Mitochondrial Haplogroups as a Risk Factor for Herpes Zoster.

abstract：Background:Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections are a major threat to public health, yet improper use of antibiotics remains high. Infectious Diseases (ID) fellows play a major role in antibiotic stewardship efforts, but there is little research on how they view stewardship activities. We performed a qualitative s...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Morgan JR,Barlam TF,Drainoni ML

更新日期：2018-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a well regarded physical functioning assessment including balance, gait speed, and chair-stand tests. Its use has not been widely assessed in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care. We evaluated the feasibility of integrating the SPPB into care of aging peopl...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Crane HM,Miller ME,Pierce J,Willig AL,Case ML,Wilkin AM,Brown S,Asirot MG,Fredericksen RJ,Saag MS,Landay AL,High KP

更新日期：2019-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Inpatient HIV care often requires specialized laboratory testing with which practitioners may not be familiar. In addition, computerized physician order entry allows for ordering tests without understanding test indications, but it can also provide a venue for education and diagnostic stewardship. Methods:A...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Bolles K,Woc-Colburn L,Hamill RJ,Hemmige V

更新日期：2019-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Background.  The efficacy of live, attenuated live attenuated influenza vaccine(LAIV) and inactivated influenza vaccine(IIV) is poorly explained by either single or composite immune responses to vaccination. Protective biomarkers were therefore studied in response to LAIV or IIV followed by LAIV challenge in children....

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Wright PF,Hoen AG,Ilyushina NA,Brown EP,Ackerman ME,Wieland-Alter W,Connor RI,Jegaskanda S,Rosenberg-Hasson Y,Haynes BC,Luke CJ,Subbarao K,Treanor JJ

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an increasingly recognized cause of acute respiratory infection (ARI) in adults. We compared the crude in-hospital mortality of patients with RSV infection alone with that of patients with RSV-bacterial coinfection. Overall, 12 144 hospitalized patients with ARI were screened for R...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Godefroy R,Giraud-Gatineau A,Jimeno MT,Edouard S,Meddeb L,Zandotti C,Chaudet H,Colson P,Raoult D,Cassir N

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective was to study the prognostic value of liver stiffness (LS) in HIV-infected patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). METHODS:We analyzed HIV-infected patients with compensated CHC and at least 1 determination of LS. The primary outcome was the occurrence of liver-related events (LRE), namely, de...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Pérez-Latorre L,Rivero-Juárez A,Hontañón V,Díez C,Cuenca F,Martín-Carbonero ML,Montes ML,Bellón JM,Aldámiz-Echevarría T,Carrero A,Rivero A,González-García J,Berenguer J

更新日期：2016-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Needle and syringe sharing among people who inject drugs (PWID) can result in a rapid regional spread of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) variant. Such outbreaks have been identified recently in several countries and have raised public health attention because of an association with new psychoactive subs...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Hanke K,Fiedler S,Grumann C,Ratmann O,Hauser A,Klink P,Meixenberger K,Altmann B,Zimmermann R,Marcus U,Bremer V,Auwärter V,Bannert N

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Internal medicine physicians are often the first providers to encounter patients with a new diagnosis of tuberculosis. Given the public health risks of missed tuberculosis cases, assessing internal medicine residents' ability to diagnose tuberculosis is important. Methods:Internal medicine resident knowledg...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Chida N,Brown C,Mathad J,Carpenter K,Nelson G,Schechter MC,Giles N,Rebolledo PA,Ray S,Fabre V,Cantillo DS,Longworth S,Amorosa V,Petrauskis C,Boulanger C,Cain N,Gupta A,McKenzie-White J,Bollinger R,Melia MT

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To determine the effectiveness of implementing a locally developed clinical practice guideline (CPG) for antibiotic treatment in adults with community-acquired cellulitis at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. Methods:The CPG for antibiotic treatment of community-acquired cellulitis was developed based o...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Sirijatuphat R,Nookeu P,Thamlikitkul V

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated health outcomes among people who inject drugs who are infected with hepatitis C virus using an artificial intelligence platform. Mean (SD) cumulative adherence (visual confirmation of administration) was 91.3% (10.5%). Most subjects (88.2%) achieved ≥80% adherence to treatment, and 88.2% (15 of 17...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Litwin AH,Shafner L,Norton B,Akiyama MJ,Agyemang L,Guzman M,Vera T,Heo M

更新日期：2020-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Clinical features of Lyme disease (LD) range from localized skin lesions to serious disseminated disease. Information on risk factors for Lyme arthritis, facial palsy, carditis, and meningitis is limited but could facilitate disease recognition and elucidate pathophysiology. Methods:Patients from high-incid...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Kwit NA,Nelson CA,Max R,Mead PS

更新日期：2017-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an open-access, Excel-based model simulating currently recommended and alternative algorithms for adult HIV testing as a preliminary investigation of trade-offs between accuracy and costs. Despite higher costs, simpler HIV testing algorithms incorporating point of care nucleic acid testing may improve out...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Neilan AM,Cohn JE,Lemaire JF,Sacks E,Alban R,Freedberg KA,Walensky RP,Ciaranello AL

更新日期：2018-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Whether antibiotic treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) can prevent acute graft pyelonephritis (AGP) in kidney transplant (KT) recipients has not been elucidated. Methods:In this multicenter, open-label, nonblinded, prospective, noninferiority, randomized controlled trial, we compared antibiotic treat...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Sabé N,Oriol I,Melilli E,Manonelles A,Bestard O,Polo C,Los Arcos I,Perelló M,Garcia D,Riera L,Tebé C,Len Ò,Moreso F,Cruzado JM,Carratalà J

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hepatitis C remains a major cause of liver disease globally and is responsible for approximately 500 000 deaths annually. Newer direct-acting antivirals achieve cure rates at or above 90% with excellent tolerability for most patients. The literature focusing on identification of predictors of efficacy and sa...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Jansen JW,Linneman TW,Powderly GM,Moenster RP,Nayak L

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection secondary to rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, especially in individuals with underlying structural lung disease or immune compromise. Such infections, particularly those caused by the Mycobacterium abscessus group, are challenging to treat due to high...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： McGuffin SA,Pottinger PS,Harnisch JP

更新日期：2017-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the recognized benefit of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for preventing and treating HIV, some studies have reported adverse birth outcomes with in utero ART exposure. We evaluated the effect of infant in utero HIV and ART exposure on preterm delivery (PTD), low birth weight (LBW), small for gestationa...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Ramokolo V,Goga AE,Lombard C,Doherty T,Jackson DJ,Engebretsen IM

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The diabetic foot infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in many patients and remains a challenging diagnosis for most clinicians. Diagnosis is largely based on clinical signs supplemented by various imaging tests. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not readily available to many clinicians, and bo...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Markanday A

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia is a characteristic feature during the acute phase of dengue infection and has been found to associate with vascular leakage in severe dengue. Although dengue antigens have been observed in platelets, there is no strong evidence to suggest a direct infection of platelets by dengue virus as a contribut...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Kar M,Singla M,Chandele A,Kabra SK,Lodha R,Medigeshi GR

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptomatic acute HCV infection and interferon lambda 4 (IFNL4) genotypes are important predictors of spontaneous viral clearance. Using data from a multicohort database (Injecting Cohorts [InC3] Collaborative), we establish an independent association between host IFNL4 genotype and symptoms of acute hepatitis C virus...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Page K,Mirzazadeh A,Rice TM,Grebely J,Kim AY,Cox AL,Morris MD,Hellard M,Bruneau J,Shoukry NH,Dore GJ,Maher L,Lloyd AR,Lauer G,Prins M,McGovern BH

更新日期：2016-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and active or previous hepatitis B virus (HBV) are at risk of HBV reactivation (HBV-R) during direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy. Recent reports suggest that HBV-R may even occur several months after completion of DAA therapy. The aim of this study w...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Mücke MM,Mücke VT,Peiffer KH,Sarrazin C,Zeuzem S,Berger A,Vermehren J

更新日期：2018-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lack of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection awareness may be a driver of racial disparities in HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM). Lack of awareness is typically measured by comparing HIV test result to self-reported HIV status. This measure may be subject to reporting bias and alte...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Sanchez TH,Kelley CF,Rosenberg E,Luisi N,O'Hara B,Lambert R,Coleman R,Frew P,Salazar LF,Tao S,Clarke W,Del Rio C,Sullivan PS

更新日期：2014-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii represents an emerging fungal pathogen of immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts in the United States. To our knowledge, this is the first case of posttransplant immune reconstitution syndrome due to C. gattii meningoencephalitis successfully treated with corticosteroids. We also report succes...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Canfield GS,Henao-Martínez AF,Franco-Paredes C,Zhelnin K,Wilson ML,Shihadeh KC,Wyles D,Gardner EM

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:International guidelines recommend using local susceptibility data to direct empiric therapy for acute uncomplicated cystitis. We evaluated outpatient urinary isolate susceptibility trends in New York State. Nitrofurantoin had the lowest resistance prevalence whereas trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and fluoroquinolones ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Rank EL,Lodise T,Avery L,Bankert E,Dobson E,Dumyati G,Hassett S,Keller M,Pearsall M,Lubowski T,Carreno JJ

更新日期：2018-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cavitary lesions (CLs) primarily identified by chest x-ray (CXR) have been associated with worse clinical outcomes among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Chest computed tomography (CT), which has better resolution and increased sensitivity to detect lung abnormalities, has been understudied in PTB...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Hernandez-Romieu AC,Little BP,Bernheim A,Schechter MC,Ray SM,Bizune D,Kempker R

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme disease accounted for more than two-thirds (56 of 81, 69.1%) of all tick-borne disease referrals to a large, academic infectious diseases clinic in a low-incidence state. Deviations from diagnostic testing guidelines and errors in test interpretation were common (23 of 35, 65.7%), suggesting that frontline provid...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Boyce RM,Speight C,Lin JT,Farel CE

更新日期：2020-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) disease caused by type emm89 strains has been increasing worldwide, driven by the emergence of an epidemic clonal variant (clade 3 emm89). The clinical characteristics of patients with emm89 iGAS disease, and in particular with clade 3 emm89 iGAS disease, are poorly desc...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Teatero S,Coleman BL,Beres SB,Olsen RJ,Kandel C,Reynolds O,Athey TBT,Musser JM,McGeer A,Fittipaldi N

更新日期：2017-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 shed in stool via fecal microbiota transplantation is not yet known, and the effectiveness of various testing strategies to prevent fecal microbiota transplantation-based transmission has also not yet been quantified. In this study, we u...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Olesen SW,Zaman A,Osman M,Ramakrishna B

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Background.  Sepsis is a serious and common condition with high mortality and morbidity. The public awareness, knowledge, and perception of sepsis in Sweden are unknown. Methods.  A survey was performed using an online interview distributed to adults, aged 18-74, between March 6 and 9, 2015. Results.  A total of 1001 ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Mellhammar L,Christensson B,Linder A

更新日期：2015-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides a comprehensive review of currently available treatment options for infections due to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacteria is an emerging and serious global public health threat. Carbapenems have been used as the "last-line" treatment f...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Morrill HJ,Pogue JM,Kaye KS,LaPlante KL

更新日期：2015-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required drug manufacturers to give advance notice of impending drug shortages. A survey of infectious diseases (ID) physicians was undertaken to determine the impact of this requirement and to follow-up on prior perceptions of ID physicians on shortages of ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Gundlapalli AV,Beekmann SE,Graham DR,Polgreen PM,Members of the Emerging Infections Network.

更新日期：2018-04-23 00:00:00