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| Shira Idit DoronSummaryAffiliation: Tufts-New England Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Histopathologically proven poliomyelitis with quadriplegia and loss of brainstem function due to West Nile virus infectionShira I Doron
Department of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 37:e74-7. 2003..We report histopathological confirmation of this poliomyelitis-like syndrome in a patient with WNV infection in Massachusetts...
Lactobacillus GG: bacteriology and clinical applicationsShira Doron
Department of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, NEMC #041, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 34:483-98, ix. 2005
Hypogammaglobulinemia in liver transplant recipients: incidence, timing, risk factors, and outcomesShira Doron
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Transplantation 81:697-703. 2006..Recent studies suggest a substantial incidence of posttransplant hypogammaglobulinemia and an association with infection...
Probiotics: their role in the treatment and prevention of diseaseShira Doron
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 4:261-75. 2006..Finally, areas of future research include the use of probiotics for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, prevention of cancer and the treatment of graft-versus-host disease in bone marrow transplant recipients...
Probiotics for prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrheaShira Idit Doron
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
J Clin Gastroenterol 42:S58-63. 2008..Probiotics are generally safe, however, they should be used with caution in patients who have compromise of either the immune system or the integrity of the intestinal mucosa, and in the presence of a central venous catheter...
