2020
COVID-19 infections and outcomes in a live registry of heart failure patients across an integrated health care system
Caraballo C, McCullough M, Fuery MA, Chouairi F, Keating C, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, Malinis M, Kashyap N, Hsiao A, Wilson FP, Curtis JP, Grant M, Velazquez EJ, Desai NR, Ahmad T. COVID-19 infections and outcomes in a live registry of heart failure patients across an integrated health care system. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0238829. PMID: 32997657, PMCID: PMC7526909, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238829.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure patientsIntegrated health care systemHeart Failure RegistryHealth care systemFailure patientsCOVID-19 infectionCare systemCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 infectionReal-time registryRenin-angiotensin blockersRetrospective chart reviewCoronary artery diseaseRisk of deathCOVID-19 testingAngiotensin blockersMultiple comorbiditiesRespiratory failureChart reviewSymptomatic patientsArtery diseaseHeart failureComorbid conditionsPatient mortalityClinical managementNontuberculous 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
Mycobacterium 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