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Reactive arthritis and Reiter's syndrome following an outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella enteritidisM S Dworkin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology Program Office, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Atlanta, GA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 33:1010-4. 2001..Increased awareness of postdysenteric reactive arthritis and Reiter's syndrome is recommended...- Tick-borne relapsing fever in North AmericaMark S Dworkin
Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Med Clin North Am 86:417-33, viii-ix. 2002..Most cases have been acquired from exposure to rustic tick-infested cabins and caves. This article reviews relapsing fever, especially tick-borne relapsing fever in North America... - An Outbreak of Varicella among children attending preschool and elementary school in IllinoisMark S Dworkin
Division of Infectious Diseases, Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, IL, USA
Clin Infect Dis 35:102-4. 2002..7; 95% confidence interval, 1.1-13.1; P=.04). The efficacy of varicella vaccine might be improved if administration of the initial vaccine dose is delayed until children are >/=15 months of age... - The epidemiology of tick-borne relapsing fever in the United StatesMark S Dworkin
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Washington State Department of Health, Seattle 98155, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 66:753-8. 2002..TBRF is endemic in the United States and is a disease affecting travelers, who may return home with the disease to areas where physicians are not familiar with it... - Factors that complicate the treatment of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patientsMark S Dworkin
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 39:464-70. 2005.... 
Fear of bioterrorism and implications for public health preparednessMark S Dworkin
Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois 60601, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 9:503-5. 2003..These data demonstrate increased volume of submissions to a public health laboratory resulting from fear of bioterrorism...- AIDS wasting syndrome: trends, influence on opportunistic infections, and survivalMark S Dworkin
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 33:267-73. 2003..The authors' study provides supportive information that treatment of wasting syndrome may have a favorable impact on survival... - An outbreak of noninvasive group A streptococcal disease in a facility for the developmentally disabledMark S Dworkin
Division of Infectious Diseases, Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, 60601, USA
Am J Infect Control 34:296-300. 2006..Reports of outbreaks of group A streptococcal disease in long-term care facilities are uncommon... - An outbreak of ammonia poisoning from chicken tenders served in a school lunchMark S Dworkin
Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, 106 North LaSalle Street, 7th Floor South, Chicago, Illinois 60601, USA
J Food Prot 67:1299-302. 2004..This outbreak of ammonia poisoning is only the second reported in food, and the first in a solid food. Heated chicken tenders contaminated with ammonia can cause acute illness within a short period of time... - The epidemiology of blastomycosis in Illinois and factors associated with deathMark S Dworkin
Illinois Department of Public Health, Div of Infectious Diseases, Chicago, Illinois 60601, USA
Clin Infect Dis 41:e107-11. 2005..Blastomycosis is a systemic fungal disease that may be asymptomatic or progressive and may lead to death... - Prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: impact on risk for infectious diseasesM S Dworkin
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, USA
Clin Infect Dis 33:393-8. 2001..These findings may be of interest to HIV prevention programs in resource-poor countries... - Adults are whooping, but are internists listening?Mark S Dworkin
Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois 60601, USA
Ann Intern Med 142:832-5. 2005.... - Pneumococcal disease among human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons: incidence, risk factors, and impact of vaccinationM S Dworkin
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 32:794-800. 2001..5) and pneumococcal vaccination (RR for persons vaccinated at a CD4(+) cell count of > or = 500 cells/microL, 0.5). We recommend that pneumococcal vaccine be given to HIV-infected persons before profound immunosuppression has occurred... - Effect of influenza vaccination on disease progression among HIV-infected personsP S Sullivan
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS 14:2781-5. 2000..To describe the effect of influenza vaccination on long-term change in CD4 count and HIV RNA level, and on progression to AIDS or death... - Trends in AIDS-related opportunistic infections among men who have sex with men and among injecting drug users, 1991-1996J L Jones
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 178:114-20. 1998..The differences in trends for MSM and IDUs may be due to differences in medical care and adherence to preventive medications... - Risk for preventable opportunistic infections in persons with AIDS after antiretroviral therapy increases CD4+ T lymphocyte counts above prophylaxis thresholdsM S Dworkin
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 182:611-5. 2000..0 cases per 100 PY) and not higher than in persons whose CD4(+) counts had not decreased below these thresholds, which suggests that discontinuation of primary prophylaxis for opportunistic infections may be considered for some patients... - Survival of patients with AIDS, after diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, in the United StatesM S Dworkin
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 183:1409-12. 2001..2) and other antiretroviral therapy (OR, 0.4) was associated with surviving the early period. This study shows improved survival after diagnosis of PCP in recent years, despite emergence of antibiotic-resistant mutant P. carinii strains... - Effect of antiretroviral therapy on recent trends in selected cancers among HIV-infected persons. Adult/Adolescent Spectrum of HIV Disease Project GroupJ L Jones
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 21:S11-7. 1999..Thus, these decreases may be due in part to the effect of antiretroviral therapy slowing the progression of HIV disease... - Epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus-associated opportunistic infections in the United States in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapyJ E Kaplan
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 30:S5-14. 2000..Continued monitoring of incidence trends and detection of new syndromes associated with HAART are important priorities in the HAART era... - Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: improved survival of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in the protease inhibitor eraM S Dworkin
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 180:621-5. 1999..6; 95% CI, 0.5-0.8) compared with no antiretroviral prescription. We conclude that protease inhibitor use (in combination antiretroviral therapy) is likely to favorably affect survival time after diagnosis of PML... - HIV-associated tuberculosis in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. The Adult/Adolescent Spectrum of HIV Disease GroupJ L Jones
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 4:1026-31. 2000..To determine the effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on the risk of tuberculosis (TB) among persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and to examine trends in TB... - Viral load as an independent risk factor for opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults and adolescentsJ E Kaplan
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention-Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS 15:1831-6. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: VL is an independent risk factor for OI and should be considered in special situations, such as in decisions to discontinue primary or secondary OI prophylaxis after CD4 lymphocyte counts have increased in response to ART... - Risk factors for and trends in gonorrhea incidence among persons infected with HIV in the United StatesA N Do
Surveillance Branch, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS 15:1149-55. 2001..To determine the risk factors for and trends in gonorrhea infections among HIV-infected persons... - Parental attitude towards mass antimicrobial prophylaxis during a school-associated pertussis outbreakS M Borchardt
Division of Infectious Diseases, Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
Epidemiol Infect 135:11-6. 2007..These findings underscore the importance of communicating the rationale of public health intervention efforts to physicians in order to help ensure their success... 
Tick-borne relapsing feverMark S Dworkin
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, 1603 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Infect Dis Clin North Am 22:449-68, viii. 2008..Although relapsing fever is acquired in many parts of the world, this article focuses primarily on knowledge about TBRF in North America...- Epidemiology of thrombosis in HIV-infected individuals. The Adult/Adolescent Spectrum of HIV Disease ProjectP S Sullivan
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS 14:321-4. 2000..To describe the incidence of clinically recognized thrombosis and associated factors among individuals infected with HIV... - The epidemiology of necrotizing fasciitis including factors associated with death and amputationM S Dworkin
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, IL 60612 4394, USA
Epidemiol Infect 137:1609-14. 2009.... - West Nile virus in the United States: an update on an emerging infectious diseaseGregory D Huhn
Division of Applied Public Health Training, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am Fam Physician 68:653-60. 2003..Treatment is supportive. Prevention relies on comprehensive mosquito-control programs and measures to avoid mosquito bites, including the use of mosquito repellents containing N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide... - Outbreak of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection with an unusually long duration of illnessJonathan S Yoder
Public Health Prevention Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 42:1513-7. 2006..Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is an emerging cause of foodborne outbreaks of infection in the United States, yet its epidemiology is not completely understood... - Bacterial diarrhea in persons with HIV infection, United States, 1992-2002Travis H Sanchez
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 41:1621-7. 2005.... - The emergence of west nile virus during a large outbreak in Illinois in 2002Gregory D Huhn
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 72:768-76. 2005..3, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.6-4.3%) and death (RR = 22.3, 95% CI = 5.5-90.4%). Clinicians evaluating elderly patients with WNV infection should assess patients closely for progression of disease... - An outbreak of Cryptosporidium hominis infection at an Illinois recreational waterparkL M Causer
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Epidemiol Infect 134:147-56. 2006..Implementation of education programmes could reduce the risk of faecal contamination and disease transmission... - Bordetella bronchiseptica infection in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patientsM S Dworkin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 28:1095-9. 1999..Treatment of B. bronchiseptica infection should be tailored to the patient and should be based on the results of susceptibility testing... - Differences in prescription of antiretroviral therapy in a large cohort of HIV-infected patientsA D McNaghten
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mail Stop E47, Atlanta, GA 30333, U S A
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 32:499-505. 2003.... - The changing epidemiology of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease, especially in persons > or = 65 years oldMark S Dworkin
Division of Infectious Diseases, Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:810-6. 2007..Few studies have reported the epidemiological characteristics of Haemophilus influenzae disease among adults... - Tick paralysis: 33 human cases in Washington State, 1946-1996M S Dworkin
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 29:1435-9. 1999..This large series of cases of tick paralysis demonstrates the predictable epidemiology of this disease. Improving health care provider awareness of tick paralysis could help limit morbidity and mortality due to this disease... - E-mail surveys assist investigation and response: a university conjunctivitis outbreakD J Passaro
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Epidemiol Infect 132:761-4. 2004.... - Predictors of mortality among women with AIDS in Illinois, USAS M Borchardt
Division of Infectious Diseases, Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, USA
Int J STD AIDS 20:623-7. 2009..Nevertheless, prevention programmes designed to improve survival among women with AIDS should emphasize early diagnosis and referral for care in an effort to prevent first diagnosis with clinical AIDS during hospitalization... - A review of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in persons with and without AIDSMark S Dworkin
Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Curr Clin Top Infect Dis 22:181-95. 2002 - Categorization, prioritization, and surveillance of potential bioterrorism agentsStephanie M Borchardt
Division of Infectious Diseases, Illinois Department of Public Health, 160 North LaSalle, 7th Floor South, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
Infect Dis Clin North Am 20:213-25, vii-viii. 2006 - Tuberculosis prevention in Mexican immigrants: limitations of short-course therapyNamratha R Kandula
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Am J Prev Med 26:163-6. 2004..However, RIF/PZA requires intensive patient and laboratory monitoring for hepatotoxicity... - Prevalence of intestinal microsporidiosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with diarrhea in major United States citiesMark S Dworkin
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3702, USA
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 49:339-42. 2007..Testing for microsporidia appears to be indicated, especially for patients with very low CD4+ cell counts... - Factors associated with newly diagnosed HIV among persons with concomitant sexually transmitted diseasesGregory D Huhn
Ruth M Rothstein CORE Center, Cook County Bureau of Health, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:731-7. 2008..We evaluated Illinois and Chicago Departments of Public Health surveillance databases to determine risk factors associated with newly diagnosed HIV among persons with bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)... - Myocarditis Outbreak among Adults, Illinois, 2003Gregory D Huhn
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1621-4. 2005..Appropriate specimen collection from patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy and further enhancement of diagnostic techniques are needed... - Trends in diseases reported on U.S. death certificates that mentioned HIV infection, 1987-1999Richard M Selik
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 29:378-87. 2002.... - Outbreak of travel-related pontiac fever among hotel guests illustrating the need for better diagnostic testsGregory D Huhn
Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL, USA
J Travel Med 12:173-9. 2005..Clinicians should be aware of PF in the differential diagnosis of patients with influenza-like symptoms following recent travel, particularly with exposure to a communal-use whirlpool spa... - When to begin highly active antiretroviral therapy? Evidence supporting initiation of therapy at CD4+ lymphocyte counts <350 cells/microLJonathan E Kaplan
Surveillance and Epidemiology, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 37:951-8. 2003..The increased hazard associated with CD4+ cell counts of 200-349 cells/microL was modest but supports initiation of HAART at CD4+ cell counts <350 cells/microL, particularly in patients with high virus loads... - Prevalence and correlates of fatigue among persons with HIV infectionPatrick S Sullivan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention-Surveillance and Epidemiology, 1600 Clifton Road E-46, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 25:329-33. 2003..Fatigue cannot be viewed solely as a constitutional symptom of progressive HIV disease. Physicians should seek underlying, treatable causes for fatigue such as depression and anemia and treat these conditions when they are found... 
Two outbreaks of occupationally acquired histoplasmosis: more than workers at riskGregory D Huhn
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:585-9. 2005..The objective of this study was to determine the etiology and risk factors for acute histoplasmosis in two outbreaks in Illinois among laborers at a landfill in 2001 and at a bridge reconstruction site in 2003...- Vaccination usage among an old-order Amish community in IllinoisJonathan S Yoder
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:1182-3. 2006..In this survey, the Amish do not universally reject vaccines, adequate vaccination coverage in Amish communities can be achieved, and Amish objections to vaccines might not be for religious reasons... - The association of contact lens solution use and Acanthamoeba keratitisCharlotte E Joslin
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Am J Ophthalmol 144:169-180. 2007..To investigate Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) risk factors. Diagnosis of AK, a rare but serious corneal infection, has recently increased significantly at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Cornea Service... - Trends in pregnancy rates among women with human immunodeficiency virusJanet M Blair
Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Obstet Gynecol 103:663-8. 2004..S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Use of Zidovudine and the Increased Availability of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy... - Management of outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in the neonatal intensive care unit: a consensus statementSusan I Gerber
Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:139-45. 2006..To better understand these issues on a regional level, the CDPH and the Evanston Department of Health and Human Services (EDHHS; Evanston, Illinois) began an investigation... - Is the recent emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among participants in competitive sports limited to participants?Stephanie M Borchardt
Clin Infect Dis 40:906-7. 2005 - An evaluation of the patient code number for HIV case reportingStephanie M Borchardt
Public Health Rep 121:360. 2006 - Is the severity of mumps related to the number of doses of mumps-containing vaccine?Stephanie M Borchardt
Clin Infect Dis 45:939-40. 2007 - Compliance with exclusion requirements to prevent mumps transmissionStephanie M Borchardt
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1617-8. 2007 - Monkeypox in the Western hemisphereGregory D Huhn
N Engl J Med 350:1790-1; author reply 1790-1. 2004 - Rash as a prognostic factor in West Nile virus diseaseGregory D Huhn
Clin Infect Dis 43:388-9. 2006