Search Results - "RIESENBERG, K"

Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder: A Consensus Report of the Mind Exchange Program by Antinori, A., Arendt, G., Grant, I., Letendre, S., Chair, Munoz-Moreno, J. A., Eggers, C., Brew, B., Brouillette, M.-J., Bernal-Cano, F., Carvalhal, A., Christo, P. P., Cinque, P., Cysique, L., Ellis, R., Everall, I., Gasnault, J., Husstedt, I., Korten, V., Machala, L., Obermann, M., Ouakinin, S., Podzamczer, D., Portegies, P., Rackstraw, S., Rourke, S., Sherr, L., Streinu-Cercel, A., Winston, A., Wojna, V., Yazdanpannah, Y., Arbess, G., Baril, J.-G., Begovac, J., Bergin, C., Bonfanti, P., Bonora, S., Brinkman, K., Canestri, A., Cholewinska-Szymanska, G., Chowers, M., Cooney, J., Corti, M., Doherty, C., Elbirt, D., Esser, S., Florence, E., Force, G., Gill, J., Goffard, J.-C., Harrer, T., Li, P., de Kerckhove, L. V., Knecht, G., Matsushita, S., Matulionyte, R., McConkey, S., Mouglignier, A., Oka, S., Penalva, A., Riesenberg, K., Sambatakou, H., Tozzi, V., Vassallo, M., Wetterberg, P., Drapato, A. W.

“…Many practical clinical questions regarding the management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) remain unanswered…”
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Outcomes of UTI and bacteriuria caused by ESBL vs. non-ESBL Enterobacteriaceae isolates in pregnancy: a matched case–control study by Yagel, Y., Nativ, H., Riesenberg, K., Nesher, L., Saidel-Odes, L., Smolyakov, R.

“…Infections caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) have become increasingly prevalent, posing a serious public threat…”
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Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Multi-Drug Resistant Proteus mirabilis: Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes by Cohen-Nahum, K, Saidel-Odes, L, Riesenberg, K, Schlaeffer, F, Borer, A

“…Background: Proteus mirabilis (PM) as well as other membersof the Enterobacteriaceae family are a leading cause ofinfectious diseases in both the community and…”
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The Many Faces of Human-to-Human Transmission of Brucellosis: Congenital Infection and Outbreak of Nosocomial Disease Related to an Unrecognized Clinical Case by Mesner, Oded, Riesenberg, Klaris, Biliar, Natalia, Borstein, Eliezer, Bouhnik, Leah, Peled, Nehama, Yagupsky, Pablo

“…Background.Because person-to-person transmission of brucellosis is exceptional, physicians who care for patients with this disease are not considered to be at…”
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Reduction of blood culture contamination rate by an educational intervention by Eskira, S., Gilad, J., Schlaeffer, P., Hyam, E., Peled, N., Karakis, I., Riesenberg, K., Schlaeffer, F., Borer, A.

“…The efficacy of an educational intervention to prevent blood culture contamination (BCC) in internal medicine was studied in two medical wards in a busy…”
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Nosocomial multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infection: risk factors and outcome with ampicillin-sulbactam treatment by Smolyakov, R, Borer, A, Riesenberg, K, Schlaeffer, F, Alkan, M, Porath, A, Rimar, D, Almog, Y, Gilad, J

“…The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii poses a therapeutic problem. The aim of this study was to assess the risk factors for…”
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Nelfinavir-induced insulin resistance is associated with impaired plasma membrane recruitment of the PI 3-kinase effectors Akt/PKB and PKC-ζ by BEN-ROMANO, R, RUDICH, A, TIROSH, A, POTASHNIK, R, SASAOKA, T, RIESENBERG, K, SCHLAEFFER, F, BASHAN, N

“…Chronic exposure of 3T3-L1 adipocytes to the HIV protease inhibitor nelfinavir induces insulin resistance, recapitulating key metabolic alterations of adipose…”
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Regional community-acquired urinary tract infections in Israel: diagnosis, pathogens, and antibiotic guidelines adherence: A prospective study by Nesher, L, Novack, V, Riesenberg, K, Schlaeffer, F

“…Summary Introduction The identification and treatment of hospitalized patients with community-acquired urinary tract infections (CAUTI) may be a challenge. The…”
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Prevalence and clinical significance of pleural microbubbles in computed tomography of thoracic empyema by Smolikov, A., Smolyakov, R., Riesenberg, K., Schlaeffer, F., Borer, A., Cherniavsky, E., Gavriel, A., Gilad, J.

“…To determine the prevalence and clinical significance of pleural microbubbles in thoracic empyema. The charts of 71 consecutive patients with empyema were…”
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Impact of regular attendance by infectious disease specialists on the management of hospitalised adults with community-acquired febrile syndromes by Borer, A., Gilad, J., Meydan, N., Schlaeffer, P., Riesenberg, K., Schlaeffer, F.

“…The impact of attendance by infectious disease specialists (IDS) on hospitalised adults with community-acquired infection was assessed by studying 402…”
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Drug-Resistant HIV Infection among Drug-Naive Patients in Israel by Grossman, Z., Lorber, M., Maayan, S., Yacov, N. Bar, Levy, I., Averbuch, D., Istomin, V., Chowers, M., Sthoeger, Z., Ram, D., Rudich, H., Mileguir, F., Pavel, R., Almaliach, R., Schlaeffer, F., Oz, Z. Kra, Mendelson, E., Schapiro, J. M., Riesenberg, K.

“…Background. In Israel, <0.06% of the general population is infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with a much higher prevalence among specific…”
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Clonal variability of group B Streptococcus among different groups of carriers in southern Israel by MARCHAIM, D, EFRATI, S, MELAMED, R, GORTZAK-UZAN, L, RIESENBERG, K, ZAIDENSTEIN, R, SCHLAEFFER, F

“…A high prevalence of maternal group B Streptococcus (GBS) carriage and an extremely low incidence of invasive neonatal disease have been reported from southern…”
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Conservative Management of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator-Related Endocarditis Due to Bacillus spp by Shalev, A, Gilad, J, Riesenberg, K, Borer, A, Kobal, S, Schlaeffer, F, Katz, A

“…Endocarditis is a devastating complication of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy. Partial or complete device removal has been advocated for…”
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Characteristics of low-risk patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia by Etzion, O, Novack, V, Avnon, L, Porath, A, Dagan, E, Riesenberg, K, Avriel, A, Schlaeffer, F

“…Abstract Background Despite the wide distribution of different severity scoring systems for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients, low-risk patients are…”
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Vitamin C for the Treatment of Recurrent Furunculosis in Patients with Impaired Neutrophil Functions by Levy, R., Shriker, O., Porath, A., Riesenberg, K., Schlaeffer, F.

“…The effect of vitamin C treatment on 23 patients with a history of recurrent furunculosis with negative nasal cultures was studied. Neutrophil functions…”
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Using Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis to Detect Antibiotics’ Resistant Escherichia coli Bacteria by Sharaha, Uraib, Rodriguez-Diaz, Eladio, Riesenberg, Klaris, Bigio, Irving J, Huleihel, Mahmoud, Salman, Ahmad

“…Bacterial pathogens are one of the primary causes of human morbidity worldwide. Historically, antibiotics have been highly effective against most bacterial…”
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Changing trends in frequency and antimicrobial resistance of urinary pathogens in outpatient clinics and a hospital in Southern Israel, 1991-1995 by WEBER, G, RIESENBERG, K, SCHLAEFFER, F, PELED, N, BORER, A, YAGUPSKY, P

“…In order to monitor changes in the frequency and antimicrobial resistance of urinary pathogens over several years, urinary cultures received from outpatient…”
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Elevated cytosolic phospholipase A2 expression and activity in human neutrophils during sepsis by LEVY, R, DANA, R, HAZAN, I, LEVY, I, WEBER, G, SMOLIAKOV, R, PESACH, I, RIESENBERG, K, SCHLAEFFER, F

“…Sepsis is defined as the systemic inflammatory response to infection. Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) plays an important role in inflammation processes by initiating…”
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Neutrophil superoxide release and interleukin 8 in acute myocardial infarction: distinction between complicated and uncomplicated states by RIESENBERG, K., LEVY, R., KATZ, A., GALKOP, S., SCHLAEFFER, F.

“…Superoxide release in neutrophils and sera levels of interleukin 8 (IL‐8) were determined in 15 patients with complicated acute myocardial infarction (MI) and…”
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Fatal Clostridium sordellii ischio-rectal abscess with septicaemia complicating ultrasound-guided transrectal prostate biopsy by Borer, A., Gilad, J., Sikuler, E., Riesenberg, K., Schlaeffer, F., Buskila, D.

“…Clostridium sordellii is a Gram-positive spore-forming anaerobic bacillus rarely encountered in human infection. A case of C. sordellii ischio-rectal abscess…”
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