Physician
Infectious Disease
Dr. Issam I. Raad, MD
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Dr. Issam I. Raad is an expert in the field of Infectious Disease. Doctor Issam I. Raad, MD is a published doctor. He has 103 papers published. The most current publication "The influence of using antibiotic-coated peripherally inserted central catheters on decreasing the risk of central line-associated bloodstream infections." Doctor Issam I. Raad, MD is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Phase 3 pharmacokinetics and safety study of a posaconazole tablet formulation in patients at risk for invasive fungal disease.
- Telavancin as an Alternative Treatment for Gram-Positive Bloodstream Infections in Patients with Cancer: A Case Control Study.
- Novel in situ liquefying antimicrobial wrap for preventing tissue expander infections following breast reconstructive surgeries.
- Non-inferiority of pulsed xenon UV light versus bleach for reducing environmental Clostridium difficile contamination on high-touch surfaces in Clostridium difficile i...
- Effect of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with cancer: addressing a neglected population.
- Non-inferiority of pulsed xenon ultraviolet light versus bleach versus for reducing environmental Clostridium difficile contamination on high-touch surfaces in Clostri...
- The utility of proadrenomedullin and procalcitonin in comparison to C-reactive protein as predictors of sepsis and bloodstream infections in critically ill patients wi...
- Caprylic Acid and Glyceryl Trinitrate Combination for Eradication of Biofilm.
- Advances in prevention and management of central line-associated bloodstream infections in patients with cancer.
- Clinical experience of the use of voriconazole, caspofungin or the combination in primary and salvage therapy of invasive aspergillosis in haematological malignancies.
- Cluster and Sporadic Cases of Herbaspirillum spp. Infections in Patients with Cancer.
- Invasive aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus terreus: an emerging opportunistic infection with poor outcome independent of azole therapy.
- Prevention of transmission of multi-drug resistant organisms during catheter exchange using antimicrobial catheters.
- Prevention of biofilm colonization by gram-negative bacteria on minocycline-rifampin-impregnated catheters sequentially coated with chlorhexidine.
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus in cancer patients: Clinical outcome and management.
- Breast tissue expander-related infections: perioperative antimicrobial regimens.
- Disposable gendine antimicrobial gloves for preventing transmission of pathogens in health care settings.
- Ommaya reservoir-related infections: Clinical manifestations and treatment outcomes.
- Telomerase as a potential marker for inflammation and cancer detection in bronchial washing: A prospective study.
- Granulocyte transfusions in hematologic malignancy patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: outcomes and complications.
- Glyceryl Trinitrate Complements Citrate and Ethanol in Eradicating Biofilm Organisms: A Novel Antimicrobial Catheter Lock Solution.
- Can procalcitonin differentiate Staphylococcus aureus from coagulase-negative staphylococci in clustered gram-positive bacteremia?
- Management of rapidly growing mycobacterial bacteremia in cancer patients.
- Comparison of Bacterial Adherence to Titanium Versus Polyurethane for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices.
- Rapidly growing mycobacterial bloodstream infections.
- Nephrostomy tube related pyelonephritis in patients with cancer: epidemiology, infection rate and risk factors.
- Pro-adrenomedullin as a Novel Biomarker for Predicting Infections and Response to Antimicrobials in Febrile Patients With Hematologic Malignancies.
- Chelator-based catheter lock solutions in eradicating organisms in biofilm.
- A multicenter study of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infection in patients with solid tumors in 3 countries: Early therapy improves outcomes.
- An Adaptive Randomized Trial of Intermittent Dosing Schedule of Aerosolized Ribavirin in Cancer Patients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections.
- Bloodstream infections: the risks and benefits of intravascular catheters.
- Comparison of Posaconazole Versus Weekly Amphotericin B Lipid Complex for the Prevention of Invasive Fungal Infections in Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation.
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections in Patients with Cancer Treated with Vancomycin: 9-Year Experience a...
- Can procalcitonin distinguish infectious fever from tumor-related fever in non-neutropenic cancer patients?
- Hepatitis C virus genotype distribution varies by underlying disease status among patients in the same geographic region: A retrospective multicenter study.
- Rhodococcus bacteremia in cancer patients is mostly catheter related and associated with biofilm formation.
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Pandemic 2009/H1N1 versus Seasonal Influenza in Children with Cancer.
- Hospital environment and invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematologic malignancy.
- Outbreak of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among health care workers in a cancer center.
- Clinical effectiveness and risk of emerging resistance associated with prolonged use of antibiotic-impregnated catheters: more than 0.5 million catheter days and 7 yea...
- Novel approach using antimicrobial catheters to improve the management of central line-associated bloodstream infections in cancer patients.
- Does combination of lipid formulation of amphotericin B and echinocandins improve outcome of invasive aspergillosis in hematological malignancy patients?
- Detection and control of a nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus outbreak in a stem cell transplantation unit: the role of palivizumab.
- Clinical experience of linezolid in bone marrow transplantation patients.
- Drug-induced nephrotoxicity caused by amphotericin B lipid complex and liposomal amphotericin B: a review and meta-analysis.
- Characteristics and outcomes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical-site infections in patients with cancer: a case-control study.
- Erratum to: Characteristics and Outcomes of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surgical-Site Infections in Patients with Cancer: a Case-Control Study.
- Escherichia coli Pyomyositis: an emerging infectious disease among patients with hematologic malignancies.
- A tertiary care cancer center experience of the 2007 outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infection due to prefilled syringes.
- Candidemia in patients with hematologic malignancies in the era of new antifungal agents (2001-2007): stable incidence but changing epidemiology of a still frequently ...
- The role of interventional molecular epidemiology in controlling clonal clusters of multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in critically ill cancer patients.
- Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
- Tigecycline use in cancer patients with serious infections: a report on 110 cases from a single institution.
- Efficacy of novel antimicrobial gloves impregnated with antiseptic dyes in preventing the adherence of multidrug-resistant nosocomial pathogens.
- Phaeohyphomycosis in a tertiary care cancer center.
- Activity of novel antibiotic lock solutions in a model against isolates of catheter-related bloodstream infections.
- The crucial role of catheters in micrococcal bloodstream infections in cancer patients.
- The role of molecular methods in the prevention of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clusters in cancer patients.
- Commentary: zero tolerance for catheter-related bloodstream infections: the unnegotiable objective.
- The role of chelators in preventing biofilm formation and catheter-related bloodstream infections.
- Caspofungin-mediated beta-glucan unmasking and enhancement of human polymorphonuclear neutrophil activity against Aspergillus and non-Aspergillus hyphae.
- Amphotericin B lipid complex versus liposomal amphotericin B monotherapy for invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematologic malignancy.
- Infections in 100 cord blood transplantations: spectrum of early and late posttransplant infections in adult and pediatric patients 1996-2005.
- Increased bone marrow iron stores is an independent risk factor for invasive aspergillosis in patients with high-risk hematologic malignancies and recipients of alloge...
- Effects of liposomal amphotericin B versus an amphotericin B lipid complex on liver histopathology in patients with hematologic malignancies and invasive fungal infect...
- Risk of bioaerosol contamination with Aspergillus species before and after cleaning in rooms filtered with high-efficiency particulate air filters that house patients ...
- Colistin is effective in treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cancer patients.
- Neuraminidase inhibitors improve outcome of patients with leukemia and influenza: an observational study.
- Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in 47 hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients: clinical characteristics of infections and vaccine-breakthrough infection...
- Scedosporium infection in a tertiary care cancer center: a review of 25 cases from 1989-2006.
- Dose-related safety and immunogenicity of baculovirus-expressed trivalent influenza vaccine: a double-blind, controlled trial in adult patients with non-Hodgkin B cell...
- Respiratory viral infections in adults with hematologic malignancies and human stem cell transplantation recipients: a retrospective study at a major cancer center.
- Safety of long-term oral posaconazole use in the treatment of refractory invasive fungal infections.
- Recombinant interferon gamma1b immune enhancement in 20 patients with hematologic malignancies and systemic opportunistic infections treated with donor granulocyte tra...
- Posaconazole as salvage treatment for invasive fusariosis in patients with underlying hematologic malignancy and other conditions.
- Comparative in vitro efficacies of various catheter lock solutions.
- Culture-positive and culture-negative endocarditis in patients with cancer: a retrospective observational study, 1994-2004.
- Cytomegalovirus infection in patients with lymphoma: an important cause of morbidity and mortality.
- Chest tube-related empyema due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: could the chest tube be coated with antiseptics?
- Open-label, randomized comparison of itraconazole versus caspofungin for prophylaxis in patients with hematologic malignancies.
- Pentamidine is active in a neutropenic murine model of acute invasive pulmonary fusariosis.
- Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: catheter colonization, esp gene, and decreased susceptibility to antibiotics in biofilm.
- Posaconazole: a broad-spectrum triazole antifungal.
- Diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection.
- Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in patients with lymphoma.
- Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia in patients with cancer: disease characteristics and outcomes in the era of escalating drug resistance (1998-2002).
- Comparison of antimicrobial impregnation with tunneling of long-term central venous catheters: a randomized controlled trial.
- Catheter-related vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia: clinical and molecular epidemiology.
- A randomized, controlled trial of a new vascular catheter flush solution (minocycline-EDTA) in temporary hemodialysis access.
- Itraconazole added to a lipid formulation of amphotericin B does not improve outcome of primary treatment of invasive aspergillosis.
- Increased frequency of non-fumigatus Aspergillus species in amphotericin B- or triazole-pre-exposed cancer patients with positive cultures for aspergilli.
- Zygomycosis in a tertiary-care cancer center in the era of Aspergillus-active antifungal therapy: a case-control observational study of 27 recent cases.
- Nonfermentative gram-negative bacilli in cancer patients: increasing frequency of infection and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates to fluoroquinolones.
- The safety of interferon-gamma-1b therapy for invasive fungal infections after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- Impact of high-dose granulocyte transfusions in patients with cancer with candidemia: retrospective case-control analysis of 491 episodes of Candida species bloodstrea...
- Catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by Mycobacterium brumae.
- Multiple-species candidemia in patients with cancer.
- Aspergillus terreus: an emerging amphotericin B-resistant opportunistic mold in patients with hematologic malignancies.
- Invasive cutaneous fungal infections requiring radical resection in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
- Clinical-use-associated decrease in susceptibility of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium to linezolid: a comparison with quinupristin-dalfopristin.
- Glyceryl trinitrate and caprylic acid for the mitigation of the Desulfovibrio vulgaris biofilm on C1018 carbon steel.
- The influence of using antibiotic-coated peripherally inserted central catheters on decreasing the risk of central line-associated bloodstream infections.
Doctors Specialties
- Infectious Disease Medicine
- Infectious Disease
Accepted Insurances
Education
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University of Florida -
American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1033215439 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | RAAD | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ISSAM | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 770304009 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TX | |
| Specialty Description | Infectious Disease | |
| Total Claim Count | 58.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1033215439 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | RAAD |
| First Name Of The Provider | ISSAM |
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