Browsing by Author "Turner, Nicholas A"
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A Cluster of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Tenosynovitis Following Hurricane Relief Efforts.
(Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021-06)<h4>Background</h4>Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a rare cause of infectious tenosynovitis of the upper extremity. Using molecular methods, clinical microbiology laboratories are increasingly reporting identification ... -
Addressing the Menace of Enterococcal Endocarditis.
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Age-related changes in the nasopharyngeal microbiome are associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and symptoms among children, adolescents, and young adults.
(Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2022-03-05)<h4>Background</h4>Children are less susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and typically have milder illness courses than adults, but the factors underlying these age-associated differences are not well understood. The upper ... -
Author Correction: Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials.
(Nature communications, 2021-05-14)The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author Muhammad Shahzad, which was incorrectly given as Muhammad Shehzad. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the ... -
Hospital Infection Control: Clostridioides difficile.
(Clinics in colon and rectal surgery, 2020-03)Clostridioides difficile remains a leading cause of healthcare-associated infection. Efforts at C. difficile prevention have been hampered by an increasingly complex understanding of transmission patterns and a high degree ... -
Influence of Reported Penicillin Allergy on Mortality in MSSA Bacteremia.
(Open forum infectious diseases, 2018-03)Penicillin allergy frequently impacts antibiotic choice. As beta-lactams are superior to vancomycin in treating methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia, we examined the effect of reported penicillin ... -
Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials.
(Nature communications, 2021-04-15)Substantial COVID-19 research investment has been allocated to randomized clinical trials (RCTs) on hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine, which currently face recruitment challenges or early discontinuation. We aim to estimate ... -
Novel and emerging sources of Clostridioides difficile infection.
(PLoS pathogens, 2019-12-19) -
Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Disparities in Novel Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) Test Positivity in North Carolina.
(Open forum infectious diseases, 2021-01)<h4>Background</h4>Emerging evidence suggests that black and Hispanic communities in the United States are disproportionately affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A complex interplay of socioeconomic and healthcare ... -
Reply to Swindells et al.: Trials of Tuberculosis-Preventive Therapy in People with HIV Infection.
(American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2020-07) -
SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Children in the Biospecimens from Respiratory Virus-Exposed Kids (BRAVE Kids) Study.
(medRxiv, 2020-09-01)BACKGROUND: Children with SARS-CoV-2 infection typically have mild symptoms that do not require medical attention, leaving a gap in our understanding of the spectrum of illnesses that the virus causes in children. METHODS: ... -
SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Children in the Biospecimens from Respiratory Virus-Exposed Kids (BRAVE Kids) Study.
(Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020-11-03)BACKGROUND:Children with SARS-CoV-2 infection typically have mild symptoms that do not require medical attention, leaving a gap in our understanding of the spectrum of illnesses that the virus causes in children. METHODS:We ... -
Social Disadvantage, Politics, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Trends: A County-level Analysis of United States Data.
(Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021-05)<h4>Background</h4>Understanding the epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is essential for public health control efforts. Social, demographic, and political characteristics at the ... -
Uncovering the Harms of Treating Clostridioides difficile Colonization.
(mSphere, 2021-01-13)Patients with toxin-negative Clostridioides difficile-positive diarrhea are often treated with oral vancomycin with the assumption that treatment is more beneficial than harmful. However, this hypothesis has never been formally ...
