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Gilbert El Helou; Aline El Zakhem; Ray Hachem; Ying Jiang; Jeffrey Tarrand; George M Viola; Anne-Marie Chaftari; Issam I Raad
Management of rapidly growing mycobacterial bacteremia in cancer patients.
Gilbert El Helou; Ray Hachem; Xiang Y Han; George M Viola; Issam I Raad
Rapidly growing mycobacterial bloodstream infections.
Ronen Ben-Ami; Nathaniel D Albert; Cesar A Arias; Russell E Lewis; Issam I Raad; Clay C Watson; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Drosophila melanogaster as a model to explore the effects of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain type on virulence and response to linezolid treatment.

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2013: Gilbert El Helou; Aline El Zakhem; Ray Hachem; Ying Jiang; Jeffrey Tarrand; George M Viola; Anne-Marie Chaftari; Issam I Raad
Management of rapidly growing mycobacterial bacteremia in cancer patients.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2013;56(6):843-6.
2013: Gilbert El Helou; Ray Hachem; Xiang Y Han; George M Viola; Issam I Raad
Rapidly growing mycobacterial bloodstream infections.
The Lancet infectious diseases 2013;13(2):166-74.
2013: Ronen Ben-Ami; Nathaniel D Albert; Cesar A Arias; Russell E Lewis; Issam I Raad; Clay C Watson; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Drosophila melanogaster as a model to explore the effects of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain type on virulence and response to linezolid treatment.
Microbial pathogenesis 2013;55():16-20.
2013: Ramez Bahu; Anne-Marie Chaftari; Aline El Zakhem; Ray Y Hachem; Ying Jiang; Kamran Ahrar; Munirah AlShuaibi; William Shomali; Issam I Raad
Nephrostomy tube related pyelonephritis in patients with cancer: epidemiology, infection rate and risk factors.
The Journal of urology 2013;189(1):130-5.
2012: Roy F Chemaly; Chitra Hosing; Mark F Munsell; Issam I Raad; Dhanesh B Rathod; Chadi Saifan; Dimpy P Shah; Harrys A Torres; Gerald P Bodey; Richard E Champlin
An adaptive randomized trial of an intermittent dosing schedule of aerosolized ribavirin in patients with cancer and respiratory syncytial virus infection.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2012;206(9):1367-71.
2012: Roy F Chemaly; Patricia Cornejo-Juarez; Bruno P Granwehr; Ying Jiang; Sawsan Mubarak; Carolina Perez-Jimenez; Mustafa Saad; Mohammed Salhab; Karen J Vigil; Diana Vilar-Compte; Javier A Adachi; Issam I Raad
A multicenter study of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infection in patients with solid tumors in 3 countries: early therapy improves outcomes.
Cancer 2012;118(18):4627-33.
2012: Anne-Marie Chaftari; Ray Y Hachem; Ying Jiang; Christelle Kassis; Randall A Prince; Elizabeth Ramos; Weiqun Wang; Marcela Campo; Issam I Raad
Comparison of posaconazole versus weekly amphotericin B lipid complex for the prevention of invasive fungal infections in hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation.
Transplantation 2012;94(3):302-8.
2012: Harrys A Torres; Ben J Barnett; Manal M Hassan; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Parag Mahale; Moises I Nevah; Issam I Raad
Hepatitis C virus genotype distribution varies by underlying disease status among patients in the same geographic region: a retrospective multicenter study.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology 2012;54(3):218-22.
2012: Dimpy P Shah; Jharna N Shah; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Karen J Vigil; Javier A Adachi; Katia K El Taoum; Bruno P Granwehr; Issam I Raad; Roy F Chemaly
Characteristics and outcomes of pandemic 2009/H1N1 versus seasonal influenza in children with cancer.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2012;31(4):373-8.
2012: Linda D Lee; Matthew Berkheiser; Ray Hachem; Brenda Hackett; Ying Jiang; Issam I Raad
Hospital environment and invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematologic malignancy.
American journal of infection control 2012;40(3):247-9.
2012: Harrys A Torres; Lillian R Roach; Kathleen M Smith; Javier A Adachi; Marta Davila; Parag S Mahale; Issam I Raad
Hepatitis C clinic operated by infectious disease specialists at a comprehensive cancer center: help is on the way.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012;54(5):740-2.
2012: Sminil N Mahajan; Victor Mulanovich; Issam I Raad; Kenneth V Rolston; Jharna N Shah; Frank Tverdek; Javier A Adachi; Ray Hachem; Roy F Chemaly
Characteristics and outcomes of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in patients with cancer treated with vancomycin: 9-year experience at a comprehensive cancer center.
The oncologist 2012;17(10):1329-36.
2011: Naomi P O'Grady; Mary Alexander; Lillian A Burns; E Patchen Dellinger; Jeffrey Garland; Stephen O Heard; Pamela A Lipsett; Henry Masur; Leonard A Mermel; Michele L Pearson; Issam I Raad; Adrienne G Randolph; Mark E Rupp; Sanjay Saint
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.
American journal of infection control 2011;39(4 Suppl 1):S1-34.
2011: Naomi P O'Grady; Mary Alexander; Lillian A Burns; E Patchen Dellinger; Jeffrey Garland; Stephen O Heard; Pamela A Lipsett; Henry Masur; Leonard A Mermel; Michele L Pearson; Issam I Raad; Adrienne G Randolph; Mark E Rupp; Sanjay Saint
Summary of recommendations: Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011;52(9):1087-99.
2011: Naomi P O'Grady; Mary Alexander; Lillian A Burns; E Patchen Dellinger; Jeffrey Garland; Stephen O Heard; Pamela A Lipsett; Henry Masur; Leonard A Mermel; Michele L Pearson; Issam I Raad; Adrienne G Randolph; Mark E Rupp; Sanjay Saint
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011;52(9):e162-93.
2011: Issam I Raad; Jamal A Mohamed; Ruth A Reitzel; Ying Jiang; Tanya Dvorak; Mahmoud A Ghannoum; Ray Hachem; Anne-Marie Chaftari
The prevention of biofilm colonization by multidrug-resistant pathogens that cause ventilator-associated pneumonia with antimicrobial-coated endotracheal tubes.
Biomaterials 2011;32(11):2689-94.
2011: Christelle Kassis; Ray Hachem; Issam I Raad; Cheryl Perego; Tanya Dvorak; Kristina G Hulten; Elizabeth Frenzel; Georgia Thomas; Roy F Chemaly
Outbreak of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among health care workers in a cancer center.
American journal of infection control 2011;39(2):112-7.
2011: Alison G Freifeld; Eric J Bow; Kent A Sepkowitz; Michael J Boeckh; James I Ito; Craig A Mullen; Issam I Raad; Kenneth V Rolston; Jo-Anne H Young; John R Wingard
Clinical practice guideline for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with cancer: 2010 update by the infectious diseases society of america.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011;52(4):e56-93.
2011: Alison G Freifeld; Eric J Bow; Kent A Sepkowitz; Michael J Boeckh; James I Ito; Craig A Mullen; Issam I Raad; Kenneth V Rolston; Jo-Anne H Young; John R Wingard
Clinical practice guideline for the use of antimicrobial agents in neutropenic patients with cancer: 2010 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011;52(4):427-31.
2011: Elizabeth R Ramos; Ruth Reitzel; Ying Jiang; Ray Hachem; Ann Marie Chaftari; Roy F Chemaly; Brenda Hackett; S Egbert Pravinkumar; Joseph Nates; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Issam I Raad
Clinical effectiveness and risk of emerging resistance associated with prolonged use of antibiotic-impregnated catheters: more than 0.5 million catheter days and 7 years of clinical experience.
Critical care medicine 2011;39(2):245-51.
2010: Coralia N Mihu; Christelle Kassis; Elizabeth R Ramos; Ying Jiang; Ray Hachem; Issam I Raad
Does combination of lipid formulation of amphotericin B and echinocandins improve outcome of invasive aspergillosis in hematological malignancy patients?
Cancer 2010;116(22):5290-6.
2010: Christelle Kassis; Richard E Champlin; Ray Y Hachem; Chitra Hosing; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Cheryl A Perego; Joyce L Neumann; Issam I Raad; Roy F Chemaly
Detection and control of a nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in a stem cell transplantation unit: the role of palivizumab.
Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2010;16(9):1265-71.
2010: Holly L Hogan; Ray Y Hachem; Melinda Neuhauser; Issam I Raad; Elizabeth Coyle
Clinical experience of linezolid in bone marrow transplantation patients.
Journal of pharmacy practice 2010;23(4):352-7.
2010: Amar Safdar; Jonathan Ma; Fouzi Saliba; Bertrand Dupont; John R Wingard; Ray Y Hachem; Gloria N Mattiuzzi; Pranatharthi H Chandrasekar; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Kenneth V Rolston; THOMAS WALSH; Richard E Champlin; Issam I Raad
Drug-induced nephrotoxicity caused by amphotericin B lipid complex and liposomal amphotericin B: a review and meta-analysis.
Medicine 2010;89(4):236-44.
2010: Roy F Chemaly; P S Sharma; S Youssef; D Gerber; P Hwu; S S Hanmod; Ying Jiang; Ray Hachem; Issam I Raad
The efficacy of catheters coated with minocycline and rifampin in the prevention of catheter-related bacteremia in cancer patients receiving high-dose interleukin-2.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2010;14(7):e548-52.
2010: Roy F Chemaly; Ray Hachem; Rola N Husni; Boulos Bahna; Georges Abou Rjaili; Alain Waked; Linda Graviss; B Nebiyou Bekele; Jharna N Shah; Georges Abou Rjaili; Issam I Raad
Characteristics and outcomes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical-site infections in patients with cancer: a case-control study.
Annals of surgical oncology 2010;17(6):1499-506.
2010: Karen J Vigil; James R Johnson; Brian D Johnston; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Victor E Mulanovich; Issam I Raad; Herbert L Dupont; Javier A Adachi
Escherichia coli Pyomyositis: an emerging infectious disease among patients with hematologic malignancies.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2010;50(3):374-80.
2009: Roy F Chemaly; Dhanesh B Rathod; Issam I Raad
A tertiary care cancer center experience of the 2007 outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infection due to prefilled syringes.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2009;30(12):1237-8.
2009: Nikolaos V Sipsas; Russell E Lewis; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Ray Hachem; Kenneth V Rolston; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Candidemia in patients with hematologic malignancies in the era of new antifungal agents (2001-2007): stable incidence but changing epidemiology of a still frequently lethal infection.
Cancer 2009;115(20):4745-52.
2009: Javier A Adachi; Cheryl Perego; Linda Graviss; Tanya Dvorak; Ray Hachem; Roy F Chemaly; Issam I Raad
The role of interventional molecular epidemiology in controlling clonal clusters of multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in critically ill cancer patients.
American journal of infection control 2009;37(6):442-6.
2009: Roy F Chemaly; Santosh S Hanmod; Ying Jiang; Dhanesh B Rathod; Victor Mulanovich; Javier A Adachi; Kenneth V Rolston; Issam I Raad; Ray Hachem
Tigecycline use in cancer patients with serious infections: a report on 110 cases from a single institution.
Medicine 2009;88(4):211-20.
2009: Leonard A Mermel; Michael Allon; Emilio Bouza; Donald E Craven; Patricia Flynn; Naomi P O'Grady; Issam I Raad; Bart J A Rijnders; Robert J Sherertz; David K Warren
Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009;49(1):1-45.
2009: Nikolaos V Sipsas; Russell E Lewis; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Monotherapy with caspofungin for candidaemia in adult patients with cancer: a retrospective, single institution study.
International journal of antimicrobial agents 2009;34(1):95-8.
2009: Ronen Ben-Ami; Russell E Lewis; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Phaeohyphomycosis in a tertiary care cancer center.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009;48(8):1033-41.
2009: D E Ghannam; Gilhen H Rodriguez; Issam I Raad; Amar Safdar
Inhaled aminoglycosides in cancer patients with ventilator-associated Gram-negative bacterial pneumonia: safety and feasibility in the era of escalating drug resistance.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2009;28(3):253-9.
2009: P Brandon Bookstaver; John C Williamson; Brian Keith Tucker; Issam I Raad; Robert J Sherertz
Activity of novel antibiotic lock solutions in a model against isolates of catheter-related bloodstream infections.
The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2009;43(2):210-9.
2009: James D Cox; Sergio Giralt; Mary L Veazie; Jaffer A Ajani; Janet M Bruner; Ka Wah Chan; Walter N Hittelman; Kelly K Hunt; Revathy B Iyer; Daniel D Karp; Deborah A Kuban; Scott M Lippman; Issam I Raad; Miguel A Rodriguez-Bigas; Leonard A Zwelling; Maurie Markman
Evaluating quality in clinical cancer research: the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center experience.
Oncology 2009;77(2):75-81.
2008: Ray Hachem; A A Langston; John Graybill; John R Perfect; Lisa Pedicone; H Patino; Issam I Raad
Posaconazole as salvage treatment of invasive fungal infections in patients with underlying renal impairment.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2008;62(6):1386-91.
2008: Issam I Raad; Ray Hachem; Hend Hanna; Xiang Fang; Ying Jiang; Tanya Dvorak; Robert J Sherertz; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Role of ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) in catheter lock solutions: EDTA enhances the antifungal activity of amphotericin B lipid complex against Candida embedded in biofilm.
International journal of antimicrobial agents 2008;32(6):515-8.
2008: Ray Hachem; Maha Boktour; Hend Hanna; Rola Husni; E Y Hanna; X Keutgen; B Shukrallah; Issam I Raad
Sinus surgery combined with antifungal therapy is effective in the treatment of invasive Aspergillus sinusitis in neutropenic patients with cancer.
Infection 2008;36(6):539-42.
2008: Ghazi Ghanem; Ray Hachem; Roy F Chemaly; Tanya Dvorak; Kristen Hulten; Linda Graviss; Issam I Raad
The role of molecular methods in the prevention of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clusters in cancer patients.
American journal of infection control 2008;36(9):656-60.
2008: Issam I Raad
Commentary: zero tolerance for catheter-related bloodstream infections: the unnegotiable objective.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2008;29(10):951-3.
2008: Issam I Raad; Xiang Fang; Xavier M Keutgen; Ying Jiang; Robert Sherertz; Ray Hachem
The role of chelators in preventing biofilm formation and catheter-related bloodstream infections.
Current opinion in infectious diseases 2008;21(4):385-92.
2008: Gregory A Lamaris; Russell Lewis; Georgios Chamilos; Gregory S May; Amar Safdar; THOMAS WALSH; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Caspofungin-mediated beta-glucan unmasking and enhancement of human polymorphonuclear neutrophil activity against Aspergillus and non-Aspergillus hyphae.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2008;198(2):186-92.
2008: G A Lamaris; Bita Esmaeli; Georgios Chamilos; A Desai; Roy F Chemaly; Issam I Raad; Amar Safdar; Russell Lewis; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Fungal endophthalmitis in a tertiary care cancer center: a review of 23 cases.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2008;27(5):343-7.
2008: Ray Hachem; Maha Boktour; Hend Hanna; Rola Husni; Harrys A Torres; Claude Afif; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Issam I Raad
Amphotericin B lipid complex versus liposomal amphotericin B monotherapy for invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematologic malignancy.
Cancer 2008;112(6):1282-7.
2008: Issam I Raad; Hend Hanna; Maha Boktour; Yunfang Jiang; Harrys A Torres; Claude Afif; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Ray Hachem
Novel antifungal agents as salvage therapy for invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematologic malignancies: posaconazole compared with high-dose lipid formulations of amphotericin B alone or in combination with caspofungin.
Leukemia 2008;22(3):496-503.
2008: Roy F Chemaly; Harrys A Torres; Ray Hachem; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Amar Safdar; Issam I Raad
Human herpesvirus-6 DNAemia in immunosuppressed adult patients with leukemia at risk for mold infection.
Haematologica 2008;93(1):157-8.
2007: Amar Safdar; Gilhen H Rodriguez; Marcos J de Lima; Demetrios Petropoulos; Roy F Chemaly; Laura L Worth; Elizabeth J Shpall; Kenneth V I Rolston; Issam I Raad; Ka Wah Chan; Richard E Champlin
Infections in 100 cord blood transplantations: spectrum of early and late posttransplant infections in adult and pediatric patients 1996-2005.
Medicine 2007;86(6):324-33.
2007: Victor Mulanovich; Russell Lewis; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Random plasma concentrations of voriconazole decline over time.
The Journal of infection 2007;55(5):e129-30.
2007: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Georgios Chamilos; Russell Lewis; Sergio Giralt; Jorge Cortes; Issam I Raad; John T Manning; Xin Han
Increased bone marrow iron stores is an independent risk factor for invasive aspergillosis in patients with high-risk hematologic malignancies and recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Cancer 2007;110(6):1303-6.
2007: Georgios Chamilos; Mario Luna; Russell Lewis; Roy F Chemaly; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Effects of liposomal amphotericin B versus an amphotericin B lipid complex on liver histopathology in patients with hematologic malignancies and invasive fungal infections: a retrospective, nonrandomized autopsy study.
Clinical therapeutics 2007;29(9):1980-6.
2007: Linda D Lee; Matthew Berkheiser; Ying Jiang; Brenda Hackett; Ray Hachem; Roy F Chemaly; Issam I Raad
Risk of bioaerosol contamination with Aspergillus species before and after cleaning in rooms filtered with high-efficiency particulate air filters that house patients with hematologic malignancy.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2007;28(9):1066-70.
2007: Harrys A Torres; Elizabeth A Aguilera; Gloria N Mattiuzzi; Maria Cabanillas; Nidhi Rohatgi; Carmen A Sepulveda; Hagop M Kantarjian; Ying Jiang; Amar Safdar; Issam I Raad; Roy F Chemaly
Characteristics and outcome of respiratory syncytial virus infection in patients with leukemia.
Haematologica 2007;92(9):1216-23.
2007: Ray Hachem; Roy F Chemaly; Corine A Ahmar; Ying Jiang; Maha Boktour; Georges Abou Rjaili; Gerald P Bodey; Issam I Raad
Colistin is effective in treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cancer patients.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2007;51(6):1905-11.
2007: Roy F Chemaly; Harrys A Torres; Elizabeth A Aguilera; Gloria N Mattiuzzi; Maria Cabanillas; Andrew Lamb; Virginia Gonzalez; Amar Safdar; Issam I Raad
Neuraminidase inhibitors improve outcome of patients with leukemia and influenza: an observational study.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2007;44(7):964-7.
2007: Souad Youssef; Gilhen Rodriguez; Kenneth V I Rolston; Richard E Champlin; Issam I Raad; Amar Safdar
Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in 47 hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients: clinical characteristics of infections and vaccine-breakthrough infections, 1989-2005.
Medicine 2007;86(2):69-77.
2007: Gabriel M Aisenberg; Kenneth V I Rolston; B F Dickey; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Issam I Raad; Amar Safdar
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia pneumonia in cancer patients without traditional risk factors for infection, 1997-2004.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2007;26(1):13-20.
2006: Gregory A Lamaris; Georgios Chamilos; Russell Lewis; Amar Safdar; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Scedosporium infection in a tertiary care cancer center: a review of 25 cases from 1989-2006.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006;43(12):1580-4.
2006: Amar Safdar; Maria A Rodriguez; Luis Fayad; Gilhen H Rodriguez; Barbara Pro; Michael Wang; Jorge Romaguera; Andre Goy; Fredrick B Hagemeister; Peter McLaughlin; Gerald P Bodey; Larry W Kwak; Issam I Raad; Robert B Couch
Dose-related safety and immunogenicity of baculovirus-expressed trivalent influenza vaccine: a double-blind, controlled trial in adult patients with non-Hodgkin B cell lymphoma.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2006;194(10):1394-7.
2006: Roy F Chemaly; Shubhra Ghosh; Gerald P Bodey; Nidhi Rohatgi; Amar Safdar; Michael J Keating; Richard E Champlin; Elizabeth A Aguilera; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Issam I Raad
Respiratory viral infections in adults with hematologic malignancies and human stem cell transplantation recipients: a retrospective study at a major cancer center.
Medicine 2006;85(5):278-87.
2006: P R Kumashi; Amar Safdar; Georgios Chamilos; Roy F Chemaly; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Fungal osteoarticular infections in patients treated at a comprehensive cancer centre: a 10-year retrospective review.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2006;12(7):621-6.
2006: Georgios Chamilos; Mario Luna; Russell Lewis; Gerald P Bodey; Roy F Chemaly; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Amar Safdar; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Invasive fungal infections in patients with hematologic malignancies in a tertiary care cancer center: an autopsy study over a 15-year period (1989-2003).
Haematologica 2006;91(7):986-9.
2006: Issam I Raad; John Graybill; Ana Beatriz Bustamante; Oliver A Cornely; Veronica Gaona-Flores; Claude Afif; Donald R Graham; Richard N Greenberg; Susan Hadley; Amelia Langston; Ricardo Negroni; John R Perfect; Punnee Pitisuttithum; Angela Restrepo; Gary J Schiller; Lisa Pedicone; Andrew J Ullmann
Safety of long-term oral posaconazole use in the treatment of refractory invasive fungal infections.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006;42(12):1726-34.
2006: Amar Safdar; Gilhen H Rodriguez; Benjamin Lichtiger; Burton F Dickey; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Emil J Freireich; Elizabeth J Shpall; Issam I Raad; Hagop M Kantarjian; Richard E Champlin
Recombinant interferon gamma1b immune enhancement in 20 patients with hematologic malignancies and systemic opportunistic infections treated with donor granulocyte transfusions.
Cancer 2006;106(12):2664-71.
2006: Harrys A Torres; Roy F Chemaly; R Storey; Elizabeth A Aguilera; Graciela M Nogueras; Amar Safdar; Kenneth V I Rolston; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Influence of type of cancer and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on clinical presentation of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in cancer patients.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2006;25(6):382-8.
2006: Issam I Raad; Ray Hachem; Raoul Herbrecht; John Graybill; Roberta S Hare; Gavin Corcoran; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Posaconazole as salvage treatment for invasive fusariosis in patients with underlying hematologic malignancy and other conditions.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006;42(10):1398-403.
2006: Robert J Sherertz; Michael S Boger; Casey A Collins; Lori Mason; Issam I Raad
Comparative in vitro efficacies of various catheter lock solutions.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006;50(5):1865-8.
2006: Kenneth V I Rolston; Davood Yadegarynia; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Issam I Raad; Dah H Ho
The spectrum of Gram-positive bloodstream infections in patients with hematologic malignancies, and the in vitro activity of various quinolones against Gram-positive bacteria isolated from cancer patients.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 2006;10(3):223-30.
2006: Harrys A Torres; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Elizabeth A Aguilera; Anas Younes; Mario A Luna; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Graciela M Nogueras; Issam I Raad; Roy F Chemaly
Cytomegalovirus infection in patients with lymphoma: an important cause of morbidity and mortality.
Clinical lymphoma & myeloma 2006;6(5):393-8.
2006: Yusuf Syed Wamique; Syed S Ali; Joseph Swafford; Jean-Bernard Durand; Gerald P Bodey; Roy F Chemaly; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Kenneth V I Rolston; Edward Yeh; Issam I Raad; Amar Safdar
Culture-positive and culture-negative endocarditis in patients with cancer: a retrospective observational study, 1994-2004.
Medicine 2006;85(2):86-94.
2006: Harrys A Torres; Hend Hanna; Linda Graviss; Gassan Chaiban; Ray Hachem; Roy F Chemaly; Essam Girgawy; Issam I Raad
Chest tube-related empyema due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: could the chest tube be coated with antiseptics?
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2006;27(2):195-7.
2006: Michail S Lionakis; Georgios Chamilos; Russell Lewis; Nathan Wiederhold; Issam I Raad; George Samonis; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Pentamidine is active in a neutropenic murine model of acute invasive pulmonary fusariosis.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006;50(1):294-7.
2006: Gloria N Mattiuzzi; Gladys Alvarado; Francis Giles; Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner; Jorge Cortes; Susan O'Brien; Srdan Verstovsek; Stefan Faderl; Xian Zhou; Issam I Raad; B Nebiyou Bekele; Gerhard J Leitz; Ivonne Lopez-Roman; Elihu H Estey
Open-label, randomized comparison of itraconazole versus caspofungin for prophylaxis in patients with hematologic malignancies.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2006;50(1):143-7.
2005: Gabriel M Aisenberg; Kalen Jacobson; Roy F Chemaly; Kenneth V I Rolston; Issam I Raad; Amar Safdar
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis active infection misdiagnosed as cancer: Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease in patients at a Comprehensive Cancer Center (2001-2005).
Cancer 2005;104(12):2882-7.
2005: Harrys A Torres; Ray Hachem; Roy F Chemaly; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Issam I Raad
Posaconazole: a broad-spectrum triazole antifungal.
The Lancet infectious diseases 2005;5(12):775-85.
2005: Issam I Raad; Hend Hanna; Maha Boktour; Gassan Chaiban; Ray Hachem; Tanya Dvorak; Russell Lewis; Barbara E Murray
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: catheter colonization, esp gene, and decreased susceptibility to antibiotics in biofilm.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2005;49(12):5046-50.
2005: Rania Hanna; Issam I Raad
Diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection.
Current infectious disease reports 2005;7(6):413-9.
2005: Harrys A Torres; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Gerald P Bodey; Javier A Adachi; Mario A Luna; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Graciela M Nogueras; Issam I Raad; Roy F Chemaly
Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus disease in patients with cancer: a two decade experience in a tertiary care cancer center.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) 2005;41(15):2268-79.
2005: Roy F Chemaly; Harrys A Torres; Ray Hachem; Graciela M Nogueras; Elizabeth A Aguilera; Anas Younes; Mario A Luna; Gilhen Rodriguez; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Issam I Raad
Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in patients with lymphoma.
Cancer 2005;104(6):1213-20.
2005: Padmavati Kumashi; Essam Girgawy; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Kenneth V I Rolston; Issam I Raad; Amar Safdar
Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia in patients with cancer: disease characteristics and outcomes in the era of escalating drug resistance (1998-2002).
Medicine 2005;84(5):303-12.
2005: Rabih O Darouiche; David H Berger; Nancy Khardori; Claudia S Robertson; Matthew J Wall; Michael H Metzler; Seema Shah; Mohammad D Mansouri; Colleen Cerra-Stewart; James Versalovic; Michael J Reardon; Issam I Raad
Comparison of antimicrobial impregnation with tunneling of long-term central venous catheters: a randomized controlled trial.
Annals of surgery 2005;242(2):193-200.
2005: Issam I Raad; Hend Hanna; Maha Boktour; Noel Jabbour; Ray Hachem; Rabih O Darouiche
Catheter-related vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia: clinical and molecular epidemiology.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2005;26(7):658-61.
2005: Anthony J Bleyer; Lori Mason; Gregory Russell; Issam I Raad; Robert J Sherertz
A randomized, controlled trial of a new vascular catheter flush solution (minocycline-EDTA) in temporary hemodialysis access.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2005;26(6):520-4.
2005: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Maha Boktour; Hend Hanna; Harrys A Torres; Ray Hachem; Issam I Raad
Itraconazole added to a lipid formulation of amphotericin B does not improve outcome of primary treatment of invasive aspergillosis.
Cancer 2005;103(11):2334-7.
2005: Michail S Lionakis; Russell Lewis; Harrys A Torres; Nathaniel D Albert; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Increased frequency of non-fumigatus Aspergillus species in amphotericin B- or triazole-pre-exposed cancer patients with positive cultures for aspergilli.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2005;52(1):15-20.
2005: Nathan Wiederhold; Elizabeth A Coyle; Issam I Raad; Randall A Prince; Russell Lewis
Antibacterial activity of linezolid and vancomycin in an in vitro pharmacodynamic model of gram-positive catheter-related bacteraemia.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2005;55(5):792-5.
2005: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Michail S Lionakis; Russell Lewis; Georgios Chamilos; Mimi Healy; Cheryl Perego; Amar Safdar; Andrew Lamb; Richard Champlin; THOMAS WALSH; Issam I Raad
Zygomycosis in a tertiary-care cancer center in the era of Aspergillus-active antifungal therapy: a case-control observational study of 27 recent cases.
The Journal of infectious diseases 2005;191(8):1350-60.
2005: Kenneth V I Rolston; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Davood Yadegarynia; Issam I Raad
Nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli in cancer patients: increasing frequency of infection and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates to fluoroquinolones.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2005;51(3):215-8.
2005: Amar Safdar; Gilhen Rodriguez; Norio Ohmagari; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Kenneth V I Rolston; Issam I Raad; Richard E Champlin
The safety of interferon-gamma-1b therapy for invasive fungal infections after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Cancer 2005;103(4):731-9.
2005: Harrys A Torres; V G Prieto; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Proven pulmonary cryptococcosis due to capsule-deficient Cryptococcus neoformans does not differ clinically from proven pulmonary cryptococcosis due to capsule-intact Cr. neoformans.
Mycoses 2005;48(1):21-4.
2004: Amar Safdar; Hend Hanna; Maha Boktour; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Ray Hachem; Benjamin Lichtiger; Emil J Freireich; Issam I Raad
Impact of high-dose granulocyte transfusions in patients with cancer with candidemia: retrospective case-control analysis of 491 episodes of Candida species bloodstream infections.
Cancer 2004;101(12):2859-65.
2004: Norio Ohmagari; Issam I Raad; Ray Hachem; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Invasive aspergillosis in patients with solid tumors.
Cancer 2004;101(10):2300-2.
2004: Stephanie A Lee; Issam I Raad; Javier A Adachi; Xiang Y Han
Catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by Mycobacterium brumae.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2004;42(11):5429-31.
2004: Maha Boktour; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Hend Hanna; Ray Hachem; Essam Girgawy; Gerald P Bodey; Issam I Raad
Multiple-species candidemia in patients with cancer.
Cancer 2004;101(8):1860-5.
2004: Ravi Radhakrishnan; Michele L Donato; Victor G Prieto; Steven R Mays; Issam I Raad; Henry M Kuerer
Invasive cutaneous fungal infections requiring radical resection in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Journal of surgical oncology 2004;88(1):21-26.
2004: Ray Hachem; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Maha Boktour; Claude Afif; Catherine Cooksley; Gerald P Bodey; Ioannis Chatzinikolaou; Cheryl Perego; Hagop M Kantarjian; Issam I Raad
Aspergillus terreus: an emerging amphotericin B-resistant opportunistic mold in patients with hematologic malignancies.
Cancer 2004;101(7):1594-600.
2004: Michail S Lionakis; Gerald P Bodey; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
The significance of blood cultures positive for emerging saprophytic moulds in cancer patients.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2004;10(10):922-5.
2004: Issam I Raad; Hend Hanna; Ray Hachem; Tanya Dvorak; Rebecca Arbuckle; Gassan Chaiban; Louis B Rice
Clinical-use-associated decrease in susceptibility of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium to linezolid: a comparison with quinupristin-dalfopristin.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2004;48(9):3583-5.
2004: G R De La Rosa; Kalen L Jacobson; Kenneth V I Rolston; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Amar Safdar
Mycobacterium tuberculosis at a comprehensive cancer centre: active disease in patients with underlying malignancy during 1990-2000.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2004;10(8):749-52.
2004: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Harrys A Torres; Marlon Chagua; Ray Hachem; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Gerald P Bodey; Issam I Raad
Trichosporonosis in a tertiary care cancer center: risk factors, changing spectrum and determinants of outcome.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 2004;36(8):564-9.
2004: Yashail A Vora; Issam I Raad; Ian E McCutcheon
Intramedullary abscess from group F Streptococcus.
Surgical infections 2004;5(2):200-4.
2004: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Gerald P Bodey; Hend Hanna; Ray Hachem; Maha Boktour; E Girgaway; Masoud Mardani; Issam I Raad
Outcome determinants of fusariosis in a tertiary care cancer center: the impact of neutrophil recovery.
Leukemia & lymphoma 2004;45(1):139-41.
2003: Amar Safdar; Roy F Chemaly; Cheryl A Perego; Virginia Gonzalez; Kenneth V Rolston; Issam I Raad; Jeffrey J Tarrand; David L Callender
Hospitalization of an oncology patient suspected of having severe acute respiratory syndrome: a setup for an infection control quagmire at a comprehensive cancer center.
Cancer 2003;98(12):2738-9.
2003: H A Torres; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Infections caused by Fusarium species.
Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) 2003;15 Suppl 2():28-35.
2003: David S Hong; Kalen L Jacobson; Issam I Raad; Marcos De Lima; Paolo Anderlini; Gregory N Fuller; Cindy Ippoliti; Rita M Cool; Norman E Leeds; Aida Narvios; Xiang Y Han; Anthony Padula; Richard E Champlin; Chitra Hosing
West Nile encephalitis in 2 hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: case series and literature review.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2003;37(8):1044-9.
2003: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Russell Lewis; Michail S Lionakis; Nathaniel D Albert; Gregory S May; Issam I Raad
Sequential exposure of Aspergillus fumigatus to itraconazole and caspofungin: evidence of enhanced in vitro activity.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2003;47(2):415-9.
2003: Anastasia Antoniadou; Harrys A Torres; Russell Lewis; John Thornby; Gerald P Bodey; Jeffrey P Tarrand; Xiang-Yang Han; Kenneth V I Rolston; Amar Safdar; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Candidemia in a tertiary care cancer center: in vitro susceptibility and its association with outcome of initial antifungal therapy.
Medicine 2003;82(5):309-21.
2003: Hend Hanna; Issam I Raad; Brenda Hackett; Susannah K Wallace; Kristen J Price; D Elizabeth Coyle; C Lee Parmley
Antibiotic-impregnated catheters associated with significant decrease in nosocomial and multidrug-resistant bacteremias in critically ill patients.
Chest 2003;124(3):1030-8.
2003: Issam I Raad; Carmen P Escalante; Ray Hachem; Hend Hanna; Rola Husni; Claude Afif; Maha Boktour; Estella E Whimbey; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Kalen Jacobson; Andrew Lamb; L Martin Levett; Kenneth V I Rolston
Treatment of febrile neutropenic patients with cancer who require hospitalization: a prospective randomized study comparing imipenem and cefepime.
Cancer 2003;98(5):1039-47.
2003: Ray Hachem; Kenneth C Wright; Alfonso Zermeno; Gerald P Bodey; Issam I Raad
Evaluation of the silver iontophoretic catheter in an animal model.
Biomaterials 2003;24(20):3619-22.
2003: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Ray Hachem; Russell Lewis; Gustavo A Rivero; Harrys A Torres; John Thornby; Richard Champlin; Andrew Lamb; Gerald P Bodey; Issam I Raad
Efficacy and toxicity of caspofungin in combination with liposomal amphotericin B as primary or salvage treatment of invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematologic malignancies.
Cancer 2003;98(2):292-9.
2003: Harrys A Torres; Gerald P Bodey; Kenneth V I Rolston; Hagop M Kantarjian; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Infections in patients with aplastic anemia: experience at a tertiary care cancer center.
Cancer 2003;98(1):86-93.
2003: Harrys A Torres; Gustavo A Rivero; Russell Lewis; Ray Hachem; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Aspergillosis caused by non-fumigatus Aspergillus species: risk factors and in vitro susceptibility compared with Aspergillus fumigatus.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2003;46(1):25-8.
2003: Gerald P Bodey; Kenneth V I Rolston; Issam I Raad
Ciprofloxacin versus tobramycin for neutropenic fevers.
Annals of internal medicine 2003;138(5):435; author reply 436.
2003: Bita Esmaeli; Eric R Holz; M Amir Ahmadi; Richard A Krathen; Issam I Raad
Endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to vancomycin-resistant enterococci infection.
Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2003;23(1):118-9.
2002: Naomi P O'Grady; Mary Alexander; E Patchen Dellinger; Julie L Gerberding; Stephen O Heard; Dennis G Maki; Henry Masur; Rita D McCormick; Leonard A Mermel; Michele L Pearson; Issam I Raad; Adrienne Randolph; Robert A Weinstein
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2002;23(12):759-69.
2002: Naomi P O'Grady; Mary Alexander; E Patchen Dellinger; Julie L Gerberding; Stephen O Heard; Dennis G Maki; Henry Masur; Rita D McCormick; Leonard A Mermel; Michele L Pearson; Issam I Raad; Adrienne Randolph; Robert A Weinstein
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.
American journal of infection control 2002;30(8):476-89.
2002: Naomi P O'Grady; Mary Alexander; E Patchen Dellinger; Julie L Gerberding; Stephen O Heard; Dennis G Maki; Henry Masur; Rita D McCormick; Leonard A Mermel; Michele L Pearson; Issam I Raad; Adrienne Randolph; Robert A Weinstein
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. The Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
Pediatrics 2002;110(5):e51.
2002: Russell Lewis; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Rabih O Darouiche; Issam I Raad; Randall A Prince
Antifungal activity of amphotericin B, fluconazole, and voriconazole in an in vitro model of Candida catheter-related bloodstream infection.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2002;46(11):3499-505.
2002: Harrys A Torres; Bhavananda T Reddy; Issam I Raad; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Gerald P Bodey; Hend Hanna; Kenneth V I Rolston; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Nocardiosis in cancer patients.
Medicine 2002;81(5):388-97.
2002: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Bhavananda T Reddy; Hend Hanna; Gerald P Bodey; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Issam I Raad
Breakthrough candidemia in patients with cancer differs from de novo candidemia in host factors and Candida species but not intensity.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2002;23(9):542-5.
2002: Naomi P O'Grady; Mary Alexander; E Patchen Dellinger; Julie L Gerberding; Stephen O Heard; Dennis G Maki; Henry Masur; Rita D McCormick; Leonard A Mermel; Michele L Pearson; Issam I Raad; Adrienne Randolph; Robert A Weinstein
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports / Centers for Disease Control 2002;51(RR-10):1-29.
2002: Z H A Shaikh; C A Osting; Hend Hanna; Rebecca Arbuckle; J J Tarr; Issam I Raad
Effectiveness of a multifaceted infection control policy in reducing vancomycin usage and vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a tertiary care cancer centre.
The Journal of hospital infection 2002;51(1):52-8.
2002: Issam I Raad; Hend Hanna
Intravascular catheter-related infections: new horizons and recent advances.
Archives of internal medicine 2002;162(8):871-8.
2002: Gerald P Bodey; Masoud Mardani; Hend Hanna; Maha Boktour; Jalal Abbas; Essam Girgawy; Ray Hachem; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Issam I Raad
The epidemiology of Candida glabrata and Candida albicans fungemia in immunocompromised patients with cancer.
The American journal of medicine 2002;112(5):380-5.
2002: Russell Lewis; Hsiu-Jung Lo; Issam I Raad; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
Lack of catheter infection by the efg1/efg1 cph1/cph1 double-null mutant, a Candida albicans strain that is defective in filamentous growth.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2002;46(4):1153-5.
2002: Rabih O Darouiche; Mohammad D Mansouri; Issam I Raad
Efficacy of antimicrobial-impregnated silicone sections from penile implants in preventing device colonization in an animal model.
Urology 2002;59(2):303-7.
2002: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Bhavananda T Reddy; Harrys A Torres; Mario Luna; Russell Lewis; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Gerald P Bodey; Issam I Raad
Pulmonary candidiasis in patients with cancer: an autopsy study.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2002;34(3):400-3.
2001: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; I Vaziri; Hend Hanna; Maha Boktour; John Thornby; Ray Hachem; Gerald P Bodey; Issam I Raad
Risk Factors for Candida tropicalis fungemia in patients with cancer.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2001;33(10):1676-81.
2001: Issam I Raad; Hend Hanna; R O Darouiche
Diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infections: is it necessary to culture the subcutaneous catheter segment?
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2001;20(8):566-8.
2001: LA Mermel; Barry M Farr; Robert Sherertz; Issam I Raad; Naomi P O'Grady; JS Harris; Donald E Craven
Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.
Journal of intravenous nursing : the official publication of the Intravenous Nurses Society 2001;24(3):180-205.
2001: LA Mermel; Barry M Farr; Robert Sherertz; Issam I Raad; Naomi P O'Grady; JS Harris; Donald E Craven
Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2001;32(9):1249-72.
2001: LA Mermel; Barry M Farr; Robert Sherertz; Issam I Raad; Naomi P O'Grady; JS Harris; Donald E Craven
Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America 2001;22(4):222-42.
2001: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Borje S Andersson; Russell Lewis; Issam I Raad
Progressive disseminated aspergillosis in a bone marrow transplant recipient: response with a high-dose lipid formulation of amphotericin B.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2001;32(5):E94-6.
2000: Ioannis Chatzinikolaou; Issam I Raad
Intravascular catheter-related infections: a preventable challenge in the critically ill.
Seminars in respiratory infections 2000;15(4):264-71.
2000: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; Kalen L Jacobson; Estella E Whimbey; Kenneth V I Rolston; Issam I Raad
Central venous catheter-associated Nocardia bacteremia: an unusual manifestation of nocardiosis.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2000;31(2):617-8.
2000: Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis; David Sumoza; Jeffrey J Tarrand; Gerald P Bodey; R Storey; Issam I Raad
Significance of aspergillemia in patients with cancer: a 10-year study.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2000;31(1):188-9.
1999: Rabih O Darouiche; J A Smith; H Hanna; Chirpriya B Dhabuwala; M S Steiner; R J Babaian; Timothy B Boone; Peter T Scardino; John Thornby; Issam I Raad
Efficacy of antimicrobial-impregnated bladder catheters in reducing catheter-associated bacteriuria: a prospective, randomized, multicenter clinical trial.
Urology 1999;54(6):976-81.
1999: Rabih O Darouiche; Issam I Raad; S O Heard; John Thornby; OC Wenker; A Gabrielli; J Berg; Nancy Khardori; H Hanna; R Hachem; R L Harris; G Mayhall
A comparison of two antimicrobial-impregnated central venous catheters. Catheter Study Group.
The New England journal of medicine 1999;340(1):1-8.
1998: Linda S Elting; Edward B Rubenstein; Danna Kurtin; Kenneth V I Rolston; J Fangtang; Charles G Martin; Issam I Raad; Estella E Whimbey; Ellen F Manzullo; Gerald P Bodey
Mississippi mud in the 1990s: risks and outcomes of vancomycin-associated toxicity in general oncology practice.
Cancer 1998;83(12):2597-607.
1998: Rabih O Darouiche; Ricardo Meade; Mohammad D Mansouri; Issam I Raad
In vivo efficacy of antimicrobial-coated fabric from prosthetic heart valve sewing rings.
The Journal of heart valve disease 1998;7(6):639-46.
1998: Issam I Raad; D Abi-Said; Kenneth V I Rolston; C L Karl; Gerald P Bodey
How should imipenem-cilastatin be used in the treatment of fever and infection in neutropenic cancer patients?
Cancer 1998;82(12):2449-58.
1998: Issam I Raad; Rabih O Darouiche; Ray Hachem; D Abi-Said; H Safar; T Darnule; Mohammad D Mansouri; D Morck
Antimicrobial durability and rare ultrastructural colonization of indwelling central catheters coated with minocycline and rifampin.
Critical care medicine 1998;26(2):219-24.
1998: Issam I Raad; Ray Hachem; D Abi-Said; Kenneth V I Rolston; Estella E Whimbey; Antonio C Buzaid; Sewa S Legha
A prospective crossover randomized trial of novobiocin and rifampin prophylaxis for the prevention of intravascular catheter infections in cancer patients treated with interleukin-2.
Cancer 1998;82(2):403-11.
1997: Rabih O Darouiche; H Safar; Issam I Raad
In vitro efficacy of antimicrobial-coated bladder catheters in inhibiting bacterial migration along catheter surface.
The Journal of infectious diseases 1997;176(4):1109-12.
1997: Rabih O Darouiche; Ori Hampel; Timothy B Boone; Issam I Raad
Antimicrobial activity and durability of a novel antimicrobial-impregnated bladder catheter.
International journal of antimicrobial agents 1997;8(4):243-7.
1997: R O Darouiche; Issam I Raad
Prevention of catheter-related infections: the skin.
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 1997;13(4 Suppl):26S-29S.
1997: Robert J Sherertz; S O Heard; Issam I Raad
Diagnosis of triple-lumen catheter infection: comparison of roll plate, sonication, and flushing methodologies.
Journal of clinical microbiology 1997;35(3):641-6.