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Delays in appropriate antibiotic therapy for gram-negative bloodstream infections: a multicenter, community hospital study.

Anderson, DJ; Chen, LF; Fowler, Vance Garrison Jr; Moehring, Rebekah; Schmader, KE; Sexton, DJ; Sloane, Richard; ... (9 authors) (PLoS One, 2013)

BACKGROUND: Gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infection (BSI) is a serious condition with estimated 30% mortality. Clinical outcomes for patients with severe infections improve when antibiotics are appropriately chosen ...

Estimating leptospirosis incidence using hospital-based surveillance and a population-based health care utilization survey in Tanzania.

Biggs, HM; Crump, John Andrew; Galloway, RL; Hertz, JT; Marks, Florian; Maro, Venance P; Munishi, Oresto Michael; ... (8 authors) (PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2013)

BACKGROUND: The incidence of leptospirosis, a neglected zoonotic disease, is uncertain in Tanzania and much of sub-Saharan Africa, resulting in scarce data on which to prioritize resources for public health interventions ...

Comparing actual and perceived causes of fever among community members in a low malaria transmission setting in northern Tanzania.

Crump, John Andrew; Hertz, JT; Munishi, Oresto Michael; Reddy, Elizabeth A; Sharp, JP (Trop Med Int Health, 2013-11)

OBJECTIVE: To compare actual and perceived causes of fever in northern Tanzania. METHODS: In a standardised survey, heads of households in 30 wards in Moshi, Tanzania, were asked to identify the most common cause of fever ...

Etiology of severe non-malaria febrile illness in Northern Tanzania: a prospective cohort study.

Bartlett, John A; Crump, John Andrew; Galloway, RL; Kinabo, GD; Maro, Venance P; Massung, RF; Morrissey, AB; ... (12 authors) (PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2013)

INTRODUCTION: The syndrome of fever is a commonly presenting complaint among persons seeking healthcare in low-resource areas, yet the public health community has not approached fever in a comprehensive manner. In many areas, ...

Association between a rare novel TP53 variant (rs78378222) and melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck and lung cancer susceptibility in non-Hispanic Whites.

Wei, Qingyi; Liu, Zhensheng; Guan, Xiaoxiang; Wang, Li-E; Sturgis, Erich M (Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2013-07)

Recently, several studies have investigated the association between a newly reported rare functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in TP53 (rs78378222) and cancer risk, but generated inconsistent findings. The present ...

Polymorphisms of nucleotide excision repair genes predict melanoma survival.

Wei, Qingyi; Li, Chunying; Yin, Ming; Wang, Li-E; Amos, Christopher I; Zhu, Dakai; Lee, Jeffrey E; ... (9 authors) (The Journal of investigative dermatology, 2013-07)

Melanoma is the most highly malignant skin cancer, and nucleotide excision repair (NER) is involved in melanoma susceptibility. In this analysis of 1,042 melanoma patients, we evaluated whether genetic variants of NER genes ...

Trends in anemia management in US hemodialysis patients 2004-2010.

Bandeen-Roche, K; Boulware, Ebony; Cook, Courtney; Crews, DC; DEcIDE Network Patient Outcomes in End Stage Renal Disease Study Investigators; Ephraim, Patti L; Jaar, BG; ... (13 authors) (BMC Nephrol, 2013-12-01)

BACKGROUND: There have been major changes in the management of anemia in US hemodialysis patients in recent years. We sought to determine the influence of clinical trial results, safety regulations, and changes in reimbursement ...

Selecting renal replacement therapies: what do African American and non-African American patients and their families think others should know? A mixed methods study.

Ameling, J; Auguste, P; Boulware, Ebony; Crews, DC; DePasquale, N; Ephraim, Patti L; Gimenez, L; ... (13 authors) (BMC Nephrol, 2013-01-14)

BACKGROUND: Little is known regarding the types of information African American and non-African American patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and their families need to inform renal replacement therapy (RRT) decisions. ...