A5054454615- Gut microbiota and health
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Diet and metabolism studies
University of Florida
2019-2023
Florida College
2019-2022
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common among college-aged women and often recur. Some antibiotics recommended to treat UTIs trigger dysbiosis of intestinal vaginal microbiomes - where uropathogens originate, though few studies have investigated associations between these therapies with recurrent infections. We retrospectively analysed the electronic medical records 6651 diagnosed a UTI at US university student health centre 2006 2014. Women were followed for 6 months incidence infection....
Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy (TPT) is an effective strategy to eliminate TB in low-incidence settings. Shorter TPT regimens incorporating the antimicrobial class of rifamycins are designed improve adherence and completion rates but carry risk modifications gut microbiota. We enrolled six subjects diagnosed with latent infection (LTBI) who accepted initiate TPT. also healthy volunteers unexposed rifamycins. profiled microbiota using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing (V1-V2 region)...
Peripheral immunity is thought to be dysregulated in Parkinson's disease (PD) and may provide an avenue for novel immunotherapeutic interventions. Gut microbiota a potential factor modulating immunotherapy response. Considering the possibly complex role of gut-brain axis PD, we used preclinical model determine effects gut dynamics mice receiving intervention compared controls. A total 17 M83 heterozygous transgenic were this study. Mice treatment arm (N = 10) received adoptive cellular...
Acute pharyngitis is a frequent illness presenting in outpatient settings. Antibiotics are only recommended for bacterial caused by group A β-hemolytic streptococci (GAS); however, infections with non-group (NGAS) have similar clinical presentations and common young adult populations. The objective of this study was to analyze the performance current (expert) diagnostic algorithm GAS pharyngitis, Centor score, compare it alternative models developed predict NGAS college student...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to present unique public health challenges both within the United States and across globe. Institutions of higher learning are tasked with preventing responding COVID-19 on campus while also considering implications for surrounding communities. process re-opening campus, whether at full or partial capacity, has these institutions overcoming complex associated balancing resumption operations simultaneously protecting university...
Abstract Background : Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) treatment is an effective strategy to eliminate TB in low-incidence settings. Shorter LTBI regimens incorporating the antimicrobial class of rifamycins are designed improve completion rates. Recent evidence suggests that could induce irreversible gut microbiota changes impact future anti-TB immunity. Methods To document immediate effect on microbiota, we followed six patients with initiating four months monotherapy rifampin (4R; n=4)...
To evaluate the impact of 12 January 2010 earthquake on HIV cases from Haiti's national surveillance system and assess characteristics people living with 1-year before after earthquake.An interrupted time-series design cross-sectional analysis.We used autoregressive integrated moving average structures to model abrupt changes monthly, incident case counts care clinics as reported Haitian Active Longitudinal Tracking System (French acronym SALVH) by clinical networks (n = 3) instrumental...
Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the differences in breast tissue microbiota composition by side (left versus right) within an individual woman and compare healthy tumor between women. We further aimed determine whether certain bacterial taxa may be associated with tumors. Methods: Bilateral samples (n=36) were collected from ten women who received routine mammoplasty procedures at University Florida Department Surgery. Archived (n=10) obtained established...
Background: We evaluate the public health surveillance program, Screen, Test, and Protect (STP) designed to control prevent COVID-19 at a large academic university in United States. Methods: STP was established University of Florida May 2020. This report details STP's full-time workforce, centralized database, testing vaccination programs. program's success controlling during 2020-2021 school year. Results: cases rose among campus community first few weeks reopening Fall Test positivity...