2010
Infectious Diseases in the Nursing Home Setting: Challenges and Opportunities for Clinical Investigation
High K, Juthani-Mehta M, Quagliarello V. Infectious Diseases in the Nursing Home Setting: Challenges and Opportunities for Clinical Investigation. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010, 51: 931-936. PMID: 20822459, PMCID: PMC3083824, DOI: 10.1086/656411.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNursing home residentsHome residentsInfectious diseasesNursing homesNursing home settingMultiple comorbid diseasesPublic health problemComorbid diseasesHigh prevalenceFunctional declineClinical investigationPhysician investigatorsHealth problemsDiseaseHome settingOlder AmericansUnique issuesResidentsImmunosenescencePrognosisDementiaInfectionPrevalenceDiagnosisInfections in Long‐Term Care Facilities
Juthani‐Mehta M, Quagliarello V. Infections in Long‐Term Care Facilities. 2010, 287-303. DOI: 10.1128/9781555816803.ch15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong-term care facilitiesUrinary tract infectionCare facilitiesCommon community-acquired infectionsRecurrent urinary tract infectionsInfectious diseasesOlder individualsCommunity-acquired infectionsNursing home residentsFluoroquinolone-resistant pneumococciRate of resistanceProsthetic device infectionsInfectious disease entitiesRisk of infectionAge-associated impairmentOutbreak of gastroenteritisLong-term careLTCF residentsAspiration pneumoniaComorbid diseasesTract infectionsComorbid conditionsCommon infectionsFluoroquinolone useRisk factors
1996
Acute meningitis with a negative gram's stain: Clinical and management outcomes in 171 episodes
Elmore J, Horwitz R, Quagliarello V. Acute meningitis with a negative gram's stain: Clinical and management outcomes in 171 episodes. The American Journal Of Medicine 1996, 100: 78-84. PMID: 8579091, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(96)90015-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAdolescentAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteremiaChildCohort StudiesColoring AgentsCommunity-Acquired InfectionsComorbidityDecision MakingFemaleFeverHumansImmunocompromised HostLength of StayLeukocyte CountLyme DiseaseMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMeningitis, AsepticMiddle AgedNeckRetrospective StudiesSeasonsSyphilisTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeConceptsAcute meningitisComorbid diseasesDiagnostic causesExamination findingsCerebrospinal fluid white blood cell countWhite blood cell countCommunity-acquired illnessPhysicians' management decisionsRetrospective cohort studyEmpiric antibiotic therapyBlood cell countNegative Gram stainMagnetic resonance imagingConcurrent comorbid diseasesEmpiric treatmentCohort studyMedian stayNeck stiffnessAntibiotic therapyClinical outcomesParaclinical dataCranial imagingEmergency departmentFrequent findingTreatable disease