Infectious Disease News & Articles

661 Toxoplasma gondii cathepsin proteases are undeveloped prominent vaccine antigens against toxoplasmosis Full Text BMC Infectious Diseases, May 8, 2013    Review Article

662 Impact of diabetes on treatment outcomes and long-term survival in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis Respiration, May 8, 2013    Clinical Article

663 Identical Miniature Inverted Repeat Transposable Elements (MITE) flanks class 1 integrons in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 8, 2013    Review Article

664 Glycoprotein H and α4β1 Integrins Determine the Entry Pathway of Alphaherpesviruses Journal of Virology, May 8, 2013    Review Article

665 The effect of a tuberculosis chest X-ray image reference set on non-expert reader performance European Radiology, May 8, 2013    Clinical Article

666 Why Does the Healthy Cornea Resist Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection American Journal of Ophthalmology, May 8, 2013    Review Article

667 Community perceptions of a malaria vaccine in the Kintampo districts of Ghana Full Text Malaria Journal, May 8, 2013    Review Article

668 Five years of malaria control in the continental region, Equatorial Guinea Full Text Malaria Journal, May 8, 2013    Review Article

669 Potent tetravalent replicon vaccines against botulinum neurotoxins using DNA-based Semliki Forest virus replicon vectors Vaccine , May 8, 2013    Clinical Article

670 No effect of antifungal compounds on functional properties of human antifungal T-helper type 1 cells Transplant Infectious Disease, May 8, 2013    Review Article

671 A cross-sectional assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice among Hepatitis-B patients in Quetta, Pakistan Full Text BMC Public Health, May 8, 2013    Clinical Article

672 Proinflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines - But not Interferon-β - Produced in Response to HSV-2 in Primary Human Genital Epithelial Cells are Associated with Viral Replication and the Presence of the Virion Host Shutoff Protein American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, May 8, 2013    Clinical Article

673 Influence of arthritis-related protein (BBF01) on infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi B31 Full Text BMC Microbiology, May 8, 2013    Review Article

674 Pasteurella infection after muraenidae bite in an HIV infected patient Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease , May 8, 2013

675 Tubercular Ventriculitis: An Uncommon Entity The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, May 8, 2013

676 Isolated Tuberculous Lymphadenitis With Tracheal Involvement in an Elderly Patient Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, May 8, 2013

677 Multiple Endobronchial Mycetomas With Varied Appearances and Mixed Fungal Flora Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, May 8, 2013

678 The Brain-Gut Connection: A Link between Depression and common hospital-acquired infection University of Michigan Health System, May 8, 2013

679 Onychomycosis due to Rhizomucor in psoriatic patient with HIV infection Full Text Indian Journal of Dermatology, May 8, 2013    Clinical Article

680 Quinolone alkaloids with antibacterial and cytotoxic activities from the fruits of Evodia rutaecarpa Fitoterapia, May 8, 2013    Review Article

1 Early Use of Daptomycin Versus Vancomycin for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia With Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration >1 mg/L: A Matched Cohort Study Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 1, 2013

2 Herpes Zoster Vaccine Effectiveness against Incident Herpes Zoster and Post-herpetic Neuralgia in an Older US Population: A Cohort Study PLoS Medicine, April 12, 2013    Free full text

3 Infective Endocarditis New England Journal of Medicine, April 12, 2013

4 Continuous versus intermittent infusions of antibiotics for the treatment of severe acute infections Cochrane Reviews, March 29, 2013    Review Article

5 Discontinuation of Contact Precautions for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Passive and Active Screening with Culture and Polymerase Chain Reaction Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 11, 2013

6 Entry Inhibitors and their use in the Treatment of HIV-1 Infection Antiviral Research , April 2, 2013

7 Measles transmission during air travel, United States, December 1, 2008-December 31, 2011 Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease , April 5, 2013

8 Durable Efficacy and Safety of Raltegravir Versus Efavirenz When Combined With Tenofovir/Emtricitabine in Treatment-Naive HIV-1–Infected Patients: Final 5-Year Results From STARTMRK Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, April 16, 2013

9 Clinical Trial: Comparative Effectiveness of Cephalexin Plus Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Versus Cephalexin Alone for Treatment of Uncomplicated Cellulitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 3, 2013

10 Anti-JC virus antibody prevalence in a multinational multiple sclerosis cohort Multiple Sclerosis Journal, April 1, 2013

11 Stop Antibiotics on guidance of Procalcitonin Study (SAPS): a randomised prospective multicenter investigator-initiated trial to analyse whether daily measurements of procalcitonin versus a standard-of-care approach can safely shorten antibiotic duration in intensive care unit patients - calculated sample size: 1816 patients BMC Infectious Diseases, April 19, 2013    Free full text

12 Current assays for HIV-1 diagnostics and antiretroviral therapy monitoring: challenges and possibilities Future Virology, April 15, 2013    Review Article

13 A Pill for HIV Prevention: Deja Vu All Over Again Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 28, 2013

14 Prevalence and predictors of hepatitis B virus co-infection in a United States cohort of hepatitis C virus-infected patients Hepatology, March 19, 2013

15 Linezolid versus vancomycin for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, April 23, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

16 Marital status and HIV/AIDS mortality: evidence from the US National Longitudinal Mortality Study International Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 9, 2013

17 De-escalation of antimicrobial treatment for adults with sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock Cochrane Reviews, April 11, 2013    Review Article

18 Contribution of genetic background, traditional risk factors and HIV-related factors to coronary artery disease events in HIV-positive persons Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 1, 2013

19 Cobicistat: A New Boost for the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, March 13, 2013

20 A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Chronic Pain in Patients with HIV Pain Practice, April 5, 2013