Submissions from 2023
A RARE CASE OF FEBRILE LYMPHADENOPATHY PRESENTING AS ASEPTIC MENINGITIS, Ammad J. Chaudhary, Mobeen Haider, Yousra Khalid, Maria Jamil, Momin Samad, and Indira Brar
Real-World Healthcare Resource Utilization (HCRU) and Costs Among Patients with Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) or Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) with Covid-19 in a Commercially Insured or Medicare Advantage (MA) Population, Dennis J. Cunningham, Vincent J. Willey, Lia Pizzicato, Michael Pollack, Cachet Wenziger, Lisa Glasser, Chia-Chen Teng, Sunny Hirpara, Christine Dube, and Monica V. Gutierrez
A Single Institution Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Ciprofloxacin Versus Levofloxacin As Antibacterial Prophylaxis for Patients Receiving Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Shatha Farhan, Peter Xie, Klodiana Neme, Angela German, Nancy Mikulandric, Josena K. Stephen, Mary A. Trapp, Elizabeth A. Henne, Sarah Szymanski, Scott R. Rohrer, Danielle L. Pelland, Nada Zagar, Izabela Z. Mazur, Nada Rida, Kunj Patel, Min Wu, Neda Kortam, Aseel Yaseen, Aroob Sweidan, Josephine Emole, Edward Peres, Muneer H. Abidi, and Mayur Ramesh
Leveraging Electronic Medical Records During a Candida Auris Investigation, Nicole Savard and Eman Chami
Developing a Robust Leak Response Program, Nicole Savard, Eman Chami, Deirdre M. Salanger, Jenny Gubler, Cincy Dover, and Jason Weaver
Developing a Robust Leak Response Program, Nicole Savard, Eman Chami, Dierdre M. Salanger, Jenny Gubler, Cincy Dover, and Jason Weaver
Submissions from 2021
Pritelivir in Immunocompromised Patients with Mucocutaneous Acyclovir-Resistant Herpes Simplex Virus-Infections - First Case Series, Kim W. Albrecht, Robin K. Avery, Pranatharthi Chandrasekar, Roy F. Chemaly, Nicolas C. Issa, Camille Kotton, Princy N. Kumar, Mayur Ramesh, Moti Ramgopal, Joshua Schiffer, Anna Wald, and Michael G. Ison
Utility of Microbiologic Testing Obtained via Bronchoalveolar Lavage on Asymptomatic Lung Transplant Recipients: A Quality Improvement Study, William Dillon, Tommy J. Parraga Acosta, Andrew J. Failla, Julio Corrales, Mayur Ramesh, and George J. Alangaden
Telehealth and HIV Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Smitha Gudipati, Monica Lee, Indira Brar, and Norman Markowitz
Risk Factors Associated with 30-Day Mortality in a Large Cohort of Patients who Received Remdesivir and Corticosteroids for Severe COVID-19, Kartik Gupta, Lea Monday, Milan Kaushik, George J. Alangaden, and Indira Brar
Connecting patients diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus in the emergency department to care during the COVID-19 pandemic, Thomas K. Hagerman, Kimberly Mumby, Indira Brar, Norman Markowitz, Joseph B. Miller, and Jacob Manteuffel
Week 48 outcomes from the BRAAVE 2020 study: a randomised switch to bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (B/F/TAF) in African American adults with HIV, D Hagins, P Kumar, A Wurapa, Indira Brar, D Berger, O Osiyemi, C Hileman, M Ramgopal, C McDonald, C Blair, K Andreatta, S E. Collins, D Brainard, G Gohlar, and H Martin
A Multicenter Prospective Registry Study of Lung Transplant Recipients Hospitalized with COVID-19, M R. Heldman, O S. Kates, A Multani, J M. Steinbrink, A V. Lewis, B D. Alexander, O E. Beaird, S Sehgal, A D. Mishkin, R M. La Hoz, E A. Blumberg, J Nelson, K Safa, C N. Kotton, M Hemmersbach-Miller, Zohra S. Chaudhry, K Saharia, J A. Morillas, R M. Rakita, A S. Sait, F Meloni, H Wilkens, P Camargo, S D. Tanna, R Tomic, M G. Ison, E D. Lease, C E. Fisher, and A P. Limaye
Sustained Control and Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Detroit Skilled Nursing Facilities, Seema Joshi, Abigail Manning, James Bivins III, Samia Arshad, Amen Agbonze, Anita M. Berger, Bonnie Czander, Gonzalo Gonzalez, Jessica H. Heinonen, Keith Klama, Lakita L. Lamb, Helina Misikir, Alexis Ada, Micah Anderson, Madelyn Morley, Paul E. Kilgore, Marcus Zervos, Michael Mossing, Katerina Stylianou, and Najibah K. Rehman
Moderate Versus High Dose Corticosteroids in Adult Patients with Severe COVID-19: Less Is More, Seema Joshi, Sana Soman, Saniya Jain, Atheel Yako, Marwa Hojeij, Louis Massoud, Ayman Alsaadi, Zachary R. Smith, George J. Alangaden, Rachel Kenney, and Mayur Ramesh
A Real-World Cohort Study of Bamlanivimab Versus Bamlanivimab-Etesevimab for Non-severe COVID-19, Lea Monday, George J. Alangaden, Indira Brar, and Mayur Ramesh
A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative to Promote Penicillin Allergy Delabeling, Lea Monday, Jaclyn Michniak, Edward Zoratti, and Allison J. Weinmann
Antimicrobial Utilization in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients 12-Months Post-Transplantation, Tommy J. Parraga Acosta, Sage Greenlee, Charles Makowski, Rachel Kenney, Mayur Ramesh, and George J. Alangaden
Impact of Pre-Transplant Infectious Diseases Wellness Visit on Vaccine Uptake in Solid Organ Transplant Candidates, Tommy J. Parraga Acosta, Jennifer McCorquodale, Sage Greenlee, Zachary Osborn, Zachary W. Hanna, Jonathan D. Williams, Odaliz Abreu Lanfranco, Mayur Ramesh, and George J. Alangaden
Reasons for Deferral of COVID-19 Vaccines among Arab American Healthcare Professionals Living in the United States, Anita B. Shallal, Evi Abada, Rami Musallam, Omar Fehmi, Linda Kaljee, Ziad Fehmi, Suma Alzouhayli, Deema Ujayli, Doreen Dankerlui, Seongho Kim, Vijaya A. Kumar, Marcus Zervos, and Rouba Ali
COVID-19 Pandemic and Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection Trends, Geehan Suleyman, Rita Kassab, Smitha Gudipati, Mayur Ramesh, and Indira Brar
Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Facility-Onset Clostridiodes difficile Infection, Geehan Suleyman, Rafa Khansa, Mayur Ramesh, Indira Brar, and Rachel Kenney
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections in Metropolitan Detroit, Geehan Suleyman, Nicholas Sturla, Smitha Gudipati, Indira Brar, and Mayur Ramesh
Outcomes of Clinical Decision Support for Outpatient Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection, Tiffany Wu, Susan L. Davis, Brian Church, George J. Alangaden, and Rachel Kenney
Submissions from 2020
PRIMARY CARE VISITS ARE THE KEY FACTOR IN ENSURING HIGHER VACCINATION RATES IN POST-LIVER TRANSPLANT PATIENTS. A SINGLE CENTER STUDY, Taha Ashraf, Vivek Mendiratta, Maher Musleh, Tommy Parraga Acosta, George Alangaden, Kimberly Brown, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Prospective Randomized Study of Prophylactic Ciprofloxacin Versus Levofloxacin in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients: An Interim Report, Shatha Farhan, Georgiana Marusca, Michael Bazydlo, Klodiana Neme, Nancy Mikulandric, Josena K. Stephen, Nada Kortam, R Mayur, Danielle L. Pelland, Nada Zagar, Mary A. Trapp, Elizabeth A. Henne, Scott R. Rohrer, Sarah Szymanski, Josephine Emole, Edward Peres, and Nalini Janakiraman
IMPACT OF BASELINE ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE LEVELS ON THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF REMDESIVIR IN MODERATE COVID-19 PATIENTS, Owen Tsang, Indira Brar, Christoph Spinner, Philip Robinson, Meta Roestenberg, Alexandra Calmy, Denis Malvy, Emon Elboudwarej, Yuan Tian, Circe McDonald, Susanna Tan, Vithika Suri, Robert Hyland, Devi SenGupta, Anand P. Chokkalingam, Anuj Gaggar, Anu O. Osinusi, Diana M. Brainard, Shin-Woo Kim, Graham Cooke, Shan-Chwen Shan-Chwen, Emanuele Nicastri, Manuel Castano, and Louis Yi Ann Chai
Submissions from 2019
Lessons Learned from an International Infection Control Consultation in a Newly Built Hospital in Saudi Arabia, Eman Chami and Abigail Keskimaki
Reducing Hospital-acquired Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections and Clostridium difficile Infection Rates through a Multi-disciplinary Approach, C Ludington, Nicole Pahl, and Vivek Kak
Bacterial colonization of drinking water: Implications for an aging U.S. water infrastructure, Gina Maki, S McElmurry, P Kilgore, N Love, Helina Misikir, Mary Perri, and Marcus J. Zervos
Eosinophils at Work: Cavitary Lung Lesions in a Young Nurse, Kajali Mishra, Shivani Sharma, Sarah Gorgis, and Marcus Zervos
Tenofovir alafenamide versus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in women: Pooled analysis of seven clinical trials, M Thompson, Indira Brar, C Brinson, C Creticos, D Hagins, E Koenig, C Martorell, C Mussini, L Waters, S Guo, Y P. Liu, L Temme, D SenGupta, and M Das
Submissions from 2018
A case report of cruise-related leptospirosis, requiring a high level of suspicion for diagnosis, J Dueweke, Gina Maki, Amit Vahia, and Indira Brar
HIV co-infection is associated with increased liver complications and reduced mental health among patients with chronic hepatitis B, Mei Lu, Norman P. Markowitz, Yueren Zhou, Kuan-Han Hank Wu, Loralee B. Rupp, Sheri Trudeau, Jia Li, J A. Boscarino, M A. Schmidt, Y G. Daida, and Stuart C. Gordon
Hepatitis C patients with HIV co-infection demonstrate unique liver-related complications and health behaviors compared to HCV mono-infected patients, Mei Lu, Norman Markowitz, Yueren Zhou, Kuan-Han Hank Wu, Loralee B. Rupp, Sheri Trudeau, J A. Boscarino, M A. Schmidt, Y G. Daida, and Stuart C. Gordon
Switch to bictegravir/F/TAF from DTG and ABC/3TC, J M. Molina, D Ward, Indira Brar, A Mills, H J. Stellbrink, L López-Cortés, P Ruane, D Podzamczer, C Brinson, J M. Custodio, H Liu, K Andreatta, H Martin, A Cheng, and E Quirk
Pott's disease-A case in recognizing and treating extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Malav Parikh, Stephanie Bennett, Jonathan Williams, William Keimig, Anne Chen, and Indira Brar
Submissions from 2017
A phase 3 randomized controlled clinical trial of bictegravir in a fixed dose combination, B/F/TAF, vs ABC/DTG/3TC in treatment-naive adults at Week 48, J Gallant, A Lazzarin, A Mills, C Orkin, D Podzamczer, P Tebas, P M. Girard, Indira Brar, E Daar, D Wohl, J Rockstroh, X Wei, K White, H Martin, E Quirk, and A Cheng
Utilization of interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) at a tertiary care hospital, G M. Molina-Pallete, J Kansagra, and Indira Brar
Submissions from 2016
Risk factors for single and recurrent symptomatic urinary tract infections within the first year after kidney transplantation, K Bourgi, W Choi, A Nakhle, Z Abdel-Rahman, Odaliz Abreu-Lanfranco, Mayur Ramesh, A Patel, Ramon Del Busto, and George Alangaden
Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis, Jeremy Gentile and Anne Chen
Emotional motivators: Using visual triggers as an infection control intervention to increase hand hygiene compliance throughout the hospital, Ashley Gregory, Eman Chami, and Jennifer J. Pietsch
Successful outcomes of fecal microbiota transplantation in patients with chronic liver disease, Alireza Meighani, Mayur Ramesh, and Reena Salgia
Submissions from 2015
Infection in the “fifth valve” of the heart, Suraj Raheja and Marcus Zervos
