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List of works by Luis L Ostrosky-Zeichner

(1,3)-β-D-glucan as a prognostic marker of treatment response in invasive candidiasis

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

113. Accuracy of the NHSN Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Definition

1196. Is the Weekend Staff Really to Blame? Challenges in Isolation Compliance at an Academic Tertiary Care Center

1623. Implementation of Electronic Readmission Alert for Discharged Patients Reduces Risk of Secondary Measles Exposure Events

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

1718. Rezafungin Clinical Safety and Efficacy in Patients With Candidemia and/or Invasive Candidiasis in the Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Phase 2 STRIVE Study

1916. Diagnostic Stewardship in Infectious Diseases Molecular Viral Testing: A Pilot Project

2045. Pitfalls in the Use of MALDI TOF Mass Spectrometry for the Identification of Problematic Yeast Isolates from a Historical Collection

2118. Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Clinical Isolates of Aspergillus in Mexico

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

369. Using Hybrid Models and Blockchain Technology as a Means to Develop a Novel Propensity Score for Candidemia and Invasive Candidiasis

40 years of medical mycology at JAC.

scientific article published on December 2016

705. Four Superbugs Isolated From a Single Patient in the United States: E. coli (EC) and K. pneumoniae (KP) Harboring NDM-5, P. aeruginosa (PA) Harboring NDM-1 and Candida auris

824An Open-Label Phase 3 Study of Isavuconazole (VITAL): Focus on Mucormycosis.

scientific article published in December 2014

A Mycoses Study Group International Prospective Study of Phaeohyphomycosis: An Analysis of 99 Proven/Probable Cases.

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A Risk Score for Fluconazole Failure among Patients with Candidemia

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

A sentinel COVID‐19 case in Houston, Texas: Informing frontline emergency department screening and preparedness

scientific article published on 02 April 2020

A web-based endpoint adjudication system for interim analyses in clinical trials

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Activity of anidulafungin in a murine model of Candida krusei infection: evaluation of mortality and disease burden by quantitative tissue cultures and measurement of serum (1,3)-beta-D-glucan levels

scientific article published on 12 January 2009

Amphotericin B: time for a new "gold standard".

scientific article published on 22 July 2003

An insight into the antifungal pipeline: selected new molecules and beyond.

scientific article published on 20 August 2010

Antifungal Susceptibility Testing: Current Approaches

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Antifungal susceptibility survey of 2,000 bloodstream Candida isolates in the United States.

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Associations between antibiotic use and changes in susceptibility patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a private, university-affiliated teaching hospital: an 8-year-experience: 1995-2002.

scientific article published in October 2004

Azole resistance and cyp51A mutation screening in Aspergillus fumigatus in Mexico

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Beta-D-glucan as a diagnostic adjunct for invasive fungal infections: validation, cutoff development, and performance in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome

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Candida auris: what have we learned so far?

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Cerebrospinal fluid Coccidioides antigen testing in the diagnosis and management of central nervous system coccidioidomycosis

scientific article published on 03 September 2015

Changes in Prevalence of Health Care-Associated Infections

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Adverse Outcome in Adult and Pediatric Patients With Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Gram-Negative Infections Treated With Optimized Dosing Cefepime Over Various Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations

scientific article published in January 2017

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Candidiasis: 2016 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

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Clinical breakpoints for voriconazole and Candida spp. revisited: review of microbiologic, molecular, pharmacodynamic, and clinical data as they pertain to the development of species-specific interpretive criteria

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Clinical practice guidelines for the management of candidiasis: 2009 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

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Clinical prediction rules for invasive candidiasis in the ICU: ready for prime time?

scientific article published on 22 September 2011

Combination antifungal therapy

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Comparative effectiveness of echinocandins versus fluconazole therapy for the treatment of adult candidaemia due to Candida parapsilosis: a retrospective observational cohort study of the Mycoses Study Group (MSG-12).

scientific article published on 27 July 2016

Contemporary Epidemiology of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) in a Tertiary Care Center: Is Foley Re-Insertion a Novel Risk Factor?

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Contemporary treatment and outcomes of zygomycosis in a non-oncologic tertiary care center

scientific article published on 3 November 2006

Core Recommendations for Antifungal Stewardship: A Statement of the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

scientific article published on 01 August 2020

Correlation between E-test, disk diffusion, and microdilution methods for antifungal susceptibility testing of fluconazole and voriconazole

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Correlation between microdilution, E-test, and disk diffusion methods for antifungal susceptibility testing of posaconazole against Candida spp.

scientific article published on June 2006

Correlation of clinical outcomes with β-glucan levels in patients with invasive candidiasis

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Cost of a ventilator-associated pneumonia in a shock trauma intensive care unit

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Current options in antifungal pharmacotherapy.

scientific article published on May 2008

Deeply invasive candidiasis

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Defining and managing COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: the 2020 ECMM/ISHAM consensus criteria for research and clinical guidance

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

Defining responses to therapy and study outcomes in clinical trials of invasive fungal diseases: Mycoses Study Group and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer consensus criteria

scientific article published on September 2008

Detecting Infections Rapidly and Easily for Candidemia Trial (DIRECT1): A Prospective, Multicenter Study of the T2Candida Panel.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Detecting Infections Rapidly and Easily for Candidemia Trial, Part 2 (DIRECT2): A Prospective, Multicenter Study of the T2Candida Panel

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Differences in beta-glucan levels in culture supernatants of a variety of fungi

scientific article published in May 2006

Disk diffusion-based methods for determining Candida parapsilosis susceptibility to anidulafungin

scientific article published on September 2003

Drugs in Clinical Development for Fungal Infections

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Drunk Without Drinking: A Case of Auto-Brewery Syndrome

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

Early antifungal intervention strategies in ICU patients

scientific article published on October 2010

Early treatment of candidemia in adults: a review

scientific article published on 06 September 2010

Editorial Commentary: Candida glabrata and FKS Mutations: Witnessing the Emergence of the True Multidrug-Resistant Candida

scientific article published on March 13, 2013

Effect of the echinocandin caspofungin on expression of Candida albicans secretory aspartyl proteinases and phospholipase in vitro

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Effects of serum on in vitro susceptibility testing of echinocandins

scientific article published on 4 September 2007

Evaluation of BacT/Alert FA Blood Culture Bottles and T2Candida Assay for Detection of Candida in the Presence of Antifungals

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Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Candidiasis: 2016 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

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Extensively Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST309 Harboring Tandem Guiana Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Enzymes: A Newly Emerging Threat in the United States

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Fatal amphotericin B overdose due to administration of nonlipid formulation instead of lipid formulation

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Fungal Infections.

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Heterogeneous antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor binding domain and nucleocapsid with implications on COVID-19 immunity

scientific article published on 14 August 2020

Hurricane-associated mold exposures among patients at risk for invasive mold infections after Hurricane Harvey - Houston, Texas, 2017

journal article published in 2019

Identification of IgG antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and its receptor binding domain does not predict rapid recovery from COVID-19

scientific article published on 06 May 2020

Impact of inappropriate antifungal therapy according to current susceptibility breakpoints on Candida bloodstream infection mortality, a retrospective analysis

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Improvement of a clinical prediction rule for clinical trials on prophylaxis for invasive candidiasis in the intensive care unit

scientific article published on January 2011

In vitro activities of investigational triazoles against Fusarium species: effects of inoculum size and incubation time on broth microdilution susceptibility test results

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In vitro activity of anidulafungin against selected clinically important mold isolates

scientific article published on May 2004

In vitro activity of nystatin compared with those of liposomal nystatin, amphotericin B, and fluconazole against clinical Candida isolates

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In vitro antifungal susceptibilities of Trichosporon species.

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In vitro synergy testing of anidulafungin with itraconazole, voriconazole, and amphotericin B against Aspergillus spp. and Fusarium spp.

scientific article published on August 2005

Infections of cardiac implantable electronic devices: a retrospective multicenter observational study

scientific article published on 01 May 2012

Integration of aeromedicine in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic

scientific article published on 04 June 2020

Intensive care medicine research agenda on invasive fungal infection in critically ill patients

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Interlaboratory comparison of results of susceptibility testing with caspofungin against Candida and Aspergillus species

scientific article published on August 2004

Invasive Candidiasis

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Invasive Fungal Infections in the Intensive Care Unit

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Invasive Mycoses: Diagnostic Challenges

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Invasive candidiasis

Invasive candidiasis in immunocompromised hospitalized patients.

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Invasive candidiasis in the intensive care unit

scientific article published on 01 April 2010

Invasive candidiasis in the intensive care unit

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Invasive mycoses: evolving challenges and opportunities in antifungal therapy (multimedia activity)

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

Isavuconazole Treatment of Cryptococcosis and Dimorphic Mycoses

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

Isavuconazole for treatment of invasive fungal diseases caused by more than one fungal species

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Isavuconazole for treatment of rare invasive fungal diseases

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Isavuconazole treatment for mucormycosis: a single-arm open-label trial and case-control analysis.

scientific article published on 8 March 2016

Isavuconazole treatment for rare fungal diseases and for invasive aspergillosis in patients with renal impairment: Challenges and lessons of the VITAL trial.

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Isavuconazole versus Caspofungin in the Treatment of Candidemia and Other Invasive Candida Infections: The ACTIVE Trial

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Isavuconazole: Mechanism of Action, Clinical Efficacy, and Resistance

scientific article published on 29 November 2020

Issues in the design and interpretation of antifungal drug trials in the critically ill.

scientific article published on December 2009

Lack of correlation of 24- vs. 48-h itraconazole minimum inhibitory concentrations with microbiological and survival outcomes in a guinea pig model of disseminated candidiasis.

scientific article published on 4 June 2009

MSG-01: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Caspofungin Prophylaxis Followed by Preemptive Therapy for Invasive Candidiasis in High-Risk Adults in the Critical Care Setting

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Measles or Not Measles? That Is the Question!

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Medical order formatting in the era of patient safety

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Micafungin versus caspofungin for treatment of candidemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis

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Micafungin versus liposomal amphotericin B for candidaemia and invasive candidosis: a phase III randomised double-blind trial

scientific article published in The Lancet

Mind the Gap: The Hospital Breakroom

scientific article published on 17 June 2020

Multicenter clinical evaluation of the (1-->3) beta-D-glucan assay as an aid to diagnosis of fungal infections in humans

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Multilaboratory testing of antifungal combinations against a quality control isolate of Candida krusei

scientific article published on 28 January 2008

Multilaboratory testing of two-drug combinations of antifungals against Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, and Candida parapsilosis

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New approaches to the risk of Candida in the intensive care unit

scientific article published on December 1, 2003

Novel approaches to antifungal prophylaxis

scientific article published on June 2004

Open-label, randomized comparison of itraconazole versus caspofungin for prophylaxis in patients with hematologic malignancies

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Outbreak Response and Incident Management: SHEA Guidance and Resources for Healthcare Epidemiologists in United States Acute-Care Hospitals

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

Outpatient Infection Prevention: A Practical Primer

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Peritonitis due to Aspergillus and zygomycetes in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: report of 2 cases and review of the literature.

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Pharmacoeconomics of antifungal pharmacotherapy--challenges and future directions.

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Pharmacokinetic evaluation of single-dose intravenous daptomycin in patients with thermal burn injury

scientific article published on 25 February 2008

Pharmacokinetics of intravenous itraconazole in stable hemodialysis patients.

scientific article published on August 2004

Pneumococcal epidemiology among us adults hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on 06 May 2019

Point-Counterpoint: Should Serum β-d-Glucan Testing Be Used for the Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia?

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Post-exposure prophylaxis with isavuconazole after occupational exposure to

Povidone-iodine solution as SARS-CoV-2 prophylaxis for procedures of the upper aerodigestive tract a theoretical framework

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Prevalence and risk factors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among critically ill hospitalized patients in a tertiary care center in Houston, Texas: an active surveillance pilot project

scientific article published on 03 December 2010

Progressive Dispersion of Azole Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus: Fatal Invasive Aspergillosis in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Infected with an A. fumigatus Strain with a cyp51A TR46 Y121F M172I T289A Allele

scientific article published on 25 July 2017

Prophylaxis for invasive candidiasis in the intensive care unit: is it time?

scientific article published in September 2005

Prophylaxis or preemptive therapy of invasive candidiasis in the intensive care unit?

scientific article published in December 2004

Prospective survey of (1→3)-beta-D-glucan and its relationship to invasive candidiasis in the surgical intensive care unit setting

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Prosthetic Joint Infection Due to Histoplasma capsulatum Complicating a Total Knee Arthroplasty

scientific article published on 03 August 2017

Quality Control Guidelines for Amphotericin B, Itraconazole, Posaconazole, and Voriconazole Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Tests with Nonsupplemented Mueller-Hinton Agar (CLSI M51-A Document) for Nondermatophyte Filamentous Fungi

scientific article published on May 4, 2011

Rationale for reading fluconazole MICs at 24 hours rather than 48 hours when testing Candida spp. by the CLSI M27-A2 standard method

scientific article published on 22 September 2008

Real-world Use of Mold-Active Triazole Prophylaxis in the Prevention of Invasive Fungal Diseases: Results From a Subgroup Analysis of a Multicenter National Registry

scientific article published in 2023

Reply to "Why should we monitor (1-3)-β-D-glucan levels during invasive candidiasis? Just ask your ophthalmologist!".

scientific article published in May 2013

Reply to Bauer and Goff

scientific article published on 5 May 2015

Reply to Chow and Hurley

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Reprocessing N95s with Hydrogen peroxide vaporization: A robust system from collection to dispensing

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Revision and Update of the Consensus Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease From the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Rezafungin versus Caspofungin in a Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind Study for the Treatment of Candidemia and Invasive Candidiasis- The STRIVE Trial

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Risk factors for hyperglycemia in hospitalized adults receiving gatifloxacin: a retrospective, nested case-controlled analysis

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Rules for identifying patients at increased risk for candidal infections in the surgical intensive care unit: approach to developing practical criteria for systematic use in antifungal prophylaxis trials

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Screening Donors for COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma

scientific article published on 24 December 2020

Seroprevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis and Evaluation of Universal Screening in Kidney Transplant Candidates: A Single-Center Experience in Houston (2012-2017)

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Simultaneous Infection with Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Harboring Multiple Carbapenemases in a Returning Traveler Colonized with Candida auris

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Successful implementation of the CDC recommendations during the care of two patients with Candida auris in in-patient rehabilitation and intensive care settings

scientific article published on 20 August 2020

Successful use of amphotericin B lipid complex in the treatment of cryptococcosis

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Surveillance of Candida spp bloodstream infections: epidemiological trends and risk factors of death in two Mexican tertiary care hospitals

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Syscan3, a kit for detection of anti-Candida antibodies for diagnosis of invasive candidiasis.

scientific article published on September 2005

Systemic antifungal therapy in patients without documented invasive fungal infection: a peek into the world of empirical antifungal therapy*

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

T2 magnetic resonance assay for the rapid diagnosis of candidemia in whole blood: a clinical trial

scientific article published on 12 January 2015

The Role of In Vitro Susceptibility Testing in the Management of Candida and Aspergillus

scientific article published on August 2017

Therapy of common superficial fungal infections

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Thinking beyond the Common Candida Species: Need for Species-Level Identification of Candida Due to the Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Tigecycline : a critical safety review

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Treatment of candidemia and invasive candidiasis in the intensive care unit: post hoc analysis of a randomized, controlled trial comparing micafungin and liposomal amphotericin B.

scientific article published on 05 October 2009

Ventilator-associated pneumonia: a review

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What's new in the clinical and diagnostic management of invasive candidiasis in critically ill patients

scientific article published on 10 April 2014