Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Clinical Biochemistry
Research interest
Research interests include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management.
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps: An Emerging Therapeutic Target to Improve Infectious Disease Outcomes
Dalbavancin Sequential Therapy for Gram-Positive Bloodstream Infection: A Multicenter Observational Study
Understanding vancomycin nephrotoxicity augmented by β-lactams: a synthesis of endosymbiosis, proximal renal tubule mitochondrial metabolism, and β-lactam chemistry
Current Paradigms of Combination Therapy in Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) Bacteremia: Does it Work, Which Combination, and For Which Patients?
Repurposed drugs block toxin-driven platelet clearance by the hepatic Ashwell-Morell receptor to clear <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> bacteremia
Acute Psychosis Due to Anti-N-Methyl D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report
Randomized Prospective Open Label Study Shows No Impact on Clinical Outcome of Adding Losartan to Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Mild Hypoxemia
Mortality Risk Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia by Multi-omic Serum Analysis Reveals Early Predictive and Pathogenic Signatures
Intravenous Immunoglobulin Plus Methylprednisolone Mitigate Respiratory Morbidity in Coronavirus Disease 2019
Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (Prevagen or Octagam) for the Treatment of COVID-19: Retrospective Case Series
Synergistic Effects of Pulsed Lavage and Antimicrobial Therapy Against Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms in an in-vitro Model
Clinical Data on Daptomycin plus Ceftaroline versus Standard of Care Monotherapy in the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
Multicenter Cohort of Patients With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Receiving Daptomycin Plus Ceftaroline Compared With Other MRSA Treatments
Cefazolin and Ertapenem Salvage Therapy Rapidly Clears Persistent Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
Bacterial Cytological Profiling (BCP) as a Rapid and Accurate Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Method for Staphylococcus aureus
Standard susceptibility testing overlooks potent azithromycin activity and cationic peptide synergy against MDR<i>Stenotrophomonas maltophilia</i>
Efficacy of ceftolozane/tazobactam versus levofloxacin in the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs) caused by levofloxacin-resistant pathogens: results from the ASPECT-cUTI trial
Azithromycin Synergizes with Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides to Exert Bactericidal and Therapeutic Activity Against Highly Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens
β-Lactam combinations with daptomycin provide synergy against vancomycin-resistant <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> and <i>Enterococcus faecium</i>
When sepsis persists: a review of MRSA bacteraemia salvage therapy
Penicillin Binding Protein 1 Is Important in the Compensatory Response of Staphylococcus aureus to Daptomycin-Induced Membrane Damage and Is a Potential Target for β-Lactam–Daptomycin Synergy
Antimicrobial Salvage Therapy for Persistent Staphylococcal Bacteremia Using Daptomycin Plus Ceftaroline
Daptomycin in Combination With Other Antibiotics for the Treatment of Complicated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
Defining Daptomycin Resistance Prevention Exposures in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium and E. faecalis
Potent synergy of ceftobiprole plus daptomycin against multiple strains of Staphylococcus aureus with various resistance phenotypes
Heterogeneity of <i>mprF</i> Sequences in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates: Role in Cross-Resistance between Daptomycin and Host Defense Antimicrobial Peptides
Avoiding the Perfect Storm: The Biologic and Clinical Case for Reevaluating the 7-Day Expectation for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Before Switching Therapy
A Current Perspective on Daptomycin for the Clinical Microbiologist
Nafcillin enhances innate immune-mediated killing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
A multicentre evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of high-dose daptomycin for the treatment of infective endocarditis