Germs, Volume 16, Issue 1

Early in 2020, the WHO recommended that existing drugs be evaluated as a repurposed resource to fight the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Here, we investigate the trends of using repurposed and off-label drugs among people living with HIV in Central and Eastern...

Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) consists of genetically diverse species having highly pathogenic potential to humans, causing nosocomial infections via environmental sources. In Myanmar, Bcc has been known as one of the common pathogens of infecti...

Background/Objectives: While COVID-19 severity is strongly associated with older age, younger adults may also develop complications. This study investigated factors associated with transfer to ICU in hospitalized younger adults during May–Decem...

Background/Objectives: Viral gastroenteritis leads to a broad range of hospitalization costs globally in children, depending on the region. To our knowledge, no recent studies have examined the hospitalization cost associated with viral gastroenterit...

Objective: Although Las Vegas is a major tourist hub, it is not among the counties that are under CDC surveillance for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), a major nosocomial infection. To determine the distribution of C. difficile ribotypes in...

Background: Thiabendazole (TBZ), a benzimidazole with established antifungal and anthelmintic properties, has also been reported to exert antiangiogenic effects relevant to tissue remodeling and chronic inflammatory microenvironments. The present stu...