Publications by authors named "Wassim Abdallah"
Article Synopsis
- The study examines the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in people living with HIV (PWH) who also have cancer, highlighting their historical exclusion from trials compared to those without HIV.
- A retrospective analysis of 390 PWH treated with anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 therapies shows a diversity of cancers, with a notable response rate and low toxicity profile in this population.
- The findings suggest that the safety and effectiveness of ICIs are comparable between PWH and those without HIV, indicating that PWH can benefit from these cancer treatments without increased adverse effects.
Background: Accurate and timely methods for the diagnosis of histoplasmosis in resource-limited countries are lacking. antigen detection by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) is widely used in the United States (US) but not in resource-limited countries, leading to missed or delayed diagnoses and poor outcomes. Lateral flow assays (LFAs) can be used in this setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHepatitis A virus (HAV) infection causes an acute enteric hepatitis associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, particularly in older individuals. Incidence of HAV infection is low in the United States, mostly related to consumption of contaminated food. Starting in 2017, Indiana reported a large HAV outbreak.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Medical students are often potential vectors for resistant bacteria to their entourage. We therefore conducted this study to evaluate the variation of medical students' multiple drug resistant bacterial flora throughout their medical training.
Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study enrolling medical students of the 2016 academic year from the Saint-Joseph University - Faculty of Medicine, Lebanon.