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
The Incidence of Common Respiratory Viruses During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From the Louisville COVID-19 Epidemiology Study
Brian C. Bohn PharmD, BCIDP; Ashley M. Wilde PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID; Sarah E. Moore PharmD; Matthew Song PharmD, BCIDP; Clayton J. Patross PharmD, BCPS; Alan D. Junkins PhD, D(ABMM); Paul Schulz MD; and Julio A. Ramirez MD FACP
Characteristics and Outcomes of Adults Hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Louisville, Kentucky
Julio A. Ramirez, Jose Bordon, Rodrigo Cavallazzi, Stephen P. Furmanek, Amr Aboelnasr, Mahder A. Tella, William A. Mattingly, Ashley M. Wilde, Daisy Sangroula, Demetra Antimisiaris, Donghoon Chung, Guillermo Cabral, Gabino R Fernandez-Botran, Jiapeng Huang, Martin Gnoni, Ozan Akca, Paul Schulz, Phillip F. Bressoud, Priya Krishnan, Sally Suliman, Sathya Krishnasamy, Stephen S. Hanson, William P. McKinney, Harpal Sandhu, Leslie A Wolf, Mark Burns, Ruth Carrico, and Forest W. Arnold
Healthcare Workers Hospitalized with COVID-19: Outcomes from the Burden of COVID-19 study at the University of Louisville Center of Excellence for Research in Infectious Diseases [CERID]
Ruth Carrico, T'shura S. Ali, Maria Hill, Lucia B. Puga Sanchez, Catherine M. Bryan, Dawn Balcom, Stephen P. Furmanek, Amr Aboelnasr, and Julio A. Ramirez
Editorials
Life in the Time of COVID
Julio A. Ramirez
SARS-CoV-2 and Bacterial Co-infection
Rodrigo Cavallazzi
Is SARS-CoV-2 a Neurotropic Virus and a Potential Facilitator of CNS Infection for Other Pathogens?
Jose Bordon
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
Ethical Aspects of COVID-19 Antibody Testing
Stephen S. Hanson and Demetra Antimisiaris
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: How They Notify Users of Potential Exposure
William A. Mattingly (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3329-8344)
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
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
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
Pulmonary Embolism related to COVID-19 Quarantine
Eduardo J. Quinteros MD and Juan Bisonni MD
The Case of a Pregnant Woman with ARDS Due to COVID-19 Treated with Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, and Remdesivir and Delivery of a Healthy Baby During Mechanical Ventilation Through Cesarean Section
Adria Madera-Acosta, Martin Gnoni, Bassman Tappuni, Monika Sadlak, Ravleen Grewal, Angel Mena, and Yousef Ali-Ahwel
Brief Communications
COVID-19 Spread in Europe: The Soccer Connection
Bibodh J. Karki, Raghava S. Ambadapoodi, Zahid Imran, and Julio A. Ramirez
COVID-19 Detection from Chest X-ray Images using CNNs Models: Further Evidence from Deep Transfer Learning
Mohamed Samir Boudrioua
COVID-19 and the Unseen Benefits of Dexamethasone
Muhammad Arif Khan, Ikram Ullah, and Dawood Ahmed
Congregate Care in the Time of COVID-19: Proposed Best Practices from the Inside
Linda Bergthold, Margan Zajdowicz, Thaddeus R. Zajdowicz, Elli Hall, Kimberley A. Buckner, and Ruth Carrico
Brief Reviews
ABO Blood Group Type and Susceptibility to COVID-19 Infection
G. Rafael Fernandez-Botran
Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients: A Brief Review
Muhammad Arif Khan and Ikram Ullah
An Overview of Current Clinical Trials of Agents for the Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19 in the United States
Kenneth Schot Hannan and William P. McKinney
The Importance of Cycle Threshold Values in the Evaluation of Patients with Persistent Positive PCR for SARS-CoV-2: Case Study and Brief Review
Jose Bordon, Donghoon Chung, Priya Krishnan, Ruth Carrico, and Julio A. Ramirez
Severe COVID-19
Arpan H. Chawala, Shivam Gulati, Bettina Sinanova, and Jose Bordon
COVID-19 is Associated with Increased Severity in Pregnant Women
Zahid Imran, Vidyulata Salunkhe, Ahmed A. Eladely, Ahmed Abdelhaleem, Satya Durugu, and Daisy Sangroula
A Review Of Quarantine Period In Relation To Incubation Period Of SARS-CoV-2
Satya Rashmit Durugu, Hammad Tanzeem, Divya Menghani, Zahid Imran, and Priya Krishnan
Gastrointestinal SARS CoV-2 Infection and The Dynamic of Its Detection in Stool
Rafik Elbeblawy, Mohammed Abbas, Islam Gadelmoula, Akshitha Kolla, Bettina Sinanova, and Jose Bordon
Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Patients with COVID-19
Mohammed Abbas, Rafik Elbeblawy, Islam Gadelmoula, Suvarna Rekha, Bettina Sinanova, and Jose Bordon
The Role of Rapid Diagnostic Point of Care IgG/IgM Antibody Tests in the Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Nishita Tripathi, Daniya Sheikh, and Dawn Balcom
Age, Comorbidities, and Mortality Correlation in COVID-19 Patients: A Review
Vidyulata Salunkhe, Amr Aboelnasr, Parul Pahal, Nida Qadir, Simra Kiran, Balaji Sekaran, Omar Fahmy, Farah Daas, and Syed Shah
COVID-19 & Pregnancy Complication During Early Pandemic: A Narrative Review
Ahmed A. Eladely, Maria Hill, Ahmed Abdelhaleem, Zahid Imran, Ahsan M. Khan, and Daisy Sangroula
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
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the Time of COVID
Thaddeus Zajdowicz and Margan Zajdowicz
The Nurse Practitioner in the Time of COVID
Julie Marfell and Lynn Kelso
Anesthesia Services in the Time of COVID
James Chen, Daisy Sangroula, Katelyn Williams, Sydney Pham, Ozan Akca, Jiapeng Huang, and Sean Clifford
Considerations for a COVID-19 Research Data Warehouse in the Time of COVID
William A. Mattingly (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3329-8344)
Methodologies
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
COVID-19 Surveillance Testing of Healthcare Personnel Drives Universal Masking Practice
Paul S. Schulz, Ashley M. Wilde, Steve T. Hester, Jim Frazier, and Julio A. Ramirez
Why Every Hospital Needs a COVID-19 Clinical Case Review Team
Ashley M. Wilde, Paul Schulz, Brian C. Bohn, Sarah E. Moore, Matthew Song, Clayton J. Patross, Bryan Denham, Jim Frazier, Steve T. Hester, and Julio A. Ramirez
Implementation of the University of Louisville COVID-19 Biorepository: Experiences from the Center of Excellence in Infectious Diseases (CERID)
Dawn Balcom, Leslie A Wolf, Subathra Marimuthu, William Johnson, Danial Malik, Chet Dhakal, Pavani Nathala, Mohammed Abbas, Sahaj Hardeep Singh, Basel Haddad, Rafik Elbeblawy, Fnu Deepti, Ahmed Ali, Evelyn Exposito Gonzalez, and Ruth Carrico
