Corticosteroids for Posttransplant Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in Cryptococcus gattii Meningoencephalitis: Case Report and Literature Review.

abstract：:Background.  During pregnancy, the placenta is inaccessible for diagnosis of placental malaria (PM), but soluble tumor necrosis factor-α receptors (sTNFR) are elevated in the plasma of women with PM. Methods.  In this study, sTNFR-1 and sTNFR-2 were quantified in urine of pregnant and nonpregnant Cameroonian women who...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Tassi Yunga S,Thévenon AD,Leke RG,Taylor DW

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Klebsiella pneumoniae is a bacterial pathogen with increasing rates of resistance to carbapenem antibiotics, but the population structure and genetic drivers of carbapenem-resistant K pneumoniae (CRKP) remain underexplored in developing countries. Carbapenem-resistant K pneumoniae were recently introduced in...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Roach D,Waalkes A,Abanto J,Zunt J,Cucho C,Soria J,Salipante SJ

更新日期：2020-07-02 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：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：:Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is the most serious mold infection encountered in patients with iatrogenic immunosuppression. IA is also a major cause of mortality and morbidity in individuals with primary immunodeficiency (PID). Although Aspergillus fumigatus is the most common etiologic agent of IA reported in PID patie...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Seyedmousavi S,Lionakis MS,Parta M,Peterson SW,Kwon-Chung KJ

更新日期：2018-09-26 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:Kindergarten-entry vaccination requirements have played an important role in controlling vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States. Forty-eight states and the District of Colombia offer nonmedical exemptions to vaccines, ranging in stringency. Methods:We analyzed state-level exemption data from 2011...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Omer SB,Porter RM,Allen K,Salmon DA,Bednarczyk RA

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper disinfection using adequate disinfecting agents will be necessary for infection control strategies against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, limited guidance exists on effective surface disinfectants or best practices for their use against severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2. We outlined a proces...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Tyan K,Levin A,Avalos-Pacheco A,Plana D,Rand EA,Yang H,Maliszewski LE,Chylek LA,Atta L,Tye MA,Carmack MM,Oglesby NS,Burgin S,Yu SH,LeBoeuf NR,Kemp JM

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Background.  Practicing antimicrobial stewardship in the setting of widespread antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative bacilli, particularly in urban areas, is challenging. Methods.  We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study at a tertiary care hospital with an established antimicrobial stewardship progra...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Vora NM,Kubin CJ,Furuya EY

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a major cause of morbidity and mortality, is common and rising among young persons who inject drugs (PWID). Reducing the level of viremia may be an intervention, yet the impact of viremia on HCV transmission is unknown. Methods:We conducted a prospective study of injecting partnersh...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Hahn JA,Tully DC,Evans JL,Morris MD,Briceno A,Bean DJ,Allen TM,Page K

更新日期：2019-04-25 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:Few published studies exist to describe the off-label use of multiple-dose fosfomycin for outpatient treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (UTI). The purpose of this study was to characterize the patients, infections, drug susceptibilities, and outcomes of multiple-dose fosfomycin episodes for ou...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Derington CG,Benavides N,Delate T,Fish DN

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:New approaches are needed to provide care to persons with HIV who do not engage in conventionally organized HIV clinics. The Max Clinic in Seattle, Washington, is a walk-in, incentivized HIV care model located in a public health STD clinic that provides care in collaboration with a comprehensive HIV primary ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Dombrowski JC,Galagan SR,Ramchandani M,Dhanireddy S,Harrington RD,Moore A,Hara K,Eastment M,Golden MR

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has begun implementing HIV self-testing to boost the first "95" of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets by 2025. This study aims to assess the performance and usability of the Exacto Test HIV (Biosynex, Strasbourg, France) self-test in the lab and in the field. The Exacto Test HIV sel...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Tonen-Wolyec S,Muwonga Masidi J,Kamanga Lukusa LF,Nsiku Dikumbwa G,Sarassoro A,Bélec L

更新日期：2020-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In the outpatient setting, the majority of antibiotic prescriptions are for acute respiratory infections (ARIs), but most of these infections are viral and antibiotics are unnecessary. We analyzed provider-specific antibiotic prescribing in a group of outpatient clinics affiliated with an academic medical ce...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Jung S,Sexton ME,Owens S,Spell N,Fridkin S

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：: Background.  School closures are an important mitigation strategy during influenza pandemic: if implemented early in a local outbreak, they can slow the disease spread in the surrounding community. During seasonal influenza epidemics, school closures may occur reactively, ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Russell ES,Zheteyeva Y,Gao H,Shi J,Rainey JJ,Thoroughman D,Uzicanin A

更新日期：2016-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis (CPH) is an uncommon manifestation of Histoplasma infection with features similar to pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). In endemic areas, it may be misdiagnosed as smear-negative pulmonary TB. Historical case series mainly from patients with presumed TB described a high frequency of cavitati...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Baker J,Kosmidis C,Rozaliyani A,Wahyuningsih R,Denning DW

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Background.  The majority of Lyme disease cases in the United States are acquired on the east coast between northern Virginia and New England. In recent years the geographic extent of Lyme disease has been expanding, raising the prospect of Lyme disease becoming endemic in the southeast. Methods.  We collected confirm...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Lantos PM,Nigrovic LE,Auwaerter PG,Fowler VG Jr,Ruffin F,Brinkerhoff RJ,Reber J,Williams C,Broyhill J,Pan WK,Gaines DN

更新日期：2015-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The complexity and cost of current diagnostics for hepatitis C virus (HCV) may act as a prevention to the scale-up of treatment in the developing world. Currently, ribonucleic acid (RNA)-polymerase chain reaction tests are the gold standard. However, there is potential for the use of simpler and cheaper antigen tests ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Khan H,Hill A,Main J,Brown A,Cooke G

更新日期：2017-05-26 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：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv111.]. ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

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更新日期：2015-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune suppression is a recognized risk factor for necrotizing fasciitis. In patients with hematological malignancies, a profoundly immunocompromised group, the predominant causative organisms are Gram negative. Clinical presentation and outcomes in these patients are similar to the immunocompetent. The Laboratory Ris...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Foo RM,Tung ML,Poon LM,Chan D,Smitasin N,Koh LP,Chng WJ,Chai LY

更新日期：2015-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) direct-acting antiviral therapy is effective among people receiving opioid substitution therapy (OST), but studies are limited by small numbers of nongenotype 1 (GT1) patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment completion, adherence, SVR12, and safety of sofosbuvir-b...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Grebely J,Feld JJ,Wyles D,Sulkowski M,Ni L,Llewellyn J,Mir HM,Sajed N,Stamm LM,Hyland RH,McNally J,Brainard DM,Jacobson I,Zeuzem S,Bourlière M,Foster G,Afdhal N,Dore GJ

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:People living with human immunodeficiency virus frequently use dietary supplements, including probiotics, but concern exists about ingesting live organisms. We performed a systematic review of the benefits of probiotics and a meta-analysis of sepsis risk. We undertook a protocol-driven, comprehensive review to identif...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Carter GM,Esmaeili A,Shah H,Indyk D,Johnson M,Andreae M,Sacks HS

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) mononucleosis is a manifestation of primary CMV infection. This study aims to establish the link between long-term population CMV seroepidemiological trends and incidence of CMV mononucleosis requiring hospitalization. Furthermore, by analyzing serial laboratory data of patients hospita...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Sridhar S,Chung TWH,Chan JFW,Cheng VCC,Lau SKP,Yuen KY,Woo PCY

更新日期：2018-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive surveillance data had signaled the possibility of gastrointestinal adverse events occurring after the administration of high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV-HD). However, in a large, prospective randomized clinical trial, rates of serious gastrointestinal events were no greater among IIV-HD recipients ...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Talbot HK,Dunning AJ,Robertson CA,Landolfi VA,Greenberg DP,DiazGranados CA

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Preventing severe complications of influenza such as hospitalization is a public health priority; however, estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) against influenza-associated acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) hospitalizations are limited. We examined influenza VE against influenza-ass...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Chow EJ,Rolfes MA,Carrico RL,Furmanek S,Ramirez JA,Ferdinands JM,Fry AM,Patel MM

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Interpretive criteria for in vitro susceptibility testing criteria, "susceptibility breakpoints," underpin the evaluation and selection of antimicrobial regimens. However, despite their strengths, susceptibility breakpoints are a relatively blunt instrument employed to address an extremely complex question-what is the...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Bader JC,Lakota EA,Andes DR,Rubino CM,Ambrose PG,Bhavnani SM

更新日期：2018-10-31 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：BACKGROUND:The incidence of recurrent herpes zoster (HZ) and the relationship between initial and recurrent HZ are not clear. METHODS:The Miyazaki Dermatologist Society has surveyed ~5000 patients with HZ annually since 1997. A questionnaire regarding HZ and its recurrence was completed by the dermatologists. RESULTS...

journal_title：Open forum infectious diseases

authors： Shiraki K,Toyama N,Daikoku T,Yajima M,Miyazaki Dermatologist Society.

更新日期：2017-01-28 00:00:00