Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim (Cotrimoxazole) for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Including Impetigo, Cellulitis, and Abscess.

abstract：:Using data from 3 private healthcare claims repositories, we evaluated the incidence of pneumococcal disease among adults with US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) defined at-risk conditions or rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Crohn's disease, and neuromuscular disorder/seizures and those with traditiona...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Pelton SI,Shea KM,Weycker D,Farkouh RA,Strutton DR,Edelsberg J

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Background.  First- and second-generation smallpox vaccines are contraindicated in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A new smallpox vaccine is needed to protect this population in the context of biodefense preparedness. The focus of this study was to compare the safety and immunogenicity of...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Overton ET,Stapleton J,Frank I,Hassler S,Goepfert PA,Barker D,Wagner E,von Krempelhuber A,Virgin G,Meyer TP,Müller J,Bädeker N,Grünert R,Young P,Rösch S,Maclennan J,Arndtz-Wiedemann N,Chaplin P

更新日期：2015-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:We characterized the extent of antiretroviral therapy (ART) experience and postdischarge mortality among hospitalized HIV-infected adults in Zambia. Methods:At a central hospital with an opt-out HIV testing program, we enrolled HIV-infected adults (18+ years) admitted to internal medicine using a population...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Haachambwa L,Kandiwo N,Zulu PM,Rutagwera D,Geng E,Holmes CB,Sinkala E,Claassen CW,Mugavero MJ,Wa Mwanza M,Turan JM,Vinikoor MJ

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Background.  Autochthonous hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been reported in over 200 solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients since 2006, yet little is known about the burden of HEV among SOT recipients in North America. We performed a retrospective, cross-sectional study to investigate the prevalence and risk fa...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Sue PK,Pisanic N,Heaney CD,Forman M,Valsamakis A,Jackson AM,Ticehurst JR,Montgomery RA,Schwarz KB,Nelson KE,Karnsakul W

更新日期：2016-01-18 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：:The FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis (ME) panel is a novel syndromic, nucleic acid amplification test for diagnosis of acute meningitis and encephalitis. Emerging data on its performance are concerning for false-positive results. We present a case of tuberculous meningitis misdiagnosed as herpes simplex virus-1 encep...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Gomez CA,Pinsky BA,Liu A,Banaei N

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This manuscript explores the ethics of human inoculation experiments in young healthy adults with wild-type severe acute respiratory sydrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as a tool to evaluate vaccine efficacy in the context of the Nuremberg Code, the Declaration of Helsinki, and the Belmont Report, and in the context of...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Spinola SM,Broderick C,Zimet GD,Ott MA

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disseminated strongyloidiasis in solid organ transplant recipients is a rare but devastating infection. In our center, we implemented a universal screening of all candidates for kidney transplantation. We assessed the seroprevalence and utility of universal screening for strongyloidiasis in our center. METH...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Al-Obaidi M,Hasbun R,Vigil KJ,Edwards AR,Chavez V,Hall DR,Dar WA,De Golovine A,Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Bynon JS,Nigo M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic infarction is a rare complication of infectious mononucleosis. We describe 3 cases of splenic infarction attributed to infectious mononucleosis that we encountered within a 2-month period. We underscore the awareness of this potential complication of infectious mononucleosis and discuss the differential diagno...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Li Y,George A,Arnaout S,Wang JP,Abraham GM

更新日期：2018-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Naegleria fowleri is a thermophilic free-living amoeba that is found in warm, fresh water and causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). The following report demonstrates the rapid and destructive clinical features of PAM in an 8-year-old male who presented with severe headaches approximately 12 days after swimm...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Vareechon C,Tarro T,Polanco C,Anand V,Pannaraj PS,Dien Bard J

更新日期：2019-07-29 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

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：Background:Retention in care (RIC) and viral suppression (VS) are associated with reduced HIV transmission and mortality. Studies addressing postpartum engagement in HIV care have been limited by small sample size, short follow-up, and a lack of data from the Southeast United States. Methods:HIV-positive adult women w...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Oliver C,Rebeiro PF,Hopkins MJ,Byram B,Carpenter L,Clouse K,Castilho JL,Rogers W,Turner M,Bebawy SS,Pettit AC

更新日期：2019-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Antimicrobial stewardship interventions utilizing real-time alerting through the electronic medical record enable timely implementation of the bundle of care (BOC) for patients with severe infections, such as candidemia. Automated alerting for candidemia using the Epic stewardship module has been in place si...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Pettit NN,Han Z,Nguyen CT,Choksi A,Charnot-Katsikas A,Beavis KG,Tesic V,Pisano J

更新日期：2019-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveillance represents an important informational tool for planning actions to monitor emerging antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance surveillance (ARS) programs may have many different designs and can be grouped in 2 major categories based on their main objectives: (1) public health ARS programs and (2)...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Sader HS,Rhomberg PR,Fuhrmeister AS,Mendes RE,Flamm RK,Jones RN

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Staphylococcus aureus (SA) bacteremia often requires a long treatment duration with antibiotics to prevent relapse due to the ability of SA to establish reservoirs of infection in sites such as heart and bone. These metastatic sites of infection cannot be serially sampled to monitor the clearance of SA infec...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Gutierrez J,Guimaraes AO,Lewin-Koh N,Berhanu A,Xu M,Cao Y,Kim J,Yan D,Chang JK,Dinoso JB,Koss CA,Clemenzi-Allen A,Chambers HF,Peck MC,Baruch A,Rosenberger CM

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Malaria transmission through blood transfusion is an accidental but preventable cause of malaria infection and is increasingly becoming a matter of concern for blood transfusion services. This systematic review was conducted to provide a summary of evidence about the prevalence of Plasmodium infection in asy...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Ahmadpour E,Foroutan-Rad M,Majidiani H,Moghaddam SM,Hatam-Nahavandi K,Hosseini SA,Rahimi MT,Barac A,Rubino S,Zarean M,Mathioudakis AG,Cevik M

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:During antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-1-infected patients may present with ultralow (UL) HIV-RNA viral loads (VLs) below quantification levels of current assays. Reasons for UL-VL detection and its relation to virological rebound (VR) are unclear. Methods:HIV-1-infected, ART-naïve patients followed at 2 ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Lambert-Niclot S,Boyd A,Fofana D,Valin N,Wirden M,Meynard JL,Palich R,Agher R,Valantin MA,Calvez V,Katlama C,Girard PM,Marcelin AG,Morand-Joubert L

更新日期：2019-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Among a cohort of men who have sex with men in a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence trial, syphilis requiring treatment was associated with white coat dosing (increased PrEP adherence immediately preceding study visits) when compared with participants with optimal drug concentrations. The findings highlight the...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Blair CS,Beymer MR,Kofron RM,Bolan RK,Jordan WC,Haubrich RH,Wohl AR,Landovitz RJ

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We used ribonucleic acid sequencing to profile Candida albicans transcription within biliary fluid from a patient with cholangitis; samples were collected before and after treatment with fluconazole and drainage. Candida albicans transcriptomes at the infection site distinguished treated from untreated cholangitis. Af...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Clancy CJ,Meslin C,Badrane H,Cheng S,Losada LC,Nierman WC,Vergidis P,Clark NL,Nguyen MH

更新日期：2016-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly growing, multidrug-resistant mycobacteria, commonly associated with pulmonary, skin, and soft tissue infections. We describe a rare case of M abscessus endovascular stent infection; only 3 cases of graft infections have previously been reported. ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Tejura N,Bontempo G,Chew D

更新日期：2018-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated neurocognitive disorders occurs in 20%-50% of HIV-positive patients. We undertook this study to assess the prevalence of a positive screen for cognitive impairment in the clinic population at our institution and to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a sc...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： McNamara PH,Coen R,Redmond J,Doherty CP,Bergin C

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) has not been well characterized in the United States. In an OPAT cohort, the short-form-12's median physical component score and mental component score were 40.3 and 54.4, respectively. HRQoL measures could be helpful in studi...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Keller SC,Williams D,Levering M,Cosgrove SE

更新日期：2018-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of empirical and even directed antimicrobial management of patients hospitalized with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is problematic; antibiotics are used frequently among these patients to treat confirmed or suspected coinfection or just the symptoms. In the rapidly cha...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Goldstein EJC,Tillotson G,Redell M

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis constitutes a major complication associated with the procedure. PD-associated peritonitis caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria, usually as a result of an infection related to the PD catheter, has been reported in adults and is associated with significant complications a...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Imam O,Al-Zubaidi K,Janahi M,Imam A,Leghrouz B,Dobson S,Sundararaju S,Tsui KM,Hasan MR,Perez-Lopez A

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Suspicion of an infection without localizing signs or symptoms is a common problem. A chest x-ray (CXR) is often performed to rule out pneumonia. Our prospective cross-sectional study suggests that a CXR has no diagnostic value in patients without respiratory signs or symptoms, if a reliable medical history can be obt...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： de Stoppelaar SF,Pereverzeva L,Hafkamp B,Lips N,Tielbeke F,Rustenburg L,Hoogerheide-Wiegerinck C,de Heer K

更新日期：2020-06-08 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：:We implemented a real-time report to distribute respiratory pathogen data for our 8-hospital system to anyone with an Internet connection and a web browser. Real-time access to accurate regional laboratory observation data during an epidemic influenza season can guide diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Christensen PA,Olsen RJ,Perez KK,Cernoch PL,Long SW

更新日期：2018-11-30 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：Background:The use of a "trial of antibiotics" as empiric therapy for bacterial pneumonia as a diagnostic tool for tuberculosis in people with HIV (PWH) was removed from World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations in 2007, based on expert opinion. Current guidelines recommend antibiotics only after 2 Xpert MTB/RIF ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Boyles TH,Nduna M,Pitsi T,Scott L,Fox MP,Maartens G

更新日期：2020-01-06 00:00:00