Disseminated Mycobacterium abscessus Infection Secondary to an Infected Vascular Stent: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

abstract：Background:Penicillin allergy frequently impacts antibiotic choice. As beta-lactams are superior to vancomycin in treating methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia, we examined the effect of reported penicillin allergy on clinical outcomes in patients with MSSA bacteremia. Methods:In this retros...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Turner NA,Moehring R,Sarubbi C,Wrenn RH,Drew RH,Cunningham CK,Fowler VG,Anderson DJ

更新日期：2018-02-19 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: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：:Orbital actinomycosis is an unusual clinical manifestation of orbital infection caused by Actinomyces species. Herein we report a case of orbital actinomycosis in a 67-year-old woman with recurrent swelling and erythema around her left eye with an orbital mass initially thought to be a meningioma. ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Kobayashi T,Ford B,Fujita N,Appenheimer AB

更新日期：2020-05-19 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:Patients with suspected tuberculosis are often overtreated with antituberculosis drugs. We evaluated the diagnostic value of the focused assessment with sonography for HIV-associated tuberculosis (FASH) in rural Tanzania. Methods:In a prospective cohort study, the frequency of FASH signs was compared betwee...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Ndege R,Weisser M,Elzi L,Diggelmann F,Bani F,Gingo W,Sikalengo G,Mapesi H,Mchomvu E,Kamwela L,Mnzava D,Battegay M,Reither K,Paris DH,Rohacek M

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We treated three pediatric cardiac transplant patients with chronic parvovirus viremia with high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (HD-IVIG). One patient with severe T-cell lymphopenia suffered recurrent viremia and aseptic meningitis, which resolved remarkably when he was switched to high-dose hyaluronidase-facilitated...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Cruz RJ,Dasso JF,Duff C,Krasnopero D,Long Z,Ellison M,Nieves D,Sriaroon P,Asante-Korang A,Walter JE

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：Background:US hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) recipients have a low prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), but if latently infected they are at risk for progression to active tuberculosis. At our center, all HCT recipients underwent LTBI testing pretransplant by tuberculin skin testing (TST) until...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Sosa-Moreno A,Narita M,Spitters C,Swetky M,Podczervinski S,Lind ML,Holmberg L,Liu C,Edelstein R,Pergam SA

更新日期：2020-06-10 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：Background:Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) are required at every hospital regardless of size. We conducted a qualitative study across different hospital settings to examine perspectives of physician and pharmacist stewards about the dynamics within their team and contextual factors that facilitate the success of...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Barlam TF,Childs E,Zieminski SA,Meshesha TM,Jones KE,Butler JM,Damschroder LJ,Goetz MB,Madaras-Kelly K,Reardon CM,Samore MH,Shen J,Stenehjem E,Zhang Y,Drainoni ML

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Background.  Sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. The main goals of this study were to assess the association of sepsis at intensive care unit (ICU) admission with mortality and to identify predictors associated with increased mortality in older adults. Methods.  We conducted a prospe...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Rowe T,Araujo KL,Van Ness PH,Pisani MA,Juthani-Mehta M

更新日期：2016-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among the 1.2 M persons living with HIV in the United States, 25% are co- infected with HCV. The availability of effective direct antiviral agents (DAAs) makes the goal of HCV elimination feasible, but implementation requires improvements to the HCV treatment cascade, especially linkage to and initiation of ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Rizk C,Miceli J,Shiferaw B,Malinis M,Barakat L,Ogbuagu O,Villanueva M

更新日期：2019-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In December 2018, a large, tertiary, university-affiliated hospital in the Philippines discovered that their legitimate supply chain was infiltrated with counterfeit rabies vaccines. Methods:All vials suspected to be counterfeit were quarantined and surrendered to the Philippine Food and Drug Administration...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Henson KER,Santiago AAC,Namqui SS

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Tryptophan catabolism, measured by the kynurenine:tryptophan (kyn/trp) ratio, is associated with gut microbiota alterations in people with HIV (PWH). We examined the association of the kyn/trp ratio with liver fibrosis in women with/without HIV infection. Methods:The plasma kyn/trp ratio was measured in 137...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Kardashian A,Ma Y,Yin MT,Scherzer R,Nolan O,Aweeka F,Tien PC,Price JC

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 2016 survey of 46 Michigan hospitals, we identified four key needs for antibiotic stewardship: clinically-relevant antibiotic data, monitoring compliance, syndrome-specific interventions, and discharge stewardship. A stewardship initiative now addresses these needs within the Michigan Hospital Medicine Safety Con...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Vaughn VM,Petty LA,Flanders SA,Malani AN,Patel T,Bernstein SJ,Hsaiky LM,Thyagarajan R,Osterholzer D,McLaughlin E,Horowitz JK,Gandhi TN

更新日期：2020-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Nosocomial spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes clusters of infection among high-risk individuals. Controlling this spread is critical to reducing COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. We describe an outbreak of COVID-19 in Keio University Hospital, Japan, and its control and propose effective co...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Harada S,Uno S,Ando T,Iida M,Takano Y,Ishibashi Y,Uwamino Y,Nishimura T,Takeda A,Uchida S,Hirata A,Sata M,Matsumoto M,Takeuchi A,Obara H,Yokoyama H,Fukunaga K,Amagai M,Kitagawa Y,Takebayashi T,Hasegawa N

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The year 2019 brought about a multitude of innovations in clinical infectious diseases. With the continued rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), advances in diagnostics and newly available antibiotics offer additional strategies for combating this threat, but the broken antibiotic market serves as an impediment to f...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Moss S,Boucher HW

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Recent mumps outbreaks among 2-dose measles mumps rubella (MMR) vaccine recipients have raised questions regarding the potential benefits of a third dose of vaccine (MMR3). If MMR3 provides a sustained elevation in mumps antibody, it may be beneficial for certain at-risk groups or as an outbreak control meas...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Latner DR,Parker Fiebelkorn A,McGrew M,Williams NJ,Coleman LA,McLean HQ,Rubin S,Hickman CJ

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Elimination of a rifamycin from the treatment regimen for tuberculosis negatively impacts outcomes. Cross-reactivity between the rifamycins after drug eruptions is unclear. We report 6 consecutive human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with rifampicin-associated drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptom...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Lehloenya RJ,Dlamini S,Muloiwa R,Kakande B,Ngwanya MR,Todd G,Dheda K

更新日期：2016-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Concomitant dosing of ledipasvir (LDV) and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) results in an increased tenofovir (TFV) area under the curve (AUC). The aim of this study was to examine whether there was a correlation between the renal biomarkers retinol binding protein-4 (RBP-4) and β2 microglobulin (β2M) and...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Chan A,Park L,Collins LF,Cooper C,Saag M,Dieterich D,Sulkowski M,Naggie S

更新日期：2019-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The US Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization for remdesivir use in patients with severe COVID-19. Methods:We utilized data from 2 quaternary acute care hospitals. The outcomes of interest were the impact of remdesivir on in-hospital death by day 28 and time to recovery, clinical...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Kalligeros M,Tashima KT,Mylona EK,Rybak N,Flanigan TP,Farmakiotis D,Beckwith CG,Sanchez M,Neill M,Johnson JE,Garland JM,Aung S,Byrd KM,O'Brien T,Pandita A,Aridi J,Macias Gil R,Larkin J,Shehadeh F,Mylonakis E

更新日期：2020-08-06 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：Background:Recent observations provide evidence for group-specific immunity toward influenza A infections and raise the question of how often we can get the flu. Methods:We retrospectively analyzed 2308 cases of children and adolescents with clinically manifested influenza and a positive PCR-test during the last 4 epi...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Möst J,Redlberger-Fritz M,Weiss G

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hematogenous dissemination of Talaromyces marneffei can result in multiorgan involvement (skin, lung, and reticuloendothelial system involvement); however, few studies have reported intestinal T marneffei infections. We investigated clinical features, management, and patient outcomes concerning Talaromyces-r...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Pan M,Huang J,Qiu Y,Zeng W,Li Z,Tang S,Wei X,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment, tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) is associated with greater increases in all fasting cholesterol subgroups compared with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF). Because lipid abnormalities may contribute to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, cardiovascular risk a...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Huhn GD,Shamblaw DJ,Baril JG,Hsue PY,Mills BL,Nguyen-Cleary T,McCallister S,Das M

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:During the current Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak, acute symptomatic ZIKV infection in adults appears to be a mild-to-moderate, self-limited illness. We present a case of ZIKV rash illness that improved and then relapsed without repeat exposure to ZIKV. Clinicians should be alert for relapses in patients with ZIKV infecti...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Edupuganti S,Natrajan MS,Rouphael N,Lai L,Xu Y,Feldhammer M,Hill C,Patel SM,Johnson SJ,Bower M,Gorchakov R,Berry R,Murray KO,Mulligan MJ

更新日期：2017-06-22 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：Background:Bolstered by the high efficacy of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment, the World Health Organization has called for HCV elimination by 2030. People with HIV (PWH) have been identified as a population in which elimination should be prioritized. Methods:We examined progress in HCV elimination through the HCV ca...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Falade-Nwulia O,Sutcliffe CG,Mehta SH,Moon J,Chander G,Keruly J,Katzianer J,Thomas DL,Moore RD,Sulkowski MS

更新日期：2019-09-30 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:Recent studies have favored the use of cefazolin over nafcillin for the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia. The clinical influence of the cefazolin inoculum effect (CzIE) in the effectiveness of cephalosporins for severe MSSA infections has not been evaluated. Metho...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Miller WR,Seas C,Carvajal LP,Diaz L,Echeverri AM,Ferro C,Rios R,Porras P,Luna C,Gotuzzo E,Munita JM,Nannini E,Carcamo C,Reyes J,Arias CA

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00