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Original Research

Published on 07 Mar 2025

Perceived benefits and barriers to the use of long-acting injectable antiretroviral treatment among adolescents and young people living with HIV in Western Kenya: qualitative findings from the KuwaFree! LiveFree! Study

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Shukri A. Hassan
Dennis Munyoro
Mehar Maju
Whitney Biegon
Salim Bakari
Eunice Kaguiri
Anjellah Jumah
Mark Omollo
Valerie Obare
Caitlin Bernard

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1518719

2,999 views

Case Report

Published on 04 Mar 2025

Cytological identification of Blastocystis hominis in the ascites of a patient with rectal carcinoma: a case report

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Qian Lin
Jun Huang
Yuanyuan Chen
Xiaoli Wu
Yuhua Ma
Qing Yang
Pan Long
Xin Chen

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1539661

2,751 views

Case Report

Published on 04 Mar 2025

Intracranial infection in an adult caused by Mycoplasma hominis, diagnosed using mNGS technology: a case report

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Kai-Meng Wang
Na Mu
He-Bo Wang

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1560635

2,145 views
4 citations

Clinical Trial

Published on 26 Feb 2025

Efficacy of Kegan Liyan oral liquid vs. Lianhuaqingwen capsules for patients with mild COVID-19: a double-blinded, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Yuewei Li
Yihe Chi
Mengting Zhu
Feiting Fan
Zhongyang Deng
Jingmin Xiao
Shaohan Jin
Luoqi Lin
Xiaochun Chen
Ruhong Xu

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1531370

3,192 views

Perspective

Published on 25 Feb 2025

Proposed research classification criteria for Lyme disease in infection associated chronic illness studies

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Brian A. Fallon
Mara Kuvaldina
Nevena Zubcevik
Roberta DeBiasi
Sarah B. Mulkey
Charles Chiu
Felicia Chow
Kristopher Paolino
Randy Lai
David Putrino

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1519163

4,700 views
3 citations

Case Report

Published on 25 Feb 2025

Dose determination of VV116 in COVID-19 patients with severe liver dysfunction: a case report

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Jing Yang
Wenwen Jiang
Jianqing Deng
Min Liu
Ya Xue
Jizhang Bao
Tingting Jia
Qi Hu
Lichao Zhang

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1541235

2,205 views
1 citation

Systematic Review

Published on 21 Feb 2025

Evaluating the predictive value of clinical models for HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma: A meta-analysis

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Long Huang
Luhuai Feng
Yang Lu
Bobin Hu
Hongqian Liang
Aoli Ren
Hang Wang
Wenming He
Caifang Deng
Minghua Su

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1529201

3,123 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Feb 2025

Clinical characteristics and surgical treatment comparison of multisegmental spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective analysis

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Zongqiang Yang
Zhangui Gu
Qiang Liu
Long Ma
Le Fei
Ningkui Niu
Jiandang Shi

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1541745

2,437 views
2 citations

Clinical Trial

Published on 19 Feb 2025

Effect of polyhexamethylene biguanide-coated central venous catheters on bacterial colonization in cancer patients undergoing abdominal surgery: a randomized controlled trial

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Jun Dong
Yong Yang
Qi Li
Jia-Xuan Xu
Yan-Fen Shen
Hong-Zhi Wang

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1507352

2,300 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Feb 2025

HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infections significantly alter small RNA expression in asymptomatic carriers

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Lorena Abreu Fernandes
Victor Ângelo Folgosi
Rodrigo Pessôa
Tatiane Assone
Jefferson Russo Victor
Jorge Casseb
Augusto César Penalva de Oliveira
Youko Nukui
Alberto José da Silva Duarte
Sabri Saeed Sanabani

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1547712

2,648 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 14 Feb 2025

Non-linear association between CD4+ T-cell counts and mortality risk in people living with HIV: evidence from a 10-year cohort study

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Ruohan Sun
Huangchao Jia
Qiujia Kang
Yanmin Ma
Zichen He
Xiuxia Ma
Jun Yuan
Huijun Guo
Qianlei Xu
Yantao Jin

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1502804

1,608 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Feb 2025

Safety and immunogenicity of Ad5-nCoV administered intradermally by needle-free injector in rats

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Li Chen
Xiaoyin Zhang
Lairun Jin
Lihua Hou
Fengcai Zhu
Jingxin Li

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1543398

1,869 views
1 citation

Case Report

Published on 13 Feb 2025

SARS-CoV-2 detection via metagenomic next-generation sequencing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid/sputum in lymphoma patients receiving B-cell-depleting therapy: a case report of two cases

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Cuiming Sun
Zhidan Zhang

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1434340

2,325 views

Case Report

Published on 13 Feb 2025

Pyogenic liver abscess and sepsis caused by mixed anaerobic bacteria in an immunocompetent adult: a case report

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Ziwen Fan
Mu Mei
Cen Chen

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1486256

2,828 views

Case Report

Published on 12 Feb 2025

Case report: Clinical characteristics of anthrax meningoencephalitis: two cases diagnosed using metagenomic next-generation sequencing and literature review

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Minzhe Hu
Xiaodong Qiao
Jingliang Zhang
Danqing Qin
Shougang Guo
Weili Zhao
Chunjuan Wang

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1539314

2,757 views
2 citations

Editorial

Published on 11 Feb 2025

Editorial: Infection-mediated inflammation that promotes cancer initiation and/or progression

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Ibrahim M. Sayed
Soumita Das

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1564726

1,520 views

Correction

Published on 10 Feb 2025

Corrigendum: Characteristics and real-world medication persistence of people living with HIV treated with DTG/3TC or BIC/FTC/TAF: a hospital claims database study in Japan

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Rie Kanamori
Nozomi Aoki
Akio Kanazawa
Mayumi Yuda
Nao Makino
Emi Ohata
Nobuyuki Fukui
Hirotake Mori
Hirohide Yokokawa
Toshio Naito

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1555353

1,375 views

Systematic Review

Published on 06 Feb 2025

Impact of underweight status on mortality in sepsis patients: a meta-analysis

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Jiaan Chen
Fan Zhang
Li Liang
Xuming Pan
Jiancheng Zhang
Guangjun Jin

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1549709

1,947 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 06 Feb 2025

Characterization of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma patients with specific skin lesions in a tertiary dermatological service in Brazil

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Mariana Valente
José Antonio Sanches
Youko Nukui
Jade Cury-Martins
Bruno Castro Souza
Juliana Pereira
Denis Miyashiro

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1505865

3,046 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Feb 2025

Clinical validation and optimization of machine learning models for early prediction of sepsis

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Xi Liu
Meiyi Li
Xu Liu
Yuting Luo
Dong Yang
Hui Ouyang
Jiaoling He
Jinyu Xia
Fei Xiao

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1521660

3,470 views
3 citations

Review

Published on 05 Feb 2025

Immune-neuroendocrine reactivity and features of tuberculosis in pregnancy

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Anna Starshinova
Leonid P. Churilov
Igor Kudryavtsev
Artem Rubinstein
Ekaterina Belyaeva
Anastasia Kulpina
Hong Ling
Min Zhuang
Dmitry Kudlay

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1503402

2,759 views
5 citations

Systematic Review

Published on 05 Feb 2025

Predictive value of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio for the clinical outcomes of acquired immune deficiency syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Fuyu Guo
Jiamei Chen
Hengkai Zhang

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1503614

2,673 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 05 Feb 2025

Comparative analysis of clinical characteristics and outcomes between carbapenem-resistant and carbapenem-sensitive Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: insights from a tertiary hospital in Northern China

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Bu Wang
Wei Zhang
Hongxia Zhang
Maochen Li
Zhihua Zhang
Xiaocui Peng
Na Wang
Ning Song

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1499057

2,210 views
1 citation

Editorial

Published on 04 Feb 2025

Editorial: Progressing the understanding and management of bloodstream infections

in Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy

Lihui Wang
Bin Lin
Xingrong Gong
Yuetian Yu

Frontiers in Medicine

doi 10.3389/fmed.2025.1562934

1,590 views
2 citations

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Perceived benefits and barriers to the use of long-acting injectable antiretroviral treatment among adolescents and young people living with HIV in Western Kenya: qualitative findings from the KuwaFree! LiveFree! Study

Cytological identification of Blastocystis hominis in the ascites of a patient with rectal carcinoma: a case report

Intracranial infection in an adult caused by Mycoplasma hominis, diagnosed using mNGS technology: a case report

Efficacy of Kegan Liyan oral liquid vs. Lianhuaqingwen capsules for patients with mild COVID-19: a double-blinded, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial

Proposed research classification criteria for Lyme disease in infection associated chronic illness studies

Dose determination of VV116 in COVID-19 patients with severe liver dysfunction: a case report

Evaluating the predictive value of clinical models for HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma: A meta-analysis

Clinical characteristics and surgical treatment comparison of multisegmental spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective analysis

Effect of polyhexamethylene biguanide-coated central venous catheters on bacterial colonization in cancer patients undergoing abdominal surgery: a randomized controlled trial

HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infections significantly alter small RNA expression in asymptomatic carriers

Non-linear association between CD4+ T-cell counts and mortality risk in people living with HIV: evidence from a 10-year cohort study

Safety and immunogenicity of Ad5-nCoV administered intradermally by needle-free injector in rats

SARS-CoV-2 detection via metagenomic next-generation sequencing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid/sputum in lymphoma patients receiving B-cell-depleting therapy: a case report of two cases

Pyogenic liver abscess and sepsis caused by mixed anaerobic bacteria in an immunocompetent adult: a case report

Case report: Clinical characteristics of anthrax meningoencephalitis: two cases diagnosed using metagenomic next-generation sequencing and literature review

Editorial: Infection-mediated inflammation that promotes cancer initiation and/or progression

Corrigendum: Characteristics and real-world medication persistence of people living with HIV treated with DTG/3TC or BIC/FTC/TAF: a hospital claims database study in Japan

Impact of underweight status on mortality in sepsis patients: a meta-analysis

Characterization of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma patients with specific skin lesions in a tertiary dermatological service in Brazil

Clinical validation and optimization of machine learning models for early prediction of sepsis

Immune-neuroendocrine reactivity and features of tuberculosis in pregnancy

Predictive value of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio for the clinical outcomes of acquired immune deficiency syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Comparative analysis of clinical characteristics and outcomes between carbapenem-resistant and carbapenem-sensitive Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: insights from a tertiary hospital in Northern China

Editorial: Progressing the understanding and management of bloodstream infections