COVID-19—Zoonosis or Emerging Infectious Disease?

Pertussis: a re-emerging or under diagnosed infectious disease?

very year, mild, self-limited, to severe cases of respiratory nfections are very common, particularly during the winter easons in the South of Brazil. Respiratory viruses are themost ommon causes of these infections. However, bacterial agents ay also be involved. Bordetella pertussis is a well-known cause f respiratory infection,which startswith cold-like symptoms, ut contrary to viral infectio...

Melioidosis: an emerging infectious disease.

Infectious diseases account for a third of all the deaths in the developing world. Achievements in understanding the basic microbiology, pathogenesis, host defenses and expanded epidemiology of infectious diseases have resulted in better management and reduced mortality. However, an emerging infectious disease, melioidosis, is becoming endemic in the tropical regions of the world and is spreadi...

Emerging Issues in Water and Infectious Disease

Canine Bartonellosis: an Emerging Infectious Disease

INTRODUCTION Bartonella species are fastidious gram-negative bacteria that are highly adapted to a mammalian reservoir host and within which the bacteria usually cause a long-lasting intraerythrocytic bacteremia.1,2 In the natural host, chronic bacteremia with a Bartonella species can frequently be detected by culture or PCR in seemingly healthy individuals. Until recently, mechanisms that faci...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungemia: an emerging infectious disease.

BACKGROUND Saccharomyces cerevisiae is well known in the baking and brewing industry and is also used as a probiotic in humans. However, it is a very uncommon cause of infection in humans. METHODS During the period of 15-30 April 2003, we found 3 patients with S. cerevisiae fungemia in an intensive care unit (ICU). An epidemiological study was performed, and the medical records for all patien...