Editors
| Editor-in-Chief: | Julio A. Ramirez, University of Louisville |
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| Managing Editor: | Tonya Augustine, University of Louisville |
Current Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1 (2020) Special Issue: COVID-19 Pandemic Response
NEW Special Issue Articles
To address the magnitude of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, we are expanding the focus areas of the Journal of Respiratory Infections (JRI) and dedicating the current volume as a Special Issue focused on COVID-19 Pandemic Response. As part of this special issue, JRI is now accepting articles that discuss the impact or implications of COVID-19 from all disciplines. In addition, we have added new article types to best support the distribution of this new knowledge and provide opportunity for rapid peer-review that will help heal the global community.Standard Issue: Volume 4 (2020)
Original Research
Endemic Human Coronaviruses in Hospitalized Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Results from the Louisville Pneumonia Study
Forest W. Arnold, Mark V. Burns, Kamran Mahmood, Darmaan Aden, Stephen P. Furmanek, Mahder A. Tella, Connor Glick, Anupama Raghuram, Leslie A. Beavin, Rodrigo Cavallazzi, Dawn Balcom, Leslie A. Wolf, Kenneth E. Palmer, Ruth Carrico, Julio A. Ramirez, and the Center of Excellence for Research in Infectious Diseases (CERID) Coronavirus Study Group
Efficacy of Convalescent Plasma and Short Course of Corticosteroids in Patients with COVID-19
Srikanth Ramachandruni, Po-Yang Tsou, D.C. Benetez, Gayathri Evani, Smitha Gudipati, Ramakrishna Chakilam, Polly Mock, Bharat Narasimhan, Dhanunjay Lakkireddy, and Shekhar Raj
A Comparison Efficacy Study of Commercial Nasopharyngeal Swabs versus a Novel 3D Printed Swab for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2
Forest W. Arnold, Gerald Grant, Phillip F. Bressoud, Stephen P. Furmanek, Donghoon Chung, Nadine Sbaih, Dipan Karmali, Meredith Cahill, and George Pantalos
Projecting the COVID-19 Weekly Deaths and Hospitalizations for Jefferson County, Kentucky
Seyed Karimi, Natalie DuPre, W. Paul McKinney, Bert B. Little, Naiya Patel, and Sarah Moyer
Editorials
Life in the Time of COVID
Julio A. Ramirez
SARS-CoV-2 and Bacterial Co-infection
Rodrigo Cavallazzi
Opinion Pieces
How to Prevent COVID-19 in Nurses and Physicians in the Hospital Setting: Universal Test-and-Isolate for All Patients Admitted to Hospitals
Julio A. Ramirez, Ruth Carrico, Forest W. Arnold, and Paul Schulz
How Immune T-Cell Augmentation Can Help Prevent COVID-19: A Possible Nutritional Solution Using Ketogenic Lifestyle
Ravi k. Kamepalli MD,FIDSA,CWSP
Study Protocols
Louisville Coronavirus Surveillance Program
Julio A. Ramirez, Kenneth E. Palmer, Ruth Carrico, Forest W. Arnold, Donghoon Chung, and Leslie A Wolf
Defining the Burden of COVID-19 in the Kentuckiana Area: Incidence, Epidemiology & Clinical Outcomes of Patients with COVID-19
Julio A. Ramirez
Multimedia
COVID-19 Radiological Library
Forest W. Arnold, Tracy VanMeter, Lachlan Smith, Danny McGrath, Matthew Grassman, Nishant Patel, and William Mattingly
Review Articles
Community-Acquired Pneumonia due to Endemic Human Coronaviruses compared to 2019 Novel Coronavirus: A Review
Julio A. Ramirez, Ruth Carrico, Rodrigo Cavallazzi, Leslie A. Beavin, Anupama Raghuram, Mark V. Burns, Kamran Mahmood, Darmaan Aden, Angeline Prabhu, Dawn Balcom, Stephen P. Furmanek, Leslie A Wolf, Kenneth E. Palmer, Mahder A. Tella, Connor Glick, Forest W. Arnold, and the Center of Excellence for Research in Infectious Diseases (CERID) Coronavirus Study Group
Possible Role of Tetracyclines on COVID-19: Recycling Well-Known Old Drugs from the Shelf
Martin Gnoni, Raul Vasquez-Gararatti, and Angel Mena
The Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 of COVID-19
Michael Oluyemi Babalola Ph.D
Case Reports
COPD exacerbation caused by SARS-CoV-2: A Case Report from the Louisville COVID-19 Surveillance Program
Forest W. Arnold, Kamran Mahmood, Angeline Prabhu, Darmaan Aden, Anupama Raghuram, Mark Burns, Leslie A. Beavin, Donghoon Chung, Kenneth E. Palmer, and Julio A. Ramirez
A Patient with Escherichia coli Bacteremia and COVID-19 Co-Infection: A Case Report for the Louisville COVID-19 Epidemiology Study
Sarah E. Moore PharmD; Ashley M. Wilde PharmD, BCPS-AQID; Matthew Song PharmD, BCIDP; Brian C. Bohn PharmD; Clayton J. Patross PharmD, BCPS; Bryan Denham MD; Paul Schulz; and Julio A. Ramirez
False-negative SARS-CoV-2 Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) is an Important Consideration for Patient Management and Infection Prevention: A Case Report from The Louisville COVID-19 Epidemiology Study
Matthew Song PharmD, BCIDP; Ashley M. Wilde; Sarah E. Moore PharmD; Brian C. Bohn PharmD; Clayton J. Patross; Bryan Denham; Paul Schulz; and Julio A. Ramirez
Concomitant invasive pneumococcal disease in a patient with COVID-19 – A case report from the Louisville Epidemiology Study
Clayton J. Patross; Brian C. Bohn PharmD; Sarah E. Moore PharmD; Paul Schulz; Matthew Song PharmD, BCIDP; Ashley M. Wilde; and Julio A. Ramirez
Brief Review
ABO Blood Group Type and Susceptibility to COVID-19 Infection
G. Rafael Fernandez-Botran
Perspective Pieces
Emergency Medicine in the Time of COVID
Martin Huecker, Jacob Shreffler, Adam Ross, Hugh Shoff, Mary Nan S. Mallory, and J. Jeremy Thomas
Healthcare Workers in the Time of COVID
Julio A. Ramirez and Ruth Carrico
Stroke Management in the Time of COVID
Marwa Elnazeir, Siddharth Narayanan, and Kerri Remmel
Methodology
Implementation of the Louisville COVID-19 Surveillance Protocol: Experiences from the University of Louisville Center of Excellence for Research in Infectious Diseases [CERID]
Ruth Carrico, Dawn Balcom, William Johnson, Amr Aboelnasr, Mutasem Abuhalaweh, Stephen Furmanek, Montray Smith, Amanda Lasnik, Donghoon Chung, and Julio A. Ramirez
