2022
Do Cultures From Percutaneously Drained Intra-abdominal Abscesses Change Treatment? A Retrospective Review
Esposito A, Zhang Y, Nagarkatti N, Laird W, Coppersmith N, Reddy V, Leeds I, Mongiu A, Longo W, Hao R, Pantel H. Do Cultures From Percutaneously Drained Intra-abdominal Abscesses Change Treatment? A Retrospective Review. Diseases Of The Colon & Rectum 2022, 66: 451-457. PMID: 36538708, DOI: 10.1097/dcr.0000000000002644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntra-abdominal abscessPercutaneous drainAntimicrobial therapyLos pacientesAbdominal abscessSingle university-affiliated institutionRetrospective medical record reviewEmpiric antibiotic regimensSolid organ transplantsMedical record reviewUniversity-affiliated institutionCulture dataAntibiotic coursesAbdominal infectionAntibiotic regimensActive smokersMedian ageActive chemotherapyRecord reviewEvidence-based practiceMedian lengthUtility of cultureFemale sexIntraoperative culturesInclusion criteria
2013
Evaluation of cardiovascular biomarkers in a randomized trial of fosamprenavir/ritonavir vs. efavirenz with abacavir/lamivudine in underrepresented, antiretroviral-naïve, HIV-infected patients (SUPPORT): 96-week results
Kumar P, DeJesus E, Huhn G, Sloan L, Small CB, Edelstein H, Felizarta F, Hao R, Ross L, Stancil B, Pappa K, Ha B, for the SUPPORT Study Team. Evaluation of cardiovascular biomarkers in a randomized trial of fosamprenavir/ritonavir vs. efavirenz with abacavir/lamivudine in underrepresented, antiretroviral-naïve, HIV-infected patients (SUPPORT): 96-week results. BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13: 269. PMID: 23741991, PMCID: PMC3685599, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAlkynesAnti-HIV AgentsBenzoxazinesBiomarkersCarbamatesC-Reactive ProteinCyclopropanesDideoxynucleosidesDrug CombinationsFemaleFibrin Fibrinogen Degradation ProductsFibrinogenFuransHIV InfectionsHumansInterleukin-6LamivudineMaleMiddle AgedOrganophosphatesPlasminogenProspective StudiesRitonavirSulfonamidesVascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1Young AdultConceptsSoluble vascular adhesion molecule-1Fosamprenavir/ritonavirAbacavir/lamivudineAntiretroviral therapyD-dimerInterleukin-6Cardiovascular biomarkersWeek 96Hs-CRPWeek 4High-sensitivity C-reactive proteinInitiation of ARTTreatment-related grade 2HIV-1-infected populationVascular adhesion molecule-1Percentage of patientsTraditional risk factorsWeeks of treatmentC-reactive proteinHIV-1 RNAMajor resistance mutationsGeometric mean ratiosAdhesion molecule-1Backbone therapyEfavirenz 600