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Infectious Disease Reports, Volume 12, Issue 3

2020 December - 16 articles

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Articles (16)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,209 Views
7 Pages

20 December 2020

Conventional sputum collection for TB diagnosis is difficult in TB meningitis patients since most of them are admitted with decreased consciousness. It is assumed that unconscious patients swallow their sputum; therefore, gastric aspiration can repla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,046 Views
5 Pages

Transition of Serum Cytokine Concentration in Rickettsia japonica Infection

  • Makoto Kondo,
  • Yoshiaki Matsushima,
  • Kento Mizutani,
  • Shohei Iida and ,
  • Koji Habe and
  • Keiichi Yamanaka
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 December 2020

(1) Background. Rickettsia japonica (R. japonica) infection induces severe inflammation, and the disappearance of eosinophil in the acute stage is one of the phenomena. (2) Materials and Methods. In the current study, we measured the serum concentrat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,841 Views
6 Pages

8 December 2020

Travelers exposed to malaria may develop severe disease and complications. A less well-known complication is spontaneous pathologic splenic rupture, which is still under-reported and has never been reported in Israel. In this paper, we report a 23 ye...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,533 Views
11 Pages

First Insights into Clinical and Resistance Features of Infections by Klebsiella pneumoniae among Oncological Patients from a Referral Center in Amazon Region, Brazil

  • Anderson Lineu Siqueira dos Santos,
  • Yan Corrêa Rodrigues,
  • Marcos Vinícios Hino de Melo,
  • Pabllo Antonny Silva dos Santos and ,
  • Tatyellen Natasha da Costa Oliveira,
  • Daniele Melo Sardinha,
  • Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima,
  • Danielle Murici Brasiliense and
  • Karla Valéria Batista Lima
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

3 December 2020

Klebsiella pneumoniae appears as one of the most prevalent pathogens among cancer patients. The present study investigates the clinical, epidemiological and microbiological aspects related to infections caused by K. pneumoniae in cancer patients trea...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,557 Views
5 Pages

Infective Endocarditis Caused by Pseudomonas stutzeri: A Case Report and Literature Review

  • Marwan J. Alwazzeh,
  • Feras A. Alkuwaiti,
  • Moammer Alqasim,
  • Sarah Alwarthan and
  • Yasser El-ghoneimy

2 December 2020

Pseudomonas bacteria are widespread pathogens that account for considerable infections with significant morbidity and mortality, especially in hospitalized patients. The Pseudomonas genus contains a large number of species; however, the majority of i...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,400 Views
8 Pages

BCG Vaccination Status, Age, and Gender as Risk Factors for Leprosy in Endemic Areas in the Brazilian Amazon

  • Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima,
  • Jasna Letícia Pinto Paz,
  • Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Corrêa Amador Silvestre,
  • Letícia Siqueira Moura and ,
  • Ismari Perini Furlaneto and
  • Karla Valéria Batista Lima
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 November 2020

In 2018, 208,619 new cases of leprosy were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). Of these, 30,957 occurred in the Americas region and 28,660 (92.6% of the total in the Americas) were reported in Brazil. This study aimed to show the reality...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,991 Views
10 Pages

Atypical Streptococcal Meningitis with Fatal Cerebrovascular Complications: A Case Report

  • Gabriel D. Pinilla-Monsalve,
  • Daniel F. Torres-Cutiva and
  • Juan P. Fernández-Cubillos

21 November 2020

Bacterial meningitis is an infectious pathology that remains a public health challenge. The most frequent etiological agent is Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is also associated with higher rates of mortality and sequels. However, less is known about...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,828 Views
5 Pages

Fatal Outcome in a Hepatitis E Virus/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-Infected Malnourished Child in the Central African Republic

  • Stéphanie Judith N’Yetobouko Tabounie,
  • Simplice Cyriaque Kango,
  • Julie Bouscaillou,
  • Vianney Tricou and ,
  • Arnaud Fontanet,
  • Mirdad Kazanji and
  • Narcisse Patrice Komas
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

12 November 2020

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is responsible for major endemic outbreaks in developing countries. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and HEV are widespread in the Central African Republic. We report the first documented case of an HEV infection i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,911 Views
8 Pages

Trends of Late Presentation to Care in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C during a 10-Year Period in Croatia

  • Neven Papic,
  • Leona Radmanic,
  • Davorka Dusek,
  • Ivan Kurelac and ,
  • Snjezana Zidovec Lepej and
  • Adriana Vince
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 November 2020

Late presentation to care is the major obstacle to receiving treatment for chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Our aim was to analyze the prevalence and trends of late presenters (LP) at first consultations in Croatia during a 10-year period. This retrospecti...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,831 Views
4 Pages

Enterococcus casseliflavus Bacteraemia in a Patient with Chronic Renal Disease

  • Alexandra Vasilakopoulou,
  • Sophia Vourli,
  • Nikolaos Siafakas,
  • Dimitra Kavatha and ,
  • Nikolaos Tziolos and
  • Spyros Pournaras
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 November 2020

Enterococcus casseliflavus is a rare pathogen that usually causes urinary tract and abdominal infections. Its main characteristics are positive motility, yellow colonies and constitutive low-level resistance to vancomycin. We present a case of E. cas...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,445 Views
9 Pages

Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Producing Staphylococcus aureus Infection: A Case Series

  • Beatriz Prista-Leão,
  • Isabel Abreu,
  • Raquel Duro,
  • André Silva-Pinto and ,
  • Filipa Ceia,
  • Paulo Andrade,
  • Joana Sobrinho-Simões,
  • Margarida Tavares,
  • José Manuel Pereira and
  • António Sarmento
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

3 November 2020

Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-SA) is associated with relapsing multifocal skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI), necrotizing pneumonia (NP) and severe musculoskeletal infections. Epidemiology is underknown and unde...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,785 Views
5 Pages

Aortic Prosthesis-Associated MDR Pseudomonas Infections as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge

  • Rita Filipe,
  • Filipa Ceia,
  • Ana Cláudia Carvalho,
  • Margarida Tavares and ,
  • José Teixeira and
  • António Sarmento
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

2 November 2020

Endovascular prostheses are used to treat life-threatening conditions such as ruptured aortic aneurysms. Prosthetic infection cause significant morbidity and mortality, posing important diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. It is particularly diffic...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,543 Views
10 Pages

Case Series of Dengue Fever in Peripartum Period: Maternal and Foetal Outcome

  • Yudianto Budi Saroyo,
  • Ali Sungkar,
  • Rima Irwinda and
  • Raymond Surya

2 November 2020

Introduction: Dengue fever is a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical areas. There are not many studies concerning the complications of dengue fever in pregnancy. We present four serial cases of dengue fever in pregnancy. Case illus...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,172 Views
10 Pages

Melioidosis of the Head and Neck: A Case Series from Eastern India

  • Srujana Mohanty,
  • Saurav Sarkar and
  • Baijayantimala Mishra

29 October 2020

Melioidosis is an emerging entity in India. Though it is a potentially fatal disease, prognosis is excellent with early detection and appropriate management, especially of localized infections like abscesses of the head and neck area. We report nine...

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