Publications by authors named "Carrie S Schultz"
Article Synopsis
- Clostridium ramosum is a rare and difficult-to-identify pathogen, primarily an anaerobic, spore-producing, gram-positive rod, which is generally not known to cause illness.
- The case report discusses a 65-year-old immunocompromised man undergoing chemotherapy for follicular lymphoma who developed Clostridium ramosum bacteremia linked to aspiration pneumonia, presenting with fever, cough, and confusion.
- Successful treatment involved intravenous piperacillin-tazobactam, and follow-up imaging showed resolution of lung issues, emphasizing the challenges in diagnosing and managing Clostridium ramosum infections in immunocompromised patients.
The Pitfalls of Mining for QuantiFERON Gold in Severely Ill Patients With COVID-19.
Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes
October 2022
Objective: To assess the proportion of indeterminate QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) results in patients admitted for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia and evaluate the factors associated with indeterminate QFT-Plus results.
Patients And Methods: Data on COVID-19 admissions at Mayo Clinic in Florida were extracted between October 13, 2020, and September 20, 2021, and data from a prepandemic cohort were extracted between October 13, 2018, and September 20, 2019. A secondary analysis of the COVID-19 cohort was performed using gradient boosting modeling to generate variable importance and SHapley Additive exPlanations plots.