2024
Is it time to reduce the length of postgraduate training for physician-scientists in internal medicine?
Gallagher E, Conlin P, Kazmierczak B, Vyas J, Ajijola O, Kontos C, Baiocchi R, Rhee K, Hu P, Isales C, Williams C, Rockey D. Is it time to reduce the length of postgraduate training for physician-scientists in internal medicine? JCI Insight 2024, 9: e178214. PMID: 38775155, PMCID: PMC11141926, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.178214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical school graduatesCareer development awardsInternal medicine residency graduatesResidency graduatesRetention of physician-scientistsInternal medicinePostgraduate trainingPhysician-scientistsSchool graduatesK awardsK awardeesMD-PhD graduatesPatient careComplete trainingTraining durationMedian timeMedical knowledgeDevelopment AwardNIH RePORTERTrainingIK2GraduatesAwardeesMedicineCare
2022
Assessment of polymicrobial interactions in bacterial isolates from transfused platelet units associated with sepsis
Kerantzas CA, Merwede J, Snyder EL, Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA, Kazmierczak BI, Peaper DR. Assessment of polymicrobial interactions in bacterial isolates from transfused platelet units associated with sepsis. Transfusion 2022, 62: 2458-2463. PMID: 36178430, PMCID: PMC11472026, DOI: 10.1111/trf.17136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complexBlood productsS. saprophyticusPlatelet unitsContaminated blood productsCDC investigationsApheresis platelet productsTransfusion reactionsPolymicrobial contaminationPlatelet productsDisease controlBacterial isolatesStudy designStaphylococcus saprophyticusPolymicrobial interactionsCDC casesSaprophyticusFuture studiesPotential interactionsCommon sourceSepsisIsolatesCasesCoaggregation