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Recent Records on Bacterial Opportunistic Infections via the Dietary Route. [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2023
Rossi F, Santonicola S, Amadoro C, Marino L, Colavita G.   +4 more
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Nutritional risk and HbA1c as critical risk factors and predictors of opportunistic infections in HIV-DM comorbid patients: a retrospective cross-sectional study [PDF]

Frontiers in Endocrinology
BackgroundThe clinical characteristics and risk factors for opportunistic infections in HIV patients with concomitant diabetes mellitus are unclear and worth studying. Explore the risk factors and construct a predictive model for opportunistic infections
Qiong’e Zhu, Qiong’e Zhu, Fengjiao Gao, Xiaoxia Ren, Rui Li, Jun Kang, Maoquan Li, Maoquan Li, Dafeng Liu   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Serological evidence of chronic pulmonary Aspergillosis in tuberculosis patients in Kenya

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is a significant risk factor for fungal infection. The cavitary lesions post PTB serves as a good reservoir for fungal colonization and subsequent infection.
Abdi Mohamed, Benear A. Obanda, Hannah K. Njeri, Sally N. Loroyokie, Olga M. Mashedi, Tom T. Ouko, Evangeline M. Gatumwa, Richard K. Korir, Takashi Yaguchi, Christine C. Bii   +9 more
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Diabetes Epidemiology Among Adults in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
IntroductionDiabetes mellitus is a chronic noncommunicable disease associated with death and major disability, with increasing prevalence in low- and middle-income countries. There is limited population-based data about diabetes in Haiti.
Rodney Sufra, Jean Lookens Pierre, Eliezer Dade, Vanessa Rouzier, Alexandra Apollon, Stephano St Preux, Fabiola Préval, Joseph Inddy, Miranda Metz, Olga Tymejczyk, Denis Nash, Rodolphe Malebranche, Rodolphe Malebranche, Marie Deschamps, Jean W. Pape, Marcus D. Goncalves, Margaret L. McNairy, Margaret L. McNairy, Lily D. Yan, Lily D. Yan   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Haiti cardiovascular disease cohort: study protocol for a population-based longitudinal cohort

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality among Haitians, having surpassed HIV in the last decade. Understanding the natural history of CVD in Haitians, including the age of onset, prevalence, incidence, and role of major ...
Jean Lookens, Olga Tymejczyk, Vanessa Rouzier, Caleigh Smith, Fabyola Preval, Inddy Joseph, Raynold Jean Baptiste, Joscar Victor, Patrice Severe, Sandra Apollon, Emelyne Dumont, Guyrlaine Forestal, Stephano St. Preux, Vanessa Rivera, Grace Seo, Benedict Charles, Wilson Ariste, Justin Kingery, Jessy Devieux, Serena Koenig, Denis Nash, Daniel Fitzgerald, Monika Safford, Marie Marcelle Deschamps, Jean Pape, Margaret McNairy   +25 more
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Opportunistic Oral Infections [PDF]

Dental Clinics of North America, 2017
An opportunistic infection (OI) is a disease of microbial cause or pathogenesis generally thought to occur in hosts with weakened immunity. Oral OIs are associated with many risk factors and pathogens. Causative organisms for oral OIs have unique modes of transmission.
Parish P, Sedghizadeh, Susan, Mahabady, Carl M, Allen   +2 more
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High prevalence of obesity among women in urban Haiti: Findings from a population-based cohort

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionObesity is associated with increased risk of non-communicable diseases and death and is increasing rapidly in low- and middle-income countries, including Haiti.
Eliezer Dade, Miranda Metz, Jean Lookens Pierre, Vanessa Rouzier, Vanessa Rouzier, Rodney Sufra, Elizabeth Fox, Fabyola Preval, Stephano St-Preux, Jean Ronald Zephir, Wilson Ariste, Rehana Rasul, Shalom Sabwa, Nicholas Roberts, Marie Marcelle Deschamps, Patrice Severe, Daniel Fitzgerald, Daniel Fitzgerald, Jean William Pape, Jean William Pape, Lily Du Yan, Lily Du Yan, Margaret L. McNairy, Margaret L. McNairy   +23 more
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Hypertension continuum of care: Blood pressure screening, diagnosis, treatment, and control in a population‐based cohort in Haiti

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2022
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death in low‐income countries including Haiti, with hypertension (HTN) being the leading risk factor.
Miranda Metz, Jean Lookens Pierre, Lily Du Yan, Vanessa Rouzier, Stephano St‐Preux, Serfine Exantus, Fabyola Preval, Nicholas Roberts, Olga Tymejczyk, Rodolphe Malebranche, Marie Marcelle Deschamps, Jean W. Pape, Margaret L. McNairy   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular epidemiology of Microsporidia among HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients in the Limpopo province, South Africa

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021
Introduction: Human microsporidiosis represents an important and rapidly emerging opportunistic disease. The present study investigated the prevalence of microsporidia among HIV positive and HIV negative patients with or without diarrhoea in Vhembe and ...
Amidou Samie, Rhulani Patricia Maluleke, Nicoline Tanih, Ali ElBakri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing six cardiovascular risk prediction models in Haiti: implications for identifying high-risk individuals for primary prevention

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are rapidly increasing in low-middle income countries (LMICs). Accurate risk assessment is essential to reduce premature CVD by targeting primary prevention and risk factor treatment among high-risk groups ...
Lily D. Yan, Jean Lookens Pierre, Vanessa Rouzier, Michel Théard, Alexandra Apollon, Stephano St Preux, Justin R. Kingery, Kenneth A. Jamerson, Marie Deschamps, Jean W. Pape, Monika M. Safford, Margaret L. McNairy   +11 more
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