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Severe sepsis in two Ugandan hospitals: a prospective observational study of management and outcomes in a predominantly HIV-1 infected population.

Jacob ST, Moore CC, Banura P, Pinkerton R, Meya D, Opendi P, Reynolds SJ, Kenya-Mugisha N, Mayanja-Kizza H, Scheld WM; Promoting Resource-Limited Interventions for Sepsis Management in Uganda (PRISM-U) Study Group.

PLoS One. 2009 Nov 11;4(11):e7782.PMID: 19907656 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Training needs assessment for clinicians at antiretroviral therapy clinics: evidence from a national survey in Uganda.

Lutalo IM, Schneider G, Weaver MR, Oyugi JH, Sebuyira LM, Kaye R, Lule F, Namagala E, Scheld WM, McAdam KP, Sande MA.

Hum Resour Health. 2009 Aug 23;7:76.PMID: 19698146 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Antimicrobial agents for complicated skin and skin-structure infections: justification of noninferiority margins in the absence of placebo-controlled trials.

Spellberg B, Talbot GH, Boucher HW, Bradley JS, Gilbert D, Scheld WM, Edwards J Jr, Bartlett JG; Antimicrobial Availability Task Force of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 1;49(3):383-91. Review.PMID: 19555285 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment of severe sepsis with artemether-lumefantrine is associated with decreased mortality in Ugandan patients without malaria.

Moore CC, Jacob ST, Pinkerton R, Banura P, Meya DB, Reynolds SJ, Kenya-Mugisha N, Mayanja-Kizza H, Scheld WM; Promoting Resource-Limited Interventions for Sepsis Management in Uganda (PRISM-U) Study Group.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 May;80(5):723-8.PMID: 19407113 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The expansion of the microbiological spectrum of brain abscesses with use of multiple 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing.

Al Masalma M, Armougom F, Scheld WM, Dufour H, Roche PH, Drancourt M, Raoult D.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 May 1;48(9):1169-78.PMID: 19335164 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Disseminated strongyloidiasis complicating glioblastoma therapy: a case report.

Aregawi D, Lopez D, Wick M, Scheld WM, Schiff D.

J Neurooncol. 2009 Sep;94(3):439-43. Epub 2009 Mar 31.PMID: 19333553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An A2A adenosine receptor agonist, ATL313, reduces inflammation and improves survival in murine sepsis models.

Moore CC, Martin EN, Lee GH, Obrig T, Linden J, Scheld WM.

BMC Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 20;8:141.PMID: 18937852 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A small interference RNA-liposome complexes reduce inflammation and increase survival in murine models of severe sepsis and acute lung injury.

Moore CC, Martin EN, Lee G, Taylor C, Dondero R, Reznikov LL, Dinarello C, Thompson J, Scheld WM.

J Infect Dis. 2008 Nov 1;198(9):1407-14.PMID: 18793104 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reduction in rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after introduction of quarterly linezolid-vancomycin cycling in a surgical intensive care unit.

Smith RL, Evans HL, Chong TW, McElearney ST, Hedrick TL, Swenson BR, Scheld WM, Pruett TL, Sawyer RG.

Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2008 Aug;9(4):423-31.PMID: 18759679 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The management of encephalitis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Tunkel AR, Glaser CA, Bloch KC, Sejvar JJ, Marra CM, Roos KL, Hartman BJ, Kaplan SL, Scheld WM, Whitley RJ; Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Aug 1;47(3):303-27.PMID: 18582201 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outbreak of resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections during a quarterly cycling antibiotic regimen.

Hedrick TL, Schulman AS, McElearney ST, Smith RL, Swenson BR, Evans HL, Truwit JD, Scheld WM, Sawyer RG.

Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2008 Apr;9(2):139-52.PMID: 18426346 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A trans-university center for global health.

Lorntz B, Boissevain JR, Dillingham R, Kelly J, Ballard A, Scheld WM, Guerrant RL.

Acad Med. 2008 Feb;83(2):165-72.PMID: 18303362 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Point-of-care lactate testing predicts mortality of severe sepsis in a predominantly HIV type 1-infected patient population in Uganda.

Moore CC, Jacob ST, Pinkerton R, Meya DB, Mayanja-Kizza H, Reynolds SJ, Scheld WM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 15;46(2):215-22.PMID: 18171253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The epidemic of antibiotic-resistant infections: a call to action for the medical community from the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Spellberg B, Guidos R, Gilbert D, Bradley J, Boucher HW, Scheld WM, Bartlett JG, Edwards J Jr; Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 15;46(2):155-64.PMID: 18171244 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Societal costs versus savings from wild-card patent extension legislation to spur critically needed antibiotic development.

Spellberg B, Miller LG, Kuo MN, Bradley J, Scheld WM, Edwards JE Jr.

Infection. 2007 Jun;35(3):167-74.PMID: 17565458 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Amikacin and colistin for treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis.

Fulnecky EJ, Wright D, Scheld WM, Kanawati L, Shoham S.

J Infect. 2005 Dec;51(5):e249-51.PMID: 15913780 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A new method for measuring blood-brain barrier permeability demonstrated with Europium-bound albumin during experimental lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced meningitis in the rat.

Ivey NS, Martin EN Jr, Scheld WM, Nathan BR.

J Neurosci Methods. 2005 Mar 15;142(1):91-5.PMID: 15652621 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Practice guidelines for the management of bacterial meningitis.

Tunkel AR, Hartman BJ, Kaplan SL, Kaufman BA, Roos KL, Scheld WM, Whitley RJ.

Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Nov 1;39(9):1267-84. Epub 2004 Oct 6. No abstract available. PMID: 15494903 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Routine lumbar puncture in children with febrile seizures in Ghana: should it continue?

Owusu-Ofori A, Agbenyega T, Ansong D, Scheld WM.

Int J Infect Dis. 2004 Nov;8(6):353-61.PMID: 15494257 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A2A adenosine receptor activation improves survival in mouse models of endotoxemia and sepsis.

Sullivan GW, Fang G, Linden J, Scheld WM.

J Infect Dis. 2004 May 15;189(10):1897-904. Epub 2004 Apr 28.PMID: 15122527 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reducing joint destruction due to septic arthrosis using an adenosine2A receptor agonist.

Cohen SB, Gill SS, Baer GS, Leo BM, Scheld WM, Diduch DR.

J Orthop Res. 2004 Mar;22(2):427-35.PMID: 15013106 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

W Michael Scheld--President of the Infectious Diseases Society of America interview by Pam Das.

Scheld WM.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Oct;3(10):667-70. No abstract available. PMID: 14522267 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A pseudo-outbreak of nosocomial infections associated with the introduction of an antibiotic management programme.

Calfee DP, Brooks J, Zirk NM, Giannetta ET, Scheld WM, Farr BM.

J Hosp Infect. 2003 Sep;55(1):26-32.PMID: 14505606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Whipple disease of the central nervous system.

Scheld WM.

J Infect Dis. 2003 Sep 15;188(6):797-800. Epub 2003 Sep 9. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 12964109 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The efficacy of trovafloxacin versus ceftriaxone in the treatment of experimental brain abscess/cerebritis in the rat.

Nathan BR, Scheld WM.

Life Sci. 2003 Aug 22;73(14):1773-82.PMID: 12888116 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A randomized and blinded multicenter trial of high-dose fluconazole plus placebo versus fluconazole plus amphotericin B as therapy for candidemia and its consequences in nonneutropenic subjects.

Rex JH, Pappas PG, Karchmer AW, Sobel J, Edwards JE, Hadley S, Brass C, Vazquez JA, Chapman SW, Horowitz HW, Zervos M, McKinsey D, Lee J, Babinchak T, Bradsher RW, Cleary JD, Cohen DM, Danziger L, Goldman M, Goodman J, Hilton E, Hyslop NE, Kett DH, Lutz J, Rubin RH, Scheld WM, Schuster M, Simmons B, Stein DK, Washburn RG, Mautner L, Chu TC, Panzer H, Rosenstein RB, Booth J; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group.

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 May 15;36(10):1221-8. Epub 2003 May 8.PMID: 12746765 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment of Salmonella meningitis: two case reports and a review of the literature.

Owusu-Ofori A, Scheld WM.

Int J Infect Dis. 2003 Mar;7(1):53-60. Review.PMID: 12718811 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Maintaining fluoroquinolone class efficacy: review of influencing factors.

Scheld WM.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Jan;9(1):1-9. Review.PMID: 12533274 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The potential roles of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin concentrations in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid in the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis.

Nathan BR, Scheld WM.

Curr Clin Top Infect Dis. 2002;22:155-65. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 12520652 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis.

Koedel U, Scheld WM, Pfister HW.

Lancet Infect Dis. 2002 Dec;2(12):721-36. Review.PMID: 12467688 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Corticosteroids for everyone with meningitis?

Tunkel AR, Scheld WM.

N Engl J Med. 2002 Nov 14;347(20):1613-5. No abstract available. PMID: 12432049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pathophysiology of bacterial meningitis: mechanism(s) of neuronal injury.

Scheld WM, Koedel U, Nathan B, Pfister HW.

J Infect Dis. 2002 Dec 1;186 Suppl 2:S225-33. Review.PMID: 12424702 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment of Bacterial Meningitis.

Tunkel AR, Scheld WM.

Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2002 Feb;4(1):7-16.PMID: 11853652 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Antibiotics for severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Knaus WA, Scheld WM.

Lancet. 2001 Dec 15;358(9298):2013. No abstract available. PMID: 11755603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rigid nasal endoscopy versus sinus puncture and aspiration for microbiologic documentation of acute bacterial maxillary sinusitis.

Talbot GH, Kennedy DW, Scheld WM, Granito K; Endoscopy Study Group.

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Nov 15;33(10):1668-75. Epub 2001 Oct 5.PMID: 11595989 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inhibiting the inflammatory response in joint sepsis.

Hogan CJ, Fang GD, Scheld WM, Linden J, Diduch DR.

Arthroscopy. 2001 Mar;17(3):311-315.PMID: 11239354 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Cyclic AMP-dependent inhibition of human neutrophil oxidative activity by substituted 2-propynylcyclohexyl adenosine A(2A) receptor agonists.

Sullivan GW, Rieger JM, Scheld WM, Macdonald TL, Linden J.

Br J Pharmacol. 2001 Mar;132(5):1017-26.PMID: 11226132 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

New Advances in the Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Bacterial Meningitis.

Nathan BR, Scheld WM.

Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2000 Aug;2(4):332-336.PMID: 11095874 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Effects of fibrin sealant-containing antibiotics in a rabbit model of chronic sinusitis.

Schlosser RJ, Spotnitz WD, Rodeheaver G, Scheld WM, Iezzoni J, Gross CW.

Am J Rhinol. 2000 Jul-Aug;14(4):233-40.PMID: 10979496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Neutrophil A2A adenosine receptor inhibits inflammation in a rat model of meningitis: synergy with the type IV phosphodiesterase inhibitor, rolipram.

Sullivan GW, Linden J, Buster BL, Scheld WM.

J Infect Dis. 1999 Nov;180(5):1550-60.PMID: 10515815 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Time course of hearing loss in an animal model of pneumococcal meningitis.

Kesser BW, Hashisaki GT, Spindel JH, Ruth RA, Scheld WM.

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999 May;120(5):628-37.PMID: 10229585 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of sparfloxacin and clarithromycin in the treatment of acute bacterial maxillary sinusitis. Sparfloxacin Multicenter AMS Study Group.

Henry DC, Moller DJ Jr, Adelglass J, Scheld WM, Jablonski CK, Zhang H, Talbot GH.

Clin Ther. 1999 Feb;21(2):340-52.PMID: 10211537 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Predicting pass rates on the American Board of Internal Medicine certifying examination.

Rollins LK, Martindale JR, Edmond M, Manser T, Scheld WM.

J Gen Intern Med. 1998 Jun;13(6):414-6.PMID: 9669571 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Infections of the central nervous system.

Townsend GC, Scheld WM.

Adv Intern Med. 1998;43:403-47. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 9506189 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Strategies for stemming the tide of antimicrobial resistance.

Low DE, Scheld WM.

JAMA. 1998 Feb 4;279(5):394-5. No abstract available. PMID: 9459476 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Issues in the management of bacterial meningitis.

Tunkel AR, Scheld WM.

Am Fam Physician. 1997 Oct 1;56(5):1355-62. Review.PMID: 9337758 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Monoclonal antibody-mediated, complement-independent binding of human tumor necrosis factor-alpha to primate erythrocytes via complement receptor 1.

Buster BL, Mattes KA, Scheld WM.

J Infect Dis. 1997 Oct;176(4):1041-6.PMID: 9333164 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparative effectiveness and safety of cefdinir and amoxicillin-clavulanate in treatment of acute community-acquired bacterial sinusitis. Cefdinir Sinusitis Study Group.

Gwaltney JM Jr, Savolainen S, Rivas P, Schenk P, Scheld WM, Sydnor A, Keyserling C, Leigh A, Tack KJ.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1997 Jul;41(7):1517-20.PMID: 9210677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Brain injury in bacterial meningitis: therapeutic implications.

Pfister HW, Scheld WM.

Curr Opin Neurol. 1997 Jun;10(3):254-9. Review.PMID: 9229135 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of a vancomycin restriction policy on ordering practices during an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium.

Anglim AM, Klym B, Byers KE, Scheld WM, Farr BM.

Arch Intern Med. 1997 May 26;157(10):1132-6.PMID: 9164379 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles