Volume 8, Issue 2 (2012) | American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Tuberculoma and Meningitis in a Young Girl: A Case Report

Behroz Ahssan — 2012-05-21

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 21 May 2012; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2012.70.72

Because of difficulty in early diagnosis and severe consequences of delay in diagnosis and treatment, tuberculosis meningitis is a serious problem for clinicians. Therefore recognizing rare cases of t...

Efficacy of an Oral Health-Promoting Program in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children: A 7-year Longitudinal Study

Nathalia Ferraz Oliscovicz — 2012-07-30

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 30 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2012.73.78

Problem statement: Children infected with HIV have a higher prevalence of caries in both dentitions. With that in mind, it is important the introduction of programmes for the control of caries disease...

Rendezvous with Tat: Transactivator of Transcription during Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pathogenesis

Sneham Tiwari — 2012-07-31

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 31 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2012.79.91

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a deadly disease caused by HIV, declared as a global catastrophe engulfing millions of lives per year. It took ~1.8 million lives in the year 2010 alone, as per ...

Monocytes and their Role in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pathogenesis

Tara Sassé — 2012-07-31

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 31 July 2012; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2012.92.105

Monocytes play several significant immunological roles during HIV infection. The phenotypic pliability and the cellular differentiation ability monocytes possess are crucial to the ways they combat in...

Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme on Carbapenem Resistance in Gram Negative Isolates in an Indian Tertiary Care Hospital

Namita Jaggi — 2012-10-02

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 2 October 2012; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2012.106.111

Problem statement: Increasing Antimicrobial resistance in the World is constantly becoming a Global threat and there is an urgent need to prevent its spread. Various studies of last decade have shown ...