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The naming of strep, with apologies to T. S. Eliot.

Musher DM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Dec 15;49(12):1959-60. No abstract available. PMID: 19929391 [PubMed - in process]

Dichotomy between content and interpretation.

Trautner BW, Musher DM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 1;49(7):1140. No abstract available. PMID: 19739968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Acute bacterial pneumonia is associated with the occurrence of acute coronary syndromes.

Corrales-Medina VF, Serpa J, Rueda AM, Giordano TP, Bozkurt B, Madjid M, Tweardy D, Musher DM.

Medicine (Baltimore). 2009 May;88(3):154-9.PMID: 19440118 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The association between Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and acute myocardial infarction.

Corrales-Medina VF, Fatemi O, Serpa J, Valayam J, Bozkurt B, Madjid M, Musher DM.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2009 Apr 24:1-4. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19396667 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Inappropriate treatment of catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria in a tertiary care hospital.

Cope M, Cevallos ME, Cadle RM, Darouiche RO, Musher DM, Trautner BW.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 May 1;48(9):1182-8.PMID: 19292664 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of methicillin-resistant or methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures and wound swabs by GeneXpert.

Parta M, Goebel M, Matloobi M, Stager C, Musher DM.

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 May;47(5):1609-10. Epub 2009 Mar 4. No abstract available. PMID: 19261790 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A nosocomial outbreak of norovirus infection masquerading as clostridium difficile infection.

Koo HL, Ajami NJ, Jiang ZD, Dupont HL, Atmar RL, Lewis D, Byers P, Abraham P, Quijano RA, Musher DM, Young EJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Apr 1;48(7):e75-7.PMID: 19245344 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antimotility agents for the treatment of Clostridium difficile diarrhea and colitis.

Koo HL, Koo DC, Musher DM, DuPont HL.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Mar 1;48(5):598-605. Review.PMID: 19191646 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nitazoxanide versus vancomycin in Clostridium difficile infection: a randomized, double-blind study.

Musher DM, Logan N, Bressler AM, Johnson DP, Rossignol JF.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Feb 15;48(4):e41-6.PMID: 19133801 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical and microbiological end points in the treatment of pneumonia.

Musher DM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Dec 1;47 Suppl 3:S207-9. Review.PMID: 18986291 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antibiotic stewardship and Clostridium difficile-associated disease.

Nuila F, Cadle RM, Logan N, Musher DM; Members of the Infectious Disease Section of the Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Nov;29(11):1096-7. No abstract available. PMID: 18947324 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Neurosyphilis: diagnosis and response to treatment.

Musher DM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 1;47(7):900-2. No abstract available. PMID: 18715158 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Initial and subsequent response to pneumococcal polysaccharide and protein-conjugate vaccines administered sequentially to adults who have recovered from pneumococcal pneumonia.

Musher DM, Rueda AM, Nahm MH, Graviss EA, Rodriguez-Barradas MC.

J Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 1;198(7):1019-27.PMID: 18710324 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Fluid-containing emphysematous bullae: a spectrum of illness.

Chandra D, Rose SR, Carter RB, Musher DM, Hamill RJ.

Eur Respir J. 2008 Aug;32(2):303-6.PMID: 18669786 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outcomes of treatment for hematogenous Staphylococcus aureus vertebral osteomyelitis in the MRSA ERA.

Livorsi DJ, Daver NG, Atmar RL, Shelburne SA, White AC Jr, Musher DM.

J Infect. 2008 Aug;57(2):128-31. Epub 2008 Jun 17.PMID: 18562009 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Multiple-dose granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor plus 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a prospective, randomized trial of safety and immunogenicity.

Safdar A, Rodriguez GH, Rueda AM, Wierda WG, Ferrajoli A, Musher DM, O'Brien S, Koller CA, Bodey GP, Keating MJ.

Cancer. 2008 Jul 15;113(2):383-7.PMID: 18470901 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Treatment of clostridium difficile colitis in the critical care setting.

Musher DM, Aslam S.

Crit Care Clin. 2008 Apr;24(2):279-91, viii. Review.PMID: 18361946 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nitazoxanide: clinical studies of a broad-spectrum anti-infective agent.

Aslam S, Musher DM.

Future Microbiol. 2007 Dec;2:583-90.PMID: 18041899 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of proton-pump inhibitors with outcomes in Clostridium difficile colitis.

Cadle RM, Mansouri MD, Logan N, Kudva DR, Musher DM.

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007 Nov 15;64(22):2359-63.PMID: 17989446 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The long-term outcome of treatment of Clostridium difficile colitis.

Musher DM, Nuila F, Logan N.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Aug 15;45(4):523-4. No abstract available. PMID: 17638211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clostridium difficile: recent epidemiologic findings and advances in therapy.

McMaster-Baxter NL, Musher DM.

Pharmacotherapy. 2007 Jul;27(7):1029-39. Review.PMID: 17594209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The association between pneumococcal pneumonia and acute cardiac events.

Musher DM, Rueda AM, Kaka AS, Mapara SM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jul 15;45(2):158-65. Epub 2007 Jun 6.PMID: 17578773 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection of Clostridium difficile toxin: comparison of enzyme immunoassay results with results obtained by cytotoxicity assay.

Musher DM, Manhas A, Jain P, Nuila F, Waqar A, Logan N, Marino B, Graviss EA.

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Aug;45(8):2737-9. Epub 2007 Jun 13.PMID: 17567791 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clostridium difficile colitis that fails conventional metronidazole therapy: response to nitazoxanide.

Musher DM, Logan N, Mehendiratta V, Melgarejo NA, Garud S, Hamill RJ.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Apr;59(4):705-10. Epub 2007 Mar 2.PMID: 17337513 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults.

Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A, Bartlett JG, Campbell GD, Dean NC, Dowell SF, File TM Jr, Musher DM, Niederman MS, Torres A, Whitney CG; Infectious Diseases Society of America; American Thoracic Society.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Mar 1;44 Suppl 2:S27-72. No abstract available. PMID: 17278083 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A 57-year-old man with a fluid-containing lung cavity: infection of an emphysematous bulla with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Chandra D, Soubra SH, Musher DM.

Chest. 2006 Dec;130(6):1942-6. No abstract available. PMID: 17167021 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococccus aureus as the cause of healthcare-associated infection.

Gonzalez BE, Rueda AM, Shelburne SA 3rd, Musher DM, Hamill RJ, Hulten KG.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Oct;27(10):1051-6. Epub 2006 Sep 18.PMID: 17006811 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of pneumococcal vaccination: a comparison of vaccination rates in patients with bacteremic and nonbacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia.

Musher DM, Rueda-Jaimes AM, Graviss EA, Rodriguez-Barradas MC.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Oct 15;43(8):1004-8. Epub 2006 Sep 1.PMID: 16983612 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An update on diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Clostridium difficile-associated disease.

Aslam S, Musher DM.

Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2006 Jun;35(2):315-35. Review.PMID: 16880068 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bactericidal activity of orally available agents against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Kaka AS, Rueda AM, Shelburne SA 3rd, Hulten K, Hamill RJ, Musher DM.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006 Sep;58(3):680-3. Epub 2006 Jul 12.PMID: 16840428 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Nitazoxanide for the treatment of Clostridium difficile colitis.

Musher DM, Logan N, Hamill RJ, Dupont HL, Lentnek A, Gupta A, Rossignol JF.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Aug 15;43(4):421-7. Epub 2006 Jul 11.PMID: 16838229 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clostridium difficile lacks detectable superantigen activity.

Wanahita A, Davis B, Hamill RJ, Goldsmith EA, Rodgers JR, Cook RG, Lamphear JG, Musher DM.

FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2006 Jul;47(2):275-7.PMID: 16831215 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae as a cause of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

Musher DM, Nichol AC, Rueda AM.

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jun;44(6):2304-6.PMID: 16757647 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Computerized tomography (CT)-guided aspiration of abscesses: outcome of therapy at a tertiary care hospital.

Mehendiratta V, McCarty BC, Gomez L, Graviss EA, Musher DM.

J Infect. 2007 Feb;54(2):122-8. Epub 2006 May 5. Review.PMID: 16678902 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pneumococcal vaccine--direct and indirect ("herd") effects.

Musher DM.

N Engl J Med. 2006 Apr 6;354(14):1522-4. No abstract available. PMID: 16598050 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Epidemic Clostridium difficile.

Musher DM, Logan N, Mehendiratta V.

N Engl J Med. 2006 Mar 16;354(11):1199-203; author reply 1199-203. No abstract available. PMID: 16540624 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Undisclosed conflicts of interest.

Musher DM.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Feb 7;144(3):225; author reply 225-6. No abstract available. PMID: 16461978 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Analysis of mutations in the pbp genes of penicillin-non-susceptible pneumococci from Turkey.

Biçmen M, Gülay Z, Ramaswamy SV, Musher DM, Gür D.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2006 Feb;12(2):150-5.PMID: 16441453 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pneumococcal serotypes and virulence.

Musher DM.

J Infect Dis. 2006 Feb 1;193(3):477; author reply 477-8. No abstract available. PMID: 16388500 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease: old therapies and new strategies.

Aslam S, Hamill RJ, Musher DM.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2005 Sep;5(9):549-57. Review.PMID: 16122678 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Relatively poor outcome after treatment of Clostridium difficile colitis with metronidazole.

Musher DM, Aslam S, Logan N, Nallacheru S, Bhaila I, Borchert F, Hamill RJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jun 1;40(11):1586-90. Epub 2005 Apr 25.PMID: 15889354 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Administration of protein-conjugate pneumococcal vaccine to patients who have invasive disease after splenectomy despite their having received 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.

Musher DM, Ceasar H, Kojic EM, Musher BL, Gathe JC Jr, Romero-Steiner S, White AC Jr.

J Infect Dis. 2005 Apr 1;191(7):1063-7. Epub 2005 Feb 28.PMID: 15747240 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The usefulness of sputum gram stain and culture.

Musher DM.

Arch Intern Med. 2005 Feb 28;165(4):470-1. No abstract available. PMID: 15738381 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Secondary syphilitic lesions.

Baughn RE, Musher DM.

Clin Microbiol Rev. 2005 Jan;18(1):205-16. Review.PMID: 15653827 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Anemia and infection.

Musher DM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Dec 1;39(11):1731-2; author reply 1732. No abstract available. PMID: 15578381 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Contagious acute gastrointestinal infections.

Musher DM, Musher BL.

N Engl J Med. 2004 Dec 2;351(23):2417-27. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 15575058 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In vitro killing of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with drug combinations.

Shelburne SA, Musher DM, Hulten K, Ceasar H, Lu MY, Bhaila I, Hamill RJ.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Oct;48(10):4016-9.PMID: 15388469 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Diagnostic value of microscopic examination of Gram-stained sputum and sputum cultures in patients with bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia.

Musher DM, Montoya R, Wanahita A.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Jul 15;39(2):165-9. Epub 2004 Jul 1.PMID: 15307023 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Response of HIV-infected patients with asymptomatic syphilis to intensive intramuscular therapy with ceftriaxone or procaine penicillin.

Smith NH, Musher DM, Huang DB, Rodriguez PS, Dowell ME, Ace W, White AC Jr.

Int J STD AIDS. 2004 May;15(5):328-32.PMID: 15117503 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Update of practice guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent adults.

Mandell LA, Bartlett JG, Dowell SF, File TM Jr, Musher DM, Whitney C; Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 1;37(11):1405-33. Epub 2003 Nov 3. No abstract available. PMID: 14614663 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles