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Prioritising pathogens for the management of severe febrile patients to impro...
Abstract Background Severe febrile illness without a known source (SFWS) is a challenge for clinicians when deciding how to manage a patient, particularly given the wide... -
Occurrence of marked sepsis-induced immunosuppression in pediatric septic sho...
Abstract Background While the process of sepsis-induced immunosuppression is now well described in adults, very little information is available on immune functions in pediatric... -
Predictors of fibromyalgia: a population-based twin cohort study
Abstract Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is a pain syndrome, the mechanisms and predictors of which are still unclear. We have... -
Negligible risk of inducing resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with sin...
Abstract Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for leprosy is administered as one single dose of rifampicin (SDR) to the contacts of newly diagnosed leprosy patients. SDR reduces the... -
Changes in pneumococcal carriage prevalence and factors associated with carri...
Abstract Background Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage is often asymptomatic but can cause invasive pneumococcal disease. Pneumococcal carriage is a prerequisite for disease,...
