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Candida parapsilosis: a review of its epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical aspects, typing and antimicrobial susceptibility.

van Asbeck EC, Clemons KV, Stevens DA.

Crit Rev Microbiol. 2009;35(4):283-309.PMID: 19821642 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Expert opinion: what to do when there is Coccidioides exposure in a laboratory.

Stevens DA, Clemons KV, Levine HB, Pappagianis D, Baron EJ, Hamilton JR, Deresinski SC, Johnson N.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15;49(6):919-23.PMID: 19663562 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Collectins and fungal pathogens: roles of surfactant proteins and mannose binding lectin in host resistance.

Brummer E, Stevens DA.

Med Mycol. 2009 Jul 28:1-13. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19639514 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Halomonas, a newly recognized human pathogen causing infections and contamination in a dialysis center: three new species.

Stevens DA, Hamilton JR, Johnson N, Kim KK, Lee JS.

Medicine (Baltimore). 2009 Jul;88(4):244-9. Review.PMID: 19593230 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A safety and feasibility study comparing an intermittent high dose with a daily standard dose of liposomal amphotericin B for persistent neutropenic fever.

Ellis M, Bernsen R, Ali-Zadeh H, Kristensen J, Hedström U, Poughias L, Bresnik M, Al-Essa A, Stevens DA.

J Med Microbiol. 2009 Nov;58(Pt 11):1474-85. Epub 2009 Jul 9.PMID: 19589901 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Efficacy of voriconazole in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) experimentally infected with Aspergillus fumigatus.

Tell LA, Clemons KV, Kline Y, Woods L, Kass PH, Martinez M, Stevens DA.

Med Mycol. 2009 Jun 22:1-11. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19548171 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

A new method for the treatment of chronic fungal meningitis: continuous infusion into the cerebrospinal fluid for coccidioidal meningitis.

Berry CD, Stevens DA, Hassid EI, Pappagianis D, Happs EL, Sahrakar K.

Am J Med Sci. 2009 Jul;338(1):79-82.PMID: 19506457 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a vaccine against coccidioidomycosis.

Capilla J, Clemons KV, Liu M, Levine HB, Stevens DA.

Vaccine. 2009 Jun 2;27(27):3662-8. Epub 2009 Apr 2.PMID: 19464548 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Genomic DNA microarray comparison of gene expression patterns in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis mycelia and yeasts in vitro.

Monteiro JP, Clemons KV, Mirels LF, Coller JA Jr, Wu TD, Shankar J, Lopes CR, Stevens DA.

Microbiology. 2009 Aug;155(Pt 8):2795-808. Epub 2009 Apr 30.PMID: 19406900 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Molecular epidemiology of global Candida dubliniensis isolates utilizing genomic-wide, co-dominant, PCR-based markers for strain delineation.

McCullough MJ, Hepworth G, Gordon I, Clemons KV, Stevens DA.

Med Mycol. 2009 Apr 7:1-7. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19353373 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Comparative efficacies of lipid-complexed amphotericin B and liposomal amphotericin B against coccidioidal meningitis in rabbits.

Clemons KV, Capilla J, Sobel RA, Martinez M, Tong AJ, Stevens DA.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 May;53(5):1858-62. Epub 2009 Mar 9.PMID: 19273680 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Correlation of restriction fragment length polymorphism genotyping with internal transcribed spacer sequence, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA and multilocus sequence groupings for Candida parapsilosis.

van Asbeck EC, Clemons KV, Markham AN, Stevens DA.

Mycoses. 2009 Nov;52(6):493-8. Epub 2009 Jan 24.PMID: 19207835 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Frequency of paradoxical effect with caspofungin in Candida albicans.

Stevens DA.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Jun;28(6):717. Epub 2009 Jan 8. No abstract available. PMID: 19130103 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

In vitro activity of amphotericin B against Aspergillus terreus isolates from different countries and regions.

Tortorano AM, Prigitano A, Dho G, Biraghi E, Stevens DA, Ghannoum M, Nolard N, Viviani MA.

J Chemother. 2008 Dec;20(6):756-7. No abstract available. PMID: 19129077 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Third Advances Against Aspergillosis Meeting 2008.

Stevens DA, Clemons KV.

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2008 Dec;6(6):851-3. Erratum in: Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2009 Mar;7(2):242. PMID: 19053897 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical aspergillosis for basic scientists.

Stevens DA.

Med Mycol. 2009;47 Suppl 1:S1-4. Epub 2008 Aug 12. Review.PMID: 18720215 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Conventional or molecular measurement of Aspergillus load.

Clemons KV, Stevens DA.

Med Mycol. 2009;47 Suppl 1:S132-7. Epub 2008 Jul 24. Review.PMID: 18654916 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Defining responses to therapy and study outcomes in clinical trials of invasive fungal diseases: Mycoses Study Group and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer consensus criteria.

Segal BH, Herbrecht R, Stevens DA, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Sobel J, Viscoli C, Walsh TJ, Maertens J, Patterson TF, Perfect JR, Dupont B, Wingard JR, Calandra T, Kauffman CA, Graybill JR, Baden LR, Pappas PG, Bennett JE, Kontoyiannis DP, Cordonnier C, Viviani MA, Bille J, Almyroudis NG, Wheat LJ, Graninger W, Bow EJ, Holland SM, Kullberg BJ, Dismukes WE, De Pauw BE.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Sep 1;47(5):674-83. Review.PMID: 18637757 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Molecular epidemiology of the global and temporal diversity of Candida parapsilosis.

Van Asbeck EC, Clemons KV, Markham AN, Stevens DA; Candida Parapsilosis Global Epidemiology Group.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2008;40(10):827-34.PMID: 18609202 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Significant differences in drug susceptibility among species in the Candida parapsilosis group.

van Asbeck E, Clemons KV, Martinez M, Tong AJ, Stevens DA.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Sep;62(1):106-9. Epub 2008 Jun 13.PMID: 18555634 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A possible mechanism for synergy between antifungal therapy and immune defenses.

Stevens DA.

J Infect Dis. 2008 Jul 15;198(2):159-62. No abstract available. PMID: 18500932 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Revised definitions of invasive fungal disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group.

De Pauw B, Walsh TJ, Donnelly JP, Stevens DA, Edwards JE, Calandra T, Pappas PG, Maertens J, Lortholary O, Kauffman CA, Denning DW, Patterson TF, Maschmeyer G, Bille J, Dismukes WE, Herbrecht R, Hope WW, Kibbler CC, Kullberg BJ, Marr KA, Muñoz P, Odds FC, Perfect JR, Restrepo A, Ruhnke M, Segal BH, Sobel JD, Sorrell TC, Viscoli C, Wingard JR, Zaoutis T, Bennett JE; European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jun 15;46(12):1813-21.PMID: 18462102 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A direct comparison of the taste of electrical and chemical stimuli.

Stevens DA, Baker D, Cutroni E, Frey A, Pugh D, Lawless HT.

Chem Senses. 2008 Jun;33(5):405-13. Epub 2008 Mar 2.PMID: 18316314 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comparison of lipid amphotericin B preparations in treating murine zygomycosis.

Ibrahim AS, Gebremariam T, Husseiny MI, Stevens DA, Fu Y, Edwards JE Jr, Spellberg B.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Apr;52(4):1573-6. Epub 2008 Jan 28.PMID: 18227182 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Treatment of aspergillosis: clinical practice guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Walsh TJ, Anaissie EJ, Denning DW, Herbrecht R, Kontoyiannis DP, Marr KA, Morrison VA, Segal BH, Steinbach WJ, Stevens DA, van Burik JA, Wingard JR, Patterson TF; Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 1;46(3):327-60. No abstract available. PMID: 18177225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evasion of innate immune responses: evidence for mannose binding lectin inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha production by macrophages in response to Blastomyces dermatitidis.

Koneti A, Linke MJ, Brummer E, Stevens DA.

Infect Immun. 2008 Mar;76(3):994-1002. Epub 2007 Dec 10.PMID: 18070904 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Animal models: an important tool in mycology.

Capilla J, Clemons KV, Stevens DA.

Med Mycol. 2007 Dec;45(8):657-84. Review.PMID: 18027253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Candida parapsilosis fungemia in neonates: genotyping results suggest healthcare workers hands as source, and review of published studies.

van Asbeck EC, Huang YC, Markham AN, Clemons KV, Stevens DA.

Mycopathologia. 2007 Dec;164(6):287-93. Epub 2007 Sep 15.PMID: 17874281 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Production of IL-6, in contrast to other cytokines and chemokines, in macrophage innate immune responses: effect of serum and fungal (Blastomyces) challenge.

Brummer E, Capilla J, Bythadka L, Stevens DA.

Cytokine. 2007 Sep;39(3):163-70. Epub 2007 Aug 22. Erratum in: Cytokine. 2008 Jul;43(1):102. PMID: 17716906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Safety, tolerance, and efficacy of posaconazole therapy in patients with nonmeningeal disseminated or chronic pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.

Catanzaro A, Cloud GA, Stevens DA, Levine BE, Williams PL, Johnson RH, Rendon A, Mirels LF, Lutz JE, Holloway M, Galgiani JN.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Sep 1;45(5):562-8. Epub 2007 Jul 23.PMID: 17682989 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Efficacy of amphotericin B lipid complex in a rabbit model of coccidioidal meningitis.

Capilla J, Clemons KV, Sobel RA, Stevens DA.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Sep;60(3):673-6. Epub 2007 Jul 23.PMID: 17646202 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Posaconazole therapy for chronic refractory coccidioidomycosis.

Stevens DA, Rendon A, Gaona-Flores V, Catanzaro A, Anstead GM, Pedicone L, Graybill JR.

Chest. 2007 Sep;132(3):952-8. Epub 2007 Jun 15.PMID: 17573510 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Demonstration of a novel technique to quantitatively assess inflammatory mediators and cells in rat knee joints.

Barton NJ, Stevens DA, Hughes JP, Rossi AG, Chessell IP, Reeve AJ, McQueen DS.

J Inflamm (Lond). 2007 Jun 13;4:13.PMID: 17567894 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

Azole therapy of clinical and experimental coccidioidomycosis.

Stevens DA, Clemons KV.

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Sep;1111:442-54. Epub 2007 Mar 7. Review.PMID: 17344535 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Experimental animal models of coccidioidomycosis.

Clemons KV, Capilla J, Stevens DA.

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Sep;1111:208-24. Epub 2007 Mar 7. Review.PMID: 17344524 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of itraconazole and fluconazole treatments in a murine model of coccidioidal meningitis.

Kamberi P, Sobel RA, Clemons KV, Waldvogel A, Striebel JM, Williams PL, Stevens DA.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Mar;51(3):998-1003. Epub 2006 Dec 18.PMID: 17178793 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Treatment of invasive aspergillosis with posaconazole in patients who are refractory to or intolerant of conventional therapy: an externally controlled trial.

Walsh TJ, Raad I, Patterson TF, Chandrasekar P, Donowitz GR, Graybill R, Greene RE, Hachem R, Hadley S, Herbrecht R, Langston A, Louie A, Ribaud P, Segal BH, Stevens DA, van Burik JA, White CS, Corcoran G, Gogate J, Krishna G, Pedicone L, Hardalo C, Perfect JR.

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jan 1;44(1):2-12. Epub 2006 Nov 28.PMID: 17143808 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Experimental systemic infection with Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and Cryptococcus gattii in normal and immunodeficient mice.

Capilla J, Maffei CM, Clemons KV, Sobel RA, Stevens DA.

Med Mycol. 2006 Nov;44(7):601-10.PMID: 17071553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

IL-12 induction of resistance to pulmonary blastomycosis.

Brummer E, Vinoda V, Stevens DA.

Cytokine. 2006 Sep;35(5-6):221-8. Epub 2006 Oct 24.PMID: 17067810 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Escape of Candida from caspofungin inhibition at concentrations above the MIC (paradoxical effect) accomplished by increased cell wall chitin; evidence for beta-1,6-glucan synthesis inhibition by caspofungin.

Stevens DA, Ichinomiya M, Koshi Y, Horiuchi H.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Sep;50(9):3160-1.PMID: 16940118 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Interferon- gamma as an antifungal.

Stevens DA, Brummer E, Clemons KV.

J Infect Dis. 2006 Sep 15;194 Suppl 1:S33-7. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 16921470 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Development of an orogastrointestinal mucosal model of candidiasis with dissemination to visceral organs.

Clemons KV, Gonzalez GM, Singh G, Imai J, Espiritu M, Parmar R, Stevens DA.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Aug;50(8):2650-7.PMID: 16870754 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of lung surfactant collectins on bronchoalveolar macrophage interaction with Blastomyces dermatitidis: inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha production by surfactant protein D.

Lekkala M, LeVine AM, Linke MJ, Crouch EC, Linders B, Brummer E, Stevens DA.

Infect Immun. 2006 Aug;74(8):4549-56.PMID: 16861641 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Efficacy of micafungin alone or in combination against experimental pulmonary aspergillosis.

Clemons KV, Stevens DA.

Med Mycol. 2006 Feb;44(1):69-73.PMID: 16805095 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Susceptibility to pulmonary blastomycosis in young compared to adult mice: immune deficiencies in young mice.

Kethineni N, Brummer E, Stevens DA.

Med Mycol. 2006 Feb;44(1):51-60.PMID: 16805093 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Coccidioidal meningitis.

Stevens DA.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Aug 1;43(3):385; author reply 385-6. No abstract available. PMID: 16804858 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Animal models testing monotherapy versus combination antifungal therapy: lessons learned and future directions.

Clemons KV, Stevens DA.

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2006 Aug;19(4):360-4. Review.PMID: 16804384 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Who let the dogs out? Infection control did: utility of dogs in health care settings and infection control aspects.

DiSalvo H, Haiduven D, Johnson N, Reyes VV, Hench CP, Shaw R, Stevens DA.

Am J Infect Control. 2006 Jun;34(5):301-7.PMID: 16765210 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Efficacy of Abelcet alone, or in combination therapy, against experimental central nervous system aspergillosis.

Clemons KV, Parmar R, Martinez M, Stevens DA.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006 Aug;58(2):466-9. Epub 2006 Jun 7.PMID: 16760192 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Assessment of the paradoxical effect of caspofungin in therapy of candidiasis.

Clemons KV, Espiritu M, Parmar R, Stevens DA.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Apr;50(4):1293-7. Erratum in: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Jul;50(7):2592. PMID: 16569843 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article