Tae W Chong

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Affiliation: University of Virginia
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Primary human hepatocytes in spheroid formation to study hepatitis C infection
    Tae W Chong
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Infectious Disease Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    J Surg Res 130:52-7. 2006
  2. ncbi HCV infection of the transplanted liver: changing CD81 and HVR1 variants immediately after liver transplantation
    Michael G Hughes
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Infectious Disease Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    Am J Transplant 5:2504-13. 2005
  3. ncbi Does body mass index affect infection-related outcomes in the intensive care unit?
    Robert L Smith
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 8:581-8. 2007
  4. ncbi Cost of Gram-negative resistance
    Heather L Evans
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    Crit Care Med 35:89-95. 2007
  5. ncbi Choosing antibiotics for intra-abdominal infections: what do we mean by "high risk"?
    Brian R Swenson
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 0709, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 10:29-39. 2009
  6. ncbi Can we define the ideal duration of antibiotic therapy?
    Traci L Hedrick
    University of Virginia Surgical Infectious Disease Laboratory, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 7:419-32. 2006
  7. ncbi Reduction in rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after introduction of quarterly linezolid-vancomycin cycling in a surgical intensive care unit
    Robert L Smith
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 0709, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 9:423-31. 2008
  8. ncbi Effect of an intensive care unit rotating empiric antibiotic schedule on the development of hospital-acquired infections on the non-intensive care unit ward
    Michael G Hughes
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908, USA
    Crit Care Med 32:53-60. 2004
  9. ncbi Does prior transfusion worsen outcomes from infection in surgical patients?
    Michael G Hughes
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Infectious Disease Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 4:335-43. 2003
  10. ncbi Comparison of fungal and nonfungal infections in a broad-based surgical patient population
    Michael G Hughes
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Infectious Disease Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 6:55-64. 2005

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Primary human hepatocytes in spheroid formation to study hepatitis C infection
    Tae W Chong
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Infectious Disease Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    J Surg Res 130:52-7. 2006
    ..As hepatocytes are the primary reservoir for the virus in vivo, we report on a model using primary human hepatocytes cultured in spheroid formation...
  2. ncbi HCV infection of the transplanted liver: changing CD81 and HVR1 variants immediately after liver transplantation
    Michael G Hughes
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Infectious Disease Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    Am J Transplant 5:2504-13. 2005
    ..In conclusion, HVR1 quasispecies variants differentially associate with, and infect allografts, after liver transplantation. Additionally, allografts express variable amounts of CD81 after transplantation...
  3. ncbi Does body mass index affect infection-related outcomes in the intensive care unit?
    Robert L Smith
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 8:581-8. 2007
    ..We hypothesized that increasing BMI would be an independent predictor of higher mortality rates in the surgical/trauma ICU...
  4. ncbi Cost of Gram-negative resistance
    Heather L Evans
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    Crit Care Med 35:89-95. 2007
    ..We wished to test the hypothesis that rGNR infections are associated with higher resource utilization...
  5. ncbi Choosing antibiotics for intra-abdominal infections: what do we mean by "high risk"?
    Brian R Swenson
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 0709, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 10:29-39. 2009
    ..The purpose of this study was to investigate patient characteristics associated with a high risk of isolation of resistant pathogens from an intra-abdominal source...
  6. ncbi Can we define the ideal duration of antibiotic therapy?
    Traci L Hedrick
    University of Virginia Surgical Infectious Disease Laboratory, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 7:419-32. 2006
    ..We also sought to investigate the difference between a fixed duration of therapy and one based on physiologic measures such as fever and leukocytosis...
  7. ncbi Reduction in rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after introduction of quarterly linezolid-vancomycin cycling in a surgical intensive care unit
    Robert L Smith
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 0709, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 9:423-31. 2008
    ..Creative interventions may be required to reverse or stabilize this trend...
  8. ncbi Effect of an intensive care unit rotating empiric antibiotic schedule on the development of hospital-acquired infections on the non-intensive care unit ward
    Michael G Hughes
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908, USA
    Crit Care Med 32:53-60. 2004
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  9. ncbi Does prior transfusion worsen outcomes from infection in surgical patients?
    Michael G Hughes
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Infectious Disease Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 4:335-43. 2003
    ..The objective of this study was to determine the effect of transfusion on outcomes among infected surgical patients...
  10. ncbi Comparison of fungal and nonfungal infections in a broad-based surgical patient population
    Michael G Hughes
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Infectious Disease Laboratory, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    Surg Infect (Larchmt) 6:55-64. 2005
    ..Our aim was to compare fungal and nonfungal infections among a diverse surgical patient population...
  11. ncbi E2 quasispecies specificity of hepatitis C virus association with allografts immediately after liver transplantation
    Michael G Hughes
    University of Virginia, Department of Surgery, Surgical Infectious Disease Laboratory, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    Liver Transpl 10:208-16. 2004
    ..02 and P = 0.04, respectively). Immediately after transplantation but before actual infection, liver allografts select out from the infecting serum inoculum a less heterogeneous, more closely related population of quasispecies variants...
  12. ncbi Does the addition of glutamine to enteral feeds affect patient mortality?
    Alison Saalwachter Schulman
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    Crit Care Med 33:2501-6. 2005
    ..The objective was to study in a prospective fashion the effects of adding glutamine to standard or immune-modulated (supplemented with omega-3 fatty acids, beta-carotene, and amino acids such as glutamine and arginine) tube feeds...
  13. ncbi Impact of immunomodulatory oligodeoxynucleotides on cytokine production in the lipopolysaccharide-stimulated human whole blood model
    Robert L Smith
    Surgical Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    Surgery 136:464-72. 2004
    ..With further examination, we may find that these observed immunomodulatory differences could potentially be exploited for therapeutic benefit...
  14. ncbi Contact isolation in surgical patients: a barrier to care?
    Heather L Evans
    Department of Surgery, UVA Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    Surgery 134:180-8. 2003
    ..Contact isolation is commonly used to prevent transmission of resistant organisms. We hypothesized that contact isolation negatively impacts the amount of direct patient care...
  15. ncbi Subfascial endoscopic perforating vein surgery (SEPS) for the treatment of venous ulcers
    Tae W Chong
    University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    Ostomy Wound Manage 51:26-31. 2005
    ..Significant efforts have been devoted to elucidating the exact mechanism of skin breakdown from venous hypertension but the pathophysiology of this process is still not understood...
  16. ncbi Adenosine A2A receptor activation reduces inflammation and preserves pulmonary function in an in vivo model of lung transplantation
    T Brett Reece
    Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 801359, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 129:1137-43. 2005
    ..We hypothesized that adenosine A 2A receptor activation by ATL-146e during the initial reperfusion period preserves pulmonary function and attenuates inflammation in a porcine model of lung transplantation...