Infectious Disease News & Articles

1 Optical coherence tomography for biofilm detection in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, May 22, 2012    Clinical Article

2 Protective Antibody Responses to Influenza A/H1N1/09 Vaccination in Children With Celiac Disease Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, May 22, 2012

3 Summary of Ceftaroline Activity against Pathogens in the United States, 2010: Report from the Assessing Worldwide Antimicrobial Resistance Evaluation (AWARE) Surveillance Program Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 22, 2012    Clinical Article

4 Cigarette smoke and platelet-activating factor receptor dependent adhesion of Streptococcus pneumoniae to lower airway cells Thorax, May 22, 2012

5 Changes of Treg and Th17 cells balance in the development of acute and chronic hepatitis B virus infection Full Text BMC Gastroenterology, May 22, 2012    Clinical Article

6 Severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by adenovirus type 11 in immunocompetent adults in Beijing Journal of Clinical Virology, May 22, 2012

7 Genotype impact on long-term virological outcome of chronic hepatitis B virus infection Journal of Clinical Virology, May 22, 2012

8 Smoking cessation and the risk of hospitalization for pneumonia Respiratory Medicine, May 22, 2012

9 Comparison of eight commercial enzyme immunoassays for the detection of Clostridium difficile from stool samples and effect of strain type Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, May 22, 2012

10 Consensus in diagnostic definitions for bone or joint infections in children by a Delphi method with European French-speaking experts Acta Pediatrica, May 22, 2012

11 The Economic Burden of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) Clinical Microbiology and Infection, May 22, 2012

12 Urine flow cytometry as a primary screening method to exclude urinary tract infections World Journal of Urology, May 22, 2012    Clinical Article

13 A Nucleoside- and Ritonavir-Sparing Regimen Containing Atazanavir Plus Raltegravir in Antiretroviral Treatment-Naïve HIV-Infected Patients: SPARTAN Study Results HIV Clinical Trials, May 22, 2012    Clinical Article

14 Subcutaneous Allergen-specific Immunotherapy Versus Topical Treatment in Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis Cornea, May 22, 2012    Clinical Article

15 Serial interferon-gamma release assays after chemoprophylaxis in a tuberculosis outbreak cohort Infection, May 22, 2012

16 The changing epidemiology of healthcare-associated candidemia over three decades Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, May 22, 2012

17 Association of Malaysian Helicobacter pylori Virulence Polymorphisms with Severity of Gastritis and Patients Ethnicity Helicobacter, May 22, 2012    Clinical Article

18 Human bocavirus types 1, 2 and 3 in acute gastroenteritis of childhood Acta Pediatrica, May 22, 2012

19 Resistance to voriconazole due to a G448S substitution in Aspergillus fumigatus in a patient with cerebral aspergillosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 22, 2012    Clinical Article

20 Risk for Immune-Mediated Graft Dysfunction in Liver Transplant Recipients With Recurrent HCV Infection Treated With Pegylated Interferon Gastroenterology, May 22, 2012

1 Doxycycline vs. macrolides in combination therapy for treatment of community-acquired pneumonia Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 17, 2012

2 Randomised clinical trial: the benefit of combination therapy with adefovir and lamivudine for chronic hepatitis B Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 4, 2012

3 Fidaxomicin versus vancomycin for infection with Clostridium difficile in Europe, Canada, and the USA: a double-blind, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial The Lancet Infectious Diseases, March 27, 2012

4 Macrolides vs. quinolones for community-acquired pneumonia: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 18, 2012

5 Timing of antibiotic administration and outcomes of hospitalized patients with community-acquired and healthcare-associated pneumonia Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 25, 2012

6 Statin use and the risk of Clostridium difficile in academic medical centres Gut, April 11, 2012

7 The etiology of severe acute gastroenteritis among adults visiting emergency departments in the United States The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2, 2012

8 Impact of guideline-concordant antibiotics and macrolide/β-lactam combinations in 3203 patients hospitalized with pneumonia: prospective cohort study Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 19, 2012

9 Use of interferon-gamma release assays in a health care worker screening program: Experience From a tertiary care centre in the United States Canadian Respiratory Journal, April 24, 2012

10 Macrolides vs. quinolones for community-acquired pneumonia: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Clinical Microbiology and Infection, March 26, 2012    Evidence Based Medicine

11 Antibiotic treatment of children with community-acquired pneumonia: Comparison of penicillin or ampicillin versus cefuroxime Pediatric Pulmonology, April 9, 2012

12 Adjunct immunotherapies for tuberculosis The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 3, 2012

13 A multicentre, open-label, randomised comparative study of tigecycline versus ceftriaxone sodium plus metronidazole for the treatment of hospitalised subjects with complicated intra-abdominal infections Clinical Microbiology and Infection, April 17, 2012

14 The MONET trial: week 144 analysis of the efficacy of darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r) monotherapy versus DRV/r plus two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, for patients with viral load < 50 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL at baseline HIV Medicine, April 17, 2012

15 A Randomized Controlled Trial of Zinc as Adjuvant Therapy for Severe Pneumonia in Young Children Pediatrics, April 13, 2012

16 Association of Diagnostic Coding With Trends in Hospitalizations and Mortality of Patients With Pneumonia, 2003-2009 JAMA, April 11, 2012

17 Diagnostics for community-acquired and atypical pneumonia Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, April 6, 2012

18 Illness severity in community-onset invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection and the presence of virulence genes The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 10, 2012

19 Are Prosthetic Spacers Safe to Use in 2-Stage Treatment for Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty Journal of Arthroplasty, April 18, 2012

20 Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus From Mothers to Newborns The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, April 12, 2012