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41 Salvage Regimens Containing Darunavir, Etravirine, Raltegravir, or Enfuvirtide in Highly Treatment-Experienced Perinatally Infected Pregnant Women Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, April 15, 2013    Clinical Article

42 Breast milk as a possible route of vertical transmission of dengue virus Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 15, 2013

43 Human Papillomavirus Detection: Testing Methodologies and Their Clinical Utility in Cervical Cancer Screening Advances in Anatomic Pathology , April 15, 2013    Clinical Article

44 A series of 238 Cytomegalovirus primary infections during pregnancy: description and outcome Prenatal Diagnosis, April 12, 2013    Clinical Article

45 Trends in the management and outcome of HIV-1-infected women and their infants in the NISDI Perinatal and LILAC cohorts, 2002-2009 International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, April 11, 2013    Clinical Article

46 Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact of Isolated Antibody to Hepatitis B Core Antigen and Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in HIV-1-Infected Pregnant Women Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 11, 2013    Clinical Article

47 Malaria during Pregnancy: Incidence, Manifestations, Therapy, and Prevention Current Women’s Health Reviews, April 11, 2013    Review Article

48 Screening pregnant women for group B streptococcus infection between 30 and 32weeks of pregnancy in a population at high risk for premature birth International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, April 11, 2013    Clinical Article

49 ORF11 Protein Interacts with the ORF9 Essential Tegument Protein in Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection Journal of Virology, April 11, 2013    Review Article

50 Congenital Toxoplasma Infection: Monthly Prenatal Screening Decreases Transmission Rate and Improves Clinical Outcome at Age 3 Years Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 10, 2013    Clinical Article

51 Infection of the central nervous system caused by varicella zoster virus reactivation: a retrospective case series study International Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 9, 2013    Clinical Article

52 High PMTCT Program Uptake and Coverage of Mothers, Their Partners, and Babies in Northern Uganda: Achievements and Lessons Learned Over 10 Years of Implementation (2002-2011) Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, April 8, 2013    Clinical Article

53 Genitourinary infection prevalence among women who used an intrauterine device or oral contraceptives Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, April 8, 2013    Clinical Article

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

55 Rubella seroprevalence among pregnant women in Burkina Faso Full Text BMC Infectious Diseases, April 5, 2013

56 Tularemia during pregnancy Infection, April 5, 2013

57 Natural history of Mycoplasma genitalium Infection in a Cohort of Female Sex Workers in Kampala, Uganda Sexually Transmitted Diseases, April 5, 2013    Clinical Article

58 Antenatal care registration and predicting factors of late registration among pregnant women Full Text Tropical Doctor, April 4, 2013    Clinical Article

59 Visceral varicella zoster virus infection after allogeneic stem cell transplantation Transplant Infectious Disease, April 3, 2013    Review Article

60 Scaling up prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programs in sub-Saharan African countries: a multilevel assessment of site-, program- and country-level determinants of performance Full Text BMC Public Health, April 2, 2013    Review Article

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Clinical Pearls in Infectious Disease

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Predicting decompensation during severe acute exacerbation of hepatitis B

In a study involving 37 patients with chronic hepatitis B infections, a serum bilirubin level > 5 mg/dL was predictive of progression to hepatic failure and liver-related death.

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Three risk factors for mortality in the elderly with pneumonia identified

In a study involving 1607 patients > 65 years of age with community- or healthcare-acquired pneumonia, pre-morbid ambulation impairment (OR=2.61), hospitalization within 30 days of acquiring pneumonia (OR=1.93), and absence of cough and purulent sputum (OR=1.47) were shown to be associated with a significant increase in 30-day mortality.

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Tobacco and alcohol abuse in HPV-positive patients increase risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

In a retrospective study involving 225 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and 224 matched controls, it was shown that patients who were HPV-positive and smoked cigarettes or smoked cigarettes plus consumed alcohol were at increased risk for ESCC than patients who were HPV-negative (OR = 2.22 and 10.31, respectively).

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1 Prediction of Fetal Infection in Cases With Cytomegalovirus Immunoglobulin M in the First Trimester of Pregnancy: A Retrospective Cohort Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 7, 2013

2 Global Estimates of Syphilis in Pregnancy and Associated Adverse Outcomes: Analysis of Multinational Antenatal Surveillance Data PLoS Medicine, March 4, 2013    Free full text

3 A series of 238 Cytomegalovirus primary infections during pregnancy: description and outcome Prenatal Diagnosis, April 12, 2013

4 Tularemia during pregnancy Infection, April 5, 2013

5 Hepatitis B vaccination with or without hepatitis B immunoglobulin at birth to babies born of HBsAg-positive mothers prevents overt HBV transmission but may not prevent occult HBV infection in babies: a randomized controlled trial Journal of Viral Hepatitis, April 25, 2013

6 Associations with asymptomatic colonization with candida in women reporting past vaginal candidiasis: An observational study European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, April 23, 2013

7 Intravaginal practices and risk of bacterial vaginosis and candidiasis infection among a cohort of women in the united states Obstetrics and Gynecology, March 25, 2013

8 Hepatitis C Virus in Pregnancy American Journal of Perinatology, February 7, 2013

9 Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Among HIV/HCV-Coinfected Women Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, February 22, 2013

10 Midtrimester Fetal Herpes Simplex-2 Diagnosis by Serology, Culture and Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, February 8, 2013

11 Rubella seroprevalence among pregnant women in Burkina Faso BMC Infectious Diseases, April 5, 2013    Free full text

12 Congenital Toxoplasma Infection: Monthly Prenatal Screening Decreases Transmission Rate and Improves Clinical Outcome at Age 3 Years Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 10, 2013

13 Infection of the central nervous system caused by varicella zoster virus reactivation: a retrospective case series study International Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 9, 2013

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