December 2017

Editorial Board
Published in issue: December 2017
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Editorials

Rifabutin: Is it useful in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis?
• S. Tiberi,
• L. D’Ambrosio,
• R. Centis,
• G.B. Migliori
Published online: November 06, 2017
p133-134
The social determinants of health contextualized for the Zika virus
• Jamie P. Morano,
• Douglas A. Holt
Published online: October 25, 2017
p142-143

Ending the Global Tuberculosis Epidemic by 2030 — The Moscow Declaration and achieving a Major Translational Change in Delivery of TB Healthcare
• Eskild Petersen,
• Lucille Blumberg,
• Mary E. Wilson,
• Alimuddin Zumla
Published online: December 01, 2017
p156-158

Perspective

Planning an innovation marathon at an infectious disease conference with results from the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance 2016 Hackathon
• John W. Ramatowski,
• Christopher Xiang Lee,
• Aikaterini Mantzavino,
• ...
• Eva Schernhammer,
• Lawrence C. Madoff,
• Britta Lassmann
Published online: October 07, 2017
p93-97
Zika virus epidemic in Puerto Rico: Health justice too long delayed
• Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz,
• Adriana Garriga-López,
• Souhail M. Malavé-Rivera,
• Ricardo L. Vargas-Molina
Published online: November 15, 2017
p144-147

Review

Approaches to hand hygiene monitoring: From low to high technology approaches
• Nadia Masroor,
• Michelle Doll,
• Michael Stevens,
• Gonzalo Bearman
Published online: October 17, 2017
p101-104

Original Reports

Detection of human parvovirus B19 in serum samples from children under 5 years of age with rash–fever illnesses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Tony Bokalanga Wawina,
• Olivier Mbaya Tshiani,
• Steve Mundeke Ahuka,
• ...
• Michel Ntetani Aloni,
• Christopher Jacob Kasanga,
• Jean-Jacques Tamfum Muyembe
Published online: September 22, 2017
p4-7

Trends and characteristics of drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural Shandong, China
• Ning-ning Tao,
• Xiao-chun He,
• Xian-xin Zhang,
• Yao Liu,
• Chun-bao Yu,
• Huai-chen Li
Published online: September 25, 2017
p8-14
Contribution of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus to liver cancer in China north areas: Experience of the Chinese National Cancer Center
• Minjie Wang,
• Yuting Wang,
• Xiaoshuang Feng,
• ...
• Ni Li,
• Jianqiang Cai,
• Chunfeng Qu
Published online: September 18, 2017
p15-21

A novel transposon, Tn6306, mediates the spread of bla_IMI in Enterobacteriaceae in hospitals
• Fangfang Zhang,
• Xiaoli Wang,
• Lianyan Xie,
• ...
• Xiaokui Guo,
• Lizhong Han,
• Jingyong Sun
Published online: September 20, 2017
p22-26
Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae diseases in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, 2010–2015
• Vic Eton,
• Annette Schroeter,
• Len Kelly,
• Michael Kirlew,
• Raymond S.W. Tsang,
• Marina Ulanova
Published online: September 22, 2017
p27-33

Risk factors for neurogenic pulmonary edema in patients with severe hand, foot, and mouth disease: A meta-analysis
• Lijun Peng,
• Ruping Luo,
• Zhisheng Jiang
Published online: September 29, 2017
p37-43

Impact of Clostridium difficile infection caused by the NAP1/RT027 strain on severity and recurrence during an outbreak and transition to endemicity in a Mexican tertiary care center
• Karla María Tamez-Torres,
• Pedro Torres-González,
• Francisco Leal-Vega,
• ...
• Miriam Bobadilla-del Valle,
• Alfredo Ponce de León,
• José Sifuentes-Osornio
Published online: October 03, 2017
p44-49

Preemptive anti-cytomegalovirus therapy in high-risk (donor-positive, recipient-negative cytomegalovirus serostatus) kidney transplant recipients
• Jumpei Hasegawa,
• Shuji Hatakeyama,
• Sachiko Wakai,
• ...
• Kazunari Tanabe,
• Makiko Mieno,
• Hiroki Shirakawa
Published online: October 03, 2017
p50-56
Influence of the identification of contacts on the adherence of index tuberculosis cases to treatment in a high incidence country
• Simoni Pimenta de Oliveira,
• Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho,
• Sandra Marisa Pelloso,
• ...
• Vera Lúcia Dias Siqueira,
• Regiane Bertin de Lima Scodro,
• Rosilene Fressatti Cardoso
Published online: September 16, 2017
p57-62

A1AT polymorphisms may be associated with clinical characteristics of retrovirus infections in a mixed ethnic population from the Brazilian Amazon region
• Thalita Camêlo da Silva Ferreira,
• Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz,
• Gustavo Adolfo Argañaraz,
• Ricardo Ishak,
• Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto,
• Enrique Roberto Argañaraz
Published online: October 10, 2017
p67-71

Effects of procalcitonin-guided treatment on antibiotic use and need for mechanical ventilation in patients with acute asthma exacerbation: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
• Wanis H. Ibrahim,
• Kamran Mushtaq,
• Tasleem Raza,
• Anand Kartha,
• Ahmed O. Saleh,
• Rayaz A. Malik
Published online: October 13, 2017
p75-80

Video Directly Observed Therapy to support adherence with treatment for tuberculosis in Vietnam: A prospective cohort study
• Thu Anh Nguyen,
• Minh Tam Pham,
• Thi Loi Nguyen,
• ...
• Duc Cuong Pham,
• Binh Hoa Nguyen,
• Greg James Fox
Published online: October 10, 2017
p85-89

Serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in the south of Tunisia: A five-year study (2012–2016) of pediatric and adult populations
• Sonia Ktari,
• Ikram Jmal,
• Manel Mroua,
• ...
• Basma Mnif,
• Faouzia Rhimi,
• Adnene Hammami
Published online: October 27, 2017
p110-115

Patterns of influenza vaccination coverage in the United States from 2009 to 2015
• Alice P.Y. Chiu,
• Jonathan Dushoff,
• Duo Yu,
• Daihai He
Published online: October 14, 2017
p122-127

Emerging group C and group G streptococcal endocarditis: A Canadian perspective
• Sylvain A. Lother,
• Davinder S. Jassal,
• Philippe Lagacé-Wiens,
• Yoav Keynan
Published online: October 30, 2017
p128-132
Treatment outcomes of rifabutin-containing regimens for rifabutin-sensitive multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis
• Hyun Lee,
• Soohyun Ahn,
• Na Young Hwang,
• ...
• Hee Jae Huh,
• Nam Yong Lee,
• Won-Jung Koh
Published in issue: December 2017
p135-141

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of humans with avian influenza A (H7N9) infection in Guangdong, China, 2013–2017
• Yuwei Yang,
• Haojie Zhong,
• Tie Song,
• ...
• Xiaohua Tan,
• Guofeng Huang,
• Min Kang
Published online: November 08, 2017
p148-155

Short Communications

In vitro interaction of ceftazidime–avibactam in combination with different antimicrobials against KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates
• Paolo Gaibani,
• Russell E. Lewis,
• Silvia L. Volpe,
• ...
• PierLuigi Viale,
• Maria Carla Re,
• Simone Ambretti
Published online: September 22, 2017
p1-3

Staphylococcus saprophyticus: Which beta-lactam?
• Hélène Pailhoriès,
• Viviane Cassisa,
• Rachel Chenouard,
• Marie Kempf,
• Matthieu Eveillard,
• Carole Lemarié
Published online: October 10, 2017
p63-66

Implementation of a sentinel surveillance system for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) in the country of Georgia, 2015-2016
• Giorgi Chakhunashvili,
• Abram L. Wagner,
• Ann Machablishvili,
• ...
• Khatuna Zakhashvili,
• Paata Imnadze,
• Matthew L. Boulton
Published online: October 10, 2017
p98-100
Central nervous system infections in the absence of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis
• Hakan Erdem,
• Derya Ozturk-Engin,
• Yasemin Cag,
• ...
• Haluk Vahaboglu,
• Rodrigo Hasbun
• ID-IRI study group
Published online: October 25, 2017
p107-109
Revising rates of asymptomatic Zika virus infection based on sentinel surveillance data from French Overseas Territories
• Lorenzo Subissi,
• Elise Daudens-Vaysse,
• Sylvie Cassadou,
• ...
• Maité Aubry,
• Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau,
• Henri-Pierre Mallet
Published online: October 25, 2017
p116-118

First case of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase in Klebsiella pneumoniae from Ecuador: An update for South America
• Daniel Romero-Alvarez,
• Jorge Reyes,
• Viviana Quezada,
• ...
• Gabriel Trueba,
• Luis E. Escobar,
• José E. Villacís
Published online: October 25, 2017
p119-121

Case Reports

Streptococcus suis meningitis can require a prolonged treatment course
• Jean Dejace,
• Patrick Bagley,
• Emily Wood
Published online: September 19, 2017
p34-36

Babesia microti infection and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in an immunocompetent patient
• Shanette A. Go,
• Vania H. Phuoc,
• Sarah E. Eichenberg,
• Zelalem Temesgen,
• Thomas J. Beckman
Published online: October 06, 2017
p72-74

An acute gastroenteritis outbreak caused by GII.P16-GII.2 norovirus associated with airborne transmission via the air conditioning unit in a kindergarten in Lianyungang, China
• Ting-lu Zhang,
• Jing Lu,
• Liang Ying,
• ...
• Jia-long Wang,
• Guo-cai Chen,
• Lei Xu
Published online: October 11, 2017
p81-84

Peculiar purulence: Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae causing pyomyositis
• Okechukwu Mgbemena,
• David P. Serota,
• Sonali Kumar,
• Jessie E. Wozniak,
• David S. Weiss,
• Russell Ryan Kempker
Published online: October 10, 2017
p90-92

Medical Imagery

Usefulness of thick blood smears in the diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis
• José Y. Rodríguez,
• Gerson J. Rodríguez,
• Maria J. Mendoza,
• Carlos A. Álvarez-Moreno
Published online: October 25, 2017
p105-106