Publications Print Adema JL, Ahiskali A, Fida M, Mediwala Hornback K, Stevens RW, Rivera CG. Correction: Adema et al. Heartbreaking Decisions: The Dogma and Uncertainties of Antimicrobial Therapy in Infective Endocarditis. Pathogens 2023, 12, 703. Pathogens. 2024 Feb 21; 13 (3) View PubMed Ordaya EE, Abu Saleh OM, Vergidis P, Deml SM, Wengenack NL, Fida M. Temporal trends in antifungal susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from a reference laboratory in the United States, 2011-2021. Mycoses. 2024 Jan; 67 (1):e13691 View PubMed Damronglerd P, Higgins E, Fida M, Tai DBG, Tande AJ, Abdel MP, Abu Saleh OM. Characteristics and management of periprosthetic joint infections caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria: a retrospective study and a review of the literature. J Bone Jt Infect. 2024; 9 (1):99-106 Epub 2024 Feb 29 View PubMed Chesdachai S, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Palraj BR, Madhavan M, Tabaja H, Fida M, Challener DW, DeSimone DC. Candidemia in Patients With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices: Uncertainty in Management Based on Current International Guidelines. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Jul; 10 (7):ofad318 Epub 2023 June 13 View PubMed Dumais MG, Khodadadi RB, Fida M. 36-Year-Old Man With Shortness of Breath, Difficulty Swallowing, and Productive Cough. Mayo Clin Proc. 2023 Jul; 98 (7):1090-1095 Epub 2023 June 07 View PubMed Cullen GD, Yetmar ZA, Fida M, Abu Saleh OM. Prototheca Infection: A Descriptive Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Jun; 10 (6):ofad294 Epub 2023 June 06 View PubMed Adema JL, Ahiskali A, Fida M, Mediwala Hornback K, Stevens RW, Rivera CG. Heartbreaking Decisions: The Dogma and Uncertainties of Antimicrobial Therapy in Infective Endocarditis. Pathogens. 2023 May 12; 12 (5) View PubMed Hess KA, Kooda K, Shulha JA, Mara K, Go JR, Fida M, DeSimone DC, Stevens RW. Retrospective Evaluation of the Association of Oxacillin MIC on Acute Treatment Outcomes with Cefazolin and Antistaphylococcal Penicillins in Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. J Clin Microbiol. 2023 Apr 20; 61 (4):e0003923 Epub 2023 Mar 29 View PubMed Chesdachai S, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Palraj BR, Madhavan M, Tabaja H, Fida M, Lahr BD, DeSimone DC. Bacteremia due to non-Staphylococcus aureus gram-positive cocci and risk of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection. Heart Rhythm O2. 2023 Mar; 4 (3):207-214 Epub 2022 Dec 22 View PubMed Halfmann PJ, Minor NR, Haddock Iii LA, Maddox R, Moreno GK, Braun KM, Baker DA, Riemersa KK, Prasad A, Alman KJ, Lambert MC, Florek K, Bateman A, Westergaard R, Safdar N, Andes DR, Kawaoka Y, Fida M, Yao JD, Friedrich TC, O'Connor DH. Evolution of a globally unique SARS-CoV-2 Spike E484T monoclonal antibody escape mutation in a persistently infected, immunocompromised individual. Virus Evol. 2023; 9 (2):veac104 Epub 2022 Nov 05 View PubMed Fida M, Misra A, Harring JA, Kubbara A, Theel ES. Histoplasma capsulatum Complement Fixation and Immunodiffusion Assay Sensitivity in Culture-Confirmed Cases of Histoplasmosis: a 10-Year Retrospective Review (2011 to 2020). J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Oct 19; 60 (10):e0105722 Epub 2022 Sept 12 View PubMed Chesdachai S, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Palraj BR, Madhavan M, Tabaja H, Fida M, Lahr BD, DeSimone DC. Risk of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection in Patients Presenting With Gram-Negative Bacteremia. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Sep; 9 (9):ofac444 Epub 2022 Aug 25 View PubMed Mudrick HE, Massey S, McGlinch EB, Parrett BJ, Hemsath JR, Barry ME, Rubin JD, Uzendu C, Hansen MJ, Erskine CL, Van Keulen VP, Drelich A, Panos JA, Fida M, Suh GA, Peikert T, Block MS, Tseng CK, Olivier GR, Barry MA. Comparison of replicating and nonreplicating vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. Sci Adv. 2022 Aug 26; 8 (34):eabm8563 Epub 2022 Aug 24 View PubMed Fida M, Cunningham SA, Beisken S, Posch AE, Chia N, Jeraldo PR, Murphy MP, Zinsmaster NM, Patel R, Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group. Acinetobacter baumannii Genomic Sequence-Based Core Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing Using Ridom SeqSphere+ and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Prediction in ARESdb. J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Aug 17; 60 (8):e0053322 Epub 2022 July 12 View PubMed Hindy JR, Quintero-Martinez JA, Lahr BD, Palraj R, Go JR, Fida M, Abu Saleh OM, Arshad V, Talha KM, DeSimone DC, Sohail MR, Baddour LM. Incidence of Monomicrobial Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Population-Based Study in Olmsted County, Minnesota-2006 to 2020. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jul; 9 (7):ofac190 Epub 2022 Apr 13 View PubMed Chesdachai S, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Palraj BR, Madhavan M, Tabaja H, Fida M, Lahr BD, DeSimone DC. Evaluation of European Heart Rhythm Association consensus in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Heart Rhythm. 2022 Apr; 19 (4):570-577 Epub 2021 Dec 16 View PubMed Willett KL, Dalvin LA, Pritt BS, Fida M, Kasten MJ, Olsen TW. Cryptococcus gattii endogenous chorioretinitis. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2022 Mar; 25:101283 Epub 2022 Jan 20 View PubMed Fida M, Beam E, Wengenack NL. Misidentification of Mycobacterium smegmatis as Mycobacterium fortuitum by DNA line probe assay. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2021 Dec; 25:100268 Epub 2021 Aug 26 View PubMed Comba IY, Tabaja H, Almeida NEC, Fida M, Saleh OA. Bloodstream infections with rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2021 Dec; 25:100288 Epub 2021 Nov 14 View PubMed Abu Saleh O, Fida M, Asbury K, Narichania A, Sotello D, Bosch W, Vikram HR, Palraj R, Lahr B, Baddour LM, Sohail MR. Prospective Validation of PREDICT and Its Impact on the Transesophageal Echocardiography Use in Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5; 73 (7):e1745-e1753 View PubMed Fida M, Wolf MJ, Hamdi A, Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Khalil S, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Thoendel MJ, Patel R. Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria From Septic Patients Using 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene-Targeted Metagenomic Sequencing. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5; 73 (7):1165-1172 View PubMed Fida M, Khalil S, Abu Saleh O, Challener DW, Sohail MR, Yang JN, Pritt BS, Schuetz AN, Patel R. Diagnostic Value of 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Polymerase Chain Reaction/Sanger Sequencing in Clinical Practice. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 15; 73 (6):961-968 View PubMed Eberly AR, Challener DW, Shweta FNU, Fida M, Boerger AC, Assi M, O'Horo JC, Binnicker MJ. Initial SARS-CoV-2 PCR crossing point does not predict hospitalization and duration of PCR positivity. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2021 Feb; 54 (1):77-80 Epub 2020 Oct 10 View PubMed Tai DBG, Go JR, Fida M, Saleh OA. Management and treatment of Aerococcus bacteremia and endocarditis. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Jan; 102:584-589 Epub 2020 Nov 04 View PubMed Hamdi A, Fida M, Deml SM, Abu Saleh O, Wengenack NL. Utility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PCR in ruling out active disease and impact on isolation requirements in a low prevalence setting. J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2020 Dec; 21:100181 Epub 2020 Aug 17 View PubMed Challener DW, Challener GJ, Gow-Lee VJ, Fida M, Shah AS, O'Horo JC. Screening for COVID-19: Patient factors predicting positive PCR test. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Aug; 41 (8):968-969 Epub 2020 May 19 View PubMed Fida M, Mahmood M, Temesgen Z. Emergence of dual antiretroviral therapy as a viable regimen option for the treatment of patients with HIV infection. Drugs Today (Barc). 2020 Jun; 56 (6):405-421 View PubMed Fida M, Cunningham SA, Murphy MP, Bonomo RA, Hujer KM, Hujer AM, Kreiswirth BN, Chia N, Jeraldo PR, Nelson H, Zinsmaster NM, Toraskar N, Chang W, Patel R, Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group. Core genome MLST and resistome analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae using a clinically amenable workflow. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 May; 97 (1):114996 Epub 2020 Jan 21 View PubMed Alsaadi A, Fida M, Shah K, Abu Saleh O. A 24-year-old Immigrant With Rash. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 10; 70 (8):1788-1791 View PubMed Hamdi AM, Fida M, Deml SM, Abu Saleh OM, Wengenack NL. Retrospective Analysis of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Nocardia Species from a Tertiary Hospital and Reference Laboratory, 2011 to 2017. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 Feb 21; 64 (3) View PubMed Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Cunningham SA, Vijayvargiya P, Fida M, Friedman PA, Mandrekar J, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Patel R. Molecular Approach to Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 14; 70 (5):898-906 View PubMed Hamdi AM, Fida M, Abu Saleh OM, Beam E. Stenotrophomonas Bacteremia Antibiotic Susceptibility and Prognostic Determinants: Mayo Clinic 10-Year Experience. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Jan; 7 (1):ofaa008 Epub 2020 Jan 19 View PubMed Castillo NE, Gurram P, Sohail MR, Fida M, Abu Saleh O. Fishing for a Diagnosis, the Impact of Delayed Diagnosis on the Course of Mycobacterium marinum Infection: 21 Years of Experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Jan; 7 (1):ofz550 Epub 2020 Jan 04 View PubMed Fida M, Hamdi AM, Bryson A, Razonable RR, Abu Saleh O. Long-term Outcomes of Patients With Human Herpesvirus 6 Encephalitis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Jul; 6 (7):ofz269 Epub 2019 June 05 View PubMed Fida M, Challener D, Hamdi A, O'horo J, Abu Saleh O. Babesiosis: A Retrospective Review of 38 Cases in the Upper Midwest. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 1; 6 (7) View PubMed Fida M, Rizza SA, Temesgen Z. Dolutegravir plus lamivudine dual therapy - a new option for initial antiretroviral therapy. Drugs Today (Barc). 2019 May; 55 (5):297-304 View PubMed Fida M, Abu Saleh O. Postoperative Trouble. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Mar; 94 (3):555-556 View PubMed Moazzam Amena, Fida Madiha, Nazeer Shaista, Masud Faisal. The Role of Nitazoxanide in Combination with Interferon and Ribavirin in The Treatment of Genotype 3 Hepatitis C Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. 2017; 11(1):471-474. Baig Mirza AM, Fida M, Murtaza G, Niazi R, Hanif A, Irfan K, Masud F. Association of metabolic factors with dengue viral infection on admission triage which predict its clinical course during Lahore dengue epidemic. J Pak Med Assoc. 2016 Sep; 66 (9):1102-1106 View PubMed PST-20517069 Home Publications