2021
Bartonellosis in transplant recipients: A retrospective single center experience
Pischel L, Radcliffe C, Vilchez GA, Charifa A, Zhang XC, Grant M. Bartonellosis in transplant recipients: A retrospective single center experience. World Journal Of Transplantation 2021, 11: 244-253. PMID: 34164299, PMCID: PMC8218350, DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v11.i6.244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStem cell transplant recipientsTransplant recipientsCell transplant recipientsClinical presentationDifferential diagnosisAutologous stem cell transplant recipientsHematopoietic stem cell transplant recipientsPost-transplant lymphoproliferative disorderRetrospective single-center experienceSingle-center retrospective studyRenal transplant recipientsSingle-center experienceCat-scratch diseaseCenter experienceClinical courseImmunocompromised hostLymphoproliferative disordersRetrospective studySingle institutionScratch diseaseSolid organsUnknown originDiagnostic testsRecipientsInfection
2020
Nocardia veterana infections: case report and systematic review
Radcliffe C, Peaper D, Grant M. Nocardia veterana infections: case report and systematic review. New Microbes And New Infections 2020, 39: 100833. PMID: 33456780, PMCID: PMC7797559, DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100833.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesChronic cutaneous graftOral antibiotic therapySoft tissue abscessesHost diseaseCutaneous graftAntibiotic therapyPulmonary infectionCase reportDrainage proceduresEmpirical treatmentCondition warrantsSystematic reviewInfectionOpportunistic pathogenSystematic literature reviewFirst reportLiterature reviewReportAbscessRelapseReviewAzithromycinGraftTherapyNocardiaEfficacy and safety of chronic antimicrobial suppression therapy for left ventricular assist device driveline infections: A single‐center descriptive experience
Radcliffe C, Doilicho N, Niu YS, Grant M. Efficacy and safety of chronic antimicrobial suppression therapy for left ventricular assist device driveline infections: A single‐center descriptive experience. Transplant Infectious Disease 2020, 22: e13379. PMID: 32574417, DOI: 10.1111/tid.13379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCAS therapyDriveline infectionSuppression therapyTreatment failureVentricular assist device driveline infectionsShort-term antimicrobial therapyExperienced treatment failureTertiary transplant centerChronic kidney diseaseCornerstone of managementContinuous-flow LVADInfectious complicationsAdverse eventsLocal debridementRetrospective reviewTransplant centersKidney diseaseStable symptomsMean ageAntimicrobial therapyCommon causePatientsTherapySuccessful outcomeInfectionOver 870 days of successful antibiotic suppression therapy for VRE‐infected left ventricular assist device
Radcliffe C, Grant M. Over 870 days of successful antibiotic suppression therapy for VRE‐infected left ventricular assist device. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2020, 35: 1746-1748. PMID: 32557822, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14690.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsVancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faeciumSuppression therapyVentricular assist devicePocket infectionPump exchangeAssist deviceMethicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureusAntibiotic suppression therapyLeft ventricular assist deviceUse of daptomycinAdvanced heart failureSymptomatic adverse eventsHeartMate II LVADLong-term suppressionMultidrug-resistant pathogensSurgical drainageAdverse eventsCommon complicationHeart failureClinical challengeInfectionDevice placementTherapyEnterococcus faeciumStaphylococcus aureusNontuberculous mycobacterial infections in left ventricular assist device patients
Radcliffe C, Doilicho N, Grant M. Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in left ventricular assist device patients. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2020, 35: 1138-1141. PMID: 32253770, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14530.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsNontuberculous mycobacterial infectionNTM infectionMycobacterial infectionLeft ventricular assist device patientsVentricular assist device patientsRefractory heart failureContinuous-flow LVADVentricular assist deviceLVAD infectionGram-negative enteric bacteriaLVAD patientsDevice patientsHeart failureDriveline infectionDevice exchangeMost infectionsClinical challengeNegative culturesAssist deviceSystematic reviewInfectionDevice placementMycobacterium fortuitumStaphylococcal sppPatientsMolecular and clinical epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in the USA (CRACKLE-2): a prospective cohort study
van Duin D, Arias C, Komarow L, Chen L, Hanson B, Weston G, Cober E, Garner O, Jacob J, Satlin M, Fries B, Garcia-Diaz J, Doi Y, Dhar S, Kaye K, Earley M, Hujer A, Hujer K, Domitrovic T, Shropshire W, Dinh A, Manca C, Luterbach C, Wang M, Paterson D, Banerjee R, Patel R, Evans S, Hill C, Arias R, Chambers H, Fowler V, Kreiswirth B, Bonomo R, Investigators M. Molecular and clinical epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in the USA (CRACKLE-2): a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2020, 20: 731-741. PMID: 32151332, PMCID: PMC7473597, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(19)30755-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarbapenem-resistant EnterobacteralesCarbapenemase-producing EnterobacteralesCohort studyProspective cohort studyCRE infectionsIndex culturePrimary outcomeK pneumoniaeCRE groupAdmission ratesClinical dataClinical epidemiologyClinical culturesPatientsUS hospitalsDay 107Similar outcomesDisease controlDesirability of outcomeEnterobacteralesUnique isolatesNational InstituteOutcomesWhole-genome sequencingInfection
2019
Repeat exchange transfusion for treatment of severe babesiosis
Radcliffe C, Krause PJ, Grant M. Repeat exchange transfusion for treatment of severe babesiosis. Transfusion And Apheresis Science 2019, 58: 638-640. PMID: 31526674, DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2019.07.010.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsRepeat exchange transfusionExchange transfusionSevere babesiosisHospital day 5Second exchange transfusionBabesia microti infectionHigh feverRheumatoid arthritisMicroti infectionTransfusionDay 5Literature searchDearth of informationParasitemiaInfectionBabesiosisEtanerceptArthritisFeverClindamycinHypoxiaCasesWeeksWomen
2017
Fatal case of cutaneous‐sparing orolaryngeal zoster in a renal transplant recipient
Helou E, Grant M, Landry M, Wu X, Morrow JS, Malinis MF. Fatal case of cutaneous‐sparing orolaryngeal zoster in a renal transplant recipient. Transplant Infectious Disease 2017, 19 PMID: 28401625, DOI: 10.1111/tid.12704.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsTransplant recipientsHerpes zosterSolid organ transplant recipientsCTLA-4 inhibitorsKidney transplant recipientsRenal transplant recipientsOrgan transplant recipientsAcute rejectionSOT recipientsMucosal lesionsMeningo-encephalitisPoor outcomeFatal casesHerpesvirus infectionSignificant causeRecipientsZosterPneumonitisMorbidityPatientsLesionsInfectionMortalityCasesMycobacterium goodii endocarditis following mitral valve ring annuloplasty
Parikh RB, Grant M. Mycobacterium goodii endocarditis following mitral valve ring annuloplasty. Annals Of Clinical Microbiology And Antimicrobials 2017, 16: 14. PMID: 28327156, PMCID: PMC5361780, DOI: 10.1186/s12941-017-0190-4.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesMeSH KeywordsAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsCluster AnalysisDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalEchocardiography, TransesophagealEndocarditis, BacterialHeartHumansMaleMitral Valve AnnuloplastyMycobacteriumMycobacterium Infections, NontuberculousPhylogenyRadiography, ThoracicReplantationRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNATomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeConceptsMitral valve ring annuloplastyInfrequent human pathogenMitral valve replacementCombination of ciprofloxacinTrimethoprim/sulfamethoxazoleDrug susceptibility testingValve replacementCase presentationWeProsthetic infectionSuccessful treatmentDifferential diagnosisRing annuloplastyMicrobiologic laboratorySusceptibility testingEndocarditisPositive rodsInfectionDiagnosisHuman pathogensGene sequencingRDNA gene sequencingAnnuloplastyPatientsMolecular techniquesInjury