AmarSafdarMDFACP, FIDSA

PubMed

• 11 citations
  High-dose caspofungin as a component of combination antifungal therapy in 91 patients with neoplastic diseases and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a critical ...
  Amar Safdar, Gilhen Rodriguez, Jorge Zuniga, Fadi Al Akhrass, Anupam Pande> ;Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2015 Apr 1
• 26 citations
  Fidaxomicin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with Clostridium difficile Infection
  Samuel Penziner, Yanina Dubrovskaya, Robert Press, Amar Safdar> ;Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2015 Mar 1
• Impact of cytotoxic and targeted antineoplastic drugs on the validity of the mitogen-induced interferon-gamma release assay for latent tuberculosis infection: Results ...
  Gilhen Rodriguez, Amar Safdar> ;Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014 Jan 1
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  Use of healthy-donor granulocyte transfusions to treat infections in neutropenic patients with myeloid or lymphoid neoplasms: experience in 74 patients treated with 37...
  Amar Safdar, Gilhen Rodriguez, Fadi Al Akhrass, Anupam Pande> ;Acta Haematologica. 2014 Jan 1
• 17 citations
  Aerosolized amphotericin B lipid complex as adjunctive treatment for fungal lung infection in patients with cancer-related immunosuppression and recipients of hematopo...
  Amar Safdar, Gilhen Rodriguez> ;Pharmacotherapy. 2013 Oct 1
• 41 citations
  Fidaxomicin versus Conventional Antimicrobial Therapy in 59 Recipients of Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation with Clostridium difficile-Associated...
  Dana S. Clutter, Yanina Dubrovskaya, Man Yee Merl, Lewis W. Teperman, Robert Press, Amar Safdar> ;Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2013 Sep 1
• 9 citations
  Immunotherapy for Invasive Mold Disease in Severely Immunosuppressed Patients
  Amar Safdar> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2013 Jul 1
• 6 citations
  Modeling Dendritic Cell Vaccination for Influenza Prophylaxis: Potential Applications for Niche Populations
  Vanaja Konduri, William K. Decker, Matthew M. Halpert, Brian E. Gilbert, Amar Safdar> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2013 Jun 1
• 15 citations
  Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor in 66 patients with myeloid or lymphoid neoplasms and recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with invas...
  Amar Safdar, Gilhen Rodriguez, Fadi Al Akhrass, Georgia Georgescu, Anupam Pande> ;Acta Haematologica. 2013 Jan 1
• 17 citations
  Aerosolized amikacin in patients with difficult-to-treat pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteriosis.
  A. Safdar> ;European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 2012 Aug 1
• 6 citations
  Case 181: Synovitis Acne Pustulosis Hyperostosis Osteitis (SAPHO) Syndrome
  Sarah A. Sweeney, Vinodh A. Kumar, Jean Tayar, Donna M. Weber, Amar Safdar, Carol A Alonso, Sharon R. Hymes> ;Radiology. 2012 May 1
• 22 citations
  Characteristics of, and risk factors for, infections in patients with cancer treated with dasatinib and a brief review of other complications.
  Gilhen Rodriguez, Saud I Ahmed, Fadi Al-akhrass, Vijayashri Rallapalli, Amar Safdar> ;Leukemia & Lymphoma. 2012 Jan 20
• 81 citations
  Infections in Patients With Hematologic Neoplasms and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Neutropenia, Humoral, and Splenic Defects
  Amar Safdar, Donald Armstrong> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2011 Oct 15
• 16 citations
  Cytokine adjuvants for vaccine therapy of neoplastic and infectious disease.
  William K. Decker, Amar Safdar> ;Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews. 2011 Aug 1
• 61 citations
  Drug-induced nephrotoxicity caused by amphotericin B lipid complex and liposomal amphotericin B: a review and meta-analysis.
  Amar Safdar, Jonathan Ma, Fouzi Saliba, Bertrand Dupont, John R. Wingard, Ray Y Hachem, Gloria Mattiuzzi, Pranatharthi H. Chandrasekar, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Kenn...> ;Medicine. 2010 Jul 1
• 6 citations
  Dendritic cell vaccines for the immunocompromised patient: prevention of influenza virus infection.
  William K. Decker, Amar Safdar> ;Expert Review of Vaccines. 2010 Jul 1
• 3 citations
  Feasibility of aerosolized colistin in the era of escalating drug-resistant Pseudomonas pneumonia: pressing need for validation clinical trials.
  Amar Safdar> ;Intensive Care Medicine. 2010 Apr 16
• 5 citations
  Treatment with monoclonal antibodies against Clostridium difficile toxins.
  Amar Safdar> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2010 Apr 15
• 6 citations
  Immunomodulation Therapy for Invasive Aspergillosis: Discussion on Myeloid Growth Factors, Recombinant Cytokines, and Antifungal Drug Immune Modulation
  Amar Safdar> ;Current Fungal Infection Reports. 2010 Feb 24
• 19 citations
  Infections in non-myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients with lymphoid malignancies: spectrum of infections, predictors of outcome and proposed...
  Amar Safdar, Gilhen Rodriguez, C N Mihu, L Mora-Ramos, Victor E. Mulanovich, Roy F. Chemaly, Richard E. Champlin, Issa F. Khouri> ;Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2010 Feb 1
• Recent favorable outcomes in critically ill patients with cancer may mitigate historic acquiescent optimism in critical care unit therapy.
  Amar Safdar> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2010 Jan 1
• 41 citations
  Bioimmunoadjuvants for the treatment of neoplastic and infectious disease: Coley's legacy revisited
  William K. Decker, Amar Safdar> ;Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews. 2009 Aug 1
• 7 citations
  Fungal cytoskeleton dysfunction or immune activation triggered by β-glucan synthase inhibitors
  Amar Safdar> ;Cancer. 2009 Jul 1
• 31 citations
  Inhaled therapeutics for prevention and treatment of pneumonia
  Amar Safdar, Samuel A Shelburne, Scott E. Evans, Burton F. Dickey> ;Expert Opinion on Drug Safety. 2009 Jun 24
• 12 citations
  De novo T-lymphocyte responses against baculovirus-derived recombinant influenzavirus hemagglutinin generated by a naive umbilical cord blood model of dendritic cell v...
  Amar Safdar, William K. Decker, Sufang Li, Dongxia Xing, Simon N. Robinson, Hong Yang, David Steiner, Gilhen Rodriguez, Elizabeth J. Shpall, Catherine M. Bollard> ;Vaccine. 2009 Mar 4
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Books/Book Chapters

• Principles and Practice of Transplant Infectious Diseases 
  Safdar AEditors: Safdar A.Springer Science, New York, NYEdition 1st,2013
• Principles and Practice of Transplant Infectious Diseases 
  Safdar AEditors: Safdar A.Springer Science, New York, NYEdition 1st,2013
• Principles and Practice of Cancer Infectious Diseases 
  Safdar AEditors: Safdar A.Humana Press/Springer Science, New York, NYEdition 1st,2011
• Principles and Practice of Cancer Infectious Diseases 
  Safdar AEditors: Safdar A.Humana Press/Springer Science, New York, NYEdition 1st,2011
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Abstracts/Posters

• Changing Trends in Clinical Fungal Isolates at a Comprehensive University Hospital in New York City during the Past 12 Years
  Safdar A, Tulliano G, Taimur S, Press R, 53rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), 9/10/2013
• Response to Therapy in Solid-Organ (SOT) and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Recipients with 61 Episodes of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI)
  Clutter DS, Dubrovakaya Y, Merl M, Press R, Safdar A, 53rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), 9/10/2013
• Enterococcal Colonization and Disease in Solid-Organ versus Hematologic Malignancy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Units (2000–2011)
  Safdar A, Tulliano G, Teperman L & Press R, American Transplant Congress (ATC) at the Washington State Convention Center, 5/18/2013
• Characteristics of Enterococcus species Isolated from Patients at a Solid Organ Transplant Unit in a Tertiary Care University Hospital between 2000 and 2011
  Tulliano G, Tierno P. M, Teperman L. W, Press R. A & Safdar A, The 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. American Society for Microbiology (ASM), 9/9/2012
• Immunovesiculectomy by TH1 Dendritic Cell Vaccination
  Klump SK, Sharp K, Safdar A, Bhardwaj RD, Berens ME, Gilbert BE, Carstens JL, Halpert MM, Spencer DM, Decker WK, 9th annual Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine, 11/29/2011
• Three hundred and seventy-three granulocyte transfusions in cancer patients with life-threatening infections
  Zuniga J, Rodriguez G, Al Akhrass F, Pande A, Safdar A, 48th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 10/21/2010
• Safety of high-dose (100 mg) caspofungin therapy in 91 cancer and stem cell transplant patients with invasive fungal disease
  Al Akhrass F, Rodriguez G, Zuniga J, Pande A, Safdar A, 48th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 10/21/2010
• Dendritic cell vaccination generates protective responses against influenzavirus infection: a model of effective vaccination for immunosuppressed cancer and hematopoie...
  Decker W, Li S, Shpall E, Zabriskie R, Machado A, Gilbert B, Safdar A, 16thSymposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host, 6/27/2010
• Multiple granulocyte transfusions for the treatment of severe opportunistic infections in cancer patients - 2004–2007
  Rodriguez GH, Ejaz S, Ahmed S, Safdar A, 47th Annual Meeting of Infectious Diseases Society of America, 10/29/2009
• An umbilical cordblood model of dendritic cell vaccination demonstrates the ex vivo generation of de novo strain-specific T-lymphocyte responses
  Decker W, Shpall E, Safdar A, 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 5/16/2009
• Vaccination in patients with cancer: strategies to prevent influenza and pneumococcal Disease
  Safdar A, 2nd World Conference on Magic Bullets (Ehrlich II), International Society of Chemotherapy, 10/3/2008
• Polymicrobial bacteremia in cancer patients
  Rodriguez G, Safdar A, Bodey G, Rolston K, 18th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 4/19/2008
• Predictor of response in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantationwith serious infections receiving granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor
  Georgescu G, Rodriguez GH, Champlin R, & Safdar A, 45th Annual Meeting of Infectious Diseases Society of America, 10/4/2007
• High-dose caspofungin in cancer patients with invasive fungal infections
  Safdar A, Rodriguez GH, Shpall EJ, Walsh TJ, Kontoyiannis DP, Champlin RE, Kantarjian HM, Rolston KV, RaadII, 47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. American Society for Microbiology, 9/17/2007
• Immunogenicity and safety of multi-dose granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor immune enhancement in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia receiving 23-...
  Safdar A, Rodriguez GH, Wierda WG, Musher DM, Rueda AM, O’Brien S, Koller CA, Bodey GP, Keating MJ, 10th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research Sponsored by National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 4/30/2007
• Tigecyclineusage in cancer patients with refractory pneumonia: areport on 38 cases. A single institution study
  Chemaly R, Hachem R, Hanmod S, Adachi J, Hogan H, Mulanovich V, Kontoyiannis D, Safdar A, Raad I, Rolston K, 17th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and 25th International Congress of Chemotherapy, 3/31/2007
• Scedosporium in a tertiary care cancer center in the past 16 years
  Lamaris GA, Chamilos G, Lewis RE, Safdar A, Raad II, 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 10/12/2006
• Efficacy of inhaled aminoglycosides and colistin in cancer patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia during 2000–2005
  Ghannam DE, Rodriguez GH, Adachi J, Chemaly R, Rolston KV, Raad II, & Safdar A. Efficacy, 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. American Society for Microbiology, 9/27/2006
• Safety and efficacy of recombinant interferon-gamma-1b Immune adjuvant in 20 patients receiving high-dose donor granulocyte transfusions–an observational study during ...
  Safdar A, Rodriguez G, Lichtiger B, Champlin R, Freireich E, Kantarjian H, The 16th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 4/1/2006
• Immunogenicity of baculovirus-expressed trivalent influenza HA vaccine: randomized, double-blind, dose-escalation single institution study in adult patients with B cel...
  Safdar A, Rodriguez G, Luis F, Romaguera J, Hagemeister F, McLaughlin P, Kwak L, Couch RB, The 16th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 4/1/2006
• Herpes simplex virus in lower respiratory tract secretions in patients with solid tumors: shedding or infection?
  Aisenberg GM, Torres HA, Tarrand J, Safdar A,Chemaly RF, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 10/6/2005
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: clinical spectrum of active disease in cancer patients (2001–2005)
  Aisenberg G, Jacobson K, Chemaly R, Rolston K, Raad I, Safdar A, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 10/6/2005
• Trends in incidence of invasive fungal infections at a tertiary cancer center over a 14-year period: an autopsy study
  Chamilos G, Bodey GP, Luna M, Lewis RE, Rolston KV, Chemaly R, Safdar A, RaadI, Kontoyiannis DP, 15th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 4/2/2005
• Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: changing spectrum of bacterial pneumonia in cancer patients with low-suspicion of S. maltophilia infection
  Aisenberg G, Tarrand J, Rolston K, Kontoyiannis D, Raad I, Safdar A, 15th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 4/2/2005
• Therapeutic efficacy of adjuvant recombinant interferon gamma-1b in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with invasive mycosis
  Safdar A, Rodriguez G, Champlin RE, World Conference on Magic Bullets. International Society of Chemotherapy, 9/9/2004
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