Zeng, Hao-Long Lu, Qing-Bin Yang, Qing Wang, Xu Yue, Dao-Yuan Zhang, Lei-Ke Li, Hao Liu, Wei Li, Hui-Jun
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Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) experience a wide clinical spectrum, with over 2% developing fatal outcome. The prognostic factors for fatal outcome remain sparsely investigated. A retrospective cohort study was performed in a cohort of patients with confirmed COVID-19 in one designated hospital in Wuhan, China, from 17 January-5 ...
Evans, Ceri Chasekwa, Bernard Ntozini, Robert Majo, Florence D Mutasa, Kuda Tavengwa, Naume Mutasa, Batsirai Mbuya, Mduduzi N N Smith, Laura E Stoltzfus, Rebecca J
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Clinical outcomes of children who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-exposed in sub-Saharan Africa remain uncertain. The Sanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) trial evaluated improved infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and/or improved water, sanitation, and hygiene in 2 rural Zimbabwean districts with 15% antenatal HIV prevale...
Strich, Jeffrey R Ricotta, Emily Warner, Sarah Lai, Yi Ling Demirkale, Cumhur Y Hohmann, Samuel F Rhee, Chanu Klompas, Michael Palmore, Tara Powers, John H
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Ceftazidime-avibactam has in vitro activity against some carbapenem-resistant gram-negative infections (GNIs), and therefore may be a useful alternative to more toxic antibiotics such as colistin. Understanding ceftazidime-avibactam uptake and usage patterns would inform hospital formularies, stewardship, and antibiotic development. A retrospective...
Pakyz, Amy L Orndahl, Christine M Johns, Alicia Harless, David W Morgan, Daniel J Bearman, Gonzalo Hohmann, Samuel F Stevens, Michael P
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a core measure sepsis (SEP-1) bundle in 2015. One element was initiation of broad-spectrum antibiotics within 3 hours of diagnosis. The policy has the potential to increase antibiotic use and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). We evaluated the impact of SEP-1 implementation on ...
Ison, Michael G Linder, Jeffrey A
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Slogrove, Amy L Powis, Kathleen M
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Halasa, Natasha Piya, Bhinnata Stewart, Laura S Rahman, Herdi Payne, Daniel C Woron, Amy Thomas, Linda Constantine-Renna, Lisha Garman, Katie McHenry, Rendie
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Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is a common reason for children to receive medical care. However, the viral etiology of AGE illness is not well described in the post-rotavirus vaccine era, particularly in the outpatient (OP) setting. Between 2012 and 2015, children 15 days through 17 years old presenting to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, Te...
Hu, Maogui Lin, Hui Wang, Jinfeng Xu, Chengdong Tatem, Andrew J Meng, Bin Zhang, Xin Liu, Yifeng Wang, Pengda Wu, Guizhen
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Train travel is a common mode of public transport across the globe; however, the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission among individual train passengers remains unclear. We quantified the transmission risk of COVID-19 on high-speed train passengers using data from 2334 index patients and 72 093 close contacts who had co-travel ti...
Hiransuthikul, Akarin Himmad, Linrada Kerr, Stephen J Janamnuaysook, Rena Dalodom, Theera Phanjaroen, Kannapat Pankam, Tippawan Kongkapan, Jiratchaya Mills, Stephen Vannakit, Ravipa
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Drug-drug interactions between feminizing hormone therapy (FHT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) are a major concern among transgender women (TGW), which may lead to suboptimal ART adherence and inappropriate FHT dosage. To evaluate potential drug-drug interactions between FHT and ART, we performed intensive measurements of the pharmacokinetic (PK)...
Maswabi, Kenneth Ajibola, Gbolahan Bennett, Kara Capparelli, Edmund V Jean-Philippe, Patrick Moyo, Sikhulile Mohammed, Terence Batlang, Oganne Sakoi, Maureen Lockman, Shahin
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Early antiretroviral therapy (ART) is recommended for infants with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, few antiretroviral options are available for neonates. The Early Infant Treatment Study in Botswana tested HIV-exposed infants within 96 hours of birth, and HIV-infected infants started nevirapine (NVP) 6 mg/kg twice daily, zido...
