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Epstein-Barr virus infection in transplant recipients: Summary of a workshop on surveillance, prevention and treatment.

The Canadian journal of infectious diseases = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses

Allen U, Alfieri C, Preiksaitis J, Humar A, Moore D, Tapiero B, Tellier R, Green M, Davies D, Hébert D, Weitzman S, Petric M, Jacobson K.
PMID: 18159378
Can J Infect Dis. 2002 Mar;13(2):89-99. doi: 10.1155/2002/634318.

Diseases caused by the Epstein-Barr virus are of great significance among organ transplant recipients. One of these diseases, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease, is a major complication among organ transplant recipients. Management of this entity is problematic due to the difficulties...

Prescribing drugs for the elderly: reaching therapeutic goals.

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien

Preiksaitis HG, Gordon M.
PMID: 20469453
Can Fam Physician. 1986 Dec;32:2633-7.

The positive aspects of drug use by the geriatric population are balanced by concerns about harmful effects of the drugs. Physiologic changes that accompany aging alter the pharmacology of many drugs, but problems of compliance, adverse reactions and polypharmacy...

DIAL: A Platform for real-time Laboratory Surveillance.

Online journal of public health informatics

Mukhi SN, May-Hadford J, Plitt S, Preiksaitis J, Lee B.
PMID: 23569594
Online J Public Health Inform. 2010;2(3). doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v2i3.3041. Epub 2010 Dec 23.

Laboratory information systems fulfill many of the requirements for individual result management within a public health laboratory. However, access to the systems by data users, timely data extraction, integration, and data analysis are difficult tasks. These difficulties are further...

Successful management of sequential pulmonary infections in a cardiac transplant recipient.

The Canadian journal of infectious diseases = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses

Galbraith J, Preiksaitis JK, Czekanski S, Poznansky MJ, Hirji M.
PMID: 22553447
Can J Infect Dis. 1990;1(3):85-91. doi: 10.1155/1990/361692.

A case of a cardiac allograft recipient who had an initial combined pulmonary infection with cytomegalovirus, Aspergillus fumigatus and Nocardia asteroides, successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B and sulfisoxazole and followed by an episode of respiratory syncytial virus pneumonitis,...

Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Alveolar Echinococcosis: An Emerging Infectious Disease in Alberta, Canada.

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

Houston S, Belga S, Buttenschoen K, Cooper R, Girgis S, Gottstein B, Low G, Massolo A, MacDonald C, Müller N, Preiksaitis J, Sarlieve P, Vaughan S, Kowalewska-Grochowska K.
PMID: 33755579
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Mar 22; doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1577. Epub 2021 Mar 22.

Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic cestode infection which is usually fatal in the absence of treatment. Treatment involves major surgery or indefinite antiparasitic therapy. The incidence is rising in Europe and Asia, with an increased risk observed...

Cytomegalovirus transmission in mismatched solid organ transplant recipients: Are factors other than anti-viral prophylaxis at play?.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Hernandez C, Mabilangan C, Burton C, Doucette K, Preiksaitis J.
PMID: 34174153
Am J Transplant. 2021 Dec;21(12):3958-3970. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16734. Epub 2021 Aug 10.

Although antiviral prophylaxis has reduced cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNAemia and disease in seronegative solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients (R-) receiving seropositive donor organs (D+), its impact on CMV transmission is uncertain. Transmission, defined as CMV antigenemia/CMV DNAemia and/or seroconversion by...

Evaluation of potential factors contributing to microbiological treatment failure in Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis.

The Canadian journal of infectious diseases = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses

Kuhn SM, Preiksaitis J, Tyrrel GJ, Jadavji T, Church D, Davies HD.
PMID: 18159315
Can J Infect Dis. 2001 Jan;12(1):33-9. doi: 10.1155/2001/297304.

BACKGROUND: A cohort study of children with pharyngitis aged two to 16 years was conducted to assess the role of microbial and host factors in group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS) microbiological treatment failure.METHODS: GABHS-infected children had pharyngeal swabs repeated...

Congenital cytomegalovirus infection in high-risk Canadian infants: Report of a pilot screening study.

The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale

Vaudry W, Rosychuk RJ, Lee BE, Cheung PY, Pang X, Preiksaitis JK.
PMID: 21358874
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2010;21(1):e12-9. doi: 10.1155/2010/942874.

OBJECTIVES: Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the most common congenital infection; however, the epidemiology in Canada has not been recently examined. The present prospective study pilots tools for a population-based study of cCMV infection in Canada by determining the maternal...

The laboratory diagnosis of herpes simplex virus infections.

The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale

Singh A, Preiksaitis J, Ferenczy A, Romanowski B.
PMID: 18159535
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2005 Mar;16(2):92-8. doi: 10.1155/2005/318294.

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2 cause genital herpes infections and are the most common cause of genital ulcer disease in industrialized nations. Although these infections are very common, the majority of them remain underdiagnosed because they...

Sentinel surveillance of HIV and hepatitis C virus in two urban emergency departments.

CJEM

Houston S, Rowe BH, Mashinter L, Preiksaitis J, Joffe M, Mackey D, Galbraith J, Wiebe N.
PMID: 17433157
CJEM. 2004 Mar;6(2):89-96. doi: 10.1017/s1481803500009040.

OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to determine the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a specific population, and to distinguish between known and previously unrecognized infections in the emergency department (ED) setting.METHODS: Consecutive patients aged 15...

Identification and epidemiology of severe respiratory disease due to novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in Alberta.

The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale

Zahariadis G, Joffe AR, Talbot J, Devilliers A, Campbell P, Pabbaraju K, Wong S, Bastien N, Li Y, Mitchell RL, Pang XL, Yanow S, Chui L, Predy G, Willans D, Lee BE, Preiksaitis JK, Clement B, Jacobs A, Jaipaul J, Fonseca K.
PMID: 22132007
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2010;21(4):e151-7. doi: 10.1155/2010/293098.

BACKGROUND: In March 2009, global surveillance started detecting cases of influenza-like illness in Mexico. By mid-April 2009, two pediatric patients were identified in the United States who were confirmed to be infected by a novel influenza A (H1N1) strain....

Donor Cytomegalovirus Transmission Patterns in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients With Primary Infection.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Hasing ME, Pang XL, Mabilangan C, Preiksaitis JK.
PMID: 32706857
J Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 03;223(5):827-837. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa450.

BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of single versus multiple cytomegalovirus (CMV) strain transmission from donor (D+) to seronegative solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients (R-) is uncertain, as is whether "relapsing" recipient infection represents changing strain predominance when multiple strains are transmitted....

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