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Antiretroviral Drugs to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV During BreastfeedingAvinash K Shetty
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1009, USA
Curr HIV Res 11:102-25. 2013....- Epidemiology of HIV Infection in Women and Children: A Global PerspectiveAvinash K Shetty
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1009, USA
Curr HIV Res 11:81-92. 2013..Rapid translation of scientific discoveries into policy and practice in conjunction with strong commitment from national leadership and global partners is crucial to end the pediatric AIDS and achieve a HIV-free generation... 
Oseltamivir-resistant 2009 H1N1 influenza pneumonia during therapy in a renal transplant recipientAvinash K Shetty
Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Brenner Children s Hospital, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Pediatr Transplant 16:E153-7. 2012..Ongoing surveillance is essential to monitor how oseltamivir-resistant H275Y mutant viruses may evolve in the future...
Childhood sarcoidosis: A rare but fascinating disorderAvinash K Shetty
Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Louisiana State University Medical Center and Children s Hospital of New Orleans, LA, USA
Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 6:16. 2008..The long-term course and prognosis is not well established in childhood sarcoidosis, but it appears to be poorer in early-onset disease...- Factors associated with access to HIV care and treatment in a prevention of mother to child transmission programme in urban ZimbabweAuxilia Muchedzi
Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention Project University of Zimbabwe, Department of Community Medicine, Zimbabwe
J Int AIDS Soc 13:38. 2010..This cross-sectional study assessed factors affecting access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV-positive women from the prevention of mother to child transmission HIV programme in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe... - The feasibility of voluntary counselling and HIV testing for pregnant women using community volunteers in ZimbabweAvinash K Shetty
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Int J STD AIDS 16:755-9. 2005..This programme is being implemented at several urban and rural MTCT sites in Zimbabwe and can serve as a model for other resource-poor countries... - Perinatally acquired HIV-1 infection: prevention and evaluation of HIV-exposed infantsAvinash K Shetty
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences and Brenner Children s Hospital, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 16:282-95. 2005.... - Osteomyelitis in adolescentsAvinash K Shetty
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences and Brenner Children s Hospital, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Adolesc Med State Art Rev 18:79-94, ix. 2007..A multidisciplinary approach involving the pediatrician, infectious disease specialist, and orthopedic surgeon is essential for achieving the best outcome for the patient... - Perceived risks and benefits of HIV testing, and predictors of acceptance of HIV counselling and testing among pregnant women in ZimbabweSusanne P Martin-Herz
Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Int J STD AIDS 17:835-41. 2006..If such interventions are to be successful, attention must be directed towards developing culturally appropriate strategies to address women's concerns and improve future acceptance of VCT in Zimbabwe... - Breast-milk shedding of drug-resistant HIV-1 subtype C in women exposed to single-dose nevirapineEsther J Lee
Center for AIDS Research, Division of Infectious Disease, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
J Infect Dis 192:1260-4. 2005..In 20 paired BM and plasma samples, 65% of BM and 50% of plasma RT sequences had NNRTI-resistance mutations, with divergent mutation patterns... - Genetic analyses of HIV-1 env sequences demonstrate limited compartmentalization in breast milk and suggest viral replication within the breast that increases with mastitisSoren Gantt
Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children s Hospital Research Institute, 1900 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98101 1304, USA
J Virol 84:10812-9. 2010..However, phylogenetic trees demonstrate extensive mixing of viruses between milk and blood specimens. HIV-1 replication in breast milk appears to increase with inflammation, contributing to higher milk viral loads during mastitis... - Screening for psychological morbidity in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected pregnant women using community counselors in ZimbabweLynda Stranix-Chibanda
Department of Pediatrics, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic Ill) 4:83-8. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: There is a high burden of psychological morbidity among pregnant women in Zimbabwe. Mental health services should be integrated into antenatal care to improve psychological health for all women in Zimbabwe... - Laboratory indicators of mastitis are not associated with elevated HIV-1 DNA loads or predictive of HIV-1 RNA loads in breast milkSoren Gantt
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
J Infect Dis 196:570-6. 2007..An improved understanding of the relationship between indicators of inflammation and HIV-1 loads in breast milk could improve MTCT prevention strategies... - Safety and trough concentrations of nevirapine prophylaxis given daily, twice weekly, or weekly in breast-feeding infants from birth to 6 monthsAvinash K Shetty
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 34:482-90. 2003..A phase 3 study is planned to assess the efficacy of OD infant NVP regimen to prevent breast-feeding HIV-1 transmission... - Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale among women in a high HIV prevalence area in urban ZimbabweDixon Chibanda
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Arch Womens Ment Health 13:201-6. 2010..Screening for PND should be integrated into routine antenatal and postnatal care in areas with high HIV prevalence... - Immunologic response to oral polio vaccine in human immunodeficiency virus-infected and uninfected Zimbabwean childrenDevasena Gnanashanmugam
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:176-80. 2012..Data are limited regarding the degree of serologic immunity conferred on HIV-infected children after immunization with oral polio vaccine (OPV)... - Infantile orbital cellulitis secondary to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusDaisuke Kobayashi
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Brenner Children s Hospital, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
J AAPOS 15:208-10. 2011..Orbital cellulitis typically occurs in older children, but it can occasionally affect infants and neonates. We report 2 infants with sepsis and orbital cellulitis caused by community-associated MRSA and review the relevant literature... - Purpura fulminans caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusCasimir J Fitzgerald
Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Brenner Children s Hospital, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Am J Emerg Med 30:1013.e1-4. 2012..We report the first well-described case of purpura fulminans due to community-associated methicillin-resistant S aureus in a child... - Orbital cellulitis in childrenSavithri Nageswaran
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences and Brenner Children's Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:695-9. 2006..It is twice as common among males as females. Selected cases of orbital cellulitis, including many with subperiosteal abscess, can be treated successfully without surgical drainage... - Imported Dengue Fever: an important reemerging diseaseMalachi Courtney
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 25:769-72. 2009..Clinicians should include dengue in the differential diagnosis of febrile illness in children who have recently returned from dengue endemic areas... - Catheter-related bacteremia due to Roseomonas species in pediatric hematology/oncology patientsThomas W McLean
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 46:514-6. 2006..gilardii and one with R. fauriae), and review the clinical spectrum of previously reported cases in the literature. Clinicals should be aware that Roseomonas species may cause serious infections in children... - HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, perceived benefits, and risks of HIV testing among pregnant women in rural Southern IndiaAlexandra Rogers
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 20:803-11. 2006.... - Hematologic and immunologic parameters in Zimbabwean infants: a case for using local reference intervals to monitor toxicities in clinical trialsStephanie B Troy
Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 5208, USA
J Trop Pediatr 58:59-62. 2012.... - Retinitis following varicella in a vaccinated child with acute lymphoblastic leukemiaAshley Ross
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 45:191-4. 2005..Prolonged therapy with acyclovir resulted in near complete recovery. Early diagnosis of VZV retinopathy and aggressive antiviral treatment is critical to prevent acute and long-term ocular sequelae... - Preventing mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in resource-poor countriesAvinash K Shetty
Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 22:553-5. 2003 - Lactobacillus sepsis associated with probiotic therapyMichael H Land
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Pediatrics 115:178-81. 2005..This report should not discourage the appropriate use of Lactobacillus or other probiotic agents but should serve as a reminder that these agents can cause invasive disease in certain populations... - Pyomyositis due to Streptococcus pneumoniaeS Lindsey Wong
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences and Brenner Children s Hospital, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Am J Emerg Med 27:633.e1-3. 2009..He was successfully treated with a 3-week course of clindamycin. Early recognition, appropriate antibiotic therapy, and if indicated, drainage of the muscle abscess is critical to reduce morbidity and mortality... - Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis complicating influenza A infectionSteven S Mou
Department of Anesthesiology, Section on Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Brenner Children s Hospital, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157 1009, USA
Pediatrics 118:e216-9. 2006..Clinicians should be aware of hemophagocytic syndrome as a serious complication of influenza A infection... - Central venous catheter infection associated with Pseudozyma aphidis in a child with short gut syndromeShau Shau Lin
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC, USA
J Med Microbiol 57:516-8. 2008..We report what is believed to be the first paediatric case of central venous catheter (CVC)-related fungaemia associated with P. aphidis. Prompt removal of the CVC in conjunction with anti-fungal therapy resulted in a successful outcome... - Peramivir for the treatment of influenzaAvinash K Shetty
Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 10:123-43. 2012..Given the serious health threat of influenza at all ages and limitations in vaccine delivery, peramivir is a promising addition to the currently limited treatment options for the treatment of severe influenza infection... - Retropharyngeal edema: an unusual manifestation of Kawasaki diseaseEmily W Langley
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences and Brenner Children s Hospital, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
J Emerg Med 39:181-5. 2010..Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute multisystem vasculitis of unknown etiology that typically affects young children. KD presenting as a retropharyngeal inflammatory process is very rare... - Prevention of malaria in childrenAvinash K Shetty
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 25:1173-6. 2006 - Management of septic arthritisAvinash K Shetty
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Brenner Children s Hospital, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Indian J Pediatr 71:819-24. 2004..A minimum of 3-4 weeks of therapy is recommended. Close follow-up is warranted to monitor the growth of the affected limb until skeletal maturity... - Cavernous sinus thrombosis complicating sinusitisMichael L Cannon
Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Brenner Children's Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 5:86-8. 2004.... - Tetracyclines in pediatrics revisitedAvinash K Shetty
Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27517, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 41:203-9. 2002 - Range of normal neutrophil counts in healthy zimbabwean infants: implications for monitoring antiretroviral drug toxicityJennifer Wells
University of Zimbabwe University of California, San Francisco UZ UCSF Collaborative Research Program in Women s Health, Harare, Zimbabwe
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 42:460-3. 2006..Future HIV prevention and treatment trials in sub-Saharan Africa should use normal hematologic values derived from African infants to avoid the overestimation of antiretroviral drug toxicity... - Infant feeding practices of HIV-infected and uninfected women in ZimbabweDanielle Gottlieb
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 18:45-53. 2004..Knowledge of HIV status may influence infant feeding decisions and reveal an urgent need to address infant feeding practices of pregnant women in Zimbabwe... - Routine offer of antenatal HIV testing ("opt-out" approach) to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in urban ZimbabweWinfreda Chandisarewa
Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention Project, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Bull World Health Organ 85:843-50. 2007..To assess the impact of routine antenatal HIV testing for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in urban Zimbabwe... - A 10-day-old neonate with fulminant hepatitisAshley Ford
J Paediatr Child Health 44:471-2. 2008 - Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus in breast milk are associated with HIV-1 shedding but not with mastitisSoren Gantt
Departments of Pediatrics, Seattle Children s Hospital Research Institute, 1900 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
AIDS 22:1453-60. 2008..Bacterial infections may cause clinical mastitis, but whether other copathogens common in HIV-1 infection are associated with subclinical mastitis or HIV-1 shedding is unknown...