R. F. Miller

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Period

1951 - 2008

Number

113

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Herpes simplex virus (2008)

Email Alerting, R F Miller, H Ward, A Wald

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Stable hydrogen-isotope ratios in beetle chitin : preliminary European data and re-interpretation of North American data. (2006)

Gröke, D. R., Schimmelmann, A., Elias, S., Miller, R. F.

Beetle exoskeletons contain chitin, a poly amino-sugar that is biosynthesized incorporating hydrogen isotopes from diet and water. As the stable isotope ratios D/H (or 2H/1H, expressed as δD values)...

Improved survival for HIV infected patients with severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is independent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (2006)

Miller, R.F., Allen, E., Copas, A., Singer, M., Edwards, S.G.

Background: Despite a decline in incidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP), severe PCP continues to be a common cause of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) where mortality remains...

Genotypic variation in Pneumocystis jirovecii isolates in Britain (2005)

Miller, R.F., Lindley, A.R., Copas, A., Ambrose, H.E., Davies, R.J.O., Wakefield, A.E.

Background: Pneumocystis jirovecii is the cause of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in immunosuppressed humans. Asymptomatic colonisation with P jirovecii may occur in patients with minor...

Limited asymptomatic carriage of Pneumocystis jiroveci in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients (2003)

Wakefield, A.E., Lindley, A.R., Ambrose, H.E., Miller, R.F.

Forty-seven bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples from 16 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients were used to test the latency model of Pneumocystis infection in the human host....

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1–related pulmonary mycobacterium xenopi infection: a need to treat? (2003)

Kerbiriou, L., Ustianowski, A., Johnson, M.A., Gillesie, S.H., Miller, R.F., Lipman, M.C.I.

We report treatment decisions and outcomes for 20 patients who were infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and were receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) who had...

UHCAP USERS MANUAL. (1998)

Paskusz,G. F., Alley,A.D., Miller,R. F.

The UHCAP Program is designed for circuit and system analysis. The purpose of the manual is to help potential users by defining programming capabilities and cataloging programming rules. (Author)

Oropharngeal samples for detection of Pneumocystis carinii by DNA amplificaton (1993)

WAKEFIELD, A.E., MILLER, R.F., GUIVER, L.A., HOPKIN, J.M.

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is a major complication of T-lymphocyte immune deficiency. Restriction of the disease to the alveolar spaces and failure to culture P. carinii has hindered simple...

AN AUTOMATIC PRISM CHANGING INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETER (1951)

Shipman, J. J., Miller, R. F.

Author Institution: B. F. Goodrich Company, Research Center

Quinoxalines block the mechanism of directional selectivity in ganglion cells of the rabbit retina.

Cohen, E D, Miller, R F

Direction selectivity is a receptive field property displayed by neurons throughout the visual system. Previous experiments have concentrated on the role of lateral connections that use...

Genetic diversity in human-derived Pneumocystis carinii isolates from four geographical locations shown by analysis of mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences.

Wakefield, A E, Fritscher, C C, Malin, A S, Gwanzura, L, Hughes, W T, Miller, R F

The opportunistic fungal pathogen Pneumocystis carinii is a frequent cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts. In this study, we have compared the DNA sequences of a portion of the mitochondrial...

Functional role of spines in the retinal horizontal cell network.

Winslow, R L, Miller, R F, Ogden, T E

Compartmental models derived from serial electron-microscopic reconstructions of horizontal cell processes entering cone pedicles and rod spherules are used to show that these processes have the...

The rabbit pulmonary cytochrome P450 arachidonic acid metabolic pathway: characterization and significance.

Zeldin, D C, Plitman, J D, Kobayashi, J, Miller, R F, Snapper, J R, Falck, J R, ...

Cytochrome P450 metabolizes arachidonic acid to several unique and biologically active compounds in rabbit liver and kidney. Microsomal fractions prepared from rabbit lung homogenates metabolized...

Electroanatomy of a unique amacrine cell in the rabbit retina.

Miller, R F, Bloomfield, S A

Intracellular electrophysiological recordings were obtained from a specialized class of "starburst" amacrine cells by using an isolated superperfused retina-eyecup preparation of the rabbit. These...

Occult alveolar haemorrhage in bronchopulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma.

Hughes-Davies, L, Kocjan, G, Spittle, M F, Miller, R F

Evidence of occult alveolar haemorrhage was sought by Perls's staining of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid to detect haemosiderin laden macrophages in 63 human immunodeficiency virus positive (HIV-1) men...

Granulomatous Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: DNA amplification studies on bronchoscopic alveolar lavage samples.

Wakefield, A E, Miller, R F, Guiver, L A, Hopkin, J M

Three HIV positive subjects presented with symptoms and radiographic changes suggestive of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Methenamine silver staining of bronchoscopic alveolar lavage (BAL) fluid was...

Glutamate receptors of ganglion cells in the rabbit retina: evidence for glutamate as a bipolar cell transmitter.

Massey, S C, Miller, R F

1. Intracellular and extracellular recordings were obtained from ganglion cells in the rabbit retina. The effects of glutamate analogues and antagonists were studied using a perfusion method for drug...

Quinoxalines block the mechanism of directional selectivity in ganglion cells of the rabbit retina.

Cohen, E D, Miller, R F

Direction selectivity is a receptive field property displayed by neurons throughout the visual system. Previous experiments have concentrated on the role of lateral connections that use...

Genetic diversity in human-derived Pneumocystis carinii isolates from four geographical locations shown by analysis of mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences.

Wakefield, A E, Fritscher, C C, Malin, A S, Gwanzura, L, Hughes, W T, Miller, R F

The opportunistic fungal pathogen Pneumocystis carinii is a frequent cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts. In this study, we have compared the DNA sequences of a portion of the mitochondrial...

Functional role of spines in the retinal horizontal cell network.

Winslow, R L, Miller, R F, Ogden, T E

Compartmental models derived from serial electron-microscopic reconstructions of horizontal cell processes entering cone pedicles and rod spherules are used to show that these processes have the...

The rabbit pulmonary cytochrome P450 arachidonic acid metabolic pathway: characterization and significance.

Zeldin, D C, Plitman, J D, Kobayashi, J, Miller, R F, Snapper, J R, Falck, J R, ...

Cytochrome P450 metabolizes arachidonic acid to several unique and biologically active compounds in rabbit liver and kidney. Microsomal fractions prepared from rabbit lung homogenates metabolized...

Electroanatomy of a unique amacrine cell in the rabbit retina.

Miller, R F, Bloomfield, S A

Intracellular electrophysiological recordings were obtained from a specialized class of "starburst" amacrine cells by using an isolated superperfused retina-eyecup preparation of the rabbit. These...

Occult alveolar haemorrhage in bronchopulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma.

Hughes-Davies, L., Kocjan, G., Spittle, M. F., Miller, R. F.

Evidence of occult alveolar haemorrhage was sought by Perls's staining of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid to detect haemosiderin laden macrophages in 63 human immunodeficiency virus positive (HIV-1) men...

Granulomatous Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: DNA amplification studies on bronchoscopic alveolar lavage samples.

Wakefield, A E, Miller, R F, Guiver, L A, Hopkin, J M

Three HIV positive subjects presented with symptoms and radiographic changes suggestive of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Methenamine silver staining of bronchoscopic alveolar lavage (BAL) fluid was...

Glutamate receptors of ganglion cells in the rabbit retina: evidence for glutamate as a bipolar cell transmitter.

Massey, S C, Miller, R F

1. Intracellular and extracellular recordings were obtained from ganglion cells in the rabbit retina. The effects of glutamate analogues and antagonists were studied using a perfusion method for drug...

Fractionation of unidentified chick growth factors /

Miller, R. F.

Report on Special Problem (Nutrition)--Cornell University, February, 1949.

Diagnosis of pulmonary disease in human immunodeficiency virus infection: role of transbronchial biopsy and bronchoalveolar lavage.

Griffiths, M H, Kocjan, G, Miller, R F, Godfrey-Faussett, P

The value of transbronchial biopsy and bronchoalveolar lavage was assessed in the diagnosis of pulmonary disease in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Seventy four...

Empirical treatment without bronchoscopy for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Miller, R F, Millar, A B, Weller, I V, Semple, S J

An empirical approach to treating Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was adopted in a prospective study of 73 men with antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) presenting with respiratory...

Nebulised pentamidine as treatment for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Miller, R F, Godfrey-Faussett, P, Semple, S J

Nebulised pentamidine was used to treat 30 patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Fourteen patients (group 1) received pentamidine isethionate 4 mg/kg (six patients) or 8 mg/kg (eight...

Granulomatous Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Birley, H D, Buscombe, J R, Griffiths, M H, Semple, S J, Miller, R F

A patient with an unusual granulomatous response to infection with Pneumocystis carinii is described. The diagnosis was made by open lung biopsy after two negative bronchoalveolar lavages.

Arterial desaturation in HIV positive patients undergoing sputum induction.

Miller, R F, Buckland, J, Semple, S J

Arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) was monitored continuously during and immediately after sputum induction in 41 HIV positive patients with respiratory symptoms and in 20 symptomless medical and...

Changing patterns of respiratory disease in HIV positive patients in a referral centre in the United Kingdom between 1986-7 and 1990-1.

Pitkin, A D, Grant, A D, Foley, N M, Miller, R F

BACKGROUND: Respiratory illness is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome...

Histologically atypical Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

Foley, N M, Griffiths, M H, Miller, R F

BACKGROUND--Infection with Pneumocystis carinii typically results in a pneumonia which histologically is seen to consist of an eosinophilic foamy alveolar exudate associated with a mild plasma cell...

Bronchopulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with AIDS.

Miller, R F, Tomlinson, M C, Cottrill, C P, Donald, J J, Spittle, M F, Semple, S J

BACKGROUND: Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV antibody positive patients may affect the lungs. This study describes the presentation, chest radiographic appearances, and pulmonary function test abnormalities...

Interstitial pneumonitis in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

Griffiths, M H, Miller, R F, Semple, S J

BACKGROUND--A study was performed to identify the clinical, radiographic, and histopathological features of interstitial pneumonitis in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus....

Community acquired lobar pneumonia in patients with HIV infection and AIDS.

Miller, R F, Foley, N M, Kessel, D, Jeffrey, A A

BACKGROUND--Community acquired bacterial pneumonia is increasingly encountered in HIV infected individuals and some patients have a radiographic lobar pneumonia. METHODS--A retrospective review of...

Cortical and subcortical JC virus infection: two unusual cases of AIDS associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

Sweeney, B J, Manji, H, Miller, R F, Harrison, M J, Gray, F, Scaravilli, F

Two patients with AIDS and progressive neurological syndromes had necropsies that identified JC virus infection of the cerebral or cerebellar cortex. The unusual presentation of progressive...

Acute lumbosacral polyradiculopathy due to cytomegalovirus in advanced HIV disease: CSF findings in 17 patients.

Miller, R F, Fox, J D, Thomas, P, Waite, J C, Sharvell, Y, Gazzard, B G, ...

OBJECTIVES: To describe the abnormalities in CSF from HIV infected patients with acute lumbosacral polyradiculopathy (ALP) caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. METHODS: Retrospective case notes...

Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging with neuropathological findings in the diagnosis of HIV and CMV associated CNS disease in AIDS.

Miller, R F, Lucas, S B, Hall-Craggs, M A, Brink, N S, Scaravilli, F, Chinn, R J, ...

OBJECTIVES: To compare the results of clinical assessment and MRI with neuropathological findings in the diagnosis of HIV and cytomegalovirus (CMV) associated CNS disease. METHODS: A retrospective...

Treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis with zidovudine and ganciclovir in patients with AIDS: outcome and toxicity.

Millar, A B, Miller, R F, Patou, G, Mindel, A, Marsh, R, Semple, S J

Sixteen patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and cytomegalovirus retinitis were treated with ganciclovir alone (9 patients) or ganciclovir and zidovudine (6 patients). The...

Sclerosing cholangitis rapidly following anti-HIV-1 seroconversion.

Mercey, D E, Loveday, C, Miller, R F

A 22 year old man developed sclerosing cholangitis within two months of documented HIV-1 seroconversion. Sclerosing cholangitis should be included in the differential diagnosis of causes of abdominal...

Paranasal sinus disease in HIV antibody positive patients.

Grant, A, Von Schoenberg, M, Grant, H R, Miller, R F

OBJECTIVE--To investigate the prevalence of radiologically-diagnosed paranasal sinus disease in HIV-1 seropositive patients. SUBJECTS AND SETTING--476 patients admitted to a dedicated inpatient unit...

Detection of varicella-zoster virus DNA using the polymerase chain reaction in an immunocompromised patient with transverse myelitis secondary to herpes zoster.

Grant, A D, Fox, J D, Brink, N S, Miller, R F

A case of herpes zoster transverse myelitis is described in which the clinical diagnosis was confirmed by demonstrating the presence of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid...

Feigned HIV infection/AIDS: malingering and Munchausen's syndrome.

Churchill, D R, De Cock, K M, Miller, R F

Feigned HIV infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), in which people mimic infection with or disease due to HIV, accounted for 1.7% of admissions to our specialist HIV unit in Central...

Bronchopulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

Ali, N J, Kessel, D, Miller, R F

BACKGROUND--Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is uncommon in HIV infected patients and is usually nosocomially acquired and associated with risk factors such as neutropenia or central lines. We have...

Non surgical treatment of empyema thoracis with intrapleural streptokinase in a patient with AIDS.

Miller, R F, Severn, A

After unsuccessful treatment with intercostal tube drainage and antibiotics intrapleural streptokinase was used to treat successfully an empyema in a man with AIDS and advanced cutaneous Kaposi's...

Herpes simplex virus type 2 encephalitis and concomitant cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with AIDS: detection of virus-specific DNA in CSF by nested polymerase chain reaction.

Miller, R F, Fox, J D, Waite, J C, Severn, A, Brink, N S

A Caucasian homosexual man with AIDS and cytomegalovirus retinitis presented with facial pain and episodic confusion, had several seizures and became obtunded. An electroencephalogram was suggestive...

Open lung biopsy for investigation of acute respiratory episodes in patients with HIV infection and AIDS.

Miller, R F, Pugsley, W B, Griffiths, M H

BACKGROUND--Open lung biopsy (OLB) is rarely necessary for investigation of HIV positive patients with acute respiratory episodes because of the high yield from fibreoptic bronchoscopy with...

Disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a patient with AIDS.

Corbett, E L, Crossley, I, De Cock, K M, Miller, R F

Individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at an increased risk of both pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Disseminated cutaneous tuberculosis is rare, but has been...

Community-based respiratory viral infections in HIV positive patients with lower respiratory tract disease: a prospective bronchoscopic study.

Miller, R F, Loveday, C, Holton, J, Sharvell, Y, Patel, G, Brink, N S

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the contribution of community-based respiratory virus infections to lower respiratory tract disease in HIV-1 infected individuals. DESIGN: Prospective clinical cohort study....

Fatal haemorrhage following liver biopsy in patients with HIV infection.

Churchill, D R, Mann, D, Coker, R J, Miller, R F, Glazer, G, Goldin, R D, ...

A retrospective review of all 248 liver biopsies performed in patients with HIV infection at two referral centres in London over a 12 year period revealed five cases of major bleeding following...

Prevention and management of tuberculosis in HIV positive patients living in countries with a low prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Brook, M G, Miller, R F

We have re-examined the evidence on which current British Thoracic Society recommendations for primary and secondary prophylaxis and therapy of tuberculosis are based. We suggest that in a country...

Diagnostic utility of bone marrow sampling in HIV positive patients.

Brook, M G, Ayles, H, Harrison, C, Rowntree, C, Miller, R F

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic utility of bone marrow (BM) sampling in HIV positive patients. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort analysis. SETTING: Specialist HIV/AIDS service in London. SUBJECTS:...

Cerebrospinal fluid ferritin in HIV infected patients with acute neurological episodes.

Deisenhammer, F, Miller, R F, Brink, N S, Harrison, M J, Thompson, E J

OBJECTIVES: To measure cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) ferritin in HIV infected patients with acute neurological episodes and to correlate the findings with the type and severity of neurological disease....

Necrotising herpetic retinopathy in patients with advance HIV disease.

Miller, R F, Brink, N S, Cartledge, J, Sharvell, Y, Frith, P

OBJECTIVES: To describe the presenting features, clinical and laboratory diagnosis, response to treatment, and outcome of necrotising herpetic retinopathy (NHR) in HIV infected patients. METHODS:...

Association of Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) DNA in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of HIV infected individuals with bronchoscopically diagnosed tracheobronchial Kaposi's sarcoma

Howard, M. R., Brink, N. S., Whitby, D., Tedder, R. S., Miller, R. F.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of detection of Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV), also known as human herpesvirus (HHV) type 8, DNA in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid from HIV...

Presentation, pathology, and outcome of HIV associated renal disease in a specialist centre for HIV/AIDS

Williams, D. I., Williams, D. J., Williams, I. G., Unwin, R. J., Griffiths, M. H., Miller, R. F.

OBJECTIVES: To describe the presentation, pathology, and outcome of biopsy proved renal disease in HIV infected patients at a central London HIV unit from 1992 to 1996. METHODS: Retrospective review...

Magnetic resonance imaging, thallium-201 SPET scanning, and laboratory analyses for discrimination of cerebral lymphoma and toxoplasmosis in AIDS

Miller, R. F., Hall-Craggs, M. A., Costa, D. C., Brink, N. S., Scaravilli, F., Lucas, S. B., ...

OBJECTIVES: To compare the results of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and thallium-201 (201Tl) SPET scanning with laboratory analyses including CSF DNA detection, brain biopsy, and necropsy in the...

Acute pulmonary embolism in patients with HIV disease

Howling, S. J., Shaw, P. J., Miller, R. F.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence, mode of presentation, and outcome of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with HIV infection. METHODS: Retrospective review of clinical case records, imaging...

Vertical transmission of Kaposi's sarcoma.

McCarthy, G A, Kampmann, B, Novelli, V, Miller, R F, Mercey, D E, Gibb, D

AIDS related Kaposi's sarcoma is commonly seen in homosexual men, only occasionally in men and women with heterosexually acquired HIV, and extremely rarely in children. The case of an HIV infected...

Progressive symptoms and signs following institution of highly active antiretroviral therapy and subsequent antituberculosis therapy: immune reconstitution syndrome or infection?

Miller, R F, Shahmanesh, M, Talbot, M D, Wiselka, M J, Shaw, P J, Bacon, C, ...

A 36 year old man presented with weight loss, cough, fever, and exertional dyspnoea shortly after a diagnosis of HIV infection. Symptoms and initial radiological abnormalities worsened after highly...

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