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Overview

Ray Y Hachem is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with a significant number of publications in Oncology, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including neutropenia and cancer infections, antifungal resistance and susceptibility, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and the healthcare impacts related to COVID-19. Other main topics include bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, fungal infections and studies, and sepsis diagnosis and treatment.

  • Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment

Ray Y Hachem has published extensively in venues such as Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Journal of Fungi, eLife, Cancers, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Open Forum Infectious Diseases is the most frequent venue, reflecting a strong focus on infectious diseases in clinical contexts.

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Fungi
  • eLife
  • Cancers
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Issam Raad, Anne-Marie Chaftari, Hiba Dagher, Ying Jiang, and Patrick Chaftari, indicating a collaborative network of scientists working primarily in oncology and infectious disease fields.

  • Issam Raad
  • Anne-Marie Chaftari
  • Hiba Dagher
  • Ying Jiang
  • Patrick Chaftari

Among the recent publications by Ray Y Hachem, several notable papers address COVID-19 and fungal infections in cancer patients:

  • Long COVID in cancer patients: preponderance of symptoms in majority of patients over long time period, 2023, eLife
  • Real-World Use of Isavuconazole as Primary Therapy for Invasive Fungal Infections in High-Risk Patients with Hematologic Malignancy or Stem Cell Transplant, 2022, Journal of Fungi
  • Comparing the Real-World Use of Isavuconazole to Other Anti-Fungal Therapy for Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients with and without Underlying Disparities: A Multi-Center Retrospective Study, 2023, Journal of Fungi
  • International multicenter study comparing COVID-19 in patients with cancer to patients without cancer: Impact of risk factors and treatment modalities on survivorship, 2023, eLife
  • The role of procalcitonin in identifying high-risk cancer patients with febrile neutropenia: A useful alternative to the multinational association for supportive care in cancer score, 2021, Cancer Medicine

Best Publications

  • A comparison of two antimicrobial-impregnated central venous catheters

    Rabih O. Darouiche;Issam I Raad;Stephen O. Heard;John I. Thornby

  • Treatment of invasive aspergillosis with posaconazole in patients who are refractory to or intolerant of conventional therapy: An externally controlled trial

    Thomas J. Walsh;Issam Raad;Thomas F. Patterson;Pranatharthi Chandrasekar

  • Central Venous Catheters Coated with Minocycline and Rifampin for the Prevention of Catheter-Related Colonization and Bloodstream Infections: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial

    Issam Raad;Rabih Darouiche;Jacques Dupuis;Dima Abi-Said

  • Comparative activities of daptomycin, linezolid, and tigecycline against catheter-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus bacteremic isolates embedded in biofilm

    Issam Raad;Hend Hanna;Ying Jiang;Tanya Dvorak

  • The changing epidemiology of invasive candidiasis: Candida glabrata and Candida krusei as the leading causes of candidemia in hematologic malignancy

    Ray Hachem;Hend Hanna;Dimitrios Kontoyiannis;Ying Jiang

  • Posaconazole as Salvage Treatment for Invasive Fusariosis in Patients with Underlying Hematologic Malignancy and Other Conditions

    Issam I. Raad;Ray Y. Hachem;Raoul Herbrecht;John R. Graybill

  • Efficacy and toxicity of caspofungin in combination with liposomal amphotericin B as primary or salvage treatment of invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematologic malignancies

    Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis;Ray Y Hachem;Russell E. Lewis;Gustavo A. Rivero

  • Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Efficacy of Posaconazole in Patients with Persistent Febrile Neutropenia or Refractory Invasive Fungal Infection

    A. J. Ullmann;O. A. Cornely;A. Burchardt;R. Hachem

  • Posaconazole: a broad-spectrum triazole antifungal

    Harrys A Torres;Ray Y Hachem;Roy F Chemaly;Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis

  • Candidemia in patients with hematologic malignancies in the era of new antifungal agents (2001-2007): stable incidence but changing epidemiology of a still frequently lethal infection.

    Nikolaos V. Sipsas;Russell E. Lewis;Jeffrey Tarrand;Ray Hachem

  • The Broad-Spectrum Activity and Efficacy of Catheters Coated with Minocycline and Rifampin

    Issam Raad;Rabih Darouiche;Ray Hachem;Mohammad Mansouri

  • Efficacy and Safety of Weekly Dalbavancin Therapy for Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Caused by Gram-Positive Pathogens

    Issam Raad;Rabih Darouiche;Jose Vazquez;Arnold Lentnek

  • Antibiotics and prevention of microbial colonization of catheters.

    Issam I Raad;R. Darouiche;Ray Y Hachem;M. Sacilowski

  • The epidemiology of Candida glabrata and Candida albicans fungemia in immunocompromised patients with cancer

    Gerald P Bodey;Masoud Mardani;Hend A Hanna;Maha Boktour

  • Utility of Galactomannan Enzyme Immunoassay and (1,3) β-d-Glucan in Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections: Low Sensitivity for Aspergillus fumigatus Infection in Hematologic Malignancy Patients

    R. Y. Hachem;D. P. Kontoyiannis;R. F. Chemaly;Y. Jiang

  • Central Venous Catheters Coated with Minocycline and Rifampin for the Prevention of Catheter-Related Colonization and Bloodstream Infections

    Issam Raad;Rabih Darouiche;Jacques Dupuis;Dima Abi-Said

  • In Vitro and Ex Vivo Activities of Minocycline and EDTA against Microorganisms Embedded in Biofilm on Catheter Surfaces

    Issam Raad;Ioannis Chatzinikolaou;Gassan Chaiban;Hend Hanna

  • Management of central venous catheters in patients with cancer and candidemia.

    Issam Raad;Hend Hanna;Maha Boktour;Essam Girgawy

  • Candida krusei fungemia. An escalating serious infection in immunocompromised patients.

    Jalal Abbas;Gerald P. Bodey;Hend A. Hanna;Masoud Mardani

  • Risk Factors for Candida tropicalis Fungemia in Patients with Cancer

    Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis;Irfan Vaziri;Hend A. Hanna;Maha Boktour

Frequent Co-Authors

Issam I Raad
Issam I Raad The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gerald P. Bodey
Gerald P. Bodey The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jeffrey J Tarrand
Jeffrey J Tarrand The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kenneth V. I. Rolston
Kenneth V. I. Rolston The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Rabih O. Darouiche
Rabih O. Darouiche Baylor College of Medicine
Hagop M. Kantarjian
Hagop M. Kantarjian The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Cesar A. Arias
Cesar A. Arias The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum Case Western Reserve University
Russell E. Lewis
Russell E. Lewis University of Padua

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