Alison Morris

Summary

Affiliation: University of Southern California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Current epidemiology of Pneumocystis pneumonia
    Alison Morris
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 10:1713-20. 2004
  2. ncbi Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity and Pneumocystis colonization
    Alison Morris
    M S, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:408-13. 2004
  3. ncbi Outcome of HIV-associated Pneumocystis pneumonia in hospitalized patients from 2000 through 2003
    Saba Radhi
    Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Will Rogers Institute Pulmonary Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    BMC Infect Dis 8:118. 2008
  4. ncbi Current issues in critical care of the human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient
    Alison Morris
    Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Crit Care Med 34:42-9. 2006
  5. ncbi Severity and outcome of HIV-associated Pneumocystis pneumonia containing Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase gene mutations
    Kristina Crothers
    Positive Health Program and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
    AIDS 19:801-5. 2005
  6. ncbi Epidemiology of Pneumocystis colonization in families
    LaShonda Spencer
    Maternal Child and Adolescent Center for Infectious Diseases and Virology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Will Rogers Institute Pulmonary Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 46:1237-40. 2008
  7. ncbi Improved survival with highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients with severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
    Alison Morris
    Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA
    AIDS 17:73-80. 2003
  8. ncbi Prevalence and clinical predictors of Pneumocystis colonization among HIV-infected men
    Alison Morris
    Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    AIDS 18:793-8. 2004
  9. ncbi Detailed analysis of the radiographic presentation of Mycobacterium kansasii lung disease in patients with HIV infection
    Adithya Cattamanchi
    University of California San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    Chest 133:875-80. 2008
  10. ncbi Pneumocystis: a novel pathogen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
    Alison Morris
    Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    COPD 5:43-51. 2008

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi Current epidemiology of Pneumocystis pneumonia
    Alison Morris
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 10:1713-20. 2004
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  2. ncbi Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity and Pneumocystis colonization
    Alison Morris
    M S, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:408-13. 2004
    ..001) and was independent of smoking history. We conclude that there is a strong association between Pneumocystis colonization and severity of airflow obstruction in smokers, suggesting a possible pathogenic link with COPD progression...
  3. ncbi Outcome of HIV-associated Pneumocystis pneumonia in hospitalized patients from 2000 through 2003
    Saba Radhi
    Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Will Rogers Institute Pulmonary Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    BMC Infect Dis 8:118. 2008
    ..Epidemiology of PCP in the recent era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is not well known and the impact of HAART on outcome of PCP has been debated...
  4. ncbi Current issues in critical care of the human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient
    Alison Morris
    Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Crit Care Med 34:42-9. 2006
    ....
  5. ncbi Severity and outcome of HIV-associated Pneumocystis pneumonia containing Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase gene mutations
    Kristina Crothers
    Positive Health Program and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
    AIDS 19:801-5. 2005
    ..The impact of Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly P. carinii) dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) gene mutations on morbidity and mortality of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in HIV-positive patients is unclear...
  6. ncbi Epidemiology of Pneumocystis colonization in families
    LaShonda Spencer
    Maternal Child and Adolescent Center for Infectious Diseases and Virology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Will Rogers Institute Pulmonary Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 46:1237-40. 2008
    ..Using nested polymerase chain reaction of oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal samples, we detected colonization in 11.4% of HIV-infected adults and in 3.3% of their children, but there was no evidence of clustering...
  7. ncbi Improved survival with highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients with severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
    Alison Morris
    Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA
    AIDS 17:73-80. 2003
    ..Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) might alter the course of PCP either via effects on the immune system or through anti- actions; however, HAART has not been studied in patients acutely ill with PCP...
  8. ncbi Prevalence and clinical predictors of Pneumocystis colonization among HIV-infected men
    Alison Morris
    Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    AIDS 18:793-8. 2004
    ..The role of subclinical colonization in disease transmission and the effects of Pneumocystis colonization on the lung require further study...
  9. ncbi Detailed analysis of the radiographic presentation of Mycobacterium kansasii lung disease in patients with HIV infection
    Adithya Cattamanchi
    University of California San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    Chest 133:875-80. 2008
    ..In patients with HIV infection, the radiographic findings of M kansasii lung disease are not well described...
  10. ncbi Pneumocystis: a novel pathogen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
    Alison Morris
    Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    COPD 5:43-51. 2008
    ..Additional studies are needed to confirm the role of Pneumocystis in the pathogenesis of COPD, given that this agent might be a treatable co-factor in disease progression...
  11. ncbi Pneumocystis colonization, airway inflammation, and pulmonary function decline in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
    Karen A Norris
    Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    Immunol Res 36:175-87. 2006
    ..Information gained from these studies will lead to the development of interventions to prevent lung injury associated with Pc colonization and the development of HIV-associated COPD...
  12. ncbi An Official ATS Workshop Summary: Recent advances and future directions in pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
    Laurence Huang
    Proc Am Thorac Soc 3:655-64. 2006
    ..The workshop included 21 presentations on diverse topics, which are summarized in this report. The workshop participants identified priorities for future research, which are summarized in this document...
  13. ncbi Antibody response to Pneumocystis jirovecii major surface glycoprotein
    Kieran R Daly
    Research Service 151, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3200 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA
    Emerg Infect Dis 12:1231-7. 2006
    ..001). Thus, MsgC shows promise as a serologic reagent and should be tested further in clinical and epidemiologic studies...
  14. ncbi Pneumocystis dihydropteroate synthase mutations in patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia who are newly diagnosed with HIV infection
    Kristina Crothers
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Positive Health Program, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    J Eukaryot Microbiol 50:609-10. 2003
  15. ncbi Mortality prediction in pulmonary Mycobacterium kansasii infection and human immunodeficiency virus
    Theodore K Marras
    Department of Medicine Respiratory, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:793-8. 2004
    ..Withholding treatment in HIV-infected patients with respiratory M. kansasii isolates should only be considered with negative smear microscopy, few positive cultures, and mild immunosuppression...
  16. ncbi Pneumocystis colonization in HIV-infected patients
    Laurence Huang
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Positive Health Program, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
    J Eukaryot Microbiol 50:616-7. 2003
  17. ncbi A prospective, blinded study of quantitative touch-down polymerase chain reaction using oral-wash samples for diagnosis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected patients
    Hans Henrik Larsen
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    J Infect Dis 189:1679-83. 2004
    ..QTD PCR of oral-wash samples can be an accurate and noninvasive method for diagnosis of PCP...
  18. ncbi Intensive care of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy
    Alison Morris
    Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 166:262-7. 2002
    ..These patients may have an improved survival because of effects of therapy on variables such as likelihood of non-AIDS-associated admission diagnoses and serum albumin levels...
  19. ncbi Epidemiology and clinical significance of pneumocystis colonization
    Alison Morris
    Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    J Infect Dis 197:10-7. 2008
    ..We also evaluate the clinical significance of Pneumocystis colonization and its relationship to lung disease...
  20. ncbi Is there anything new in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia? Changes in P. jirovecii pneumonia over the course of the AIDS epidemic
    Alison Morris
    Clin Infect Dis 46:634-6. 2008
  21. ncbi Intensive care of patients with HIV infection: HAART warming improvement but beware of future HAART (and heart) attacks
    Alison Morris
    Chest 125:1602-4. 2004
  22. ncbi Update on the epidemiology and transmission of Pneumocystis carinii
    Alison Morris
    Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    Microbes Infect 4:95-103. 2002
    ..This review summarizes the current state of knowledge about the epidemiology and transmission of P. carinii and reports on evolving techniques that may improve our understanding of this organism in the future...