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Volume 4; Issue 1

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volume 4; Issue 1

1

Stampidine prevents mortality in an experimental mouse model of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by lassa virus

Fatih M Uckun, Alexander S Petkevich, Alexei O Vassilev, Heather E Tibbles, Leonid Titov

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Seroepidemiology of Herpes Simplex virus type 1 and 2 in Western and Southern Switzerland in adults aged 25–74 in 1992–93 : a population-based study

Dominique Bünzli, Vincent Wietlisbach, Fabrizio Barazzoni, Roland Sahli, Pascal RA Meylan

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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3

Incorrect identification of recent Asian strains of Coxsackievirus A16 as human enterovirus 71: Improved primers for the specific detection of human enterovirus 71 by RT PCR

David Perera, Yuwana Podin, Winnie Akin, Cheng-Siang Tan, Mary Jane Cardosa

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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4

Antimicrobial activity of innate immune molecules againstStreptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalisand nontypeableHaemophilus influenzae

Haa-Yung Lee, Ali Andalibi, Paul Webster, Sung-Kyun Moon, Karen Teufert, Sung-Ho Kang, Jian-Dong Li, Mitsuyoshi Nagura, Tomas Ganz, David J Lim

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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5

Micro-geographical variation in exposure toSchistosoma mansoniand malaria, and exacerbation of splenomegaly in Kenyan school-aged children

Mark Booth, Birgitte J Vennervald, LeeCarol Kenty, Anthony E Butterworth, Henry C Kariuki, Hilda Kadzo, Edmund Ireri, Clifford Amaganga, Gachuhi Kimani, Joseph K Mwatha, Amos Otedo, John H Ouma, Eric

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Correction: Stampidine prevents mortality in an experimental mouse model of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by lassa virus

Fatih M Uckun, Alexander S Petkevich, Alexei O Vassilev, Heather E Tibbles, Leonid Titov

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Fast detection of Noroviruses using a real-time PCR assay and automated sample preparation

Michael Schmid, Rainer Oehme, Gunnar Schalasta, Stefan Brockmann, Peter Kimmig, Gisela Enders

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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8

Serratia marcescensinternalization and replication in human bladder epithelial cells

Ralf Hertle, Heinz Schwarz

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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9

Implementing a public web based GIS service for feedback of surveillance data on communicable diseases in Sweden

Per Rolfhamre, Katarzyna Grabowska, Karl Ekdahl

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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10

Ofloxacin plus Rifampicin versus Doxycycline plus Rifampicin in the treatment of brucellosis: a randomized clinical trial [ISRCTN11871179]

Oguz Karabay, Irfan Sencan, Derya Kayas, Idris Şahin

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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A study of empyema thoracis and role of intrapleural streptokinase in its management

Amit Banga, GC Khilnani, SK Sharma, AB Dey, Naveet Wig, Namrata Banga

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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12

Common variable immunodeficiency syndrome with right aortic arch: a case report

Didem Arzu Yalcin, Nese Aydemir, Huseyin Turgut, Riza Hakan Erbay, Ata Nevzat Yalcin

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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13

Visceral leishmaniasis caused byLeishmania infantumin a Spanish patient in Argentina: What is the origin of the infection? Case report

Joaquina Martín-Sánchez, José M Navarro-Mari, Juan Pasquau-Liaño, Oscar D Salomón, Francisco Morillas-Márquez

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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14

Serotype-specific mortality from invasiveStreptococcus pneumoniaedisease revisited

Pernille Martens, Signe Westring Worm, Bettina Lundgren, Helle Bossen Konradsen, Thomas Benfield

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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15

Chronological changes of incidence and prognosis of children with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Sapporo, Japan

Kei Numazaki, Tomoko Fujikawa

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Caveolin-2 associates with intracellular chlamydial inclusions independently of caveolin-1

Wilmore C Webley, Leonard C Norkin, Elizabeth S Stuart

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Meningitis due toFusobacterium necrophorumin an adult

SreeNeelima Garimella, Aparna Inaparthy, Thomas Herchline

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Epidemiology of the human immunodeficiency virus in Saudi Arabia; 18-year surveillance results and prevention from an Islamic perspective

Tariq A Madani, Yagob Y Al-Mazrou, Mohammad H Al-Jeffri, Naser S Al Huzaim

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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19

Epidemiological evidence of higher susceptibility to vCJD in the young

Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Jean-Yves Cesbron, Alain-Jacques Valleron

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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20

Patterns of geohelminth infection, impact of albendazole treatment and re-infection after treatment in schoolchildren from rural KwaZulu-Natal/South-Africa

Elmar Saathoff, Annette Olsen, Jane D Kvalsvig, Chris C Appleton

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BMC Infectious Diseases

Year:

2004

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english

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21

External decontamination of wild leeches with hypochloric acid

Atakan Aydin, Hasan Nazik, Samet Vasfi Kuvat, Nezahat Gurler, Betigul Ongen, Serdar Tuncer, Emre Hocaoglu, Sinan Nur Kesim

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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22

Hepatitis B virus variants in an HIV-HBV co-infected patient at different periods of antiretroviral treatment with and without lamivudine

Eneida A Santos, Michel VF Sucupira, Juçara Arabe, Selma A Gomes

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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23

Date of origin of the SARS coronavirus strains

Hongchao Lu, Yi Zhao, Jingfen Zhang, Yuelan Wang, Wei Li, Xiaopeng Zhu, Shiwei Sun, Jingyi Xu, Lunjiang Ling, Lun Cai, Dongbo Bu, Runsheng Chen

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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24

A robust, low- to medium-throughputprnpgenotyping system in sheep

Johannes Buitkamp, Jördis Semmer

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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25

An economic analysis of premarriage prevention of hepatitis B transmission in Iran

Peyman Adibi, Mohammadreza Rezailashkajani, Delnaz Roshandel, Negar Behrouz, Shahin Ansari, Mohammad Hossein Somi, Saeed Shahraz, Mohammad Reza Zali

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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26

Mutational dynamics of the SARS coronavirus in cell culture and human populations isolated in 2003

Vinsensius B Vega, Yijun Ruan, Jianjun Liu, Wah Heng Lee, Lin Chia Wei, Su Yun Se-Thoe, Kin Fai Tang, Tao Zhang, Prasanna R Kolatkar, Eng Eong Ooi, Ai Ee Ling, Lawrence W Stanton, Philip M Long, Ediso

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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27

A new method for determination of varicella-zoster virus immunoglobulin G avidity in serum and cerebrospinal fluid

Ralf-Herbert Kneitz, Jörg Schubert, Franz Tollmann, Wolfgang Zens, Klaus Hedman, Benedikt Weissbrich

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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28

A humanin vitromodel system for investigating genome-wide host responses to SARS coronavirus infection

Lisa FP Ng, Martin L Hibberd, Eng-Eong Ooi, Kin-Fai Tang, Soek-Ying Neo, Jenny Tan, Karuturi R Krishna Murthy, Vinsensius B Vega, Jer-Ming Chia, Edison T Liu, Ee-Chee Ren

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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29

Nosocomial outbreak of neonatalSalmonella entericaserotype Enteritidis meningitis in a rural hospital in northern Tanzania

Hogne Vaagland, Bjørn Blomberg, Carsten Krüger, Naftali Naman, Roland Jureen, Nina Langeland

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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30

Suboptimal clinical response to ciprofloxacin in patients with enteric fever due toSalmonellaspp. with reduced fluoroquinolone susceptibility: a case series

Robert Slinger, Marc Desjardins, Anne E McCarthy, Karam Ramotar, Peter Jessamine, Christiane Guibord, Baldwin Toye

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Norovirus gastroenteritis general outbreak associated with raw shellfish consumption in South Italy

Rosa Prato, Pier Luigi Lopalco, Maria Chironna, Giovanna Barbuti, Cinzia Germinario, Michele Quarto

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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A comparative ultrastructural and molecular biological study onChlamydia psittaciinfection in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and non-alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency emphysema versus lung tissue of patients with hamartochondroma

Dirk Theegarten, Olaf Anhenn, Helmut Hotzel, Mathias Wagner, Alessandro Marra, Georgios Stamatis, Grigori Mogilevski, Konrad Sachse

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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33

Vaccine candidates derived from a novel infectious cDNA clone of an American genotype dengue virus type 2

Joseph E Blaney, Christopher T Hanson, Kathryn A Hanley, Brian R Murphy, Stephen S Whitehead

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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34

The presence of non-organ-specific autoantibodies is associated with a negative response to combination therapy with interferon and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C

Hermann E Wasmuth, Christian Stolte, Andreas Geier, Christoph G Dietrich, Carsten Gartung, Johann Lorenzen, Siegfried Matern, Frank Lammert

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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35

Patterns ofSchistosoma haematobiuminfection, impact of praziquantel treatment and re-infection after treatment in a cohort of schoolchildren from rural KwaZulu-Natal/South Africa

Elmar Saathoff, Annette Olsen, Pascal Magnussen, Jane D Kvalsvig, Wilhelm Becker, Chris C Appleton

Journal:

BMC Infectious Diseases

Year:

2004

Language:

english

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PDF, 1.09 MB

english, 2004

36

Punica granatum(Pomegranate) juice provides an HIV-1 entry inhibitor and candidate topical microbicide

A Robert Neurath, Nathan Strick, Yun-Yao Li, Asim K Debnath

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BMC Infectious Diseases

Year:

2004

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english

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37

Autoimmune inflammatory disorders, systemic corticosteroids and pneumocystis pneumonia: A strategy for prevention

Evin Sowden, Andrew J Carmichael

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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38

Effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in experimental methicillin resistantStaphylococcus aureussepsis

Emine Alp, Suveyda Gozukucuk, Ozlem Canoz, Beyhan Kirmaci, Mehmet Doganay

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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39

Adjuvant interferon gamma in patients with drug – resistant pulmonary tuberculosis: a pilot study

Roberto Suárez-Méndez, Idrian García-García, Norma Fernández-Olivera, Magalys Valdés-Quintana, María T Milanés-Virelles, Dalia Carbonell, Delfina Machado-Molina, Carmen M Valenzuela-Silva, Pedro A Lóp

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Gastro-enteritis outbreak among Nordic patients with psoriasis in a health centre in Gran Canaria, Spain: a cohort study

Hanne M Eriksen, Philippe J Guerin, Karin Nygård, Marika Hjertqvist, Birgitta de Jong, Angela MC Rose, Markku Kuusi, Ulrike Durr, AG Rojas, Cato Mør, Preben Aavitsland

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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41

Older age does not influence CD4 cell recovery in HIV-1 infected patients receiving Highly Active Anti Retroviral Therapy

Mario Tumbarello, Ricardo Rabagliati, Katleen de Gaetano Donati, Silvia Bertagnolio, Eva Montuori, Enrica Tamburrini, Evelina Tacconelli, Roberto Cauda

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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42

AIDS-defining illnesses among patients with HIV in Singapore, 1985 to 2001: results from the Singapore HIV Observational Cohort Study (SHOCS)

Richard Bellamy, S Sangeetha, Nicholas I Paton

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BMC Infectious Diseases

Year:

2004

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english

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43

Molecular and epidemiologic analysis of a county-wide outbreak caused bySalmonella entericasubsp.entericaserovar Enteritidis traced to a bakery

Po-Liang Lu, In-Jane Hwang, Ya-Lina Tung, Shang-Jyh Hwang, Chun-Lu Lin, LK Siu

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BMC Infectious Diseases

Year:

2004

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english

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44

A national survey of the prevalence of schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths in Malaŵi

Cameron Bowie, Bernadette Purcell, Bina Shaba, Peter Makaula, Maria Perez

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BMC Infectious Diseases

Year:

2004

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english

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PDF, 1.11 MB

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45

Association ofAtopobium vaginae, a recently described metronidazole resistant anaerobe, with bacterial vaginosis

Michael J Ferris, Alicia Masztal, Kenneth E Aldridge, J Dennis Fortenberry, Paul L Fidel, David H Martin

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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46

Zinc/copper imbalance reflects immune dysfunction in human leishmaniasis: an ex vivo and in vitro study

Johan Van Weyenbergh, Gisélia Santana, Argemiro D'Oliveira, Anibal F Santos, Carlos H Costa, Edgar M Carvalho, Aldina Barral, Manoel Barral-Netto

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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47

Mycobacterium tuberculosisfrom chronic murine infections that grows in liquid but not on solid medium

Jasvir Dhillon, Douglas B Lowrie, Denis A Mitchison

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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48

Spectrum of clinical disease in a series of 135 hospitalised HIV-infected patients from north India

SK Sharma, Tamilarasu Kadhiravan, Amit Banga, Tarun Goyal, Indrish Bhatia, PK Saha

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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49

Pharmacokinetics of quinacrine in the treatment of prion disease

Lotus Yung, Yong Huang, Pierre Lessard, Giuseppe Legname, Emil T Lin, Michael Baldwin, Stanley B Prusiner, Chongsuk Ryou, B Joseph Guglielmo

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Regional risks and seasonality in travel-associated campylobacteriosis

Karl Ekdahl, Yvonne Andersson

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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51

Comparison of nested PCR and real time PCR of Herpesvirus infections of central nervous system in HIV patients

Lorenzo Drago, Alessandra Lombardi, Elena De Vecchi, Giuseppe Giuliani, Rosaria Bartolone, Maria Rita Gismondo

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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52

Age-specific prevalence, transmission and phylogeny of TT virus in the Czech Republic

Martina Saláková, Vratislav Němeček, Jaroslav König, Ruth Tachezy

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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53

The unmasking ofPneumocystis jirovecipneumonia during reversal of immunosuppression: case reports and literature review

Alan KL Wu, Vincent CC Cheng, Bone SF Tang, Ivan FN Hung, Rodney A Lee, David S Hui, Kwok Y Yuen

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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54

Can somatostatin control acute bleeding from oesophageal varices inSchistosoma mansonipatients?[ISRCTN63456799]

Shyama Chatterjee, Eric Van Marck

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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55

Third generation cephalosporin use in a tertiary hospital in Port of Spain, Trinidad: need for an antibiotic policy

Lexley M Pinto Pereira, Marjorie Phillips, Hema Ramlal, Karen Teemul, P Prabhakar

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Nucleic acid amplification tests in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Madhukar Pai, Laura L Flores, Alan Hubbard, Lee W Riley, John M Colford

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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PDF, 1.07 MB

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57

Streptococcal necrotising fasciitis from diverse strains ofStreptococcus pyogenesin tropical northern Australia: case series and comparison with the literature

Marilyn Hassell, Peter Fagan, Phillip Carson, Bart J Currie

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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58

Micronutrient malnutrition and wasting in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis with and without HIV co-infection in Malawi

Monique van Lettow, Anthony D Harries, Johnny J Kumwenda, Ed E Zijlstra, Tamara D Clark, Taha E Taha, Richard D Semba

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Catheter-related bacteremia due to Kocuria rosea in a patient undergoing peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

Fevzi Altuntas, Orhan Yildiz, Bülent Eser, Kürsat Gündogan, Bulent Sumerkan, Mustafa Çetin

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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First documented cure of a suggestive exogenous reinfection in polymyositis with same but multidrug resistantM. tuberculosis

Chiranjoy Mukhopadhyay, Ankita Garg, Archana Ayyagari

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Exacerbated inflammatory cellular immune response characteristics of HAM/TSP is observed in a large proportion of HTLV-I asymptomatic carriers

Silvane Braga Santos, Aurélia Fonseca Porto, André Luiz Muniz, Amélia Ribeiro de Jesus, Elza Magalhães, Ailton Melo, Walderez O Dutra, Kenneth J Gollob, Edgar M Carvalho

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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Microdissection: A method developed to investigate mechanisms involved in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy pathogenesis

Janice B Barr, Robert A Somerville, Yuen-Li Chung, Janet R Fraser

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BMC Infectious Diseases

Year:

2004

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english

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Assessing anti-rabies baiting – what happens on the ground?

Hans-Hermann Thulke, Thomas Selhorst, Thomas Müller, Tomasz Wyszomirski, Uli Müller, Urs Breitenmoser

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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2004

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english

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