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| Samir S ShahSummaryAffiliation: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Macrolide therapy and outcomes in a multicenter cohort of children hospitalized with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumoniaSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
J Hosp Med 7:311-7. 2012..Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in childhood. Few studies have addressed the association of antimicrobial treatment and outcomes...- Cerebrospinal fluid enterovirus testing in infants 56 days or youngerMaya Dewan
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:824-30. 2010..To determine whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) enterovirus polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of febrile neonates is associated with a shorter hospital length of stay (LOS)... 
Herpes simplex virus testing and hospital length of stay in neonates and young infantsSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr 156:738-43. 2010....- Impact of bacterial meningitis-associated conditions on pediatric inpatient resource utilizationJillian Mongelluzzo
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Hosp Med 5:E1-7. 2010..To define the epidemiology of systemic complications and focal infections associated with bacterial meningitis and quantify how the presence of such complications affects in-hospital healthcare resource utilization... - Age-specific reference values for cerebrospinal fluid protein concentration in neonates and young infantsSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Hosp Med 6:22-7. 2011..Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein values decline over the first few months of life as the infant's blood-CSF barrier matures. However, published studies differ in the reported rate, timing, and magnitude of this decline... - Defining cerebrospinal fluid white blood cell count reference values in neonates and young infantsLori A Kestenbaum
MSCE, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Infectious Diseases, Room 1526 North Campus, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatrics 125:257-64. 2010..The objective of this study was to determine accurate, age-specific reference values for CSF WBC counts in a large population of neonates and young infants... - Costs of treating children with complicated pneumonia: a comparison of primary video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and chest tube placementSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 45:71-7. 2010.... - Comparative effectiveness of pleural drainage procedures for the treatment of complicated pneumonia in childhoodSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Departments of Pediatrics and Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Hosp Med 6:256-63. 2011..To determine the comparative effectiveness of common pleural drainage procedures for treatment of pneumonia complicated by parapneumonic effusion (ie, complicated pneumonia)... - Diagnostic accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid gram stain in children with suspected bacterial meningitisKate Brizzi
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:195-7. 2012..1% (95% confidence interval, 29.8%-64.9%). The sensitivity was 95.2% for those with definite or probable meningitis. Antibiotic pretreatment did not affect results... 
Factors influencing the decision to test young infants for herpes simplex virus infectionDaniela M Cohen
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:1156-8. 2007..Recognized factors, such as mode of delivery, were not associated with HSV testing. The factors currently used by physicians in the decision to order this test do not best reflect the likelihood of HSV infection...- Cerebrospinal fluid enrichment broth cultures rarely contribute to the diagnosis of bacterial meningitisSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases and the Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:318-20. 2012..Enrichment broth cultures rarely contributed to the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis, and positive CSF enrichment broth cultures contributed to diagnostic uncertainty... - Adjunct corticosteroids in children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumoniaAnna K Weiss
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Room 1526, North Campus, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatrics 127:e255-63. 2011..To determine if systemic corticosteroid therapy is associated with improved outcomes for children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)... - Blood cultures in the emergency department evaluation of childhood pneumoniaSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:475-9. 2011..Blood cultures are frequently obtained in the emergency department (ED) evaluation of children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)... - Delayed acyclovir therapy and death among neonates with herpes simplex virus infectionSamir S Shah
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
Pediatrics 128:1153-60. 2011..To determine the association of delayed acyclovir therapy with death among neonates with herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection... - Primary early thoracoscopy and reduction in length of hospital stay and additional procedures among children with complicated pneumonia: results of a multicenter retrospective cohort studySamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:675-81. 2008.... - How long does it take to "rule out" bacteremia in children with central venous catheters?Samir S Shah
Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Infectious Diseases, Room 1526, North Campus, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatrics 121:135-41. 2008.... - Ambulatory visit rates and antibiotic prescribing for children with pneumonia, 1994-2007Matthew P Kronman
Abramson Research Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Blvd, Room 1202F, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatrics 127:411-8. 2011..Although no pediatric CAP treatment guidelines are available, current data support narrow-spectrum antibiotics as the first-line treatment for most patients with CAP... - Adjustment of cerebrospinal fluid protein for red blood cells in neonates and young infantsElizabeth M Hines
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Hosp Med 7:325-8. 2012..To determine the relationship between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) red blood cell (RBC) count and CSF protein in neonates and young infants undergoing lumbar puncture... - Off-label drug use in hospitalized childrenSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:282-90. 2007..To describe the magnitude of off-label drug use, to identify drugs most commonly used off-label, and to identify factors associated with off-label drug use in children hospitalized in the United States... - Routine cerebrospinal fluid enterovirus polymerase chain reaction testing reduces hospitalization and antibiotic use for infants 90 days of age or youngerRebecca L King
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatrics 120:489-96. 2007.... - Discordant antibiotic therapy and length of stay in children hospitalized for urinary tract infectionKaren E Jerardi
Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229 3039, USA
J Hosp Med 7:622-7. 2012..Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common reason for pediatric hospitalizations... - Decline in varicella-related ambulatory visits and hospitalizations in the United States since routine immunization against varicellaSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:199-204. 2010..Widespread varicella vaccination has led to substantial decreases in varicella-related mortality and hospitalizations. The effect of the vaccine on ambulatory care utilization is poorly defined... - Intravenous immunoglobulin in children with streptococcal toxic shock syndromeSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Clin Infect Dis 49:1369-76. 2009..This study aims to describe the epidemiology of streptococcal TSS in children and to determine whether adjunctive therapy with IVIG is associated with improved outcomes... - Sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in young infants with urinary tract infectionsSamir S Shah
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Pediatr 153:290-2. 2008..Among patients with urinary tract infections and without traumatic lumbar punctures, sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis was uncommon (0%-8%, depending on the definition) in contrast to earlier studies reporting this association... - Corticosteroids and mortality in children with bacterial meningitisJillian Mongelluzzo
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
JAMA 299:2048-55. 2008..In adults, adjuvant corticosteroids significantly reduce mortality associated with bacterial meningitis; however, in children, studies reveal conflicting results... - Epidemiology of and risk factors for Acinetobacter species bloodstream infection in childrenShana C Segal
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 26:920-6. 2007..Acinetobacter species has emerged as an important cause of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections (BSI) in adults. Little is known about development of Acinetobacter spp. BSI in children...