Volume 8, Issue 3 (2012) | American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Diagnosis Value of Bone Marrow Study in the Disseminated Infection by Mycobacteria: Case Report

Ana Guadalupe Mauricio Campos — 2012-10-09

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 9 October 2012; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2012.112.114

The bone marrow examination is useful in order to get an etiologic diagnosis of cytopenias and for the detection of opportunistic diseases in immunocompromised patients. Nevertheless, its role in the ...

High Frequency of Stop Codons in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Protease Gene Frame in Human Immunodeficiency Virus+ Individuals with Below Detectable Levels of Plasma Viremia During Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Magdalena Czubala — 2012-11-14

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 14 November 2012; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2012.115.122

We performed sequence analysis of HIV-1 proviral protease gene fragment (560 base pairs) amplified from ex-vivo peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 83 HIV+ individuals with Below Detectable Levels ...

Prevalence of Drug-Resistant Strains of Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Abakaliki

Iroha Ifeanyichukwu Romanus — 2012-11-26

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 26 November 2012; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2012.123.127

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of illness such as pneumonia, meningitis, bacteremia and otitis media in children and the elderly. The emergence of drug-resistant strains threatens to compli...

Katayama’s Syndrome Related to Schistosoma intercalatum in Two Travellers Returning from Mali

Jose-Luis Perez-Arellano — 2012-11-27

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 27 November 2012; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2012.128.131

Katayama syndrome associated with Schistosoma intercalatum has been reported in few cases in the literature. In this study we indicate the clinical characteristics, the diagnostic methods (parasitolog...

Innate, Adaptive and Intrinsic Immunity in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Suneth S. Perera — 2012-11-27

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 27 November 2012; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2012.132.148

The first line of defence of the innate immune system functions by recognizing highly conserved sets of molecular structures specific to the microbes, termed pathogen-associated molecular patterns, or...