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Xiang Y. Han
Researcher at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Publications - 30
Citations - 1399
Xiang Y. Han is an academic researcher from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mycobacterium leprae & Leprosy. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 27 publications receiving 1249 citations.
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A new Mycobacterium species causing diffuse lepromatous leprosy.
Xiang Y. Han,Yiel Hea Seo,Kurt C. Sizer,Taylor J. Schoberle,Gregory S. May,John S. Spencer,Wei Li,R. Geetha Nair +7 more
TL;DR: A new Mycobacterium species is discovered from 2 patients who died of diffuse lepromatous leprosy (DLL) and it is proposed that this species may account for some of the clinical and geographic variability ofLeprosy.
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Rapidly growing mycobacteria: clinical and microbiologic studies of 115 cases.
TL;DR: Clinical and microbiologic features of 115 cases involving rapidly growing mycobacteria isolated at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston and identified by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing analysis showed that M abscessus was the most resistant species; M mucogenicum was most susceptible.
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Viridans Streptococci Isolated by Culture from Blood of Cancer Patients: Clinical and Microbiologic Analysis of 50 Cases
TL;DR: Results suggest that S. mitis is the most common cause of viridans streptococcal bacteremia in cancer patients and is more resistant to antibiotics than other species.
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Clinical Significance and Epidemiologic Analyses of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare among Patients without AIDS
TL;DR: Together, these results suggest that, among non-AIDS patients, M. intracellulare is more pathogenic and tends to infect women increasingly beyond menopause (age ≥50 years) regardless of underlying disease.
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Cryptococcosis in Patients with Cancer
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis,Wiebke K. Peitsch,Bhavananda T. Reddy,Estella Whimbey,Xiang Y. Han,Gerald P. Bodey,Kenneth V. I. Rolston +6 more
TL;DR: Cryptococcosis is rare in patients with cancer and appears to have a relatively good diagnostic yield and therapeutic outcome, according to retrospectively reviewed records.