High-throughput metagenomic sequencing offers an unbiased approach to identify
pathogens in clinical samples. Conventional metagenomic sequencing, however, does not …

Background Traditionally, chronic wound infection is diagnosed by visual inspection under
white light and microbiological sampling, which are subjective and suboptimal, respectively …

Either extracts, cell-free suspensions or bacterial suspensions are used to study bacterial
lipid peroxidation processes. Along with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, liquid …

Successful pulmonary clearance of the encapsulated yeast Cryptococcus neoformans
requires a T1 adaptive immune response. This response takes up to 3 weeks to fully …

Sometime in the mid to late twentieth century the study of antibody‐mediated immunity (AMI)
entered the doldrums, as many immunologists believed that the function of AMI was well …

Infection caused by Penicillium spp. due to species other than P. marneffei is rare. We
present three such cases of invasive disease. The first had chronic granulomatous disorder …

In every epidemic some individuals become sick and some may die, whereas others recover
from illness and still others show no signs or symptoms of disease. These differences …

The resurgence and changing epidemiology of pertussis in high-income countries, the high
infant mortality caused by pertussis in low-income countries, and the increasing morbidity in …

Many nosocomial outbreaks exhibit “superspreading events” in which cross-transmission
occurs via a single individual to a large number of patients. We investigated how …

Liver and biliary diseases affect more than a billion people worldwide, with high associated
morbidity and mortality. The impact of the intestinal bacterial microbiome on liver diseases …