Brian Bramson
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7 Papers
33 Citations
Brian Bramson is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breastfeeding & Tocilizumab. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
Clinical characteristics and early outcomes in patients with COVID-19 treated with tocilizumab at a United States academic center
Casey A. Rimland,Camille E. Morgan,Griffin J. Bell,Min K. Kim,Tanner L Hedrick,Ashley Marx,Brian Bramson,Heidi Swygard,Sonia Napravnik,John L. Schmitz,Shannon S. Carson,William A. Fischer,Joseph J. Eron,Jonathan B. Parr +13 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that tocilizumab should be used with caution in severe and critically ill patients and highlight the need for data from randomized controlled trials to determine its efficacy in the treatment of COVID-19.
Pneumocystis and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Coinfection: A Case Report and Review of an Emerging Diagnostic Dilemma
Carlos Rubiano,Kathleen Tompkins,Subhashini A. Sellers,Brian Bramson,Joseph J. Eron,Jonathan B. Parr,Asher J Schranz +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a critically ill patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was found to have acquired immune deficiency syndrome and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP).
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Low absolute neutrophil counts in African infants.
Athena P. Kourtis,Brian Bramson,Charles van der Horst,Peter N. Kazembe,Yusuf Ahmed,Charles Chasela,Mina C. Hosseinipour,Rodney J. Knight,Lebah Lugalia,Gerald Tegha,George Joaki,Robert Jafali,Denise J. Jamieson +12 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that the relevant Division of AIDS table does not take into account the available evidence of low absolute neutrophil counts in African infants and that a systematic collection of data from many African settings might help establish the absolute neutophil count cutpoints to be used for defining neutropenia in African populations.
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Adherence to extended postpartum antiretrovirals is associated with decreased breast milk HIV-1 transmission
Nicole L. Davis,William C. Miller,Michael G. Hudgens,Charles Chasela,Charles Chasela,Dorothy Sichali,Dumbani Kayira,Julie A. E. Nelson,Jeffrey S. A. Stringer,Sascha R. Ellington,Sascha R. Ellington,Athena P. Kourtis,Athena P. Kourtis,Denise J. Jamieson,Denise J. Jamieson,Charles van der Horst,Linda S. Adair,Yusuf Ahmed,Mounir Ait-Khaled,Sandra S. Albrecht,Shrikant I. Bangdiwala,Ronald Bayer,Margaret E. Bentley,Brian Bramson,Emily A. Bobrow,Nicola Boyle,Sal Butera,Charity Chavula,Joseph Chimerang'ambe,Maggie Chigwenembe,Maria Chikasema,Norah Chikhungu,David Chilongozi,Grace Chiudzu,Lenesi Chome,Anne S Cole,Amanda H Corbett,Amy Corneli,Anna Dow,Ann Duerr,Henry Eliya,Joseph J. Eron,Sherry L. Farr,Yvonne Owens Ferguson,Susan A. Fiscus,Valerie L. Flax,Ali Fokar,Shannon Galvin,Laura Guay,Chad Heilig,Irving F. Hoffman,Elizabeth Gerken Hooten,Mina C. Hosseinipour,Stacy Hurst,Lisa Hyde,George Joaki,David R. Jones,Elizabeth Jordan-Bell,Zebrone Kacheche,Esmie Kamanga,Gift Kamanga,Coxcilly Kampani,Portia Kamthunzi,Deborah Kamwendo,Cecilia Kanyama,Angela D. M. Kashuba,Damson Kathyola,Peter N. Kazembe,Caroline C. King,Rodney J. Knight,Robert Krysiak,Jacob Kumwenda,Hana Lee,Edde Loeliger,Dustin M. Long,Misheck Luhanga,Victor Madhlopa,Maganizo Majawa,Alice Maida,Cheryl Marcus,Francis Martinson,Navdeep Thoofer,Chrissie Matiki,Douglas Mayers,Isabel Mayuni,Marita McDonough,Joyce Meme,Ceppie Merry,Khama Mita,Chimwemwe Mkomawanthu,Gertrude Mndala,Ibrahim Mndala,Agnes Moses,Albans Msika,Wezi Msungama,Beatrice Mtimuni,Jane Muita,Noel Mumba,Bonface Musis,Charles Mwansambo,Gerald Mwapasa,Jacqueline Nkhoma,Megan Parker,Richard Pendame,Ellen G. Piwoz,Byron Raines,Zane Ramdas,John C Rublein,Mairin Ryan,Ian Sanne,Christopher J. Sellers,Diane C. Shugars,Wendy Snowden,Alice Soko,Allison Spensley,Jean Marc Steens,Gerald Tegha,Martin Tembo,Roshan Thomas,Hsiao Chuan Tien,Beth C. Tohill,Esther Waalberg,Elizabeth M. Widen,Jeffrey Wiener,Cathy Wilfert,Patricia Wiyo,Innocent Zgambo,Chifundo Zimba +127 more
TL;DR: Nonadherence to extended postpartum antiretroviral regimens in ‘real world’ settings is likely to be higher than that seen in BAN, and identifying mothers with difficulty adhering to antireTrovirals, and developing effective adherence interventions, will help maximize benefits of antire troviral provision throughout breastfeeding.
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Rapid analysis of local data to inform off-label tocilizumab use early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Camille E. Morgan,Casey A. Rimland,Griffin J. Bell,Min K. Kim,Tanner L Hedrick,Ashley Marx,Brian Bramson,Heidi Swygard,Sonia Napravnik,John L. Schmitz,Shannon S. Carson,William A. Fischer,Joseph J. Eron,Jonathan B. Parr +13 more
TL;DR: The interleukin-6 receptor antagonist tocilizumab became widely used early in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic based on small observational studies that suggested clinical benefit in COVID-19 patients with a hyperinflammatory state.
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