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Publikováno v:
Cancer. 112:2493-2499
BACKGROUND. The objective of the current retrospective study was to compare the epidemiology of candidemia and its risk factors in patients who had hematologic malignancies(HM) with those in patients who had solid tumors (ST). METHODS. The medical an
Autor:
Hend Hanna, R Y Hachem, Yunfang Jiang, I. Raad, D P Kontoyiannis, Maha Boktour, Claude Afif, Harrys A. Torres
Publikováno v:
Leukemia. 22:496-503
In patients with hematologic malignancy, invasive aspergillosis continues to be associated with high mortality even when treated with conventional antifungal therapy. To investigate novel antifungal agents, we compared 53 patients who received posaco
Publikováno v:
The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 7:645-657
Indwelling vascular catheters are a leading source of bloodstream infections in critically ill patients and cancer patients. Because clinical diagnostic criteria are either insensitive or non-specific, such infections are often overdiagnosed, resulti
Autor:
Ioannis Chatzinikolaou, Dany Ghannam, Bassam Shukrallah, Hend Hanna, Issam I Raad, Ray Y Hachem
Publikováno v:
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 58:453-457
We conducted a retrospective post hoc analysis of prospectively collected data of cancer patients with central venous catheters (CVCs) who developed bacteremia with positive quantitative blood cultures (QBCs) drawn simultaneously through peripheral v
Publikováno v:
Cancer. 109:2615-2622
BACKGROUND. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is responsible for an increasing number of infections, especially in hospitalized patients. Therapy options are limited and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) is often the main treatment option for this i
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 29:593-596
Gendine is a novel antiseptic dye with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity that may be used to coat plastics and metal devices. Our objective was to determine the efficacy of gendine-coated orthopaedic metal devices in preventing methicillin-resist
Publikováno v:
Oral Oncology. 43:159-164
We developed an efficacious and non-irritant mouthwash that is alcohol-free and that has a low concentration of chlorhexidine, in order to be used for preventing oral cavity infections in immunocompromised and cancer patients. The novel mouthwash sol
Autor:
Hend Hanna, Ray Y Hachem, Tanya Dvorak, Gassan Chaiban, Issam I Raad, Russell E. Lewis, Barbara E. Murray, Maha Boktour
Publikováno v:
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 49:5046-5050
To evaluate the molecular characteristics and antibiotic susceptibility in biofilm of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) organisms that had caused catheter-related VREF bacteremia (VREF-CRB), we compared 22 isolates causing bacteremia o
Publikováno v:
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 26:658-661
Objective:To study the clinical and molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistantEnterococcus faeciumorganisms causing catheter-related bacteremia in patients with cancer.Design:Retrospective case-control study.Setting:University of Texas M. D. Ande
Autor:
Ioannis Chatzinikolaou, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, Hend Hanna, Ray Y Hachem, Issam I Raad, Badie Alakech
Publikováno v:
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 50:167-172
We prospectively evaluated the value of two levels of differential quantitative blood culture (DQBC) ratio (> or =2:1 or > or =5:1) in diagnosing catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) in patients with malignancy that have short-term and lo