Search Results - "Armstrong‐James, D."

Aspergillus fumigatus and aspergillosis: From basics to clinics by Arastehfar, A., Carvalho, A., Houbraken, J., Lombardi, L., Garcia-Rubio, R., Jenks, J.D., Rivero-Menendez, O., Aljohani, R., Jacobsen, I.D., Berman, J., Osherov, N., Hedayati, M.T., Ilkit, M., Armstrong-James, D., Gabaldón, T., Meletiadis, J., Kostrzewa, M., Pan, W., Lass-Flörl, C., Perlin, D.S., Hoenigl, M.

“…The airborne fungus Aspergillus fumigatus poses a serious health threat to humans by causing numerous invasive infections and a notable mortality in humans,…”
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Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid IMMY Sona Aspergillus lateral-flow assay for the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: a prospective, real life evaluation by Arkell, P, Mahboobani, S, Wilson, R, Fatania, N, Coleman, M, Borman, A M, Johnson, E M, Armstrong-James, D P H, Abdolrasouli, A

“…Abstract Prompt and reliable diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is essential for early initiation of antifungal therapy. We evaluated…”
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Magnetoacoustic Portals and the Basal Heating of the Solar Chromosphere by Jefferies, Stuart M, McIntosh, Scott W, Armstrong, James D, Bogdan, Thomas J, Cacciani, Alessandro, Fleck, Bernhard

“…We show that inclined magnetic field lines at the boundaries of large-scale convective cells (supergranules) provide "portals" through which low-frequency (<5…”
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Burden of serious fungal infections in Mexico by Corzo-León, D. E., Armstrong-James, D., Denning, D. W.

“…Summary Serious fungal infections (SFIs) could be more frequent than are recognised. Estimates of the incidence and prevalence of SFIs are essential in order…”
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Exogenous Interferon‐γ Immunotherapy for Invasive Fungal Infections in Kidney Transplant Patients by Armstrong‐James, D., Teo, I. A., Shrivastava, S., Petrou, M. A., Taube, D., Dorling, A., Shaunak, S.

“…The incidence of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in nonneutropenic solid organ transplant patients is increasing. We report our clinical experience with the…”
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Renal Allograft Recipients Fail to Increase Interferon‐γ During Invasive Fungal Diseases by Armstrong‐James, D., Teo, I., Herbst, S., Petrou, M., Shiu, K. Y., McLean, A., Taube, D., Dorling, A., Shaunak, S.

“…Invasive fungal diseases are a major cause of death in renal allograft recipients. We previously reported that adjunctive recombinant human interferon‐γ…”
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Observations Supporting the Role of Magnetoconvection in Energy Supply to the Quiescent Solar Atmosphere by McIntosh, Scott W, Davey, Alisdair R, Hassler, Donald M, Armstrong, James D, Curdt, Werner, Wilhelm, Klaus, Lin, Gang

“…Identifying the two physical mechanisms behind the production and sustenance of the quiescent solar corona and solar wind poses two of the outstanding problems…”
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ASASSN-14ko is a Periodic Nuclear Transient in ESO 253-G003 by Payne, Anna V., Shappee, Benjamin J., Hinkle, Jason T., Vallely, Patrick J., Kochanek, Christopher S., Holoien, Thomas W.-S., Auchettl, Katie, Stanek, K. Z., Thompson, Todd A., Neustadt, Jack M. M., Tucker, Michael A., Armstrong, James D., Brimacombe, Joseph, Cacella, Paulo, Cornect, Robert, Denneau, Larry, Fausnaugh, Michael M., Flewelling, Heather, Grupe, Dirk, Heinze, A. N., Lopez, Laura A., Monard, Berto, Prieto, Jose L., Schneider, Adam C., Sheppard, Scott S., Tonry, John L., Weiland, Henry

“…We present the discovery that ASASSN-14ko is a periodically flaring active galactic nucleus at the center of the galaxy ESO 253-G003. At the time of its…”
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Posaconazole for the treatment of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in patients with cystic fibrosis by Periselneris, J, Nwankwo, L, Schelenz, S, Shah, A, Armstrong-James, D

“…Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) can accelerate lung function decline in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Antifungal medication can be used in…”
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The Rapid X-Ray and UV Evolution of ASASSN-14ko by Payne, Anna V., Shappee, Benjamin J., Hinkle, Jason T., Holoien, Thomas W.-S., Auchettl, Katie, Kochanek, Christopher S., Stanek, K. Z., Thompson, Todd A., Tucker, Michael A., Armstrong, James D., Boyd, Patricia T., Brimacombe, Joseph, Cornect, Robert, Huber, Mark E., Jha, Saurabh W., Lin, Chien-Cheng

“…ASASSN-14ko is a recently discovered periodically flaring transient at the center of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) ESO 253−G003 with a slowly decreasing…”
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A prognostic scoring tool for identification of patients at high and low risk of death from HIV-associated Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia by Armstrong-James, D, Copas, A J, Walzer, P D, Edwards, S G, Miller, R F

“…A prognostic scoring tool (PST) was created to aid prediction of outcome from HIV-associated Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) using data obtained from…”
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Photometry and spectroscopy of massive stars observed during K2 Campaign 8 by Eidam, Jéssica M, Andrade, Laerte, Emilio, Marcelo, Rabello-Soares, M Cristina, Pereira, Alan W, Janot-Pacheco, Eduardo, Armstrong, James D

“…We report in this paper spectroscopic and photometric analysis of eight massive stars observed during Campaign 8 of the Kepler/K2 mission from 2016 January to…”
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The use of the Tempa.Dot thermometer in routine clinical practice by Creagh-Brown, B. C., James, D. Armstrong, Jackson, S. H. D.

“…The Tempa.Dot single-use thermometer has been in use in the UK for more than 10 years and in the US for nearly 30 years. Its quality is studied…”
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A retrospective ‘real-world’ cohort study of azole therapeutic drug monitoring and evolution of antifungal resistance in cystic fibrosis by Di Paolo, M, Hewitt, L, Nwankwo, E, Ni, M, Vidal-Diaz, A, Fisher, M C, Armstrong-James, D, Shah, A

“…Abstract Background Individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) have an increased susceptibility to fungal infection/allergy, with triazoles often used as first-line…”
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ePS06.8 Fungal disease and triazole treatment in adults with cystic fibrosis, 2012–2014: treatment trends, clinical characteristics and safety by Spurr, L, Bowman, E, Jones, A.M, Schelenz, S, Armstrong-James, D, Simmonds, N.J

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The Utility of Novel Multi-Stage Testing for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Aspergillosis in a Cohort of Lung Transplant Recipients by Shah, A, Abdolrasouli, A, Soresi, S, Herbst, S, Reed, A, Carby, M, Thornton, C.R, Drumright, L, Shaunak, S, Armstrong-James, D

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Missed opportunities for HIV testing—a costly oversight by READ, P, ARMSTRONG-JAMES, D, WILLIAM TONG, C. Y, FOX, J

“…In the UK, one-third of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals are unaware of their diagnosis, and of those diagnosed a similar proportion…”
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Novel H1N1 influenza and Panton-Valentine leukocidin Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia by Barrett, NA, Armstrong-James, D, Edgeworth, J, Wyncoll, D

“…A 17-year-old man with no significant medical history and no prodromal symptoms presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of left-sided…”
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ePS5.04 Chronic exposure to Aspergillus fumigatus leads to cell death and increased eosinophilia in the airways of cystic fibrosis mice by Williams, T.J., Gonzales-Huerta, L., Shah, A., Armstrong-James, D.

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ePS5.03 Down-regulation of Aspergillus fumigatus-induced IFNβ and IFNλ1 expression in cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelial cells is partially rescued by CFTR modulator treatment by Laverty, S., Kelleher, P., Shah, A., Armstrong-James, D.

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