2023
Rapid antimicrobial resistance detection methods for bloodstream infection in solid organ transplantation: Proposed clinical guidance, unmet needs, and future directions
Turbett S, Banach D, Bard J, Gandhi R, Letourneau A, Azar M. Rapid antimicrobial resistance detection methods for bloodstream infection in solid organ transplantation: Proposed clinical guidance, unmet needs, and future directions. Transplant Infectious Disease 2023, 25: e14113. PMID: 37594214, DOI: 10.1111/tid.14113.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsUnmet needSolid organ transplant recipientsOrgan transplant recipientsSolid organ transplantationTransplant infectious diseasesEffective antimicrobial therapyPositive blood culturesFast institutionSOT recipientsTransplant recipientsDiagnostic stewardshipBloodstream infectionsAntimicrobial therapyBlood culturesClinical guidanceOrgan transplantationConsensus conferenceClinical practiceInfectious diseasesClinical microbiologyAmerican SocietyTransplantationResistance detectionBacterial resistanceRecipients
2022
535. Evaluation of the BioFire Blood Culture Identification (BCID2) panel for transplant recipients with a bloodstream infection
Palacios C, Peaper D, Malinis M, Malinis M, Perreault S, Cohen E, Vogel J, Azar M. 535. Evaluation of the BioFire Blood Culture Identification (BCID2) panel for transplant recipients with a bloodstream infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac492.588. PMCID: PMC9752191, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBone marrow transplant recipientsTransplant recipientsBloodstream infectionsBlood culturesPositive blood culturesClinical trialsPrimary investigatorSolid organ recipientsMarrow transplant recipientsRetrospective chart reviewYear of transplantationAntimicrobial susceptibility resultsBlood Culture Identification PanelBSI eventsChart reviewOptimal therapyOrgan recipientsMean ageMultiplex PCR panelSame patientGeneral populationPolymicrobial culturesCandida sppPeripheral sitesRecipients
2017
Case 30-2017
Bhattacharyya RP, Flores EJ, Azar MM. Case 30-2017. New England Journal Of Medicine 2017, 377: 1274-1282. PMID: 28953442, DOI: 10.1056/nejmcpc1706100.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes
2015
Cervicofacial necrotizing fasciitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae serotype e in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus and hypocomplementaemia
Azar M, Folk D, Henderson T, Mehra S, Vining E, Banach D. Cervicofacial necrotizing fasciitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae serotype e in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus and hypocomplementaemia. JMM Case Reports 2015, 2 DOI: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.000040.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesSystemic lupus erythematosusNecrotizing fasciitisH. influenzaeSjogren's syndromeLupus erythematosusInvasive diseaseHaemophilus influenzae serotype eInvasive H. influenzae infectionsSerotype E.Cervicofacial necrotizing fasciitisMonomicrobial necrotizing fasciitisCervical necrotizing fasciitisH. influenzae infectionsBroad-spectrum antibioticsAdditional debridementB vaccinationEmergent debridementNeck painInfluenzae infectionIntraoperative culturesBlood culturesClinical dataImmunocompromised individualsFasciitisClinical importance