discitis. There were 4...
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Journal of Infection
Mead, Peter A. Safdieh, Joseph E. Nizza, Philip Tuma, Sejean Sepkowitz, Kent A.
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Journal of Infection
ObjectivesOmmaya reservoirs (OmR) are used in the treatment of cancer yet risk factors and outcome of infection are not well characterized. We therefore examined our experience with this device. MethodsUsing administrative databases, we identified all patients with OmR in situ between 1993 and 2008 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Charts ...
Hsu, Denise C. Kerr, Stephen J. Thongpaeng, Parawee Iampornsin, Thatri Pett, Sarah L. Zaunders, John J. Avihingsanon, Anchalee Ubolyam, Sasiwimol Ananworanich, Jintanat Kelleher, Anthony D.
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Journal of Infection
ObjectivesDespite antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-infected persons have increased risk of active tuberculosis (TB). PPD and combined ESAT-6 and CFP-10-specific-CD4 (EC-Sp-CD4) responses were examined over 96 weeks. MethodsHIV-infected, ART-naive Thai adults with CD4 T cell count ≤350 cells/μL starting ART were assessed at baseline, wk4, 8, 12, 24...
Álvaro-Meca, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gijón, Lorena Díaz, Asunción Gil, Ángel Resino, Salvador
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Journal of Infection
ObjectiveTo estimate incidence and mortality of TB disease in Spain, as well as TB recurrence and its mortality, and to analyse its trend from 1997 to 2010 in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients (HIV(+) group), compared to HIV-uninfected subjects (HIV(−) group). MethodsWe performed a retrospective study using data from Minimum Basi...
Borraccino, Alberto Migliore, Enrica Piccioni, Pavilio Baussano, Iacopo Carosso, Aurelia Bugiani, Massimiliano
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Journal of Infection
BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) contact tracing is a valid public health measure to control the spread of TB infection in low-burden settings. The aim of this study was to assess the yield of the Piedmont TB contact investigation program and to evaluate the role of its main determinants. MethodsThe Piedmont TB notification systems were used to identify...
