BMC Infectious Diseases

BMC Infectious Diseases reviewer acknowledgement 2015.

CONTRIBUTING REVIEWERS The editors of BMC Infectious Diseases would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 15 (2015).

Retrospective analysis of the quality of reports by author-suggested and non-author-suggested reviewers in journals operating on open or single-blind peer review models

OBJECTIVES To assess whether reports from reviewers recommended by authors show a bias in quality and recommendation for editorial decision, compared with reviewers suggested by other parties, and whether reviewer reports for journals operating on open or single-blind peer review models differ with regard to report quality and reviewer recommendations. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of the qua...

Erratum to: Co-distribution and co-infection of chikungunya and dengue viruses.

Bartonella quintana coinfection with Mycobacterium avium complex and CMV in an AIDS patient: case presentation

BACKGROUND As a greater number of HIV-infected patients survive despite profound immunodepression due to medical progress, we face complex infection with multiple agents in AIDS-patients. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of an AIDS patient with a primary clinical presentation suggestive of bacillary angiomatosis. We also found in cutaneous lesions Mycobacterium avium complex and cytomegal...

Correction: Investigation of Staphylococcus strains with heterogeneous resistance to glycopeptides in a Turkish university hospital

Text We feel that it is our ethical responsibility to add the following acknowledgment to the article titled "Investiga-tion of Staphylococcus strains with heterogeneous resistance to glycopeptides in a Turkish university' [1]: 'We greatly thank Dr. for their collaboration in confirming of the population analysis. which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, pro...