2020
Severe respiratory viral infection induces procalcitonin in the absence of bacterial pneumonia
Gautam S, Cohen AJ, Stahl Y, Toro P, Young GM, Datta R, Yan X, Ristic NT, Bermejo SD, Sharma L, Restrepo M, Dela Cruz CS. Severe respiratory viral infection induces procalcitonin in the absence of bacterial pneumonia. Thorax 2020, 75: 974-981. PMID: 32826284, DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-214896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPure viral infectionBacterial coinfectionViral infectionInfluenza infectionSevere respiratory viral infectionsAbility of procalcitoninRetrospective cohort studyViral respiratory infectionsRespiratory viral infectionsMarker of severityRespiratory viral illnessSevere viral infectionsSpecificity of procalcitoninCharacteristic curve analysisCellular modelHigher procalcitoninProcalcitonin expressionElevated procalcitoninCohort studyViral illnessRespiratory infectionsAntibiotic administrationBacterial pneumoniaSevere diseaseProcalcitoninQuantification of bronchoalveolar neutrophil extracellular traps and phagocytosis in murine pneumonia
Gautam S, Stahl Y, Young GM, Howell R, Cohen AJ, Tsang DA, Martin T, Sharma L, Dela Cruz CS. Quantification of bronchoalveolar neutrophil extracellular traps and phagocytosis in murine pneumonia. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2020, 319: l661-l669. PMID: 32783617, PMCID: PMC7642899, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00316.2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeutrophil extracellular trapsAcute respiratory distress syndromeChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseNeutrophil responseExtracellular trapsDysregulation of neutrophilsObstructive pulmonary diseaseRespiratory distress syndromeNeutrophil effector functionsEx vivo assaysBronchoalveolar neutrophilsSevere asthmaDistress syndromeLung neutrophilsPulmonary diseaseMurine pneumoniaMurine modelEffector functionsNeutrophil researchMouse lungCystic fibrosisMethodologic issuesMurine researchLungArray of diseases
2019
Measurement of Chitinase Activity in Biological Samples
Amick A, Liu Q, Gautam S, Chupp G, Dela Cruz C, Sharma L. Measurement of Chitinase Activity in Biological Samples. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2019 DOI: 10.3791/60159-v.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTeaching an Old Intensivist Neutrophil Tricks: Using Alveolar Neutrophilia to Diagnose Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
Gautam S, Sharma L, Dela Cruz CS. Teaching an Old Intensivist Neutrophil Tricks: Using Alveolar Neutrophilia to Diagnose Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2019, 199: 1178-1181. PMID: 30543457, PMCID: PMC6519853, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201811-2163ed.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2018
Personalizing the Management of Pneumonia
Gautam S, Sharma L, Dela Cruz CS. Personalizing the Management of Pneumonia. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2018, 39: 871-900. PMID: 30390755, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2018.08.008.BooksA Slick Solution to a Sticky Problem
Gautam S, Sharma L, Dela Cruz CS, Spiegel DA. A Slick Solution to a Sticky Problem. Biochemistry 2018, 57: 5923-5924. PMID: 30289246, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00916.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
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