Recently added articles from BMC Infectious Diseases:
Safety and effectiveness of colistin compared with tobramycin for multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections.(Research article)(Report)
Mar 09, 2009; ... <Text rich="yes"> Authors: Ronald Gounden [1]; Colleen Bamford [2]; Richard van Zyl-Smit [3]; Karen Cohen [1]; Gary Maartens (corresponding author) [1]BackgroundColistin (polymyxin E) has been available since 1959. Since the 1970's, other classes of antimicrobials, ...
Antimicrobial drugs for persistent diarrhoea of unknown or non-specific cause in children under six in low and middle income countries: systematic review of randomized controlled trials.(Research article)(Report)
Mar 03, 2009; ... <Text rich="yes"> Authors: Katharine Abba (corresponding author) [1]; Rebecca Sinfield [1]; C Anthony Hart [1]; Paul Garner [1]BackgroundIn 2002, diarrhoea caused an estimated 13.2% of child deaths worldwide[1], most of them in children under the age of five years in ...
T-SPOT. TB responses during treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.(Research article)(Report)
Feb 28, 2009; ... <Text rich="yes"> Authors: Samantha Ribeiro (equal contributor) [1]; Kelly Dooley (equal contributor) [2]; Judith Hackman [2]; Carla Loredo [1]; Anne Efron [2]; Richard E Chaisson [2]; Marcus B Conde [1]; Neio Boechat (equal contributor) [1]; Susan E Dorman (corresponding author) (equal ...
The epidemiology of pertussis in Germany: past and present.(Research article)(Report)
Feb 25, 2009; ... <Text rich="yes"> Authors: Wiebke Hellenbrand (corresponding author) [1]; Dietmar Beier [2]; Evelin Jensen [3]; Martina Littmann [4]; Christiane Meyer [1]; Hanna Oppermann [5]; Carl-Heinz Wirsing von König [6]; Sabine Reiter [1]BackgroundAn increase in the incidence ...
Lymphocyte proliferation to mycobacterial antigens is detectable across a spectrum of HIV-associated tuberculosis.(Research article)(Report)
Feb 23, 2009; ... <Text rich="yes"> Authors: Timothy Lahey (corresponding author) [1]; Mecky Matee [2]; Lillian Mtei [2]; Muhammad Bakari [2]; Kisali Pallangyo [2]; C Fordham von Reyn [1]BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of death in HIV-infected people worldwide [1], yet, ...