2025 December - 17 articles
Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pneumonia is an underrecognized cause of critical illness in adults. However, the influence of biological sex on intensive care unit (ICU) outcomes in this population remains unclear. Due to limited case...
Background: The continuous emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants represents a major public health concern. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) enables genomic surveillance, facilitating the detection and monitoring of mutations that impact viral evolution. M...
Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) in Brazil remain disproportionately affected by HIV. Combination prevention strategies, including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), are critical, yet adherence remains a challenge. This study aimed to identi...
Ocular Toxoplasmosis (OT), a leading cause of infectious posterior uveitis, presents significant diagnostic challenges in atypical cases due to phenotypic overlap with other retinochoroiditides and a reliance on expert interpretation of multimodal im...
Background:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a well-known pathogen responsible for respiratory and invasive diseases; however, central nervous system (CNS) involvement in the form of bacterial myelitis is exceedingly rare, particularly in immunocompetent a...
Background: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains a major global public health issue. People living with HIV (PLHIV) are among the vulnerable groups facing a higher risk of severe outcomes. Combining COVID-19 vaccination with HIV services c...
Background/Objectives: Serological and molecular screening for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been essential in reducing the risk of transfusion-transmitted infection, particularly in regions of high endemicity. This retrospective study aimed to analyze...
Background: Candida auris is an emerging nosocomial fungal pathogen whose inherent multidrug resistance and ability to form biofilms make treatment extremely difficult. Given the limited number of therapeutic options available and the poor clinical o...
Background/Objectives: Secondary syphilis typically presents with a non-pruritic maculopapular rash. However, vesicular and bullous manifestations are exceedingly rare in adults and may mimic autoimmune blistering diseases. The objective of this repo...
Background: The duration of protection that COVID-19 vaccination provides against severe outcomes remains uncertain. Accurately defining this timeframe is critical for informing effective vaccination policies and booster strategies. This investigatio...
Background/Objectives: The objective of this retrospective, multicenter cohort study was to compare the incidence of viral load blips between two-drug and three-drug antiretroviral therapy regimens in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients. Meth...
Background: Nocardia are a group of bacteria known to cause pulmonary, cutaneous, neurologic, or disseminated diseases, usually in immunocompromised hosts. Within the Nocardia family is Nocardia transvalensis, a rarely encountered and underreported o...
Background/Objectives: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) significantly affects young children. In 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread public health measures temporarily interrupted RSV transmission. However, by mid-2021, an at...
Background/Objectives: Healthcare and social workers were at increased risk of infection during the COVID-19 pandemic, and were therefore also at increased risk of long-term physical and mental health consequences due to infection. This study aimed t...
Background: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has emerged as a genetically distinct lineage from healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA), often producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) and causing severe skin...
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization is a risk factor for potential staphylococcal infection and outbreaks. Although it is recommended to obtain a swab culture to detect nasal colonization its necessity in low-p...
Background/Objectives: Infections of the urogenital tract have experienced renewed interest in recent years, due to their frequency and also their impact on sperm parameters and the fertilizing quality of spermatozoa. Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) repre...
