Volume 14, Issue 1 (2018) | American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Chronic Lyme Disease: A Working Case Definition

Raphael B. Stricker — 2018-04-16

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 16 April 2018; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2018.1.44

Although Lyme disease is the most common tickborne illness in the USA and Eurasia, the pathophysiology and clinical course of chronic Lyme disease (CLD) have not been formally defined. The purpose of ...

Oral Clindamycin as Drug of Choice for Scabies Patients with Secondary Bacterial Infections in West Java, Indonesia

Hendra Gunawan — 2018-01-10

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 10 January 2018; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2018.45.50

The aim of this study was to identify the causative secondary bacterial infection in scabies and its susceptibility against systemic antimicrobials. We performed a cross-sectional descriptive study of...

Clinical Analysis of Pulmonary Nocardiosis in a Tertiary Hospital

Yoshihiro Kobashi — 2018-04-05

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 5 April 2018; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2018.51.56

This study aimed to clarify the clinical characteristics of pulmonary nocardiosis in our tertiary hospital. The subjects consisted of five cases with pulmonary nocardiosis who received a definite diag...