1988
Increased risk of bacterial pneumonia in HIV-infected intravenous drug users without AIDS
Selwyn P, Feingold A, Hartel D, Schoenbaum E, Alderman M, Klein R, Friedland G. Increased risk of bacterial pneumonia in HIV-infected intravenous drug users without AIDS. AIDS 1988, 2: 267-272. PMID: 3140832, DOI: 10.1097/00002030-198808000-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravenous drug usersIntravenous drug useBacterial pneumoniaHIV infectionDrug usersDrug useActive intravenous drug useCommunity-acquired bacterial pneumoniaCumulative yearly incidenceMethadone maintenance programSeronegative subjectsSeropositive patientsSeropositive subjectsStudy entryOpportunistic infectionsYearly incidencePneumoniaHemophilus influenzaeStreptococcus pneumoniaeSeropositivesHIVAIDSInfectionStudy periodIncidence
1984
Nosocomial Endocarditis
Friedland G, von Reyn C, Levy B, Arbeit R, Dasse P, Crumpacker C. Nosocomial Endocarditis. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1984, 5: 284-288. PMID: 6564081, DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700060343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired endocarditisNosocomial endocarditisIntracardiac prosthetic materialNosocomial infective endocarditisPercent of patientsValvular heart diseaseBeth Israel HospitalSite of originClinical presentationInfective endocarditisUrinary sourceHeart diseaseProsthetic valvesEndocarditisInvasive proceduresGreater incidenceHigh mortalityPatientsProsthetic materialIsrael HospitalBacteremiaSeven-year periodDiseaseTherapeutic practiceHospital