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"What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over": epidemiology and risk factors for bloodstream infections following cardiac catheterization

scientific article published on 26 June 2012

1004Technical and Logistical Issues in Incorporating Statistical Process Control into Healthcare-Associated Infection Surveillance Programs.

scientific article published in December 2014

1005Empirical Performance of Statistical Process Control Methods for Regional Hospital-Acquired Infection Surveillance: A 10-Year Multi-State Study.

scientific article

1141. Microbial Assessment of Healthcare-Associated Pathogens on Various Environmental Sites in Patient Rooms After Terminal Room Disinfection

article

1236The Preventability of Ventilator-Associated Events: The CDC Prevention Epicenters' Wake Up and Breathe Collaborative.

scientific article published in December 2014

1251. Contaminated Sinks May be an Environmental Source for Serial Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) to ICU Patients

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2121. Shifting Surgical Site Infection Denominators and Implication on NHSN Reporting

219Characteristics of Antimicrobial Stewardship (AS) Activities in Community Hospitals Upon Enrollment in the Duke Antimicrobial Stewardship Outreach Network (DASON).

scientific article published in December 2014

2D-LC-MS/MS to measure cleaved high-molecular-weight kininogen in human plasma as a biomarker for C1-INH-HAE.

scientific article published on 21 October 2017

327Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Community Hospitals: Initial Trends from the DICON MDRO Biorepository.

scientific article published in December 2014

855. Impact of FDA Black Box Warning on Fluoroquinolone and Alternative Antibiotic Use in Southeastern US Hospitals

910Seasonal Variation of Surgical Site Infections Following Common Procedures.

scientific article published in December 2014

927. Tap Water Avoidance Decreases Rates of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Intensive Care Units

A Multicenter Pragmatic Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing in Community Hospital Intensive Care Units

scientific article

A comparison between National Healthcare Safety Network laboratory-identified event reporting versus traditional surveillance for Clostridium difficile infection

scientific article published on February 2015

A comparison of environmental contamination by patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a multicenter study

scientific article

A comparison of the effects of factor XII deficiency and prekallikrein deficiency on thrombus formation

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

A homogeneous fluorescence anisotropy assay for measuring transglutaminase 2 activity ⬇️

scientific article published on January 26, 2013

A returning traveler with fever and rash

scientific article

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia secondary to daptomycin: a report of three cases

scientific article published in June 2010

Acute hearing loss and rickettsial diseases

scientific article published in May 2006

Acute terminal ileitis associated with pneumococcal bacteremia: case report and review of pneumococcal gastrointestinal diseases

scientific article

Adverse clinical and economic outcomes attributable to methicillin resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection

scientific article published on 7 February 2003

An Increase in Invasive Infections due to Corynebacterium striatum at an Academic Medical Center

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Aortic coarctation endarteritis in an adult: case report with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging findings and review of the literature

scientific article

Application of Dilute Hydrogen Peroxide Gas Technology for Continuous Room Decontamination of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Negative Results from A Preliminary Experimental Study.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Assessing the relative burden of hospital-acquired infections in a network of community hospitals

scientific article

Assessment of Self-Contamination During Removal of Personal Protective Equipment for Ebola Patient Care

scientific article published on August 2016

Blood culture contamination with Enterococci and skin organisms: implications for surveillance definitions of primary bloodstream infections

scientific article published on 15 January 2011

Bloodstream infections in community hospitals in the 21st century: a multicenter cohort study

scientific article

Carbapenems for surgical prophylaxis?

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Casablanca redux: we are shocked that public reporting of rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections are inaccurate

scientific article published on 24 July 2012

Challenges in Preparation of Cumulative Antibiogram Reports for Community Hospitals

scientific article

Changing Patient Characteristics and the Effect on Mortality in Endocarditis ⬇️

scientific article published on January 14, 2002

Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization Related to Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections in Community Hospitals

scientific article published on 11 October 2016

Clinical and financial outcomes due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection: a multi-center matched outcomes study

scientific article

Cluster of oseltamivir-resistant 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infections on a hospital ward among immunocompromised patients--North Carolina, 2009

scientific article

Co-infection or co-colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a network of community hospitals

scientific article published in August 2004

Comparison of non-intensive care unit (ICU) versus ICU rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection in community hospitals

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

Comparison of the burdens of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile Infection and of healthcare-associated infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community hospitals

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Complex surgical site infections and the devilish details of risk adjustment: important implications for public reporting

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Conclusion of Avery et al--validation of findings but concern about rationale

scientific article

Current best practices and guidelines. Assessment and management of complications in infective endocarditis

scientific article published in June 2002

Current best practices and guidelines. Assessment and management of complications in infective endocarditis

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Current definitions of central line-associated bloodstream infection: is the emperor wearing clothes?

scientific article published on 27 October 2010

Current features of infective endocarditis in elderly patients: results of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study

scientific article

Decontamination of targeted pathogens from patient rooms using an automated ultraviolet-C-emitting device

scientific article published on May 2013

Delay in diagnosis of invasive surgical site infections following knee arthroplasty versus hip arthroplasty

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

Delays in appropriate antibiotic therapy for gram-negative bloodstream infections: a multicenter, community hospital study

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Denominator Matters in Estimating Antimicrobial Use: A Comparison of Days Present and Patient Days.

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Development of mammalian serum albumin affinity purification media by peptide phage display

scientific article

Diagnosis and management of Q fever--United States, 2013: recommendations from CDC and the Q Fever Working Group

scientific article

Diagnosis and management of tickborne rickettsial diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichioses, and anaplasmosis--United States: a practical guide for physicians and other health-care and public health professionals.

scientific article

Discovery and characterization of human antibody inhibitors of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A.

scientific article

Discovery of high-affinity peptide binders to BLyS by phage display

scientific article

Do Periarticular Joint Infections Present an Increase in Infection Risk?

scientific article

Drugs derived from phage display: from candidate identification to clinical practice

scientific article

Early predictors of in-hospital death in infective endocarditis

scientific article published on 22 March 2004

Early surgery in patients with infective endocarditis: a propensity score analysis

scientific article published on 2 January 2007

Editorial Commentary: "Excess Readmissions" for Pneumonia: A Dilemma With a Penalty ⬇️

scientific article published on May 15, 2013

Editorial Commentary: Telephone Consultation for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Opening Pandora's Box ⬇️

scientific article published on October 19, 2012

Elevated preoperative fasting serum glucose levels increase the risk of postoperative mediastinitis in patients undergoing open heart surgery

scientific article published in October 2003

Emergence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in community hospitals throughout North Carolina: a harbinger of a wider problem in the United States?

scientific article published on 01 July 2009

Emerging evidence for seasonality of gram-negative bacterial infections

scientific article published in August 2009

Empirical antimicrobial therapy for bloodstream infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: no better than a coin toss

scientific article

Enhanced terminal room disinfection and acquisition and infection caused by multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile (the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection study): a cluster-randomised, multicentre, crossover study

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infection in a Community Hospital Network

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in community hospitals

scientific article published on 24 October 2014

Evaluation of an evidence-based, nurse-driven checklist to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections in intensive care units

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Favorable impact of an infection control network on nosocomial infection rates in community hospitals

scientific article published on 28 February 2006

Fibrin Specific Peptides Derived by Phage Display: Characterization of Peptides and Conjugates for Imaging ⬇️

scientific article published on February 9, 2012

Fully human monoclonal antibody inhibitors of the neonatal fc receptor reduce circulating IgG in non-human primates

scientific article published on 23 April 2015

Gender differences in infective endocarditis: pre- and co-morbid conditions lead to different management and outcomes in female patients

scientific article published in January 2007

Generation of high-affinity human antibodies by combining donor-derived and synthetic complementarity-determining-region diversity

scientific article published on 20 February 2005

Harvesting the Low Hanging Fruit: A Benchmarking Tool for Implementation of Intravenous to Oral Antibiotic Switch Programs in 14 Southeastern Community Hospitals

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Health care--associated bloodstream infections in adults: a reason to change the accepted definition of community-acquired infections

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

High-throughput affinity ranking of antibodies using surface plasmon resonance microarrays

scientific article published on 10 February 2006

Identification of an ADAMTS-4 cleavage motif using phage display leads to the development of fluorogenic peptide substrates and reveals matrilin-3 as a novel substrate

scientific article

Identification of novel risk factors for community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection using spatial statistics and geographic information system analyses

scientific article

Impact of early valve surgery on outcome of Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: analysis in the International Collaboration of Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study

scientific article

Implementation Lessons Learned From the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room (BETR) Disinfection Study: Process and Perceptions of Enhanced Disinfection with Ultraviolet Disinfection Devices

scientific article published on 14 January 2018

Implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Small Community Hospitals: Recognizing the Barriers and Meeting the Challenge

scientific article published on 2 May 2017

In-Hospital and 1-Year Mortality in Patients Undergoing Early Surgery for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis ⬇️

scientific article published on September 9, 2013

Inappropriate therapy for staphylococcal infection is common and commonly fatal

scientific article published in August 2008

Increasing Incidence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Community Hospitals throughout the Southeastern United States

scientific article published on 13 October 2015

Increasing rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in academic hospitals: a result of active surveillance?

scientific article

Infectious complications following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: an automated surveillance system for detecting postprocedure bacteremia

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Influence of diabetes mellitus on the clinical manifestations and prognosis of infective endocarditis: a report from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Merged Database

scientific article published in January 2006

Inhibiting plasma kallikrein for hereditary angioedema prophylaxis

scientific article

Inhibition of Plasma Kallikrein by a Highly Specific Active Site Blocking Antibody

scientific article

Invasive Mycobacterium abscessus Infection after Cardiac Surgery: Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Legionella as a cause of hyperpyrexia

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

Measuring the effect of inappropriate initial antibiotic therapy on outcomes of patients with Gram-negative sepsis: An imprecise science

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Medical treatment of endocarditis

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Metastatic Complications of Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients ⬇️

scientific article published on December 23, 2012

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after isolation from urine

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection surveillance: National Healthcare Safety Network's laboratory-identified event reporting versus traditional laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infection surveillance

scientific article

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: time for a culture change.

scientific article published in January 2008

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in an intensive care nursery: potential for interinstitutional spread

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Molecular characterization of Rickettsia rickettsii infecting dogs and people in North Carolina.

scientific article published on October 2006

Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae serotype f

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Novel peptide inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2.

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Observing and improving hand hygiene compliance: implementation and refinement of an electronic-assisted direct-observer hand hygiene audit program

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Outbreak of bacteremia due to Burkholderia contaminans linked to intravenous fentanyl from an institutional compounding pharmacy

scientific article

Outcomes of Subdural Grid Electrode Monitoring in the Stereoelectroencephalography Era

scientific article published on 15 February 2016

Patient-days: a better measure of incidence of occupational bloodborne exposures

scientific article published on 10 June 2009

Poor functional status as a risk factor for surgical site infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published in September 2008

Postoperative Bacteremia Secondary to Surgical Site Infection ⬇️

scientific article published on December 17, 2001

Postoperative infection in spine surgery: does the month matter?

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

Postoperative joint infections due to Propionibacterium species: a case-control study

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

Prediction of depression and anxiety via patient-assessed tremor severity, not physician-reported motor symptom severity, in patients with Parkinson's disease or essential tremor who have undergone deep brain stimulation

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

Quantitative Analysis of Microbial Burden on Hospital Room Environmental Surfaces Contributing to Healthcare-Associated Infections

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Rapid kinetic-based screening of human Fab fragments

scientific article published on 31 January 2006

Real-Time Surveillance of Influenza Morbidity: Tracking Intensive Care Unit Resource Utilization

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

Recent changes in the NHSN definition for UTI: for better AND worse

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

Repeat infective endocarditis: differentiating relapse from reinfection

scientific article published on 14 June 2005

Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: a case report

scientific article

Rising rates of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae in community hospitals: a mixed-methods review of epidemiology and microbiology practices in a network of community hospitals in the southeastern United States

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Risk factors for 1-year mortality after postoperative mediastinitis

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Risk factors for gram-negative bacterial surgical site infection: do allergies to antibiotics increase risk?

scientific article published in May 2009

Risk factors for ineffective therapy in patients with bloodstream infection.

scientific article published in February 2005

Risk factors for pediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and predictors of infectious pathogens

scientific article published on 18 March 2003

Risk factors for surgical site infection complicating laminectomy

scientific article published on 28 June 2007

Risk factors for surgical site infections in older people

scientific article published in March 2006

Risk of endocarditis among patients with prosthetic valves and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

scientific article published in March 2005

Rocky mountain spotted fever

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

Role of plasma kallikrein-kinin system activation in synovial recruitment of endothelial progenitor cells in experimental arthritis

scientific article

Role of the environment in the transmission of Clostridium difficile in health care facilities

scientific article published on May 2013

Sample preparation for MALDI mass spectrometry using an elastomeric device reversibly sealed on the MALDI target

scientific article published in September 2006

Scrub typhus and rickettsial diseases in international travelers: a review

scientific article published on January 2009

Seasonal Variation of Common Surgical Site Infections: Does Season Matter?

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Seasonal variation in Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection on 4 continents

scientific article published in March 2008

Selective inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-14 blocks tumor growth, invasion, and angiogenesis.

scientific article

Self-monitoring by Environmental Services May Not Accurately Measure Thoroughness of Hospital Room Cleaning.

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

Severe surgical site infection in community hospitals: epidemiology, key procedures, and the changing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 12 July 2007

Shedding light on new methods to improve hospital cleanliness: the use of ultraviolet monitors as surrogate markers for bacterial contamination

scientific article

Short Operative Duration and Surgical Site Infection Risk in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Procedures

scientific article published on 22 September 2015

Specific inhibition of tissue kallikrein 1 with a human monoclonal antibody reveals a potential role in airway diseases.

scientific article

Staphylococcus aureus Pericardial Abscess in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis: Case Report

scientific article published on September 1, 2003

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after median sternotomy: clinical utility of blood culture results in the identification of postoperative mediastinitis

scientific article published on 23 June 2003

Staphylococcus aureus infections following knee and hip prosthesis insertion procedures

scientific article

Structural basis for pH-insensitive inhibition of immunoglobulin G recycling by an anti-neonatal Fc receptor antibody

scientific article

Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis: is the glass half empty or more than 99% full?

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Surgical site infections after laparoscopic and open cholecystectomies in community hospitals .

scientific article published in January 2008

Surgical site infections following bariatric surgery in community hospitals: a weighty concern?

scientific article published in July 2011

Surgical volume and the risk of surgical site infection in community hospitals: size matters

scientific article

Surgical-site infection due to Staphylococcus aureus among elderly patients: mortality, duration of hospitalization, and cost

scientific article published in June 2004

Surveying the surveillance: surgical site infections excluded by the January 2013 updated surveillance definitions

scientific article

The Antimicrobial Scrub Contamination and Transmission (ASCOT) Trial: A Three-Arm, Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial With Crossover Design to Determine the Efficacy of Antimicrobial-Impregnated Scrubs in Preventing Healthcare Provider Contaminati

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The Effect of National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Rebaselining on Community Hospital SIRs.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

The deadly toll of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in community hospitals

scientific article published in May 2008

The effect of increasing age on the risk of surgical site infection

scientific article published on 24 February 2005

The effect of surgical site infection on older operative patients

scientific article published on January 2009

The epidemiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a network of community hospitals: a prospective multicenter study

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

The impact of surgical-site infections following orthopedic surgery at a community hospital and a university hospital: adverse quality of life, excess length of stay, and extra cost

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

The network approach for prevention of healthcare-associated infections: long-term effect of participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection

scientific article published on April 2015

The preventability of ventilator-associated events. The CDC Prevention Epicenters Wake Up and Breathe Collaborative.

scientific article

The relationship between the initiation of antimicrobial therapy and the incidence of stroke in infective endocarditis: an analysis from the ICE Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS).

scientific article

The value of an infectious diseases specialist

scientific article published on 28 March 2003

To Be a CLABSI or Not to Be a CLABSI-That is the Question: The Epidemiology of BSI in a Large ECMO Population

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

To Be a CLABSI or Not to Be a CLABSI—That Is the Question: The Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections in a Large ECMO Population.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Treatment of TIPS/biliary fistula-related endotipsitis with a covered stent

scientific article published on 17 March 2008

Two-Phase Hospital-Associated Outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus: Investigation and Mitigation

scientific article published on 11 January 2017

Underresourced hospital infection control and prevention programs: penny wise, pound foolish?

scientific article published on 31 May 2007

Using Clinical Scenarios to Understand Preventability of Clostridium difficile Infections by Inpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Programs

scientific article published on 13 March 2017

Validating a 3-point prediction rule for surgical site infection after coronary artery bypass surgery

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Variation in the type and frequency of postoperative invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections according to type of surgical procedure.

scientific article

What's new in Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

scientific article published on September 2008

Whither infection control in community hospitals? Musings about the near future

scientific article published on November 2008

Whole Genome Sequencing of a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pseudo-Outbreak in a Professional Football Team

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Widespread dissemination of CTX-M-15 genotype extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae among patients presenting to community hospitals in the southeastern United States

scientific article

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