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| Javier A AdachiSummaryAffiliation: The University of Texas Country: USA Publications
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The role of interventional molecular epidemiology in controlling clonal clusters of multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in critically ill cancer patientsJavier A Adachi
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Am J Infect Control 37:442-6. 2009..The objective was to evaluate the impact of molecular identification of clonal multidrug-resistant (MDR) P aeruginosa strains and the implementation of infection control measures...- Rifaximin: a novel nonabsorbed rifamycin for gastrointestinal disordersJavier A Adachi
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Clin Infect Dis 42:541-7. 2006..Additional studies should be performed to further define the role of rifaximin in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases in adults and children... - Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia in cancer patientsKaren J Vigil
University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
Am J Infect Control 37:741-5. 2009..We aimed to determine the risk factors associated with the development of MDR E coli bacteremia in cancer patients and the possibility of horizontal transmission... - Escherichia coli Pyomyositis: an emerging infectious disease among patients with hematologic malignanciesKaren J Vigil
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1460, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Clin Infect Dis 50:374-80. 2010..Pyomyositis is typically caused by gram-positive bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus. Few cases of Escherichia coli pyomyositis have been reported, including only 1 involving a patient with a hematologic malignancy... - Azithromycin found to be comparable to levofloxacin for the treatment of US travelers with acute diarrhea acquired in MexicoJavier A Adachi
Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health and Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
Clin Infect Dis 37:1165-71. 2003..Azithromycin was found to be a safe and effective alternative to levofloxacin for the treatment of acute travelers' diarrhea in US adult travelers to Mexico... - Treatment of travelers' diarrhea: randomized trial comparing rifaximin, rifaximin plus loperamide, and loperamide aloneHerbert L DuPont
Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 5:451-6. 2007..This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of rifaximin-loperamide in the treatment of travelers' diarrhea... - Enteric pathogens in Mexican sauces of popular restaurants in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Houston, TexasJavier A Adachi
University of Texas, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Ann Intern Med 136:884-7. 2002..coli and 14 of 32 contained enteroaggregative E. coli. CONCLUSIONS: Contamination with E. coli was common in samples of Mexican tabletop sauces from Guadalajara restaurants. These sauces commonly contained enteric pathogens... - The characteristics and outcomes of parainfluenza virus infections in 200 patients with leukemia or recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantationRoy F Chemaly
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Blood 119:2738-45. 2012..Patients with leukemia and HSCT are at risk for serious PIV infections, including PIV pneumonia, with a significant mortality rate. We identified multiple risk factors for progression to pneumonia and death... - Characteristics and outcomes of pandemic 2009/H1N1 versus seasonal influenza in children with cancerDimpy P Shah
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030 4009, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:373-8. 2012..We compared clinical characteristics and outcomes for these 2 infections in children with cancer and identified risk factors for progression to lower respiratory infection (LRI) and/or death... - Tigecycline use in cancer patients with serious infections: a report on 110 cases from a single institutionRoy F Chemaly
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas77030 4009, USA
Medicine (Baltimore) 88:211-20. 2009..Patients with refractory pneumonia had a relatively low clinical response rate in our study... - Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus disease in patients with cancer: a two decade experience in a tertiary care cancer centerHarrys A Torres
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas, Unit 402, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA
Eur J Cancer 41:2268-79. 2005..01). The presentation of GI-CMVd varies according to the type of cancer, and AIDS. GI-CMVd is associated with a high mortality among cancer patients, particularly those with disseminated CMV disease or AIDS... - Viral pneumonias in immunocompromised adult hostsKaren Joan Vigil
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
J Intensive Care Med 25:307-26. 2010..We discuss the epidemiologic characteristics and clinical presentation of these viral infections and the most appropriate diagnostic approaches and therapies when available... - Natural history of enteroaggregative and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection among US travelers to Guadalajara, MexicoJavier A Adachi
Center for Infectious Diseases, Medical School and School of Public Health, University of Texas-Houston, Houston, TX, USA
J Infect Dis 185:1681-3. 2002..Symptomatic EAEC infection occurred early after arrival in Guadalajara, Mexico, and was as common as ETEC infection. Asymptomatic EAEC infection was recurrent...