A retrospective chart review of all patients seen at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation with
infectious endogenous endophthalmitis between January 1982 and August 2000 revealed 34 …

One hundred BacT/ALERT blood culture bottles growing gram-positive cocci in clusters were
cultured and studied by LightCycler PCR for the sa442 and mecA genes. PCR was 100% …

The development of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease and subsequent emergence of drug-resistant
strains was examined in a large group of solid organ transplant recipients; drug-…

West Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging mosquito-transmitted encephalitis virus first recognized
in North America in 1999. The pathologic manifestations of WNV infection have not been …

The utility of cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load (VL) by quantitative hybrid capture assay (Q-HCA)
was investigated in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) from lung transplant recipients and …

We designed and tested a real-time LightCycler PCR assay for Histoplasmacapsulatum that
correctly identified the 34 H. capsulatum isolates in a battery of 107 fungal isolates tested …

… Gumbo, Tawanda; Isada, Carlos M.; Hall, Géraldine; Karafa, Matthew T.; Gordon, Steven
M. … Address reprint requests to: Steven M. Gordon, MD, Department of Infectious Disease …

Background. Microsporidia are the most common cause of chronic diarrhea in patients infected
with human immunodeficiency virus. Patients who have undergone organ transplantation …

The increasing prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) infections has
necessitated a search for drugs that are effective in treating these infections, and a need to …

Congenital absence of the portal vein is a very rare condition. An exceptional case of successful
liver transplantation in an adult with incapacitating hematochezia without any signs of …