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Bryan Coburn

Clinician-Scientist, Infectious Diseases, University Health Network
Verified email at utoronto.ca
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Salmonella, the host and disease: a brief review

B Coburn, GA Grassl, BB Finlay - Immunology and cell biology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Salmonella species cause substantial morbidity, mortality and burden of disease globally.
Infections with Salmonella species cause multiple clinical syndromes. Central to the …

Type III secretion systems and disease

B Coburn, I Sekirov, BB Finlay - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are complex bacterial structures that provide gram-negative
pathogens with a unique virulence mechanism enabling them to inject bacterial effector …

[HTML][HTML] Intestinal ABCA1 directly contributes to HDL biogenesis in vivo

…, JM Timmins, TD Pape, BA Coburn… - The Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Plasma HDL cholesterol levels are inversely related to risk for atherosclerosis. The ATP-binding
cassette, subfamily A, member 1 (ABCA1) mediates the rate-controlling step in HDL …

[HTML][HTML] Sarilumab in patients admitted to hospital with severe or critical COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

…, S Doucet, FM Carrier, BA Coburn… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Elevated proinflammatory cytokines are associated with greater COVID-19 severity.
We aimed to assess safety and efficacy of sarilumab, an interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor, …

Does this adult patient with suspected bacteremia require blood cultures?

B Coburn, AM Morris, G Tomlinson, AS Detsky - Jama, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Context Clinicians order blood cultures liberally among patients in whom bacteremia is
suspected, though a small proportion of blood cultures yield true-positive results. Ordering blood …

[HTML][HTML] Lung microbiota across age and disease stage in cystic fibrosis

B Coburn, PW Wang, J Diaz Caballero, ST Clark… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Understanding the significance of bacterial species that colonize and persist in cystic fibrosis
(CF) airways requires a detailed examination of bacterial community structure across a …

[HTML][HTML] Peginterferon lambda for the treatment of outpatients with COVID-19: a phase 2, placebo-controlled randomised trial

…, J McCready, DHS Tan, T Chan, B Coburn… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background To date, only monoclonal antibodies have been shown to be effective for
outpatients with COVID-19. Interferon lambda-1 is a type III interferon involved in innate antiviral …

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Pathogenicity Island 2 Is Necessary for Complete Virulence in a Mouse Model of Infectious Enterocolitis

B Coburn, Y Li, D Owen, BA Vallance… - Infection and …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Salmonella species cause a wide range of disease in multiple hosts. Salmonella enterica
serovar Typhimurium causes self-limited intestinal disease in humans and systemic typhoid-…

Oral Vancomycin Followed by Fecal Transplantation Versus Tapering Oral Vancomycin Treatment for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: An Open-Label …

…, MJ Salpeter, A McGeer, B Coburn… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Fecal transplantation (FT) is a promising treatment for recurrent Clostridium
difficile infection (CDI), but its true effectiveness remains unknown. We compared 14 days of …

[HTML][HTML] Immune biomarkers of response to immune-checkpoint inhibitors in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

…, A Spreafico, M Taberna, L Alemany, B Coburn… - Annals of oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
Anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) agents have become the standard of care for
platinum-refractory recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) …