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A Multicenter, double-blind trial of a high-dose caspofungin treatment regimen versus a standard caspofungin treatment regimen for adult patients with invasive candidiasis.

Betts RF, Nucci M, Talwar D, Gareca M, Queiroz-Telles F, Bedimo RJ, Herbrecht R, Ruiz-Palacios G, Young JA, Baddley JW, Strohmaier KM, Tucker KA, Taylor AF, Kartsonis NA; Caspofungin High-Dose Study Group.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Jun 15;48(12):1676-84.PMID: 19419331 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of oxycodone and of gabapentin for acute pain in herpes zoster.

Dworkin RH, Barbano RL, Tyring SK, Betts RF, McDermott MP, Pennella-Vaughan J, Bennett GJ, Berber E, Gnann JW, Irvine C, Kamp C, Kieburtz K, Max MB, Schmader KE.

Pain. 2009 Apr;142(3):209-17. Epub 2009 Feb 4.PMID: 19195785 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vaccination strategies for the prevention of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia.

Betts RF.

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2007 Dec;57(6 Suppl):S143-7.PMID: 18021866 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Micafungin versus caspofungin for treatment of candidemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis.

Pappas PG, Rotstein CM, Betts RF, Nucci M, Talwar D, De Waele JJ, Vazquez JA, Dupont BF, Horn DL, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Reboli AC, Suh B, Digumarti R, Wu C, Kovanda LL, Arnold LJ, Buell DN.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Oct 1;45(7):883-93. Epub 2007 Aug 29. Erratum in: Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jul 15;47(2):302. PMID: 17806055 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Recommendations for the management of herpes zoster.

Dworkin RH, Johnson RW, Breuer J, Gnann JW, Levin MJ, Backonja M, Betts RF, Gershon AA, Haanpaa ML, McKendrick MW, Nurmikko TJ, Oaklander AL, Oxman MN, Pavan-Langston D, Petersen KL, Rowbotham MC, Schmader KE, Stacey BR, Tyring SK, van Wijck AJ, Wallace MS, Wassilew SW, Whitley RJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jan 1;44 Suppl 1:S1-26. Review.PMID: 17143845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A vaccine to prevent herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in older adults.

Oxman MN, Levin MJ, Johnson GR, Schmader KE, Straus SE, Gelb LD, Arbeit RD, Simberkoff MS, Gershon AA, Davis LE, Weinberg A, Boardman KD, Williams HM, Zhang JH, Peduzzi PN, Beisel CE, Morrison VA, Guatelli JC, Brooks PA, Kauffman CA, Pachucki CT, Neuzil KM, Betts RF, Wright PF, Griffin MR, Brunell P, Soto NE, Marques AR, Keay SK, Goodman RP, Cotton DJ, Gnann JW Jr, Loutit J, Holodniy M, Keitel WA, Crawford GE, Yeh SS, Lobo Z, Toney JF, Greenberg RN, Keller PM, Harbecke R, Hayward AR, Irwin MR, Kyriakides TC, Chan CY, Chan IS, Wang WW, Annunziato PW, Silber JL; Shingles Prevention Study Group.

N Engl J Med. 2005 Jun 2;352(22):2271-84.PMID: 15930418 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Persistent culture-positive Legionella infection in an immunocompromised host.

O'Reilly KM, Urban MA, Barriero T, Betts RF, Trawick DR.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 May 15;40(10):e87-9. Epub 2005 Apr 1.PMID: 15844057 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Experimental infection of humans with A2 respiratory syncytial virus.

Lee FE, Walsh EE, Falsey AR, Betts RF, Treanor JJ.

Antiviral Res. 2004 Sep;63(3):191-6.PMID: 15451187 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Approaches to improved influenza vaccination.

Betts RF, Treanor JJ.

Vaccine. 2000 Feb 25;18(16):1690-5.PMID: 10689150 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of trivalent, live, cold-adapted (CAIV-T) and inactivated (TIV) influenza vaccines in prevention of virus infection and illness following challenge of adults with wild-type influenza A (H1N1), A (H3N2), and B viruses.

Treanor JJ, Kotloff K, Betts RF, Belshe R, Newman F, Iacuzio D, Wittes J, Bryant M.

Vaccine. 1999 Dec 10;18(9-10):899-906.PMID: 10580204 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of the oral neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir in experimental human influenza: randomized controlled trials for prevention and treatment.

Hayden FG, Treanor JJ, Fritz RS, Lobo M, Betts RF, Miller M, Kinnersley N, Mills RG, Ward P, Straus SE.

JAMA. 1999 Oct 6;282(13):1240-6.PMID: 10517426 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evaluation of live, cold-adapted influenza A and B virus vaccines in elderly and high-risk subjects.

Treanor JJ, Betts RF.

Vaccine. 1998 Nov;16(18):1756-60.PMID: 9778752 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mycobacterium bovis osteomyelitis involving a hip arthroplasty after intravesicular bacille Calmette-Guérin for bladder cancer.

Guerra CE, Betts RF, O'Keefe RJ, Shilling JW.

Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Sep;27(3):639-40.PMID: 9770167 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ciprofloxacin plus piperacillin is an equally effective regimen for empiric therapy in febrile neutropenic patients compared with standard therapy.

Griggs JJ, Blair EA, Norton JR, Rowe JM, Flesher WR, Betts RF.

Am J Hematol. 1998 Aug;58(4):293-7.PMID: 9692392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Varicella pneumonitis: clinical presentation and experience with acyclovir treatment in immunocompetent adults.

El-Daher N, Magnussen R, Betts RF.

Int J Infect Dis. 1998 Jan-Mar;2(3):147-51.PMID: 9531661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Failure of cefotaxime treatment in an adult with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis.

Pacheco TR, Cooper CK, Hardy DJ, Betts RF, Bonnez W.

Am J Med. 1997 Mar;102(3):303-5. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 9217602 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Recombinant baculovirus influenza A hemagglutinin vaccines are well tolerated and immunogenic in healthy adults.

Lakey DL, Treanor JJ, Betts RF, Smith GE, Thompson J, Sannella E, Reed G, Wilkinson BE, Wright PF.

J Infect Dis. 1996 Oct;174(4):838-41.PMID: 8843225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of a recombinant hemagglutinin expressed in insect cells as an influenza vaccine in young and elderly adults.

Treanor JJ, Betts RF, Smith GE, Anderson EL, Hackett CS, Wilkinson BE, Belshe RB, Powers DC.

J Infect Dis. 1996 Jun;173(6):1467-70.PMID: 8648221 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Safety and efficacy of the neuraminidase inhibitor GG167 in experimental human influenza.

Hayden FG, Treanor JJ, Betts RF, Lobo M, Esinhart JD, Hussey EK.

JAMA. 1996 Jan 24-31;275(4):295-9.PMID: 8544269 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vaccines in the prevention of viral pneumonia.

Betts RF.

Semin Respir Infect. 1995 Dec;10(4):282-7. Review.PMID: 8668856 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Respiratory syncytial virus and influenza A infections in the hospitalized elderly.

Falsey AR, Cunningham CK, Barker WH, Kouides RW, Yuen JB, Menegus M, Weiner LB, Bonville CA, Betts RF.

J Infect Dis. 1995 Aug;172(2):389-94.PMID: 7622882 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Communitywide laboratory-based influenza surveillance focused on older persons, 1989-1992.

Barker WH, Menegus MA, Hall CB, Betts RF, Freundlich CB, Long CE, O'Brien DH, Weiner LB, Cunningham C, Bonville CA, et al.

Am J Prev Med. 1995 May-Jun;11(3):149-55.PMID: 7662393 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Oral LY217896 for prevention of experimental influenza A virus infection and illness in humans.

Hayden FG, Tunkel AR, Treanor JJ, Betts RF, Allerheiligen S, Harris J.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1994 May;38(5):1178-81.PMID: 8067760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of simultaneous administration of cold-adapted and wild-type influenza A viruses on experimental wild-type influenza infection in humans.

Youngner JS, Treanor JJ, Betts RF, Whitaker-Dowling P.

J Clin Microbiol. 1994 Mar;32(3):750-4.PMID: 8195389 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia associated with concurrent cryptococcosis or toxoplasmosis in patients with AIDS.

Yinnon AM, Betts RF.

Clin Infect Dis. 1994 Jan;18(1):113-4. No abstract available. PMID: 8054420 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of live attenuated cold-adapted influenza B/Yamagata/16/88 reassortant virus vaccine in healthy adults.

Treanor JJ, Betts RF.

J Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;168(2):455-9.PMID: 8335984 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related visceral leishmaniasis presenting in a pleural effusion.

Chenoweth CE, Singal S, Pearson RD, Betts RF, Markovitz DM.

Chest. 1993 Feb;103(2):648-9.PMID: 8432183 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Protective efficacy of combined live intranasal and inactivated influenza A virus vaccines in the elderly.

Treanor JJ, Mattison HR, Dumyati G, Yinnon A, Erb S, O'Brien D, Dolin R, Betts RF.

Ann Intern Med. 1992 Oct 15;117(8):625-33.PMID: 1530193 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection of influenza A and B in respiratory secretions with the polymerase chain reaction.

Donofrio JC, Coonrod JD, Davidson JN, Betts RF.

PCR Methods Appl. 1992 May;1(4):263-8.PMID: 1477662 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Viral respiratory infections in the institutionalized elderly: clinical and epidemiologic findings.

Falsey AR, Treanor JJ, Betts RF, Walsh EE.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 1992 Feb;40(2):115-9.PMID: 1740594 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antiviral agents in respiratory infections.

Betts RF.

Semin Respir Infect. 1991 Sep;6(3):147-57. Review.PMID: 1754735 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Serologic evidence of respiratory syncytial virus infection in nursing home patients.

Falsey AR, Walsh EE, Betts RF.

J Infect Dis. 1990 Aug;162(2):568-9. No abstract available. PMID: 2197348 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of live cold-adapted influenza A H1N1 and H3N2 virus vaccines in seropositive adults.

Treanor JJ, Roth FK, Betts RF.

J Clin Microbiol. 1990 Mar;28(3):596-9. Erratum in: J Clin Microbiol 1990 Jun;28(6):1491. PMID: 2182673 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Amantadine and rimantadine for the prevention of influenza A.

Betts RF.

Semin Respir Infect. 1989 Dec;4(4):304-10. Review.PMID: 2697053 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of oligosaccharide chain length, exposed terminal group, and hapten loading on the antibody response of human adults and infants to vaccines consisting of Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular antigen unterminally coupled to the diphtheria protein CRM197.

Anderson PW, Pichichero ME, Stein EC, Porcelli S, Betts RF, Connuck DM, Korones D, Insel RA, Zahradnik JM, Eby R.

J Immunol. 1989 Apr 1;142(7):2464-8.PMID: 2784464 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rimantadine and seizures.

Bentley DW, Karki SD, Betts RF.

Ann Intern Med. 1989 Feb 15;110(4):323-4. No abstract available. PMID: 2913918 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of live, attenuated H1N1 and H3N2 cold-adapted and avian-human influenza A reassortant viruses and inactivated virus vaccine in adults.

Sears SD, Clements ML, Betts RF, Maassab HF, Murphy BR, Snyder MH.

J Infect Dis. 1988 Dec;158(6):1209-19.PMID: 3198936 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Analysis of virus and host factors in a study of A/Peking/2/79 (H3N2) cold-adapted vaccine recombinant in which vaccine-associated illness occurred in normal volunteers.

Betts RF, Douglas RG Jr, Maassab HF, DeBorde DC, Clements ML, Murphy BR.

J Med Virol. 1988 Oct;26(2):175-83.PMID: 3183640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Atypical invasive external otitis from Aspergillus.

Bickley LS, Betts RF, Parkins CW.

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1988 Sep;114(9):1024-8.PMID: 3408569 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of core antigens for clinical diagnosis of influenza.

Coonrod JD, Karathanasis P, Betts RF, Donofrio JC.

J Med Virol. 1988 Aug;25(4):399-409.PMID: 3171556 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Four viral genes independently contribute to attenuation of live influenza A/Ann Arbor/6/60 (H2N2) cold-adapted reassortant virus vaccines.

Snyder MH, Betts RF, DeBorde D, Tierney EL, Clements ML, Herrington D, Sears SD, Dolin R, Maassab HF, Murphy BR.

J Virol. 1988 Feb;62(2):488-95.PMID: 3336068 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Intranasally administered interferon as prophylaxis against experimentally induced influenza A virus infection in humans.

Treanor JJ, Betts RF, Erb SM, Roth FK, Dolin R.

J Infect Dis. 1987 Aug;156(2):379-83. No abstract available. PMID: 3598236 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Two randomized controlled trials of zinc gluconate lozenge therapy of experimentally induced rhinovirus colds.

Farr BM, Conner EM, Betts RF, Oleske J, Minnefor A, Gwaltney JM Jr.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1987 Aug;31(8):1183-7.PMID: 2820298 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The use of eye-nose goggles to control nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus infection.

Gala CL, Hall CB, Schnabel KC, Pincus PH, Blossom P, Hildreth SW, Betts RF, Douglas RG Jr.

JAMA. 1986 Nov 21;256(19):2706-8.PMID: 3773177 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Virus isolation from and identification of HTLV-III/LAV-producing cells in brain tissue from a patient with AIDS.

Gartner S, Markovits P, Markovitz DM, Betts RF, Popovic M.

JAMA. 1986 Nov 7;256(17):2365-71.PMID: 3490587 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Normal T cell subsets in homosexual men living in a community without endemic AIDS.

Rush TJ, Betts RF, Saxinger C, Cowell SA, Ryan DH, Yang CC, Steigbigel RT.

Am J Med. 1986 Oct;81(4):584-90.PMID: 2945432 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Serum and nasal wash antibodies associated with resistance to experimental challenge with influenza A wild-type virus.

Clements ML, Betts RF, Tierney EL, Murphy BR.

J Clin Microbiol. 1986 Jul;24(1):157-60.PMID: 3722363 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evaluation of live avian-human reassortant influenza A H3N2 and H1N1 virus vaccines in seronegative adult volunteers.

Snyder MH, Clements ML, Betts RF, Dolin R, Buckler-White AJ, Tierney EL, Murphy BR.

J Clin Microbiol. 1986 May;23(5):852-7.PMID: 3711273 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Resistance of adults to challenge with influenza A wild-type virus after receiving live or inactivated virus vaccine.

Clements ML, Betts RF, Tierney EL, Murphy BR.

J Clin Microbiol. 1986 Jan;23(1):73-6.PMID: 3700611 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

New observations regarding killing of fibroblasts infected with herpes simplex virus: cooperation between elutable factor and peripheral mononuclear cells.

el Daher N, Betts RF.

J Infect Dis. 1985 Dec;152(6):1197-205.PMID: 2999257 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles