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Head ' Infectious Diseases Kaplan Medical Center
Verified email at clalit.org.il
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[HTML][HTML] BNT162b2 vaccine breakthrough: clinical characteristics of 152 fully vaccinated hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Israel

…, K Hussein, M Weinberger, O Zimhony… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The mRNA coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have shown high
effectiveness in the prevention of symptomatic COVID-19, hospitalization, severe disease and …

Pyrazinamide inhibits the eukaryotic-like fatty acid synthetase I (FASI) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

O Zimhony, JS Cox, JT Welch, C Vilcheze… - Nature medicine, 2000 - nature.com
Tuberculosis treatment is shortened to six months by the indispensable addition of pyrazinamide
(PZA) to the drug regimen that includes isoniazid and rifampin 1, 2. PZA is a pro-drug of …

[HTML][HTML] Nationwide outbreak of Candida auris infections driven by COVID-19 hospitalizations, Israel, 2021–2022

…, Y Maor, O Schwartz, O Zimhony… - Emerging Infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We report an outbreak of Candida auris across multiple healthcare facilities in Israel. For the
period of May 2014–May 2022, a total of 209 patients with C. auris infection or colonization …

Antibiotic exposure as a risk factor for fluconazole-resistant Candida bloodstream infection

…, M Weinberger, O Zimhony… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Recent exposure to azoles is an important risk factor for infection with fluconazole-resistant
Candida spp., but little is known about the role of antibacterial drug exposure in the …

Atopic dermatitis—a risk factor for invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections: two cases and review

S Benenson, O Zimhony, D Dahan… - The American Journal …, 2005 - amjmed.com
Discussion The skin has been shown to be the portal of entry of S. aureus to the
bloodstream,

Pyrazinoic Acid and Its n-Propyl Ester Inhibit Fatty Acid Synthase Type I in Replicating Tubercle Bacilli

O Zimhony, C Vilcheze, M Arai, JT Welch… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
The activity of different analogs of pyrazinamide on Mycobacterium tuberculosis fatty acid
synthase type I (FASI) in replicating bacilli was studied. Palmitic acid biosynthesis was …

Association of receiving a fourth dose of the BNT162b vaccine with SARS-CoV-2 infection among health care workers in Israel

…, E Sprecher, H Zayyad, O Zimhony… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite the high 3-dose vaccination rate among health care workers (HCWs) in
Israel, a high rate of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in this group was observed during …

Bioactive Pyridine-N-oxide Disulfides from Allium stipitatum

G O'Donnell, R Poeschl, O Zimhony… - Journal of natural …, 2009 - ACS Publications
From Allium stipitatum, three pyridine-N-oxide alkaloids (1−3) possessing disulfide
functional groups were isolated. The structures of these natural products were elucidated by …

[HTML][HTML] Compassionate use of convalescent plasma for treatment of moderate and severe pneumonia in COVID-19 patients and association with IgG antibody levels …

…, O Rogowski, P Sorkine, A Mayo, O Zimhony… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background We assessed outcome of patients with moderate and severe COVID-19 following
treatment with convalescent plasma (CP) and the association with IgG levels in transfused …

Conditionally replicating luciferase reporter phages: improved sensitivity for rapid detection and assessment of drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

C Carrière, PF Riska, O Zimhony… - Journal of Clinical …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
TM4 is a lytic mycobacteriophage which infects mycobacteria of clinical importance. A luciferase
reporter phage, phAE40, has been constructed from TM4 and was previously shown to …