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Lipid formulations of amphotericin B significantly improve outcome in solid organ transplant recipients with central nervous system cryptococcosis.

Sun HY, Alexander BD, Lortholary O, Dromer F, Forrest GN, Lyon GM, Somani J, Gupta KL, del Busto R, Pruett TL, Sifri CD, Limaye AP, John GT, Klintmalm GB, Pursell K, Stosor V, Morris MI, Dowdy LA, Munoz P, Kalil AC, Garcia-Diaz J, Orloff S, House AA, Houston S, Wray D, Huprikar S, Johnson LB, Humar A, Razonable RR, Husain S, Singh N.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Dec 1;49(11):1721-8.PMID: 19886800 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Seroprevalence of West Nile virus infection in solid organ transplant recipients.

Freifeld AG, Meza J, Schweitzer B, Shafer L, Kalil AC, Sambol AR.

Transpl Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 22. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19874565 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Can serum mannose-binding lectin levels aid with the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis?

Kalil AC.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 15;49(10):1492-5. No abstract available. PMID: 19827954 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Wanted: early goal-directed therapy for septic shock-dead or alive, but not critically ill!

Kalil AC.

Intensive Care Med. 2009 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 19760393 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Enterococcus pneumonia complicated with empyema and lung abscess in an HIV-positive patient. Case report and review of the literature.

Vanschooneveld T, Mindru C, Madariaga MG, Kalil AC, Florescu DF.

Int J STD AIDS. 2009 Sep;20(9):659-61. Review.PMID: 19710346 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of the coagulation and inflammatory responses in solid organ transplant recipients and donors.

Levitsky J, Freifeld A, Lyden E, Stoner J, Florescu D, Langnas A, Brian Stevens R, Hardiman P, Hill L, Kalil AC.

Clin Transplant. 2009 Jul 16. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19624696 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Prevalence and mortality associated with cytomegalovirus infection in nonimmunosuppressed patients in the intensive care unit.

Kalil AC, Florescu DF.

Crit Care Med. 2009 Aug;37(8):2350-8. Review.PMID: 19531944 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Valganciclovir for cytomegalovirus prevention in solid organ transplant patients: an evidence-based reassessment of safety and efficacy.

Kalil AC, Freifeld AG, Lyden ER, Stoner JA.

PLoS One. 2009;4(5):e5512. Epub 2009 May 13.PMID: 19436751 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of prolonged use of azithromycin in patients with cystic fibrosis: a meta-analysis.

Florescu DF, Murphy PJ, Kalil AC.

Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2009 Dec;22(6):467-72. Epub 2009 Mar 27.PMID: 19328860 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

A silent killer: cytomegalovirus infection in the nonimmunocompromised critically ill patient.

Kalil AC.

Crit Care Med. 2008 Dec;36(12):3261-4. No abstract available. PMID: 19020435 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Meta-analysis under the spotlight: we must differentiate its limitations versus its prejudices.

Kalil AC.

Crit Care Med. 2008 Nov;36(11):3124-6. No abstract available. PMID: 18941332 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quantitative versus qualitative cultures of respiratory secretions for clinical outcomes in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Berton DC, Kalil AC, Cavalcanti M, Teixeira PJ.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Oct 8;(4):CD006482. Review.PMID: 18843718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cerebral aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus ustus following orthotopic heart transplantation: case report and review of the literature.

Florescu DF, Iwen PC, Hill LA, Dumitru I, Quader MA, Kalil AC, Freifeld AG.

Clin Transplant. 2009 Jan;23(1):116-20. Epub 2008 Sep 16.PMID: 18798849 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Central nervous system cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients: clinical relevance of abnormal neuroimaging findings.

Singh N, Lortholary O, Dromer F, Alexander BD, Gupta KL, John GT, del Busto R, Klintmalm GB, Somani J, Lyon GM, Pursell K, Stosor V, Munoz P, Limaye AP, Kalil AC, Pruett TL, Garcia-Diaz J, Humar A, Houston S, House AA, Wray D, Orloff S, Dowdy LA, Fisher RA, Heitman J, Wagener MM, Husain S; Cryptococcal Collaborative Transplant Study Group.

Transplantation. 2008 Sep 15;86(5):647-51.PMID: 18791444 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Why are clinicians not embracing the results from pivotal clinical trials in severe sepsis? A bayesian analysis.

Kalil AC, Sun J.

PLoS One. 2008 May 28;3(5):e2291.PMID: 18509455 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

How many patients with severe sepsis are needed to confirm the efficacy of drotrecogin alfa activated? A Bayesian design.

Kalil AC, Sun J.

Intensive Care Med. 2008 Oct;34(10):1804-11. Epub 2008 May 27.PMID: 18504550 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Guidelines for evaluation of new fever in critically ill adult patients: 2008 update from the American College of Critical Care Medicine and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

O'Grady NP, Barie PS, Bartlett JG, Bleck T, Carroll K, Kalil AC, Linden P, Maki DG, Nierman D, Pasculle W, Masur H; American College of Critical Care Medicine; Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Crit Care Med. 2008 Apr;36(4):1330-49. Review. Erratum in: Crit Care Med. 2008 Jun;36(6):1992. PMID: 18379262 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cytomegalovirus viremia in solid organ transplantation: does the initial viral load correlate with risk factors and outcomes?

Levitsky J, Freifeld AG, Puumala S, Bargenquast K, Hardiman P, Gebhart C, Wrenshall L, Langnas A, Kalil AC.

Clin Transplant. 2008 Mar-Apr;22(2):222-8.PMID: 18339143 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effect of control group selection in the analysis of risk factors for extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections. A prospective controlled study.

Behar PR, Teixeira PJ, Fachel JM, Kalil AC.

J Hosp Infect. 2008 Feb;68(2):123-9. Epub 2008 Jan 14.PMID: 18192077 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pulmonary cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients: clinical relevance of serum cryptococcal antigen.

Singh N, Alexander BD, Lortholary O, Dromer F, Gupta KL, John GT, del Busto R, Klintmalm GB, Somani J, Lyon GM, Pursell K, Stosor V, Muñoz P, Limaye AP, Kalil AC, Pruett TL, Garcia-Diaz J, Humar A, Houston S, House AA, Wray D, Orloff S, Dowdy LA, Fisher RA, Heitman J, Wagener MM, Husain S.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 15;46(2):e12-8.PMID: 18171241 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosis of pneumonia in the critically ill patient: is it time to abandon bronchoscopy?

Kalil AC, Sun J, Teixeira PJ.

Crit Care Med. 2008 Jan;36(1):344-5. No abstract available. PMID: 18158449 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Calcineurin inhibitor agents interact synergistically with antifungal agents in vitro against Cryptococcus neoformans isolates: correlation with outcome in solid organ transplant recipients with cryptococcosis.

Kontoyiannis DP, Lewis RE, Alexander BD, Lortholary O, Dromer F, Gupta KL, John GT, Del Busto R, Klintmalm GB, Somani J, Lyon GM, Pursell K, Stosor V, Munoz P, Limaye AP, Kalil AC, Pruett TL, Garcia-Diaz J, Humar A, Houston S, House AA, Wray D, Orloff S, Dowdy LA, Fisher RA, Heitman J, Albert ND, Wagener MM, Singh N.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Feb;52(2):735-8. Epub 2007 Dec 10.PMID: 18070977 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Sepsis and solid organ transplantation.

Kalil AC, Dakroub H, Freifeld AG.

Curr Drug Targets. 2007 Apr;8(4):533-41. Review.PMID: 17430124 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cryptococcus neoformans in organ transplant recipients: impact of calcineurin-inhibitor agents on mortality.

Singh N, Alexander BD, Lortholary O, Dromer F, Gupta KL, John GT, del Busto R, Klintmalm GB, Somani J, Lyon GM, Pursell K, Stosor V, Munoz P, Limaye AP, Kalil AC, Pruett TL, Garcia-Diaz J, Humar A, Houston S, House AA, Wray D, Orloff S, Dowdy LA, Fisher RA, Heitman J, Wagener MM, Husain S; Cryptococcal Collaborative Transplant Study Group.

J Infect Dis. 2007 Mar 1;195(5):756-64. Epub 2007 Jan 23.PMID: 17262720 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Preclinical trial of L-arginine monotherapy alone or with N-acetylcysteine in septic shock.

Kalil AC, Sevransky JE, Myers DE, Esposito C, Vandivier RW, Eichacker P, Susla GM, Solomon SB, Csako G, Costello R, Sittler KJ, Banks S, Natanson C, Danner RL.

Crit Care Med. 2006 Nov;34(11):2719-28.PMID: 16971848 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

L-Arginine supplementation in sepsis: beneficial or harmful?

Kalil AC, Danner RL.

Curr Opin Crit Care. 2006 Aug;12(4):303-8. Review.PMID: 16810039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evidence-based medicine and skepticism.

Kalil AC.

Am J Med. 2006 Jun;119(6):e13; author reply e15. No abstract available. PMID: 16750948 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Is linezolid superior to vancomycin for complicated skin and soft tissue infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

Kalil AC, Puumala S, Stoner J.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 May;50(5):1910; author reply 1910-1. No abstract available. PMID: 16641477 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Controlling the troll.

Kalil AC, Lyden E, Stoner J.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Mar 21;144(6):457-8; author reply 458. No abstract available. PMID: 16549868 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Histoplasmosis in solid organ transplant recipients at a large Midwestern university transplant center.

Freifeld AG, Iwen PC, Lesiak BL, Gilroy RK, Stevens RB, Kalil AC.

Transpl Infect Dis. 2005 Sep-Dec;7(3-4):109-15. Erratum in: Transpl Infect Dis. 2006 Mar;8(1):58. Transpl Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;8(3):185. Dosage error in article text. PMID: 16390398 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Meta-analysis: the efficacy of strategies to prevent organ disease by cytomegalovirus in solid organ transplant recipients.

Kalil AC, Levitsky J, Lyden E, Stoner J, Freifeld AG.

Ann Intern Med. 2005 Dec 20;143(12):870-80.PMID: 16365468 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Chicken pox after pediatric liver transplantation.

Levitsky J, Kalil AC, Meza JL, Hurst GE, Freifeld A.

Liver Transpl. 2005 Dec;11(12):1563-6.PMID: 16315312 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antifungal management practices and evolution of infection in organ transplant recipients with cryptococcus neoformans infection.

Singh N, Lortholary O, Alexander BD, Gupta KL, John GT, Pursell KJ, Muñoz P, Klintmalm GB, Stosor V, Del Busto R, Limaye AP, Somani J, Lyon M, Houston S, House AA, Pruett TL, Orloff S, Humar A, Dowdy LA, Garcia-Diaz J, Kalil AC, Fisher RA, Heitman J, Husain S.

Transplantation. 2005 Oct 27;80(8):1033-9.PMID: 16278582 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An immune reconstitution syndrome-like illness associated with Cryptococcus neoformans infection in organ transplant recipients.

Singh N, Lortholary O, Alexander BD, Gupta KL, John GT, Pursell K, Munoz P, Klintmalm GB, Stosor V, del Busto R, Limaye AP, Somani J, Lyon M, Houston S, House AA, Pruett TL, Orloff S, Humar A, Dowdy L, Garcia-Diaz J, Kalil AC, Fisher RA, Husain S; Cryptococcal Collaborative Transplant Study Group.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jun 15;40(12):1756-61. Epub 2005 Apr 29.PMID: 15909263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The use of dexamethasone in bacterial meningitis.

Kalil AC.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Apr 1;40(7):1061-2; author reply 1062-3. No abstract available. PMID: 15825003 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of interferon-alpha in patients with West Nile encephalitis: report of 2 cases.

Kalil AC, Devetten MP, Singh S, Lesiak B, Poage DP, Bargenquast K, Fayad P, Freifeld AG.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Mar 1;40(5):764-6. Epub 2005 Feb 7.PMID: 15714427 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

New drugs for rheumatoid arthritis.

Kalil AC.

N Engl J Med. 2004 Dec 16;351(25):2659-61; author reply 2659-61. No abstract available. PMID: 15609422 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Unresolved questions with the use of linezolid vs vancomycin for nosocomial pneumonia.

Kalil AC, Puumala SE, Stoner J.

Chest. 2004 Jun;125(6):2370-1. No abstract available. PMID: 15189972 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

West Nile virus-associated encephalitis in recipients of renal and pancreas transplants: case series and literature review.

Ravindra KV, Freifeld AG, Kalil AC, Mercer DF, Grant WJ, Botha JF, Wrenshall LE, Stevens RB.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 May 1;38(9):1257-60. Epub 2004 Apr 14. Review.PMID: 15127337 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in human endotoxemia.

Kalil AC, Coyle SM, Um JY, LaRosa SP, Turlo MA, Calvano SE, Sundin DP, Nelson DR, Lowry SF.

Shock. 2004 Mar;21(3):222-9.PMID: 14770034 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in children with severe sepsis.

Barton P, Kalil AC, Nadel S, Goldstein B, Okhuysen-Cawley R, Brilli RJ, Takano JS, Martin LD, Quint P, Yeh TS, Dalton HJ, Gessouron MR, Brown KE, Betts H, Levin M, Macias WL, Small DS, Wyss VL, Bates BM, Utterback BG, Giroir BP.

Pediatrics. 2004 Jan;113(1 Pt 1):7-17.PMID: 14702440 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Clinical riboflavin deficiency in pre-school children of migrants in transit through the Central de Triagem e Encaminhamento, in the Capital of the State of São Paulo, Brazil]

Wilson D, Roncada MJ, Netto OB, Netto AL, Kalil AC, Nunes MF.

Rev Saude Publica. 1978 Sep;12(3):351-5. Portuguese. No abstract available. PMID: 751178 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Vitamin A deficiency in children of national migrants in transit through the Capital of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. A clinico-biochemical study]

Roncada MJ, Wilson D, Netto AL, Netto OB, Kalil AC, Nunes MF, Okami ET.

Rev Saude Publica. 1978 Sep;12(3):345-50. Portuguese. No abstract available. PMID: 751177 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Prevalence of xerophthalmia, based on a survey of Brazilian ophthalmologists]

Roncada MJ, Wilson D, Netto AL, Netto OB, Kalil AC.

Rev Saude Publica. 1978 Jun;12(2):151-6. Portuguese. No abstract available. PMID: 715357 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[SYMPOSIUM ON THE GENERAL CARE OF NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL NEWBORN INFANTS.]

MANISSADJIAN A, BARBIERI D, DE SANTANA AF, DE ARAUJO J, HUNGRIA RS, KALIL AC, DE PENNA HA, RAMOS JL, CORRADINI HB, GARCIA EM, FERREIRA LF, OSTRONOFF LK, DE OLIVEIRA J.

Rev Paul Med. 1964 Apr;64:197-209. Portuguese. No abstract available. PMID: 14161820 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles