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Germs, Volume 6, Issue 1

03 2016 - 6 articles

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Communication

8 Citations

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Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Aerobic Bacterial Strains Isolated from Patients with Burn Wound Infections

Hamid Vaez and
Fahimeh Beigi

Germs2016, 6(1), 34-36;https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2016.1087

1 March 2016

Infection is still considered a serious threat to patients hospitalized in the burned unit [...]

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Editorial

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Detection of Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Lee W. Riley

Germs2016, 6(1), 7-9;https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2016.1082

1 March 2016

The report by Florea et al. (Broad-range PCR coupled with mass-spectrometry for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance, GERMS 2016) describes the use of a commercial PCR assay coupled with electrospray ionization mass spectrometr...

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Broad-Range PCR Coupled with Mass-Spectrometry for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Drug Resistance

Dragoș Florea,
Dan Oțelea,
Ioana D Olaru and
Adriana Hristea

Germs2016, 6(1), 10-13;https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2016.1083

1 March 2016

Background: The need to limit the spread of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires rapid detection of resistant strains. The present study aimed to evaluate a commercial assay using broad-range PCR coupled with electrospray ionization mas...

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Article

9 Citations

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IL-17 and IL-22 Genetic Polymorphisms in HBV Vaccine Non- and Low-Responders Among Healthcare Workers

Zohreh Borzooy,
Adrian Streinu-Cercel,
Abbass Mirshafiey,
Azam Khamseh,
Masoud Karkhaneh Mahmoudie,
Shadi Sadat Navabi,
Marjan Nosrati,
Zahra Najafi,
Mostafa Hosseini and
Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri

Germs2016, 6(1), 14-20;https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2016.1084

1 March 2016

Background: Healthcare workers constitute a population at high risk for HBV infection. Efficient vaccination options are available; however, the individual response to HBV vaccination may vary widely between subjects, potentially due to cytokine prof...

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Article

7 Citations

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Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Among Newly Diagnosed HIV-1 Infected Nigerian Children

Augustine O. Ebonyi,
Stephen Oguche,
Emeka U. Ejeliogu,
Oche O. Agbaji,
Nathan Y. Shehu,
Isaac O. Abah,
Atiene S. Sagay,
Placid O. Ugoagwu,
Prosper I. Okonkwo and
John A. Idoko
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Germs2016, 6(1), 21-28;https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2016.1085

1 March 2016

Introduction: Studies on the prevalence of and risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) among newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce and in Nigeria there is paucity of reported data. We determi...

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