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Antimicrobial resistance among and therapeutic options against gram-negative pathogens.

Rahal JJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 15;49 Suppl 1:S4-S10.PMID: 19619021 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Health care-associated infection (HAI): a critical appraisal of the emerging threat-proceedings of the HAI Summit.

Kollef MH, Napolitano LM, Solomkin JS, Wunderink RG, Bae IG, Fowler VG, Balk RA, Stevens DL, Rahal JJ, Shorr AF, Linden PK, Micek ST.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 1;47 Suppl 2:S55-99; quiz S100-1. Review.PMID: 18778223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The role of carbapenems in initial therapy for serious Gram-negative infections.

Rahal JJ.

Crit Care. 2008;12 Suppl 4:S5. Epub 2008 May 21. Review.PMID: 18495062 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase beta-lactamases associated with long-term care facilities.

Urban C, Bradford PA, Tuckman M, Segal-Maurer S, Wehbeh W, Grenner L, Colon-Urban R, Mariano N, Rahal JJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jun 1;46(11):e127-30.PMID: 18419424 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of carbapenem-resistant klebsiella pneumoniae harboring KPC enzymes in New Jersey.

Chiang T, Mariano N, Urban C, Colon-Urban R, Grenner L, Eng RH, Huang D, Dholakia H, Rahal JJ.

Microb Drug Resist. 2007 Winter;13(4):235-39.PMID: 18184049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of contact and droplet precautions on the incidence of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.

Mangini E, Segal-Maurer S, Burns J, Avicolli A, Urban C, Mariano N, Grenner L, Rosenberg C, Rahal JJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Nov;28(11):1261-6. Epub 2007 Sep 18.PMID: 17926277 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Novel antibiotic combinations against infections with almost completely resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species.

Rahal JJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Sep 1;43 Suppl 2:S95-9. Review.PMID: 16894522 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Polymyxin B-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolate Susceptible to Recombinant BPI and Cecropin P1.

Urban C, Mariano N, Rahal JJ, Tay E, Ponio C, Koprivnjak T, Weiss J.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2001 Mar;45(3):994-995. No abstract available. PMID: 16557680 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Mycobacterial infection as a precursor to sarcoid-like, corticosteroid-responsive, diffuse granulomatous disease.

Terzian C, Rahal JJ.

Int J Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;10(5):407-8. Epub 2006 Feb 3. No abstract available. PMID: 16460980 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Acinetobacter.

Rahal JJ, Urban C.

Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2000;21(4):341-8.PMID: 16088745 [PubMed]Related articles

Fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae: epidemiology and mechanism of resistance.

Wehbeh W, Rojas-Diaz R, Li X, Mariano N, Grenner L, Segal-Maurer S, Tommasulo B, Drlica K, Urban C, Rahal JJ.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Jun;49(6):2495-7.PMID: 15917553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Increased mortality associated with a clonal outbreak of ceftazidime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: a case-control study.

Qavi A, Segal-Maurer S, Mariano N, Urban C, Rosenberg C, Burns J, Chiang T, Maurer J, Rahal JJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Jan;26(1):63-8.PMID: 15693410 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quinolone-resistant Haemophilus influenzae: determination of mutant selection window for ciprofloxacin, garenoxacin, levofloxacin, and moxifloxacin.

Li X, Mariano N, Rahal JJ, Urban CM, Drlica K.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Nov;48(11):4460-2.PMID: 15504883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Quinolone-resistant Haemophilus influenzae in a long-term-care facility: nucleotide sequence characterization of alterations in the genes encoding DNA gyrase and DNA topoisomerase IV.

Li X, Mariano N, Rahal JJ, Urban CM, Drlica K.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Sep;48(9):3570-2.PMID: 15328129 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of interferon-alpha2b therapy on St. Louis viral meningoencephalitis: clinical and laboratory results of a pilot study.

Rahal JJ, Anderson J, Rosenberg C, Reagan T, Thompson LL.

J Infect Dis. 2004 Sep 15;190(6):1084-7. Epub 2004 Aug 10.PMID: 15319857 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella species possessing the class A carbapenem-hydrolyzing KPC-2 and inhibitor-resistant TEM-30 beta-lactamases in New York City.

Bradford PA, Bratu S, Urban C, Visalli M, Mariano N, Landman D, Rahal JJ, Brooks S, Cebular S, Quale J.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Jul 1;39(1):55-60. Epub 2004 Jun 14.PMID: 15206053 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quinolone-resistant Haemophilus influenzae in a long-term care facility: clinical and molecular epidemiology.

Nazir J, Urban C, Mariano N, Burns J, Tommasulo B, Rosenberg C, Segal-Maurer S, Rahal JJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Jun 1;38(11):1564-9. Epub 2004 May 12.PMID: 15156444 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An outbreak of domestically acquired typhoid fever in Queens, NY.

Yoon J, Segal-Maurer S, Rahal JJ.

Arch Intern Med. 2004 Mar 8;164(5):565-7.PMID: 15006835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In vitro double and triple synergistic activities of Polymyxin B, imipenem, and rifampin against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.

Yoon J, Urban C, Terzian C, Mariano N, Rahal JJ.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2004 Mar;48(3):753-7.PMID: 14982760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Considerations in control and treatment of nosocomial infections due to multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.

Urban C, Segal-Maurer S, Rahal JJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 May 15;36(10):1268-74. Epub 2003 May 1.PMID: 12746772 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nosocomial antibiotic resistance in multiple gram-negative species: experience at one hospital with squeezing the resistance balloon at multiple sites.

Rahal JJ, Urban C, Segal-Maurer S.

Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Feb 15;34(4):499-503. Epub 2002 Jan 7.PMID: 11797177 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Efficacy of interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin against West Nile virus in vitro.

Anderson JF, Rahal JJ.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Jan;8(1):107-8. No abstract available. PMID: 11749765 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Short-term therapy for intravascular catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

Rahal JJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Dec 1;33(11):1946-7; author reply 1949-51. No abstract available. PMID: 11692309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nosocomial transmission of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa following bronchoscopy associated with improper connection to the Steris System 1 processor.

Sorin M, Segal-Maurer S, Mariano N, Urban C, Combest A, Rahal JJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2001 Jul;22(7):409-13.PMID: 11583207 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases: how big is the problem?

Rahal JJ.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2000 Aug;6 Suppl 2:2-6. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 11523521 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with levofloxacin therapy.

Urban C, Rahman N, Zhao X, Mariano N, Segal-Maurer S, Drlica K, Rahal JJ.

J Infect Dis. 2001 Sep 15;184(6):794-8. Epub 2001 Aug 9.PMID: 11517444 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection of multiresistant ceftazidime-susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates lacking TEM-26 after class restriction of cephalosporins.

Urban C, Mariano N, Rahman N, Queenan AM, Montenegro D, Bush K, Rahal JJ.

Microb Drug Resist. 2000 Winter;6(4):297-303.PMID: 11272258 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical characteristics and molecular epidemiology associated with imipenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Ahmad M, Urban C, Mariano N, Bradford PA, Calcagni E, Projan SJ, Bush K, Rahal JJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 1999 Aug;29(2):352-5.PMID: 10476741 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Successful treatment of ceftazidime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ventriculitis with intravenous meropenem and intraventricular polymyxin B: case report and review.

Segal-Maurer S, Mariano N, Qavi A, Urban C, Rahal JJ Jr.

Clin Infect Dis. 1999 May;28(5):1134-8. Review.PMID: 10452648 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Class restriction of cephalosporin use to control total cephalosporin resistance in nosocomial Klebsiella.

Rahal JJ, Urban C, Horn D, Freeman K, Segal-Maurer S, Maurer J, Mariano N, Marks S, Burns JM, Dominick D, Lim M.

JAMA. 1998 Oct 14;280(14):1233-7.PMID: 9786372 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Intravascular-catheter-related infections.

Rahal JJ.

Lancet. 1998 Jun 6;351(9117):1739. No abstract available. PMID: 9734922 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mycobacterium tuberculosis specimen contamination revisited: the role of laboratory environmental control in a pseudo-outbreak.

Segal-Maurer S, Kreiswirth BN, Burns JM, Lavie S, Lim M, Urban C, Rahal JJ Jr.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Feb;19(2):101-5.PMID: 9510107 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Imipenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae is associated with the combination of ACT-1, a plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase, and the foss of an outer membrane protein.

Bradford PA, Urban C, Mariano N, Projan SJ, Rahal JJ, Bush K.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1997 Mar;41(3):563-9.PMID: 9055993 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Klebsiella and extended spectrum beta-lactamases.

Urban C, Rahal JJ.

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 1997 Feb;8(1):37-43.PMID: 18611783 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Current perspectives on multidrug-resistant bacteria. Epidemiology and control.

Segal-Maurer S, Urban C, Rahal JJ Jr.

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 1996 Dec;10(4):939-57. Review.PMID: 8958176 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparative in-vitro activity of SCH 27899, a novel everninomicin, and vancomycin.

Urban C, Mariano N, Mosinka-Snipas K, Wadee C, Chahrour T, Rahal JJ.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 1996 Feb;37(2):361-4.PMID: 8707748 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The data and safety monitoring board and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) clinical trials.

DeMets DL, Fleming TR, Whitley RJ, Childress JF, Ellenberg SS, Foulkes M, Mayer KH, O'Fallon J, Pollard RB, Rahal JJ, et al.

Control Clin Trials. 1995 Dec;16(6):408-21.PMID: 8720018 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quinupristin/dalfopristin (RP 59500) therapy for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium aortic graft infection: case report.

Sahgal VS, Urban C, Mariano N, Weinbaum F, Turner J, Rahal JJ.

Microb Drug Resist. 1995 Fall;1(3):245-7.PMID: 9158782 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

SHV-7, a novel cefotaxime-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase, identified in Escherichia coli isolates from hospitalized nursing home patients.

Bradford PA, Urban C, Jaiswal A, Mariano N, Rasmussen BA, Projan SJ, Rahal JJ, Bush K.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1995 Apr;39(4):899-905. Erratum in: Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1995 Jul;39(7):1646. PMID: 7785992 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Management of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Rahal JJ.

N Engl J Med. 1994 Dec 29;331(26):1774-5. No abstract available. PMID: 7984204 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical and molecular epidemiology of acinetobacter infections sensitive only to polymyxin B and sulbactam.

Go ES, Urban C, Burns J, Kreiswirth B, Eisner W, Mariano N, Mosinka-Snipas K, Rahal JJ.

Lancet. 1994 Nov 12;344(8933):1329-32.PMID: 7968028 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mycobacterium-avium complex.

Rubin DS, Rahal JJ.

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 1994 Jun;8(2):413-26. Review.PMID: 8089468 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of TEM-26 beta-lactamase responsible for a major outbreak of ceftazidime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Urban C, Meyer KS, Mariano N, Rahal JJ, Flamm R, Rasmussen BA, Bush K.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1994 Feb;38(2):392-5.PMID: 8192474 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Nosocomial outbreak of Klebsiella infection resistant to late-generation cephalosporins.

Meyer KS, Urban C, Eagan JA, Berger BJ, Rahal JJ.

Ann Intern Med. 1993 Sep 1;119(5):353-8.PMID: 8135915 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of sulbactam on infections caused by imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus biotype anitratus.

Urban C, Go E, Mariano N, Berger BJ, Avraham I, Rubin D, Rahal JJ.

J Infect Dis. 1993 Feb;167(2):448-51.PMID: 8421178 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of a beta-lactamase inhibitor, tazobactam, on growth and penicillin-binding proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi.

Urban C, Rahal JJ, Luft B.

FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1991 Jul 15;66(1):113-6.PMID: 1657694 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Role of candida in pathogenesis of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in elderly inpatients.

Danna PL, Urban C, Bellin E, Rahal JJ.

Lancet. 1991 Mar 2;337(8740):511-4.PMID: 1671890 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Penicillin-binding proteins in Borrelia burgdorferi.

Urban C, Rahal JJ, Dattwyller RJ, Gorevic P, Luft BJ.

J Bacteriol. 1990 Oct;172(10):6139-41.PMID: 2211530 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and hemolytic anemia.

Taneja-Uppal N, Rappaport S, Berger BJ, Davidson E, Rahal JJ.

Ann Intern Med. 1989 Aug 15;111(4):340-1. No abstract available. PMID: 2757316 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of combined therapy with ansamycin, clofazimine, ethambutol, and isoniazid for Mycobacterium avium infection in patients with AIDS.

Agins BD, Berman DS, Spicehandler D, el-Sadr W, Simberkoff MS, Rahal JJ.

J Infect Dis. 1989 Apr;159(4):784-7. No abstract available. PMID: 2926169 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles