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  • CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PROFILE OF SEPTICAEMIA-CAUSING PATHOGENS ISOLATED FROM FEBRILE CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN KANO, NIGERIA.

    Ibrahim Yusuf
    e2018016
    2018-02-15
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2018.016
    2987
    PDF: 1039
    HTML: 668
  • EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CARBAPENEM RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTIONS IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES

    Corrado Girmenia, Martina Canichella, Alessandra Serrao
    e2016032
    2016-06-01
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.032
    5065
    PDF: 1674
    HTML: 2525
  • IMPACT OF MANNOSE-BINDING PROTEIN GENE POLYMORPHISMS IN OMANI SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENTS

    Mathew Zachariah, Anil Pathare
    e2016013
    2016-02-11
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.013
    3286
    PDF: 807
    HTML: 1608
  • LEVOFLOXACIN PROPHYLAXIS VERSUS NO PROPHYLAXIS IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA DURING POST-INDUCTION APLASIA: A SINGLE CENTER STUDY

    Irene Urbino, Chiara Frairia, Alessandro Busca, Silvia Corcione, Stefano D'Ardia, Chiara Maria Dellacasa, Valentina Giai, Carolina Secreto, Roberto Freilone, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Semra Aydin, Giovannino Ciccone, Rosalba Rosato, Marco Cerrano, Ernesta Audisio
    e2023022
    2023-02-28
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2023.022
    1827
    PDF: 1149
    HTML: 425
  • THE ROLE OF CORTICOSTEROIDS IN ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME CAUSED BY VIRIDANS GROUP STREPTOCOCCI BACTEREMIA IN NEUTROPENIC PATIENTS

    Abraham Tareq Yacoub, Lysenia Mojica, Lily Jones, Andrea Knab, Sally Alrabaa, John Norman Greene
    e2014055
    2014-09-01
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2014.055
    2220
    PDF: 925
    HTML: 1892
    Table: 258
  • CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS OF PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASES IN TUNISIAN CHILDREN

    Naouel GUIRAT, Monia Ben Khaled, Monia Ouederni, Imen Ben-Mustapha, Ridha Kouki, Habib Besbes, Mohamed Ridha Barbouche, Fethi Mellouli, mohamed bejaoui
    e2018065
    2018-10-30
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2018.065
    1958
    PDF: 1170
    HTML: 435
  • BETTER OUTCOME OF HIGH-DOSE CEFTAZIDIME IN HEMATO – ONCOLOGICAL PATIENTS WITH INFECTIONS CAUSED BY EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

    Alzbeta Zavrelova, Jakub Radocha, Pavla Paterova, Pavel Zak, Benjamin Visek, Martin Sima
    e2023001
    2022-12-31
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2023.001
    1371
    PDF: 1167
    HTML: 515
  • RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MORTALITY IN NOSOCOMIAL STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA PNEUMONIA: A SINGLE-CENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY-

    Yeşim Yıldız, Özge Özgen Top, Pınar Aysert Yıldız, Dr. Tekin Tas, Sedanur Eser, Hamid Habibi, Murat Dizbay
    e2026018
    2026-02-28
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2026.018
    658
    PDF: 638
    HTML: 108
  • CMV IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

    Rafael de la Camara
    e2016031
    2016-06-20
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.031
    4945
    PDF: 1868
    HTML: 2869
    Untitled: 256
  • Sickle Cell Disease: Management options and challenges in developing countries

    Daniel Ansong, Alex Osei-Akoto, Delaena Ocloo, Kwaku Ohene-Frempong Ohene-Frempong
    e2013062
    2013-11-04
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2013.062
    2984
    PDF: 1344
    HTML: 1057
  • HOW I TREAT FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA

    Marcio Nucci
    e2021025
    2021-02-26
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2021.025
    7173
    PDF: 4076
    HTML: 674
  • Bordetella Bronchiseptica in the Immunosuppressed Population – A Case Series and Review.

    Abraham Tareq Yacoub, Mitsuya Katayama, JoAnn Tran, Ronit Zadikany, Manasa Kandula, John Norman Greene
    e2014031
    2014-04-06
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2014.031
    2580
    PDF: 1366
    HTML: 1831
    CoverLetter: 207
  • Management of meningitis caused by multi drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: clinical, microbiological and pharmacokinetic results in a patient treated with colistin methanesulfonate

    Elisabetta Schiaroli, Maria Bruna Pasticci, Maria Iris Cassetta, Stefania Fallani, Corrado Castrioto, Matteo Pirro, Andrea Novelli, Lucia Henrici De Angelis, Marco Maria D'Andrea, Maria Lina Mezzatesta, Franco Baldelli, Antonella Mencacci
    e201555
    2015-10-11
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.055
    2666
    PDF: 1204
    HTML: 954
    COVER LETTER: 251
  • MALARIA IN CHILDREN

    Richard-Fabian Schumacher, Elena Spinelli
    e2012073
    2012-11-07
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2012.073
    5621
    PDF: 2860
    HTML: 7524
  • FUNGAL INFECTIONS OF THE EAR IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST: A REVIEW

    Borlingegowda Viswanatha, Khaja Naseeruddin
    e2011003
    2011-01-04
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.003
    3885
    PDF: 1574
    HTML: 3884
    Letter to Editor: 217
  • HEPARIN-BINDING PROTEIN AS A DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC MARKER OF INFECTIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS Heparin-binding protein in adult patients

    Wenshan Yang, Wei Dong
    e2025029
    2025-04-30
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.029
    3196
    PDF: 1091
    HTML: 301
    Suppl. Files: 535
  • HIV-ASSOCIATED VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM

    Michele Bibas, Gianluigi Biava, Andrea Antinori
    e2011030
    2011-07-08
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.030
    4606
    PDF: 1530
    HTML: 8541
  • ZYGOMYCOSIS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED NON-HAEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS

    George Petrikkos, Miranda Drogari-Apiranthitou
    e2011012
    2011-03-14
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.012
    3000
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    HTML: 7500
  • Editorial : INTRODUCING MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

    Giuseppe Leone, Luigi Maria Larocca, Eligio Pizzigallo
    e2009001
    2009-06-22
    3420
    PDF: 611
    HTML: 729
  • KINETICS AND ROLE OF PANCREATIC STONE PROTEIN AND MIDREGIONAL PROADRENOMEDULLIN AS PREDICTORS OF SEPSIS AND BACTEREMIA IN CHILDREN WITH HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES.

    Vasiliki Antari, Lemonia Skoura, Athanasios Tragiannidis, Emmanuel Hatzipantelis, Vasiliki-Rengina Tsinopoulou, Konstantina Papakonstantinou, Efthimia Protonotariou, Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou
    e2023065
    2023-10-30
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2023.065
    1027
    PDF: 800
    HTML: 137
  • CLINICAL ASPECTS OF UNCOMPLICATED AND SEVERE MALARIA

    Alessandro Bartoloni, Lorenzo Zammarchi
    e2012026
    2012-05-04
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2012.026
    8263
    PDF: 4463
    HTML: 7573
  • EPIDEMIOLOGY OF METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN ARAB COUNTRIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN REGION

    Hussam Tabaja, Dr. Joya-Rita Hindy, Dr. Souha S. Kanj
    e2021050
    2021-08-28
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2021.050
    2654
    PDF: 1022
    HTML: 468
  • PREVALENCE OF BLATEM, BLASHV, AND BLACTX-M GENES AMONG ESBL-PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE AND ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM THALASSEMIA IN ERBIL, IRAQ

    Pishtiwan Ahmad Hamad, Khalil Mustafa Khadija
    e2019041
    2019-06-25
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.041
    4039
    PDF: 2179
    HTML: 345
  • Bacillus Cereus catheter related bloodstream infection in a patient in a patient with acute lymphblastic leukemia

    Lütfiye Öksüz, N Gurler, M Muftuoglu, FD Sargin, SK Besisik
    e2012004
    2012-01-18
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2012.004
    1715
    PDF: 1153
    HTML: 1106
  • ANORECTAL COMPLICATIONS DURING NEUTROPENIC PERIOD IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES

    Soner Solmaz
    e2016019
    2016-03-01
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.019
    3109
    PDF: 1026
    HTML: 1596
  • A Case of Rupioid Syphilis Masquerading as Aggressive Cutaneous Lymphoma

    Jonathan Braue, Thomas Hagele, Abraham Tareq Yacoub, Suganya Mannivanan, Frank Glass, Lubomir Sokol, John Norman Greene
    e2015026
    2015-04-19
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.026
    2707
    PDF: 1080
    HTML: 5118
    Cover Letter: 189
    Figure 2: 195
    Figure 1: 198
    Figure 3: 220
    Figure 4: 194
    Figure Legend: 204
    Table 1: 225
    Table 2: 210
    Table 3: 206
  • Coexisting Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Mucormycosis in a Patient with Aplastic Anemia Post Allogenic Stem Cell Transplantion

    Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Narendra Agrawal, Anjan Mukherjee, Tulika Seth, Pravas Mishra, Immaculata Xess, Manoranjan Mahapatra, Sanjay Sharma
    e2011036
    2011-09-08
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.036
    3261
    PDF: 745
    HTML: 901
  • Spontaneous pneumothorax in an allogeneic cell transplant recipient with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and antecedent RSV pneumonitis

    Liang Piu Koh, Michelle L Poon, John K Tam, Lynette Teo, Li Yang Hsu
    e2011014
    2011-03-29
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.014
    1092
    PDF: 889
    HTML: 15550
  • FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN AND MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT ORGANISMS COLONIZATION IN AML PATIENTS.

    Luca Guarnera, Gentiana Elena Trotta, Valentina Boldrini, Lucia Cardillo, Ilaria Cerroni, Valeria Mezzanotte, Gianmario Pasqualone, Arianna Savi, Beatrice Borsellino, Elisa Buzzatti, Raffaele Palmieri, Giovangiacinto Paterno, Luca Maurillo, Francesco Buccisano, Adriano Venditti, Maria Ilaria Del Principe
    e2023013
    2023-01-01
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2023.013
    2421
    PDF: 1213
    HTML: 540
  • EVALUATION OF USING EMPIRIC GLYCOPEPTIDES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IDSA GUIDELINE IN HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY PATIENTS WITH FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA Empiric glycopeptide use in neutropenic fever

    Cumali Yalçın, Fahir Özkalemkaş, Vildan Özkocaman, Tuba Ersal, İbrahim Ethem Pınar, Bedrettin Orhan, Ömer Candar, Sinem Çubukçu, Tuba Güllü Koca, Merve Nur Akyol, Nevriye Gül Ada, Cüneyt Özakın, Esra Kazak, Halis Akalın, Rıdvan Ali
    e2022039
    2022-04-28
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2022.039
    1619
    PDF: 1160
    HTML: 266
  • Brain abscesses caused by Nocardia paucivorans in a multiple myeloma patient treated with lenalidomide and dexamethasone: a case report and review of literature.

    Jacopo Monticelli, Roberto Luzzati, Cristina Maurel, Chiara Rosin, Romina Valentinotti, Claudio Farina
    e2015011
    2014-12-24
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.011
    1765
    PDF: 1116
    HTML: 6563
    original file with images: 315
  • IMPACT OF PRETRANSPLANT DONOR AND RECIPIENT CYTOMEGALOVIRUS SEROSTATUS ON OUTCOME FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS UNDERGOING REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION.

    Jean Elcheikh
    e2013026
    2013-04-10
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2013.026
    1373
    PDF: 773
    HTML: 1486
  • THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHY IN HAEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION:AN UPDATE

    Evi Stavrou, Hillard Michael Lazarus
    e2010033
    2010-10-29
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2010.033
    1704
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    HTML: 10763
  • ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF PROCALCITONIN, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND ALBUMIN LEVELS-GUIDED ANTIBIOTICS USE IN SEPSIS

    Junyue Cao, YuChao Sun
    e2025060
    2025-08-31
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.060
    1029
    PDF: 611
    Html: 311
    Suppl. Files: 197
  • COMPARISON OF PRESEPSIN, PROCALCITONIN, INTERLEUKIN-8 AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN PREDICTING BACTERAEMIA IN FEBRILE NEUTROPENIC ADULT PATIENTS WITH HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES

    Irena Kostic, Carmela Gurrieri, Elisa Piva, Gianpietro Semenzato, Mario Plebani, Ilaria Caputo, Fabrizio Vianello
    e2019047
    2019-08-29
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.047
    3380
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  • COMPARISON OF THE POWER OF PROCALCITONIN AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN DIFFERENT AETIOLOGIES OF FEVER IN PROLONGED PROFOUND NEUTROPENIA: A SINGLE-CENTRE PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

    Anke Verlinden, Veronique De Vroey, Herman Goossens, Ella Roelant, Ann Van de Velde, Zwi Berneman, Wilfried Schroyens, Alain Gadisseur
    e2019023
    2019-02-26
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.023
    6864
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    HTML: 513
  • INFECTIOUS AETIOLOGY OF MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA AND ROLE OF ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPY

    Salvatore Perrone, Gianna Maria D'Elia, Alessandro Pulsoni
    e2016006
    2016-01-01
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    4635
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  • How we manage invasive fungal disease in acute myeloid leukemia patients with Glucose 6 Dehydrogenase deficiency

    Marco Sanna, Giovanni Caocci, Giorgio La Nasa
    e2017047
    2017-08-14
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.047
    1904
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    HTML: 1021
    Referring article: 786
  • Fatal disseminated fusariosis during induction therapy for adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a patient with prior multiple myeloma

    Sara Alberti, Gianluca Cavallaro, Alessandra Tebaldi, Paola Tebaldi, Maria Chiara Finazzi, Anna Grassi, Monica Galli, Laura Paris, Paola Stefanoni, Francesca Valsecchi, Alessandro Rambaldi, Federico Lussana
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    2026-09-01
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2026.074
    87
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  • PHENOTYPIC AND MOLECULAR DETECTION OF BIOFILM FORMATION IN METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ISOLATED FROM DIFFERENT CLINICAL SOURCE IN ERBIL CITY

    Pishtiwan Ahmad
    e2023016
    2023-02-28
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2023.016
    2248
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  • PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE: A NARRATIVE REVIEW

    Kwame Ofori Adjepong, Folashade Otegbeye, Yaw Amoateng ADJEPONG
    e2018032
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  • TOXICITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CAR-T CELL THERAPIES CAR-T Cell Toxicity

    Ugo Testa, Dr. Germana Castelli, Dr. Elvira Pelosi, Dr. Galli, Prof. Patrizia Chiusolo
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  • SIMPLE PERIPHERAL BLOOD SMEAR FINDINGS OF COVID-19 PATIENTS PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE AND THE DURATION OF HOSPITAL STAY. Peripheral blood smear and COVID-19 severity.

    Ilhami Berber, Ozlem Cagasar, Ahmet Sarıcı, Nurcan Kirici Berber, Ismet Aydogdu, Asli Yildirim, Harika Gozde Gocukara Bag, Leman Acun Delen, Ozkan Ulutas
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  • Community-acquired Carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli Bacteremia Complicated by c: A Case Report

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  • PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED CRITICAL PERTUSSIS IN A LOW INCOME COUNTRY: NEW RESURGENCE IN 2013.

    Aida Borgi
    e2014059
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    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2014.059
    1385
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  • DECOLONIZATION OF INTESTINAL CARRIAGE OF MDR/XDR GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA WITH ORAL COLISTIN IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES: RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

    Igor Stoma, Igor Karpov, Igor Iskrov, Svetlana Krivenko, Anatoly Uss, Svetlana Vlasenkova, Irina Lendina, Veronika Cherniak, Dmitrii Suvorov
    e2018030
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    2999
    PDF: 965
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  • Multiple bone and joint disease in a sickle cell anaemia patient: a case report

    John Ayodele Olaniyi, Adekunle E Alagbe, Olutoogun O Toluwalase, Olorunsogo E Busari
    e2012023
    2012-05-03
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2012.023
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  • Progression from Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Colonization to Bloodstream Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Cohort Study

    Candida Diaz, Daniela Rodriguez-Feria, Javier Garzon, Oscar Muñoz
    e2026041
    2026-04-30
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2026.041
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  • IMMUNE THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS AND OPEN ISSUES

    Silvia Maria Trisolini, Alessandro Laganà, Saveria Capria
    e2024060
    2024-06-29
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2024.060
    2568
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  • BETA THALASSEMIA MAJOR IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY ASPECT

    Mohamed Bejaoui, Naouel Guirat
    e2013002
    2013-01-01
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2013.002
    1718
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