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Diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound for pulmonary tuberculosis in out-patients from Papua New Guinea, a resource-limited setting

Lightowler M, Min J, Nape A, Galowa T, Hemo C,  et al.
2025-11-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2025-11-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases

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To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of lung ultrasound (LUS) for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Papua New Guinea.

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The preventable tragedy of diphtheria in the 21st century

Blumberg LH, Prieto MA, Diaz JV, Blanco MJ, Valle B,  et al.
2018-06-08 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2018-06-08 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Performance evaluation of the Mini-Lab, an all-in-one clinical bacteriology laboratory adapted to low-resource settings, in a district hospital in Central African Republic: a prospective descriptive study

Langendorf C, Ronat JB, Natale A, Vidal T, Kodo H,  et al.
2025-07-29 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2025-07-29 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND

Médecins sans Frontières designed an all-in-one microbiology laboratory (the "Mini-Lab") to improve bacterial infections diagnosis in low-r...

Possible scenarios for the spread of mpox outside the endemic focus in Africa

Petersen E, Hvid U, Tomori O, Pedersen AG, Wallinga J,  et al.
2025-04-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2025-04-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases

The recent expansion of mpox in Africa is characterized by a dramatic increase in zoonotic transmission (cl...

Cholera outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa during 2010-2019: a descriptive analysis

Zheng Q, Luquero FJ, Ciglenecki I, Wamala JF, Abubakar A,  et al.
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Cholera remains a public health threat but is inequitably distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of standardized reporting and inconsistent outbreak definitions limit...

Risk of community- and hospital-acquired bacteremia and profile of antibiotic resistance in children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in Niger

Andersen CT, Langendorf C, Garba S, Sayinzoga-Makombe N, Mambula C,  et al.
2022-03-25 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2022-03-25 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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To estimate the prevalence and antibiotic resistance profile of community- and hospital-acquired bacteremia among hospitalized children with severe acute malnutrition in Ni...

Time to embrace access programmes for medicines: Lessons from the South African flucytosine access programme

Shroufi A, Govender NP, Meintjes GA, Black JM, Nel J,  et al.
2020-06-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2020-06-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Cryptococcal Meningitis (CM) is estimated to cause 181,000 deaths annually; with the majority occurring in Sub Saharan Africa. Flucytosine is recommended by the World Heal...

MDR/XDR-TB management of patients and contacts: challenges facing the new decade. The 2020 clinical update by the Global Tuberculosis Network

Migliori GB, Tiberi S, Zumla A, Petersen E, Chakaya JM,  et al.
2020-02-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2020-02-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
The continuous flow of new research articles on MDR-TB diagnosis, treatment, prevention and rehabilitation requires frequent update of existing guidelines. This review is aimed at provid...

Another form of Lassa fever? Early neurological symptoms and high mortality reveal differences in two outbreaks in Ebonyi State, Nigeria 2017–2019

Chika Igwenyi N, Harrison RE, Unigwe US, Psarra C, Onwe Ogah E,  et al.
2020-12-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2020-12-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Lassa fever (LF) is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness with various clinical manifestations. Neurological symptoms are not commonly present at the early stage of the dise...

Bedaquiline overdose: A case report

Telnov O, Alvarez V, Gragila E, Molfino L, du Cros PAK,  et al.
2019-04-02 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2019-04-02 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
We present a case report describing outcomes in a 21 year old HIV-negative man who received treatment with bedaquiline. Due to error, dosage received comprised 4 pills of 100 mg every se...

Multiple relapses of visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with HIV in India: a treatment challenge

Patole S, Burza S, Varghese GM
2014-06-10 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2014-06-10 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an opportunistic infection of HIV-infected people in several endemic countries, and the management of this co-infection poses numerous challenges. We descr...

Lassa fever in pregnancy with a positive maternal and fetal outcome: A case report

Agboeze J, Nwali MI, Nwakpakpa E, Ogah OE, Onoh R,  et al.
2019-12-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2019-12-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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The signs and symptoms of Lassa fever are initially indistinguishable from other febrile illnesses common in the tropics and complications of pregnancy. Surviving Lassa fe...

How COVID-19 highlighted the need for infection prevention and control measures to become central to the global conversation: experience from the conflict settings of the Middle East

Mouallem RE, Moussally K, Williams A, Repetto EC, Menassa M,  et al.
2021-08-19 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2021-08-19 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
The COVID-19 pandemic has managed to bring to the foreground, in just few months, the conversation around what Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) experts have been pushing for decade...

Epidemiological and molecular investigation of resurgent cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sudan

Collis S, el Safi S, Atia AM, Bhattacharya S, Hammad A,  et al.
2019-08-20 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2019-08-20 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Local health personnel have drawn attention to an apparent increase in incidence and severity of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Sudan. The objective of this study was t...

Exploring HIV infection and susceptibility to measles among older children and adults in Malawi: a facility-based study

Polonsky JA, Singh B, Masiku C, Langendorf C, Kagoli M,  et al.
2014-12-11 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2014-12-11 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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HIV infection increases measles susceptibility in infants, but little is known about this relationship among older children and adults. We conducted a facility-based study...

Severe post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis successfully treated with miltefosine in an Ethiopian HIV patient

Abongomera C, Battaglioli T, Adera C, Ritmeijer KKD
2019-04-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2019-04-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a neglected tropical disease characterized by a dermatosis which often appears after successful treatment of visceral leishmaniasis caused b...