Brian T Fisher

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Affiliation: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Cefepime and mortality in pediatric acute myelogenous leukemia: a retrospective cohort study
    Brian T Fisher
    Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:971-5. 2009
  2. ncbi Epidemiology and potential preventative measures for viral infections in children with malignancy and those undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation
    Brian T Fisher
    Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 59:11-5. 2012
  3. ncbi Hospitalizations for coccidioidomycosis at forty-one children's hospitals in the United States
    Brian T Fisher
    Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:243-7. 2010
  4. ncbi Risk factors for renal failure in pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia: a retrospective cohort study
    Brian T Fisher
    Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 55:655-61. 2010
  5. ncbi Induction mortality and resource utilization in children treated for acute myeloid leukemia at free-standing pediatric hospitals in the United States
    Marko Kavcic
    Division of Oncology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Cancer 119:1916-23. 2013
  6. ncbi Dexrazoxane use in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic or myeloid leukemia from 1999 and 2009: analysis of a national cohort of patients in the Pediatric Health Information Systems database
    Dana M Walker
    Division of Oncology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 60:616-20. 2013
  7. ncbi Epidemiology of cryptococcal infection in hospitalized children
    Neha S Joshi
    Department of General Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:e91-5. 2010
  8. ncbi Ocular manifestations of candidemia in children
    Julie L Fierro
    Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 32:84-6. 2013
  9. ncbi Assembly of a cohort of children treated for acute myeloid leukemia at free-standing children's hospitals in the United States using an administrative database
    Marko Kavcic
    Division of Oncology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 60:508-11. 2013
  10. ncbi Antibiotic use in pediatric patients admitted to a referral hospital in Botswana
    Brian T Fisher
    Division of Infectious Diseases and Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesia and Critical Care, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:129-31. 2009

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Publications11

  1. ncbi Cefepime and mortality in pediatric acute myelogenous leukemia: a retrospective cohort study
    Brian T Fisher
    Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 28:971-5. 2009
    ..We evaluated the association of cefepime and other beta-lactam antibiotic exposures with all cause in-hospital mortality in pediatric AML patients...
  2. ncbi Epidemiology and potential preventative measures for viral infections in children with malignancy and those undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation
    Brian T Fisher
    Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 59:11-5. 2012
    ..Additionally, infection control practices specific to this patient population are discussed. A comprehensive approach utilizing each of these can be effective at reducing the negative impact of viral infections...
  3. ncbi Hospitalizations for coccidioidomycosis at forty-one children's hospitals in the United States
    Brian T Fisher
    Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:243-7. 2010
    ..We describe the characteristics of initial and subsequent hospitalizations in children with coccidioidomycosis...
  4. ncbi Risk factors for renal failure in pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia: a retrospective cohort study
    Brian T Fisher
    Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 55:655-61. 2010
    ..This study aims to evaluate the rate of ARF in AML patients and to delineate the impact of age, race, various co-morbid conditions and antimicrobial agents on the development of ARF...
  5. ncbi Induction mortality and resource utilization in children treated for acute myeloid leukemia at free-standing pediatric hospitals in the United States
    Marko Kavcic
    Division of Oncology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Cancer 119:1916-23. 2013
    ..Moreover, these trials likely underreport the clinical toxicities experienced by patients...
  6. ncbi Dexrazoxane use in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic or myeloid leukemia from 1999 and 2009: analysis of a national cohort of patients in the Pediatric Health Information Systems database
    Dana M Walker
    Division of Oncology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 60:616-20. 2013
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  7. ncbi Epidemiology of cryptococcal infection in hospitalized children
    Neha S Joshi
    Department of General Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:e91-5. 2010
    ..Despite the fact that many studies were conducted in adults, limited data exist for pediatric patients...
  8. ncbi Ocular manifestations of candidemia in children
    Julie L Fierro
    Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 32:84-6. 2013
    ..This study found that ocular candidiasis is an uncommon but serious sight-threatening complication in pediatric patients with candidemia...
  9. ncbi Assembly of a cohort of children treated for acute myeloid leukemia at free-standing children's hospitals in the United States using an administrative database
    Marko Kavcic
    Division of Oncology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 60:508-11. 2013
    ..7%). This cohort provides a reliable source for future comparative effectiveness and clinical epidemiology studies in pediatric AML...
  10. ncbi Antibiotic use in pediatric patients admitted to a referral hospital in Botswana
    Brian T Fisher
    Division of Infectious Diseases and Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesia and Critical Care, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:129-31. 2009
    ..The results showed that the duration of prescribed therapy can be excessive. Recommendations for potential interventions to reduce antibiotic overuse in this setting are necessary...
  11. ncbi Treatment of invasive candidiasis in immunocompromised pediatric patients
    Brian T Fisher
    Department of Pediatrics, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    Paediatr Drugs 10:281-98. 2008
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