LorenG.MillerMD

PubMed

• Phenotypic and Genotypic Correlates of the NaHCO-Responsive Phenotype Among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates from Skin and Soft Tissue Infec...
  Selvi C Ersoy, Sabrina L Madrigal, Liang Chen, Jose Mediavilla, Barry Kreiswirth
  Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2024-12-01
• Predictors of seropositivity to SARS-CoV-2 among employees at a large urban medical center.
  Deborah Kupferwasser, Evelyn A Flores, Prudencio Merino, Donna Phan Tran, Honghu Liu
  BMC Public Health. 2024-10-09
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  Reducing Hospitalizations and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms via Regional Decolonization in Hospitals and Nursing Homes.
  Gabrielle M Gussin, James A McKinnell, Raveena D Singh, Loren G Miller, Ken Kleinman
  JAMA. 2024-05-14

Journal Articles

• Lack of Uniformity Among United States Recommendations for Diagnosis and Management of Acute, Uncomplicated Cystitis  
  Loren G Miller, David A Haake, Shlomo Raz, International Urogynecology Journal
• Patient Contact Is the Main Risk Factor for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Contamination of Healthcare Workers’ Gloves and Gowns in the Intensive Care Unit  
  J Kristie Johnson, Anthony D Harris, Loren G Miller, David P Calfee, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
• Artesunate and cerebellar dysfunction in falciparum malaria.  
  Miller LG, Panosian CB, New England Journal of Medicine 1997; 337:793
• The Economic Burden of Community Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).  
  Lee BY, Singh A, David MZ, McGlone SM, Bartsch SM, Slayton RB, Huang SS, Zimmmer SM, Potter MA, Macal CM, Lauderdale DS, Miller LG, Daum RS, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
• Relevance on Non-protease inhibitor containing anti-retroviral therapy.  
  Miller LG, Goetz MB, Clinical Infectious Diseases 1999; 27:707
• Estimating the Cost of Nosocomial Candidemia in the United States.  
  Miller LG, Hajjeh RA, Edwards JE, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2001; 32: 1110
• Knowledge of and Medication Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy.  
  Miller LG, Liu H, Hays RD, Golin CE, Kaplan AH, Wenger NS, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003; 37:862
• Falsely High Antibiotic Resistance Rates in Hospitalized Patients with E. coli UTIs.  
  Miller LG, Tang AW, Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2005; 80: 824-5
• MRSA in the Community.  
  Miller LG, Pedreau-Remington F, Spellberg B, New England Journal of Medicine 2005; 353: 531-2
• Managing Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection—Making Sense Out of Resistance Data.  
  Gupta K, Hooton TM, Miller LG, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2011; 53: 1041–1042
• Nitrofurantoin: Preferred Empiric Therapy for Community-Acquired Lower Urinary Tract Infections.  
  McKinnell JA, Miller LG, Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2011; 86: 1244
• Meningitis in older patients: how to diagnose and treat a deadly infection.  
  Miller LG, Choi C, Geriatrics, 1997; 52:43-55
• Meningitis in the Elderly: An approach to diagnosis and treatment in an era of antimicrobial resistance.  
  Miller LG, Choi C, Clinical Geriatrics 1998;6:13-31
• Adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy: a synthesis of the literature and clinical implications for practice.  
  Miller LG, Hays RD, AIDS Reader 2000;10:177-85
• Measuring Adherence to Antiretroviral Medications in Clinical Trials.  
  Miller LG, Hays RD, HIV Clinical Trials 2000,1:36-46
• Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections in an Era of Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance.  
  Miller LG, Tang AW, Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2004; 79: 1048-1054
• Hepatitis C inflection in dialysis patients: a link to poor clinical outcome?  
  Kalantar-Zadeh K, Daar ES, Eysselein VE, Miller LG, Int Urol Nephrol 2006; 39:247-59
• Colonization, Fomites, and Virulence: Rethinking the Pathogenesis of Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection.  
  Miller LG, Diep BA, Clin Infect Dis 2008; 46:752–60
• Managing an Elusive Pathogen: How Can Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Be Contained?  
  Miller LG, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 2011; 19: 3-7
• What is the relevance of antiretroviral therapy that does not include protease inhibitors?  
  Miller LG, Goetz MB, Clinical Infectious Diseases 1998;27:1386-9
• Where We Are with Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Prevention -- And In the Meantime What to do We Tell Our Patients?  
  Miller LG, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2012; 54:752- 4
• Ataxia and slurred speech after artesunate treatment for falciparum malaria.  
  Miller LG, Panosian CB, New England Journal of Medicine, 1997; 336:1328
• Staphylococcus aureus meningitis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.  
  Miller LG, Mathisen GE, Chang S, Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1998;73:1083-4
• HIV Infection Refractory to Antiretroviral Therapy or Denial of Poor Adherence?: A Case Study.  
  Miller LG, Chang ES, AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2002; 16: 355-59
• A Randomized Controlled Trial of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Treatment-Naïve and Experienced HIV-1-Infected Patients.  
  Best BM, Goicoechea M, Witt MD, Miller L, Daar E, Diamond C, Tilles J, Kemper C, Larsen R, Holland D, Sun S, Wagner G, Capparelli EV, McCutchan A, Haubrich, RH and the..., J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2007; 46: 433-42
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Books/Book Chapters

• Emerging Infections 8. 
  Chapter: Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 
  Page 229 - 256Miller LG, Eells SJEditors: Scheld WM, Hammer SM, Higher JM.American Society of Microbiology Press, Washington D.C
• Antimicrobial Drug Resistance: Beyond the Breakpoint. (Volume 6 from the series "Issues in Infectious Diseases"). 
  Chapter: Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 
  Page 1 - 20Miller LGEditors: Weber JT.Karger, Basel, Switzerland

Abstracts/Posters

• Asymptomatic Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Are Common in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM).
  Rieg G, Miller L, Guerrero M, Aquino C, Witt M, Daar E, 21st HIV/AIDS Biennial Investigators Meeting, San Mateo, California
• Risk Factors for Colonization and Infection with Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Los Angeles County Jail: A Case Control Study.
  Maree C, Bancroft E, Eells S, Tan J, Lewis M, Malek M, Harawa N, Sanatana E, Miller LG, 46th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Washington D.C
• Examining Diagnostic Discordance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients.
  Kalantar-Zadeh K, Miller LG, Daar ES, Abstract SU-PO637, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, San Francisco, California
• Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Community-associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) Clone USA300 in Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM).
  Diep BA, Chambers HF, Graber CJ, Szumowsk JD, Miller LG, Han LL, Chen J, Lin F, Lin J, Phan, T, Carleton H, McDougal LK, Tenover FC, Cohen DE, Mayer KH, Sensabaugh GF,..., 47th Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago
• Body Site Colonization Prevalence in Patients with Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections.
  Yang ES, Tan J, Rieg G, Miller LG, Abstract, 45th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Toronto
• Missed Opportunities: Undertreatment of Hepatitis B Infection.
  Jung C, Tan J, Miller LG, Abstract 496, 44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Toronto
• Regional Variation of Multidrug Resistance in Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA- MRSA) ST8:USA300 in Northern and Southern California.
  Perdreau-Remington F, Carleton HA, Bush R, Miller LG, Frazee BW, Abstract C2-1131, 46th Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Francisco
• A Comprehensive Evaluation of Survey Questions for Adherence to Antiretroviral Medications and Exploratory Analyses for Identifying Optimal Sets of Survey Questions.
  Liu HH, Miller LG, Hays RD, Golin C, Zhao HM, Wenger NS and Kaplan K, NIMH/IAPAC International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
• Predictors of Virologic Responses to HAART: Dose Timing, Overall Adherence, and Genotypic Sensitivity.
  Liu HH, Miller L, Hays RD, Golin C, Wu TT, Wenger NS, Kaplan AK, NIMH/IAPAC International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
• High Rate of Fomite Colonization in Households of Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections.
  Eells S, Miller LG, Blewett A, Macario E, Ashi K, Ortiz N, Daum RS, 49th Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Francisco
• Community-Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization Among HIV-Infected Persons.
  Miller LG, Daar ES, Witt MD, Guerrero M, Tan J, Rieg G, 21st HIV/AIDS Biennial Investigators Meeting, San Mateo, California
• Asymptomatic Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) Are Common in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM).
  Rieg G, Miller L, Guerrero M, Aquino C, Witt M, Daar E, Abstract, 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Denver
• “Community-Acquired” Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (MRSA) Strains Causing Nosocomial Infections.
  Maree C, Daum RS, Boyle-Vavra S, Matayoshi K, Miller LG, Abstract LB2-11 (Late Breaker), 45th Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Che, Washington D.C
• Multidrug-Resistance in Community-Associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) ST8-S (USA 300) in Northern and Southern California.
  Perdreau-Remington F, Carleton HA, Bush R, Miller LG, Frazee BW, Abstract C2-281, 45th Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Washington DC
• Vancomycin becomes more effective than cephalosporin prophylaxis for CABG surgery at a low prevalence of MRSA.
  Vollmer M, Spellberg B, Miller LG, Abstract 517, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, San Francisco
• A Prospective Investigation of Outcomes for Community-Acquired Methicillin Resistant and Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infections in non-outbreak setting.
  Shay AC, Matayoshi K, Spellberg B, Bharadwa K, Tagudar G, Bayer A, Miller LG, Abstract 1059, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, San Francisco
• A Prospective Investigation of Community-Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) Risk Factors in Infected and Non-infected Patients.
  Miller LG, Matayoshi K, Spellberg B, Tan N, Tsui J, Ibebuogu U, Bharadwa K, Shay A, Cronin J, Bayer AS, Abstract 1058, 43rd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, San Francisco
• Cephalosporin Promotion of VRE May Not Be a Class Effect Presentation 195.
  McKinnell JA, Kunz DF, Patel M, Moser SA, Chamot E, Baddley J, Pappas P, Miller L, Abstract 3351, 48th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Vancouver BC, Canada
• Quantifying the Gain of Testing Non-Nares Body sites for MRSA Colonization at Hospital or Intensive Care Unit Admission: A Systematic Review.
  Mckinnell JA, Huang SS, Eells SJ, Cui E, Miller L, ID Week, San Diego, CA
• Colonization on Admission to the Hospital or the ICU: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  Mckinnell JA, Miller L, Eells SJ, Cui E, Huang SS, ID Week, San Diego
• Incidence rates of skin and soft-tissue infections in diabetics and non-diabetics in a large commercially insured US population.
  Suaya JA, Eisenberg DF, Chang CL, Miller LG, Abstract 1080, 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Boston, MA
• Pronounced Increase of Incidence of Incidence and Cost Associated with Hospitalizations for Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in U.S. Children, 200...
  Suaya JA, Mera R, Cassidy A, Poirrier JE, Burstin S, Armine-Madsen H, O’Hara P, Miller L, 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Boston
• The Burden of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Incidence and Costs from a Large U.S. Population of Commercially Insured Persons Aged 0-64 Years from 2005 to 2008.
  Miller LG, Eisenberg DF, Chang CL, Wallace A, Fang C, Watson M, Singer J, Suaya JA, Abstract K-876, 51st Annual International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago
• Environmental Contamination of Nursing Home Common Areas is Associated with Transmission of Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
  Reynolds C, Eells S, Quan V, Kim D, Peterson E, Miller L, Huang SS, Abstract 394, 21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Dallas TX
• A Multi-Center Prospective Investigation of Risk Factors for Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) Infection in HIV-Infected Persons.
  Miller L, Minuto J, Jain S, Mai T, Diamond C, Larsen R, Kemper C, Sun S, Diep D, Haubrich R and California Cooperative Treatment Group (CCTG) 587 Investigators, Abstract P-149, 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston
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Lectures

• Diagnosis and treatment of meningitis. 
  Internal Medicine Noon Conference Series, St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach CA
• Management of hypercholesterolemia. 
  Department of Family Medicine, Noon Conference Series, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, CA
• Diagnosis and treatment of meningitis. 
  Department of Family Medicine, Noon Conference Series, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, CA
• Atypical pneumonias. 
  Department of Family Medicine, Noon Conference Series, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, CA
• Update in the diagnosis and treatment of meningitis. 
  Department of Family Medicine, Noon Conference Series, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, CA
• Urinary tract infections. 
  Department of Medicine Noon Conference Series, West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical...CA
• Infectious diseases: what's the diagnosis? 
  West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles CA
• Urinary tract infections. 
  Noon Conference Series, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica CA
• Ambulatory evaluation and management of the HIV-infected patient. 
  Internal Medicine Conference Series, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica CA
• Update in urinary tract infections. 
  Internal Medicine Noon conference series, Martin Luther King -Charles Drew Medical Center, CA
• High-risk sexual behavior in Los Angeles: who receives testing for HIV? 
  Infectious Diseases Research Conference, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance CA
• How well do clinicians' estimate patients’ adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy? 
  UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Research Seminar Series, CA
• Non-HIV Antiviral Therapy. 
  Multiple Location, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009
• Adherence to Medication and Antiretroviral Therapy. 
  Harbor-UCLA Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Torrance CA
• Overview of Antibiotics Used for Outpatient Infections. 
  Harbor-UCLA Family Medicine Residency Noon Conference Series, Torrance, CA
• Infections of Intravascular Catheters. 
  Harbor-UCLA Divisions of Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Didactic Course. Torrance CA
• Designing Clinical Research Studies to Address A Hypothesis. 
  Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Research and Education Institute Course, CA
• Tuberculosis: Update of Selected Topics. 
  Harbor-UCLA Divisions of Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Didactic Course. Torrance CA
• Adherence to Medication and Antiretroviral Therapy. 
  Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, HIV Roundtable Lecture Series. Sylmar, CA
• Community Acquired Pneumonia. 
  Harbor-UCLA Divisions of Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Didactic Course. Torrance CA
• Association Between Knowledge of Medication Dosing and Adherence to HAART. 
  Infectious Diseases Research Conference, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance CA
• Practical Strategies for Medication Adherence: Each Team Member Counts. 
  HIV 2001: Team Care in the VA. Department of Veterans Affairs AIDS Service Annual Meeting. Dallas,TX
• Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Diabetes. 
  Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Division of Endocrinology Grand Rounds, Torrance CA
• Complicated Urinary Tract Infections. 
  Multiple Location, 2001, 2004, 2007
• Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Infections in Hospitalized Patients. 
  Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Internal Medicine Noon Conference Series, Torrance CA
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Other

• Strategies for clinical management of MRSA in the community: Summary of an experts’ meeting convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
  Gorwitz RJ, Jernigan DB, Powers JH, Jernigan JA, and Participants in the CDC-Convened Experts’ Meeting on Management of MRSA in the Community
  http://www.ccar-ccra.com/english/pdfs/CAMRSA_ExpMtgStrategies.pdf
• Management of MRSA in the Community Setting: Getting it Right the First Time. 
  Miller LG, MedscapeCME Infectious Diseases
  http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/708160