Fred A

Fred A. Lopez, M.D.

Selected References

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1.Rao JK, Ponte E, Lopez A, Jayaraman R, Prasad C.Thyrotropin-releasing hormone metabolism is attenuated in thecerebrospinal fluid of the human neonate. Neuropeptides 8: 159-163,1986.

2. Lopez F, Miller LG, Greenblatt DJ, Shader RI. Low dose alprazolamaugments motor activity in mice. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior30: 511-513, 1988.

3. Miller LG, Greenblatt DJ, Roy RB, Lopez F, Wecker L. Dietary cholineintake modulates benzodiazepine binding and gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) receptorfunction in mouse brain. Journal of Pharmacology and ExperimentalTherapeutics 248 : 1-6, 1989.

4. Miller LG, Greenblatt DJ, Roy RB, Gaver A, Lopez F, Shader RI.Chronic benzodiazepine administration : III. Upregulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor binding and function associated with chronic benzodiazepine antagonist administration. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 248 : 1096-1101, 1989.

5. Miller LG, Woolverton S, Greenblatt DJ, Lopez F, Shader RI. Chronic benzodiazpine administration: IV. Rapid development of tolerance and receptor downregulation associated with alprazolam administration. Biochemical Pharmacology 38 : 3773-3777, 1989.

6. Miller LG, Roy RB, Weill CL, Lopez F. Persistent alterations in GABA(A) receptor binding and function after prenatal administration in the chick. Brain Research Bulletin 23 (3) : 171-174, 1989.

7. Schatzki A, Lopez F, Greenblatt DJ, Shader RI, Miller LG. Lorazepam discontinuation promotes " inverse agonist " effects of benzodiazepines. British Journal of Pharmacology 98 : 451-454, 1989.

8. Lopez F, Miller LG, Greenblatt DJ, Kaplan GB, Shader RI. Interaction of caffeine with the GABA(A) receptor complex : alterations in receptor function but not ligand binding. European Journal of Pharmacology 172 : 453-459, 1989.

9. Lopez F, Miller LG, Greenblatt DJ, Chesley S, Schatzki A, Shader RI. Chronic benzodiazepine administration : V. Rapid onset of behavioral and neurochemical alterations after alprazolam discontinuation. Neuropharmacology 29 : 237-241, 1990.

10. Lopez F, Miller LG, Thompson ML, Schatzki A, Chesley S, Greenblatt DJ, Shader RI. Chronic morphine administration augments benzodiazepine binding and GABA(A) receptor function. Psychopharmacology 101(4): 545-549, 1990.

11. Lopez F, Miller LG, Greenblatt DJ, Schatzki A, Lumpkin M, Shader RI. Chronic low-dose alprazolam augments gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor function. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 12(2): 119-23, 1992.

12. Lopez F, Hancock EW. Dyspnea and low cardiac voltage in a 69-year-old woman. Hospital Practice 30(10): 15-16, 1995. 13. Lee BK, Lopez F, Genovese M, Loutit JS. Lemierre's syndrome: a case report and review. Southern Medical Journal 90(6): 640-643, 1997.

14. Lopez F, Hancock EW. Nausea and malaise during treatment of coccidioidomycosis. Hospital Practice 32(5): 21-22, 1997.

15. Perdreau-Remington F, Rank D, Lopez F, Goodman S. Identifying multiple isolates through the comparison of genomic DNAs in a patient with infected hip prosthesis. The Western Journal of Medicine 168(2): 128-130, 1998.

16. Lopez F, Crowley RS, Wastila L, Valantine HA, Remington JS. Scedosporium apiospermum (Pseudallescheria boydii) infection in a heart transplant recipient: a case of mistaken identity. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 17: 321-324, 1998.

17. Baorto E, Payne MR, Slater LN, Lopez F, Relman DA, Min K-W, St. Geme JW III. Culture-negative endocarditis caused by Bartonella henselae. Journal of Pediatrics 132: 1051-1054, 1998.

18. Lopez FA, Manglicmot J, Schmidt TM, Yeh C, Smith HV, Relman DA. Molecular characterization of Cyclospora-like organisms from baboons. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 179(3): 670-676, 1999.

19. Baumgarten KL, Lopez AA, Pankey GA. Rash, Bell's palsy, and back pain following a flu-like illness. Infect Med 16(6): 370-372, 378-379, 1999.

20. Moran GJ, Lopez FA, Pinner RW (Consultants). Emerging infections: New pathogens and changing resistance patterns. Patient Care 34(7): 34-47, 2000.

21. Butt AA, Lopez FA, Sanders CV. Treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Antibiotics for Clinicians 4(2): 26-30, 2000.

22. Slaven E, Lopez F. Vibrio vulnificus. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians 24 (10/11): 77-80, 2000.

23. Lopez FA. Cyclospora cayetanensis. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians 24(12):93-95, 2000.

24. Slaven EM, Lopez FA, Hart SM, Sanders CV. Myonecrosis caused by Edwardsiella tarda: A case report and case series of extraintestinal E. tarda infections. Clinical Infectious Diseases 32:1430-1433, 2001.

25. Clover G, Lopez FA. Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana Infections. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians. 25:13-16, 2001. 26. Richardson SJ, Lopez F, Rojas S, Cho S, Holodniy M, Herndier B, Katz

J. Multinodular polymyositis in a patient with HIV and HCV co-infection. Muscle Nerve 24(3):433-7, 2001.

27. Lopez FA, Sanders CV. Dermatologic infections (Non HIV) in the immunocompromised host. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 15(2): 671-702, 2001.

28. Sanders CV, Lopez FA. Cutaneous manifestations of infectious diseases: Approach to the patient with fever and rash. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc 112:235-252, 2001.

29. Kelley GP, Stellingworth MA, Mittal S, Harrison LH, Glancy DL, Figueroa J, Lopez FA. Dyspnea in a women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2001; 153:529-533.

30. Kamboj S, Gupta S, Kelley GP, Helmcke F, Lopez FA. A predictable outcome of a preventable disease. Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2001; 153:590-595.

31. Nikkari S, Lopez FA, Lepp PW, Cieslak PR, Ladd-Wilson S, Passaro D, et al. Broad range bacterial detection and the analysis of unexplained death and critical illness. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002; 8(2):188-194.

32. Lillis EA, Dugan V, Mills T, Berner A, III, Sanders CV, Hagensee M, Lopez FA. A fish hook and liver disease: Revisiting an old enemy. J La State Med Soc 2002; 154:20-25.

33. Bartczak JC, Steele RW, Lopez AA. A near-drowning victim with pneumonia and hemiparesis. Infect Med 2002; 19:98-103.

34. Awtrey R, Gupta S, Kelley GP, Glancy DL, Harrison L, Lopez FA. Chest pain, diaphoresis, and dyspnea in a hypertensive 53-year-old man. J La State Med Soc 2002; 154:60-65.

35. Kamboj S, Lillis RA, Wegmann M, Wild LG, Lopez FA, Kumar P. Hereditary angioedema: A rare but potentially lethal disease. J La State Med Society 2002; 154:121-125.

36. Kruspe R, Broussard A, Santanilla, Gupta S, Espinoza C, Lopez FA, Kantrow S. Lymphoma or pseudolymphoma. J La State Med Society 2002; 154:178-182.

37. Ejedepang-Koge I, Lopez FA. Fusarium infections. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians 2002; 26:113-116.

38. Bartczak J, Lopez FA. Pseudallescheria boydii infections. Antibiotics for Clinicians 2002; 6:145-147.

39. Lopez FA, Sanders CV. Recognizing cutaneous signs of infection in immunocompromised patients. Recognizing cutaneous signs of infection in immunocompromised patients. The Journal of Critical Illness 2002; 17:418-425.

Also reprinted in: Lopez FA, Sanders CV. Recognizing cutaneous signs of infection in immunocompromised patients. Abstracts in Hematology and Infection. Summer 2003; 19-26.

40. Sondes S, Kennedy JM, Kishner S, Lopez FA, Anthony L. Severe progressive weakness in a 58-year old man. J La State Med Society 2002; 154:292-295.

41. Campagnaro EL, Woodside KJ, Early MG, Gugliuzza KK, Colome-Grimmer MI, Lopez FA, Daller JA. Disseminated Pseudallesheria Boydii (Scedosporium Apiospermum) Infection in a Renal Transplant Patient. Transplant Infectious Disease 2002; 4:207-211.

42. McElveen M, Walters D, Amoss JR, Lopez FA, deBoisblanc B. Post-tussive syncope in a 39 year-old intravenous drug user. J La State Med Soc 2003; 155:22-25.

43. Lopez FA, Johnson F, Novosad DM, Beaman BL, Holodniy M. Successful Management of Disseminated Nocardia transvalensis Infection in a Heart Transplant Patient After Development of Sulfa Resistance. J Heart Lung Transplant 2003; 22: 492-497.

44. Stellingworth M, Broussard A, Cataldo V, Morrissey JR, Lipscomb G, Lopez FA, Rigby P. Weakness in an 88-year-old-man. J La State Med Soc 2003; 155: 84-90.

45. Gerdes MS, Lopez FA. Syphilis. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians 2003; 27: 199-205.

46. Kamboj S, Harris JD, Gupta S, Thakur V, Willis K, Espinoza CG, Lopez FA. A 19 Year-Old Man Presenting with a Generalized Body Rash. J La State Med Soc 2003; 155:142-145.

47. Wardlaw R, Ejedepang-Koge I, Lopez FA. Actinomycosis. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians 2003; 27:231-234.

48. Slaven EM, Lopez F, Weintraub SL, Mena JC, Mallon WK. The AIDS patient with abdominal pain: a new challenge for the emergency physician. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 2003; 21:987-1015.

49. Kruspe R, Lillis R, Daberkow, DW II, Blais, CM, Wilbright W, Gupta S, Gould CM, Sun T, Martinez JA, deBoisblanc B, Ladabaum U, Sanders CV, Lopez FA. Education Does Pay Off: Pneumococcal Vaccine Screening and Administration in Hospitalized Adult Patients with Pneumonia: The Louisiana State University-New Orleans Internal Medicine Housestaff Initiative for Performance Improvement (An LSU-NO Internal Medicine HIPI Project). J La State Med Soc 2003; 155:325-331.

Kruspe R, Lillis R, Daberkow, DW II, Blais, CM, Wilbright W, Gupta S, Gould CM, Sun T, Martinez JA, deBoisblanc B, Ladabaum U, Sanders CV, Lopez FA. Increasing pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine rates in hospitalized patients. Louisiana Morbidity Report 2004; 15(2):1-2.

50. Wardlaw R, Ejedepang-Koge I, Beech SL, Lopez FA. Abdominal/pelvic mass in a 55 year-old intrauterine-contraceptive-device user. J La State Med Soc 2004; 156: 19-23.

51. Kendrick CG, Gerdes MS, Lopez FA, McBurney EI. A young man with a persistent skin eruption. J La State Med Society 2004; 156:73-77.

52. Anand RG, Lopez FA, deBoisblanc B. Vibrio vulnificus sepsis successfully treated with antibiotics, surgical debridement, and recombinant human activated protein C. J La State Medical Society 2004; 156:130-133.

53. Masri N, Beech S, Lopez FA. Pulmonary aspergillomas. Infectious Disease Practice for Clinicians. 2004; 28:291-294.

54. Anand RG, Lopez FA, deBoisblanc B. Vibrio vulnificus sepsis successfully treated with antibiotics, surgical debridement, and recombinant human activated protein C. J La State Med Society 2004; 156: 130-133.

55. Niolet P, Vital C, Daberkow D II, Beech SL, Kumar P, Kamboj S, Lopez FA. Recurrent pneumonia in a middle-aged woman. J La State Med Society 2004; 156: 298-301.

57. Spieler B, Reyes M, Hebert C, Chaney S, Dewenter T, Beech S, Lopez FA. A middle-aged woman with diarrhea. J La State Med Soc 2005; 157: 18-22.

58. Gerdes MS, Sanders CV, Nesbitt LT, Lopez FA. Cutaneous eruptions accompanied by fever. Emerg Med 37(5): 2005.

59. Dibuono B, Wegman M, Pai JJ, Murray RAF, Bladeau E, Lopez FA. A 62-year-old man presenting with shortness of breath for 6 months. . J La State Med Soc 2005; 157: 82-88.

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

1. Miller LG, Greenblatt DJ, Lopez F, Schatzki A, Heller J, Lumpkin M, Shader RI. Chronic benzodiazepine administration : effects in vivo and in vitro . In, G. Biggio and E. Costa, eds. GABA and Benzodiazepine Receptor Subtypes, Raven Press, New York, 46: 167-175, 1990.

2. Lopez FA, Sanders CV. Fever and rash in the immunocompetent patient-I. In, BD Rose, editor, UpToDate, UpToDate, Inc., Wellesley, MA,7(2), 1999; updated 2001; last updated 2004.

3. Lopez FA, Sanders CV. Fever and rash in the immunocompetent patient-II. In, BD Rose, editor, UpToDate, UpToDate, Inc., Wellesley,MA, 7(2), 1999; updated 2001; last updated 2004.

4. Lopez FA, Sanders CV. Fever and rash in HIV-infected patients. In, BDRose, editor, UpToDate, UpToDate, Inc., Wellesley, MA, 8(1), 2000; lastupdated 2005.

5. Lopez FA, Relman DA. Treponema pallidum. In, WR Wilson and MA Sande,eds. Current Diagnosis & Treatment In Infectious Diseases, Appleton andLange, Stamford, CT; 669-679, 2001.

6. Lopez FA, Sanders CV. Fever and rash in nonHIV immunocompromised hosts. In, BD Rose, editor, UpToDate, UpToDate, Inc., Wellesley, MA9(2), 2001; last updated 2004.

7. Lopez FA, Sanders CV. Skin and soft tissue infections. In, RF Betts,RL Penn, and SW Chapman, eds, Reese Betts A Practical Approach to Infectious Diseases, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins. Philadelphia,PA. 97-126, 2003.

8. Lopez FA, Sanders CV. Rash and fever. In: Educational Review Manualin Infectious Diseases. BA Cunha (Editor). Castle Connolly Graduate Medical Publishing. New York, NY. 1-56, 2003.

9. Wang S-H, Lopez FA, Sanders CV. Emerging infectious diseases.In:Biodefense: Principles and Pathogens., MS Bronze, RA Greenfield(Eds). Horizon Bioscience. England. 665-712, 2005.