Microbiome and Growth in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease.

Objective: To profile the gut microbiome (GM) in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) undergoing cardiac surgery compared with matched infants and to investigate the association with growth (weight, length, and head circumference).

Study Design: A prospective study in the cardiac intensive care unit at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and newborn nursery within the Emory Healthcare system. Characteristics including weight, length, head circumference, and surgical variables were collected.

High prevalence and presumptive treatment of schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis among African refugees.

Background: Schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis cause substantial morbidity and mortality among hundreds of millions of infected persons worldwide. In the United States, these infections are most commonly found among international travelers, immigrants, and refugees from areas of endemicity. Refugees resettled to the United States since 2000 include >3800 "Lost Boys and Girls" of Sudan and 8000 Somali Bantu.

Hematologic and biochemical changes associated with human T lymphotropic virus type 1 infection in Jamaica: a report from the population-based blood donors study.

Objective: We investigated changes in hematologic and biochemical parameters associated with human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection, antibody titer, and provirus load. Additionally, on a subset of participants, we assessed the epidemiologic relationship of HTLV-1 with Strongyloides stercoralis.

Methods: Among volunteer blood donors in Jamaica, HTLV-1 carriers (n=482) were frequency matched with HTLV-1 negative subjects (n=355) by age (+/-5 years), sex, and date of blood donation (+/-3 months).

Toxoplasma gondii infection in the United States, 1999 2004, decline from the prior decade.

Toxoplasma gondii can cause congenital, neurologic, ocular, and mild or asymptomatic infection. To determine the U.S.

In vitro metronidazole and tinidazole activities against metronidazole-resistant strains of Trichomonas vaginalis.

The in vitro activities of tinidazole and metronidazole against Trichomonas vaginalis isolates clinically resistant to metronidazole were compared. Minimal lethal concentrations (MLCs) of tinidazole were significantly lower than MLCs of metronidazole. Increased metronidazole resistance correlated with increased tinidazole resistance.