2013
Chest Radiograph Findings and Time to Culture Conversion in Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV in Tugela Ferry, South Africa
Brust JC, Berman AR, Zalta B, Haramati LB, Ning Y, Heo M, van der Merwe TL, Bamber S, Moll AP, Friedland GH, Shah NS, Gandhi NR. Chest Radiograph Findings and Time to Culture Conversion in Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV in Tugela Ferry, South Africa. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e73975. PMID: 24040132, PMCID: PMC3765317, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultidrug-resistant tuberculosisBaseline chest radiographSputum smear statusCulture conversionMajority of patientsCD4 countHilar lymphadenopathySmear statusPleural effusionSputum smearChest radiographsAntiretroviral therapy eraCulture conversion rateMedian CD4 countPercent of patientsChest radiograph findingsEnd of treatmentTherapy eraAdvanced immunodeficiencyCavitary diseaseRadiograph findingsHIV statusRadiographic featuresIndependent associationTreatment outcomes
1985
Intravenous Drug Abusers and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS): Demographic, Drug Use, and Needle-Sharing Patterns
Friedland G, Harris C, Butkus-Small C, Shine D, Moll B, Darrow W, Klein R. Intravenous Drug Abusers and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS): Demographic, Drug Use, and Needle-Sharing Patterns. JAMA Internal Medicine 1985, 145: 1413-1417. DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1985.00360080085012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeDrug abuser patientsIntravenous drug abusersDrug abusersImmunodeficiency syndromeNeedle sharingHomosexual menSpread of AIDSPutative AIDS agentPercent of patientsBlood-borne routeDrug use patternsDrug use practicesARC patientsSexual habitsDrug usePatientsShooting galleriesAIDS agentsAIDS transmissionMale homosexualsDemographic characteristicsAbusersSyndromeHigh rateIntravenous drug abusers and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Demographic, drug use, and needle-sharing patterns.
Friedland G, Harris C, Butkus-Small C, Shine D, Moll B, Darrow W, Klein R. Intravenous drug abusers and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Demographic, drug use, and needle-sharing patterns. JAMA Internal Medicine 1985, 145: 1413-7. PMID: 3875327, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.145.8.1413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug abuser patientsIntravenous drug abusersDrug abusersImmunodeficiency syndromeNeedle sharingHomosexual menPutative AIDS agentPercent of patientsEvidence of AIDSBlood-borne routeDrug use patternsDrug use practicesARC patientsSexual habitsDrug usePatientsShooting galleriesSpread of AIDSAIDS agentsAIDSAIDS transmissionMale homosexualsDemographic characteristicsAbusersSyndrome
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