Clinical Outcomes of Immunocompromised Adults Hospitalized with Pneumococcal Pneumonia: A Case-Control Study

by Julio Ramirez, Thomas Chandler, Stephen Furmanek, Forest Arnold, Jose Bordon
Published 2021-08-01

In Patients Hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumonia, SARS-CoV-2 Is Associated with Worse Clinical Outcomes When Compared to Influenza

by Jeffrey Spindel, Stephen Furmanek, Thomas Chandler, Julio A. Ramirez, Rodrigo Cavallazzi
Published 2023-04-01

Association between body mass index and mortality in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia

by Richard Y. Kim, Connor Glick, Stephen Furmanek, Julio A. Ramirez, Rodrigo Cavallazzi
Published 2021-03-01

23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination Does Not Prevent Community-Acquired Pneumonia Hospitalizations Due to Vaccine-Type <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>

by Thomas Chandler, Stephen Furmanek, Ruth Carrico, Dawn Balcom, Forest Arnold, Julio Ramirez
Published 2022-03-01

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Time to Weaning Off the Invasive Mechanical Ventilator among Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia

by Jose Bordon, Ozan Akca, Stephen Furmanek, Rodrigo Silva Cavallazzi, Sally Suliman, Amr Aboelnasr, Bettina Sinanova, Julio A. Ramirez
Published 2021-06-01

Frequency of stool specimen collection and testing for Clostridioides difficile of hospitalized adults and long-term care facility residents with new-onset diarrhea in Louisville,...

by Frederick J. Angulo, Senén Peña Oliva, Ruth Carrico, Stephen Furmanek, Joann Zamparo, Elisa Gonzalez, Sharon Gray, Kimbal D. Ford, David Swerdlow, Jennifer C. Moïsi, Julio Ramirez
Published 2022-07-01

Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Louisville, Kentucky, and Its Estimated Burden of Disease in the United States

by Julio Ramirez, Stephen Furmanek, Thomas R. Chandler, Timothy Wiemken, Paula Peyrani, Forest Arnold, William Mattingly, Ashley Wilde, Jose Bordon, Rafael Fernandez-Botran, Ruth Carrico, Rodrigo Cavallazzi, The University of Louisville Pneumonia Study Group
Published 2023-11-01

Induction of interferon response by high viral loads at early stage infection may protect against severe outcomes in COVID-19 patients

by Eric C. Rouchka, Julia H. Chariker, Brian Alejandro, Robert S. Adcock, Richa Singhal, Julio Ramirez, Kenneth E. Palmer, Amanda B. Lasnik, Ruth Carrico, Forest W. Arnold, Stephen Furmanek, Mei Zhang, Leslie A. Wolf, Sabine Waigel, Wolfgang Zacharias, Jose Bordon, Donghoon Chung
Published 2021-08-01

Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Adults Substantially Increases When Adding Sputum, Saliva, and Serology Testing to Nasopharyngeal Swab RT–PCR

by Julio Ramirez, Ruth Carrico, Ashley Wilde, Alan Junkins, Stephen Furmanek, Thomas Chandler, Paul Schulz, Robin Hubler, Paula Peyrani, Qing Liu, Sonali Trivedi, Sonal Uppal, Warren V. Kalina, Ann R. Falsey, Edward E. Walsh, Kari Yacisin, Luis Jodar, Bradford D. Gessner, Elizabeth Begier
Published 2023-05-01

Misdiagnosis of Clostridioides difficile Infections by Standard-of-Care Specimen Collection and Testing among Hospitalized Adults, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 2019–2020

by Julio A. Ramirez, Frederick J. Angulo, Ruth M. Carrico, Stephen Furmanek, Senén Peña Oliva, Joann M. Zamparo, Elisa Gonzalez, Pingping Zhang, Leslie A. Wolf Parrish, Subathra Marimuthu, Michael W. Pride, Sharon Gray, Cátia S. Matos Ferreira, Forest W. Arnold, Raul E. Istúriz, Nadia Minarovic, Jennifer C. Moïsi, Luis Jodar
Published 2023-05-01

Different clinical characteristics and outcomes of adult hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia patients complicated by cardiovascular events during the first, delta and omicron waves o...

by Lynn P. Roser, Harideep Samanapally, T’shura Ali, Qian Xu, Yuchen Han, Vidyulata Salunkhe, Fnu Deepti, Trevor McGuffin, Emma C. Huang, Stephen Furmanek, Alex Glynn, Julio Ramirez, Christopher M. Jones, Ramesh Mariyappa, Ryan J. Hogue, Alexander M. Williams, Justin J. Huang, Forest W. Arnold, Sean P. Clifford, Siddharth Pahwa, Maiying Kong, Jiapeng Huang, Jiapeng Huang, Jiapeng Huang, Jiapeng Huang, Jiapeng Huang
Published 2024-04-01