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Effects of chronic hepatitis C infection on the treatment of breast cancer patients.

Morrow PK, Tarrand JJ, Taylor SH, Kau SW, Theriault RL, Hortobagyi GN, Broglio KR, Hahn KM.

Ann Oncol. 2009 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19875760 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Antifungal activity of colistin against Mucorales species in vitro and in a murine model of Rhizopus oryzae pulmonary infection.

Ben-Ami R, Lewis RE, Tarrand J, Leventakos K, Kontoyiannis DP.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Oct 26. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19858263 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Candidemia in patients with hematologic malignancies in the era of new antifungal agents (2001-2007): stable incidence but changing epidemiology of a still frequently lethal infection.

Sipsas NV, Lewis RE, Tarrand J, Hachem R, Rolston KV, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP.

Cancer. 2009 Oct 15;115(20):4745-52.PMID: 19634156 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia in cancer patients.

Vigil KJ, Adachi JA, Aboufaycal H, Hachem RY, Reitzel RA, Jiang Y, Tarrand JJ, Chemaly RF, Bodey GP, Rolston KV, Raad I.

Am J Infect Control. 2009 Nov;37(9):741-5. Epub 2009 May 31.PMID: 19487050 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Evaluation of an abbreviated protocol for cytomegalovirus pp65 antigenemia testing.

LaSala PR, Yarsa J, Nguyen DV, Han XY, Tarrand J.

Am J Clin Pathol. 2009 Apr;131(4):526-31.PMID: 19289588 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Herpes simplex virus lower respiratory tract infection in patients with solid tumors.

Aisenberg GM, Torres HA, Tarrand J, Safdar A, Bodey G, Chemaly RF.

Cancer. 2009 Jan 1;115(1):199-206. Erratum in: Cancer. 2009 Apr 1;115(7):1586. Aisenberg, Galbiel [corrected to Aisenberg, Gabriel M]; Torres, Harrys [corrected to Torres, Harrys A]. PMID: 19090003 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Severe parainfluenza virus type 2 supraglottitis in an immunocompetent adult host: an unusual cause of a paramyxoviridae viral infection.

Vigil KJ, Mulanovich VE, Chemaly RF, Tarrand J, Raad II, Adachi JA.

J Intern Med. 2009 Mar;265(3):397-400. Epub 2008 Nov 14.PMID: 19019183 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Precautions with gentian violet: skin marking made sterile, effective, and economical.

Chen TM, Castaneda M, Wanitphakdeedecha R, Nguyen TH, Tarrand JJ, Soares MK.

Am J Infect Control. 2009 Apr;37(3):244-6. Epub 2008 Oct 14.PMID: 18922601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Legionella pneumonia in cancer patients.

Jacobson KL, Miceli MH, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP.

Medicine (Baltimore). 2008 May;87(3):152-9.PMID: 18520324 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Valganciclovir prevents cytomegalovirus reactivation in patients receiving alemtuzumab-based therapy.

O'Brien S, Ravandi F, Riehl T, Wierda W, Huang X, Tarrand J, O'Neal B, Kantarjian H, Keating M.

Blood. 2008 Feb 15;111(4):1816-9. Epub 2007 Nov 26.PMID: 18039954 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A comparison of galactomannan-ELISA and a newly developed galactomannan-LATEX test in the serologic diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematologic malignancies.

Keutgen X, Hachem R, Jiang Y, Pham-Williams T, Tarrand J, Raad I.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007 Sep;26(9):655-8. Epub 2007 Jul 11.PMID: 17623114 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Microbial contamination of hematopoietic progenitor cell products: clinical outcome.

Patah PA, Parmar S, McMannis J, Sadeghi T, Karandish S, Rondon G, Tarrand J, Champlin R, de Lima M, Shpall EJ.

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2007 Aug;40(4):365-8. Epub 2007 Jun 18.PMID: 17572714 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Species identification and strain differentiation of clinical Candida isolates using the DiversiLab system of automated repetitive sequence-based PCR.

Wise MG, Healy M, Reece K, Smith R, Walton D, Dutch W, Renwick A, Huong J, Young S, Tarrand J, Kontoyiannis DP.

J Med Microbiol. 2007 Jun;56(Pt 6):778-87.PMID: 17510263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Increased culture recovery of Zygomycetes under physiologic temperature conditions.

Kontoyiannis DP, Chamilos G, Hassan SA, Lewis RE, Albert ND, Tarrand JJ.

Am J Clin Pathol. 2007 Feb;127(2):208-12.PMID: 17210526 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

First reported infections caused by three newly described genera in the family Xanthomonadaceae.

LaSala PR, Segal J, Han FS, Tarrand JJ, Han XY.

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Feb;45(2):641-4. Epub 2006 Nov 22.PMID: 17122001 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Colonization and infection with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus among patients with cancer.

Matar MJ, Tarrand J, Raad I, Rolston KV.

Am J Infect Control. 2006 Oct;34(8):534-6.PMID: 17015161 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Respiratory viral infections in adults with hematologic malignancies and human stem cell transplantation recipients: a retrospective study at a major cancer center.

Chemaly RF, Ghosh S, Bodey GP, Rohatgi N, Safdar A, Keating MJ, Champlin RE, Aguilera EA, Tarrand JJ, Raad II.

Medicine (Baltimore). 2006 Sep;85(5):278-87.PMID: 16974212 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Changing trends in etiology of bacteremia in patients with cancer.

Safdar A, Rodriguez GH, Balakrishnan M, Tarrand JJ, Rolston KV.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Aug;25(8):522-6.PMID: 16896827 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Invasive fungal infections in patients with hematologic malignancies in a tertiary care cancer center: an autopsy study over a 15-year period (1989-2003).

Chamilos G, Luna M, Lewis RE, Bodey GP, Chemaly R, Tarrand JJ, Safdar A, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP.

Haematologica. 2006 Jul;91(7):986-9. Epub 2006 Jun 1.PMID: 16757415 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prospective study of the value of quantitative culture of organisms from blood collected through central venous catheters in differentiating between contamination and bloodstream infection.

Chatzinikolaou I, Hanna H, Darouiche R, Samonis G, Tarrand J, Raad I.

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 May;44(5):1834-5.PMID: 16672415 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cytomegalovirus infection in patients with lymphoma: an important cause of morbidity and mortality.

Torres HA, Kontoyiannis DP, Aguilera EA, Younes A, Luna MA, Tarrand JJ, Nogueras GM, Raad II, Chemaly RF.

Clin Lymphoma Myeloma. 2006 Mar;6(5):393-8.PMID: 16640816 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Culture-positive and culture-negative endocarditis in patients with cancer: a retrospective observational study, 1994-2004.

Yusuf SW, Ali SS, Swafford J, Durand JB, Bodey GP, Chemaly RF, Kontoyiannis DP, Tarrand J, Rolston KV, Yeh E, Raad II, Safdar A.

Medicine (Baltimore). 2006 Mar;85(2):86-94.PMID: 16609347 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Central venous catheter and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia in cancer patients.

Boktour M, Hanna H, Ansari S, Bahna B, Hachem R, Tarrand J, Rolston K, Safdar A, Raad I.

Cancer. 2006 May 1;106(9):1967-73.PMID: 16565968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia in patients with cancer: disease characteristics and outcomes in the era of escalating drug resistance (1998-2002).

Kumashi P, Girgawy E, Tarrand JJ, Rolston KV, Raad II, Safdar A.

Medicine (Baltimore). 2005 Sep;84(5):303-12.PMID: 16148730 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical significance and epidemiologic analyses of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare among patients without AIDS.

Han XY, Tarrand JJ, Infante R, Jacobson KL, Truong M.

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Sep;43(9):4407-12.PMID: 16145084 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus disease in patients with cancer: a two decade experience in a tertiary care cancer center.

Torres HA, Kontoyiannis DP, Bodey GP, Adachi JA, Luna MA, Tarrand JJ, Nogueras GM, Raad II, Chemaly RF.

Eur J Cancer. 2005 Oct;41(15):2268-79. Epub 2005 Sep 6.PMID: 16143517 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in patients with lymphoma.

Chemaly RF, Torres HA, Hachem RY, Nogueras GM, Aguilera EA, Younes A, Luna MA, Rodriguez G, Tarrand JJ, Raad II.

Cancer. 2005 Sep 15;104(6):1213-20.PMID: 16078263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Oral Campylobacter species involved in extraoral abscess: a report of three cases.

Han XY, Tarrand JJ, Rice DC.

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 May;43(5):2513-5.PMID: 15872299 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cholesterol import by Aspergillus fumigatus and its influence on antifungal potency of sterol biosynthesis inhibitors.

Xiong Q, Hassan SA, Wilson WK, Han XY, May GS, Tarrand JJ, Matsuda SP.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Feb;49(2):518-24.PMID: 15673727 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Aspergillus hyphae in infected tissue: evidence of physiologic adaptation and effect on culture recovery.

Tarrand JJ, Han XY, Kontoyiannis DP, May GS.

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jan;43(1):382-6.PMID: 15634998 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Differential quantitative blood cultures for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infections associated with short- and long-term catheters: a prospective study.

Chatzinikolaou I, Hanna H, Hachem R, Alakech B, Tarrand J, Raad I.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004 Nov;50(3):167-72.PMID: 15541601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The significance of blood cultures positive for emerging saprophytic moulds in cancer patients.

Lionakis MS, Bodey GP, Tarrand JJ, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2004 Oct;10(10):922-5.PMID: 15373888 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trichosporonosis in a tertiary care cancer center: risk factors, changing spectrum and determinants of outcome.

Kontoyiannis DP, Torres HA, Chagua M, Hachem R, Tarrand JJ, Bodey GP, Raad II.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2004;36(8):564-9.PMID: 15370667 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Central venous catheter-related bacteremia due to gram-negative bacilli: significance of catheter removal in preventing relapse.

Hanna H, Afif C, Alakech B, Boktour M, Tarrand J, Hachem R, Raad I.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 Aug;25(8):646-9.PMID: 15357155 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reagent strips may not detect Staphylococcus epidermidis contamination of platelet concentrates.

Tarrand J, Sazama KJ, Lichtiger B.

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2004 Aug;128(8):852-3. No abstract available. PMID: 15270621 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of surveillance for vancomycin-resistant enterococci on controlling a bloodstream outbreak among patients with hematologic malignancy.

Hachem R, Graviss L, Hanna H, Arbuckle R, Dvorak T, Hackett B, Gonzalez V, Perego C, Tarrand J, Raad I.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 May;25(5):391-4.PMID: 15188844 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Moraxella osloensis blood and catheter infections during anticancer chemotherapy: clinical and microbiologic studies of 10 cases.

Han XY, Tarrand JJ.

Am J Clin Pathol. 2004 Apr;121(4):581-7.PMID: 15080311 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Infections by the yeast Kodomaea (Pichia) ohmeri: two cases and literature review.

Han XY, Tarrand JJ, Escudero E.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004 Feb;23(2):127-30. Epub 2004 Jan 14. Review.PMID: 14722784 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Differential time to positivity: a useful method for diagnosing catheter-related bloodstream infections.

Raad I, Hanna HA, Alakech B, Chatzinikolaou I, Johnson MM, Tarrand J.

Ann Intern Med. 2004 Jan 6;140(1):18-25.PMID: 14706968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hospitalization of an oncology patient suspected of having severe acute respiratory syndrome: a setup for an infection control quagmire at a comprehensive cancer center.

Safdar A, Chemaly RF, Perego CA, Gonzalez VR, Rolston KV, Raad II, Tarrand JJ, Callender DL.

Cancer. 2003 Dec 15;98(12):2738-9. No abstract available. PMID: 14669300 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Protothecosis in patients with cancer: case series and literature review.

Torres HA, Bodey GP, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2003 Aug;9(8):786-92.PMID: 14616698 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Fusobacterial brain abscess: a review of five cases and an analysis of possible pathogenesis.

Han XY, Weinberg JS, Prabhu SS, Hassenbusch SJ, Fuller GN, Tarrand JJ, Kontoyiannis DP.

J Neurosurg. 2003 Oct;99(4):693-700.PMID: 14567605 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Candidemia in a tertiary care cancer center: in vitro susceptibility and its association with outcome of initial antifungal therapy.

Antoniadou A, Torres HA, Lewis RE, Thornby J, Bodey GP, Tarrand JP, Han XY, Rolston KV, Safdar A, Raad II, Kontoyiannis DP.

Medicine (Baltimore). 2003 Sep;82(5):309-21.PMID: 14530780 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Coccidioidomycosis osteomyelitis masquerading as a bone tumor. A report of 2 cases.

Caraway NP, Fanning CV, Stewart JM, Tarrand JJ, Weber KL.

Acta Cytol. 2003 Sep-Oct;47(5):777-82.PMID: 14526678 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Current spectrum of bacterial infections in patients with cancer.

Yadegarynia D, Tarrand J, Raad I, Rolston K.

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Oct 15;37(8):1144-5. No abstract available. PMID: 14523785 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bacteriologic characterization of 36 strains of Roseomonas species and proposal of Roseomonas mucosa sp nov and Roseomonas gilardii subsp rosea subsp nov.

Han XY, Pham AS, Tarrand JJ, Rolston KV, Helsel LO, Levett PN.

Am J Clin Pathol. 2003 Aug;120(2):256-64.PMID: 12931556 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Diagnosis of invasive septate mold infections. A correlation of microbiological culture and histologic or cytologic examination.

Tarrand JJ, Lichterfeld M, Warraich I, Luna M, Han XY, May GS, Kontoyiannis DP.

Am J Clin Pathol. 2003 Jun;119(6):854-8.PMID: 12817433 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Non-albicans Candida is the most common cause of candidemia in pediatric cancer patients.

Mullen CA, Abd El-Baki H, Samir H, Tarrand JJ, Rolston KV.

Support Care Cancer. 2003 May;11(5):321-5. Epub 2003 Mar 11.PMID: 12720076 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Catheter-related bacteremia caused by the nocardioform actinomycete Gordonia terrae.

Pham AS, Dé I, Rolston KV, Tarrand JJ, Han XY.

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Feb 15;36(4):524-7. Epub 2003 Jan 30.PMID: 12567313 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnosis of invasive mold infection by real-time quantitative PCR.

Pham AS, Tarrand JJ, May GS, Lee MS, Kontoyiannis DP, Han XY.

Am J Clin Pathol. 2003 Jan;119(1):38-44.PMID: 12520695 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article