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Necrotizing soft tissue infection of the abdominal wall following vaginal delivery in a ruptured uterus: a case series from Nigeria

Onuh S, Godard A, Pilasi C, Salifou DA, Aliyu F,  et al.
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports
2025-09-28 • Journal of Surgical Case Reports

Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) in pregnancy and puerperium are rare but life-threatening, with high morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is often delayed due to nonspecific ...

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Invasive bacterial infections in patients with advanced HIV disease in Kinshasa: prevalence, antibiotic resistance and treatment

Langendorf C
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
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High caseload of Scabies amongst Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: a retrospective analysis of the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of cases, July 2022 to November 2023

Alhaffar BA, Islam S, Hoq MI, Das A, Shibloo SM,  et al.
2025-04-09 • PLOS Global Public Health
2025-04-09 • PLOS Global Public Health

Scabies is a dermatological parasitic infestation prevalent in many regions worldwide. Classified as a neglected disease by World Health Organization (WHO) since 2017, it is often ass...

Clinical utility of the FilmArray® meningitis/encephalitis panel in children with suspected central nervous system infection in a low-resource setting – a prospective study in southwestern Uganda

Rasti R, Kumbakumba E, Nanjebe D, Mlotshwa P, Nassejje M,  et al.
2025-03-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2025-03-22 • BMC Infectious Diseases

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In low-resource settings, limited laboratory capacity adds to the burden of central nervous system (CNS) infections in children and spurs overuse of ...

Derivation and validation of prognostic models for the risk stratification of childhood infection: a multi-country prospective cohort study in Asia (Spot-Sepsis)

Chandna A, Koshiaris C, Mahajan R, Ahmad RA, Anh DTV,  et al.
2025-02-05 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-02-05 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025

Derivation and validation of prognostic models for the risk stratification of childhood infection: a multi-country prospective cohort study in Asia (Spot-Sepsis)

Chandna A, Koshiaris C, Mahajan R, Ahmad RA, Anh DTV,  et al.
2025-02-05 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025
2025-02-05 • MSF Scientific Days International 2025

Risk stratification of childhood infection using host markers of immune and endothelial activation: A multi-country prospective cohort study in Asia (Spot Sepsis)

Chandna A, Koshiaris C, Mahajan R, Ahmad RA, Anh DTV,  et al.
2025-02-05 • medRxiv
2025-02-05 • medRxiv

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Circulating markers of immune and endothelial activation risk stratify infection syndromes agnostic to disease aetiology. However, their utility in c...

Improving Ebola virus disease outbreak control through targeted post-exposure prophylaxis

Elin Hoffmann Dahl, Prof Placide Mbala, Sylvain Juchet, Prof Abdoulaye Touré, Alice Montoyo,  et al.
2024-09-10 • The Lancet Healthy Longevity
2024-09-10 • The Lancet Healthy Longevity

Prevalence and factors associated with transfusion-transmissible infections among blood donors in Arua regional blood bank, Uganda

Cwinyaai N, Opio D, Kajumbula H, Zalwango JF, Akunzirwe R,  et al.
2024-09-06 • BMC Infectious Diseases
2024-09-06 • BMC Infectious Diseases

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Blood transfusion services play a key role in modern healthcare delivery. In 2022, approximately 118.5 million blood donations were collected globall...

Overuse of antibiotics for urinary tract infections in pregnant refugees, Lebanon

Al Kady C, Moussally K, Chreif W, Farra A, Caluwaerts S,  et al.
2024-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2024-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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To determine whether adding urine culture to urinary tract infection diagnosis in pregnant women...

Antimicrobial resistance in bacterial wound, skin, soft tissue and surgical site infections in Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Monk EJM, Jones TPW, Bongomin F, Kibone W, Nsubuga Y,  et al.
2024-04-16 • PLOS Global Public Health
2024-04-16 • PLOS Global Public Health
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global threat and AMR-attributable mortality is particularly high in Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Africa. The burden of clinically inf...

Retrospective analysis of fungemia among children in Anka General Hospital, Nigeria, from October 2018 to November 2021: a case series

Olubiyo R, Chukwumeze F, Lawal AM, Oloruntuyi G, Musoka H,  et al.
2023-07-18 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
2023-07-18 • Oxford Medical Case Reports
Yeast-related bloodstream infections (BSIs) in pediatric patients are associated with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), hematological/oncological malignancies and admission to an intensiv...

Faecal carriage of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in a remote region of Niger

Jacquier H, Assao B, Chau F, Guindo O, Condamine B,  et al.
2023-06-25 • Journal of Infection
2023-06-25 • Journal of Infection
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Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-E. coli) in developing countries is lacking. Here we describe the population...

Invasive bacterial infections in patients with advanced HIV disease in Kinshasa: prevalence, antibiotic resistance and treatment

Langendorf C
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
2023-06-08 • Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023
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Patients with advanced HIV disease (AHD), defined as WHO clinical stage 3 or 4 and/or CD4<200, have a high risk of death. One common cause of death is invasive bacterial i...

Antimicrobial resistance in bacterial wound, surgical site, skin, and soft tissue infections in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

Monk E, van Zandvoort K, Rao B
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

High incidence of subcutaneous emphysema in children in a Somali refugee cAMP during measles outbreak

Moons P, Thallinger M
2013-07-30 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
2013-07-30 • Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
During an outbreak of measles in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, 9 patients (age range 4 months to 18 years) were diagnosed with subcutaneous emphysema. Incidence of this rare complication o...

Descriptive Epidemiology of Typhoid Fever during an Epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2012

Polonsky JA, Martinez-Pino I, Nackers F, Chonzi P, Manangazira P,  et al.
2014-12-08 • PLOS One
2014-12-08 • PLOS One
Typhoid fever remains a significant public health problem in developing countries. In October 2011, a typhoid fever epidemic was declared in Harare, Zimbabwe - the fourth enteric infecti...

Quantifying the incidence of severe-febrile-illness hospital admissions in sub-Saharan Africa

Roddy P, Dalrymple U, Jensen TO, Dittrich S, Rao VB,  et al.
2019-07-25 • PLOS One
2019-07-25 • PLOS One
Severe-febrile-illness (SFI) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The burden of SFI in SSA is currently unknown and its estimation is fraught wit...

Identifying human encounters that shape transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other acute respiratory infections

le Polain de Waroux O, Flasche S, Kucharski AJ, Langendorf C, Ndazima D,  et al.
2018-12-01 • Epidemics
2018-12-01 • Epidemics
Although patterns of social contacts are believed to be an important determinant of infectious disease transmission, it remains unclear how the frequency and nature of human interactions...

Cryptococcal antigen screening by lay cadres using a rapid test at the point of care: A feasibility study in rural Lesotho

Rick F, Niyibizi AA, Shroufi A, Onami K, Steele SJ,  et al.
2017-09-06 • PLOS One
2017-09-06 • PLOS One
Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the leading causes of death among people with HIV in Africa, primarily due to delayed presentation, poor availability and high cost of treatment. Routin...