Bartonella Species Infections Research

SEP 1, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Occult Bartonella Quintana Infective Endocarditis Incidentally Diagnosed During Pre-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Workup in a Patient Without Classical Risk Factors

Cureus

A single case report describing an unusual diagnostic scenario without comparative data, mechanistic insights, or outcome generalizable beyond the individual patient.

AUG 23, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Atypical Case of Presumed Bartonella henselae Osteomyelitis in a Child with Cat-Scratch Disease Mimicking a Malignant Bone Tumor

Children

A single pediatric case report describing an atypical presentation of a rare disease manifestation; establishes diagnostic criteria and treatment response but lacks comparison group or population-level evidence.

AUG 20, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Retrospective Analysis of Chronic Q Fever Cases at a Tertiary Care Center from 2007 to 2023

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Retrospective single-centre case series with modest sample size and no comparator; provides descriptive epidemiology and outcomes but lacks the design rigour to support generalizable clinical recommendations.

AUG 8, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Visual outcomes and etiologic distribution of neuroretinitis: a 12-year retrospective study from a tertiary eye center

BMC Ophthalmology

Retrospective case series from a single tertiary center with modest sample size and no control group; descriptive etiologic and outcome data without comparative statistical analysis or hard clinical endpoints.

AUG 4, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Intracerebral nodular involvement in neurobrucellosis: case report and review of the literature

BMC Infectious Diseases

A single case report describing a rare manifestation of neurobrucellosis with clinical and radiological follow-up, raising diagnostic awareness rather than testing a hypothesis or providing generalizable evidence.

JUL 30, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Characterization of Environmental and Clinical Cryptococcus neoformans in Southern Ghana

Acta Microbiologica Hellenica

Descriptive surveillance study identifying environmental and clinical C. neoformans isolates with partial MLST characterization, raising questions about transmission patterns rather than answering them definitively.

JUL 28, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Identification of Coccidioides specific T cell clones and antigens in naturally exposed Pig-tailed Macaques and Valley fever patients 2308943

The Journal of Immunology

Exploratory antigen discovery and T cell characterization study in a model system with confirmation needed in clinical vaccination or challenge studies; no efficacy endpoint reported.