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Richard J. Duma
Researcher at VCU Medical Center
Publications - 47
Citations - 2055
Richard J. Duma is an academic researcher from VCU Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Meningoencephalitis & Naegleria. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 47 publications receiving 2010 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard J. Duma include United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Strategies to Prevent and Control the Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial-Resistant Microorganisms in Hospitals: A Challenge to Hospital Leadership
Donald A. Goldmann,Robert A. Weinstein,Richard P. Wenzel,O. C. Tablan,Richard J. Duma,Robert P. Gaynes,J Schlosser,William J. Martone +7 more
TL;DR: To provide hospital leaders with strategic goals or actions likely to have a significant impact on antimicrobial resistance, outline outcome and process measures for evaluating progress toward each goal, describe potential barriers to success, and suggest countermeasures and novel improvement strategies.
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The Evolution of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: Clinical Implications from a Study of 41 Patients With and Without Compromising Host Factors
TL;DR: Four important conclusions were drawn from this study: pulmonary cryptococcosis is rarely considered in the differential diagnosis of an abnormal chest roentgenogram, thereby leading to missed diagnoses and therapeutic errors; the natural history of untreated pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans in compromised hosts is extrapulmonic dissemination; compromised hosts in whom dissemination has been excluded generally do not need antifungal therapy.
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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria. Two new cases, response to amphotericin B, and a review.
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Epidemic Typhus in the United States Associated With Flying Squirrels
Richard J. Duma,Daniel E. Sonenshine,F. Marilyn Bozeman,James M. Veazey,Bennett L. Elisberg,Douglas P. Chadwick,Naomi I. Stocks,Thomas M. McGill,Grayson B. Miller,J. Newton MacCormack +9 more
TL;DR: Between July 1977 and January 1980, seven cases of sporadic, nonepidemic "epidemic" typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) were discovered in Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina; however, the vector or mode of acquisition was not evident.
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In Vitro Susceptibility of Pathogenic Naegleria and Acanthamoeba Species to a Variety of Therapeutic Agents
Richard J. Duma,Ruth B. Finley +1 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that amphotericin B is the most effective agent against Naegleria, but few agents are effective against Acanthamoeba.