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Autor:
Theresa I. Shireman, Molly E. Steed, Wissam El Atrouni, Rebecca T. Horvat, Nimish Patel, Nicholas S. Britt
Publikováno v:
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 72:535-542
Background: Previous data have demonstrated the clinical importance of vancomycin MIC values in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB); however, the impact of vancomycin tolerance (VT) is unknown. Objectives: To compare the frequency of clinical fai
Autor:
Rebecca T. Horvat
Publikováno v:
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 22:845-849
Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease that has infected humans for thousands of years. However, despite diagnostic tests that detect the disease and effective therapy, there are still millions of people worldwide who are infected with TB. The first
Autor:
Omar S. Aljitawi, Siddhartha Ganguly, Sunil Abhyankar, Dana Hawkinson, Joseph P. McGuirk, Rebecca T. Horvat
Publikováno v:
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 75:426-430
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in the adult hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) population. The timely diagnosis of RSV infection in this population is important for initiating therapy and instit
Autor:
Michael Pentella, Rebecca T. Horvat
Publikováno v:
Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 34:117-125
For over 100 years, the only diagnostic test for tuberculosis was the tuberculin skin test (TST), which has poor specificity. Individuals who were Mycobacterium bovis BCG-vaccinated often produced a response similar to that induced by infection with
Autor:
Rebecca T. Horvat
Publikováno v:
Laboratory Medicine. 42:488-496
Despite vaccinations, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections are still very common worldwide. The virus replicates by reverse transcription using a viral polymerase lacking proof-reading ability. This results in the emergence of mutant viruses that can b
Autor:
Rebecca T. Horvat, Gary E. Tegtmeier
Publikováno v:
Manual of Clinical Microbiology. :1659-1676
Autor:
Rebecca T. Horvat
Publikováno v:
Hospital Pharmacy. 45:6-9
The overall rate of antibiotic resistance within health care institutions is dependent on data accumulated from antimicrobial testing performed on individual isolates. The type of testing method may vary depending on the bacterial species. A consensu
Publikováno v:
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 63:286-291
The performance of three analyte-specific reagents (ASRs); Cepheid herpes simplex virus (HSV) Typing Primer Probe set (CD), Eragen MultiCode-Rtx HSV-1/2 kit primer mix (ER), and Roche LightCycler HSV-1/2 Primer/Hybridization Probes (RD), was evaluate
Autor:
Lowell L. Tilzer, Dean Merkel, Paula Miller, Rebecca T. Horvat, Janet Kliethermes, Shirley H. Weber
Publikováno v:
Laboratory Medicine. 38:285-288
Background In response to an outbreak of mumps in the Kansas City area, a multidisciplinary task force quickly formed in our hospital with the goal of protecting patients, families, and employees from the spread of this highly-communicable disease. M