UpToDate |
Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, MD, Margaret M Hannan, MD, Anelechi Anyanweu, MD, M Rizwan Sohail, MD Left Ventricular Device (LVAD) infections | |
Letter |
Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram PR, Stevens RW, Razonable RR, In reply-The "Perfect Cytokine Storm" of COVID-19. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2020 Sep;95(9):2037-2038 | 2020 |
Esquer Garrigos Z, Schuetz AN, Peters MS, Factitial Panniculitis Associated With Cosmetic Filler. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2019 May;94(5):914-915 | 2019 |
Albitar HAH, Gurram PR, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Oh Deer! A Case of Fever and Myalgia in a Liver Transplant Recipient. The American journal of medicine, 2019 Sep;132(9):e707-e708 | 2019 |
Esquer Garrigos Z, Barth D, Hamdi AM, Abu Saleh OM, Sohail MR, Nitazoxanide Is a Therapeutic Option for Adenovirus-Related Enteritis in Immunocompromised Adults. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2018 Dec;62(12) | 2018 |
Journal Article |
Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, John N. Catanzaro, Daniel Deegan, Ji Zhang, M. Rizwan Sohail Preclinical evaluation of a novel antibiotic-eluting BioEnvelope for CIED infection prevention Front. Drug Deliv., 09 September 2024 Sec. Cardiovascular Drug Delivery Volume 4 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fddev.2024.1441956 | |
Chesdachai S, Esquer Garrigos Z, DeSimone CV, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Infective Endocarditis Involving Implanted Cardiac Electronic Devices: JACC Focus Seminar 1/4. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2024 Apr 9;83(14):1326-1337 | 2024 |
Cummings S, Busby D, Hall M, Esquer Garrigos Z, Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis in disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI). BMJ case reports, 2024 Jul 29;17(7) | 2024 |
Baddour LM, Esquer Garrigos Z, Rizwan Sohail M, Havers-Borgersen E, Krahn AD, Chu VH, Radke CS, Avari-Silva J, El-Chami MF, Miro JM, DeSimone DC, American Heart Association Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts); and Council on Clinical Cardiology, Update on Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections and Their Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association: Endorsed by the International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases. Circulation, 2024 Jan 9;149(2):e201-e216 | 2024 |
Baddour LM, Janszky I, Thornhill MH, Esquer Garrigos Z, DeSimone DC, Welty-Wolf K, Baker AL, Jone PN, Prendergast B, Dayer MJ, American Heart Association Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts) and Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Nondental Invasive Procedures and Risk of Infective Endocarditis: Time for a Revisit: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 2023 Nov 7;148(19):1529-1541 | 2023 |
Vance MK, Cretella DA, Ward LM, Vijayvargiya P, Garrigos ZE, Wingler MJB, Risk Factors for Bloodstream Infections Due to ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., and Proteus mirabilis. Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2023 Apr 13;11(2) | 2023 |
Keck JM, Cretella DA, Stover KR, Wagner JL, Barber KE, Jhaveri TA, Vijayvargiya P, Garrigos ZE, Wingler MJB, Evaluation of an Antifungal Stewardship Initiative Targeting Micafungin at an Academic Medical Center. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023 Jan 17;12(2) | 2023 |
Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Kennedy CC, Daly RC, Wylam ME, Patel R, Beam E, Routine Donor and Recipient Screening for Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma Species in Lung Transplant Recipients. Open forum infectious diseases, 2022 Nov;9(11):ofac607 | 2022 |
Baddour LM, Weimer MB, Wurcel AG, McElhinney DB, Marks LR, Fanucchi LC, Esquer Garrigos Z, Pettersson GB, DeSimone DC, American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee of the Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Clinical Cardiology; and Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease, Management of Infective Endocarditis in People Who Inject Drugs: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 2022 Oct 4;146(14):e187-e201 | 2022 |
Hernandez Acosta RA, Esquer Garrigos Z, Marcelin JR, Vijayvargiya P, COVID-19 Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestations. Infectious disease clinics of North America, 2022 Jun;36(2):231-249 | 2022 |
Esquer Garrigos Z, Wingler MJB, Svoronos PA, Vijayvargiya P, Goodman-Meza D, O'Horo JC, Navalkele BD, Cretella D, Frame IJ, Parham J, Lucar J, Increased rates of blood culture contamination during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2022 Nov;43(11):1719-1721 | 2022 |
George MP, Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Anavekar NS, Luis SA, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Discriminative Ability and Reliability of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Characterizing Cases of Cardiac Device Lead Vegetations Versus Noninfectious Echodensities. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021 Jun 1;72(11):1938-1943 | 2021 |
Corsini Campioli C, Castillo Almeida NE, O'Horo JC, Esquer Garrigos Z, Wilson WR, Cano E, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Van Gompel JJ, Sohail MR, Bacterial Brain Abscess: An Outline for Diagnosis and Management. The American journal of medicine, 2021 Oct;134(10):1210-1217.e2 | 2021 |
Corsini Campioli C, Esquer Garrigos Z, Assi M, Go JR, Razonable RR, Beam E, Yao J, Cummins NW, Transient Hepatitis B Surface Antigenemia Following Immunization with Heplisav-B. Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes, 2021 Jun;5(3):542-547 | 2021 |
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. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021 Oct 5;73(7):1165-1172 | 2021 |
Xiang K, Catanzaro JN, Elayi C, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Antibiotic-Eluting Envelopes to Prevent Cardiac-Implantable Electronic Device Infection: Past, Present, and Future. Cureus, 2021 Feb 2;13(2):e13088 | 2021 |
Ramesh R, Assi M, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Lawsonella clevelandensis: an emerging cause of vascular graft infection. BMJ case reports, 2021 Feb 26;14(2) | 2021 |
Vijayvargiya P, Lara Abad C, Esquer Garrigos Z, O'Horo JC, Walker RC, Hogan WJ, Tande AJ, D-index as a marker of bloodstream infections in patients with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society, 2021 Aug;23(4):e13588 | 2021 |
Esquer Garrigos Z, Jandhyala D, Vijayvargiya P, Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram P, Corsini Campioli CG, Stulak JM, Rizza SA, O'Horo JC, DeSimone DC, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Management of Bloodstream Infections in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients: To Suppress, or Not to Suppress? Open forum infectious diseases, 2021 Jan;8(1):ofaa532 | 2021 |
Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram PR, Stevens RW, Razonable RR, Treatment Considerations for COVID-19: A Critical Review of the Evidence (or Lack Thereof). Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2020 Jul;95(7):1454-1466 | 2020 |
Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Mahmood M, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Diagnostic imaging in infective endocarditis: a contemporary perspective. Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2020 Sep;18(9):911-925 | 2020 |
Gurram PR, Castillo NE, Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Abu Saleh OM, A Dimorphic Diagnosis of a Pleomorphic Disease: An Unusual Cause of Hypercalcemia. The American journal of medicine, 2020 Nov;133(11):e659-e662 | 2020 |
Corsini Campioli C, Barth D, Esquer Garrigos Z, Abu Saleh O, Sohail RM, Sia IG, Linezolid and fentanyl: An underrecognized drug-to-drug interaction. Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics, 2020 Aug;45(4):825-827 | 2020 |
Corsini C, Esquer Garrigos Z, Welker KM, Thoendel MJ, Toxoplasmosis-Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in an Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipient. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2020 Apr;95(4):823-824 | 2020 |
Sohail MR, Esquer Garrigos Z, Elayi CS, Xiang K, Catanzaro JN, Preclinical evaluation of efficacy and pharmacokinetics of gentamicin containing extracellular-matrix envelope. Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE, 2020 Mar;43(3):341-349 | 2020 |
Esquer Garrigos Z, Farid S, Bendel MA, Sohail MR, Spinal Cord Stimulator Infection: Approach to Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020 Jun 10;70(12):2727-2735 | 2020 |
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. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020 Feb 14;70(5):898-906 | 2020 |
Vijayvargiya P, Garrigos ZE, Rodino KG, Razonable RR, Abu Saleh OM, Clostridium paraputrificum septic arthritis and osteomyelitis of shoulder: A case report and review of literature. Anaerobe, 2020 Apr;62:102105 | 2020 |
Apostolopoulou A, Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Lerner AH, Farmakiotis D, Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020 Oct 10;10(10) | 2020 |
Esquer Garrigos Z, Castillo Almeida NE, Gurram P, Vijayvargiya P, Corsini Campioli CG, Stulak JM, Rizza SA, Baddour LM, Rizwan Sohail M, Management and Outcome of Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Transplantation. Open forum infectious diseases, 2020 Aug;7(8):ofaa303 | 2020 |
Farid S, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Infective endocarditis due to Granulicatella elegans presenting with musculoskeletal symptoms. BMJ case reports, 2019 Aug 28;12(8) | 2019 |
Esquer Garrigos Z, George MP, Khalil S, Vijayvargiya P, Abu Saleh OM, Friedman PA, Steckelberg JM, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Predictors of Bloodstream Infection in Patients Presenting With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Pocket Infection. Open forum infectious diseases, 2019 Apr;6(4):ofz084 | 2019 |
Esquer Garrigos Z, George MP, Vijayvargiya P, Tan EM, Farid S, Abu Saleh OM, Friedman PA, Steckelberg JM, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections Due to Gram-Negative Versus Gram-Positive Bacteria. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2019 Jul;94(7):1268-1277 | 2019 |
Banuelos J, Esquer-Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Abu-Ghname A, VanBuren WM, Tran NV, Nguyen MT, Hesley GK, Asaad M, Sharaf B, Diagnosis of Infectious Fluid Collections in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: The Role of Ultrasound. Journal of breast imaging, 2019 Dec 5;1(4):310-315 | 2019 |
Esquer Garrigos Z, George MP, Farid S, Abu Saleh OM, Vijayvargiya P, Mahmood M, Friedman PA, Steckelberg JM, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR, Diagnostic evaluation and management of culture-negative cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections. Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE, 2018 May 31; | 2018 |
Farid S, Mahmood M, Abu Saleh OM, Hamadah A, Nasr SH, Garrigos ZE, Leung N, Sohail MR, Clinical Manifestations and Outcomes of Fluoroquinolone-Related Acute Interstitial Nephritis. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2018 Jan;93(1):25-31 | 2018 |
Vijayvargiya P, Jeraldo PR, Thoendel MJ, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Chia N, Pritt BS, Patel R, Application of metagenomic shotgun sequencing to detect vector-borne pathogens in clinical blood samples. PloS one, 2019;14(10):e0222915 | |
Vijayvargiya P, Feri A, Mairey M, Rouillon C, Jeraldo PR, Esquer Garrigos Z, Thoendel MJ, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Sohail MR, Sampathkumar P, Spychalla MT, Stewart AK, Patnaik MM, Tande AJ, Cruveiller S, Hannet I, Beurdeley P, Patel R, Metagenomic shotgun sequencing of blood to identify bacteria and viruses in leukemic febrile neutropenia. PloS one, 2022;17(6):e0269405 | |
Baddour LM, Garrigos ZE, Gentamicin-collagen sponge and prevention of cardiac implantable electronic device infections: bargain basement or penthouse suite? Kardiologia polska, 2021;79(10):1055-1057 | |
Abstracts |
Gurram P, Castillo Almeida NE, Vijayvargiya P, Grimont C, Esquer Garrigos Z, Khalil S, AlWard R, Mahmood M, Sohail MR Utility of Sinus CT in the Evaluation of Patients with Febrile Neutropenia | |
Banuelos-Mancilla J, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Sharaf BA Breast Implant Infections after Reconstruction: Clinical Characteristics Associated with Specific Microorganisms | |
Lawsonella clevelandensis: an Emerging Cause of Vascular Graft Infection Lawsonella clevelandensis: an Emerging Cause of Vascular Graft Infection | |
Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Kenney CC, Daly RC, Wylam ME, Beam E Effectiveness of routine screening for Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma spp. in Lung Transplant Recipients | |
Khalil S, Esquer Garrigos Z, Challener D, Hamdi A, Hernandez-Meneses M, Gurram P, Cano E, DeSimone D, Frieman P, Baddour LM, Sohail MR Utility of Post-extraction Follow up Blood Cultures in Patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection | |
Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Stulak JM, Rizza SA, Sohail MR Management and Outcomes of Heart Transplant Recipients with Pre-Transplant Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections | |
Stone E, Esquer Garrigos Z, Baddour LM, Sohail RM Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections Due to Aspergillus Species | |
15. Khalil S., Esquer Garrigos Z., Farid, S., Fida M., Rizza S., Stulak J., Baddour L.M., Sohail M.R Incidence of Infections and Associated Outcomes in Patients with Total Artificial Heart ECCMID 2019 | |
Farid S, Abu Saleh OM, Mahmood M, Esquer Garrigos Z, Hamadah A, Nasr S, Leung N, Sohail MR Clinical Manifestations and Outcome of Fluoroquinolone Associated Acute Interstitial Nephritis Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 4, Issue suppl_1, 1 October 2017, Pages S297 | |
13. Esquer Garrigos Z, Vijayvargiya P, Tan EM, Abu Saleh O, Farid S, Paim AC, Baddour LM, Sohail MR Management and Outcomes of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections due to Gram-Negative Bacteria Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 4, Issue suppl_1, 1 October 2017, Pages S560 | |
12. Farid S, Ahsan M, Mahmood M, Esquer Garrigos Z, Baddour LM, Sohail MR Management and Outcomes of Culture-Negative Endocarditis Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Mar 2018, 71 (11 Supplement) A2025; DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(18)32566-X | |
Paim AC, Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Tan EM, O'Horo JC Improving Transitions of Care in the Division of Infectious Diseases. Open Forum Infectious Diseases Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 5. S44-S45. 10.1093/ofid/ofy209.107. | |
10. Syed S, Esquer Garrigos Z, Barth DM, Abu Saleh OM, Vijayvargiya P, Sohail MR Phaeohyphomycosis due to Scopulariopsis brumptii in a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Recipient Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue suppl_1, 26 November 2018, Pages S132–S133 | |
Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Abu Saleh OM, Wilhelm MP, Razonable RR, Sohail MR Utility of Serum Β-D Glucan Assay for Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue suppl_1, 26 November 2018, Pages S596 | |
Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Cunningham SA, Vijayvargiya P, Thoendel MJ, Friedman PA, Patel R Comparison of Primers Amplifying Two Different Regions of the 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene for Microbiologic Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue suppl_1, 26 November 2018, Pages S591 | |
Stone E, Esquer Garrigos Z, O'Horo JC, Sohail RM Hepatitis E Virus Serostatus: A Retrospective Assessment of Demographics and Comorbidities to Assess High Risk Populations Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Oct; 6(Suppl 2): S158. | |
Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Cunningham SA, Vijayvargiya P, Patel R Extraction-Free 16S Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) Gene Amplification and Sequencing from Resected Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) Sonicate Fluid Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 6, Issue Supplement_2, October 2019, Pages S302–S303 | |
Khalil S, Esquer Garrigos Z, Challener DW, Gurram P, Tariq W, Castillo Almeida N, Baddour LM, DeSimone D, Wilson WR, Lahr B, Sohail MR Utility of Post-extraction Follow-up Blood Cultures in Patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection Circulation Volume 142, Number Suppl_3 https://doi.org/10.1161/circ.142.suppl_3.15979 | |
4. Joseph Banuelos, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, M Rizwan Sohail, Amjed Abu-Ghname, Nho Van Tran, Minh-Doan T Nguyen, Basel Sharaf Clinical Presentation of Infections Due to Gram-Positive Versus Gram-Negative Organisms Following Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction American Plastic Surgery 2020. October 2020. | |
3. Petros Svoronos, Prakhar Vijayvargiya, Pradeep Vaitla, James J Wynn, Elena Beam, Jason Parham, Muhammad R Sohail, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Donor Positive Blood Cultures Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 8, Issue Supplement_1, November 2021, Pages S213–S214 | |
Samantha M Williams, MD, Prakhar Vijayvargiya, MD, M Rizwan Sohail, MD, Elena Beam, MD, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, MD Outcomes of Weekly Fluconazole Antifungal Prophylaxis in Pancreas Transplant Recipients Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 9, Issue Supplement_2, December 2022, ofac492.289, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.289 | |
1. Cummings, S, Bensler, J, Hall, M, Hernandez, G, McMullan, M, Sohail, M, Garrigos, Z Impact of Timing of Device Removal on Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Apr, 83 (13_Supplement) 141. | |
Book Chapter |
Khalil S, Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail M. Rizwan Chest Wall Conundrum in Transplant Patient Mayo Clinic Infectious Disease Case Review: With Board-Style Questions and Answers. O’Horo JC, Kashyap R, Enzler ME, Baddour LM. Oxford University Press. 2022 | |
Vijayvargiya P, Marcelin JR, Esquer Garrigos Z, Whitaker JA A little Atypical Mayo Clinic Infectious Disease Case Review: With Board-Style Questions and Answers. | |
Esquer Garrigos Z, Sampathkumar P. Streptococcus pneumoniae Bacterial Meningitis Mayo Clinic Infectious Disease Case Review: With Board-Style Questions and Answers. O’Horo JC, Kashyap R, Enzler ME, Baddour LM. Oxford University Press. 2022 | |
R. Alfonso Hernandez Acosta, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, Jasmine R. Marcelin and Prakhar Vijayvargiya COVID-19 Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestations. In: COVID-19 Infection. Infectious Disease Clinics. Helen W. Boucher, Rachel A. Bender Ignacio and Rajesh T. Gandhi. Elsevier. June 2022. | |
Electronic Publications |
Esquer Garrigos Z, George MP, Vijayvargiya P, Tan EM, Farid S, Abu Saleh OM, Friedman PA, Steckelberg JM, DeSimone DC, Wilson WR, Baddour LM, Sohail MR Comparison of Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections due to Gram-Negative with Gram-Positive Bacteria Mayo Clinic Proceedings YouTube Channel | |
Vijayvargiya P, Esquer Garrigos Z, Castillo Almeida N, Gurram P, Stevens R, Razonable RR Treatment Considerations for COVID-19: A Critical Review of the Evidence (or Lack Thereof) Mayo Clinic Proceedings YouTube Channel | |
Natalia E. Castillo Almeida, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos, Maryam Mahmood, M. Rizwan Sohail Improving the Diagnosis of Intracardiac Infections Contagion. February 2021 (Vol. 06, No. 01), Volume 06, Issue 01 | |
Editorial |
Esquer Garrigos Z, Sohail MR, Attachment is the source of all suffering: delineating mechanisms of adhesion in Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. European heart journal, 2019 Oct 14;40(39):3260-3262 | 2019 |