IDR - Immune Diagnostics & Research

Vol 6, No 02

February 2012

Table of Contents

Emerging Problems in Infectious Diseases

Prevalence and genetic characteristics of Shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli from patients with diarrhoea in Maasailand, Kenya PDF
Willie Kipkemboi Sang, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Peter Gichuhi Waiyaki, David Schnabel, Njeri C Wamae, Sam M Kariuki 102-108

Review Articles

Antibiotic and systemic therapies for pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-exposed children PDF
Warunee Punpanich, Michelle Groome, Lulu Muhe, Shamim A Qazi, Shabir Ahmed Madhi 109-119

Original Articles

Five-year evaluation of the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of bacteria causing bloodstream infections in Iran PDF
Babak Pourakbari, Alireza Sadr, Mohammad Taghi Haghi Ashtiani, Setareh Mamishi, Mahdi Dehghani, Shima Mahmoudi, Ali Salavati, Farhad Asgari 120-125
Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli in Mexico: How serious is the problem? PDF
Joel Murillo Llanes, Joseph Varon, Jesús Salvador Velarde Félix, Fernando Pavel González-Ibarra 126-131
Antimicrobial resistance in non-typhi Salmonella enterica isolated from humans and poultry in Palestine PDF
Rula AL-Dawodi, Mohammad A Farraj, Tamer Essawi 132-136
Home-based management of acute diarrhoeal disease in an urban slum of Aligarh, India PDF
Mohammad Salman Shah, Anees Ahmad, Najam Khalique, Suboohi Afzal, Mohammad Athar Ansari, Zulfia Khan 137-142
Is short course of antimicrobial therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria before urologic surgical procedures sufficient? PDF
Selda Sayin Kutlu, Zafer Aybek, Koray Tekin, Demet Okke, Serife Akalin, Serkan Altintas, Melek Demir 143-147
Prevalence of severe acute rotavirus gastroenteritis and intussusceptions in Ghanaian children under 5 years of age PDF
Christabel C Enweronu-Laryea, Kwamena W.C. Sagoe, Hope Glover-Addy, Richard H Asmah, Julius A Mingle, George E Armah 148-155
Bangladeshi backyard poultry raisers’ perceptions and practices related to zoonotic transmission of avian influenza PDF
Rebeca Sultana, Nadia Ali Rimi, Shamim Azad, M. Saiful Islam, M. Salah Uddin Khan, Emily S Gurley, Nazmun Nahar, Stephen P Luby 156-165
Evaluation of the immunological effect of beta alanyl-l-histidine against Schistosoma mansoni antigens in rabbits PDF
Sanaa Ahmed Ali 166-175
Prevalence of enteropathogens in normal feces from healthy children at an infant day care in Brazil PDF
Cláudia Moura, Maria Clara Duarte Fregolente, Isabel Julien Martini, Daniela Ferreira Domingos, Erivaldo José da Silva, Mirtis Maria Giaciani Ferraz, Maria Silvia Viccari Gatti, Domingos da Silva Leite 176-180

Brief Original Articles

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B: Do blood donors represent the general population? PDF
Hayat Kumbasar Karaosmanoglu, Ozlem Altuntas Aydin, Semra Sandikci, Emine Rahsan Yamanlar, Ozcan Nazlican 181-183

Case Reports

Hip abductors pyomyositis: a case report and review of the literature PDF
Seyed Ali Hashemi, Amir Reza Vosoughi, Masoome Pourmokhtari 184-187
Hickman catheter-related bacteremia caused by Gordonia sputi in a patient with breast cancer PDF
Diamantis P. Kofteridis, Antonios Valachis, Efstathia Scoulica, Athanasia Christidou, Sofia Maraki, George Samonis 188-191
Specific IgA antibodies in the diagnosis of acute brucellosis PDF
Hanan El-Mohammady, Hind Ibrahim Shaheen, John David Klena, Isabelle Antoun Nakhla, Mattew A Weiner, Adam Wilson Armstrong 192-200
First report of acute autochthonous hepatitis E in Portugal PDF
Vitor Duque, Conceição Ventura, Diana Seixas, Saraiva da Cunha, António Meliço-Silvestre 201-203
Report of two rare complications of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) PDF
Farhang Babamahmoodi, Ali Reza Davoodi, Roya Ghasemian, Leila Delavarian 204-207
Two cases of dengue meningitis: a rare first presentation PDF
Rudra Prosad Goswami, Arindam Mukherjee, Tapan Biswas, Partha Sarathi Karmakar, Alakendu Ghosh 208-211

Technical Notes

Evaluation of “Cyscope”, a novel fluorescence-based microscopy technique for the detection of malaria PDF
Lovemore Gwanzura, Justin Mayini, Katherine Mabhanga, Joseph Chipinduro, Kansomba Mashamba, Menard Mutenherwa, Susan L Mutambu, Junior Mutsvangwa, Peter Robert Mason 212-215