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 resistanceRecipientsTransplantid.net: A Pilot Crowdsourced, Living, Online Library of Resources for the Teaching and Practice of Transplant Infectious Diseases
Puius Y, Azar M, Tsai H, Vergidis P, Harris C, Anjan S, Barros N, Belga S, Chuang S, Czeresnia J, Goel S, Ince D, Luk A, Majeed A, Multani A, Obeid K, Swaminathan N. Transplantid.net: A Pilot Crowdsourced, Living, Online Library of Resources for the Teaching and Practice of Transplant Infectious Diseases. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad081. PMID: 36861087, PMCID: PMC9969731, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad081.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Molecular Testing for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections: Clinical and Diagnostic Recommendations From the IDSA’s Diagnostics Committee
Hanson KE, Azar MM, Banerjee R, Chou A, Colgrove RC, Ginocchio CC, Hayden MK, Holodiny M, Jain S, Koo S, Levy J, Timbrook TT, Caliendo AM. Molecular Testing for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections: Clinical and Diagnostic Recommendations From the IDSA’s Diagnostics Committee. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 71: 2744-2751. PMID: 32369578, PMCID: PMC7454374, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory tract infectionsAcute respiratory tract infectionsTract infectionsDiagnostics CommitteeSpecific nucleic acid amplification testsBacterial respiratory tract infectionsNucleic acid amplification testsRoutine clinical practiceDiagnostic reference standardNew molecular testsGlobal health responseClinical signsRespiratory medicineAmplification testsClinical practiceMolecular testingClinical judgmentAvailable assaysHealth responseDiagnostic recommendationsNovel coronavirus pandemicMolecular testsReference standardInfectionMolecular diagnostics