Publications

  1. Kasule SN, Grant LM, Apolinario MA, Speiser LJ, Saling CF, Blair JE, Vikram HR. Endemic Fungal Infective Endocarditis Caused by Coccidioides, Blastomyces and Histoplasma Species in the United States. Cureus. 2024 May; 16 (5):e60285 Epub 2024 May 14
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  2. Friedman DZP, Theel ES, Walker RC, Vikram HR, Razonable RR, Vergidis P. Serial Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Aspergillus Galactomannan and Treatment Response in Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Apr; 11 (4):ofae114 Epub 2024 Mar 01
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  3. Mbonde AA, Gritsch D, Harahsheh EY, Kasule SN, Hasan S, Parsons AM, Zhang N, Butterfield R, Shiue H, Norville KA, Reynolds JL, Vikram HR, Chong B, Grill MF. Neuroinvasive West Nile Virus Infection in Immunosuppressed and Immunocompetent Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 4; 7 (3):e244294 Epub 2024 Mar 04
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  4. Gupta S, Gea-Banacloche J, Heilman RL, Yaman RN, Me HM, Zhang N, Vikram HR, Kodali L. Impact of Early Rejection Treatment on Infection Development in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Propensity Analysis. J Transplant. 2024; 2024:6663086 Epub 2024 Mar 01
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  5. Speiser LJ, Wonnaparhown AM, Blair J, Shah A, Patel DR, McCullough AE, Nicolasora N, Khalsa AM, Orenstein R, Vikram HR, Huang V, Seville MT. A Case of Sustained Viral Shedding of Mpox With Ocular Involvement Resulting in Vision Loss. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Jan; 11 (1):ofad632 Epub 2023 Dec 14
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  6. Gupta S, Grant LM, Powers HR, Kimes KE, Hamdi A, Butterfield RJ, Gea-Banacloche J, Vijayvargiya P, Hata DJ, Meza Villegas DM, Dumitrascu AC, Harris DM, Chirila RM, Zhang N, Razonable RR, Kusne S, Alvarez S, Vikram HR. Invasive Nocardia Infections across Distinct Geographic Regions, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Dec; 29(12):2417-25.
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  7. Renfree KJ, Scott KL, Polveroni TM, Mead-Harvey C, Vikram HR. Nonmarinum, Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections of the Upper Extremity: A Multi-Institutional Descriptive Report. J Hand Surg Am. 2023 Nov; 48 (11):1159.e1-1159.e10 Epub 2022 May 28
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  8. Grant LM, Seville MT, Graf EH, Vikram HR. Rhodococcus erythropolis septic arthritis. BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Oct 6; 16 (10) Epub 2023 Oct 06
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  9. Yetmar ZA, Duffy D, Smith BH, Vikram HR, Brumble L, Limper AH, Beam E. Risk factors and outcomes of Pneumocystis pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients: Impact of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder. Clin Transplant. 2023 Sep; 37 (9):e15021 Epub 2023 May 17
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  10. Grant LM, Kole A, Lam-Himlin DM, Vikram HR. Facial skin lesions and diarrhea in a kidney transplant recipient. Am J Transplant. 2023 Jul; 23 (7):1077-1079
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  11. Quintero-Martinez JA, Hindy JR, Zein SE, Vikram HR, Bosch W, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM. Species designation of streptococci causing infective endocarditis in patients with mitral valve prolapse. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Jun; 131:71-74 Epub 2023 Mar 25
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  12. Kasule SN, Gupta S, Patron RL, Grill MF, Vikram HR. Neuroinvasive West Nile virus infection in solid organ transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Feb; 25 (1):e14004 Epub 2023 Jan 10
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  13. Gupta S, Gea-Banacloche J, Me HM, Chascsa DMH, Heilman RL, Budhiraja P, Yaman RN, Vikram HR, Zhang N, Joseph AM, Kodali L. Infections following rejection therapies in kidney and liver transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 Dec; 24 (6):e13981 Epub 2022 Nov 09
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  14. Ashcherkin N, Gupta S, Huff DA, Vikram HR, Ampel NM, Fischer KM, Blair JE. Impact of COVID-19 on diagnosis of primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Sep 2; 101 (35):e30361
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  15. Grant LM, Kasule SN, Singer ML, Speiser LJ, Vikram HR. Superimposed Neuroinvasive Coccidioidomycosis and West Nile Virus Infection. Cureus. 2022 Sep; 14 (9):e29783 Epub 2022 Sept 30
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  16. Jayasekera CR, Vikram HR, Rifat Z, Wagler J, Okubo K, Braaksma BR, Harbell JW, Jadlowiec CC, Katariya NN, Mathur AK, Moss A, Reddy KS, Singer A, Orenstein R, Saling CF, Seville MT, Mour GK, Vargas HE, Byrne TJ, Hewitt WR Jr, Aqel BA. Solid Organ Transplantation From SARS-CoV-2-infected Donors to Uninfected Recipients: A Single-center Experience. Transplant Direct. 2022 Feb; 8 (2):e1286 Epub 2022 Jan 13
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  17. Abu Jawdeh BG, Nguyen MC, Ryan MS, Vikram HR. Case report: Emphysematous pyelonephritis associated with kidney allograft abscess formation. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022; 9:1066512 Epub 2022 Dec 22
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  18. 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
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  19. Rodriguez-Pla A, Vikram HR, Khalid V, Wesselius LJ. COVID-19 pneumonia in a patient with granulomatosis with polyangiitis on rituximab: case-based review. Rheumatol Int. 2021 Aug; 41 (8):1509-1514 Epub 2021 June 06
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  20. Blair JE, Gotimukul A, Wang F, Mina SA, Bartels HC, Burns MW, Kole AE, Vikram HR, Gea-Banacloche JC, Seville MT, Petty SAB, Vikram A, Orenstein R. Mild to moderate COVID-19 illness in adult outpatients: Characteristics, symptoms, and outcomes in the first 4 weeks of illness. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jun 18; 100 (24):e26371
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  21. Saling C, Feller F, Vikram HR. Ibrutinib-associated necrotic nasal lesion and pulmonary infiltrates. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jan 19; 14 (1)
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  22. Jones JM, Vikram HR, Lauzardo M, Hill A, Jones J, Haley C, Seaworth B, Oldham S, Brown M, Gutierrez F, Basavaraju SV. Tuberculosis transmission across three states: The story of a solid organ donor born in an endemic country, 2018. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Dec; 22 (6):e13357 Epub 2020 July 08
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  23. Kusne Y, Kimes KE, Feller FF, Patron R, Banacloche JG, Blair JE, Vikram HR, Ampel NM. Coccidioidomycosis in Patients Treated With Ruxolitinib. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Jun; 7 (6):ofaa167 Epub 2020 May 19
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  24. Bering J, Hartmann C, Asbury K, Vikram HR. Unexpected pathogen presenting with purulent meningitis. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Mar 18; 13 (3)
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  25. Oh TS, Le K, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Vikram HR, Hernandez-Meneses M, Miro JM, Prutkin JM, Greenspon AJ, Carrillo RG, Danik SB, Naber CK, Blank E, Tseng CH, Uslan DZ, Peacock JE Jr, MEDIC (Multicenter Electrophysiologic Device Infection Cohort) Investigators. Cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections due to enterococcal species: Clinical features, management, and outcomes. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2019 Oct; 42 (10):1331-1339 Epub 2019 Sept 03
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  26. Shambhu SK, Murthy PR, D'souza PE, Hanumappa D, Vikram HR, Janardhana GC, Matada R. Subconjunctival Dirofilariasis Presenting as Orbital Cellulitis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jul/Aug; 35 (4):e97-e99
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  27. Murphy KM, Vikram HR. Heart transplantation for infective endocarditis: Viable option for a limited few? Transpl Infect Dis. 2019 Feb; 21 (1):e13006 Epub 2018 Oct 28
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  28. Lyons MK, Neal MT, Patel NP, Vikram HR. Progressive Back Pain due to Aspergillus nidulans Vertebral Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Patient: Surgical and Antifungal Management. Case Rep Orthop. 2019; 2019:4268468 Epub 2019 July 02
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  29. Gray EB, La Hoz RM, Green JS, Vikram HR, Benedict T, Rivera H, Montgomery SP. Reactivation of Chagas disease among heart transplant recipients in the United States, 2012-2016. Transpl Infect Dis. 2018 Dec; 20 (6):e12996 Epub 2018 Oct 02
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  30. El Rafei A, DeSimone DC, Narichania AD, Sohail MR, Vikram HR, Li Z, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Comparison of Dual beta-Lactam therapy to penicillin-aminoglycoside combination in treatment of Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis. J Infect. 2018 Nov; 77 (5):398-404 Epub 2018 June 30
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  31. Peacock JE Jr, Stafford JM, Le K, Sohail MR, Baddour LM, Prutkin JM, Danik SB, Vikram HR, Hernandez-Meneses M, Miro JM, Blank E, Naber CK, Carrillo RG, Greenspon AJ, Tseng CH, Uslan DZ. Attempted salvage of infected cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: Are there clinical factors that predict success? Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 May; 41 (5):524-531 Epub 2018 Apr 03
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  32. Bering J, Mafi N, Vikram HR. Basidiobolomycosis: an unusual, mysterious, and emerging endemic fungal infection. Paediatr Int Child Health 2018 May; 38 (2):81-84 Epub 2018 Apr 24
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  33. Webb BJ, Stenehjem E, Dascomb K, Metersky M, Vikram HR, Dean NC. Reply to Babbel et al., "Application of the DRIP Score at a Veterans Affairs Hospital". Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018 Mar; 62 (3) Epub 2018 Feb 23
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  34. Wheat J, Myint T, Guo Y, Kemmer P, Hage C, Terry C, Azar MM, Riddell J, Ender P, Chen S, Shehab K, Cleveland K, Esguerra E, Johnson J, Wright P, Douglas V, Vergidis P, Ooi W, Baddley J, Bamberger D, Khairy R, Vikram HR, Jenny-Avital E, Sivasubramanian G, Bowlware K, Pahud B, Sarria J, Tsai T, Assi M, Mocherla S, Prakash V, Allen D, Passaretti C, Huprikar S, Anderson A. Central nervous system histoplasmosis: Multicenter retrospective study on clinical features, diagnostic approach and outcome of treatment. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Mar; 97 (13):e0245
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  35. Boyle TA, Uslan DZ, Prutkin JM, Greenspon AJ, Baddour LM, Danik SB, Tolosana JM, Le K, Miro JM, Peacock JE, Sohail MR, Vikram HR, Carrillo RG, MEDIC Investigators. Impact of Abandoned Leads on Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections: A Propensity Matched Analysis of MEDIC (Multicenter Electrophysiologic Device Infection Cohort). JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 Feb; 4 (2):201-208 Epub 2017 Nov 15
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  36. Sakata KK, Azadeh N, Brighton A, Temkit M, Klassen CL, Grys TE, Vikram HR. Impact of Nasopharyngeal FilmArray Respiratory Panel Results on Antimicrobial Decisions in Hospitalized Patients. Can Respir J. 2018; 2018:9821426 Epub 2018 June 13
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  37. Harper MW, Uslan DZ, Greenspon AJ, Baddour LM, Carrillo RG, Danik SB, Tolosana JM, Le K, Miro JM, Naber CK, Peacock J Jr, Sohail MR, Vikram HR, Prutkin JM. Clinical presentation of CIED infection following initial implant versus reoperation for generator change or lead addition. Open Heart. 2018; 5 (1):e000681 Epub 2018 Mar 30
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  38. Simmons SC, Budavari AI, Kusne S, Zhang N, Vikram HR, Blair JE. Culture-Proven Thorn-Associated Infections in Arizona: 10-Year Experience at Mayo Clinic. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Winter; 4 (1):ofx017 Epub 2017 Feb 10
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  39. Hartmann CA, Vikram HR, Seville MT, Orenstein R, Kusne S, Blair JE, Grys TE, Patron RL. Neuroinvasive St. Louis Encephalitis Virus Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Am J Transplant. 2017 Aug; 17 (8):2200-2206 Epub 2017 May 27
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  40. Sakata KK, Klassen CL, Bollin KB, Grys TE, Slack JL, Wesselius LJ, Vikram HR. Microbiologic yield of bronchoalveolar lavage specimens from stem cell transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. 2017 Jun; 19 (3) Epub 2017 Apr 12
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  41. Boyle TA, Uslan DZ, Prutkin JM, Greenspon AJ, Baddour LM, Danik SB, Tolosana JM, Le K, Miro JM, Peacock J, Sohail MR, Vikram HR, Carrillo RG. Reimplantation and Repeat Infection After Cardiac-Implantable Electronic Device Infections: Experience From the MEDIC (Multicenter Electrophysiologic Device Infection Cohort) Database. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2017 Mar; 10: (3).
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  42. Fitterer C, Berg Z, Halfdanarson TR, Vikram HR, Kusne S, Orenstein R, Seville MT, Blair JE. Coccidioidomycosis in Patients with Selected Solid Organ Cancers: A Case Series and Review of Medical Literature. Mycopathologia. 2016 Dec; 181 (11-12):787-798 Epub 2016 Aug 04
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  43. Kahn A, Agrwal N, Carey EJ, Madura JA 2nd, Hewitt WR Jr, Lambert KL, Grys TE, Vikram HR. Gastric lap-band infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus presenting as new-onset ascites in a cirrhotic patient. Infect Dis (Lond). 2016 Aug; 48 (8):632-5 Epub 2016 May 25
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  44. Jeng JY, Tomblinson CM, Ocal IT, Vikram HR, Lott DG. Laryngeal cryptococcosis: Literature review and guidelines for laser ablation of fungal lesions. Laryngoscope. 2016 Jul; 126 (7):1625-9 Epub 2015 Nov 04
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  45. Webb BJ, Dascomb K, Stenehjem E, Vikram HR, Agrwal N, Sakata K, Williams K, Bockorny B, Bagavathy K, Mirza S, Metersky M, Dean NC. Derivation and Multicenter Validation of the Drug Resistance in Pneumonia Clinical Prediction Score. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 May; 60 (5):2652-63 Epub 2016 Apr 22
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  46. Disbrow MB, Grys TE, Ruff K, Vikram HR. Streptococcus gallolyticus spp gallolyticus: Changing Taxonomy Might Miss Colon Cancer. Am Soc Clin Pathol.2015 Dec;
  47. Azadeh N, Sakata KK, Brighton AM, Vikram HR, Grys TE. FilmArray Respiratory Panel Assay: Comparison of Nasopharyngeal Swabs and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Dec; 53 (12):3784-7 Epub 2015 Sept 16
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  48. Campbell M, Kusne S, Renfree KJ, Vikram HR, Smilack JD, Seville MT, Orenstein R, Blair JE. Coccidioidal Tenosynovitis of the Hand and Wrist: Report of 9 Cases and Review of the Literature. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Nov 15; 61: (10)1514-20.
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  49. Larsen BT, Smith ML, Grys TE, Vikram HR, Colby TV. Histopathology of Disseminated Mycobacterium bovis Infection Complicating Intravesical BCG Immunotherapy for Urothelial Carcinoma. Int J Surg Pathol. 2015 May; 23: (3)189-95.
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  50. Flicek KT, Vikram HR, De Petris GD, Johnson CD. Abdominal imaging findings in gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis. Abdom Imaging. 2015 Feb; 40: (2)246-50.
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  51. Abidi MZ, Sohail MR, Cummins N, Wilhelm M, Wengenack N, Brumble L, Shah H, Jane Hata D, McCullough A, Wendel A, Vikram HR, Kusne S, Litzow M, Letendre L, Lahr BD, Poeschla E, Walker RC. Stability in the cumulative incidence, severity and mortality of 101 cases of invasive mucormycosis in high-risk patients from 1995 to 2011: a comparison of eras immediately before and after the availability of voriconazole and echinocandin-amphotericin combination therapies. Mycoses. 2014 Nov; 57 (11):687-98 Epub 2014 July 18
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  52. Sakata KK, Grys TE, Chang YH, Vikram HR, Blair JE. Serum procalcitonin levels in patients with primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Oct; 11(8):1239-43.
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  53. Ashfaq A, Vikram HR, Blair JE, Jaroszewski DE. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for patients with pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Oct; 148(4):1217-23. Epub 2014 Feb 08.
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  54. Welch M, Uslan DZ, Greenspon AJ, Sohail MR, Baddour LM, Blank E, Carrillo RG, Danik SB, Del Rio A, Hellinger W, Le KY, Miro JM, Naber C, Peacock JE, Vikram HR, Tseng CH, Prutkin JM, MEDIC Investigators. Variability in clinical features of early versus late cardiovascular implantable electronic device pocket infections. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2014 Aug; 37(8):955-62. Epub 2014 Mar 25
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  55. Riddell J 4th, Kauffman CA, Smith JA, Assi M, Blue S, Buitrago MI, Deresinski S, Wright PW, Drevets DA, Norris SA, Vikram HR, Carson PJ, Vergidis P, Carpenter J, Seidenfeld SM, Wheat LJ. Histoplasma capsulatum endocarditis: multicenter case series with review of current diagnostic techniques and treatment. Medicine (Baltimore). 2014 Jul; 93 (5):186-193
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  56. Blair JE, Chang YH, Cheng MR, Vaszar LT, Vikram HR, Orenstein R, Kusne S, Ho S, Seville MT, Parish JM. Characteristics of patients with mild to moderate primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jun; 20(6):983-90.
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  57. Greenspon AJ, Le KY, Prutkin JM, Sohail MR, Vikram HR, Baddour LM, Danik SB, Peacock J, Falces C, Miro JM, Naber C, Carrillo RG, Tseng CH, Uslan DZ. Influence of vegetation size on the clinical presentation and outcome of lead-associated endocarditis: results from the MEDIC registry. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Jun; 7: (6)541-9.
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  58. Winston DJ, Vikram HR, Rabe IB, Dhillon G, Mulligan D, Hong JC, Busuttil RW, Nowicki MJ, Mone T, Civen R, Tecle SA, Trivedi KK, Hocevar SN, West Nile Virus Transplant-Associated Transmission Investigation Team. Donor-derived West Nile virus infection in solid organ transplant recipients: report of four additional cases and review of clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic features. Transplantation. 2014 May 15; 97 (9):881-9
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  59. Williams KE, Parish JM, Lyng PJ, Viggiano RW, Wesselius LJ, Ocal IT, Vikram HR. Pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis caused by Rhizopus sp. After allogeneic stem cell transplantation. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2014 Apr; 21: (2)166-9.
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  60. Courson AM, Vikram HR, Barrs DM. What are the criteria for terminating treatment for necrotizing (malignant) otitis externa? Laryngoscope. 2014 Feb; 124 (2):361-2 Epub 2013 Sept 19
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  61. Ronan BA, Agrwal N, Carey EJ, De Petris G, Kusne S, Seville MT, Blair JE, Vikram HR. Fulminant hepatitis due to human adenovirus. Infection. 2014 Feb; 42 (1):105-11 Epub 2013 Aug 24
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  62. Nienaber JJ, Kusne S, Riaz T, Walker RC, Baddour LM, Wright AJ, Park SJ, Vikram HR, Keating MR, Arabia FA, Lahr BD, Sohail MR, Mayo Cardiovascular Infections Study Group. Clinical manifestations and management of left ventricular assist device-associated infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Nov; 57(10):1438-48. Epub 2013 Aug 13.
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  63. Azadeh N, Chang YH, Kusne S, Vikram HR, Seville MT, Orenstein R, Blair JE. The impact of early and brief corticosteroids on the clinical course of primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. J Infect. 2013 Aug; 67(2):148-55. Epub 2013 Apr 6
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  64. Webb BJ, Blair JE, Kusne S, Scott RL, Steidley DE, Arabia FA, Vikram HR. Concurrent pulmonary Aspergillus fumigatus and mucor infection in a cardiac transplant recipient: a case report. Transplant Proc. 2013 Mar; 45(2):792-7. Epub 2012 Sep 15.
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  65. Habib A, Irfan M, Baddour LM, Le KY, Anavekar NS, Lohse CM, Friedman PA, Hayes DL, Wilson WR, Steckelberg JM, Sohail MR, Mayo Cardiovascular Infections Study Group . Impact of prior aspirin therapy on clinical manifestations of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections. Europace. 2013 Feb; 15 (2):227-35 Epub 2012 Sept 05
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  66. Blau DM, Rabe IB, Bhatnagar J, Civen R, Trivedi KK, Rollin D, Hocevar SN, Kuehnert M, Staples JE, Zaki SR, Fischer M. West Nile virus RNA in tissues from donor associated with transmission to organ transplant recipients. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013; 19(9):1518-20.
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  67. Webb BJ, Dangerfield BS, Pasha JS, Agrwal N, Vikram HR. Guideline-concordant antibiotic therapy and clinical outcomes in healthcare-associated pneumonia. Respir Med. 2012 Nov; 106 (11):1606-12 Epub 2012 Aug 21
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  68. Punatar AD, Kusne S, Blair JE, Seville MT, Vikram HR. Opportunistic infections in patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. J Infect. 2012 Aug; 65: (2)173-9.
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  69. Vikram HR, Smilack JD, Leighton JA, Crowell MD, De Petris G. Emergence of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in the United States, with a review of worldwide cases. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jun; 54 (12):1685-91 Epub 2012 Mar 22
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  70. Maduka-Ezeh A, Seville MT, Kusne S, Vikram HR, Blair JE, Greenwood-Quaintance K, Arabia F, Patel R. Thymidine auxotrophic Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variant endocarditis and left ventricular assist device infection. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Mar; 50 (3):1102-5 Epub 2012 Jan 11
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  71. Greenspon AJ, Prutkin JM, Sohail MR, Vikram HR, Baddour LM, Danik SB, Peacock J, Falces C, Miro JM, Blank E, Naber C, Carrillo RG, Tseng CH, Uslan DZ. Timing of the most recent device procedure influences the clinical outcome of lead-associated endocarditis results of the MEDIC (Multicenter Electrophysiologic Device Infection Cohort). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Feb 14; 59(7):681-7.
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  72. Kim MM, Vikram HR, Kusne S, Seville MT, Blair JE. Treatment of refractory coccidioidomycosis with voriconazole or posaconazole. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Dec; 53(11):1060-6.
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  73. Vikram HR, Dosanjh A, Blair JE. Coccidioidomycosis and lung transplantation. Transplantation. 2011 Oct 15; 92(7):717-21.
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  74. Keckich DW, Blair JE, Vikram HR, Seville MT, Kusne S. Reactivation of coccidioidomycosis despite antifungal prophylaxis in solid organ transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2011 Jul 15; 92 (1):88-93
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  75. Vikram HR, Dhaliwal G, Saint S, Simpson CB. Clinical problem-solving. A recurrent problem. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 2; 364 (22):2148-54
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  76. Babiker H, Stiefeld R, Vikram HR. Granulomatous Cholangitis as a complication of intravesical BCG administration for bladder cancer. British Journal of Urology International. 2011.
  77. Webb BJ, Vikram HR. Chronic invasive sinus aspergillosis in immunocompetent hosts: a geographic comparison. Mycopathologia. 2010 Dec; 170 (6):403-10 Epub 2010 June 23
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  78. Vucicevic D, Blair JE, Binnicker MJ, McCullough AE, Kusne S, Vikram HR, Parish JM, Wengenack NL. The utility of Coccidioides polymerase chain reaction testing in the clinical setting. Mycopathologia. 2010 Nov; 170 (5):345-51 Epub 2010 June 10
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  79. Seville MT, Blair JE, Vikram HR, Kusne S. 2009 H1N1 influenza in hospitalized transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2010 Sep 15; 90(5):571-4.
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  80. Keckich DW, Blair JE, Vikram HR. Coccidioides fungemia in six patients, with a review of the literature. Mycopathologia. 2010 Aug; 170 (2):107-15 Epub 2010 Mar 25
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  81. Vikram HR, Dumigan DG, Kohan C, Havill NL, Tauman A, Boyce JM. Discontinuation of contact precautions for patients no longer colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 May; 31 (5):541-3
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  82. Jaroszewski DE, Halabi WJ, Blair JE, Coakley BJ, Wong RK, Parish JM, Vaszar LT, Kusne S, Vikram HR, DeValeria PA, Lanza LA, Arabia FA. Surgery for pulmonary coccidioidomycosis: a 10-year experience. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Dec; 88(6):1765-72.
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  83. Vikram HR, Blair JE. Coccidioidomycosis in transplant recipients: a primer for clinicians in nonendemic areas. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2009 Dec; 14(6):606-12.
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  84. Landry ML, Greenwold J, Vikram HR. Herpes simplex type-2 meningitis: presentation and lack of standardized therapy. Am J Med. 2009 Jul; 122(7):688-91.
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  85. Bhatia NL, Collins JM, Nguyen CC, Jaroszewski DE, Vikram HR, Charles JC. Esophageal perforation as a complication of esophagogastroduodenoscopy. J Hosp Med. 2008 May; 3(3):256-62.
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  86. Curtis KK, Vikram HR. 66-year-old man with inarticulate speech. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Dec; 82(12):1562-5.
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  87. Vikram HR, Bacani AK, DeValeria PA, Cunningham SA, Cockerill FR 3rd. Bivalvular Bartonella henselae prosthetic valve endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Dec; 45 (12):4081-4 Epub 2007 Oct 17
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  88. Vikram HR. The long and short of vegetations in infective endocarditis. Expert Rev Anti-Infect Ther. 2007 Aug; 5(4):529-33.
  89. Vikram HR. Infective endocarditis: prognostic stratification and indications for valve surgery. Indian Heart J. 2007 Mar-Apr; 59(2):118-23.
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  90. Golden MP, Vikram HR. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis: An overview. Am Fam Physician. 2005 Nov 1; 72(9):1761-8.
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  91. Vikram HR, Havill NL, Koeth LM, Boyce JM. Clinical progression of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus vertebral osteomyelitis associated with reduced susceptibility to daptomycin. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Oct; 43(10):5384-7.
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  92. Hasbun R, Vikram HR, Barakat LA, Buenconsejo J, Quagliarello VJ. Complicated left-sided native valve endocarditis in adults: risk classification for mortality. JAMA. 2003; 289(15):1933-1940.
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  93. Rao SK, Protopapas Z, Vikram HR. Unusual presentation of purulent pericarditis: diagnostic contribution of MRI. Emerg Radiol. 2003; 10(3):152-154.
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  94. Vikram HR, Buenconsejo J, Hasbun R, Quagliarello VJ. Impact of valve surgery on 6-month mortality in adults with complicated, left-sided native valve endocarditis: a propensity analysis. JAMA. 2003; 290(24):3207-3214.
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  95. Vikram HR, Quagliarello VJ. Diagnosis and management of empyema (Review). Curr Clin Top Infect Dis. 2002; 22:196-213.
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  96. Vikram HR, Bia FJ. Severe Legionella pneumophila pneumonia in a patient with iron overload. Scand J Infect Dis. 2002; 34(10):772-774.
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  97. Vikram HR, Buencamino RB, Aronin SI. Primary meningococcal arthritis in a prosthetic knee joint. J Infect. 2001 May; 42(4):279-81.
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  98. Vikram HR, Petito A, Bower BF, Goldberg MH. Parathyroid carcinoma diagnosed on the basis of a giant cell lesion of the maxilla. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2000; 58:567-569.
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  99. Vikram HR, Christenson JC, Fischer PR. Traveling children and E. coli O157:H7: abstract and commentary. Travel Medicine Advisor Update. 2000; 10(4):27-9.
  100. Vikram HR, Shore ET, Venkatesh PR. Community acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Connecticut Medicine. 1999; 63(5):271-273.
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