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This is a "connection" page, showing publications co-authored by ISSAM I RAAD and JEFFREY J TARRAND.
ISSAM I RAAD
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1.979
JEFFREY J TARRAND
  1. Differential time to positivity: a useful method for diagnosing catheter-related bloodstream infections. Ann Intern Med. 2004 Jan 06; 140(1):18-25.
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    Score: 0.235
  2. Improvement in the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infections in a tertiary cancer center. Am J Infect Control. 2017 Mar 01; 45(3):e34-e39.
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    Score: 0.146
  3. Management of rapidly growing mycobacterial bacteremia in cancer patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Mar; 56(6):843-6.
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    Score: 0.109
  4. Rhodococcus bacteremia in cancer patients is mostly catheter related and associated with biofilm formation. PLoS One. 2012; 7(3):e32945.
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    Score: 0.103
  5. Central venous catheter-associated Nocardia bacteremia in cancer patients. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Sep; 17(9):1651-8.
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    Score: 0.100
  6. Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes: a multi-state report. Am J Infect Control. 2011 Aug; 39(6):521-4.
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    Score: 0.097
  7. Clinical effectiveness and risk of emerging resistance associated with prolonged use of antibiotic-impregnated catheters: more than 0.5 million catheter days and 7 years of clinical experience. Crit Care Med. 2011 Feb; 39(2):245-51.
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    Score: 0.096
  8. Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia in cancer patients. Am J Infect Control. 2009 Nov; 37(9):741-5.
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    Score: 0.085
  9. Respiratory viral infections in adults with hematologic malignancies and human stem cell transplantation recipients: a retrospective study at a major cancer center. Medicine (Baltimore). 2006 Sep; 85(5):278-287.
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    Score: 0.071
  10. Central venous catheter and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia in cancer patients. Cancer. 2006 May 01; 106(9):1967-73.
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    Score: 0.069
  11. Prospective study of the value of quantitative culture of organisms from blood collected through central venous catheters in differentiating between contamination and bloodstream infection. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 May; 44(5):1834-5.
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    Score: 0.069
  12. Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in patients with lymphoma. Cancer. 2005 Sep 15; 104(6):1213-20.
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    Score: 0.066
  13. Differential quantitative blood cultures for the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infections associated with short- and long-term catheters: a prospective study. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2004 Nov; 50(3):167-72.
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    Score: 0.062
  14. Central venous catheter-related bacteremia due to gram-negative bacilli: significance of catheter removal in preventing relapse. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 Aug; 25(8):646-9.
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    Score: 0.061
  15. Impact of surveillance for vancomycin-resistant enterococci on controlling a bloodstream outbreak among patients with hematologic malignancy. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004 May; 25(5):391-4.
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    Score: 0.060
  16. Trichosporonosis in a tertiary care cancer center: risk factors, changing spectrum and determinants of outcome. Scand J Infect Dis. 2004; 36(8):564-9.
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    Score: 0.059
  17. Epidemiology, molecular mycology, and environmental sources of Fusarium infection in patients with cancer. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Sep; 23(9):532-7.
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    Score: 0.053
  18. Breakthrough candidemia in patients with cancer differs from de novo candidemia in host factors and Candida species but not intensity. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Sep; 23(9):542-5.
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    Score: 0.053
  19. Masking of neutropenic patients on transport from hospital rooms is associated with a decrease in nosocomial aspergillosis during construction. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Jan; 23(1):41-3.
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    Score: 0.051
  20. Breakthrough Mucormycosis Developing on Mucorales-Active Antifungals Portrays a Poor Prognosis in Patients with Hematologic Cancer. J Fungi (Basel). 2021 Mar 17; 7(3).
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    Score: 0.048
  21. Clinical Outcomes Associated With Linezolid Resistance in Leukemia Patients With Linezolid-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Bacteremia. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Jul; 5(7):ofy167.
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    Score: 0.040
  22. Cluster and sporadic cases of herbaspirillum species infections in patients with cancer. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jan 01; 60(1):48-54.
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    Score: 0.031
  23. Characteristics and outcomes of pandemic 2009/H1N1 versus seasonal influenza in children with cancer. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Apr; 31(4):373-8.
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    Score: 0.026
  24. Detection and control of a nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in a stem cell transplantation unit: the role of palivizumab. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Sep; 16(9):1265-71.
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    Score: 0.023
  25. 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. Cancer. 2009 Oct 15; 115(20):4745-52.
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    Score: 0.022
  26. Colonization and infection with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus among patients with cancer. Am J Infect Control. 2006 Oct; 34(8):534-6.
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    Score: 0.018
  27. Invasive fungal infections in patients with hematologic malignancies in a tertiary care cancer center: an autopsy study over a 15-year period (1989-2003). Haematologica. 2006 Jul; 91(7):986-9.
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    Score: 0.017
  28. Culture-positive and culture-negative endocarditis in patients with cancer: a retrospective observational study, 1994-2004. Medicine (Baltimore). 2006 Mar; 85(2):86-94.
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    Score: 0.017
  29. Cytomegalovirus infection in patients with lymphoma: an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma. 2006 Mar; 6(5):393-8.
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    Score: 0.017
  30. Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus disease in patients with cancer: a two decade experience in a tertiary care cancer center. Eur J Cancer. 2005 Oct; 41(15):2268-79.
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    Score: 0.016
  31. Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia in patients with cancer: disease characteristics and outcomes in the era of escalating drug resistance (1998-2002). Medicine (Baltimore). 2005 Sep; 84(5):303-312.
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    Score: 0.016
  32. Hospitalization of an oncology patient suspected of having severe acute respiratory syndrome: a setup for an infection control quagmire at a comprehensive cancer center. Cancer. 2003 Dec 15; 98(12):2738-9.
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    Score: 0.015
  33. Candidemia in a tertiary care cancer center: in vitro susceptibility and its association with outcome of initial antifungal therapy. Medicine (Baltimore). 2003 Sep; 82(5):309-21.
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    Score: 0.014
  34. Nocardiosis in cancer patients. Medicine (Baltimore). 2002 Sep; 81(5):388-97.
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    Score: 0.013
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