Comparison of the Quantiferon®-TB GOLD (in Tube) Assay With Tuberculin Skin Testing for Detecting Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease Being Evaluated for or Awaiting Liver Transplantation Tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in organ transplant recipients. Management of tuberculosis in this setting is challenging due to the complexity of diagno...

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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Patients Diagnosed With Novel Influenza A (H1N1) This is study where medical record information will be collected as well as collection of excess biological samples.

• Country United States
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Infectious Outcomes Following Pancreas Transplantation The proposed protocol aims to characterize the infectious episodes in pancreas transplant recipients under the current medical care. Knowing these patients infectious risks, the types of i...

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Optimizing Dosing of Colistin for Infections Resistant to All Other Antibiotics, Approved NIH Protocol Dated 12.06.07(DMID Protocol #07-0036) More than 80 patients at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have been infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, lacking susceptibility to all commercially available antibiotics except...

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Invasive Fungal Infections Surveillance Initiative The purpose of this study is to optimize the management of patients treated for invasive fungal infections by establishing a real-time, continuous clinical data base that will capture and ...

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