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The Effect of Renal Dysfunction on Antimicrobial Use Measurements by Zagorski, B. M., Trick, W. E., Schwartz, D. N., Wisniewski, M. F., Hershow, R. C., Fridkin, S. K., Weinstein, R. A.

“…The defined daily dose, a popular measurement of antimicrobial use, may underestimate the use of antimicrobials that are dose-adjusted in patients with renal…”
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Bloodstream infections and setting of onset in persons with spinal cord injury and disorder by Evans, C T, Hershow, R C, Chin, A, Foulis, P R, Burns, S P, Weaver, F M

“…Study Design: A retrospective cohort study. Objective: Health-care-associated (HCA) bloodstream infection (BSI) has been shown to be a distinct epidemiologic…”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of a latrine intervention in the reduction of childhood diarrhoeal health in Nyando District, Kisumu County, Kenya by Babb, C., Makotsi, N., Heimler, I., Bailey, R. C., Hershow, R. C., Masanga, P., Mehta, S. D.

“…Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) is an intervention that strives to end the practice of open defaecation. This study measured the effectiveness of CLTS in…”
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A randomized trial comparing standard outcomes in two treatment models for substance users with tuberculosis by Ricks, P. M., Hershow, R. C., Rahimian, A., Huo, D., Johnson, W., Prachand, N., Jimenez, A., Wiebel, W., Paul, W.

“…SETTING: Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), TB Control Program.OBJECTIVES: To compare anti-tuberculosis treatment outcomes using two different types…”
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The contribution of assay variation and biological variation to the total variability of plasma HIV-1 RNA measurements by BRAMBILLA, D, REICHELDERFER, P. S, FOWLER, M. G, COOMBS, R. W, BREMER, J. W, SHAPIRO, D. E, HERSHOW, R. C, KATZENSTEIN, D. A, HAMMER, S. M, JACKSON, B, COLLIER, A. C, SPERLING, R. S

“…Objectives: To assess the specific contributions of assay variation and biological variation to the total variation of plasma HIV-1 RNA measured by the Roche…”
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Control of Nosocomial Infections in an Intensive Care Unit in Guatemala City by Berg, Debra E., Hershow, Ronald C., Ramirez, Claudio A., Weinstein, Robert A.

“…We tested the effectiveness of specific vs. general infection control interventions in a teaching hospital in Guatemala City. After 3 months of prospective…”
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Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Chicago Women With or at Risk for HIV Infection: Evidence for Sexual Transmission by HERSHOW, RONALD C., KALISH, LESLIE A., SHA, BEVERLY, TILL, MICHELE, COHEN, MARDGE

“…Background and Objectives: The importance of sexual transmission of hepatitis virus (HCV) infection is unclear. We attempted to define its role in women with…”
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Increased Vertical Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus from Hepatitis C Virus-Coinfected Mothers by Hershow, Ronald C., Riester, Katherine A., Lew, Judy, Quinn, Thomas C., Mofenson, Lynne M., Davenny, Katherine, Landesman, Sheldon, Cotton, Deborah, Hanson, I. Celine, Hillyer, George V., Tang, Hope Babette, Thomas, David L.

“…To determine if hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 487 HIV-infected pregnant women in the…”
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An International Collaborative Study of the Effects of Coinfection with Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type II on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Disease Progression in Injection Drug Users by Hershow, Ronald C., Galai, Noya, Fukuda, Keiji, Graber, Judith, Vlahov, David, Rezza, Giovanni, Klein, Robert S., Des Jarlais, Don C., Vitek, Chuck, Khabbaz, Rima, Freels, Sally, Zuckerman, Richard, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Kaplan, Jonathan E.

“…To determine whether human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type II coinfection affects progression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) infection,…”
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Retrospective Evaluation of Therapies for Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis by Gentry, Chris A., Rodvold, Keith A., Novak, Richard M., Hershow, Ronald C., Naderer, Odin J.

“…We retrospectively evaluated antiinfective therapy for methicillin‐sensitive (MSSA) and methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) endocarditis in 54…”
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GB virus C infection among young, HIV-negative injection drug users with and without hepatitis C virus infection by Boodram, B., Hershow, R. C., Klinzman, D., Stapleton, J. T.

“…Our study examined the association between GB virus C (GBV‐C) and (i) hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection status, (ii) biomedical indicators of liver disease…”
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Effects of human T-lymphotropic virus type II on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 phenotypic evolution by GUENTHNER, P. C, HERSHOW, R. C, LAL, R. B, DEZZUTTI, C. S

“…Phenotypic change and broader coreceptor usage by HIV-1 have been associated with disease progression. HIV-1 coreceptor usage by primary isolates obtained from…”
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A common-source outbreak of fulminant hepatitis B in a hospital by Oren, I, Hershow, R C, Ben-Porath, E, Krivoy, N, Goldstein, N, Rishpon, S, Shouval, D, Hadler, S C, Alter, M J, Maynard, J E

“…A nosocomial outbreak of fulminant hepatitis B infection at a medical center in Haifa, Israel, between 7 and 26 June 1986, involved five patients who had been…”
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Effect of Hard-Drug Use on CD4 Cell Percentage, HIV RNA Level, and Progression to AIDS-Defining Class C Events Among HIV-Infected Women by Thorpe, Lorna E, Frederick, Margaret, Pitt, Jane, Cheng, Irene, Watts, D Heather, Buschur, Shelley, Green, Karen, Zorrilla, Carmen, Landesman, Sheldon H, Hershow, Ronald C

“…In vitro and animal studies suggest that cocaine and heroin increase HIV replication and suppress immune function, whereas epidemiologic studies are…”
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HIV seropositivity in community-recruited and drug treatment samples of injecting drug users by Lampinen, T M, Joo, E, Seweryn, S, Hershow, R C, Wiebel, W

“…To assess the representativeness of drug use treatment samples for measuring HIV seroprevalence among injecting drug users (IDU) in community settings…”
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Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection and HIV Load, CD4+ Cell Percentage, and Clinical Progression to AIDS or Death among HIV-Infected Women: Women and Infants Transmission Study by Hershow, Ronald C., O'Driscoll, Peter T., Handelsman, Ed, Pitt, Jane, Hillyer, George, Serchuck, Leslie, Lu, Ming, Chen, Katherine T., Yawetz, Sigal, Pacheco, Susan, Davenny, Katherine, Adeniyi-Jones, Samuel, Thomas, David L.

“…Background. Despite previous study, it remains unclear whether hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection affects the progression of human immunodeficiency virus…”
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Drug use and HIV risk practices of secondary and primary needle exchange users by Huo, Dezheng, Bailey, Susan L, Hershow, Ronald C, Ouellet, Lawrence

“…This study examines HIV risk practices associated with secondary needle exchange, obtaining needles from a needle exchange program (NEP) through others who…”
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Hepatitis D virus infection in Illinois state facilities for the developmentally disabled. Epidemiology and clinical manifestations by Hershow, R C, Chomel, B B, Graham, D R, Schyve, P M, Mandel, E J, Kane, M A, Fields, H A, Hadler, S C

“…To define the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of hepatitis D virus infection in an institutionalized population. A case-control study of hepatitis B…”
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Mode of delivery and postpartum HIV-1 disease progression : The women and infants transmission study by NAVAS-NACHER, Elena L, READ, Jennifer S, LEIGHTY, Robert M, TUOMALA, Ruth E, ZORRILLA, Carmen D, LANDESMAN, Sheldon, ROSENBLATT, Howard, HERSHOW, Ronald C

“…To assess the relationship between mode of delivery and subsequent maternal HIV-1 disease progression. Changes in CD4+ lymphocyte percentage (CD4%) and plasma…”
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Ciprofloxacin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: associated factors and resistance to other antibiotics by Hershow, R C, Khayr, W F, Schreckenberger, P C

“…At the University of Illinois Hospital, antibiotic susceptibility testing was retrospectively performed on 254 stored clinical methicillin-resistant…”
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