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List of works by Ari Robicsek

5 Million Lives Campaign. Case study: an MRSA intervention at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

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637Control of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Long Term Care is Possible While Maintaining Patient Socialization without Isolation.

scientific article published in December 2014

888Performance Characteristics and Associated Outcomes for an Automated Surveillance Tool for Blood Stream Infection.

scientific article published in December 2014

A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool for Inpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship

scientific article published on 26 July 2020

A technology-based quality innovation to identify undiagnosed hypertension among active primary care patients

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Abrupt emergence of a single dominant multidrug-resistant strain of Escherichia coli

scientific article published on 3 January 2013

Active Surveillance and Decolonization Without Isolation Is Effective in Preventing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Transmission in the Psychiatry Units

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Bacterial and viral co-infections complicating severe influenza: Incidence and impact among 507 U.S. patients, 2013-14.

scientific article published on 14 April 2016

Changes in aac(6')-Ib-cr prevalence and fluoroquinolone resistance in nosocomial isolates of Escherichia coli collected from 1991 through 2005.

scientific article published on 22 December 2008

Changes in qnr prevalence and fluoroquinolone resistance in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter spp. collected from 1990 to 2005.

scientific article published on 25 May 2007

Chromogenic media vs real-time PCR for nasal surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: impact on detection of MRSA-positive persons.

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Clinical Sensitivity of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests for Diagnosing Coronavirus Disease 2019

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Clinical decision support systems and infection prevention: to know is not enough

scientific article published on 19 March 2015

Clinical significance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization on hospital admission: one-year infection risk

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Comparison of Escherichia coli ST131 pulsotypes, by epidemiologic traits, 1967-2009.

scientific article published on April 2012

Continuous passive disinfection of catheter hubs prevents contamination and bloodstream infection

scientific article published on October 17, 2012

Decolonization therapy in infection control

scientific article published on August 2010

Demonstration of the Weighted-Incidence Syndromic Combination Antibiogram: An Empiric Prescribing Decision Aid

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in stool samples by real-time polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of C. difficile-associated diarrhea

scientific article published on 25 September 2007

Diffusion-weighted imaging of fungal cerebral infection.

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Documenting Penicillin Allergy: The Impact of Inconsistency

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Does my patient have Clostridium difficile infection?

scientific article published in August 2009

Duration of Colonization with Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 01 April 2009

Effectiveness of Antimicrobial Use and Diagnostic Testing in the Postoperative Setting for Colectomy, Craniectomy and Knee Arthroplasty.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Electronic Surveillance for Infectious Disease Trend Analysis following a Quality Improvement Intervention

scientific article published on June 11, 2012

Electronic Syndromic Surveillance for Influenza-Like Illness Across Treatment Settings

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Electronic health record-based detection of risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection relapse

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Electronic prediction rules for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization.

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Evaluating Primary Care Physician Performance in Diabetes Glucose Control

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Evaluation of multiple real-time PCR tests on nasal samples in a large MRSA surveillance program

scientific article published in May 2015

Fluoroquinolone-modifying enzyme: a new adaptation of a common aminoglycoside acetyltransferase

scientific article published on 20 December 2005

Identification, Management, and Clinical Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients with Influenza-Like Illness during the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic, Cook County, Illinois

scientific article published on August 30, 2011

Impact of Laboratory-Reported Urine Culture Colony Counts on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection for Hospitalized Patients

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

Implementation of a universal admission surveillance and decolonization program for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) reduces the number of MRSA and total number of S. aureus isolates reported by the clinical laboratory

scientific article published on 30 September 2009

Laboratory testing for Clostridium difficile infection: light at the end of the tunnel.

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Less Is More: Surgical Procedure Time and Risk of Infections, Length-of-Stay, and Readmission across Three Distinct Surgeries

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Management of a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit using novel environmental disinfection: a 38-month report

scientific article published on 08 November 2009

Molecular epidemiological analysis of Escherichia coli sequence type ST131 (O25:H4) and blaCTX-M-15 among extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing E. coli from the United States, 2000 to 2009.

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Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli sequence type 131 and Its H30 and H30-Rx subclones among extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-positive and -negative E. coli clinical isolates from the Chicago Region, 2007 to 2010.

scientific article published on 30 September 2013

Multidrug-resistant organisms contaminating supply carts of contact isolation patients

scientific article published on October 2014

Nonimpact of Decolonization as an Adjunctive Measure to Contact Precautions for the Control of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Transmission in Acute Care.

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Objective surveillance definitions for ventilator-associated pneumonia

scientific article published in December 2012

Outbreak of pseudomonas aeruginosa by multiple organ transplantation from a common donor1

scientific article published on April 15, 2003

Outpatient advance care planning for patients with metastatic cancer: a pilot quality improvement initiative

scientific article published on 24 October 2014

Performance characteristics and associated outcomes for an automated surveillance tool for bloodstream infection

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Performance of the BD GeneOhm methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus test before and during high-volume clinical use.

scientific article published on 11 July 2007

Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in non-Typhi serotypes of Salmonella enterica

scientific article published on 20 June 2006

Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance: a multifaceted threat

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Prediction of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus involvement in disease sites by concomitant nasal sampling

scientific article published on 05 December 2007

Predictive utility of prior positive urine cultures

scientific article published on 21 July 2014

Predictors and molecular epidemiology of community-onset extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli infection in a Midwestern community

scientific article published on 17 July 2013

Prevalence in the United States of aac(6')-Ib-cr encoding a ciprofloxacin-modifying enzyme

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Prolonged Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 RNA among Patients with COVID-19

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Reduction of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in long-term care is possible while maintaining patient socialization: A prospective randomized clinical trial.

scientific article published on August 2016

Reply to Daniell

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

Reporting Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Denominator Matters

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Risk of Covid-19 acquisition among Emergency Department patients: A retrospective case control study

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

Role of the extended alpha4 domain of Staphylococcus aureus gyrase A protein in determining low sensitivity to quinolones

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Sensitivity of surveillance testing for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in the intensive care unit

scientific article published on 20 August 2014

Severe Influenza in 33 US Hospitals, 2013-2014: Complications and Risk Factors for Death in 507 Patients.

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Significant impact of terminal room cleaning with bleach on reducing nosocomial Clostridium difficile

scientific article published on 31 January 2010

The electronic medical record as a tool for infection surveillance: successful automation of device-days

scientific article published on 09 March 2009

The influence of context on antimicrobial prescribing for febrile respiratory illness: a cohort study.

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The worldwide emergence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance

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Topical therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization: impact on infection risk.

scientific article published in July 2009

Universal surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 affiliated hospitals.

scientific article published in March 2008

Using Group-Based Trajectory Temperature Modeling to Predict Postoperative Infections after Total Knee Arthroplasty.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Utility of Prior Cultures in Predicting Antibiotic Resistance of Bloodstream Infections Due to Gram-negative Pathogens: A Multicenter Observational Cohort Study

scientific article published on 12 August 2017

Utility of prior screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in predicting resistance of S. aureus infections

scientific article published on 09 September 2013

Veteran's affairs hospital discharge databases coded serious bacterial infections accurately

scientific article published on 18 December 2006

Weighing in: Effect of BMI on Postoperative Fever and Complications in Patients Undergoing Three Distinct Surgeries.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

qnrB, another plasmid-mediated gene for quinolone resistance

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