A5103096985- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
- Microscopic Colitis
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
Greenville Memorial Hospital
2025
Prisma Health
2025
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
2024
National Maternity Hospital
2020-2022
Charles George VA Medical Center
2022
University of Dundee
2021
Medical Research Council
2011-2021
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
2021
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2021
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
2019-2020
At the start of COVID-19 pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) designed, manufactured, distributed CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel SARS-CoV-2 detection. The diagnostic panel targeted three viral nucleocapsid gene loci (N1, N2, N3 primers probes) to maximize sensitivity provide redundancy virus detection if mutations occurred. After first distribution panel, state public health laboratories reported fluorescent signal in absence...
Abstract Background Current society guidelines for community-, hospital-, and ventilator-acquired pneumonia in adult patients mention use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) nasal screening methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization to aid de-escalation anti-MRSA antibiotics. MRSA PCR has a 96% negative predictive value when utilized pneumonia. Most available data is the population with limited application pediatric patient population. In single-center retrospective...
Perirectal surveillance cultures and a stool culture grew Aeromonas species from three patients over 6-week period were without epidemiological links. Detection of the blaKPC-2 gene in one isolate prompted inclusion non-Enterobacteriaceae our workup. Whole-genome sequencing confirmed that isolates unrelated provided data for reference genomes.
Women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) should be followed-up to exclude ongoing and for prevention of type 2 diabetes. The National Institute Health Clinical Excellence (NICE) in pregnancy guideline recommends checking fasting plasma glucose (FPG) at 6 weeks postpartum (short term), annually thereafter (long term).To examine the reported practice regarding GDM follow-up.Nationwide postal survey England 2008-2009.Questionnaires were distributed a consultant diabetologist obstetrician...
Background: Fecal calprotectin (FC), a biomarker of gastrointestinal (GI) inflammation, is used in the diagnosis and management inflammatory bowel disease. HIV infection severely damages gut-associated lymphoid epithelial tissues leading to GI inflammation that drives systemic increases subsequent risk comorbidities. For first time, we compared FC concentrations by antiretroviral therapy (ART) status determined relationship inflammation. Methods: People with without were enrolled underwent...
Aim: To examine the change in practice from open to laparoscopic our local trust, a national training colorectal unit. Methods: Retrospective comprehensive review of clinical case notes all resections between October 2007 and 2009. Patients were identified through coding data analyzed using SPSS. Results: Comparison 113 versus 103 surgeries for various indications short-term outcomes was made. There an expected overall increase resections. The mean age 73 years 68 surgeries. no significant...
Abstract Objective: In the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, patients colonized or infected with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) are placed in contact isolation until they deemed “decolonized,” defined as having 3 consecutive perirectal swabs negative for VRE. Some decolonized later develop recurrent growth VRE from surveillance clinical cultures (ie, “recolonized”), although that finding may represent recrudescence new acquisition We describe dynamics colonization...
Abstract Introduction Severe fetal ventriculomegaly (VM) is defined as an enlargement of the atria lateral cerebral ventricles (Vp) greater than 15 mm. While it well established that confers significant risk morbidity and mortality to neonate, there limited information pertaining caesarean delivery rates obstetric management these complex cases. The aim this study was twofold: firstly, determine survival in fetuses with severe VM, secondly continuing pregnancies. We explore challenges...
To evaluate the association between image quality of cancer staging whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) and patient demographics, distress, perceived scan burden.
Healthcare-facility-onset C.difficile LabID events are defined as positive stool samples collected >3 days after hospitalization. Using a definition of >72 hours, we found that 84 1013 cases (8.3%) identified C. difficile were between 48 and 72 hours admission.
From the *Infectious Diseases Department, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore; and †National Institute Allergy Infectious Diseases, National Institutes Health, Bethesda MD. Correspondence to: Marcela A. Ferrada, MD, Division University 1830 E Monument St, Room 450C, Baltimore, MD 21287. E-mail: [email protected]. The authors have no funding or conflicts interest to declare.