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 issuesResidentsImmunosenescencePrognosisDementiaInfectionPrevalenceDiagnosis
1996
Prevention and Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Patients with AIDS
Villanueva M, Quagliarello V. Prevention and Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Patients with AIDS. CNS Drugs 1996, 5: 246-256. DOI: 10.2165/00023210-199605040-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCryptococcal meningitisClinical studiesAggressive initial treatmentLifelong suppressive therapyProspective clinical studySuppressive therapyProlonged immunosuppressionFungal meningitisClinical presentationInitial treatmentRare diagnosisTreatment strategiesAmphotericin BOptimal managementMeningitisPatientsAIDS epidemicTreatmentAIDSDiseaseImmunosuppressionHIVTherapyDiagnosisFluconazole
1995
Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Connecticut: Report of a Fatal Case
Hardalo C, Quagliarello V, Dumler J. Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Connecticut: Report of a Fatal Case. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1995, 21: 910-914. PMID: 8645839, DOI: 10.1093/clinids/21.4.910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFifth hospital dayMultisystem organ dysfunctionPeripheral blood smearAcute febrile illnessOutcome of treatmentResults of serological testsHuman granulocytic ehrlichiosisOrgan dysfunctionSevere anemiaCase of human granulocytic ehrlichiosisMechanical ventilationPublished casesFebrile illnessHospital daysIntensive careFatal casesGranulocytic ehrlichiosisEpidemiological associationConvalescent seraDocumented caseSerological testsBlood smearsDeer tick Ixodes scapularisDiagnosisLyme disease