John Joseph Paat

Journal article Vaccines (Basel) · July 15, 2023 The COVID-19 booster first became available to all adults in the U.S. in November 2021 and a bivalent version in September 2022, but a large population remains booster-hesitant; only 17% of Americans have obtained the updated vaccine as of June 2023. We co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Vaccinated Yet Booster-Hesitant: Perspectives from Boosted, Non-Boosted, and Unvaccinated Individuals.

Journal article Vaccines (Basel) · February 25, 2023 Though available for all age groups in the US, only about half of those vaccinated have obtained a COVID-19 booster. Similar to the unvaccinated, those vaccinated-but-not-boosted may reduce the effectiveness of widespread viral protection. Booster hesitanc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Teaching quality essentials: the effectiveness of a team-based quality improvement curriculum in a tertiary health care institution.

Journal article Am J Med Qual · 2013 A unique quality improvement (QI) curriculum was implemented within the Division of General Internal Medicine to improve QI knowledge through multidisciplinary, team-based education, which also met the QI requirement for the American Board of Internal Medi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Induction of CD56 and TCR-independent activation of T cells with aging.

Journal article J Immunol · February 1, 2008 Degeneration of the thymus and severe contraction of the T cell repertoire with aging suggest that immune homeostasis in old age could be mediated by distinct effectors. Therefore, receptors expressed on T cells as they undergo senescence in vitro, as well ... Full text Link to item Cite

Immunophenotyping of chimeric cells in localized scleroderma.

Journal article Rheumatology (Oxford) · March 2007 OBJECTIVE: Localized scleroderma causes thickening of the skin due to excessive collagen deposition. This condition has clinical and histopathological similarities to chronic graft-vs-host disease. We wanted to identify whether chimeric cells are present i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Drug-induced meningitis.

Journal article Postgrad Med · December 1994 Preview Drug-induced aseptic meningitis is an unusual adverse reaction associated with a number of medications. In this report, the authors present a case related to use of trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole and summarize the available data regarding various p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Drug-induced meningitis. A case involving trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

Journal article Postgrad Med · November 1, 1994 Drug-induced meningitis should be considered in differential diagnosis of meningeal irritation in patients receiving therapy with anti-infective, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, or other selected agents. This report describes a case of a ... Link to item Cite

Impact of intensive lipid modulation on angiographically defined coronary disease: clinical implications.

Journal article South Med J · February 1994 We reviewed all randomized, controlled angiographic trials to assess the impact of intensive lipid modulation on the progression or regression of angiographically defined coronary disease. Five of seven trials satisfied selection criteria: Cholesterol-Lowe ... Full text Link to item Cite