2006
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis as a cause of death in patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV in a rural area of South Africa
Gandhi NR, Moll A, Sturm AW, Pawinski R, Govender T, Lalloo U, Zeller K, Andrews J, Friedland G. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis as a cause of death in patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV in a rural area of South Africa. The Lancet 2006, 368: 1575-1580. PMID: 17084757, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(06)69573-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-resistant tuberculosisCo-infected patientsXDR tuberculosisMDR tuberculosisHIV co-infected patientsCulture-confirmed tuberculosisRecent hospital admissionTime of diagnosisSecond-line drugsDrug susceptibility testingCause of deathDate of deathHigh mortality rateAntiretroviral therapyMedian survivalHospital admissionSputum cultureHIV-1PatientsMortality rateHigh mortalityUrgent interventionTreatment programTuberculosisSusceptibility testing
1984
Nosocomial Endocarditis
Friedland G, von Reyn C, Levy B, Arbeit R, Dasse P, Crumpacker C. Nosocomial Endocarditis. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1984, 5: 284-288. PMID: 6564081, DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700060343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired endocarditisNosocomial endocarditisIntracardiac prosthetic materialNosocomial infective endocarditisPercent of patientsValvular heart diseaseBeth Israel HospitalSite of originClinical presentationInfective endocarditisUrinary sourceHeart diseaseProsthetic valvesEndocarditisInvasive proceduresGreater incidenceHigh mortalityPatientsProsthetic materialIsrael HospitalBacteremiaSeven-year periodDiseaseTherapeutic practiceHospital