Hepatitis B vaccine antibody response and the risk of clinical AIDS or deathMichael L Landrum
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e33488. 2012
..This study evaluated the relationship between HBV vaccine seroresponses and progression to clinical AIDS or death...
- The timing of hepatitis B virus (HBV) immunization relative to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis and the risk of HBV infection following HIV diagnosis
Michael L Landrum
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Am J Epidemiol 173:84-93. 2011
..These data suggest that completion of the vaccine series prior to HIV infection may be the optimal strategy for preventing this significant comorbid infection in HIV-infected persons...
- Hepatitis B vaccination and risk of hepatitis B infection in HIV-infected individuals
Michael L Landrum
San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA
AIDS 24:545-55. 2010
..To assess the association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination with risk of HBV infection among HIV-infected patients and HBV infection risk factors among vaccinees...
- Hepatitis B vaccine responses in a large U.S. military cohort of HIV-infected individuals: another benefit of HAART in those with preserved CD4 count
Michael L Landrum
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA
Vaccine 27:4731-8. 2009
..These data provide additional evidence of HAART benefits, even in those with higher CD4 counts, but also highlight the need for improving HBV vaccine immunogenicity...
Development of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in hepatitis B surface antigen negative HIV/HBV co-infected adults: a rare opportunistic illnessMichael L Landrum
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
J Med Virol 83:1537-43. 2011
..The occurrence of late-onset chronic HBV infection in HBsAg negative HIV/HBV co-infected adults appears to be one important, albeit rare, clinical event seen almost exclusively in those with isolated anti-HBc and low CD4 cell count...
- The effect of human immunodeficiency virus on hepatitis B virus serologic status in co-infected adults
Michael L Landrum
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
PLoS ONE 5:e8687. 2010
..Factors associated with serologic hepatitis B virus (HBV) outcomes in HIV-infected individuals remain incompletely understood, yet such knowledge may lead to improvements in the prevention and treatment of chronic HBV infection...
- Results of a 25-year longitudinal analysis of the serologic incidence of syphilis in a cohort of HIV-infected patients with unrestricted access to care
Anuradha Ganesan
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
Sex Transm Dis 39:440-8. 2012
..We therefore used the results of serial serologic testing to determine the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for incident syphilis in a cohort of HIV-infected Department of Defense beneficiaries...
- CD4 T cell count reconstitution in HIV controllers after highly active antiretroviral therapy
Jason F Okulicz
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Clin Infect Dis 50:1187-91. 2010
..HIV controllers experienced CD4 cell count reconstitution with HAART regardless of pretherapy viral load, including patients with undetectable viral loads at HAART initiation...
- Hepatitis B virus coinfection negatively impacts HIV outcomes in HIV seroconverters
Helen M Chun
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
J Infect Dis 205:185-93. 2012
..We evaluated HBV coinfection and HIV-related disease progression in a cohort of HIV seroconverters...
- Virologic response differences between African Americans and European Americans initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy with equal access to care
Amy C Weintrob
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 52:574-80. 2009
..We evaluated virologic response to HAART between ethnicities in a large cohort with fewer confounders...
- Clinical outcomes of elite controllers, viremic controllers, and long-term nonprogressors in the US Department of Defense HIV natural history study
Jason F Okulicz
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Infect Dis 200:1714-23. 2009
..042). Definitions of controllers and LTNPs describe distinct populations whose differing clinical outcomes improve with the stringency of criteria, underscoring the need for comparability between study populations...
- Invasive mold infections following combat-related injuries
Tyler Warkentien
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Clin Infect Dis 55:1441-9. 2012
..Invasive fungal wound infections (IFIs) are an uncommon, but increasingly recognized, complication following trauma that require greater understanding of risk factors and clinical findings to reduce morbidity...
- A randomized clinical trial comparing revaccination with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to polysaccharide vaccine among HIV-infected adults
Nancy F Crum-Cianflone
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 92134 1005, USA
J Infect Dis 202:1114-25. 2010
..We determined whether revaccination with the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) would enhance these responses...
- Long-term durability of immune responses after hepatitis A vaccination among HIV-infected adults
Nancy F Crum-Cianflone
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Infect Dis 203:1815-23. 2011
..Vaccination provides long-term immunity to hepatitis A virus (HAV) among the general population, but there are no such data regarding vaccine durability among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults...
- The impact of enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs on antiretroviral drug levels: a case-control study
Jason F Okulicz
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
Epilepsy Res 103:245-53. 2013
..To evaluate the impact of enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (EI-AEDs) on serum antiretroviral (ARV) levels in patients with HIV...
- Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus blood and skin and soft tissue infections in the US military health system, 2005-2010
Michael L Landrum
Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234, USA
JAMA 308:50-9. 2012
..Rates of hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are reported as decreasing, but recent rates of community-onset S. aureus infections are less known...
- Virologic outcomes of HAART with concurrent use of cytochrome P450 enzyme-inducing antiepileptics: a retrospective case control study
Jason F Okulicz
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
AIDS Res Ther 8:18. 2011
..abstract:..
- Spontaneous virologic suppression in HIV controllers is independent of delayed-type hypersensitivity test responsiveness
Jason F Okulicz
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
AIDS Res Ther 9:10. 2012
..abstract:..
- Outcomes of highly active antiretroviral therapy in the context of universal access to healthcare: the U.S. Military HIV Natural History Study
Vincent C Marconi
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
AIDS Res Ther 7:14. 2010
..abstract:..
- Antimicrobial prescribing practices following publication of guidelines for the prevention of infections associated with combat-related injuries
David R Tribble
General Infectious Diseases, Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Preventive Medicine and Biometrics Department, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814 5119, USA
J Trauma 71:S299-306. 2011
..This analysis evaluates antibiotic-prescribing practices by military physicians in the operational theater relative to the published guidance...
- Description of Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in burn patients
Jessie S Glasser
Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA
Burns 36:528-32. 2010
..Although Streptococcus pneumoniae infections are common in the community and can cause nosocomial infections, the incidence and risk factors for pneumococcal infections in burn patients is unclear...
- Ventilator associated pneumonia in a military deployed setting: the impact of an aggressive infection control program
Michael L Landrum
From the Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA
J Trauma 64:S123-7; discussion S127-8. 2008
..We describe the rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) before and after the implementation of aggressive infection control measures at the Air Force Theater Hospital in Iraq...
