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Germs, Volume 6, Issue 4

2016 12 - 5 articles

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20 Citations

161 Views

7 Pages

Urinary Tract Infections: A Retrospective, Descriptive Study of Causative Organisms and Antimicrobial Pattern of Samples Received for Culture, from a Tertiary Care Setting

Bhuvanesh Sukhlal Kalal and
Savitha Nagaraj

Germs2016, 6(4), 132-138;https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2016.1100

2 December 2016

Introduction: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are common infections encountered by physicians either on an outpatient or inpatient basis. These infections have taken center stage due to increasing resistance being reported for commonly used antibiotic...

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16 Citations

205 Views

12 Pages

Mortality Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis and HIV-1 Co-Infected Nigerian Children Being Treated for Pulmonary Tuberculosis and on Antiretroviral Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Augustine O. Ebonyi,
Stephen Oguche,
Oche O. Agbaji,
Atiene S. Sagay,
Prosper I. Okonkwo,
John A. Idoko and
Phyllis J. Kanki

Germs2016, 6(4), 139-150;https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2016.1099

2 December 2016

Background: Mortality data, including the risk factors for mortality in HIV-infected children with pulmonary TB (PTB) being treated for PTB and who are on antiretroviral therapy (ART), are scarce in Nigeria. We determined the mortality rate and risk...

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Case Report

3 Citations

116 Views

4 Pages

Pulmonary Localization of Mansonella perstans in a 16 Months-Old Male Patient in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Landry Kabego,
Joe Bwija Kasengi,
Patrick Mirindi,
Vurayai Ruhanya,
David Lupande,
André Bulabula and
Patrick Ngoma

Germs2016, 6(4), 151-154;https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2016.1101

2 December 2016

Introduction: Mansonella perstans is a human filarial parasite transmitted by biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) belonging to the genus Culicoides and it is widely spread in sub-Saharan Africa. While most cases are asymptomatic, mansonelliasis...

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Editorial

3 Citations

119 Views

2 Pages

Resistance to Direct Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Impact on Clinical Practice?

Ana Belén Pérez and
Federico García

Germs2016, 6(4), 123-124;https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2016.1098

2 December 2016

Since the first generation protease inhibitors boceprevir & telaprevir were approved in combination therapy with peginterferon & ribavirin, we live in a time of outstanding revolution in hepatitis C virus infection [...]

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18 Citations

165 Views

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Frequency of Mutations in Rifampicin and Isoniazid Resistant Isolates of M. tuberculosis: An Analysis from Central India

Prabha Desikan,
Atul Kharate,
Nikita Panwalkar,
Jyoti Khurana,
Shaina Beg Mirza,
Aparna Chaturvedi,
Reeta Varathe,
Manju Chourey,
Pradeep Kumar and
Manoj Pandey
+ 1 author

Germs2016, 6(4), 125-131;https://doi.org/10.11599/germs.2016.1096

2 December 2016

Background: The spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis has challenged tuberculosis control strategies globally. The present study aims to analyzes the frequency of mutations in rpoB, katG and inhA genes in strains of M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) cir...

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