Germs, Volume 10, Issue 3

Introduction: Causes of a bulging fontanel in children include viral/bacterial meningitis, encephalitis, hydrocephaly, intracranial bleeding, psedotumor cerebri and central nervous system tumors. A less well-known cause of acutely-developing fontanel...

Medical student training in the United Kingdom has undoubtedly been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most notably, there have been disruptions to teaching, cancellation of exams and clinical electives and the abandonment of research projects. In re...

Introduction: Parvovirus B19 infection generally presents as a transient viral illness in children but rarely shows systemic lupus erythematosus-like symptoms. Case report: Here we present a 7-year-old girl with parvovirus B19 infection who had prolo...

Introduction: The etiopathogenesis of purulent pericarditis has changed significantly in modern antibiotic era with the emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in the last few decades. Pericarditis due to...

Introduction: Infective endocarditis (IE) due to Candida species is a rare disease representing about 1-2% of all IE cases and carries a high mortality rate. Given the rarity of the disease, there are no clear guidelines on the type and duration of a...

Introduction: Scarlet fever is an acute infectious disease that is characterized by development of characteristic pin-point exanthema in a patient with signs of streptococcal pharyngitis and tonsillitis. Nowadays, due to effective antibacterial treat...

Introduction: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening rare disease resulting from the uncontrolled activation of the immune system, leading to unrestrained cytokine release and macrophage activation. It can be either hereditary...

Dear Editor, This article provides crucial insights into the ways in which medical students undergoing clinical placement might pose a risk to patients [...]

Aside the monkey pox and Lassa fever endemicity currently going on in Nigeria, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has joined the queue [...]

Jayaweera JAAS, Pilapitiya S, Kumbukgolla W [...]

Introduction: Tuberculosis affects commonly the lungs, but any other organs can be affected as well. Urogenital tuberculosis is usually misdiagnosed. In this perspective, we aimed to give an update on the epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary fe...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease that can cause many complications. The occurrence of urinary tract infection is also considered to be the cause of complications in patients with DM. This study aimed to evaluate the prevale...

Introduction: Human astrovirus (HAstV) has been increasingly identified as an important cause of acute gastroenteritis in young children. Limited information is available about the prevalence and genotype distribution of classic HAstV causing acute g...

Introduction: The present study investigated the HIV-1 subtype classification in addition to prevalence of drug resistance mutations (DRMs) in antiretroviral therapy (ART)-experienced and ART-naïve residents of Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia....

Introduction: Knowledge and acceptability of HPV vaccination should be identified for supporting the HPV vaccine program in public health centers. Qualitative research approach is one approach that can be developed for increasing the acceptance and u...

Introduction: We report here the presence of Cryptococcus neoformans, and other potentially pathogenic yeasts and yeast-like fungi in environmental sources in Bonaire. Methods: Seventy environmental samples comprising 40 samples of old pigeon droppin...

Introduction: Influenza is a seasonal epidemic with a heavy negative impact both on population health, and healthcare system utilization; until now, there are only two burden of disease studies in the Romanian context. This study aims to quantify the...

Some species of the genus Acinetobacter are admittedly important hospital pathogens. Additionally, various animal and plant foods have been linked to the presence of Acinetobacter, including resistant strains. However, due to isolation difficulties a...

The aim of this review is to give a synopsis on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, with major focus on the preventive measures. Ever since the influenza pandemic of 1918, and the second world war of (1939–1945), the world has not been...

Proteus spp. are members of the Enterobacteriaceae family and are Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria known to mainly cause urinary tract infections (UTIs) in humans. However, even though scarce evidence exists suggesting their potential to cause infe...

If less than one year ago we were talking about pandemic preparedness in general terms, we are now in the midst of a real-life pandemic, and much of our focus has shifted, at least temporarily, to cold season preparedness [...]