Volume 12, Issue 1 (2016) | American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Pterostilbene Enhanced Anti-Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Activity of Oxacillin

Siti Fairuz Ishak — 2016-01-13

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 13 January 2016; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2016.1.10

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a deadly pathogen that initially was limited to hospital and healthcare facilities but has gradually became a growing problem in healthy children ...

Impact of Acute Bronchiolitis on Cardiac Functions and Serum microRNA-122 and 499

Mona Abd El-Gelel Mohamed — 2016-01-26

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 26 January 2016; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2016.11.19

Bronchiolitis is an acute inflammatory injury of the bronchioles that is usually caused by a viral infection, most commonly Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). This study aimed to verify the direct inj...

SDS-PAGE Protein Pattern and Antigenicity Cross Reaction of Human Schistosomes

Nahed A.A. EL-Ossily — 2016-02-10

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 10 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2016.20.29

Schistosomiasis is one of the most important neglected tropical diseases. Its control depends on treatment with the available drug praziquantel. No vaccine exists despite the intense search for molecu...

Osteomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum-a Case Report

Clarissa Jane Lyngdoh — 2016-02-18

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 18 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2016.30.32

Non-tuberculous rapidly growing mycobacteria have been known to cause a variety of skin and soft tissue infection. The diagnosis of NTM in bone and joint infections is easily missed because of non-spe...

Isolation and Public Health Significance of Non-Polio Enteroviruses in Healthy Nigerian Children

Muhammad Sagir Shehu — 2016-03-24

American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Published online: 24 March 2016; doi:10.3844/ajidsp.2016.33.37

Non-Polio Enteroviruses (NPEVs) are in circulation all over the world. Some of these viruses have been associated with several chronic diseases such as cardiopathy, myositis, acute flaccid and spastic...