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Posttraumatic pseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis in Mosul and Gaza: A retrospective cohort study, 2018-2022

Taher AQM, Aqel R, Alnajjar M, Walker C, Repetto E,  et al.
2024-09-27 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2024-09-27 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

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The history of conflicts in the Middle East has resulted in a high burden...

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Extensively antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in trauma cases managed at the Médecins Sans Frontières tertiary orthopaedic center in Mosul, Iraq: A case series

Abdulrahman Ahmed H, Hasheem Mahmood H, Hosam Aldin Sami H, Natiq Taher A, Garcia-Vello P,  et al.
2024-07-08 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2024-07-08 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

The Médecins Sans Frontières Tertiary Orthopaedic Care center in Mosul, Iraq, provides reconstructive surgery, microbiological analysis, integrated infection prevention and control, a...

Xpert-Ultra assay on stool and urine to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in children: the Médecins Sans Frontières experience in Guinea-Bissau and South Sudan

Moretó-Planas L, Mahajan R, Fidelle Nyikayo L, Ajack YBP, Tut Chol B,  et al.
2024-05-02 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2024-05-02 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
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Over half of childhood tuberculosis (TB) remains undiagnosed yearly. WHO recommends Xpert-Ultra as a first paediatric diagnosis test, but microbiological confirmation rema...

Cholera deaths during outbreaks in Uvira, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 10-35 months after mass vaccination

Bugeme PM, Xu H, Hutchins C, Dent J, Saidi JM,  et al.
2024-02-01 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2024-02-01 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Our understanding of the burden and drivers of cholera mortality is hampered by limited surveillance and confirmation capacity. Leveraging enhanced clinical and laboratory surveillance i...

Tuberculosis diagnosis and preventive monotherapy among children and adolescents exposed to rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in the household

Apolisi I, Cox HS, Tyeku N, Daniels J, Mathee S,  et al.
2023-02-21 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2023-02-21 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
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Children and adolescents with household exposure to multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) are at high risk of developing TB disease. Tuberculosis pre...

Urine lipoarabinomannan testing for all HIV patients hospitalized in the medical wards identifies a large proportion of patients with tuberculosis at risk of death

Huerga H, Rucker SCM, Bastard M, Mpunga J, Amoros Quiles I,  et al.
2020-12-23 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2020-12-23 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
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Diagnosing tuberculosis (TB), the leading cause of death in people with HIV, remains a challenge in resource-limited countries. We assessed TB diagnosis using a strategy t...

Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus on the Severity of Buruli Ulcer Disease: Results of a Retrospective Study in Cameroon

Christinet V, Rossel L, Serafini M, Delhumeau C, Odermatt P,  et al.
2014-04-26 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2014-04-26 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
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Background.  Buruli ulcer is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy and is particularly f...

Inhaled nitric oxide as an adjunctive treatment for cerebral malaria in children: a phase II randomized open-label clinical trial

Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Carroll R, Baudin E, Kemigisha E, Nampijja D,  et al.
2015-07-24 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2015-07-24 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
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Background.  Children with cerebral malaria (CM) have high rates of mortality and neurologic sequelae. Nitric oxide (NO) meta...

Immunogenicity of rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP Ebola Vaccine (ERVEBO™) in Participants by Age, Sex, and Baseline GP-ELISA Titer: A Post Hoc Analysis of Three Phase 2/3 Trials

Simon JK, Kennedy SB, Mahon BE, Dubey SA, Grant-Klein RJ,  et al.
2020-10-01 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2020-10-01 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
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The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo highlights the sustained threat of EVD morbidity and mortality where healthcare and v...

Impact of HIV on the Severity of Buruli Ulcer Disease: Results of a Retrospective Study in Cameroon

Christinet V, Comte E, Ciaffi L, Odermatt P, Serafini M,  et al.
2014-05-21 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2014-05-21 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy and is particularly frequent in rural West and Central Africa. However, the im...

Challenges in the management of disseminated progressive histoplasmosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in resource-limited settings

Murphy RA, Gounder L, Manzini TC, Ramdial PK, Castilla C,  et al.
2015-03-30 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2015-03-30 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
The diagnosis of histoplasmosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus in southern Africa is complicated by the nonspecific presentation of the disease in this patient group and t...

Interpretation of Negative Molecular Test Results in Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Ebola Virus Disease: Report of Two Cases

Edwards JK, Kleine C, Munster VJ, Giuliani R, Massaquoi M,  et al.
2015-09-19 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2015-09-19 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Risk of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease for Health Care Workers: An Updated Meta-Analysis

Uden L, Barber E, Ford NP, Cooke GS
2017-08-29 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2017-08-29 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major challenge to global health. Healthcare workers (HCWs) appear to be at increased risk of TB compared with the general population, despite efforts to scal...

Routine immediate eye examination at the point of care for diagnosis of AIDS-related Cytomegalovirus Retinitis among patients with a CD4-count < 100 in Myanmar

Ei WLSS, Soe KT, Hilbig A, Murray J, Heiden D
2019-06-14 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2019-06-14 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
A retrospective review of diagnosis of cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR) before and after
introduction of routine immediate eye examination among AIDS patient in Myanmar with an

Concomitant treatment of chronic hepatitis C with direct-acting antivirals and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is effective and safe

Melikyan N, Huerga H, Atshemyan H, Kirakosyan O, Sargsyants N,  et al.
2021-01-04 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2021-01-04 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
We assessed effectiveness and safety of concomitant chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Of 322 M...

Tuberculosis in Visceral Leishmaniasis-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection: An Evidence Gap in Improving Patient Outcomes?

van Griensven J, Mohammed R, Ritmeijer KKD, Burza S, Diro EGJ
2018-03-16 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2018-03-16 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL)-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection remains a major problem in Ethiopia, India, and Brazil. Tuberculosis (TB), a treatable factor, could contribute...