Visceral leishmaniasis in the island of Margarita, Venezuela: a neglected parasitic infection in the Caribbean

Autor: Gerardine García Oronoz, Laura C. Pedraza-Arévalo, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, Carlos Franco-Paredes, José A. Suarez

Publikováno v: Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, Vol 8 (2021)

Visceral leishmaniasis carries a significant burden of disease in the Americas with up to 7000 cases reported annually. There are several reports of autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis cases in the Caribbean, including the Dominican Republic, Guadal

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Previous corticosteroid exposure associates with an increased Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia mortality among HIV-negative patients: a global research network with a follow-up multicenter case-control study

Autor: Lilian Vargas Barahona, Kyle C. Molina, Laura C. Pedraza-Arévalo, Stefan Sillau, Alex Tagawa, Sias Scherger, Daniel B. Chastain, Leland Shapiro, Jose Tuells, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Kellie L. Hawkins, James P. Maloney, George R. Thompson, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez

Background: HIV-negative patients have substantial mortality from Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). We lack predictors of HIV-negative PJP-associated mortality. Objective: We aim to characterize the role of prior corticosteroid exposure in PJP-

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https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6763f14g

472. Corticosteroid Exposure as a Risk Factor for Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Mortality in HIV-Negative Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective Case-Control Study with a Global Research Network Validation

Autor: Lilian Vargas Barahona, Kyle C Molina, Laura C Pedraza-Arévalo, Stefan Sillau, Alex Tagawa, Sias Scherger, Daniel B Chastain, Leland Shapiro, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Kellie Hawkins, Andrés F Henao-Martínez

Publikováno v: Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9

Background HIV-negative patients have higher mortality from PJP compared to patients with HIV, however, we lack data on predictors of PJP-associated mortality in HIV-negative patients. We aim to characterize the role of previous corticosteroid exposu

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https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.530

Experiences with Diagnosis and Treatment of Chagas Disease at a United States Teaching Hospital—Clinical Features of Patients with Positive Screening Serologic Testing

Autor: Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, Lilian Vargas Barahona, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Esther Benamu, Kellie L Hawkins, Peter Hyson, Laura C. Pedraza-Arévalo, Matthew R.G. Taylor, Jonathan Schultz, Maria da Consolação Moreira, Luisa Mestroni, Anis Rassi, Poornima Ramanan

Publikováno v: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 93, p 93 (2021)
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease; Volume 6; Issue 2; Pages: 93

Chagas disease (CD) is the third most common parasitic infection globally and can cause cardiac and gastrointestinal complications. Around 300,000 carriers of CD live in the U.S., with about 3000 of those in Colorado. We described our experience in d

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8261631