13 results on '"Marcia Sokol-Anderson"'
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2. Variability in the Management of Adults With Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease
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Patricia L. Winokur, Nora Watson, Getahun Abate, Ravi P. Nayak, Shanda Phillips, Kay M. Tomashek, Jack T. Stapleton, Marcia Sokol-Anderson, Buddy Creech, Lisa A. Jackson, Nicholas A Turner, Jason E. Stout, Sharon E. Frey, Francisco Leyva, Naomi Prashad Kown, Ghina Alaaeddine, Nadine Rouphael, Joan Siegner, Edward Charbek, Aaron S. Miller, Melinda Tibbals, Elizabeth Guy, Arthur W. Baker, Greta Dahlberg, Emmanuel B. Walter, Hana M. El Sahly, Katherine Sokolow, and Nour Beydoun
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Adult ,Lung Diseases ,Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Ethambutol ,Retrospective Studies ,Lung ,biology ,business.industry ,Medical record ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,Retrospective cohort study ,Odds ratio ,Mycobacterium avium Complex ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030228 respiratory system ,Amikacin ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Background The increasing global prevalence of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) disease has called attention to challenges in NTM diagnosis and management. This study was conducted to understand management and outcomes of patients with pulmonary NTM disease at diverse centers across the United States. Methods We conducted a 10-year (2005–2015) retrospective study at 7 Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units to evaluate pulmonary NTM treatment outcomes in human immunodeficiency virus–negative adults. Demographic and clinical information was abstracted through medical record review. Microbiologic and clinical cure were evaluated using previously defined criteria. Results Of 297 patients diagnosed with pulmonary NTM, the most frequent NTM species were Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (83.2%), M. kansasii (7.7%), and M. abscessus (3.4%). Two hundred forty-five (82.5%) patients received treatment, while 45 (15.2%) were followed without treatment. Eighty-six patients had available drug susceptibility results; of these, >40% exhibited resistance to rifampin, ethambutol, or amikacin. Of the 138 patients with adequate outcome data, 78 (56.5%) experienced clinical and/or microbiologic cure. Adherence to the American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America (ATS/IDSA) treatment guidelines was significantly more common in patients who were cured (odds ratio, 4.5, 95% confidence interval, 2.0–10.4; P Conclusions Despite ATS/IDSA Guidelines, management of pulmonary NTM disease was heterogeneous and cure rates were relatively low. Further work is required to understand which patients are suitable for monitoring without treatment and the impact of antimicrobial therapy on pulmonary NTM morbidity and mortality.
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- 2020
3. Use of a scoring strategy to determine clinical risk of progression and risk group-specific treatment adherence in subjects with latent tuberculosis infection
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Ling Chen, Michael Scolarici, Marcia Sokol-Anderson, Daniel F. Hoft, Ken Dekitani, and Soumya Chatterjee
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Latent tuberculosis ,business.industry ,Treatment adherence ,Treatment outcome ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,medicine.disease ,Active tuberculosis ,Risk groups ,Active tb ,Internal medicine ,Epidemiology ,Medicine ,business ,Clinical risk factor - Abstract
BackgroundAnnual incidence of active tuberculosis (TB) cases has plateaued in the US from 2013-2015. Most cases are from reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). A likely contributor is suboptimal LTBI treatment completion rates in subjects at high risk of developing active TB. It is unknown whether these patients are adequately identified and treated under current standard of care.MethodsIn this study, we sought to retrospectively assess the utility of an online risk calculator (tstin3d.com) in determining probability of LTBI and defining the characteristics and treatment outcomes of Low: 0-Results51(41%), 46 (37%) and 28 (22%) subjects were in Low, Intermediate and High risk groups respectively. Tstin3d.com was useful in determining the probability of LTBI in tuberculin skin test positive US born subjects. Of 114 subjects with available treatment information, overall completion rate was 61% and rates of completion in Low (60%), Intermediate (63%) and High (57%) risk groups were equivalent. 75% subjects in the 3HP group completed treatment compared to 58% in the INH group. Provider documentation of important clinical risk factors was often incomplete. Logistic regression analysis showed no clear trends of treatment completion being associated with assessment of a risk factor.ConclusionThese findings suggest tstin3d.com could be utilized in the US setting for risk stratification of patients with LTBI and select treatment based on risk. Current standard of care practice leads to subjects in all groups finishing treatment at equivalent rates.
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- 2017
4. A scoring strategy for progression risk and rates of treatment completion in subjects with latent tuberculosis
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Marcia Sokol-Anderson, Michael Scolarici, Daniel F. Hoft, Ling Chen, Ken Dekitani, and Soumya Chatterjee
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Male ,Bacterial Diseases ,RNA viruses ,0301 basic medicine ,Viral Diseases ,Epidemiology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ,Logistic regression ,Endocrinology ,Mathematical and Statistical Techniques ,0302 clinical medicine ,Immunodeficiency Viruses ,Risk Factors ,Outcome Assessment, Health Care ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,lcsh:Science ,Aged, 80 and over ,Multidisciplinary ,Latent tuberculosis ,Cancer Risk Factors ,Medical record ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Statistics ,Middle Aged ,AIDS ,Infectious Diseases ,Oncology ,Medical Microbiology ,Viral Pathogens ,Predictive value of tests ,Viruses ,Physical Sciences ,Disease Progression ,Regression Analysis ,Female ,Pathogens ,Research Article ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Tuberculosis ,Endocrine Disorders ,030106 microbiology ,Tuberculin ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Microbiology ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Latent Tuberculosis ,Predictive Value of Tests ,Internal medicine ,Retroviruses ,Diabetes Mellitus ,Humans ,Statistical Methods ,Microbial Pathogens ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Tuberculin Test ,business.industry ,Lentivirus ,lcsh:R ,Organisms ,Biology and Life Sciences ,HIV ,Retrospective cohort study ,Tropical Diseases ,medicine.disease ,Medical Risk Factors ,Metabolic Disorders ,lcsh:Q ,business ,Interferon-gamma Release Tests ,Mathematics - Abstract
It is unknown whether patients with LTBI at high vs. low risk of developing active TB are currently adequately identified and treated in the US. In this study our objective was 1) To retrospectively apply the online calculator (tstin3d.com) to determine the probability of having LTBI and assign cumulative risk of progression. 2) Measure treatment outcomes in subjects with Low: 0
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- 2018
5. Diagnosis of Early HIV-1 Infection
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Adrian A. Suarez, James F. Taylor, Marcia Sokol-Anderson, Detlef Ritter, and Michael H. Creer
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Transmission (medicine) ,business.industry ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,virus diseases ,Diagnostic test ,Acute infection ,Clinical settings ,Primary care ,Disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,Infectious Diseases ,Immunology ,medicine ,Intensive care medicine ,business - Abstract
The diagnosis of acute infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) presents a challenge for the primary care provider. We present a case of early HIV infection and discuss the limitations of the currently established diagnostic algorithm for HIV infection. We conclude that alternative diagnostic testing for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA is warranted in certain clinical settings. Appropriate, early diagnosis of HIV infection may improve the patient's outcome and provide additional public health benefits by reducing transmission of disease.
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- 2001
6. Gastrointestinal histoplasmosis presenting as hematochezia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected hemophilic patients
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Thomas W. Milligan, J. Heinrich Joist, Marcia Sokol-Anderson, and Paul R. Becherer
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Male ,Gastrointestinal Diseases ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,Hemophilia A ,medicine.disease_cause ,Histoplasmosis ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Amphotericin B ,medicine ,Humans ,Fluconazole ,Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ,business.industry ,fungi ,Hematology ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,Hematochezia ,Immunology ,medicine.symptom ,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Two hemophiliacs infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) presented with hematochezia secondary to gastrointestinal involvement with Histoplasmosis capsulatum. In one patient who was already receiving fluconazole, the diagnosis was obscured. Both patients responded to amphotericin B followed by intraconazole, with no recurrence of bleeding. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- 1994
7. Evidence for probable sexual transmission of the hepatitis g virus
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Marcia Sokol-Anderson, Margarita Torralba Cayco, Sharon E. Frey, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, Prospero Cortorreal, Cora E. Musial, and Sharon M. Homan
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Microbiology (medical) ,Sexually transmitted disease ,Adult ,Male ,Sexual transmission ,Adolescent ,Hepatitis, Viral, Human ,Hepatitis C virus ,GB virus C ,urologic and male genital diseases ,medicine.disease_cause ,Virus ,Flaviviridae ,medicine ,Prevalence ,Humans ,Serologic Tests ,Hepatitis B virus ,biology ,Transmission (medicine) ,business.industry ,virus diseases ,Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral ,Flaviviridae Infections ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,female genital diseases and pregnancy complications ,Infectious Diseases ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Logistic Models ,Female ,business - Abstract
A cross-sectional epidemiology study evaluated the role of sexual activity and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the transmission of hepatitis G virus (HGV/GBV-C) and other hepatitis virus infections in 944 subjects. There was a statistically significant higher prevalence of HGV/GBV-C, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus exposure in the STD clinic group (i.e., subjects who were currently seeking treatment for an STD) compared with the group who never had received treatment for an STD. In a comparison of the subjects with an STD versus those without an STD, the prevalence of HGV/GBV-C was 11.3% versus 4.9%, on the basis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results alone, and 36.6% versus 8.8%, when results of PCR and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were combined. Sexual activity and, possibly, the presence of an STD increases the risk of HGB/GBV-C transmission.
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- 2001
8. Severe immune-mediated hemolytic anemia secondary to treatment with cefotetan
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N.I. Gallagher, Marcia Sokol-Anderson, A.K. Schergen, E.J. Sheahan, and H. Chaplin
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Adult ,Hemolytic anemia ,Erythrocytes ,Cefotetan ,Immunology ,Antigen-Antibody Complex ,Immunopathology ,medicine ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Antibacterial agent ,biology ,business.industry ,Hematology ,medicine.disease ,Immune complex ,Hemolysis ,Coombs Test ,biology.protein ,Female ,Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune ,Indirect Antiglobulin Test ,Antibody ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Severe acute hemolytic anemia developed in a woman following treatment with multiple antibiotics for possible postpartum uterine infection. On admission, the hemoglobin was 5 g per dL (50 g/L), the reticulocytes were 35 percent (0.350), the direct antiglobulin test was strongly positive for IgG and C3d (mixed fields), and the indirect antiglobulin test was negative. Serologic studies revealed antibody to cefotetan that reacted by both the immune complex and the drug adsorption mechanisms. Before the diagnosis of cefotetan-related immune hemolysis was made, all medications had been discontinued, and the patient received 4 units of red cells and a short course of adrenocorticosteroids. Recovery was prompt and complete.
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- 1992
9. Delayed treatment of pulmonary blastomycosis causing vertebral osteomyelitis, paraspinal abscess, and spinal cord compression
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Milligan Tw, Breland Cm, Kennedy Dj, T U Westblom, Marcia Sokol-Anderson, and Lagging Lm
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Microbiology (medical) ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Itraconazole ,Asymptomatic ,Blastomycosis ,Thoracic Vertebrae ,Spinal cord compression ,medicine ,Vertebral osteomyelitis ,Humans ,Abscess ,Mycosis ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,biology ,Lung Diseases, Fungal ,Blastomyces dermatitidis ,business.industry ,Osteomyelitis ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Surgery ,Infectious Diseases ,Female ,Spinal Diseases ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Spinal Cord Compression ,medicine.drug - Abstract
A 36-year-old woman with gallbladder disease had an incidental finding of asymptomatic cavitary lung infection with Blastomyces dermatitidis. No treatment was given initially, and 2 months later she presented with vertebral osteomyelitis, paraspinal abscess, and spinal cord compression due to dissemination of the fungus. The patient recovered following surgical debridement and treatment with 1 g of amphotericin B, followed by itraconazole 400 mg QD for 6 months. In spite of previous reports of the self limiting nature of primary pulmonary blastomycosis in the normal host, antifungal therapy may be needed in cases that do not resolve spontaneously within a short period of time, or if transient immunosuppression may be anticipated as may occur following surgery or after acquisition of other infections.
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- 1994
10. Acute promyelocytic leukemia and HIV‐1 infection: Case report and review of the literature.
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Ganesh C. Kudva, Kochurani Maliekel, John M. Richart, Jacqueline R. Batanian, Leonard E. Grosso, Marcia Sokol‐Anderson, and Paul J. Petruska
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- 2004
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11. Role of cell defense against oxidative damage in the resistance of Candida albicans to the killing effect of amphotericin B
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Gerald Medoff, Marcia Sokol-Anderson, S Elberg, George S. Kobayashi, Janina Brajtburg, and James E. Sligh
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Cell Membrane Permeability ,Cell ,Microbiology ,Cell membrane ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Menadione ,Amphotericin B ,Ergosterol ,Candida albicans ,medicine ,Humans ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Pharmacology ,biology ,Cell Membrane ,Drug Resistance, Microbial ,Hydrogen Peroxide ,biology.organism_classification ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,Catalase ,Corpus albicans ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,biology.protein ,Oxidation-Reduction ,medicine.drug ,Research Article - Abstract
A laboratory-derived mutant of Candida albicans B311 (L) and a clinical isolate (C) of C. albicans, both lacking membrane ergosterol, were less susceptible to amphotericin B (AmB)-induced cell membrane permeability to K+ and lethality than was the wild-type laboratory strain (B311) which contained ergosterol. The resistance of L and C to AmB-induced killing was much greater than the level of resistance to AmB-induced cell membrane permeability. L and C were also less susceptible to killing by H2O2 than was B311, and when treated with menadione, they each produced less H2O2 than did B311. In addition, their levels of catalase activity were 3.8-fold (L) and 2-fold (C) higher than that of B311. The ergosterol deficiency in L and C probably impaired AmB binding to the cells, thereby lowering AmB effectiveness as measured by both cell membrane permeability and killing. Resistance of strains L and C to oxidation-dependent damage likely contributed to a diminished response to AmB-induced lethality.
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- 1988
12. Amphotericin B-induced oxidative damage and killing of Candida albicans
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Gerald Medoff, Janina Brajtburg, and Marcia Sokol-Anderson
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Lysis ,animal diseases ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,Microbiology ,Superoxide dismutase ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Amphotericin B ,parasitic diseases ,Candida albicans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Ergosterol ,biology ,urogenital system ,Protoplasts ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,Catalase ,Corpus albicans ,Cytolysis ,Infectious Diseases ,chemistry ,biology.protein ,Potassium ,Growth inhibition ,Oxidation-Reduction - Abstract
Amphotericin B (AmB) is known to bind to ergosterol in fungal cell membranes, but the precise mechanism of its toxicity to cells is as yet poorly understood. AmB autooxidizes, and it is possible that its antifungal effects could result from oxidative damage. Exposure of protoplasts of Candida albicans to AmB under hypoxic conditions reduced protoplast lysis by as much as 80% compared with incubations in air. Protoplasts were protected from AmB-induced lysis by exogenous catalase and/or superoxide dismutase (SOD). Whole cells of C. albicans were protected by exogenous catalase from AmB-induced leakage of [3H]leucine and from killing by AmB. Cells grown on medium inducing high levels of endogenous catalase were resistant to AmB-induced growth inhibition. In contrast, AmB-induced K+ leakage was not hindered under hypoxic conditions or in the presence of catalase or SOD. Thus the lethal and lytic effects of AmB on C. albicans cells and protoplasts, but not prelethal AmB-induced K+ leakage, are mediated by oxidative damage.
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- 1986
13. Sensitivity of Candida albicans to amphotericin B administered as single or fractionated doses
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Marcia Sokol-Anderson, Janina Brajtburg, and Gerald Medoff
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medicine.drug_class ,animal diseases ,Antibiotics ,Pharmacology ,Drug Administration Schedule ,Microbiology ,Amphotericin B ,Candida albicans ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Enzyme inducer ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,biology ,urogenital system ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,Hydrogen Peroxide ,Catalase ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,In vitro ,Corpus albicans ,Infectious Diseases ,Enzyme Induction ,Toxicity ,biology.protein ,Research Article ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Candida albicans cells were exposed to equal concentrations of amphotericin B (AmB) administered either as a single large dose or as repeated small doses. Toxicity to C. albicans cells was less pronounced when AmB was administered in fractionated doses. Increased catalase activity in C. albicans cells was induced after exposure to fractionated doses of AmB; this increase may have contributed to the greater resistance of cells to AmB used according to this schedule.
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- 1986
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