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The Impact of Culture Isolation of Aspergillus Species: A Hospital-Based Survey of Aspergillosis by Perfect, J. R., Cox, G. M., Lee, J. Y., Kauffman, C. A., de Repentigny, L., Chapman, S. W., Morrison, V. A., Pappas, P., Hiemenz, J. W., Stevens, D. A.

“…The term “aspergillosis” comprises several categories of infection: invasive aspergillosis; chronic necrotizing aspergillosis; aspergilloma, or fungus ball;…”
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Multicenter retrospective development and validation of a clinical prediction rule for nosocomial invasive candidiasis in the intensive care setting by OSTROSKY-ZEICHNER, L, SABLE, C, NUCCI, M, PAPPAS, P. G, BRADLEY, M. E, MAJOR, S, ZIMMER, L, WALLACE, D, DISMUKES, W. E, REX, J. H, SOBEL, J, ALEXANDER, B. D, DONOWITZ, G, KAN, V, KAUFFMAN, C. A, KETT, D, LARSEN, R. A, MORRISON, V

“…The study presented here was performed in order to create a rule that identifies subjects at high risk for invasive candidiasis in the intensive care setting…”
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Sporotrichosis by KAUFFMAN, C. A

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Pulmonary cryptococcosis in patients without HIV infection: factors associated with disseminated disease by Baddley, J. W., Perfect, J. R., Oster, R. A., Larsen, R. A., Pankey, G. A., Henderson, H., Haas, D. W., Kauffman, C. A., Patel, R., Zaas, A. K., Pappas, P. G.

“…Cryptococcus neoformans is an uncommonly recognized cause of pneumonia in HIV-negative patients. Because of its propensity to disseminate to the meninges and…”
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A Vaccine to Prevent Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia in Older Adults by Oxman, M.N, Levin, M.J, Johnson, G.R, Schmader, K.E, Straus, S.E, Gelb, L.D, Arbeit, R.D, Simberkoff, M.S, Gershon, A.A, Davis, L.E, Weinberg, A, Boardman, K.D, Williams, H.M, Zhang, J. Hongyuan, Peduzzi, P.N, Beisel, C.E, Morrison, V.A, Guatelli, J.C, Brooks, P.A, Kauffman, C.A, Pachucki, C.T, Neuzil, K.M, Betts, R.F, Wright, P.F, Griffin, M.R, Brunell, P, Soto, N.E, Marques, A.R, Keay, S.K, Goodman, R.P, Cotton, D.J, Gnann, J.W, Loutit, J, Holodniy, M, Keitel, W.A, Crawford, G.E, Yeh, S.-S, Lobo, Z, Toney, J.F, Greenberg, R.N, Keller, P.M, Harbecke, R, Hayward, A.R, Irwin, M.R, Kyriakides, T.C, Chan, I.S.F, Chan, C.Y, Wang, W.W.B, Annunziato, P.W, Silber, J.L

“…Herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia occur more often with increasing age. In this controlled trial among 38,546 adults 60 years of age or older,…”
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Endemic fungal infections in solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients enrolled in the Transplant-Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET) by Kauffman, C.A., Freifeld, A.G., Andes, D.R., Baddley, J.W., Herwaldt, L., Walker, R.C., Alexander, B.D., Anaissie, E.J., Benedict, K., Ito, J.I., Knapp, K.M., Lyon, G.M., Marr, K.A., Morrison, V.A., Park, B.J., Patterson, T.F., Schuster, M.G., Chiller, T.M., Pappas, P.G.

“…Background Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among solid organ transplant (SOT) and hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT)…”
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A Prospective Observational Study of Candidemia: Epidemiology, Therapy, and Influences on Mortality in Hospitalized Adult and Pediatric Patients by Pappas, Peter G., Rex, John H., Lee, Jeannette, Hamill, Richard J., Larsen, Robert A., Powderly, William, Kauffman, Carol A., Hyslop, Newton, Mangino, Julie E., Chapman, Stanley, Horowitz, Harold W., Edwards, John E., Dismukes, William E.

“…We conducted a prospective, multicenter observational study of adults (n = 1447) and children (n = 144) with candidemia at tertiary care centers in the United…”
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Epidemiology and outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection in allogeneic hematopoietic cell and lung transplant recipients by Dubberke, E.R., Reske, K.A., Olsen, M.A., Bommarito, K., Cleveland, A.A., Silveira, F.P., Schuster, M.G., Kauffman, C.A., Avery, R.K., Pappas, P.G., Chiller, T.M.

“…Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a common complication of lung and allogeneic hematopoietic cell (HCT) transplant, but the epidemiology and…”
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Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis : two cases and a review of the literature by MALANI, A. N, ARONOFF, D. M, BRADLEY, S. F, KAUFFMAN, C. A

“…Cardiobacterium hominis, a member of the HACEK group (Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Haemophilus aphrophilus, and Haemophilus paraphrophilus, Actinobacillus…”
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Candiduria: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Treatment with Fluconazole and Placebo by Sobel, J. D., Kauffman, C. A., McKinsey, D., Zervos, M., Vazquez, J. A., Karchmer, A. W., Lee, J., Thomas, C., Panzer, H., Dismukes, W. E.

“…Management of candiduria is limited by the lack of information about its natural history and lack of data from controlled studies on the efficacy of treating…”
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False-positive Aspergillus galactomannan assay in solid organ transplant recipients with histoplasmosis by Vergidis, P., Walker, R.C., Kaul, D.R., Kauffman, C.A., Freifeld, A.G., Slagle, D.C., Kressel, A.K., Wheat, L.J.

“…: Post‐transplantation histoplasmosis may be acquired via inhalation, may result from endogenous reactivation, or may be derived from the allograft. The…”
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International Conference for the Development of a Consensus on the Management and Prevention of Severe Candidal Infections by Edwards, John E., Bodey, Gerald P., Bowden, Raleigh A., Büchner, Thomas, de Pauw, Ben E., Filler, Scott G., Ghannoum, Mahmoud A., Glauser, Michel, Herbrecht, Raoul, Kauffman, Carol A., Kohno, Shigeru, Martino, Pietro, Meunier, Françoise, Mori, Takeshi, Pfaller, Michael A., Rex, John H., Rogers, Thomas R., Rubin, Robert H., Solomkin, Joseph, Viscoli, Claudio, Walsh, Thomas J., White, Mary

“…Because of the rapidly increasing incidence of serious candidal infections, a consensus conference of 22 investigators from the United States, Europe, and…”
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Multicenter Case-Control Study of Risk Factors for Histoplasmosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons by Hajjeh, R. A., Pappas, P. G., Henderson, H., Lancaster, D., Bamberger, D. M., Skahan, K. J., Phelan, M. A., Cloud, G., Holloway, M., Kauffman, C. A., Wheat, L. J.

“…We conducted a multicenter case-control study to identify risk factors for histoplasmosis among persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and to…”
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Fungal Infections in Older Adults by Kauffman, Carol A., Yoshikawa, Thomas T.

“…Invasive fungal infections have become an increasing problem in older adults. Infections with opportunistic fungi have increased because older patients are…”
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Invasive Fungal Infections in Low‐Risk Liver Transplant Recipients: A Multi‐Center Prospective Observational Study by Pappas, P. G., Andes, D., Schuster, M., Hadley, S., Rabkin, J., Merion, R. M., Kauffman, C. A., Huckabee, C., Cloud, G. A., Dismukes, W. E., Karchmer, A. W.

“…Prevention of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipients utilizing postoperative systemic antifungal prophylaxis,…”
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Treatment of Endogenous Fungal Endophthalmitis: Focus on New Antifungal Agents by Riddell, James, Comer, Grant M., Kauffman, Carol A.

“…Endogenous fungal endophthalmitis, involving only the chorioretinal structures or extending to involve the vitreous (vitritis), is a sight-threatening…”
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Prospective Multicenter Surveillance Study of Funguria in Hospitalized Patients by Kauffman, Carol A., Vazquez, José A., Sobel, Jack D., Gallis, Harry A., McKinsey, David S., Karchmer, A. W., Sugar, Alan M., Sharkey, Patricia Kay, Wise, Gilbert J., Mangi, Richard, Mosher, Ann, Lee, Jeannette Y., Dismukes, William E.

“…Although fungal urinary tract infections are an increasing nosocomial problem, the significance of funguria is still not clear. This multicenter prospective…”
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Practice Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Blastomycosis by Chapman, Stanley W., Bradsher, Robert W., Campbell, G. Douglas, Pappas, Peter G., Kauffman, Carol A.

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Outcomes of antifungal prophylaxis in high-risk liver transplant recipients by Hadley, S., Huckabee, C., Pappas, P.G., Daly, J., Rabkin, J., Kauffman, C.A., Merion, R.M., Karchmer, A.W.

“…: Antifungal prophylaxis for liver transplant recipients (LTRs) is common among patients considered at high risk of infection, but optimal prophylaxis duration…”
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Achromobacter xylosoxidans Bacteremia: Report of Four Cases and Review of the Literature by Duggan, Joan M., Goldstein, Steven J., Chenoweth, Carol E., Kauffman, Carol A., Bradley, Suzanne F.

“…Seventy-seven cases of bacteremia due to Achromobacter xylosoxidans were reviewed, and susceptibility studies were performed on 11 clinical isolates of A…”
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