{"title":"Investigating Stigma During the Early Stages of a Pandemic Through the Lens of COVID-19","authors":"Zach Thornton, B. Hodge, Sheridan Langford","doi":"10.55504/2473-2869.1245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55504/2473-2869.1245","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91979,"journal":{"name":"The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43230689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Henry W. Nabeta, Maryam Zahin, J. Fuqua, Elizabeth D. Cash, Ingrid K. Leth, Michael Strauss, J. Novak, Lin Wang, Angela Siegwald, Rachel A. Sheppard, S. Rai, L. Rohan, Sharon Hillier, G. Dryden, Kevin L Potts, K. Palmer
{"title":"A Phase 1a/1b Clinical Trial Design to Assess Safety, Acceptability, Pharmacokinetics and Tolerability of Intranasal Q-Griffithsin for COVID-19 Prophylaxis","authors":"Henry W. Nabeta, Maryam Zahin, J. Fuqua, Elizabeth D. Cash, Ingrid K. Leth, Michael Strauss, J. Novak, Lin Wang, Angela Siegwald, Rachel A. Sheppard, S. Rai, L. Rohan, Sharon Hillier, G. Dryden, Kevin L Potts, K. Palmer","doi":"10.55504/2473-2869.1250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55504/2473-2869.1250","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91979,"journal":{"name":"The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47328425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What? Is Epstein–Barr Virus Infection Linked to Multiple Sclerosis?","authors":"Asha M. Mahajan, Steven B. Lippmann","doi":"10.55504/2473-2869.1257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55504/2473-2869.1257","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91979,"journal":{"name":"The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46866594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shameera Shaik Masthan, Deekshitha Turaka, A. Abdelhaleem, Mounica Vorla, Steven B. Lippmann
{"title":"Do You Know the Pathophysiology of Cytokine Storm During COVID-19?","authors":"Shameera Shaik Masthan, Deekshitha Turaka, A. Abdelhaleem, Mounica Vorla, Steven B. Lippmann","doi":"10.55504/2473-2869.1255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55504/2473-2869.1255","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91979,"journal":{"name":"The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47982859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pavani Nathala, S. Sarai, V. Salunkhe, M. Tella, S. Furmanek, F. Arnold
{"title":"Comparing Outcomes for Community-Acquired Pneumonia Between Females and Males: Results from the University of Louisville Pneumonia Study","authors":"Pavani Nathala, S. Sarai, V. Salunkhe, M. Tella, S. Furmanek, F. Arnold","doi":"10.55504/2473-2869.1148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55504/2473-2869.1148","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Male sex is currently considered to be a risk factor for worsened community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) outcomes compared to female sex; hence, female sex equates to a lower score on the Pneumonia Severity Index. There is no recent update on sex-based outcomes of patients with CAP. The objective of this study was to compare the outcomes of CAP between females and males. Methods: This was a secondary analysis of the University of Louisville Pneumonia Study database. It was a prospective population-based cohort study of all hospitalized adults with CAP who were residents of Jefferson County in the city of Louisville, Kentucky. The study included data from June 1, 2014, to May 31, 2016, and data from October 1, 2016, to May 31, 2017. The study population was divided into two groups: females and males. Results: Female patients had a 13% lower mortality at one year compared to males (aHR 1.13 [95% CI 1.05–1.23], P =0.002). There was no significant difference in mortality between the two groups during hospitalization or at 30-day or six-month follow-up. The median time to discharge for both female and male patients hospitalized with CAP was five days (interquartile range [IQR] 3, 9 days). The median time to clin- ical stability for both female and male patients hospitalized with CAP was two days (IQR 1, 4 days). Conclusion: This study shows that female patients had sig- nificantly lower one-year mortality compared to males. There was no significant difference between females and males in time to clinical stability or length of stay. Further investigation is needed to examine whether risk factors associated with fe- male and male sex predict outcomes among hospitalized patients due to CAP.","PeriodicalId":91979,"journal":{"name":"The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48304764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sharanya S E Santhi, S. Elnour, Steven B. Lippmann
{"title":"What About Anosmia From COVID-19 ?","authors":"Sharanya S E Santhi, S. Elnour, Steven B. Lippmann","doi":"10.55504/2473-2869.1251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55504/2473-2869.1251","url":null,"abstract":"Olfactory dysfunctions such as anosmia and/or hyposmia are prevalent in about 48% of subjects infected with SARS CoV-2 virus.[1] Anosmia is often the first symptom reported by people with COVID-19 and may occur in the absence of systemic or other upper respiratory manifestations.[2] Altered sense of smell reportedly takes an average of two weeks to regain function.[3] However, it can persist in prolonged symptomatology as a part of the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":91979,"journal":{"name":"The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45660185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Abdelhaleem, Deekshitha Turaka, Shameera Shaik Masthan, S. Lippmann
{"title":"Treating Cytokine Storm In Patients With COVID-19","authors":"A. Abdelhaleem, Deekshitha Turaka, Shameera Shaik Masthan, S. Lippmann","doi":"10.55504/2473-2869.1249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55504/2473-2869.1249","url":null,"abstract":"Early recognition of COVID-19-induced cytokine storm syndrome has prognostic and therapeutic implications.[2] Although elevated cytokine levels occur in such patients, the severity of the condition might not correlate with serum cytokine concentrations due to their short half-life and diurnal variation.[3] The plasma neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is an accepted intensity marker of systemic inflammation and is predictive of disease severity [4, 5] and mortality.[6]","PeriodicalId":91979,"journal":{"name":"The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46472907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19 Case Complicated with Organizing Pneumonia and Pneumothorax: Correspondence","authors":"Hammad A. Bhatti, Minh Q Ho","doi":"10.55504/2473-2869.1247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55504/2473-2869.1247","url":null,"abstract":"TO THE EDITOR—Organizing pneumonia on imaging may be seen as unilateral or bilateral peripheral peribronchovascular ground glass or air space consolidation, large nodules commonly with consolidation, or in some patients, peripheral consolidation. The bilateral consolidation typically has subpleural extension without subpleural sparing. Subpleural sparing is typically seen in chronic lung disease such as nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP). Other descriptions are of a nodule with a reverse halo (atoll sign), where a ground glass nodule is surrounded by a rim of consolidation.","PeriodicalId":91979,"journal":{"name":"The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46863264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"COVID-19, Vaccination, and Heart Transplantation","authors":"F. Arnold","doi":"10.55504/2473-2869.1248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55504/2473-2869.1248","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91979,"journal":{"name":"The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45642432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Fatal Case of COVID-19 Pneumonia in a Fully Vaccinated Heart Transplant Recipient","authors":"A. Belur, Diana Otero, C. Dunbar Matos","doi":"10.55504/2473-2869.1236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55504/2473-2869.1236","url":null,"abstract":"The development and administration of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are seeing lower numbers of COVID-19 cases and fatalities among fully vaccinated, immunocompe- tent adults. We present a case of fatal COVID-19 pneumonia in a heart transplant recipient who had received two doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had recommended additional doses.","PeriodicalId":91979,"journal":{"name":"The University of Louisville journal of respiratory infections","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41880573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}