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Recent Publications

Published Papers

Robinson RL, Shahida S, Madan N, Rao S, Khardori N. Transient parkinsonism in West Nile virus encephalitis. Am J Med. 2003 Aug 15;115(3):252-3.

Barenfanger J, Arakere P, Cruz RD, Imran A, Drake C, Lawhorn J, Verhulst SJ, Khardori N. Improved outcomes associated with limiting identification of Candida spp. in respiratory secretions. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Dec;41(12):5645-9.

Jain S, Koirala J, Castro-Pavia F. Isolated gastrointestinal histoplasmosis: case report and review of the literature. South Med J. 2004 Feb;97(2):172-4.

Kanchanapoom T, Koirala J, Goodrich J, Agamah E, Khardori N. Treatment of central nervous system infection by vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Mar;45(3):213-5.

Temesgen Z, Cainelli F, Warnke D, Koirala J. Initial antiretroviral therapy in chronically-infected HIV-positive adults. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2004 Mar;5(3):595-612.

El-Azizi MA, Starks SE, Khardori N. Interactions of Candida albicans with other Candida spp. and bacteria in the biofilms. J Appl Microbiol. 2004;96(5):1067-73.

Koirala J. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole--induced methemoglobinemia in an HIV-infected patient.Mayo Clin Proc. 2004 Jun;79(6):829-30.

Koirala J, Basnet S. Botulism, Botulinum Toxin, and Bioterrorism: Review and Update. Infect Med 2004 Jun; 21:284-290.

Nancy Khardori and Sail Gulati. Management of infections in patients with moderate to severe burns. Infection Control Resource. 2004; 3: 1-7.

El-Azizi M, Rao S, Kanchanapoom T, Khardori N. In vitro activity of vancomycin, quinupristin/dalfopristin, and linezolid against intact and disrupted biofilms of staphylococci. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2005 Jan 7;4(1):2

El-Azizi M, and N. Khardori. 2004. Non-antibacterial antibiotic effects: Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms and quinolones. Antibiotics for Clinicians 8: 285-286.

Nancy Khardori. Overview of biological terrorism: Potential agents and preparedness. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 2005; 27: 1-8.

Nancy Khardori. Preparedness for bioterrorism. Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine. 2005; 10: 507-528.

El-Azizi M, A. Mushtaq, C. Drake, J. Lawhorn, J. Barenfanger, S. Verhulst, and N. Khardori (2005). Evaluating antibiograms to monitor drug resistance. Emerging Infectious Diseases 11 (8) 1302-3

Darouiche RO, Berger DH, Khardori N, Robertson CS, Wall MJ Jr, Metzler MH, Shah S, Mansouri MD, Cerra-Stewart C, Versalovic J, Reardon MJ, Raad II.Comparison of antimicrobial impregnation with tunneling of long-term central venous catheters: a randomized controlled trial. Ann Surg. 2005 242(2):193-200.

Nancy Khardori. (2006). Potential agents of bioterrorism: Historical perspective and an overview. In: Nancy Khardori, editors. Bioterrorism preparedness. WILEY-VCH VERLAG Gmbh & CO. Germany; p. 1-31.

Nancy Khardori. (2006). Bioterrorism prepardness: Historical perspective and an overview. In: Nancy Khardori, editors. Bioterrorism preparedness. WILEY-VCH VERLAG Gmbh & CO. Germany; p. 33-59.

Nancy Khardori. (2006). Anthrax-Clinical presentation, and management. In: Nancy Khardori, editors. Bioterrorism preparedness. WILEY-VCH VERLAG Gmbh & CO. Germany; p. 123-145.

Koirala J. (2006). Plague: Endemic, Epidemic and Bioterrorism. In: Nancy Khardori, editors. Bioterrorism preparedness. WILEY-VCH VERLAG Gmbh & CO. Germany; p. 147-162.

Koirala J. (2006). Botulism: Toxicology, Clinical Presentations and Management. In: Nancy Khardori, editors. Bioterrorism preparedness. WILEY-VCH VERLAG Gmbh & CO. Germany; p. 163-180.

Koirala J. (2006). Tularemia: Natural Disease versus Act of Terrorism. In: Nancy Khardori, editors. Bioterrorism preparedness. WILEY-VCH VERLAG Gmbh & CO. Germany; p. 181-194.

Subbash Chaudhry. (2006). Care of children in the event of bioterrorism. In: Nancy Khardori, editors. Bioterrorism preparedness. WILEY-VCH VERLAG Gmbh & CO. Germany; p. 73-92.

James Goodrich. (2006). Small Pox, clinical presentation and prevention. In: Nancy Khardori, editors. Bioterrorism preparedness. WILEY-VCH VERLAG Gmbh & CO. Germany; p. 93-121.

James Goodrich. (2006). Viral hemorrhagic fever: Differentiation of natural diseases from act of bioterrorism. . In: Nancy Khardori, editors. Bioterrorism preparedness. WILEY-VCH VERLAG Gmbh & CO. Germany; p. 195-224.

Khardori N. Editor. Bioterrorism. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. Elsevier Publishers, June 2006.

Khardori, N. Bioterrorism and Bioterrorism Preparedness: A Historical perspective and overview. In Bioterrorism – Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, June 2006.

Kyriacou, D.N., Adamski, A. and Khardori, N. Anthrax – From antiquity and obscurity to a front runner in bioterrorism.
In Bioterrorism – Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, June 2006.

Mushtaq, A., El-Azizi, M. and Khardori, N. Category C potential bioterrorism agents and emerging pathogens.
In Bioterrorism – Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, June 2006.

Khardori, N. Antibiotics: Past, present and future. In Medical Clinics of North America, June 2006.

Mushtaq, A., El-Azizi, M. and Khardori, N. Effects of mucin on biofilm formation of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on endotracheal tube – A major determinant in ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). 46th Annual ICAAC, San Francisco, CA, September, 2006.

Mushtaq, A., El-Azizi, M. and Khardori, N. Role of albumin on colonization of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on endotracheal tube in vitro - A major determinant in ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).44th Annual IDSA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October, 2006.

Abstracts:

Madan, N., Rao, S. Robert, R. Shahida S. and Khardori, N. Transient Parkinsonism: An unusual manifestation of West Nile virus encephalitis. American College of Physicians. American Society of Internal Medicine. San Diego, California, April, 2003.

Koirala, J., Powless, C., Louis-Jacques, P., Ryan, B. and Khardori, N. Self-treatment of diarrhea in International Travelers. International Society of Travel Medicine, New York, New York, May, 2003.

Spiker, C., Arakere, P. Mushtaq, A. and Khardori, N. In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of linezolid against gram positive cocci in suspension, biofilms and resuspended biofilms. European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Glasgow, United Kingdom, May, 2003.

Havener, G. Roth, M. Arakere, P. Mottar, T, Barenfanger, J. Milner S. and Khardori, N. Effective investigation and Control of an aspergillosis outbreak in a Regional Burn Unit. Association of Practitioners in Infection Control, National Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, June, 2003.

El-Azizi, M. S. Starks and N. Khardori. 2003. effects of combination of Amphotericin with Azithromycin, Clarithromycin, Erythromycin, Gentamycin and Rifampin against clinical isolates of Candida species and filamentous fungi.43rd Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agent and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, USA.

El-Azizi, M. and N. Khardori. 2003. Effects of Amphotericin B on mature biofilms of Candida albicans in an in vitro pharmacokinetic model. American Society for Microbiology, Biofilms 2003, Victoria, British Coloumbia, Canada.

Koirala, L. Koch. Interferon-Gamma and Interferon-Gamma R1 in HIV Infection. Abstracts of 11th International Congress on Infectious Diseases. Int J Infect Dis, 2004 Mar; 8:S32.

El-Azizi, M. and N. Khardori. 2004. In vitro synergism between linezolid and UV radiation against biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus. 14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Czech Republic, Prague..

N. Khardori, M. El-Azizi, A. Mushtaq, C. Ball, C. Drake, J. Lawhorn. 2004. Region specificity, frequency of occurrence and pattern of antimicrobial susceptibility of common bacterial infections in Central Illinois. 14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Czech Republic, Prague.

El-Azizi, M. Suma Rao and Nancy Khardori. 2004. In vitro activity of Synercid, Vancomycin and linezolid against clinical isolates of MRSA, MSSA and S. epidermidis in suspensions, biofilms and dispersed biofilms. 104th general meeting of American Society for Microbiology, New orleans, LA, USA.

Suma Rao, M. El-Azizi, and Nancy Khardori. 2004. Effect of Vancomycin, Quinupristin/dalfopristin and linezolid on the production of extracellular polymeric materials produced by S. epidermidis. 44th Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agent and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Washington, DC, USA.

Roth, M., Cooley, N. Havener, G. and Khardori, N. Cost effective way for handling Crueztfeld Jacob Disease (JD) contaminated surgical instruments. Association for Practitioners in Infection Control, National Meeting, June, 2004.

Barenfanger, J., Daly, J.A., Hall, G.. Korgenski, E.K., Ramsey, D., Sreedhar, R., Agha, A., Gandotra, S., Mushtaq, A. and Khardori, N. 2005. Comprehension of microbiology reports by health care workers. 105th General Meeting of ASM, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

S. Rao, D. Blessman, J. Koirala, J. Goodrich, and N. Khardori. 2005. Biological response modifier as adjunct treatment for refractory localized MAC infection. CR 2005. Washington, D.C., USA.

B. Henkle, M. El-Azizi, A. Entabi, F. Malal, N. Khardori. 2005. Double and triple combinations of ciprofloxacin with other antipseudomonal drugs against multidrug resistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro. The15th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Copenhagen, Denmark.

M. El Azizi, S. D. Gandotra, P. Likibi, N. Khardori. 2005. A Comparison of the Bactericidal Activity of Three New Percarboxylic Acids Disinfectants ( 1-2K, 1-2KM, 3-3K) to that of Peracetic Acid, Glutaraldehyde, Hydrogen Peroxide and Sodium Hypochlorite Against Multidrug Resistant Bacteria. 105th General Meeting of ASM, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

S. D. Gandotra, M. El-Azizi, P. Likibi, N. Khardori. 2005. Factors Affecting the Killing Efficacy of New Percarboxylic Acid Disinfectant (1-2K) Against Multidrug Resistant Bacteria. The105th General Meeting of ASM, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

S. Klotz, N. Gaur, M. El-Azizi, N. Khardori, Sheppard, and P. Lipke. 2005. Candida albicans Als Proteins Mediate Polymicrobial Aggregation. 105th General Meeting of ASM, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Janak Koirala, Alys Adamski, Lori Koch, Mohammed El-Azizi, Nancy Khardori. Expression of Interferon-Gamma Receptors Increases with Progression of HIV-1 Infection. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), San Francisco, October 6-9, 2005 (Abstract no. 167).

Janak Koirala, Susheer D. Gandotra, Suma Rao, Donna Blessman, Mary Spain, Nancy Khardori. Appropriate Dosing of G-CSF in Pegylated Interferon-alpha Induced Neutropenia. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), San Francisco, October 6-9, 2005 (Abstract no. 957)

M. El-Azizi, S. Bhat, P. Savage, S. Milner, and N. Khardori. Topical Applications of Cationic Steroid Antimicrobial (CSA-13) in Treatment of Burn Wound Colonization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Burned Mice. 45th ICAAC, 2005. Washington DC, USA.

S.Gandotra, M. El-Azizi, and N. Khardori. In vitro activity of eight antimicrobial agents against clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. 45th ICAAC, 2005. Washington DC, USA.

S. Gandotra, M. El-Azizi, and N. Khardori. 2006. In vitro combination of rifampin with other antimicrobial agents against clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. The 16th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Nice, France.

M. El-Azizi, A. Mushtaq, and Nancy Khardori.2006. Activity of Peracetic Acid, Glutaraldehyde, Hydrogen Peroxide and Sodium Hypochlorite Against the biofilms of Multidrug Resistant Bacteria.106th General Meeting of ASM, Orlando, Florida, USA.

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