Bench-to-bedside review:Clostridium difficilecolitis (2008)
Gould, Carolyn V, McDonald, L Clifford
Abstract In recent years, the incidence and severity of Clostridium difficile -associated disease (CDAD) have increased dramatically. Beginning in 2000, widespread regional outbreaks associated with...
Wilson, Michael L., Mirrett, Stanley, McDonald, L. Clifford, Weinstein, Melvin P., Fune, Jose, Reller, L. Barth
A total of 9,446 blood cultures were collected from adult patients at three university-affiliated hospitals. Of these, 8,943 cultures were received with both aerobic bottles filled adequately; 885...
Archibald, Lennox K., McDonald, L. Clifford, Addison, Rachel M., McKnight, Celeste, Byrne, Terry, Dobbie, Hamish, ...
In less-developed countries, studies of bloodstream infections (BSI) have been hindered because of the difficulty and costs of culturing blood for bacteria, mycobacteria, and fungi. During two study...
McDonald, L. Clifford, Weinstein, Melvin P., Fune, Jose, Mirrett, Stanley, Reimer, Larry G., Reller, L. Barth
Yeasts are an increasingly common cause of nosocomial bloodstream infections. Methods for their detection are many; controlled comparisons are few. The vented FAN aerobic blood culture medium has...
McDonald, L. Clifford, Chen, Feng-Jui, Lo, Hsiu-Jung, Yin, Hsiao-Chuan, Lu, Po-Liang, Huang, Cheng-Hua, ...
A survey of 1,203 Escherichia coli isolates from 44 hospitals in Taiwan revealed that 136 (11.3%) isolates were resistant to fluoroquinolones and that another 261 (21.7%) isolates had reduced...
Jason, Janine, Archibald, Lennox, McDonald, L. Clifford, Hart, W. Michael, Rheanppumikankit, Sunthorn, Tansuphwaswadikul, Somsit, ...
Opportunistic infections (OI) and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cause significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Immune cell and cytokine profiles may be related to the...
Lauderdale, Tsai-Ling, McDonald, L. Clifford, Shiau, Yih-Ru, Chen, Pei-Chen, Wang, Hui-Yin, Lai, Jui-Fen, ...
Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) with VanB phenotype-vanA genotype incongruence were found in all 39 VRE isolated from chicken carcasses and four human VRE isolates in Taiwan. Three identical...
Peripartum Transmission of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
McDonald, L. Clifford, Bryant, Kris, Snyder, James
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a rarely recognized cause of neonatal sepsis. We present a recent case of S. pneumoniae bacteremia acquired on the first day of life in a neonate born at 30 weeks of...
Colonization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Outpatients in Taiwan with Candida Species
Hung, Chien-Ching, Yang, Yun-Liang, Lauderdale, Tsai-Ling, McDonald, L. Clifford, Hsiao, Chin-Fu, Cheng, Hsiao-Hsu, ...
To understand the Candida colonization of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected outpatients in Taiwan, we have conducted a prospective cohort study of Candida colonization and its risk factors...
Wilson, Michael L., Mirrett, Stanley, McDonald, L. Clifford, Weinstein, Melvin P., Fune, Jose, Reller, L. Barth
A total of 9,446 blood cultures were collected from adult patients at three university-affiliated hospitals. Of these, 8,943 cultures were received with both aerobic bottles filled adequately; 885...
Archibald, Lennox K., McDonald, L. Clifford, Addison, Rachel M., McKnight, Celeste, Byrne, Terry, Dobbie, Hamish, ...
In less-developed countries, studies of bloodstream infections (BSI) have been hindered because of the difficulty and costs of culturing blood for bacteria, mycobacteria, and fungi. During two study...
McDonald, L. Clifford, Weinstein, Melvin P., Fune, Jose, Mirrett, Stanley, Reimer, Larry G., Reller, L. Barth
Yeasts are an increasingly common cause of nosocomial bloodstream infections. Methods for their detection are many; controlled comparisons are few. The vented FAN aerobic blood culture medium has...
McDonald, L. Clifford, Chen, Feng-Jui, Lo, Hsiu-Jung, Yin, Hsiao-Chuan, Lu, Po-Liang, Huang, Cheng-Hua, ...
A survey of 1,203 Escherichia coli isolates from 44 hospitals in Taiwan revealed that 136 (11.3%) isolates were resistant to fluoroquinolones and that another 261 (21.7%) isolates had reduced...
Jason, Janine, Archibald, Lennox, McDonald, L. Clifford, Hart, W. Michael, Rheanppumikankit, Sunthorn, Tansuphwaswadikul, Somsit, ...
Opportunistic infections (OI) and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cause significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Immune cell and cytokine profiles may be related to the...
Lauderdale, Tsai-Ling, McDonald, L. Clifford, Shiau, Yih-Ru, Chen, Pei-Chen, Wang, Hui-Yin, Lai, Jui-Fen, ...
Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) with VanB phenotype-vanA genotype incongruence were found in all 39 VRE isolated from chicken carcasses and four human VRE isolates in Taiwan. Three identical...
Peripartum Transmission of Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
McDonald, L. Clifford, Bryant, Kris, Snyder, James
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a rarely recognized cause of neonatal sepsis. We present a recent case of S. pneumoniae bacteremia acquired on the first day of life in a neonate born at 30 weeks of...
Colonization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Outpatients in Taiwan with Candida Species
Hung, Chien-Ching, Yang, Yun-Liang, Lauderdale, Tsai-Ling, McDonald, L. Clifford, Hsiao, Chin-Fu, Cheng, Hsiao-Hsu, ...
To understand the Candida colonization of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected outpatients in Taiwan, we have conducted a prospective cohort study of Candida colonization and its risk factors...
Bench-to-bedside review: Clostridium difficile colitis
Gould, Carolyn V, McDonald, L Clifford
In recent years, the incidence and severity of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) have increased dramatically. Beginning in 2000, widespread regional outbreaks associated with a...
Zhu, Wenming, Clark, Nancye C., McDougal, Linda K., Hageman, Jeffery, McDonald, L. Clifford, Patel, Jean B.
Five of the seven cases of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) infection identified to date have occurred in southeastern Michigan. VRSA isolates from the four most recent cases (all...
Killgore, George, Thompson, Angela, Johnson, Stuart, Brazier, Jon, Kuijper, Ed, Pepin, Jacques, ...
Using 42 isolates contributed by laboratories in Canada, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we compared the results of analyses done with seven Clostridium difficile typing...